WEBVTT - Just A Bunch of Miserable Childless Cat Ladies

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<v Speaker 1>Life Uncut acknowledges the traditional custodians of country whose lands

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<v Speaker 1>were never seated. We pay our respects to their elders

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<v Speaker 1>past and present.

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<v Speaker 2>Always was, always will be Aboriginal Land. This episode was

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<v Speaker 2>recorded on Cameragle Land. Hi guys, and welcome back to

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<v Speaker 2>another episode of Life Uncut.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Laura, I'm Brittany, and we have Olympic fever, do we? Well?

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<v Speaker 3>Isn't fever? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>We've been talking about the Olympics all morning.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think I have a fever for the Olympics.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe I shouldn't say that, because I know that the

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<v Speaker 2>Olympics are exciting, and I know that it's the games

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<v Speaker 2>that brings it well together. But I have seen very

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<v Speaker 2>little except for the handball and the skateboarding, both of

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<v Speaker 2>which are very obscure. But I, I mean, I was

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<v Speaker 2>into it.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that just because the skateboarding was playing when we

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<v Speaker 1>walked into work this morning?

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<v Speaker 3>No, it was last night.

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<v Speaker 2>I came home and the Olympics were on the TV

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<v Speaker 2>and it was skateboarding, but I didn't know. So there

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<v Speaker 2>was an Olympic Australian skateboarder.

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<v Speaker 3>Her name is Chloe. She's only fourteen fourteen. Imagine what

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<v Speaker 3>were you doing at fourteen?

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<v Speaker 4>But I don't think I want to say it actually

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<v Speaker 4>on here.

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<v Speaker 3>No, it was nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>I was probably watching Nickelodeon, Nikolay Nikolie, Nikola Nickoloa, Nikki Nkalodeon.

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<v Speaker 3>But one fine day when a wolf metapair of baby

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<v Speaker 3>was born, Car was a little stone. Oh who doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>do so bad?

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<v Speaker 2>Brug, It's little cat dog, get dog, sorry, cat dog.

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<v Speaker 3>A long time we look at dog.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we know what we've both been doing at fourteen. No,

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<v Speaker 1>So the Olympic skateboarding is one of those things where

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<v Speaker 1>it's like it's such a random thing, Like I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>think I would like to watch skateboarding, but once she start,

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<v Speaker 1>you're hooked.

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<v Speaker 2>Chloe Australian fourteen years old and last night she was

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<v Speaker 2>in tears because she didn't set the record or whatever

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<v Speaker 2>she was trying to do. But amazing, if I could

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<v Speaker 2>have been half the person that she is at fourteen,

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<v Speaker 2>I would be more of a person now.

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<v Speaker 3>So there's this.

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<v Speaker 1>This makes me sound random and I don't know how

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<v Speaker 1>I started following her or why, but for years I've

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<v Speaker 1>been following a skateboarding girl on Instagram.

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<v Speaker 3>Her name is Sky Brown. I've been following it since

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<v Speaker 3>she was ten years old.

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<v Speaker 1>She's one of those people that is like a freak

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<v Speaker 1>of nature at their sport. She is the youngest ever

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<v Speaker 1>British maybe even Olympian out of any country, but at

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen at the last Olympics she won medals for skateboarding.

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<v Speaker 3>She's amazing thirteen years old.

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<v Speaker 1>So she's back there now, obviously four years later, but

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<v Speaker 1>she's incredible, and I like, she's one of those people

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<v Speaker 1>that pops up on my Instagram all the time and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, can't believe I'm still following this random twelve

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<v Speaker 1>year old skateboarding girl.

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<v Speaker 3>But I'm not mad about it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not mad because I'm jealous at her skill, Like

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<v Speaker 1>the girl has skills.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Well, I feel like a lot of people are

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<v Speaker 2>checking in and out of the Olympics this year, and

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<v Speaker 2>we will talk about this a little bit more, not

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<v Speaker 2>specifically the skateboarding.

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<v Speaker 3>Sorry for the obscure stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I love it, but there is so much that's

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<v Speaker 2>happening in the world at the moment. We also want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about the situation that has come up across

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<v Speaker 2>social media online between Jadvans Kamala Harris, Jennifer Aniston, Oprah

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<v Speaker 2>and also Hillary Clinton. Who would have thought that all

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<v Speaker 2>those people would be put into the one basket. But first, Britt,

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<v Speaker 2>how's your weekend?

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<v Speaker 3>Actually?

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<v Speaker 1>I had a wonderful weekend. I had the most random

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<v Speaker 1>thing happened to me. And this is one of those

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<v Speaker 1>things I think is like, how do you know you're

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<v Speaker 1>friends with someone, like really really good friends with someone?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, when people used to say, you know you're

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<v Speaker 1>good friends with someone if they rock up your house

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<v Speaker 1>and they go straight to the fridge, Well, you know

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<v Speaker 1>you're friends with someone where they don't knock on the

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<v Speaker 1>door and they just open in.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, says you know you're really good friends with

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<v Speaker 2>someone when you don't have to clean for their arrival.

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<v Speaker 3>That's it.

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<v Speaker 2>Like if you can someone always clean for them, If

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<v Speaker 2>you can have someone come to your house and you

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<v Speaker 2>haven't had to worry about putting things away, then that's

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<v Speaker 2>a real friend.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, maybe I'm different because this is like

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<v Speaker 1>a true testament of friendship.

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<v Speaker 3>But I also cleaned when I heard she was coming.

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<v Speaker 4>So my friend messaged me on Thursday.

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<v Speaker 3>She lives in London.

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<v Speaker 4>Her name's Laurie she messages me out of the blue.

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<v Speaker 1>She goes, you're home tonight and this is like in

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<v Speaker 1>the afternoon, and I was like, yeah, I'll be.

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<v Speaker 3>Home tonight, just have a couple of meetings.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, why you want to call and she's like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm coming, and this is from London.

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<v Speaker 3>I was like, what do you mean coming.

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<v Speaker 2>She's like, I'm an orgasmin right now. Yes, yes, she's

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<v Speaker 2>like literally as a two thousand and just really wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to let you know.

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<v Speaker 3>It's great and she's married.

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<v Speaker 4>No, She's like, I'll be there in a few hours.

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<v Speaker 1>I got a last minute flight from London to Sydney,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm currently in Perth.

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<v Speaker 3>I was like, do you need somewhere to stay and

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<v Speaker 3>she's like, oh my god, that'd be great. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 4>I was like, I was like, okay, i'll see you

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<v Speaker 4>in a couple of hours.

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<v Speaker 3>And I was like fuck. So I actually did clean

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<v Speaker 3>the house, completely clean the house.

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<v Speaker 2>See when I say clean the house, I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>a different thing when you have kids. Like if I

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<v Speaker 2>have people come over, of course, but that's like a

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<v Speaker 2>stress that if I have to clean the house with them.

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<v Speaker 2>If they're a real friend, they just accept that the

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<v Speaker 2>house can be messy and I don't have to fix

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<v Speaker 2>it for them.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember going back to your house when you used

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<v Speaker 1>to live at my house and you had just had

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<v Speaker 1>the kids, and I remember it was like a hazard

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<v Speaker 1>to get in because there were like toy cars everywhere,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, if I step on the wrong thing,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to break my neck. Like it was like

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<v Speaker 1>amaze to get in.

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<v Speaker 3>But it was so nice.

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<v Speaker 4>So she's still there now. She came on Thursday.

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<v Speaker 1>But it was one of those those really wholesome weekends

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<v Speaker 1>or times of my life that I didn't know I needed.

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<v Speaker 4>So we've been friends for twenty years. We used to

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<v Speaker 4>live together in London. I've never just sit down and

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<v Speaker 4>I'm in their presence for a long period of time

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<v Speaker 4>where you just rehash old memory and.

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<v Speaker 3>It just filled my cup so much.

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<v Speaker 1>We're talking about when we used to live together in London.

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<v Speaker 1>It's semi, don't listen to this bend. Semi made me

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<v Speaker 1>miss my single days for a hot second, only because

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<v Speaker 1>of the final and mischief used to get up to.

