WEBVTT 00:00:13.399 --> 00:00:16.500 This is a Wait Don't Do It podcast with your 00:00:16.500 --> 00:00:20.879 girl Nunu Paris and Rafi. Make sure to join us 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:24.100 monthly at El Rey for Reggaeton Brunch. You can 00:00:24.100 --> 00:00:27.039 follow at Reggaeton Brunch DC for more details. 00:00:27.420 --> 00:00:37.060 We'll see you there, baby sotas. Mwah. Hi, beautiful. 00:00:38.140 --> 00:00:41.380 Oh, my gosh, we're back. It's video. It's here. 00:00:41.740 --> 00:00:44.539 Can you believe it that finally the season is 00:00:44.539 --> 00:00:49.320 back with video, no less? I mean, you are breathtaking. 00:00:49.700 --> 00:00:52.320 I just, that's why I had to, like, encourage 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:55.219 us to do at least one video audio experience 00:00:55.219 --> 00:00:56.820 for our listeners, because everyone needs to 00:00:56.820 --> 00:00:59.159 experience the beauty that is behind the camera 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:03.119 with New New Paris. It's just amazing. Likewise, 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:07.420 with all this. Radiant energy from our hostess 00:01:07.420 --> 00:01:09.780 with the most says Raffi. It's still my favorite 00:01:09.780 --> 00:01:12.239 host reggaeton brunch all also the beautiful 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:16.280 also the beautiful Beautiful. Yeah, do you get 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:17.980 caught handsome by all the guys you go on dates 00:01:17.980 --> 00:01:22.459 with I would say I definitely get told that they 00:01:22.459 --> 00:01:25.680 like aspects of my face handsome I feel like 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:27.700 I feel like I've never called someone handsome. 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:29.640 I've always called someone cute. Like, so you're 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:31.159 on apps and y 'all like, how y 'all flirting? 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:33.739 Like, you're like, hey handsome. Yeah, I got 00:01:33.739 --> 00:01:35.560 hey handsome a lot, which makes me feel like 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:38.540 I'm getting older. Because on Grindr, it's been 00:01:38.540 --> 00:01:42.260 hey handsome. As someone who used to be the hey 00:01:42.260 --> 00:01:47.680 handsome military gun shooter, I will say it 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:48.959 throws me off a little bit because I'm like, 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:50.980 oh, wow, I'm definitely leaning in more to daddy 00:01:50.980 --> 00:01:54.159 territory. Um, so yeah, those kind of like in 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:56.200 person no one's ever been like, oh my god, you're 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:58.540 so handsome I feel like it's more like cutie 00:01:58.540 --> 00:02:01.879 patootie or like cutie or stuff like that And 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:03.719 y 'all know out there like it's it's me. So y 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:10.000 'all know i'm trans. Um, so like It would take 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:11.840 me out and i'm not gonna lie like I feel like 00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:13.919 there hasn't been a single point in my life where 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:17.080 I feel like handsome You've never been called 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:19.400 handsome, really? Even when you were trained, 00:02:19.819 --> 00:02:21.719 like, beard? It has always felt cringey to me. 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:23.979 Like, I don't know why. It just has felt cringey 00:02:23.979 --> 00:02:26.680 as a boy. No, but you would definitely be called 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:30.419 handsome if you were fully cis. Like, if you 00:02:30.419 --> 00:02:32.020 leaned, like... Okay, well, you're not gonna 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:33.479 do drag for the next month, you said. So when 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:35.960 you get your beard back, you would fall in the 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:37.500 category of handsome. I want you to understand. 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:41.539 First of all, you could be handsome and cut. 00:02:41.789 --> 00:02:45.110 but like handsome because like let's talk about 00:02:45.110 --> 00:02:47.810 it if you're a masculine presenting person but 00:02:47.810 --> 00:02:53.750 you are very like I guess like feeling that femininity 00:02:53.750 --> 00:02:55.729 inside you want to be referred to as beautiful 00:02:55.729 --> 00:02:59.349 are you beautiful I mean you technically can 00:02:59.349 --> 00:03:01.969 be beautiful beautiful there's a to me there's 00:03:01.969 --> 00:03:07.000 a way to me is beautiful sounds very like Feminine, 00:03:07.060 --> 00:03:09.520 but I've called boys beautiful, too. Boys are 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:11.080 beautiful, but only at their bottom. Just kidding. 00:03:11.219 --> 00:03:12.939 Just kidding. If y 'all could not tell, we're 00:03:12.939 --> 00:03:15.599 talking about boys, but really like dating, right? 00:03:15.979 --> 00:03:18.740 We're telling y 'all what not to do when it comes 00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:21.560 to dating, the talking stage, all of that in 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:24.419 the city. We have some amazing guests from this 00:03:24.419 --> 00:03:27.759 cool social app called InPress, which is really 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:29.800 changing the scene of DC dating. And this was 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:32.900 like important to us because we're outside, you 00:03:32.900 --> 00:03:35.439 know what I'm saying? Like, and we see how... 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:37.659 Not only just for straight people. I'm not gonna 00:03:37.659 --> 00:03:38.879 talk about the straight people right now. I'm 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:40.460 talking about just for the queer dating diva. 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:44.139 It's crazy, right, Rafi? I mean, NuNu's been 00:03:44.139 --> 00:03:49.000 locked in for almost a decade now. So I have 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.860 experienced the rawness of EC dating. It's trenches 00:03:52.860 --> 00:03:55.659 for sure. You know, comparatively, I think DC 00:03:55.659 --> 00:03:58.199 is worse, worse than my college experience with 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:01.400 dating in a lot of ways. I feel like in North 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:03.539 Carolina, people were willing to get married 00:04:03.539 --> 00:04:06.939 and that's like the goal. Here, the career is 00:04:06.939 --> 00:04:10.219 the goal. So I feel like it's twice. Right, right. 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:14.979 Yeah, dating sucks, but I am a user on Impress 00:04:14.979 --> 00:04:16.939 and there's just a lot of aspects of it that 00:04:16.939 --> 00:04:20.100 I do appreciate. They kind of like take off the 00:04:20.100 --> 00:04:22.529 pressure of... Starting that first conversation 00:04:22.529 --> 00:04:26.110 because I am not good at flirting. I'm good at 00:04:26.110 --> 00:04:29.089 flirting in the moment I am not good at flirting 00:04:29.089 --> 00:04:33.009 If I'm caught off guard or about to initiate 00:04:33.009 --> 00:04:34.850 it I have to really like feel chemistry with 00:04:34.850 --> 00:04:39.750 you to flirt and I've never I've never felt flirtiness 00:04:39.750 --> 00:04:43.029 Through a text like I struggle with that so hard 00:04:43.029 --> 00:04:45.769 But I love a texture that knows how to text very 00:04:45.769 --> 00:04:48.430 funny very witty very very flirty. I love that 00:04:48.430 --> 00:04:51.319 but I'm usually like the person that's just like, 00:04:51.459 --> 00:04:53.339 you know, okay, what are we doing? Where are 00:04:53.339 --> 00:04:55.920 we going? Great. Can't wait to see you. I love 00:04:55.920 --> 00:04:58.779 flirty texting. You know, I, trust me, you love 00:04:58.779 --> 00:05:00.819 flirty arguing. You like flirty meetings. You 00:05:00.819 --> 00:05:04.680 like flirty interviews. Oh, no, no, yeah. Nudu 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:07.819 is a flirt. Nudu is a flirt. Nudu is a flirt. 00:05:07.819 --> 00:05:10.560 She loves a man. If there's something that's 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:13.500 Nudu gonna do, it's flirt. Because it's so fun. 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:14.959 I think flirty is harmless, but I think it's 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:18.240 definitely fly and just, you know, you know, 00:05:18.259 --> 00:05:19.970 just... pressing those buttons, saying those 00:05:19.970 --> 00:05:24.430 more cheeky words with people. I think it's just 00:05:24.430 --> 00:05:27.230 something interesting to do. I've seen Nunu flirt 00:05:27.230 --> 00:05:30.689 as a boy and a girl, and both experiences are 00:05:30.689 --> 00:05:32.430 highly entertaining, I highly suggest you do. 00:05:32.709 --> 00:05:36.370 Because she is on a mission. She is on a... And 00:05:36.370 --> 00:05:39.009 like I said, I'm single, and I've never been 00:05:39.009 --> 00:05:41.769 on a mission before. And this bitch... Well, 00:05:41.829 --> 00:05:45.269 now you know why you're single. Y 'all, because 00:05:45.269 --> 00:05:48.589 I want y 'all to know... Because... Y 'all have 00:05:48.589 --> 00:05:50.269 to want it. I think dating at the end of days 00:05:50.269 --> 00:05:52.769 about wanting it and you really do I really agree 00:05:52.769 --> 00:05:55.310 with that It's just like such a struggle sometimes 00:05:55.310 --> 00:05:57.310 because y 'all don't want it like you have to 00:05:57.310 --> 00:05:59.829 like Want to know and get the person and I'm 00:05:59.829 --> 00:06:01.230 talking to a person or play with a person I'm 00:06:01.230 --> 00:06:03.189 like, I want to see if I can get them to like 00:06:03.189 --> 00:06:06.430 a level that you know, oh, are you fucking no 00:06:06.430 --> 00:06:09.250 more you flirting with them? Underbelly like 00:06:09.250 --> 00:06:13.069 they're that raw I just want to see, like, what 00:06:13.069 --> 00:06:15.110 they're made out of. I want to see that real 00:06:15.110 --> 00:06:17.889 raw human. Because the truth is... Stay wise, 00:06:18.110 --> 00:06:20.709 bitch. It's for sport, for me. I'm not gonna 00:06:20.709 --> 00:06:22.910 lie. Because I don't give a fuck about these 00:06:22.910 --> 00:06:24.389 people. Because usually those people, when you 00:06:24.389 --> 00:06:27.490 get to that other side, they're broken, they're 00:06:27.490 --> 00:06:29.470 terrible. They have all these things that are 00:06:29.470 --> 00:06:31.730 with them. But I just want to get there and say 00:06:31.730 --> 00:06:34.329 I did it. Like, I could get you. I am a demisexual 00:06:34.329 --> 00:06:37.009 though. I love like wine and dine me before. 00:06:37.209 --> 00:06:39.329 Okay, cuz Demi Lovato was that bitch. Camp Rock! 00:06:41.709 --> 00:06:47.310 I still wear my Converse. No, I love a good conversation 00:06:47.310 --> 00:06:52.670 before. I hated just like coming over and like 00:06:52.670 --> 00:06:55.089 going straight to it unless there's been an established 00:06:55.089 --> 00:06:57.230 relationship before that. But I've never been 00:06:57.230 --> 00:06:59.329 the person to invite someone over and not just 00:06:59.329 --> 00:07:02.209 wanna like sit down and gauge the situation first. 00:07:03.260 --> 00:07:06.319 And I will say it saved me from a lot of bad 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:10.079 experiences. Like I explained, like in this interview, 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:11.879 I talked about that guy that told me, oh, I'm 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:15.480 not into music. Girl, how are you not into music? 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:18.300 That is such a red flag to me because A, you 00:07:18.300 --> 00:07:23.740 have no rhythm. B, it was such an insight to 00:07:23.740 --> 00:07:25.680 see that person didn't like music. They were 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:28.500 like a math major. So they were like. We just, 00:07:28.660 --> 00:07:30.639 there was nothing that was like common ground 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:33.980 for us to like have fun to. So there's nothing 00:07:33.980 --> 00:07:36.379 common ground in our sexual chemistry, you know? 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:39.639 So I definitely think like, starting the conversation 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:42.279 off first is very important. So does that mean 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:45.959 you're a demisexual? I know that something that's 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:48.740 really attractive to me is like definitely money. 00:07:48.980 --> 00:07:51.819 They give you trick in. She's a sugar sexual 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:54.199 bitch. Because if you spin it then like, you 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:58.199 know. Obviously, you're interested, right? Nunu. 00:07:58.939 --> 00:08:00.899 Where are my girls at? Where are my girls at? 