"Stuff with a group, stuff where there are other people around, I'll try that"
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It has the low-stakes rhythm of someone talking themselves into participation, and that casualness is the point. Biggs frames social life like an experiment: not a grand pledge to self-improve, just a tentative, almost sheepish willingness to show up. The repetition of "stuff" isn’t laziness so much as self-protection - a way to keep the commitment vague enough that failure won’t sting. He’s not naming the activity because the activity doesn’t matter; the real object is proximity. “Where there are other people around” is the tell: this is about rebuilding connection, outsourcing momentum to the presence of others.
Coming from Jason Biggs, the subtext carries an extra cultural charge. His most famous work pinned him to a brand of awkward, hormonally panicked comedy where embarrassment is the engine and the social group is both refuge and threat. So when he says he’ll “try that,” it reads like a grown-up echo of that persona: the guy who’s always slightly behind the room, learning the rules in real time. There’s humility in it, and a faint defensiveness too - as if solitude has been safe but limiting.
It also lands in a moment when “going out” can feel like a lifestyle choice instead of a default. The line captures modern ambivalence: craving community, resenting the effort, negotiating anxiety with a shrug. Not inspirational, but recognizable - which is why it works.
Coming from Jason Biggs, the subtext carries an extra cultural charge. His most famous work pinned him to a brand of awkward, hormonally panicked comedy where embarrassment is the engine and the social group is both refuge and threat. So when he says he’ll “try that,” it reads like a grown-up echo of that persona: the guy who’s always slightly behind the room, learning the rules in real time. There’s humility in it, and a faint defensiveness too - as if solitude has been safe but limiting.
It also lands in a moment when “going out” can feel like a lifestyle choice instead of a default. The line captures modern ambivalence: craving community, resenting the effort, negotiating anxiety with a shrug. Not inspirational, but recognizable - which is why it works.
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| Topic | Friendship |
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