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Before we start this show, I got to say, I am probably like you a little in my feels this morning, because the President of the United States is a dangerous lunatic who needs to be 25th

amendmented as soon as possible. I don't love the idea of President J.D. Vance, but the president

we have over the weekend threatened to invade Denmark because Norway didn't award him the Nobel

Peace Prize he thinks he deserves for being the most peaceful

president ever. So that means war. I try to stick to the dildos around here. Stick to the dildos

being code for. This is a sex and relationship podcast and we are going to focus on sex and relationships.

So I don't mean actual dildos when I say stick to the dildos. We do talk

about lots of other things. I mean dildos is a metaphor that symbolizes all those other things

that we talk about. Nancy is always reminding me when I sit down to record the intro to the shows,

rightly so that people come to the show, come to the Lovecast for a break from the news.

And it's really clear from our calls, the calls we get, the comments that you, our listeners,

leave on the show at Savage. Love, that you're smart and informed people and that our show

where we try to stick to the dildos is not your only source of news.

So we can safely around here stick to the dildos but the news the hard

news the political news the awful non-dildo news is taking a toll on me it's taking a toll on all of us

probably taking a toll on you too and our relationships and I define relationships really broadly one-night

stand is a relationship two or three people in the grip of nRE but who haven't had a dTR

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