Hey, we're burning a podcast.

Shut up!

Good morning to you wherever you are.

It is morning somewhere!

For a...

May 31st, 2024.

I got a record with it.

My name is Finn Burns. I love my mom so much. Standing right over there. There's my mom, which I love very much.

How much do you hear it? Thank you. Ready?

Burkle, burko, burke. And a happy Friday to you. Yeah, thanks for indulging us, everyone. She needs that on a Friday. Hey, it is Friday, everyone. It's the end of the week for us. Before I get into that, though, a little bit of a somber note to begin with. Cute Kid is our palate cleanser. Sorry to say that the drop we played today, the Igo meow cat named Cala. Calla, we're sorry to report, has passed away.

Due to old age.

And not the only one.

I think the Doge dog passed away recently as well.

So we're losing the meme pets.

Yeah, we are.

You know, I think it speaks to the ephemeral nature, Ashley, of both memes themselves and our furry little friends. Indeed, both. So ephemeral. They're not with us for very long. But we enjoy them so much while they are. I got to say, though, I do appreciate when people get like that moment in time, like a meme and they lean into it and they make the most out of it. I appreciate when people do that. Well, you've really only got two choices.

Go for it.

If you become a meme,

because people don't really have much of a saying whether they become a meme. No, they really don't. So you can respond to that really one of two ways. One, you can lean into it and get everything out of it that you can because what else you're going to do. The other option is

Leave the internet.

The train has left the station.

Yeah, it's really, you're going to do? The other option is leave the internet.

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