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Transcript provided by YouTube:
I haven’t said it at all, and I should
but this is the one year anniversary of my book, The Future, coming out
Hell yeah, dude
And it’s like, it’s fucking wild to like…
(sighs)
Every time I hit an anniversary of anything I’m always like
Man, I’m still alive? Fucking crazy
But it’s really bonkers to think about last year when I was finishing this book
And that now it’s here and it’s been here for a while, so —
The point is if you wanna come get it I’ll be sitting right there
and I’d love to sign it for you
Or just like shake your hand and say thanks for coming
Because I just can’t believe anybody ever comes to see me say dumb shit into microphones
So I just wanna, like, express my gratitude (audience applauds)
for y’all being here. Um, cool.
(audience applauds)
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