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<v Speaker 1>Podcast join host Ho Ho as he discusses the riveting

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<v Speaker 1>Netflix original series Black Mirror. Now Here he is broadcasting

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<v Speaker 1>from Weapinar Saft Production Studio B. Welcome to Black Maror

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<v Speaker 1>Podcast and as always, I'm your host ho Ho. So hoy,

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<v Speaker 1>y'all was doing I hope you're doing good? I really do,

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<v Speaker 1>because today we are continuing in season seven with episode

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<v Speaker 1>two titled bet Noir. Now this was a pretty decent episode,

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<v Speaker 1>not my favorite, but still a pretty solid episode, just

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<v Speaker 1>with some of the topics that it was talking about

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<v Speaker 1>and some of the things that it tackled. I did

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<v Speaker 1>like it. I really did that ending, however, only crap

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<v Speaker 1>that thing was powerful. That woo boy howdy that any

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<v Speaker 1>But before we get into any of that, spoiler alert,

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<v Speaker 1>we are going to be talking about the episode. So

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<v Speaker 1>if you have not yet watched Bette Noir, head on

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<v Speaker 1>over to Netflix check out that episode, and then come

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<v Speaker 1>on back for the discussion. Let's get into it now.

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<v Speaker 1>This episode is started off typical Black Mirror fashion. You've

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<v Speaker 1>got Maria who is in well, she has a she's

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<v Speaker 1>developing a new flavor of something using a type of

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<v Speaker 1>a jam. I forget exactly what is called and she

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<v Speaker 1>uses her boyfriend as the guinea pig. I mean, how

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<v Speaker 1>often does that happen? Right? You know, we come up

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<v Speaker 1>with a new creation in the kitchen, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta have guinea pigs to try it out, and

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<v Speaker 1>you use your family member, whether it be spouse, whether

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<v Speaker 1>it be boyfriend, children, who knows, but you always use something.

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<v Speaker 1>Has that ever happened to you? Have you ever, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>made a new creation in the kitchen and you just

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<v Speaker 1>use somebody else as your guinea pig. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>know I've been used. I've been used several times by

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<v Speaker 1>new creations. I think it's kind of common practice. But anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>we come to find out that Maria is in the

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<v Speaker 1>R and D department of a food company, where, at

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<v Speaker 1>least in this case, she brings a new twist to

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<v Speaker 1>an old favorite, a type of candy bar. And when

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<v Speaker 1>she's at work, it starts off with, you know, she's

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<v Speaker 1>behind the glass with some of her colleagues. There are

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<v Speaker 1>some people in a taste testing room about ready to

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<v Speaker 1>taste her new creation, and in walks Verity. She's a

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<v Speaker 1>little late to the party, but she comes in, she

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<v Speaker 1>sits down, and we come to find out by the

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<v Speaker 1>conversation that Maria is having it you know, back behind

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<v Speaker 1>the glass, that her and Verity used to go to

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<v Speaker 1>school together, that she was a bit odd and she

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<v Speaker 1>was a little bit of a computer geek. And Verity

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<v Speaker 1>ends up saving the taste test because nobody really likes

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<v Speaker 1>it whenever they first take, you know, whenever they first

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<v Speaker 1>take their little sample bite, they don't really like it.

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<v Speaker 1>She gives another gives it another chance, and she's like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh well, it's actually ten times better, and she gets

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<v Speaker 1>everybody else to try it too, and lo and behold,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody's kind of liking it. After the taste test, Marie

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<v Speaker 1>is in the bathroom and walks Verity and they have

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of a reunion talking about the good

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<v Speaker 1>old days, you know, with how school was back in

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<v Speaker 1>the day. We come to find out that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a rumor that went around about Verity, and

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<v Speaker 1>Verity is actually going to be interviewing for a a

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<v Speaker 1>position there at the company, in the R and D department.

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<v Speaker 1>Maria's like, no, I don't know of any such job opening.

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<v Speaker 1>She's like, oh yeah, well I've seen it online and

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<v Speaker 1>it's like, oh well, okay, my department she has the interview,

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<v Speaker 1>she gets accepted, and Maria is she's kind of skeptical

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<v Speaker 1>about things. She really is, and we actually come to

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<v Speaker 1>find out through watching the episode that she's very leary

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<v Speaker 1>a Verity because she's actually feeling kind of guilty about

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<v Speaker 1>their past, and Maria doesn't necessarily trust her, doesn't think

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<v Speaker 1>that Verity belongs, you know, that type of thing going on.

