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Titles Celebrating Veterans Day: A Tribute to Service Navigating the Complexities of Modern Dating
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In this episode of the Man K podcast, hosts Briceson Young and Luis discuss a variety of topics, starting with a celebration of Veterans Day and the importance of supporting veterans. They reflect on personal experiences, health issues, and the significance of recognizing veterans' contributions. The conversation shifts to political discussions, where they express their opinions on current political figures and the state of the nation. The hosts also delve into modern dating dynamics, navigating social media interactions, and their career aspirations in the cybersecurity field. The episode concludes with a message of gratitude towards veterans and a call to action for listeners to appreciate those who have served.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Veterans Day Celebrations
02:56 Veterans' Rights and Benefits Discussion
06:04 Health Issues and Personal Experiences
09:03 Social Gatherings and Friendships
11:55 Political Opinions and Election Reflections
18:00 Comparing Political Figures: Kamala Harris and Barack Obama
20:41 Political Reflections and Leadership Styles
22:30 Shifting Focus: Dating and Relationships
24:54 Understanding Interest in Modern Dating
30:15 Navigating Social Media Interactions
38:21 Direct Communication in Relationships
39:01 Navigating Education and Career Paths
42:48 Skills and Experience in the Workforce
46:55 Financial Aspirations and Career Decisions
48:54 Political Perspectives and Economic Outlook
55:06 Veterans Day Reflections and Company Accountability
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Transcript
Introduction and Initial Banter
00:00:01
Speaker
What's up everybody? Welcome back to the basement. Welcome back to the mancate podcast. It's your main man Bryce Young and my boy
00:00:12
Speaker
Lou, what's going on here, buddy? This motherfucker's zoning out over there. Oh, no, just think the dramatic pause, you know. That was very fucking dramatic. Damn. What's up, everybody, though? um I'll tell you ahead of time, I'm already pre-tipsy tonight, so. Oh, shit. ah Yeah, Sergeant Stenstrom had a little. Wild shit.
00:00:36
Speaker
Well, he had a little gathering at the house at his place. Yeah. And, um, um, I wasn't sure I was going. Otherwise I wish I would have mentioned it to you. i I made up my mind last minute. Um, but ended up going cause it's my weekend with the kids, you know? Yep. And so I already dropped them off in Taunton and he lives in Taunton.
00:00:58
Speaker
But his my my time being there wasn't going to last up until the time I normally drop the kids off. So I'm trying to figure it. So I'm like, that's going to be a lot, bro. Do I don't want to deal with that? I get it, bro. I ended up doing it anyway. I just i ended up leaving the house about 3.30. It started at 1. I decided, you know
Honoring Veterans Day
00:01:18
Speaker
what? We're going to go. I'm trying to send it to the house too. so It's whatever also yet by the time you guys hear this it is Veterans Day So happy fucking Veterans Day to me to Louie to those who have served to the people serving now To the ones that will serve tomorrow. Are you basically training fucks? Enjoy it
00:01:38
Speaker
Happy Veterans Day. Definitely. um All our brothers and sisters up there. Hell yeah. I feel like um we should be doing more for veterans, um especially with all the... Mabel, honestly. The shit we're doing for all the fucking immigrants coming in. We should definitely be doing way more for vets. For real. that's That's some other shit. um um So Happy Veterans Day. I am going to be out.
00:02:07
Speaker
to tomorrow, but the time you listen to us, it'll be today, enjoying my free breakfast, my lunches, my dinners, my brunches, my coffee, my donuts, everything that is going to be offered to me. I will be out enjoying that shit tomorrow.
00:02:20
Speaker
the fifth The week that it lands on is a week that I have to take a day off anyway. But you know what? Fuck that. No, I'll take a sick day so I get two days off. Fuck that shit. Do your thing, bro. Do your thing. I feel like they really can't say anything. If I just said I wasn't even going to come in on Monday. They could. They could bitch about it, but that's part of it. Yeah, they could bitch, but come on. You're going to be the company, the job, the HR.
00:03:05
Speaker
They're tearing down the veteran on Veterans Day. Yeah, come on yeah let's go. Please do. We'll make money just in the GoFundMe. Come on. Hell yeah. Other than that, though, yeah, fuck that. Every vet should have the day off, if you choose to. Every vet. Every vet. Even if you don't have time, you know, sick time or vacation time, I believe if you want that day off and you served, you should have that day off.
00:03:32
Speaker
It should be a stipulation that if you want to work, the state, not your company, so it's not on the company's hook. The state has to pay you time and a half because you're working on the day that you should be off. That's a sweet fucking gig, bro. That's a sweet one. Because the state, you know, it's just going to be a write off. That's how it is. It just becomes a payment and then you become an employee and then they write it off. That's it.
00:03:55
Speaker
You definitely should. Veterans should get time and a half on their day on their ah Veterans Day. but I even said to somebody, honestly, I know I took a sick day, but my job should give I feel like my job should give it back to me. They should just be like, you know what? You can have that day back. That that day is on the company. Don't worry about it. That would be like the justifiable thing. Honestly, bro, ask.
00:04:16
Speaker
You'd be surprised. All it takes is a manager's like sign off and they'll be like, okay. Oh, I ain't asking my manager. Why the fuck not? The worst thing it's, it's like walking up and like asking a girl for her number, you're married, so you can do that shit. But the worst thing they're going to do is say no, even if they brutally say no, worst thing they're going to do is say no. If it was my previous boss, I would probably run it by him, like from the other department I worked in. But the one in this department.
00:04:43
Speaker
I feel like he's more of a buy the book kind of guy. like i told He didn't want me using a sick day last time. One time I took a sick day. I don't think he really wanted me using a sick day because I told him I wasn't taking it for sick, for sickness. I just want day off. But I didn't want to use vacation time. i you I like to run through my sick time first because the chances of me calling out for sick being sick is unlikely. yeah I'd rather keep my vacation time and and in my bank and use sick time upfront before I use anything else. Well, it makes sense.
