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WEBVTT 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:02.319 Welcome to our little show. 00:00:02.399 --> 00:00:04.400 There are some things that you should know. 00:00:04.559 --> 00:00:08.800 We've practiced what we're gonna say, but it will go wrong anyway. 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:13.199 We've got the facts, we've got the charts, just not the social graces parts. 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:17.199 So settle in and press that play and let awkward lead the way. 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:19.440 It's the Certifiably Awkward Podcast. 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:22.000 It's the Certifiably Awkward Podcast. 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:25.760 Welcome back to the Certifiably Awkward Podcast. 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:28.960 This is episode five, and I'm one of your hosts, Amy. 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:30.160 I'm Gabriella. 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:31.359 And I'm Lena. 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:35.840 So it's been quite the week for some of us here on the pod. 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:42.159 Um, I don't know about you, Lena, but I've been doing a little bit of swiping on the dating apps. 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:46.640 Have you found yourself back on the apps lately? 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:47.600 I have. 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:50.240 For a brief bit. 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:51.840 A brief bit. 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:55.439 Um, I am back off the episode. 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:01.200 Wait, wait, wait, so for a brief moment you were on them and you said, never mind, I'm done. 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:02.960 Just kidding, jokes on you guys. 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:08.959 Yeah, it looks like as if I went fishing, I threw my reel out there and I went, oh no. 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:10.400 You're like, I don't like this anymore. 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:11.200 I don't like to fish. 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:15.840 Yeah, the water is kind of dirty, the fish look a little mutated, I think I'm both. 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:18.000 Mutated fish. 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:22.480 I mean, no offense to the fish. 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:30.799 So you're on the apps, you're reading the profiles, and you're just like swiping loft on everybody because they're mutated fish. 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:31.280 Yes. 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:34.719 Um, did you come across any um regular fish? 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:37.120 Regular, maybe, not so mutated fish? 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:39.439 Um, maybe a couple. 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:41.680 Because they say there's plenty of fish in the sea. 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:42.319 Yeah. 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:44.159 I'm not in the right sea. 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:47.840 Did you come across any mutated fish that were memorable? 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:50.000 Um yes. 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:55.439 Do you have did you happen to uh remember us about them? 00:01:55.760 --> 00:02:05.439 I so I went swiping for a while one of the this past weekend, um, one of the nights I kind of sat and swiped for a very long time. 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:12.240 And at a certain point, it stopped being about dating and it started just being kind of funny. 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:17.840 Um so I don't it became podcast fodder? 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:18.400 Yes. 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:19.199 Yeah. 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:21.360 Um that's kind of how my brain works now. 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:25.120 If anything's funny in my life, I'm like, oh, I can share this on the pod. 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:30.960 That's what happens when you have no friends. 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:32.639 You have us, Lena. 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:33.439 You have us. 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:35.680 You always are the podcast. 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:42.000 I can't share anything with you now because I want your reaction here. 00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:43.120 Got it. 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:45.280 She can no longer share it in real time. 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:49.280 She can only share it when people talk to me outside of the podcast. 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:52.000 Lina, look away. 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:53.039 Look away, look away. 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:57.439 I've noticed our text chat has become incredibly boring since we started that. 00:02:59.039 --> 00:03:00.159 Actually, how are you? 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:04.719 Yeah, we're actually asking, like, what have you been up to lately? 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:08.879 Yeah, or like, I'll be like, oh, I'll have a really good story for you. 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:10.240 I'm not gonna tell you right now. 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:12.879 You have to wait for a week from Tuesday. 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:23.840 Um, but, anyways, as I was swiping, I did actually screenshot some uh bios from people that I thought you guys might enjoy. 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:29.360 And I thought it would be funny to kind of play a little game of uh, what are we calling it, Amy? 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:30.560 Red light, green light. 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:31.680 Red light, green light. 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:32.560 Red light, green light. 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:34.879 You know, because we all used to love that game as kids, right? 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:36.080 Yeah, sure. 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:40.400 Kids these days don't even know what it is, so it's okay. 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:43.919 I mean, I can only assume red light when you go, red light, you stop. 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:45.120 You go. 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:45.680 What? 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:48.400 You you figured it out that easy you never played it as a kid? 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:49.360 I don't think I did. 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:51.520 This is like one person standing on one end of the field. 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:52.400 You played it, right, Lena? 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:52.800 Yeah. 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:55.280 Yeah, and it's green light, and everybody runs towards you. 00:03:55.360 --> 00:04:01.520 You're the one person up front, and when you say red light, everybody has to freeze, and if they're still moving, then they're out. 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:03.520 Oh whoever makes it to you first wins. 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:05.039 You ever watch
