Beck and Dash take listeners on a wild ride through nostalgia, tech frustrations, and current events. From reminiscing about making ringtones and the early days of mobile internet to debating the Apple vs Android divide, they explore how technology has shaped (and trapped) us all. The conversation turns serious as they discuss ethical consumerism, medical experimentation on marginalized communities, and the ongoing attacks on trans rights—including Kansas' recent driver's license invalidation. Along the way, they share stories about pizza rivalries, tractor pulls, beloved pets, and the dulcimer as this week's Noun of Appalachian Interest. Closing with their signature blend of humor and righteous anger, Beck and Dash remind listeners to hang on till spring, stay safe, and say hi to your mom and them.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Welcome to Queernecks, the podcast that

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puts the Yee Hall in y'all means hall.

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I'm your host, Beck,

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

and I'm your host.

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Dash.

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Welcome to today's episode.

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Do you remember making your own ringtone?

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Oh yeah.

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Oh yeah.

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from the radio.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: or Yeah.

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From the radio.

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You remember?

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You could also download them

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: yeah.

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For like

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: if you wanted.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Do you remember when the internet

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would connect and you'd freak out?

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'cause you were gonna have to

pay for an internet session.

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The

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data

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

Yeah, and that, that like little

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button with the globe icon.

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I had one phone, it wasn't a Nokia, I

had many Nokia, but it was, there was

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some other brand that was like trying

to compete with Nokia for whatever the

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smallest fuck ass little credit card

sized phone we'd all carry around was.

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And the, that button was right

where next to something I always

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pushed, like send or something

like I think it was right next to.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Heaven help you.

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Should a website actually load?

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Do you remember cell phone,

Amazon, way back in the day?

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Did you ever try to go

on one of those websites?

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It just wouldn't load.

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It would just you, the the logo

would load and that'd be about it.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Oh, you mean

like actually trying to visit the website?

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It was quite some time

before I got a smartphone.

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They had, um, I mean people, there

was the Blackberry and the, um,

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there was a, a few other ones.

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Oh shit, what was it called?

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The Sidekick

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: I've

always paid for my own phone line and my

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own phone, so I've always had bottom of

the barrel, bottom of the line, to me.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

they give away iPhones, I mean,

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Usually

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: legit.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: an,

an investment in that before, to get the

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iPhone, either you have to pay for an

extra line or you have to have an iPhone

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to trade in, like for like, or whatever.

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And I've, I've never owned an I

product besides an iPod in my life.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Um,

yeah, or you have to switch, like

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they'll give you one for switching.

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But they, they, so they were all of

those, and then the iPhone basically

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is what made it so that a lot more

people could afford a smartphone.

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But I, it was still, so that

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the iPhone three came out

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: no.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: and

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: in 2007.

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I know that for a fact.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: yeah, the

iPhone three, was the one that, like

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everybody had, literally everybody

had that one in particular, or 3G.

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Sorry.

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Um, when did that one come out?

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Because my brother died right

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before the iPhone came out.

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He missed all of, of all of this culture.

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That's how I remember.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: July,

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Okay.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: And I don't

know why they called the first one, the

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3G, but it was still like, it was 2010

before I got, and I didn't get an iPhone.

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I got an HTC one.

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And that was the first time I had

access to the internet through a

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mobile device because you, that the,

the plan actually budgeted for it.

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but now I'm stuck with Apple.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: I, I,

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if they would gimme

one, I wouldn't have it.

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Android has too many cool

features that Apple don't have,

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Yeah, probably.

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That's probably true.

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I don't even care about features.

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I care about like the, the

way that Apple is so glitchy.

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Like this new iOS they've rolled out

recently, the keyboards trash, like it,

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you, it went from being the easiest to use

to being the most annoying thing I own.

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but I, you, you become stuck.

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And this is why they do this, right?

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Like your watch and your phone and your

computer, they all talk to each other.

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They, you, you develop this not just

dependency on the devices, but how

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they actually, um, work together.

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And so to do something like get, uh.

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A different phone that changes

what I'm used to being able to do

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between my phone and my laptop.

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But this laptop is also trash.

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So

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah,

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

listeners, what should I do?

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: coming

to the dark side, the Android side.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Yeah, I

would if I just knew where to start

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because I'm not even that invested.

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I don't feel like doing research.

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I don't feel like learning new things.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

I used to know a lot about cell

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phones when I worked at Amazon.

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When I worked at Amazon customer

service, you had to be knowledgeable

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in most of the areas of the business

because you never knew where

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you could get a phone call from.

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And back then, Amazon sold, uh,

cell phones and cell phone plans.

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They had all the major carriers and so

you had to learn the ins and outs of cell

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phone contracts and that kind of thing.

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It was wild.

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I hated it.

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That was my least favorite thing to do.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: You know,

and, and Apple, here's one of the worst

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things they did was squash competition.

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There was a phone called, it was,

it was hard for Americans to saywe

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that was far superior to Apple.

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And they ran this smear campaign

that basically convinced us all that

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they were a national security risk.

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As, as though any given cell

phone isn't Like if you have

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one, it's listening to you.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

I saw a picture yesterday I can't,

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I can't think of who it was.

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It was somebody high in national security.

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He had tape over all of the camera lenses

on the back of his iPhone and they were

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like, well, if he's doing that, then

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I immediately

pick mine up and look at it like.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

it is wild though how you'll be

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talking about something and two

seconds later get an ad about it.

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You know

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Oh,

it's for sure listening to you

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

for sure.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

and, and it's exhausting.

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There's, did you ever watch that show?

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The Good Place?

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: There's that

great episode, where Maya Rudolph's

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character, the judge has to go down to

earth and try to live, survive an ethical

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day where she makes no, ethical mistakes.

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She doesn't accidentally purchase

a product that, whose parent

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company contributes to the

genocide and Dar or, or whatever.

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And she comes back up to, and she's like,

there is no way it's impossible to, you

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would, you would have to spend more than

the time allotted on this green earth.

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Uh.

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Researching and digging into every single

way that we interact with our surroundings

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to actually make no ethical blunders,

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assuming you wanted to,

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: and

it's a little reductive to just

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say like, that's capitalism.

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Because it's not capitalism.

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It's people, people made capitalism

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Right.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

people game capital.

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Like the, the reason we like

capitalism so much is that it

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is so pure, it's naive, right?

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It's like if, if you are so inclined, you

can get away with nearly anything thing.

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And so they do,

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oh God, we're at war now.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Are we now?

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Do they declare it?

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: They're,

they don't do that anymore.

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They just bomb people.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Oh, I

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

But we did bomb.

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We did bomb Iran.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Oh good.

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That's

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: need.

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That's exactly what we need.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: We bombed

Iran because Israel bombed Iran

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and Netanyahu has shit on Trump.

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And so when they say

jump, he says, how high?

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Right?

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: And then we

got the United, Arab Emirates out here

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giving statements like, well, they just

weren't properly governing themselves.

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And so it's our responsibility and the

responsibility of the United States

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and Israel and our allies to make sure

that they properly govern themselves.

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everything I say, everything

I'm thinking about saying would

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like get the FBI called on me.

