I you what.
I tell you what.
 God, that's so ick.
 Backwater Cara.
Welcome to episode 92 of Delete This History, podcast by two besties of a certain age searching for answers.
We are your hosts, Cara Burch and Brea Brown.
I'm going to dive right in here.
Go for it.
I a follow up for you.
I have a surprise for you.
Yeah.
because I don't remember if it was 91, yeah, episode 91.
91, yeah.
I think it was 91, we talked about Jägermeister.
Yes.
And you were talking about the shots you guys had at the bowling alley where you didn't know where your child was.
Yes, it was episode 91.
Okay, so guess what I brought you today? No, you did not.
It's 9-11 in the morning.
It's a little baby Jägermeister.
Did you get one for yourself? Yes.
So, Sean and I, last night we went out to dinner and he was like, we were done.
says, there anywhere you want to go? I said, yeah, I want to run to  some alcohol store  establishment and I want to find some shots of Jägermeister because I've never had it.
Yeah.
Sean's never had it.
 Oh.
And so he was like, let's do this.
So, we went and we got it.
And so we both had,  we both had our own little bottle last night.
It's delicious.
Excellent.
So, I didn't, don't know how long it's been since you've had Jaeger.
 Uh, well one was bowling league.
Okay.
So, that long ago.
Yes.
So, take this thing home and get it as cold as possible.
Okay.
That's the internet says that's the best way to enjoy it.
So, put it in the freezer.
Put it in the freezer.
Yeah.
Get it really cold and then just down that thing.
the whole thing.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We just put it in a glass.
 Now, I didn't shoot it.
I like, you know, savored the flavors because it's delicious.
Yeah.
OK.
I was a fan.
Sean's like, oh, my gosh, if we're ever out, ha ha ha.
I would do a shot of this.
 Yeah.
But we're never out.
So, like us going to dinner last night was a big, hairy deal.
Of course.
 We went out.
We left the house after dark and had food at  a place that wasn't our home.
Oh my gosh.
know.
Step back.
I know.
Now, that's not all.
While I was at the checkout,  they had impulse buys and that's exactly what I did.
Oh, what'd do? And I got you.
 Oh my gosh.
You got me something? Yes.
It's a pickle shot.
Oh my gosh.
 Oh, it's a spicy pickle shot.
a spicy pickle shot.
Now, I bought this one by accident.
I thought I was just buying the normal pickle shot.
But I love spicy.
But you love spicy.
Now, Sean and I I ended up with another spicy pickle shot and a regular pickle shot.
So, Sean and I tried each of those and I will just let you determine.
I don't want to give you any preconceived notions.
that one is,  it does have a little bit of spice to it.
Was it too spicy for Sean? No, no, no.
Cause I know he doesn't like a lot of spice.
No, he was like, oh yeah, I can tell that spicy.
em I  can't wait to try it and tell you, but I won't do it at nine.
13 in the morning.
I was going to  bring two Yeagers.
Yeah.
And I was going to give one to you and then I was going to make a split one on the air.
 But I  have no self control and I wanted to try it last night so badly.
Yeah.
So, I just went ahead and tried it last night.
So, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry everyone listening.
I think that would have been super fun, but probably like breaking all the rules.
We're at the library studio.
 Yeah.
Maybe if we had if we were recording at our normal time.
Yeah, true.
Which is evening.
kind of happy hour anyway.
Yeah, yeah.
So, Jaeger Meister, we looked it up in the store.
Jaeger is Hunter  and Meister of course is Master.
So, Master Hunter.
 And that actually, we're looking all this up in barrels.
uh That actually was a job.
back in the day,  someone was a Jaeger meister.
There probably still are Jaeger meisters.
What am I talking about? course.
Yeah.
So,, so of course, now that has leaked into our home life.
So, Sean is a Greyhound meister.
Oh.
And you know,  it's become a thing now.
Yeah, yeah.
What are you the meister of? We haven't decided Everything else? Everything else.
 That would be my house.
 What would that word be? Multi-meister? Clint is the trash-meister.
uh And the  driving-meister.
Driving instructor-meister.
And I'm everything else.
 I say I'm everything else, but I just, I really need to get my shit together.
 What does that look like? What does that mean?  What do you...
It means what...
ever is not what I'm currently doing with my life.
You're like George Costanza.
You need to do the opposite of your, of what your, what's the word? What my conscience tells me to do? not your conscience.
My impulse? with your conscience.
Whatever your gut is telling you to do, do the opposite.
I'm going to have to.
That's how he found a woman.
Oh.
And that's how, like he found a great job.
 Like that whole episode him doing the opposite of what he would normally do his life became fantastic I guess that's what I'm have to do.
You got a Costanza this I mean I've been coasting along in life for a while now, and I guess I've just had my fill Like I feel like crap.
Mm-hmm.
I'm a fat girl in a little coat  It's cold outside.
None of my coats fit.
 Oh I'm not buying another coat.
I know yes same not doing it.
I'm not going up a size.
