TIFU by comparing a job search with post-nut-clarity

i had a job interview today and needless to say, i was pretty nervous, which is bad because i start saying weird shit. big mistake.

it was actually going pretty well, and at the end the HM asked me how the job search is going with everything going on. i replied by saying it’s actually been pretty good, had a few interviews last month and was even offered a job, but i turned it down. when they asked me why i turned them down, i replied with this:

“because a job search is like post-nut-clarity.”

*insert awkward pause here*

immediately after realizing what i just said, i thought i’d make the situation better by explaining further (lmao),

“you start applying to everywhere you see because you’re desperate. then you actually get the job and realize that you have to be committed to that one job for a long time and suddenly you’re not interested.”

the hiring manager and the project manager both gave a good chuckle, saying that they’ve never heard of that analogy. but i still have no idea if that was genuine or an awkward one. probably didn’t help that they were women too. i still haven’t stopped cringing after the interview.

TL;DR: today at a job interview, i compared a job search with post-nut-clarity and shit got awkward.