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Classic or Just Hype: Hulk Hogan’s Legacy, Neighbor Wars, & Boomers
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Step into the ring with “Unsolicited Perspectives,” where host Bruce Anthony breaks down the world of pro wrestling, pop culture, and generational clashes. In this episode, Bruce reacts to the growing conversation around Hulk Hogan’s legacy and controversial past, discusses why some classic movies and albums feel untouchable, and takes a deeper look at how boomers shape what’s considered “good.” Joined by his sister for the provocative “Am I a Jerk?” segment, expect authentic takes, wrestling history, honest self-reflection, and stories that’ll have you debating right along with us. Whether you're a die-hard wrestling fan or just love hearing hot takes on music, movies, and generational drama, this is the show for sharp perspectives and unfiltered opinions. #hulkhogan #clipse #boomers #redditstories #amithejerk
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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to Unsolicited Perspectives 🎙️🔥💥
01:44 Hulk Hogan Drama: Wrestling with Controversy 🤼♂️💔
04:27 The Truth About Forgiveness: Raw & Unfiltered 🤔💭❤️
14:43 Is This Album a Classic or Just Hype? The Clipse Debate 🎵🔥🤔
31:46 Cash, Guilt & Forgiveness: When Apologies Get Real 💸😅🤝
32:22 Dog Park Drama: Leashes, Fights & Pet Parent Fails 🦮🚫😬
33:56 Krypto’s Wild Park Adventure: When Playtime Turns Savage 🐕🏃♂️💥
36:11 Neighbor Wars: Who’s Really Responsible? 🏡💢👀
43:45 Global Food Revolution: Eating Without Borders 🌎🍜🥘
45:56 Smoke-Free Revolution: Breathing Easier Now 🚭💨✨
47:42 Banking Goes Digital: No More Paper Chase! 💳💻💰
49:22 Lost No More: From Paper Maps to GPS Magic 🗺️📱⭐
51:41 Streaming Changed Everything: Bye Bye Blockbuster! 📺🎬🍿
53:20 Nerds Win: From Social Outcasts to Cultural Icons! 🤓🎮📚
56:13 Generation Acceptance: Breaking Down Barriers 🌈🤝💫
58:05 Thanks for Watching! Stay Tuned for More 👋🎙️✨
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Transcript
Introduction and Episode Overview
00:00:00
Speaker
I'm talking Hulk Hogan. Are certain movies and albums really good or is just everything else crap? And boomers, we gonna get into it. Let's get it.
00:00:20
Speaker
Welcome. First of all, ah welcome. This is Unsolicited Perspectives. I'm your host, Bruce Anthony, here to lead the conversation in important events and topics that are shaping today's society. stay Join the conversation and follow us wherever you get your audio podcasts. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for our video podcasts, YouTube exclusive content, and our YouTube memberships.
00:00:39
Speaker
Rate, review, like, comment, share. Share with your friends, share with your family, hell, even share with your enemies. On today's episode, I'm be dilly-dallying a little bit.
00:00:51
Speaker
Then my sister's going to join me for a semit segment, Am I a Jerk? And then I'm going to be talking about boomers.
Reflecting on Hulk Hogan's Legacy
00:00:57
Speaker
For once, they're saying something is good. But that's enough of the intro. Let's get to the show.
00:01:09
Speaker
Last week, three people died. And on the last show, me and my sister gave a tribute to Michael Jamal Warner, who was the first of the three people that died last week. The other two being Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan.
00:01:25
Speaker
And, you know, gave our tribute to Malcolm Jamal Warner. Gave a sort of, you know, shout out to Ozzy Osbourne. I didn't know much about him. My sister was more of a fan of Black Sabbath than I was. And we didn't say ish about Hulk Hogan.
00:01:42
Speaker
And there's reasons behind that. People have asking me, because they know I'm a huge wrestling fan, ah what are my thoughts on it? And they wanted to know what my thoughts on the entire conversation going around Hulk Hogan's death.
00:01:58
Speaker
Because there is a conversation going around it. And I've already given an entire segment talking about Hulk Hogan before the election because, you know, I criticized him going out at the Republican National Convention, making a mockery, tearing off his shirt, doing a Hulk Hogan promo. I know that it's what Trump wanted. and i just feel like it was completely silly, but Trump has made politics completely silly. Well, it's always been silly, but theater now.
00:02:30
Speaker
And since Hogan's death, there's been a conversation about his past. not Not even the leaning into MAGA, but more about his racist comments and how he's treated Black people in the past.
00:02:44
Speaker
Now, wrestlers used to not talk about the behind the scenes stuff. It's called breaking kayfabe. Kayfabe is living the gimmick and...
00:03:00
Speaker
Making, given the portrayal that professional wrestling is real in the, before the nineties, two thousands, before the two thousands, definitely before the two thousands, but more so before the nineties wrestlers.
00:03:15
Speaker
Pretended that it was real. A lot of people got confused whether it was real or scripted, not fake because the stuff hurts, but scripted. And, A lot of wrestlers have been doing these interviews, breaking cape feed for the last, i don't know, maybe 30 years, definitely for the last 25 years.
00:03:36
Speaker
One of the wrestlers that spoke very poorly about Hulk Hogan and his treatment of minority wrestlers was Bad News Brown.
00:03:49
Speaker
Bad news, Brown was a wrestler that came out of Canada. Black man had a great feud with Hulk Hogan. Jake the Snake Robbers worked over a Japan legit judo champion, 100% legit.
00:04:03
Speaker
He had been saying not only Hulk Hogan, but also Andre a Giant was a racist. And then that rant came out with Hulk Hogan, you know, saying the N-word several times.
00:04:15
Speaker
And truly saying that he had ah very low opinion of black people.
00:04:25
Speaker
He apologized. And what I will say about apologies are, i you know, a couple of shows ago, I talked about the four stages of apologies. And, you know, one of those stages is asking for the acceptance, asking asking for forgiveness.
00:04:41
Speaker
Here's the thing about apologies. Yang, just because somebody gave you an apology doesn't mean that you have to forgive anybody. Like you don't have to forgive anybody just because you apologized. And some people are choosing not to forgive. Hulk Hogan.
00:04:56
Speaker
for the things that he said. Other people are saying, well, it shouldn't matter. He apologized and I forgave him. Okay. And other people are saying, should we even be bringing up bad stuff when this man just passed away?
