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DIY Disasters, JD Vance & Fake Friends
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Join Bruce Anthony and his sister, J. Aundrea, on "Unsolicited Perspectives" as they explore fake friends, political news, and humorous near-death experiences. In this lively episode, Bruce discusses his recent issues with setting up portrait lights and a mishap that nearly caused injury. The duo also delves into politics, examining Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance's background, views, and the public's reactions, including racist remarks aimed at his wife. They wrap up by offering tips for identifying insincerity in friendships and sharing personal anecdotes. Tune in for a blend of laughter, political insights, and lessons on fostering genuine relationships. #unsolicitedperspectives #diyprojects #jdvance #fakefriends #siblinghappyhour
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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to Unsolicited Perspectives
00:35 Sibling Happy Hour Begins
01:32 Bruce's Home Improvement Adventures
11:22 Michael Ealy, Megan Good, and Jonathan Majors Drama
26:22 Introducing J.D. Vance
35:23 Nick Fuentes' Controversial Comments
36:55 Melania's Nationality and Immigration
38:47 Far-Right Reactions to JD Vance's Family
39:37 Tim Scott's Marriage and Political Moves
41:20 Trump's Influence and Republican Dynamics
49:17 Fake Friends: Signs and Experiences
54:46 Friendship Dynamics and Boundaries
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Introduction to 'Unsolicited Perspectives'
00:00:10
Speaker
Welcome. First of all, 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. to Join the conversation and follow us wherever you get your audio podcasts. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch our video podcasts. Rate, review, like, comment, share, share with your friends, share with your family, help, even share with your enemies. On today's episode, it's the sibling happy hour. I'm here with my sis, J. Andrean. We're going to be dilly dallying a little bit. Then we're going to be talking about JD Vance. And then we're going to be talking about fake friends. But that's enough of the intro. Let's get to the show.
00:00:56
Speaker
but i obsess What sis? What up, brother? I can't call it. I can't call it. I can't call it almost one tap one take Bruce. That's that's that's what I do now. That's it. That's what I do. I mean, I've been thinking about it. I've been doing that intro or the least. six to eight months. yeah so If you don't have it by this point, what are you doing? The only thing that changes is on today's episode. right That's the only thing that changes. So I do have to emphasize enemy. yeah I almost died yesterday. ah How did you almost die yesterday?
00:01:38
Speaker
So, you know this, but the audience doesn't know this, that that I've redesigned my place, I've got new artwork. Yes, yes. And I am fixated on having- This tray chic. Right, right, right. It is very, and I'm trying it i'll get to, I'll get to it what it is. Let me explain the story of me almost dying. So, I've become fascinated with you know, lights on top of the pictures to illuminate the picture, especially at nighttime. Portrait lights, yeah. port port Thank you. Portrait lights. You know, I ain't that cultured. You described it very well to the point where I said, oh, he meant portrait lights. Because you were like, the light above the picture that shines down to illuminate, like you said, illuminate. So that let me know. He's talking about a portrait light.
00:02:29
Speaker
I mean, I could be descriptive. Just don't yeah ask me what anything specifically is named, because I ain't going to be able to tell you. Well, you'll describe it well enough that there will be no doubt. continue Right. So um I also put new lamps on the main wall right next to my main painting. And they are they can kind of transition the legs of the of the lights move to create different angles that the lights can be on the wall. OK. I tried to put the lights on the wall using Gorilla double sided tape and it didn't stick. Yeah. The lights aren't that heavy. They're only about three pounds, but it didn't, it didn't work because the lights are kind of built weird. Okay. So it just wouldn't lay a flush on the wall. Right.
00:03:19
Speaker
So one of my friends is really good at contracting and stuff like that and building and bill stuff like that. Kind of similar to our brother. okay And so I'm talking to him trying to get some expertise of how I can put these lights on the wall without using the screws that they came with because I don't want to put a bunch of holes in my wall. yeah That's fair, okay, yeah. And InstaHang, which was a thing back in the day, isn't really a thing anymore. No. So he was like, use these They're long thumbtacks you're going to kind of push in instead of the screws, since you don't want to screw in the wall. I was like, OK, I'll try that. Bought these thumbtacks. They didn't work. So I had to use the screws. So I'm sitting there, measuring it out, trying to get everything situated. And the lights came out OK.
00:04:09
Speaker
Oh, okay. Oh, okay. Cause that's not your forte. Like putting things together, building things. That's, I was, I thought that was going to be the story. ok well no they turn not Okay. Well, Well, eventually I do have some extra holes on the wall. Cause I put the lights upside down. That's very good. There we go. I was waiting for that part. but that's not where I lead ah okay no that's not why almost
00:04:43
Speaker
So where I almost died was I got a new painting and a light that I put up on another wall and I was putting it up
Podcasting and Home Redesign Mishaps
00:04:51
Speaker
yesterday. It finally came in and I'm like, I gotta put it up immediately because I'm just excited, right? yeah yes So I put up the painting and then I realized I don't have a leveler. And I remember one of my friends saying, your phone has a leveler. Well, I couldn't find it. I downloaded an app. That didn't work, you had to pay for it. So I downloaded another app, got the leveler, so I put the picture up on the wall right. When I see the back row, it didn't look like it was level. So I kept putting my phone up there to make sure it was level, and it said it was level. But to the eye, it looks like a little crooked. But my eyesight is starting to get bad because I'm getting older. That's not where I was. And also, I don't know how
00:05:33
Speaker
but like how good your phone is love but as opposed an actual leveler. Well, no, I mean, it worked. If it looked crooked, did it? I don't know. When I send you the video, you'll tell me. I'm sure you'll tell me. So I'll put ah put the portrait light above it. and And ah since I already screwed in the other lights on the wall, I said, forget this gorilla glue. yeah I'm just going to screw it in. yeah But it's taller than me, right? I can't just stand on the ground and reach up there. And I'm pretty tall. So I give me a little one of the storage ottomans that I have because I don't have a step ladder. Nope, nope. I get this torch out of it, now am i and I set it up in front of the the painting, the picture, and I got the light, and I'm measuring it out, and I'm like, okay, this is where I'm going to put it. now I step up and out of it, and it immediately falls over.
00:06:30
Speaker
yes or to the side. I catch myself, but I do a double jump on my left leg and my knee been hurting all since then. Since then, my knee's been hurting. And the light is up. Now that's definitely crooked, but I'm not putting more holes in the wall. That is what it is. That, listen, the little storage Ottomans, they are not meant to take your full weight. That's not what they're for at all, at all. Not only that, it's hollow inside because it's a storage Ottoman. What was the stuff in there?
