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The Taxing Truth About April 15th and World War Whispers
In this provocative episode of Unfiltered Union, Russ and Lindz tackle the insidious world of taxation, the looming specter of global conflict, and the cultural impact of entertainment. They kick things off with a tongue-in-cheek PSA on tax deadlines, segueing into a deep dive on the potential outbreak of World War III. The duo dissects the escalating tensions in the Middle East, the role of the US and UK, and the implications of Iran's recent actions.
The conversation then takes a turn into the realm of pop culture, exploring the gritty adaptation of the "Fallout" series and the cinematic spectacle of "Dune II." They debate the merits of staying true to source material and the challenges of translating complex narratives to the screen.
As they pivot to the lighter side, Russ and Lindz share their emotional connection to the beloved children's show "Bluey," reflecting on themes of change and family dynamics. They speculate on the future of the series and the impact of character development on their own lives.
Finally, the episode delves into the controversial world of fast fashion, highlighting the success and ethical quandaries of Shein. They confront the uncomfortable truths of consumerism, cheap labor, and the struggle to reconcile convenience with conscience.
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Timestamps:
(00:00:22) Introduction to the Unfiltered Union podcast and discussion of taxes due on April 15th
(00:01:16) Conversation about world events including potential conflicts and involvement of countries like the US and UK
(00:06:54) Review and discussion of the TV show 'Bluey' and its impact on the hosts and their family
(00:32:57) Consumer habits and overconsumption
(00:33:25) Discussion on water intake recommendations
(00:34:22) Factors influencing water needs
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This is Lyns. This is Russ. And we're married. Are we? Yep. Since 2013. We're the hosts of the Unfiltered Union podcast.
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Where we discuss popular headlines and interview interesting people. Our opinions may vary, but we will never censor our guests or our viewpoints. Welcome to the Unfiltered Union.
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Taxes.
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That's what we're gonna talk about. Well, just a reminder.
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Don't.
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Don't do your taxes? No. Fuck the government. Oh. Oops.
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You might have to edit that part out. Nah. Yeah. Probably.
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No. So taxes are due
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in when this episode posts on April 15th. Yeah. Monday, tomorrow. Yep. So if you haven't filed your taxes
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Don't.
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This is not financial advice. Right.
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Just a reminder
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here.
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Looking out for you.
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But Ask for an extension if you need it. Or
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don't.
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But do is what we're saying. Don't go to jail. Exactly. That yeah. Well, it'd be a white collar jail. Right? Maybe? Taxation is theft,
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and so is inflation.
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That's how we're starting today. Yeah. You wanna talk about taxes, so I'm talking about taxes. It was just a reminder.
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Trying to do a service here. Public service master.
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That the federal government is a scam.
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Great. You wanna dive into that at all?
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Why not? Okay.
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They suck.
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All your money is being spent on things that you most likely don't really agree with, like war,
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for example.
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Great segue.
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World War 3? It's coming.
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I agree. I think we're on the cusp at this point. Yeah. Iran just attacked Israel with drones and missiles. And I think most of them got intercepted, but it's still an attack.
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Yeah. At this point, it seems
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like everyone in the Middle East is going at it. Oh, yeah.
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And you know who's gonna be in the middle of it? The US. And the UK. And the UK. We're gonna be the ringleader of 4. We gotta fund the military industrial complex and get all those big companies paid, which is awful.
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Yeah. This actually wasn't gonna be my next topic. But since we're here, I might as well. Right?
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So Israel conflict has spread, to 16 nations,
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and the Biden administration says, there's no war.
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Strikes on Israel highlight an American led regional war spanning Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and others.
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A bunch of these countries are now on
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the what is that? Heightened
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threat Yeah. List Like the like the travel list or whatever. Yeah. Right. Right. Right.
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So Advisory.
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Right. It it's escalating at this point. For sure. And people are
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being warned not to travel to these areas. And
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it's what I think we've been saying for a while now. It's been kind of clear that this was building. Yeah, for sure. And now, we're at a point where
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more are getting involved,
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more things are happening,
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we'll see what happens
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on this side in the west. I have concerns because
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an attack from Iran on Israel is a pretty big deal. It's not, at this point, it's not a terrorist organization. I mean, you can some people do consider Iran a terrorist
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organization, but it's a country. Right. That's awful.
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Yeah. And what is this gonna spin into?
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Well, well, what is it already spun into? Yeah. But we're not involved in a way
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that
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But we are. We could be. But we are, though. And I think that's the one thing that's bothering me. Again, like,
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I can I need to do more fact checking of this article,
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but everything that it's saying in this article is, essentially, we're already
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there?
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We're already
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helping Israel. We already have resources in the area. We are already doing our own counteractions.
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Like,
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There's a lot going on that we're involved in already.
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With all of this that's
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in there, that's happening,
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and the fact that they're saying that there is no war, it's like
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Well, Joe Biden also said that Trump was gonna be the one to go to war with Iran.
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I almost had a reaction, like I saw it.
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Maybe he should have, but
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I think If we get involved, it's World War 3. We stick we we stick our noses in places that we shouldn't. And to be honest with you, I think that's one of them. I agree. I mean, the We're not world police. No matter what that movie said,
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Team America World Police.
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We're not. That I mean, we shouldn't be. We are
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right now, but we shouldn't be. But this is the reason why people hate our guts. Right. We go in there. We try to spread whatever we're trying to spread or take resources,
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and it turns into a shit show. Yep. We get
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terrorist attacks because
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radicalized people that hate America
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try to attack us. Right.
