March Madness - Part 2

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Welcome back to the Call youl Cousins Podcast, a now tangible group chat of cousins that wanted to share our thoughts, humor and growth with the world. And everyone's invited, most of y' all. [00:01:22] Speaker B: Crazy anyways, so, yeah, we had, we had to, we had to kick it there. But you know what? Let's, let's, let's talk about somebody who is getting a check and that's the good, good old Dion Sanders. Congratulations, Dion. Oh, prime, catch us up for the. [00:01:42] Speaker C: Ones in the back. [00:01:44] Speaker D: Catch me up. What happened? [00:01:46] Speaker B: Prime sign Deion Sanders signs a reported 5 million 54 million dollar contract extension with Colorado. Sanders is now one of the highest paid college coaches in the country. [00:01:59] Speaker E: I'm assuming that's like five years. [00:02:02] Speaker B: Yeah, five years. He will earn 10 million in 2025 and 2026, 11 million in 2027 and 2028, and 12 million in the final year of his season. The original five year was 2.92, 29.5 million that he signed when he joined. And let's, let's point out when he signed that contract, they didn't have the money to pay him. [00:02:37] Speaker E: The original contract. [00:02:38] Speaker B: You talking about the original contract he signed when he went to Colorado, they didn't have the money to pay him. They. And they told him. [00:02:45] Speaker E: Yeah, they told him he definitely earned this one because over the two or three years he's been there, every weekend that they have a game in Boulder, the town has earned like an additional 12 or $13 million. [00:02:58] Speaker B: I mean, he bring it in. [00:03:02] Speaker E: Yeah, yeah. I mean, I don't know if they'll ever be. I don't know if there would be contenders or still be good because, you know, their two best players are leaving. But you gonna make it. Do what to do. And get paid while he does it, so. And even if they suck and they fire and they still got to pay him, so he's straight. [00:03:19] Speaker B: Yeah, I. I love what you said, Doug, because one of the big things that are tied to college football is revenue generation. The revenue that is generated within where the college is or during bowl play or plate the playoffs. And Boulder, Colorado, apparently, is unbelievably beautiful. Like, the campus is beautiful. The black kids that have come to play there, you know, most of these kids come from the hood. They ain't never seen mountains before, right? Like, most of these kids ain't never smelled fresh air, crisp air. You know, most of them haven't, you know, been able to, like, just sign an NI deal, have their little Jeep truck and not worry about it being stolen like the UN quarterback as soon as he got down here, Mr. Beck. So I kind of love it because I really think that it's creating a sanctuary for a lot of black men to go get an education, learn from the best, and hopefully, if they want to continue on and go to the league, they can. But if not, that's the best four years they're gonna have in their life. And I really do love that, y' all. [00:04:28] Speaker D: I ain't gonna lie. Colorado is the crispiest air I ever experienced in my life. I. It was so crisp. I was outside smoking one day, like, should I. Should I be doing this? What is going on? The air is just so they have a clean air act. It is something that I have never experienced in my life. I'm just saying. Also, shout out to Boulder. I went to Boulder right out of college because I was having a. A interview on this job, this engineering job I was going to take. And I was just telling somebody yesterday, because I hate Georgia, I realized I've always hated Georgia. I felt more welcome in Boulder, Colorado, as a black person than I ever have in Georgia, ever. So shout out to y' all and shout out to Dion. I love when athletes continue their career after, you know, they don't play anymore. So shout out to Dion. Man, I love a black man getting to it. [00:05:37] Speaker E: P. Money, you mentioned. I just want to touch on this real quick. Carson back in the Lambos and cars stole or whatever in the. The crib. They run it down here. Are standing down here. [00:05:50] Speaker D: Wait, what? [00:05:52] Speaker E: Yeah. Georgia's former quarterback. He plays for, UM now, so he moved to Miami. His girlfriend also plays basketball at UM or did, because they done broke up. I just thought that was funny, because I'm sure she was part of the reason why he decided to come play at Miami, and they ain't even together after three weeks. [00:06:13] Speaker B: Three weeks. [00:06:14] Speaker E: He. They announced that four weeks ago maybe that he was going play for Miami. I just thought that was funny. Came down for the coochie slide, and now he. Latinas got to. They got to slide. That's funny. I think that's a little. [00:06:33] Speaker D: I do not miss being in my 20s and making foolish decisions with men. [00:06:40] Speaker B: Nah. No, but you know what? I like the said the first thing. One, I don't know why we paid him that much. And I don't like Georgia, so I could be biased. So, you know, I felt like we paid him too much in the first place. But again, that's how you know that the culture down here has changed. Because back in the 2000s, the quarterback would have never gotten his car stolen. So that means that people from the crib don't even have no respect for you. They. They have no. They have no respect for you, if anything. And it's a Lamborghini truck. You ain't hear your. You didn't hear it. You ain't hear your truck get started, did you? Down here in the. You in the cha cha. [00:07:35] Speaker E: I don't think they was home, but he's probably out, you know, with some. Some Latinos getting some Pankom be stack or something. He was, he was. He probably never been around Spanish people before. [00:07:48] Speaker B: Nah, probably not. And, and, and in the, um, you know, group, because I'm really excited if I do end up going to, um, for to continue my studies. But like, um has a very interesting population of students. And, you know, a Lamborghini truck is not anything that is like, unusual. There an example, like you were just saying. I was at Flannies the other day. And the, um, kids will come out a little bit now, you know, because they'll come out like on Thursdays or Friday nights. The other night, I mean, these kids had to been like, they were obviously 21 because they were drink or maybe they weren't because they had ID, I don't know, but they were obviously 21. And it's like kid, he looked like he don't know. He. He ain't even wet behind the ears and he had on a Rolex. And out of all of them was this one black girl. They had on her little David Yurman. I was like with the, with the bad weave and I was just like. [00:08:44] Speaker E: You know, different times. [00:08:47] Speaker B: We're just in different times. And it's true because when you go over to campus, you see everybody in their. Their little BMW and their little Mercedes and their Jeeps and, you know, so that's. [00:09:00] Speaker E: That's normal you and stuff. [00:09:01] Speaker B: But that's what I'm saying. [00:09:02] Speaker E: 80S and 90s u. M. Players and stuff, they had. They had all that stuff Rollies and they. They was getting to it. But then we got in trouble and we have none of that stuff for a while. [00:09:15] Speaker B: Nah, they got. They got it back. I seen this un player the other day. He had. He had a decked out Durango truck. He had it kitted all blacked out. It was so clean. [00:09:27] Speaker E: He was going, because it's legal now. [00:09:31] Speaker B: No, that's what I'm saying. They got it back. Yeah, but that's what. I guess what I'm saying is that the culture, though, of like, Miami having respect for these players, right? Like you said, like back in the day, you know, we know Irving them was getting after it, the Rock. Like, we. We've seen pictures of them, like having a good time in Miami, but like, does the city really protect them in that way anymore? Because apparently I guess he got his truck back maybe. So maybe somebody was like, hey, bro, you need to bring his truck back. But yeah, you know, like you said back in the day, there is no way. What was his name? Dorsey. [00:10:12] Speaker E: Our quarterback endorsing. Nobody would have. You wouldn't even thought about touching none of kendorsi stuff like. And it ain't that he commanded that respect, but he's the quarterback of the greatest college football team of all time. [00:10:28] Speaker B: Hello. And that. That makes me think about