WEBVTT - Back To School

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<v Speaker 1>Choke when the rents passed you in the carball Star.

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<v Speaker 2>When the only sponsors my broken art. We're hanging on

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<v Speaker 3>Two weird voices.

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<v Speaker 1>In the glow of a streams.

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<v Speaker 2>The worm bo say to let it laugh.

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<v Speaker 3>When welcome back.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a rand a new episode. This is laughing me

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<v Speaker 4>the podcast to Jeremy and I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Your Jeremy stares at the stats, hands shaken over takeout boxes.

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<v Speaker 2>Johnny's already mapping hotels on a napkin with crazy crosses.

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<v Speaker 1>They quit jobs a kind, tell their bosses catch the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Boss just shrugs, Oh, it's funny.

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<v Speaker 3>Johnny grants, y'all never hearn nothing.

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<v Speaker 4>It's Jao and it is that time of year. We

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<v Speaker 4>have hit the end of July. Some people would say, oh,

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<v Speaker 4>heading into them dog days of summer. Maybe just maybe

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<v Speaker 4>we're hitting into you know, vacation time for you. Football

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<v Speaker 4>season is certainly about ready to begin. Baseball's past the

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<v Speaker 4>All Star break. It's really it's really starting to heat

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<v Speaker 4>up here. But for a lot of us, what this

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<v Speaker 4>time of the year really signals, Well, it.

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<v Speaker 3>Means schools about to be coming into session.

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<v Speaker 4>You could be applauding, yes, Johnny, You're not too far

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<v Speaker 4>off with the applause. You know, the kids go back

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<v Speaker 4>to school, they're busy on that Monday through Friday. Hey,

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<v Speaker 4>some kids, they got so many activities going on there,

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<v Speaker 4>busy Monday through Sunday especially, I think in high school.

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<v Speaker 3>I've got two high schoolers.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, they are busy. But when this what this time

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<v Speaker 4>year really like signifies for me is it's back to

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<v Speaker 4>school shopping season.

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<v Speaker 3>And I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>I can go either way on it. It is fun

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<v Speaker 4>to look for new things, but anymore, I'm telling you

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<v Speaker 4>what these back to school lists they have gotten ridiculous,

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<v Speaker 4>absolutely ridiculous. Luckily for me, like I said, I got

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<v Speaker 4>two kids in high school, so a lot of the

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<v Speaker 4>lists per se doesn't apply to me. There's certain things

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<v Speaker 4>these kids need, and they know what they need.

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<v Speaker 3>We get for it.

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<v Speaker 4>In fact, they get issued laptops now, so a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of the work gets done in the laptop.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's not always that way.

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<v Speaker 4>And you know this, if anybody has children before high school,

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<v Speaker 4>especially before middle school, holy cow, this list it's absolutely

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<v Speaker 4>gotten ridiculous. It'll say bring six expo markers, and it's like,

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<v Speaker 4>for what is my kid teaching?

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<v Speaker 3>The class.

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<v Speaker 4>At some point, the list just becomes here's the teacher's

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<v Speaker 4>Amazon wish list, And really it wouldn't bother me if

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<v Speaker 4>that's really what it was. At least it would be

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<v Speaker 4>transparent and honest. If the list was specifically to help

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<v Speaker 4>the teacher that your child has all year long, especially

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<v Speaker 4>you know, in elementary school, and they're stuck with the

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<v Speaker 4>one teacher. I say stuck when they are blessed with

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<v Speaker 4>having the one teacher.

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<v Speaker 3>All year long.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, maybe they do throw on a few things

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<v Speaker 4>in there, you know that the that the teacher wants

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<v Speaker 4>or the teacher needs. You know, it would it wouldn't

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<v Speaker 4>It wouldn't shock me if there was a list that

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<v Speaker 4>had one chrome chromebook, three reams of copy paper, a

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<v Speaker 4>replacement h VAC unit, and one substitute teacher that doesn't

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<v Speaker 4>smell like Marlboroughs Like. If those were the list, I

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<v Speaker 4>would totally understand because that actually would benefit the teacher

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<v Speaker 4>and help them alonge.

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<v Speaker 3>At least it would be on right. One of the

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<v Speaker 3>things I'd put at the top of.

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<v Speaker 4>My wish list is that we did pay these teachers more,

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<v Speaker 4>because then the reason why I don't haven't have a

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<v Speaker 4>problem with the teachers having some of the items that

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<v Speaker 4>they know they need on the wish list for back

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<v Speaker 4>to school shopping is they are paying for a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of this stuff out of their pocket. So to be

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<v Speaker 4>able to put this on an Amazon wishless forum, I

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<v Speaker 4>get it. Like that that would actually make sense, and

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<v Speaker 4>it would be beneficial because a lot of us are

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<v Speaker 4>buying those things off their teachers wishless anyways. So at

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<v Speaker 4>least we could streamline this thing and then target maybe

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<v Speaker 4>could be a little ahead of the curve as far

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<v Speaker 4>as what they're selling and not just the same old stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, teachers, they do deserve to be paid more.

