But today, Bill thinks that we are vlogging, but in reality, I'm gonna be testing him to see if he's a gentleman. Are you gonna open the door for me? That's not a very gentleman like you. What?   What do you want? What is good, Marvel Squad? And welcome back to our channel. I have to make this intro really quick because I told Bill I was gonna go fill up my water bottle because we're all out of water, which we need to go shopping for. But today, Bill thinks that we are vlogging, but in reality, I'm gonna be testing him to see if he's a gentleman. Shout out to JD Vlogs for doing this video. I thought it was a super funny idea and I really wanna put my boyfriend in the test. I wanna do things without him knowing to see if he's a gentleman because I will say, I will give Bill credit when it comes to our relationship. He's super lovey. He's always making sure I'm okay. You know, if I'm sad, he's always hugging me. If I'm cold, he's always making sure, you know, I am okay and like that is one thing that I really do love about him is that he's always taking care of me and I just, I love him so much. But today, we're putting him to the test. Today, we're gonna see if he does all the things that I have listed out. I have a couple of things that I'm gonna see and test him with. He's not gonna know it's all gonna be low-key filming but really we're gonna be vlogging the whole day so it's not gonna be like I'm having to hide the camera and stuff. So I do have one thing planned so Bill's actually in the car right now.  That's the first test. And then when we get to the place, I'm going to wait and see if he comes around and opens the door for me. I will say Bill doesn't usually do that. I don't know, I just feel like I can do it myself. He doesn't have to do that. But we're gonna see if he does it today and if he doesn't, then he fails it which I do feel like he's going to fail it. But hey, he might surprise us all. Make sure to give this video a big thumbs up guys if you guys haven't already. Make sure you gotta hit that subscribe button and join the Rubble family guys. We're gonna be moving into our house so soon. We cannot wait to show you guys the empty house tour. Let's get on to today's video. Let's see if Bill's a gentleman and I want you guys to comment down below.  Comment down below and let's see what you guys think. All right guys, so Bill's about to pull out.  This is the first test of the day guys. Let's go see what he does. I'm just gonna stand out here and wait and see if he comes and opens it. Are you gonna open the door for me? You're already starting off the day with a fail. We are. Wait, why? For what? God, babe. I opened the door for you. Ask me to open it. I didn't know you wanted me to do that. That's fine, babe. You just failed. You failed me? No, I haven't failed yet. I'm about to fail. I was gonna do the intro of the car. Why? You never asked me to open the door for you. I know, but you just failed that. That was a really bad start up today. I thought you would open the door for me today. I'm sorry, you didn't kiss. I'll do it next time. It's really cold in here. Huh? It's really cold in here. Yeah, I'll throw you down. Is that better? Huh? Is that better? Yeah, it feels really good. Thank you for doing that. That was a good start. The camera's running. You passed that. You know, he helped me there. What are you doing? Oh, I was just saying. Are you pranking me? No. Wow, babe. I'm not pranking you. You're pranking me. I'm not. I'm just kidding. I'm not kidding. You better take that. I'm kidding. All right. But what is good, Mama Squad? Welcome back to our channel. Today is going to be a fun day. We were driving to the gym today and we saw a pet supermarket that we saw. We want to go check it out. Because if we move into our house, we want to get to know a few things. We want to see if it's got some cool things that we can do. Even though we already have like a ton of stuff. But I never knew that a pet supermarket even existed. So we have to see it. And we're also going to show you guys because I doubt any of you have been in a pet supermarket. If any of you actually have been in a pet supermarket, comment down below and be honest because I'm really curious to see if they actually exist in other states. Yes. But let's go. Let's try it out. I don't know if you can see this, but we just made it here. Look it.  It says, you can't really tell from here. But it's a giant, giant pet store. Oh yeah. We got to get wet food. So it's perfect. This is crazy. I'm excited to see if it actually, you know, is a supermarket. Where it's going to? We're going to see it. Come on. Okay. That was a fail. Man. Wow. We're just failing today, guys. I don't know how this challenge is going to go. If he keeps doing this. I'm really excited to see. Yeah. Nothing. I'm not acting weird. I'm acting fine. It's fine. Everything's fine. Can you hold the camera? Here. Hey guys, you can see a way better pet supermarket. Mariah, I want to just start filming right here because, because I know, you know you love pets when you get excited to go into a pet supermarket. But since I didn't open the car door for you here, I'll open this door for you. Is that better? He's complaining the whole day today. Mariah, look at it. It looks like taco. Look at how tiny this cat is, guys. Look at his feet. Compared to snaps, his feet are so small. Look at him. I love his back and his paws. I know. He has no idea that you're adoring him right now. He's just dreaming. He's in cat sleep right now. All right, guys. Bill's in the other aisle over there. I'm going to grab something and hold it and see if he takes it for me and holds it for me and see if he's a gentleman here. This is going to be the real test. What are you doing? Huh? What are you doing? Hey, there's another box. This cleans itself and it's $200. We're not giving that. We're not giving that. You're right. Can you grab that thing up there for me, please? Where? Would you be able to grab the feet? No, the snaps food for me. Oh, this? Yeah. Wait, does he want the beef or the... I mean, I can hold it. Turkey, chicken, ice and food. You want me to hold it? I'll hold it. You'll hold it? Okay. Okay. Nothing. When your boyfriend's a gentleman, he holds all the stuff for you because we didn't get a cart. You're so sweet. I do this all the time. I know, I appreciate it. I really do. It's the cutest thing. Okay, but on top of that, Mariah is... Guys, we love spoiling snaps. Mariah is literally making me buy all the stuff. I'm getting it ready for the house, for our house. We don't even live in a house yet. We live in our parent's house. Okay, but we're moving into our house soon. In like a week or two. Okay. Mariah, what are the odds, one out of 10, that we're gonna adopt that cat? That little cat. Ready? One out of 10, ready? One, two, three, four. Five. I really want it though. It's a really cute cat. I was gonna say three, but then I said four. We can't. Dang. Would you actually, if I said it right? I mean, I would have to. That's the point of the game. No, would you actually adopt a cat? Yes. Yes, because that's the point of the game. We don't fake our videos, guys. We literally don't fake our videos. I would literally dead-ass get that cat, if we set the same number, but we didn't. I wanna see if it's a boy, actually. Here, wanna hold the camera? Let me see if it's a boy. Oh, we already said no. Now she's pondering it. She's like... All right, you passed that. You held the camera. All right, well stay tuned, because Mariah's a rule breaker. By the end of the video, we might own a cat. I don't know. Finn? Hm? I'm really thirsty and I'm hungry. So am I, actually. You're in luck, because we are almost home and we can get some water and get some cheese sticks or something. Home? Can we get Starbucks? What do you wanna eat there? And get their spring drink. Or do you wanna get lunch tomorrow? Yay! I want oatmeal. Marvel Squad, of course. Your boy had to come into Clutch and we got our daily dose of Starbucks. It's like a disease now. It's a virus and I'm like taking it, all right? Stop! There's like a little spider.  