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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 221 points 2 months ago (4 children)

When I lived in New Jersey, I'd sometimes visit my sister in NYC and usually we'd hit up a comedy club. One time, Jim Gaffigan wandered in and did 10 minutes, totally killed it.

During his set, he mentions that he's a regular person and just wants to be treated the same way we'd treat any of our friends. I gave him a high five as he exited near my table.

A couple weeks later, I see him walking down the street, I say "hey Jim!" And he responds "hey..." like he was confused why he didn't know me. The next time I saw him randomly on the street, I asked if we're still on for lunch on Tuesday. He stopped walking and asked "what?" I kept waking and shouted, "great! See you on Tuesday!"

The following Tuesday, I made no attempt to see Jim Gaffigan for lunch the same way I would for any friend who didn't give me their number or make a true attempt to confirm plans.

After my dad died, I moved back to Texas and haven't seen Jim Gaffigan since. So now I talk shit about about him behind his back like I would for any unreliable friend.

Tldr: had three brief interactions with Jim Gaffigan, dude is incredibly patient and pleasant. 10/10, would invite him to lunch and not show up again cuz he's an unreliable asshole of a friend.

[–] Dhs92@programming.dev 76 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 15 points 2 months ago

Reading ops comment was an experience to be sure.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 months ago

you gotta earn the friendship first like any other

[–] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago

OMG, a gem! I love it when I run into awesome shit posts like this. Thank you!

[–] dariusj18@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I want this to be true and I want Jim Gaffigan to read it and say, "Now it makes sense."

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

The good news is that it's true—if you hang around the trendy yet modest parts of NYC that my sister used to frequent, you'll run into a crazy number of celebrities

Whether Jim remembers or cares, who knows.

I like to think that he occasionally reminds his agent about that time they dropped the ball for that Tuesday lunch.