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MINI SCROLL: Zach Bryan diss track revelations, Jason Kelce addresses fan altercation + Gracie Abrams TikTok trend · Mini Scroll

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  Hi everyone. Welcome to Mini Scroll, the
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  daily Internet culture podcast bringing you the biggest stories
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  from social media, the creator economy and the digital space
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  every Monday to Thursday. I'm your host, Lauren Meissner,
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  the founder of the youth digital media brand Centennial World.
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  Welcome back to Mini Scroll everyone.
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  Before I start, I just wanted to say that to my US listeners.
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  I know there are a lot of you. I am so so sorry from the bottom
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  of my heart how the election turned out yesterday.
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  There's nothing else that anyone can say.
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  There's nothing that I can say, and I recognize that.
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  So just know I am coming from such a place of empathy.
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  I'm so sorry how this turned out.
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  I'm thinking of you. I can't imagine how you must
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  feel today, how heavy today must feel.
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  So just know I'm so sorry, but let's just get straight into the
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  stories. As you can imagine, it was slim
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  Pickens today. Everything online is just about
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  the election, but I still found three things to talk to you guys
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  about today. Three things that are trending
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  online. OK, so of course, first we
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  needed to talk about Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards
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  releasing their Zac Bryan diss track and how some people are
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  thinking that it's like low key exposing Brianna chicken fries
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  lies, quote UN quote. So Dave and Josh released The
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  Smallest Man last night and honestly it is really funny and
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  it's kind of a good song. It's like so campy, you know,
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  it's like ridiculous. But because everyone hates Zach
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  Ryan right now, just like as a person, I know people still love
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  his music, but like the general sentiment online is like anti
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  Zach Bryan right now. They hate him more than they
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  hate Dave Portnoy, at least in this existing moment.
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  And so the Internet is loving the song.
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  The main takeaways from this diss track, And unfortunately, I
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  can't play any of it. So basically what happened was
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  it went up on YouTube and Spotify and almost immediately
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  the songs were removed for copyright infringement because
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  they had a clip. They used like the music to the
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  song 28, which I think is a song that Zach wrote about Brianna on
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  his most recent episode, most recent episode, his most recent
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  album. So yeah, they used like a
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  backtrack, like melody. I don't sorry, I'm not a music
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  person. I don't know what that's called
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  the instrumental. And then they sang over it
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  chorus from that song. And yeah, it was flagged for
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  copyright. Although I did just see that the
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  song will be put back up on YouTube and Spotify tonight.
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  I think it was. So I don't know if they've like
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  re recorded or they've purchased the rights to sample it.
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  I'm not really sure but we will see I guess.
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  But anyway, so I I can't play any of it in here for you guys
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  unfortunately. But the main takeaways from this
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  diss track First, Zac Bryan did seemingly have an STD before or
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  around the same time that he started dating Brianna.
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  They also said in the song that Zac tried to split up Brie and
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  Grace's friendship. And I do believe this.
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  I feel like maybe it wasn't like, not intentional, but like
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  Brie got really swept up in her relationship with Zach Bryan.
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  And it put a big, it seems to put a big rift, you know,
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  between her and Grace. So yeah, they sang about that.
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  They also sang about how he was too drunk to play at the Noah
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  Khan concert back in July at Fenway Park.
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  So this was like the big revelation because there were, I
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  think there was a blind item that came out and Noah Khan said
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  on stage like I was supposed to have a special guest, but it
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  didn't work out. And then there was a blind item
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  that came out that was basically like it was supposed to be Zack
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  Ryan, but he got too drunk. He was getting like rowdy and I
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  think he got in a fight with like security or something.
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  And Brianna was at that concert. So then on BFFS later that week,
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  when Dave and Josh asked her about it, she was like, no, Zack
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  wasn't even there. And basically like, you know,
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  defended him and said like, no, that is just like a rumor.
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  But they sang about this in this song.
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  So people are kind of like, oh, Brianna was lying.
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  I don't think. I mean, I guess technically it's
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  a lie, but I wouldn't consider that like a lie.
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  I would consider it her defending her partner in an
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  embarrassing moment. You're not going to put your
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  partner's issues on blast on such a public platform.
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  I think that's completely normal that she if it was a lie, like
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  if if Zach was actually supposed to play that concert and did get
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  too drunk, I think it's normal that she claimed that that was
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  not true and you know, was defending him.
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  I actually think that's fine. And they also kept making jabs
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  at his height, his appearance. They said he has Lego hair and
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  that he looks like boss baby. I don't know.
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  It was like it was actually pretty savage, but it was also
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  really funny. And Brianna interestingly
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  confirmed in an Instagram comment that Zac blocked all of
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  the BFFS podcast crew, including her before its release.
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  So that is the Zac Ryan diss track and watching Dave Portnoy,
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  who I believe is pushing 50, like perform in a diss track
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  music video was kind of everything.
