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HEY! I grew up in Payson Utah and its such an amazing town yall and i LOVE this place so much. I think that its SOOO cool that you gave our little town a shout out. Me and my bestie are obsessed with olivia rodrigo and so we absolutely freaked when we saw our little town in the worlds most popular song! i really appreciate it. Me and my friend would talk and say nobody but olivia and her crew and us kids in payson/salem/elkridge area know that that was our hometown were we are growing up and it was kinda depressing that no one was gonna know that. and the neighborhood with all the purple lights is just up that hill and to the right if your wondering. Although it wasn't ok where you said that us lds kids sneak redbulls if we're crazy. That was kinda a sh*tty thing to do yes we drink red bulls and energy drinks and caffeine but it was crappy to say we do it if we feel crazy. It's not ok for you to assume we're strait edge and dont even drink energy drinks there was not point in putting that in there and its not even correct so it's not ok to treat us lds kids like sh*t so just dont youre not helping anyone.

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My friend, the Redbull line was a joke. But I'm happy you feel seen by the Payson shout out. It's neat that they filmed it down there.

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Nov 15, 2023·edited Nov 15, 2023

Exactly that's not funny seriously how do you not see that? that's what i'm mad about. You shouldn't say super judgmental things like that ESPECIALLY when they're not true. how was that funny? you're making fun of me, my friends, and basically everyone i know and it frankly it doesn't make sense why you would say that because the only thing you got out of it is hurting people like me. Even to people that aren't lds it isn't that funny cause in the end all you are is being mean for no complete reason what did we ever to do you. i'm sorry what we believe in is some kinda sick joke to you. Explain to me why that was a joke. it doesn't make sense cause in the end all it is is mean. Seriously why do you think i didn't know it was a "joke" to you it doesn't make sense. I know its a joke i'm not stupid like you seem to think that's why i'm mad i've said this so many times and ill say it even more all it was was mean. clearly you don't know us very well because you were completely off with that redbull line. and when we need to sneek a cry we go to salem pond not to far away. all our teachers live on that street and they recognize all our cars so it's not a smart place there. i'm sorry if this seems kinda rude but it still wasn't right of you to do that

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Nov 15, 2023·edited Nov 15, 2023Author

I was an LDS kid who grew up in a small Utah town. I’m poking fun in a lighthearted way at myself and my own upbringing in this piece. I’m going to step out of this convo, because I have no idea how to respond and find the tone of your comment baffling.

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This was a delight to read!

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Beautiful!

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