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Good morning, good afternoon and good evening.
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Welcome to the table.
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Today we are going to talk to each other again.
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We've done this before.
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We've talked to each other many times.
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We have talked to each other a lot.
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And we are going to deliberately, we're not going to try to be clear, to be understood.
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We're just going to talk to each other.
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As though we are in the pub.
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Normal.
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How I would talk to you normally.
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How we are, yeah because you need to be able to understand native speakers
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when they're not trying to be understood so good luck and we'll see you at the other end enjoy the conversation
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hello hello happy saturday happy saturday you have a good saturday
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we've been busy i'm very busy what have we been doing
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we have been filming videos many videos many videos today this
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is the last one of the day isn't it this is the last one of the day
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which It's good because we're tired
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so I feel like my voice is going to be barely comprehensible
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because when I get tired I get really slurry and mumbly, don't I?
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This is going to be a really good practice to listen to people who are tired because sometimes people are tired.
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We're not always up for it.
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You know what I mean?
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Sometimes people are tired.
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Kind of, I suppose.
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How do you get when you're tired?
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I think things bother me when I'm tired.
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Do you know what I mean? like things irritable yeah things things get on top of me quite a lot
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so like if I even just something simple such as taking the bins out yeah I will usually
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if I'm awake taking the bins out it's quite simple just take the bins out you know
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but little things annoy me
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when I'm tired I think yeah I think that's normal I think most people
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when they're when they're tired they get more more on edge
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but i think for me i just shut down a bit like
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if i'm with people and if it's been a long day
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and if i'm tired i just decide i'm out now sorry yeah you're not very good yeah yeah
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that is you to be honest i know i just i can't do it
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if i'm tired and
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if i want to go to bed i can't bring myself
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to like find some energy i just can't get it from anywhere i'm like you did
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that in the day yeah in london yeah was it in
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london oh yeah yeah on the last friday night It was only like 11 and I was like I'm zoned out.
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It was not even there.
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I think it was like 10 o 'clock you were already.
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You looked exhausted.
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You looked naked.
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You were like.
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I do get very easily tired.
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It's just.
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Do you think that's getting old?
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Probably.
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I'm not saying that you are getting old.
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Getting older.
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Yeah probably.
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No I think I've always been like that.
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I think I like to give people the best version of myself.
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And like I like to be present in the moment.
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If I'm too tired.
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Can't be present in the moment.
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Can't give you the best version of myself.
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So I might as well just go to bed.
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I'm done.
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I'm like a like a like a machine you used to do
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that in a nightclub oh yeah i did if i went clubbing
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and this is
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if we went clubbing we're out dancing on a good time with a group of friends
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and then i would suddenly decide i'd be in the middle of like literally mid song i'd be like
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tired now and i just go home and i wouldn't tell anyone
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because i would have had a few drinks so i
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wasn't thinking clearly enough to send a message yeah you weren't thinking straight guys i'm gonna ago or like
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so my friends would just text me going like Laura where are you we can't find you in the club
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and I'm like oh I'm home, I'm in bed and I just walked myself home which is very dangerous I just walked myself home.
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It wasn't far though.
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No it wasn't far about 20 minute walk.
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I don't know if it was a 20 minute walk.
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Yeah from like um.
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From Constant Square?
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Yeah in Liverpool, this is Liverpool by the way we're talking about because we used to go.
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20 minutes?
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Yeah.
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20 minutes?
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If you're drunk, it's 20 minutes.
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Stumbling.
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Yeah.
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But I just walk myself home.
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Like, and I think that's my drunk self being my most true self.
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And that's me deciding.
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If social norms weren't a thing, I would just leave places without any warnings.
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Like now?
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Yeah.
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It's like I've zoned out.
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I'm a bit like a machine.
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You can charge me up.
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Like, I get charged.
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And you just decide.
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If the battery's dead, you can't bring me back to life unless you charge me.
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That's it go to sleep.
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What when when during the week are you the most tired?
