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Four Months of Silence (Mike's Story) · Red Onion Randy - Life in a Supermax Prison

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  Speaker 1: You have to fight and fight and fight and fight
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  Speaker 1: to overcome. I can do something with my life.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, everybody. Red Onion Randy again. Well, as everybody knows,
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  Speaker 2: I took a forced hiatus, I guess you could say.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I didn't want to, but unfortunately in life,
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  Speaker 2: sometimes shit happens. You know, and while it didn't happen
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  Speaker 2: to me, it did affect me. You know, one, because
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  Speaker 2: it's my guy. I mean, you know, dude is, he's
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  Speaker 2: my brother. You know, Mike, me and him, we've been
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  Speaker 2: through some things together. You know, I've been there for him.
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  Speaker 2: He's been there for me. You know, and he went through,
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  Speaker 2: he went through some, he went through some shit. Let
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  Speaker 2: me tell you, I'm going to tell a story. I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to tell, you know, why I wasn't able to
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  Speaker 2: record for a while. And I did get his permission
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  Speaker 2: to put this story out, you know, to share it
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  Speaker 2: with everybody. You know. So, yeah. All right, so Mike
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  Speaker 2: was dating a woman whom... I'm not going to say
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  Speaker 2: her name, one out of respect for him, but two
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  Speaker 2: out of respect for her. Don't get me wrong, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I still like her, you know, I still think well
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  Speaker 2: of her, you know, yes, she pissed me off, she
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  Speaker 2: hurt me because she hurt my guy, you know, I'm
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  Speaker 2: not happy with what she did, but, you know, at
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  Speaker 2: the same time, I understand, you know, um, And even
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  Speaker 2: Mike somewhat understands. He was the one that got completely
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  Speaker 2: betrayed by all this. And I mean, he got fucked. Wow,
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  Speaker 2: did he get fucked. Not in a good way. Not
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  Speaker 2: in a good way. He got bent over, chained down,
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  Speaker 2: and railed with a monster. No grease, no lube, no nothing.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not getting his ass spanked. Like, it was brutal. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it was, man. Well, you know, so a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of background on She Who Must Not Be Named. That's
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  Speaker 2: what I'm going to call her in this episode, simply
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  Speaker 2: because she is a fan of the Harry Potter series
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  Speaker 2: and the game and all that stuff. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's quite apropos. You know, a little background on her.
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  Speaker 2: You know, in her early 20s, she went through a very,
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  Speaker 2: very traumatizing experience.
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  Speaker 3: You know, unfortunately, she was raped.
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  Speaker 2: You know, she was... Yeah, I don't know all the details.
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  Speaker 2: Even if I did, I wouldn't go into it. Just
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  Speaker 2: suffice it to say that, yes, she... You know, and
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  Speaker 2: I don't care what anybody says. When something like that
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  Speaker 2: happens to you, whether you're a child, whether you're a teenager,
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  Speaker 2: whether you're an adult.
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  Speaker 3: It f * * * s.
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  Speaker 2: With you hard. It really messes you up. Spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically,
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  Speaker 2: you get damaged from all four corners. And it impacts
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  Speaker 2: your relationships. It impacts how you see yourself. It impacts everything.
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  Speaker 2: Every aspect of your life it impacts. I know. I
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  Speaker 2: was molested as a child when.
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  Speaker 3: I was 11. You know.
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  Speaker 2: I've seen guys in here. I know rape victims in prison.
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  Speaker 2: I know what it does to people. I know it
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  Speaker 2: destroys everything. So I get it. Like she's You know,
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  Speaker 2: she's in a fucked up place. You know, and Mike
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  Speaker 2: had just met her right after all this went down. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he was there for her. He helped her
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  Speaker 2: build her life. He helped her build her confidence. He
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  Speaker 2: helped her with everything he could.
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  Speaker 4: He was solidly in love with this woman.