Climb it in here.  No, I'm kidding. That's not very gentlemen-like for you. What? You're scaring me like that? That wasn't very nice. Wait, what does that even mean? Not even gentlemen-like. That wasn't very nice to scare me like that. Wait, hold on, off camera. What do you usually mean by that? I don't know, it's just not... No, that didn't even make any sense. That was just a joke. Okay. Joe! And you're smacking me like this? Not very gentlemen-like either. What? What do you want from me? I'm just... That is not nice. I'm just trying to film. I'm just trying to... I did not even hurt. I hurt.  I got you. You are not a baby. Oh my God. No, no, no. I did not mean to... You're not a baby. I'm sorry. I got you Starbucks. I thought you'd be happy. I was just joking around. We joke around in our relationship. Not today, we don't. Oh my... Can we film? You know. All about... Okay, hold on. What are you doing? What are you actually filming?  No! You better not be filming anything that I don't know about. You don't. I'm skeptical now. No, don't be skeptical. All right, let me start filming again. Guys, so literally we just got Starbucks and oh my gosh, that line was insanely long. I think they were training a new person because look at this. Boom! Car after car after car. Do I know what the crabby part about that too? It literally took like five minutes per car at the window because they were so backed up in the store. But either way, we got our Starbucks. Mariah's happy. Bill came in clutch, right babe? Yeah, you did. That was one thing you came in clutch with. Am I a gentleman? Yeah, but for that you are. My God. She's literally been... She's been in a bad mood all day today, but I thought this would cheer her up. So let's get some... I've been feeling what? It's been nice to me today. What do you mean? Is that a video that you're doing? Being nice to my girlfriend? Seeing my boyfriend be nice to me or something? No. I'm actually not with this Taze video as well. Taze video is just vlogging. Okay. It better not be. Let's get some food in her system and then we'll come back because she's just being too much. Would you be able to throw this stuff out before you go inside? Yeah. Yeah? Yeah. Okay, I'm just going to take the camera in. Yeah. See what you got for me? Yeah. Thank you. Love you. Bye. Bye. All right, guys. So we're really putting him to the test. I'm going to wait over here by the door and see if he opens the door for me. I'm just going to stand here and wait and see how he reacts. He's kind of been doing good this challenge, but he's also been doing bad. Comment down below what you guys think.  Oh my God. Of course. He's got to do that. All right, guys. Let's see what he does. Why? I'm scared, man. I'm scared you? Yeah, what are you doing? I'm just waiting. Or can you actually, would you be able to get all the stuff out? I'm just going to get it right now. Aw. You're so sweet. What a journey. Are you filming? No, I'm not filming. Why are you acting so sketched today? Dude, you were annoying. I'm the annoying one? Yeah, you're the annoying one. I was wondering why you asked me to do everything. I'm fine, but like, you're making it like I've been a bad guy. All right. Thanks, baby. You wanted me to open. Wait, so the whole time you waited for me to open the door? Yeah.  Would you be able to take my shoes off for me? What are you doing? Would you be able to take my shoes off? Why are you doing this? I know you're doing something. Please. What are you doing? I'm sore and I can't get down. Give me a freaking foot. One. Why are you throwing my shoes? And also, can you, would you be able to see if my package came in? Would you be able to go outside and see if I have a package there? I swear. I just watched you check the front door for a pet. I swear. Let me see the camera. No. Is it on? No. Let me see it. Give me the camera. Give me the camera. What? I shut out super quick. This is so he didn't know I was filming, but he's going to check the front door. Not there? No. Dang. I don't know why I said it's delivering today. I saw you check it. I don't know why you asked me. Yes, you saw me. I saw you check it. The front door. All right, guys. So I don't know what's going on in this video, but I know Mariah is doing something. So I'm going to, from now on, whatever she asks me to do, I'm just going to deny it. I'm going to say no. I don't want to do anything because I really don't know what she's doing, but I know it has something to do with me being nice. So any single time she picks up the camera, she starts following me from now on. I'm going to be like, uh-uh. I'm going to try to backfire this on her. So if she is doing something for all those Team Mariah fans out there, you better be rooting for Team Bill now because we're about to backfire it on her. Now I'm going to go set the camera down and whenever I see her pick it up, I'm going to literally get my no on. I'm going to be like, I don't want to rub it for you. I don't want to get your phone charger. Are you kidding me? Let's go. Let's see how she reacts. Aw, are you going to cook some dinner? Girl, I'm eating a cheese stick. What do you mean? Oh, can we make dinner? Can we? No, can you make us dinner? Can we make dinner? Can we make ham? Well, you can make it. I could sit and watch. Whenever Mariah says we, she means I. Can we do that? And I will kindly, kindly decline that request because I really do not want to. Please do not. Can you please make me dinner?   No.   Not for you. You're joking. Are you actually being serious? Yes. I'm kindly declining. Okay, well, then can... I'm declining in a nice way. Well, then can you give me like a quick back massage and I'll cook dinner then? Here. Set the camera. Set up the camera. Can you give me a back massage? Babe, I'm not giving you a back massage. Please give me a back massage. My back hurts from the workout today. Please give me a back massage. Look at me. My hands are tired from working out at the gym. So you won't give me a back massage? I have, I have sores and like stuff. I can't. Can you make kiss? No. Wait, why are you asking me to do all this stuff? I'm not doing stuff for you. Are you really saying no? Babe, I'm not...  Like, no. Okay, and? Do you want to know what I was doing? Let's go play catch. Come on. You play catch? I don't really want to do that. Can you pick it up for me? Can you pick up the football? No.  