00:05:12
Speaker
And I can't give you a long dissertation about what I think is the right decision because i don't know what the right decision is. went The day that I take my final breath and I go down for that final sleep,
00:05:27
Speaker
There'll be people that speak very kindly of There'll be people that speak very highly of me. a whole segment of the population that are not going to speak very highly of me.
00:05:39
Speaker
And some of them are not justified, but some of them are. Some of them have real justification to not like me as a person, especially if you were dealing with me like 20 years ago. I was a complete asshole.
00:05:52
Speaker
yeah I admit it. I was a jerk. Selfish, self-centered, self-absorbed, toxic. Any woman that dated me in my twenty s got the worst version of me.
00:06:06
Speaker
They really did. And I hurt a lot of people, not just women, you know, people that were friends, you know, I've had friends just be like, not gonna be Bruce's friend anymore. and and And I get it. I'm not the greatest friend. I'm still not that great of a friend.
00:06:20
Speaker
I'm great as a friend, as I will always be there for you. I'm loyal, but don't expect to hear from me that often. Don't expect to see me that often because I'm busy and I don't really feel like it. But, but, you know, honestly, like I don't,
00:06:33
Speaker
yeah When I go, there's going to be some people that speak badly of me. And I don't know if they're right or wrong. I mean, people have the right to feel the way they do about a particular situation. And your initial emotion is typically the emotion.
00:06:48
Speaker
That's how you feel, right? I'm not going to tell people what they can or can't do. But people have been asking me, how do I feel? And I say, F Hulk Hogan. Not just because, look, I was a little Hulkamaniac.
00:07:04
Speaker
Hulk Hogan for the longest time, my early years until about 10, right? So I started watching wrestling around four to 10. So for six years, which is basically the height of his major run when he was the immortal one Hulk Hogan, not when he became Hollywood Hogan, but when he was the immortal Hulk Hogan and the yellow tights. Oh man, I was a little Hulkamaniac.
00:07:23
Speaker
Oh, I don't know too many people that were a Hulkamaniac. I was so big of Hulkamaniac that when he and Ultimate Warrior wrestled at WrestleMania six, because I was a huge little warrior too. I was still riding for Hogan.
00:07:36
Speaker
I was still riding for Hogan. I mean, know I loved Hulk Hogan. I and said my prayers. I ate my little Flintstone vitamins. You know, he's he what he said was gold to me.
00:07:50
Speaker
So I was a huge Hulkamaniac. You know, I even had a shirt. Look, let me tell you how big of a Hulk Hogan fan I was. In 2005, he had a match against Shawn Michaels at SummerSlam.
00:08:03
Speaker
It was in Washington, D.C. SummerSlam that year was in Washington, D.C. I was working for a Hard Rock Cafe and they had a suite. And at that time, I believe it was the MCI Center. It has changed so many names. I don't remember words, but the arena in Washington, D.C.
00:08:17
Speaker
Okay. And I got to go. And everybody in that suite was a Shawn Michaels fan. They hated Hulk Hogan. I was in there with people who were in the wrestling business.
00:08:29
Speaker
Okay. So it was it was really dope. I went to the concession stand. I bought my Hawke mania t-shirt and I lost my mind in 2005, just 20 years ago, I lost my mind celebrating Hulk Hogan.
00:08:46
Speaker
So I've been a Hawke maniac all my life, all my life. When I saw and heard what he said, first of all, he didn't say the N word one time.
00:09:01
Speaker
He didn't say it one time. He said it multiple times. And the reason why he was saying it is because that particular person had some situation with his daughter, whether that was a boyfriend or friend or whatever, had a situation with his daughter. He didn't like it.
00:09:15
Speaker
And in that tirade that he had, not only did he say the N-word multiple times, he said the N-word with the R-R and S at the end, implying multiple black people.
00:09:26
Speaker
He said, am I a little racist? Yes. But first of all, you can't be a little racist. Either you're racist or you're not. And he was racist. And the only reason why he apologized is not because he had this come to Jesus moment.
00:09:42
Speaker
It's because he got fired. When that tape got leaked, he got fired. It was messing up his bread. Now, okay, I can't say for sure that his apology meant nothing.
00:09:56
Speaker
I can't say that. And I'm saying my opinion is his apology meant nothing that he just did it because he didn't want to mess up his bread because his actions afterwards further reinstated.
00:10:10
Speaker
He didn't give a damn about black people just but what he was saying about Kamala Harris. So he never changed. So even though he apologized, don't got to forgive him. And there are people out there that don't have to forgive them.
00:10:23
Speaker
And I'm not wrong for saying I don't want to forgive them. They say, were you Christian, you supposed to give grace. Yeah, OK. Look, I ain't Jesus. I never claimed to be. that Look, they say you're supposed to give grace. But hey, you know, I try every day to be a better person.
00:10:39
Speaker
Grace ain't something I can give to Hulk Hogan. Not in this time. I guess not ever. not unless he had a pre-tape recording before he died saying, I'm apologizing to all the black people in America for the things that I said. I i might i might be able to find forgiveness for him then.
00:10:56
Speaker
But had he never said those things, I would have shed a tear just like I did for Malcolm Jamal Warner because part of my childhood died.
00:11:06
Speaker
But when he showed me that the love that I had for his character, Hulk Hogan, and for what I thought that person represented, when he showed me that that love was not reciprocated, I'm out on him and I'm not gonna shed any tears.
00:11:24
Speaker
No matter how good he made me feel at a certain point of time, the ending of how he made me feel was sadness. Sadness that a person that I looked up to as a little kid hated my very existence.
00:11:43
Speaker
So for those people that are conflicted, they don't know whether what to do, go with the initial emotion. Go with the emotion that you felt when you first heard the news. And that's how you truly feel. You don't have to be conflicted.
00:11:55
Speaker
You're like, I don't really know how to talk about it. Talk about it however it comes out of your mouth. It tends to be the truth that truly means how you feel. Doesn't have to be complicated.
00:12:05
Speaker
It could be very simple. And for those people are saying it's not that big of a deal, it's a forgivable offense, you tend to see non-Black people saying that. And I would say it's always easy to forgive somebody's sin when that sin doesn't have any direct relation to you.
00:12:24
Speaker
He said that about us, not you. You can't tell me who I have to forgive when it doesn't concern you. Shut the hell up. That's how I feel about those people.
00:12:36
Speaker
They just trying to make excuses because they know they might get caught up in a videotape where they say the same things. I had a friend say, you know, it's not that big of a deal.
