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<v Speaker 1>Are right.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get started with the Minnesota good Bye. Got a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of emails to get to, a lot of fun stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're gonna start off with one of our favorite

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<v Speaker 2>contributors to the Minnesota Goodbye. That would be Juanita. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>and here comes Jannita's rent. Let me push all the

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<v Speaker 2>right buttons and make this happen. We never screened these

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<v Speaker 2>in advance. We never know what one is going to

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<v Speaker 2>rant about. So let's see what she's up to today.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, all right, all right, So this week's rent

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<v Speaker 1>is about people who want you to validate their ugly

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<v Speaker 1>ass baby. So a coworker had just recently had had

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<v Speaker 1>our baby, and she wanted everybody to come down and

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<v Speaker 1>see the baby instead of just sending us a picture.

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<v Speaker 1>So we all bought baby gifts and went down to

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<v Speaker 1>the hospital to go see the baby. So the nurse

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<v Speaker 1>walks in and with the baby, and everybody had that

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<v Speaker 1>look on their face like somebody had just farted but

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<v Speaker 1>their fake ass has still just stood there. It was like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, that he is so adorable. He is

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<v Speaker 1>so cute. He's as cute as a button. Bitch. If

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<v Speaker 1>you got any piece of clothing in your closet that

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<v Speaker 1>got a button on it that looks like that baby.

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<v Speaker 1>You need to throw that shit in the garbage. Literally

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<v Speaker 1>looked like she just gave birth to Benjamin button. That

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<v Speaker 1>baby looked old, looked like he already got a well

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<v Speaker 1>established IRA and a pension. But I know that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>blunt and I tell the truth. But I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>sit there and say your baby's ugly. I just didn't

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<v Speaker 1>say anything, and she kind of caught on that I

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<v Speaker 1>was being really quiet, and she said, oh, Anita, you

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<v Speaker 1>just said anything. You must think my baby's ugly. I

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<v Speaker 1>almost said, no, I don't think your baby's ugly. But

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<v Speaker 1>then I noticed that there was a whole bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>pigeons outside the window. I'm like, God, that's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of pigeons outside, and so everybody turned their attention to

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<v Speaker 1>the pigeon. So I kind of got me off the hook.

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<v Speaker 1>But goddamn it, that baby was ugly. Jesus, Well, that's

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<v Speaker 1>my ride for this week. I'll talk to you guys

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<v Speaker 1>next week.

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<v Speaker 2>Love you bye awh, Nita, that baby sounds adorable. Ugly

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<v Speaker 2>little man looking.

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<v Speaker 3>Baby Wanita and Steve Let's heart would be best friends

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<v Speaker 3>because when my niece was born, Steve said that she

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<v Speaker 3>looked like George W.

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<v Speaker 4>I remember that.

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<v Speaker 3>He would put fucking side by side of my niece

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<v Speaker 3>and George W. Next to each other and be like,

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<v Speaker 3>look at the similarities. And then when I'd go home

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<v Speaker 3>to visit, he'd be like, how is George W. Doing?

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<v Speaker 3>She grew up, grew intil she's six years old. Now

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<v Speaker 3>she's so adorable. But she did look like an old

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<v Speaker 3>white man, he really did.

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<v Speaker 2>I you know, I agree with you, Wannita. Some babies

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<v Speaker 2>are not very attractive, but even in there it's like

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<v Speaker 2>a pug. Yeah, pugs are ugly as fuck. They really are.

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<v Speaker 2>People go oh, pugs are so cute. No they're not.

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<v Speaker 2>They are one ugly ass breed of dog. But at

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<v Speaker 2>the same time they're a little pug creature. Okay, oh

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<v Speaker 2>all right, next one. Thank you. Jannita Sidney, regular staff writer,

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<v Speaker 2>writes in this topic has come up about dance bombs

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<v Speaker 2>and sports parents, and I got stories for both because

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<v Speaker 2>we were talking about how to come up yesterday like

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<v Speaker 2>taking her kids to like weekend long hockey tournaments and yes, like.

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<v Speaker 5>Show parents or it was because you were telling that

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<v Speaker 5>story about the parents that wanted their kid to be

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<v Speaker 5>a pilot so badly, and then the girl drove the

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<v Speaker 5>plane into the ground during a story.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, yes.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, yeah, so that's what where like, she was a pilot,

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<v Speaker 5>but it was probably for the happiness of her parents,

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<v Speaker 5>not her.

