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Episode 31

Family Drama, Face Plants, and Why Democracy Took a Vacation

Warning: Peter goes off about family drama right out the gate, but don't worry—it's therapeutic AF.

This week, the beautiful disasters tackle what happens when you stop settling for boring shit and start actually living. Carissa face-planted while waterskiing for the first time (10/10 would recommend), Peter serves family drama realness, and Shaun's making jalapeño cocktails that could send you to the ER.

We're unpacking why our generation feels guilty about choosing happiness, why Miami canceled democracy like a Netflix subscription, and how tourism protests are getting violent because some people can't behave abroad. Plus: $1,300 health insurance premiums, the housing crisis hitting the ultra-rich, and why Peter and Shaun completely forgot their 12-year anniversary until Carissa reminded them in Puerto Rico.

Bottom line: Life's too short to waterski badly, deal with toxic family, or live where elections are optional. Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is embrace the beautiful disaster.

Perfect for: Anyone dealing with family toxicity, people who think they're "too old" for new adventures, and millennials questioning literally everything.

Contains: Therapeutic ranting, waterskiing fails, relationship milestones, and discussions about why some people need to mind their own business.

Transcript
Speaker:

What's up, chaos coordinators Carissa

here with your weekly dose of what the

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actual fuck is happening in the world.

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Let me paint you a picture

of the last seven days.

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I discovered that water

skiing is basically controlled

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drowning with an audience.

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Peter's getting family drama

for literally existing.

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We're selling our first house

because adulting is a scam, and Miami

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decided that elections are so 2024.

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Meanwhile, I'm over here learning

that the only thing harder than

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staying upright on water skis is

staying sane in this timeline.

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Today we're diving deep into

why settling, whether it's for

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shitty family dynamics or boring.

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Saturday afternoons is the real enemy, so

grab your expensive coffee and existential

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dread because we're about to get real

about choosing chaos over comfort.

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Apocalypse and avocados.

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Peter: Hey, doom, grillers.

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Welcome back to Apocalypse and Avocados.

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I'm Peter here and I'm

joined with Carissa and Sean.

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Hello.

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Hello.

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And we're gonna do a something

a little bit different today

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because I've had enough.

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I've had enough of everything and I've

had enough of my family at this point.

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So we're gonna open this fucking thing.

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We're talking about some family drama

that's gone on this week, Jersey Worms.

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You know what I'm talking about.

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Carissa: It's gonna be a real bad time.

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That's all I have to say about that.

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Peter: I am fucking sick of being

blamed for everything, especially

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when I don't attend events.

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I don't know about you, but I

shouldn't be the topic of conversation

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when I'm not fucking present.

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Well, Peter, you're very controlling.

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Oh, yeah.

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I'm so controlling, so

fucking controlling.

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Carissa: How

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Peter: dare

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Carissa: you?

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Peter: Yeah, how dare I exist?

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Carissa: Settle right the fuck down.

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Peter: There is something in specific,

and I really don't give a shit if

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somebody comes around and says something

at this point there are people in

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my extended family that need to one,

stop lying and two, grow the fuck up.

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That's what I have to say.

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I am a very open person.

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I'm a very open book.

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So if anybody in my particular family

unit has a fucking question by all

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means, and come and ask and I will

tell you straight to your face.

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Hmm.

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Stop with this little petty

bullshit that's going around in the

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background and just come and ask me.

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I don't know how, if you guys

ever had this sort of situation.

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Shaun: Not with my family.

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They're not, we're, they're not

really close enough for that, but.

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I feel like it's a situation that's common

amongst maybe friends back in high school.

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Carissa: Yeah, it's high school bullshit.

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I think people just need to

find better things to do with

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their time, to be honest,

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Peter: right?

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If you're sitting here and you're

talking shit about me you're obviously

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thinking about me, so how awful is your

life that you need to talk about me?

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Get a life.

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That's all I gotta say.

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Hmm.

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I know.

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Sorry, I went off on a tangent there,

but I'm sick of this bullshit, bro.

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The fuck up.

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That's all I gotta say.

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Anyway, and like we

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Shaun: said last episode, if something

is said, and it's not stated that

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it's about you, but you feel like it's

about you, that says more about you

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than about the other person and not

about who you feel about yourself,

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Peter: I feel like it,

it's a psychological issue.

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It's like you're projecting your own.

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Issues on me.

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Carissa: That's what a lot of

people do when they have issues.

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Instead of taking care of themselves,

they project it onto other people because

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Shaun: they find someone else to blame.

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Carissa: Yeah.

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They find somebody else

to blame for their issues.

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Handle your trauma like an adult.

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Please

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Shaun: start a podcast bitch about it

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Carissa: or get therapy.

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Peter: Right?

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We started this podcast as a way of

getting rid of stress is our therapeutic

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way of talking things out and having fun,

and now we're being penalized for it.

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Well,

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Carissa: fuck 'em.

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That's what I gotta say.

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Peter: I'd rather not.

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That sounds like incest and gross.

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Carissa: I didn't go there.

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Jesus Christ.

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The voices.

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Peter: But yeah, essentially start

projecting your issues on me.

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I have no qualms with you.

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I mean you no malicious intent.

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This is a pure psychological issue.

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And if you wanna continue to talk

shit about me, by all means do

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but know that you're making my

life more important than your own.

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Anyway.

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Where's the round of applause button?

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It's not here.

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Sounded like you there on the end.

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Wow.

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It was me.

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Anyway, we also have some

reason things going on.

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We sold our first home and had to

move back in temporarily while we

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await our visas to move overseas.

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Do

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Carissa: you love being back in

this close quarters with all of us?

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Peter: I will say I enjoy being back

to having things so readily available.

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It is a lot easier than it was before

'cause we were in lockdown and COVID.

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But it is bittersweet.

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It feels like it was both a weight

off of our shoulders and a failure.

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Carissa: You didn't fail.

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I still live here

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Peter: that by choice,

Carissa, you don't wanna leave.

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The food's too good.

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Carissa: The food's too good.

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And I'm not a failure.

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I just like it here.

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I'm catted.

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Peter: There's nothing wrong with that.

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Carissa: And just so you guys

know, like I don't avoid you at

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night, that's just what I do.

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I just hide.

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Peter: She goes into her little

hermit cave and leaves on, I

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watch her little hermit cave.

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Her hermit cave is much

larger than our hermit cave.

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It's like a, it's

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Carissa: a studio apartment.

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This bitch, you're more than welcome

to visit whatever you'd like.

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All I watch is basketball.

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Peter: And that's why we

don't visit sports balls on.

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We play with enough balls as gays.

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We don't need to watch it on tv.

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Shaun: The only sport

I watch is drag race.

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Carissa: Do you work up a sweat watching?

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Peter: Oh my God, sometimes.

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Can you imagine?

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He works up his sweat?

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Oh my God, this fucking tuck

is so tight or so meaty.

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Who knows?

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Oh my God.

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But I don't know how you feel about

the whole selling of the house.

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Do you feel like it was a

weight off our shoulders?

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Shaun: Yeah, I think so.

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There's a lot of things that can

go wrong when you own a house.

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A lot of things to keep

up with and fix, and.

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After a while you start to

question if it's still worth doing.

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The house is beautiful.

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The house was great, but it got to a point

where I just didn't feel like I wanted to

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continue putting money into the house if

it wasn't where we wanted to be forever.

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Right.

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Wasn't for the forever home.

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Carissa: That makes sense.

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But I'm very proud of

you guys for doing it.

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I mean, thanks.

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It's a huge accomplishment to buy a house,

but not only that, to maintain it and live

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in it for four years and with all the shit

that arose, you guys handled it pretty

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well, so I'm very proud of you both.

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Yeah.

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I became

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Peter: 700 pounds I stress,

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Carissa: yeah.

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Of millennial gray, right?

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Peter: Oh my God.

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It was my millennial gray.

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No, it was that.

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It was painted that

color when we moved in.

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I didn't like it.

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Trying to match that color was.

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Absolutely awful.

