Shadowing Practice: We Have a Debate About Literally Everything - SmoshCast #70 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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It still felt really good to see everybody.
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We filmed on my birthday and I was like, yeah, I was working on my birthday, but it was so nice to see everyone and at least be social and be near people.
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Rollerblading is to the X Games what Nickelback is to rock.
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It's just a gross impersonation that is nothing more than just a tragedy to experience.
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Courtney, dumb.
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Ian, smart.
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Courtney, dumb.
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Birds.
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Ah!
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Oh my God.
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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It's scary.
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What does a fish do?
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Blip blip blip blip blip blip blip blip blip blip blip blip blip.
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I yield my time.
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Well, hello everybody.
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Welcome to A Smosh Cast.
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A Smosh Cast.
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Guys, like, I think it's been like four weeks since I've been on A Smosh Cast.
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Yeah, where'd you go?
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I haven't been on it in a long time.
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I've just been, just mainly just been mainlining crack this whole time.
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What's mainlining?
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Is that what you do with crack?
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I feel like that's a drug word.
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Is that an action?
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A drug adverb?
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I don't know.
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My crack experience is not very high.
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It is.
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It means to inject something.
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Oh, I wouldn't.
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I don't think that works.
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Yeah, I think you are incorrectly doing crack.
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You know, I think I'm going to not do crack.
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Yeah.
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If it involves.
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Yeah.
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Hey, guys, what if we all just like didn't do crack?
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Wouldn't that be nuts?
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You guys, I think my eyes are dying.
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You think your eyes are dying?
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Yeah i've been getting so like do you have macular degeneration i believe
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so my 23andme said my eyes are going to be getting worse
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and worse and worse until i die
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but i've been getting really bad headaches behind my left eye like
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so bad and like getting more and more often i think it's
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because like i
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but well my left eye is the one with the the
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the tear in the pupil my coloboma that's my my right eye actually has astigmatism
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but that's my bad eye i haven't been wearing my glasses obviously
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and i don't wear contacts also my glasses are like a few years old now
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so like my prescription's old so i i'm gonna be going to an eye doctor
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but do you remember the character from lost there was like
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an episode where his the headaches was crazy everyone was like oh god he's
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and then they found out that he just needed glasses.
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Oh.
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Really?
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That was the storyline in Lost, was that he just needed glasses?
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For one episode, yeah.
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It was the best storyline.
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It was the best episode of the whole series.
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And they even had to break a couple pairs of glasses and fuse two different sides together to help his eyes.
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And that was- I don't remember this episode.
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It was the badass character, the sexy character.
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They were all sexy.
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They were all sexy.
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You had like Sawyer who was the like prototypical like soap opera male lead.
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Like he just didn't make any sense in that show.
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He just looked too pretty.
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Sawyer, he was just like, he had like stubble and like brown hair, right?
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And like, he had the long, the long, honestly, I kind of have Sawyer hair.
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Yeah, yeah, you do.
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Okay, so it is the same character.
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Yeah, that guy needed glasses.
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Oh, it was him?
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So I was like, oh, Tuff got in these glasses. So cute.
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Oh, no. Well, that's why I don't wear glasses anymore.
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Now you're a nerd.
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That was his character arc.
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You stopped?
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You're a nerd.
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No, I just don't use it for podcasts because I could see you guys so closely.
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Oh, nice.
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Well, that's cool.
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So your eyes are dying.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Well, it sounds like, and being the medical professional that I am, isn't that migraine?
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Is that a migraine?
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Like, do you have sensitivity to light?
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Not really not really sensitivity to light
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because like i'll be i'll be in the sun tanning we'll have a migraine
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or whatever like a bad headache and lay down
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and be tanning with my eyes closed
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and it'll be like going away do you get nauseous no
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it's just really bad back of the left eye you should probably yeah you should probably change your prescription
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because i i'm going because i was getting like eye strain
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when whenever i'd be playing video games for like a long time yeah and so often and we're on our phones.
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Do you get the pain looking at things up close or far away?
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Close, but I do have bad vision where I can't read things far away.
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So it's like, I definitely have noticeably bad vision.
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Well, just for the people that are tuning in that didn't read the title, I just want to say we will be doing a very hardcore debate very soon.
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I just wanted to let them know that we're not just going to be rambling.
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There is a debate coming up soon.
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Yeah, we're very excited.
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Did you want to talk at all about our social distance shoot?
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Yeah, sure.
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So we were all very excited to get back into a sort of a regular shoot.
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We also want to keep people alive and as safe as possible.
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So we kind of devised this way of doing studio shoots again, where we're distanced from each other.
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Everyone's wearing masks, wearing masks,
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taking tests beforehand quarantining so everybody everybody on set has been quarantining or
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taking the tests we had we had planned on going back to the studio a week earlier
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but uh you guys did your part uh taking part in
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the protest thank you very much yeah it cost us a couple weeks of production but yeah
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but for the cause i can't it's like it's like look
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i can't be like we can't be angry at you guys for for supporting this obviously very important cause
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but that's but
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but obviously like this is this is something we're taking very
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seriously like yeah you know with with the with the covid of it all
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and yeah it all went it all went very well it
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was nice seeing your your dumb faces again in person i feel like we just had
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so much dumb improv because it's been so long
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and everyone's crazy from quarantine yeah like it had been
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so long since any of us have like played against each
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other yeah i feel like our our improv just got super weird a lot
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because we just wanted i feel like we just wanted to
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talk to each other yeah i feel like my acting is
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different you know i the last few months have changed me
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where you've just been tom hanks talking to a ball except
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for the ball is my phone just talking to my phone
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nobody's facetiming with me it's just my only friend the the one every panda express
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that we shot the they're they're editing the cut right now it's so funny.
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Everyone's just loopy.
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It's so funny.
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Yeah.
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It's great.
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What about you, Shane?
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How did you like the studio shoot?
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Did you miss us?
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It was interesting because it felt, Damien summed it up pretty well.
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He's like, it's when you end up at school during summer break and you're like, wait, I feel this feels weird.
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Like it feels like you never left, but it also feels like it's been five years.
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Like it feels like I'm coming up on the studio And look, I'm playing Last of Us right now and I can't help but compare it.
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There's a lot of weeds growing around the studio now.
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Yeah.
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And I'm like, I'm opening the door to the studio just expecting some monster to come out at me.
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And it's just Tim with a beard.
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And it's just Tim with a beard.
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It's just Tim and you just stab him in the neck with the shiv.