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<v Speaker 4>So then we talked about show parents.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so she goes on to say Number one, my

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<v Speaker 2>friend and I took a trip to Nashville and I

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<v Speaker 2>and unexpectedly got a hotel that had a dance competition

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<v Speaker 2>going on. This was not idea when we were hung

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<v Speaker 2>over in the elevator in the morning, having to smell

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<v Speaker 2>the hairspring and listen little girls crying while they were

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<v Speaker 2>playing Baby Shark on Blast. It's funny story now, but

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<v Speaker 2>it was not desirable in the moment. Okay, another one.

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<v Speaker 2>I grew up playing hockey, and I loved the weekend

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<v Speaker 2>tournaments across the state or the early and late practices.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't imagine how my single mom juggled at all,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm so glad she did. I literally dream of

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<v Speaker 2>hockey tournament weekends with my two boys two years old

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<v Speaker 2>and one month old, but my husband is not as

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<v Speaker 2>excited about the idea. However, he was also an athlete.

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<v Speaker 2>So we still wants our kids to play sports, but

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<v Speaker 2>would prefer a lighter commitment sport than hockey. I guess

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<v Speaker 2>we'll see what our kids want to do, but we

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<v Speaker 2>will absolutely try to persuade them into sports no matter what,

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<v Speaker 2>since we enjoyed them as well. Thanks for being great.

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<v Speaker 2>Cheers from Sydney. Any thoughts on this.

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<v Speaker 4>I her son plays hockey and he's too.

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, she's looking forward to that happening.

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<v Speaker 4>Forward to it.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, Well, I will say hockey is not only time commitment,

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<v Speaker 5>but it's probably the most expensive sport you can.

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<v Speaker 4>Get involved in. Hoo.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean we I was on traveling soccer teams, played

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<v Speaker 3>high school all that stuff, But the only thing I

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<v Speaker 3>ever did was one trip actually up to the Twin

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<v Speaker 3>Cities where we had a tournament in like Bloomington or something,

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<v Speaker 3>and that I came from a poor family that I

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<v Speaker 3>almost didn't get to go because my parents couldn't afford it,

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<v Speaker 3>and they talked to like my best friend's mom and

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<v Speaker 3>they brought me with so that I could just like stay,

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<v Speaker 3>and I think my parents gave them a little bit

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<v Speaker 3>of money for the hotel, but I almost didn't get

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<v Speaker 3>to go because it was so expensive. So I can't

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<v Speaker 3>imagine having to do that every single weekend. However, as

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<v Speaker 3>the person who played soccer, I loved every second of it.

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<v Speaker 3>I loved traveling with a team. I love being in

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<v Speaker 3>a different city. So I don't know. I also was

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<v Speaker 3>like her where I grew up, and I wish I

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<v Speaker 3>would have been in more tournaments.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we didn't know. We weren't from an athletic family.

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<v Speaker 2>We kind of mentioned that before. Allison was the first

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<v Speaker 2>person in my mom and dad, all of my siblings,

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<v Speaker 2>my brother, and me to ever wear a jersey that

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<v Speaker 2>had her name on the back of it, like our

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<v Speaker 2>last name. And I was so proud of that because

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<v Speaker 2>she was in volleyball for Chaska and she didn't play

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<v Speaker 2>a lot. She was, you know, she was not aggressive,

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<v Speaker 2>so she didn't play a lot. But it was cool

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<v Speaker 2>because we got to see the name Kibbler on the

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<v Speaker 2>back of her jersey. It was like, Alison, turn around,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to get a picture of that that I'll

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<v Speaker 2>stop out it have it. Do you think that most

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<v Speaker 2>what I noticed about a lot of radio people is

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<v Speaker 2>they grew up without a lot of money. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>think there's a connection between growing up without a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of money and then being in radio.

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<v Speaker 5>I think it's growing up without a lot of money

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<v Speaker 5>and having personality. And isn't that part of radio it's

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<v Speaker 5>having personality?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, sure, yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>I think that's when you don't have a lot of money,

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<v Speaker 5>you have to compensate somehow by having a lot of personality.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you were you bothered by the fact that you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have a lot of money when.

