WEBVTT - Ghana Norms That Would Stress Australian’s Out ✈️

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<v Speaker 1>The Flex and Frooms Daily podcast. Remember that one time

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<v Speaker 1>where Frooms convinced me that she was Swedish and then

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<v Speaker 1>when I said that's so crazy, like that makes a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of sense, she then said she wasn't Swedish.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to just jump in there quickly. Recently had

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<v Speaker 2>to look at my ancest to your DNA test. If

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<v Speaker 2>you gave your DNA away for free, and ye, you

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<v Speaker 2>regret it, take solace in the fact that every year

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<v Speaker 2>they updated, so it's more specific. I'll just say thirty

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<v Speaker 2>three percent Scottish.

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<v Speaker 1>That makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>I am Squittish through and through love and also four

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<v Speaker 2>per saint Norwegian. So I wasn't lying.

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<v Speaker 1>You're on the cusp of something. What is the rest?

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<v Speaker 2>I no Irish British?

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<v Speaker 1>Why do you tay you don't want to be Irish British?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Scottish is cooler?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it Irish?

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<v Speaker 2>British? Blah potato Scottish killed vibes excellent Scottish. Oh, I

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<v Speaker 2>love everything about that culture. And I will say, like

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<v Speaker 2>I said that your biggest not that culture. Culture.

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry h anyway, was that a thought coming?

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<v Speaker 2>Well? Just to say my grandpa's both parents were Scottish,

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<v Speaker 2>so then I'm one fourth Scottish.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I get really confused when you start talking about

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<v Speaker 1>lineage part of me. Anyway, I was in Ghana. It

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<v Speaker 1>was phenomenal. I have said about three times today that

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<v Speaker 1>when you go somewhere for more than four weeks, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a lifestyle change on a holiday. Now I'm back reintegrating.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to say, I'm what's bicoastal intercontinental? Where are

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<v Speaker 1>you from? Here?

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<v Speaker 3>And there?

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<v Speaker 1>Here? In there? Ghana two months of the year type vibes.

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<v Speaker 1>It was phenomenal, But I will say it is the wild,

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<v Speaker 1>wild West, and I wish I would have written down

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<v Speaker 1>every kind of contradictory social norm that exists there versus here,

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<v Speaker 1>like how the like the language that I speak there,

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<v Speaker 1>which is tree, is such an indirect passive language that

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<v Speaker 1>bleeds over into the entire culture. We can't get into

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<v Speaker 1>it now. But an example, if you ask someone at

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<v Speaker 1>any time how long something is going to take? How

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<v Speaker 1>long till the food gets here? How long till the

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<v Speaker 1>uber gets here? They will say not long, it should

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<v Speaker 1>be here shortly, how many minutes? When God allows?

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<v Speaker 2>So imagine when God allows, when God allows, so we

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<v Speaker 2>need to bring a bit of that Pacific City into

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<v Speaker 2>our lives as well. I think you do not.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway, here's the party for you. Miss you already Flex

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<v Speaker 1>and froods your girl. Flex. Lillian Ess came back from

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<v Speaker 1>four weeks abroad. Wow, yes, yes she did. I was

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<v Speaker 1>in Ghana for the second time in one year. I

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<v Speaker 1>am bringing back bragging. I feel like I've been a

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<v Speaker 1>bit too humble on the show and it doesn't suit me.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's let's let's start with the facts. Okay, no

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<v Speaker 1>comment number one. The tickets were very expensive. Guess how

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<v Speaker 1>much or return return five K six? Can you imagine

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<v Speaker 1>six thousand dollars? Thousand dollars of course with fle emirates.

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<v Speaker 1>But what are you gonna do?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it like seventeen hours away longer?

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<v Speaker 1>So you gotta go from here to Dubai Classic nine hours,

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<v Speaker 1>a cheeky little four four hour layover, and then it's

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen to Ghana. That's if you're going direct. Sometimes you'll

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<v Speaker 1>stop in other places. It's just a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's pretty much the same as if I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to go to the UK.

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<v Speaker 1>No, the UK is closer UK seventeen hours?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you sure?

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<v Speaker 1>What are you not?

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<v Speaker 3>What are you not understanding? So like, Okay, here's here's Australia.

