All Dating Advice Should Be Taken as an Ibuprofen. Grab Your Heattech @uniqlousa
Summary
All dating advice should be taken as an ibuprofen," a stranger tells Kareem, advocating for limiting your consumption to one or two doses max. The passenger argues we're letting experts we've never met dictate our romantic lives, leaving no room for the whimsy and inevitable mistakes that come with dating. Between reflections on being humiliated by both winter and Tinder in Bushwick, there's a Uniqlo Heattech ad woven in. "I watch the Olympics. I go, you're joking. Have you tried being on Tinder in Bushwick?" The conversation turns meta when Kareem plays devil's advocate, pointing out that his guest also gives dating advice. Their take? You'll never get it right. Be yourself, be pleasant, and maybe you'll find someone who loves that you're a little freak. Consume responsibly.
Full Transcript
So, what's your take? All dating advice should be taken as an ibuprofen. You should limit one dose or two if you're very unwell.
You're saying dating advice should be taken in small doses. Is that what I'm hearing?
Yes.
100% agree.
Thank you so much.
Consume responsibly. We are letting dating experts that we've never ever met in our lives, never seen explain to us what we're doing right, what we're doing wrong, what we should be doing. And we're leaving out the whimsy of life. And we're not leaving room to make mistakes. Making mistakes happens in everything that we do and especially in dating.
Do you know how many times I've gone through a breakup and searched how to get over a breakup? A million times.
I remember when I first moved to New York, it was winter and not only was I making mistakes left and right. I was cold.
You can't do that.
That's why I wear the heat tech now. I know what it's like to be humiliated by the winter and dating.
Hardest thing a person can do.
I watch the Olympics. I go, you're joking. Have you tried being on Tinder in Bushwick? I ain't cold.
I'm not shivering. I'm sturdy.
People ask me, "Are you cold?" I go, "I ain't cold."
Do it again. Do it again.
I ain't cold.
Yeah.
You got to be tough. You gotta be strong. You gotta be wiser. It's the winter time. Okay. If we're going to be making mistakes, we can't be cold. You will be making dating mistakes because we all make mistakes. It's how we learn. The meanest I've ever met, her name is what? Experience. I can face winter and dating with the warmth of my body and my spirit. Because I think for myself and I don't let some woman I've never met online with thick thick chucky highlights tell me what I'm doing wrong.
I'm going to be devil's advocate here.
Why would you represent the devil in a court of law?
Tell me.
Don't you sometimes give dating advice?
Oh yeah, I do. I do. And I think that people should only watch my
You're one of them. What is the best piece of dating advice you have?
You are never going to get it right. You're never going to be the perfect partner. You're never going to meet the perfect partner. The only thing you can do is be yourself. Be pleasant. Don't be weird. Or do you might meet the love of your life who loves that you're a little freak. And that's important, too. Be yourself. It's all that you can do. Yes.