WEBVTT - Do We Look In The Mirror Too Much? 🙃

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<v Speaker 1>Flex and Frooms, Flex and Frooms. This is the Flex

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<v Speaker 1>and Frooms catch Up podcast. I have been thinking a

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<v Speaker 1>lot about mirrors. I learned recently that the reason they

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<v Speaker 1>put mirrors in lifts is so the time goes by quickly.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you tell me that flex?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Like, wait a second, Hold on a second. I

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<v Speaker 2>had read it, but they were saying there was this

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<v Speaker 2>office building that had two lifts, and it would take

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<v Speaker 2>a while for the lift to come, people to get

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<v Speaker 2>in and get out, and people would express being quite

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<v Speaker 2>like disgruntled with the whole experience. Then they put a

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of mirrors in the lobby and found that when

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<v Speaker 2>people are distracted by their own reflection, they're not as

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<v Speaker 2>aware of how much time is or is not passing by.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a bit to me, saw this, TikTok, that's a potential.

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<v Speaker 1>You have a You have a source. Her name is

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<v Speaker 1>Chloe's Secret Account with five teeths, and she says, I

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<v Speaker 1>truly believe humans were never designed to have full access

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<v Speaker 1>to mirrors and cameras to see their reflections in full light.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not normal for a species to be so consumed

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<v Speaker 1>by their self image that they prioritize it over having

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<v Speaker 1>fun and living life years and years ago, they wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have had the ability to see reflection without looking into

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<v Speaker 1>clear water, et cetera. I wonder if that was a

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<v Speaker 1>happier time, if that was the time where people felt

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<v Speaker 1>confident in themselves without having to look for validation from others.

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<v Speaker 2>So slippery slope to say that back in the days

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<v Speaker 2>was when we did things correctly. I just don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if modern inventions are doing what they're meant to do.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not trial and airbabe, modern medicine. Throw it out.

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean, honestly, we talked about Narcissus. I was

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<v Speaker 2>thinking last time, this man fell in love with his

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<v Speaker 2>own reflection. It's not the modern mirror. It's just being

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<v Speaker 2>able to perceive yourself in a way that you can

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<v Speaker 2>like adjust to make others feel differently about you. That is,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the real juicy kicker.

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<v Speaker 1>So what's this about Narcissus Greek mythology?

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<v Speaker 2>This guy fell in love with his own reflection looking

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<v Speaker 2>into a pool of water.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and then did he fall in and drown or not?

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<v Speaker 1>A spoilers, sorry, I swear, Okay, No, there was another one,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was the picture of Dorian Gray. You heard

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<v Speaker 1>of this? Did you see the play? Picture of Dorian Gray.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a man. If I remember it was a long play.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why I didn't go see it.

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<v Speaker 1>Please continue. And Juliette was a banger. Basically, picture of

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<v Speaker 1>Dorian Gray? Doan Gray? Is this hot guy? I could

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<v Speaker 1>totally be butchering this this guy, and he's like to

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<v Speaker 1>this painter. The painter's like, I'll paint a picture of

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<v Speaker 1>you and it will age, so you don't have to age.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, gorge.

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<v Speaker 1>So this man is constantly whatever age he is, whatever

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<v Speaker 1>age is optimal, that's up to interpretation, of course.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh we're over the hill away, yeah, log over.

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<v Speaker 1>The heart mechanics, extreme decline from here. The picture kept

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<v Speaker 1>getting older. Then they tried to hide the picture. They're

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<v Speaker 1>very upset that the pre existed. So I think that

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<v Speaker 1>humans were always we were always thinking about ourselves.

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<v Speaker 2>We were programmed with Shane. If it wasn't the if

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't Mirass, it was gonna be something else.

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<v Speaker 1>Damn. That's on that. You've been listening to The Flex

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