#112 - Making Angela's Dating Profile

Summary

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Smosh Mouth, Episode #112

"Making Angela's Dating Profile" (September 29, 2025)

Hosts: Shane Topp, Angela Giarratana
Guest: Arasha Lalani

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into the hilarious and surprisingly thoughtful process of making Angela's dating profile—with plenty of friendly roasting, real talk about online dating, and a behind-the-scenes look at Smosh's upcoming 20th Anniversary Awards. The trio explores the nuances, awkwardness, and absurdity of dating apps, while giving a window into their own experiences, anxieties, and comedic attempts to put one's best (digital) foot forward.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Glasses Talk & Show Banter (00:00–01:26)

• Casual banter kicks off about glasses fashion and "face size," leading to the show's intro.
• Angela jokes about finally nailing her co-host intro ("I'm getting better at it. And once I learn, I'll be done." – Angela, 00:49).
• Listeners are prompted to vote on what glasses Arasha should wear.

2. Introducing the Big Idea: Angela's Dating Profile (01:29–02:53)

• Angela pitches the idea of her friends helping to make her dating app profile.
• "A lot of people say a good dating app is made by your friends." – Angela (02:17)
• Mixes humor with relatability: Angela’s to-do list merges with Smosh Mouth episode plans, leading to this public exercise in vulnerability.

3. Smosh’s 20th Anniversary Awards (02:53–08:03)

• Announcing the Smosh Awards with absurd categories reflecting Smosh's comedic legacy.
• Highlights of category names:
  • "The Kony 2012 Award for Most Chronically Offline Moments" (04:10)
  • "The Daniel Day Lewis Award for Actor Who Disappeared Into Their Role" (04:36)
  • "The Rotisserie Chicken Award for Rawest Roast" (06:11)
• Members and fans encouraged to vote—showing Smosh’s strong community engagement.
• In-jokes and past moments resurfacing, like Spencer’s most unhinged quotes ("My bush is wet and expensive." – 06:01).
• “It’s going to be like the Oscars, but much more fucked up.” – Angela (03:21)

4. Dating Apps: Generational and Gender Perspectives (09:52–14:34)

• Shane reflects on using Tinder ("Zero matches. Zero." – Shane, 10:19) and the differences between apps as a man.
• Arasha represents the Gen Z perspective; Angela’s profile gets scrutinized under multiple lenses.
• The group jokes about different app reputations, e.g. Tinder as "bang-bang," Hinge as more "vibe" focused.
• Angela remarks on the importance of friends' input: "I need help. I need, like, a mirror." (25:43)

5. What Makes a Good Profile? (12:28–39:01)

• The trio discusses the evolution of apps (from number-focused to vibe-driven) and the awkwardness of curation.
• Importance of photos ("No headshots. You can't do any sort of professional photos.” – Shane, 14:48)
• How your digital footprint complicates authenticity—Angela worries about viral Smosh clips.
• Difference between online persona and in-person energy.
• Humorous riffing on common dating app red flags (height, lying on profiles, having "it's 4:20 somewhere" tapestries).
  • "Lying is such a red flag." – Shane (20:17)

6. Horror Stories and Humor: First Dates & The "Ick" (21:41–24:00)

• Arasha recounts a hinge date gone wrong (shorter-than-described guy, frat house with giant 420 tapestry).
• Using a mask to block a goodbye kiss (“I put my mask on… it saved me.” – Arasha, 23:21).

7. Building Angela’s Profile: Prompts, Pics, and Videos (30:09–64:30)

• Angela and friends brainstorm responses for popular Hinge prompts.
• Debate between honest and humorous answers:
  • “Dating me is like Real Housewives: entertaining, but it’s an absolute shit show.” – Shane (34:12)
  • “Dating me is like having a pet, but it’s your best friend.” – Arasha, (34:30) (Angela: “So do I give off, like, dating a dog?”)
• Irrational fears and quirky personal details (Angela's feather phobia: “I hate feathers. I get scared they’re gonna go in my mouth.” – 36:18).
• The group experiments with "friend reviews" as voice memos for the profile, blending humor and genuine praise:
  • "She's gonna be leading that whole place in song… You'd be like, they were the life of the party. As soon as you guys leave, show’s over.” – Shane, (51:02)

8. Photo Choices & Curation Crisis (62:28–64:30)

• Review and live critique of Angela’s potential dating app photos.
• Balancing candidness, attractiveness, and personality.
• Dog pictures are a universal hit, but beware accidental "red rocket" photobombs.

9. Real Talk: The Cringe and Vulnerability of Dating Apps (64:47–68:21)

• The group reflects on the inherent cringe—being vulnerable in public, misrepresentation, and online persona woes.
  • “It is impossible to avoid having a cringy profile, because having a profile… in its nature is cringy.” – Shane, (65:00)
• Encouragement to accept that dating, like job interviews, will always feel a bit awkward.
• “What you’re looking for… is someone you don’t have to ‘do it right’ with. Because who you are is what they want.” – Shane, (68:13)

10. Final Words: Advice & Philosophical Notes (68:47–end)

• Arasha closes with a wise quote seen in a restaurant: “If you’re looking for love, stop looking for love and start doing the things you love.” (68:48)
• Organic, shared interests are often the real key—dating apps are just one tool.
• Angela notes her own tendency to "operate that way," finding connections through personal passion rather than forced search.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

Angela (on dating apps):

“A lot of people say a good dating app is made by your friends.” (02:17)

Shane (on authenticity):

“Our perception of ourselves is so different from how people around us view us.” (25:52)

Shane (dating cringe):

“It is impossible to avoid having a cringy profile, because having a profile… in its nature is cringy.” (65:00)

Arasha (on red flags):

"Lying is such a red flag, and I'm like, I understand lying out of insecurity, but... you show up, you can't." (20:17)

Angela (on being honest, not performative):

“It's this finding a way to be authentic while also, like, serving yourself up on a dish. And that's how hard we did it today.” (68:21)

Shane (summarizing the point):

"Ultimately, you're trying to find someone that you don't have to think with... who you are is what they want, and who they are, not trying to do anything, is what you want." (68:06)

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Segment Timestamps

• 00:00–01:26: Banter, co-host introductions, glasses talk.
• 01:29–02:53: Announcement of dating profile project.
• 02:53–08:03: Smosh's 20th anniversary awards, fan voting.
• 09:52–14:34: Dating app experiences and skepticism, profile philosophy.
• 21:41–24:00: Arasha’s awkward Hinge first date story.
• 30:09–39:01: Building profile: navigating prompts, jokes vs. sincerity.
• 51:00–53:40: Recording and reviewing "friend reviews" for Angela's profile.
• 62:28–64:30: Judging Angela’s potential profile photos.
• 64:47–68:21: Vulnerability, cringe, and real talk about online dating.
• 68:47–End: Final advice; the importance of doing what you love.

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Memorable & Funny Bits

• The friend-voice memo strategy as a creative green flag.
• Debates over whether pet pictures are must-haves or red flags—with accidental dog “red rockets.”
• Angela’s feather phobia, compared to Olivia’s butterfly aversion.
• Live, on-air attempts at crafting the cringiest possible profile for comedic effect.

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Takeaways

• Building a dating profile is both a vulnerable and comedic process. Trusting friends can add authenticity and fun.
• Balance is key: Be real, but don’t lose your humor. Specificity trumps clichés.
• Self-representation online is always imperfect, and a little cringe is unavoidable.
• Remember: Sometimes the best connections come from living life and pursuing what genuinely excites you.

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Transcript

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

I feel like my. My face is really small, though, so glasses might swallow me as well.

[Shane]

Like, then you get small glasses or.

[Angela]

You get bigger frames. It's abortion. The frame, it's huge.

[Arasha]

No small glasses. I feel like on a small face, you look like a little loser.

[Angela]

A little loser.

[Shane]

And you don't know. You don't want people knowing.

[Arasha]

I need to be a big loser.

[Angela]

Yeah. A little loser.

[Shane]

Hi. Welcome to Smosh Mouth. I'm Shane.

[Angela]

And I'm Angela. And with us today, we have our dear friend Arasha.

[Shane]

Wow. You nailed that.

[Angela]

I'm getting better. And here's the. The time I do it right, I'll.

[Shane]

Be gone, and Damien will come in.

[Arasha]

Wait, how can you possibly mess that up?

[Shane]

She did.

[Angela]

I've done at least six. I've done so many different variants of it. Sometimes I talk over him. This time, I was kind of sipping on my coffee.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

That wasn't fair. I am bushed you on that one.

[Angela]

You did. And. And. But it is nice. The fans are noticing that I'm getting better at it, so thank you for noticing.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Angela]

And once I learn, I'll be done. So.

[Shane]

But. But down below already let us know what type of glasses shape a Rasha should wear.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Because this is. This is about to be your new era.

[Arasha]

Yes.

[Shane]

Glasses, Arasha.

[Arasha]

Yes.

[Angela]

And when you give a mouse a cookie, they're gonna ask where your glasses are.

[Shane]

Yep.

[Angela]

Every day.

[Arasha]

Every day.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

Yeah. We'll see. I think. I think it's gonna be important for me, but okay. By the. By that time, it'll be 20, 26 for all of you. So you'll see me in my glasses era beginning next year.

[Shane]

That's true.

[Angela]

That's cool. Bring in the new year with them.

[Arasha]

Exactly.

[Shane]

Yeah. This episode is very exciting.

[Angela]

This is a big deal. We're getting something done.

[Shane]

I want to be clear. Angela pitched this.

[Angela]

Oh, of course.

[Shane]

You were like, this would be really funny. Yeah. I would not pitch this for you. I'd be like. That would feel messed up. Arasha and I are going to help Angela create a dating profile.

[Angela]

So when we were pitching off a Smoshmouth episode that sort of, like, got blended on the same notes app with my to do list, and on my to do list is to get myself out there.

[Shane]

You were reading the wrong notes.

[Angela]

Yeah. And I was like, oh, we can, you know, get me doing Understanding Insurance, which we did. Like, just things I didn't understand. And then on this other thing, it was like, I have to put myself out there and in. In 2025. You do that in a certain way and you do it online.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Angela]

And there's a whole culture behind it. And I. A lot of people say a good dating app is made by your friends.