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  So I hope they do get it back up on YouTube so you guys can also
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  see it. All right, the next story that I
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  have for you guys. So Jason Kelsey has now
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  addressed the phone throwing incident in defense of Taylor
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  Swift and his brother Travis Kelsey.
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  I didn't talk about this yesterday or the day before, but
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  basically a few days ago a video started circulating of Jason
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  Kelsey, who was, you know, a football player brother to
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  Travis Kelsey who is boyfriend to Taylor Swift.
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  He was reacting to a fan who insulted his brother's
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  relationship with Taylor Swift. So this fan said to him, how
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  does it feel that your brother is AF slur for dating Taylor
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  Swift? And then Jason grabbed the man's
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  phone and like, slammed it to the ground and said, who's the
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  Efsler now? But using the word right.
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  So this was actually kind of shocking.
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  I think there at first I, there wasn't a lot of people reporting
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  on the fact that he also used that word.
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  People were like, oh, he's defending his brother, He's
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  defending Taylor Swift. He's like, you know, defending
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  the use of that word. No, he he used that word too
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  like fully in a fit of rage in this instance.
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  So on Monday he was commentating on, I don't know, some football
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  game and he addressed it. He said, I'm not happy with
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  anything that took place. I'm not proud of it.
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  In a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate.
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  And I just don't think that's a productive thing.
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  I really don't. I don't think that it leads to
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  discourse and it's the right way to go about things.
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  In that moment, I fell down to a level that I shouldn't have.
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  I think while, you know, he it was perceived as him defending
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  his brother, defending Taylor, defending their relationship.
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  I would argue given his reaction, it felt more like he
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  was defending his manhood than he was defending his brother.
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  I think he was so angry that he was called that word and I think
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  it like triggered something some, you know, some homophobic
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  side in him. And I feel like he felt like his
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  manhood was being questioned and I think that's why he did that.
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  And I think that's why he used that word.
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  And I don't really buy that it was him like just defending his
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  brother. Swifties don't come for me.
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  OK, The last story that I have for you guys, I just wanted to
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  quickly touch on the made it out alive TikTok trend.
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  It's a really wholesome trend to end the week and I feel like
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  it's just the good vibes that we need to lead us into this
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  weekend. I hope you guys can like have a
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  restful offline weekend. And I wanted to end.
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  Obviously there'll be a deep dive tomorrow, but like I wanted
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  to end this week of mini scroll on like a positive note.
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  So this is a wholesome trend. Young women are basically making
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  edits of their triumphs from the year set to the new Gracie
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  Abrams song. That's so true.
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  So some women are using it for milestones like pregnancy or
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  like making it through postpartum or just big difficult
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  things like finishing uni, getting through like a really
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  tumultuous time, making it through a bad breakup, things
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  like that. And it's really sweet.
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  They're like splicing together kind of like the beginnings of
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  the hard time and then throughout the year showing how
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  it ends in like celebration and triumph.
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  And you know, it's just like so wholesome.
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  I watch every single one. I am so captivated by them.
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  And it just shows that there is so much like celebration and
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  happiness to be found, even though it doesn't feel like that
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  all the time. And I feel like this is the
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  positive TikTok trend that we need right now, especially for
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  women. So I don't know, it's just so
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  cute. And I wanted to mention it and I
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  hope some of you guys make one of your own because I feel like
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  also it's almost like a form of journaling, maybe like looking
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  back on your year, which is crazy that we're making like end
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  of year wraps already, but it is almost like the middle of
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  November. But yeah, it's cute to like
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  reflect back. It's kind of, yeah, like I said,
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  it feels kind of like journaling.
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  It's like looking back on some hard times and seeing how you've
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  made it out, made it out alive. And if you are in that hard time
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  right now, I think watching these compilations might make
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  you feel a little bit inspired, might make you feel a little bit
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  better. I don't know, or they might make
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  you feel worse. Honestly, when I was in my like
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  worst darkest time, I just got like hyper fixated on Jersey
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  Shore family vacation. And I watched hours and hours of
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  that show because there are like 100,000 episodes.
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  Like there's way more episodes of family vacation than there
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  are of the regular Jersey Shore like the original.
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  And I got like hyper fixated on it and I swear those crazy drunk
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  like orange guidos guidettes who are now all like pushing 40, but
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  still just like living it up and just it was like such a comfort
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  to me. They got me through.
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  So either you could watch these made it out of live TikTok
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  trends, or you could just watch Jersey Shore family vacation
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  because honestly, I think it will make you feel the same.
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  It will still it will bring you the comfort that you need.
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  OK guys, that is it for me to scroll today.
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  Thank you so much for listening. I hope you guys take care of
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  yourselves this weekend. Be kind to yourself.
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  I love you guys. There will be a deep dive
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  tomorrow and I will talk to you guys on Monday.
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  OK, bye.