the phrase is definitely an annoying pet obsession of my gen atm and the guardian are nothing if not Into annoying pet obsessions, but in the context of the song that’s being discussed it’s pretty accurate of a Certain Type of guy (rather than being anti men reading smth other than john grisham)

i think it’s more specifically knowing the person and realising that was what they were trying to do, rather than spotting and guessing. i have met guys who have openly admitted to doing this.

it’s more people basically posing reading not actually reading.

wait internet tells me you live here. buy me a pint

aye come out in belfast tonight i’ll buy you a pint

just looked it up and i now feel like such a failure

that can’t be right. please tell me you’re joking

i also long for the ones where they need a selfie and they conclude “you are too young” like omg yessss tell me i look young

i like feeld’s age verification which was just “get a code texted to the phone number you set up the account with in the first place” like hell yeah got them there

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become More Inscrutable

on the other hand maybe[GUNSHOT]