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Episode 11 - Personality Quizzes
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We're solidly in those double digits and feeling good. This week we discuss personality quizzes and rant about being put in a box for an hour. Also we somehow talk about Bridgerton again. Hope you enjoy!
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Introduction and Podcast Direction
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Hey there, shallow friends. Thanks for joining us for another episode of your favorite podcast and mine, The Shallow End. So on this week's episode, the crew is actually diving deep, real deep. We're getting in touch with our feels, man. As Socrates said, one of the most important things we can do is to know thyself. And in today's day and age, what better way to do that than through predetermined, criminally generalized, but nonetheless fun personality tests. So with that said, sit back, pour yourself a double, and enjoy this week's episode of The Shallow End. Personality tests.
00:00:52
Speaker
good evening rebecca It's good to see you again. It's been so long. I it's been so long. how I feel like I'm sitting here attracting pollinators, but i I was doing that on the golf course today, by the way. Oh, you golf? Did you get rained on? No, no, we were good. The bees really like shirts like this. It's kind of mean. It's confusing to them. It's like, okay, you look good, but then when I get near you, you smell like a monkey. I don't like that. I feel bad for some of the bees, but oh well.
Casual Reflections and Apologies
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Yeah, they're doing their best. So nobody knows nobody knows what we're doing tonight. No, it's a mystery topic. I feel like we should deb debrief a little bit.
00:01:50
Speaker
Do you think so? I think so. I think so. I mean, okay. So first of all, Hey guys, thanks for joining us again. Um, all two dozen of you. Um, this is what, what are we on now? Episode. This is 11. This is 11 episode 11 of the show. Um, um
00:02:12
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last week was a little weird. Yeah. I mean, we knew it was going to be. Yes. And we delivered. Also, I think we still have not found our footing with a guest because we're still we still haven't really found our footing with each other. We don't like have the beats down quite yet. And I think We just sunk into like, whatever it was just talk, you know, which is funny to me. So two weeks ago, we did that, right? We kind of just went back to our roots. Like, why did we decide we want to do a podcast? And I'm like, let's just, let's just talk shit. And we felt better at the end of it. And which was good. right Um, I felt worse at the end of last week's episode. I mean, I felt, fine I felt physically bad, obviously, but
00:03:02
Speaker
I woke up and I was like, I think I was a jerk to Matt Baxter. Like a big jerk. Would you like to take this opportunity? I would like to do issue a public apology. I would. I would like to take this opportunity to just say, not really. i mean I'm pretty sure I believe everything I said, but I also love him to death. So yeah. And I, I just wish it would have been, I don't know. I felt like maybe I didn't balance it out and I i was scared to death to listen to it. and I listened to most of it. I listened to most of it. I probably will have to come up with a more specific apology eventually once I listen to the last 30 minutes, which I think is when it went, but I don't know, we had fun. Yeah, I was going to say we had fun and I think that was like our biggest point was to have fun.
00:03:59
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right And then way, way, way down at the bottom of the list was make good content.
Guest Planning and Introductions
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And if we didn't deliver on that one, then so be it. That's the way it goes. So I just wanna throw this out. We're gonna do a live, ah not really live when people listen to this, it's not live, but we're gonna do, I didn't prep you for this, but I do have something to discuss with you about guests and the pod. Um, okay. The only way to get better at it is to keep trying, right? Yeah. So, true um, you know, we have our super fan Kathleen. Yeah. Well, I had a stroke of in maybe a stroke too, but ah a stroke of inspiration, uh, while chatting with her yesterday, maybe she could be a guest for a topic we already have on the list.
00:04:59
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She is ah Dr. Kathleen Fox. Oh yeah. Science in everyday life.
00:05:07
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Wouldn't that be fun? Okay. That would be fun. She would have, I think way more like an actually beneficial input.
Main Topic: Personality Tests
00:05:16
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and I don't know if we could deliver on that. just the chair No, but we can, we can just throw things at her. Like, yeah. Like, Like, is your mother's policy of handing children someone else's penicillin or amoxicillin prescription smart or not smart? Like, let's talk about it. Anyway. Well, there were so there are some things that legally as a doctor, I'm sure she has to say, like, don't give other people on your medication. I can't lose my license. But I think she's, uh, that'd be fun. I think she's retired. I'm not sure she's.
00:05:51
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practicing. And I think she was like a like a dental surgeon, like a oral facial surgeon kind of person. So she's got a bunch of different. Anyway, she would be hilarious. And yeah, anyway, I teetered up with her and she was like, absolutely, I would love to be on. Yeah. What a, what a dream come true for a diehard fan. Well, we'll see how we can hopefully maybe make that work. But, um, all right. So on that note, you want to introduce what we're actually going to talk about tonight. Yeah. And it's something that dad hates. Yay. I'm going to be so happy. It's personality quizzes. Dad, what do you think of personality quizzes? Don't put me in a box.
00:06:46
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yeah That's such an Aries response. that Oh, he's an Aries guy. Doesn't this make sense? Yeah, we decided next time trigger warning first. Okay. Trigger warning astronomy. Um, we decided to do, we picked out some personality quizzes. My sister picked some out too, for us that are like fun little ones. And then we have like the MBTI. which is a big one, the Enneagram. What does the MBTI stand for? Myers-Briggs TI.
00:07:26
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All right. So it's Myers-Briggs. So that's like an old school personality test, right? I mean, it's been, like personality quizzes, let's just say as a disclaimer, like psychologists and scientists are like, these are not accurate. like evaluations and actual true personality because you can't really put a human into a box in such an easy way I know I know I know I love science by find but it is fun I I like them because first of all they're just silly and second of all I feel like these kinds of quizzes ask questions of yourself that you wouldn't necessarily think of on your own yeah
00:08:14
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so i feel like i do get to know myself like a little bit better in fun, silly ways. Okay. Just through finishing the questions themselves, not through the result necessarily. Does that make sense? Kinda. But then you use the results all the time and you dunk on people because of the results. Oh my gosh, that's such a seven. Like, I don't know. Like I can't. I don't do that. I can't even. Yes, you do. No, I don't.