00:05:12
Speaker
Cause I'm not like, if I, if I'm coughing or some shit, I'm coming to work. So what? I need to be like, I need to be like weak and like can't walk like really headed and shit. that Yeah. I was like, I'm coming to work. I will go one day. I was feeling like woozy and shit and like lightheaded and shit. And I found out I had this like infection on my fucking leg. Oh shit. Yeah. I was having a fever at work and shit. My, uh,
00:05:39
Speaker
I know my boss was joking with me next day. He's like, yeah, you already knew you weren't coming in next day. But ah like, man, now I went home, found out I had like a 102 fever and went to the doctor and I actually had an infection on my leg. I didn't even know it. So.
00:05:54
Speaker
It was like this little, it was a whole little, it was a red circle on my, right above my knee. It was about double the, about three times the size of a quarter. What maybe? What the fuck caused it?
00:06:10
Speaker
They um I've been told that it is a likely disease. I mean, it's like this is these virus infection. It's it's a bacteria. It's a bacterial infection. Like it's a fungus. So they say you get it. It transfers a lot in gyms and shit. So, oh, that's you nasty, bro. Yeah, I know. his have oh bro it's nasty It didn't even but it really didn't. It didn't look how it might sound. It might sound bad, but it didn't even look bad. But I just realized I kept scratching in that area and I never looked at it.
00:06:40
Speaker
And I looked down on like, damn, that's red. And then right in the center of it is a lit, a very small little white pimple type. yeah And yeah, they, said she, she saw it at the doctor's office and said, yeah, immediately what it was. And like, yeah, just take these, these antibodies for a week and it'll be gone. And it went away just like that.
Bryce's Fever Story
00:07:00
Speaker
But.
00:07:01
Speaker
Yeah, that shit fucked me up. i I don't know, we just had a fucking fever. And I was like, man, I see i got a fever that I'm out. A fever knocks me right the fuck out. I don't wanna do shit. I can't walk, can't do anything. Yeah, because it fucks up everything. that you It's cooking your brain. Yeah. For lack of a better term. I know the nurses listening probably being like, I know, I know. That's just what it feels like. It feels like your brain's just on like simmer. You just fucking sitting there like, oh, it sucks. I had a random one pop up coming home from work on Friday. I was just, I had a fucking fever. I didn't do the dude check my temperature because I didn't have nothing on me. but
00:07:40
Speaker
The whole time I'm riding home, I'm like, I'm hot. Like my whole body just feels warm. And I got a raging headache. hi I took a fucking motoring when I finally got to Taunton and about an hour and a half later it started slowly started tampering off. So.
00:07:56
Speaker
I don't know where that fever came from because I don't see anything on me that would cause it, but I don't want to get sick again. Fever has come to fight infection, right? So I'm trying to figure out what infection do I have? What's going on? But yeah there's nothing really wrong with me. I did get the flu shot last Saturday. So maybe it's just it's coming from that. I was going to say, yes, that's a big possibility. So I talked it up to that and I'm just whatevering it. But um Yeah, I'm all already a bit tipsy. I went over to, um, Stenstrom's little gathering, uh, had two Medellos, a shot of something he kept, he kept behind the bar, which was actually pretty good. I ain't gonna lie. It was good stuff. I think he said it was like an $85 bottle of bourbon or whiskey or something. It was really good.
00:08:48
Speaker
Um, okay. Ryker was there. Capra was there. Oh, that's right. You just fuck. You just made me realize Ryker, if you listen to this, I'm sorry. I'll call you back. Oh, she called you? Yeah, she did call me and and I was with my parents and I was like, I'll call her back.
00:09:03
Speaker
She's ultimately probably the reason why I went, because she sent me a text message and it was like, are you coming to Stentra's party? And I was like, damn. I bet Riker actually does want to see see me and shit, because she's a good she's a good person like that. I know, shit. If I didn't have my kids, I would have went, but I had my kids. I'm not packing them up, I'm going down there. I get it, I get it. I mean, if I had to pick my kids up from there, I don't know how likely I would have, because I'm already going to be there anyway later, so whatever.
00:09:30
Speaker
But it was nice see Rikes was what nice see nocap capra and ah no cap we gotta get him on the on the fucking podcast. Yeah, yeah two I got two women <unk> Hinted on this because you guys are gonna be in this shit. I got two women that want to come on the podcast They are doing they're beginning their own little tick-tock and they're going to be doing a podcast So when I asked them to come on One was wary, the other one was like, yes. you' hit Yeah, right away. um what's the What's that TikTok? Oh, shit, dude. I feel like you you did show me, but yeah I'm gonna follow them now. What's this thing, man? We talking like Instagram and then we talking Messenger and then we text. It's fucking hard to keep track of shit I sent you.
00:10:23
Speaker
Yeah, because I think this was through Instagram. I think you messaged me about them through Instagram, but yeah, should be fun. I'd like to have people on. I did message somebody else about coming on because they're always, I see them always making um things about um mental relationships and shit. yeah So like when I see people always making lows making posts about relationships, I like to ask them, that you want to come on? Because like we talk about relationships. It sounds like you got a lot to say. You can say it. I want to hear what you got to say. Yeah, come on, come on. We got a spot. like
00:11:00
Speaker
Like it's open mic night, baby. Come on. Come on down. You're right here. i miss somebody As you can see here on the camera and they said, uh, hello, well, why I mean, yeah. ah So I'm going to see what that says. see Maybe that's that's right there, but we'll see what happens. Um, Oh, do you know what? Anyway, election day was last week.
00:11:26
Speaker
Yeah. ah A lot of people are sad. Yeah. A lot of people, that is a very good way to put it. A lot of people are sad. I'm confused. We can agree to disagree, all right? Yes. You could not like chocolate, and I could fucking love it, you know? Let's get away with it, man. I like all flavors of chocolate. But I was like, God, um I don't know why so many people are upset, like,
00:11:55
Speaker
man you know how it is how you really want something you believe in that something because other some things show you something you know i mean i get pretty much how the it went down on their side you know i mean a lot of smoke and mirrors but she mean come on let's she really didn't show us she didn't introduce us to her i mean i still don't really know what the hell commonly is because a lot of her answers bro they were all They're all the same thing. All our answers felt rehearsed. They felt ah computer generated.
