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Bio-Vitality, Babies and Bitcoin | THE CONFAB 21: Zach Herbert

Aired Jul 2, 2025 · 1h 40m · Last boosted Jul 26, 2025

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In this episode of The Confab, Max dives into a wide-ranging conversation with Zach Herbert, CEO of Foundation. Known for his insightful perspectives, Zach returns to discuss a variety of topics that intersect with Bitcoin, including health, family, and the challenges of balancing work and personal life. Max and Zach explore the intricacies of the Bitcoin ecosystem, such as the potential for innovative mining solutions. Zach shares his thoughts on the current state of the Bitcoin hardware market and the exciting developments at Foundation, including the upcoming release of Passport Prime. Max and Zach go into the...

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Everyone who has boosted Bio-Vitality, Babies and Bitcoin | THE CONFAB 21: Zach Herbert on Nostr, ranked by sats sent, all time.

  1. Jon 21k sats
  2. Huge Jizzy Loads 16k sats
  3. LateStageHODL 11k sats
  4. Turkey 500 sats
  5. Wartime 333 sats
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wartimeAug 24, 2025
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Excellent rip! Had a blast with you guys! Definitely something spiritual going on at Lake Satoshi. I hope to see that energy spreading to other meetups and areas
latestagehodlAug 11, 2025
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It was so great to meet all of y’all and to see Fundamentals again! Thanks for the books! Otis - Thanks for the coffee! BitcoinAcct - Thanks for tossing a bag of freeze dried skittles to me on the last day too! I had a few on the plane ride home and they are delicious! My kids finished all the rest of them! Really enjoyed meeting all y’all and enjoyed the discussions throughout the day and late into the night with Karl too! See y’all next year! Somehow I forgot to grab a bag of beans from Otis... I appreciated the cups for me and for my wife, the coffee was delicious and I appreciated the V4V - I hope y’all earned enough!
@jonAug 10, 2025
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Our time on the Meshtadhill filled the coffee mug of my soul to the brim
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Sep 12, 2025
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@jonSep 19, 2025
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Thank you for your hospitality gentlemen. It was more than a pleasure to spend time in your virtual coffee shop ☕️
wartimeSep 15, 2025
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Wow, I haven't heard a perfect strangers reference and many years. Bunch of boomers on this show 😁
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latestagehodlSep 14, 2025
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I appreciate listening to a podcast where I’ve given all three of y’all a hug! Keep up the good work gentlemen! Lol, Otis was the GIF of the guy who sees something, makes a face like “this might as well happen” and then unzip! 🤣
latestagehodlSep 14, 2025
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Last episode is the first I boosted and y'all can't get the boostes to work!? Lol WTF
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Jul 18, 2025
SOUND COFFEESC 06 // PIEZ
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wartimeJul 19, 2025
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🧨🧨🧨🧨🧨🧨
A.I.B.L.EJul 19, 2025
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Awesome conversation! Fountain wouldn’t be what it is without Brother Piez connecting listeners and creators to other great content. Thank you guys for recognizing this absolute pioneer.
@jonJul 19, 2025
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Hey! Chingety Ching! 🫏
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Feb 1, 2025
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wartimeFeb 15, 2025
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Great combo of people for a great show 🔥🔥🔥
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🔥🔥🔥
@jonFeb 2, 2025
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@npub16ux4qzg4q… is a top notch Meshtadelian 👨🏻‍🌾 So multi talented: regen ag guy and computer nerd with an impressive work ethic. Sincerely appreciate him.
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Aug 25, 2025
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wartimeAug 27, 2025
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No dicks in ass 🫡
wartimeAug 27, 2025
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Clunk Clunk, nukka 🍻
latestagehodlAug 26, 2025
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Should have named the last episode “Cash for Clankers” - I honestly thought the title was “Clunkers” until y’all switched to robotism... Anyway, man, I have so many stories about buying or selling cars! Dealerships are the worst! We just dealt with one and it was quite a situation! This poor kid sold his first car to me and I took him on a rollercoaster of emotions!
TurkeyAug 25, 2025
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TurkeyAug 12, 2025
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latestagehodlAug 12, 2025
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Holy shit, if Long John Silver’s started frying in beef tallow! A whole bowl of those little pieces of crispy fried batter would be so much better with a Marlboro Red and not a seed oil coating! I remember sitting in the non-smoking section of Waffle House back in the day as a kid getting my first taste of nicotine from the table directly behind me. What a time the 90s were!
latestagehodlAug 12, 2025
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So glad I was able to share some non-KYC cigs with the Bugle Boys! I won't dox which one of them was smoking KYC vapes. I was concerned after not seeing a podcast confirmed by my Fountain node for over a week! I wish y’all had been recording during Lake Satoshi - or maybe you were... If so then I guess I consented to it and it was a pleasure to meet you both!
