Thank you all for joining the psychology department webinar on your career perspective in psychology. Thank you all. Those who have joined from outside and as well as students of psychology department and the students from the other department as well. Okay, so to begin with for today's agenda, the speakers would be myself. We have another speaker, Wondang Lolota, a STEM professor from the psychology department, and we'll be hearing words from our students from HRUSU and Imli Benjla from second semester. Okay, so here's to today's agenda. So in today's webinar, we'll be talking on the introduction. We'll be looking into the psychological psychology department initiatives. Also, the psychology papers offered under Nagaland University and the career options as well as your career path and diversity of professions and also the students experiential learning. And if you have any questions or doubts to clarify, we'll have that session. Okay, so yeah, to begin with, let me introduce myself. Okay, myself. I'm Dr. Nujini. Currently, I'm taking the in-charge of the psychology department at the college. So yeah, once again, I welcome you all. Right, so you have all heard about what psychology is or maybe you have already had a tidbit idea of what psychology is all about, right? So here, in today's webinar, we'll be looking into the definitions of psychology and the career paths as well as the career prospects in India as well as in Nagaland and also which are career in psychology as a career, what options are there for you to take up. All right, so here, let's look into, let's start off by asking a few questions to you. All right, so have you ever thought that how individuals think or how your behavior changes with different situations? Or have you ever thought that how someone finds it difficult to talk to strangers, maybe in your friend circles or whereas while some of your friends is a catwalk, right? And do you think, do you, those sports such as hallucinations, disorders or the unconscious mind excite you? If so, if all these questions excite you or if all these areas excite you, then you are in the right place here this afternoon, all right? And this afternoon as mentioned earlier, we'll be walking through the career prospects, what are the different ventures of our psychology and also the different professions available in psychology. All right, so before we move on, I would like to let us all engage ourselves in an ice breaker, all right? I want all of us to engage ourselves in an ice breaker and I want, I'm this ice breaker, I've actually I find it quite interesting and I want to apply it on my students. So those two, those students who have joined you are already aware you might be already aware of this ice breaker but for those of you who have joined this afternoon, let's all try this ice breaker, okay? So I want all of you to be take part actively, all right? Here are three questions plus three questions I want to ask you all. You can write it down in a paper or you can think about it, all right? So I hope all of you are ready. Okay, here's my first question to you all, all right? What is your, don't answer it yet, okay? I'll ask you later on to write it in a chat box so you can use your microphone later on, just write it in a paper or a site or maybe you can have a thought on it and later on I'll ask you, okay? So here I want all of you to think what is your favorite color, all right? What is your favorite color? Think about this, the third question, what is your favorite fruit, okay? And the third question is your favorite country. So these are the three questions I repeat, your favorite color, your favorite fruit, and your favorite country, okay? I assume all of you have thought of the answer, okay? Now here comes the tricky part. So I want all of you to answer, but not yet, don't write it yet. I want all of you to answer counting backward from 30 to 1, all right? So while you are counting 30 to 1 backwards, I want all of you to type in your answers in the chat box, okay? I hope all of you can do this. So start now, start counting 30 backward, 30 to 1, and okay, here goes your time, all right? Start counting 30, 29, 28, and so on. Name your favorite color in the chat box. Name your favorite color. Keep on counting at the same time, keep answering. Yes, I want some participations. Your favorite fruit, your favorite fruit, your favorite country, your favorite country, keep counting at the same time, keep answering. Okay, thank you. I'm getting a lot of participation. Thank you for your participation. All right, okay, we'll come back to this later on as we move on, all right? Okay, so let's move on. I'll come back to this later. So the word psychology or the term psychology, okay, first appeared in around 1870s, okay? And in India, the first department of psychology was established at Calcutta University in the year around 1950, okay? So this is a brief history of the term when psychology was, when psychology appeared and the, the first department of psychology in India, all right? Moving on, psychology as a subject, okay? So here's a brief definition on or an overview of what psychology is all about, okay? Or what kind of, what as a subject, what does psychology studies?  And it also implies scientific methods to understand human perception, learning, emotions and interaction to situations. So coming back to the icebreaker, which we have just played, a short game which we have just played. So while we were taking this activity, all right, counting backwards and then answering, okay, you might have experienced a lot of other emotions, behaviors or reactions, isn't it? Or the perception, your learning, your memory, isn't it? Like, some of you, you might be thinking at the back of your mind, why, why do we have to count backwards? Or you might be thinking your surroundings, your surroundings, it might be distracting to you while you were answering. Have you encountered all this when you were taking this activity? Or was it a smooth flow? Did you experience any emotions? Any reactions to the situations? Yes, some of you might say at the moment, no, okay? But this is a short icebreaker, okay, which will suit you best understand the subject of psychology. So in psychology, we'll be learning about your emotions, your reactions to the situations, your perception or your understanding to the human behavior. And all these methods applies scientific method, all right? And so psychology is an interdisciplinary discipline, sorry, since it shares its boundaries with several other disciplines such as the social science and life science and also we'll be looking into the artificial intelligence, all right? I hope you're clear with psychology as a subject of what will you be dealing in psychology, right? Okay, let's move on, right? So let's take a brief overview of the different types of papers offered under NAL and University, okay? So if you are going to bound a journey on this three-year course on psychology, then you'll be taking these papers in your three-year journey. So you'll be covering your foundations of psychology, you'll be having practical which is basically a psychological testing and you have your educational psychology, statistics in psychology, you have developmental psychology, you have counseling, you have organizational as well as you have psychological research and mental health and some behavioral dysfunctions or psychopathology, you have social psychology and you have human resource management, okay? So these are the major papers you'll be dealing or you'll be studying in this three-year course under NAL and University, all right? Yeah, let's move on, okay? Now let's come back to the department initiatives, okay? So this is a quick overview of the department psychology department which the department has conducted some programs and some collaborations with other departments and also some contributions from the year 2020 to 2021. So in a short span of time, the psychology department, we have conducted a World Society Prevention Day, we have observed on the 10th September 2020 that was last year and also we observed a World Algebra Day on September in the month of September that was last year and we had observed a World Mental Health Day, 10th September in collaboration with the sociology department and this year we observed the developmental disability month and also we had a program on Embrace Your Differences, next slide please, we have the Embrace Your Differences in the month of April and besides these we have also the students participated by contributing the articles, your reviews and also inter-department competition participation and some external participations as well. So in a gist, this is the contribution or this is the initiatives what the department has done so far from 2020 till date and moving forward we have many plans up on our sleeves, okay? We have many programs here to be organized and we have lots of things to do, okay? Both practical or both internal and both external as well, okay? Yeah, next slide. Right, so this is a, there was a brief summary or a gist of what an overview of our department and what you'll be doing once you take up psychology, okay? And now the time will be given to our ma'am Wanda for taking you through to the different branches of psychology, the career path and also the diverse profession once you take up psychology as you carry it. Over to you Wanda. Thank you all. Thank you. I think I un-shared my slide by mistake. I'll just share it once more. Okay, hi everyone. So I'm Wanda Malone. Right now I'm teaching at Detso College in the psychology department. So now that we are aware of what the subject psychology is and also the course program and at Detso College and also the activities that has been conducted by the psychology department. Now let's look into another reason why you could choose psychology as a major. That is because of the very wide career options that are available for you, okay, in the subject. But before we look into it, let's quickly look at the different subfields of psychology because psychology is such a huge subject that it's only natural that they have many distinct branches that emerge out of it. So let us quickly look at the different subfields of psychology. So the first one we're going to talk about it, talk about is biopsychology and basically biopsychology is the relationship between the brain or our biological processes and behavior. And when we're looking to social psychology, it's the study of how the study of how people behave in groups. When we look at clinical psychology, it's studies and it assesses and treatmental emotional and behavior disorders, the study of assessment and treatment of emotional and mental behaviors disorders. And when we look into counseling psychology, counseling psychology is the study of counseling services and psychotherapy to help people cope with problems and industrial psychology or also organizational psychology. That is the study of applying psychological research and principles to the workplace to improve productivity and quality of life. And also when we're looking through sports psychology, that is the psychology wherein the psychologist works with the athletes on issues of anxiety, fear of failure, focus, et cetera. Okay. Now there's another subfield called forensic psychology that is the relationship between the study of the relationship between psychology and criminal justice and another called engineering psychology, that is the study of improving and adapting technology, equipment and work environments to enhance human behavior and capabilities and also educational psychology, which is the study of how different variables influence individual students outcome. Now when we look into developmental psychology, it is the study of psychological development at various life stages, cooperative psychology, the study of human perception, thinking and memory, and experimental psychology, which is a study of research that involves manipulating variables in a laboratory setting. So let's look at how you can become a psychologist. Okay.  