00:12:29
Speaker
you know it's like She's like, I got this in my pocket. You got to ask me this question because I got this. yeah i mean she She had answers for a specific question. So if it was any question that was answered fucking with them, not within that fricking, you know, repertoire or whatever, I killed that word. Well, uh, then there's, you know, then she's fucked and then fumbling, but dude, that's the thing that's common. and That's like common. Um, I can't even think of the word, but that's just like common people. Like, like I can't believe the fucking thing. Like.
00:13:00
Speaker
attribute or like a reaction what you do when you don't know what to say just up up ah Ask me this question or what about this? But again before anyone jumps down my throat I don't know enough to even come up with like an accurate bias of Or basis I should say of like this shit So if you want to let go at me about politics, you know, you're definitely gonna win Yeah. And I'll say the same thing. oh not like a but I agree to the same shit, bro. You, you will beat me any day arguing about politics. I care about it when we get towards election time and I start paying more attention to their interviews and what they're talking about. yeah But, and during that time, these past three months, three or four months, when I've been doing that, I'm just not impressed by what Kamala says. And I'm not going to, but I'm not, um I don't want you to think I'm not a blind Trump supporter.
00:13:55
Speaker
Like these people that are gung-ho Trump believe, hang on, everywhere he says, believe everything he says, that's not me. Definitely not me. Trump is a fucking idiot. Okay. He's a fucking idiot. I voted for that idiot, but because I thought he, I believe he's the better idiot than Kamala. The lesser of two evils. That's the way I like to put it.
00:14:19
Speaker
I think he's a better idiot than Kamala because in my opinion, and I've, and I've, and I've thought this way since Biden got in office. I said, Biden won the presidency, but Kamala is probably the president because I don't think Biden is going to be making much decisions in this shit. And why did he get Billy wipe his own ass?
00:14:38
Speaker
believe And when we got to the point where they got, they got to the debate stage, you look at the way Biden's acting during the debate and you're like, and that just, that just clarified it for me. Yeah. Kamala's been running shit. He's been doing a motherfucking thing. He's just been still in that fucking home. he So, and it's kind of sad cause he's just fucking old and just fuck, but you know, yeah I feel bad for that. But.
00:15:04
Speaker
I say all that to say that if that is what biting has been, and if I believe Kamala has been running it for the past four years, she that's then I'm not i'm dusty, bro. Yeah, I'm straight. Like I'm all set. She has done nothing. Like I'm like I'm all set. And I seen an interview of her on The View and somebody asked her, is there anything that Biden has done in the past four years that you think you would have done differently?
00:15:33
Speaker
And she said, I cannot think of anything. See, so my fucking point, exactly. So in four years, you didn't make one mistake and then learn a lesson at all from it. These they are all fucking human. We're all going to make a mistake. That's ridiculous. Exactly. So yeah, and that, that right there, that answer along with a few other things turned me towards turned me towards a man that in 2016, I was devastated that this man won the election. And I turn around and for the first time in my life, well, I take for the first time in my life with a grain of salt because it's only the second time in my life that I voted. I voted in the last election because I voted for vice Biden, but I never thought I would go and vote Republican. So I went to the polls and voted Republican.
00:16:27
Speaker
Growing up my whole life being told that black people in the South do not vote for Republican. The Democrats are the only people that care about you. And I have, I have just, I, yeah, I call bullshit on that shit now. That is mad bullshit. They do that purposely, bro.
00:16:46
Speaker
to make him think like we're like fucking trying to like suppress that. That's ridiculous. and I see that. That's why, again, I don't have all the numbers so I can't get into this debate, but just just look at the charities and who runs those charities. That's all I'm going to say. That's it. The ma majority who runs them just looking into it makes you interested to really dig into it and start getting the numbers. It's bad, dude. I like to know.
00:17:14
Speaker
a lot more than I do. like All I learned is, and I watch both sides of the table, I watched ah i watch the YouTubers and the news from the far left, and I watch it from the far right. Yeah, because you got to get both spectrums. Yeah, I got to get both. i know My boy just asked me, why why you why are you worried about a Kamala
Political Views and Election Dynamics
00:17:30
Speaker
interview if you know you're voting for Trump? I can't know I'm voting for Trump convincingly if I'm not even listening to what she got to say. i'm not Like I said, I'm not a blind Trump supporter.
00:17:41
Speaker
And you have to listen to both sides. Otherwise, how can you even say you don't like what she's doing? You don't know what the fuck she's doing. You don't, you don't even know what she's saying about what she's thinking about doing. So how can you just so surely vote for one of the other party? Yeah. mean I mean, I just don't think you can do that. Well, no, there's plenty of people that do that, dude. There's, there's the diet and there's some on both sides too. And it doesn't matter who the fuck is in that seat. They're just going to vote for their color.
00:18:12
Speaker
like red or blue, you know, but it doesn't matter. Oh, well, he's representing Democrats. That's what we're looking for. Oh, she's representing Democrats. That's what we're looking for. Well, vice versa. We know what fucking Republican. There's plenty of people that do that. There's there's also other people that actually like, you know, look into the actual person. There was a couple senators but when Trump was first getting first getting put in that tried to overturn Trump. And, you know, he gave him the fucking pimp slap from west coast fuck out of here and he still won i would like it if michelle obama ran i'd vote for michelle obama honestly i think she probably would win because i think there's just like a lot of a lot of women would just be like yeah i would vote for her i i told my boy to another thing about kamala uh with all the stuff that i just you know little things i do read the interviews i did watch do i do i i don't feel like she's a um n-wor bitch you're too whitewashed she's just she's not obama level she's not obama level special to me i feel like obama is the height ah black man. I don't know. like for pre He ran for presidency, got it, got it second term. Everybody believed in Obama. That whole change campaign was the shit. I didn't vote during that time, but I wish I had voted for him because I feel bad I didn't. But I think about Obama and I just think, okay, I think he held his own. I think he holds the title nicely for first black president.
00:20:00
Speaker
Do I really think Kamala Harris deserves first black female president? No, I don't deserve vice president. So, so, so when I say that, I'm just, that's what I mean by she's not Obama level special. I feel like Obama's.