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Squid Games? 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:06.879 Very similar to Squid Games. 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:09.599 That's what Squid Games version is what I played growing up. 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:10.400 Oh, okay. 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:10.879 Yeah. 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:11.599 Cool. 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:11.759 Okay. 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:12.400 Yeah, I'm ready. 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:14.400 So you're gonna read us a profile. 00:04:14.479 --> 00:04:14.719 Yeah. 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:17.600 And if we would date them, we'd say green light. 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:17.920 Yeah. 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:20.000 I wouldn't even go as far as date. 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:21.600 If we'd give them a swipe one. 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:24.079 Yeah, if you would give them a swipe right, which is good. 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:28.240 This is based on the profile of the Yeah, I just played RFIP. 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:31.600 Real is like, I don't know what right is, I don't know what left is. 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:34.160 I hear it all the time swipe right or left. 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:36.720 Right is good, left is bad. 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:37.120 Okay. 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:37.519 Yeah. 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:42.720 So you're gonna, this is based solely on the profile, not the photos, not any of the other answers. 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:44.160 Just the bio. 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:44.800 The bio. 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:48.399 And I'm gonna go start with something really, really simple. 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:48.879 Okay. 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:50.319 Okay, two words. 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:51.759 What's new? 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:54.480 That's it. 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:55.439 That's his bio? 00:04:55.920 --> 00:04:56.720 The entire bio. 00:04:57.120 --> 00:04:57.920 Oh, that's a red light. 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:00.879 Like, seriously, he that's how that's all he's described. 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:02.240 He's supposed to describe himself. 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:02.639 Yeah. 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:03.759 Red light, for sure. 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:04.319 Alright. 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:08.160 Talk about putting no effort effort in whatsoever. 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:12.000 Alright. 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:17.920 Um this person says, an emo kid slowly embracing my crazy cat person. 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:21.680 To be fair, it's hard not to be obsessed with my cats. 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:25.680 Basically, a golden retriever trapped in a pit bull's body. 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:27.920 Um I'm gonna say red light. 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:32.240 I was gonna say, I knew Red Away got really a red light on this because one, she hates cats. 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:33.199 And she's a cat hat. 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:34.959 She is a cat hater. 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:35.920 I fear cats. 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:37.839 It's not that I hate cats, I fear cats. 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:38.879 So there's a difference. 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:40.560 I have a phobia of cats. 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:46.079 I'm a little bit honestly concerned about his moving from cats into the dog metaphor. 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:58.319 He's a golden retriever obsessed with cats, that's that's trapped in a pit bull body that unless he's talking about pit bull the singer, I don't want to date him. 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:03.360 Well, he said trapped in a pit bull's body, but be pit bull's big pit bull's body. 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:05.279 No, no, it's red light for me. 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:06.800 Yeah, definitely red light. 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:08.879 And I also don't want someone obsessed with their cat. 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:09.360 No. 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:14.800 I just if anyone tells me that their body is like a pit bull. 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:15.439 Right. 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:17.279 That's like what part of that is attractive? 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:18.399 I don't know. 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:19.439 What does that mean, too? 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:22.560 Like is it all muscle or do they have lock jaws? 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:26.560 I'm just gonna say I don't want any of that. 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:29.279 They just have really broad shoulders. 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:29.920 Yeah, exactly. 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:31.920 Yeah, really and short little legs. 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:35.279 I might have dated a couple pit bulls. 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:36.639 Oh no. 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:38.480 Red light, red light. 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:41.120 Red light. 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:43.680 Alright. 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:45.360 Alright, the next one. 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:49.120 I'm actually just three raccoons in a trench coat. 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:52.319 I'm gonna say green light. 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:53.199 Red light. 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:56.639 Is this like a fear of raccoons? 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:57.920 I don't like raccoons. 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:02.560 I think it's a reference to like whose those silly comics or whatever, where it's not really a person. 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:08.959 He's like, you know, stacked three animals stacked on top of each other dressed in a trench coat, pretending to be a person. 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:09.920 I think it's kind of creative. 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:10.800 I'd say green light. 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:11.439 Yeah, no. 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:12.639 I don't know what he's trying to say. 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:23.519 Funny enough, he was the second person that used uh that month used like uh three animals or something in a trench coat type of analogy. 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:25.600 Or they use in Chat GPT. 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:26.319 I don't know. 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:30.720 I don't know where people are getting this or like if it's a popular, I don't I don't know. 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:31.920 A popular phrase. 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:34.160 Yeah, but he was the second person. 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:35.600 Hmm. 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:40.480 Alright, this one says. 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:43.040 And