So again, to become a psychologist, you can or you you have to have studied psychology in your 12th or you need not also. Okay. But you have to have graduated and obtained a degree in psychology, either with or without an owner's. Okay. And if you want to, you can also get a postgraduate degree in a specific branch of psychology, and you can also look into further studies, which are MPL, PhD, and also SIDEM. Okay. Now there are also multiple optional diploma courses that you can take in specialized areas. So we are going to be looking in what different areas, careers you can choose after you have studied psychology. And we are going to look at it in relationship with the different levels of degrees or studies you need to have taken in order to choose that career path. Okay. So here. So with an associate degree, you can become a rehabilitation worker. With a master's degree, you can become a drug and alcohol specialist. You can, these are some of the more conventional careers you can choose after taking psychology. Okay. Now with a PhD in psychology, you can become a professor. You can also become a researcher. Okay. Now if you have taken a SIDEM, you can become a psychotherapist. And you can work in the clinical setting. Now with a bachelor's degree, you can, these are just a few of the examples. Okay. We are going to be talking more about the different careers you can choose. So you can become a career counselor. These are some of the more conventional career paths you can choose with a psychology degree. Now, I just want to make this clear. When it comes to becoming a psychiatrist or a neuropsychologist, a lot of people get confused between psychiatrists and neuropsychologists. And the difference is that with a BA in psychology or a master's MA in psychology, you will not be able to become a psychiatrist or a neuropsychologist. Okay. So in order to become a psychiatrist, you will have to have studied MBBS, have a medical degree. Okay. Only then you can proceed to become a psychiatrist. And even for neuropsychologists, you will have to have done a BSE and an MSC in neuropsychology, in order to become a neuropsychologist. So these are a few confusions that people have very often. That is why we are just clarifying that for you. Now you, these are some of the more high-paying jobs in psychology. Okay. So clinical psychologists and industrial or organizational psychologists, wherein you can work in hospitals, you can work in clinics, you can work with different governmental organizations also, which we will get to later. And when it comes to, again, industrial and organizational psychologists, you can work with various organizations and a lot of MNCs. They're also higher psychologists. So these are a few options. Now again, there are also these aviation psychologists. For that, you will need to have an extra specialized diploma course or certificate course in order to become aviation psychologists and also consumer psychologists. These are other options for you. Again, forensic psychologists, as we have discussed earlier, in order to become a forensic psychologist, you will need to have had studied BA or a master's in forensic psychologists or should have taken a diploma course in forensic psychology. Now you can also become a military psychologist. You can also become a military recruiter. For that, you need to have a BA. You need not have a specialized course or diploma course in it. And also school psychologists, you can take up counseling psychology and then become a school psychologist or you can take up school psychologists as a degree or during your master's. You can specialize in child psychology and then you can become a school psychologist. So these are the lesser known career paths you can choose with a psychology degree and that is art therapy or art psychotherapy also. So for this, again, after having done your masters, you can take up a diploma course in art therapy and you can work as a art therapist. You can also open up your own practice with an art therapy license. Now you can also work with companies and become a with advertising agencies and become a consumer psychologist. You can work as a counselor and to work as a counselor, you need to have studied counseling psychology during your master's or you will need to have had taken diploma courses in counseling. Again, we have already covered forensic and criminal psychologists. For that, you need to have a degree in this. You need to have a specialized degree during your master's or during your bachelor's in the specific field and school psychologists and sports psychologists. Again, for sports psychologists, you need not have you can do your bachelor's in psychology and then take a specialized course in sports psychology during your master's or get a diploma. So now when we look in the Indian and in the Nagaland context, we know that there are many rehabilitation centers for many different issues such as let's say drug abuse, which is most commonly in Nagaland. We have drug abuse, alcohol abuse, rehabilitation centers, but these are not all okay. So the other rehab centers could be rehab centers for people who have underground mental trauma or who have mental disabilities and are recovering from it or who have even gotten let's say physical trauma and they are or brain trauma and they are recovering from it. Or it can also be rehabilitation centers for persons who are differently abled or maybe people who have speech and hearing issues. Okay, so these are the different rehabilitation centers that exist. So a clinical psychologist or psychologist or even a drug and alcohol expert or speech therapist, they are all there are all career paths you can choose. You can have a specialized course, you can take a specialized course in it and you can choose to work in rehabilitation centers and hospitals. When it comes to hospitals, you can work as a clinical psychologist, you can work with a psychiatrist or you can also work as a counselor. So in India or in Nagaland, there recently I think there were jobs for clinical psychologists that were advertised and it is under the district mental health program under the NHM. So clinical psychology jobs are available even in Nagaland and there is always a need for counselors in hospitals. So there are different health missions by the NHM in Nagaland also. So with the AIDS program and the tobacco program right when all those programs non-communicable diseases programs under all of these counselors are always required. But as of now most of these jobs are contractual but we just want to let you know that jobs are available. Now again when it comes to psychological research centers, you can always work with different research institutes and some of it could be the NIPCIT and NIMHANDS and the Central Institute of Psychiatry at Ranchi, a few examples, EPAS, all of that. You can work as research assistants, you can work as psychologists, you can work as clinical psychologists, you can work as project managers for the different programs that they have as psychologists in these research centers. So now earlier we talked about the advertising industry right. So as a consumer psychologist you can work in the different industries, even industries okay and different organizations as a consumer psychologist.  And also the different welfare organizations, so when we talk about welfare organizations there are many non-governmental, non-profit welfare organizations and also organization in nexus with the government such as the Child Welfare Committee and the National Committee for Women. So these are all places where a role of a psychologist or clinical psychologists are needed. Now again psychological assessment and testing, when it comes to psychological assessment and testing you can always work with schools, you can work as a career counselor where you administer all these assessments or you can work with hospitals, you can work with trauma centers where you can get after your master's you can get again more specialized certificate courses in different assessments or tests available that are used in those institutions and you can work as a psychologist in those centers. Now again research establishments and developmental programs, these are also, for example NIPSIT, okay NIPSIT is the National Institute of Public Health Cooperation and Child Development. Okay so there are always these establishments that require a psychologist, a clinical psychologist. Now we have talked about forensics and also universities and schools, now child and youth guidance centers these are the places which are always in need of a psychologist again if we talk about government ones like the CWCs and also the juvenile detention centers, the observation homes right all of these places are there are always opportunities in those places. Okay now factories and industries, so when we look into factories and industries again you can work as an industrial psychologist, you can work as a consumer psychologist or also you can also have studies, you can also study statistical psychology and using statistics and using research, try to come to conclusions about certain trends. Okay now again with you can always work in companies they're always in need of human in the human resource department right and in defense services and in private practices. So when it comes to private practices in India right now in order to open your own establishment you would have to have an RCI registration which is the rehabilitation council of India. So right now this is the committee that's handling licensure in psychology jobs also because as of now we do not have a psychological psychology council. So again for opening a private practice in order to have a license open a private practice you need to have worked under a RCI registered practitioner or you need to have studied in a RCI registered university for your higher studies. So what we're getting at is that today trained psychologists they are sought after in all spheres of life and job opportunities for psychology is endless. Okay and also because psychology is such a dynamic discipline that it's always broadening and it's always ensures so much boundary with so many different disciplines that with context the subject is always expanding. Okay and also therefore the