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America’s Mess, Subscription Traps & Dating Struggles
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Bills stacking up, government chaos, and modern dating nightmares—sound familiar? In this episode of Unsolicited Perspectives, we’re tackling real-life struggles with our signature mix of humor and unfiltered truth. From the pain of budgeting and subscription scams draining your bank account to Trump vs. Zelensky and America’s political fallout, we break it all down.
We’re also diving into the never-ending Apple vs. Android debate, the federal workforce crisis, and why CRT & DEI are under attack. And for all you single folks—what does it really mean when someone asks, "What do you bring to the table?" Spoiler: It’s not just about money or looks!
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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to Unsolicited Perspectives 🎙️🔥💥
00:35 Sibling Happy Hour: Spicy Takes & Drinks 🍹🌶️
01:45 Financial Tightropes: Laughing Through the Struggles 💸😂
03:20 Subscription Sneak Attacks: The Budget's Silent Killer 📦💀
10:36 Apple vs. Android: The Never-Ending Tech Debate 🍎🤖
12:22 Auntie Adventures: Korean BBQ, Soju, and Netflix Binges 🎬💕
17:12 Trump vs. Zelensky: The Oval Office Showdown 🥊🎭
31:57 Isolation Nation: The Global Fallout of U.S. Policies 🌎⚖️
33:37 Federal Workforce Under Fire: Buyouts and Budget Cuts 💼💸⚠️
37:49 Education in Crisis: The Shake-Up You Need to Know About 🎓📚⚖️
40:07 Erasing History? CRT and DEI Under Fire 🖋️📜🚫
41:42 Privilege Check: The Hard Truth About Systemic Inequality 🚪🔑🧬
51:53 Dating 101: What Do You Bring to the Table? 💔🚗💍
01:05:24 Wrap-Up: Tears, Laughs, and a Few Hard Truths 🎤😂✨
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Introduction and Engagement
00:00:10
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00:00:23
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00:00:35
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on today's episode it's a sibling happy hour i'm here with my sis jay andrea we're gonna be dilly dad in a little bit and then we're gonna be talking about that orange man and some of the things he's got going on and then we're gonna be asking the question what does it mean when men ask what do you bring to the table but that's enough of the intro let's get to the show
00:01:02
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What up, sis? What up,
Financial Struggles and Humorous Anecdotes
00:01:04
Speaker
Bretta? I can't call it. I can't call it. um But I can call it. Of course you can. Every week you can. I don't know why you even start with I can't call it when you can call it every week.
00:01:15
Speaker
Well, because. it's a point of dilly dallying. yeah Okay. Because I can't call it in the macro, in the big scheme of things. But I can call it in little things.
00:01:26
Speaker
Okay. Okay. This is what I mean. iPhone notifications. They're a great thing, right? Yes. They can notify you when you have reminders, alarms, you know, somebody DMs you, what what have you.
00:01:39
Speaker
yeah Mostly I use it for reminders. Yeah. More importantly, reminders for when I need to pay things because, you know, my the internet and my cell phone, I guess a cell phone is a fixed payment, but you never know.
00:01:54
Speaker
ah Certain things that aren't a utility bill, certain things that aren't like an automatic fixed payment. Right, right. Like your internet bill. That's usually the same amount of money.
00:02:05
Speaker
Sometimes, but you know, certain organizations can just throw something you because they gave you a triple play deal and it lasted for six months. And then that seventh month hit and you're like, why do I owe $15,000?
00:02:18
Speaker
Well, you should have paid attention to that dar and triple play deal and cancel before the payment starts. See that y'all got to know when to cancel. Yeah, well, that's, this is what I'm talking about, right? So this is the reason why I have a lot of reminders. And we know yesterday was the first of the month. So if it was the first of the month.
00:02:36
Speaker
Wake up, wake up, wake up. Right. ah You know, rent is due. Yes. Rent is due in the first of the month. And I have a reminder because these days for me, I'm getting older, all of them run together. I don't be knowing what the day's date is. yeah Yeah.
00:02:50
Speaker
Here's the problem with my iPhone and the reminders. I kind of set it up where I kind of take care of all my bills at the first of the month. So I'm not tripping for the rest of the month. Right.
00:03:00
Speaker
The problem is all of my bills are due on the first set of month. And it's a notification. Yesterday it was notification, notification, notification, notification. I'm like, you know what? All this money coming out my account sucks.
00:03:13
Speaker
I hate it here. yeah And almost through my iPhone. when i The was just doing what I told it to do. Yeah. It's the thing
Managing Finances and Subscriptions
00:03:21
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of we used to really we used to not believe our parents when on payday they would say they ain't had no money.
00:03:30
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We used to not believe them. But the truth of the matter is, on payday, you You can look at that money in your account for a smooth 30 minutes. And then it's going ping, ping, ping, ping. Okay. And that's when that stuff coming out of the account.
00:03:47
Speaker
And it's a firm. You got the payments come. You done firm payments come at the wrong time. At the wrong time. You got $20 left. like we got twenty dollars left And you know, come out. And if you like, come
00:04:03
Speaker
That's $20 left with $12.99 coming up. My thing is not necessarily a firm or any of those buy now, pay laters. yeah It's Apple Pay. yeah it's It's anything that i got signed up for with my Apple because I'd just be like, oh yeah, I got money. And with my Apple account, so ladies and gentlemen, just because I'd be moving money around, I got several checking accounts savings accounts. And I got a lot of money. It's just there're for different things for me. Yeah.
00:04:31
Speaker
Yeah. My bills are all in one account. They all come out of one account. My play things all come out of one account. yeah Different things that are kind of scattered payments come out of another account and I have them dispersed.
00:04:44
Speaker
yeah And at the, you know, several times during the month, I move money around and make sure everything gets covered. Yeah. And I love my bank because my banking app would be like, Hey, Just let you know the money that you've got in your account ain't going to cover some of these payments that you got scheduled. You need to move some money over. Shout out to you, bank.
00:05:02
Speaker
thank Thank you, bank. I'm not gonna say the bank because they ain't giving me no sponsorship, but thank you, bank. yeah But. The Apple payments, man. I'm like, okay, I'm all good. And then the Apple payments come out at at different times.
00:05:14
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yeah Like you're like, okay, I covered all this. I'm not going, you know, being a negative balance in my account. All the all the stuff is covered. And then the Apple pay payment will come out at 10 59 PM. And you're scrambling to transfer money over so that you don't go into negative balance. And I'm just like,
00:05:31
Speaker
Apple has some consistency here. And also I'm not keeping track. I don't really know if Apple is double booking, it double charging me or nothing. There's doesn't seem like there's any rhyme or reason for their payments. I just wish they would send some sort of alert because right I usually have my subscription services coming out of my Apple account.
00:05:51
Speaker
So, you know, I'm just chilling thinking I got a little money. Bam. that My Crunchyroll account hits. Crunchyroll, what is that? it's ah It's a streamer service for anime.
00:06:04
Speaker
Oh, Lord Jesus. Crunchyroll account hit. And I'm like, there go my money. you know Netflix hits. Boom. There go my money. It's gone.
