WEBVTT - “I AM A MUSCLE MOMMY”

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<v Speaker 1>Hello, Hi, can you hear me?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes? Who is it?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>This is a gecko guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, Oh my god. Sorry, I'm so loud.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, how you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it was damn. I'm good. Wow, this is

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<v Speaker 2>crazy man. I've been listening to you for years and

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<v Speaker 2>everyone's right too. It's so weird to like actually talk

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<v Speaker 2>to you. Oh my god, whoa how are you?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm good? I am uh yeah, I'm good. I feel

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<v Speaker 1>ready to talk about life and about stuff and about things.

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<v Speaker 1>I I just got back from Iraq yesterday. That was

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<v Speaker 1>pretty crazy, and now I'm now I'm back here in

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<v Speaker 1>America hanging out, living life.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's it's really sick that you're I watched your

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<v Speaker 2>break dancing video, but I didn't see your one talking

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<v Speaker 2>to the Juggalos. It was a little shaky. Everybody. That's cool,

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<v Speaker 2>but no, that's that's sick that you were in Iraq.

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<v Speaker 2>It's really cool that you're able to like travel and

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<v Speaker 2>make your make your job part of that too. It's

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<v Speaker 2>been cool to hear you with your uh with your podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>like seeing how it's growing and seeing you kind of

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<v Speaker 2>follow your passion. It's really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you man, Thank you, thank you. You know, I wanted,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to talk about the all the iraction on

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast, but I'm I'm going to do that at

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<v Speaker 1>another point because I want to talk to you because, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you texted me something that I thought was super interesting

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<v Speaker 1>and I have questions. I am curious. You told me

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<v Speaker 1>that you did a strong man show today, yeah, and that,

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<v Speaker 1>uh you want to talk about like you want to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about these are your words, being a muscle mommy

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<v Speaker 1>and competing in a strong Man as a woman. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>very curious about that. Please please tell me how it went.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So, I don't know how much other people or

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<v Speaker 2>how much you know about strength sports necessarily. I know

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<v Speaker 2>you've kind of talked about fitness on the podcast, and

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<v Speaker 2>I've always thought it would be kind of interesting if

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<v Speaker 2>I called in to provide my perspective on being in

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<v Speaker 2>strength sports too and having that kind of be my passion.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, so, I I am twenty eight. Now. I

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<v Speaker 2>know you never like remember people's names, but it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>really matter too much. But I'm twenty eight. I started lifting,

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<v Speaker 2>like doing up powerlifting, which is like squat, bench press

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<v Speaker 2>and bedlift. I started training that in my freshman year

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<v Speaker 2>of college in twenty fifteen, and then I did a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of power lifting meets between twenty fifteen and about

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty one when I started freshman year of college,

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<v Speaker 2>like I said, and then I graduated college and I

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<v Speaker 2>went to a gym where they had strong Man stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>and so strong Man it kind of like the the

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<v Speaker 2>thing that people think of with strong Man is like

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<v Speaker 2>if you've ever seen the guy in a circus uniform

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<v Speaker 2>with just the mustache and no hair and the big

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<v Speaker 2>dumbbell and like the stripey shorts. You know, if you

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<v Speaker 2>could picture that, that's they call that, Like the giant

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<v Speaker 2>tell bell is called a circus bill, and that's sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>an event. It's strong Man was kind of just bringing

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<v Speaker 2>about bringing a weight that's as heavy as you can

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<v Speaker 2>from point A to point B. So sometimes it's that.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes I've pulled a truck before the competition, which is cool. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>my profile picture on Instagram is me pulling a truck

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<v Speaker 2>with like a flag on the back. In school. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>it's well known for like Atlas stones what they're called,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're just big round stones and you pick it

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<v Speaker 2>up and you either put it over a bar or

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<v Speaker 2>put it up to a platform. You carry a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of stuff you do, deadlifts, reps. Sometimes it's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>just nowadays I've noticed and I'm like, I go on

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<v Speaker 2>Reddit a lot, and there's a subreddit for strongmans and

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<v Speaker 2>the sub for everything, and I saw somebody's hot take

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<v Speaker 2>a strong man has gotten kind of it used to

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<v Speaker 2>be more exciting and now it's kind of like it's

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<v Speaker 2>not as exciting, like they used to do sumo wrestling

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<v Speaker 2>and they used to like flip cars, and now it's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of more it's it's it's a way I think

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<v Speaker 2>nowadays it's more like dead lifts and more standardized stuff

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<v Speaker 2>as I think to get more people into it. But

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's not it's not like creamy stuff now.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean you pull, you know, is there like a

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<v Speaker 1>what was the other I guess is the idea that

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<v Speaker 1>like it should have been more crazy thing like picking

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<v Speaker 1>up a like like they put a child under a

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<v Speaker 1>car and you got to save them type of stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>I do actually know one of the people at the

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<v Speaker 2>gym that I go to there's a show where one

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<v Speaker 2>of the events is running through drywall, and he was like, man,

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<v Speaker 2>I wish I could have done that one. But I

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<v Speaker 2>mean the show I did today. I wish I could.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm hoping when I explained stuff, if like it's not

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<v Speaker 2>clear what I'm saying, I could try to elaborate, but

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<v Speaker 2>like I think the coolest one that I did today,

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<v Speaker 2>or like, there's one event. It's a yoke and so

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<v Speaker 2>it's like think of a barbell and it's welded to

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<v Speaker 2>two posts on the side. It's like if you've ever

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<v Speaker 2>seen the stuff that like cows will pull that, that's

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<v Speaker 2>literally a yoke and it's strong man. You'll you'll kind

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<v Speaker 2>of get under it and you'll walk with it, sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>fifty feet sometimes and in this particular case, it was

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<v Speaker 2>carry the yolks fifty feet and then grab farmer handles,

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<v Speaker 2>which is kind of like if you can carry two

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<v Speaker 2>bags of groceries, then you can do farmer carry, but

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<v Speaker 2>then picking that up and carrying that fifty feet back.

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<v Speaker 2>And the yolk that I carried was four hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>twenty pounds and I'm I'm five to two and I

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<v Speaker 2>weigh about one forty five pounds, So wow, it's yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's cool to be able to because I've been

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<v Speaker 2>doing string sports, like I said, for almost ten years

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<v Speaker 2>at this point, so to be a female athlete in

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<v Speaker 2>like where my focus isn't like trying to be small

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<v Speaker 2>and lose weight, it's trying to build muscle and take

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<v Speaker 2>care of myself to like lift as much weight as

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<v Speaker 2>I can. I'm actually too, I'm more excited because in

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<v Speaker 2>January too, I'm doing so for context too. With strong Man,

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<v Speaker 2>it's very common for people to take steroids, like the

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<v Speaker 2>big guys at the tippy top, if you know, like

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<v Speaker 2>half thorb Jordson for instance, he was the Mountain and

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<v Speaker 2>Game of Thrones, or like Eddie Hall is a popular

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<v Speaker 2>name to those guys. It's like pretty understood in the

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<v Speaker 2>community that they take steroids like the top guys typically do.

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<v Speaker 2>And so there's a federation in strong Man where it's

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<v Speaker 2>for people who don't take steroids. And since I've been

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<v Speaker 2>doing it long enough, like not a lot of women

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<v Speaker 2>do strength sports. So because I've been doing that long enough,

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<v Speaker 2>like I'm pretty good at it now, and the show

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<v Speaker 2>in January that I'm doing would be a qualifier to

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<v Speaker 2>go to Worlds for the federation in like August next

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<v Speaker 2>year probably. So I've never I've only traveled to South

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<v Speaker 2>America once I went to the Amazon Rainforest, it's funny enough.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the only time I've left the country, but for

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<v Speaker 2>the show. It would be cool. I would like be

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<v Speaker 2>able to qualify and compete and go to Europe hopefully,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think it was in the UK this year,

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<v Speaker 2>but it'd be cool if it were there Ireland. I

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<v Speaker 2>think I'd love to go there next year and like

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<v Speaker 2>do a strength competition and stuff. You know, it'd be

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<v Speaker 2>so cool.

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<v Speaker 1>That's awesome, that's so cool. So the so thet when

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<v Speaker 1>you say so the steroids thing, it seems to me

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<v Speaker 1>that it's like, uh, everyone kind of is it kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like a thing where it's like you're not supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to do it, but everyone just fucking does it anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And so in strong Man and honestly kind of

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<v Speaker 2>an Olympic sports to my understanding, there's ways to if

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<v Speaker 2>you get blood work done regularly and you eat healthy

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<v Speaker 2>and try to like get good sleep. There's there's always risks,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's ways to do it and kind of mitigate

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<v Speaker 2>those risks. Like they say cycling on and off, Like

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<v Speaker 2>cycling on is like taking some sterized and then cycling off.

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<v Speaker 2>That's kind of what you're supposed to do to help

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<v Speaker 2>like reset your body, and so I've met different people

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<v Speaker 2>who talk openly about it. There's a lot of channels

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<v Speaker 2>on YouTube or people talk openly about it, and I

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<v Speaker 2>follow athletes on Instagram that's talks openly about it. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm actually funny enough too. I would have considered taking

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<v Speaker 2>it if there was a point, because like, I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>good athlete, but I don't know if I could ever

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<v Speaker 2>like be the best. And I thought about it. But

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<v Speaker 2>the reason I don't do is my boyfriend, who he

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<v Speaker 2>is a powerlifter. He's like, if I took it, you

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<v Speaker 2>know it, it would make me have a deeper voice,

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<v Speaker 2>and it would give you more masculine features and probably

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<v Speaker 2>like lose my hair and stuff. And if the roles

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<v Speaker 2>were reversed, I probably wouldn't be happy if he took

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<v Speaker 2>steroids either. So it's it's I'm not gonna like it's

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how common it is necessarily because like

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<v Speaker 2>people aren't all talking openly about it, but I know

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<v Speaker 2>that it is a thing where they're like people might

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<v Speaker 2>you know, take like a little bit of home to them,

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<v Speaker 2>you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm curious. So your boyfriend is also a powerlifter.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a powerlifter. I'm a strong an athlete.

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<v Speaker 1>Who would win in a fight.

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<v Speaker 2>He would, So I'm curious.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm curious about this, Like was it important to you?

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<v Speaker 1>Because I'm sure that like because listen, here's like the

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<v Speaker 1>average even though you're five to two. But the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that like you could probably like the average guy, right

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<v Speaker 1>like you could beat the ship out of me, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I mean, Like you could beat the ship

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<v Speaker 1>out of probably most average guys, right Like? Was that

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<v Speaker 1>when you were like dating, was that important to you

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<v Speaker 1>to find like like I I was that the thing

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<v Speaker 1>where you're like, you know, I accept that I could

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<v Speaker 1>beat the ship out of most average guys? Or was

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<v Speaker 1>it important to you, like find someone who is also

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<v Speaker 1>like you know, who was like like I guess above

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<v Speaker 1>your level, not like above your level, you know, but

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<v Speaker 1>like you know can like uh like physically like like

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you know what I'm saying, Like, is that

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<v Speaker 1>important to you that you're you know you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm saying is wrong? I do.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I never thought about it necessarily as like someone

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<v Speaker 2>I could be in a site versus couldn't. But I did,

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<v Speaker 2>like it's hard to be a woman doing strength sports

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<v Speaker 2>and accept that like have like I don't have a

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<v Speaker 2>small waist, I'm kind of blocky, and I I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like I have like kind of more masculine features because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm more muscular, so I was I've dated at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I think it's like the fourth guy that I've

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<v Speaker 2>dated and after the last one, I guess the last

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<v Speaker 2>one was this one. Now, I did want somebody who

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<v Speaker 2>uh like a beefcake, you know, like a huge size.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, yeah yeah. And look, you got to where

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<v Speaker 1>you and you deserve that. You know what I'm saying,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you, thank you, because like in the in the

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<v Speaker 1>dating universe, in the dating universe, it's you really you

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<v Speaker 1>really can't ask for anything that you don't have, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I mean. Like you if you wanted, like

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<v Speaker 1>if you wanted like a like a hot muscular guy,

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<v Speaker 1>you're like, you know, you've earned it, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's it's nice. You do kind of get your

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<v Speaker 2>pick of the letter if you are a girl who

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<v Speaker 2>does shrink sports, because it's like, you know, there's not

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of us, so it's kind of nice in

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<v Speaker 2>that regard.

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<v Speaker 1>To pass three guys. Do you think you could have

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<v Speaker 1>beaten them up?

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<v Speaker 2>No, so my my last boyfriend, Oh that's kind of funny. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>my last boyfriend he was six foot three and at

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<v Speaker 2>one point almost four hundred pounds, and he was a

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<v Speaker 2>strong man too. He actually when we were going through

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<v Speaker 2>our breakup, he didn't he wanted to talk things through,

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<v Speaker 2>and so he sat in front the door for like

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<v Speaker 2>three hours because he didn't want me to leave, and

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't have moved him, Like I like try to

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<v Speaker 2>nudge it a little bit. That whole thing is kind

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<v Speaker 2>of funny too. But I think my second one probably

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<v Speaker 2>and well because it's funny enough. Like my original type

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<v Speaker 2>was like skinny white dude like I was. I'm also

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<v Speaker 2>an engineer, so like I was surrounded by like skinny

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<v Speaker 2>white guy, right, and that you stalls be my type.

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<v Speaker 2>But then you know, you do strength sports, so it's

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<v Speaker 2>like you're at the gym four to five days a week,

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<v Speaker 2>two to three hours at a time, so you're kind

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<v Speaker 2>of surrounded five yeah. Yeah, I'm just you're surrounded by

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<v Speaker 2>these giant, muscly guys. So you know, you see that

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<v Speaker 2>for like five six years, and that's kind of like

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<v Speaker 2>how your type transitions. That's what I noticed for myself.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess, mm hmmmmmm.

