Talking Shit with a Yank & a Brit - 55. Hurly Cair

Episode Date: August 1, 2024

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I'll have to send you this video that I'm referencing. It's pretty funny. It's related to curly hair and it's pretty funny. How's the hurlycur? How's the hurlycur going? I don't know. I don't know if you can tell. How does it look?

It looks fabulous. It kind of ruins my vibes. I don't want to be ruining your curls. I'm sorry. No, that's fine. I don't know if you can tell. How does it look? It looks fabulous. It kind of ruins my vibes, but. I don't want to be ruining your curls. I'm sorry. No, that's fine. I'll live. But I feel like I'm getting the hang of it. Looks good.

Thanks. How's the routine? Is it getting easier? Is it? Yes, it is. And it doesn't take that long. Something I was concerned about because I've gotten very used to not needing that much time anymore. The thing is, is that your hair has to be fucking wet kind of the entire product application.

So there's a lot of methods. Like there's this bowl method that you have to have like a bowl that you dip your hair in. And I was like, that's messy because where am I going to put this bowl? And so I have a bowl that you dip your hair in. And I was like, that's messy. Because where am I going to put this bowl? And so I have a bowl. Basically just big enough that you can like dip your head in upside down and like get it wet as you're applying it. Yeah, yeah, pretty much. Sick bowl, popcorn bowl, whatever.

And so I've tried that, but I was also like, this is too much work. I got to figure something else out. So now I have a spray bottle at my dressing table that I just am constantly like, just wet hair. You got the wet look. Well, so, and it is funny because you apply your products, you kind of let it air dry. I use a little bit of a diffuser to speed it up. But then your hair, because of all these products, it's kind of crunchy and wet looking, but then you have to let it dry and then you crunch it out. So then it's not wet looking and then you have these kind of like nice soft.

And so I've gotten the hang of that. But there was a couple of days early on where I just still looked wet after all of that. I was like, why do I still look wet? You've got gel in your wet look gel in your hair yes and i realized this because i was using oil to scrunch out the crunch which is a curly girl method term for those of you who are curious or phrase and i was like i actually don't need the oil because i don't think my hair is that dry so i cut that out and it stopped looking wet. So now it's like, you know, kind of nice and soft and fluffy. And like yesterday they looked good until I got really sweaty playing sticks and cups. And then it was like, it just felt like I had like, I don't know, like the atmosphere was my curls and the heat was trapped under it and global

warming was occurring on my head. Yes. And I went to a conference on Thursday and that's with like a bunch of my colleagues and people in the field. And I got so many compliments on my hair and I was like, thanks, this is my natural hair actually. And I'm trying to lean into it. Amazing. That must have felt good. It did. Cause I was, I'm a little worried, like maybe this really isn't my look but people are very nice about it so good it looks fantastic I've been having hair issues actually tell me more so I've got obviously quite long hair it's layered and I've noticed this has only been like a recent thing, probably in the last year. My top layer, when I wash it, regardless of whether I blow dry it or let it dry naturally, my top layer is just frizz.

And so I have to straighten it because otherwise I feel like I've got a fucking frizz on the top layer. Maybe you have curly hair, actually. Well, this is it. So I was looking up solutions to this problem and just kept taking me to loads of curly hair forums. And I was like, my hair is really straight. Maybe it isn't. You should look up the curly girl method and try just a real basic beginner's routine of it and see what happens because they say that when you frizz it's because your hair actually has got some and you know maybe

it's not like spiral like mine is but just but maybe you have a little bit of a wave yeah and yeah i do definitely think i got a little wipe but if i go in the ocean or in chlorinated water then my hair goes curly so maybe a little bit of a sea salt like texturizer spray but basically so what I recommend you should do you know kind of shampoo do a deep condition because that'll help with any dryness which could also be contributing to frizz um you know scrunch the crunch as they say basically is like, get it real in there by kind of like when it's hair, you're wet and you have your condition, just like really scrunch it in there. You do that with the conditioner in? Yeah. Ah, okay. Yeah. Squish actually. It's a leave-in

conditioner. Yeah. You can do a leave-in too. I mean, I have one, I do that, but I have like a, I've been doing a co-wash right now, but you basically, you squish to condition is the phrase. They have a lot of catchphrases. I know it's, it's cute, but I basically, you squish to condition is the phrase. They have a lot of catchphrases. I know it's cute, but I'm also like squish to condition, crunch the crunch. So do that. And then when your hair, when you get out, maybe get a spray bottle or something to her, do it in the bathroom. So you're, and then when you apply, so I would say probably get a cream because that'll help with frizz. That'll make it the soft thing. And then get a gel, but like a light hold gel. And you're really going to want to coat your hair. And you're

going to do the thing where you let it sit, get a gel cast is what it's called. And then when your hair is dry, you crunch it out. But use a t-shirt, don't use a towel if you don't have like a microfiber towel. Because another thing that causes frizz is just people using a regular bath towel. Yes. I read this. i should get yeah yeah but if you just have an old cotton t-shirt that's what people use if yeah people instead of getting like a i have a microfiber towel obviously because i love spending my money on shit but try a t-shirt first just to see and then if you're like oh my god actually yeah then maybe you can invest in some things right good tips yeah i mean i read that it could just be like exposure because it's the top layer that's exposed to the sun.

Could be a little bit more damaged. Yeah. But I straighten all my hair and curl all my hair and like these bottom layers. Look. Yeah. Very shiny and smooth. Yeah. That's why I'm wearing it in a half ponytail today.