00:06:15
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And I just wish Apple would be like, hey, just a heads up. Right. At 1143 p.m.
00:06:23
Speaker
We're going to take $12.99 from you. Right. It'd be $12.99 and then at $11.57, it'd be $9.99 and then at $12.05, it'd be $17.99. I'm like, just do it all do it all at once. Give me an update.
00:06:38
Speaker
Thank you. Y'all can send me notifications for everything else. Send me notifications when you're about to take my money. That's all I'm asking for. Look, and and the ping, ping, pings on the iPhone for notifications when money's being taken out of account. That's the reason why i have my phone on silent.
00:06:54
Speaker
yeah Because i yesterday it was ping, ping, ping, ping. I'm like, what what bills do I have where it's this many payments coming out on one day and it's a lot of bills?
00:07:05
Speaker
And the thing is, you don't know until you're like, you know what? I'm going do a budget, which you never stick to, of course. But like, I'm going to do a budget and you list all your bills out on an Excel sheet and you'd be like, I'm really paying more than I'm bringing in.
00:07:20
Speaker
no Well, no. I don't have that problem. but yeah that's it That's a different... ah we We'll
Tech Preferences and Purchases
00:07:27
Speaker
tell a story about one time when I helped you with your budget on the after hours. That's an after hours story. But ladies gentlemen, if y'all don't know about the after hours i sit on our Patreon page, $5 a month after hours uncensored. It's different show that me and my sister do where we're absolutely uncensored. And we were going to tell that story the time I sat down with my sister and helped her with her budget and just was like, it just shrugged my shoulders like, don't know.
00:07:52
Speaker
Well, we'll find out that story on the after hours. We got to remember to put that out there. I'll write it down. I'll write it down. write that down because I'll forget ah because we're going to film in about an hour and a half and I will absolutely forget that. Yes.
00:08:04
Speaker
But like, yeah, all this stuff is coming out and I'm just like, where's my money going? And there are different apps that you can use to to go through that. And go to your budget question, yes, you can bring out that Excel, but and we never stick to it. No. We have a problem.
00:08:23
Speaker
and In our bloodline of not sticking to budgets. Okay. That's the reason why I have several checking accounts. Yeah. That is my budget. Yeah. That is, it's like, okay, for my play money, I put money in that account at the beginning of the month. And I say, this is all I could play with.
00:08:39
Speaker
Now, do I typically spend it up in the first weekend? Yeah. Sometimes. Yeah. Because you go on Amazon and and all the things you've been thinking about for the past month. That you wanted to buy that you couldn't buy because you had to pay bills last month.
00:08:55
Speaker
And you pay it on the first you ain't got no money. So now you're like, I got to go and get everything that's in that cart. and And then you look up, you got the damn money left. Somebody asked me the other day, that save for later on Amazon is dangerous. And they were like, why don't you have a list? I was like, I do. I have a list and a save for later.
00:09:15
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And they said, well, how much is your save for later? And me and you share an account. yeah And I went through the items. You know, it could tell you how many items you have save for later. And it's 252 items. million dollars in this save for later.
00:09:29
Speaker
Yeah, and I go through that and I delete some of the old stuff. Now like, he's had this in the safe for later forever. He's not going to buy it. Or you've already bought some version of it and you never deleted this out the safe.
00:09:41
Speaker
Because that thing, I swear, has gotten up to like a thousand items before. No, it has not. It has. You exaggerate. You'd saving stuff in that safe for later and I go behind you and I delete it.
00:09:52
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but Because I'm like, he already bought something like this. He don't need this. He don't need that. Don't tell me what I need. I saved it for later. Look, now look, I got that laptop, laptop saved in there because I'm going to get it.
00:10:05
Speaker
Yeah. When I get it is the question. I don't know, but it's going happen before the end of the second quarter. Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, y'all don't know what the quarters is. You know, there are quarters and there's economic quarters yeah in a in a year.
00:10:18
Speaker
The second quarter ends, believe, at the end of June. I think yeah so. Yeah. So before my birthday, I'm going to get that laptop because got to get it for work.
00:10:29
Speaker
And yeah what I mean by work is this. This. This. yeah this This is what i'm going to Well, I'm happy that you're switching. switching to a Mac.
00:10:40
Speaker
I ain't got no choice. yeah I don't have a choice. It's just better than PC. And I don't i don't care. i will fight anybody about it. I'll fight anybody about it. Better than a PC. Yes, it is. And now look, when I had two phones, I had an Android and iPhone for the longest, and I used the iPhone for work and Android for my personal phone.
00:11:00
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It got to a point where I just, I was like, this iPhone is just a lot easier and a lot, the functionality is a lot better. Now you can sideload and do a lot of stuff with an Android phone that you can't do with the iPhone. Right. As far as functionality is concerned, like I'm just going to stick with the iPhone.
00:11:16
Speaker
And I'm not going lie. I've seen some Androids
Casual Conversations and Recommendations
00:11:19
Speaker
that are cool. I really want a flip phone again. And they've got the new flip. ah It's something about hanging up on somebody by snapping that clamshell shut.
00:11:29
Speaker
That's just great. I wish iPhone would change up the style of their phone. Like they just give you the the rectangle. Like they just give you the little block. And I'm like, I wish they would change the style up a little bit and give us some options the way like, you know, Samsung does or something like that.
00:11:46
Speaker
But other than that, as far as like usability and they I'm just I'm just not going to switch. I don't care. and know there's a lot of Android lovers out there and PC lovers and and I get it.
00:11:57
Speaker
I get it. But I ain't switching and I'm sorry and I'll fight you. Right. And also, Androids are cheaper. Like these iPhones, you've got to sell crack cocaine. I almost turned into King Tut. Yeah. Doing a callback from my last show. Yes. Sell crack cocaine.
00:12:10
Speaker
But before we end this dilly-dally, one of your good friends is in town. And you came in. ah You started the show saying, hey, look, I'm tired. Yes. I'm tired. What have y'all been getting into? Literally just auntie things. So yeah not not anything crazy, but it's just we're over 40 and it takes a lot out of us. So we went, we got some, we got early dinner at one of my favorite Korean barbecue spots. Cause it's all you can eat, even though can't eat all I can eat, but I still enjoy the experience anyway.
00:12:43
Speaker
And I had a delicious drink called a shamrocked show soju and it was delicious and it was in a little capri sun bag and it was very dangerous and i had i drank that and then honestly we came back and we watched there's a very funny show executive produced by mindy kaling on netflix called running point and it's it's like this faux nba league it's supposed to be the nba in that universe and it's a very funny show starring kate hudson and we were watching that i suggest people check it out it's very funny
00:13:17
Speaker
She runs basically an NBA team. She runs that like the LA NBA team. and so she's like Ginny Buss. Ginny Buss is the one who runs the Los Angeles Lakers. Right. But it's like her family runs the team. So it's her and her three brothers.
00:13:32
Speaker
So it's definitely like the Lakers then. She's Ginny Buss. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. And it ah her brothers are ridiculous. And it's very funny. It reminds me a lot of us, honestly. Why does it remind you of us?