00:12:47
Speaker
Black man, it's not that big of a deal. We all say things behind closed doors. And he's right in that regard. Look, I say things behind closed doors. i don't want to get out in public.
00:12:58
Speaker
Not so much anymore. But back in the day, yes, I said a lot of things that i I don't want to get out in public. So, yes, I can understand that. There's a difference between playing in the stereotypes.
00:13:12
Speaker
And being mean spirited. And being hateful.
00:13:21
Speaker
Even if it's an off color joke.
00:13:26
Speaker
That doesn't mean that you hate a particular group. Means you got poor tastes and and and humor. And all of us have a little bit of dark humor.
The Debate on Classic Albums
00:13:37
Speaker
But when you disparage a whole group of people because you hate them, those aren't the same things as playing into stereotypes. So I told my friend, okay, I hear what you're saying. I completely disagree because these this is not apples to apples. This apples to oranges.
00:13:56
Speaker
And he actually had power that could affect other people because he hired and fired people. There's a rumor going around. I haven't been able to confirm. This is absolutely true. But there is a rumor that's going around that there was a ah black influencer that was going to, you know, support or influencing for his American made beer.
00:14:17
Speaker
He found out that they they were black and decided not to do business with them. And this was after the the so-called apology. So he told me who he was. And so I'm not going mourn his death.
00:14:30
Speaker
I mourn the loss of my childhood. That's what I mourn. You know what else I mourn? To completely switch subjects? The Clips just dropped an album.
00:14:43
Speaker
And it's a really good album. It is really good. And I'm going to talk about the album in a minute. In a larger macro sense. But I just found out yesterday.
00:14:55
Speaker
yesterday from the day of this recording, that Pusher and Malice are not twins. If you're listening to this, you might be finding out for the first time.
00:15:06
Speaker
I'm from Virginia. I'm not far from where they're from right now. I grew up not far from where they lived.
00:15:17
Speaker
Did not know that they weren't twins because they look exactly alike. I swore when they came out, they were twins. They are not twins. And this is not just me. A lot of people are finding out for the first time that not just that they're not twins, that they are four and a half years apart.
00:15:35
Speaker
Alice is 52 years old. Pusha is 47.
00:15:41
Speaker
That's crazy to me. It's crazy how you think you know things and then the internet, right? little bit of research, you find out, oh, no, they're just brothers.
00:15:52
Speaker
Just one older and younger brother, not older and younger twins, older and younger brother. They are not twins. That is crazy. and But go into a larger macro conversation.
00:16:06
Speaker
I was talking to my sister, and if you caught the after hours, then you'll probably catch this conversation that that me and my sister had, in which a lot of people are saying that this Clips album is a classic.
00:16:18
Speaker
And I said, it's not a classic. and and But you are hearing a lot of people say that it's a classic album. And I'm like, look, album is great.
00:16:32
Speaker
But when you say something that's a classic, first of all, to me, there's only a few classic albums. Nas Illmatic, Biggie Ready to Die, Jay-Z, Blueprint, Hard k Knock Life, and American Gangster.
00:16:47
Speaker
That doesn't get talked about enough. What else are classic albums? I mean, Michael Jackson, Bad is classic. Off the Wall and Thriller, they're all classic. For me, Prince, Purple Rain's classic.
00:17:00
Speaker
You know, they're...
00:17:04
Speaker
It's not a top 25 classic albums for my lifetime. I'm going for my lifetime. Anything before me, i't I wasn't there when it popped. I can't talk about that. So I'm not going to talk about that.
00:17:15
Speaker
I should refrain. Since 1980 to 2009, there's only a handful of classic albums. And there's only a handful of hip-hop rap classic albums. I named all of them except for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and Wu-Tang, the first, Enter the 36 Chambers. That's classic album.
00:17:31
Speaker
But to compare this album to those, I was like, no, it's not a classic album. And then we get into these conversations where we say things are great or classic now. And I think it's because we're comparing it to today.
00:17:46
Speaker
And there's a lot of crap coming out today. Sinners. You know how much I i really love Sinners. I love Sinners. Do you know I have not watched it again? I got it right now. Amazon Prime or HBO Max or whatever. I can watch it right now. I have not watched it again.
00:18:01
Speaker
That lets me know it's a great movie. It's not a classic movie. Because if it's a classic movie, I'm going to stop and watch it if it was on TV, right? Like, Goodfellas is classic.
00:18:16
Speaker
New Jack City is classic. You know, Godfather is classic. Scarface is classic. There are some classic movies that just start Shawshank Redemption. There are some movies that when they're on TV, even though you're flipping channels, you're going stop and watch a little bit.
00:18:31
Speaker
That's classic. The problem is most of the stuff that's being made on both television and movies is crap because... everybody's got a deal now. There's so many different platforms and streaming services that people, that these companies need to put up content.
00:18:48
Speaker
And you know what? If you're going to keep putting up content, hire me to write some stuff. I got some great ideas. You know, if everybody's just going to put out crap, let my crap get out there because a lot of it is absolute crap. It's not good.
00:19:01
Speaker
It's really, really not good. And in comparison, when something comes out that is great for its time. It gets compared to things at its time.
00:19:14
Speaker
And if everything else is bad, it gets elevated. I gave my sister an analogy on on on the after hours. I said, if you're having a crappy week, if six of those days are crappy and that seventh day, maybe it's a good day.
00:19:31
Speaker
Maybe it's a good day. Because those other six days have been so crappy, that regular good day in your mind is going to be considered a great day because it was surrounded by crap.
00:19:45
Speaker
My sister disagrees with me, but I'm like, okay, you're wrong. And I'm right. Okay. When you're surrounded by crap, you get elevated. When you're surrounded by dumb people, you think you smart.
00:19:58
Speaker
You might not be that smart. You might be smart in the company that you keep. You see what I'm saying? there are ah There are people out there that think they can sing. Maybe in their group or the company that they that they have, they're good. They're the good singer.
00:20:13
Speaker
That doesn't mean that they're a good singer. Do you see what I'm saying here? So is the Clips album great? Yeah, it's really good. It's got some songs on there that I think are classic songs.
00:20:25
Speaker
that I think that I'm going to listen to 20, 30 years from now. Yes, I do believe that. But is the entire album something that I'm going to listen to 20 or 30 years from now?
00:20:37
Speaker
No. Which means it's not classic. And then people will say, well, Bruce, that's all subjective. And okay, yes. But what isn't subjective is what people deem as the classic.