Could just need a trim too, you know. Could, yeah. But I think a deep conditioner will help. wearing it in a half ponytail today to try could just need a trim too you know could yeah but i think that's what i thought initially i thought oh god i've damaged the top of my hair but then even getting it cut didn't make a difference but yeah i think i need to get like some oils as well do like an oil treatment anyway this is probably really fucking boring so interesting to me but i want to see your results but it could be it could be a number of things but i'm curious if maybe you also need to start leaning into your natural hair texture maybe we're both curly girls yep and then you don't need to blow dry and

straighten it but i hope you are using a heat protectant when you do those things sometimes that is probably you fucked up your hair yep yeah probably good luck wish you well on your journey for the i love this for you i will do some research and i'll buy some shit and i'll let you know what happens you probably have stuff at your house though that you can at least try it with before you spend a lot of money on things like i did then get a cheap gel and a cheap curl cream and try it out. Tell you what though, I stopped using Olaplex shampoo. Yeah, there was some concern about that. I think it's meant to be temporary. So you were using it

and noticing good, yeah, you had good results, then you should have stopped. So. Yeah. Because now your hair probably has too much protein in it. then you should have stopped so yeah because now your hair probably has too much protein in it well i noticed that one a lot more hair was coming out when i conditioned it like when i was yeah pushing it through i was like fucking hell i'm losing a lot of hair um and my hair stopped growing yeah like my hair grows super quick and it just like, since I last got it trimmed, I think it was in February this year. I don't get my hair cut a lot.

Yeah. I mean, you don't need to if you are keeping it kind of long. That's right. And keep taking care of it. Right. I, you know, I get it trimmed when I start noticing split ends. And yeah, usually my hair grows super duper fast and it had not grown like at all since I got it cut. And literally I stopped using it and it's gone from like there to my tits in like a couple of months.

And I was like, it's a fucking shampoo, man. It's stopping my hair growing. I think because it's, yeah, I read about also it causing hair loss for people. But I think it's really because people think they use it indefinitely and then you end up getting too much protein. Your hair gets brittle. It's not healthy. It can't grow. It falls out because it's so brittle. So it's really meant to like be a reparative. And then when you kind of get your hair back to a good state, you stop. And then you use things to maintain it. i've still got it and i'm using it

every now and then don't use it for a couple months just stop okay not right noted um i've noticed since i've switched to what i'm doing now i've had a lot less like hair shed too so part of it is also when you i think stop fighting your kind of natural hair texture your hair doesn't fall out as much. Cool. Well, all good things to take away from that. Beauty corner with the ink and a Brit. Beauty corner.

Ba-dee-ba-dee-bee. Boo. I think, you know, other than that, things have been fine over here. It's been hot. Had a lot of rain. Yep. Still a lot of fucking rain. I had a dream yesterday or last night that our street flooded and my car was out there and then our garage collapsed.

It was strange. I don't know what that means. Dream interpreters, let me know. I'm going to look it up. The stuff that's – I know we've took a break since we last had a podcast but we talked about i think the assassination attempt of trump then and a lot of things have happened since that last sorry can i just interject yes uh i think this is quite relevant a dream about a a flood usually symbolizes overwhelming emotions or situations in waking life as a metaphor for feeling out of control.

Continue. That is, I am someone who very much like internalizes, I think, I think it's because I just have a lot of empathy. But I find the state of the world and our current, you know, political environment and what's going on in America, very stressful. It, it really impacts me. Um, that's why my therapist a while ago was like, maybe don't read the news. And so I was like, that is a good point. And I will try, but I can't, especially right now. It's just like, it's too much. And I really do think it's important to stay informed too. Um, but as you you saw and I think commented to me when it happened, Biden decided to step down from the race. Hallelujah.

Yeah. I really felt, particularly after the debate, that that was something that probably needed to happen. But of course, it was like the unknowns of what that means and who it could be was really scary too. But I think ultimately it was the right move. And I think the timing was really good because it was after they already locked in Trump. And they were preparing for a race against Biden. And then Biden stepped down. He endorsed his Vice President Harris, which initially I was kind of like, and obviously he had to endorse her. Like we talked about that off air, why that was, whether or not she ended up being the candidate, he had to endorse her. or just the fact that I live in a country that hates women and hates women of color even more, that I was like, is this country going to elect its first female president? And is it going to be a black woman or a black Asian woman, a mixed race woman? I have my doubts about that because

I live in this country and I know what people believe and are like, even the woke people. Try and look at it positively because there are millions of people that do want that yes you want that i do come on everyone reading the news has made me feel a little more optimistic about it based on the responses and stuff i i really need white women i need you to put your money where your mouth is though and support Harris and vote for her and get all in behind her because like this kind of like oh yeah woman yay and yeah I'm you know I'm not racist but then like how we actually behave and what we do and our actual kind of subconscious beliefs I'm concerned so I need everyone who said that anyone but Biden, even Harris, like I need you to actually follow through with that now.

Yeah. I mean, she's clearly very capable. Yes. She's a strong, articulate woman. Mm hmm. I think she'd do a good job. I know you've voiced concerns about her previous role as a prosecutor. Yeah. But hopefully she's learnt and opened

her eyes and changed. Well, and if she's representing a party that believes in rights of marginalized communities, then she also needs to adopt those beliefs in order to effectively represent us. So I'm fingers crossed that that's not going to, you know, transfer over into a

presidency of hers. I also think it was obviously a while ago in a different role. But I, you know, like I look at track records and beliefs and things that they supported and didn't support more so than the color of their skin. Um, but I do think she can be a very good president. So go Kamala. And also I think it's just really important considering what we are at risk of having,

if it were another Trump, um, you know, presidency, like the, uh, project Project 2025 have you heard about that yes I have heard about that but I would like to know more so this came out they started Project 25 started becoming like this known thing not too long ago. It's put out by the Heritage Foundation, which is like a super extreme conservative think tank hate group. And they put out basically like this doctrine mandate. I don't know.

A plan, an agenda that is basically if Trump is president, this is what's going to happen because they say, and this is where I'm not as familiar because again, our research before talking about it is non-existent. We rely on what we already know that Trump kind of initiated this movement when he was previously president and in the years like after and during his presidency about what things he believes in and will support and what people who support him believe in. And so they formed this blueprint, it's called, created by the Conservative Heritage Foundation that lays out a far right Christian vision for Trump's second White House term if he wins in November. It's the latest mandate for leadership that the group has been releasing ahead of the incoming presidential administration since the early 1980s. So they've been doing like this kind of, what's the word I'm looking for? Bullshit, I guess I'll just call it, for a while. But the most recent blueprint is super concerning for a variety of reasons, one being like really kind of just wiping away rights for people, which last I checked and talking to people who are fans of Trump, you all feel really strongly about rights.