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<v Speaker 1>But we used to live together in notting Hill, which

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<v Speaker 1>sounds fancy than it is.

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<v Speaker 3>Not in Hill sounds super fancy. But we were this.

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<v Speaker 4>Tiny little apartment, but we wanted to live next to

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<v Speaker 4>the palace.

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<v Speaker 2>You're expats living there, so of course you weren't living

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<v Speaker 2>in like the smallest apartment.

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<v Speaker 1>We wanted to pretend we were living a better life

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<v Speaker 1>than we did.

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<v Speaker 3>Anyway, we used to just like go on day.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean when I was in my twenties, I lived

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<v Speaker 2>in Lismore next to the bowling clubs and same same thing, same.

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<v Speaker 3>We used to go out.

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<v Speaker 4>Laurie and I used to go out, and we only

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<v Speaker 4>had this two bedroom apartment.

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<v Speaker 1>And when one of us was on a date, we'd

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<v Speaker 1>have like these codes if we were going to bring

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<v Speaker 1>the date home, would send a message to each other

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<v Speaker 1>really quickly, like we're in the taxi. It would be

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<v Speaker 1>like a code blue or something. And that person's job

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<v Speaker 1>was quickly to set up the house. And we had

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<v Speaker 1>this rule where we would turn all the lights off.

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<v Speaker 1>We had one lamp we turned on, and we would

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<v Speaker 1>turn on fairy lights outside and we had fairy lights

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<v Speaker 1>in the house because that's the age we were at.

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<v Speaker 3>And I know, I'm screaming, how old way are okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Britt was telling me this story last night where she

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<v Speaker 2>was like, I would tell her get the room reddis

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<v Speaker 2>I'm bringing guy home, and she would go and turn

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<v Speaker 2>the fairy lights on. And Matt was in the car

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<v Speaker 2>next to me and he was like, tell me one

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<v Speaker 2>twenty year old man that wants to fuck to fairy lights.

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<v Speaker 1>I get Matt, lots of people wanted to fuck to

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<v Speaker 1>fairy lights.

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<v Speaker 3>When I look at the.

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<v Speaker 2>Palace, chicks are like I love a fairy light, and

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<v Speaker 2>theta like, what is going on here?

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<v Speaker 3>I'll fucked anything.

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<v Speaker 1>The fairy lights were used because have you seen downlighting.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not flattering anyway. The other part of the setup

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<v Speaker 1>was the music. So we had like a boombox and

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<v Speaker 1>we just have a playlist so.

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<v Speaker 4>When you come back, we had a place that would

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<v Speaker 4>set you just always put on.

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<v Speaker 3>You know it was good. And the reason you have

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<v Speaker 3>to have a playlist.

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<v Speaker 1>I know there's a lot of people cringing, but when

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<v Speaker 1>you're a flat mate and a tiny flat you have

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<v Speaker 1>to have something draw.

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<v Speaker 3>Out the music.

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<v Speaker 1>So the person always put the playlist on. But I'll

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<v Speaker 1>never if we couldn't stop laughing.

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<v Speaker 4>This one time, there was this guy that I really

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<v Speaker 4>really crushing on, and Laurie knew that. So we're on

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<v Speaker 4>the lounge. You're getting freaky. She knows she's not allowed

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<v Speaker 4>to come out of the room.

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<v Speaker 3>But then the music.

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<v Speaker 1>Would just change, not from playlist, the music went rogue,

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<v Speaker 1>and the music would go to like the Titanic theme song,

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<v Speaker 1>like literally the Titanic theme song.

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<v Speaker 2>How does the.

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<v Speaker 3>TOTAO theme song go again? That song? My heart will

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<v Speaker 3>go on? Oh, she's having a real moment, bring it back. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>she was having a moment when I was also having

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<v Speaker 3>a moment. Yeah, you couldn't. You couldn't have sex to

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<v Speaker 3>my heart will go on, Like, I'm not against it.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't hate it.

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<v Speaker 5>Especially if you were in that position where your arms

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<v Speaker 5>are out like a tea And.

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<v Speaker 1>All I could think about was the hands that goes on.

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<v Speaker 4>The window and the sweat that like drags down the window.

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<v Speaker 4>And I was just like a friend. But in my

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<v Speaker 4>head I started to laugh because I knew what she

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<v Speaker 4>was doing.

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<v Speaker 3>I knew she was in the other room controlling the playlist.

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<v Speaker 1>When I was having my big moment, I was trying

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<v Speaker 1>not to giggle, but I was like, Okay, she's only

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<v Speaker 1>going to do it to one song and then I'll

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<v Speaker 1>hit back in so I'll get in so I'm grinding

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<v Speaker 1>away doing whatever I'm doing, and then the next song is.

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<v Speaker 4>Like can you fit love to?

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm mortified. At this point, she's going rogue and

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<v Speaker 1>she's just playing every like embarrassing, messed up love song

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<v Speaker 1>that you can imagine.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember, did guy say anything at this point? Was

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<v Speaker 2>he like interesting playlist?

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<v Speaker 3>He went soft? He did not.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you feel the last night?

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<v Speaker 3>No? I can no longer feel the night.

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<v Speaker 5>So I don't want to storytop you, but I do

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<v Speaker 5>have a story that is so similar to this. It

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<v Speaker 5>was ten years ago I'd started dating a musician. They

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<v Speaker 5>had two housemates, and there were shit stirs, and there

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<v Speaker 5>was one night that we came home. They knowed that

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<v Speaker 5>we'd been on a date. And this is in the

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<v Speaker 5>early stages too, we didn't know each other that well.

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<v Speaker 5>They'd known that we'd come home. Things had like heat

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<v Speaker 5>it up and out of nowhere, so there was no

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<v Speaker 5>music on.

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<v Speaker 3>Out of nowhere, they started playing his music.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, really, really loudly, so as you're having sex with

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<v Speaker 1>him his own music, he kind.

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<v Speaker 5>Of stopped it because, like to me, it didn't really

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<v Speaker 5>register because like it was just a song wait wait, wait,

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<v Speaker 5>his music, Guy, that you're music.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 5>So there was no music on, and it didn't really

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<v Speaker 5>register to me because I didn't know his music.

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<v Speaker 3>Would for word.

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<v Speaker 5>But he stopped at one point and just looked at me,

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<v Speaker 5>and I just thought that they'd started playing music because they.

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<v Speaker 3>Wanted to drown a bit sound.

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<v Speaker 6>And he was like, you're like, I know that I'm here,

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<v Speaker 6>and I was like, yeah, yeah, why He's like, can

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<v Speaker 6>you hear me sing?

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<v Speaker 3>So embarrassing? I was so embarrassed. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>No, he sucked to his own soundtrack, which.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what, I reckon.

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<v Speaker 4>He probably did that anyway, don't you reckon? He comes

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<v Speaker 4>back when he brings chicks back to the house.

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<v Speaker 3>I hope not.

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<v Speaker 5>I would really hope not.

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<v Speaker 3>I reckon.

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<v Speaker 1>I would I reckon if I was an artist that

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<v Speaker 1>had like greatest here, I believe.

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<v Speaker 3>That I would.

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<v Speaker 1>I would say put that on in the background, your

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<v Speaker 1>own podcast on to bed.

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<v Speaker 3>No, No, I would never do that. But I was

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<v Speaker 3>just spirts laugh over and over and over. That is

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<v Speaker 3>a moodkiller.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Well, look was Actually my weekend was good in

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<v Speaker 2>some ways and then terrible in other ways. As you

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<v Speaker 2>guys know, I've spoke and about it quite a bit recently.

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<v Speaker 2>My stepdad. He's really really unwell. So we spent time

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<v Speaker 2>at the hospital on Sunday. But on Sunday morning, something

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<v Speaker 2>very funny happens. So let's talk about the funny things

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<v Speaker 2>and not the sad things. So Sunday morning, we went

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<v Speaker 2>to a friend's house who is renovating.

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<v Speaker 3>So we went to the house. It's like in the

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<v Speaker 3>midst of a renovation.

