I’m So Bored With My Life That I Thought of This And Then Wrote It

July 21st 2010

These are the five six seven levels of “you’re invited” from one person to another:

Level 1) I’ll only go to this thing if you’ll go with me. – Sir Grubb
Level 2) I’m going to this thing and I’d love it if you came too.
Level 3) We’re going to this thing. Wanna come too?
Level 4) We’re going to this thing. You should totally go (you shouldn’t).
Level 5) You can come if you want to.
Level 6) I have to check with so and so, but I guess you can come. – Jay Zombie
Level 7) Just find me on Foursquare.

There ain’t nothing wrong with accepting a level four invite. Sometimes people give a level three or four  just to keep things casual, instead of dropping a level one pressure cooker on someone, as Timoni pointed out. But don’t skimp, give someone a Level One invite today. Oh, and did I miss any?

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  1. 21/07/2010Joshua Kaufman say:

    I thought it was going from less invited to more invited, but level 4 and 5 seem to go back to less invited. I wish I was bored enough to write shit like that.

  2. 22/07/2010boltronic say:

    Good point sir. I updated. Is that better?

  3. 22/07/2010jonathan say:

    0) I'll only go to this thing if you'll come with me.

  4. 22/07/2010boltronic say:

    ADDED

  5. 22/07/2010jayzombie say:

    I'm going to this thing. What's that? Can you come? I guess I can ask…

  6. 22/07/2010Tweets that mention I’m So Bored With My Life That I Thought of This And Then Wrote It - boltron -- Topsy.com say:

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  7. 23/07/2010McLovin say:

    “your ex is throwing multiple giant 200 person+ debaucherous parties and all your friends, literally all of us are invited, wanna go? oh wait, you're not invited? you're like the _only_ person i know who didn't get invited, wanna go anyway? nobody will notice” (don't do it!)

  8. 23/07/2010gerard say:

    taking #2 a bit further ..here's a txt messages convo from earlier today:

    me: what are you up to next thursday night?
    her: i dunno! what's going on?
    me: I'm taking you out. It's going to be a fun night. Don't make plans!
    her: that sounds awesome! have a friend in town, so need help showing her a good time. What are we all doing? :D

  9. 23/07/2010aubs say:

    Level -1: “If you don't go to this with me, I'll kill myself.” (Said most effectively if listening to The Smiths and smathering on Kiehl's Avocado eye cream. Not that I've ever dated anyone like that. Nope. Not me.)

  10. 23/07/2010Keith say:

    What about inviting yourself? What level is that?

  11. 23/07/2010boltronic say:

    It's level awesome. But I think you'd have to actually invite another person to make it an actual invitation, right? I like you chutzpah though DKR.

  12. 28/07/2010Joshua Kaufman say:

    Yes, all seems good now!

  13. 28/07/2010Craig say:

    I'll gonna go to this thing and it's happenin', I'll text you.

  14. 29/07/2010Csnyder say:

    8) I'm going to this thing, but there's probably no reason for both of us to go.

  15. 29/07/2010boltronic say:

    That is such a good one Carolyn. Wow. It's so cold. I love it. It's basically an un-invitation.

  16. 18/08/2010Ritu say:

    Very interesting. Technically and as a Language Action Perspective Snob. All of them are Offers, with varying degree’s of relationship.

    Level 1, is a complete Offer – Will you go to this, with a qualifier will go if you go.
    Level 2, is really a Request, disguised as an Offer (we do it a lot to sound nice, and not pushy
    Level 3-level 7 — are non-committal Offers.

    Its a very interesting study of language.

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