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<v Speaker 4>You were a kid, No, because it didn't occur to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it didn't ocur to me either.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I was so bothered by it, really, I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>all of my friends were rich, and like I was

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<v Speaker 3>in that like stereotypical bubble of like the jocks and

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<v Speaker 3>smart kids who had like wealthy parents. So I was

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<v Speaker 3>super embarrassed. I'll never forget. My best friend through me

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<v Speaker 3>a surprise party, and it was at like in the

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<v Speaker 3>basement of my mom's house, which has like the ugliest

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<v Speaker 3>still does to this day, orange carpet, hideous furniture, and

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<v Speaker 3>I was like genuinely embarrassed because all the rich jocks

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<v Speaker 3>at my house and I hated it. I hated it

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<v Speaker 3>so much and I hate looking back at that now

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<v Speaker 3>that I was like that because I still had a

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<v Speaker 3>really good life even though we didn't have a ton

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<v Speaker 3>of money. But I felt really out of it when

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<v Speaker 3>I was working constantly since I was like thirteen, and

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<v Speaker 3>none of my friends ever had to have jobs. Pretty

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<v Speaker 3>much mom and dad paid for everything. It was like

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<v Speaker 3>pulling teeth for me to get new clothes, where my

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<v Speaker 3>friends had like fucking an entire walk in closet of

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<v Speaker 3>a wardrobe.

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<v Speaker 4>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we didn't grow up and we didn't have a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of money, but we were not impoverished by any means.

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<v Speaker 2>We had enough. We had enough. We had like cars

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<v Speaker 2>that broke down quite frequently, and we didn't have a big,

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful as big but it was not a big, beautiful house.

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<v Speaker 2>And we wore hand me downs, were closed from Kmart.

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<v Speaker 4>So never a lot of hand me downs, a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of Kmart.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, never really bothered me, I think if that's

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<v Speaker 2>what you're used to, but you were definitely aware of

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<v Speaker 2>it because you probably had the rich fringe to compare

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<v Speaker 2>it to. All my friends were also a little bit poor.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, my friends were also just weird, so they weren't

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<v Speaker 5>necessarily like poor. They were just weird. But then if

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<v Speaker 5>I had friends I did have money, I'd go over

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<v Speaker 5>their house and be like, wow, this is nice. And

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<v Speaker 5>we would always just go to my friend's house. We

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<v Speaker 5>would never go to my house. Never once.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know what.

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<v Speaker 3>I think.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason we didn't go to my house because there

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't a lot to do. But my friend Scott had

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<v Speaker 2>a pool table and a ping pong table.

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<v Speaker 4>Ooh nice.

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<v Speaker 2>And he had a basement where his mom and dad

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<v Speaker 2>never came down, so we could smoke, swish or sweets

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<v Speaker 2>and drink wow in the basement. Yeah. Cindy writes in Hello,

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<v Speaker 2>my favorite morning show crew, I'm listening to yesterday's show,

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<v Speaker 2>and you asked what should be brought back? Somebody said

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<v Speaker 2>full service gas stations. I got to tell you there

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<v Speaker 2>is one in my hometown of Malacca, Malacca, Malacca. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's called Big J's. It's so nice to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to stare in your warm car. They fill up your

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<v Speaker 2>fluids and things of that nature too. Shout out Big Jay's.

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<v Speaker 2>Love y'all from Cindy, Malaca, Malacca.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, up north, it's like towards Saint Cloud.

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<v Speaker 2>I've heard of it, I just never remember how to

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<v Speaker 2>say it. Okay, next one says don't say my name.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm writing about Tuesday's Minnesota Goodbye. Regarding being a dance mom,

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<v Speaker 2>my monthly dance bill is a similar dollar amount to

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<v Speaker 2>that of a mortgage payment. Wa If my daughters do

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<v Speaker 2>not want to be in competitive dance, they both know

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<v Speaker 2>they can tell me because I don't want to throw

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<v Speaker 2>money out the window. My daughters both love being at

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<v Speaker 2>the dance studio. Though growing up, I wanted to do

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<v Speaker 2>competitive dance like my friends, but my parents were not

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<v Speaker 2>as dedicated to being dance parents. I am so happy

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to let my daughters do what they

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<v Speaker 2>love and I get to enjoy being a dance mom

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<v Speaker 2>with my cool dance mom friends. Shout out to them.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, I would not pay tons of money and

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<v Speaker 2>make them do a sport if they didn't want to

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<v Speaker 2>do it. That would just be silly.

