1. chat

    Sep
    19th
    2011

    informal polling

    1. me: at some point i realized i don't actually like people who have a lot in common with me. in fact, i sort of hate them
    2. gabe: YES. x 100. co-sign
    3. me: right?!
    4. ok i'm not crazy
    5. gabe: no that's not what that means
    6. it means we're both crazy
    7. because that makes no sense
    8. me: i don't think any of the things i like, by virtue of me liking them, are masculine
    9. and i already know what *i* think about them
    10. i don't really care about your opinion
    11. gabe: that's got to be it
    12. it's the fact that usually other people like them and their reasons for liking them are inferior
    13. me: or their thoughts in general are inferior
    14. gabe: ugggh I know
    15. I think a lot of it comes from my last relationship
    16. she and I had the same exact favorite everything
    17. book, band, tv show
    18. me: it's not good
    19. gabe: I mean, it should be
    20. for normal people
    21. it is
    22. me: is it?
    23. i was having a conversation with this guy
    24. and i was thinking, this isn't awkward; we have a lot to talk about. [then immediately]
    25. i do not want to have sex with him.
    26. nothing could be less attractive.
    27. gabe: could it be a secret hatred for the things you love?
    28. me: probably
    29. is it because we hate ourselves or because we hate everyone else?
    30. both I guess
    31. gabe: we are pretty messed up.
    32. gabe: ...we just wrote an indie movie conversation from the 90s when cynicism was still interesting
    33. just quote Rob from High Fidelity and fucking be done with it