Michael Cera's strange 8 month 'friendship' with an unknown texter

[Dpantherman]

Whenever a friend asks me if I have any interesting tales involving text-messaging, I think of Jeremy. Jeremy, a man I am no longer in touch with, was someone I once considered a friend. It started out very simply: one day I received a text message from a phone number I did not recognize. Intrigued, I replied, and thus began an intimate and illuminating correspondence. I wish to share with you now my record of this peculiar kinship.

 

 

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2013/11/25/131125sh_shouts_cera?currentPage=all

 

Pretty entertaining read, but if I can summarize, basically Michael Cera (the actor) gets a text from a guy he's never met in his life.  And from reading it, it looks like he began to communicate with him in a fictionalized version of himself.  (otherwise, he's a weird dude). Michael does most of the texting, and does a lot of over-sharing, and at least one time pretends to angry with him after Jeremy stands him up when they were supposed to meet.  So finally Jeremy invites him over to a party and one of his friends' home.

 

And this is where things get weird. He never really explained what exactly what happened, but from I can figure-- Jeremy (the unknown guy) brings along this girl that he likes ( or maybe they were dating, I have no clue).  She was fan of his movies.  Something happened, and in the texts Michael said something about kissing her, and made a comment about her having a nice butt.  Jeremy ended up changing his number and stopped all communication with him.

 

I'm assuming Michael Cera did this as a social experiment.  Found it interesting, and very very weird.

[Darth Biscuit]

Mante T'eo situation?

[Dpantherman]

Mante T'eo situation?

 

No this was a real person. And I just found out that the girl was indeed Jeremy's girlfriend, and Michael Cera made out with her in front of him at the party.

[Darth Biscuit]

That is weird. But she obviously was culpable too...

[Dpantherman]

Oh agree 100% the whole thing seems strange though. I can see befriending a strange, but I don't get the whole point of dragging it all out.

[Huell]

wat

[Jakob]

I'm gonna become Cam's online gf

[Chimera]

What's up with the date on the article?

[PhillyB]

what a dick thing to do

[Dpantherman]

What's up with the date on the article?

 

just noticed, guess it's a misprint 

[4Corners]

pub stunt

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Michael Cera is hilarious. I read this yesterday, couldn't see it as totally non-fictional though...

[Zaximus]

lol @ "you in zombieland?"..... I seen Jesse on some show and he said people always come to him thinking he's Cera "you that guy from superbad?" lol.

[Dpantherman]

pub stunt

 

He published it in the NY Post...