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How are you, Lindsay? I'm doing good. I've been thinking about pizza.
I might want pizza tonight. Michelle, do you like pineapple on your pizza?
Do you do pineapple on your pizza? Oh, I do pineapple on my pizza.
I love pineapple on my pizza. That's my favorite topping.
I like pineapple and mushrooms. Wow, that's a strange combination.
I don't know. It seems weird. I feel like most people do pineapple and ham, but I but I don't fit you into any box, Michelle, of being typical.
So I like. Exactly. How about you? Do you do pineapple on your pizza?
Occasionally I'll do pineapple on pizza.
The thing I don't do, Michelle, is chicken on pizza. pizza.
And I know that's kind of a hot take. A lot of people love chicken on pizza.
I just don't like it. I think it's weird.
It's weird. It's like chicken or pizza, not chicken on pizza.
I always think it's funny, those salad slices.
The salad slices. Have you ever seen it where that's like a whole salad on top of a pizza?
Oh, no, I've never seen that. I mean, not a giant salad, but it's like, you know, and I always think that's interesting.
I mean, it's kind of good. But it's also...
We're eating pizza. Just admit it. It reminds me of when I was in middle school, a lot of the kids, they got hot lunch, would get a salad and fries.
That was their meal. Oh, okay. I guess you're balancing out your nutrition.
I don't know. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. But some people don't do pineapple on pizza though, right?
I mean, I think that that's one of those very polarizing things um food things there's always these polarizing like olives pineapple and pizza oh oh lindsey i have to tell you something you started eating olives No, no.
But right. You're if you have vanilla ice cream or chocolate ice cream, you go chocolate, right?
A hundred percent. I'm so annoyed when there's only one chocolate flavor, which happened last night.
Anyways, what happened? I was in a car with my friends on Saturday night and somehow this came up.
And everybody but me said that vanilla ice cream is better than chocolate.
And I thought. I do not get this. And I thought, I need you because what?
I do not get this. It's incomprehensible for me.
It was five to one. Five. And I just don't understand because vanilla is so bland.
Yeah. It's such a bland flavor. Dan says, chocolate ice cream doesn't really taste like chocolate.
They should just call it something else.
I mean, I know there's a lot of preservatives on ice cream these days, if that's what he's talking about.
But he doesn't care about preservatives.
Yeah, this drove me nuts. So I walked down for ice cream.
My partner and I took like a two mile walk last night, went to get ice cream.
Guess what? There were eight vanilla based flavors.
And guess how many chocolate flavors? one and it was just chocolate i was so i was so mad i was like gritting my teeth i guess i'll have the chocolate Yeah, right.
Yeah. No, luckily my son agrees with me.
So at least I have get him on the right track. but like i it just it made me i i felt enraged yeah um yeah and i felt like i needed you on my side because i knew that you i know that's what I was saying last night to my partner, I want to start as a retirement plan.
One option is start a chocolate only ice cream shop with all variations of chocolate.
Chocolate. peanut butter, chocolate, brownie, chocolate, Snickers, like everything you could imagine for chocolate lovers.
I mean, it would be insane. I love that.
See, I would be there. I would be there.
My son, he gets ice cream at camp and he's like, but it's vanilla.
And he doesn't, you know, he doesn't even like vanilla.
I don't really like it either. Anyway. Yeah.
So I feel better after we had this talk.
I wish I'd been there in the car. I would have stuck up for you.
Yeah, you would. would have been team chocolate.
I mean, a lot of people don't do chocolate and don't do pineapple pizza.
It's very weird. It's weird. So this is what we're getting into today, right?
What are we talking about today? All right.
Well, I hope we didn't isolate too many of our listeners.
Guys, we still love you if you don't like chocolate.
It's okay. We're just judging you just a little and it's okay.
No. So yeah, we're talking about this construction that comes up naturally. like very frequently.
And we've mentioned we should do an episode on it and we haven't yet.
So here we go. The construction is I don't do blank eggs. and so incredibly natural, native, based on connections because a lot of connecting conversation, connection moments come from sharing what we do and don't do, meaning what we like and what we don't like.
Right. We just had a really nice little connection moment.
Yes. This is just a model, an example of what our listeners could do with this.
Yes, exactly. So yeah, it's like the pineapple on pizza examples.
I mean, like, have, or experience, right?
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Good stuff. All right. Perfect. Excellent.
All right. So yeah, instead of saying I don't like pineapple on pizza, what does it mean if you say I don't do pineapple?
Yeah. Like, does that sound any different to you?
So it essentially is saying I don't like it, but it's it's a little more casual it's a little more conversational it's more interesting when you say it that way yeah um It's like saying you don't experience it, you don't eat it because you don't like it.
You refuse it, in a sense. You're refusing it.
Right. I think it's almost... more taking a stance.
I don't do that, right? Not only do I don't like it, but I don't do it.
To me, it sounds a little more... It sounds casual, but at the same time, emphatic.
Yeah. Right. It's like I've made this rule for myself.
And a good example, I think you're going to like this example.
Did you ever see Mrs. Doubtfire? Of course.