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Do you know how many fucking gallons of

paint we had to buy to match the color?

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And we still didn't match it.

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It only matched with the lights off.

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Oh my God.

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You turn the lights on, you immediately

saw the swatches on the wall.

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Yeah, it was terrible.

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And then we, when we were selling,

we're like, is this gonna be a problem?

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Are they gonna see this to our realtor?

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Their realtor was great.

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Carissa: I didn't notice.

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Maybe you were sitting in the

room with the most of 'em.

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Maybe I need new glasses.

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Peter: There was literally one this

side, it had to have been like at

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least eight inches on the wall.

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And you didn't see it

'cause the light was off.

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That's right.

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Because my vision's

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Carissa: poor

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Peter: it.

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It it's weird.

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It feels weird.

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I feel like we should feel

guilty about doing it.

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And I don't, I feel like I should

miss it more than I do, and I don't.

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I think that it comes with

choosing happiness, over stability,

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Carissa: and that makes sense.

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Peter: Yeah.

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Have you guys ever, do you feel that way?

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Carissa: Told you That's

why I'm happy here.

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Peter: But you're mentally unstable

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Shaun: A little

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Carissa: bit.

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That's why I go to the gym.

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Shaun: I'm always mentally unstable,

so I'm never choosing stability.

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You talk to the animals

like they're people.

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Exactly.

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Sometimes

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Carissa: I wonder who the fuck

you're talking to downstairs.

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The animals

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Shaun: most of the time.

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Peter: And the

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Shaun: cat's

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Carissa: like ma, the cat answers back.

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Shaun: Have a full conversation

with them answering for them too.

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Carissa: He's asking the cat,

did you get a job today, ma?

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That's a big

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Shaun: no.

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I'm like, oh really?

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Where are you gonna be working?

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Only pause.

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That sounds interesting.

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Take

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Carissa: pictures when I

throw my body on the floor.

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Shaun: I didn't realize I

was an employee there too.

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Carissa: Yeah.

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You're the photographer

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Peter: with cats.

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You're always an employee.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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You're never the main character.

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That's terrible.

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I feel like people do that a lot too.

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They've, they feel guilty choosing

their happiness over something

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necessarily being more stable like.

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Going to a job that pays less

because you're more happy.

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Shaun: Yeah, yeah.

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Peter: Going hang out with a

certain friend over another

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because they make you feel better.

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It people, I don't know where their

sense of guilt comes from though.

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Carissa: It's the same

thing with relationships.

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You should never settle Right?

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Just because it's easy.

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You should have somebody that's

gonna reciprocate your energy.

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Shaun: Yeah.

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Yeah, I agree.

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Carissa: You guys have

been together forever.

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You guys reciprocate each

other's energy and I love it.

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Peter: We just celebrated our

12th year anniversary and we

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completely forgot about it.

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I know.

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I

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Carissa: reminded them in Puerto Rico.

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I was like, isn't today your anniversary?

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They both looked at each

other and they're like.

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Shaun: I'm

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Carissa: like how the fuck do I know this?

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Shaun: I was like, is it the second

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Carissa: that's, I'm not, I guess

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Shaun: it is.

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Then

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Carissa: I'm not celebrating

any anniversary, so I

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gotta remember somebody's,

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Peter: I think it was more

that we were on vacation, so it

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was like celebrating already.

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Yeah.

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Shaun: I didn't even

realize it what day it was.

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I'm like, oh, it's July 2nd already.

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Peter: Yep.

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And we were in the heat and

you're just enjoying it.

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So it's like we went on the

vacation for our anniversary.

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Yeah.

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Shaun: Yeah, that's true.

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I didn't think of that.

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Carissa: That was the day

we got that ice cream too.

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Oh yeah.

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Remember we drove to the west coast?

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Peter: Yeah.

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That was fun.

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I liked a lot of this.

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I That was as cool.

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The town was like up in the mountain.

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Built on the giant hill.

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Carissa: Yeah.

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That was really cool.

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I don't know how I feel about

rice and beans ice cream though.

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Yeah, the ladies at the ice cream

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Shaun: place were so nice.

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Yeah.

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They would give you the little sample

spoon of anything you wanted to try.

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Peter: They'll give you a little bowl.

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I was.

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Shaun: Interested in so many of the

flavors, but also I don't know that

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I could bring myself to eat some

of them or even try some of them.

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Yeah.

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Like Chris said, Curtis was talking

about the rice and beans one.

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Oh, I don't know.

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Carissa: Right.

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I don't wanna squash ice cream either.

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Carrots, yeah.

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Carrot.

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Shaun: Yeah.

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There's a carrot one.

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Carissa: Yeah.

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And it

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Peter: looked gross too.

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Carissa: And that Rice and SA Chicho

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Shaun: oh yep.

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Your mom pointed that one out to me.

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Carissa: I don't want my

dessert to taste like a dinner.

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Shaun: What is this?

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Willy Wonka,

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Carissa: right?

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That's like the snowberry taste, like snow

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Shaun: berries.

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That's like the people who drink

the tomato martinis and stuff.

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Ew.

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They do that.

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That's gross.

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Oh yeah, that's a thing now.

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Carissa: Tomato martinis.

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Yeah.

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That's disgusting.

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That sounds

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Peter: disgusting.

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I would actually drink

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Shaun: this one, 'cause I've

seen the guy make it the like

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the Korean fried chicken martini.

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That sounds gross.

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But I don't think it tastes like chicken.

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That's why I think it's

like a spicy martini.

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And then you garnish it

with something crunchy.

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So you're replicating the flavors of

the chicken like that they use on the

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chicken, or you're not necessarily making

a martini that tastes like chicken.

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Now, I could be wrong about

that, but I don't know.

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I don't want a martini that tastes

like tomatoes, I don't think.

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Carissa: No, definitely not.

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Shaun: I don't want a

martini that crunches.

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Carissa: That's like Bloody Mary's.

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People get Bloody Mary's and they

look like a full on fucking meal.

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There's bacon and celery sticking

out of the fucking glass and

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you get vodka and tomato juice.

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Shaun: Oh, I learned something about that.

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So there is 58.

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No, there's, so there's two kinds.

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There's the Bloody Mary, and then

there's something that originated in

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Canada and I don't know the name of

the drink, but that's the one that

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you typically see with all of the.

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The big helpings of food attached to it.

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That's part of the drink.

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Like they, it's supposed to be

made with some food item as the

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garnish aside from the celery.

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So when you see those like crazy

ones, that's, I'm gonna find out

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what the name of it is called.

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Carissa: It's an entree.

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Yes it is.

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Chris is absolutely right.

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Vodka.

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Did you see how thick the slices are?

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Bacon are that they put in there?

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Peter: No, I've never

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Carissa: seen bacon.

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That looks like that before.

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It's half the pig.

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Peter: I refuse to drink.

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A bloody mar reminds me

of like menstruation.

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Carissa: You know when I did drink?

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Ugh, wait.

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I just processed what you said.

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Nevermind.

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We're not even gonna go there.

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Peter: It's what it reminds me of.

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It's like chunky and nasty.

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Well,

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Carissa: it does.

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I'm just not even gonna elaborate.

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Peter: Well, it's the thing that they

drink in Nebraska, I think it is.

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They have HILs is what they call it.

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What the

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Carissa: fuck is it?

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Peter: And it's tomato juice and beer.

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I think that's what it is.

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Shaun: Yeah, I think so.

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Carissa: sounds disgusting as well.

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Shaun: I have it here.

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It's the Bloody Mary, which uses

tomato juice or the Caesar, which uses.

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Cama juice, which is tomato juice

mixed with clam broth and spices.

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Yeah, so the ingredients are a

little different, but the then the

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the Caesars more elaborate with

pickled beans, shrimp sliders.

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That's gross.

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Carissa: That's disgusting.

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Peter: I don't

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Carissa: want a burger

on the side of my drink.

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Thanks.

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Peter: I'd rather lick the

wallpaper in Willy Wonka's factory.

