Smokers Analytics

We kick it off with Alessia's dance revelations and Domo remembering that she forgot to give something to someone. How teachers aren't as invested as they used to be. How we used to pretend to be sick to go rest in the nurse's office at school. We discover hoe Domo just didn't care about leaving class. We get a drop-in call from one of our favorite cousins, we move into this cold ass weather. Domo had to remember the intro lol. We then move into topics like amnesia, how dating old people suck out your youth, King of The Hill, our disdain for the Three Stooges, how would you potentially change if you were to just be able to let go of distractions. We continue this episode on the notes of how religion is used as a crutch by people to justify their wrongs, how black people have to have tougher skin than most people. How black people's struggles are downplayed and always made to seem less than other groups of people's struggles. Plus a myriad of other topics we randomly bounce around. We end with positive notes and shoutouts to you Buds and ask you to answer the amnesia question from your point of view.

We kick off this episode by giving you guys the email and talking about our Thanksgiving holiday. We have our gang in here AD, Darrion, Domo, Shatta, Lessie, and special guests PJ and Monique. We talk to PJ about his experiences as a young black man in a predominantly white institution and how his blackness has been perceived. How natural hair can be misinterpreted in the workplace. We go into how people of color sometimes self-sabotage or sabotage the dreams and labors of others because of their inner insecurities. We discuss people being completely willing to share their successes but unable to share their failures and be vulnerable. Roles in black male society come into conversation and how the setup of the black community has been an injustice for generations. The topic moves to change within not only the black community but the in the world as a whole and how the children are where we need to be focusing our attention. They are genuinely the next leaders and if we pour the right morals and values into them they'll get this world together for us all. How underhanded racism is still existent and prevalent in our generation. How still in this day and age black women don't get the same treatment or medications as other races of women. We talk about the weird way that technology is going. We end the episode by speaking greatness and success over the podcast and how two years from now we'll look back on these episodes fondly.

Domo starts with giving us the wrong intro and date because she's way into the future on our butts. We dive right into the question we left off in the last episode while we wait for our other members to arrive. We then discuss the topic of when did we as a society feel it was okay to force unsolicited views, beliefs, and advice upon people including strangers. Shatta expands on the reasons why she is in a constant state of apology, why she feels the need in most cases with a certain side of her family to prove that she's a normal loving, kind, caring human that isn't devoid of self-awareness or the awareness of other's emotions and existence. We explain sharecropping, give the smoke of the day information. We talk about little things that stay in existence throughout time like racist songs from generations before. We plug the best engineer in the game Darrion. We breeze through the Travis Scott concert tragedy and the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. We touch on the topic of vaccination and how for the first time in history people's freedom of choice is being impeded upon. How people are being asked to provide proof of vaccination, how if you're not vaccinated you aren't allowed into restaurants or venues which is directly a violation of personal medical privacy and everyone is seeming to ignore the fact. We eat snacks, talk about celebrating yourself in all parts of your journey even in the low times. Speaking about saying things that people don't mean and giving lip service. We slightly graze over how we're programmed to naturally hate anything that is different than what you're accustomed to seeing and what they cannot control or things they don't personally possess is how we end our session of self-expression.

In this episode, we start by calling out Pandora and Google for dragging their feet on accepting our Podcast request. We have an ultra-special guest Nikki our older fashion-forward cousin. We glide on over to the new music Darrion and Lessie has released, of course, we share it with our Buds. We discuss how we're currently feeling in our immediate spaces. Domo explains how she's able to just be in the moment, having to present herself as another being to be accepted when we were children. We try to figure out a word and move on from that. We discuss Shatta's yoga classes and her issues with people's body odors in class and what her reasoning is behind starting her yoga practice. Lessie has a desire to open a dance studio to give back to little girls, J'dai's dream is to have an open bed and breakfast that has beautiful decor and is a dope inviting place for everyone. How we can build better communities for our own culture if there wasn't so much competition with our communities. We talk about how we acknowledge politics and politicians but we don't BELIEVE in them. We move on to discuss investing in these communities and supporting the endeavors of said communities. Shatta explains why she doesn't have any desire to be too immersed in the city. We talk about Domo's ski mask-wearing tendencies. Old people's views on newer information and how they don't want to admit that the current generations are more technically advanced than their generation. Everyone hates Shatta's healthy snacks and candies lol. We continue to discuss how older people can't admit that they aren't as sharp today as when they were in their youth. We finish it up with a few deep thought-provoking questions.

