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<v Speaker 1>Cute flex and frooms getting near it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's on the tip of my tongue though, cutting grass

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<v Speaker 2>and a bit of.

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<v Speaker 1>Flex and from.

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<v Speaker 3>Whitty Pies and everybody else. We are on holidays. These

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<v Speaker 3>girls do need breaks. It's actually like a legal requirement.

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<v Speaker 3>But we thought we couldn't leave you high end. I

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<v Speaker 3>would never do that because we have a commitment to you.

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<v Speaker 3>And so here is a little sweet bone. If before

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<v Speaker 3>you hope you love and if you do share it,

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<v Speaker 3>why are you gatekeeping on? Tell your friends and tell

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<v Speaker 3>a friend, please please, mister Deeley.

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<v Speaker 2>This is flex and Frooms on kit. So last week

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<v Speaker 2>I received a DM. Somebody slid in, a little cheeky one,

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<v Speaker 2>a cheeky DM from a man. Yes, very presumptuous, but

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<v Speaker 2>he slid in saying, oh, just give you a bit

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<v Speaker 2>of context. Yeah. So I didn't know who he was,

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<v Speaker 2>but I clicked on his profile because his little avatar

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<v Speaker 2>was like quite attractive. And it turns out that he

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<v Speaker 2>is an ex Survivor star. Oh I've never watched the show, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>but like we get it, we get to watch the

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<v Speaker 2>viver to know. So he slides into my DMS saying,

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<v Speaker 2>you're funny at times.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, that's worse than I thought.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you think?

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<v Speaker 1>I thought?

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<v Speaker 3>You said you're kind of funny? Sometimes you're funny at times?

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<v Speaker 2>I yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, pistuff. I'm feeling anger in

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<v Speaker 2>my loins at this.

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<v Speaker 3>Because now I want the I don't want the feedback,

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<v Speaker 3>but like, what's not clicking?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, like what didn't hit?

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<v Speaker 3>What didn't land? Which bit fell fell dry?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it the shred content? Is it a bit too Weirdeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Are we going more for the skits like I need?

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<v Speaker 3>And also funny compared to what? What's your humor? Mister

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<v Speaker 3>stranger aside from what he's come in with? How do

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<v Speaker 3>you feel about a cheeky DM slide? I feel like

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<v Speaker 3>I don't respond well to compliments coming from straight men

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<v Speaker 3>because I worry about their taste sometimes. Oh do you know,

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<v Speaker 3>like there's that meme that says that if you ever

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<v Speaker 3>give your opinion on the internet and a bunch of

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<v Speaker 3>straight guys agree with you, you've given the wrong one.

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<v Speaker 3>You've given the wrong one. It's not the correct one.

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<v Speaker 3>You gotta read them, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what it feels like sometimes, and of course there

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<v Speaker 1>are exceptions.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, my approach to getting dms can't say it's ever worked,

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<v Speaker 2>but we'll say the ego boost don't appreciated.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep sliding in because it could be your turn next.

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<v Speaker 2>In this instance, let's call him James. We've decided that

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<v Speaker 2>there's only one way to reply to this slid in.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, you're funny at times, it's jog behavior. So

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<v Speaker 2>you have suggested that we send him barks a.

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<v Speaker 3>Voice memor of us barking at him that is as

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<v Speaker 3>sensical as what he sent.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, should I go first? Okay, We're give him

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<v Speaker 1>two tracks? Two tracks?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, any tips?

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<v Speaker 1>Just go with your heart.

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<v Speaker 3>Wait, go with your godby okay, yeah, alright.

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<v Speaker 2>Not too much.

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<v Speaker 1>I need to do to back yourself bad? Okay, hold

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<v Speaker 1>on here.

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<v Speaker 2>All right? Earth?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh nah, again it sounds him.

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<v Speaker 4>Let me do.

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<v Speaker 3>It all right, center, Thank you. It's gonna give him

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<v Speaker 3>so k.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm comfortable with that.

