Hi guys, welcome to episode three of the Almost
Living Podcast. Welcome. I want to start off
by saying in the last 10 minutes of the previous
episode, I hit a button on my microphone and
I thought I turned it off. Did not turn it off.
I did, though, turn on an echo feature. So for
the last 10 minutes, there's just a crazy echo.
I wanted to just... I wanted to just address
that, clear the air. Hopefully will not happen
again. I will just be very careful to not touch
anything on this microphone. But hey, welcome,
guys. We're just going to jump straight into
it. I have a little bit of pop culture I want
to talk today. We can start with music. So Doja
Cat released an album this past Friday called
V. And I was very much tuned in because I love
Doja Cat. She is an artist that I just really
thoroughly enjoy. I respect her artistry. I respect
her craft. I think she's so creative, so talented.
Is she crazy? Is she a little bit problematic?
Yeah. And I think honestly, at this point, like
the people who are really talented and really
like don't know just stepping outside of the
box and like doing like you kind of just have
to be crazy is basically what I'm just trying
to say I think the people who are crazy are the
people that are the most creative ie Kanye ie
like I don't know like kind of just like low
-key any name any like really successful like
very talented person like there's probably something
deeply wrong with them. But yeah, Doja Cat, she's
done some things in the past, you know, she was
in chat rooms, she was showing feet to white
nationalists. And we're not going to talk about
that. But we are going to talk about her music.
Because, yeah, listen to the album. It wasn't
my favorite of hers. I feel like for her last
album, the Scarlett album, I think to me when
I listened to that one, through. It was more
iconic. I liked more songs from it. But also
I think it may just be a case of like, you know,
sometimes you have to give things a few listens
before you're like, really into it. So maybe
that'll be the case with this album. But I did
like it. I thought it was really fun. It she
was going for like an 80s vibe with this album,
so you can definitely hear that. It's very disco
-y, it's very like, you know, 80s. The three
songs that I really like from it, the first one
is Ah Men. As soon as I saw the title for that
song, I was like, I feel like I'm probably gonna
like it. If it has anything to do with men and,
you know, a critique on that, I'm very much down.
That one was really fun. It's very like. All
of it is very 80s, but that one specifically,
it almost is like spooky, like Halloweeny vibes
and almost like thriller esque, just in the like
spooky, but also like disco dancey, like I don't
really know. Lovely acts of service I thought
was cute to me. Axe of Service on this album
is Like Axe of Service is the Agora Hills On
this album if that makes any sense Agora Hills
is a Doja Cat song Pretty sure on the last album.
Yeah, I think it was on Scarlet very just like
cute flirty like Poppy like I don't know cute
um and then happy i really liked on this song
but or on this album those were the ones i liked
like that i have liked and that i've been like
listening to over ova and ova but um yeah the
thing about doja cat too is like even if i don't
particularly like a song that she drops or it's
not something that i'm like gonna keep listening
to it's like can still recognize the fact that
it's a good song and that's kind of how I felt
listening to this whole album like Where there
were a few songs where I was like, okay, like
I don't really care for it. But like they're
this is objectively like a good quality piece
of music like The instrumentals her the beats
that she does and like I don't know I Don't know
if Doja Cat makes her beats or makes all - I
don't really know. I have, like, witnessed her
on live playing around with music. Like, she
does know how to produce, I'm pretty sure. Um,
so I'm not really sure what the vibes are for
that. I did hear someone told me that this was
the only album by a female rapper where, like,
like, it's just Doja Cat on the credits. I believe.