00:20:53
Speaker
Right? Like... Whether you've seen Godfather or not, you know that's a classic movie because all the accolades that it's won and the reverence of which people talk about it.
00:21:06
Speaker
And then when you watch it, hey, it might not be your taste. But you can admit, oh, like this was well done. This was well put together, well formatted, great actors in it.
00:21:19
Speaker
Yes, it's just not my cup of tea. I could say that ah about the Cliffs album, but it is my cup of tea. And it's refreshing to hear real production, real songs, because a lot of these younger generation and that's their thing.
00:21:35
Speaker
And I'm not knocking it because I like a lot of it, but the younger generation makes like these two minute songs. The structures are of the songs are completely different. this wasn' an old This was old school. These were songs that had structure and full production. Pharrell went into his bag on this. It's a great album, just not classic.
00:21:55
Speaker
Sinners is a great movie, just not classic. And I'm not being a contrarian when I say that, but I think people, because of what it's surrounded by, elevate higher than what it actually is if you put it in the totality of its particular genre or the particular category of which it is.
00:22:17
Speaker
Hip-hop rap, the Clips album, good, great, not classic. It's not ready to die.
00:22:28
Speaker
It's not reasonable doubt. It's not Illmatic. It's not, it's not a Quimini, right? Like it's, it's not that good. It's good, but it's not that good.
00:22:39
Speaker
It'd be like, i don't know. Let's take sports. Let's take Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant, who's right here from the DC area. Kevin Durant is a great basketball player. One of the greatest.
00:22:50
Speaker
He's not in the GOAT conversation, right? He's not in the GOAT conversation. Great. Top 75 player. No arguments here. Franchise player.
00:23:02
Speaker
Generational talent. Cool. Not in a GOAT conversation. There's levels to this. That's all I'm saying. It's not knocking it down. And I know I'm to get some hate because people are going to like, it's classic album. It's a classic album for right now.
00:23:17
Speaker
But it's not a classic album. right it's It's a great album for right now. And if you want to put it classic based on on what's coming out right now, okay.
00:23:30
Speaker
ah But I'm putting it against everything. And I'm saying, yeah it's not that. It's a great album. Sinners is a great movie. Superman is a great movie.
00:23:43
Speaker
It's not a classic. It's not Richard Darn or Superman.
00:23:48
Speaker
I can watch Richard John and Superman right now. I have not gone back to this movie theater watch Superman. It was a really, really good movie. I haven't gone back. I know people are going to, you know, say what my sister said. Bruce is just your taste. Okay. All right. Maybe. But my argument has a lot of validity to it.
00:24:10
Speaker
And if you take a step back, you realize, all right, bruce might Bruce might be on to something. Let me give you one more analogy before I end this segment. If everybody in a room smell like ass and one person just smell like they took a shower that day so they don't smell like ass, that person is actually going to smell real nice compared to everybody smelling like ass. That's all I'm saying.
00:24:40
Speaker
That's all I'm saying. Everything else smells like ass. and the Clips album, Just Get Out the Shower.
00:24:56
Speaker
Jay, the most important thing in my life, this is a complete exaggeration, is not being a jerk. That's a lie. Because my whole personality is being a jerk.
00:25:08
Speaker
But sometimes I get called a jerk and I'm actually not a jerk.
00:25:14
Speaker
Okay, I would like to see, i would like to know the percentage. Like what percentage of time are you actually being a jerk versus not being a jerk? I would say I'm a jerk about 90% the time.
00:25:26
Speaker
Okay. So then it's a negligible amount. Yeah. The time that you not being a jerk. Right. So went on my favorite social media site, Reddit, and found an Am I a Jerk segment that hits close to home for both of us.
00:25:45
Speaker
Because I used to be, and you currently are, dog owners. And I don't even like that term, dog owners. Yes. No, I'm a dog mom. I'm a dog parent. Dog parent. Right. Okay. Dog parents. And this is about a dog situation and
Reddit Story: Dog Attack and Neighborhood Tension
00:25:59
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neighbors.
00:25:59
Speaker
So okay this this is titled, Am I a Jerk for Not Helping My Neighbor After the Dog Attacked Mine? Now, just from taking the title, yeah do you think this person is a jerk?
00:26:13
Speaker
yeah and when All right. I got to ask. When have there been times that we've done these and you thought the person was overreacting the person was a jerk? all no but it's Oftentimes you're like, nah, I agree with them.
00:26:28
Speaker
You got to understand, it's written from this person's perspective, right? Yes. So if... and And a person is never going to really take it to the internet if they weren't sure that they probably weren't the jerk.
00:26:41
Speaker
They just want people to... Affirmation. There's people... Yeah, there's affirmation. You want validation because there's people close to you that is calling you a jerk. Typically moms who get involved in times they need to mind any business.
00:26:54
Speaker
But people are calling people close to you are saying you're being a jerk. You like, I'm pretty sure I'm not. Let me take it to the Internet. So, yeah, nine times out of 10, I'm going to agree this person is not the jerk and they're not overreacting. They're not the asshole.
00:27:07
Speaker
Okay, all right. So let me read what this person wrote. I'm a 35-year-old male and I have a small dog named Benny, who's basically my best friend. My neighbor Tom, 40-ish male, has a huge German Shepherd that he never leashes properly.
00:27:23
Speaker
Two weeks ago, I was walking Benny when Tom's dog got loose and attacked him. Benny needed immediate ah emergency surgery and a vet bill was $1,800. Tom said that he was sorry but claimed his dog was just plant pan you just playing and refused to pay anything.
00:27:42
Speaker
Yesterday, Tom knocked on my door asking if I could help him move some furniture because he hurt his back. I told him I wasn't available and he seemed confused and asked if if everything was okay between us.
00:27:54
Speaker
I explained that I was still upset about the vet bill and felt like he should take responsibility. He got defensive and said accidents happen and I shouldn't hold grudges. Then he called me petty for punishing him over something his dog did.
00:28:09
Speaker
My wife thinks I should have just helped him because we have to live next to each other and it would and would have been a neighborly thing to do. but I'm still angry and don't feel like doing him any favors right now.
00:28:21
Speaker
Benny is fine, but limp sometimes, and I'm worried about the long-term effects. Am I being a jerk? No. I knew you were supposed to say that. No, and his wife needs to mind her business. if So, wives and moms?
00:28:35
Speaker
Yeah. Ladies, sometimes, seriously, mind your business. I'm going to have a whole lot of men's rights. The man of spare is going to like, she's speaking the truth.