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Don't worry about don't worry about the dust.
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Sorry, there's dust on the dust.
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Yeah, don't worry, I don't want the noise on the podcast.
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When are you most tired during the week?
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Friday afternoon after lunch 100%.
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Yes.
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That's when I'm the most, because it's so close to the weekend and you've got a bit more work to do.
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If you're if you're one of Laura's students on a Friday afternoon.
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Don't look me on a Friday afternoon.
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no no i don't say that no i'm very professional
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and i'm very good and i will give you exactly the same lesson as
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if you booked me on a monday morning
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but um yeah no i'm i'm probably the most tired on a friday afternoon what about you
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when are you the most tired probably a sunday sunday afternoon or uh
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yeah probably sunday afternoon because i think what energizes me is
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the next day and like so friday yes traditionally most people are tired on a friday afternoon and i
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don't get me wrong
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but i think i've got the weekend ahead usually i've got something quite nice to do on the saturday
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or the friday evening um and that gives me energy then
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but on a sunday it just feels like a sunday
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and then yeah it's a different tired though sunday's quite a
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nice tired sunday's like oh i don't know i prefer the
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tired on a friday do you feel completed feel like well And also it's like, okay, well I'm tired, so I need to have a long sleep tonight,
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but then it doesn't matter because it's a Saturday.
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I'm going to change your audience.
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Go on in, nice.
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But on a Sunday, if I'm tired, and I'm thinking, oh, I have to get up tomorrow, it's a Monday, I have lots of things to do, lots of responsibilities to do.
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Yeah, I agree, I agree.
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Should we answer some more questions?
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I have a question here, Laura.
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We're going back to our random question generator to find some questions so that we can keep asking some spicy questions.
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This is an interesting question.
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Go for it.
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What little thing do you do that you don't think many people notice?
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I could answer this.
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No, because everyone notices. Do they?
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Go on.
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Are you biting my fingers?
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Yeah, chewing your fingernails.
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Yeah, I do that all the time.
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No one who watches the videos would know I do that because I would never do it in a video, but I'm awful.
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I don't know.
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Let's see if you do it today or something.
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I mean, underneath the table I've been picking.
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I'm a nail picker.
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And it's disgusting because I don't just pick the nails, I pick the skin.
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Yeah.
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I'm picking all the skin.
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That's minging.
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I don't know.
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I think people notice that, though.
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Oh, yeah.
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People do notice that a lot.
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Oh, obviously, if I'm sat in my nose.
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Yeah, which you do.
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I know.
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It's a habit.
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Something that you don't notice.
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That you people don't notice.
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Rubbing your feet.
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You do that a lot.
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Oh, yeah.
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I rub my feet together.
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Like, if I'm relaxing, I'll just rub my feet together.
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Which is what your mum does.
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Yeah turn into a mother.
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Everyone turns into their mother.
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Not my mother, everyone turns into their own mother.
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Not everybody turns into your mum.
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What's something you do that not many people do?
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Little things.
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I don't know.
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I'm trying to think now.
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Oh, you do this a lot with your beard.
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I used to.
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I used to do that when I was new to the beard world.
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I used to go, oh yeah that's interesting i used to do this a lot
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but i don't do that not now i sit like this sometimes
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and whenever i sit like this
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or with my hand on my head like this i think
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i'm turning into my dad i think i sit in my dad
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because my dad sits like this
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so i stop yeah yeah isn't it funny how people just like like these feelings are turning into their parent
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and like but why
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but you could have the most wonderful parent in the world
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it's not about like i don't want to be my parent i think it's just
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that realization yeah i'm getting old but then people in the past used to do
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that um Because I feel like in the past, when life did not change as quick, so now, this is a bigger thing,
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but maybe one of the reasons why we are afraid of changing into our parents is
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because our parents are from the past, of course, to a different generation.