I'll ask you. Will you cook dinner? I will. Will you cook dinner? No, but I will act nicer. Babe, this is really embarrassing for you because I was literally... No, I was filming a video today where I was seeing if you were going to be a gentleman for 24 hours kind of like seeing if you like testing your abilities and you're being rude. I didn't want to put this on video. It's embarrassing. You're saying no? Like really mean. Why are you laughing? Why is that so funny? It's kind of funny. Why? But wait, what was the video called? Testing to see if my boyfriend was a gentleman, seeing if you're doing gentlemen things like you did earlier when you said you hold up the door. You don't. You didn't even hold up the door for me, which I knew that I knew you weren't going to do that. Hold on. Wait. Okay. I am a gentleman. First of all, second of all, the way that the reason I'm reacting like this, babe, I will show you my little clip that I filmed in the bathroom earlier when I went to the bathroom. I knew I was right. You were doing something to me today.  And then every time I did something right, you were like, you're such a good boyfriend, such a good gentleman. I assumed I had something to do with that today. It was my life. I was close. It was the gentleman. I didn't know about the gentleman thing. I thought it was if I was being nice to you all day. You did pass. You did pass the challenge. It was a challenge? Yeah. Hey. I don't really know. I mean, you did fail a lot of stuff, but I mean, you did pass a lot of stuff. Do you want to know what else? What? That fired it. Thank you. I've been on a roll lately. Mariah's been out of the loop. It's okay, but this was a good video all the way up until I noticed. You, you did way too much. When you stood in the garage waiting for me to open the door. I probably over-exaggerated it. And you had the camera like right here. Huh? What? How did that yellow pool float get in the pool? Oh, there's a little pool floaty. Guys, Mariah, literally, look at this. If you did not see our TikTok, Mariah is obsessed with buying pool floaties. But guys, we're going to end up today's video right here. Thank you so much for watching. We're going to get a haircut.  I'm getting that. I'm getting that faded up haircut. We're going to Sam and Jess's wedding this weekend, so he's got to look cute. I got to look good for the homies. We're about to see our homies, Ryan and Danielle, Sam and Jess, Madeline and Stephen. I don't know who else is going there that we know, but all of our homies are going to be there and it's going to be awesome. I cannot wait and I got to look fresh. I got to outlook the guys.  And before we end this video, I want to shout out our cameo. Okay. The next YouTube shout-outs are going to be, we're going to be doing two shout-outs. 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the other one yeah with the phone okay let's see how it is when we settle to record shut the door and do we have sound on the screen we do yeah it's recording yeah will you see the sound yes i do okay you're connected yeah okay hello we are back hello and welcome to another vlog my name is Kwame and this is hi I'm Elaine and we're happy to have you here if this is your first time tuning in we make vlogs about our relationship as obviously an intercultural couple and intercultural couple yes and anything else that we experience yeah yeah fun fact we've just had some bad fufu and it knocked Elaine out yeah so I just woke up from a nap so I'm very mellow yeah but in today's video we're gonna talk about something that comes up quite often but we haven't made time to talk about here on the channel and it's about you want to tell them Kwame's pressure yeah I mean I wanted to do an episode on the pressure to provide and I think this pressure especially comes for with with men in the relationship or people identify as the men like the bread winner or whatever role gender roles attached to that so I thought it would be interesting to talk a little bit more about that yeah because it comes up when we talk about it and I think also in Ghana where the gender roles are very strong I think more people feel the influence of it so we thought it would be good to talk about it talk about it yeah yeah so traditionally traditionally I mean the world is changing now but traditionally the role of the man has been to provide but I don't consciously ascribe to that notion because yeah but it's still ingrained there somewhere but I think I know where it comes from for me okay so let me ask my first question then so where do you think this pressure to provide comes from so it's not necessarily to provide for my family or you per se but it's more about to be able to be comfortable I think for me it's to be able to be comfortable it's much more important to me than anything to be able to afford the basic necessities without having to worry about it I said I don't have to think about what to eat and how to get the money to eat and now that I have a partner of course it's also part of you know making sure that we're both comfortable but it's not necessarily wanting to do it because I'm a man yeah so I want to provide a certain comfort yes for yourself and the people around me yeah yeah so it's not necessarily a man provide for a woman and family thing in my mind where I believe it comes from is growing up with you know among certain people or different kinds of people you have as they would always say you know the fingers are not the same you have people who have different luxuries that you do so you're exposed to for example going to school and seeing you know people have certain things that you may not have and as a child or yeah as a teen or whatever it is it's nice that those people have these new things that you wish you also had for yourself but in a home where maybe your parents only believe in providing the the very basic as what they can you know you have clothes you don't have to have the Nike yeah you didn't miss out on anything but yeah you have clothes you have shoes you have somewhere to sleep you were dropped off at school but you didn't have to have the newest Nike for it you know and growing up with people who would have that and all those things would you know also make you feel like yeah you also deserve such things because it's nice to see them have it and for the most part when I would ask like my dad for example for those things for him he didn't see the need for them where you were like no you're good yeah you're good you have you have your sneakers already so what do you need so this I think birth a certain spirit of wanting to find my way around these things creatively so how do I for example get my own money to buy these things that I want and besides buying it also be able to buy it whenever I want like you know to sustain myself the comfort so then the idea to get yours is what the mindset was born yeah where it was born so okay give an example of the things you came up with yeah so for example I learned I self-taught myself how to use curl draw at the time to design curl draws it's a software design software yeah to design t-shirts and we came up my friends and I came up with a group no we built a t-shirt brand yeah okay yeah we used our names to build a t-shirt brand and we call it verse five and we made and sold t-shirts that's how we were actually being able to like generate money that's one of the items and who was buying your shirts the school the people in school yeah people in school and there was an era where people loved custom teas okay like to have their names on it or is that insane