Okay. Do you remember the scene where she's interviewing nannies and she brings in this nanny and she's like, I don't do babies.
I don't do diaper. I don't do baby food.
I don't do laundry. And she's like, well, what do you do?
Yes, yes. Yes, exactly. I do remember that.
I saw that movie pretty recently, actually, like in the winter.
So I'd recommend our listeners to go check out that movie.
It's by the way, a fantastic movie. Classic.
Check out that scene. So what are some more examples here?
All right, so yeah, I don't do picnics, right?
So you might say, oh, I don't do picnics.
I don't like... You know, because I find it gets too buggy.
It's too much to carry everything. Yeah.
I mean, this is not necessarily true for me.
Right, right, right. Some people don't like sitting on the ground in parks, which I don't get because when I go to a park, the first thing I want to do is sit on the grass.
I want to be on the grass, but people...
Some people don't do grass sitting. They just sit on benches in parks.
And that's fine if that's you. This is the key.
This is the connection skill, expressing our own personality and what we are willing to do and like to do.
I don't do sports, right? Some people are just not athletic.
What else, Michelle? And sometimes, usually these are for kind of short expressions, but you can extend it.
So for example, you could say they don't do spontaneity when it comes to vacations.
Right. So maybe you have friends and they're really nervous about what to do on their vacation.
They're planning every single thing out.
Oh, they don't do spontaneous things. Right.
That's why I think when you choose like a couple friend, if you're a couple, you choose another couple to travel with.
You have to do a test. weekend somewhere.
Maybe if you're going to go international, do it within the US just to see how it goes.
Test it out. It's hard to find that match, I think.
A couple that's compatible travel wise. Yeah, that's true.
Yeah, or white wine I think my I think maybe my mother-in-law is really a big red wine fan she doesn't do white wine unless she's like in Greece or something where it's really famous and and really good, right?
I don't really do white wine either. I will have it I don't know.
It's fine. I mean, if somebody if that's all they have, and I want a glass of wine, I would have it but I don't typically do white wine.
I would never I never just pick up a white wine from the store.
Got it. Got it. And what else, Michelle?
Last example, I don't do house parties. So maybe you don't go to house parties, you don't host them.
Yeah, yeah, for sure. So again, how does it sound different?
Just to make sure this is really clear for our listeners.
Right. So again, yeah, I think it shows a little more personality.
It's a bit more definite. It almost, like I said earlier, it tends to be like a rule.
Yeah. A rule for someone. And Lindsay, didn't you, I think when this came up once, you mentioned the devil wears Prada, right?
I don't... I remember you mentioning that it made you think of Meryl Streep.
I don't know. Because she may have had one of those scenes too.
Right. I don't do this. I don't do that.
I can't think of that scene right now. I can't either.
I have to watch it. I think there's a new devil wears product coming out or something like an updated version.
I feel like I saw that somewhere. Really?
Yeah, I'll have to double check on that and report back to our audience.
But it could be fake news. I want to make sure I'm not giving wrong information.
But I feel like I saw a headline somewhere.
I hope that's true. What a fantastic movie. that would be great so lindsay do you say this do you do do wait okay that's i'm sorry that was Do you do the phrase do?
Do you do the phrase do? I do sometimes, Rochelle.
It's kind of fun because what this is about is building an identity and Sometimes it's fun to show our identity based on what we're willing and want to do and like.
And what we won't do because it draws lines, right?
Do you think it could sound rude? I think it depends on how you're using it.
If you're being super... I think it also depends on the tone of voice, right?
You're going to say like, I don't, you know...
Yeah, I don't do. I don't know. I can't think like if you show up like I told you, I don't know if I went to New York last weekend for my friend's 50th and he did a whole. you know, all inclusive dinner.
And if I had been sitting at the table and I crossed my arms when they brought out something like, I don't know, fish, I don't do fish. right, obviously that's really rude because right, you know, he's paid for it and and Right.
You know, so obviously we want to be careful here, but mostly it's just about having fun, showing who you are.
Right. Likes and dislikes make up our identity in a lot of ways.
And it can really bring about that connection.
I mean, certainly with a chocolate ice cream, just connecting over your preferences.
Yeah. then you know i took that with me i mean i thought of you saturday night with the chocolate i was like i wanted someone to back me up here.
You know, these kinds of things really connect to you.
Yeah, 100%. 100%. We'll take a quick break and we'll be right back.
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Hiring Indeed is all you need. All right, Michelle, there are other things we could say too. which may not give the exact same vibe, the identity vibe, but there are things we can say.
Like I'm not into sports. I'm not into something.
I'm not into sports. I'm not into movies. or more formal, I'm not interested in, right?
I'm not interested in reading for pleasure, right?
And this is definitely more formal. For sure, right?
Yeah. Yeah. So, Lindsay, I thought it would be fun before we do a role play to just really go through this list quickly. and say what we do and don't do.
Let's do it. Okay. Okay. So let's talk about some of our habits and rules.
Okay, here we go. Lindsay, loud music in the car.
Do or don't? I do. I do less than I did when I was a teenager, but I do.
I will do it if I'm in the mood. Yes. Karaoke.