application of psychological principles is so diverse which is why it is such a good career path that you can choose because it's ever expanding. Okay so thank you so this is it for my my bed thank you for listening now we will have our students who are currently enrolled in our psychology program they will be sharing their experience of studying psychology here at that's a college so we can take your time. Good afternoon everyone I hope I'm audible. Yes you are. I would like to take if I'm sorry first of all I would like to introduce myself my name is Shrizo Krasi and I am currently pursuing my bachelor in psychology at that's a college team up. So this afternoon I would like to take a few minutes of your time to speak on psychology as a study and career or why should you take up psychology to build your career. Ms. Nujeneno and Ms. Wananglo has clearly explained to us about the history of psychology and the different career options psychology can present to us with so I don't have much to say now so I'll just keep my sharing brief with my experiential learning. So as for me being a psychology student here at that's a college I came with many questions of my own with so much curiosity and high expectation with the hope that this subject would answer to all my questions my personal questions and it was so fortunate for me to choose psychology because it not only began answering my questions but I get to learn so many interesting things that broaden my mind and help me see life in a new perspective even though most of the classes were online. To be honest it was kind of difficult it was kind of hard at some point because we're the first batch of psychology at that's a college so we had no seniors to look up to but thanks to our dedicated professors of psychology department Ms. Nujeneno and Ms. Wananglo with their sincere effort helped us through all our doubts and obstacles. I can't say much about my experiential learning but all I can say is I've learned so much I've explored myself and have inspired and have inspired me so much well actually I've prepared so much but Ms. Nujeneno and Ms. Wananglo has covered all my topics so it wouldn't be so interesting for me to repeat all those so I'll just get to the end of my share so for all the students joining the school they're still confused with subject to opt for why not take up psychology why not explore yourself through this subject why not learn while having fun through practicals and experiment join us in join us along our journey to make this society a better place now I will give time to the next speaker in Lebanon to share her thoughts on it thank you. Good afternoon everyone my name is Initna and I am from the department of psychology so today I will be speaking a bit about my learning experience and on my personal road to psychology as a subject so first of all to speak a bit about my learning experience in psychology here in Tetzel it has been very good so far and through psychology I got to like educate and learn better on different concepts and ideas and also as I went on learning the subject I became more aware on how there are like several disabilities and differences that exist within us and in fact in our society which we sometimes like don't emphasize or speak enough on so learning psychology has been in a way learning apart from am I audible miss? It's just for a moment you got freeze but now it's audible. Oh sorry okay so I'll continue now when I talk about learning apart from academic knowledge here in Tetzel there are also like different webinars and events through which we get to understand better on different topics and our psychology department has also helped several webinars and events like Miss has mentioned earlier and what I really liked about this webinar was that it has contributed a lot towards my knowledge on topics which I was not properly aware of and also at the same time these events and webinars were very engaging and insightful and also now moving on to when it comes to my personal virtue psychology I think the subject has given me a lot of better insight on my own feelings and thoughts and also moreover I think I learned better I learned to like become more mindful and aware of topics like mental health or depression or a person's disabilities these others and all that and it has in a way taught me on why it is important not to discriminate between people and also on reasons why we should be kind to everyone so to simply put it in a nutshell I think by studying the subject I got learned something from it every day that I could put to use for myself and also to help contribute towards the society and all in all taking up psychology in Tetzel College has been a wonderful experience for me so far thank you thank you everyone thank you Wanda Huzhu and Indivenda all right so now we have come to the end of our webinar and the time is open for question and answer if you have any queries or clarifications which you would like to put forward you can unmute or you can use a chat box everyone's clear no confusions all right so there seems okay no one seems to be confused and clear about what the different branches as well as the different counterparts okay so with that note I hope all of you had learned something and something new about psychology and has broadened your perspective and yeah if you have any doubts and you would like to clarify you can always write back to us and get clarified with your doubts okay so yeah we will end the webinar from here and once again thank you all so much for joining us this afternoon and with your presence here you have made this webinar a success thank you all have a good evening all of you


Hi everyone! Today we're going to be talking about the Pailea Pepero Miores. Okay, coming up! This plant originally comes from China and it naturally grows at the base of the Himalayan mountains. The leaves are really interesting because they are circular and this is a feature that made this plant really popular in the last couple of years. Which takes me to the many common names that this plant has including Chinese money plant, coin plant because the leaves look like coins, pancake plant and UFO plant because the leaves can also look like UFOs. This plant can grow up to 12 inches tall and throughout her life it will provide her with the conditions that she needs. She will have many baby plants that we can then propagate and give to friends. So this plant is perfect to share as well. Okay, now let me tell you how you can keep this plant very happy at your house. Average household temperatures will be perfect for this plant. And this is also the case with humidity. Just avoid placing her where the air will be too dry. For example, very close to a heating vent. We have ours close to a humidifier and the humidity there is about 50%. And she seems to be happier. This plant will thrive in medium to bright light. I can tell you it really likes bright light conditions. Just not direct light because this can burn the delicate small leaves. Especially the new leaves. For a limb we don't have so much sunlight in the winter. So I brought this one close to a grow light and she seems to be very happy there. One thing that I can show you is that as you can see this plant is growing towards one side. This is because I forgot to turn her and they grow really quickly and towards the light. So I would strongly recommend that you turn the plant every week or so just to make sure that you have balanced grows. A sign that your paella is not getting enough light is if you see that they're growing leggy and the leaves are starting to be really small. This is a very good sign that your paella is lacking light. So what I would recommend is that you move her to a brighter space and she will be happy there. The paella perperomutes will be happy with moderate watering. So we want to allow the soil to almost dry completely in between waterings. Not completely but almost completely. What I recommend is that you always check the soil with your finger every week or so just to make sure that the soil is drying out and then you water. I water my paella with the bottom watering method and I love this method because it really helps me keep the soil moist but not wet. Once I am done watering I lift the pot and let the excess water drain down through the drainage holes and this is very helpful to prevent over watering. As I said our paella wants the soil to be moist but not wet. So what I would recommend for potting mix is one that is well drained. I use the old repressed house plant potting mix that I make at home and this one has a coconut coir base and then I add perlite or pumice for drainage and warm castings for nutrition. And she seems to be very happy there because I know that the soil is well drained but it also retains moisture for the roots. In terms of fertilizer we only want to fertilize our paella during the growing season which is the spring and the summer. And if you're a plant beginner I always recommend that you start with an organic fertilizer. This is because organic fertilizers are way less concentrated than synthetic fertilizers and this helps us prevent over fertilizing our plant. Of course always with the instructions on the bottle and always check your plant just to make sure that she's happy with the fertilizer that you're providing. The good news about this plant is that it's not toxic for dogs or cats and it's also not toxic for humans. So this plant is safe to be around your babies and around your pets. I have three extra tips for you about this plant. The first one is to repeat because it's very important. If you see that your plant is growing really leggy and small leaves this is a very good sign that she is missing sunlight. So move her to a more bright spot and she'll be happy there. Number two if the leaves in your paella are droopy this happens because of various reasons. The most common include number one your plant may be thirsty. So check the soil and if it feels really dry just water her and she will come right up. Related to this if you have had your paella for a long time the soil may be too compressed around the roots. So also check for this because if the soil is very compressed the water cannot get to the roots. So your paella may still be very thirsty even if you water her. So check the soil and if you feel that it is very compressed I would recommend that you repot your plant with new soil so it is more fluffy and soft for the roots. Another reason for droopy leaves with your paella is that they are not receiving enough light. This is especially true when you see leggy grows. So if this is the case move your paella to a brighter spot and observe how she reacts. The third tip is related to white small dots underneath the leaves. Not to worry generally these are pores on the leaves. And the white dots is actually mineral residue from the water evaporating up. This is not a big problem but if you want to get rid of it you can always clean your leaves gently. Okay everybody do you have any other tips for this plant? Make sure to comment below I can assure you the whole community will appreciate it. And as always I will see you in the next one. Okay ciao!


