This is exactly right.

When I invited you here, I thought I made myself perfectly clear

When you're a guest in my home

You gotta come to me empty-handed

I said no gifts

Your presence is presents enough

And I already had too much stuff

So how do you dare disobey me Welcome to I said no gifts.

I'm Bridger Weiner.

We're in the studio just kind of waiting for it to rain and clear the outdoor air, so God knows when that will happen.

I just, I feel like I just need to get into something, something important right now. I, in the last couple of weeks, I've been shocked to hear people correcting other people for saying, uh, I could care less. And I think it's time to just give up. I understand this used to be me. It used to bother me slightly. I could care less as incorrect or whatever. But the war has been lost. Stop correcting people. It's so annoying. It's not going to change anything. Put your energy towards a hobby or something. I don't care. Go mow the lawn, but we have to cut it out. Now it's really starting to get on my nerves. And I thought we were past it. So the fact that I'm hearing this twice within, you know, a month's time, it's concerning. And we'll keep our eye on it.

I'm keeping my eye on it, and I'm hoping for you to do better.

Okay.

I feel like now that we're doing video, I should be talking down the barrel of the camera

on Elise, but that feels crazy too, but now I'm looking right at the camera. And now people are concerned about what's happening. I don't know. Annalise, how do you feel? Should I be constantly looking down the camera? I absolutely think you should. The more unsettling, the better. I'm going to start every episode now just staring at the camera. That's a little treat for eventual video release.

God knows when that'll happen.

Maybe when the rain comes.

I don't know.

We have to get into the podcast.

I love today's guest.

It's Raka Shankar.

Rika, welcome to I Said No Gifts.

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