Bowen Yang
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Podcast Appearances
There's some people for that. Is there anything that everyone else would consider a positive that you consider a negative when dating someone? Totally. Totally.
There's some people for that. Is there anything that everyone else would consider a positive that you consider a negative when dating someone? Totally. Totally.
Honestly, you know what drives me kind of nuts? Politeness doesn't drive me crazy because I actually do like to know that the person really likes me, but I don't like to feel like things are careful or too kind. For me, there needs to be some edge. I need to feel, and not like I had a really nice time. Don't tell me you had a really nice time. Make out with me on the street. That's how I feel.
Honestly, you know what drives me kind of nuts? Politeness doesn't drive me crazy because I actually do like to know that the person really likes me, but I don't like to feel like things are careful or too kind. For me, there needs to be some edge. I need to feel, and not like I had a really nice time. Don't tell me you had a really nice time. Make out with me on the street. That's how I feel.
Not in the day, though.
Not in the day, though.
I've done that. Oh, God. See, that's what's so great about⦠That's why when you come to New York and you start dating here⦠And I bet it does give that in East London, to be honest.
I've done that. Oh, God. See, that's what's so great about⦠That's why when you come to New York and you start dating here⦠And I bet it does give that in East London, to be honest.
They say don't do that, but I think it happens all the time.
They say don't do that, but I think it happens all the time.
It's immediacy culture. It's the instant gratification that we're so used to that makes us swipe, swipe, swipe away from like these actual things. Do you guys know the Muslim matchmaker? Yes. And she says focus on one partner. She says focus on one person. The illusion of choice. is just that, an illusion. It's like, you're not giving someone a chance.
It's immediacy culture. It's the instant gratification that we're so used to that makes us swipe, swipe, swipe away from like these actual things. Do you guys know the Muslim matchmaker? Yes. And she says focus on one partner. She says focus on one person. The illusion of choice. is just that, an illusion. It's like, you're not giving someone a chance.
If you are thinking about two, three other people, even like later on in the week, whatever, you also will be less attentive to them. You're going to find yourself going on a date being like, now is this the one with the two older sisters? You know what I mean? And it's like, that's crazy.
If you are thinking about two, three other people, even like later on in the week, whatever, you also will be less attentive to them. You're going to find yourself going on a date being like, now is this the one with the two older sisters? You know what I mean? And it's like, that's crazy.
And to quote Natalie Portman, I've been you.
And to quote Natalie Portman, I've been you.
I love that. But people knock that for some reason. Do they? Yeah. I like that. A common, like, criticism was it felt stagey or it felt like a this. I'm like, what's that about a long scene? Hello? Watch the movie Doubt, the scene with Meryl Streep and Viola Davis. Yeah, yell at me that it's stagey. I love that film. What, you hate people acting at each other? Get out.
I love that. But people knock that for some reason. Do they? Yeah. I like that. A common, like, criticism was it felt stagey or it felt like a this. I'm like, what's that about a long scene? Hello? Watch the movie Doubt, the scene with Meryl Streep and Viola Davis. Yeah, yell at me that it's stagey. I love that film. What, you hate people acting at each other? Get out.
Get out of here, I say.
Get out of here, I say.