Feb. 22, 2023
Season 5, Episode 4
Gil and Eric discuss LGBTQIA+ news and the Super Bowl
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Eric:
Hello and welcome to the Q Lounge, a podcast where we bring you news, stories, and life situations as they relate to the lgbtqia a plus experience. I am Eric
Gil:and I'm Gill.
Eric:And we want to thank you for joining us this week. How are you doing,
Gil:Gil? I am doing well. I'm just trying to stay nice and cozy, as we're doing this podcast. I have a little blanket wrapped around me. it's quite chilly. You're, chilly for West coast standards. in the Bay Area. so it's like 83. You ready? Pretty much Oh my God. I heard you guys got snow in Albuquerque. We
got
Eric:snow yesterday and today. Oh, you guys are fancy And we had two hour delays on most things. Uhhuh. My car was actually frozen. I still have icicles on my door Handles. Oh
Gil:Oh my goodness.
Eric:yeah, it was pretty crazy.
Gil:Oh good. How are you
Eric:doing though? Doing pretty well. I had a couple interesting things happen this week, which we can talk about later. We'll see. We have time
Gil:of course.
Eric:oh, one thing I wanted to discuss though, cuz we discussed this either on the first episode or the second episode of this season,. We were talking about prep Yes. For blood donation. I know we talked about that a little bit on the first episode, but I think we had also mentioned it on one of the other episodes. and I had mentioned that you have to be off of prep for a while, but I couldn't remember exactly the timeframe. So if you are on oral prep, which would be your Truvada and Descovy you have to be off of it for three months. before they'll let you donate blood and test your blood. Oh wow. and same with pep. So if you've done pep, which is post-exposure, prophylactic. So if you have slept with someone who is H I V positive and you need to take, or you suspect might be, and you need to take up medications like right after, within that window it has to have been like three months prior. And if you are using aptitude, which is newer, I think it's only actually been out for maybe a year. But if you're using Aude, which is the injectable prep Yes. Then you have to wait two years.
Gil:Holy mother. Yeah. Wow. I hope you're, you don't have the sort of blood type that's in high demand. I know.
Eric:cause that's the case. Jesus. I just thought that was pretty interesting. Yes. Yeah. Wow. That's, so I just wanted to, I just wanted to clear that up a little bit because I know I gave like very vague timeframes. Yeah. So I wanted to give you a little bit more specific timeframes, and it's more based on the fact that if you are not taking your prep properly or correctly then there's a possibility that there might be a chance that you may have contracted. H I v. So then it like, takes 90 days to read through your system. So that's why it's three months, but if you like test, you have to test the second time. So then that actually pushes you out to 180 days to make, to validate the first test. Yes. So it's still a lot of, it's just a bunch of what if, what ifs? I still think it's. A way to discriminate it is, but that's my 42 cents that I'm putting in
Gil:right now. It's that step one, one step four, two steps back kind of situation. Yeah. that's, that's still good information though, nonetheless. Yeah, absolutely. Good to know. And the more you know with Eric
Eric:with the Rainbow and the Star taste the rainbow.
Gil:So what's going on in South Dakota?
Eric:So South Dakota, and nothing against South Dakota or South Dakotans. Yeah. but your governor sucks in a nutshell. Yeah. Christie Nom. is set to sign into law, It's set to sign into law a ban on nearly all forms of gender affirming care for minors. That's surgical and non-surgical. That's including puberty blockers. with people who, if you're a professional who thinks that this person would benefit from reaffirming healthcare gender reaffirming healthcare, or you provide any of that type of healthcare, you are at risk for being fined. I forgot how much it is. I want to say it's 10,000 or something. Plus you will lose your licensure. Don't quote me on the financial figure, but you can also lose your licensure.
Gil:That is crazy.
Eric:Yeah. So it falls in line with the Utah law that we discussed. Correct. yeah, I just, I, and we've talked about this, I think almost every episode. Yeah, we have actually, I'm still like, just, it grosses me out that we, everyone just wants to attack the most marginalized and most vulnerable community. Yes. And I'm just gonna say it, it reminds me it's very Hitler ish to me.
Gil:We are barely, what is it, a full month and couple of weeks into this new year and there's already been over 65 ish anti L G B T Q, legislation has been trying to be going through, so laws and stuff like that are going through. Last year alone, there's 359. Yes. This is the reason why we talk about it. And, things that we keep noticing is the same trend. It's the same, Republican party that's big boasting of, small government. this is a small government. If they're regulating what we're doing with our body, it's not your fucking concern, quite honestly, let's put it that way. It's none of their business. Absolutely.
Eric:here we are. I don't want my state senator or representative or governor or president in the doctor's office with me. No, we've, we already saw them go after women. Correct. With the Dobbs decision in the overturn of R v W. Yeah. And now we're going after trans people. Correct. And this is another reason why I don't understand how people can, and maybe I'm just a petty small person, I don't know, but I don't understand how people can be friends with people who they know support this type of legislation and this type of rhetoric and be like, oh, you have to put differences aside. This is like an extreme situation and circumstance though. Like you are literally wanting to take people's rights away. You are literally rounding people up to, And again, it's very, that's very Nazi ish, and I hate, I don't want to be throwing that word around, so capriciously, but it's It's that same mentality
Gil:though. I agree. Because it's that same thing of, back, I would assume probably 40 years ago, 50 years ago, Yes, it, it was easy to have difference of fuse and stuff like that, where it was, you could still be friends and stuff like that. but the way things have been moving and how much, far right things have been going, it's just like these, a lot of these laws remind me of a lot of the anti, a lot of the, anti-black, anti-Chinese, anti-immigration and a lot of those early laws from the early 1920s. You're looking at, some of those, the way that they were worded and crafted, of course it was in the name of, Christian beliefs or the name of keeping a certain group protected. The majority.
Eric:you heard what Texas is doing, right? Absolutely. With the anti-Asian law that they're passing. Yes.
Gil:And this is the same shit. This is the same, the,
Eric:for people who don't know, they're saying that quote unquote, Chinese immigrants can no longer. be property owners or purchase land, but it's basically going to go to all the Asian community in general. Sorry, go
Gil:ahead. no. I, that's the same stuff that was passed on the west coast. San Francisco was notorious for it back in, its in its history. Absolutely. before we became this beautiful liberal hub. our history is very checkered with that stuff. what's not good. but like I said, it's, there's a difference between where I'm, let's say I'm having a discussion with a friend. We can still be friends, but we're arguing over, the ch I don't know them adding the new charges for the roads here in, in the Bay area to charging my fast track. There's a little, now they're gonna be putting feeds as you drive into the carpool lane. That's a difference of opinion if you are a commuter but we can still be friends. Yeah. The difference is we're talking about another human. Yes. Putting all these special regulations and restrictions on another human obtaining their right as an American. To liberty, to freedom to owning a property. That's what the, that's the issue here. And I think that's a huge separation. That's a
Eric:huge difference. It's a huge difference. Cuz the thing is like what I do with my body does not affect you in any way whatsoever. Absolutely not. that's a fucking weird thing because if what happens to me affected you, then, not you per se, but people in general. Yeah. Like you guys would all have my fucking autoimmune diseases right now. Correct. yeah, it's
Gil:bullshit. it's not, like I said, if these people, these politicians are elected human beings getting paid by taxpayers. So that's us, all of us here who are working for it, the way I look at it, they're not qualified in, they're not medical professionals at all. Not at all. I can guarantee you 99% of 'em are bus or somewhere in the business spectrum. Maybe they've never been in it before. But they're not medical professionals. Most of 'em are not. Most politicians are not. Yeah.