00:13:44
Speaker
Yeah. Because it's like she's trying to get stuff done and her brothers are ridiculous. Wait a minute, hold on. I feel like me and our brother has been just taking a shot. How are we ridiculous? How, what are the parallels? You got to give me an analogy. What is the parallels?
00:14:01
Speaker
I'll give you a great example. Okay, please. When I say we should have a sibling portrait, we haven't had one in forever to give to our parents for Christmas.
00:14:12
Speaker
And I'm taking a self portrait and y'all acting up the whole time. How we acting up? I just need y'all to be serious and give a nice smile and take a pleasant photo. And it took way longer than it needed to take.
00:14:27
Speaker
ah Hold on. Hold on. I don't know how to smile. yeah Okay. So that's the problem. ah What did our brother do? Our brother wasn't doing anything. Also, you wanted to take this portrait and I was all the way in the back because I had been drinking all day.
00:14:40
Speaker
The portrait looks great. It does look great. I actually have a copy hanging up in my home, so it does look great. we of Because we look great, but, you know, just a quick plug. But yeah, it just just hanging out and chilling.
00:14:53
Speaker
ah I tried to warn her about how my couch is dangerous. um it's what you mean
Sunday Routines and Energy Levels
00:14:59
Speaker
my couch is very dangerous and that it's extremely comfortable and you will fall asleep on it like you would never fallen asleep on it it is it but it's extremely comfortable it's hard to get up off of so we really didn't get up until about 4 30 this morning um and and then went to we went to bed about 4 30 this morning And so I'm a little tired.
00:15:24
Speaker
I tried to put a little, hil ah what is it? A little hyaluronic acid on my face to to try to plump it up a little bit so I don't look so bad.
00:15:34
Speaker
So I just apologize anybody watching the YouTube. My bad. I want look hungover. It's because I am. Well, I mean, look, typically you hold it down and I'm the one looking haggard. I'm probably looking haggard again because I don't sleep at all. So we both went here because we schedule, or we use the schedule on Thursday nights. Yes. We use the record on Thursday nights. So we would have, you know, life in us. Yes. Now we're recording and on Sunday.
00:16:00
Speaker
morning backslash afternoon yeah where there is no life in us. None. None. Because this is like, ah this is the week has caught up to me on Sundays.
00:16:12
Speaker
Like all of the stress and everything of the week catches up to me on Sunday. So then I wake up on Sunday, beat down. And then you're like, hey, come shoot a show for long time and be
Political Events and Global Relations
00:16:26
Speaker
engaging. Yeah.
00:16:27
Speaker
and funny and I'm just like uh-uh okay but you ain't the only one like you know you ain't the we both on here but people still like the show so we doing it right as long as people still like it I'm still doing it yeah Haggard and all all right well speaking of things that people like and don't like we gonna get into what the orange man in the Oval Office has been doing this week look my man has been on one and we gonna get into that next
00:17:05
Speaker
All right, Jay, there was a really contentious meeting in the Oval Office other day between the president of Ukraine, Zelensky, and the president of the United States and the vice president of the United States. so Trump and Vance criticized Zelensky in the Oval Office for Ukraine's war strategy, perceived disrespect and reluctance to pursue peace,
00:17:29
Speaker
Trump issued an ultimatum, basically a make it or we're out type deal and accused Zelensky of risking World War Three. Now, I'll get into more details about the meeting and and the more and then in the response from the meeting, not only here in America, but also globally. But when you saw clips or if you watched it live, what was going through your head when you were seeing this?
00:17:56
Speaker
I'm going to be real honest and it's that Zelensky can fight.
00:18:04
Speaker
And I feel like it was real bold. Because and not only that, but Zelensky always looks like like he's always dressed like he could fight you at any moment. like He's dressed like fighters dress when they go to the press conferences or they do the weigh-in or they do a press conference before the fight. like he And I'm just like, that's real bold.
00:18:27
Speaker
Well, you know, the reason why he wears that that's in unity for ah the soldiers. Yes. No, I get it. but It's fighting. So, a big and you know, Margie Taylor's green boyfriend, lo a little, a little, not a journalist, but he works for a news organization. It was like, why don't you ever wear a suit?
00:18:44
Speaker
And I'm like, you know what? Why is he being allowed to ask questions when the associated pro press have been kicked out of the Oval Office? But yeah let me let you keep going. I just, you know, it it's it's sent a clear signal to all of our allies that we ain't worth a damn.
00:19:03
Speaker
Honestly, I mean, it did. And it's just, I was like, okay, y'all, Zelensky's leaning forward on that seat. Okay, don't, that man can fight.
00:19:18
Speaker
Don't play Vladimir like that. Okay. Y'all are really. and And also I didn't know why the hell Vance was in there. I don't know why he's ever anywhere. and I just, I just feel like it, it made us look horrible.
00:19:31
Speaker
It made us look horrible. And it, yeah
00:19:38
Speaker
It's going to be par for the course. Like if y'all think this is not, I mean, think of about Trump's first term and the feathers he ruffled with our allies abroad.
00:19:49
Speaker
Then it's it's just going to get worse until we don't have any allies left or the allies that we do have are not the ones that we want, but it's the ones that he wants.
00:20:02
Speaker
Right? Like we switching, we switching teams from the team we had at World War II. and It's not, it's not great. That team lost.
00:20:14
Speaker
Okay, I'm going to correct Russia was on our side in World War II. The Cold War started afterwards when it was a fight against superpowers. It's just the the historian. name the other god We got to get that correct. They were our ally in World War II.
00:20:26
Speaker
Baby, you know I don't know nothing about no damn history. That's the reason why I'm here to correct you. That's the best I had. I knew there was Axis powers. If you ask me who... Allied in Axis, yes. Yes, okay. okay if you if you were If you didn't say that just now, I would have said we were the Axis.
00:20:44
Speaker
i didn I just knew there were actors powers. I didn't know what the other side was and I didn't know which one was which. Okay, so just to be clear. Russia at first during World War II was not a direct enemy of ours because we hadn't entered the world yet, but was an ally of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler invaded Russia and Russia switched sides. So, ok you know, Russia, Great Britain and U.S. were the main people that were going after basically the Nazis and Italy.
00:21:16
Speaker
Italy was on the Nazi side. And so they they were an out they were an ally of ours. And then after that, Two countries emerged as a superpower. us and the old USSR, right?
00:21:29
Speaker
Soviet Union. And then that's when the Cold War started and we had, I'm giving everybody a brief history lesson. That's when we had issues that's going on to Korea. working there Right now, that's the reason why there's a North or South Korea. yeah There's a reason why Central and South America, so many countries have been destabilized because there was so much influence from both Russia, who has strong ties in lot of countries, and u s i ah funding guerrillas that's where you got the the iran contra affair so yes at first they were an ally then they weren't an ally then there were agreements and then we were allies again but bill clinton and well ronald reagan dubbed herbert walker and bill clinton ended the cold war and we became partners again and then you know
00:22:19
Speaker
Putin gets in office. It probably happened before Putin but putin gets in the office and then they become an adversary again. But but you're right. Yeah. During this meeting, it became clear that Trump is kind of almost.
