The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Sarah Silverman Unpacks Elon Musk Boosting His Own Tweets | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Episode Date: February 16, 2023

Sarah Silverman serves up today's news, including a NewsMax reporter asking if Biden is "woke," Elon Musk promoting his own tweets, more survivors of the Turkey earthquake being found, the newest law in North Korea banning girls from having the same name as Kim Jong Un's daughter, and Adidas questioning what to do with Yeezy merch. NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar discusses what inspired him to lead a life of activism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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If you thought your Twitter feed was especially flooded with Alon's tweets this week, you weren't alone. Apparently Alon's tweets weren't going viral enough, so he pressured his engineers to design a special algorithm just for his tweets so that everyone would see them first. Because it behooves all of us to be privy to the fresh and original insights of the richest man in the world. Really, though, this is just the most pathetic thing I've ever heard. I don't understand how someone can have 15 kids and still be an in-sell. I feel bad for him. I feel bad for him. I really do. This man paid $44 billion to get the same insecurities that I have for free.

Let's move on to Turkey. It's been 10 days since the country was struck by a devastating earthquake. But in a small bit of good news, rescue workers are still miraculously finding people alive in the rubble. Just yesterday, they saved two brothers who survived more than 200 hours by eating protein powder and drinking their own urine. Ugh, protein powder. But how amazing is that?

Protein powder and urine. That definitely sounds like something you could buy from, say, a Joe Rogan. Thank you. Thank God they had that protein powder down there. That's why experts are now saying in case of an earthquake, try to stand in the doorway of a GNC. Let's move on. Are you guys familiar with the TV network Newsmax?

Oh, you are. It's basically an even more far-right Fox News, like if your crazy uncle had a crazy uncle. Anyway, a reporter from Newsmax was at the White House yesterday and he asked a very newsmax question. One of the most prominent themes that we hear from both elected Republicans and candidates has to do with what is called wokeism and so we hear so much talk about woke capitalism, a woke military and so on and by way of trying to clarify this for

the American people I wonder if we couldn't begin with a threshold question to win. is President Biden woke? First of all, too-wit? Okay, Frazier. I mean, I love how these guys are always like, The left are coastal elites, now pretty tell, don't thou be wokeeth? A person who says towit is usually a too wot. This guy really thinks is Joe Biden woke was like a hard-hitting question.

The real hard-hitting question would be is Joe Biden awake? I don't know. I think we're just communicating wrong. like what I know woke to mean is like learning new things about people or the world and then acting accordingly like basic kindness, maybe a gesture of care that people are more vulnerable. You know what, actually you wouldn't like it, it's Jesus stuff. But they're like, yeah, but I want him to push it on me. Nobody's pushing shit on you. You're acting like a beta cuck.

Like, woke for the right is really just an umbrella term so that they don't have to say specifically that they're pieces of shit. Like, it feels cooler to say, I'm not woke than the truth, which is, I'm terrified of what I don't understand, and I only know how to process that as anger because I can't look inward, too wit. Someone whose wokeness nobody is wondering about is Kanye West. His decision to go full Nazi hasn't just destroyed his own career, but it also really burned Adidas. And now the company is looking for a, well, let's say a final solution. After cutting ties with Ye, better known as Kanye West, back in October over anti-Semitic

comets, Adidas is now looking into options to salvage its merchandise and avoid major losses. So the company says it does expect to lose more than $1 billion by ending that Y-Z merchandise line. Adidas could possibly repurpose the products now in order to keep their losses at a minimum. Some of the options that they're looking at include removing the YZ label on all of the merchandise or selling possibly the smaller markets outside of the United States. This is why we've got to stop giving shoe deals to celebrities who are cool and start giving them to celebrities who are just fine.

Why can't Adidas start a Randy Newman line? For more on what Adidas can do with these sneakers, we turn to Dulce-Sloan, live at Adidas Headquarters. What's that? What is it? What is it? Adidas is screwed, right? Any way to salvage this? Maybe, I mean, maybe not. You know, that's not my problem. That's Adidas's problem.

It's called losing money. You know, you roll the dice and it came up, Mine Comf. That's all you. Welcome to capitalism, bitches. Yeah, but... Well, Indinas have to throw out all these shoes. Like, that's so wasteful. Maybe they just take the labels off. We're still going to know it's those shoes. You can't take the label off. You ain't tricking nobody. It's in the Clark Kit Superman situation.