Believe. I believe. um like no one else helped
her write anything but like i'm sure she didn't
produce everything i don't know i don't know
um but her instrumentals the beats like are always
always always top tier um her singing her rapping
like the fact that she can just do both like
she she's gonna give you the a chorus she's gonna
give you a ballad she's gonna give you a singing
moment and then she's gonna rap and like she's
just brilliant i saw her in concert for scarlett
the last album and It was just amazing like she
is a performer She can fucking dance she can
rap she can sing she can do it all she gives
visuals. She does everything Also when I saw
her I spice was the opener and I remember me
and the people that I went to this concert with
we got to the arena like a little bit late and
When we got there I spice was already performing
and we were like fuck or like I was like mad
because I was like damn like we're missing this
show like we were like running through the arena
trying to find our seats and then we finally
get to our seats and like sit down and then Ice
Spice is just on stage twerking and then I was
like okay and then that was just kind of the
whole performance for the like I don't know 15
minutes that she performed because she doesn't
really have much of a discography or especially
at that point um like a year ago So, yeah, that
was like that was kind of whack. I mean, I I
wasn't expecting much but I also was like Yeah,
like are we gonna do anything else? But yeah,
those is amazing. Love her. She's the pop princess
I Just think she's great. I Enjoyed the album.
I thought it was fun. I love her because she's
gonna give you an era with a new album and I
feel like Not every artist does that. Another
artist that I really admire because he does this
really well is Tyler Creator. When he drops a
new album, you're getting a new persona, you're
getting a new vibe. The tones are like, it's
an era with the albums and I feel like Doja Cat
has kind of been doing that with the V album.
She deleted all her old shit. I don't know, she
shaved her head. Everyone was freaking out about
that for some reason. um but she's like really
stepping into this like this era so i really
like that i think that's great another album
that i listened to recently which is not a new
album it literally came out in may i don't know
what i was doing because this is so it's rico
nasty's um newest album which the way i don't
even remember what like i didn't even look at
the title i just listened to it i love rico nasty
she's one of my favorite female rappers so I
remember like I was there and I was I was actively
active when she was promoting this new album
and I listened to the songs that she was dropping
but I just never listened to it in full because
I like like with artists that I like if they're
dropping an album like you know I want to sit
down and like take the time to listen to it thoroughly
and not just like hear bits and pieces like but
yeah listen to the Rico album The Rico album
was fantastic and I liked a lot of songs from
that one Specifically son of a gun Y 'all listen
to that shit Rico just like I mean I've been
listening to her since like middle school high
school. She is just that girl she is just so
I just love her punk rock aesthetic. I just have
always, she's always had that aesthetic too.
She's always been alternative and just like dark
and just made this like fun hype, like low -key
rageful, like angry music. And it's just so wonderful
to listen to. It's so great. Just I love it.
It's just like I sometimes want to listen to
music Like you listening to her music like makes
me want to like run through the streets and just
like Hit people like in a good way, you know,
like it's just like she's just wonderful. So
that was amazing Love them both love music tape
and Paula is also dropping soon I'm really excited
about. Taven Paul is one of my favorite artists.
I have a tattoo. You can't really see it in the
video from here, but I saw him in concert two
years ago, two, three years ago in Virginia.
90 bucks. The slow rush tour. Okay, like. I remember
I was on my phone somewhere, got an ad or something
where I saw that he was, or no, maybe I was just
on Spotify and I saw that he was performing in
Virginia when I used to live there and I was
like, shit. Then I clicked on it and it said
$90 tickets. And I was like, bitch, that's nothing.
So me and my friends went and it was. Genuinely
one of the most beautiful experiences of my life.
I'm not religious. It was a religious experience.
Um he's just insane like him just Just just artists
who are just like so talented like his voice
his Ability to produce like it was it was just
it was it was lovely. It was such a lovely show
Um, so he's dropping an album I think in October.