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<v Speaker 4>I think the.

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<v Speaker 5>Thing with some sports for me is that they so

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<v Speaker 5>many of them seem to require the parents to also

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<v Speaker 5>be at dedicated to it as the kid is, because

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<v Speaker 5>I know, like how we got on it was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 5>the parents care more and then they're making their kids

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<v Speaker 5>do it. But like for dance or hockey or whatever,

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<v Speaker 5>like any traveling the parents, their time is also spent

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<v Speaker 5>bringing you to those places. They have to sit through

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<v Speaker 5>the entire game, all of that jazz versus like an

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<v Speaker 5>activity where the student picks it for themselves and can

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<v Speaker 5>be like on their own in that activity. Those are

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<v Speaker 5>the ones that I think are like if you don't

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<v Speaker 5>have to be there as the parent, Like, that's what

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<v Speaker 5>I want to put my money towards. Like, Hey, this

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<v Speaker 5>kid is gonna go be independent, go to this thing

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<v Speaker 5>on their own if they can.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I don't. I don't know. Sports are weird to me.

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<v Speaker 5>I guess I never did sports, so but like my

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<v Speaker 5>in unless like because she didn't have to.

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<v Speaker 4>It was my choice.

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<v Speaker 5>So I would show up for rehearsals or I would

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<v Speaker 5>get She would just have to bring me to the

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<v Speaker 4>But then I would go on my own. No one

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<v Speaker 2>And one more on the minist to Goodbye, Let's see

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<v Speaker 2>what we got here. The other day on the Minnesota Goodbye,

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<v Speaker 2>you guys were talking about being constantly on the go

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<v Speaker 2>with kids' activities. We still are that used to be me.

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<v Speaker 2>We have seven children, blended and adopted and a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of years ago, we were on the go twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>to seven with their activities. They each had to choose

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<v Speaker 2>Brazilian jiu jitsu, swimming, gymnastics, baseball, equestrian, piano, theater, figure skating, hockey, ballet,

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<v Speaker 2>and competitive cheer. Those were just the out of school activities.

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<v Speaker 2>We were eating out all the time, and our only

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<v Speaker 2>time together seemed to be in the car. We'd all

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<v Speaker 2>get home exhausted every night. I did a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>soul searching and decided to stop the madness. We moved

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<v Speaker 2>out of the city to a tiny little town. The

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<v Speaker 2>kids only participate in school activities. Now we don't allow

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<v Speaker 2>more than one at a time, and no traveling sports.

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<v Speaker 2>It has completely changed our lives for the better. I

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<v Speaker 2>highly recommend slowing down and putting family first. It is

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<v Speaker 2>a us to reconnect. I was raised with the brief

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<v Speaker 2>with the belief idleness was laziness, and my siblings and

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<v Speaker 2>I were always in several activities, so I unconsciously passed

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<v Speaker 2>that on to my children. I just want parents to

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<v Speaker 2>know there is another way, and it's glorious. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>imagine the insanity of having that much to do.

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<v Speaker 4>I know, I mean, streuss the me out just hearing

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<v Speaker 2>It's ridiculous. It's like I to me, common sense tells

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<v Speaker 2>us that you can't have your kids in so many

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<v Speaker 2>activities as your only time together is in the car. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're eating out all the time. I know you're

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<v Speaker 2>trying to give your kids, you know, like a good childhood.

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<v Speaker 4>Rounded life. Yeah, but that's just too much.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's kind of like too much exercise.

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<v Speaker 6>Unless they're all in the same exact thing, but that

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<v Speaker 6>will likely never happen.

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<v Speaker 4>So yeah, yeah, that's just a lot. I'd say, like prioritize,

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<v Speaker 4>pick your favorite.

