I think it's safe. Most of us safe.

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kadioguy

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(In a video on YouTube)

[Context: David and Gabe are on the staff of Studio Classroom, which publishes three monthly magazines: Let's Talk in English, Studio Classroom and Advanced.]

David: If you would like to keep track of us as we're making our way up to Taipei, you can check out all kinds of interesting behind-the-scenes footage on our Instagram pages.

Gabe: I think it's safe. Most of us safe. (laugh)

David: You can check us out. There are two pages that we've been posting a lot of stuff. One is sc.friends; the other is heavenly melodies. We're going to be posting those links to that in the description of this video, so be sure to check that out.

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1. What does Gabe mean? Does he mean there should not be something embarrassing about they two in the Instagram pages?

2. What does the that refer to? A lot of stuff?

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Q1: 1:14-1:29
Q2: 1:29-1:43

 
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I think he's saying "Most of it's safe."

I think he means that there's no need for a warning like "The following images/content might be disturbing to some viewers ..."
 
1. Most of it's safe. He means that there's no inappropriate content, whatever that means.

2. It seems that that refers to the two pages he's talking about. The whole passage you've quoted is a mess, in my opinion. He's also made an error in the second sentence, using that instead of where. Don't pay any attention to incorrect speech like this.

Are these the people responsible for that awful show you used to frequently ask questions about?
 
Don't pay any attention to incorrect speech like this.
But I suppose that's how native speakers will speak English in everyday conversation. Shouldn't I use this kind of conversation to learn everyday English?

Are these the people responsible for that awful show you used to frequently ask questions about?

You are talking about Let's Talk in English. While Gabe is mainly responsible for Studio Classroom and David is mainly responsible for Advanced. However, learners will see Gabe and David in Let's Talk in English, because the three magazines belong to the same company after all. :)
 
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But I suppose that's how native speakers will speak English in everyday conversation. Shouldn't I use this kind of conversation to learn everyday English?
Many, but by no means all native speakers, speak so poorly.

If you really want my professional opinion, I'd say that you shouldn't use this kind of conversation primarily. I wouldn't say you shouldn't use it at all.

It is my view that you'd do better to find a selection of paragon models, whether that be inauthentic scripted material or authentic material from highly proficient speakers.
 
You do eventually need to learn to understand English as you'll hear it in all sorts of settings, but you shouldn't tackle difficult non-standard English until you can understand the more formal language.
 
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