WEBVTT - So You Wanna Join Our Cult? 👽 😜

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<v Speaker 1>Flex and Frooms, Flex and Frooms. This is the Flex

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<v Speaker 1>and Frooms catch up podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Flex and Frooms On Kate, I've had to use the

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<v Speaker 2>baby voice on true me, a soft, soothing dulcet turn

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<v Speaker 2>to get her to do her job through me, can

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<v Speaker 2>we put the phone down please? I did learn that

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<v Speaker 2>if you want a child to do something, you can't

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<v Speaker 2>ask them, you must give them options. So through me,

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<v Speaker 2>do you want to put the phone down now or

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<v Speaker 2>do you want to risk having to stay back later?

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<v Speaker 2>What do you want to do?

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<v Speaker 1>Flex? Do you want to let me have a play

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<v Speaker 1>or do you want to get an uber home? And

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<v Speaker 1>I won't drive you? I hit an uber? Oh, I

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<v Speaker 1>like hanging out with you.

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<v Speaker 2>The options have to be beneficial, Okay. Anyway, on today's episode,

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<v Speaker 2>we did chat about the writer strike being over. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a bit convoluted as to what that actually means, but

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<v Speaker 2>I did go into a bit of a mini deep

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<v Speaker 2>dive comprehensive in like a ten minute type of way.

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<v Speaker 1>And here's the podcast. Kita Flex and Frooms, Flex and Firms,

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<v Speaker 1>Elmino Lenina. I've heard all the words, Do I know

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<v Speaker 1>what they mean? Yeah? I actually do, and I want

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<v Speaker 1>to tell everyone tell us we know that it is

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<v Speaker 1>giving climate emergency vibes. However, I think we need to

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<v Speaker 1>go into the epitomiology, which is the study of words.

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<v Speaker 1>El Nino means in Spanish etymology. What's epittmology? You know

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<v Speaker 1>you knew what I meant, and that's a beauty pistemology.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know that means so epistemology. God is a girl, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>El Nino is obviously when the weather heats up. And

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<v Speaker 1>let me give you a little bit of a history lesson,

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<v Speaker 1>just because it's interesting to me. The weather patterns were

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<v Speaker 1>named in Peru by fishermen in the sixteen hundred's old

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<v Speaker 1>school rat can you believe people are alive? Then warmer

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<v Speaker 1>currents off the coast of South America meant fish became

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<v Speaker 1>scarce of chasing nutrition packed cold water. El Nino means

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<v Speaker 1>little boy, named for El Nino Jesus. Because the weather

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<v Speaker 1>phenomenon peaked at Christmas. Ala Nina is little girl, meaning

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<v Speaker 1>cooler water and fuller nets. That's that's on girl Boss.

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<v Speaker 1>So what I think is funny and this is what

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like captured my imagination with the little boy thing,

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<v Speaker 1>is that an Australian climate scientist called doctor Jackie Brown.

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<v Speaker 1>She put it this way, which totally made sense, because

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<v Speaker 1>we don't know what's going to happen with Alnino. She said,

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<v Speaker 1>El nino is Spanish for boy child, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>a good analogy is that although we know we're getting

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<v Speaker 1>a boy, every child can be different. So Elnino really

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<v Speaker 1>going to entail? Will there be massive winds? Apparently the

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<v Speaker 1>water is colder, which means is less moisture in the air. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>it's going on. I just like the epimology of it.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you know what that means, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>that means.

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<v Speaker 2>Sweetyboyes, guess what the writer's strike is over. Do not

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<v Speaker 2>turn off your radios. This is actually quite important news

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to know how this has impacted you

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<v Speaker 2>or why you should care. We did do a podcast

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<v Speaker 2>episode on it a couple of months ago. It's very informative,

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<v Speaker 2>but for now I'll give you a quick summary. Basically,

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and forty eight days ago, that's like almost

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<v Speaker 2>six months. Hollywood actors and writers are part of this

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<v Speaker 2>thing called the WGA and the SAG, which is a

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<v Speaker 2>union which ensures that the rules and regulations just their

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<v Speaker 2>working conditions are fair and just for everybody involved, and

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<v Speaker 2>you have to join these unions to repenty of the benefits.

