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1:26Dragons, griffins and mermaids. Oh my! You could laugh and say they're fake, but how would a medieval peasant describe dinosaur bones? They look like a dragon to me. Also, what creatures are we shaping today? The Moth Man, Slender Man, Man Man. So get the ghouls and the gals ready for Mythological Creatures Part 2 on this episode of The Brider Side. Oh, I do love a griffin. Is that like a gargoyle? No, I think it's like an equal, right? A griffin! What's a griffin? Kind of like from Harry Potter. It's one of those like big bird horse things. A bird horse. Yeah. Do you mean she invented or is that like a medieval thing? She being a very horrible turtle. I don't know why I thought I wasn't naming it that turf. It's a JK Rowling. JK Rowling. JK Rowling. We're starting off so strongly. I love it. A griffin is a legendary creature with the body tail and hind legs of a lion

2:30and the head wings and front talons of an eagle. And that reminds me, have you been on the universal ride Harry Potter flight? Okay, they have a griffin when you walk in and it has a vagina. What? Yeah, really? You have to look at it, okay? I don't think it's supposed to be a vagina, but every time I see it, I'm like, that's a vagina. The griffusy grips. I feel like she would be a great sack. Yeah. Great leg. A griffin. A griffin. Yeah, like a lion eagle. Yes. She probably has grippy socks on and like it's definitely gone, like serves some time in a mental institution. Oh wow, she's unhinged. She is very unhinged. She's living on the end. Not like her cousin, the phoenix, who's ready to rise from the ashes. She's ready to burn things down. Right. No, I feel like a phoenix would be like, if you break up with her, she'd be like, well, I'm moving on to a hotter man. Goodbye. Yeah, really? I'm above you. Have you guys heard about swag gaps? Should we say who we are? Sorry, I just realized I didn't say my name. Should I say who my name? Hey, by the way, who are you and why are you here?

3:33Moving off the street. Right. Hi, I'm Ashley McRobert. Hi, I'm Julie Rosing. And I'm Amber Nelson. Have you guys heard of swag gaps? What is that? It's when you've got a couple and one person's really cool and the other person sucks. I know exactly what you mean. And it's like a swag gap. If there's like too much of a swag gap, it's the relationship probably won't work out. I can't wait to bring that to the children. I'm going to teach the high school kids swag gap because they're always teaching me slang. And so I want to teach them swag gap because no one said that. No, no one said it. What's the slang of the week, Ashley? Dog water. It's got something like real shitty. Okay. So we got this new foster dog, right? Came in with the name Panchito. We're trying to figure out what name to give him. So I was like, I put a thing on Instagram. It was like, okay, we got Panchito. We've been calling him cheeks. We can call him pants. And somebody message and said, don't call him cheeks because that's what the kids are using to refer to things that suck. Oh, that's cheeks. Are they British? I don't know. That seems like I should have asked her like, I should have asked

4:37for could you use it in a sentence? Yeah. Because I was like, really? I can't we can't say cheeks anymore. It does sound really British. That's cheeks. Yeah. That's cheeks. Yeah. I like pants. I pants. That's a cute name for a dog. Yeah. That's cute. And then my cousin was like, what if maybe maybe he just wants a more human name? Try Gary. And so we started calling him Gary. And he responds to Gary. Oh, but he doesn't feel like a Gary, you know. That's cute though. Call him Gary. I do like Gary. Call him. Call him. Call him Mr. Gary pants. Hey, excuse me. Mr. Gary pants. Could you play? I know. Honestly, that's his name now. Mr. Gary pants. Yeah. Oh, Ashley is perfect. I've been looking for the right thing. Mr. Gary pants. So you mentioned, Julie, that we should have one do-do of the week. Dookie of the week and we'll try and spin it. Let's try and spin dookie. Let's try. So what's your dookie of the week? Well, you know, I frequent this one Jersey mics. I like it. I like it. It's easy on the way home. Every time I go in there, the people that are making the sandwiches, they try it is worse than

5:40Trader Joe's at like small talk. It is you are standing there across while someone is making your sandwich. They're actively just like, so tell me about your day. Like, I don't want to. I want you to make my sandwich. I don't want to leave so I can eat it. Well, they trust you. You have a very kind face. It's not even just me. I was like, I said something to Ed. I was like, yeah, I don't know. Like it feels like maybe it's just me. Is it like, oh, chatting up a girl, whatever. But no, like this older man was in front of me in line and they just wouldn't leave him alone either. They're like, so what do you do? How's your day? And he's like, oh, I'm a real sea. Well, where do you sell houses? That sounds cool. And he's like, yeah, you know, and you could just tell that people are like, stop it. So I don't know this one specific Jersey mics. They have been told to up the small talk. And I'm having a hard time dealing with it. Now you know where to go when you're feeling lonely. That's where you need to go. That's true. That's true. It's not maybe like an everyday thing plus it'll cut the carbs and sugar. But when you feel a little down, just go get a sub. Yeah. Okay, here's my little brighter side of that dookie. Tell me about the demographic

6:45of the workers there. Are they young? Are they teens? I don't think they're teens. Okay, I think they're like early 20s. Okay, guess what? They're not on their phones. You just got them off their phones by sharing a little bit of your life. Okay. And you're affecting them. The youth. Okay, I could look at this. Yeah, this is my opportunity to like make a difference. Make a difference in these people's lives. Next time they ask you, what were you? How was your day? You say great. I've been memorizing the dictionary. You should too. See what they get. Get them learning and I'll come in with a new word. A word of the day. I am going to go in there every day. And because I do, I go this to this jersey makes a lot. Okay. It's kind of a problem. And I get a mini tannifesh with jalapenos because it's my favorite. Sounds good. And I'm going to bring them a new word every day. I love that. Advantage. Advantages. Yeah. And now you have a new word. Philip Buster. Quasimodo. Look at all these words. Well, I've been studying the dictionary in my favorite word today. It's Peniferous. Peniferous. Peniferous. I just want to listen to

7:47Amber. This word. This word. Yeah. Cresuferous. Carnival. Carnivores. That's good. Nice. Well, that's really nice. Thank you guys for friends. And you got a word of the day and you got a mission. Yeah, I'm going to switch my mind frame around it because I actively walk in and I'm like, I'm going to switch. I'm going to be like going in there like, hey guys. I love this. What's up? What's up? Ashley, what's your word of the day? What you do do the week? Okay. So it starts with like, it starts with a very nice clean pit. Okay. And that means something really good. Okay. So it starts good and then ends back. Ooh. Okay. So I went to L Capitan theater for the first time. Oh, fun. It was incredible. Have you been? Yes. That's like it's on Hollywood Boulevard. Yes. It's super old. They have like a curtain show where they like pull up the curtains and it's like five-minute light show. It's so fun. And I saw the Muppets Treasure Island, which I've never seen hilarious. Now, maybe my new favorite Muppets movie. Oh.