But if you still want to sell them, you need to find a different use for these shoes. Like look at these. You don't have to throw them away, you can just drain pasta in them. Perfect. And then you got these boots, okay? They look like weird blankets, you cut them up, and you use them as blankets for small hostages, right? And it's like, shush, shh, they can't hurt you, you're safe now. Squeeze the yeasies around you. And then look at this one.

That's a loofer. Easy, come on! You squeeze your body wash on it like God-intended and get the scrubbing. Oh, and this one could be a good menorah. Mm-hmm. Here there's go. What else? What else? What else? Just like God intended. Now, here's another idea.

Just keep selling them ugly-ass shoes. The only people buy them anymore are Nazis. So then we'll know who the Nazis are. You identify those motherf-a-wha's with footwear. You see what I'm saying? You'll be able to spot him anywhere, even in a bathroom stall, because you all know I'd be in a men's room. Wait, why are you in a men's room? Because that's what the men are. It literally says it on the men are. It literally says it on the door.

Men's rooms, it's what it means is that. Look, I, okay. I mean, I like your plan, but wouldn't it be wrong for Adidas to take Nazi money? No, that's the best part. The more money they spent on the shoes, the less money they got to spend on Nazi shit. Right? Okay. And then when it's time to fight, they can't buy weapons because they spent all their

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than being trapped in a metal tube with 300 strangers during the pandemic and all of us praying That the pilot ain't too drunk to land this bitch But I'd love that. Well, I'll be honest. I don't actually love that I gotta tell you I had the worst flight last weekend. This kid next to me cried the entire time just screaming in my ear. I was like, I don't care. you're my son. Mommy's the the the worst the worst the worst the the the the the the the to to to to to to to to to to to the to the the the the the to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the pilot the pilot the pilot th. I th. I tian. I tie. I tie. I tie. I tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie tie to my son. Mommy's trying to watch Zoolander. It's right. You gotta watch Zoolander. It's a classic. Tour to Force.

Let's show my Blue Steel. Oh, Blue Steel? Yeah. You see? Yeah. Yeah. little for that. I have like resting blue steel face. Okay. And it's not just me, Roy, air travel has gotten so bad recently that Congress has been forced to get involved. Senators Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal introduced an airline passenger's bill of rights aimed at requiring airlines to fairly compensate

flyers during airline cause delays and cancellations. The senators also want to limit fees for bags, seating as well as for changes or cancellations. If passengers could receive $1,350 when ever their flight is delayed by four hours, I am guaranteeing you there'd be a lot fewer delays. Yeah, yeah, we could soon be getting an airline passenger's bill of rights. And if it's anything like the original bill of rights, we just have to wait another hundred years for it to apply to women and black people. Yep.

You know, but that's great to hear, you know, and I gotta say, $1,300 is a lot of money. thirty hundred dollars, a lot of money. If you can buy a $200 flight for a chance to win a grand, people are going to be gambling at the airport. You can buy a cheap ticket and wait for the delay to Sky Lounge, you're going to look like the off-track betting. Like, come on, Delta, give me that mechanical failure. Look. I, for one, am glad that they're finally doing something about the fees. They've been nickel and diming us for years. Fees for baggage, fees to print a boarding pass. Now there's even fees for picking a seat. Like, what are you gonna do if I don't pick a seat?

How about I just stand the entire flight? I'll treat your damn airplane like it's a subway and stay in there, break dancing and jerking off. That's true. I'll do it. That's true. I know. Oh, oh, speaking of jerking off on the airplane. Go on. There's been a lot of reports lately of passengers struck on the runway for hours and as the laws of physics state, when there's too much time to kill, white people busts out the acoustic guitars.

Take me home. Country road. Country road, take me home. No, no, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no. Look, no one has ever been like, you know what would make this delayed-ass flight better? Let's break out in a sing-along. Also, didn't the dude who wrote that song, didn't he die in a plane crash? How was plane crash dude in charge of the anthem for air travel?

How was he in charge of that? And I'm asking you, because you white. How was that possible? Oh, I don't know, but I'll bring it up at the next white people meeting. Okay. But yeah, seeing John Denver on a flight is like tempting fate. Like I wouldn't watch Titanic on a cruise. I mean, yeah, I'll check out the tiddy painting scene, but that's it. And one of the big reasons air travel in the air the air the air the air the air tha in tha in tha in the air tha in tha tha thai, thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, travel in this country is struggling is the FAA, or more commonly known as FAA. It's right.

Fah is in a lot of trouble right now because we're finding out how outdated some of these airports are. I mean, they're tracking flights with paper strips. They're not using computers. They're writing your flight on a paper strip and putting it up on the board. Arts and crafts! Oh God, how are these planes not crashing all the time?