00:22:32
Speaker
Well, no, he's pro-Putin, whether he wants to come out and say it. He's pro-Putin and anti-Ukraine. Yes. And ah Vance shouldn't have been there. I'm surprised Elon Musk wasn't there. Elon Musk was in the cabinet meeting, Trump's first cabinet meeting this week.
00:22:47
Speaker
But Vance was there to just kind of like back up the president. He's the one who really escalated the conversation. look Because he doesn't know what he's talking about. He doesn't know what he's talking about. Or he's he thinks he knows what he's talking about and he doesn't. And he said that...
00:23:03
Speaker
you know, basically, why haven't you thanked us? And Zelensky was like, what are you talking about? ah hate It's been numerous times where every time I come here and speak, I thank you. was like, I spoke before Congress and thanked everybody. but What are you talking about? right And then Trump doubled down. Yeah, you really haven't shown you appreciative. Y'all just got in office a month ago.
00:23:21
Speaker
Right. Like I was going call y'all and tell y'all thank you when you are actively trying to cut aid and cut out my legs out for my name. I have thanked America. They had thanked America. But this was all a big shit show.
00:23:34
Speaker
Yeah, it really was. It really was. The response that Republicans are having back in Trump and saying that was strength. Ladies and gentlemen out there.
00:23:45
Speaker
Let me tell you one thing that you may not know. And this is something that you can learn if you ever in the street or just on the playground in elementary school, right? This is something that you need to learn in life.
00:23:57
Speaker
The loudest are always the weakest. The bullies, sometimes the bullies can fight, but the bullies are typically the weakest mentally and emotionally. yes The loudest are always the weakest mentally emotionally.
00:24:12
Speaker
That's not strength. That's not strength. So what y'all think y'all saw from Trump was not strength. It was a punk ass dude once again showing that he lacks any type of character.
00:24:28
Speaker
yeah And not only that, Trump and Vance clearly showed that they don't know the history oh ah Russia and Ukraine's relationship.
00:24:41
Speaker
um They clearly don't understand the current history. context or ah the war that's going on. um You know, they, there was one comment where Trump told Zelensky, you don't have the cards and Zelensky reply, I'm not playing cards. Like this is but it like, he's approaching this. Like it's a simple Trump is approaching this. Like it's some sort of just business deal.
00:25:08
Speaker
And Zelensky is like, I am running a country at war. This is not just some business deal. U.S. allyship is essential. and Y'all don't know what you got. I mean, it was clearly not an ambush, but I don't think, I don't think, I mean, it kind of wasn't ambushed, but I don't think it was a meeting that should have happened. I don't think, ah I definitely don't think it was a meeting that should happen in front of cameras.
00:25:36
Speaker
Um, we don't, this was all a setup. It was definitely a setup. And, and i I don't know if I have this a hundred percent right, but I believe Trump has already talked to Putin several times. So like,
00:25:49
Speaker
this was it was It was a setup. I feel like it was a setup to try to make Zelensky look weak. It didn't. It made us look weak and it made us look bad for our allies. And I think Zelensky then went to the UK and got a much different reception. Yeah.
00:26:10
Speaker
And so, yeah, I think there was also like earlier this month, I'm reading Axios, so Trump had denounced Zelensky as an unpopular dictator and falsely blamed him for starting the war. But he, you know, he softened his tone ahead of the meeting. But You still said at like the meeting was a it was a stunt.
00:26:31
Speaker
I don't think it it went the way he was hoping that it would go. I don't know why Vance is advanced should just never be in the room. That man doesn't know anything. He is.
00:26:42
Speaker
He shouldn't be in the room. He's vice president. Typically vice presidents are in the room. Are they? Yes. Yes. I don't know. I feel like I never really see. Well, you don't normally see these meetings because they're not done in front of cameras. Exactly. The whole thing is a stunt. The whole thing, everything, the entire administration, all of it.
00:27:02
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and And I was having a conversation with someone and I just really want to get out there and I really need people to understand that these are... Our standard destabilization tactics. This is what's going on in our government right now.
00:27:19
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and And I just really need people to understand that. If you don't understand that, a good movie to watch is Black Panther 1. yeah Because Killmonger goes over this.
00:27:31
Speaker
This is what America does. like This is what we do. so we know how to destabilize a government. That's what's going on right now. And this is really, really dangerous. And I really like, I'm smiling because I'm insane right now because I don't understand how people don't get this, but it was it in your words, it was a shit show. And the the whole reason that they were there was to sign that minerals deal, which didn't happen. And whether it's going to happen, we don't know. and it's, it,
00:28:03
Speaker
it I think ah Trump, is Trump honestly thinks a little more highly of the U S than he really should. Like, I, I, we are a super, we are these superpower. I get that, but we, you don't, this is bad business.
00:28:21
Speaker
If you're running. Okay. If America is a business, which it is right. And you're running it like a business, this is bad business. You can't make deals as an isolationist.
00:28:33
Speaker
You can't, ah sorry for i know our language has been ah we've said the s word twice but i'm gonna say it again you know you can't show your allies and think you can make deals like you can't you especially make deals with people who are not our allies and why would you think that you could trust them and like it it's just bad business but we already know he's a bad business man and so the fact that voted for him.
00:29:02
Speaker
Yeah. Because you hate women and black people and black women so much is just astounding to me. And I will never not be shocked. I know I shouldn't be shocked, but I'll never not be shocked by what's going on.
00:29:19
Speaker
Yeah. Well, there's more to this meeting. There was Trump attacked Zelensky saying that he's not for peace negotiations. Trump asserted that Zelensky saw the U.S. involvement as leverage to avoid concessions, calling him unprepared for peace.
00:29:33
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He demanded Ukraine either negotiate deal, implying concessions to Russia or lose U.S. support, citing Zelensky's hatred of Putin as a barrier. And I would understand why Zelensky would hate Putin. Putin invaded Ukraine. Yes. that
00:29:50
Speaker
Trump doesn't real either. He doesn't realize or doesn't care. or He's in the pocket that but they they it this country. I think it's all, all of the above. Okay. it Maybe.
00:30:02
Speaker
And you know, the whole gambling with world war three, no, We are gambling with World War III by the wing and we're acting and siding with dictators and fascist regimes that we are.
00:30:16
Speaker
Our actions are dictating it. And you're right. Zelensky, the meeting was canceled for them to sign the media um the Minerals deal. The White House basically, the administration basically kicked them out of the White House, said, we're not going to do this meeting now.
00:30:29
Speaker
Because you disrespected the Oval Office, which, by the way, it was Vance and Trump who disrespected the Oval Office. They disrespected by being there. Well, there's that. But it's the the question of, hey, you don't have you're not your cards and...
00:30:45
Speaker
You know, you're not you're not trying to make deals. And Zelensky has said Putin has made deals before and broken them. Why would we think that he wouldn't break a deal now? Well, I have a good relationship with with Putin.
00:30:57
Speaker
No, what you have is is Putin is actually highly intelligent, yeah highly strategic, and he's going to outsmart you. Yeah, you don't stay in power as long as he has without knowing what you're doing.