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  Speaker 2: He never once cheated on her. You know, he never
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  Speaker 2: even really, like, it was just, that was his woman. Like, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that was his life. You know, everything around it. Like,
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  Speaker 2: Mike used to have money. You know, I remember him
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  Speaker 2: telling me, like, at one point in his life, he
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  Speaker 2: used to have, like, $ 75, 000 in cash in his little
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  Speaker 2: wall safe. Like, he was doing really good. You know,
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  Speaker 2: and They went and they, you know, they condo together.
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  Speaker 2: You know, she loved horses and she had had a horse. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he went and bought a farm and was
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  Speaker 2: remodeling the farm and doing all kinds of work. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he bought her a couple more horses and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, this stuff's expensive. And he worked his ass off.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he really, really worked his ass off. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he had asked her to marry him, and
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  Speaker 2: she had said yes. You know, they were engaged, and, like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they were a beautiful couple. They really were.
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  Speaker 2: You know, she was a sweetheart. And so was he.
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  Speaker 2: Both of them, like, they... Yeah, like, man, it really
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  Speaker 2: sucks that neither one of them... You know, that they're
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  Speaker 2: not together.
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  Speaker 3: But, uh.
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  Speaker 2: You know, time went by, and, like, he wanted to
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  Speaker 2: get married, and.
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  Speaker 2: You know, she was like... she had said yes, but,
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  Speaker 2: you know, she just kept kind of like putting off
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  Speaker 2: the date. You know, he wanted kids. You know, she
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  Speaker 2: kept putting that off. You know, she wasn't sure if
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  Speaker 2: it was for her or whatnot. You know, and he
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  Speaker 2: was patient. He was loving. You know, he was working,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the relationship with what he had to work with.
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  Speaker 2: He was doing the best he could. You know, and
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  Speaker 2: he was, you know, he was reigning in his desires
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  Speaker 2: and his dreams and his, his hopes and wants in
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  Speaker 2: this life, you know, to accommodate her.
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  Speaker 3: And he bent over backwards for it.
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  Speaker 2: And anybody, any man that truly, genuinely loves a woman
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  Speaker 2: with all he has, it's not about, it's just not
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  Speaker 2: about getting ass. It's not about a notch in the belt.
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  Speaker 2: It's not about, eh, she looks good. Why not? I'll
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  Speaker 2: marry her. You know, I could do worse. No, but, like,
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  Speaker 2: when you love a woman, like, you will bend over back.
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  Speaker 2: You will do what you can. You know, and he did.
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  Speaker 2: She owned that man. She owned him from the hair
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  Speaker 2: on his head to the soles of his feet. And, uh.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. She wound up, uh, getting a, uh... getting a
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  Speaker 2: new job, like a promotion and everything from her old
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  Speaker 2: job in a new place, uh, and everything. And it's
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  Speaker 2: a good job. It was a good job. And she
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  Speaker 2: wound up, she wound up meeting somebody there and she
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  Speaker 2: started having an affair. She started cheating on Michael and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Michael didn't catch on at first. It never
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  Speaker 2: crossed his mind that she would do that. You know, uh,
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  Speaker 2: Definitely never crossed his mind that she would do that
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  Speaker 2: to him.
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  Speaker 3: And.
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  Speaker 2: You know, but he did find out. You know, I
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  Speaker 2: think maybe... I'm not sure, but she might have been
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  Speaker 2: cheating on him for like maybe, you know, four or
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  Speaker 2: five months or something. You know, before he did find out.
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  Speaker 2: And he confronted her. And... They talked and she admitted it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, she didn't lie to him or... Anything like that.
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  Speaker 2: She told him and she was like, look, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I would like I would like to open up a relationship.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I would like to be with you. I
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  Speaker 2: want to be with you, but I want to be
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  Speaker 2: with this guy also. You know, she didn't want Michael
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  Speaker 2: to be with another woman. You know, she wanted to
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  Speaker 2: have her cake and eat it, too. You know, which
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  Speaker 2: was pretty tough. Like if you're going to open a
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  Speaker 2: relationship up and like you should be able to get
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  Speaker 2: some ass on the side, too. You know what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 2: But that's just my opinion, even though you should never
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  Speaker 2: be doing shit like that in the first place. But
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  Speaker 2: if you are going down that road, I mean, come on, man. Like,
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  Speaker 2: for real? But, you know, Michael, he, at first, against
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  Speaker 2: his better judgment, but because he loved this woman with everything,
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  Speaker 2: he said, okay. You know, he tried to make it work.
