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Yeah, I just never know what to do.
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Now, how many times have you done this thing?
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Anyways, welcome back guys to Lincoln Bio.
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I am Jenny and I am Alejandro and Happy Monday sister.
00:23
How was your weekend?
00:23
It was good brother.
00:25
We celebrated my cousin's birthday.
00:27
She's back from Colorado on the first.
00:33
Hello? Oh, I love that.
00:36
Geminis. That's nice.
00:37
Gemini. You're so fine.
00:38
Anyways, we have a fine,
00:40
she's fine. She's sexy.
00:47
The infamous umpire Angel Hernandez is finally calling it quits.
00:50
Hallelujah. I mean happy retirement anyway.
00:53
And then panda, they have some spicy food stuff going on
00:57
I'm going to go see if it's spicy.
01:00
Well, let me give you my thoughts first.
01:03
brother. Well, we also have Memo Torres from L A
01:07
Taco giving us his taco picks and more and shop JZD tells
01:14
us about getting their collab pulled on pride month.
01:17
So we'll get into that.
01:26
Apparently bad. Bunny and Kendo are back together.
01:30
Damn, I don't think they ever broke up brother,
01:33
in my opinion, you know,
01:34
what and what I what I'm hearing,
01:35
what I'm seeing online Latinas are sick,
01:38
throwing up crying, disgusted Roque Don.
01:46
I never heard of that.
01:48
I've heard rumors say Kenny and Benny are doing well in spending
01:53
a lot of time together.
01:54
They missed each other during the break and realized they still had
01:58
strong feelings. Now things are going great between them again.
02:02
Ok? Maybe the laws of them go back like I got
02:08
to go back to my bank.
02:09
I'm just JKJK. I love you.
02:15
But after the split,
02:16
Kendall was reportedly seeing her ex Devin Booker and then bad bunny
02:20
won her back. So it seems like Benito,
02:23
he got a little jealous and wasn't happy of Kendall talking to
02:27
her old was it old flame again?
02:29
Her old little sneaky link now all is,
02:33
well, Kendall was happy.
02:35
Benny is very charming and is always sweet to her.
02:38
The insider says, and brother,
02:40
I think that's the insider right there.
02:42
I don't know. Can we zoom in on that?
02:44
I'm just kidding. He's like guys,
02:48
you're not going to believe this.
02:52
Oh my good. Last weekend fans spotted them dining together in
02:56
Miami after bad bunny's concert and they just been,
02:59
people have been eyeing them,
03:01
didn't get out of hotel rooms together and shit.
03:05
You already know what those,
03:06
what's going down in there.
03:07
I don't what happens in those rooms.
03:13
whatever you know, you guys do you love is love Yeah
03:18
I know everyone was pissed in the beginning.
03:21
let the man be with who he wants.
03:22
Come on now, like it's his life.
03:30
Sister. Does your dad ever get mad at TV?
03:32
When he's watching baseball?
03:34
You know what brother Myo does?
03:36
He's a huge Dodgers fan huge.
03:39
Like literally his restaurant literally sponsored the Dodgers.
03:43
I think he's that like ride or die for them.
03:45
Well, then he might like this story because Angel fucking Hernandez
03:51
you know, he didn't die or anything but he's retiring.
03:55
Look, if your theo was upset at a call,
03:58
it was probably because of this guy.
04:00
he's an umpire. So if you know,
04:02
he calls the strikes balls out all that stuff and homeboy,
04:07
I don't know, he has a bad reputation,
04:09
you know, in the in the league players don't like him
04:12
Fans don't like him.
04:13
And so would you say he's the worst umpire ever?
04:17
Yes, he's definitely,
04:19
it is my pleasure to announce formally just a clean line.
04:24
Angel Hernandez is retiring.
04:27
So he finally made a right call.
04:29
Oh, that's a home run.
04:34
Good stuff. Thank you.
04:41
like this guy again,
04:43
he just had terrible calls.