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Thank you.

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Carissa: I really wanted to

do that when I was a kid.

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I just had to say that.

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If it only

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Peter: existed.

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Carissa: Yeah.

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They need a fucking chocolate factory

where you can try all the things.

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You can turn into blueberries

and swim in a chocolate river.

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Shaun: Yeah.

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And get s.

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Carissa: And get shrunk.

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Peter: Right.

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The chocolate river is a little match.

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Shaun: Gets sucked up the

tube like a gu Augustus loop.

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Carissa: He was a fat fuck, right?

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He sure could stick his

fucking hands in the river.

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Peter: Yeah, but think about

how gross that like metaphor is.

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He's swimming in a chocolate river

and then goes back up a tube that's

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sucked up a tube with chocolate.

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Okay.

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Carissa: His mind went there.

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He's the but plug.

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Yeah.

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Shaun: Augustus loop.

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Augustus loop.

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Think that stinking dum poop.

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Peter: He is definitely a poop.

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He's stuck in the fucking canal there.

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Anyway, what about the oompapa?

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Shaun: They were creepy.

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Peter: They went from being these dwarves,

these like just a whole array of dwarves

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that were, had green hair and orange skin.

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To a bunch of the same little Indian man.

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Carissa: Yes.

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Peter: Are we just trying to be

inclusive or was that racist?

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I was gonna

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Shaun: say, I don't

know which one is worse.

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Carissa: I don't know.

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Honestly.

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At least they

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Peter: look like creatures

in the first one they did.

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I wanted to pick them up.

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Different race.

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Yeah.

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Wants to

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Carissa: pick them up

and swing them around.

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Peter: They swung each other.

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They did.

449

:

I always

450

:

Carissa: wanted to be an mpa.

451

:

At one point you were.

452

:

Peter: Fuck off Rumba.

453

:

But anyway, speaking of the

hot ass summer, Carissa, you

454

:

tried something new recently.

455

:

How did that go?

456

:

I

457

:

Carissa: went water skiing for

the first time ever in my life.

458

:

Mind you, we grew up in the fucking city.

459

:

So getting dragged behind a boat

that's not heard of in the city.

460

:

Peter: But

461

:

Carissa: yeah, it was fun.

462

:

My forearms are on fire still.

463

:

I could probably use a professional

massage and I drank more lake water

464

:

in one hour of water skiing than

I've ever drank in my entire life.

465

:

Peter: Oh, that sounds gross.

466

:

I'd try it just because mainly I know that

there are no nasty fish in that water.

467

:

No shark gonna come up and

get me, but I really don't.

468

:

I feel like I'd be the person that

just, it'll look like a cartoon.

469

:

I'll just get dragged behind the boat

and I'm like, bouncing off the waves.

470

:

Carissa: That's when you let go.

471

:

I wouldn't know how I looked

absolutely ridiculous.

472

:

Honestly.

473

:

I face planted so many times.

474

:

The fucking skis flew off my feet.

475

:

I had to swim for them.

476

:

My coworker talks so much shit.

477

:

'cause he's you're just

a terrible swimmer.

478

:

And I said, I never said I could swim.

479

:

Good.

480

:

I said I could swim.

481

:

Peter: I said I could try.

482

:

Didn't say it would be good.

483

:

Carissa: It was fun.

484

:

It was a lot of fun.

485

:

Peter: Well,

486

:

Carissa: I might do it again.

487

:

Peter: He turned you into a fucking

kite and you wanna go do it again?

488

:

Yes.

489

:

Once my qu are better.

490

:

Have you done that, Sean?

491

:

Shaun: What?

492

:

Water skiing?

493

:

Yeah.

494

:

No fucking way.

495

:

I'm white.

496

:

I'm not that white.

497

:

Peter: You seem like the type

of person that would try it

498

:

for an adrenaline in rush.

499

:

Shaun: Maybe in my younger

years, but I don't know.

500

:

I've mellowed out a bit.

501

:

Peter: He's pushing

502

:

Carissa: 40 stuff.

503

:

Shaun: Yeah, he is 40.

504

:

You're both 40.

505

:

Fuck you.

506

:

Carissa: Oh, I did it.

507

:

Nothing

508

:

Shaun: wrong with being 40, by the way.

509

:

Peter just wants to age us

faster than we are aging.

510

:

Carissa: I know why you're aging yourself.

511

:

Why do you wanna age us?

512

:

It's not very nice.

513

:

It

514

:

Peter: makes me feel better about myself.

515

:

I just turned 35.

516

:

Carissa: Wait, I have a question for you.

517

:

So you were talking about in

gay years at 35, you're dus.

518

:

What are lesbians?

519

:

Peter: I have no idea

520

:

Shaun: you're being reborn.

521

:

Carissa: I'm leaving.

522

:

Shaun: Lesbians are

reborn between 35 and 40.

523

:

Carissa: Why?

524

:

Shaun: Because you go into your

like ultimate lesbian era at 40.

525

:

Carissa: Does that mean

that U-Haul faster?

526

:

Peter: Potentially.

527

:

That means you can pay

terrible for the movers.

528

:

Carissa: I that good point.

529

:

I could pay for the movers.

530

:

I did.

531

:

Fuck you Hall.

532

:

Peter: I certainly did.

533

:

And it wasn't enough.

534

:

I wish I got them for six hours,

535

:

Shaun: three days later.

536

:

I was

537

:

Peter: gonna say 72 hours later.

538

:

Yeah.

539

:

Oh my God.

540

:

It was so terrible.

541

:

So terrible.

542

:

I had them for what, an hour?

543

:

Packing the truck.

544

:

Shaun: I thought we had them for two.

545

:

Peter: Oh yeah.

546

:

Two hours.

547

:

Yeah.

548

:

Two hours packing the truck,

two hours unloading, and we

549

:

still had to go back four times.

550

:

Carissa: I wanted to throw

my whole body out that week.

551

:

Peter: Yeah.

552

:

It was terrible.

553

:

And then I, we had to wake up with mom at

nine I had to wake up with mom at nine.

554

:

The truck is still packed in the

driveway and have to go over to

555

:

the storage unit and unpack it.

556

:

Re freaking pack the storage

unit, get another storage unit.

557

:

It was bad.

558

:

I wanted to cry for you.

559

:

My muscles were crying.

560

:

She was like, I know you don't wanna

do it, but we have to go do it now.

561

:

And I'm like, ha, I

just went to bed anyway.

562

:

Enough of me whining.

563

:

But yeah.

564

:

So you tried your water ski.

565

:

You're gonna try it again.

566

:

You're gonna go bounce

like a rock in the water.

567

:

Carissa: I might stand up next time.

568

:

See,

569

:

Peter: I mean, isn't that the goal?

570

:

Carissa: It is the goal.

571

:

I didn't, this time

572

:

Shaun: she's gonna be like the cartoon

with like her one leg going this way,

573

:

the other leg going behind her going

out to the side doing a full split.

574

:

Carissa: That's exactly what

I looked like yesterday.

575

:

Peter: I'm always afraid that

when somebody is water skiing,

576

:

how do you not break a leg?

577

:

Do the skis just come off?

578

:

They

579

:

Carissa: come off.

580

:

Peter: Oh, okay.

581

:

Carissa: That's what I

was worried about too.

582

:

I was like, will I break a leg

before I even dropped into the water?

583

:

Will my leg come off?

584

:

What if I fall?

585

:

And my coworker was like,

no, just, it's fine.

586

:

The skis are supposed to fly

off so you don't hurt yourself.

587

:

And I'm like, oh.

588

:

So this is why this is so much work,

because the skis fly off when you

589

:

don't stand up and you gotta fucking

swim to get them, put them back on,

590

:

which takes an hour and then try again.

591

:

That's awful.

592

:

Shaun: It sounds like quite a workout.

593

:

Yeah.

594

:

No thanks.

595

:

Carissa: Yeah, it was.

596

:

It was worthwhile.

597

:

It's nice to say that I did it.

598

:

Something on my bucket list.

