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Hey, uh, Paula, I've got a new study here.

You have a study.

Yeah, I got a study here you might be interested in.

This one's from the University of Sussex.

It turns out, Paula, that tennis group the way people grunt in tennis grunts the way people grunt in tennis

predicts winners and losers oh yes you win.

Yeah, yeah, apparently high pitch grunts mean you're more likely to lose and lower grunts mean you're more likely to lose and lower grunts mean you're more likely to win.

Oh, we're not actually playing right now.

You're just wrong.

Wow, now how did they establish that?

Like if I just choose to grow lower will that make me win?

I don't think so. My impression from this study is that when you're feeling comfortable,

when you're feeling loose, you're more loose you're more relaxed you're going to have

those lower grunts you know you're going to be projecting from deep is there a thing with

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