04:45
Meme pages always tore him up after every game and he thought
04:49
that the MLB was like being racist because like,
04:52
we don't want you calling the playoff games.
04:54
It's like, that's gotta be racist.
04:56
you know, my last name is Hernandez.
04:57
no, no. It's because you fucking suck at your job
05:00
It's like we don't want these high stake gangs being called
05:06
by you. My guy take the no penal but many times
05:09
his whole career shit.
05:14
No wonder, no wonder my uncle would be freaking fuming.
05:18
I mean, the bats are cool sometimes.
05:20
But if this guy is just making wrong calls and damn,
05:24
it's not ours. I feel so bad for my uncle because
05:30
Yeah, but you know what angel.
05:31
Thank you for your years of service.
05:32
I hope you have a happy retirement and just watch the games
05:35
from apart with us now.
05:36
Right? Let the other guys make the calls that are right
05:40
he's a little biased brother.
05:43
Angels? Angels? I'm just kidding.
05:46
I'm joking anymore. Yeah,
05:49
he's retiring. So good riddance.
05:52
Happy retiring. So I don't know if you heard,
05:58
but Panda Express is turning up the heat on one of its
06:00
iconic dishes. The fast food chain has just launched a spicy
06:04
version of its beloved orange chicken entree that is in stores now
06:09
through June 23rd. Hm.
06:15
Well, look all you big bags in the studio.
06:17
We were talking about it yesterday.
06:18
Remember? And my big bag drove myself to Panda Express and
06:22
I actually ordered it.
06:23
So I'll share my thoughts in the video.
06:34
we're gonna go try that hot orange chicken and see
06:37
what's Gucci. Let's taste it and find out.
06:41
and the little display thing and I didn't even right here,
06:44
there's like peppers meaning it's won't be spicy.
06:47
Well, maybe, let's see.
06:55
Hm. It's a little spicier than the original,
07:02
Like, I usually always put sriracha anyways now that it has
07:05
these peppers. So I guess like,
07:07
if you have one with like a lot of chili flakes I
07:08
more pick up. It'll,
07:10
this is marketing, it's not that much spicier,
07:13
this little rebrand. I see you panda.
07:16
All right. I'm going right.
07:19
I feel like in general the orange chicken already kind of has
07:22
a little of a kick sriracha.
07:25
They put chillis in the pepper flakes,
07:27
but it wasn't enough because if you got one that was kind
07:29
of like, even my wife was like,
07:32
you know what? She's like,
07:33
we had a little kick.
07:34
I'm like, and I told her,
07:35
I thought it didn't and she was like,
07:37
maybe because you're more tolerant to it.
07:38
This is true. But then Damien,
07:41
because it's, it's supposed not everyone's good with spice so they
07:44
don't want to make it too,
07:45
too spicy. They should at least offer a little bit of
07:47
spicy. You're gonna go hot,
07:48
go hot. And the reason I feel like it maybe also
07:51
didn't like go above and beyond.
07:54
They didn't add too much kick was because look,
07:56
you know, they upcharge for like the the premium sides or
07:58
whatever entrees, there's no charge for this one.
08:02
Got pas like oh we have chile on over around.
08:05
Rebrand it and look we got hot orange chicken.
08:08
Interesting. So I probably order a regular orange chicken,
08:11
a sriracha and all of that.
08:12
Oh Yeah. Then that's Yeah,
08:13
that's all the spice you need.
08:16
There you go. Mind blowing idea.
08:17
That's what I do add sriracha 20.
08:19
That's what I do to my miso soup.
08:20
That's exactly we have anyways.
08:22
Yeah. What do you think we could do this for lunch
08:24
I mean, I'm down that I I kind of want
08:26
to try it for myself.
08:28
Oh yeah, I mean I tried it.
08:28
I'll try it again with you.