[Shane]

Interesting.

[Angela]

So that's why I was like, this will be fun. Because we could talk about. Especially you two. I feel like you're on separate ends of, you know, age O. I never.

[Arasha]

Felt better about myself.

[Angela]

We got like a Gen Z. We get.

[Shane]

I get what you're saying. I'm not both.

[Angela]

Yeah, we have.

[Shane]

Like, I'm not offended, but I'm really.

[Angela]

Excited because also, it is kind of for comedians, too. It is a joke machine because of all the prompts and we'll get into that. But speaking of joke machines, we have a. We have a really special time of the year coming up.

[Shane]

Yeah, Smosh's 20th anniversary is coming up. 20 years of Smosh.

[Angela]

Pretty freaking.

[Shane]

And I know all of our viewers have been watching all of it. Some of you were two years old. Some of you weren't born yet, but you were watching. So on the Smosh original channel, the main channel, we're going to be doing the 20th anniversary Smosh Awards, and we have some categories here, and I think you guys will help vote.

[Angela]

Guys, it's going to be like the Oscars, but much more fucked up.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Angela]

We're not going to have Best Supporting Actor. We're going to have some weird shit. We've been all talking and ideating and pitching off of the craziest awards we could give each other that just kind of span the whole brand and the whole 20 years. And we have so much to cover. We have so much to cover.

[Arasha]

New stuff, old stuff. Like, I think. I think that's what's going to be cool about it is even if you haven't seen it, like, all of the old shows that were like, legacies are going to come back, and that's just going to be a bit of a throwback.

[Angela]

We're going to talk old characters, old funny moments, and then we're also going to give a moment for, like, if you're a member, you get to vote for some of these things. So go be a member.

[Shane]

You'll get to vote on the nominees. And we have some categories here that I've been told I need to read out.

[Arasha]

Okay.

[Shane]

This is.

[Angela]

This is. This is fun.

[Shane]

The Kony 2012 award for most Chronically offline Moments. I think Amanda will be all five nominees. The Tommy Wiseau Award for Losing the Room.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Shane]

The Where's Waldo Award for He's right here.

[Angela]

Wait, wait, hold on. We got to go slow. I'm dying. What's. He's right here.

[Shane]

I don't know.

[Angela]

I'm dying.

[Arasha]

He's right here. Oh, maybe like the. Where's Anthony? Right. He's right here.

[Angela]

Nice. Nailed it.

[Arasha]

Thank you.

[Shane]

The Daniel Day Lewis award for actor who disappeared into their role. The Chance McCrary Award for most pitched bit will never do.

[Angela]

Oh, my God. I hope I'm nominated for that.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

The John Travolta award for best nickname Damien has for different cast members.

[Arasha]

Cute.

[Shane]

The 2011 Award for Best tragedy made into a joke. The Keith living up to his last name award for best leak.

[Angela]

Oh.

[Shane]

Adam Levine award for best weird text someone got from Noah most batwoman award for what does that even mean? The Julia Child award for Shane's about to cook.

[Angela]

Is that like one one liners? I think.

[Shane]

I think it's like when I'm. I'm gearing up to say a joke and you can see it's coming. Gearing up woke mob award for craziest things Spencer's ever said.

[Angela]

Oh, okay. So discharge the bat. What do you think's nominated to cans?

[Shane]

It's my pay ho.

[Angela]

There's going to be so many good ones.

[Shane]

He said some crazy shit. Like there's stuff that we've forgotten that he said years ago. Yeah.

[Arasha]

No, guys. Like we were doing a sponsored video just last week and Spencer said team discharge.

[Angela]

Jesus.

[Arasha]

Jesus. That is absolutely taking the cake, right? Or what did we say in the gentleman's one too? My bush is wet and expensive.

[Angela]

He's like, my bush is wet and expensive.

[Shane]

Yeah. Oh, him as the gentleman. He said stuff that he should not have gotten away with.

[Arasha]

Absolutely. Sucking his johnson. All that stuff. Yeah, yeah. He's taking that one.

[Shane]

It's absurd. The Meryl Streep award for I stay winning the rotisserie chicken award for rawest roast.

[Angela]

Ooh.

[Shane]

And then there's best fan editing celebrating 20 years of smosh. So that's. That's you guys watching.

[Angela]

Whoa, wait, hold on.

[Arasha]

A fan award.

[Angela]

A fan edit award is going to be.

[Shane]

That's going to go hard.

[Angela]

That's going to go hard.

[Shane]

Biggest gas leak moment. Fans will decide the nominees for that. So I too much to pick from.

[Angela]

If I'm a fan and I'm voting for what? What's a category in there? What's a. A nominee for that one? It's you. It's the live stream with the butt and we're all screaming and we're like Show.

[Arasha]

I said the live stream with the butt.

[Shane]

That's a pretty good one. I would. I would vote for all of the staring contest.

[Angela]

Yeah, that's so true. Like, that is a stream.

[Shane]

That is an entire thing. And then finally, best series. Just truly, what is the best show according to you guys, across all of Smosh in its history?

[Arasha]

Okay, so that's like the best picture award. That's.

[Shane]

That's best picture. I'm actually very curious what fans would decide. There's a lot to choose from.

[Angela]

Guys. You get to shake up the programming meeting.

[Arasha]

Wait, so. No, so this is. What I mean is these are all the old shows too. Like all the old Eat it or eat it. Like, let's do this. Yeah, every blank ever. Like all of that stuff.

[Shane]

Yeah, every blank ever. The show that got like hundreds of millions of views that nobody remembers.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I'm very excited. It's going to be really cool.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Very curious what you guys vote on. Um, it's gonna be a blast.

[Arasha]

And we're gonna dress up.

[Shane]

Voting is open right now. You guys have about a week to vote on nominees. So. Hey, get out there and vote.

[Angela]

Your vote matters so much when we're talking about fan edits.

[Shane]

Yeah, as far as fan edits go, your vote matters a lot. And gas leak moments. Your. Your vote matters so much.

[Angela]

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[Shane]

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[Angela]

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[Shane]

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[Angela]

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[Shane]

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[Angela]

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[Shane]

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[Angela]

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[Shane]

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[Angela]

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[Shane]

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[Angela]

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[Shane]

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[Angela]

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[Shane]

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[Shane]

Back to the show. All right, now let's get to my to do. Dating.

[Arasha]

Dating.

[Shane]

Dating. So cool.

[Arasha]

Yeah, I love it.

[Shane]

So sick.

[Angela]

So sick.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

Listen, I know you are very anti dating apps.

[Shane]

I was. Now I used them. Now. I also had terrible luck with them.

[Angela]

Okay.

[Shane]

But I also was very bad at dating in general.

[Angela]

What was your app of choice? If I'm allowed.

[Shane]

So I downloaded Tinder back in the day. Zero matches. Zero. Nothing on it, like, for a straight year. I was like, wow. All right. Damn.

[Arasha]

We. No way. Zero.

[Angela]

See, that's a bad profile. That's not you. That's a bad profile.

[Shane]

Probably. I'm not very good at showcasing myself. Like, I'm embarrassed at the whole thing. So I'm like, I don't know Bumble, though. I had. And I had. I went on a couple dates with Bumble.

[Arasha]

Wait. I'm so shocked at zero matches. I feel like even if you have like, zero information, isn't it like 99 plus matches?

[Shane]

Like, I think that's a difference between. I think as a dude, it's. It's a pretty. It's pretty barren sometimes. Like, it's pretty bad. Wow.

[Angela]

I mean, that's pretty brutal. Yeah, that's like the story of that guy that, like, got a zero on his SATs.

[Shane]

I know.

[Angela]

And they're like, it's pretty impossible to get zero.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Wait, that's Crazy.

[Shane]

I know, but I did what? Pretty impressive.

[Arasha]

I'm so gagged.

[Shane]

Look, I.

[Arasha]

Hey, I'm sorry. We needed. We need to move on from that.

[Angela]

God, I think I'd pay, like, upwards of like, maybe like $500 to see that profile.

[Shane]

My profile wasn't. I mean, that's. This weird thing is my profile on Tinder was pretty much the same as on Bumble and so on Bumble, I had matches and stuff.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

But it was still, like, rare. Right? Like, on Bumble, it wasn't like I was getting tons of matches. Like, it would. It would be like a week or so, and then maybe I'd get a match or two. And then, like, you know what?

[Arasha]

It is, too. I think the apps have different reputations.

[Angela]

I was gonna say totally, like, let's talk about it.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

I feel like Tinder, it's like, like.

[Arasha]

Bang, bang, bang, bang.

[Shane]

And. And that was not. That was not happening for me.

[Arasha]

No.

[Angela]

So maybe you didn't have a bang bang profile. You had a let's talk about books profile.

[Shane]

Because the problem. This is my. This is why I don't like.

[Arasha]

Yes.

[Shane]

This is why I don't like dating apps.

[Arasha]

Yes.

[Shane]

Because it breaks it all down to numbers. And in person, when you're meeting people.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

The numbers are still there of like, oh, what my type is, what I'm attracted to. But then there's still just the, like, oh, there's the environment and there's the vibe. And you, like, you get so much more. Whereas dating apps, it's just pure numbers.

[Angela]

Okay.

[Shane]

And I. What I didn't like about dating apps is not, oh, how people are viewing me. I started to feel like, oh, how I'm viewing people too. I'm like, it's making me shallow.

[Arasha]

But this is.

[Shane]

And I don't like that.

[Angela]

And this is my argument about it is that now I think they've gotten better at it. Just like how social media is now getting less about numbers, even though some places about numbers, it's more about, like, you have to have a second life. You have to curate who you are right on there. And with Hinge, the one I understand the most out of all of them is the one where you can kind of take away. You don't have to show, like, a lot of your facts, but then your questions, your prompts and your pictures.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

Are like, this is my vibe. You kind of show your vibe a little bit rather than like, here's like, like, where I went to college, here's my height, here's like, What I believe in.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

You can kind of just be like, ideal Saturday, and then you can show kind of like a fun version of you.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah. And now you can do, like, little, like, voice. Not too. Which is so fun.

