Pod Insights Stavvy's World Bonus #157 - George Civeris [PATREON PREVIEW] About this episode George Civeris returns to the pod to discuss his new special A SENSE OF URGENCY, how Greeks don’t have irony, why closed gay relationships are preposterous, working at Facebook but not having access to any of the perks, and much more. George and Stav help callers including a guy who wants tips on hooking up with a Greek coworker, and a woman who wants to know how to give her fiancé better top so they can take a sick Greek honeymoon.
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0:59 Speaker 03 Davy baby, eldest esteemed guest. I am trying this again, because I definitely fucked it up the first time, but... I am a young, 24-year-old male. And recently out of a relationship, working on myself, things are going well. And there is this girl that I work with, who I'm not gonna say her name, obviously, but she's very Greek. She is extremely Greek. And I'm kind of...
1:34 Stavros Halkias? I work at the commercials before movies.
1:39 Stavros Halkias? Sorry, keep going, Aldous.
1:42 Speaker 03 You know, more of an out-there guy, and she's a more reserved kind of gal. So I'm trying to throw out some vibes, see how things are. She did get me a gift for my housewarming party that I invited her to, that she did not end up coming to, but still got me a gift. And I was kind of like, okay, okay, all right.
2:08 Stavros Halkias? She didn't come, but she got me a phone.
2:10 Speaker 03 Um, and we talked at work and, you know, have good times and stuff like that. So she's extremely Greek. She's very reserved in terms of like, she's not kind of a nerd. Basically, she's a STEM girl. Uh, you know how they are.
2:27 Stavros Halkias? I know.
2:29 Speaker 03 I just need some like game. Basically, my question is like, can you, can you put me on game? Like, can you? He helped me, uh,
2:37 Stavros Halkias? Want me to put you on with a Greek girl I don't know?
2:39 Speaker 03 Goddess, this fucking biddy at work. I don't know if that's like fucking speaking Greek to her.
2:48 Speaker 03 Or like cooking her Greek meat. I don't fucking know what the fuck. Put me onto some game, my guy. Also, side note, you're the fucking greatest standup comedian out of the DMV.
3:02 Stavros Halkias? Thank you.
3:03 Speaker 03 Fuck them other motherfuckers.
3:04 Stavros Halkias? Well, you know, some of them are my friends.
3:05 Speaker 03 Love you, brother.
3:06 Stavros Halkias? Thank you. I appreciate it.
3:07 Speaker 03 And, uh, thank you for everything you put out. Much love and you too, eldest, I guess.
3:13 Stavros Halkias? Okay. I like how he ended being disrespectful to eldest and complimenting me. That's I hope he doesn't get Greek pussy.
3:23 Speaker 05 I mean, this is describing, my, my middle sister is a Greek woman in STEM.
3:27 Stavros Halkias? Yeah.
3:27 Speaker 05 Who is, I, I, she's not, um, reserved in the sense, she's like very funny, very outgoing, but she, I would imagine she is someone who is more reserved at work. She's not one of these people that's like, happy Friday, like every day at the office. That said, how would I advise someone who wants to fuck her?
3:51 Speaker 05 Well, you were saying that he shouldn't fuck his coworker, which I do think is correct.
3:55 Stavros Halkias? Number one. I mean, here's the, here's the thing, right? His question is, hey, man, do you have any Greek insight on having sex with a Greek girl? And it's like, first of all, no.
4:04 Speaker 05 Yeah.
4:04 Stavros Halkias? Like, we're just from the same country. Do you have any insight of me fucking an American girl? Um, but. I mean, I guess I could give you so, and look, we'll give you some general pointers about that, sure. But it's a girl that you're a coworker who generally you shouldn't try and fuck. And I have heard nothing from his retelling that makes it sound like this is someone who wants to fuck him in the least. Now, the gift, I think that's way more, she has some manners.
4:36 Speaker 05 Completely.
4:37 Stavros Halkias? And by the way, she regifted you a mug. There was a fucking vase or something she wanted to get rid of. You're a nice enough guy and she was like, I'll put this in a fucking bag. I'll put a little bow on it. I'll give it to fucking whatever.
4:49 Speaker 05 I would even say housewarming gift is like sexless. Like it is something.
4:54 Stavros Halkias? It kind of is.
4:55 Speaker 05 It's like something you do give to someone you wanna be friends with.
