{"id":1263,"date":"2018-10-25T13:48:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T13:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoosierflipside.com\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2018-10-25T13:59:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T13:59:34","slug":"breaking-student-wearing-headphones-totally-desperate-to-get-to-know-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoosierflipside.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/25\/breaking-student-wearing-headphones-totally-desperate-to-get-to-know-you\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Student Wearing Headphones Totally Desperate to Get to Know You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">By: B. Snee<\/p>\n<p>BLOOMINGTON, IN \u2013 Thursday afternoon, student Nathan Walker tried to start a conversation on a bus with a stranger, Jessica Thompson, who was wearing her headphones at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson could not express her gratitude fast enough, quickly whipping off her headphones and engaging in a deep and personal conversation with Walker consisting of how lonely she is and how elated she was when he barged into <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/she_doesn_t_wanna_talk_to_u_bro.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1264\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hoosierflipside.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/25\/breaking-student-wearing-headphones-totally-desperate-to-get-to-know-you\/she_doesn_t_wanna_talk_to_u_bro\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/she_doesn_t_wanna_talk_to_u_bro.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"she_doesn_t_wanna_talk_to_u_bro\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/she_doesn_t_wanna_talk_to_u_bro.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1264 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/she_doesn_t_wanna_talk_to_u_bro.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/she_doesn_t_wanna_talk_to_u_bro.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/she_doesn_t_wanna_talk_to_u_bro.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/she_doesn_t_wanna_talk_to_u_bro.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/she_doesn_t_wanna_talk_to_u_bro.jpg?resize=480%2C320&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/she_doesn_t_wanna_talk_to_u_bro.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>her personal space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so hard to make friends here,\u201d explains Thompson, \u201cI\u2019ve been using my headphones to try and meet new people, and so far it has been extremely helpful. Guys see them and instantly know; they should totally walk up and start hitting on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walker elaborated, \u201cWhenever I see a girl, sitting alone, staring intently at her phone, minding her own business, I know immediately how desperate she is to get to know me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walker went on to advise other men who want to attract women who keep their heads down and don\u2019t seem at all interested in talking to you, stating: \u201cTrust me, she\u2019s dying for you to come say hi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone knows that whenever you see a girl alone, regardless of how content she looks, she is depressed, and yearning for you, her future hero, to free her from her bitter isolation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only way to rescue her is to walk up, unprompted, and demand she share the most intimate parts of her soul.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery once in a while a girl might politely wave you off, but that&#8217;s when you must try even harder, she simply doesn&#8217;t realize what a pathetic outcast she is, and the kind of golden world you can offer her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if she still tries to push you away, well\u2026 she is a psychotic bitch who isn\u2019t worth your time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: B. 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