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Okay, we have some breaking animal news. I would encourage, well, I just, I think it's very interesting. It's all how you react, right? I mean, you can be pessimist, you can be optimist. Are you implying that I'm going to be pessimistic? No, no, no, no, I'm just telling people who listen. Okay, Yes. Not to freak out.

Got it. You haven't heard about this. Yes, there was a radioactive wasp nest. Oh, my goodness. That was found outside. Found outside a nuclear facility in South Carolina. Okay, they say it's moderate amount of radiation. They got into the wasps. That's awful. It's going to be all right. All right. Sure.

But if you're going to be aps and... That's awful. This is going to be all right. All right, sure. But if you're going to be a glass half... Empty person. The whole glass is empty. Right. Right. With radioactive wasps. You think, oh, no, radioactive wasp. But a guy like me, I look at it. I'm like, the first thing I think is how do I rest control of them to enlist them in my

plan to consolidate power? You don't. You can't. It's not possible. Yeah. They're going to bite you

and then you're going to be in their power. I'm an optimist. How do I enlist them in my plan to take

over? Some good news here. It says a This glass is half full to you. In my plan to take over.

Some good news here. It says according to a study, when you meet someone new, they like you more than you imagine that they do.

Huh. Okay. That is good news. Because most times you think they don't. Most people think they don't. Right?

I suspect that people walk away from meeting me. you think they don't. Most people think they don't, right?

I suspect that people walk away from meeting me saying that is the greatest man I have ever met in my life.

Oh.

And apparently, they like me.

Even more than that.

I think this study may not have been taking you specifically in a consideration.

I am very encouraged.

Never notice this, but apparently when you're in a restaurant and it's crowded, a lot of restaurants

will pick up the tempo of the music because they want to turn over the tables faster.

Oh.

And so people tend to like get on out.

When a beat picks up.

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