Yep I'm just gonna, I'm gonna have to stop eating gummies, because they make me eat everything in the house.
 So, that's gotta go away.
And I gotta get those book edits done and get my book out.
I just have to stop just like being a sloth.
My house is dirty.
I gotta get that under control.
I understand.
Or at least make other people do it.
I go through cycles where I'm  right where you're at and I'm like,  I gotta get my stuff together.
Yeah, and I do and things are better.
Yeah, but then you're exhausted I'm exhausted right and so then the sloth starts all over again.
Yeah, and So, then I get into that cycle and then I I  can't stand it Yeah, and I just like I can't take this anymore  and it's just a cycle and it's been that way since kovat but it's like That means you're always uncomfortable.
Yeah always you're always on uncomfortable about something.
Yep.
That's exactly right.
Either you're uncomfortable with your energy level or you're uncomfortable with your surroundings.
Yes.
And I feel like I would rather be more uncomfortable with my energy level than my surroundings because the surroundings are compounded.
The stress of when my house is a mess and disorganized and the dishes aren't done, like all the things.
 That amount of mental stress is so much more heavier to me  than just being physically or mentally tired.
 And it's not that I don't have the time.
 Same.
Same.
I sit on my ass and I watch YouTube.
I mean, hello.
I watch cop chase videos.
 This is how much extra time I have in my life.
 I have so much disposable time.
not so much disposable income.
So, it's like, just get it together.
What Sean and I, what works for us when we do it, we do 20 minute spurts, especially on the weekends.
Yeah.
Like 20 minutes, pause the show, go do, and that typically turns into 30 or 45 minutes.
Wait, I've done this.
Oh, I've almost got this done.
Yeah.
And it really works for us.
So, it's like the Pomodoro method.
Yeah.
Yeah.
of getting your shit together.
much.
All right.
I'll have to try that.
And it does work.
And it allows us to get stuff done, feel better about the house, but still be lazy as we want.
Right.
Because we're exhausted from the work week.
Oh my gosh.
Yeah.
I can't imagine having children on top of how tired I feel.
Now, I'm at the age where my children would not, you I wouldn't have little kids if I had kids.
They would be autonomous and probably taking care of themselves.
But and I know that's part of it too.
I'm getting older and so I just I'm just more tired.
 My body's just more worn out.
But I don't remember that.
 I'm  to me like I'm still in my  30s.
I'm still in my 30s.
Right.
 And I don't ever take that into account that my body's just  it's more tired than it used to be.
I know.
Why? It's really frustrating.
It's super frustrating.
You can do it.
You can.
But don't go whole hog.
That's the thing.
Here's the problem, though.
I'm an all or nothing person.
Me too.
I know.
And that's why I just said that.
I'm the same way.
It's so fucking annoying.
Why can't I just do things half measure or like this is good enough? Why can't I just do things good enough? You have to practice it.
ah Just practice it.
Do that.
Do the Pomodoro.
Just practice.
I will because that's a great mental trick.
Yeah.
Like I only have to endure this  or do this for 20 minutes.
 And it will the type of person you are because I'm the same.
It will extend.
It will extend.
Right.
And then you reach a point where you're like, okay.
This isn't so bad.
Well, or you've done, say I'm going to go load the dishwasher and wipe down the kitchen.
Right.
So, you do that and then you're like, Oh, you know what? I could also, I could sweep up the floor  and I don't, I don't know  one other thing.
Right.
So, you do those things and it's been like 45 minutes or so and you're like, Oh, I need to rest.
I need to sit down.
And,  it just, it's a very natural,  you've gotten tired.
 Work till you get tired.comes to a natural end.
you do your 20 minutes and you motivate yourself to do just a couple of other things and you're like, whew! Here's the thing, if I'm not doing things in the house, nobody's doing things in the house.
Same.
That's the biggest problem.
Yep.
I know.
Not that I would be able to just sit there while other people around me were doing all the You would feel guilty and you'd have to get up and do something.
But I'm just saying,  I have to be the instigator of everything.
I have to be the one who says, hey, we're cleaning the house today.
hey, I'm cleaning the house or I'm doing laundry and then rely on other people to feel bad that I'm doing the laundry and they're just sitting there.
that.
I don't understand that.
 Why do I always have to be the instigator? Why can't somebody motivate me for once? Wouldn't it be great? Ah, anyway, welcome to our podcast, Bitching About Life.
So, glad that you're here.
 Aren't you glad? I feel a lot better having gotten that out.
Gosh, me too.
I will say, I put a little cinnamon in my coffee this morning.
Oh, it is so good.
Nice.
It is so good.
I haven't done that in a long time.
I used to do that a lot.
I put pumpkin pie spice in my coffee sometimes because I'm basic.
So, I like to do that.
Oh.
You reminded me of something.
We really should probably go on.
know, but whatever.
OK, so last night when we were at the restaurant, Sean, I was trying to tell like they had already decorated for Valentine's Day in this restaurant and like to the nines, we went to uh La Paloma.
Oh, OK.
 Well, we tried to go to Jose Locos.