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:07.000 That's what I wanted to know. I think that several 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:08.879 people out there would relate. And like I said, 00:08:09.379 --> 00:08:10.860 I think there is an energy source of someone 00:08:10.860 --> 00:08:14.720 that wants to be... You like to be a good girl 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:16.300 when it comes to that stuff. Like, Rafi loves, 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:19.040 I want y 'all to know, Rafi loves a regular ass 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:21.000 person. Like, all that blue collar, white collar, 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:23.240 whatever that, you know, whoever you are, background, 00:08:23.540 --> 00:08:25.819 Rafi loves that, y 'all. Like, Rafi does not 00:08:25.819 --> 00:08:28.060 discriminate. I love that. I love that heart. 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:30.040 I love that, you know, blah, blah, blah. I'm 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:33.120 not that girl. You didn't say anything positive 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:36.139 in that past statement. No, it was positive. 00:08:36.419 --> 00:08:41.299 Like, you like regular people. You like every... 00:08:43.939 --> 00:08:46.460 That's crazy. I'm not saying you don't have standards. 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:49.100 I'm just saying, like, if a dude was a waiter, 00:08:49.340 --> 00:08:51.639 you'd be okay. If a dude was a waiter, you'd 00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:53.179 be okay. If a dude was a celebrity, you'd be 00:08:53.179 --> 00:08:55.039 okay. You'd be okay. It's not about what the 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:57.220 dude's doing. Oh, so you wouldn't date a waiter? 00:08:57.779 --> 00:09:04.440 Hell no. It is not even, like, shading the waiter. 00:09:04.580 --> 00:09:06.600 It's just, like, I have a lifestyle and a certain 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:08.860 thing I like to... I have to live, unfortunately. 00:09:09.259 --> 00:09:13.639 You are here. And I could imagine... Nunu does 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:17.019 live in, like, the deepest delusional world I 00:09:17.019 --> 00:09:19.539 watch out of now, right now. Because there are 00:09:19.539 --> 00:09:22.200 waiters that live like Nunu does. He wants to 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:26.419 really... Absolutely. Absolutely. And, you know, 00:09:26.419 --> 00:09:28.500 if that waiter had a trust fund, absolutely. 00:09:28.700 --> 00:09:31.340 Come on. but I just can't be waiting alone. That's 00:09:31.340 --> 00:09:34.600 what I'm saying. No, I mean, I definitely am 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:37.539 open to just like a good person for sure. But 00:09:37.539 --> 00:09:40.000 you know, if there was a truck driver right now, 00:09:40.139 --> 00:09:41.860 Raph would be on him, honey. Oh, I love a truck 00:09:41.860 --> 00:09:46.440 driver. Make him good money. I love a blue collar 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:51.110 man. Fix the house. Fix the house, please. Because 00:09:51.110 --> 00:09:52.490 I'm not going to be able to do any of that. And 00:09:52.490 --> 00:09:55.149 I will never, no shame. But no, it's a great 00:09:55.149 --> 00:09:56.789 episode, y 'all. I'm really excited about this 00:09:56.789 --> 00:09:58.570 interview. We had a great time winning for us. 00:09:58.809 --> 00:10:01.110 Adam and Christina. Loved so many funny moments. 00:10:01.470 --> 00:10:03.889 Stay tuned for a messy little game to find out 00:10:03.889 --> 00:10:06.610 what's a green flag, what's a red flag, and what 00:10:06.610 --> 00:10:08.450 is a beige flag. Are you doing some of these 00:10:08.450 --> 00:10:10.950 red flags? Are you guilty? Nunu's definitely 00:10:10.950 --> 00:10:13.289 guilty of some of them. And Adam's definitely 00:10:13.289 --> 00:10:21.440 my green flag. Enjoy the episode. Impress is 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:23.820 a news -based dating and friendship app that 00:10:23.820 --> 00:10:26.639 matches users based on shared intellectual interests 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:29.259 revealed through engagement with curated factual 00:10:29.259 --> 00:10:32.299 journalism. It avoids superficial swiping and 00:10:32.299 --> 00:10:35.159 generic prompts by focusing on subconscious interests. 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:37.820 It offers dating and friendship mode. involving 00:10:37.820 --> 00:10:41.240 compatibility metrics and a gamified news engagement 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:44.340 system called InScore Levels is currently available 00:10:44.340 --> 00:10:48.600 in DC and NYC. And today we are joined by the 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:51.580 CEO and co -founder of the product lead, Adam 00:10:51.580 --> 00:10:55.860 and Christine. How are y 'all? I'm so good. Thank 00:10:55.860 --> 00:10:59.179 you for having us. We are so happy to be here 00:10:59.179 --> 00:11:01.500 with y 'all. I mean, I've been on Impress for 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:04.500 a couple of weeks now. I still have similar opinions 00:11:04.500 --> 00:11:06.820 on DC dating, but we can definitely... Sorry, 00:11:06.820 --> 00:11:09.519 we can change the entire diaspora of DC dating 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:13.340 in a few weeks. We're trying our best. No, but 00:11:13.340 --> 00:11:15.620 I cannot wait to really get into this issue with 00:11:15.620 --> 00:11:18.320 other people that have experienced dating in 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:21.120 DC, but in other cities as well. Because I think 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:24.279 that people... I think DC really individualizes 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:26.279 itself in the dating scene, but I feel like dating 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:27.820 sucks everywhere. But of course, we're going 00:11:27.820 --> 00:11:30.039 to get into that today. Nunu, how are you doing? 00:11:30.769 --> 00:11:33.769 I'm doing amazing, Raffi. I think being in a 00:11:33.769 --> 00:11:36.309 big city, right, has its own unique challenges. 00:11:36.629 --> 00:11:39.029 And I think that's the perfect reason why Impress 00:11:39.029 --> 00:11:42.149 exists. So we have to get into the dating scene 00:11:42.149 --> 00:11:43.990 starting all the way from the beginning, all 00:11:43.990 --> 00:11:46.230 right, Adam and Christina? We're gonna go right 00:11:46.230 --> 00:11:49.610 to the talking stage. How does Impress work with 00:11:49.610 --> 00:11:51.809 this idea of the talking stage, like the very 00:11:51.809 --> 00:11:53.909 beginning of just trying to date in the city? 00:11:54.779 --> 00:11:57.419 Yeah, well, we found that, and you guys can correct 00:11:57.419 --> 00:11:59.919 us if you've experienced this yourselves or haven't 00:11:59.919 --> 00:12:01.259 experienced this yourselves, but we found that 00:12:01.259 --> 00:12:02.980 on dating apps, maybe breaking the ice can be 00:12:02.980 --> 00:12:05.360 a bit awkward, right? Because you basically swiped 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:07.100 right into the ether, hoping that someone found 00:12:07.100 --> 00:12:08.460 you interesting or attractive enough to swipe 00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:10.899 right on you. I think you just kind of wait, 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:13.940 right? Whereas what we're doing is we're basically 00:12:13.940 --> 00:12:16.700 identifying your weirdest and most wonderful 00:12:16.700 --> 00:12:19.740 subconscious interests. I'm finding out how you're 00:12:19.740 --> 00:12:21.779 compatible with others to show you that information 00:12:21.779 --> 00:12:24.419 up front hopefully giving people enough to do 00:12:24.419 --> 00:12:26.440 you see unfakable interest where they can break 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:28.820 the ice more easily so showing them that they 00:12:28.820 --> 00:12:32.299 both like the same band or the same food or who 00:12:32.299 --> 00:12:35.340 knows the same you know. weird piece of art. 00:12:35.419 --> 00:12:37.879 The more you use it, the weirder it gets. And 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:39.419 I like to tell people, if it's weirder, it's 00:12:39.419 --> 00:12:41.200 better, right? Because who wants the boring insights? 00:12:41.259 --> 00:12:43.600 We want to know the juicy stuff. Yeah, yeah, 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:46.320 exactly. Love that you said that, not faking 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:48.019 the idea. Because that's kind of what the talking 00:12:48.019 --> 00:12:51.460 stage is about, right? Like, thinking about how 00:12:51.460 --> 00:12:55.100 can I present myself in the best possible package. 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:57.519 I love pretending to be a human being. I'm a 00:12:57.519 --> 00:12:59.700 Gemini, so I just, like, patter myself after 00:12:59.700 --> 00:13:13.889 whoever I'm around. Oh, you too, see? We could 00:13:13.889 --> 00:13:15.370 actually just take our call elsewhere. This is 00:13:15.370 --> 00:13:19.070 a call divided I can tell this could be a messy 00:13:19.070 --> 00:13:23.970 conversation already I think the question is, 00:13:24.190 --> 00:13:26.549 has dating always been this bad? Because people 00:13:26.549 --> 00:13:29.350 always blame dating apps. Do you guys think that 00:13:29.350 --> 00:13:32.570 dating has always been this challenging, or has 00:13:32.570 --> 00:13:35.070 technology really changed the game for us? Yeah, 00:13:35.090 --> 00:13:37.289 that's really interesting, because I think dating 00:13:37.289 --> 00:13:40.649 apps really came about in the 2013, 2014 era. 00:13:41.070 --> 00:13:43.210 And this was, frankly, when I was coming into 00:13:43.210 --> 00:13:45.690 college, and so I didn't have a ton of dating 00:13:45.690 --> 00:13:47.730 app experiences, so I can't talk about before 00:13:47.730 --> 00:13:50.200 that. But I do think throughout the years of 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:52.000 like Hinge and Tinder and Bumble like all these 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:53.679 different apps that are coming out people are 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:55.759 just getting more and more shallow as time goes 00:13:55.759 --> 00:14:00.620 on and the options like the variety of options 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:02.460 like people are just not settling down there's 00:14:02.460 --> 00:14:04.120 a million dates like I know people like stack 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:07.179 updates like back -to -back, you know or like 00:14:07.309 --> 00:14:10.049 multiple times a week. So I think it's just a 00:14:10.049 --> 00:14:12.929 lot to handle. And unfortunately, we're not having 00:14:12.929 --> 00:14:15.409 this human connection as much anymore, especially 00:14:15.409 --> 00:14:17.309 after the pandemic, too. Let's add another layer 00:14:17.309 --> 00:14:20.210 to that, you know? Yeah. I get the multiple dates. 00:14:20.269 --> 00:14:22.269 You gotta get those free meals. I was like, this 00:14:22.269 --> 00:14:24.070 is how I ate for free for a whole month. And 00:14:24.070 --> 00:14:25.690 it was like, date, date, date. I was like, that's 00:14:25.690 --> 00:14:28.649 crazy. Literally. I actually love it with your 00:14:28.649 --> 00:14:33.529 hair down here, because it's... I personally 00:14:33.529 --> 00:14:34.990 am in a relationship, right? I've been in a long 00:14:34.990 --> 00:14:37.269 -term relationship. I'm going on nine years. 00:14:37.330 --> 00:14:41.470 And I met my partner on Tinder. So I spent two 00:14:41.470 --> 00:14:45.129 years prior on dating apps, trying all these 00:14:45.129 --> 00:14:48.750 things. And so now, you know, in the recent times, 00:14:48.809 --> 00:14:50.470 I have coworkers, right? I'm looking at their 00:14:50.470 --> 00:14:52.450 hinge and their Tinder. And you're right, Christina. 00:14:52.870 --> 00:14:55.610 The whole landscape has changed. And I'm like, 00:14:55.629 --> 00:14:57.529 how do you get past the talking stage? Because 00:14:57.529 --> 00:14:59.769 all these apps are just like, this is what I 00:14:59.769 --> 00:15:03.259 would do for a fun date or... Was the last time 00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:06.399 you've done this random thing and anybody but 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:08.639 your impressed app is trying to take that that 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:13.259 little middleman away Yeah, yeah contacts. Yeah, 00:15:13.259 --> 00:15:15.200 go ahead. That's exactly right. I mean literally 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:16.860 took words out of my that's all it was we are 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:19.519 trying to build How do I say this we project 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:21.379 on social media right project on dating apps? 00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:23.559 Everyone wants to make it look how hot they are 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:25.059 and how clever they can be in a one -liner Bible 00:15:25.059 --> 00:15:26.840 What does that really say about you, right? Like 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:29.100 you can say anything whereas what we're trying 00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:32.379 to do is make it not just kind of trying to make 00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:34.379 it so that you can't really fake it, but you 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:38.019 have a good time providing the data, in this 00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:40.019 case with news, for us to kind of build that 00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:43.779 profile about you that is unfakable. You're not 00:15:43.779 --> 00:15:45.720 just going to hand over this information if you're 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:47.200 not seeing any immediate reward. You got to actually 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:48.820 kind of make the journey fun, and in our case, 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:50.539 educational. And that's why we're doing this 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:52.779 with all factual information. But people be lying. 