WEBVTT - Our Pettiest Office Complaints, Compiled

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<v Speaker 1>This is it. This is the last time for a

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<v Speaker 1>while that you'll hear from us. Game Plan is taking

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<v Speaker 1>a break. We decided for our last show, what better

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<v Speaker 1>way to go out than with an episode full of

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<v Speaker 1>half bake takes. You're welcome. This is game Plan. Hi.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Rebecca Greenfield and I'm Francesco Leavy. And this week

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<v Speaker 1>we can't even bear to think about life without game Plan,

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<v Speaker 1>so we're not Yeah, we're gonna keep it light and

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<v Speaker 1>we are going to give the people what they want. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm pretty sure you all want half bake takes

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<v Speaker 1>because that is what we've heard of fan favorite part

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<v Speaker 1>of the episode, and it's our favorite part of the episode. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>this is always the easiest part of the show to record,

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<v Speaker 1>the segment at the end where we air our on

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<v Speaker 1>formed but very passionate ideas about the workplace and other things.

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<v Speaker 1>So what about our way to say goodbye than to

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<v Speaker 1>just go through some half baked takes that we have stockpiled. Yep,

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<v Speaker 1>we have on a half big take backlog to clear,

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<v Speaker 1>so let's jump right in and start doing it. Half

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<v Speaker 1>fake takes. All right, what is your first half bag

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<v Speaker 1>take to share? So here's a little piece of meeting

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<v Speaker 1>etiquette I've been struggling with. In this highly connected world

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<v Speaker 1>that we live in, it's very easy to contact people

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<v Speaker 1>when they're not physically around, like say they're a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of minutes late for a meeting, So you might get

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<v Speaker 1>a little ping on your group chat app, or you

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<v Speaker 1>might get an email that says like, hey, this meeting started,

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<v Speaker 1>We're in the meeting room. Where are you. My question

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<v Speaker 1>is one, what is the right number of minutes to

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<v Speaker 1>wait before you send that email? Because I've gotten that

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<v Speaker 1>email as early as one or two minutes after the

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<v Speaker 1>meeting started, and I think that that's a little uncool

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<v Speaker 1>because our our building is enormous and massive, and some

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<v Speaker 1>conference rooms are hidden in weird corners, and like it

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<v Speaker 1>could take you ten to fifteen minutes just to find one.

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<v Speaker 1>So like, two minutes late for meeting, okay, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to be late for meetings, but like, calm down, people.

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<v Speaker 1>My instinct is always four minutes after I find myself

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<v Speaker 1>looking at my watch and saying, this person's latens four

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<v Speaker 1>minutes and I want to email them, but I forced

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<v Speaker 1>myself to wait until after five minutes. Well, this brings

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<v Speaker 1>up my second point, which is when is it too late?

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<v Speaker 1>Because I feel like there's a there's an accurate window

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<v Speaker 1>or an appropriate window. And like because I've emailed people

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<v Speaker 1>like fifteen minutes after a meeting started, and I'm really

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<v Speaker 1>at that point. I'm just making the point like I

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<v Speaker 1>came to the meeting room and waited, and I served

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<v Speaker 1>my time here, knowing full well after like five or

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<v Speaker 1>six minutes that you probably weren't going to come. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And so the point of that email is really just

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<v Speaker 1>to say I sat in a meeting room for fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>minutes alone because you're not gonna then keep sitting there

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<v Speaker 1>after you send that email, right, so you kind of

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<v Speaker 1>on the email and then leave the room. It's very

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<v Speaker 1>it's as I we often talk about performative, right. So

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<v Speaker 1>I think the half big take then is depending on

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<v Speaker 1>what time you send the email, you're sending a different message. Yes, right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's either like hurry up and get to this meeting,

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<v Speaker 1>or it's like did you forget about it? Yeah, you

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<v Speaker 1>forgot about this meeting, and I just want to make

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<v Speaker 1>you aware that I did not forget about it. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>So I I like your four minute more. I think

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<v Speaker 1>the four to five minute mark is probably a good

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<v Speaker 1>starting time that people and then well, but if it's