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<v Speaker 2>And because they're renovating near us, they were like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>just go and get the keys, go and have a look,

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<v Speaker 2>like we want you to see where we're putting things and.

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<v Speaker 3>The layout of the house. And they're really excited about it.

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<v Speaker 2>And we went picked up the keys and we went

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<v Speaker 2>over and we were walking through the house. And also

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<v Speaker 2>takes me to the conversation that we had last week

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<v Speaker 2>on the podcast around cantrady shit in the house if

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<v Speaker 2>they're working on it, okay, but imagine this. This house

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<v Speaker 2>is fully gutted, right, Like the toilets are still on

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<v Speaker 2>because they have no portaloos, so like everything is still functioning,

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<v Speaker 2>but they've gutted the walls and the interiors and the

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<v Speaker 2>floors because they're doing like a light cosmetic reno.

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<v Speaker 3>So halfway through.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got there and Matt had just finished a burrito

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<v Speaker 2>as we've arrived imperative for the story, and a coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>And Matt's coffee is a triple large latte, so he

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<v Speaker 2>has like a three shot latte every single day.

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<v Speaker 3>So in we are are We're walking around this house

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<v Speaker 3>and it looks great.

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<v Speaker 2>We've been there for a while hour and all of

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<v Speaker 2>a sudden, I goes, I'm just gonna go to the toilet.

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<v Speaker 2>So off he goes, and he comes out and he

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<v Speaker 2>is white, like completely white from the top down, Like

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<v Speaker 2>what happened? And he goes, I just assumed And I

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<v Speaker 2>was like, you just assumed what? And He's like, I

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<v Speaker 2>just assumed the water was still on because there's no

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<v Speaker 2>porterloo here. And I was like, what do you mean?

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<v Speaker 2>He took his shit in their toilet and it did

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<v Speaker 2>not flush. There is no water in the I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>you just shit into a dry toilet.

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<v Speaker 3>And thought it so there wasn't toilet in a bowl, nothing, nothing.

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<v Speaker 3>He didn't look. He just went and sat down and

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<v Speaker 3>did it.

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<v Speaker 2>He called our friend, and our friend was like, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not dealing with that, and so he had to email

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<v Speaker 2>the builder and say I'm so sorry because we couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>find the water to turn the water back off.

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<v Speaker 4>Just put your hand in a bag, like, pick it up?

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<v Speaker 3>What do you do?

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<v Speaker 2>He just he covered it and toilet paper, patted it down,

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<v Speaker 2>shut the lid, and then emailed the builder and was like,

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<v Speaker 2>I am so deeply sorry that I did a ship

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<v Speaker 2>in your unflushable toilet downstairs.

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<v Speaker 3>That he should have picked up a lot. Well, the burrito,

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<v Speaker 3>he just can hume it was paper.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh my, the ship's.

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<v Speaker 3>Still there today. Builders.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine coming in after a weekend, like you had the

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<v Speaker 2>weekend off.

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<v Speaker 3>You come into the side Mexican. This's this particular type,

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<v Speaker 3>been there for two days.

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<v Speaker 1>Laura, you've just reminded me that we had someone writing

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<v Speaker 1>in about you, and pooh.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh god, what do I do that's been writing about me?

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<v Speaker 3>And pooh, I'm going to read it now I talk

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<v Speaker 3>about pool. No, this is so funny. I'm so confused.

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<v Speaker 1>So a listener wade in and said, I just had

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<v Speaker 1>my forever bestie call me to tell me that she

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<v Speaker 1>was driving home from working Bondi and stopped at a

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<v Speaker 1>pedestrian crossing. Suddenly she recognized the person and the dog

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<v Speaker 1>walking across the road.

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<v Speaker 4>It was none other then Laura and Buster.

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<v Speaker 1>Now Laura had her hands fullen on the phone while

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<v Speaker 1>Buster was just walking across the crossing.

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<v Speaker 2>With no lead as well. But I'll explain why. In

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<v Speaker 2>a second, halfway.

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<v Speaker 1>Across the road, Buster stops in the middle of the

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<v Speaker 1>pedestrian crossing to take a giant shit.

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<v Speaker 4>She said it was the funniest thing she has ever seen.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope Laura will bring this up, because, let me

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<v Speaker 1>tell you, I nearly wear my pants. Let me tell you,

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<v Speaker 1>Laura has not. Laura has not brought this up. Laura,

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<v Speaker 1>we need to know.

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<v Speaker 3>I went back and got it.

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<v Speaker 2>Guys, this literal shit happens to me so often that

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<v Speaker 2>this wasn't even this didn't even register as a story

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<v Speaker 2>to tell. So, okay, this happened on Friday last week.

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<v Speaker 2>I was walking out. I actually had just left the vet.

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<v Speaker 2>He has a slip disc in his back. He fell

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<v Speaker 2>down the stairs at our house about three weeks ago,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's getting progressively worse. Anyway, on Friday, he was

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<v Speaker 2>not in a good way, and I took him. We

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<v Speaker 2>took him to the vet and he's now on like

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<v Speaker 2>muscle relaxes. Anyway, he couldn't be on the lead because

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<v Speaker 2>every additional pull and stuff is hurting his spine. So

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<v Speaker 2>I was walking back across the pedestrian crossing and he

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't on the lead. I was on the phone to

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<v Speaker 2>Matt being like, Okay, he's got a slip disk and

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<v Speaker 2>he's got to be on this medication now.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I looked down. He has stopped in the

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<v Speaker 3>middle of the road.

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<v Speaker 1>The cars are on either side, and he's hunched over.

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<v Speaker 3>Dropping a huge shit in the middle.

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<v Speaker 4>And actually really mortified.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know what to do because I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to pull him because he's in pain.

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<v Speaker 3>I ended up having to pull him off.

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<v Speaker 2>The road, and then one car went and then I

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<v Speaker 2>had to run back and pick it up off the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of the road.

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<v Speaker 3>Half it was squeished and the other half was still

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<v Speaker 3>good to go. What is the met in your life

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<v Speaker 3>at the moment?

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<v Speaker 1>I would die if I was halfway across the crossing

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<v Speaker 1>and my dog took a dump and I didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>a bag, and I would die.

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<v Speaker 2>It's also so thank you for sending that in. That

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<v Speaker 2>is exactly what happened. He took a dump in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of pedestro rossing, and this lovely old man who

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<v Speaker 2>was like also crossing the road at the same time, goes, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>don't worry, love.

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<v Speaker 3>Bit of an inconvenient timing, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you?

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<v Speaker 3>My life is so.

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<v Speaker 2>Short, right, everything is falling part something that I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about. And I feel like this, No, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't feel like it has. It has completely overrun every

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<v Speaker 2>single media outlet that there is the almost ecstatic excitement,

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<v Speaker 2>I think, and change and the energy surrounding the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that Kamala Harris is now in the presidential election and

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<v Speaker 2>she is running. I think it's very interesting how only

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of weeks ago we were talking about Donald

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<v Speaker 2>Trump getting almost assassinated, right, and it feels like that

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<v Speaker 2>is such a long distant memory. And what has overtaken

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<v Speaker 2>it is this more current and more recent debate and

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<v Speaker 2>conversation around Kamala Harris and jd Vance. I'm sure you

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<v Speaker 2>have heard of this, but Jade Vance, he's the Republican

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<v Speaker 2>vice president candidate, and he has had some very choice

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<v Speaker 2>things to say about a bunch of childless cat ladies

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<v Speaker 2>who are running the country. In an interview in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty one, Jade Evans had this to say, I.

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<v Speaker 7>Would to take aim at the left, specifically the childless left.

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<v Speaker 7>The rejection of the American family is perhaps the most

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<v Speaker 7>pernicious and most evil thing that the Left has done

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<v Speaker 7>in this country. Consider all of the next gen Kamala

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<v Speaker 7>Harris mayor Pete Budage, Corey Booker AOC. They're different, they

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<v Speaker 7>come from different walks of life, different parts of the country.

