Classically Abby - December 05, 2020


AOC Sells A Sweatshirt That Says ＂Tax The Rich.＂ Then She Sells It To RICH PEOPLE. ｜｜ The Scoop #16


Episode Stats

Length

10 minutes

Words per Minute

204.93988

Word Count

2,102

Sentence Count

131

Misogynist Sentences

6


Summary

Alexandra Ocasio-cortez is selling a sweatshirt that says "Tax the Rich" and it's hilarious. I also talk about my new winter background and why I don't want it to be too Christmassy.


Transcript

00:00:00.140 Hello, Classic Crew, and welcome to another episode of The Scoop.
00:00:06.860 If you are new to my channel, The Scoop is our opportunity to just act as if we're grabbing a cup of coffee together,
00:00:12.760 chat, kind of go over what's been going on over the course of the week,
00:00:16.440 and I love hearing what you guys have been up to, too, so make sure to leave that stuff in the comments.
00:00:21.120 I'm drinking water today. You know, we just switch off here between tea, coffee, water, soda, whatever it is.
00:00:27.500 Whatever you're drinking, go and grab one, and let's get started.
00:00:30.660 So the first thing I want to talk about is AOC, a.k.a. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
00:00:36.780 Something funny happened this week, and Twitter thought it was hilarious. I agree.
00:00:42.120 AOC is a socialist, so she hates capitalism, and she really believes in the redistribution of wealth by the government.
00:00:48.860 But here's where the funny part comes in.
00:00:50.820 She recently came out with a line of merchandise, and the money would go to contribute to her campaign.
00:00:55.440 One of the pieces in her line is a sweatshirt that simply says,
00:00:59.660 Tax the rich.
00:01:00.780 It makes sense if you know that she is a socialist and would love for the government to redistribute everyone's wealth.
00:01:06.080 But here's where it gets good.
00:01:08.000 Guess how much she's selling this sweatshirt for?
00:01:10.760 Nope, not $25.
00:01:12.600 No, not $35.
00:01:14.660 $58.
00:01:16.580 The sweatshirt that she's selling is so expensive, only the rich could afford to buy it.
00:01:21.900 What normal person could afford to buy a dinky sweatshirt for $58?
00:01:26.660 I know I wouldn't buy a sweatshirt for $58.
00:01:29.720 AOC tried to justify the cost of the sweatshirt by saying it was created by unionized labor.
00:01:34.700 But if the cost of creating a dinky sweatshirt is $58 when you're using union labor,
00:01:40.380 that kind of proves the point that union labor makes everything more expensive,
00:01:45.140 even when it doesn't deserve to be.
00:01:47.000 But hey, at least if any rich person does buy it, they'll get to virtue signal to the world
00:01:52.480 that they believe that all of their money should go to the government.
00:01:55.260 And the great thing about virtue signaling is that they probably will never be effaced
00:01:59.040 with a situation where they actually do have to give all their money to the government.
00:02:02.480 So, there you go.
00:02:04.040 This whole situation was so funny.
00:02:05.560 I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
00:02:07.480 The next thing I wanted to talk about is my new background.
00:02:10.600 Can you guys see a difference?
00:02:12.240 Yes?
00:02:12.640 No?
00:02:13.260 Well, it is my winter background.
00:02:15.400 I have been changing up my background seasonally now for about six months,
00:02:19.940 so I changed it for the first time in fall, and this is my winter background.
00:02:23.940 So, we've got a very wintry feel.
00:02:26.180 I'm absolutely loving it.
00:02:27.780 As you guys probably know, I am Jewish, so I didn't want to do anything that was too Christmassy.
00:02:33.420 Funny story about that, I actually purchased a little kind of,
00:02:38.480 it was like a model of three little deer,
00:02:41.200 and I, being a Jew, didn't realize that that could very easily look like reindeer.
00:02:47.940 And I had that positioned back here,
00:02:50.120 but one of my friends pointed out that maybe that was slightly too Christmassy for the vibe I'm going for.
00:02:55.760 Let me know in the comments if you saw this little statue of three deer,
00:03:00.620 a mommy, a daddy, and a baby deer.
00:03:02.740 Would you think that was a reindeer?
00:03:05.240 Would you think that that was too Christmassy for my background?
00:03:07.420 I'd love to know your thoughts, because I really love this little statue.
00:03:11.300 I think it's adorable, but I want my background to feel wintry, not Christmassy,
