Comedy Centered

Hello, everyone. Happy Sunday. Welcome back to Comedy Centered. Centered, centered. We're gonna stay centered through the next few months. Oh, my goodness. If you're online now, which you are, because then you're in the Cadre app watching this. You probably already heard that a big change happened earlier today. It sounds like President Biden is going to be stepping down. Hey, welcome on engine. And it looks like we're going to be having a different person running suddenly mid July for the Democratic Party.

Hey, Jules. Welcome in. And this is not a political discussion. This is I. But I'm addressing why I'm getting into this particular subject. Okay. So last week, I know, you know, Jules is a. Is a regular, and welcome back. But so earlier today, when the news was announced, I. I was a person who was personally excited about that news. Now, okay. So I changed my profile picture on Facebook to Vice President Kamala Harris. You know, I just thought, no big deal, right? Um. Holy crap. That was a lightning rodental that I did not expect.

I think what may have happened, because I just happen to be watching the news, like, right when they're like, oh, my God. And it was earlier this morning, and so I think I was one of the early ones to jump on it. And so it sucks when you find out stuff that way sometimes on Facebook. I know. That's how I found out Prince died. And I was. That I was just scrolling through Facebook and then my friend posted, Princess dead. I'm like, what the, you know, so I think a lot of Americans on both sides are, we are looking at today, and I mean, because we are in completely unchartered water.

Right. So. But this is about, this space is about exploring, you know, how do we stay centered? How do we, you know, stay on the path that's actually healthy for us. Right? Welcome. Speak wonder. Hey, come on in. So I had. But there was, I mean, I had to take a break on Facebook from some of the comments that were being made towards me just for changing my profile picture to Kamala Harris's picture. And there is a lot of anger out there, and there's a fact I was aware of before and I haven't shared, but in polling, they're talking about, like, what are the.

What. What groups? And I work. I may have shared this before, but I have served before as a. As a. A voting judge and have worked in that in the past. Right. And so anyway, that's not the point. But what they found is, you know, like, we're looking at all these polls, every, all the political things, like, they need the demographics, right? And what they found out was, like, as far as, like, the more swingable votes and the least swingable votes, there's two categories that are solidly kind of decided in each other's camp.

On the democratic ticket, it's mostly single, college educated women that are just a lock for the Democratic Party. They're not. They're not going to be swayed hardly at all, because every politician, every group is looking for those kind of in between people. You don't want to waste a lot of time. And the people are like, no, ain't gonna happen. Right? On the right side, the group, the voting bloc that is most likely to be inclined to vote for Trump are divorced. Dance. And I thought that was really interesting.

And I was noticing, oh, hey, you were an election judge, too, right? And let me tell you something. If you ever feel like, I don't know what to do about this, and I feel like I wanted something, the reason why I got into it was because of the election in 2016. I'm like, you know what? They need volunteers, I'm sure. And that's how I got interested in it, right? I'm like, I'm gonna do something. And if you've never served as a volunteer for the electoral process and on a voting booth, you want to see democracy at work.

It's the coolest thing, because every time I do it, there are people that come that have never voted before. Now, normally, we expect the 18 year olds, right, this is their first election. This is their first time to vote. Every time, though, there has been somebody in their seventies or eighties that I've talked to, because I usually work as a greeting judge, which makes sense, right? I greet people and get them going to the right place. Right. So. And you always have to be very neutral in that role.

You can't. That's. And there's people that come to the polls to watch you to make sure you're not doing something wrong at a poll, right? But, you know, like, there's always, like, a 75 year old guy that walks in, he goes, you know what had it. This is the year I vote. Never done it before in his life. Never done it once. But this is the year for whatever reason, right? So that's what I think is so cool about it, is that you always have the right to vote. You have the right to not vote. Another thing that sometimes people don't understand as well is that you do not.

When we get to November, you don't have to vote all for one party. Like, you can pick and choose. Okay. It's different in primaries, and every state's different. So I don't want to give blanket literal stuff. Absolutely not. It's so wildly different everywhere but once then. So. But I was. The amount of vitriol that I got just for changing that picture. And these are men that I, you know, that are on my. These are in my. These men are on my Facebook that I've friended. A lot of them are stand up comedians because I'm a comic.

And a lot of these are guys that, like, I met at a festival or, like, I don't know, we had some passing connection or Facebook recommended we connect because we worked at a similar club or whatever. Right? And when someone reacts hysterically to something, that's an indication that that is historical, that's coming from some. Somewhere in your history, when you blow. When you see someone blow their lid for something that you're like, I mean, really that much like you're that Mandev, more than likely, it's indicative of some unhealed trauma in an area.