00:08:46
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I don't. Mom got it. Okay. Well, when we were, when you guys were really heavy into that Enneagram thing, I heard that more than once. Like, well oh, that's a very seven response, or that's a very six and that's a very double. Well, we're going to see whether, what I really am. And I think I'm going to prove myself by being not consistent Oh, interesting. what do you do you You think I'm this and then I test this way and then. Well, I guess we were wrong then. Well, I don't know. That's okay. Well, what did you think I was? Okay. Let's start there. Let's start with the aneary because it's like super popular, right? Like, well, it has been. Yeah. And I got an interesting result too. Okay. Because.
00:09:37
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I always thought that you and I were the same type. I thought that we were both sixes. And when I initially took it years and years ago, I was a six. So six is like somebody that operates out of a place of fear, basically. Like they're the researchers. Oh, okay. They research every situation that they're about to be in so that they know as much as they possibly can. So nothing can surprise them. Yep. And like when they're unsure about something, their natural instinct is to learn about it, you know, okay while other people might run away from it. I don't know. and sounds So that's what I thought we both were. But then what did you test? Like, what are you?
00:10:22
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I came out because I, I just pulled up so, you know, I'm not, not like being distracted. I'm, I had to pull up in the corner. No, I had to pull up because I just had my sheet and I had to pull up like what these things are. Cause all I have is numbers. yes I have a numbers on it. Yeah. We had to pay. We had to pay to get the rest of it. Okay. So I'm the same as mom is I'm an eight. Oh shit. So you have the desk the description, you read out what that means. Okay, okay number eight is the challenger. Challengers assert themselves to maintain strength and protection, valuing honesty and directness in in in interactions while seeking control. They confront challenges head on, driven by a desire for independence and assertiveness.
00:11:13
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Rebecca, I want you to look at this pie chart that I'm showing you right now. Oh my gosh. And I want you to see the biggest slice is eight. We're the same still. We are the same still, we're just not what we thought we were. Okay, what's your, cause it gives you like the pie chart. So what's your second biggest? The pie chart, the second biggest for me is actually a three. The Achiever. Me too.
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okay achievers a Achievers pursue success to validate their self worth, defining themselves by their accomplishments and image, driven by ambition and adaptability. Threes value authenticity and emotional depth, expressing their uniqueness through creative self expression and introspection.
00:12:09
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So that's the second, and that's number two. And then what's my third biggest? Yeah, what's your third biggest? Six. The same. Wow, this is like, we are really just just crushing the content right now, aren't we? So we agree with each other. you know Number six is type six is the loyalist. Loyalists are spontaneous and curious, embracing variety and excitement while sometimes struggling with commitment and restlessness. They prioritize maintaining harmony and unity, seeking inner peace and avoiding conflict by overlooking their own desires, which seems in contradiction to the other two things. I thought the six loyalist.
00:12:59
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But this doesn't sound like what I knew the six as. What did you, what did you come, but what what's the same? Like maybe I'm misremembering it and maybe it was five that was that way because I remember what I used to be was like six and five were very close to the same okay amount for me. I don't know what to say about this other than it just proved to me once again, it's all bullshit.
00:13:26
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No, okay, so this is what this is what I know Six has. The committed, security-oriented type. Sixes are reliable, hardworking, responsible, and trustworthy. Excellent troubleshooters, they foresee problems and foster cooperation, but can also become defensive, evasive, and anxious, running on stress while complaining about it. okay They can be cautious and indecisive, but also reactive, defiant, and rebellious. What's the, that sounds like, ah yeah, yeah, yeah. No, but that, that does sound more. What, what is the title of the, what, what is the, like the, also the loyalist. Oh, it is still the loyalist. But the description is different. This is from the Enneagram Institute. So that's, they they probably know what they're talking about,
Critique of Personality Tests
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about their own product. They probably know. I think they made this up. yeah Yeah. I think they made it up as well. I agree with you.
00:14:18
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Oh my God. Well, do you feel like those three wedges are like um an okay descriptor of who you see yourself as? I do. Here's my problem with these things. And I think like you were saying, like the preamble at the very beginning, scientists don't believe that there's a way to like categorize personalities this way. I am a really strong believer that my personality is adaptable and it has changed. Like who I was as a high schooler, who I was as a college kid, who I was in my early professional career, who I was as a parent, like a lot of my personality traits or the ways that I would test on something like this have very much changed, like a lot. And yeah so I think that, you know, if you get to a certain age, you're going to start,
00:15:13
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ah expressing in a very different set of ways. Hopefully, the older you get, the less anxiety you have about day-to-day life and things like that. But i I just think that it's a little bit horoscopy, which is where if you say enough things that are just generalizations, people are going to identify with it when they read the description. And that's true. I mean, I know that, so I know that I would not have the same result on this, on the Enneagram as Ken Fortier, right? Like Ken would definitely show up in these really strong categories and that's okay. But I'm not sure it's a real great, it's it's a real useful way of describing human personalities because
00:16:04
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yeah I mean, you said it right at the beginning. You thought you were one thing and then you tested again and yeah you're something different because you've grown in the last two years. That's very true. That's what I was going to say. It was, it was, um, a surprise to me, but then when I like read the description and I thought back to the one that I thought I was, so I was like, no, that is true. I have changed. I did used to be like that, but I'm not like that anymore. And it was like a nice moment where I got to sit there and be like, Wow. I'm a different person. Like I think in a good way. Yeah. Fun little celebration. But I guess I, I do see where you're coming from. I feel like it categorizes people into like, like you said with you versus Ken Fortier, it's like me versus Maggie. We're very clearly different personalities.
