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Colombia: Mild Emotional Growth, Sunshine, and Scams
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In this lightly disoriented episode of The Olive People, Khalil checks in from Medellín, Colombia, where the sun is hot, the food is bland, and the existential crises are seasoned just right. Ali and Khalil unpack everything from Grindr gripes and spiritual drug tourism to sex work economies, political debates with strangers, and the delicate art of not getting kidnapped. It’s part travelogue, part therapy session, part PSA—and somehow still funny.
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Transcript
Introduction and Colombian Sunshine
00:00:06
Speaker
Hello! We are back with another episode, and Halloumi has graced us today. Oh, just with her asshole. Just her asshole again. But, uh, yeah, welcome to the podcast. I'm Ali, and that's Khalil.
00:00:22
Speaker
He's experiencing sunshine right now and palm trees. Yeah, I'm in Colombia.
Podcast Recording Process
00:00:27
Speaker
I'm still in love. Yeah, he's in Colombia. And then when you guys, when you fuckers see this, it'll be like four weeks later.
00:00:35
Speaker
ah ah That is so true. my why i We filmed these episodes in advance and you don't get to see them until way later.
Hostel Life in Colombia
00:00:44
Speaker
Me and Adi struggle so much behind the scenes to spend money on this.
00:00:48
Speaker
Yeah. Actually, just me. Hey, Pradeen, how are you? How are you, Pradeen? I just got to Colombia. I'm staying in a hostel. and This one's been particularly like probably one of the best hostels I've stayed in.
00:01:04
Speaker
Oh, nice. My travels. It's like the most like amount of people I've gotten along with without having to like go on Grindr and just like meet some queers. I feel like heterosexual people can get a little chuggy. Does chuggy mean anything to you?
00:01:20
Speaker
ah So I don't know that word, but when you tell me chuggy, I think of like cakey. Yeah, like cheesy in a way. Yeah. Yeah.
00:01:31
Speaker
But actually none of that. I like actually clicked and like you know enjoyed the little group that's been forming here.
Gentrification and Tourism in Medellin
00:01:38
Speaker
The thing is, it's like um Colombia has recently experienced a lot of gentrification.
00:01:45
Speaker
So I'm in Medellin right now. And like there's like, I mean, it's a massive, massive city, but as like someone who doesn't speak Spanish, I'm like not trying to go out and struggle and like, you know, Google translate left and right.
00:02:00
Speaker
But like, right if you don't if you don't do the tourist traps, you know, that's what happens. But then the tourist traps are kind of crazy because it's just like, It's somewhat like there's a lot of random losers from like North America here for just like cocaine and sex workers because sex tourism is a huge thing here too.
Street Vendors and Local Hustle
00:02:21
Speaker
But I mean, ah if anyone's been to like Thailand, Vietnam, you it's similar vibes there. You'll see too. It's like, Bunch of party streets with like neon lights, like seven clubs.
00:02:32
Speaker
It's not as it's not like the same situation here, but it's similar. Like clubs all right across the street for each other competing for people. There's like sellers out on the street, you know, like a lot of people vying for your attention and for your money. Because, the um you know, is it like people is it like is it like people trying to sell you drugs and stuff?
00:02:53
Speaker
there They're like selling you drugs. They're like selling sex. They're asking for money. They're selling, you know, little like snacks, gum, lollipops, whatever, whatever. It was kind of like interesting.
00:03:08
Speaker
It's kind of like, yeah, you can imagine like back. It's just like ah anywhere in any um country outside of I feel like Canada and America and maybe the UK or maybe like Western Europe to a degree, you don't really get non-licensed public street vendors unless it's like, you know, some kind of like nature beach offshoot.
00:03:29
Speaker
But like, I mean, here so yeah on the street, like, you know, people will be selling gum. People will be selling like their fruit, their, you know, their little stand or whatever. But obviously poverty here is a lot more higher. So people are more people need work here, you know?
00:03:43
Speaker
So they're hustling. Right. rights Right. Right. I feel like I experienced that too. like I think I i mentioned like going to PV. There would be like people coming up to you and be the first thing they say is, like you want Molly? Do you want Molly?
00:03:56
Speaker
And you mean... It was so
Quirky Tourist Encounters in Colombia
00:03:59
Speaker
prevalent. And also in italy Italy, I remember we were on the beach and it was a beach that was notorious for people that would come up to you no matter what you're doing. If I was literally taking a nap on the beach, they would come up and shake you and they'll be like, you want a massage?
00:04:16
Speaker
And they'd be like, girl, I'm like... There's a, I'm going to the beach city. um It's the popular one called Cartagena. And people were saying like, oh, like they'll like put oil on your back and then charge you for it.
00:04:29
Speaker
Yeah. And then like, or like threatened to get you beat up by like the cartel running the show there. If you don't pay them. Do you know what? It's a hustle. good is a hu It is a hustle. And that's the thing. Tourists are here to spend money. But for me, it's like, okay, if I actually want to go spend money and shop at like a market or something, you can't even look at a stand before the person like envelops you to like, you know, make sure you get They'll like, they'll grab like something they made and then break it and then say, you just broke up.
00:05:01
Speaker
yeah they're They're more like they'll put something in your hand or they'll tie a bracelet. yeah It's a crime. Actually, in Niagara Falls, because Niagara Falls, Canada, is ah the Canadian side is I've only been to, but it's kind of a tourist trap in a way.
00:05:14
Speaker
But there'll be these monks and they'll come and they'll tie a bracelet around your wrist and then they'll demand money.
00:05:22
Speaker
So it's like that kind of... Sorry, go ahead. no I was just going to say, so it's like... um ah Like it
Challenges of Using Grindr
00:05:31
Speaker
ties and then it can't come off. Is that the reason? Yeah, and then it's like annoying and blah, blah, blah. And you like have it And then they want like a donation. But yeah, I've like... I i showed up here and I was kind of like a little... like i mean, I'm always like a little like, oh, white people everywhere.
00:05:49
Speaker
Yeah. But then I like... yeah you know, i discovered the hostel a little bit more. And then i just like found this um, where's he from? Like this guy from Denmark had like a huge bag of weed. So that was my sign.
00:06:02
Speaker
Hell yeah. Hell yeah. and I just started smoking weed with this guy and then, you know, I met some other chick that she looked exactly like one my best friends back home. And I was like, was like, like she like she was in a hammock beside us, but like she was folded in it like a little burrito, but she's so tiny. I didn't even realize anyone was in the hammock the whole time.
00:06:22
Speaker
So all of a sudden just this girl emerges out of this hammock and i see like, I, you know, have you ever looked at someone's face and you just see someone else's face so strongly Yes. So this was just like a best friend of mine. i was like holy shit, like you look like, you know, Sophia.
00:06:37
Speaker
And was not, it's just Finnish, not in Montreal, but. And I was like, can I take a picture of you and send it to my friend? Like I, you just look so much like her. And then we just started hitting off like that. Like I've been meeting a lot of really progressive, intelligent people, like not people that I just vibe with, but people that are like, you know, teaching me things about the the political discussions I often have.
00:06:59
Speaker
So a lot of fucking people. A lot, a lot, a lot of people from. The place that we shall not name. The place that we shall not name. And I had a I had a discussion with ah some younger. um don't even know if he's younger.
