If you don't ask any questions, we're supposed to stop noticing you".
"When someone from the other club is noticing, you don't always know how to read it.
The confederate would say: "I have been noticing you around campus and I find you to be very attractive".
Jaheim puts the matter as delicately as possible: "Now that we're older, I been noticing you busting out those jeans".
Just when you get to the age where people stop seeing you and noticing you, you become the centre of attention".
It really works!" Sometimes the helpful scribe is a little more pointed: "I couldn't help noticing you struggling when you tried on that top in the store last week.
Do something weird or funny and suddenly people are noticing you and maybe one of them will develop a big crush and now your Friday night is taken care of.
But times have changed: in a landscape dominated by services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal and Amazon, it is possible to have a hit without the press and radio (or much of the public) even noticing you.
Like maybe before the storm they treated you not so good, said you were stupid or something, but after, it might be — like, if you change from here on out and don't get put out of school and be working and all, people might be noticing you, knowing your name".
When people start noticing you, it opens the door for newer opportunities.
But there are two types of attention: the kind you want, where everybody's saying how great your company is, and the kind that makes you want to lock your doors, draw the blinds and hope everybody stops noticing you.
