WEBVTT - Do You Remember The Creepy Clown Craze? 🤡

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<v Speaker 1>The flexen Frooms Daily Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>It is Flex and Frooms Podcast Edition, which is my favorite.

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<v Speaker 2>Love a live show, but I love speaking at length

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<v Speaker 2>about stuff. No gaps for breathing, no filler or killer.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's get into it. Flex and Frooms.

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<v Speaker 2>Today, like any other day, I have a moral dilemma

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<v Speaker 2>for you. This one, in particular, is from our segment

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<v Speaker 2>that we call am I the Asshole? Stolen from Reddit.

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<v Speaker 2>I Yeah, yeah, yeah, let's give credit where it's due.

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<v Speaker 2>This is an amazing concept, transcends decades, transcends generations. It's

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<v Speaker 2>amazing stuff. If the dinosaurs were alive right now, they

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<v Speaker 2>too would love it.

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<v Speaker 3>I agree.

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<v Speaker 2>But here's the thing, am I. The assholes are often

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<v Speaker 2>people asking about like relationship dilemmas, and they're usually quite silly.

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<v Speaker 2>But what I find is that there usually clearly is

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<v Speaker 2>an asshole of the situation. This one, though, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>so sure there is. So put on your thinking caps,

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<v Speaker 2>make sure they stay on and never take them off,

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<v Speaker 2>and listen to this. Am I the asshole for walking

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<v Speaker 2>out of a restaurant because my girlfriend ordered spaghetti off

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<v Speaker 2>the dome. I'm gonna say, no.

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<v Speaker 3>You're not an asshole? Yeah no, why.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just going with my gut.

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<v Speaker 3>What would you say? Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Asshole?

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<v Speaker 1>Grating asshole.

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<v Speaker 2>I twenty five year old male, am dating a woman

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four called Ali. We moved them together five months ago,

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<v Speaker 2>and I really love her a lot. That confuses me. Hell,

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<v Speaker 2>you've been dating for because I've got a five months?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that we've been together five years?

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<v Speaker 3>Who knows?

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway? Alie just doesn't have great table manners. She eats

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<v Speaker 2>noisily and sloppily.

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<v Speaker 3>Sounds like you.

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<v Speaker 2>I this is not me, This is not me. In

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<v Speaker 2>a restaurant environment, usually this isn't too bad because natural

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<v Speaker 2>ambient sound in a quiet room, it's much more noticeable.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't exactly like it, but usually I can tolerate it. However,

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<v Speaker 2>when Ali eats pasta, she slurps her noodles so loudly

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<v Speaker 2>that people from other tables look. It's completely mortifying to

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<v Speaker 2>hear people murmur about her loud slurping all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>I know this might be normal into some other cultures,

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<v Speaker 2>but from where I'm from in the US, it looks

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<v Speaker 2>really uncultured and bothers some people who are more sensitive

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<v Speaker 2>to sounds. I've tried to teach her how to use

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<v Speaker 2>a spoon to spin the pasta into a ball. Nope,

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<v Speaker 2>she doesn't want to. I've tried to ask her to

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<v Speaker 2>take smaller bites. Nope, that's how she eats pasta, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's how she'll always eat pasta. We've been to a

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<v Speaker 2>local Italian restaurant half a dozen times, and each time

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<v Speaker 2>but one, in a basically empty restaurant, she humiliated me

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<v Speaker 2>with her loud, slurpy eating. I know I shouldn't care

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<v Speaker 2>what other people think, but I agree with the patrons.

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<v Speaker 2>It's disgusting people are trying to enjoy a meal. I

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<v Speaker 2>finally get fresh traded one day and told her that

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't eat noodles with her in public anymore. She

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<v Speaker 2>can eat alone, or she can go with friends. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>happily drive her to the restaurant, but I will not

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<v Speaker 2>sit down with her. She kind of blew off my

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<v Speaker 2>message with a oh, yeah, you're so perfect. So I

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<v Speaker 2>get it, and I thought that was that. Last night, though,

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<v Speaker 2>Ali really wanted to go to our local Italian place

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<v Speaker 2>again and I asked her she'd be ordering spaghetti. She

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<v Speaker 2>rolled her eyes and said she get the lasagna. I

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<v Speaker 2>agreed that was fine, and we went out for the

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<v Speaker 2>first time in a while. When the waitress came to

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<v Speaker 2>take our order, Ali completely went back on her promise

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<v Speaker 2>and ordered spaghetti.