00:31:10
Speaker
Right. I mean, he despicable man, but he knows what he's doing. So, yeah, no. What was the fallout? Basically, Republicans saying it was a good thing. All Democrats saying it was a bad thing.
00:31:21
Speaker
And then you've got to take a global view. And other countries are just like, U.S., what are you doing? Yeah, right. Because Zelensky has been welcomed in other countries. ah but And then, what is it, Norway?
00:31:33
Speaker
um i think Norway decided to give $3.8 billion in aid to Ukraine. And they cut off ah they cut off fueling our fleets.
00:31:44
Speaker
Yes. So we're not only are are they our actions affecting Ukraine, our actions are affecting the allies of both us and Ukraine. yeah And the people over there,
00:31:57
Speaker
are saying, okay, U.S., you want to be isolationist? We're going to make you isolationist. And the reason why we decide to do that is because the only countries that we have bordering us are Canada and Mexico. And let's be honest, even if they joined forces, they wouldn't beat us in a war.
00:32:13
Speaker
So we think that we're all powerful and we're separated by ocean between all those other countries. But just to point it out, history has said Those countries will bring the fight to
U.S. Policies and Education Impacts
00:32:24
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us.
00:32:24
Speaker
They have done it before. And just because we haven't had a war on this land since the late 1800s does not mean that a war cannot be brought to this land. right And the last thing that we want to do is antagonize the European countries As well as antagonize Mexico and Canada, because that's what this administration is doing right now. Yeah. So open up your eyes. This is not strength.
00:32:51
Speaker
If one group of people is saying we're winning and everybody else is saying you're losing, might want to take a look in the mirror and say, you know what? We're losing. Yeah.
00:33:03
Speaker
But that's not the only thing that this administration is doing. So the administration sent out to employees of the Department of Education an opportunity to take a buyout to resign or retire of $25,000.
00:33:18
Speaker
They had to make the decision by Monday, which is tomorrow, March the 2020. by 1.59 p.m. And they had to retire by 31st. The letter, I'm paraphrasing here, the letter was like, look, we're going to offer y'all this $25,000 to quit because we're about to make cuts. It's another threat that this administration has been doing. And I want to let everybody know out there, yes, they are gutting the federal workforce.
00:33:45
Speaker
Mm-hmm. What they are doing, though, when you hear all these people that are being fired, either they're cutting programs that have funding like USAID, right? Yes. And a lot of people being let go.
00:33:56
Speaker
Yes. Who are regular federal employees, but they're just cutting the programs and those people are being sent back in. Or they're firing probationary federal workers. Now, you might start a job and you might say you have 60 days and 90 days where you're probation. That's not the case for the federal government.
00:34:16
Speaker
It can go from one to three years. cause There are some people that have been working for the federal government for two, two and a half years. They're about to end their probationary period, which, okay, that's what the federal government does. But those people can be terminated immediately for no cause.
00:34:30
Speaker
And that's what they're doing. They're terminating a lot of those people. But if you are a non-probationary federal employee, it is very difficult to fire you, especially if you are signed up for one in unions.
00:34:43
Speaker
yeah But they're they're trying to say they're going to... These are scare tactics. We're gonna fire you. I have a ah friend that works for the patent office. They got the same type of letter. They're union. They're union. So they're like, you can't fire us. It's been negotiated. You can't fire us.
00:34:57
Speaker
So these scare tactics are being brought out. And the main reason that they're being brought out is because of the Moms of Liberty. I'll get into that in a minute because we've talked about that before. But what do you think about...
00:35:10
Speaker
these type of buyout deals to try and get people to go. And even the people that are working there might not realize, hey, unless you're a probationary federal worker, you're not going to be fired.
00:35:23
Speaker
Yeah, I don't think they should take or sign or anything. I don't think that, I mean, it's very tough because you're talking about people's lives, their livelihood, people have families to support and things like that. And I understand that it might be attractive to just go ahead and and take whatever they give you. And it's because instead of living your life in limbo,
00:35:46
Speaker
But i i think this is constantly being battled out in the courts. It's going back and forth and back and forth. I know that you know when it when they get shot down in federal court, they just go to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court says, yeah, you can do whatever you want. I know that that's happening, but this is a constant fight that's going on back and forth. I just...
00:36:09
Speaker
I mean, I don't have good advice. I personally, but I don't have a family to support, right? So I personally wouldn't sign anything, wouldn't take anything from them until you know this all plays out in the courts.
00:36:22
Speaker
But I understand people have to look out for themselves. I know that Maryland's governor is looking to hired like but displaced federal workers in state and local government positions. So, um, and contract workers and stuff like that. He's, he's trying to start an initiative to do that. So there are, you know, people that are, that have your back, but,
00:36:48
Speaker
There's really no good way out of this. It's I mean, there's really no everybody has to just take it on it own own so um its own merits. You got to do what's best for you and your family. I understand that. But I think it's a bad idea to take anything, to sign anything or to take anything from this administration.
00:37:06
Speaker
Yeah, you can't trust this administration. So why is all this happening? Well, Linda McMahon is going to be if she's not already confirmed the secretary of education.
00:37:18
Speaker
Who is Linda McMahon? Linda McMahon is the wife of Vince McMahon. They used to own the World Wrestling Federation that or the World Wrestling Entertainment. she was one She was the head of Small Business Administration in last administration.
00:37:35
Speaker
So they're going to gut the Department of Education. Yeah. And it's all coming from the Moms of Liberty or the Daughters of Confederacy. Look it up, ladies and gentlemen. Same thing. Yeah, I've already gone through the history.
00:37:46
Speaker
They're same organization, just with a new name. And the the Moms of Liberty are determined to get rid of DEI programs because they call it reverse racism. Basically saying kids shouldn't feel sorry about themselves. ah and more but Again, the the question is, why can't kids align themselves with abolitionists?
00:38:05
Speaker
Why? Like there were white abolitionists. So ah why can't they be, you know, fans of, ah of, oh, what's my man? he was president. James, James Madison. Maybe.
00:38:18
Speaker
I don't know. I don't know. um My history of presidents ain't as vast. It was played by my man. He had a whole, uh, we really doing a black, we're really doing a black conversation right now. You know who that dude was that played on that show that one time he was in the other show with that lady that was on the thing with their dude, the little kid you know, we're not about to do that. I cannot remember. And you know, I'm bad at history, so I really don't know. But again, the question is, why do kids have to all align with slave owners? They can always just align with abolitionists. So the argument is stupid, but go ahead.
00:38:55
Speaker
No, the argument is, it's not the kids, it's the parents. It's the parents, right? Because the parents know what side of that line that they're on. Right, exactly. And they don't want to make be made to feel bad about it.
00:39:06
Speaker
Right. Because they were probably, you know, either their parents or their grandparents were part of those people that were out there protesting ah they ended in the ending of segregation and ah integration of schools and and all that stuff. So they're like, well, that was your grandpa. Your grandpa was a good person.
00:39:21
Speaker
neck So there's that. And so what the Moms of Liberty and the Department of Education has done is created this this website where now people can report school districts, schools, what have you for DEI violations. Right.
00:39:37
Speaker
So what they are going to... they Let me explain what they're going to do. They're going to rewrite history. When they talk about critical race theory, critical race theory is not being taught in any secondary education program.
