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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Approach within three seconds of noticing her}}<br />
{{Infobox term<br />
| name = Three-second rule<br />
| also = 3-second rule, three second rule<br />
| field = Pickup<br />
| origin = Mystery Method<br />
| related = [[Approach]]; [[Approach anxiety]]; [[Cold approach]]<br />
}}<br />
The '''three-second rule''' is Mystery-era advice: once you see a woman you might open, you have about three seconds before hesitation writes [[approach anxiety]] on your face.<ref name="mm">{{cite book |last=von Markovik |first=Erik |title=The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-312-36011-5}}</ref><ref name="game">{{cite book |last=Strauss |first=Neil |title=The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists |publisher=ReganBooks |year=2005 |isbn=0-06-055473-8}}</ref><br />
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[[Chase Amante]]'s [[Newbie assignment]] agrees on the substance (do not cook the approach until it is burnt) and does not care about the stopwatch. The rule is a nervous-system hack, not a law of physics.<br />
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== Failure mode ==<br />
Lunging at people who are in a closed conversation, working, or wearing headphones as if the timer overrode manners.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Approach]]<br />
* [[Approach anxiety]]<br />
* [[Cold approach]]<br />
* [[Newbie assignment]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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