8:49Truly a magical evening. So wonderful. And as we're leaving, they give us the validation slip for parking. We go into the parking deck. It's only supposed to be three dollars. Oh, wait, validated parking. Yes, ma'am. That's a big deal in that area. Wait, wait, wait. Okay. Oh, gosh. They give us a validation. We go get our car. We go to get our car. It's only going to be three dollars. And the guy's like, this validation is expired. And he's like, you got to go back and go back to the theater. Yeah. Yeah. Come on, ma'am. It's a piece of paper. It's a piece of paper. What is it made this up? What kind? His dick is not getting sucked. Well, okay. That was up. So clearly your dick's not getting sucked. This validation is not expired. It's a piece of fucking paper. I mean, I will say this poor fellow was putting it into the machine. And the machine was saying it was expired. He's robots too much. Yeah, we do. He's robots too much. So he's like, you got to go back to the theater and get a new one. So then me and like a bunch of other people, it's like a crew of people just come out of both. You're like in your car at the slide. Okay. Because they won't they are very clear that you cannot pay at the slidey thing. You have to pay

9:53before you enter your car. I mean, because that would have been a nightmare. You're at the slidey thing. Cars behind you. You got to get out and be like, everybody back up. I would move home. No. If somebody likes to have it, I'd move back to North Carolina. So I go back to the theater, me and this whole group of people, the theater is closed. So we all had to pay 20 doll hairs for parking. What's the brighter side of 20 doll hairs for parking? Well, no. Oh god. My dinghy is stinky. Maybe it'll go back into the Hollywood circle of money. Oh, they need it. Yeah, maybe the parking that'll go for because I've noticed some people like sweeping up the trash on the boulevard and more like people in the green vests that are on the subway. And as a subway writer, I really appreciate that. So maybe it just goes back in the economy. Okay. So maybe I'm helping keep people employed, people employed. That man who needs his dick sucks is going to be able to have job security because of me. Okay. You know, I will say you could call the theater. Could

10:54I call it be Karen, which by the way, that term Karen, like I know it has racist connotations, but it usually means when a woman's like, oh, I can't do something extra because I don't want to be called a bitch basically. So be a bitch. Call the theater. Well, how many people were in this group? How many other people did this happen to? There was about like 10 of us, but then like five of them broke off right away. And they're like, we're not walking back to the theater. So then it was just a couple more. And then we just kind of lost people along the way. Like when we all realized it was closed, the other three like went and got ice cream. So I don't know what this says about me. My brain is they do this all the time. They need to be told like someone needs to alert them. Yeah, you know, but also now you know what the deal is. Yeah. Happy time. Yeah. I also got steps in. Yeah. I did. I did a little bit more walking than I had planned. Yeah. And you you did figure out your new favorite Muppet movie. I did. That's true. And I love the theater. That's a really kind of theater. I'm going to go every day. There's a lot of beautiful theaters. The Egyptian

11:56theaters really beautiful. Never been. We got to go. I got to go. They show some like crazy stuff. There's some really cool kind of out of the box movies. They do American cinema tech.com. Go check it. There's a few different theaters where they show like really out of the box films. And sometimes I'll look at it and be like, I don't know what movie that is, but I'm going to show up and go. And it's always a banger. Did you? Is that where you saw no other choice? The was it the Korean movie? Yeah, the Korean one. About the guy who loses his job. And yes, I think I saw it there. I saw it there. Because we would ask us to go see it. And then you were like, you guys guys, he has movie. We went and saw it. And it was great. So good. But I do think Amber was on to something in the sense of like that area of town. Is it always doing so hot? No. I love it. I trust pass all the time. You should. Trap it around. I mean, you trust pass. We're trusting. Trust passing. Trust passing. Whatever that word means, like flaunting. Trap painting. Trap. Trap. Trap. Peacock and around. What kind of word of the day is this? Oh man. I love it. But there's so many. The frolic room is great. That's like a

13:02local dive bar. Yeah, that's what I recommend it. No, it is a fun area. But like specifically like right in front of the Alcapitan, there's like, I think maybe they needed your $20. Well, it was dystopian when we left at like 9 p.m. It was completely empty. Oh, 9 p.m. Once the sun goes down. On the whole of art, it was pretty empty. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I walk around there alone at night all the time by myself. That's really dangerous. Don't do that. Yeah, don't do that, Amber. Yeah. No, I think you should do. Well, I mean, I don't want you to do anything dangerous. But there's something. My mind, when you said you were dressed, you dressed past all the time, I immediately full body accepted it. And like imagine, like you going and like exploring and stuff. And maybe we shouldn't be doing that anymore. But there is something to urban exploring. And there is something to walking around. There's a romance to walking around by yourself in a big city at night. Oh, yes. You have mace? No. Okay, that's what you need. Well, we need to get your mace and maybe a taser. Yeah, I feel like I'm going to mace myself. I'll be back, back, and then I'll spray myself accidentally. Yeah, I had got me a taser for Christmas like a few years ago. I leave it in

14:03my car. But it's like, when am I, I don't know why I use it. It's not sitting on in the console nearby. I'd rather just run away. Yeah, rather just run people over with my car. That's what I'd rather do. I walk with mace all the time at night. Like a little mace. Yeah, I have a little mace. I have it locked and loaded. Ready to go. I have a little finger resting on it. And then about every couple months, I spray it in the grass. Make sure it still works. Oh, smart. Yeah, I hope that's not bad for the environment. Oh, I was reminded I was my phone updated and an app like popped up that I forgot I had called noon light and oh, oh, and light. And literally, I'll show you guys. It's literally like this. There's a circle. There's a white circle on my screen. And when I'm walking somewhere that I don't feel safe, I open the app. I put my finger on the white circle. And if I let go, it immediately calls. Wow. Wow. I'm like, uh, brings police or whoever. That could be a life saver for sure. Right? Whoa. Crazy. Because I was. I had to get a sponsor the pod. Please. New light.

15:10This isn't necessarily my dookie the week, but I'll protect it kind of goes along with it. So, I got so excited to go to this concert where I can dance. I show up. I'm not there. This is the one you were talking about last time. What was the band? Joey Vance and Brass. Yes. Yes. Yes. And I was like so excited to go dance and party downtown. And I show up no one's there. I look at the ticket. It's for next week. Oh, my God. I've done that. It's painful. It's painful. And the thing about downtown LA, like I love it. But if it's I'm alone with no plan and at night, yeah, that's the crux. If I had a friend with me, that'd be fine. If it was during the day, that'd be fine. If I had a plan, that's fine. Right. But that's like the three war cruxes. Yeah. Of a bad time. And I was like walking around and getting lost. And people were like following me. And I was like, oh, yeah. So I ended up thank God. I have enough money to call a car. But there would have been a certain point in my life that I didn't. Yeah. For sure. Yet LA downtown is different than New York downtown. Like New York City, you walk around. You know, you're going to get to a major street. You know, you're going to eventually hit something that's going to be people around all the time.