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One of my friends just shared a commercial she was in in a Christmas commercial in 2020, and I immediately recognized it as a commercial that I auditioned for. So I thought it would be so much fun if we looked at the final product that I wasn't casting. My audition, the entire thing, so you're gonna be able to see what a commercial self-tape audition is like. And I'm gonna tell you everything, how I got the casting call, what the specs were for the casting call, and what the Zoom callback was like because it was on Zoom. And I often see these commercials on TV or online before a YouTube video or something. And then I'm like, oh, that's what they were going for. So it's always really fun to see the commercials that I auditioned for. And I'm always happy, of course, to see my friends in it. I wasn't able to find the original email when it was requested for me to film the self-tape audition, but I was able to find the one where they checked my availability to see if I was still available for the shooting dates and then the email where they released me. So I got this audition from my agency and they submitted me through SF Casting. So because I am represented by Marla Dell Talent in San Francisco, they submit me through SF Casting Networks. And I think it was around September 23rd to the 25th where they asked me for the audition and I submitted it. Usually I have 24 to 48 hours for a commercial self-tape to give it back to my agent. So send them my self-tape. And in this case, the specs were Latina 25 to 35 and they were looking for all kinds of sizes. So in this case, there wasn't any kind of height restriction, anything like that. And they said they were open to accents. So I know that they specifically wanted accents because in the Zoom audition or callback, which I'll tell you about in a second, they did have me do the monologue with an accent. And for commercials, they will usually give you the usage. So this one was for three months in the winter because it was a Christmas commercial. And for new media online, I know it's on their YouTube channel. So it was that kind of usage. So if they ever wanted to use it again, let's say if they wanted to use this commercial again next year, then they would have to contact that talent again and say, hey, we're gonna be using this again. Can we pay you X amount of money to renew it for another three months for this holiday season? The wardrobe was of course, holiday casual. And because I was working at an office and I didn't have time to take a big chunk of time off of work because it was later in the afternoon, I had to just wear the same clothes. So to work, I wore this outfit because I was like, you know, it's not too Christmasy, but that blue is in a lot of Christmas decorations. So that's the shirt that I wore. The casting office in this case was Kristen Beck casting, which I have auditioned for lots and lots of times in San Francisco. And this commercial is not an NDA commercial. I did not have to sign a paper that said that I couldn't talk about it, which is a reason why I'm gonna share with you all of the details with the casting director was how I got this audition. So then based off of the email that my agency sent me, that self-tape audition request, I recorded this self-tape audition. Hi, my name is Veljika Rodriguez. I'm with Marla Dell Talent. I'm 5'10 in San Jose. Dear Mrs. Claus, for centuries, you have run this holiday, searching tirelessly for the perfect gift, keeping the flame in every tradition. Thank you for being in every family, in every heart, giving until you can give no more, and then giving again. There is a Mrs. Claus in all of us. Dear Mrs. Claus, for centuries, you have run this holiday, searching tirelessly for the perfect gift, keeping the flame in every tradition. Thank you for being in every family, in every heart, for giving tirelessly until you can give no more, and then giving again. There is a Mrs. Claus in all of us. In that self-tape audition, if you notice anything different that you usually do for your self-tapes, it's because I did exactly what they asked me to do. So in the beginning I slated as they asked and then did my audition and then at the end I put a full body shot. So if you are submitting a commercial audition and they didn't give you directions, either go back to the email and read it again or go back to the casting call and read it again because it's likely that they put what they wanted. If they didn't put any description at all, they might not want your slate because now they can take a look at your online profiles to see how tall you are or to see additional photos of you. So don't worry about it if they didn't ask for a slate or you can choose to do a quick slate at the beginning saying hi, my name is Beljika Rodriguez and I'm auditioning for Blink Project. I think I submitted that self-tape audition on the 25th of September and then on the 27th, 26th or 27th, they told me that I got a callback. So they sent me a notice through SF Casting that said the details. So my callback was on September 28th at 2.25pm and that was going to be on Zoom, of course, because that's the safest way to do it right now. And so this was one of my first few Zoom callbacks. I had a couple before this and they've all been pretty much the same. I received a link and again, the date of the callback, I was at work. So again, I had to be like, hey, boss, I got a callback. Can I leave the office for like 30 minutes again? So again, I found a well-lit room and I took my tripod to work so that I could use my tripod and not have to find where to put it. And I was lucky that I was able to find a quiet, nicely lit room with a blank wall behind me. And when you click on your callback link, your Zoom link, you will come into a waiting room. Usually there'll be somebody there who asks you if you already got the sides, if you have any questions and then usually you can mute yourself but keep your camera on so they know that you're still there. They know that you're not completely gone. Usually they ask you to stay within hearing distance in case they're like, hey, you're next or we're ready sooner than we thought and they do usually give you an estimate if they're running behind or if they're running ahead of schedule, they'll tell you it'll be about 15 minutes or there's three people in front of you, whatever it is. So after a few minutes, it was my turn and I got a little message inviting me to a different room, a different Zoom room.  In this case, everybody else's stuff was hidden except for the director. So it was just me and the director doing this audition. He explained what he wanted to see and he asked me to do it. So then I did it once. He gave me some feedback and asked if I can do it in an accent and like some kind of Latinx accent. And I said, I'm not really comfortable with it because if you guys have seen my videos from a few months ago, I'm working on being able to do that since I'm about Latina and it's asked for a lot in commercials and I don't feel that I naturally have an accent. I even try to have my mom teach me hers. But yeah, so I told him I wasn't confident with it. And so he asked me to do it in Spanish and that was really surprising, which has happened to me before where they asked me to translate it immediately in Spanish or say some lines in Spanish because I am fluent. It's actually my first language. And so when he said that, I was like, okay, one second. And I took three to five seconds at the most thinking, are any of the words in this monologue? Because I had of course memorized it. In English, I said, are any of these words words I don't usually use in Spanish that I don't know because I don't speak Spanish every single day and I grew up speaking Spanish, but at home and I got a little bit of schooling in Mexico when I was really young. So although I'm fluent, no se decir todas las palabras del mundo. So I was like, okay, let's do it. So I performed it in Spanish and then he was like, cool. I don't know if he knew Spanish. I don't think he did. But then he was like, okay, now do it again with the Latino accent. So then I did it with an accent. And I was like, oh, he's like, you did great. And I was like, you're really nice for saying that. And that was it. That was the callback. The next day I got another email from my agency letting me know that they had put me on check avail. So put me on hold. And two days after that, they let me know that they had released me. So usually if you are submitting directly to casting and not through your agent, you'll never hear back if you don't get cast. So usually if I don't hear back from the date that they had said they're going to be filming, then I know I was in cast. And this one in particular filmed on October 2nd, I know. So I still made myself available that day. I still didn't plan anything for that day in case they called me the morning of and said, hey, our actress got sick or our actress had an emergency and couldn't make it, whatever it was. I made sure that I was available just in case because I know they had considered me. And here is the final product. Dear Mrs. Claus. Dear Mrs. Claus, for centuries you've run this holiday. Every heart. Dear Mrs. Claus, this year, let it be a new year for Mrs. Claus's everywhere. Am I bummed? I didn't get it. A tiny bit because I love Christmas and I would have loved to have been in a Christmas commercial, but not really. None of the auditions I submit to. It's very rare that I get upset for not getting a certain role. And it's usually because it's a project that I really had been looking forward to. Like if I ever auditioned for the office and they didn't cast me, then I would be really sad. But in general, I don't really think about it. After I submit an audition, I really forget about it. And I think it's because it's been a long time since I've been acting. But at the beginning, when I was first auditioning for acting specifically in theater, it was very nerve-wracking because I knew a lot of people in the theater community and I really wanted to get a role in this production and I would schedule something to go do. So after the audition, I would schedule to go like spend $20 at a store or go get ice cream or go take a walk with my boyfriend, something to distract me.  So on that date, I would also have some kind of something like go out to dinner with friends and distract myself entirely from even being able to think about it because of course, if I'm just sitting on my couch, thinking about the fact that I didn't get it and I really wanted it, of course it's gonna make you upset. This was really fun to look at and this happens to me all of the time that I recognize commercials that I auditioned for because I had to memorize it so the lines are just forever in my brain.  So the actress that they cast instead of me is actually my friend Natalia Dominguez and the reason why I'm saying instead of me is because in the specs, I did say it was a Latina 25 to 35. From me saying the commercial, I saw that there was only one Latina and she is of course beautiful, super talented, so nice. I remember the first time I met her because we met on a commercial shoot for Goodwill a couple of years ago and we didn't end up being in the same commercial because they were two different commercials they were shooting on the same day, different scenes. But I just remember being like, oh my gosh, she's so nice and she was wearing these really cool yellow pants I still remember and she just had really, really cool style. Anyways, you guys should go check her out if you wanna see some of her acting. The last two things I saw her in, one was on Netflix, it's called Freshman Year, she's the lead actress in that and then there's a short film here on YouTube called Killer Couch, I believe it's Killer Couch by Brave Maker and she's also the lead female actress in that and at the end of every video I feature another channel. This is today's feature which is Brave Maker where you can see the short film if you would like to be featured on my next video make sure you're subscribed, like this video and leave me a comment.