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Y'all know what I'm thinking.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

There's a lot to unpack there.

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And they are trying the whole weapons

of mass destruction thing, again,

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talking about their nuclear program

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Did

you see that reporter asked Vance.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

when you say that person's name.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

That's right, Vance.

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So, uh, you're saying that Israel

preemptively struck against a program

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that you took credit for dismantling.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah.

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That it was obliterated.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

It was incredible.

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Kaitlyn Collins, I think is that

reporter's name and just, she

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continues to give, like everything

she says is just the Lord's work,

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but it almost doesn't matter what good is

it to be smart enough to see it anymore?

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It just raises your blood pressure.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Right,

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which is probably a good

thing for you right now.

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So,

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Right?

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Oh my god.

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Yesterday, so it was almost

50 degrees yesterday.

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It was fairly warm, and so I was

like, I'm gonna go outside for my

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walk, which I haven't done lately.

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One, 'cause the last time I

did that, I almost passed out

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while I was out on a walk.

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'cause the temperature gust of

wind hit me and it was so cold.

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It changed my blood temp or changed my

body temperature too fast for pots liking.

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And I was just like, I'm gonna faint

on the side of this fucking windy

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ass, lake, like some Victorian orphan.

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Somebody's gonna drive by.

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It was, so, I, I, I just didn't

go for walks for a long time.

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But anyway, so I went out yesterday and it

was fairly warm and I had on many layers,

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but they were kind of light layers, right?

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Like doubled up on like a, a

thermal layer and then another

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thin hoodie on top of that.

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And then like, my running jacket, And

I was like, this is, this is fine.

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This is perfect.

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And then I rounded a corner

and the wind was 20 something

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miles an hour, and it hit me.

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And I was like, this is,

no, this is fucking cold.

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I'm cold, but I hate just like

giving up on a walk and coming

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back inside, especially because it

takes so much to get out the door.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: right.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: So I

started jogging and I was like,

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oh, this, this feels pretty good.

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This is fine.

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And then I knew it was

going on quite some time.

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I knew that I was jogging for

quite a ways and then I was like,

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well, I'm just gonna keep going.

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And next thing I know, I had

run all the way around the lake,

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which is three and a half miles.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Oh wow.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: So I ran

a 5K yesterday because I was cold

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and didn't wanna come back inside.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Do you not know that?

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Like pants exist like

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I was

wearing, I was only one layer, but I

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was wearing, um, my, my sweatpants and

they're fairly thick, but like the wind

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it seriously just straight through 'em.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: it was

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33 degrees here this week and people

were in full t-shirt and shorts combos.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: no,

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: that.

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Like I saw so many white legs.

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It was ridiculous.

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Even

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some of the girls were doing it.

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It was like, y'all are nuts.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: They

will, they're so excited to get

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that skin back out and, you know,

whatever, more power to you.

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But like, it couldn't be me.

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I may be a white man now,

but I, you will not catch me.

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Like I get colder than they do

here because I'm not used to this.

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I'm, I go for walks in

literal arctic gear.

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Like I'll be looking like I'm out

in Alaska, but I just love being

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outside so much that I'll do it.

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several people have commented

like, I can't believe you go out

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for walks when it's this cold.

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Which has surprised me because I would

think that they would be more used to it.

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But they also, I don't think have

my brand of A DHD or whatever it

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is, OCD, where I, I just don't feel

right unless I have been outside.

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It.

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It does, it does sound actually kind of

pathological when I think about it now.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: I'm

listening to a really interesting book.

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It's a youth, it's a young

adult book, so it's a little

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slow and repeats itself a lot.

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Have you heard of Loveless?

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Uh, by Alice?

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I think it's Osman, O-S-E-M-A-N, I think.

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It's the story.

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It's a British girl.

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She's finishing high school like the last

week of high school and goes into college

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and she's asexual and figuring it out.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Hmm.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

it's the, a story of asexuality and

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I've learned a lot about British

college culture, like, have

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you ever heard of Freshers Week?

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Freshers

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Yeah, that's what they

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call the incoming students.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Okay.

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I found the book here.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

it's available.

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It's an audio book on hoopla if

you like, listening to books.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I, I

wonder if I would, I I had never had,

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the only time I listened to books

has been, uh, like comedy books.

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So for instance, I bought the

audio version of Trixie and K's

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books because they read them

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Do you have Spotify?

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You can get it, like you get a

free, uh, a couple of free audio

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books every month as part of

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Oh,

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

membership.

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So there's that.

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And plus Hoopla is free through the

library or they might use Libby.

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That's the other hubler like app.

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All you need is a local library card,

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I am

thinking about, I was thinking

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about getting rid of Spotify.

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'cause they're in, they're doing that

thing Netflix did, where they like,

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they're increasing prices because they

know that we won't do anything about it.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: right?

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: And

they're so just seedy, you know?

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah.

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I'm

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pretty addicted to that app though, so.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I, me too.

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Like it's every, every time I

go for a walk or I work out or

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do anything, I turn on Spotify.

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Like I don't have a backup.

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Do you think that there is, like,

going back to, um, the time splitting

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timeline and like divergence theory and

stuff like that, do you think there's a

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version of you out there that has kids?

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

I don't know.

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I was nev.

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I never wanted him ever really.

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So I don't know.

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I mean, if if there's infinite universes,

then probably, you know what I mean?

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But

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Yeah.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

just can't imagine a life

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where I would've settled down.

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'cause that would've likely required

that I be with a man, right?

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Like, I have friends that are lesbians

that have kids, but it, they, that

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IVF and all kinds of things like that.

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And I'm just saying with the

amount of money that I've had, I

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probably wouldn't have been able

to afford something like that.

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So, yeah, I, I don't, I don't know.

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Why do you think you, I, what do

you think yours would be like?

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Uh, they would,

mine would be, I think some of them would

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be okay and others would not be okay.

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I, I don't know.

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I, I'm too, I don't think I, I'm, I'm not

saying this, I'm saying this to be funny.

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I don't think I would actually do this.

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But like, I, I could see me like

wanting to treat them like little

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science experiments, you know, like.

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Deprive one of sunlight

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raise, raise one in a dark room,

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: one.

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Only Coca-Cola.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

teach one of them to read.

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I'm just too curious about stuff

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: and, and I

think, you know what got me thinking

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about that is that like, I do think

that without realizing it, or meaning

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to, or without even really meaning

harm, people do kind of do that.

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They treat their children so

differently that it's, it's like

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they're trying to get different results.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: What do you

think they would be like if you had 'em?

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Probably funny.

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Because that's just the style as an aunt,

all of my nieces and nephews, that's the

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style of, of parenting that I used with

them and they all turned out pretty funny.

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So, smart.

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I would hope kind fat because we

like pizza and food around here, so

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

Pizza Sounds good.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

We ate at Arturo's Pizza

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Kitchen in Toledo the other day.

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They have these cheese strips

that are fan freaking tastic.

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It's like it's pizza without the sauce.

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It's cheese sticks.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: What?

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Oh, she's okay.

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Took me a minute to put together

what you were describing.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

They're the best ones we've

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found in all of Toledo.