16:11Right. Whereas like LA downtown, if you walk in the wrong direction, you you really have no idea where you'll end up. Right. It's like being in the forest by yourself. If the forest were buildings. Yeah. Right. And the kittens just keep going. I was like, oh, I want to get to this. I might as well go eat at this one bar. And then it kept pinning me in this other direction. I have to walk past like back and forth this weird guy. We got to get you some mace, babe. Yeah. I have it. I have it. People have it. People have given it to me. You just don't like carrying a room. No, maybe I should. So I guess I mean, you've been boxing. So maybe you feel prepared. Maybe you feel like you don't need base. But the thing with boxing is now I realize like, oh, you can get really fucked up like in a fight. Oh, yeah, yeah. People like to fantasize or have this sort of Marvel movie fight sense in their brain. I'm like, I'm going to get him here. I'm going to get him there. And they're going to be like, oh, no, stop. What really happens is you're going to get your head slammed against the concrete. And they're going to like smash your jaw in with their foot. Yeah. That's going to happen. There. There's a difference between liking a house and actually getting it. Redfin is built to close that

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18:16You got to get in there. Use Squarespace. Man, is it fast? It is absolutely incredible. You're going to love your experience at Squarespace. Head to squarespace.com slash Henry for a free trial. When you're ready to launch, use offer code Henry to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. I do think it takes like a certain mental state to be able to like inflict harm on another human being. Like it is. Exactly like you're saying like you can take as many self-defense classes as possible, but like confronted in a situation. It's really it's so strange. It's always awkward. Your punches never hit as hard as you think they're going to. It's like never do. You punch it. It's like you get half a knuckle in there. And then you kind of trip and fall a little bit. Yeah, right. It's tough. When I first moved to New York, I took signed up for the self-defense class that like a coworker was like, oh, come with me. And the instructor was teaching us like really intense moves. Like you'll do this. This will get them on the ground.

19:20And then you can put your heel here and did it. And somebody asked like, hey, these are like really intense moves. Can we will these inflict like real bad harm on someone? And he got real serious. And he was like, I'm not teaching you how to protect yourself from from someone who's mugging you. If you're getting mugged, you give them your stuff and you run away. This is you just watch somebody murder your family and you're trying to survive. He was like, oh, okay. All right. Oh, say great. Oh my god. He was like, if somebody wants your money and your purse, you give it to them and you run. And you run. Run is the best thing you can do. I run so many times when I was like, oh, this man is very violent. I ran away when someone pulled a gun on me and I ran good. And then I think God, they didn't shoot the back of me. And I ran into a bar and I told the bartender what happened. And he was like, you got to call the cops right now. I called them. They found the guy. Good. Yeah. That's great. I don't think we've ever talked about this. I don't think we've ever talked about this. No, in North Carolina, when we're in North Carolina, college, you know, I was walking. There was a bar we all hung out at at college. So we were going from a house party

20:26to this bar, a classic fun night. It's beautiful out. I look good. It's warm. It's warm. It's hot even. It's July. It's hot. It's muggy. A car drives past us. I'm walking my friend. You should know she's drunk. Okay. So she's off to the left a little bit. She's kind of wobbly. So a car drives by us. And then they do a U-turn at the light and they come back. And I was so sure that they were going to be like, hey, do you need a ride? Like where are you going? Where are you walking alone? If you were my girl, I wouldn't let you walk alone. I'm thinking about the things men say to me in cars when I'm in college. And instead, they like pulled out a sawdough shotgun. And they were like, yeah, sawdough shotgun. And they're like, give me the bags. And because I had thought that they were going to like, you know, hit on us or flur. Yeah. I was like, what? And when I said what, the guy in the passenger seat looked at the driver like, what am I supposed to do? And when he broke eye contact with me, I started running. Thank God. My drunk friend doesn't really understand what happened. She just a car pulled up and then she saw me ran and she started running after me.

21:29Oh my gosh. And actually, we run into the bar. It's a bar that we frequented all the time. It was called the jackpot. And I went in and I was like, this guy just pulled a gun on me. And the bartender was like, you have to call the police right now. And I was like, really? I don't actually deal with the police. And he was like, yeah, but you know, this guy's driving around pulling guns on college girls. You have to call the police. And so I called the police. And when they phoned it into cops nearby, there was a cop in a parking lot who saw these guys pull in and try and throw the weapon away. And so they arrested them. And then I had to go to court and testify to them. Yeah. That's my look. Look at them in the eye. Yeah. That's the guy. Yeah. That's the guy. They have a mark on you. Yeah. They have a mark on me. But he's moved so many times. Yeah. I'm old. Now they wouldn't even recognize me. A completely different person. Wow. Do you think like you guys ever passed each other again? No. Cause I think that that was their like third gun, like issue. And they were already on probation. That's a big deal. They're probably still. Oh, you do. Yeah.

22:33I know. I know. You know what? They just need to get their Dixock. They just need to get their Dixock. I guess don't drive around. I'm so glad you ran. That's so smart. It was an instinct. It was an instinct. I didn't even think of it. I just took off. And honestly, all that was in my bag was chapstick. I should have just given them my bag. But you never know, like cause you can close to the car and they'll be like getting the car. Which by the way, never get the car, never get in, never go to another location. Wait, did we find the brighter side of Amber's story about being stuck? And I like, okay, I think we know now that wait, was that your dookie? That wasn't my dookie, but am I supposed to say it's my dookie? Okay. Cause it fits the combo. All right. My real dookie has something to do with like standing up for myself. Tell us. Tell us your dookie. I've been going to therapy for the first time and forever. And it's a lot to process. I am spending a lot of time in my room. It's also expensive. And I just said, hey, how about you just don't go to bars? Like don't go out. Just go to this therapist, right? And I'm talking to her in the other day. I was like, you know what, I'm just going to go to a bar. This like has happy hour drinks, whatever. And I strike up a conversation with this guy. And he's

