บทถอดความฉบับเต็มของ E24 - Easter Eggs and Embryo Eggs

the server room. 00:02:27.447 --> 00:02:38.217 Um, still haven't figured out who got in, uh, we're checking everybody's key cards, um, physical access, physical keys. 00:02:39.306 --> 00:03:07.236 Uh, so, you know, I would love actually, any information that anyone in this room might have, um, because we have been turning up painted eggs inside of the cabinets, uh, behind the keyboards, uh, in the patch cable walls, um, mini fridge, all kinds of things that are in what is supposed to be a physically secure. 00:03:08.586 --> 00:03:17.736 Very carefully access controlled room and, uh, you know, like, uh, love celebrating holidays around the office. 00:03:17.766 --> 00:03:18.697 It's very fun. 00:03:18.697 --> 00:03:19.597 Scavenger hunt. 00:03:19.956 --> 00:03:26.616 Ha the that's a no, that's a no for me on the server room and somebody did it up in there. 00:03:27.134 --> 00:03:28.694 W what kind of eggs? 00:03:28.956 --> 00:03:31.116 You know, what kind of eggs, Kate, please. 00:03:32.495 --> 00:03:37.895 I just want to know if it's the same kind of hollowed out painted eggs that I've been finding in the fridge. 00:03:39.481 --> 00:03:51.782 Yeah, I assume so there they're just regular eggs that have been blown out and painstakingly decorated in paints, sparkles, glitter, uh, some nice ink to drawings. 00:03:51.812 --> 00:03:52.711 Uh, the occasional. 00:03:54.788 --> 00:03:56.769 Nah, I don't know a lot. 00:03:56.769 --> 00:04:11.239 I keep saying this, but as I've said every, every day for the last week, The Easter egg hunt that Iran was digital entirely that it was only on the website and my good news for today. 00:04:11.239 --> 00:04:13.459 It was going to be that somebody finally found the last egg. 00:04:13.758 --> 00:04:16.579 And so we've distributed all the prizes and 00:04:16.976 --> 00:04:17.726 that's great. 00:04:17.757 --> 00:04:18.057 That's 00:04:18.139 --> 00:04:20.449 feels like, it feels like you don't believe me, that all of them are digital 00:04:20.637 --> 00:04:21.507 No, I didn't. 00:04:22.627 --> 00:04:24.726 I know your team put a lot of work into that. 00:04:24.757 --> 00:04:26.166 And, um, 00:04:26.189 --> 00:04:26.668 the doers. 00:04:27.247 --> 00:04:30.247 yeah, I mean, it was, uh, they had a lot of fun with it. 00:04:30.276 --> 00:04:36.666 Believe me, there was just a lot of like giggling and glee as those things were going in. 00:04:36.997 --> 00:04:38.197 And so it's super nice. 00:04:38.257 --> 00:04:42.427 Uh, also that, you know, uh, we can give out those prices. 00:04:42.427 --> 00:04:46.447 We can pull, pull those from the app and can go back to the last build. 00:04:46.596 --> 00:04:50.976 Um, no, and I, I, they don't, they don't look anything like yours. 00:04:51.470 --> 00:04:53.569 I know a way to resolve this, Eric. 00:04:53.569 --> 00:04:58.730 I know you've been dealing with this disbelief, but could you define digital? 00:05:02.980 --> 00:05:06.009 think maybe Matt isn't understanding what you mean

by digital. 00:05:06.490 --> 00:05:07.300 That's probably the case. 00:05:08.004 --> 00:05:17.124 I think, I think of, I think we all do, but I think especially Matt understands what, what I mean by digital there that are images on the 00:05:17.451 --> 00:05:40.161 Yeah, they exist only in a virtual space as rendered by our website and our application that, that in, I assumed that you meant that in no way were these physical eggs that had been hollowed out and die, died, uh, painstakingly decorated, and then hidden in locations around this building, including what is supposed to be a securely locked. 00:05:40.975 --> 00:05:41.334 Okay. 00:05:41.535 --> 00:05:41.925 And, 00:05:41.971 --> 00:05:42.601 solve this. 00:05:42.601 --> 00:05:45.422 Could have we broken, open one of the eggs 00:05:46.569 --> 00:05:49.089 no, I mean, they're, they're very light. 00:05:49.810 --> 00:05:50.889 They seem hollow to me. 00:05:51.553 --> 00:05:51.884 okay. 00:05:51.913 --> 00:05:56.113 Can, um, can one of you provide me with an egg to open? 00:05:57.850 --> 00:05:58.810 Yeah. 00:05:58.815 --> 00:05:59.206 I've got 00:05:59.766 --> 00:06:00.307 They're kind of 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:01.720 Oh, you've been finding them too. 00:06:01.750 --> 00:06:02.199 Yeah. 00:06:03.129 --> 00:06:03.279 Yeah. 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:03.639 Here you go. 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:03.730 Okay. 00:06:04.374 --> 00:06:04.733 Okay. 00:06:04.913 --> 00:06:06.353 I know I I'm. 00:06:06.473 --> 00:06:09.473 I honestly curious, cause we haven't found them around the creative team. 00:06:09.533 --> 00:06:15.293 Um, they don't match any of the artistic signatures of any of the creative folks. 00:06:15.293 --> 00:06:17.033 You know, I know their artwork really well. 00:06:17.033 --> 00:06:20.244 I look at it, I know their style and if I crack it. 00:06:22.538 --> 00:06:22.928 Yeah. 00:06:23.019 --> 00:06:23.528 Yep. 00:06:23.858 --> 00:06:26.769 You get a little V for vendetta trading card. 00:06:26.798 --> 00:06:28.959 This is definitely the work of Victor. 00:06:31.115 --> 00:06:31.805 Victor. 00:06:31.834 --> 00:06:32.704 Victor's on yours. 00:06:34.158 --> 00:06:35.238 Now Victor's on. 00:06:35.615 --> 00:06:37.384 Wait that Victor 00:06:38.021 --> 00:06:38.740 Victor, Victor. 