00:07:16
Speaker
He's a young guy, though. The thing is, it's like he was he wasn't super eat whatever they're all anyway. It was just to having a discussion. he was like, aren't we both victims?
00:07:27
Speaker
And I was like, no, not the same at all. And then I was like, when you figure out why NATO and the rest of the world is obsessed with they who shall not be named, you let me know. You you you do the logic in your math.
00:07:43
Speaker
You do the logic in your and your logic in your math. But I feel like I like there's this him in this German
Tourist Behavior and Cultural Appreciation
00:07:50
Speaker
guy. and then the And I was like, you know, like Germany, the adventures of Nazism and the German guys like there's no Nazis in Germany anymore.
00:07:57
Speaker
And i was like, um that is he was a yeah He was really young. that guy was for sure like 20 or something. He was definitely like kind of a, you know, in my mind, he looked like a fuckboy just coming here to just party and, you know, whatever.
00:08:11
Speaker
I'm like, like, it's just funny when people who clearly don't know shit love to like get involved. And then but when I was like talking to the other guy, the German guy is like, so I quickly Googled that it's controversial to be gay in the West Bank. And I said, really?
00:08:25
Speaker
i didn't know that. What a fucktard. I'm sorry. like No, it's literally sometimes it's such a meme and I'm like, oh, now, okay, now what does that mean for you?
00:08:40
Speaker
Well, maybe it's also controversial to be bombing and killing children. Okay, I have one more story. I did a tour yesterday. ah And then at the end of the tour, the tour guides like it was me and this other couple is only three of us.
00:08:53
Speaker
And he's like, can I take a picture with you guys? Sure. Can I post it? Sure. He's like, oh, two weeks ago. And I asked if I could post it. There's a guy who's saying, oh, please don't post that picture because the woman in the picture is not my wife.
00:09:06
Speaker
Okay, wait, it gets better. And then, so we're all laughing about it. And then the couple and I, they're like, do you want to have lunch with us? And I had a feeling they were like, they everyone was pleasant, but I was like, there they they have something to do with what we won't name.
00:09:23
Speaker
But I was like keeping it chill. and they seem They're older. These people were in their 50s, 60s. So like I feel like they're you know more if they're politically different, they'll be smarter on how to navigate.
00:09:35
Speaker
But anyway, so we go for lunch. The next best part of the story is they So I'm like, okay, what's your two deal? Like you guys are married with kids. How many kids? Like, what's up? And then he looks at me. He's like, you remember when that guy was saying like, oh, the other guy, that wasn't his wife?
00:09:50
Speaker
And he's like, yeah, this is not my wife. And I was like, are you guys fucking pranking me? Like I'm being punked. and they're but And she's like, no. She's like, yeah, I'm divorced. than like And then he's like, yeah, I'm married. But like me and my wife have this like don't ask, don't tell policy thing.
00:10:07
Speaker
and not up Wow. Low key though. Good for them. i
Voice Message Mishap
00:10:13
Speaker
And like, I mean, as far as I knew, there they were, they were both um religious, not religious, but you know, they, i they identified with a certain religion that I guessed.
00:10:25
Speaker
and And we didn't talk about it. We're like, Oh, you know, he's like, I wish, i wish there was a solution. i was like, yeah, me too.
00:10:35
Speaker
I wish there was a solution, babe. the the same The thing, i yeah, I mean, I don't, i especially on vacation, I'm not here to like, you know, start debating people or whatever. Cause it's like, they live in, they live in Chicago. I'm in Canada, you know, like he's having a thing like we, but we're all, when you none of us are really in a position to be having this, you know, whole yeah settler colonial discussion while we're, you know, on first world passports in a whole other situation. Yeah.
00:11:04
Speaker
But they were like, you you know, protect my peace. They're protecting their peace. I mean, he like they like bought me lunch that we had. It was kind of interesting to have like pleasant conversation. i was thinking about it. was like, wow i can't even do this with my own parents, though.
00:11:17
Speaker
I get it. I get it. Like, you're so chill. But also, so i say can I say, like, parents are obsessed with me. Like, because because they they meet me and then they're like, oh, who's this guy? So, like, good head on her shoulders. Because I'm, like, talking to people. i have, like, things to say.
00:11:33
Speaker
And they're like, oh, you're only 25. Wow. like And then they, like, then the the the wife was, or not the wife, but like, the what up woman. She was like, oh like, i I feel like your mom now or whatever. And they're just like, you know, and people older people, they have money and they want to, like, kind of, like, they feel bad for you a little bit.
00:11:50
Speaker
Yeah. So I was like, okay, I'll take it, man. blow that Please, please drain them dry. no it was a one-time thing. I'm not going to. Oh. I was hoping they would like take you back to their like five star hotel.
00:12:05
Speaker
The thing is, I just like, i don't know. I don't want to constantly be on my toes. Like, right. Oh, right. so Constantly being like, oh, you know what I mean? So it's, it's easier for me when I can just be reckless.
00:12:17
Speaker
Right. Right. I totally agree. I've been meeting a lot of like middle aged elderly, like finance bros. who seemed to be like pretty rich to like and powerful. Like there was like another guy, ah not from where we shall not name Canadian, but like he was like in China for over a decade doing like some high level diplomacy finance shit. And I was like, and he knew some like prominent Canadian politicians. And now he's like, oh, I'm going to Florida. I'm going to do like finance stuff. And I was like, are you going to go to like Mar-a-Lago for meetings? He's like,
00:12:52
Speaker
I don't know, maybe. Wow. He definitely seemed like, oh, I don't want to, I don't want to like, face you much. Yeah. But it's just like, you know, it's just like, you know, ah autistic, clearly autistic guys who have spent ah long, long time in their rooms like,
00:13:09
Speaker
Doing whatever. Whatever it is they do. Whatever the fuck it is they do. They don't seem and intelligent at all. But then this this guy was telling me, he's like, yeah, in America, if you want a job, you like go into the room. like Where he is, he's like, you know, kind of Wolf of Wall Street, senior finance level.
00:13:23
Speaker
It's like you are pound your fist on a table, you swear at the guy, you're like, jimmy me give me triple what you said that you were going to give me. You're like, this is insulting. And then the guy freaks out back at you, you like have a whole blowout, you leave, and then they call you like,
00:13:37
Speaker
an hour later and they're like, okay. you' got it no You got it. Literally. they like risk they laugh yeah Have you ever thought what it would be like to be a white, straight man for a day?
00:13:48
Speaker
I did because they're all they are all just so like, oh, there's no problems for me. hu Their like center point isn't like, you know, no one cares about, you know, they can they can get away with
Colombian Nightlife Experiences
00:14:00
Speaker
whatever in terms of re sexuality and and politics.
00:14:06
Speaker
But also here, though, they are... women I walk into a room and just bang the... No, but here, a lot of people will get drugs. And its ah it happens to a lot of men.
00:14:18
Speaker
They'll get, like, essentially, like, someone will, like, spike their drink and then rob them. But then, you know, people aren't dosing the this the spikes, like, that amazingly. So I think in, like, the past year, someone was telling me, like, think there's, like, 79 89 people.
00:14:35
Speaker
where diet is a result of like a dating apps.
00:14:40
Speaker
Dumb. I mean, the thing is, it's like, you've got to be smart. like it's I was just going to say that feels like not, yeah, not to victim blame, but like the same way women and gay men have to always be on their toes in terms of like not drinking strangers drinks or like watching your drink all the time.