And he's coming to New York and I, he, you know,
tickets went live or whatever. And I like was
trying to get in there and see what the prices
were looking like. And I remember just clicking
on the website for Ticketmaster. And it was like,
oh, you're the 113 thousandth. Person in line
for tickets and I was like, okay, so I actually
have things I have to do so I'm not gonna just
sit here and ref I hate buying tickets for things
is so stressful. We're not gonna talk about that
but um And it's also like damn like because I
think the album drops and then like Two days
later is when he's coming to New York and he
has two dates here and it's like I know I'm gonna
like it, but why do artists do that? Where they
like drop, they release an album and then they
have tour dates, like literally days. It's like,
damn, give me a second to like listen to the
music and like get familiar with it. But I don't
know. I mean, I don't even know if I'll be able
to see him again. Hopefully I will. He's just
so wonderful. Okay. Let's move on, let's move
on. I want to talk about... I want to talk about
men calling women goth and being wrong about
it. This is very random, but it's something that
I've experienced and my memory was jogged. About
this like just phenomenon Because I saw a clip
from you guys know Bobby all tough Off whatever
however you say her last name. She's like that
girl. She has a very monotone voice she People
said that she was like a plant of some sort because
it was just like no one had ever heard of her
and then all of a sudden she was just coming
out of the woodwork interviewing Drake and Lil
Yachty and just all these big artists out of
nowhere on her podcast. You probably know her
from the Drake one, because that was very popular.
I think they were in bed. Or maybe that was just
the second one. I don't know. But I saw a clip
from Drake had gone back on her podcast and He
was talking about women dating, whatever. And
he was like, he was like, I just feel like my
type is like goth women. Like, I feel like I'm
going to end up with like a goth woman. Like,
she's just going to be like tatted and whatever
and blah, blah, blah, blah. And I didn't finish
listening to the whole clip because I had heard
enough. I had absolutely heard enough. And I
was fed up with the lies and fed up with the
posturing. What are you talking about? You are
a liar. For Drake to be like, my type is goth
women. No it is not. When have you, when have
we, Drake has been famous basically as long as
I've been alive. When has anyone ever seen Drake
with a goth woman? Quickly. Quickly. That has
never happened. Your type is not goth women.
I don't know what you're talking about. You've
never been seen with a goth person. Your type
is Instagram baddies and that's fine. But live
in that and like be open and transparent about
that. And it just triggered me because it made
me think about all the times men have called
me goth. Do I look goth like granted I like I
Have been out. I have been out in the club before
This was maybe This was that's I don't fucking
know some point Maybe this year. Um, I was out
in the club. I was wearing I Had a black like
lace corset top lace up corset top green skirt
Black tights, were they ripped? Yes, sure. And
then I have my platform demonia boots. They're
just like, you know, knee high, like black lace
up boots, whatever. So it's like, okay, am I
wearing a lot of black? And do I wear a lot of
black? Sure. I like boots. I like jewelry. I
like I don't know, like I would maybe describe
myself as like kind of alternative sometimes.
I can take that label. But I had a man come up
to me in the club when I was wearing that and
he was like, oh, I love your style. Like whatever.
I was like, thanks. He was like, yeah, it's like
kind of goth. He's like, no. No, it's just unfortunately
not goth. I've had men tell me that on multiple
occasions like just being like, oh, I love your
style like It's like kind of goth and I like
I just feel like men just say things that they
don't really know what they mean and it's like
these things have meanings like you you can't
just like throw these words out like You just
stop stop doing that because men all the time
Oh, I want a goth baddie. I want a goth. I want
a goth. No, you don't No, you actually don't.
I think what you do want is a girl who maybe
likes to wear black, who maybe likes to wear
boots, who maybe puts fucking eyeliner on. But
like, none of that is goth. And that's okay.
Like I goth and punk and all of that shit is
really cool. That's just not me. And yeah, I
think we need to just be very honest about that.