or is that there was oh we actually milked that era the only stupid thing we did was we used to blow the money instead of save it and invest it okay but that's fine how old were you I mean yeah we're 19 yeah so that's fine yeah okay so that's where it came from okay I've always loved comfort okay and now nowadays like how do we experience that pressure to provide comfort how does it like appear in your life so now I mean the thing is psychologically the better you get at it the more you want yeah that for me that's if I can speak of it I feel sometimes it's like do they call that like a slippery slope it is a slippery slope because the more comfort you get the more like there's always another level of comfort right and for me it's a bit worrisome to sometimes observe that because we often overlook that we are already comfortable we're already working hard to have a certain level of comfort and just be grateful for that instead of always on to the next thing I love your entrepreneurial mindset but it also has a downside that you're not able to ground in where you are now and always onto the next thing yeah do you recognize that I do recognize that I do recognize that and it's just it's just something that I mean has to be meant to be worked on that the insatiable need to I mean want the next best thing and besides having the next best thing to also think that no you can't be complacent when you've had enough you can't relax when you've had like oh yeah you know I have a buffer in my account it's fine yeah but you're spending the buffer so you need to like you know build on it the points where like you know you can comfortably travel do these things like you know without feeling like if you live a little it will affect your basic yeah so it's like on the one hand it's your entrepreneurial mindset like always wanting to innovate come up with new things and then you also somebody who really appreciates quality in your life so I mean if you also look at our videos you can see the quality is up to certain standard but that's really how common works like if you want something he wants to do it well so that also translates into you know gadgets other things to get in your life you you appreciate those things but I also think there is a certain element of fear no there is fear there is fear how does it's like the fear what's the fear part so I've had a morbid fear of a terrifying fear if I should say of yeah not being able to have the basic things I don't I don't want to like so if you've seen people go through how it looks like or feels like I don't know how it feels like per se but if you've seen people beg for basic like I want food to eat I want this it's it's sad right and you do not want to get to the point where you are burdened on someone me mentally I cannot I hate yes I am not good with asking people for things because it's either they will not give you what exactly you want or the time you want it yeah I understand and and you don't also don't want to think about wait I want water and common water I have to ask somebody it's basic it's like the the the Maslow's hierarchy of needs it's just a very basic thing your food your shelter and all those things should be something because you've witnessed that's from up close that's where it came from it's not up close as in I've lived not yourself but yeah but you see it yes you see it and you think to yourself that whoa it must be hard to you know yeah like me almost says I'm afraid of hunger it's one of the biggest fears man yeah yeah I remember that when you decided or that when we talked about you wanting to quit city that was also one of the main things you were worried about yeah that you will not be able to make enough to live yes but if you're not able to rely on other people how do you see that you like are now with me and I would not let you go hungry right I can I will there is yes there is that how does that work so there is that that makes me relax a bit more than if I were on my own okay so I bring small comfort small yes that makes me relax a bit more than if I were on my own honestly so that is one truth but also in my mind yes my wife is there to support me if there's any issue yeah but it's not my wife is going to take care of me so I'm chilling no it's not like a free ticket or something no I know so it cannot sit in my mind that if for if for nothing at all I have to be an equal partner or equitable partner yeah bring my equitable best to the platform or the relationship so I think you you're doing that and you have always been doing that yeah but in your mind you still feel the pressure yeah it's just like yeah that's a lot yeah so how much do you think of that pressure comes from the gender role because traditionally luckily we're finding more hybrid forms of partnerships yeah in many shapes and sizes but traditionally for example my grandparents the man was the breadwinner when a woman would marry I am I am not very traditional in that sense thankfully I am with somebody like you a partner who understands this collaboration that we have to provide for ourselves and our family so yes I want to provide my bit and exceed if I can but how but it's not it's not necessarily a gender thing I don't see myself as a breadwinner or as head of the home and I don't have that pressure to provide as a man necessarily it's more as a partner yeah that it has to make sense that the burden doesn't shift to one person no okay so for me I don't I if and I love to take care of the people around me when like so it's nice to be able to take care of the people around you when you want to without you know it's been so it's not necessarily because I'm a man I want to do this no but it's more like yeah it would be nice to just up and go somewhere with your family without worrying yeah yeah not because you're a man who wants to take his family out but because you are a person who wants to hang out with those people without having to worry about work all the time yeah so you feel it's more character based then yeah for me okay then I have a great question for you okay how does the pressure to provide connects to your pressure to protect because that's one of the things that's very oh pressure to protect is is is something that I don't have to pay for so it's it's something I can't turn off but I feel that's very gender you think it's gender based yes I would I would actually I would actually agree with that so for example Kwama really likes to drop me to places and like he wants to make sure I'm safe I've branded it in acts of service yes I know you've branded it but I do think so the pressure to provide is also if we say per pressure to provide is the pressure to provide comfort and for you comfort and safety are very linked correct yes so there the gender role does come in because you feel like maybe also because I'm not from Ghana so that gives an extra dimension yeah but besides that yes it gives that extra dimension but in my relations with most people around me especially my yeah so where the gender thing is female friends yeah especially when you want to protect them yeah where the gender thing comes in especially yeah with that I am like bro don't even come close to us yeah like he's very if somebody would come to me and Kwama thinks it's not like right or anything he will come and like make himself big and this is his low voice and then he