So I don't understand why some rights get taken away and others are kept in place. I mean, I do understand. But the hypocrisy is astounding. kept in place. I mean, I do understand, but the hypocrisy is astounding. So one of the things that they suggest is transforming the FBI, which I think everybody knows what the FBI is, into a politically motivated entity, also abolishing the Department of Education. Yes. Yeah, I saw that. Why? What? We can't educate people because if they're dumb, then they're easier to control. I don't know. Like, it's just because they hate that kids get free lunches.

They hate that they teach things that are, you know, not fully Christian. They hate that people can read. Yes, pretty much. Wow. Also dismantling the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association because, again, climate change is fake, according to some people. Yeah. But that group also tracks hurricanes. So now we want hurricanes to be a surprise.

We want to live on the edge. Yep. It would bar U.S. citizens from receiving federal housing aid if they live with anyone who is not a citizen or a permanent legal resident. So up to a couple years ago, that would mean that if Sean and I needed it, we would not be able to get federal housing aid. Okay. Right. Potentially terminate the legal status of 500,000 Dreamer immigrants. I don't know if you recall the Dreamer Act. It's basically like the kids who were brought over at very young ages from a different country with

their parents. They created this act to basically give them a pathway to citizenship because when you're one years old, you don't really have the intent to enter illegally into a country and you go through your whole life. It's basically your home. So get rid of that um do away with them yeah someone also told me that any non-natural born citizen aka nigel um lose their citizenship oh they take it back they're just gonna pay that back yeah yeah yeah cool um trump tried to say that he didn't have anything to do with this he didn't create it but definitely it's it's based on shit he said, though. And also his former staff when he was in the White House and involved in his campaign, they all went and worked for, they're now working for the Heritage Foundation. So to say that he

has nothing to do with it is a lie. Okay. Interesting. So yeah, 140 people who worked in the Trump administration contributed to Project 2025 in some way. He also spoke at the Heritage Foundation dinner two years ago. Right. So he's quite entangled with it, we can assume. And his pick for VP, J.D. Hillbilly-Elegy-Vance, also supports the Project 2025. And has a copy. Mm-hmm. Said that, right. Yep. also um believe it supports the project 2025 and has said that right yep it also aims to end all of government efforts to achieve equity relating to gender race and sexuality um and it encourages the next presidential administration to disband gender policy

council created by Biden and undo all of its work to get rid of all of the diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across the federal government. They want to take the following terms out of every rule and regulation. So sexual orientation, gender identity, DEI, gender equity, gender awareness, gender sensitivity, abortion, reproductive health health and reproductive rights so basically those words now are erased from any sort of law regulation or policy surely that would mean that they couldn't ban abortion though because if they're taking that wording out then they can't use it themselves we'll just have to call it schmishmarshan schmishmarshan you're not allowed to have a Schmismarschen.

Yep. They also want, they deny the existence of transgender people, which has got to be weird for transgender people because it's like, hi, I'm right here. Hello. Don't know whether you do, babe. the rights of same-sex married couples, dismantle services for LGBTQ plus Americans wherever possible, primarily via the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which they want to remain or rename to the Department of Life, which is a really fun board game, but I don't think that's what they mean. So this newly named agency will take an official stance that families are made up of a married father, a married mother, and children, and redirect federal funds to support biblically-based...

Oh, no. I did quotes for people who can't see me. You know what this sounds like? A fucking handmade tale. Yes. Gilead is what this sounds like. Sure as shit does. Yes, it does.

Shit. The bed. Yep. We will also introduce lovely red outfits and white bonnets for and as a childless cat woman as oh you're fanny vance has referenced i am i don't even get a red one i get a probably a puke yellow one a cat puke yellow robe to signify my status as a childless cat lady brown you get brown gray oh no i like wearing gray i do too some ugly ugly color though swamp green actually no i like that as well orange no one looks good in orange

perfect it'll be orange it's just such such a hot mess. And other things like, oh, they want to get rid of no-fault divorce, which I find bizarre. I get why, because I think what it would do is make it a lot harder to get divorced. But no-fault divorce actually benefits men a great deal. Yeah. So that's a weird one to me, but fine. Yeah, what's the reasoning behind that? Here, let's find out. Dig in. My suspicion is because it would – if they're trying to preserve the sanctity of male-female

marriage, then no-fault divorce makes it so like if you want a divorce, you can get a divorce. When I think – when there was fault-basedbased divorce you had to go and prove that there's a legitimate reason for the divorce and it has to be based on behavior actions reasons of at least one person that's like so someone's at fault right right so basically we'd get rid of the like yeah i can't i can't say this word eric eric eric consilable differences yep eric eric eric irrecon. Irreconcilable differences. Yep. Eric? Eric. Irreconcilable.

Irreconcilable. Irreconcilable. Irreconcilable. Thank you. So I suspect that's why, because that really supports kind of the biblically-based ideals. Oh, fuck yourselves. But again, it still benefits men.

No-fault divorce, anyways. But J.Dd vance is called no-fault divorce one of the greatest tricks that i think the sexual revolution pulled on the american populace oh this is coming from a guy who tried to fuck a couch when he was a kid and thought he was gay because so i don't know you know whatever, whatever. I just took a gout. But basically, conservatives want to return to the fault divorce legal system in which marriage was fundamentally binding unless one spouse and only one violated anything on a list of faults articulated by states in a hodgepodge fashion. Judges had the power to deny divorces for multiple reasons, leaving people who wanted no part of marriage stuck together. Oh, that sounds fun. Mm- They don't want to just resurrect the system. They

want to make it worse. The fault divorce system assumed men to be breadwinners who were required to continue providing support for their wives if they were at fault for divorce. It was part of a social contract in which wives had to provide household labor ranging from childcare to sex in exchange for financial security. So that's i mean where i it benefits men because they also can get divorced and they don't have to pay alimony like they did originally but no you might if you're found to be at fault because you violated one of the things on the list and then you also have to keep paying your wife ex--wife. Yeah. But like, we don't live in that society anymore. Like in most families, it's not a case of the man supporting the woman.