08:29
Let's go. Come on a Japanese man who dropped over 14
08:39
grand on a realistic dog costume so he could become a border
08:44
collie. Now says he hopes to fulfill his dream of turning
08:49
into a different animal.
08:50
This man legit is morphing like a Pokemon.
08:58
But wait, he spent $14,000 to become a a dog outfit
09:04
But I like why did you come home with that?
09:06
How do you explain that to like your mom,
09:08
your wife? Like I spent 14,000.
09:11
I don't even wanna think about him having a wife.
09:13
That's bestiality. Weird.
09:16
So this Japanese dog man mentioned the challenges of moving like a
09:21
dog has led him to consider imitating a host of other animals
09:27
this is what he said,
09:28
dogs and humans have different bone structures and the way they bend
09:34
their legs and arms.
09:35
So it's very difficult to make movements that look like this.
09:42
we're not supposed to fucking move that.
09:44
But home boy gets off on this and now he's like,
09:47
oh well, like apparently some of the other animals he's considering
09:52
So another breed I guess I wanna see a French,
09:58
She, it's like oh my God mutant Frenchie.
10:01
Like all cute. Anyways.
10:02
So a dog, a panda or a bear.
10:05
Which one would you pull off?
10:06
Like what animal? Hm.
10:09
That's an interesting question.
10:18
Do you have the sound out?
10:20
I mean, maybe it was just a cost me for that
10:23
I think this gorilla is easy,
10:24
right? We're, we're so close to the,
10:29
you gotta go to LAZ,
10:35
you should try that on,
10:37
I would go to the neighbor's houses and my brother would film
10:41
me and, but why you're like,
10:43
this guy was so maybe he's just bored,
10:46
maybe he misunderstood or maybe he's just fucking weird.
10:49
I don't know, sister.
10:55
Do you have a dollar $50 in you.
10:59
Do you have a dog in you or not?
11:02
I want that dog in me.
11:03
Yo, I want him with the hot dog.
11:08
luckily Costco's brand new CFO does have that dog in him.
11:12
Gary Miller Chip hopped on this quarterly,
11:14
earnings call for the first time at CFO and he
11:17
had to clear the air for Costco customers.
11:19
People were freaking out.
11:21
Prices are gonna change.
11:24
yeah, I mean again that always happens with companies like,
11:26
oh the new guy came in like,
11:28
you know, take some stuff out pump prices up but no
11:34
He said, don't worry about the price of the hot dog
11:36
y'all. It's gonna stay at a dollar 50 Gary for President
11:40
Glizzy fans around the nation were stressed that prices might change with
11:45
the new leadership. But Miller Chip's recent statement assured that won't
11:50
be the case and hopefully not any time soon.
11:53
But imagine brother, they raised the price on the hot dog
11:56
people would riot, they'd be like with pitchforks and stuff outside
12:02
wait, you have a membership,
12:03
you can write it if you don't,
12:04
you have to go over there.
12:05
Oh my God. But like that's how you went over a
12:07
company man. You come in.
12:08
It's your first day on the job.
12:10
I don't know. How many days?
12:11
But right. Brand new guy.
12:12
And he's like, hey guys,
12:13
by the way, the hot dog.
12:15
Dollar 50 forever or not forever.
12:18
it's staying that way,
12:19
baby. I ain't touching that.
12:22
That's Costco royalty. I mean,
12:24
they just taste better at a dollar 50.
12:28
you get a soda and a hot dog,
12:30
like, after you spend and the free refills,
12:33
it's like after spending like $300 on groceries,
12:36
what better way to treat yourself in a dollar 50 hot dog
12:38
Are they even making money off this hot dog before I
12:41
get into the science behind it?
12:42
I heard that they don't because,
12:44
you know, but again,
12:45
$300 on groceries. Hey,
12:47
dollar hot dog baby.
12:50
You know, even if they lose money,
12:51
they're still making money on inside the store.
12:53
But anyways, thank you,
12:55
Gary for your service and all that stuff.