Hello everyone in this video We're gonna give you our top five quarterback free agents this upcoming off season But before we get into it make sure you guys hit that subscribe button down below and let's get started These five players are either guaranteed to get cut and become a free agent or They're available on the trade market starting off at number five. We've got Blake Bordel So I debated on whether to put Blake Bordel's Ryan Tannehill and the number five spot I decided to go with Bordel's just because he's younger But also because he has more experience in bigger games like the AFC championship Bordel's is almost a given to get cut by the Jaguars this off season at number four We've got case Kenham So the Broncos are looking to trade case Kenham in the best scenario possible after they acquired Joe Flacco But it's highly unlikely that any team wants to pick up 18 million dollars for 2019 Kenham is averaged to above average and just like Bordel's He should have no trouble finding work because of his experience in big games because he's played in the AFC championship before At number three is someone who's often overlooked and forgotten about and that's to Rod Taylor So the Browns have no intentions of bringing back to Rod Taylor as the backup for Baker Mayfield Taylor is that kind of quarterback that has a good opportunity to be a bridge quarterback Meaning that a team is still looking for the franchise quarterback But for the next year or two, they're okay with signing a veteran quarterback to be their starter The number two free agent quarterback on our list is Teddy Bridgewater with the emergence of Tassem Hill It's highly unlikely that the Saints are going to retain Bridgewater the same quarterback that they've traded a third-round pick for just last year Bridgewater is only 26 and he's still as highly regarded as a player that could become a franchise quarterback if given a fair Opportunity to compete for that starting job The number one quarterback on our list is Nick Foles The Eagles would love nothing more than to franchise tag Foles and trade him But whether it's through a trade or through free agency Foles will still be highly recruited Not only because of his Super Bowl experience, but he still plays at a high level He completed 72% of his passes last year taking place for the injured Carson Wentz. So Nick Foles tops our list Congratulations, you made it all the way to the end of this video You know what you should do if you're not tired of my voice yet You should hit that T2F logo that just popped up on the screen because what that does it gets you subscribe to the channel So you stay notified for more videos that we come out with Go on click it For real click it


Well, hello and welcome to Jonathan from the heart. I'm Jonathan Asley of Jonathan as a comment I'm so excited to be doing this short video for you today Our topic is he ready for a serious relationship 10 things you must know Know these 10 things all right really quickly if you're brand new to my YouTube channel Please hit the subscribe button hit the bell so you can be notified of new videos And if any time during this video the content resonates with you Please hit that like button in the YouTube algorithm really quickly. These are my weekend videos I shoot out on my balcony very similar to the videos I shoot my private group called midlife love mastery This is a group where you can have direct access to me on a regular basis and based on the questions you post in the group I shoot personalized videos just for you. So check out the link below to my VIP group All right, let's talk about the men who are serious about relationship and these 10 important things you must know Now I am sure it is incredibly frustrating to experience a Brief relationship with someone or actually something even longer term what I mean by brief is maybe a few weeks Maybe a few months or even maybe a year or two Now year or two may seem like it's longer than brief But what I'm here to say is it's I'm sure it's incredibly frustrating to invest time in with someone Only to have them say I'm not ready for a serious relationship I'm not ready for a serious relationship and with the irony in this and I see this with men and women as well is That they've engaged in a relationship with someone They then claim they're not ready for a serious relationship and then they're in the relationship And they're literally back online the dating sites to replace that person Because the reality is in those particular cases. They weren't ready for a serious relationship with you and Sadly, I mean that can wear on us emotionally when we've invested time. We've invested our heart. We've invested our emotions We invested our vulnerability our authenticity and transparency only to have them run away or disappear So I want to talk about how to I don't want to say avoid that How to actually choose the person who's actually ready for a serious relationship that one and Understanding what it takes for a man to get to this place of a serious relationship and that's what we're going to lean in today We're going to look at all the factors that make up This decision-making process for a man So I'm going to put on my trusty glasses really quickly I'm gonna share with you my notes or really quickly All right, we're going to talk about the live at ten things you must know For a man to actually commit to a relationship So the first two is red or actually the first two are rhetoric that you hear from John Gray John Gray is the famous author that wrote men are from Mars women from Venus and while there was some groundbreaking Information in there. I totally appreciate many factors in the book I think what what the information there pigeon holds you So let's talk about one of the first two premises is basically the instinct of a man and then the Biology of a man or a man and woman. Okay, the instinct and the biology the instinct being that men are or Hunters and their providers and their protectors and women are nurturers and certainly the biology centers around the testosterone and Estrogen in relationship and why men need cave time, you know when their testosterone is depleted and that this notion that men are Provider protectors because back in the caveman days. That's what we were predominant, you know roles in relationship So those are certainly factors that do make up an aspect of the way a person's I'm gonna use the word personality, but I really want to say how they operate in Relationship how they operate in relationship, but I'm just gonna use the word personality for the most part in this particular case They're personality in operating in a relationship. So those are two factors to consider another factor to consider is Socialization socialization Understanding the difference between the way boys were raised and the way young girls were raised and there certainly has been a Predominant difference for those of us that are in the baby boom generics Period of time. I think there's a shift that's happening in today's narrative. I'm not sure that shift is any better Then they spare the rod Spoiled the child whatever kind of rhetoric that was in the past in other words Hey when I was growing up, there was corporal punishment when you did something wrong even in school But my point is there is a big difference in our socialization for boys and girls Okay, and that results how we're raised is as it not how we're raised But how we experience life in this adult for example men are to our boys are taught to stuff their emotions And women were actually and not to say that this is fair But there's a certain Objectification that goes on with respects to women in the way they're raised as little girls. It's all about being pretty Sparkly princess that sort of thing. I'm not saying this is right or wrong I'm just sharing these are the factors that make up all of this But today we're gonna go deeper than the surface because the surface is those three things and it's important to understand that and yet It's I want to encourage everyone to be careful to pigeonhole men and women in those three categories Because what what it takes for a man to get serious in a relationship to actually Start leaning into a relationship at a much deeper level It's important to understand these next seven things and I'll share with you what the final thing It's gonna take for a man to be ready for a serious relationship Really quickly. I noticed my my t-shirt says Rocky Horror Picture Show today There's a kind of an irony because part of the movie is about making a man So today we're gonna talk about what it takes to make a man in the sense of Understanding men okay understanding that okay, so the fourth thing to be aware of is Imprinting imprinting and what that means is when we when we are children we are imprinted by our parents We are imprinted by our parents or those surrogate parents around us and that imprinting Makes up how we operate as adults and what I mean to say is most of us have experienced Childhood wounds and traumas child and wounds and traumas that cause us to have negative patterns and limiting beliefs in our lives Negative patterns and limiting beliefs in our life and this actually contributes to the dysfunctionality Within most romantic relationships if there are unresolved childhood wounds and traumas for example, if you're not familiar with the work of Harvelle Hendricks and Helen Hunt I highly recommend checking out this book called getting the love you want Because this talks about the amago the amago and what this means is have you ever noticed even for yourself or for men That they continually choose the same type of woman Chances are if they choose the