the zurkie show - they've been waiting to hear this

Episode Date: December 13, 2024

there's someone out there waiting for you to apologize. maybe it's time to do it.

I have told a lot of really bad jokes in my lifetime, but there is one that takes the cake as the worst. It was at a high school graduation party, and I saw that my friend was wearing his new necklace, and it looked incredible. It was this silver, long, rectangular necklace with a jewel on it. I'll never forget it. And it kind of looked like a very popular nicotine inhaling device. The jewel. It looked like it. So I said, hey man, I love your jewel necklace. You can vape out of it.

And he looks at me and he says, thanks. My mom's ashes are in them. The whole rest of the night, I was thinking it was over for me. It was done. Just like that, a homie that I've known for a good amount of years, a good amount of childhood, there was no coming back. But it was later into the night that I finally muster up the courage, and I was just like, hey, I'm sorry. That was really out of pocket.

That was really messed up for me to say. I actually really like your necklace, and I think it's beautiful. And he says, dude, I totally know you were kidding, and you didn't know. It's okay. We made amends, and later, we played spike ball, and everybody clapped. Moral of the story, just say sorry. man just say sorry

apologize apologize when something is your bad because a lot of people don't they don't own up to it they will act like oh well I didn't know so I

why should I apologize I had no idea just say sorry just just say sorry now there's certain things you shouldn't be sorry for but if you feel bad about it you should say sorry about it Sorry about that.

Sorry about that. On some yeat, you should say sorry about that. Because it seems like a lot of us harbor emotions and we hold grudges. I mean, I think this is like a normal human thing. And it's not healthy. And I get it. It's hard. It's so hard not to hold grudges and it's so hard to like, you know, pretend like, okay, well, you know, it is what it is.

But you know what? The older you get, the more you realize that grudges are stupid. and they're dumb. I have family members that have grudges, that are like siblings and they have had grudges 30, 40 years. That's the way you want to live your life. Now, listen, sometimes friends, even family,

are going to be toxic and you don't want that in your life and you want to, you know, you got to distance yourself. I get that. That's a whole different beast, whole different animal that you got to tackle. But a lot of things that are small, I think can be resolved. by just saying, sorry.

Apologizing. But you can't expect an apology from somebody. I've learned this the hard way. There are people who did me really dirty in my life that really messed me up. I was a happy camper, and then they came and just started thunderstorming on my campsite, and then they transformed into a bear

and went through my campsite and ate all my food, they pooped everywhere. I mean, it just sucks. Because I wake up and I'm like, bra, where's my Yeti cooler at? And it's gone. Paid a lot of money for that. So that kind of blows, right? But you can't expect people to come and say sorry. If somebody wants to say sorry, they will say sorry. But if somebody doesn't give a frig, for lack of better word, it's over. You can't expect them to go out and be like, oh, well, I noticed you were sad. Sometimes it's telling them, hey, I'm sorry for not talking to you, but you've been,

the thing that you did at that party really rubbed me the wrong way. And maybe you didn't mean to do that, but I didn't appreciate that. Maybe they don't even know. But I'm convinced that a good portion of the time they probably know. They probably have a hunch, like, ooh, that was kind of cringe. You're like, ooh, I did that. And some people, they don't care. They don't care.

Yeah, I said it, and? Well, you're mad. You're mad? You're mad. You're mad. But that's not most people. Most people will be like, oh, dang. I didn't even know.

I'm sorry. Like, I don't want this to be weird between us. We can figure this out. And then you say, yes, we can figure it out. Pay me $250,000 so I can buy a house. No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Don't do that.

Don't extort your friends for money. Unless you have a really good reason. to like let's be real okay because loki i was looking into buying one of those uh stanley cups and they're kind of expensive so you know you got to do what you got to do oh you're sorry we'll prove it with a stanley cup the messy edition messy is coming out with a stanley cup you guys know about this lionel messy leonellel crazy anyways but yeah just say sorry sorry about that just say it just say it It really can ease a lot of things that are rough. I have some friends coming into town very, very soon.

Who I've been on rocky terms with. I haven't been a good friend with them. I've been kind of schmid because I've had my own, like, insecurities that I've projected on them. And I had to say sorry to them. I had to apologize and be like, hey, you were making me feel this type of way. And, like, I hope you can see that from my perspective. And that's why I acted in this way, but it wasn't, it wasn't right. And a lot of the time, like, with my homies, they're like, you know what, you're right.

And let's make amends, let's be homies. Like, let's be on good terms. Life is too short to be worrying about, you know. Well, you didn't help me when I needed help. What's wrong with you? Sometimes people can't help you Sometimes you got to do it on your own That's just what it is

Sometimes you have friends that you've been friends with for years And then they go into hiding And it is what it is It is Sometimes you need to take a break from people Sometimes you just want to be alone I get it Nothing wrong with that either

I love being alone I love it Do I wish sometimes I had a girlfriend Yes Like every day This is me being very vulnerable Yes every day But I also love being alone and spending time with myself.

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Please sit and sit. Play. Post. Taste. View and enjoy. Via rail, love the way. And sometimes that means I don't respond to people. I don't text people back. And when I do, I just say sorry.

And if they're really your true homie, they'll understand. They'll get it. They'll be like, you know what, valid, bro's on his own mission, he's doing the side quest. You know, it is what it is. It's fine. I mean, how do you think I hike up to these beautiful places? I don't be doing it with a whole posse of people. It's just me a lot of the time. And my homie Gadini, shout out Godine. Maybe it's time to reach out to that one friend that you beefed with in like senior year of high school and you're like, I'm never going to talk to that. I'm gone. And then you go back for winter break to your hometown. Maybe it's time to reach out to them and be like, what's up? Let's talk about this. This is because this is dumb. And sometimes

you will say sorry and they'll say no, I don't forgive you. That's fine. At least you said sorry. It's on them. You cannot control that again. You can't control what they're going to say. But if you're like, hear me out, then there's a good chance they'll hear you out. And you you guys will be on the same page. So next time you feel like, that was a little bit weird. I don't know how to feel about that. I think I messed up. Just say sorry.

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