Same. I do karaoke. I do. I'll do it. I do karaoke.
Do you have a go-to song? Yeah, Dancing Queen.
Okay. Mine is You Ought to Know by Alanis Morissette.
I feel like I've said that before. Alanis Morissette's a good one for that.
Yeah. Yeah. I haven't done karaoke in a while though.
Okay. Breakfast for dinner. 100%. I do breakfast for dinner.
That is the best. thing. You're taking the best meal of the day and letting yourself eat it twice in a day.
I love it. I love it. I love breakfast for dinner.
It's also so much easier to cook. So yes.
It's just nice. Okay. Hot food on a hot day.
I don't do it. I don't get that. People say the same person.
Yeah, I think we're the same person. People say like in really hot climates in the world, they do eat like soups and hot meals and people say it cools you down.
I don't get it. I don't do hot food on a hot day. like sometimes Dan will be like oh let's go for Indian food and I'm like it's 95 degrees I can't my stomach it's also heavy you know I can't handle it my stomach is And Indian food is my favorite food.
So certain foods are for hot and certain foods are for cold.
What about hot coffee on a hot day? Hot coffee in the middle of a hot day.
I don't do it. I'll do it in the morning before it gets hot.
Yeah, yep, yep. But I don't do iced coffee in the morning.
I don't either. I like to start my day with hot coffee.
Yeah. And then I'll do iced coffee in the afternoon.
On a hot day. Yeah. Okay. Lindsay and I are officially the same people.
Everything is the same. Okay. Let's do a role play.
Okay. Here we go. So here I'm telling you about my vacation.
All right. Okay. It was amazing. We went to an amusement park one day and went on five roller coasters.
Ooh, that sounds awesome. I don't do roller coasters, though.
I'm terrified. Oh, I love them. It was so hot, though, and I needed a coffee, but they only had hot coffee.
And I don't do hot coffee on a hot day. No, no.
And I'm not into spending a lot of money either.
I get that. I'm not interested in the origins of where my coffee comes from.
I just want caffeine. Same. Maybe that's where we diverge.
Sometimes I'll go to those more yuppie coffee shops.
I will go to those places. I'll go to a, yeah, I, I, I do.
I do. But, um, It depends. Nice. All right, here we go.
So first, you said, Michelle, that sounds awesome.
I don't do roller coasters, though. I'm terrified.
That's true. Is that true about you? You won't get on them at all?
Yeah. Like you refuse? I'll get on a kiddie one.
What about you? Well, I'll get on them, but then I'll be super neurotic and terrified that my thing isn't going to clip in.
So I'll check it a thousand times. I'll ask the guy to check it.
Will you make sure I'm clipped in? Wait, really?
So neurotic. I will do that. Yeah. All right.
What else? What else? Okay. So then you said, I don't do hot coffee on a hot day.
Right. And it's important to note here, there's some pronunciation that we need to know about with this.
When we're talking about identity... Um, I don't do, you know, they only had a hot coffee and I don't do hot coffee on a hot day.
I'm punching the do here. I don't do hot.
Right. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah, it wouldn't have the same effect if you were just saying, I don't do hot coffee on a hot day.
I don't do hot coffee. The way I'm punching it, though, feels a little complainy.
So I would just be a little careful about it.
Careful of that. I don't do what I mean.
I don't do hot coffee on a hot day. Um, feels a little complaint.
So it depends on who I'm talking to. Right.
Right. Right. Exactly. Um, so, and then I, uh, Oh, yeah, you said I'm not into spending a lot of money on it either.
Yeah. And then you said I get that I'm not interested in the origins of where my coffee comes from.
And the way you put that we said early in the episode. it's very formal it doesn't sound so formal here it just sounds more like you're making a statement right Right.
True. Actually, yeah, I just realized that it's not really quite the same.
Yeah. This is it's kind of a different meeting, actually.
Yeah. No, but it works. It works there.
It works there. And then a good episode, guys, to go to now would be 2461 Leftovers, Culture and Class.
That was a really interesting one. where we took a deep dive into culture, wealth, class, what it means when you take leftovers home in different cultures.
There's so much there. Michelle, what's the takeaway for today?
This was a super fun episode to record. Yeah, we're having a great time.
The takeaway is that everybody better eat chocolate ice cream.
No, the takeaway is this is just such a really fun way to share who you are.
Yeah. and find things in common with other people.
These little things like, roller coasters and hot food on a hot day and karaoke.
These are just huge ways to connect with people.
So you don't want to say this phrase, all the time repetitively, right?
You don't want to overdo it. But it is really good for showing who you are in an expressive and fun way.
That's a really good point, Michelle. You don't want to overdo it here because there's only so many things you can feel.
So save it for the things you feel strongly about.
Right. And there's only so many things we could feel that strongly about.
Right. Otherwise, it just waters down what you're saying.
So save it for the things I feel very strongly about the chocolate ice cream thing.
And so use it for that or use it for a few other things and then use different verbs and ways of saying it otherwise.
All right. Really good connection topic today.
Excellent. All right. This was a lot of fun, Lindsay, and I'll talk to you next time.
All right, guys. Take care, Michelle. Have a good day.
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