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Happy New Years, Solar System.
We're very proud to reach ten years of

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the Lapsed Fan podcast here in twenty
twenty four, and we couldn't be more

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excited for the bevy of celebratory occasions
that will be bringing you in the next

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twelve calendar months. Of course,
the Lapsed Funk will continue strong till the

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end, till completion, as you've
come to expect from your co chairs here

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in the beginning of twenty twenty four, and much more exciting things to come

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on the other side, not the
least of which are your testimonials, Because

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what we'll be doing throughout twenty twenty
four is sharing audio snippets sent to us

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by you members of the Solar System, expressing why the cast is going so

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strong after ten years, Explaining to
people who might not get it, or

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who more likely pretend not to get
it, why TLF is that fucking cast,

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And so we're proud to kick that
off here at the top of the

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year with Marshall here in just a
moment, but a couple of reminders.

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First of all, do know that
International LATS Day LATAs, which of course

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stands for Lapsed Archive Transcription Service,
is coming up fast and furious here on

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January twentieth, and on that date, members of the Solar System will be

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able to take to Twitter, Reddit, and many other forums, all of

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which will be specified and delineated on
our x slash Twitter page of the Lapsed

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Van, where you'll be able to
query some of the hardest core members of

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the Solar System who know how to
search a deep transcription archive of every word

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we've ever said, essentially to find
that moment that's stuck in your mind,

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that brain worm that's stuck with you
over the years and years of podcasting that

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we've done. They'll be able to
isolate that sound and resurface it as part

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of just the general mood of celebration
that we expect throughout the course of twenty

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twenty four. So do circle it
on your calendar. That'll be Saturday,

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January twentieth and on x, on
Reddit, on Discord, and on other

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platforms that we can find a way
to wrangle. These folks are going to

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be at their keyboards fingertips ready to
find any moment that you remember that you

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want to hear again but just can't
remember what episode, what time code,

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all of that, and it's part
of a wi effort to create some really

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serious fan driven pieces of appreciation and
really archival resources that will serve us well

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for the next ten years as a
full on testament to the unparalleled passion of

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the TLF podcast fan base. So
again, that's International Lapse Day coming up

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on January twentieth, and keep it
locked to our x account as well as

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of course the podcast for more details
as we get closer. We're also going

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to be announcing quite soon that we've
actually gone ahead and did what we said

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we were going to do a couple
of years ago. That is to say,

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put the names aside of everybody who
bid on a TLF Hoppers spot but

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for whatever reason didn't come in at
the highest bid, but therefore did still

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you know, express fealty to the
cast, did express enthusiasm for the cast,

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but just at that particular moment,
didn't have deep enough pockets to get

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into the Hopper's winner circle as we
promised we'd do a couple of years ago.

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We've taken the names of everybody who's
bid on a Hopper spot and put

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their name in a big old random
generator and pick somebody out. And the

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folks who bid more than once unsuccessfully. Let's say twice, we're put in

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twice, increasing their chances, and
as we relaunch the Hopper at some point

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in twenty twenty four, we intend
to continue doing just the same thing.

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Of course, the person who is
selected gets the opportunity for free to select

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a show of their choosing and come
on and Hopper style and be interviewed by

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the co chairman and be put on
the digital shelf, which you know,

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if the iron clause any indication,
the term shelf life is really taking on

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a whole new meeting and a whole
new dimension than we ever expected. So

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do capitalize on the opportunity if it
comes your way, to bet on the

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Hopper, even if you don't think
you're going to win, because you may

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be the next in line. We're
happy to announce that quite soon on the

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other side of the lapsed funk,
that the person who has been selected already

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knows who he is. So we're
excited about that, and excited about the

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return of the Hopper in twenty twenty
four, and really so much more.

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But without much further ado, let
us get to this piece of sound.

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This is from Marshall in Australia,
who took up the cause several months ago

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in the cast when we said send
in your audio snippets, let us know

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why TLF is that fucking cast.
Frankly, if you had to explain to

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not just us, but a stranger
why we're going on ten years, because

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nobody gets it. You meet people
in your life, you're ashamed to say

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that you pledged to us on Patreon, or that you listen to us for

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whatever Spotify rap told you two hundred
and seventy five years, whatever the total

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was, you're ashamed. But if
you could, if you were given the

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chance, if you were given an
honest sort of opportunity to explain why you

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do this something that is a good
faith listener, tell me why? Tell

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us? Why tell us? Why
tell the person that doesn't understand what we've

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been doing for ten years here to
win your loyalty, what it is that

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we get at and what are those
moments that you remember most fondly, Marshall

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here to kick us off in twenty
twenty four, does I think a fantastic

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job in explaining of what those little
moments are along the way over these ten

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years, where it's like, you
know what the cast is in my corner,

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and that's not something I can say
for really anything else of its type

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in my life. So really forward
to sharing this first piece of tlf X

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recollections with you. TLFX testimonials will
be calling them and please if you have

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some, we have plenty in the
backlog, but please send yours if you're

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inspired by this, or even if
you're not, to the lapsed fan at

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gmail dot com just record as long
as you want an audio snippet. Really

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trying to encapsulate why tlf is that
fucking cast. So now do enjoy this

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the very first TLFX testimonial here in
twenty twenty four from Marshall in Australia.

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See you soon, Hey Jack and
JP. This is Marshall from Melbourne,

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Australia. Congratulations. In ten years, I have been the biggest fan of

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your guys for probably maybe eight or
nine of those years. You are the

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only podcast I listened to. You're
the only podcast that deserves money. Thank

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you for everything you've done for my
wrestling fandom, for my life. You've

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been by my side all the way. You've lasted longer than any job I've

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had and any relationship I've had too. You've been that second step of footsteps

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in the sand, no matter what
I've gone through, and I appreciate it,

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and he's the ten more glorious years. I do want to share one

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personal memory. I was lucky enough
going to go to the WrestleMania in tween

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nineteen, and the highlight of that
trip certainly wasn't WrestleMania itself, because Ronda

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Rowsey, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte
Flair went on finished after midnight and I

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was stuck in the pouring rain with
my girlfriend at the time till three am

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before I had to take a shitty
train back to shitty New Jersey just to

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get back to just to then to
get back to Manhattan on another train.

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It was horrific. My highlight of
my trip was going on the tour of

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Batison Square Garden with the last Solar
System and Jack and JP and whoever the

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coworker was. He was trying to
steal JP's he brother. It was tremendous

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fun. I will say, in
hindsight, it's probably the reason myself and

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my partner are together anymore, having
the dragon I heard this trip, but

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honestly a moment I'll never forget.
Here's to ten more glorious years. Here's

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to here's more, he's more teenage
teenage journeys, moreaw a journeys. You

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feed me my vegetables, you give
me what I need. You rail ravage,

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gape, fuck my bleeding asshole until
I can't take no more, and

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then you keep fucking and ravaging my
asshole because I never wanted to end jack

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a JP honestly love you guys.
You're the absolute best. You got a

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credit to your industry. Let's keep
going ten more years. Praise me to

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the war Lord. Thank you,
fork Hulkamania