same type of woman over and over again They're actually reliving a childhood need to impress their parents in other words They're choosing paid people based on a familiar Childrearing experience oftentimes from a negative perspective and they're trying to on an unconscious level heal this So this is called the amago when we're repeating patterns of trying when we're when we choose people that are familiar to one of both of our parents Most likely the dysfunctional part of our parents The other thing to consider also is love attachment style love attachment style if you're not familiar with the book Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller. I highly recommend checking this out love attachment style There's three primary love attachment styles There's anxious avoidant and secure and there's subsets within that But men tend to be more avoidant in their love attachment style and what that means is they they Desperately want to attach to another person and at the same time. They're so afraid to attach to a person Can you see right off the bat now how this changes all the rhetoric about men or provider protectors? And they want the hunt right off the bat You have to look into it's great to like to say. Oh, this is how we should date and At the same time you be pigeonholing yourself if you don't understand that Imprinting makes a big difference in a person's life and they have gone if they've gone unhealed in their adult life It makes it more problematic to be in relationship and to actually to be serious in a relationship Number five their age and life experience their age and life experience And here's the thing a man in his 20s and 30s most likely is on the hunt for a spouse It's most likely on the hunt for a spouse if he wants to raise children with somebody But as men age You know so we're gonna take out those marriage-minded men that vast majority of people in their 40s 50s and 60s are divorced So what we're dealing oftentimes is with adult trauma, you know, did they go through a divorce? Did they lose their job? Did they have family issues? Did they have baggage all of this now plays into the stew? But Jonathan men are supposed to be the hunters and they're supposed to claim me Can you see right now how that narrative begins to shift when you understand the complexities of what it takes for a man to actually get To a place of being ready for commitment My coffee mugs as coffee tastes better with share when shared by the way, if you like my shirt or coffee mug Please post a comment below number six is cultural and religious Background cultural and religious background. What's this person's values? How are they raised? How are they, you know, what's their experience from a cultural perspective because there's a big difference between people? Who were you know come from another country and the way they were raised certainly Middle Eastern countries and Mediterranean countries and European countries or even? Eastern countries are so different Then the way say someone was raised in the United States You have to take it and by the way even those in the United States that were born and raised here might have different cultural values And certainly religion plays a factor in all of this So now this is more of the stew that makes up, you know Makes up the factors of how is this guy ever going to be in a position to be serious in a relationship if all this stew is Is in the mix and I'm going to get to that in a moment But I want you to understand this because this is critically important and number seven his socio-economic Both upbringing and current status in his life money plays a big factor in a man's decision-making process of Choosing a mate and certainly those who are struggling financially makes it very difficult for them to lean into a relationship But if they were raised rich or they were raised poor that plays a factor in how they operate as an adult I know a lot of people who are raised rich that have scarcity mindset You know like we have to save every single penny and then poor people Oftentimes are afraid to branch out and make their mark in the world And that's just the way they were raised and then play and this all plays into how a man operates From a dating perspective So can he have you by the way? So this has nothing to do with his testosterone levels are down and he needs to go into the cave time I mean certainly that might play a tiny factor in this, but there's so many other layers going on and Then number number eight their physical Appearance and their health their physical health and their appearance by the way as people age they They lose their elasticity their face they start to get bags in their eyes Oftentimes people eat poorly that causes them to not look so good. It certainly can create weight, you know shift in their Physical appearance men lose their hair, you know all kinds of things start to happen to our bodies as we age and for those that actually Understand the importance of health of real genuine health, which means exercise in eating From a sense of healthiness versus all the process garbage that we have out in the world today And this plays a factor in someone's decision-making process and a lot of people feel Absolutely insecure from their body perspective This is true of men. This is true of women as well You know men who are shorter get judged, you know for not being tall enough and they're not going to be our protectors You know Bruce Lee was five foot six and he could kick the crap out at anybody in a room You know height has nothing to do with the ability for someone to protect although that's a mindset again This is the imprinting mindset from women that believe this Okay, and number nine And this is where things start to shift is this man introspective is he introspective does he look inward does he do personal development work and More so has he healed his childhood wounds and traumas that cause those negative patterns and limiting beliefs in their life This is why folks I wrote my book Called what the heck is self-love anyway what the heck is self-love anyway by the way There's a link below to my book and all my recommended books This is a journey of personal development self-help and spiritual work to shore up Our number one emotional health issue and that is I'm not good enough I'm not lovable and I'm not likable and Nothing triggers this for men and women alike like like the dating process Because as we get down to these layers, I really want to encourage everyone to understand That for a man to be ready to be serious, and I'll share the the tenth one in a moment For a man to be serious about a relationship He has to be in a position Emotionally To feel safe with someone to feel safe with someone and it first starts about feeling Emotionally safe within oneself and for a man to get to feel emotionally safe with one set within himself Most likely he's going to have to do that introspective work that personal development that self-help that spiritual work So he can shift from that narrative of it's all about being provider protector, and it's all about biology And it's all about socialization And then when you start looking to the layers of what it takes for a man to be serious and ready for commitment When you understand all this you can actually start making better choices for yourself And that's what I'm going to lean into for you today because number ten for a man All these factors that are that make up this stew for a man to be ready for a serious relationship Ultimately is his emotional intellect is his emotional intellect Is he emotionally mature enough to be in relationship and yet sadly the vast majority of human beings men and women alike have Terrible relationship skills and emotional skills. You haven't seen my chart before Emotional maturity and relationship skills by the way, this is not a fact. This is an opinion roughly about 20% of the population has Clinical issues. I mean real clinical issues and then while I state here that 20% are emotionally healthy I'm being ridiculously generous when I say that because the vast majority of the human population is dysfunctional in their relationship skills and So how can you determine someone's true relationship skills in their emotional maturity? Ladies it's going to be through radical honesty radical honesty. It's going to be Asking much better questions in the beginning stages of the dating process This is my area of expertise as a coach By the way, check out the link to a free discovery call with me to see if working with the coaches right for you What I encourage everyone to do is pre-qualify your prospect and you can do this by asking better Questions right from the get-go in the dating process and let me give you an example. Let me give you an example Because a man who's ready for a serious relationship a Man who's ready for a serious relationship has a plan He has a plan and what I mean to say he has that desire inside of him to be in a serious relationship So here's the question you ask a guy What are you looking for in a relationship? Describe what you're looking for in a relationship and what does commitment look like for you? Describe what you're looking for in a relationship and what does commitment look like for you because when a man Doesn't run from that doesn't feel overwhelmed if by the way when a man feels overwhelmed by that question And he turns it around that's not a guy who has a plan when a guy Shifts the narrative and makes it your fault That's the man who doesn't have a plan a man who actually knows the answer to that question is ready for a serious Relationship and it takes these 10 things to understand from your perspective Because when you understand this you can let go of the old narrative that it's all about the man's testosterone And it's all about him being a provider protector Because there's a lot more in this stew that gets a man ready for a relationship and for him to be there he has to know What's he looking for in a relationship and what does commitment look like for him? And if you ask him that the the man who's ready for serious relationship has an answer for you And that's my invitation for you. Are you with me? Because it's all about making a man in the movie Rocky Horror Picture Show All right, I'd like to hear your thoughts on this Please post a comment below if it resonated with you I do my best to read them all and certainly if you have anything to add If you find value in this, please share this video with your friends check out all the links in the description You want to connect with me? And if you want to follow me on Instagram and all those places, okay? I'm gonna wrap up this videos I always do first off giving myself a big gigantic John the bear of self love I'm gonna reach into the camera and give you a hug of love if that's okay I'm asking you to turn to someone a pat a teddy bear Or a pillow and give it through them a hug of love because hugs are a great source of love and let's face it We could all use more love in our lives. Thanks a bunch. Bye now. Bye. Bye


