The New How to Train Your Dragon Trailer Is Amazing but Filled With Spoilers

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Hopefully, you’ve seen and are generally familiar with the original How to Train Your Dragon. If so, then you are in for a treat with a brand new trailer that was just released for its upcoming live-action remake.

The trailer, which is centered on the fact the film was filmed for and will be released in IMAX, is wildly epic. It soars through the mountains of Berk, blasting John Powell’s unforgettable score, and features not just the loving relationship between Toothless and Hiccup, but big scenes from the film’s final battle.

Those scenes in particular are very much geared toward fans of the original because anyone who hasn’t seen or doesn’t remember the original is going to look at them and be like “Oh, wow, so that’s what happens at the end of the movie.” So watch if you dare, but if you do, you are going to want to see this movie on the biggest screen possible.

Yes, those scenes versus that mountain of a dragon are from the end of the movie. And yes, Hiccup does fall into a billow of flames with Toothless going down to save him. Those are certainly spoilers. However, it’s everything before that which really grabs us in this trailer.

We get so much more of the Hiccup and Toothless relationship here. More of their playful beginnings, more of their mid-air bonding, and more of how that relationship changes not just Hiccup, but his Viking culture in general.

Look, if you know and love How to Train Your Dragon, odds are you are going to love this movie. It’s very, very similar. And, if for some reason you don’t know that original movie, wow. You are in for a treat. These films are incredibly special, which is why Universal is already working on a sequel to this one.

Written and directed by Dean DeBlois, How to Train Your Dragon stars Mason Thames, Gerard Butler, Nico Parker, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Peter Serafinowicz, and others. It opens June 13.

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Best Database Diagram Tools– Free and Paid 

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Scalable systems live or die by schema clarity. That’s why most engineers now use database diagram tools to map, manage, and document their structures. But not all tools are built for modern, fast-moving teams. Here’s a look at the top database diagram tools making a difference in 2025.

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Streamline Mass Insertions with Laravel’s fillAndInsert() Method

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Streamline Mass Insertions with Laravel's fillAndInsert() Method

Laravel’s fillAndInsert() method combines the performance of bulk insertions with Eloquent’s model-level casting and attribute preparation. This feature eliminates the traditional speed-vs-functionality trade-off when working with mass data operations.


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Why Windows 7 Took Forever To Load If You Had a Solid Background

An anonymous reader quotes a report from PCWorld: Windows 7 came onto the market in 2009 and put Microsoft back on the road to success after Windows Vista’s annoying failures. But Windows 7 was not without its faults, as this curious story proves. Some users apparently encountered a vexing problem at the time: if they set a single-color image as the background, their Windows 7 PC always took 30 seconds to start the operating system and switch from the welcome screen to the desktop.
In a recent blog post, Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen explains the exact reason for this. According to him, a simple programming error meant that users had to wait longer for the system to boot. After logging in, Windows 7 first set up the desktop piece by piece, i.e. the taskbar, the desktop window, icons for applications, and even the background image. The system waited patiently for all components to finish loading and received feedback from each individual component. Or, it switched from the welcome screen to the desktop after 30 seconds if it didn’t receive any feedback.
The problem here: The code for the message that the background image is ready was located within the background image bitmap code, which means that the message never appeared if you did not have a real background image bitmap. And a single color is not such a bitmap. The result: the logon system waited in vain for the message that the background has finished loading, so Windows 7 never started until the 30 second fallback activated and sent users to the desktop. The problem could also occur if users had activated the "Hide desktop icons" group policy. This was due to the fact that such policies were only added after the main code had been written and called by an If statement. However, Windows 7 was also unable to recognize this at first and therefore took longer to load.


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I Stopped Letting Photos Pile Up on My Phone: This Routine Keeps Me Clutter-Free

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Tired of seeing 10,000+ photos (most of which I never actually looked at), I realized that I needed to be more proactive in organizing my Camera Roll. Now, my multi-step (but simple) routine stops photos from cluttering my phone.

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Auditing My Favorited Photos Each Month

I often mark images as Favorites when I want to share them with others because it’s an easy way to find them in my catalog. But while some people leave them here for simple access, I rarely look at them again later. So, the only logical way to stop clutter and organize my iPhone photos is to audit this part of my Photos app.