23:34like, we go outside to have a cigarette and he looks at me funny. And he's like, wait a minute, how old are you? And so I tell my agent, he's like, oh, um, uh, yes, see, I'm looking to have children. And that's not something you can provide me. And so I just kind of like laugh it off a little bit because I don't understand what's going on. And then I go back in the bar with them and like chat for a little bit. And then I was like, all right, bye. So he leaves. And I'm telling this to my therapist. And she's like, why didn't you tell him to fuck off? And I was like, I guess because it's like in the moment. And she said, I do this thing called falling, which is where it's not free. It's not freezing. And it's not running fighter freeze. It's falling where someone is like violent or aggressive towards you or just mean. And I just go, oh, like I laugh it off. And at first I was like, I think this just being a woman. But I think not all women act like that. I mean, it can be, I think it is something that like can be conditional of like, you know, you just start, it becomes a defense mechanism. And then it just becomes like something that you just are just flipping do. I think because I was raised Southern Baptist and we're not allowed to speak

24:37in church women at all. So the preacher would be up to stay on the stage talking mad shit about women. And then I would just have to sit there. And I would hear amen, amen, amen. Like by men all around me. So it conditions you to not know how to speak or stand up for yourself. Your life was like true detective. You know, remember that that show? I've never seen that show. Oh my god. That feels it. You would love it. How many times does this happen that we're like, and but you know that show. She's like, I should start watching TV. It's just when you don't add TV into your life, Amber, the visual of a bunch of men going, amen, amen, felt very true to that. Yeah, I see that for sure. When you think back to your time in New York, do you feel like you did it? You kind of had that those same, that same vibe when you were in New York, because I remember meeting you in New York and being like, wow, that is, that is a badass woman. I think in New York, I wasn't doing this. Yeah, I don't. It's like coming up again for some reason. Yeah, I wonder, like, I'm sure this will all be stuff that you and your therapist kind of talk more and more about. Why? I think it's because of the rise of like Christian traditionalism that I'm seeing everywhere

25:42and it's freaking me the fuck out because I've fled from that at 17. And I see it coming the roots back and my body sort of naturally just kind of wants to be like, well, I guess they just want to rip away my voice. Sorry. I also say I really relate to Fawning and I think it's something I have to work on doing as well. I definitely do it. And I think mine is just rooted in this idea that was taught to me over and over again that if a boy is making fun of you, he likes you. Yes, you know. And so like when a guy is being mean to me, I'm like, oh, well, he must think I'm cute for something. Like I'm like conditioned to like entertain someone being kind of rude to me because it means that maybe they like me. I mean, I know consciously that's not true, but I think like my child brain that's in the back, my subconscious still believes it maybe. Right. I've never heard the term Fawning before, but it like I feel like it is probably a very common thing for women. I mean, there was a while ago where this movie that I had a very small part in over the summer, there was a moment where the writer really wanted me to say something

26:44that I felt was inappropriate and didn't make any sense for my character to say. And he was like whispering at me, but like in the room full of people all staring at me, like waiting for me to say this like very vulgar thing that I was like, it doesn't make sense. I'm not on camera, you know, a million things, whatever. And it was a moment of like standing up for myself and being like, no, sorry, I'm not going to say that. It's, you know, it's weird. And then all these women coming up to me afterward and being like, I'm so glad you stood up for yourself because they make people do that all the time, say like weird vulgar stuff and they think they're funny. It's not funny. I was like, man, I got to stop laughing at shit that I don't find fucking funny. Yeah, just don't even laugh. Don't even see them. Brighter side of funning. At least you've named it, you can start recognizing it when you're when it's when you're actively in it. And then more and more, you'll stop. And I think immediately I know why now that I'm like discussing it, almost like you ladies are my new therapist. I think it was because of someone I was with for many, many years who would often say like, Amber, you can't say that. Amber, be quiet. Amber, you're being crazy.

27:48Yeah. So after seven years of that, you start to say, oh, like you got kind of break down. For sure. For sure. I can't do that anymore. I can't wait to see like, you ain't got time for that. I ain't got time for that. Just getting older, I think of the funning. Fuck funning. Don't fun. No funning. No funning necessary. No. So speaking of dead, we talk about these creatures. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So last time I was talking about issue, who is from the like West African folk tale tradition. And I've also been learning a lot about this spider named a noncy. That's mine. Really? Yeah. I love a noncy. I love a noncy too. It kind of sounds like a noncy, but it's not a noncy. It's a noncy. A-N-A-N-S-I. And he's a spider. And he's also a trickster. Oh. He's very smart. And I'll throw to you to talk about who he is. But I just am interested in how societies reflect or stories reflect the societies.

28:55So I've been reading a lot of fairy tales. And I'm going to try and take off my teacher hat while I say this. So I don't sound like I'm giving a lesson. But you know feudalism. You guys know feudalism. That's when it's like a farmer has to work the crops. And then they can keep the crops, but they have to keep working. And they have to give a certain amount to the king. Sort of like that. Yeah. I mean, you're talking about like a peasant or a surf in that situation. But basically like Rome falls, right? And we don't understand that Rome fell. And then Europe is really scattered. It's like a very dark time getting a lot of attacks from different groups. There's no central government. And there's sort of this socioeconomic thing called feudalism that grows out of it. That's based on manor houses. So it's based on like a lord who has land. And then the knights that you know get land from him in exchange for loyalty. And then we have like our ladies. And then we have like our peasants and then our serfs. So it's this very strict social order. And what it does is it basically kind of pulls Europe out of chaos in a lot of ways because it creates this balance

29:59of power. And it also gives a lot of people protection. And you know, we have knights all of a sudden. So lords and ladies lords and ladies and everything. And so fairy tales often reflect this feudalist system. So it's like a fairy tale has very strict sort of social orders. You know, we have kings. We have queens. We have bad. We have good. Good and like good and evil are very clear in a fairy tale. And then at the end of the fairy tale, things are usually wrapped up in a way that satisfying showing us that this like strict social hierarchy pays off. Right? Okay. So think about that with fairy tales. Now we take us to West Africa where we have these trickster figures like a noncy, the spider, who values like being clever, who values community. A noncy, a lot of a noncy stories are him like fighting against power to get things for other people. And it really reflects sort of like the trade world of Africa at the time because there was a lot of trade happening in these West African societies. So in West Africa, you know, specifically we have these communities that are coming out of trade and like family groups and villages. So you have

31:04to be clever when you're dealing with people that you've never met in a trade situation. And you also are like more connected to your community. So it's kind of like how can I use my wits to help the people I love? And also I don't have to necessarily respect power. Like I don't have to necessarily bow to a powerful figure if I disagree with them. If I'm smarter than them, smarter than them, if I'm self-aware, if I can find a way around it. And so I just have been so fascinated by how stories reflect like economies and cultures that they come out of. Yeah, totally. And how they change as like people migrate to different areas. Because when I was reading about a noncy and how you know from West Africa, Caribbean, Caribbean folklore, it's like he came out of what is now present at Ghana. But like as people spread because of the transatlantic slave trade, stories changed, you know, because it became about tricking dimwitted slave owners, you know. So like the stories