00:28:48
Speaker
She's speaking the truth, ladies. my No, but absolutely not. But situations like this, it's between him and that dude. First of all, you should taken his ass to court. He is 100% responsible for that bet bill, and you should not let him off. They were just playing.
00:29:05
Speaker
Just playing doesn't cost me $1,800. What?
00:29:11
Speaker
Okay, just plan it is they just plan and everybody can go on about their business. Just plan costs me almost two grand. So until you run me my two racks, don't ask me for nothing.
00:29:24
Speaker
Nothing. And then it's the neighborly thing to do. Y'all kill me with this. Y'all kill me. Don't ever, ever ask me to be the bigger person because just know, just know nine times out of 10, I am being the bigger person. So that one time where I'm not being the bigger person, I got a reason.
00:29:40
Speaker
So don't ever ask me to be the bigger person. Stop telling people that. Stop telling, oh, we got to live next to them and we're going to live in disharmony. We gonna live in disharmony until he pays me my two racks, period.
00:29:52
Speaker
I don't care. He needs to leash that dog up because the next time I'm a kick his damn dog and i we'll see how much we've been playing there. No, run me my two racks or we just gonna be living eyeballing each other, not saying nothing, not helping each other out. Oh, well, you hurt your back. Sorry for you. My dog limps.
00:30:13
Speaker
Looks like we both got problems. I wonder if this is the Tom from MySpace. but
00:30:20
Speaker
Okay. So I have a major problem with the neighbor, Tom. And we would have serious beef. Now, yeah I'm stupid in this regard.
00:30:34
Speaker
And and i'm ladies and gentlemen, I know this is stupid. Since he thought that the dogs were just playing, boom and that $1,800 bill was just some playing, I would play with Tom.
00:30:50
Speaker
Yeah. You know what? We just playing. We just playing. I'm going just play with your ass until you need emergency surgery and it costs you $1,800. Right. So we're going to do that and I'm going whoop your ass like your dog whooped my ass. Your dog whooped my dog's ass. I'm going to whoop your ass.
00:31:10
Speaker
And then I'm get my licks back and that um that'll make up for the two racks you own. Right, right, right, right. I'm going to go ahead and put you in emergency surgery and have you limp for a little while. Your back already hurt?
00:31:22
Speaker
Your back going to hurt a little bit more with this body slam. I do yeah not play with people owing me money. You owe me yeah money. Bruh, your dog, first of all... I owe you $60 right now. I just remembered that in this moment.
00:31:35
Speaker
Who, me personally? Yes. And um I apologize and I will cash up you right after the show. Well, good. It's nice to always have $60. Yeah, apologize. I remember that in this moment.
00:31:47
Speaker
I
00:31:50
Speaker
I'm cutting this all out. I'm not keeping this in the show. Keep that in. that in because that's real. I forgot your plan, but you're right. And I was $60 and that's all read oh I made. I think it's little bit more than $60.
00:32:08
Speaker
But anyway, let's move on. Let's move on. But yeah, no, ah look, dogs should be leashed. If your dog, if you can't control your dog, dogs should be leashed.
00:32:22
Speaker
I was walking with one of my friends. She just moved in She moved back to the area, got two dogs and I'm just in love with. And, you know, I don't have my dog anymore. i told her when she need help and I'm available, I made that very clear.
00:32:36
Speaker
When I'm available, I'm gonna definitely help you out because I love these dogs. And we were walking to an area that I'm very familiar with. And I was just like, let's make this right turn. And she was like, what do you mean? i was like, there's a whole bunch of dog people over there. And I was like, yeah, they like to let their dogs just run loose.
00:32:53
Speaker
And they were like, it was small dogs. And i was like, small dogs are the worst because those are the ones that will bite you the most. yeah Big dogs really don't be biting like that. It's the little small yappy dogs. One of my clients has a small yappy dog and I was going to go for one of the sessions and she and she was walking her dog and I wanted to go up and pet the dog and she said to me, he bites.
00:33:13
Speaker
My dog bites. And i was like, oh, okay, that's all you need to tell me. Little small dog, right? But she had the dog on the leash. She understands I keep my dog close to me because I know my dog bites.
00:33:26
Speaker
If you know or think that a German Shepherd is just playing nicely with a small dog that leads to an $800 vet bill. Yeah. $1,800. $1,800 vet bill that I'm going to play with you.
00:33:40
Speaker
You know I love to tell stories. Here's another one.
00:33:45
Speaker
The reason why I stopped taking crypto to the local big dog park. One day, crypto is crypto was not a big dog. He was small considering the fact that he was part pit, part beagle.
00:33:59
Speaker
But he's very playful. And he's running loose and he's running around it all all all around the dog park. But I know my dog. He won't bite people. Okay, yeah won't bite dogs. He's going to play, yeah but he won't bite dogs. And there's this big, there's this is big dog. I can't remember what it was.
00:34:16
Speaker
He sees crypto. He charts for crypto. He knocks crypto over. He's standing over top of crypto, not letting him up. I know as a dog person, they're not playing. That's one dog establish establishing their dominance. Now the owner is not paying attention. And I was like, hey, can you like get your dog? They're they're not really playing.
00:34:36
Speaker
He was like, no, they're playing. I was like, no playing is when like they're going back and forth. Your dog is just standing over top of my dog. This is an issue for me. yeah So he goes, grabs his dog on a leash, walks his dog off.
00:34:49
Speaker
Me Krypton go in another direction. No sooner than five minutes later, this dog once again comes charging for my dog, knocks over crypto, stand over top of him again. And I go, hey, yo, my man, come get your dog.
00:35:04
Speaker
Right. So he comes and gets his dog again. Just as he's getting his dog, one lady walks by and says, oh, no, you don't have to lease your dog.
00:35:15
Speaker
He says, well, no, this gentleman has a problem my dog. I said, no, I don't have a problem with my dog. I have a witcher dog i have a problem with you not being able to control your dog. They're not playing. Your dog is dominating.
00:35:26
Speaker
Then there's another couple that walks past right after that. The woman says they're just playing. I looked directly at the man, the man in that couple looked at me and was just like, bro, like she shouldn't have said nothing. Just please.
00:35:41
Speaker
Cause I'm like, Hey man, I'm not going to address your woman. I'm going to address you because I can't really, but I can write break you down. yeah and as And the guy was like, yeah, they're just playing. I was like, okay, well, I could turn into... ah oh it was a Rockwilder. I was like, oh, I could turn into a Rockwilder as well.