Each month, I review my Favorited photos and critically assess whether I truly want to keep them. Most of the time, the answer is no; I’ve already used them for their intended purpose, which is to either post on Instagram or share with my friends and family.

If I need the image later, I can always get it from wherever I shared it. However, since it doesn’t need to consume space on my phone, I don’t want to see it in my Favorites.

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Clearing Out My Screenshots Folder

Most of my screenshots are for practical purposes. I often keep them when traveling for public transport directions, especially when I may not have access to mobile data. In other cases, I take screenshots of emails, statements, and other documents that I’ll need in the near future.

Apart from a couple of screenshots, I’ve rarely needed to keep them longer than roughly three months after taking them. However, they’re some of the easiest things to forget about—and over time, they’ll needlessly clutter my Camera Roll and eat away at my storage space.

Thankfully, my iPhone has a dedicated Screenshots folder. Going here and deleting everything is very straightforward and takes me a few minutes at most. I normally do this every 1-2 months, and I always do it after a trip.

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Deleting Duplicate Files

I sometimes download duplicate images, especially when saving photos from my full-frame camera. Since these files are often much bigger in size, they quickly eat away at my storage space. I am certain that I wouldn’t have needed to upgrade iCloud so soon if I had removed my duplicate files.

Thankfully, my Photos app also has a folder for removing duplicate files. When I clear out my phone, it’s very easy to go into here and remove any duplicates. I’m often surprised at how many there are, and it’s one of the easiest ways to declutter my device.

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Clearing My Photos at the End of Each Trip

When I travel, I take more photos and am likely to store more than I need. Everything seems like it’s worth keeping on a trip, but once I return home, I can look at my Camera Roll with a clear mind.

First, I mark anything I might want to keep as a Favorite. I also send images that others might want to see to ensure that I don’t delete anything that might be important to someone else. Everything else gets removed.

Once a couple of days have passed, I’ll assess my Favorites. If I don’t want to keep something, I’ll similarly delete it.

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Choosing Photos to Store in Cloud Software

In addition to iCloud, I store my photos in Google Drive and Dropbox. I store most of my full-frame photos in Dropbox, while Google Drive is my go-to option for phone images. In some cases, I’ll transfer pictures from my phone rather than keeping them on my camera roll.

Most of the time, I store older phone pictures—which I class as anything older than three years—in Google Drive. Since I always back up my full-frame camera’s photos to Dropbox, I only keep them on my phone if I truly think that I’ll need to access them. I have the Dropbox app on my phone, so it’s not hard to re-download my pictures.

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Searching Photos Based on My Camera

Besides having lots of photos from my full-frame camera, I’ve often saved pictures from my old cameras on my phone. When I haven’t cleared out my Camera Roll for a while, I frequently forget about those. Thankfully, however, I don’t need to scroll through years’ worth of images to find them.

My phone has a helpful feature where I can search for images based on the device they were taken on. So, if I want to clear out images from a specific device, I can make the process much smoother than would otherwise be possible. This does not work with other iPhones, but if you have a DSLR camera, I recommend trying this tip.

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Deleting Photos After Sharing

One of the easiest ways I’ve decluttered my phone’s pictures and mastered the Photos app on my iPhone is by not keeping images after I send them to others. I often take pictures of my friends and family when out and about, and I typically send them everything. This often means that they’ll receive 10+ versions of the same image—which is great for helping them to choose if they actually want to use each image.

However, it’s less ideal for me. I often keep every version of these pictures after transferring them, when in reality, I only need one. To tackle this problem, I now keep one version of each image and then remove the rest.

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Removing Folders That I No Longer Need

Organizing photos into folders is one of the best ways that I categorize my images. While I mostly use these for travel, I’ll also create folders for special events. Doing so makes it easier for me to keep everything organized and access my pictures whenever I need to.

But just because I create one folder, it doesn’t mean that I will need it forever. Rather than hoarding different folders, I think it’s easier to remove them when they no longer serve their purpose. When doing this, I can decide which images I’d like to keep within each folder as well.

I audit my folders less often than other parts of my Photos app; it’s normally something I do every six months or so. Doing so makes my clearouts more meaningful.