by the way, I'm reading these. 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:46.480 I don't even know what I'm reading, so some of these might not be good. 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:52.000 Just I don't know that we could describe any of them that you've read as good. 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:54.000 It might not be funny. 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:59.920 I mean, if a dating app professional were to look at these, they'd go, no, none of these profile bios are good. 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:01.600 So Alright. 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:09.439 This person, their bio says, not looking for anything serious, but I can't promise I won't fall in love with you before then. 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:11.680 Dot dot dot continues. 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:17.759 Don't really have the time or energy to date right now, but maybe you'll be lucky and get me out of the house. 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:20.319 What's your favorite restaurant in Portland? 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.240 There's like two different things. 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:24.639 There's like three different conversations in one. 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:26.160 Yeah, like seriously. 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:32.320 Like I I don't have time to I'm not really interested in dating, but I might fall in love with you. 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:36.320 Yeah, I'm not looking for anything serious, but I can't promise I won't fall in love with you again. 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:37.759 So he's gonna love bomb you. 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:38.240 Yeah. 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:39.600 But he's not looking for anything with you. 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:40.799 But he's not looking for anything serious. 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:43.360 But he doesn't have the time or energy to date right now. 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:44.320 With no time. 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:46.960 But maybe you'll be lucky and get him out of the house. 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:55.039 He's gonna love bomb you via text, and then you're gonna go on one date, and then he's gonna ghost you, because he doesn't have time for you. 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:56.480 So no, that's a definite red light. 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:58.960 But he wants to know what your favorite restaurant in the country is. 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:00.480 Well, he can yelp that. 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:02.960 He does not need to ask me. 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:07.279 I'll start telling people that. 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:09.759 You should try this thing called Yelp. 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:11.039 Yeah, yelp it. 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:12.720 It's so funny. 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:14.559 Okay, so that's a red light for sure. 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:15.600 Definite. 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:20.799 This one says, to all the beautiful women on this app. 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:22.000 Oh, he's talking to me. 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:23.360 And only you. 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:24.080 Only me. 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:24.559 Yeah. 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:31.039 If you're still figuring if you're still figuring it out, let me help you make up your mind. 00:09:31.279 -->
00:09:35.360 Everyone else, I'm open for adventure and the fun along the way to something great. 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:36.480 What? 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:37.759 So let me tell you again. 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:43.200 To all the beautiful women on this app, if you're still figuring it out, let me help you make up your mind. 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:43.600 Okay. 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:47.600 Everyone else, I'm open for adventure and the fun along the way to something great. 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:53.120 So he doesn't want to date you if your bio says that you're still figuring out your relationship type. 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:58.320 That's what I'm hearing there, because there's a lot of people put that, like, it's asked you what your relationship type is. 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:01.679 And um a lot of people say, I'm still figuring that out. 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:04.960 Well, if you don't know, then I don't want to date you, is what he's saying. 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:06.799 But everybody else, he's adventurous. 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:08.720 Oh, that's not how I read this at all. 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:09.200 Really? 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:14.240 How I read it is if you're hot, let me figure, like, let me help you. 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:17.759 If you don't know what you're looking for, but you're hot, I'm willing to help you. 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:20.480 If you're not hot, we'll just have some fun. 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:21.759 Oh, see that, yeah. 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:27.120 I took it as like, let me help you basically take me off your plate, swipe left, I don't want to date you. 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:29.120 Um, I'm glad I'm not on the app. 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:33.919 Yes, trust me, you're glad you're not on the apps. 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:42.799 Because if two people who are currently dating cannot figure out or agree on what he meant by that, then it needs to be rewritten. 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:43.919 That was horrible. 00:10:44.159 --> 00:10:45.600 Either way, it's red light. 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:47.759 Either way that's written, it's a red light, right? 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:48.639 It's bad. 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:49.519 It's bad. 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:54.320 I do agree that I don't like it when people say they're still figuring out their relationship type because, like, what do you mean? 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:55.600 Are you monogamous? 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:57.200 Are you polyamorous? 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:00.480 Um, are you um whatever? 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:01.440 All these are different. 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:03.039 What do you mean you don't know? 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:06.159 What do you mean you're still figuring it out? 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:07.440 You're 50 years old. 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:12.080 All right, throw another one at us. 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:12.720 Alright. 