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We Met At Acme

How To Approach Someone IRL ft. Ruben

We Met At Acme

Dear Media, Lindsey Metselaar

Education, Society & Culture, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.22.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, I sit down with Ruben, founder of the YouTube channel Social Animal. Ruben and I discuss people’s biggest fears when approaching others in person, what to say when you go up to someone, the reason we don’t meet IRL anymore, why we connect with some people and don’t connect with others, and so much more! This episode starts with a solo where I discuss friendship insecurity, the problem with the chill girl, how to get a player to simp for you, and more.

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Produced by Dear Media.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast is a deer media production.

0:06.5

Hey guys, welcome back to We Met It Acme. I'm really excited for today's episode.

0:11.2

He has a very handsome,

0:14.6

front-end accent. And if I've learned anything from Love Island, it's that accent,

0:20.9

you know, you can really get away with murder because having an accent is just hotter.

0:27.4

And Ruben is going to tell you all about how to approach people in person.

0:32.8

Yes, I know you're thinking it's a much easier when you've an accent, but he has some really

0:37.4

good tips, really good tips that I'm really excited for him to share with you. But before we get

0:42.3

into that, I'm going to answer a few of your questions. And also, just wanted to remind you that

0:49.0

if you live in Austin, we have a show November 10th. If you live in SF, we have a show. I believe it's

0:57.2

September 10th. No, sorry, it's September 11th. And we have a show in LA September 10th,

1:06.0

which tickets are not on sale yet. But if you want tickets to any of these shows, I will share

1:11.3

them on my Instagram. You can check my link in bio and my highlights for all the information on

1:17.6

our shows. They're also on our website. We met it at acme.com. Okay, so one of you reached out

1:23.5

for me to discuss the situation on the podcast. And I really want to discuss it because I can

1:28.4

relate to it so much personally. I feel like maybe you can too. She said, I dated this person.

1:35.6

I knew he was recently single, but we talked extensively about whether he was actually ready

1:39.7

for something again, et cetera. He was the one that dictated the pace of the relationship.

1:43.8

Like things were fast, but he was the one that suggested we go away together become exclusive.

1:48.4

I'm job hunting right now. And he was like, if you do end up in blah, blah, blah, do long distance

1:52.7

for you. He texted me regularly, planned things treated me super well. I felt fast. And I was

1:58.1

nervous about that because I'm usually extremely cautious and guarded, but it was a setup and blah,

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