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<v Speaker 1>Flex and Frooms, Flex and Frooms.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the Flex and Frooms catch up podcast.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh sweety Pie, second last Day, don't be sad. Sad

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<v Speaker 3>is helpful, but maybe not in this context. O'meagle is

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<v Speaker 3>dead and the timing is very odd. Ten years of o'meagle.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't understand why it couldn't just stay up at

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<v Speaker 3>this point. Is there's not really marketing, there's no promo.

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<v Speaker 1>Why die I know? And to think the amount of

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<v Speaker 1>reducted I've seen on that platform though honestly sickening, also

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<v Speaker 1>drinking on first dates. Would you do it? We're going

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about it. Let's go over it.

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<v Speaker 2>You're listening to Flex and Frooms on CATA.

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<v Speaker 1>It is our last kind of week, I guess on

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<v Speaker 1>cater it's been a pleasure to be here as perp.

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<v Speaker 1>But Mickey has some best of moments to share with

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<v Speaker 1>the audience and with us.

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<v Speaker 2>Just keep the vibes high.

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<v Speaker 1>Mickey, please play the tape.

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<v Speaker 4>We're going to go back in time. It predates my

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<v Speaker 4>employment as your producer. I actually couldn't tell you when

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<v Speaker 4>this was.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, thats for Mickey. I don't know that BM.

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<v Speaker 2>Fleck and Frooms.

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<v Speaker 3>Its Flex on Kita and this week we are making

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<v Speaker 3>dreams come true.

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<v Speaker 2>I swear to you. We surprised rooms.

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<v Speaker 3>My special co host is one of her favorite people

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<v Speaker 3>in the whole room scene from Lux Listing Sydney. We

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<v Speaker 3>had in the studio and when I tell you, she

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<v Speaker 3>squealed was.

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<v Speaker 2>In hysterics, puffing, puffing. It was really quite beautiful.

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<v Speaker 1>I think there was chemistry all round.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think you want to pay attention and stay

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<v Speaker 3>tuned so you can hear exactly how it went down.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh god, this is phenomenal.

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<v Speaker 3>That is more dramatic the visuals.

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<v Speaker 2>You were screaming to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Know, did you no? That was a good get by them.

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<v Speaker 1>Am I going to see Simon walk through it?

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<v Speaker 2>You better?

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<v Speaker 1>Simon Common we're friend's on Instagram, so he watches my Sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>That was beautiful, And you know what I loved about

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<v Speaker 1>that moment?

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<v Speaker 2>Sheer joy.

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<v Speaker 3>You could the joy was palpable at that point because

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<v Speaker 3>at that point it wasn't even about Gavin, but it's

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<v Speaker 3>just about us being excited, and he just happened to

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<v Speaker 3>instigate that excitement. But those squeals when they trailed off,

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<v Speaker 3>that was more about just sharing joy between the girls.

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<v Speaker 3>He was.

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<v Speaker 1>He knew. Oh what a time. Well, thanks for bringing

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<v Speaker 1>that back, Mickey.

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<v Speaker 4>It's my pleasure going through.

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<v Speaker 2>The archives hearing that.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like when that was serious, horrible, horrible news. Guys,

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<v Speaker 1>out of the world. About a week or two ago,

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<v Speaker 1>o'meagle shut down. It closed up shop, it shut its doors.

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<v Speaker 1>I do believe there's still chat Roulette though, just right

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<v Speaker 1>off the top of the dome in case you're feeling

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<v Speaker 1>really sad about this one, guys, but o'meagle now looks

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<v Speaker 1>like a great raveyard. We've got a screenshot of what

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<v Speaker 1>it looks like. It's a gray screen. And that's not

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<v Speaker 1>just because this is okay, it's because it's rendered in

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<v Speaker 1>brack and light. But okay, this is what I said,

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<v Speaker 1>dear strangers. From the moment I discovered the Internet at

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<v Speaker 1>a young age, it has been a magical place to me.

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<v Speaker 1>The Internet opened the door to a much larger, more diverse,

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<v Speaker 1>and more vibrant world than I would have otherwise been

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<v Speaker 1>able to experience, and enabled me to be an active

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<v Speaker 1>participant in and contributor to her the world. I've done

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<v Speaker 1>my best to weather the attacks with the interests of

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<v Speaker 1>her Megle's users and the broader principle in mind. If

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<v Speaker 1>something as simple as meeting round or new people is forbidden,

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<v Speaker 1>what's next that is far and away removed from anything

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<v Speaker 1>that would be considered a reasonable compromise of the principle

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<v Speaker 1>I outlined. Analogies are a limited tool, but a physical

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<v Speaker 1>world analogy might be shutting down Central Park because crime

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<v Speaker 1>occurs there. Unfortunately, what's right doesn't always prevail. As much

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<v Speaker 1>as I wish circumstances are different. The stress and expense

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<v Speaker 1>of this fight, coupled with the existing stress and expense

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<v Speaker 1>of operating a magle and fighting its misuse, are simply

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<v Speaker 1>too much. Operating a mex.