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:26.080 Um no job, no car, no money, no charm, no condoms, divorced, alcoholic, anti-vax, single. 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:28.240 One of these is true. 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:30.879 Yeah, I'm red light. 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:36.799 I'm supposed to guess whether he's single or he's gonna use a condom? 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:37.360 Yeah. 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:38.559 Like, what? 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:41.120 Or that he has a job or he doesn't want a job. 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:41.919 Or a car? 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:42.720 I'm out. 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:44.399 That's too much guessing. 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:46.000 Don't make me play games. 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:46.720 That's a red light. 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:54.399 That would be okay if it was true in this entire list is if he's single. 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:58.159 Like, if anything else is true in this list, that means he's not single. 00:11:58.399 --> 00:11:58.879 Right. 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:05.759 So Which isn't necessarily um I mean, like, there's a lot of not single people on these acts. 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:06.720 That's very true. 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:12.879 I mean, how many have you come across, or I've come across so many where like, oh, most of the profile looks like I would swipe right? 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:32.960 And then I see the part where it says ENM, ENM, ethical non-monogany, or married but dating separately, or open relationship, or um polyamorous, or the most recent one, relationship anarchy, or all these things that means that they date multiple people at once. 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:35.519 So he might not be single. 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:36.320 That's true. 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:40.080 He might just not have a car, or not use cotton. 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:44.320 I mean, and that's dichotomy or be an anti-vaxxer or something. 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:45.519 Too much work. 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:46.720 Too much work. 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:48.639 I it's yeah, I shouldn't have to. 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:48.879 No. 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:50.720 So then what's your first message gonna be? 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:53.679 Go, uh, which one's true? 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:55.919 No, I don't think I'm messaging. 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:56.320 Yeah. 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:58.879 Like, no, it's a red light. 00:12:59.120 --> 00:12:59.679 I'm not bad. 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:00.960 Big fat red. 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:02.639 Yeah, like that's just too much. 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:04.480 Okay, next one. 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:14.320 K-12 teacher, runner, sweetie pie, current student at post-bachelor in film and psychology at PSU. 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:17.759 Social work program likely, military veteran. 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:21.919 Me and my girlfriend are working on being better friends right now. 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:23.759 DMs closed. 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:25.440 What does that mean? 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:26.559 Okay, okay. 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:32.320 So that whole profile was that that first part was his profile, which actually sounded decent for someone your age. 00:13:32.399 -->
00:13:34.720 If someone my age was still in the school, I'd be like, no. 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:40.080 But um why wouldn't he just pause his profile? 00:13:40.399 --> 00:13:41.519 DMs are closed. 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:43.360 My girlfriend and I are working on things. 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:52.960 Why, but it's me and my girlfriend are quote working on being, quote, friends right now. 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:54.480 So they're trying to break up. 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:56.080 So they're trying to just be friends. 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:58.000 But it says DMs are closed. 00:13:58.240 --> 00:13:59.759 Yeah, it says DMs closed. 00:13:59.919 --> 00:14:01.840 What I don't know what that means. 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:03.840 I don't either. 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:04.720 Too much over. 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:10.720 So if I can't, again, my answer is if I can't figure it out, I'm not spinning in your figure it out. 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:13.200 Do you have a girlfriend or don't you? 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:16.000 I if I can't figure it out, no. 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:21.279 I should be able to assume you are not married, you do not have a girlfriend. 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:22.399 No. 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:24.000 Yeah, I agree. 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:27.679 I just want you to know this is what you're missing out on. 00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:28.720 Oh, thank god. 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:30.639 Thank god I'm missing out on that. 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:34.559 No, but in the same sense, this is what we have to pick from. 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:36.720 This is the sad part. 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:44.960 I will say this is the worst of I only screenshotted the ones that but she's read us how many now? 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:46.399 I know, they're all not very good. 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:48.320 Yeah, there are quite a few. 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:51.679 So next time we need to bring uh good ones. 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:56.000 I don't come across a lot of good ones. 00:14:57.679 --> 00:15:01.759 Well, if you run across good ones and you run across the fact that you actually went on a date with them. 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:04.559 Oh no, no, you no, no, no, that's not necessarily the case. 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:06.240 Remember, because you you and I have discussed. 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:15.279 What I'm saying is if you what I was going to say is like if you come run across good ones and you go on a date with them, then you run into the thing that you might have to talk about them on the podcast. 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:16.240 Right, agreed, agreed. 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:17.200 That's where I was going. 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:17.840 That's true. 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:18.320 That's true. 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:26.240 Because I was gonna say, just because you try right doesn't mean you get a match, and then even if you do get a match, doesn't mean it's gonna lead to a date, doesn't even mean they're ever gonna respond to a message. 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:26.799 True. 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:27.679 That is true. 