“I'm Haruhi Suzumiya, from East Junior High. First off, I'm not interested in ordinary people. But, if any of you are aliens, time-travelers, or espers, please come see me. That is all!”
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“Okay, so what's with most of them asking me out over the phone? I mean, shouldn't important stuff like that be done face-to-face, not phone-to-phone?”
Haruhi also wants a boyfriend who is an alien, time traveler or esper. Against that extraordinary requirement, her objection to telephone invitations sounds almost modest. She wants someone to face a possible refusal in person. That is a defensible preference; it is also an odd demand for direct human contact from someone who has just rejected ordinary company.
“You know, Kyon...have you ever realized just how insignificant your existence on this planet really is?”
A crowded baseball stadium supplies Haruhi's example. She remembers feeling diminished by how many people occupied it. Her mistake is making rarity the condition of significance: an experience stops counting once strangers can have it too. The recollection explains her hunger for exceptions, but it gives no good reason to accept her arithmetic as a measure of a life.
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Kyon privately wonders whether the introduction is a joke. That reaction makes Haruhi's announcement a bad recruitment pitch and a successful test: ordinary classmates can dismiss her before she has to risk an ordinary conversation. The demand for extraordinary company sounds adventurous, but it also gives her a ready explanation for remaining alone.