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<v Speaker 7>What is the one thing that unites every single one

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<v Speaker 7>of them? Not a single one of them has any children.

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<v Speaker 7>A lot of people are unable to have kids for

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<v Speaker 7>very complicated and important biological reasons, medical reasons that can't

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<v Speaker 7>have children. It's one thing to recognize that their people

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<v Speaker 7>don't have children through no fault or choice of their own,

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<v Speaker 7>but it's something else to build a political movement invested

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<v Speaker 7>theoretically in the future of this country when not a

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<v Speaker 7>single one of them actually has any physical commitment to

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<v Speaker 7>the future of this country.

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<v Speaker 2>At the time twenty one, he was called out for

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<v Speaker 2>these comments, and then he doubled down on it only

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of days later and had this to say.

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<v Speaker 7>We're effectively run in this country via the Democrats, via

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<v Speaker 7>our corporate oligarchs, by a bunch of childless cat ladies

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<v Speaker 7>who are miserable at their own lives and the choices

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<v Speaker 7>that they've made, and so they want to make the

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<v Speaker 7>rest of the country miserable too. And it's just a

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<v Speaker 7>basic fact. You look at Kamala Harris AOC. The entire

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<v Speaker 7>future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children.

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<v Speaker 2>Rightly, So people are fucking angry about this. But I

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<v Speaker 2>do think it begs the question, which maybe a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people aren't familiar with, but why has this come

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<v Speaker 2>back up? So this happened in twenty twenty one, we're

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<v Speaker 2>obviously now in twenty twenty four, like, why is the

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<v Speaker 2>media making a big, massive song and dance around this now?

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<v Speaker 2>And the reason for that is because Hillary Clinton tweeted

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<v Speaker 2>just the other day, and she was the one who

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<v Speaker 2>brought this back to the surface.

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<v Speaker 3>Her tweet said.

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<v Speaker 2>What a normal, relatable guy who certainly doesn't hate women

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<v Speaker 2>having freedoms, and then she posted just a direct quote

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<v Speaker 2>which said the childless cat ladies who are miserable at

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<v Speaker 2>their own own lives and have no direct stake in America.

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<v Speaker 2>This has gone on to have real prolific coverage. So

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<v Speaker 2>Jennifer Aniston has jumped on the bandwagon and given her

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<v Speaker 2>two cents about it. Oprah Winfrey has given her two

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<v Speaker 2>cents about it, and it's created such a media fury. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I think that anybody and anyone who's listening to this

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<v Speaker 2>would probably feel the same that we do around how

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<v Speaker 2>negligible those comments are and how minimizing they are of

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<v Speaker 2>women who have made the choice of their own volition

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<v Speaker 2>not to have children. But I do think it's interesting

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<v Speaker 2>the timing of which this has come back to the surface,

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<v Speaker 2>and I do think that it is a very clever

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<v Speaker 2>marketing tactic that has been taken in order to rewrite

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<v Speaker 2>the big conversations that are happening in media at the moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, fast forward to last Friday when he was interviewed

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<v Speaker 1>on the Megan Kelly Show.

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<v Speaker 3>This is what he had to say.

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<v Speaker 7>I know the media wants to attack me and wants

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<v Speaker 7>me to back down on this, Meghan, But the simple

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<v Speaker 7>point that I made is that having children, becoming a father,

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<v Speaker 7>becoming a mother, I really do think it changes your

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<v Speaker 7>perspective in a pretty profound way. This is about criticizing

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<v Speaker 7>the Democratic Party for becoming anti family, an anti child,

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<v Speaker 7>and I think it's profoundly weird and dangerous rhetoric because

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<v Speaker 7>you know, I think most parents would say professional achievements,

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<v Speaker 7>whether you're a mom or dad, all that stuff eventually

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<v Speaker 7>fades away. The thing that you're most proud of is

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<v Speaker 7>having kids, what your kids do, the relationship that you

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<v Speaker 7>have with your family. That is what I think brings

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<v Speaker 7>the most meaning to life is family, not all these

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<v Speaker 7>weird little accomplishments and degrees and everything else.

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<v Speaker 1>I did go and listen to everything that he had

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<v Speaker 1>to say, and I went back and watched it marine depth,

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<v Speaker 1>because the highlight reels that were going around the news

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<v Speaker 1>were just the really, really bad beats about the crazy

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<v Speaker 1>cat lady and being miserable because you don't have children.

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<v Speaker 3>And making wanting to make the.

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<v Speaker 2>Entire population miserable, yeah, as a byproduct, and.

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<v Speaker 3>Your own misery because you didn't have children.

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<v Speaker 1>But there was a part of me, and I will say,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a part of me that understands what he was

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<v Speaker 1>trying to say. There's a part of me that understands

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<v Speaker 1>that he's saying, Well, if you haven't experienced something and

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<v Speaker 1>you will never experience it, do you completely, fully, wholly

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<v Speaker 1>understand that situation.

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<v Speaker 3>I do understand that on a level.

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<v Speaker 1>But he shoots himself in the foot by being like

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<v Speaker 1>a misogynistic fuck with and making statements about being miserable

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<v Speaker 1>with no children, and the fact that you can only

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<v Speaker 1>be proud of your life and feel whole if you've

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<v Speaker 1>had kids, like that last part where he says as

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite part where he says, like your weird little

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<v Speaker 1>achievements like degrees and things like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I like the weird little achievements like potentially being

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<v Speaker 2>the president of the United States. I think the big

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<v Speaker 2>issue and the reason why there's such an uproar, And

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<v Speaker 2>maybe I feel a little bit differently to you about it, Britt,

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<v Speaker 2>but I listen.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think so. I think we're the same.

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<v Speaker 7>No.

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<v Speaker 2>I listened to the entire speech as well, and I

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<v Speaker 2>understand what he was trying to get across, and that

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<v Speaker 2>is that, you know, for a lot of people who

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<v Speaker 2>have families, being a parent is one of the great

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<v Speaker 2>achievements that you have in life. I don't think anyone

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<v Speaker 2>is debating that, but I do think it comes into

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<v Speaker 2>play the same conversation that we had around Butker and

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<v Speaker 2>his speech at the graduation. It's being told that that

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<v Speaker 2>is your greatest achievement. And I think that the second part,

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<v Speaker 2>which I don't agree with. He's saying that if you

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<v Speaker 2>are someone who doesn't have children, that you only have

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<v Speaker 2>stake in the game. You only have skin in the

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<v Speaker 2>game if you know what it's like to be a parent,

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<v Speaker 2>because then you can relate to people who have children

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<v Speaker 2>and you can relate to the plight of families. That comment,

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<v Speaker 2>to me reeks of what Scott Morrison did when he

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<v Speaker 2>stood up there and said, oh, you know, I spoke

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<v Speaker 2>to my wife Jenny, and she said.

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<v Speaker 3>Imagine if it was one of our daughters.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it is a requirement of a politician to

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<v Speaker 2>be able to have empathy who live lives and have

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<v Speaker 2>an existence that's completely different to them. So what he's

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<v Speaker 2>saying is that unless you are a parent yourself, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have the skills to have empathy for somebody who

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<v Speaker 2>lives a different life to you. But that means that

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<v Speaker 2>if you lack that empathy, how on earth are you

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<v Speaker 2>able to represent the many different minorities that sit across

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<v Speaker 2>a country.

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<v Speaker 1>And as somebody that doesn't have kids, the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>if I was in America, he's saying that I shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have as much of a right to vote because I

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<v Speaker 1>haven't had a child. Child gob smacks me.

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<v Speaker 2>Van said that parents should have more voting power than

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<v Speaker 2>childless Americans. Let's give votes to all children in this country,

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<v Speaker 2>but let's give control over those votes to the parents

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<v Speaker 2>of those children. When you go to the polls in

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<v Speaker 2>this country, as a parent, you should have more power.

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<v Speaker 2>You should have more of an ability to speak your

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<v Speaker 2>voice in our democratic republic than people who don't have children.