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:28.159 True. 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:32.000 I mean the percentage is so slim of people who actually respond. 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:32.559 Yeah. 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:34.320 That's ridiculous. 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:37.679 Oh, I think this is my last one. 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:38.159 Ready? 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:38.960 Ready. 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:41.919 All right, this is a list. 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:42.799 Okay. 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:44.720 Classification. 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:47.600 Corporate meta ironic. 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:58.799 Fashion, virtual people division, aesthetic, late nineties, tech bubble optimism. 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.879 Oh, it continues. 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:02.720 Ketamine chic. 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:16.639 Function changes frequency, hardware, nostalgia laced, analog circuit circuitry status, you've got mail. 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:18.960 Did anyone understand what any of that said? 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:19.519 No. 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:21.039 Not a single bit of it. 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:27.600 I there was a little part of me that was like, okay, maybe I English is my third language, isn't it? 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:28.399 I just don't understand. 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:34.320 Maybe this is past my vocabulary skills. 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:44.159 I feel like the person who writes that kind of bio is literally trying to screen out 99.9% of the population. 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:48.480 And there is some woman out there who's gonna see that. 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:53.360 Their brain's gonna be wired the same, and they're gonna be, that's my guy. 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:55.840 They're gonna know exactly what he's talking about. 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:56.639 I don't know. 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:57.440 Am I wrong? 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:00.240 Where do I find my weird person? 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:00.720 I don't know. 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:08.319 You gotta find a way to write it, just so that your person is there and says, Lena, you're my woman. 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.039 I don't know. 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:11.599 I don't really want anybody to say I'm their woman, so no. 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:12.720 I don't want that. 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:13.519 Yeah. 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:17.599 So that's that's all of my bios. 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:17.920 Thank you. 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:18.799 That's definitely a right. 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:20.640 In case we didn't say it, that's a red. 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.519 That's a red light. 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:23.119 Yes, red, red, red. 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:33.039 So, um, as I said earlier, we need to bring in some good bios because there are good men out there and we will find them, but you have to get back on the apps in order to do that. 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:36.160 So I'll I'll do it. 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:37.920 I too will contribute to the research. 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:39.200
Gabriela, you can't. 00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:39.599 No. 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:41.200 But nor do I want to. 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:42.240 Sorry guys. 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:43.839 She's like, oh, I can't. 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:45.119 Sorry. 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:46.960 I'll let you swipe on mine. 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:49.039 That actually is kind of fun. 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:49.359 Yeah. 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:51.279 Amy's let me do that a couple of times. 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:52.960 Well, I actually sent her the link. 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:57.200 You saw that Hinge has that new thing now where you can have your friends answer questions about you. 00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:57.920 What? 00:17:58.160 --> 00:17:58.799 Yes. 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:05.759 And then then it you get to choose what goes on your bio, but your friends answer questions about you to put on your bio, your prompts. 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:06.400 Oh god. 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:08.559 So there's a link that you can send to them. 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:11.279 I send it to her, but she hasn't done it, and the link expired. 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:15.920 So yeah, I kind of got freaked out because it was like voice, camera, and I was like, what? 00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:19.519 I I was like, I think that's asking you, do you want to do a voice prompt? 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:21.440 You know how Hinge has those voice prompts. 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.559 I don't know that. 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:26.160 Like I was like, they wanting me to talk, and I was like, I don't know what I'm doing. 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:29.039 So then I like put it away and then I got distracted. 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:32.960 But it would be interesting to see what people's friends have to say about them as opposed to. 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:35.920 I hate those voice voice prompts. 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:37.200 The voice prompts are terrible. 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:49.920 So I mean I do listen to them because I it kind of helps me get an with their voice gives me a little bit of an more idea about them, like, but I get a lot of um there's a prompt that says like how to pronounce your name. 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:50.720 Oh my gosh. 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:56.880 And then men will have the most like basic name, like John, and then the recording will be John. 00:18:58.799 --> 00:18:59.119 John. 00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:00.240 Yeah. 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.039 John. 00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:04.400 Like four or five times, just over and over again. 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.839 And I'm like, bro, I got it. 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:07.279 You're freaking John. 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:09.200 And you're not original. 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:11.440 That was not, that was not creative. 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:13.279 Yeah, you're that's enough. 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:16.160 Yeah, it's meant for the people who say like names are different. 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:18.720 Like, you would probably want to say your name on there. 