Transcript of @ddennishan's reel

I'm building an app for a girl. Again. Fuck. Two weeks ago, the prettiest girl I've ever seen was at this party my friends were hosting. Yes, this girl. I thought, I should talk to her. How hard could it be? Impossible. Women are scary. Instead, I just awkwardly stared at her the whole night like a creep.
After the party was over, I could not get her out of my head. I fumbled my only chance with my future wife. Until I found her Instagram.
Except I don't know how to slide into the DMs. I asked my mom what to do, and she said, Do you know anyone who could set you guys up?
And I do! My friend who invited her to the party is literally in a class with her. But I hate being set up. It's so awkward. Then it hit me. I'm in computer science. I can't talk to girls, but I can build cool shit. Sometimes.
So, what if I built my very own dating app to meet her?
I know what you're thinking. You suck and I hate you. There are millions of other dating apps. How would this be any different?
I'm glad you asked.
Now, here's me and here's Mystery Girl. I looked it up and apparently the most successful way to date someone is through a friend. But the most common way people date is through apps like Tinder and Hinge, which suck. I'd have to swipe through thousands of scary strangers that probably want to kill me. Probably.
But Mystery Girl isn't a total stranger. We have a mutual. Like my friend, who invited her to the party. So, what if we got rid of all the strangers and made our app mutuals only? You can only date your friends and their friends. What could go wrong? Let me know if you like the idea so we can build this together with you, the Internet. And hopefully Mystery Girl doesn't see this. That would be embarrassing.