00:16:56
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And if they can only categorize that much, then people will still feel like, Oh my God, it knows me. You know, like I'm an introvert and I like to read inside. It knows me. Well, maybe it just gave you the introvert. answer Well, right. Yeah. Um, ah yeah, it's still fuel for fun conversations. Right. So yeah. Okay. What do you want to do next? Myers-Briggs. like that that's okay Isn't that like the gold standard? i don't hear What? Yeah. That one was like people thought was was legit for a while. People who used it in pre-employment screenings. Yeah, I think they still do actually. Yeah, I think so too. so Okay. and This is a lot more complicated because I got percentages and
00:17:53
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I don't know. we took percentages to it Yeah, we took the same test, right? Yeah. So this one is from 16 personalities.
00:18:06
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16personalities.com. Okay. and And this one's got like, like, it's got like a little character on there and everything. It's kind of, yeah, I've got a little dude. that He's pretty cute. Yeah, I wish I was that guy because this guy, he actually looks like a poli-sci mage right here, poli-sci mage. He's got a beard, he's got a wand. All right, so we got a different one then. Okay, cool. Maybe we'll have more to talk about. This is exciting. Okay, what do you have?
00:18:39
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um So do I go with just this whole list of letters first? Like and I don't know how to read the four letters. Yeah. So I letters are i am an INFJ dash T. Okay. Okay. I don't know what the T means. I don't think I know what the other four letters mean. INFJ really. Yeah. You're the I is introverted. The N is intuitive. The F is feeling and the J is judging.
00:19:15
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Oh, and then the T means turbulent. Yes. So the the description. Yeah, the description they gave me, yeah it says i I'm classified as a turbulent advocate. Oh, a turbulent advocate. I like to stuff it up. Mm hmm. I mean, I, I would have said that, um, like your 13 year old brother is a turbulent advocate. He's an agent of chaos, but in this case, apparently it's me. So. Yeah. I think you're a lot more similar to him than you know.
00:19:57
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Okay. Tell us what it all means. I don't know. It says I'm so, so, okay. So I guess it comes down to like energy, mind, nature, tactics, and identity. Um, I am 63% introverted. here ah Does that mean I'm 37% extroverted? Yeah. Does that resonate with you? Do you feel like you're more an introvert than an extrovert? I do believe that, but I do the back to a previous thing. I do think that has changed. I used to be way more of an introvert. Okay. I'm much, much more comfortable. Out like being out and not coming home from being out and feeling like I've been drained of energy. That's what it used to be. Like being out drained my energy.
00:20:51
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and being home fed me. Now I'm like, I think I'm much more near like 50 50 towards the center. yeah Yeah. Okay. So in mind, it says 63% intuitive versus observant. And I think of myself as observant. Yeah. I like, that's how I picture myself. Like I noticed that a lot of people don't. I certainly noticed things that your mother doesn't see. Like, Oh, you noticed that. I don't think, I don't think mom is a good no comparison at all. That woman is not of service. Yeah. All right. So then I think that's true, but I also think that you're a pretty intuitive person, even if you don't label it like that.
00:21:41
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Yeah, I think maybe, um
00:21:46
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I don't know, part of me wants to understand more about what intuitive versus observant means in the context of that testing, because it could be intuitive versus yeah observant means you sit back and and wait to do something until things you've learned enough about the situation versus you just trust your gut. And I think I do probably in my day-to-day actions, trust my gut more than, because i have to I have to make decisions. Like you can't sit back and go, let me watch the world go by. Let's weigh both sides for a little bit. like Yeah. You gotta go. So. I guess that makes sense. Yeah. ah So maybe that's what, where that comes from. Okay.
00:22:35
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nature. Uh, this one is thinking versus feeling. And apparently I'm 61% feeling 39. That means 39%. Thank you. I only think, does that feel accurate? I only think four out of 10 times or six out of 10 times your heart beats your brain.
00:23:03
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Okay. Does that feel correct? No. and No. Okay. I mean, I, I. I would say. In actions. No, it doesn't make sense in the way that my. um in the the overall
00:23:24
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force of like, am I overly rational versus overly, uh, just heart, like feeling kind of, I, I guess it does make sense in that regard. Cause like, I'll do the irrational thing if it makes a relationship better or helps to. Yeah, I think that's what it's saying though. I'll allow it. See, we can make anything fit. I know. This is what I'm talking about. It's another version. of your Now, let's figure out how this matches up. This could just be like some psychiatrist is going to be out there at some point listening to us talk about these things. And they're going to say, of course. Yeah.
00:24:14
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you You're like, you're really broken. You should come talk to somebody because oh my god how does how does that match up with um I am 69% judging.
00:24:29
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What does that mean? so Judging versus what? What's the other option? I don't even understand this one. Judging versus prospecting. What does that mean? For gold. Yeah. Well, I'd rather judge than prospect. Prospecting. What is prospecting? Let me look this up. Yeah, we're going to look this up now.
Fun and Light-hearted Quizzes
00:24:55
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Prospecting in the context of Myers-Briggs. Oh,
00:25:05
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would you oh okay. I see. Judging is the way that they describe it here is making things as they ought to be. So people with the judging personality feel most comfortable in the course ahead is well marked. They would rather come up with five backup plans than deal with events as they come. And then prospecting are people that figure things out as they go. It's wild considering I've been doing that like running, running a business for like, like, I don't know. I must've had, i maybe, it maybe it was the mood I was in when I took the test, but
00:25:44
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doesn't make sense to me. I would think that I would be more prospecting than judging.
00:25:52
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Anyway. All right. Interesting. Okay. and So then the 76% of those, wait, wait, wait, wait. Yeah. 76% of those with the prospecting traits say it's hard for them to focus on one thing for a long period of time. So it's like the squirrel personality, like Maggie, you know how she jumps from thing to thing? Sure. But you don't do that. You have very consistent likes. You like golf? Do I? Not today. I didn't. Maybe. Oh. Okay. And then what is the last letter mean? Uh, the turbulent. Uh, it's weird though. Like.
