WEBVTT - Listener Mail: The Reflecting Chamber

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>My name is Robert.

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<v Speaker 3>Lamb and I am Joe McCormick, and it's Monday, the

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<v Speaker 3>to a recent episode, maybe something interesting to add on

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah all right, well let's jump into it. This first

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<v Speaker 2>one comes to us from Matt and this one is

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<v Speaker 2>titled Cave Biology. Hey, Rob, Joe and JJ. I was

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<v Speaker 2>just a listening to your first episode about cave dwelling

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<v Speaker 2>life and was very pleased when you started talking about

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<v Speaker 2>subjects related to genetics. I thought i'd share some of

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<v Speaker 2>my thoughts on the subject. First, you asked for comment

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<v Speaker 2>about the sonic the hedgehog pathway. One of you I

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<v Speaker 2>can't remember who wondered aloud, which was discovered first hedgehog

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<v Speaker 2>or sonic hedgehog. It was hedgehog, and it was so

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<v Speaker 2>name because fruitflies without this gene would develop many spiky

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<v Speaker 2>protrusions all over their body, giving them a very hedgehog

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<v Speaker 2>like appearance. Sonic Hedgehog was simply named after the game character,

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<v Speaker 2>as it is in the hedgehog family of genes, and

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<v Speaker 2>after seeing the character on the cover of a magazine. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I read some of the background about this as well.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a hedgehog first, and then I think some

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<v Speaker 2>other varieties, including sonic ketchhog. Anyways, another thing you brought

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<v Speaker 2>up is the idea of a single genetic trait that

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<v Speaker 2>affects multiple characteristics of an organism. I think you used

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<v Speaker 2>eyes and long arms as an example, but the one

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<v Speaker 2>my mind immediately went to is a gene that results

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<v Speaker 2>in both red hair and freckles. MC one R just

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<v Speaker 2>thought i'd share that this example exists. The last thing

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<v Speaker 2>is related to the fish that develop eyes but lose

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<v Speaker 2>them when in the dark environment of a cave. I

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<v Speaker 2>seem to remember from a developmental biology course that neural

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<v Speaker 2>cells often have this use it or lose its system

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<v Speaker 2>already in place during development, even in humans. Many more

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<v Speaker 2>neurons are formed early in development than are needed, but

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<v Speaker 2>only those able to create strong, useful connections will remain

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<v Speaker 2>while the others are destroyed or broken down. The difference

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<v Speaker 2>comes down to their ability to communicate across the connections

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<v Speaker 2>they make. It doesn't seem like a stretch for this

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<v Speaker 2>to extend to the eyes, as they are formed from

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<v Speaker 2>specialized neural tissue, and when the eyes aren't sending signals

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<v Speaker 2>to indicate they are useful, they get the acts with

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<v Speaker 2>the excessive neurons. Anyway, love the show. You guys are

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<v Speaker 2>masters of science communication.

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<v Speaker 3>Matt ah, thank you, Matt Yeah, thank you, especially for

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<v Speaker 3>bringing so the idea of a single genetic trait that

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<v Speaker 3>affects multiple characteristics and the phenotype in the body or

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<v Speaker 3>behavior of the organism. I did use the idea of

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<v Speaker 3>like smaller eyes but longer arms, just as hypothetical, but

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<v Speaker 3>I appreciate you adding a real life known example the

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<v Speaker 3>idea that a single genetic trait could affect having both

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<v Speaker 3>red hair and freckles. I think the real one we

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<v Speaker 3>talked about in those cavefish was the idea of a

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<v Speaker 3>pliotropy that would cause at the same time both regressed eyes,

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<v Speaker 3>but also more taste buds around the mouth.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, all right.