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So if you're local to Toledo,

go to Arturo's Pizza Kitchen.

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They're really good.

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And I

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also tried PIs ellos, uh,

pizza bread sandwich this week.

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It came with sa sausage and pepperoni,

which I almost took the sausage

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off, but I decided to leave it

on there, and it was really good.

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I was like, these people know what

they're doing to make a simple sandwich.

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It was good.

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Did you ever eat PIs?

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Ands?

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Oh, yeah.

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Constantly.

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Me and Eric went there all the time.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

there's a second one in the

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little town that I live in.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I actually

preferred Pellas to the Polys.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Oh yeah.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Yeah.

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Both, both of them.

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Like

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Oh.

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I've only ever eaten at the not

campus polys once, so I can't really

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say that I have an opinion on them.

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: one of them.

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And I've, I've, it's been long enough now

that I have forgotten, which is, which one

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of 'em, I absolutely hated their dough.

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It didn't taste like anything but flour.

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I was like, y'all need to salt this.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: I got

into an argument with a campus polys, uh,

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manager of their Facebook page one time,

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dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Nice.

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senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: He,

he was Trump supporting with the Poly's

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name and I was like, this isn't cool.

402

And he was like, well, best of luck

with you and whoever you decide to

403

purchase pizza from in the future.

404

And it was like, fuck you, buddy.

405

So I didn't order polys for

like two years at after that.

406

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: No, fuck 'em.

407

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah.

408

But then I wanted some, so I assumed

the manager had changed by then,

409

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Well, and

they have so much like the, even the

410

Poly ice beef is, that's the Hatfield

of McCoys of Bowling Green, Ohio.

411

Did you know that?

412

Like they used to be.

413

They're kind of related.

414

They used to be one company and then

they like had some beef and split.

415

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

was a divorce.

416

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

Oh, is that what it was?

417

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Yeah, it was a divorce and

418

one took the campus poly.

419

That's why they spell it different too.

420

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Yeah.

421

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

That's why there's the campus polys

422

and the Reg regular poly eyes.

423

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Uh, I used

to work at Apollo Pizza in Richmond.

424

While I actually, uh, delivered pizzas for

Apollos while I was teaching at EKU 'cause

425

I couldn't afford to, you know, pay on.

426

It was like they, so there was

a lot of pot high potential for

427

like, just humiliation doing that.

428

Like, I was like, eventually I'm gonna

have to deliver to a student that

429

actually I delivered to many students.

430

But not one of the ones in my

class, but I did deliver to a

431

couple of coworkers, which sucked.

432

But Apollo's, I think Apollo's is

the best pizza in Madison County.

433

Like, they just have the most amazing.

434

Recipe, but the Apollos as it

is now, is not the Apollos it

435

was when I was an undergrad.

436

It used to be owned by this dude named

Charles, who I, I did know him a little

437

bit, like I partied with him some.

438

' like the, some of the guitar guys,

the, the guys who were also, I was

439

in ensemble with, they lived right

above Apollos and that there's

440

in a weird apartment up there.

441

And so the Theder would come upstairs

and just take bong rims with them.

442

And we partied over there all the time.

443

And then Charles just randomly, this

is probably 20 in the, in the late

444

two thousands or early 2010s, he just

randomly committed suicide and didn't

445

talk to anybody, didn't set anything up.

446

And so Apollo's was empty for a really

long time until these, just a couple

447

of lawyers bought it and renovated it.

448

And it's been open since, but they

kept the same recipe of the sauce.

449

It is.

450

It's the best pizza sauce I've ever had.

451

It's garlicy and salty and it's

like got a great consistency.

452

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yum.

453

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I

gained quite a bit of weight.

454

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

You know what I'm gonna say?

455

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: What?

456

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Giovanni's is my favorite,

457

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Mm-hmm.

458

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: which is

a controversial opinion in Scioto County.

459

You're either a Giovanni's

lover or a Fred's lover.

460

Fred's is another little mini chain.

461

It only has like three

restaurants, I think

462

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Well, actually,

463

my opinion about Apollos is also, is

kind of controversial because there's

464

a Giovanni's in MAD in Richmond

465

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Oh, wow.

466

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: yeah.

467

So that people are like, okay, if you,

if you like one or the, I mean, they

468

all, they'll have full on beefs, which I

think is in, in small towns, especially

469

with like a lot of food culture.

470

I think you get that, you get

like friendly rivalries or not

471

so friendly rivalries between

restaurants of similar cuisine like

472

the, the greasy spoons they had.

473

Wars The Jacksons was fighting

with the silver dollar, or the

474

Silver Diner which is now closed.

475

Jackson still exists and Jacksons is some

of the, is the best diner in Richmond.

476

But I worked for the Silver Diner.

477

I think I worked for every restaurant

in Richmond there for a while.

478

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah,

uh, first two jobs were in a restaurant.

479

It was well it was called

McComb's Dairy Bar.

480

It was more well known as dough's,

and then they sold it right

481

before I started working there.

482

It was a dairy bar and restaurant

dairy bar being a place that has

483

the windows and you walk up to the

window and place the order and you

484

get your ice cream or whatever.

485

and then the second

place I worked was Olis,

486

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Mm-hmm.

487

I worked in a lot of Italian

places, like either just either

488

pizza or pasta and pizza.

489

Never an olive garden though.

490

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: did you

ever eat at Spaghetti Warehouse in Toledo,

491

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Mm-hmm.

492

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

it's supposedly haunted.

493

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

Well, haunted by what,

494

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

I assume ghosts

495

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: who's ghost,

who's haunting a spaghetti warehouse.

496

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

my big fat.

497

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I hardly

ever went to Toledo when I lived

498

there, and I wish I had more.

499

I, I never really thought of that

place as a, place, if that makes sense.

500

Like, I just thought, like, okay, I'm

here to do school and then I'm out.

501

So I, you know, I, I had my places that

I went and I didn't do anything else.

502

Wasn't exploring, wasn't trying

to experience things really.

503

In a very similar fashion.

504

That's how I'm living here.

505

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah.

506

Do they have a good park system

507

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: If they do,

508

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

toledo's has been

509

rated one of the best in the

country, our park system.

510

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: really,

511

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Mm-hmm.

512

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

there's, well there's the city

513

park here is just the lake.

514

But in other towns, I think

they're probably better city parks.

515

But the state parks, Minnesota

state parks are awesome.

516

Like,

517

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Do you have to pay to get

518

into 'em or are they free?

519

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: uh,

you have to pay to park at them.

520

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Gotcha.

521

And then that covers your admission.

522

Basically,

523

Ohio, they're totally free.

524

You just

525

in Michigan, you have to buy a license.

526

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Hmm.

527

Yeah, that makes sense.

528

Well, I mean, I think Minnesota pays

for theirs out of the parking passes.

529

So if you pay, um, $35 a year, then

you get your parking pass and you can

530

stick it on whatever vehicle you want.

531

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah.

532

There's also a program for across

the country that fourth graders get

533

in free to all the national parks.

534

Um, it's a way to get families to go

experience history and things like that.