[Shane]

That's nice. Because then you get to hear their voice.

[Angela]

And I think you guys could kind of, like, maybe be like, hey, it's Shane and Rasha. You should go on a date with her.

[Shane]

Hey, guys. Hey, Shane. Here, look. Yeah, Angela's pretty cool.

[Angela]

Like, I think that would get somebody.

[Arasha]

It would.

[Angela]

If you're just like, hey, I'm a dude. She's normal.

[Shane]

I will actually say, okay. If. If I was scrolling through a dating app and part of it was. Was, like, voice prompts and it was a bunch of their friends hyping them up, I would take that as a green flag.

[Arasha]

Yes.

[Shane]

I'd be like, well, they have a group of friends who, like, all support them and stuff. Like that means they're a good person. They've got friends who support them.

[Angela]

You guys are going to have to do that.

[Arasha]

You'll get responses, though, that'll be like, can you please say Happy birthday, Adam?

[Shane]

This is like.

[Arasha]

It'll be completely different.

[Shane]

This is also the problem, though, is that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I'm. I'm hopeful that how I come across in the voice memos is, like, good for them.

[Angela]

Yeah. I think maybe you don't say your names. Maybe you just. Just be like, hey, hey, it's Shane.

[Arasha]

Top from Smosh Smosh here.

[Shane]

And Angela Smash here. Angela's pretty cool. She's in the bathroom right now taking a huge. Yeah, she's great.

[Angela]

See, but here's what's happened. Here's what's hard about this, is then when we're talking about me, the digital footprint is something you're dealing with. Right, Right. So we need to pick photos that show me. Because if you were to goog.

[Shane]

Yeah. It can't be.

[Angela]

It's an uphill bat.

[Shane]

No headshots. You can't do headshots. You can't do any sort of professional photos.

[Angela]

Or, like, it's. That fucking 911 clip is going to pop up when they Google me. And, like, so that's why this profile is what we get to control.

[Arasha]

Yes. We're taking agency back. I mean, we're giving it back to you.

[Angela]

Yes.

[Arasha]

Yeah. It's going to be okay.

[Angela]

Were you ever going to be all right?

[Arasha]

Yeah. Yeah. So it's funny, I think in high school was the first sort of, like, murmurs of dating apps. And at that point. Well, I just. I had just heard the murmurs about it.

[Angela]

Okay. Okay.

[Arasha]

And I had no interest in doing it, like, absolutely did not get any action in high school at all.

[Angela]

To grow up nowadays is so scary.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Well, it was my understanding that at the time, I think it was just Tinder that was floating around, and it was kind of, like, uncool slash odd to have been on Tinder.

[Shane]

Really.

[Arasha]

Like, it. I mean, I could see that for.

[Shane]

Like, being teenagers or if you're in college or something.

[Arasha]

It was. It was sort of the attitude of, like, how we now laugh at sort of like, you know, okay, Cupid and, you know, those sort of.

[Angela]

We do laugh at okay, Cupid.

[Arasha]

Right.

[Angela]

Where it's sort of coffee meets bagel.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Where it's just kind of, like, outdated. It seems a little silly to meet people that way. It wasn't as modernized and normal. It was definitely, like, you know, a little strange. So I did not use them, actually, until, like, late college.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

And that was mostly, I think, bumble were you.

[Shane]

But I see that's. That's. I never went to college in person, or at least not for very long. And I'm like, if I was at a college, like, on a college campus most of my days, I'd be like, I don't need dating apps. Like, I'm around people my age with doing the similar things, similar place in life. Like, you're gonna meet people there.

[Angela]

No, for sure. I mean, that was for me, too. Is like, I never needed them. It's. It's when life gets busy and not based off of convenience that I then understand people needing that because I don't have time to, like, go sit around.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Angela]

You know what I mean?

[Shane]

Well, there's no. There's the conversation of. There's no third places. Right. There's no. There's no organic places where people gather anymore and meet new people. That's like, the big thing. And everyone is so, like, in their phones, like. And I don't mean that. I don't mean to sound like a boomer when I say that, like, we are, like, we all are living a life online so much that we're not. All those organic ways that people used to meet people are kind of gone.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Right.

[Angela]

I did read a profile, and it was an art, like, an article headline that I was just scrolling through on my phone, and it was like, this isn't the summer of dating apps. This is the summer.

[Arasha]

This.

[Angela]

No, this isn't the September of dating apps. This is the September of go sit at a bar. And I'm like, good freaking luck.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

It's like. But that's expensive as hell. Like, it's like, yeah, like, go. Go spend 20 bucks every night.

[Arasha]

Like, yeah.

[Shane]

And like, what are you gonna do? Go to a bar every night?

[Angela]

Like. Well, there are people that will. Like, Like. Like, I know people in this room. People are playing pool.

[Arasha]

My God.

[Angela]

I know someone. And. And my other friend, too, plays pool to meet people.

[Shane]

And she met. And she met Paul Newman. No.

[Angela]

Now they're married.

[Shane]

Like, honestly, shared, like, interests are probably one of the best bets. Like, I feel stupid giving any sort of dating advice, for one, because I'm not dating. And also, I recognize it's just ridiculous right now. Like, it's so hard.

[Arasha]

Well. Well, for me, too. My. So my late college was 2020, which was.

[Angela]

That's nuts.

[Arasha]

So.

[Shane]

Right. I forgot you're five years old.

[Arasha]

Right. So I couldn't meet people around campus. It was it. And. And by that time, it was, like, the height, I think, of dating apps. That was when people were enjoying it, because it was like, that was our only way of connecting.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

And that was like, you know, we were, like, still, like, walking outside with masks on. And then it's like, once you get to the restaurant, you sit down at your table, then you take the mask off. Like, oh, my God. It was like, that sort of situation.

[Angela]

Did you have any crazy. Like, were you, like, matching with people being like, are you vaccinated? Can we meet up?

[Arasha]

Yeah. Yeah. I think that was something that was written on the apps, too. It was like you had.

[Shane]

Oh, my God. Another aspect.

[Arasha]

Baxton boosted.

[Shane]

Oh, Jesus.

[Arasha]

You know, and then it's like, okay, I'll see you.

[Angela]

Like, you know, but he's 5 4.

[Arasha]

Then he's not boosted.

[Shane]

Jesus is great.

[Angela]

I don't look at the hype at all.

[Shane]

He's boosted, but he has no photos of just himself in any of these. It's. It's a group of guys. I don't know who's who.

[Angela]

Yeah, he's boosted, but there's an American flag. Emo.

[Shane]

He's boosted, but he's holding a fish, and it's not that big, but he's boosted.

[Arasha]

Yeah, I. I went on a date with some. This is, like, the quickest little story. I went on a date off of Hinge in college once, and I remember it was fine. And it was funny, too. I remember it was one of those situations where on his profile, it was like, 511. And then I saw him and he stood up and he was shorter than me and I was like, I'm 5 7, so there's that care. It was fine.

[Shane]

Again, plenty of people don't care.

[Arasha]

I wasn't gonna be like, oh, I'm.

[Shane]

Arasha gives a though.

[Arasha]

Okay.

[Shane]

I will say, though, like, I. It was a. It was definitely a scary thing and I never experienced it. But just of like, lying is such a red flag.

[Arasha]

Yes.

[Shane]

And I'm like, I understand lying out of insecurity, but it's like, dude, you show. You show up, up. You can't.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Do it.

[Angela]

So you admit lying on the Internet's a red flag?

[Arasha]

Absolutely. Of course.

[Angela]

Ladies and gentlemen, we got.

[Arasha]

Now, there's two parts to this, actually, because I want to touch on the height aspect of it, which I've already said. I think it's okay to have preferences about height. Ok. Yeah, yeah, is all right. I've talked about it as well. Listen, I feel like I'm towering over people. It is my own insecurity about my height.

[Shane]

No, we talk. We talk about it all the time.

[Arasha]

Right?

[Angela]

I mean, it's like every day was.

[Shane]

Like, I was scared.

[Angela]

It's like, hey, guys, what are you shooting today?

[Shane]

How tall are you?

[Arasha]

Especially. Especially when I was a young girl and all of my friends were much shorter than me and they were all little sexy babies and I was this huge.

[Angela]

Hit me in the face.

[Arasha]

I was this huge, giant. And so God forbid a woman wants to feel like a little sexy thing, you know, I need. I need somebody else that is going to be much bigger than that.

[Angela]

It's preference.

[Arasha]

So that's my preference. But this guy in particular, I obviously wasn't going to write him off. I was like, it's fine. You did lie on your profile. I'm gonna keep note of that. But we're still gonna have this date. We had a date. Whatever. At the end, he was like, oh, like, you want to, like, come to my place and, like, watch a movie or whatever? And I was like, okay, sure. Like, let's do that. And we went to his place and it was actually a frat house, which was hilarious. But in his room.

[Angela]

Did I preface it with that?

[Arasha]

He did not. Which is another testament to dating apps. But we walk into his room and there's a huge tapestry that covers the entire wall that just says it's 4:20 somewhere.

[Shane]

Well, it's true.

[Arasha]

It's true.

[Shane]

That's a fact. He's not lying there.

[Arasha]

Right?

[Angela]

But I've ever seen Scott laugh. That's what got you By Scott.

[Arasha]

Do you own that tapestry?

[Shane]

Scott definitely owns that tapestry.

[Angela]

I think I've done maybe 60 hours of comedy in front of you, and that's what. Gotcha.

[Arasha]

And so then I left.

[Angela]

Based on the tapestry alone.

[Arasha]

Yes. I was like, why do you. Who has a tapestry that says that? That covers the entire wall.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

Like, just live that life. Don't put it on your wall.

[Angela]

Just live that life.

[Arasha]

Just live that life.

[Shane]

420 somewhere. That's really funny.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Angela]

What you say. Were you like, I have to go.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Well, so we watched. You're like, I'm getting a call, right? So. Oh, wait. Okay. Actually, no, this is great. This is great. So we did watch a little bit of. We. We. We looked up, like, the worst movie on Netflix to exist. I think it's called the Roommate.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Arasha]

With. Yeah, I think it's with Leighton Meester, but maybe that's a lie. Anyway, we watched it, and by the end of it, I was like, I have to get out of here. I have to leave. And I had gotten the ick, you know, as. As you do. Tapestry.

