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🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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We’re in love with MTV’s dating-reality TV show “Are You the One?” Discussed this week:Jenna Wortham. "How Queer People Brought Some Actual Reality to Dating-Reality TV" (The New York Times Magazine, Aug. 28, 2019)Wesley Morris. "Rom-Coms Were Corny and Retrograde. Why Do I Miss Them so Much?" (The New York Times Magazine, April 24, 2019)"Are You the One?" (MTV, Season 8, 2019)

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0:00.0	So a few summers ago, I'm going through breakup.
0:03.4	And as one does, I'm real hot and heavy in my Instagram,
0:08.0	you know, posting cute pictures,
0:10.2	making sure my stories are real flossy.
0:13.2	I've seen them.
0:14.2	True Scorpio, never rests.
0:15.6	And I notice a new face popping up.
0:20.3	This person's looking at all my stories.
0:24.0	She's liking all my photos.
0:25.8	And sure enough, before long, I get a DM.
0:29.8	It's like, hey, you know, I really like your work.
0:36.6	And she basically said, look, if you're ever open to it,
0:39.9	I'd love to take you for a drink.
0:41.3	Now, I am not someone who responds well
0:44.4	to this kind of interaction.
0:46.7	Like, I don't know you.
0:48.3	I don't know you.
0:49.1	I don't want to know you.
0:50.3	You know what I mean?
0:51.4	But we had neutrals in common and I reached out to one of them.
0:53.8	And it was just like, what do you know about this person?
0:55.5	They were like, oh, they're incredible.
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