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<v Speaker 1>And Maria she's talking with her boss and she's like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you need to do a better job checking

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<v Speaker 1>her background, and he's like, Okay, I'll look into it

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<v Speaker 1>if it's going to make it happy. Later on at home,

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<v Speaker 1>she's talking with her husband or I'm sorry, Maria is

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<v Speaker 1>talking with her boyfriend, and we come to find out

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more about their history. Whenever they were

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<v Speaker 1>in school. We found out that Verity it was rumored

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<v Speaker 1>that she had a relationship with one of her teachers.

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<v Speaker 1>We found out about her nickname, We found out a

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<v Speaker 1>few things right, definitely some bullying was going on, and

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<v Speaker 1>we find out that Maria definitely does not like Verity

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<v Speaker 1>being there. She definitely does not want her working in

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<v Speaker 1>the same department that Maria is working. Definitely does not

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<v Speaker 1>want that at all. For whatever reason, and we really

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<v Speaker 1>don't find out the full depth of that reason until,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, basically towards the end and the next day.

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<v Speaker 1>This is whenever things start getting weird. Oh wait, I

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<v Speaker 1>forgot something. I got to backtrack a little bit because

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<v Speaker 1>they're having a discussion and this was before things really

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<v Speaker 1>start getting weird, right, But they're having a discussion about

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<v Speaker 1>a chicken company called Barney's. Now Maria is convinced that

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<v Speaker 1>it's Bernie's. She is definitely convinced of the name. She's like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>it's absolutely Bernie's. B er I know it is. I

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<v Speaker 1>have a boyfriend who used to work there. He still

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<v Speaker 1>has the hat. I see it all the time. And

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<v Speaker 1>they end up googling it, and lo and behold the

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<v Speaker 1>computer Google. The search engine says Barney's bar in Ies,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's like huh. And she goes home and she

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<v Speaker 1>looks at the hat, and the hat at this point

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<v Speaker 1>says Barney's, and I'm like, Okay, now I'm curious. So

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<v Speaker 1>at this point, seventeen minutes and ten seconds into the episode,

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<v Speaker 1>I rewind it virtually all the way to the beginning

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<v Speaker 1>because I have to know what did this hat say?

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<v Speaker 1>Earlier in the episode because they have this hat like

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<v Speaker 1>sitting on the countertop virtually front and center. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't technically center, but it was definitely front so

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<v Speaker 1>that this way you can see the hat. And I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>i gotta check this out. And it definitely said Bernie's

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<v Speaker 1>in the beginning, and I'm like, Okay, something's going on here.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, this is a Mandela effect worse as I've

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<v Speaker 1>ever seen, and you know, Fidella effect. And they even

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<v Speaker 1>talk about Mandela effects in this episode. You know, they

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<v Speaker 1>talk about the the monopoly guy whether or not he

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<v Speaker 1>had the monocle right, And I remember other different Mandela

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<v Speaker 1>effect things. I remember the about the cornucopia that was

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<v Speaker 1>in the Fruit of the Loom logo. I remember about

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<v Speaker 1>various movies, one of which being a movie that Shack

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<v Speaker 1>started called Shazam from way back in the day he

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<v Speaker 1>was a genie. And this is a movie that is

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<v Speaker 1>actually hard to find. I mean I remember having this

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<v Speaker 1>movie back whenever it was on VHS, so that tells

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<v Speaker 1>you how long ago this is. But this is something

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<v Speaker 1>that isn't even found in Shaq's filmography. And there's been

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<v Speaker 1>other things, different things that were spelled different ways, apostrophes

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<v Speaker 1>that were in different places. You know, do you remember

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<v Speaker 1>any type of Mandela effect things from things how you

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<v Speaker 1>remember it from back in the day to how people

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<v Speaker 1>may remember it now. Are there any particular that you remember?