00:06:38.809 --> 00:06:39.769 of on all teams. 00:06:39.769 --> 00:06:42.139 I mean, he started, you know, in the very 00:06:42.141 --> 00:06:43.641 before teams. 00:06:43.819 --> 00:06:46.278 uh, when we really were kind of all in on this. 00:06:46.574 --> 00:06:49.095 but nobody's seen Victor. 00:06:49.845 --> 00:06:51.105 I mean, since before I got. 00:06:51.728 --> 00:06:52.598 I agree. 00:06:52.598 --> 00:07:05.259 It's, um, it's very alarming, but I mean, he, he was a big holiday guy fixture and I mean, he, as you know, his first initial, his fee and he was really interviewed for vendetta. 00:07:05.588 --> 00:07:10.838 I mean, this, this sounds like an old Victor screw around, you know, 00:07:12.298 --> 00:07:22.348 I should have seen it leaving the creative team alone, especially targeting the areas that would make us think security, breach, something bad has happened, you know? 00:07:22.858 --> 00:07:23.218 So. 00:07:24.047 --> 00:07:24.377 Yeah. 00:07:24.406 --> 00:07:31.726 And, um, it would also just explain the single happy meal I found on my desk a couple of days ago. 00:07:33.124 --> 00:07:36.353 so like kind of a calling card. 00:07:36.353 --> 00:07:41.454 Was there, is there anything about the happy meal that kind of tipped you off? 00:07:41.483 --> 00:07:41.814 That it was. 00:07:42.728 --> 00:07:47.348 No honestly, uh, was, was very, was very interested. 00:07:47.348 --> 00:07:54.009 I mean, it was like a happy meal with a like Mick fish filet in it, which I didn't even know they put in happy meals. 00:07:54.009 --> 00:07:54.999 So I just thought that. 00:07:54.999 --> 00:08:00.009 it was like some, I just thought originally it was like an F you to our new fish policy. 00:08:00.009 --> 00:08:03.158 And somebody was just doing that in a horrific way. 00:08:03.249 --> 00:08:06.959 Um, you know, some members of my team had been taking it hard. 00:08:07.749 --> 00:08:08.199 It's. 00:08:08.259 --> 00:08:09.338 I mean, they are vegan. 00:08:09.338 --> 00:08:13.449 They just don't like to have limitations placed on their body or life. 00:08:13.538 --> 00:08:17.559 Um, so I thought originally it was just, you know, something like that. 00:08:17.559 --> 00:08:20.678 It's a big corporation, it's a fish, that kind of stuff. 00:08:20.709 --> 00:08:23.019 But now it makes sense. 00:08:23.019 --> 00:08:34.211 I mean, you know, as you all know, we met fixture in a McDonald's parking lot and this could, this could be a side assignment he's back. 00:08:34.958 --> 00:08:42.038 I just, uh, looked up the email address of all of the people who found the digital Easter eggs. 00:08:42.038 --> 00:08:48.339 And over 60% of them are from a V Norse fire. 00:08:49.384 --> 00:08:52.563 Aol.com that's that's gotta be him. 00:08:53.231 --> 00:08:54.192 It's gotta be him. 00:08:54.950 --> 00:09:00.080 so he found the eggs and the digital hunt and placed the eggs and the physical. 00:09:01.142 --> 00:09:02.552 That's actually very true. 00:09:02.552 --> 00:09:14.822 I mean, Matt, didn't you say one of the reasons why you suspected Eric was because all of the eggs match, the like designed eggs at the art department had put up. 00:09:15.302 --> 00:09:21.001 Yeah, well, I mean, you know, the, the art is like cute eight bit digital picture pixel art. 00:09:21.062 --> 00:09:28.922 And so yeah, if someone with like incredible artistic skill had taken those as inspiration and done them in. 00:09:29.677 --> 00:09:32.586 Baroque styles, a impressionist. 00:09:32.586 --> 00:09:34.447 I mean, these are, 00:09:35.453 --> 00:09:36.354 Masterpieces. 00:09:36.427 --> 00:09:36.846 yeah. 00:09:36.876 --> 00:09:46.086 And I guess, I guess, yeah, they look like, well, wait, how many,

remind me, Eric, how many stickers were in the app to find? 00:09:48.187 --> 00:09:51.037 Okay, well, my team has. 00:09:51.937 --> 00:09:58.687 Two dozen out of the server room in the last few days, uh, Kate, you said you've been finding them in the break room and other places. 00:09:58.716 --> 00:10:00.216 How, how many have you found so far? 00:10:02.703 --> 00:10:02.974 Yeah. 00:10:03.124 --> 00:10:05.793 Our teams come up with like, I think 18 or 19. 00:10:06.004 --> 00:10:07.803 So I don't know about 52. 00:10:10.687 --> 00:10:11.437 have a lot of eggs too. 00:10:11.621 --> 00:10:15.101 Yeah, that seems like a lot of eggs to find, but it does make sense. 00:10:15.101 --> 00:10:32.532 I mean, with the artistic, I mean, we all know that Victor was a, uh, into art forgery before he found us that's like, and actually came really into handy because he was able to connect us, you know, with a lot of his former clients became some of our first investors and said, okay, 00:10:36.682 --> 00:10:37.642 What do you think he wants? 00:10:38.996 --> 00:10:39.986 I don't know. 00:10:40.017 --> 00:10:55.616 I mean, you know, I usually am pretty good at speaking Victor, so to speak, but, um, you know, he, he likes to play games and things like that, but, you know, usually comes out of the shadows a lot sooner than this. 00:10:57.866 --> 00:11:03.687 I've always left notes and that McDonald's parking lot, making it very clear if you wanted to come back. 00:11:03.716 --> 00:11:09.057 Like we would, I mean, we have a lot of questions for him, but like we would welcome him back. 00:11:09.057 --> 00:11:09.777 So 00:11:09.817 --> 00:11:13.506 I mean, I have questions, like how did he get into the room? 00:11:13.596 --> 00:11:17.616 Like we've, we've revamped the entire access control system. 