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<v Speaker 2>But most of the big celebrities do and they have

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<v Speaker 2>four years now. Every now and then, these unions will

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<v Speaker 2>communicate with the studios to ensure that they're on the

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<v Speaker 2>same page, they're working towards the same goals, but also

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<v Speaker 2>to get ahead of any future issues that may come

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<v Speaker 2>about due to things changing society, like AI, like streaming. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the way that actors and writers have been paid for

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<v Speaker 2>their work has been quite strange. As a non actor,

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<v Speaker 2>non writer, you wouldn't even understand like the bits and

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<v Speaker 2>pieces of how it's all calculated. It's not a flat fee,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a residual per episode, per cson, per whatever. But

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<v Speaker 2>that amount is so miniscule. We were hearing from actors

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<v Speaker 2>and actresses. I mean, they're all just actors who were

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<v Speaker 2>in lead role for lead TV shows on Netflix, on Hula,

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<v Speaker 2>on whatever, getting paid like seven dollars a month for

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<v Speaker 2>the work that they had done. People showing nips forever

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<v Speaker 2>and ever to be broadcasted on TV and getting paid

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<v Speaker 2>thirty dollars a month. It wasn't enough, and so they

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<v Speaker 2>started striking There was also some conversation about the use

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<v Speaker 2>of artificial intelligence in TV and movies, This idea that

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<v Speaker 2>studios were kind of threatening or insinuating that there will

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<v Speaker 2>come a time where we don't even need to use extras.

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<v Speaker 2>We can just put them in the back with CGI,

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<v Speaker 2>or we can pay. For example, I can go to

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<v Speaker 2>Free Me and say I would love to use your

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<v Speaker 2>likeness in a bunch of movies, but you need to

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<v Speaker 2>be there. Don't worry about whether you can have it,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, just give me your face and I'll use

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<v Speaker 2>this forever. What do we pay someone for that? What

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<v Speaker 2>is their body and their face worth? And so the

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<v Speaker 2>strike is technically over. The tricky thing is like the

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<v Speaker 2>exact language of what they've agreed upon the contract is

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<v Speaker 2>not going to be shared with us. But what we

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<v Speaker 2>can understand is that they've all agreed to increase the

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<v Speaker 2>minimum way probably not livable still, but again it's been increased.

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<v Speaker 2>They've increased pension and health fund rates. They've had improvements

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<v Speaker 2>to terms for length of employment. So just because you

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<v Speaker 2>can make the show quickly doesn't mean that we should

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<v Speaker 2>be out of employment in three months instead of twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>Just because you can make it quicker. And then also

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<v Speaker 2>they were talking about the size of writing teams. They've

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<v Speaker 2>been shrinking. They'd been there needs to be twelve people

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<v Speaker 2>big and now there are two people into AI. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not helpful. They need support and also better residuals for

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<v Speaker 2>streaming and stuff like that. So it's a good thing,

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<v Speaker 2>but we don't know the exact terms, the exact percentages,

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<v Speaker 2>the exact dollar amount, but it's enough that people are

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<v Speaker 2>going to stop striking now. In terms of all the

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<v Speaker 2>shows and the movies that you were waiting for, they're

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<v Speaker 2>still delayed by euphoria twenty twenty six. Yeah. Yeah, nothing's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be ramping up very quickly because people stopped

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<v Speaker 2>working for six months. They need to ease into payroll

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<v Speaker 2>and who's hiring who for what, and who's available and

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<v Speaker 2>all of these admin things that we don't really think about.

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<v Speaker 2>But once the actors start and they're available, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>we get our TV shows back. So praise the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>This is flex and froomes on CADA, it's flex and

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<v Speaker 1>Firms on CATA. What we love here is to indoctrin

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<v Speaker 1>eight people into the world of flex and frooms on

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<v Speaker 1>ninety six point one cater if you're driving home. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a pleasure to have you here. You were there for

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<v Speaker 1>part of our cult. You are implicated and you are

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<v Speaker 1>experiencing what is the bystander effect history of the making.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're starting a cult. Flex is the leader, it's

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<v Speaker 1>called redacted, and our byline is the third space where

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<v Speaker 1>we prioritize getting near it and bonding with each other.

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<v Speaker 1>So getting here it was a real theme of last year,

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<v Speaker 1>and so we decided to do as well this year.

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<v Speaker 1>But it definitely started last year before I went to Europe. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we had been dried up. I believe there were some

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<v Speaker 1>elements of dried upness in the studio. So we thought

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<v Speaker 1>we have to get in near it.