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<v Speaker 4>They shouldn't have to buy these supplies.

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<v Speaker 3>With their own money.

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<v Speaker 4>But we've overcorrected it. Parents are basically crowdfunding public education

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<v Speaker 4>now with these lists, Like I'm seriously expect like young

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<v Speaker 4>children to come home with like a pledge drive. Now

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<v Speaker 4>it's like, would you like to round up your grocery

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<v Speaker 4>bill to buy missus Johnson a functioning printer? Like That's

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<v Speaker 4>that's kind of where it's come to. Now. If you've

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<v Speaker 4>these these these school supplies, they go out on sale

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<v Speaker 4>at the towards the beginning of July, like Basically, we

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<v Speaker 4>get fourth of July and then that next that seasonal

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<v Speaker 4>section that you see the Halloween candy, Valentine's candy and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 4>That that seasonal section flips to back to school immediately

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<v Speaker 4>after fourth of July. Now, if you wait to do

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<v Speaker 4>this in August, and I don't blame me if you do,

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<v Speaker 4>but if you do this in August, Walmart in Augulus

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<v Speaker 4>is basically the Hunger Games. Okay, you don't need a

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<v Speaker 4>shopping car, You're just gonna need body armor. Nothing says

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<v Speaker 4>community like two parents fighting over that last pack of

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<v Speaker 4>glue sticks like they're bidding on kidney transplants. Like it's

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<v Speaker 4>it's black, like old school Black Friday, just fighting for

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<v Speaker 4>those glue fighting for those markers, fighting for those colored pencils,

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<v Speaker 4>like we do. We need Bruce Buffer from the UFC,

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<v Speaker 4>like the announcer. We need him to show up to

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<v Speaker 4>some of the country's largest walmarts and targets and just

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<v Speaker 4>stand just stand in the middle of the back to

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<v Speaker 4>school section waiting for the fights to break out, and

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<v Speaker 4>he could just do announcements like fighting for these markers,

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<v Speaker 4>fighting for the crayola, Like that's exactly what it feels

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<v Speaker 4>like at times it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Old school Black Friday shopping. I gotta I kind of

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<v Speaker 3>miss it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 4>Parents, they'll always post like my babies are growing up

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<v Speaker 4>so fast, and then ten minutes later they're sitting in

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<v Speaker 4>the driveway after school drop off listening to silence, like

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<v Speaker 4>they just checked into a luxury spaw, Like, don't lie.

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<v Speaker 3>Some of you celebrated.

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<v Speaker 4>Harder than your kids did. There were kids cracking open

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<v Speaker 4>a wine or a beer at eight forty five in

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<v Speaker 4>the morning on that first day school and I and

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<v Speaker 4>I don't blame them.

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<v Speaker 3>I've been that dad.

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<v Speaker 4>I have dropped off the kids first day of school,

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<v Speaker 4>gone to breakfast.

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<v Speaker 3>Ha loo mimosa.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, had to celebrate because it's sometimes the summer can uh,

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<v Speaker 4>it can be a long summer.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's just say.

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<v Speaker 4>And anymore, it's not just school supplies, like you gotta

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<v Speaker 4>have you gotta have one of those giant Stanley cups now, right,

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<v Speaker 4>The kids got to have their bottle of water. When

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<v Speaker 4>I was growing up, if you forgot your bottle of water,

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<v Speaker 4>the school said, there's a water fountain. Now if a

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<v Speaker 4>kid forgets their Stanley, the office treats it like it's

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<v Speaker 4>a hostage. Negotiation, like we have your daughter, she's thirsty,

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<v Speaker 4>and you have to come back with that cup.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm so thankful my kids are in high school, because

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<v Speaker 3>this is what it is. This is literally what it is. Kids.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like when I was getting backpack when I was

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<v Speaker 3>a kid.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, and I hate being old guy pointing at the clouds,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, pointing at the sky, But when I was

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<v Speaker 4>a kid, and it's the same shit, right that we're

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<v Speaker 4>looking in this back to school section, like we're we're

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<v Speaker 4>looking around at the pencils and it's still the number

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<v Speaker 4>two pencil. It's still Crayola, it's it's it's all the

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<v Speaker 4>same stuff for the most part. But one thing that

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<v Speaker 4>has gone up or the twenty the twenty the two

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<v Speaker 4>hundred dollars backpacks.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 4>I carried my books in a backpack that looked like

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<v Speaker 4>it had PTSD, one zipper, one strap hanging on by faith.

