I was hanging out with my friend in his backyard and we heard some incredibly loud birds. I asked if he knew what they were and he said he thought robins.

I suggested we should go out with [some other friends who recently got into birding] and he wasn’t on board…

“Ehhh birding is like…you gotta go out to the woods and walk around until you hear one…so you’re just kinda chillin there…”

I interrupted him. “Dude…you love hanging out. You love hiking. You LOVE the woods.”

“Yeah. I realized as soon as I started talking that I’d love it but I just let my mind form an argument anyway for some reason”