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Maxine!
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The energy is amazing tonight, nice to see you, oh my god,
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so welcome welcome to my childhood home
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this set reminds me of the house i grew up in this is the most
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a lot of people ask me what does means nothing it's my own made -up word for this
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persian rugs in a in a persian household there's persian rugs everywhere you walk in the living room the walls we have
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Persian rug you go in the bathroom the shower drape is a Persian rug
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you go to the computer the little mouse pad is a cute little
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Persian rug
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you can do anything you want with a Persian rug but you can't walk on it
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we bought another rug to put on top of the Persian rug I went to UCLA.
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That's why this show is so special to me.
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I love this campus.
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I'm a Bruin, and I tell you, it's so special to be back.
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I was in college here, and we had a little small student organization, and when kids moved here from Iran,
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we all helped the kid to get adjusted somebody would show
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him the campus somebody would help him pick his classes my
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role in the student organization was to take the kids
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and play sports with that was my thing show like you know have some activities
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and every persian kid that ever came from iran
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when you'd ask them are you good at anything they'll say yes i'm the best it's a cultural thing
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and never forget this kid hassan moved to us
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and i said hassan you like to play basketball he goes yes i am professional basketball player.
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I said, really?
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He goes, yes, I am the best in Iran.
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I took this to the basketball court because I thought,
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oh my God, Hassan is going to show all my American friends how good we are at basketball.
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We get to the basketball court, Hassan changes, he's wearing short shorts.
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He's wearing shorts so short, I couldn't believe it.
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He's wearing like
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Larry Bird
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1960s short hair poof his left nut sticking out of the shorts
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i'm like oh my god hassan what is this we start playing
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i couldn't wait to pass the ball to hassan i couldn't wait i was
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so excited i get the ball
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i pass the ball to hassan hassan grabs the ball hassan disrespects the game of basketball in a way
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that in the history of basketball it's never happened before
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hassan shits on basketball like i've never seen before
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he grabs the ball he starts dribbling he's bouncing with the ball he's literally with the ball going okay let's go
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i'm like hassan what are you doing hassan is jump and nobody knows how to guard this guy
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and that's the moment also i realized we make certain noises
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that only iranians understand what it means every time hassan got fouled he goes eh
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when we don't like some shit we go eh
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the whole game hasn't going eh eh i'm like hassan say foul he goes i did
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Dude plays so aggressive, I never forget this white kid, him and Hassan, they're just bumping heads, right?
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All of a sudden, these two get so heated, Hassan like goes into his chest, the white kid gets slammed,
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falls on the ground, gets up, he's pissed.
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He goes, fuck you, man.
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He said, fuck you, Hassan froze.
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He couldn't believe this shit.
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she looked at the white kid he goes Fk me.
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The white guy goes, yeah, fk you, man.
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He goes, you want to fk me?
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He double -checked.
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And then he goes, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Me fk you.
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See, buddy, in Iran, when they say f you.
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In Iran, they don't even say f you.
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You just walk in something like, oh, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
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Hassan took that shit literally, bro.
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now the game is
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so intense hassan is pissed buddy the game goes bananas he's playing next thing
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you know ball hits the rim it goes up
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they both jump for a rebound holy moly i couldn't believe
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this we're in the middle of ucla campus hassan goes for a jump he leans in he brings god into this
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He goes, Allahu Akbar.
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He jumps, Allahu Akbar.
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All of a sudden, I couldn't believe this shit.
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He starts elevating.
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I'm like, this is unbelievable.
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He keeps going higher.
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The white kid is halfway going, what the hell is happening?
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The white kid couldn't believe it.
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He goes, Jesus Christ.
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All of a sudden, the white kid starts elevating.
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I was like, holy shit, Muhammad and Jesus are up there competing against each other.
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He said, Habibi, Habibi, come, Habibi.
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Dude, they both crashed on each other's heads so hard, boom, they hit the ground.
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They hit the ground, there appears the white kid, just, he peels himself off the ground, he looks at Hassan and he goes, Motherfucker.
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Oh.
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Never cuss at Chachach's mother.
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Dude, he said, motherfucker, Hassan started interviewing everybody in the basketball court.
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Is he talking about my mother?
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Excuse me, talking about my mother?
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Is it my mother?
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My mother!
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My mother!
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Now the white kid's freaking out, he's like, what?
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And then he loses it.
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I fuck your mother, your grandmother, your great grandmother.
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You're great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother.
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Then he goes for a fight, he started throwing punches.
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I grabbed him by the waist.