00:03:17.480 given that I am Jewish.
00:03:18.940 So, these are the things I need help with.
00:03:21.780 But I do love my background.
00:03:23.460 I think it looks so cozy and so wintry.
00:03:26.440 I am very excited for winter to be coming.
00:03:29.220 I love Christmas season.
00:03:31.920 I know, I'm Jewish.
00:03:33.040 I actually wrote a whole blog post about how a Jew can love Christmas,
00:03:35.820 and I'll link that down below here.
00:03:37.900 But as somebody who absolutely loves the Christmas spirit,
00:03:41.240 loves when everyone around feels so happy and joyful,
00:03:44.280 and Christmas music, it just makes me so happy.
00:03:47.940 And so, being in the month of December, embracing this wintry feel,
00:03:52.860 I'm really into it.
00:03:54.060 I'm really happy, and I am looking forward to kind of enjoying this holiday season.
00:03:59.760 So, speaking of the holiday season,
00:04:01.460 I did want to talk about the Hanukkah song that I wrote.
00:04:04.380 So, the last video that I posted was actually a Hanukkah song that I wrote myself.
00:04:09.120 And I just woke up about three weeks ago with the words of a Hanukkah song in my head,
00:04:15.420 and I needed to write them down.
00:04:16.800 Now, I'm not somebody who writes a lot of music.
00:04:18.640 That's not something that I normally do or writes a lot of songs.
00:04:21.620 But for some reason, this just popped into my head,
00:04:24.060 and I had a whole plan for it, and I knew what I wanted to write,
00:04:26.560 and I wrote it in the course of a morning.
00:04:28.540 And I just loved it.
00:04:29.980 So, here's the thing for me.
00:04:31.820 As somebody who loves Christmas music, it is so beautiful.
00:04:34.840 It is so festive.
00:04:35.840 It's so happy.
00:04:37.040 I feel sad that Hanukkah doesn't have as many beautiful songs,
00:04:40.920 or really many at all.
00:04:42.900 And so, I really wanted to come up with something
00:04:45.140 that was in the style of almost a jazzy, old standard kind of song,
00:04:49.100 but that had that Jewish holiday Hanukkah feel.
00:04:52.120 And so, when I sat down to write this,
00:04:54.320 this was what poured out in me,
00:04:55.600 and I really love how it turned out.
00:04:57.680 So, my dad actually recorded the accompaniment on that video.
00:05:01.040 I was not playing the piano.
00:05:02.560 I can play the piano, but not well enough to do that.
00:05:05.620 My dad is a professional pianist, so he can do a great job.
00:05:09.740 And, you know, he wrote the accompaniment.
00:05:11.780 I wrote the lyrics and the melody,
00:05:13.320 and that was kind of how that came together.
00:05:15.560 I'd love to know what you guys thought of it.
00:05:17.180 I loved writing it.
00:05:18.380 I loved singing it and performing it and recording it.
00:05:20.720 It was just a lot of fun,
00:05:21.940 and I would love to record more Hanukkah songs,
00:05:25.460 just so that we have a Hanukkah kind of playlist for the season.
00:05:30.040 That would be so nice.
00:05:31.820 The next thing I wanted to talk about
00:05:33.180 was something that I thought would be useful.
00:05:36.060 It's kind of like a practical tip.
00:05:37.660 So, this week, my husband told me
00:05:38.800 that he was inviting a couple of friends over for dinner,
00:05:41.620 and I was looking forward to it,
00:05:43.680 but it was a little bit short notice,
00:05:45.080 which I'm actually fine with.
00:05:46.320 But this is because I have got those certain recipes
00:05:50.800 that are just easy for me to prepare and are very quick.
00:05:54.280 And so, what my kind of practical tip is
00:05:56.680 for having an impromptu dinner or an impromptu gathering
00:05:59.360 is having those recipes that you know you can pull out
00:06:03.260 at the drop of a hat and will be really easy for you
00:06:05.680 to just pull off and you won't feel stressed or worried
00:06:08.800 or any of those things.
00:06:09.860 Because I do have the impulse when somebody is coming over
00:06:13.300 for dinner to try something new and fancy.
00:06:15.240 But, I'm not the best hostess when that happens,
00:06:18.720 especially if it's short notice,
00:06:20.600 because I'll be a little bit more stressed,
00:06:22.640 I'll be a little bit more on edge,
00:06:23.800 I'll want to make sure that the food is really good,
00:06:26.080 as opposed to, if I prepare something I'm used to,
00:06:28.840 has just a few short steps, I won't even worry about it.
