Ramy Youssef — I don't think you can get out of the friendzone. Ft. Ramy Shafi
Summary
Ramy Youssef doesn't think you can escape the friendzone, and Kareem's ready to back him up. Well, mostly. The comedian spins a yarn about "this one guy I know" named Gabe who tried to make his move after dinner, walking to the train, only to get the "let's stay friends" treatment. Kareem isn't buying it. He calls Ramy out, insisting the story's actually about him, not some mysterious Gabe. Ramy denies it. The back-and-forth gets playful as they debate whether friendship can ever turn romantic or if once you're in, you're stuck. It's Valentine's Day, and Ramy's plans involve calling his mom and watching movies with the homies. The friendzone might be inescapable, but at least it's honest.
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So, what's your take? I thought you were gonna ask me that.
You thought you were gonna fool me. I thought you were gonna ask me that.
So, what's your take? I don't think you can get out of the friend zone.
100% agree. I'm not like speaking from personal experience or nothing. Like I, I just, I've heard that like once you're there, it's hard to—
You've heard about— I've heard, I don't know. I've never—there's a male loneliness epidemic and you need all the friends you should get.
So, you're saying that it's good to—it's just fine. It's like it's okay? Bro, it's—it's so fine. It's okay to be friends.
But I've heard that like— Yeah, that people get stuck in there.
Yeah, yeah. And then for some reason they think like, "She likes to spend time with me, so there's a chance." But you can't get out once you're in there. You—no, you can definitely get out. I got this one guy I know. You know Gabe?
No, I don't know Gabe. Yeah, he was in the friend zone.
So he told you that he got stuck in the friend zone and it was impossible for him to get out? Impossible.
Did he try anything to get out? Like, did he try anything special? Like, he took a person to dinner and then as they were walking to the train he was like, "You know, maybe we've been friends for a long time. What if we tried something else?"
And what if she—that person— She was like, "We should just stay friends."
Did this start as friendship? Started as friends.
I feel like you—feel like Gabe—um, she was just not interested in him romantically? Yeah, absolutely.
And I think that he could have made it out. Yeah, he could have.
But I think they didn't hit it off. Yeah, so that was kind of tough. Um—
It's Valentine's Day today. Oh, it's Valentine's Day today.
What are we going to do? Um, I'm going to call my mom, see how she's doing.
Okay. Maybe watch a movie with the homies.
Yeah, maybe. Yeah.
Yeah. I know that story is not about Gabe. I think that story is about you.
No, and you're lying. Not, not about me at all.
I think it is about you. And I think it's fine to be honest with yourself and with other people. Yeah.
What's—stop at? Off.
What's wrong? This is our stop.