00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:56.379 That's what this is about. No, that's what I 00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:59.429 really do appreciate about Impressed is that 00:15:59.429 --> 00:16:01.809 you kind of really are connected with because 00:16:01.809 --> 00:16:03.990 I start I forgot what tier I made it But I didn't 00:16:03.990 --> 00:16:05.909 make it to like the fourth tier. What's that? 00:16:06.110 --> 00:16:09.669 What's that call? I know I was really I was really 00:16:09.669 --> 00:16:11.309 swiping honey. I was like working. What's the 00:16:11.309 --> 00:16:14.350 tier? You gotta explain slow down for us Ruffy 00:16:14.350 --> 00:16:15.870 beans. Oh, yeah. No, that's your ruffy catch 00:16:15.870 --> 00:16:18.809 it No, but you knew brought it up in her pitch 00:16:18.809 --> 00:16:22.409 in the beginning where the The more, well, I 00:16:22.409 --> 00:16:24.269 wake up every day and I like look through the 00:16:24.269 --> 00:16:27.090 articles. And as I do that, if I look at like 00:16:27.090 --> 00:16:29.970 three to four articles a day by like, I think 00:16:29.970 --> 00:16:32.090 like a second or fourth day, it told me I was 00:16:32.090 --> 00:16:35.850 what, an adventurer. So I definitely span, which 00:16:35.850 --> 00:16:38.809 I was like looking outside of my like normal 00:16:38.809 --> 00:16:41.330 news context, like a lot of things. Like obviously 00:16:41.330 --> 00:16:42.950 I looked through a lot of events stuff, which 00:16:42.950 --> 00:16:45.179 is... still what I look through. But I think 00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:47.220 I was reading about like, you know, how much 00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:49.139 would you weigh on this planet? Kind of articles 00:16:49.139 --> 00:16:53.299 too. And so I really like that. So I think now 00:16:53.299 --> 00:16:56.460 I'm what? What was level three, level four? You 00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:58.960 went from being an explorer to a thinker. Ruffy's 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:01.840 officially a thinker. Oh, you heard it here first. 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:04.559 Breaking news, honey. I can have my brain cell 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:07.220 back. It just gets worse and worse because after 00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:09.000 this he graduates to an analyst, which gives 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:12.099 him the power. Okay, okay. So yeah, there's goals 00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:15.059 here. But there's also the level, which I need 00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:16.779 to start getting into that side of more, which 00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:18.980 is the friends element. If you were on a dating 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:21.460 app, what's the differences? How do you approach 00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:23.599 different conversations? Because back in my day, 00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:26.019 when I was on the friends apps on the sides of 00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:28.019 the other apps, I feel like people were still 00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:31.039 trying to... I feel like it was more direct in 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:33.619 certain ways. And so I'm curious to see how y 00:17:33.619 --> 00:17:35.900 'all have experienced the friend side of dating 00:17:35.900 --> 00:17:38.099 apps. Christina, have you ever used Bubble BFF 00:17:38.099 --> 00:17:40.900 or anything? I actually haven't, no. And I have 00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:42.960 thought about it before, because I've moved into 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:44.640 a couple of new cities, and each time it's a 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:46.980 little bit difficult to make new friends. I know 00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:48.980 friends who have had success with Bubble BFF, 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:50.619 but I also know a lot of people who haven't. 00:17:50.660 --> 00:17:53.240 They go on one friend date, and then it just 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:58.069 kind of links. doesn't go into anything. Yeah, 00:17:58.269 --> 00:17:59.609 I'm thinking about like, I know people I'm not 00:17:59.609 --> 00:18:02.210 going to say any names, but who have no no, I 00:18:02.210 --> 00:18:05.910 say this, you know, in DC, no, no, no less who 00:18:05.910 --> 00:18:07.150 had, you know, friend groups that were built 00:18:07.150 --> 00:18:10.349 all around bubble BFF and They were kind of weird 00:18:10.349 --> 00:18:11.990 friends. I'm not going to lie. Like they weren't 00:18:11.990 --> 00:18:14.730 good for this person. They were like kind of 00:18:14.730 --> 00:18:16.690 just crazy. And it was just like, it wasn't like 00:18:16.690 --> 00:18:18.029 a healthy friend group to be around. And they 00:18:18.029 --> 00:18:19.609 all found each other there. And I think when 00:18:19.609 --> 00:18:21.690 I asked this person I'm very close with, how 00:18:21.690 --> 00:18:23.230 do they think that thought that had happened? 00:18:23.710 --> 00:18:25.009 They had said it was because they didn't really 00:18:25.009 --> 00:18:27.269 know. But again, same same thing, right? They 00:18:27.269 --> 00:18:29.990 really know much about each other. And I think 00:18:29.990 --> 00:18:32.970 about these friends matching apps. where it's 00:18:32.970 --> 00:18:35.950 still an equally, if not more awkward, cold pitch 00:18:35.950 --> 00:18:38.390 to make to a friend. And I've put myself in the 00:18:38.390 --> 00:18:41.450 position of like the quintessential just like 00:18:41.450 --> 00:18:43.509 straight white dude here, right? Like what are 00:18:43.509 --> 00:18:46.109 the most awkward group of people in the world? 00:18:46.309 --> 00:18:48.289 No social skills. It's like, what do they do? 00:18:48.450 --> 00:18:50.650 Hey dude, you look cool. Wanna get like a beer? 00:18:52.009 --> 00:18:56.289 What is that? It's an icky thing. So like, how 00:18:56.289 --> 00:18:58.269 can we make it so that like the thing that's 00:18:58.269 --> 00:19:00.789 gonna cut through that noise. for the friends 00:19:00.789 --> 00:19:03.470 and the dating is to just make it hyper personal. 00:19:04.150 --> 00:19:05.910 Like it's a lot easier pitch to be like, Oh, 00:19:05.950 --> 00:19:07.609 I don't know. You also like the same sports team. 00:19:07.730 --> 00:19:09.089 Like there's a game come up this week and you 00:19:09.089 --> 00:19:10.690 want to go watch it. It's just like, it's just 00:19:10.690 --> 00:19:13.670 more efficient. We are awkward people and dating 00:19:13.670 --> 00:19:15.470 apps are inherently awkward thing the way that 00:19:15.470 --> 00:19:17.890 they're popularized. So maybe you just got to 00:19:17.890 --> 00:19:21.250 make it more human, you know? Yeah. I think that's 00:19:21.250 --> 00:19:24.049 what I've noticed. Cause I mean, to me, there's 00:19:24.049 --> 00:19:27.130 to a certain point like Instagram is also a dating 00:19:27.130 --> 00:19:28.730 app. If you look at the same kind of situations 00:19:28.730 --> 00:19:30.869 you just explained, where you are putting on 00:19:30.869 --> 00:19:32.950 a persona, you're putting something that other 00:19:32.950 --> 00:19:34.609 people, that you find other people would find 00:19:34.609 --> 00:19:37.430 attractive, and then you kind of riff off like 00:19:37.430 --> 00:19:39.150 those basic connections. And then also those 00:19:39.150 --> 00:19:41.490 quick tags on all those dating apps too. They 00:19:41.490 --> 00:19:44.109 kind of just like are quick slow lines on what... 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:45.920 you were interested in. But again, you probably 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:48.779 just liked one thing one time. It's not like 00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:50.619 an in -depth reflection of everything. So I've 00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:52.220 definitely seen those things. So I will say, 00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:54.079 y 'all got me back on the dating apps. So that 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:55.799 has definitely been confirmed. Yeah, you heard 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:57.779 it here first. That's on the record. Right now, 00:19:57.859 --> 00:20:00.079 I'm editing that out in post. That's on the record. 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:03.700 He's available, everyone. And looking, my question 00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:07.079 is, so we're in DC, right? And I know DC, we 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:09.700 all love it and kind of hate it sometimes. What 00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:12.759 are the obstacles you all found in dating in 00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:15.490 a city like... DC that, you know, was the reason 00:20:15.490 --> 00:20:17.890 we started this app. Like what are the kind of 00:20:17.890 --> 00:20:21.150 major pitfalls to getting a successful relationship 00:20:21.150 --> 00:20:28.509 that you all have seen? So, okay. How do I say 00:20:28.509 --> 00:20:31.109 this? I think when I first moved, DC was my first 00:20:31.109 --> 00:20:33.069 city living in America in like six years. So 00:20:33.069 --> 00:20:34.549 I didn't really, I wasn't familiar with dating 00:20:34.549 --> 00:20:36.829 in the American dating scene. Little did I realize 00:20:36.829 --> 00:20:39.279 at the time. that it is not indicative of the 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:41.180 rest of probably what it's like to date in America. 00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:43.759 So strange little atmosphere. Oh, it's crazy. 00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:45.980 You know, it's a transient city. Right. So I 00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:48.779 think like I think that inherently in the culture 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:51.220 of dating in D .C., there is almost a more universal 00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:53.940 acceptance of transience in the communication 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:56.279 and the consistency and the accountability. Right. 00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:58.960 Like like it's just kind of expected that I feel 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:00.819 like probably the threshold and patience level 00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:03.019 is higher for ghosting in D .C. than in most 00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:05.319 other places. Right. Like people are just like, 00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:07.230 oh, you know, it's moving. It's probably not 00:21:07.230 --> 00:21:09.569 going to work out anyway. Everyone's got the 00:21:09.569 --> 00:21:11.369 super professional secret job, probably traveling 00:21:11.369 --> 00:21:13.490 to frickin Qatar or something, right? Not going 00:21:13.490 --> 00:21:16.190 to see him for three months. Same thing. I felt 00:21:16.190 --> 00:21:18.750 like I felt like that was probably the main thing 00:21:18.750 --> 00:21:22.390 for me. Also, man, there's not that many. There's 00:21:22.390 --> 00:21:25.269 not that many. All the scene restaurants that 00:21:25.269 --> 00:21:27.230 come out, there's just enough places for you 00:21:27.230 --> 00:21:29.009 to see all the same people. It's a big enough 00:21:29.009 --> 00:21:33.329 city. The thing is, it's the smallest city ever, 00:21:33.470 --> 00:21:36.049 but ghosting, like you said, is so common. And 00:21:36.049 --> 00:21:37.470 so you know you're gonna see that person out 00:21:37.470 --> 00:21:42.190 again. That's a messy moment. Have we ghosted 00:21:42.190 --> 00:21:44.930 someone before? Yeah, have y 'all ever ghosted 00:21:44.930 --> 00:21:47.910 someone? Oh, yeah, of course. That's a diva die. 00:21:47.990 --> 00:21:50.769 I'm like, you know what, yeah. No hesitation 00:21:50.769 --> 00:21:52.869 there. I don't think I'll listen to anybody, 00:21:53.109 --> 00:21:55.369 but I'm sure someone will come out of the woodworks 00:21:55.369 --> 00:21:57.750 and be like, no, girl, you ghosted me. I don't 00:21:57.750 --> 00:21:59.849 know. Same. I would say the same thing. I'm like, 00:21:59.950 --> 00:22:01.849 first of all, I feel like I've ghosted people. 00:22:01.930 --> 00:22:04.069 I've never ghosted someone that I feel like is 00:22:04.069 --> 00:22:06.269 going to be hurt by me ghosting. I feel like 00:22:06.269 --> 00:22:07.930 I've always tried to finish that conversation. 