00:35:57
Speaker
We could play. You want to play? Are you threatening me? I said, no, I'm warning you. There's a difference. Take your dog away. And I never took Crypto to that dog park ever again because they weren't good dog people. They were not good dog parents.
00:36:09
Speaker
This boy, this dude, Tom... Not a good dog parent. You owe me $1,800 and you're going have the audacity to come over and ask me, can I help you move some furniture? First of all, what was my man again? 35 years old. We too old to be moving furniture around the house anyway. You need to pay somebody for that. Matter fact, you said $1,800 that you ain't paying me to go hire some people.
00:36:31
Speaker
Go hire some folks. Yeah. Because I'm not the one or the two. Or the three or the four. I don't care what it is. I'm not going to help you. You S.O.L. Yeah. S-O-L. No.
00:36:44
Speaker
Not until you run me my money. Period. So what's my man's name again? Because we can be in front of Judge Judy real quick. Oh, yeah. i Like, it would have been... it The money thing is a real issue for me. $1,800 ain't short. The dog's name was Benny.
00:37:00
Speaker
He doesn't say what his name is. But Benny's owner, bro, you are not being a jerk. No, I'm not all. Matter of fact, I feel like you ain't being stern enough. and' know yeah Right.
00:37:11
Speaker
And your lady need to be around. What's going on? What's happening? it I get it. Some people look we're confrontational. I'm not confrontational, but I'm not a doormat.
00:37:24
Speaker
so That's the thing. I'm going to I'm going to protect myself. I'm never going to start anything. I'm not confrontational. but But that's my definition of confrontation. Like when conflict comes, we're not going to run from it.
00:37:40
Speaker
No, I don't ever want a problem. We don't initiate conflict. It's like, what what if 50 say that i don't ever want a problem? 50, this is my greatest, but this is my favorite quote. Hold on, hold on. I'm gunm with you. This is 50 Cent. Go ahead.
00:37:51
Speaker
You got it. I love this quote. I don't want a problem. I don't want no problems. But if you want a problem, no problem. Yeah. I don't ever want a problem.
00:38:04
Speaker
But if you want a problem, I say no problem. Right. And me and Ty would have a serious problem. We got problems. would absolutely have a problem because your dog attacked mine to the point where he needed surgery. It cost me $1,800. You owe me that.
00:38:18
Speaker
you owe me for that Period. Your dog wasn't properly leashed. You are responsible for your dog. That's the reason why there are laws out there that you will go to jail if you mistreat your animal just like if you mistreat your child.
00:38:32
Speaker
There's a reason why there are laws like that because you're responsible for your dog. I know my dog, my my oldest, do you know Roni? She's some timey with other dogs because I know that.
00:38:43
Speaker
I don't keep her unleashed. Mm-hmm. If there's other dogs around, I tighten up that leash real quick. She don't have a whole lot of room because I know that she might try to attack and dominate another dog.
00:38:54
Speaker
Yeah, she did. And then when they could try. Yeah. When they try to bring their dog over, I'm like, she's not friendly. I'll say that. I'll be like, she's not friendly. Roscoe, he's friendly. Yeah. But Ronis, I have to be I have to be like that with her and say she's not friendly.
00:39:07
Speaker
And so but I keep her right there. I'll let her just roam and do whatever she want to do because I know she's like that. So people, y'all, you are responsible for your animal, period. If they do something, you are vicariously liable. If you don't know what that means, look it up.
00:39:23
Speaker
Google exists. But you're liable. I think I used the way. need to your money. Yeah. I think I used the wrong word, too, saying conflict. Tension. Tension really is the right word because there would be there's his wife doesn't want any tension with the neighbor.
00:39:39
Speaker
but And I can understand that people don't like living in tension. i don't actually I actually thrive in tension. He don't have nothing to do with me. He don't have nothing do with me.
00:39:50
Speaker
So that to as far as I'm concerned, the only tension is you owe me $2,000. You rounding up. It's $1,800. But you how we ride. If we see something and $3,288, we'd like, $40? That's $40. That's $40. Yeah, that's $40. So you owe me $2,000. and it's you know thirty two eighty eight we've like forty five forty that's forty dollars that's forty dollars yeah that's forty dollars you know so this is two that you all be two thousand dollars I'm not going to say $1,800. You owe me $2,000. Well, pain is suffering. Because now payment's suffering. Yeah.
00:40:17
Speaker
And the fact that I had to run behind you to come get my money, now you owe me $2,000. The fact that you try to blow it off as no big deal, make that $2,300. Right. need to actually file on that. Because if we take it to court, because if we take it to small claims, I'm asking for the full $5,000. So you could pay me $2,000 now or you could pay me $5,000 later. Figure it out. Plus lawyer fees.
00:40:38
Speaker
Boom. There you go. So my man, you're not being a jerk. Matter of fact, I feel like you need to be a jerk in this scenario. And you also need, ah check your wife is not the right term, but you need to address the fact that your wife needs to have yo back because isn't Benny her dog as well?
00:40:56
Speaker
Right. And that came out of your household. $1,800 out of your household. That was no $1,800 that y'all was expecting to spend. got No. Y'all could have been vacation. The hell I would have raised.
00:41:08
Speaker
Right. Living in tension. Oh, we going to be living in tension. We going to. You going to be able to cut it with a knife. We going to be living in tension intentionally.
00:41:20
Speaker
Intentional. Intentional tension. Say that five times fast. I can't. I can barely say it once. The hell? Nah, I don't have no problem with that.
00:41:32
Speaker
We can go back to Harmony soon as you pay me my $2,000. Two racks, son. Run that.
Boomers and Modern Changes
00:41:48
Speaker
All right, I'm going end the show with something a little cool. You know, we, we kill boomers because they complain and a lot of it is justified because, oh boy, one of the most toxic generations. Just shut up sometimes.
00:42:07
Speaker
But in this Buzzfeed article, boomers are talking about some things that have improved. since the early 2000s. So they're saying these things are good. Probably the reason why they're saying it is because the early 2000s are them in ah in adulthood, like they were close to my age, right?
00:42:27
Speaker
In the early 2000s, because it was 25 years ago. they were probably like, I guess a boomer could be 30 years old. No, I feel like that would be Gen X. Probably in 2000s, boomers probably like 35, because that would mean they were like 60 now.