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I'm like, Hasan, relax.
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He can't your mother.
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He goes, how do you know?
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I'm like, buddy, your mother lives in Iran.
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He goes, I know, what if he goes to Iran?
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I go, he can't go to Iran.
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He has to flight Iran air he's gonna die immediately that day i learned a big lesson i realized i'm not fully
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we play basketball all the time you you you too you more infinity you you mother
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mother nobody cares nobody fights nobody loses their mind but for him it was completely different Hassan actually saw his mother
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being pounded by this white guy it was very different she saw the kid knocking on their high are you Hassan's mother
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it's like yes it is me he's like it is the time i am not ready
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it doesn't matter mom we got to go now that's what Hassan saw
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you see it's a matter of perspective that's the day
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I realized you know we come from different places we see things differently
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and we should never give anyone the power to make us
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that upset by using a couple of words we should never give anyone the control to hurt us
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that bad that we lose our minds and I love how everybody's clapping yes
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but it's hard to do this it's easier said than done yeah all of you guys driving
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on 405 and somebody gives you the finger, what do you do?
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You call your job, I'm quitting, I'm a civil engineer, I'm quitting today, I'm following this ass horn.
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You follow the guy, you more.
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You drive all the way up to San Francisco just to cut this guy off five more times
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and come back to LA.
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We're all guilty of it.
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Me, personally, it's happened to me.
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I'll never forget this guy in front of a bunch of people called me motherfucker and he enunciated.
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It hurt even more.
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He goes, motherfucker.
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And I got mad and I was going to say something back immediately.
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And as soon as I was getting mad, all of a sudden, I thought of Hassan.
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And as soon as I thought of that, I just immediately calmed down.
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And as soon as I calm down
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I look at the guy all of a sudden
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I see him for what he is he was a really
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good -looking guy wow my mother she's been single for
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40 years my mom would love a man like
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that you know how delighted my mother would have been to be with this guy.
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I was like, holy shit.
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The first thing I said, I was like, sir, you better be the man of your word.
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He was so confused.
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He goes, what?
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I said, you better show up.
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I said, what about you?
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Is your mother single?
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He goes, yes.
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I said, okay, I returned a favor.
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We became best friends now every christmas we switch home merry christmas see it's all matter of perspective
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unbelievable you know i grew up with this identity crisis not knowing
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really where i belong to and
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and i remember growing up in high school i didn't want anybody to know i'm iranian
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if you know i just didn't want to say where i'm from i was very embarrassed
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But I tell you I went to college and I was still dealing with this identity crisis
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And then I started stand -up comedy and stand -up comedy truly
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Helped me find myself as an artist your art improves and truly blossoms
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The more you get to know who you are
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and through The true you your art becomes very special
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and very unique so I I really loved stand -up comedy for that reason.
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I started talking about my background.
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I started saying on stage, I'm Iranian. And it was beautiful.
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The more I became comfortable with my nationality, the more I became accepted.
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And people tend to find a place with me.
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They're like, ah, we know now how to hate him.
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It was beautiful for.
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And the older I got, I realized I am truly Iranian American.
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I'm definitely Iranian and I'm definitely American.
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There's parts of me very, very, very and parts of me very American.
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It's so important for everybody to find exactly who they are.
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Anybody else that grew up here from a different background different nationality Mexican now
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that counts that's awesome where are you hi what's your name
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you're speaking on behalf of your husband representing Mexico She's like, Mexican!
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I got this, Mexican!
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Good for you, buddy.
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What's your name?
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Oscar, I love it, buddy.
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And how long have you guys been together?
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Oh, wow, congratulations, honey.
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Which one of you guys was illegal?
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you were illegal the persian chick was illegal oscar got your green card
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stereotypes don't exist baby don't judge a book by its cover love you amigo we owe you one
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oh my god that is
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so great congratulations you guys will have the best kids i'm telling you i love i love the latin
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and the Middle Eastern culture mixing together.
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You can bring both flavors together, yeah?
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You can make all these incredible cuisines.
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You can make gorma sabzi burrito.
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Pesajun tacos.
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Yeah, buddy, you gotta make the world a better place.
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This is so good.
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You know, the day I discovered I am ha -ha, was in high school.
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Like, truly, like, you realize you're different than the other kids.
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You know, I walked into the locker room, and all the boys were naked,
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just hanging, dicks just swinging, so relaxed.
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Hey, what's up, man?
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Hey, hey, what's up?
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Hey, what's up, Johnny?
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It's your birthday?