00:07:07
Speaker
No. Some pillows. Soon as you said, and I know what autumn is you're talking about. and so I know he didn't step up on that for his full weight on that day little little square. art that little cube you got? Yeah, that little cube I got. That's what you're talking about? No. Yeah, that's what exactly what I'm talking about. And you know what, though? You're wrong because after I checked on my knee and realized that I'm going to be all right, it was just going to be a little painful, I got my ass right back up on that ottoman. You took it and you doubled down. And I screwed in the light. that screwed Hey, look. And the second time, I made sure that I stepped on it in the middle as opposed to towards the edge, which is what I did the first time.
00:07:48
Speaker
But it's up. All and all the lights are set for one. one is coming One more is coming in on Saturday, and everything else is up, and and they're done. But now I got holes in the wall all over the place. Well, you can pass those holes. It's fine. Yeah, not me. I'm going to have to pay somebody to do it. Why can't you do it? I just feel like it's going to go awry. It won't. It's literally it's literally like a like a paste or a caulk, and it's for filling in portrait holes, and you just fill it in, smooth it out. That's it. That's all you got to do. Nah, I'm pretty sure I'm going to screw that up. I forgot who I was talking to. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm going to screw that up. Don't, less than I need to get started on my fireplace, that if I ever move,
00:08:36
Speaker
ah was going to fall apart because they got one of those electric fireplaces. And yeah when I built it, I was like, this ain't sturdy. It should be. It is not. It's not your forte. It's not. No, it's not. And I don't know why. There's directions. Do you not? i The directions, there must be something that goes on in my brain. Directions, Lexia. Right. Well, I had problems with I was really good in math, but I struggled mightily with geometry. OK. So there's something about shapes and space and spatial awareness, because even when I played football and basketball, if it was at a distance, yeah I could hit you right on the button. If you was crossing right in front of me for five yards, I would throw that ball way out the way. so
00:09:31
Speaker
So there's something going on there. I don't know what it is. And I get instructions.
Celebrities and the Public Eye
00:09:35
Speaker
I'd like to see a doctor. But they said I had beyond my 20-20 vision. They said, oh, you have 18-20 vision or something like that. Yeah. And I was like, oh, man, I don't have 20-20 vision. They said, no, this is better than 20-20 vision. That's better. Yes. Things that are 20 feet away look like they're 18 feet away. That's better. Well, yeah, but that's the problem. They look like they're 18 feet away, but they're really 20 feet away. No, um no, and it doesn't. I'm not talking about your depth perception. I mean, in all it's as sharp as something would be at 18 feet away. And I'm telling you, my depth perception is jacked up somehow, someway. Got you, got you. Could be an inner ear thing. I don't know. I'm not a physician, but I hope.
00:10:21
Speaker
Somebody in the YouTube comments will tell you. Somebody will tell you. Them instructions, I get instructions. The first, what was it that I built? Oh, it was my little TikTok um coffee table that you've seen. Yes, that's all right. And it's not that big of a deal. But I got the booklet, and it was five pages. I had taken everything out of the box before I looked at the instructions. I looked at the instructions. it It said five pages. I put everything back in the box and said, I'm not going to deal with that today. it for five pages, not bad. No, it just looked like a lot. It was a lot of this, this, this part, this piece, a goes into this part, uh, three and three, a goes into BC. What? it Before Christ. I don't know what this is. I don't know what to tell you. but
00:11:13
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You just take your time, one thing at a time, you slowly work your way up to it. And the next thing you know, you're finished. Well, you know, speaking of something that I hope is finished, I hope this whole Black Twitter controversy of Michael E. Lee, Meghan Goode, and Jonathan Majors is over. I hope it never ends. I love it. I've been sending people pictures of Michael E. Lee and saying, if I send you this, you know it's time for time. i
00:11:51
Speaker
Ladies and gentlemen, if y'all don't know what we're talking about, Michael Ealy is an actor, Meghan Goode is an actor, and Jonathan Majors is an actor. And Jonathan Majors and Meghan Goode are a couple. They're an item. Yes, yes. Michael Ealy and Meghan Goode had done Think Like a Man and Think Like a Man 2 together. They've done movies together. Yes, yeah. And they were at some red carpet award ceremony that was outside, and Michael Ealy goes up to Megan Goode, lifts her up off the ground, hugging. She's just hugging him with joy. And all you do is see Jonathan Majors in the distance, like, this is what we're really doing. Like, you can tell he was bothered. He's trying his hardest to look unbothered. Like, he's but looking at everything, looking down a little pamphlet, adjusting his hat. Like, he's doing everything to not look at them.
00:12:42
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and to seem unbothered that he looks nothing but bothered. And it is so obvious and hilarious. Now, Megan has said before he hugged her, he dapped up Jonathan. They were speaking life into each other, all of that stuff, but that part was cut out. speakin' life into each other. Just, you know, brother, I'm proud of you and, you know, probably tellin' Jonathan everything's gonna work out eventually, brother. I don't know, I don't know what he could've said. Okay. That's what she said. Doin' black speak up. Doin' a black greeting, yes. Yeah, okay, all right, all right. Black greeting was like, Steve King, you doin' it, all right, you out here, all right, I'm proud of you, like, that kinda thing. I'm just tryin' to be like you. I'm tryin' to be like, yeah, so apparently that happened first.
00:13:35
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And then he went, but honestly, their body language and their physicians, I don't know how he, he came up to him. How did Michael come up to Jonathan first? Okay. She's standing in, but it looked like he ran straight to her. So. Ladies and gentlemen, if y'all have never seen this video, just Google search Michael Ely, Megan Good Hug. yeah You will find it, and y'all know what we're talking about. and And even if he did dap him up, it's the fact that he grabbed this woman, yeah lifted her all in the air. yeah Not only did he lift her in the air, making good legs bent. In other words, she kicked her heels off. She kicked her heels off. And lived in for the hug. And it's just how awkward, first of all, Jonathan Major's SE is want to do, looks like a hobo.
00:14:34
Speaker
And period that these he's dressed like a professional hobo. And he just looks, it's like he's his eyes are looking everywhere but the two of them. He's like, I don't see this. I'm looking, I'm unbothered, I'm unbothered. It's the worst acting he's ever done because he looks so bothered. But then as he's looking down, cleaning his glasses and black Twitter, thank you, they zoomed in on the video where he picks his eyes up looking at them, still hugging. He kind of does his little face and then still pretends like he's cleaning his glasses. He is absolutely 100% bothered. And you know what he did afterwards, right?