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But why wouldn't you when we're over there drone striking people? Right. You know what I'm saying? Like, we're not even at war. Technically, we're not at war. Technically.
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Doesn't congress have to declare war? I think so. Okay. Well, they haven't. Right. And yet, we're over there dropping bombs and killing innocent people and I mean, yeah, we might be killing bad people, but
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we're not at war. We shouldn't be doing that. Right. Unless we are full on at war, let's stop.
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I think this is gonna be another one of those things where we don't know. They won't tell us. Of course, they're not.
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Until it gets to a point where it's
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no choice. Right? I don't know. It's it's it's scary to me. I agree because Yeah.
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Of the potential for how big this could get. Yeah. Who who's backing Iran? You know? Is it China? Is it Russia?
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Is it both? Is it both? I'm pretty sure they're
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kinda they're not super tight, but they're tight enough to where they would probably back each other up in a war with us. Yep.
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And then we have fallout.
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But then we're also spreading our resources to Ukraine, which
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it's like, really?
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You missed the segue there. I know. I know. I know. Fallout.
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Yeah. The show. Yeah. Yeah. But, also, what could potentially happen from all this. Right? Based on the video games, the show on Amazon that just released last week on the
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10th or 11th. I don't know, but we binged it regardless. We did. We are done.
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what did you think?
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I was thoroughly entertained,
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I will admit.
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I don't know. I feel like there
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are still a lot of plot holes missing.
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they didn't answer all of the questions, but it's season 1. Right? Yeah. So you gotta give it time. There's still world building, story building,
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But, overall, it was pretty good. I liked it. At first it stayed true to the video game? Yes.
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In in certain ways, yes. But I think it was entertaining, and I think a fan of the games will really like it. But I also think people that aren't into the games, like yourself,
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will like it. Agreed.
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It was
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Do you feel like I would like it more because I don't know the games than people who would? No. I was more interested to kinda get your take on it. I liked it regardless just because seeing a video game that I played
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or a video game series that I played
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come to life was really cool.
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And it was kind of it was brutal.
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It was. It was a little bit it was almost on the edge of being too brutal for me.
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I mean, I know the games are they're pretty messed up too, but, oh my goodness.
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There it was graphic.
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I feel like a lot of the shows that we watched,
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like, back in the early 2010s, right, really set the scene for how
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brutal you can go. Oh my goodness. Like, Game of Thrones? Game of Thrones, Walking Dead. I mean, any zombie flick, you know, in the 2000, I think,
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it really
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has escalated in my opinion
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with how far they're willing to go in the gross factor. Right. I don't like all that. I think it's it's unnecessary.
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Gore to me can be too much. I agree. Like, Game of Thrones, for example, the torture stuff. It was
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Yeah. That was hard. I know they're they're doing it to make you uncomfortable because that is uncomfortable.
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Mhmm. But it's still
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sickening. Yep. Gore and torture are not my thing. We stopped watching Walking Dead because of that. Right. We literally cut it off. We're like, alright. We're done. I'm over it. How far are they willing to go? And they just kept going. Yeah. Right. And I guess the other reason why we kinda stopped watching,
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Walking Dead was because of the fact that it was, like, the same thing over and over again. Felt very
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Yep. Now, we have another slice. We beat him. Now, we have another slice.
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Blah blah blah. I feel like with Fallout
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so the way to me that the series played out, right,
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is in episode 1, they introduced us to 3 character arcs. Episode 2, we got another 1 or 2 characters.
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They were more minor. They didn't
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have a life in the rest of the show, but
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the idea that you can have character arcs like that introduced
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and then follow them through the season, I think they could do a lot of that because They could. From what you, right, from what you said, you picked your character in the game Yes. And no character's the same. It's an RPG with a lot of customization.
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You can go in there and be a freaking diplomat.
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Like, put points into speech or whatever it is and
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sway people to your cause. Right. Or you can join the factions that are in the show.
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It's it's nuts.
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And it's cool because it's a Bethesda game,
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which is based in Maryland.
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Not that we have any claim to that area anymore. But it's right. It's close to it was close to our previous home. Yes. Where we used to live, but And they were always great games, but I will say, I think their latest game, Starfield, is some shite.
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We're just gonna go through their games. Well, it it it just was a big let down. It wasn't bad by any means. It just was not their standard.
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Their standard is really high.
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You mean the story line, the characters, everything? All of it. Yeah. It it seemed rushed. Not a fan. Interesting. Well, what about Doom?
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Doom.
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Dune
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2. It's like Doom. What are you talking about? Another game?
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You're going full on games?
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Now, I like Dune 2 a lot. Yeah. I think I'm not as impressed with it as I am with fallout the series.
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Obviously, series versus a movie is kinda different, really, you know, apples, oranges.
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amazing, and Dune 2. It's nuts.
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So I actually had to go back and rewatch the first Dune. Yeah. It took us, like, 6 hours.
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Well, you know, watching Dune 2,
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I had to go back to watch the first one in order to feel like I could watch the second one. And, sure, it helped,
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the story is
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really big. Dude, it's huge. Right. If you try and dive deep into all of it, it's a big story, almost like Game of Thrones. Right? Right. You have all these houses, and then you have the one
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king emperor person. And I don't know. It's just there's so much that I think they don't go into. They can't. I understand. But if you're gonna do it, then do it right. But they can't because it's
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a film.