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<v Speaker 3>This is literally the grown up equivalent of sitting in

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<v Speaker 3>a circle at lunchtime in year eleven, getting all your

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<v Speaker 3>friends to co sign the text you send the guy

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<v Speaker 3>who literally wouldn't care if you lived or died, and

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<v Speaker 3>you're like, do I do one emoji? Two emojis?

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<v Speaker 1>He don't know if you exist.

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<v Speaker 2>Now. I want you to imagine this, and if you're listening,

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<v Speaker 2>I would like you to do the same. Deep breath

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<v Speaker 2>in as I say, and out through the nose.

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<v Speaker 1>Did a bullet? Come on, Brookie?

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<v Speaker 3>You went in through the mouth, out through the mouth,

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<v Speaker 3>through the through the mouth.

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<v Speaker 2>Into the microphone. All right, close your eyes now, if

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<v Speaker 2>you're driving, do not close your eyes. You you've just

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<v Speaker 2>broken up with your boyfriend, but you are still on

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<v Speaker 2>good terms. He still has the keys to the apartment.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a nightmare. He still has the keys to the

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<v Speaker 2>apartment you shared and messages you if he can come

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<v Speaker 2>over and grab some stuff while you're out. You think

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<v Speaker 2>nothing of it and say yeah, sure. Minutes later you

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<v Speaker 2>remember you had a guy over the night before and

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<v Speaker 2>left dong nom. You know what that means, wrappers on

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<v Speaker 2>the bench right next to where he needed to get

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<v Speaker 2>his stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>I love the way practicing safety, though.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, do you need to give him a heads up

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<v Speaker 2>and potentially make it work or say nothing? Let him

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<v Speaker 2>see it and wait to see if he brings it

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<v Speaker 2>up with you. Just let that sink in.

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<v Speaker 3>That is literally so scary to me, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 3>so crazy. I used to be the kind of person

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<v Speaker 3>who'd be like, you can definitely be friends with your ex.

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<v Speaker 3>But that was in my narcissist era, where I couldn't

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<v Speaker 3>stand that somebody who loved me would now hate me,

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<v Speaker 3>So in like a manipulative thing, I would maintain this

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<v Speaker 3>air of like mutual joviality. We're like friends and we're friendly,

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<v Speaker 3>and you still love me, which is terrifying because realistically,

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<v Speaker 3>what gets you to a breakup is someone's bad behavior,

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<v Speaker 3>a lack of reciprocity, or in some way shape of

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<v Speaker 3>form eroded trust, eroded care. These things are not fundamental

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<v Speaker 3>or like. These things are not are not like, they're

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<v Speaker 3>not the formula for a good relationship. I also think

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<v Speaker 3>that like maintaining a good relationship with your ex is

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<v Speaker 3>very confusing because humans and have the capacity to like

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<v Speaker 3>hold to incompatible things and understand them both. Like in

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<v Speaker 3>your head, you're compartmentalizing in a way that's not healthy

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<v Speaker 3>for you and often beneficial for the other person. So

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<v Speaker 3>all those times where I was like I'm just gonna

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<v Speaker 3>be friendly, I'm gonna be friendly, you know what I

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<v Speaker 3>was doing hurting them? I was hurting myself number one,

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<v Speaker 3>because I was denying that I wasn't actually in a

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<v Speaker 3>good place to like be nice to you, Like I

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<v Speaker 3>don't feel good about this, so expressing my emotions number one.

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<v Speaker 1>Number two, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Was like prioritizing the way it looked as opposed to

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<v Speaker 3>the reality of what it was. And I was forcing

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<v Speaker 3>myself to choose and decide how everything had to felt

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<v Speaker 3>in the now, as opposed to letting things just be

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<v Speaker 3>awkward for a bit, like letting things just be like

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<v Speaker 3>awkward whatever, like existing that no man let know what's

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<v Speaker 3>it called no man's land territory, Like.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not nothing, but it wasn't what it was. Since

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<v Speaker 1>we figure out what it is, things just need to

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<v Speaker 1>be awkward.

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<v Speaker 3>I will say, though, seeing the miscellaneous rappers from the

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<v Speaker 3>night before is punishment for being too comfortable in the dynamic.