00:22:08.230 --> 00:22:10.190 But then you also get the vibe that this person 00:22:10.190 --> 00:22:12.549 probably is on the third date right now today 00:22:12.549 --> 00:22:15.980 also. And so ghosting. because it's just like 00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:18.299 y 'all completely just didn't find connection 00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:20.720 almost, you know? So I think people confuse those 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:23.799 two. Yes, right. I think we're, like, generalizing 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:25.160 ghosty a little bit much here, right? Like, I 00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:26.619 think Nunu and I are a little bit on the defensive 00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:30.059 right now. Right, is there... Like how best way 00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:32.099 to ghost someone? I feel like I'm in this day 00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:35.839 and age with dating apps. And hopefully, I also 00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:37.440 think if you're on a dating app, hopefully you're 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:39.640 emotionally mature enough to be a human and, 00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:41.940 like, have difficult conversations that you can 00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:44.339 just be like, hey, I had a great time. on our 00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:47.960 date, really didn't see a future here, wish you 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:49.259 the best, let me know if I can hook you up with 00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:51.380 someone else in the future. That would be a better 00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:53.819 match. We all want to find love, and we all want 00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:55.579 to find connection, hopefully, so let's just 00:22:55.579 --> 00:23:01.039 be real. Be FFR. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Nunu, 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:07.339 did you ever go someone nine years ago? I'm ghosting? 00:23:10.529 --> 00:23:12.029 I'm probably getting in trouble, right? I don't 00:23:12.029 --> 00:23:13.529 think it means you're a bad person. I don't think 00:23:13.529 --> 00:23:15.289 it means you're trash. I think it's part of it. 00:23:15.650 --> 00:23:17.650 Like, yes, when I was on apps, I talked to people. 00:23:17.789 --> 00:23:19.789 I got to texting right away from app to texting. 00:23:19.910 --> 00:23:22.329 And then you kind of talk and then it just, eh, 00:23:22.569 --> 00:23:26.069 and then it's whatever. And... I don't feel like 00:23:26.069 --> 00:23:28.430 I defined it. I didn't feel like I was trying 00:23:28.430 --> 00:23:32.190 to... Was ghosting a thing back then called ghosting? 00:23:32.490 --> 00:23:33.910 Back then, in the olden days, y 'all. I don't 00:23:33.910 --> 00:23:37.509 know why. I was feeling telegrams, the writing 00:23:37.509 --> 00:23:40.869 letters thing. Oh, my God. I saw your ad on the 00:23:40.869 --> 00:23:43.089 newspaper. Two cups and a string or something. 00:23:44.069 --> 00:23:46.569 So does Impress have anything built in to avoid 00:23:46.569 --> 00:23:49.250 ghosting or does it have prompts so that people 00:23:49.250 --> 00:23:52.640 can talk more or just naturally engage? Yeah, 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:54.480 so you know, it's funny, I actually, so we have 00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.859 a feature that we're developing right now, which 00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:57.579 I will touch on, but I just want to preface this 00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:59.680 with, I didn't even think about this. I was prepping 00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:01.859 for this show that we actually have, I remember 00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:03.640 bringing this up to users in the past in the 00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:05.019 fall, like, hey, what would you think about like 00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:08.039 a, almost like a ghosting reporting function, 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:09.779 and you're like, not like over time, it wouldn't 00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:11.779 be like one, like one time you're off the platform, 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:13.779 but like after, you know, several, several recordings 00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:15.460 of this dude, just ghost people, or just ghost 00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:17.880 people, that they would get a warning or something. 00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:19.900 And honestly, the users hated it. They didn't 00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:22.460 like that idea. They came back, they're like, 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:24.279 that's not really... Too much accountability. 00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:27.359 Maybe if you... I think everything feels too 00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:31.319 Black Mirror -y or something. But something else 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:33.079 that we've done, which is... Well, we've actually, 00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:34.599 at least designed it, we need to actually develop 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:37.799 it into the app, you know, startup life, is basically 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:40.279 expiring conversations after 24 hours. If neither 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:42.160 person responds, or if one person responds and 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:44.019 the other person doesn't, that basically starts 00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:46.200 24 -hour clock. So that's to kind of be shown 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:48.799 a mutual interest of action. in order to actually 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:50.460 keep it going. Otherwise, it just goes away. 00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:53.039 It un -muddies the platform, and you can just 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.779 kind of clean your hands of it. I think that 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:56.380 what that does is it kind of motivates action, 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.900 too, right? If the clock's ticking, you can see 00:24:57.900 --> 00:25:00.079 the clock ticking. Like, get on with it, you 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:02.220 know? Yeah, I think Bumble, that's why I think 00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:04.400 a lot of women have told me that they like Bumble, 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:06.559 is because it's on their terms in that kind of 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:08.480 situation. Like, if you didn't feel it, honey, 00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:11.650 especially on Bumble... You'll be swiping on 00:25:11.650 --> 00:25:13.210 bubble and then you look at your matches and 00:25:13.210 --> 00:25:15.349 you're like, when did I swipe right? So it's 00:25:15.349 --> 00:25:16.829 good. Yeah. Get them, get rid of them as soon 00:25:16.829 --> 00:25:19.549 as you like see them. That's great. Oh, speaking 00:25:19.549 --> 00:25:21.750 of like these like special features, is there 00:25:21.750 --> 00:25:23.829 any other ways or there's something built in 00:25:23.829 --> 00:25:26.190 impress where you're like encouraging that communication 00:25:26.190 --> 00:25:28.529 or something that's unique to impress that other 00:25:28.529 --> 00:25:32.569 apps don't have? Love that question. It's actually 00:25:32.569 --> 00:25:36.579 something that we are building right now. And 00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:38.279 this hasn't been released yet, but whatever we 00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.940 talk about, we talk about it to investors, so 00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:41.279 I guess it's hot off the presses. It's not hot 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.539 off the presses, it's not in your hand right 00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:44.700 now, but it will be soon, is we're basically 00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:48.140 building groups insofar as what Impress does 00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:50.539 is we can pretty much tell, based on how you 00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:54.240 think and feel about the world, if you're the 00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:56.039 most likely to be into something in the local 00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:59.019 area. Maybe it's DC United, maybe it's Break 00:25:59.019 --> 00:26:01.859 a Tone Brunch. whatever it is shout out to ruffy 00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:04.000 right i'm sure ruffy would be in the top one 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:08.440 percent of reggaeton in dc so he would get basically 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:11.119 a prompt after he rates articles or even in his 00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:13.000 leads and it'll say, hey, Ralphie, guess what? 00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:16.259 You're in the top 1 % of reggaeton brats lovers 00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:18.200 in DC. Do you want to opt into this group for 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:20.660 the next 72 hours? And so this group is always 00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:22.859 there, but you get access to it in basically 00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:25.579 72 hour windows. And anytime there's an article 00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:27.440 or anything about, in this case, reggaeton or 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:29.960 brunch, it gets automatically fed into that group 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:31.819 to kind of keep the conversation going. And you 00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:33.119 can kind of like a WhatsApp group, almost like 00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:35.339 see who's in it. And my favorite part of this 00:26:35.630 --> 00:26:38.130 Is that this is a totally new take on pitching 00:26:38.130 --> 00:26:41.069 essentially in dating apps, which is every other 00:26:41.069 --> 00:26:42.349 dating app. You see someone you swipe, right? 00:26:42.410 --> 00:26:44.410 You hope they swipe right on you. But in this 00:26:44.410 --> 00:26:47.250 case, you already are among this kind of essentially 00:26:47.250 --> 00:26:49.569 interest elite group in the local area. You've 00:26:49.569 --> 00:26:51.569 both opted into being there and you're actively 00:26:51.569 --> 00:26:53.809 engaged in the conversation. You can actually 00:26:53.809 --> 00:26:56.109 see who's in that group and send them a match 00:26:56.109 --> 00:26:57.930 across right there. Like if they have dating 00:26:57.930 --> 00:26:59.269 enabled, you can send them a dating request. 00:26:59.329 --> 00:27:00.390 They're friends enabled. You could send them 00:27:00.390 --> 00:27:01.690 a friend's request. And that doesn't have to 00:27:01.690 --> 00:27:03.730 be geo locked. I mean, it could be, but you could, 00:27:03.730 --> 00:27:05.430 you know, you could set a request to anyone anywhere. 00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:09.240 if they share your love of reggaeton. And because 00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:11.779 it expires, like we said, after 72 hours, it 00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:13.519 kind of does motivate some more conversation 00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:16.039 and you can, it also keeps it fresh. It means 00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:17.660 that whoever's in that top of percent at any 00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:19.960 given time, you know? So yeah, that's kind of 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:21.599 what we're thinking. And we think that'll definitely, 00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:23.319 the community has responded really well to that 00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:24.759 idea. Cause I think they want to see the social 00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:26.759 aspect bolstered. Yeah, I love the social network 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:29.029 aspect of it. Because I love being in a group 00:27:29.029 --> 00:27:30.970 chat. I love kind of adding my two cents in a 00:27:30.970 --> 00:27:32.869 group chat. So that's really cool. But I like 00:27:32.869 --> 00:27:37.069 that idea because it's like I can do it by... 00:27:36.910 --> 00:27:39.210 Not specifically geolocation, but, like, again, 00:27:39.250 --> 00:27:40.869 if I was interested in a brunch or a location 00:27:40.869 --> 00:27:43.349 or a space where I always visit, I can join that 00:27:43.349 --> 00:27:45.190 group and I'll be like, look, I can see you there. 00:27:45.269 --> 00:27:47.869 I'm already going anyway. It kind of removes 00:27:47.869 --> 00:27:50.250 that pressure of, like, I got to be here to date, 00:27:50.289 --> 00:27:53.029 but if I'm already going, I can see you, so I 00:27:53.029 --> 00:27:55.309 have my normal plan. It makes it casual. Because 00:27:55.309 --> 00:27:58.829 I think DC, right, y 'all, definitely loves casual. 