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Guys, I don't know if you guys have seen this for those listening, but Tim doesn't wear a mask like most people.
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He wears like a gas mask.
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Full on.
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Like a hardcore, he looks like a character in Last of Us who's about to just take out some fools.
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Yeah.
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But he looks like a badass because he's wearing a vest and a painter's mask.
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Yeah.
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He looks like a fallout character.
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It's also funny because he's slating all of our shoots.
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Yes.
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He's the person that goes like, scene 11, take two.
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But because the mask muffles everything he says, like a lot, it's like .
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It's awesome.
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Yeah, it's awesome.
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It was really good to see, even if it was a skeleton crew, which means the minimum possible amount of people needed, it still felt really good to see everybody.
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We filmed on my birthday, and I was working on my birthday, but it was so nice to see everyone and at least be social and be near people.
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We're doing a social distance pit shoot soon too, unscripted.
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We're trying to get back to it.
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Yeah, we might be a little bit closer to each other, but we're still going to be as safe as we possibly can.
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Yeah, quarantine, super hard, masks until we're like literally rolling.
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Yeah, and obviously like we can't be spitting water everywhere.
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So I think we're bringing back the slide whistle for Try Not To Laugh.
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But shall we get into the topic at hand?
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Let's get into it.
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All right.
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So this is going to be a very, very serious debate show.
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We've picked out some topics for you guys, and it will be a 1v1 debate with one person being moderator.
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They will each get one minute to state their side.
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The other person will get one minute to state their side.
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And then each person will be given a one-minute rebuttal, chance to take down their opponent's viewpoints and win.
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The moderator will then decide who won the debate.
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And if the moderator can't decide, we're going to bring in our wonderful, our wonderful.
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Kevin from heaven.
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Producer, producer, Kevin from heaven.
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I was going to say he died a week ago, but that's just, Kevin is alive.
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But we call him Kevin from heaven because he's, he's an angel.
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I don't think you've ever called me that before ever.
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It's literally my first time saying that ever in my life.
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Well, it's your nickname now.
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All right.
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Thank you.
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Great.
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Kevin, Kevin.
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So Kevin will be the ultimate decider if the moderator is failing to come to a consensus.
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Shall we get onto it?
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I'm ready to fight.
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All right.
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Well, too bad because the first debate is Shane versus myself.
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So Courtney, would you like to begin?
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Absolutely.
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I'm going to get my timer ready to go.
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First topic, is reading still cool versus is reading not cool?
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Shane advocating for reading is still cool ian advocating for reading
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is not cool who shall begin we go straight i'll let
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ian start oh ian's going to oh no no you choose
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corny uh yes uh shane since your name is first on
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the on the google doc i'm going to have you begin
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and your minute starts now reading is incredibly cool uh what
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is more cool than gaining knowledge uh for instance i'm reading
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a book right now called stand from the beginning it's about the history
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and prevalence of racism in our country and its impact
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and how it bleeds into every action that we do every day
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and how it's part of our system and structure and how we need to take that down.
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I would love my opponent to tell me that reading that book is a bad idea, that reading that book is not good.
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Reading, it's how we pass knowledge from one to the other.
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And by saying reading is not cool is the desire to suppress knowledge and to suppress education.
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There is nothing better than it.
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It is simply, it is what connects us all.
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To not think reading is cool is probably the most offensive thing- 10 seconds.
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On the planet.
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I could think it's everything.
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To not think reading is cool is sexist, racist, bigger than every aspect.
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So good luck to my opponent.
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Oh my God.
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Okay, Ian, your minute starts now.
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A book is outdated technology.
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Do you see people riding around on a penny farthing bicycle?
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No, they figured out better ways to make a bicycle.
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Okay.
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It's outdated.
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Yeah, sure.
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It was the hottest, coolest thing a thousand years ago, but we found better ways of communicating.
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We've found better ways of sharing ideas, sharing thoughts, sharing experiences.
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You can't get the whole feeling of something out of just text you
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if you miss some of the nuance uh
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if you want to talk about something
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that teaches you racism there's plenty of movies that do that right there's plenty of documentaries
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the 13th being a good one uh
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when they see us is a very popular one as well both those by ava du verni
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or however you pronounce your name of it actually never 10
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seconds name being said uh uh books old movies television good uh you shane
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oh my god okay um
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so we're gonna have our rebuttals both are valid i guess you know one is saying
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that one is educational one is saying there's more modern
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and easier access ways to find such education um shane are
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you ready for your rebuttal sure all right it starts now
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if we're talking about uh convenience and advancement nothing has advanced past books
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because say for instance the big one hits here in la
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uh-oh electricity's out you have lost all media except for uh-oh you have a book
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and that nothing can stop that uh except water perhaps
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but you avoid water you're gonna be fine whereas electricity can
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short circuit at any moment you can lose power you don't
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have a backup you're you're done knowledge is gone then whereas
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a book all you need is your eyes you need good eyes like me unlike courtney hey
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25 seconds left all right oh i still got plenty of
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time that's awesome we're also talking about volume here right uh you've got plenty of great documentaries i don't disagree
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that documentaries are also cool but we're talking about reading here uh
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but you're talking about volume a documentary is roughly two to
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three hours a book can compress tens of hours of knowledge
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that you're not going to sit there
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and watch a movie for for 24 hours
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but you can read a book piecemeal by piecemeal every day and keep getting more knowledge.
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It can be taken back so much.
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Time's up, sir.
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Excuse me.
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Time's up, sorry.
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Ian, are you ready for your rebuttal?
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Yeah, sure.
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Okay, begin.
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Okay, well, this whole idea of getting knowledge during a certain amount of time goes against your feelings,
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Shane, because when I get a book, it takes me months to finish, okay?
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And with a documentary, they can get, they can compress those ideas down into something that I could enjoy
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and take what I need from it within a matter of two hours.
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I can't read a book in two hours.
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I can learn about 500 things before I learn one thing from a book because I just cannot.
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I get three pages in and I'm just like, no. And also, have you ever heard of the Library of Alexandria?
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Guess what, those were books and they burned and we lost that information.
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So the same could happen to books.
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Yeah, that's right, they're combustible.
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Guess what isn't combustible?
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A movie on a server that exists all around the world, bitch.
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Oh!
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I yield my time! goodness you you had one second to
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yield um wow all right excellent arguments from both sides i think it's very valid
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that both you guys said with uh with which resource is easier to lose
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and with how much time you can gain information personally i
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think i'm surprised i think ian's argument is very valid
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that there's other forms of media there's other ways to find education um and quicker ways to learn it.