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<v Speaker 1>a half hour meeting, like five minutes late is fairly late.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'd say, yeah, like maybe the five to seven

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<v Speaker 1>minute window. That's when you can send like a good

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<v Speaker 1>faith email that or chat that's like, yeah, what do

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<v Speaker 1>you hurry? Hey, we're in whatever conference room. I sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>say we're still doing this, which I think might be aggressive. No, No,

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<v Speaker 1>I would receive that as as intended still on question

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<v Speaker 1>mark and you're hoping the answer is no, right, or

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes like when you have plans, yeah, you always want

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<v Speaker 1>the meeting to be canceled. I'm here, Yeah, that's aggressive here,

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<v Speaker 1>I am okay, Becca, what's your first half bag take

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<v Speaker 1>of this marathon? Mine is about self care at the office. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not very good at self care in general, but

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<v Speaker 1>the best self care hack I've ever done is just

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<v Speaker 1>buying a bottle of really fancy hand lotion and sticking

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<v Speaker 1>it on my desk. Amen improved my quality of life

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<v Speaker 1>so much, especially in these dry winter months. How fancy

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<v Speaker 1>are we talking? Are you? Are you comfortable discussing this

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<v Speaker 1>brand called bar and Co. I think it maybe from St. Louis.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's a Midwestern brand. I believe I got any

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<v Speaker 1>and you know it's pretty comes in a glass bottle.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, it's really nice and it's glass things at

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<v Speaker 1>the office. That's another that's another way to up your

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<v Speaker 1>desk game. I think there's a lot of small self

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<v Speaker 1>care hacs one can do that I haven't quite done yet,

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<v Speaker 1>like having a nice mug or a really nice glass

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<v Speaker 1>or water bottle or I'm not there. I'm just at

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<v Speaker 1>the hand lotion. But it's great. But the hand lotion

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<v Speaker 1>is it's like more than just a psychological thing because

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<v Speaker 1>you're in you know this circulated air. Your skin does

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<v Speaker 1>get really dry in the winter. Like this is a

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<v Speaker 1>this is a non gender specific thing. Everybody should be

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<v Speaker 1>lotioning it up. Should we talk about the one hand

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<v Speaker 1>lotion liability issue? There are lots of potential downfalls and

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<v Speaker 1>that your hands get very greasy. Well, you just have

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<v Speaker 1>to be careful how you time your bathroom visits and

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<v Speaker 1>your lotion hand lotioning sessions, because if you wash your

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<v Speaker 1>hands too soon after you lotion up, it's it's gross.

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<v Speaker 1>It's also like falls off or washes off, and then

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<v Speaker 1>it's a waste of highly fancy lotion. For some people. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>if you use a biometric device, let's say, and you

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<v Speaker 1>have to swipe your finger on something, you can mess

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<v Speaker 1>it up with the hand lotion. I didn't even think

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<v Speaker 1>about at Yeah. And then there's another lotion liability. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>there's rings. If you wear a ring or jewelry, it's

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<v Speaker 1>you've got to kind of take them off and then

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<v Speaker 1>wait a while before you put them back on. Otherwise

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<v Speaker 1>you get them. Yeah. But okay, no, no more downsides

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<v Speaker 1>of lotioning. I honestly get excited to get to work

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<v Speaker 1>and put it on. How many times a day do

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<v Speaker 1>you do it? Just once? Oh? Just get in. For me,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a little bit of a compulsion. It's like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>when my hands are idle, I put on the lotion. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so maybe I should cut it down. It's your habit. Okay, Francesca,

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<v Speaker 1>do you have another half big take for us? Do I?