[Angela]

Ick.

[Arasha]

Yeah. So I was ducking out, and I remember being like, I really don't want to kiss this guy.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

And I'm really scared that he's gonna kiss me when I'm leaving. So I put my mask on.

[Shane]

Okay, that's great. And that's a clutch move.

[Arasha]

Yeah. No, it actually, like, saved me. I just, like, put it on and was like, okay, like, I'll see you later. And it just put the barrier up where we didn't have to be like, that's fine. Let's not. Not have any contact with each other.

[Angela]

That's great. I mean, masks are great.

[Arasha]

Masks are great.

[Shane]

So a first date with a stranger is such a unique thing.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Because I had that a couple times, and, like, I think my expectation was like, yeah, you're not gonna kiss. Maybe you're not gonna do anything. Like, yeah, you're meeting up to effectively be like, whoa, are you cool? Are you safe? Like, what's. Like, we're just. We're honestly just seeing if we could even be friends.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And then you go past there.

[Arasha]

Totally. And the tricky thing is, too, with these apps, I don't know if you guys have had this experience too, but I always feel like the person that they create, even just through messaging, is always so different.

[Angela]

It's so different.

[Arasha]

Like, multiple times, I've been like, oh, my God, this guy is sweeping me off my feet. Like, everything he is saying is so. Right. And then I meet this person, like, live, and I'm like, you are not who you're typing.

[Shane]

Like, it's what I struggle with because it's. It's how people come across online versus in person. It's like everyone kind of has two personalities. Right. Because how people go, how people appear online when they're writing stuff is so different usually than who they are in person.

[Arasha]

Right.

[Shane]

And most of us have more experience with our online Persona than our offline. But also, writing on a dating app, you get to, like, think about it.

[Arasha]

Totally.

[Shane]

I mean, I never liked. I never liked when people were like, oh, this is how you should talk. This is how you should do this. I'm like, so not be myself. So when I meet them in person, we'll see if it. We'll see. Now we're starting now.

[Angela]

I mean, I will say it's just a different game. The way you're going through profiles is there is a certain thing that I'm like, oh, like, I don't know. I do think you need help in curating that.

[Shane]

This is what's tough, is that I think everything that you guys are saying is valid. Yeah, right. About your preferences and about what you're talking about. I think just in the context of a profile on a dating app, I just think it makes everything so much harder.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Right. Then you meet in person, and then it's like. Like I said, you're starting over again and you're hoping that it worked out.

[Angela]

I mean, to personalize it. I'll say this is. I think it's important for someone like me to talk to friends about the prompts and the pics I use.

[Arasha]

Fair.

[Angela]

Because if I was alone picking what I wanted, sure, it wouldn't perfectly describe me or show me like, I need help. I need, like, a mirror.

[Shane]

It's an unfortunate thing that. And this is, like, kind of studied, is that we don't know ourselves as well as we think we do. Like, our perception of ourselves is often kind of like it. It's. It's. At least. It's just so different from how people around us view us.

[Angela]

And then throw in anxiety and, like, body dysmorph, dysmorphia, anything. And you're like, oh, my perception of me is actually literally, completely different.

[Arasha]

Well, I do think that there is some conf in your instincts when you are physically around this person, though. You know, like, that's. That's what I think is the ultimate downside of these dating apps is you can play the game and you can abide by these guidelines all you want and eventually come up with some matches, maybe even make a connection. But when you meet somebody in person, I feel as though you know instantly if this is going to work because of pheromones, like, your body chemistry needs to be.

[Shane]

Yeah, I think that's. I think that's different per person, too, because I'm someone who's really. And it might just be my anxiety. It might be that I. I don't know how I feel when I first meet people.

[Angela]

I'm thinking about, like, I'm like, I hope this ceiling doesn't cave in.

[Shane]

Yeah. I think I'm unfortunately, I'm a little too, like, dwelling on my own insecurities and stuff to even be focused. I don't know how often I've really experienced, like, meeting someone and immediately being like, yeah. Yep. Like, I don't know if I actually have experienced that, to be completely honest. You know, most of my experience in dating has been people I've known for a long time. Cause I think just it takes me a long time to build trust and to like. And I don't know what is that. That's a conditioned thing in me, if that's something deep down. But, you know, I obviously knew Courtney for years before.

[Arasha]

I mean, that's so real, too. I feel like I do that so often where I fall in love with my friends, because I'm like, you're great, and we have fun together. What do you mean? We're not supposed to be together.

[Shane]

And I know Courtney's okay. And I know I just. Before we move on, I just. I know Courtney. She said this before of, like, when she first. When we first met each other in the audition room, her first thought about me was just like, I hope he doesn't hit on me. Like, that was her. So it was like, not. It was not like we saw each other. Like, it was like, yeah, yeah. We're also in a professional setting and everything.

[Angela]

Yeah, totally. I don't want. Focus.

[Shane]

We were in relationships.

[Arasha]

I feel it. Yeah. I think my point is more like, I guess the. The physical attraction of it, you know, like, when I. I feel like when I see photos, it can be like, oh, yeah, this person's cute, whatever. But it's like, once we meet up in person, face to face, I'm able to be like, oh, yes, I'm attracted to you. Or I'm not really feeling.

[Angela]

Reading what they say. I'm like, that's funny. I'm into it. Or I'm like, That's not funny. I'm out.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

So that's why we gotta write these words.

[Arasha]

Words matter to you.

[Shane]

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[Angela]

So all of these have, like, so many ways you can show who you are.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

And it's like, I want to say some of these prompts. It's, like, in depth.

[Shane]

Let's be honest here, Angela. How, like, what's your goal with your profile? Is it to be like, I want to really. I want to be really, really myself? This is good. This is. I don't want to, like, put on any sort of show. Or is it, like. You know what? No, fuck it.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I want to, like, make it a big, interesting profile. Like, let's.

[Angela]

Let's, like, what if we just tried to make me, like, a freaking bombshell on there, and then I show up and I'm like.

[Arasha]

See, that's a bit.

[Angela]

I was just filming a thing called Challenge Pit.

[Shane]

Unfortunately, Angela, I think dabbing is. Is the. That is the killer.

[Angela]

That is not kidding. I was. I was playing cringe.

[Shane]

I don't know what. But you.

[Angela]

I was putting on cringe. That was the bit.

[Arasha]

Right?

[Angela]

I wouldn't genuinely dab.

[Shane]

Arasha, if. If you came across a dating profile and it was Henry Cavill, but he's dabbing.

[Arasha]

My God.

[Shane]

What are you doing?

[Arasha]

Swiping left and obviously.

[Angela]

Okay. No, I think we have to go for the intersection of. Which I think all people are trying to do. I want to be at the intersection of.

[Arasha]

Of.

[Angela]

Cool. Pretty funny.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Arasha]

Okay, okay. And you know what? All those people are there in the rose section. Are you familiar with this?

[Angela]

Oh, we have to talk about rose roses.

[Arasha]

It's called standouts now.

[Angela]

So these profiles. Here's what's crazy.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

They gotta. They gotta pay the bills, so they want your money.

[Arasha]

They know who you like. They know exactly who you would be. Be perfect with. But they're going to put them behind a paywall.

[Angela]

Yeah. Isn't that awesome? Isn't that the best thing about being alive in 2025?

[Shane]

Meeting your soulmate is behind a paywall? That's some black mirror.

[Angela]

And here's the thing is, sometimes you'll be like, well, you're not gonna pay a dollar to meet your husband.

[Arasha]

Right. Right. Have you ever. Did you ever drop the 99 cents to, like, a standout?

[Angela]

I've never done any of that, but my friend was like, oh, yeah, I do. I do. Roses. And I was like, oh, that's. That's cringe, isn't it? He was like, no, what if that stands a rose, a dollar stands in between me and my wife. And I was like, we're all gonna die. Well, I know.

[Shane]

I know there's. I know there's plenty of people who have met their partners via dating apps, but, yeah, that just. God dang. All right.

[Arasha]

No, it's awful. It's a lot of luck. And just hoping that somebody on the. The other person on the end who you matched with is also like. Like, I know that these things are weird, but I'm just trying to meet someone and you. And you foster a connection. Truly, some of the happiest couples that I know are like, Tinder.

[Shane]

I know plenty of people. Yeah, it's. I know. It's a real. That that can happen.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

But.

[Angela]

Okay, we have so many prompts to go through.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Angela]

I'm Gonna read different things. And if you guys have an idea for what I should say to that, we'll stop that one.

[Arasha]

Okay. Okay.

[Angela]

Because there's. There's. There's. There's 10 different folders of different prompts, and then in the folder, there's like, 20.

[Shane]

God.

[Arasha]

Okay.

[Shane]

Holy.

[Angela]

That's why I might.

[Shane]

When you come across.

[Angela]

So we'll start with the. About me.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Arasha]

Okay.

[Angela]

Ethnicity, Unusual skills.

[Shane]

Ethnicity.

[Arasha]

Answer.

[Shane]

What's up? Italian. Anyway.

[Angela]

Italian, immediate negative matches. Okay. Okay.

[Arasha]

Okay.

[Angela]

The unusual skills this year. I really want to. Blank. Typical Sunday. Dating me is, like, blank.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Angela]

Anything come to mind?

[Arasha]

Okay. Dating me is, like. That's straight up a punchline for you. I feel like that's a great opportunity for you to be like.

[Angela]

But I can't be too jokey.

[Shane]

Yeah. Okay. I'm just. Let me think out loud.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

They got. There's no bad pitches, no bad pictures.

[Shane]

Dating me is like Real Housewives entertaining, but it's an absolute shit show.

[Angela]

That's good.

[Shane]

Like, that's good.

[Angela]

And that's an interest of mine. So if they.

[Shane]

If they like that, they'd be like, whoa, now. Yeah.

[Angela]

Okay. Keep going. Let's keep going.

