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Um, I think I'm done."},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":976.41,"endTime":980.19,"body":"I think I'm done with primary"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":980.64,"endTime":984.87,"body":"body modifications. But I am"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":980.64,"endTime":984.87,"body":"grateful for them. And I love"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":984.87,"endTime":990.27,"body":"them. So for those of you who"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":984.87,"endTime":990.27,"body":"have tattoos or piercings, I"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":990.27,"endTime":993.21,"body":"hope this has been kind of"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":990.27,"endTime":993.21,"body":"entertaining, and reflecting on"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":993.21,"endTime":996.9,"body":"your own experiences and what we"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":993.21,"endTime":996.9,"body":"have in common. What you found"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":996.9,"endTime":999.48,"body":"was different or what I didn't"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":996.9,"endTime":999.48,"body":"talk about that you're like, how"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":999.48,"endTime":1002.81,"body":"could you not talk about blah,"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":999.48,"endTime":1002.81,"body":"blah, blah, right? I love that"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1002.81,"endTime":1006.35,"body":"we can have common experiences"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1002.81,"endTime":1006.35,"body":"and share stories around them."},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1006.74,"endTime":1011.45,"body":"For those of you who have no"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1006.74,"endTime":1011.45,"body":"tattoos or piercings, well, this"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1011.45,"endTime":1014.48,"body":"was my experience, you can think"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1011.45,"endTime":1014.48,"body":"about it, maybe it'll inspire"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1014.48,"endTime":1019.64,"body":"you, maybe it will deter you. I"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1014.48,"endTime":1019.64,"body":"don't know. I will also say I do"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1019.64,"endTime":1023.09,"body":"not wish that I'd gotten"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1019.64,"endTime":1023.09,"body":"tattooed any sooner. I think I"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1023.09,"endTime":1026.09,"body":"got tattooed exactly when I was"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1023.09,"endTime":1026.09,"body":"supposed to in life. I'm very"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1026.09,"endTime":1030.32,"body":"glad I did wait, that worked for"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1026.09,"endTime":1030.32,"body":"me. And I am just"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1030.8,"endTime":1034.19,"body":"extraordinarily happy with my"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1030.8,"endTime":1034.19,"body":"body modifications. I'll be"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1034.19,"endTime":1040.34,"body":"happier when my septum is at a"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1034.19,"endTime":1040.34,"body":"six. And I think I'll do that"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1040.34,"endTime":1043.94,"body":"for my birthday in the fall. Or"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1040.34,"endTime":1043.94,"body":"I'll do it for the new year."},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1044.45,"endTime":1046.88,"body":"Because they're very insistent"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1044.45,"endTime":1046.88,"body":"on waiting at least six months."},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1046.88,"endTime":1046.94,"body":"I"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1046.94,"endTime":1048.98,"body":"think that's a little crazy. So"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1046.94,"endTime":1048.98,"body":"I might also do it when I get"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1048.98,"endTime":1052.43,"body":"back from Ireland. So I might do"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1048.98,"endTime":1052.43,"body":"it in August. I might do it in"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1052.43,"endTime":1056.45,"body":"late October. Or I might do it"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1052.43,"endTime":1056.45,"body":"in January. Let's see perhaps"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1056.45,"endTime":1060.5,"body":"I'll do another interlude them."},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1056.45,"endTime":1060.5,"body":"That's it. For now I'm actually"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1060.92,"endTime":1066.08,"body":"leaving this interlude, and"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1060.92,"endTime":1066.08,"body":"going to finish up the editing"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1066.14,"endTime":1071.12,"body":"and assemble the episode for the"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1066.14,"endTime":1071.12,"body":"episode on dominance. It's"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1071.12,"endTime":1075.68,"body":"really a delight to work on this"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1071.12,"endTime":1075.68,"body":"podcast. It's a lot of work, but"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1075.68,"endTime":1079.49,"body":"it is a delight. And what makes"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1075.68,"endTime":1079.49,"body":"it a delight is not just me"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1079.49,"endTime":1082.43,"body":"sitting in my office slash play"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1079.49,"endTime":1082.43,"body":"room talking into a boom"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1082.43,"endTime":1085.82,"body":"microphone with a windscreen"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1082.43,"endTime":1085.82,"body":"filter. That's not the delight."},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1086.21,"endTime":1091.52,"body":"The delight is all of you who"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1086.21,"endTime":1091.52,"body":"give me your time, who enjoy my"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1091.52,"endTime":1095.57,"body":"content, who amazingly like the"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1091.52,"endTime":1095.57,"body":"sound of my voice and the creak"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1095.57,"endTime":1099.86,"body":"of my leather. So thank you."},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1095.57,"endTime":1099.86,"body":"Thank you for listening to this"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1099.86,"endTime":1104.06,"body":"interlude. And I hope I hope"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1099.86,"endTime":1104.06,"body":"life is treating you very kindly"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1104.51,"endTime":1108.35,"body":"and if it is not, and I hope you"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1104.51,"endTime":1108.35,"body":"remember how very strong you"},{"speaker":"Edge ","startTime":1108.35,"endTime":1110.21,"body":"are. Until next time"}]}