12:58
Maybe after work today.
13:01
Let's go. Definitely want a Kirkland signature hot dog.
13:03
Let go. It's Pride Month.
13:09
It's also that time of year where companies swap their logo to
13:14
their rainbow version. A lot of businesses and companies collaborate with
13:17
queer business owners to highlight pride products and merge.
13:21
But what happens when these companies change their mind?
13:24
Latina, queer business owners,
13:26
Jen and Vero from Shop JZD are here to share their experience
13:31
ladies, how are you doing,
13:33
Yemen? Hi. Thank you.
13:35
So much for having us.
13:36
Of course, thank you for coming on.
13:38
We really appreciate it.
13:39
So give us the rundown on what happened.
13:42
Why did Target pull your collaboration collection from its shelves?
13:46
We worked with Target for Hispanic Heritage Month.
13:51
And then when we were in that process,
13:53
we also got contracted to work for pride.
13:57
This was pride last year.
13:59
And so we designed a beautiful collection.
14:02
We made all of these beautiful products.
14:06
And then before Pride Month even started,
14:10
Target made the decision to pull a majority of the products
14:15
not just from our brand,
14:16
but from other queer owned businesses.
14:19
And at first the story that we heard from other Target employees
14:26
that were JZD customers that were emailing us and be like,
14:29
hey, this is happening was that they were prioritizing swimwear sales
14:34
in the what they call the Bible belt.
14:37
So what you can imagine is Texas Georgia,
14:42
North Carolina, South Carolina,
14:43
you know, all that area,
14:46
they just decided, oh,
14:47
we want to prioritize swimwear sales is what we were being told
14:51
not by Target but by employees that were messaging us saying
14:57
hey, what do you know what's going on?
14:59
Can you stop what's going on?
15:02
these are the states that have the most anti LGBT bills being
15:07
passed. And so at first we had no idea what was
15:11
happening. We were like,
15:13
We tried to reach out to people in our team that had
15:16
been communicating with us.
15:19
We literally found out from DM on Instagram and emails from employees
15:27
because I remember seeing it at my Target,
15:29
but I saw it and I was so happy for you.
15:31
I was like, oh my God,
15:34
it was such an exciting week.
15:36
We went from the highest,
15:37
highest 321 premiere of the J commercial.
15:49
Hi Mia. And I just get emotional because I think back
16:00
to when I was a kid and how much I denied myself
16:04
being who I really was.
16:07
I saw the video because I'm like,
16:11
damn, dude, you know,
16:14
at this point, we knew the items had been taken down
16:17
We had already been getting D MS from our customers that
16:20
had tried to go into the target stores and they weren't allowing
16:23
them to buy it even if it was still out,
16:26
they would go to check out and Target would be like,
16:28
I'm so sorry. I can't tell you this and take it
16:30
away from them online orders and like curbside or store pickup orders
16:35
were being canceled without telling the customers why.
16:39
So we knew all of that and we knew they were
16:42
not going to put the items back up like that was,
16:45
that was gone. So our thing was at this point,
16:51
we want Target to put out a statement and say we stand
16:55
with the queer community,
16:57
the LGBT community and not just say like,
17:01
hey, we're being bullied.
17:02
So I'm going to take a step back and leave them in
17:04
the forefront because our branding was on all of these items,
17:10
images, our picture together as wife and wife was on the
17:17
I mean, I don't know,
17:19
I mean we were in the middle of it but all the
17:21
tiktok videos and the Instagram videos and literally,
17:24
they would grab our shirts and our faces right there and they
17:27
would say like they're pedophiles out there.
17:29
They come for our Children and they're trying to shove this down
17:33
my Children. You know,
17:34
like we got called the absolute worst thing that you could ever
17:40
imagine and Target just was like,
17:45
bye. Like I have no idea.
17:48
Like I'm just gonna leave you guys out there like I put
17:51
your face out there,
17:52
put your brand out there now,
17:53
I'm in trouble and I'm stepping back and you've got to deal
17:58
with it on your own.