No, sometimes it's the other way around. And also, people don't fucking get paid enough and inflation is so fucking high that you need two incomes to support a household. Oh, you know what i was wrong though they actually are gonna get rid of the part where there's alimony or having to continue to pay like they want everything but the part that doesn't benefit them yeah okay of course yeah Yeah. Yep. So I just, I am sickened and stressed by these potential consequences of the Trump presidency. And I need everyone who also is concerned to go out and vote. to go out and vote.

Yeah, see, I mean, I'm talking, I'm speaking to you listeners now from an unbiased perspective because I don't live in the US. But my opinion is you're going to be fucked if Trump gets in. We've already experienced what happened. And quite honestly, I was sick of seeing him on the news in England when he was president.

So if you could kindly go out and vote for so is kamala officially running now yeah so she's your candidate i don't think we've had the dnc the national convention which we talked about that last time too how like we have an incumbent or we have a convention to pick you so we're having that now. And I think I misspoke last time is there still would have been if Biden stayed in place, but it really is kind of just like a formality. And I think it will be too for Harris because I think she is the de facto nominee. Where's Bernie Sanders? You know, I really, I love him. I think he is supporting her too. You know, I think as much as he would be a great president, I think wants to. And I think he's kind of like, well,

they're, you know, even my own party is going to make sure I don't do it. But I think he cares more about the country than himself being president too, which is nice. Yeah. And he's got a really cute name bernie bernie reminds me of like a bernie's mountain dog he's just he's just a caring he cares about other people that is the leader we need and but he i think people are a lot of people a lot of people, a lot of political figureheads, powerhouses are getting behind Kamala. Cool. Well, we'll see how it pans out. I feel a lot more positive for you guys now that Biden stepped down.

And hopefully everyone will go out and vote for her. Yep, we need to. It would be great if it was, I don't know how your voting system works, but if it was like a landslide. Yeah, that would be nice. We can talk about the actual, I mean, we did a little bit, but we have the electoral and the popular vote. The popular vote is the actual individual votes.

The electoral vote is like the number you get from the states you win from the popular. It's a very confusing system. That sounds confusing. But yeah. But we have 100 days until the election. So. 100 days. You do know that Trump's just going to be like, it was fixed.

Even if she does win. Of course. It was rigged. He's going to, I don't know, do another insurrection maybe. Yeah, probably. Somehow. Yeah. All right, on that note, go vote.

It's important. Go vote. And frankly, I want you to not vote for Trump, but I also just want you to vote. Yeah. Don't not vote. Although that is your choice as well. I don't agree with it, but that is your choice as a citizen.

Why not exercise a power you're given? Exactly. One of the only powers you have to make change, guys. Mm-hmm. Or mine. It really is. Yeah. Cool.

Well. Further updates to follow. Watch this, Bez. follow watch this Bez mind the gap don't mind the gap fall into the gap disappear forever into the crevice of this world I do think that the gaps that are being minded

on like the tubes and stuff in England, it's actually a portal to another world. And we want it to be a secret because it's a very special world and not everyone should go. Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if there is an underworld in the undercarriage of a train. Under, they're underneath under the sea under the train right a little pevet

pevet pevet pevet pevet I've come across some questions that I thought would be fun to ask you I'll also answer them

good just to like you know get to know each other finally who are you? who the fuck are you? I'm Kate nice to meet you

I mean I've known you for a very long time, but I know nothing about you apart from that you have curly hair. Nothing at all. All right, let's do this. I'm looking forward to this, and then we can decide if we're compatible. Yeah, this is our dating questionnaire. Okay. What movie never fails to make you cry?

what movie never fails to make you cry? So I will give a general answer of like a theme and then I will perhaps provide an actual movie. Well, first question actually is, do movies make you cry? Because some people just don't cry in movies. Yes. Movies do and have made me cry. I think it depends on probably my mood too. That really has an impact. If it's most of my amenities, then I might be more willing. But I found that pretty consistently family-based tragedy or upsetting moments. So a good example would be when Simba's father died in the Lion King.

Oh my God. Homeward bound. Stuff related to animals. Definitely stuff related to animals dying or, you know, getting sick or lost for sure will make me cry. That's what gets me. Usually I'm not bothered about humans dying,

but give me a movie where a dog dies. Marley and me. Oh, fucking wreck. Yep yep a dog's purpose yeah the art of racing in the rain was a book first and I cried reading this book mate I've read a couple of dog books and obviously the dog the dog always dies at the end and yeah i was like ugly crying like it's so it's so upsetting yes oh it's just horrendous um so that for sure and then i've noticed and this is probably gonna say a lot about me and my family of origin but like things where there's like um an emotionality between like a parent and child I'm not expressing I can't and I'll have to think about it a little bit if I can come up with a movie but I found that those touch me in like in in like bittersweet things and happy things too those also touch me and I think it's probably because of something

missing from my own childhood oh god we're getting very deep now it is what it is but yeah especially or if it's like an animal parent child like the lion king yes yeah the film that made me cry the most in recent years was actually the notebook that one didn't make me cry really i think again like i might have been in a bit of a soppy mood yeah just like a a quite fragile emotional state when i watched it and yeah i don't know what happened but i was just inconsolable like i was like why is why am I crying over Ryan Gosling?

Yeah, I think it's meant to be like people talk about that being a movie that makes them cry. So I think that was the goal. Up, I think, is a similar in the very beginning. In the very beginning with the old man. Oh, my God. Well, they're cartoons, too. So I feel like I can have more empathy for them. But it was so sweet.

