The System In My Head

The Three Minute Rule

Not wanting to get caught in the limbo of the message, Ben clasped his hands together as he prepared to listen to Antonio. He looked like a naive young man who first learned about the world.

Sitting with his two buds, everything outside of the conversation faded. Ben ignored the voices of others in the cafe, and even the smell of coffee filled the room.

Seeing Ben's serious demeanor, Antonio nodded in appreciation. "The Three-Minute Rule works like this." he takes a dramatic pause...

After a minute of deleting, "The Three-Minute Rule works like this .. when a girl sends you a text message, delay at least 3 minutes to reply to it. It's the same whether on the phone, facebook, whatever. Many men have a rule where they wait at least as long as the girl waits to reply to an SMS, which can take hours or days. But I can tell you right now.they're wrong."

Beluga nodded. That was his experience too.

Antonio continued. "The reason they're wrong is because when you text a girl, you're stuck between two opposing forces."

"Good and bad?" ask Ben.

Antonio pressed his palm against his chest. "Goodness and evil are in the heart..." Then he lowered his hand. "And the ball ..."

"OK..." Ben shrugged his shoulders.

Antonio's back on track. "What I'm talking about are two opposing text forces: distraction .. and simplification ..."

"Simplification?" Ben visualized the row of nerds in Marine corps uniforms, shouting in unison, "Simplify!"

Beluga waved his hand in front of Ben's face. "Note to. You almost got lost in the sea of simp..."

Ben brushed it off and listened.

Antonio speaking. "Simplification is the process of the chicks imagining you doing a simple thing all the time: staring at your phone and waiting for them to send you an SMS, looking at their photos, playing video games."

Ben raised his eyebrows. "The girls are pretty smart ..."

"Get a new hobby!" scream Beluga. "...Even if they're right, don't let them know!"

Antonio agrees. "Beluga succeeded. It's all about perception. That's where the three-minute rule comes in. You wait 3 minutes, which is long enough to look like you are doing something else and only then notice the text. That would violate his simplification because he wouldn't imagine you staring at his text for 3 minutes before answering. Most men respond immediately.

On the other hand, you also choose not to wait too long. That's because the opposite distraction force will come into play, which I'll explain now."

Ben raised his hand. "Let me stop you there. You're trying to dump the info on me now?"

Antonio replied, "You're trying to be a virgin forever?"

"Please continue..." Ben sipped his coffee.

Antonio grunting. "The power of distraction. First, you have to understand something ..The most attractive girls relate to at least a dozen men at any given time. With the growth of social media, that number is increasing every day. And the hot chick, the bigger the network So if you don't respond fast enough, she'll move on to someone else and you'll be a memory That's the power of distraction in play.

Of course, we are talking about efficiency. You can wait a year to reply to an SMS and it is not impossible to close, but your chances of setting a date in the short term will decrease as time goes on. As you already know, it's all about encouraging dating in the short term, causing number decay ... "

While pondering everything, Ben drank his coffee, enjoying the smell of light roast and caramel flavor. "I understand. Three minutes, but not too long. Quite simple."

Antonio said, "Yes, one warning. Technically, you can delay your response by 3 minutes OR delay at least the time it takes for it to reply; it can be under 3 minutes or even immediately. For example, if the girl answers in 1 minute, you can send the SMS back in 1 or 2 minutes instead of 3. The reason is that he shows his own desire by sending SMS quickly, so as long as you don't seem more excited than him, it doesn't matter.also why you shouldn't delay more than 3 minutes; 3 Long enough so you won't seem excited. Much longer and he was affected by the disturbance. Also, sending messages back faster is an effective way to reward chicks for good behavior such as quick reply. Like a training-type-"

Beluga interrupted him with a serious expression, "Benjamin is not ready for Skinner's cumditioning program ..."

Antonio raised his hand to apologize.

Ben doesn't pay attention to their last conversation because he thinks highly of that rule and how he can apply it to improve his dating life. After a few seconds, he said, "That sounds good, I understand."

Ben understood how important it was to send messages. It is the inevitable future of humanity. He knows that as technology advances, it will bring many new challenges to society: how to use technology to connect*** with women...

How to connect**** with a robot...

How to make a robot fuck a woman...

Antonio sighed. "Before I knew of this system, a girl accused me of blackmailing her.she was wrong, of course..."

Beluga placed his hand on Antonio's shoulder. "I know you didn't mean to bother him ..."

Ben looked at them with interest. 'It looks like they are involved ...'

Antonio summarized, "Well, because that's all you're ready for right now. Sophisticated things will come later ..."

Beluga added. "Like SMS toilet..."

Antonio nodded. "Being ambitex..."

Beluga is inspired. "Stay textually active..."

Ben frowned. 'Did they make a song? I have a very bad feeling about this ..."

And just like remaking classical music into a movie that no one wants, they do duets. "Not too excited textually ..."

"Avoiding premature textaculation ..."

"Not being a single text stands ..."

"Textastrof general ..."

"Not being exploited text ..."

"Improving textosterone ..."

"Out of marriage ..."

"Give textgasm..."

"Accomplish the text ..."

"Textual chemistry ..."

"Textual healing ..."

"Manage and text..."

"Pexing..." Antonio developed a mischievous smile on the latter.

"NO!" Beluga got up from his chair. "You've gone too far! You've gone too far, Antonio! Pexting too much! I told you to stop!"

Ben's jaw is down. 'That's too much? It was the shortest play on words...' Out of curiosity, he asked, "What is Pexting?"

"That's the term for sending a fucking photo!" Reply Beluga.

"I'll make a system for it!" Antonio defends.

"You showed up on Google!" scream Beluga.

...

After a long silence, Antonio made his final contribution, "Acknowledging when you're a textaholic ..."

Antonio and Beluga exchanged serious looks for a moment before Beluga ended the conversation. "It's under control. We can stop at any time..."