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<v Speaker 1>Interesting. Okay, so you go to the gym do you

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<v Speaker 1>used to sell for how how many years have you

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<v Speaker 1>been going to the gym five times a week, four

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<v Speaker 1>to five times a week, two to three hours.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't remember what I was doing in college. I

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<v Speaker 2>do know honestly that I was a bit more anal

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<v Speaker 2>when I was in college. Honestly, up until I dated

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<v Speaker 2>my last boyfriend, I was like way more anal about it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think I started lifting and competing in twenty seventeen,

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<v Speaker 2>so it was probably from like twenty seventeen up until now.

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<v Speaker 2>You know I'm going to the gym. Well, right now,

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<v Speaker 2>I go to the gym to do strength training four

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<v Speaker 2>days a week, and then I rock climb once a week.

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<v Speaker 2>I actually too as a side note, because I've been

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<v Speaker 2>listening to your podcast so long. You talk a lot

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<v Speaker 2>about just like you know, going out and doing shit,

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<v Speaker 2>and I talk about your podcast with people a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think I've gotten anyone to listen to your books.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a tough pi, no, but it's so good.

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<v Speaker 2>And on Monday nights at the rock climbing gym I

0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.000
<v Speaker 2>go to they have a ladies' night at six o'clock,

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<v Speaker 2>different women can go and there's a form of rock

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<v Speaker 2>climbing it's called blaying. I don't know if you know

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<v Speaker 2>what that means, but that's like when you have to

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<v Speaker 2>harness and you're hooked up to someone. And so I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of did that and was like trying to go

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<v Speaker 2>regularly because like I listen to the podcasts and people

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<v Speaker 2>talk about like I remember the girl who went to

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<v Speaker 2>Pinball Club, like a older episode, and it was just

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<v Speaker 2>inspiring me where it's like I'll go and I'll go regularly,

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<v Speaker 2>Like I listen. I think one of the episodes, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>a week or two ago, there was a kid who

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<v Speaker 2>was like his first year of college and he was

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<v Speaker 2>two weeks in. He's like, I'm not making any friends.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't understand, and I stand by it that you

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<v Speaker 2>have to be regularly at a space for a year

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<v Speaker 2>to really get comfortable. Yeah, totally had the community, but

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<v Speaker 2>I moved. I've been in the same state for my

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<v Speaker 2>whole life, but I left my last job and moved

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<v Speaker 2>to the area that I'm at now in October of

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<v Speaker 2>last year. So it's been almost a year living here

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm rock climbing regularly. And I have like some

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<v Speaker 2>friends from it. Now I'm actually going to Warp Tour

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<v Speaker 2>with two of my rock climbing friends cool November.

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<v Speaker 1>So climbing friends also like super Ripped.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I'm actually because I have the strength background, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>naturally stronger than a lot of them, which does feel

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<v Speaker 2>pretty cool. I will say, uh, it has. It's very

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<v Speaker 2>helpful to be a lifter in a lot of aspects

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<v Speaker 2>of life, to be honest.

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<v Speaker 1>That other what other aspects?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>One interesting thing is that at the gym I go to,

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<v Speaker 2>there are a lot of it's a big gym, and

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<v Speaker 2>there's this one woman that I met. She's a mother,

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<v Speaker 2>she's probably in her fifties. She's like in perimenopause and menopause,

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<v Speaker 2>and she taught. She posts things openly about that on Instagram.

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<v Speaker 2>She talks about it. And I know. The biggest thing

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<v Speaker 2>is that because I have this like s fitness habit

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<v Speaker 2>that I've built, I eat really healthy too. I actually

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<v Speaker 2>got a nutrition coach recently. Uh so I eat really healthy.

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<v Speaker 2>I prioritize my sleep and it helps being with someone

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<v Speaker 2>who prioritizes their sleep. But I feel good pretty much

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<v Speaker 2>most of the days, aside from when I'm super sore

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<v Speaker 2>from training. I sleep pretty good. I don't drink either.

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't actually had any alcohol since New Year's two

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<v Speaker 2>years ago now, And I just it's cool to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to have a habit where I feel pretty good

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of the time. And I feel like, only

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<v Speaker 2>not all the time, because I'm kind of an anxious

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<v Speaker 2>person too, but I feel like having this fitness habit

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<v Speaker 2>allows me to like think pretty clearly, to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to have good control of like how I'm feeling. And

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<v Speaker 2>I know my anxious thoughts get worse when I'm more

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<v Speaker 2>tired or I'm not being mindful of my ChIL to

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<v Speaker 2>the point of the menipausting to the thing that women

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<v Speaker 2>who actually study that say, and you're older is yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking to the gecko.

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<v Speaker 1>Who is that?

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<v Speaker 2>That's my boyfriend?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, what's that is it?

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<v Speaker 3>Wait?

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<v Speaker 1>Did he just walk in?

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<v Speaker 2>She just walked in? He just went on a walk.

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<v Speaker 2>We went to a restaurant after my show, and we

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<v Speaker 2>each ate nachos and boff wings and our own respective meals,

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<v Speaker 2>and we each got a dessert.

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<v Speaker 1>Are those all? Are those all the foods that you

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<v Speaker 1>like can't have while you're like leading up to this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's funny, actually is you can kind of eat stuff

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<v Speaker 2>like that. Like there's if you're ever in a diet.

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<v Speaker 2>In my opinion, if you ever a diet where you

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<v Speaker 2>have to cut out food, then it's not sustainable. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not really putent free and you can't.

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<v Speaker 1>Have wait, hold on, hold on, hold on. That doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>make any don't all diets involve cutting out food.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's it's moderation. So I, for instance, the girl

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<v Speaker 2>that's my nutrition coach, one of the snacks that I'll

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<v Speaker 2>get on my rock climbing day before I go to bed,

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<v Speaker 2>my last meal is and Okay, it sounds kind of lame,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's really good rice cakes with peanut butter and

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<v Speaker 2>mini chocolate chips. That sounds oh my god, dude, it's

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<v Speaker 2>so good. But I just to tie up the last

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<v Speaker 2>way too, Like when women get older, they like their

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<v Speaker 2>estrogen levels just like shoot down and their hormones get

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<v Speaker 2>all out of whack. And the best thing you can

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<v Speaker 2>do when you're older and like in that stage your

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<v Speaker 2>life is lift weight, eat proteins, leap, drink water like

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<v Speaker 2>all that stuff that I'm kind of doing now. So

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like because I have this happen now. I

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<v Speaker 2>know it's gonna help in the long run, but also

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like it helps me manage my emotions and

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<v Speaker 2>I I haven't talked to people a lot of I

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<v Speaker 2>don't really know how to phrase it, but I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like I have a pretty good head on my shoulders

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<v Speaker 2>and it helps a lot because I strength train regularly.

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<v Speaker 2>And also too, I have a community. I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>a big thing that a lot of people miss in

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<v Speaker 2>in like the modern day. Is like when you go

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<v Speaker 2>to a place regularly, like we were just saying, go

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<v Speaker 2>to the gym regularly, you see the same people and

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<v Speaker 2>you kind of build a community there. And gym people

0:20:25.520 --> 0:20:28.760
<v Speaker 2>are kind of like people who do strength sports. They're

0:20:28.840 --> 0:20:34.040
<v Speaker 2>kind of very similar people. So it's easy to say

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<v Speaker 2>hi to people and chat about it. And I can

0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:38.879
<v Speaker 2>be like an awkward person, but to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>ask someone like, oh, are you like training for a show?

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<v Speaker 2>Like what events are you doing? And like we're all

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<v Speaker 2>kind of in similar boats, so y'all kind of get it.

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<v Speaker 1>So you did the show today, Let me ask you this.

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<v Speaker 1>You say that a lot of people in the strong

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<v Speaker 1>man community feel as though it's gone downhill because they're

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<v Speaker 1>not as, Uh, my understanding of what you said is

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<v Speaker 1>that the kind of like there's less showmanship, right, Can

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<v Speaker 1>I ask you?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh so sorry?

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<v Speaker 1>Go ahead go aheah ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna say, I think I misrepresented it. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think that's a common sentiment among all people. That's

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<v Speaker 2>just my perspective.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, wait, so okues, So that's a perfect, perfect perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>So if that's your perspective, what do you think, like,

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<v Speaker 1>what give me some good like challenges that that you

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<v Speaker 1>think they should add, like fucking like picking up big

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<v Speaker 1>barrels of water and throwing them down, Like what do

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<v Speaker 1>you think they should they should add to the strong

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<v Speaker 1>man competition if you could add any kind of challenge.

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<v Speaker 2>So the first thing that comes to mind is that

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<v Speaker 2>I follow I follow a lot of athletes on Instagram,

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<v Speaker 2>and there was somebody post to show where most of

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<v Speaker 2>the events were in water. So it's like one event

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<v Speaker 2>was picking up a log and pressing it overhead for

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<v Speaker 2>rest in water, and then another was tearing like a tub.

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<v Speaker 2>It's kind of like a big a drum filled with

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<v Speaker 2>water and carrying that around. I think it's just like

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<v Speaker 2>it's stupid, you know, actually too. The last show I

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<v Speaker 2>did it was a kilted show. Everybody wore a kilt

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<v Speaker 2>and it was a rent fare and so we were

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<v Speaker 2>in kind of like the horse trough, kind of where

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<v Speaker 2>they do the jeffs, same kind of area. And so

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<v Speaker 2>there was one event, and this one you might have

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<v Speaker 2>to look up to kind of see. It's hard to explain,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's called a single finger something that's such weird names.

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<v Speaker 2>But the single finger is you kind of pick up

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<v Speaker 2>this I think of a stick that is stuck to

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<v Speaker 2>a pivot point, really big stick, and so you pick

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<v Speaker 2>up from one end and you kind of get it

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<v Speaker 2>up to your chest and then push it above your

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<v Speaker 2>head and you kind of walk your hands under it

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<v Speaker 2>to push the stick to fall on the other side.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the That's the way I can explain it. You

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<v Speaker 2>might just have to look it up, but that's a

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<v Speaker 2>cool event to watch people do. There was one where

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<v Speaker 2>it was the the wagon of pain they called it,

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<v Speaker 2>where you pick up a sandbag and load in a wagon,

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<v Speaker 2>pick them another loaded the wagon that picks another load

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<v Speaker 2>in and then you carry the wagon down at distance.

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<v Speaker 2>And that one doesn't look cool too. Those are the

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<v Speaker 2>ones I remember, but I thought that one was cool.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's why I signed up for it, was because

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<v Speaker 2>it was at a rent there and like it's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a spectacle.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, m.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah. I wanted to ask your what are the

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<v Speaker 1>so what are the numbers for you? Like, what's your

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<v Speaker 1>what's your I would love to hear a rundown of

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<v Speaker 1>the stats, like what's your bench?

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<v Speaker 2>So I actually don't really bench anymore, but I did

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<v Speaker 2>a power listing meat last year and I benched one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and sixty five pounds the enough that I've deadlifted.

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<v Speaker 2>That one's cooler. The most I've deadlifted is three hundred

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<v Speaker 2>eighty pounds.

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<v Speaker 1>WHOA, that's great.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah. And then squat too. I don't really do

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<v Speaker 2>that one as much, but when I did it last year,

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<v Speaker 2>I squatted to sixty so they yeah, the numbers for

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<v Speaker 2>it's hard to say numbers for strong man stuff because

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<v Speaker 2>it's you're never really going for like a heavy single.

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<v Speaker 2>But like I did an event today that was cool too.

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<v Speaker 2>It was I picked up a sandbag that weighs as

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<v Speaker 2>much as me, like one hundred and fifty pounds, and

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<v Speaker 2>then you know, like keg, like you put beer in it.

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<v Speaker 2>I picked up that one and that weighed one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and fifty five pounds and I carried it, and then

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<v Speaker 2>I picked up an Atlas stone which also it was

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and forty five pounds and tried to carry

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<v Speaker 2>that one. But it was cool though, because they like

0:24:39.720 --> 0:24:43.399
<v Speaker 2>split up the group everybody was competing today into two

0:24:43.480 --> 0:24:47.080
<v Speaker 2>groups to make it go with it faster, and I

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<v Speaker 2>picked up I was like the second, the last person

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<v Speaker 2>to go for that event. So like all these guys,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, some of them were like in their fifties

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<v Speaker 2>and stuff, and like they were carrying less than meet

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<v Speaker 2>like hot shit, but yeah, thank you. But as far

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<v Speaker 2>as specific weights to give, I guess the last show

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<v Speaker 2>I did, there was an event where it was you know,

0:25:11.880 --> 0:25:14.280
<v Speaker 2>like a beer cake. Literally one of them is like

0:25:14.280 --> 0:25:16.960
<v Speaker 2>carrying a keg. It was a two hundred pound keg

0:25:17.760 --> 0:25:20.920
<v Speaker 2>and I put it over a bar that was at

0:25:21.000 --> 0:25:24.720
<v Speaker 2>like forty five inches tall like I'm five but two,

0:25:24.840 --> 0:25:27.280
<v Speaker 2>so it was maybe like forty two inches high, I think,

0:25:27.680 --> 0:25:31.199
<v Speaker 2>And I did that I think four times. So I

0:25:31.240 --> 0:25:34.840
<v Speaker 2>don't know, it's hard to like explain these numbers and

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<v Speaker 2>like know if other people like know what that feels like,

0:25:39.720 --> 0:25:45.000
<v Speaker 2>but it's it's I think the coolest part of it

0:25:45.080 --> 0:25:47.680
<v Speaker 2>for me is that the stuff that I'm doing next

0:25:47.760 --> 0:25:50.560
<v Speaker 2>year is stuff that I never thought I would be doing.

