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Microplastics in Brains and the Rise of Brazilian Abs

September 11, 2024
Cobijas get put to the test, microplastics invade our brains, Brazilian abs are on the rise, and Gabriela Bandy talks about her new music and authentic Honduran dishes.
Show transcript
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Welcome back to Lincoln Bio.
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I'm Alejandro and I'm Jenny and we have a great show for
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y'all today. So let's get into it,
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sister. It's September and it's officially KJ.
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Oh, I'm so ready brother.
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Like do it with some Pozoli,
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some Alita. There you go.
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And oh scary movies.
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I love scary movies.
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Well, speaking of scary sister,
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I have some scary news for you.
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Oh, no, brother.
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I don't know. Did you know?
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There you go. We have some Marcos might be a fake
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a fake. I this isn't Gucci.
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This isn't why this,
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this ain't no, I know,
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I know it and it's like,
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look, I, I just,
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I just did my research because like Cola San Marcos like you
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hear it right? And you automatically think like,
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oh it's just the tiger.
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Yeah, it's the how it feels.
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You feel the that's the thing.
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Its co San Marcos is the brand.
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So it's kind of like Kleenex and like Q tips like you
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think, oh it's,
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it's a cotton swab but we call it Q tip,
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right? So it's kind of the same like we just associate
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that brand with the blankets.
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So I was curious and I was like,
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no, I'm like,
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I saw an article I'm like,
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OK, just to start,
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I'm gonna give you the checklist.
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Let me give you a brief history,
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right? So first up the San Marcos blankets,
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right? Originally produced in Aguascalientes,
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Mexico. That's where my dad's from.
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OK, perfect. So we're on the good.
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OK, this is a green flag.
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You might have a real one.
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OK. So the factory started in the seventies,
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right? And around 2004 they shut down.
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No. Yeah. So,
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I mean, like they got sold a couple of times and
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as you know, there's so many fakes out there and so
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the ogs were like,
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yo, we can't keep up with the,
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you know, the,
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the cheap. Yeah,
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so they ultimately shut down in 2004.
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So everything after that is probably fake.
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That sucks. Exactly.
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I do remember seeing them on Alibaba and like I saw my
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aur for less. It's like,
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that's how I know it's probably from Aguas Calientes to pur for
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less. And I,
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I don't think so.
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So right off the bat was it made after 2004?
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Oh, well, it's a baby blade.
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Ok. So it might be legit.
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So if it's made before 2004,
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you might have a chance.
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I think I do have a chance.
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Number two. If it's a minion or a chiva logo,
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the soccer team, it might not be a real one.
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It will not because the minions didn't exist back then.
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Exactly. Paw patrol.
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All that. It's a,
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I'm sorry? And number three,
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if it has this tag it's a real one.
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Ok. What do you think?
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Do you have a real one?
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Do you not? Well,
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I hope so because,
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it's not a minions or like paw patrol or nothing
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like that. So,
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I think, I think I could possibly have a real one
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I mean, it,
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I've had it since I was little.
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So. All right,
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cool. Well,,
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I need, can we see your call?
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We can expect it,
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please. Ok. Let see what this is.
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Precious moments. Precious moment.
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Little doll with Bambi the deer.
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It's so cute. Ok,
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so it's soft and it has the lining.
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It has a little the,
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the, the lining like I don't know what I saw the
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T oh my God,
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what is it? I,
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I don't tell me my whole life is a lie since birth
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This is a tag.
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No, I don't see no San Marcos anywhere.
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It's cle la la look.
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It's as if the real one,
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it's like stitched on there like,
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you know, Echo or San Marcos.
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This is in look and it's,
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and it's fine because it keeps you warm.
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It does the job.
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But I was just curious,
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I'm like, ha because when I,
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I'm like, wait,
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San Marcos is the brand and we always think these Coca right
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And so I was just curious about it because I have
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a bunch of fake ones too.
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I have a Chivas one.
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I have a tiger one that I bought.
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in TJ.
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Actually, when I was crossing the border one time this guy
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threw it in the car.
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They get intense. Like,
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no, you and I'm like,
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no, no, the haggling back and forth.
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I brought it home but it's a fake.
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That's funny. I took the Covia guy inside the car with
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us so that he could take us to the front of the
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line. He was,
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he was, he goes and he got it with this.
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He took, he took us to the front.
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He had to connect.
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This is crazy though.
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Oh my God. No,
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not my c I thought it was Marcos.
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No, dude. Again,
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we think, right?
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That's the brand, not the style but I don't know.
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Check your CIA San Marcos and let us know if it's real
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or it's fake. A recent preprint study found that brain tissue
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samples collected in early 2024 has a 50% increase in microplastics from
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those from 2016. According to the National Institute of Health.
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That would mean that our brains are 99.5% brain and the rest
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is plastic brother. That sounds too bad.
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Are you serious? 99.5% is actual brain.
