Present yourself to the Hellbent Dentist, you henpecked Kennets.

Welcome to the Blind Boy podcast.

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to familiarize yourself with the lore of this podcast.

If you're a regular listener,

a dropy owner or a fearless searsha,

you know the crack. This is the first episode of 2026. a droopy owner or a fearless searsha.

You know the crack.

This is the first episode of 2026.

A very futuristic sounding year.

If you're an elder millennial like me,

it's the type of year you would have dreamed about as a child.

And imagined,

what am I going to be doing in 2026? What's life going to be like in 2026? I first used the internet in 1996 20 years ago. And in those days, I can't. Oh, fuck it. I'm just an old man. There's no, I'm just an old man. There's no way. I just have to lean into it. Actually, I'm such an old man. I just called 1996 20 years ago. When it's not, it's 30 fucking years ago.

1996 was 30 years ago lads.

Like put it this way.

If something is 20 years old, that's considered vintage.

If it's beyond 20 years old, that's called antique.

Okay? So I'm speaking about something.

I'm going to need to explore some antiquarian themes from my childhood here.

So in those days, in 1996 when I first used the internet,

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