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whereas in the 1500s a little boy being born would have had the same life as his grandfather
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so they're just like yeah of course this is just this
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isn't what my granddad does this is just what people do
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do you know what i mean yeah that's true whereas now
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like we we are we're like no no we're not like
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them we're not like the past we're not like the people in the past yeah so
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yeah because generational differences are massive now so like if you're
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if you're doing something that's associated with a different generation that's
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like a lot older than you it's like well i'm acting
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sort of like someone who's 30 years older than me no exactly yeah yeah that's crazy we've changed
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so much i don't want to sit like this
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because i'll think well that's my how my dad sits
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and it's not any insult on our parents we love our parents we think they're great people
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but it's not
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that i don't want to turn into my parent who's a
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great person i don't want to turn into someone who's 60
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years old yeah like that's what i don't want to be
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so that yeah so um
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but i don't think you do many things you don't have
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many little quirks no you don't you're one of those people you don't have weird little habits is
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that a good thing yeah i think i don't know it's
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just odd it's not as interesting is it most people have little quirks that they do
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you've you've got more mental quirks than physical quirks yes i
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do have some mental things like like you love routine and
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if something goes out of routine that's a new thing though since covid
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i think definitely since covid but then again before covid i was at university
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and i had a schedule anyway at university
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and then before university i had high school
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so maybe i've always had a routine
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and maybe as an adult i've gone okay i need a routine maybe you love a routine
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so i think maybe something that people wouldn't know about you is
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that you love to plan things
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and you've got a full calendar of like everything i could do kind of right there
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and you've written down everything that we're going to do.
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Oh, on my phone, I've written down, I've written down set up podcast.
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set up for this.
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You bring everything you have to do to the detail.
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But it's like my diary in a way as well so I'll go back and find something.
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I don't think many people, because I think a lot of people think you're very laid back and chill and like go with the floor bed.
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But you're not.
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But I arrange nice things to do so then I can do the nice things.
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I don't plan, so this afternoon I'm not like oh my god I need something to do I will do my taxes.
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I've literally put in here watch Coco.
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Oh we're gonna watch Coco.
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The Pixar film.
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And cheese and crackers.
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you know?
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it's nice things because otherwise I wouldn't do those nice things
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so I have a very nice life because I plan to do nice things.
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Quirks.
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There you go, there's my quirk.
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What's the next question?
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The next question here is...
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You're funny.
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Um.. okay, there's an interesting question here.
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Okay.
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My earring's caught in me, hold on.
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No, my ear's caught in me.
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Your hair is caught in your ear.
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No, earring.
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Not in my ear.
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Okay, this is interesting.
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How would you spend, how would you spend, we'll have to do different currencies here.
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How would you spend £1 ,000, which is, I don't know how many.
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$1 ,700, $1 ,600, $1 ,600.
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Yeah, $1 ,500.
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$1 ,500 to give the most happiness to the most number of people.
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Oh, yeah, I've heard that one before.
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I haven't.
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I asked this to one of my students They gave a really good answer
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So I'm just going to nick their answer
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They said I'm going to put on a good concert In an outdoor space Put on a concert?
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Yeah Who?
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Like they're a singer?
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No Who are they going to get?
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Yeah that's probably not a great concert Who would they get?
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You could I think If you got like an acoustic group For how much?
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How much would they charge?
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A thousand pounds
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okay wow that's good money for them to do a concert
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they charge a grand okay let's find okay let's find like a cool irish frogman for like 500 quid right
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and you get them in the middle of like a park
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and the rest of the money could be for like um snacks to give out to people
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and snacks i think that's nice what could you make people happier with with only a thousand
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and you could loads people could fill the park listen join
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in ding ding ding it'd be lovely how many people how
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are we picturing you could have like oh is it just
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free to enter okay yes okay yeah i think that's a good show
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because i was gonna say you could just give everybody 10
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pounds you could give like 150 people going to like a
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cool in the park in the summer concert with a nice band no snacks i don't think
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so that's a good answer thank you that's a good answer i don't I probably do the same,
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maybe book out like a cinema, but then again people can't really talk.