00:11:17.616 --> 00:11:19.326 None of those locks should be the same. 00:11:19.447 --> 00:11:24.336 Uh, and if he badged in with somebody's badge, those logs have been erased. 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:26.379 we have to find the 00:11:26.586 --> 00:11:27.817 is he's he's good. 00:11:27.937 --> 00:11:28.057 Yeah. 00:11:28.782 --> 00:11:29.201 Yeah. 00:11:29.231 --> 00:11:35.022 I mean, as, as, I well know, I thought I was great, but even I activated the bees. 00:11:35.624 --> 00:11:35.894 Right. 00:11:37.409 --> 00:11:38.470 None of the bees were out. 00:11:39.287 --> 00:11:42.287 No, none of the mechanisms in there were tripped. 00:11:42.287 --> 00:11:46.986 Also, just to be clear, we did not reload the bees after they went off on UK. 00:11:46.986 --> 00:11:49.397 Califia no, we went, we went with a different system. 00:11:49.517 --> 00:11:51.797 Uh, so it won't be it. 00:11:51.817 --> 00:11:54.197 If you decide to come in again, it won't be business. 00:11:55.481 --> 00:11:56.682 That's good to know. 00:11:57.522 --> 00:12:08.951 I mean, I'm tempted to try, you know, just to try to figure out how Victor could have gotten in, but I must admit his skills were always more impressive than mine in that field. 00:12:09.432 --> 00:12:11.261 And this is another example of that. 00:12:12.249 --> 00:12:14.528 we could put another egg up on the site. 00:12:15.668 --> 00:12:16.568 See if he comes back. 00:12:17.006 --> 00:12:17.787 Oh, 00:12:17.820 --> 00:12:20.490 then wouldn't that create one more egg in our office? 00:12:20.490 --> 00:12:20.820 We have two. 00:12:21.259 --> 00:12:21.500 And 00:12:21.568 --> 00:12:24.448 exactly You'd have to, he'd have to, he'd have to deliver it. 00:12:25.700 --> 00:12:27.000 so we w we could try to catch. 00:12:28.051 --> 00:12:28.860 Hmm. 00:12:30.091 --> 00:12:30.870 All right, hang on. 00:12:30.931 --> 00:12:32.610 Let let's pull up the app. 00:12:32.671 --> 00:12:50.341 Uh, Eric, I'm trying to remember, um, I want to say 24, the two dozen that were found in the server room that matches the same number and type is that right of the ones that we had in the settings pages of the. 00:12:53.900 --> 00:12:54.591 Yeah. 00:12:55.041 --> 00:12:55.880 Oh, this is, 00:12:56.104 --> 00:12:58.594 He considers your tech team. 00:12:58.624 --> 00:13:00.484 The settings of our company 00:13:01.140 --> 00:13:01.740 Yeah. 00:13:02.988 --> 00:13:03.197 Hmm. 00:13:03.931 --> 00:13:04.350 Okay. 00:13:04.350 --> 00:13:09.451 And then, oh, uh, I don't know. 00:13:10.140 --> 00:13:14.100 Would it be, I mean, kind of operate behind the scenes 00:13:14.298 --> 00:13:15.227 Important, but not. 00:13:17.354 --> 00:13:18.583 how many eggs were on the home? 00:13:21.123 --> 00:13:25.513 Uh, let's see 16. 00:13:26.509 --> 00:13:28.849 That's the number I found in John's office. 00:13:30.605 --> 00:13:31.326 okay. 00:13:31.332 --> 00:13:31.802 Okay. 00:13:33.140 --> 00:13:33.500 let's see. 00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:36.770 I remember we had a bunch behind the temporary word, old game. 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:39.751 Uh, Yeah. 00:13:39.812 --> 00:13:42.451 Wait, Kate, remind me how many you found in the break room? 00:13:44.384 --> 00:13:48.195 18, no 14, 14, 00:13:49.022 --> 00:13:51.272 Well, yeah. 00:13:51.302 --> 00:13:51.422 Okay. 00:13:51.451 --> 00:13:51.751 Sorry. 00:13:51.751 --> 00:13:54.451 I'm having to solve the, uh, 00:13:54.465 --> 00:13:55.544 That is where I do work. 00:13:56.402 --> 00:13:57.662 Uh, yeah. 00:13:57.692 --> 00:13:58.322 14. 00:14:00.812 --> 00:14:01.231 Okay. 00:14:01.231 --> 00:14:05.101 So, so we just need to put a new Easter egg in the. 00:14:06.511 --> 00:14:09.001 Somewhere that corresponds to a place. 00:14:09.001 --> 00:14:12.511 We want Victor to put an egg here. 00:14:13.567 --> 00:14:15.397 What's the easiest place to stake out. 00:14:15.621 --> 00:14:16.251 Yeah. 00:14:16.491 --> 00:14:17.032 Yeah. 00:14:18.111 --> 00:14:20.662 Set up a watch, set up some live cameras. 00:14:21.615 --> 00:14:22.065 yeah. 00:14:22.065 --> 00:14:24.634 And one of those, um, one of those sorts of. 00:14:25.335 --> 00:14:30.225 Metal baskets that falls when someone stands under it and catches

them. 00:14:30.629 --> 00:14:31.558 the mousetrap. 00:14:32.485 --> 00:14:34.434 Yeah, but for humans, 00:14:35.371 --> 00:14:36.152 Yeah, man trap. 00:14:36.494 --> 00:14:36.854 Yeah, 00:14:38.251 --> 00:14:38.432 Yeah. 00:14:38.432 --> 00:14:38.971 We looked at a 00:14:39.006 --> 00:14:40.326 Rube Goldberg. 00:14:42.945 --> 00:14:45.945 we do a Google Burke set up at, throughout the office so that 00:14:46.052 --> 00:14:47.971 you know, they, they sell simple ones. 00:14:49.904 --> 00:14:51.164 well, but those are 00:14:51.261 --> 00:14:59.062 It just seems, it just seems very strange that Victor shows up just as we got all of our, we watched the severe surveillance equipment out of here. 00:15:00.552 --> 00:15:00.731 Yeah. 00:15:00.731 --> 00:15:05.532 I mean, I hate, I hate to say it, but like, I, I kind of wish we had access to that. 00:15:05.562 --> 00:15:07.782 Like we could just roll back the tape and, 00:15:08.121 --> 00:15:08.692 Right. 