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I understand.
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But if you're going to do it, do it right. So would it be better as an adaptation
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on TV?
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So it has the episode after episode kinda like Game of Thrones?
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Possibly.
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There's no way Game of Thrones could be a movie. Right? It it's too much that happens. So if you're gonna do something that has such depth to it, you gotta do it to the full extent.
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Because all of this, like, surface level stuff,
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you don't
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feel, see, understand the full motive behind everything. No. Right. Because it was even hard to
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I had to explain a lot of the Dune, the first movie to you Again While you watched it. Right. Like, okay. What does Spice do? It's like it
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essentially makes them tripping,
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you know, but gives them, like, superhuman abilities
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to make sure their ship doesn't crash while they're traveling in space. Right. Makes space travel possible. Right. So it's the most valuable thing in the galaxy, whatever.
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But I liked it a lot. I thought it was amazing.
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The graphics were freaking nuts.
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The story was good.
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it was good. But,
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I can't wait for I hope number 3 comes out. Yeah. The choreography for the fight scenes was nuts.
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They did a really good job. I will say it was a really good job. But, again, I feel like if you're gonna do something like that,
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you need to go deep because it is deep. So, again, the idea of motive, like, it's his house. If you think of house Targaryen, you think of these big houses. Right?
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That's heritage. That's his whole family line. Right. So, I mean, there's a lot more to it than just,
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you know, he got reassigned and then boom, you know. It's like, I don't know. There's more to the story. Yeah.
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of it. Yeah. I mean, the emperor was playing a game,
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there was more to his game than just reassigning that family. Right.
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spoiler alert. Oh, god. I'm just gonna talk about the last scene for a second. Spoiler alert. If you don't wanna hear it, turn it off. Just fast forward. Do something.
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the last scene,
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the main character,
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Paul. Right?
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essentially
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becoming the person that he's being pushed to be. Right? Yes.
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So you can see it. Right? It's almost like the suicide of personality.
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Whoever when he's looking at Zendaya, I can't think of her name in the movie right now, but when he's looking at her, you know, I will always love you. And then he turns around, and he flips his mask. Right? And now he's
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the one the prophet, the one that's gonna
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save them all.
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He tells the emperor's daughter, like, you're gonna marry me. Right.
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It's the idea of his two personalities. And, again, I don't think they go deep enough for us to understand the gravity of that.
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I think it's good for a movie adaptation, but I do think that you do yourself a service by reading the books. I didn't read the books, but I read a lot of a pretty
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in-depth breakdown.
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Yeah. Because I'm not gonna read the books. I'm just not.
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They're too much.
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The like, Game of Thrones was the same thing. I started to read Game of Thrones, and I'm like, fuck this thing.
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It's too complicated for me. I'm smooth brain. Uh-huh. I'm dumb,
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and I'm okay with it. Mhmm. I need a knowledge base of how everything intertwines and interwebs and
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Yeah. It's it's too much. But that
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giving me a little bit more backstory by reading through, like, a Wiki type page was
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I recommend it. Sticking to
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screens right now on screen.
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so the first Bluey,
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the first new episode that came out Ghost Basket. Ghost Basket.
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Again, spoilers if you haven't watched any of the Bluies yet. Mhmm.
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We are Bluey parents. Big time. We love that show. Love, love, love. Yes. Our daughter is 9 years old. So,
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technically,
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totally invested in it as if she were when she was younger. I think when, you know, a few years ago, she was really into it. Yeah. It's a 5 year old show, and she's been watching it for all 5 years. Exactly.
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attachment now. It's a family thing. Like, we do it as a family. Yes. So it's not so much that, you know, she could go without it. She wouldn't care. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know after that.
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This last episode, The Sign. Right. Spoilers.
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Right. So so anyway. Ghost Basket ends,
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and, oh god, the healers are selling their house. And ever I don't
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I felt it. Why are we so attached to that house?
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To the to everything.
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But I kinda wanna talk about it for a second though because they sold they had us for sale sign. Right? And the whole thing about this was the dad, Bandit, got a new job, and it was going to be in a different city. They had to move.
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They were selling their house. Right?
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I don't think we had that, like, at all. It wasn't the house. It wasn't even the town or the state. Like, the bye.
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was our, lack of a better term, pain point. Right? That's what we were going to miss.
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to a cartoon house Yeah. More than we were to our own. Yeah. I didn't really care. It was like you said, it wasn't the house. It was more of us venturing into the unknown that was kinda concerning.
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with nothing. With jobs. That's it. Yep. And we didn't have a house.
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We We didn't know what school our kid was going to? We hadn't even completely sold our house
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in Virginia yet. It was on the market, but we had jobs that started,
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like, a month after we got them. Right. So we had we had very little time,
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All that was what was scary to me. It was like, we're going down there without a place to live, really. Mhmm. Yeah. We're gonna live in an Airbnb, and that was super expensive. Not recommended.
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I mean, it was a nice spot
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for us at the time. But Yes.
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I think it's less about the house kinda like with us, and it was more about her friends and family. Right. Yeah. She was moving away from
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Calypso's school.
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And it was like, no. I don't want her to leave Rusty.
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Her neighbors.
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well, it's in all the memories that they had in the house. We watched all these memories in the house. But we had memories in our previous home, and I
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those are up here in my head. Well and in photos. Yeah. But that I did I did not care about that. But I think like I said, I think the big issue is
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all those friends and family members. Are we gonna see them again?