Eric:there's, they call 'em what they are. There is a small percentage that are or might be, but it's very small.
Gil:It's very small. it's so minute, like I said, they have no businesses. It's like me making my judgment calls on things that I'm not educated on. It's just not my field. Like I said, I have an opinion on something, but doesn't, but, just, it's ridiculous. It's crazy. Yeah. And then same thing's happening right in Montana.
Eric:Montana's house, so their state house basically just, and it is gonna go to the Senate to their state senate, past HB 360 1. And it protects teachers and students rights to use a trans person's biological sex pronouns and their legal slash dead name. So basically what it is, and critics, this is what critics are calling it, and this is basically what it is. It's a right to bully. It's a right to bully trans kids. because you are now saying that, oh, if I refer to this person by their pronouns that they were assigned at birth, or I use their name, that they no longer go by. Yeah, that's fine. Like their rights are protected to be able to do that regardless of how it affects that individual. And this is a reason also why a lot of trans people when they make that transition, pretty much cut ties with all their old friends. Yeah. Because a lot of times they can't get past it or they still use the wrong pronouns, wrong names. and now you're giving these people, now you're giving people a right
Gil:I think that's like my new thing. Just I'm a loss of words at times. I'm just, it's 2023. And these are made from people who are, who have probably been in office since 1970. Yes.
Eric:Before I was born. Yes. And I'm an old person.
Gil:and this is not trying to be ageist about things, but there's at a point right, that are you still capable of doing your job work? Are you still able to. Uphold the group that you're supposed to represent versus insisting that this is the way.
Eric:and go ahead.
Gil:No, I, that's just what I'm
Eric:feeling. cuz like we talk about this too, like how Yeah. Things in the past are like problematic, especially by today's standards and Correct. We talk about it's the sign, a sign of the times. even though that's a shitty excuse, it's still a valid excuse because this is how things were looked at back then versus how they're looked at now. Correct. But you have people who were from the sign of the times back then who are still legislating now, who are trying to keep today back represented back by the signs of those times and not the times that they're in now.
Gil:Correct. I agree. I agree. And that's, I think this is why term limits is a
thing.
Eric:Oh, term limits have to be a thing. Have to be a thing. It's funny too, cuz what's this called? That asshole from Texas, Ted Cruz I saw that, go ahead. he proposed a bill for term limits. Yes, he did. And then they're like, you're, this is like his second term or whatever, Uhhuh And there he's oh, I would sep aside too. what if it doesn't pass? then I'll keep running. the irony and your principles of there should be term limits, but if there's not, then I'm gonna keep running.
Gil:One of the best things that happened and why a lot of presidents stayed with the two term is because George Washington was asked to do a third term and he said no. he set precedents that, he, there didn't need to be a law, but he stepped away because the whole purpose of why they broke away from me or the many reasons, But it was that it was not a it's not an elect. You're not elected for life. Exactly. And that's not, and that was the thing, Supreme Court time to move on. And that's the same thing with the Supreme Court. And I agreed that there had to be, there has to be term limits. it made sense for the way the courts before because they didn't have as heavy of a political lean as they do now. Where now it is all politics.
Eric:It's all politics. And the fact is back then too, people were dying when they were like 24. Yeah.
Gil:Yes, which actually just, it's not really related to the gay news, but I don't know if you heard about them trying to raise the social security age to 70. Yes, I heard about that. Which I will tell you now, I will leave for Europe cuz I don't have fucking time to be, I will not be working till I'm 70.
Eric:I'm down to leave for Europe now.
Gil:Yeah, because I told it to Chris. I was like, I
Eric:hear Spain is beautiful. It's, it is, and it's very lgbtqia, a plus
Gil:friendly. That is the most welcoming. And I live here in the Bay Area by far Madrid and even Barcelona. I was like, it was so flaunted out there. I was like, oh my God, I look so conservative.
Eric:I believe Madrid has like the second largest pride event in the world.
Gil:Oh my God, that's awesome. I didn't know that. I don't who I felt comfortable I felt, so I
Eric:don't know who the first is. I am assuming it's probably Toronto, or Tel Aviv, but I'm not sure.
Gil:Okay. Yeah. It's, at least from my experience, that's why I wouldn't mind going back to Spain. I'll learn Spanish. Why not? Yeah, I should know it.
Eric:Yeah. I'll go to Spain and whore myself out to find a husband,
Gil:whatever we need to do exactly for the children. Sorry, we
Eric:digress. hey, we have time to do that Oh, I found this really interesting. Yeah. This is not necessarily L G B T Q news, but it's still interesting. this was happened I believe in England. Okay. The Cheltenham races. I believe those were in England. the council implemented paint that pees back. To prevent public. Yeah. It's to prevent public urination. At the Cheltenham horse races, that's the council is looking to crack down on public urination that traditionally occurs at the event. Oh. This quote unquote, war on P will primarily will be primarily combated with special deflective paint that will spray violators urine back at them. This hydrophobic paint will be implemented for the first time at this year's it races and the council will evaluate its effectiveness moving forward. I just thought that was interesting. if you wanna tie it into L G B LGBTQ Q stuff, it's dealing with penises. Yeah. and golden showers.
Gil:I was gonna say during a pride fest, Lord knows, we just whip it out anywhere. We're like tie to go pee So I was like, fucking urine. Oh, I hate it. I thought
Eric:that. I thought that was funny and entertaining. That's
Gil:cute. like I'm entertained by it. ugh.
Eric:And Sri Lanka is moving forward with a bill that would decriminalize same sex marriage or same sex relationships. Sorry, not marriage. Same sex relationships. Okay. yeah, so I thought that was pretty cool. Under, that's good. Under the bill sections 365 and 365 A of Sri Lanka's 1883 penal code would be amended to make same sex sexual activity between consenting adults legal. Awesome. That's a step in the right direction. Yes. Huge step in the right direction, whereas the US is stepping back.