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<v Speaker 1>Is there anything that you know happened one way but

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<v Speaker 1>nobody else seems to remember? And like with the Fruit

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<v Speaker 1>of the Loom cornicopia, that one's interesting because even though

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<v Speaker 1>you can find pictures and evidence that there was a cornucopia,

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<v Speaker 1>there are people in the company that say, no, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not like that. The cornucopia has never been in the logo,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't know what you people are talking about. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to talk about gas lighting, I mean, holy crap,

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<v Speaker 1>And they talk about that in the episode. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>you want to talk about gaslighting? I mean, holy crap

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<v Speaker 1>Mandela effects? Are there any that you remember from your

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<v Speaker 1>childhood that other people just don't seem to remember the

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<v Speaker 1>same way that you did? Now, Like I was saying before,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, this is whenever this episode makes a turn

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<v Speaker 1>because you know, uh, Maria gets to work and Verity

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<v Speaker 1>is like, why are you late? You missed the meeting,

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<v Speaker 1>and Maria is like, what meeting? There was no meeting?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what you're talking about. I said, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>the email was sent out. It's like, oh, it must

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<v Speaker 1>have went to my spam folder. Holy crap. And then

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<v Speaker 1>we see Verity get this weird look on her face, right,

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<v Speaker 1>she gets this weird look on her face, this strange expression,

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<v Speaker 1>and she walks around, she walks around the counter. She

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<v Speaker 1>opens up the mini fridge and she just she pulls

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<v Speaker 1>out this this container of almond milk. She rips open

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<v Speaker 1>the seal and just starts guzzling, you know. And I

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<v Speaker 1>was like put off by this. I mean I really was.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, what in the world is going on?

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<v Speaker 1>Because I mean just the complete shift in facial expression,

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<v Speaker 1>in in a posture, and in everything about Verity, Like

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<v Speaker 1>it was a change that was like that, and I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>what in the world is going on? The look on

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<v Speaker 1>her face, everything, what she did, It was like, holy,

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<v Speaker 1>what's going on? I mean, this was this was my

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<v Speaker 1>your I don't want to say, your first indication that

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<v Speaker 1>something is definitely going on here, but it was definitely off.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I don't know if I was thinking robot,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I was thinking aliens. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>like I had no idea I mean, it was just

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<v Speaker 1>it was just so strange, so out of place. It

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<v Speaker 1>just felt weird. It felt wrong, you know. And after

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<v Speaker 1>she gets done guzzling as much as she can of

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<v Speaker 1>the almond milk, she drops it onto the floor. She

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<v Speaker 1>walks back around the counter and goes and sits down

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<v Speaker 1>in her seat, and by now everybody else shows up

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<v Speaker 1>from the meeting, and her boss is like, why weren't

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<v Speaker 1>you at the meeting, And Maria's like, I didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>about the meeting. It must have went to my spam folder,

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<v Speaker 1>you know that the email was sent out. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>get it. It must have went to my junk folder.

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<v Speaker 1>I have no idea. And then the gal who actually

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<v Speaker 1>owned the almond milk comes around to the other side

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<v Speaker 1>of the counter, sesus sitting on the ground, and was like, dude,

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<v Speaker 1>what is going on here? Somebody took this drank it

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<v Speaker 1>dumped it on the floor. What the heck? I bought

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<v Speaker 1>this thing brand new today. And then Verity pipes up

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<v Speaker 1>and she's like, well, I didn't want to say anything,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was Maria that did it. She got this

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<v Speaker 1>weird look on her face and she just opened it

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<v Speaker 1>up and started drinking and Maria's like, no, that is

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely not what happened. And then their boss is like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>we can just watch the video. There's a camera right there.

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<v Speaker 1>We can watch the video and see exactly what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>And so they did. And while they're watching the video,

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<v Speaker 1>what we see y'all play on screen is not what

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<v Speaker 1>we've just seen happen, I mean, because the story that

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<v Speaker 1>Verity actually came up with is what we see. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's like, dude, that's not what happened. What in the

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<v Speaker 1>world is going on? Holy crap, this is just weird, right.

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<v Speaker 1>And throughout all this, you know, Maria loses her job,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, Maria is trying to link up with

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<v Speaker 1>wonderful old classmates, and she ends up calling the husband

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<v Speaker 1>of Natalie, which is one of the persons one of

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<v Speaker 1>the people that she sees in a photographs that has

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<v Speaker 1>Verity in the background, and she's definitely wanting to touch

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<v Speaker 1>base with Natalie to find out if Natalie had or

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, if Verity had reached out to Natalie because

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<v Speaker 1>up on her. Maria loses her job after a blow

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<v Speaker 1>up at work and she ends up following Verity home.

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<v Speaker 1>And whenever she follows her home, she comes to find

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<v Speaker 1>out that Verity is living in this nice mansion. She

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<v Speaker 1>Verity with her in a spacesuit like she was an astronaut.