will literally scare them away I'm not getting or I remember one time there was we were at the place and I'll cry was nights like we were going out we're getting drink somewhere and then a guy I think he grabbed my ass or something and you were around but you didn't see it and then I was a bit like star told and then I told you later and then you're like no no it's fine like I just wanted to share so I think that one is very so it is a bit linked right yes to provide to comfort safety yeah yeah so there you have to give that some credit to general okay um well we already talked about how it appears in our relationship I think it's pretty clear but how can I provide some comfort or ease by I cannot lift that pressure for you because I think I have to I have to mentally um work on that first yeah I think I have to mentally work on that first before I can let somebody you know take over or take a certain part of it off my shoulder but what do you think can will help you in that journey like what do you have any clue at the moment no yeah I don't think I have a workable clue as to how it should go at the moment in my head is just like yeah make more money yeah that's what's in my head like make more money make more money coming from your entrepreneurial mindset yes your fear of hunger yeah but as for the fear of hunger at this point it's not there like that anymore yeah but right now it's more of the love of comfort yeah and peace of mind yeah like fuel food electricity internet the average thing I don't want to think about it yeah so it makes me want to be on my because we at a certain point you would need to work on it because if it's like a never-ending like urge then you will never fully be content and and you always be longing for more and you will not you and you may not have the room to live yeah because I think maybe outside of all the elements where they talked about we live in a very capitalistic world so the longing for more even though we might not necessarily consciously make that effort you will still absorb that mindset right because productivity is always rewarded yeah so longing for more whether it's more money more time more travel it's it's almost engraved in this world because we're like the more it's the same with youtube the more you upload the more rewards you get yeah so the longing for more is always there it has to be worked up here first you kind of have to untangle that a bit unpack it a bit yeah yeah but it's not all negative I think it also makes you driven but I think it's good to keep an eye on what it does to you and also how it affects us because for me I can I can tell him that we are comfortable we are okay look around us we are good but I can say that a hundred times but if you don't believe that oh I believe it but it's still long for more I just don't want to slip yeah I don't want to be caught slipping I get it yeah that's all I believe it yes yeah but you understand that that always brings a certain tension yeah hello yeah so what time yeah well I'll unpack it some more I would be very curious to hear or in the comments read if you recognize anything out of our conversation in your relationship or you as a person yeah with your relationship with others as well and whether you are a woman or a man or whether you recognize it from your family history or you recognize it from your current relationship or from your friends we are very curious to hear yeah if you're also experiencing this or yeah observe it in your environment and how does it affect you yeah so very serious topic but we think it's also important to sometimes unpack things that are not easy yeah and as you can see we also don't have the solution yeah not yet it's a process and it's good to be aware of things and share things and we'll figure it out one day at a time yeah yeah in the meantime oh like subscribe and comment on our channel yeah and we'll catch you in the next video yes cheers


about the thesis statement. In this video, you're going to learn how to write an effective thesis, the following are key characteristics of thesis statements. First, your thesis statement should narrow your subject to a single central idea. Second, your thesis statement should claim something specific and significant about your subject. It should be an idea that you can support with evidence. It should not be a fact. For example, the Apple brand has an estimated value of 98.3 billion US is a fact and therefore not an effective thesis statement. Third, your thesis statement should convey your purpose and reason for writing. Your thesis statement should provide a roadmap of your points for discussion. The step is not mandatory but often provides focus and direction for the reader and writer. An example of focus and direction should be sustained drug use has negative impacts on the individual, the family, and the society. The following are examples of effective thesis statements. Because they had so many opportunities for leadership as young people, many new grads find it hard to accept routine entry-level jobs when they enter the workforce. Because artists can now publish their music directly via the net, consumers have more choices than traditional distribution allows. To compete well in the global economy, Canada must make higher education affordable for any students who qualify academically. Now that we've liked some examples of effective thesis statements, let's follow this simple checklist for thesis revisions. Is your essay focused on the proper topic? What claim are you making about your subject? What is the significance of your claim? Can I say so what to it? Can your statement be made even more specific? Do all words or phrases in your thesis statement contribute to the single idea? Here are some examples to help you revise your thesis. This new product brought in over $300,000 last year. An improvement would be, this new product succeeds because of its innovative marketing campaign, including a product placement in a blockbuster movie, celebrity endorsement, and a viral video. People should not go on fad diets. An improvement would be, fad diets are dangerous because they deprive the body of essential nutrients. Seat belts can save lives. But now car manufacturers are making cars with computer sensors that can avoid accidents. An improvement would be, seat belts are an important feature. While new crash avoidance systems have potential, seat belts have been scientifically proven to minimize injury and death. There you have it. Now you're officially a pro at writing thesis statements. Thanks for watching.