00:42:42
Speaker
now So you're 35, you're an adult. So this isn't taking you, this isn't harking back to your childhood. This is, you know, you were in adulthood, you were in your life, okay?
00:42:53
Speaker
And so this Buzzfeed article is, boomers are sharing what genuinely improves since the early 2000s. And I never realized some of these. this may It was written by Danica Ramirez from the Buzzfeed staff.
00:43:07
Speaker
And these are just quotes from the Buzzfeed article that boomers, said and i'm just going comment on some of the stuff they said because they made some very very good points some of this is going to be like bruce haven't you talked about this before and i'm like yeah but that was from a millennial gen x point of view this is boomers so this is boomer saying this is boomers backing up my arguments so i'm always going to take that all right so One of the boomers said, food, transportation, and availability.
00:43:38
Speaker
Thanks to globalization, I can afford to eat fresh Norwegian salmon and Peruvian blueberries in Bangkok for less than they would cost in the US. Okay, well, I don't live in Bangkok, okay?
00:43:50
Speaker
But I can say... because of globalization and transportation and technology, we can have food from all over the world at the palm of our hands.
00:44:01
Speaker
We can literally order stuff from Uber Eats or go to different restaurants or even just go on the internet and have stuff shipped to us.
00:44:12
Speaker
I'll get into that later. Technology has made it so we could try different things. and And I think that's so dope because... People, this is what I mean by this.
00:44:27
Speaker
When you go to Italy, you realize the Italian food that we've gotten here in the United States ain't the same. When you've gone to China, you realize that the Chinese food that we got in the United States ain't the same. When you go to Mexico and you eat Mexican food, you realize the Mexican food in Mexico is not the same as it is in the United States.
00:44:45
Speaker
People that come here to bring their food here, Americanize it. So it's not the same as when you would go to those countries and get real authentic cuisine.
00:44:56
Speaker
Not there are some places that will do that. Right. But by and large, what's mass produced as far as ethnic food has been Americanized. But if you want you if you want to get some real Chinese food, not Americanized, real Chinese food, you can. There's restaurants here in Washington, D.C. There's few of them now.
00:45:17
Speaker
that are in Chinatown, which is smaller than what it used to be, that are real Chinese restaurants where you could try real, authentic Chinese food, not Americanized Chinese food. That is dope.
00:45:27
Speaker
That is dope that you don't have to go to China to be able to try something that is authentically Chinese food. So yeah, I mean, and they're right. That is ah that is a new thing because damn sure wasn't happening in the 90s.
00:45:43
Speaker
It wasn't. That's the truth. All right. Another thing somebody said, the percentage of people who smoke cigarettes has decreased. Now I said this before. The number of people who are smoking has absolutely decreased because whether it was my generation or Gen X, it was somewhere in that in the 70s and 80s. But I still have I have honestly, well, like my big sisters who are eight years older than me, they still smoke.
00:46:06
Speaker
They grew up smoking 80s. They were smoking. and We tried it in the 90s and we was like, you this kind of sucks. My breath stinks afterwards. I got this weird aftertaste.
00:46:17
Speaker
um and it makes your clothes smell. Like I hated the smoke smell. I used to get a ride from a young woman at high school and I stopped, where I decided to take the bus because she was a smoker.
00:46:28
Speaker
And I was like, look, I can't be going to school smelling like smoke. It stinks. And so a lot of people stop smoking. A lot of people stop smoking. Also, you can't smoke nowhere anymore.
00:46:38
Speaker
Like my building non-smoking. There's a lot of buildings. There's a lot of residential buildings that are non-smoking. If you want to smoke in my building, and I'll snitch on you in a minute because I don't want smell no smoke in my place.
00:46:51
Speaker
If you want to smoke in my building, you have to go outside in a designated smoke area. We have balconies and everything. You can't even smoke on your balcony. You can't. So smoking is just inconvenient. And this all started like in the 90s and the early 2000s. I knew in Virginia when they got smoking sections out of the restaurants because I was a part of the restaurant industry when this change was happening.
00:47:14
Speaker
I was so happy. I was so happy because I hate the smell of smoke. Make you stink. And so people aren't doing it. So that is a good thing that's happened since the 2000s. So go ahead, boomers.
00:47:26
Speaker
Another thing ah the boomers have said that's improved since the 2000s, online banking is straightforward and convenient. I was later adapter. Also, attitudes towards sex and gender are generally much better.
00:47:40
Speaker
I'll get into the attitudes to sex and gender later because another person made a comment about that. I want to talk specifically about online banking. Look, Gen Z kids and a lot of millennials, a lot of millennials don't know nothing about balancing a checkbook.
00:47:54
Speaker
I am the last remnants of having to balance a checkbook. I got my first checking account. I think I was 17 years old. I had to balance that bad boy because, yes, we did have the Internet, but online banking wasn't really a thing.
00:48:09
Speaker
I was literally writing out checks. I was writing out checks till 2010, maybe 2012. maybe two thousand and twelve 13, somewhere around there, still writing checks.
00:48:20
Speaker
Online banking was a thing, but back in the day before there was online banking, You had to go to your checkbook and you had to balance your checkbook. You had to use the credits and debits, use math.
00:48:33
Speaker
You had a calculator, you go ahead and do that. But that's how you kept track of how much money you had if you ain't go to the bank. ah You could call, I remember correctly, you could call, but you couldn't just log in to the mobile website and and check your balance instantaneous. We know exactly what's in our account. There shouldn't be no surprises.
00:48:54
Speaker
even though there always is. Shouldn't be no surprises because we got online banking and I'm so grateful for it because let me tell you something, bouncing that checkbook and I'm good at math was a pain in the butt. The next thing a boomer said that was good, that's improved from the two thousand s to GPS.
00:49:12
Speaker
gps I started driving when you had to use a map or ask someone else for directions. MapQuest was a revelation, but still required a bit of attention. Now I can get anywhere in America with turn-by-turn directions from my phone.
00:49:27
Speaker
Look, let me tell you something.
00:49:31
Speaker
I was started driving when maps was a thing. MapQuest came out later, came out a couple of years later. But maps, when I moved to Washington, D.C., I had just turned 16. I don't know my way around. There were these maps that were designated by counties.
00:49:53
Speaker
And you would go like, OK, I want to go here. And you would see where it was in the back of the map. And it would tell you, go to this page. And it would be like A4 or something like that. And you had to follow the line and then write down.