00:15:00
Speaker
Yeah. Straight men never had to do that before. So I'm guessing that's why they're easy targets. At the club last night, I was like, I was taking bumps of stuff from other people and i was like, oops,
00:15:15
Speaker
oh my god could you be careful everyone else was too like i was in a group of people you know so i was like okay well if everyone because sometimes what'll happen to you is like if someone offers you a bump at the bar and then they might try to like say like oh you bought this bump you have to pay for it like it'll be like from the dealers that maybe like run that club or something so it's just like you never know why people are giving you drugs and like Is it legit drugs because they just want money? Or is it just like legit drugs they're just friendly? Or is it legit drugs and they're trying to butter you up for later? You know what I mean? You get a little bit paranoid.
00:15:53
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And FYI to our listeners, I told Khalil to share his location and he refused, citing his battery dying. so And it's like you also, but it's not my if someone's going to kidnap me, they're obviously going to take my phone and like turn it off or something. I mean, like any, like I would do that. I'm smart enough to know people have their location on for iPhones. Like, and also what are you going do? Okay. My last known sighting was like somewhere in Medellin, but then I disappeared like into Columbia. You know what I mean?
00:16:21
Speaker
Like it would never last long enough. I feel like to actually help me in any real way.
00:16:28
Speaker
I would want every chance I have. But the thing is, it's like, I would be like every chance I have, but definitely what are you going to do in Canada, in the U S What is anyone going to do? like I'll figure it out.
00:16:44
Speaker
but it's like I don't know. You're right. You're right. There's like no way to know if you're in distress from the location. True. True, true, true. Right? Speaking of parents and like finding your parents, I sent a voice message. Because, ow, Halloumi, what the fuck?
00:17:00
Speaker
She just like nipped at me. Because she's probably overstimulated. No, she wants attention. I keep moving her off my lap and then she keeps what coming back. But you have to understand cats literally get overstimped when you keep touching them.
00:17:13
Speaker
So maybe she wants to sit in the warm. See, this is why she doesn't want to be your... Like, she likes John more because John probably understands her body better. I keep trying to put her off of me and she keeps walking. Okay, let's.
00:17:26
Speaker
Thing is, if I say like that, her stupid tail, her stupid tail keeps hitting the mic. That's what I like. She probably knows what's calling her tail stupid. She knows. him she's She knows.
00:17:42
Speaker
Aw. Anyway, and I was saying about parents. I think I mentioned before in the podcast how my dad and my boyfriend have the same contact name. Yeah, you mentioned. So my dad is Baba, but then just Baba. And then John is Baba with a cow emoji next to it.
00:18:00
Speaker
So today is the day that I accidentally sent a voice message to my dad when I meant to send it to John. i i knew this was going to happen. And i my heart was in my throat. Because, of course, thank God. i deserve it You deserve You deserve that, by the way. I'm victimizing you.
00:18:17
Speaker
I do. No, I deserve it. Because I was like, thank the Lord for... It wasn't something that i didn't works. it wasn't It wasn't incriminating, but I was like, hey, good morning, John. Hope you had sweet dreams.
00:18:31
Speaker
And then I was like, yeah, yeah. And then I was like, like telling him about my day. Like I was like, I went to the gym and then i was supposed to record the video with Kabil, but now he's a little bit late. So I'm going to clean the apartment and then I'm going to go to the DJ booth.
00:18:46
Speaker
I said that. So first of all, now my dad is like, episode? What episode? What are you filming? Second of all, DJ booth. But no, the best part, he just responded with, I think you sent this to the wrong person.
00:19:01
Speaker
i was like, oh, sorry, Baba. That's it. Change the names. Did you change the names? Of course I did. He's now biological father in my contacts. But the funny thing is, is the power of denial.
00:19:14
Speaker
Like I literally spoke in that voice note, like how I speak to you now. Like I was like, yeah, like I'm going to the fucking DJ booth. cut tea You know what I mean? Like I was like fully myself. You're amping it up.
00:19:27
Speaker
Yeah, I was fully myself. And i my dad never hears that. So I'm like, it probably shook him to his core. but He said not going said nothing.
00:19:38
Speaker
i need We need to make a... Okay, you keep talking. and just yeah i need I left a big bag of weed somewhere. Oh, shit. Yeah, you better find that shit before those whores steal it.
00:19:50
Speaker
No, but I think it's already gone, Loki. But anyway, keep going. bla la la and sola um It's fine. It wasn't even mine. Okay, okay, okay. But hopefully you'll find it.
00:20:01
Speaker
um like so Also, you mentioned Grindr at some point.
Grindr Updates and Alternatives
00:20:06
Speaker
Is it still there? Thank God. No, it wasn't mine. This was the Norwegian guy left. Or no, the guy from the... What country did I say?
00:20:16
Speaker
ah opri and Denmark. Okay. He was like... He was like, oh, I can't take this with me, so share it. He's like, I will.
00:20:27
Speaker
doing right by you. Me, myself, and i Honestly, this is more than I could smoke in a day, so.
00:20:35
Speaker
But so you're there for more than a day. Yeah, but I'm not gonna, I'm flying tomorrow to Bogokov. Oh, nice, nice, nice, nice. So what am i going to do with? Yeah.
00:20:46
Speaker
Oh, anyway. I was going to say also, you mentioned Grindr at some point. It made me think. Miss Grindr, if you're watching this, kus umek.
00:20:59
Speaker
Who's Miss Grindr? it's a kind It's a company that's publicly traded, also owned by a country we shall not name. Oh, really? I didn't know that. But fuck her because that bitch with after her updates has become useless.
00:21:12
Speaker
Oh, you just updated it where you can't do the age stuff and it's like the taps expire and like... Not just that. Like, grid... There's another update? I don't know. what I'm sure something changed. With a 4U line of like recommended profiles from Algebra. Yeah.
00:21:29
Speaker
But there's still distance ah below and above that. No, but you know what's so frustrating? I swear I used to be able to see more profiles before it says you need extra, like the Grindr extra or whatever. made free even more unusable because you can't even like... they First, they took away the age thing where they knew people were like,
00:21:47
Speaker
making people closer on their grid. Like if you saw someone too far, you used to be like, oh, I'm going to 28. And then you are you you just like see the person. So they've limited that because they do that.
00:21:59
Speaker
And they've limited the general free screen even more. Yeah. But like for fuck's sake, if I open Grindr now, the only people that show up are in this building, like literally zero feet away in this room.
00:22:11
Speaker
I'm like, what am I supposed to do with that? Like it used to be that I could at least see the street. Now it's the same old fucking faggots I don't want to deal with. Sniffies.
00:22:22
Speaker
See, I don't know. I guess I could try it to be honest because I don't know. Don't act like you're above sniffies. I'm not above it. It's just, I don't know how it's used. It's literally like Grindr, but it's the same it's the same thing. But that's why Sniffy's was made. I feel like everyone's starting to hate on Grindr.
00:22:40
Speaker
Because also Grindr, the ads, god damn, 90% of my time is spent closing ads. Like I'm like trying to talk to someone and then adds ads, ads, ads. But also I downloaded Scruff because I was like, let me see this is any better.
00:22:53
Speaker
Scruff is worse. yeah Because Scruff, you make an album, you spend time curating that shit, and then you send it to someone and realize you can't view the photos unless you have Pro.