"I'm building an app for a girl. Again. Fuck. Two weeks ago, the prettiest girl I've ever seen was at this party my friends were hosting. Yes, this girl. I thought, I should talk to her. How hard could it be? Impossible. Women are scary. Instead, I just awkwardly stared at her the whole night like a creep."
[TEXT: "I'm building an app"]
[TEXT: "for a girl"]
[TEXT: "again"]
[TEXT: "fuck"]
[TEXT: "2 weeks ago"]
[VISUAL: Man and two women pose for a picture at a party, one of whom is 'the girl'.]
[TEXT: "girl"]
[TEXT: "was at this"]
[TEXT: "were hosting"]
[TEXT: "this girl"]
[TEXT: "I should talk to her"]
[TEXT: "me"]
[TEXT: "mystery_girl"]
[TEXT: "how hard could it be"]
[VISUAL: Close-up of man's face, eyes wide open.]
[TEXT: "impossible"]
[VISUAL: Man surrounded by fire effect, smiling.]
[TEXT: "women are scary"]
[TEXT: "instead"]
[TEXT: "me"]
[TEXT: "awkwardly stared at her the whole night"]
[TEXT: "mystery_girl"]
[TEXT: "like a creep"]
[VISUAL: Silhouette of man's head against a changing colored light background.]
"After the party was over, I could not get her out of my head. I fumbled my only chance with my future wife. Until I found her Instagram."
[TEXT: "was over"]
[TEXT: "my future wife"]
[TEXT: "until"]
[VISUAL: Man holding up a phone with a blurred Instagram profile on screen.]
[TEXT: "I found her Instagram"]
"Except I don't know how to slide into the DMs. I asked my mom what to do, and she said, Do you know anyone who could set you guys up?"
[VISUAL: Close-up of hands typing a message in an Instagram DM chat.]
[TEXT: "i don't know how to slide into the DMs"]
[VISUAL: A phone displaying a video call with a woman, presumably his mom.]
[TEXT: "my mom what to do"]
[TEXT: "and she said"]
[AUDIO: Mom's voice: "Do you know anyone who could set you guys up?"]
"And I do! My friend who invited her to the party is literally in a class with her. But I hate being set up. It's so awkward. Then it hit me. I'm in computer science. I can't talk to girls, but I can build cool shit. Sometimes."
[VISUAL: Man standing in doorway, showing his friend with a blurred face.]
[TEXT: "and I do"]
[TEXT: "who invited her to the party"]
[TEXT: "is literally in a class with her"]
[VISUAL: Man looks up at the ceiling, then frowns.]
[TEXT: "but I hate being set up. It's so awkward."]
[VISUAL: Man sitting on his bed, then puts on sunglasses and gets a laptop showing matrix code.]
[TEXT: "Then it hit me."]
[TEXT: "I'm in computer science."]
[TEXT: "I can't talk to girls"]
[TEXT: "but I can build cool shit"]
[VISUAL: Hands typing on a laptop, showing multiple error messages on screen.]
[TEXT: "sometimes"]
"So, what if I built my very own dating app to meet her?"
[TEXT: "Sooo"]
[TEXT: "what if I built my very own dating app"]
[VISUAL: Man holding a microphone, then doing a magic trick with a fan.]
[TEXT: "to meet her"]
"I know what you're thinking. You suck and I hate you. There are millions of other dating apps. How would this be any different?"
[VISUAL: Man covering his head with a box, then another man with sunglasses and mustache filter appears next to him.]
[TEXT: "PAUSE "]
[TEXT: "I know what you're thinking"]
[TEXT: "you suck and I hate you"]
[TEXT: "There are millions of other dating apps. How would this be any different?"]
"I'm glad you asked."
[VISUAL: Man stands in front of a red sheet, then pulls it away to reveal a whiteboard.]
[TEXT: "I'm glad you asked"]
"Now, here's me and here's Mystery Girl. I looked it up and apparently the most successful way to date someone is through a friend. But the most common way people date is through apps like Tinder and Hinge, which suck. I'd have to swipe through thousands of scary strangers that probably want to kill me. Probably."
[VISUAL: Close-up of whiteboard with stick figures, one labeled 'me' and another 'mystery_girl'.]
[TEXT: "here's me"]
[TEXT: "mystery_girl"]
[TEXT: "I looked it up"]
[VISUAL: Close-up of whiteboard showing Google search results and a graph about how couples meet.]
[TEXT: "and apparently the most successful way to date someone is through a friend."]
[VISUAL: Whiteboard showing a stick figure labeled 'friend' circled in red, and images of dating apps.]
[TEXT: "But the most common way people date is through apps like Tinder and Hinge"]
[TEXT: "which suck"]
[VISUAL: Whiteboard showing printed Tinder profiles of celebrities and a cartoon cat, with a skull drawing.]
[TEXT: "I'd have to swipe through thousands of scary strangers that probably want to kill me. Probably."]
"But Mystery Girl isn't a total stranger. We have a mutual. Like my friend, who invited her to the party. So, what if we got rid of all the strangers and made our app mutuals only? You can only date your friends and their friends. What could go wrong? Let me know if you like the idea so we can build this together with you, the Internet. And hopefully Mystery Girl doesn't see this. That would be embarrassing."
[TEXT: "but Mystery Girl isn't a total stranger"]
[VISUAL: Man making hand gestures in front of the whiteboard.]
[TEXT: "we have a mutual"]
[VISUAL: Close-up of whiteboard showing stick figures, with arrows indicating connections between 'mystery_girl', 'friend', and 'me'.]
[TEXT: "like my friend, who invited her to the party"]
[TEXT: "So, what if we got rid of all the strangers and made our app mutuals only?"]
[VISUAL: Close-up of whiteboard with 'MUTUALS ONLY' written on it.]
[TEXT: "MUTUALS ONLY"]
[TEXT: "You can only date your friends and their friends."]
[TEXT: "What could go wrong?"]
[TEXT: "Let me know if you like the idea so we can build this together with you, the Internet."]
[TEXT: "and hopefully Mystery Girl doesn't see this."]
[TEXT: "That would be embarrassing..."]

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Pop/Electronic

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Upbeat, energetic electronic music with vocal samples that adds to the comedic and dramatic tone.