00:15:08.831 --> 00:15:10.182 and see what he was doing. 00:15:11.032 --> 00:15:11.662 yeah. 00:15:12.278 --> 00:15:12.727 Well, 00:15:12.835 --> 00:15:13.164 strange. 00:15:13.424 --> 00:15:14.804 Well, maybe. 00:15:15.548 --> 00:15:16.028 this will be. 00:15:16.144 --> 00:15:21.154 You know, I, I, I feel like, um, I'm responding from emotion here. 00:15:21.154 --> 00:15:25.774 I felt like, you know, it's my job to keep things secure. 00:15:25.865 --> 00:15:27.754 That security had been violated. 00:15:27.784 --> 00:15:29.674 I was feeling like a failure. 00:15:30.004 --> 00:15:34.085 Uh, and so I wanted to know like, is Victor doing this on purpose as he is? 00:15:34.085 --> 00:15:35.044 Is this an attack? 00:15:35.195 --> 00:15:37.534 But maybe I'm thinking about this too emotionally. 00:15:37.565 --> 00:15:39.605 Maybe Victor doesn't want anything. 00:15:40.294 --> 00:15:44.375 So before we go trapping him, is there anything we really want from. 00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:52.710 I mean, I think there's some information that I don't know you originally wanted from fixture. 00:15:53.070 --> 00:15:56.159 We've been able to overcome some of his, 00:15:57.080 --> 00:16:09.320 yeah, I mean, we're working well now I feel like, you know, it's, it was Richard that I was more interested in because he had his own bookkeeping and it turns out we painted over all of that. 00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:09.590 And, 00:16:09.697 --> 00:16:10.028 Great. 00:16:10.460 --> 00:16:14.585 uh, I, you know, I don't know. 00:16:14.585 --> 00:16:16.595 I feel like things are working. 00:16:16.595 --> 00:16:17.225 Okay. 00:16:17.914 --> 00:16:24.034 Maybe this is me coming from a place of emotion, thinking about somebody who came before me and 00:16:24.628 --> 00:16:24.807 Um, 00:16:24.904 --> 00:16:27.394 their, their work better than I could. 00:16:27.394 --> 00:16:31.654 And the thought of them coming back is now something I'm pushing against. 00:16:32.649 --> 00:16:33.009 No. 00:16:33.009 --> 00:16:42.100 I mean, it, it, it reminds me

of this time I was in Tibet and we were hiking and we're going to go hunt a snow leopard, but then we saw one and just the majesty of it. 00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:45.279 And we realized that it was better just to let it go. 00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:52.779 And I just feel like maybe for so long, I've been waiting for Victor to come back, but maybe we just have to let him pass through. 00:16:53.812 --> 00:16:59.182 I don't know, Eric, it seems like this was, this was tipped off by, by your Easter egg scheme. 00:17:00.572 --> 00:17:03.423 Are you a Z says feeling personal you in any way or 00:17:04.125 --> 00:17:11.595 I mean, it feels like a response, so I kind of feel obligated to continue to engage. 00:17:12.015 --> 00:17:12.525 Um, 00:17:13.053 --> 00:17:14.133 like a conversation. 00:17:14.835 --> 00:17:15.255 yeah. 00:17:15.464 --> 00:17:17.414 And maybe that's the, maybe that's the answer. 00:17:17.414 --> 00:17:20.714 We've put a one last egg on the contact us page. 00:17:22.758 --> 00:17:24.617 Oh, I left that. 00:17:25.643 --> 00:17:26.843 And maybe he'll reach out. 00:17:28.066 --> 00:17:28.336 Yeah, 00:17:28.595 --> 00:17:29.255 It's worth a try. 00:17:29.722 --> 00:17:30.083 Yeah. 00:17:30.905 --> 00:17:31.655 let's do it. 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.589 I'll uh, 00:17:32.722 --> 00:17:33.173 do it. 00:17:34.796 --> 00:17:35.786 What was that also? 00:17:35.786 --> 00:17:37.705 Your stand-up update, Eric, or did you have something. 00:17:38.660 --> 00:17:45.170 uh, yeah, I guess, I guess it, it turned out to be, um, they found the eggs and, um, I guess a lot of prices are going to Victor somehow. 00:17:45.289 --> 00:17:48.859 Um, although there was no, there was no physical address associated with that email. 00:17:49.590 --> 00:17:49.980 Yeah. 00:17:49.980 --> 00:17:53.310 I don't know how we're going to send him those Easter couches, but 00:17:53.549 --> 00:17:53.880 We'll see. 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:54.840 yep. 00:17:55.803 --> 00:18:01.353 I mean, we could also, you know, do want to send him one of our golden ticket to couches or, you know, 00:18:01.884 --> 00:18:01.974 I 00:18:02.133 --> 00:18:05.373 hide our message in the couch and an egg. 00:18:06.391 --> 00:18:06.721 That's true. 00:18:07.711 --> 00:18:08.131 Yeah. 00:18:08.221 --> 00:18:22.590 And I suppose if we, uh, we could drop a couch off at one of those like FedEx centers and then put a notice about the couch in the PO box that, um, was on at least a few of those email addresses so that he would go pick it up. 00:18:23.384 --> 00:18:25.724 I'll work with someone of your team. 00:18:25.785 --> 00:18:26.055 Okay. 00:18:26.691 --> 00:18:27.590 Okay, great. 00:18:28.813 --> 00:18:30.163 should I go, should I do my own. 00:18:31.141 --> 00:18:32.340 Yeah, of course. 00:18:32.520 --> 00:18:33.601 I mean, yeah. 00:18:34.627 --> 00:18:42.097 So as everyone knows, um, you know, Lars and David are full on wedding planning. 00:18:42.188 --> 00:18:47.107 Um, but they are actually planning