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<v Speaker 3>Why are you do it in a batch? You get

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<v Speaker 3>two batches in and out facts, one for the things

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<v Speaker 3>you can put into your car, the other for the

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<v Speaker 3>removal list.

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<v Speaker 2>If like, oh, it's so awful, isn't it? I just

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<v Speaker 2>heard everything about it? You know what I want to say?

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<v Speaker 5>No, no, no, no, no no, no, Let's.

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<v Speaker 1>Just stop breaking up.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's just continue to date everyone we've ever dated before,

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<v Speaker 3>or knock them off, cre create a web. You know

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<v Speaker 3>it's like will always be because you know, like the

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<v Speaker 3>thing I don't like about an X, the word makes

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<v Speaker 3>you feel like you're not connected. But the reality is

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<v Speaker 3>you are connected forever are you. You're my ex, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>your ex. Whether or not we ever have content, whether

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<v Speaker 3>or not we ever have contact in the future, what

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<v Speaker 3>I experience with you affects my life forever. What you

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<v Speaker 3>experienced with me affects my life forever, vice versa right.

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<v Speaker 3>So for that reason, I don't need some kind of

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<v Speaker 3>like not contact but acknowledgment of that. I don't like

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<v Speaker 3>how you go from being like someone's every day to

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<v Speaker 3>like nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>Babes, I'm in your law.

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<v Speaker 3>When someone opens the book of your life, babes, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>chapters one through four.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't even.

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<v Speaker 1>Get to five through thirteen without going through me. First.

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<v Speaker 1>White out is needed.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's flex on Kit and this week we are

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<v Speaker 3>making dreams come true.

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<v Speaker 1>I swear to you. We surprised rooms.

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<v Speaker 3>My special co host, she's one of her favorite people

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<v Speaker 3>in the whole white world. Gavin Rubinstein from lux Listing, Sydney.

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<v Speaker 3>We had her in the studio and when I tell

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<v Speaker 3>you she squealed, was in hysterics, huffing, puffing.

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<v Speaker 1>It was really quite beautiful.

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<v Speaker 3>I think there was chemistry all round, and I think

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<v Speaker 3>you want to pay attention and stay tuned so you

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<v Speaker 3>can hear exactly how it went down.

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<v Speaker 1>O God, this is phenomenal.

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<v Speaker 3>Last week threw me over here, probably gave us a

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<v Speaker 3>fifty minute monologue about how obsessed she is, not just

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<v Speaker 3>lux listening, So it's not even about that, it's about you.

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<v Speaker 4>I appreciate that, Thank you very much.

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<v Speaker 1>She is freaking, I actually am.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't even get nervous. I forgot what it's like

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<v Speaker 5>to be nervous.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that I said that we both love Simon

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<v Speaker 2>and Gavin flex big fans appreciate that. I said, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>probably more of a Gavin.

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<v Speaker 4>You better not have said you prefer Simon.

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<v Speaker 3>I would never say that she's good, yeah cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I would describe us both as like professional friends. You

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<v Speaker 1>Simon and Dalene. What is the relationship there?

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<v Speaker 5>It's a weird dynamic. So like Dleene and I have

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<v Speaker 5>no real friendship at all. And that's true on a

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<v Speaker 5>professional level. If we cross over, we cross over, but

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<v Speaker 5>we don't have much of a professional relationship either, Simon,

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<v Speaker 5>I have a good working relationship. We've got a good friendship.

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<v Speaker 5>We don't always see eye to eye. You've got to remember,

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<v Speaker 5>he's kind of representing the buyer. I'm representing the seller.

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<v Speaker 5>He's trying to buy low. I'm trying to sell.

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<v Speaker 1>High and enemies. Love story.

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<v Speaker 4>I know about love story.

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<v Speaker 3>It needs are direct quotes I'm getting from GAM's mouth

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<v Speaker 3>modal enemies. Now, while we're here, I want to say

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<v Speaker 3>thank you for extending your time to us.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a pleasure even do it.

