Flirting is GOOD for your mental health
Summary
A straphanger makes a bold pitch: flirting is essential for mental health. Kareem pushes back, arguing that flirting is stressful and anxiety-inducing. The rider insists we've lost our sense of play since 2020, searching for it in pickleball and trivia nights when we could just leave the house and have playful moments with strangers. It's not about finding a partner. It's about amusement. If they were a doctor, they'd prescribe 30 minutes of walking, 15 minutes of meditation, and 10 minutes of flirting daily. Kareem isn't sold on the sweaty palms being worth it, but the rider stands firm: a little harmless flirting never hurt nobody.
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So what's your take? My take is that we need to flirt more for our mental health.
100% disagree. Why would you disagree, bro? Flirting is mentally unhealthy.
Flirting is so healthy. We have lost a sense of play after 2020. Did her her big one, okay? We've been like looking for play with pickle ball and and trivia nights and freaking improv, and in reality you could just leave your house and just have a nice playful moment with somebody else consensually. It's scary. Flirting is scary. You get all stressed out, your palms are sweaty and all that.
I don't, I I'm like have a little fun with it. It's not about the destination, it's about the journey, okay? It doesn't have to be to find somebody else like a partner. It's just to find a little amusement. Little harmless flirting never hurt nobody. Flirting—if I were a doctor, I would prescribe 30 minutes of walking a day, 15 minutes of meditation, and probably at least 10 minutes of flirting.
That sounds like a recipe for success.