00:23:06
Speaker
What? Like, what's the point? I don't know. I feel like they're monopolizing the shit. Someone needs to come out with a fair, easy... How about we just go back in public and meet each other? i like that.
00:23:18
Speaker
Cruising? no Or do you mean... I said go out and meet each other. See, this is what I call you. i don't I don't want to meet people. If I'm going to hook up with someone, I don't want to talk to them.
00:23:29
Speaker
Okay, the primary person other people are doing this is to have a situation like you have. So you can just go to go to wait till you go to the clubs, go to a dark room if that's what you want. But like, don't take up dating brand with from other people for the singles.
00:23:44
Speaker
Grind your doggy job for dating. When you're just going to lure you know innocent young out of men who think they have a chance with you. i love that you think I like younger men.
00:23:56
Speaker
No, I'm saying... Daddy or above. Your daddy or above? No, I'm just saying when you're on Grindr though, you might need somebody who would have otherwise met maybe with me. What do you need it for?
00:24:11
Speaker
What do you need it for? Maybe that person actually wanted to date and sometimes they do. Well, that's very rare because if you start out with whole, like people sending me unsolicited pics, I'm sure they're not looking to date.
00:24:26
Speaker
You've had a guy hook up with you and fall in love. Can you not hold the mic who so close? Oh, sorry. It's just Halloumi. I just don't want her to bat at it. I haven't heard any like feedback. or Okay, خلاص. خلاص, okay.
00:24:41
Speaker
Yeah. What were you saying? You were saying about although a grinder, how it's become so frustrating. It's so unusable.
00:24:52
Speaker
But I think it's like, why i don't we we don't need another grinder. We need a whole different, this is not working. I don't want a better grinder. I want no grinder. I don't want people, I think hookup apps are stupid and not good for society.
00:25:03
Speaker
I mean, they're not good, but they're fun. I honestly enjoy like the hookup aspect. It's the time waste. It is a time waste, I will say. Yeah, so we wouldn't you rather go be meeting people in person?
00:25:18
Speaker
As somebody who doesn't want to leave my house, that's the one thing. like I like the convenience. Convenience is like crack, though. Just because you like it doesn't mean you should get it.
00:25:29
Speaker
That's true. hellolumi chaas Your privileges are over.
00:25:36
Speaker
She's not happy. Her tail is just so like... ah That's when they're overstimulated. But I'm not touching her. Okay, well, like you need to learn more about cat cats before you just... You're just like judging her.
00:25:51
Speaker
Hanumi, I love you. I'm on your side. i know i know it musts be tough. But stay strong. John will be back. John is coming back tomorrow. She's like looking out the window. It's just so different. Hello, darkness, my old friend. and Okay, okay, I'm going to stop moving the camera. The men here are so hot. Like, again, Grindr here, the men are so hot and they're so direct, but, like, I'm not going to a Colombian man's house in the middle of the night when I don't speak Spanish and I've never been here before.
00:26:23
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Like, yeah, Canada, that's one thing. But, like, here, it's like, okay, I can pull a hot Colombian man, but then sometimes it's like, are you too hot to be true? Are you, like, hot and actually eat meat?
00:26:34
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And then it's like, I don't want to get, like, because it's like, the thing is, like yeah, i don't want to get like, you know, Not even that. It's just like, I don't want to get like taken advantage of in any way. Like, I don't think it's automatically like, oh, you're going die. But like, because there most people are not murderers, right? That's like a big, it's a big crime to like run away from. They just want some petty cash.
00:26:53
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Right. Right. I'm curious, are Colombian men cuts or uncuts? Uncut. You knew that already. I had a suspicion.
00:27:08
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But I was 100% certain if it was like ubiquitous throughout the region. Like it is in Italy, for example, everyone was uncut. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, ah it's it's it's kind of like it's almost like Mexico where like it's just it's that level. of I mean, if you go to certain and Mexico is a huge country, if you go to the popular spots, you're going to be in a very like touristic spot and it'll be it'll feel that way.
00:27:35
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And like all sense, because then it's like half the guys messaging you to not half, maybe like 30 percent will be like, oh, yeah, like I'm a cowboy. Oh, nice. Interesting. No, I mean, not nice for me. Yeah, exactly. So it's it' like you're talking to somebody and then all of a sudden they drop Amakal Boy and you're like, oh, wait, never mind.
00:27:52
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Right. but I don't need to pay for that service. Absolutely. Get for free. you can Absolutely. Which actually I paid for a massage this week where there was a happy ending. I was like, wow, this is so nice.
00:28:05
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Like, it's nice. You get a full massage and it's going to happen. Yes, yes, yes. So ah he's a massage therapist on like an actual massage therapist.
00:28:17
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And then he met. He has a side thing on Grindr. Yeah, yeah, it's exactly. Did you pay him or not? Oh, yeah. I paid him. Am I allowed to say that?
00:28:28
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Does that mean, will I go to jail for a saying that? Because isn't prostitution like illegal? ah Not that the, you get what I'm saying? Like, does that count? I don't know.
00:28:40
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I don't know. Also, you can't retro... I don't know. The States is weird. In Canada, you can't retroactively like be arrested for a crime unless there's a witness or like it's happening at the moment.
Insurance Coverage Comparisons
00:28:55
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I don't know anything about the US. That is your own issue. That's your own demon. This is a hypothetical story. i did not actually have a happy ending massage. What do you think I am?
00:29:06
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i almost did one in Puerto Vallarta, but then I didn't. Because honestly, a little like I don't get it. I could see how it would be nice, but then I would just... I mean, know maybe I don't get massages that often.
00:29:21
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And i never when I do get massages, it's always through my insurance, so I don't pay that much. Oh, nice.
00:29:28
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Do you not have insurance for massage over there? No, I would oh fucking love that. I get like $650 a year to do massages. Honestly, Canada, like... But they cover only 85%.
00:29:44
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So every time my little pains... I know, it's actually not that bad at all. And they direct bill. it's great. Like, I just walk in. Wow. They usually only go to a ah massage therapy place that does arm online appointments and direct billing.
00:29:57
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Walk in, walk out. They, like, charge, like, 20 bucks to your card after an hour. That's lit. Wow, that's really nice.
00:30:07
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I feel like my brain is just so... i've been I was doing this drug called Tusi. Have you ever heard of it? Tell me more. It's like a pink powder and supposedly... I kind of see this. It's like a little bit... It's like k ketamine, cocaine, and molly all together. And it it is... People... It is it is that vibe. It is giving that.
00:30:29
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Wow. if you hear about Tusi, it's starting to make its way, I think, into North America because I heard about this in Canada before I came here. yeah Does it actually have crap?
00:30:42
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No, it's actually actually have. oh It's a completely different drug. It's a completely different drug. It's not like all the actual drugs mixed. It's like, okay it's something new. I'm just, I'm giving secondary knowledge of what other people were saying.
00:30:58
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It's something completely new, but supposedly like that. and so And I had like, It like definitely made me feel like ketamine-y, cocaine. Yeah, it was it was that for sure.
00:31:10
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i was I was pretty like wobbly. Wow. Oh my God. That sounds fun.
00:31:19
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So I was just like fried. What was the music that was playing at the club? um So there's actually a lot of options. we like A lot of people here like techno, so we went to a techno. It's kind of like, are a yeah tech note are you going to go to reggaeton?