599

:

Peter: I feel like you, I don't know.

600

:

It just feels like it's gonna

be more painful than it's worth

601

:

Carissa: for me.

602

:

Adrenaline rush.

603

:

Peter: There are other ways to

get an adrenaline wash, like

604

:

watching a cake being baked.

605

:

Hmm.

606

:

Carissa: I haven't done that.

607

:

Peter: I haven't either.

608

:

I was just imagining that that

would be fun for some people.

609

:

Carissa: Probably break a sweat.

610

:

Yeah.

611

:

Augustus loo sitting in front of the oven.

612

:

Augustus loo.

613

:

Peter: Yeah.

614

:

He is getting sucked up the shit too.

615

:

Anyway, so Sean, you

also tried something new?

616

:

New-ish.

617

:

New.

618

:

More fun.

619

:

More intense.

620

:

Carissa: More intense than water skiing.

621

:

What'd you do?

622

:

Peter: No, not into more

intense than water skiing.

623

:

His little mixology course.

624

:

Oh, what, using mescal?

625

:

Using other things?

626

:

Everything.

627

:

Oh, just in general?

628

:

Yeah.

629

:

You've become more of a bartender.

630

:

Carissa: He looks like a

professional bartender.

631

:

He was chopping up jalapenos yesterday.

632

:

I thought he was cooking something.

633

:

He's like, no, this is for the drinks.

634

:

Okay.

635

:

Peter: Yeah.

636

:

I'm not eating these.

637

:

Shaun: Yeah.

638

:

I've gotten a little more adventurous

with my mixology, I guess.

639

:

Trying to have more fun with it.

640

:

I've been watching that show on Netflix.

641

:

It's it's a, from a couple years

ago, ultimate Drink Master.

642

:

It's been, it's getting my juices.

643

:

Flowing, so to speak, in my brain.

644

:

Got me thinking about all different stuff.

645

:

Peter: I'm glad that

you added in my brain.

646

:

Yeah, it could have been bad.

647

:

Shaun: Didn't wanna put, Ooh,

give the wrong idea there.

648

:

Peter: You didn't wanna

leave the ball on the floor.

649

:

In that court.

650

:

I could have turned into something else.

651

:

I'm glad.

652

:

Carissa: I'm glad you picked up on

that before the voices took over.

653

:

Shaun: But speaking of the mixology thing,

I was thinking that people are interested.

654

:

Maybe I would start putting

out some videos on that, on our

655

:

social media, maybe doing some

mocktails and cocktails each week.

656

:

Carissa: Yeah, that'd be fun.

657

:

That's a good idea.

658

:

I like that.

659

:

Shaun: And for mocktails,

we'll have Carissa try them.

660

:

So yes, you can see everyone

how they re, how she likes them.

661

:

Carissa: Not too sweet.

662

:

Shaun: How she reacts.

663

:

That's what I was looking for.

664

:

How she reacts to the,

665

:

Carissa: just don't put

any jalapenos in there.

666

:

No, you don't

667

:

Shaun: need to send you into

an asthma attack or anything.

668

:

No, thank you.

669

:

Just put some Serrano chilies instead.

670

:

Carissa: Oh good.

671

:

I look forward to it.

672

:

Peter: Anyway, so this it's crazy that

people, so we're all in our thirties now.

673

:

Oh,

674

:

Carissa: I thought you said we were 40.

675

:

Peter: Yeah, you're almost there.

676

:

Okay.

677

:

Trying to bring you back.

678

:

Trying really back in from your forties.

679

:

Carissa: I'm glad this is recorded

so he can remember that he said this.

680

:

Peter: I didn't forget, I just need this

681

:

Shaun: on my phone so

I can play it for him.

682

:

Every time he says that we're 40

683

:

Peter: Right.

684

:

I'm just being an ass.

685

:

I know you're not 40 yet, three years,

but can we talk about how our generation

686

:

or really Gen Z tries to age us by

saying like thirties and forties?

687

:

You can't be trying new things that

we feel old trying them because

688

:

people outside influences like we

feel like we can't do it, we can't

689

:

try it, we're too old to try it.

690

:

I don't feel like that's the case.

691

:

Carissa: I don't feel that way at all.

692

:

I went water skiing

yesterday and almost died.

693

:

Shaun: You're only as old

as you feel, and I feel 82.

694

:

Carissa: I still feel 22, so

695

:

Shaun: I'm feeling 22.

696

:

Mentally, not

697

:

Carissa: so much physically.

698

:

Yes.

699

:

Peter: I feel like people need

to, you're like you said, they're

700

:

only as old as you feel, but you

need to stop with this Seeing age.

701

:

As a defining factor for not

getting to experience life.

702

:

Carissa: Yeah, that's a good point.

703

:

Peter: Yeah.

704

:

Carissa: I think, if you think about

it, when we were in our twenties, we

705

:

thought we had it all figured out.

706

:

We're like, yeah, gonna, you know,

date somebody when I'm in my twenties

707

:

and then maybe get married at 26,

maybe have 17 kids by 32, and.

708

:

That's not the case.

709

:

Shaun: 17 kids, that's a lot.

710

:

Never

711

:

Carissa: wanted that many.

712

:

I was just saying some people.

713

:

Yeah.

714

:

Peter: No, that's a lot.

715

:

That's a what, a baseball team,

716

:

Carissa: 17

717

:

Peter: football

718

:

Shaun: team.

719

:

Carissa: Probably like a

football team, I'd say.

720

:

Shaun: Yeah.

721

:

I don't know anything

about sports ball, so

722

:

Peter: it's too many either way.

723

:

But yeah, I think that people are

putting this stigma on trying new

724

:

things when you really should just

look for a new adventure at any age.

725

:

Carissa: Yeah.

726

:

It's good to experience new things.

727

:

It's fun.

728

:

Peter: Yeah.

729

:

Carissa: I love trying new things

and doing different things and

730

:

I'll never say no to something

unless it's like I might die.

731

:

Or drugs.

732

:

Yeah.

733

:

Peter: There, like the lady

from TikTok, there's a dancer

734

:

lady on there full on gray hair.

735

:

she quit her like finance job,

I think it was in New York City.

736

:

Mm-hmm.

737

:

And she went to pursue her dream

of being a professional dancer

738

:

and now she dances in music videos

and on Broadway and everything.

739

:

So you're never too old to do it.

740

:

Good for her.

741

:

Carissa: That's badass.

742

:

I like that.

743

:

Yeah.

744

:

And

745

:

Peter: she's putting up like all

these sexy videos, you know how

746

:

you watch them, where they're

doing the choreography videos?

747

:

Yeah.

748

:

And so she was doing them

like keeping up with all the

749

:

younger people and everything.

750

:

Carissa: I love that.

751

:

Peter: Yeah.

752

:

She irritated me a little bit

'cause she thinks she's sexier

753

:

than she is with her lady.

754

:

The, what do you call that?

755

:

The not a como very, you know what

I'm talking about, like the fluffy.

756

:

The cough.

757

:

Yeah, the coof hair.

758

:

Carissa: I, that sounds like

qu Yeah, that's what I said.

759

:

Ef a cof qu.

760

:

Oh,

761

:

Peter: qued cough.

762

:

Can you imagine if down there was coughed?

763

:

Carissa: Oh god.

764

:

Peter: Why would it, why?

765

:

Just like having you a merkin

766

:

Shaun: down there.

767

:

It's a quo.

768

:

It,

769

:

Carissa: you'd have to

blow it out every day.

770

:

Yeah, it'd be miserable.

771

:

Peter: And then you use hairspray too.

772

:

So it's gonna be like,

Ooh, that would hurt.

773

:

Carissa: You get chapped lips.

774

:

Peter: Ah, that can't be good.

775

:

That cannot be hygienic.

776

:

Shaun: Everything

777

:

Peter: sticks together.

778

:

But why do we convince ourselves that

we're too old to do any of this stuff?

779

:

Society.

780

:

Carissa: Society definitely plays a big

impact on that or a big role in that.

