Pretending to Be Ryan Gosling

>>75246921 (OP) >decent looking guy, having a good job >Not mad, harmless and single because of job, work 3rd shift >Watch drive for the first time ever >Changes my life, I want to be Driver >Get my haircut like Driver and start wearing clothes like Driver, no Scorpion jacket because I'm not Autistic >Start behaving like Driver. Quiet but cool. >Buy brand new 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 because Driver drove one and I make enough so fuck it. >Start eating at this little diner every night, staff remembers me, always saves me a spot >qt pie waitress always chats me up, gives me free pie >I reciprocate but remain vague and brooding. Waitress wants me >Ask her if she wants to go for a drive. She gladly accepts >Cruise the night listening to Drive soundtrack >Drop her off at her apartment, ask if I want to come inside for coffee >Oh fuck yes >Play it cool, brood for a sec, reply with a "...yeah" simple >We fuck >Waitress and I start dating >Keep up my Driver shtick >She introduces me to her friends, they think I'm cool as fuck >Some of her dude friends start wearing skinny jeans, white tees like me. Holy fuck lol. >One night her and I are sit down to watch a movie on demand >She's browsing movies, stops on Drive >Oh fuck... >"You seen this yet Anon?" >Shit shit shit play it cool man, what would Driver do >Brood for a sec "nah, it's not my thing" >Ended up watching Bridgesmaids > Still dating today and still doesn't know I've been pretending to be Ryan Gosling for 4+ years

A 4chan poster describes spending years imitating Ryan Gosling’s character, the Driver, from the film Drive: copying his haircut, clothes, car, quiet behavior, diner routine, and soundtrack. The punchline is that he has never actually watched Drive with his girlfriend and pretends it is not his thing when she suggests it, choosing Bridesmaids instead. It is used as an absurd confession about committing so deeply to a fictional persona that the deception becomes a long-term relationship gag.

• @jeppa420 / 6400 2020-08-21