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*singing*
I was gonna go for the closing!
Sorry, the way you looked at me was so, you know, cute.
We should have went slower. I forgot about going slow.
But welcome back to another episode of Kevin's English Room Podcast. We are Kevin.
We are Kevin.
I am Kevin.
And I am Kevin.
Hey!
Okay.
So, we got a fax today too.
Another fax?
Another fax.
Are we? Really?
Yep.
Should we be closing our fax? Because we don't... I don't...
What?
I don't remember publishing our fax numbers.
We did. We did.
We did?
That's convenient.
Oh.
By the way, that sound "fax" is probably, you know, a little bit offensive to you.
Fax? No, it doesn't.
No?
Like "fucks," right?
Yeah.
No, it doesn't. It sounds different.
Okay.
It's okay.
Okay. So, we've got a fax today.
Okay.
"Deai kei saito ni tsuite dou omou?" is the topic today.
Okay.
Like, okay, like Tinder and pairs and those kind of things, right?
Yeah.
What she's asking about that.
Yeah.
It makes sense.
It makes a lot of sense for me.
Like meeting or having opposite gender people in there.
Yeah.
I've done those things before.
Like Tinder, I've done it before.
I've matched and I've texted, but I've never actually met anyone for it.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
So, I don't know how it feels like to actually meet someone and actually go out and be in
a relationship with those people from the matching apps, but it makes a lot of sense.
Okay.
Because there's so much more opportunities to meet more new people.
Right.
It is taking full advantage of the internet.
Right.
And I think that makes a lot of sense.
Okay.
Yeah.
Okay.
Right.
Bring it on.
Okay.
What do you got?
Well, actually, me too, I did use the apps once when I was in Kyoto, actually.
Oh, okay.
You know, I was in Kyoto for two or three years.
As it was completely, I was completely strange out that place.
I have no friends and I used that application and met some people, some girls, some ... Right.
It was matching apps, so only girls could be there.
Yeah.
Possibility.
Right.
I think the application that you can find male friend.
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You can.
Oh, really?
Yeah, you can.
Oh, I didn't know that.
That would be great.
But anyways, I used that application and met some people.
That was useful.
It made sense.
Yeah.
Right?
It's like a supply and demand, right?
If you want to meet someone and there's other people that want to meet you, it makes sense,
right?
Right.
But at the first time, I was a little bit scared because you never know who will come
in front of you tonight.
So ... Yeah.
What if ... Oh, Rain.
Is it Rain?
Yeah.
It's not Rain.
No.
What if she's ... Or even if it wasn't she, like you know, huge, strong, batman will come.
Uh-huh.
You know, that would be scary, but ...
How long do you text them?
What do you text them?
Like ...
Before you meet.
Konnichiwa.
Uh-huh.
Like we talked about ... Actually, I don't remember precisely, but talked about our hobbies,
maybe, and where ... The place we're living in, maybe.
Uh-huh.
And ...
This is a very big topic I want to talk about.
Okay.
You know how there's steps ...
Steps.
In dating a girl.
The texting part.
Okay.
There's the texting part before going to the dating part, right?
On the ... When you use the application.
No, not only the application, but also in real society.
Let's say circle.
All right?
Then first ...
First we meet.
We actually meet in person.
And have a conversation, right?
And have a conversation, and we exchange our line accounts or shit like that.
So that's a different point.
Okay, sorry about that.
Oh, yeah.
I'm talking ... I just want to talk about the texting.
Okay.
Okay.
After we have had a conversation and exchanged that line account.
Yes.
And start chatting.
Start chatting.
Okay.
In real life, we meet, we chat, and then we go on a date.
Okay.
In Tinder, we match, we text, and we actually meet in person.
Right.
The texting part.
Okay.
I ...
I'm really interested in that person.
Oh, okay.
I'm really interested in that person.
Oh, yeah?
I'm not lying.
I'm really interested in that person, but it just ... I just doesn't ... Why can't ...
It's so ... like ...
Why?
Because, I don't know.
Because I suck at words.
I suck at Japanese texting, right?
And it's so much more easier to just talk.
Right.
Talk it out loud.
So it's just ... like ... it would make so much more sense if we just meet in person and have that conversation.
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Right.
Right?
Do you think so?
I think ...
Yeah.
I agree with you.
Like, if there's somebody you want to date, let's say you're into somebody.
You're into a girl.
Okay.
Okay?
You're in ... Let's forget Tinder at this moment.
Yeah.
You're in a circle.
Right?
You find a girl that you want to date.
Okay.
And then you ask for a line.
And then you start texting, right?
Right.
And then, thank God, she's interested in you, too.
Oh, thank God.
And then the conversation continues, right?