781

:

I don't.

782

:

I don't give a fuck.

783

:

Peter: Yeah.

784

:

Carissa: I will be 45 and

still trying new things.

785

:

Maybe I'll go fucking

skydiving when I'm 45.

786

:

Who knows?

787

:

Oh

788

:

Peter: geez.

789

:

I wanted to go skydiving, but it would

be more like a comet hitting Earth.

790

:

I have a real issue.

791

:

I think that everything this just, do you

have the internal monologue when you're

792

:

doing these things where it's like.

793

:

This is where I die today.

794

:

This is how I die all the time.

795

:

Carissa: Yeah.

796

:

When I went tubing, I

thought I was gonna die.

797

:

Peter: When we climbed the

mountain in Puerto Rico, I was

798

:

like, so this is how I die.

799

:

It was more, 'cause I was out breath.

800

:

I was gonna freaking go right

over the side and we're up.

801

:

How many feet was it?

802

:

Like 4,000 feet.

803

:

Carissa: I have to look.

804

:

I took a picture of it.

805

:

We

806

:

Peter: were

807

:

Shaun: up really high.

808

:

We were up really high.

809

:

I don't remember how high it

was to be completely honest.

810

:

Peter: Can you imagine the velocity I

would get if I was going down the mountain

811

:

Carissa: tumbling?

812

:

Peter: I'd go straight to

hell, right through the earth.

813

:

Crest Scarlet took a tumble.

814

:

Carissa: It was 4,398 feet.

815

:

Peter: Damn.

816

:

Straight to hell right there.

817

:

Every volcano on earth would erupt.

818

:

I'm not that big, but that

was my internal monologue.

819

:

I'm going to die today.

820

:

This is where I die.

821

:

Carissa: I felt like that doing

rock climbing on the ship.

822

:

Shaun: Oh, on the cruise

823

:

Carissa: ship.

824

:

Shaun: You don't You wanna

do the one that I sent today

825

:

where you have to jump to them?

826

:

Carissa: Yeah, because at

least I can fall in the water.

827

:

The water of the ocean.

828

:

I'm not crashing to the earth.

829

:

Peter: No.

830

:

Just causing tidal waves.

831

:

No, that I couldn't , I wanted to do the

rock climbing on the ship, but it's like

832

:

on the back of the ship and as soon as

I get over a certain point and I'm like,

833

:

just see ocean, I know I'm gonna freeze.

834

:

Carissa: See, I didn't look at the ocean.

835

:

I saw the floor down below and how far

the little person was that was holding the

836

:

ropes and wasn't really holding the ropes.

837

:

And I was like, Nope.

838

:

That's enough.

839

:

I ring the first bell.

840

:

I'm

841

:

Peter: good.

842

:

I'm going down.

843

:

I imagine those ropes

don't really do anything.

844

:

Carissa: Don't say things like that.

845

:

Peter: Internal monologue.

846

:

That's what we're talking about right now.

847

:

Carissa: It's like final destination.

848

:

Peter: This person's holding a rope.

849

:

That doesn't do anything though.

850

:

If it goes up, I'm going over.

851

:

There's no stopping me.

852

:

Carissa: I didn't realize how high they

actually were until I started climbing

853

:

it and I got to the first bell and I

was like, this is pretty fucking high.

854

:

And people go all the

way to the third bell.

855

:

Peter: Yeah, they just come

down, starts on deck eight.

856

:

Carissa: Yeah.

857

:

They just come down like nothing.

858

:

Peter: How about you, Sean?

859

:

Have you ever done something and

then your internal monologues

860

:

like, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.

861

:

Shaun: Yeah.

862

:

But nothing that I can think of, like

specifically off the top of my head.

863

:

I'm trying to, but Oh, when

we were ATVing, oh, jeez.

864

:

Bad.

865

:

Oh, in, in Mexico and I almost flipped it.

866

:

I'm like, oh my God, this is

exactly what he was talking about.

867

:

I'm gonna be that guy.

868

:

John was playing bumper cars.

869

:

That's, yeah.

870

:

Peter: In Mexico you hit me too.

871

:

Yeah, because Sean was gonna hit me again

872

:

Shaun: for what, the 15th time?

873

:

Yeah.

874

:

Peter: The people in front of me too,

they would go off and they would disappear

875

:

around the corner, and so I sped up

so that I could catch up, and then

876

:

they were stopped around the corner.

877

:

They wanted to put me in the

fucking jungle with the jaguars

878

:

to leave me right there.

879

:

Then Sean would see catch up

to me, and then he'd try and

880

:

slow down and slide into me.

881

:

Carissa: Yeah, I remember you hit the

back of me and then you got mad at me

882

:

and I was like, that lady hit her brakes.

883

:

I don't know what you want me to do.

884

:

Peter: Move your ass.

885

:

Are we gonna end up on the same a TV?

886

:

The the internal monologue just.

887

:

Killer

888

:

Carissa: jet skiing.

889

:

Yeah.

890

:

When I went jet skiing in Puerto

Rico, when we went this past time, I

891

:

couldn't fucking see anything 'cause

I didn't have my glasses on 'cause I

892

:

didn't wanna lose them in the ocean.

893

:

It was the only pair I

had, which was stupid.

894

:

I should have brought it back a

pair, but that's besides the point.

895

:

However, I went way outside of the

buoys and didn't even know I was outside

896

:

of the buoys until I looked over near

other shore and I was like, why the

897

:

fuck are all the jet skiers over there?

898

:

And I'm like.

899

:

Shark.

900

:

That's what I thought in my head.

901

:

So I just zoomed back to

where all the jet skiers were.

902

:

'cause I thought I was gonna die.

903

:

Peter: Chris, it was shark

bait for a little while.

904

:

Do you know what I call jet skiing?

905

:

Fly fishing.

906

:

Carissa: Fuck off.

907

:

Peter: That shark is

gonna come outta nowhere.

908

:

You're just dragging yourself

across the top of the water.

909

:

I was

910

:

Carissa: going 52 miles per hour

too, which was pretty badass like.

911

:

I can't believe you can

get that fast on water.

912

:

Peter: I'm pretty sure that a Galapagos

shark, not that they're really in the

913

:

water in Puerto Rico, as far as I know

can get up to the speed of a tuna.

914

:

That's their main food.

915

:

Carissa: Well,

916

:

Shaun: and how fast is that?

917

:

Peter: Probably like 36 miles per hour.

918

:

Carissa: I can run it on my jet ski.

919

:

Peter: Yeah, you could.

920

:

Plus they're small, so anyway.

921

:

That.

922

:

Why

923

:

Shaun: didn't you lead with

the fact that they were small?

924

:

Peter: They're not tiny.

925

:

Shaun: Oh, okay.

926

:

Peter: But they go fast.

927

:

Yeah.

928

:

Shaun: Can you imagine getting

929

:

Peter: hit at 36 miles per hour?

930

:

It jumps out of the water.

931

:

Shaun: Just a full mouth of teeth,

932

:

Peter: broken ribs.

933

:

You're getting, you're like, fuck this.

934

:

I'm dad, just take me anyway.

935

:

How about these crazy things

that are going on in the world,

936

:

like the election ban in Miami?

937

:

Shaun: Yeah.

938

:

Yeah.

939

:

Enlighten me

940

:

Carissa: because everybody knows

now that I don't watch the news.

941

:

Peter: My understanding of it

so far is that there's been

942

:

an election ban in Miami for.

943

:

Federal officials saying basically

that there won't be an election

944

:

in November and they'll have to

wait until next year in:

945

:

So essentially the people of

Miami don't even have a choice,

946

:

Shaun: Don't have a vote.

947

:

So on June 26th, the Miami City.

948

:

Commission voted three to two to

delay the scheduled November 4th,

949

:

2025, city election for mayor and two

commission seats until November 26, 26.

950

:

So this shifts the Miami City

elections from odd years to even years.

951

:

Aligning them with a broader

federal and state election cycle.