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Yeah. So I'm not that dumb dude having any form of
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plastic in your brain is not good.
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But last year or no,
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was it earlier this year?
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See, my brain's already fucked up,
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didn't we talk about the microplastics in the ball sacks?
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Well, I'd rather have them down there than in my brain
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brother. I mean,
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for me, the damage is already done,
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but you already have a baby brother.
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You're fine. A study from CNN highlights that nanoplastics can invade
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brain cells, potentially disrupting cellular processes and introducing harmful chemicals
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experts advise taking these steps to reduce plastic exposure
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such as avoiding plastic wrapped foods.
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Ok? And using alternative materials for every items like plastic bags
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and bottles. Ok.
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Well, look, I use my Stanley cup so I don't
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use the plastic bottles.
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That's good. And then you know,
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the plastic bags, I bring my own baby Yoda one.
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It's really the tote bags.
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I'm doing good. You are doing good brother.
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You are doing good,
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irreversible damage up here.
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But yeah, I mean,
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I guess we're doomed.
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Yeah, I don't know like this,
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this is a little scary.
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Like we don't know what we're putting in our bodies on a
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daily basis. I don't know about you but a lot of
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people, it, it's scary like I know a lot of
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people that have cancer right now.
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It's really sad. I don't,
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I'm not saying that this is the reason,
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but I'm saying that we should be very focused on what we
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put into our bodies and you know,
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because we just never know.
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No. Casa. Brother Uno,
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Casa. It's true.
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Crazy, bro. Microplastics who would have thought in our brain
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I don't know.
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I get stumped sometimes so that could be it,
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brother. We can all live in harmony.
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Now, the BBL mommies and the tummy tuck poppies.
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What are you talking about?
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Well, six years ago,
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only 5% of people getting plastic surgery in Brazil were men.
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But last year that number had increased to almost one third of
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all patients. While the number of liposuction procedures for men in
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Brazil went up by 46%.
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Dang. That's a significant increase.
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I mean, brother,
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it's in the culture to be in a Speedo out there.
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Have you seen the beaches of Rio de Janeiro?
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I've never been but me neither.
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I haven't been but they go all out,
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all out, all out.
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It's crazy. 10 grand for a six pack,
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brother. You believe it?
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What? 10 grand for a six pack?
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What do you mean?
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Like they're doing so,
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ok, so get this.
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They are getting fake apps in Brazil.
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The surgery, the dudes.
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Yes. 10 grand for a six pack.
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That's like $1600 per ab maybe I'll get like 11,
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a brother that's going to be a two pack,
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one big long one.
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I mean, I have a six pack.
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You do and I'm proud of it.
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What happened to working out for the abs?
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At least I know I know that the thing could be said
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for BBL because I know,
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but some people looking at NS and that's fine.
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But with the ABS,
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I mean, like,
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if, you know,
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you take care of yourself,
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I think you can get a nice,
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you know, for sure.
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No, I agree.
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And I do agree with body positivity,
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you know, like everyone's beautiful in their own way.
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But I know that with social media,
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Tambien, I think people have a certain pressure to look a
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certain way. You know,
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I mean, what you gotta do if you got the money
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and like that's what makes you happy.
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How do you say YOLO and Portuguese?
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I don't know. I know of but yeah,
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I mean that's the way they do things in Brazil 12 K
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on abs. Maybe I'll just even get the,
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I'll upgrade my pro version to facetune and add some abs on
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your boy. I look all like,
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you know, but I would love to see that.
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Hey, oh brother,
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right? Who the body is?
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Tea? Brother body is t damn.
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Maybe I should start here.
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Oh I do. Adrian gonna be real happy.
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No, no, no.
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It's, it's like,
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you know, the baby's been stressing her out.
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It's like, oh here I'll cure you on this arm and
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the baby on this arm a little bit like Canelo.
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I see it. Get the fuck out of here,
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man. Sorry. But I love it.
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I like it. I like it,
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you know, what?
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Some in brother I'm gonna start a tab.
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No, we're eating like shit.
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But sister, we have hot Cheeto there.
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They bring their lunch and,
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and they're like, you know what one little snack and you
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bring your cookies and like,
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I don't bring my cookies.
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Well, the office cookies like,
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hey brother and then I'm like,
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damn, you're right.
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Help us. Welcome.
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Artist, content creator and Honduran.
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Queen Gabriella Band. Hi.
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Hi, how are you?
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Hello. Hello. So I saw your IG and congrats on
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the engagement. It was really,
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really cute. Since you found love.
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We wanted your advice on picking the right man.
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So we want to play a game with you.
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It's called red flag,
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green flag. Like are you down?
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I'm down. I mean,
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I'm not an expert or anything but I mean,
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I'll give you my two cents.
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Yes, please. I need it because yeah,
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I mean, it's tough in the streets,
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tough in the streets.
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Remember the guy I was with at the event?
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Well, I mean,
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at the event I was with the guy who was helping me
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but that was my boyfriend of 10 years.