a little beyond that. 00:18:47.317 --> 00:18:57.127 Um, and well, I guess this has been in the works for a little while, but I am going to be their surrogate. 00:18:57.458 --> 00:19:04.057 Um, I am pregnant and then I am actually having twins, but they only want one. 00:19:04.268 --> 00:19:09.998 So we get to choose and actually as sort of an a 00:19:10.590 --> 00:19:12.861 wait, whoa. 00:19:12.861 --> 00:19:13.621 A lot was happening. 00:19:14.086 --> 00:19:15.766 There is a lot going on. 00:19:15.998 --> 00:19:16.538 yeah. 00:19:16.627 --> 00:19:22.028 Um, so basically there there's a baby up for grabs and so no, no grabs. 00:19:22.028 --> 00:19:23.468 You should never grab babies. 00:19:23.827 --> 00:19:25.688 Um, but we. 00:19:26.917 --> 00:19:32.587 have multiple options of what we can do with them, with the baby, the second twin. 00:19:32.925 --> 00:19:38.566 don't you want to keep one of the children that you were growing and pushing out of your 00:19:39.377 --> 00:19:39.768 Well, 00:19:40.006 --> 00:19:40.576 well. 00:19:40.817 --> 00:19:48.167 I've always known, you know, that they were going to go to someone else who, who really had longed for a child. 00:19:48.228 --> 00:19:51.768 Um, you know, Lars Larson, Dave and I have talked about this. 00:19:51.768 --> 00:19:52.307 A good bet. 00:19:54.038 --> 00:19:58.988 So, I guess there's part of me that would be okay with, with someone else having it. 00:19:58.988 --> 00:20:04.597 But, you know, certainly I would never reject a child that chose me as his mother also. 00:20:05.077 --> 00:20:10.417 Um, the, the thing is a few of our investors have asked me this before. 00:20:10.718 --> 00:20:14.827 Um, but I have a bit of a waiting list, uh, for surrogacy and florists. 00:20:14.827 --> 00:20:16.057 And David had asked first. 00:20:16.087 --> 00:20:22.508 So I guess I'm trying to figure out if we should work this into the series, a, um, paperwork. 00:20:23.760 --> 00:20:25.381 no, no. 00:20:25.715 --> 00:20:25.925 we 00:20:26.431 --> 00:20:27.961 what do you suggest? 00:20:28.020 --> 00:20:28.941 I know that we. 00:20:29.776 --> 00:20:42.226 Listen, it's been a hard growth time and we've engaged in, you know, uh, cutting down of special forests and, uh, violating the endangered species act. 00:20:42.256 --> 00:20:46.306 But this would be adding pretty much human trafficking. 00:20:46.635 --> 00:20:48.556 Yeah, Um, 00:20:48.863 --> 00:20:51.292 It counts even if it's well, yeah, it counts. 00:20:52.246 --> 00:20:53.326 I mean, you seem very 00:20:53.385 --> 00:20:54.465 think it counts twice. 00:20:54.526 --> 00:20:55.455 I think it counts. 00:20:56.056 --> 00:21:00.256 Even if you volunteer, I think it counts for you and for the baby, 00:21:00.810 --> 00:21:01.590 Yeah. 00:21:02.875 --> 00:21:04.576 logistically, uh, series. 00:21:04.576 --> 00:21:06.286 They should be close before. 00:21:06.465 --> 00:21:07.816 Uh, yeah. 00:21:07.875 --> 00:21:08.205 So. 00:21:08.333 --> 00:21:09.053 true. 00:21:09.385 --> 00:21:13.496 Th that let's just defer for purely planning reasons. 00:21:13.885 --> 00:21:15.685 Let's just move past that. 00:21:17.042 --> 00:21:17.883 I mean, it doesn't have to be. 00:21:18.607 --> 00:21:19.627 It doesn't have to be a paperwork. 00:21:19.657 --> 00:21:24.067 It could be a handshake deal, you know, like you get to adopt this baby. 00:21:26.165 --> 00:21:26.885 absolutely. 00:21:26.885 --> 00:21:31.115 That I've gone to, I am always, always willing to do whatever it takes. 00:21:31.115 --> 00:21:35.976 And Kate, you take that to it very next level, but I'm going to have to care about. 00:21:36.691 --> 00:21:45.391 Uh, putting a human life as a contingent of absolutely anything, either over the table or it's actually worse for it to be under the table. 00:21:45.421 --> 00:21:45.750 Okay. 00:21:46.057 --> 00:21:46.298 Yeah. 00:21:47.407 --> 00:21:47.617 Okay. 00:21:48.488 --> 00:21:49.178 Okay, 00:21:49.925 --> 00:22:00.615 I want to, I want to pause it and I'm sorry for, cause I brought some really low, uh, kind of dark energy into this meeting and maybe that's, that's clinging a little bit. 00:22:01.990 --> 00:22:02.411 a breath. 00:22:02.471 --> 00:22:06.161 And I just want to say Kate, uh, congratulations. 00:22:06.790 --> 00:22:07.780 Like that's huge. 00:22:07.810 --> 00:22:09.221 That's huge news all around. 00:22:09.671 --> 00:22:10.601 That's big for you. 00:22:11.070 --> 00:22:12.931 about the maternal energy. 00:22:12.931 --> 00:22:20.641 I've been sensing it for weeks, and I am just so excited for you to bring that light into the office every day. 00:22:20.641 --> 00:22:21.721 And for you. 00:22:22.597 --> 00:22:23.018 Thank you. 00:22:23.018 --> 00:22:26.077 And I hope you don't, I'm not going to be taking maternity leave. 00:22:26.077 --> 00:22:28.478 I don't want you all to worry about anything like that. 00:22:28.538 --> 00:22:31.837 Um, I mean, I'm not really the mother, so it wouldn't be appropriate. 00:22:32.768 --> 00:22:32.978 Um, 00:22:33.016 --> 00:22:37.635 But you are, your body is changing in, in amazing ways. 00:22:37.635 --> 00:22:43.185 And birth is a strenuous process on the female body. 00:22:43.185 --> 00:22:46.365 So I feel like you need to take some time to heal. 00:22:48.192 --> 00:22:48.583 Yes. 00:22:49.026 --> 00:22:51.645 to like, literally literally let your body heal. 00:22:52.770 --> 00:22:53.280 Yeah. 00:22:53.280 --> 00:23:00.990 I mean, I can refer you to a very wonderful doula that I do yoga with, who can really help you. 00:23:00.990 --> 00:23:13.471 And she actually recommends that mothers physically lock themselves in a room for 30 days afterwards to have that mental and spirit and body replenishing period. 00:23:14.813 --> 00:23:15.502 Okay. 00:23:15.593 --> 00:23:20.692 Um, maybe I can, I can work from that room, you know, as long as we have internet, there's still a lot I can do. 00:23:21.143 --> 00:23:23.123 Um, but yeah, maybe you're right. 00:23:23.123 -->