952

:

But it also, like he said, . Those people

were only elected for a certain amount of

953

:

time, and now they're getting another year

954

:

Peter: in

955

:

Shaun: office.

956

:

Without the people actually saying

they wanted them there for that year,

957

:

Carissa: What the fuck

happened to democracy?

958

:

Peter: You know what happened?

959

:

Carissa: Yeah.

960

:

Peter: This is

961

:

Carissa: crazy

962

:

Peter: fucking crunchy ass Cheeto.

963

:

Carissa: I'm glad we don't live in

Florida, but just saying that's awful.

964

:

I feel like

965

:

Peter: Florida always gets

the shit under the stick.

966

:

Carissa: They dig the hole while we're on

967

:

Shaun: the topic of Florida.

968

:

They are removing the rainbow

crosswalks from south, the South

969

:

Beach area per Trump and DeSantis.

970

:

Let's take a trip to Florida.

971

:

Peter: Yeah, we'll repaint

972

:

Shaun: them.

973

:

Carissa: We will.

974

:

With all the cans of

paint from your house,

975

:

Shaun: there'll be

millennial gray rainbows.

976

:

That's right.

977

:

Peter: How the fuck would that work?

978

:

Carissa: 50 shades of gray bitches.

979

:

Oh God,

980

:

Peter: no.

981

:

I think that we should go and have, find

people with the hyperpigmented assholes

982

:

and just have them spread their cheeks

on the frigging, oh my God, this strange.

983

:

And

984

:

Carissa: meanwhile, there'll

be anal, steaming going on

985

:

with all the heat and humidity.

986

:

Oh, that sounds disgusting.

987

:

Peter: This smells, this smells.

988

:

That would be gross.

989

:

But yeah, I think that would,

everybody's ass looks like a geode.

990

:

I can't believe that

they're doing that though.

991

:

That's ridiculous.

992

:

That shouldn't be allowed.

993

:

That should be illegal.

994

:

Carissa: Who fucking cares?

995

:

Why is it a problem?

996

:

Peter: No, not the rainbow.

997

:

Oh, the whole election issue.

998

:

Carissa: Oh yeah, that, Hmm.

999

:

No.

:

00:35:41,798 --> 00:35:42,818

I agree with you there.

:

00:35:42,908 --> 00:35:43,958

I thought you were talking

about the rainbows.

:

00:35:43,958 --> 00:35:46,148

I'm like, why do they care

so much about the rainbows?

:

00:35:46,688 --> 00:35:46,748

Yeah.

:

00:35:46,748 --> 00:35:47,438

They bring joy.

:

00:35:47,528 --> 00:35:48,608

The colors are pretty.

:

00:35:48,668 --> 00:35:49,298

Peter: Yeah.

:

00:35:49,753 --> 00:35:50,423

Shaun: Don't say gay.

:

00:35:51,423 --> 00:35:56,463

Peter: I understand that the L-G-B-T-Q

community adopted the rainbow.

:

00:35:57,108 --> 00:36:06,168

As our pride flag and everything, but

the rainbow doesn't necessarily mean gay.

:

00:36:07,218 --> 00:36:08,568

So why are you taking it away?

:

00:36:09,018 --> 00:36:09,738

Exactly.

:

00:36:10,398 --> 00:36:14,298

You're putting a negative

connotation on the rainbow, not us.

:

00:36:14,898 --> 00:36:17,748

So why are you painting over it?

:

00:36:17,748 --> 00:36:21,348

Something that's supposed to bring

people joy and happiness and vibrancy.

:

00:36:21,708 --> 00:36:25,543

You're just gonna paint over it because

you're associating it with gay people.

:

00:36:27,138 --> 00:36:28,308

Carissa: Yeah, that's silly.

:

00:36:28,608 --> 00:36:30,018

Peter: Sounds like a them problem.

:

00:36:30,288 --> 00:36:30,738

Carissa: Yes.

:

00:36:31,068 --> 00:36:31,488

Agreed.

:

00:36:32,688 --> 00:36:35,418

Peter: Anyway, enough

about these shithole.

:

00:36:36,798 --> 00:36:39,078

So that brings me into that.

:

00:36:39,078 --> 00:36:43,018

There is now some violence that's

occurring all over the world

:

00:36:43,178 --> 00:36:46,868

and especially in Europe where

they're protesting tourism.

:

00:36:47,868 --> 00:36:50,888

Something that drives their

economy, in a lot of places.

:

00:36:51,228 --> 00:36:54,178

But they're protesting foreigners

being in their country.

:

00:36:55,393 --> 00:36:55,513

Carissa: Hmm.

:

00:36:55,873 --> 00:36:56,633

I wonder why.

:

00:36:57,178 --> 00:36:57,328

Hmm.

:

00:36:57,868 --> 00:37:01,978

Peter: Yeah, America's at the top of

the list, but they're also protesting,

:

00:37:02,008 --> 00:37:06,398

as far as I know, they're protesting

Canadians and people from the UK as

:

00:37:06,398 --> 00:37:08,948

well, and from people from Israel.

:

00:37:09,278 --> 00:37:10,688

What that goes without saying,

:

00:37:11,348 --> 00:37:12,578

Carissa: is there a specific reason?

:

00:37:13,343 --> 00:37:14,753

Peter: They just don't

want them in their country.

:

00:37:14,753 --> 00:37:21,363

I, we saw a video the other day where

it was somebody, I wanna say it was in

:

00:37:21,363 --> 00:37:29,133

Spain and there was a group of Israeli

tourists that sat down to eat dinner and

:

00:37:29,133 --> 00:37:32,193

the manager of the restaurant refused

to serve them and kick them all out.

:

00:37:32,553 --> 00:37:33,363

Carissa: Oh my God.

:

00:37:33,783 --> 00:37:34,173

Peter: Yeah.

:

00:37:34,563 --> 00:37:34,863

Shaun: Yeah.

:

00:37:34,863 --> 00:37:40,093

I just saw on Facebook and one of

the expat groups from Portugal that

:

00:37:40,123 --> 00:37:42,403

there was a group of immigrants.

:

00:37:42,403 --> 00:37:43,513

I'm not sure where they're from.

:

00:37:43,513 --> 00:37:48,963

I didn't get to see that in the post, but

they got attacked actually and robbed Wow.

:

00:37:48,963 --> 00:37:52,133

By a group of Portuguese youth in Porto.

:

00:37:53,483 --> 00:37:54,143

Carissa: That's awful.

:

00:37:55,088 --> 00:37:56,258

Peter: It's not just tourism.

:

00:37:56,318 --> 00:37:58,988

Well, it is a lot about tourism.

:

00:37:58,988 --> 00:38:03,128

People come and they treat their

country like it's their own.

:

00:38:03,698 --> 00:38:07,028

They get drunk and destroy things.

:

00:38:07,058 --> 00:38:08,078

Historical things.

:

00:38:08,078 --> 00:38:11,168

In countries like Spain and Portugal

where they're some of the oldest

:

00:38:11,168 --> 00:38:14,838

countries in the world, they have a

lot of history, a lot of historical

:

00:38:14,838 --> 00:38:18,438

monuments that are out there, and

people are just like defacing them.

:

00:38:18,768 --> 00:38:19,308

Carissa: I get that.

:

00:38:19,308 --> 00:38:22,518

If you don't respect it,

then they shouldn't be there.

:

00:38:22,878 --> 00:38:23,178

Shaun: Yeah.

:

00:38:23,898 --> 00:38:28,598

Peter: Plus Portugal has gotten

on the map in the past few years,

:

00:38:28,598 --> 00:38:30,398

but maybe the past 10 years.

:

00:38:30,768 --> 00:38:33,618

It's blown up tourism wise.

:

00:38:33,618 --> 00:38:38,278

So in the summers they have to brace

themselves because there's 300,000

:

00:38:38,278 --> 00:38:41,398

tourists in the city and that's a lot.

:

00:38:41,548 --> 00:38:41,998

Yeah.

:

00:38:42,328 --> 00:38:43,078

It's crazy.