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And it's more portable and less flammable.
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So Kevin, would you agree or disagree?
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It's less flammable unless you're talking about the old celluloid movies.
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Those are very flammable.
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You yielded your time, sir.
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Kevin?
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I actually do agree.
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Ian made a really good point at the end where it was about condensing of time for information.
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Shane had valid points, but you got to get that information quick.
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It's 2020, not 1820.
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Yeah, in the age of information, you got to get it quick.
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You know what I'm saying?
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You heard it from Smosh, guys.
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Reading is bad.
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Don't do it.
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Reading is good just on other devices or reading subtitles on a movie.
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Just support Jeff Bezos and get that Kindle, guys.
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Get that Kindle.
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But if you're going to read, if you're going to have books on your bookshelf, bookcase, whatever you call it, just read them.
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It's not cool to just have books you haven't read.
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I love reading books with paper in my hand.
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I love turning the pages.
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I like that it's this little thing.
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It feels more meaningful to carry a book around with me than my phone.
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So I do fully, I understand both sides.
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I think I was honestly the perfect mediator for this.
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That's next.
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Point one for Ian.
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Point one for Ian.
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I think I'm going to quit now.
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You get one piece of sour skinny.
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I'm going to retire from debate.
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This next debate pits Courtney versus Shane.
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Well, I'm off to a hot start.
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The topic is blades versus skateboard.
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Rollerblades, that is.
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Who's going to be taking what side?
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I'm rollerblades.
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Skateboard.
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Courtney is defending rollerblades.
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Shane is defending skateboarding.
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Since Shane began last time, I'm going to have Courtney begin.
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All right.
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And you may start now.
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As someone who purchased rollerblades during quarantine and has been rollerblading around my neighborhood as a form of exercise, I can say that rollerblading is very convenient,
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not only for fun, but also for transportation.
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When you're riding rollerblades, it's your two feet separated.
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You can go whatever speed you want.
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You don't need to worry about grinding or ollieing to get to point A to point B.
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And you can have your shoes tied on your shoulder for when you want to go into a store, you just take them off and get in.
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People don't look at rollerblades and see
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that kid's a rebel he's not supposed to be skating around
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here karen's aren't gonna get mad at someone with rollerblades
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and you they're more graceful
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and as you've seen on tiktok the rollerblade ancestor roller skates are having a comeback people enjoy walking around
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and feeling like they're floating
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and sometimes they put cool music to it skateboarding's old news they've already been doing
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that but it's not as cool because that skateboard skateboards are they smell bad
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and her rollerblades that's time shane are you ready i yes
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i think i'm ready i have no idea what her argument
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was i don't were you just filling time at the end
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no all right i'm trying shane you may start now yes
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well see you're not allowed to bring uh roller skating into this rollerblading is the mac
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and me to et uh it is you're talking about rollerblading is is like the
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rollerblading is to the X Games what Nickelback is to rock.
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It's just a gross impersonation that is nothing more than just a tragedy to experience.
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And I'll give you two words, Tony Hawk, name a famous rollerblader.
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And it's not Tony Hawk.
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It is not Tony Hawk at all.
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Rollerblading existed for like five years in the 90s.
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And then we're all like, yeah, we're done with that.
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I swear, frigging, what's it called?
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Tamagotchis are remembered with more fonder memories than rollerblading.
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Rollerblading is just, it's the device used to establish bad guys in 90s high school movies.
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It's like, they're the bad guys.
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They rollerblades because they suck.
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And that's the strong arguments on both sides.
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Courtney, are you ready for your rebuttal?
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Yes.
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Courtney Miller, you may begin now.
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At a skate park, there's no discriminating over which type of athletes are on the skate park.
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Everyone has a chance to roll around in the skate park.
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Like at Venice Beach, you see so many people rollerblading around on the walk.
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Why are you laughing at me, Shane?
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Also, skateboards are very well known to have not very smooth wheels.
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And when you're rolling over bumps and stuff, your feet feel like they're getting tickled.
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And it doesn't feel nice when you're skateboarding on the street.
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Rollerblades have gel wheels.
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And they're much smoother for a much smoother ride.
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And they're part of your feet.
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Okay?
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They are safer.
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Because on rollerblades, you're not as apt to be grinding and doing crazy tricks and getting yourself hurt.
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Rollerblades, it's usually you're just running, but it's faster because you're gliding.
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Skateboarders are always causing trouble.
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There's always signs that say no skateboarding skateboarding.
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Not as many signs as people say no rollerblading because rollerblading isn't as much of a problem.
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They're not as destructive.
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And that's your time.
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Wow.
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Wow.
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Strong, strong rebuttal.
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Thank you.
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Courtney Miller.
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Thank you.
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Shane Top, are you ready for your rebuttal?
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Sure.
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You may begin.
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Oh yeah.
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Rollerblading is so much easier on your feet.
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Why don't you argue for training wheels and bumpers in the bowling alley as well, okay?
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No, it's about being cool.
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It's about challenging yourself and skateboarding is so much more challenging.
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There's way more tricks you can do.
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You tried to accuse skateboarders of being bad people at one point there.
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Well, I noticed there was a famous video from a couple
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of weeks ago where a ton of skateboarders all formed and went to a protest for Black Lives Matter.
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So if you're saying those people are bad people, well, hello, Donald Trump.
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Once again, I think I could have come out here and just said Tony Hawk.
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That's all I had to say is Tony Hawk guys, Tony Hawk.
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All right.
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And also Tony Hawk pro skater best video game.
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Come on.
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Name a good rollerblading video game.
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I yield my time.
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And your time's up.
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Okay.
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Well, Shane, may I remind you, this wasn't an argument of is skateboarding
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or rollerblading cool it was an argument of blades versus skates skateboards
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that is you know i i just want to point out one of the first points
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that courtney made which very
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which confused me quite a lot she said you can ride to a store
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and then on rollerblades and take them off
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and walk in what are you walking on i told you my shoes your socks did you hear what i
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but you didn't listen to my whole argument.
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Because I said, have your shoes with you.
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You carry shoes with you?
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You see those cool people with their shoelaces tied together and they're slung over their shoulder.
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And then when they take the blades off, they put those shoes on and then they tie the blades and throw them over their shoulder.
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Well then you need to go outside more or watch more movies.
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What movie are you referring to?