00:26:36
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Again, it's a range, so I'm 51%, so I have a hard time like really getting myself. But the range is from assertive to turbulent, and I don't understand how, like just like I don't understand judging to prospecting, I don't understand assertive to turbulent. So you gotta tell us what that means. Okay, assertive. Sort of individuals are self-assured, even tempered, and resistant to stress. They don't worry too much, but this is different from apathy. They aim for goals and want successful results, but they typically won't let nervousness color the path to their accomplishments. And then the turbulent personality. Turbulent individuals are success-driven, perfectionistic, and eager to improve.
00:27:30
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They're always trying to counterbalance their self doubts by achieving more just as they push themselves to become better. They're as likely to push their projects or efforts in the same direction. That sounds the same. Well, so I mean, you describe those two things and I'm like, I'm okay. It makes sense that I'm 51% that like it's yeah, you pretty much both. Yeah. Like even you split it down the middle. Yeah, that sounds right.
00:27:59
Speaker
Okay. Yeah. I'm in Arizona, Libra. Sorry. a and and You can be both. Those are called cusps. You can't be both. What are you talking about? You can be both. I don't even want to get into that. I'm glad this is not about who's whoops. No, we're not talking about astronomy. Well, we weren't supposed to be talking about astronomy. It's not astronomy. That's astrology. That was the wrong one. I said the the actual science. Sorry, I've had a long day. woa Okay. I know that we're only 27 minutes in, but I want to pause. Okay. Can we pause just,
00:28:46
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just because, um, I want to hear you. We're going to have to hear your thing. Um, but I, I, I also,
00:28:57
Speaker
Oh no, you're empty. So I gotta go get my breeze. Okay, go get your breeze. I'll wait here. I'll be back. Where else are you gonna wait? I'm gonna go outside and wait out there.
00:29:17
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My bestie's back. I'm back. All right. Shout out to the McElroy's.
00:29:27
Speaker
Grip it and rip it. Grip it and rip it. I didn't hear it. I sent it to your microphone. Look at that again. Hmm. That's lovely. Do you want to see what I'm drinking? Yeah. I was going to say, what are what are you drinking?
00:29:44
Speaker
Josh. You're a good friend, Josh. Yeah. I saw it. I could see it. I could, I, I recognize that. I'm struggling. It's Josh or liable. you Okay. Where were we? Oh yeah. Well, we, I need to hear your 16 personalities results. same result Okay. Well, we got almost the same thing. I thought we didn't actually, we got almost the same thing. Okay. Hang on. Let me find mine. Mine is gone. Come
00:30:25
Speaker
Hello. and I've lost it. I've lost it. Let's open it again. Oh, here it is. Okay. I am an I-N-T-J-A. oh So we got a T. So mine is called, and the A is different. and the a are different yeah So my my type is called the architect. Okay. They are imaginative and strategic thinkers with a plan for everything. So Okay. So I was 52% intuitive versus 48% observant. Okay. I feel like that's pretty good. 52 63 for me. Yeah, but you're like right down there. Yeah. I'm pretty close to right in between. Um, which I think makes sense. I feel like I split the line between i would agree observant and intuitive.
00:31:23
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Okay. Yeah. Okay. I want to hear your introverted extroverted. I'm an introvert. Yeah. Sorry. I took that one first. I'm an introvert. What percentage? Don't be mean. Uh, 81%. There's no judgment involved in these things. It doesn't mean you're. So I was 63, you're 81. Yeah, yours was way lower. Mine's pretty high, but that's not a shock to me whatsoever. I knew that it was going to be high. But in 30 years, maybe you'll you'll start sliding because I bet when I was yeah your age, I would have rated 80 some percent too. anyway Yeah, that's a good point. Yeah. So the description here is they tend to bring prefer fewer yet deep and meaningful social interactions and often feel drawn to calmer environments.
00:32:12
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And it has a little picture of a dude listening to music under a tree. How cute. yeah And then T, so I was 75% thinking versus 25% feeling. Okay. So you're 75. I'm 61% feeling. 61. Okay. Mine are all, I feel like I feel like it's just like rat radical and yours are way more in the middle. I think it's just young versus old. I think yeah like I'm the weathered stone. You're the stone with sharp edges. It's like, that's what happens. Right. That's a good point. Although, but wouldn't you think that like, like mom's results probably appear much more. Yeah. There's no, you don't think so. no round No, there's no rounding on her edges. She's still very sharp. Yeah. Right. Yeah.
00:33:07
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Oh boy. Okay. And then INTJ, I was judging. Oh, here she is. Okay. I was 88% judging. Confirmed. Confirmed. That one feels like a call out. So I'm 69% judging. Yeah. But that one, that one fits too. Like when I read the description, it was like, they need a plan. They need five plans. They can't do anything spontaneously. It's like, yup. Tell me where where we're going. We're going out. Where we're going. That's not a place. be there yeah How long will we be there? What kind of ambiance is there? Is there parking? I need all of this information. And when can I leave? And when do we get to leave? Yeah. And then I was 57% asserted.
00:33:59
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ah Oh, really? Okay. her So that was, we're only, we're really only 8% off there. Cause I was 51% turbulent. So it's still, we're still kind of right in the middle of it. Right. Yeah. Interesting. Okay. So we're pretty similar still, but you just seem to be more evened out than I am. Yeah. Again, cause I'm old. Which makes sense. I don't have energy. i don't have i don't I just don't have energy to be that unique anymore. song like Well, I'm still in the point of my life where I'm supposed to be messing up and learning lessons. So far, that seems to be going well. Yeah, I'm good at the first part. I don't know about the second part so much. I'm kidding.