00:20:17
Speaker
up here is he's he and if so as far as I'm was concerned. Yeah, I heard that. Kamala is just not there. She's just not there. I think for regard for what anybody can think about Democrats, I feel like most people can agree Obama was legitimately a decent guy, a good guy. I think his intentions were always in the right place when it came to trying to yeah president Present president, you know but no they do Yeah, whatever they do well that is presidenting presidentent t I think he did a good job. So
00:20:54
Speaker
I like, I like Obama and Kamala is not Obama special. So she didn't need it special, but like short bus special. She did not want to come out and give that, uh, that, um, speech either that concession speech. he yeah i failed of a bit I can't, I can't admit that I lost to a better person.
00:21:16
Speaker
I'm not a bigger person, figuratively in. Got his ass. Literally. But then again, Obama, I mean, Trump, Trump went out like a pussy last time too. so Yeah, he did. i got you There's not many presidents that like, we'll just say second places that go out like, Oh, congratulations. Most of the time they're like, yeah, good luck. Fucking, you know, see ya. But, but, but one thing that everyone can agree on, cause you know You can talk shit all you want. when he When Trump did lose, he said he was pretty much like good luck for the next four years and he was fucking right. Because the fucking, dude, the past, they were crazy, dude. And I know people can be like, that's because Trump did it. ah Yeah, know I don't. You can't keep saying that, man. you know Because they said the same thing about Obama, and Obama turned some shit around too. so it's Yeah, I don't like that. I can't use that excuse on everybody.
00:22:13
Speaker
So for like the first year, I get it. But after that, you're the fucking president. You can't change shit in 12 months. I kicked my computer charger out of the wall. i got Oh shit, hold on. Emergency fucking repeals.
00:22:30
Speaker
Yeah, fucking none of this politic bullshit. Yeah, none of the politic shit, but it is the man cave, and we talk about all the things that men would talk about. That's true. Everything could be a topic. ah
Dating in the Age of Social Media
00:22:40
Speaker
so What else has went on in the world of dating and relationships these days, man, that you want to get into? Because I think you got some stuff, don't you? Yeah, I came across something the other day. Hold on, let me see.
00:22:56
Speaker
two to
00:23:04
Speaker
Sorry, guys, I'm digging through the notes. It's easier to search rather than just scroll through it.
00:23:15
Speaker
I like to move it, move it. I like to move it, move it. Would you take- Oh, I'm sorry. You cut off, bro. What? Would you take this hot mess on a date?
00:23:30
Speaker
I need to see another photo. That's the only photo she's got. I don't know what the red account. My answer is no. I don't know. I don't know. Listen, the hot mess is a fun, bro. But that's it. I'd have to see one more photo to see what kind of hot mess I'm getting into. Yeah, I agree with you. I understand that. I understand that.
00:23:56
Speaker
All right.
00:24:02
Speaker
Where is it, big dog? All right. So a little bit of background for some new listeners, we'll say, uh, the job that I'm in, which I'm not going to get too detailed in, uh, puts me in a position where I actually work with a lot of younger people.
00:24:21
Speaker
Uh, and a lot of the guys, you know, guys talking is what it is where y'all are in the man cave. So they tend to, but you know, ask me about what relationship stuff. And I know we've talked about this for like our OG listeners, but we do have to go over it some of the same stuff for once in a while, because it has been a bit.
00:24:38
Speaker
So one of the things was, was like one of the most common questions I get when like a younger, the younger generations asking me questions is how do you tell if someone's interested in you? Want to go down that road? How do you do? Oh, I got another one. I want to bring it back to this. I got something. One, uh, listen, because that shit changes from time to time. There's no.
00:25:05
Speaker
Like, bro, we, we old, bro, we ain't young no more. So like what we would consider back in the day when we, we kids are like, we'll say like 18, 19. When we were 18, 19, the way that you would, you know, kind of think someone was flirting with you was way different than it is now. Right. Is it? It is. There's more, there's more shit added in a lot more people. Listen, a lot more people are soft.
00:25:32
Speaker
they They're like so fucking scared of human interaction that they'd rather just go and like like a photo or You know some fucking shit like that Share it or laugh at it, you know is That yeah, technically it is different That was my way. Um, I used to do the, uh, three photos saying it doesn't work. Yo, I did the same fucking show. Just go blow up, go like a bunch of photos and they like a bunch of your photos and I go like a bunch more and then they like a bunch more. Then I go to your DM like, Hey, what's up.
00:26:04
Speaker
Oh, hey, LOL. Yeah, bitch, what's going on? but um You know, it's about like that. ah you Before you know it, three day ladies sharing dick pics and shit. I know you don't do that. I did. But, uh, you know yeah ah i know, you don't do that. but I did. I did. Why not? oh good Why not? yeah If it helped me get there for the same thing, every time I won't ask for it, but I will gladly take photos.
00:26:38
Speaker
and yeah So I don't know how do you go about, I mean, I mean, before your conversation was more important, you didn't have a lot of social media. Everybody wasn't so quick. Social media wasn't like your major outlet for getting validation and shit. You need to go out and get it. Hi.
00:26:59
Speaker
I think social media and social media dating in general still this is is just probably where it's at right now. you mean You like photos and then you slide in into the DM and see if they want to have a chitchat. If they do, then you're in there. If they don't, that's pretty much it. It's like a mall for bitches now.
00:27:18
Speaker
you got a hole mall and you can go to the Asian section, the, uh, you know, or the American section. You can literally break it down by category. It's fucked up when you think about it like that. It's nice. I mean, it's literally like, it's like girlfriend shopping. Or if you're a girl, it's like, gosh, boyfriend shopping. It's, it's too easy for y'all. It's too easy for you not to be in a relationship right now. Like if you're not in a relationship, then you don't want to be in one. Cause it's too easy. That's the thing. That's why they don't want it. That's why they're not in it because the select is so fucking broad. They can't make us the decision.
00:27:50
Speaker
Rather than being like this, this is a good woman who has a good drive and she's going to be a good mother. I'm going to be with her instead. You're going to see that woman, but then you're going to see the next door neighbor has some green eyes and a bubble, but and you're like, Oh shit, man, I'm in trouble. I do like a nice booty.
00:28:12
Speaker
That's what I mean, like stuff like that. And it just, it's, you know, you know, especially the grand man, holy fuck. You open it and you're like, God damn it.
