On FXX ’s soph comedyMan Seeking Woman(airs Wednesdays at 10:30pm ET / PT ) , standard dating predicaments are blown out to laughable extreme . Protagonist Josh Greenberg ( Jay Baruchel ) goes on a spoiled blind engagement … witha real - animation round . He see out his x has a fresh young man … who pass to be Adolf Hitler . He have jealous of his girlfriend ’s male friend … and he’sa multi - tentacled Japanese Penis Monster . You get the nitty-gritty .
The serial publication is particularly honest at canvass the stresses and strain that define innovative dating , so we called up comedian Eric Andre , who plays Josh ’s sex - madden BFF , Mike , to learn some of his dating advice , which change state out to be almost as untamed as some of the scenarios on the show itself . gravely , just wait until he explain what " The Firefighter " is . You ’re in for a treat !
What’s the best and worst dating advice you’ve ever received?
I can get down with the bad . The worst is jock in high schoolhouse that are like , " You ’ve got to treat girls like dirt and they fall in lovemaking with you ! " And I ’m like , " What ? What are you talking about ? " The best advice … I do n’t eff . My friends are cretins . They ’re scumbags . They do n’t have salutary date advice . I finger like female friends are regretful at ease up advice on how to date women than male Quaker . They do n’t perceive the turmoil we go through on our ending .
But I sense like all the good and bad advice come while I was in high school , and I ’ve burned too many genius cell to call up any of that material . diddle hard to get , collar and discharge , act like you do n’t care when you do care . But it ’s strong to make a broad inductive reasoning about how to treat 3 billion the great unwashed on the Earth , it ’s broadly case - by - case . I suppose the general psychological science is do n’t frighten anyone off , but be persistent . But you ’re asking the wrong guy .
Did you ever use the old “play hard to get” tactic?
No , I was terrified of beautiful charwoman until I was 24 or 25 . So I was not getting anywhere with the polar sex all through high shoal and college .
Do you have any dating advice for us?
have on a prophylactic . Andthere ’s mosquitoes that can give your babies nascency mar , so wrap it up . Do n’t make out a mosquito . Do n’t fuck a mosquito , no matter how horny you are .
What’s your go-to move on the first date?
I take the bottom of the popcorn bin and I put my member in it . No ! That ’s a move that everyone order they rive in 8th grade , but that has never happened . That ’s such an urban myth . My move ? I do n’t love , I just get as drunk as potential so I ’m not spooky .
How do you feel about seeing a movie on a date?
I call up a picture ’s a jolly tough escort because you do n’t talk to the person and get to acknowledge them , I consider you ’ve got to talk to the somebody . Getting crapulence is better than getting dinner because getting drinks , you’re able to get out of it if they ’re a gaga person ; dinner party , you ’re kind of stuck there till the check hail . But you ’ve got to utter to the somebody . die to a moving picture or a show is a good particular date once you sleep together the person , but not at the beginning .
What genre of movie would you pick?
Probably one of theSawmovies . Put my particular date in the modality , get her all hot and bothered .
Are you a Netflix-and-chill fan?
I ’m a large advocate of that . I ’m very well-worn all the time , so that ’s a lot easier than charter a gallon out . I ’m exhausted . I ’m just shopworn .
What’s your favorite romantic movie?
Annie Hall , because it end with them break up .
What’s something that would be an instant deal-breaker for you?
I do n’t want to date a Belieber – like a female child who hasJustin Bieberplaying in her car when I get in , or too many Justin Bieber songs . I ’ll allow one Justin Bieber Sung , and you better be ashamed . If you ’re over the age of 12 and you heed to Justin Bieber , you should turn yourself in for arrest .
What about an instant turn-on?
I just require a girl who will wee on me . I ’m like a romantic . No , I do n’t know . Just a lady friend with a Book of Job . I feel like a stack of the girl I ’ve dated are like tail end . I just desire a girlfriend with a job because I work so much , it ’s like , you need a chore too , babe , to lodge in your metre , ‘cause I ca n’t string up out all day . I ’ve been dating a lot of menopausal retiree . Over 40 is panther , but over 60 is silverback .
I’ve never heard that before. Got any other gooddating slangyou’d like to impart?
There ’s " The Firefighter , " which is kind of a sex term , not a date terminus . Firefighter is when you ’re have sex with a girl and decent before you ejaculate you fix her pubes on fire , and then you ejaculate on her and put out the flaming .
That sounds advanced. And dangerous.
It ’s the height of romance . That ’s how you know you ’re in dearest .
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