And then she died and he just became this lonely old man and that made my heart hurt yeah i think the like yeah the animated ones are worse aren't they i remember being really upset when nemo's mom died exactly that's right at the beginning of the film you're like what the fuck is this this is meant to be a kids' film. This is bullshit. This should be rated R for really sad. Okay. How far do you think you'd make it in a horror movie? Do you want to answer this one first? I like, yeah, I would like to think that I would be a badass bitch and I'd be like I don't know

if you've seen like Walking Dead or any zombie movies but I feel like I'd like to be like with some fucking samurai swords well odd in reality I think I'd just give up and die very quickly because I'd be like there's nothing to live for why do i want to continue in this world that's crumbling and being taken over by zombies so i think i've said in the past on episodes where it's like if there was apocalypse of some sort like a zombie apocalypse or like a meteor i would just be like i don't really want to try to survive this so i'm just going to go to where my people are and die there i saw a post the other day actually and it was like why do people try so fucking hard in apocalyptic movies like i'll just be the first one to fucking die yeah yeah yeah so that is very

much where i'm at in that type of scenario but if we're talking about like a horror movie with like just a killer right um if you were to consult the stars i think they would say my sign would be one of the first to go or be the serial killer maybe even um and i too would like to think that i would be like i'd fight back or do my and i you know i'm the type of person who's like i'm'm not fucking going in the basement. Okay. Um, so there's some, yes, I don't know. A part of me wants to say I would, but then I also remember like we used to have to do these self-defense classes, like a mandatory training where it was like, I have to disarm, try to disarm a gun. I have to try to get out of a chokehold. I have to, and I was like, to be honest, honest sir if someone really like is coming at me this way and wants to kill me I'm probably just gonna let them because some of the stuff

required me doing some damage to them and I'm like I just don't know if I can do that and so I think I'd just be like just make it quick just let me go fast yeah so I don't think i'd make it very far as the bottom line no don't no okay this is a good one who would you trust to help you bury a body you oh a few other people you warren aaron kim i mean the is, is I feel like all of, all of you that I just named would be like, what the fuck did you do? Uh, are you sure this is how we're going to go about it? Okay. I guess. Um, and I like to joke, I'm like, you know, do we need to goodbye or all that person? But I think that the reality is is like i don't know if i would ever really put anybody in that situation but i guess if we have to really kind of go there with some mental gymnastics i

there are a few people i feel comfortable with and i think you would help me i also think you'd probably encourage me to go to the authorities but but then also if i help you bury the body then i'm entwined in this situation maybe we just keep this a secret I didn't ask questions and now it's a little too late oh god what about you um yeah same um Yeah, same. I think I'd trust Alan, Keith, my mum. Probably not my dad, though. I just feel like he might rat me out.

Fair. He'd be like, I'm calling the cops right now. It'll be fine. I'm going to be the voice of reason here. Y'all are nuts. The guilt would eat him alive, I think. Yeah. Oh, God, I think it would eat us alive too to be honest oh yeah for sure because probably the scenario would be like oh shit i accidentally did something and someone died and and then the reality is is you call 9-1-1 say an accident right but yeah in our fictional world in our fictional world. In our fictional world. Instead, we bury bodies.

Do you believe in astrology? No. Okay. Yes and no. I think it's really fun to read and learn about and talk about. And you can see traits of yourself and i think your sign but i also think i could see traits of myself in your sign and other people's signs um so i think it's fun but i do not live my life by it how about you i as you know i'm into a load of woo-woo shit woo As you say like I don't read my

Horoscope every day and I'm like Oh this is what I'm going to live by I better stay home today But I do enjoy like Like people that talk about Pluto's in conjunction With Uranus For the next three months

Pluto's where? By my butt? Pluto is inside my butt in conjunction with Uranus for the next three months. And that's going to cause... Pluto's weird by my butt? Pluto is inside my butt, hell. And sometimes it is interesting because, like, I will watch the videos in, like, retrospect of, like, shit that's been happening in my life, and then they'll explain that thing. And I'm like, oh, it's just the planet's ruling shit man there's no such thing as uh you know coincidence it's all fate predestined

exactly yes I could do nothing about that not changing my attitude or my reaction it's just that's how I am okay in some ways I feel very much like I'm a cancer through and through but then other times I'll see you know because you'll see since I look for it on Instagram it's all I get now but it's like you're signed as a cat and I'm like that's like the worst one why am I the worst one I love being an Aquarius. We've spoken about this before. I was like, oh, great. Check me out. Humanitarian.

Independent, special, smart, beautiful. Also aloof and weird. And that's very much me as well. I've been told loads of times that I'm aloof and rude and cold. So, you know. I don't find you to be that way. But I suppose that's kind of like, you know, I know you and then versus initial meeting. But, you know, I'm your cancer. You need a blanket or a snack.

But I'm going to pinch you because I get angry and jealous and sensitive. Which reality TV show competition would you win oh fuck me um i don't know if fuck me is on telly it is naked attraction no i'm just kidding oh you go first i have to think because that's about to be like flavor of love and then i was like oh no i don't want to win that what's flavor of love. And then I was like, oh, no, I don't want to win that. What's flavor of love? When I was in college, so early 2000s, it was kind of the start of those celebrity dating shows. Maybe the start of The Bachelor. But then, you know, so like Bret Michaels.

There was one for Bret Michaels of Guns N' Roses. Flavor Flav also had his own. So these women were competing to be with Flavor Flav. And that's what I mean when I say, oh, never mind. I don't want to win that. Because it was great to watch. I just don't want to be with Flavor Flav. And that's what I mean when I say, oh, never mind. I don't want to win that because it was great to watch. I just don't want to be with Flavor Flav. Fair enough. I don't know. I loved Big Brother in its heyday.