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Jun 9, 2025
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latestagehodlJun 16, 2025
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I don't purposely double boost. Probably fountain. The future won't have good UX because the current timeline still has shitty UX/UI... Are you getting double the sats?
latestagehodlJun 16, 2025
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I almost missed this episode. Here's a pre-listen boost. My vacation this past weekend really cut into my 40 HPW...
TurkeyJun 9, 2025
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Jan 6, 2025
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wartimeJan 7, 2025
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🍻 Cheers to alcohol
@jonJan 6, 2025
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Press forward with vim and vigor 🫡
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@jonJan 17, 2025
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Unfiltered cigarettes are the raw milk of nicotine delivery
wartimeJan 17, 2025
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Jun 5, 2025
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TurkeyJun 5, 2025
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latestagehodlJun 5, 2025
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Hello sir - Just came across your podcast recently. Listened to about 15-16 episodes all the way back to the FREE SAMOURAI! Episode. Anyway, keep up the good work sir! Here’s some V4V sats and for your contribution to my 40HPW. Just a quick stupid question: When you say “Circle P” what do you mean? I understand the idea of circular economy but ... P? Plebconomy?
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Jul 28, 2025
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latestagehodlJul 29, 2025
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WTAF how did I miss episode 69? What a shame. Listening now... See you at Lake Satoshi
TurkeyJul 28, 2025
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Jun 30, 2025
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latestagehodlJul 1, 2025
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I could not feel more honored. Rod and Dick not only saying they liked my boost but they also bestowed upon me the credentialed autist label I’ve always felt my doctor was too grumpy to diagnose. I will continue my weaponized grumpiness and keep building like a pioneer! #40HPW
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May 26, 2025
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latestagehodlMay 27, 2025
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Apparently I forgot to boost the last episode. I’m such an idiot. I can't wait to see how big, fake, and gay the conference is....I hope your live event is big, real, and awesome! It’s proof I’m an idiot b/c I won’t be there to smoke cigs with you... I had a zyn this past weekend and it felt real fake and gay...
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TurkeyMay 23, 2025
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latestagehodlMay 22, 2025
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I guess I forgot to boost last episode. Oops. Wish I had known Tatum would be on this one. I sent him a pleb miner sticker (or I guess Jon did) and he put it on the S9 he had. Could see it in a few interviews he had.
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May 12, 2025
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latestagehodlMay 14, 2025
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I just don’t even know what to think until Dennis Porter gives his BREAKING opinion or JUST IN news. I will keep my eyes peeled on the timeline for notifications of a DPP! Coremmunists seem like who I want to support over the Knotzis. But let’s not forget that in WWII it was the USA-led Heroic Operatives Defending Liberty who won the war! Just don’t know yet if the HODL Alliance is going to team up with the Knotzis this time or the Coremmunists again but they can HFSP I’m just going to HODL and listen to 40 HPW...
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latestagehodlMay 6, 2025
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When I lost my old dog in 2013 I had just heard the song "Waiting for the End" by Linkin Park at a karaoke bar. Song came out in 2010 and I've always loved that band. Never heard of that song until that night and less than a week later the best dog in the world died. I still cry every time I hear the song.
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One day Piez and I will meet and I will be humbled by trying to overcome his boost credentials. Frequency over volume is key. I can't steal his valor or his Bitcoin productivity with my pBTC bullshit. It's wrongthink to consider my paper pioneer version of a non-binary booster could ever surpass Piez the Pleb non-custodial emojis. Long live the Pleb!
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Did I not boost last BTP episode? WTAF I guess now I know why you forgot about me.... I should have never questioned your credentials!
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“Antiswanitism" used without credit? My favorite Bitcoin power couple is Rod and Dick and they are not giving credit to me for coining that term!? You owe ME a fountain boost now but the future certainly doesn't have good UX.....
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Jan 13, 2025
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@jonJan 15, 2025
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Bassload and I have frequently discussed the comparative energy consumption of AI versus the caloric intake of the human brain. The energy extracted from the Earth and converted for use would need to be significantly higher for AI to even approach the productivity/creativity levels of the human brain. AI's energy consumption would far exceed that required by humans, yet it would still not nearly match the brain's efficiency or output. The energy consumed by the soul is not of this earth and cannot be measured by earthly metrics.
@jonJan 15, 2025
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I’m something of an autistic wrangler myself
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latestagehodlOct 23, 2025
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Creed is top notch pleb slop! I like some pleb slop on occasion. Like Friday beers in the garage blaring Creed or catching up on your #40HPW. Sometimes the Bugle is pleb slop but it knows it is... So it's ironic and it's ok. It's like a cosmic gumbo. It moves to the beat of jazz.
TurkeyOct 21, 2025
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Oct 25, 2025
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wartimeNov 2, 2025
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latestagehodlOct 28, 2025
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Fundamentals is a suitcoiner now?! Lol I also enjoy wearing something that promotes people talking to you. I've found this ridiculous mustache also triggers conversation where someone may not otherwise talk to me. It's like an unspoken icebreaker.
