video; ICEBREAKERS

[yablueit]

Helloooooo ladies, dudes, and various other genders, identities, and lifeforms! Some of you may already know me, but for those who don't, my name is Lance, and today I am comin' at you with some ice breakers! A couple of my friends who shall remain nameless but know who they are are really bad at socializing and are in need of new friends. And I figure, if they are, there's gotta be other people out there who are just as bad, right?

So here's the deal! I'm gonna read some questions, and you guys can answer them! And then you gotta talk to two people you don't already know. I don't count, but talk to me anyway!

Go into as much detail with these as you can want, because they're gonna help you make new friends.

[ He clears his throat, and starts reading. ]

Number one! If you were a vegetable, what vegetable would you be?
Number two, if you could meet any historical figure, who would you choose and why?
Three, what are your top ten favorite foods?
Four, share a description of your favorite material object that you already own, and share why it's important to you.
Annnd five! What color do you think best represents you, and how does being that color make you feel?

[ He takes a second to copy and paste the same questions in a text format along with his video for ease of answering, then grins into the camera again. ]

Everyone got that? Cool, now go meet somebody!

1) If you were a vegetable, what vegetable would you be? 2) If you could meet any historical figure, who would you choose and why? 3) What are your top ten favorite foods? 4) Share a description of your favorite material object that you already own, and share why it's important to you. 5) What color do you think best represents you, and how does being that color make you feel?

Comments

[pidge_out]

This is stupid. You can't make us do this, anyway.

[yablueit]

Nobody's making you do anything. I just thought it'd be fun.

[pidge_out]

How's it supposed to be fun?

[yablueit]

It starts conversations so you can meet new people.

[pidge_out]

You lost me at "conversations."

[yablueit]

It doesn't actually hurt to talk to people, y'know.

[pidge_out]

To new people it does.

[yablueit]

How?

[pidge_out]

It hurts my brain.

[yablueit]

Dude, you're like, one of the smartest people I know. I think if your brain can handle hours of coding without sleep, it can probably handle talking about your favorite foods and what vegetable you'd be.

[pidge_out]

Coding and social interaction are two totally different things, Lance.

[yablueit]

Well yeah, obviously. But this is like, easy mode. You don't have to think of your own topics to talk about. That's why it's an icebreaker.

[pidge_out]

[This is the face you're getting, Lance. See all that skepticism? It's there because Pidge's struggle is so damn real.]

...The third question is ten questions in one, and I'm calling shenanigans on it.

[yablueit]

I thought it would make it easier than picking one favorite food...

[pidge_out]

You're letting people cheat, then.

[yablueit]

Most people aren't even doing ten, so whatever.

[pidge_out]

...Are you actually pouting about this?

[yablueit]

I'm not pouting!

[pidge_out]

You're totally pouting.

[yablueit]

Whatever, dude, I'm not.

[pidge_out]

You're pouting about pouting, dude.

[yablueit]

I'm not doing either of those things!

[pidge_out]

You absolutely are. Check your mirror.