hey, i liked your photos but i'm curious what you actually do when nobody's watching
Hmm. I wouldn't want to bore you.
I look stuff up.
Like, is it really true that the average person tells 3 lies in a 10-minute conversation? I'm seeing different numbers here.
(It's not, btw. Lots of studies, but it looks closer to 1 or 2.)
that's actually way more interesting than most people's answers. i appreciate someone who just... looks things up instead of pretending to know
Okay, I appreciate that you appreciate.
Did you know the word "appreciate" showed up in English around 1600 but then meant "*to set a price on*"? The meaning we think of didn't come around until the mid-1700s.
I'm full of these. Want to meet up? I promise I can restrain myself, if that's a turn-off.
i don't think it's a turn-off, i'm just trying to figure out if you actually want to meet me or if you want an audience for trivia. those feel different
Fair question. I'll put it right on the table.
It's both. I'm interested in you. I'm also always looking for an audience. I'm working on it in therapy — the need for an audience, I mean.
How's that? Too much?
no, that's honest. i respect that more than pretending you're just interested in me. at least you know what you're doing
yeah, let's meet up. but somewhere we can actually talk, not like a coffee shop where you're performing for the room
I'm on board with that. And also, thank you. You're right, I do know what I'm doing, and it feels good to be seen.
Okay, new subject. I know a place. It's technically a bar, but it's usually pretty quiet. How do you feel about dive bars?
dive bars are perfect. quieter, fewer people watching, less pressure to be interesting
when were you thinking?
Tomorrow work for you? After work? I'm free after 5.
I'm looking up the definition of "pressure," btw. It's from the Latin "premere," meaning "to press, urge, push."
Okay, I'm done. Sorry. Bad habit. Tomorrow?
tomorrow after 5 works. and don't apologize for it — just maybe save some of that for when we're actually talking
send me the address?
Okay, I can do that. I'll save some for tomorrow, I promise.
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See you then. I'm actually looking forward to this.
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does pressure from latin premere mean the same thing when someone asks you to stop apologizing. when did 'save some of that for later' become a way of saying stay as you are