0:25:51.040 --> 0:25:53.359
<v Speaker 2>You know, like I now my voice is shaky. I

0:25:53.480 --> 0:25:59.160
<v Speaker 2>feel like it's so surreal, but it's just I think

0:26:00.119 --> 0:26:03.880
<v Speaker 2>I've been really excited because, Yeah, the stuff that I'm

0:26:03.880 --> 0:26:05.920
<v Speaker 2>doing next year is the stuff that I've been standing

0:26:06.240 --> 0:26:09.200
<v Speaker 2>since twenty seventeen, like working.

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<v Speaker 1>Towards you know, interesting what you never thought that you

0:26:13.520 --> 0:26:16.480
<v Speaker 1>would make it into what is it called federation?

0:26:18.600 --> 0:26:21.879
<v Speaker 2>Well, there's different federations. It's more I never thought that

0:26:21.960 --> 0:26:24.040
<v Speaker 2>I would be doing a qualifier to go to World

0:26:24.520 --> 0:26:27.280
<v Speaker 2>for a strong Man and like I'm going to have

0:26:27.359 --> 0:26:28.479
<v Speaker 2>you ever heard of the Arnold?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>No? Is that based off of chart?

0:26:32.840 --> 0:26:32.959
<v Speaker 3>Uh?

0:26:33.000 --> 0:26:35.120
<v Speaker 1>Sorry? Is that based off the Schwarzenegger.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's it's a fitness expo and in Columbus, Ohio.

0:26:40.040 --> 0:26:41.679
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what else there is in Ohio, but

0:26:42.320 --> 0:26:44.679
<v Speaker 2>there's a fit It's a fitness expo. So it's like

0:26:44.800 --> 0:26:47.040
<v Speaker 2>all the strength sports that kind of come together and

0:26:47.080 --> 0:26:51.480
<v Speaker 2>it's like it's one of the top sport strong man

0:26:51.920 --> 0:26:56.480
<v Speaker 2>shows for people that besides the super heavyweight men. And

0:26:56.680 --> 0:26:59.359
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to that too. In March. That's a plan anyway,

0:26:59.400 --> 0:27:02.520
<v Speaker 2>unless the events kind of stinker. If it's too expensive,

0:27:02.520 --> 0:27:05.480
<v Speaker 2>then I probably won't. But I think I'm been saving

0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:07.600
<v Speaker 2>my money. I think I can go, And the fact

0:27:07.640 --> 0:27:09.200
<v Speaker 2>that I'm going to it is like I never thought

0:27:09.200 --> 0:27:10.840
<v Speaker 2>I'd be able to go, you know what I mean?

0:27:11.359 --> 0:27:17.119
<v Speaker 1>Mmmmm, what's the what is the demographic? Like who's in

0:27:17.160 --> 0:27:20.200
<v Speaker 1>the audience for these shows? I'm curious, like, who are

0:27:20.320 --> 0:27:23.040
<v Speaker 1>the what's the demographic of people that attend?

0:27:24.640 --> 0:27:28.240
<v Speaker 2>So the one that I did, it's mostly friends and family.

0:27:28.320 --> 0:27:30.840
<v Speaker 2>It's the people who compete, it's the people who help out,

0:27:30.920 --> 0:27:33.119
<v Speaker 2>and then it's friends and family. So my mom and

0:27:33.200 --> 0:27:36.480
<v Speaker 2>my stepdad actually came to watch, very nice and my

0:27:36.600 --> 0:27:40.399
<v Speaker 2>mom she's, oh my god, she's weighs as much as me,

0:27:40.560 --> 0:27:43.200
<v Speaker 2>but she's like six inches taller than me. She's skin

0:27:43.280 --> 0:27:47.680
<v Speaker 2>and bone, she's sixty. She's sixty years old, literally osteoporotic.

0:27:47.920 --> 0:27:50.520
<v Speaker 2>And she's like, she said, she felt so out of

0:27:50.520 --> 0:27:53.120
<v Speaker 2>place because you know, we're doing this stuff when we're

0:27:53.119 --> 0:27:56.520
<v Speaker 2>like all shouting and rah rah. But you know she

0:27:56.720 --> 0:27:59.680
<v Speaker 2>was there too, and there are other like parents and

0:27:59.720 --> 0:28:03.080
<v Speaker 2>stuff there, and that's typically who it is, even at

0:28:03.080 --> 0:28:07.200
<v Speaker 2>a bigger show, it's comprised of the athletes, the couple

0:28:07.280 --> 0:28:10.200
<v Speaker 2>people who help out, and then maybe some other athletes

0:28:10.240 --> 0:28:12.320
<v Speaker 2>who go to that gym and are interested in it.

0:28:12.400 --> 0:28:14.320
<v Speaker 2>But then in other ways it's friends and family. So

0:28:14.400 --> 0:28:16.879
<v Speaker 2>if you ever watch a high level strong man show

0:28:17.720 --> 0:28:22.080
<v Speaker 2>like the audience, I mean, for like World's Strongest Man,

0:28:22.119 --> 0:28:23.920
<v Speaker 2>that's like one of the biggest ones, and Matt has

0:28:24.000 --> 0:28:27.160
<v Speaker 2>other people, but for ones that aren't as well known

0:28:27.200 --> 0:28:29.359
<v Speaker 2>but are still big, it's usually friends and family.

0:28:30.080 --> 0:28:33.960
<v Speaker 1>Who's the like World's Strongest woman? Right now? Do we

0:28:34.000 --> 0:28:35.159
<v Speaker 1>have a do we have eyes on that?

0:28:38.040 --> 0:28:40.959
<v Speaker 2>The name that comes to mind for me, there's this

0:28:41.000 --> 0:28:45.760
<v Speaker 2>woman named Nnez I am easy. I think she might

0:28:45.800 --> 0:28:49.640
<v Speaker 2>be the strongest in her weight class. There is this

0:28:49.720 --> 0:28:52.200
<v Speaker 2>woman whose name I can't think of her name, but

0:28:52.320 --> 0:28:54.720
<v Speaker 2>she's she's I think.

0:28:55.320 --> 0:29:00.080
<v Speaker 1>From Oh is it para Kara Squill.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, she's definitely one of the top strongest athletes. The

0:29:05.480 --> 0:29:11.160
<v Speaker 2>strongest people. It's mass move mass, so the strongest people

0:29:11.160 --> 0:29:15.320
<v Speaker 2>are gonna be the heavyweights and the super heavyweights. Like

0:29:15.400 --> 0:29:17.760
<v Speaker 2>I can name the strongest people like in my weight class.

0:29:18.000 --> 0:29:21.360
<v Speaker 2>But I guess to give you some perspective too, I

0:29:21.400 --> 0:29:24.200
<v Speaker 2>am a typically one hundred and forty five pound woman.

0:29:24.760 --> 0:29:28.160
<v Speaker 2>When I do a weight cut into like a competitive

0:29:28.240 --> 0:29:30.920
<v Speaker 2>weight class, I'm about one hundred and forty one pounds,

0:29:31.640 --> 0:29:33.719
<v Speaker 2>and at one hundred and forty one pounds, there are

0:29:33.720 --> 0:29:38.040
<v Speaker 2>women who are deadlifting four hundred and five hundred pounds.

0:29:37.600 --> 0:29:41.640
<v Speaker 2>It's absolutely insane. So people are just nutty strong nowadays.

0:29:41.960 --> 0:29:43.800
<v Speaker 1>I got a fitness question for you. It's not really

0:29:43.840 --> 0:29:46.640
<v Speaker 1>a fitness question. We're just like, okay, when people do

0:29:46.720 --> 0:29:50.800
<v Speaker 1>like squats. There's this thing that gives me tons of

0:29:50.880 --> 0:29:53.680
<v Speaker 1>anxiety when I see it at the gym where people

0:29:53.720 --> 0:29:58.600
<v Speaker 1>do squats and they're carrying all of the fucking weight

0:29:58.680 --> 0:30:01.239
<v Speaker 1>of the thing, not like with their They're not like

0:30:01.320 --> 0:30:04.360
<v Speaker 1>grabbing it with their shoulders, like they're on their fingertips,

0:30:05.480 --> 0:30:07.200
<v Speaker 1>you know, like they carry it all on their finger

0:30:07.200 --> 0:30:10.480
<v Speaker 1>to you know, what I'm talking about is like, is.

0:30:10.440 --> 0:30:13.040
<v Speaker 2>The bar on their collar bone?

0:30:13.240 --> 0:30:16.320
<v Speaker 1>I may possibly possibly maybe I think it's like on

0:30:16.360 --> 0:30:19.080
<v Speaker 1>their yeah, like on their back, on their neck maybe,

0:30:19.080 --> 0:30:22.320
<v Speaker 1>and they're just carrying it all with their fingertips, I

0:30:22.360 --> 0:30:24.480
<v Speaker 1>don't know. And their hand their fucking hands are like

0:30:24.600 --> 0:30:25.720
<v Speaker 1>curled all the way back.

0:30:28.160 --> 0:30:30.800
<v Speaker 2>Is that just like a regular squat? But people have

0:30:30.880 --> 0:30:33.000
<v Speaker 2>their hands bent really far back. I might know what

0:30:33.040 --> 0:30:33.720
<v Speaker 2>you're talking.

0:30:33.520 --> 0:30:35.800
<v Speaker 1>About, I think, so, I mean I might just be stupid, but.

0:30:36.880 --> 0:30:41.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, no, no, if I'm picturing the right, some people

0:30:41.800 --> 0:30:47.560
<v Speaker 2>just have really good wrist flexibility. Some people, how do

0:30:47.640 --> 0:30:50.600
<v Speaker 2>I say, Yeah, I mean that's just the way some

0:30:50.640 --> 0:30:53.160
<v Speaker 2>people squat. Some people squat with their legs super wide

0:30:53.240 --> 0:30:56.320
<v Speaker 2>out and have their hands bent really really far back.

0:30:56.760 --> 0:30:58.760
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, because it allows them to have the bar

0:30:59.240 --> 0:31:04.560
<v Speaker 2>sit lower on their on their upper back. So I'm

0:31:04.560 --> 0:31:07.479
<v Speaker 2>not this is kind of out of my wheelhouse. But I,

0:31:08.360 --> 0:31:13.160
<v Speaker 2>for instance, for my body shape, I have like longer thighs,

0:31:13.240 --> 0:31:16.240
<v Speaker 2>and so when I squat, I kind of will bend

0:31:16.360 --> 0:31:19.320
<v Speaker 2>over versus some people, like you can squat really upright

0:31:19.360 --> 0:31:21.920
<v Speaker 2>if they have like shorter thighs, and so there are

0:31:21.920 --> 0:31:28.640
<v Speaker 2>people if you squat, if you lean over more forward

0:31:28.720 --> 0:31:31.320
<v Speaker 2>as you're squatting, and the bar bell is further down

0:31:31.440 --> 0:31:33.239
<v Speaker 2>on your back, like on your upper back, and your

0:31:33.240 --> 0:31:37.480
<v Speaker 2>hands are bed further, then that's little engineering. It's it's

0:31:37.480 --> 0:31:41.480
<v Speaker 2>a smaller lever arm, so it's a little bit easier

0:31:41.560 --> 0:31:43.480
<v Speaker 2>to move versus if it were higher up on your

0:31:43.560 --> 0:31:45.720
<v Speaker 2>upper back. I don't know if what I'm saying makes sense,

0:31:46.640 --> 0:31:49.000
<v Speaker 2>But it's like it's the distance between the bar and

0:31:49.040 --> 0:31:51.040
<v Speaker 2>your hips is a little bit closer, so it's a

0:31:51.120 --> 0:31:53.200
<v Speaker 2>little bit easier to lift. I don't know if that's

0:31:53.240 --> 0:31:54.520
<v Speaker 2>exactly the way to explain it.

0:31:54.640 --> 0:31:56.680
<v Speaker 1>That makes sense. I just as long as I thought

0:31:56.680 --> 0:31:58.800
<v Speaker 1>you were gonna, as long as you didn't say because

0:31:58.800 --> 0:32:02.400
<v Speaker 1>they're crazy and why then No.

0:32:03.640 --> 0:32:06.800
<v Speaker 2>We'stening regularly. We're not crazy and wild. They go to

0:32:06.840 --> 0:32:11.240
<v Speaker 2>bed at nine thirty pm. They don't drink beer or

0:32:11.280 --> 0:32:13.800
<v Speaker 2>like once a month. You know they're not crazy.

0:32:13.960 --> 0:32:19.520
<v Speaker 1>So well, let me think here, what's next for you?

0:32:19.560 --> 0:32:19.720
<v Speaker 3>Well?

0:32:19.840 --> 0:32:20.800
<v Speaker 1>Do you tell me your name?

0:32:21.960 --> 0:32:23.840
<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's Rochelle, Rochelle.

0:32:24.320 --> 0:32:26.400
<v Speaker 1>What's next for you? Rochelle? I guess so you're gonna

0:32:26.400 --> 0:32:28.840
<v Speaker 1>You're you're going out for Worlds. That'll be cool. When

0:32:28.960 --> 0:32:29.480
<v Speaker 1>is that again?