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<v Speaker 3>This next message is in response to our series on

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<v Speaker 3>the illusion of control. It comes from Christopher. Christopher says, hello,

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<v Speaker 3>Joe and Robert. On the subject of the illusion of control,

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<v Speaker 3>and further to other listener's comments, a student of Stoicism

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<v Speaker 3>would say that we truly have no control over anything

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<v Speaker 3>besides our minds. We can only control our perception and

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<v Speaker 3>reactions to events and influences. Perhaps an episode on stoicism

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<v Speaker 3>Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, question mark kind regards Christopher. Oh, yeah, Christopher,

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<v Speaker 3>that's an interesting idea. I guess I did think a

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<v Speaker 3>bit about Stoic philosophers. I don't know a ton about Stoicism,

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<v Speaker 3>but I did think a bit about that when we

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<v Speaker 3>were recording the episodes, but it never came up in conversation.

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<v Speaker 3>So I know I've read before that some of the Stoics,

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<v Speaker 3>I think especially it was Epictetus placed a kind of

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<v Speaker 3>fundamental importance on discerning between that which is within our

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<v Speaker 3>power to change and that which is not within our

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<v Speaker 3>power to change, on being able to tell the difference

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<v Speaker 3>there in fact as well articulated in a famous prayer

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<v Speaker 3>I think used by people who are in recovery programs often,

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<v Speaker 3>but they're you know, and obviously like once the idea

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<v Speaker 3>is once you tell the difference between things you can

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<v Speaker 3>influence and things you can't. There are a number of

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<v Speaker 3>other spools that followed from that initial judgment.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah. As to the possibility doing an episode on

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<v Speaker 2>say stoicism or something, yeah, yeah, I don't think we've

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<v Speaker 2>done a real philosophical episode of late in terms of

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<v Speaker 2>like getting into particular philosophers and schools of philosophy. We

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<v Speaker 2>have more in the past, but maybe we're due for another.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think we could definitely come back and talk

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<v Speaker 3>about stoicism at some point. I think more recently, we

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<v Speaker 3>actually ended up talking about cynicism because we were talking

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<v Speaker 3>about Diogenes the cynic because we were talking about beans

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<v Speaker 3>and he I think, was famous for eating beans that

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<v Speaker 3>were you know, not that we're kind of looked down

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<v Speaker 3>upon as food by the elite of Athens.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, well, let's go ahead and transition into a

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<v Speaker 2>little weird house cinema. We have some weird house cinema

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<v Speaker 2>left over from last week. Some new stuff has come in.

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<v Speaker 2>This one comes to it from Louisa. Lisa says, Hi,

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<v Speaker 2>Robin Joe Dune. What can one say that hasn't been

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<v Speaker 2>said about it before? It was my first experience with

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<v Speaker 2>sci fi, although thirty years later I don't really know

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<v Speaker 2>if it fits in that particular genre. This new adaptation

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<v Speaker 2>is wonderful and it inspired me to make a quirky

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<v Speaker 2>mug I wanted to show you. And then we get

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<v Speaker 2>some images of this mug. They will, I guess describe

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<v Speaker 2>in a second. We'll give the author here a second

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<v Speaker 2>to continue the Litany against fear, a sandworm on the

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<v Speaker 2>side and the mouth of a chah alude on the inside.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm tempted to watch the Lynch version now. Thanks to you,

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for your wonderful podcast. You're my weekly portal

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<v Speaker 2>into scientific considerations. Best wishes, Louisa from Guatemala.

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<v Speaker 3>Luisa, this mug is great. So yeah, it has the

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<v Speaker 3>Litany against fear on the opposed sides of the mug

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<v Speaker 3>on you know, one half on one side, the other

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<v Speaker 3>half on the other. As she says, the inside is

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<v Speaker 3>just a big, old, bristly spiky worm mouth. I prefer

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<v Speaker 3>this mug to the popcorn buckets.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, the popcorn buckets have their own charm,

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<v Speaker 2>but this, this is something I would be more inclined

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<v Speaker 2>to put on my shelf. Yeah, I love the handle.

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<v Speaker 2>The handle of the mug is in fact a sandworm.

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<v Speaker 2>Beautiful job.