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Xanadu and Xanadu only.
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That's the 80s.
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That's the roller skates.
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Same vehicle.
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No, no. I don't care.
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The arguments are done, Ian.
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You're comparing a Kia to a Lamborghini.
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The debate's over.
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This one's a little tough for me.
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I'm going to have to throw it to Kevin from Heaven.
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What do you think, Kevin from Heaven?
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That was also hard.
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I mean, I'm an avid roller skater, but I also skateboard too.
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So Shane did definitely argue that there was a lot of cool things about skateboarding and how rollerblading is not cool.
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Courtney, I felt like you had some all right arguments, but I felt like a lot of them fell flat like
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as an avid roller skater taking your shoes off to go
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into like a 7-eleven the worst thing ever i just walk in with my skates
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and get yelled at and kicked out
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so i will have to say shane uh you did you won me over especially
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when you talked about tony hawk
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but also i'm upset at you you forgot the game uh
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jet set radio was an awesome rollerblading game jet set radio was sick
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yeah so tony hawk and the skateboarder showing up during blm you did not see rollerbladers going to the BLM protests.
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No, because they're too busy trying to tie their shoes together.
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So I give this one to Shane.
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Nice.
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You deserve it.
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Those kids, I've been skateboarding my whole life.
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Like you can't.
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Shane, would you like to take this next one?
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Hello and welcome to the National Debates.
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You're watching C-SPAN.
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I'm your moderator, Kevin Gurkus.
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We have our debaters here.
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We have Ian Hecox presenting that Friends was a bad show versus Courtney Miller saying that Friends is a good show.
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And now we should say that the way this is presented is saying that it is currently a good show, that it holds up as well.
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So, Ian, would you like to begin?
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When I go on a dating app and somebody lists Friends as their best show,
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I know immediately that I'm immediately suspicious of their taste because there's much better things out there on TV than Friends.
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So, I would have to assume then that that person is just an idiot.
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friends must must just appeal to the lowest common denominator it's it's
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and really like okay even with even without
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that said it has a laugh track any show with a laugh track anytime
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that you're being told
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when to laugh is just not great does friends have a
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laugh track it has a laugh track right i think it's
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got a laugh track yeah fashion choices in the show uh
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they do not hold up they don't hold up anymore i'm sorry
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and that is time okay courtney miller uh it is your turn we are not arguing
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that friends is the best show we're arguing whether it's good
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or not and i will say
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that it is good for several reasons it was ahead of its time
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and we're saying whether it would held up it doesn't necessarily hold up in a lot of ways
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but it did normalize some unconventional things as as lesbian couples trans parents
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and as they did make fun of them in certain light, but at least it was normalizing their existence as well as
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the characters had a lot of progression in like women becoming powerful, uh, people in business.
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Like Rachel began as a runaway bride who was then a waitress at a cafe.
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Then she became an executive at a fashion company, Monica becoming an owner of a catering company, powerful women owning a large apartment, taking care of themselves, owning the apartment where everyone came
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and it's normalizes living in New York
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and it's a cool thing to see New York
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and from the just common people who are all very different from each other.
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And yes, there's people like Ross who are problematic and annoying, but every cast needs that annoying problematic character to bounce off of.
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And that is time.
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All right.
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It is time for your 30 second rebuttals.
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30 seconds?
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Oh, it is a one minute rebuttal.
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All right.
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Ian, your one minute rebuttal begins now.
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Funny that you had mentioned diversity.
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Could you Tell me, what makes the cast so diverse, Courtney?
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Because I mean, what is it?
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Joey comes from an Italian descent?
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Is that the diversity you're talking about?
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It's not diverse at all.
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And you would not see a cast like that in a new sort of show.
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They've progressed beyond that.
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And also showing women in power.
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We didn't learn anything about their jobs.
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They just said, oh, she works at this thing, and we're all like, cool.
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We don't see her actually crushing it at her job.
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We just see them hanging out in their house or in the coffee shop.
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We never see them doing their jobs.
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We never see them owning the workplace.
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No, don't shake your head at me.
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No, this is what I know from the eight episodes that I've seen.
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They're always just in their apartment.
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And that is time.
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Courtney, your rebuttal begins now.
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There is a lack of racial diversity in the main cast, but so do so many TV shows today still.
531
So that's something clearly the world is still working on.
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And the diversity that I did explain was like sexual orientation, as well as, you know, being trans at that.
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Was it Chandler's mom or dad?
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And it is not true.
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They are always being shown at work.
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Rachel is shown having to fire people, deal with problematic assistance, attractive assistance, very real issues that people deal with all the time in business.
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You always see Chandler at work.
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He works his way up in business and he's also an executive.
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They're not always in their apartment.
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And even when they're in their apartment, they're still killing it running.
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Monica is being a very organized, powerful person, taking care of her friends.
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And yes, there's still shows that are even more problematic than this one.
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I yield my time, you.
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All right.
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Well, this is certainly an interesting one uh i unfortunately ian
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although i do personally think friends is a just piece of uh
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you presented no reasons you simply just kept calling it a bad show and said
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that anyone who likes it is also dumb you insulted its
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laugh track even though multicam sitcoms that's kind of the thing
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uh doesn't have to be what multicam sitcom doesn't have a laugh track why does it That's no excuse.
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Courtney actually presented some arguments, whereas you did not.
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Despite myself thinking friends is just a steaming pile.
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I give this a point to Courtney.
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I understand.
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Like I said, I don't know how many episodes I've seen, but they always just seem to be in their apartment.
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And I'm like, where did they make all that money?
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I don't ever see it.
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Oh, it's very unrealistic that they can afford those apartments.
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And they try to justify it with like, well, it was my grandmother, so it's rent controlled, but it's not a good show.
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I hate Ross, but I won, thank you.
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I'd be curious, I'm actually curious because people are constantly talking about all the things
562
that don't hold up or are problematic now from older shows.
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I'd be more curious what shows do hold up because I feel like that's a much smaller category.
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Yeah, very true.
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I would love to look into that.
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The Wire freaking holds up.
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The Wire is so freaking good.
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But I mean like sitcoms, like comedies especially.
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Yeah, comedy ages the fastest.
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Yeah, because people make fun of what they don't understand, right?
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What they find ridiculous.
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Well, it's also like people find comedy in things that make people uncomfortable.
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So where like gay couples.
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And it makes fun of each other.
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Yeah, like gay couples, trans issues, those things made people uncomfortable in the 90s.