00:23:27.173 I can't do as much couch moving or packing or warehousing. 00:23:27.587 --> 00:23:27.887 Um, 00:23:28.971 --> 00:23:31.611 yeah, Kate, you're not supposed to be doing that stuff anyway. 00:23:31.641 --> 00:23:34.641 That's that's all warehouse team stuff that you've delegated. 00:23:35.371 --> 00:23:35.881 right. 00:23:37.188 --> 00:23:37.577 right. 00:23:39.337 --> 00:23:40.238 Delegation. 00:23:40.417 --> 00:23:42.847 That is a goal that I'm working on. 00:23:44.198 --> 00:23:44.498 Yeah. 00:23:45.097 --> 00:23:50.508 There are other people on that team some days a week, but 00:23:50.593 --> 00:23:51.883 a, there's a waiting list. 00:23:53.827 --> 00:23:55.268 uh, for my womb. 00:23:57.113 --> 00:23:58.073 Yeah, I guess. 00:23:58.553 --> 00:23:59.123 Yes. 00:23:59.492 --> 00:23:59.903 And. 00:24:01.282 --> 00:24:16.222 So it's, it's an interesting program actually, where you can get some testing done when you're in your, I guess, really anywhere between 18 to 25, um, it'll assess how fertile you are and how good of a carrier you would be for human life. 00:24:16.583 --> 00:24:25.163 Um, and I was in the top 5%, uh, so like I just excellent genetics for our creating human life. 00:24:25.492 --> 00:24:28.313 And so, I mean, imagine. 00:24:29.063 --> 00:24:36.923 If you had like a dozen kidneys in your body, would you not want to donate those to people who need a kidneys? 00:24:37.042 --> 00:24:38.712 Like that's that's. 00:24:38.962 --> 00:24:41.182 I think the gift that my body has given me, 00:24:42.307 --> 00:24:46.717 I mean, I guess if you put it that, but hang on. 00:24:46.777 --> 00:24:53.196 What program was this like through your university or a church or. 00:24:54.384 --> 00:24:55.865 um, No. 00:24:55.865 --> 00:25:00.964 Yeah, no, it's through the, uh, the holistic medical center of, um, the Northeast. 00:25:02.085 --> 00:25:03.795 I've never, yeah, just, I'm sorry. 00:25:03.795 --> 00:25:04.515 I've never, I've 00:25:04.663 --> 00:25:13.423 I mean, they're not accredited by any specific institution, but they have, have built up a lot of their own institutional knowledge over the couple of years they've been around. 00:25:13.512 --> 00:25:20.353 Um, but anyway, yeah, it was just, I got on their wires and David were talking to me. 00:25:20.353 --> 00:25:20.413 Yeah. 00:25:21.053 --> 00:25:27.532 There hope for having children one day during lunch, I mentioned it, you know, they went on there, got on the wait list. 00:25:27.532 --> 00:25:39.022 And like, it's kind of one of these things where like, once someone gets on your wait list, other people start like eyeing you and your, uh, all that DNA and genetic information on there. 00:25:39.022 --> 00:25:40.373 And then they sign up. 00:25:43.585 --> 00:25:44.065 wow. 00:25:45.410 --> 00:25:45.710 Kate. 00:25:45.710 --> 00:25:49.430 I have to say that's, um, a plus marketing. 00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:56.269 I CRE I have a lot of questions about this, but it is your body and your

choice. 00:25:56.839 --> 00:26:00.650 Um, choose better for the baby. 00:26:01.369 --> 00:26:12.200 yeah, I don't think just in, certainly not in this meeting, but I think in this cohort, um, we should not be deciding the disposition of. 00:26:12.342 --> 00:26:12.612 Yes. 00:26:14.335 --> 00:26:18.025 Extra child, um, bonus baby. 00:26:18.248 --> 00:26:19.688 I guess I, yeah, I'm just, 00:26:20.555 --> 00:26:21.095 Yeah. 00:26:21.337 --> 00:26:21.847 mine? 00:26:22.327 --> 00:26:23.407 That's the real question. 00:26:24.337 --> 00:26:26.678 David and contributed to this child. 00:26:26.678 --> 00:26:28.208 They just don't want a second. 00:26:28.538 --> 00:26:29.167 Um, 00:26:30.894 --> 00:26:35.365 I mean, the law is pretty clear that you are the biological mother. 00:26:37.387 --> 00:26:37.778 Hmm. 00:26:37.904 --> 00:26:39.375 it pretty much every Jersey. 00:26:39.896 --> 00:26:40.287 yeah. 00:26:40.875 --> 00:26:42.375 this is a big choice. 00:26:42.375 --> 00:26:47.174 Was this not a discussion that you had before pregnancy? 00:26:48.897 --> 00:26:52.798 I mean, we expected there to be one and they would take it, you know, when you're a surrogate. 00:26:53.827 --> 00:26:54.907 You're kind of a vessel. 00:26:54.907 --> 00:27:05.146 You're not so much a I just thought of myself as a, as a human vessel, you know, like a train or plane, 00:27:06.384 --> 00:27:06.743 Kate. 00:27:06.743 --> 00:27:11.213 I just want to wrap you up in a Cuban papoose and just hold you for a second. 00:27:11.634 --> 00:27:12.114 Um, 00:27:13.833 --> 00:27:15.303 sad that you're cross the table. 00:27:16.593 --> 00:27:16.893 Yeah. 00:27:17.509 --> 00:27:17.869 yeah. 00:27:20.153 --> 00:27:21.442 uh, we can talk about this more. 00:27:21.442 --> 00:27:23.903 I understand this is a big decision for all of us and we 00:27:24.290 --> 00:27:25.971 it's not actually. 