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I'm Dan Groberg, I'm the director of Montpelier Alive. We're the organization that celebrates downtown Montpelier, so thank you for being here on such an incredible day of weather we got. Today is Arts Fest, a really exciting day where we're celebrating arts and creativity in Montpelier and in central Vermont there's all sorts of stuff going on tonight. If you don't know about it, there's information on that table right over there and I'm happy to answer any questions. There's events between now and 9 p.m. about a dozen things going on and an art walk with art at 33 different venues around town, so. I just want to quickly thank our sponsors, National Life Group, Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, Hunger Mountain Co-op, the Vermont Arts Council, Magic Cat and Pinbox 3000. So I won't take any more of your time. I'm very happy to introduce Modern Times Theater for a lovely little show and I hope you enjoy it. Thank you. It's just like being in Europe, you know, with the plaza and everything. So the best view of the stage is right here in the center. So I'm going to invite all of you people over here to scooch this way. Just scooch. If you're already in the shade, you're kind of grandfathered in, but if you're in the sun, you might as well be in this sun right here. Yeah, it's the perfect sunny spot. Yeah, there we go. All right. I think that's good. All right, so we are Modern Times Theater and we have traveled all the way down here from East Hardwick, Vermont, where we live. Very long journey. And we travel all over the place performing these shows for all kinds of audiences like you on street corners, at libraries, at schools, fairs and festivals. And when we travel to a new place, we like to learn a little something about the place where we're performing. And we usually do that through song. We like to learn a new song wherever we go. So this is a song that we learned on our travels and we will present it to you with translation in case you don't understand the words. Are you ready? Yeah. In the meadow. Into my arms. And I will... They don't allow... Cornet. Yes, and I play with this thing in the end so I can go like this. Which is incidentally the sound that you hear if you sit on a cake. You just hear that. I can also take this part out. Or I can take the whole thing out. I keep it in there so the horse can't get out. Yeah, all right. And we have one more instrument for you right here. Does anybody know what this one is? It's a tubing that hangs in the woods to gather up the maple sap. So that is an up... So now we are ready to do the show. Has anyone seen a puppet show before? Before we begin. Anybody here? Anybody here seen a Punch and Judy puppet show before? Yeah. You seen something in this stage before? So then you know who's in the show? Who's in the show? You've seen a lot of the shows. All right, all right. Well, let's start with Punch and Judy because they're always in the show no matter what. Mr. Punch is in his dressing room right downstairs. I'm just going to make sure he's ready. Mr. Punch, are you ready? Ready. Must he over here? Punch, were you up here? I said I'm ready. Okay, all right. So then it must be Judy is down here in her dressing room. Judy, are you ready? Ready. No, she was upstairs now. Okay, so the Judy... So then the baby is right down here. Baby, are you ready? The baby's over here. Okay, well there is a shark in today's show. So I think it must be that the shark... No, no, there's a lion. Is there a lion in the show? Maybe. Maybe? Okay, I think it's a lion. The lion I think is right behind here in his dressing room. Lion. Oh, it is a lion. All right, I'm just going to make sure that it's locked and that he can't get out. I'm just going to leave it alone. Sure, it's going to be fine. All right, so the lion is ready. Punch and Judy are ready. The baby. What about the baby? The baby is sleeping. Is the baby sleeping? You hear the baby sleeping? Yeah. All right, the baby is sleeping. So now we can start the show. Before we begin, I do need a little help to raise the curtain because I will be playing the ukulele. So I need someone to come up here and crank this crank on the side of the stage and that will raise the curtain up. Someone very strong and very brave. Raising a hand straight up in the air and tickling their own armpit at the same time. Yeah. And also talking on the foot phone. You have to be able to do all these things at the same time. Demonstrating skill and grace. Yes, you're trying very hard. Why don't you come on up here? Yeah. All right. What's your name, your name? What is it? Colin. All right. Colin's going to do it. We're going to count backwards from five and when we get to zero, we're going to say Mr. Punch and that's going to start the show. Are you ready to begin? Here we go. Five. Start cranking. Other way. Four. I'm Mr. Punch. He's Mr. Punch. I'm Mr. Punch. He's Mr. Punch. And I've got a punch. You've got a punch. If there's a bunch. If there's a bunch. If there's a bunch. There is a bunch. Of people. Got chicken. Like a chicken. Things are very runny. That's what makes me so funny.  I'm Mr. Pro until the end of the show.  No, it's the beginning. Come out of the end. First part of the show. I'm very sorry about that. I kind of got messed up there, Mr. Punch. Let's try that again. Mr. Punch, ladies and gentlemen. Sorry about that. It's okay. I'm sorry too. You're not sorry. I'm sorry. You're not sorry. I'm sorry. You're not. You're not. You're very distracting with the chicken interrupting the whole time. Tell me about it. Keep him that state. Yeah, that's what I do. I keep it in back. Oof! Oof! Country. Hey, look at that hen over there. Where autotune? He's out. Is he out? He's going to be out for about two hours at 350. So now we can start the show. Mr. Punch. Are you ready to start the show? Yeah, I like that there was a woo for cooking the chicken. You've been excited about a cooked chicken? Yeah. Are you ready to start the show, Mr. Punch? absolutely not ready to start the show you're not ready no I'm not ready well what do you need to do why didn't warm up yet oh all right well why don't you do a quick warm up and then we can start the show okay I'm just gonna do gonna do some neck stretching okay I'm very tight and stiff yeah because I spent the night in a coffee can yeah okay so I just stretched my neck and nose to the toes let's see and there there all right but you're kind of sideways now mr. punch I'm sideways I am standing up straight I'm not taking a nap I'm doing yoga yoga is that you know the one at the end of the class where you lie down and fall asleep all right but we don't have time for yoga right now so why don't you get up all right okay all right he's ready to do the show I'm ready now but there's somebody else we need in order to do a punch and Judy show I'm sure that's true but I don't know who you're talking about I'm talking about your better half this no that's right yeah right right so maybe if we all call Judy together she'll come out here and be in the show all right let's do that okay I'll count one two three and then everybody in a sweet boy says oh Judy okay ready here we go one two three let's try it again all right one two three Judy what happened you were late I'm late yeah that's not what I meant all right before they kick alright that warms up their bodies but not their spirits okay so here's how it works whenever I say you've got yours and I've got mine you say let's try it you've got hey pretty good now let's try it with some enthusiasm you've got yours and I've got mine yeah now remember that remember that we'll use it later in the show all right so are they all warmed up no no we gotta do one more thing we got to stretch out their tongues and faces a little bit yeah cuz somebody sprained the muscle in their cheek in the last show and we got sued now we're required by our insurance we got to warm up your face so everybody open your mouth real wide now stick your tongue out as far as it'll go now touch your tongue to your chin now touch your tongue to your nose look your cheek lick your other cheek lick your eye lick