Then why don't you ask straightforwardly about it? If you're that interested, then you wouldn't frame it like an insult.

[ Awful. Just terrible. That sounds exactly like something Elliot would do, and is currently doing, so in a sense this could be karmic retribution. All the split-second equivocation of arguments that will never go anywhere with none of the minute relief.

So yeah, maybe it would've been nice (in the generic, cardboard cutout, "we both realize this is bullshit but that's not even the point here" sense) if he had his Chain with him so he cut this guy's head off and merely deal with the repercussions for murder yet again. It couldn't be that horrible, all things considered. ]

You don't need to persuade me. You only need to be reasonable and maybe I'd actually respect you more?

[ Like he earnestly respects anyone ever nowadays, sure, what an innocuous white lie. It's not the worst he's ever told.

TL;DR: THEY'RE ALL BORED, OKAY. When he isn't shopping, he's getting chased by deranged clowns and all manner of faceless robots? A guy needs to vent somewhere. ]