32:07just continue to change as the people moved. Yeah. Oh, so it's again the tricking the power dynamic. Yeah. So it's a lot of like a way of for people to kind of get one over of to use our power. Yeah. And that is where we get Brair Rabbit. I mean, that is where like Brair Rabbit comes from American culture. Brair Rabbit. This is a racist one, right? Well, it's like, does that racist rabbit? The stories of Brair Rabbit were like part of like African American tradition in the South. So they came out of enslaved people's stories that they would tell each other. And then Disney made a movie about the Brair Rabbit stories. And the same way that Disney took a story like Cinderella and made a movie, Disney took the Brair Rabbit tails and made a movie song of the South out of it. Which of course, you know, Splash Mountain is based off you've been on there. So you know, Brair Rabbit, please don't throw me in the briar patch. But he wants to be thrown in the briar patch because that is where he's safe. So he's tricking. So there's

33:08like that tricking element. So it's usually with these stories, it's animals. It's always animals, which is so interesting. And they are finding ways to protect themselves and to benefit their communities by using their smarts and being self-aware. Yeah. So okay. So the one story that I thought was funny from a Nancy, the Yam Hills. Like, okay. Did you read any of the some of the stories? I read one that was about like creation stories. Yeah. Well, okay. Some of them that I found, I couldn't, I wasn't sure like what the message of. So I don't know, maybe we can like talk about this. So basically, okay, this is the story of the Yam Hills. And this is a, in this story, it's forbidden to speak the word nine and whomever says it dies instantly. So then a Nancy plants nine Yam Hills. And then he tricks the hog and the goat into counting them. They say nine,

34:09they die. He takes her body's home meat to like feed his family, whatever. So then the monkey sees a Nancy do this. So then a Nancy comes to the monkey and is like, yo, monkey count these Yam Hills. But the monkey saw what a Nancy did to the other, the hog and the goat. And so the monkey gets to eight, counts to eight. And then he's like, oh, and then the, then the one that you're sitting on a Nancy. So he never says nine. And like a Nancy keeps me like, count them again, monkey count them again. And the monkey will never say the word nine. And then it just escalates to a Nancy being so upset. And he's like, why won't you just say nine? And then a Nancy dies. So he tricked him. So the monkey tricked a Nancy's trick. Yeah. Well, a Nancy, this is so beautiful. He's a neutral character. So he's not necessarily always going to win. You know what I mean? And that is the lesson. Even when you are clever and self aware, you can get so wrapped up in the predicament that you lose yourself. So you have to stay cool headed. You must be level headed or you get, you,

35:16you get tricked trying to trick. That can work for a lot of the bullshit stories we said earlier, not bullshit. Sorry. We're lovely women. But a lot of the dukey stories we had earlier, earlier, like just maintain your cool. Yeah. And then it usually works out. Yeah. Your cool is hard. It's hard to maintain your cool. And don't lose yourself when you think you have the upper hand. Because a Nancy thought he had the upper hand. But he, he was so committed to the idea that he was going to be able to trick this other animal. And then instead, he got tricked. Wow. I love that. So like, don't get too caught up. Yeah. Don't be too cocky that you fall prey to whatever is around you. Wow. Don't get too cocky. Don't get too cocky. Every time I'm like playing pool, I'm always just like, yeah, I got this. Are you good at pool? I feel like you would be a pool shark. I'm, I'm pretty good at like the second game of pool. First game of warming up. Second game. I'm pretty good. Third game. I'm just striking out every single one. Yeah. Third game. I'm like, are we still playing this game? What's going on? Yeah. This just

36:18have a beer. Yeah. But yeah, definitely. I've been like, all right, boys, look at this because I just had a couple really cool shots. And then I just like, the, the, the white ball falls off the table. Yeah. I've never gotten good enough. Like I, it's one of those games that, man, I wish. Because you have that friend growing up whose family is wealthy and has a pool table. And they're just so good. And I don't know. I always wanted to get good at it. And I never, I'm good enough. Let's get good at this. 2026. Let's be pool sharks. Okay. We should find a good place to play pool though. I come from a long line of pool sharks. Do you? Are you a pool shark? I'm not. My family thinks I'm bad, but I'm pretty good. But like family. Tires matter. They're the only part of your vehicle that touches the road. Tread confidently with new tires from Tyraq. Whether you're looking for expert recommendations or know exactly what you want, Tyraq makes it easy. Fast, free shipping, free road hazard protection, and convenient installation options. Go to Tyraq.com to see Tyraq test results, Tyra ratings, and consumer reviews. And be sure to check out all

37:23the special offers Tyraq.com, the way Tyra buying should be. Wasn't that delicious? So good. Your bill, ladies. I got it. No, I got it. Seriously, I insist. I insist first. Oh, don't be silly. You don't be silly. People with the Wells Fargo Active Cash credit card prefer to pay because they earn unlimited 2% cash rewards on purchases. Okay. Rock pay per scissors for it. Rock pay per scissors. Shoot. No. The Wells Fargo Active Cash credit card. Visit Wells Fargo.com slash Active Cash Terms Apply. So like some like my great-grandfather and some of my great-grand uncles used to run a pool hall. And they were running some other things if you know what I mean. And so and then they would like travel around the southeast and like do little scams in bars and stuff to get money pretending that they didn't know how to play. That's fun. I mean it is fun. It is fun. It's interesting. They had interesting lives. Hard lives. Oh yeah. And

38:24hoversh lives that led them to that route. But my grandfather is so good at pool. And I went and visited him like over the summer. And he's like part of this lodge. And he like goes and he cleans up with pool all the time. And then I play with him. And like I think I'm good. And he's just like you have to practice. You are a disgrace. He's given you tips to practice. Like what are you supposed to do? Like sit there and go by yourself and like line up balls and he gives me tips. He gives me tips. I hit the I hit the balls too hard. But I'm excited. I'm so excited. Well you should teach us. When you hit it really hard and it's good. Let's go. Let's go. I love that. Oh so good. Let's play pool. Let's do it. But yeah I mean yeah you're just going to clean up on us. I mean maybe not let's see. You can teach us. And we'll find a reputable pool hall. Yeah we've got to find a nice one. We should make a lady's pool. Yeah. I would love that. Because when you think a lot around though. There's a lot around. A lot of pool halls around. But they're like smoke inside. Yeah. It's all so dangerous. That one in North Hollywood. We've been to a few times. They had some bad

39:26choice words to Jackie. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know if they're good. Jackie had a bad experience there. There's also one in Koreatown but they definitely smoke inside and it's a bunch of weird guys in there. There's a bunch of like not not goodies. Yeah. Women have their own pool hall. We should make a pool hall. Yeah. And it's going to smell nice and it's going to be really pretty. Yeah. It's going to be flowers. Flowers. Big orchids. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Shade is going to be playing on the radio. Shade. Yeah. What's been her songs? Or Narela. This is no ordinary love. Oh god. I can't see. I don't remember. Good for her. I feel like I interrupted with the pool thing. So yeah. Well so the other thing that I was reading about with a non-seat. So there was one book that one of the oldest books published with his stories is from 1924. Basically the woman Martha Warren Beckwith. She is considered to be like one of the first like folklore storytellers. Like she she was the first ever chair of folklore at any university or college in the U.S.