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Right. That was All the people we got attached to that surrounded them. Yeah. That's not Bluey Bingo mom and dad. Well and it wasn't clear
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at the episode of Ghost Basket
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that they were coming back.
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Like, are they moving and the show's over? Right. Yeah. I got everybody's
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news and social media spinning. Uh-huh. Everybody was like, oh my god. They're gonna cancel Bluey. They're done. It was it was panic. It got so bad
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and so, like, pronounced on social media
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that the creators of Bluey and the producers came out on social media. It's like, no. We're just going on hiatus for a while. We're just taking a break.
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53 episodes later. Yeah. We need a break.
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We'll be back. Right. So Calm down.
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I don't know how long the break's gonna be, but they they'll be back. Right. I believe them. I believe it more now than before because
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when they showed,
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again, spoiler alerts, Bandit pulling up the for sale sign. They're not selling their house anymore. Like,
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okay. Yeah. So the so the latest episode was all about The sign. It's called the sign. The sign. Yep. The for sale sign and how Bluey was distraught about this for sale sign while Bingo's over there oblivious.
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That's the I love that part.
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It was all about Frisky and Radley getting married and how life was gonna change for Frisky too.
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Mhmm. And
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Radley had the idea of moving her out west, whatever that means in Australia. I have no idea. Probably crocodiles there too,
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and blue ring octopus, and all kinds of scary shit.
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Same shit that we got in Florida. Let's be clear. But it was all about, like, change and is change always a good thing?
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I mean, it's bluey. So there's some deep ass life lesson involved, and it was all about, like,
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making the right decision. Yep. And Bandit,
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I loved it at the very end. Their house eventually like, they had it sold. Yep. The contract fell through.
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being kinda hesitant. He said he kept questioning himself. Am I making the right decision? And to me, that's a red flag. If you have to question it like that, you're probably not making the right decision. Yeah.
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So that contract fell through, and he goes in defiance and rips the sign out and throws it in the middle of the street.
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And then Chile runs and tackles him and hugs him. She didn't wanna move. She was completely clear about it. Right. But she loves her husband and supports him. Yeah. And he got a good job, and he wanted to do it. And it was a lot of money and all that, but and then it ended up with him not feeling like it was the right decision, and he gave it up. Mhmm. It was solid.
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Very dry. Well, there's one more episode
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before the hiatus happens. Surprise. Called Surprise.
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What's that gonna be? I don't know. I can't handle much more. Well, Chili's sister, the one that everyone assumed was unable to have kids, she's pregnant Yep. Which was which was pretty cool.
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I do feel like that episode, The Sign, really, like, closed a lot of loops.
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Yeah. It was, Bandit's parents. They were both there. Bandit's parents, the butterfly Grandpa Bob. Greenie.
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I mean, there was a lot of the budgie flying. Like, there was a lot of callbacks from pre long
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Well, I think long ago episodes. I think that's why a lot of people thought it was over. I know. Because they were like, hey. Look at all these old episode Right. Quirks that we're bringing back. We're saying goodbye.
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No. They're not. Well, the idea of the surprise,
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what do we think it could be? And I wanna talk about it again and see if we were right or wrong. Well, we know it's not gonna be them going away. Right. They're not moving.
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I don't know because they kinda gave away the surprise of Brandy being pregnant. Is Chili pregnant?
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That's what a lot of people are saying
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that maybe Chili's pregnant.
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I don't know how I feel about that either. Why? It's gonna change the dynamic. So? I mean, I love Socks. Don't get me wrong. Socks was the cutest character ever. Yeah. Now she's talking. Oh, no. She's growing up so quick. We watched her grow.
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I don't know. It's gonna change the dynamic. It'll be okay.
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on Instagram, I actually posted. I was like, you know, the the characters are gonna age while they take a break. Their voices are gonna change. Are we okay with this? I actually had a lot of people talking me down. Like, the the voices have already changed. It's a 153 episodes. They're already growing up. It's okay. It's a thank you, Internet.
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I wonder
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I did see this is another spoiler totally unrelated to the episode,
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but I did see
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a an image of grown up Bluey
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with a kid.
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Mhmm. And I don't know if that's if they're doing, like, a flash forward
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or what. I hope not, honestly.
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I if they change that part and they make Bluey an adult and it's, like, following the kids
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her kids, it's not gonna be the same. No. No. It won't. And it'll make me very sad. Old grandpa bandit, That wouldn't be any good.
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No. No. I I wouldn't like it. I mean, I don't know. Think I would either. They can write. They're good at writing, so they could probably make it work. I got faith in them, but I don't know. They would not be the same. It'd be like moving anyways
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because you're gonna have to get to know all new characters
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and how their dynamics are and how they interact. Like, you know how
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the Heeler family interacts with all their neighbors and all Yes. The people at school.
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them to move on and if it is Bluey with her kids,
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you're gonna have to relearn all that. It's like, no. Give me my comfort. No. In that that picture that I saw Bluey
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as an adult,
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her child looked like Jean Luc. Mhmm.
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That kid. Yeah.
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So it's be kinda weird.
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Why would we well, he is French. It's gonna be hard. Yeah. That's, I don't know how they would We're gonna learn French? Right. Did she learn France?
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France. Did she learn the Francis?
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New shirt. Did she learn France? Did she learn France? I'm I'm doing it.
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So, Ram, what did I say? Refurbiration
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is a shirt and it is available on the Unfiltered Union store. Correct. We're gonna have a new one coming out now. Yes.
