"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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women today - poll

Women today are...

  • of the same quality as past generations

    Votes: 11 28.9%
  • are of higher quality than past generations

    Votes: 2 5.3%
  • are of lower quality than past generations

    Votes: 25 65.8%

  • Total voters
    38

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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Here's the thing guys:

Women haven't changed. Their environments have.
 

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I thought if you treat women as people you end up in the friend zone.

Am I the only one who finds this thread completely hillarious?
 

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blueguy said:
Here's the thing guys:

Women haven't changed. Their environments have.
But...women adapt to their environment..therefore, they change.
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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Mr.Positive said:
But...women adapt to their environment..therefore, they change.
Right, but basically the problem here is that humans are going to do whatever they can get away with. I know we're talking women here, but it's really the same thing. Let's make some cases:

Whenever a society gets law enforcement (in the past, present, future):

A. Rape goes way down.
B. Theft goes way down.

Now that we have laws in place against racial profiling:

C. Racism goes way down.

etc.

But the fact is, deep down inside people still want to rape (sex), steal (secure), prejudge. It's all biological.

Does it mean people are less or more quality just because they can or can't do something they could or couldn't before? Not in my opinion...

Divorce is up because it's socially acceptable. But guess what? Wives still bickered with their husbands back in the day. It's in the friggin' Bible. Hate/selfishness has always existed, and it always will.

At least we're not murdering thousands of people a day in huge wars like we did hundreds of years ago.

Maybe I'm arguing a minute point here, but I think it's really pointless to complain that women are of poorer quality now than in the past (which I don't think is the case). It doesn't actually solve the problem. Solving the problem would be providing these "low quality" women of today with the new conditions that benefit them (and us at the same time).
 

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But getting to the root of it:

Women can't be controlled in a marriage as easy today as in the past.

Yes, that's true.

(Because they can walk with half your stuff)

And I believe that is what guys here are referring to as a quality woman.
 

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squirrels said:
People in general are of lower quality today.

Why? Because they can get away with it. Life is too easy.
Absolutely. I always say good manners fade away the moment sword duels were banned. Who would risk insulting you, if he could be bollocks minus that same evening? :D
 

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jophil28 said:
However I still have this sneaking suspicion that you will want to have the last word .
you know what, squirrels replied to this thread first and said all people in general were lower quality also.
why are you not trying to argue with him?
why are you only trying to argue with me?
 

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penkitten said:
you know what, squirrels replied to this thread first and said all people in general were lower quality also.
why are you not trying to argue with him?
why are you only trying to argue with me?
Maybe he likes you Pen... ;)
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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Wether women today are lower quality maybe I don't know...

If there are more low quality women now than before HELL ****ING yeah...
 

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I'm not surprised that a lot of men here say that women just plain suck. However, it's the same for women. WHat's the difference between men/women now and let's say.. back in the 1960s?

Well...

1. They didn't have the internet
2. THey didn't have Cable TV
3. They didn't have mass marketing
4. They didn't have birth control pill
5. They didn't have gun violence problems/rape problems/high crime

Because they didn't men focused their lives hanging with their buddies, working cars, or doing something productive. Women, the same with cooking, learning arts and crafts, etc.
 
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A woman get get no lower than the "hor" status - she has reached her lowest depths!!!
 

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haha some chic or troll hit the 'higher quality' button over 200 times.

the poll results are now defunct.
 

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However I still have this sneaking suspicion that you will want to have the last word.
Wrong. I will have the last word:

Word.


(If Wyldfire were here, she'd start a poll asking if men were made of better stuff in the old days. I'd have to say yes.)
 
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"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

Read more...

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The poll's been spammed.

Not having been around for enough generations, I'm not about to make a call one way or the other.

It does appear they're more confused, though... as are men.
 
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