Fresh snow. Football takes. Existential questions about farts. Welcome to Ryan’s mind—live from the mountains of Colorado.
In this bonus mini-episode of Stay in the Gray Podcast, Ryan mixes relaxation with raw reflection. From egg prices to American identity, this unscripted moment takes you from snowy slopes to sharp takes on unity, global perception, and whether Aaron Rodgers is headed to the Steelers.
🎙 Topics include:
– Are Americans global bullies or just looking out for #1?
– Tariff wars and who’s actually responsible
– Aaron Rodgers, NFL rumors, and ski-lift commentary
– Why some things—like farts—are forever funny
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction and Travel Plans
01:09 - Arrival in Colorado
02:03 - Exploring Colorado
02:47 - Political Commentary
03:26 - Football Talk
05:07 - Economic Policies Discussion
09:44 - Reflections and Personal Thoughts
12:45 - Closing Remarks and Farewell
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OK, let's go. Hey everyone, Ryan from Standing
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Graph podcast here at the airport bar with my family who
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is pledging me for doing the video.
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I will. We're headed to Colorado for a
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little R&R. I'll be checking in sporadically
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with you guys, showing you the beauty that is Colorado.
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Currently, I am enjoying a free flight Scotch at 9:00 in the
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morning. Don't touch.
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Love you guys. I don't like to fly.
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Thank goodness I have my young boy here with me.
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Be all right. All is good on the plane.
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Here we go. It's time to land nice and snowy
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in Colorado. Everyone we've arrived a snow
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fun, kids are loving it. A little altitude sickness
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coming on I can feel but we'll rest and relax and flight was
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smooth. Everything was good, having some
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days here and, and exploring. And we're going to the grocery
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store, so yay. And we'll head down the mountain
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here a little later for some pizza with the kids.
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So I'll be checking in. I'll be talking about a bunch of
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different things and hope all of you are well, wherever, wherever
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you are. See, you guys love you.
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Yeah, a little more snow than last time.
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Check out this icicle, this beast mode.
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I would not want to be into that.
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So what did I just hear? The price of eggs is down.
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The price of gasoline is down. You must be mistaken.
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You see, I was told that Donald Trump would never get those
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things done. That Donald Trump lied to us.
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It's not even been two months yet, people.
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And here these things are starting to happen like most of
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us predicted. You need to relax, enjoy the
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ride, watch these things happen and quit cheering against the
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country. Cheer for the country.
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I know you want Donald Trump to be wrong, just not love you.
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All about a fun topic about football.
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No, I don't. I don't necessarily, you know,
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have an NFL following. But how about the as a Steeler
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fan, what does everybody think? I want Aaron Rodgers behind
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under center this year. I don't think anybody else does
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and I don't know why. He got one of the greatest to
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ever play the position. Yes, he's getting old, but we're
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only going to have him for a year.
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Testament. We have some new weapons for
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him. DK Metcalf on his way over
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Gaines well shored up the defense in the back end, got
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some some good options and Aaron played really well at the end of
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last season. I I'd like to see that he loves
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coach Tomlin and Tomlin loves him.
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Why don't we, why don't we give it a shot?
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No, no, no, all the armchair coaches and armchair GMs and I
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Scroll down and it's just this hate for Aaron Rodgers.
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And I suppose it's because some of his social issues and some of
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the things he's done, like not shoot himself up with a vaccine
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that was a none unknown effects when he has a medical condition
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or because he got into some weird family issue that none of
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us have ever been into family issues before.
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But I I like Aaron and I don't have a problem with him.
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He he's very interesting and I think he he'd fit in well with
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us for a season. Let's see what happens.
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I mean, if he leads us to the promised land, fantastic.
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And if he doesn't, maybe our draft Pickles will go up and
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we'll get the quarterback reporting for Steelers fans,
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bring out other NFL fans. Let me know.
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Let me know from a neutral standpoint and tell me who your
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team is. I'd like to know who your team
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is and how you think you're going to do this year.
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I'm stoked. It's only March, but at least we
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got some talk going on. Love you guys.
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Hey guys, good question. Why is the United States called
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a bully for matching tariffs that were already imposed on us
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by all the countries in question?
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Are we not allowed to look after ourselves?
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Are we? Are we supposed to foot the bill
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for the rest of the world? It's beyond me that people think
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that we're being reckless, that Donald Trump is being reckless,
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when in fact, all he's doing is leveling the, the playing
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ground, the play field. He's telling everybody, guess
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what, you're going to pay your fair share.
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And, and we're not going to put it anymore.
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I just don't get it. I don't get the mindset of, of
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defending everybody but the United States.
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I, I, it's, it's very frustrating to see people who
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are so infatuated with the idea of big orange Cheeto man bad.
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No matter what he does. I've said this before, no matter
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what he does, there are things that have been factually proven
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recently that support the notion that he's looking after
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everybody here in this country, citizens of this country.
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And that should be a good thing because that's your friends.
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Those are your friends. Those are your family.
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Those are Americans. And as these things happen,
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instead of just immediately being ready to to insult him or
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attack what he's doing or what our country is doing, maybe you
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should think a little bit about about what the action is before
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you just assume that it's a bathroom hunting or or that
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we're being bullied to that we're making enemies with our
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core allies. If they're allies, two things.
