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After months of ghost hunting, I've taken down the giant spider, the mimic, the evil Steve, and even the lost souls.

But now, the greatest foe of all appears.

The false god.

To defeat this thing, I'm gonna need a team.

Alright guys, let's do this.

But first we have to get the mod to actually work.

Smoke, why is your Minecraft skin a zombie?

I was trying to like blend in.

And I also have another question for you what why on essentials was the last message

you sent me maga wait how do i do messages send

you a screenshot oh my god

this is a rare picture uh what's his name spoke is here i almost dropped a dude

and mickey mickey in questions folks are real name the cheeky little admin in the corner oh my god

that is me clearly admin abusing i've been into dr stone season four oh i'm happy

because i know what he's talking about can you guys see my skin

you just look like ashwag

i kind of like what spoke has going on do we change our skin

i'm taking on a new persona do you guys see my skin

now i keep rubber banding back i don't know yeah

you're lagging i'm in the lab working on something i'm getting

it done okay nice this instant good to hear spoke i was an animal what

if i was a parrot but let's actually not do

that oh my god i have a george bush skin wait

it's like this video's like minecraft we have to stay in character

don't be george bush my friend this looks like a zoo oh i have a pride cape i like that one

I will support that

Dude, not fing god, why do I have that?

Minecraft, we have to stay in character

No, no, no, no

Not funny, it's been taken off

But why, you're not in the world

You just left a chiseled sand I think the world might be a little bit laggy

Spoke, would you buy the Minecraft account, Spoke?

Yeah For like, 5k

Nah, like, 20 bucks

Oh, okay, man

Spoke, do you have all the essential emotes?

All of the, uh, the OG ones.

Oh my!

Ayyy!

Yes!

What was that?

What is that?

Spoke, you're hacking.

Help me!

Hello?

Help me, it's already starting!

No!

Oh my...

I gave him my virus.

We just need to survive until God arrives or our karma hits zero.

Ash's like his person.

I trapped Spoke and now I have a pet Spoke.

No!

oh my god ashwag sent me a picture why are you

sending me a picture of force of it it's about to get marvelous avengers assemble

if you know you know miraculous ladybug miraculous she's not an avenger

it's taking a ball to connect yeah

it's connecting really slowly spoke why did you send me a i can't even just

i can't this one's gonna go in the scooter

this video ash why do you have ice on your server

yeah your ice failed what the hell what is not here no usually

we don't have these issues at all like every swag never voting it's been

so easy epic rap battles of history ice versus god ice this is actually hit him with the cinnamon and then

when i'm winning ice like gentlemen i'm gonna start with spoke oh

i got a letter dude don't spoil oh sorry oh yeah

Oh my - What the - I just got - My ping is - What?

How did you do the ping?

Point emo king, bro.

I'm here!

Oh my god, and I'm good.

Oh.

Goodbye, Spoke.

There's a lot of horses around here.

What was that?

I'm a Spoke.

You see that, bro?

Spoke, you - Bro, I don't give you a chance to do that.

Kind of looks like Minutesack.

Guys, what's going on?

I'm going down to get a iron in a stuff.

There's like mobs in - Really?

There's a lot of gas and they're shooting.

Bro, you did this.

No, I didn't.

Okay, I'm coming up right to the surface.

There's so many polar bears.

Minutes, help.

Do something, bro.

Where did everyone go?

Whiffies, Ash.

If I'm being honest, I can't go in creative anymore.

What are you talking about?

I can't go in creative.

God banished him.

It says God is coming 57 seconds.

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Oh my God oh my god oh my god is here is

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that god is you in this is

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that you in the sky with me yeah yeah this sucks

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i look you gotta go in like 30 minutes they're like

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after a lot of jiggery pokery we finally got the server to work

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but we did lose spoke in the process i'm very sorry what is the goal for today

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so we added a mod that adds an evil god to minecraft he'll show up

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and try to kill us please stop touching why is there

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a fit why is there a fish in this server can

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we make a hotel for those who are in hell

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and need a way to go back to heaven we can call

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it has been hotel for some kind of has -bens okay whatever you say you know

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that song where it's like he sees you

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when you're sleeping yeah santa claus oh my god

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that is about santa claus isn't it dude i thought

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it was just a song everyone sang about a stalker i slash

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that happened i slash so this happened oh no whiffies have you not seen family guy i've seen clip

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Why have you trapped me in this hole with you with these?

