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Nobody Knows Anything 🤷 Agree or Disagree?

Dec 20, 2023 · 0:17

Summary

Everybody's got a take these days. Nobody knows anything." That's the worldview of one weary straphanger who's had it with hot takes from people who have no business weighing in. He paints a picture: a straw salesman suddenly offering solutions to the bank crisis. Everyone thinks they're an expert. Kareem asks for his take anyway, which is perfectly ironic. The rider doesn't hold back. He thinks the whole culture of takes is dumb, that we've all become armchair experts on everything when we should probably just shut up. It's a meta moment for a show literally called Subway Takes.

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I hate takes. You hate takes? I think takes are dumb.

Everybody's got a take these days. Nobody knows anything. Everybody's like, "You know, how do you know?" It's like, "Hey, I'm a straw salesman.

I got it, guys. Bank crisis? Let me handle this.

I got—" Everybody's got a take. Nobody knows what they're talking about. Welcome to Subway Takes.

So what's your take?

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