00:34:48
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I'm kidding. I learned some lessons. Where do you want to go from here, Rebecca? Like let's, can we, can this be more fun now? I was going to say, let's do one of the fun ones that Maggie found for us. Okay. Um, I want to know, this is, we're, we're having another Bridgerton discussion. This is our third episode. We're going to talk about Bridgerton. All right. Let me find Bridgerton. Okay. Maggie sent us this one. That's which Bridgerton sibling are you? and I don't have, I don't have any affirm information about this, about this show other than what you told me and watching episode. I don't have a prediction for you for this one. You don't? I don't know who you're going to be. Oh boy. I gotta got to find it. There's like so many tests. Oh, here it is. i have a lot Okay. Who did you get? No, no. You gotta go first this time. You go. Me first. Okay. I wasn't surprised by mine. I got Eloise, Eloise Bridgerton, which makes sense.
00:35:49
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Her description is, you are undoubtedly passionate, persistent, humorous and strong-willed. You know exactly who you are and always stay true to yourself, never abiding by the will of others. You look for something deeper and more meaningful in life and will stop at nothing to accomplish your dreams. Though you adore your family greatly, you love your independence far more and are raptured by your limitless imagination. At the end of the day, your bravery and boldness to lead the life you choose will prevail above all else. Wow. also Oh wait, no, she's not the oldest daughter. Daphne's the oldest daughter. Nevermind, not also. But she's like the sassy bookworm. I know. Yeah, okay, who'd you get? Me too. Did you get Eloise? You got Eloise?
00:36:40
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Okay, so apparently we're the same person, Rebecca.
00:36:45
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We always joke about it. has It hasn't been backed up by all this hard, pulling back. Yeah, no, this this is real science we're doing right now. This is real science. We're doing real science. This is an experiment that we're preparing and so far our results are supporting our hypothesis.
00:37:03
Speaker
I don't know if you could tell. did I did send you the political one, right? Yeah, you sent me the political one. So just to be clear, that one this is going to be as close to politics as we ever get in the podcast. we every talk I don't want to talk politics. I don't think. Gross. yeah um But I did send ah one that I found to Recca and it was a um not just ah are you a Democrat or Republican. It was more of like your philosophy.
00:37:36
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on It's called your political compass. Political compass, yeah. And I feel like it's a little bit more dialing in on like, are you? So so this puts people on a grid. The x-axis is left and right on an economic scale. And then the y-axis is authoritarian versus libertarian. So more more or less ah like on the social scale, so economics and social. um And I'm really curious to... Yeah. Do you want to guess where mine is? You're going to be able to. I believe that you are probably really close to where I am, believe it or not. Again. Oh, I think you're wrong. Okay. Okay. You go first this time. then okay i went chris Well, I live in the bottom left quadrant.
00:38:32
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which means, yep, left libertarian. I am more libertarian than I am left on the economics. So this this puts like numbers on this scale and I'm, so I'm negative 1.75 economic. meaning I'm slightly left-leaning economically. Very, very slight, yeah. And then social, libertarian, authoritarian scale, I'm negative 3.8. Okay, okay, interesting.
00:39:07
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You were right. We are in the same little quadrant. I'm also left libertarian. Yeah. Interesting. So very little left. Um, but again, you hit more like closer to the center and mine is, is further out. Yeah. So my left score was a negative 4.88. So pretty much dead in the center of the left and then negative 6.2 for libertarian. So it was pretty far down there for libertarian. Interesting. So basically neither one of us have a home politically speaking. Okay. Well, does anyone really? Yeah, that's a good point. And that's all we'll say. And that concludes our political portion of the evening. Moving on. That was our mini political podcast. Let's talk about Harry Potter. The iconic personality quiz of the internet. Uh, which, what, what, what does the sorting hat do with you? Oh,
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We didn't, you didn't send me that one. I didn't take that one. I know who I am. yeah Yeah, that's true. We're both the same thing, right? Oh no, you're... Are you a Slytherin too? No, you're a Slytherin and I'm a Hufflepuff. No, are you a Ravenclaw? I'm a Hufflepuff. You're a Hufflepuff? Yeah, I'm a Hufflepuff. That's so They're so cute. Okay. But probably, old again, probably only because I'm old. And the Hufflepuffs will take care of me and the Slytherins will... Yeah, actually that's a good point. The Hufflepuff house is the one that's like, at least committed to like a bit yeah of the four. I mean, if I was a Slytherin still, like they would use my skin for jackets. I mean, like you're not of a real Slytherin. Yeah. Oh my gosh. Okay. Do you feel like you would identify with your new puff i identity? I feel like, yeah, I feel like that's right. and I'm already with it. Especially after, ra claw especially after seeing
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puffs twice twice. Why not Ravenclaw? I feel like that one fits with you. you like i don't know i did I don't know what the description of Ravenclaw is. They're like kind of know it all. Like they like to learn about as much as they possibly can. They also like to be right. What characters in this series were Ravenclaw? Not many. So Oh, Luna was a Ravenclaw, but she was like an outlier for the Ravenclaw. Everybody's like, why is she a Ravenclaw? Yeah. Okay. I don't get that. Wait, was she? Was she a Gryffindor? I don't remember. It's gone out of my head. Whatever. That one I don't really like care about so much anymore. Like I don't really feel like I'm a Slytherin anymore, but
00:41:54
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I just have identified with it for so long that I'm like, whatever. that's gonna say but it's like more matt now It's where this whole like internet personality quiz thing came from. was ah ah like Isn't it housed at an official Harry Potter website now? Where you can take it. Yeah, that's true. I mean, it's a good way to drive traffic to your website. oh yeah You think it was just a marketing tool? No, it's for each person to individually experience the magic. Okay. J.K. Rowling cares about each one of us. She's in our heart. I just, I just... Oh, careful. I take that back. here She's a turd. I take that back. I just want butter beer. All right. All right, what's next? Oh my gosh, can we do that?
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Who will play you in a film about your life? That was the next one on my list right here. Crazy. Here we go. Let's go. OK. Do you want to hear my result? Yes. Yes. Vin Diesel. yeah it He's going to play me in a film about my life. Vin Diesel. He's got me. That one, obviously the, obviously the but and same the, the internet quizzing worked really well there. Yeah, it really got me real good with that one. This is the description of what my film will be. The film about your life is going to be a car film because I'm a notorious car girl and you're going to like it. Jesus. It's also going to be a surprising and beautiful, beautiful.
