Hello, hello. This is Fake the Nation where we talk about news. We rant about culture and where we schfits through this difficult time. But we try to do it with some merriment, with some panache. And we try to reduce your stress, the listener. I am your host, Nagine Farsad, and guys, I took a vacation. And I legitimately did nothing but parent. I didn't read the news.

I didn't post. It was glorious. I highly recommend it. And now I'm back. I'm recharged. And I am so

ready to talk about the big shittiful bill. Also ready to talk about the possibility of a third party in American politics?

What?

We'll also dig into some cultural questions like,

can you ask your waiter where they're from?

And finally, we'll look at MAGA's efforts to lure younger women into the fold

with the promise of less burnout and more babies.

And you guys, I have the most excellent panel assembled for you today.

I'm so excited.

I have worked with this first panelist a million times.

She is so funny because she's a comedian. She also runs this incredible

organization called St. Nels. It's a writer's residency for female comedy writers. And it's,

it's just a wonderful, recharging, productive thing. And she's also a cartoonist for the New Yorker. So you have enjoyed her work

probably a million times knowing this audience. It is the incredible Emily Flakey Emily.

Hey, Nekeen. I am also joined by, oh my gosh, I've known this guy in comedy for so long. He's so

funny. He has a special out. It's called Jim Toos with Pictures. You can also listen to the album, which is called Jim Two's without pictures. It is thusly titled because he is the wonderful Jim Tews. Hey, Jim. Hi, how are you? Oh my gosh. Folks, before we get into the show, I just want to remind listeners that they can go to patreon.com slash nagin Farsad. Today we're recording a bonus episode, me and Jim and Emily, about the best 100 movies of the first quarter century. And I can tell you that the debate will be hot. So to access these conversations, please visit patreon.com slash Nogine Farsad to support the show. And if you join now and you want some of our older conversations, you can just hit me up and I'll send them to you so you can assemble a nice binge for yourself. The possibilities are endless. Go to patreon.com slash nagin Farsad. And now let's get into it with topic number one. Okay. So I saw this very specific question in a mismanners column, which was about a group of friends who had an attractive waitress and they couldn't agree on her ethnicity.

And one thought she was like Latina, another one thought she was Asian.

So they pondered if it was appropriate to ask their waitress where she was from.

And when I saw this, I realized, oh my God, people do this to me all the time because they can't figure out the face and they want to ask me about it. And some do ask and some don't, some sort of try to get at it like with other questions, you know, to get around sort of figuring it out.

Like if you had to choose a dip, would it be guacamole or hummus?

You know, like they'll just sort of wade into the waters that way.

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