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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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one thing we like to discuss on this podcast is
that Tyler and other black people are not fans of
the teams on their hat. They are just fans of
the hat. One of the greatest cultural divides that the

(00:24):
Internet has done no work at all to bridge.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
And this came up because James Harden postgame press Coppers
was wearing an Angel's hat and was asked by a
reporter Angel's hat because they're in town this week and
the look he gave that.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
Man, I don't know what's going on with any of
that exactly what he said.

Speaker 4 (00:51):
I don't know who's playing who nothing.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
I wasn't watching TV or nothing. I just wake up
and do the same thing every day, practice every day.

Speaker 4 (01:01):
Young Doug told us he didn't have internet.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
We laughed, We laughed, but that motherfucker might have been
spitting the real But yeah, funny thing, you know, Like
you mentioned the timing of it, because last week was
the Anniverse twenty fifth anniversar. As a matter of fact,
God damn we oldest fuck of Iverson's practice ran. You know,
we're talking about practice, man, You're talking about practice. And
I made a tweet that went semi viral, like, you know,

(01:23):
a few thousand retweets, and you know the Fortune Dragonfly,
you know, and and and I know. I pointed out
how he was wearing a Red Sox fitted after the
Celtics eliminated them, and I was like, this is a
great moment and black people not giving a fuck about

(01:46):
what team is on?

Speaker 4 (01:46):
Right?

Speaker 3 (01:47):
Had this man went on that on that on that
iconic practice ran after the Boston Celtics ended his season
wearing a Boston Red Sox fitted. We don't give a
fuck about I don't give a fuck about the oils.
I just love this hat, like the white visor. It's
an all time great hat. Like, bro, we just do
not give a fuck about the teams on our hats.

Speaker 4 (02:06):
Man. I love that.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
He was like, first of all, the fresh like huh,
Like the frustration was evident, and then it was like
he didn't even know, like he does not know that
it's an angel's hat. It was like the guy asked
the questions like I don't even know what the word
of angel happy, like, why are you saying?

Speaker 4 (02:25):
This is my red hat with a on it?

Speaker 1 (02:27):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (02:31):
You know, I got I got red stitch in my shirt.
Do you not see? Motherfucker? But that's something that's something
that happens in the wild.

Speaker 3 (02:39):
Do you funk around and where a team's hat and
a random white guy will come up here and say, oh,
how about Bob Pinski man? Did you see him last night? No?
I did not know who the fuck that is. You're
you're not You're not a Pokinskie stand bro, Big Bobby
p Rock with Bobby p.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
Shar had a like a different version of this, which is,
I think you guys both know that Shar and I
are comic book dorks.

Speaker 3 (03:10):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
And she was wearing a green lantern shirt.

Speaker 4 (03:16):
No, a guy was wearing a green lantern hat.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
It was a white guy too, and they were like,
you know, in some professional setting, they're making small talk.
And she asked him who his favorite green lantern was
and he was like.

Speaker 3 (03:29):
Huh, that's where do you get a green Yeah?

Speaker 1 (03:34):
It was like a black hat with a green lantern
logo on it. She was like, your hat and he
was like, oh, is that what that is? And she
was like, all right, bro, I just like walked.

Speaker 4 (03:43):
Just is it Josh staring a Hal Jordan motherfucker? Which one?

Speaker 3 (03:48):
But yeah, that's crazy wearing a comic book hat and
not knowing the comic book, not knowing the character.

Speaker 1 (03:53):
And we were just laughing. We were like, that would
have been like a dream scenario for so many dudes
at comic con or whatnot of like, oh, women came
up to me and was like, let's make small talk
about green lantern.

Speaker 4 (04:02):
Green lantern. Yeah,