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Why do they tear up us so high? And two, what have they?
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What have they done? What have they done for us?
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If you look at a map, I should probably find this for you guys.
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If you look, there's a graph that shows the amount that's
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being tariffed on the United States.
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I take that back, cut that part. I think it's a, it's a chart of
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what other countries are are tariffing for goods imported.
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And the United States is like not anywhere near the top.
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I think they're like 17th and the top are all these countries
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in question who are claiming that we are threatening them,
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insulting them, disrespecting them, yet we're the ones that
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don't have these tariffs on them until now.
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I just don't understand the argument.
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So I mean, tell me, tell me what the argument is, unless you
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just, you could admit it, say I hate Trump so much that I'd, I'd
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rather root for Kent in this situation.
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I hate Trump so much that you know what the EU has it right,
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which they told me Great Britain, they they they've got
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everything going smoothly over there.
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So let me know, let me know. I just I'm trying to think about
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it. I'm trying to see any possible
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reason that some of these things aren't good and I'm struggling
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with it other than you've been indoctrinated to hate this
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administration and it goes both ways.
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I mean, I'm thinking about buying a Tesla.
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So never was before. So who knows, maybe maybe I'm at
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fault as well. So I just, these are the things
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I think about. I just, I'm trying to really try
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and go back and forth trying to piece it all together and it's
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just it's it's kind of over my head.
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It's beyond me how Americans can sit here and be so, so blindly
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in support of other people over our own.
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First, if if our administration puts boots on the ground and we
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literally start storming Canada, just the thought of it so
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stupid, then then I'll, I'll, I'll probably jump onto your
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side and think and say that's not good.
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Let's not do that. But that's, that's, that's the
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stupidest thing I've ever heard. This is economic, this is
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business. This is what's best for our
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country. And all the crazy spending and,
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and the tariffs that were imposed on us are being remedy.
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And that's a good thing. So I'm going to try and continue
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to associate with you people, but it gets, it gets tougher and
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tougher and, and I'm not going to insult anymore.
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I'm tired of insulting people. I'll just tell it like it is
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like I feel in my opinion and go from there.
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But no more name calling. I went through the phase and it,
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it, it's not good. It's, you know, maybe I'll
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reflect on that on a different a different clip, but you get into
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that mode with everybody, you start insulting and and you all
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of a sudden go into a spell where you let it affect you in
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your life and it puts you in a bad mood or it, or it makes you
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treat people around you worse or it it affects your performance
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and work or any of the things that you need to be focused on.
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And so no more name calling. I mean, I'll read your comments,
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but I'm going to and I just simply respond like, OK, that's
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your opinion and I'm willing to listen.
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I'm not, I'm not shunning. I'm not just missing you just
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because I come to my own opinions about things.
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And I'm the one that I, I hope for the good of the country that
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that I'm right and that things are going in the right
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direction. And I hope that deep down you do
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too and that you don't hope that we're going to have this big,
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you know, horrible situation. I can almost guarantee you we
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won't, but I feel like some of you are cheering that on and
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that's it's and it's depressing from growing up as a kid and
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having this country be united and, you know, true, truly,
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truly united. And everything we did to to see
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it like this is just so the things you think about when
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you're on the mountain top. So catch you guys next time.
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I've got some more stuff. I'm just kind of going slow one
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by one here so I don't overwhelm myself so I can't stop looking
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at the beautiful sky. I'll show you guys.
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I mean it's incredible mountains in the background.
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I'm about to head down the mountain for a bite in the
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village. Walk around and say hi to people
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and check in with you later. Love you guys.
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I have a question, why are farts so funny?
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Can anybody tell me? I'm a middle-aged man and I
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still laugh at farts. Ever since we've been up here in
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Colorado, we've been a whole 24 hours.
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All the kids in the entire family, to be honest, are really
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letting them RIP. And I don't know if it's the
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altitude, but they're, they're funny in the middle of the
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night, My 3 year old, that's one RIP.
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And we all start laughing out of our sleep.
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It's just one of those things that I feel like anybody and
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everybody thinks it's funny. And if you claim that you don't,
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you're lying. So these anybody have a good
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reason why they're funny? And is anyone truly bothered by
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them? Let me know.
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Here we are. 5 to 6 inches of fresh powder last night.
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Beautiful day. I'm in short sleeves, 30°
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doesn't matter. Beautiful.
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Still snowing. I gave you guys a lot to think
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about on this video. And hopefully, man, these roads
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are not even clear. We're not going to go anywhere.
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Hope you gave you guys a lot to think about.
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And you know, all I want is for everyone to be happy and to live
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their best lives. And I want everybody to be
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thought about. Not not just, you know, this
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group or this group, but everybody together.
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We're all one. And let's just listen to each
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other. I've said it a million times,
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but let's say it again, sorry the altitude has me out of
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breath, but any kind of any kind of clicks or follows or you
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know, recommend us to people you think might be like minded, just
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hit those clicks and those likes and comments and really helps.
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And, and I love what I do and I'm extra motivated to keep it
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rolling. So I love you guys and I'll try
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to give you some more during this wonderful trip we're on and
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as we go further, but hopefully you enjoyed this one as a mini
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episode so.