Jimmy Butler because a lot of people have been asking me questions as a Heat fan, you know, how do I feel about Jimmy Butler and, you know, his exodus from the Miami Heat and him going to go to state. And I just want to say him. [00:10:50] Speaker E: Welcome. And we beat the dog out there another night him. [00:10:54] Speaker B: Because apparently he has this baby. Apparently. Yeah. Before we got him, he was always kind of like, if he doesn't like a team, he makes a big deal to kick and scream to get out of being at the team. And here, here is what my. My argument is with Jimmy Butler. One, just like we were talking about with Ken Dorsey. People love Jim Lee Butler in Miami. These kids love him. When I go to the games, I really enjoyed watching Jimmy Butler play. I always thought it was. I got a kick out of his media Personas that he would have every year. I just really enjoyed him. He had a great. He just built his coffee shop here. So I really like Jimmy Butler and his story. Okay. And apparently he felt like, because he didn't like the way that Pat Riley and Mickey Arison were handling his contract, he was just going to act out. And this is the argument that I tell anyone that asked me about Jimmy Butler, if any of us on this podcast sign a contract, if we have a contract right now and our contract is with, let's say, bet, okay, so we are with a big name organization and we have this contract and we know we're up for a renewal, are we not going to start to come and do our show if we've already been paid to do it? No, Jimmy Butler, you had paid. You had been paid. You had a contract, and you wait until the end of your contract to then. If they didn't want to give you the money at the end of your contract, I get it, but you started this all the way from last year with the antics and all the foolishness. So he. [00:12:55] Speaker D: So he breached the contract. [00:12:58] Speaker B: Yeah. That's why he got traded. [00:13:00] Speaker D: Oh. [00:13:02] Speaker E: Yeah. What he was doing was missing team flights on purpose, which you cannot do. He'd be like, the teams would be. The team would be there waiting on the plane, and he'd be like, y' all go ahead. I'll meet y' all there. And he'll charter his own flight and go to the games. And Pat Ryan is like, no, you ain't doing that. Like, don't even bother coming to practice. Like, you suspended indefinitely for. What would they call it? Conduct detrimental to the team. That's what it's called. And that's kind of like when stuff really started getting bad between him and Pat. Because, bro, you don't. One thing you don't do in the NBA is disrespect Pat Riley like that. Like, Pat Riley's up there in the pantheon of damn Phil Jackson and. [00:13:45] Speaker C: You. [00:13:46] Speaker E: Know, all the other good coaches and like that. But you don't do it. The Pat Riley, because they don't play that, even if you are the best player. He's like, you can take your ass home. I don't care. [00:13:59] Speaker D: That man is 35 years old acting like that. [00:14:04] Speaker C: Correct? Correct, Rickets. [00:14:11] Speaker D: Well, you, Jimmy Butler. [00:14:16] Speaker B: And apparently this brought out old stories about Pat riley and how LeBron got upset over his cookies being taken off his flights. Because apparently LeBron was addicted to cookies. And, yeah, like, with any coaching, it's like what I said earlier, the show with Kim at lsu, you know, like the way I saw this clip of her side eyeing Flage the other day during the game because she was scoreless. I believe at the half. And I just feel like coaches are going to have Personas when it comes to what they want out their players and what they expect out of their players. I mean, I don't understand why that seems like such. Just, like, taboo of. The only person that I know that mysteriously coaches and keeps everybody in line that we don't really know about is probably Mike Tomlin. Because if Mike Tomlin did half of the foolishness, bruh, if Mike Tomlin did half of the things that other coaches do in any sport, they would have fired his black ass so long ago. [00:15:33] Speaker D: That's true. [00:15:35] Speaker B: But you never know because Mike Tom and keep that thing tight. That's why he. Everyone's like, how does Mike Tomlin keep getting? You know, he'll probably retire with the Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm like, because those white people ain't never met a black man that could keep all of them players in line, period. [00:15:52] Speaker E: And he didn't have some fools over there like, fools fools. [00:16:00] Speaker B: So, yeah, Pat, go ahead in your career. Good. We still gonna stick with you, Jimmy Butler. Have a nice career over there in the West. One thing, thinking of just football and head coaches, I love the move by the Giants to acquire Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston. Listen, Hard Knocks, please, for the love of God, get in that locker room asap. Please. That seems like the funniest show that we have all been waiting for is Jameis Winston and Russell Williams. It would be like, the equivalent to the righteous gemstones for the NFL, I believe. [00:16:51] Speaker E: Right. They gonna have to shoot it independently, though, because the Giants ain't never letting Hard Knocks back in their facility. [00:17:00] Speaker B: Ever. Right. But, you know, I feel like the Giants just haven't lived in New York for a long time. I think that they don't have anyone. Correct me if I'm wrong, but they don't. They. They just don't seem like they have any joy for the Giants. Like, the jo. The Giants don't seem like they have any fun. They just seem like it's just sad. Sad and just dreary, empathetic. And like, I really like Russell and Jamis going there because they seem like they have, you know, these. Whatever team they go to, they've been traded. I think it was Jamis was. He works for Fox, I believe, as a. As a contributor in the postseason. And he was at the super bowl, and he had asked Aon Barkley, like, hey, I'm a free agent. I'm out of work. Like, where. What team do you think should check me out? And it was crazy. That Saquan actually said the Giants. So it's like, I really think that for Russell and Jamis, who have been kind of pushed from team to team, I really like this landing, and I hope it works out well for them. I think it's going to make the Giants fun again. [00:18:07] Speaker E: I don't know. That's kind of. That's a little shady for Saquon to say it, though. I ain't gonna lie. Just because, like, James is hilarious and he's actually, like, a decent player, but a lot of people think of him like a joke, kind of to suggest the Giants and people think the Giants are a joke. I don't know. That was kind of mean, I think. But, you know, Jamie's gonna take everything on the chin, like he don't care. He gonna laugh that off. He gonna make a joke about it, and he gonna move on. [00:18:39] Speaker B: Yeah, I think so. Yeah. I thought this. Yeah. Sequan. Yeah, I mean, I guess it is me, but I think he was genuine. I think he had already kind of, like, moved past what happened to me, his time there, but, you know, so shout out to the Giants. Hopefully they have a better season next year. Doubt it, because they suck, but that's just how I feel. Better than the Dolphins. We'll know until the draft happens. So by the time we record next time, hopefully the Dolphins will have done a better job this year. Speaking of better jobs, this whole Stephen A. And LeBron thing, it's just been kind of interesting and weird. [00:19:27] Speaker D: Wait, catch me up. [00:19:29] Speaker B: Is LeBron a bully? Apparently LeBron rolled up on Stephen A at a game and in his face while he was courtside. Oh, in his slime. Talk about talking about Brownie. And then Stephen A. Came on his show the next day, made commentary about it. Then. Now LeBron went on Pat McPhee's show, Pat McAfee show, and then addressed it. And I don't know, is LeBron what. [00:20:05] Speaker D: Prompted him to go up to him in the first place? [00:20:08] Speaker B: Because he had been talking bad about Ronnie. Oh, he didn't like that. [00:20:14] Speaker D: He not a bully. When you a parent that I don't give a who you are, you ain't finna say one bad word about my son. Daughter, Whatever. The. [00:20:25] Speaker C: I think the comment that said LeBron over the top was that he called out his fatherhood in regards to Bronnie. Like, I think it's one thing for sportscasters to call out, like, opportunities that the. The person may have when it comes to plays and all that other stuff, but