And when I started thinking about, well, if a very, very solidly pro Donald Trump voting bloc are divorced dads, that's gotta really suck to think about potentially a female attorney as president of the United States. Because I will tell you, my parents divorce went on for over a decade. I mean, like, the divorce proceeding went on. But my father was an attorney and a malignant narcissist. And because he was, um. Because my mother left and he didn't win the conversation, he kept suing her. He actually ran the risk of being disbarred because the judge had to tell him.

He's like, quit bringing frivolous lawsuits before the bench. You're an attorney. She left you. You got to accept it, okay? So that I would imagine, especially my friends who are divorced, a lot of men do not feel comfortable entering therapy. And I certainly understand why, because therapy is not fun. Talking about emotions sucks. But if you're feeling, and you don't want to say it out loud, but you're like, why is this bothering me so much that it's a female? Maybe there's a female in your life that you have a lot, that you have unprocessed anger towards still and maybe completely justifiable.

Maybe she was a nightmare. If you don't think that I haven't experienced women that are awful, please. My best friends, primarily my entire life, have been men because they generally get less emotional. I kind of like that, honestly. So, like, my conversation last week, the mental health crisis for young men. You know, we really became aware of it as a nation in 1997 after Columbine, and those were high school. This is the same generation, guys. It's Gen X. Gen X. We are going through a mental health crisis, specifically our generation.

I believe that is unique only to our generation, because, on one hand, we're being asked to choose between two impossibilities, at least in my family. My child is transgender. My parents are devout MAGA Republicans. I'm in the middle of that, and I can't peacekeep between two sides that are that divided at that moment. So, how do I keep myself centered? That's a good question. I don't know. I really don't actually have an answer. But, I mean, I think. I think the answer is stuff like this, talking it out.

But if you've got an ex husband in your life that is still kind of like, I reached out to mine, but he won't get back to me. But I, you know, just check on him, especially Gen X, because these guys. I mean, yes, our young men are still struggling to. Don't get it twisted, but, like, it's so hard if you're in that generation, because, on one hand, like, the boomers in our life are still in charge in a lot of instances, and we have to be respectful to them because that was the way we were raised. Otherwise, we got the cramp beat out of them, us or spanked or admonished in some other way.

Not always corporal, but, you know, a lot of corporal punishment. Right. You know, I went to school at a time where the nuns could still smack you around, so. But, um. And sometimes didn't if you were bad. And then, on the other hand, you've got the younger generation that just hates everything about the baby boomer generation. Sometimes there is not compromise, and you're gonna make yourself nuts trying to work it out for those two. You're never gonna be able to research enough articles to have either side of that, at least not in my family, to have either of them go, oh, you're right.

I will forget that I am transgender and vote Maga or the other side. I will forget that I am anti abortion and gay rights and vote for Kamala Harris. It's not gonna happen. So, if you want to choose to put yourself in the middle of that and make yourself nuts, you can. You can. However, honestly, what my recommendation would be was just sit it out. And if they want to argue, make them argue with each other. Because grandparents, at the end of the day, they don't. They're probably going to listen to their grandkids more than they are going to listen to you.

You're their kid. But the grandkids are a little bit more of an extension and a little harder, you know? So that's that. You know, I mean, but please, if they're starting to fight or if it's going nuts or whatever, just see your way out of that one. And. And let's send this all, you know, this whole situation, light love, you know? And it is a full moon right now. I don't know if there's astrology, people, but it's a full moon tonight and where there's a lot of, you know, charged up energy and I among everybody right now.

So I'm gonna. Not. As soon as we're done here, I'm not going back to look at any of the other comments. Um, I'm gonna sign off of social media and the news, and I'm gonna go for a walk, and I'm gonna enjoy the full moon, and I'm gonna try to center myself, and I just. I just don't want this country to tear itself apart about something that means really very little. Differences of opinions are just that, you know? But 80% of all the things that are actually gonna affect you and your day to day life are carried out by the state you live in and not the federal government.

So. Yeah. Yeah. Just always remember that your local government is way more in charge of your life than the federal government will ever be. And it was designed that way for a reason. And that is why we are the 50 United States of America. Okay? It'll be a interesting October November. There's usually an October surprise in an election. What could that be? I don't want to call that into the universe. Okay, erase, erase, erase. Erase race. Erase race. Okay, guys, have a good night. Stay centered.

Stay on Facebook. It's also a mercury retrograde, which affects communication. Just leave her alone. Make some tea. Have a great night, guys.