They were parking in another business's parking lot.
They were so busy.
And Sean's like, uh no, he would not go in there.
But La Paloma's so good.
It was actually better than Jose Locos.
Sorry Jose.
Sorry Jose Locos.
I'll come back, don't worry.
No way Jose.
I can't quit you.
 We were sitting there and I was talking about the  Valentine's decorations and I was like, guys, they really have gone all out.
It looks amazing in here.
And I could tell he wasn't paying attention.
 He was kind of looking over my shoulder.
The door was behind me.
put my back to the door last night.
What was I thinking? don't know.
So, he was doing all the people watching.
He was.
I can't believe I gave that up.
Whatever.
He's like, I'm sorry.
He finally came back to me.
He said, I'm sorry.
I know you were talking about decorations, but there was a woo girl by the door.
And I said, what? A what? And he goes, a woo girl.
And I said, what are you talking about? And he goes, you know, a woo girl woo.
 Was she doing that? He put his  hands up at him! Was she doing that? Yes.
 He said he thinks.
What happened was there was a couple by the door.
The woo girl was with a guy and then their friends came in and she got really excited.
Now I said, I heard nothing.
He said she wooed silently.
 It was a silent woo.
And I said, that first of all, that's impressive.
I wouldn't have been able to do that.
But I said, how do you know what a woo girl is? And he goes, that's just a thing, Cara.
I have never heard of that.
Never heard of it.
So, he whipped out his phone and he looked it up and it originated from the television show, How I Met Your Mother.
It's a phrase that they had on that show.
 I don't remember that.
Gosh.
But  I wish all of you  could have been there when Sean was like, I am so sorry.
I know you were talking about decorations, but there was a woo girl by the door.
 I...
 Almost peed in my pants.
was laughing so hard because he was totally serious.
Yeah.
Well, that's a you know, it's a legit turn  He never sees us to surprise I know God bless  Just when you think you know everything about a person They whip out woo girl.
So, I told him I was impressed because his co-workers are keeping him up-to-date cool mod  You know, and he's like, that's really old Like he whipped out.
Wow.
I should have said six, seven.
You do have like a version of a kid.
Yeah.
Well, he he's never liked that.
 But he was shocked.
He was shocked that I didn't know what a woo girl.
that is so 2025.
We leave the restaurant.
And he opened the door for me and so I climbed into the rocket van and so I  closed the door.
 went,  woohoo!  I started doing it really loud  and he came,  he got in and he goes, hey, by the way, when we're in a dark parking lot and I put you in a van, oh maybe don't yell.
Don't scream.
He said, cause those people were looking at me when they walked by.
 This was before you had Jaeger.
 Yes.
Wow.
 And so I said, I was trying to be a woo girl.
goes, Oh, I know.
I know you were.
said, I also wanted to see if you could hear it.
goes, yep, me and everyone in the parking lot.
 They heard you in Nixa.
 It's all good.
I've got a good set of lungs.
You really do.
I'm a loud person.
You're Aunt Loudie.
 I am.
Show enough.
Oh my gosh.
I've gone on way too long.
We've got to get moving.
 Must.
At least I'm the one editing this one.
You don't have to deal with it.
I'm sure people love the insight into our fascinating lives.
are so, so interesting.
Okay, girl, listen.
Yeah.
Would you like to play a game even though it's a little early in the morning? Oh, I always am up for a game.
Okay.
How about Search Me!? This is where we ask each other one trivia question.
about our week's internet searches.
Yeah.
 Bring it up.
Your trivia question for today is,  what is a snurdle? A snurdle.
Yes.
 Maybe if I just keep whispering it,  I'll figure it out.
I think that'll help.
 I think it's an article of clothing that wraps around your head.
 What? That's a really great guess.
Because that's a snoodle.
 Oh.
A snerdle  is an 18th century English word meaning to burrow into your covers and hold off starting the day to stay warm and comfortable.
Oh, like a lion.
Have a snerdle.
 Have a lion or a herkle derkle.
A herkle derkle.
ah I'm so glad you remembered that.
Snerdle, herkle derkle.
 Oh man.
Lion.
um My source on that was Mr.
Steve Moore on Instagram.
If you're looking for an English gentleman  who's always giving you fascinating information about history, how things are different between  the UK and America, or interesting words like, what's a snurdle? uh Follow him, Mr.
Steve Moore on Instagram.
He's, he's, it's a fun account.
Excellent.
Now, just a warning.
Yeah.
If you look up snurdle on the urban dictionary.
Oh no.
 Oh no.
You will be shocked.
 So,, you know, do that at your leisure if you want to, or maybe don't.
Damn.
Okay.
 Urban dictionary will always get you.
Always, every time.
Carrie, your question for today is,  what modern hybrid aquatic sport combines polo, basketball, and kayaking? Mmm.
Polo, basketball, and kayaking.
Yes.
 All at the same time? Like, it's not like a triathlon, it's No, it's all in one.
It's one sport.
feel like this is very close to something you were trying to get your  people to do.
