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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
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SPEAKER_01 (02:12):
We ain't caring
about your feelings, yeah
Anytime, anyplace, you can feelit here Steven, then you out of
space, so we clear the air Anytopic and it's safe, so just be
prepared Don't assume, keep itstraight, we might keep it fair
Fuck the news, fuck a page, wegon' keep it real If you tune
in, then you sick for real Fucka Bluetooth, we took the red
pill Every image in the videos,talk about it Different views on
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the subject, we must talk aboutit At the end of the day, we
just talking, homie
SPEAKER_02 (02:49):
What a place, sirs.
Guess who's back?
Back again.
Steven's back.
Tell a friend.
Or don't.
I don't give a damn.
Either way, I'm here.
So where the hell was I?
Let's just say I was trying tobuild a media empire and
accidentally walked into alive-action episode of Shark
Tank.
Except the sharks bailed, and Iwas left holding a stocky
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business plan and a pile ofunpaid invoices.
If you were here since day one,you remember the chaos.
One podcast, multiple segments,somehow covering pop culture,
politics, and relationships, andrandom audio dramas.
You all like variety, but here'sthe catch.
The numbers, they were weird.
Turns out, people just wanted tohear their favorite segments
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without playing Where's Waldothrough my audio timestamps.
And I get it.
I'm the same way if I clicked ona video titled Man Fights Shark
with a Frying Pan and it takes30 minutes to get to the fucking
shark.
I'm out.
Clickbait fatigue is real, myfriends, just like black fatigue
and the alphabet communityfatigue.
We're all exhausted from theentitlement and harassment
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because some folks never learnhow to act in public spaces,
probably because their parentsnever taught them basic fucking
manners.
So I had this brilliant idea,split up the show, create
different podcasts, build anempire, have partners, get two
editors.
But then my partner said, wait,This takes actual work?
And bounce faster than your exafter you suggested couples
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therapy.
I was left with a bunch of showsto edit on my own, zero free
time, no life, and a growinghatred of every email and
Discord notification.
I was drowning in podcastepisodes while people were
binging shows, watching thelatest movies, and talking the
latest games that I wanted toexperience too but couldn't
because I didn't have time to.
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Every time I cleared my inboxand task lists, It magically
gave birth to six more podcastepisodes to edit, like some
cursed exorcism where eachdeleted file summoned another
demon-possessed audio track.
Eventually, I shut down half ofthem to breathe, but guess what?
Still drowning, still no help,still no money, just me, my
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stress, and a whole lot oflicensing and subscriptions to
pay for, I was in the red for along time.
So I prayed for clarity, forpeace, for an intern who
actually knows what a deadlineis, or a host that can stay
within the time limit.
And what did I get?
The divine message.
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Let it go.
Burn it down.
Start over.
Slower.
Smarter.
Time to get paid.
So I did it.
I hit the red button.
I stopped feeling guilty.
I ripped the band-aid off withthe grace of a blue-haired,
non-binary crystal collectorpurging their energy vampires
during a full moon.
And I instantly felt lighter.
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I had time for my kids again.
Time to write books.
Time to format screenplays formoney again.
To do paid work that didn'trequire arguing with people on
whether their podcast introshould have bongos or a stock
explosion.
And then I realized something.
It would cost me nothing,absolutely nothing to bring back
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out of place.
So I did it for me, for you, forthe absolute insanity that needs
to be addressed.
Am I going to miss some of thosehosts that I got to work with?
Absolutely.
In fact, the link to all thepodcasts that I produced over
the past couple of years will bein the description.
Shout out to Frank Driscoll fromDriscoll's Election dissection.
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That man could dissect anelection like a Thanksgiving
turkey.
And Sam and Griffin from myparents' basement.
They always manage to make melaugh.
Especially those incrediblywritten intros they do.
They are one of the few liberalsI approve.
Why?
Because they showed me respect.
They're the fucking best.
I hope I get to work with themagain in the future.
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Maybe have them as a guest orsomething.
Who knows?
But for now, I gotta rebuildthis thing with a business plan
that doesn't look like a groupproject one kid did the night
before it was due.
And yes, I sound better, don'tI?
Why?