Gil:Hey, this is the importance of voting for your local politicians, people. Yes. Because Mad
Eric:and then in India trans man cries, tears of joy after becoming first to give birth in India, a transgendered couple from the Indian state of Carolla, I hope I said that Shared their tears of joy as they announced the birth of their first child together. Wow. Zia Pavel said her partner Zahad, who uses only one name, gave birth on the morning of the 8th of February. The two are believed to have made history in India as no one else has called themselves a biological parent in the transgendered community as far as we know. They told the b B. And this is from gay times. the couple said that it was their dream to become parents. I think that's awesome. I
Gil:love that. Congratulations. Should
Eric:Oh, that's good for, that's
Gil:beautiful. Oh, that's good. That's great to hear.
Eric:Absolutely. And then, going to your favorite state of Florida Yes. one of their state representatives, Joseph Harding, he is the Republican who introduced the, don't say gay bill. Oh, yes. Yeah. You know that horrible bill that Yes. Yeah, that pass. Was it last year? Oh yes. He has been criminally indicted by the doj, the Department of Justice for wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements. and this is the person who has the power to dictate Yeah. People's education and their rights as individuals.
Gil:Oh my God. Are we shocked though? No, I'm shocked.
Eric:We're not. Oh my God. But it's disappointing. Yeah, I think
Gil:Oh my goodness. It's wonderful. It's just The state is such a hot mess. Yeah, it is such a hot mess. I I, we all know about, DeSantis obviously trying to talk about the, transgender kids are pretty much, at will at this point in his mind, just every second of the day getting reassigned their new genders and and just to clarify cuz I was digging into this, I was, my, I my curiosity was really how many kids actually or minors under 18 are transitioning And the answer was there was only two under extreme circumstance last year. Both of them at, I believe it was 17, is what I saw from the data. No one. 13. because a lot of his claims have been about, oh my God, kids are just getting lefted. Yeah.
Eric:they make it sound like it's a fucking drive-through that people like drive in and be like, oh yeah, I wanna change my gender. Boom, we're gonna do it right now. no, people don't realize, it's the process. It's the process. You have to go through counseling. Yeah. And you have Yeah.
Gil:this is a whole, especially for minors, like I said, this is a whole thing. It was under extraordinary circumstance in which this happened. but
Eric:to, and they were 17. Yeah.
Gil:Or to be 18, Yeah. They were right on that cu anyway. Yeah. But the answer is zero under that. Yeah. The big fat's zero. Yeah. So we're wasting all this time, this media, this hoopla and red scare about something. Let's be real. It's not there.
Eric:It's not there. It's not a problem. That's, but that's the whole tactic. Yeah. Yeah. We create this big problem in the minds and fantasies of people and we water that and just keep adding to it and oh my gosh, oh my. This is a huge problem. This is a huge problem. It's like the Satanic scare, right? There was no real such thing. It was thought up by some woman who had schizophrenia and people are like, oh. They latch onto it and they're like, oh, we're going to make, create this problem and tell everyone it's a problem. And if we say it enough times and say it loud enough, they're gonna believe us. And then we're gonna stop this problem. That doesn't even exist.
Gil:That's exactly where we're at right now. They had the war on drugs, same situation. Oh, that ended up doing way more damage than anything else.
Eric:Yeah. come on. this is the government. Who okayed fentanyl,
Gil:and how's that
Eric:going, Exactly.
Gil:Yeah. Once they started criminalizing it, oh Lord. yeah. But this is one of those, like I said, it's a made up culture war that doesn't exist because that party has no platform to stand on. They have no idea where the fuck they wanna go. How are they gonna make your life better? And that's, this was a question always asked, in your four years, did your life improve or get words during that time period? If the answer is nothing happened, revote for them, if it was worse, vote 'em out. Yeah. But what do you have to offer? They have nothing to offer. No, you're right. What's the alternative? It's this apocalyptic hell that they're talking about. There isn't.
Eric:No, they're trying to make the book of Revelations relevant. Yeah. So that they can say, see, look, we're all dying right now and Revelations is happening. We need to stop it and go back to Leviticus Times and Deuteronomy and No, it's, no, we're not there. You guys are making this bullshit up off of your mythical Fable book.
Gil:Yeah. call it what it is. It's all, this is all bullshit. We all know it is. like I said, it's eventually they'll get off of the trans people. They're gonna move on to something different. I'm curious what it is I remember about 20 years ago was all about the Muslims. They, yeah. All the anti-Islamic bills that they were passing left and right in the act in for the name of freedom.
Eric:they're still passing, they're still punishing Muslims. Yeah. it's not front page. Look at Ilhan Omar. Oh yes. there's all this a, there's all this again, they're screaming about Sharia law. Yeah. And look at the laws that they're passing. I arrest my
Gil:case. I just, yeah. I, like I said, lots of words. Almost every podcast is my I dunno. It just, when we first started this, it was like, I had plenty of words and let's be, and after the years draw in, it's like, what the
Eric:fuck? cause we're we're in this cycle. Yeah. But the thing is the cycle progressively gets worse. Yeah. The idiocy gets more extreme. And then we have absolute morons who are creating.
Gil:Yeah.
Eric:Yeah. I, we have racists and pedophiles in our government. Yeah.
Gil:They talked about draining the swamp and they literally elected the swamp. I couldn't tell you. Yeah. I people are trash. Trash. They're just street trash. I just, I, this, I wanna say this is something when I'm older, I much older, I want to read history books and what the fuck they say about this time period, the Trump years plus post. And I wanna see what is the way that they're gonna be judging us, because, shrieked as all
Eric:hell. that's the history's even legal to teach then. right now. Yeah. You can't teach anything that's not a whitewashed version. White history. Yeah. A so eventually this is just gonna oh, history doesn't exist. nothing happened. nothing happened. You just spontaneously showed up on Earth. because if we ha, if they have it their way, the Christian nationalists, they're actually gonna be like, God created you today, Yeah. He decided he was putting you here on the earth today.
Gil:Yes. Cuz a white guy ended up in the middle of the middle East.
Eric:Yeah. Again, like if that's white privilege right there. When you can take a Middle Eastern man and completely change his gender, or not gender, his race, I don't know. Altogether all together, we're talking a lot about gender stuff, so that's why that we have, oh my goodness. And who, how do we know Jesus may have been a woman? It could have been. So
Gil:it, I don't know. It's all fair game to the way I look at. None of us were there. The books itself has been translated, what, 8, 9, 20 different times. Yeah. It's been modified. We all know it's been modified. If you're not, Catholic and you're one of the other ones, the Protestants and whatnot, we all know that's an edited book cuz they are disagreement with the Catholics. like you, just looking down the history, I'm not trying to take a side here, but I'm just saying it's like y'all broke away for reason. Yeah. With edited versions.
Eric:and then the Catholic Bible's not necessarily the same as the Christian Bible because, oh God, no.