00:50:05
Speaker
Write down because you didn't want to try to read the map as you was driving. So you write down little notes, step by step directions on where you had to go to. Then there came MapQuest that gave you the step by step directions, but you had to print them out.
00:50:20
Speaker
Or you could try to write them down, which I was never good at because I would always be like, oh, I know where I can. I know where to go from there. And then we get lost but all the time. That cost me one time while I was going meet a young lady on out on a date.
00:50:31
Speaker
you know, and and I got lost using MapQuest because I thought i I knew where I was going to go after a certain point of the directions. I did not ruin the date. We eventually hung out months later, but she told me on that date, well, I need tell you what happened on that date, but it would have been a good night for me.
00:50:47
Speaker
So, yes. And then I remember when the Garmin first came out. mean, you had to spend some bread for it, but like I remember me and my ex-wife getting Garmin because I was like, hey, look, I don't know where to go ah how to get anywhere.
00:51:03
Speaker
outside of my comfort zone. And we would do drives to New Jersey to go visit some family, New York, you know, different parts of Maryland, different parts of Virginia. That garment was important.
00:51:14
Speaker
Now it's all on our phone. that They even tell you where to go. Turn here. And don't be wrong. Give you good directions. Things have definitely improved since the 2000s. Thank you.
00:51:26
Speaker
Thank you, technology. Here's another thing that a boomer said that's improved since the 2000s. In my lifetime, streaming. My family first got a VCR when I was seven.
00:51:38
Speaker
I have some vague memories from before then, like only having three channels on the TV, but then renting happened after VCR and the concept of the video store was renting a movie is the same cost as a single movie ticket.
00:51:51
Speaker
But now you can bring the family and pause it. It was pricey, but still had tremendous value. I was 21 when TiVo came out, when you could suddenly record basically any show.
00:52:02
Speaker
When Netflix started streaming, I was 30. Okay, I think this person is a little younger to be a boomer because I think... No, when Netflix when netflix started streaming, I feel like that was...
00:52:15
Speaker
like 2007 maybe. So I was 27 and I'm nowhere close to a boomer. So I think this is a Gen X person. But what they're saying is true. The technology has gotten better.
00:52:26
Speaker
I do miss video stores. But in 2000, I believe I was working at a video store. I was working at a video store. That's what we had. DVDs were out.
00:52:37
Speaker
Blu-ray was not out yet in 2000. Blu-ray didn't come out. And went and there was two. There was Blu-ray and HD d DVDs and Blu-rays actually propelled and eight HD DVDs stopped being produced.
00:52:51
Speaker
But yeah, streaming is a huge part. Look, I guarantee you what you want to watch isn't on Netflix. Okay. What movie you want to watch isn't on Netflix. But the fact that we do have access to that, really dope.
00:53:04
Speaker
So yes, that is definitely an improvement from the 2000s. Another person said the availability of random products from with the internet. You can buy nearly anything online.
00:53:14
Speaker
That is true. I think anything legally you can buy online and even some stuff illegally you can buy online too. Like you can get anything you want. And you can have it at your place maximum about two weeks if it's overseas.
00:53:30
Speaker
Think of how convenient that is. People didn't have it like that in the 2000s.
The Internet and Cultural Shifts
00:53:34
Speaker
I remember like there were certain wrestling companies I could never see, you know, their shows because they weren't there. Their tapes weren't available for me. I didn't even know how to how to get them.
00:53:46
Speaker
If you miss certain TV shows at a certain time, you missed them, right? If you missed him the TV series on HBO, you had to wait for that DVD the following year because you missed it.
00:53:58
Speaker
So yeah, the the ability to order and get anything off the internet has been a blessing. That is definitely shoot true. And another person said, internet speed. Let me tell you something. Internet speed used to be tragic, but we didn't realize it was tragic. I remember downloading music and movies.
00:54:19
Speaker
And it would take all night long and still wouldn't be done. It would take 15, 16, 17 hours sometimes, depending on how big the file was and how fast your internet was.
00:54:29
Speaker
Now you can get a whole movie streaming instantaneous, instantaneous. Like our internet is so fast now. Another thing a boomer said that is different from the 2000s is accepting a former nerdy hobbies like video games, comic books,
00:54:46
Speaker
collecting different memorabilia different stuff and being a big fan of a particular piece of media, et cetera. Look, you used to be called a dork back in the day if you did any of this stuff.
00:54:58
Speaker
A huge dork. But now these things are celebrated. People know that those nerdy things, quote unquote, like there are big markets for it. There are conventions for People are getting some bread for it.
00:55:10
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I was a comic book collector. I didn't tell nobody because everybody would have labeled me a geek. I was, but I didn't want to be labeled that. I'd rather be labeled as a jock and a cool kid. Another boomer said things that have improved since the 2000 is cancer survival rates.
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Hey, look, with modern technology and medicine and better screening, more awareness, people are getting checked more frequently. catching it early.
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And yes, there are more success rates. That is definitely a positive from the 2000s. And the last thing, this one is funny and it goes back into the sex and gender thing.
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but I'm just gonna read this entire comment that the this boomer said. So, I taught high school until a couple of years ago. Teenagers are far more accepting of differences than they were when I was a teen.
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There is still unkindness because there are assholes in any population, but still. I was both surprised and gratified at the level of accepting of cultures, lifestyles, and differences. i sincerely hopes this trend I sincerely hope this trend continues.
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I don't know it's going to continue. There was a period of time, and and and I think it it just ended because there was a lot of young people that are ah started with the lock her up, and then they're saying, deport them. So...
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there's a there's a pushback. But by and large, yes, this poster is absolutely right. And you can see it in the schools first, right? that The kids are genuinely just nicer and more accepting of other people, other cultures, other ethnicities, all that stuff than they were.
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Part of it is all due to technology, right? Before you fear the unknown, but because of technology and technology opens up our worldview, right? It's not just our little town anymore. It's the entire world. We can see things now.
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It's not... new to us as far as seeing it for the first time, realizing that there's no reason to be afraid of it and ultimately just being accepting. So that is, that is really dope. I hope the trend continues as well.
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I don't think it will because it's starting to turn out the way, but it's good that there are still a lot of people out there that are just like, Hey, you're different than
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me. And I think that's cool.
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Cause I think it's cool too. I love people that different from me. don't want everybody to be like me. Then what would be so unique about me? for freedom Be different. Be you. I like that. freedom freedom over fame But on that note, ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you for listening.
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I want to thank you for watching. And until next time, as always, I'll holler.
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