to attack someone's fatherhood. I think Stephen A. Took it to the next level, what he said. And Braun. LeBron was like, oh, I'm not having that. I'll look up the specific. The specific statement. Yeah, but I think that's what. I think that's what escalated. It's like, okay, everybody can talk about bad about Ronnie, but don't come for me as a father. And Stephen A. Another black man came to a black man about his fatherhood, which is like, sir, it's levels to this. [00:21:26] Speaker D: He been a though. [00:21:29] Speaker C: Who? [00:21:30] Speaker D: Stephen A. Smith. [00:21:33] Speaker B: Yeah. I don't. I don't know exactly what he said, but I just thought that we all know that this is the first. I think this is the first time in history that a son and the father are playing in the lead together that. Of this magnitude. And, you know, I just. I. I really have to say if this. I have to say it this way, And I know LeBron knows this. If they were white, would we care? I'm serious. Like, if they were. If it was Larry Bird and Bird, Baby Bird, would we care this much? [00:22:25] Speaker E: That's crazy. [00:22:28] Speaker D: Stephen A. Smith kind of tried it, though. It's. It's. He said Bronnie should call his time on the NBA career and should be playing in the G League. If not for his father's legacy, I would have cussed his ass out, too. [00:22:42] Speaker C: He also said it's. I am pleading with LeBron James as a father, stop this. Smith said on January. That's a little crazy now that I think that line in. [00:22:56] Speaker E: But also, they said they. They've never liked each other. Like, they've never been nobody buddy type of. Type of thing. [00:23:02] Speaker C: And I think that's okay. I don't think you have to like everybody that you work with or that's adjacent or in your, you know, specific field. But you could have a mutual, like, respect. Like, yeah, you could talk. You can go this far. But for you to challenge my fatherhood. So you're trying to say I'm a bad dad? That's what I heard. I know that's not what you said, but that's what I heard. And how can I be a bad dad when I done, you know, we both in the league playing together. I'm doing. I'm out here doing, like goat, and this is what you calling out. Okay, I'm gonna talk to you man to man since you think it's a game. Stephen A. Drop these mics. [00:23:41] Speaker E: I mean, I think LeBron, yeah, I think he. I think he was really hot. I think what he's done since then is a little awkward. Like, when he went on Pat McAfee and these other outlets and stuff. Like, just the way he behaves, it looks very, like, contrived. Like, he. He already thought about the punchlines he was gonna say on the show before he went on there. It's not like him just speaking freely. It's just that ain't. That ain't him. You know what I'm saying? It's just a little. A little weird for me to watch. [00:24:18] Speaker B: Yeah. Don't know. But it just made me start to ask that question because I. I really was like, okay, is he a bully? But then if they were white, no one would care. Like, if it was Pat Riley's son, no one would care. And why are we not celebrating this more than anything? Because it's never happened before, and apparently, after all this has been going on, briani had a great game within this time, and he is going to develop. [00:24:52] Speaker C: Correct. I think D.L. hughley, he had, like, a snippet saying that this is a great example of how a father is showing his son that I'm here for you and I'm going to protect you at all costs, and that Bronnie can, you know, have these great games. Or he was saying, like, it's not. Not ironic that Bronnie is, like, now he's. He's having some really good games because now his father has, like, you know, shown him through his behavior that I got your back still. Even though you in the league, you grown. [00:25:27] Speaker D: I'm. [00:25:27] Speaker C: I'm still here to protect you as your dad. [00:25:30] Speaker E: I was definitely one of those people that was like, bronnie sucks. Like, he's only getting this look because of his father, but he's improving in, like, leaps and bounds. Like, he's. He's getting a lot better pretty quickly, actually. And he's. He's actually scoring a lot more than people that were drafted around where he was drafted at. So shout out to him. Shout out to Brian. Good job being there. [00:25:57] Speaker D: That thing to your point, P. Because I feel like this is. Now I'm getting. I'm gonna get a little deep. I feel like we don't understand generational wealth. That's why we don't have any. How. You're right. Because how many times do white people use their power and influence to uplift their mediocre ass children? What's the point of you doing all that if you can't help your kids out? [00:26:24] Speaker E: Every day. They do it. They do it every day. [00:26:28] Speaker D: Stephen. A Smith, what the are you talking about? If I have the opportunity, even if my son is pure garbage, if I got the opportunity to get him in the league and like you said, get better, you know, maybe find some mentors, practice. Why the would I not do that? [00:26:49] Speaker E: And it's. It ain't even just LeBron. Wade did it for his son. Wade's son was not good. So what did Wade do? Because his son didn't get drafted at all. What did we do? He bought ownership in the Jazz. Was it Jazz or the Nuggets? It was a. Jazz. Got his son a tryout. It didn't work out because his son is not great. But he. He. He went to those lengths to get his son an opportunity. You know what I'm talking about? So I get it. [00:27:20] Speaker D: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:27:22] Speaker C: I'm here for the Nepos. I. I love it because we haven't historically been in a position to do that, and for us just to have the opportunity to do that for, you know, the next generation or quote, unquote, our kids. Stephen A. Is bigger than. [00:27:38] Speaker D: It's. [00:27:39] Speaker C: It's bigger than. Than what you think it is, sir. Like, you. You need to get it together. [00:27:44] Speaker B: Absolutely. And more importantly, Bryce, the one behind Bronnie, they say, is a beast. [00:27:54] Speaker C: Have you seen him? [00:27:55] Speaker B: Oh, yes, yes. [00:27:57] Speaker C: He f. To be. [00:28:00] Speaker B: They. They say he's brolichy. So I think what also, as a father, if you have. If you have two sons like that, it's like having. It's like Prince William and Prince Harry. If you have these two sons that are. That you want to be able to elevate, to leave gent. Like you just said, when generational wealth, that's the biggest thing that I don't think people understood about that whole monarchy thing was that, you know, apparently Megan was like, well, is this really how royals live? Like, you know, apparently the living conditions were like a little old, rusty and dusty and not, you know, what she's used to and, you know, the like kind of what she's living now at their house in Monticello. But when Queen Elizabeth died and King Charles ascended the throne, he has to relinquish all his wealth, all of it. Obviously, he's wealthy because he's a king, but he has to, like, on paper, relinquish it. Prince William, when his father did that, became king, he instantly became a billionaire. Like that. So when twin is talking about generations wealth, right? Like, this is. This is what. This is the. This is. What that means is when you make sure that your line of Your family lineage will continue to not only be wealthy, but can perpetuate that wealth. Right. And so, you know, shout out to LeBron, because I don't think Stephen A. Smith has kids. So. Again, I was gonna ask that too. [00:29:44] Speaker D: Once again, I really. [00:29:45] Speaker E: He has children. I think he has daughters. They're. They're adults. [00:29:52] Speaker B: Okay. So, yeah, they grow. [00:29:54] Speaker C: They. You know. [00:29:57] Speaker B: All right. [00:29:58] Speaker E: But. [00:29:58] Speaker B: Yeah, and. And. And speaking of, also, you know, this whole uplifting of mediocre white men. I think Elon Musk, AKA Musty, sold Twitter to his own company. See, this is the stuff I'm talking about. [00:30:19] Speaker D: This is the. That I'm talking about. Okay? You think these people are good businessmen, and they really just be shuffling around assets and money to keep the money that they have. They don't be good at business. Somebody said he moving Twitter from his check into his Savings accounts for 16 and 15. What'd you say, Doug? [00:30:48] Speaker E: I misspoke a moment ago when I said he had adult children. They're. They're