Roast My City

Is the BFF thing annoying?, someone wants us to roast the city of Richfield, do you keep the job that is more presitigous or the one that will give you a better work/life balance, and more!

Episode Transcript

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So a little behind the scenes,we are recording the Minnesota Goodbye, but
we're short on time because Drake wasplaying a game with us that was a
giant fail and he blesses little pPick and Heart. He tried for probably
ten minutes to make this game workand so it did not work. So
now what is the circumstance. We'regoing to read the Minnesota goodbuye emails without

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prereading them. So let's see whathappens here we go morning. David Jenny
is a P one listener for manyyears. I have to say that the
BF bit is annoying and love tohave it stop. I have to believe
I'm not the only one with thisopinion. It makes me think I'm talking
to my young girl cousins who I'mcannot stand to listen to half the time.
What happened that I just get old? Oof dah hah. Please take

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this lightly, but also for real, love you all cheers because people write
and say, hey, it's BFCarol, or it's BF Mike or BF
Brianne or whatever, and we thatwas back when we were trying to kem
up with an name for listeners.Yea, I always like loons but loons.
Nobody ever liked it but me.So BFF or bestie was kind of

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what listeners want to call themselves.And we don't actually use that unless someone
writes it in their email themselves ormaybe they sign their text message with it,
but we don't use it. Weruled it out. We said,
no, it doesn't work Dart liquors. What about Dart liquors. I like
that. I think it might bea little inappropriate for the younger demographic,
right, Okay, scratch that idea, Yeah, okay, next one.

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Oh damn, I'm so frustrated withthis cough, but I don't know what's
causing it. So I brought insome cough drops, so I've got that
all right. Here would go Daveand Jenny and Drake if he's not busy
listening to the Oli and Lena jokes, which I agree we're terrible. I
would tell this in the Marine Corpswhen the others wanted to know about Minnesota.
So I'm gonna read this joke andI have not read it before.

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Okay, here we go, audience. Finn were laid off from their jobs
and needed to go to the unemploymentoffice to get their monthly checks. They
both talked to the same agent,we're giving a check and sent on their
way. It's Ole and s Fenn. So in the car, Oli looked
over to see how much money Spenhad on his check and noticed it was
much more than his. Well.Oly stormed into the unemployment office and demanded

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to talk to the lady who wroteout their checks and why Spenn was so
much more than his She explained thatSpenn put down that he is a diesel
fitter, which is highly technical comparedto his job of sewing the elastic band
into women's underwear. With this,only looked over at the woman and said,
yeah, I do sow the elasticband into women's underwear. And he

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says, yup, diesel fitter,and this is you know what, Jenny.
That's kind of a polite response.It's not funny, but it's also
a perfect Olyan lean A joke becausemost of the time they're not very funny,
but they're appropriate for all ages.Yeah, thank Jim, we appreciate
that. Thanks for your service backin the Marine Corps. I hope you

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got is it in the Marine Corpswhen they took a bar of soap and
they wrapped that up in their towel. Then they strapped the soldier to the
bunk and they went around. Itwas in that movie A Few Good Men
Code Red, you got Code read? I hope that when you told that
joke, Jim, that you gotthe code red with a bar soap and
your towel and got beat in yourbunk. I don't know what I'm talking
about. I don't I haven't seenthat movie. But are they just whipping

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him with the soap and the towelis out? There's a soldier they don't
like. So in the middle ofthe night, they're in their barracks and
there's a soldier in his bunk.They take his blanket, they stretch it
over him and have people hold itso he can't move, okay, and
then they wrap their heavy bar ofsoap in their towel and they walk by
and they beat him with it,and they all take turns beating him,

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and then he's like crying and screaming, and then I think he ends up
dying. So then Jack Nicholson ison the stand and they're going Tom Cruise
is saying, who ordered that Codered? And it's like, listen to
me, I eat breakfas five hundredyards from people who were train to kill
me. And then Tom Cruise goes, did you order that code read?

