I think it's an underrated, an under discussed aspect of life for young men.

Is this, uh, the alienation and the fear and the anxiety of not being enough or not being able to do enough,

especially since the consequences are so severe.

Like if you can't figure out how to maintain housing and insurance and groceries

and auto payments and utility payments, it's like your life can be really hard. You know,

even if just one of those things slips. Welcome to The Crunch.

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It's your boy, Ethan.

And I'm Patrick.

And I have to say, that's a nice sweater.

I just got it for Christmas.

It looks like a good.

It's a nice sweater, man. It's a

fisherman's cable knit sweater from L.L. Bean. That's, that's, that's, that's slick. That's a

look at the thing. I've been trying to revamp my wardrobe. Careful listeners of the pod will know

that I've been very intentionally building an alternative wardrobe that is exclusively 90s prep aesthetic.

And because I feel like it's timeless.

The button down shirts, the ties, the sweaters, the loafers, the slacks.

It's just a look that you can have in any situation and you look nice.

You can wear it to church.

You can wear it to work. You can wear it to work. You can wear it

out on the town. You can wear it around the house. And everyone just like respects you. Like, oh, that's a guy who woke up and like put some effort into his wardrobe today. And now I've got the sweater. And it's just like, I've been wearing ever since I got it. I haven't taken it off. It's so nice.

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