00:15:15
Speaker
What was that? He gave her a civil rights lecture. Oh, yes. Oh, why? Yes. you With Coretta, Scott would have never had done that. Yes. He he definitely invoked Coretta's name again, even though we have told him time and time again to stop and to keep her name out of her mouth. You know he did. and You know he brought up Coretta again. yeah She had to sit while he sat in one of them straw UEP Newton chairs. she yeah but
00:15:53
Speaker
Ladies and gentlemen, if y'all don't know what the Huey P. Newton chair is, just Google it. First of all, if you if you black, you know what it is because everybody's grandparents also at one. yeah
00:16:08
Speaker
ah you know That's what huey Huey was like. Hey, y'all got a grandma chair in here. The big wicker thrones. go and bring it yeah Yeah, he's showing us was sitting in a Hugh Newton throne chair. You're not one of them. You mentioned her about civil rights and Coretta Scott and told her, hey, look, we need to tell the people out there that we are happy together. And then he dapped me up. But he didn't dap you up. Look, you just need to tell them out there. Tell them that this is what happened. But there is a video. There is a video out there of Michael E. Lee. Give him the hug and everything like that. Did you see it? I didn't see it, but I saw it. I didn't see it. People say it.
00:16:49
Speaker
yeah And then the fact that after he puts her down, okay, he goes and daps up everybody else, walking completely past Jonathan Majors. But that's because he only dapped him up before. it But again, like the positioning of everybody, it looks like the next stop would be Jonathan. But he walks right past him, daps everybody else. oh And it just is like, OK, where were they standing where he got to Jonathan first? And that would have happened first. He probably walked in and went immediately to Jonathan.
00:17:29
Speaker
Okay. Maybe other people kind of with the word cohesed around after my wheelie entered the scene. Oh, well, let's go with less. Well, I knew I was close. You were close. You just forgot that L. oh we yeah
00:17:45
Speaker
Cohesse. Coming out of great order. Okay. That's all right. being You know, it is really hard. All right. Say what? At least you got order, right? i i Because I've been saying that word a lot lately, because I've been telling people how much of a non-order I actually am. Now, I don't know if non-order is. Shut up. I don't know if they have linguists. I don't know about that. um But sure. Let's go with it. All right, before we get out of this deadly data segment, I got one more story to tell about how I'm getting older to f and Now, this is separate from the cell phone incident where you couldn't.
Gym Membership Woes
00:18:28
Speaker
You could FaceTime properly. Yeah, this is separate. And I did that again recently. I did that with you what is the i did that with you the other day trying to show you the picture. I had a hard time flipping the camera around. No, this is different. So my gym has been bought out by another gym. right And so they're switching all the memberships. I had lost my key card a while ago and they told me, no, it fell off my key chain and I still had it. And I was like, hey, I need a new key card. They was like, just take a picture of it and use that as your scanner. I was like, oh, I can do that, can't I? yeah And then they were like, yeah, just save it in your favorites. I was like, how do you do that? I was like, I know how to hide photos, but I don't know how to- Of course you do.
00:19:15
Speaker
Well, if you can hide them, you can favorite them. So I figured that out. That that's not that is another part of why I was getting older. but So they're telling me how to change over, since this is a new company, how to get the new scan card. And they're like, OK, so you have to download the app, and when you download the app, we'll send you an email, and there'll be instructions. They've already given me too many steps. And I said, why do I have to download the app? And they were like, well, because you're your membership card will actually be on the app. So you can just bring it in to scan it. I was like, well, that is convenient. I was like, I got to download an app. And they were like, it's really easy. I was like, look, hold up. I know the technology, OK? I know how to download an app and and do all this stuff. Don't talk to me like that. So they sent me the email. Yeah. I download the app. And going through the instructions, the first instruction is like, take this code that we just sent you. Oh, boy. That's not your shop suit. It said, create an account. OK, create an account. It said, take this code that we just sent you and use that code to continue on creating an account. I said, OK, did it. Then it said, use the first five numbers of your billing.
00:20:25
Speaker
in this next part. And I said, okay, you lost me on that one. First five numbers, first five digits on my billing? I was like, oh, maybe they met my old keycard. Let me use the the the first five digits, where it's all numbers and then digits. Now is the keycard billing? It said your billing account. That's all it said was billing account. Okay. All right. so So you go to the first thing that's just popped again. Well, if it's my bill and account, I figure it was the key card, right? Then I try to use that. um When do you think it is?
00:21:06
Speaker
Billing, I would think, billing address, billing zip code. I tried the zip code. Zip code didn't work. I tried the old zip code. Zip code didn't work. I tried my address, but my address only has four numbers. That didn't work. So where would you go to next? My account number, because that would be my billing. So the account number is the scan card code. OK. All right. So I tried my own one and I tried my new one because it has five digits in there. That didn't work. So I'm like, all right, I know ah i know I have intelligence. Yeah. Why isn't this working for me? Right. I said, you know what? I'm just going to ask the front desk tomorrow. I'm just going to figure it out. Yeah.
00:21:52
Speaker
they're going to help me figure it out. So I go to the front desk today and I said, it says five digits for billing, but i don't what five digits is it talking about? Because I didn't use all from your from the card on file. I said, why doesn't it say the five digits from the card on file? That was my next thought, yeah. I had to look it up. Luckily, luckily they had they had which card it was, because I don't know which card it was. I got a million cards. And then I punched in that, and and then it worked. But I was just like, this should be simple. That that yeah that was just bad. I don't think though that's not on you. that was Because even I guessed at it about four times. like You know what I'm saying? So that's not true. That was just a poorly worded app.
00:22:39
Speaker
And I almost threw my damn phone when they kept telling me wrong, wrong number, wrong number. Cause I kept entering in all these numbers, I almost threw my phone. Cause you got about one or two more times to tell me my my password's wrong or I didn't enter in the wrong number before I'm just going to throw you, send you across the room. You got about one, two more times before you tell me that this is not my password because yes it is. But honestly, when I say I'm getting the oldest, I just, I don't want to use a digital card. I want a physical card that I could put on my key chain. That the lamination start coming off. That's what happened. The lamination came off and fell off my key chain. But you know what? Just give me a new one. I'm old school. Give me a little thing. It's safe in your phone.
00:23:24
Speaker
Nah, I don't like it. Because let me forget my password for this account. Let me forget it one time. Yeah, well, the truth ah truly ah truthfully, I like... Um, physical books. I don't like ebooks. I don't like reading on my iPad. I don't, I don't, I like to hold a physical book to read. So that's, okay. So then I get it. I get it. no Yeah. Young kids, do they know what books are or do they only know kindles and, uh, you know what? Actually, I don't know.