 Like it would involve bumper cars and basketball.
 Oh yeah.
What was that called? don't know.
 Hmm.
I don't know.
You're going to have to tell me the answer.
It's kind of like that though, but in water.
and it's called canoe polo.
Oh, with a kayak? Yes.
Who named this?  I don't know.
So, here we go.
Two teams of five players maneuver in short.
highly agile kayaks using both paddles and hands to control a buoyant ball on a rectangular pool or a flat water pitch.
 And it consists of two short halves.
Goalkeepers defend by raising their paddle vertically.
 The goal is suspended above the water about basketball hoop height.
So, it's not like a net that rests on the water like soccer or water polo.
It's like A basketball hoop height, but I think it's a net.
As you're describing this, I feel like I've seen this somewhere.
You probably have.
um It's surprisingly active and exciting.
Yes.
There's a lot of jostling for position, but it's controlled.
 A player cannot legally push an opponent's boat with their own or use their paddle to block passes and shots.
 Oh.
 But they can.
Oh, they can.
I'm sorry.
They can legally push an opponent's boat.
How in the world? It's too early.
Um, but they can't strike another player.
Oh, okay.
So, no paddles to the head.
Correct.
 And no like jabbing in the ribs or anything,  which is what I would want to do.
 And there are people lobbying for this to become an Olympic sport.
Okay.
 Were you watching the Ocho? Is this where you saw this? No.
Okay.
I heard about this on No Such Thing As A Fish where I hear about everything interesting.
 Um, but I...
searched a little bit more about it on the International Canoe Federation.
 Of course you did.
 And Wikipedia.
Right.
 What's next, Cara? Well, the next segment is called Shared History.
Oh, yes it is.
I was trying to think of a segue, but it's too early.
That's right.
And I'm tired.
Drink more coffee.
OK.
 We're going to move on to Shared History.
All right.
This is where.
We tell you our DTH besties, the most interesting thing that we searched on the internet this week.
Yes.
Okay, Brea.
Uh-huh.
I saw something somewhere about your emotional tears  having a different chemical makeup than like the tears, you know, like if you're cutting an onion.
Yes.
And I wanted to know if that was true.
And it turns out it is true.
Yes.
So, I've got some facts here.
about why that's true.
Tears are so interesting.
Fascinating.
Yeah.
Okay, we're going to talk about reactive tears first because they're boring.
 They're reactive tears,  excuse me, are irritant induced tears.
Okay.
um They're triggered by a physical irritation of the eye like smoke, onions,  allergens, dust, chemicals, or wind.
Uh-huh.
They're produced as protection and cleansing for the eye by flushing out irritants and foreign particles.
 Right.
That chemical makeup is mostly water, salt and antibacterial enzymes such as lysozyme.
Now that's interesting.
And I searched that too.
I was like, come on, is that true? But it's it is true.
Your body produces an antibacterial enzyme.
So, if you get something in your eye, a foreign object.
Yeah.
those tears have antibacterial properties to help keep them from becoming infected.
Like Lysol tears.
Lysol tears.
Lysosyme Lysol tears.
Isn't that super interesting? is.
So,, reactive tears are designed for rapid production and volume, and they're controlled by a reflex arc involving sensory nerves in the eye and the brain stem.
Okay.
Okay.
Emotional tears.
obviously triggered by emotions  and the state of the world.
 The primary purpose of emotional crying is to regulate emotional stress.
Emotional tears contain stress hormones like cortisol,  prolactin,  neurotransmitters, and endorphins.
And crying all of those out  helps relieve emotional pain and gives the crier a sense of relief.
 Emotional tears are controlled by the limbic system, the brain emotion center, and involves parasympathetic  nervous system activation  after the crying begins.
oh And that helps to slow your heart rate and your breathing, and it all immediately begins a calming effect through your body.
oh So, emotional crying supports emotional regulation by helping the brain process feelings and makes them feel more manageable.
So, as you're releasing all of these stress hormones, it's telling your brain, your brain is like stress is leaving my body, everything that seemed so overwhelming, I can do this.
Yeah.
 Yeah.
What? Is it the same? Are they the same as pain tears? Like physical pain? I did not research that.
I would imagine they are, because maybe when you're experiencing physical pain, that's an emotional response as well.
Fear?  Like, oh hell, what have I done?  Fear.
Just like despair.
Yeah.
 How long am I going to be down here? Down here? have a very specific scenario in your head.
I've fallen and I can't get up.
 It's what's happened.
I'm thinking about  when I was on the toilet a few months ago  and I would just start crying because  it really helped not hurt so bad.
Oh yes.
 Oh, I don't know.
 Mmm.
 We would have had to have captured those tears and tested them.
Yeah, or like when you're giving birth.
Ooh But that's emotional as well.
That's you know what I'm gonna write that down because maybe I'll look that up for next week I would imagine they're the same Because it's not in well unless unless you're crying because of pain in your eye,  it's not an irritant   Could you have getting real detailed? Can you have two types of tears at the same time? Okay, eye irritant here  Along with how I poke myself in the eye pain tear, okay  I'll find out.