00:31:33
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rights both good options yeah I've only been to a techno yeah go ahead sorry sorry I interrupted I said I've only been to like techno situations here with straight people because I've been going out with the hostel
00:31:50
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And it's just kind of been like, yeah, but honestly, the music's fine for me. But like, ultimately, it's just like, if I'm in a room, okay, I was at, this is why I was like, the other party, I honestly would have fucking stayed until like six, seven in the morning.
00:32:02
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Because it was like, 3.30 in the morning. i was like, okay, well, i have to film this thing in the morning. But I was still kind of like, oh, I could keep going. But then I was in the room and it was packed. And then one of the girls has this. I have such funny pictures. Holy shit. I can't wait till my digital camera fix drop.
00:32:17
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This Maddie I met. She's like doing work in the crowd. She's getting, she's getting us bumps. She's getting us drinks. She's getting us everything.
00:32:28
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and I was just like, damn, bitch. Like she was scaring me, but I was just like, you know what? I'm going her do her thing. And then she was like asking every single guy she's flirting with. She's like, yeah, do you have any like gay friends for my friend here? Like, come on. and But then literally no one was in the room was fucking gay.
00:32:45
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That's wild. Or like, no one would would no one would admit it because I feel like there's definitely some of that. There's still some homophobia here, like internalized homophobia. Some machismo.
00:32:58
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I'm sure there's a gay scene though, right? Yeah, I just don't want to go to the bars by myself. um help so And Bogota's party scene better, so that's when I'm going to be more like, no, I'm going to gay places. Here I was kind of like, whatever.
00:33:13
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it's It's a good idea to travel with a group and like these people. Yeah, no, absolutely. I'm sure it was still... no I'm not traveling with them. I just met them here. were not i'm not didn't change any of my plans to see any of them.
00:33:25
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Right, right. No, I meant so by traveling with them, I meant like you guys were able to go to the club together because you're in the same hostel or whatever. Yeah. Like that's actually it's it's
Meeting Local Families in Colombia
00:33:38
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it is nice. And then if you like, there is a Colombian, Colombian Canadian girl I met and we actually clicked also really well.
00:33:45
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And she's actually from Bogota and she's literally going to Bogota on the same day that I'm going. And she's like, yeah, if you want to come have like breakfast or lunch at my grandma's house, like cute. Let's do it.
00:33:56
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and And it's nice because then it's like she's Canadian, but then she's also a fluent Spanish speaker. That's sweet. So and like I can go out and be like, what they saying? Help me. Can you say this?
00:34:09
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Uno, weed, please. ay and he I feel like such a jackass when I'm trying to do that kind of shit.
00:34:18
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I know. And the only thing I could really do is gracias. Yeah. Por favor, where's the biblioteca?
00:34:29
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Bitch, have you ever been to Mexico and had to speak Spanish to somebody you're asking people where the library is? I know. i'm Because that's like one of the only words I know. Is there is there a cruising spot at the library? Is that why you call I'm sure.
00:34:46
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Oh, I would love to go to Mexico again. But this time actually go to Mexico and not gay Mexico. I didn't like PV. Anyway, that's another story. PV is different. pv So imagine like PV in and the tor and the way that PV is so touristy and kitschy and it feels like you're in like... Jesus Christ.
00:35:05
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It's okay. I barely hear it. Disneyland Mexico for like white people, right? It's like here. It's like you're in like a really touristy like... It's like they create a bubble of like glass for you to like kind of like observe maybe however much you want to observe.
00:35:22
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But then it's like, you're not really... You could do this anywhere. It's just like you're amongst ah Colombian Spanish speakers, amongst Mexican Spanish speakers, especially in TV, right? like There's nothing Mexican about ah being at the beach and getting clapped up, but then you just can't communicate with the dealer because they speak a different language.
00:35:43
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Right. No, you're absolutely right. But didn't really come here for an authentic experience, per se. I came to like relax... And just kind of like see the vibes because I'm only here for like two weeks and some change. Are you going to go to the beach?
00:35:58
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well you zero be ah There's a beach not here. I'm inland. I'm not going to the beach till I go at the end. to
00:36:07
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What is that though? Seriously. Yeah, alarm.
00:36:11
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For what?
00:36:15
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Is it really? Can you hear it a lot? I can hear it faintly in the background. I'm sure it's much louder than I do. It's just like, yeah, it's really getting my fucked up brain right now. i like want to break whatever is like making a noise. Get it.
00:36:29
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Get it.
00:36:32
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Yeah, do you want to check with Lala Adi? No, I'm not going to do anything about it. I don't know where it's even coming from. It's like not too loud, but it's like... so It could be about...
00:36:47
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Or it could be a fire. Yeah, I was going to say it could be a fire. Maybe, but it's not the alarm from here. It's like an alarm like a block away, maybe.
00:36:58
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Oh. just want those fuckers to turn it off, bro, or hurry up and finish the job and Anyway, i'm gonna I'm not going to the beach because the Bogota and Medellin are not coastal cities.
00:37:11
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But I will go to the beach in Cartagena. But Cartagena is going to be like PV, but like times 30,000 is what I've been told. I'm kind of scared be on the beach and be like harassed all the time.
00:37:24
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In that case, be careful. But also, that's sometimes fun. Yeah. Yeah. Soak up the sun. I feel like you're going to come back to Canada and it's going to be April freezing weather. Well, it'll be end of April. It'll be May. So I'm like coming for the beginning of summer.
00:37:41
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Nice. Nice. Yeah. That alarm. That is so weird. There's just a guy walking across the street and I like, I feel like I'm blaming him for it.
00:37:54
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You're like you motherfucker. I hope you burn in hell. Um, Technical difficulties to are all of people. Thank you for waiting while this issue that we are cannot control is being resolved.
00:38:10
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No, we're just... I'm just like...
00:38:14
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It sounds like someone's like blasting sound waves. Yeah, it sounds like a weapon. Like what a microwave sounds like, but yeah, it's like a weapon. It's like a ray gun.
00:38:26
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Yeah. So I'm like, is it...
00:38:30
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Mind control. Is it just a bird? No. A bird's not going to be fucking doing that. Okay. up And there's a little ding at the end.
00:38:41
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Yeah, i heard that. i Maybe it's a carbon monoxide thing. and don't know. I hope they died. Yeah. Okay. What else is there to talk about? about I'm in Columbia, guys.
00:38:53
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There is no... There's nothing prepared. Send us recs because by the time he gets those recs, he'll be back. I don't have shit. The food here the food the food here is terrible. not going to lie. i Sorry if you hate me for saying that, but like...
00:39:07
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um Colombians have a lot of great things going for them, but they do not know how to cook. Their food is not spice. It's very simple. So like a lot of traditional meals, that ones that I've had, the more prominent traditional meals is like rice, beans, a potato, some plantain and pork.
00:39:26
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And then they also do like, they shred the pork so much to where it's like a sawdust consistency. And you kind of eat it like a McLube in a way, you know, with the meat and whatever, and you dip it in the beans. But it's just not like seasoned. Like, it's like, oh, okay, I'm just eating.
00:39:40
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I feel like I'm eating like just like a it's like something. i don't know. It's so simple but and not spiced. What about their cheese bread, though?
