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I am Justin Verrier and joining me. As always, it's Rob Mahoney. What's up, buddy? It's all going great, Justin. Am I in the bear suit or are you in the bear suit? I think you're the queen, you know? You're the Mayfair queen. I don't remember this specific terminology. I appreciate it. But look, I want to give you first pick, honestly. You got a birthday coming up. Happy early birthday, Justin. I feel like it's the least that we could do for you to let you pick between the bear and the queen. How did you know that? I never remember birthdays and I specifically do not advertise them. I'm locked in. I really, I just have all your private information. Social Security credit card numbers. I got the numbers on the back of the credit card. Birthday's light work. I have a scorching take that birthdays are actually the at fault for participation trophy culture because I kind of think that birthdays shouldn't be celebrated.

So you think participation trophy culture starts with bringing cupcakes for your birthday

and kindergarten. That's really the root of it all. What are we celebrating? Like, that I

survived another year? Because here's the thing. If anything dramatic or any accomplishment

happens over the course of the year, you're celebrating that in real time. You get a promotion.

You get a new job. You have a baby. All this other stuff. That is the stuff. If anything,

the birthday just marks that you survived. And so since we're past like the plague

era, I think we could just move along and just mark that like, I'm now a year older.

I think we're past that plague era, but we're in many other plagues eras, you know? So here's

to another year are still going on, honestly. It's true. How has your summer been going?

I finally quiet in a way that is now discomforting, you know? We're so used to churning out these

pods. We're so used to hopping on here on group chat with was twice a week. I don't know what

to do with myself, Justin, with all of this kind of time and space in my life. Are you making

good use of it? Yes and no. I've got a lot done.

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