your other eye lick your ear lick your other ear like your friends here well it's a really good stretch okay all right it's not advisable all right so now they're all warmed up okay they're warmed up punching Judy you're all warmed up so now we can start the show oh I'm out of here what do you mean you're out of here I don't have time for puppet shows oh punch it's all up to you you're gonna have to do the show all by yourself that's all right that's how I wanted to do it in the first place and you called Judy out here so she can make her distasteful joke well it's a beautiful perfect day and want feel you to do a show yeah it was nice year but I gotta tell you it was pretty miserable and hardwick this morning oh it was it rainy no what no we had a foot of snow on the ground it's true we had a foot of snow on the ground no I'm not lying actually with two feet two feet of snow on the ground no I am not lying two feet of snow on the ground and of course the plow guy took the summer off you ask me you know he's got some you know I'm not you're trying to help me out because there's a lion and keeps popping up behind you a lion really does anybody else see the lion you see a lion huh I don't see any line at all where where I don't think I think it's the kids who are lying oh you're talking about the pussy cat it's a you think okay all right I would like to make this a teaching moment a teachable moment as they say I'm gonna get the facts before I react because that's very important in this day and age so excuse me sir are you a lion oh it is a lion and what is it that you want to eat you okay so it is a lion it does want to eat me so you were right to warn me there is danger yeah okay all right what are you so busy with I get up at four o'clock in the morning to do the chores well I'm getting the wooden you're getting the wooden for next winter already yeah we burn a lot of witty cords my god that's a lot Judy yeah I know they're puppet cords though okay let's see what a puppet I chopped down a tree with my bare hands and I chew it into blocks this big and then I split them up with my axe all right let's see how it works let me get the axe here it is well that means you get a little hot the sweaty one you split it up it's right it's Henry David's the row the row boy picky picky picky no you're just being thorough whoa you must be pretty fast on your feet it's not easy to outrun the lion I'm slow on my feet but I'm fast on an ATV oh I see that's a good idea from what I understand you can drive those on the streets in Montpelier yeah I think that's fine all right so you got away from the lion yeah but the only problem is that lions have very good sense of smell not a problem so he might still be coming after you no problem what do you mean no problem well I'm gonna set a lion trap how are you gonna do that old fashion lion trap what's a lion trap a lion trap you know you trap a lion in it how does what does it look like how does it okay hang on you get one of these okay little shovel yeah and then you just dig a hole you go just like okay you got a hole and then what you take the hole you cover it over with some sticks and some leaves and some grass yeah you lure the lion over the hole the lion falls in the hole and gets trapped oh and that's the whole trap yeah that's a very good idea simple and elegant now we just sit back and hold on hold on hold on important safety announcement for the kids yeah so kids you ever find yourself being chased by a lion or a bear yeah or a babysitter and you have to set a trap like this there's some really important safety advice you have to remember and that is never forget where you put the hole why do you have to remember where you put the hole why do you think kids why what do you think exactly you might be walking along just like I don't remember where I put the oh yeah did you just fall in your own hole maybe that's exactly what you just warned them not to do yeah so kids I'm teaching by example all right all right why don't you come on out of there so we can get on with the show I can't just come on out of here I'm trapped what are we supposed to do mr. punch uh I don't know oh hey wait a minute I have some dental floss in my pocket what are we gonna do with dental floss I'm gonna throw the dental floss out of the hole yeah somebody can haul me out oh that's a good idea here we there this is not dental floss hey I have widely spaced teeth okay I'm not pointing out your flaws is there anyone who's strong enough and brave enough to pull mr. punch up out of this hole yeah I'm striped sure a civil servant would be great can you do it yeah all right she's gonna do it okay Amelia's gonna do it okay Amelia here she goes all right we're gonna count backwards from five hand over hand here we go yeah oh Amelia I'm sending up the alligator first no no you should have told her that before him all right well better late than never right try it again is it gonna be you this time yeah only one left down here what do you think Amelia we tried again she's willing to try it again that's amazing yeah all right here we go you know look so good I think I landed on my nose I think that was a really hard oh no my hat lost my hat yeah I think you better just shake it off what feel a lot better just shake it off you know shake it okay all right let me try I'm oh there we go much better now he looks really nice so that's called puppetry special effects yeah thank you thank you so we got you out of the hole and now we didn't what do you know you got me out of the hole well that's true it was just one person who got you out yeah you know I'd like to give her a thank you present oh you would you think that'd be okay would you like a present from mr. punch she's not so sure you know she's got some trust issues with you I say no I'm totally trust me come on come on up here I mean you can trust him I think he's got a nice present let me ask you do you like fine art she does yeah do you have expensive paintings at your house for a nice stereo system is there a wall say Mr. Punch I don't like this is gone okay all right the reason why I asked about the fine art is because how I'd like to thank you is by painting your portrait would you like that like to have your portrait painted maybe if you just come stand right in front of me you have the easy job look at mr. punch okay he'll just paint your portrait now smile to do anything silly that's my real big my really big like really really big like really really really big like smile with your tonsils okay okay good hold it like that I'll get the paint and oh let me get my paintbrush okay here's the paintbrush I thought maybe with the arts funding cut I would fool them but here's the paintbrush here we go there's a paintbrush it was a back scratcher but now it's a tax write-off kids your parents can explain about being self-employed okay okay here's the paintbrush yes yes okay here's the canvas now back to Amelia what colors your hair brown what color your eyes brown and your teeth are brown and smile and a nice shirt okay now all I have to do is sign it mr. punch all right is everybody ready to see the painting can I have a drum roll please yeah that's for you oil paint so take a few days to drive amazing I had no idea that you were such a fine artist yeah four years at at a two-year art school and now we've really got to get back to the show