535

But yeah, fourth graders, most

of them get free admission.

536

Yeah.

537

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: That's awesome.

538

Well, and you can check out a

parking pass from the public library

539

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

I went to queer, I went to

540

one of the library branches.

541

One of the fun things about the queer

library or the the queer book club is that

542

it changes libraries every, every month.

543

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Yeah.

544

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: close

to some people, you know, or whatever.

545

So it rotates.

546

And so I've got to see a couple of

the, uh, the libraries around town.

547

And so we did that this past week.

548

That was fun.

549

I like queer book club.

550

you're in Toledo, you should

551

join us.

552

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

What did you read?

553

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: The

Harriet Tubman live in concert by Bob the

554

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Right?

555

Okay, nice.

556

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

and the next one is the Loveless.

557

What else is on tap here?

558

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Oh,

you got a whole little brochure.

559

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah.

560

The next one up is Atmosphere

by Taylor Jenkins Reed.

561

I don't know anything about that one.

562

Uh, may is bad guys.

563

A homosexual history or bad

gaze, a homosexual history.

564

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Oh, cool.

565

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

And June 22nd is RuPaul, the

566

House of Hidden Meanings.

567

I like that it's getting me outta my

comfort zone a little bit because I

568

would never have chosen to read this

book that I'm, that I'm listening to.

569

I, I, I try to listen to 'em

because I'm in the car and

570

it's wasted time, and then I

571

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Mm-hmm.

572

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

all my other stuff.

573

I don't have, I just don't

have time to read for fun.

574

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Ooh.

575

atmosphere, is a historical fiction.

576

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Ooh, I like those.

577

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Yeah, I do too.

578

My friend Bobby, from, from, uh, like

undergrad from EKU, after she wrote

579

her memoir, she, uh, wrote a historical

fiction book about her own grandmother.

580

So it was like a mixture

of biography, I guess.

581

But like, you don't really, we

don't really know much about

582

her ancestors in Appalachia.

583

Like, so she

584

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Oh,

585

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: like the,

586

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

my family.

587

Sorry.

588

Go ahead.

589

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: so she, I

guess, learned about the context of

590

this woman, and I don't know how she

chose this particular woman and then

591

kind of wrote a historical fiction of

her own, ancestor, which I was like,

592

that's a really interesting idea.

593

I haven't read it yet.

594

I kind of for forgot

about it until just now.

595

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

my family is a founding

596

family of Saville, Kentucky.

597

so the McGalin County Historical

Society has done the full genealogy

598

back to when the original guy came

over on the dragon from Bavaria in

599

like 1767 and how he got some land and

then he traveled from North Carolina.

600

He settled in North Carolina.

601

Then he, then they moved, uh, the

family moved to Tennessee, then up to

602

Kentucky and then to Scioto County.

603

Like my grandfather was

born in McGalin County.

604

it's five volumes long and one, one volume

is nothing but pictures and stories.

605

And it has stories

peppered in all through it.

606

Like I use one of them in class

when we're talking about abortion.

607

There was a, a story like you just,

you're just, you just look through it.

608

There's random paragraphs everywhere.

609

You never know what you're gonna run into.

610

And there was a story that this

woman she had already had three

611

kids and she got, she found herself

pregnant, so she tried to eat some

612

root that if eaten in the correct

amount, would take care of the baby.

613

But she ate too much.

614

And it, both of them died.

615

And I used that.

616

I that, a screenshot of that

on, in one of my slides to

617

talk about abortion ain't new.

618

You know, this is

619

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I know

620

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

well, they don't know that.

621

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I.

622

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

that's why I bring it up that it's

623

even part, it's part of your history.

624

Even if you think you've never

known somebody that tried to

625

have an abortion, yes, you do.

626

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Yeah,

there's this movie about that

627

in, in Britain called Vera Drake.

628

It's got a Mel Destan in it, and it's

about a woman who she's, I think a

629

midwife, but became known as this

underground abortion provider for

630

people who, for whatever reason,

needed to no longer be pregnant.

631

Like some of them would've died.

632

Men, actually, most of them would've

died because it's, and it's so, it's not

633

interesting in a way that is like, oh,

people who have always had abortions.

634

It's, is interesting in.

635

Like, uh, exploring all the different ways

abortions are lifesaving for people that

636

are not simply a medical crisis, right?

637

Like there are social reasons why

they could be a death sentence.

638

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

There's a fabulous little video by

639

PBS called before abortion was legal,

I think is the ex is the title.

640

And it's just a, a few vignettes

of women who have gone through

641

the process and why they did.

642

They're all older women like

grandmotherly age, talking about what

643

life was like before they were legal.

644

And the, the links that they went

to and how they put themselves in

645

danger and how they almost died.

646

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I,

647

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

lady was on there talking about

648

her sister and how she did die.

649

I show that every semester.

650

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: wow.

651

It makes me think of that movie.

652

If these walls could talk.

653

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: I

like the second one of that better.

654

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I think

about the second one a lot like the.

655

A couple of those stories are actually

really impactful, uh, especially the one

656

with, um, Michelle Williams and Chloe

657

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah.

658

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: NY in the

fifties about the Lavender Menace.

659

Basically, it's exploring real

historical moments, but in, in, uh,

660

like an individual way about how like

actual people were impacted by it.

661

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

I have a Lavender Menace T-shirt.

662

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Yeah.

663

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah,

664

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: The, some

of the students were talking about the

665

Lavender Menace and because we were,

we were talking about, uh, the second

666

wave kind of, we were talking just more

about the history of feminist thought

667

and just the changes and stuff, and I

mentioned Betty, free Dan, and one of the

668

students was like, fuck Betty, free Dan.

669

And I was like, yeah, I mean, really.

670

Fuck all, I mean, everybody

has said something.

671

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: right.

672

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: That

if, if not is reprehensible,

673

is, you know, not helpful.

674

Like, but they were like, well, the, she

was the one who coined the phrase Lavender

675

Menace and wa and started the, the Les

Biphobia panic and stuff like that.

676

And I was like, you're absolutely right.

677

But like, let's take that a step

further and look at the separatism and

678

exclusion of trans women within the

same group of people who identified

679

as the lavender menace, right?

680

The, the, the lesbian separatists

then became the transphobes.

681

And on and on and on, right?

682

Because that's what we do.

683

People are awful like a group.

684

what we know about group

motivation, group identity theory

685

and all that stuff is that.

686

Pretty much any, any given group

of people is looking for a way to

687

exclude at least one of its members,

688

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: right.

689

Secondary marginalization.

690

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: you know?

691

So I'm like, yeah, sure.

692

Fuck Betty Friedand.

693

But it's, it's a weird metaphor, but we

are not gonna throw the baby out with

694

the bath water when it comes to the

history of feminist thought or something,

695

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

like with Margaret Sanger, like she

696

had some really awful things that she

said, but we, where would we be with

697

the, with the birth control pill,

without her, you know what I mean?

698

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: right?

699

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: planned

para would be like, I always, I always

700

teach Margaret Sanger and I'm like, you

know, if you've ever had sex or enjoyed

701

it without the, without the, uh, want

of reproduction poor one out for old

702

Margaret, because she's how we got to

where we are today, but you should know.

