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[redshitlord]

HELP OK SO

UM

I NEED TO KNOW LIKE WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU ASK SOMEONE TO GO DO SOMETHING AND THEY SAY YES

ALSO WHEN YOU KIND OF MAYBE



THINK THEYRE REALLY COOL ??? IN A LOT OF WAYS

TAILGTE SAYS BRING A PRESENT AND TALK ABOUT YROUSELF BUT ?????



HOW DO I DO THIS HELP ITS IMPORTANT

[No, it's really not that important. He's just panicking and completely misreading a situation. Whoops.]

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[daintylegs]

declaimer: at no point did I pretend that I knew what I was talking about

[redshitlord]

OK DUDE

COULD HAVE SAID THAT LIKE A MILLION HOURS AGO???

[daintylegs]

i gave my best answer!
that's all I could have done in that situation
the pressure was terrifying

also you didn't mention that the person was Riptide
hey everyone Sideswipe likes Riptide ;P

video.

[t65]

[Luke leans in with the most confused expression.]

What- what did you do?

video.

[redshitlord]

I said "Hey, want to go look at the stars" and he said "yeah okay" and then I realized I just asked him to do a thing with me.

The coolest bot on this ship!

... aside from me!

[t65]

Then can't you just... go look at the stars?

MY TIME HAS COME

[warandpeace]

[...Is this a Cybertronian Metal Gear date thing? Is he hearing this right?]

Did you ask someone out? On a date?

[redshitlord]

Maybe?

[warandpeace]

Huh.

[Miller just... mostly slept with people with no intention of permanence. Didn't date all that much. And apparently when he did have feelings for someone they were too dumb to notice. So, this is actually a tough question.]

[But he certainly had ways of attracting attention when he was younger.]

I always had good luck just being a fun person to be around. [He used to actually be that, back then.] It drew people in. Meant that I wouldn't weigh them down. [Which he does now... But he's too old to be a young idiot anyway.]

[vengeance_driven]

Ah... that can be hard.

How much you like this person? Friend like or "could one day swear self to" like?

[Guess whose been talking to Megatron about Cybertronian relationships.]

[redshitlord]

Swear self to?

Dude, what.

[vengeance_driven]

Sorry, this Cybertronian relationship thing is still pretty new to me. [It's still a wild ride hearing him try to say "Cybertronian" in his accent.]

So.

I think you should figure out things this person likes, but don't overdo it. Start with little thing they like. And let them talk a lot, because if they talk a lot you got a better idea of what to do next time.

[gainedlove]

flirt a bunch and give them a big smooch!!!! be honest with your feelings!!!!!!

[redshitlord]

ARE YOU SURE???

THAT SEEMS LIKE

RIPE FOR EMBARRASSMENT AND FRIENDSHIP RUINING

[gainedlove]

no way it totally works!! you just gotta tell them how you feel and then everything will be great! it worked before i know for sure!

[Unless you're trying to get with a certain dorky skeleton, but that worked out in the end too, so the advice is still totally correct!]

[deal]

Are you asking about a date?

[redshitlord]

... I think so?

[ventifact]

what are you talking about?
i'm pretty sure this is a normal scenario

[redshitlord]

ok so i said hey riptide u wanna go watch the stars itd be fun
and he was like SURE




so i think i kind of
asked him
to date

and now i dont know what im doing help me rey youre my only hope

[Sideswipe you said that to Tailgate like five minutes ago, you can't pull that one twice.]

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[imahologram]

[Oh, Sideswipe.]

What are you planning to do on your date? That might make a difference.

[text]

[redshitlord]

i was like HEY YOU WANNA GO LOOK AT STARS AND NOT TALK ABOUT GIANT PURPLE MURDERBOTS????

and he was like 'hey sure cool ;D'


so???? DOES THAT HELP???

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[ersatzeverything]

Okay, here's what you do. First, get a piece of paper--for you, I'd say poster-sized, off-white, 80#--and then write down exactly what I tell you. It goes like this:

Do you like Sideswipe as more than a friend?

[] yes
[] no
[] maybe

After you've done that, fold the paper in half and then in half again and give it to one of your friends to deliver to Riptide to fill out, hand back to that friend, who will then return to you. Then you'll know where you stand.

Oh, and make sure that the dots of the "i"s are all, like, cute little open circles. That's super important.

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[redshitlord]

dude thats


thats like something out of one of those Holemark movies or something

are you serious???

humans really do that???

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[straightouttacarbonite]

What does any of that mean?

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[redshitlord]

It means I may have asked someone to date me and they said yes, but wow, I didn't really think beyond that.



Like, at all.