because I'm very concerned about that lion oh you're concerned yes well I have something to say that what you've got yours and I've got mine everything is fine well I think so yeah all right so so everything is fine yeah now but the lion might be coming yeah you're worried yeah I'm very worried well I never worry on an empty stomach what is that supposed to me I'm hungry I'm ready for a snack all right we'll have dinner after the show no no no I'm gonna make a snack right now you're gonna have a snack right now yeah yeah all right I'm gonna make my favorite snack all right a quick snack yeah what is it my favorite snack is a sausage sandwich a what that's a sausage so when we what is he saying a sausage sandwich sausage sandwich no no you're saying sausage sandwich but it's sausage sandwich well the thing is I can't say sausage sandwich oh so I say so I cannot say sausage sandwich I just explain all right I say so I know but you're saying sausage so why don't you say sausage sandwich when you mean sausage all right let me try all right so what's it's a language no I can't say all right all right so let's see how you make a sausage so and wait why do you say so what's it's the language you can say sausage sandwich or all right let's see how you do it okay first of all you need one of these what is it it's a bun and it's gluten-free because it's made out of foam rubber and it pretty much tastes like a gluten-free bun okay now you need one of these what is it sausage that's right somebody in the back got it okay now we just fit it in there just like that and some people stop right there but I go a little bit further because I like a deluxe so what's it some way which well next step is a little bit of this stuff sauerkraut right there yeah and then all that's my baby well that the baby's crying yeah yeah the baby's crying just ignore the crying baby pretend you're in a fancy restaurant you cannot hear the crying baby don't ignore the baby I think you should take care of the baby take care of the baby would you like to see Mr. Punch take care of his baby they'd like to see you take care of the baby we during the show yes well it's a free show so I guess I can do that we can wait yeah okay okay who's my buddy are you my buddy yeah he looks just like you the good or bad not sure yeah me neither all right well he seems to be feeling a lot better so I think you can take him back to his crib okay no no I'll leave him here and back to the sausage some cheese for the sausage I think you should take care of the baby and then go back to your sausage oh no it's fine I'm a modern dad you see I can do two things at once are you sure about that yeah yeah any dads in the audience right now yeah we could do two things at once right wow very very convincing hey nice to be unified bro anyway all right two things at the same two things at once yeah so let's see I got a pickle for the sausage and they're fine again so I get a little mustard for the sausage and then oh oh no no no no nothing is wrong with the baby you come here and smell the baby and tell me there's nothing wrong with it's fine it's rotten the baby is not rotten okay listen the baby just needs a diaper change I'm quite sure that that's all that's wrong diaper change aha I'll just YouTube that to figure out what it is of course I've changed it no I have never changed it all right all right I'll walk you through it okay go get a clean diaper okay first step like this yeah that's perfect okay all right okay I got a diaper for the baby I got some relish for this wall I really think you should wait on the sandwich just do the diaper change me can get back to no I have to prove myself to that to the bra over there who didn't have confidence in my skill all right all right yeah you're gonna do a diaper change yes that's right all right I got some powder for the baby I got a pepper for this wall see I did the diaper in the Mustang you're getting confused already all right the diaper wants to stay with the baby not with okay okay but the baby I bought some powder on the baby I bought some relish on this wall see I bought a pickle on the baby pickles for this sausage yeah okay right right I dip the baby in the Mustang baby on the sand what got your baby in the sandwich right now what are you doing now why would I put the baby in the sandwich oh you're right the baby's in the sandwich all right which one of you kids put the baby in the sandwich I did not know why would I put the baby in the sand run the perfectly good sandwich oh I did not know I'm sorry I'm gonna tell you a secret okay cuz I know you're a little worried that little baby puppet has a little squeeze bottle inside of it and before the show I just filled that squeeze bottle up just with some baby pee it's not real pee it's a baby pee you know like the real thing so don't worry we're gonna get it all cleaned up hey bozo brothers do you have your mop yes I got my mop can we get it clean up at the stage please running from the lion oh the lion yeah the lion I think she's a lion is what I think now really is that true well you know what I've got to say what you've got yours and I've got mine everything is the lion no the lion the lion was there again there's no I'm looking right now there's no lion here at all oh now he's down here down there he's not down there he's up there now hello down there again uh-huh right if the parents want to go get a coffee or a dumpling or something we'll do this the next 45 minutes pretty much what's going on in school these days so we mind what I'm looking there there's no line there is a lion but as I said before it's important to get the fact so excuse me are you still a lion oh and you still want to have me for your breakfast no aha no I want to have you for my dinner oh I see you want to have me for this out slow motion I can't run anymore I think it'll be a great moral lesson for the children music what does it mean I'm not sure but it's worth a try right it's better you think if I sing to the lion I'll subdue it I don't know I mean it's better than giving up maybe yeah maybe we'll find out if he comes back a rock of our lion in the treetop when the wind fell asleep I beat the lion you did I beat the lion I beat the lion in your face while lying the cradle will rock when the bow breaks the cradle will fall very soothing and I will come lion big sharp scary teeth and oh wow he fell asleep you did it mr. punch yeah but the only problem is he is gonna wake up eventually and then what are you gonna do oh that's not a problem why not well because this is the end of the show oh so somebody else will have to deal with it when you wake up yeah it's like climate change oh somebody else's problem somebody else's alright so just sing the goodbye song in a very soothing voice okay well that was the show that was the show and now it's time to go I got a shovel snow I got a lot to mow when you hear the rooster crow you'll know it's the end of the you'll wake up the lion and that is the end of the show we perform all over the state and New Hampshire please go to our website modern times theater comm follow us on Instagram or Facebook I do have business cards you can see our schedule for the whole summer most of our shows are at libraries in places like that and they are free come back and see us please and stay in touch 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