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So there was comedy there.
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That's why a lot of people have trouble looking back at some of the stuff on like Seinfeld.
578
Also, where do all the babies go after they're born?
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You see them, the person is pregnant in Friends
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and then they have a baby and then you see like maybe three out of the rest of the 300 episodes.
581
They just are like, oh, the baby's grandma.
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I don't know, it's not here.
583
Like what?
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That's just how shows are.
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Don't make them have a baby if you're not gonna have the baby there.
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I know they could have pulled the whole house.
587
All right, sorry.
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So, well, I give that one to Courtney as well.
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Courtney, could you take this next one?
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This one is Ian versus Shane.
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Birds are scarier versus fish are scarier.
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Ian is advocating for birds.
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Shane is advocating for fish.
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I'm going to give Ian the first argument.
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Are you ready?
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Yes.
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And your time begins now.
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Think about the things that scare you the most.
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Sound.
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Sound is such a, it's such a, like an instigator for fear.
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Think about those horror movies that use sound to instill fear in you.
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That's just one of them, but there are many.
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The sound of the chainsaw in Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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Sound is so important that it plays into fear.
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Birds.
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Oh my God.
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It's scary.
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What does a fish do?
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I yield my time.
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You have 10 seconds left.
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That's it?
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All right.
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Got 10 seconds. Or a peacock.
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Time.
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Oh my God.
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That's just putting, that's hell on me to edit.
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You know that.
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That was half of your argument.
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It was just sounds.
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Okay.
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Shane, are you ready for your argument? Of course.
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Your time begins now.
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Sounds are scary, but what's scarier is lack of sound, silence.
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What's even more scary and the ultimate fear that all of us have deep down is the fear of the unknown.
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And we are unaware of over 90% of the Earth's ocean, which is where fish dwell.
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That is their home.
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They live in the unknown.
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They live in the depths.
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They live where we cannot breathe.
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they live in our death they are demons every single one
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even a koi fish is a demon they're just waiting you can't see them that's what's
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so scary you've and and you're dealing with the lasophobia on top of it
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that you're jumping down into the depths you can't see where
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they are they can see you they can feel you they can sense you
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and they're coming for you the the creature from cloverfield cthulhu
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jaws godzilla all fish all live in the ocean time wow
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very interesting points from both of you uh ian are you
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ready for your rebuttal absolutely your time begins now shane we're
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not talking about ocean being scary we're talking about fish
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and the things in the ocean
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that scare me are not fish they're sharks they're octopi they're jellyfish which are not fish those Those are not fish.
642
Yeah, I guess a shark is a fish.
643
Why are birds scary?
644
All right, that's true.
645
Shark or fish. Are birds scary?
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Birds are scary because they can come at you fast and without, look, birds are so dumb,
647
you can't anticipate what they're gonna do.
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You've seen that magpie swooping video.
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They're crazy.
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They're freaking crazy.
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And they are descendants from dinosaurs, mother .
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Dinosaurs, the ultimate fear-inducing thing.
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They still have that drive for killing in them.
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It's bred into them.
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They've evolved, but they still have that instinct to rip you apart and kill you.
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I yield my time, you.
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Shane, are you ready for your rumpel?
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Yes.
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Your time begins now.
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I'd like to thank my opponent for naming a bunch terrifying fish sharks
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and octopi are both in the fish category octopus are not
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fish sorry uh they're okay as as dinosaurs are not technically birds dinosaur
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if dinosaurs were so tough they would have survived the comments
664
but you know who did fish they survived there's plenty of species
665
that are super old
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and man they're all they're all coming for you how many
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birds kill people per year versus sharks okay sharks are crazy
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and they're coming for you all right they take people out
669
man they're huge the biggest bird is maybe what the uh
670
the uh california osprey it's it's what you know got a
671
seven foot wingspan that's pretty great a shark can get up to 15 feet
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and that's just that's just pure metal crunching jaws of terror
673
fish are also uh from hell that's your time fish are
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from hell okay valid valid arguments from both sides uh excellent
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bringing up of sharks uh ian you could have argued
676
that we have less we have less opportunity to come across a shark but
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that was all in your argument today also not a lot
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of people not a lot of people die from sharks how
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many people die from birds do what do you remember the
680
most dangerous animal in in australia sirs you yielded your time
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it's a bird it's the cassowary however shane had a very
682
strong argument uh sharks are very dangerous octopuses freak me out
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uh kevin what do you think yeah i kind of agree ian ian had a strong argument with the dinosaurs
684
but he missed it talking about cassowaries or ostriches
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or the big the big birds those ones that'll gorya uh shane did bring in cthulhu and Godzilla, which I don't think are fish.
686
That is kind of a negative.
687
We don't know.
688
True.
689
Isn't Cthulhu an octopus face?
690
He's an elder god.
691
Octopus are mollusks.
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I will have to say, Shane, I didn't have an opinion on either of them to begin with, and Shane made me feel a little bit more terrified of the ocean, just slightly more.
693
Though I don't know where he got his facts from.
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I didn't fact check him.
695
Somebody snopes Shane on this one, please.
696
Alright, so Shane, and you do get the point.
697
Thank you.
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Sorry, Ian.
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I should have spent more time on the dinosaur connection.
700
And manipulate us, yeah.
701
Dinosaurs were so tough, they would have survived the meteor.
702
Not so tough.
703
But birds can fly.
704
Some of them survived, I guess.
705
Like the birds are descendants of them, right?
706
I'm more likely to come across an angry bird than an angry shark, you know?
707
Did the fish even survive?
708
I know the alligators survived and sharks survived.
709
Well, I guess- Plenty of things.
710
Plenty of fish.
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I keep forgetting sharks or fish.
712
it's crazy because well because like dolphins are mammals
713
so yeah you know yeah i get them mixed up all
714
right welcome back this next argument is going to be are hot cheetos food
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or are they not food courtney is in favor of them
716
being food shane believes they are not food shane you may begin uh
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you see food is is is one thing
718
but uh hot cheetos are not technically in the category of
719
food the Department of Health puts Hot Cheetos under the same category as all drugs,
720
steroids, crack cocaine, heroin.
721
This is the category that Hot Cheetos fits in due to the extreme effects it has on the body.
722
Now, Hot Cheetos, however, are the only good drug.
723
They're a drug that increases your logic, your charisma, your strength.
724
I ate a Hot Cheeto the other day and threw a smart car at a building.
725
And it was an empty building.
726
They needed to destroy it.