17:59
How can people right now come and support you guys and,
18:02
and buy your products?
18:04
The best thing is not just for us but like support queer
18:08
businesses and shop directly from small queer owned brands.
18:13
And that makes the biggest difference because we turn around and we
18:17
go back and we support other queer brands.
18:19
Yeah, so they can find us at shop J CD across
18:21
all social medias and our website is also shop J cd.com.
18:26
Thank you guys. So much we appreciate you guys.
18:28
I know this is a very,
18:29
very hard topic to talk about.
18:32
It's very, you know,
18:33
brings up a lot of emotion.
18:34
So I appreciate your vulnerability,
18:36
the both of you guys.
18:37
And I'm, I'm gonna continue to support and I know
18:40
our community will too.
18:41
Thank you so much for having us and for your support to
18:53
let's welcome memo from L A talk.
19:01
welcome. We're so happy to have you here memo.
19:04
So we saw your post about La Raza basically hating on other
19:08
cultures, adopting tacos.
19:11
And why do you think it's a good thing for other cultures
19:14
to kind of come up with their own taco?
19:18
first of all, it's not all Raza.
19:19
I think a lot of Raza are accepting.
19:20
You're right. You're right.
19:21
I think I'm very accepted,
19:23
but there's like that hardcore conservative like leave my tacos alone type
19:27
of crowd. And I think when you come to,
19:31
you realize that a lot of those folks are people that haven't
19:34
actually even traveled through Mexico.
19:35
They're kind of born here.
19:37
So and then being in LA,
19:39
I think one of the most common things that we have here
19:41
are tacos are tortillas and I think it's beautiful when other cultures
19:44
appreciate that. See that.
19:47
And I always tell people like just let the tortilla grow,
19:50
let the taco grow branch out,
19:53
let it try a new flavors.
19:55
And I think it's also a great opportunity for folks to just
19:57
kind of go somewhere.
19:59
And if they're not familiar with the cuisine,
20:02
all right, you haven't had Indian food,
20:04
there's an Indian tikka masala burrito,
20:08
You haven't had falafels,
20:09
you can have a falafel taco,
20:11
you know, and it's a great way to introduce people to
20:13
other cultures. It's culture appreciation,
20:17
not appropriation guys. There's a difference putting the said it better
20:21
myself. And what's your favorite adopted taco in the city?
20:26
There seems to be a lot of like Arab tacos coming out
20:29
which is interesting because yes,
20:31
I know anytime I post about like an ar style taco like
20:33
a like a falafel or shawarma or something like that,
20:37
people are always like,
20:37
yeah, the Lebanese brought the good.
20:40
I'm glad everybody knows Lebanese brought the Tr Del pastor to of
20:44
La Mexico and that's how we got the famous el pastor.
20:47
So there's already a history of those cultures blending the foods
20:52
So we're seeing it again here in L A now where
20:54
it's kind of going the other way where they're taking the tortillas
20:57
and making, you know,
20:58
aero style tacos. OK.
20:59
So you're constantly dishing out hidden gems in the city but also
21:05
breaking news. What can we find with L A tacos?
21:08
New membership? Is it only in L A or you can
21:13
be a member from anywhere.
21:14
But most importantly,
21:15
I think what we do is we support local,
21:17
we highlight local. We let you guys know where all the
21:20
little hidden gems are the local mom and pops that you can
21:23
follow. But our membership supports local journalism because,
21:27
you know, back in the day used to be supported by
21:30
online ads, but Google keeps all that money.
21:33
You know, they're even doing stuff like A I is reading
21:36
the articles and then just summarizing it for people.
21:39
So now we don't get that link back.
21:41
So it's hard to sustain journalism.
21:43
But I think at a taco,
21:45
we've proven that small independent journalism can succeed for sure.
21:49
And you guys are killing it.