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Clearing Out the Recently Deleted Folder

Decluttering my Camera Roll is about more than just deleting pictures from the main folders. Even though files will automatically be removed after 30 days, I would rather not wait. So, I then go into the Recently Deleted folder and get rid of everything I’ve just deleted.

Before finalizing my deletion, I’ll quickly check and ensure that I haven’t deleted anything by accident. Once I’ve done that, I then feel more confident. Doing this ensures that I truly declutter my phone and don’t keep anything that does not need to be there.

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Auditing the Recently Saved Folder

I save a lot of pictures so that I can use them elsewhere, which means that my Recently Saved folder is always bigger than the average person’s. However, my biggest problem with this folder is that I haven’t "recently" saved most of the images that appear here. I sometimes see pictures that are over four years old, which is quite frustrating.

When decluttering my camera roll, I’ll go through my Recently Saved folder and delete anything I no longer need. For newer images I’ve added, this is equally as important; it means that I remove all pictures that have served their purpose. If I need the picture later, I can normally trace it back to wherever it was saved from.

Though it felt daunting in the early days, I find it quite easy to keep the Photos app on my phone decluttered. It just takes a bit of proactivity and some clear systems.

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Thunderbolts Is Marvel Back to Doing What Marvel Does Best

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Over the past 20 years, Marvel movies became “Marvel Movies” thanks to the company’s incredible ability to weave together multiple stories and characters in meaningful, fun, and emotional ways. The movies rewarded you for watching them by enriching characters you already knew, introducing new ones you didn’t, and constantly teasing the future. In the past few years, however, the company has gotten away from that with several movies and shows that never quite struck the right balance. Never quite perfected that famous Marvel alchemy. That changes with Thunderbolts.

Thunderbolts is Marvel once again doing what Marvel does best. It mixes together characters from previous shows and movies, tells a story of actual substance, and is filled with excellent performances tackling surprisingly dark material. It has its own voice and tone, but still manages to make the Marvel Cinematic Universe feel cohesive. The film may not reach the highest highs of the franchise’s past, but it’s light years away from the lowest lows.

Directed by Jake Schreier (Beef, Robot & Frank), Thunderbolts uses characters from Black Widow, Ant-Man and the Wasp, The Falcon and Winter Soldier, and others, to tell a story about underdogs. A story about redemption. A story about choosing to be your best self even when the world is against you. All of which starts with Yelena (Florence Pugh) who, since we last saw her on Hawkeye, has been doing covert ops for Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). Yelena doesn’t feel great about it, though. The missions are monotonous. She’s bored, sad, lonely, and feels both unfulfilled and aimless. She yearns for something more, and that’s exactly what she’s about to get, just not in the way she expects.

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Like Yelena, John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), and Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) have also been working for Valentina. They’re also all second-fiddle heroes: Yelena to her sister, Walker to Captain America, Ghost to Ant-Man, Taskmaster to everyone etc. But, when Valentina needs to cover up one of her projects that went sideways, she aims to have all of them killed simultaneously. This, and their shared experiences as pseudo-villainous underdogs, bonds them. Red Guardian (David Harbour) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) join in the struggle against Valentina too, and the Thunderbolts are formed. Sort of. They don’t want to be a team. They shouldn’t be a team. But at least they have each other.

Which is exactly the point. Huge sections of Thunderbolts are focused on explaining why the characters need the team. Yelena, Walker, Ghost, and the rest are all struggling with what they were, what they want to be, and what they can be. And so, to varying degrees, each character gets moments of self-exploration, self-doubt, and ultimately self-discovery. That’s driven by a very wordy screenplay, written by Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo, which often feels more like an indie film than a big, Marvel, summer blockbuster. There are long dialogue scenes throughout, most of which are funny and charming, while others are a little too driven by exposition. But that focus on character and relationships gives Thunderbolts a tone that feels oddly understated.

With one or two exceptions, almost everything in Thunderbolts is impacted by that restraint. The action scenes are not all that elaborate. The story is relatively straightforward and compact, taking place over just a few days. Most of the entertainment is driven by the hilarious banter shared between everyone. Which, in the MCU, takes some getting used to. But the actors are all so good that they create undeniable chemistry in virtually every relationship. Eventually, that more understated tone becomes the film’s biggest strength. It sets it apart and keeps us guessing throughout.