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Use to keep it cool.

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I mean, what song is that?

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Have you guys seen the song of the 12 -year -old who's insane at rapping?

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He goes, hit him with a little bit.

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I don't know what that means.

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I just like, hit him with a little bit.

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Editor Squiddo, pull up that song.

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What are you guys doing down there?

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No, I'm not doing that.

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Press one if you hate homework.

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Oh, yeah.

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One.

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Easily one in chat, bro.

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Dude, I used to like homework.

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I used to like it because I was good at it.

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And I like being good at things that other people don't like to be doing.

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Dude, same.

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Well, I for one hated homework.

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Comment if you were like the Squiddo and like the video relate to me

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and ash swag yeah okay so you guys told me to come in the hole

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and now you both left the hole what's your problem

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this is our master plan to leave the hell go screw

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you guys god likes me he gave me a diamond for free what

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if i hit you whoa whoa whoa no one gets to hit her except me wait

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that didn't come out right yo yeah what the hell now you gotta hit me to lose karma

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My hope will never die.

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My hope will never die.

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My hope will never die.

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There we go, bro.

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I just vomited an apple from that.

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Wait, this guy's Isaac Newton.

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Sit under this tree.

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Bye, am I so excited to do some sitting down.

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The humble apple.

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Nothing can go.

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The end.

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He didn't do that, dude.

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He discovered gravity.

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He didn't throw up.

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From the top, from the top.

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Stay in character.

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What's my line?

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Minecraft, we have to stay in character.

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I'm Isaac Newton, discovering gravity.

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I'm Captain Clark.

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What the hell did Isaac Newton even say after discovering gravity?

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He said urethra, didn't he? That was Socrates.

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Didn't you go to Harvard?

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Don't you know the answer to this?

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What did Isaac Newton say when the apple fell on his head?

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He didn't say that.

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I think the apple's falling.

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He probably said bad apple and it was the first instance of the meme.

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Have you seen the TikTok of the lady doing Charlie XTX apple dance in the hospital?

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No, he hasn't seen it.

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Your editors could have put in the video of the miscarriage.

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It's lost media.

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I'm not.

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Oh my god.

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So he's slender, man.

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I look like I won the obby.

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You look like a murder trans character.

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Wait, what is our goal?

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We just have to gear up so we can kill God.

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I think we make him mad by killing things.

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Okay, so we've got verity, scarcity, levity, falsity.

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You guys know any of the other ones?

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Leafies?

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Oh, sick.

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Sexy Verity.

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Okay.

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You know what's sexy Verity?

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I'm sensing no one in this column knows about the Slippies.

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No, I can't.

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Editor Squiddle, can you put a video?

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I don't even want to Google that.

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Hey, Squiddle.

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Yeah.

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Turn around.

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Why don't you turn around?

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Oh, my God.

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I'm dead.

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Oh, hey, Wiffies, you're home.

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Hi.

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Yes, I'm back.

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Thank goodness, dude.

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Things are not going well without you.

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Guys, what is even our objective right now?

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Oh, you wanted to build a has -been hotel.

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Is God pleased with anyone else's karma?

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Yes, God is pleased with my karma.

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I have two eyes of Ender.

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These are my little fish eggs.

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I'm just ovulating.

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Gross, dude.

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Gross, gross, gross.

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Why do we build the whole thing?

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Gross.

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That time of the month, bro.

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You can't help it.

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Go away from me, whippies.

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I miss the regular whippies.

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How do you deal with ovulation?

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That's what I'm saying.

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Wait, ovulation isn't even the hard part.

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Isn't the hard part like the...

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Are we qualified to be having this conversation?

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No, I don't.

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Yes, I think, okay, fine.

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I'll go get beds for all of us.

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Just make sure it's not a white bed.

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Oh, yeah, true.

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Oh, my effing god, bro.

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I hope the Google is taking me tomorrow.

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Oh, my lord.

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Wait, guys, I was a regular guy.

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And then I got bitten by a radioactive spider.

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I don't care.

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I don't care.

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I don't care.

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Spider -Man.

