I Have This Move

November 28, 2010 at 12:44 pm (Essay) (Observations, Random)

When I’m in a group and someone in the group asks if anyone’s seen movie “X”.

If I haven’t seen movie “X” I will immediately attempt to distract the conversation with some form of an observational question of one of the group’s members. It comes off as a side conversation, but the group tends to join in and it doesn’t look rude because it seems like I’m asking because I’m interested in something of someone’s.

But in actuality, I’m only doing so because 10 out of every 9 people (yes) thinks “No, I haven’t seen that movie!” actually means, “No, but tell me every funniest joke/scariest moment/biggest surprise/the entire ending of the movie!”

And I fuuuuuucking despise spoilers of any sort when I intend to watch a movie, tv episode, or read a book.

So my conversational trickery is warranted.