Gil:The Eastern Orthodox. That's a whole nother Jesus. She's the Christians Yay. It's just a mess. on a different note. let's see. We have, it's been, at least in California, it's been a big, our big thing right now is, Senator Diane Einstein is, officially put in her retirement. She will not be seeking reelection. That's good. In 2024, which is, great because, finally we'll get, not, I don't wanna put in a negative term because she's been a trailblazer for many years. And we don't want to downgrade it also. But I'm excited for. Opportunity for us to elect somebody different. Katie Porter. Yeah. Katie Porter. I'm putting my name out there that I will be voting for her. Katie Porter. Yes. Katie Porter
Eric:This podcast supports Katie Porter. Absolutely. And her whiteboards. Yes.
Gil:I will buy one. We'll write her
Eric:name on there. I saw her. I want, I don't remember what news station it was on. It was either msn, BBC or cnn. N I believe, Uhhuh. And they were asking her questions and she straight up brought out a little tiny whiteboard.
Gil:Yes. I love
Eric:was like, yes. You go with that whiteboard.
Gil:Oh, that's wonderful. That is
Eric:wonderful. she's a boss. I love that woman.
Gil:No, she is. No, she is. That's who I'm hoping we'll win. And I guess somebody will endorse, I'm hoping, like Feinstein will endorse somebody to help just because it does help. Like name recognition does help. Yeah. And that's one of those things. And like with her, I feel, especially being somebody from the north, it's been, I've been watching almost like a retirement party of it is true. We have the northern, Northern California politically has dominated. our politics for decades. and I've been watching Feinstein retire, boxer retired, eventually Pelosi's g when she stepped down officially. she does not wanna seek anything else with the house. I'm just like watching all my San Franciscans and Bay. They're all one by one. Yeah. All the women that I've grew up with, I've been literally almost all my whole life, stepping out for power. So it's just been a transition and all these people from SoCal suddenly stepping up and
Eric:I'm like, Ugh. Although you did have Harris who got a promotion.
Gil:She did. She didn't get a promotion. I'm always proud of her. She came outta Oakland. I'm like, yes. East Bay. yeah. So it's been, an adjustment for me where it still trips
Eric:me on that. Katie Porters from the oc.
Gil:Yes, she is,
Eric:but they did
Gil:that. There are others, male or, first Latino male, Senator also, he's from out of LA Okay. Like I said, it's a little bit of a shift. I'm not used to it. But it's good. I'm glad for the diversity part of it as well. Oh, that's good. Yeah. And then Feinstein also was the first San, first female mayor of San Francisco. Oh, wow. I did not know that. Yeah. She was the very first mayor, female mayor of San Francisco after, Mosconi and Mosconi got assassinated. And then she stepped in from the head of the supervisor. She was the, the board of supervisor, lead. So she took the role and eventually got elected. Oh, awesome. And she was our first senator, female senator in 92. So that's why there's that. Wow. Yeah. And she's always been an ally for us. But true, the thing with her is that she could, she had the opportunity to make in the eighties, make domestic partnership for gays Legal. And she, as she always does down center, So she got a side, stepped it. Ew. It could have been legal in the eighties. Ew. Yeah. So there's things where she was pushing for the, AIDS crisis. She made sure that was getting the funding, all that she fought hard, but there was also part of her where I'm like, fuck Yeah. Could have been there. But anyway, that's my 2 cents of Miss Diane Feinstein. No,
Eric:I think that's great. And thank you for sharing that with us. Yes. that's a nice little segue into some more pop culturey kind of stuff. this is just something we'll I don't know, out actor Joshua Bassett, has been baptized by an anti-gay megachurch
Gil:homo. Say what?
Eric:Yeah, so high school musical. The musical, the series Uhhuh That's a lot of colons. Yes. And not the colon That. You get penetrated through, Joshua Catholic Mine.
Gil:Huh? my poor Catholic
Eric:mind. that poor Catholic. Mine got singed years ago. so anyways, he's been baptized into the Christian megachurch famous for its anti-gay and pro-con conversion therapy teachings. This is coming from out? Yeah, this is coming from Out Magazine. If you don't know who Joshua Bassett is again, I said he's from High School Musical. The musical, the series He is also the person that Olivia Rodrigo's album is based on. It's based on their relationship.
Gil:Oh no. Shit. I didn't know
Eric:that. Yeah, so he was dragged publicly by Olivia Rodrigo. Shit, and then I, he like somehow outed himself with Uhhuh, talking about like how he had a crush on Harry styles or something. Okay. so anyways, he, today Joshua Bassett spoke out about his viral baptism video quote. I visited this church and happened to get baptized here. I was unaware of some of their policies and beliefs and do not endorse all of them. He wrote on Twitter, my Heart is For Christ and Christ Alone
Gil:These churches, these make the churches are like a Google search away from finding what the fuck they stand for. Yeah. Like it doesn't take a lo it doesn't take you to go to a library digging, searching. This isn't the seventies.
Eric:Yeah, exactly. Like you can literally just type it in and on your phone.
Gil:Yeah. It's the weirdest. Hell ask Genes if you're from the nineties it's still working.
Eric:that's it. Yeah. ask.com. You could tell. Okay.
Gil:I don't understand. I don't understand. I don't understand either. I don't get it. And we're not saying it can't be gained religious. No, absolutely. Like I said, toot your who or wherever, but just be mindful. It's like I actually walked into the, what is it? what's that other one that, Westboro Baptist or something. God, I just walk in there. God baptize real quick. Oh, I didn't realize the fuck. Yeah,
Eric:I think that's
Gil:sad. Yeah. Ugh. oh, wow. Bless this little heart I tried.
Eric:I don't know. I don't know how I feel about that. you gotta do what's best for you. I fully support that, but, Like you said, it's like it's only a Google search away. It's not even an intense Google search. No. You literally can just go to the website. You don't even have to go through Google. You can just type in their website and And I don't know what church this is cuz the article didn't state, but Yeah. I'm sure it's the one that bieber's part of. you just have to go to their website and it'll tell you Uhhuh Oh, where for traditional marriage? Where for this? Where for making people fit into societal norms. Uhhuh
Gil:It's stupid. I just, I don't get it. I don't, especially if you're a public person, right? Yeah. You have a public, you have a whole team. Like I would think logically you would be a little bit more mindful or at least cognizant of what you're
Eric:doing, because even a v list celebrity has at least Yeah. One or two people that are working for them.
Gil:Yeah. Like I, I don't think I will ever be really discovered in any capacity, but even I'm mindful of what I post online, what I type about. I'm aware. I'm aware. and I have a following of 12 people, Most of them I text So I think that's all I'm saying. Like I would think So if I'm gonna do something like that, I'm gonna get baptized. I'm out. I would figure out if the church is correct or at least on the, you know how Yeah. Bad are they? I should say Okay. Craziness. Wow. Thank you for that Eric.