703

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Mm-hmm.

704

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

And then we talk about her

705

eugenics and, and all that.

706

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Exactly.

707

Yeah.

708

Same with Temple Grandin.

709

A lot of people, when they find out

that she, she has expressed opinions

710

about, if we found a way to prevent

autism, uh, like the genetic component

711

to it and stuff that it, it people, you

know, that there's benefit to preventing

712

people from being born with autism.

713

People are like, that's eugenics

and we have to, you know, fuck

714

her no longer anything she

has ever done is of any worth.

715

And it's like, yeah,

that's a mess up thing.

716

She just said that, but like, she's

speaking from a place of her own journey.

717

She's speaking.

718

We just have to, I don't know

about, we have to, but like people,

719

everybody is speaking for themselves

pretty much all the time and.

720

In like looking at and appreciating the

other things that she, showed us, right?

721

Things that we learned through

her inviting us into her journey

722

is still worthwhile, even though

we can't agree that eugenics is a

723

good idea and we should not agree

724

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Right.

725

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: with,

with people who say that kinda shit.

726

I actually got really into studying

the history of American eugenics while

727

I was recovering from, uh, surgery.

728

I don't know why, but I just was like

one documentary after another about

729

like these, Richard, what's his face?

730

The guy, the American main proponent.

731

There's the, the Kuk family, which

is, lemme see if I'm, let me make

732

sure I'm pronouncing it correctly.

733

It's not that CAC family.

734

Yeah.

735

So, this was utter bullshit, uh,

with this guy proposed this idea

736

that social success was genetic.

737

And so Kuk is some amalgam

of Greek words that mean like

738

good and bad in a way, I guess.

739

I don't know.

740

I can't remember that part specifically.

741

I was also on a lot of drugs during

this period, but he traced an alleged

742

progenitor of two separate genetic lines,

one of which experienced social success,

743

and the other became like, fallen.

744

And of course it was all

the woman's fault, right?

745

Like whoever,

746

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Obviously.

747

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: But he,

but he did this to a real person.

748

This is, uh, there was a real woman

that he found in an institution that

749

he decided to make his case study

and traced her lineage back to this.

750

And that became kind of a,

a part of social Darwinism.

751

And this idea that whether a person is a,

is a benefit to society, is also genetic.

752

And they, uh, this massive like forced

ster sterilization campaign came from

753

just that, like that because, and this

is how like mis, well not misinformation

754

' cause that shit was just a lie.

755

But like the news, the way news

sensationalizes these things and

756

transmit this information to everybody,

like the whole public was basically

757

like, yeah, let's sterilize morons.

758

That's what they called them.

759

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

the same thing's happening

760

around trans people in in

761

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: That,

762

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: So

763

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: yeah.

764

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

new behavior.

765

They tell them something and

they just buy into it fully.

766

Oh, hill line and sinker.

767

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I've seen a

resurgence of, because of the bathroom

768

bills and yada yada, people who don't

understand what trans people are, what

769

it can look like, are the also tend to be

most susceptible to this fearmongering.

770

And so I saw somebody really trying hard

to get this guy to understand that what

771

he's voting for with this particular

bathroom bill was to put men in the

772

women's restroom because they never

do understand that trans men exist.

773

You know, one thing that kills

me is there's this one logic

774

that have, that's actually true.

775

'cause they're like, well, no matter

they'll say like, cutting off your

776

dick balls doesn't make you a woman.

777

That's true.

778

Because if you took a cis man and

maimed him in some way so that those two

779

parts of his anatomy

780

, senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

David Reimer.

781

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: right,

he would not be a woman because he

782

doesn't identify as a woman because

he identifies as a man, you're making

783

our argument, you dumb motherfucker.

784

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Right.

785

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: We

can get them very, very close.

786

And then it just, well, Adam and

Eve and Adam and Steve or whatever.

787

Speaking of David Remer, I saw

a video of this Somali woman

788

whose twins were experimented on,

789

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

So like in what way?

790

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: one of

them was injured, in the, in utero.

791

So they essentially, they were, um,

she was pregnant with twins and they,

792

she described it as an obsession.

793

The, the, um, Mount Carmel

Hospital was having her come to

794

get prenatal exams twice a week

for her entire third trimester.

795

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Wow.

796

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

And she was, she was like, I

797

know something's wrong here.

798

Her name is Deca.

799

I don't remember her last name.

800

I'll, I'll look for, uh,

uh, a link about this story.

801

'cause I just read it this morning

and, and I'll put it in the show notes.

802

But they were doing this some

procedures, like a pelvic sonogram.

803

You're not supposed to

do a pelvic sonogram.

804

You have to be very careful and you

better have real good reason for doing

805

one of those in the third trimester.

806

And so they did one and they

probed too deep and injured.

807

one of the babies.

808

Yeah.

809

And she knew it because she was bleeding

when she left, but they gas litter,

810

they were like, no, you're fine.

811

And.

812

So then when it came time for

delivery, and she wound up with

813

a, a previa because of the bleed.

814

And so she had to have C-section

and she said delivery something.

815

She could tell something was wrong.

816

The first baby that they removed,

it didn't cry, but it wasn't dead.

817

And it ne it ha it never has cried.

818

It was the one that was injured from

the, the probe And they said, okay,

819

no, it's perfectly healthy, it's fine.

820

And so she, they take these two babies

home and it just, it's not eating,

821

keeps having horrific nosebleeds.

822

It's vomiting up blood.

823

They take it to the emergency room, you

can guess what they accused them of.

824

So CPS gets involved and it's

like, are you abusing the children?

825

It's like, well, uh,

the other four are fine.

826

So, at first they're not able to get

CPS to, to bite, but this hospital, then

827

they're like, Nope, baby's perfectly fine.

828

And then of course, eventually the baby

has an aneurysm stroke or something like

829

that and is put into a vegetative state.

830

And I thought like, oh

my God, that's terrible.

831

And I thought that that

was the extent of it.

832

They continued to experiment on this

baby while it's in the hospital.

833

They're using it as kind of a dummy.

834

They're letting the residents like

practice intubation on the baby.

835

So it's getting like extubated, intubated

five times in a day or something sometimes

836

so it can no longer eat on its own.

837

This is absolutely fucking crazy.

838

And this is not like this

is happening right now.

839

and they've kind of, they've

taken custody of it, by.

840

Accusing the father of abuse.

841

And so, and then it gets much worse

because he doesn't speak English.

842

So, it's a felony charge.

843

He gets, charged with child abuse,

but they hire lawyers, but they think

844

they hire lawyers, but they actually

turn out to be just public defenders.

845

And these public defenders charge

the money, which is illegal.

846

And then, uh, CPS concludes that there

was no, um, actually there was no abuse.

847

And they drop the charges, but

the lawyers don't tell them that.

848

And then they talk the guy

into taking a plea deal.

849

So he winds up confessing to something

that he wasn't even charged with anymore.

850

So now he's in prison and.

851

I, it's absolutely fucking crazy.

852

see, this I did not know about.