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Where is he? Exactly.
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Let's get into. Ok,
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so let's play, you're going to lift up a green flag
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if it's a green flag or a red flag.
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If it's a red flag,
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depending on that, I'm going to keep the red on my
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right hand just because I already know it's coming.
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All right. Ok.
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So texting you immediately after a first date?
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Oh, that's a green flag.
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Ok. And why?
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Because we don't want to play games.
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That's true. I don't like that.
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I love straightforwardness. Right.
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Tell me if it was a good date.
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Texting you while you're out with the girls.
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Depends. What is he saying?
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Yeah, that is true.
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It depends. I don't know.
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That could go either way.
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Is he come home whatever,
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controlling or is he like,
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what are you doing?
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What are you drinking?
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Having fun or whatever?
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That's true. Splitting the bill on the first date.
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Oh God. No.
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You know, see here Nolan needed.
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Yes. A gentleman.
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Ok. Watch his sex in the city.
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He's watching sex and the city.
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No, no, absolutely not.
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No, we don't need two girls living here.
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No. Commenting on your friend's IG post is a picture.
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What is she doing in the picture?
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That's true. Is it a family pose if it's like a
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selfie or a body?
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Like, you know what I mean?
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A red flag paying for everything.
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Hey, girl. Yes,
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I was going to try to come up with something.
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It's ok. Let's not even you and I both,
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if I had a flag I would lift it.
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Doesn't work out. I don't like that.
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No, you don't respect yourself.
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Doesn't have social media.
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No, because who are you?
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Are you the president?
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You're hiding something for sure.
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Doesn't like spicy food.
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You like spicy food?
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That's a girl thing.
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Let me be the one that's like,
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I, I do.
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Hondurans eat spicy food.
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Is it like a thing?
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I mean, yeah,
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we eat stuff with jalapenos.
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Ok. Well, I guess we're good with the game.
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We're good with the game.
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So you start off with like,
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fitness content and now transitioned into music.
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So how does like your Honduran background,
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like, influence your content or music?
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I mean, I think sometimes we get asked questions like that
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but I just feel like when you come from someone and
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you've grown up a certain way,
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it's just part of who you are.
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I mean, even from like the little videos I do with
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my family, like they're so hungering like when I'm with them
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like me and everything.
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So yeah. And then with music right now like I always
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try, even when I'm writing,
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I try to incorporate certain words or lingo that only Hondurans know
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because I admire that from other artists that they do like,
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you know, Colombia Puerto Rico,
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you know, there are certain words that is part of their
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country. So I'm trying to make that kind of popular words
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from Honduras. Definitely.
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And I mean, I'm curious about Honduran food.
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So I'm excited because we're going to try some Honduran food.
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Guys. We had to,
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we were supposed to be on a diet.
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What are you doing?
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This is called Pollo frito in a Tadao cabbage,
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a little cabbage salad with cheese and tomato sauce.
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It's also called El Seno seno and then s se juna vala
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is like a very typical,
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like you can have it honestly any time of day we usually
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like breakfast. Una tortilla,
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the Arena con Frijoles,
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queso, Huevo, le Pue Nel Carne Aguacate didn't want to
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get this one right here.
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I like pada with a lot of sour cream.
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This one doesn't look like it has a lot of sour cream
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but it's OK. That sounds like it would be good.
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OK? It's very comfort.
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Delicious. Yeah, this is like a so just cheese,
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sour cream and beans.
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Yo, this is delicious man.
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Oh my God, it's just so I'm going to come back
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to see. I only have this once in a while because
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this is big back activities.
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It's a heart attack on a plate.
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OK? Let's try El Pollo frito.
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You pick up the chicken.
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I like my chicken to not be too fried and you take
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the nata and honestly I got to have a bite of everything
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So all you like to mix.
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So I put the cabbage on top.
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El Pollo. There's about to be a huge pain.
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OK. Add good stuff.
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That is good stuff.
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Honestly, I've been sleeping on Honduran food.
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I've been sleeping on it.
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You guys, this is only like the beginning.
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OK. So yeah,
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the food is delicious.
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I totally forgot about that.
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I'm interviewing. I forgot about the questions but what's next for
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you, like in the music scene,
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where can we stay up to date with you?
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Well, as you know,
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I'm just starting out so I'm very much like,
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still figuring out my sound,
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like figuring out what type of genres,
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what I want to say,
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how I want to say it,
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how I want to present.
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So the best way to stay up to date with me is
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obviously like, follow me on social and what's your social handle
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so people can follow you.
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So it's Gabriela Bandy on pretty much everything except TK Tok because
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somebody took my user name.
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So it's Gabriella dot Vandy.
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All right. Well,
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I mean, I don't know about you but I kind of
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want to go back into the big back a little bit.
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We can work out later.
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Hopefully my trainers are watching that.
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It's part of the job.
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Bye y'all. Bye.