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Speaker 1: What up, guys, Welcome to another episode of Chee's and Chill.

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Speaker 1: Today actually marks the last Cheeze and Chill episode of

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Speaker 1: the season, and then we'll be back in early twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty four, so don't be too sad you guys. Thank

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Speaker 1: I've had so many great moments and wonderful discussions here

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Speaker 1: another season. So with that being said, today this episode

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Speaker 1: There's this pressure to feel a certain way or act

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Speaker 1: This is Cheeky's and chill. Okay, So some of you

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Speaker 1: You guys, I swear, I'm like, how when how did

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Speaker 1: And this is exactly why I want to talk about this,

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Speaker 1: and I would get crab for it. People would talk shit,

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Speaker 1: very excited that, well, thanks to you guys, we have

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Speaker 1: And that's what it is. That's exactly what we talked about.

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