853

And, and I'm sure that many of us

are ignorant of a kind of oppression

854

that's happening in America.

855

It's just too fucking big.

856

But this the situation with Somali folks,

I just, I feel so every day I learn

857

more about what's going on with them.

858

It is crazy.

859

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

I'm, I'm ignorant a hundred percent.

860

I don't know.

861

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I had no idea.

862

So, and that's kind of what happened.

863

I was like, well, I, there's

something going on here and

864

I'm totally ignorant of it.

865

I need to look more into it.

866

And I find this story and I was

like, ah, I wasn't ready for this

867

on a goddamn Saturday morning.

868

And they've still got this baby

hooked up to these machines.

869

His, they've broken both of his femurs.

870

Because they're just doing, they're

treating him literally like a, a

871

living mannequin, a living, uh,

like thing for the residents to

872

practice on at this hospital.

873

And there's photos of him with

all of the, he's like, he's

874

just not gonna have a life now.

875

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

How terrible.

876

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: it's awful.

877

And, and the way this woman was talking to

the press about this was shocking to me.

878

The mother, you know, because

she was just kind of explaining

879

this as though, like, yeah.

880

It's just sometimes our, our community

gets targeted for experimentation,

881

basically medical experimentation.

882

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

Well, that rings of, of Nazis and

883

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: It, it sounds.

884

Not even Nazis.

885

I mean, we, we do it.

886

This is a very American tradition, right?

887

Henrietta lacks, what was that?

888

Even 50 years, 50, 60 something years ago.

889

there continue to be these moments where

I don't care what your experience is if

890

you're a white person, you know, your

instinct when you hear something like

891

that may be to go like, there's no way.

892

There's no way that happens.

893

Throw, it's okay to have that

thought, but if the next thought

894

behind it isn't, my ignorance is the

only thing that my privilege and my

895

ignorance are the only things that

allow me to even have a thought.

896

Like not believing these

people, then you're not trying,

897

you're not doing anything.

898

You're not doing your part.

899

Just show yourself out.

900

And you should also be able to

learn about yourself from that,

901

from that response, because you

didn't ask to have that response.

902

That's a response that white

supremacy, white hegemony wants us

903

to have as white people to go like,

no, that wouldn't happen to me.

904

So I can't see how it would happen to you.

905

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: right.

906

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Well,

if it happened to you, it wouldn't

907

be able to happen to them as much

because it, the secret would be out.

908

Sorry for the bummer, but I

read that this morning and it

909

just came out for some reason.

910

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah.

911

No, that's just so sad.

912

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

Yeah, it's absolutely fucked up.

913

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

And people are

914

worried about that baby

monkey and not the baby human,

915

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: I'm sad about

punch too, y'all, but like, you know.

916

He's not my kin

917

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: right?

918

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Maha.

919

Baby Maha is my kin.

920

Like if you want me to care about one more

than the other, it's gonna be baby Maha.

921

But some good news, the A CLU has

filed a lawsuit against Kansas

922

over the driver's licenses.

923

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

What do you mean?

924

I don't know.

925

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: well this was

actually very recent, so yeah, this was

926

just a few days ago, Kansas sent letters

or passed a bill and then immediately sent

927

letters to trans drivers, pe, transgender

people with driver's licenses in the state

928

of Kansas that they have to surrender

those licenses and they are immediately

929

invalid, meaning there's no grace period.

930

The next time you try to drive with

that license, you will have been

931

informed that it's invalid, which

makes it a, yeah, a misdemeanor, So

932

there are 1700 ish drivers that are

impacted by that in the state of Kansas.

933

So if you say it's not your first offense

for driving on a suspended license, which

934

is real technically what this is, then

you are now a second offender driving

935

on a suspended license, which means you

lose it for a minimum amount of time.

936

You get a fine, you might go to

jail driving on a suspended license.

937

That's one, that's the thing.

938

I went to jail for the first time.

939

So you people aren't

be able to go to work.

940

Lots of people lost their

jobs or, you know, whatever.

941

So, A CLU has filed a lawsuit against

the state of Kansas, which should

942

put an injunction on this so that

it's not able to go into effect

943

immediately the way they had hoped.

944

But that's kind of what we've, one

thing we've been worried about than like

945

people doing is like, that's a pretty

easy way to make trans people illegal

946

quickly, is to say, make sure you carry

your documentation everywhere with you.

947

Oh wait, no, that's not

valid documentation.

948

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Right.

949

That's the whole save act too.

950

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Yeah.

951

But yeah, the save act, I've been

telling all kinds of people, this

952

is like, especially now that they're

starting to actually worry about it.

953

It's like, we warned you that's what

they've been doing to trans people.

954

This, this is how they learned it, because

they saw that it worked on trans people.

955

It is, man, when this all

finally just fucking collapses,

956

it's gonna be fascinating.

957

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Yeah,

I just hope it doesn't take 20 years.

958

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Mm.

959

Well, Trump doesn't have 20 years.

960

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Well,

if he has a deal with the devil, he might.

961

Can you imagine a deal they struck like.

962

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: Oof.

963

Yeah.

964

I think things, things fall apart

faster than they come together.

965

So, and they set up all of these like

white women to take the fall for them.

966

But men continue to underestimate women.

967

So like, they're not gonna just go

quietly and they're almost certainly

968

not just waiting for it to happen.

969

Waiting for the next shoe to drop.

970

At least one, if not most of them, or even

all of them is preparing or is prepared.

971

Like we think they're cunts now, who,

let's just wait and see what they do

972

when the power they were sucking up to.

973

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230: Is gone.

974

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231: yeah,

and think about it like so many of

975

these people were sucking up to power

because they wanted to be cruel.

976

senor-becko_30_02-28-2026_110230:

What happens when he and

977

Vance becomes president?

978

Like that's gonna be an even bigger mess.

979

dash_29_02-28-2026_100231:

They're gonna eat her alive.

980

Lady Vance don't stand a chance against,

I mean, I kind of wanna see that.

981

Well, let's take a break and listen

to, uh, a word from our sponsor.

982

All right, so.

983

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984

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985

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986

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987

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988

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989

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990

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991

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992

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993

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994

through the field like she's booked.

995

Blessed and busy.

996

The Duct Tape Ball delivers three looks.

997

Backyard, barbecue realness

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998

co-chair construction site.

999

One Queen fashions a Cathedral

link train out of Tyvek.

00:43:19,545 --> 00:43:23,025

Another sculpts, a shoulder piece

from caution tape and roofing tile.

00:43:23,425 --> 00:43:28,195

The hoedown throw down musical travels by

hayride flatbed trailer rattling behind

00:43:28,195 --> 00:43:29,905

a tractor that starts the overture.

00:43:29,905 --> 00:43:33,205

The minute it turns over, the

audience climbs up into bales

00:43:33,205 --> 00:43:35,185

that's shed into their shoes.

00:43:35,665 --> 00:43:38,455

By the time everyone settles, the

first verse is already halfway down

00:43:38,455 --> 00:43:42,275

the field, the choreography adjusts

to potholes and eight count stretches

00:43:42,275 --> 00:43:43,550

when the wheels sink into mud.