Eric:You're welcome. also, we talked a couple episodes ago about uncoupled getting canceled by Netflix and I was like, I feel like we deserve some sort of closure cuz like the way the first season ended. Yes. but so it was canceled by Netflix but Showtime has picked it up for season two. Oh. Now I don't have showtime. I don't know if I'm gonna actually make the leap to get it cuz, although I do want to know what happens. I'm not that invested, but I think I was
Gil:month description and cancel.
Eric:I might, I actually might do that because I do want know what happens. Yeah.
Gil:I liked it. Yeah. we, you and I liked it.
Eric:I liked it. I thought it was a really good show. I am not the biggest, NPH fan. I agree. But I thought it was a very good show. I really enjoyed it. I thought Yeah. I thought it was a good show. I thought it was. I did too. it was very entertaining and it was somewhat relatable despite the fact that they were like, yeah, very well off. Wealthy or rich, classically, good looking white people. Aside from that,
Gil:oh goodness. that's good news. I'm happy to hear that. Yeah.
Eric:let's see. I have a couple more stories for you. Oh, and one of them will actually, both of them will be very good segueway. Into our next topic. So Czech footballer, Jakob Jankto, I hope I said his name comes out as gay. I no longer want to hide. So the Czech Republics, Jakob Jankto has made history as the first current international in men's football to publicly come out as gay. The Star made his senior debut for the Czech Republic in 2017 and has scored four goals across 45 appearances in a now viral clip shared by the 27 year old on the 13th of February. So just a couple days ago from when this is being recorded. A week and a couple days from when you guys get this episode, he opened up about his sexuality publicly for the first time. The athlete explained that he wants to live his life in freedom without fear, without prejudice, without violence, but with love, just like everybody else. I am homosexual and I no longer want to hide myself.
Gil:that is brave of him. Great job. Very, yes. we need more. And it shocks me. I watch football, soccer, Americans. I just wanna translate. and it's some of the stuff they do to each other, like you see on their video, stuff like that. I'm like, how is this straight? I don't even do it with my friends. Look at
Eric:ufc. But
Gil:yes, I'm just saying some of the stuff that they do, it's just very,
Eric:I maintain that UFC and M A is nothing but gay porn with more clothes and more blood. So you just swipe off the body fluids and put on a little bit more clothes and you got Same thing. Literally the same thing.
Gil:Yeah. no. Absolutely Oh my goodness. like I said, that, that's great news and it's, yeah, in time. Like I said, in time he'll be more hopefully more accepted. Yes. Can you hear me? I can hear you. Okay, good. Sorry,
Eric:there's technical issues on, sorry. Every and every episode
Gil:this season I, my thing was fully charged and suddenly you saw you are down to reserve battery and I'm like, what the hell is going
Eric:on here? Yeah, I'm recording with my computer plugged in. Okay, I know we're gonna talk Super Bowl, yes. But yes. I wanted to go into this first. Okay. so let me just read this to you. This comes from, where is that article? This comes to us, way of the Twitter account. Janet's legacy matters. Oh, okay. This, because if people don't know Super Bowl Sunday is also national. Janet Jackson Appreciation Day. Yes. Yes it is. So this is why hashtag Janet Jackson Appreciation Day is necessary. It is important that we acknowledge and celebrate one of the most influential artists of all time, even when the industry has turned its back on her. So this is according to tmz, the Grammys plan to honor Janet Jackson with the Global Impact Award last weekend. So this past Grammys that happened, Uhhuh but talks fizzled after this, after discussions on how to address the way C Bs treated Jackson after the Super Bowl incident. So if you don't remember the way she was blacklisted and blackballed from everyone Les Moon vest like through his huge temper tantrum. they wanted to present her with the award at the pre Grammy event, which is days before the main televised event, and I believe it was at like the, black music event. And, then the plans pivoted to a way that they could, that Janet could receive honor during the actual broadcast, because apparently her schedule wouldn't allow for her to be at the award ser the pre-award ceremony. But the, but that presented another problem because c b s has never made a mans with Janet for making her persona non grata after the wardrobe malfunction. Yeah. So they ended up giving the award to Lil Wayne instead, which, that just doesn't make sense to me. But yeah, I wanted to, talk about that because she's still being blacklisted and blackballed for something that happened, what, almost 20 years ago, 19 years ago.
Gil:Yeah. Which was not, and
Eric:with and without her, you don't have YouTube without that incident. Yeah. and again, it was a black woman whose top was ripped off by a white man. who got away Yeah. Yeah.
Gil:it boggles my mind because if you look at the, even just a career trajectory between the two artists, They put all the blame on Janet. all of it. We know that. And her career. Got it. Took a nose dive from there. Correct me if I'm
Eric:wrong. It's huge. It suffered
Gil:huge because I felt like Janet was just a, like on a second or third wave still going, kept going strong and then that plunged her. Yeah. Versus Justin was already, he was already going up and in his career since then. Yeah. He's been on everything. Yeah. SNLs he is, been on different movies. He has been, his albums blah, blah, blah, and he's did not suffer through the same level that she did. Not at all. And even with his apology, what that was what, 18 years after the fact? 15 Yeah.
Eric:I wanna say it was like it was 17 or 18 years after the fact. It was when. the Britney Spears documentary came out on Hulu, I believe, and he was getting a bunch of shit for that. And then people are like, what about what he did to Janet? So then that's when he actually apologized. Now I know Janet says that they, he, they've talked per privately and he has apologized and that we need to forgive him and everything else. And a lot of Janet fans were like, I don't, I love her, but I don't know how I can do that.
Gil:Yeah. It, it was such a huge impact on her career. Yeah. Millions lost. I could guarantee you that. Yes. Where, what could happen.
Eric:Exactly. Oh, she had to like, go to different record labels. She had to. Yeah. Her being the highest paid person of the nineties, entertainer of the nineties. And then all of a sudden, boom.
Gil:it's to that, it's right there. That one moment. That's it. Yeah. Almost took her out. and I wonder if, maybe that's why they pour all the money to Beyonce. Could it be to find a replacement? It's, she
Eric:was, you can't replace the blueprint.
Gil:No, you cannot. No, you cannot. You have that copy
Eric:But what happens when you copy things is they start to like, when you go, when you use a copier Yeah. You get like those lines and they start fading and they're just not as strong as the original. It's true. So I'm just gonna say,
Gil:yeah. So the Super Bowl.