And I think Don't know men just like find these
like labels and and these things and they just
like throw them around and it's like I don't
actually think You guys know what you're talking
about So stop calling me goth Stop it Never been
goth never gave goth. I don't think goth people
would identify with me And that's okay, and I
think we need to just be real about that moving
on I wanna talk about something that really grinds
my gears. And I deal, I run into this a lot because
I work in the food industry. So I talk to a lot
of people every day and I have a lot of just
like short, quick interactions with people. But
I just wanna talk about the concept of how are
you in America specifically. And I think this
is something that has been talked about before
this is not a new You know, this is not new discourse
But I get so annoyed frustrated confused with
interacting with people who Ask how I am but
don't actually care about the answer and are
just asking it because it's like we live in this
like Neurotypical world where like there are
these customs and like things that we have to
do Sorry about that siren guys Hate that Okay,
um, there are these just like things that we
have to do or we feel like we have to do When
interacting with people that you know We have
like we feel like we have to do these things
in order to not be rude or whatever But the way
that I feel is if you don't care about how I
am don't ask me Don't ask me simple and I just
think it's sometimes there's such a waste of
time like I I do I will so many times will have
people come up to me and be like Hi, how are
you? So I'm gonna do, and it's like, oh, wait,
hold on. Hold the fuck on. Why, why did you just
do, why are you asking me how I am? You're literally
not even taking a pause to like have me give
you an answer on how I, like, you're using how
are you as like a rhetorical question, sure,
but like don't, just don't ask me. Don't ask
me like I don't know like that's just how I feel
like It's just weird. It's just weird and it's
just like rude and it's just like It's so funny
and it's just so ridiculous or Sometimes you
do have an interaction where someone asks you
and does actually listen for the answer, but
here's how the interaction will go I'm starting
as the other person. They'll come up to me and
they'll be like hi. How are you? I'm like, good,
how are you? They're like, I'm good. So I'm gonna,
and it's like, even that is like, what was the
point of that? I don't like, why did we just
do that? That was such an utter waste of time.
Because for me, like, if someone's gonna ask
me how I am, and like, obviously with these quick
short interactions, like, you're not gonna like
sit and talk, but like, in general, in real life,
if someone is like, how are you? Like, I'll be
like, good or I'm okay or whatever and follow
it up with like something that has maybe happened
or like what I'm up to in my day or like giving
context as to like, here's how I am, this is
why. Like I'm actually gonna answer your question.
I'm not, I don't see the point like, and just
being, how are you? Good, how are you? Good,
okay. It's like, that was so stupid. Like can
we all agree that that's really dumb? and it's
like i just get so frustrated because i'm like
this is it's just dumb it's a waste of time like
you feel maybe better or you feel like a good
person for like doing this or like having this
exchange with me but i just feel like that was
a waste of time and it's honestly just disrespectful
because it's just like it's posturing to me it's
just like well this this is i like do you guys
know what i'm saying like am i making any sense
at all I just think it's dumb. It's like there's
literally no point in being like, how are you?
Good. How are you? Good. Okay. We learned nothing
about each other. We didn't actually like, and
it's also like half the time you're lying. It's
like, I'm not most of the time when I'm like,
I'm good. It's like, I'm fine. I'm okay. Like
I'm not good. Like we're all just like trying
to pretend like we're doing amazing. What I just
don't but it's definitely more annoying when
people are like, how are you? So, um, I'm it's
like, okay And it's so funny because a lot of
the time when people are like, how are you? I
just like won't respond Because I don't want
to take the energy out of my body to Move my
lips to form a response. So I'll just say nothing
and they they're they don't like Allow they don't
care. They don't like allow a space for me to
like actually respond most of the time They don't
even notice that I didn't say anything. They're
not actually listening like they don't care so
I just find it so funny like People just do not
care And I think it's just it's very it's very
neurotypical It's very also like I don't know
something about it gives very American culture.
Like obviously you ask people how they are all
over the world but i think in other places like
people are just more real and candid and are
like actually giving you an upfront answer whereas
here we just feel like we have to do this stupid
like how are you i'm good how are you i'm good
okay like why the fuck are we doing this What
was the point of any of that? I don't know. Maybe
like call me cynical. Call me a fucking asshole.