00:24:01
Speaker
yeah parents out there Do kids actually read books? Do kids know books? Do kids know books? Or is everything electronic? Are there still textbooks? Like, it's for school? Like, or? Yeah. they still it murro um actually I know. I don't know. I don't know. Hey, everybody out there. Do kids know books? Are books still a thing? Do kids know anything about it? DVDs and Blu-rays ain't a thing. No, they don't know anything about a, uh, what is ass, not a scantron. That laser disc. They don't know nothing about a a scantron. What's a scantron? A laser disc. They don't know nothing about, I was actually talking to somebody about this earlier. That damn overhead projector with that little film and they were right on the little film and the glass. Scantron.
00:24:57
Speaker
No, a scatron was a little fangirl. They still use that. I think they still use that. Yeah, you gotta use those. Yeah. No, you know what? I think they take the SAT and stuff on the computer now. I think stuff is on the computer. I don't think that... Do kids know paper? Well, if it's on the computer, that means they can get their score immediately. Yeah. Do kids know paper? Why, kids know paper. And it's different forms. No, no. And it's different forms. books, like, do kids know? Do kids know Trapper Keepers? Do they know Trapper Keepers? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Do kids know pencils?
00:25:38
Speaker
Do that no pencils. I'm sure they do. They definitely no crayons. They do no crayons. Those are never going to go out of style. Crayola, all of them. that's now You always go find some markers or some color pencils out there. they Yeah, that's an never going to go out of style, even though they do a lot of it on their tablets and stuff now too. That is true. Digital art is is a thing. Oh man, this is crazy. Hey, we sound like we used to play A-tracks. We were alive, but we didn't used to play them. Nope. Grandma had an A-track player as her Cadillac. Damn Damn it. She did. All right. Okay. Let's get into some serious
J.D. Vance: Political Controversy
00:26:21
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stuff. Speaking of reading, people really need to read up on
00:26:26
Speaker
the new Republican vice president nominee. yeah But just in case you don't want to do a new reading, we going to give you the statistics next.
00:26:46
Speaker
All right, Jay, the former president and and presumptive Republican nominee Donald of yeah Trump. ah selected his running mate. Yeah. JD. JD Vance is his name. We are not talking about Jermaine Dupree. I thought for a second. No, you didn't. No, because listen, stranger things have happened. First of all, Donald Trump was president at one point. So stranger things have happened. And his running mate is so, so depressed.
00:27:25
Speaker
hey Do you want to dance? All right. James David Vance, born James da Donald Ballman. Don't know why he changed his name to Vance. Yeah, that was my question. August 2nd, he was born August 2nd, 1984. He's from Middletown, Ohio. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2003 to 2007, including a six-month tour in our Iraq. He's a graduate from Ohio State University in 2009, graduate from Yale Law School in 2013. Obviously, he's an American politician and author. He's currently the junior
00:28:02
Speaker
U.S. Senator from Ohio and has been since 2023. Now, if you didn't pay attention, I said author. He wrote a book called, Hillbilly- Allergy. Okay, that was published in 2016, in which he describes his upbringing in Rust Belt, poverty, drug addiction, Appalachian culture. followed The book follows his family from his grandparents in Kentucky, Appalachia region, to the coming of age in Middletown, Ohio. but The book describes hillbilly culture. I've actually talked about this on one of the previous podcasts, Appalachians, which have a rich history and African Americans and Native Americans and white people called mingling up in the mountains.
00:28:48
Speaker
Yeah. oh He's white, obviously, from a working class family, talks about his upbringing, talks about his family history, coming from poverty to low paying jobs or physical jobs that have since disappeared or worsen in these because, you know, coal mines and stuff like that. Yeah. well all of All of that. We don't do that. We do. Well, Ron Hubbard even made a movie about it. So that's just a little bit about his background. Let's talk about his political views, because that's what's really important here, because he's in the vice president running. um ah Oh, Ron Howard. Yeah, Ron Howard. What did I say? Ron Hubbard. Because you know why? I was thinking of L. Ron Hubbard. That's what what you made me think. And was like, he's a and the creator slides of Scientology. The creator of Scientology. No, it was Ron. It was Ron Howard, not L. Ron Hubbard. But i when when I was reading it, I was like, what if it was L. Ron Hubbard? And then said Ron Hubbard. Anyway, what is political views? Well, pretty, pretty. Consistently, he's a conservative, right wing populist.
00:30:00
Speaker
um He's promoted strong conservative policies opposing abortion, same-sex marriage, and favoring banning of transgender health care for minors. Let's talk about the abortion and marriage in particular. ah He is firmly anti-choice. campaigned and was a total and when he ran for Senate was a total ban on abortion. He called exceptions of rape and incest inconvenient, but later acknowledged the political reality that adding exceptions makes abortion bans more palatable to voters.
00:30:42
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Not because it's the right thing to do, but because it's more palatable to voters. So what does that tell you? I want to do, I want this to be done basically any way possible. Right. I know I can't sell it completely the way I want to, but we can get close to that if we just frame it differently. He's been on record saying that he wants to get rid of no-fault divorce. saying, like, ah everybody wants to get a divorce just because, you know, she might get beat a little bit. Right. Those weren't his exact words. I'm paraphrasing, but that was what he said. He follows the the follows, the teachings of Kurdish Yarvan. Yarvan, Rod... Dryer. Were you saying Dryer and Patrick Denine? Denine.
00:31:38
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I wanted to say Brian Dennihin. Remember that actor? No. Brian Dennihin? You remember Brian Dennihin? Oh, OK. Yes. That's not what you said. I'm messing up all the names, ladies and gentlemen. I'm tired, y'all. I'm tired, y'all. And guess what? I'm not even drinking. I have not had any drink. What did you just sing about? Oh, it's just my water. Oh, there was just some. It was Jay. That was a big ass gallon jug. If that was some liquor in there, then I really got a problem. Oh, I didn't see it. I'm on another tab. I didn't see it. Well, who were these people that I just butchered their names? Jarvan has been described as a neo reactionary and neo
00:32:23
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monarchist who sees liberalism as creating a matrix like totalitarianism, totalitarianism, totalitarianism system who wants to replace American democracy with a sort of techno-monarchy. Basically, he's a red pill person. yes Some of the other people believe in finding communities in which virtuous life can flourish. Basically, they're Christian nationalists, but but they are but they are like, we can just leave the people that don't believe in us and create our own land and keep them out. yeah These are the people that he follows in his political ideology. And he describes himself as a post
00:33:13
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liberal right. I don't even know what that means. A member of the post-liberal right. I don't even know what that means. Because none of it means anything. Yeah. So that's the vice president and nominee for the Republican. A neo-monarchist. That literally sounds like an oxymoron. All of it sounds dumb as hell. So that's the vice president nominee for the Republican party. What did you think when he was announced? I didn't know who the hell he was. And honestly, all of my.
