Eric, hi. It's wonderful to have you here. I am super excited if people can't tell. I'm not even caffeinated. I'm just in your presence.

And that is because people noticed when you came last year to Toronto just the bromance that had blossom naturally between us and how basically I think a lot of people don't realize myself and Eric kind of had an existential

crisis.

We had to face our realities of who we were.

We went and watched a movie together, just called hereditary.

It's not really worth getting into what happened.

Needless to say, we realized the utter emptiness of everything around us.

And so we try to cling to the only thing that gave us meaning.

Yeah, we were on the brink of nihilism.

Yeah.

Or nihilism.

But it doesn't really matter how you pronounce it, because nothing matters.

And so lifting is what we gravitated back towards.

And we're like, this gives our life meaning.

And so I've always enjoyed your work for those that aren't aware.

Eric Helms is the man because not only is he intellectually honest, he has contributed to have a lot to the lifting community.

He's been doing this thing all the way back when he had a username of Aquelius.

Am I saying that right?

I mean, you added a few syllables, but you got the center part right.

Yeah.

E.

Quill?

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