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<v Speaker 1>Like, just because you don't have your own biological children

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<v Speaker 1>does not mean you don't have a stake in what

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<v Speaker 1>happens in the future. The thing that I find really

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<v Speaker 1>funny here is that Kamala Harris does have children, but

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<v Speaker 1>their stepchildren. She has two stepchildren that she has been

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<v Speaker 1>very heavily involved in their lives to the better part

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<v Speaker 1>of a decade, and her stepdaughter actually came out.

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<v Speaker 3>Her name's Ella.

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<v Speaker 1>She actually came out and made a statement which I

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<v Speaker 1>thought was really sweet. Obviously, she doesn't want to get

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<v Speaker 1>mixed up in the politics, so it was very top line,

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<v Speaker 1>but she'd just said, how can you be childless when

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<v Speaker 1>you have QTPI kids.

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<v Speaker 3>Like Cole and I.

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<v Speaker 1>She's really doubling down making a point here that families

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<v Speaker 1>don't all look the same. Yeah, and I really loved

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<v Speaker 1>to see it. There are other people in the party,

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<v Speaker 1>in Kamala's party who were affected directly and named by

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<v Speaker 1>his statement, by Vansa's statement, and they were in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of adopting kids, like there are so many different

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<v Speaker 1>ways a family can.

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<v Speaker 3>Look, which is what made me upset.

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<v Speaker 1>Also listening to him say that you will not be

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<v Speaker 1>truly happy until you have achieved a family.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's all you're gonna work towards.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't imagine how many women would have read that

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<v Speaker 1>and been like, what the fuck?

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<v Speaker 3>I think The thing though, is that it does.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that's why so many women in Australia

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<v Speaker 2>are angry and like in my friendship groups, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I was at home with my mother in law talking

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<v Speaker 2>about this is because in some way it does affect us.

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<v Speaker 2>Like these views are held, whether they're verbalized with such conviction,

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<v Speaker 2>they are held throughout Australia as well, and it's like

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<v Speaker 2>it's heralding an idea of family, but only a specific

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<v Speaker 2>kind of family. It's like if you've got two point

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<v Speaker 2>two children and you're white, and you're a perfectly married

0:23:56.400 --> 0:23:58.840
<v Speaker 2>couple who've never been through divorce. You know, even if

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<v Speaker 2>maybe that's how your family exists, it may not be

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<v Speaker 2>how your parents' family existed. And I say this coming

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<v Speaker 2>from a multiple divorced household, but now I have two

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<v Speaker 2>children and a husband, so on paper, we match what

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<v Speaker 2>would be considered like, you know, the ideal family in

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<v Speaker 2>Jade Vance's eye. But when I look at my family

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<v Speaker 2>as a whole, it is so fragmented. And I think

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<v Speaker 2>that it's the invalidation of people and how they live

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<v Speaker 2>and show up in terms of family that is so problematic.

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<v Speaker 2>The media has so strongly latched onto that one statement,

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<v Speaker 2>calling childless women cat ladies who are unhappy with the

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<v Speaker 2>choices that they have made in their life and want

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<v Speaker 2>to impart that misery onto other people, even though that's

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<v Speaker 2>the sentence that media has latched onto, because if you

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<v Speaker 2>do listen to the entire speech, jd. Vance talks about

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<v Speaker 2>how obviously fertility issues are something that a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>women don't have an option over, but he's made the

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<v Speaker 2>assumption in that speech that either you can't have children

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<v Speaker 2>because there is some medical reason that prevents you from

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<v Speaker 2>being able to do it, or if you make the

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<v Speaker 2>alternate decision and you choose not to have children when

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<v Speaker 2>you're able to that you're selfish, that you're someone who's lacking.

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<v Speaker 2>And the problem with this whole conversation, and I mean

0:25:13.160 --> 0:25:15.840
<v Speaker 2>we've spoken about it loads in this podcast, is that

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<v Speaker 2>that opinion is only reserved to women. No one thinks

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<v Speaker 2>men are selfish if they don't have children. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>George Washington didn't have children, and he wasn't being called

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<v Speaker 2>a crazy cat man. It's the inference of the misogyny

0:25:27.359 --> 0:25:29.520
<v Speaker 2>that's loaded into it that if you're a woman and

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<v Speaker 2>you don't want to have kids, that you must be

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<v Speaker 2>a bad person who lacks the ability to show empathy

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<v Speaker 2>for other people.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to know where he really went wrong?

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<v Speaker 1>Unknowingly when he made this comment. He shot himself in

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<v Speaker 1>the foot because he directed this comment one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most powerful people in the world without knowing Oprah No

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<v Speaker 1>Taylor Swift, she's a childless cat lady like that is

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<v Speaker 1>her jam, That is who she is at her core.

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<v Speaker 3>Also with her weird little achievements that she's created. She's

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<v Speaker 3>got those.

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<v Speaker 1>Weird little achievements like being the most powerful woman in

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<v Speaker 1>the world, like that cute little thing that she did.

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<v Speaker 3>So true. I don't think of her yet.

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<v Speaker 1>Mid thirties, no kids knowingly owning the fact that she's

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<v Speaker 1>a bit of a crazy cat lady, like in a

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<v Speaker 1>good way. But what has happened now, the flow and

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<v Speaker 1>effect is the Swifties have come out in force because

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<v Speaker 1>they know even though Taylor hasn't endorsed anyone publicly this election,

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<v Speaker 1>last election, she did publicly endorse Joe Biden and Kamala

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<v Speaker 1>Harris like, so all the Swifties have already started tweeting

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<v Speaker 1>and gotten on the bandwagon of supporting Harris, which I

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<v Speaker 1>think is incredible. So now they have hundreds of thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of extra people that are more determined to vote that

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<v Speaker 1>might not have voted. On top of that, which is

0:26:38.920 --> 0:26:43.160
<v Speaker 1>probably a very smart move from Kamala Harris. Was her

0:26:43.480 --> 0:26:47.120
<v Speaker 1>theme song for her first campaign ad was Beyonce's Freedom,

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<v Speaker 1>So she now has Beyonce's fan base and she has

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<v Speaker 1>Taylor Swift's fan base that are coming together. Who knows

0:26:53.240 --> 0:26:56.040
<v Speaker 1>who these people may have voted for before this happened,

0:26:56.160 --> 0:26:59.960
<v Speaker 1>but now they are all publicly and mass rooting for Harris,

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<v Speaker 1>which I love to see. Like, the worst thing you

0:27:02.480 --> 0:27:04.680
<v Speaker 1>can do is sit on a woman so publicly and

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<v Speaker 1>somebody like Taylor Swift.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's so interesting because I would have said up

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<v Speaker 2>until a couple of weeks ago, and like, you know,

0:27:11.080 --> 0:27:13.000
<v Speaker 2>we are not people who get on here and talk

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<v Speaker 2>about politics very often, especially not American politics, like it's

0:27:16.240 --> 0:27:19.920
<v Speaker 2>fucking outside our wheelhouse. But in saying that, we've spoken

0:27:19.960 --> 0:27:23.360
<v Speaker 2>about being childless by choice numerous times on this podcast.

0:27:23.359 --> 0:27:26.920
<v Speaker 2>We did a fucking fantastic episode with Danny Duncan last year.

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<v Speaker 2>She's a social media influencer, but she has really kind

0:27:30.480 --> 0:27:33.760
<v Speaker 2>of created an amazing community around herself as a woman

0:27:33.800 --> 0:27:36.800
<v Speaker 2>who has chosen to not have children. And if you

0:27:36.960 --> 0:27:39.480
<v Speaker 2>are somebody who is unsure, are still on the fence,

0:27:39.520 --> 0:27:41.280
<v Speaker 2>I really employ you to go and listen to that

0:27:41.320 --> 0:27:43.320
<v Speaker 2>episode and we'll put it in the show notes as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Well. We've also spoken to Kaarina Irbie and both the

0:27:46.160 --> 0:27:48.720
<v Speaker 1>girls from Girls Got to Eat all about being childless

0:27:48.720 --> 0:27:51.000
<v Speaker 1>by choice, Like we have done many episodes.