00:27:58.930 --> 00:28:01.130 Nothing but casual. I think the thing that really 00:28:01.130 --> 00:28:02.509 sets it apart is that you kind of have to earn 00:28:02.509 --> 00:28:04.569 the right to be there as well, right? So it's 00:28:04.569 --> 00:28:06.890 like... I almost feel like in this is, I don't 00:28:06.890 --> 00:28:08.390 know, we as humans, we'd love to be special. 00:28:08.769 --> 00:28:11.930 That's just like the idea that we know that this 00:28:11.930 --> 00:28:13.589 other group. Yeah, it's like we still like we 00:28:13.589 --> 00:28:15.390 got slight. Hey, we're here, right. We're showing 00:28:15.390 --> 00:28:16.690 out for this one thing that we both love. And 00:28:16.690 --> 00:28:18.109 there's an event about this thing we both love. 00:28:18.390 --> 00:28:20.410 Obviously, we're going. I don't know you, but 00:28:20.410 --> 00:28:22.609 like, let's go and we can even integrate events 00:28:22.609 --> 00:28:25.589 into that. So let's just say it's like it's a 00:28:25.589 --> 00:28:28.049 band. You know, we can integrate them as an admin, 00:28:28.170 --> 00:28:30.329 take discounted tickets, et cetera. You can kind 00:28:30.329 --> 00:28:32.349 of see the potential of all this can go. But 00:28:32.349 --> 00:28:34.240 the fact of the matter is. We're just trying 00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.660 to connect people based on who they are when 00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:37.319 they're sitting in the jammies on a Sunday watching 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:39.079 Netflix. That's kind of the whole idea. The core. 00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:41.339 Everyone's core. Everyone has that. Yeah. No 00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:44.599 makeup. No, like, my hair's a mess, right? The 00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:48.599 real us that our partner's gonna know, uh, better 00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:53.400 or worse. Yeah. So for you all, is the goal a 00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:55.380 long -term relationship, a general relationship? 00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:57.960 Like, what is the overarching goal, just that? 00:28:59.230 --> 00:29:02.670 Is it marriage? How are we defining all this? 00:29:02.809 --> 00:29:04.829 I would love to hear Christina's take on this. 00:29:05.589 --> 00:29:07.950 For us personally or for our users in the app? 00:29:08.109 --> 00:29:09.970 Oh, you're for our users. I mean, either way, 00:29:10.289 --> 00:29:14.289 but for your users in your app. I think the goal 00:29:14.289 --> 00:29:16.529 for our users is really just for them to have 00:29:16.529 --> 00:29:18.369 fun and like build connection, whatever that 00:29:18.369 --> 00:29:20.769 means, whether that's like short term or long 00:29:20.769 --> 00:29:23.349 term. And hopefully, ideally, whatever success 00:29:23.349 --> 00:29:25.869 in dating means to them. And also with friendship, 00:29:25.970 --> 00:29:28.029 like we want them to build solid, strong foundations 00:29:28.029 --> 00:29:31.630 with friends in their area. And yeah, you know, 00:29:31.849 --> 00:29:34.309 it's whatever they prefer. Make them happy. Yeah, 00:29:34.309 --> 00:29:38.059 it's kind of like, how do I say this? It's been 00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:40.140 so strictly defined before. And in fact, we sometimes 00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:41.720 see that with investment, like, oh, it's a dating 00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:44.019 app. Well, it's not, I mean, it has dating aspects 00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:46.599 to it, but we actually present ourselves as compatibility 00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:48.339 as a service. That's like what we call this new 00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:50.440 category because it's a little bit, we have like 00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:52.480 a free wave on our deck. It's like a little bit 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:54.240 of dating app, a little bit of social network 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.579 and a little bit of news aggregator, but it's 00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:57.400 not exclusively any of them. It's a weird new 00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:59.920 thing. And so I think the reason I bring that 00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:03.619 up is because what we're really getting to is 00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:07.819 what would you do if you knew specifically how 00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:09.579 compatible you are with everyone around you in 00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:12.180 real time as a service. What would you do with 00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:15.119 that information? If it's specifically for connecting, 00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:17.740 do you want to find, I mean, that's inherently 00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:19.779 good for deeper connecting, but it's also just 00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:21.339 good for having interesting conversations. And 00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:23.880 we're just trying to basically create fascinating, 00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:26.559 but also like vulnerable dialogue. You know, 00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:28.000 I think, I think vulnerability is a big part 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.579 of it. You don't have to put on a front as much 00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:31.259 just, or can be yourself and be rewarded for 00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:33.819 it, which is. Unfortunately, I have novel concept 00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:36.180 in today's internet. So what about for you all, 00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:38.079 like, when I was on the apps, right, I was like, 00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:40.660 okay, I need to find someone to marry. This is 00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:43.319 doing my person for ever. Wow. Are you a hopeless 00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:47.619 romantic? Like, I was. Are you saying just because 00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:49.299 I'm a Gemini, I'm a hopeless romantic, too? Yeah, 00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:51.019 I want to know, because I was just like, yeah. 00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:53.200 Purpose that I am. Yes, that's true. Oh, that's 00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:56.140 okay. I know Raffy is. I am definitely a hopeless 00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:59.480 romantic. Well, yeah, for sure. I'm like a stubborn 00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:01.640 hopeless romantic, though. But I will cry in 00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:04.019 any kind of romantic comedy kind of thing. I'm 00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:05.640 a crier, for sure. I want to touch on that stubborn 00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:07.000 part, because I think that's part of, like, the 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:09.640 DC culture of it all, right? Like, too cool. 00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:12.240 Yeah, I feel like that's, like, I hate that. 00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.980 And I think that's something that I've kind of 00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:15.900 talked with friends, obviously, but, like, I've 00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:18.880 been, like, going through, like, dating as, like, 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:21.259 actually, like, letting the guard down in, like, 00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:24.220 a way that's productive and not just, like, after. 00:31:24.269 --> 00:31:27.009 Like it starts going like rocky you start to 00:31:27.009 --> 00:31:28.750 feel that distance because also like you know 00:31:28.750 --> 00:31:31.150 I'm saying like I feel like it always takes two 00:31:31.150 --> 00:31:33.250 But I feel like when you have that vulnerability 00:31:33.250 --> 00:31:37.740 you save so much time and energy to realize it 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:40.220 wasn't a match or wasn't supposed to be what 00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:42.799 it was. But I think that's something I definitely 00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:45.140 have lacked. Like when I've shown vulnerability 00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:46.980 in situations, other people haven't matched that 00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:49.819 vulnerability. So I think that's a constant thing 00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:51.559 that I definitely see in a DC. I don't know if 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:53.960 it's just a DC scene, but obviously in dating 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:58.099 in general, for sure. Does anyone else kind of 00:31:58.099 --> 00:32:00.349 get a little, I don't know. I get a little touchy 00:32:00.349 --> 00:32:01.829 like and like not sorry not like that I mean 00:32:01.829 --> 00:32:04.450 I almost like nervous in a way like kind of like 00:32:04.450 --> 00:32:06.990 I like I do a lot of romantic to be honest with 00:32:06.990 --> 00:32:08.990 you but it's kind of like I don't want to move 00:32:08.990 --> 00:32:11.269 into things too like not how do I say this there 00:32:11.269 --> 00:32:12.789 there are different levels to this like some 00:32:12.789 --> 00:32:14.150 people are like they're going one day and they're 00:32:14.150 --> 00:32:17.250 like what are we yeah it's other people who are 00:32:17.250 --> 00:32:20.230 like three months later I mean I'm neither one 00:32:20.230 --> 00:32:23.029 of those but at the same time I feel like I might 00:32:23.029 --> 00:32:24.789 consider myself a hopeless romantic but I look 00:32:24.789 --> 00:32:29.160 at it through very So like a logical lens like 00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:31.700 pragmatic pragmatic lens, I guess yeah, like 00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:34.039 don't let your emotions run everything Yeah in 00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:36.160 scientific terms are real hopeless romantics 00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:38.400 like anxious attachment style people. Oh my gosh, 00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:45.369 you know probably yeah For real? Like, put that 00:32:45.369 --> 00:32:47.809 article in. Yeah, what's the other one, too? 00:32:47.950 --> 00:32:51.150 Like, disorganized? They're stable, which is 00:32:51.150 --> 00:32:53.690 what I guess everyone... It's avoided, anxious, 00:32:53.890 --> 00:32:56.569 and then the stable connection, which is, like, 00:32:56.650 --> 00:32:58.890 I guess the goal for everyone. Yeah, or, oh, 00:32:58.930 --> 00:33:01.970 secure. Secure, secure, yeah. My background is 00:33:01.970 --> 00:33:03.369 in counseling. I'm a master's in counseling. 00:33:03.529 --> 00:33:06.509 So what I really enjoyed about this part is the 00:33:06.509 --> 00:33:09.579 psychology that goes into it. what I do as a 00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:12.799 counselor is talk about like questions or really 00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:15.400 thinking of questions that are going to connect 00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:19.259 to that person and be able to bring about a response. 00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:20.559 And that's kind of what you're doing here in 00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:23.359 this app. Like, how do you get them to ask a 00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:24.980 question, be able to feel comfortable to ask 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:27.440 something in their sphere that allows them to 00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:29.119 connect more based on outside from like, what 00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:30.740 do you like to do? How long have you been in 00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:33.240 DC? Where are you from? What do you do? Yeah, 00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:36.160 we're only letting the extroverts take the whole 00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:40.579 thing, you know? Yeah, like, this sounds amazing. 00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:43.660 So, we wanna play a little game with you all. 00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:47.759 Okay, let's do it. So, this game is called Red 00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:50.720 Flag, Green Flag, Beige Flag. And we're just 00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:53.339 gonna put up a couple of different scenarios. 