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Do you speak Gen Z?

February 23, 2024
Influencer Fabio Capri joins us to spill the tea on Gen-Z slang. We talk about the meaning of phrases like “moot,” “oomf,” and the goddamn-adjacent “GYAT.” Toto, we’re not in our Myspace era anymore.
Show transcript
00:00
Sister. That sound like a boomer.
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But sometimes this Gen Z thing is little.
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I don't know. I don't get it.
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I don't get it.
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Like, I'm like,
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do they still use like lol like laugh out loud?
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Is that even a thing anymore?
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Like, and then like their stuff.
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I'm just like, what does that even mean?
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I feel so old and I'm just in my thirties.
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You know, the thing is I don't,
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I don't say, oh,
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I don't know that I'll,
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I'll go on earth.
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Yeah. Yeah, I got you,
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bro. And that way I don't feel so out of
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the loop or I go through the comments to get the context
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Yes or I google it.
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Well, brother, luckily we're bringing in our Gen Z friend
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Fabio Capri to tell us what's hot and what's not,
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yo you, is that what they say?
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Is that what they say?
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He's crazy, bro.
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He's crazy. Oh my God.
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OK. Hey, hey,
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you're cut up, bro.
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That's, that's crazy.
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That's crazy. I don't even need to tell you anything.
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Oh, I'm caught up.
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Hey, how do you do fellow kids?
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Hey, before we get into the actual sl how,
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how old are you?
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Just so people know,
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like, because I'm 31 and how old are your sister?
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Sorry? Oh, well,
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3032. 32. 32.
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31. How old are you?
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I'm 27. 27.
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Ok, cool. So,
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we're not too far off,
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right. I'm messing with you.
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I'm, I'm, I'm messing with you though.
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I'm messing with you.
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I'm not 27. I always just tell you what,
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like that was a joke,
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but I just turned 21 recently.
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He added six years to himself a whole decade.
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I, I know you're a super viral on tiktok.
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So obviously that's a whole another like sphere of the internet that
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you're gonna bring into this.
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So if you're OK with it,
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we're gonna ask you to break some down for us.
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You ready? OK.
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I'm cool with that.
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You want to start off?
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What is moots mots?
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Is it moots moots?
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OK. So M moots is just,
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it's just like a word that we use when somebody follows you
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back, you follow somebody and they follow you back.
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That's a mutual, a mutual,
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it's like somebody that has a mutual friend on the internet.
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So your moots, bro.
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When did you actually not know?
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No, I it makes sense now when you explain it.
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But what do you think?
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What do you think it meant?
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Like, well, I know moo,
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isn't it? Me?
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Like stupid, like dumb.
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That's like myspace, myspace word,
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bro. Dragging us.
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I've seen this one a lot.
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How about? Yeah.
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Gggyatg. Yeah. Oh,
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my God. No,
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cringe my God. Like,
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let's say somebody walks by.
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You'd be like, yeah.
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Yeah. It's like they have to be fine though.
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You're not going to be saying yeah,
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to, like, like,
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it just doesn't work and it's also usually referring to,
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like, to, like,
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to a rectum to a,
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bottom, a boot,
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you know? Oh,
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ok. I got you.
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It just means like,
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you know, when you have a,
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a big butt some like you walk by and be like,
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yeah, so like,
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I mean, if I wanna be respectful to my lady,
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it's like she walks out of the shower and I'm like,
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yeah, like all pre barefoot and pregnant.
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Yeah, all barefoot and pregnant.
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Yeah. You, if you wanna be like really formal with
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it like, I mean,
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like do it right.
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You have to be like,
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yeah. Damn. Damn shy.
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Oh So it's like goddamn,
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but like yak, damn.
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Oh, it is like goddamn.
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Yeah. Yeah, I like that.
03:39
Yeah. What about what about what?
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Oh ooomfoo or? Oh no,
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no, no, wait.
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Oh I know this one.
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Yeah. See, ok,
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they're putting it up but I it's like one of my followers
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like I've seen it on X on,
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sorry, I don't know that one.
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It's outdated, it's probably outdated.
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I'm, I'm asking you.
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I don't know. I mean,
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ok, here, you know what,
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let's go to our boomer list because there's some that we know
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that we think are cool.
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But they might be,
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again, not out of style.
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There you go. Out of style.
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They're played out. What about that?
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Bussing? Oh OK.
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So yeah, that one's like you should use that one.
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Like if you're eating anything,
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you'd be like, damn,
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this is buzzing. I'd be like this is buzzing.
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There you go. And it's like it tastes good.
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It's great. OK?
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So more, more busted.
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They say, hey,
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this this mileage on my car is busting.
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Hey yo, this Starbucks busting today.
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You gotta be like,
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damn, that was bus.
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That was good. You gotta double it up too like the
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bus and bus and that means that you really mess with it
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like I like I fuck with that.
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That's Yeah, I was busting.
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Busting. Ok. How about if I have a rumor if
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I say no cap now you can say that that's no cap
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We got the,
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the check of approval.
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Use it in a sentence.
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Wait, let me hear it.
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Oh shit. Ain't no cap.
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I'm tired. No cap.
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It's Friday. Hey,
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I, I got it.
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You got it. All right.
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Hey hey man,
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like that, that jacket's dope.
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No cap, bro.
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That's good. I don't believe you're a Gen Z.
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Like to be honest,
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Zenn Gen Z millennials are always complaining about Gen Z.
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So there's like a little beef,
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I'm not gonna lie.
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They're always like these new,
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these new kids man.
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Like back in my day these millennials do a lot of yapping
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they do a lot of yapping.
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OK. How about this one?
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Is this one? So cool flit.
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It's lit. Yeah,
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you gotta, but you gotta say like wow,
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that's lit like that like like like you can't use it the
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same anymore. You gotta use like that's lit and you gotta
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put it with the finger like this.
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Like hold on guys.
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That's lit. I mean,
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I'm a Travis Scott fan.
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So I always, but like so not to like down to
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like not like that anymore.
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It's like, wow,
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that's lit guys like that,
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that's lit. All right,
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cool. You know what Fabio?
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Thank you so much for your time.
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It was a Gen Z send off like how would you end
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this y'all? What's up guys?
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I hope you guys have a very ra day.
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I got to go and I love you guys.
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Shit. Hey, imagine that a ninja had a little deep
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buffet. Shit. No cap.
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That was busting dude.
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Hey, where can we find you?
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Plug your, plug your social so people can find you
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Fabio Capri on everything and you guys so much for having me
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listen to. Well,
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there you go. Thank you for it.
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Yeah, just use it like that.
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OK. Thank you.
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So nice to meet you guys.
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I appreciate. That's,
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that's funny. I like not that old,
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I feel like we're still very much.
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Yeah, we said a lot that he was like,
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no, they still say that I was like,
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oh, ok, thank God.
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Yeah. Well, that was busting.
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Right. That was all right.
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Let's get, let's keep our swag going and go to the
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next story. That's right.