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♪ (industrial music) ♪

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- (Ekow) Ready for [br]this journey, Elizabeth?

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- (chuckling) Oh my god.[br]I know this.

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- (Ekow) Are you ready[br]for this journey, Elizabeth?

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- Oh, this guy.[br]"Damn it, Elizabeth!"

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- (Ekow) Let's go, Elizabeth!

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Do you want lose these pounds or no?!

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- (laughing)

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- (Ekow) Get up those stairs NOW!!!

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Move those little legs!

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- Elizabeth doesn't look like [br]she has to lose weight.

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- (Ekow) How in the world [br]am I in front of you?

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Goddamn it, Elizabeth!

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Let's go, Elizabeth![br]- The "Goddamn it Elizabeth."

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That seems to be the thing he says.

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- (Ekow) Let's go, Elizabeth! FASTER!

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- Oh, that's not fair.[br]He's in a car. (laughing)

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- (Ekow) Those pizza pockets [br]ain't gonna go away itself!

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Move it!

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- God, that's such a jackass.

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- He looks like he was filmed [br]through a Snapchat.

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- I've seen this before,[br]but I have no idea what it is.

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I just know he's--[br]they're a couple, right?

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- (Ekow) Listen. To start off this diet,[br]okay, you're gonna need some nuts first.

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Grab those almonds.

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A handful of apples.

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Elizabeth. (groans) Oh my gosh.

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Last but not least-- Elizabeth,[br]leave the salad dressing alone!

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- There's too much fat[br]in that salad dressing.

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- (Ekow) Elizabeth? [br]Are you ready?

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- Like, how does she [br]not just punch him in the face?

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- "That's a hungry hippo"? Rude.

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- (Ekow) Elizabeth!

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Oh, no you don't, you sick freak!

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Damn it, Elizabeth!

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You started your diet 19 minutes ago!

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- She's going through a drive-thru.

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- (Ekow) Just thinking about McDonald's[br]is 500 calories, Elizabeth!

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You pick up your sandals and you move[br]those little Oompa Loompa feet!

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- Oompa Loompa?! [br]She's fricking skinny!!!

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- Why isn't he doing anything?

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She was pumping gas while he was filming.

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- (Ekow) Elizabeth, [br]if you want me to train you,

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then get rid of your box of donuts.[br]- (Elizabeth) No, but I love them!

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- (Ekow) Elizabeth, you've got [br]to imagine every yellow line

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is a pit of lava.

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Okay? Go!

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There you go. Work those legs.[br]- Work it, Elizabeth. Work it.

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- (Ekow) You want that Kim K?[br]You gotta work overtime!

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Do you want your reward or no?!

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Elizabeth--[br]- (cracking up)

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That's what I would do.

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- (Ekow) Goddamn it, Elizabeth.[br]Like, for REAL?!

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I'm giving you 30 seconds...[br]- Where is she?

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(Ekow) ...to get out of your dumb little[br]hide-and-go-seek spot.

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- He's mean. He's mean.

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- (Ekow) Come here!

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Stop running! WHO THE HECK ARE YOU?!

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- (girl) Some girl told me [br]to put on her clothes--

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- (Ekow) What?![br]- (cracking up)

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- (Ekow) ELIZABETH!!!

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Elizabeth.

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- (cracking up) That was the best.

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- (Ekow) You hired a stunt double[br]so you could eat Timbits?

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Let's go! [br]- Oh-ho, man. Timbets.

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- (Ekow) On your marks,[br]get set, GO!!!

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RUN, ELIZABETH!

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MOVE IT!

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DON'T LOSE TO THE ELIZABETH DOUBLE!

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COME ON!!![br]- (chuckling)

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- (Ekow) MOVE IT-- hey, my man,[br]don't be looking at my Elizabeth, okay?

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You'd better be looking at number two.

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ELIZABETH, GOOOOO!

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- The poor guy caught [br]in the crossfire was like,

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"What am I doing here?"

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- (Ekow) Goddamn it, Elizabeth. Hurry up!

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- (Elizabeth) I'm trying![br]It won't fit!

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- (Ekow) On the count of three,[br]you're gonna jump and suck.

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One, two...[br]- (laughing) I've had to do this

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for my waist before.

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- (Ekow) Give me the chips.[br]You're not gonna put it up there.

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Elizabeth, give me the--[br]- Yep, there's no other place

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to put it in that dress.

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- (Ekow) I told you.[br]- (employee) I'm sorry, it's just policy.

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- (Ekow) My bad. [br]I told you, Elizabeth!

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My bad, my bad.

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Elizabeth, stop![br]Elizabeth...

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- "Damn it, Elizabeth!"

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(crowd chatters)[br]- (Ekow) Elizabeth!

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Get down here.[br]- Oh, hey now.

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- (Ekow) This isn't Coyote Ugly! Let's go.

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- (laughing)

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- (Ekow) Elizabeth![br]What are you doing?!

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- (Elizabeth) I broke my nail.

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- (Ekow) You're in [br]the guy's bathroom! Let's go!

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Don't do it. ELIZABETH!!![br]Oh my go-- Elizabeth!

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Elizabeth, you're not [br]on the Yellow Brick Road.

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Like, what are you gonna do?[br]Walk all the way to McDonald's?

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- (Elizabeth) I need food!

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- (Ekow, laughing) Elizabeth, [br]what the heck are you doing?

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- McDonald's seems to come up[br]a lot in these videos too.

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- (Ekow) ♪ It's a hard knock life ♪[br]- She broke down

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and had to go for McDonald's.

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Go get those Chicken Nuggets.