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<v Speaker 1>She sees all this stuff makes no sense whatsoever. And

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<v Speaker 1>Maria goes and hides under the bed. Verity shuts off

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<v Speaker 1>the music, and Maria is freaking out hiding underneath the bed,

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<v Speaker 1>the computer made a noise that Verity understood full well

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<v Speaker 1>what that noise means. So she gets up out of

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<v Speaker 1>the bed. I'll call the police. Marie comes out from

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<v Speaker 1>under the bed, and that's where we find a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of things out. We find out that, you know, one,

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<v Speaker 1>we found out that Natalie didn't just kill herself. She

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<v Speaker 1>was pushed to it by Verity. And Verity was even

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<v Speaker 1>same thing to Maria in a week, So she was

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<v Speaker 1>kind of bragging about that, and Verity had found out

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<v Speaker 1>through Natalie that it was Maria who actually started all

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<v Speaker 1>of the nasty rumors about Verity, and it was like,

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<v Speaker 1>holy crap, and we found out that the rumors weren't

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<v Speaker 1>And she got into computers because computers just made sense,

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<v Speaker 1>and she built this computer, quantum computer, and this quantum

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<v Speaker 1>that matched exactly what she wanted that reality to be

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<v Speaker 1>an alternate universe, if you will. And basically Verity said

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<v Speaker 1>that it didn't matter what she did, because Maria was like,

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<v Speaker 1>why don't you just make yourself, you know, queen Emperor,

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<v Speaker 1>and Veritie's like, Emperor the universe. Yeah, I've already done that.

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<v Speaker 1>That was like the first thing that I did. And

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<v Speaker 1>Verity said that it didn't matter how much she did,

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<v Speaker 1>what she accomplished, what the universe looked like. She still

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<v Speaker 1>and she basically framed Maria for breaking into well not

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<v Speaker 1>but framed her as a Maria tried to kill her

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<v Speaker 1>in her own home. And this is where things went

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<v Speaker 1>from bad to worse because Maria reaches back, grabs the

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<v Speaker 1>gun in the officer's holster, points it at Verity, pulls

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<v Speaker 1>the trigger. Holy crap, I did not see that coming.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, dude, I did not see that coming. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>us that my mouth must have dropped and hit the

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<v Speaker 1>floor whenever that happened. I was shocked. I was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>a complete shock to me. It absolutely was. She she

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<v Speaker 1>ends up getting shot like in the shoulder, and she

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<v Speaker 1>basically gets close to Verity's body. She makes it to

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<v Speaker 1>where she can control the computer, and she tells the

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<v Speaker 1>cops to oh, well, you know, she obviously killed herself.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't need to take me into custody. These are

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<v Speaker 1>not the George you're looking for. In fact, you want

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<v Speaker 1>to worship me because I am Empress of the universe.

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<v Speaker 1>Taking this thing full circle, because the first thing that

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<v Speaker 1>the universe. And hear the first thing that Maria does

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<v Speaker 1>is make herself Empress of the universe. Holy crap. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean this one was Wow. It was a neat episode.

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<v Speaker 1>It really was. I thought that was definitely interesting on it,

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<v Speaker 1>especially with some of the topics that it that it

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<v Speaker 1>obvious and we've already touched based on this one the

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<v Speaker 1>Mandela effect. Again, is there any Mandela effect that you

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<v Speaker 1>remember from whenever you were younger that you remember a

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<v Speaker 1>the mainstream doesn't remember it the same way that you do.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you remember whether or not the monopoly man had

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<v Speaker 1>a monocle? Do you remember the cornicopia in the Fruit

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<v Speaker 1>of the Loom logo? Is there anything else that you

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<v Speaker 1>remember differently than other people? Let me know, Send me

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<v Speaker 1>an email hoh at thehohoshow dot com. Now, another subject

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<v Speaker 1>that this Puppy really gets into and talks about is bullying,

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<v Speaker 1>and it talks about the effect that it has from

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<v Speaker 1>a victim standpoint and a perpetrator standpoint, because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>that's one of the things like Okay. Now, bullying is

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<v Speaker 1>of different series, a lot of different movies, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of different instances where it has done and handled handled

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<v Speaker 1>in different ways, and this one was this one. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>either you can be a victim of or you can

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<v Speaker 1>rise above. And Verity definitely took this to a It

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<v Speaker 1>changed everything about her. It defined her, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, like it deaf defined her and the only

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<v Speaker 1>way that she felt that she could get through it