teenagers. Just correct back to Musty. [00:30:57] Speaker D: He gives deadbeat energy. Oh, my. But anyway, yeah, I just put that on there because I just thought it was ridiculous. And I don't understand the reason why he bought Twitter in the first place, to be honest. I'm still confused. [00:31:15] Speaker C: Ridiculous. [00:31:16] Speaker D: This. [00:31:17] Speaker E: This dude, I think he's. I think he's just. I think he's just doing laps, like, for the sec, because I feel like they, like, on his ass for some. [00:31:28] Speaker D: I do, too. Yeah. [00:31:30] Speaker B: Don't it feel like the feds after him? [00:31:33] Speaker E: I think the SEC looking into all of his stuff. The. The feds. That's why he influenced so much in getting this dude, you know, elected, so he could try to manipulate things even further. I think. I think they know something. [00:31:50] Speaker D: Dub. That was my immediate thought when I saw this sale. I said, are the fizz up his ass? What? That's. This seem random? [00:31:57] Speaker E: Yeah. You sold it to yourself, to your AI company. What is going on? [00:32:03] Speaker D: What's happening? It was so bizarre. That was my immediate thought. Y' all, like, the fans must be. [00:32:10] Speaker E: Knocking is given laundering. Like you. You're selling it from yourself to yourself. [00:32:20] Speaker D: All right, Interesting and so blatant, though. Like, you didn't even try to sell a printing company, a travel company. [00:32:32] Speaker C: Nope. [00:32:33] Speaker D: You didn't even try to hide from self to self, from self to the feds days. They're smart. That's not gonna help you. [00:32:45] Speaker C: They must be. They must have a case where he is going to be, you know, beyond under the jail, you know, What? I mean, like, he's not ever gonna see the light of day. [00:32:54] Speaker E: I'm going to assume if the company is an AI company, I'm not sure exactly what the company does, but maybe the. Maybe the AI is actually running the company that he can. They can probably do whatever with the data that they want and there aren't enough laws to stop them. You get what I'm saying? [00:33:15] Speaker D: I see what you're saying. [00:33:17] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. [00:33:18] Speaker B: I don't know. I don't. It. No, it's giving, laundering. It sounds like. What's that show called? Ozarks. [00:33:28] Speaker D: Ozark. [00:33:28] Speaker C: I didn't watch it. [00:33:29] Speaker E: Billions. [00:33:30] Speaker B: It's. I mean, no, it sounds like Ozarks like you just washing it into another hand. [00:33:38] Speaker D: Oh, I forgot about billions. [00:33:40] Speaker B: Yeah, because I mean, billions, like they make in billions. We know, like there's this whole. We know M A is like a big, you know, acquisition, yada, yada, yada. But I'm just saying, like, this seems like what was the oversight on this cell and like you said with this sec, like how ethical is it to sell it in all stocks? So it wasn't a cash deal. You just sold it. Sold your stocks. And did you sell the stocks? Like, why would. Why would Twitter be into. Or X be into a AI platform? Why would a social media platform be integrated with a AI? [00:34:23] Speaker D: Honestly, now that dub said that, I feel like it might be more sinister. Maybe he is just trying to do whatever the he want with the data. But I do think the Fed's coming. And the gag is most of these. Most get taken down by the irs. So. Hi. [00:34:47] Speaker B: Yeah, that's why they're trying to get rid of them. [00:34:50] Speaker E: And the thing is, even if the SEC is on his ass and the Feds come, if Donald Trump is not involved in any way, if they say they take Elon Musk down, all Donald Trump gonna do is turn around and pardon him. [00:35:04] Speaker D: Yeah, that's true. Out here. [00:35:08] Speaker E: They pardon Buddy the other day for that. That did the Ponzi scheme that was locked up for like four years. He's the creator of some app and he was taking investors money, like something to like the tune of like 300 million or something. Donald Trump parted him for no reason. Just no reason. Let me, Let me look it up real quick. Hold on. [00:35:33] Speaker C: Yeah, I think I remember who you talking about. I was like, that's a random. That's a random one. But I also think the film. [00:35:47] Speaker E: He. He owned an EV company or he was starting an EV company or something. That's what it was. [00:35:54] Speaker D: Nicola. [00:35:55] Speaker E: Yeah, yeah. That's the dude's name. He pardoned him. He was in jail for like, Biden put him in jail like four years ago or something. [00:36:02] Speaker D: I remember this because I have a weird obsession with con men. And they let this out. [00:36:09] Speaker B: This is. [00:36:09] Speaker D: And this is why so many scams and con people are popping up. Because you don't even really. Even without the pardon, they don't be getting that much time. Even if they do get called. He finna come out here and build some more Investors haven't start another startup under another sale and steal money from others. [00:36:35] Speaker E: Like, I feel like this is like, it's. It's really just a conglomerate of just evil people. It's crazy. [00:36:46] Speaker D: It is. He said, I am credibly grateful for President Trump, for his courage and standing up for what is right and for granting me this sacred pardon of innocence. [00:36:58] Speaker E: And then people never getting their money back. [00:37:01] Speaker D: They ain't never getting their money back. [00:37:04] Speaker E: I think. I think the highest one that he took from was some. Someone had given him like 15 million or something. So if it was to the tune of like 300 million, like, imagine how many thousands of people he took money from. [00:37:18] Speaker D: He was supposed to be there for 10 years. [00:37:22] Speaker C: Could you imagine? And he just started his prison sentence. They said it was last year. [00:37:32] Speaker E: But my thing is, like, what. It's. It's so blatant. It's like, what is your reason for letting him out other than he's a. He's a donor to you? [00:37:42] Speaker D: That's why apparently Trump said he was only in there because he supported Trump. [00:37:48] Speaker C: Wow. [00:37:50] Speaker D: Even though he clearly. [00:37:53] Speaker E: And upside down. Bro. [00:37:55] Speaker D: Documented cases of him. [00:37:57] Speaker C: That's what I was. That's the word I was looking for. Upside down. There we go. [00:38:01] Speaker D: We in the Upside down. They had to pay $125 million to the SEC. [00:38:11] Speaker B: Huh. [00:38:13] Speaker C: You know, maybe the feds are waiting for this term to be over to come after. What's his name, Musk. So that. So that he doesn't have a presidential partner from Buddy. [00:38:28] Speaker E: Yeah. That's a long time to wait. [00:38:32] Speaker D: And I'm not convinced we're gonna have anybody better in the next time. You right. [00:38:36] Speaker C: You're right. But I think. [00:38:37] Speaker E: I think we will. I don't think. I don't think this gone. I don't think so. They pissing off all sides now. [00:38:50] Speaker D: Well, I think my thing. I think I don't have. I think my lack of confidence is in the Democratic Party because they haven't really had a candidate for real since Obama. That we just. That we have been excited about. Correct. We've just been reluctantly voting against Trump. But yeah, they don't really. I, I feel like if they had somebody we were excited about, I'm not sure that the race would have been this close. It would have been close, but not like I don't know if Trump would have won if we actually had somebody that we could get behind. But so many people who were against Trump just felt, you know, defeated. Like, well, what the. I don't care. People didn't care. They didn't vote. Yeah, that's make me question because the Democrats are just so passive. That's why the Republicans get away with all this foolishness. But maybe that. [00:39:49] Speaker E: I wouldn't say it's Republicans. I would just say maga. I wouldn't say Republicans. There's Republicans with saints, I think. [00:40:00] Speaker D: Yeah, but with that, we've always had foolish Republicans though. Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, I mean, they foolish. I wouldn't say they're as foolish as Trump, but they get away with more than they should because I feel like the Democrats just kind of be sitting on their ass for real. [00:40:23] Speaker C: Maybe sitting on their hands, like, oh, that's really bad that that's happened. [00:40:27] Speaker B: Okay, well, that's something that when we started at the top of the episode, we were talking about a new earth and that is definitely something that we could get rid of. It's the two party system because both are trash and we've had it. And so, you know, with that, we're going to take a quick break and we'll be right. [00:40:47] Speaker E: Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back. What we gonna roll into now, y' all? [00:40:54] Speaker D: Welcome back, welcome back. Remember that, y' all. Okay, sorry, go ahead. [00:41:01] Speaker B: No. [00:41:01] Speaker C: Yes. Anyway. [00:41:05] Speaker D: Okay. [00:41:06] Speaker E: What's going on in living, learning and loving research team? [00:41:10] Speaker C: Well, a huge congrats to DK Metcalf and Normani. They got engaged a couple weeks ago, so shout out to them. Black love, the singer. She was in the girl group. What's the group called, y' all? [00:41:31] Speaker B: I don't know the girl. I don't know. I don't know her either. But I, I know she's like with the Cocos in the. [00:41:38] Speaker C: Oh, her. [00:41:38] Speaker B: She wanted them arm. Yeah, she wanted them R B girlies. And dk, he just signed a great. A big contract with the Steelers, right? [00:41:46] Speaker C: I think so, yeah. So Russell put them together like I'm trying to be. If you don't have friends like Sierra and Russell, like, you better get you some because they are clearly doing the Lord's work out here. [00:42:03] Speaker D: Getting married or something. What we congratulating them for? [00:42:06] Speaker B: They got engaged. [00:42:07] Speaker D: Putting. [00:42:07] Speaker C: Putting people together. Black people together. They introduced Normani to. [00:42:13] Speaker B: No, they both did. They both? Yeah, I think they both. Apparently, the way that they said it was that they met at a party, but Sierra was working on behalf of Russ. Russ knew the football player, obviously, and Sierra, I guess, in Normandy, Normani worked on something together. And so they ended up setting them up at a party where she was like, hey, girl, you need to come to this party. Your boy gonna be there. Yada, yada, yada. And then apparently, it was the same on DK's side with Russ. Abrah, you need to come to the party. Your girl gonna be that, you know, back to that 80s 90 love where. [00:42:56] Speaker C: Your friends hook you up with people they think you should be hooked up with. [00:42:59] Speaker B: Yeah, it's cool. [00:43:00] Speaker C: She was a part of the girl group Fifth Harmony. Does that sound familiar? [00:43:04] Speaker B: No. [00:43:05] Speaker C: No. Okay. Well, anywho, congrats to them. [00:43:10] Speaker B: It's cute. It's cute. It's cute because he was. He was gushing and he was giddy at his press conference and, you know, showed him the ring, baby. I just thought it was very cute. [00:43:21] Speaker C: Yeah, he was very happy. He was very happy. [00:43:24] Speaker D: Oh, they look very happy in this picture. [00:43:27] Speaker B: Yeah, it's cute. It's cute. [00:43:29] Speaker E: I do remember fifth Harmony, but. Yeah, good. [00:43:31] Speaker A: Good for her. [00:43:33] Speaker D: Yeah, I do remember fifth Harmony, but I still. That didn't. Okay, okay. [00:43:40] Speaker C: It's fine. It's fine. Moving on. Congrats. Maybe allegedly, possibly to Rihanna. Still not sure about this, but apparently they say she's on baby number three. I don't know if she is or she isn't. I just want to know, will the world ever get. [00:43:57] Speaker D: Never any musical. [00:44:01] Speaker B: We're never getting that album. [00:44:03] Speaker C: Like, is it. I don't even at this point. We could do an ep. It don't even have to be a whole situation, but is any music gonna drop ever again? I appreciate. I appreciate the beauty. I appreciate the lingerie. Like, don't get me wrong, but we're. [00:44:19] Speaker B: Never getting an album, okay? We're never kidding. [00:44:22] Speaker E: I think she has an album recorded. I don't think it's ever coming out, though. [00:44:28] Speaker B: Yeah, when she's dead. It's gonna come out when she's dead. [00:44:34] Speaker E: I don't want no postmortem Rihanna. [00:44:37] Speaker C: Yeah, I'm about to say I'm sorry. [00:44:40] Speaker E: Posthumous. That's what it's called. Posthumous. I don't want no posthumous Rihanna. [00:44:43] Speaker B: We're never getting that out. [00:44:45] Speaker D: But I was riding down. I was riding the car the other day just like, damn, we ain't never getting no music from Rihanna ever again. But you know what? It's. It's bittersweet because it's kind of iconic. Like, she said, you. I'm good. I. I gave you enough, and now I'm done. [00:45:06] Speaker E: The last album was anti, right? That was the last one. [00:45:09] Speaker B: Yeah. And it's still right. [00:45:11] Speaker E: Yeah. It ain't never. Yeah. [00:45:15] Speaker B: Anti. Still right. That's what I'm saying. So I don't. We're never, like, as a huge Rihanna fan, we're never getting another album. [00:45:23] Speaker D: When people ask, okay, it's over. We just need to give up hope and listen for the rest of our lives. [00:45:32] Speaker B: And it. You know, and if she's doing the mother thing, I love that because it looks like, for the most part. Hey, shout out to A.S.A.P. rocky. That boy. When they said not guilty, if you ain't see, that boy leaked. [00:45:46] Speaker D: He leaked. I just watched that last night. [00:45:53] Speaker B: He leaked to his baby. To his baby mama, his partner in crime. So I love it. You know, if it don't look like that, get. [00:46:02] Speaker C: I don't want it, sir. I don't want it. If you're not leaping for me, I don't. [00:46:07] Speaker E: He gonna make some babies. We already know he a shooter. [00:46:12] Speaker B: Okay. All right. [00:46:17] Speaker C: Moving on. [00:46:18] Speaker B: Congrats. [00:46:19] Speaker C: Jonathan Major and Megan Good. They got married in a quiet ceremony. [00:46:27] Speaker B: That's what happened when you marry an abuser. [00:46:31] Speaker C: Because it's a part of black love and. [00:46:33] Speaker B: No, it's not. It's a part of. It's a part of the dark side of black love. Because when we find out he beating her ass. [00:46:40] Speaker C: And I thought it was interesting that they went this far with it. [00:46:45] Speaker E: Why, yo? Why change her name to Megan Majors? That sound hard, though. [00:46:51] Speaker B: No, it doesn't. Shut up. [00:46:53] Speaker E: I like it. [00:46:55] Speaker B: No, you don't. No, she. If she does. Like, honestly, her whole brand around Megan Good, she. [00:47:02] Speaker C: I mean, she still changed her name, but, like, for entertainment. [00:47:06] Speaker B: Good. No, I think, you know, the thing about Megan Good is she had the savior complex. And I realized this as, you know, I reflect on years of dating. Like, some people in relationships feel like they have to be the person that, you know, helps fix or put someone back together. And I just. From the perspective of, like, okay, let's say if God really brought them together, it's still not a healthy way to enter a relationship. Like, enter in a relationship. Or let's say they have been talking before that, and that's why him and the white girl got into it. It's just the beginnings of a relationship usually say. What is the saying? The beginnings of a relationship always kind of show what the end of the relationship is going to be and. Right. Like, that's a. That's a. That's a black saying. Right. And so for me, it's like, I just hope that, you know, if it is, you know, because she's a devout Christian, if that's what it is. Because he's just really corny and he's giving, you know, these vibes that like, at first it was kind of cute because it was like he was handsome, you know, muscular, like, and every. I mean, I liked his acting and he was a little mysterious. But like, any time, you know, that's what I'm saying. Like. But anytime when you have allegations of like, they still ain't forgave Chris Brown, speaking of Rihanna, they still haven't forgiven him completely. Like, Hollywood still to this day just got this thing against him. And like, that was so long ago. And arguably both of them say they initiated, you know, that whatever happened. But like. [00:48:57] Speaker E: And they were children, right? [00:48:58] Speaker B: And they were you. But that's what I'm saying is like they were young in love. [00:49:03] Speaker D: I agree. But it's not like Chris Brown didn't been an upstanding citizen since then. I'm just. [00:49:09] Speaker B: No, but I. I guess what I'm