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<v Speaker 3>We can't get into this right now. I'm sorry, we

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<v Speaker 3>can't get into it right now. In your own time definitely,

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<v Speaker 3>but for now, let's keep it pushing. I will say, though,

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<v Speaker 3>when I go to Ghana, I try to share. I

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<v Speaker 3>won't say as much as possible that to lie, but

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<v Speaker 3>I try and share what that experience is like because

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<v Speaker 3>I think, I think.

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<v Speaker 1>Not the UK coming out. I feel like people don't

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<v Speaker 1>have a great visual understanding of what Ghana is like,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I'm just doing my civil duty. What I

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<v Speaker 1>will say though, is if the VI visuals are confusing, assaulting, beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>the actual experience would send the average Australian into shock.

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<v Speaker 1>I just feel like, no, there's just no way an

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<v Speaker 1>Australian would go to Ghana and be like this makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>It is the most no man's land wild wild West

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<v Speaker 1>experience you could ever think of. And the funny thing

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<v Speaker 1>is longer you stay there, the more you normalize it.

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<v Speaker 1>So an example, right road rules optional optional traffic lights,

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<v Speaker 1>amuse them if you want to roundabouts, give way to

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<v Speaker 1>whoever whenever or not, just beep your way through. Road

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<v Speaker 1>Rage really isn't that much of a thing. But there's

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<v Speaker 1>just general aggression because everyone's like, I'm just trying to

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<v Speaker 1>get to where I'm going in the time. I'm trying

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<v Speaker 1>to get there.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me work my truth.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty standard. That's fine. Then there's this like tipping culture.

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<v Speaker 1>On crack we talk a lot about tipping culture. Generally

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<v Speaker 1>we're Australians, we don't necessarily have to, but I guess,

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<v Speaker 1>you know the implications of American lifestyle bleeding into Australian

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<v Speaker 1>cultures that we start to absorb this kind of behavior.

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<v Speaker 1>Got to eat. You tip people whatever, ghana, you're tipping

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<v Speaker 1>for everything. It's like you're tipping for being a foreigner.

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<v Speaker 1>You're tipping because it's Christmas. You're tipping because on the

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<v Speaker 1>way to the bathroom somebody showed you where the bathroom was.

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<v Speaker 1>It just happened to work at the establishments. So you

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<v Speaker 1>gotta like fang them something small. And then let's say

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna catch a cab rat and some random man

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<v Speaker 1>on the side of the street sees you get into

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<v Speaker 1>the cabin opens the door for you. He'll then say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>something small for the boys, which means something that's the

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<v Speaker 1>phrase something small for the boys something small for the boys,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know what it means, Yeah, the boy is

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<v Speaker 1>something small in Ghana, I've expressed this bit of no

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<v Speaker 1>man's land and that definitely extends to crime, extortion and

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<v Speaker 1>various like potentially illegal things. And so I would say

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<v Speaker 1>maybe every other day when we would driving through, we

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<v Speaker 1>get stopped by cops. Right, and this is not like

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<v Speaker 1>tolls or like the traffic light is working, and the

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<v Speaker 1>cops are like trying to direct you and where to go,

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<v Speaker 1>just rogue cops and soldiers setting up their own barricades

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<v Speaker 1>to extort you. So like you will drive, I'll be like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>there are cops coming. And sometimes if you're a woman

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<v Speaker 1>driving because like you know, chicks and everything, they'll let

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<v Speaker 1>you go like oh, you know, go on. But every

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<v Speaker 1>other time they'll be like, oh, can I have some

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<v Speaker 1>money for malt? Can I have some money for a

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<v Speaker 1>little drink? Just something small? It's Christmas Christmas money. And

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<v Speaker 1>then so you're saying them something like a little twenty here,

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<v Speaker 1>a little thirty there, But realistically they're not gonna take

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<v Speaker 1>that money back to the cop with the cops shop,

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<v Speaker 1>They're just like putting in their pockets. So the more

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<v Speaker 1>you try and resist, you're only making it more difficult

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<v Speaker 1>for yourself because they do have some kind of authority,

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<v Speaker 1>but not.

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<v Speaker 2>Legal authority, so you can't necessarily. It's an inside job, So.

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<v Speaker 1>What are you gonna do?

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<v Speaker 2>Correct?

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<v Speaker 1>But then it's kind of like there are no rules.