00:39:51
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I thought that's what they're asked for. It's the thing is that it's so heavy and like the cheese here is also very processed. So it's like it's fried and then it's like it's usually like dry and little stale. I don't know. Like they really don't know how to cook here.
00:40:08
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I've tried. I've like been like looking up like highly reviewed restaurants and stuff. I've been trying more traditional Colombian food and then some American food. I'm going to try. I think my goal is to have some seafood because I know they do good.
00:40:20
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They do good grilled whole grilled fish in Nicaragua and El Salvador. And I kind of the ah the food in nickcker and El Salvador is better than here, though, for sure. But not and actually maybe by much.
00:40:33
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But I think I think I think seafood will save me. Sorry, what was your you had your hand up? Oh, no, I was going to ask about the cheese bread because I heard so much about it Everyone's like, the cheese bread is so fucking good.
00:40:45
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But that's so... What cheese bread? Like in Colombia or... Yeah. Yeah. I had lots of cheese bread and it hasn't been pulley. It's been like... I don't know. I had this cheese bread thing with some eggs and then the fucking eggs were so overcooked to shit.
00:40:59
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Like, you think you have some nice cheese bread in ah in ah in ah in a nice little, like, small ceramic thing. like They cook three eggs. I open up the lid to ceramic thing. They're fucking, like, hard-boiled, like, stuck to the bottom. Like, it's just... It's it's edible, but it's like, Jesus Christ, you can't even cook eggs?
00:41:16
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Not to be a hater, but, like... I was at like a, you know, a highly rated restaurant. Like it's just eggs. Yeah. I'm sorry. Colombians try harder. No, I mean, they don't, you guys don't, they don't owe me anything here. Like, you know, I'm just, this is just my commentary. I don't feel like it has to change for me.
00:41:36
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i agree. I would, I would want my cuisine to taste good though. Like that's what I'm saying. Like not for you, for me. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:41:48
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um ah My cousins are coming to visit from Dubai, the place that we place number two that we hate. I feel like it's a step down. Oh my god, wait, can we talk about the Olive People's recent attack?
00:42:00
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i we i would know we yeah Every time the Olive People posts about queer Muslim stuff, it gets us a lot of visibility. but then also like it's Honestly, I think to me it's funny when the Muslim hate comes out because their profiles are always so... like but to like why do you have a profile where or you have no posts, your follow ratio is insane, your private account, and then it's like an anime character as you're as your avatar or whatever.
00:42:28
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it's like you then the bo And then they boast about Dubai or like living in places that are very genocidal and horrible. And it's like, wait, so I can't suck dick, but you can support...
00:42:44
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You can exploit everyone else around you and be a big piece of shit on the internet. And, um like, literally clearly clearly you're not doing that much just as Islamic things if you're spending your fucking time on ah an Instagram page with an anime girl as the profile picture.
00:43:01
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you know what mean? then watching I will... And I will, they're like, oh, most Muslims are, at least they hide their sin. It's like, no, they don't. You guys were, you did, like the, the, the whole, like, I mean, it never defies logic when you're like, or it never, it never is logical when you're like dealing with traumatized people who are ignorant.
00:43:21
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But it's just so funny to me how it's like so obvious, like, what like like, they, they, they themselves probably watched that video and they commented because they got triggered. Absolutely. And on the behest of a friend, I watched this three-hour video that I'm not going to send to you because it's very ah long.
00:43:39
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But it's a Qatari guy and he's ah like Shaykh Deen. And he's in a podcast discussing the problem with Islam today. He's a Shaykh Deen. And he's saying that the emphasis is too much on frivolity and not enough on akhlaq.
00:43:54
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Like... um Demureness. Like people are not demure. That's his argument. And he's like, Islam is a religion where you're supposed to be respectful and hear that be the basis of your Islam.
00:44:10
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And most people carry around this ostentatiousness. or Superiority. Yeah. Yeah. yeah And that brings you more harm. And the thing is, it because it only matters like who you are. like You're not going to seem the same level of FouseyTube comments when he's doing whatever he's doing in the videos versus our videos.
00:44:29
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Which is why it's a great it's a great example of like the Andrew Tates of the world, the FouseyTubes, any honestly prominent man you can find who tend to be godly.
00:44:42
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Elon Musk doesn't pretend to be godly, though. He's anti-human. Oh, he does. For sure. hes Oh, and no. Oh, yeah, you're right. Not in that sense. But he has a God complex. No, but I just need literally... like But there's a difference when people think they're God thing versus like Donald Trump being like Jesus Christ is on my side.
00:45:00
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ah And people actually like will paint pictures of Donald Trump with like Jesus in the background.
00:45:07
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right Or it's just like ah ah any any of the the kings in Saudi or any of the rulers in the Middle East, they'll they'll be like pious. I don't know. Honestly, the ummah, it's not finished because I'm sucking dick. It's finished because you guys are fucking like letting whatever the fucking ass is.
00:45:24
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Literally. So my cousins are coming and I'm very excited. i have no idea what I'm going to do with them, but a part of me is kind of stressed because I'm like, you know how I am with my root routine.
00:45:36
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I'm like just trying to prepare myself mentally. but Are they a lot of effort? Do they need like all the babysitting or can they just like, you could be like, fuck off, do what you want. No, I think they need babysitting.
00:45:47
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They're going to watch this. I love you guys. But um they're Arab girlies. Like, they don't know anything about New York. They're not very fluent in, like, exploring by themselves, I don't think. but And New York's a little scary compared to Dubai, right?
00:46:03
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Yeah. They're going to be terrified. Have they been before? New York's disgusting. New York is disgusting. It's just amazing. Have they been before? ah One of them. Actually, they both have. Yes, yes, yes.
00:46:16
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They've been. So they've seen how horrible it is. Nasty. But...
00:46:22
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I don't know. And then the best part is to yesterday they texted me. They're like, should I bring a jacket? I was like, girl, is freezing here by your standards. Oh, I'm sorry.
00:46:33
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i don't I would never text somebody that if your cousins are watching this. I don't know you. I'm not going to say i like you or I don't like you. But ah ah just check the weather app.
00:46:46
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ah What fuck? Yeah. No, but they're asking me because obviously, like, I'm going to have the answers. But trust i that i was sir that that was searchable.
00:46:56
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Yeah, especially considering the fact that I have the AC on twenty four seven regardless of what the weather is. I was going to say, like, everyone's temperature is different, right? Like, I, i like, here people have been looking at me, I'm, like, in pants, a shirt, and a tank top, and they're like, how are you not boiling? And I'm like, I'm, like, the perfect temperature.
00:47:14
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Here, it's been very, all the white people are always like, oh, it's so hot. I'm like, this is perfect. and Yeah, you're meant to be in the desert, Habibs.
00:47:28
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Let's move to the Middle East.
00:47:31
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I think about it sometimes. I wonder how. I mean, the thing is, it would it would be good for my Arabi. That's the like primary reason I always think about it. Yeah. Where would you move other than Palestine?
00:47:46
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Lebanon, but like also leb not Lebanon now. Actually, no, I think still Lebanon. I think it's fine. I think it's fine. They're occupied. It might be hard to make money.
00:47:57
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that's Like, I mean, there's the South is still occupied. Like, i don't want anywhere near where they who should not be named will randomly decide to bomb a town. in the They don't care. they They'll do anything anywhere, you know?