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Did she learn France? Did she learn France from Russ? There you go. New shirt.
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Quotes all day. I love it.
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Okay. So I wanna ask you a question. Don't. Have you ever bought anything
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from Sheen? What is Sheen? No. I bought Timu stuff. Timu? Yeah. I bought a fishing rod and a fishing,
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reel from Timu.
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I was just curious.
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So Shein,
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is kind of like a Timu or Wish or But it's for clothes. Right? Any of those fast fashion. Yes.
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Fast fashion apps companies.
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So there's a new documentary out on Max.
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It used to be called HBO Max, and now it's Max. Is it about child labor and stuff? No. It's about,
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a woman named Brandy Hellville
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and the cult of
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fast fashion. There it is.
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she took things from Sheen, from fast fashion,
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her claim to fame. Right? She got famous off of this.
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in the news has been all the bad things about Sheen. Right? So she got famous off of this, and they're trying to expose and are exposing
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the
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bad things, the drawbacks about fast fashion.
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So Sheen has faced allegations of forced labor and unsafe working conditions in the past. However, the companies denied it in a statement to Global News,
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but a lot of people think that the reason why Sheen
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is a thing, it's a big deal while it's so famous and popular and people keep buying shit from it. It's tapped into the fast paced ever changing trends that appeal massively to the young audience who's looking for affordability and virility.
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Viral viral it viral virality. Virality.
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That one.
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Is it virality? I don't know.
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1 of the 2. So
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I've never bought anything from SHEIN. I have I did do Wish a long time ago,
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like, 2016, maybe. You buy one of them 3 headed dogs?
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It's dog meat from fallout. No. He's a good boy.
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So, but the idea
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that Sheen is so popular, is so famous is such a big deal.
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If you think about, you know, everything on TikTok or everything on Instagram, like, all the people who are in fashion, like, they're looking for the latest trends,
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and Shein can pump them out quick.
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Yeah. But do you think about it too? It's not just Shein. Amazon
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is all about quickness and cheapness.
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Sheen is a seller on Amazon. I I know. I'm just saying though,
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Sheen is
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cheap. Right? Mhmm. It tends to be pretty cheap and economical.
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People are going for that. Economical in the sense that it's cheap for the buyer. That's what I mean. Yeah. That's what I mean. It's cheap for you to buy a piece of clothing from Sheen. Right.
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Economical in the sense that it makes the company a lot of money.
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Not economical in the way that it contributes to an economy
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in whatever area No.
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That it is producing.
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It's probably contributing to China. Right? Isn't it a Chinese company? I'm not sure, but it is definitely Asia based.
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But they have a lot of suppliers
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that provide to them so that they can sell. Right? And it's
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terrible trade. Right. And I get that.
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I think that's messed up, but you can't say that about Shein and not say that about Apple or any of those other companies because they produce their phones in China with terrible labor practices.
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Well, and then what does Apple say? Right? That they try to ensure that this isn't happening, and they visit the places. And
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it's, like,
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the reason why, though, it's so popular
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is because labor. Exactly. Right. It's terrible conditions and cheap labor. I just all the people that
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cry about that kind of stuff. It's like, what kind of phone do you have? I guarantee you, your phone was made in shit conditions.
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But what phone isn't though? I know. That's the problem. Mhmm.
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It's like we I think you and I have said it multiple times either on this podcast or just in life. Right? It's talk with your money. Right? If you have something against your morals, talk with your money.
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But a pop up of Sheen just went into a Vancouver
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shopping mall area,
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and
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people flock to it. Of course, they did. It's like They made a name for themselves.
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You know there's problems with it, and yet it's still something that you flop towards. Right. And like you said, iPhones are the same thing. Apple is the same thing. Like,
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if we were to talk with our money, like, what would you do instead?
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There's not really any options.
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In the Unless you That's crazy to me. I know. There's no real American made cell phone that's good out there. It's crazy.
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Just because Apple, it says on the back, designed in California. It ain't made there, though. Right. That's for sure.
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It's wild. It's it's super messed up, and I don't know. I guess, what do you do? Right. Do you go without a phone?
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Well, do you go without, you know, the latest trends in clothes? Do you you know, there's all these things that you
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think that you need, but do we need any of this shit? Well, I guess the problem too is inflation has taken a lot of people's spending power away.
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True. So Sheen is capitalizing on it by having cheap stuff. Same thing with Amazon. Yeah. They undersell stuff.
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They they take losses on a lot of items,
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but they make up for it in volume.
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In Prime membership. In Prime memberships
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selling you on other stuff. It's nuts. Yep. And
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I'm guilty of buying
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things through Amazon when I could be supporting my local companies. Agreed. But I think everybody's guilty of that. But the problem is is
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inflation has taken a lot of our spending power away. Right.
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I go to the grocery store, and I have to spend $375
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a week
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instead of
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200. Yeah. Instead of 200 or less.
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Yeah.
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Those were the days. Weren't they? And that's what's crazy though is that is not that long ago that we were only spending
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175 to $200 a week. Yep.
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It is nuts.
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Agreed. But, yeah, places like Sheen, and they're just gonna keep raking in that dough because people need clothes.
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But do you?
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I mean, like, as much as go to jail if you go outside naked.
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True.
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But as much as people buy, like, over consumerism is a thing. Absolutely. No. There's of course, people are going to overuse it
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and
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buy way too much stuff. There's, like, oh, it's a $5 shirt.