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:21.440 You could because people mispronounce your name. 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.960 So, Gabriella. 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:24.319 I'm talking to Gabriella, not Lena. 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:26.640 Lena's name's not really that hard to pronounce. 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:28.960 I mean, people could mispronounce Amy. 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:30.640 They could. 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:31.119 They could. 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:32.640 How would they mispronounce Amy? 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:34.400 Uh when a guy called me Ommy. 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:41.039 What the f I will add that English was his second language. 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:43.359 Sorry, my bad, dude. 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.799 I'm so sorry. 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:51.039 It actually I I think of it fondly because I was like, oh, that was sweet. 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:52.000 Omni. 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:54.319 No one's ever called me Ommy before. 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:56.319 No, don't feel bad at all. 00:19:57.359 --> 00:20:00.640 It's like the only dating story I have is like way back in the day. 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:01.119 Yeah. 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.480 It was a blind date. 00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.279 I'll share. 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:12.079 Um I went on a blind date and we were supposed to go see a movie and then um meet up at this restaurant afterwards. 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:17.200 And so but if we were before we were meeting up outside the movie theater to go, right? 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:20.960 So I was waiting outside the movie theater. 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:22.319 Mind you, I'm 18. 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:23.519 Okay. 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:28.880 And the guy was was allegedly allegedly 22, I think he was. 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:31.039 And um he shows up. 00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:37.039 And I'd say he was probably about like five nine, five ten. 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:43.920 So not a whole lot taller than me, but he was in his high school letterman's jacket at 22. 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:45.680 Okay. 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:48.000 He was proud of those high school days. 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:49.519 Very proud of those high school days. 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.720 What are we lettering? 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:53.599 That would have been funny. 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:55.039 That would have been hilarious. 00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:56.240 Uh, it was football. 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:58.319 So uh it was he was a bigger guy. 00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:03.519 Like, I mean, not like he was like super muscular, but he wasn't like fat either. 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.480 He was just a bigger guy. 00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:15.119 And um, so I don't even remember what movie we went to, but he kept he had this high-pitched giggle, this laugh that was like, what is happening right now? 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:18.640 It was like, like really, really loud and obnoxious. 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:21.599 And I was like, um like almost embarrassed. 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.400
During the movie? 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:24.400 During the movie, only on the funny spots, obviously. 00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:27.039 Yeah, but like I was almost like secondhand embarrassed. 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:28.160 Like cartoonish, almost. 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:28.480 Yeah. 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:30.880 I was like, oh, what is happening right now? 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:36.559 And um, I think he tried to put his arm around me, and it was like a movie theater, so it's not like you don't really have that. 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:42.240 Like, I don't know, it was just he was doing that move like they do in the TV shows in the movies, where they yuck and they put their arm around me. 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.440 And you're like, I'm like, what? 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.079 What is happening? 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:48.559 Like, no, like ew, you know, my face doesn't it shows hide your emotions. 00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:50.480 It doesn't hide my emotions at all. 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:59.839 So afterwards, we were going to someplace, and he didn't really have a place that he wanted to go, so I ended up thinking we were ended up going, I want to say it was like subway. 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.119 Afterwards. 00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.640 That's a great date squad. 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.119 Right. 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:05.200 What do you want on your football? 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.680 Oh God. 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.200 Sorry. 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:16.240 So I'm ordering my food at the counter and he lets one rip. 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:20.799 Oh like he passes gas and it like is so stinky. 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:24.319 Like it was like the worst experience of my life. 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:26.000 And I was like, oh my God. 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:28.480 Like I could not wait until that day ends. 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:32.319 But if you know me, if I have nothing to say, I have nothing to say. 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:34.799 So like I was just eating, and he's like, You're not very talkative. 00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:35.839 And I'm like, nope. 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:40.880 Like just like I don't know how much more I could be, like, not gonna happen. 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:43.519 Like it's nothing's like, I don't even want to talk to you. 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.960 Like, I have nothing more to say. 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:46.000 Like, I'm done. 00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:50.000 And so he kept on trying and wanted to know where I was from here. 00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:52.079 How did you meet him again? 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:54.240 It was a friend who set you up. 00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:54.640 Okay. 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:57.279 And um, it was a coworker. 00:22:57.359 --> 00:23:02.880 I think it was like, oh, you gotta meet this guy, he's a really good football player in high school. 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.640 Exactly, exactly. 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:06.400 So I was like, Yeah, sure, why not? 00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:08.400 Like, I'm 18, so sure why not? 