How To Talk To Girls At Parties (short story)

Posted by nicklovescode on Saturday May 11, 2013 @06:42PM
from the neilgaiman.com dept.

http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/Cool%20Stuff/Short%20Stories/How%20To%20Talk%20To%20Girls%20At%20Parties/How%20To%20Talk%20To%20Girls%20At%20Parties%20(Text)

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Re:How To Talk To Girls At Parties (short story) by chrisabrams on Saturday May 11, 2013 @08:36PM (#5692667)

Sooo..what happened at the end?

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Re:How To Talk To Girls At Parties (short story) by rbehrends on Sunday May 12, 2013 @01:11AM (#5693242)

Hint: Vic says, "They're just girls. [...] They don't come from another planet." This is a classic example of Chekhov's gun.

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Re:How To Talk To Girls At Parties (short story) by mikeroher on Saturday May 11, 2013 @10:07PM (#5692841)

SPOILER: I think Stella was male?

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Re:How To Talk To Girls At Parties (short story) by tibbon on Saturday May 11, 2013 @10:56PM (#5692937)

I personally kinda read it as his friend wasn't anywhere near as experienced as was assumed, and she wanted more than he was ok with. Or maybe you're right. Its ambiguous intentionally I'd assume.

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Re:How To Talk To Girls At Parties (short story) by platz on Saturday May 11, 2013 @08:14PM (#5692631)

I liked his short stories from Angels and Visitations

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Re:How To Talk To Girls At Parties (short story) by jstanley on Saturday May 11, 2013 @08:11PM (#5692622)

I got about halfway through this and I am more confused than I've ever been.

I think it's good, but I'm not entirely sure.

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Re:How To Talk To Girls At Parties (short story) by nicklovescode on Saturday May 11, 2013 @08:17PM (#5692635)

I ran across this a couple years ago and just reread it today. I love how the narrator is about as confused by the girls as we are, and basically completely ignores what they say and focuses on progressing the night.

For instance, the second girl talks about seeing insect-eyed and winged people in Rio, and he just responds "uh, do you want to dance?". It definitely makes me realize that I've witnessed conversations at similar parties where one person(usually the girl in a girl/boy pair) could basically say anything without changing the flow of the conversation.

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Re:How To Talk To Girls At Parties (short story) by jaxomlotus on Saturday May 11, 2013 @10:06PM (#5692840)

It's a great meta comment on just how alien it can feel to talk to someone you aren't comfortable with.

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Re:How To Talk To Girls At Parties (short story) by SEJeff on Sunday May 12, 2013 @12:57AM (#5693218)

Cool I guess but seems innapropriate for HN

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Re:How To Talk To Girls At Parties (short story) by scottmcleod on Sunday May 12, 2013 @01:21AM (#5693251)

Uhh yeah quality hacker news content.

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Re:How To Talk To Girls At Parties (short story) by diffsir on Saturday May 11, 2013 @11:11PM (#5692976)

http://www.reddit.com/search?q=how+to+talk+to+girls

This is sad.

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