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If juvenile meditation on honor, love and family oh my goodness it is going to sell it is what I'm saying. You just have to accept that. It is a mediocre action flick. That's my movie. I don't even know how you got there. that's I don't know either. it's like one Did you take that test on an opposite day? No, here's, here's what I think it was. Is that part of like some of the questions where pick your favorite still from a movie. Yeah. And at the end I picked one that was from fast and the furious because it was like a pretty, like, it was like a rainy night and there happened to be a car in the picture and I picked that one and I think the test was like, oh, car girl, she's got to be Vin Diesel. Right. well That's my best guess. I don't know.
00:44:36
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Um, what was, so what was the film recommendation that the, that the site gave you? Fast and Furious. Yeah. Okay. yeah Um, okay. So whoever did this, by the way, is yeah they've definitely got a sense of humor. So maybe that's where that came from. They're just messing with you, but mine.
00:44:59
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do Do you remember when you were filling it out, there were like two random open-ended questions at the end where you were able to just like, yeah like, like. Write in whatever you wanted. Yeah. was free response Yeah. And I said, if I don't get Johnny Depp or Robert Downey Jr., I'm going to be pissed off and I'm going to talk shit about you. And then I submitted and I got Al Pacino. Oh, that's actually a good one for you. Al Pacino? Okay, but this is the description that this, this is the description of this little fuck game. We have a personal vendetta with the cream. I'm not happy about this. Okay. Um, this is what the description of Al Pacino as the guy playing me in the movie is I've calibrated this to be the ADHD answer.
00:46:00
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If you don't have ADHD and get this answer, it's possible you might want to get tested. Hold on one second. What? Okay. Okay. Thank you. There's food downstairs. um
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We got interrupted.
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manic, chaotic, loud, brash, infinitely charming, some of the many adjectives that will be used to describe Pacino's portrayal of you. What? Oh my goodness. That doesn't sound like you at all. Yeah, let's just say this guy got it wrong. Well, okay, hang on. No, because I feel like that is a good description of the movies that you prefer to rewatch.
00:46:52
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That's true. Oh, the the second free form question on this quiz was give me a movie recommendation. And I i said, everything everywhere, all at once. That's what I was going to say when you said it's like ADHD in a movie. I thought, Oh, everything everywhere. oh at once yeah Yeah. Which, you know, I love and you hate. You love that movie. Yeah. I don't hate it, but I would never rewatch it. I was never, like, I never was really sold on the artistry of it. I will rewatch it. Sorry. I will rewatch it every single time it's an option. Yeah, but also like Pitch Perfect is like brash and bold and whatever. And like, that that makes sense. Um, what's that golf movie you like? Caddyshack? Oh yeah, Caddyshack. Happy Gilmore. Happy Gilmore. Caddyshack is the OG. The one with Bill Murray in it? Yeah, that's Caddyshack.
00:47:51
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Okay. It's that fits that description. Okay. ah cassie okay We have, I think three more and I think it will be a perfect, like, I think we're in a good timing. Well, here yeah. was here Okay. Let's do, let's do our, um, D and D. What is it? alignment. Yeah, what what is your alignment for Dungeons and Dragons? ah Yeah. Okay, you go first. No, I went first. Oh, no, you went first. Okay. Okay, so I um I don't know how to read the detailed results on this one. i I will tell you, I was very proud of the fact that in the good versus evil subset, I have zero evil.
00:48:45
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that that makes That makes me feel a little bit better. don't i know so No, not your turn yet. not your turn okay um So I ended up neutral good. Me too. Okay. Wow. That's good. I think that's good though. what but yeah ah did and okay i feel Here's the description they gave and this is a random website, right? Random website, who knows? Yeah. This one, okay. ah clerk For some context, this one was like for the other quizzes, they were much more modern and life applicable. And this one was like, your village is attacked by goblins. What do you do? And it's like, well, I don't know. I live in the suburb. like It was also very much like a 1999
00:49:43
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Oh yeah, the website is like really old. and Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Anyway, go ahead and give us the description. Okay. Hold on. Maggie's, Maggie's texting me now. Maggie, this is not your episode. Well, she's going to come listen to it. So that's fine. I told her she could hang out. but Oh, right. I forgot. She's there now. Yeah, of course she is. So the description of neutral good. A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. Aw, shucks. You flatter me. ah He is devoted to helping others. He. Women don't exist. Works with kings, not queens, and magistrates, but but does not feel beholden to them. Neutral good is the best alignment.
00:50:33
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Neutral, this is great. Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias for or against order. However, neutral good can be a dangerous alignment when it advances mediocrity by limiting the actions of the truly capable. Wow. So there you go. Dad, we're the best that we could be. We're the best period. We don't have to keep trying. We're already the best. Yeah. Sorry for the pings in the background, kids. My dad's popular, he can't help it. Yeah, popular, we have a family. So I got the same one, but I don't have zero in my equals score. What's your, what's your evil score? I have four in my equals score. And also in like the,
00:51:25
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The score for my neutral good, which was my highest and which is the category I'm in was 20. But then I also had a 19 in true neutral. So I was almost not good. Well, so I have a 21 in true very middle of the road. I have 21 in true neutral. Oh, I'm not sure then what happened with you. What do you have a neutral good? 23. Oh, okay. And then in lawful evil 10, Neutral Evil 10, Chaotic Evil 3.
00:52:00
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Okay. Chaotic Evil, I have 11. So I just have more marks in my Evil. Sometimes you go off the rails. I get it. Categories. Sometimes I have Rage, and and that's just how it is. Maggie texted us after, or at least texted me. Oh no, she texted me. episode from last week. And she was like, I am laughing so hard at how mean you both are being right now. We're like, yep. Yeah, she was very, we're pretty equal she was pretty impressed with how like, and i I was like, yeah, Matt takes it really well. Yeah, he's ah he's a good sport about it. That's what makes it fun.
