Sword and scale contains adult themes and violence and is not intended for all audiences.

Listener discretion is advised.

I think of killing someone and I smirk. I like the sound of it.

The idea of causing pain on someone who's getting in my way or who's causing me pain.

Okay. So right off the bat, if you're a free listener and you're listening to this right now,

you're going to get two regular episodes a week apart. Congratulations. If you're a plus member,

you're also going to get two regular episodes a week apart,

albeit a week before everyone else. That means next week instead of a plus episode, you'll get

episode 191. So, now that you know that, no complaints, got it?

By the way, this is Season 8, Episode 190, a show that is like, literally opening up the final thing. Yeah, I know, I know.

Me saying don't complain is like literally opening up the floodgates for complaints.

And that's what you guys love to do anyway.

Hey, listen to me complaining.

All right, enjoy the show. Hi! Hi! How are you? Welcome back. Pull up a chair. You know, some of you've been listening

so long that you feel like you know me. We've never met, of course. You probably don't know the

most basic things about me or my life, but you've spent a lot of time listening to my voice,

so you may feel like we have some sort of connection.

A lot of us tend to feel connected to people that we surround ourselves with.

We feel like we know who they are.

But do you ever truly know anyone?

Even those closest to you in your life, and I'm not talking about podcast hosts, have

private thoughts, opinions, and feelings that they don't necessarily share out in the open.

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