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<v Speaker 1>So in the same way that you're getting extorted over here,

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<v Speaker 1>you're off here doing something illegal anyway, like driving with

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<v Speaker 1>no license. Not gonna incriminate anyone who drove when you

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<v Speaker 1>were there, not gonna incriminate anyway. Who do you work for?

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<v Speaker 2>Do people assume that you're a foreigner?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>How can they takele.

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<v Speaker 1>Assume I'm not only a foreigner but an American because

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<v Speaker 1>Australia does not exist generally, but also in the eyes

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<v Speaker 1>of Ghanians. I'll say Australia, they'll say Austria, and then

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<v Speaker 1>we'll have a conversation about I'm not European, right, you know?

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<v Speaker 2>So the is it initially American because of like your style.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just I always try and ask it's not just

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<v Speaker 1>the style, it's the aesthetic. It's my skin tone, it's

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<v Speaker 1>the way that I'm pronouncing words in my language. It's

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<v Speaker 1>all just kind of like Western fired But also my

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<v Speaker 1>facial features. You would think I'd go to Ghana a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of doppel gangers around. Oh, I don't have a

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<v Speaker 1>Ghanaian face, which is very disappointing.

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<v Speaker 2>Damn Ip, though you would love it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you what happened. When I was at the

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<v Speaker 1>airport going to Ghana. I was like, let me change

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<v Speaker 1>some money into American dollars so I can go change

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<v Speaker 1>it into Ghana money when I get there, and they

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<v Speaker 1>don't take Australian dollars obviously, because who takes Australian dollars?

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<v Speaker 1>I changed five hundred US dollars and then I was like, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>this is gonna be amazing. I get to Ghana, I

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<v Speaker 1>forget to change that money at the airport and say

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<v Speaker 1>about two weeks into my trip, I'm like, oh, Mom,

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<v Speaker 1>can you just take me to get this money? Exchange's like,

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<v Speaker 1>ye're sick, we'll go now. So anyway, I meet her

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<v Speaker 1>at this suburb she told me to go to, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's in like I'm in like long hair, Yahoo motorcycle,

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<v Speaker 1>Biki Gang district and I'm like, okay, why are we here?

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<v Speaker 1>She's like, this way you get the money changed. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>like okay, cool. Maybe there's like a little kiosk or something.

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<v Speaker 1>There's like guys doing wheelies everywhere. There's no women, no women,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just us with our little handbags, and like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>how are you doing? So my mom walks past this

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<v Speaker 1>random tin sheard kiosk shop and she goes to this

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<v Speaker 1>guy what's the rate? And he says eleven nine. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what that means. And she's like, okay, cool,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll come back anyway. We go to the next shop.

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<v Speaker 1>He's like, what's the rate. Mom's like, Mom's like, what's

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<v Speaker 1>the rate. They're like eleven nine to five.

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<v Speaker 2>So we go back.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, what does that mean? What's the rate? She's like,

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<v Speaker 1>don't worry about it. Anyway. We go back to the

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<v Speaker 1>original guy. And then I'm like, oh, we're getting the

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<v Speaker 1>money changed here. She's like yeah. I'm like looking around,

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<v Speaker 1>like Mom, we're into the biky mechanic bikey gaing garage

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<v Speaker 1>and she's like, oh yeah, these are cash heavy businesses,

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<v Speaker 1>so they'll have the money for us without the kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like tax of going to like a legit environment.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, how do you know this? She's like, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just what you do. Anyway, so we're telling him I

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<v Speaker 1>want five hundred dollars and he's like counting the money

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<v Speaker 1>for us, right, And then I show him my five

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<v Speaker 1>hundred US dollars. I've got four in one hundreds and

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<v Speaker 1>then five twenties. He's like, oh nah, this is not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna work. I'm like, what's the issue? He's like, this

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<v Speaker 1>is newly money. We want the old school US dollars

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<v Speaker 1>with Benjamin on them. Franklin. Why because it's the aesthetics

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<v Speaker 1>of it. It's very americanized. Like we don't want this

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<v Speaker 1>new one with all the other people on it. We

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<v Speaker 1>want the original one. So the rate that you'll get

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<v Speaker 1>will be less because it's gonna be hard for me

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<v Speaker 1>to flip this money. And for the twenties, these aren't

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<v Speaker 1>worth anything. So like I can give you, like I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, ten something for it, but you're not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>get the full rate.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm looking around like is this real? Because if I

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<v Speaker 1>could just go to a currency exchange, I wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 1>having these conversations anyway. Got the money, it's fine if

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<v Speaker 1>we live.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, what an interesting experience.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fantastic. Everyone should go. Everybody should not go. You're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna get scammed out of all of your money and Ghana.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you go to the beach again?