Well, they're getting close. The FAA is forming a team of experts to examine flight safety after several recent close calls involving commercial planes. A FedEx Boeing 767 was about to land at Austin's International Airport as a Southwest Airlines 737 was told to take off from the same runway. The two planes came within a hundred feet of colliding in thick fog. It comes three weeks after another near collision at JFK where a Delta Airlines flight abruptly stopped its takeoff as an

American Airlines flight taxied across the runway in front of it. Delta 1943 canceled take-up plans. A mid-air scare in December just recently came to light. A United Airlines plane departing Maui took a nose dive, plummeting more than 1400 feet in about 20 seconds coming within 775 feet of the Pacific Ocean. Flames shooting out from under the wing of a Delta plane traveling from Scotland to New York. Forced to make an emergency landing, Delta blames a mechanical issue. Yeah. No shit.

Look, I'm not an engineer. But if the wing is on fire, this. I'm not an engineer. But if the wing is on fire, that looks like a mechanical issue. Yeah. And also, oh my God, can you imagine dying in a plane crash on the runway? Like, if I'm dying in a plane, I'd better be in the air. Otherwise, I'm just going all the way through TSA just to die in a car crash. That's terrible. To add insult to injury, now you did and you don't have your full-size shampoo.

You know what, Roy, these incidents make me think that we need a new passenger bill of rights. Article 1, airlines should not kill you. Article 2. Article 2. Article 2, if they do kill you. Article two. Article two, if they do kill you, you get $1,300. Article three, get rid of the paper strips, or at least laminate them. It's the 20th century.

It's the 21st century. It's the 21st century. It's the 21st century. Article four. If someone on the flight has to die it should be the person with the acoustic guitar. And also let me just slip in article 5, no more children on flights. What about your kid? Especially my kid. No more children on flights. What about your kid?

Especially my kid. No more children on flights. Get them off. Works for me. Thanks for chatting Desi. Back to you, sir. Thanks, guys. All right.

Stay tuned because when we come back, the legend himself, Kareem Abdul Jabbar will be joining me on the show. Thank you. to the try and to the try and to find a needle in a haystack. You might get a lot of resumes, but not enough candidates with the right skills or experience. But not with Zip Recruiter. Zip Recruiter finds amazing candidates for you fast. And right now you can try it for free at Zip Recruiter.com slash Zip Recruiter. Zip Recruiter finds amazing candidates for you fast. And right now you can try it for free at Ziprecruiter.com. Zip Recruiters smart technology identifies top talent for your roles quickly. Immediately after you post your job, Zip Recruiters powerful matching technology

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that celebrates his career across sports and social justice. Please welcome, oh my gosh, Karim well, well. Well. Well, well, that's getting her. I can't try to thu. Well. Well. Well. Well. You know, when they said I could guest host this show, then they said, who's your dream

guest? Don't say, like, it doesn't have to be realistic, just say one dream guest and then make a realistic list. And I said, Kareem Abdul Jabbar. And I know. Let's pretend this is like a therapy session. I'm your therapist now. All right. Of course as everyone knows LeBron James just broke one of your records and you were so gracious and there and everything but how did it make you feel?

I have to say I'm pretty glad that my role in it was finished? the the in it was finished. You know, but LeBron worked real hard for it. He deserves it. He has spent his adult life as a premier athlete and done an exceptional job at it. And his heart is in the right place. I don't know you probably you may or may not know how he sent a whole school district to college. Yeah. Yeah.

the whole lot he could be doing with that tuition money you know? Yeah. He could be on his own island. But you know that that's where his heart is. And so, you know, that's where his heart is. And so, you know, that's, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you that, you that, you that, you that, you that, you that's that, you may th th th th the th the that tuition money, you know? Yeah. He could be on his own island. But you know that that's where it's hard is. And so I got a lot of respect for him. I wish him well. Yeah you were so gracious and it's such a very zen absence of ego and I heard you say on Jimmy Fallon like you were like, it's like a burden's been lifted you know like I'm it's done with that I'm done with that you know and it was just I thought that was very interesting and and and so cool and you know it's interesting how great the greats you know you're real tall you're gifted basketball, but what people don't realize is the work

that's put into it. You were the kid who had the keys to the gym after everyone went home and worked on that sky hook. And you know, and it really is about getting that 10,000 hours and being dedicated, and I think that's something that kids don't necessarily put together when they see just a star or someone who's the goat, you know. It's pretty, I know that's not a question. I also want to point out, by the way, I'm very happy for LeBron, but I will say that your points were scored two at a time mostly. Yeah.