0:32:30.800 --> 0:32:34.040
<v Speaker 2>So the qualifying show I'm doing, it's in Jersey in

0:32:34.160 --> 0:32:37.200
<v Speaker 2>mid January, and if I do well in that, then

0:32:37.280 --> 0:32:41.600
<v Speaker 2>Worlds would be in August of next year. Presumably it

0:32:41.600 --> 0:32:43.960
<v Speaker 2>was in August of this year, so I think it

0:32:44.000 --> 0:32:45.840
<v Speaker 2>would be in August next year. And then I'm doing

0:32:45.880 --> 0:32:49.800
<v Speaker 2>the Arnold two, which is in March, and after that,

0:32:49.880 --> 0:32:52.280
<v Speaker 2>I don't really know. I'll kind of figure it out after,

0:32:53.240 --> 0:32:56.320
<v Speaker 2>but those are plans right now. M.

0:32:58.080 --> 0:33:01.560
<v Speaker 1>That's awesome, that's really cool. I'm excited for you. I'm

0:33:01.560 --> 0:33:05.120
<v Speaker 1>trying to think if H, well, I guess before we go,

0:33:05.240 --> 0:33:07.440
<v Speaker 1>is there anything else you want the people to know

0:33:07.520 --> 0:33:16.040
<v Speaker 1>about women's strong men strong man competitions, those conceptions you

0:33:16.120 --> 0:33:16.920
<v Speaker 1>want to clear up.

0:33:19.200 --> 0:33:22.640
<v Speaker 2>I guess maybe it's a misconception, but I don't even

0:33:22.680 --> 0:33:26.480
<v Speaker 2>think it is. The people who go to the gym regularly,

0:33:26.600 --> 0:33:29.440
<v Speaker 2>or the guys, especially who looks big and scary, they're

0:33:29.480 --> 0:33:32.479
<v Speaker 2>typically the nicest people. And if you see someone like

0:33:33.000 --> 0:33:34.920
<v Speaker 2>in there all the time and lifting heavy, and you

0:33:34.920 --> 0:33:37.840
<v Speaker 2>ever have a question about like oh I don't I

0:33:37.840 --> 0:33:39.640
<v Speaker 2>don't know how to squat, or like I need help

0:33:39.680 --> 0:33:41.520
<v Speaker 2>with ben, you give me a spot, like they would

0:33:41.520 --> 0:33:43.520
<v Speaker 2>be more than happy too. They'd be more than happy

0:33:43.520 --> 0:33:45.520
<v Speaker 2>to talk about it and give tips because it's all

0:33:45.560 --> 0:33:50.040
<v Speaker 2>we do. You know, it's our only hobby. So people

0:33:50.080 --> 0:33:52.880
<v Speaker 2>who are like that, they're super nice and they would

0:33:52.920 --> 0:33:56.120
<v Speaker 2>love to help you. You never have to like worry

0:33:56.240 --> 0:33:58.640
<v Speaker 2>people are watching you at the gym, because they're really

0:33:59.440 --> 0:34:03.640
<v Speaker 2>unless you're like in their cocky and like telling people like,

0:34:03.680 --> 0:34:07.640
<v Speaker 2>oh this is whatever if you're like trying, Like I

0:34:07.680 --> 0:34:10.040
<v Speaker 2>always have respect for the people who are like clearly

0:34:10.080 --> 0:34:13.359
<v Speaker 2>trying and a guy who's lifting like the bar bell

0:34:13.400 --> 0:34:16.200
<v Speaker 2>because he's new to it, or like someone who's overweight

0:34:16.320 --> 0:34:19.600
<v Speaker 2>and like clearly like is uncomfortable being there. Like, I

0:34:19.600 --> 0:34:23.120
<v Speaker 2>think that's great. And most people who do fitness to

0:34:23.160 --> 0:34:24.800
<v Speaker 2>the level that I do, they feel the same with.

0:34:26.440 --> 0:34:29.400
<v Speaker 1>Oh my other question, but what's the what's the like

0:34:29.400 --> 0:34:35.279
<v Speaker 1>like the other women who participate in the competitions? Do

0:34:35.360 --> 0:34:37.239
<v Speaker 1>you become friends with them? Are they the kinds of

0:34:37.239 --> 0:34:38.879
<v Speaker 1>people you you would want to hang out with?

0:34:40.880 --> 0:34:45.160
<v Speaker 2>I honestly, it's interesting. I don't really hang out with

0:34:45.239 --> 0:34:48.080
<v Speaker 2>a lot of like the gym people outside of the gym,

0:34:49.080 --> 0:34:53.560
<v Speaker 2>but I would. I don't know. I guess I just

0:34:53.680 --> 0:34:57.160
<v Speaker 2>kind of I don't hang up. I don't I guess

0:34:57.160 --> 0:35:00.279
<v Speaker 2>I would simple question, simple answer your question as I would.

0:35:01.280 --> 0:35:04.640
<v Speaker 2>It's hard to break that barrier with like gym going people.

0:35:04.880 --> 0:35:06.799
<v Speaker 2>But actually the people that I hung out with after

0:35:06.840 --> 0:35:09.680
<v Speaker 2>my competition today were people that I met in the gym.

0:35:09.960 --> 0:35:14.319
<v Speaker 2>So I think it's just I don't know. Sometime real

0:35:14.400 --> 0:35:16.279
<v Speaker 2>think about I guess trying to like ask them more

0:35:16.280 --> 0:35:19.680
<v Speaker 2>like if they want to hang outside of the gym.

0:35:19.960 --> 0:35:21.719
<v Speaker 1>Rochelle, is there anything else you want to say to

0:35:21.760 --> 0:35:23.400
<v Speaker 1>the people of the computer before we go?

0:35:24.920 --> 0:35:28.359
<v Speaker 2>No, I just it's so cool that have finally got

0:35:28.400 --> 0:35:31.200
<v Speaker 2>on and were listening to you so long. Your podcast

0:35:31.360 --> 0:35:36.200
<v Speaker 2>is great. It's it's really I guess for you. It's

0:35:36.280 --> 0:35:38.760
<v Speaker 2>just I know people tell you like what you're doing

0:35:39.200 --> 0:35:44.160
<v Speaker 2>is it's it's good. I'm trying to find my words,

0:35:44.640 --> 0:35:48.440
<v Speaker 2>but it really is. It's really helpful to hear perspectives

0:35:48.480 --> 0:35:51.320
<v Speaker 2>of a variety of people. I loved that guys story.

0:35:51.400 --> 0:35:57.920
<v Speaker 2>I know I'm talking a lot mo Yeah, no, don't know.

0:35:58.120 --> 0:36:02.800
<v Speaker 2>Just the train Hopper guys fascinating you is so nice.

0:36:03.000 --> 0:36:05.520
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if he's listening to this too, but

0:36:05.560 --> 0:36:08.360
<v Speaker 2>I hope he knows. Like I agree with the Spotify

0:36:08.440 --> 0:36:12.560
<v Speaker 2>Covins too, like, yeah, he clearly loves his daughter and

0:36:12.600 --> 0:36:17.000
<v Speaker 2>he's I just love hearing different people's stories and makes

0:36:17.000 --> 0:36:19.600
<v Speaker 2>the world feel a lot smaller and it really does

0:36:19.640 --> 0:36:22.640
<v Speaker 2>help me know that. Like like you say too, I

0:36:22.640 --> 0:36:24.960
<v Speaker 2>don't know anything. I don't know anything about people, but

0:36:25.080 --> 0:36:29.560
<v Speaker 2>I love learning about their experiences. I love It's just

0:36:29.600 --> 0:36:31.560
<v Speaker 2>it's cool that I got to get on, especially too.

0:36:31.560 --> 0:36:35.120
<v Speaker 2>When I see like your personal hobbies of like traveling

0:36:35.160 --> 0:36:37.600
<v Speaker 2>and making that part of your work and interviewing people,

0:36:37.640 --> 0:36:40.479
<v Speaker 2>it seems like that strange to take off. So I'm

0:36:40.520 --> 0:36:42.520
<v Speaker 2>excited to see how that goes for you. I will

0:36:42.520 --> 0:36:46.920
<v Speaker 2>be whatever is like, we'll be watching your career whatever.

0:36:47.239 --> 0:36:50.920
<v Speaker 1>Like, thank you, Rochelle, No, thank you.

0:36:50.960 --> 0:36:51.000
<v Speaker 3>Know.

0:36:51.160 --> 0:36:55.680
<v Speaker 1>I'm touched that so many people have been felt connected

0:36:55.719 --> 0:36:58.560
<v Speaker 1>to that particular episode, because yeah, it really touched me too.

0:36:58.560 --> 0:37:01.920
<v Speaker 1>It's cool to see. I'm very happy that that got

0:37:01.960 --> 0:37:05.200
<v Speaker 1>the kind of response that I think that that guy's

0:37:05.239 --> 0:37:08.120
<v Speaker 1>story warranted. And thank you for talking about this. This

0:37:08.200 --> 0:37:11.000
<v Speaker 1>was This was a very fun one and a sea

0:37:11.040 --> 0:37:12.880
<v Speaker 1>of this was cool. I feel like, in a cee

0:37:13.080 --> 0:37:16.839
<v Speaker 1>of a lot of you know, heavy stuff, it's nice

0:37:16.840 --> 0:37:20.319
<v Speaker 1>to just like chat about a fun, cool, interesting thing

0:37:20.400 --> 0:37:22.200
<v Speaker 1>that someone does as part of their life. So I

0:37:22.200 --> 0:37:24.719
<v Speaker 1>appreciate you coming on and talking about this.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you appreciate it. Oh I guess too, if people

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<v Speaker 2>I can throw out my Instagram.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, oh yeah, sure please.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not trying to become a big name instrum man.

0:37:36.760 --> 0:37:38.520
<v Speaker 2>I'm not trying to be an influencer, but I love

0:37:38.560 --> 0:37:41.080
<v Speaker 2>that people have questions about fitness and want to like

0:37:41.800 --> 0:37:45.560
<v Speaker 2>for me my Instagram handle, Well, yeah, my Instagram handle

0:37:45.680 --> 0:37:50.520
<v Speaker 2>is Roe Shambau nine five like r O s h

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<v Speaker 2>a m b oh ro Shambo. I'm Rochelle, Yeah, Rochelle.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, trust me, I'm an engineer. Oh this is you.

0:38:03.960 --> 0:38:05.440
<v Speaker 1>This is you with your ripped boyfriend.

0:38:06.600 --> 0:38:11.120
<v Speaker 2>Yes, he he. When I make my next post, I

0:38:11.160 --> 0:38:13.440
<v Speaker 2>got him a shirt that says a super hot cougar

0:38:13.520 --> 0:38:18.640
<v Speaker 2>stole my heart anywhere? Is that? Because I think it's cute.

0:38:18.960 --> 0:38:21.480
<v Speaker 1>Sorry, I hope this isn't weird considering the context. But

0:38:21.560 --> 0:38:23.279
<v Speaker 1>you guys have crazy calves.

0:38:24.440 --> 0:38:26.560
<v Speaker 2>Thank you. No, I love that.

0:38:26.640 --> 0:38:27.040
<v Speaker 1>I love them.

0:38:27.080 --> 0:38:29.400
<v Speaker 2>People like like I've had girls at the gym sy like,

0:38:29.440 --> 0:38:32.240
<v Speaker 2>oh my god, like you your quads are huge, and like.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

0:38:33.360 --> 0:38:35.520
<v Speaker 1>Oh this is I see this is what the I'm

0:38:35.560 --> 0:38:37.320
<v Speaker 1>looking at through a little carousel and I see the

0:38:37.320 --> 0:38:40.920
<v Speaker 1>little the post the oh, holy shoe way is that you?

0:38:41.480 --> 0:38:44.080
<v Speaker 1>Oh holy fuck, dude, you're you look like you're about

0:38:44.080 --> 0:38:48.200
<v Speaker 1>to Oh my god, this is you deadlifting? Uh damn.

0:38:48.200 --> 0:38:50.040
<v Speaker 1>That's Cray with the guy in the beard in the background.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's three forty five.

0:38:52.920 --> 0:38:56.720
<v Speaker 1>Holy shit, that looks that looks terrifying. Honestly, that looks

0:38:57.040 --> 0:38:58.960
<v Speaker 1>like like I look at this and I'm like, you

0:38:59.000 --> 0:39:01.360
<v Speaker 1>look it looks like I mean, and you're professionals obviously

0:39:01.400 --> 0:39:02.480
<v Speaker 1>know what you're doing, but I'm like, damn, if I

0:39:02.480 --> 0:39:05.960
<v Speaker 1>tried to do this shit, my back would just fucking

0:39:06.160 --> 0:39:07.840
<v Speaker 1>go be destroyed.

0:39:10.040 --> 0:39:12.319
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, your your reaction is the same as my mom.

0:39:12.480 --> 0:39:15.440
<v Speaker 2>She gets very scared to see me left. But you know,

0:39:15.560 --> 0:39:18.280
<v Speaker 2>you do it for long enough, and you stay open

0:39:18.400 --> 0:39:21.440
<v Speaker 2>to feedback from people, and anybody can do stuff like that.

0:39:21.920 --> 0:39:22.160
<v Speaker 1>You know.

0:39:23.640 --> 0:39:27.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if anyone has questions ever about fitness or anything,

0:39:27.200 --> 0:39:28.520
<v Speaker 2>you can just like message me and I can do

0:39:28.560 --> 0:39:31.759
<v Speaker 2>my best to answer. I feel like sometimes that's what

0:39:31.800 --> 0:39:32.480
<v Speaker 2>people need.

0:39:32.719 --> 0:39:32.920
<v Speaker 3>You know.

0:39:33.480 --> 0:39:37.400
<v Speaker 1>I'm looking at you where on your profile picture with

0:39:38.000 --> 0:39:41.040
<v Speaker 1>pulling this truck with an American flag in the background.

