arctanthrope

there’s the ortolan bunting, a small bird similar to a finch or sparrow, which in France is caught wild, fattened, drowned and marinated in brandy, plucked, roasted, and eaten whole, liver (and bones, and everything except the beak) included

live SpongeBob reaction

he’s canonically a track athlete iirc

you are allowed to stumble on the first line. and it may come off poorly. and if it does the other person is perfectly valid for not wanting to engage further. therefore if you want the other person to continue to engage, you should try not to come off poorly. this isn’t some newfangled social phenomenon, it’s how basic human interaction has worked for millennia