BITES – Friends inviting themselves over

Short & Curly

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Philosophy

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

It's fun to hang out with our friends, but sometimes we need a bit of alone time. Maybe you want to listen to your favourite music and sing along loudly. Or curl up in a special place and read a book. So should you always say yes if someone asks if they can come over to your house?

Thanks to Melissa for this curly question!

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0:00.0	Big questions, bite-sized.
0:04.6	Short and curly bites. Bites, bites, bites, bites, short and curly bites.
0:10.5	Big questions, small serving size.
0:15.0	Ooh, another great short and curly record, Mo Mo Mo. I'm starting to think this podcasting thing could really work out for us.
0:22.8	What? We've been doing it for almost a decade. We've made like 22 seasons.
0:27.5	Anyway, what do you have to now? Can I come hang at your house?
0:31.2	Ah, um, okay.
0:35.3	What?
0:36.4	Nothing, of course. Come over, buddy. It's fine.
0:39.0	Hang on. I'm reading your micro-expressions.
0:42.6	Eyebrows raised, mouth slightly ajar.
0:46.0	You didn't really mean that. It's not fine if I come over.
0:49.9	Oh, I hate that you can read micro-expressions.
0:52.6	I'm sorry. I just... My house is a bit messy expressions. I'm sorry. I just...
0:54.7	My house is a bit messy today. I'm tired. I'm grumpy because my hair isn't sitting the
1:00.2	way I want it to. Someone had to say it. But, you know, isn't it kind of rude if I say you can't
1:06.0	come over when you've asked me? Is it? Today's short and curly bite-sized question.
1:11.5	Should you always say yes when someone asks if they can come over to your house?
1:16.8	Do you know what one of the most amazing, frustrating and complicated things that human beings ever invented is?
1:28.1	It's not spaceships.
1:30.1	It isn't robots or artificial intelligence.
1:34.9	And it isn't zippers.
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