0:39:41.080 --> 0:39:41.840
<v Speaker 1>It's pretty epic.

0:39:43.040 --> 0:39:46.120
<v Speaker 2>My dad recorded that video too, and it's just funny

0:39:46.120 --> 0:39:48.239
<v Speaker 2>because he didn't get the truck until like at the

0:39:48.360 --> 0:39:49.480
<v Speaker 2>very end, I think.

0:39:50.600 --> 0:39:52.960
<v Speaker 1>Oh, he just was like he just recorded you holding

0:39:53.000 --> 0:39:54.480
<v Speaker 1>the rope.

0:39:54.680 --> 0:40:01.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but it was great. My dad moved, but he

0:40:01.239 --> 0:40:03.560
<v Speaker 2>came to every single show I had before and every

0:40:03.600 --> 0:40:07.719
<v Speaker 2>power every single one before you moved. So I appreciated

0:40:07.760 --> 0:40:08.200
<v Speaker 2>that a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, thank you for calling. Rochelle. I wish you good

0:40:12.120 --> 0:40:14.440
<v Speaker 1>luck in qualifying for worlds.

0:40:15.040 --> 0:40:17.359
<v Speaker 2>Thank you, and good luck in all your trips too.

0:40:19.160 --> 0:40:24.480
<v Speaker 1>See you around the universe. Dude. M hm, take care bybershell. Ye,

0:40:27.320 --> 0:40:29.080
<v Speaker 1>that was a fun one that felt like a very

0:40:29.080 --> 0:40:34.960
<v Speaker 1>classic therapy Gecko phone call.

0:40:35.440 --> 0:40:35.600
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:40:35.600 --> 0:40:38.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm looking through this this woman's instagram. This is this

0:40:38.320 --> 0:40:40.440
<v Speaker 1>like strong Man. She has all these photos of her

0:40:41.360 --> 0:40:47.760
<v Speaker 1>strong Man shit row Chambeau one n. Yeah, this looks crazy.

0:40:47.880 --> 0:40:52.600
<v Speaker 1>This looks like I feel myself in pain just watching

0:40:53.239 --> 0:40:55.000
<v Speaker 1>her do this stuff. Yeah, with look at this with

0:40:55.080 --> 0:40:58.919
<v Speaker 1>the drum, the big fucking oh holy fuck, dude, she's

0:40:58.920 --> 0:41:03.640
<v Speaker 1>picking up this giant like bean bag and like bending

0:41:03.680 --> 0:41:08.560
<v Speaker 1>herself all the that's crazy. She's like, that's crazy. Holy shit.

0:41:08.840 --> 0:41:14.480
<v Speaker 1>She's like bending herself all the way backwards to hold

0:41:14.560 --> 0:41:18.640
<v Speaker 1>up this barrel and then just like powers back forward.

0:41:19.120 --> 0:41:29.600
<v Speaker 1>That's insane. Damn. Shout out, shout out to Rochelle. Hey,

0:41:29.600 --> 0:41:29.960
<v Speaker 1>what's up?

0:41:30.000 --> 0:41:30.120
<v Speaker 3>Man?

0:41:30.120 --> 0:41:30.719
<v Speaker 1>What's your name?

0:41:32.239 --> 0:41:32.719
<v Speaker 2>Oh?

0:41:33.160 --> 0:41:36.440
<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, just the get Yeah, who is this?

0:41:37.160 --> 0:41:41.760
<v Speaker 3>Oh? This is Elias Elias.

0:41:42.360 --> 0:41:45.560
<v Speaker 1>Elias Elias. You texted me and you said I want

0:41:45.600 --> 0:41:47.280
<v Speaker 1>to talk about my root beer collection.

0:41:48.400 --> 0:41:51.399
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I just text you right now. I just got

0:41:51.400 --> 0:41:58.480
<v Speaker 3>a place with no connection. But I tried calling you

0:42:00.120 --> 0:42:03.320
<v Speaker 3>tricking after I got off of work. But then I

0:42:03.360 --> 0:42:05.279
<v Speaker 3>went to this place with no connection, and then I

0:42:05.320 --> 0:42:06.239
<v Speaker 3>think I might have lost you.

0:42:06.440 --> 0:42:11.400
<v Speaker 1>But none of that matters now, Elios, none of that matters. Now.

0:42:11.680 --> 0:42:13.520
<v Speaker 1>I want to hear about this root beer collection.

0:42:14.760 --> 0:42:19.960
<v Speaker 3>Okay, So I've been building a root beer collection. I'm

0:42:19.960 --> 0:42:22.160
<v Speaker 3>only twenty one, so I've been building a re sellection

0:42:22.320 --> 0:42:27.440
<v Speaker 3>for like three years, four years now. I mean I

0:42:27.520 --> 0:42:31.240
<v Speaker 3>tried everywhere I go, I try to find a bottle

0:42:31.360 --> 0:42:37.399
<v Speaker 3>of root beer. I went to Well, so far, I've

0:42:37.400 --> 0:42:42.200
<v Speaker 3>only went to places in California, but I went to Hawaii.

0:42:42.239 --> 0:42:44.640
<v Speaker 3>I tried to find one there, and I don't think

0:42:44.640 --> 0:42:48.399
<v Speaker 3>they sell the right type of the ingredients to make

0:42:48.440 --> 0:42:52.040
<v Speaker 3>a good root beer there, or so I heard. But yeah,

0:42:52.080 --> 0:42:55.120
<v Speaker 3>I mean I have a picture of my collection, but

0:42:56.000 --> 0:42:57.239
<v Speaker 3>I would just have to show you.

0:42:57.520 --> 0:42:58.719
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, can you text that to me?

0:43:01.760 --> 0:43:06.520
<v Speaker 3>Tractice? Uh, Now I need to find it.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the most prized aspect of your collection?

0:43:14.400 --> 0:43:21.560
<v Speaker 3>My most tried aspect? It's just that, I mean I

0:43:21.640 --> 0:43:22.400
<v Speaker 3>only have.

0:43:22.520 --> 0:43:25.200
<v Speaker 1>Like or I'm sorry I said that wrong. The most

0:43:25.239 --> 0:43:26.200
<v Speaker 1>prized item.

0:43:27.320 --> 0:43:32.040
<v Speaker 3>Oh, I had, Well, I think my favorite. My favorite

0:43:32.239 --> 0:43:36.759
<v Speaker 3>is the Dad's The Dad's root beer. You ever tried

0:43:36.760 --> 0:43:37.080
<v Speaker 3>that one?

0:43:37.160 --> 0:43:41.160
<v Speaker 1>It's like, bro, So I've never had I've never had

0:43:41.239 --> 0:43:45.080
<v Speaker 1>Dad's root beer. But when I was in high school

0:43:45.360 --> 0:43:48.839
<v Speaker 1>on Amazon, I once ordered like a hundred Dads root

0:43:48.880 --> 0:43:52.799
<v Speaker 1>Beer barrel candies and so I've had like tons, Like

0:43:52.800 --> 0:43:56.960
<v Speaker 1>I would just find loose root beer barrel candies in

0:43:57.040 --> 0:43:59.600
<v Speaker 1>my backpack all the time because of how many of them.

0:43:59.640 --> 0:44:02.680
<v Speaker 1>I just like took me to school and ship. I've

0:44:02.719 --> 0:44:08.840
<v Speaker 1>never had actual Dad's root beer, though, Is it any good? Oh?

0:44:09.239 --> 0:44:12.960
<v Speaker 3>Dude? Every time there's I mean, we haven't had a

0:44:13.800 --> 0:44:19.239
<v Speaker 3>Dad's great, but every time I.

0:44:19.200 --> 0:44:22.600
<v Speaker 1>Go there, Sorry you cut out for a second. Would

0:44:22.600 --> 0:44:22.879
<v Speaker 1>you say?

0:44:24.600 --> 0:44:27.319
<v Speaker 3>Every time I go to the Little Sandwich.

0:44:28.560 --> 0:44:32.359
<v Speaker 1>I always get it and oh, we're losing you.

0:44:33.160 --> 0:44:36.759
<v Speaker 3>Refrigerator with Dad's root beer. I'm grabbing it. That's how

0:44:36.760 --> 0:44:37.279
<v Speaker 3>good it is.

0:44:37.640 --> 0:44:40.279
<v Speaker 1>Okay, every time you go to a sandwich shop you

0:44:40.280 --> 0:44:42.400
<v Speaker 1>get it. That's how good it is. Okay, that's pretty good.

0:44:42.760 --> 0:44:46.839
<v Speaker 1>That's pretty good. Okay, what's the root what's the what's

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<v Speaker 1>the worst. What's the worst root beer that you've had?

0:44:51.560 --> 0:44:55.680
<v Speaker 3>Okay? So I went to this candy shop my local mall,

0:44:56.560 --> 0:45:00.279
<v Speaker 3>and there was one called Rats root beer. It is

0:45:00.320 --> 0:45:04.360
<v Speaker 3>like Rats and I tried it. It tastes it tasted

0:45:05.840 --> 0:45:14.200
<v Speaker 3>like like super watery. Uh you had like when you

0:45:14.280 --> 0:45:16.720
<v Speaker 3>drink from a water fountain. It's just it's just straight

0:45:16.800 --> 0:45:21.279
<v Speaker 3>up syrup. Yeah, that's what. That's what that one's chased like.

0:45:22.360 --> 0:45:23.279
<v Speaker 1>Okay, sounds good.

0:45:23.280 --> 0:45:24.040
<v Speaker 3>I'm trying to find this.

0:45:24.560 --> 0:45:30.120
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, what about Okay, rank these one to three, A

0:45:30.200 --> 0:45:35.640
<v Speaker 1>and W, barks, mug.

0:45:37.840 --> 0:45:41.799
<v Speaker 3>Okay, now we're talking about the real the roof. So

0:45:43.239 --> 0:45:46.480
<v Speaker 3>if you have bark in between those three, if you

0:45:46.520 --> 0:45:51.279
<v Speaker 3>have barks in two or one the spirit, then that's

0:45:51.280 --> 0:45:52.560
<v Speaker 3>the worst stigion of your life.

0:45:52.600 --> 0:45:55.680
<v Speaker 1>Because okay, so bars barks is the worst.

0:45:56.040 --> 0:46:00.279
<v Speaker 3>Barks is definitely the worst for sure. And then I

0:46:00.320 --> 0:46:03.200
<v Speaker 3>go A and W. But me and my brother dude,

0:46:03.200 --> 0:46:05.800
<v Speaker 3>we every every time we go to like a soda

0:46:05.840 --> 0:46:09.600
<v Speaker 3>falon and they don't mug. Dude, I mean, I still

0:46:09.680 --> 0:46:13.000
<v Speaker 3>drink the root beer, but if they don't have mug,

0:46:13.200 --> 0:46:14.600
<v Speaker 3>I mean I give it like a.

0:46:17.440 --> 0:46:20.160
<v Speaker 1>Okay, you're a mug guy. Automatically, you're a mug guy.

0:46:20.200 --> 0:46:22.439
<v Speaker 3>I'm definitely I'm definitely a mug guy.

0:46:22.480 --> 0:46:25.000
<v Speaker 1>For I'm with you. I'm also a mug guy. I

0:46:25.120 --> 0:46:27.440
<v Speaker 1>just like the dog. I don't know why, but something

0:46:27.480 --> 0:46:30.319
<v Speaker 1>about looking at the dog while I'm drinking the root

0:46:30.320 --> 0:46:33.000
<v Speaker 1>beer makes the root beer taste different. I don't know

0:46:33.000 --> 0:46:34.640
<v Speaker 1>that much about mug like. I don't know if it,

0:46:34.880 --> 0:46:37.640
<v Speaker 1>if it. I know that A and W. I think

0:46:37.680 --> 0:46:41.400
<v Speaker 1>A and W is like A what's it? What is

0:46:41.440 --> 0:46:43.560
<v Speaker 1>A and W under? I think they're under.

0:46:45.120 --> 0:46:45.239
<v Speaker 2>Oh?

0:46:45.360 --> 0:46:47.640
<v Speaker 1>Okay, all right, So there's the three. There's the three

0:46:48.520 --> 0:46:58.759
<v Speaker 1>big challengers in the soda beverage industry. There's Pepsi of

0:46:58.800 --> 0:47:05.759
<v Speaker 1>course to Pepsi and mug BrX is owned by Coke. Yeah,

0:47:05.800 --> 0:47:14.120
<v Speaker 1>and then uh, A and W is hold on, I

0:47:14.120 --> 0:47:17.000
<v Speaker 1>think a NWS by like Snapple. Let me let me

0:47:17.000 --> 0:47:22.040
<v Speaker 1>look at this an W. Yeah, A n W is

0:47:22.120 --> 0:47:29.560
<v Speaker 1>under doctor Pepper, doctor Pepper. I think doctor Yeah, Curig,

0:47:29.840 --> 0:47:35.080
<v Speaker 1>Curig Curig doctor Pepper is a publicly traded Oh I

0:47:35.080 --> 0:47:41.399
<v Speaker 1>didn't know that they merged. Okay, Curig doctor Pepper. Okay, yeah,

0:47:41.440 --> 0:47:43.200
<v Speaker 1>there we go. Okay, it used to be the doctor

0:47:43.239 --> 0:47:48.440
<v Speaker 1>Pepper Snapple group, and now it is the Curig doctor

0:47:48.440 --> 0:47:53.600
<v Speaker 1>Pepper group. So the doctor Pepper people, the Pepsi people,

0:47:54.000 --> 0:47:56.160
<v Speaker 1>and the Cola and the Coca Cola people are the

0:47:56.239 --> 0:47:59.759
<v Speaker 1>main competitors in the space, and they all have their

0:47:59.760 --> 0:48:05.040
<v Speaker 1>own root beer and I agree that I think mug

0:48:05.120 --> 0:48:08.239
<v Speaker 1>is the best of those. Oh I got I have.