00:39:51
Speaker
Definitely not in elementary schools, right? It's too much of a complicated issue. What they're talking about is history. History of slavery, history of segregation. They don't want anybody to know about that. They're trying to...
00:40:02
Speaker
wash over it. Whitewash it. Wash over and not be recognized. That's the reason why they want to get rid of Black History Month, DEI programs. They want to get rid of everything. They want to make America Solely white again.
00:40:15
Speaker
Yes. Solely white again. and and And I'm not attacking white people as ah as a whole. I'm attacking specific white people that don't combat against something like this. Yeah. Okay.
00:40:27
Speaker
And what you're doing is you're taking pride in the history of the country without also recognizing the country has also been effed up. Yeah. It's like looking at your parent.
00:40:39
Speaker
You love your parent, but your parent isn't perfect. You can look at your parent and say, look, I love my parent. They're not perfect, but I still love them. You can still love your country and acknowledge the fact that the country has done some effed up stuff.
00:40:52
Speaker
Yeah. Really bad. And that that's the reason why you're in a position that you're in. I was having a conversation with somebody the other day. I was just talking about privilege. I was talking about privilege of just genetics, right? Like some people genetically are tall. Some people are smart. Yeah. Yeah.
00:41:07
Speaker
This person, white male, immediately their lower lip curled up. And they were like, with you know, some people with privilege, they, you know, even still somebody had to sacrifice for that privilege. I said, what the hell are you talking about? We are talking about genetics. yeah We're talking about the fact that I'm six foot four.
00:41:24
Speaker
And that just came from my parents. I can't help the fact that I'm six foot four. There was no sacrifice there. No. What you're trying to talk to because privilege means to you that somehow you only got to the position that you got to because of privilege. And that is true and not true at the same time. Yeah.
00:41:40
Speaker
It's true that you got the opportunities. You had to work to get there. Sometimes I said for this person individually, you had to work to get there. Yeah. Acknowledge that. You had access. Exactly.
00:41:52
Speaker
That doesn't mean that you didn't work hard to get there. But the fact that the door was wide open for you where other people don't even know where the door is, is the point. yeah That's the point that we're trying to make here. well day You know, i still worked hard.
00:42:05
Speaker
Yes. Nobody's saying that didn't work hard. Nobody discounting that. But why are you taking offense to it? It's like that person that that can dish it out. That's what it is. People that can dish it out but can't take it. you know I saw a really great meme and and it it was about people who were wishing that they could change their vote, right?
00:42:24
Speaker
um from From Trump to the the better candidate. um And they said, in effect, they want to change their vote because they're being treated differently.
00:42:41
Speaker
how they're being treated the way they hoped other people would be treated by the way that they voted. You were hoping that other people would be in the position that you're in right now. You were hoping other people would lose benefits and access. But what's really happening is you've lost Medicaid. You're losing Medicaid.
00:43:04
Speaker
You're losing your SNAP benefits. Right. Like that's coming. The house is already past the measure. It's going to like that's coming. You're the all of those all of those social programs and safety nets that you do use, because what what the the problem is, is he's got you believing that your oppressor is actually the one that you should be supporting.
00:43:28
Speaker
But really. You're voting against yourself. So everything that all of those social programs and safety nets and all the things that you rely on, it's including the Affordable Care Act, it's being gutted now. Now you're losing your job.
00:43:42
Speaker
Now the people you know are losing their jobs. And ah you thought you weren't going to be affected. You thought that these changes weren't going to be for you. But now that they're coming for you because they ultimately do not care about you, what they care about is money and and the consolidation of power.
00:44:03
Speaker
But now that they're coming for you, now you want to change your vote. No, they told you who they were and you didn't believe them. Or you let your own prejudice blind you to the fact that they are coming in here to steal resources.
00:44:18
Speaker
How could anybody be against diversity, equity, and inclusion? You don't like the diversity part. You're fine with the equity. You don't like the diversity part. You don't like the inclusion part.
00:44:32
Speaker
You don't want other people included in what's your idea of what America should be. And the idea that America should be for you, that's your idea. And diversity, equity, and inclusion, actually, yeah, you're against all parts of that. You're against all parts. You don't want equity for anybody either.
00:44:52
Speaker
Because again, and I've said this before, you think of America as zero-sum game, where there's only ah there's a limited slices of pie. And if you're if you're giving people access to that pie, you're going to lose out on your slice. But that's not what the data shows,
00:45:11
Speaker
That's not what the statistics show. The statistics and the data show that the more that we include diverse thought, the more that we give people who wouldn't have had access, access, the more that we include them in the narrative, the more business flourishes, innovation flourishes, creativity flourishes, the more this country flourishes. Why? Because we...
00:45:36
Speaker
ah We open our doors to people immigrating from other places seeking a better life. And they come here and they add to the fabric of this country and they continue to build this country.
00:45:48
Speaker
You can't just erase the fact that you built this country on the bodies of black people on stolen land. Native Americans as well, or indigenous folks as well. Yeah.
00:46:00
Speaker
On stolen land. You built this country on stolen land by stolen people. And this is a this is just a reality that you are going to have to reckon with.
00:46:13
Speaker
And that this country, every single institution in this country was built and sustained by keeping certain people out. and And honestly, i i am honestly conflicted about what's happening in the government right now because I've always been of the mind that because Racism and sexism are so ingrained in all of our institutions that the only way to get true equity in this country is to dismantle them.
00:46:48
Speaker
So watching this administration dismantle these institutions, I have a conflicted feeling about it.
00:46:56
Speaker
But I think that people...
00:47:01
Speaker
i Honestly, I know ah to a certain extent I'm preaching to the choir because anybody who's watching our show probably is aligned with our with our
Political Predictions and Hopes
00:47:10
Speaker
ideals. But this is not about conservatism. conservativism This is not about being Republican.
00:47:20
Speaker
This is not about being a part of the Christian right. This is not about any of that. It is strictly about maintaining white supremacy in this country.
00:47:35
Speaker
and if you And if you can't recognize that this what this all boils down to and now you wanna change your vote, but if you can't recognize that this is what it all boils down to, i really don't know what to tell you. And a lot of the people that support this administration are fine with the fact or want white supremacy to be the law of the land.
00:47:59
Speaker
That's where we are right now. And this is not going to get better. It's going to get progressively worse because they don't have a plan for after they destroy everything. There's no plan.
00:48:11
Speaker
They just want to get in there and gut everything.
00:48:15
Speaker
You think Project 2025 is the plan. Okay. And another thing, I know I'm going long and I really am sorry about that, but I'm very, very passionate about this. I know we got another segment. I'm going long, but I'm i'm sorry about that.
00:48:29
Speaker
For all of the people who are talking about just hold on to the midterms, you think there's going to be a midterm elections?
00:48:38
Speaker
Yes, there'll be midterm elections. You think so? Yeah. You think in two years of where this is going, this is the first month We're the first month of this presidency.
00:48:49
Speaker
You think two years from now, there's going to be midterm elections. You think anything, he's going to do anything that he's supposed to do when this man got on the White House Instagram. I still can't get over this and said, long live the king.