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<v Speaker 2>Uses child predators.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, that wasn't clear. Okay, the battle for Ameagle has

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<v Speaker 1>been lost, but the warriancy Internet rages on. Virtually every

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<v Speaker 1>online communication service has been subject to the same kinds

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<v Speaker 1>of attacks as o'meagel, and while some of them are

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<v Speaker 1>much larger companies with much greater resources, coming.

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<v Speaker 3>Respectfully, it's giving.

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<v Speaker 2>Crossant like omeagle, omegle O, what.

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<v Speaker 1>Was I saying, ogel, omagel, And while some of them

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<v Speaker 1>are much larger companies with the greater resources, they all

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<v Speaker 1>have their breaking points somewhere Okay, then let's go Facebook.

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<v Speaker 1>I worry that unless the tide turns through the Internet

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<v Speaker 1>I fell in love with may cease to exist and

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<v Speaker 1>its place, we will have something closer to a souped

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<v Speaker 1>up version of TV, focus largely on passive consumption and

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<v Speaker 1>much less opportunity for active participation in general connection. That's

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<v Speaker 1>like the Union bubber statement, the manifesto what do we

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<v Speaker 1>think girls?

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<v Speaker 2>Wow?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, he's got a point, but the point he

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<v Speaker 3>made first was correct. You can know all the ways

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<v Speaker 3>that things could be better, but he alone cannot change

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<v Speaker 3>the world, and he alone can't be responsible for platforming

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<v Speaker 3>the evildoers of the world, Like he's so closely associated

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<v Speaker 3>that narrative by proxy of making this tool that was

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<v Speaker 3>meant to help everyone, or at least connect everyone.

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<v Speaker 1>Surely he knew people were going to start showing bits,

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<v Speaker 1>not at all.

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<v Speaker 3>I think we would all be surprised what we as

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<v Speaker 3>individuals have consciously and unconsciously encouraged others to do just

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<v Speaker 3>by existing. Hmm. That's even without speaking. Now you add

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<v Speaker 3>the speaking into it and you're like, well, where does

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<v Speaker 3>this go? How many times we've been how many times

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<v Speaker 3>have we been misinterpreted or misunderstood or a joke hasn't landed.

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<v Speaker 3>I could imagine, And luckily we don't have a bunch

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<v Speaker 3>of predators associating with us. M imagine if we did scary.

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<v Speaker 1>My favorite amagal memory is I must have been. That

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<v Speaker 1>was more of a chat relate girl. There was like

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<v Speaker 1>this software or something hap people would pretend to be

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<v Speaker 1>Justin Bieber and they'd be like a pre recorded video

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<v Speaker 1>of Justin sitting on it and he'd be.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, oh my god, it's Justin Bieber when.

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<v Speaker 1>I was nine. So yeah, long live it. That's an

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<v Speaker 1>interesting mission statement by old mate. It is a bit sad.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I'm glad he said what it was as

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<v Speaker 1>supposed been. Like, it's been a lovely time.

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<v Speaker 2>Goodbye, Ruin.

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<v Speaker 3>He's like, you people ruined it. You ruined it, You

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<v Speaker 3>ruined everything, and now I have the suffer. Over the

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<v Speaker 3>last couple of years, if not for the entire life

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<v Speaker 3>of humans, people have been speculating that men's friendships aren't complex,

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<v Speaker 3>they're not as deep as women's friendships. You can't expect

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<v Speaker 3>men to know much about their friends. They don't ever

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<v Speaker 3>know the details. You can't ask men for clarifying questions

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<v Speaker 3>about their friends because everything is service level and vye

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<v Speaker 3>And you know, I have definitely thought that beforehand, just

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<v Speaker 3>observing some men's friendships.

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<v Speaker 2>But then on the other.

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<v Speaker 3>Hand, I have said a lot in my time, I

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<v Speaker 3>really end the bromances. I don't envy a lot of things,

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<v Speaker 3>but I like observing the lightness of all, like the

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<v Speaker 3>superficiality of men's friendships sometimes where they feel really immeshed

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<v Speaker 3>and integrated when they're together, very separate when they're apart,

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<v Speaker 3>and that it doesn't become like a negative assessment on

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<v Speaker 3>the friendship as a whole. Let's not get into generalizations,

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<v Speaker 3>but let's talk about this video from You've All the Terrible,

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<v Speaker 3>a man who is pleading his case for the complexity

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<v Speaker 3>of male friendships.

