The end of curiosity
Updated On: 17 October, 2021 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Tell me about you so I am not vulnerable through an exchange of conversation. Tell me about you so the power remains with me, to judge if you’re worth it or not
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Some years ago, when I polled a few people on the single most annoying question they encounter on dating apps, the answer was: tell me about you. Tell me about you, so I don’t have to make the effort to find out. Tell me about you so I am not vulnerable through an exchange of conversation. Tell me about you so the power remains with me, to judge if you’re worth it or not.
There are non-dating versions of ‘tell me about you’—people reading out your bio at events, like they are doing midnight revisions for a Sanskrit exam, as if you bear no meaning for them, only your bio does, just like on dating apps. Sometimes people invite you to an event. “I believe your work is very exciting, but I haven’t seen any of it. Can you tell me what you could talk about at our event?” Tell me about you, so that the power of rejection or acceptance remains mine, without me investing my time.
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