Oh, geez, Dad, not the car again.

Oh, happens all the time with old Betsy. Have you checked out Carvana yet? They have thousands of cars for under $20,000. But did those thousands of cars have personality like old Betsy? Betsy is held together by tape. And there are raccoons living in the engine. Psh, it's a family car. Uh, there are flames on the hood? A custom paint job. No, Dad. The car's on fire.

How many cars did you say Carvana had?

Visit Carvana.com to shop thousands of cars for under $20,000. We'll drive you happy at Carvana. Hello and welcome. It is Eric Erickson here. Delighted to have you with me, friends, family, haters. The phone number,

if you want to call in, 877, 973, 745. Thanks, everyone for the birthday wish. I got to tell you,

the amount of anxiety I had when I woke up on my birthday and already had so many messages

from people and I feel obligated to respond to everybody. So thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, all day long. I had a buddy of mine text me yesterday and say, hey, sorry, I forgot your birthday. Happy birthday. I texted back. So thank you so much

for forgetting because I was getting anxiety from the number of people

texting me.

And I feel obligated.

I'm one of those introverted people who like apologizes for bothering you.

And I feel obligated to reply to everybody and say thank you.

It was kind of overwhelming.

But thank you all.

Now, years ago, there was a guy, this is before the O'Burgerfeld decision in the Supreme Court, as gay marriage was being considered democratically across the country. And there was a guy at Red State, a young guy. And he put up a post or he put up a comment to a piece I had written. And he said, I don't care about gay marriage. I do not care about it. It does not affect me. It will not affect me. It will never affect me or my family. I don't care about it. And I replied to him, and it kind of went,

my reply went viral, and it coined a phrase, and I wrote a book with the title, You Will Be Made to Care.

By the way, just as an aside, I don't know if y'all can hear this or not, but I'm in studio.

And this chair is the, if you hear like, just as an aside, I don't know if y'all can hear this or not, but I'm in studio. And this chair is the squeak, if you hear like, it's not my stomach growling. It's the squeakiest chair on the planet that I am sitting in. And there are one, two, three other chairs in here. And they're all just as bad. So I need some WD40. I'll have to bring it next time. But nonetheless, if you hear that,

it's not my stomach growling. It's the chair. Now, you will be made to care. And I told that guy, you will be made to care. And you'll have to care one way or the other. You won't be able to stay on

the sidelines. The world will force you to take a stand.

And if you choose poorly, the world will come after you.

You'll have to decide.

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