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Instead of me buying $1.25
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shirt, I'll buy 5 $5 shirts. Like, no. You only need 1 shirt. Right. Don't do it.
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But I do think I do think that inflation has messed a lot of people up. And they've they've had to change their habits. It is ridiculous.
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Well, along with habits, how much water do you think you drink in a day? Not enough.
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How much water do you think you need to drink in a day? I need to drink. Isn't it your body weight in ounces?
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Almost.
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No? I thought it was.
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Close. So if you weigh a £150,
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you have to drink a 150 ounces.
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Close.
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So there are a couple of studies that are happening, and what they're saying right now is
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that you might need to drink more water based upon your activity level
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on how often you exercise, if your job's active,
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as well as if you live in a hot climate or if you're pregnant or breastfeeding.
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Now if those things
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apply to you, then if you are a man, you should drink up to a 125 ounces,
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a day, and if you're a woman, and it's 91 ounces.
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Now there's a lot of variability
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to that. Right?
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You're supposed to drink when you're thirsty,
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drink a glass before meals, and between meals,
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And then it says if you can stick to 8 glasses a day, you will at least feel hydrated.
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And then the old rule of drinking half your body weight in ounces
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is a good goal to have. I thought it was your, like, 1 ounce per pound
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of body weight. That's interesting.
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Yes. So the rule of half your body weight is a good rule of thumb, but it doesn't take into account different body sizes
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as well as your thirst, level of thirst, your climate, and your activity level.
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Well, that my activity level is 0 or it's negative. So, does that mean I don't have to drink water at all? No. Because you are thirsty throughout the day. Are you not? Oh, I just drink coffee.
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Let's just keep adding caffeine. Yeah. Coffee is good for you. Jitters.
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Jitters and shitters.
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There's another shirt.
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No. I won't do that one. That's inappropriate.
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Oh. To wear.
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I'll make it a youth shirt so all the kids can wear that going to school. Smart.
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Love you.
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Bye. Thanks for listening to the Unfiltered
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Where we discuss popular headlines and interview interesting people. Our opinions may vary, but we will never censor our guests or our viewpoints. Welcome to the Unfiltered Union.
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That's what we're gonna talk about. Well, just a reminder.
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No. So taxes are due
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in when this episode posts on April 15th. Yeah. Monday, tomorrow. Yep. So if you haven't filed your taxes
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All your money is being spent on things that you most likely don't really agree with, like war,
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World War 3? It's coming.
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So Israel conflict has spread, to 16 nations,
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being warned not to travel to these areas. And
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it's what I think we've been saying for a while now. It's been kind of clear that this was building. Yeah, for sure. And now, we're at a point where
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more are getting involved,
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an attack from Iran on Israel is a pretty big deal. It's not, at this point, it's not a terrorist organization. I mean, you can some people do consider Iran a terrorist
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organization, but it's a country. Right. That's awful.
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Yeah. And what is this gonna spin into?
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Well, well, what is it already spun into? Yeah. But we're not involved in a way
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but everything that it's saying in this article is, essentially, we're already
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helping Israel. We already have resources in the area. We are already doing our own counteractions.
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With all of this that's
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in there, that's happening,
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Maybe he should have, but
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Team America World Police.
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We're not. That I mean, we shouldn't be. We are
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right now, but we shouldn't be. But this is the reason why people hate our guts. Right. We go in there. We try to spread whatever we're trying to spread or take resources,
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and it turns into a shit show. Yep. We get
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terrorist attacks because
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radicalized people that hate America
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try to attack us. Right.
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But why wouldn't you when we're over there drone striking people? Right. You know what I'm saying? Like, we're not even at war. Technically, we're not at war. Technically.
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Doesn't congress have to declare war? I think so. Okay. Well, they haven't. Right. And yet, we're over there dropping bombs and killing innocent people and I mean, yeah, we might be killing bad people, but
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we're not at war. We shouldn't be doing that. Right. Unless we are full on at war, let's stop.
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Is it both? Is it both? I'm pretty sure they're
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kinda they're not super tight, but they're tight enough to where they would probably back each other up in a war with us. Yep.
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I don't know. I feel like there
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are still a lot of plot holes missing.
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they didn't answer all of the questions, but it's season 1. Right? Yeah. So you gotta give it time. There's still world building, story building,
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But, overall, it was pretty good. I liked it. At first it stayed true to the video game? Yes.
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It was
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Do you feel like I would like it more because I don't know the games than people who would? No. I was more interested to kinda get your take on it. I liked it regardless just because seeing a video game that I played
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or a video game series that I played
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come to life was really cool.
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And it was kind of it was brutal.
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It was. It was a little bit it was almost on the edge of being too brutal for me.
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I mean, I know the games are they're pretty messed up too, but, oh my goodness.
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There it was graphic.
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brutal you can go. Oh my goodness. Like, Game of Thrones? Game of Thrones, Walking Dead. I mean, any zombie flick, you know, in the 2000, I think,
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Gore to me can be too much. I agree. Like, Game of Thrones, for example, the torture stuff. It was
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Yeah. That was hard. I know they're they're doing it to make you uncomfortable because that is uncomfortable.
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Mhmm. But it's still
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sickening. Yep. Gore and torture are not my thing. We stopped watching Walking Dead because of that. Right. We literally cut it off. We're like, alright. We're done. I'm over it. How far are they willing to go? And they just kept going. Yeah. Right. And I guess the other reason why we kinda stopped watching,
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Walking Dead was because of the fact that it was, like, the same thing over and over again. Felt very
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Yep. Now, we have another slice. We beat him. Now, we have another slice.