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Yes, my birthday, boy!
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Holy shit, I saw that situation.
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I freaked out my entire life.
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Never, ever, ever, we let the whole situation out.
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We never revealed the phenomenal.
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I remember going to public pools.
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It was a big deal.
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My father was just like, nobody should ever see you naked.
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And it was a thing.
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My whole family would come together.
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My dad would hold the towel.
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And he said, wait, wait.
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My mom would hold the big blanket.
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My uncle would start building a wall.
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Everyone's looking.
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Okay, no one's looking.
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I had to figure out what to do
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and I couldn't help it it was I
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that day I realized I am Iranian dude I mean
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I'm in the locker room I'm like I can't go out with the whole situation
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I literally wrap myself up like a burrito all the way I go in there hi
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and all the boys just stop like what's up
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Max what's going on buddy what's up with this i'm like nothing nothing everything is great
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and you know we're in high school it's brutal everybody starts chanting little dick little dick little dick
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and i was mortified
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and they're like come on max you got a little dick i'm like no no no it's an iranian dick
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come on you little dick like no it's a quality dick
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the most miserable time of my life one of my friends brian
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he was a nice guy he came with next to me with his dick out
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he grabbed me he goes come with me max it's gonna be okay
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He pulled, I was like, thank you, Brian.
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And Brian was a redheaded guy.
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And I had not ever seen the situation on a redheaded guy.
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I thought there was something wrong with Brian.
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I said, I said, Ryan, are you, are you okay, buddy?
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He goes, yeah, yeah.
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The whole thing was, it was like red, you understand?
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Hair was red, down here, red.
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He had a little red dick.
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It looked like Cheetos.
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It literally looked like Cheetos.
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Not like poofy Cheetos, like a skinny -ass Cheetos.
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Skinny -ass Cheeto dick.
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Since high school, I have not eaten Cheetos.
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I see a bag of Cheetos, I think it's a bag of Brian's dick.
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The traumas.
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The traumas of high school.
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My god, you know, it's like you you as a kid you just try to fit in all your life
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You try to fit in I couldn't even fit into my own household
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You know, I really grew up with my mom and my two sisters
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You know, my dad was hardly ever around and my mom
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and two sisters like it was just bunch of women in my house
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I had to wear a bra just to fit in
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Iranian mothers they're so OCD yeah that's why all Iranians are
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so OCD my mom it's constantly like oh this is not clean clean
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it's clean again you don't know how to clean like nobody else knows how to clean
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but my mom she's like a professional at this shit we have a cleaning lady
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that comes to her house every tuesday at 9 a .m my mother wakes up at 7 a .m starts cleaning
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we go mom what are you doing she goes she's coming the house looks terrible
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i'm like what are you talking about
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and then the cleaning lady comes my mom starts coaching
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it that's not how you clean you clean like this let me show you like what are you a cleaning coach
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This year, we take this shit way too seriously.
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We do.
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Yeah, so much pressure.
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Do this, don't do that.
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When you go out, don't do that.
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Like, we can't even go to the bathroom with our mothers pressuring us with these rules and regulations.
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You know, Iranian mothers, when you go to the bathroom, don't touch anything.
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Don't touch.
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When Iranians go to the bathroom in front of other people, it looks so weird.
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We look like forensic agents.
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Like, if we leave a fingerprint, someone's going to come and arrest us.
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We walk into the bathroom.
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We don't touch anything.
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We open the faucet.
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the other one we wash our hands
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we try to people are like excuse me excuse me excuse me go around people for God's sake
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if we go to the toilet we wrap the whole thing with toilet paper we wrap ourselves up what's going on
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meanwhile you see a white baby on the floor the mom is just like holding the The kid, the kid's licking the floor like, ahhhhhh.
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The mom is just pulling the kid, the kid's like, ahhhhhh.
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Persian mom's like, oh my God, that kid is gonna die.
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Meanwhile, that kid grows up and becomes an Olympian.
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Iranian kids grow up, become doctors to cure their own diseases.
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Oh my God.
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Who's single? clap let me see are you guys single clap let's see where the single people are tonight clap clap
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now all of a sudden you're single
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i like this you don't want to clap
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you don't have to clap she's saying she's single you're like she's somebody she does not want you to know
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you know everything what's your name stella you need to make better friends
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are you cousins are you friends friends holy you literally just like throw her under the bus like that.
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Listen, this is the problem.
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We feel so much pressure from the society of that I cannot say this, what if I do that,
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what if I say in front of everybody I'm single.
