What's up, up, Fungal Associates? Welcome to Completely Arbitrary.

It's a podcast about trees and other related topics.

I'm one of your hosts. My name is Alex Croson and of course as always the man himself

Casey clap. It's me Alex. I'm Casey. Wow

Casey. Oh Casey's taking a nice sip of Bud Zero.

I got so excited that I could drink, I could drink, quote,

beer again.

Yes, yes. Because I got 0.0% alcohol

Exactly for anyone who doesn't know Alex you are now four years so or years

Just recently you you reach that that maximum yes, yeah, yeah sure did Congratulations. Thanks, I? Yes, I sure did.

Thanks, I'm feeling pretty good about myself.

It's probably the thing I am like, maybe not most proud of, but like the coolest thing about me from my perspective is like yeah I don't

drink alcohol I haven't for four years it's not like I've not I mean any amount of time to

be sober is impressive yeah but it's not like yeah I stopped drinking last week it's like four years that's an

investment yeah it is it's an investment and I think it's also it's kind of like you

taking control of your own kind of culture where you're in a culture where alcohol drinking is prevalent and

almost expected. New York Times did a thing about it where like it's almost like

the thing that makes everything function in a social situation

interesting yeah and so she's like if somebody forgets the booze everyone's like oh

shit yeah it's like oh this party sucks like, well, do you really like those friends

to begin with if the party sucks because there's no booze?

Good question, Casey.

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