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Jul 13, 2025
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TurkeyJul 16, 2025
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wartimeJul 15, 2025
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Lake Satoshi soooooon!🧨🧨🧨
A.I.B.L.EJul 13, 2025
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Amazing conversation thank you gentlemen and God Bless. 🙏
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Apr 20, 2026
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latestagehodlApr 30, 2026
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10 days since an episode!? Rod, tell Greaser to stop drinking in Vegas and record a pod! I guess I can catch up on my antiwar.com pods and my Ron Paul weekly reports while y'all push button slots in Vegas with the boomercons...
latestagehodlApr 21, 2026
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Sometimes I don't know what to say in my boost. But I feel compelled to do so. I thought about skipping but I'm curious if you will read boosts in this next week show you were teasing... Anyway, here's some more sats for providing me entertainment at work.
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Jan 26, 2026
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latestagehodlJan 27, 2026
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Mechanic thinks y’all are mainstream media? I’ve been recently seeing the term “slop” and even “pleb slop” spill over from Bitcoin Twitter into the normie side of twitter. So maybe your sheer journalistic prowess has shocked him so much he can’t help but just blurt out MAINSTREAM MEDIA! Keep up the good work Dick/Rod!
latestagehodlJan 26, 2026
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Stay warm boys! Hope y'all are doing well during this freeze and able to plug in some Bitaxes to help secure the network! 🫡
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Sep 3, 2025
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wartimeSep 7, 2025
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For new people, I would definitely recommend Umbrel, over Start9
wartimeSep 7, 2025
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Booyah 🍻
TurkeySep 3, 2025
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Is there any monetary uses for OP Returns ? I know everyone always brings up JPEGs but, could Knots be filtering out non-spamy transactions too ?
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Oct 8, 2025
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latestagehodlOct 15, 2025
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You hired him before we met. Did Rod get a raise when I started boosting? Keep up the good work bois!
TurkeyOct 8, 2025
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Aug 25, 2025
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latestagehodlAug 28, 2025
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Thanks for the shoutout and thanks for all y’all do. It was a pleasure to meet you both at Lake Satoshi! I figured out how to subscribe so I guess I’ll be auto-boosting you once a month now as if I needed to burn more sats! 🤣 If the Ungovernable Misfits add this then I’m sure I’ll have to subscribe to that too. This is becoming like streaming subscriptions. Give me back my cable TV package with all my shows! The future certainly does not have good UX! Also, WTH y’all talking about trees close to roads and civil engineers. I think I zoned out while driving and might have to listen back again since that didn’t count towards #40HPW I’m sure.... I was driving past one of my fiat projects looking at the trees and felt seen as you mentioned civil engineering 💩
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Aug 18, 2025
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latestagehodlAug 19, 2025
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How do you become a subscriber? Fountain shows your "bonus" show and played about 90 seconds of it but there is no option to subscribe. The frontier does not have good UX for we few pioneers!
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Jun 23, 2025
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TurkeyJun 27, 2025
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latestagehodlJun 24, 2025
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I love the idea of weaponized autism but I don’t have the credentials of a real autist. I’m more of a retarded autistic LARP so I try to channelize my inherent grumpiness into Weaponized Grumpiness and so far it’s been pretty good for me! As Robert Frost would say in The Road Not Taken "I took the more weaponized grumpy path and that made all the difference"
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Jun 2, 2025
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latestagehodlJun 5, 2025
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Hate I missed the event! Keep up the good work boys!
TurkeyJun 3, 2025
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  • 500 via Fountain
  • 5,000 via Fountain
    In my profession dealing with bureaucrats.... I love when people talk about something they did that "got them in trouble“ with the local boot lickers. Half my job is designing shit in AutoCAD and half is dealing with bureaucrats and I honestly don't know which one I love/hate more .... But I have found my neighborhood superpower is when I get a referral to a new neighbor and then I can go into the planning department and gaslight them into giving my new neighbor a permit. Sometimes it's not worth the fight but just convincing the people in charge that you cannot be governed is worth it whether they realize it or not.....
  • 6,000 via Fountain
    “Close enough for government work" has always been the saying I've heard. The alternative is..... (Max please read this part with your best accent for someone from Alabama) “we ain't building no damn piano!"
  • 21,420 via Fountain
    It’s absolutely stunning how little mining information Max retains. For real, I’m dumbstruck. During the entire mining convo I just keep saying over and over to myself, “yep, we covered that, yep did that story, yep interviewed that guy” incredible, just incredible. And also Max, your most recent previous interview with Zach he was talking about sourcing foods from the Amish community and then I invited him in the Meshtadel to meet Shadrach who is the world leader in orange pilling the Amish… phew… I’m exhausted now…
  • 200 via Fountain
    Congrats on the new sponsor Max! Great discussion, always look forward to a confab. Regarding your diet remember, there is no perfect diet just a diet that’s perfect for you. Genetic lineage and local availability will also be factors. Listen to your body first, Kerim second, twitter experts distant third and God bless. 🙏
  • 333 via Fountain
    Tried ZMA but my loads are the same level of jizziness..