727
They were taking it down.
728
And so I threw a smart car at it and blew it up.
729
And the construction worker was like, thank you so much.
730
You just saved a whole day of work for us.
731
And I was like, no problem, man.
732
It's hot Cheetos.
733
What they do is they find hot Cheetos from a certain area of the savannah.
734
They extract a safe amount.
735
I'm sorry, Shane.
736
I'm going to have to stop you right there.
737
I just, even if you weren't running out of time, I would have still stopped you.
738
Okay.
739
That was the worst thing I've ever heard in my life.
740
We are all now stupider because of you.
741
Thank you for quoting Billy Madison.
742
It had to happen at some point.
743
Paraphrase that terribly.
744
I never thought we would need a fact checker on these debates, but I think next time we will have to hire one.
745
Okay, Courtney?
746
Allow me to take you on a journey.
747
There's this restaurant in Long Beach where they serve you gourmet mac and cheese topped with egg, bacon, and you guessed it, flaming hot Cheetos.
748
Restaurants would not legally be able to serve drugs in a restaurant, not of the caliber of cocaine or crack.
749
Also, if you look at the definition of food, it is something that is consumed, It's edible to gain nutrients from and process through the body.
750
A bag of Fire and Flaming Hot Cheetos has nutrition facts on the back.
751
Therefore, you gain nutrition.
752
If anything is edible, you can consider it food.
753
If it comes from cheese, not cheetahs, Shane, it is dehydrated cheese.
754
And if you put it, it's a topping on mac and cheese, and it's got to be edible and it's freaking delicious
755
and it makes anything that you eat that makes your poop feel bad later, it's got to be damn good.
756
And that's your time.
757
Thank you, Courtney.
758
Shane, come on, give me something to work with.
759
Shane, are you ready for your rebuttal?
760
It was roughly, I think, around 20,000 BC that Lucifer and God made a pact.
761
They needed to make something that was both the encapsulation of purity and evil.
762
And that thing was hot Cheetos.
763
Hot Cheetos predate, man.
764
and predates food also.
765
You know, God created drugs before food.
766
And so Cheetos was the king of them.
767
And I'd like to also point out that restaurants do serve drugs.
768
Krispy Kreme's a thing.
769
Those donuts are just, I'm addicted, I'm hooked.
770
And also they do serve one of those long johns where they inject it with black tar heroin, just filled to the brim with black tar heroin.
771
And it's so good.
772
Anyways, my point earlier was they extract hot cheetah blood
773
and use that and they dehydrate that to turn that into the dust that they use on Cheetos.
774
And what differentiates hot Cheetos from Cheetos, and you're referring to Cheetos.
775
Shane, I'm sorry you're out of time.
776
But the hotness is the drug.
777
Well, Courtney, I don't know how you're gonna match up against this.
778
So it's a tough one.
779
Are you ready?
780
Yeah.
781
Shane, I love that you brought up the hotness Because
782
when creating a chip or any kind of snack and you want it to be spicy, what do they incorporate, would you say?
783
It would be, yeah, that's right, chili peppers of some kind.
784
If that's included in hot peppers, not hot tita blood, that's how you get spicy.
785
And if a chili pepper is involved, then it's definitely food at the very least from that sore detail.
786
You know
787
when you ate the bottom of Cheez-Its at a bag it's
788
just the crumbs that's powder that's basically cheetos it's just powdered cheese
789
and cheeses are not they are edible and they are food
790
and cheetos blood is illegal in the u.s you know that you're my time you illegal like a drug wow
791
this is this is a pretty easy one i mean i guess i just i mean there's nothing else
792
that i really have to say i'm gonna have to give
793
this one to shane oh my god what are you talking about
794
ian you're telling me i'm kidding i'm kidding it goes to
795
courtney sorry shane shane be ashamed of yourself you should be
796
ashamed of yourself this is a i'll never be we're trying
797
to we're trying to create a respectable information yeah we're trying to create a respectable uh debate show
798
and you come in here with your shenanigans
799
and think you can just spread lies i'm only talking i'm
800
only i'm only telling the truth here i'm a truth warrior
801
yeah we really do need we really do need you get fact checked
802
if anybody listening to this can fact check shane on all
803
this too yeah i'm really not sure about the cheetah thing i just don't know i think the thing
804
that i want to know the most is drugs were created by God before food?
805
Yes.
806
That's a bold claim, sir.
807
You really need to sort out your priorities.
808
So like the Garden of Eden was all crack before?
809
Yes.
810
The forbidden fruit was a nugget of weed.
811
Yeah.
812
All right.
813
Welcome back to the annual debates.
814
Thank you for coming to this boiler room in the back of a payless.
815
Hello.
816
I am here with Ian Hecox defending at home shoots versus Courtney Miller defending studio shoots.
817
As some of you listeners may or may not know, we in these past couple months have been shooting from home,
818
filming whole sketches ourselves, and then having editors piece it all together.
819
And now we're back to shooting in the studio together a little bit.
820
So we'll see which one is ultimately better.
821
I am your moderator, Bus Bonson.
822
Courtney, would you like to begin?
823
When you think of a shoot at a studio, you immediately picture the crew.
824
That is a large group of people all working together to make sure the shoot keeps going smoothly.
825
And that's their job.
826
Filming in a studio creates more job stability and in general, more jobs when you have a full crew, including freelancers and art department.
827
You're also getting more social interaction.
828
It's mentally healthy for you.
829
And when you have a crew, aka a cameraman or a shredder who is as handsome as Kevin Heaven, you definitely don't have to worry about tech when you're just acting.
830
When you're at home working by yourself, you have to worry about sound, about how the set looks, about whether the line is funny or not.
831
You have to worry about all these things that will distract you from giving your best performance.
832
In your alone apartment, you don't even know
833
if your best performance is your best performance because you're by yourself
834
and you're going crazy and you miss your friends and you just want to be hugged every once in a while.
835
And sometimes you really miss those lunches where you just get to like sit in the green room.
836
Time.
837
I'm Ian.
838
You may begin now.
839
Where did we all start in creating content?
840
Where did we all begin? In our homes.
841
Every once in a while, somebody needs to go back to their roots.
842
They need to go back to see where they came from.
843
The at-home shoots allowed that.
844
It brought us all back to what was truly important.