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<v Speaker 3>I love it totally. Five out of five kulwahds. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>this next message is from Jeff. Jeff says, greeting science humans,

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<v Speaker 3>really enjoying the recent nostalgic weird house picks. Your episode

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<v Speaker 3>on Flash Gordon reminded me of being a kid and

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<v Speaker 3>encountering movies on cable television with no preconceived notions. I

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<v Speaker 3>distinctly remember the ex of seeing Flash Gordon on the

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<v Speaker 3>on screen channel guide. I'd never heard of the character

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<v Speaker 3>and thought it was going to be a movie about

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<v Speaker 3>the DC superhero, the Flash. I don't know my DC heroes.

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<v Speaker 3>Is that the one that runs really fast?

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<v Speaker 2>He runs really fast, really really fast? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>All right, so Jeff says. Instead, I got something much

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<v Speaker 3>more fun and imaginative. Although I was pretty far into

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<v Speaker 3>the movie before I finally stopped wondering when he was

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<v Speaker 3>going to get super speed.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, if he wasn't going to get it

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<v Speaker 2>during the football scene, Yes, it probably wasn't gonna happen, Jeff.

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<v Speaker 3>Was it before or after the football combat that you

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<v Speaker 3>realized what you were actually watching? So, Jeff says, Obviously,

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<v Speaker 3>I loved the movie and the soundtrack, and would later

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<v Speaker 3>watch it, or at least parts of it, many times

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<v Speaker 3>as I encountered it channel surfing. The first time I

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<v Speaker 3>saw it, I immediately recognized the Hawkman Assault theme as

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<v Speaker 3>the song that played when you pick up the temporary

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<v Speaker 3>invincibility power up in the arcade game Vanguard.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, Vanguard, I don't think I knew this one. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>looking it up now and seeing the like, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>what the cabinet art or poster art for it? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Interesting, Yeah, I looked up some gameplay. Vanguard is a

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<v Speaker 3>horizontal scrolling shoot him up. So the shoot him up

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<v Speaker 3>games are the ones where you're like some kind of

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<v Speaker 3>little spaceship and you're blasting a bunch of other space

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<v Speaker 3>ships that are scrolling either down the screen. They're like

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<v Speaker 3>vertical shoot them ups and horizontal ones. This is one

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<v Speaker 3>where you go from left to right across the screen

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<v Speaker 3>instead of bottom to top. And I don't think I've

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<v Speaker 3>ever played this one, but others in this genre. If

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<v Speaker 3>you want to picture it were games like R Type

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<v Speaker 3>or Defender. I was thinking maybe the Super Nintendo game

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<v Speaker 3>that had the guy with the banjo on the cover,

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<v Speaker 3>but I think that was actually a vertical scroller.

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<v Speaker 2>Vanguard Centuri's first talking game. I guess I had a voice.

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<v Speaker 3>Wait, I just remembered, yes, I did check this out.

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<v Speaker 3>At the start screen when you like press start to play,

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<v Speaker 3>it has a robotic computer voice that says bon voyage.

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<v Speaker 2>Ah oh man. Now I have to say I looked

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<v Speaker 2>it up on Moby Games that has a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>information on these old ones, and I was immediately captivated

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<v Speaker 2>by the art for the Atari twenty six hundred cartridge.

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<v Speaker 2>Really cool image that is, of course almost damning because

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<v Speaker 2>you look at that new No, no, there's no way

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<v Speaker 2>that this game backs up this awesome image in any way,

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<v Speaker 2>shape or form. And then I scrolled down who did

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<v Speaker 2>the cover art, Matt. It's Ralph McQuary, famous for his

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<v Speaker 2>concepts and sketches and his conceptual design for Star Wars

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<v Speaker 2>so and also I believe he did Boggy Creek too,

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<v Speaker 2>Am I remembering that correctly? Yeah, there's some sort of

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<v Speaker 2>weird connection between his concepts that would have become the Wookies,

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<v Speaker 2>and his concepts for the Bigfoot creature in the Body

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<v Speaker 2>Creek movie. So I think he did the poster art

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<v Speaker 2>for those as well. Okay, legendary Man.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, so I'm just comparing now the Atari twenty six

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<v Speaker 3>hundred graphics versus the Arcade graphics look markedly different. The