saying is that you should never. There's never any point where you should put your hands on a woman. Right. Like, especially if you're a man, number one. But number two, like, if you're. I'm just saying that when you do have that stain on you, I'm using Chris Brown as an example. He has never recovered from that. Like no one like Hollywood as of right now. Like, think about it. We don't see him in any. When the last time you seen Chris Brown on any major, like award show, music award show. Think about it. When was the last time you seen Chris Brown? [00:49:51] Speaker D: He. [00:49:52] Speaker E: He rebuilding though. I think that's more. I think it's probably. I agree they. They won't give him like any of the major stuff, but I think him not being on ST. Is probably more him just who he is. [00:50:04] Speaker D: I agree. [00:50:05] Speaker B: I disagree. [00:50:06] Speaker D: Yeah, I think it's a mix. I think so. And I. But I. And Chris Brown a. And he do what he want to. I. I do feel like it's a mixture of stuff. I think they do hold him to that Rihanna, but I think he's also done Crazy since then. Like, if he had been a completely upstanding citizen since then and catering and pandering to people and acting like he, you know, this perfect person, I think they probably would have gave him a second chance, but he'd be standing no business like y' all, and I' ma do me right, and people don't just. [00:50:40] Speaker E: Ain'T got that in us. Like, true. [00:50:41] Speaker D: That's true. [00:50:42] Speaker E: I'm not about to. I'm not about to placate to y' all. And, yeah, you know, that's not. [00:50:47] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:50:50] Speaker E: I understand. I up, but it ain't. That ain't. That ain't what this is like. [00:50:55] Speaker B: Okay, I'll give y' all an example. So for me, Chris Brown is not only a generational talent. He can act, he can dance, he can sing. I. I guess he can rap, like, you know, paint, draw, skateboard. I mean, yeah, like. Like, yeah, yeah. Like, he's super talented, right? And that happens, and it stains as a career. Again. This goes back to what we were talking about earlier in the show with gaslighting or deflecting. Like, Drake gets called a pedophile, had been being called a pedophile, or had been questionably around a lot of young women for a very long time. An example also is Leonardo DiCaprio. Also been arguably around a lot of young women that, you know, seems a little odd. But then, like, Brad Pitt, for example, when the whole, like, explosion of the. The divorce was that it came out that apparently Angela Jolie said that he was not only a drunk, but he was, like, abusive. And so that's why his career got stained, like, really bad for a, like, short bit of time. But then that's why Leonardo was like, nah, I'm gonna come put my boy back on some stuff. And, like, now he's back in the good graces. So I'm just saying that Hollywood has a funny way of treating people when they abuse women. And I'm saying, in particular to Chris Brown, it has never really gone away because I heard that they are even looking re looking at Harvey Weinstein's case, and he may get pardoned by Trump. I had been hearing that. Gross. [00:52:36] Speaker E: He didn't die yet. [00:52:42] Speaker B: He didn't die. [00:52:46] Speaker E: On his last leg. [00:52:47] Speaker B: I don't think he did. I think, though, I think the person that died was that one that was on that crime show, the one that admitted that he killed. Killed the person on hbo. Remember that show? [00:52:57] Speaker D: Oh, damn. [00:52:59] Speaker C: What was his name? [00:53:00] Speaker D: The Jinx. [00:53:02] Speaker B: The Jinx. [00:53:04] Speaker E: Robert Durst. [00:53:05] Speaker B: Robert Durst, yeah. Durst. Died. But I think Harvey Weinstein is still alive. [00:53:10] Speaker E: I don't think he must be. He's super decrepit in there. If he is because he got cancer and all type of other stuff. [00:53:15] Speaker D: I was just about to say I thought his old decrepit ass was dead. [00:53:19] Speaker C: He alive. He just had a birthday March19. [00:53:22] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. They looking to part of him. [00:53:28] Speaker E: That type of he was on them jetsu. It would never mind. Anyway, I think Breezy on on his comeback. But this segment was not about Breezy. It was about Rihanna asap. Good for them, baby. Number three on the way our research team. [00:53:46] Speaker C: Lastly, I don't know how people feel about this, but Tiger woods is dating Vanessa Trump. They just came out announced it officially on social media. [00:53:59] Speaker E: By and by, we've been traded Tiger woods during the racial draft on Chappelle's Show. That was 02 03. Yeah, he been gone so by and by. [00:54:09] Speaker B: Yeah, I feel, yeah, I just was. [00:54:13] Speaker C: Just so y' all could could know. [00:54:16] Speaker D: He been dead to me. [00:54:18] Speaker B: Yeah, I, I, I mean, other than like being a generational athlete for golf, which, I mean facts, you know, I don't think, I don't think we owe him any allegiance, honestly, because he just always the presented himself. He never owned his blackness. Remember, he would say he was biracial or multiracial, which is fine, but he never, yeah, he never owned that he was black. And so for me, I don't think the black community really cares to have any allegiance to him, especially because he plays a white sport. I mean, it's golf. But more importantly, if you went behind Donald Jr. [00:55:13] Speaker E: You nasty man. [00:55:15] Speaker D: Disgusting. [00:55:17] Speaker E: Engulf is only white because of the accessibility factor. [00:55:21] Speaker B: But I, I guess what I'm saying, I'm saying is that it's like if it was hockey, right? Like black people could probably dominate. Black people can dominate any sport. But I'm just saying, like, people admire Tiger. Like, you know, they one, they admire him, but they hate him at the same time. Right? Like, they admire him because like when he, remember he got into that real bad car accident and everybody thought he was gonna die, but then he was fine, and then he was able to come back and then remember he was having back problems, you know, like they love him. [00:55:54] Speaker E: Accident. The second accident. [00:55:56] Speaker B: Yeah. So I'm, I'm saying that the only thing that I for the most part have ever attributed him to is just being a great athlete. I don't necessarily think he. Is it like an allegiance, like, to the black community at all? [00:56:16] Speaker C: Well, I was just, you know, I was just out here mentioning the things and. Aw, right? Harvey Weinstein is, like, decrepit. Apparently he has chronic myoid leukemia, so it's a rare form of bone cancer. He was diagnosed with it last year. [00:56:33] Speaker B: So they don't want that white man to suffer in jail, which is crazy. [00:56:39] Speaker D: Shout out to God. [00:56:40] Speaker E: Crazy. What's really crazy about Tiger woods not claiming his blackness? Ain't his first name like Earl or Elwood or something? His daddy is a nation. [00:56:55] Speaker D: Like, come on, bro. [00:56:56] Speaker E: Like black. Black. [00:56:57] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:56:58] Speaker E: I just wanted to stay there. His name like Elwood or something, ain't it? [00:57:02] Speaker D: That's why he been dead. [00:57:03] Speaker E: That's why he go by Tiger. [00:57:05] Speaker B: Yeah, I don't. I mean, I don't know. His mom passed away this year. [00:57:10] Speaker D: Eldrick. [00:57:12] Speaker E: Eldrick. That's even more. [00:57:14] Speaker B: It's just. That's what I'm saying. His dad passed away years ago. His mom passed away this year. And. And if we've learned from any celebrities, when their mother passed away, AKA Kanye west, they just leave Earth. So the men. Yeah, so. And you know what? [00:57:39] Speaker E: She was Japanese or something. [00:57:40] Speaker C: K U L T I D A Woods. She died on the 4th of February. [00:57:46] Speaker B: Yeah, she. She just recently. [00:57:48] Speaker D: She, like. And her nickname is Tito. [00:57:51] Speaker B: Yeah, but she. Yeah, but she passed away unexpectedly. Like, it was a shock to him because he was supposed to play in a tournament, and then he pulled out of the tournament when she passed away. So it wasn't like she was like. He knew. [00:58:05] Speaker C: Sickly. [00:58:06] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. So that's what I'm saying is, like, I remember when that happened to Kanye, and then he started dating Amber. Or