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10 Jobs for Autistic People · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  You have arrived. Welcome to the Aspy world.
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  Here's where we talk about anything and everything ASD in
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  an upbeat and informative way. And now here's your man on the
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  spectrum, your autism ambassador, Daniel Morgan Jones.
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  In this video, we're sharing 10 possible jobs that are perfect
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  for autistic people. All that plus more.
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  It's coming up. Hey guys, welcome back to the
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  Aspy world. My name is Dan.
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  I have autism, ADHDOCD and dyslexia and I make weekly
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  videos all about this kind of stuff.
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  So if you're new around here and you want to learn more, remember
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  to hit that subscribe button by clicking the notification bell
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  down below. So autistic people,
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  unemployment, that's a huge issue with this.
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  And back in 2020, I actually briefed the European Parliament
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  in France on this deficit of autistic individuals who are
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  outside of work. Now there are many reasons for
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  this and you know, I could spend an entire video going through
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  this. I actually have an entire course
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  set up to help people improve every year of their life,
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  including this for autism, and you can find the link for that
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  down below if you're really interested.
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  It's called the autism cast of confidence in 90 days blueprint,
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  but that's not what I'm here to talk about.
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  Even though there is more than 80% autistic people who do not
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  have employment, I do think that there are many jobs that would
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  perfectly fit the autistic brain type and I'm here to tell you to
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  top ten in them. So the first one is IT jobs.
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  So I've worked with a company before who are dedicated to
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  hiring autistic IT consultants in certain areas.
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  Now this also goes a long way because there are many people
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  like Microsoft, Facebook, and Google who hire literally just
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  autistic individuals because of their skill set that they bring
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  to the table. Now autistic people like myself
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  who are looking for jobs, I always started out in IT like it
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  was like the thing that I went to.
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  It's like my kind of default because I've always been
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  interested in IT and IT is an information technology, not just
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  computers. It could be iPads, it could be
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  phones, anything to do with information based.
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  That was kind of like my jam. So I do understand that these
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  jobs are typically relatively well aligned for autistic
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  individuals. And let me know down in the
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  comments if you agree with what I'm saying.
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  And if not, I'd love to know your input too.
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  I read every single comment. OK, so #2 is a really
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  interesting one. Now I think this is probably the
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  best fit ever. This one is software testing.
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  Now I've done a lot of software testing in my life.
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  One of my side hustles was software testing when I was in
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  university and when I was trying to kind of like set up an
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  employment for myself. But then also that is the aspect
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  that people like Microsoft and Google and Twitter and and
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  SpaceX, they hire people on the autism spectrum specifically to
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  software test. And the reason why is because
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  autistic individuals have a really good keen eye for
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  attention to detail. And that means that if there's a
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  bug within that system, you're going to pick it up.
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  And that's so valuable to a company.
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  I actually watched Employable Me, which is ATV show over here
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  in the UK, and I think it was on either Channel 4 or the BBC.
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  And they were interviewing people who were trying out
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  different jobs who were on the spectrum, right?
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  Or if they were maybe had Tourette's or some other kind of
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  neurodevelopmental condition. And one of the guys actually got
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  hired by a software testing company and they said he was the
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  bestest software tested you'd ever had.
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  OK, so #3 is data analysis, again, quite a techie job, but I
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  feel that because of the attention to detail, autistic
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  individuals really have a knack for looking at certain data.
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  Now, I love data. I love system new data, I love
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  analyzing data. That's what I do as part of my
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  job here, you know, being a YouTube and stuff.
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  You have to figure out the data, you have to learn the data.
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  And that to me is, is golden. It's like a golden rule, like I
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  really want to learn the data. So that is a pretty cool job and
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  I just love data. Hey, give this video a thumbs up
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  if you're into data analysis or if you're into that kind of
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  stuff or just checking out data in general.
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  I even track my sleep. I'm a bit crazy.
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  OK, so #4 is what I did. I became self-employed.
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  Now, being self-employed, you could do a whole host of things,
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  whatever, you know, well, you know, maybe you were a teacher,
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  you could do zoom lessons and you know, distance learning,
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  private tutoring. You know, there's, there's many
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  different jobs you can do self-employed, but self-employed
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  seems to be the role that most autistic individuals take.