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Watching these characters interact in fun, funny, and fascinating ways is the beating heart of Thunderbolts. The characters have real conversations about their pasts, their feelings, loss, abuse, pain, everything. As a result, at times, the film can get a little dark and uncomfortable. But that’s good because it allows the movie to go places you really won’t expect, especially in the film’s powerful, unforgettable final act.

Pugh is a showstopper throughout, giving us a Yelena we’ve never seen before. The old one is in there, complete with MMA takedowns, expert sharpshooting, and dry humor, but this Yelena is also incredibly raw and vulnerable. The deep dive allows her to, eventually, blossom into the latest top-tier Marvel Studios character. Harbour is having the time of his life as Red Guardian, delivering all manner of high-energy humor and parental emotion. Russell and John-Kamen seem incredibly game and excited to add more meat to each of their characters too, while Julia Louis-Dreyfuss is, well, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss and all the excellence that brings with it.

One odd addition to the team, though, is Stan as Bucky. Bucky is a beloved, legacy Marvel character that’s never been part of the A-team, and struggles to find that role here. He gets some amazing moments, but his story is the least interesting of the bunch because we’ve already seen it across several movies and a full TV show. Bucky already found his calling. He found his purpose and joining up with this crew only adds to, but never enhances, his mystique.

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Bucky’s lack of depth is contrasted by a vast depth in a new character named Bob, played by Lewis Pullman (who, yes, also played a character named Bob in Top Gun: Maverick.) Yelena, Walker, Ghost and Taskmaster find Bob in the bunker Valentina tries to kill them all in and it’s quickly revealed he has incredible powers. How he fits in with the Thunderbolts, and his personal struggles, add another crucial piece to the film’s puzzle, giving the story some big, MCU stakes in an otherwise more grounded tale.

And yet, even with that character at the forefront, Thunderbolts never betrays its indie vibe. That’s especially prevalent in the film’s third act set piece, which is kind of out of left field but also perfectly earned by the story before it. The scene is action-packed and emotional, but not at all what you are expecting. Which, in a way, also describes the movie itself.

When Marvel brings characters from multiple projects together on the big screen, it has an earned reputation and expectation to deliver massive spectacle. Thunderbolts isn’t that. It’s a film that has action, excitement and one of the best end credit scenes in recent years, all while never losing its smaller, indie soul. The characters, like the movie, are underdogs. But ones that, a few tiny blips aside, ends up a winner.

Thunderbolts opens in theaters Friday.

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How to Flirt Like It’s 1995

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A few weeks ago, I came across an article about how young people these days are tired of dating apps and want to meet romantic partners in real life. You know — the way people developed relationships in the good old days of the former millennium.  

The only problem? The kids today don’t know how to take part in the dynamic that kickstarts the in-person development of romantic relationships: flirting.

The Death of Real-World Flirting

Several factors have contributed to the lack of flirting ability among young adults.

The biggest one is smartphones. Because Gen Z and Gen Alpha have lived in a world where they could mediate all their communication through a device, many haven’t developed the social skills necessary for adept, in-person flirting. This has resulted in increased social anxiety when striking up conversations with potential romantic interests.

Dating apps have also exacerbated the decline in flirting ability. The nice thing about dating apps is that they guarantee initial, mutual romantic interest. You can only chat with someone on an app if they’ve also expressed interest. It takes the uncertainty and risk out of shooting your shot. When you flirt in real life, you don’t have the same guarantee. The person you approach may or may not be interested, and the only way to find out is by chatting them up and engaging in flirty banter.

COVID lockdowns didn’t help flirting skill development either. When I spoke with Jeffrey Hall, a professor of communication studies and the author of The Five Flirting Styles, he observed: “Post pandemic, there’s a lot of young folks who kind of missed out on some key developmental stages where you fall in love for the first time and interact with the opposite sex. A lot of young adults in their twenties right now, because of the pandemic, missed out on what it felt like to have those experiences.”

A final factor in the demise of flirting is the increased skittishness modern men feel as to what’s appropriate in terms of making romantic overtures towards women and what might come off as creepy or as sexual harassment.