00:52:49
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okay We have two more left and they're both silly, silly, juicy ones. I got a couple. What more do you have? I don't know. I got one about what color I am. Oh, I didn't take that one. Yeah. I might've just gone a little ham on this. I think you might've gone a little bit insane. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay. Go ahead. Do, do. so one was are you a sunrise or a sunset and i think we both got the same one for that one yeah probably i got sunset duh do you get sunset i got that definitely got sunset okay so sunset do you identify with the description yeah sunset you tend to be more rebellious spontaneous and daring
00:53:46
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You never back down to a challenge and make sure to bring the fun wherever you go. This doesn't sound anything like a sunset to me, but oh god no matter what others can count on you to be your authentic, brave and bold self wherever you go. Yeah. It also doesn't really sound like either of us. Yeah. I think this is, I think they're full of shit. is This is really right here. yeah yeah yeah Although I do agree that if I were to be sunrise or sunset, I would be sunset. Yeah. Instinctively, I knew that I was sunset. Like yeah notoriously and buba yeah notoriously, we say six a six is a, is a PM time in the brew family. It's not an AM time. Yeah. None of us are existing at six AM. That's outrageous. Um, and then, okay. the what is going on Maggie's over here giving birth. I don't know what's happening right now, but.
00:54:36
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Oh my goodness. I'm Virgin Mary. I was sitting on the end of my blanket and didn't want to get fully up. So I was wiggling the blanket out from underneath. It was very awkward. Very weird. We need to plug her into a personality test. It's not going to come out nice. um She's also a plague bearer. Oh yeah. She's dying of diseases or things. And then the other one that okay she found Go ahead. Yeah, the last one that I had is like, what are you the ruler of? I thought it was going to like going to a sign as a castle. That's what I thought like that, but we're kind of like picking our castle. And then there are yeah like pick castles and like, yeah, all rooms and stuff. And like what our kingdom looked like. It was kind of fun. I liked it. Do you want to know what I was? Because it's very accurate. Okay, you can't stop.
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Go ahead. Maggie's being a bad audience member. I know. Don't talk to the performers.
00:55:40
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My result, I think, is is very accurate. Well, not the description, but the vibe. Uh-huh. Let me guess. I'm the queen of snow. Oh. OK. What did you have? What did you have? I thought we were going to be the same again. Because I'm the queen of war.
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You're Athena. Okay, Queen. And you're Adina Menzel or whatever. And I'm Elsa. Okay, yeah. Perfect and accurate. What does your description say? It just says you're the queen of war, you're brave and never back down from a challenge. ah Oh, okay. I feel like I needed at least 15 minutes of my life back after doing that. My description said that I'm calm and peaceful and I put others before myself. I was like, um wrong on all three counts. Yeah, i don't think I don't think these things, um I don't even know what this one is. I think it was, I think it was just cause I put winter is my favorite season and they were like, well, I know what she's going to be. Queen of snow. yourself Okay. What were the ones that you did? I just did two other ones and I don't even remember what, like, I don't even remember what this one is. It's somebody named Catherine Price.
00:57:03
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Um, she's got a website and books and stuff like that. And I took the quiz and you, you ready for this one? Yeah. I came out to be a fun accelerator. Oh, really? Okay. Hey, not in my experience. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Goose and gaffs and jigs. Uh-huh. Yeah. there joke Fun accelerators are people who have a yes and mindset that helps them keep the fun going once it's begun. People who are fun accelerators aren't necessarily going to seek out, organize, or initiate fun on their own. But once the fire of fun has been lit, fun accelerators are masters at feeding the flame. Fun exciting fun accelerators are the opposite of wet blankets till I became nonverbal last week.
00:58:03
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And then you became aware. They go all in and have playful attitudes that help other people feel comfortable and welcome in a way that helps them have fun. Easy going and up for anything, they help maintain a spirit of playful energy and connection in a group. If fun accelerators have a weakness, it may be that they rely too heavily on other people to bring fun to them, which can be resentment from people who are doing the legwork.
00:58:31
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Does that feel accurate? Well, I feel like, I mean, you remember, yes, it feels accurate in my current expression of how I live my life, but yeah you remember we used to host a fairly big social event. Oh yeah. um a while Months in the making. And, you know, at one point a hundred and some people racing around town looking, you know, doing yeah funny tasks and they then doing. It was like, um, like a treasure hunt, but call using cars and big teams in the entire city. And like, go ahead. We call it the road rally. So it was like, we did it for the road rally, the brew crew road rally. And it was like, they each year had a different theme and you and mom would write.
00:59:23
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clues like rhyming clues to each location it was intense and intricate yeah and then the party like a team would win but everybody would get together at the end and just party and it was really fun yeah we still get um abuse because we stopped doing it people will be like you should yeah do the real really and like yeah need a nerd maybe you should you know how much time we spend it yeah so i it's part of like i Maybe I used to instigate more, but I'm like not an instigator anymore. Even the guys I like to golf with, there's one thing I'm instigating these days, but I'll get to it that in a minute. the The guys I golf with, I used to be the guy that organized all the, like when we would go on a golf trip, like I'm not organizing it anymore. I'm not doing it. If someone organizes it, I'm in, I'll go. Guess what?