[Arasha]

Okay. I have. I have one. But I hope that it doesn't come off bad.

[Angela]

I can't wait for it.

[Shane]

Dating me is really shitty.

[Angela]

You guys can say anything about me, and I'm still gonna love you.

[Arasha]

Okay. Okay. Okay. But this is with love. But also, if it comes out badly, then I'll explain it. Okay. So dating me is like having a pet, but it's your best friend.

[Angela]

Okay, so do I give off, like, dating a dog?

[Arasha]

No, no, no, you're not the dog.

[Shane]

Why would you say that?

[Arasha]

No, you're not the dog.

[Angela]

You have to take. But I'm also funny.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

That's so good. That's good.

[Arasha]

I got it. No. Cause it's like, let's go for a walk.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Arasha]

But also, it could be like a. I'm not kidding.

[Angela]

I need a partner that's gonna take me on a walk.

[Shane]

I think walking is a very much a partner thing that people do. Yes.

[Angela]

No, but I need a partner to take me on a walk.

[Shane]

Like I'm Axio.

[Arasha]

Like, Angela, let's go for a walk.

[Shane]

Come on.

[Angela]

One. You're done. You're done with Vanderpump. We're going outside.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Yeah. Or like, when you're, like. When you're focusing on the wrong thing, we're like, Angela, walk.

[Angela]

Going to walk. Yes. Like, Chance literally does that to me and Goes Drop it.

[Arasha]

Yes.

[Angela]

Leave it.

[Arasha]

That's what I'm saying. Okay.

[Angela]

That's a good one. That's a good one.

[Arasha]

Don't come at me. Cut out the silence after I said that. Don't.

[Angela]

No. It's beautiful. I recently discovered that blank 911. Could you imagine if I. If you see a girl and I'm like, I recently discovered that 911 didn't happen in 2000.

[Arasha]

Just your whole profile is just every bit you've done on Smosh.

[Angela]

A random fact. I love fact. I love. My most irrational fear is. See, like, here's the thing, though. If I just answer these just like, kind of normally and kind of like by the book, like, my irrational fear is birds with a lot of feathers.

[Arasha]

Right?

[Angela]

No one's gonna use that and go, huh. That made me think of.

[Shane]

Sorry. What?

[Angela]

What?

[Arasha]

You didn't know this?

[Angela]

Birds with, like, lots of feathers.

[Shane]

Oh, wait. Maybe you've. Maybe I'm aware of this, like, because.

[Arasha]

Like, a lot of feathers.

[Angela]

I hate feathers.

[Shane]

You don't like feathers at all?

[Angela]

I. I get scared they're gonna go in my mouth.

[Shane]

This is like. This is like Olivia with butterflies.

[Angela]

She's scared of butterflies.

[Shane]

Oh, my God. Like, her fear of butterflies is actually, like, terrified. Cannot look at them. If there's a butterfly, she will scream and run.

[Arasha]

I get that.

[Shane]

That We've done videos, unfortunately, where she's been confronted with butterflies and cheese. It's visceral, but you're more like grossed out by feathers.

[Arasha]

I'm just physically triggered by fascinating.

[Angela]

I want them to touch me.

[Arasha]

Feathers on anything.

[Shane]

To be fair, feathers are actually, like, gross. Like, bacteria wise, they're gross.

[Angela]

Like, if you touch.

[Shane]

If you touch feather.

[Angela]

No, it's like their butt cheeks.

[Shane]

Oh, they're covered entirely by feathers.

[Angela]

So that's what I'm saying is their feathers. Are their asses like. Like that's all up in their hole, their feathers. I don't know. Anyways, I can write that my. My, My irrational. My most irrational fear is that. Where are the feathers coming from? Are they near the asshole? Are they cleaning them?

[Arasha]

Don't put that.

[Shane]

Don't put that.

[Angela]

And we have to let out the bad choices to get to the good.

[Arasha]

Hey, don't.

[Shane]

Let's not.

[Angela]

So don't put that.

[Shane]

Don't put that. And don't ever share that with anyone.

[Arasha]

Don't say it ever out loud ever again. Okay.

[Angela]

You ready for this?

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Angela]

This is not a trap. Crap. Answer this as my friends, my greatest strength.

[Shane]

Greatest strength.

[Arasha]

Okay, okay.

[Angela]

Don't Take too much time.

[Arasha]

No, no, we're just putting it into a catchy little sentence.

[Shane]

Okay. I'm thinking about how to phrase this.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Shane]

Because I feel like your greatest. I feel like your greatest strength is. Is your humor. Because I think that's. That is a rare trait. Right? Like, I think, like, we're surrounded by funny people here, but, like, truly out there in the world, like, people as funny as you guys is rare.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Shane]

So I'm trying to think of, like, how you could phrase it. That's funny.

[Angela]

It's like, like, I think, honestly, one of my greatest strengths is I know when I lost ya.

[Shane]

Don't say yeah, yeah.

[Arasha]

Like, you have a bad way.

[Angela]

Like, I know when I lose the room. I know when I lose the room where I'm like, I know. I know how to end the date.

[Arasha]

Yeah, you're able to read the thing I've ever said.

[Shane]

Yeah, no, that's like, that's. Don't, don't like, because that's. That's a loser's mentality there, though.

[Angela]

Yes. And we're here to win.

[Shane]

Yeah, exactly. You don't want to be like, hey, I. When the date's gone bad, it's like, don't.

[Angela]

Let's get a quarterback.

[Shane]

Do you need to be Josh Allen up?

[Angela]

Okay. Yeah.

[Arasha]

I feel like your greatest strength is breaking the ice.

[Angela]

Okay.

[Arasha]

Like, I think if there's like, tension in the room or if, like, everybody's quiet, everybody's really good at that. You're able to come in and be like, let's share these stories.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

And everyone's like, all right, all right, we're doing this, we're doing this. So you're able to, you know, with your humor, break ice.

[Angela]

What about this? Something that's a non negotiable for me is. And I'm gonna go, what if it's just a really long list? That's funny.

[Arasha]

Oh, that's funny. Yeah, that's funny.

[Angela]

I'd say something that's a non negotiable for me is flip flops with jeans.

[Arasha]

Huh?

[Angela]

Okay, you do that.

[Arasha]

No, no, no. You said a non negotiable. Is it?

[Angela]

I meant, like, I don't want it.

[Arasha]

Like you don't want. Yeah, yeah. Why do they have to do that?

[Shane]

Being rude to waiters. Yeah, that's like, those are like the. The basics, the go to's. You almost don't want to say that though, because you don't want them to pretend on the first date. That's what I'm Saying because they know that. That that's your deal breaker. You want to see?

[Angela]

You want to see? Oh, yeah. I'm not telling them what I'm looking out for.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Oh, yeah, that's good.

[Angela]

First round is on me.

[Arasha]

If you don't watch Smosh. You remember, stop dabbing.

[Angela]

I'm kidding.

[Arasha]

They're gonna find this clip.

[Angela]

I know. Oh, no. I'm realizing this is actually first rounds on me.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Angela]

If you know who mythical chef Josh is, he's my friend. God.

[Shane]

Oh, my God.

[Arasha]

So glad we're not dating.

[Angela]

I'm saying the things.

[Shane]

All you're saying all these prompts, and I'm going, oh, this is why I did. Really bad. I don't know how to answer these questions.

[Arasha]

Really bad.

[Shane]

There wasn't even that many. There was kind of just like a bio for the ones that I was on.

[Angela]

What I order for the table.

[Arasha]

Pasta.

[Angela]

That's wild. My brother has this joke that I love. I could use. I could just repurpose it.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

He goes, let's get a sandwich for the table.

[Shane]

Yeah, so I'll get, like, a sandwich for the table. I don't care.

[Angela]

A martini for the table.

[Shane]

A martini for the table.

[Angela]

That's good.

[Shane]

Kind of gives a little.

[Angela]

Like, she drinks too much. Yeah. A donut for the table.

[Shane]

A donut for the table.

[Angela]

Okay, let's chat about. Do you agree or disagree? That blank. So how do we weed out bad people and get good people with something like this? Do you agree or disagree that the dress was yellow?

[Arasha]

Oh, my God. Yellow wasn't even an option.

[Angela]

Yes, it was.

[Arasha]

It was gold and. And it was blue and black.

[Angela]

Okay, give me travel tips for. See, that's just because, you know what? If I said, like, Barcelona, then a bunch of idiots are gonna be like, you have to go here. You need, like, you want someone to, like, come in and, like.

[Arasha]

Yes. Yes.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Angela]

You know what I mean?

[Arasha]

Maybe it's like leading with sarcasm with a lot of these things. Well, actually, no, because that sometimes doesn't read. Read on apps and. And people are like, I believe.

[Shane]

I feel like this reads different coming from me because, like, this is bad.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I'm just thinking, can you give me travel tips to my bedroom? Psych. Just kidding. Not. Not into that.

[Angela]

Hold on. Yes.

[Shane]

Unless. No, just kidding. Barcelona. And by Barcelona, I mean it's just like, super long winded.

[Angela]

That's good.

[Shane]

Is there a word limit on these?

[Angela]

Yeah, you have.

[Shane]

Oh, it'd be so funny to make one, like, a novel length.

[Angela]

Let's see 200 characters.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Arasha]

Plenty.

[Shane]

But too long. It starts to get.

[Angela]

Yeah, too long. Then it's like, oh, God, he worked on this for so long.

[Arasha]

Right. I think it's got to be short and sweet. It's got to be quippy.

[Angela]

I'll pick the topic if you start the conversation.

[Arasha]

So what do you like to discuss?

[Angela]

These are helping people, like, try to talk. Yeah, that's what this is.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

This is. You know, it's like, let's make sure we're on the same page about. Blank.

[Shane]

Same page about.

[Angela]

Let's make sure we're on the same page.

[Shane]

And the problem is something. What I would see. Yeah. My bedroom, that I was just talking about a second ago. It gets to a certain point in the prompt, so it's like. It's like my bedroom. Are you still reading these prompts? Like, what do I gotta say?

[Arasha]

That's a skill, too, to just have, like, a really cohesive profile.

[Shane]

Just like. Yeah.