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<v Speaker 3>Sheok geez.

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<v Speaker 2>I told the waitress I wouldn't be needing anything, stood

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<v Speaker 2>up and walked to our car. I relaxed in the car,

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<v Speaker 2>listening to a podcast until Ali came out a while later.

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<v Speaker 2>She staty it all over her face and started giving

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<v Speaker 2>me the silent treatment. When we got home, she yelled

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<v Speaker 2>at me about embarrassing her, would not let me say

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<v Speaker 2>a single word without shrieking over me, and said that

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<v Speaker 2>she's only interested in an apology. I refused, and she

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<v Speaker 2>went to another room to loudly talk shit about me

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<v Speaker 2>to herself, intentionally so I could hear her. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if I went too far. There's somebody living in

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<v Speaker 2>the walls. That's who she was talking to. Did Alan

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<v Speaker 2>take it too far? Who's in the wrong for me?

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<v Speaker 2>Please lay down the law.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what, In an average situation, I would be

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<v Speaker 1>on Alie's side. You should not be lectured by this

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<v Speaker 1>man on spaghetti eating etiquette.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, yeap. However, she lied to his face.

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<v Speaker 1>She said, I'm getting lasagna, and then to backtrack and

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<v Speaker 1>throw that back in his face with a spaghetti order

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<v Speaker 1>in front of a waitress or waiter no less is

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<v Speaker 1>the absolute height of assholeness. Yeah, I think she is

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<v Speaker 1>the asshole, and I think she does not deserve that spaghetti,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think they should break up.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you think.

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<v Speaker 2>Always break up? Here's the thing. I have been the

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<v Speaker 2>Allen in a relationship before. What did you do in

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<v Speaker 2>the sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Where I need specifics? Great or we can do specifics.

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<v Speaker 2>My issue is I think people should be comfortable, but

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<v Speaker 2>then when your comfort starts to infringe on somebody else's comfort,

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<v Speaker 2>we both got to make adjustments. And so I've dated

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<v Speaker 2>a really sloppy eater. I think, and I'm going to overgeneralize,

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<v Speaker 2>I think men are historically sloppy eaters. But that's neither

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<v Speaker 2>here nor there. I grew up with brothers. I've seen it.

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen the worst of it. I've been in the trenches.

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<v Speaker 2>But in this instance, it was sloppy eating at home.

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<v Speaker 2>I can understand sloppy eating in public, not in public

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<v Speaker 2>in your office with your people. In a restaurant, you're

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<v Speaker 2>making a scene. You've got food on your face, food

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<v Speaker 2>on the table. It's gross.

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<v Speaker 3>Giving me bum tingles.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's very immature. I can understand as somebody who's

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<v Speaker 2>really aware of the off dis If somebody is enjoying themselves,

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<v Speaker 2>let them enjoy themselves. Ali's not hurting anyone but being

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<v Speaker 2>a messy eater. But she is now hurting her boyfriend,

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<v Speaker 2>and she's being very dismissive of how he feels about

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<v Speaker 2>her eating. You can't expect to give a grown person

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<v Speaker 2>directions on how they should eat. It's gonna go down. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>what do you think is happening here, babe? So for

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<v Speaker 2>the first time in am I the asshole flex and

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<v Speaker 2>Rooms history, I think I'm gonna crown it. Everybody there sucks.

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<v Speaker 2>They both suck. As someone who's been the Allen, I

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<v Speaker 2>recognize it's shitty behavior. It's mean. It's mean, it's mean.