00:28:23
Speaker
And any guy knows exactly what I'm talking about. Yeah, the grams dangerous. Uh, you know, it doesn't take talk is fucking dangerous, bro. The bitch is on to switch the algorithm a lot. Start looking up car stuff more and more and more. So it like drowns that shit out. I don't even be looking at looking for it though. My shit ain't even like every, same.
00:28:50
Speaker
That's why I keep looking up car stuff to try and draw that out, but the algorithm's like, oh, you want to see this fricking brunette with like no clothes on? Yeah. Watch this jumping jacks, like son of a bitch. My X account is like a fucking porn site now. Anytime I open it, it's just sick.
00:29:06
Speaker
And I don't know why I really I'd never I don't look into that on Twitter or Twitter slash X whatever whatever x whatever I don't look in I don't have I've never had an ex or Twitter account I've never had one I got one back in that day for every young I've young for every 26 if you guys want to follow me I don't post but you know go ahead you know for You know what? Fuck that. Y'all need to be... it is been man Today is Veterans Day. If you have never shared this podcast, liked this podcast, blew this podcast up on all your social media accounts, then do it today. Today is the day. It is Veterans Day. i don't Even if you don't think they'd be interested interested, share the fucking show. It is Veterans Day. Try to get the word out about these two
00:29:47
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You know, measure what's what's that a ice cream flavor with the black and white? What is it? Oh my god, what? Metropolitan? No, that's all three. No, no, that's all three. Oh, yeah. Oh, damn. It's got the strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate. Ain't there another one? Man, man, fuck it. Get us out there, bro. That's all I'm saying. You know, share the podcast. Stop fucking with me. Share the podcast, man.
00:30:10
Speaker
ah what what was I um ah dating shit after there yeah how do you how do you know when someone's interested not like nowadays sorry like you put it that's one way so like on social media way so like if you go through sent through social media yeah they can't see like in your photos and and like there's a difference between like you know the like and the heart Or if there's a bunch of people hiding the photo and then there's that one person that does like the other emoji, the care one. And he did that shit on purpose. Oh, you're talking about Facebook now. See, I'm talking, I'm just referring strictly to Instagram. Well, that's why I brought it up. instagram is different too yeah Instagram is just straight photos though. so
00:30:53
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i Photos. All right. So if you're talking about just Instagram, then that's when like, like guys, they'll, they'll scroll like way down into like, not way down, but like, you know, a couple of months back, like a couple of photos and scroll back up. I'm not the only one. See? Yes, ladies. That's it. we do because I scored out far enough. So you know, Oh, he looking at all my shit. Yes, I am. I'm looking at all of it.
00:31:24
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And girl, I can't stop scrolling. So I need you to know that I've been through your whole shit. You need to open it up and be like, damn, he went, he went back three years. That shit was in 2018. Yeah, I did. I when i went all the way back there. I've been looking at you. So I'll do that like ah like a few of them. um And the way I can tell I'm like too, like I said, yeah, she's she's like she's not only liking my photos, now sometimes she even might comment the heart or comment a little short phrase. She's also looking at my stories. She makes she does reactions to my stories. It's all it's all really the little shit.
00:31:57
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like oh With social media, you really gotta just pick up on the little shit. That's her way of flirting. And yeah then just slide in there and see what you say. I've done it with a lot of women, and I've noticed that a lot of them, they'll speak to you. The ones that really want, the ones that have been doing that, and you go in there and slide in their DMs, trust me, they want you. They at least think you're cute. Now, the rest of it is about how you play it, but they at least do think you're attractive. Definitely.
00:32:27
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oh Take it take it away. So go get it. I'll tell you what I haven't been wrong to this day Well to the time I met Julia, I was i wasn't wrong Yeah, that's true. If they were in my D if they were in my photos like that liking photos and shit. Oh Shit all my stories and shit. I Got it because I knew they wanted me. I don't think yeah I've ever got I don't think I've ever pulled a chick from through Instagram
00:32:59
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I don't think so. I think I've like pulled them and then got their Instagram after the fact. Hmm. But I don't think I've ever like slid into some action online. Nope. I'm lying. Nope. There's one.
00:33:14
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What? That was a while back. so I know I told you, but I ain't going to talk about it in the air. Sorry, people. That's for another day, where we could go through it and I could edit mentally what I shouldn't say. I'll tell y'all. I'll tell y'all. Anything you want to know about me ain't got I'm all set. Well, no, no, she's, you know, she's a professional and her job is very public. So we'll do that. He's a, he's a better man than I am. Sound piece of shit to any other woman, not my wife, but to most women and be shit. It's a good fucking answer. I got to say what I want to say. Cause I grew up my whole life, never speaking my mind.
00:34:04
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Now I'm an adult. I need to say what I need to say. That makes sense. So that makes sense. I had somebody missing me into the other day and they said, um, young, I'm freaking out. I followed this guy. Um, he watches my story. and It's been all day. He hasn't followed me back.
00:34:32
Speaker
What should I do? Should I just unfollow him? Or... Or what? Like, what should I do? Should I wait for him to follow me? See if he'll eventually follow me back? Why hasn't he followed me back?
00:34:45
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When you say it a bit, Lewis, as a man, how do you, what do you think? i do Well, okay, so as a regular man, he'd be like, what? That'd probably be the first answer. But me, where out where we we talk about this shit all the time, like, well, wait a minute, is there, like, are you, do you like him? as as a Is that the problem? She likes him. All right, so if you like him, then you put the fuck relax.
00:35:12
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like Seriously, chill the fuck out. the Was it only been like a day? A week? Or a day? Nah, fuck that. Wait, wait a little bit. Let me see.
00:35:29
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So I followed this boy, and still waiting for a follow back. But he watched my story. So, dot dot dot. Shit out and follow his ass? Or what? Wait till tomorrow? Because I follow him at like four something. It's currently nine o'clock. He just watched my story, but like no follow back. So what's your insights on that? You can chill the fuck out. It hasn't even been 24 hours yet. Fuck. I said, and I guess you women, y'all can ah get some feedback and let me know like what
00:36:05
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What's the deal with that? But I said, um, I said, I'm following maybe he's not interested. I said, I would, I would have, but then I say he could also be that kind of person that doesn't do much social media also. Yeah. Um, so that was really my, I was, I was like right before bed too. So i and and my answers weren't really clearly thought out or, you know, I was kinda, I was almost there. So I really couldn't get my best responses.