Eric:Yes. So soccer, a Super Bowl, It was a very good game. Yes, it was. It was a very good game. it was one of those, it was one of those games. Honestly, I didn. Completely care. Who I didn't completely care who won. because neither team is my team. Correct. And neither is a team that I despise. I'm not a fan of Mahomes and I might get blasted for that. Cause I think he's just a little too arrogant and cocky for my liking. And I think he gets the Brady Patriots Brady treatment. Uhhuh where he can almost make his own calls and he gets away with a lot of shit. So I don't like him for that reason. And they, there was one call that like really set me off, that made me lean more towards the Eagles because I was like, oh, okay, now I know who the reps are cheating for. but again, like I wasn't invested in either team, so it was what it was. If people. spoiler alert if you didn't watch the Super Bowl, but I'm sure, I don't think this is really much of a spoiler. The Chiefs won like in the last few minutes. It's so it was a good game. Travis Kelsey is an awesome player, so Yeah. I also do not think Mahomes deserved m v MVP for the Super Bowl, cuz he did not win that game for them. No. defense and special teams won that game for them.
Gil:Yeah, but you know how it is. It's always gonna be normally,
Eric:yeah, I w I wasn't a wide receiver, I wasn't impressed with that, so I don't think he deserved that. But congratulations to them. It was a very good game and like I said, I don't really care either. I didn't really care either.
Gil:I was leading for me a little bit more towards kc and then the only reason I was more,
Eric:they start colors with your team
Gil:they really do No, it's cuz I, I think it's the way Philadelphia after the Niner game, beating up the our third and then knocked the hell out of our fourth quarter, fourth string quarterback. I had some resentment where it's kinda like the way that they went about it, it was more like a, we're a best, we're the great hunt. We
Eric:c And then
Gil:I also, and they're fans. I can't stand Philadelphia fans East Coast fans in general. I don't like, I'll be very honest with you.
Eric:I did, except for Pittsburgh fans are the bomb.
Gil:no, your guys are different. you're just history that's winning
Eric:But yeah, I did not, I was not privy to any of this. But I did hear that the Eagles fans were just horrendous to the Niners. Oh, they were like the players and fans. Oh. They were like, to the point where it was like offensive.
Gil:I love a good battle and I like a lot of shit talking and, I I totally for, but the way that it went about, even for me, where it irked me, and I normally don't get irk with the fa, yeah, we go to Seattle year in, year out, it's a good bloodbath back and forth. but this, I don't know what it was about this particular game that irked me really badly. So there was a lot of people where I was hoping and I was thankful. that Kansas City ended up scoring, what, 24 points in the second half against the supposedly greatest defense Philadelphia had to offer. They gave up 24 points of the second half. their offense could barely get shit rolling. Yeah. I call it what it is with that. And I know certain things were a little bit leaning towards Kansas City with regards to the, the refs. Yeah. I mean we had that with New England for 20 years. True. and their whole dynasty was founded on that against the Raiders.
Eric:And he played Yeah.
Gil:no, but that's where I like Andy Reid as a coach. I, he's very good coach. I agree. I enjoyed him. I root for him when he was in Philadelphia. I was always hoping he was gonna win. Eventually when he came, went to Kansas City, I was like, of course. Good job. He did. And he did. Finally, I was pissed off. It was against my Niners, but But I was very happy for him. I was like, good job Good job coach Yeah. I'm, but I'm the same page with you. I'm not a big mahome, so I actually like, burrow for Cincinnati. yeah, he is good. He's good. I actually like him. And even the, quarterback for the bills for Buffalo. I enjoy both of them. Personally. Yeah. When I watched them play, I'm like, God damn. yeah, I like them. but yeah, that was my take on the Super Bowl, but it was very entertaining. I went to work people, so I actually did not watch it fully live. I went to YouTube and eventually watched the game, the whole game again, just outta curiosity's sake. I can't believe
Eric:you didn't take the day off
Gil:normally. I was that petty about that. Like I said, I did not wanna see Philadelphia, especially if they won. I was pissed. Oh, that's right. That's why I was in this very kind of funky mood. I was like out close. I literally went to where I made sure I did not turn on the game. Yeah. That's a first for you. It's a first. I, I was annoyed and like I said, we lost the Niners have lost the Seattle in the championship game and I still watched their Super Bowl. Yeah. And he goes, I like to watch it. This is one of those, it they irked. I don't know. It's been a long time since I've been really irked by a fan base and we play the Cowboys. I hate them. Oh, interesting. Yeah. So I got irked for Philly.
Eric:So you were saying in the precast? Yes. Or the pre podd? I don't know what to ever call it. I just say precast. that you did not watch the commercials? I didn't either. Which
Gil:is like the most important. The whole thing. Important part
Eric:of the whole game. I know. So I can't even ask you what commercials you liked.
Gil:no. I, and I know I need to go watch 'em. I just, because the last couple of years they've been very, they
Eric:had amazing commercials this
Gil:year. Is it? Okay. Cuz the last couple of years were so bland, I
Eric:have to say. So I have, I'm just gonna give you my favorites. Okay. I thought the JLo Ben Affleck commercial for Dunking Donuts was hilarious. I thought it was super cute. Okay. I really enjoyed it. I thought it was great. The Pop Corners with the Breaking Bad Guys. Okay, the guys with the Breaking Bad, which I still have never seen that show. I'm like the only person from New Mexico who has not seen that show. Oh,
that's
Eric:a good series. they were in it and I appreciated their commercial. It was really good. the T-Mobile commercials were pretty good. Like they were pretty good too. oh, and then the m and ms Spokes candies came back. Oh, they did So they had a commercial with Maya Rudolph and she was talking about clam flavored m and ms or I love Maya ma and Yas cuz that's what they weren't m and ms anymore. They were Mot and Yaz So she had clam flavored Ma and Yas And then at the end of her commercial, you see the red m and m with a little sign thing, help us or something like that. I don't remember. And then, In the second half. At some point they had a commercial with the Spokes. Candies. And I was like, okay. They, so that kind of actually an remember, I think it was in our first episode for this season, I was like going off about, now you're excluding these people. Yeah. And you're saying you wanna be inclusive, but now you're giving, so they shut me up, they prove me wrong. So bravo to the m and ms for that. Yes. I don't know. I think we've talked about it on this podcast before and one of the, one of the few, super Bowl discussions that we've had. I love me some Budweiser, Clyde's Dale commercials. I want a, I want at least one commercial Yeah. During the Super Bowl to make me cry. Yes. Now, Budweiser did not have, they didn't a Clyde's Dale commercial. I don't even know if they had a commercial. I don't think they even had a commercial, but there was definitely no Clyde's Dales. Okay. I was mad about that but at least Farmer's Dog, which is like a raw based dog food diet. Yes. they had a commercial. Okay. It was so sweet and so heartfelt. And you got to see this girl with her chocolate lab from a puppy all the way to old age when she got, after she got married and had her child. And the dog's still laying in bed with her and she's petting the dog as her daughter's, like her child is curled up next to her Uhhuh And she's like reaching out and petting her dog and Oh, I like cried. And it was, I'm gonna cry now. Cause it was such a beautiful commercial and I love those types of commercials. I want one good cry commercial during the Super Bowl and since Budweiser is being assholes and not giving my fucking Clyde's Thank you Farmer's Dog for giving me the chocolate lab commercial Cause Yes, that hit all, that, hit all the buttons for me. Yeah.