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<v Speaker 3>Nah?

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<v Speaker 1>I was. I did this trip. So in February I

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<v Speaker 1>went to Akura, which is like the Sydney and this

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<v Speaker 1>time I went to the Canberra. So I was doing

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<v Speaker 1>like real regional. Why because in December in Ghana it's

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<v Speaker 1>called de December, dirty, December, tectic. Like everybody, all the

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<v Speaker 1>diaspora goes into Ghana. Everybody's partying, like Kanye is there

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<v Speaker 1>chance the rappers there? It's hectic, but I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to be clapping too much. I just want to be

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<v Speaker 2>right now. Let's see if they pick up. My god,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm scared.

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<v Speaker 1>Hip picking up on the second ring. So Keen, can

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<v Speaker 2>drink of choice?

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<v Speaker 1>Take?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 3>Honestly, I'm a Foka Cranby girl.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm basic.

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<v Speaker 1>No, you're eighteen, You're not basic.

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<v Speaker 2>You're just.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't gone out that much.

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<v Speaker 1>A little Bertie told me that you just finished high school.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I have.

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<v Speaker 1>How's that going?

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<v Speaker 2>It's pretty chill?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I'm distressed about what to actually do.

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<v Speaker 1>With my life.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know what's new.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, we just got to figure that out.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't get better, babe.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't get better, babe, it just gets worse.

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 1>Look, I mean, we don't get into an atar conversation,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know we do know that. Oh yeah, unbelievably, unbelievably.

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<v Speaker 1>Well it's to be expected. She did to go to

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<v Speaker 1>a private school. I didn't do well. Shout out team

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<v Speaker 1>fifty somethings. But you know, it all works out. It

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<v Speaker 1>all works out. So I've everyone just kind of failed

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<v Speaker 1>high school ish and then pick it back up in

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<v Speaker 1>your early twenties.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, okay, well that's good to hear.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Well, we're going to see you in a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of days, so let's continue this conversation. Then.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so exciting, Tay. We also know that you like it,

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<v Speaker 2>says on our sheet dressing sheet, My gosh, dressing up

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<v Speaker 2>with trendy shoes. So what shoes are read to the

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<v Speaker 2>island tone. Well, I'm actually going to wear it. I've

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<v Speaker 2>got some new platform shandles.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they're purple.

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<v Speaker 2>They're very much like polypocket brass five hot.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm wearing them now.

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<v Speaker 2>They're so cute. I think that's what I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>shoot ob Oh my god. Okay, we'll see you on

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<v Speaker 2>the island in February.

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<v Speaker 1>God, thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 2>Guys, this is amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>Kisses, thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>What a little cutie, Petuty Angel.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm obsessed. I just burped. Don't let it distruct you

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<v Speaker 1>from the show. Flexs and frooms, get a snack. The

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<v Speaker 1>information and Baptist share is going to change your life.

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<v Speaker 1>I've found a new personality test.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell me everything.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't sound interested.

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<v Speaker 2>My eyes glarted off.

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<v Speaker 1>Your voice dropped. Why did you always drop? Tell me everything?

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<v Speaker 1>It's really fun. It might be the only important one

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<v Speaker 1>you need to take. It's called the Difficult person Test.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you enthused?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>Shall I continue?

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<v Speaker 2>Please grate.

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<v Speaker 1>So basically, it's a test that's gonna assess how difficult

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<v Speaker 1>of a person you are. But there's a catch. Nobody

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<v Speaker 1>can rank as not difficult. Nobody can get zero percent.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody is difficult in some capacity, just someone more difficult

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<v Speaker 1>than others now from my research. And I didn't take

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<v Speaker 1>it because I want us to take it together, not now,

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<v Speaker 1>but in the future, somewhere so you have thirty six questions,

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<v Speaker 1>their statements like the questions and statements like I use

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<v Speaker 1>others for my own personal gain, slag may generally speaking,

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<v Speaker 1>I am superior slay and I don't usually help someone

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<v Speaker 1>unless there's something in it for me. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>about all that. And then once you answer all those questions,

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<v Speaker 1>you're ranked on callousness, grandiosity, aggressiveness, suspicion, manipulative, manipulativeness, dominance,

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<v Speaker 1>and risk taking. Now, I was going through some tiktoks

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<v Speaker 1>of people who had taken this test and were reviewing

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<v Speaker 1>their answers, and what I found with anybody who ranked

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<v Speaker 1>really highly and being very difficult, they all knew how

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<v Speaker 1>to flip it. Well, Am I dominant on my just assertive?