00:33:52
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Grace or whatever for any of this goes to Savance, his wife, who is a daughter of Indian immigrants. Well, i don't know I don't know if her parents are immigrants. I know she has Indian heritage and I know that she is a child of immigrants. who has, since he's been announced as a vice president, has received the MAGA... Yeah, and vice presidential nominee, has received the MAGA welcome of extremely racist Islamic rhetoric, because... i
00:34:32
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yeah I don't believe that she is Muslim, yeah honestly. Of Indian descent. Yes. ah So Nick Fuentes, I don't know if you remember that guy yeah bar know thating who ah used to run, what was that? one them like One of proud boys, all the proud boys. Did he run? Oh, I'm thinking of the other dude. I'm thinking of, not Nick Fuentes, but I'm thinking of, um like i i'm I'm thinking of somebody else, but okay, Nick Fuentes, he used to run the proud boys. I thought he was in jail.
00:35:10
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No, or maybe, I don't know. ah But anyway, he has a little meltdown ah on his broadcast. So he must be broadcasting from somewhere saying, quote, what kind of man marries somebody that isn't a Christian? What kind of man marries someone named Usta clearly? And I'm sorry if I'm butchering her name. I think it's Usha. Of what I've done this entire broadcast. and He says clearly he doesn't value his racial identity, his heritage. Clearly he doesn't value his religion. He doesn't marry a woman that professes Jesus Christ. Professors Jesus Christ what? Those are his words. yeah That's what I'm asking. and Just professors Jesus Christ. Anybody can profess Jesus Christ. Professor Jesus Christ what?
00:36:04
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Exactly. You don't know, because you're not a Christian. But again, that he says, quote, what does that say about him? Let's see. Another white nationalist, Jaden McNeil, posted a picture of Vance and his wife and their newborn with the caption, I'm sure this guy is going to be great on immigration. like Now, one ah dude, did we forget who Melania Trump is? I'm wondering. What? Melania's nationality. Good God, I can't. I know she's Eastern European. Shoot, where is she from? Well, if it's Eastern European, that's white. Yeah, it's white, but she's also a white immigrant. Yeah, but they you know but she's a white immigrant. that That don't count. Right, right. Exactly. That's exactly my point, right? Because she's not from a, what does he call them, asshole country?
00:37:02
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That's what the former president, Donald Trump, called him. That's whole yeah country. She's from Slovenia, which that don't sound real. It is real. I've met people from. Yeah, no, that's real. It's real. It sounds like some on the Avengers. but That was Sokovia. OK.
00:37:27
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chip Which I think is also real. I don't know. I don't know either. People will be killing us in the comments. thats They say Americans are bad at geography. We're not bad at European geography, because why do we need to know? No, we're bad at geography, because we can't even name all 50 states. I could name all 50 states. We've played this game before, and we've gotten to like 40. It might take me 45 minutes, but I can name all them states.
00:37:58
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Hold on, I got a joke. It's gonna take you a minute for each state. I can name him all 50. It'll take me 45 days. Show ass now. ah Show ass now. But other far-right accounts have bemoaned Vance's multiracial family, saying things like, quote, there is an obvious Indian coup taking place in the US right before our eyes. That was far-right conspiracy theorist Stu Peters, which again, that doesn't sound real. That doesn't sound like a real person's name. I don't know why all this sounds fake to me, but anyway,
00:38:45
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i I hope that they knew or were expecting this kind of vitriol to come her way, because you're really... and This is why he was never gonna choose a black running mate, y'all. That was never gonna happen. They did Tim Scott dirty, because he went and got married and everything. Yeah. Knowing good, hell, we has never touched a woman before. Hold on time out. You said never touched a woman before or never touched that woman before? Never. Both. You're wrong for that. Both of them. You're wrong for that. Both
Analyzing Political Movements
00:39:27
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of them. No, look at Tim Scott. I mean, somebody might like it. He got married. He found a political operative who was willing to Truman Show herself. I wonder how loud that divorce is going to be.
00:39:45
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It'll be nice and quiet. It will. I think it'll be. I think he made sure to put that in the contract. Yes. So far right is attacking his wife. I didn't even see that. But then again, I've been off social media because I couldn't deal with it. Yeah. I just couldn't deal with it. So you know that is the reporting from the New Republic. No, OK. Yes, so it's a article MAGA enters racist meltdown mode over J.D. Vance's wife. Well, she just got to come out and say that she's white, that she identifies as white. She can't, she's a brown skinned Indian woman. Yeah, I mean, I'll sing the picture over, she is. Yeah. Brown skinned. Yes. Yeah, nice. Now I love it, but you know, hey. And I just, I mean, I wonder what the conversation was
00:40:39
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because Vance has previously said that Donald Trump stands for everything against all the things that are like comprised of the people that he loves. When he first came out. Yes. But ever since 2020, he'd been on that, they stole the election train. He did do a switch. Yeah. and i I just want to know what that conversation was. The conversation was, hey, you know we're one in the same. Cause JD Vance is charismatic, just like Trump is.
00:41:13
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I don't know. I've never... Yeah, I've seen him. He cares about it. I heard that he he killed his speech, but again, you know I don't know what news outlets that's coming from. but Did you see the delegates at the Republican National Committee was was doing a little fake stuff on their ears in support of Trump? Yes, yes. I'm notm not joking when the man got shot. He didn't get shot. That's not what happened. He got shot at and it hit him. It hit the teleprompter and glass from the teleprompter cut his ear. Is that what's being reported or is that what social media are saying? That's what happened. And also, people get shot at.
00:42:00
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People get shot every day, B. Right. The fact is, somebody died and two people were injured. You think he made calls to their family? He was on a golf course the next day. So interesting enough, there the story goes, and this was reported by reputable news sources, that the president, Joe Biden, Joey Beanz, called up the widow to offer his condolences and stuff. She didn't accept the call. Yeah. The reason why she didn't accept the call, she told news organizations, is because her husband was a devout Republican and would be upset with her if she took the call so she didn't do it. Now there's, and and oh by the way, by that time, which was Tuesday, former President Trump had not called her at all. yeah What is crazy is the wording in that. Her husband was a devout Republican? Right.