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  Speaker 2: you know, and me and him had a conversation. And
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  Speaker 2: even though I didn't know the full particulars of it,
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  Speaker 2: you know, of what was going on, you know, at
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  Speaker 2: that point, he hadn't even told me that she was
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  Speaker 2: cheating and seeing somebody else. You know, he just... And
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  Speaker 2: I told him, bro, you can't do this to yourself.
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  Speaker 2: This is not what you want. You want to be married.
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  Speaker 2: You want to have children. You want a family. You
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  Speaker 2: want a real family. You're never going to be happy.
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  Speaker 2: If you don't get what you want, what you need,
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  Speaker 2: you're never going to be happy. And You know, he
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  Speaker 2: thought about it, and he told me later that I
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  Speaker 2: was right. And he went, sat down, had a conversation
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  Speaker 2: with us. She must not be named. And he ended things.
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  Speaker 2: He walked away from the relationship. You know, she wasn't
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  Speaker 2: happy about that, but, you know. And she still tries to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, be there, you know, kind of keep things
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  Speaker 2: somewhat alive on the background. And quite frankly, I think
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  Speaker 2: she's doing this just in case things don't work out
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  Speaker 2: with the new guy. And speaking of the new guy,
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  Speaker 2: it wasn't very long after her and Michael broke up
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  Speaker 2: that her and the new guy got married in Italy.
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  Speaker 2: And she had the audacity to, she lied to Michael.
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  Speaker 2: She called him and said, look, You know, with everything
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  Speaker 2: that's going on, I just need to get away. Like,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to fly over to Italy just to have
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  Speaker 2: a little break, just to kind of clear my head,
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  Speaker 2: think about things, and, you know, reprioritize my life. You know,
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  Speaker 2: could you please watch my dog? And he's like, yeah, sure,
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  Speaker 2: that's fine. I'll watch John. And, you know, so she
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  Speaker 2: drops him off and says, I'm sorry, I'm rushing for
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  Speaker 2: the airport. Didn't even, no dog food or nothing. So
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  Speaker 2: this man had to wind up paying for the dog food.
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  Speaker 2: you know, for two weeks. And, but she had lied
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  Speaker 2: to him. She actually flew over to Italy. Her family
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  Speaker 2: flew over there, his family, and her and the new
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  Speaker 2: guy got married because she's pregnant. Yeah, she's, she's pregnant
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  Speaker 2: and she had a little baby girl. You know, was
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  Speaker 2: just really effed up. But, was even more effed up
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  Speaker 2: than that is that she left him damn near a
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  Speaker 2: million dollars in debt. Yeah. Damn near a million dollars
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  Speaker 2: in debt. So he figures that he has to work.
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  Speaker 3: 120 hours a week every single week for the next
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  Speaker 3: two years.
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  Speaker 2: Just to break even. So that's why he can no
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  Speaker 2: longer do my podcast. You know, because he's... He's working
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  Speaker 2: all day, every day. He has no choice. You know,
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  Speaker 2: and this has pretty much crushed him. Like, he's... He's
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  Speaker 2: going through a very, very fertile time right now. You know,
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  Speaker 2: on top of that, his condo, the pipes on the
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  Speaker 2: 10th floor busted. It flooded all the floors below it,
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  Speaker 2: basically destroying his condo. He had to move back in
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  Speaker 2: with his mom, you know, because, I mean, his condo's destroyed.