00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:55.720 What's Beige Flag, actually? You guys can ask 00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:58.799 that. Oh, yeah, so a red flag is like hard, no. 00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:01.960 Like, God, this is the worst thing ever. And 00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:03.859 green flag, of course, is your positive sign. 00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:06.579 But beige is like, meh, it's not like a deal 00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:09.320 breaker, but it's like, eh, like, I don't know. 00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:12.079 That's for me. OK, OK. I'm so excited. I've never 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:16.539 heard of this. Why am I nervous? Like my faults 00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:20.320 are sweaty all of a sudden. OK, so perfect. So 00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:22.599 we're going to play red flag, green flag, beige 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:25.650 flag, where we give a couple of scenarios. And 00:34:25.650 --> 00:34:27.730 all three of our participants, because Rafi is 00:34:27.730 --> 00:34:30.230 participating too, are going to choose if this 00:34:30.230 --> 00:34:32.909 is a red, green, or beige flag. So the first 00:34:32.909 --> 00:34:36.670 scenario is ask your Spotify playlist before 00:34:36.670 --> 00:34:39.670 your phone number. Is that a red flag, or green 00:34:39.670 --> 00:34:42.869 flag, or beige flag, y 'all? OK. Hold on. Let 00:34:42.869 --> 00:34:44.809 me think it through. That's an easy answer. I'm 00:34:44.809 --> 00:34:46.510 not going to say it. That's an easy one. Oh, 00:34:46.530 --> 00:34:49.170 I have two answers so far. I don't know the context, 00:34:49.210 --> 00:34:51.670 but I'm going to put beige flag. Oh my god, we 00:34:51.670 --> 00:34:54.650 have two. Two beige flag, one green flag. Why'd 00:34:54.650 --> 00:34:58.070 y 'all say beige? Who said beige? I said beige. 00:34:58.429 --> 00:35:01.849 Yeah. Okay, yeah, I said beige too, girl. No, 00:35:02.829 --> 00:35:04.989 I said beige because, okay, if I'm talking to 00:35:04.989 --> 00:35:07.610 you and I'm clearly interested in you and you're 00:35:07.610 --> 00:35:10.269 asking for my Spotify playlist but not my number, 00:35:10.349 --> 00:35:12.969 I'm like, girl... Are you like into it or not? 00:35:13.150 --> 00:35:16.150 But then if I'm already into like, or if we've 00:35:16.150 --> 00:35:17.889 been hanging out and I'm mostly on Instagram 00:35:17.889 --> 00:35:19.510 with you, like we talk on Instagram and you ask 00:35:19.510 --> 00:35:21.429 me for a Spotify place, that's cool. Like, you 00:35:21.429 --> 00:35:22.710 know what I'm saying? It's just depending on 00:35:22.710 --> 00:35:26.429 the context for moi. I agree. I think for me 00:35:26.429 --> 00:35:29.510 specifically also like music is one of my love 00:35:29.510 --> 00:35:32.590 languages. So let's just figure that out before 00:35:32.590 --> 00:35:34.730 you even trade like personal information. You 00:35:34.730 --> 00:35:36.550 know, like if we're not into music, like we're 00:35:36.550 --> 00:35:39.570 not going to vibe. It's just unfortunate. But 00:35:39.570 --> 00:35:41.739 yeah, that's what I think. Wait, that sounds 00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:43.659 like a green flag, the way you framed it, Christina. 00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:47.219 OK, I guess you're right. You should be like, 00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:49.619 what's your Spotify playlist? And let's go to 00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:52.460 like a vinyl record bar. You know, like maybe 00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:54.500 see something with the playlist ass. Like, don't 00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:56.920 just look at my playlist and walk away. Right. 00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:58.900 Are you trying to do something or not? Yeah, 00:35:58.980 --> 00:36:01.659 be so savage. Like Adam, I would have chose green 00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:03.539 flag. I'd be like, oh, you like music choice. 00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:05.900 You want to see what I'm into, right? I think 00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:08.239 it's the gesture. Oh, go ahead, go ahead. Oh, 00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:10.289 no, I was just going to say, yeah. I was just 00:36:10.289 --> 00:36:12.989 gonna say, like, if what you said, music, if 00:36:12.989 --> 00:36:14.929 you don't like your music, how are we gonna match? 00:36:15.250 --> 00:36:16.989 I had someone tell me one time, I don't like 00:36:16.989 --> 00:36:20.929 music. Literally. And then I realized, oh my 00:36:20.929 --> 00:36:23.329 God, we have nothing in common as we kept talking. 00:36:23.409 --> 00:36:25.190 So I was like, yeah, that's completely true, 00:36:25.210 --> 00:36:27.210 what you said. Wait, what do you mean dress sure 00:36:27.210 --> 00:36:29.929 though, Adam? Well, I mean, like, so if somebody, 00:36:31.210 --> 00:36:32.710 if I'm vibing with somebody, right, we're talking 00:36:32.710 --> 00:36:35.289 and she was like, let me see your Spotify playlist. 00:36:35.449 --> 00:36:38.289 That to me, of course, that signals a couple 00:36:38.289 --> 00:36:40.309 of things, right? First off, they love music, 00:36:40.510 --> 00:36:43.050 which I love that they love music. And second, 00:36:43.210 --> 00:36:47.309 that music means a lot to them in context of 00:36:47.309 --> 00:36:48.849 compatibility. And I think, like, in a lot of 00:36:48.849 --> 00:36:51.929 ways, you're kind of and it keeps me on edge. 00:36:51.949 --> 00:36:53.710 Right. I'm all about the anticipation. So if 00:36:53.710 --> 00:36:55.710 there's a good music, I feel like seeing my playlist, 00:36:55.750 --> 00:36:57.690 they're like, oh, I love this place. Like, that's 00:36:57.690 --> 00:36:59.789 it. Like, you're so in play. That's like I'm 00:36:59.789 --> 00:37:02.610 swooned in that moment. You know? Yeah. I also 00:37:02.610 --> 00:37:04.190 think it kind of takes a certain level of confidence 00:37:04.190 --> 00:37:06.929 that it's like nice. I just think it might be 00:37:06.929 --> 00:37:08.530 different for girls and guys. That's another 00:37:08.530 --> 00:37:10.909 thing. Like, I feel like a guy would be like, 00:37:11.010 --> 00:37:11.989 oh, that's green flag. A girl would be like, 00:37:12.090 --> 00:37:14.010 oh, he didn't ask for my number. Like, get over 00:37:14.010 --> 00:37:18.429 it. Yeah. I love that. So the next scenario we 00:37:18.429 --> 00:37:21.989 have is never makes plans, but just says, we'll 00:37:21.989 --> 00:37:26.170 see. Easy, unanimous. Who's green flagging that? 00:37:26.489 --> 00:37:29.769 Right. It's a red flag. You got to make plans. 00:37:29.849 --> 00:37:33.230 We'll see. I only like people who are wishy -washy 00:37:33.230 --> 00:37:35.110 and I don't want to commit to anything. That's 00:37:35.110 --> 00:37:36.710 like just re -flagging that. Yeah, it's wishy 00:37:36.710 --> 00:37:38.369 -washy, but also some people love to beg, like 00:37:38.369 --> 00:37:40.010 they want you to beg to see and I'm like, girl, 00:37:40.110 --> 00:37:42.550 bye. No, no, no, no, no. So, yeah. If they wanted 00:37:42.550 --> 00:37:44.190 to, they would. That's what I learned. I feel 00:37:44.190 --> 00:37:46.690 like as an adult or just in life in general, 00:37:47.210 --> 00:37:48.949 you're just like, if they want you, they'll... 00:37:48.949 --> 00:37:52.110 DC's too busy. We don't have time for that. Right, 00:37:52.110 --> 00:37:57.750 right. Okay, so next one, easy. Follows all your 00:37:57.750 --> 00:38:01.150 friends, but hasn't followed you yet. Girl. See, 00:38:01.190 --> 00:38:02.989 I see it different ways, because there's some 00:38:02.989 --> 00:38:06.650 people who, like, who will wait and, like, not 00:38:06.650 --> 00:38:08.429 follow you until, like, you know, everything 00:38:08.429 --> 00:38:12.030 is really secure and you're, like, really into 00:38:12.030 --> 00:38:13.190 each other, because they don't want to go through 00:38:13.190 --> 00:38:15.269 the whole unfollowed, you know, weird dating 00:38:15.269 --> 00:38:16.449 thing. Because it's weird, right? If you're dating, 00:38:16.550 --> 00:38:17.670 are you going to follow them, like, immediately? 00:38:18.849 --> 00:38:19.889 Or are you just talking to them, like, after 00:38:19.889 --> 00:38:21.510 one day or two days? I don't know. That's just 00:38:21.510 --> 00:38:24.289 me. True. I think Instagram is a very sticky, 00:38:24.329 --> 00:38:27.199 like... There's so much... Unspoken rules about 00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:29.360 Instagram these days. I mean, I feel like I can't 00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:33.539 even keep up but yeah, that's a good point Well, 00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:36.880 I would say it's a red flag if you are actively 00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:39.219 following other people I know and not following 00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:42.579 me But if we don't are not talking about social 00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:44.320 media If you like that and like, if we haven't 00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:46.099 even touched on it, I'm okay with that. Cause 00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:47.679 obviously working in social media, I'm like, 00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:50.900 we don't have to like talk about it. So I like 00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:53.159 that aspect of it. But if you're already following 00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:55.659 Nunu and not me, girl, bye. No. Cause you know, 00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:57.559 it's just funnier than you're ruffy. Which could 00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:59.559 be true, but Nunu is going to be messy and throw 00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:04.380 it into my face every time. If you want both 00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:06.840 of us, just ask. I agree with you. I'm just saying 00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:11.940 devil's advocate. Just because I kind of like 00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:15.739 what you said, Rafi is like, also, unfortunately, 00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:18.500 I can't really do that now being, you know, leading 00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:20.920 essentially a social media company. But I like 00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:22.159 when people aren't plugged into social media 00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:25.099 that much. That seems healthy to me. Right. And 00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:26.980 unfortunately, it's not. We get an ambience of 00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:30.000 those who are. So it's like, I don't care. Like, 00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:31.360 I don't know. I followed you or I did like, I 00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:33.119 don't know about probably will someday. I'm like, 00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:34.840 honestly, I like that better than if you did 00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:36.679 like you're welcome to. But the fact you like, 00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:38.590 I don't care. I'm like, I like that. It's sort 00:39:38.590 --> 00:39:40.309 of like, social media ain't that important to 00:39:40.309 --> 00:39:42.489 me. That was my favorite thing about my partner 00:39:42.489 --> 00:39:45.650 that he does not use social media. It like, helps 00:39:45.650 --> 00:39:47.969 so much. I'm like, great. He hates this. You 00:39:47.969 --> 00:39:51.510 can see it in his eyes. Next one, uses your Netflix 00:39:51.510 --> 00:39:54.969 account without asking. Which means, you know, 00:39:55.090 --> 00:39:56.690 they have something there and they just say, 00:39:56.769 --> 00:39:58.329 I'm gonna use your Netflix because, you know, 00:39:58.389 --> 00:40:02.170 but you're not official yet. What if they create 00:40:02.170 --> 00:40:04.500 their own profile though? Is that cool? So, these 00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:06.940 are her red flags. These are Nunu's red flags, 00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:09.320 and we're just telling her we approve of everything. 00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:11.760 I need another red flag. Well, I don't think 00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:13.619 it's a good... I don't know, because you see, 00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:16.619 it's definitely moochy behavior. Okay, Nunu's 00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:19.639 got thoughts on this. Did this happen to you? 00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:23.980 Is that why? Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Clearly, 00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:28.000 honey. Don't tell them you have a Netflix. I've 00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:31.280 had to like, you know, remove the devices and 00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:33.400 stuff, so I've definitely gotten that. I have 00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:35.960 done that. My next question is, can I get on 00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:38.380 your Netflix, but I guess never mind. No, especially 00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:40.239 now. Netflix won't let me share. They gotta pay 00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:46.380 $100 per person. True. That is a fun one. Oh, 00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:48.820 constantly refers to you as their friend around 00:40:48.820 --> 00:40:52.019 others, which is very DC, like you're just a 00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:54.400 friend. Wait, can I ask a question? Am I allowed 00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:57.039 to ask all of that? Yeah, let's clarify. What 00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:58.760 is the like, I think you got to paint like, what's 00:40:58.760 --> 00:41:00.460 the scenario here? Have you been on like one 00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:02.539 date? Have you been on like several dates? Like, 00:41:02.840 --> 00:41:05.019 OK, all right. I'm like, I'm just going to follow 00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:06.719 one date and I call it over my girlfriend like 00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:08.440 right away. That's a pretty consequential thing 00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:11.300 to do with all of my friends. Like I better be 00:41:11.300 --> 00:41:14.619 sure because again, it's circumstantial. It's 00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:16.420 if we've been doing this for six months and people, 00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:18.260 your friends think we're dating and you still 00:41:18.260 --> 00:41:20.619 call me your friend. That's wild. But yeah, if 00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:22.400 we're starting out, but there's always a, every 00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:24.960 time someone's done that and in a friendship, 00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:26.659 there's always kind of like an acknowledgement 00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:28.920 or like a laugh or like kind of a thing that 00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:32.320 signals that this is like more than just. At 00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:34.719 least in my experience, so I'm like, but if they're 00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:36.780 like, oh, no, this is this is my dude friend 00:41:36.780 --> 00:41:39.360 I'd be like go by so there's a I think there's 00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:41.960 a difference in communication or like body language 00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:44.519 when you say that for me for more I hope that 00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:45.860 if the friends are close enough to they would 00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:47.579 they would have some context leading into this 00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:49.059 and that's gonna bring some random sure you've 00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:52.820 never talked about and they're like, yeah But 00:41:52.820 --> 00:41:58.559 new new clearly has with these questions It's 00:41:58.559 --> 00:42:01.860 actually in a hot seat Ooh, I want to talk about 00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:04.380 this, because DC restaurants, which have a whole 00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:07.159 other tirade on this, right? I'm from the South, 00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:09.460 from North Carolina, and Raffi is from, you know, 00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:11.380 somewhere between New York and North Carolina, 00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:13.900 all over the place. I don't think the food in 00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:16.480 DC is that great, especially with all these expensive 00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:19.420 restaurants, all these places that make you wait. 00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:21.079 I mean, I still don't think Nobu is that great, 00:42:21.179 --> 00:42:24.099 but whatever. Anyway, make you split the bill 00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:28.010 every time. but insist on those expensive date 00:42:28.010 --> 00:42:30.710 spots, those exclusive DC restaurants. This is 00:42:30.710 --> 00:42:34.690 such a new question. Such a new question. Hold 00:42:34.690 --> 00:42:37.530 on. I mean, as someone who dates other men, I'm 00:42:37.530 --> 00:42:40.369 just going to go to the beige slash green flag. 00:42:40.369 --> 00:42:42.090 And I think that's also important because, right, 00:42:42.369 --> 00:42:44.210 in our different experiences, we have different 00:42:44.210 --> 00:42:47.820 expectations, like as queer people. I, you know, 00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:50.420 going Dutch is pretty much the standard until 00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:52.079 you become - Is that the term? I didn't even 00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:53.739 know that. I wouldn't know that because I've 00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:55.980 never grown up - Dutch oven? I grew up always, 00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:57.940 you know, chivalry ain't dead, pay for the - 00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:59.500 pay for the girl on the date, and I always have, 00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:03.260 and I - You always pay? Always do, yeah. Oh! 00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:06.880 Y 'all didn't think at all. I mean, every - I 00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:09.000 mean, in fact, every time, unless there's like 00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:10.360 - unless, God forbid, I don't know, the person 00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:13.719 who wants to go to frickin' let in Madison, and 00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:15.460 they're like, I insist on it on my group to split 00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:18.650 my bill. But I mean that, yeah. I mean, I think 00:43:18.650 --> 00:43:21.630 I always have, yeah. In gay world, I feel like 00:43:21.630 --> 00:43:25.110 if I've paid for some dates only because it gave 00:43:25.110 --> 00:43:28.170 that energy, like they were more of like, you 00:43:28.170 --> 00:43:31.630 know, like they were dolled up. How did you distinguish 00:43:31.630 --> 00:43:35.050 that though? I'm curious. Um, I don't want to 00:43:35.050 --> 00:43:37.289 say gender norm is it but like I was definitely 00:43:37.289 --> 00:43:40.550 the more male presenting they were the more Fine 00:43:40.550 --> 00:43:43.409 it was new new No, it was definitely because 00:43:43.409 --> 00:43:46.150 they were clearly like like a femme and they 00:43:46.150 --> 00:43:48.650 they kind of gave them that gender euphoria So 00:43:48.650 --> 00:43:50.730 I kind of like fed into that kind of thing So 00:43:50.730 --> 00:43:52.730 yeah, I think those are the things for me that 00:43:52.730 --> 00:43:55.429 i'm willing to do but if it's another man that 00:43:55.429 --> 00:43:58.030 you know We're both identified as men and you 00:43:58.030 --> 00:43:59.429 can pay for this spot and i'll pay for the next 00:43:59.429 --> 00:44:01.929 spot That's also what I would prefer not like 00:44:01.929 --> 00:44:04.670 splitting it halfway. That's too much Yeah, I 00:44:04.670 --> 00:44:05.989 just do the dinner drinks thing. I'll get dinner 00:44:05.989 --> 00:44:07.909 you get drinks. Yeah Yeah, like if we're splitting 00:44:07.909 --> 00:44:10.869 it, it means I didn't like you. Oh Because you 00:44:10.869 --> 00:44:12.250 don't want to owe them nothing. Yeah, I don't 00:44:12.250 --> 00:44:13.710 want to owe you anything I'm like, thank you 00:44:13.710 --> 00:44:16.989 so much for this past two hours. Let's not do 00:44:16.989 --> 00:44:20.329 this again I feel like it relieves the pressure 00:44:20.329 --> 00:44:22.829 off of you. Like if I I can go to a nice restaurant 00:44:22.829 --> 00:44:25.170 Let me just do my thing. I'll see you later. 00:44:25.230 --> 00:44:26.929 And if I feel like talking to you, I will again. 00:44:27.349 --> 00:44:31.869 Wait messy question Adam someone who dates women, 00:44:32.190 --> 00:44:34.269 has anyone wanted to put the bill with you? I 00:44:34.269 --> 00:44:38.489 didn't have a good date. I'm just gonna say no. 00:44:39.030 --> 00:44:41.369 I mean, it's just like, I mean, not because of 00:44:41.369 --> 00:44:43.650 me. I'm almost because I feel like, like you 00:44:43.650 --> 00:44:45.309 said, it's kind of like different cultural experiences 00:44:45.309 --> 00:44:47.969 where to be totally honest, like it's expected 00:44:47.969 --> 00:44:51.230 that the guy in straight dates will pay. And 00:44:51.230 --> 00:44:52.809 because I'm doing it anyways, most of the time 00:44:52.809 --> 00:44:54.110 without questions, putting my card down being 00:44:54.110 --> 00:44:58.059 like, thank you. I guess it is a gesture. Right. 00:44:58.380 --> 00:44:59.800 It's one of those. It's one of those funny things. 00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:02.480 I remember like I remember being taught by like 00:45:02.480 --> 00:45:05.199 my girlfriends in my mid 20s of like, you know, 00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:07.420 I don't like think that men should have to hold 00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:08.820 open the door for what we do stuff, but I love 00:45:08.820 --> 00:45:11.639 it when they do. I love it when someone goes 00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:14.460 back a mile. Exactly. Yeah, there it is. And 00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:16.539 so I'm like, OK, that's what I'll do. I rely 00:45:16.539 --> 00:45:19.159 on Shilvery personally, so I love it. Yes, she 00:45:19.159 --> 00:45:22.219 definitely does. Oh my gosh, we're almost done. 00:45:22.599 --> 00:45:25.480 Takes 24 hours to respond, but still watches 00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:27.760 all your stories. Now, see, this could go either 00:45:27.760 --> 00:45:29.800 way, because they're still responding to you, 00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:31.239 but they're watching your stories before they 00:45:31.239 --> 00:45:35.119 do. That's such a red flag. I think it was a 00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:37.599 quick, quickest red flag for me. Yeah, I saw 00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:39.539 a red flag. I thought you read it as a red for 00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:41.460 me. Like, of all the questions, I'm like, this 00:45:41.460 --> 00:45:44.340 is... I hate it. Why'd you dive into that? There's 00:45:44.340 --> 00:45:46.199 so many, like, there's a word for it. I don't 00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:49.019 remember what it's called. Breadcrumbing? Yes, 00:45:49.760 --> 00:45:51.559 yes, breadcrumbing. Where they're just like lurking. 00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:54.219 Oh, and there's another one called submarine. 00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:56.480 But anyway, they're just like lurking on you, 00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:58.739 but then take a while to respond. I guess it 00:45:58.739 --> 00:46:01.380 depends on what was the last text. Was it like 00:46:01.380 --> 00:46:04.000 an ending conversation text? Or was it like a 00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:05.739 less planned something text and you just didn't 00:46:05.739 --> 00:46:08.599 answer me? Because I'm not a good texter. But 00:46:08.599 --> 00:46:10.320 if you're watching my stories are clearly on 00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:12.320 your phone and you can respond to something about 00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:15.440 like planning the next day or something Yeah, 00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:18.840 same. I'm a terrible texture. But when I Someone 00:46:18.840 --> 00:46:20.559 texts me and I haven't texted them and it comes 00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:23.139 to watching their story. I feel such guilt exactly 00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:26.420 And you guys have good just accountability in 00:46:26.420 --> 00:46:28.519 your minds. Most people are just flowing through 00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:30.400 their stories. The fact that you have this trigger 00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:32.039 in your mind to be like, I have all these open. 00:46:32.219 --> 00:46:35.019 I definitely do that too, but there's a core 00:46:35.019 --> 00:46:36.400 group of people that you want to keep up with, 00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:38.559 and I just keep up with for sure. But yeah, no, 00:46:38.719 --> 00:46:41.059 I definitely say that that's something that's 00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:44.480 definitely, I feel like a trend in DC dating, 00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:46.519 if not gay dating here. I feel like that's definitely 00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:48.940 something that happens a lot. But another thing 00:46:48.940 --> 00:46:51.739 is, again, to bring back the previous conversation, 00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:54.300 is social media also isn't that serious. So it's 00:46:54.300 --> 00:46:56.420 like, I don't know, I constantly have this debate 00:46:56.420 --> 00:46:58.099 that's like, oh, they probably just left their 00:46:58.099 --> 00:47:01.039 phone on and the stories just kept going. Oh, 00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:03.239 no, I never feel that way. Never feel that way? 00:47:03.460 --> 00:47:08.679 It was intentional. My phone is always on and 00:47:08.679 --> 00:47:10.699 I sometimes see my Instagram stories going and 00:47:10.699 --> 00:47:12.800 I'm like, oh shit, I just watched like 20 people's 00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:14.019 stories and they probably thought I actually 00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:16.159 watched it. But I would never give anyone else 00:47:16.159 --> 00:47:20.329 that grace or accountability. Yeah, I do it like 00:47:20.329 --> 00:47:22.349 I'll press Instagram I forget and I'll look down 00:47:22.349 --> 00:47:25.190 like wow with you like 20 stories for sure But 00:47:25.190 --> 00:47:26.809 and then you weren't at those people saw you 00:47:26.809 --> 00:47:32.630 so you see I'm not worried But I also don't believe 00:47:32.630 --> 00:47:34.449 someone would just watch my story and not but 00:47:34.449 --> 00:47:40.929 you know actually be there to see me That was 00:47:40.929 --> 00:47:44.289 our last question of a red flag green flag beige 00:47:44.289 --> 00:47:46.389 flags And I don't know what color the flies were 00:47:46.389 --> 00:47:49.630 after all that There wasn't a lot of green flags 00:47:49.630 --> 00:47:51.909 in there. Not a lot of green flags, but one green 00:47:51.909 --> 00:47:54.389 flag for sure is downloading the Impress app, 00:47:54.670 --> 00:47:57.829 especially if you're in DC. So I want to know 00:47:57.829 --> 00:48:01.510 one last final thought you all. Like why, why 00:48:01.510 --> 00:48:03.989 Impress? Especially for hustling and bustling 00:48:03.989 --> 00:48:07.030 DC listeners. You know what? I probably got the 00:48:07.030 --> 00:48:08.809 long winded like backstories. I would love to 00:48:08.809 --> 00:48:10.550 hear Christina's answer first and then I'll just 00:48:10.550 --> 00:48:13.030 take it on with the actual reason I started this 00:48:13.030 --> 00:48:15.849 whole thing. Because you know, I want to know 00:48:15.849 --> 00:48:17.929 this too, Alex, why did you join Ambrose? Yeah, 00:48:18.250 --> 00:48:21.230 I mean, why not get media literate while also 00:48:21.230 --> 00:48:23.050 finding the love of your life or your best friend? 