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How AUTISM Light Sensitivity IMPACTS (YOUR Life!) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  In this video guys, I'm going to talk about autism and light,
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  sensitivity. All that coming up.
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  Hey guys, welcome back to the ask me world.
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  My name is Dan. I have autism ADHD OCD and
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  dyslexia. And I make weekly videos on
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  video. I'm discussing light sensitivity
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  and how it impacts the lives of people on the Spectrum and how
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  it can actually be avoided. Sometimes and little So I know
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  if anything, I want to check in guys, welcome back to another
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  video. Super dope.
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  Very, very excited to have you here.
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  It's the week before Christmas here right now.
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  And so, I'm busy just schedule and doing stuff and watching
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  Star Wars and basically being all Christmassy if you get me.
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  So, with that being said, I wanted to dive into this video.
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  No, follow you back. So guys, why 30 people with an
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  Autism Spectrum condition, usually have a comorbid
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  condition called sensory processing disorder or SPD now
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  SVD isn't a diagnosis that you can get independently of an
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  Autism Spectrum condition. You actually have it, come over
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  glue diagnosed when you're diagnosed with autism, it is
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  apparent that some people, I guess with just have sensory
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  processing disorder and they may not have a diagnosis of autism,
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  but I believe that the two are married together when you have
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  SPD, it's pretty obvious that you're on the In spectrum,
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  because it's a part of that trade of impairment of how the
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  brain communicates to parts of the world and the universe that
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  we see around them. So how does it work?
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  And how does it impact the lives of people.
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  So, lighting is a sensory input that hits your system, your
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  services, like your eyes, and then that goes into your brain
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  and the code that and you can then judge the level of lighting
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  that you are receiving for me though.
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  It's not as normal as a neurotypical person would
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  experience life because Of the way, the brain works on it.
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  Men's when you're developing, and it causes the autism kind of
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  neurological conditioning. It meant a little bit
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  differently and that obviously causes all kinds of disruptions
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  in the way in neurotypical person would see the world.
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  So obviously trying to fit into, that would be quite difficult,
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  which in fact, it is. So for instance, the the tube
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  lighting that you see in like strip lighting in stores, and in
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  kitchens and things like that. They're big long tube license
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  and they actually Flicker at a crazy flickering rate now.
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  On the autism, spectrum are highly sensitive to this and you
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  can see the flicker. So, what you often might see is
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  young people, especially on the Spectrum doing this with our
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  eyes when they're in front of light and this is a stim.
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  But the stimming because they are a cat, like, out of phasing
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  or counter. Phasing the flickering from the
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  light that they're seeing above them.
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  So, this is what this is. Now, this is fascinating, it
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  actually really does work. So, if you're somewhere in the
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  lights, are these Spike strip lights on there, they're
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  impacting you, and you're feeling kind of like It's too
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  much then just try do this in front of the light, and it will
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  actually cross phase it. And it won't be flickering as
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  much. That being said, I actually take
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  sunglasses wherever I go because like, sunglasses are going to be
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  like your Saving Grace. At the end of the day.
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  Everybody else feels put sunglasses on and you're going
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  to be able to reduce the amount of light coming in hitting your
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  eyes. Now, why does this happen?
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  I don't know. It's definitely how the brain is
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  wired for communication. And obviously, this is exactly
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  how autism impacts people's lives, but one of the biggest
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  issues I have is I like to have really good lighting with strong
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  lighting but lighting that I can actually deal with.
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  So my girlfriend likes to turn the lights off and watch TV, and
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  kind of dim lighting, which absolutely just drives me nuts
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  because I need some good lighting.
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  So like the living, we have like two lights and her light stays
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  off. And in my light stays on when
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  watching television, it's really funny.
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  And I just have to have good light because I feel like if I
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  have good light, then I can see clearly and is no interference.
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  And flicking, when lights are dim, it makes things Hazy, and
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  that's not a good thing. Another one is when I'm so I'm a
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  YouTuber as you guys know, and I'm in the studio right now, and
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  I actually used to have these huge big look, kind of, like,
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  like, filming lights. That were just huge like soft
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  boxes as they used to call them. And they'll quite harsh because
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  they bleed light everywhere. And we're quite irritating to
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  me, and I didn't like it. It was always just quite
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  annoying. So a company called new, where
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  it reached out to me and said, hey Dan, would you like to have
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  some new lights and if they're any good, can you?
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  Go to shower and I was like, well yeah, of course.
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  So big shout out to new where, for actually giving me the
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  lighter I'm using in this video. I'll show you guys exactly what
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  they're like. So let's see.
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  This is like a Panel LED light with, like these barn doors,
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  they call them, which is like, very interchangeable, kind of
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  doors and then there's a ring light from the same company.
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  He has given me my like fill light.
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  And then the back here, I've got a back light with the same
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  thing. Now these led panels and really
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  really thin as you can see, they're really, really thin.
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  And it came on these awesome stands and they're very very It.
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  Now, the thing I like about these lights is that you can
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  actually turn them down and change the color.
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  They can be the side, brilliant, LED white, or tungsten yellow.
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  And the light actually can be filtered down to that.
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  It's like, it's either a strong, strong bright light, or a very,
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  very small kind of like week lights up to give you whatever
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  you want. But to me, it's perfect cause I
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  can film and bring the light and it doesn't trigger me.