:

00:38:43,378 --> 00:38:43,528

Shaun: Yeah.

:

00:38:43,528 --> 00:38:46,058

And they have a lot of

cruise ships that come into.

:

00:38:46,868 --> 00:38:49,058

Port there and Lisbon as well.

:

00:38:49,118 --> 00:38:50,858

Carissa: Don't get me started on cruisers.

:

00:38:51,248 --> 00:38:51,488

Shaun: Oh

:

00:38:51,488 --> 00:38:52,988

Peter: God, that was just terrible.

:

00:38:53,138 --> 00:38:53,198

We

:

00:38:53,198 --> 00:38:56,228

Carissa: cruise, but like

we have, we consider people,

:

00:38:56,768 --> 00:38:58,508

Peter: yeah, we have

respect for the locals.

:

00:38:58,508 --> 00:38:58,988

We're there.

:

00:38:58,988 --> 00:39:00,788

We're visiting in your country.

:

00:39:01,418 --> 00:39:01,478

Yeah.

:

00:39:01,478 --> 00:39:04,418

We're not gonna go take a

shit on your stoop, right?

:

00:39:04,688 --> 00:39:05,648

It's charitable.

:

00:39:06,308 --> 00:39:06,458

You're

:

00:39:06,548 --> 00:39:09,548

Shaun: gonna slide down the side of

a building and just drop a hot one.

:

00:39:10,548 --> 00:39:13,308

Peter: Just drop a melted

fudgesicles on your fucking wall.

:

00:39:13,398 --> 00:39:14,388

That's disgusting.

:

00:39:14,838 --> 00:39:15,828

That's nasty.

:

00:39:15,828 --> 00:39:18,048

And that was in New Orleans.

:

00:39:18,618 --> 00:39:19,668

We talked about this before.

:

00:39:20,028 --> 00:39:21,228

Carissa: I think he was a local though.

:

00:39:21,228 --> 00:39:23,478

I don't think he was a tourist.

:

00:39:23,658 --> 00:39:26,898

Peter: Yeah, but can you imagine if they

didn't clean that, it would've been ve

:

00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:29,628

Carissa: hot shit there for four days?

:

00:39:29,628 --> 00:39:29,838

Yeah.

:

00:39:31,128 --> 00:39:32,808

I can't imagine the state

:

00:39:32,808 --> 00:39:34,158

Shaun: of mind you have to be in to.

:

00:39:35,058 --> 00:39:35,868

Think, you know what?

:

00:39:36,258 --> 00:39:38,808

I'm just gonna shit right

here with everyone watching.

:

00:39:38,868 --> 00:39:40,188

Carissa: Or maybe you

just couldn't hold it.

:

00:39:40,188 --> 00:39:40,248

Yeah.

:

00:39:41,248 --> 00:39:42,418

When you gotta go, you gotta go.

:

00:39:43,918 --> 00:39:44,578

Shaun: When I feel

:

00:39:44,578 --> 00:39:45,418

Peter: it, I do it.

:

00:39:45,418 --> 00:39:46,108

That's right.

:

00:39:47,458 --> 00:39:49,378

And then we all see you do it.

:

00:39:51,088 --> 00:39:51,448

No.

:

00:39:52,808 --> 00:39:57,473

But yeah, there's other things that are

being affected in this country right now,

:

00:39:57,473 --> 00:40:00,113

especially with the big, beautiful bill.

:

00:40:01,868 --> 00:40:05,858

He's taking away a lot of things

and the big beautiful bill and a lot

:

00:40:05,858 --> 00:40:08,498

of people are finally seeing that

they're gonna be affected by it.

:

00:40:08,868 --> 00:40:13,018

Specifically the a CA the Affordable

Care Act is going Bye-bye.

:

00:40:13,018 --> 00:40:16,738

So any of you that here in

Massachusetts that are on the

:

00:40:16,738 --> 00:40:18,358

Massachusetts Health Connector.

:

00:40:19,048 --> 00:40:23,098

Pay for your insurance through

that, you can expect a 75% increase

:

00:40:23,098 --> 00:40:25,018

in your insurance premiums.

:

00:40:25,198 --> 00:40:26,068

That's miserable.

:

00:40:26,518 --> 00:40:26,638

Yay.

:

00:40:28,438 --> 00:40:28,888

Yes.

:

00:40:28,948 --> 00:40:29,788

So said no one.

:

00:40:31,158 --> 00:40:35,358

Sean and I are on the Massachusetts

Health connector as well as Carissa.

:

00:40:35,778 --> 00:40:41,488

So we pay almost $1,300 and our premium

will, if we're still here our premium

:

00:40:41,488 --> 00:40:43,858

will go up by an additional $900.

:

00:40:44,773 --> 00:40:47,323

Carissa: I'm not on the health

connector anymore, but I was

:

00:40:48,313 --> 00:40:50,383

Peter: So what would you have paid?

:

00:40:51,053 --> 00:40:52,043

What was your monthly payment?

:

00:40:52,073 --> 00:40:55,823

Carissa: My monthly payment, this was,

I think it was like a hundred bucks.

:

00:40:56,903 --> 00:40:59,843

Peter: Okay, so yours was gonna be 175.

:

00:41:00,413 --> 00:41:01,253

Carissa: I don't wanna pay that.

:

00:41:02,253 --> 00:41:03,153

Peter: Nobody does.

:

00:41:03,183 --> 00:41:03,513

No.

:

00:41:03,513 --> 00:41:06,953

But now they're seeing that these

things are affecting them and

:

00:41:06,953 --> 00:41:08,513

it's also affecting Medicaid.

:

00:41:08,903 --> 00:41:10,913

Shaun: I thought it was only

gonna affect the immigrants

:

00:41:10,913 --> 00:41:11,603

Carissa: and the gays.

:

00:41:12,603 --> 00:41:13,323

Peter: No, no,

:

00:41:13,773 --> 00:41:14,853

Carissa: that's everyone.

:

00:41:15,453 --> 00:41:17,553

Shaun: It's stupid fucking white people.

:

00:41:17,613 --> 00:41:19,863

Carissa: Even you, nice

people who voted for this man.

:

00:41:20,463 --> 00:41:21,033

Peter: Yeah.

:

00:41:21,453 --> 00:41:23,283

Now you get to see what you voted for.

:

00:41:23,763 --> 00:41:27,553

This isn't, it was never a threat

that the Democrats were saying I

:

00:41:27,553 --> 00:41:29,473

hope you get what you voted for.

:

00:41:30,013 --> 00:41:32,233

It's just the, it was the

writing on the wall for us.

:

00:41:32,293 --> 00:41:32,323

I

:

00:41:32,323 --> 00:41:34,798

Carissa: was gonna say it was the

reality of it, but yeah, you're right.

:

00:41:35,713 --> 00:41:38,953

Shaun: It's like that saying, have the

day you deserve, not have a good day.

:

00:41:38,953 --> 00:41:40,033

Have the day you deserve.

:

00:41:40,333 --> 00:41:41,053

Carissa: I like that.

:

00:41:41,263 --> 00:41:42,463

Yes, I'm gonna start using that,

:

00:41:44,168 --> 00:41:47,458

Peter: but there's also, now

the ultra rich are finding out

:

00:41:47,638 --> 00:41:49,408

that it's affecting them too.

:

00:41:49,463 --> 00:41:49,883

Shaun: Mm-hmm.

:

00:41:49,968 --> 00:41:50,128

Mm-hmm.

:

00:41:51,368 --> 00:41:53,408

Peter: Sean, you wanna

touch on that a little?

:

00:41:53,618 --> 00:41:53,948

Shaun: Yeah.

:

00:41:53,948 --> 00:41:57,503

I saw a news story came through

I wanna say from like Apple or

:

00:41:57,503 --> 00:42:03,323

something about the housing crisis,

finally reaching the ultra rich 1%.

:

00:42:03,778 --> 00:42:10,498

Essentially a realtor was discussing with

a journalist how he recently had an issue

:

00:42:10,498 --> 00:42:16,208

finding a client, like a six bedroom,

five bathroom house, which I get it.