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<v Speaker 3>Arcade one looks a lot better. H Maybe I'm looking

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<v Speaker 3>at two different things. I can't tell anyway, And thus

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<v Speaker 3>concludes the extended sidebar on Vanguard. So going back to

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<v Speaker 3>Jeff's message about the oh, remember it was about the

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<v Speaker 3>power up music that was the exact same as the

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<v Speaker 3>Hawkman theme from Flash Gordon, Jeff says, I assumed it

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<v Speaker 3>was some old classical piece or other historical melody that

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<v Speaker 3>seemed to be hanging around in the culture forever, like

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<v Speaker 3>the music in Looney Tunes. It was much later that

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<v Speaker 3>I realized it was all the brilliance of queen and

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<v Speaker 3>video game designers simply didn't know enough to be afraid

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<v Speaker 3>of music licensing lawyers in those early days of the industry.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, I knew of some blockbusters through pervasive advertising,

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<v Speaker 3>but a friend of mine experienced movies with an even

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<v Speaker 3>purer lack of expectation. He grew up in the Middle

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<v Speaker 3>East and would receive stacks of pirated VHS tapes, sometimes

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<v Speaker 3>with multiple movies on each, with nothing but the titles

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<v Speaker 3>scribbled on them. No Rotten Tomatoes, no Siskel or Ebert,

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<v Speaker 3>just the pure joy of discovery. It could be a

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<v Speaker 3>masterpiece like Ghostbusters or some Chuck Norris kickfest. There was

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<v Speaker 3>no indication of genre or quality. Wow, that does sound fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean those old VHS types. If you didn't

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<v Speaker 2>care about quality, you could fit three movies on there.

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<v Speaker 2>And I distinctly remember having the VHS tapes with the

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<v Speaker 2>three different movie titles scribbled on there. You know, often

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<v Speaker 2>like taped off of HBO by my aunt, and it

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<v Speaker 2>would be a weird mix. It would be like a

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<v Speaker 2>kid's movie and then poulter Geist and it would like

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<v Speaker 2>just cut abruptly to poulter Geist in a way that

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<v Speaker 2>may do a raid as you reach the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the kids movie. That sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 3>I would tape things off of TV, especially when I

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<v Speaker 3>saw like a commercial or promo for some TV movie

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<v Speaker 3>coming up soon that looked like it was really going

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<v Speaker 3>to be good and an example of what would be upcoming.

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<v Speaker 3>That I thought was really going to be good was

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<v Speaker 3>Forest Warriors starring Chuck Norris.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I mean it's it's a winning concept. It's him

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<v Speaker 2>in the forest fighting I don't know, big feet or something,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the sasquatch battles, I don't.

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<v Speaker 3>Know, fighting poachers or something.

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<v Speaker 2>Well that sounds more likely.

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<v Speaker 3>Actually, No, I think it's like mean laggers. It's like

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<v Speaker 3>bad laggers who want to cut down the forest, and

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<v Speaker 3>he's like a martial arts ghost that must defend the forest.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, So that's your kickfest. Coming back to Jeff's message,

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<v Speaker 3>Jeff says, finally, I have a viewing recommendation called Delicious

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<v Speaker 3>in Dungeon on Netflix. Rob have you seen this?

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<v Speaker 2>I have not.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, Jeff's gonna describe it, he says. It seems like

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<v Speaker 3>a perfect combination of subject matter for the two of you.

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<v Speaker 3>The premise is that a party of Dungeon adventurers have

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<v Speaker 3>no rations and must consume the monsters they kill to survive.

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<v Speaker 3>It works as a combination classic fantasy adventure plus cooking show.