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Poor Elizabeth.

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I think I've seen most of those.

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- It's so dumb but I'm laughing,[br]so it's clearly working.

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- I just saw the one [br]with the Krispy Kreme donuts,

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but I didn't know they had [br]a million of these.

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♪ (industrial music) ♪

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- (FBE) So what did you just watch?[br]- A guy yelling at his girlfriend.

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- A series of videos of a boyfriend[br]torturing his girlfriend.

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- Somebody's Snapchat story.

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- The Snapchats of a gentleman[br]trying to help his girlfriend

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achieve her fitness goals.

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- "Hot Damn it, Elizabeth."

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I'm just gonna say that's the title.

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- We watched the Elizabeth videos.

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I gotta hope that it's fake, right?

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- (FBE) This is a series [br]of Snapchat stories

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titled "Cot Dammit Elizabeth."[br]- Oh.

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"Cot Dammit Elizabeth"?

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- "Goddamn it, Elizabeth!" (laughing)

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- (FBE) So the videos feature[br]Elizabeth and her boyfriend,

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who's trying to help Elizabeth[br]get fit by diet and exercise.

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Would you say you enjoyed watching it?

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- No.

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There's this underlying [br]controlling bullshit.

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- It was definitely entertaining,[br]but who dates somebody like that?

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- It was creative, [br]it was a good initiative.

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Like, it was fun.

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- Yes, that's actually-- [br]all boyfriends need to do that.

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- Knowing how fake that is,[br]it was awesome.

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- You have to look at it [br]and realize that it's a joke, right,

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so it's funny.

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If it was real, that guy'd be an asshole

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and he'd need to get his ass kicked.

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- (FBE) The videos are presented [br]as if they are in reality

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and unscripted, but there's a lot people[br]that feel it's obvious

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that the videos are staged.[br]What do you think?

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- I don't think they're staged.

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I mean, they just go [br]out there and have fun.

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- I never really thought[br]that they were real.

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They're still hilarious[br]and they're still entertaining.

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- It's entertaining to me.

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Do I really care that it's [br]kind of pre-planned? Not really.

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- I'm a huge professional wrestling fan.[br]That's the same to me.

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It's stuff that's fake,

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that's supposed to look like it's real.

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And so you get to lose [br]yourself in it more.

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It's like you're living in a show.

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- (FBE) So these videos[br]started on Snapchat

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but they started uploading them[br]to YouTube as well,

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and as of now, the most popular video[br]has almost two million views on YouTube.

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- Oh my god.

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- Oh my goodness.

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I feel like maybe Snapchat is taking over[br]the whole vlogging thing.

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- (FBE) What do you think [br]it is about these videos

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that people are gravitating to?[br]- I don't know, man.

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I think it's just his narration.

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- It's relatable, it's funny, [br]and the catchphrase is pretty memorable.

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- It's all about media.

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I mean, social media.

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And if you're up to what[br]is new on social media, you're in.

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- I don't know why people [br]would want to keep seeing that

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'cause it's the same thing [br]over and over again, it seems like.

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What you saw? I'm good.

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I'm full.

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- (FBE) So when you think about Snapchat,

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do you think about narrative content[br]presented like this?

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- No.

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- No, not at all.

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And, for the record, I don't get Snapchat.

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- I don't (chuckling)-- my Snapchats [br]are all over the place.

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- Yes, it's definitely telling a story[br]and people follow up with it.

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- I'm not really big on Snapchat,[br]but from what I know,

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what I've seen in [br]my limited use of Snapchat,

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it's not really this-- [br]this stuff more lives on Vine.

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- Yeah, of course.

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It's crazy because you start[br]living vicariously

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through other people's lives.

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- I'm sure other creators [br]are gonna start seeing Snapchat

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and gravitating towards,[br]"Oh, maybe this is an interesting way

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of reaching new audience [br]and creating more quality content."

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- (FBE) The boyfriend in these videos[br]appears to be looking out

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for Elizabeth's best interest [br]by wanting her to be healthier,

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but there are some who would consider[br]what he's doing to be body shaming.

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Do you see that?[br]- Oh, yeah. 100%.

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Hopefully, guys don't see that and go,[br]"Man, that's a good way

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to get my girl to diet."

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- Absolutely.

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Maybe the person could approach it[br]with some positive reinforcement

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instead of negative reinforcement.

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- The language can be a little harsh[br]and, you know, him saying,

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"Goddamn it, Elizabeth,"[br]but it doesn't strike me as malicious

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or mean-spirited.

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- No, not at all!

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I mean, that's her boyfriend[br]and he's just being supportive.

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Just like any trainer would!

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- I mean, yes, if I really do[br]have to sit down here

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and have a serious conversation [br]about it, then yeah.

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But I feel that we need[br]to be able to understand

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when a joke is a joke[br]and when it's not.

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- (FBE) Finally, if Elizabeth [br]happened to be watching this,

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can you give some words[br]of encouragement to her

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as she continues her fitness journey?

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- Elizabeth, be proud of yourself.[br]Keep working hard, okay?

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- I hope I can see your face.

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That's the only thing I could really say.

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- Goddamn it, stay away from McDonald's.

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- If you want to lose weight,[br]lose it for yourself.

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Don't lose it for your bully boyfriend.

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He's a jackass.

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Dump his ass.

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- You don't really need this guy[br]to motivate you in that way.

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Just do it yourself.

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Get out there, work hard,[br]and you can be whatever you wanna be.

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And just stay away from McDonald's.

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That's not so good.

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- Thanks for watching [br]this episode of Adults React.

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