00:42:59
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that No. As if it is a? Religion. But more than that, yeah. Okay, I was wondering. As if it is a cult. Okay, I was trying to pick up what you was giving me, but I felt like another situation with the five digits. So I didn't really know if I was going to get what you were aiming. You don't fit up what I was putting down. Almost like it is a cult. No, not almost, like it is a, Trumpism is a cult. Is a cult. A cult that he has lost control of. Uh, cause they shooting at him now? Yeah. No? Hey, that's kind of what happens. That's what happens. Sometimes it grows bigger than, uh, than you anticipated. And now it's a runaway train. I'm, we about to get canceled with what I'm about to say next.
00:43:52
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Are we? I mean, it's our show. We just decide if we put it on or not. Like, I mean... It's true. We definitely gonna get some hate mail. Or hate, not hate mail. Nobody's actually sending paper mail. We get those postcards. We get a big sack full of postcards. I'm home. Christianity was a cult in the beginning.
00:44:18
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ah Jesus Christ had his disciples. It was a small number. It was a cult that expanded. No, no, no, no, no. Jesus never preached Christianity. He was a Jewish man. No, no. He didn't preach Christianity. he preached to hit he preached What he preached became Christianity, but he had a cult of followers that created Christianity. Right. Now, if he came down right now... He'd be like, what are y'all doing? What are y'all doing in my name? This wasn't what I was talking about. You know what's funny?
00:44:52
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Because we literally said, because we literally said, hey, Jesus, all your traditions and stuff that you do, you don't have to pass over saying all that. Forget all that. We're going to start a new thing. We're going to name it after you. We don't care if it's not what you were talking about. We're going to do a new thing. We're going to forget all those traditions. And we're going to do some heinous, heinous things. Oh, and by the way, J.D. Vance it believes in that type of Christianity, the toxic Christianity that you often talk about, that type of Christianity, not the teachings of Jesus, not the teachings of Jesus. No, because there's no way that you can derive socialism and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ.
00:45:45
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okay Oh, we yeah, you're right. You ain't lying. You was right when you said what you said. You can't cut and gut social programs, education, health care, and all these things that say that you are a Christian and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. You can't. No one. Well, you could just say, you could say, I want to help out my fellow man, the man that looked like me. Because that's essentially what they're talking about. Yeah, the man in the mirror. That's all the person we care about. That's what they're looking for, the man in the mirror. That's all they're looking for with help there. And I'm asking him to change his ways. Oh, my goodness. So that's the Republican nominee, JD Vance. I think it's weird he changed his name. What's that about? Well, maybe he didn't like his hillbilly culture. Then why did he? I mean, an allergy is like,
00:46:35
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It's kind of like a eulogy, so. Yeah, I didn't know what that word was. I thought it was eulogy. I kept wanting to say eulogy, the ability eulogy. Yeah. That's not what it was, allergy. Yes. Ron Howard, not L. Ron Hubbard, but Ron Howard made a movie on it based on the book. Ron Howard is so what?
00:47:01
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it to me, Ron Howard. Ron Howard made a movie. You said it like I said. What that mean to me, Ron Howard? Because he was in well one Jamie Foxx music video one time. well Like, what that mean to me? Blaming on alcohol was a good song. It was a was a great song. And I could still listen to it any time. Matter of fact, for your birthday, we're going to play it on repeat two times. ah so I hope ah everybody who said they come can really come, because it'll be really fun. No, it's going to be good. We're not going to tell everybody when it is, because we might have people pop up. All right, any closing?
00:47:40
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thoughts on J.D. Vance and the whole ticket of, I found this interesting that Trump basically picked another version of him where last time he picked basically the anti version of him and Mike Pence to get that vote to make it more palatable. Now he's like, no, I don't care. I'm going to double down on everything that is me. And I thought that was really interesting because he's not the original outfit. Yeah, well, yeah. Yeah, he is. Yeah, he's obviously going to choose a reflection of himself. um But, you know, Usha, I hope you know what you got yourself into, girl. Good luck. Yeah, good luck. Good luck to those. I don't want nobody to be harmed because it's a maggot right. And we know that they out here harming folks. So be safe. I ain't voting for you. Be safe, though. Yeah. Next up.
00:48:38
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Fake friends, we're gonna get into that next.
Friendship Dynamics and Challenges
00:48:50
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So Jay, this was your topic. You wanted to talk about fake friends. I wrote it down. It says on this little paper, fake friends, Bruce. I didn't put any other their information on that. I don't know what I wanted to talk about. You was talking about ah you You do remember because you were talking about basically people that smile in your face, but all the while... They want to take your place. Yeah. ah back he's on it People that are not truly your friends, that that root actively root against you. Yeah. A lot of times your biggest op could be right next to you. I have not had this problem because I'm an amazing judge of character, but I've seen it.
00:49:37
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No, i I think I did have a friend once that actually didn't like me and it became a apparent. And I'm just like, why are you here ah then? Like, why are you? here, I don't understand, but I i caught called onto that pretty quickly. Like you can get a sense of a friend that's fake. And so there are signs, this is from very well-mined and it's 10 signs of a fake friend, how to spot one. So if you notice inconsistency in your friendship, are you the person that's always reaching out?
00:50:18
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are you the one that's always saying, hey, we should hang out. Hey, let's do something. Hey, let's get together. It's very one-sided. And then they're also just not consistent with when they sometimes they show up, sometimes they flake out on you. this you know When you notice people like that, they they make make excuses and all types of things like that. that's That's a sign of a fake friend. Again, one-sidedness. So you're the one that's always reaching out to them. Unreliability. They rarely keep their promises to you. They make plans with you and they stand you up. Betrayal is a pretty obvious one.
00:51:01
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questions Uh, you know what I'm saying? The trailer is pretty obvious. That's how they betrayed you. Like, that's, you had something you told them in confidence and they told somebody else. Or, you know, they slept with your man. I don't know. Like, do you? Or a woman. Or a woman. Guys can be faith friends too. Well, that's assuming it's heterosexual. Anyway, I was about to fall down a rabbit hole. Yeah. And just continue along.