Because I've leveled the hellup.
I went from a crappy blue YetiUSB mic in a minivan under a
blanket true story to a budgetedshotgun mic recording on the
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zoom h4 to now recording in mycloset turned studio with
absorbers all around with theroadcaster pro 2 and electro
voice re20 mic that's right babyi went full audio nerd on your
fucking asses so what made mecome back Simple.
The world pissed me off too muchto not to.
Like real talk.
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If one more idiot tells me toswitch to it's expensive because
of Trump's terrorists, I willthrow a Joy-Con at your fucking
skull.
No, dipshit.
It's not Trump's fault that itwill cost$500 to run tiers of
the fucking kingdom.
Maybe try learning economicsinstead of parroting your
cousin's Facebook post from2020.
This is corporate greed.
They just found an excuse sothey don't have to look bad.
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But you fuckers will still payfor it.
Oh, look.
It's sold out.
You stupid bitches.
I guess you just wanted to bitchand complain because it's just a
trending thing to do so.
And don't even get me started onthe convo I had not that long
ago where a dude, who I thoughtwas my friend, started
sympathizing with petals.
Petals! Parenting Oprah's creepytalking points like she wasn't
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basically the spiritual auntieof Epstein Island.
I was speechless.
My wife had to hear all myrants.
And now, so will you again.
It's time to give her a break.
Look, I'm tired of the farright.
I'm tired of the far left.
I'm tired of the cultyconservative Karens and the
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emotional fragile lefty socialwarriors.
Those of you who know mepersonally know that I'm in the
middle, probably in the middleof Walmart at this time,
watching everyone scream with nofucking clue what they're even
arguing about.
Take Elon Musk, for example.
Back when I lived in California,everyone loved Elon.
I thought he was a fuckingidiot.
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But these lefties were throwingthemselves at Teslas like they
were a golden retriever chasinga tennis ball.
You got preferred parking foronly one at the zoo, at the
mall.
It was like a cult.
I'm telling you, I saw Teslacars.
owners getting closer parkingthan the fucking handicap.
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I couldn't believe it when Ifirst saw it.
These damn fucking Teslas wereeverywhere to the point that
even my sons started lovingthese cars.
They kept wanting me to takethem to that Tesla dealership
showroom or whatever the fuckyou call it in that fashion mall
in Newport Beach since we wereabout 10 minutes away.
But then all of a sudden, guesswhat happens?
Elon bought Twitter and thenboom, he's The White House is a
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Tesla dealership.
Shut the fuck up.
I can't take this whiplashanymore.
That's the kind of mindless,robotic, cult thinking that
kills critical thought.
Anyways, welcome back to Out ofPlace.
What's the show going to be?
My ignorant take on politics, ofcourse.
Pop culture, where I reviewmovies and talk games.
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Parenting, marriage, respect,ridicule, real talk.
And maybe some unhinged advicefor those of you still attending
every argument you weren'tinvited to.
Now, before I wrap this up, afew of you had messaged me for
the past couple of years, I wasgone, saying, Stephen, what do
you think about insert trendingtopic bullshit here?
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First of all, thank you forassuming that I still gave a
damn.
You're right, I do.
But only enough for somedrive-by opinions.
So instead of a four-hour JoeRogan-style podcast going
through every fucking topic thatI missed, I present you a
limerick.
Why a limerick?
Well, we just covered this typeof poem for my son's language
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arts class and thought it wouldbe funny.
If you're unfamiliar, a limerickis a short, funny poem with a
bouncy rhythm, usually writtenby someone who ran out of
patience but still wanted tothrow shade creatively.
Here's an example, one I justwrote starring your favorite
orange-tinged cryptid.
There once was a mogul namedTrump whose polls took a
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questionable slump.
He cozied with war, gave Doge aroar.
Now Elon's just funding thejump.
Oh, did I just offend you, Trumplover?
Thought me bashing liberalsmeant you were safe?
Well...
I was all for that doze shituntil I realized that the
Pentagon was never going to getaudited and that the funding now
was going to go to themilitary-industrial complex.
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Since Elon is a defensecontractor as well, he was
pretty much paying his fuckingself.
And now he's out of the WhiteHouse.