845
It gave us a look into a 360 view of what it takes to create content, which is important and it gives you very important perspective on make on making content
846
so that you can then respect the others
847
that put in a lot of work
848
when we do get back into studio shoots helps boil everything down
849
and and time you thank you for
850
that uh nokia commercial ian uh courtney your rebuttal begins now
851
while i do appreciate where smosh came from as well as the hard work
852
that a lot of solo youtubers do
853
when they're doing a lot of things even the most successful youtubers will hire an editor who's better at
854
that job than they are but not even
855
that can be done working from home what i'm talking about is teamwork
856
and being able to work well with others and
857
when you are in a crew surrounded by people you bond you you learn how to allow other people's opinions
858
or expertise to step in and it's of the good building blocks to be a good employee and have good work ethic.
859
And how much time do I have left?
860
15 seconds.
861
I just drew a blank.
862
Also, who doesn't want to look at Tim sometimes doing the little clack thing?
863
Oh, God.
864
It is Ian's turn for a rebuttal.
865
Begins now.
866
Certainly.
867
As you can see, Ian's mark.
868
Courtney.
869
Ian.
870
Dumb.
871
Ian.
872
Smart.
873
Courtney.
874
Dumb.
875
Ian.
876
Smart.
877
Courtney.
878
Dumb.
879
Ian.
880
Smart.
881
Courtney.
882
Dumb.
883
Ian.
884
Smart.
885
Courtney.
886
Dumb.
887
Ian.
888
Smart.
889
Courtney.
890
Dumb.
891
Ian.
892
Smart.
893
Courtney.
894
Dumb.
895
Now, you've yielded your time, sir.
896
Courtney Dump.
897
What Ian has just presented is a piece of information that I think is very important that I did not consider before, which was
898
that clearly at-home shoots for the past couple months have driven Ian into a narcissistic mental breakdown the likes of The Shining.
899
I can only assume that at-home shoots are actually really bad for us now
900
because of what Ian just repeated over and over and over again Ian,
901
you had the win locked down you could have just stayed silent but you had to berate your co-worker
902
for a minute
903
I have to now switch this has been just a back and forth tennis match of logic
904
I have to give the point to Courtney now because
905
but under Courtney's basis is love and Ian's turned into hate and I I cannot know
906
Just that clip on Instagram god god oh man yeah yeah i concur on
907
that one shane i think that's a great a very apt
908
choice ian had me on the first half to the point
909
even he didn't even need a rebuttal you you were convinced as well me too
910
and then it just i don't went downhill after
911
that plus courtney did call me uh handsome so I gotta appreciate that one as well.
912
Anytime.
913
Ian Smart, Courtney Dumb, Kevin Beautiful.
914
Oh, dang.
915
I think I'm feeling some bias coming from me, so maybe I have to withdraw my statement.
916
Yeah, all right.
917
Well, Courtney gets the win here.
918
Congrats on the W.
919
I concede.
920
I concede too.
921
I see that you're a very mean boy.
922
Get the f* out.
923
I think that finishes is the debate of this podcast.
924
What are the points?
925
What are the points?
926
Courtney.
927
Courtney has finished it with three.
928
So Courtney in first place with three points.
929
Shane in second place with two points.
930
Ian, one point.
931
Oh my gosh.
932
I was supposed to just be a moderator for this.
933
And I f*ing Cletus!
934
Good job.
935
Well, that was the end of our debate.
936
Good job.
937
That was the end of our debate.
938
Truly, some A battle of wits and minds.
939
It was a hard fought battle, but I think everyone came out looking really great.
940
Everyone looks so good today.
941
Everyone looks so good.
942
That's all the matters.
943
We're all dumb, but we look good.
944
And that's what's most important.
945
So yeah, if you guys want to see more of this, let us know.
946
But before we end, we got to get to that shoot, dude.
947
Shoot, dude.
948
Shoot dude.
949
Shoot dude.
950
Shoot dude.
951
Shoot dude.
952
Shoot dude.
953
Shoot dude.
954
Shoot dude.
955
Shoot dude.
956
Shoot dude.
957
Shoot dude.
958
Shoot dude.
959
Shoot dude.
960
Uh, you can submit your shoot dudes at S-H-O-O-T-D-O-O-D at smosh.com.
961
And then for the people who want more debates, put in the comments what other debate topics you'd want.
962
This one comes from Kaylin Michelle.
963
As many, because of the current situation, I've been working from home, which really means I found myself cleaning more than I ever have.
964
I keep my cleaning supplies in a caddy, which I have out on the floor.
965
My Febreze bottle was on top of another cleaner.
966
When I bent down to get something out of the caddy, I hit my cheekbone against the Febreze bottle.
967
It hurt badly, but I ignored it.
968
Well, it turns out I had bruised my cheekbone from the collision with the Febreze bottle.
969
I looked like someone had hit me.
970
Being in a stay-at-home order, I thought I could get away with without having to tell anyone, because who wants to admit such a shoot dude?
971
That was until my coworker questioned my bruise on a work Zoom call.
972
Nothing like having to tell your coworkers and boss you lost a fight with a cleaning bottle.
973
Shoot, dude.
974
Aww.
975
Hold on.
976
She hit her face.
977
She bumped her face into a plastic Febreze bottle so hard.
978
They have those metal cylindrical ones.
979
The metal solid like the can the aerosol can
980
but it didn't like how is it it was
981
so it was like locked in place so
982
that it wouldn't move I think it was just it was just sitting it like open
983
and you call into boot chain No, I'm just like I believe it cuz that's such a weird thing.
984
Yeah weird story I'm just curious about that so I think it's like I think it's like a two-tier
985
Caddy kind of thing so she had the Febreze in the top in the top like open It's like one of those, like, you know, those Ikea, teal Ikea things.
986
So there's top and then there's the bottom.
987
There's a thing on the bottom.
988
She bent down and she bonked her face against the bottom.
989
Oh, like, okay.
990
So she went downward.
991
Yeah.
992
Yeah.
993
She went downward.
994
Got it.
995
Smacked her face on a Ferreeze bottle.
996
Have you guys ever had a black eye?
997
I haven't.
998
I got, I got one from playing, uh, spider tag, which is a game you play on a playground where,
999
one person is has their eyes closed and they can go anywhere
1000
and then everyone else has eyes open
1001
but they can only stay on the equipment they can't touch the ground
1002
and you do it like late at night for some reason
1003
that i was an adult i was an adult
1004
when i was playing this by the way
1005
and i smacked head first into another person
1006
and we both had fun guys it was great i don't think i ever had a black guy
1007
but a bruise that's crazy man honestly you're there they're like a febreze bottle.
