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Larry Chu & Mark McLean, Disneyland Fire Department | Salute Heroes Cavalcade at Disneyland 4K
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May 6, 2025
Larry Chu & Mark McLean of the Disneyland Fire Department were honored on May 5, 2025, at Disneyland during a special Heroes Salute Cavalcade. They are both recipients of the Heroes Ticket. The Heroes Ticket is a way that the Disneyland Resort is giving back to eligible first responders and a guest to enjoy a day at the Happiest Place on Earth! in gratitude for their efforts against the Los Angeles Fires. Don't miss Daps Magic's official weekly YouTube show Geeks Corner here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAF91C7183BAB676B Visit Daps Magic: https://dapsmagic.com Join Our Patreon Community: https://patreon.com/dapsmagic Daps Magic was created by a very special group of Disney Fans who had a dream for a place on the internet where people young and old could share their love of Walt Disney and his legacies in a safe and fun atmosphere.
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i wonder if you can compare and contrast
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kind of what your life and careers have
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been like inside the Disneyland Fire
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Department and outside an exterior fire
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department
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No honestly they they bring both
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different things
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Um I started 21 years ago with Los
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Angeles City Fire Department and then 6
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years later I ended up here with the
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Disneyland and I didn't think I was
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going to last and here I am 15 years
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later I mean uh doing the magic
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protecting it for the cast members as
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well as the guests that that come to
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Disneyland on a regular basis as well as
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you know providing a service with the
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Los Angeles City Fire Department is it's
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I couldn't ask for anything better
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Same Uh so
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um completely different types of work
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but I started here as uh as EMT with
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first aid guest first aid for about 6
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months prior to becoming a firefighter
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here Uh just kind of providing help to
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cast members guests uh and everyone in
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between Uh and then it's a little
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different um different job descriptions
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but at the end of the day we're still
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providing a service to the public or the
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the uh the cast members and guests here
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uh and doing everything we can to make
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their days a little better
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Did you guys respond to the fires and
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can you tell us about that Sure Uh so I
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was uh working at the um at the Sierra
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Mad Fire Department the night that the
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Eden fire broke out or I guess the
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palisades as well Uh so yeah we're on
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shift We got recalled as uh extra bodies
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just to help deal with the wind event
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that was going on in the San Gabriel
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Valley area and Eden fire broke out We
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were kind of monitoring that We
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monitored the Palisades fire and uh next
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thing you know the Eden fire started
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cresting over our neighboring hills So
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we went to work and just did what we
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could to help put some fires out uh
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tried to save some houses do what we
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could to help out and uh just we did
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what we've been training for our whole
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career
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I I was actually working here at the
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resort when uh the fires broke out Soon
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as I finished my shift I actually
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responded same thing with the recall and
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uh ended up being attached to the
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incident for almost 23 days Mhm Which
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which incident Uh Pacific Palace Palace
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What did you guys I I know you probably
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did a lot in 23 days but can you talk
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about some of the things you did on the
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first night You know it's hard to
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explain like the the conditions you've
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never you we planned for brush fires We
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planned for wildland fire We planned for
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all this stuff to go on But the
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conditions and know what's going on it
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just it I've never seen anything like
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that in 21 years I'm pretty sure that
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most people would say that they haven't
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seen anything like that So
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guessing you didn't come back to work
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here for 23 days No they actually they
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actually work with me Uh I talked with
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the managers that are here and they uh
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they understood and and they allowed me
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to continue working over there and then
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pick up the pieces when I came back over
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here
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How does it feel today to be honored and
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thanked uh with the Cavalcade and all of
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the other exciting things happening
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Uh it's it's humbling It's it's pretty
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cool that Disney is able to you know
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recognize uh not just those of us here
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but all the firefighters uh police
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officers EMTs and uh so forth to that
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responded to those events Uh it's a
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super cool gesture Um feel honored to be
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here also very humbling uh and also a
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little bit awkward too during the
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cavalcade cuz uh we're not into the all
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the recognition and parades and stuff So
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uh there's
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definitely definitely awkward Yeah Um
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but I know there's you know there's
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thousands of firefighters who deserve to
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be in the parade with us Um that did a
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lot Everyone worked together to to try
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to make things work
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you know to carry out what he's saying
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And it is truly an honor um piece like
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there's to represent the women uh the
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men and women of the fire service and be
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able to be recognized This truly is an
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honor Um I think there's plenty of
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people that are just as deserving as
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both of us Um just I think we're just
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one of the lucky ones that that uh they
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recognize But I'm f it's fantastic that
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Disney actually is is recognizing and
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appreciating everybody that provided a
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service to during that whole time frame
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Is it a different experience being here
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today with everyone being recognized
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than on a normal day at the resort Does
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it just feel different Yeah it's like I
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said it's for us it's awkward because
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we're not we're in the limelight but
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we're usually behind the scenes It's
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this to be put out there and recognized
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just for the work that we normally do
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It's it truly is an honor And it it is
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like I said it's real kind of uh awkward
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because we're not we're not used to it
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We're not used to being hey come over
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here and do this versus just doing what
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we normally do on a regular basis
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What's a what's a little known fact
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about the Disneyland Fire Department
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that most people don't know
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That you would like to get out there
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I don't know I think everyone kind of
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knows I don't know I I don't know what
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would be little known cuz uh
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everything's I mean we we we don't
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actually we don't actually work at the
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fire station on Main Street Okay Right
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Right That is a true that is a that is a
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true fact We we do we are behind the
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scenes We do have three different
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stations that we respond out of and I
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mean and factual is that you know we're
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here to protect the magic of uh all all
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the guests and cast members that that
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are here at the resort
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How many fatherson teams are at the
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Disneyland Fire Department
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I think there
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are
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maybe two or three
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um family members have come and gone I
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mean it was just a unique thing that for
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for me that
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that I showed up 6 months after dad was
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hired here and I had no idea he was
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working in Disneyland So that was the
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the the fun factual thing for me was
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showing up for what we call traditions
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where they they introduce you into the
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the Disneyland culture And as I'm
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walking in dad's walking off his shift
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So you didn't know he worked here I had
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no idea whatsoever And here we are He's
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16 years into it I'm a little over 15 So
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I guess you could say he didn't help you
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get this job No not at all Not at all
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Um I just think being here at the resort
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we know you guys work here and I would
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assume you guys are somewhat fans of
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Disneyland too Is there any like
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favorite ride or favorite snack you guys
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have
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Well I always Well the the the Rice
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Krisp Mickey Rice Krispie treat is
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always a fan favorite Uh ride-wise I
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think it's usually it's Pirates of the
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Caribbean I always I always enjoy that
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one
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Yeah I think I don't really have a
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favorite ride I guess Rise of the
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Resistance when I can get on it Uh
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that's probably the coolest ride I've
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been on Um and then I think my favorite
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treat would be the Luro toffee Oh yeah
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that's by far my favorite And uh I like
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introducing other people to that so they
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can find the same addiction that I have
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Um so yeah you guys are kind of making
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me hungry
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