was he dating her at the time when his mama died? When Donda died. [00:58:20] Speaker E: Probably around that time. [00:58:22] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:58:23] Speaker B: Yeah. I feel like, you know, he ain't never been the same since then. So if this gonna turn Tiger woods the sex addict into a monogamous man, fine by me. I don't really care. Because you know what? One thing as I get older in my age is, I'm gonna learn how to stay out of grown folks business. Okay. [00:58:45] Speaker E: That's a fact. [00:58:47] Speaker B: Like, sometimes it's just. I see now why. Y' all remember when we was younger and, you know, in. In the black family, the staple was. First of all, don't you see that this. The grown folks talking. Y' all remember that? And then if you had audacity, right, you was either at the grown folks table, and then if you had the audacity to even be in the room and then comment on what they was talking about, if you don't go outside. [00:59:15] Speaker C: And play with the mother, kid. [00:59:18] Speaker D: Now, I ain't gonna lie. As a highly intellectual child, I found that very toxic and abusive because I know what the you're talking about, and it don't make sense, okay? And I have comments and questions. [00:59:36] Speaker C: More questions and comments, huh? [00:59:38] Speaker D: More questions than comments. And I am a viable human being, and I want to ask my questions. And they did indeed tell me to go outside. [00:59:49] Speaker E: See, I was a highly intellectual child as well. And what did I do? I listened to what the. My mom. Nope. I didn't. I didn't. I didn't ask no questions. But I did. I did bank everything I saw and heard. [01:00:07] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:00:07] Speaker E: And kept to myself. And then, you know, as I've gotten older, I sit back and think about those times and I'm like, oh, it. [01:00:18] Speaker C: Started to come together. [01:00:19] Speaker E: That's what was going on. Yeah. I couldn't. I couldn't understand the time. I knew it didn't make sense, but. [01:00:25] Speaker C: I could piece it all the way together. [01:00:27] Speaker E: Right, right, right. [01:00:29] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:00:29] Speaker C: The cont. [01:00:33] Speaker D: But in hindsight, even though I felt like that was toxic, it was for the best because I have plenty of time and years to be traumatized by grown adult. Yeah, there was plenty of time for that. So I should let a kid outside and play. Yeah. [01:00:55] Speaker C: Be a kid for as long as you can. Because you can't go back. [01:00:58] Speaker E: Facts. I will say that phrase did. It definitely comes in handy as an adult. Like. [01:01:06] Speaker D: Yes. [01:01:07] Speaker E: Now, see, when you're a kid, you want to mind other people's business because you ain't got no business of your own. But when you were an adult and you do have your own life, okay. [01:01:19] Speaker C: You got your own business. [01:01:20] Speaker E: I do not want. I don't care about your problems. I don't want to hear them. I got my own. Like, yo, I don't want your burdens to become mine. I really don't want to know. [01:01:31] Speaker C: Yeah, I can't absorb that. I don't have a capacity. [01:01:34] Speaker E: I don't have the capacity. Let's take it. [01:01:36] Speaker C: I got enough issues in my regular day. Your little life, then to be like, you got that going on, too. I can't. [01:01:47] Speaker B: And no, it's. No. That's what made me think about, you know, we always have our little family topic as someone that's, you know, back out in the dating scene and when you're trying to get to know people and stuff. And like the other day, like, we were talking about, I think, me, dub and twin, about how, like, if someone had the audacity to ask me about me gaming or me playing Stardew or, like, had an issue with it. Like, that's a deal breaker for me. Me, mind your business. Like, I need time to do what I want to do, and it's none of your business what I'm doing. What, automatic okay. No, we. No, like, okay. [01:02:34] Speaker C: I mean, hey, to each his own. Listen, I'm not. I'm not here to judge. I'm not mad at you. I get it. It's a form of, hey, this is my piece. This is, like, how I. You know, it's my outlet. So. No, I don't. [01:02:47] Speaker B: Research team is. It's bigger than that. It's just what Doug said. It's my own business. It's my business. Don't matter what I'm over here doing, but don't ask me what I'm over here doing. If even if the question came up that you see me on the game and then you have a comment on me being on the game, we got a problem. You see what I'm saying? We got a real problem. Buy your business. [01:03:13] Speaker D: I remember in my early. Like, dude, I can't even say early 20s. You know how your friends will send you a screenshot or be like, so and so doing this, but y' all would talk about it. People send me that stuff now. I'll be like, I don't. I might not even respond. [01:03:26] Speaker E: I don't care. [01:03:28] Speaker B: That's what I'm saying. [01:03:31] Speaker D: That's part of the reason I had to get out the family chat, y' all. I don't care. Okay. [01:03:38] Speaker C: No, the family chat is definitely next level of I don't care. Because some stuff is just like, we got. [01:03:45] Speaker B: We got regular life happening, ma' am. They don't even drop relevant information in the chat. No, more like, we had a. No, we had a. We had an elder pass away, like, two weeks ago, and no one even talked about it. And, like, this is, like, one of our, like, elder elders, her daughter that passed away, and I just. I found out, like. [01:04:17] Speaker D: You talking about the person with my name? [01:04:19] Speaker E: Yeah, yeah. [01:04:20] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, yeah, we talked about it. No, we talked about it in our group chat, but it wasn't in the family group. [01:04:29] Speaker C: I got you. I got you. The bigger. [01:04:33] Speaker B: Yeah, so. And I don't know if. [01:04:39] Speaker C: I said. I don't know if them folk know her. [01:04:41] Speaker B: Everybody know her mama. [01:04:44] Speaker E: Definitely know her mama. [01:04:46] Speaker B: Everybody know her mama. Come on, now. Because I remember. I remember the day her mama died. I was at work in Goose. I remember the day she Died. That's how. And that's how much I used to always be at her house. And I was a child and I was 16 when she died. Come on, now. [01:05:02] Speaker E: I was about to say that was. That was at least like, yeah. [01:05:07] Speaker D: Yeah. [01:05:08] Speaker B: I remember the day she died. So I'm saying is, anyways, you know, we always have our little family topic of the day, because, you know, if you've been listening to the show so far, you know, we're all cousins, and family is, you know, a big part of our ethos in everyday life. Just who we stick with and who we don't with. You know, that's just how it goes. But y' all just need to stay out of grown folks business, okay? Like, I. As I've disappeared myself from a lot of social things, I just realized that's a big problem with the average American. Y' all are too busy worried about what the other person is doing and unconsciously comparing yourself to that, unconsciously then allowing your phone to tell you that you want those things to the point that you don't even know what you want no more. And you know what I want to do? I want to sit on my couch. I want to get comfortable in my nice, comfy chair, like gaming pillow chair. And I want to play Stardew for hours. That's what I want to do. And I want to be left the alone. [01:06:14] Speaker E: Sound like a great day. [01:06:17] Speaker B: But the world tells you, no, you need to be caring about this, and you need to be going to this festival, and you need to be doing this and you need to be doing that. And it's like, just stay out of my business, and I'm gonna stay out of yours. And I. And I really make that point because I think that's where we are coming to with the. With this political spectrum is I heard the other day it's called Culture wars, where this is what MAGA is all about, is Culture Wars. And it's like, if you thought Jasmine Crockett wasn't gonna start to hit back at y' all. Y' all don't know Jasmine Crockett. And I'm just gonna end with that. Like, that's somebody that's been minding her business, decided to get into politics to help people, and now guess what? She finna go off on all y' all because she don't owe y' all nothing. I'm pretty sure she probably has her own