00:27:26.170 --> 00:27:26.950 our decision. 00:27:28.067 --> 00:27:28.727 not involved. 00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.160 Yeah. 00:27:30.549 --> 00:27:31.150 Um, 00:27:31.232 --> 00:27:31.762 just off your own. 00:27:31.762 --> 00:27:32.113 Leave me. 00:27:32.590 --> 00:27:35.770 I, I, I hate to close the door like this. 00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:38.230 Uh, Kate, I, I care about you very much. 00:27:38.230 --> 00:27:39.401 I want good things for you. 00:27:39.401 --> 00:27:42.191 I think I want better things for you than you do. 00:27:42.250 --> 00:27:47.711 Um, but I have to recuse myself from this. 00:27:47.711 --> 00:27:52.330 This is not something that in the context of this company, that we can really talk. 00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.759 Yeah, I 00:27:56.935 --> 00:27:57.516 no, 00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.269 know. 00:27:58.269 --> 00:28:03.099 We've, we've covered this Kate and we've also talked about boundaries. 00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:16.180 Um, so Kathy, on this side of the wall is going to say, we don't want anything to do with that baby and Kathy, on this side of the wall as your, you know, not friend friendly. 00:28:16.994 --> 00:28:18.494 Persona in your life. 00:28:18.585 --> 00:28:32.684 A maternal figure is going to say, we should have a serious talk about this baby and figure out a good place that everybody feels comfortable with, but that is your decision and should not be anything we talk about here. 00:28:37.587 --> 00:28:38.157 okay. 00:28:38.397 --> 00:28:41.397 Um, what was the, what was your standup 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.049 Yeah, of course. 00:28:43.049 --> 00:28:43.349 Yeah. 00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:45.599 I can, uh, wrap it up. 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.200 Wow. 00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:48.630 It's been a really emotional day. 00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:50.730 Uh, just, just amazing. 00:28:50.730 --> 00:28:57.750 So I guess it, it, you know, um, we have a storefront in the metaverse, 00:28:58.247 --> 00:28:58.696 Oh, 00:28:59.351 --> 00:29:00.790 So we sell couches 00:29:02.018 --> 00:29:03.458 uh, virtual couches. 00:29:03.458 --> 00:29:03.938 Yes. 00:29:03.938 --> 00:29:05.377 So, um, 00:29:05.441 --> 00:29:06.191 buy virtual. 00:29:06.191 --> 00:29:06.431 You mean? 00:29:08.904 --> 00:29:09.414 digital. 00:29:09.698 --> 00:29:10.357 digital. 00:29:10.792 --> 00:29:11.512 digital. 00:29:11.678 --> 00:29:12.038 They have no 00:29:12.076 --> 00:29:13.276 same definition. 00:29:13.488 --> 00:29:14.387 In the physical world? 00:29:14.387 --> 00:29:16.458 No, no physical representation. 00:29:16.732 --> 00:29:18.863 We have no physical representation though. 00:29:18.863 --> 00:29:21.323 We have the option to add that if we would like it. 00:29:23.827 --> 00:29:24.907 yeah, it's pretty cool. 00:29:24.938 --> 00:29:28.448 I'm really glad to see the south by Southwest assets not go to waste. 00:29:28.762 --> 00:29:29.093 Yeah. 00:29:29.317 --> 00:29:39.728 cause yeah, there were, there was a lot of work doing all of that couch, just situation, um, is who is renting. 00:29:40.563 --> 00:29:42.512 These couches buying the couches. 00:29:42.692 --> 00:29:47.313 What is, what did we settle on for these virtual couches in the metaverse? 00:29:47.857 --> 00:29:48.337 Yeah. 00:29:48.337 --> 00:29:57.758 So actually we are selling it for more than couches are in the real life because, uh, metaverse real estate is at a premium. 00:29:57.758 --> 00:30:04.028 We had to pay a lot for our land in the metaverse and it seems like people really want premium couches. 00:30:04.028 --> 00:30:07.298 So, you know, we're really focusing on with our couch building. 00:30:08.182 --> 00:30:10.792 Couches that don't exist in, can exist in the world. 00:30:10.792 --> 00:30:15.923 So we just sold our first couch yacht, uh, for a hundred thousand dollars. 00:30:15.952 --> 00:30:17.182 And, um, 00:30:17.236 --> 00:30:18.465 Oh, real dollars. 00:30:19.583 --> 00:30:21.413 yeah, I been Crip 00:30:21.712 --> 00:30:23.542 I, yeah, it's virtual currency. 00:30:23.813 --> 00:30:29.782 That, that we then have to do several trades and, uh, find a lot of paperwork to turn

into. 00:30:30.817 --> 00:30:31.417 Exactly. 00:30:31.417 --> 00:30:48.337 So, I mean, between the several trays that we have to make between various crypto and real currencies, it actually turns out to be about 50,000 in like U S currency, which is still a pretty good for a couch, you know? 00:30:48.367 --> 00:30:51.877 Um, I would say we probably can only do one of those. 00:30:51.877 --> 00:30:54.488 We made a pretty big PR campaign about'em. 00:30:54.817 --> 00:30:57.337 Um, and honestly that's the only couch we've sold. 00:30:57.337 --> 00:30:58.988 So, um, 00:31:01.113 --> 00:31:04.143 It's I, you know, don't, don't feel bad about that. 00:31:04.262 --> 00:31:10.083 Califia, um, metaverse stuff it's really, it's really tough market. 00:31:10.173 --> 00:31:16.893 And you know, we're basically, we're competing against huge artists, right? 