There is a growing portion of TikTokers who are trying to change their race to be Asian and specifically Korean. This, of course, has sparked a huge online debate, so everybody's scrapping your seatbelts and hit that like button as we get into it. Trans-Koreanism. Yeah, that's the thing right now. Of course, we're talking about RCTA, ECTA. These are new words to me. Andrew, what do they mean and why is TikTok impacting society? Alright, so RCTA means race change to another, ECTA, ethnicity change to another. This is, I guess, the evolution of the trans-racial identities where people identify as a different race. Rachel Dazelle is a famous case of that. But anyways, this is a quote that someone said. Basically, RCTA has the same concept as being trans-racial. However, these RCTA identifying people believe they are more educated than the previous generation of trans-racial people because they have actually tried to learn more about the inner culture and the languages and just tried to delve deeper in it. It still doesn't make it okay, though. Is it sort of like being an otaku versus a weeaboo where one of them is more like valid and you know, you know, kendo? You speak Japanese versus just being into anime? Yeah, I guess the argument is that these RCTA people are like, they've tried harder. They've put in more effort. They've put in the work to become like an honorary Korean person. So is Ali London trans-racial or is he E-C-T-A-R-C-T-A? Listen, guys, he's the face of the movement. I don't know.  But anyways, guys, I do want to say, before we get into the comment section, of course, this is a very heated debate on both sides. Everybody needs to respect each other as people, you know? For sure. This is key. Yeah, and you even need to respect people who disagree with you. Yes. You've got to be respect on all sides, guys. This is a personal thing. This is not a crime, although it is definitely confusing and very interesting. It's not like, you know, people, there's a lot worse things going on out on the street. Listen, guys, man. It's TikTok, guys. Like, subscribe, turn on your notifications. I'm not taking it that serious, but of course the comment section got super heated, Andrew. But David, I do want to say we got some points that we're going to talk about at the end that I didn't see in the comment section very often. So stick around for those. Somebody said, what is the difference between race and gender? Of course, people were debating back and forth. Some people were saying, well, the big difference is R-C-T-A-E-C-T-A. They're just fetishizing and they're just fetishizing the most pop aspects of Japanese and Korean culture that they morph to. So even when they say they learn it better, they're just learning certain slices of the culture better. It's not the upbringing. It's not the deeper culture. It's the surface level culture. Right, right, right. That's the argument for it. I also, there's also a debate of people are breaking down which one is more of a social construct. Gender or race. Now, you always grow up being told race is a social construct and that's meant for you to not be racist to each other, right? Right, right. But then does that leave space for people to choose their race? I don't know. Well, this sort of leads us into a more conservative section, guys. Somebody said, I knew this is where we were headed. We let those liberals drive the social bus and this is where y'all drove us. And then of course, other people were saying, oh, look at y'all liberals now. Y'all disagreeing with Oli London because it touched your sacred cow of racial and cultural identity. But gender was all good, huh? We're going to be marrying our pets soon. These were obviously all from the conservative side. Moving on. Somebody said a lot of Asians enter on the next shark Instagram. They were like, dude, you guys, it doesn't matter if you manifest changing your race. You'll never know what it's like to grow up in an Asian household. Deal with discrimination. Be a minority. Deal with racism from COVID. World War II, people viewing you as an enemy anywhere from major aggressions to microaggressions in the West.  So you want to take our identity. Yeah, I think it really is interesting. And this does bring up a point that I wanted to talk about at the end of like people who grow up in a different place in a different time and they feel like their identity, whether it be man, woman, racial identity is not like cool anymore. And they try to latch on to something else. First of all, we've seen this growing up like a lot of people latch on to different identities at different levels. Maybe they fall short of saying, I am this Malibu's most wanted. What is that whole concept? That's like a result of Tupac being so popular and everybody wanted to be hood because of Tupac. We grew up in the 90s and 2000s. Everybody wanted to be black, right? That's what everybody said. But but not that many people would say I am black. I would say would you say that the dynamic is that privilege became cliche or privilege became uncool? Because if somebody said, why would you want to be a minority, which is like a 1.5 or a second class citizen? When you're already born white, which is a first class citizen in America. Why would you go down in the chain of the hierarchy? Because it's not cool to be, you know, the privileged old money now. Why would you want to choose Asian of all the races? I'm choosing gorgeous light-skinned black guy. The truth is a lot of Asians, man. And I mean, it's different. But like some of a lot of them would choose white because they're trying to move up to be the first get the first class. So Ali London is Asian and then you get some Asians get to be white. Ooh, what if Ali London identifies as an Asian who wants to be white instead of a white that wants to be Asian? I mean, David, this has been a joke in culture. Obviously Dave Chappelle's racial draft growing up in the 90s.  Like there are even white Rostas.   It's been happening. Somebody said we've won, but at what cost? This guy was basically saying I'm liberal. We're liberal guys. I get it. That's all good, but I don't know. I'm getting kind of worried. Who knows, man? Of course, Andrew, this from the adopted community. They don't like the fact that the word trans racial, which is was typically five years ago or 10 years ago used only exclusively in the adoption community as more of a understanding like people that have been adopted by other cultures like Asian girls that have been adopted by white families. That's trans racial adoption. They feel like the word has been taken from the adoption community. Oh, trans racial because they are of a different race growing up in a different ethnicities family. Okay, that's interesting. I actually, I didn't know that that it it originates from the adoption. Yeah, I'm not going to lie though. I'm not saying what, you know, everything's bad. It doesn't anything bad to anybody or anybody, but like this version of trans racialism to a normie person is going to immediately click more than the adoptive term. Oh, it's more explosive. Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's just more easily identifiable. I guess in 2023, somebody said I've been identifying as super rich lately, but I haven't received my money. Trans financial. Yeah.  