[Arasha]

It's like a one thing.

[Angela]

It's like, let's debate this topic. Cheerios. Teach me something about Cheerios. Change my mind about Cheerios.

[Shane]

Yeah, yeah.

[Angela]

Immediately. I'm never matching with that person. That's what I'm saying is like, these are all bad things.

[Arasha]

They're bad.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Angela]

Getting personal. I won't shut up about. Blank. What if I told you that blank.

[Arasha]

I feel like one of these. One of these has to be rooted in honesty.

[Angela]

Yeah. Right. Like, I geek out on.

[Arasha]

Genuinely something that you're.

[Angela]

I geek out on reality tv. Tv.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Well, I geek out on theater. Like, that's such a real.

[Angela]

You want me to write on a day.

[Shane]

It's real. It's real.

[Angela]

Sure. It's. You're saying that's what we've been talking about It. What's real doesn't really land on me.

[Shane]

Angela, on a real note, if you date someone who's not into theater, that's gonna be tough.

[Angela]

Then I'll be learning. Okay.

[Arasha]

I think you can handle that.

[Angela]

I think I could.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Angela]

As long as they listen to me.

[Shane]

I just feel like you're doing. Yeah, I feel like you're doing live theater every night.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Like, yeah. If they're not into it.

[Arasha]

No. But I think I agree. I don't think people need to know. People should know that it is embarrassing.

[Angela]

Exactly. And that's something I say, like, in person with my face so I could smile and kind of be charming about it.

[Arasha]

Right. Or like, you just.

[Shane]

Okay, yeah, Fair.

[Arasha]

Reality TV is good. I think it's. But you have to find a way to put a little twist on it.

[Shane]

Yeah, I would say. Yeah, that's one. Unfortunately, reality tv, It's. It's real. It also reminds me of when I was on dating apps. It was just like Netflix and wine and it was just like.

[Angela]

That's what I'm saying.

[Shane]

For sure, man. And I also like drinking water.

[Angela]

If anyone in the room has a pitch too, please just yell it out. Okay. A specific housewife. That's what we're hearing. I geek out on like Lisa Mormon wives. Yes. Yes. I geek out on respect for others. Lol.

[Shane]

Yeah, yeah, for sure.

[Arasha]

No, but making it, making it more specific so that way it isn't basic.

[Angela]

And that's just good joke writing, right?

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Angela]

Don't hate me if I blank get hangry. Don't hate me if my Internet thumbnail. Don't google me.

[Arasha]

No, there's something there.

[Angela]

Don't hate me if every picture you see that I don't show you is.

[Arasha]

Don'T hate me if you google me.

[Shane]

Don't tell them to Google you.

[Angela]

Yeah, you're so right.

[Shane]

Oh, that's disgusting.

[Arasha]

That's disgusting.

[Angela]

That's disgusting.

[Shane]

Don't tell them to Google you because I know you're not coming from a. You're joking about it, but you also, at best, the best case scenario is it's someone who doesn't know, like, what you do.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

Oh, 100%.

[Arasha]

That's the best.

[Shane]

Right?

[Angela]

That was just me making a low hanging fruit joke. But like, of course my friend had this match with this guy on this app and it just said musician and wasn't really specific. And they kept talking and then she goes to sit down with him. They finally go on a date and.

[Shane]

He'S wearing the Daft Punk helmet.

[Angela]

He's like, that's good.

[Shane]

Wait, are you Daft Punk?

[Arasha]

That's good. He.

[Angela]

He, like. She asks like, what he does. He's like, I'm a musician. She's like, I need to know more. I need to know like a little more. And like, it's like, like she said it was like halfway through the day. And she's like, okay, so like, what are you in a band? He's like, do you mind if I get to know you a little bit first?

[Shane]

I.

[Angela]

And then she was like, I gotta know what band he's in. This is driving me crazy.

[Arasha]

And.

[Angela]

And we'll bleep out the band he was in.

[Shane]

I knew it was gonna be something dumb as I know.

[Angela]

And that's why I'm like, do you mind if I get to know you first?

[Arasha]

And get to know you first? Yeah, you actually have to do that.

[Angela]

Okay. Something my pet thinks about me. Oh, I'm not doing any of these. This is why I don't want to go online.

[Shane]

Can you attach a photo. Can you attach a photo to any of these prompts?

[Angela]

No.

[Arasha]

No.

[Shane]

Because it'd be funny to attach a photo of Spork and be like, I don't know. What do you think?

[Angela]

I don't know. He's blinded. Death. Or I could just say that something my pet thinks about me is like, he's blind.

[Shane]

He's blind to death. Which means he thinks I'm awesome.

[Arasha]

That's great.

[Shane]

The quality is required to love you.

[Angela]

We found our first one.

[Arasha]

Obviously, people love, like, dog stuff.

[Shane]

Oh, yes. That's a universal.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Except for you. You hate dogs.

[Angela]

You hate dogs.

[Arasha]

That's not true. I love moose.

[Angela]

Yes. Moose.

[Shane]

Just moose.

[Angela]

Moose Merce is a. Moose is a person.

[Arasha]

Moose is a deity.

[Shane]

This is an Australian shepherd. The best dog.

[Arasha]

The best dog. You can't resist moose. And. And to be clear, I do not hate dogs. I just. I conditionally love them.

[Shane]

Right. You don't think they're that awesome?

[Arasha]

Like, I'm not gonna stop on the street to pet a dog.

[Angela]

Dog. Guys.

[Shane]

You were on Smarty Pants saying, they're not that cute.

[Angela]

Guys, there's a video prompt.

[Arasha]

I'm gonna pet their owner.

[Angela]

Oh, my God. There's a video prompt.

[Shane]

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

[Arasha]

You're gonna do a slack shout out on there.

[Angela]

Ready?

[Shane]

Do it right now. Do it off the cuff because.

[Angela]

So the prompt is this year. I really want to.

[Shane]

All right, let's all take turns.

[Arasha]

Ready?

[Angela]

Ready? Yeah. Oh, my God. Okay, so what. Which prompt should we pick? A daily essential. Blank. I'm a 10. But blank. Let's do that.

[Arasha]

What?

[Angela]

Ready? I'm a 10, but I'm on YouTube.

[Shane]

Stop it, Angela.

[Arasha]

That's good. That's good.

[Angela]

I'm on YouTube.

[Shane]

Stop it, Angela.

[Arasha]

You can't. You can't redo. Redo.

[Angela]

Your turn. I attend Butt.

[Arasha]

We do a different. Should I do a different.

[Shane]

Stop doxing your career?

[Angela]

I'm not. I'm just making jokes.

[Shane]

You gotta. You gotta get to know them a.

[Angela]

Little bit more before you cut the. I'm never gonna put myself out there.

[Arasha]

Okay, okay.

[Angela]

Not a bad way.

[Arasha]

All right, so I'm gonna read this prompt.

[Angela]

All right, you ready? What's the prompt? Tell us the prompt.

[Arasha]

Hi. From me and my pet.

[Angela]

So you have to hold it down. You've told it. You have to hold it down.

[Arasha]

Oh, okay.

[Angela]

It.

[Arasha]

No, wait. No, I don't. Yeah, yeah, it's recording.

[Angela]

No, no, hold it down.

[Arasha]

No, it's recording.

[Angela]

No, it's not. Oh, my God.

[Arasha]

From me and my pet.

[Angela]

Hold it down.

[Shane]

Epic millennial moment.

[Arasha]

No, wait. No, I don't. Yeah, yeah, it's recording.

[Angela]

No, no, hold it down.

[Arasha]

No, it's recording.

[Angela]

What's the prompt? Tell us the prompt. Hi.

[Arasha]

From me and my pet. Okay, there you go, King.

[Angela]

Pick a prompt. Pick a prompt.

[Shane]

All right, let's see. We've got. So you don't get to see the prompts. Okay. Okay. Something that's special about me.

[Angela]

And you don't have to hold it down.

[Arasha]

And you don't have to hold it down.

[Shane]

It will record with me. Quick story time.

[Arasha]

That's. Okay.

[Shane]

A friend's review of me. Okay, yeah. So a friend's review of me.

[Angela]

Okay, perfect, perfect.

[Shane]

So I just can tap it.

[Angela]

Yeah, yeah.

[Shane]

And it'll stay. Okay, great, great. Okay.

[Arasha]

So cute.

[Shane]

Okay. A friend's review of me. Let's see what they have to say. Hey.

[Angela]

Is this on?

[Arasha]

Michael, Shane is so.

[Angela]

Oh, yeah.

[Arasha]

Shane is intelligent.

[Angela]

He's going to. He's going to open the door for you.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

And he's going to guess things about you.

[Arasha]

He's. He's going to make you laugh, but he'll also make you feel good when you make a joke. Cuz he'll laugh.

[Angela]

He didn't really go to college, but that's not a red flag.

[Arasha]

He's smart. Yeah. And.

[Shane]

Thank you, guys. That was. That was bad.

[Angela]

Wait, can you two talk on.

[Shane]

I'm gonna guess things about you and Angela said that. Okay, okay, so let's.

[Angela]

I think each of you do one. So a thing my friend says about me.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Angela]

Okay, you do it.

[Shane]

Okay, great, Great, great, great, great. Hold on.

[Arasha]

That one again.

[Shane]

Find it. All right. Oh, no, no. That's when. Weirdly, it doesn't matter.

[Angela]

It doesn't matter. Doesn't matter.

[Shane]

Dude. Okay. All right, here we go.

[Angela]

The prompt is my friend says about me.

[Arasha]

Yeah, we're just gonna. And we're not roasting you. We're being honest. Right?

[Shane]

Okay, okay, look, here's my review of Angela. Whatever bar or restaurant you go to, by the end of the night, like, she's gonna be leading that whole place in song. All right? You're gonna leave that restaurant and people are gonna be talking about that table that you were at. You'd be like, they were the life of the party as soon as you guys leave, shows over.

[Angela]

He's my brother.

[Shane]

That's my review.

[Angela]

He's my brother.

[Arasha]

Stop. That's so cute. Here's my review.

[Angela]

I kind of have to save it.