00:48:08
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um Iran, maybe? yeah They don't even take out of me, though. yeah I don't know. I'm very, like, ah I'm very, like, Axis-oriented. Like, I want to see China. I want to see Russia. I want to see Eirad.
00:48:21
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I want to see, um... I mean, I want to see Palestine. I want to see Lebanon. I don't care about... I mean, I've been Amman lots, and I haven't... What other cities are there in Jordan? Like, I've been to... akabi Is that even a town?
00:48:35
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And then, uh... Petra, but that's nothing. Like, what other cities are there in Jordan? No one else talks about anything besides Amsterdam. Jordan is divided into provinces, kind of like Canada.
00:48:47
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ah So there's Amman proper, which is like the... Yeah, the capital. And then the metro area with all the suburbs. Right, but then there's...
00:48:58
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ah capitals of other provinces, but do you know any of them? What are the names? I've been to them, but I can't remember. Wait, give me a second. It's just that I'm on the spot, so I can't even think of the place.
00:49:10
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But like we, for example, live in Madaba, or our house is in Madaba, which is a separate like area. um not Is it outside of Amman? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're in Amman. It's like to being like... ah No, no, no. no no so it's not it's not no no it's not It's outside it's not But if you drive, if you see Amman in the distance and everywhere you go every day, you don't? No, no, no, no.
00:49:36
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It takes like 40 minutes to get to Amman. But it's like closer. You would see it in the distance. It's a huge, Amman's a huge metropolitan city with a bunch of skyscrapers in the air.
00:49:50
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It's like driving into what you have. and i No, no, no. It's considered its own province, I'm sure. all just i get it. It's considered. It is. I mean, Amman's a small country compared to the States. You can't compare, like, those two. Amman is not the country.
00:50:07
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mean, Jordan. I'm saying, okay, there's, okay, yeah, but there must be at least one other big city that's, like, let's say, like, more than five hours. Like, you can't drive across Jordan in two hours.
00:50:19
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so Wait, let me think. But and I'm just saying, I'm just proving, up I think the point I'm proving is no one knows a name of another town or city in Jordan besides Amman. or Unless it's a suburb. That's my point. Unless it's a suburb of Amman.
00:50:33
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Because I feel like people are like, I don't know i don't know any suburbs of new york New York, but it's like, oh, someone from Toronto lives in Etobicoke, which is not Toronto, but it's like Toronto.
00:50:45
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Yeah. some people Some people are more like hard-line about it. like New Yorkers will be like that, I guess. like If you live on like Staten Island, you're like, are you still in New York? But it's like, shut the fuck up. It's the same thing.
00:50:57
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Right. I am so disappointed in myself. I swear I know more places. was cut us i can't I can't think of the names. I've been to them. like I've been to places that are not Amman, but I can't remember their names.
00:51:09
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Are they nice? No. So then, yeah, anyway, I don't want to go to Jordan.
00:51:17
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I think I really just want to just I'm honestly Levant girly fuck the golf fuck Jordan fuck I don't know Emiratis I don't know what do what do what are what are Iraqis and like are they no we want we like not going to Iraq though I don't I'm not going there I'd love to visit just because of the there's like a ass Syrian community there that I feel like they're lit.
00:51:45
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I want to i I feel like you would like Bahrain. The people are nice and the people stand with Palestine, at least like the Shira majority. I would want to go to Kurdistan.
00:51:57
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I think Kurdish men are so sexy. I agree. Kurdistan, Turkmenistan, all those. I really want to see those places. Azerbaijan, like Georgia, the country.
00:52:11
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i'm I'm going to stop at Kurdistan. I don't do like, I'm very like specific. It's like, oh, I like Colombia, but I don't want to go to like Ecuador. i don't want to go to Panama. Hmm.
00:52:23
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I'm very like, i don't know. It doesn't really intrigue me that much. I honestly feel like I'm also like ready to slow down on travel, which is going be like a fucking illegal thing to say in the hostel.
00:52:35
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But I feel like it's kind of like a being... I'm not trying to say every country is the same, but as a tourist, when you're a tourist who doesn't speak the language, it's like the difference between, you know, Mexico to Colombia to El Salvador to me is very... It's more nuanced.
00:52:52
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So I'm just like why like, I don't really need to like decipher the difference that much. I get what you're saying. ah Yeah, I get what you're saying. and is you honor it's like if you've If you've been to New York, you've been to Toronto.
00:53:08
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Nope. I've been to both and that's what I said. I said it. I don't care.
00:53:17
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Oh, my God. I will say New York, to me, as much as I like hate the country, I think New York is a very different place and very special in its own way than most places. You think it's special?
00:53:32
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What's special in think it's amazing. The different boroughs house so many different things, and it's also a huge city. I'm not like so... Toronto's a nasty game.
00:53:44
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It's not the same. Armand is not the same. Armand, in terms of how big it is, is not the same as New York? Why? the i guess the the people, the buildings, the things that you can do.
00:54:00
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What do you mean? I don't know. I don't know. It's like comparing Boston. It's like comparing Boston to New York. boston It is because it's just it's the same beats. It's like, okay, you have a city, you have your McDonald's, you have your clubs, you have your and the people. what like How is it that different?
00:54:16
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It's so different. But what is different? can't tell you why. i can't like point a finger at it, but the vibe is so different. The vibe of York. I think it's like the vibe beneath between in like poor areas and rich areas I'm more willing to like accept.
00:54:32
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But if I'm in like Manhattan, I feel like it's not that different from other wealthy neighborhoods I've been in in North American cities where it's like, okay, there's a bunch of goblins walk around. Okay, there's this this gay bar that charges you $30 for a drink. Oh, there's this sex club. Oh, there's this party.
00:54:51
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Like, what's the what is the real difference? Seriously, like, if there's I guess I'm not talking about Manhattan. You're right. I'm talking about the New York itself. Like New York City, including Harlem, Brooklyn, Queens, is such a unique experience.
00:55:10
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There is so i many different cultures and places and all condensed into one. Like literally I'd be walking down. that's all through Toronto. But the thing is, so it's not the same.
00:55:23
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Have you been to Toronto? I have. Yeah, we used to go a lot. I don't know. It's like New York light. It's like New York light. I've been to both places. ah You're like, i don't know how to explain to you. Like I've partied in both cities.
00:55:34
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I've been around to me. It's just I'm much more pragmatic about the situation. Like, yes, I get there's different people with different vibes. But that's the case everywhere. That's the case where any any room you go into, if you change out the people, the room becomes different.
00:55:48
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So it's not the room. It's the people.
00:55:54
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I don't know. Even like the food is different. The public transportation. but food? the What's a New York specialty though? like what No, there's a New York specialty. That's the thing. You can get everything here. You can get everything in Toronto though.
00:56:10
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But Toronto probably doesn't do it as well. that's abs Oh my God. Whoa. I'm clipping this? um People are going to get your ass for that one. Toronto sucks. I'm sorry. ah canadian First of all, Canadians do their multiculturalism better than Americans in terms of our model for it because we have like a mosaic model versus everyone keeps their identity and it's like supposed to make a big picture of like whatever. And America is like, we're the melting pot. Everyone's the same. Everyone's going to become the same, you know?
00:56:40
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So like, I don't know. I just feel like it'd be hard to make the case of like why Toronto and New York are really that much difference unless you're going to be like the people. But it's like, okay, but that's the case anywhere.
