254: We're Cancelling Black Friday

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254: We're Cancelling Black Friday

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Nov 21, 2019

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Bri and Simone convene to discuss the new MacBook Pro model (old keyboard!) and some Black Friday deals that in the end… all kind of suck. Does Black Friday suck? Finally, the new Pokemon game is here and boy has it been a lightning rod for controversy! Let's get heated.

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Nov 21, 2019

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