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  Speaker 2: They're taking, you know, the people that own the condos
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  Speaker 2: are taking their sweet-ass time repairing the place. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's going by really, really, really, really slow. On top
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  Speaker 2: of that, he has not seen a single penny from
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  Speaker 2: his insurance. And he had full insurance to cover all
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  Speaker 2: this stuff, but yet they still haven't paid up. And
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  Speaker 2: now his mom is in the hospital with pneumonia. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, she already had some loss of lung issues
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  Speaker 2: to begin with. You know, it's like he's just... Man,
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  Speaker 2: he's just getting us kicked out of it. You know,
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  Speaker 2: so understandably, he had to step back from the podcast.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he did find some time. 120 hours a week, people,
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  Speaker 2: this is what this man is working. And he still
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  Speaker 2: found some time after a few months to set up
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  Speaker 2: an AI bot through Gork so that I can dial
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  Speaker 2: a phone number and I can record my podcast and have.
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  Speaker 3: It uploaded and everything.
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  Speaker 2: He still did that. And he did it free of charge.
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  Speaker 2: He wound up paying for it out of his own
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  Speaker 2: pocket again. You know, that's why the podcast has changed.
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  Speaker 2: That's why we don't have You know, some of the
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: stuff that we had, we don't have, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: theme song and the entrance music. You know, a lot
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  Speaker 2: of things have changed. It's had to be stripped down.
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  Speaker 2: You know, because he can't afford to pay for it. Like, unfortunately, that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, damn near million dollars in debt, about $ 20, 000
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  Speaker 2: of that belongs to me. Because of all the stuff
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  Speaker 2: he was paying for. You know, the editing, just the
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  Speaker 2: theme song was 500 some dollars a year, you know,
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  Speaker 2: for the last several years. You know, and everything else
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  Speaker 2: that he was doing for, you know, for the podcast,
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  Speaker 2: for me, you know, trying to get it out there, advertise,
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  Speaker 2: you know, to grow it, to build something. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: don't feel good about that. I don't feel right about that.
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  Speaker 2: And yet, with all that, this man still found the
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  Speaker 2: time to set up an AI bot, set up a
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  Speaker 2: phone number, which he's paying for. You have one minute remaining.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, he's a good man.
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  Speaker 2: He's one of the best I've ever known. You know,
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  Speaker 2: when I call this dude my brother, I don't say
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  Speaker 2: that shit lightly. You know, so if y'all are the
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  Speaker 2: praying kind, I appreciate if y'all say a prayer for him.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that God will help him, you know, open
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  Speaker 2: some doors for him and just give him the strength
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  Speaker 2: to do what he has to do. You know, y'all
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  Speaker 2: take care. Stay safe out there. This is the thing.
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  Speaker 2: Mike went through hell. You know, I know the way
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  Speaker 2: I kind of said this, you know, I told the story. It's,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it kind of seems like it happened, you know,
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  Speaker 2: within like, you know, two or three weeks kind of thing.
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  Speaker 2: But it didn't. You know, it was several months involved
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  Speaker 2: in this. But this is the thing. Mike hasn't quit.
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  Speaker 2: He hasn't given up. You know, I never once heard
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  Speaker 2: those words out of his mouth. Even though he was hurt,
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  Speaker 2: even though he was sad, you know, he was pissed. Like,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, there were times, like, I kind of had
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  Speaker 2: to calm him down a little bit. And that's to
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  Speaker 2: be expected. I mean, the man's life was just ripped apart.
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  Speaker 2: And not just ripped apart, but ripped apart by the
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  Speaker 2: woman he loved. Like, his dreams, his hopes, like.
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  Speaker 2: Everything was just ripped apart, and he was left with nothing.
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  Speaker 2: He's left with nothing. He's damn near a million dollars
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  Speaker 2: in debt. His fucking condo was destroyed by water, and
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  Speaker 2: insurance isn't trying to step up and do what they're
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  Speaker 2: supposed to do. What's the point in having fucking insurance?
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  Speaker 2: If they're just going to screw you when you need it. Like,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. But this is the thing, though. He
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  Speaker 2: didn't quit. He didn't give up. He didn't start drinking.