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<v Speaker 1>If I have a full day. I'm not stopping for anyone. However,

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<v Speaker 1>while you're here, a few rapid fire questions. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to get to know you.

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<v Speaker 3>Have you ever used a property you were selling for

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<v Speaker 3>anything other than work purposes? Don't incriminate yourself, but if

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<v Speaker 3>it's a yeah, okay, that's all we need.

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<v Speaker 4>Cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Who do you think is dirtier people that sell houses

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<v Speaker 2>or people that sell cars?

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<v Speaker 5>Depends both pretty much on the same level, right you

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<v Speaker 5>know what? Really, I think the perception of used car

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<v Speaker 5>salesmen and real estate agents from from a society perspective

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<v Speaker 5>is they're pretty even. I do what I can to

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<v Speaker 5>change that. Perspective. One guy is not going to change.

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<v Speaker 5>I know there are a couple of other good agents

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<v Speaker 5>who do three. Yeah, there's three or four out there.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've got one last question. Do you have one?

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<v Speaker 1>You go and I'll see probably the most important question

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<v Speaker 1>I've asked, and I.

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<v Speaker 2>Guess what it is. Of course, Burple far not at

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<v Speaker 2>all bad, not at all.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm using this time properly. I'm planning for the future.

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<v Speaker 4>But yeah, just what were the kitchen? Was there? I

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<v Speaker 4>thought i'd just answer it.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, would you rather be the first or last person

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<v Speaker 3>to know about a zombie apocalypse?

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<v Speaker 4>I want to be the first, because I want to plan.

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<v Speaker 1>Were you planning for escape? We're going.

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<v Speaker 5>I'll find a way. I'll find a place. Got resources,

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<v Speaker 5>use them. There's always a way, There's always a way.

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<v Speaker 1>Man is overrun.

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<v Speaker 4>There is always a way. Am I am?

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<v Speaker 2>I am I the asshole?

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<v Speaker 1>I said.

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<v Speaker 3>One of my twenty twenty three outs was respectability politics,

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<v Speaker 3>and that you know a lot of us find us

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<v Speaker 3>shackled by the idea that we have to say things

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<v Speaker 3>in the right way to be heard or the polite way,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm just over it. This year, I'm getting really

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<v Speaker 3>annoyed because I feel like we spent the last five

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<v Speaker 3>years learning how to critically think like unpacked stuff, become smarter,

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<v Speaker 3>and yet we keep asking ourselves really silly questions or

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<v Speaker 3>ones that don't need this much thought at all. This

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<v Speaker 3>am I the asshole in particular? No shade to the author,

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<v Speaker 3>but I just feel like, is this what we need

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<v Speaker 3>to be thinking about on a day to day.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet you're hooked?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? Here, I am the problem? I am what do

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<v Speaker 1>you call it a.

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<v Speaker 3>Problem? Am I the arsehole for buying a gift cards

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<v Speaker 3>a birthday gift? Off the top OFFT No, No, we'll see.

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<v Speaker 3>So am I the asshole for buying my mother in

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<v Speaker 3>law a gift card for her birthday? It was a

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<v Speaker 3>marvelous night, lots of fun until she opened my present

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<v Speaker 3>and everyone stared at me with effing, flaming daggers. Mother

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<v Speaker 3>in law had no issue at all, or she's a

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<v Speaker 3>very talented actress using her best smile. My significant other

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<v Speaker 3>significant other thinks I'm the asshole because I'm supposed to

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<v Speaker 3>give someone an actual gift on their birthday, which I

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<v Speaker 3>did a Nike gift card for seventy five dollars to

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<v Speaker 3>buy workout clothes from her favorite brand. I feel I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not the asshole for the simple fact that my gift

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<v Speaker 3>had thought and value. Meanwhile, there were some very heavy

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<v Speaker 3>hidden gifts jewelry, expensive shoes, Bloomingdale clothes, etc. And I

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<v Speaker 3>can't even afford more than seventy five dollars without breaking

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<v Speaker 3>Christmas budget or you know, paying my rent. Am I

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<v Speaker 3>the crazy one here?