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And then Jack Nicholson says you can'thandle the truth? Does that ring a
bell at all? Okay? Imean that part? Does I want the
truth? You can't handle the truth? Got a good Jack Nicholson impression?
No, I mean thank you.I'm very kind. I think you're being
generous. I'm serious. I knewexactly what you were talking about, is
you were doing that impression? Okay, well, thank you? All Right,

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here we go, Hello morning Shoe. I could write a novel about
how much I love you guys,but I skip right to my topic.
I really appreciate that. Thank you. My husband and I recently moved to
Richfield, and although I've always livedin neighboring towns Bloomington, Minneapolis, St.
Paul's, Saint Louis Park, I'mjust realizing I never knew much about
rich Field. I've been wondering whatthe typical rich Field stereotypes are. We

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all know the reputations of Dana Coon, Rapids, etc. What are rich
Fieldians perceived as. There's nothing Ilove more than a good roast, so
make sure to include the good butmostly the bad. And while on the
topic, I would love any recommendationson good restaurants and attractions in rich Field.
I truly have no idea. RichField to me is one of those

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cities that you drive through to getsomewhere else. I don't really right,
I don't really stop in rich Field, but I know I've driven through it
many times. But I don't knowwhat is in rich Field, and I
certainly don't know what the stereotypes are, so we could make some up.
Yeah, I would say if youif your kid goes to school in Richfield,

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then they don't smell like cigarette smoke. They send them home, So
I would say there's that. Idon't know whether it's a trashy suburb or
a nice suburb, but if it'snice, then it's not as funny as
if they're trashy. Field is thesuburb where people got all up in arms
when they started doing roundabouts, andthey still haven't quite figured it out.

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So when you get to those intersections, it's just a complete traffic jam.
Okay, I don't know, don'tknow. I like that, so rich
Mold people are kind of stupid.So I would say maybe something old old
fashioned. Yeah, they're pretty excitedthey get some new technology in Richfield.
The fax machine has just been hasjust arrived in Richfield. So maybe they're

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a little bit behind the times.What else would be a rich fielding?
And I don't know. A goodside of things is that you do have
a delightful target, Okay, inyour city. It's right off of seventy
seven. I used to go thereafter I get done working at the Mall
of America, And so you havethat going for you. Well, here

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here's one that I could make thisinto a joke. It's like, yeah,
they got a new target in richField. It's a beautiful target,
but nobody can get there because theycan't figure out how to drive around about.
I mean because there is a roundaboutright by that target. Okay,
so I've done my best, Molly. I don't know if somebody else listening
who lives in Richfield might be ableto write something or send us an email

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about the stereotype rich Field. Idon't I've lived here thirty years. I
don't really think about rich Field becauseI don't think it has something that stands
out like he Dinah is rich coonRapids is trash. I think Owatana is
meth Woodberry is rich, and McMansionsI don't know. Okay, next one,

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even though I live out of state, Please don't say my name.
Thanks for putting that up front.I am one year and three months into
a new career, fresh out oflaw school. Okay, we read this
one the other day. Yeah,we read it the other day, and
then she wrote it again last night. So I will say, go back
and listen to the minute. Wedid answer it right, I don't see

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now. I'm questioning though, becauseit's on the one where we deleted it.
No, there was one that wegot through like ten emails practically,
and I don't know if that wasthe one. I'm I'm gonna read it
again, so because I think ifit won't hurt to read it again.
I'm a year and three months intoa new career, fresh out of law
school. My place of employment hasits perks and potential to be very lucrative,

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but demands are constant, extremely stressful. The job can feel soul sucking
at times. I have been offereda job at a very small company,
less of a commute, same payway, more work life balance that sounds
like a silly thing to say,but it is very much less fancy schmancy
than my current job. It seemslike a no brainer, right, but

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I truly just can't pull the trigger. How do I choose? Is it
worth dedicating to my job, mylife to a job that is borderline toxic
for the prestige? Or do Ijust chill the fuck out and live a
slower life? Will I be okayif I slow down. I'm in my
mid thirties, not old, butalso not young. Life is confusing.
Help ps. I've listened to DaveRyan Show since middle school. Has been

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a source of comfort and companionship duringminute phases of my life, and I
think that's very special. Thank you. I really appreciate that you live out
of state and you still listen tothe show. Jenny, what do you
think? Yeah? My answer isthat I know she's not very far into
this position with the company she's currentlywith, but I think that the other
company sounds much better for your mentalhealth and for your work life balance.

