speed dating 2.0

[idolpro]

WHO: More idols looking to have a good time
WHERE: Game Tower
WHEN: Day 120, morning

[ Hello, Idols! Are you ready for a game?

Some of you may have played this before! The area is familiar for sure: today's playing field is an expansive balcony with several mini-tables paired with two patio chairs each, garden umbrellas planted to keep the heat away. You can see the rest of the city from up here, too - it turns out you're pretty high up as you can even see the start of the Rainbow Bridge from here, though the railings are high so there's not a high likelihood of accidentally falling down.

There are a few pink lemonade pitchers scattered around with paper cups if you're thirsty, and some bite-sized chocolates if you're hungry. Cute snack food!

The instructions look familiar, too: it's a light game, with no enforced truth-telling even. No status effects! Just dates!

There are cards on the table, too! ]

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Comments

[wantstheddd]

Fair enough. You're gonna find that a lot of stuff is 'it depends', though, I think.

[resonantblue]

Hmph. Everyone here is too uncertain! They either cannot make up their mind or won't give an honest answer.

[wantstheddd]

It's probably both for most people.

[resonantblue]

"Probably?"

[wantstheddd]

Some people are decisive liars, and some people are honestly indecisive.

[resonantblue]

Um... that is an interesting way of looking at it. Silence never thought about it that way.

[wantstheddd]

But most people sit square in the middle. A little bit indecisive, and a little bit dishonest. Even if they like one friend more than the other they won't say it, because it'd hurt their other friends' feelings.

[resonantblue]

I suppose acting on the behalf of a friend's feelings is fine... when I rated everyone's attractiveness in the privacy of Future is Now's dorm, I hesitated to rate everyone to their face...

[wantstheddd]

Exactly, it's like that. Being told 'you're my second closest friend' just isn't going to make anyone feel good.

[resonantblue]

...it would not hurt me too much to hear that though.

[wantstheddd]

What about being someone's 38th closest friend?

[resonantblue]

That would be fine. There are so many people who have been here much longer than me, people I have no chance of being a better friend over. It is not a competition, so 38th is fine.

[wantstheddd]

It's not a competition, so there aren't any real ranks.

[resonantblue]

—there can still be ranks among friendship! You can trust someone more!

[wantstheddd]

That's true. Maybe it's less like ranks and more like grades in class? A+ friends, B friends, C friends.

[resonantblue]

—that is a great ranking scale. The uncertain ones may be more receptive to it if I use that type of system...

[wantstheddd]

Glad I could help.

[ BZZT WE DID 30 COMMENTS I GUESS THIS THREAD IS OVER ]

[resonantblue]

[THIS MAY BE OVER BUT MARK MY WORDS SHE WILL ACTUALLY USE THAT!!]