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<v Speaker 1>Here's an office pet peeve of mine. Um, anytime I

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<v Speaker 1>hear this phrase quote, well you're too young to remember this,

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<v Speaker 1>but insert anything here. First of all, this is usually

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<v Speaker 1>said I've noticed by men two women. Second of all,

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<v Speaker 1>it usually and often incorrectly assumes someone's age. Um, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not really, I don't have a lot of conversations with

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<v Speaker 1>people about my age, and like, to be honest, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't actually hear this as much as I used to.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, it tends to assume someone's age, and

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<v Speaker 1>I think women tend to be a Women are often

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<v Speaker 1>assumed to be younger than they are because people think

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<v Speaker 1>we're dumb. But then also suppose you are too young

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<v Speaker 1>to remember whatever thing. First of all, you might be

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<v Speaker 1>like chronologically younger than you know when that thing happened,

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't mean you don't know it happened. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>just I feel like it's a way of undermining people,

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<v Speaker 1>Like it's sort of like masked as a compliment, like

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<v Speaker 1>oh you look young, but actually it's saying like I've

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<v Speaker 1>experienced more, I've been around the world, I understand the

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<v Speaker 1>way things work, and you wouldn't remember, you know, there

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<v Speaker 1>was somebody called Reagan who was president. Was My main

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<v Speaker 1>problem with it is that, which is, if you weren't

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<v Speaker 1>alive during this time period, how could you possibly know

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<v Speaker 1>about X thing? But it's like we all know who

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<v Speaker 1>the Beatles are, right, Like, yeah, just because you were

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<v Speaker 1>waiting online for their album to come out, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>now maybe now I understand why it bothers me so much.

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<v Speaker 1>It does suggest that, like, you're so stupid that you

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't know about anything that's culturally significant outside of the

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<v Speaker 1>time period you're alive. Yeah, I'm with you. I really

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<v Speaker 1>don't like it. It happens a lot, I think. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a way of people who I honestly think the

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<v Speaker 1>people saying and are just insecure. Yeah, they feel like

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<v Speaker 1>they're surrounded by a bunch of youngs and they're lashing out.

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<v Speaker 1>They need to show that they're superior because they were

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<v Speaker 1>really into I don't know, Rah, I don't know. So

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<v Speaker 1>you're not superior people, and you also might be wrong

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<v Speaker 1>about someone's age. So stop guessing, Becca, what's up next?

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<v Speaker 1>This is a pretty selfish half bake take. It might

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<v Speaker 1>be specific to our office, but there is somebody here

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<v Speaker 1>who hates Sunshine and I don't know what's wrong with you.

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<v Speaker 1>But you're I don't know what's wrong with you. There's

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<v Speaker 1>something wrong with you. Basically, here at Bloomberg, we have

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<v Speaker 1>blinds that we share because we're in a big, open office,

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<v Speaker 1>and you have to request two facilities to raise the

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<v Speaker 1>blinds if you want them raised, and you have to

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<v Speaker 1>request to lower them if you want them lowered, and

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<v Speaker 1>I've been told that having them lowered is preferenced over

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<v Speaker 1>having them raised because you can live with dark horrible office,

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<v Speaker 1>but you can't live with glare on your screen. I

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<v Speaker 1>like them up. I want sunshine in my life. It's

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<v Speaker 1>dark out. Also can start at like four pm. Start

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<v Speaker 1>at four pm. I've had people asked for the blinds

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<v Speaker 1>to be down when it's raining outside. What is that?

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<v Speaker 1>So there might be more You might have more than

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<v Speaker 1>one secret enemy here. Yeah, get multiple people requesting to

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<v Speaker 1>be shrouded in darkness all day, in the darkest hours

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<v Speaker 1>of winter. Why would you want that? And then also

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<v Speaker 1>there is no screen glare on our side. The sun

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<v Speaker 1>does not. You can't actually see the sun the orbs

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<v Speaker 1>by building these people about the sun. Do you think

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<v Speaker 1>they're vampires? Maybe maybe we work with vampires. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I've gotten into wars. It really upsets me, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that there are I don't understand why someone

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<v Speaker 1>would actually prefer darkness over sunlight, but I definitely have

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<v Speaker 1>noticed that there are those people who don't mind darkness

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<v Speaker 1>in the winter. And I feel like there's like widespread

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<v Speaker 1>awareness of seasonal effective disorder now and most of us

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<v Speaker 1>kind of understand we're generally sadder in the wintertime because

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<v Speaker 1>there's less sun. And so I think now like the

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<v Speaker 1>weird people are the people who don't suffer from sad Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>lucky you. I can literally feel the seratonin or whatever

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<v Speaker 1>flow through my brain when those blinds go up, just

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<v Speaker 1>saying I'm with you, Becca, that's hard. Okay, Francisca. Before

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<v Speaker 1>I ask you for more half big takes, we have

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<v Speaker 1>a listener half big take this week. Let's hear it. Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Katie from Chicago. My hat take take tested

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<v Speaker 1>along with you buy good shoes in the last episode,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's that buy a decent purse or work bag

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<v Speaker 1>and keep it looking nice. Too many people, well there's

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<v Speaker 1>no rough too early and uh corla used that does

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<v Speaker 1>that buy the correct bag for the environment you're in.