Oh, that's great.
And then you start getting lines that are like this thick.
Okay.
I'm sure you guys can't see, but like ...
Like the whole ...
Like the bubble of your one text is like half the screen.
Like, fuck, that's a lot of words.
Okay.
And it just takes so much energy for me to think about the words and think about how I'm going to reply to that.
And fucking like that is just too much energy.
And it is tiring as fuck.
Okay.
What do you think about that, man?
Okay, thank you for ...
Tell me.
Tell me.
Tell me what you think.
Well, actually, I think I'm opposite to you.
Okay.
I'm more comfortable with texting.
Okay.
Not talking like this.
I'm really bad at speaking face to face.
Okay.
I can't say nothing.
Okay.
You know, so when you text, you can think about everything.
You can have time.
Yes.
You can write.
You can reread.
So, you know, that's much more comfortable to me.
Okay.
So I like long ... I don't know.
I like, but I don't hate long messages.
Yeah.
So, but it takes a lot of time, right?
Yeah.
It takes a lot of time to think about that and think of the reply and the wordings and where you're going to put your fucking emojis and stuff like that.
It takes a lot of time, right?
Yeah.
I can think about emoji, but yeah, it takes time.
I mean, it's ... you're communicating with someone who you're attracted to.
So, it's not, you know, you can ... you cannot ... I forgot the English for that.
What was it?
What was it?
You can extract time.
Extract time?
That's weird.
Extract time.
You can extract time.
You can extract time.
Wait, how do you say that in English?
What was the sentence again?
So, you like somebody?
You, okay, so you like somebody.
You like somebody, so you can extract time to think about the reply.
You can extract time.
And ... what? Divide?
No.
No.
What?
Forget about it.
Okay.
I'm going to ...
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Spend.
You can spend your time.
You can allocate your time.
That was the word?
It's not the word, but yeah, it's a different word.
You can allocate your time.
So much more stress less.
Right.
Less stress than other things.
Because you like her and you're interested in her and you want to continue on the relationship.
Right.
But it takes so much time and energy.
And having too much of that could lead to me being tired.
Oh, in love.
In love.
Of love.
Right.
Okay.
Well, maybe that's because you're good at speaking face to face maybe.
Or I suck too much at texting.
Maybe.
Right?
Maybe.
It's probably that I suck at texting.
Really?
Yeah.
So for me, it's much more comfortable to text because I can express myself.
100%, right?
Right.
Closer to 100%.
Right.
Right.
More confident than you speaking on the spot.
Yes.
Right.
Right.
Right.
Makes sense.
That's why I prefer texting.
Makes sense.
Don't you think that ... I don't know.
This is stereotypical.
I'm being very stereotypical here.
So ladies, if I'm wrong, please correct me.
Right.
Don't you think ladies are a little bit more into texting than guys are?
Like they enjoy the texting time before the date more than how guys enjoy ... What do
you think?
Yeah, I understand that.
I agree with you.
But chatting too in front of ... Like ...
Right.
Right.
Face to face.
Yeah.
They enjoy that too.
Yeah.
I'm not saying that that woman enjoys more on texting.
I'm not saying more than the face to face, but just only comparing with the guys only
on the texting.
Texting.
Factor.
Right.
But right.
That's true.
Guys can text without any emojis.
Like, okay.
Kind of kind of thing.
Yeah.
But like if I text to you, that's it.
Yeah.
But if it was a girl whom I'm texting to, like a little bit different, a little bit different.
A little bit different, right.
Using the emoji.
It would be a little bit brighter, right?
Yeah.
And have to think about that response.
Yeah.
You know, we have to make some exchanges.
Yeah.
Okay.
Then, you know, inside of me, I'm thinking that, okay, what's that?
That conclusion.
What does that mean?
Okay.
What's the conclusion inside of me saying that, okay, say it like shortly.
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What's the conclusion?
You are going to come to tonight or not.
But I'm texting.
You know, that's that will be happening.
But right.
The hassle.
Yeah.
A little bit.
Yeah.
We're gonna we should dedicate a whole episode on this.
Yeah.
But so, yes.
But, you know, it's a little bit fun to me.
Yeah.
I understand. I'm not saying that I hate the texting, but I'm saying that it's a lot of energy.
Right, right, right.
I have to think.
Yeah.
Care about many things.
Yeah.
All right.
Right.
Fall in love is...
It's a hassle, huh?
Oh, no, I mean, they're enjoyable.
Okay.
They are enjoyable.
Okay.
Just I just want to get this down.
They are enjoyable.
Okay.
But yeah.
Right, right.
All right.
Thanks for listening.
Yeah.
All right.
That'll be in the next podcast.