I guess we'll have to wait tosee what happens.
So how did I pick the topics forthe limerick?
Real high-tech research, people.
No, I went on Google's AI searchengine, typed in top trending
topics for the past coupleyears, and bam, I got 50 things
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that popped up faster thanHunter Biden at a laptop repair
shop.
I picked quite a few of them.
Sorry if I missed somethingsuper important to your
identity.
Complaint to someone who cares.
And fuck putting these things inchronological order.
I don't have time for that, butanyways, here we go.
The woke crowd once danced witha glow.
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Like disco, it dazzled the show.
Now it's passe, like MySpace inMay.
Legacy news, just ratings of no.
Trump won because jobs were thecall.
Not men in sports, bras kickingthe ball.
Abortions can wait, rents pastthe due date, and common sense
fell in the hall.
A feminist screamed with a plan.
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No kids, no man, no minivan.
But years down the line, withten cats and wine, she's asking
where all the good men ran.
We don't care about Diddy'sweird lotion.
Just charge him withWeinstein-like motion.
Alcatraz should say yes toKanye's hot mess and his blow-up
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doll full of devotion.
Katy Perry said, I'm a spacegirl.
after orbiting out of the world.
She caught one little fight andher mom got scared.
Now she thinks she's the freshprince of ballet.
Biden looked ill on stage, butJill's got that weekend at
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Bernie's rage.
Wheel him around, she said withthe frown.
Let's milk one more term fromold age.
Liberals loved their Teslasbefore.
Those Nazis scratched swastikason doors.
You say you're for peace, thentorched it with grease.
Self-hate has its own kind ofwars.
The rainbow waves prouden thebreeze, but biology still holds
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the keys.
To keep pride alive, it'sstraights who must strive.
Stop yelling at the factory,please.
They raged at white folks fromSouth Africa.
While waving brown migrantsthrough TSA.
Selective offense with no commonsense.
Guess borders are fluid per day.
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Our food has 90 chemicals perdish.
More than polyjuice potion inthe witch's fish.
With a side of shoe glue andsome plastic too.
Now you'll qualify for making awish.
Boeing keeps accidentally flyingwrong.
Don't ask questions or you won'tlive too long.
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Shoot yourself twice in the backif you're wise and leave a note
that says just a sad song.
Jojo Siwa came with a smirk anda strut, but folks said that's
an act like a cut of Miley's oldhair, the voice and the hair,
new clone, same wrecking ballrut.
Terrorists did great.
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Deals were had.
But you missed it all whilecalling Rachel Zegler bad.
You were too busy to care,shaming her with flair, while
China just took what we had.
But Rachel Zegler said, snowwith a bite.
Now Pascal's the next Disneyknight.
She tanked her own throne.
Now he's in the zone.
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The fairest with Star Warsdelight.
DEI claimed to lift up theblack, but hired white girls who
couldn't even twerk back.
Can't make it on OnlyFans, sothey had new plans and got
corporate jobs.
Oh, the crack.
The Dems had a plan, bold andnew.
Let's get men, they said with noclue.
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So they hired a troll, no charmor control.
Now guys run like it's Dune Part2.
And there you have it.
If you're still here, congrats.
You just survived the mostshittiest and controversial poem
ever written.
If you're a conservative, you'reprobably clutching your Bible
and flag right now wondering howI dared question your orange
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savior.
And if you're a liberal, you'rehalfway through drafting a
14-paragraph Instagram storyexplaining why this episode gave
you emotional hemorrhoids.
You're welcome.
Next episode, we are going to gofull chaotic neutral as I break
down my thoughts and wish listsfor GTA 6.
Because nothing screams personalgrowth like running over
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pedestrians and robbing liquorstores for fun.
And trust me, I've got opinions.
Until then, do the very thingevery podcast demands of you
like a desperate ex.
Subscribe, rate it five stars,share it with your cult, I mean
friends.
And if you hated this episode,good.
That means I'm doing my job.
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This is out of place, where thetakes are hot, the filter is
gone, and the hosts just mightbe your new emotional support
podcast.
See you next time, or not,either way, I'll be here.
I love you.
I appreciate you.
And always remember to smile.
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Bye.