00:49:08
Speaker
You think... yeah After the first month, that in two years, the the people remember, he has the House and the Senate. If he does something, you think they're going to willingly say, no, no, we should have those elections and let the people decide. You think the people that's in there are going to say that?
00:49:26
Speaker
you let me ask the question, yes. I think I need you to think deeply and critically about this. I want to end this segment because it has gone really long. I'm but I'm very, I'm just very passionate about this because.
00:49:43
Speaker
Yes, I think you're being hyperbolic, not in the stance of ah what's going on, but in the stance of where we're going. Look, there's one thing I will say about this country.
00:49:55
Speaker
Is that opposition will always fight and there's ebbs and there's flows throughout the history of this country. Sometimes you win some, sometimes you lose some, but the fight is going to always be there.
00:50:08
Speaker
yeah So when one side wins, the other side
00:50:14
Speaker
gathers themselves together and fights even harder.
Relationship Dynamics and Expectations
00:50:17
Speaker
I don't think the Democrats are strong enough. It's not solely about the Democrats. They're alienating some of the people in their own base. So you got to look at that.
00:50:26
Speaker
That's what happens to fake empires, right? Like you alienate the people that once revered you. So you just have to look at that and landscape. And yes, there will be elections in two years. Otherwise, there will be.
00:50:39
Speaker
Look, they don't want that fight. I've said it before. They don't want that fight. But this segment has lasted too long. I'm sorry. I know. This segment has lasted too long. It's been too serious. And I want to get to some jokes. I want to smile and stop crying. I want to smile and stop crying. So ladies and gentlemen, we're going to some jokes and the jokes is coming up next.
00:51:05
Speaker
All right, ladies and gentlemen. ah it I don't know how this segment is going to go because hit the behind the scenes, and my sister was just going at it right now. in a bad way. Not in a bad way, y'all. Not in a bad way. but we were Yeah, because shut just now.
00:51:21
Speaker
Yeah, I might clip what we just did behind the scenes and put that on the end of the after hours on Sensor because we was going at it. but And we're about to go at it again. Yeah, we probably. We're about to go at it again. Probably. Because, Jay, you sent me a reel.
00:51:36
Speaker
Yes. And it was about what does it mean when a man asks, what are you bringing to the table? And I was like, okay, kind of agree with what this guy saying, but also I don't agree completely with what this guy is saying. It's a little bit more nuanced.
00:51:51
Speaker
So basically, can you tell the audience, since you sent it to me, can you tell me, all and can tell you tell the audience what the basic reel was, the premise of the reel was? Yeah, so it's this guy. I can't remember his name. I'm so sorry to this man.
00:52:04
Speaker
But he basically seems like a ah a rich finance bro is what he seems like, right? But anyway, he gives advice to women, dating advice. And his thing was, if a man asks you what he what you bring to the table, it's because he has a low credit score.
00:52:22
Speaker
And he wants you to co-sign for that Dodge Challenger. And don't do it. and i'm like And I'm like, that is accurate. Now, you said it's much more nuanced than that. I don't agree. But you you tell me.
00:52:35
Speaker
Okay, so I can only go from what I say and what other men that I know, like I i know a couple of men out there that are like on my socioeconomic level around, like we're in the same ballpark. So we yeah we ain't getting money, money, but you know, we ain't.
00:52:54
Speaker
we Y'all doing all we don't all right. We ain't broke, you right but ain't rich either, right? And it's like when we talk about what a woman brings to the table, when we ask that question, it's like, yo, are you healed?
00:53:06
Speaker
Yeah. but how much trauma do you have? Are you doing something to fix that trauma? Like, that's what I'm talking, me personally, and a lot of men that I know, that's what I'm talking about when I say, what do you bring the table?
00:53:18
Speaker
Also, yes, there are finances. Like, is everything on me? Do I have to pay for everything? What what do you think about splitting? Or what is your definition of equality in a relationship? right Like, ah there have been some women I dated that have not open They haven't even pumped fake when we go out.
00:53:39
Speaker
And I'm like, I'm not messing with you anymore because you're going to expect me to pay all the time and I'm not funding your fund. Yeah. but That's not what I'm going to do. Right.
00:53:49
Speaker
But I'm also the person is just like, you the first couple of dates, the first couple that's on me because my grandmother and my mother raised me to be a gentleman. It's old school. Some men out here don't agree with it to say, why do you do that? That's just, Hey, look, if I ask woman out, I'm paying after the first couple of dates. It's like whoever asked whoever out yeah or we go Dutch, right? Cause then we're dating.
00:54:13
Speaker
But, No, and and I do know there are some men out there who are shady and just like, you know, trying to leech off women. And that is true.
00:54:24
Speaker
But this is where I said it was nuanced because I'm not one of them dudes. So when I ask, it's like, Yo, are you healed? Yeah. are you attempting to heal yourself? Yeah. I hear you.
00:54:35
Speaker
um Let me... Are you listening? No, I hear you. And you are talking about men who have done some work and are hoping to be in a relationship with a woman who's also done that emotional work, right? Mm-hmm. Okay. That's not a majority of men.
00:54:52
Speaker
A majority of men is out here. I'm going to tell you this as a woman... If you can tell me your perspective as a man in America, I'm telling you from the other side of the table. Okay.
00:55:04
Speaker
A lot of these guys out here, when they talk about what you bring to the table, they're wondering, do they need to worry about Joe bag or are you going to be worried about theirs? And that's, it's it's it's just that simple.
00:55:16
Speaker
And I'm sorry, that man is right because there's a lot of dudes out here that want to borrow your car. Can I hold your debit card? Can you co-sign for this? I'll make the payments. Don't worry about it.
00:55:29
Speaker
Baby, ladies, please don't fall into that trap. Ladies and men, please don't fall into that trap. Hold on now. Isn't that your dating pool? Like everything is built in from our perspective.
00:55:41
Speaker
Yeah. Right. So if I, if my social circle, as far as men are concerned, are like, and I guess I wouldn't, that wouldn't be my social circle with men who really ain't about there doing anything or leeching off of women because I right i don't respect leeching off of anybody. Right. So like,
00:56:00
Speaker
I mean, i i kind of get that that person wouldn't be in my social circle. yeah So i would from my perspective, I don't see that. But from a woman's perspective, and they're saying that this is the men that that they're dealing with or that they see, and they say, no, the majority of the men I'm like, no, that's the majority of the men that you're dealing with.
00:56:16
Speaker
Because I have a whole segment over here that's not like that. You're just not dealing with that. Maybe the women, maybe the women, Is the issue. Maybe that. You know how you I sound like I'm in the metasphere.
00:56:31
Speaker
No, I'm going tell you how you sound. When a black person tells a white person, I'm not going over this place because they racist over there. And the white person tells them, I've never experienced that.
00:56:42
Speaker
You wouldn't.
00:56:45
Speaker
You wouldn't. I'm telling you this is a woman having female friends, straight female friends, having gay male friends.
00:56:55
Speaker
Okay. I'm telling you this is a woman that is ah a lot of men out here is out here terrorizing women. A lot of women are out here terrorizing men. I'm not going to lie.