Call me a bitch. I don't care. To me, it just
feels really dumb. Okay, moving on to the next
pop culture thing. Lana posted videos or posted
pictures from her wedding because I think it's
her year anniversary. And I just it's like something
small that I want to talk about. I just think
it's like I just think it's so wild. So Lana
Del Rey is my favorite singer and she has been
for over a decade. I don't know, I don't remember
exactly when I started listening to her, but
like Summertime Sadness was a massive song and
that was around when I was like 12 maybe 11,
12. I was pretty young. That was a cool song
whatever I started really getting into her around
like 13 when I literally was just experiencing
an Otherworldly depression That you know can't
really be put into words, but she has like just
gotten me through Just the saddest times of my
life with her music. I think she is She just
has the voice of a fucking angel And I some people
say oh a lot of songs sound the same that is
just a lie That's Just something that I'm not
I don't want to hear it. I don't really care
to like interact with that That's just not true
her array of music is just the most She just
the bitch has range she makes Gorgeous music
and while she is very problematic like I like
She's not crazy, but she's definitely problematic.
She definitely doesn't give a fuck she's definitely
just like You know, she's done some shit, but
I can never Not like I will never not listen
to her She would have to do something insane
for me to like stop but like I genuinely I have
over 70 songs of hers liked like she is one of
my favorite artists If I was if I was able to
get tattoos as a like middle school slash like
early high school person Which I would be covered
in Lana Del Rey lyrics kind of glad that was
not a possibility Because I would have gone crazy,
but yeah say all that to say she's amazing. I
love her down I think she is wonderful brilliant
excellent Yeah She I am just so Intrigued by
her mind because the man that she married I Did
a light I did very light research on him and
by research I mean I googled Lana Del Rey husband
and I clicked on the first article that popped
up and I read maybe 70 % of it and it was just
explaining like who he is because I remember.
Year or so ago or whenever the fuck they started
dating pictures like popped up of Lana with this
man and it was rumored that they were dating
and I just remember being like. No, like. No,
there's no way that. she's dating this like random
like 50 year old like this man looks like i haven't
written in my notes i said rando alligator man
and i don't know why i thought that he was an
alligator wrangler of some sort i don't think
that that's the case um oh sorry but he like
just the most random man ever like just imagine
you're in Louisiana and you just are like at
an Exxon gas station or I don't know he just
like he just looks like a regular regular man
you that you would find um maybe on a construction
site why are there so many sirens sorry guys
Just emergencies after emergencies An abrupt
stop amazing, um, oh period period Okay, um Yeah
He just is the most random looking motherfucker
ever. Um, and yeah, it's just very bizarre. But
Lana has also had just an insane history of dating.
I mean, also in her music, like she's always
talked about liking older men and kind of liking
that like raunchy, like weird, strange, um, vibe.
And, you know, can't knock her. Um, just kidding.
I, yeah, I don't know. She's, she's just interesting,
but it's just, I'm, I've been talking about this
for a while, but I just think it's so interesting
and crazy and wild because Lononori's husband
is, he has three kids. I don't know with how
many other women, but he's got three kids. He's
probably like 50 or 60 years old. I don't know.
I did not Google his age. He looks to be old.
He's graying. I don't know. He does boat tours
in Louisiana, which is great. Cool. Sounds fun.
And that's how him and Lana met because she took
a boat tour of his when she was in Louisiana
for some show and then continued to do it over
and over again. I guess they built a relationship
somehow. And now they're married, but it's just
like. For me, it's just really really wild because
it's like the fact that this like random 50 year
old boat touring motherfucker from Louisiana
Gets to say that Lana Del Rey is his wife. I
just think that that's crazy. I think it's wild
I just think it's wild and I I just I don't know.