And I think it's nice for people to win that because it shows that like you're an all rounder, like decent person. Having said that, that is why I definitely wouldn't win because I'm grumpy in the morning and people piss me off and I like alone time. So being stuck in a house with 20 other people with loads of fucking cameras not being able to leave i probably go insane and have a mental breakdown do a britney shave my hair off you know shit tv and smear it on the window very good tv entertaining uh i think that with some preparation and practice, I could probably win something that is like amateur cooking based. Ooh. But that is even iffy. So I want to say probably some sort of reality TV show that revolves around like maybe trivia.

You'd be good at trivia, yeah. But I don't think there is like a reality TV, like there's game shows, but I don't think there's reality. Okay, so so jeopardy maybe okay awesome but i'm thinking like survivor something with endurance but endurance that isn't stressful yes i would kill at squid game to get it haha no it would be like everyone has to scoop the litter box for six hours straight i'd probably be able to do that now that is good telly someone commissioned that fucking show but a lot of reality tv shows if it's not like dating based or you know finding a match based it's like endurance based in some way and i just don't like I know on Survivor I'd knowing that it

was for a finite period of time I'd probably just lay there and like try to exert no energy but then there's also like the voting piece and since I wouldn't be contributing I'd get voted off like right away did you ever watch um I think it was called Survivor. Yeah, I just said Survivor. That's what I'm talking about. Where they drop people on an island. Yeah. Yeah. I used to get really fucked off with that. Because the basics, Kate, are you find fresh water, you build a fucking shelter.

Those are the two things you do when you get to a fucking desert island. And then you can think about food sources but you need water you need shelter and what do they do just fuck around sunbathing on the beach there's always one person that's like guys we need to find some water and build a shelter and they're like no don't worry about it we'll be fine let's just get a turn you can do that steve yeah well done jeff and then he gets voted off after he does all of that yeah and then he makes the shelter they all argue about how they're gonna it's just really annoying yeah that's what i mean is like i wouldn't just sunbathe i would do a little bit of helping because i i think by nature

i'm someone who is helpful but i'd also be like i am not gonna go catch food because i suck at that so if i lay here and don't burn any calories i will survive longer and then they're gonna be like kate's just sitting in the shelter avoiding sun and nibbling on a leaf so she's gotta go i wonder if i'd be any good i think i just i would like buddy up with the person who clearly has the most survival skills and just be like their little like sidekick yeah like yeah you want me to hold your purse yeah want me want me to hold this stack of wood i can do that i can do that be helpful in ways that make it seem like you're really contributing okay what is the most admirable trait a person can have

there might be a theme on this show but i do think having empathy and selflessness being able to like give and not be expectant of getting something return and just like wanting to be like help and care about people i think that's really important because I think part of the reason the world's so shitty is because everyone is selfish and only cares about themselves. I agree. I also think like open mindedness and people that are willing to change their minds when presented with new evidence is really great. Like there's nothing worse than someone just sticking to their guns because that's what they've been told or brought up with. Irrefutable evidence. Well, oh, oh you know i still think what i think but why i just do because i feel like i'm right 100 percent um okay this is a random one what do you wear to sleep sleep you go first i wear a t-shirt and pants underwear or pants pants uh underwear yeah same i will uh typically start in full like fully clothed but if it's summer and i'm hot then

probably will end up getting taking off clothes as i'm sleeping because i'm warm um so do you go to bed in socks sometimes yeah wow i find that really weird yeah i mean in the winter i'll wear pajama bottoms in the summer i don't i don't like wearing pajama bottoms because i just find you wake up and they're just all like twisted and like fucking rolled up i don't know what i do in my sleep but clearly gymnastics yeah sometimes i wake up and like the duvet is completely turned around i've got the poppers by my head and i'm like how yeah i think um no i i feel very i think to fall asleep I need to feel very cozy and like kind of wrapped up and that's why like clothing is helpful so like it could be a t-shirt and pants

and maybe no socks but it could be socks and a like a hoodie too and I can just kind of burrow but then of course I wake up and I'm like wet because i'm hot yeah do you have a weighted blanket you know i tried that um once and i think i got too heavy of a weight because i just felt like i was being suffocated suffocated um i also just don't think that that is something i i need necessarily but i do like to have my skin covered yeah i mean regardless of the temperature i need something on me yeah you know how people like in the summer are just like i just lay on the bed and i'm like how those people are sociopaths yeah i agree you just let the open air touch you weird weird yeah that's why i can't sleep on planes because the blanket they give you is so tiny and it's just like well you're expecting me to sleep just basically like raw dogging it

sitting up without a fucking blanket no thanks i can't even get cozy my neck hurts yep would you ever go swimming with sharks yeah i think certain circumstances would like you know there's those like little harmless toothless sharks that you can kind of touch oh those are dolphins never mind i think because i've swam in the ocean i think that you know it's kind of like that's a risk you take um but i wouldn't do it if it were dangerous but if some if it were like a controlled environment where you get in a tank and these sharks aren't gonna go after you then sure i'd give it a go would you do the one like where you get in a cage and there's great whites just like swimming around

if that were like my first experience like with any sort of breathing apparatus and like going into the deep ocean probably not but if i had done some scuba diving and like kind of experienced baby steps up to that maybe but I just don't know if it could be like all right Kate today's the day you're gonna put on a wetsuit and have a breathing tank and go deep into the ocean good luck no probably not you um I think I'd freak out. I have done scuba diving and I got taught to scuba dive, but in a swimming pool when I was younger. And I then later on went out snorkeling in a little cove

and basically had a panic attack. Like, you know, when you look in the water, it was like finding nemo you just saw a bunch of shit loads of fish like you know loads of aqua life and i just i don't know it freaked me out and i was like i need to get out i need to get out i need to get out so seeing a shark i'd probably shit myself yeah well they'd probably be alone because i don't think they like shit true they like blood so yeah as long as I've got no colon issues, it should be fine. Yeah.