money, just like most black women that enter into politics, okay? And y' all over here dragging her because she need to Be she need to be censored because she called the governor of Texas, Abbott, Mr. Hot Wheels. Have y' all met him? [01:07:33] Speaker E: Child, that's hilarious. [01:07:37] Speaker B: Please go sit down somewhere. [01:07:38] Speaker D: You see, this whole idea of culture wars and race wars has. Is stupid to me because black people don't give a We've been going through in this country. We gonna survive. We gonna find a way to make it. We ain't gonna be out here shooting up white people. And like, what y' all being acting crazy to us. There is almost nothing y' all could do to us that is worse than slavery, bruh. We was building towns and you burned them to the ground. [01:08:14] Speaker C: Literally. [01:08:15] Speaker D: Literally. [01:08:16] Speaker E: The crazy thing is the. The things that people have a hard time today, like realizing or adapting to is stuff that we come out the womb dealing with type stuff. You get what I'm saying? Like, oh, really? This is normal. I'm gonna be. I'm gonna be all right. Like, it don't matter who the president is. We gonna be able to pivot and do what we got to do to make it to the next day. Like, we used to live in day to day. That's normal. [01:08:50] Speaker D: White people used to spit on us. Come on, bro. Used to. How resilient, right? [01:08:58] Speaker B: And that's what's hilarious about, like you said, when they talk about culture wars and race wars, it's just this idea that if you start to desensitize talking about it, an example would be is, I heard they're going to go after the African American Museum in D.C. which is an extension of the Smithsonian. [01:09:19] Speaker E: Yeah, and the Smithsonian. Yes, yes, yes. [01:09:21] Speaker B: I mean, it's an extension of all of them. Yeah. And you know, museums are. I always call them the place where they keep the dead. Because these are memories, right? These are. This would be the equivalent to the Three Eyed Raven. As I always think about museums and I just. [01:09:43] Speaker E: Let's go. [01:09:44] Speaker B: Yeah. You know, I just think about it and I'm like, you can erase it all you want to, but the best thing about history is it repeats itself. And so if you erase it now, your bigots are going to come back out, the races are going to come back out, and guess what? It's just going to happen all over again. And I'll. And I'll. And again, we'll close with that. Like, you guys want to sit here and just gaslight and make all these screaming at the top of your lungs about pbs and they, they. They're upset because Sesame street is more inclusive and it's just like, shut the up and mind your own business. Stay out of grown folks business. Why do you care about who people love? Why do you care about what people identify with as a sexual orientation or what they feel like their body tells them that? Their body. [01:10:41] Speaker E: Why do you care? [01:10:43] Speaker B: Why the. Do you care? [01:10:46] Speaker D: Why. [01:10:47] Speaker E: You know what? I just thought about it. I'm sorry, I don't know. We're trying to close. In regards to that Smithsonian National African American History Museum, I didn't see any mention of the Confederate museums in the south, did y' all? [01:11:02] Speaker C: You know, okay. You know, you won't. [01:11:06] Speaker D: Rickets. Okay. [01:11:08] Speaker E: Because they're talking about the bias or whatever in these museums. No, it's. It's not a bias. This is. This is our museum. This is what you get at this museum. You know what I'm saying? The. The Smithsonian is different because it encompasses the world's history, but the National African American Museum of History, or, I'm sorry, whatever it's called, this is you. The name is in the title. I mean, what you get is in the title. You get what I'm saying. There's no bias here. This is. This is our history. I'm sure there's a thousand Native American museums. I'm sure they could be doing the same. But I didn't hear any mention of Confederate museums that exists in the South. [01:11:52] Speaker D: No, they want that to be the truth. [01:11:55] Speaker B: Or not even if they want that to be the truth. Right. Because I think that, again, the museum we're talking about is an extension of the Smithsonian. And so this is a museum that has created and curated. And people tell me about it all the time. They say it's incredible, and it's very much of an immersive experience. And I think I heard a little glip about what they're specifically looking at is racism, slavery. And it's like, this is because they don't want us to believe that it existed. And the only reason why that is is because of capitalism. Capitalism has allowed the world to continue to thrive forever because there's always a component of free labor, and free labor is usually slaves. Okay? And if you are being detained right now or you are being captured by ice, the need to shave your head and put you in detention, nine times out of 10, those people are also now going to become a part of a workforce. An example is how a criminal justice system right now with prisons, people would be shocked at how many products that people average day, average Americans use every day that are made in prison for a dollar eighty an hour or three dollars an hour. Free labor. [01:13:25] Speaker E: Oh, yeah. That's a lot. Yeah. They'd be making pencils, shoes, all type of stuff. [01:13:34] Speaker B: Anyways. Shot o' clock. I'm taking a shot to a new Earth. Get me out of here. Shotgun. Get me out of here. A new earth. Come on, Lord. Come on, universe. Get us out of here. [01:13:49] Speaker E: I'm gonna take a shot to old Earth, which I'm Convinced ended probably 2004 ish. 5 ish. I pinpointed it in history. We did have some good times. To your point, research team. We had some good times in this life, but some. Some messed up out here, man. And. And I'm gonna take a shot to that to. I'm gonna take a shot to the past real quick. [01:14:22] Speaker D: I'm gonna take a shot of water because I went a little too far at y' all cousin house last night. I've been going through it. I had an epiphany yesterday. And I'm gonna just take a shot to forgiving yourself because that seems to be the hardest thing to do. So that's my shot. Okay. [01:14:47] Speaker B: Okay. [01:14:48] Speaker C: I gotta figure out who cousin house you went to, but I'll figure that out later. [01:14:52] Speaker E: That's what I'm wondering. That's all I can take away. [01:14:53] Speaker D: Cuz I was like. [01:14:54] Speaker C: Ain't say nothing. [01:14:55] Speaker E: Ain't nobody invited me to nobody. [01:14:57] Speaker D: Other big booty. Other big booty. The fact that y' all knew. Exactly. But it's also like you more than one. [01:15:11] Speaker C: Like he like any who. [01:15:14] Speaker D: And shout out to her sister. She was on the phone too. Our other cousin. [01:15:18] Speaker B: I wish I could have had that. I wish I had that gene of our family. I don't know why I never got. [01:15:23] Speaker C: That either or you can't have both. [01:15:26] Speaker B: I know. Because we're on the other side. Correct. [01:15:33] Speaker C: Any who. [01:15:34] Speaker B: Any who. [01:15:35] Speaker C: I'm taking a shot of charcoal detox lemonade. [01:15:43] Speaker D: And. [01:15:44] Speaker C: Well, I'll take a shot of that. I'm taking a shot to understanding. Make making space for understanding who I am now. Like today. [01:16:01] Speaker E: Love that. That's cryptic but cool. [01:16:08] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. [01:16:09] Speaker B: It's. [01:16:10] Speaker C: It's a lot behind that, but that's the best way I could sum it up. [01:16:15] Speaker D: I love that. [01:16:17] Speaker E: Shout out to all of y' all out there. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much for joining us for this episode. If you didn't learn anything today, go away with this courtesy of P. Money. Don't make it your business to be in grown folks business. [01:16:35] Speaker B: Or you can just disappear yourself. Disappear yourselves from the Internet. Just get. Get off the grid. Get off the grid, so you can find us anywhere on social media. Just all you got to do is Google. Call your cousins. I heard YouTube. It's a safe space. We're definitely on there streaming. We've been getting some views and we appreciate y' all. So if anything, find us at YouTube @. Call your cousins. That's C A L L Y O U R R C O U S I N S and we'll see you next time. Peace. [01:17:08] Speaker D: Bye. Bye.