00:51:32
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yeah Did they mess with you, he, her or them? Thank you. Okay. We got to make, look, do they disrespect you? Do they disrespect you? Like do they try to belittle you or ridicule you or humiliate you in front of other people? So there is a TikToker and she does way too good a job of this where she pretends to be that quote unquote friend that always acts funny when guys come around. So, especially if the guys are paying attention to her friend and not her. Like it's all of a sudden, oh, you know, you know, so-and-so would be upset if they saw you talking to
00:52:13
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billion them, aren't you? Isn't that your man? Like, all right, and you're talking, to oh, you might not want to mess with her. You know, she'd be out here like, like there are people. Wow. Yes. So she does, as she does this like really well. And you'll see people in the comments, men and women in the comments. I had a friend just like this whenever we would go out and I was getting attention and they weren't, all of a sudden they would say little things to belittle or humiliate me. to try to get the attention off of me. Like that kind of jealousy coming out and a friendship, keep your eye on that hurtful behavior. They negate the things you say or are the things that you do, or they do things to hurt you. Like don't brush that a lot of, and jealousy, like a lot of people brush these things off or like, no, you know,
00:53:02
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This person's going through a lot. It's probably not even about me, blah, blah. No, that might not like you. And they might have met you at a time when they were up and maybe you were down and they felt superior to you. And then you got up and they don't like it now. And now you notice they're being different or or you have a partner now and they don't. And now they're being funny. are you know Sometimes you meet people for a reason and a season. yeah you say You go. Okay. And they're not supposed to be in your life forever, just because you know them for forever. Sometimes they are your app, and they are standing right next to you, getting all the tea, all your dirt, all your business, and and trying to embarrass you.
00:53:54
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or hurt you in some way because they don't like you. And honestly, they might not even realize that their true feelings are that they don't like you. All right, so ah the war I want you to take a quick pause, a because I got to answer in the conversation and say, you're describing me. you're describing a lot of me. I've often said I'm a bad friend because very rarely am I calling people up like, hey, let's hang out. yeah right Typically, people are initiating that. Now, I'm not somebody that that throws shade. or and I want them to succeed. I'm always bigging them up if they're doing something. like like I'm like, you oh you could do this. You're going to be great, yeah blah, blah, blah, blah. But also, I'll flake on you. We'll make plans. And I'll be like, eh.
00:54:45
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I don't want to do that. A lot of what they're describing as a bad friend is an introvert. No, but it's not it's not somebody, it's not saying I am inconsistent or um unreliable because I have anxiety or because yeah because i'm if that's the case, I'm a bad friend because I am also inconsistent. and i I'm not unreliable, but I'm inconsistent. right like Sometimes I'll come to something, sometimes I won't. It's just is how much bandwidth do I have? No, this is, it's you. they are not come They're not showing up for you. You hear them showing up for other people. so like When crypto died, I had two people that said they were my friends.
00:55:37
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know about crypto, one said to me, well, I don't just get another dog. I don't understand what the big deal is about that. And I was like, OK, you're not a dog person, but that's just not the right thing to say. I'm not yeah I'm not that person's friend anymore. Another person. that said they were my friend who also has a dog and who had taken care of crypto for me, like new crypto, completely disappeared. And I'm not that person's friend anymore. So it was like, oh, everything is all good when you go on through something and you reach out to me. Right. And I'm there for you. But it's not reciprocated. And I'm not even asking people to really reach out for me. But the fact that you don't at all. Right. That lets me know something.
00:56:19
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Yeah, that where is the empathy and the compassion you're supposed to have for me as your friend? As your friend. Even if you don't have a dog, you don't understand. Right. At least you know, you have enough common sense to know this is something I'm upset about. Right. Right. So if you know that this is something I'm upset about, whether you have a dog or not, where is the compassion for the fact that I'm upset about something? It doesn't matter what it is. Fake friends, ladies and gentlemen. Fake friends. Okay, so what else? We talked about jealousy. They feel threatened by your success and accomplishment. That's just not me. I am friends with people that I admire for one reason or another. There's something that they do. It can be anything. I got friends that I admire because they cook really well.
00:57:12
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And I can cook, I don't, but I don't cook real well. You can cook, though. No, you can cook. You can go down there. Not like these folks. I have friends with their PhD. I have friends that have their own businesses or attorneys and different things. And I'm friends with people I admire. And when my friends are up, It just feels like I'm up too. I've never had ego about that, but I have seen other people be threatened by the success of a friend. And really, try and really I've seen people where I don't even realize, and I'm like, am I taking crazy pills? Am I the only one realizing how shady everything this person is saying?
00:58:01
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Sounds. Oh, I wouldn't have chi like, you know, you're at an event for a friend and they're like, I wouldn't have chosen these napkins. That's kind of cheap. Some people are just negative, though, all the time. But it's but it always feels like. is It's when it's when is somebody else's accomplishment, when the focus is on somebody else, then here comes your negativity. Yeah. those kinds of friends. Conditional friendship, your friendship is contingent on what they can gain from you, whether it's social status, material possessions, monetary gain, and some other type of benefits. Once they achieve their goal, their interest diminishes. So I have a friend that I say all the time, they're a friend of convenience. When it's convenient for them, then they'll see you. yeah Their convenience is location.
00:58:58
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If you live further away, you're not on high on their priority friend list, despite the history that you have with them, right? They go with, well, this person is closer. It's easier for me to get to him. That's who I'm going to hang out with. But I've also been a fake friend. I had a fake friend in high school that I did not like. He hung in the crew. He hung in the crew. I wouldn't like him. But damn it, if he wasn't the the designated driver, so, ah you know, we call him when when we need him. Yeah. me that night And that is a long time. That is a conditional friendship. Yes. I've definitely been a conditional friend ah with a lot of women that I've dated. That's still a friendship, but it's conditional. Is it? Is it a friendship? Because the title of this is Signs of a Fake Friend.
00:59:53
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know what Yeah, I've been a lot of fake friend to women that I've dated. They use manipulation. They'll use guilt, manipulation, or emotional blackmail to get what they want from you. I've seen that. ah Again, there's nobody I know, because you called me up trying to guilt me into doing something. I'd be like, who's calling you playing all? but Now he's following you, playing on. I've just never been one for peer pressure. Like, I see it coming. Whether or not I do it, that depends on how I feel. But sometimes when somebody's pressuring you, you want to do it besides them pressuring you. But because they start adding peer pressure, you'd be like, you know what? Now I don't feel like it. Now I ain't going to do nothing. I was going to do it. But now I'm not. You pressed too hard. I was putting my shoes on. I was getting ready to go. And that's what I'm doing now, taking them off.
