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A lot of you have opinions.

You just don’t always have a place to say them.

So, on 22nd August, we’re giving you one👀

🎙️ HEAR ME OUT

What is it?

A room full of people.

A topic everyone has an opinion on.

And a chance to actually say what you think.

No panels.

No experts telling you what to think.

No “right” answer.

Just a question, a room, and people willing to hear each other out.

This time, we’re asking:

HAS SOCIAL MEDIA MADE US PERFORM OUR LIVES INSTEAD OF LIVE THEM?

Are we actually experiencing moments anymore, or already thinking about how they’ll look online?

You don’t have to be a debater.

You don’t have to have the perfect argument.

Just come with an opinion.

Because at Hear Me Out, you’re not just part of the audience.

You get to speak too.

📅 22nd August

⏰ 4–6 PM

📍 Monkey Cafe, Ahmedabad

Come with a thought.

Leave with a few more.

Comment to register🙂‍↕️

Hi everyone!

I'm researching tattoo aftercare in India and trying to understand how artists currently guide their clients after a tattoo.

If you're a tattoo artist, I'd really appreciate hearing about your experience. A few things I'm curious about:

- What products do you usually recommend after a tattoo, and why?

- What are the biggest aftercare mistakes clients make?

- What problems do clients come back with most often?

- Are there any gaps in the products currently available?

- If you could improve one thing about tattoo aftercare in India, what would it be?

I'm trying to understand the space better. Even a few minutes of your time or a short chat over DM would be incredibly helpful.

Thanks in advance!

A few weeks ago, I posted here about starting an offline conversation community called Hear Me Out. The response was incredibly encouraging, so we're finally ready for our first Community Debate.

Motion #01: Expensive things are genuinely better?

Not just luxury brands, we are talking about everything. Do expensive phones actually last longer? Is specialty coffee worth ₹300? Does premium skincare work better? Are only costly clothesbetter for the environment? Or are we just paying for branding, status, and good marketing?

Here's how the evening will work:

We'll have 4 panelists, 2 arguing for the motion and 2 against it.

However, the twist is they won't know their side until on the stage. They will be assigned a side to defend on the spot, whether it is their personal opinion or not because the idea is to encourage critical thinking, challenge our own biases, and prove that every argument has more than one side.

But the conversation doesn't stop there.

The audience is just as much a part of the evening. After the opening arguments and rebuttals, you'll be able to question both sides, share your own experiences, point out flaws in arguments, and bring perspectives that nobody on stage considered.

We'll also vote before and after the debate to see whether anyone's opinion actually changed because that's the whole point. Not proving who's right but to see what happens when good arguments meet genuinelycurious people.

Who is it for?

You don't need debating experience or know fancy economics or philosophy.

If you've ever found yourself saying "Okay, hear me out..." before sharing an opinion, you'll probably enjoy this.

This is our first edition, so we're keeping it intimate and learning as we go. If it resonates with people, we'd love to make Hear Me Out a recurring community with a new motion twice or thrice a month.

Leave a comment if you're interested.

A few weeks ago, I posted here about starting an offline conversation community called Hear Me Out. The response was incredibly encouraging, so we're finally ready for our first Community Debate.

Motion #01: Expensive things are genuinely better?

Not just luxury brands, we are talking about everything. Do expensive phones actually last longer? Is specialty coffee worth ₹300? Does premium skincare work better? Are only costly clothes better for the environment? Or are we just paying for branding, status, and good marketing?

Here's how the evening will work:

We'll have 4 panelists, 2 arguing for the motion and 2 against it.

However, the twist is they won't know their side until on the stage. They will be assigned a side to defend on the spot, whether it is their personal opinion or not because the idea is to encourage critical thinking, challenge our own biases, and prove that every argument has more than one side.

But the conversation doesn't stop there.

The audience is just as much a part of the evening. After the opening arguments and rebuttals, you'll be able to question both sides, share your own experiences, point out flaws in arguments, and bring perspectives that nobody on stage considered.

We'll also vote before and after the debate to see whether anyone's opinion actually changed because that's the whole point. Not proving who's right but to see what happens when good arguments meet genuinely curious people.

Who is it for?

You don't need debating experience or know fancy economics or philosophy.

If you've ever found yourself saying "Okay, hear me out..." before sharing an opinion, you'll probably enjoy this.

This is our first edition, so we're keeping it intimate and learning as we go. If it resonates with people, we'd love to make Hear Me Out a recurring community with a new motion twice or thrice a month.

Leave a comment if you're interested.

I've been thinking about starting an offline conversation community called Hear Me Out.

The idea is simple: people discuss a fun, relatable topic (think "Is ghosting ever okay?" or "Should bills be split every bill equally after date?"). The twist is that they only find out which side they're defending on stage.

The goal isn't to "win"but it's to hear different perspectives, laugh, disagree respectfully, and maybe even leave seeing things a little differently.

Would something like this interest you?

To make it interactive, I also plan to get audience join in the panelist right there and help their team argue.

Would you attend this?