Kimberly

He told me first he lived in Pennsylvania, then in New York State.

but his area code on his cell phone is in ohio so yeah with that you can you can get that from anything we just talked about vpns yeah and you know and also you got google voice you can pick a phone number how much totally have you given him oh i'd say maybe 1500 tops okay and then is he asking for more money now yes and how much um he wants 300 this time for what purpose

I don't know.

I've never asked him.

I'm bought into it.

So he wants, he wants three.

Have you ever videoed him?

uh no but he sent me he's actually in jail now for what i don't know in yemen he's in jail in yemen he's a military guy in jail oh come on kimberly what's he gonna do with 300 bucks in yemen jail buy a yemen shank from someone maybe he maybe he needs a new shirt or something i don't know i don't know either

Yeah, it's got to be.

Just chatting with him.

That's it.

Okay, all right.

Oh, that's a good idea, yeah.

Hey Smarties, it's Kimberly.

Make Me Smart is on a little holiday break, so today we're sharing a special bonus episode on one of my favorite topics, anime.

Animation in general had a year in 2025.

K-pop Demon Hunters became Netflix's most-watched movie ever, and the anime Demon Slayer Infinity Castle became the top-grossing international film ever at the North American box office.

When Demon Slayer came out in theaters back in September, I spoke with Mitchell Berger, Executive Vice President of Global Commerce at Crunchyroll about it.

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