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<v Speaker 1>You should not be walking in with your gym backpack

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<v Speaker 1>into a meeting with executives. So thank you guys so much. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I would layer another thing onto this, which is coats,

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<v Speaker 1>um and cold weather environments. It's very easy to like

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<v Speaker 1>hang on to that, you know, comfy but ratty looking

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<v Speaker 1>puffy coat that you've had for a few years and

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<v Speaker 1>a certain point it's it's totally true for bags and shoes,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think that yeah, bags and coats getting neglected

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<v Speaker 1>to a point where it's like you could have a

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<v Speaker 1>totally sharp outfit and it's undermined on those rare occasions

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<v Speaker 1>when you you like walk into an environment like let's

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<v Speaker 1>say you're visiting someone else at their office and you've

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<v Speaker 1>got like this sad coat and sad bag, because those

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<v Speaker 1>are things you do you don't think about as part

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<v Speaker 1>of your outfit because they go on the outside and

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have them on all day, but someone's bound

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<v Speaker 1>to see you in them at some point, and then

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to feel sad. I think I agree, But

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<v Speaker 1>I do like the trend of people wearing backpacks and

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<v Speaker 1>even though it makes subway commuting help, we will not

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<v Speaker 1>get into that, but it's more comfortable. But there's so

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<v Speaker 1>many nice backpacks. You're right, I think if you want

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<v Speaker 1>a backpack strategy, as long as you're thoughtful about it,

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<v Speaker 1>and you have a backpack that like you know, like

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<v Speaker 1>the caller said, fits with the environment of your office.

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<v Speaker 1>So if it's like a nice leather backpack, or whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>I like it. Yeah, I think the overriding theme is

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<v Speaker 1>like outerwear in general, it also matters. Okay, Frantasca back

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<v Speaker 1>to you more half bag takes. Well, I have a

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<v Speaker 1>half big take that is kind of like the sum

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<v Speaker 1>total of all my life's thoughts up to this point,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've I've really been saving it for the right moment. It's, um,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not work related, but it's it's pretty important. So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just going to get right into it. Um. I

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<v Speaker 1>have a kid now, as you may know, and it

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<v Speaker 1>has exposed me to a very insidious lesson. Our children

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<v Speaker 1>are being taught by the children's book industrial complex, and

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<v Speaker 1>it is wrong and dangerous and that thing our children

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<v Speaker 1>are being taught, and that we are we are arrived

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<v Speaker 1>at adulthood. Believing is the lie that sheep are cute.

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<v Speaker 1>Sheep are not cute. If you've ever seen a sheep

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<v Speaker 1>in real life, you know that they are mean. They

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<v Speaker 1>are pretty gross. They have crazy eyes, they make a

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<v Speaker 1>noise like a human baby, which is weird and creepy,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're dumb, so they will attack unprovoked. Sheep not cute,

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<v Speaker 1>not fluffy, Okay, dirty and gross. Mean, you can't tell

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<v Speaker 1>me otherwise. Wow, there's a lot to unpack here. My

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<v Speaker 1>main reaction to this is, are maybe most barnyard animals

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<v Speaker 1>not cute, Like we've cutified this group of animals for

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<v Speaker 1>our children's sake. Yes, and maybe, like I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>probably true. And the most egregious example is shee and

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<v Speaker 1>sheep like pigs, we know, you know, like pigs, like

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<v Speaker 1>it's like oink oink, they're pink and you know in cartoons.