To help young dudes who want to revive flirting and strike up relationships with women in real life, I took a deep dive into the research around this timeless skill. Here’s what I learned.

What Is Flirting?

Researchers define flirting as a mix of verbal and nonverbal behaviors that express attraction and gauge the other person’s receptivity to a romantic relationship. A coy smile, a playful tease, a casual lean forward, a compliment — all are flirtatious signals across cultures.

Here’s an important thing about flirting: it’s usually ambiguous. When you’re interested in a woman, you typically don’t just blurt out: “I think you’re hot and want you to be my girlfriend!” You’d risk immediate rejection from unrequited attraction. It would really weird the gal out. And it would be super ineffective: ambiguity is what makes flirting work and builds attraction; certainty is boring, while uncertainty turns our brains on and makes a situation or a person compelling.

The ambiguity of flirting allows you to show your interest without outright declaring it. It’s a way to test the waters in a low-pressure way. If the other person responds positively (smiles back, laughs, touches your arm), the flirtation can escalate; if not, both can save face by pretending it was just friendly banter.

There’s a thrill in trying to figure out if someone is picking up what you’re laying down. But because the uncertainty inherent to flirting is not just exciting but confusing, young people often want to avoid it. For those used to the security of dating apps, engaging in this dicey dynamic can feel too socially risky.

The 5 Flirting Styles

When we typically think of flirting, we think of it as something extroverted that you do in bars and clubs where you throw out pick-up lines with sexual innuendos.

Jeffrey Hall has found that’s actually just one type of flirting style among many.

Hall has identified five distinct flirting styles that people naturally tend toward. Understanding these styles can help you recognize your own approach and read others’ signals better:

  1. Traditional: Follows conventional gender roles where men initiate and women respond. Values courtesy but can lead to missed opportunities.
  2. Physical: Openly expresses sexual attraction through body language and touch. Great for quickly establishing chemistry but can come on too strong.
  3. Sincere: Creates emotional connections through meaningful conversation. Most effective for starting long-term relationships but can be mistaken for mere friendliness.
  4. Playful: Treats flirting as a fun game or confidence boost. Creates excitement but can send mixed signals about serious intent.
  5. Polite: Emphasizes courtesy, respect, and subtlety. Comfortable for everyone involved but often so subtle that interest goes unnoticed.

Based on Hall’s research, there’s no best way to flirt. All the different styles can lead to romantic relationships. The best thing to do is to lean into the flirting style that’s most natural for you. Doing so will not only allow you to be more authentic, which is attractive, but help ensure you find someone who’s compatible with you. If you have a sincere flirting style, you’re probably not going to get along with someone who’s a more extroverted, physical flirt. And that’s okay! “I wrote this book [The Five Flirting Styles] to my younger self because I wanted to know that the way that I communicated attraction was okay,” Hall told me. “You don’t have to be some suave, dashing guy to flirt effectively.”

These styles aren’t mutually exclusive. You might be mostly sincere with a dash of playfulness, or mostly polite but become physical once you feel more secure with someone.

If you want to know what your flirting style is, you can take Hall’s flirting inventory here.

Science-Backed Tips to Improve Your Real-World Flirting

Research shows that flirting is a learnable skill. Here are evidence-based tips to help improve your game:

Have fun and keep it light! This is the most important tip. Studies suggest a lighthearted attitude makes flirting more effective because it puts both people at ease. “When you have a mentality of being interested and excited about another person and just having fun with them, it shifts your perception and your behavior,” Hall explains. “Being present for the moment and enjoying the excitement of meeting someone who has romantic potential actually changes your nonverbal behavior. You can become more attractive in the eyes of the other person.”

Make her feel good about herself. Flirting is about expressing attraction, and it feels good to feel attractive! If you approach a flirtatious encounter with the mindset of helping someone feel good about herself, you’ll do well.

Start with basics. Smile and make (non-creepy) eye contact. Studies consistently show these simple signals indicate approachability and interest.

Use humor. Both men and women rate humor as highly effective in sparking attraction. Telling a funny story or offering a little gentle teasing creates rapport. Equally important: laughing at her jokes shows you appreciate her sense of humor.