0:48:08.360 --> 0:48:10.359
<v Speaker 1>I have a question for you. What are what's your

0:48:10.360 --> 0:48:13.239
<v Speaker 1>opinion on root beer floats? How do you like a

0:48:13.239 --> 0:48:16.720
<v Speaker 1>little bit of a vanilla ice cream in your root beer?

0:48:16.840 --> 0:48:20.959
<v Speaker 3>Honestly, that's like saying, like putting a cherry on top,

0:48:21.160 --> 0:48:23.680
<v Speaker 3>you know, No, you always put like cherries on top

0:48:23.719 --> 0:48:25.560
<v Speaker 3>of like a like a cat take or something.

0:48:25.640 --> 0:48:27.880
<v Speaker 1>Oh, I just got the photo. I just got the photo.

0:48:28.440 --> 0:48:30.359
<v Speaker 1>Oh ship, there's so many people in here that I'm

0:48:30.360 --> 0:48:33.880
<v Speaker 1>not okay, hold on, wait let me sorry, go ahead,

0:48:33.920 --> 0:48:35.520
<v Speaker 1>go ahead, go ahead. Sorry, it's got kind of.

0:48:37.760 --> 0:48:40.040
<v Speaker 3>So this is this is not my full root beer

0:48:40.080 --> 0:48:42.520
<v Speaker 3>collection I put it. I haven't taken a picture of

0:48:42.640 --> 0:48:46.680
<v Speaker 3>my my fullest one, Like the Rats one is not

0:48:46.760 --> 0:48:51.080
<v Speaker 3>on there. But this is like maybe a year ago,

0:48:51.120 --> 0:48:54.080
<v Speaker 3>but I added maybe another stack on top of that.

0:48:55.719 --> 0:48:57.719
<v Speaker 1>This is awesome. Okay, I've had I'm gonna go through

0:48:57.760 --> 0:49:00.520
<v Speaker 1>the ones I've had. Okay, you've got IBC. That one's

0:49:00.560 --> 0:49:03.120
<v Speaker 1>pretty good. I don't know if I've had the IBC

0:49:03.239 --> 0:49:07.200
<v Speaker 1>root beer. But I've definitely had the IBC cream Soda.

0:49:07.480 --> 0:49:15.400
<v Speaker 1>That ship's really good. Henry Wine Hard's, I've never had that. Stuarts.

0:49:15.840 --> 0:49:21.239
<v Speaker 1>That's a that's a sleeper pick. Yes, Stuart's. Stuarts has

0:49:21.280 --> 0:49:25.920
<v Speaker 1>an amazing orange creamsicle flavor. Have you ever had?

0:49:27.120 --> 0:49:28.360
<v Speaker 3>I had that? I had that one.

0:49:31.280 --> 0:49:33.000
<v Speaker 1>Okay, Balls root beer?

0:49:33.840 --> 0:49:36.120
<v Speaker 3>Okay, that one's my favorite one. Actually, yeah, that was

0:49:36.200 --> 0:49:38.520
<v Speaker 3>my favorite one because I brought it home one day

0:49:38.880 --> 0:49:41.720
<v Speaker 3>and then my brother was like, you're really drinking balls

0:49:41.800 --> 0:49:45.400
<v Speaker 3>right now? And I was like, no, root beer?

0:49:46.040 --> 0:49:49.319
<v Speaker 1>Wait, balls is a Where have I seen this? Yeah? Okay,

0:49:49.320 --> 0:49:57.520
<v Speaker 1>I've seen Balls before as like, uh uh yeah, I've

0:49:57.520 --> 0:50:04.440
<v Speaker 1>seen it in like a classy blue soda before. But

0:50:04.440 --> 0:50:06.719
<v Speaker 1>I didn't know they had a root beer. So that's interesting.

0:50:07.560 --> 0:50:10.040
<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I don't know river City. I don't

0:50:10.040 --> 0:50:13.520
<v Speaker 1>know river City. Oh look at this dang butterscotch root beer.

0:50:13.680 --> 0:50:14.160
<v Speaker 1>What was that?

0:50:14.280 --> 0:50:14.320
<v Speaker 3>Like?

0:50:14.480 --> 0:50:16.120
<v Speaker 1>Tell me about did they have how was.

0:50:16.160 --> 0:50:23.600
<v Speaker 3>The So that one is a little That one's a

0:50:23.600 --> 0:50:25.240
<v Speaker 3>little more on the sweeter side.

0:50:25.560 --> 0:50:26.759
<v Speaker 1>Right, it's got butterscotch.

0:50:28.000 --> 0:50:28.160
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:50:28.440 --> 0:50:28.600
<v Speaker 1>Good.

0:50:28.719 --> 0:50:30.480
<v Speaker 3>That one's like probably the most seest one.

0:50:32.480 --> 0:50:36.640
<v Speaker 1>Jackson hole Buckin' root Beer virgils. I've had this one. Okay,

0:50:36.680 --> 0:50:40.799
<v Speaker 1>the Spreker fire brewed root beer.

0:50:41.960 --> 0:50:44.399
<v Speaker 3>They have, They have a couple of different types of those.

0:50:44.560 --> 0:50:46.880
<v Speaker 3>I have like maybe two more of those in that

0:50:47.040 --> 0:50:47.600
<v Speaker 3>new collection.

0:50:49.680 --> 0:50:53.200
<v Speaker 1>Okay, this one the root beer main roots. Where's that

0:50:53.239 --> 0:50:54.560
<v Speaker 1>one from? That looks familiar?

0:50:54.640 --> 0:50:58.440
<v Speaker 3>I got that? Do you know what Lake Lake Tahoe

0:50:58.480 --> 0:51:03.640
<v Speaker 3>in the in the Nevada? Sure, that's where I got

0:51:03.640 --> 0:51:07.120
<v Speaker 3>that one. And it's like, gave me like a forest

0:51:07.160 --> 0:51:09.839
<v Speaker 3>you feel, because I feel because Lake Child was kind

0:51:09.840 --> 0:51:12.400
<v Speaker 3>of like foresty and like I don't know, it's it

0:51:12.760 --> 0:51:15.120
<v Speaker 3>was just like the all the aesthetic around it. And

0:51:15.160 --> 0:51:17.840
<v Speaker 3>I was like, it just like called my name in

0:51:17.880 --> 0:51:20.799
<v Speaker 3>this little little tiny bakery I went too, and I

0:51:20.840 --> 0:51:22.600
<v Speaker 3>was like, hey, grab me.

0:51:23.560 --> 0:51:27.040
<v Speaker 1>I want to backtrack real quick. The dang butterscotch root beer.

0:51:27.960 --> 0:51:31.320
<v Speaker 1>How heavy was the butterscotch? Could you taste the notes?

0:51:33.239 --> 0:51:33.560
<v Speaker 2>It was?

0:51:33.600 --> 0:51:36.719
<v Speaker 3>It was kind of like it was kind of like

0:51:36.719 --> 0:51:40.759
<v Speaker 3>a root beer float, honestly, not like but it had

0:51:40.800 --> 0:51:44.880
<v Speaker 3>like that it had that vanilla e like, oh, you

0:51:44.920 --> 0:51:51.040
<v Speaker 3>know if you there's like this root beer, Oh it's

0:51:51.160 --> 0:51:53.080
<v Speaker 3>it's it's like mug too where you make it like

0:51:53.160 --> 0:51:56.040
<v Speaker 3>kind of like cream it's like root beer. It's like

0:51:56.080 --> 0:51:59.239
<v Speaker 3>the cream style cream soda.

0:52:00.200 --> 0:52:00.959
<v Speaker 1>And what's it called?

0:52:02.800 --> 0:52:05.880
<v Speaker 3>Okay, actually it's just cream soda. So that's kind of

0:52:05.920 --> 0:52:07.240
<v Speaker 3>what it tastes like if you had.

0:52:08.040 --> 0:52:10.720
<v Speaker 1>Oh, okay, it just tastes like a regular cream soda.

0:52:11.719 --> 0:52:14.200
<v Speaker 1>All right, we have all right, here's the dads, which,

0:52:14.200 --> 0:52:16.480
<v Speaker 1>as you say, is your favorite. I've never seen Dad's

0:52:16.600 --> 0:52:20.759
<v Speaker 1>root Beer as just like sold in like a play.

0:52:20.800 --> 0:52:23.280
<v Speaker 1>I've just never seen it out and about.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. I had a spot by my house down town,

0:52:27.480 --> 0:52:31.080
<v Speaker 3>and uh, honestly it's pretty good. It's a gig sandwich spot,

0:52:31.200 --> 0:52:32.640
<v Speaker 3>so I like it.

0:52:32.920 --> 0:52:35.400
<v Speaker 1>Oh shit, Dad, I'm on the Dad's root Beer website,

0:52:35.400 --> 0:52:37.080
<v Speaker 1>a website I never thought I would ever be on,

0:52:37.160 --> 0:52:39.440
<v Speaker 1>but it seems like they have a butt. Dad's has

0:52:39.480 --> 0:52:44.520
<v Speaker 1>all these whoa dude, holy tits? Have you ever seen

0:52:44.560 --> 0:52:49.840
<v Speaker 1>this before? Dad's old fashioned blue cream Soda? Have you

0:52:49.880 --> 0:52:55.440
<v Speaker 1>ever seen that? I'm not actually Dad's Blue cream Soda,

0:52:55.800 --> 0:52:59.520
<v Speaker 1>it says, it says Dad's Blue Cream Soda is almost

0:52:59.640 --> 0:53:07.759
<v Speaker 1>liquid with cotton candy with very heavy vanilla notes. That

0:53:07.880 --> 0:53:10.799
<v Speaker 1>sounds fucking insane. I'm dude. You can sign up for

0:53:10.840 --> 0:53:14.319
<v Speaker 1>a They have an email list. I'm signing up for

0:53:14.320 --> 0:53:18.879
<v Speaker 1>that they have Yeah, dude, you can write to them.

0:53:19.040 --> 0:53:24.399
<v Speaker 1>Nine to fifty South Saint Charles Street, Jasper, Indiana, four

0:53:24.600 --> 0:53:26.640
<v Speaker 1>seven five four six.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll miss it out.

0:53:29.600 --> 0:53:31.319
<v Speaker 1>They have merch. What do they have on? What's their

0:53:31.360 --> 0:53:34.799
<v Speaker 1>merch situation? You can buy a ooh ooh you see this.

0:53:35.800 --> 0:53:41.400
<v Speaker 1>They have a Dad's root beer mug. Imagine drinking Imagine

0:53:41.480 --> 0:53:44.959
<v Speaker 1>drinking a Dad's root beer out of a Dad's root

0:53:45.000 --> 0:53:48.480
<v Speaker 1>beer mug. That sounds awesome. They have lip bomb. It

0:53:48.520 --> 0:53:50.279
<v Speaker 1>tastes like root beer. That's I don't I don't know.

0:53:50.320 --> 0:53:55.040
<v Speaker 1>If this mug you can sell, you can become a

0:53:55.080 --> 0:53:58.480
<v Speaker 1>real itter. Look at this. You can sell dads. Use

0:53:58.520 --> 0:54:02.160
<v Speaker 1>the contact form to reach out to be able to

0:54:02.200 --> 0:54:05.360
<v Speaker 1>sell dads at your location. Okay name, No, I'm not

0:54:05.360 --> 0:54:07.120
<v Speaker 1>gonna fill that out. I don't have anything funny to

0:54:07.160 --> 0:54:10.560
<v Speaker 1>say while I fill that out. But uh, okay, I

0:54:10.560 --> 0:54:12.520
<v Speaker 1>could read the history of Dad's Rutier, but I won't.

0:54:12.520 --> 0:54:15.160
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna finish your collection. Okay, you have dog and

0:54:15.360 --> 0:54:17.840
<v Speaker 1>what is this one? Say? Dog? And us dog and

0:54:17.880 --> 0:54:23.879
<v Speaker 1>SuDS dog and what dog? And SuDS Dog and SuDS Rutier. Okay,

0:54:23.880 --> 0:54:25.960
<v Speaker 1>how was that that one?

0:54:26.400 --> 0:54:29.439
<v Speaker 3>It was all right, just this is a regular root beer,

0:54:29.640 --> 0:54:32.920
<v Speaker 3>maybe like A and W type. So like all these

0:54:33.120 --> 0:54:36.719
<v Speaker 3>all these root beers bottles I based off my those

0:54:36.760 --> 0:54:39.040
<v Speaker 3>top three that you mentioned earlier, the mug A and

0:54:39.239 --> 0:54:45.839
<v Speaker 3>W and then barks. I rarely, I rarely rate them

0:54:45.880 --> 0:54:49.759
<v Speaker 3>as the bark style. It's usually A and W. But

0:54:49.920 --> 0:54:54.000
<v Speaker 3>like what the wing do the mugs those are like

0:54:54.000 --> 0:54:59.920
<v Speaker 3>like the dads maybe yeah, yeah, I like this.

0:55:00.080 --> 0:55:02.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you've developed your own you've developed your own ranking

0:55:03.040 --> 0:55:06.800
<v Speaker 1>style system where a BARX is a C an, a

0:55:06.920 --> 0:55:09.719
<v Speaker 1>n W is a B and a mug is an A.

0:55:10.719 --> 0:55:19.320
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. But then the last one is Sioux City.