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:11.519 But yeah, that was my um one and only blind date. 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:15.200 So I was like, never again would I do that. 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.160 Never again. 00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:20.960 I kind of feel like every date off of a dating app is a blind date. 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:25.839 I mean, it's as blind as you can go, really, like it's a real surprise. 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:34.000 But if we're talking like old school blind dates, no, I've never been on a blind date because I married my high school sweetheart, so no, I never went on a blind date. 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:41.839 But I mean, like, honestly, even though you're learning peep about people on the dating app and you're texting with them, you really know nothing about them. 00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.880 You are going in blind. 00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:44.640 I mean, at least you know what they look like. 00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:45.759 Allegedly. 00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:48.960 I mean, somewhat, like I mean, right? 00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:49.680 Yeah, yeah. 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:52.160 I mean, that's really all you can hope for. 00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:59.039 I remember, so one of my dates, uh, I what did we call him? 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:00.400 I don't remember our nickname for him. 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:02.000 I only went out with him the once. 00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:08.960 But we met up down at Lewitt Brewery for trivia night. 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.599 Okay. 00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:11.039 It was a Sunday night. 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:14.720 We get there at like I don't know, eight. 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:17.279 That's when trivia was supposed to start. 00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.240 I get there. 00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:21.920 Trivia was almost over because he got the time wrong. 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.200 So we're sitting at the bar. 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:24.960 The bar was packed. 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:28.480 I get there, he's wearing a backpack. 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:34.319 He looks nothing, nothing like his profile photos must have been 15 years old. 00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:38.319 Because the profile picture, I mean, it was pretty handsome. 00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:41.279 This guy was not. 00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.319 He had aged. 00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:44.960 And he had aged quite a bit, was balding. 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:47.039 Nice guy, don't get me wrong. 00:24:47.119 --> 00:25:01.920 But he spent the entire date talking about um the difference between DOS and um Microsoft operating systems and um Linux. 00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.240 Oh. 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:05.440 Because he was a computer engineer of some sort. 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:15.680 And I know I work in social services, I know nothing of those things, but you know, I can I can carry a conversation, and the rest of the conversation was about Star Wars. 00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:16.880 Are you in? 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.799 I am not into Star Wars. 00:25:18.880
--> 00:25:26.160 I'm not anti-Star Wars, but I mean, he's talking about all the spin-offs and like just going into everything. 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:32.240 And the bartender, God bless him, he had been listening to this whole conversation all night long. 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:33.839 And he jumped into the conversation. 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:35.359 He goes, Oh, I've seen that. 00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:41.759 And he starts talking about one of the spin-offs with the guy, but like, so awkward. 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:45.680 So at the end of the day, he goes, Oh, yeah, I forgot I brought you something. 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:47.759 And he whips out this chocolate bar. 00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:51.119 You know, one of those giant Tony's chocolate bars. 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:54.880 Um, and I said, What's this? 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:59.359 You know, and he's like, Oh, your profile mentioned you like chocolate. 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:06.079 I'm like, I do, I do like chocolate. 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:10.559 Uh, but what I remember about the guy was he was genuinely kind, just not for me. 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.119 Right. 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:19.279 And um, I messaged him the next day uh because he had wanted to go out again, and I said, you know, I just don't think we're a good match. 00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:24.400 And um, and he replied thanking me for not ghosting him. 00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:31.039 He said, You are the first person to actually tell me that you eat a reason why you don't want to go out with me again. 00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:34.079 He said, Every woman on this app has ghosted me. 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.039 That's sad. 00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:38.559 And I just that was probably towards the beginning of when I started dating it. 00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:40.720 So I was like, I will not ghost anybody. 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:44.400 I just that's just I there's absolutely no excuse for it. 00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:51.680 So I just it was just because he was so hurt by it, and and I felt bad, but not bad enough to go out again. 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:59.680 But um, yeah, and so yeah, I would say that was probably the blindest of my dates because we didn't chat much. 00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:02.720 It was literally less than 24 hours from matching to date. 00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:06.400 Oh, okay, and the photo was so not accurate. 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:06.799 Yeah. 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.759 So funny. 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:28.319 I don't think I've ever been on a date where I showed up and like the guy didn't look like his pictures, but when my best friend used to date, and I'm gonna share this without her permission because I don't care, she there was one time where she had matched with this guy and was talking to this guy from a dating app. 00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:30.960 She they ended up going planning a date. 00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:41.200 Um, she went to the location, and I think she spotted him like across the room or like across the restaurant or whatever. 