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I like the.. something in a village, so like in the middle of like a village where lots of people pass every single day, could you build something for a thousand pounds that would bring like a nice statue?
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That would bring happiness to people for years to come if you could put...
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I don't know how much a statue costs, probably more than a thousand five hundred pounds, surely.
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It's a big rock, It's a massive rock.
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Have you made a statue before?
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Not out of...
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No. No, I haven't.
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I have tabbled with clay a little bit.
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I've dabbled with clay a little bit.
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You've done a statue out of blue tack?
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Oh, yeah.
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Of course I have.
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Iconic.
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When you're a kid and you didn't have anything to do but you had some blue tack, you just sit there and you just make little men out of blue tack. Or women.
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Yeah, that's true.
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Would you like another question?
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I'd love one.
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The next question is this.
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Oh wow, this is interesting.
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What is your definition of success?
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I love this question.
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Has it changed over time?
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That's another little sub question.
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I think definition of success is different for everybody, of course.
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So my definition of success is being happy day to day and not wishing for more things, if that makes sense so
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if you're at a point in your life where you are
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not really striving for much more than what you've got then
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that is success no matter what that is no matter what
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that is that could look like anything
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that could look like you live in a fishing hut
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and you go fishing every day
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and that's it it doesn't have to be like big house and money you could do whatever makes you happy
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absolutely definitely i agree i also think be not
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and it's very hard to achieve but it's very warped towards my
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because how my life looks
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but for me i i want to be able to make be in complete control of my life
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so like and even down to things like when i work
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so the fact that we've been able to be successful in our job where we choose
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when to work i think that's a really good intercom like For me, I feel very successful because that's what I want for me.
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Yeah, me too.
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So I feel successful in my goal
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and my goal is to be in complete control of my life
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and I feel like I am I feel like I'm completely in control of what I do
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when yeah and that's success for me but obviously
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if I wanted to be if my life passion was to be a doctor
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that yeah then I can't achieve that and be successful with it
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but also have the complete control of my life because
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if you're a doctor you've got to you know fulfill shifts
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and stuff do you think then in that case
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that people who set bigger targets are sadder
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because you are you're you're probably never going to reach those goals or it's harder to reach those goals.
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Well there's that idiom, if you reach for the moon...
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Can I guess?
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If you reach for the moon then at least you will leave the atmosphere, something like that.
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No, kind of, like if you reach for the moon...
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Please don't say you'll hit some stars.
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Yeah.
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The stars are not...
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It's not, yeah, it's not sky, it's not sky...
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I would say, I would...
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The other route, if you reach for the stars you might reach the moon or you might reach our star.
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Whoever invented this saying wasn't thinking about like...
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Whoever invented the saying.
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It's not NASA certified.
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It's not like the NASA slogan.
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It's just what people say.
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It's just poetic.
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I don't know.
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So the phrase is, if you reach for the moon, you'll probably find yourself among the stars.
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Unlikely.
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Very unlikely.
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You might not reach the main goal.
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Like if my goal was to be a billionaire, that's the moon, right?
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so I probably won't become a billionaire
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but I might end up being a millionaire yeah
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which is the stars way further away
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so I think I think it's good to have a good
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goal I think you should you should have a crazy goal
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but you should be ready you set a goal for this year yeah I mean like
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when you said to me how many subscribers do you want
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on this channel I said oh well let's go for 300 ,000 why not
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because if I aim for
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if I only aim for like 20 ,000 more than what
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I've got right now then I'm not gonna be working very hard for
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that because I'll be like oh it'll come maybe but
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if i aim for 300 000 i'm gonna have to work harder for
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that so i might end up on 220 which is better than great
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but it's better than just 20 more than
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that do you know what i mean like because i've tried
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so hard to get that you go higher
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so i think you should set really crazy goals
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but know in your head i might you know okay if i don't get that i'm not a failure
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i don't know what i'm saying no no i know i agree i agree i don't know
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if the people who go who accept and probably not going to hit it are the people who get success.
