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But there were some people that I didn't speak to that did seem to have made a connection.

So for the last event of the evening, Amari, the host, took all of these slips of paper that she had been collecting from people throughout the night where people had been writing down their crushes.

And if two people wrote down each other, she called them up in front of everybody.

And she actually told them to make out with each other.

Yes.

Yeah.

And, you know, honestly, I thought that at first, too.

But the names were called.

They walked up to each other.

And immediately started kissing.

I mean, it was wild.

Wow.

Let me tell you that I have been to some of these events.

And so going into this one, I was wondering, like, is this going to be like the same thing I did?

A little bit awkward, but I don't know.

After this, maybe I have a little bit more hope for singles events and their impact on our dating crisis that we're in right now.

I will say I walked away from each of these events with, you know, a tentatively positive feeling.

Thank you, Rachel.

From 30 for 30 podcasts.

Brian Pata, senior defensive lineman from Miami, gunned down.