[Shane]

Or restaurant you go to. By the end of the night, like, she's gonna be leading that whole place in song. All right, you're gonna.

[Angela]

You're so well lit, and you have a mic, and people.

[Shane]

People looking at your dating profile would be like, who's he? He's gorgeous.

[Angela]

You are so pretty.

[Shane]

Is your brother single?

[Angela]

Yes.

[Arasha]

Okay.

[Angela]

You don't have to be genuine. You could do whatever you want.

[Arasha]

No, no, I want to be.

[Angela]

Do something that you think would be funny, that someone would fall. Like, you know what I mean?

[Arasha]

Like, no, that's too much.

[Angela]

Because I think if someone saw what you did, it was really nice. I think they'd think I'm sad. It'd be like, please, can you say something nice about. You know what I mean? Like, let's. Let's try to actually nail it here.

[Arasha]

Okay, okay, okay, Okay.

[Shane]

I think if you had other aspects in your profile showing how, like, you are allowed, like, fun person, and then I'm saying that they'd be like, well, this adds up.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, okay.

[Shane]

Because I feel like an introverted person. People be like, oh, this. Oh, they're trying to hide them, but.

[Angela]

That'S not the case.

[Arasha]

Okay, okay, okay, okay. All right. Okay, guys, Angela is so fun. Angela is so funny. She's, like, super nuts, but, like, in a really cute, great way. And, you know, she's gonna say hi to you.

[Angela]

Say hi.

[Arasha]

And she's gonna. She's gonna be so nice to you, and she's gonna give you really good advice, and she's gonna be. Be like, the life of the party. And, you know, it's gonna be a really good friend that you make as well if it doesn't work out for you guys. So meet up with her anyway. Guys, Angela is so fun.

[Shane]

This is good. Angela is so fun.

[Arasha]

She's, like, super nuts. But, like, in a really cute.

[Shane]

The podcast mic makes it so insane.

[Arasha]

She's gonna say hi to you and say hi, and she's gonna.

[Angela]

Someone's gonna use this and put a fan at it behind it.

[Shane]

Okay, Can I say what's actually really funny? And I think would be a great prompt or a great, like, sell is having the friend talking, but then you hear the person, the profile, like, yelling in the background. Be like, what?

[Angela]

Okay, yeah, let's do that.

[Shane]

No, like, just like that one. That was really funny.

[Arasha]

That was great.

[Angela]

Okay, let's do it again.

[Arasha]

Okay.

[Shane]

Hey, take that.

[Angela]

Let's do it.

[Arasha]

Okay. Okay. Ready? So what? Tag team.

[Angela]

And I'm gonna be like. I'm like. I think the bit will be that. I know I'm not.

[Shane]

I say we do. Okay, here's my pitch. Should we do, like, a little bit of, like, Changing Lives Cop, where it's like, I'm talking about, like, how fun she is and stuff, but you're like, yeah, but she's also. Or I want to say bad. Bad features. But I'm like. I'm talking about how, like, oh, she's a sweet person and stuff, but you're like, oh, but she could party.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

Okay. Okay.

[Angela]

An idea, too. Move your mics.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Yeah. So I'll do, like, a. No, but to whatever you say. But, like, also add on to it. Okay.

[Shane]

Okay, great. Guys, Angela is one of the kindest individuals I've ever known.

[Arasha]

Yes. But she will roast you if she needs to. She'll call you out.

[Shane]

And she's a. And she's a respectful person. She's. She's got her head on her shoulder. She's very professional.

[Arasha]

But. But she will joke about authority when talks.

[Shane]

Yeah, she will. And, yeah, I think she's a great conversationalist. You guys will have a. A great first date.

[Arasha]

Actually. She sucks.

[Angela]

I think we should restart it.

[Shane]

Okay. I. No, she doesn't.

[Angela]

Done, guys. We're done.

[Arasha]

I think you post that, you see.

[Angela]

This, you're like, sorry, I was probably.

[Shane]

Off camera that entire time, but you could hear me.

[Angela]

Yeah, you're whining and dining me.

[Arasha]

Should we go live?

[Angela]

I don't think you can go live on a dating app.

[Shane]

That would be. Actually. Actually, I could see it working.

[Angela]

You're just like, come on in. What's up, guys?

[Arasha]

Actually, though, can we walk down that road for a second? Second. What if you could go live on dating apps?

[Shane]

I think you're now describing going to a bar we've made our way back to. What if we were just walking around? We just talk to people.

[Arasha]

You need the safety of the device.

[Shane]

Yeah, I get what you're saying. You're.

[Arasha]

You're.

[Shane]

You're talking about just. Yeah, I understand what you're saying.

[Arasha]

Yes. Well, because you have. Have you ever. Have you ever been, like, in a room with someone and you see, like, an attractive person and you don't want to talk to them, so instead you go on your app and you change the, like, mile radius? Like, less than 0.1 miles.

[Shane]

Whoa.

[Arasha]

So then you can match with them.

[Shane]

I get it.

[Angela]

I've never done that.

[Shane]

I get it. You could also talk to them.

[Angela]

Okay.

[Arasha]

No, but how much cuter is it being, like, saw you from across the bar, swiped with swipe right on you?

[Angela]

Or if you. You. Okay. That person matches with you, and then you open a video and they're like, hey, we're in the same Trader Joe's. I'm. Right.

[Shane]

It's just. They're recording you.

[Arasha]

Trader Joe here.

[Angela]

And I just.

[Shane]

Who's pulling out their phone and getting on a dating app in Trader Joe's?

[Arasha]

The lines are long.

[Shane]

I guess the workers are trying to. You.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah.

[Angela]

Okay. We're gonna do a voice one. Okay. The prompt is Mondays. Am I right?

[Arasha]

That's great.

[Angela]

Okay.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

And I'm gonna try to be, like, kind of anti the, you know?

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah. Go for it.

[Angela]

Need inspiration.

[Arasha]

And remember, you can just play a.

[Angela]

Simple answer, a sample answer.

[Arasha]

We hear the sample.

[Angela]

Something I take pride in is being able to make friends in long lines, especially bathroom lines.

[Arasha]

Was that AI.

[Shane]

Probably.

[Angela]

Okay, we won't. We'll cut that.

[Shane]

No, no, you don't have to cut it. It's just. That was just, like, probably real.

[Angela]

Quite the bummer.

[Arasha]

Cringe. Yeah.

[Shane]

One of my greatest strengths is, like, just when I'm, like, around people.

[Angela]

Yeah. That's what I'm gonna do.

[Shane]

Talking to people.

[Angela]

Okay. Yeah, I'm gonna. I'm gonna try to kind of have a sexy voice.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Shane]

It's Mondays.

[Angela]

Mondays. Am I right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I. I'd say, like, Mondays, give me coffee. Give me a freaking coffee. Give me a coffee.

[Arasha]

What is that?

[Angela]

Just close your eyes. Just act like I'm a different person.

[Shane]

All right. All right.

[Angela]

Would you match with this person? Yeah, I. I'd say, like, Mondays, give me coffee. Give me a freaking coffee. Give me a coffee.

[Arasha]

I think I'd report them.

[Shane]

I think I'd be scared for them and for myself.

[Angela]

Let's do it again. Let's do it again. Mondays. Am I right? No, we don't have to keep doing this.

[Shane]

I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go serious, as well.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Okay. Yeah. Mondays. I mean, you know, I'm a lot like Garfield in that way. I'm lazy, and I love lasagna. Yeah. And. But Mondays, Not a fan. Am I coffee? Am I coffee?

[Arasha]

Ew. That physically hurt me.

[Angela]

As long as it was after a Sunday or a Saturday hanging with you, I can hashtag Mondays, am I right?

[Arasha]

Okay.

[Angela]

Just kidding. I, I, I like to hang all days to the week, as long as it was after a Sunday or a Saturday. Hanging with you, I can hashtag Mondays, am I right? Just kidding.

[Shane]

I, I guess Spencer's clapping.

[Arasha]

No, the la. It's the laugh. It's, you know. Yeah, yeah. Okay.

[Shane]

Mondays.

[Arasha]

Okay.

[Angela]

The Garfield is awful. You see that? Hold on. You hear that? That prompt? And then it goes, I geek out on theater.

[Shane]

You're dabbing.

[Angela]

And then I'm like, another thing about me. YouTube. The worst you could ever like, honestly, it's actually fun to make the worst profile we could ever make.

[Shane]

Yeah, it actually would be.

[Arasha]

You'll probably get a bunch of matches.

[Shane]

It would be so fun to try to make, make it as bad as possible and see bites. Who bites? Probably the hottest person on the planet.

[Angela]

My friend, My friend has, she has this one guy that keeps liking her things and he always goes, Cuz she has a couple pictures of her cats and he always goes, look at the kittens. Look at those kittens. They love you. And it's just the funniest I've ever seen.

[Arasha]

Okay, okay, let's see what other prompts are there for voice memos.

[Angela]

What if I sing?

[Shane]

Ooh, hey, it's a strength.

[Arasha]

Yeah, here it is. Apparently my life's soundtrack is.

[Shane]

Ooh, do that. Except no copyright.

[Angela]

No copyright music.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, you gotta make up your own.

[Angela]

Yours would be. Whoa, whoa.

[Arasha]

That's not my life soundtrack.

[Shane]

That is your. It quite literally is.

[Angela]

Quite literally is.

[Arasha]

No, it's.

[Angela]

Oh, a quick rant about blank.

[Arasha]

Oh, that's good. Rant.

[Angela]

These damn apps. I just want to be myself. Let's get back to the bar. My God. What do you mean, a quick rant? What do you mean? My God, did you get this far? Maybe we should hang. I don't know. God, don't you miss the 50s?

[Arasha]

I don't know why.

[Shane]

Whoa. Don't you miss. Don't you miss. Don't you miss the 50s? Whoa.

[Angela]

I just meant like, don't you miss, like when we would meet up at a soda pop? I don't know.

[Shane]

I was trying to be like vintage soda pop.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Angela]

These damn apps.

[Arasha]

You want to hear it again?

[Shane]

You want to, you want to make sure what you said, it really happened. It sounds completely different. She said completely different. We're like, what?

