Starbucks

I would want to be friends with every character in this fictional story.

I wouldn't, because Starbucks. There's 100% a superior hipster/indie/whatever appropriate gender coffee shop within 2-3 blocks. Very possibly right next door. Why are you okay with burnt espresso?
- They cover the burnt flavour with a quart of sugar, syrups, and creams so you don't even taste the coffee- Oh, wait second...
  No, at $4500 a cup, I'm sure it's the best.
- There isn't around me. They used to be but he had to close down because it turned out he wasn't paying for all of his electricity (somehow the electrical company were only billing him for a quarter of what he was actually using) when they amended the bill it was pretty obviously unaffordable.
  The rent is ridiculous because it's in the commuter belt for a major city even though the town itself is kind of a dump.
  So all I have is the option of Starbucks or driving like 25 minutes into the city and trying to find something there.
- People on Lemmy don't seem to remember that rural landscapes exist where stuff like this isn't true. And people on Lemmy are somehow even more up their own ass than redditors, jfc
- Because people need their coffee flavored milkshakes, ok?
  And you're gate keeping coffee if you dare to suggest otherwise, ok?
  And also you are not allowed to tell anyone that they have a morning milkshake addiction, okkkk????
This specific story may be fictional but it is 100% plausible at the Seattle Broadway location.

For folks not believing: I have totally done shit like this. At a state fair and my fiancé didn't want to ride the ferris wheel. I overheard another couple who was having the same conversation so I ran over to the guy and asked him if he'd ride the ferris wheel with me. He said yes, we held hands and skipped down the road to get in line. Had a great time and took selfies together to send back to our partners.

Great start for swinger lifestyle 😏🤭
And then you fucked in the Ferris wheel and everyone clapped as they saw you in the sky.
The particular story may be fake, but 100% these things happen.
Wow! And you remembered every word every person said as it played out like a badly written TV show?
That's the part that makes it unbelievable, not the circumstances.
- People embellish. People elaborate. People romanticize.
  That's how history becomes legend, and legend becomes myth.
- When you are recounting a story you pick a few essences you wish to convey and run with it to get your point across. Truthful does not always mean accurate.

And then everyone clapped

They all fucked hard?
- Clapped cheeks
- They at least got all frappuccinos
- Only two, as far as I can tell.

And everybody is complaining how LLMs hallucinate all the time.

I could see this happening in Europe or Scandinavia where everyone is a lot less uptight than they are in the US. Hell even Canada.
- I've been told half of Scandinavia will straight up stab you for approaching them like this
- Never been to Scandinavia have you? Those are low contact cultures with large personal spaces. Most Scandis would never let a stranger hold their hand.
- No caffeine junkie is that clever before they've had their morning fix. Now, if everyone in the story spoke only in groans and unintelligible zombie noises, it'd be a little more believable.

Man, I've been there. You get locked into the bit over awkward indecision on whether to stop, flee the scene or keep going but you're already in motion so you keep going by default.

Something something random act of genuine kindness

Something something male physical touch

I’m upset because we never find out what exactly was crazy.

Tons of people in line.

Cool story bro

And then everyone clapped?

Cheeks, yes
Y’all don’t know enough theatre folks. We will always commit to a bit for a laugh.
- This scene is epic! All time favorite!

YES. I love this stupid copypasta. I quote parts of it all the time and nobody ever knows what I'm talking about.

If this happened, this right here is the kind of commitment to the bit that I want to strive to match.

This is some obnoxiously fake quirky shit

now that’s THE play

I really love this !

That man's name? Albert Einstein.

Some fun AM entertainment

I haven’t laughed this hard in a while… damn 🤣

That guy might be face blind.