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<v Speaker 2>Let people breathe. They're eating. People already have weird relationships

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<v Speaker 2>with eating and food. They I need the extra layer

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<v Speaker 2>of insecurity with you being like it's greats.

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<v Speaker 1>You're sloppy, flex and Rooms.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to imagine that you've walked into your

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<v Speaker 2>home after a long day at work. Gosh, the shoes

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<v Speaker 2>have come off, the bag goes down.

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<v Speaker 3>I've listened to flex al day. Yes, yes, actly.

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<v Speaker 2>Ear.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you go to your fridge to pull out a

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<v Speaker 1>cool beverage, but you accidentally open up your freezer and

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<v Speaker 1>what do you see? A penguin? What do you do?

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<v Speaker 3>WHOA, yeah, I'm jumping for joy? Really yeah, they're so cute.

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<v Speaker 2>A penguin in your seat? Like, think about it, right,

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<v Speaker 2>you open up your freezer and expect everything there to

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<v Speaker 2>be Number one lifeless, number two probably of like the

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<v Speaker 2>sweet variety. You see a penguin, think realistically, what are

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<v Speaker 2>your next steps?

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<v Speaker 3>Is it dead or alive? That's what I mean? What

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<v Speaker 3>would you prefer? I prefer it to be alive.

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<v Speaker 1>Great, so it's a live What are you doing there chillin'?

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<v Speaker 1>It's pingu I love pingo.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, here's my thing.

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<v Speaker 3>I love that we don't even need to go into that.

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<v Speaker 3>Not interested in my take?

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<v Speaker 2>No, I know, I get you, I get you. But

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<v Speaker 2>here's my thing. I have this sneaking suspicion that the

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<v Speaker 2>best way to get to know someone is to see

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<v Speaker 2>how they answer really bizarre and often mundane questions.

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<v Speaker 3>How does that work?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you just see how their brain works. I think

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<v Speaker 2>that if you ask somebody a question, that they've been

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<v Speaker 2>trained on, Like, you know, what's your biggest weakness?

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<v Speaker 3>A care too much? Shut I'm too much?

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<v Speaker 2>If you won the lotto, what would you do? Definitely

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<v Speaker 2>split it evenly with my family.

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<v Speaker 3>Shut up.

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<v Speaker 2>But people who coach themselves, they've media trained themselves to

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<v Speaker 2>answer those things in a certain way that'll give you

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<v Speaker 2>the impression that they're a good person. Ask them something nonsensical.

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<v Speaker 2>You just get to know them.

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<v Speaker 3>What's your What would you do if there's a peguan

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<v Speaker 3>in your fridge?

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<v Speaker 2>Call Grace immediately?

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<v Speaker 3>You're bestie?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, or Sally? I would call a friend. The first

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<v Speaker 2>thing I do is call a friend. I'm not dealing

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<v Speaker 2>with this alone. You think I want to deal with

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<v Speaker 2>this alone. No, everybody suffers because I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>to do. Do you call the RSPCA, the CSIRO Taronga Zoo?

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<v Speaker 3>It's actually Taronga Sanctuary? Is it?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that for optics though, because they don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>be there, that want to be there. You can't want

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<v Speaker 2>a sanctuary to make yourself feel better. We know what's

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<v Speaker 2>happening there. They're trapped, are they not?

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<v Speaker 3>It's kind of how I feel in this room.

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<v Speaker 1>They're trapped.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell me how you feel about Look that says so

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<v Speaker 2>much about you. I will reserve my judgment.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>The next time you find yourself on a random date

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<v Speaker 2>meeting a new person for the very first time, resist

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<v Speaker 2>the urge to ask them how they are or what

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<v Speaker 2>they do for work. Instead, ask them what they would

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<v Speaker 2>do if they walked home or in to home after

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<v Speaker 2>a long day of work and found a penguin in

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<v Speaker 2>their freezer.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, it's on the list. It's on the bloody list.

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<v Speaker 1>This is flex and frooms.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to give people a really clear picture

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<v Speaker 2>of what the apocalypse. I think it's up to creative interpretation.

