All right.

Hello, everyone.

It is what, the night of May, 2026.

Happy Tuesday to you.

I'm Derek Hunter.

This is the Darendor podcast, and Quinn has asked me to tell you that it is her birthday week.

It matters that you know. That's all. You have been informed. There you go. Yes, I'm sure they all wish her. Happy birthday.

As she looks at me as she's going to bed.

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I keep seeing this crap.

It's one of these things that bothers me. It is one of these things that

is becoming news to make news. Rush Limba used to talk about how most polls were done for the

express purpose of being news, for making news, for you can ask a question any way you want. You can

find whatever information you want. You can bastardize it so you get what you want. for you can ask a question any way you want. You can find whatever information you want.

You can bastardize it so you get what you want so you can talk about it.

I kind of wrote about this in my book a little bit when I was talking about how, like

writing about what John Stewart or John Oliver said is not news.

It was never news.

Those guys, even if even if you think comedians are news,

they weren't popular enough to matter. They just weren't. They just aren't. It's one of the

biggest lies perpetrated out there in the culture is that these guys are wildly popular and horribly

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