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  I mean, imagine is I'm doing videos on autism about things,
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  interacting with me and like interrupting my Field of vision
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  and my light would just not the best light.
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  So since I've had these new ones, it's been a lifesaver.
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  It's absolutely just revolutionized, how I see
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  creating videos and making a way more engaging because I'm not
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  like thinking about like, oh, you know, I'm distracted by the
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  light, I'm actually like, boom, I can control this, like, it's
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  great. That was groundbreaking.
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  So new are thank you so much and if you guys actually want
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  because it's annoying when people put mentioned stuffing
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  videos, and I don't think it. You guys actually want these
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  lights. I will leave them in a triple.
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  Also guys, this video isn't sponsored.
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  I just wanted Check them and give them a shout out because I
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  believe they were nice enough to give me these lights to use and
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  yeah they were really good. So if any of you guys making
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  videos or taking pictures and what good light, I will leave
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  these new where lights in the description below because
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  they're awesome. So that was like my my hacks
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  really for dealing with light issues are wearing headphones.
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  You can stem as a lash of lots, Tim out of phase and also just
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  avoid pool lighting because it's just something that is going to
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  be a parent. You're not always going to have
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  good lighting wherever you go which is very annoying.
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  But it's Something that happens. The winter is kind of the worst,
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  especially you're driving because the sun is kind of low
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  in the sky and that lohnes can be very difficult to deal with
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  because it's kind of like, it's a bit full-on and harsh.
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  And so, I found that the sun is very, very distracting and very
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  disturbing in the winter. But that being said, a good pair
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  of sunglasses. I actually use Ray-Bans because
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  I was lucky enough to have somebody.
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  Give me some rebounds. And then I bought some, when I
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  saved up some money for the quite expensive, but you get
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  what you pay for you, pay for good, quality sunglasses are
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  going to fill it out filter out, a lot of light.
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  Good thing. So definitely get yourself.
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  A good person, glasses, try and avoid places that have those
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  tube lighting or if you have a house, a house tube lighting
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  replace it with just LED lights or replace it with like a bulb.
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  You can control the actual brightness of like Philips Hue,
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  do some great bulbs. I mean, my office, my entire
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  house is actually runs on the Amazon Alexa bulbs and stuff
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  like that. So yeah, I think it's something
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  that we can overcome and cope with, but it's also something
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  that we have to deal with it. Sensory processing disorder,
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  Under the probably one of the most impacting part of being on
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  the autism spectrum, along with all the other stuff and just
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  saying it's quite impacting. And because I like, I'm also
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  affected by smells and things like that.
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  So not only can certain light make me feel really
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  uncomfortable. Like if we're I told you, we're
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  in the living room, my girlfriend.
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  Like dampen to light that actually makes me feel quite
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  upset, you know, I don't the another way to explain it.
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  Really feel quite upset. And then, if you think about it,
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  when you're around a bowl, and we're in dim lighting or poor
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  lighting it, Sweet agitated to. I can't focus on what else we're
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  doing because the light is like, it's actually hitting you on the
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  head. Constantly, when you're trying
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  to do something, you can't focus because you've got this thing
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  just irritating. You but at the same thing with
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  certain words, and since smells and like, you know, certain
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  sounds or even certain textures of clothing.
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  That's why most of golden are words and have tags on it, you
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  know, it's that stuff. It's just fascinating to me, and
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  it's so irritating. I mean, if you guys understand
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  what I'm talking about, please leave me a comment down below
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  and back down. I do, you mean the whole
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  irritation thing with like, it's like something hit you in the
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  head. Let me know if you can relate.
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  Late to this, because I'd love to just share that and read your
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  stories and read your comments as be.
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  They'll be awesome and actually, read and respond to every single
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  one. So, please do that.
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  And if you like this video, like to see more like it, please give
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  sharing some love and love is a good thing and also makes me no,
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  oh yeah. These guys want to see more
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  videos on like my personal things like light and stuff like
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  that because it's always a big issue.
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  Like, lighting is a big issue for me, you know, one of the
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  things I like my Staples wherever I go as sunglasses,
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  it's so bizarre. I have like somebody's four
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  pairs of sunglasses, but I have to make Those are two rebounds
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  one driving pair and one just like casual wear and then this
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  is like my casual wear one child, get up, you know.
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  So now these are the so these are the driver ones which are
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  like aviators so you can see like this.
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  They have a nice and kind of Ridge on them and then the other
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  ones are these like it's kind of like a I don't want to call
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  them. I think that the Wayfarer I
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  think that's what they're called but they're kind of just like
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  these sunglasses that you put on and then just so good.
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  Like they just they just full of so much light and they kind of
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  with another just Casual and you can wear these pretty much
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  anywhere. And I like that because that's
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  what you want, you know me, you don't want something that's
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  going to, you know, be rubbish. You want to get a good pair of
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  sunglasses. But that means said, like I
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  said, they're like Essentials pack.
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  So we go anywhere. Well like, go resend glasses, my
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  God. Yeah, dude.
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  So it's like it when I'm packing my bags to go anywhere soon
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  event or a pack my bag to go like to see family or con
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  anyway, when a downtown shopping, whatever, always
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  packing sunglasses. Awesome.
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  And I love it. So guys, that being said, I'm
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