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<v Speaker 2>But I will say a very common part of everybody's

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<v Speaker 2>apocalypse is shortages when you are unable to access stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an apocalypse this year alone in Australia, predominantly how

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<v Speaker 2>many syllables are predominantly too many. There's been a chicken shortage,

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<v Speaker 2>a fuel shortage, a lettuce shortage.

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<v Speaker 3>A cabbage shortage, a.

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<v Speaker 2>Cabbage shortage, a used car shortage. But the one that's

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<v Speaker 2>really affected me on a personal level is the PS

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<v Speaker 2>five shortage.

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<v Speaker 1>Heavy PlayStation five shortage.

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<v Speaker 3>When did the PlayStation five first come out?

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty nineteen November twenty nineteen. That was a long time ago.

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<v Speaker 2>And when it was launched, it was in a shortage.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's the thing. You might be thinking, Oh, it's

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<v Speaker 2>just popular, like everybody wants a PS five and so like, No,

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<v Speaker 2>that's not what's happening here. Literally because of the C

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<v Speaker 2>word COVID. I don't know, because of COVID or COVID

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<v Speaker 2>literally is the reason why I can't get a PS five.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me draw the link for you. So because of COVID, right,

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<v Speaker 2>there was this sudden increase in people wanting to access

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<v Speaker 2>technological goods. And if we want to clarify it or

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<v Speaker 2>be more particular, it's not necessarily a PS five shortage.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's a particular chip in the PS five that

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<v Speaker 2>is used in a lot of cars, laptops, and other

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<v Speaker 2>various cabbage electronic equipment, exactly electro cabbages. So what has

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<v Speaker 2>happened is when COVID hit, production had to halt because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, those resources had to be moved. Things got expensive.

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<v Speaker 2>There are no people in the power plants to make

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<v Speaker 2>the stuff that makes the chip that.

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<v Speaker 3>Makes the homie was out.

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<v Speaker 2>Apparently a bunch of techno retailers I think that's something.

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<v Speaker 2>Were told that there would be a chip shortage, and

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<v Speaker 2>so people at Toyota they stocked up. They had four

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<v Speaker 2>months worth of chip because remember we thought COVID was

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<v Speaker 2>two weeks remember that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it was fun.

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<v Speaker 2>That's foreboding. So here's the thing. Because there's a chip shortage,

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<v Speaker 2>it means it's a PS five shortage. And then because

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<v Speaker 2>of how scarce the PS fives are, they're scalpers who

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<v Speaker 2>are buying all the PS fives and then reselling them

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<v Speaker 2>at a higher price. What's the retail the RP RRP

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<v Speaker 2>R the recommended retail price. It's already like one, one two,

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<v Speaker 2>like twelve hundred bucks.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not a cheapy cheap.

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<v Speaker 2>And you can get a digital only PS five that's

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<v Speaker 2>like six seven hundred dollars or whatever. But to pay

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<v Speaker 2>resale maybe like two k crazy.

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<v Speaker 3>Just use the what's that one? You use Nintendo site switch?

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<v Speaker 3>Just get on us.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not comparable. But thank you for that suggestion. It

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<v Speaker 2>was entirely unhelpful. What I want to say, and I

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<v Speaker 2>want everyone to listen closely, the true sign of an

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<v Speaker 2>apocalypse is when you can't easily buy mass produced items.

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<v Speaker 2>It shouldn't be like this in one year alone. I

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<v Speaker 2>can't eat the food I want to eat. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>go to places I want to go, I can't play

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<v Speaker 2>the games I want to play. And the worst thing

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<v Speaker 2>of it all is there's no end in sight.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, I don't think that's true.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what, We've got a lolly joone in front

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<v Speaker 1>of us. Yeah, that's the best thing that could ever happen.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm happy.

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<v Speaker 2>This is flex and frooms as a giggly girl and

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<v Speaker 2>a smiley talker. Do you know what a smiley talker is?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we're doing it right now.