40:31But she started she was the thing that was cool about this book. It was called Jamaica a non-seat stories. Pretty basic title. Got it done a little bit better. But whatever. But the thing that I thought was cool is that she actually recorded the stories in the Jamaican dialect and then had them translated and but she she cited over 60 storytellers and their locations. Which just feels like when we were talking last time about like mythical creatures and how the stories change over time and how the language around it is so important. I just thought that was really cool that like this person understood the importance of getting these non-seat stories right. Right because if we're talking tricking higher up powers it depends on where you are what the higher power is. Very true. Yes. Yes. And here's the great thing when you're talking about animals tricking higher powers. It doesn't sound like you're talking about people in the human world. And so you can say a lot of things. It's kind of a code. Yes.

41:32Okay so this brings me to another a non-seat story. It was called hate to be contradicted. And the character's name was hate to be contradicted. So like not necessarily like saying like this guy. It's like old hates hates to be contradicted over here. So basically like this is like a who's on first. I know. Oh that's one of my favorite things. I love that. What would you call it? It's not monologue. It's a sketch sketch. Yeah. What was I saying? We all spent time doing for years and more. Okay so hate to be contradicted right. He kills anyone that contradicts him. So HTBC tells a non-seat this crazy story about like palm nuts and how he will be present for the birth of his mother. I don't know it really was pretty insane this thing that he told him. So then a non-seat responds with oh you are not lying but for me and then a non-seat tells hate to hate to be contradicted. This crazy story about how he he can pluck okras with his penis.

42:33Oh that sounds painful. That sounds really painful and I don't know what does that even mean. Like the penis opening is like beep beep beep beep right. I guess it like like what was around like if Dolly Parton's tits had hands. Oh that's interesting. Weird like if Dolly Parton's tits had hands. Okay so a little better world it would be. What a better world. Okay so then hates to be contradicted. He shows up at a non-seat place and he's like I want to see you do this. I want to see you pick these okras with your penis. So then a non-seat kids tell him look a non-seat he isn't here because his penis snapped in seven places. So then the story keeps escalating with a non-seat and his kids. They keep just keeping weaving all these lies to this hates to be contradicted. So then finally this hates to be contradicted. Calls out a non-seat's family and him saying like these are lies I don't believe you and then in doing so he contradicts his own self right of like

43:35he hates to be contradicted and then a non-seat orders his family to kill him. Wow these are so much darker than the non-seat story. I know the ones I found are pretty dark. I feel like I'm on hates to be contradicted side because I want to see this too and then like what do you line to me but also like is how do you say you can do penis tricks and not show me penis tricks right and then lie to my face and then kill me. Yeah wait why how did he contradict himself though. So okay the original story that hates to be contradicted tells a non-seat is like that how he will be present for the birth of his own mother. Oh so like he's already telling lies. Wow this is all confusing. So like he's telling lies and he hates when people are like you're lying bud. Yeah and so he kills anyone that calls him out for lying. So then when a non-seat tells this whole lie and then hates to be contradicted is like you fucking lie and dude I know you're lying. They're like well now we got to kill you because you hate when people contradict people. Oh so he kills people

44:40the time that lied to him or that that accused him of lying. I see you I that was the missing puzzle piece in my brain too. Yeah he goes around killing because I just keep saying hates to be contradicted over and over and over. No so he goes around killing people that accused him of lying so then he accuses a non-seat of lying and then a non-seat is like well now I got to kill you. Because he's contradicting himself. Well hey well shit. So don't be don't be don't say one thing and then do another kind of thing like yeah okay. There reminds me of Okra in the freezer. What do you love Okra? I love Okra. So like it's not slimey to you. It is but you can cook off some of the slime but I also like it fried because real crispy but I'm bite making Okra stew. Nice. We'll see we'll see. Yeah yeah sounds great. He used to be contradicted. He used to be contradicted. Wow all right now I'm on the penis guy side. A non-seat so a non-seat. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Okay so my character we ready to talk about my mythology. Yeah.

45:43It's the selkies. Have you ever heard of selkies? I feel like I have. They are familiar in like Scottish lore so like specifically Northern Isles, Scotland's Northern Isles. So the selkies are like seal people kind of. So it's like you have a seal skin when you're swimming in the ocean but you can take off the seal skin and stand in the human world and walk on land and have fun and then you have to put your skin back on to go back into the ocean. So you belong in the ocean okay. You are ultimately more sealed than human but you can come out and play with the humans when you want. I wish I could do that. That would be cool. So a lot of the selkies stories are about people like trapping selkies. So like there's a story about a man watching a bunch of beautiful women dance and on the on the shore at night naked dancing and he becomes mesmerized with one

46:46and then when all the women go to put their skins back on to get into the ocean her skin is gone. He's taken it and he hides it and she eventually becomes his wife and she has his kid and like she lives this whole life until her son comes to her one day and it's like what is this? I found this you know in some random spot and it's her selky skin and she puts it on and goes back into the ocean. She's like bye bitch. Never to be seen again. Get 100% custody. But when her son plays on the shore a seal is known to come watch and so it's like a lot of stories about like you can't trap love. A lot of stories about feeling a call to the sea which is something I feel very strongly. I feel called to the ocean. So it's like selkies ultimately want to be back in the ocean. They're just coming up to play for a little bit but they get trapped in the human world. You can't control people. As soon as they get their skin back they're going back into the ocean. And it's about

47:50like longing you know wanting that feeling of being somewhere and knowing you should be somewhere else. Yeah totally. Someone has taken your skin and trapped you here. I mean it's not it's a bad feeling when it feels like someone's taken your skin. Like this is a bad feeling. This would be in the church for all those men screaming. Yeah they took my skin. You were supposed to be somewhere else. Absolutely giving out of there. Yeah so I really like the selky stories. I also just love like how fascinated we are with the idea that humans are like maybe merman or maybe selkies are like how can we get humans living in the ocean. As long as humans have existed we've been creating stories about a different type of human that lives in the ocean. What's that about? I mean we're what how 90% water? What's the percentage? We want to be in the water you know. It's true. Oh god I do feel a longing to be near bodies of water. Yeah. Some people know that they're like at the ocean. Yeah I just want to be. I think I might be a fucking

