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The first date. A vegetarian restaurant (the narrator calls salad “the edible foliage of non-threatening plants”). Jenny talks about her art; Billy talks about his job in “financial logistics” (he’s an accountant). The narrator dry-notes: “The male lies about his income by a factor of 1.3. The female subtracts two inches from his stated height. This is the calculus of attraction.”

Consider this gem of narration as Billy gets ready for a date: The Mating Habits Of The Earthbound Human -1999...

Upon release, "The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human" received mixed reviews. The first date