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I got bitten by a radioactive woman.

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What are you talking about?

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And now I have the ability to have empathy.

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What is going on in this VC?

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Oh, wait, I have haste.

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Wait, I was actually blessed with haste 3.

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Bitten by a radioactive Usain Bolt.

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Why are you just breaking our house?

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I want to make use of my hastery.

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Yesterday, I was hanging out with a few friends at a chicken restaurant, and we saw this freaky bug walking next to us.

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It was like a very big bug.

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I didn't know what it was.

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Was it on a leash?

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The bug was walking on us, and we were like, do you think bro knows about anime?

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So we asked the bug if it knew what anime was, and it obviously didn't say anything because it was a bug.

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So we gave it a slice of pickle, and it just kind of looked at us.

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You gave a bug a pickle?

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Yeah, and then it 180'd, right?

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And this bug is just staring at us.

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Okay.

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And I'm like, this dude is definitely about to jump on us.

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But the bug is just looking at me.

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Yeah.

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And I tell my friend who's sitting next to me, if this bug, because I'm going to get freaked out.

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If this bug jumps at me, I am going to like jump out of my chair because I'm going to be terrified.

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Yeah.

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Because he's probably going to jump at me because I'm the main character.

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So did it jump at you?

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Well, a few minutes later.

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What was that?

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Oh my God.

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Was that the bug?

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I'm telling you I'm Spider -Man, bro.

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Which one of you is my uncle that's going to die?

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No, but wait, wait, wait.

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So whippies did the bug jump when you and bite you?

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Oh, so all of a sudden it like flew into the air.

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And then it actually landed on top of me.

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It landed in my hair.

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And I just started walking around.

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And then I got freaked out.

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And then I jumped out of my chair.

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And I dropped my phone.

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I literally got mugged by a bug.

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And then I was thinking like if I did become a butterfly man.

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Then I would really not want the government to do experiments.

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The bug was a butterfly?

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Probably suck.

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You were scared of a butterfly.

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Really, bro?

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This is all the time stories.

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It was a bug called a lanternfly.

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Dude, this cannot be menacing.

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Let's see.

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It looks so stupid.

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It looks so stupid.

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You got one -shotted by the most peaceful -looking insect of all time.

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You got bit by miraculous ladybug, bro.

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I started laughing before you even started the story because you said chicken restaurant.

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I don't think that's a term.

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What else would you call it?

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Was it a fast food place?

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Well, I kind of.

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It was this place in Boston called Dave's Hot Chicken.

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Bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro.

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There's a restaurant called Dave's Hot Chicken.

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Bro, bro, oh my god.

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Oh my god.

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Whiffies, bro, you are so unintentionally funny.

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There's a hole in the wall called Dave's Hot Chicken.

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Yeah, so this is a pretty niche space.

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You might not know it.

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You crack me up, bro.

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Wait, Dave's Hot Chicken is like a global franchise.

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Yes, yes, very much.

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I look at that as, like, local.

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Oh my god, no, no. Dave's actually in the room.

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Yeah, I was just at this niche little place called McDonald's.

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Watch out for the lanternflies next time you go.

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Did anyone else hear this noise, by the way?

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No. It sounds like someone breathing really freakily down my mic.

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It's probably Dave.

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Do you think we'll ever get a chance to direct our own movies?

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I thought about that.

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A Hollywood producer reached out to me a few times.

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Actually?

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Like this Hollywood producer asked if they could reach out to Blumhouse on my behalf twice.

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What?

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Why didn't you say yes?

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You could have been writing the next FNAF movie.

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Oh my god, I just watched

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Ash get squitted.

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Oh my god.

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They wanted like a searching for a world that doesn't exist movie.

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And I was like, this is going to be live action.

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Like who's going to get cast as Avery?

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Wait, that's a good question.

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And I played Dirlord and like, I was going to ask like, can I get Squitter to play Dirlord?

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You are not going to ask that.

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And then Ash swigged and be the king in yellow.