00:56:51
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Tell us in the comments for once, like leave a fucking comment, assholes. Tell us who do you prefer, New York or Toronto? And tell us why. Or and are they that different?
00:57:04
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Are they that different? Like, I want people to subscribe to our opinions. Like, are you team me or are you team Ali? You know, do you want to be on the side of principle and pragmatism or vibes and feelings?
00:57:20
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ah Love us. Okay. You're like, I want to kill you. and no. no Maybe. You guys should see why maybe one day if we ever have a blowout, I'll just like s send i'll just like send the send ah of one of the early morning messages I get from you that just like sends me into like a panic.
00:57:41
Speaker
what Like what? Because you just send me a like a long voice note with a bunch of messages about like something that's low-key scary happening. And it's like always right when I wake up. And then I'm like, what's going on?
00:57:54
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i guess i guess the next time I'll be like, hey, are you open to receiving this information? but high lovemp is not in it But this morning I was like, I hope you're having sweet dreams, baby angel.
00:58:06
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but ah but Did you say that? Oh, yeah. i really i hope you're having sweet dreams. I sent you the screen that on my alarm too. That was smart. So you knew what was going on. You did, but then you didn't wake up.
00:58:18
Speaker
I'm glad. i said no. There was one screen. Because you said it for 8 a.m. And then you woke look at the picture. There was one at 8 and one at 8.30. And you still didn't wake up at 8.30. You called me at 9.
00:58:33
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You called me at like 9.15. It's fine, though. It's fine. I'm glad you're sleeping. You should sleep. didn't even realize I slept through both alarms. It's fine. i What was going to say? I think this is the alarm. Oh.
00:58:47
Speaker
Oh, Media Moment. People like that shit. No, no, no. People like it. Media Moment. I'm still listening to Hexed by Aya, which was my Media Moment last week. So go check it out. I'm listening to, okay, Nicki Minaj has been really inspiring to me lately.
00:59:02
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i feel like anytime I'm being like antagonized a lot, like the other day by some, you know, ah people we shall not name. But if you follow my Instagram, you'll probably know I've seen it. But like, honestly, like, I love, like, that's the thing. I feel like another Sagittarius will only ever understand me because it's like when we feel like I don't know. ah You can't not want to attack back if you're a Sagittarius.
00:59:27
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I like don't want to cower. I'm like, I will kill you. Right. don't buy their children. you You can try to post it. You can do whatever you want. like I will not rest.
00:59:39
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The thing is, and that's what I kind of sometimes appreciate about feeling like I don't have as much to lose in terms of the situation. it's like Because I'm never talking recklessly.
00:59:51
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I'm never like saying crazy, crazy shit. But... See, the the difference... I will keep arguing. The difference between us is that Khalil is the type of bitch who will fight you. I'm the type of person that will...
01:00:06
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Khalil is the type of person that will fight you. I'm the type of person that will block you and never talk to you again. Like, turn around and leave. Like, if you send me a hate comment, you are blocked, deleted, disappeared.
01:00:18
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Just because I know i don't want to spend the energy to fight you or argue with you. Whereas I feel like with you, it's, I don't want to say rejuvenating. But you have the stamina.
01:00:29
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so like i kick I pick and choose. But there's some comments I pick and choose. I do block and delete a lot of them where it's just like whatever bullshit. But when someone's saying something like especially just so twisted.
01:00:43
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So twisted where it's like, did you lose? Are you like okay? Where it's like I genuinely have a question for you about like what prompted you to like yeah think that you were eating with this one. You know what I mean? Yeah.
01:00:56
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right you do really It's kind of like when you see someone going an outfit and you really just want to ask them, did you look in the mirror today? Or even how I am with tourists where it's like they're taking the shittiest, ugliest pictures with the dumbest backgrounds and it's like, do you really want this photo?
01:01:12
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I grow up. Yeah. Like literally grow up. You're never going to look at this, of this, this, you in this random fucking park in Columbia with the fucking a million people in the background. It's taken and backlit and you both look like shit.
01:01:26
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Sorry.
01:01:30
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FYI, this is word for word something I'm sure Khalil has said to random strangers. All the time. But on this trip, I'm really excited. I haven't been posting much or anything because I have my digital camera and I've just been like taking pictures on it.
01:01:43
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And I can't even get the photos off of it because it's a micro-USD card. So it's like I kind of like not being able to look or whatever and like just take random pictures. That's cool. That's cool. I don't if you guys can see, but this is Halumi's whisker.
01:01:57
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I found it on my lap. Oh my god. That poor cat in you. Girl. Oh my god. Look at
01:02:07
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Why is she doing that? What is she on her side? She is but can you see her face? No. We have to look closer.
01:02:20
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sort as Open her clothes. ah Yeah, she's comfortable. That's what that means. She's being cute. Ali, you need to learn about cat body language. She's being cute. Okay, I'm just saying you are not allowed to complain about Halumi not liking you unless you study some cat body language.
01:02:39
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I know what she's doing. Halumi, hi. She looks so funny. I can't explain it. She just looks like she's dissociating but also like vibing.
01:02:53
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so but yeah Some cats when they do that though and they'd show you and then you try to touch you try to like you think they want to belly rub and then they attack you. No, Halumi lets me do anything. She doesn't fight back. but she probably She just bit you earlier. If you rubbed her belly right now she would bite your hand.
01:03:11
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Okay, Allah.
01:03:17
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Oh, she's actually chill. She doesn't know how to defend herself. Is she just going to get up and run? No, she doesn't. no she just takes it.
01:03:29
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And now she's kind of looking. she looks at She looks a little bit upset at it She's like why are you doing this? She is unhappy. I'm like poking her fupa. Okay. Okay. See, sit, stop. And now she's...
01:03:44
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Okay. Anyway. You guys need couples therapy. Oh, i look at her now no she loved it. She wants more. Okay, yeah, she won't be back for it.
01:03:57
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She's like, wait, i like it's kind of like, you know when you like fight with someone, you're like, wait, no, I kind of liked it. Yeah, she's like, wait, where'd you go? She beats the shit out of you, and she's like, why'd you stop? Okay.
01:04:11
Speaker
Is this the Columbia episode? Guess it is. Guess it is, sir. Oh, wait, what's my media moment? i Yeah, just Nicki Minaj. Listen, stream Nicki Minaj. Nicki Minaj.
01:04:24
Speaker
Love you guys. here so We'll text.
01:04:31
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Cutes. It's little friend. Sorry. Okay. Okay. Love you guys. Take care. Bye, little Olive. Subscribe. Rate the podcast. Send it to a friend. No, wait.
01:04:42
Speaker
This is things that to do. Comment, like, subscribe. Rate the podcast. Send it to someone else. Follow us on Instagram. Like the reels. Comment on the reels. Fucking participate, goddammit.
01:04:53
Speaker
Yeah. Be engaged. Tell us how you feel. Tell us you hate us. You love us. No, don't tell me you hate me because I'll tell you. ill You don't want that smoke. we eat You don't want that weed.
01:05:07
Speaker
You'll get blocked and you'll be a story on the podcast and I will embarrass you. Yeah, you Actually, no, I won't. But like in my mind, you'll be embarrassed. Like that fucking idiot.
01:05:18
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Anyway. Okay, bye. Okay. Bye.