WEBVTT - AITA For Wanting My Friends To Stop Sending Me Memes? 📱

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<v Speaker 1>The Flex and Rooms Daily podcast, brought to you by Cana. Hello, helloolo,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome back.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like I personally have stucked the Internet dry

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<v Speaker 2>of am I the asshole submissions? So if you are

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<v Speaker 2>listening and you know someone who knows someone who is

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<v Speaker 2>potentially almost always an asshole, get them to DM me

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<v Speaker 2>flex stop Famy on Instagram so we can discuss it

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<v Speaker 2>on it. It's very important. Work does civil duty. Everybody

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<v Speaker 2>has a role in society. This is mine. This person

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<v Speaker 2>is asked, am I the asshole for wanting my friend

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<v Speaker 2>to stop sending me memes off the dome? Yes or no?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm saying yes, but not for the reasons you think. Okay, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>my friend sends me memes almost every day, sometimes twice

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<v Speaker 2>a day on Instagram and Facebook. They're always about how

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<v Speaker 2>men suck. This is why I'm single, single forever. A

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<v Speaker 2>little bit lame, that's all right. I've got to the

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<v Speaker 2>point I don't find them funny as it's been an

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<v Speaker 2>overplayed narrative and responding has become a chore. It's been

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<v Speaker 2>going on for months and months, and I've now started

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<v Speaker 2>to become less engaged and my responses with just a

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<v Speaker 2>laughing emoji or hearting it, hoping that she gets the hint.

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<v Speaker 2>Whereas before I would type of reply more enthusiastically. I've

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<v Speaker 2>recently muted her on both Instagram and Facebook. Let's get

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<v Speaker 2>straight to the point, boys, this person says, because getting

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<v Speaker 2>a notification from this person would shift their mood and

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<v Speaker 2>put them in like a bad energy, which I get.

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<v Speaker 2>So now they're responding after work when they're in a

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<v Speaker 2>better headspace. However, this is driven the friend to keep

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<v Speaker 2>sending memes throughout the day to like bank them up

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<v Speaker 2>so when you're off work you can now look at them,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in your own time. So this person wants

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<v Speaker 2>to know how do I tell her to stop sending

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<v Speaker 2>me memes? And how can I do this without offending her?

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<v Speaker 2>Because I'm really hitting a breaking point. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>conserve my energy and not put too much time into it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what we should do? What crack this one

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<v Speaker 1>open and get right down to it. Listen, this person

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<v Speaker 1>feels like they want their friend to stop sending them memes.

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<v Speaker 1>To be fair, the friend is sending the memes that

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<v Speaker 1>aren't really funny. They're about being single, dating forever, single life,

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<v Speaker 1>which very dated that's at least ten years old. I

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<v Speaker 1>personally believe me listin difference.

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<v Speaker 2>Price, comedian, writer, presenter.

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<v Speaker 1>Correct personality actually Petray Yeah sorry, yeah, media personality. That

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<v Speaker 1>you should just be lucky that you have a friend

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<v Speaker 1>that's texting you. Okay, you need to maintain the relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't ever say stop texting me memes because it hurts

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<v Speaker 1>because they're taking their time out of their day to think,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, this reminds me of flex. Oh, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to send it to her. So I think if

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<v Speaker 1>I was in your position, I would say, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm obsessed. Like, oh no, not that, I would say, like,

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<v Speaker 1>I think you need to be on the offense and

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<v Speaker 1>start sending them memes that you find funnier to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like change their algorithm in their mind about what

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<v Speaker 1>you like. Like for example, I always tag my friend

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<v Speaker 1>in staff and she's like, this is me, and I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>well it is because every time I see it, I

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<v Speaker 1>think of you. So it's also about, like.

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<v Speaker 2>Me, define who you are, Yeah, a person.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's align your expectations.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm with you. I definitely think we need to

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<v Speaker 2>start thinking about what is the fundamental purpose of a meme?

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<v Speaker 2>And that is to express that we as friends have

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<v Speaker 2>similar humor. If your friend is missing the mark and

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<v Speaker 2>the humor is not hitting, I do think it's your

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<v Speaker 2>duty to let them know that. Like babes, we've stopped

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<v Speaker 2>laughing about this. Now it's getting a bit sad. It's

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<v Speaker 2>it's actually unfunny that I think is necessary. But I

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<v Speaker 2>will say I learned about this thing called emotional bids

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<v Speaker 2>for connection, and children do it and adults do it.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's these things we say or do to get

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<v Speaker 2>acknowledgment or acceptance or just to be noticed by the

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<v Speaker 2>people that we deemed to be important to us. And

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<v Speaker 2>when you're a child, you're like, oh mommy, look at

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<v Speaker 2>me play with my toy. But when you're an adult,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't know how to be as vocal about needing

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<v Speaker 2>attention until you start to do these things meme signing

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<v Speaker 2>and signing out being like can we hang out or

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<v Speaker 2>you know, double texting or whatever. And I think when

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<v Speaker 2>you're on the receiving end it can be a bit

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<v Speaker 2>like a bit too much. But if you break it down,

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<v Speaker 2>this person is crying out for some acknowledgment and if

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<v Speaker 2>you can't give it to them in the way that

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<v Speaker 2>makes you comfortable, find another way and let them know.

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<v Speaker 2>Your friend needs you. Your friend is crying. What's the song?

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<v Speaker 2>I can hear.

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<v Speaker 1>It's crying. And just like that, a thousand listeners dropped

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<v Speaker 1>off our show. But it's been great.

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<v Speaker 2>It was like, wait a second, was that? Yes? It

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<v Speaker 2>was give me a name, any name.

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<v Speaker 1>Whitney Houston.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, she's not with us currently. Is it a was

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<v Speaker 2>it Adele? It was.

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