00:06:32.340 I'll just get it done and hand it out to the guests
00:06:34.880 and it'll be delicious and we'll have a great dinner together.
00:06:37.580 So, if you ever have a situation
00:06:40.240 where there is going to be an impromptu gathering
00:06:42.340 and you're hosting,
00:06:43.120 don't try and do the crazy fancy thing for that dinner.
00:06:46.480 Just do something that you can handle on short notice.
00:06:49.780 And I think it'll make you happier in the long run.
00:06:52.220 So, the last thing I wanted to talk about today
00:06:53.860 is my new haircut.
00:06:55.000 But really what I want to talk about is
00:06:56.580 how to find a salon in a new area.
00:07:00.400 Because I was never good about this.
00:07:02.640 I was never good at finding a place
00:07:04.840 to actually get a good haircut.
00:07:06.120 I would just kind of choose willy-nilly
00:07:08.420 and then get my hair done.
00:07:10.200 Not really like it,
00:07:11.460 but eh, it was what it was and who cares.
00:07:14.480 When I went to Omaha,
00:07:16.200 I ended up finding a hair salon
00:07:17.700 that I absolutely fell in love with.
00:07:19.440 I posted about it on my Insta stories plenty.
00:07:21.840 I loved how they styled my hair,
00:07:23.680 how they put highlights in.
00:07:24.680 I just fell in love.
00:07:26.160 And through that experience,
00:07:27.980 I started to figure out
00:07:29.040 what were the things that I needed
00:07:31.040 from a salon and what I wanted from a salon.
00:07:33.560 And so, when I came to Virginia,
00:07:35.860 I had kind of an idea in my mind
00:07:38.240 of what I personally wanted from a salon.
00:07:41.800 So, I thought I would share
00:07:42.540 what I look for in a salon.
00:07:44.240 Maybe that would be helpful for you,
00:07:45.960 especially if you're somebody
00:07:46.800 who does get your hair done
00:07:47.720 as opposed to the people I know
00:07:48.940 who don't really color their hair
00:07:51.340 or even cut it.
00:07:52.700 Some people I know cut their own hair,
00:07:54.060 which is awesome.
00:07:55.000 I personally can't do that.
00:07:56.420 So, the way that I look for a salon
00:07:59.720 is number one, I like to find salons
00:08:01.980 where there's like one main stylist
00:08:04.500 and that stylist trains the other stylists
00:08:07.460 in their kind of way that they cut hair
00:08:10.180 because then they're all sort of
00:08:12.420 doing the same thing.
00:08:13.580 They all have their own flair,
00:08:15.080 but they are all working
00:08:16.440 under the same guidelines.
00:08:18.100 And you know that if you go to one stylist
00:08:20.280 as opposed to another,
00:08:21.240 you're probably going to get
00:08:22.220 at least a similar look,
00:08:24.040 which I think is very important.
00:08:26.080 Number two is that they're in your price range,
00:08:28.500 of course.
00:08:29.100 So, I always am making sure
00:08:31.280 that I know how much I can spend
00:08:33.320 and then when I look online,
00:08:34.740 I will only look at places
00:08:36.020 that are in my budget.
00:08:37.220 So, that's number two.
00:08:38.600 And number three is I'll look at pictures
00:08:39.940 that they put on their website
00:08:41.060 or on their Instagram or on Yelp
00:08:42.660 of the hair cuts and colors
00:08:45.420 that they've done in the past
00:08:46.360 and make sure that that's my style.
00:08:47.980 Because sometimes you'll find a place
00:08:49.260 where everyone is cutting hair the same way
00:08:51.360 and they're in your budget,
00:08:52.800 but they're just not what you're looking for.
00:08:55.380 And so, looking at pictures
00:08:56.920 to see, okay, is this the kind of hair style
00:08:59.940 that I like?
00:09:00.720 Is this the kind of color that I like?
00:09:02.580 That can really kind of seal the deal
00:09:04.300 with choosing a new salon.
00:09:06.380 So, I don't know how many of you
00:09:07.800 are looking for a new salon,
00:09:08.660 but that was something I learned this week
00:09:10.440 and it was very helpful.
00:09:12.040 Let me know in the comments
00:09:12.940 if you are somebody who cuts your hair at home,
00:09:14.820 if you do get your hair cut at salons,
00:09:16.360 or if you color your hair.
00:09:17.740 Because I'm just curious,
00:09:18.640 what's your hair routine?
00:09:19.640 I'd love to know.
00:09:20.920 And that's it for today's video.
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00:09:59.120 Bye!
00:09:59.460 I'll see you guys in the next one.
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