No, I think that's the problem with the ocean is there's like so many unknown creatures and things there that that makes it kind of scary. And I also like, you know, I've swam in lakes and ponds and rivers and it's like something touched me. Something touched me. Oh, I hate that. Oh my God. I mean, you remember that from when we went to the lake. Yeah. It's just you. You forced me in because it was your birthday. I was like, I really that. Oh my God. I mean, you remember that from when we went to the lake. Yeah. It's just you.

You forced me in because it was your birthday. I was like, I really don't want to. And then I just stayed on that blow up, not the blow up thing, like the big floaty mat. Oh yeah. Yeah. So, you know, I don't love things touching me either. I like being in the water, but on a thing. Yes, I agree.

Give me a Lilo and I'm fine. A what? A Lilo. I don't know what that is. What? It's like one of those blow up beds that you float on in a pool. Oh, okay. Yeah, like a pool float. Sure. Okay. Yeah. Pool raft. Pool raft. I don't know. I just never heard lilo. That's a new one for me. I like it though. That's what we call it. Lilo. If you could compete in, this is very topical, in any Olympic sport, which one would you pick? I was going to say napping, but that's not true

because I can't really nap anymore. This year they've introduced break dancing and I am all for that. Oh, I didn't know that. I wouldn't be able to do that either, but shit, if I could make up my own story. We could just put you on the floor. I'll just spin you yeah i'm your i'm your top yeah you're my spinning top and we'll win gold probably i

so when i ran track i used to do hurdles and i wasn't too terrible so if i were in like peak form and trained, maybe that. But if I could make up my own sport, it'd probably be like sticks and cups or cat wrangling or sitting, just sitting for a while. I can wall sit for a really long time. Yeah, that'd be good. Again, endurance based. Yeah.

How about you? how about you um again at school i was quite good at long jump oh but i don't think you know i was compared to the other students in my school not at a competitive level um i also used to do gymnastics and i that's the only sport i actually enjoy watching in the end yeah gymnastics is great they are insane they are insane like the mat routines where they can literally do a jump in like a twist like four times in the air and then land i'm like you didn't even need a jump trampoline on that you just jumped from the floor what the fuck are your legs made out of? Springs? Yeah. Yeah. It's a crazy shot.

I think if we're assuming that we were able to train like the Olympic athletes, we can pick a thing that maybe we had some skill in. So for you, sure, maybe everyone at your school sucked at long jump and you were average compared to the rest of the world. But let's say you, you know, you continue to train and practice and be good. Maybe. You can do long jump. I'm going to allow it. Oh, thank you. I'll take it.

How many tabs are currently open on your phone? Oh, I think there's a lot, which is not normal for me, but 43. Are you talking about internet browser tabs? Are you talking? Oh, yep. 43. Nice. How about you?

Nice. I thought mine was in the same ballpark, but I've actually only got 30 because I think I went through and. Closed some. Cleared some. Yeah. There's some that I've had open for like a few years. I'm like, oh, that'll be handy.

And then I thought, actually, I've never fucking looked at that since. So I'm just going to get rid of it. and i absolutely refuse to use bookmark yeah fuck that now i'm deleting them i'm like oh oh oh okay i have my myrtle up i have something from the video game i was playing up i have an article about aquatenial which was this past weekend i have an article about aqua teniel which was this past weekend i have a bunch of other stuff i'm not gonna read some clothes websites reddit anyway okay yeah so cool that was a fun off like cat gotcha one um should we do a couple more? Yeah.

Have you ever given yourself a haircut in a fit of rage? No. You? I once cut my fringe. In a fit of rage, though? Sort of.

I was pissed off because I think I wasn't allowed to get bangs. A fringe, as we call it. So I thought, I'm going to do it myself. And then they can't do anything about it. But what happened is I did one side and then I did the other side and they were wonky. So I cut a little bit off the other side

and then it was still wonky so I just kept cutting. Did you have baby bangs? No, I just had a tuft on the top of my head like I was sprouting a flower or grass. How old are you um about eight or nine i think and uh i actually managed to hide it for a good few days because

i just put a headband on my head and just kept it at the front um and then after a few days i think my mom noticed the little tufts coming through and was like what have you done to your hair I was like nothing nothing I've done nothing at all understandable because you were so young but where you should have stopped was the after the initial cut and they're fucked because your mom would have had no choice but to take you somewhere to get them fixed yeah but just but I don't expect your brain to told off. So I was like, I'm just going to keep going. Yeah. I have cut my hair when I was younger because I think that is a rite of passage for children.

But it wasn't a fit of rage. It was just more like, what's going to happen if I, and I like did it in the back. So you can't see it. Yes. And I think, so I was like, what the fuck? Okay, it's happened. And takes me to the hairstylist and she's kind of like well on one hand you know it wasn't in the front so it's not like immediately obvious but there's not a lot i can do back here you're just gonna have to wait till that grows yeah that's probably like this weird

fucked up little like cowlick back here now yep but yeah i wasn't in a rage i I was just like, hmm, clink. I wonder what's gonna happen here. Yeah. Have you ever wanted to start a podcast? Nope. No, hate it. Okay, do you have any interest

whatsoever in climbing Mount Everest? Nope. Don't really want to see all the dead bodies on my way up either. Nope. I don't understand. Hmm. No adrenaline junkies, I think. Yeah. Just like, it's so fucking dangerous. I get like the first person, like before anyone did it, like being the first person to climb Mount Everest, you know, amazing feat, incredible challenge. Why are people still doing it? There's so many dead bodies up there.