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<v Speaker 5>The reason why male friendships seem to last a lifetime

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<v Speaker 5>is because they lack depth. A lot of men have

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<v Speaker 5>surface level friendships with their friends. They only bond over sports, music,

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<v Speaker 5>or shared interests like going to the club either.

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<v Speaker 6>I think a lot of this conversation is stepping from

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<v Speaker 6>what I believe to be a fundamental misunderstanding into how

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<v Speaker 6>exactly male friendships work. Calling male friendship superficial, I think

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<v Speaker 6>not only misunderstands the things that men value in a

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<v Speaker 6>friendship or a relationship, but I also think it misunderstands

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<v Speaker 6>the things that all of us value within a friendship.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's how I see this.

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<v Speaker 6>I believe that men actually value the same kind of

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<v Speaker 6>intimate relationships with their friends that women do. I think

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<v Speaker 6>the big fundamental difference is how men and women go

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<v Speaker 6>about attaining those intimate and personal relationships. One of the

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<v Speaker 6>examples she brings up in terms of how male friendships

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<v Speaker 6>can be superficial is the fact that it seems a

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<v Speaker 6>lot of men don't even know their friends' birthdays.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is not.

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<v Speaker 6>An indication on how male friendships are actually just really superficial.

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<v Speaker 6>This is an example of how men don't really care

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<v Speaker 6>about superficial information. It's not that male friendships are superficial.

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<v Speaker 6>In fact, I woud say it's almost exactly the opposite.

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<v Speaker 6>I would say it's that men typically are not concerned

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<v Speaker 6>with the superficial level, so they almost skip over that entirely.

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<v Speaker 1>You lost me, king, you had me and you lost it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>how did you lose you? What is this about? Then

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<v Speaker 1>saying that that is superficial the birthday?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, then it's interesting that you make that point also

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<v Speaker 3>because in the comments, people are like, you kind of

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<v Speaker 3>have me into the birthday thing, because it's not superficial

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<v Speaker 3>to acknowledge when somebody was born, but in the context

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<v Speaker 3>of your relationship. He went on to say, it's very

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<v Speaker 3>long video, and there were follow ups, but he goes

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<v Speaker 3>on to say that what I meant is that what

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<v Speaker 3>he meant is that men generally go the distance, and

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<v Speaker 3>the longer you engage in that friendship, more information reveals itself.

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<v Speaker 3>So while you may not know the exact date today,

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<v Speaker 3>if you're going to be friends for a year, a

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<v Speaker 3>birthday will come up, you'll celebrate it, you'll note it down.

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<v Speaker 3>While you may not know right now what their strengths

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<v Speaker 3>and weaknesses are, and while you may not care to ask,

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<v Speaker 3>you'll make an assessment of that as you get to

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<v Speaker 3>know them when time passes. So the point he was

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<v Speaker 3>going on to make is that it feels like what

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<v Speaker 3>women are observing about women's friendships that isn't superficial is

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<v Speaker 3>that we have this want and need to know everything

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<v Speaker 3>about who we plan to be friends with.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>We want to make sure that we're aligned, we have

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<v Speaker 3>the same values, the same morals, the same interest, the

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<v Speaker 3>same aesthetics now and if we don't, we'll find a

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<v Speaker 3>different friend Whereas men, in his opinion, are willing to

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<v Speaker 3>do the actual soil and toil of a friendship to

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<v Speaker 3>determine if there are equality is there that make them

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<v Speaker 3>good friends? Once you can only really discover if you

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<v Speaker 3>are actually friends.

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<v Speaker 1>That's quite romantic. It is romantic. See, it just can't be.

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<v Speaker 1>We can't boy this down though, to like gender genzo,

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<v Speaker 1>because tell me why, all of the homosexual men in

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<v Speaker 1>my life are just as open as the heterosexual girls,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I'm saying. So it's a socialization thing

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<v Speaker 1>there you go. I'm like, men can do it just

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<v Speaker 1>as well. And then to the men that are socialized

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<v Speaker 1>to be straight, and you know, obviously that's a generalization.

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<v Speaker 1>But in my friendship group, for my best these are

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<v Speaker 1>gay men and it's like one of the girlies. So

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<v Speaker 1>I think that is a socialization thing, to which I say,

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<v Speaker 1>my poor straight men, because how boring. I love us

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<v Speaker 1>all having fun together and they love it too.

