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In part 2 of a two-parter Simon and Lee carry on (obviously) from last week and get lost (and het up) discussing misogyny.

Things covered: voting with our own best interests, the ruling classes, the feminist narrative, misogyny, Bob going shopping for batteries, skin hunger after COVID, getting closer and closer, women and fear, more misogyny, seeing ourselves in other men, rape culture, consent, 16 Candles, The Breakfast Club, Lee's huge fondness for horror films, the final girl (the girl who survives), Nightmare on Elm Street (spoilers), Star Wars (briefly, also BIG spoiler), violence, the responsibility of men to be small, Jefrey waking up early on the weekends, Lee's face has two settings (Binary Face Miller), Lee's age (he's 5 years younger than Simon), Hannah Arendt, to make monsters of others, recognising degrees of humanity, Eichmann trial (in Israel, not Nuremberg), how to edit this essay, saying goodbye.

Correction: Eichmann was tried in Israel in 1961, not in post-war trials in Nuremberg.

Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.

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In part 1 of a two-parter Simon and Lee start off (inevitably) with an apartment update, some elongated preamble, check in post US election, and voting in our own best interests (or not).

Things covered: Photoshop vs CAD models, learning 3D modelling, planning a kitchen (again), apartment update, Bob and Lee making a list of all the things they are going to do on their week off, camping in one's own place, podcast relationships, parasocial relationships, Colin and Johnny's podcast, Lee asks for feedback from listeners we don't know, US election aftermath, Simon's upcoming 4 year hiatus from all news, Lee's weekly team meetings (that happen every week), remembering Boris Johnson (and him dancing at a wedding), Simon tries to remember something (again), gently touched on erectile dysfunction, things we haven't talked about (not bowel movements for instance), Corbetron's rubbish joke about erectile dysfunction, Simon keeps trying to remember something, realising that Boris was very popular which was revealing about the UK, Hilary in 2016, Kamala being competent, middle-aged white men liking Trump, humans are just sophisticated bees.

Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.

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Simon seeks some advice from Lee about keeping things in confidence, and then they talk about what our work colleagues really think of us.

Things covered: A messed up beginning riddled with technological issues and two different audio streams, Sennheiser headphones, Sony headphones, photoshopping floor plans (apartment update), Lee's Dad flipping houses, renovations from another country, Ian Dury and the Blockheads (Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick), the rhythm method, a drummer in the room as a form of contraception, a conversation in confidence, burning bridges with everybody, overestimating one's capacity to intervene productively, Simon's nickname Clunk, a hilarious way for Lee to be an arsehole, Jefrey (the dog) trying to eat a croissant from a 2 year old, Lee being an excellent Agony Uncle, Lee singing musical tunes, staff away days (that aren't away), saying things we like about colleagues, emerging themes about what Simon's colleagues think of them, Simon's capacity to organise, baked goods at work, cupboard love, lightness of touch at work, being funny at work, hypothetically what Lee's colleagues would say about him, people pleasing, 360 reviews.

Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.

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