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<v Speaker 2>We're doing it right now. People don't think that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>angry when I am. It's all a performance. To me,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a facade. How do you react when you're angry?

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<v Speaker 2>I want to know, be honest with me. If I

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<v Speaker 2>pissed you off, how would you react?

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<v Speaker 3>So my natural born state is agro.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't believe that.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I swear I used to have the worst road rage.

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<v Speaker 1>Really literally get out of the car and knock on windows.

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<v Speaker 3>Is this a bit?

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<v Speaker 2>No?

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty thirteen era? Just got my lasses? What I know

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<v Speaker 1>I used to have. I genuinely have anger issues that

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<v Speaker 1>I've had to quell.

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<v Speaker 2>You do such a good job of it, because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sure people think I have anger issues. I'm a chill driver.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, it's fine, Like we're going the same place.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody beeps. I'm like, wait, babe, relax.

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<v Speaker 3>I see it was a really bad driver.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I'm a really good driver.

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<v Speaker 3>Really yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I got my license late, so I'm an adult who

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<v Speaker 2>learned how to drive. The reason why I couldn't get

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<v Speaker 2>my license when I was little, I was like too

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<v Speaker 2>scatter brained, really looking all over the place, like what's that?

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<v Speaker 3>What's that? What's up?

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<v Speaker 1>What's that?

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, I'm a stone waller when I'm angry. After I

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<v Speaker 2>do the healthy communication thing. If I've tried to be

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<v Speaker 2>a sensible person, it's not hitting stone walling. I'm an ice.

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<v Speaker 2>You out, you don't exist to me ever. Ignored dead

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<v Speaker 2>dead dead. And I found out that ignoring someone on

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<v Speaker 2>a physiological level hurts the same as being physically injured. Whoa.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's really odd because as a Grade A premium ignorer,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm rarely ignored, and so I don't actually know what

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<v Speaker 2>that feels. But on a small scale, when someone's.

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<v Speaker 3>Ignoring me, and it hits.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm like, oh, I get it.

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<v Speaker 3>And this is the thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like, if you are someone that ignores people,

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<v Speaker 1>You're right, people don't ignore you. It's like the whole

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<v Speaker 1>thing where if you're someone who speaks shortly, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>use many words. People listen, Yeah, gives you Artisian vibes.

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<v Speaker 1>What's artesian or artisanal?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I'm so glad I didn't let that one go Artsian.

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<v Speaker 3>Artisanal. It's not artisanal, it's artesian. I'm being serious.

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<v Speaker 2>I see I can't tell if it's a bit anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't tell.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, here's the thing. The next time you want to

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<v Speaker 2>ignore someone, just hit them.

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<v Speaker 3>Which I'm not condone violent.

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<v Speaker 2>I was practicing my own comedy. No, but just keep

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<v Speaker 2>in mind that if you think ignoring someone is like

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<v Speaker 2>the healthy way out or the more mature way out,

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<v Speaker 2>it really isn't. For the person who's on the receiving end.

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<v Speaker 2>Just to wrap it up in a healthy way.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, okay, learning you're listening to Flex and Frooms on CADA.

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<v Speaker 1>Clowns are cool, but there was a time when clowns

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<v Speaker 1>overran the world. Really cast your mind back twenty sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>What were you doing at that time.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty sixteen was two four six years ago. If I'm

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<v Speaker 2>telling the truth, six years ago, I was twenty two.

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<v Speaker 2>If I'm lying, I was eighteen, which meant that I

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<v Speaker 2>was somewhere in between dropping out of UNI true.

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<v Speaker 3>How this.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh? No free press?

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<v Speaker 3>You know this? I said, clown college. No free press too.

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<v Speaker 1>God's well. Twenty sixteen was a very interesting time because

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<v Speaker 1>it was a time when the world had clown mania.

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<v Speaker 1>A guy in the US, I want to say, Massachusetts, Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 3>How else do you say it?

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<v Speaker 2>How you said it? It's fine? Now?

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<v Speaker 3>Can you actually tell me Massachusetts? Yeah, that's what I said.