48:51enemy. Because there's also stories about kids who like are abandoned and like parents find them like wrapped in their selky skin like on the ocean and they take them in. There's a couple stories I read about like a family that didn't couldn't have their own kids and then they found this other kid and it's wrapped in their skin and then it's like the kid is ultimately always a little off. It's always doesn't quite fit in. There's always something there that's like a little wrong and I think it's another way of kind of explaining like you know kids that are just like a little strange. You're like well that's probably a selky. And did you have their skin somewhere? Okay. So are we going to find this kid's skin because he ain't going to fit in up here. We've got to find this selky skin. But I love stories that play with like transformation. I love stories that play with like identity like switching in between like you're a seal one moment you're a beautiful sexy woman on the beach the other. But I really love anything that has to

49:55do with longing. And this is a lot about longing like wanting to be in the ocean feeling a call the things not being able to necessarily return to it. And just like I don't know why but like Scottish people are obsessed with the ocean. They are. They're surrounded. It's an island right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I really it I was really into the selky stories. I was researching. Yeah. You know I have a really young cousin who I you think she's a selky? Well I'm trying to think of like how to purchase a story like she what she just grew she's very smart. She's one was one of those kids growing up who like had read every book like felt more comfortable talking to adults than like children you know. And so like I just remember visiting her once and her mom pulling me aside and being like will you talk to her about like that she'll find friends eventually. You know it was like one of those things that like she kind of had a problem finding friends. And when I think about her now like she's so beautiful and confident and like really has found her spot you know like she's brilliant doctor and she's a doctor. She's a doctor like she's

51:02doing great but it's crazy to think of like as a young kid being like she's fine friends. Yeah. Yeah. There's something a little off. Yeah. That's probably why she's so successful is because as a kid she really had to work for it. Yeah or like I just was didn't belong with the the children. So I'm guessing she was smarter than all the people. So smart. She's so smart. All the kids around her. Yeah. Good for her. Yeah. She was smart. Meanwhile I had a bunch of friends. So I was dumb as shit. It was like I was just like I was at an eight year old brain when I was an eight year old. That's norms. Any more on selkes? I mean I could keep going but I think you guys got the gist. It's so funny. So I'll tell you this other story. So I went and saw this I don't know fortune teller or psychic or something in upstate New York and she was like reading cards and it was like this hour long session and at one point she told me she was like you don't belong in New York City like you belong in California like surrounded by red woods and trees and nature

52:02and I remember like hearing that and being like yeah what am I doing here? Yeah and that kind of gets to the heart of this idea that like longing is can be a compass and I think that's a big part of the selkes like it's not just an emotional thing it's a physical thing like a pool and that can be a compass. Yeah. And it also deals with like the the ethics of desire because it's like this idea of like I want you can I take you you know like when you when the man takes the her skin he's taking her because he wants her but ultimately everything they build falls apart because no you can't just take someone because you want them to. There will be wreckage. Yeah and a lot of people I like that they just want to control. Yeah. So I'm like karma will come back. Yes. There will be wreckage you can't just take what you want. Yeah. You know there's something to it and I just love the idea of longing as compass like what you long for is the direction you should go in. I remember early on in stand-up you would see these guys and they would get these girlfriends and the girlfriends would obviously say well obviously he's not going to be doing stand-up next

53:02year like we're going to go have kids and move away and then I sometimes just happen to a couple different ones and I'll look on Facebook and I'll see that they're in Midwest somewhere and they look super tired and sad. I'm like damn you just took him and changed him and there is wreckage that follows. Yes. Yeah. They fall apart you can't just take what you want. Nah. No. No I can't make someone, something they're not, give them their skin and let them swim. Oh, man, I'd love to have skin just to be in the ocean, to see what's down there. Totally. One more thing about selfies that I really like is that they're seals, so it's not like a dragon, it's not like this mythical creature, it feels very grounded, it feels very of our world, it feels very possible. When was the last time you like watched a seal? I went to San Diego and we saw all the seals out there. Have you ever done that? La Jolla. Yes, kayaking in the cave. Wow.

54:03Wow. Cool. They are stinky. They are. They're loud and they're stinky. I do see how, if I was a horny sailor and I saw them far away, I might be like, that is a beautiful, voluptuous woman. I get it. I get it. I get it. So we were just in San Francisco for that show, which last week, which was a lot of fun, two weeks ago, I get that point, this comes out, but anyway, so we saw the seals on the pier in San Francisco and we could have sat there for hours just watching these seals because you got, they're all, some of them are laying on top of each other, one or two or yards away and enjoying themselves, all by themselves, and one, you got a bunch of them laying in a puddle and then one will jump up and literally just try and sneak its way back in. And then seals, they're so like, their bodies are just freaking rubber, right? So like, they're just nipping at each other. It was so fascinating, so fun to watch. I love seals. Just a bunch of naked ladies laying on a pier and travel.

55:03They do look like chaotic children. Yes. They can see us. They have a boneless vibe to them. Do they have bums? Very nice. They're popping around. They're just like, no bones. That was the thing. You'd see one like arch, it's face back to like nip at another one, you're like, how was it even doing that? Yeah. They're crazy. Well fine. Right in the brighter side LPN, do seals have bums? Yeah, seals have bums. Well, it's no. Tell us all about it. So we're running around an hour, I'll be real quick with this one. Or you can save it. Save it for the next time. Yeah. Well, give us a little taste. Give us a little taste. Okay. So this is from Aztec mythology, which by the way, there wasn't even Aztec's didn't call themselves that. That wasn't invented until 1810. We packed those very interesting because, and again, I'll save this for next time, a lot of the myths we have, say like a Hollywood myth of Thor, he's the god of lightning. That's what he does. But with Aztec myths, you'll have a god and another god. And then sometimes a piece of this other god will join the other one.

56:06And they're very fluid and it's hard to like really nail something down. Even directions are different. There were four gods that symbolized the four cardinal's directions. The Whitsilap Puk Dele, that's the god of the south, even though it's to the left. So they, they would look at the left and consider that the south. And the north would be the sky above. Not the direction north. So it's a little, tell me more about this, like God split apart and become differently because I'm into that, I'm into like, yeah, like the shape shifting of it all. Okay. According to Aztec mythology, there were four gods that created the world that symbolized the cardinal's directions. Whitsilap Puk, poach Dele, that's the god of the south, even though it's the left. Tess Kit Lapoka, god of the north, represents darkness and sorcery. Sheepa Totec is the god of the east, that's the new sun and growth. Ketsul Kawatul, that's the god of the west, representing life, light, freedom and the wind.