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<v Speaker 3>That backpack had seen things. Okay.

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<v Speaker 4>I had to take that backpack until it no longer

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<v Speaker 4>could hold a book. Okay, flap hanging open, torn paper

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<v Speaker 4>clips so bent from holding it together that they're now

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<v Speaker 4>can't even hold themselves.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 4>That's when I got a new backpack. The kid's now

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<v Speaker 4>two hundred dollars backpacks every year. Gotta look crisp, gotta

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<v Speaker 4>look clean, it's it's it's a whole different it's a

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<v Speaker 4>whole different world. And these school pictures, Okay, I still

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<v Speaker 4>think school pictures are a big deal. You still you

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<v Speaker 4>still need to document, if that's the word. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 4>to remember what these kids looked like as they were

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<v Speaker 4>growing up. But school pictures are proof that kids do

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<v Speaker 4>enjoy embarrassing their parents, Like they will lie about this shit.

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<v Speaker 4>You can spend an hour fixing their hair, the photographer says, smile.

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<v Speaker 4>Your kid immediately invents a facial expression that looks like

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<v Speaker 4>they're being audited by the irs, Like that's what the

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<v Speaker 4>that's what grandma's are gonna buy an eight by ten

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<v Speaker 4>of that's just one hundred percent what they're gonna do.

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<v Speaker 4>And we've never seen this look on this kid's face before,

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<v Speaker 4>but yet here they are. And that's I have one

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<v Speaker 4>hundred percent experiences. I know, I know all of you have.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 4>One of the things that I know it back to

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<v Speaker 4>school that really bothers me. And this is the number

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<v Speaker 4>one thing I'm most excited about about my kids now

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<v Speaker 4>both being in high school, is that I no longer

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<v Speaker 4>have to endure the drop offline. The school drop offline

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<v Speaker 4>is the closest most suburban parents will ever come to

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<v Speaker 4>road rage.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's fact everybody suddenly believes are.

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<v Speaker 4>The main character. Like using the curb, keep moving. Your

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<v Speaker 4>kid doesn't need a goodbye speech, like they're going to

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<v Speaker 4>fourth grade, all right, they're not going to war. Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>they're just being dropped off for a day of learning.

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<v Speaker 4>But some of these kids, they the parents will treat

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<v Speaker 4>it like this is the last time they will see them.

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<v Speaker 4>And I get, I get some of the reasons behind that.

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<v Speaker 4>I understand the treat every day like it could be

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<v Speaker 4>your last, like that mentality like you see on tiktoks,

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<v Speaker 4>that philosophy of the way to live your life. This

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<v Speaker 4>episode of Laugh with Me is brought to you by beer.

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<v Speaker 4>and weeks a month later, my back still it still hurts.

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<v Speaker 4>you should do, brother, How about after six beers? I've

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<v Speaker 3>Beer.

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<v Speaker 3>Anyway, we'll be right back.

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<v Speaker 4>But guys, we've got to get to work, like we

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<v Speaker 4>have to move this thing along.

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<v Speaker 3>Most of these people.

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<v Speaker 4>Have not had their coffee yet, okay, and it shows

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<v Speaker 4>they have forgotten how the zipper works. And I tell

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<v Speaker 4>you what, if my kid know anything about driving, it's

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<v Speaker 4>that they understand how the zipper works. Where you go,

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<v Speaker 4>I go, you go, I go, we can keep traffic

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<v Speaker 4>flowing safely and efficiently. Now, schools that understand this will

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<v Speaker 4>have faculty outside directing traffic and keeping it going. And

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of schools do a great job of this

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<v Speaker 4>for the first day, maybe the second day.

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<v Speaker 3>But then after that, man, it is like.

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<v Speaker 4>Everybody fends for themselves. It's damn frustrating. I tell you

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<v Speaker 4>that right now. It's damn frustrating.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's that's a pickup. Drop off can get worse.

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<v Speaker 3>You can get your child.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, first of all, if you could get your child

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<v Speaker 4>out of the building. My youngest child, Hattie, who's been

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<v Speaker 4>on the pod a number of times. Now, she will

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<v Speaker 4>take her time. She's helping friends with stuff. Oh my

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<v Speaker 4>friend couldn't open her locker. That's not your problem, girl.