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I think that the successful people are the people who completely believe that that is what they are going to achieve.
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I'm going to get 10 million subscribers. Do you?
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No. 10 million?
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I don't know.
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Let's say crop this video now when we do hit 10 million.
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This is going to be the emotional little video that we'll play at the beginning of the thing.
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Do you remember that?
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Or 300 ,000 subscribers by the end of this year yes
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let's do it um let's do one more question i think we've spoken for a
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while have we i think
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so i don't think okay let's do two more questions then
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two i really don't think we've spoken for a long time
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at all do you not no concept of time are different
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i went to make this tea at like quarter past five i think okay
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which one is it now half past five okay okay okay
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i think we spoke for like ten minutes okay i don't
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know have we i have no idea i feel like i look like I'm dressed in some kind of cape, this black cape.
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Anyway, next question.
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Anyway, let's have a look at it.
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So, okay, this is an interesting one.
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What's your plan for surviving a zombie invasion?
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We've been watching The Last of Us, haven't we?
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The Last of Us.
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Well, I've played The Last of Us.
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Played?
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You couldn't get past it.
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You were stuck on a level for quite a while.
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I don't know if there are levels in video games anymore.
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When I saw you playing it, you could not get past those yeah it's hard it was really difficult
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so the last of us is a tv show about um a zombie apocalypse
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so we've been watching that
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and i said the other day to you didn't i i
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said i think i'd be the worst person oh you would
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be terrible oh i'd be awful like categorically bad i'd be
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gone like you know those you know in a zombie apocalypse movie there's
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that first scene where you where everything goes wrong normal life
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normal life then the zombies take over you know those first
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people you see getting eaten that's me i'm not even making it past
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that first day that first hour i I don't know if you would even get eaten.
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You would just fall over.
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Twist your ankle.
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Catch a cold.
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So I have no plan because I'm not planning on making it past the first day.
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What's your plan?
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Can you give me a scenario?
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So the world, like in The Last of Us, the world's been taken over by like a fungus
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and people eat you and stuff and you've been evacuating from your house and you're just on your own.
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Where am I?
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Am I in the countryside?
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You're in the forest.
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I would go to the countryside.
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Yeah.
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because there you can run in different directions if something comes at you you can run in different directions.
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I would...
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I would.. this is crazy.
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I would start building...
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I would build tunnels.
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So I would go down, right?
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And then I was imagining being stuck in this hole and just always forget me.
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So no, I'd start making tunnels out.
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Start living in tunnels, maybe?
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Yeah.
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That makes sense?
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You could live in a tunnel, yeah.
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Start living underground.
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Yeah.
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So the zombies are on up -ground.
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Up -ground.
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Up -ground.
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They're over -ground.
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Over -ground.
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And we are underground.
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I think that should happen anyway.
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That was one of my inventions.
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Living underground.
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Yeah, houses that go down.
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I think they have started them have they? where?
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Denmark probably.
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they're always like ahead.
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Denmark, Netherlands.
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yeah that's what i would do.
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would you help me if it was a zombie apocalypse and
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if i if i was to would you stay behind
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or would you run away and leave me to die? of course i'd help you out i need you for the views.
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i can smash the english with continuing the zombie apocalypse can you imagine?
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Smashing zombies.
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Smashing zombies.
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Okay guys, so...
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So this zombie is, um, he's, he's, he wants to bite my arm.
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Yeah.
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Now past tense of bite is not bited, it's bit.
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Here are ten adjectives to describe a zombie.
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Ferocious.
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Ferocious.
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Yeah.
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Hungry.
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I'd be up for it if I had a signal.
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Or we could start teaching the zombies.