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<v Speaker 1>Please?

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<v Speaker 3>I know I'm already conflicted about the situation. I felt

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<v Speaker 3>bad enough that the rest of the night I hit

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<v Speaker 3>in the bathroom because.

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<v Speaker 1>Of the food. It was not the food that is

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<v Speaker 1>the real issue. It was not the food. You know.

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<v Speaker 3>That one is a little bit more complex because gifting culture,

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<v Speaker 3>much like tipping culture, a lot of unspoken rules, a

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<v Speaker 3>not a lot of like middle ground at all. Do

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<v Speaker 3>not say too much, miss and not.

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<v Speaker 2>This is just a horrible, horrible situation on behalf of

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<v Speaker 2>everybody but this woman first and foremost. Am I ever

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<v Speaker 2>going to be getting my mother in law as seventy

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<v Speaker 2>five dollars gift card? No? Sorry, gift full stop? Absolutely not?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh never.

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<v Speaker 2>I think there's either under fifty or if it's like

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<v Speaker 2>the first birthday with your partner or like your parents,

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<v Speaker 2>you do in the upper hundreds. Okay, seventy five is

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<v Speaker 2>the weirdest amount, so.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the number amount that's really got it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it has seventy five dollars, Like, how did you

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<v Speaker 2>think about it? You may as well just have done

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<v Speaker 2>like sixty two or something. I will say it's very thoughtful.

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<v Speaker 2>Nike is her favorite brand, and sports where is something

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<v Speaker 2>that's very particular. I don't want someone going out and

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<v Speaker 2>buying me a pair of short It's like a very

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<v Speaker 2>specific type. I personally have nothing against gift cards.

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<v Speaker 3>Who started anti gift card propaganda because I think a

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<v Speaker 3>few people have Number one, overestimated their importance to assume

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<v Speaker 3>that I have enough time, space energy to go out

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<v Speaker 3>and find you a physical gift.

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<v Speaker 1>When you can do that in your own time, it's

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<v Speaker 1>your gift.

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<v Speaker 3>ME providing the resources for you to get exactly what

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<v Speaker 3>you want feels like the most thoughtful thing to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Now as an adult, I realize why people think that

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<v Speaker 2>it's rude to get gift cards, because I understand how

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<v Speaker 2>hard it is to make time to get gifts. If

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<v Speaker 2>that makes sense. Yes, I used to never think it was.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't think there was anything difference between going out

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<v Speaker 2>and getting a gift card and buying something in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of like the labor, I will say there.

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<v Speaker 3>Is a difference, Like, if there's anyone in my life

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<v Speaker 3>who's important enough to me that warrants a gift or

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<v Speaker 3>expects a gift, I will do the due diligence and

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<v Speaker 3>go out and get them a gift.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, But a mother in law is a very.

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<v Speaker 3>Specific niche of gift giving, like I don't really know

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<v Speaker 3>you like that.

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<v Speaker 1>I might know of you, so I feel like a gift.

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<v Speaker 3>But to be honest, I would go to like six

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<v Speaker 3>No six, a diptyque candle and call it a day.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna know, say the hand crem a hand crem

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<v Speaker 2>pack from where just a body shop number. Okay, we're

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<v Speaker 2>not we're not.

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<v Speaker 1>Doctoring, built different, different, and that's okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Mother in law is specifically with the awkwardest. Actually, a

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<v Speaker 2>father in law might be awkward as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, I'm not getting him a gift.

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<v Speaker 2>I got my ex's sister a we're doing siblings.

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<v Speaker 1>It was yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, meant to go up and see it.

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<v Speaker 2>We ended up like breaking up. I already got in

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<v Speaker 2>the present, but then we broke up. But I got

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<v Speaker 2>to like a Mason Balzac, like the carafe and the

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<v Speaker 2>class moment before it was very popular, mind you, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>just saying tastemaker. So yeah, but never met her actually either,

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<v Speaker 2>So just be careful.

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<v Speaker 1>You were doing too much.

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<v Speaker 2>I was doing a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>That's okay, that's okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I went out in style.