You know, thank you. A lot of people don't put that together. Thank you. A lot of people don't put that together. Thank you. Okay, let me ask you this. I don't even know how to ask it, but my best friend, tall, he's an unironic nickname, he's tall.

And he's 610. And I remember, he'sic nickname, he's tall. And he's 610. And I remember, he's very shy, he's not a performer, and I remember he told me, I know what it's like to be famous because when I walk into a room, people are like, look at that guy, you know, look at all the guy is. You know, as a eighth grader who is seven feet tall, I bet you can relate to what it is to be famous in the way of it being very self-conscious, you know, very kind of, and you know, I remember seeing that like you were 14, you were you were an eighth grader playing with the seniors

because you were so tall and you it was one time you cried and that was what made you put on this game face, this kind of stoicism and in a way that's kind of a survival skill. Do you think that's part of being this kid that was so tall at such a young age? I think at that time that's how I cop, you know, because I didn't know how to cope, you know. And I remember I was that age 14 and I went to Madison Square Garden and see a game and the guy asked me for my autograph. I said, you don't know who I am. Oh I know where you are. No, you don't know who I am. And we went back and forth for it. I said, oh, I'll get rid of this guy. And I signed my name. And he said, this is some stupid name you thaw it up. And he throwed it away. And, you know, talk about crushed egos. But, you know, that's how you learn the ropes. You know, you got to have to take your licks. It's not fun. But, you know, you know, you, you, you know, you know, you know, you know, the the, the, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi thi, thi thi thi thi thi thi thin thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' th. And, the the the the the the the the an the an the an the an the an the an the an the an thin, thin, thin, th's how you learn the ropes. You know, you gotta have to take your licks.

You know, it's not fun. But, you know, being the person that I am and what I wanted to do in my life, I've been able to do it since I've retired, you know? I mean, I'm, you know, I was always a fan of your basketball, but I became moved to superfandum when just reading your writing and your pieces and your substack and your, you know, you, I mean, I think of myself as someone who does odd jobs. You, I feel very much a kindred spirit with you, you know, you write for Time Magazine and then you've got your substack and then like you wrote for Veronica Mars and then you know

like you have a call, I mean it's so cool you know you watch the Bachelor and you write pieces on it for you you would write for the Hollywood Reporter and they were so thoughtful and and they weren't just fluff even the bachelor stuff because it is so fascinating to watch these people and to think about to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. you th. you you th. you you you you thi thi. you know thi. you know thi. thi. thi. And thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I th. th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thin. I thin. I thin. I thin. I thin. I thin. thin. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to te. to te. to te. to thin. thin. thin. thin. thoughtful and they weren't just fluff, even the bachelor stuff, because it is so fascinating to watch these people and to think about what's going on in their minds. Well, you know, my manager and friend, Deborah Morales, enabled me to figure out a way to express all of this and make it work as a as a living, you know, getting paid for doing something that you love is like almost as good as playing basketball and getting paid.

So yeah. Yeah. You know there are people there are, it's such a rare gem of a thing when, you know, like singer-songwriters, like when someone can write beautiful songs and they happen to be great singers, like that's just such a wonderful, happy accident. And with you, with writing, you have all this experience, all these ideas, all this, these, you're so introspective. And then on top of it, you're this like, beautiful, the, the, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thi-a, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, the, this, these, you know, progressive thoughts, you're so introspective, and then on top of it, you're this like, beautiful writer, you know, like the way you put words together I find, you know, thrilling. But you know, Cole Porter was that talented in that he could write songs and write the lyrics for them.

And they go together like hand and glove. Very few people like that. Yeah, well you're one of them. That's my point. But I know. I know. I did all, I did a lot of these. I did a lot of these.

Hold on, not gonna do that one yet. Hold on. Listen, I've got little notes for myself. Of course there's this one. I got to know Robin Williams. You did. Yeah, and you and him have, you share a same, you can, you share a same talent in that you can get people to laugh when they're hurting.

And Robin was exceptional at that, and I'm so sorry he's gone. He was a beautiful man and I miss him. But you've relied good spirit. Oh my goodness, oh yeah. You are much like how Robin with Whoopi and Billy Crystal started, I can't remember what's called, comic relief. You are much like how Robin with Whoopi and Billy Crystal started, um, I remember what's called, comic relief. You've been very active in activist, you've been an activist for a long time. What was that inciting incident?