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<v Speaker 1>was through revenge. But it definitely had an impact on

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<v Speaker 1>Maria though as well, because she lied to herself, changed

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<v Speaker 1>her identity, changed her environment. Well not okay, she changed

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<v Speaker 1>her own involvement in the bullying of a Verity because

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<v Speaker 1>she convinced herself that somebody else actually did it. And

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<v Speaker 1>it was only after being hit with the truth by

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<v Speaker 1>Verity did she even come clean to say, yes, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the one that did it. But you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>you never heard out of Maria, you didn't hear and

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<v Speaker 1>You know. Yeah, there may have been a kids will

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<v Speaker 1>be kids kind of a thing, and there was definitely

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<v Speaker 1>a you know, you have this supercomputer that can do

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<v Speaker 1>an absolutely amazing thing, why don't you just change it?

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<v Speaker 1>And that's where Verie says that I tried, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>when she went on her mission of revenge. Have you

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<v Speaker 1>ever had something happen to you that you know in

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<v Speaker 1>your past that just defined you? Was it something that

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<v Speaker 1>you wished that you could change given the opportunity, would

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<v Speaker 1>you change something? I mean, I know there are some

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<v Speaker 1>be like, straighten up, you know, definitely. I mean I

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<v Speaker 1>that the scar has them. You can be a victim

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<v Speaker 1>of or you can rise above. It's a difference in mindset.

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<v Speaker 1>How is you know? We all have tragedies that happens

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<v Speaker 1>in our life. I mean, everybody has their own story,

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<v Speaker 1>been through, things that they don't like things that has

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<v Speaker 1>no different in Verity's response to how she was treated

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<v Speaker 1>was no different because what happened with Verity, tragic as

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<v Speaker 1>it was, definitely showed you of what could happen on

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<v Speaker 1>the extreme level when revenge is what consumes you. And

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<v Speaker 1>then it gets into the whole alternate universe thing because

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<v Speaker 1>of this supercomputer being able to shift somebody into a

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<v Speaker 1>different reality, a reality of their own making, per se,

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<v Speaker 1>what would you do with that one? I mean, would

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<v Speaker 1>you make yourself empress or emperor of the universe? Holy crap?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that was just whoa right? I mean, somebody

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<v Speaker 1>upon getting that type of power to actually shift the universe,

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<v Speaker 1>to change the reality that they're in. And it's like

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<v Speaker 1>the first thing that Maria does is the first thing

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<v Speaker 1>that Verity does being Empress of the universe. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>that was just that was interesting, right, because I'm remembering

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<v Speaker 1>back to the you know, to the magazine cover to

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<v Speaker 1>her being an astronaut, and I mean, who knows what

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<v Speaker 1>else Verity ended up doing because she could because she

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<v Speaker 1>had the power to do it. Interesting stuff. Given that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of power, would you do that, you know, And

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<v Speaker 1>that's even ignoring the possibility of there being alternate universes

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<v Speaker 1>where you know, whatever you think may be is you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, there's all kinds of discussions about that when

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<v Speaker 1>I know Albert Einstein has had different theories on alternate

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<v Speaker 1>universes and alternate realities and whatnot. So that's that's ignoring

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<v Speaker 1>all of that. But it's the computer that has the

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<v Speaker 1>ability to do that, a supercomputer of what do they

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<v Speaker 1>call it? Quantum computer? Yeah, interesting stuff, interesting stuff, the

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<v Speaker 1>ability to shift your reality. Would you do that given

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<v Speaker 1>the opportunity, given the chance, would you shift reality? And

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<v Speaker 1>what kind of reality would you shift into? Or would

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<v Speaker 1>you more want to mess with time? That one's interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>So this this episode, it was it was definitely a

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<v Speaker 1>little on the different side, but I thought it was

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good. I really did some of the topics, some

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<v Speaker 1>of the things that had tackled, definitely getting into the

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<v Speaker 1>Mandela effect. It definitely made me question what I had seen,

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<v Speaker 1>what I had read throughout the episode. It definitely made

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<v Speaker 1>me rewind and rewatch because that Mandela effect. That one

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<v Speaker 1>threw me for a loop, it really did. So anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>that's all I got for y'alls. That is it, y'alls

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<v Speaker 1>having yourself a great one and I will see you

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<v Speaker 1>in the next one. Thank you for listening to the

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<v Speaker 1>Black Mirror podcast. If you would like to join the conversation,

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