00:36:36
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I was thinking. There's there need to be more context like how did you get his? How'd you get his Instagram? Did you slug did you just randomly seen the suggestion cuz that does happen? I Don't know about you guys. You know the name No, you know, well that was what was the interaction did you meet him? Did you know was there something prior to you messaging? They know each other's Jessa. All right, so then she knows him for you know, we chose and relax He knows him. He's no personally Relax, she doesn't
00:37:08
Speaker
I don't think there's an issue for me to mention this story because um obviously I'm not saying names so she nobody knows who but she said um they go to school together so she doesn't want to make it weird. I'm like and I might I just say well don't make it weird. down and then Trust me if it's gonna happen she's gonna let it happen. Yeah I think um I don't know because I'm trying to think if I ever not follow the girl back that followed me And because I'm a lot if he had happened, I would say probably he really is. That's why I think I went with unfollowing. He's probably not interested because I would think, well, if I don't follow him back, I'm probably not interested. i There's nothing here to see. and So because there's nothing there I want to see. Also, this individual only has like four posts on their Instagram. So i also total where you really don't use your Instagram. So I'd want to know why you even follow me on Instagram. You follow me on something you don't use. Give me your number instead.
00:38:09
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yes That's me as a grown-ass man talking. That's what the grown-ass me would say. At their age, I don't know if they're thinking that way because they're in their young, lower 20s, early 20s. Actually, you know what? If you listen to the list, just fucking ask them. Just be straight up like, what's going on? I don't have time to waste. That too. You really don't. That too. Just go up and get it out of the way. Take it from someone that's older than you. That shit goes by fast.
00:38:37
Speaker
fast just get it yeah Just get it out the way just like Seriously, just ask it. Don't even don't go like this fucking band-aid shit and go slow. No rip that fucking shit off just na it hurt It's definitely gonna hurt but it's gonna hurt just as much and a little bit more the longer you fucking wait So this ask best in it. It's what
Career and Financial Security
00:39:01
Speaker
you gotta do man sucks with truth How's that school going for you, bro? Are you still, uh, what's your progress on your thing? What are you doing? It's like fucking 35%. Jesus. Dude, it fucking, it's, um, yeah. So I got everything set, FAFSA set, uh, registration set. So I start back on the cybersecurity course on December 4th.
00:39:28
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I got all my yeah transfer credits in. I think they're going to take like 75 of my credits. It should take about two years if I take two courses per semester or per term to finish this shit out. um he told They told me there's a lot of classes you can take on Sophia and we'll give you credit for it. So you can get out. I mean, you can finish up pretty quickly. and know a lot less money into this shit if you want. And she told me Python is you can actually take the Python course through Sophia and we will count as a credit for our school. So I'm probably going to take it through Sophia and just burn right through it because
00:40:12
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Through my research, I was told, through my research I'm seeing online, that you really don't need to know coding to on that level, like you don't need to necessarily know how to code.
00:40:26
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you just need the basic yeah you just need understanding you get the basics down the other shit will just flow in as you experience it it's kind of likes ah honest it's kind of it similar so like mechanics you just need the basics and then through experience you'll do better how it is So I'm i'm pretty pretty excited and ready to get that shit started. I even um remember Voltaire, right? Yeah. he's um He's two classes away from finishing up his bachelors in cybersecurity. So good for I messaged him to ask him how's it going and what's any advice he got.
00:41:03
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He said he got a C in the fuckin' Python course, so that kinda worried me a little bit. Cause I'm like, damn, I think Voltaire's a pretty smart guy, he got a C. He is. He is, buddy. Yeah, I don't- He's like me, I get- I'm bad at tests, man. um I'm good with the fuck. To me in front of a test, I'm fucked. For some reason, I don't know what it is, I I don't feel bad about tests, it's the- I don't know.
00:41:29
Speaker
I'm also doing the ah Google professional cyber security certificate too. I was doing that on their website. I heard because I'm reading it, that gets you really prepared for the security plus exam. And if I can take the security plus exam, that knocks off a lot of courses for the cyber security program at Purdue Global also. So I'm trying to think of what's my best way to get up out of here quickly and fly to Indiana, walk across the stage, get my shit and come back.
00:41:59
Speaker
get a motherfucking job. That doesn't involve me getting my hands dirty. but but but but I just want to go to school. um I want to go to work in some nice, no dress pants, dress shoes, you know, looking like I look like so i'll take somebody grandma or something. So like I'll take somebody mama, you know? That's how I'm trying to go to work, man. I'm tired of going to work in hoodies and pants with black stains all over. That's what I'm used to, brother. That's what I'm used to. So. I've been my life for 20 plus a years.
00:42:29
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But yeah, I mean, the way you coming up, though, I mean, you're gonna be, I mean, like, you're gonna be a big dog. Yeah. And if it goes that way, we'll see. And you'll be looking at everybody else getting their fucking hands dirty. Why are you chilling? Yeah.
00:42:43
Speaker
<unk> That's the plan. I mean, we've been this long. That's the plan. Yeah, and i don't think um I don't think I have the ability to ever get to that stage of being a technician. I don't think that's me, so I gotta be honest with myself, you know? but it It does take a certain person, trust me. There's plenty of people that can take shit apart and put it back together, but someone who could like diagnose shit and take certain people. Yeah, that diagnosing is a different animal. I'm not a good diagnoser, but if you tell me
00:43:15
Speaker
I need you to take this off put and replace it with this part. Okay. I can take something apart and I'm pretty good at putting it back together. who Fucking lovely. That's what I said. I am really good at, I'm really good at that. And I explained that to my boss. And when he hired me, he's like, you know, asked me about my skills and shit. I'm like, I'm not really good electrical, but I'm good mechanically. If I take something apart, I can put it back together. I can do that.
00:43:42
Speaker
It's like, okay, okay. I appreciate you being honest. I appreciate you being honest. Okay, cool. I took a part of, I know you probably don't know what this is. I took a part of Diehead last week, the other couple of weeks ago. No idea. I took away the Sealhead die and the Formhead die. Oh, wait. Is that the type of portion of the tube where you would put die in to trace it for a leak? No. It looks like it's float. No, okay. No, not at all. But I took a look at it. That's right. No.