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<v Speaker 3>Seriously, what I will say, the flaws of friendship are

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<v Speaker 3>universal and genderleist, though, because I think most people struggle

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<v Speaker 3>with feeling deep, deep, deep intimacy and always on to like,

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<v Speaker 3>for example, what the back and forth that he was

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<v Speaker 3>having with another creator. They got bad are bad, but

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<v Speaker 3>points that were made. I'm not going to sign them

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<v Speaker 3>to whatever party just you know, you get the gist.

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<v Speaker 3>But the point that was being made is that regardless

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<v Speaker 3>of whether the positive qualities like the positive qualities, both

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<v Speaker 3>friendships exists. But the negative qualities are universal in the

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<v Speaker 3>sense that no matter how deep your friendships feel that

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<v Speaker 3>they are, they're also fragile in the sense that when

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<v Speaker 3>you really feel like you need a friend, you often

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<v Speaker 3>can't find one. When you really feel disconnected from the world,

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<v Speaker 3>sometimes friendship doesn't make up for that. And so the

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<v Speaker 3>critique isn't about gender. It's about how we're socialized to

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<v Speaker 3>be friends and what that actually looks like in different

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<v Speaker 3>life stages and for different needs states, and how for

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<v Speaker 3>the most part, they're transactional in a way where we're

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<v Speaker 3>honoring the illusion of friendship and not the reality of

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<v Speaker 3>what it is to be each other's friends.

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<v Speaker 2>You're listening to flex and frooms.

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<v Speaker 3>On cater Some new studies have shown that drinking on

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<v Speaker 3>dates is dead, it's played out, it's a faux part.

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<v Speaker 3>It's dried up, it's carcass like it's lam. And I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not surprised. I will say five years ago, all of

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<v Speaker 3>a sudden in marketing and events, which is a big

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<v Speaker 3>push for zero alcohol drinks, and it was coming out

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<v Speaker 3>of nowhere, and all these brands were claiming that non

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<v Speaker 3>alcohol was the new vibe. And because I don't really drink,

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<v Speaker 3>people kept approaching me to be their spokespersons for their

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<v Speaker 3>non alcoholic alcohol. But the whole point that I didn't

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<v Speaker 3>get was it was like zero percent alcohol but still

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<v Speaker 3>tastes like alcohol, which for me, that's the worst part.

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<v Speaker 3>Make a higher end juice. You can't even get juices

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<v Speaker 3>that are high end these days. Anyway, Vice came out

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<v Speaker 3>and they published a survey from a dating app called Flirtini.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you heard of it?

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<v Speaker 3>No, sounds very American that claims that one in four

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<v Speaker 3>men and one in five women would turn down a

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<v Speaker 3>second date with someone who got drunk on the first one.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I have a little bit of fun, guys.

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<v Speaker 3>And they also said that fifty percent of women and

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<v Speaker 3>twenty eight percent of men never drink alcohol on the

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<v Speaker 3>first date. They're not Australia I'm gonna say this isn't right.

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<v Speaker 3>But but the way that trends move, they start in

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<v Speaker 3>America and they make their way to Australia eventually to

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<v Speaker 3>your turnal, I will say, this article is claiming that

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<v Speaker 3>it's a broader social shift away from excessive merriment and

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<v Speaker 3>more towards intentional experiences, which I don't necessarily think that's it,

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<v Speaker 3>because to imply that drinking alcohol in a celibratory way

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<v Speaker 3>can't be intentional is false. And to claim that a

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<v Speaker 3>drink on a date is excessive is false.

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<v Speaker 1>And to say that merriment is a thing that's associated

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<v Speaker 1>only with alcohol.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it feels like a lot of assumptions being made here.

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<v Speaker 3>But I can understand removing the alcohol from the situation

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<v Speaker 3>because I don't think people want to be clouded by

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<v Speaker 3>their dating judgments anymore because of how traumatic they are.

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<v Speaker 3>So people want to be clear headed, have a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of clarity, don't want to invest more time than necessary.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to see things as they are, and unfortunately

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<v Speaker 3>that means reducing and removing some of the excesses that

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<v Speaker 3>were initially there.

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<v Speaker 1>I reckon, yeah, one or two on the first day,

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<v Speaker 1>then you know, second date enjoy them. A third, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>your with flexing frooms on cater So I'm having a

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<v Speaker 1>why did your lip quiver? Perhaps I'm having traumatic flashbacks.

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<v Speaker 1>If I'm perfectly honest, my mind's going.

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<v Speaker 2>You saw that in realty.

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<v Speaker 1>It was freaky.