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<v Speaker 2>On this Yeah, and I think like there is and

0:27:53.280 --> 0:27:57.520
<v Speaker 2>it still persists in today's society so deeply, because you know,

0:27:57.600 --> 0:28:00.439
<v Speaker 2>Danny spoke about it herself, going back to this idea

0:28:00.560 --> 0:28:03.119
<v Speaker 2>that a woman must be selfish to want to not

0:28:03.200 --> 0:28:07.439
<v Speaker 2>have children and any of those types of sentiments surrounding this.

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<v Speaker 2>The only thing that you can extrapolate is that the

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<v Speaker 2>most important thing that we're ever going to do with

0:28:12.200 --> 0:28:15.640
<v Speaker 2>our lives is reproduce, and that if you think it's

0:28:15.720 --> 0:28:18.520
<v Speaker 2>something else, if you think it is your career, or

0:28:18.560 --> 0:28:21.600
<v Speaker 2>you think it is your achievements, then you've only made

0:28:21.640 --> 0:28:24.920
<v Speaker 2>that decision because the society pressures have forced you into

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<v Speaker 2>making it.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>The other thing that's really stand out from this whole

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<v Speaker 2>campaign is saying that Kamala Harris is anti family and

0:28:32.200 --> 0:28:35.239
<v Speaker 2>anti children. Know that the real reason why that is

0:28:35.280 --> 0:28:38.760
<v Speaker 2>being touted is because they stand for abortion rights, for

0:28:38.800 --> 0:28:41.280
<v Speaker 2>women to have the freedom of reproductive rights and to

0:28:41.320 --> 0:28:42.840
<v Speaker 2>make choices over their own body.

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<v Speaker 5>I also think, Laura, on top of that, these conversations

0:28:45.680 --> 0:28:48.000
<v Speaker 5>aren't happening in silos. He's obviously been called out for

0:28:48.040 --> 0:28:49.719
<v Speaker 5>something that he said in twenty twenty one, and it's

0:28:49.720 --> 0:28:53.160
<v Speaker 5>still happening now in twenty twenty four. But the marketing

0:28:53.200 --> 0:28:56.560
<v Speaker 5>around this whole family versus anti family thing, it's not

0:28:56.680 --> 0:28:59.160
<v Speaker 5>just happening with these comments. It's happening with, like you said,

0:28:59.160 --> 0:29:01.760
<v Speaker 5>the reproductive right and a lot of those reproductive freedoms

0:29:01.760 --> 0:29:04.200
<v Speaker 5>being taken away from women. They're wanting to take away

0:29:04.200 --> 0:29:06.280
<v Speaker 5>trans rights and gay rights. They have for a very

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<v Speaker 5>long time. A lot of their policies that they're wanting

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<v Speaker 5>to create if they come back into power have to

0:29:11.440 --> 0:29:14.200
<v Speaker 5>do with removing immigrants. They've said that the Democrats have

0:29:14.320 --> 0:29:16.920
<v Speaker 5>let all these terrorists in, you know, That's what Trump's

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<v Speaker 5>been talking about very recently. It's also happening alongside the

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<v Speaker 5>rise of this tradwife content that is this really glorified

0:29:23.600 --> 0:29:25.280
<v Speaker 5>version of what life used to be.

0:29:25.480 --> 0:29:27.200
<v Speaker 3>Like they've wanted to handmade tale.

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<v Speaker 5>They've just wanted to put this filter. The world has

0:29:30.080 --> 0:29:33.560
<v Speaker 5>gone mad. The Left have made this really woke, miserable

0:29:33.680 --> 0:29:36.720
<v Speaker 5>men and baby hating community and we want to go

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<v Speaker 5>back to.

0:29:37.160 --> 0:29:39.520
<v Speaker 3>The good old days. But the good old days were.

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<v Speaker 5>Only good for straight white men, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>Like we're seeing this real division.

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<v Speaker 5>Of two types of life that you could live and

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<v Speaker 5>if you vote Left, you fit into the category of

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<v Speaker 5>being child free.

0:29:50.520 --> 0:29:52.320
<v Speaker 3>Cat Lady and Barbie Cork.

0:29:52.280 --> 0:29:54.280
<v Speaker 5>And I think they're trying to create this division of

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<v Speaker 5>if you want to be a wholesome family that has

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<v Speaker 5>this lifestyle of organic food and lots of chill and

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<v Speaker 5>good education, you have to vote right because the left

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<v Speaker 5>are against that.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it goes back to these big conversations around very

0:30:06.560 --> 0:30:09.840
<v Speaker 2>like traditionalistic values. And I think something that I found

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<v Speaker 2>really fascinating of what's happened recently, so there's been a

0:30:13.760 --> 0:30:16.800
<v Speaker 2>rise in the maternal mortality rates in the USA since

0:30:16.800 --> 0:30:20.680
<v Speaker 2>they've brought in all the restrictions around abortion, which is unsurprising,

0:30:20.880 --> 0:30:23.520
<v Speaker 2>to be honest, but it's also devastating. I mean, even

0:30:23.520 --> 0:30:26.240
<v Speaker 2>in Australia, the biggest killer of women back in the

0:30:26.320 --> 0:30:29.080
<v Speaker 2>day used to be childbirth, but now we have so

0:30:29.200 --> 0:30:32.640
<v Speaker 2>many more caveats and safety networks around that we give

0:30:32.680 --> 0:30:35.400
<v Speaker 2>women so many more opportunities of choice around their body.

0:30:35.920 --> 0:30:38.880
<v Speaker 2>This idea that you could be anti family or anti

0:30:39.000 --> 0:30:41.000
<v Speaker 2>kid the flip side of that is is.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe you're just anti women. Maybe you're anti women.

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<v Speaker 2>Having the choice doesn't make you pro family, it makes

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<v Speaker 2>you against people having the opportunity to choice of their

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<v Speaker 2>own bodies.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's so fucking deeply problematic.

0:30:52.640 --> 0:30:56.560
<v Speaker 2>And framing someone as crazy or a cat lady, or

0:30:56.640 --> 0:30:58.959
<v Speaker 2>as though they're miserable with their own lives is just

0:30:59.000 --> 0:31:02.280
<v Speaker 2>such low hanging fruit, and it's so easy and makes

0:31:02.320 --> 0:31:07.040
<v Speaker 2>it so simple to dismiss someone their intelligence their ability

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<v Speaker 2>to run a country by being like.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but they're a fucking crazy, miserable cat. Lady.

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<v Speaker 2>Jadvans has come out since and said that his comments

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty one were simply sarcastic and that they've

0:31:16.760 --> 0:31:20.640
<v Speaker 2>been taken too closely to heart. But he also said this,

0:31:21.000 --> 0:31:22.840
<v Speaker 2>which I think is fucking hilarious.

0:31:23.120 --> 0:31:26.280
<v Speaker 3>He said, I've got nothing against cats. I've got nothing

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<v Speaker 3>against dogs. I've got a dog at home. And I

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<v Speaker 3>love him.

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<v Speaker 1>Because he's trying to say that the point he was

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<v Speaker 1>trying to make was missing. He's like, we're just focusing

0:31:34.240 --> 0:31:35.880
<v Speaker 1>on the sarcas and we're missing the point.

0:31:35.920 --> 0:31:37.480
<v Speaker 3>And now I'm gonna say it again.

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<v Speaker 1>I understand in a backwards way what his point is.

