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5 min read“I’m white. Sixty percent.”
That’s what Patent Dex’s mother screamed after opening a 23andMe test on a family vacation in Hawaii—a trip meant to finally reveal which part of Africa they were from. Instead, the results upended a family story they had lived by for decades: that Patent’s mother was a quarter Chinese, a belief so settled it had shaped how Patent moved through the world. (“I lived a lot of life thinking I was a quarter Chinese,” she says. “I apologize to my ancestors.”) Her grandmother’s reaction? “Shoot. I guess so.” The moment is both the best and worst vacation story Patent has—informative, problematic, and beautiful all at once.
This episode of Lemme Say This is nominally about summer—summer plans, summer movies, summer songs—but it’s really about the texture of travel: the rituals, the indignities, the absurd encounters, and the quiet class markers that separate how people move through airports and airplanes. Hosts Patent Dex and Hunter Hit trade stories and hot takes with the ease of decade-long friends, and the throughline is less a thesis than a shared sensibility: travel is a stage for revealing who you are, what you’re willing to pay for, and what you’ll tolerate.
The airport as social sorting machine
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Clapping When the Plane Lands** - The hosts debate the etiquette of post-landing applause, linking it to flight anxiety and recent plane incidents.
- 2 (00:43) **Summer Vibes & Travel Season** - The hosts transition into a broader discussion about summer as a season, including personal preferences and the concept of summer romance.
- 3 (01:38) **Moving, Travel, and Summer Dating** - The hosts share personal travel updates and discuss the challenges of moving in New York, pivoting to summer dating strategies.
- 4 (02:04) **Best & Worst Vacation: The 23andMe Revelation** - Patten recounts a family trip to Hawaii where her mother’s 23andMe results revealed she was 60% white, upending the family's belief they were part Chinese.
- 5 (03:07) **Worst Travel Story: The Dallas Airport Breakdown** - Hunter shares a stressful travel experience involving a delayed flight from a wedding in Jackson Hole, getting stuck in the Pittsburgh airport.
- 6 (03:36) **TSA PreCheck, Clear, and Global Entry** - The hosts debate the merits of various airport fast-track programs, sharing personal stories about getting approved.
- 7 (04:14) **Copenhagen Airport Security & a Hilarious White Man** - The hosts recall a strange experience in the Copenhagen Airport where they were randomly selected for additional screening alongside a white man who claimed systemic profiling.
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Show Notes
It's been a long, hot summer. Was it a Gay Guy Summer or the Beach House episode of Girls for you? Hunter and Peyton go over their best and worst summer moments including that time one of them could've been kidnapped in Barcelona and the other had to answer what she did for a living at the airport.
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