00:43:43,550 --> 00:43:46,115

And it kick line widens

when the trailer fishtails.

00:43:46,515 --> 00:43:49,425

when the wagon drops into the rut,

the entire cast absorbs it through

00:43:49,425 --> 00:43:50,625

their knees and keeps singing.

00:43:50,955 --> 00:43:54,675

Come back next week for the exciting

finale, the Lip Sync Tractor Pole.

00:43:56,122 --> 00:43:58,342

pool, something we know a lot about.

00:43:58,552 --> 00:44:01,042

You know, I managed to never

go to one of those in bg,

00:44:01,242 --> 00:44:01,747

00:44:02,647 --> 00:44:02,767

00:44:02,767 --> 00:44:05,678

I lived a block from the

thing, you know, it, it

00:44:05,678 --> 00:44:06,868

rattled our windows.

00:44:07,132 --> 00:44:09,982

attended without, uh, your permission

00:44:10,182 --> 00:44:12,282

part of a pool town, as they call it.

00:44:13,007 --> 00:44:13,787

00:44:13,967 --> 00:44:16,007

Yeah, if you look up videos online,

00:44:16,187 --> 00:44:17,507

because I wanted to see what they did.

00:44:17,507 --> 00:44:19,697

You know, I've never been to

a tractor pool in my life.

00:44:20,037 --> 00:44:23,097

So we Googled it and there's lots

of videos about BG Pool town.

00:44:23,667 --> 00:44:26,067

I, I just love a Midwestern

00:44:26,157 --> 00:44:27,987

weirdness like that, you know?

00:44:27,987 --> 00:44:28,347

00:44:28,732 --> 00:44:30,177

would say that there are tractor

00:44:30,177 --> 00:44:32,067

pulls back home, but I never saw one

00:44:32,467 --> 00:44:33,397

I never did either.

00:44:33,397 --> 00:44:36,697

But then when we moved down there for the

year, they had them at the county fair.

00:44:36,942 --> 00:44:37,212

maybe

00:44:37,212 --> 00:44:37,992

it's a, it's a,

00:44:37,992 --> 00:44:39,072

new newer thing,

00:44:39,472 --> 00:44:41,662

Bader Meinhof and they always had 'em.

00:44:41,662 --> 00:44:44,572

And we never noticed 'em because

we never noticed them before.

00:44:44,782 --> 00:44:45,232

00:44:45,652 --> 00:44:46,822

What's Bader Meinhof?

00:44:47,222 --> 00:44:50,762

the Beder Meinhof effect is when you

00:44:50,762 --> 00:44:54,092

don't notice something until you know

about it, and then you see it everywhere.

00:44:54,272 --> 00:44:54,722

00:44:54,752 --> 00:44:55,352

Okay.

00:44:55,352 --> 00:44:57,512

And I've, I've definitely

experienced that.

00:44:57,912 --> 00:45:00,792

could have been a tractor pole every

00:45:00,792 --> 00:45:05,022

weekend near me, but I didn't know they

existed, so I wasn't aware of them.

00:45:05,212 --> 00:45:05,562

00:45:05,962 --> 00:45:09,122

I think that, I used to, when I first

00:45:09,122 --> 00:45:12,602

noticed that our cell phones were

listening to us and the ad for everything,

00:45:12,602 --> 00:45:15,362

every time I mentioned something would

pop up, I would be like, is this Bader

00:45:15,362 --> 00:45:17,672

Meyerhoff or is my phone listening to me?

00:45:18,072 --> 00:45:18,642

Now we know.

00:45:19,042 --> 00:45:20,152

And it listens everywhere.

00:45:20,152 --> 00:45:23,722

The other day I was listening to my book

in the car, and if you have your plug,

00:45:23,872 --> 00:45:26,002

your phone actually plugged into my car.

00:45:26,302 --> 00:45:30,312

Then it has Google Assist right there

on the on the, on the steering wheel.

00:45:30,642 --> 00:45:33,972

And if you say like, okay,

Google, it'll come up.

00:45:34,302 --> 00:45:37,032

And they weren't saying, okay,

Google, but they were saying something

00:45:37,032 --> 00:45:38,292

that sounded something like it.

00:45:38,352 --> 00:45:42,252

And I had to like fast forward my book

15 seconds to get through that spot.

00:45:42,492 --> 00:45:44,562

'cause it kept going back

to it like three times.

00:45:44,862 --> 00:45:45,672

I was like, damn it.

00:45:46,072 --> 00:45:48,412

eavesdropping for a minute.

00:45:48,667 --> 00:45:50,172

Yeah, I'm just listening to my book.

00:45:50,242 --> 00:45:50,532

Damn.

00:45:50,932 --> 00:45:53,422

saw people have been saying that

00:45:53,422 --> 00:45:58,532

like the AI bubble has popped

like just over the last few days.

00:45:58,628 --> 00:46:00,948

Their stocks have deflated.

00:46:01,348 --> 00:46:03,914

And there's a lot of layoffs happening.

00:46:03,974 --> 00:46:07,994

There's there guess just some

things happening within the, field

00:46:08,185 --> 00:46:11,035

or related to it, that are making

people say like, okay, that was it.

00:46:11,065 --> 00:46:11,575

There it went.

00:46:11,975 --> 00:46:12,695

and I'm like.

00:46:13,095 --> 00:46:18,505

What's gonna happen to the economy because

they just, every red scent some of these

00:46:18,655 --> 00:46:21,355

tech giants have, has been sunk into ai.

00:46:21,755 --> 00:46:25,095

And also the, the people

that they contract with.

00:46:25,095 --> 00:46:27,016

So the construction firms

or something like that.

00:46:27,466 --> 00:46:31,066

All of their contracts for the next

five years are building data centers.

00:46:31,221 --> 00:46:31,571

00:46:31,971 --> 00:46:33,411

00:46:33,411 --> 00:46:36,501

We have really hitched

our cart to a weird horse.

00:46:36,801 --> 00:46:37,281

00:46:37,681 --> 00:46:38,911

You just made me think of Mrs.

00:46:38,911 --> 00:46:39,721

Grooms or Ms.

00:46:39,721 --> 00:46:41,551

Grooms a substitute teacher.

00:46:41,551 --> 00:46:45,931

She was like seven foot tall when we

were in sixth grade, and she would always

00:46:45,931 --> 00:46:48,541

like, 'cause I don't know if you ever

had your teacher sign your yearbook or

00:46:48,541 --> 00:46:53,251

whatever, but like we did and she would

say, hit your wagon to the stars ours.

00:46:53,883 --> 00:46:54,103

00:46:54,503 --> 00:46:55,493

Oh my God.

00:46:55,493 --> 00:47:00,823

Speaking of teachers, I don't know

how, but Some, some kids recorded

00:47:00,853 --> 00:47:04,363

this teacher of theirs, I, as I really

thought this was gonna be like the

00:47:04,363 --> 00:47:05,563

South or Appalachia or something.

00:47:05,563 --> 00:47:06,673

It was fucking California.

00:47:07,123 --> 00:47:10,453

Just saying racial slurs in the classroom.