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  And me being a self-employed person, I couldn't recommend it
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  more. I think it's given me the
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  freedom I needed in my life and also the calm stability and
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  focus that I need to create a living, but also, you know,
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  contribute to our society in a very positive way.
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  OK, so #5 it's kind of like it's similar to self-employed, but
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  this one is a special interest based job.
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  Now there is a show called Love on the Spectrum on Netflix and
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  it started in Australia and there was a guy in there called
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  Ronan, really nice guy. He was obsessed with cars, like
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  racing cars, Formula One, all kinds of, you know, special
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  performance vehicles. And he was so obsessed with them
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  that he asked them a job at the track.
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  Now that's a perfect example of getting a special interest and
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  then applying a career to that. Now, you can have special
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  interest in anything. Nothing is off the kind of
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  record here. Like you could literally be into
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  frogs and you can be like a frog specialist in a zoo somewhere.
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  Think about this. If you've got a special interest
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  and an act for something, go work in that field, no matter
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  how obscure you think it is. And if you think nobody's
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  interested in, like if you collect bottle caps, start a
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  YouTube channel, talk about bottle caps, you'll be amazing.
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  All people who have the same interests as you and you can
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  make a career from it. Number six is being a teacher or
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  an educator. Many assisted individuals
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  because of the wealth of knowledge that we can retain and
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  understand and we can put that forward in a way that other
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  people can find quite easy and understandable.
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  We can become a really good teachers or educators.
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  This is a really good job. Sometimes it's not always easy,
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  especially especially if you're in a high school environment or
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  a, you know, preschool or kindy environment because those are a
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  little bit more challenging behaviours.
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  But you could be a college lecturer or something like that.
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  And there's always career pathways that are available with
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  funding for educators. Oh, this one's really good
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  number. Salmon is an assistant in a
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  library or a librarian. This is a great job for artistic
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  people because you get to hang out in a non invasive
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  environment. It's quiet, it's controlled,
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  everything is on order, everything is like labeled and
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  stacked and numbered. This is a really good job for an
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  autistic person. And now if you ever thought
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  about what can I do? And I don't like noise.
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  I don't like a lot of people. Libraries are great and
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  libraries are a fantastic way to, you know, spend your time
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  because you can digest books as well and you're surrounded by
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  knowledge. I mean, I can't think of a more
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  perfect job for an autistic person.
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  OK, so #8 is something that I do also, which is social media
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  manager. You could learn how social media
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  works and if you're really interested in like TikTok and
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  then LinkedIn and Twitter and stuff like that and you already
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  know about how social media works, you could offer your
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  services to run social media for other companies.
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  Now this is when I first did when I first everyone
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  self-employed. It was great.
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  I loved every second of it, and I wish sometimes I could go back
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  to those days, but I think that this is a great job and I would
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  love to do more. So if you're interested in me
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  running social media, no joke, e-mail me the Aspy
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  world@gmail.com. I want to get back into it.
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  Okay, so #9 is a researcher. Now, researchers come in all
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  fields across the board, but mainly in science and history
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  and things like that. That means that you'll be
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  working under a PhD person. You could also apply for
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  qualifications if you are participating in research.
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  And the cool thing is you may be on published papers with another
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  research. That's kind of cool.
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  But research jobs are awesome because you can use your hyper
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  focused skill to really delve deep into that thing that you
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  need to really research. And your contribution to society
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  is going to be Max 10 level awesome.
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  OK, so #10 is a no brainer. This one is an animal care
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  assistant or an animal care person.
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  You could be a dog groomer, a dog Walker, you could run
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  kennels like autistic people and animals get hung so well because
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  we understand each other, right? We understand the that loud
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  noises, we understand food textures.
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  We understand always been hungry, always been hyperactive
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  animals and autistic people always goes together very, very
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  well. And I think that's a really good
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  example. Now, if you have any other
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  examples of jobs that you think are perfect for assisting
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  people, drop in a comment down below.
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  Give this video a thumbs up. If you enjoyed it, share it on
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  social media if you think it would help somebody else.
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  And also check out this next video I've got lined up for you
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  just here because I think you're really going to like it.
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  See you in the next one, guys. Peace.
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  OK guys, See you in the next one.
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  Peace.