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:53.920 And it dawned on her that all of his photos on his um profile are side profiles, and she for the first time saw him from the front across the room. 00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:57.440 She turned around and went home and canceled the date. 00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.400 Wow. 00:27:58.640 --> 00:28:01.200 So she at least messaged him and said, Hey, I'm not gonna make it. 00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:03.839 She did message him and canceled the date. 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:06.240 Oh, but she didn't tell him, Hey, I saw you. 00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.279 I saw you. 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.559 Oh, that's painful. 00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:10.240 Yeah, not me. 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.119 Was not me. 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:14.240 She at least wants everybody to know that was not her. 00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.759 She didn't do it. 00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:18.559 Um, I mean, was it that bad? 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.920 I mean, how different been. 00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:22.720 How different can a person look from the side to the front? 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.279 I know. 00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:23.759 I don't know. 00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.880 Quite different. 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:26.240 Oh, interesting. 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:33.039 Because I've also seen a few, at least a few profiles where the side profile, I'm like, oh, okay, not too bad, not too bad. 00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:36.640 And then you see it from the front, and you're like, oh, never mind. 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.440 Yeah. 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:40.160 They could be the sweetest person, though. 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.440 That's true. 00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:41.839 Yeah. 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.599 And they'll be sweet to somebody else. 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:53.200 I also feel, I also feel that, like, in my experience, a lot of men do not know how to take a selfie. 00:28:53.359 --> 00:29:02.000 And so, like, the side profile is probably a good one, but if like somebody else took it, and then they're front, like, they're doing their own selfie with their like full front face. 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:07.839 They are terrible at some point, and then you see them in person and you're like, oh thank god, you're not like your picture. 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.200 That's true. 00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:13.599 People usually look a little better than their pictures, men, especially, yeah. 00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:18.880 But you know what also gives me the ick is when they have too many selfies on their profile. 00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:20.400 It's all selfies, yeah. 00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:23.119 Especially when they're all mirror selfies. 00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.000 Yeah, what is that? 00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.759 Yeah, they're in the bathroom or they're at the gym. 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:28.319 Yeah, just taking a picture of themselves in the mirror. 00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:28.640 Yeah. 00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:32.000 And I say that as somebody who never
takes selfies. 00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:42.240 And so it's just weird, I guess, in a way, when they're making the same pose in three different mirrors and posting that. 00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:45.920 So, Lena, are none of your uh your photos on your profile? 00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.799 None are selfies? 00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.839 None are selfies. 00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.839 Wow. 00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:52.000 I don't have any other photos of myself. 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:53.359 Most of mine are selfies. 00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:56.240 That's why I struggle with. 00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.839 People don't take pictures of me. 00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:59.119 I have lots of pictures of him. 00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.559 She needs to start sharing pictures. 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.599 But I thought I did. 00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:04.240 I have friends that well, you got you sent me from some from Vegas. 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:10.240 So I just steal their pictures of me. 00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:13.920 I mean, I have a lot of pictures of like you and I together, but what am I gonna do? 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.400 Crop you up. 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:19.839 I'm not gonna be one of those people who posts a picture of like my profile picture is you and I, and then they gotta guess which one I am. 00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:23.839 You just put like a and then they then they scroll down and go, oh, wrong one. 00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:26.799 I wanted I wanted the Hispanic gal swipe left. 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:30.160 No, that's how it's not showing your main one, though. 00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:36.880 Because a lot of guys will make like a really large group photo as their main picture. 00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.599 Constant. 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:39.359 How am I supposed to know who you are? 00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:45.200 Well, and part of the problem with that is Hinge has that feature where it takes your most popular photo and it makes it your profile photo. 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:47.920 Oh you can turn that feature on or off. 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:48.960 Yeah. 00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:51.200 So expert over here. 00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:51.759 I know. 00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.279 I am. 00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:56.799 It hasn't helped me at all, but I am an expert. 00:30:57.759 --> 00:31:05.039 I'm I'm determined to um get back on there and have more stories for you guys for next time. 00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:07.680 She's determined to get back on there and have more stories. 00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:10.640 I'm determined to get back on there and find the love of my life. 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:12.400 So I hope you both do. 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:16.240 I hope you both find the love of your life and have some stories. 00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:18.240 We're bound to in the meantime. 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.119 I think so. 00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.720 Yeah, for sure. 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:23.440 Thank you for listening to our podcast. 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:30.799 If you could please like and follow and rate us wherever you listen to Certifiably Awkward, we'd greatly appreciate it. 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:32.400 Have a great night. 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.240 Bye. 00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.119 Bye.
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