Okay now as I was reading through all of this.
I was like, what about babies? Oh Yeah, they cry all the time.
They cry all the time.
That's all they ever do.
So, I looked it up.
 Um, but  I don't have kids, so don't make fun of me for not knowing some of these things.
 I didn't know that newborns, they mostly cry without producing tears.
 Like they're just screaming.
And that's like the first, well, what I saw was anywhere from two to eight weeks of their life,  they just cry without producing tears.
 They're just babies.
It's a vocal signal, not an emotional tear response, so they can scream about you for  being.
I'm hungry, I'm wet, I'm cold, I'm  tired, I'm overstimulated.
That's just how they communicate that something is not  right.
Give me a hug, Mom.
That's why when a baby cries, you're supposed to just change your diaper, give them something to eat, cuddle them, rock them.
All the things.
 Cover all bases.
You have to go through the whole list of things.
And then if they're still crying, you  hold them by their ankles and you smash them against the wall.
 That's the, it works every time.
It does, they stop crying.
Every time.
Infants do experience basic emotional states like distress and happiness, but they don't have the cognitive or neurological capacity at that age um for the kinds of emotions that produce adult style emotional tears.
Got it.
So, babies,  when they do finally produce tears, they aren't the same chemical makeup as adult emotional tears.
Oh my gosh, a third kind of tears.
Yes, baby tears.
So, basically when babies are crying until they reach that age that they're starting to develop, you know, cognitive emotions, like  I'm making words up here.
Yeah.
They know why they're upset.
Right.
em They're basically just crying to survive.
Right.
And  hailed.
A caregiver.
 Please come to me.
Exactly.
 And it is such a distressing sound.
 Oh my God.
I mean, it's a biological thing.
They've studied this, that you to ignore a crying baby is the most uncomfortable thing.
You'd have to be a psycho to not do anything about it.
You're like, I just want that to end.
Yes.
Yeah.
That's tears.
Tears.
We watched, oh, speaking of I'm Oh no.
This got Sean.
Sean does not cry.
Oh.
He doesn't cry.
Afterlife.
Yeah, with Ricky Gervais.
Yes.
I've warned you about this show.
know, I know.
And I haven't wanted to watch it.
I told Sean, said, I want to watch it and I don't want to watch it.
Cause I know I'm going to cry.
I'm tearing up right now.
I know you are.
I can't move on.
You go.
 It's really good though.
Yeah.
Oh gosh, it's coming.
I can't get it stopped.
 Give me a second.
 I'm verklempt.
OK, I got it.
Oh my gosh.
That show.
What I was saying is it got Sean at the end.
Oh, wow.
So, you watched the whole series? whole thing.
Yeah.
 Oh, but it's really good.
It is so good.
Moving on.
OK.
 I can't talk about tears anymore.
I'm going to cry again.
OK, but don't you feel better? I feel so much better.
 All right.
My topic.
Oh, wait.
Did you share your sources? Oh, no.
You know what? I didn't write them down.
Oh, OK.
You just know these things.
It just came to me in a dream.
In a dream.
While I was crying.
Yes.
OK.
They were good sources.
They're like sciencey.
OK.
I believe you.
OK.
You kept saying I didn't believe this, so I looked it up.
So,, you know, I did multiple layers because.
When I did my initial search, know, was  the AI giving me all the answers.
Yes.
And so then I went and searched AI's answers on sciency websites.
Which you have to do.
to do.
 OK, so here is my topic this week.
 Brain rot, gen alpha slang.
 OK.
Because we talked about this.
We did.
 And we talked about how we have an understanding of  what brain rot is.
it's a little less specific.
than what Jen Alpha believes brain rot  is, or what they call brain rot.
So, here we go.
Brain rot slang is one of the most chaotic, self-aware corners of Jen Alpha's online language,  which we know this from 6.
7.
 And it's rooted in the way kids and teens talk about the hyper stimulating content they consume all day.
 Jen Alpha uses brain rot to describe the mental fog that comes from binge scrolling on TikTok.
YouTube shorts, Roblox  clips.
 I had no idea that Roblox had clips and things  and other rapid fire,  low effort content.
So, when you're doom scrolling or scrolling through TikTok or any kind of social media, it's so hyper stimulating because you're constantly and it's like rapid fire, right? Because you're moving on from one thing to the other.
So, it's very short attention span and that does affect your brain.
Oh yeah.
after a while and you just kind of zone out and you just kind of go down rabbit holes and you just  let things happen instead of like consciously seeking things out you're just letting the content come to you.
um  It's their way of saying that their brain feels fried or over stimulated or unable to focus after too much algorithm speed media.
 Okay.
 So, they're saying that all this stuff, yes, is causing brain rot.
And they're calling it brain rot.
because it's rotting their brains.
 I would agree with them, which is  close to what  we would use brain rot as.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I would agree.
But it's a little just, it's just a little bit more specific and modern.