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<v Speaker 3>Your eyes glazed over and your lips, your chin quivered anything,

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<v Speaker 3>My gosh.

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<v Speaker 1>Regrets your flexing fruits on cater it's flexing frooms on cater.

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<v Speaker 1>We are here with you until five pm. It's our

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<v Speaker 1>last time, last times in the studio because we have

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<v Speaker 1>consciously quit. Why have been around the bush?

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<v Speaker 6>No.

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<v Speaker 1>Nicky has organized some surprises for us.

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<v Speaker 3>So far, we've gotten two dozen Krispy Kreme donuts.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep.

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<v Speaker 3>We've received a framed one of one bespoke collection of

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<v Speaker 3>Lucinda Frim's price original artwork created right here in the studio.

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<v Speaker 3>One would say that she wasn't concentrating as we were working,

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<v Speaker 3>but others like myself know that she was automatic illustrating.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just a gift and a skill. It is what

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<v Speaker 1>was the third surprise? We haven't gotten it yet.

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<v Speaker 4>It is something I made with the help of our

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<v Speaker 4>sound engineer, Andy at Kata.

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<v Speaker 1>Andy works overtime for us we.

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<v Speaker 4>Love it, and we love I will preface, Andy said Mikayla.

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<v Speaker 4>It can't be done, I say, Andy, make it happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, I love that already, girl boss yep

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<v Speaker 1>in the heart of the city, where the lights shine bright,

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<v Speaker 1>flax and firms leaving dreams every night.

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<v Speaker 7>Two years on the airways, journey's so sweet in the

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<v Speaker 7>word that did Toyota cars on repeat? Flex and Frooms

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<v Speaker 7>the queens of the air, spreading joy, love and Reddit

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<v Speaker 7>to those everywhere, Flex and fromes. What a time would

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<v Speaker 7>a ride big Boss energy? You know it's no lie.

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<v Speaker 7>Deep in the forest where dark shadows wrong du gremlins

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<v Speaker 7>are dancing and finding new harms. The price has gone up,

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<v Speaker 7>the curtains come down. We sure will be sad that

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<v Speaker 7>you're not around. Flex and Frons, the queens of the air,

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<v Speaker 7>spreading joy love and Reddit took those everywhere Flex and fumes.

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<v Speaker 7>What a time would a ride big Boss energy? You

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<v Speaker 7>know it's no lie?

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<v Speaker 2>Or was it?

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<v Speaker 3>Nott did the lyrics and then Andy got the music

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<v Speaker 3>bed from another like a I generate our website.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait, did you you didn't Martha's lyrics that was from

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<v Speaker 1>chat jabt, But I told chat is okay? Can you

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<v Speaker 1>play it again?

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<v Speaker 2>Please?

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<v Speaker 1>Were running over time about.

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<v Speaker 7>Three two one in the heart of the city where

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<v Speaker 7>the lights shine bright, Flex and Fons weaving dreams every night.

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<v Speaker 7>Two years on the airwaves, A Journey's so sweet and

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<v Speaker 7>the word redacted, Toyota cars on repeat, Flex and Foons,

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<v Speaker 7>the queens of the air, spreading joy, love and Reddit

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<v Speaker 7>to those everywhere, Flex and froomes, What a time would

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<v Speaker 7>a ride? Big Boss Energy? You know it's no lie.

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<v Speaker 7>Deep in the forest where dark shadows roam, two gremlins

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<v Speaker 7>are dancing and finding new homes. The price has gone up,

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<v Speaker 7>the curtains come down. We sure will be sad that

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<v Speaker 7>you're not around. Flex and Frooms, the queens of the air,

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<v Speaker 7>spreading joy, love and Reddit to those everywhere, Flex and

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<v Speaker 7>those what a time would a ride? Big Boss Energy?

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<v Speaker 7>You know it's no lie?

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<v Speaker 1>And this is exactly why they say I can never

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<v Speaker 1>take over music.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what it would all sound like, just right on

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<v Speaker 3>the quantized, no flavor and like you can't help it,

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<v Speaker 3>buck to.

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<v Speaker 1>It, soulless, mindless perfect. That was honestly like I'm crying

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<v Speaker 1>to hear that. Want to send you the file, like

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<v Speaker 1>maybe once every it's annoying, but like, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>listen to it.

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<v Speaker 3>Again, like reata out retail playlist one more time. We

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<v Speaker 3>don't have time.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow. Yeah, honestly, that's incredible, Mickey, that was really good yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I feel happy. That's endorphin. You've been listening to

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<v Speaker 2>The Flex and Froom's daily podcast.

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