00:48:23.150 --> 00:48:25.730 I think it's a two in one stone and we're going 00:48:25.730 --> 00:48:28.789 to be building more and, you know, really building 00:48:28.789 --> 00:48:30.789 connections and making the world a smaller place 00:48:30.789 --> 00:48:33.969 and a more, you know, fun place instead of what's 00:48:33.969 --> 00:48:35.769 currently going on the news. And it's kind of 00:48:35.769 --> 00:48:38.570 impressed like a happy escape from current news 00:48:38.570 --> 00:48:41.210 while still being educated on the news. And so 00:48:41.210 --> 00:48:42.940 I think that's why it's really great. to just 00:48:42.940 --> 00:48:44.800 download it and play around and check out some 00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:47.960 stuff. Yeah, this is great. Love to hear that. 00:48:48.579 --> 00:48:50.440 It's great to hear some people working on a team, 00:48:50.440 --> 00:48:52.000 like, say better things than you could say about 00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:53.440 your own product. So thank you, Christina. No, 00:48:53.440 --> 00:48:55.139 I mean, yeah, I mean, the whole reason that this 00:48:55.139 --> 00:48:57.280 whole started was, yeah, but back when I was 00:48:57.280 --> 00:48:58.980 doing grad school, I wanted to, I was a former 00:48:58.980 --> 00:49:00.360 journalist, right? And I wanted to try to find 00:49:00.360 --> 00:49:03.000 a way to make media -literate consumption of 00:49:03.000 --> 00:49:04.940 news more appealing. I mean, we all know those 00:49:04.940 --> 00:49:07.659 juicy algorithms that always agree with us, oversimplify 00:49:07.659 --> 00:49:09.420 everything, blame everyone for every problem 00:49:09.420 --> 00:49:12.260 in the world. are very addictive and very fun 00:49:12.260 --> 00:49:15.579 to use, but they're not reality. And nuance takes 00:49:15.579 --> 00:49:17.699 time. These quick TikTok scrolls, they ain't 00:49:17.699 --> 00:49:19.460 got no time for nuance and understanding of the 00:49:19.460 --> 00:49:22.380 world. So how can we beat them at their own game? 00:49:22.440 --> 00:49:24.179 Like we're not going to beat them on the stickiness 00:49:24.179 --> 00:49:26.360 and addictedness factor, but maybe we could beat 00:49:26.360 --> 00:49:29.039 them in a different universal need, which is 00:49:29.039 --> 00:49:31.199 love and connection. And so if you basically 00:49:31.199 --> 00:49:34.360 make that important factual news that means to 00:49:34.360 --> 00:49:36.130 that end, people will play ball. and they'll 00:49:36.130 --> 00:49:37.349 end up falling in love about it while they're 00:49:37.349 --> 00:49:39.269 at it. And so it's kind of a win -win for everybody. 00:49:39.630 --> 00:49:42.110 We all believe, we all come back to a place where 00:49:42.110 --> 00:49:45.230 water is wet, that being so siloed, and figure 00:49:45.230 --> 00:49:46.989 out juicy insights about each other in the process. 00:49:48.170 --> 00:49:51.090 Yeah, when you explained and impressed like a 00:49:51.090 --> 00:49:52.789 newspaper that you could wake up every morning 00:49:52.789 --> 00:49:55.329 and do that that really resonated with me because 00:49:55.329 --> 00:49:58.030 that's to go with what Christina said it is a 00:49:58.030 --> 00:50:00.650 very more like like relaxed sense of the news 00:50:00.650 --> 00:50:03.530 positive sense of the news and I don't feel like 00:50:03.530 --> 00:50:05.449 I have to like flinch at what the story is gonna 00:50:05.449 --> 00:50:08.730 be so that I definitely think is like my favorite 00:50:08.730 --> 00:50:11.750 feature of just that news like it you can treat 00:50:11.750 --> 00:50:13.119 it like a newspaper I don't feel like I have 00:50:13.119 --> 00:50:15.840 to be looking at like the New York Times, the 00:50:15.840 --> 00:50:17.539 Washington Post, and all these things. Because 00:50:17.539 --> 00:50:19.619 sometimes, like I said, you, especially with 00:50:19.619 --> 00:50:21.579 recent news, you kind of see how they kind of, 00:50:21.900 --> 00:50:23.780 this one thing happened with planes, and there's 00:50:23.780 --> 00:50:25.460 just a lot of news that is funneling through 00:50:25.460 --> 00:50:27.079 the planes. And you know what I'm saying? Like, 00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:29.199 it's just like very much algorithmic like that. 00:50:29.360 --> 00:50:31.739 And I just, yeah. And then that just turns us 00:50:31.739 --> 00:50:34.059 all into, in our own echo chambers, right? So 00:50:34.059 --> 00:50:35.440 that's kind of how we feel about it. It's funny, 00:50:35.619 --> 00:50:37.579 you might get a kick out of this, but we had 00:50:37.579 --> 00:50:39.480 11 Georgetown interns last semester. We talked 00:50:39.480 --> 00:50:41.039 about it and asked them, explained to them that 00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:42.019 it's like a newspaper. And they're like, well, 00:50:42.019 --> 00:50:44.599 how did that work? They're like, well, a newspaper 00:50:44.599 --> 00:50:47.219 works like that. It's just everyone sees the 00:50:47.219 --> 00:50:49.000 same articles at a local area on a given day. 00:50:49.059 --> 00:50:50.739 And they're like, that's... really good, like 00:50:50.739 --> 00:50:52.519 that sounds nice, like it's kind of more consumable. 00:50:52.639 --> 00:50:53.760 We're like, yes, it's been around for a hundred 00:50:53.760 --> 00:50:58.380 years. This is the idea. A concept. Another thing 00:50:58.380 --> 00:51:01.300 is like we filter out the news outlets. So like 00:51:01.300 --> 00:51:03.039 no one's leaning a certain way. Everything's 00:51:03.039 --> 00:51:04.719 factual. Everything's reliable. So you don't 00:51:04.719 --> 00:51:07.599 have to do a constant guessing game as like a 00:51:07.599 --> 00:51:09.599 consumer. Like you just want to read the effing 00:51:09.599 --> 00:51:11.519 news, you know? I don't want to do the mind hops 00:51:11.519 --> 00:51:13.500 and the mental hops. And I also think it's great 00:51:13.500 --> 00:51:15.000 to have a diversity of outlets. Like you're not 00:51:15.000 --> 00:51:17.519 just reading one. whole thing like New York Times 00:51:17.519 --> 00:51:19.699 or like one WSJ. Like you're getting a diversity 00:51:19.699 --> 00:51:22.079 of outlets that, you know, can just educate you 00:51:22.079 --> 00:51:25.599 in different ways. Yeah. Yeah. She's right. All 00:51:25.599 --> 00:51:26.980 the outlets are vetted. We use a third party 00:51:26.980 --> 00:51:29.139 fact checker for that. And so you can basically 00:51:29.139 --> 00:51:31.400 ensure it won't be a sensationalist. It won't 00:51:31.400 --> 00:51:33.139 tell you the world's burning because that satisfies 00:51:33.139 --> 00:51:35.260 the person, but it will tell you what is happening 00:51:35.260 --> 00:51:37.599 in a world where water is wet. And you can do 00:51:37.599 --> 00:51:39.260 with that what you will get what you need and 00:51:39.260 --> 00:51:42.559 move on to the mass ranking side. I love it, 00:51:42.619 --> 00:51:44.400 love it. Well, you heard it here first. It is 00:51:44.400 --> 00:51:47.559 2025, and it's time to try something new. So 00:51:47.559 --> 00:51:50.139 try something new within press. Not only does 00:51:50.139 --> 00:51:52.940 it offer a different way to meet people and date 00:51:52.940 --> 00:51:55.820 people, it's something that connects us in DC. 00:51:56.300 --> 00:51:58.900 And I think slowing down and really defining 00:51:58.900 --> 00:52:01.679 that connection is something we all need, especially 00:52:01.679 --> 00:52:04.889 in this crazy, crazy time. Media literacy is 00:52:04.889 --> 00:52:06.929 sexy, that's what we said. Well, we want to thank 00:52:06.929 --> 00:52:09.789 Adam and Christina from Impress for being a part 00:52:09.789 --> 00:52:12.690 of our episode today. This is really fun, you 00:52:12.690 --> 00:52:16.239 all. Yeah. You're great. This is our first interview 00:52:16.239 --> 00:52:19.059 back and we like always are nervous about interviews 00:52:19.059 --> 00:52:21.280 because you know sometimes I feel like it's controlling 00:52:21.280 --> 00:52:23.579 the person and kind of like feeding off but this 00:52:23.579 --> 00:52:25.360 was such a fun interview. I feel like we were 00:52:25.360 --> 00:52:28.219 just like chit chatting on a phone call. We go 00:52:28.219 --> 00:52:30.139 way back. All your rest free interviews are all 00:52:30.139 --> 00:52:33.039 downhill from here. Yeah dating is such a fun 00:52:33.039 --> 00:52:34.480 thing to talk about you know. Everyone has dating 00:52:34.480 --> 00:52:37.170 stories. So thank you all so much. Make sure 00:52:37.170 --> 00:52:40.230 you all at home download Impress on your app 00:52:40.230 --> 00:52:42.650 store so you can be in -game connecting again. 00:52:42.889 --> 00:52:44.670 Thank you, Adam. Thank you, Christina. And we'll 00:52:44.670 --> 00:52:48.389 see y 'all next time. What an episode. Do you 00:52:48.389 --> 00:52:49.690 feel enlightened? Do you want to get back in 00:52:49.690 --> 00:52:51.929 the dating scene? No, I'm so happy where I am. 00:52:51.969 --> 00:52:53.869 But if I was, I would definitely use Impress 00:52:53.869 --> 00:52:56.630 because I like the mental stimulation, but there's 00:52:56.630 --> 00:52:58.530 an option for friends. So you never know. You 00:52:58.530 --> 00:53:00.889 might see me out there and you're grused. And 00:53:00.889 --> 00:53:02.789 if you want to speed up the process and be our 00:53:02.789 --> 00:53:04.409 friend, just follow us on Instagram, follow us 00:53:04.409 --> 00:53:06.949 on TikTok. You can follow me at weightrafi on 00:53:06.949 --> 00:53:09.449 both Instagram and TikTok. Also on YouTube, why 00:53:09.449 --> 00:53:11.170 not? You never know, we might start more work 00:53:11.170 --> 00:53:13.650 on there too. Make sure you follow your girl 00:53:13.650 --> 00:53:17.579 at New New Paris with two S's. And you can always 00:53:17.579 --> 00:53:20.519 see me once a month at Reggaeton Brunch, follow 00:53:20.519 --> 00:53:23.159 at Reggaeton Brunch DC, where we get a pop -it 00:53:23.159 --> 00:53:24.980 every month. And you can see me throughout the 00:53:24.980 --> 00:53:26.500 DMV, because y 'all know I'll pop up at random 00:53:26.500 --> 00:53:29.320 shows everywhere, OK? I want to thank Adam and 00:53:29.320 --> 00:53:32.139 Christina, our favorite Gemini and Leo duo, from 00:53:32.139 --> 00:53:36.019 one Gemini Leo duo to another. We had so much 00:53:36.019 --> 00:53:38.619 fun. Wait, also, real quick, what was the lesson 00:53:38.619 --> 00:53:41.059 here? What should our audience member not do? 00:53:42.429 --> 00:53:44.329 I don't think you should do the talking stage, 00:53:44.590 --> 00:53:46.710 and I think it's important to remember that if 00:53:46.710 --> 00:53:50.409 they wanted to, they would, okay? Wait, don't 00:53:50.409 --> 00:53:53.389 settle for less. Wait, don't be afraid to upgrade 00:53:53.389 --> 00:53:58.110 your dating game, okay? Because it's 2025. Things 00:53:58.110 --> 00:54:00.710 are changing, and so do you. That's the only 00:54:00.710 --> 00:54:03.900 way you're gonna find love. Do not do a man any 00:54:03.900 --> 00:54:05.840 favors, okay? They will think, they will try 00:54:05.840 --> 00:54:07.500 to make you think that they are the prize. Do 00:54:07.500 --> 00:54:11.400 not forget that you are the prize. You are the 00:54:11.400 --> 00:54:13.380 absolute prize, unless they're also great too, 00:54:13.460 --> 00:54:16.139 you know? Let's not villainize people out there. 00:54:16.340 --> 00:54:17.519 I think everyone's trying to survive in this 00:54:17.519 --> 00:54:19.500 dating world. Exactly, we're all just trying 00:54:19.500 --> 00:54:22.800 to survive. So I think with Impress, the world 00:54:22.800 --> 00:54:24.800 will be a little bit more better, because you've 00:54:24.800 --> 00:54:28.199 already impressed me, Raffy. Oh, I'm so glad, 00:54:28.400 --> 00:54:31.780 Nunu. I love you. She won't say it back. I know 00:54:31.780 --> 00:54:54.920 I love you all for listening. Thanks for listening 00:54:54.920 --> 00:54:57.719 to the episode. make sure to follow at weight 00:54:57.719 --> 00:55:01.460 rafi and at new new paris for all updates especially 00:55:01.460 --> 00:55:03.880 about reggaeton brunch and when you're gonna 00:55:03.880 --> 00:55:05.980 party with us we'll see you there