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<v Speaker 1>But also we kind of know pigs roll around in dirt,

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<v Speaker 1>SOI pigs have like, you know, positive and negative stereotypes,

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<v Speaker 1>but sheep it's just so far from the reality of

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<v Speaker 1>what they really are like. And I you know, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to brag, but I'm the founder of

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<v Speaker 1>the Cute Animal chat room here at Bloomberg, and I

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<v Speaker 1>forbade sheep from being included in uh in that room.

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<v Speaker 1>Now a lot of people violate that and they know

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<v Speaker 1>who they are. But um, you know, I set the

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<v Speaker 1>rules for what animals are cute. Sheep are not allowed. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>hairless cats not cute? Oh yeah those are not cute. Hi. Yeah, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to accept this, but I see what

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<v Speaker 1>you're saying. I think even if you see a picture

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<v Speaker 1>of a sheep like a real sheep in the wild,

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<v Speaker 1>babies are those lambs lammies. See. I'm obviously not a

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<v Speaker 1>farm person, but I've been around farm city girl over here,

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<v Speaker 1>and I did have a bad experience where I heard

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<v Speaker 1>of sheep came way too close to me on a

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<v Speaker 1>very high cliff in the United Kingdom. That's where this

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<v Speaker 1>is coming from. So I know what sheep are really like.

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<v Speaker 1>They have shown me their true face. Stop spreading this

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<v Speaker 1>wide to your children, because if they get around a sheet,

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<v Speaker 1>they're gonna try to pet them. They don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>be petted. They'll probably bite your child. Okay, I'm really

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<v Speaker 1>happy that I got that out there. Becca. What's your

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<v Speaker 1>next half bag take? So my final partying half bake

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<v Speaker 1>take is pretty simple. It's that movies are too long.

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<v Speaker 1>Just all movies, not not hashtag not all movies, but yes,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of movies. It seems like in the last

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<v Speaker 1>five years maybe movies have become on average more than

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<v Speaker 1>two hours, or lots of movies are more than two hours.

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<v Speaker 1>It's very rarely that you'll have a good hour and

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<v Speaker 1>a half hour movie that's not a children's movie. Basically,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's too long. It's hard to go two and

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<v Speaker 1>a half hours without a bathroom break. Yeah, it gets

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<v Speaker 1>you shouldn't have to have a bathroom break during a movie.

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<v Speaker 1>You need to get editor. Movie makers ever think about that.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, think about it, think about getting an editor.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure they have editors, but they probably do. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have the time or the patients. There's always like

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<v Speaker 1>a scene or two that could be cut. Movies too long.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my happy take, and this has been our happy

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<v Speaker 1>bag take Marathon happy bag takes. Well, since it's the

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<v Speaker 1>last time you'll be hearing from us for a while,

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<v Speaker 1>we really just want to thank our listeners so so much.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys have been so engaged and have made doing

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<v Speaker 1>this even more fun and valuable than it already would

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<v Speaker 1>have been. Um, we hope you had fun, enjoyed what

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<v Speaker 1>you heard, and learned a couple of things along the way,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can still be in touch with us. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>still on Twitter at RSI Greenfield. I will continue you

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<v Speaker 1>writing about all the issues we talked about on this

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<v Speaker 1>show every week. I'm still on Twitter at Francesca today

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<v Speaker 1>and you'll probably be hearing some cool new stuff from

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<v Speaker 1>one or both of us again down the line, So

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<v Speaker 1>keep us in your feeds, and if you come up

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<v Speaker 1>with a half big take, we still want to hear it.

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<v Speaker 1>This is kind of our life's work. Half big takes

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<v Speaker 1>are the thing we're probably proudest of um and we

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<v Speaker 1>want to keep sharing them with you, so don't be shy.

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<v Speaker 1>And a super special thanks to our producers Liz Smith

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<v Speaker 1>and Magnus Hendrickson and that A Podcasts you Francisca Levi

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah whatever, but mostly Liz and Magnus who really made

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<v Speaker 1>the show what it is. And that's all for now.

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<v Speaker 1>Bye bye, happy baked takes, that do it, happyage takes,

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<v Speaker 1>This is it? Nope, that sounded very convincing. Great, all right,