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<v Speaker 1>How many times do I have to tell you?

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<v Speaker 2>Honey?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you sing?

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<v Speaker 5>Karen?

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<v Speaker 4>If you want to the life of a character, character.

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<v Speaker 2>Flex see that day I went to go get myself

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<v Speaker 2>a juice. Do you use beverage or perhaps a smoothie?

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<v Speaker 2>We will keep that under wraps because what I'm about

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<v Speaker 2>to say is potentially incriminating. I want to go get

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<v Speaker 2>myself a juice. I'm starving. I'm a ravenous in the morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Need my juice now, bitty kneed juice. The chick takes

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<v Speaker 2>my order up at the cash register. Gloves on, yep,

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<v Speaker 2>that'd be thirteen dollars and ninety five cents. Why are

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<v Speaker 2>her fingers tapping the phone? Why her fingers tapping the

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<v Speaker 2>f bos machine? I thought, you know what, maybe she'll

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<v Speaker 2>take the gloves off and then go and make the smoothie.

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<v Speaker 2>Why does she then go touching the cash register? All

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<v Speaker 2>the way back to grab the banana, grab the protein,

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<v Speaker 2>put it into the thing, put the lid on it,

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<v Speaker 2>give it to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Hold on a second.

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<v Speaker 3>If the gloves are clean, So you're saying it's bad

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<v Speaker 3>food safety preus.

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<v Speaker 2>That is food safety braxis one oh one. And what

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<v Speaker 2>not to do is use the gloves on the cash

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<v Speaker 2>register into making me my premium large smoothie juice.

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<v Speaker 3>So what you're advocating for is that she take this

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<v Speaker 3>single use plastic off before she make you your smoothie.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, yeah, I actually would. I don't want to get.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, no gloves for the registered gloves on for the

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<v Speaker 3>for the food prem What.

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<v Speaker 2>I would mostly prefer if we're thinking about plastic use

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<v Speaker 2>tippity tappity, go wash your hands, give it a thirty

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<v Speaker 2>second wash, make the juice. Then again, dermatitis. Stick yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>I have dermatitis because I'm that clean. I'm serious, guys,

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<v Speaker 2>Look at the dermatitis that's giving Clean Girl Era.

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<v Speaker 1>Clean Girl Era hand is falling off Clean Girl Era.

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<v Speaker 2>But seriously, I have a problem with this. I drank

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<v Speaker 2>it anyway, as I said, I was starving ravenous, and

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I'm ravenous. I'm not going to be grumpy

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<v Speaker 2>about this. I just took my juice.

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<v Speaker 1>What would it take for you to say something?

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<v Speaker 2>I have exited my Karen in public era for multiple reasons.

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<v Speaker 1>For the optics.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, purely optics. I feel everything inside. It hasn't gone away.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't say anything. I had told you the time

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<v Speaker 2>about it. At the time I went to a sandwich

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<v Speaker 2>artist establishment. This is about twenty years ago, so about

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<v Speaker 2>twenty literally, he knew you were old. The chick tariachy chicken, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>with the cheddar cheese. Why does she put it in

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<v Speaker 2>the oven? Takes it out of the oven.

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<v Speaker 3>It flips under her arm.

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<v Speaker 2>Cheese and jeriachy chicken. I'm gonna arm.

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<v Speaker 3>She's got a third degree burn, making you which you're

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<v Speaker 3>about to complain?

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<v Speaker 1>What will happen next? Flaps it back.

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<v Speaker 2>I had to say something. I said, listen, did you

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<v Speaker 2>took it away? I'm a school child, take it away?

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<v Speaker 2>I better go back in. I said, I'm sorry, I

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<v Speaker 2>need you, but dropped in your arm? Be serious, serious?

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<v Speaker 2>What's your arm? There's hair on the arm. There's a

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<v Speaker 2>hair on her arm, like it was one of the

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<v Speaker 2>would like that's a core memory. What I mean still

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<v Speaker 2>think about it twenty years on that serious, guys, you

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<v Speaker 2>weren't joking about twenty years too.

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