[Arasha]

What?

[Angela]

A quick rant about. I think that's a fun one.

[Arasha]

Okay, let's see. A shower thought an award my family would give me.

[Shane]

Wait, can I do, Can I do a shower thought yeah.

[Arasha]

Okay. Remember, just tap it.

[Shane]

Yeah. Shower thought. Okay. Okay.

[Angela]

It's not going.

[Shane]

Here's a shower thought. Nevermind. I fucked it up.

[Arasha]

No, it was great. It was great.

[Shane]

Let's do this again. All right. Okay. A shower thought I recently had.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Why is it not letting me just hit the button? Okay. Okay.

[Arasha]

Just tap it.

[Shane]

You do. Recording. Hold on. This is why I would do. Okay. Okay. Shower thought I recently had. So that would be like if you're.

[Arasha]

Like drowning and you're drowning, you're looking.

[Shane]

Up at the shower head.

[Angela]

Shower pressure's going.

[Shane]

It's like going straight into your mouth.

[Angela]

That's really good.

[Arasha]

That's awesome.

[Angela]

Okay. There is something to be said if you did my entire profile and it's your voice and by the end you go, yeah, yeah, I. I'm. I'm doing my friend's profile. You know what I mean? Like that. That's kind of cute. That feels like a romcom.

[Arasha]

Okay, well, you know.

[Angela]

All right, guys.

[Arasha]

I'm just. Well, it just, it usually it would set you up to like end up with the person who made your profile. I think that's what the rom com aspect of it is. And you.

[Angela]

I could tell the younger version of myself to get off these apps, I guess. Spencer laughed.

[Shane]

Spencer's uncomfortable when. Okay. With other profiles. Do you like serious answers or funny answers?

[Angela]

I need a mix. I need a mix.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, I feel like you. I feel like one of them. You want to be like. Oh. Or like. Oh, that was really thoughtful.

[Angela]

I feel that way about pictures as well. I think with pictures I need. I can't have all serious pictures. I also can't have all self pictures. Selfies.

[Arasha]

Yes. The first one has to be just you.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

First one has got to be like.

[Shane]

Just you and kind of candid.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Semi candid.

[Angela]

Kind of like.

[Shane]

Like you might be looking at the camera but you're like mid laugh.

[Arasha]

Yes.

[Shane]

Or something.

[Arasha]

It's just raw. You.

[Angela]

Yeah. And the second one maybe like more of like a. Like a. I don't know, more of a one that's like a little bit more posed.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Active in a way. Like maybe you're hiking or you're like you're. You're shopping or something.

[Angela]

We will have to wrap up, but I will say there's one picture I thought I would. I wanted to pitch to you. Oh, yeah.

[Shane]

Let's. Let's judge these photos of you.

[Angela]

As if I haven't already dissociated enough. Let's judge these pictures.

[Arasha]

Let's okay.

[Shane]

We're judging, like, how they showcase you.

[Angela]

I know. I'm kidding.

[Arasha]

And. And. And if they belong on hinge. Okay. Honestly, you look hot in that photo. You look awesome in that photo.

[Shane]

One.

[Angela]

It's from female.

[Shane]

I will say, though, you know, like, it's. It's very, like, horror esthetic.

[Angela]

It does make.

[Shane]

So it's going to. It's going to. It's going to be like, oh, this is your vibe. Where it's not. That's not your vibe most the time.

[Angela]

Makes me look like a spooky girl.

[Shane]

I think. As long as you have other vibes.

[Angela]

This one, like, for the fourth.

[Arasha]

I was going to say fourth, third or fourth photo.

[Shane]

That's perfect because it's like a story. It's like, what's. What's going on there.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Shane]

Because you also want.

[Angela]

This is a really funny thing.

[Arasha]

Wait, you look hot in that one, too.

[Angela]

I. I was going to do this one and show you guys this one, and then I looked closer.

[Arasha]

Oh, no.

[Angela]

Okay. So I was like, oh, this is a cute picture of me and Spork. Oh, it's a great photo.

[Shane]

And having your dog in there is really important.

[Angela]

So just take a look at Spork.

[Shane]

Well, sure.

[Angela]

That's so Spork's Red Rock. It's just Sporks.

[Shane]

Spork is out. I mean, it's hard to have a photo with Spork and his spork.

[Arasha]

Oh, man.

[Shane]

I mean, it's kind of of. You can't crop that a little bit. Maybe like. Like, have it be a little closer.

[Arasha]

Yeah, you could crop it. Or.

[Shane]

Or you could probably have someone edit that. You realistically could probably have an editor just put the, like, your. Your shirt color over that.

[Angela]

Yeah. I go, hey, Vita.

[Shane]

Hey, quick question.

[Angela]

Can you help me with something? I think we got. I think we got somewhere, and that is in the line between funny and genuine, and all I could do was funny. And then that's. That's the change that you have to make. Right?

[Shane]

Yeah. I feel ultimately we didn't help you at all, but that's okay.

[Angela]

Ultimately, I learned what not to do.

[Arasha]

Right. We learned that most profiles that we see are so on the nose and usually cringy, and that's what is to be avoided.

[Shane]

You know what I also think, though? I think it is impossible to avoid having a cringy profile, because I think having a profile, like, in its nature is kind of cringy. Right. I felt that when I had one, and I was like, you know, I have to just kind of accept, like, the dating is cringy in so many ways. Like, you can't avoid that.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

So you can't judge it either.

[Arasha]

It's vulnerable.

[Shane]

That's the case with other people. To know, like, oh, this is coming off cringy, but I'm worried mine might be coming off cringy. So ultimately, there's enough. If there's enough nuggets in there of, like, this. This thing I resonate with. Let's give it a shot.

[Angela]

I think that's a great point. I feel that way even about people's like, LinkedIn's. It's like, we have to put ourselves out there online, and that's just the world we live in.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Angela]

And it comes with all the same cringe stuff like job interview or a first date. Like, you have to advocate for yourself. And doing that online is kind of scary, but you have to be honest. And then you have to. You have to do it. Like, it is fun to make jokes about it and just like, kind of.

[Shane]

Let it all out and be like, yeah, absolutely.

[Arasha]

Yeah. At the same time, though, it's like, you know, maybe a different attitude towards it would also be helpful.

[Shane]

Right.

[Arasha]

Like, I feel like when you ask friends, like, any of your single friends, if you're like, oh, are you on the apps? I feel like nine out of ten times you're gonna get them being like, like, yeah, yeah.

[Angela]

Or like, when you ask a couple how they met and they go, yeah. And you're like, listen, we are like, everything is online now. Everything.

[Shane]

I. I also don't, like, I'm like, I don't care how you met. Like, it. You're here. Like, great. Like, your story is your story. That's great.

[Arasha]

Yeah. But I understand why it's, like, hard to own it. Right. But now there's all this rhetoric around it right now that is awkward.

[Angela]

There's. It's just funny that now there's so many options. The fact that you can add a video, you could do so much to show the wrong version of yourself.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

But I think that's ultimately the thing is, like, how we come across online is always going to be a little bit of a misrepresentation of ourselves.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And I think we experience that so often here where even though there is hundreds upon thousands of hours of footage of me, so often I see comments where I'm like, oh, they completely misunderstand who I am so real. And I'm like, you're watching hours of footage. But I'm like, like, but Still, Yeah. It. I'm not always coming across who I really am.

[Arasha]

Well. And you're also showing what you want to show.

[Shane]

Exactly.

[Arasha]

There are parts of our lives that we keep private. There are things that we hold on to and sometimes, like, with good reason. Definitely. With our digital lives, like, sort of on the channel. But in terms of dating as well, like, this goes back to kind of like the game that you talked about, where it's like, you do have to lean in and be yourself, but you also have to understand that certain things are deemed inappropriate. Right. Like? Like. Like maybe kissing on the first date or, you know, saying I love you right away and stuff like that. It's like, those might seem like characteristics that you enjoy, but it's something that you have to sort of pull back on because it's not the way that it works.

[Angela]

You're good at this.

[Shane]

I also think the. The ultimate issue with that people have and I had with dating is like, oh, I'm trying to go about this correctly. I'm trying to do this right.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

It's like, no. Like, ultimately, you're trying to find someone that you don't have to think.

[Angela]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Where you don't have to do it. Right. Because who you are is what they want, and who they are not trying to do anything is what you want.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

That's what you're looking for. But we. So when we put on a performance, we often do ourselves a disservice.

[Angela]

Yes. Yeah.

[Shane]

So it's like this weird.

[Angela]

It's this finding a way to be authentic while also, like, serving yourself up on a dish. And that's how hard we did it today. Thanks for watching. We helped Arasha get new glasses.

[Shane]

Yeah. Rasha. Arasha can finally see now.

[Angela]

I see huge shift in her appearance that we figured out.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Yeah. But anyways, thanks, guys. And, Angela, I have faith in you.

[Angela]

Thank you. I have faith in knowing what not to do after this conversation.

[Shane]

Well, hey, that's half the battle.

[Arasha]

I. G.I.

[Shane]

Joe.

[Arasha]

I also. I'll. I'll end it on. Also on, like, a serious note, too, because I saw this in a restaurant a while ago, and I really, really liked it. In the apps. This is also sort of a contradiction to it because on the apps, you're actually searching, but there was a little snippet on the wall, and it said, if you're looking for love, stop looking for love and start doing the things you love. And I really, really love that because it sort of gives that shared interest right up top. Like, if you love running, join a run club. Maybe you'll find somebody and run club. And then you already have that sort of compatibility of like, oh, we both like fitness, like, working out, and it sort of takes off from there, and then there isn't sort of that added pressure of, like, I need this. I'm desperate for a date.

[Angela]

That's mainly why I don't have experience on the apps and why something like that was just so foreign to me. Is that because I. I operate that way?

[Arasha]

Totally.

[Shane]

Yeah. Well, thank you for watching. Go check out the. The voting for the 20th anniversary awards.

[Arasha]

Go check out Angela's profile.

[Shane]

It's on LinkedIn.

[Angela]

It's just not going up.

[Shane]

And. Yeah, we'll see you guys next week. Bye.