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Who's sexier, Alistair

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or Jax? who's alistair the world is healing in this mafia the movie we got the copper shrimp

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and we got ash swag we had to go as well it was gonna be

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so good did tarot ever pitch

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you to like do a ash swag like no special spin -off oh my god bro

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she told me to do a director video

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that would have been cool dude what

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if we do in early server days like we fees

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and ash swag were rivals back in the day

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that's how the director has connections with them maybe you were rivals in school

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and you're competing who can do their homework the best i'm down to do

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that for april fools the director early days unstable smp featuring ash swag

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and the copper trim following on from that remember when you me

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and like every single member of lifeseal went to

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that sushi restaurant uh yeah someone told me

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that like you paid for the food

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but then i think later you said you didn't pay for the food

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so i have no idea who i thanked

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and they were like the prob wait matt from lunar paid for it so whiffies

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He didn't do anything?

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No, he just didn't do anything.

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No, he just didn't do anything.

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What the hell?

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Who do you think I am, bro?

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Well, I went up to some, like, boy with brown hair.

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And someone said it was Weefees.

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What?

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Like Rochambeau?

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I don't know.

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It was just, like, a normal - I have black hair, though.

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It wasn't Weefees.

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It wasn't Weefees.

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Why is there so torturous at our house?

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My dad did ask me recently, like, when are you gonna get an internship?

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Dude.

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Dude, is he trolling?

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Bro doesn't know about the early days of the mafia.

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Dude, that video would bang so hard.

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What's going on with the police?

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Yeah, we need to be signed off by Big Unstable.

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Big UU does not like me, man.

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Why?

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You're one of their best actors.

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I asked Spoke, hey, I would be awesome to make a bit for my POV at some point.

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And they said, yeah.

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And then they keep saying, yeah.

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But it feels like one of those yeahs where it's not a yeah.

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What?

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What the hell?

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Why did the new god do that?

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Oh, I saw your who would get into Harvard tier list.

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There's a who would get into Harvard tier list?

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Yeah, that was an A tier.

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I was really flattered considering I failed high school.

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I thought you were mad smart.

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Well, you know, I got a U in chemistry.

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What's a U?

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It stands for ungradable.

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Yeah, I got a zero out of 100.

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I don't even know how I did that.

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It's kind of like the Miles Morales method.

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Dude, I'm one above Squiddo.

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That's very funny.

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Yo, how is that funny?

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Pause.

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How is it funny that? Because I'm...

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Oh my god, god.

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She's never gonna do it.

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My hope will never die.

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I said my hope will never die.

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Oh my god, I got the box.

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I got the bucket.

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I got the fucking...

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I got the bucket, bro.

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I'm all the hemorrhain.

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You're more tough.

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I'm trollity.

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Je m 'appelle Sasuke Uchiwa.

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Who knows that meme?

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Those who know.

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Wiffies talks like a TikTok comment section sometimes.

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Wiffies is chronically online, dude.

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Like, you said

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Twitter screenshots, but I feel like you don't even have Twitter.

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Like, you have an undercover account.

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Yeah, and they have like two likes, and they have your name in it dude.

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You have a secret fan account or something.

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Dude, how do you have pickle?

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Cause I'm Rick.

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Cause I'm Rick.

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We all got that one Rick friend.

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Skrull would be Mr. Poopybutthole.

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No I wouldn't!

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He actually sucks.

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I would be bird person.

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What are we doing?

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I feel like one of us needs to die to trigger God's wrath.

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Go take a little swim in there.

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Take care of my threads for me. So fresh.

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Oh man.

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Is it gonna make you want angry?

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Did it work?

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Oh my god, I'm on 83.

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How do we get these numbers like - Ah!

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Okay.

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I'm Flowey.

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Wait, what?

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Have you played Undertale?

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No. What's your favorite video game?

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Minecraft.

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Guys.

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Oh my god!

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Ow!

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Oh my god!

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Ow!

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Oh my god, I just heard a piercing screaming noise.

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What?

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I'm totally normal.

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Where are you guys?

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I just killed a bee.

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I look, you feel bad.

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I just got a lanternfly.

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Wait, so Wiffies, as a very prominent Skephalo shipper, what's your favorite ship these days?

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Um, okay, so number one, I don't know if I was ever a Skephalo shipper.

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I like Bill Furt from Gravity Falls.

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Oh, brother.

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Oh, brother.

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Okay, Wiffies, there's something I've been meaning to ask you for a long time, but I've always been, like, really too scared to ask it.