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<v Speaker 3>They have such respect for both tabletop and video game

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<v Speaker 3>D and D themes that it feels as though you're

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<v Speaker 3>playing a game where someone invited two friends from culinary

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<v Speaker 3>school who are only slightly interested in the module, but

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<v Speaker 3>fascinated with the Monster Manual and what recipes they could

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<v Speaker 3>imagine on every page. It's light and funny, and so

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<v Speaker 3>far seems appropriate for viewing with kids. It's currently the

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<v Speaker 3>show I look most forward to every week. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 3>keeping the Heart of the Eighties Alive, Jeff.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Yeah, I mean I'm especially interested if I

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<v Speaker 2>can watch it with my son. Yeah, I'll have to

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<v Speaker 2>check it out. It was not on my radar.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, I just took a peek. This is animated. You

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<v Speaker 3>may have said that, but I didn't realize that I

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<v Speaker 3>was picturing something live action.

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<v Speaker 2>As for keeping the Heart of the Eighties Alive, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, just considering Weird House cinema. I just did

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<v Speaker 2>a check up on this. We have, as of this

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<v Speaker 2>recording covered fifty three films from the nineteen eighties.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow. I would not have thought it was that much.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, fifty three. I haven't done a full breakdown

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<v Speaker 2>on it. But for a while there it was like

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<v Speaker 2>eighties was in the lead, and then came like nineties

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<v Speaker 2>or seventies, I don't know, And then for a while

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<v Speaker 2>we got super into doing Films from the fifties and

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<v Speaker 2>the sixties are always up there, so you know, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of a push and pull there. And

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<v Speaker 2>this is all out of the total one hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>fifty three films that we've covered on the show.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, it sounds like a solid third of them or

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<v Speaker 3>from the eighties though, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, okay, well we are you know, we are both

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<v Speaker 2>to differing degrees children of the eighties, so it makes sense.

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<v Speaker 3>Remember Highlander your Home.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, here's another one. This one comes to is

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<v Speaker 2>from Carrie. Carrie writes in and says, Rob and Joe,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm writing to suggest a pretty weird movie for weird House.

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<v Speaker 2>It's The five Thousand Fingers of Doctor t a nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>fifty three quote musical about a young boy who hates

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<v Speaker 2>his piano lessons and dreams of an evil piano teacher

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<v Speaker 2>who has built a piano so large that he has

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<v Speaker 2>imprisoned five hundred children in his dungeon to force them

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<v Speaker 2>to play it. I first saw this on TV in

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<v Speaker 2>the nineteen fifties and had vague recollections of it when

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<v Speaker 2>I saw it again in the student union while I

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<v Speaker 2>was in college in the nineteen seventies. I wouldn't say

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<v Speaker 2>it's good, but as I said before, it's weird. If

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<v Speaker 2>you aren't already familiar with it, check it out and

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<v Speaker 2>see what you think. Karen.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, somehow I think this movie has come up before.

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<v Speaker 3>I've never seen it, but I've looked up screenshots from

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<v Speaker 3>the film. Apparently it was written by doctor Seuss, and

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<v Speaker 3>somehow the movie looks as if it were illustrated like

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<v Speaker 3>a Doctor Seuss book.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I believe listeners have written in about this

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<v Speaker 2>one before. Yeah, I've never seen it, but I probably

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<v Speaker 2>need to lean in for a closer look. Yeah. It

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<v Speaker 2>the stills, and you included some stills in our shared

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<v Speaker 2>dock here. They look absurd. It does look very true too,

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<v Speaker 2>like like the production design is by Doctor SEUs in

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<v Speaker 2>the best way possible, not in not in like a

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<v Speaker 2>bad way, Yeah, which which can be possible.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, this looks like a noothbrush on my toothbrush that

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<v Speaker 3>I do indeed wish.

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<v Speaker 2>To keep from the director of the nineteen fifty three

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<v Speaker 2>three D western, The Moonlighter.

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<v Speaker 3>Three D Western.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, you know we've talked before about this. Different

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<v Speaker 2>phases of the ups and downs and resurgences, of three

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<v Speaker 2>D cinema, and yeah, occasionally they'll put out a western.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just picturing a lot of three D like mule

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<v Speaker 3>kicking you in the face shots.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, the five thousand Fingers of Doctor t Yeah, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>put it. Make sure it's on the considerational list for

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<v Speaker 2>the future. All right, Well, on that note, I guess

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