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Oh my god, everybody will find out. Who cares?
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Live your life.
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Live your life, I swear.
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When it comes to dating, I'm very American.
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I'm so American when it comes to dating.
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I don't give a shit what people think.
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I date whoever I want to date.
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I'm on dating apps.
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I go out meet people.
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I love dating whoever I like.
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I don't care if it's
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Iranian, if it's non -Iranian.
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Yeah?
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But the Khakhakh way of dating.
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All ethnic people date under so much pressure.
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You know what I'm talking about?
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And there's this whole thing where like we do like
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Oh, Max, we found this very good girl.
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You should marry her.
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She's a good girl.
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Yeah?
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Oh, this guy, very good guy.
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Marry this guy, good guy.
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Yeah, this is the whole thing, good guy, good girl.
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I don't like good girls.
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I like bad girls.
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The better, the better.
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Good girl is such a thing thing.
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I want a very good girl.
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I found a very good girl.
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It's such an insecure shit.
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Every that wants a good, very, very, very good girl is because they're thinking the girl and the whole world is about to cheat on them.
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You let your girl do what she wants, say what she wants, wear what she wants,
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be herself, and she will be the best girl in the world.
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good girl who wants to go out with a good girl man you know how boring good girls are
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I've had the experience it's enough you know how hard
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it is to get a date from a good girl
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you got to call her for a year to just go out with her you call her hi
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you want to go on a date this week?
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No, I am studying for my doctorate.
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You call her a week later, okay, how about this week?
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No, now I'm getting my second doctorate.
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Okay, I'll try another time.
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Yeah, yeah, okay, keep trying.
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You call her two months later, now I'm getting my real estate license.
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Then you call her a year later, you catch her voicemail, hi, thank you for calling doctor the best if this is an emergency call 911
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if it's max i mean he keeps trying
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i've been on a date with a good girl
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i was on a date with this girl
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it was the most miserable date of my life we're sitting at a restaurant she doesn't even have eye Make contact.
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This girl is such a good girl, she won't even look at you.
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She's looking everywhere else by me, and she's like, uh -huh.
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I'm like, did you lose something on the floor?
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Would you like to order something?
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No, I'm not hungry.
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I already ate at my mom's house.
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She makes the best food.
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I'm like, what, order something?
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No!
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order something to drink.
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I don't drink and I don't do drugs.
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I'm like, nobody offered you drugs.
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Calm down.
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I'm just saying, I don't do drugs.
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Maybe you should do drugs.
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You need to relax.
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Holy shit.
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After the date, you're like, hey, you want to go out?
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Like, you want to do something after the date let's hang out no i can't hang out why
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because my family waiting for me my mother is waiting for my father for my father is waiting on me
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and then they are all waiting for each other what where is your father
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she he's waiting outside you turn around the dad's behind
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Hi, how are you?
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Let's go, let's go. Are you kidding me?
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It's a challenge.
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Oh, my God.
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I invited this good girl to my house.
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Finally, she comes to my house.
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She knocks on the door.
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I open it.
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I'm like, hi.
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I'm excited.
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I'm like, come on in.
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She goes, no. I don't like coming inside.
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What do you want to do?
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I'm standing at the door.
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What do you want?
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Let's go walk outside.
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For weeks, we go on a walk outside.
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I felt like I was the dog that she was walking.
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Let's go, Max.
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Eventually, eventually, I get the good girl in my home.
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I get her in my house.
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She sits on the couch.
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I'm sitting next to her.
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We're watching, I don't know what, some random shits playing.
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And she is talking, yeah, I got my first doctor degree.
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And then the professor goes, oh my God, you're the most smartest person in the world.
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And I said, I know, but I have, I speak also 1800 languages.
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And she's just babbling.
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And I can't hear a word, she says because as a man i have a duty and
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that is to make the first move and i'm like
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when is she gonna shut the hell up
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so i can go in for a kiss blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
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so i go in for a little kiss as as soon as she just like opened her mouth i went
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I went in for a kiss, eeeewww.
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I went in for a kiss, eeeewww.
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As soon as I went for a kiss, she goes, eeeewww.
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Eeeewww.
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You know how shitty that feels?
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Eeeewww.
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I was like, what happened?
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She's like, nothing, try again.
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Oh, okay.
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Eeeewww.
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We started making out, oh my god, her tongue was so long, I couldn't breathe.
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She tongued up the .
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I was going out of breath, she's like, don't worry, I will give you CPR, I am a dog shit.