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It's okay.

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Go ahead.

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Are Avery and Derlord supposed to be a couple, or are they just really good friends?

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so when I wrote them it was meant to be like platonic okay

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but I think the beauty of art is

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that I can be interpreted in multiple ways so I think

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that the fans want is valid you know they entered the top hundred ships on AO3 they're number 64.

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I'm not even trolling I'm so jealous of you oh my name is whiffies

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and my ocs are number 64 on AO3 genuinely that's like the coolest thing that's ever happened to me.

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And Blumhouse wanted me to produce FNAF 3.

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Oh yeah, whoopies.

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Oh my god.

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Dude, finally.

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I'm like, what's up, Karma?

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What's up, Karma?

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Oh my god, I just got exploded.

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I hear Siren Head, bro.

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Wait, we're on two Karma.

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Do you think my videos would still be well if it was two girls?

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Guys, I tried sleeping and it said, I can't sleep, I feel bad about my actions.

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Should we just kill a mob together?

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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I made a chicken!

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We brought new life, we have to kill it.

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Okay.

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He's a little hard to hit.

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Hold on, he's a little

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It's still hard to hit.

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Okay.

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Wait, what?

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There you go.

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Oh my God.

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Oh my God.

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Okay, does anyone have a sword or anything, guys?

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God is coming.

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We need to hide in the hotel or something, right?

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We need to hide.

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Yeah, what do we do?

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I don't even have a shield or anything.

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Bro, God is coming.

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Why is the vent?

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Let's find a shield on my screen.

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Oh my God, my game just shook.

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My game just shook.

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My game just shook.

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My game just shook.

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I've been captured by an angel.

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Help, help, help, help.

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I don't think we can kill it, dude.

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Wait, oh.

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Oh my.

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guys we're in a bad place

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we're in a bad dimension let's keep watching keep walking i think i know where we are

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no check your downloads folder i have a file that just downloaded what wait no i didn't

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It was the weefy stroll face

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This has been just has been all over hotel

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Hey, that's good

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Why do you have 100k viewers?

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Don't worry, one of those viewers is your mother.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “4 Scaredycats vs God”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: bro, dude, spoke, bug. This video has 526 sentences and 3690 words to shadow. The speech runs for 18:52. The speaker talks fast, about 196 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 100 of its 526 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
karma noun	/kərm(ə)/	The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
minecraft noun	/ˈmaɪnˌkɹæft/	A warship which lays naval mines.
gross adjective	/ɡɹoʊs/	remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
server noun	/ˈsɝvɚ/	A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
shake verb	/ˈʃeɪk/	To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
bite verb	/baɪt/	To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
spider noun	/ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/	Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
gravity noun	/ˈɡɹævɪti/	Of an activity such as a ceremony, a person's conduct, etc.: the quality of being deeply serious and solemn, especially in a dignified manner; seriousness…
homework noun	/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/	Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
sexy adjective	/ˈsɛksi/	Having sex appeal; attractive.
suck verb	/sʌk/	To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
tier noun	/ˈtɪɚ/	A row or range, especially one at a higher or lower level than another.
butterfly noun	/ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪ/	A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
whoa	/woʊ/	Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
radioactive adjective	/ˌɹeɪdioʊˈæktɪv/	Exhibiting radioactivity.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
turn around verb		To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
come up verb		To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
do down verb		To belittle or intimidate.
go ahead verb	/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/	To proceed with; to begin.
go back to verb		To stem from; to originate in.
pull up verb	/ˌpʊl ˈʌp/	To lift upwards or vertically.
show up verb		To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Dude, not fing god, why do I have that?
Don't you know the answer to this?
Why don't you turn around?
Why didn't you say yes?
What's your favorite video game?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
“Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true	used to like
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've taken · i've been · it's been taken
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	been taken · is actually hit · be signed
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	those who are · Those who know

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 129 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thread /ˈθɹɛd/, breathe /bɹiːð/, empathy /ˈɛmpəθi/, wrath /ɹæθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, shield /ˈʃild/, screenshot /ˈskriːn.ʃɑt/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: radioactive /ˌɹeɪdioʊˈæktɪv/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, undercover /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/, ventilation /ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like karma, minecraft, gross.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Key vocabulary in this video

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Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

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