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Now, I sometimes feel"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1443.96,"endTime":1446.3,"body":"that people are really"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1443.96,"endTime":1446.3,"body":"intimidated by bondage because"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1446.3,"endTime":1449.3,"body":"they're afraid they have to"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1446.3,"endTime":1449.3,"body":"learn all these complicated"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1449.3,"endTime":1452.87,"body":"knots. The truth is that for"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1449.3,"endTime":1452.87,"body":"most bondage, the knots are"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1452.87,"endTime":1457.13,"body":"fairly simple. And that real"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1452.87,"endTime":1457.13,"body":"basic thing not you need to know"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1457.13,"endTime":1461.57,"body":"is the square or reef knot. 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Welcome to full"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1743.39,"endTime":1743.99,"body":"cow."},{"speaker":"Dart","startTime":1745.28,"endTime":1748.73,"body":"Thank you for having me."},{"speaker":"Dart","startTime":1745.28,"endTime":1748.73,"body":"Absolutely. Can you start by"},{"speaker":"Dart","startTime":1748.73,"endTime":1752.12,"body":"telling us what your pronouns"},{"speaker":"Dart","startTime":1748.73,"endTime":1752.12,"body":"are and how you identify in the"},{"speaker":"Dart","startTime":1752.12,"endTime":1752.69,"body":"community?"},{"speaker":"Dart","startTime":1753.74,"endTime":1758.75,"body":"Yeah, so my pronouns are keen"},{"speaker":"Dart","startTime":1753.74,"endTime":1758.75,"body":"him. 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