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Chapter 1: How did Rusty get called out for stealing Will's underwear?
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He probably won't mind if I just don't respond for four days.
Okay, like the most recent example is that you sent me a song this morning, right? So like I woke up, I'm doing my morning routine, like I'm not, I don't have the chance to listen to the song.
So I'm like, I'm not going to, what do you want me to say? Like, I'm going to listen to this later? When someone sends me a song and I don't have time to listen to it, I go, excited to listen later. Can't wait. I don't know. Because I trust you. Trust your judgment. I just don't. I don't listen to songs, or sorry, I don't respond to texts very well.
For a second there, your argument was going to be, I don't listen to music.
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Chapter 2: What funny moments happened during Hot Yoga?
I listen to songs.
And you pivoted. I listen to a lot of songs. No, I don't know. I'm bad about responding to texts.
You could ask anyone in my life. I don't know what to say. It's certainly not an issue with not being on my phone enough, because I'm always on my phone.
Right, that's what's frustrating. Ich weiß nicht. Heute, nachdem ich dich getext habe, sind Will und ich im Büro. Und ich bin reingewachsen und du hattest mehrere Bildschirme. Zwei von denen hatten Botschaften. Your laptop and your phone both had messages. I did go through my messages today and I cleared through all my texts that I hadn't responded to from yesterday.
So that was a big... Alright, so we're making... That was a win. I just... I think I'm like on like a couple days delay for a lot of things. Yeah. I don't know. I... You would love my friend Garrett. Does he do that too? Dude, I will... And the problem is our main form of communication is Snapchat.
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Chapter 3: How do the boys handle texting etiquette?
Yeah.
So he'll send something like awesome. He's always doing something cool. And then I will... respond to it to keep the conversation going. And then two weeks later, he'll Snapchat me back and be like, haha, I know, right? And be like, I don't remember what you were doing back then.
Yeah, I don't know. I think it's like a, I don't know, like an ADHD thing, but I'm not even diagnosed. I'm just self-diagnosing there. Right. I don't, it's like, I see them. If it's something that's like urgent, if it's like, do you want to do this tonight?
Then I'll definitely be more inclined to like respond immediately. Nein. Und was so frustrierend ist, ich versuche zu erinnern, was du am Freitag gemacht hast. Ich habe dich über etwas angerufen und du hasst auch Telefonanrufe, weil du zu einem Text antworten wirst, wenn jemand dich anruft. Also wenn ich dich anrufe.
Was meinst du, dass ich Telefonanrufe hasse?
Ich werde dich anrufen, du wirst dich nicht anrufen und dann textest du mich zwei Sekunden später wie, was ist los, Bruder? Und ich denke, wir können uns handeln. Ich habe meinen Ring an, also ich denke, ich verliere viel. Wenn ich sehe, dass jemand mich anruft, dann texte ich sie.
Oh, das ist urgent.
I like to handle 90% of my exchanges over the phone and it feels like you don't. No. And we turn up what could be a 15-second phone call into like 30 minutes of back and forth. Phone calls can be stressful. Okay, so you, so here's, this is, Will's argument is I'm like, I'm looking at his phone and he has 1,100 unread texts. I respond to every single one of yours and I have 1,300 unread texts.
Oh, okay. But I make time for like you. I feel like I make time for you. You don't. I'm one of those 1100. You are separate from the 1300.
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Chapter 4: What are the highlights from their bowling night?
Oh my god, there's probably... No, I read them. That's the weird thing. I read them, but I don't respond. How often do you get it back down to like a reasonable number? Never. Oh, it just stays there? Yeah. That's terrible.
I can't have any bad... I get mine down.
I try and get mine down to like a reasonable number. You have 1,300. What's a reasonable number? Couple hundred. You're gonna get that all the way down? I do, and then it goes back up. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. I gotta be better. I gotta be better, I guess.
I guess what I think both of us need to realize is the percentage chance that there's something like pressing in those like 1300, 1100.
I see everything coming in.
I do see everything coming in. I just like I'll get notification, see a text. I'm like, I'm not gonna respond to that right now. And then I forget about it later.
Aber wenn es urgent ist, sehe ich es. Wenn du das zu mir machst, fühlt es sich an, als ob ich dir diesen sehr schönen Origami gemacht habe. Und du schaust ihn an, und du schlägst ihn hoch, und du schlägst ihn in den Trash.
Well, no, think about it this way. I was just like, oh, I don't want to look at that origami right now. I'm going to check that out later.
Right.
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Chapter 5: What are the boys' thoughts on the 2026 Golden Globe predictions?
Chapter 6: How did they draft Weird Al songs that don't exist?
Really gotta have you be active in the group chat. And I woke up at 10 o'clock and I was like, I've already gotten chirped for not being... Well, the problem is... Him and I both wake up at like 7 in the morning. So like... I think to... That's not reasonable at all. I'm in complete agreement with you. I'm saying I set you up for failure by responding that early. Yeah, I guess you're right.
Because then it's like, oh, one of them's awake. And I think a lot of people see us as one unit. It was Christmas break, though. We didn't even have fucking work that day. Sorry, holiday break. Sorry, Lauren. It's okay. Did you know a guy just invented, like in the 90s, invented Kwanzaa? He's still alive. You can look it up. That's pretty cool. I thought it predated Christmas. Nein, was?
1966.
Ja, ja. Ich habe gesagt, die 90er.
Das macht viel mehr Sinn. Es macht mehr Sinn. 1966 war ein schwieriges Jahr für diese Leute. Er sieht krass aus.
Ist das, was ich okay mit habe?
Ich denke so, aber ich denke nur, dass sie in der Mitte waren. Oh, ja. Es gab keine Lichter am Ende des Titels. Ich denke, du bist später gestorben. Hast du gegoogelt, wann Martin Luther King gestorben ist? Ich denke, das war 1971. Als er gestorben ist?
Nein.
1968.
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Chapter 7: What are the key takeaways from Dry January?
Chapter 8: What makes a mechanic 'cool'?
I think that we live in a society where we are expected to be constantly on demand. And I don't think that's healthy. You know? I will come to things in time. It's no disrespect to anyone in my life.
But if you can't deal with it, then I'm sorry. I had a similar thought the other day. When our dads and grandparents left work or left anywhere, there was no expectation that you could get a hold of them until the next day. I feel like I can't put my phone on do not disturb until I'm going to bed in the next 30 seconds.
I mean, we got a new boss and he's a bit of a stickler.
The clenches are coming on us, which I think is going to be good. It's great for us because we do not work well with leeway. Yeah, agreed. But yeah, what was it?
Two weeks ago, it was still on break. It was like New Year's Day or the day after. Yeah. And I... He texted something in the group chat at 8.30am. I hadn't responded. And then I got a separate text individually at 9.30am. Hey man, need you active in the group chat.
Really gotta have you be active in the group chat. And I woke up at 10 o'clock and I was like, I've already gotten chirped for not being... Well, the problem is... Him and I both wake up at like 7 in the morning. So like... I think to... That's not reasonable at all. I'm in complete agreement with you. I'm saying I set you up for failure by responding that early. Yeah, I guess you're right.
Because then it's like, oh, one of them's awake. And I think a lot of people see us as one unit. It was Christmas break, though. We didn't even have fucking work that day. Sorry, holiday break. Sorry, Lauren. It's okay. Did you know a guy just invented, like in the 90s, invented Kwanzaa? He's still alive. You can look it up. That's pretty cool. I thought it predated Christmas. Nein, was?
1966.
Ja, ja. Ich habe gesagt, die 90er.
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