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They were more minor. They didn't
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have a life in the rest of the show, but
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the idea that you can have character arcs like that introduced
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and then follow them through the season, I think they could do a lot of that because They could. From what you, right, from what you said, you picked your character in the game Yes. And no character's the same. It's an RPG with a lot of customization.
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Like, put points into speech or whatever it is and
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sway people to your cause. Right. Or you can join the factions that are in the show.
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It's it's nuts.
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which is based in Maryland.
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Not that we have any claim to that area anymore. But it's right. It's close to it was close to our previous home. Yes. Where we used to live, but And they were always great games, but I will say, I think their latest game, Starfield, is some shite.
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We're just gonna go through their games. Well, it it it just was a big let down. It wasn't bad by any means. It just was not their standard.
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Their standard is really high.
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Obviously, series versus a movie is kinda different, really, you know, apples, oranges.
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amazing, and Dune 2. It's nuts.
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So I actually had to go back and rewatch the first Dune. Yeah. It took us, like, 6 hours.
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really big. Dude, it's huge. Right. If you try and dive deep into all of it, it's a big story, almost like Game of Thrones. Right? Right. You have all these houses, and then you have the one
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king emperor person. And I don't know. It's just there's so much that I think they don't go into. They can't. I understand. But if you're gonna do it, then do it right. But they can't because it's
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There's no way Game of Thrones could be a movie. Right? It it's too much that happens. So if you're gonna do something that has such depth to it, you gotta do it to the full extent.
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to make sure their ship doesn't crash while they're traveling in space. Right. Makes space travel possible. Right. So it's the most valuable thing in the galaxy, whatever.
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you know, he got reassigned and then boom, you know. It's like, I don't know. There's more to the story. Yeah.
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Paul. Right?
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Whoever when he's looking at Zendaya, I can't think of her name in the movie right now, but when he's looking at her, you know, I will always love you. And then he turns around, and he flips his mask. Right? And now he's
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The like, Game of Thrones was the same thing. I started to read Game of Thrones, and I'm like, fuck this thing.
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It's too complicated for me. I'm smooth brain. Uh-huh. I'm dumb,
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We are Bluey parents. Big time. We love that show. Love, love, love. Yes. Our daughter is 9 years old. So,
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totally invested in it as if she were when she was younger. I think when, you know, a few years ago, she was really into it. Yeah. It's a 5 year old show, and she's been watching it for all 5 years. Exactly.
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attachment now. It's a family thing. Like, we do it as a family. Yes. So it's not so much that, you know, she could go without it. She wouldn't care. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know after that.
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was our, lack of a better term, pain point. Right? That's what we were going to miss.
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All that was what was scary to me. It was like, we're going down there without a place to live, really. Mhmm. Yeah. We're gonna live in an Airbnb, and that was super expensive. Not recommended.
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that they were coming back.
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Like, are they moving and the show's over? Right. Yeah. I got everybody's
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that the creators of Bluey and the producers came out on social media. It's like, no. We're just going on hiatus for a while. We're just taking a break.
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It was all about Frisky and Radley getting married and how life was gonna change for Frisky too.
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Radley had the idea of moving her out west, whatever that means in Australia. I have no idea. Probably crocodiles there too,
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and blue ring octopus, and all kinds of scary shit.
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Same shit that we got in Florida. Let's be clear. But it was all about, like, change and is change always a good thing?
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making the right decision. Yep. And Bandit,
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I loved it at the very end. Their house eventually like, they had it sold. Yep. The contract fell through.
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being kinda hesitant. He said he kept questioning himself. Am I making the right decision? And to me, that's a red flag. If you have to question it like that, you're probably not making the right decision. Yeah.
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So that contract fell through, and he goes in defiance and rips the sign out and throws it in the middle of the street.
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And then Chile runs and tackles him and hugs him. She didn't wanna move. She was completely clear about it. Right. But she loves her husband and supports him. Yeah. And he got a good job, and he wanted to do it. And it was a lot of money and all that, but and then it ended up with him not feeling like it was the right decision, and he gave it up. Mhmm. It was solid.
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what do we think it could be? And I wanna talk about it again and see if we were right or wrong. Well, we know it's not gonna be them going away. Right. They're not moving.
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that maybe Chili's pregnant.
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I don't know how I feel about that either. Why? It's gonna change the dynamic. So? I mean, I love Socks. Don't get me wrong. Socks was the cutest character ever. Yeah. Now she's talking. Oh, no. She's growing up so quick. We watched her grow.
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I don't know. It's gonna change the dynamic. It'll be okay.
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on Instagram, I actually posted. I was like, you know, the the characters are gonna age while they take a break. Their voices are gonna change. Are we okay with this? I actually had a lot of people talking me down. Like, the the voices have already changed. It's a 153 episodes. They're already growing up. It's okay. It's a thank you, Internet.
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a an image of grown up Bluey
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with a kid.
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her kids, it's not gonna be the same. No. No. It won't. And it'll make me very sad. Old grandpa bandit, That wouldn't be any good.
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No. No. I I wouldn't like it. I mean, I don't know. Think I would either. They can write. They're good at writing, so they could probably make it work. I got faith in them, but I don't know. They would not be the same. It'd be like moving anyways
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the Heeler family interacts with all their neighbors and all Yes. The people at school.
