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Shane: Honestly, I should try to sleep too. Shane: But I'm excited for our date! Shane: Sleep well, Joce. Sweet dreams. Joce: Me too. I just hope you're not bored. Joce: You too. Sleep well.

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Shane: Well, luckily, I think extremely gay around you. Joce: Thank goodness for that. Joce: If I stop texting it's because I fell asleep.

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Shane: I mean. correct and you should, but I meant the emoji I used lol. I should've been clearer. Shane: I just don't always think straight around you. Shane: (and it's getting late and I'm texting you from bed but shhh I'm sure it's the first thing lol) Joce: That's one of my favorite emojis so it's always appropriate. Joce: Good because I'd prefer you think gay around me. Joce: I'm not sorry for that dad joke.

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Shane: 😜 Shane: idk it felt appropriate. Shane: thanks Joce: It always feels appropriate to be anti-Reagan. Joce: This makes me want to find my Reagan's Grave Is A Gender Neutral Bathroom sweatshirt.

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Shane: Yeah, don't. It's my favorite and it is actually from my grandpa. He got it in the 80s. Shane: I'm wearing it to bed rn tbh. I wear it whenever I get the chance. Joce: That's so cute. Joce: And sexy.

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Shane: My grandpa's pretty cool, but he's an outlier and should not be trusted. Shane: He did give me my favorite shirt though. Shane:

Joce: Okay, I love that shirt and I promise not to try and steal it from you.

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Shane: no bc most 84 year olds don't care about the girls, gays, and theys Joce: Some of them must… though they'd probably be girls, gays, and/or theys too.

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Shane: that's why. The "wrong" people (Aka the girls and the gays) liked it. Joce: Aka the BEST people. Joce: But also true. Unless the girls and the gays are in service of capitalism the straights aren't interested in catering to us." Joce: God, do I sound like I'm 84 years old right now?

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Shane: Nope. Not even once. Joce: I'm still shocked that Hot To Go wasn't the song of the summer, but the straights rarely get on board with the best music.

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Shane: It's not even just that (although, yes, correct) Shane: I just think of Chappell Roan's iconic: "It's so weird that vip thinks they're so way too cool to do this! you're not fun!" about the Hot to Go dance. When like. Yeah. Duh. You paid to be there. Do the silly little dance and let yourself have fun Joce: Chappell Roan is never wrong.

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Shane: idk. I haven't really thought about it too much. Shane: I think trying to act cool and uninterested in things makes people uncool. Shane: we've got one shot to do the damn thing on this earth, why would you pretend to hate stuff that brings you joy? even if it is silly. Shane: I think authenticity is cool, no matter what it is. So I guess fakeness is uncool to me. Joce: THANK YOU! I'll never understand people whose who personality is not liking things. Joce: There are plenty of things I don't like, but I don't go around telling everyone about it. Joce: I don't want to be know on campus as the woman who hates black licorice.

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Shane: There's very little you could do that would make me actively think you're uncool Joce: Now I'm curious as to what would make you think I'm uncool.

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Shane: I don't think that. Shane: I trust you. Joce:

Joce: I'm very uncool right now and I'm not sorry.

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Shane: for what its worth, you make me nervous too. Shane: a good kind of nervous. Like a Rollercoaster. Joce: Ditto, but for me it's like a tilt-a-whirl. Joce: I really like you. Joce: And I just got out of a relationship and I'm worried that you think that I'm using you as a rebound and I'm not. Joce: And now I'm worried that you didn't think that, but now you will. Joce: Someone needs to take my phone away from me.

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Shane: I appreciate that. Shane: I feel like I should let you decompress after the date in peace, but I also wanna keep texting you. Joce: Counterpoint: I want you to keep texting me more than I want to decompress in peace. Joce: And text me and date me are different vibes. Joce: Like I've never talked this much about Shrek on a date. Or at all really. Joce: You kind of make me nervous in a good way and then I text dumb things.

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Shane: lol idk. everything I've heard about it makes it seem p mean spirited. Shane: and don't get me wrong, I love a good fuck you to disney, but this doesn't seem… that. Shane: this is mostly from stuff I've heard about the first one haha Joce: Yeah, you don't need to see the first Shrek. My love for Shrek is built entirely around Shrek 2. Joce: Though I'm also not going to judge you if you never watch any of the Shrek movies. I promise.

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Shane: I'll keep that in mind Shane: but tbh, everything I've heard of Shrek doesn't appeal to me Shane: but I can be convinced Joce: Doesn't appeal to you? Not the ogres? Nor the onions? Joce: I'm kidding. It's cool if you're not interested in Shrek. Joce: My love of Shrek is truly my burden.