What got you? Well, for me it was the murder of Emmett Till. That bothered me and I couldn't understand it. I asked my parents to explain it. They didn't have the words. So I've spent my life since then trying to figure out how to get us all to tamp down on the hatred and learn to know and respect and love each other. That's where we got to go.

And we got to go. And we got to get here. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah, I think we all, I think we're so different and we're the same. I think we're so different and we're the same. I always think like, we're just the same as this mug, this table, we're just molecules. We're not different. One people, one planet. We've got to take care of it. we. We, we. We've we'. We've we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' that's, we've that's, we've that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. that's, we're that's, we're that's, we're that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's the same as this mug, this table. We're just molecules. We're not different.

One people on one planet. We've got to take care of it and take care of each other. I mean, yeah, I always think like, whenever things get too heavy, I'm just like, come come on, we're in fucking outer space. Like, nothing matters. We're going to blow the place up. tha. tha. tha. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. We're gonna blow the place up. Wait a minute. Wait, whoa, you know? You know, I know you've been in a million things

and you've been doing, you're so vital. To me, you're in your most vital, most exciting years. But just going back to it, because I watched the documentary, Minority of One, which I really loved, I hope you're happy with it. I thought it was spectacular. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. They were clapping for me just because I asked the question so well. But when you did airplane, it was a kind of, it was transformational for you because you had always been this kind of game-face stoic dude, maybe protecting yourself in some way. Airplane enabled me to make fun of my image and laugh about it and it got people, they stopped thinking about that as who I was and it was right on the time we won a world championship. That helped. Yeah. But it feels like it unlocked something in you where you were able to not be how other

people define you. Right. And I had like a certain fear of exposing myself at times. You know, just my inner thoughts and emotional feelings really was worried about sharing to us. I've gotten over that. We tend to have shame around our own feelings and we forget that's all we are, right? We're just people like everyone else, you know. That's how it works.

I want to put my face in your hand, but I know that's weird. Well, we can do hands. Let's let's you're here. Pretty much the same. Oh, you want a small start here? Can you think I'm supposed to stick with it? I was just going to end this, but I just want to keep going. But I'll end it. But I'll end it. It's all.

It's all deep. You know what I really want to ask you about is, um, um, I'll also, um, I'll, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, the the the the the the the the to, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you want, you want, you want, you want, you want, you want, you want to to to to, you want to, you want to want to want to want to want to want to want to want to, you want to want to, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, you want to, you want to, you want to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, want, to, want, want, to, want to, want to, want to to to to to to to to to keep going, but I'll end it. You know what I really want to ask you about is also your friendship with Bruce Lee. You know, I just, to me that tracks so well, you know. It should because when I met Bruce, I wasn't really, you know, a hot shot professional athlete and he was working as Cato in the Green Hornet. And I just wanted to study Chinese martial arts. And a guy sent me over to him who knew him and said hey try and work this with Bruce and the way he he really showed me how powerful his his

art was when you know he had me punch and kick a bag he get behind put his weight behind it and said punch and kick it and I did he said hmm that was interesting and then he had his wife come out. And he told me, all right, you put your weight behind the bag. And I did. And she kicked the bag, and my body flew off of it. And I said, I gotta learn that. What is the key to that? Is it about like center of weight or something?

No, it has just learning how to control your inner forces in a way that enable you to deal with someone who might be trying something wrong, you know, if you learn how to move and You can just say you don't know. No, I do know. It's it's harder to talk about it than it is to do it, you know? So if you if you have the time and inclination, I do. You know what's really good, uh good as you can do on your own taichi. Great exercise. There you go. I don't know I'm just making it up from what I see people do in the part. No but you keep doing that for a couple of months and you'll notice an increase in strength and balance and endurance and stuff. Yeah, I love Bruce Lee.

You know what he reminds me of you with him is just the idea of be like water. To... Yeah, to adjust to any circumstance, to sprout where you're planted, to, you know, when water is in a teacup it's the shape of a teacup when water all that stuff. Bruce was all about brotherhood. Well it's deep. Feehawk. Yeah.

He was all about brotherhood you know. He was all about brotherhood you know and for a long time Chinese people didn't like him teaching people who weren't Chinese. But Bruce said, hey, you know, I've learned things from people who weren't Chinese that maybe they might have wanted to keep quiet, but they shared it. And that was his attitude about it and it made it possible for the exchange to happen. I know that's how it was with me and him, you know, our friendship was based on that. And it meant something. Those are mizfas, they're generous, it's a wonderful way to live. A good deed, yes, absolutely.

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