4:58 Stavros Halkias? Well, I guess it also, what was the gift?
5:00 Speaker 06 I don't know. I don't want him to get Greek pussy, but I do think like, I'm like, would I ever get any coworker a housewarming gift?
5:08 Stavros Halkias? You're an Albanian boar.
5:09 Speaker 06 Especially, especially if I.
5:11 Stavros Halkias? You're a boarish Albanian.
5:13 Speaker 06 Especially if I wasn't going to their fucking party. I don't know.
5:17 Stavros Halkias? Well, okay. First of all, like I said, you have no manners. You're classless. That's number one. I, I, now, now to play devil's advocate, there are two readings on this. One is that she is an ultra conservative, ultra like polite, really good, you know, like, you know, kind of reserved Greek girl who's like, oh, that's my work, friend. I'll get, I, I don't wanna go to the party because I'm not gonna go out drinking. What'll Yaya say about that?
5:45 Speaker 05 Yeah, I have to go light a candle at church.
5:47 Stavros Halkias? I have to go, yeah, I have to go pray, but I will get him a fucking whatever. What the gift is kind of is interesting. Is it something that's easily regiftable? Is it something generic? Was there something that was even a little thought into it? Was there something, an inside joke? So there is, there is one very generous reading that's like, she kinda likes him at least a little more than a regular coworker from that gift. Maybe, right? I am, I'm more partial to the first read, but I'm open to that ma, that's the one sliver of, of silver lining that he's, that his recounting tells me maybe there's something. And, okay, let's go with that logic, right?
6:29 Stavros Halkias? Well, then you just do it like any, anybody else you're interested in who might be a little reserved. You get to know her, you talk to her. If we're, especially at work, it's not a good idea to, but if you're the kind of person who doesn't give a fuck about that, work's actually not a bad place to try and, that's why the whole work husband, work wife thing is, is so a part of our, you know, understanding why it's having this big moment now, I think. I mean, great Drusky skit aside, I think like, it is a little in the consciousness because that's one of the easiest places to slowly fall in love with someone.
7:02 Speaker 05 I just went to a wedding of two people that met at work and they're like so in love and I think it's gonna last and it's great.
7:08 Stavros Halkias? Yeah, you have lunches, you have little inside jokes, slowly over time with no pressure. If, again, you are not worried about the ethical part of trying to fuck your coworker who might not be into it at all and, you know, then if it's someone you get along with and you both don't care about the job, it's actually a great place to kind of slowly with no pressure
7:28 Speaker 05 I agree.
7:29 Stavros Halkias? get to know someone and that's really it. There's no riz, there's no secret here. Now, who I think, what do I think is happening? There's a girl you wanna fuck and there's, you know, nothing else about her really, right? Other than that she's Greek and a guy who has a podcast that you like, happens to be Greek, so you're like, I know the secret? But in reality, I don't even know that you have a connection to this person. I'm not really like, nothing is like, I'm, I'm getting no alarm bells ringing right now, but, you know.
7:59 Speaker 05 Well, okay, first of all, I actually want to completely, both of us had such a negative reaction to the whole fucking a coworker thing and I'm actually doing a 180 on that. I'm like, it's, it's, like if,
8:09 Stavros Halkias? It depends what your job is, whatever.
8:10 Speaker 05 If you're fine with it and she's fine with it, then I don't wanna be a, a, a scold. And I do agree, generally speaking, there's no secret to a, to, to bagging a Greek woman.
8:21 Stavros Halkias? Yeah.
8:21 Speaker 05 But, we could give him some, some things he could mention in passing, like, guess what? Mention the Olympics.
8:28 Stavros Halkias? Sure, that's true.
8:31 Speaker 05 Like, just,
8:31 Stavros Halkias? I've been reading the, you know, I've read this great translation of the Odyssey.
8:36 Speaker 05 Of the Odyssey.
8:36 Stavros Halkias? No joke, if a fucking person that I didn't give a fuck about at all dropped that, I'd be like,
8:40 Speaker 05 That, well, that's what I mean. And I actually think,
8:42 Stavros Halkias? That would work on me.
8:43 Speaker 05 That is, I think he's maybe framing it in a more, Dramatic way that it needs to be framed, but ultimately the answer to the question of like, how do you get in with any Greek person is just like express affection for Greek culture in any way.
8:56 Stavros Halkias? Ask them about Greece.