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  Speaker 2: You know? When Mike was younger, when he was in
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  Speaker 2: his 20s, you know, he had a problem with alcohol.
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  Speaker 2: You know, quite frankly, he drank a lot. And he's
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  Speaker 2: been sober for... 12, 15 years, give or take. I
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  Speaker 2: think it's 12, but I'm not, yeah, my memory's not
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  Speaker 2: that great. Like, he's, he never even thought about.
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  Speaker 3: Picking the bottle up, people.
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  Speaker 2: Most guys in that situation find out that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the woman they love, the woman they've gone in debt for,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they've bent over backwards and busted their ass
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  Speaker 2: for her. He's cheating on them and then winds up
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  Speaker 2: getting married to the guy and pregnant by the guy
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  Speaker 2: and blah, blah, blah, blah. And then, you know, trick
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  Speaker 2: you into watching a fucking dog for them while they
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  Speaker 2: go to Italy.
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  Speaker 5: For two weeks.
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  Speaker 2: You know, would have been drunk off their ass. He didn't.
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  Speaker 2: He dealt with it. Yeah, he talked. to me about it.
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  Speaker 2: He even, you know, went and got a therapist, you know,
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  Speaker 2: talked to her. Like, he's working. He's not feeling sorry
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  Speaker 2: for himself. He's not quitting. He's not giving up.
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  Speaker 3: He didn't go....
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  Speaker 2: To a bar and have a few beers and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: find some loud mouth and got into a fight with
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  Speaker 2: him just so he could temporarily feel better. You know,
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  Speaker 2: just so he could just let the anger out somehow.
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  Speaker 2: He did not participate in any type of self-destruction because
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  Speaker 2: his world fell apart. Yet, how many people in this
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  Speaker 2: world do that? I know, man, when I was younger,
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  Speaker 2: oh my God, I did that so many times. So
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  Speaker 2: many times. I would get mad. I would get hurt, wounded, something.
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  Speaker 2: And I would lash the f * * * out.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I would throw a TV across the damn room.
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  Speaker 2: I'd go start a fight with somebody. Punch the wall.
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  Speaker 2: You know, break my knuckles. He's not doing any of that. Like,
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  Speaker 2: the man was an inspiration to me. You know, let's
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  Speaker 2: face it. I'm in prison. I'm around a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: stupid-ass people that do dumb shit.
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  Speaker 5: You know, we just had a guy. He come back
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  Speaker 5: from his church services. His cell he's in the cell
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  Speaker 5: has the cut-up. And what that means, he's got the
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  Speaker 5: window completely blocked out with a blanket because he's in
• 21:30
  Speaker 5: there using the bathroom. Then Sally just walks, sees it,
• 21:37
  Speaker 5: looks for it. I mean, you can't miss it. It's
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  Speaker 5: impossible to miss.
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  Speaker 2: He just opens the door, pushes the damn blanket aside,
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  Speaker 2: and walks in the cell while Sally's in there taking
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  Speaker 2: a shit.
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  Speaker 5: Sally jumped up and punched the dude dead in the
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  Speaker 5: fucking face.
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  Speaker 2: And he's right to do so.
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  Speaker 5: And then the dude, oh, man, that's fucked up, man.
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  Speaker 2: What are you doing, man? And he goes running and
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  Speaker 2: snitches on old boy.
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  Speaker 5: You know, got a kick out of the pod, sorry.
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  Speaker 2: That's dumb shit right there. This stuff happens.
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  Speaker 5: You know, I'm surrounded by this type of stuff.
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: But yeah, because of what Michael went through, but more importantly,
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: how that man responded, that's the true message of this
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: story right here. That's the true message of this episode.
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: It's not about his life falling apart. It's about him
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: standing strong. It's about him not ruining his life more
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: than it already is. People, if y'all don't take anything
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: from me, take this. Bad things gonna happen to you
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: in this life. You can't stop that. You can't get
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: around it. It doesn't matter. The world's richest man. You know,
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: I can't remember if it's freaking Elon Musk or that
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: other dude that, oh, crap, what's his damn name?