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you're gonna have to relearn all that. It's like, no. Give me my comfort. No. In that that picture that I saw Bluey
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her child looked like Jean Luc. Mhmm.
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That kid. Yeah.
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New shirt. Did she learn France? Did she learn France? I'm I'm doing it.
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Did she learn France? Did she learn France from Russ? There you go. New shirt.
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is kind of like a Timu or Wish or But it's for clothes. Right? Any of those fast fashion. Yes.
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Fast fashion apps companies.
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It used to be called HBO Max, and now it's Max. Is it about child labor and stuff? No. It's about,
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a woman named Brandy Hellville
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fast fashion. There it is.
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she took things from Sheen, from fast fashion,
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her claim to fame. Right? She got famous off of this.
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in the news has been all the bad things about Sheen. Right? So she got famous off of this, and they're trying to expose and are exposing
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bad things, the drawbacks about fast fashion.
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So Sheen has faced allegations of forced labor and unsafe working conditions in the past. However, the companies denied it in a statement to Global News,
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but a lot of people think that the reason why Sheen
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is a thing, it's a big deal while it's so famous and popular and people keep buying shit from it. It's tapped into the fast paced ever changing trends that appeal massively to the young audience who's looking for affordability and virility.
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Viral viral it viral virality. Virality.
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So, but the idea
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that Sheen is so popular, is so famous is such a big deal.
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If you think about, you know, everything on TikTok or everything on Instagram, like, all the people who are in fashion, like, they're looking for the latest trends,
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and Shein can pump them out quick.
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is all about quickness and cheapness.
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Sheen is a seller on Amazon. I I know. I'm just saying though,
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Sheen is
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cheap. Right? Mhmm. It tends to be pretty cheap and economical.
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People are going for that. Economical in the sense that it's cheap for the buyer. That's what I mean. Yeah. That's what I mean. It's cheap for you to buy a piece of clothing from Sheen. Right.
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Not economical in the way that it contributes to an economy
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in whatever area No.
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That it is producing.
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that provide to them so that they can sell. Right? And it's
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I think that's messed up, but you can't say that about Shein and not say that about Apple or any of those other companies because they produce their phones in China with terrible labor practices.
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it's, like,
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the reason why, though, it's so popular
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cry about that kind of stuff. It's like, what kind of phone do you have? I guarantee you, your phone was made in shit conditions.
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It's like we I think you and I have said it multiple times either on this podcast or just in life. Right? It's talk with your money. Right? If you have something against your morals, talk with your money.
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But a pop up of Sheen just went into a Vancouver
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shopping mall area,
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people flock to it. Of course, they did. It's like They made a name for themselves.
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You know there's problems with it, and yet it's still something that you flop towards. Right. And like you said, iPhones are the same thing. Apple is the same thing. Like,
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if we were to talk with our money, like, what would you do instead?
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In the Unless you That's crazy to me. I know. There's no real American made cell phone that's good out there. It's crazy.
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Just because Apple, it says on the back, designed in California. It ain't made there, though. Right. That's for sure.
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It's wild. It's it's super messed up, and I don't know. I guess, what do you do? Right. Do you go without a phone?
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True. So Sheen is capitalizing on it by having cheap stuff. Same thing with Amazon. Yeah. They undersell stuff.
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They they take losses on a lot of items,
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but they make up for it in volume.
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In Prime membership. In Prime memberships
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selling you on other stuff. It's nuts. Yep. And
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I'm guilty of buying
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things through Amazon when I could be supporting my local companies. Agreed. But I think everybody's guilty of that. But the problem is is
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inflation has taken a lot of our spending power away. Right.
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I go to the grocery store, and I have to spend $375
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a week
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instead of
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200. Yeah. Instead of 200 or less.
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175 to $200 a week. Yep.
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It is nuts.
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Agreed. But, yeah, places like Sheen, and they're just gonna keep raking in that dough because people need clothes.
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True.
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buy way too much stuff. There's, like, oh, it's a $5 shirt.
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Instead of me buying $1.25
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shirt, I'll buy 5 $5 shirts. Like, no. You only need 1 shirt. Right. Don't do it.
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But I do think I do think that inflation has messed a lot of people up. And they've they've had to change their habits. It is ridiculous.
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How much water do you think you need to drink in a day? I need to drink. Isn't it your body weight in ounces?
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No? I thought it was.
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Close. So if you weigh a £150,
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you have to drink a 150 ounces.
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So there are a couple of studies that are happening, and what they're saying right now is
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that you might need to drink more water based upon your activity level
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on how often you exercise, if your job's active,
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as well as if you live in a hot climate or if you're pregnant or breastfeeding.
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Now if those things
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apply to you, then if you are a man, you should drink up to a 125 ounces,
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a day, and if you're a woman, and it's 91 ounces.
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Now there's a lot of variability
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to that. Right?
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You're supposed to drink when you're thirsty,
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drink a glass before meals, and between meals,
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And then it says if you can stick to 8 glasses a day, you will at least feel hydrated.
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And then the old rule of drinking half your body weight in ounces
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of body weight. That's interesting.
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as well as your thirst, level of thirst, your climate, and your activity level.
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Let's just keep adding caffeine. Yeah. Coffee is good for you. Jitters.
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Jitters and shitters.
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Oh. To wear.
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I'll make it a youth shirt so all the kids can wear that going to school. Smart.
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Love you.
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Bye. Thanks for listening to the Unfiltered
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