00:47:10,703 --> 00:47:12,533

Multiple days, multiple times.

00:47:12,533 --> 00:47:14,813

And then she's like, why are

you recording me saying that?

00:47:14,813 --> 00:47:15,923

Why are you trying to ruin my life?

00:47:15,923 --> 00:47:17,183

Just because I said these words.

00:47:17,183 --> 00:47:18,323

I was like, is this ai?

00:47:18,723 --> 00:47:24,263

Nobody can have this little sense of

self preservation, but I think they just

00:47:24,263 --> 00:47:25,703

think they're allowed to say it now.

00:47:25,833 --> 00:47:26,053

00:47:26,453 --> 00:47:27,713

Uh, well, they're not wrong.

00:47:27,743 --> 00:47:28,973

They are like, who?

00:47:29,063 --> 00:47:30,383

Who is gonna hold them accountable?

00:47:30,443 --> 00:47:31,283

Nobody cares

00:47:31,683 --> 00:47:34,373

So, on three of my ethnic studies

00:47:34,373 --> 00:47:39,053

exams that I graded, somebody used

an antiquated term for black people.

00:47:39,453 --> 00:47:40,473

I don't know how to say it.

00:47:40,873 --> 00:47:41,803

00:47:41,873 --> 00:47:45,506

um, The, the c in the NAACP.

00:47:45,906 --> 00:47:46,146

00:47:46,146 --> 00:47:46,566

Right.

00:47:47,239 --> 00:47:48,889

we don't use that language anymore.

00:47:48,889 --> 00:47:49,249

Right.

00:47:49,394 --> 00:47:53,024

Because it s back to Jim Crow and

that kind of thing, and I had three

00:47:53,024 --> 00:47:54,794

students using it in their exams.

00:47:54,884 --> 00:47:57,434

And the third one I just kind

of snapped and I was like,

00:47:57,434 --> 00:47:59,084

I, I wrote it out longhand.

00:47:59,084 --> 00:48:00,974

I was like, we don't use

this language anymore.

00:48:01,214 --> 00:48:02,414

It blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

00:48:02,414 --> 00:48:02,864

You know?

00:48:02,864 --> 00:48:06,554

And I, I, I, I explained all that and

then I looked at it and the student was

00:48:06,554 --> 00:48:09,684

black and I was like, oh shit, you know?

00:48:09,684 --> 00:48:09,804

And

00:48:09,904 --> 00:48:10,194

00:48:10,254 --> 00:48:12,414

you know, if it's, if it's your community,

00:48:12,414 --> 00:48:13,824

you're allowed to say whatever you want.

00:48:13,824 --> 00:48:15,114

So take that with a grain of salt.

00:48:15,144 --> 00:48:16,884

And she actually thanked me.

00:48:17,124 --> 00:48:21,784

She said she appreciated how

passionately I, I defended that point.

00:48:22,180 --> 00:48:22,260

00:48:22,507 --> 00:48:24,037

I thought was a really great, I was, I

00:48:24,037 --> 00:48:25,177

didn't know how she was gonna take it.

00:48:25,417 --> 00:48:28,387

'cause you know, I wrote all

over her exam and, and I, I was

00:48:28,387 --> 00:48:30,727

like, no, we don't use this.

00:48:30,727 --> 00:48:33,997

And I crossed it out and, but

she was really gracious about it.

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So I was thankful for that.

00:48:36,037 --> 00:48:37,762

that's, yeah, that's tough.

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I mean, on the one hand, you're right.

00:48:39,897 --> 00:48:39,927

Mm.

00:48:41,019 --> 00:48:42,519

Well, there's, there's so many hands here.

00:48:42,549 --> 00:48:44,649

We're not, this, this isn't

even just two hands, right?

00:48:44,649 --> 00:48:48,434

There's, literally no, if we're trying

to keep the peace and be respectful,

00:48:48,464 --> 00:48:50,534

uh, then we do, we do not say that word.

00:48:51,276 --> 00:48:56,536

But a person who is, who has the

identity that's affected by a certain

00:48:56,536 --> 00:48:59,816

slur, somebody who doesn't have

that identity, can't really tell

00:48:59,816 --> 00:49:01,376

them how to feel or act around,

00:49:01,466 --> 00:49:02,276

00:49:02,676 --> 00:49:03,606

00:49:03,816 --> 00:49:05,031

be using queer unless you are.

00:49:05,639 --> 00:49:06,299

00:49:06,479 --> 00:49:07,499

you're talking about something very

00:49:07,499 --> 00:49:09,389

specific, like queer theory or,

00:49:09,789 --> 00:49:15,624

00:49:15,789 --> 00:49:17,199

you know, I totally get that, which is

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why I was like, I apologize for this.

00:49:19,269 --> 00:49:21,729

It's not my place to tell you

what you can and can't say.

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So do whatever you want in this instance.

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I apologize.

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But she, like I said,

she took it really well.

00:49:26,759 --> 00:49:28,089

So I think she just

00:49:28,089 --> 00:49:30,099

appreciated that somebody was doing it.

00:49:36,367 --> 00:49:40,477

student asked me why I was, why

I, I went into that field and I

00:49:40,477 --> 00:49:43,057

couldn't think of anything really,

and I just said, I, there's so

00:49:43,057 --> 00:49:44,617

much work for white people to do.

00:49:44,947 --> 00:49:46,577

I thought I should be a part of it, you

00:49:46,817 --> 00:49:47,177

00:49:47,327 --> 00:49:48,587

And it really is that simple.

00:49:48,987 --> 00:49:49,437

00:49:50,127 --> 00:49:53,997

that's kind of one of the, the funnier

things that a white person will get asked

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if they try to advocate in some way.

00:49:57,787 --> 00:49:58,957

In anti-racism.

00:49:58,957 --> 00:50:00,337

It's like, why are you,

00:50:01,109 --> 00:50:02,314

I, I approach it in class.

00:50:02,314 --> 00:50:05,314

I, I'm like, you might've noticed that

I'm a white woman teaching these issues.

00:50:05,884 --> 00:50:08,854

The master's tools are never gonna

dismantle the mid master's house.

00:50:09,124 --> 00:50:12,934

You know, you have to have hands of many

colors, uh, working on these projects.

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But especially white people.

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White people have a lot of work to do.

00:50:16,544 --> 00:50:16,904

00:50:17,384 --> 00:50:19,784

Well, and the Master's tools

are made for the master's hand.

00:50:20,330 --> 00:50:20,930

00:50:21,255 --> 00:50:22,210

I like that essay.

00:50:22,610 --> 00:50:23,120

00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:23,660

Lord,

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have my students read it every semester.

00:50:26,496 --> 00:50:27,936

and bell hooks as well.

00:50:28,136 --> 00:50:32,076

the most random a Lorde photo bomb, uh,

00:50:32,106 --> 00:50:37,476

here on this campus in the, like, she

was, she was on campus one day and they

00:50:37,476 --> 00:50:40,536

were doing photos for the sports teams.

00:50:41,027 --> 00:50:46,412

I think it was a basketball team and

she, but I, I think it was a Lorde, it, I

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