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Fuck You: Old People- Grow Up & Take The Keys · Let's Get Naked

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  SPEAKER_00: Hey everyone, I'm Ann, and this is another mini episode of Let's Get Naked.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we're going to be talking about uh old folks.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know how to say that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Old folks, elderly people.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm trying to not be offensive.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um I'm referring to like octogenarians, septigenarians.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: I love the look on Casey's face.
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  SPEAKER_00: She has no idea.
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  SPEAKER_00: You never heard that word?
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  SPEAKER_00: Octogenarian is someone in their 80s.
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  SPEAKER_00: Look at the school bus.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, that makes sense.
• 0:23
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, exactly.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like that's just refers to that whole decade.
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  SPEAKER_00: So this has come up a lot in our family because as we have people that are aging, uncles, aunties, parents, that kind of thing, um, everyone I find seems to be afraid to talk with their parents or the elderly people when it's time to hang the keys up.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: And I understand that that is a difficult conversation to have.
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  SPEAKER_00: And also I will maintain that uh it's an important conversation to have.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because if you say, I can't do that because they're gonna be mad or whatever, then the other option, because it's just either or, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: We're putting these things in our hands, are you willing to take a have the uncomfortable, uncomfortable conversation?
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  SPEAKER_00: Or is your is what you're going to do is say, I don't have the sack to have an uncomfortable conversation.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so I'm going to let people that clearly I know should not be out there driving a weapon, because that's what a vehicle is, and you allow them to continue doing that because you don't have the fucking balls to have a conversation with them to say, you know what, dad, you know what, mom, I think it's time to hang the keys up, right?
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_00: And so it's like that whole thing makes me want to bring this out as one of the minis to bring that up so people can get curious about it, or send this to someone that you know needs that kind of a reminder so that they understand the flip side of what that decision is.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you decide, I'm not going to have that conversation with my parents because dad's gonna be mad or mom's not gonna, whatever, you're the one in position number two in that situation, right?
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_00: We talk about position number two a lot on this show.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're in position number two because you're the one that has a front seat to be able to see how bad of a driver they are, that they're dangerous, that it's scary.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you wouldn't get in the car with your parents because it's scary as fuck, but will allow them to continue to drive, you're putting everyone at risk.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're putting your kids, your kids' friends, yourself, your friends, other people out on the road, it's so incredibly irresponsible.
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• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: So it's like if you don't know how to have that conversation, bring someone else in to help you.
• 2:56
  SPEAKER_00: If you don't know how to start that conversation, Google tips on how to have a conversation with my aging parent about that they're not able to drive anymore.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because talking with people where they're like, I don't want to do that because he'd be mad.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you'd rather get a phone call that your parent killed a child that they hit in a crosswalk or something, because that shit happens every single day, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: You would rather live with that blood on your hands than have an uncomfortable conversation.
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  SPEAKER_00: It just screams of like low EQ.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I get it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not judging, I fucking get it.
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  SPEAKER_00: We all have these things that are hangups, but put it in the either or and take the emotion out of it.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have a terrible person that is a liability to us collectively out on the road that's driving a weapon around, right?
• 3:37
  SPEAKER_00: And what we do is we buy them like bigger, bigger cars, Cadillacs or something.
• 3:41
  SPEAKER_00: It's like, oh, give them a bigger weapon so that they can really round the corners off, you know?
• 3:44
  SPEAKER_00: And it's like, that's not the right answer, you guys.
• 3:47
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Have the conversations with your with your older people.
• 3:50
  SPEAKER_00: And if you're an older person, I realize that it's like feels like having your rights taken away or your privileges taken away.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_00: And I get that.
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  SPEAKER_00: But would you want to risk killing somebody because you're not with it enough to understand, to be paying attention to everything or whatever it is that looks like?
• 4:06
  SPEAKER_00: So, you know, being a a good child, a good son or daughter, get with your siblings if you have siblings and say, hey, we need to have this conversation.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's going to be gross and ugly, but it's important that we do that for the safety of everyone that's out on the road.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, I think it's really important to do that.
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  SPEAKER_00: So yeah, this this week's uh this week's fuck you goes to, and I feel bad even saying it, right?
• 4:29
  SPEAKER_00: Like these, this is what this mini series is entitled is like fuck you.
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  SPEAKER_00: I feel bad saying it because I understand this is a really tough one, but if you're not willing to have the conversation with your folks and take their keys away, fuck you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it's not cool to everybody else that's out on the roads.
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  SPEAKER_00: No.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's all we're gonna say about that.