Be a good social dance partner. Flirting is a social dance. Ask questions and show genuine curiosity. When she asks you a question, answer her and then throw the social ball back to her.

Mind your body language and create light touch when appropriate. Uncross your arms, face the person, and lean in slightly. If the situation allows, brief touches — like a tap on the arm when making a point — can enhance connection.

Show clear intent and follow up. If things are going well, you should segue into making your romantic interest more explicit. Hall’s research has found that “when you make very direct requests like, ‘I enjoyed our time together, I want to see you again, can I get a way to contact you?’ and the other person says yes,” it clearly shows that the flirting between you and the other person was indeed flirting, and not just friendly banter. “It says, ‘I’m interested in you as a person for romantic reasons, not just having a nice conversation.’ Showing clear intent can help you avoid the friend-zone.”

Also, make sure to follow up if there’s mutual attraction. “Lots of young women’s complaints about men’s behavior on flirting is men don’t follow up,” Hall says. While men often think they need to increase their allure by playing it cool and making a woman wait to hear from them, this isn’t the case: “There’s very clear research that being consistently available, showing clear interest repeatedly in a woman when there’s mutual attraction is key to creating a romantic relationship.”

Will a Man Come Off as Creepy If He Tries to Flirt With a Woman in Real Life?

A lot of young men hesitate to flirt in real life because they’re afraid they’ll come off as creepy. Hall says this worry is unfounded:

“If you’re worried about coming off as creepy, then you’re probably not the creep. Creeps don’t think that they’re being creepy. If you’re concerned about whether you’re coming on too strong, that’s okay. It means that you’re actually aware that how you treat another person matters. You’ll be fine.”

Just observe how your overtures are received, reading a woman’s signals as to whether your advances are welcome or not, and proceed accordingly.

How to Tell if a Woman Is Flirting With You

Flirting is a social dance, but how do you know if someone wants to flirt with you? It’s hard! Research found that men correctly spotted flirting only 36% of the time.

Signs a woman might be flirting with you include: frequent smiling and laughing (especially at your jokes), maintaining eye contact or making coy glances, finding reasons to be physically close or lightly touching you, playful teasing, asking personal questions, and offering compliments.

The key is looking for multiple signals appearing together over and over again. One smile doesn’t mean much, but if someone is laughing, leaning in, making eye contact, AND asking about your weekend plans — that’s strong evidence of flirting.

Make sure to check out our detailed article on how to tell if a woman is interested in you.

Conclusion

If you’re a young dude wanting to meet women out in the real world, you’ll need to up your flirting game.

As Hall advises, “This is truly some of the best stuff you’re ever gonna do in life. So prioritize it — even when you’re like, ‘I could go out to this party and there’s new people and it could be uncomfortable.’ Go to the party anyway. Everyone feels uncomfortable when they’re talking to new people. Do it anyway. The stakes aren’t nearly as high as you’ve imagined them to be. And it’s fun!”

So get out there and practice. Strike up conversations at coffee shops, bookstores, or social events. Start small with a simple smile and hello and see where it goes from there. Keep your flirting light and fun and don’t worry about the outcome. By doing so, you’ll paradoxically find that romantic success naturally follows.

This article was originally published on The Art of Manliness.

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Behold! New Babylon Bee Merch Has Arrived

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Glad tidings! Your favorite fake news outlet just loaded up its store with BRAND NEW merch, and it’s all guaranteed 100% tariff free.

Get ready to be high-fived by every guy in Buc-ee’s as you stroll in with your "Gulf Of America" t-shirt. Let the world know it’s our gulf, and look great while doing it.

Picture yourself, sipping coffee out of a Bee mug, looking more attractive than you have in years after donning our new "Babylon Bee" script t-shirt. You may not even recognize yourself in the mirror you’ll be so good-looking.

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1970s Saturday Morning Cartoon Intros + Commercials

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1970s Saturday Morning Cartoon Intros + Commercials

Most of you probably weren’t born when these cartoons and commercials originally aired. Still, whether you’re here for nostalgia or to see what your parents watched when they were kids, this compilation is packed with great retro goodies, from Fat Albert to Jonny Quest to the “hanker for a hunk of cheese” guy.

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