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<v Speaker 2>I think if I could just be really quickly. We

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<v Speaker 2>were recognizing that life is fragile and short. In order

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<v Speaker 2>to get the best out of it, we need to

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<v Speaker 2>put the best in it. Yeah, so we did just that.

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<v Speaker 2>It was an experiment of sorts, exposure therapy.

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<v Speaker 1>Exposure therapy, great results, fantastic results for the whole team.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's what that means. So last week we went

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<v Speaker 1>through what's not allowed in our cult? Give us a

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<v Speaker 1>rundown flix No.

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<v Speaker 2>Last week we went through a list of things that

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<v Speaker 2>weren't allowed, but we had some suggestions that were sent

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<v Speaker 2>to us, and there were things that we were unsure.

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<v Speaker 2>If someone said rat tails, I said, no, they can stay.

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<v Speaker 2>I really love that. E scooters, I said they could

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<v Speaker 2>stay as well. I love alternate forms of transport. But

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<v Speaker 2>I think what is helpful is to talk about favorable applicants. Now, granted,

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<v Speaker 2>everyone can be a member of the cult, but where

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<v Speaker 2>you start to read benefits is if you're in line

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<v Speaker 2>with the cults ethos and ethics.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>So for me, I was thinking about it, and I

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<v Speaker 2>said it a ton of times before. I love a

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<v Speaker 2>principal person. Don't get this confused with someone who has

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<v Speaker 2>strong opinions and wants everyone to yield to what they

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<v Speaker 2>believe in. Not what I mean. Okay, you have strong

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<v Speaker 2>beliefs and you want everyone to pana to what you

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<v Speaker 2>believe in or to like think what you think because

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<v Speaker 2>you think them. That's what I'm talking about. I love

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<v Speaker 2>prince people who have strong beliefs and that inform exactly

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<v Speaker 2>who they are and why they are that way, and

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<v Speaker 2>it informs their own behavior. So you know, when I

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<v Speaker 2>interact with people who are like, oh, I get up

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<v Speaker 2>every day at six am. It's just what I do.

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<v Speaker 2>It's what I do for life. Or when someone's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a devout Catholic and it's just what I believe in,

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<v Speaker 2>or I'm a devout environmentalist, I just really really believe

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<v Speaker 2>that this is what we need to be doing. Like,

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<v Speaker 2>those are good people to have around, not because they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to inform what we believe in, but they're good

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<v Speaker 2>mirrors for what it looks like to really believe in something.

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<v Speaker 2>I think sometimes when you know, we spend a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of time on the internet interacting with people. We know

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<v Speaker 2>what it looks like to believe in something. We know

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<v Speaker 2>what it looks like to seem like you care about

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<v Speaker 2>certain things. But in practice they're gonna be very helpful

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<v Speaker 2>when we're all doing nish hanging about. And young Amy

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<v Speaker 2>over there spent the last thirty days building a tree

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<v Speaker 2>house because she loves to be close to the trees

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<v Speaker 2>in the canopy. Like we were talking about what we

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<v Speaker 2>want to do, we didn't do it. Amy's done, yeah's

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<v Speaker 2>built the treehouse. We need to what else for me?

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<v Speaker 1>I would like, as you said, alternate forms of transport.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe that we should have free e bikes with

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<v Speaker 1>helmet attached, like.

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<v Speaker 2>Weed the helmets, and I'm even thinking nepad's elbow pads

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<v Speaker 2>just to have them available.

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<v Speaker 1>I took a bike for the first time in Sydney

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<v Speaker 1>on the weekend and I had to bring my own helmet. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and I thought if I didn't have this helmet, like,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't get on one of these out the helmet.

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<v Speaker 2>I see people just steal helmets though, and use them

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<v Speaker 2>on other bikes. That's kind of do what you need

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<v Speaker 2>to do, free rain, They're made for you. Anything else, Nah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's pretty much it. I want people who are positively

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<v Speaker 2>geared as well. I need some like bright, happy energy.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't mean daft, empty heads. I just mean people

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<v Speaker 2>who are like sometimes stuff sucks a lot, But how

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<v Speaker 2>are we going to fix it? How we gonna make

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<v Speaker 2>it better?

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<v Speaker 1>How will we get on with life? What's that, mickey?

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe people can send us their traits that they think

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<v Speaker 3>are favorable. Maybe put a little question box up on Instagram,

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<v Speaker 3>and then we can next week come back and say

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<v Speaker 3>if it's in.

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<v Speaker 1>Or out, I love love it, babe. Let's do that.

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