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<v Speaker 1>You know? Am I manipulative? Or don't know how to

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<v Speaker 1>ask what I want? Who knows? All I'm saying is

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<v Speaker 1>we should take it and then armchair diagnose each other.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I know where you would rank, Hi, it's

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<v Speaker 2>the top percentile.

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<v Speaker 1>Zero point zero one percent figh achiever.

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<v Speaker 2>We want to be zero zero zero point one percent

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<v Speaker 2>income difficulty yes, vibes flex and frooms FLEXI. I had

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<v Speaker 2>a memory pop into my mind like it just came

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<v Speaker 2>to me in a dream about a thing called uncanny Valley.

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<v Speaker 2>Very you have you heard of it?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, but for the sake of this, no, I have not.

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<v Speaker 2>No, you have not. Brooke hit the tape.

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<v Speaker 4>The uncanny valley refers to a phenomenon where brains can

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<v Speaker 4>register that something is very close to human, but we're

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<v Speaker 4>also aware that something's not quite rape. It's the in

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<v Speaker 4>between where we can process that something looks like a person,

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<v Speaker 4>but it's not a person, and it causes feelings of distress.

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<v Speaker 4>Believed to be an evolutionary mechanism which is also not

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<v Speaker 4>exclusive to just humans, the uncanny valley is where we

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<v Speaker 4>perceive these things to be a threat or not of us,

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<v Speaker 4>and it can cause feelings of panic. One of the

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<v Speaker 4>most well known modern examples of this was actually an

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<v Speaker 4>early test screening of Shrek in two thousand, where Fiona

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<v Speaker 4>was rendered as very hyperrealistic, so realistic that it surpassed

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<v Speaker 4>the threshold of comfort and cartoon and moved into the

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<v Speaker 4>uncanny valley. Children actually became so panick that this screening

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<v Speaker 4>they were reported to be crying at the movie anytime

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<v Speaker 4>she came on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, I love that can I just say, I imagine having

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<v Speaker 2>the first run of Shrek pre digitization. I can see.

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<v Speaker 2>So right now, we have a sheet in front of

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<v Speaker 2>us of all these uncanny valley faces, and we have

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<v Speaker 2>both pictures of Fiona in Shrek. One of them looks

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like what's that actress, Felicity Hoffman. But the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of these' it's I think it's something to do

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<v Speaker 2>with the spacing and the eyes, but essentially they all

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<v Speaker 2>kind of look like creepy characters you'd see in a

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<v Speaker 2>horror movie. And it says it's something to do with evolution.

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<v Speaker 2>You're trying to like read out different people in faces.

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<v Speaker 2>And I have my own theory, which is that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>there was a time where we weren't the only sentient

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<v Speaker 2>beings on the earth.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so now you believe in spooky stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, no, let me hear it. Continue. It's not spooky

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<v Speaker 2>unless evlation is fakey love. When there was the Neanderthals

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<v Speaker 2>and there's something other sapiens.

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<v Speaker 1>Homo sapiens. No, the other ones were Homo sapiens.

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<v Speaker 2>Well you could be neandthal though potentially, so apparently there

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<v Speaker 2>really are Neanderthals that have mixed with Homo sapiens. I

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<v Speaker 2>always sort of people who had like a very strong brow,

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<v Speaker 2>but apparently that's just an aesthetic thing that can happen regardless.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I think it's not something to do with

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<v Speaker 2>us humans, because we are savages seeing things that aren't

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<v Speaker 2>human and needing to kill it.

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<v Speaker 1>A humans need to want other people and then to

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<v Speaker 1>assume the other is dangerous.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I can get into a whole thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't don't how humans, Brook said make one point. You've

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<v Speaker 1>been listening to the Flex and Frooms Daily podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>For more tune indicate on DAB or stream it on iHeartRadio.