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Nobody organizes it. So it gets tiring if you're constantly the one that's like reaching out and setting things up, you get burnt out of it. So I think I'm not an instigator on that because I just quit like screw it. I'm done. I'm not going to try anymore. I'm the one that put together the pan poker parties during COVID. like yeah i about that Like I do all these things. It is fine. But then I constantly feel like I have this weight of responsibility. I don't want it. I just want to have the fun. This might be and another age thing though. i agree Like another hundred percent personality trait that shifted. It's got older. it's a hundred percent truth that You just don't have the energy to do it anymore. The one thing I instigate these days,
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is live comedy shows. Oh, those are so fun. I go buy those tickets and say, anybody want to come? Let's go. Next week. Next week, Nate Bargazzi. Can I go? Uh, maybe. I love him. Dad, we discovered him together. I'm your comedy buddy. Yeah, come on in. Let's do it. Next. but you get Are you going up to the cottage? It's next Friday night. Like this coming Friday? No. Next Friday. Next Friday. Okay. Then I can go. Okay. Okay. Yay. You might be the, it's an, I'll tell my secretary. Okay. You may be the only added to my calendar in the group, by the way. The only what? Woman. Oh yeah. You don't care. That's it's usually how it is. Um, what is your other,
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um is that you The other one was a color, yeah. Can I guess? Can I guess? Sure. Is it obvious? I don't know. i I have no context. Is it blue? No, it's not blue. Oh, okay. What is it? Oh, Maggie's over here like, hmm, I wonder what it is. You have a guess too? What's your guess? Red. No. Maggie, what's your goal? Wrong. She said red. Not red. guys yeah You guys are both so wrong. This is the absolute bastion of truth right here. I am of gold. Don't laugh. Don't, you guys are both, fla this is awful. Why are you laughing at me?
01:02:55
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That's so you, you're right. No, I don't know what happened here. I don't know what happened because then- Then you're gold. Do you guys and you guys know all the characteristics of all the colors? Is that something you guys know? She's not, she knows. um oh maggie does yeah the The actual description, I'm like, what the fuck are you talking about? None of this, this is stupid. Like, okay, I am stable, organized and goal oriented.
01:03:28
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I think the last two are correct. Okay. self-sufficient, dutiful, committed, responsible, thorough, faithful, practical, systematic, helpful, efficient, sensible. Like I'm back into, I'm back into astrology mode here. You're just saying a bunch of nice things and someone's eventually gonna hit one and go, oh yeah, that's me. It's BS. That's a good point. Cause I was like, eh, kind of, not all of those things. Uh,
01:04:00
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Okay, here are my key weaknesses. Oh, fun. Bossiness, uptightness, judgmentalism, predictability, tendency to control, narrow-mindedness, and dullness. Lack of creativity. They just read you. That was so funny. Get fucking roasted by a personality quiz. Oh my gosh. Dullness. Goddamn. That's so mean. Yeah, I mean- Does that feel accurate? Does that resonate? No, and not at all, really. I mean, my needs are to be useful, to bring stability to society. ah To society? Yeah. Oh, okay. I wake up every morning, hoping to put another brick in the pillar of society, okay? Your life's perfect. To have a structured environment. Okay.
01:04:58
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to make a, okay. No, yeah here's, the only time I was like, okay, I can get on board with this, is Famous Golds. They list the names. Oh, okay. And of course all these people have taken this sketchy internet color personality quiz. And have gotten this result, yeah. um And that's how they know this. It's proven. Yeah. Queen Victoria. I mean, um They reanimated her, ah brought her to a computer.
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And after she got over the whole shock of a screen flashing keyboard, qui she tested and she was a gold. What hallowed company? you i know Florence Nightingale. Very exciting for you. George Washington, our you know our fearless leader. Yeah. our Our founding forefather or something like that. Yeah. Forever my president. I haven't accepted anybody since then. Okay. Now too close to politics again. Like in a wild swing, Joan Rivers. The singer? No, Joan Rivers was a comedian actress. Oh, I don't know it. She's,
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I don't know. her She was, write down she was a goof. I mean, she's very talented and very successful, but Henry Ford. but but Two presidents. Henry Ford was not a president. Sorry. Oh, all I heard is Ford. You keep cutting out. Yeah. henry Oh, Henry Ford. Okay. Nevermind. But that's still pretty cool. But also yes, two presidents. harry oh well Harry Truman. I dropped the bomb.
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ah but then i also hear's some gold But then I also have Mother Teresa. So, you know, I got that going for me. Wait, what? This is bullshit. Mother Teresa did not take this test. It's all bullshit. It's absolutely all bullshit. Oh my God. Okay. That proves my point. personality
Conclusion and Farewell
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tests that put people in boxes are bullshit. I think I win today. Yeah. yeah right i cat Oh, I see him agrees with you. He's so cute. But it's fun though, dad. And that's my point. It is fun. I agree. And did we not just have fun? I think we did. Yeah. I think we did.
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you think I think we can. What do you guys think? Let us know in the comments below. Make sure to smash that like button and hit subscribe for more content.
01:08:05
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What does next week look like, Rebecca? Oh, shoot. What? Hang on. I think we have another guest next week. Do we have another guest? I think so. Let's check the sketch. Yeah. Oh, we didn't decide. You know what, I've got it down. Next week next week is Colby. Oh, have you chosen this subject it's the meta podcast. It's the podcast about podcasts within a podcast yeah or the podcast about podcasts. So we we have another family guest next week. Yeah. I think we'll be a fun episode. He's in a lot. to say about a lot of things
01:08:51
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will struggle to fill the time. Yeah. We might actually dip into politics again next week. That would be bad, but okay. um My job will be to pull you guys out of the deep end there if you get too deep. Yeah. Cause we just, all lifeguard yeah we bonk our head, right? Yeah. And you guys like actually argue. You don't really do that in a lot of stuff. Oh my God. Do you hear that? No. Basil. Stop.
01:09:20
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All right. Well, this was fun. Let's wrap it up. I thought it was great. Thanks for spending time with me again, Rebecca. It was a blast. Thanks for spending time with me, dad. And thank you for spending time with us. Yay. Thank you to all of our shallow friends but for tuning in. to Can we call on another episode? Can we call it tuning? Nobody tunes anymore. They're not tuning. They're smashing the play button. They're smashing the play button. It's not tuning. Nobody's tuning. Smash that like button. Okay. Make sure to hit that bell. Bye everyone. We'll see you next time. Bye.