00:31:16.893 --> 00:31:24.002 With like millions of followers, people who are like super well known, who've worked to auction their art at Sotheby's. 00:31:24.603 --> 00:31:28.998 Uh, so the fact that we sold one like that, That's great. 00:31:29.448 --> 00:31:29.837 Yeah. 00:31:29.903 --> 00:31:30.413 Yeah. 00:31:30.413 --> 00:31:35.363 I mean, I do think like you're right, it is a space in which artists could Excel at this. 00:31:35.363 --> 00:31:49.397 So given that our team is a pretty creative team, we look forward to trying to, you know, pitch what we can in there and then maybe make some money, you know, um, At least pay for our rent on our land. 00:31:49.397 --> 00:31:52.847 I mean, metaverse real estate is just getting crazy these days. 00:31:52.970 --> 00:31:53.329 Yeah. 00:31:54.435 --> 00:31:58.395 is it also illegal to sell babies in the middle? 00:32:00.077 --> 00:32:01.847 Oh, almost a hundred percent. 00:32:01.988 --> 00:32:02.627 Yeah. 00:32:04.067 --> 00:32:10.548 I think that that's just Kate, probably the rule of the universe. 00:32:10.577 --> 00:32:17.087 Ultimately selling, selling things in the metaverse, uh, follows the same laws as selling them anywhere else. 00:32:18.077 --> 00:32:20.538 It's just a question of how well they're being enforced. 00:32:22.770 --> 00:32:25.013 That's important, but. 00:32:25.310 --> 00:32:26.601 it be okay? 00:32:27.098 --> 00:32:28.058 Couch yacht. 00:32:28.179 --> 00:32:29.169 Yay. 00:32:29.451 --> 00:32:29.961 Yeah. 00:32:30.421 --> 00:32:30.750 Yeah. 00:32:30.861 --> 00:32:31.030 Thanks. 00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:34.621 And congratulations, Kate really? 00:32:34.681 --> 00:32:44.431 I mean, I feel like we went through a lot today, you know, and, um, we should just really celebrate, celebrate you and becoming a mother. 00:32:45.098 --> 00:32:46.358 It's not about me. 00:32:46.808 --> 00:32:48.068 I mean, it's not about all of me. 00:32:48.068 --> 00:32:52.209 It's about, it's about a few specific organs, you know, so. 00:32:55.763 --> 00:32:56.574 But thank you. 00:32:57.683 --> 00:32:58.824 I do like cupcakes. 00:32:59.492 --> 00:33:01.143 We can get you some cupcakes. 00:33:01.826 --> 00:33:02.066 Great. 00:33:02.336 --> 00:33:06.776 Now actually, I can't eat cupcakes right now because, um, if I have anything that tastes like sugar, right. 00:33:06.836 --> 00:33:08.215 I get nauseous and vomit. 00:33:10.005 --> 00:33:10.515 a couple months. 00:33:11.375 --> 00:33:11.855 Yeah. 00:33:12.032 --> 00:33:12.512 Yeah. 00:33:14.105 --> 00:33:16.056 Um, great. 00:33:16.145 --> 00:33:18.066 Any final things or should we just wrap up? 00:33:19.949 --> 00:33:23.098 um, I'm going to set a basket up in the break room. 00:33:23.219 --> 00:33:26.969 Uh, if folks could just start dropping off the eggs that they find. 00:33:27.719 --> 00:33:31.108 I would like to figure out if there's some other message here. 00:33:31.199 --> 00:33:37.499 Uh, and I'm really hoping we turn up all 255, I guess, 256 with the new one coming 00:33:38.310 --> 00:33:38.671 True. 00:33:40.067 --> 00:33:40.548 Yeah. 00:33:40.877 --> 00:33:46.008 Um, and let me know if you meet up with Victor, I mean, I'm also always happy to, 00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:48.499 I mean, let all of us know if you, yeah. 00:33:48.499 --> 00:33:49.909 If you meet up with Victor. 00:33:49.969 --> 00:33:50.239 Yeah. 00:33:51.317 --> 00:33:51.557 yeah. 00:33:51.587 --> 00:33:56.837 I mean, if we need to do a Nightwatch, you know, I'm happy to sign up for a couple of shifts. 00:33:58.728 --> 00:34:02.567 Our team are all big Victor fans, so I'm sure I can get some people if we need surveillance. 00:34:03.675 --> 00:34:04.036 Hmm. 00:34:04.546 --> 00:34:04.935 Okay. 00:34:07.516 --> 00:34:09.385 Well, great then I guess that's our business. 00:34:12.010 --> 00:34:12.965 This meeting has ended. 00:34:13.456 --> 00:34:15.474 To subscribe to this startup is being recorded. 00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:19.373 Go to the podcast player of your choice and tap a button that likely says subscribe. 00:34:19.932 --> 00:34:26.695 More content is on Twitter at startup recorded, or shoot us an email with ideas, feedback, or your personal startup horror story. 00:34:27.050 --> 00:34:29.641 At hello@startuprecorded.com. 00:34:30.387 --> 00:34:31.969 Kate is played by Valerie Garrison. 00:34:32.389 --> 00:34:36.480 Valerie is a product manager and regularly plays with the improv troupe letters to chicken online. 00:34:36.961 --> 00:34:44.949 You can find her on Twitter at thevalgarris eric has played by Barry wright Barry is a product manager at Spotify and a co-founder of Highwire Improv. 00:34:45.630 --> 00:34:50.603 Find him by his name on LinkedIn, where he holds regular office hours or at highwireimprov.com. 00:34:51.255 --> 00:34:52.590 Matt is played by Marty Mcguire. 00:34:53.355 --> 00:34:56.054 Marty is a senior web engineer and improviser in New York city. 00:34:56.572 --> 00:35:01.945 You can find Marty's comedy code and cats on his website at M M G dot R E. 00:35:02.693 --> 00:35:04.422 Calathea is played by Robyn Stegman. 00:35:04.976 --> 00:35:10.177 Robyn is a digital campaign manager for ocean Conservancy and is a comedian mostly found at Highwire improv. 00:35:10.831 --> 00:35:12.467 You can find her on all the social medias. 00:35:12.523 --> 00:35:16.541 And she does mean all at rsteggy thank you for listening.