[Stan nods along. Timeloop is a good enough reason. He's never gotten stuck in one, but the concept is easy enough without the details of how it worked or what they were doing.
At the end of the night, that's not really what this whole thing's about anyway. It's about commiserating.]
It didn't even work?! Wow, you've got some lousy luck...
[This is the part where a normal person would tell Loop how sorry they are this happened to them, or how they wish things hadn't happened to them this way.
But...Stan's always been a weirdo.]
...I get it, y'know. I mean, I've never been literally stuck in time before and obviously I don't have a star for a head, but...doing the same things over and over without getting anywhere? And not telling anyone who you actually are? I did that for over thirty years!
[Did, past tense. He doesn't have anything to hide anymore - at least, not about how he lied to everyone for half his life.]
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At the end of the night, that's not really what this whole thing's about anyway. It's about commiserating.]
It didn't even work?! Wow, you've got some lousy luck...
[This is the part where a normal person would tell Loop how sorry they are this happened to them, or how they wish things hadn't happened to them this way.
But...Stan's always been a weirdo.]
...I get it, y'know. I mean, I've never been literally stuck in time before and obviously I don't have a star for a head, but...doing the same things over and over without getting anywhere? And not telling anyone who you actually are? I did that for over thirty years!
[Did, past tense. He doesn't have anything to hide anymore - at least, not about how he lied to everyone for half his life.]