The easier it is for me to make money, take your money and dominate. Um, yeah, that's interesting. Okay, Andrew Tate. Yeah. Somebody said, is this something in the water? Is there a brain eating amoeba in 2023? David, what's this comment about post modernism? Well, P K actually was a friend of ours said, what in the world is happening? And somebody said, this is just French post modernist thrash. Long story short, guys. Um, there was, uh, you know, regular philosophy than there was modernism. And then in the 1970s in France in Paris, Andrew, there was post modernism theory. And, uh, long story short, post modernism refers to the state of culture where media is produced in such staggering quantities. It has crossed the boundaries in a reality itself and hyper reality prevails. Basically, modernism was more like focusing on answers to everything. And that was like the narrative. It's like, we're just going to figure out the truth to everything. Post modernism is like the truth is all relative. There is no truth. Ah, yeah. I've heard that no real truths. Yeah. So yeah, listen, guys, you guys look more into it. I'm sure some of you guys out there are philosophy majors. You guys know a lot more than we do. Very interesting though. I watched a few YouTube videos on it. Somebody said, uh, yeah, if you want to be Asian, prepare for emotional damage because we've received that every day of our lives and you better learn our language at least 40 hours a week. Your previous race cart is null and void and you better eat fish sauce. Somebody said, uh, yeah, call me if you ever need some slippers thrown at your head for an authentic transitioning experience. And somebody said, this is so weird to see this as a mixed Asian person. Yeah. Like we said, um, Andrew, do you think Asians are right or wrong? Cause some people have some really strong opinions on this, right? Because let's be honest, they are more white tickers, tick talkers trying to transition to Asians. Yeah. Uh, who would have thought David that growing up people would actually really try to be Asian now they're trying to be Asians have been cool enough that some white people want to be, you mean, you mean Japanese and Koreans have gotten cool. Yeah. Japanese and Koreans got cool enough. Uh, but yeah, I, so I think man, it's a really funny conversation obviously, and there's tons of jokes to come out of it. Um, but I guess like for me, I guess my questions are, you know, what if someone is like 2% of another ethnicity? Like let's say, let's just say this is not true.  Is that enough for us to claim being black? Could we say we're black now at all, right? Or isn't more based off the societal perception or even just like it was just weird. It's like the visual manifestation of your phenotype in the DNA. Facially, there's no one in the world that would ever think I'm black, so there's no way I can identify as black, even if I'm like 5% black. You know what I mean? So I guess like at what point is it because I think for a lot of mixed people, right? That are like four different ethnicities, which there are people out there like that. Obviously, like do they get to identify and just switch throughout the week? I remember one time Andrew, Mike Bibby went to like the BET awards or something like that. And, and like they didn't somebody in the crowd, like a journalist didn't do their homework and they misidentified Mike Bibby as, as not black, right? And Mike Bibby was like, yeah, I'm black. Yeah. And then you have to just, well, you have to just take it because you have to change. Mike Bibby, if you guys don't know. Yeah, if you take his work boy. Yeah, he's black. He's black. Um, somebody said, yeah, this is so bizarre and completely wrong, but Asians have been trying to look white and copy and white features for years now and they're doing surgeries, lens wiggies, wigs, bleaching, whitening products. So this is kind of hypocritical as it gets. So this is the same thing. Basically another guy said Asian people have been trying to look white for centuries now. So I don't know if we can really call them out for trying to look like us. Uh, all right. So I think that trying to take on the aesthetic of somebody is quite different. Even like there's a whole Chicano scene in Japan where in Thailand where they dress up like Cholos, Cholos, right? But they don't, they wouldn't tell you that they're Cholos. They're not like, yeah, we think we are Cholos. We are Mexican. Yeah, they wouldn't say that. And that just like white, like just like Asians who act white or try to be accepted by white people saying you are actually a white person is different than just like appearing and taking on some of the traits. I guess somebody said I'm Chinese. I had a Chinese friend who was a girl and she growing up in her teenage years, fake race being Korean or Japanese, but she was just Chinese. So how bad is that because it's between Korean and Chinese and Japanese, which are like pretty close together, right? You can get away with it. Yeah. So I'm saying, I guess like, how wrong is she? Like we said, guys, I think the line gets really blurry and you know, I don't know, there's so many new terms and there's so many new discussions. So somebody said, uh, I'm black American. Welcome to the wide scale pop cultural monetization of ethnicity and culture while simultaneously mocking and restricting access to the people of the ethnicity and the culture that is being monetized as a black person. I know what this feels like. Yeah. That's true because black culture or culture spearheaded by black people has, have, has always been very popular for the past like however many decades, right? The Kardashians get, uh, you know, accused of that a lot, right? Yeah. Getting grades or getting. So David, you feel like, I feel like that it's really fueled by like this, this idea of a cultural appropriation because nobody wants to have their culture appropriate and everybody wants to gatekeep and be like, I'm the gatekeeper. I call it out. Who's Asian? Who's Korean? Who's Chinese? Who's blah, blah, blah. Who's Philly gate? You know, I'm, I'm the authority even though there is technically no authority and people feel like, oh, well, I have the most generalized, like normative view, right? Yeah. And one thing that I do think is kind of funny is that throughout a life, everybody's always had this honorary Asian card, right? You'd give it to your friend who was like every group of Asians back in Seattle or the Bay area dating an Asian person who's kind of learned the language. They're down with the culture. Every group of Asian friends are Asian squads. They got that one, they got that one friend.  You're not black, but your honorary. So you're saying the honorary status is better than somebody literally trying to claim the actual status. It is weird to claim it. The last comment was, man, you're just born whatever you're born. Deal with it guys. Deal with it.  Andrew, let's just get into our takeaways, man. I mean, what do you think this debate could rage on literally in circles for hours and hours? I mean, I think for me in 2023.  You can't put your chopsticks in your rice like it's incense, right? There's just some cultural things that you just cannot do. You it's very, very difficult to talk back to the parents like it's just not allowed. These are things that are generally for the most part very held in high esteem in the Asian culture. So I would want people to respect that when we're in the Asian society. You know what I mean? Like an Asian household is like a mini microcosm of Asian society, right? But when we're out in the West, if we are assuming that let's just say it's French postmodernism or it's like ultra late stage capitalism or it's neoliberalism or neo individualism, whatever you want to call it. If that's the scheme that we're running out here, then of course everybody has to accept it, right? Not you can we cannot pick and choose if we're all agreeing that this is how things are going in the West. So you're saying these are CTA people, you would urge them not to try to do this in Asia. But if they're in America and want to play this game, then I'm more about operating off the rules or whatever. And are we playing feeble ball? We can knock the ball that's spinning around the rim. If we in the NBA, that's a goaltend. All right. That's my perspective where I'm like, Hey guys, who am I to dictate? Like if we're going by 1970s French postmodernism here, I guess let's I'm late. You know, anybody can claim whatever they want, but it doesn't mean that everybody else has to treat them like that. Right. And you can't control other people's lives. The whole point is that you can live your life as an individual and nobody should mess with you as far as no one should hurt you and be aggressive and disrespect you, but they don't have to treat you exactly how you want to be treated because you can't control other people. But all you can ask for, I think as the baseline is respect. So it is definitely a weird thing, man. It definitely looks weird and sounds weird. Dude, people just yeah, let us know what you think in the comments. But again, guys, keep it civil guys. Do you think that Ali London being the face of this recta act of thing? It really makes it look ridiculous.  Yeah, yeah, but maybe there's dude. And think about it in the future. The technologies are going to become so advanced. Somebody literally like visually is going to be able to become another race. Yes. No, exactly. The technology is not there yet. There's going to be a white girl who looks in Asian enough and he speaks the language and he's going to embed herself maybe in Asia and even trick people at some point. What is what about Bjork? Think about Bjork, man, because you know, a lot of people in Greenland and Iceland, they have some of those Inuit Eskimo bloodlines. David, I identify as a blue-eyed, beautiful, light-skinned man like Jeremy Meeks. I would like to be treated as such. And you know what? But no, it's going to treat me that way. Do you identify as you speaking Spanish too? I maybe I identify as a Spanish person that but I just don't speak Spanish. Oh, about that. I like to like, you know, like, yeah, like an American. I like it. I'm so into it. But no, it's going to treat me that way. Hey, man, I respect it though. Yeah, let us know what you think in the comment section below. Guys, I think it just all depends on your perspective. I do not think there's right or wrong, even though, of course, people in the comment section were trying to tell each other that they were right or wrong. Let us know what you think. Keep it civil. Until next time, we'd hop up boys. We out. Peace.