21:50
You guys are hopping on the stories like that.
21:53
Yeah, you guys are doing great.
21:55
Thank you, appreciate that.
21:56
But yeah, you also get free tacos.
21:58
I mean, we're the only publication in the world where if
22:02
you sign up for a membership,
22:03
you get free tacos of the best Taquerias around the L A
22:06
You get access to all our cool ass events.
22:09
You get merch like this or like this and I got you
22:12
some sweat. Oh my God,
22:14
I'm excited to. And what other stories do you guys cover
22:20
But you get a lot of investigative journalism,
22:21
you get journalism that discusses the corruption in the in the
22:24
city Hall. Like we expose quotes that we saw,
22:27
we we helped to change things like the homeless people during
22:31
the pandemic. Our reporting,
22:32
make sure that everybody had like,
22:34
you know, public toilets.
22:35
One of the, one of the things that we try to
22:36
do is we try to hold our local officials accountable,
22:40
whether it be the police,
22:41
whether it be our city politicians or officials.
22:44
a lot of times people will be like,
22:45
oh, you guys are too woke and like there's nothing woke
22:47
about wanting to keep your city,
22:49
you know, accountable.
22:51
Exactly. So when we post stuff like that,
22:54
we'll always get the new followers.
22:55
That'll be like, what does this have to do with tacos
23:04
But if they're important stuff,
23:05
we have to highlight and all that has to do with their
23:07
community or else then later you guys are complaining.
23:10
Why? Why is this happening?
23:12
Quiz? Yeah. Anywhere there's a taco,
23:16
there's a local dishes that needs to be spoken about.
23:18
Most definitely. I know this is a tough question.
23:21
But what would you say are the top five taco spots here
23:26
in L A? My personal,
23:30
I hate doing this because I hate singling out all the other
23:32
beautiful taros that I love and I love all of you guys
23:35
You guys are amazing.
23:36
But my go tos usually are Sonora Town.
23:42
Los Cholos, Mariscos,
23:44
Jalisco on the west side.
23:46
I like brothers, cousins Tacos.
23:49
that's more than fine.
23:51
Ok. Well, if you want all the rest L A
23:53
Taco, yes, you guys check it out.
23:57
We also have an app.
23:59
We have an app and if you're a member,
24:00
you get access to our map that has all the tacos in
24:03
L A, you got them highlighted by the top 69.
24:06
We have them highlighted but where you can get a free taco
24:08
if you're a member and we have all the other ones that
24:11
are just kind of good tacos in the area that you can
24:13
check out too. Thank you so much,
24:14
Mimo. We really appreciate you being on the show.
24:16
Let's give them a round of applause.
24:18
Actually, I want to thank you for having me on.
24:23
I brought you some of our swag that you can get if
24:25
you remember our L A taco hat and we have all kinds
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of hats like this one too.
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We have all kinds of shirt in our shop and we also
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have some cool stickers.
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Oh my God. I love these.
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There's a cool story on how that one came out too and
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we have these other ones and there you go.
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Thank you. That is awesome.
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And where can people follow you and sign up for the membership
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and even get the app?
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We have our website,
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a taco.com. We're on all socials,
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a taco on Instagram,
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Twitter, Facebook, tiktok.
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I don't know how many there are.
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Now. Me personally I go by El Trago de Los Angeles
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You can find me on those handles too,
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dude. That's so cool.
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It, it's funny every time my mom says,
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oh me, I go and like mero tra the taco and
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she's like Escom No ga and I'm like,
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that's what my mom used to say.
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Oh, well, thank you so much.
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Well, let's give it one more pan guys.
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Thank you guys. I'm fucking hungry now.
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I know I get some tacos,
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dude, those taco pigs,
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you know, memo knows this shit.
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Yeah, he is definitely credible.
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Definitely. Well, guys,
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thank you so much for joining us today on Lincoln Bio.
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I'm Jenny and I'm Alejandro and we'll see you next time.
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