01:00:46
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Let somebody invite me to something. And just send the text, hey, we going to be here. This is such, such time. And I'm like, I'm going to come. And I start putting on my shoes. And they say, oh, that's cool, because you normally don't come out. See, that's all I needed was to take my shoe right back off, because now I ain't coming now. So that's why I'm in your eyes. That's who I am in your eyes. Now, you ain't lying. You ain't lying. You're not. But now, I'm not coming. right It doesn't matter. But now, it's like when I'm cleaning my room as a child, but the my own dad comes in, clean his room up. I'm already doing it. Now I'm not doing nothing. Now I'm already doing it. Now I'm not going to do nothing. You don't see me folding these clothes right here? You think I'm just playing in my clothes? You think that's what I'm doing right now, is just playing with my clothes? You don't see me with this nephew?
01:01:45
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and Or don't say that. All right. That's what I thought. Yeah, you better clean this room up. See? Now. You know what? Now I'm not doing it. I'm not doing it. Now I'm not doing it. Now I'm not doing it. Now I'm not doing it. All the clothes I have to fold it up, I'm going to knock them off the bed. I'm going to purposely live and feel. For the rest of my life. For the rest of my life.
01:02:04
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The last one is a big one. They ignore your boundaries. They consistently overstep or disregard your boundaries, whether it's your personal space, your privacy, or your emotional limits. That, I have to say, I have amazing friends that will check in and be like, hey, friend, do you have space for a call? I'm like, I do have space. Thank you for asking. Give me a call. Vent, whatever you need, friend, and I got you. like they They do a really good job of checking in on like what head space. We'll check on each other. like Is your head space good? like Are you good? When we ask, how are you? I'm asking, how's your head? How's your heart? I think a lot of this is based on gender because even my female friends, only my bestie,
01:02:58
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But the majority of my female friends, and definitely none of my male friends, they'll ever just be like, hey, how you doing? When I put it in the group chat of my male friends and just be like, hey, guys, how's everybody doing? Like, what are you talking about, man? I'm like, black men mental health is important. Yes. How are you doing? How you doing? I'm asking you. Why are you always asking all these questions? All right, then. It's one question. But then then they get upset with me. You'll never tell us what's going on in your life. We have to listen to the podcast, find out what's going on. Well, because when I ask you guys, y'all don't talk about it. So correct we that's the relationship we've been established now. Ain't nobody talking.
01:03:41
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Ain't nobody talkin'. Ain't nobody talkin'. But you have to interrogate your friendships like that. Like, even people that you know for forever, you gotta ask yourself, okay, is this, am I still serving them? Are they still serving me? Like, is this relationship healthy? Are there some boundaries maybe that we need to set? Or, you know, or we could be good? Or maybe I've been feeling for a while that you've been acting funny,
01:04:14
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And you've been, you've been my iPhone below. Look, I told you personally, but I'm gonna put it here on the show. When my birthday came around, I was like, I'm kind of hoping this person forget. Because if they forget, then I could start to distance myself from the friendship. Yeah. A lot of people didn't forget. And some people, some people who I thought were just a show associate associates, good I can't talk today. That's what it is. It's not just me. Is it because you are sober?
01:04:46
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That could be it. You're glad. think that like No, because I do interviews and all the interviews are sober. And even when we do this show, it's the first drink. I'm not even, but maybe it's just the touch of alcohol. It helps me taste better, helps me talk better. alcohol ah straight and sal show to
01:05:13
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What was I Now I done lost my train of thought. I can also keep you on my- People who you thought were associates remembered your birthday. Yeah. and And now I'm like, well, wait a minute. I need to reevaluate this relationship because, obviously, I mean more to you than I thought I did. Yeah. And you reaching out like you did makes you mean more to me than I thought you did. Yeah. So yeah I think it's a constant, I had ah a long conversation with a friend of mine. Like, can you break up with old friends that you've had because you don't really see how that friendship serves you anymore? Right. And that's something really difficult to do because if you've established a relationship for so many years, it don't take much for that person to do something cool to be like, oh, man, why was I even tripping? Right.
01:06:11
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But I've had to break up with longtime friends. And it is a breakup. Like, it is a breakup. You know, they call me up, hey, are we good? Actually, no, we're not good. We need to talk, you know? Like, you're having this, you know, conversation. But it's, you know, again, people aren't in your life, not always in your life forever, right? Right. Reason of the season. In your life, reason of the season, that's it. And so there is always a reason, remember why somebody was your friend, even if they, if you gain something from them or they taught you a lesson, like there's always some reason, but just know when their season has come to a close.
01:06:58
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because they actually hate you. like That goes with any type of relationship too, by the way. Yeah. And this whole thing, blood is thickening in water? No, it ain't. You can let family members go. Yes. Now, if y'all didn't understand what I just said, I said family members, I know I mumbled because I didn't have any alcohol today. And obviously I can't talk and unless I have a um alcohol. yeah right Family members can go. That blood is thickening in water? Nah, you can cut them loose. Well, that that quote is, that's always misquoted. I'm not gonna get into that, but it's actually this actually saying the reverse, the full quote of that. It's like Uncle Tom, how Uncle Tom was actually the savior of slaves and not a person that was going against slaves, but through time, it's reverse, kind of like, whoa.
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Yeah. Kind of like how, okay. No, that was intentional. That's an intentional perversion of- Well, it might've, it all might've been intentional, right? Yeah. I was thinking water might've been intentional. Right, yeah. Anyway, we started to ramble. Let's ah go ahead and wrap this up. um No, but ah not just family. Sometimes y'all are dating. Sometimes y'all are married to your opp. So keep an eye out on that. We got to stop talking bad about marriage, though. No, some of y'all need to get real, because this is a thing. A lot of people get married for the wrong reasons. You're right on that one. And a lot of people have expectations that somehow their life is going to magically change just because they got married. No, you're going to have the same life you had before the ceremony. They're going to be the same person. I feel like you are speaking directly it to me right now.
01:08:47
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Oh, I didn't. Oh, no, actually I wasn't. I was saying this. Oh, okay. good do they I'm just saying this from my personal experience of life. Yeah, the personal experience of me getting married. Oh, damn well if it resonates. stra On that note, whatever. Jay, give your final thoughts. Final thoughts are, we talked about fake friends, but genuine friends, if you have them, do what you can and nurture those relationships. Those relationships don't just grow and flourish in a vacuum, like you have to put work into your friendships.
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So if you find that there are people in your life who are with you through thick and thin, who are picking you up on your lows and showing you out in your highs, like nurture those relationships, because ah a lot of times ah so that's what you're going to have in the end. Friends, how many of us have them? I was just about. We got to be careful, though, because if we sing stuff, and then copyright people will come out after us. Oh, yeah. I think it's like, as long as we do under 30 seconds or something like that. It's not like we sing in full quality over here, but anyway.
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