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<v Speaker 1>It's got an extra tea Massachusetts anyway, Massachusetts. A man

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<v Speaker 1>in Massachusetts was like, I'm going to put on a

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<v Speaker 1>clown costume and start terrorizing the neighborhood, running through the

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<v Speaker 1>woods and quite like a little virus that we've been

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<v Speaker 1>dealing with for the last two years.

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<v Speaker 3>It took off.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait when you say terrorized in this petty crime like

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<v Speaker 2>yelling at bus stops. Ah, you know, loitering.

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<v Speaker 1>Look, I don't remember the specifics, but basically all around

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<v Speaker 1>Australia we started having these clown sightings at a s mcnonal's.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, fast food restaurant.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, this guy in a clown costume came up and

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<v Speaker 1>knocked on the window of two young fifteen year old girls.

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<v Speaker 3>With an axe.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, really as you know, pretending to be a clown.

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<v Speaker 1>And this went on and on at the time. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>I was a radio show presenter and somebody called up

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<v Speaker 1>and said, I'm on Frankston Pierre, I'm a clown and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going around terrorizing people. And we had to just

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<v Speaker 1>listen to that call. I couldn't call the authorities.

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<v Speaker 2>Zobatim. That's what they said, I'm here terrorizing people. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's not paraphrased. That's what they called in to tell you.

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<v Speaker 2>The scary bit is not that they were just clowns

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<v Speaker 2>dressed up as clowns in public spaces. They were intending

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<v Speaker 2>to harm while wearing the clown costume.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, they were being the clown archetype villain.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Australian clowns got their blueprint from the American clown.

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't just in America, it was around the world.

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<v Speaker 2>It was like a viral, a worldwide thing. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 2>I just missed it. I don't know what you were doing.

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<v Speaker 2>This is very up your alley. This is a question

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<v Speaker 2>we must post to the world. Where were you when

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<v Speaker 2>the clowns were terrorized people? Because I blacked out.

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<v Speaker 1>That's because you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's either you were being terrorized or you were the clown.

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<v Speaker 2>Two types of people. Pick one. I don't recall any

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<v Speaker 2>of this happening. And either way, whether it's me pretending

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<v Speaker 2>that I was either eighteen when it happened or twenty two,

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<v Speaker 2>I was on the Internet. I was on Twitter, I

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<v Speaker 2>was on Facebook, BBO, Reddit, Instagram.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't need to explain it to me. It's okay

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<v Speaker 3>that you were a clown.

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<v Speaker 1>I say it for you like you have all of

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<v Speaker 1>the like necessary things that you need to do.

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<v Speaker 2>If it's clown or be clowned, I'm clowning for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>I also know that if the purge happened, I'm participating.

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<v Speaker 3>It always comes back to that.

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<v Speaker 1>But in the current moment, clowns are having resurgence, high

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<v Speaker 1>fashion clowns, though not the clowns that are terrorizing the

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<v Speaker 1>young children of Muei, but rather Jewel Leaper.

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<v Speaker 2>Jewel Leaper, I think this was Adua Leaper.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, did a song recently and the film clip don't

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<v Speaker 1>ask me what song was? Was her like a clown

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<v Speaker 1>cowboy going around on a horse, putting a finger between

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<v Speaker 1>her lips, being quite salacious if I do say so myself.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, clown's like a cool sexy thing. You see

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<v Speaker 1>all the clown filters on Instagram and like the whole

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<v Speaker 1>rhetoric around, Oh I'm a clown, the clown emoji.

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<v Speaker 3>They're having a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>This sounds like when fifty year olds ask their kids

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<v Speaker 2>what's cool. The kids be facetious back, and then the

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<v Speaker 2>parents take it at face value. They go into their parents'

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<v Speaker 2>meetings and talk about what the kids like clowns. They say,

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<v Speaker 2>that's me. I'm happy to be doodly do. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>be a devil's advocate, but I think the cultural significance

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<v Speaker 2>of clowns, damn well, I'm more for it.

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