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<v Speaker 4>Your problem is getting in the car so we can

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<v Speaker 4>weave through this parking lot before it takes us a

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<v Speaker 4>half hour just to get out of here. I talked

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<v Speaker 4>about back at school shopping being like old school Black Friday,

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<v Speaker 4>like leaving after school sometimes can feel like that Christmas

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<v Speaker 4>time shopping at best By barking lot where it takes

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<v Speaker 4>you thirty minutes to an hour just to get out

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<v Speaker 4>of there.

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<v Speaker 3>Ridiculous. And every year.

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<v Speaker 4>Schools asking parents to label everything. You know, you got

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<v Speaker 4>all your supplies, you gotta label them. Make sure you

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<v Speaker 4>know little Susan still has it. Nothing says confidence in

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<v Speaker 4>the education system like writing your kid's name on every

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<v Speaker 4>pencil because apparently theft starts at second grade.

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<v Speaker 3>And this is true.

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<v Speaker 4>I've never been the parent that's locking in on every

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<v Speaker 4>little bit of school supply and be like, well where

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<v Speaker 4>did this go?

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<v Speaker 3>We bought you five markers? Why do you only have

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<v Speaker 3>one left?

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<v Speaker 4>But it makes sense because there is a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>theft out there, and I don't understand it. Either, because

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<v Speaker 4>every child should be rolling up with the same amount

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<v Speaker 4>of stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>Where's where's all the stuff go?

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<v Speaker 4>That's that's the biggest problem.

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<v Speaker 3>Where does all the stuff go?

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<v Speaker 4>I get using it and using it so much that

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<v Speaker 4>you throw them away. Now on to the next one,

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<v Speaker 4>because I'm particular too about like my black like a sharpie. Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>once that tip gets a little flat, I'm ready to

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<v Speaker 4>move on to the next sharpie.

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<v Speaker 3>I just am.

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<v Speaker 4>I should be able to write with a sharpie, no

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<v Speaker 4>different than a pen. And once I can't do that

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<v Speaker 4>and it's just thick at the end, I am out.

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<v Speaker 3>So I get it.

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<v Speaker 4>But that's not that's not what's happening here. And I know,

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<v Speaker 4>I know, I know that there's parents out there that

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<v Speaker 4>understand this one. Now, school starting also brings on school fundraisers.

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<v Speaker 4>Now school funders are going control. Like then, they're not

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<v Speaker 4>even pretending anymore. They've stopped selling cookie dough. They're just

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<v Speaker 4>emailing you. We just send us some money. I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>at least the cookie dough. Let us pretend I was

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<v Speaker 4>buying something like Now it's just basic, like support your

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<v Speaker 4>local classroom. Send us some money, write a check, put

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<v Speaker 4>cash in the envelope. That we It's like it's like

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<v Speaker 4>going to church now. I bet at the beginning of

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<v Speaker 4>the first period, you know they're just handing around, tossing

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<v Speaker 4>around the envelope. You know which child can put in

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<v Speaker 4>the most money. I'm starting to wonder if I truly

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<v Speaker 4>do want back to school to happen, like, because when

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<v Speaker 4>I think about it, yeah, it's a lot of work

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<v Speaker 4>for the children. Right, they're going through the year, but

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<v Speaker 4>parents spend weeks getting kids ready for school, and then

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<v Speaker 4>it doesn't end from there. I mean, here we are,

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<v Speaker 4>end of July, we're buying supplies, we're buying clothes, we're

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<v Speaker 4>buying shoes, We're packing lunches, putting money on the lunch accounts.

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<v Speaker 4>The kids contribute exactly one thing, and that's losing most

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<v Speaker 4>of this by Labor Day. Like it's actually, it's it's

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<v Speaker 4>pretty impressive. If adults were this efficient at losing stuff,

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<v Speaker 4>TSA would just shut down, shut airports down altogether. But

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<v Speaker 4>here we all were on the same spot.

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<v Speaker 3>The end of July.

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<v Speaker 4>We're getting school back in session.

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<v Speaker 3>It is nice.

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<v Speaker 4>You have the kids at school, you have the day

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<v Speaker 4>off your home, you can get some things done. You

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<v Speaker 4>could watch what you want on TV. My thing is, hey,

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<v Speaker 4>I get to play whatever video game I want because

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<v Speaker 4>the Xbox isn't taken. It's pretty nice. But on the

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<v Speaker 4>flip side, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Probably should be out shopping for more markers.

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<v Speaker 4>Because you know they're gonna need them markers.

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<v Speaker 3>Not It's so good.

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<v Speaker 1>When the rents passed to in the carball Star with by,

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<v Speaker 1>when the only sponsors my broken Heart.

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<v Speaker 2>We're hanging down this shanky stream, two weird voices in

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<v Speaker 2>the glow.

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<v Speaker 4>Of the screen.

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<v Speaker 3>If the world wo to let it laugh when