0:55:19.640 --> 0:55:21.920
<v Speaker 1>Sioux City. I saw that. I saw Sioux City. Okay, well,

0:55:21.920 --> 0:55:23.160
<v Speaker 1>I'm where do you rank Sioux City?

0:55:24.920 --> 0:55:29.600
<v Speaker 3>That one's an abbie. Actually I had this one when

0:55:29.640 --> 0:55:34.520
<v Speaker 3>I was super drunk one night, and uh so, maybe

0:55:34.680 --> 0:55:36.480
<v Speaker 3>maybe it was a mug back then, but it's probably

0:55:36.520 --> 0:55:38.680
<v Speaker 3>an a wie mm hmm. Yeah.

0:55:38.680 --> 0:55:41.600
<v Speaker 1>You sober up and you really yeah, you sober up

0:55:41.600 --> 0:55:43.480
<v Speaker 1>and you realize that what you thought was a mug

0:55:43.560 --> 0:55:45.720
<v Speaker 1>is really a Sometimes it can be a box.

0:55:48.520 --> 0:55:49.160
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:55:49.560 --> 0:55:53.279
<v Speaker 1>I see that you have lego flowers coming out of

0:55:53.320 --> 0:55:54.960
<v Speaker 1>a few of these bottles. I like that.

0:55:56.320 --> 0:55:58.600
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Mike Jruffer bought them for me, and then I

0:55:58.640 --> 0:56:01.040
<v Speaker 3>had no place to put them, so I chose the

0:56:01.160 --> 0:56:07.040
<v Speaker 3>three bottles that were probably I think I chose these

0:56:07.080 --> 0:56:10.279
<v Speaker 3>because there were mugs. They were the mug rating like

0:56:10.320 --> 0:56:11.879
<v Speaker 3>the virgils, and.

0:56:11.760 --> 0:56:17.239
<v Speaker 1>Then oh, okay you gave you gave literal flowers to

0:56:18.560 --> 0:56:21.239
<v Speaker 1>the mugs. Ranking okay, so Henry all right. So for

0:56:21.320 --> 0:56:26.200
<v Speaker 1>the people who can't see this image, the Henry wine

0:56:26.320 --> 0:56:30.040
<v Speaker 1>Hearts has a flower in it, so that's a mug rating.

0:56:30.880 --> 0:56:35.479
<v Speaker 1>The Virgil has a flower in it, that's a mug grating.

0:56:35.520 --> 0:56:37.239
<v Speaker 1>And then the Dads has a flower in it. So

0:56:37.600 --> 0:56:39.799
<v Speaker 1>those are are those are? Those are three mugs out

0:56:39.840 --> 0:56:42.560
<v Speaker 1>of the whole collection.

0:56:44.040 --> 0:56:46.359
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think I have a cup. I don't put

0:56:46.440 --> 0:56:50.200
<v Speaker 3>flowers in the I think I have one more mugs,

0:56:50.280 --> 0:56:53.239
<v Speaker 3>but I'm blanking on the name of it. Dude, I

0:56:53.239 --> 0:56:57.120
<v Speaker 3>need to send you that updated picture because they have

0:56:57.320 --> 0:57:00.520
<v Speaker 3>like another stack on top of this one picture.

0:57:02.600 --> 0:57:04.480
<v Speaker 1>Can can you send me that? Can you send me

0:57:04.560 --> 0:57:06.480
<v Speaker 1>that other picture? How far? How so this is from

0:57:06.520 --> 0:57:07.120
<v Speaker 1>a year ago?

0:57:08.239 --> 0:57:11.919
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and I I'm actually coming home from work right now,

0:57:11.960 --> 0:57:16.800
<v Speaker 3>so I don't I'm not in access of my rootbeer

0:57:16.840 --> 0:57:21.760
<v Speaker 3>collection right now, But next time you're live, I'll just

0:57:21.800 --> 0:57:23.120
<v Speaker 3>send you a picture or something.

0:57:24.720 --> 0:57:31.040
<v Speaker 1>So okay, let me count one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. Okay,

0:57:31.080 --> 0:57:33.400
<v Speaker 1>right now, there's thirteen bottles in this picture. How many

0:57:33.440 --> 0:57:34.680
<v Speaker 1>bottles do you think you have? Now?

0:57:36.280 --> 0:57:38.880
<v Speaker 3>Probably twenty six? Only?

0:57:38.960 --> 0:57:40.640
<v Speaker 1>Shit? Okay?

0:57:41.160 --> 0:57:41.840
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:57:41.880 --> 0:57:44.040
<v Speaker 1>How far away are you from your house right now?

0:57:45.280 --> 0:57:48.480
<v Speaker 3>I about forty minutes?

0:57:48.920 --> 0:57:49.280
<v Speaker 1>Okay?

0:57:49.360 --> 0:57:52.240
<v Speaker 3>All right, Well, yeah, I'll have to send you it later.

0:57:52.560 --> 0:57:56.520
<v Speaker 1>All right, you'll have to send me it later. What's

0:57:56.880 --> 0:58:01.600
<v Speaker 1>the give? What? What's the root beer that you've heard

0:58:01.680 --> 0:58:07.120
<v Speaker 1>of in passing that you have not yet tasted but

0:58:07.200 --> 0:58:10.680
<v Speaker 1>would like to taste one day?

0:58:12.000 --> 0:58:18.680
<v Speaker 3>Uh, that's a good question because it's usually like because

0:58:18.680 --> 0:58:21.000
<v Speaker 3>I'm more of a of a fake type of guy,

0:58:21.800 --> 0:58:25.920
<v Speaker 3>like all my my pet animals I've gotten like from

0:58:25.960 --> 0:58:31.080
<v Speaker 3>like them coming to me. You know. It's like like

0:58:31.160 --> 0:58:34.320
<v Speaker 3>I said earlier about that main room beer, like it

0:58:34.480 --> 0:58:36.520
<v Speaker 3>just called my name. Like as soon as I walk

0:58:36.560 --> 0:58:39.040
<v Speaker 3>to a store, I look in like the soda section

0:58:39.680 --> 0:58:41.240
<v Speaker 3>just to see if they have one. But you know,

0:58:41.400 --> 0:58:47.960
<v Speaker 3>I'm not just not a lot of my friends are

0:58:48.000 --> 0:58:50.440
<v Speaker 3>a root beer type of guy. Actually, my brother is

0:58:50.440 --> 0:58:53.680
<v Speaker 3>is more. I'm a doctor pepper guy, and uh so

0:58:53.680 --> 0:58:57.680
<v Speaker 3>we don't really see eye to eye. But I mean,

0:58:57.680 --> 0:58:59.800
<v Speaker 3>it's just whenever I see it, I just grab it.

0:59:00.080 --> 0:59:02.320
<v Speaker 3>I don't I haven't had any hurt or I haven't

0:59:02.320 --> 0:59:04.680
<v Speaker 3>heard any I traveled yet.

0:59:04.720 --> 0:59:08.200
<v Speaker 1>So I like that you. I like that you. I

0:59:08.400 --> 0:59:11.800
<v Speaker 1>like that you let fate bring the right routiers to you.

0:59:14.720 --> 0:59:20.240
<v Speaker 3>And that's just a good, uh good lifestyle for me

0:59:20.320 --> 0:59:23.600
<v Speaker 3>at least. I can't speak for everyone, but I like

0:59:23.680 --> 0:59:25.600
<v Speaker 3>that lifestyle as just a person.

0:59:26.240 --> 0:59:30.160
<v Speaker 1>Is there anything that you feel somebody? If someone out

0:59:30.200 --> 0:59:33.040
<v Speaker 1>there wants to start collecting rupier bottles, what advice would

0:59:33.040 --> 0:59:37.480
<v Speaker 1>you give to them?

0:59:37.520 --> 0:59:41.400
<v Speaker 3>Just some I mean, just amongst your travels. Just go

0:59:41.560 --> 0:59:46.560
<v Speaker 3>to the local corner store and just look in the

0:59:47.120 --> 0:59:52.480
<v Speaker 3>soda section. If they don't have any, just you just

0:59:52.520 --> 0:59:56.520
<v Speaker 3>gotta move on. Not much, not so much to it. Also,

0:59:56.640 --> 0:59:59.640
<v Speaker 3>restaurants have them too, sometimes if you ask a routier

0:59:59.680 --> 1:00:03.240
<v Speaker 3>and then you can sometimes ask them for the bottle.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you feel like collecting root beer has given you

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<v Speaker 1>a good perspective on the idea of just moving on

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<v Speaker 1>in general? You know, has it let you be better

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<v Speaker 1>at that? What do you mean, like you know you said,

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<v Speaker 1>if they don't have root beer, then you just move on,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, like I'm I guess I'm trying to take

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<v Speaker 1>your root beer collecting and apply it to your broader

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<v Speaker 1>life in some sense. No, actually not really, well then

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<v Speaker 1>never mind.

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<v Speaker 3>What's your name, ages, It's Elias with a.

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<v Speaker 1>Z, Elias, Elias, thank you for sharing this. This has

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<v Speaker 1>been an incredibly enjoyable twenty minutes for me.

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<v Speaker 3>Me toon therapy, get go.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there anything else you want to say to the

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<v Speaker 1>people of the computer before we go?

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<v Speaker 3>Keep drinking root beer?

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<v Speaker 1>Beautiful? Thank you, Elias.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>That was That was incredibly enjoyable for me, folks. I

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<v Speaker 1>think I'm going to end the podcast today by reading

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<v Speaker 1>a few emails. I like that I've gotten a little

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<v Speaker 1>drip in of of GEK mails and I figured I

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<v Speaker 1>would read a few of them. I'll also talk a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit about my trip to Iraq. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm going to do a whole thing about it,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was really it was amazing. I mean, it

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<v Speaker 1>was so un like what my expectations were of what

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<v Speaker 1>it would be like. That's the main thing I want

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<v Speaker 1>to say. I'll say everything that I really want to

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<v Speaker 1>say when the video is out, because that's it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>take me a full month to edit it, at least

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<v Speaker 1>a month at least, So I'm aiming for like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm aiming for like the very beginning of November to

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<v Speaker 1>get the full video out there. But yeah, it was.

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<v Speaker 1>It was great. People were so fucking nice to us.

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<v Speaker 1>Like the very first day we were there, these like

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<v Speaker 1>two police officers holding like big ass AK forty seven's

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<v Speaker 1>just like came up to us and they were like,

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<v Speaker 1>where are you guys from, how you guys doing? Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to Iraq, and then they gave us some SIGs and

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<v Speaker 1>then one of them like invited us to get lunch

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<v Speaker 1>with him and his mom. We had we just had

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<v Speaker 1>interactions like that all the time, where like I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>people would just be really chill and really respectful and

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<v Speaker 1>really uh really really nice. I wish I could. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>glad that I went and I and I took a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of video because I'm kind of shit about explaining

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<v Speaker 1>it with my words, but yeah, it was a great time.

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<v Speaker 1>Please please go somebscribe to YouTube dot com slash lyle

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<v Speaker 1>forever so that when I post the video in a

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<v Speaker 1>month you can see it because it's it's it's one

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<v Speaker 1>of my favorite things I've I've done in my gecko career. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>let's read a few emails and then we'll get the

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<v Speaker 1>fuck out of here, all right. This is from Ali

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<v Speaker 1>subject line af af fantasia. Am I saying this correctly?

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<v Speaker 1>Afantasia fanta Okay? Hi Lyle. I wanted to email because

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<v Speaker 1>I recently learned I have something called afantasia and inability

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<v Speaker 1>to form mental images, and it's been a crazy revelation

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<v Speaker 1>for me. I never realized I was missing something until now.

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<v Speaker 1>When I imagine things, I don't see them, I feel their

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<v Speaker 1>presence or I know certain facts about them. If I

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<v Speaker 1>picture a forest, I can tell you how quiet or

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<v Speaker 1>loud it might be, how tall the trees are, how

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<v Speaker 1>the evening sun paints an orange. But none of that

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<v Speaker 1>is an image. It's more like a list of facts

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<v Speaker 1>that my mind creates. Interestingly, I do see things in

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<v Speaker 1>my dreams, sometimes very clearly, and sometimes when I'm between

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<v Speaker 1>being awake and asleep, I'll catch moments of imagery and

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<v Speaker 1>what I assume is the way other people see their

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<v Speaker 1>thoughts all the time. Interesting, I've been thinking about this

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<v Speaker 1>a lot lately, I feel spiteful that others have this

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<v Speaker 1>skill and I don't. I'm really tired at the time

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<v Speaker 1>of writing this, so I'm sorry if I sound insane.

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<v Speaker 1>Afantasia isn't something I like to talk about to people

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<v Speaker 1>in real life, but I'd love to hear your perspective.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you see in your head? Thanks for reading this.

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<v Speaker 1>That's interesting. That part about like how I part about, Like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I can almost catch a glimpse of what a thought

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<v Speaker 1>might feel like when I dream, but it's like elusive.

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<v Speaker 1>That's so interesting. How do I see in my head?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm imagining boobs right now, but they they're like cartoon.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm imagining that. It's like when I try to imagine

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<v Speaker 1>boobs is like a painting of it. Okay, I just

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<v Speaker 1>did it. I just imagined like a normal, like human boobs,

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<v Speaker 1>but it felt like a wickied. It felt like I

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<v Speaker 1>was looking at like the Wikipedia page for boobs. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a very non sexual image. Anything I could tell

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<v Speaker 1>you about how I see in my head would be

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<v Speaker 1>it would be fake because I'd be trying, like right,

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<v Speaker 1>like if I try to, like not like when I

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<v Speaker 1>like naturally imagine things, because I'm like trying to imagine something.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, I'm trying to imagine like a gecko. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>imagining the gecko lizard emojive. I can see it. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a weird exercise to do right now. This feels

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<v Speaker 1>kind of achadelic. I feel like I'm like entering and

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<v Speaker 1>exiting my head because yeah, I can see it. I

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<v Speaker 1>know what it feels like to imagine something. I guess

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<v Speaker 1>I can't explain it. Is this a real condition?