8:57 Speaker 05 Ask them about Greece.
8:58 Stavros Halkias? Say, I've always wanted to visit.
8:59 Speaker 05 I've always wanted to visit. Look up like an island that isn't Mykonos or Santorini and be like, you know, I've heard Phileganderos is like huge this year.
9:06 Stavros Halkias? Right, right, right, right.
9:09 Speaker 05 Be like, watch the one random Greek Netflix show and be like, it was served to me and then I actually ended up watching the whole thing.
9:14 Stavros Halkias? I really liked it. Yeah, yeah. I like that.
9:17 Speaker 05 Yeah. So I do think, and a little goes a long way.
9:22 Stavros Halkias? Yes.
9:23 Speaker 05 But she will appreciate it. Her face will light up if you suddenly, you know, tell her that, did you know John Stamos is Greek?
9:29 Stavros Halkias? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Uncle Stavros or cousin Stavros, of course. My claim to fame in elementary school. Although I didn't like the prosthetic work they did on him, but yeah, I think like, slow play it, slow, slowly drop a couple of Greek hints, try and, and again, I'm not, if you don't give a fuck about the job and you have any vibes and you're being respectful, that's fine. But the, where I will say, where I will keep a little negativity about the fucking coworker thing, is the second she makes it clear she's not interested, you have to fully drop it. You can't, you can't like even bring it up again playfully like you might have, it was somebody you went to like,
10:10 Stavros Halkias? class with or something like, that's when you have to drop it because now we're getting into harassing someone in their workplace territory. But provided that doesn't happen and you're just kind of slow playing it, you're becoming, you know, friends, whatever. You know, then if she's like kind of this reserved Greek girl, kind of be very traditional about it and understand this is going to be a long play. You're not like, and that's where I'm like, is this what you actually want? Do you want a long drawn out courtship? Cause I think that's the way you actually end up with this girl.
10:41 Speaker 05 Yeah, watch my big fat Greek wedding and then, and then see how you feel.
10:45 Stavros Halkias? But yeah, you're gonna have to like slowly build stuff up over time. Make sure she's even interested so that you're not committing a crime, you know, workplace crime. And then like hang out outside of, she didn't even come to your fucking housewarming party. You're gonna have to get her outside of work at some point just to see if you have any actual, you know, uh, you know, chemistry out in a, in an outside of work environment. And then from there, it's like first date that's barely a date into like a nice. And then you kind of have to take her to like a nice dinner, you know, ask her about a good Greek place. You know, whatever, like that could be good. Greek people loves taking you to a Greek restaurant and that could be kind of like a quasi, we're friends, but maybe this is the turning point.
11:28 Speaker 05 Yeah.
11:28 Stavros Halkias? Hang out, you know what I mean? But I don't know, man.
11:31 Speaker 05 You're like entrap yourself into just learning about Greek culture.
11:34 Stavros Halkias? Yeah, yeah.
11:35 Speaker 05 And like, and, and she, it's like, gonna be like a comedy thing where she keeps thinking, you're just interested in Greek culture.
11:41 Stavros Halkias? Right.
11:41 Speaker 05 We could go to Astoria and like explore the scene there.
11:44 Stavros Halkias? Right, right, right.
11:44 Speaker 05 Like, yeah, that sounds great.
11:45 Stavros Halkias? I really like this guy, but he keeps asking me about Greek stuff.
11:48 Speaker 05 Converting to Greek Orthodox. But you're still not.
11:51 Stavros Halkias? She's getting married. You're like, I got, I know, I'm just gonna, I'm gonna be the priest that marries them. And then I'll say, no, I'll take it off. I want you. Uh, but yeah, dude, it's just like anybody else, but a little sprinkle a little Greek dust on there. You'll be fine. Very funny call though. I really have no indication that they have any natural chemistry.
12:12 Speaker 05 I know. This is a pattern, you know, we need, there need to be better written female characters on these calls.
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12:51 Speaker 02 Meeting new people just got way more fun because now you don't have to do it alone. With Tinder's new Double Date feature, you and your bestie can match together. Tap the Double Date icon to see profiles built for two. When two pairs match, the group chat kicks off. Scope the profiles, send memes, keep the chat fun. Hype each other up, flirt a little, maybe plan a hang. It's always better when you're in it together. Try the new Tinder Double Date. Explore all the possibilities. Tinder: It starts with a swipe. Download Tinder today.
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