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Speaker 3: So excited to be here today, especially given how we're

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Speaker 3: actually in person. Usually we're long distance. I'm based out

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we know all about long distance, especially long distance friendships,

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Speaker 4: so this is quite exciting to have room be here

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Speaker 4: in Australia with us today.

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Speaker 1: Speaking our friendship. Amanda, what are we doing today?

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Speaker 4: So our podcast has always been based on being away

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Speaker 4: from each other, so it's always lots of long chats

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Speaker 4: ever since we were in high school without showing our age.

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Speaker 2: That was the early noughts.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been over twenty years of being friends, so

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Speaker 3: we thought we'd kick start with something around friendship.

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Speaker 1: Did everyone get some paddles? Yes? Okay Amanda, do you

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Speaker 1: want to explain what we're doing here? Yeah?

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Speaker 4: So, not only to use these to fan yourself because

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Speaker 4: it is freaking hot, you can also use them as

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Speaker 4: red flag green flag, So be asking you guys questions

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Speaker 4: and without too much effort, you can just tell us

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Speaker 4: if it's a red flag or a green flag. Milo

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Speaker 4: will be going around asking people to give their opinions.

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Speaker 4: If needed sounds good? Are you ready?

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Speaker 2: Okay? Take us away?

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Speaker 4: So what if your bestie has poor communication skills?

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Speaker 1: Is that a red flag or green flag?

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Speaker 4: I'm happy to see there's no green flags out there?

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Speaker 4: Actually I see one. Okay, green flag for you poor

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Speaker 4: communication skills? That's all right.

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Speaker 2: Every reach to their own.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, maybe it doesn't care like true true, okay? And

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Speaker 3: then the next one being able to have a meaningful

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Speaker 3: conversation with your friend long distance friend, red flag or

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Speaker 2: Definitely green flag? That one. I think I don't think

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Speaker 4: What about having to deal with different time zones when

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Speaker 2: I remember, what's the time now in prad?

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Speaker 3: What's the time now here? I think it's like one pm,

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Speaker 3: really bad. It's really, really, really horrible having another best

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Speaker 3: ye is that a red flag of green? Should they

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Speaker 2: Do you know? Drake?

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Speaker 1: He sang a song called no New Friends? Are you

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Speaker 4: So?

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Speaker 3: Like, if you have a best friend, is there only

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Speaker 3: see some green flags.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's a green flag. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I think you mustn't have too much fun without me.

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Speaker 3: I feel like there's like a level on.

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Speaker 2: Like, don't have too much fun without me? Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Having to travel to see each other, Yeah, that one's

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Speaker 4: We all know, and we all love cuffing season, and

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Speaker 3: Cuffing season is, says everyone know what cuffing season is.

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Speaker 3: over a specific period. So what's the first question around

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Speaker 2: This is a great one.

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Speaker 1: It's a green flag, green flag.

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Speaker 1: Thought process behind not having social media.

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Speaker 5: My partner if they do have social media, But I

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Speaker 5: I get my fix of my heart fat black wife,

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Speaker 4: I think for me is when it's like the initial

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you can't really stalk and gain a sense of

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Speaker 5: Fugly, And I'm like, yeah, girls don't go on their Instagram.

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Speaker 2: We can't do that.

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Speaker 4: it best be me.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but Amanda, what about you know? They say like,

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Speaker 2: Over there?

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Speaker 3: We've got a paddle up there, the gentleman with the cap.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, you look wise well for me, there is not

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Speaker 6: I mean like, yeah, no one has said up a

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: That's a full on relationship.

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Speaker 1: Do you understand like energy? I think your social media

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Speaker 2: What about you?

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Speaker 4: What about a room be traveled from Prague? Yeah, all

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Speaker 4: So travel for Australians is huge.

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Speaker 1: You guys are on the other end of the world.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you like took twenty four hours minimum to get here.

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Speaker 4: So with your bestie travel buddy, what's a green flag,

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Speaker 4: What about you, Yeah, I'm a Can you sleep?

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Speaker 1: What about you're trying to make the most of your time?

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Speaker 3: That's very Okay, what about if your travel buddy loves

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Speaker 1: Uh huh.

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Speaker 3: So it's a mixed, mixed messaging happening here. Anyone cared

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Speaker 3: to share why it's a green flag? I'm curious to know.

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Speaker 1: Why is it a green flag? If they like to

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Speaker 7: Because that's me, That's what I did. Facts, So if

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Speaker 2: This is fair.

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Speaker 3: Listen when I'm on vacation, I want to enjoy that, unless,

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Speaker 4: I love backpackers look, and I think it's such a

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Speaker 2: It's like it was, we've had enough. Yeah, we've had enough.

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Speaker 2: We've had enough. Okay.

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Speaker 4: In the last one loves to post on social media

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Speaker 1: Red flag, green flag, green flag. Okay. Yeah, I love the.

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Speaker 3: Answers coming through. Diverse, diverse, come through, come through. So

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Speaker 3: again we speaking on travel. We're both Szimbabwe and girlies

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Speaker 3: So we thought we'd share a little bit about that

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Speaker 3: So red flag or green flag, I'll ask you, Amanda,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, there's fifty plus countries in Africa, and I'm expected

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Speaker 2: You like Nigerian foods, that's it's awesome.

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Speaker 3: Our love of music, dancing, fashion, Oh that's a green flag.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, one hundred percent. I couldn't agree more.

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Speaker 3: But before we go, Amanda, I thought we could just

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Speaker 3: I agree completely, and I think it came to be

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Speaker 1: And connect with each other.

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Speaker 3: And that's I think what has sustained our friendship all

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Speaker 2: Everybody I don't know.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we've had such a good time being part of

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Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you so much for having us. Thank you

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Speaker 3: so much, guys, eating Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And we look forward.

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Speaker 3: We have season six coming up soon, so please, if

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Speaker 3: you have a paddles you can scan and find out

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Speaker 3: more information about us.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, thank you so much for having us.

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Speaker 2: Or use them as a fan because it's hot. Thanks guys. Awesome.

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Speaker 5: All right, y'all, that is the wrap of the podcast stage.

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Speaker 1: I hope you have had a good fucking time and

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Speaker 1: that none of you die tonight.

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Speaker 5: Please make sure you drink water, put your rubbish in

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Speaker 5: the bin, go to the drug testing camps if you're

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Speaker 5: someone that's potentially gonna pull it hard tonight.

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Speaker 1: And I've been my low hotel. I'll see you come

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Speaker 1: at midnight.

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Speaker 5: Bye.