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oh god like okay now how to say brains oh wow
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yeah that's a classic i'm in a zombie film oh yeah
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laura tell this story people don't know this i am in
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a zombie film playing earth with glenn close of all people yeah
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so when i was younger
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when i was about 17 there was a there was an
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advert in the paper it sounds like i was born in
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the 50s there's an advert in the paper somebody ran down
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there does anybody want to be in one of those pictures one of those takis um
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so there's an advert in the paper and someone took a picture of it
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and posted it on facebook um in the local kind of facebook page
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because it was in the in my local newspaper in sort of the west midlands
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and it was we filmed the hollywood a film hollywood like the one person in the nativity
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hollywood are coming hollywood are coming hollywood um are coming to film a zombie film where you live
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which is always a great boost for the town that you grew up in.
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They looked, where in the UK could we...
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Where looks desolate enough to be convincing as England after a zombie apocalypse, where you live!
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So they came to film it where I live which is very funny and they said we need extras to be zombies.
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I was like I'm doing that.
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So I went to...
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I sent my picture to the email address
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and they were like yeah you could be a zombie like who's
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that girl she looks like a zombie and then i went there
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and there were about 200 of us
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and i had to have like you you sat down in front of this mirror
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and these makeup ladies just threw moss in your hair moss
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yeah moss from real real moss in your hair in my hair
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because we're extras they don't care they're just like oh yeah
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whatever we're not the actors did you get it washed out
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afterwards no i still have moss in my hair no no they didn't wash no
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so you went home with moss your hair yeah
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so they rubbed moss in my hair they like they got like um wet face paint of brown
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and just went in my face it just like made my
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face look dirty they got my teeth they blacked out my
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teeth they put me in a cold club with um i didn't ask um they blacked out my teeth
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and then i had to go and the scene was
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that we had to be asleep some piece the film is called she who brings gifts
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or She who brings gifts or the girl with all the gifts.
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I can never remember the name of the film.
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The girl with all the gifts.
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I think it's she who brings gifts.
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And then so the scene was we had to be asleep and when these zombies were asleep we were like this.
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So we were asleep standing up.
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You were dormant.
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Dormant zombies and then there was noise and we had to wake up.
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Like that like zombies and a little dog a real dog had to run and we had to change.
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What was the dog's name again?
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Oggy and we had to chase the dogs we wanted to eat it
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and so my entire scene was this dog
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and had to go chasing the dogs I wanted to eat it
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and in the film you can see me running for like
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a second for like a second you can see me going how long were you filming for a day yeah
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and you're on it for yeah yeah what's the dog's name again?
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Oggy.
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Oggy? yeah but Glenn Close was in it.
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I was trying to make a joke then.
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Oh, Oggy, Oggy, Oggy.
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Yeah, never mind.
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Go on, Glenn Close was there.
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Glenn Close was in it and she was lovely and we were stood around and this is like Oscar winner Glenn Close.
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Before you said, before you told me this story, I thought Glenn Close was a man.
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Glenn.
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Glenn is a man's name and a woman's name.
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Glenda.
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Glenn.
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What's Glenn short for?
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It's Glenn.
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Glenn, okay. But anyway.
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And she came up to us and she was so lovely and she was like, are you guys okay?
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Are you good enough?
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no she's from i don't know where she's from she's from
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um she was like you guys okay are you warm enough
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um i mean like yeah okay thank you guys it was kind of close it was amazing
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so that was my zombie film experience some people from my uni was in um they were in
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that film with ed sheeran
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yesterday no last week yeah yes it was called yesterday the
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beatles one it's fun being extra Have you been an extra before?
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No. I feel like an extra in this channel sometimes.
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Absolutely.
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Here I am.
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He's a boss. In what?
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In my hair?
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You should do it.
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We applied to be extras on this thing but we haven't really done much have we?
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I don't.. it doesn't sound great.
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It is fun.
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It's quite fun.
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It depends what you have to do because it's just like you feel like you're on a movie set.
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It's quite...
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You are on a movie set.
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Yeah but it's something that you don't expect...
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What would you want to be an extra in?
566
Peaky Blinders.
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Well that's gone now.
568
That ship has sailed off.
569
They're making a film. Are they? Are they?
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Really?
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I'm aware that your hand is blocking the mic here, Laura.