 Uh, the phrase existed long before Jen alpha, like I was saying, but meme culture gave it a new life as tick tock discord and shorts exploded.
Brain rot became a tongue in cheek way for young people to, to describe their own doom scrolling habits.
  So, this is like a very self-aware um kind of making fun of themselves.
 Like we consume brain rot constantly.
But  they don't stop.
That's what I was gonna say.
So, they're aware that it's uh physically affecting...
And mentally.
Their ability to focus.
Right.
but they're not gonna do anything about it.
Well, it's kinda like me being sad about my coat being too small.
Yes.
But what did I eat on the way over here? I don't For breakfast.
What did you have?  An Entenmann's brownie cake.
 Oh, well, it sounds delicious.
It was.
But it's not gonna help my coat fit me better.
No, it's not.
Okay, so it's kinda like that.
Brain rat slang often sounds nonsensical or exaggerated, but It carries a social meaning within the group.
 Examples include, are you ready for this list? Yes, yes.
Riz, which is effortless charm or  flirtation skill, especially the ability to attract someone smoothly, like charisma.
It's short for charisma, Riz.
He walked up with zero Riz and still got her number.
I'm confused.
 Blood, B-L-U-D.
 A casual way of addressing someone, kind of like dude or bruh.
 Brother.
 Often used mockingly or playfully.
Blood really said that with his whole chest.
I don't know what that means.
 I did ask AI for these examples, like give me an example in a sentence so you get what you pay for, right? Here we go, Sigma, someone who's confidently independent and unbothered, operating outside typical social hierarchies.
Blood ate lunch alone like a sigma, completely unbothered.
Like a Sigma.
Yeah.
All right.
Here we go.
Mog.
To outshine or dominate someone so completely that the comparison isn't even close.
She mogged the entire class during presentations without even trying.
I like that one.
I like mog.
Aura.
Wait, how do you spell mog? M-O-G.
Oh, okay.
M-O-G-G-reg mob.
Sorry! What is that? Song.
It's old song.
oh Oh, R.
A.
G.
G.
M.
O.
P.
P.
Regma.
Nope.
Nevermind.
Like when I say old, I mean like the fifties.
 Oh, no.
OK.
 OK.
Ara.
Now we know this one.
The vibe or energy someone gives off that makes them seem powerful, cool or impressive.
 OK.
Now, Ara doesn't necessarily in my definition.
make them seem powerful, cool, or impressive.
It's just the energy they give off, the vibe or energy they give off.
It doesn't have to be cool.
 It can be like  Debbie Downer aura, you know what mean? Okay, but this is more of a positive thing.
His  aura is crazy today.
He looks like he's about to win something.
Six seven.
Of course, I've been waiting for it.
But this gives an actual meaning.
I am all ears.
Me too.
A joking rating that implies someone is average looking but acts like they're a perfect ten.
Oh, that's harsh.
He's a total six, seven acting like he's the main character.
oh So, six, seven, when you think about it, is almost the middle of the one to 10 scale.
Six, seven would be like a 60 to 70%, which would be D  to C.
 sense.
See, that makes sense.
That makes sense to me too.
I can wrap my brain around that.
 Six, seven.
Six, seven.
 What our president would say about a woman.
 She's a six.
Okay.
Eight slash eight and left no crumbs.
Well, my brand word salad.
I know to perform exceptionally well, especially in a dramatic or stylish way.
She ate that project and left no crumbs.
The teacher was speechless.
  Okay, so Jen alpha is the first generation raised on algorithm optimized content Since toddlerhood right? Their slang reflects awareness of over stimulation humor about their own attention struggles and identity shaped by meme culture So, they're very self aware Yeah, is what's interesting to me? How old is that group? I can't keep track of all the generations.
I think it's 2015 on? Born roughly between 2010, 2011 and 2024, 25.
That's right.
Because Peyton is like right on the cusp.
They're the first generation born entirely in the 21st century.
Correct.
I just can't keep track anymore.
I just stopped.
keep forgetting.
There's so many now.
I keep forgetting what I am.
I keep calling myself Gen Z.
That's not right.
I'm an X.
I'm a Gen X.
I keep forgetting.
 And there's a whole generation between you and Gen Z.
Oh, I know.
There's millennials.
I know.
I know.
But I just keep getting it mixed up because there's just too many of them.
My kids talk so much about generations and they put so much stock in the difference between generations of people.
And well, that's because you're this.
No, it's not.
 That's because you're this.
 That It is just constant in our house.
 They just love to...
Well, I've noticed that the millennials, like on social media, I pretty much am on Instagram only.
That's really  the social media I engage with.
I've noticed the millennials are hoarding in on Gen X stuff.
I've noticed that they're they're claiming like em cartoons from the  80s and  things that Someone back  off right? You're not Jim.
You're not Jim.
You're not you don't have a Care Bearer.
No, no GTFO.
 Oh Sorry  my big handbraids Brace just wanted to get in on this conversation.
Jen X gal with her carpal tunnel.
Yeah.
Oh my gosh, you're right I've noticed it leaking like yes slowly there there taking our stuff.