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<v Speaker 6>And I like that you say just school activities because

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<v Speaker 6>then that kind of goes to what I was saying,

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<v Speaker 6>like as if they can do it through school, great,

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<v Speaker 6>but if you have to like be a part of it,

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<v Speaker 6>that takes up all your time.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure, yeah, well you get to drive them back and forth. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>it's at school, like after school. Dave, Jenny Bailey and

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<v Speaker 2>Vontivier there too. What are your thoughts on kids scheduling?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think kids are overburdened with expectations to perform. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it probably is part of the mental health

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<v Speaker 2>problems with kids when they are they're going to be

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<v Speaker 2>in jiu jitsu and karate, and they're going to be

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<v Speaker 2>in you know, soccer and rushing. Anyone, whether they're seven

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<v Speaker 2>or seventeen or twenty to seven, you gotta have some

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<v Speaker 6>And not just that, but like I think of because

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<v Speaker 6>I work in a high school now as a side gig,

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<v Speaker 6>and the amount of kids that I know who take

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<v Speaker 6>multiple AP classes at any given time is bonkers to me.

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<v Speaker 6>When I was in tenth grade, you could take one

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<v Speaker 6>AP class and it was AP biology and that was

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<v Speaker 6>the only class.

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<v Speaker 4>You could take.

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<v Speaker 6>No AP classes as a freshman and only one as

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<v Speaker 6>a sophomore. And now you can take like four different

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<v Speaker 6>AP classes as a freshman, all at the same time.

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<v Speaker 6>And that's wow, so much work, and like they all

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<v Speaker 6>want to take every single AP class and they want

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<v Speaker 6>to take all of those like high level advanced classes

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<v Speaker 6>and be in every single activity, and so yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 6>a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>The funny thing is those kids are probably going to

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<v Speaker 2>be uber success burnout health and those of the kids

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<v Speaker 2>will be able to pay off their college loans and

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<v Speaker 2>buy a house. But I mean it kind of almost

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<v Speaker 2>shows that that's kind of what you got to do

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<v Speaker 3>That's interesting that your school allowed them to take classes

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<v Speaker 3>at early because I don't think they allowed us until

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<v Speaker 3>like junior or senior year the same, Yeah, I think,

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<v Speaker 3>and honestly was senior year because I mean I took

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<v Speaker 3>two AP classes my senior year, but I would have

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<v Speaker 3>taken more if I could have earlier.

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<v Speaker 6>Right, Yeah, And they just take them even if they're

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<v Speaker 6>not good at the subject, Like I only took AP

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<v Speaker 6>classes if I was good at the subject, so I

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<v Speaker 6>took like AP English, AP Spanish, AP Psychology. I would

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<v Speaker 6>never take AP like math or science or anything. And

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<v Speaker 6>they just take every single AP classes allowed.

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<v Speaker 2>That's interesting. I don't even know what AP means for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it means a placement, okay, I thought so Okay, Also,

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<v Speaker 2>do you feel it's getting it's the do you get

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<v Speaker 2>the feeling is for parents bragging rights? One hundred percent?

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<v Speaker 2>I think sometimes you got to ask yourself, would you

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<v Speaker 2>do this if nobody knew it? In other words, would

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<v Speaker 2>you eat okay, kale if nobody knew it. Would you

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<v Speaker 2>get sushi if you couldn't show off that you got sushi?

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<v Speaker 2>Would you go to Bonnaroo if you couldn't tell people

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<v Speaker 2>you went to Bonnaroo? Would you go to What's the

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<v Speaker 2>Big One Coachella? Coachella? Yeah, if you couldn't tell anybody?

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that sometimes that's kind of a yardstick.

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<v Speaker 2>Would I tell what I enjoy doing is if I

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't tell anybody? Would I enjoy going to the gym?

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<v Speaker 2>If I couldn't tell anybody? I mean, yeah, I think so.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>But I also think that you discover new things because

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<v Speaker 3>people tell you about things. I would have never known

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<v Speaker 3>a single thing about camber Van life if it wasn't

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<v Speaker 3>for following a bunch of people on TikTok and Instagram. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>And would I still do it if I didn't post

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<v Speaker 3>about it? Absolutely? Because I love it. I love everything

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<v Speaker 3>about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I get it. That is an email that is concluded

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<v Speaker 2>with all right, and that is from Emily. Emily, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you so much for being on the Minnesota Goodbye. Thanks

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