It's it's not even just the fact that he's not
famous because like yeah, okay, that's always
like You usually expect famous people to be with
other famous people like as much as it's weird
and it's dystopian that we even feel that way
but like that's usually what happens like that's
normal you're in circles with other famous people
or whatever so it's like it's the fact that he's
just like a rando that's very interesting, but
it's also just like a rando and also just like
50 something I'm sure and a boat tourer and just
like this southern like man Like I just don't
know and it's just like it's so wild that like
very successful women Will sometimes just choose
really interesting men for partners Ie Nicki
Minaj like Nicki Minaj is married to a man that
I think she knew in her youth but He's like,
I mean, first of all, worst of all, he's a sex
offender, legitimately. He also wears jorts very
heavily. Can you guys shut up? He wears jorts
a lot of the time. But yeah, the bigger thing
here is that he's a sex offender. oh my god what
the why is my god getting frustrated he's a sex
offender and him and nicky have a kid together
so it's just like and it's like you're nicky
minaj like you are not only not only are you
rich and you have money and whatever cool blah
z blah but you are very successful you're one
of the most iconic female rappers of all time,
one of the most iconic rappers of all time, period.
The successful career, you have all these accolades,
like you are Nicki Minaj and you choose a jorts
-wearing sex offender who's like 5 '6", if that,
to be the father of your kids and to be your
husband. It's just like women make very interesting
choices sometimes. have to just let them do it
but I just like that makes me so angry and it's
so just like I can't wrap my head around like
these random men being like like getting to be
like oh my wife is Lana Del Rey my life my wife
is Nicki Minaj like I just don't think that that's
okay I think that's crazy I think it's bizarre
to say the least But what are you going to do
about it? And who am I? Who am I to say anything
about anyone's relationship? I will say I woke
up maybe two days ago out of my slumber. And
the first thought that I had was, what if I don't
get to experience love as a young person? And
so that was a really lovely way to start my day.
Just feeling. So empty and so lonely and just
like damn like really Really thinking about like
yeah, what if I just don't obviously you have
your whole life to experience that and like you
have your third like 30s or that's so young but
it's like what if I just don't get to experience
love when I'm in my 20s like what happens what
what would happen I Don't know. It's a scary
thought But what the fuck are you gonna do about
it? what are you gonna do? because it's also
like i get really sad sometimes and i get really
lonely but then it's just like i literally am
so picky and literally don't even give people
like the opportunity to get anywhere near me
so i don't know y 'all it's so frustrating i'm
like over it i talked i think last episode about
Hinge and dating apps, but I matched with another
man He was instantly like like being very like
I don't know just like nice like he was like
hi miss like hi gorgeous um Love your style like
blah blah blah. I'm like, okay And then we like
talked for a little bit and then he's like let
me get your Instagram which is like Okay, like
I'll give someone my Instagram but I'm also getting
to the age where like I Don't know a man asking
me for my Instagram. It's like that feels like
you're asking me for my snapchat Like are we
how old are we? You know, like grow up ask for
my fucking number like an adult don't ask for
another just a social media like I Don't know.
It's it's just like It's starting to feel like
a little bit childish. So he asked for my Instagram.
I'm like, okay We meet we're visuals whatever
he like is we're DMing He's like, oh, let me
know when you're free to like grab a slice of
pizza I'm like, okay, I was like and that day
I was working and doing some shit. So I was like,
okay I'm like not free today, but I'm free Thursday
He reads the message doesn't respond and then
swipes up on my story like later saying some
shit but just like never acknowledged the fact
that I said that I was free on Thursday so I
mean I unfollowed him and I removed him as a
follower because don't piss me the fuck off right
now you asked me to get a slice of pizza I said
I'm not free today Here's when I'm free. And
then you don't respond and then you just swipe
up on my story saying some other shit. This is
why I get annoyed and this is why I'm never going
to be in a relationship because I can't even
get past this barrier. I need you guys to stop
acting fucking stupid. Do you want to hang out
or do you not want to hang out? I'm not going
to beg anyone, especially a fucking man. to hang
out with me period you should be begging me so
you're trying to make like it just logically
I don't understand the way that some of these
people operate like you're like replying super
fast you're like oh my god you're so pretty and
your style is so nice and I want to hang out
and I want to do this and I'm like okay this
is when I'm free crickets Fucking crickets like
do I need to hold your hand and walk you through
asking me out on a fucking date? Like oh my god,
I'm literally going to start turning into a fucking
where I'm going to turn into a werewolf I'm going
to turn into a werewolf and wreak havoc on The
entirety of New York City watch the fuck out
if you see a cute petite dainty werewolf in a
yellow bandeau top and jeans that have been ripped
open for my massive body and muscles watch the
fuck out because i'm going on a fucking rampage
i don't i i just don't understand the logic of
people sometimes i don't understand i don't understand
do i need to like like what do you I'm just so,
like, utterly confused and disgusted with the
state of the world and the political and the
economic state of the world. I cannot do it.