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Now I'm trying to catch my breath, now I'm going for second base, I'm trying to take her shirt off.
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You know what kind of shirts good girls wear?
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this shirt had more buttons and zippers and hinges they were
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and the whole thing was
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so complicated you had to be an engineer to solve the puzzle I'm trying to breathe
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and open the thing at the same time finally I get the shirt open you wouldn't believe this shit I said,
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there is three more buttons right here.
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Three more buttons here.
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I go, what is this?
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There was a lockbox with a code on it.
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I said, hey, what is the code?
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She goes, I don't know, my father has it.
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I want to date a bad girl.
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I want to date a girl so bad, she comes to my house, she breaks the door, where are you?
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Bring that little dick.
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It's not little.
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Unbelievable.
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I want to learn some shit.
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Bad girls teach you shit you didn't even know.
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Hell yeah.
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Now, are you still single or not?
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Oh, my God.
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What a fun crowd.
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Anybody from an ethnic background that grew up in America?
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Yes?
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What's your background?
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I'm half Mexican, half Spaniard.
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half -Mexican, half -Spaniard, so you're full -Mexican.
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I was like, let me explain to these Asian girls.
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You know, like, how, for you guys, me, and all of these, ha -ha -ha, we're all the same?
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Spaniard and Mexicans, to us, the same.
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This is a really nice, mixed audience.
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What's your nationality?
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I'm half Filipino and half white.
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Half Filipino, half white.
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That's cool.
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And who is this?
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My cousin.
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That's your cousin.
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What's your name?
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Mariette.
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Mariette.
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Yeah, what do you do?
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Product developer.
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Product developer.
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For what company?
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Lululemon.
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Lululemon.
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Oh my god, that's awesome.
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All the bad girls are clapping.
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I love you and Lululemon, baby so do you feel
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Filipino American yeah so you feel like parts of you is very Filipino
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and parts of you very American this is incredible
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this is very beautiful in America a lot of people in this country
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they deal with a lot of this cultural confusion mixed mentalities upbringings mom and dad from different countries.
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It's really fascinating.
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I'm so happy that I had this incredible opportunity to connect with you guys, share a little bit of my life.
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And as an Iranian, I love Iran.
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As an American, I love America.
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As a human, I love the citizens of the world.
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I come from two countries that are sworn enemies Iran
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and America all they want is to kill each other
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but personally I have inner peace I have love there's only one element
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that could finish
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and end this disaster we have in the world is love
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we gotta find the love of humanity for one another
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and live in peace I hope to
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that day we realize we're all just one race
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and that's the human race much love thank you very much
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for coming out tonight good night thank you thank you thank you thank you
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so much thank you thank you thank you thank you love you
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “FULL COMEDY SPECIAL 2025”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: goes, hassan, kid, mother. This video has 471 sentences and 4276 words to shadow. The speech runs for 32:54. The speaker talks at a steady 130 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | A person far removed from the conversation. |
| clap verb | /klæp/ | To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound. |
| sudden adjective | /ˈsʌd.ən/ | Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly. |
| cousin noun | /ˈkʌz(ə)n/ | Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a… |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| wrap verb | /ɹæp/ | To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper. |
| grandmother noun | /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/ | A mother of someone's parent. |
| unbelievable adjective | /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/ | Not to be believed. |
| nationality noun | /ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/ | Legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. |
| meanwhile adverb | /ˈmiːnwaɪl/ | During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place. |
| household adjective | /ˈhaʊshoʊld/ | Belonging to the same house and family. |
| naked adjective | /ˈneɪkɪd/ | Bare, not covered by clothing. |
| whoever | /huˈɛvɚ/ | Who ever: an emphatic form of who. |
| congratulations | /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ | Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation. |
| marry verb | /ˈmæɹi/ | To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go in for verb | To enter a competition. | |
| calm down verb | To become less excited, intense, or angry. | |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. | |
| stand up verb | To rise from a lying or sitting position. | |
| come on in verb | Synonym of come in (“to enter”). | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| come together verb | /ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/ | To assemble; to congregate; to combine. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- He goes, you want to fk me?
- Is he talking about my mother?
- You know what I'm talking about?
- I'm like, did you lose something on the floor?
- I'm like, what, order something?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | i've never seen · she's been · have not eaten |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is pissed · being pounded · was mortified |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 129 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, couldn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, ethnic /ˈɛθ.nɪk/, breathe /bɹiːð/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: nationality /ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/
- Long words — get the stress right: unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, nationality /ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/, miserable /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like buddy, clap, sudden.
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.