:

00:42:16,208 --> 00:42:18,458

That's absolutely insane.

:

00:42:18,818 --> 00:42:21,698

And it wasn't about them not

being able to find something in

:

00:42:21,698 --> 00:42:24,098

the price that the client wanted.

:

00:42:24,368 --> 00:42:26,498

They had plenty of money to spend.

:

00:42:26,498 --> 00:42:29,498

It's just they couldn't

actually find a house like that.

:

00:42:29,918 --> 00:42:30,458

And.

:

00:42:30,993 --> 00:42:32,313

Peter: Oh, sorry.

:

00:42:32,403 --> 00:42:34,113

Yeah, so sad.

:

00:42:35,448 --> 00:42:38,718

Shaun: The thing about that to

me that I find so funny is that

:

00:42:38,778 --> 00:42:41,898

they wanted this rental while

their house was being renovated.

:

00:42:42,438 --> 00:42:43,458

So like, what the fuck?

:

00:42:44,118 --> 00:42:48,678

Yeah, it's must such, it's the

epitome of first world problems.

:

00:42:48,678 --> 00:42:51,378

Like it's that times 10,000.

:

00:42:53,283 --> 00:42:54,363

Peter: That's fucking ridiculous.

:

00:42:54,363 --> 00:42:55,263

That's disgusting.

:

00:42:55,773 --> 00:43:00,123

Shaun: But it, what makes me laugh

is that now they're finally seeing,

:

00:43:00,183 --> 00:43:03,153

like they're seeing something and

it, granted, it's different than our

:

00:43:03,153 --> 00:43:09,123

housing crisis, but they're seeing,

oh, you can't just get what you want.

:

00:43:09,123 --> 00:43:11,253

It's not just available

'cause you have this money.

:

00:43:12,933 --> 00:43:13,293

Carissa: Yep.

:

00:43:13,543 --> 00:43:14,293

That's what they get.

:

00:43:14,293 --> 00:43:16,213

You reap what you sow bitches.

:

00:43:18,103 --> 00:43:19,348

Peter: Wait, why do you, okay.

:

00:43:20,353 --> 00:43:21,613

This pisses me off a little bit.

:

00:43:22,213 --> 00:43:23,893

Why do you need such a big home?

:

00:43:23,893 --> 00:43:24,763

There's only two of you.

:

00:43:25,433 --> 00:43:26,903

Shaun: I don't know how

many of 'em there were, but

:

00:43:27,053 --> 00:43:28,733

Peter: No, but I'm

talking about in general.

:

00:43:28,733 --> 00:43:32,003

You see a lot of these people

with these big, massive houses in

:

00:43:32,003 --> 00:43:38,183

California where they're like six,

seven bedrooms, 14 fucking bathrooms.

:

00:43:38,513 --> 00:43:40,553

First off, no one shits that much.

:

00:43:40,883 --> 00:43:46,073

Second off, why do you need this massive

home and it's only two of you and a dog?

:

00:43:47,003 --> 00:43:47,783

Carissa: That's a good point.

:

00:43:47,843 --> 00:43:48,053

Yes.

:

00:43:48,053 --> 00:43:48,893

I don't understand it.

:

00:43:49,103 --> 00:43:52,583

Shaun: Also, why do people need

17 homes around the fucking world?

:

00:43:52,883 --> 00:43:55,163

Why do you need warming driveways in

:

00:43:55,163 --> 00:43:55,883

Peter: California?

:

00:43:56,583 --> 00:43:58,923

Shaun: I don't know about in California,

but that would make sense here.

:

00:43:59,073 --> 00:44:00,273

Carissa: Yeah, that would make sense here.

:

00:44:00,693 --> 00:44:03,303

But I've definitely heard about

that and I'm like, why the fuck,

:

00:44:03,933 --> 00:44:06,843

Peter: why do you need ambient

heat in your floors in the home?

:

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That I've heard about in California.

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I've

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Carissa: heard about that too.

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Peter: I

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Shaun: would love that.

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Here,

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Carissa: can we have that here?

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Peter: You have rugs in mom dad's

house up here in your bedroom.

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Carissa: I don't want it.

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I want that floor.

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I thought you like

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Peter: rugs.

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Karissa.

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Carissa: No

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Peter: nasty rugs.

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No Cap Mancha.

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Yeah.

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You lesbian.

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You're supposed to like rugs.

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I don't like rugs.

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You like perfectly coughed.

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Vaginas carpets.

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Carissa: Perfectly coughed

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Peter: Vaginas.

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That's gross.

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Carissa: Coughed.

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Yeah, that's exactly what I'm looking for.

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Peter: But yeah there's just a lot of

shit that I don't think the 1% really

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thought it was going to affect them,

but boohoo it was only a matter of time.

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Yeah.

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Trickle down it.

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Can we talk about one thing

before we go ahead and wrap up?

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What?

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The fact that the produce sucks now.

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Hmm.

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Like when you go to a store and

you got, you can't find a goddamn

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pepper in the fucking store.

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That doesn't have a moldy spot.

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Moldy,

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Carissa: moldy

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Peter: spot on it.

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Carissa: No, they look terrible.

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Peter: Why?

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Because they don't have the

people that knew what they were

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doing and working for a wage.

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Carissa: Yep.

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In the fields anymore.

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Remember that video that mom showed us

about the cilantro and how it was wrapped?

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Shitty.

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Peter: Yeah.

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They were talking about how

the white people came to work.

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Carissa: Yeah.

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It was too, I think Mexican women were

talking about how shitty the cilantro

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was wrapped in the grocery store.

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Peter: It was also

because it was so small.

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Carissa: Yeah.

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Peter: Like the little rapping.

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When you go to the store, you always find

this cilantro and like this big healthy

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bunch and, or you should at least, yeah.

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Yeah.

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And then now.

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Was it, we went to the

store what was it yesterday?

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And something that used to

cost us like eight bucks was

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like 12 Now it's just nuts.

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It's crazy.

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People can't afford to live anymore.

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But that was a, we did a whole episode on

that, so we'll just get away from that.

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Shaun: We'll do a part two eventually.

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Peter: But as we come to the end of our

episode here, is there any affirmations

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or advice you wanna give our listeners

to feel less shitty about, whether it

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be family drama or, trying new things

or feeling too old to do things?

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Shaun: Sure.

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Should I start with the nice statement

or the one that could sound bitchy?

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Peter: Whatever floats your boat,

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Shaun: right?

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You are enough.

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You are, but also mind

your own fucking business.

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Peter: That was a bit aggressive, rather.

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That's a good one.

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Bitchy.

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That's a good, I like that.

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Shaun: But seriously, people

need to mine their own business.

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If it doesn't affect you, stay out of it,

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Carissa: right?

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And never settle.

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Do whatever you wanna do.

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It doesn't matter how old you are,

you're only as old as you feel.

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And if, even if you feel 82, Sean,

you can still do cool things.

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Alright, I'll try.

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Peter: For me it's that things

won't, the only thing that's

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constant in life is change.

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Things will always.

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It almost get worse

before they get better.

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But the thing is, they

will always get better.

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And as

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Carissa: long as you don't give up,

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Peter: right?

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Consistency is key.

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And just remember someone out there

knows what you're going through

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helps to talk about things and

also mind your fucking business.

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That's odd.

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Mind.

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Carissa: PS and Qs, bitches.

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That's my word today, bitches.

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Shaun: Nothing easy is worth doing.

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Just throw that in there.

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But also mind your own fucking business

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Carissa: bitches.

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Peter: So whether it be dealing

with family troubles or relationship

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woes or piss poor advice,

just know that life goes on.

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Life will get better.

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And we'll be here on Thursday for you.

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We'll talk to you later.

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Bye

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Carissa: bye.

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Three queer millennials—a sarcastic fitness instructor, a stoner drag enthusiast, and his brutally honest boyfriend—tackle the chaos of modern life with unfiltered humor and overpriced produce.

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