0:31:41.640 --> 0:31:43.240
<v Speaker 1>He's just trying to say, we want to have a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of people running a country that I haven't actually

0:31:45.640 --> 0:31:48.440
<v Speaker 1>put a foot or a finger in that pie. Like

0:31:48.960 --> 0:31:52.680
<v Speaker 1>I can say, until the cows come home. I understand

0:31:52.760 --> 0:31:54.640
<v Speaker 1>what it must be like to have kids, Laura, like

0:31:55.040 --> 0:31:56.960
<v Speaker 1>my family has kids. I've seen you have kids, but

0:31:57.000 --> 0:31:59.240
<v Speaker 1>I will never understand what it's like to have kids

0:31:59.280 --> 0:32:01.560
<v Speaker 1>until I have kids. So I understand what he's trying

0:32:01.560 --> 0:32:02.880
<v Speaker 1>to say, but I think he didn't know how to

0:32:02.880 --> 0:32:05.680
<v Speaker 1>communicate that. I don't support him in any capacity, So

0:32:05.720 --> 0:32:08.320
<v Speaker 1>I don't want anyone to take that that I'm trying

0:32:08.320 --> 0:32:09.800
<v Speaker 1>to support him when I say that. But I do

0:32:09.960 --> 0:32:13.080
<v Speaker 1>understand by saying, if you haven't lived something, you don't

0:32:13.160 --> 0:32:15.880
<v Speaker 1>understand it on a level that someone that has lived

0:32:15.920 --> 0:32:18.760
<v Speaker 1>it understands. And do you think that since you've become

0:32:18.800 --> 0:32:22.600
<v Speaker 1>a mom, Laura, your perspective and understanding has completely changed

0:32:22.640 --> 0:32:24.920
<v Speaker 1>the way you view the world, The things that you

0:32:24.960 --> 0:32:27.200
<v Speaker 1>think about, the things that you worry about. Has that

0:32:27.320 --> 0:32:30.239
<v Speaker 1>changed drastically from when you were in my position and

0:32:30.280 --> 0:32:31.520
<v Speaker 1>you didn't have those worries.

0:32:31.760 --> 0:32:35.160
<v Speaker 2>I don't think parenting has changed my outlook, but I

0:32:35.200 --> 0:32:37.520
<v Speaker 2>think it has made me aware of things that I

0:32:37.560 --> 0:32:39.880
<v Speaker 2>want to be easier for my children when they're older,

0:32:40.320 --> 0:32:43.080
<v Speaker 2>Like I don't want my children to experience the type

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<v Speaker 2>of discrimination or if they chose something that society deems

0:32:47.920 --> 0:32:51.240
<v Speaker 2>as being left of the normal or left of traditional.

0:32:51.480 --> 0:32:54.160
<v Speaker 2>I don't want them to experience adversity because of that.

0:32:54.680 --> 0:32:57.280
<v Speaker 2>I say this because I want their lives to be

0:32:57.560 --> 0:32:59.960
<v Speaker 2>as easy as humanly possible, and I want them to

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of joy but has it changed me as

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<v Speaker 2>a person in some ways but not politically.

0:33:04.560 --> 0:33:07.280
<v Speaker 1>But I want those same things Laura, and I don't

0:33:07.280 --> 0:33:09.640
<v Speaker 1>have children. I want those same things people that are

0:33:09.640 --> 0:33:11.760
<v Speaker 1>living it and experience in it right now. I want

0:33:11.800 --> 0:33:13.680
<v Speaker 1>a fair and equal world for them. I want an

0:33:13.720 --> 0:33:15.800
<v Speaker 1>easy world for them. And I don't have kids, and

0:33:15.840 --> 0:33:17.720
<v Speaker 1>I don't have to have kids to have that point

0:33:17.720 --> 0:33:18.080
<v Speaker 1>of view.

0:33:18.160 --> 0:33:22.880
<v Speaker 2>There are things that motherhood undoubtedly changing you, but not

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<v Speaker 2>so much that that's the only thing that you then

0:33:25.360 --> 0:33:27.600
<v Speaker 2>care about. And I think that that's the really important

0:33:27.640 --> 0:33:29.920
<v Speaker 2>part of this is that going back to this idea

0:33:30.080 --> 0:33:32.800
<v Speaker 2>that if you don't have kids, you can't possibly understand

0:33:32.800 --> 0:33:34.600
<v Speaker 2>the plight of parents, I just don't agree.

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<v Speaker 5>What I think is quite ironic is that he operates

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<v Speaker 5>in a democratic society.

0:33:39.840 --> 0:33:43.480
<v Speaker 3>Where we are all expected to elect someone to represent

0:33:43.560 --> 0:33:44.120
<v Speaker 3>all of us.

0:33:44.280 --> 0:33:47.120
<v Speaker 5>That's the point of a democracy. But he's making out

0:33:47.160 --> 0:33:49.640
<v Speaker 5>that unless you've walked the walk, you can't do the talk.

0:33:50.240 --> 0:33:51.800
<v Speaker 3>So he's making out that unless.

0:33:51.480 --> 0:33:55.400
<v Speaker 5>You've actually lived the life that you are creating policies around,

0:33:55.440 --> 0:33:57.360
<v Speaker 5>you're not able to represent a community.

0:33:57.600 --> 0:34:01.320
<v Speaker 3>And that's completely anti democratic, very unrot and shows like

0:34:01.360 --> 0:34:02.520
<v Speaker 3>a complete lack of empathy.

0:34:02.680 --> 0:34:07.240
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's time for sucking. Sweet our highlights in our

0:34:07.280 --> 0:34:07.760
<v Speaker 4>low lights.

0:34:07.800 --> 0:34:09.560
<v Speaker 3>You know, we never finished an episode without it. I'm

0:34:09.560 --> 0:34:10.400
<v Speaker 3>gonna kick it off.

0:34:10.680 --> 0:34:15.040
<v Speaker 1>My suck was last night, and this is probably my fault.

0:34:15.480 --> 0:34:18.680
<v Speaker 1>I gave Delilah some of my left over nacho chicken.

0:34:18.800 --> 0:34:21.680
<v Speaker 1>She always eats what I eat, so I gave her

0:34:21.719 --> 0:34:22.880
<v Speaker 1>some dinner, went to the shower.

0:34:22.880 --> 0:34:24.600
<v Speaker 3>I came back. It was like a bit spicy for

0:34:24.640 --> 0:34:24.959
<v Speaker 3>a dog.

0:34:25.120 --> 0:34:27.080
<v Speaker 1>It wasn't spicy though, that's what because I never give

0:34:27.080 --> 0:34:27.879
<v Speaker 1>her spice, but.

0:34:27.880 --> 0:34:29.600
<v Speaker 4>It was it was marinate.

0:34:29.760 --> 0:34:31.880
<v Speaker 3>Too much stuff going on, and that was where I

0:34:31.920 --> 0:34:34.040
<v Speaker 3>went wrong. It was marinate on your floor.

0:34:34.080 --> 0:34:38.360
<v Speaker 4>It did, so I went in the rug.

0:34:37.040 --> 0:34:39.600
<v Speaker 1>And I have wooden floorboards, and then like my house's

0:34:39.600 --> 0:34:41.280
<v Speaker 1>wooden floorboards, I just have one rug.

0:34:41.320 --> 0:34:42.160
<v Speaker 3>Anyway, I came back.

0:34:42.280 --> 0:34:45.160
<v Speaker 2>The rug feels like grass. That's the problem. They always

0:34:45.239 --> 0:34:46.799
<v Speaker 2>choose the rug over the floorboards.

0:34:47.080 --> 0:34:50.160
<v Speaker 1>It was the biggest vomit I have ever seen.

0:34:50.400 --> 0:34:53.080
<v Speaker 4>It was like a huge, big lump.

0:34:53.280 --> 0:34:56.640
<v Speaker 1>The only saving grays was it was whole, so I

0:34:56.680 --> 0:34:58.440
<v Speaker 1>could almost just like scoop like.

0:34:58.480 --> 0:34:59.440
<v Speaker 3>It wasn't a wet vomit.

0:34:59.480 --> 0:35:02.320
<v Speaker 4>But it was probably rade weigh one and a half kilos.

0:35:02.440 --> 0:35:04.280
<v Speaker 3>That's disgusting. Yeah, so that was my sack.

0:35:04.480 --> 0:35:06.120
<v Speaker 1>It was the poor little thing, but it was I'm

0:35:06.120 --> 0:35:08.200
<v Speaker 1>gonna blame myself and think it was I'm going to

0:35:08.239 --> 0:35:08.799
<v Speaker 1>blame you too.

0:35:09.480 --> 0:35:12.520
<v Speaker 4>My sweet was also Delilah.

