Better in Person EP 015 featuring Alizar

By Chief Editor | Approved by Will Nichols, Editor in Chief | 8/29/2026

BETTER IN PERSON · EP 015 · Watch the episode on YouTube

Better in Person episode 15, Finally Offline's street interview series hosted by Savvy, features Alizar. She says she is better in person and barely uses her socials at all. Her reason is reading people: she likes conversation face to face, body language, and knowing the vibe and who she is talking to. Asked what a text cannot sum up about a person, she argues that emojis try to stand in for body language but texting is mostly performing, and the goal is avoiding the performance. The episode closes on her line that every man is performative, including the interview itself.

Key Points

Alizar says she is better in person and barely uses her socials at all
Her reason is reading people: face to face conversation, body language, the vibe, who you are talking to
On what a text cannot sum up: emojis try to stand in for body language, but texting is mostly performing
Her closing verdict: every man is performative, and the interview itself is a performance too
Host Savvy crowns her an offline queen and closes with stop the performance, let's get offline

"So, we hate a performative man." A pause. "Every man is a performative man."

That is where this one ends up, and it earns it. Alizar is better in person and says she is genuinely bad at the other thing. "I'm really bad with online in general. I don't use my socials, basically." Savvy crowns her on the spot: we love an offline queen.

The why is about reading people. "I like to have a conversation and I like to see the person face to face. I like to read body language. I like to know what the vibe is, who you're talking to."

So what can a text never sum up about a person? Her answer goes further than the question. "They think emojis and stuff do the body language thing, but a lot of the time you're performing when you're texting. So I think just avoiding the performance of it."

Which is when the thesis drops. We hate a performative man. Every man is performative. And then, pointing at the camera between them: "This is a performance too."

You heard it here first. Stop the performance. Let's get offline.

🎤 Host: Savvy

Transcript

Alizar: So, we hate a performative man. Every man is a performative man.

Savvy: What's up guys? Welcome to another episode of Finally Offline. We're here with...

Alizar: Alizar.

Savvy: Alizar. Am I saying that right?

Alizar: Yeah.

Savvy: Okay. Are you better in person or better online?

Alizar: I think I'm better in person, and I'm really bad with online in general. Like, I don't use my socials, basically.

Savvy: So you're very offline?

Alizar: Yeah.

Savvy: We love that. We love an offline queen. Why are you better in person?

Alizar: Well, outside of the fact that I don't use socials and I'm not good online, I would say I just like to have a conversation and I like to see the person face to face. I like to read body language. I like to know what the vibe is as well. Who you're talking to.

Savvy: Exactly. What do you think a text can't sum up about a person?

Alizar: I mean, they think emojis and stuff do the body language thing, but I think a lot of the time you're performing, you know, when you're texting and stuff. So yeah, I think just avoiding the performance of it.

Savvy: So we hate a performative man.

Alizar: Every man is performative. This is a performance too.

Savvy: Guys, you heard it here first. Every man is performative. Okay. Stop the performance. Let's get offline. Thank you so much for being on the show. That's it.

Alizar: Oh, bye.

Savvy: Very quick.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Better in Person by Finally Offline?

Better in Person is Finally Offline's street interview series. Each episode is filmed in person with one guest and one question, hosted by Savvy, and every episode is collected at finallyoffline.com/watch.

Is Alizar better in person or better online in Better in Person episode 15?

Better in person. She barely uses her socials and says she likes conversation face to face, where she can read body language and know the vibe and who she is talking to.

What does Alizar mean by every man is performative?

She argues that texting is mostly performing, with emojis standing in for real body language, and that the point is avoiding the performance. She extends the popular line about performative men to everyone, adding that the interview itself is a performance too.

Topics: alizar, better in person, better-in-person, alizar-bip