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<v Speaker 2>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying you're lying, but I'm JUSTO, you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I mean? Yeah, Okay, I'm googling it. Affantasia is

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<v Speaker 1>the inability to form or access mental images in one's mind,

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<v Speaker 1>often referred to as lacking a mind's eye. The phenomenon

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<v Speaker 1>was first described by Francis Galton in eighteen eighty. Who

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<v Speaker 1>the hell was this guy? Francis Galton? He's dead now,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why. That's the only thing I have

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<v Speaker 1>to say about him. I mean, it's not the only thing.

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<v Speaker 1>He invented fanta and he's dead. He died in nineteen eleven.

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<v Speaker 1>That's one hundred years ago. At least. He's known for

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<v Speaker 1>regression towards the mean. Okay, we can stop reading about

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<v Speaker 1>this guy. Thank you for sharing this. Ali. Okay, this

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<v Speaker 1>is from Let's see. This is from Cherry. Subject line

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<v Speaker 1>the void made me send this. Hi, Lyle, my name

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<v Speaker 1>is Cherry, and I don't really know how to start

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<v Speaker 1>this without sounding either incredibly self important or totally unhinged.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe both. I've listened to your show for a few

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<v Speaker 1>years now, mostly at work, but also sometimes on long

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<v Speaker 1>drives when I want to hear someone else speak fluently

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<v Speaker 1>to the void. I know this is strange. I know

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<v Speaker 1>I am strange, but I also know myself well enough

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<v Speaker 1>to trust when I feel something important. And this feels

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<v Speaker 1>important in the way weird things often do. I think

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<v Speaker 1>we might be the same kind of person, whatever that means.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not trying to be dramatic. It's just the way

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<v Speaker 1>you talk, the way your thoughts loop and land and

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<v Speaker 1>reach sideways into the absurd and intimate at the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>That is how I think. That's how I feel and navigate.

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<v Speaker 1>Like we both tuned into the same haunted radio station

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<v Speaker 1>and decided to keep listening. That's very poetic. This is

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<v Speaker 1>let's keep going anyway. I'm rambling, I'm nervous, I definitely

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<v Speaker 1>smoked a bowler two. But that doesn't mean I'm wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not asking for anything, not trying to get on

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<v Speaker 1>the show. I just don't often find my flavor of

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<v Speaker 1>weird reflected in other people, and I guess I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to let you know that I exist somewhere out here,

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<v Speaker 1>not expecting a reply, but also kind of hoping for one.

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<v Speaker 1>Not a fan of talking on the phone, but maybe

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<v Speaker 1>in the next life we can talk on the phone

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<v Speaker 1>for approximately seven to thirty minutes. It's nice that she

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<v Speaker 1>clocked exactly how much time most people here spend on

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<v Speaker 1>the show talking. It's approximately seven to thirty minutes. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for being one of the few people who makes you

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<v Speaker 1>feel like less of an anomaly. PS. So sorry, I

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<v Speaker 1>just reread that email. But fuck, are we ball Cherry?

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<v Speaker 1>How do I respond to this? I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think it's that weird of an email. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think I don't think it's that particularly star. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think you would listen to the show. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>a legitimate reason to want to like to listen to like.

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<v Speaker 1>When I think about like podcasts I listen to, or

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<v Speaker 1>comedians I like, and things like that, I guess I do.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate them because they have a similar I feel like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, oh, I can see myself in this person's brain,

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't think that's this is weird. You know

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<v Speaker 1>this makes sense. I don't know if I have a

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<v Speaker 1>good response to it, although I guess I just did respond.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you're doing all right, Cherry. It was very

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<v Speaker 1>pigh like this. I like, I know that you feel

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<v Speaker 1>weird about this email, but it's poetic. I like it.

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<v Speaker 1>We both tuned into the same haunted radio station and

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<v Speaker 1>decided to keep listening. It's it makes me think about

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<v Speaker 1>how I'm being perceived when I talk on this fucking

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<v Speaker 1>thing and I get I'm, I'm, I'm I'm this email.

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<v Speaker 1>It makes me feel like it's a good perception. This

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<v Speaker 1>email makes me feel like I exist. So okay, I'm good.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad. This makes me feel like I also exist

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<v Speaker 1>in a way. So thank you. Thank you for making

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<v Speaker 1>me also feel as though I exist by reflecting that

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<v Speaker 1>my existence somehow makes sense to you. You know what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean? That was a mutually beneficial email. Okay, let's

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<v Speaker 1>do one more, all right. This is from someone subject

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<v Speaker 1>line I cut open dead people for a day and

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<v Speaker 1>now I can't get over it. Hey Gek, I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>pre med student working through my undergrad degree and recently

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<v Speaker 1>shadowed a forensic pathologist, the type of doctor who does autopsies.

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<v Speaker 1>It was an insanely eye opening experience, and though I've

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<v Speaker 1>never had a fear of death, autopsying approximately ten people

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<v Speaker 1>has really changed my perspective on a lot of things,

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<v Speaker 1>mainly that we are all just bags of flesh and

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<v Speaker 1>are way more fragile than we think we are. During

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<v Speaker 1>the autopsies, you have to go through all the organs,

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<v Speaker 1>plus cut the skull open and gross the brain, which

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<v Speaker 1>is a very inhumane experience. Obviously, I know it's necessary

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<v Speaker 1>to determine the cause of death, and I literally work

1:11:50.360 --> 1:11:53.680
<v Speaker 1>with organs and tissues every day. Just something about the

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<v Speaker 1>physical dismemberment of a human is mentally jarring, and every

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<v Speaker 1>instinct you have is screaming at you to see stop

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<v Speaker 1>and run, kind of like the whole Uncanny Valley thing,

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<v Speaker 1>which comes from our recognition of decaying humans and subsequent

1:12:07.960 --> 1:12:12.639
<v Speaker 1>flight response. Halfway through the workday, I went to grab

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<v Speaker 1>lunch and it all hit me. At the same time

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<v Speaker 1>I was trying to eat a spam musubi, which apparently

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<v Speaker 1>has the same fleshy sponginess as livers do. I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>eat meat for weeks, and I couldn't stop thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>how everyone in that morgue were people I could have

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<v Speaker 1>had classes with or passed on the street. I think

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<v Speaker 1>about those patients and their families every day, and the

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<v Speaker 1>experience has made me so much more passionate about medicine,

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<v Speaker 1>because half of those deaths were completely medically avoidable if

1:12:41.600 --> 1:12:44.760
<v Speaker 1>those people received the correct care. I don't regret the

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<v Speaker 1>experience at all, but I don't think I'll ever really

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<v Speaker 1>be the same. Do you have any thoughts. Well, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have a billion thoughts. It's all shit I've been

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<v Speaker 1>talking about on here before. But yeah, I think a

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<v Speaker 1>lot about our own fragility. I try not to. I

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<v Speaker 1>try not to, because, like bro coming to terms with

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<v Speaker 1>your own fragility as a human being and the fragility

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<v Speaker 1>of the universe and the transient nature of time and

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<v Speaker 1>all this existential stuff. It's a crazy ride, I think,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're alive, I think it's a good ride to take,

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<v Speaker 1>but it becomes at at some point just like incompatible

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<v Speaker 1>with like normal ass life and I got to that.

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<v Speaker 1>I got to that point and I thought I would

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<v Speaker 1>never be able to leave it, and I and I did,

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<v Speaker 1>and that not you know, I don't know if I

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<v Speaker 1>ever left it whatever, but I thought I would never

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<v Speaker 1>be able to just like live normal fucking human being

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<v Speaker 1>life after having really felt like I went there mentally.

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<v Speaker 1>But now I have, and it's it's good. It's good

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<v Speaker 1>to know. I think you should take the ride if

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<v Speaker 1>you'd never taken the ride. But yeah, I try not

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<v Speaker 1>to think about this stuff as much as I I

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<v Speaker 1>try to know, I don't try not to think about

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff. I try to think about the stuff optimally,

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<v Speaker 1>try to think about the stuff just enough to keep

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<v Speaker 1>my ass in shape and ignore it just enough to

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<v Speaker 1>keep my ass sane. You know, I'm glad it's made

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<v Speaker 1>you more passionate. And the fact that you say you

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<v Speaker 1>won't ever be the same, I don't think. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think I'm the same after having my crazy, fucking existential crisis.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's good, but you but I feel. But I

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<v Speaker 1>also I think in order to go there, I had

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<v Speaker 1>to lose touch with certain parts of myself, and that

1:14:39.680 --> 1:14:42.760
<v Speaker 1>felt scary. The idea that I would uh that in

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<v Speaker 1>order to gain this kind of clarity, I had to

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<v Speaker 1>give give away certain things, but I got I got

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<v Speaker 1>all that stuff back. I feel so I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not. I feel like i'm not. I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I've been come more whole as a result of kind

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<v Speaker 1>of facing my own fragility. I haven't fucking faid. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think I would want to face it in the

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<v Speaker 1>way that you have faced it. I'm sorry. That's a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a lot, but uh, you know you're you're in medicine.

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<v Speaker 1>It's what you do. Uh, And it's a noble thing

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<v Speaker 1>to do what you do. I mean, I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to That's that's why it's noble. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>fucking do it. So, but someone has to do. Someone

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<v Speaker 1>has to cut open dead guys. Someone has to do it, bro,

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<v Speaker 1>someone has to cut open dead guys. And I'm glad,

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<v Speaker 1>and I am glad that it's you and it's not me,

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<v Speaker 1>And it's noble of it to be you. So you

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<v Speaker 1>should be proud of yourself for cutting open dead folks.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not an easy thing to do, and I'm glad

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<v Speaker 1>that it's made you more passionate. Let that be Look,

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<v Speaker 1>because that's the thing, right is like you you you

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<v Speaker 1>face it and you're fucking terrifying, but you're using it

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<v Speaker 1>to actually like do work. And that's when you're the

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<v Speaker 1>least terrified, I think, is when you're in the flow

1:16:00.720 --> 1:16:03.680
<v Speaker 1>state and when you're working, and when you're like have

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<v Speaker 1>some kind of mission, right, Because you could easily open

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<v Speaker 1>look at all these dead people and have it drag

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<v Speaker 1>you into nihilism. But it didn't. It dragged you quite

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<v Speaker 1>the opposite, into into being passionate about keeping people alive.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, that's awesome. I think that's great. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>my thoughts on this email is that you know, what

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<v Speaker 1>you experienced sounds like it was really jarring and crazy

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<v Speaker 1>and life altering in terms of your perception of life.

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<v Speaker 1>But it didn't fucking take you into nihilism. It didn't

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<v Speaker 1>make you go, we're all bags of flesh and we

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<v Speaker 1>don't fucking matter. It took you deeper into your own

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<v Speaker 1>fucking humanity. That's what I love about this email is

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<v Speaker 1>it took you deeper into your own humanity. Humanity being

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<v Speaker 1>a thing that you know is kind of beyond us

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<v Speaker 1>that we don't understand. That's like getting us away from

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<v Speaker 1>our own nihilism and into let's fucking do something, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>let's let's keep being more passionate about medicine and fucking

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<v Speaker 1>making it so less people die. It's cool. I like it.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I think I think you took a good

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<v Speaker 1>direction with it. I saw it. I saw a dead chicken,

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<v Speaker 1>like it's a raw dead chicken, and I was like, yo,

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<v Speaker 1>it's crazy. How like you go to chick fil a

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<v Speaker 1>and like everything's like white and nice and polished and

1:17:30.400 --> 1:17:32.840
<v Speaker 1>like that, Like there's marketing and they have like Instagram,

1:17:32.960 --> 1:17:35.559
<v Speaker 1>you know, and it's like a like the capital the

1:17:35.600 --> 1:17:40.120
<v Speaker 1>capitalistic guysation whatever of like killing a bunch of chickens

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<v Speaker 1>to make it like a nice, fun, happy, cool thing,

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<v Speaker 1>even though it's like killing a bunch of fucking living things.

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<v Speaker 1>It's kind of crazy. I don't say that. I'm totally

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<v Speaker 1>I love Chick fil A. I'm gonna keep eating there

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<v Speaker 1>and enjoying it and loving loving it. I might go

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<v Speaker 1>there right after this. I'm not. This isn't like a

1:17:58.640 --> 1:18:00.599
<v Speaker 1>peta rant, but it is. You gotta think about it

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<v Speaker 1>is kind of crazy. All right. That's the podcast. That's it.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you all for listening, Thanks for being here. My

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<v Speaker 1>name is Lyle. I'm a gecko. I don't know. If

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have anything else to say, uh, follow me

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<v Speaker 1>on YouTube YouTube dot com slash Lyle forever. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna post all of my Iraq stuff. I'll i'll

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<v Speaker 1>talk about it more if someone calls in and asks

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<v Speaker 1>me about it. I can't really just I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>rant about it, but I'll also talk about it on

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<v Speaker 1>that video when I put it out in a month. Anyway, whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Lyle, I'm crazy. I'm a gecko. Thanks for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>See you again Wednesday. Gek bless everythin goes on the line,

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<v Speaker 1>thanking your phone calls every night. Everything goes, And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>teaching you a loud mean of your line expert