00:44:10
Speaker
I take apart a steel head die and a form head die and it's not like it's a it's not a very ah complex thing to take apart but it does involve its own set of things that need to come off and go back in a certain spot and um you know I was able to do that without really using the teardown manual and put it back together replace things without really having to ask for much direction and did my own thing cleaned it up because I had to rebuild it I rebuilt it, got it done, took a week and it's done. And I had i enjoyed that. I like but having something I can take apart and put back together and take my time on it. Like just really focus on doing my thing and nobody's bothering me and I can handle it. But I know I am going to get to a part of my job where they want me to
00:45:02
Speaker
ah do a whole machine. But I like where now I'm at, I'm working with a different guy. I'm working with a guy right now and he's teaching me things more like in parts instead of trying to go through one thing all at once. He's like, okay, we're going to do the die head section, then we're going to work on the electrical section. Now we're going to work on the airlines and the machine. Now we'll work on the ceiling station.
00:45:28
Speaker
I'm gonna work on a conveyor station and doing, you know, we're doing things and explaining to me, you know, and and at times when it's appropriate. And I think that's, that's working out better for me. Cause when I first got in this position, I just been fucking lost. So that's good shit. You're like, it's broken. Fuck. I don't even know when it's working. What the fuck. Exactly. They were able like to turn on the machine and no instantly like, Oh, that don't sound right. And I'm like, what don't sound right? Shit sound normal to me. So um yeah that's experienced. That's what I mean. You could learn books all you want. Experience everything.
00:45:58
Speaker
So now I'm, uh, now when I'm hearing a machine running and I hear this little hiss noise, I'm realizing that ain't a normal hiss noise. That means this isn't closing properly. These are the steps now I know to take to get it to close properly. So it's a process, but, and I'm like, I like learning it. Like.
00:46:16
Speaker
Me trying to go for another career is not because I don't like where I work. I actually love where I work. I don't dislike anybody in my section. I don't really dislike anybody at my job. I like my job. I like the people I work with. I don't like my money and my financial ceiling. That's a big thing. so
00:46:37
Speaker
Yeah, i like um I mean, when the day comes when I had to tell my boss, like, yeah, it's I want you to know it's really not the company. It's nothing to do with you or my position. At the end of the day, it's what's going to get me to a point where I can financially feel secure with with myself and my family faster. And it's just, it's not going to be here. I know there's money here, but I know there's money here over there too. And it comes yeah much quicker.
00:47:07
Speaker
Yeah, I don't have to wait forever. Yeah, I can't i can't wait for the next 5 or 10 years to be having a good life. I'm trying to have a good life next year, two years from now, three years from now. you know so That's kind of where I was at. like i I was about to say too that like you told me, like you were having a conversation with me the other week. like yeah Yeah, that you know, the money is there, but do you really want to wait that long to get it? And yeah, so sometimes you just got you can't wait. Yeah. Yeah. We got to take that jump. So by the nomics ain't waiting. Not at all. Oh, my God. I'm sorry, folks. I voted for Trump and I don't went crazy. I don't start eating vanilla bread and shit. You know, just start being happy again. Hey.
00:47:55
Speaker
All right. That's the joke. That's my joke. I keep telling my wife. I'm like, yeah, it was not voted Republican. I don't win bougie. I've been eating that fucking Panera bread. So that is what it is. Oh, yeah yeah that's just true, man. No, it's we'll we'll see. We'll see how it goes, you know.
00:48:17
Speaker
Everyone says that they can predict stuff, but I feel like it's going to be like it was last time. Improvements. That's all I want. I think some things will get better. Yeah. Definitely. yeah so it would do yeah mean feel like they So they're going to win the Senate and the House also, and he's the president. So we're Republican all across the board. yeah You shouldn't get much pushback or fight on the thing on your agenda that you're trying to push.
00:48:43
Speaker
So we should really know what type of president Donald Trump is in these next four years. There should be no doubt. Like, whatever happens in these next four years, that was you, Trump. No excuses. Yeah, that's true, too. I like it that way. I'm looking forward to that. shit Yeah. can't Can't tell me, oh, damn it, dims this, dims that. No, motherfucker, you had you had everybody what it needed to be. If that shit didn't happen, you went as great as you said you were. Eat that shit.
00:49:13
Speaker
period period
00:49:22
Speaker
let me see love not and wrote me back you oh you know what i was going to find you guys that instagram real quick oh okay yeah i was about to ask you for your final word sale but if you got one more word fucking i'll give them a plug hold on ladies i got you oh pinky tuck no okay no i got my pinky tuck we gave her a plug last time i'm giving up this is like every week come on it's like yeah
00:49:52
Speaker
Know my laugh sounds awkward, but I don't I just mean like I didn't mean it the way my laugh sounds. Okay anyway Damn it. Hold on. I thought I sent it to them You know what there's easier ways of this and I'm feeling hold on Don't fail. It's like my bad. Oh boy. Don't get us copyrighted Yeah, my bad shit it was Not fucking showing me.
00:50:42
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nope, nope.
00:50:47
Speaker
you know what sucks about going on tiktok and like looking through shit that you've hearted and favorited you realize how much you spend way too much fucking time on caps like what the fuck i was looking at all the girls doing their dances that shit i'm doing i can look at them she says all day bro um Alright, so yeah, I can't find the 10th video. I fucked up on that shit. It's all funny, that's like come from Kamala Harris videos, her getting dissed. That's awesome. Those videos are tripping me out. There's some Asian girl that keeps doing Kamala Harris impressions. She's tripping me the fuck out. She's bad too. She comes out of the Kamala makeup, she's fucking bad. Damn it. Alright, so yeah, I guess that I gotta listen.
00:51:31
Speaker
I love you guys. yeah Come on. I'm sorry he gave you blue balls. Yeah, my bad. You put it that way. Shit. I'm not gonna get it. I'll get you guys some next week. Promise. I got you next week. Next week, the two the two lovely ladies will just leave us anonymous, you know. No, they're coming on next week. Yeah.