I'm not going to sit here and hold your hand
and fucking teach you how to ask someone on a
date. If I tell you when I'm free, what's the
obvious next step there? Please don't piss me
off. Lastly, I want to talk about this product
that has been advertised all over the city. If
you live in New York, you probably have seen
ads for this. It is called Friend, and it is
taking over the world right now. It's basically...
So I started seeing ads for that for this item
like I feel like maybe at least a month ago They
kind of slowly started popping up and now they're
everywhere like the train station that I get
off of to go to work I Was in there the other
day. Okay, I'm moving my leg because it's falling
asleep. I love that. This is just Every podcast
it's just like a shuffle a shuffle moment and
then I'm just like how do I like my posture is
like so bad so I just end up like anyways um
yes so the train station that I get to get off
of to go to work um there there's like you know
a long hallway once you get out of the trains
to like go up to the stairs whatever both sides
floor to ceiling these ads and it's just like
white with this little necklace and it just says
like random shit like it'll be like I Won't leave
dirty dishes in the sink or you know I'll watch
your favorite movie with you or blah blah blah
and Like I just remember seeing these things
and just being like okay This is creepy, and
I don't know what this is for and I don't really
care to look into it but with with it just being
everywhere I started to get curious so I went
on the website and it's friend .com and You go
to the website and it's just this necklace and
then you like swipe up and it It zooms into the
necklace and then it like opens. It's very like
it's honestly a cool animation. I can't lie,
but Don't fuck don't this product is AI guys.
It's AI. So Yes, it's terrible Basically, it's
a hundred and twenty nine dollars for this necklace.
It's not a monthly subscription, according to
their website. It's a one -time purchase. And
it's supposed to be this friend that you take
with you everywhere you go. And it does listen
in to your conversations. It is constantly monitoring
what's surrounding it. I mean, like anything
else, like your phone, like, you know, whatever.
To me, there's really not much information on
it because the website is very vague and it doesn't
really have like FAQs or like anything like that.
I just think it is basically like chat GBT in
a necklace that you take with you everywhere
you go, but it's also supposed to be a quote
-unquote friend. I have been very delighted to
see that all of these ads around the city have
been Vandalize like people have graffitied over
them. They've written shit You know in response
a lot of just like AI is not your friend AI doesn't
care whether you live or die AI is not a replacement
for human connection Like everyone's lonely.
We need humans. We need whatever whatever a lot
of good stuff a lot of very real shit I I have
a lot of thoughts on AI. I think we all have
a lot of thoughts on AI. I mean, AI is not new,
right? Like Siri and all of those things, Alexa,
that's AI. We've been living with it for a while
now, but I think just this, it being thrusted
onto us everywhere is... I feel like a lot of
people are getting frustrated with it. I'm getting
frustrated with it. It's just a lot for me, I
think. I mean, chat GBT is already ridiculous
and getting out of fucking hand. And I'm not
gonna act like I've never used it before. I have.