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And I just think that up untillike the last few years, the hustle
culture was such a big part ofyour career, and it's not as big
of a part of your career anymore, because what we realize was that it
took such a toll on your mentalhealth. So I am more on the
side of go for the other job. Maybe give this one a little bit
more time and see if it's worthit. But would I would jump ship.

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I would absolutely jump ship to theother one. I almost agree with
you. I would say stick withthis one to see if it gets better.
You're a year and a half outof law school. It's got the
prestige, you got the salary.I'm gonna say that what sucks about life
and work is that to be successful, to get the prestige, you really

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have to work harder and give upmore of your personal life than you wish
you did. In a perfect world, we would work our eight hours a
day and never have to check emailand never get a phone call from the
boss after hours, and never haveto go in on a weekend. That
would be a perfect world. Butit doesn't really work that way. And
for the more prestigious. Okay,I watched the show's Suits and you're a
lawyer, so maybe you watch this. The main character, or to the

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main characters, Harvey is the leadlike partner in the law firm, and
Harvey doesn't really have a life.He comes in early and he works late,
and he makes fun of people wholeave early, and he makes fun
of people who are like, it'snine o'clock at night. It's like,
oh, you're gonna go home.It's only nine o'clock at night, And
that sucks. And that's the extreme, but it's kind of like, if

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you want that's prestige, that's kindof what it has to be like.
So I would stick it out fora while and see whether it gets better.
But it's great that you have thisoption. Maybe there's a time limit
on the other option. Maybe it'sbeing offered to you when you don't have
a lot of time to figure itout. Yeah, I don't know.
I can't answer that for you,but personally, stay with the one that's
got a little bit more prestige.But that's a total you decision, so

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good luck. I gotta talk onthis housing market thing. It's a lot
worse than people realize. We weretalking about why it's so hard to buy
a house and why somebody will buya house, not live in it,
but then turn it into an airbnb. So now you've got a millionaire who
owns three or four Airbnbs, andyou and I can't afford a house that

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we want because they're being snapped upby rich people. I will make this
short, but there's some really shadythings going on, and I want to
share the information. The Airbnb crisisis becoming just that a crisis, and
these investors are not just rich people. Banks are now giving out loans to
individuals called debt service coverage ratio.These loans are made generally for large commercial
real estate buildings like hotels and skyscrapers, but they're being given out to regular

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people to invest in Airbnb's. Here'swhere it gets worse. They don't look
at your individual income, only thefuture the properties expected to make based on
the bank's analysis of probable cash flow. You need at least twenty percent down
in a credit score of six twentyor higher. But such is an unconventional
loan. The interest rates are muchhigher than conventional loans, and you can't

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consistently rent out the property. Youhave to pay. If you cannot consistently
rent it out, you have topay out a pocket and as we're seeing
right now, people are having troublefinding renters. So if you get a
five hundred thousand dollars loan and havea forty thousand dollars income. That's a
problem. Sound familiar. Not onlythat, adjusted rate mortgages become much more

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popular last few years, so peoplecan actually afford a home. I'm gonna
be honest. If you got lostduring that paragraph, I did too.
But I think what they're saying is, yes, there are causes for the
housing and airbnb crisis. If anybodyhas not seen it yet, please go
watch The Big Short on Netflix.It doesn't talk about these loans, but
it's unbelievably informative about finances, theOA Ashwall Street and the patterns I've been

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seen from then and now. Sorryif this is long, but I really
hope you'll read this as I'm furiousthese type of loans still exists. Thank
you so much for explaining it.If you're really interested, go back and
listen to it again. It kindof lost me a little bit, but
I know it's because she was tryingto be brief and not too long winded
in her explanation. Yeah, I'llbe honest, I've never heard of that

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kind of a loan, and Ifeel like I've heard a lot of different
things that I am dating a realestate agent, but I've never heard of
that type. Okay, yeah Ihaven't either, So very interesting though.
Okay, good morning, Hope everything'sbeen going somewhat smoothly with transitions email and
regarding am I the asshole? Andthe lady with her dog at the park.