• 23:20
  Speaker 3: Anyway, I can't remember.
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: You know, whoever it is, like, guess what? That man's
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: got problems. Guy living a ditch got problems. Guy living
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: comfortably's got problems. Every single human being has a problem.
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: Bad things happen to every last one of us. Yeah,
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: it sucked for.
• 23:57
  Speaker 4: Him.
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he had his share of tears, I'm sure. Definitely
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: has his share of anger. He still does. He's still
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: dealing with it. He's still processing it. You know, he's
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: still working, you know, working to overcome it, working through
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: this stuff. Like, the man is hurting. But he's still working.
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: He ain't giving up. He didn't, you know, declare bankruptcy. No,
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: he's just, he's manning up. He's busting his ass. He's
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: paying off the debt slowly but surely. And yet he's
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: still finding time to help me. Which means he's still
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: finding time to help y'all. This podcast probably would have
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: shut down years ago. If it wasn't for him. He
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: stepped up with everything he had going on in his life.
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: He stepped up. And with everything that he's got going
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: on in his life right now. Man is going hungry, people.
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: Like he's literally going hungry. His credit cards are maxed out.
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: Pretty much every damn dollar he gets. goes to pay
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: off some kind of debt. The man's struggling to eat.
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: The man's struggling. He can't even get a fucking haircut.
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: And he's still finding time to help set up his bot.
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: You know, if I have a little problem with the AI,
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: I'll text him or I'll give him a call and
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: he'll answer. I'm saying, hey, man, dude, bro, I'm sorry, but, like,
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: you know, things kind of acting up a little bit.
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: He goes in, and he looks at it, and he
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: does his little coding thing, and boom, boom, boom, and,
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: you know, he lets me know, so, all right, man,
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: got it fixed. I appreciate that, man. Thank you, bro.
• 26:20
  Speaker 4: Dude has a hard code. But he's got real strength.
• 26:31
  Speaker 4: He has real strength.
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: I know I'm strong. I know I've got some mental
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: strength in me. I don't react like I used to.
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: I respond to situations. As anybody who's a long-time listener
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: of this podcast knows, I've said it I don't know
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: how many times. Boys react to a situation. Men respond
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: to a situation. That Michael was a fucking man, hands down. Because, man,
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: if my wife would have done that to me, I
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: don't know how I would have reacted. But I have
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: a feeling it wouldn't be with the grace and dignity
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: this man has. Nothing is easy. Nothing is easy. And
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: it's never going to be easy. The only thing you
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: can control is how you respond when life whoops your ass.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: Are you going to get up, dust yourself off and say, okay,
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: you know what? I took a loss on that. I
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: got my ass handed to me. It's okay. But you
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: know what? I'm going to get back in the gym.
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: I'm going to get back to training.
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: I'm going to train harder than I ever have before.
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: And the next time life comes around, it might still
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: whoop my ass. But I guarantee you it's going to
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: have to fight to get it. Because it ain't going
• 28:16
  Speaker 2: to be easy. That's what he's doing. That's what he's
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: teaching me and helping me to do. Inspiring me to do.
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: And hopefully for you here in this story, it'll be
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: the same for you. Because there's nothing wrong with getting
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: your ass whooped. There's only something wrong if you're going
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: to lay there like a little bitch and not get
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: back up. So... Don't give up. It's okay to fail.
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: It's okay to... up, people. It is. You know? Don't
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: give up. Don't give in. Don't put a band-aid on
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: a gun shopper. Like, fix it. Look at your situation.
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: Look at your life falling apart and say, okay, what
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: can I do? How can I fix this? Because there's answers.
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: There's solutions. You just got to look past the problems
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: to find them. And that is entirely up to you.
• 29:43
  Speaker 3: Nobody else.
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: Just you. Y'all take care. Y'all stay safe out there.