Smoker's Crew contemplates inquiring about a lost dog named Mango or for a reward of a mango. We dive into what brings us personal peace, the many components of your Zodiac sign, spirituality versus religion especially in the black community, how people place unrealistic expectations on religious leaders, how to end conversations without inadvertently offending people. We move the conversation to how Shatta feels weird with unsolicited eye contact, feeling comfortable enough to voice when you're not comfortable, being inside of your head too much, and making situations out of nothing lol. Lessie's lOvEe of nails comes into the conversation, being kinder to yourself and how that transfers to how you interact with others, how women sometimes take caring for others so seriously that they forget to take care of themselves. Darrion raises a question for the Budds and asks "what is your favorite way to indulge in marijuana?" We educate our listeners about Leafly. Charging your worth for your talents, how school districts call too freaking much and how parents reallllllly don't want to hear those calls, parlay-ing in the nurse's office at school, and how nurses know you just want a nap. School barbecue sauce, buying out the chips and cheese, buying the bar in the club, talking about how we're technically breaking the studio's no-smoking rules, and a new show that we like to watch currently watch. Domo's adoption desires for unlimited food purposes pop into the conversation, we talk about J'Dei pasta that was super delicious that Shatta dreams about it. Domo says every description for a personal assistant but doesn't call it that we then shoot down her Craigslist suggestion, we plan to cook for each other once a week or month or quarter to just be together and how people only get together for funerals. Picking up the get-together mantle from the older family members, and how the generation before us dropped the baton, how secret family and interpersonal animosities ruined the family bonds we once had. We end with MIB references. How some parents and older people get stuck in the past while others move seamlessly with how the world is constantly moving and changing.

Smoker's crew comes with the shenanigans in this episode. We open up with unveiling the new email [email protected], brain punching Shatta's husband, future advice columnist desires, Full-moon information, loc start dates, and goals. We give you the information on what we're smoking in this episode. Starved Rock escapades, Lessie voices her disdain for incense and the people who burn them, the dying tradition of potpourri, and Domo's disdain for Amazon. Craving deeper relationships with people in your life but having to accept that they're not ready to be invited to the level you're currently at. We ate WEED brownies from @redandlovely (IG) that were delicious and strong. Shatta then explains where women limit themselves when asking the universe for a mate. We move into the dire need for minorities to know proper gun use, Instagram going down that none of the Smoker's Analytics Crew was aware of because we live outside the social media universe. We end it on a positive and light note joking about Darrion letting the joint run and becoming a two-y... We don't disappoint either with the coughs, food talk, and random jokes. Sit back and enjoy listening as much as we enjoy recording.

This installment of Smoker's Analytics serves to educate our listeners on topics ranging from the structure and purpose of the episode summaries. We take a moment to practice deep breathing techniques with The Buds. Women's empowerment issues like praising another woman making some women feel less, understanding everyone has feelings that need to be taken seriously, cotton candy grapes, social labels/titles and their power. Friends can serve a multitude of purposes, best friends, donuts, an ex-principal as a grandfather, and forgetting to restart the visuals again... We briefly discuss Shatta's Thanos ring wishes, would you date your ex, how Domo doesn't deserve to type hell dot com and everyone loves her. The memory and how it's triggered by certain things and then the smoke brain got to us and we got back on track to end with a movie discussion.

We kick this week's addition of Smoker's Analytics with a topic near and dear to our hearts food, missing your ex's parents cooking but not the ex, the great sock fiasco, dating yourself, auto correct mishaps, women's empowerment and how some women still sneak diss in those circles... We discuss taking hot yoga as a squad, and the Great Disappearing Indigo aka Kitty McGitty... Not automatically being a negative Nancy in an unfavorable situations, school obstacles we overcame, the parachute in gym class, how dodge ball isn't a thing anymore, how our teachers definitely hated us, Bible movies.... everything while rolling up and coughing lol

Chill with your favorite smokers and deep thinkers as we navigate topics like having connections to the spirit world in our youth and it being condemned in many cases, spending time in cemeteries, smoking rose petals, sleep troubles, and the need to just feel your feelings good or bad and work through them constructively... We then move into how Shatta doesn't F with bugs at all, admitting your weaknesses, magical backyard dreams, expanding our dreams and current endeavors, eating ice cream for breakfast as adults, designer guns, quality over quantity, weekending at White Castle, and topics that the universe pops into the conversation while we cough through our time together.

In this episode we take a look at the different views about being an individual being outside of the labels society places on us, being too harsh on ourselves in the stages of our personal journeys, things said to you in childhood that molded your views good or bad, the state of self-esteem in the younger generation...the misinterpretation of general kindness, how the world has changed and the usual randomness that arises in our talks... we definitely dive deep in this episode and we didn't skimp on the coughing lollll