00:57:06
Speaker
If we're talking about heterosexual relationships and stuff like that, let's know. I'm just going to, I'm just going to generalize what heterosexual relationships y'all. I'm not trying to leave nobody out, but a lot of women out here terrorizing men that are not healed.
00:57:18
Speaker
So it's like, it's ah a majority of people is out here terrorizing people because nobody's healed. Yeah, you're right. so that's just the reality. I understand that there are healed people out here.
00:57:33
Speaker
Trying to yeahinging or healing out here. Because I don't ever feel like, I feel like healing is ah is a continue is a journey. It's not a destination. So there are people out here that are healing and want a partner who is also in that same space because it can be a burden to take on a partner who's not there. And you and you're starting to carry now all that emotional labor and all the emotional weight of the relationship. And people don't want that.
00:58:01
Speaker
I get that. But when, but when you sit down, cause I'm telling y'all I was on hinge for 36 hours. I saw y'all. And now I'm of course, as a black woman, I'm going to attract a certain type of man, right?
00:58:16
Speaker
I'm light skin. I have light eyes. I'm attract a certain kind of, of black man in particular. Who's not really all that interested in me, but really more interested in my physical attributes.
00:58:30
Speaker
Okay, so that's most men are attracted to physical attributes. No, no, no. Like specifically light skin type of... So I know I'm going to have... Yellow bones. Yes, I'm going have a certain experience, right?
00:58:42
Speaker
Specifically with black men, going to have a certain experience. So the men that ended up liking my posts and stuff or liking my... I even remember how to... hinge worked or whatever whatever data site I was on. Honestly, I don't even remember.
00:58:56
Speaker
But like, it was? Okay. And I got extremely overwhelmed. I'm telling you, their pages were these very incel, manosphere things. and And honestly, it's not just them.
00:59:11
Speaker
There's a lot of incel women out here, too. I've seen their pages. And it's not great. And I'm like, girlfriend, I see why you're single. you're very beautiful, but I see why you're single.
00:59:23
Speaker
And these men are here, yeah, you fine, but I see why you're on this dating app. And I don't think that this is the space for me because I'm actually healing. And so I don't think that this is really the place for me. Honestly, I wish there was a dating app where you had to be healed in order to sign up for it.
00:59:41
Speaker
Like, you're healing. You're on that journey. Like, you have to have a letter from your therapist. BetterHelp should do an awesome dating site. That's actually a genius idea. BetterHelp.
00:59:58
Speaker
We put that out there first. If we find something out there that's called Better Date, we want our cut. because that is That's a genius idea. This time stamp. Your therapist has to sign off on the fact, yes, this person it is on their healing journey and won't be out here terrorizing folks.
01:00:15
Speaker
like that You know what saying? Like, it's got to be a better way. But I'm telling you, when when they're asking that, they're trying to determine whether or not you're a gold digger. But the thing of it is, they ain't got no gold to dig.
01:00:30
Speaker
Okay, so i but I believe that because I'm also trying to determine if somebody has gold digger. ah Technically, I've dated a few women that make more money than me. But like more money than me is like just a little bit more money than me. There was one woman I dated that made double, maybe even triple. Yeah.
01:00:48
Speaker
And, and I was, and I found myself, you know, I think I'm pretty evolved, but there were some times I was just like, eh, I don't like you paying for this. So I'm gonna pay for it. Cause, cause there's that yeah patriarchy still is kind of like in me.
01:01:02
Speaker
yeah And it was, it he was like, no, I can pay for it. And she never threw it in my face that she made more money than I did. Never. no But I was keenly but I was keenly aware. And then I got mad when she got me a gift and I was just like, I thought it'd be better than this.
01:01:20
Speaker
thought gift would be better than this. I mean, you make a lot of money. i I thought the gift would be better than this. Instead of it being expensive, it was more thoughtful. Is that it? It was extremely, it was extremely thoughtful. wanted to be extremely thoughtful. And then it was a tier below what I was expecting.
01:01:37
Speaker
That's, that's, that's all. So maybe I'm one of them dudes with the high class, but also bring something to the table. Yeah. But I i get you right. You're right.
01:01:47
Speaker
When you use that analogy of, you know, a white person, a black person talking, a black person saying, don't want to to that neighborhood, they racist. And then the white person saying, well, I've never experienced. You're absolutely right.
01:01:59
Speaker
As a man, i don't know what it's it's what it's like to date other men because I'm not gay. I'm heterosexual. So I only date women. yeah So it is wrong for me to have a strong opinion.
01:02:11
Speaker
I can have an opinion, yeah but a strong opinion that I feel like I can defend when really I'm not even in that world. So yeah, you, you, you was right when you said, you said, okay, ladies and gentlemen, this is one of them times where I met and I was wrong.
01:02:29
Speaker
I still stand by the fact it's not, you we can't generalize. I think you can generalize, but also, but all but I think you can generalize, but still also hold the belief and understand that and not every man that's asking that question is asking it to see whether or not they can get into your bag, right? Like not every man is asking that because it's true that if you, you know, decide to be together and get married, you're merging your finances. It's a question to ask. If there's a real question to ask, but it's like, are you asking it in good faith is the question.
01:03:07
Speaker
And what what the guy was saying in the reel is that a lot of men are not asking it in good faith. I feel like you can expand that and say a lot of women aren't asking that in good faith either.
01:03:18
Speaker
she's the the a lot of women are asking, and I hate to say this because I really, really don't want some manosphere guy to chop up the sound bite and use it as evidence because that literally will tear out a piece of my soul.
01:03:33
Speaker
But the you know you have women ah that are out there like, what what can this man offer me financially? But the thing is, there's nothing wrong with that.
01:03:46
Speaker
If you want to be a trad wife, okay, find a man that that wants that. That's like, I'm fine handling the household you know finances if you take care of the household and the children. they life There are those relationships. Okay, that's fine.
01:04:04
Speaker
Stay in your lane though. Stop being out here terrorizing other people. Stay in your lane. Like, so I do think that question is important.
Conclusion and Listener Engagement
01:04:14
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Ask it in good faith and of like trying to see, am I compatible with this person as opposed to seeing what you can get out of this person. And a lot of the time people are asking that question to see what they can get out of the other person.
01:04:28
Speaker
Yeah. Well, you know, ah on that note, ladies and gentlemen, this show is running long. Because my sister dominated the last segment towards the end. Yeah. And I'm not even going fake. Like, I said it while I was saying it. I was like, I know this is running long. I'm sorry. Yeah, you did say that. Yeah, I said it while I was... Yeah, I knew.
01:04:46
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I knew what I was doing. But you know what? You shouldn't have gotten me riled up. All I did was pick a topic. And sometimes your topics rile me up.
01:04:58
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That's what great producers do. Hey, look, I'm going to tell y'all, ladies gentlemen, I might not be that great of a host. I think I'm better than most. But what I am is a good damn producer because I'm going come up with some stuff to talk about. That's for damn sure. That's for damn sure. But on that note, ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you for listening.
01:05:15
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I want to thank you for watching. And until next time, as always, I'll holler.
01:05:25
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