Yeah. It's so dangerous. Like kind of first big part and it's like, oh, it's green boots. We made it. Just this dead guy with green boots. Like even like getting to what they call the base camp, which isn't at the base at all it's like that's where green boots is oh yeah like that's fucking dangerous in itself and like i just don't know why people do that what are you trying to prove mate yeah no especially because it's like yeah a lot of other people have done it uh and more people

have died so do you want to be a person who tried it and died? Because that's kind of pathetic. You could just not try it and not die. Yeah. That seems like the better option to me. Yeah, Green Boots is a body of an unidentified climber that became a landmark of the main northeast ridge route of Mount Everest. Yeah, like they use people's bodies as landmarks

to like work out where they are. That's fucked up, man. Oh, they've identified him I think his name is I wonder if it's because of all the melt that they're able to like kind of go up and eventually identify him what have they all stopped Cheswang Palajor oh he's only 28 and also I don't think

don't go to the death zone go to the death zone because sorry go ahead name is bad death zone um yeah i don't think the sherpas get enough credit you hear all these people that conquered everest and it's like the sherpas that do that every fucking day tourists if you want to call them that. Yeah. They're doing it. They're putting their lives at risk. For you. For you. And no one recognizes that.

So you can do it once. It's like I've done it 64 times. Yeah. I almost died half of those times. Well, there we go. Yeah. Well, I feel like I know you so well. Me too.

And I like you. I like you a lot. You don't like me. No, I like you. Let's well. Me too. I like you. You don't like me. No, I like you. Let's do this again sometime. Sounds like a play on style. That was fun. Would you like to work out

if someone's an arsehole? Yeah. You know what? I think I could be up for that. It sounds like fun. This one's going to... Well, I won't say anymore. Okay. Am I the arsehole for refusing to sign anything while my eyes are blindfolded?

Okay. So ever since I got out of the hospital for chronic problems My husband has been introducing me to some games every evening One game used to be about doing puzzles while my eyes were blindfolded Involving puzzles, Rubik's cubes, shaped objects, etc, etc And we'd take turns just to do it for entertainment Okay A couple of days ago he's been trying to get me to sign papers while wearing a blindfold. I refuse to do it just because he never lets me take a look at what I'm signing

either before or after. He says that he was just trying to see if I could leave the same signature every time I sign, but I couldn't help feeling uncomfortable. I told him I don't want to play this game unless and until he shows me the papers first and he said never mind then and stopped bringing it up. Last night he tried to convince me to give it a try and even volunteered to go first. I asked if he was going to show me what I was going to sign and he made a face and said no, it's the rules and I should respect them. I refused and he kept going on about how I keep acting worried and suspicious for no reason. He said I clearly don't trust him and he was hurt by finding out now after everything we've been through. We had an argument and I told him to drop it and not bring

it up again, period. He was mad despite saying it was no big deal and he was obviously upset at me and kept talking about how i don't trust him and that i was out of line to assume or suspect anything from him like this i might be paranoid but i couldn't help it i don't think i was ta to him after he ah thank you i don't think i was the asshole to him after he stood by my side when my own family didn't even visit that's it um my face as you talked about that i could see it just like what the fuck uh ma'am this man is trying to get you to sign life insurance papers so he can murder you. You need to run, not walk away from him.

Because like, I'm sorry. I'm hearing he's trying to get you more willing to do this by getting you to play games, blindfolded, trying to say it's your signature, not letting you see before or after. These are the rules of the thing that you made up arbitrarily uh this isn't a law like what i would be so concerned if and then when you don't trust me after everything we've been through that's fucking gaslighting like this person is trying to get you to sign something that is not a benefit for you no otherwise he'd just tell you and show you yeah like what the fuck red flag red flag red flag yes big big big red flags i'm so concerned

for this person that he's trying to murder her or get her to sign some sort of will or something like i just what the fuck dude i'd be i don't know calling the police i think my husband's trying to murder me i don't know yeah oh my god not the asshole not at all don't sign shit that you can't see let alone can't read yeah fuck that top comment not the arsehole not the arsehole not the arsehole this is extremely suspicious obviously he wants you to sign something important financial documents loan will property divorce papers list could be endless do not sign anything blindfolded and i would add on do not sign on any blank paper from now on just don't sign anything ever again don't just don't and change your signature in case he's got it from you.

He's going to just forge her signature, dude, and then deal with the consequences. God, what the fuck? I know. What the actual fuck? Anyone think she's the asshole? Just sign it, you bitch. Just sign it. It's probably her husband.

Not the husband. He's just trying to play a game with you stop being so bitchy wow someone said i would go ahead someone said like or a suicide note oh fuck um so this person said like i would agree to the game in quotes and sign with a fake name like katniss everdeen or with handwriting that's completely different to my normal signature the moment yeah the moment i'm about to finish the signature i'd rip the blindfold off and look over the paper so i wouldn't have time to take it away and even if he manages to take it away

before i see the signature before I see it the signature would be completely fake and he couldn't do anything with it or say yes, pretend that you will sign and take the papers get rid of the blindfold without signing anything and just look at the fucking papers, not the arsehole I wouldn't trust him either

not about to sign anything without signing it especially not when he's being so pushy and persistent about it, red flag I think you being so pushy and persistent about it. Red flag. I think you're in for a hell of a wake up, but I hope you'll update us. Yeah, that's a good point. Like at this point, I really would want to know what the fuck he was up to.

And I would be like, fine. So what's going to happen here? Like you're going to, you're going to blindfold me. I'm going to sit here. You're going to hand me a pen. You're going to put something in front of me. And then I would be like getting ready to sign it. And then I just like put, so he couldn't yank it.

And cause I would be like, what the fuck do you want me to sign? Yeah. The fuck mate? Like people in the comments are like seriously worried. Yeah. No, seriously. It's so bizarre that you can't help but think the worst. Especially when he's like, nevermind then you can't help but think the worst especially when he's like never mind then you can't see because it's a very reasonable thing to ask yeah for a game very worried up

and i hope she's okay i hope she fucking got out of that situation yeah i hope there's an update if you can bookmark that or something so you see it do it yeah i'll try and find this one of the older ones though yeah i'll have a look see if matt if you're listening and there's an update send it to me he's really good about that oh good oh there we have it creepy yeah not the asshole he's a serial killer Yeah Yo Well On that note The summary of The world's horrible

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when I try to get you to sign your suicide note so I can murder you and make you look like a suicide as long as it's a game I'm in alright well it was good talking to you and you bye bye all right well that's good talking to you and you bye you you