00:51:50
Speaker
they want to do next week cool cool that's good and you know kids no drill no awesome good weekend to choose yeah hell yeah so we're gonna have the uh the dually the dollywap twins on next week and uh you know whoever that is huh I don't i can't think of the name and I'm not going to jumble it up, so we're just a little bit more synonymous right now. Alright, so we got there weve got the twins coming on next week, and then we got on working on getting Christy Holt back on for an episode for a second episode. Louis wasn't around the first time I had her on, but she she's a cool lady. um She's a talker too, so... ah like I like, I can just ask a question and let her go off. She loves to talk and, um, helps my show, uh, just, you know, ride, ride it. just rides It goes easy. All go's more christ all all right. we can do that shit um So other than that, um, Oh, we got, got that other guy. We got a schedule up. Um, he, um, I guess he's a guy that he's, he's into ah the child support stuff and he wanted to come on and talk about that. So I'm going to get you event on. I don't think so.
00:52:59
Speaker
I don't think so. But other than that, man, we're going to let y'all go. Louie, I'm going to hit you up tomorrow afternoonish, you know, if you're going to come down and go somewhere and get us a free beer and get us some free food. I think ah Applebee's is actually giving a free beer with a free ah lunch item. Oh, hell yeah.
Veterans Day Deals Discussion
00:53:21
Speaker
We might need to find an Applebee's to get that free beer on top of it. so oh yeah Yeah. Hey, hey, hey, veterans, man, go out and enjoy your, free enjoy your day of free shit. Um, yeah. Uh, go everywhere. Yeah. I go everywhere. Even food. I might not eat. Get it. Yeah. Take it home. It's lunch for the rest of the week. You got, you should be fed well for 48, 72 hours. Do that same shits hilarious so the same thing. and check the ba like right My number one spot to go to honestly on veterans day is Texas row house. I.
00:53:55
Speaker
I feel like they are one of my favorite companies when it comes to Veterans Day. I feel like they treat you nicely, they want you there, they're so kind about everything. That is in one place I always go for Veterans Day. The other places are, you know, I'll try to make them. I might do Chili's, I might do Applebee's, you know, I might do IHOP, I might do Denny's, but I always do Texas Row House. I appreciate them a lot. Apparently too, they even, I think they'll do,
00:54:22
Speaker
free meals for veterans on days other than Veterans Day sometimes too. So that's real dope of them that they do that. I didn't know that. I love that place. Yeah, I get i get emails and I didn't even go on this. They did another Veterans Day free meal before and I didn't go, but I think that's dope that they do that. I also want to say you companies that um Do 10% discount meals on Veterans Day? Fuck you. okay Secondly, i make it I make it a fucking mission of mine to make sure I'm keeping note of you companies that don't do anything on Veterans Day because I try not to go to give you any of my business anymore. I think it's one day a year, you are there you can't fucking cough up a little meal for a veteran.
00:55:11
Speaker
Fuck the bitch, huh? We do what we do so you can do what you do. Yeah, exactly. i Think about that. I try to keep that in mind. Y'all don't like that shit. I really don't like that shit. I ain't gonna lie. I don't like that shit. 10%. That's what you got for money. When I tell you, we're not saying to give us $100 off the fucking mail, but shit. 10%. Bro, 10%. That's the text.
00:55:36
Speaker
If that yeah pretty much six point two five percent. Oh, all veterans come. That's around ten percent right. Oh, fuck the fuck out of 10 percent. I remember that shit next year. I won't be here. I won't be here no more. Don't worry about me. Yeah, don't worry. So last time one time. Yeah, I don't like that shit. um Dunkin Donuts. Fuck you as well. The fact that you um only give a fucking donut for a free donut. Oh, I can't even get a coffee.
00:56:04
Speaker
Bro, um who's the company? or The other donut joint. Krispy Kreme does a coffee and a donut. Makes fucking sense. You're only giving me a donut. Where's my drink, bitch? Oh, you got to pay $3.99 for that. Yeah. so like go a small I mean, I can't get a free... If you don't want to do like a specialty coffee, makes sense. If you're saying just get a regular coffee, you know, creamy sugar, cool. Yeah, like ah a fucking medium hot. Yeah.
00:56:28
Speaker
cool with that but you give a donut bro like come on give it up i don't like that either so fuck dunkin donuts okay who's that other company i just said to fuck i haven't even thought to like check to see what all the specials are you guys gotta check it out on his fats I got, I got, I got the list that's somewhere in my phone. All right. So hit a brace if you guys need fucking info. Yeah. And if you want to know which, uh, chunk your middle finger up to, I got those too. Um, spread that shit around. It's not cool in my opinion. I don't, I don't like it. I used to not, when I was in high school, I know I'm going off on a tangent here, but when I was in high school, I used to say, screw the army shit. I'll never do that. Fuck all that.
00:57:11
Speaker
and I've gotten older and I'm serving myself. I just don't see how you can just be a type of company that just says whatever to the people that make it possible for you, have your freedoms and shit. I don't like that. I just think it's fucked up. And don't get me wrong. like If you live in a shelter life, that's fine. But as you become an adult, you start to realize that there's a lot of things that you don't take to go into account yeah because you're not exposed to that life. But in reality, there's things that Like out of your control that actually reacts. I mean, you know, I'm gonna get into it, you know, you know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't want to get into it. like it's It's rough to talk. why i am i will not check i got I got you. But, uh, any day, man, you know, thank a veteran. It does go a long way. I used to always say, why am I being thanked? I haven't done anything, but I still, I signed my name up so that I am willing to go do something. Yeah. So when shit does call, we are stepping up.
00:58:08
Speaker
and Exactly. So thank a veteran, even if you are a veteran, thank the veterans that you see around you, the older ones, and um because they made it also possible for you to do it today. So, you know, heads up to them, knock them up, dap them up, shake them up, hug them up, you know, love them up. hey Thank you. And to those motherfuckers that are be ah begging for money saying that vets, I hope you fucking trip and break your ankle, bitch.
00:58:33
Speaker
Yeah. Sorry if that's too rough. I don't care. Playing traffic. Fucking assholes. Other than that, yo, positive note. We love you guys. Everyone listens. Give us any input you want and we'll go from there. Much love. We're out. Peace.