0:35:12.760 --> 0:35:14.680
<v Speaker 1>If you guys have been following along, you know, she's

0:35:14.680 --> 0:35:16.880
<v Speaker 1>had a really rough trot at dog school lately. She

0:35:16.920 --> 0:35:19.880
<v Speaker 1>got kicked out, then she got put on probation. I

0:35:19.920 --> 0:35:22.319
<v Speaker 1>started with another dog trainer this week, so we had

0:35:22.320 --> 0:35:25.239
<v Speaker 1>like a two hour session yesterday. But my sweet was

0:35:25.320 --> 0:35:27.319
<v Speaker 1>this week she got a report card that was like

0:35:27.520 --> 0:35:31.359
<v Speaker 1>flying colors. The probation has extended, Like she's not been

0:35:31.440 --> 0:35:34.799
<v Speaker 1>kicked out immediately because she did really really well. No

0:35:34.840 --> 0:35:37.080
<v Speaker 1>one else could care less. But this is like a

0:35:37.160 --> 0:35:39.879
<v Speaker 1>huge impact in my life because it will change my life.

0:35:39.920 --> 0:35:41.800
<v Speaker 1>If she can't go to a dog school, I'm screwed.

0:35:41.840 --> 0:35:42.279
<v Speaker 3>And I've got a.

0:35:42.239 --> 0:35:44.879
<v Speaker 1>Proper report card, Like she sent me a report card

0:35:44.920 --> 0:35:46.800
<v Speaker 1>and it had like levels where.

0:35:46.600 --> 0:35:49.200
<v Speaker 2>She was changed And why is she behaving now? Does

0:35:49.239 --> 0:35:51.640
<v Speaker 2>she know that she's like on her last legs? Literally,

0:35:52.080 --> 0:35:54.400
<v Speaker 2>I don't think she knows, but I don't know. I

0:35:54.440 --> 0:35:57.680
<v Speaker 2>gave her a real sit down and I genuinely.

0:35:57.080 --> 0:35:59.920
<v Speaker 1>Talked to her for ages about what was wrong, but

0:36:00.080 --> 0:36:00.840
<v Speaker 1>I don't think.

0:36:00.640 --> 0:36:01.360
<v Speaker 3>That got through.

0:36:02.000 --> 0:36:03.600
<v Speaker 4>I think and people are going.

0:36:03.560 --> 0:36:04.080
<v Speaker 3>To question this.

0:36:04.160 --> 0:36:05.960
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you're a dog professional. I think

0:36:06.000 --> 0:36:07.239
<v Speaker 1>it's also hormonal.

0:36:07.360 --> 0:36:10.120
<v Speaker 4>I think dogs go through I think dogs go through

0:36:10.160 --> 0:36:13.440
<v Speaker 4>cycles like women, probably where in the month different things

0:36:13.480 --> 0:36:14.040
<v Speaker 4>are happening.

0:36:14.320 --> 0:36:16.560
<v Speaker 3>So I reckon she just had good days and bad days.

0:36:16.640 --> 0:36:18.560
<v Speaker 3>We've had an awesome episode for that. It's called PMDD.

0:36:18.880 --> 0:36:21.799
<v Speaker 2>Just send her the link in the show What's your

0:36:22.360 --> 0:36:23.439
<v Speaker 2>I mean my stuck for the week.

0:36:23.680 --> 0:36:25.360
<v Speaker 3>There's been a lot going on lately that's been a

0:36:25.360 --> 0:36:25.759
<v Speaker 3>bit hard.

0:36:26.120 --> 0:36:28.520
<v Speaker 2>Like I mentioned earlier, I would leave here this afternoon

0:36:28.520 --> 0:36:30.759
<v Speaker 2>and go back down to Wollongong because my stepdad is

0:36:30.880 --> 0:36:34.120
<v Speaker 2>super super super unwell but also busty. He fell down

0:36:34.120 --> 0:36:37.480
<v Speaker 2>the stairs and he's hurt his back. He will be fine,

0:36:38.040 --> 0:36:40.920
<v Speaker 2>but he's nine and a bit now. And when we

0:36:40.920 --> 0:36:43.280
<v Speaker 2>were at the vet, the vet was a slightly older

0:36:43.360 --> 0:36:44.799
<v Speaker 2>lady and we go to this vet all the time.

0:36:44.840 --> 0:36:47.360
<v Speaker 2>It's a fantastic vet, but it's the first time I

0:36:47.400 --> 0:36:52.000
<v Speaker 2>had seen this specific vet and she was like, oh,

0:36:52.040 --> 0:36:54.200
<v Speaker 2>you know, he's done someone, so to his back. If

0:36:54.239 --> 0:36:56.239
<v Speaker 2>things get worse, take him to the Sash Hospital and

0:36:56.280 --> 0:36:58.640
<v Speaker 2>they'll do an X ray or a set scan. And

0:36:58.719 --> 0:37:01.240
<v Speaker 2>she was like, no, no, no, we don't do precautionary CT scans.

0:37:01.239 --> 0:37:01.600
<v Speaker 3>Anyway.

0:37:01.680 --> 0:37:03.640
<v Speaker 2>I was like getting a bit upset about it, and

0:37:03.640 --> 0:37:06.319
<v Speaker 2>I was like, look, it's really he's very important to us.

0:37:06.360 --> 0:37:08.160
<v Speaker 2>He's a family member, and if there's anything that we

0:37:08.160 --> 0:37:10.680
<v Speaker 2>can do precautionary, I'd rather just do it, even if

0:37:10.719 --> 0:37:13.560
<v Speaker 2>it costs extra money. And she said to me, Darling,

0:37:13.600 --> 0:37:15.480
<v Speaker 2>you know he's not going to live forever, don't you.

0:37:16.040 --> 0:37:18.319
<v Speaker 2>I yeah, I just like I was like, I'm not

0:37:18.360 --> 0:37:20.759
<v Speaker 2>ready to come to the realization that also Buster is

0:37:20.920 --> 0:37:24.920
<v Speaker 2>an old dog, because he is literally my first child.

0:37:25.040 --> 0:37:26.640
<v Speaker 2>I was like, we're not doing that. That's not a

0:37:26.640 --> 0:37:27.800
<v Speaker 2>conversation that's being had today.

0:37:27.920 --> 0:37:28.160
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:37:28.200 --> 0:37:31.359
<v Speaker 1>When you think about pets, they are you family, and

0:37:31.360 --> 0:37:34.520
<v Speaker 1>it is a shitty realization to think that they're not

0:37:34.560 --> 0:37:35.320
<v Speaker 1>going to be here forever.

0:37:35.520 --> 0:37:39.200
<v Speaker 2>So that happened on the week past, and then my

0:37:39.400 --> 0:37:41.719
<v Speaker 2>sweet for the week is that on Saturday we had

0:37:41.719 --> 0:37:43.400
<v Speaker 2>a little birthday celebration for Matt.

0:37:43.480 --> 0:37:45.040
<v Speaker 3>It was his birthday a couple of weeks ago. I

0:37:45.080 --> 0:37:45.960
<v Speaker 3>hadn't done anything.

0:37:46.080 --> 0:37:51.160
<v Speaker 2>And then my beautiful friend Falcon helped me organize just

0:37:51.280 --> 0:37:54.360
<v Speaker 2>a thing at our house. But it was it was perfect,

0:37:54.480 --> 0:37:56.640
<v Speaker 2>like it was just family and a couple of Matt's

0:37:56.680 --> 0:37:59.400
<v Speaker 2>friends and yeah, and I feel really grateful for it.

0:37:59.440 --> 0:38:02.520
<v Speaker 3>So that was we love Falcon highlight. Yeah, Falcon, You're

0:38:02.560 --> 0:38:04.960
<v Speaker 3>my highlight anyway, guys, that is it from us. I

0:38:05.040 --> 0:38:06.160
<v Speaker 3>hope that you love the episode.

0:38:06.280 --> 0:38:08.560
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0:38:08.560 --> 0:38:11.200
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0:38:19.160 --> 0:38:22.240
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0:38:22.320 --> 0:38:22.680
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<v Speaker 3>Know the drill.

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