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A couple of days ago, awoman wrote in took her kids of
the park. Somebody was there withan off leash dog and the dog was
big, and her kids and herdon't like dogs, and the dog was
on the playground equipment. She said, hey, will you please keep your
kid your dog off the playground equipment. The woman got snippy and then left
with her dog and her kids,and she said, am I the asshole?
My backyard is essentially a park,and whenever my son and I go,

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we bring the dog. He knowsthat if there are other kids on
the playground, I'm not going tobe able to play with him because I
don't want to go because I won'tgo on the playground area with my dog,
in which I have always leashed mydog and he is very friendly.
I do not think being out ofplayground where kids play with the dog is

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appropriate. The same thing happened withmy son. When we were at the
park. A lady had her dogon the actual equipment and I grabbed my
son and said, we're going togo play over here. I don't want
you around the dog. The ladysaid, oh, the dog is friendly,
she won't hurt him. What peopledon't understand is if a kid is
running or falls and trips and scaresa dog, you don't know what the
dog's reaction is going to be,and if it's not fair for the kid.

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It gets a little bit confusing.But basically they say, just because
your dog is friendly and you likedogs, doesn't mean everybody does. Any
who, I know it's getting long, have a great day, Love you
all. Love hearing more of Drake, especially when Drake uses his squeaky Drake
voice to make fun of him.L O L. I know. For

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an example, even friendly dogs canget startled and bite. And I'm gonna
tell you why we had a colleaguenamed It was either Gracie or Rex.
When this happened, Carson was alittle kid, probably eight or ten years
old. Carson was sitting on thefront sidewalk with a pogo stick and jumping
up and down on the pogo stick. Rex comes by the Collie. It's

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scared Rex that Carson was on apogo stick, so he bit Carson.
Rex was the gentlest, sweetest oldman of a dog, but it scared
him with the squeak and the noiseand the jumping in the movement. He
didn't know what was going on,so he bit Carson on the leg.
It didn't break the skin, butstill that can startle the dog kids running.
Carson used to run, and Gracieused to chase Nip at his heels

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because she was a colleague. Shewas a hurting dog. So you got
a good point. Everybody knows putyour dog on a goddamn leash and don't
walk around without your dog on aleash, no matter where you are.
Everybody knows this, but people.I asked people last week. I said,
send me an email and justify whyit's okay to not have your dog
on a leash. Nobody has emailedand justified it because nobody can justify it.

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Yeah, okay, next one,how are we doing for time?
Jenny? We only have like aless than a minute. Okay, let's
see what we got here? Ay, here we go? Not sure what
the change was. But ads usedto play at a normal time on your
podcast, like when the show wouldgo into a song or commercial. Now
the ads are in the middle ofsomeone talking and last thirty seconds to a

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minute. It almost scares me becausethey're always louder than the show audio.
What is this all about, Jenny? This is probably not the podcast here,
but the show podcast. This isthe first I've ever heard of that.
We did switch the platforms that weload our podcast through out, but
we still use our old platform toedit it, and we had to put
in these filler spots where the adswere supposed to go. So I don't

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know if it's because those filler spotsare basically just like zero and length.
It doesn't actually have a length.It all registers once it gets fed through
the iHeart channel, so I'll haveto talk to someone. This is the
first I've ever heard of that,though I think I've heard people bring it
up that it looks like in theinterrupt in the middle of our talking and

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then play a commercial that is definitelynot how it's supposed to be. We
gotta wrap up, send your emails, justify your dog being off a leash,
anything else you want to talk about. Send that to Ryan show At
at KWB dot com.