Gil:I will watch these. I promise.
Eric:go on YouTube. Those were I enjoyed those. I thought those were very good. Okay. Did you see the halftime show? I did. What did you think of the halftime show?
Gil:it was a good way for us to know that she's pregnant, right? With baby number two? Yes. So I'm assuming that was her special guest, cuz it, she was hinting it's gonna be a special guest. I'm assuming that was her special guest.
Eric:That was her special guest. And it was also, she was supposed to have some big announcement that everyone thought she was gonna announce a new tour. Yeah,
Gil:no, that ain't happening for sure. No. Maybe 2024. Maybe. 2025.
Eric:And quick shout out to Kendall Harris, who was a Janet Dancer on the Unbreakable and State of the World Tour, who was one of the dancers for RI. on that. And I know there was another Janet dancer, but I don't know his name. I just know Kendall Harris though.
Gil:Oh. I like the music selection. I think she did a pretty good job. It was pretty seamless for the most part. I know people complain. Oh, she didn't play, certain songs. And I'm like, she has what, 20, almost 20 years worth of music.
Eric:She has a very vast catalog. Yes.
Gil:and she's trying to jam it through,
Eric:Yeah. there were songs. I'm like, oh, she didn't play that song. She didn't play that song. But at the same time, I wish she would've played Pon de replay, just cause that was like her first big one. Yes. But she has so many freaking songs and Yeah, I know this is going to, it's not like I don't get attacked by the beehive enough daily. Anyways, Rihanna is such a versatile artist. I think she's a much more versatile artist than Beyonce. Yeah, because she can and has done so many different genres of music and so many different musical styles, like from e d M to hip hop, to reggae, to big band style. sh Pop. she, I feel like she's like an artist who doesn't really say no. She's like willing to try every different style and she pretty much succeeds at all she does
Gil:of that. I like almost all her, normally when she releases a big song, I'm like, fuck, what am I gonna like today? Yeah. It, the chances to be liking something from her is high. Yeah. She, over what, like I said, over 20.
Eric:and she did. I'm, I still, I think umbrella's still probably her biggest song of all time. And she, it is totally played that song. And a lot of people are like, oh, she didn't do much. It was boring. I honestly thought it was a super solid halftime performance. Was it the most like earth shattering, mind-blowing performance? no. I wouldn't say that, but it was a very solid, strong performance. People who are thinking it's boring. Do not remember the weekend. Oh, Jesus. They do not remember Maroon five. Maroon five was terrible. So yeah, I thought I, I rather enjoyed it a lot. And then people like, oh, she was so vulgar and so crass. I'm like, what are you talking about? And then of course, the Christians were complaining about it too, but.
Gil:Okay. I might have missed something. I thought it was, I thought it was tastefully done the way that she did. I like the stage. Yeah. The music, the dancing was good. I like the choreography for the most part. I was, she could only move. So she's pregnant.
Eric:She's pregnant and she's visibly pregnant. Yeah. And she was on like, what, 20 feet up in the air? Yes. On these little platforms. Uhhuh that rocked back and forth. Not like it was like a solid platform. Correct.
Gil:I was a little nervous for her,
Eric:she, I thought it was very well done. I guess Rolling Stone has named it like one, like the eighth best, super Bowl halftime show of all time. I don't know if that's true, but it was a very good one.
Gil:It was good. I think it was definitely solid. Like I said, I maybe,
Eric:yeah, in recent years I still prefer the JLo Shakira. That was good. But I know that was super controversial. But I thought this was gr. I thought this was very good. I thought it was very entertaining. I enjoyed gca. I like Lady gca Did it. Gga did a really good job too. Yeah. And Lady Gaga and Rihanna are the only two female artists who performed at Super Bowl halftime who did not have a special guest. Damn,
Gil:I didn't know that one.
Eric:Yeah. Which I thought was interesting cuz I know, and I'm not trying to bring her name up, but again, but I know when Janet did the halftime show, she was told she had to have guests. Yeah. So I just think it's interesting that they let them not have guests and I think that's cool cuz they don't need it.
Gil:No, they do a whole world tour. I think they could do by themselves for 13
Eric:minutes. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, because you're asking him to cram what they put in an hour and a half, two hour show in 13 minutes.
Gil:I that's why I thought it was fairly impressive in like how she was still going song to song, and it was hit
Eric:after hit. It was super like fluid, like it just flowed very well.
Gil:Yeah. I liked it. I think she did it. Like I said, all things consider shit. I complain over if my tendon I or my, tend to start hurting a little bit. I'm over here limping away and she's pregnant. It's still moving better.
Eric:Yeah, it's impressive. I thought it was very well done. I greatly, yeah. Enjoyed it. I thoroughly enjoyed it and the only negative I would say is I wish you would've played pun the replay, but that's such a minor thing that whatever.
Gil:Yeah, no. I'm with you on that one,
Eric:yeah. So Gil, how did you grow this week?
Gil:Oh, let's see. How did I grow this week? actually this week I'm trying, I feel did I fail You stunted I did this week. I think I might have. no. Or did
Eric:you do something that shows growth in you?
Gil:I broke away. I'm trying to break away from being routine. if that makes sense. Yes. because it's almost like. I get in these ruts and I don't know if people are like this, like I'm com I commute, right? I'm going into the city coming out and I drive. And for me, I'm like, why am I gonna wait an hour in some, like 20 minutes sitting in fucking traffic, wasting my mind And I was like, let me just go to the beach. It's just down the street. I'm gonna, and I started breaking away where if if the traffic's gonna be more excessive, so excessive for me, it's like more than 50 minutes. Then I'm like, okay, I'm gonna go do something different. go see a different part of the city since I'm right. I'm literally there. I'm paying the damn toll am might as well enjoy it instead of being so like, let me just get home and then what am I gonna do when I get home? I'm gonna watch TikTok for 16 hours and then gonna lay down and do cleaning and stuff like that. So that's something that I was doing this week. I don't know why I just, it just started. I just went to the beach. I walked barefoot. I was out there for a good hour, probably an hour and a half, had a cup of coffee. That sounds amazing. Cause it's
Eric:cold. Yeah. That sounds amazing. And nature's so healing.
Gil:It is. And I felt wonderful. Cause I'm like, what am I gonna send in traffic? Pissed off, angry. it's, and it's a little rough out here with that. No, I know people, I should be taking commute, public transportation. I just don't wanna be harassed when I'm getting off of work. I just wanna go sit in my car alone. it's been rough on Bart commuting that thing since the pandemic. So it's just, it has not been the most pleasant at times. And I prefer to not have, I already deal with it being, working in public. I don't wanna deal with it another hour sitting in a public space going home. And I guess why, that's why for me, like I've been driving a lot more than I prefer, but
Eric:that can also be meditative too. Yeah. Sometimes you need that alone time to just sit with your thoughts. It
Gil:does. And I will listen to our wonderful podcast, by the way, on my way home.
