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Hey, before I get into today's video, I just want to say that I've been seeing some comments

lately about people saying that I've been giving some really bad takes, and that normally I'm

more like level-headed and light-hearted, but recently I've been kind of like off with my

commentary, given some really bad commentary, and I just want to apologize for that. I think you

guys are right. I have been kind of off-basitely. As much as I love this job, I really love this job,

but sometimes, man, sometimes I think it gets to me. I mean, I publish a story every single day for

like, I don't know, three or four years now, and reading story after story of cheating wives

and toxic boyfriends and bad bosses and entitled parents who steal things from people. It makes me,

I don't know, it kind of takes me to a dark place sometimes, and it makes me cynical and judgmental

and just negative. So I think I've kind of gone down that route lately, and you guys have called

me out and been like, yo, rslash, what are you talking about? You're completely off-base. So,

you're right, I'm going to try to recenter myself and pull myself out of this kind of like negative

headspace that I've been in lately. So I appreciate the patience. Also, keep in mind, I'm asking for

a little bit of understanding here. I know that a lot of you like the commentary and you like the

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