57:11So I'm guessing if you were around the Yucatan Peninsula right now, the west would be the ocean. So that's why it would be the life, light and wisdom, because that's where the ocean and the water is. I'm thinking, let me know. If you're listening to this around the Yucatan Peninsula, look to your left, do you see the sun? So these gods first created water, then they created Seepak-Tili. And Seepak-Tili is this like, how do I write it down? A primordial monstrous sea creature, it's a crocodile, part fish and part toad, always hungry and every joint in his body was laden with an extra mouth. Oh. So they create this Seepak-Tili. And they know it's so funny, like, yeah, he's like a fish toad, but also he's got mouths all over his body. Here's a picture of him, but also note that this is what Spaniards drew of Seepak-Tili. That's not what Aztec people did. So is it like he's got all these mouths, because he can never be like full?

58:14He's never full, he's always eating, he's always hungry. You're so good at finding this stuff. Yes. Yes, he's not. He gets enough protein. As they were creating other species, they noticed that Seepak-Tili kept devouring all the other creations, so they decided to destroy it. Test kit la poca lured the creature in and lost a foot due to Seepak-Tili's insatiable appetite. But after a long fight, Seepak-Tili was destroyed. Then they pulled the body in four different directions and freed the universe from its body. Then test kit la poca and Ketsul Kawatil created the heavens and earth and everything in between from Seepak-Tili's body, with its tail as the underworld in its midsection as earth. So we are living on Seepak-Tili right now, in a way we are never full. We're always hungry. There's mouths at every joint. There's also a bunch of, I went into a deep dive about caves.

59:16Apparently people didn't live in the inner part of the cave, because that was a reserve for politics, or like big, and I say politics, meaning more like shaman activities. They live kind of on the outskirts. Oh, interesting. Yeah. I wonder with the mouth things if there's a lesson there, or it's your appetite will destroy you, like an appetite for destruction, appetite for greed, insatiable greed, insatiable want, you're never comfortable. Yeah. I think our appetite is going to destroy humanity itself. Yeah, sure. I think that's okay. I think we should go. What? What? Guys, no way. Well, I mean, I am bouncing, or, I mean, there's a lot of wonderful things we do, but it's just an insatiable hunger. Overconsumption, yeah. I do believe in humanity's beauty, though. I do believe in art and music and justice and love. I do believe in that. Birds are beautiful. But right, don't be so nihilistic, Amber. I mean, I said we should all die too, so I'm right there with you.

1:00:20But it's just like, we have had every warning for like the past like three decades that we're destroying the planet. And like really, people are still driving around like giant tanks, like guzzling gas, like getting like 14 miles to the gallon. Oh, I hate it. Okay, so this article I was reading was all about how now they're trying to figure out China's done it. California apparently has done it. And maybe like another country, I forget, moving AI data centers into the ocean. Because the ocean is able, but they're like, oh, okay. So instead of using fresh water to cool these data centers, let's move these data centers into the ocean where like the ocean's regular temperature. But the water corrods it, though. I don't think that's the concern. I mean, obviously, well, I mean, maybe. I wouldn't want to, but it's more of like destroying marine life at that point. Because I asked that question at this tech, meetup.com group over Zoom. And I said, why can't we use salt water?

1:01:20And one scientist said, because it'll corrode the machine, we have to use fresh water. Yeah, so I think like, what if we also just don't have data centers? What if we don't have data centers? And it's like that video I sent y'all with a cute little ducks in the raincoats that's AI. And the only reason we have AI is for propaganda. Yeah. Because the president, I'm sorry, he does not look like that. He does not look like he has a, like a, uh, a eagle on a mountain. He is a fat man who wears a diaper because he shits himself. He's bloated and disgusting. Yeah, that is true. That is, he doesn't look like that, but you see enough images of him, like with a hawk on it. You think the, oh, he's this grand, hot man. He's disgusting fat pig. Yeah. Bye. Couldn't agree more. Couldn't agree. And there you go. No more fawning, Amber. No more fawning, more fawning. Okay, do we have anything else we want to add according to myth or any other final thoughts? You know, I just, I really think like, yeah, no more fawning.

1:02:22No more fawning. No more fawning. Let's attack data centers with hammers. Let's figure out how to carry and feel comfortable with mace. But if you forget mace, you can always run. And if somebody tries to interact with you in a exchange setting such as someone's making a sandwich for you, yeah, you can maybe just offer them up some positivity. Yeah, give them a new word. Right. Tell them about a Nazi. I'm going to tell them about a Nazi. I think you should. That's good. And humanity can be good. Yeah, it can be nice, even though we deserve to die. But we can be nice. There's a lot of good and humanity. There's a lot of good art. Or save it. Yes, art is beautiful, philosophy, music, love, music. Yeah, love, whatever, whatever, one day I'll experience it. Do you have anything you want to promote? Just your show. Yeah, and your show. And my show. So on Good Friday, Ed and I are going to be doing half hours. Ashley Baccarabas is going to be hosting.

1:03:23Can't wait. It's going to be at the Lyric Hyperion. Go check it out. Also, every single Friday, I'm going to be hosting a brand new show. Dude, this is so exciting. Slamber's comedy bash. Ed's going to be on the first one. Ash is going to be on the first one. Also, Kat DeLito is going to be on the first one. Oh, what a lineup. It's totally free. And I'm going to be bringing beer. And then just take a beer. It's all free. Hell yeah. Yeah, that's fun. That is fun. Clubhouse. The clubhouse is great. The clubhouse is great. You got a parking lot. No, no parking fee. No parking fees. Yeah. That's another one. That's big. That's big. Nobody wants to pay $20 to go to the El Capitano. There's a fat burger right there if you're hungry. Yes. Anything you want to promote, Gals? Come to YouTube. Come to this little place called YouTube and check out the Nick and Ash show Saturday at 11AMPST. We're going live not this Saturday, but I think this will air in the future, right? Okay, so in the future,

1:04:24we're going to go live that Saturday. Yeah. You know, check out, I've been doing some hosting for Ed's stand-up shows. It's been a lot of fun. The show in San Francisco was really great. The audience is so nice. So I think I'm going to be doing some more of those. So, you know, check out editunes.com Backslash Shows. Yeah. That sounds right. I'll be on some of those. Thank you. Love it. Great job, Gals. Fun times. Thanks for listening. Of course. And we'll catch you guys on the flip side. Bye. Bye, side. For the mountain kind, it's the first rays of spring sunshine hitting the snow-covered peaks.

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