Hello, it's mine on okay. Yeah, there it is. Okay, is mine on yeah, we're good. Wait,

why do we keep it on the stand if we hold it? I like it. I like the stand cuz then I can

set it on there. Still making it. Okay, what if you're still make girls?

I don't know man.

Karen, how do we get to number one Apple podcast? Like we got to number one on the charts,

but we don't have an intro. I have no idea. We got lucky. You think we'll ever get back

there? I don't know. I don't think so. Yeah, we're too mediocre. Yeah, I think they I think

whenever we came out we came out strong with like some crazy stories and then they were

like whoa, whoa, whoa, this is gonna be good. They're like, what the fuck? No, no. Okay, all right,

well, okay, so we don't have an intro. So welcome back to Bates and yeah, it's the last time we

asked Instagram what we should talk about. And then this time Karen came up with a great idea.

I wanted to do that again. I wanted to ask again. And then she's like, you don't think where are

our own people? We are independent. I said we just did that last time. Yeah. And then so she came

up with a great idea of talking about a topic that we've talked about a million times. But I

feel like we've gained a lot of like followers since then and like people who listen to our

podcast might not watch our YouTube channel. I don't know. Maybe that would be cool. And then

I don't know. This is gaining a new audience story to tell. Okay, all right. Yeah. So we're going to

talk about how we met. Yep. How me and Karen, how we met and swirled our life into what it is

right now. Yeah. YouTubers with a family. So freshman year of high school, I needed like a

bullshit elective, you know, just to like fill my schedule because for some reason, we're just

jumping right into it. Yeah. I thought we'd start off on from my perspective because then it lands.

Oh, okay. All right. Okay. Okay. Yeah. I'm gonna start. I'm gonna start there because I think before.

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