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You're so technical.
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I am, yeah.
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Peaky Blinders, I'd love to be an extra on.
575
They don't call them extras now, they call them supporting artists. Do they?
576
Yes.
577
I thought supporting artists were the...
578
No, the supporting actor.
579
So supporting artist is what they call extras because they're not just extra people, they're like vital to the scene because if you don't have extras...
580
Interesting.
581
Do you know anybody who was an extra in.. sorry, supporting artists in Piggy Binders?
582
Yes, our friend Gavin.
583
Oh yeah!
584
We went to university with a guy called Gavin, he's in the scene when they meet Alfie Solomans for the first time.
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Yeah, and he said that Tom hardy was pretty crazy yeah he said
586
that tom hardy every scene did something completely different
587
so like you you would have the z with this lick
588
and he would just change the lines he would do different
589
words he would do something random like he'd be like crazy i don't know what tom hardy sounds like
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that i can't remember he says like
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he talks a little bit like this to me like that is that all right or is that arthur tommy
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I think that's a good Arthur Give me something to say as Arthur
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It's all in me head Tommy It's all in me head Tommy
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That's really good Tommy it's all in me head Tommy I can't I can't bear it anymore Tommy
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Don't get Paul That's actually really good Give me another character Polly Shelby.
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Oh yeah I can do this one.
597
There's gonna be a war on in this family, Tommy.
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Wow, it's just in the room.
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One more question, let's see.
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One more question, a quick quick question, here we go.
601
We'll finish off.
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I'm sure everyone is.
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Oh, here we go.
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What's the worst piece of advice you've ever got from someone?
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Do you know what you've ever had a bad piece of advice?
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somebody said to me once like just go for everything go for every opportunity
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i wouldn't do that there are some opportunities that are good and some opportunities that are bad
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i've got an easier question for you laura do the best
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piece of advice the best go on what's the best piece
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of advice you've ever got you better have an answer now
611
it was from bill nighy it came to our school
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and to do a talk he was amazing he's one of the best talks I've ever heard
613
and he said don't trust a reputation let them prove it for themselves
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and I love that that was great and I had
615
so many instances after that of like you're so right
616
because I remember we'd work with some you know directors at university doing acting
617
and they would there'd be all this talk about them beforehand
618
like yeah well they are very good you know they've done very prestigious this they've done this
619
and everyone would just come to it with this attitude of like no matter what
620
that guy says he's god he's king
621
because of the reputation of what he's done yeah
622
but then sometimes they might be terrible people they might ask you to do things
623
that are really not right or whatever um
624
or like i had it with an agency once an acting agency who had like you know very prestigious
625
and you know they had all these people on their on their books they represented some big actors
626
and then I went and they cancelled five minutes before I was outside the door
627
and really yeah I was literally there
628
and they went no we can't do it sorry we've had you know another actor come in
629
that we've had to talk to and blah blah blah
630
and then we rescheduled it I came back to London again
631
and they cancelled on me again
632
and they knew I was traveling far away like it took me two
633
and a half hours to get 50 quid on the train
634
and they cancelled on me when I was there again I just thought you know I don't care what reputation you have, I don't care.
635
Well that's the reputation they've got for you.
636
Well yeah because it's like you you prove that reputation to me because I'm not just going to trust what everyone says.
637
I want to see it.
638
If you're a bad person or you do something bad, I don't care what your reputation is.
639
That's how I view you now.
640
What about you?
641
What's the best piece of advice you've ever got?
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I don't know about advice, but there was a football player who died recently.
643
You were about to make a joke then.
644
And yeah, he's dead.
645
You were.
646
You were going to make a joke about football.
647
Oh, you weren't.
648
Okay.
649
I don't even know his name.
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he was he was like an Italian Vialli or something like that do you want me to look it up or not?
