Like others point out, the age gap isn't necessarily creepy. I would say it has more to do with intentions and behaviors. Are you going on the date primarily because she's so much younger, or are you looking to find a genuine human connection?

The thing that would be on my mind with an age gap like that is whether myself and her would be in the same places in life. If the desire is to start a relationship of some sort - would our goals and motivations be aligned? It's definitely possible, but there's a risk that there's a disconnect. There always is, but an age gap can make that more clear.

I say go on the date and see where it goes. It could be fun!

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Definitely this one for me too! I usually remix it somehow, like "You are technically correct, the most celebrated form of correct", or some such.

It's about how fighting off the barbarians is the reason for all the other concepts to exist, and the poem questions their validity for that reason. It's a comment about how the fear mongering of politics work. A less poetic and perhaps more relatable rhetoric would be "the immigrants are taking your jobs", and the sort.