1008
Okay.
1009
Tell me if your home's not safe.
1010
Yeah.
1011
It's always weird having to defend a black guy and be like, I swear it's not domestic abuse.
1012
It's a Febreze bottle.
1013
Not that that's a joke.
1014
Not that that's something funny to laugh about, but it's true.
1015
I think we've all been there where it's like, no, I swear, this is an accident.
1016
Yeah.
1017
I will say that it's a mild shoot, dude.
1018
I say it's a soft shoot, dude.
1019
Getting bonked by a Febreze bottle.
1020
Could have been worse.
1021
Because I think if that If that happened to me, I'd have just been like, oh my god, you won't believe what happened Well it
1022
so I've had similar type of shoot dudes to this
1023
because I've gotten like I have a burn on my left arm and it's from
1024
From some oil that splashed on me when I was cooking salmon, so not that cool But stuff like that happens Like what is that scar on your arm?
1025
Literally fight someone It looked like a cigarette burn for a long time.
1026
So people thought like, did someone burn you with a cigarette?
1027
And I was like, no, I flipped some salmon on a pan and some olive oil splashed onto my arm.
1028
I once had a tickle fight with a girl
1029
and I was holding onto her hand because I was trying to tickle, you know?
1030
And then I let go of her hand when she was like trying to pull away and let go.
1031
She smacked herself in the face and gave herself a black eye.
1032
Oh my God, you gave a woman a black eye?
1033
You horrible, horrible man.
1034
She hit herself.
1035
You slingshotted her own hand at her face.
1036
I know.
1037
You'd be like, stop hitting yourself.
1038
You second, you second, second winded, second hand punched a girl in the face, you bully.
1039
Second degree black eye.
1040
Wow, I don't have anything, any weird injuries like that.
1041
I've only just had like really bad acne on my face put a band-aid over
1042
and people be like what happened you get more attention than
1043
you would have with the actual zit kevin i don't have
1044
any of those uh lacy though she's uh being a bake
1045
a cake baker my wife she burns herself a lot she's very very clumsy
1046
and she burns herself on the oven a lot
1047
and it's usually on her wrist so
1048
if you look at her wrists she has burn marks all the way down both of them
1049
and she has had people ask her before
1050
and like question be like is everything okay is she doing
1051
something i'm like i'm like i swear to god it's just burn marks
1052
because she's very very clumsy oh my goodness injuries from the
1053
cake wars yeah pretty pretty much exactly yeah dang thank you guys
1054
so much for joining the very first smosh debates yeah 2020 um
1055
if you guys want more of this uh you could suggest uh you could suggest debate topics who you want on
1056
these ones were submitted by our crew
1057
so it'll be really fun to see what you guys uh post yeah we wanted to do this
1058
because it's it's fun and silly
1059
and like i just speaking from my personal experience the internet
1060
has been causing a lot of like feeling of numbness
1061
and just like kind of feeling really down so i'm i'm glad
1062
that we can come together we do get very real on
1063
this podcast like sometimes it's like what even is this podcast
1064
we're on a comedy podcast where we're getting into serious issues
1065
and so sometimes we'll do that but also sometimes we just want to be
1066
something that can provide you some serotonin some some laughs
1067
because you know at the end of the day that's our main that's our main main
1068
so i can people laugh you guys gave me laughs i
1069
was i was very much enjoying i was very much enjoying
1070
your guys yeah on the most i've laughed laughed in a pod in a
1071
while you guys are ridiculous but skateboard definitely wins yeah no i can't
1072
that was i wasn't ready
1073
and also i did skate lab like i was a skateboarder i'm i'm very cool well um Before we go,
1074
I just want to say that we have a new line out.
1075
It's the groovy line.
1076
We got some really awesome clothing that just released,
1077
designed by Kel Lorne, a very talented designer.
1078
It's really cool.
1079
They're really cool colors.
1080
I think there's some sweaters and some T-shirts, and they're just such cool colors, really fun little groovy designs.
1081
and I highly encourage you check them out.
1082
They're really cute.
1083
They're very, they fit very nicely.
1084
The crewnecks are like chef's kiss comfortable.
1085
Like, you know when some hoodies or crewnecks, like the cuff wrist part is like, they're always different.
1086
This is the nice, like comforting, like form fitting ones that I really love.
1087
Sorry, they're not, yeah, they're not hoodies.
1088
They're crewnecks sweaters.
1089
Crewnecks t-shirts, really cute designs.
1090
We've been really excited about them for a while, like a wild, wild.
1091
So go check those out and look cute with us.
1092
Shane, Courtney, Kevin from Heaven.
1093
Thank you guys so much for coming on.
1094
And we will see you guys next week.
1095
Love you so much.
1096
Goodbye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 1096 sentences and 10069 words to shadow. The speech runs for 59:08. The speaker talks at a natural 170 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| versus | /ˈvɝsəs/ | Against; in opposition to. |
| yield verb | /jiːld/ | To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render. |
| crack noun | /kɹæk/ | A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material. |
| scary adjective | /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ | Causing fear or anxiety |
| hawk noun | /ˈhɔːk/ | A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle. |
| dinosaur noun | /ˈdaɪnəsoɹ/ | Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct. |
| mask noun | /mæsk/ | A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection. |
| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| valid adjective | /ˈvælɪd/ | Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent. |
| skate noun | /skeɪt/ | A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice. |
| defend verb | /dɪˈfɪnd/ | To ward off attacks against (something or someone). |
| argue verb | /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/ | To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply. |
| roller noun | /ˈɹoʊlɚ/ | Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure. |
| problematic adjective | /ˌpɹɑ.bləˈmæt.ɪk/ | Difficult to overcome, solve, or decide. |
| curious adjective | /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ | Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| hold up verb | To wait or delay. | |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| come across verb | To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| point out verb | To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body. | |
| bring back verb | /ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/ | To fetch something. |
| bring up verb | To mention. | |
| come together verb | /ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/ | To assemble; to congregate; to combine. |
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 | i've been getting · haven't been wearing · has been quarantining |
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if dinosaurs were so tough they would have |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've been · haven't been · I've just been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | will be given · is outdated · being said |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 302 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, they're, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, smooth /smuːð/, athlete /ˈæθ.liːt/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/, nutrition /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/, establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, corruption /kəˈɹʌpʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: problematic /ˌpɹɑ.bləˈmæt.ɪk/, diversity /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, documentary /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/
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 versus, yield, crack.
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.