I'm like, no.
We know we're cool.
Yeah.
And we grew up in the best time.
Yes.
But sorry.
I feel like they feel like they're not getting enough attention.
Well, millennials don't get a lot of attention.
Not anymore.
They used to.
People talking about how horrible they were.
Right.
Or are.
Yeah.
But they've moved on.
We've got new generations to talk about.
Right, they're grown up.
And they have kids.
So, now we're going to talk about your kids because That's how it works.
Yeah.
So, now we get to,  um,  we get to criticize your parenting.
That's right.
And it's great.
Let me tell you,  cause millennials, I am really sick of your obnoxious kids  already.
who will not say please, who will not say thank you.
They don't say thank you.
They're not taught manners.
No.
Teach your kids some manners.
 It's weird.
 It's weird.
I asked my Gen Alpha grandchild, don't your teachers make you use please and thank you at school? No.
Teachers, come on.
We know you already do so much, but please.
 See, oh it's not that hard.
It's right there.
Baked right in.come on.
My sources were generationalphaslang.com,  because there's a dot com,  generationalphaslang.com, Promova, I don't know.
um I didn't look into what else they do.
 And WikiHow.
WikiHow.
WikiHow.
This has been a wide array of topics today.
Yes.
We're all over the board.
Uh-huh.
We got sports.
 We got tears.
 We got slang.
We got why is everything piled on us?  We got Jägermeister.
We  got pickle shots.
 Something for everyone.
If you're listening and you're not happy with at least one topic of your day, I can't help you.
Right? We don't know what to tell you.
We don't know what to do.
I'm going to give you my kids favorite answer that I give them.
 What's that? I don't know what to tell you.
 Cause sometimes there is no answer that is satisfactory to them.
 Oh yeah.
And the real answer, which is usually  no, they will not accept.
So, I just say, I don't know what to tell you.
It's a Good mom answer.
And they really hate it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
 You could just start saying, hmm, six, seven.
 Six, seven.
 You gotta shrug your shoulders when you do that and you gotta like click.
 Six, seven.
Six, seven and do the hand motion.
Oh yeah.
Cause it does have its own hand motion.
forgot about the hand motion.
 I don't like that though.
It makes me think of balls for some reason.
Like, testicles.
Yeah.
 Like that you're tapping him? Yeah, I don't know.
Don't...
I don't get it.
Well, I guess because it's coming from underneath.
Let's not examine that too Undercarriage situation.
Let's not examine why.
We probably should move on.
Okay.
All right.
But, Brea.
What? What about this one? What about it? This is a quick listing of our other searches from the past week that we didn't have time to discuss in this episode, or were just too damn boring.
Yeah, boring! I have 27 boring searches.
Mine just is not long.
 It's not long.
I'll make up for it.
Okay.
Here's mine.
Snertle meaning how can a digital clock run slow? Right.
 And it can.
It was kind of an interesting search, but I didn't go there.
Maybe save it for another week.
All right.
 Irreverent Jane Coffee.
I had to look it up again just to make sure it is really expensive.
So, I've been dreaming about it.
Man.
It was the...
 I said it once and I will say it again, it was the best coffee I've ever had.
Wow.
Irreverent Jane coffee.
If anybody wants to send me a bag of Or if they want to sponsor us.
That would be amazing.
I would totally put commercials in our podcast for that.
100%.
There's a few things I would put commercials in our podcast for.
Oh man, that coffee was so good.
Nido Cube, is Jordan Love married? Yes.
Baking a brie without puff pastry.
I've just determined I don't like brie.
I just don't like it.
 Oh, yeah.
I keep trying to like it.
Yes.
Sonia made it that one time we got together and it was  delicious.
Didn't she pair it like with a jam or something? Well, so this time I baked the brie with a fig lemon jam.
The jam was  amazing.
Yeah.
 But the brie is just too bitter.
 And Sean, as we were talking about it, he I asked him if he liked it and he goes, it kind of tastes like soap.
oh And I was like,  you're right.
It tastes like soap.
So, maybe substitute the brie with Havarti or something like that.
I'm giving up on brie.
Something milder.
I'm just giving up on it.
Okay, so then here are my IMDB searches.
All creatures great and small.
It's coming.
I know, new season.
Gavin and Stacey.
 I've never watched that before.
I've tried.
I can't get into it.
 I can't either.
I think it's a cultural thing.
Happy Gilmore 2,  Stranger Things,  F1 the movie.
 That was actually a really good movie.
Was it? It really was.
Okay.
uh I'm sorry, Springfield's Brad Pitt, but I just have no interest.
It was pretty good.
uh Afterlife, Conk on Earth, and the IT crowd.
Yes.
That's it.
Alan Davis,  Lee Mack,  Stones to Pounds.
 How many times have I looked that up? A million, and I can never remember, but it is.
I've got it in my head now.
What is it? 14 pounds equals a stone.
Okay, okay.
Okay.
I'm gonna start saying my weight in stone.
I am too.
