{"id":3742,"date":"2013-04-03T14:27:32","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T21:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.duncanpriebe.com\/blog\/?p=3742"},"modified":"2014-04-27T14:02:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T21:02:41","slug":"itll-be-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.duncanpriebe.com\/blog\/archives\/3742","title":{"rendered":"It’ll Be Fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether it’s our favorite restaurant, musical group or pastime, we can’t help but coerce our friends into sampling the things that bring us joy. Perhaps it’s a out of genuine concern for their well-being, or maybe the need to validate our own choices, but the harassment won’t stop until they agree to try it. Here are 7 steps to introducing a friend to something new:<\/p>\n

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  1. Invite a friend to join you in an activity or event that you enjoy.<\/li>\n
  2. If they don’t agree to join you, offer nourishment or transportation.<\/li>\n
  3. Prior to the activity or event, play it up like it’s the best thing ever.<\/li>\n
  4. Just before it begins, look over at your friend with eyebrows raised in excitement.<\/li>\n
  5. Have a miserable time.<\/li>\n
  6. Using the phrase, “it’s not normally like this,” explain to your disappointed friend how the experience was an\u00a0anomaly and that it will be much more enjoyable next time.<\/li>\n
  7. Repeat steps 1 to 6 until they concede that your interests are fascinating.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Whether it’s our favorite restaurant, musical group or pastime, we can’t help but coerce our friends into sampling the things that bring us joy. Perhaps it’s a out of genuine concern for their well-being, or maybe the need to validate our own choices, but the harassment won’t stop until they agree to try it. Here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[791,184,790],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.duncanpriebe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.duncanpriebe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.duncanpriebe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.duncanpriebe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.duncanpriebe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3742"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/www.duncanpriebe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5464,"href":"http:\/\/www.duncanpriebe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742\/revisions\/5464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.duncanpriebe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.duncanpriebe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.duncanpriebe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}