"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Wow! What the hell happened to Trent Reznor?

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Before:

http://www.moonchild30.com/nin/phm4.jpg

After:

http://www.concertshots.com/June 2006/cs-NineInchNails6-Atlanta060706.JPG

Here's from an interview with Greg Puciato from The Dillinger Escape Plan:

"Paul: Be honest. When you first met the band, do you think they were intimidated by your size?

Greg: I hate that, man. I'm really uncomfortable with it, honestly. Especially in hardcore, everyone are all very skinny and small and vegans and stuff. I was really uncomfortable with it at first, everyone thought I was some kind of jock or something. I mean, I'm not like that, I've always been into punk and hardcore, metal, stuff like that. When we first started, every now and then, I would hear that, like “Dillinger's new singer is a meathead.” That's not true, man, not true at all. For so long, when we went on stage, I'd feel so uncomfortable. I'd wish that I could be like ninety pounds and then turn back to normal once I got off stage. Now, **** it. People are used to it by now. It's not that big of a deal. It's never been an issue in the band. I mean, we're not a band that has a look, you know. Our bass player has a mullet with like a blond stripe in it and a Fu Manchu, handlebar mustache or something like that. He wears shorts on stage. We're not like, “Hey everybody's got to wear this” or “We've got to have our hair like this” or something like that.” It's just not an issue for us. We were all kind of weird about it when people started talking, we had never thought of it. Whatever, man, just look at dudes like Henry Rollins. He was a big dude. Have you seen Trent Reznor lately, man?

Paul: No. Is he bulking up?

Greg: He is ****ing huge. He makes me look like a ****ing toothpick. Apparently he stopped drinking and doing drugs and just started lifting weights like crazy.

Paul: I can't see that at all. Wow.

Greg: It's the weirdest looking thing ever. He's short, like shorter than me, and I'm super-short, so he's like this tank going around on stage, singing these songs. It was really weird, he was wearing these leather pants and a sleeveless vest, and I'm like “I could never do that, wear a sleeveless vest.” It's weird. He has a shaved head. I mean, he's Trent Reznor, and he looks like Danzig now. I went backstage, I'm friends with the guitar player, and he's like, “Come check out Trent's dressing room.” I walk back there and it's like GNC. He has all these crazy ****, like energy drinks and creatine and stuff. I was just like, “What the ****? This is the singer from Nine Inch Nails? He's eating weight pills and creatine?” He has these huge dumbbells, I couldn't pick them up. I couldn't even pick them up. Apparently, he's just stopped drinking and doing drugs and does nothing but lift weights now. More power to him though. Whatever you're into."
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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He seems just a tad bit bigger than average to me, nothing exceptional
 

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Espi said:
The article lists creatine as one of his supplements; everyone should be taking that, IMO.
Hm, I read that beginner weightlifters shouldn't really take it at first, and lift for a while before starting. True?


By the way, Trent looks pretty bad ass now with the new look :)
 

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The guitar player from Dream Theater, John Petrucci, got huge.
He's a more obscure musician, but he's another one that bulked up too.

I remember when Danzig, Anthony Kiedis and Henry Rollins were some of the few bigger guys in rock.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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I saw a few interview clips on youtube and was shocked at just how huge Reznor got. I don't know if any of you guys remember the March of the Pigs video but he was skinny as a twig in that vid.

If he's off the heroine and alcohol and getting himself together then that's good news. :rockon:
 

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There are plenty of other bulked up musicians out there.

Jimmy Chamberlain from The Smashing Pumpkins, Doyle (ex-Misfits), Eric Hoffman (ex-Deicide), Faust (ex-Emperor, bulked up in prison), Zakk Wylde, Greg Puciato from The Dillinger Escape Plan (he's being modest in that interview) and Jan Axel von Blomberg from Mayhem/Dimmu Borgir/ex-Arcturus/Winds/ex-The Kovenant/ex-The Shining/Thorns.
 
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