I need to lose about 7,000 stones.
Me too.
All right.
Electrical outlets in UK bathrooms.
They're different.
Are you going to Britain? No, but somebody mentioned that they don't have electrical outlets in UK bathrooms.
What? Because they have a higher voltage on their outlets.
Yeah.
We use one...
120.
20, and they use 240.
Okay.
So, it's double.
So, it's very dangerous to be around water.
And they don't trust their people to be...
Oh my have water and electricity in the same place.
So, they have special outlets in UK bathrooms that are...
Like for electric razors or electric toothbrushes or things like that.
Oh my gosh.
But most bathrooms don't have any at all, especially if it's an older building.
Well, I'll be.
There you go.
Brain rot, Jen Alpha slang, most difficult celebrities.
Alice Roberts, least sustainable countries.
Most sustainable countries.
That's an interesting search.
Canoe Polo.
Smith's Band.
Adam Chase.
No Penny Law.
oh I just learned about that.
 You didn't know that pennies have been discontinued? didn't know.
Brea, lift up the rock once in a while.
I Crawl out from underneath I just hadn't.
I just had not heard about this.
And I finally found something that I agree with Trump about  is getting rid of the penny.
Okay.
 And don't at me, because I know there are lots of repercussions about getting rid of the penny.
 I looked it up, but I'm still like, yeah, it's It costs too much to produce.
Penny hater.
out of here.
 Bomba socks.
 Rocket book.
oh 986 area code.
 This is what you look up when random people text you.
And you're like, who dis? New phone.
 OK, how to adapt recipes, time, and temperature from baking dish to Dutch oven.
Because it is different.
Yes.
I  found this out the hard way.
So, do you mean you're putting the dutch oven in  the oven?  Yes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
Uh-huh.
It cooks things way faster.
Oh, I'm sure.
Can you make a casserole in a dutch oven?  All recipes.
How much is a $50 bond from 2010 worth today? oh Full question.
 How much is it worth? Um,  nothing.
Oh, okay.
 Um,  it won't mature until...
 Oh.
uh 2030 I think.
 I know.
 Wow.
There's such  a ripoff.
I found one that somebody gave Peyton when he was born.
uh And I was like,  oh hello.
 Hello in 2030.
Time to cash this in.
 And even in 2030 it'll only be worth like a hundred dollars or something.
It's nothing.
Good Lord.
 It's not worth it.
I have just started a savings account and made more than that.
Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin.
Glendale, Wisconsin.
Tired all the time.
 What was your answer? What did you find? There were probably a variety of answers.
It told me that, it told me all kinds of things and I was like, well, I'm not doing that.
Mostly it was saying that I'm probably anemic, which I already know I am.
Oh geez.
Turn picture into sticker on Google Pixel 7.
Daniel Jones.
That's it.
Ooh, do you have any listener shout outs? Gosh, I should, but I don't.
I don't either.
Yes, you should.
You know why? Because people should be contacting us.
You know, people have not been.
I'm just saying.
Maybe we're just too damn boring.
You're boring.
 No, what's happening is people are too damn busy.
Yes,  they are VVB.
They don't have time to sit down and be like, dear Cara Embryo,  we love you.
 Right.
I have told five friends about you this week.
Right.
Those five friends told their five friends.
And now you have a whole bunch of new listeners.
 But if you do want to get a hold of us  and tell us about all the things you're searching,  all the people in your life who are amazing.
All those people.
um What else? Still haven't had any information about what people got for Christmas.
Oh yeah.
And I am  really bummed about it.
Yeah.
What you got for Christmas? I wanna know what you got for Christmas.
Ooh, what are your Valentine's Day plans?  That's coming up.
Yeah, yeah.
I also wanna know...
Mm-hmm...
.
something.
What? What's your chronotype?  Oh, yeah! We asked about that last episode.
Brea's a lion.
I'm a bear.
Sean's a dolphin.
Sean's a dolphin.
That's right.
Clint  is a...
Oh, gosh, what would Clint be? He's a forced...
Lion, yeah, but is that his normal would he normally get up early?  Yeah So, on days he's not working.
Oh, yeah, he's still up early So, Delete This History podcast that gmail.com Is the email address and we are at dth gals on instagram.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes all the things.
 Um, you nailed it bria That's right.
Good job.
Well, I kept trying to prompt you to say it  I'm not gonna i'm not gonna  I just want to talk about all the other things I feel like you and I haven't talked for a while.
I feel like this is our catch up session.
don't know.
We are really chatty.
Well, you know why? Because we haven't been at work all day.
This is our...
Oh, that's right.
We are normally, we've done a whole day of work.
Yes.
And then we're together.
And it's Saturday morning.
Yeah.
We're rested.
Yeah.
 It makes a difference, my friend.
It really does.
 Anyway, we need to wrap this sesh up.
Yes.
And what does that mean? That means we need to go delete our history.
Yes.
And I need to tell the cheese bags to stay fresh.
 That is correct.
And then you say,  the lie.
 It's weird.
 I wanted to switch it up.
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