651
he was
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he was the assistant manager I think or one of the coaches for Italy recently when they won the Euros
653
he died and there was like a little clip of him on the telly
654
and he was speaking about
655
football and when he was a player his attitude was this
656
that you either you never lose in football you either win or you learn
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that's good and I think you can take that to lots to anything in life you either win or you learn
658
that's great, I think that's really good and on
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that note I'm going to look up this guy's name he deserves to be named you know, he's passed away that's good that,
660
if you don't win you learn I like that I can't remember.
661
Like even when we play chess together, every time I lose I'm learning.
662
That's true, that's true, which is a lot.
663
I did beat you.
664
You did beat me since the last time we did this conversation.
665
Yes, yeah.
666
Gianluca Viali.
667
Okay, well thank you Gianluca Viali and thank you everybody for watching.
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That's been a fun conversation.
669
It was a very nice conversation.
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Hopefully.
671
Thank you very much.
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You're welcome.
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I'll see you downstairs.
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I'll see you right now, to be honest, because we're here.
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Thank you
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so much for joining us we're gonna watch Coco now we're
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gonna watch Coco we're gonna watch the Disney film Coco
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so thank you so much for joining us
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if you enjoyed this press where we're gonna put it let's
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put it there press subscribe press subscribe here um yes English learning anything you want bear in mind
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that we are trying to get to how much 300 000
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subscribers 3 million subscribers by the end of this year well
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done for coming oh by the way the instagram is here
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if you want to have a look at
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that um we have our own little theoretical questions on there thursday thoughts on there um
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and if you want to learn some more we've got sunday slang we've got lots of little things on instagram
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “English Listening Practice - A REAL Conversation Between Native Speakers! (B2-C1) - 2”. This video has 686 sentences and 6411 words to shadow. The speech runs for 32:40. The speaker talks fast, about 196 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| zombie noun | /ˈzɑmbi/ | A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own, typically being slow, obedient, and harmless… |
| moss noun | /mɔs/ | Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta… |
| quirk noun | /kwɝk/ | An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone. |
| subscriber noun | /səbˈskɹaɪbɚ/ | A person who subscribes to a publication or a service. |
| apocalypse noun | /əˈpɑkəlɪps/ | A revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events. |
| statue noun | /ˈstæt͡ʃu/ | A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting. |
| advert verb | /ædvˈɝt/ | To take notice, to pay attention (to). |
| tack noun | /tæk/ | A small nail with a flat head. |
| hardy adjective | /ˈhɑɹdi/ | Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. |
| snack noun | /snæk/ | A light meal. |
| smash verb | /smæʃ/ | To break (something brittle) violently. |
| dormant adjective | /ˈdɔːmənt/ | Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended. |
| ferocious adjective | /fəˈɹoʊʃəs/ | Marked by extreme and violent energy. |
| peaky adjective | /ˈpiːki/ | Sickly; peaked. |
| quid noun | /kwɪd/ | Pound (currency). (usually used with a whole number of pounds) |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| write down verb | To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something. |
| get past verb | To continue around a blockage; to get around (something); to surpass something that is in the way. |
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. |
| take over verb | To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force. |
| come up to verb | To approach. |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. |
| fall over verb | To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position. |
| finish off verb | To finish completely. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- How do you get when you're tired?
- Do you think that's getting old?
- What's something you do that not many people do?
- You've done a statue out of blue tack?
- What's your plan for surviving a zombie invasion?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | have we been doing · have been filming · I've been picking |
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to do · used to go |
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if I'm relaxing, I'll just · if you reach for the moon, you'll probably · if i if i was to would you |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | We've done · We've talked · have talked |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 297 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: theoretical /ˌθi.əˈɹɛt.ɪ.kəl/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: smash /smæʃ/, ferocious /fəˈɹoʊʃəs/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, invention /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/, traditionally /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nə.li/
- Long words — get the stress right: apocalypse /əˈpɑkəlɪps/, categorically /kæt.əˈɡɒ.ɹɪk.(ə.)li/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/, nativity /nəˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/, evacuate /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/
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 zombie, moss, quirk.
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.