For cover letters, for resumes, for like tedious
shit that I don't wanna sit and like do. Like,
of course, I've dabbled. I do it all the time.
um i think the problem is when you have people
using chat gbt to like make grocery lists or
oh chat gbt help me write a text to a friend
telling them that i can't make their birthday
party because i'm tired and it's just like do
it your fucking self i think the problem with
ai i mean AI not to be like doom and gloom and
not to be like the friend that's too woke but
like AI is probably what's gonna kill the human
race It's already making people fucking stupid
And it's killing the environment. It is going
to be the nail in the coffin for humans I think
Disagree if you want but it doesn't change the
fact that I'm right Yeah, it's just gonna kill
it's already killing the planet And it's only
gonna get worse so we're kind of like we're past
the point of just like Any return and again not
trying to be doom and gloom because it's like
I'm still trying I'm still doing things I'm still
trying to have like what we just have to honestly
enjoy it while we have it because It's not gonna
you know Chat gbt is making people stupid people
are using it for everything people are already
trying to go to chat gbt for like advice and
for like They kind of jam it um Yeah, people
are going to try gbt for like advice and for
you know different like just for things where
it's like okay, this is a This is a computer,
right? Like this is a computer. This is not a
person. And AI is smart because it is a computer
and it has access to all the information on the
internet. But you like tone and like empathy
and Situational like those I feel like that really
can't be taught or if it can it just we're not
at that point yet Like these are computers. They
don't have emotion. They don't have empathy.
They don't have understanding of Nuance and things
like that like that cannot be replicated. And
so it's just really scary seeing this friend
thing because it's this product that's trying
to advertise itself as like this is your friend
that like you can always depend on and it'll
never leave dishes in the sink and it'll hang
out with you and it's always listening and it's
just like we're getting to such a scary like
dystopian Time like where and I mean luckily
people aren't Like people are very much resisting
this like from just the feedback and just from
what I see of like the shit that people have
written on all the ads like people are not putting
up with this we all know that it's bullshit we
we're all it's just such an interesting time
because I feel like everyone feels so lonely
like everyone feels lonely we're all going online
sharing how we're we're feeling lonely bonding
over the fact that we feel lonely and it's like
You would think with phones and with internet
and with all that we would be more connected
Than ever but it's quite the opposite people
Do not have connection. We're all in our phones.
We're like people don't want to talk to people
like it's just a scary time so seeing these ads
it's just like it's just like sick it's sick
and it's twisted and it's icky and Apparently
the the the guy who like owns this product or
whatever. They spent like a million dollars for
advertising across the city um and people are
just like keep your ai slop away from me like
no one likes it no one wants it um and it makes
me feel really good about just like people like
i don't know there are still smart people out
there there are still people out there who like
are aware that this is like not good um but yeah
i don't know i'm i'm really hoping that someone
for some reason i thought that drew gooden made
a video about this product he he didn't um fully
made that up um but i need someone to like buy
it and document it so i can know because i'm
just so curious what this is like i haven't heard
anyone talk about having it i don't think people
are buying it like i don't know it's just like
Genuinely, what is this fucking necklace and
I read it something somewhere like I mean Yeah,
it's it's listening all the time and I think
it says in some sort of like terms and conditions
or like whatever it's like don't like if you
do something illegal like This product is always
listening. So like low -key don't do that is
like basically what it said I don't I don't know.
I don't know. It's it's just like it's weird
and it's sad And yeah, technology is not your
friend, necklaces are not your friend, series
not your friend, none of these things are your
friends. Go out and talk to people, real people
in the world. And ask them how they're doing
and actually like maybe care about what the answer
is. And maybe... just maybe you'll make friends
obviously because I know everything I just have
literally all the friends in the world so I take
my advice like I don't know I don't know what
to tell you um but thank you guys so much for
listening thank you for tuning in right now I've
been dropping every Tuesday that's working for
me at this point Tuesday is kind of the most
irrelevant day of the week, low -key. Because
Monday is the start of the week. Wednesday is
hump day. Thursday is almost Friday. Friday is
Friday. Saturday is Saturday. Sunday is Sunday.
And then it's just like, who gives a fuck about
Tuesday? So that's the day that I'm going to
post these. Hope you guys enjoyed. See you guys
next episode. Bye.