Eric:the last few episodes are long enough to catch, get these there
Gil:So that's something I did different. I broke my usual, little routine. And I actually I went to the beach a couple of times. I enjoyed myself. I went to a little coffee shop nearby I'd never been to, cause I keep passing it. I'm like, let me stop and actually try it. Yeah. Because I, like I said, I tend to just do the same. Oh, I want, I keep telling myself, oh, I'm gonna stop there one day, six years later.
Eric:I'm super guilty of that. And I, yeah.
Gil:So I don't know why this week I've been very let me stop this. Let me try it. Yeah. how about you,
Eric:how about me? How did I grow this week? I. I didn't freak. I'm learning to not freak out about things and to, and I try to live by this mantra anyways, but I really put it into practice, honestly, this week where I realize that in, in any given situation, the only thing I can really control is my reaction and how I let it affect me. So I don't know if I've talked, I don't know if I talked about, this, I bought a jacket when I was in Denver from Burberry.
Gil:Oh. Oh. And it was like
Eric:simple, amazing jacket. Yes. And I came home and I was gonna show, I was wanting to show somebody the jacket. So I pulled it up online and the first thing I noticed is it shows up online for the first place that it showed, it was like just over half of what I paid for it or, yeah. Oh. Or just under half of what I paid for it. So like I paid, I prayed, I paid a good amount for this jacket. Yeah. And long story short, I'm not gonna go into the whole drag out thing. I ended up sending the jacket back, but I didn't send it back to like last Thursday. Okay. And then I found it again through Saks Fifth Avenue online. Oh. And it was a third of the price Oh, shit. And then, because I downloaded the Saks app, Uhhuh they gave me another 10% off. Plus they gave me a code for free shipping. So yeah, I paid like less than a third for it. But I said a win. Yeah. So I, but I sent the jacket back. I get a message, I get a phone call yesterday from Burberry saying that please call us. We need to discuss some things that have come up with this exchange. We need you to call us. I was at work and I worked by myself yesterday. So I called them when I was done and they're like, so we got the box. But when we opened the box was empty. What? And the box was shredded. Shredded. And then taped. Taped back together. And I'm like, what the fuck? And then they told me, they're like, we know it wasn't you because when the box was checked in and then when it made its way to another checkpoint. Yeah, it was weighed and it weighed what it was supposed to weigh. Oh. Though they knew it wasn't me and they knew that it was, but they had to get a claim ticket for it. And yeah. Started a whole investigation with UPS and all that other stuff. I don't know if I should have said that. but instead of oh my God, what's gonna happen? Like now I've just paid for this jacket and now I hang, not gonna have this jack. instead of freaking out about it, I was just like, okay. Wow. See what happens. Yeah. Not gonna stress about it and we'll just see how it goes. That was my reaction. I was like, oh damn, Eric. and then good news today I got a message from them say stating that the ticket has been opened, the investigation has been opened, and the refund was being processed. Oh, thank God. So that was good.
Gil:That's excellent. So proud of you. Thank you. these are all steps. Yeah. Like I said, it takes a lot of steps before you can start running and then becomes normal pretty much. Exactly. Yeah. No, that's excellent. Oh yeah. I'm excited for your jacket though. Oh,
Eric:you, oh, I'm super excited to get this jacket again. I was so sad to return it because, and here's another thing too, like I'm not a person who returns things. if I buy it, I'm just gonna keep it cuz I wanted it, I bought it for a reason. there was like something exhilarating about being in Burberry and having someone wait on me and put me in this jacket and isn't it nice? Yeah. I mean it reminded me of like old me. Yeah. And to have them like, oh this is doesn't, this one doesn't fit cause it's too big. And this one like, would be perfect if it was just like a little bit bigger. So okay, we'll get you this size and we'll send it to you. And I was like, oh, like I felt all special and everything else. And then the experience was still great, don't get me wrong. Yes. But then like to have to send it back, I'm like, eh, okay. But it was such a huge price point change that I,
Gil:third is big. A third is big. Oh fuck yeah. It's all like us, where I'm seeing like a 40 cent difference. Yeah. I see people. I need a price adjustment. It's 40 cents and I'm like, okay. No prob pet. Every penny. Yeah, I get it. I get it. Yeah. No Burberry, that's, you're talking, lot of pennies.
Eric:more than one or two. Yeah,
Gil:But that's excellent though. oh, that's exciting though.
Eric:I'm like, I probably won't be able to wear it because by the time I get here it's gonna be all summer and I'm just kidding.
Gil:it's something random, but I read a statistics statistic thing about it is that a lot of Gen Z don't spend money, but when they do spend, they're spending on luxury. So they're either buying like retro, Chanel, they're buying classic Louis Vuitton bags or looking at, and they're putting a lot of their money into that. Found some of them that, some luck at experience, and I
Eric:like it. I found some amazing, I'm not a big Louis Vuitton fan but I found some amazing Louis Vuitton sunglasses and Gucci sunglasses that I so wish I would've bought.
Gil:but you do love your sunglasses. I do love my sunglasses. I know that first. like me, I only have one pair, but I know you, you have your different styles, different looks, and Yeah,
Eric:But no, I can get with Gen Z on that. I think I'm, yeah, I'm ki I don't want, I'm not frugal. I'm, I sh I'm, I should be way more frugal than I am considering what my finances look like. But, I also don't spend a lot of money on daily things. Uhhuh But when I want to spend money on something, like I will, it's something luxurious.
Gil:Yeah. You're an earth side. It's okay. I am an earth sign. we approve Oh my goodness. that's awesome. That's great. Thank you. Like the progress. I actually really enjoyed this part of the segment. This is why I look forward to, and I do think about it weekly now that you've been asking. I'm like, how am I growing? What am I working on? Yeah. It's kinda putting me on a little bit of a, do something.
Eric:I think it's, I think it's healthy. It is. And I think it's good to talk to our audience about it. Yeah. And hopefully you guys are growing in some ways too. And if you guys want to share with us, please feel free to, you can reach out to us at info.theqlounge@gmail.com. You can check us out on Twitter @theQLounge. Same with ig, Instagram @theQLounge, Facebook @theqloungepodcast. Or you can check us, us check us out at theqloungepodcast.com where you can leave us messages, leave us voicemails. You can also listen to us at theqloungepodcast.com or wherever you get your podcasts. We're literally on everything So like how I would be if I was in Spain right now.
Gil:And we've come full circle.
Eric:I will come in more than the full circle I will be in the middle of the circle.
Gil:And on that note,
Eric:thank you for joining us.
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