1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:28,120 Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of Cryptic Cocktail Party, a show where we 2 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,080 have a few drinks, share a few laughs, take a dive into the unknown. I'm your host Dave, 3 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:37,760 joined as always by the wonderfully bearded, beautifully handsome faced, just exuding raw 4 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:42,480 sexual energy, Sarge the Destroyer. What's going on bud? 5 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:47,800 Oh, hello. Hello. That was, that was a very romantic introduction. I appreciate it. 6 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,840 I should probably start writing down these introductions because I just, I panic and 7 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:56,760 then I just stumped across all my words. None of them make sense, but it is what it is. 8 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:00,600 Now I want to introduce Sarge. He probably smells like gun oil. 9 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:11,400 Yeah. Apparently has a fucking sweet ass big beard. I just feel sick in his arms. All the 10 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:17,440 ladies love him and all the men want to be him. I think. Yeah. Probably. Sometimes. Most 11 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:22,840 of the time. What's going on bud? How you doing? I'm good. I'm good. I just did some 12 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:28,880 stand up down in Providence. That was a blast. Hell yeah. Um, place called, um, the Jake 13 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,840 speak easy. It was right next to ladder one three three in Providence, which is a great 14 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:38,120 bar by the way. I can't say enough good things about it. They had Narragansett, the tall 15 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:42,880 boys, which I was very happy about. Um, I've been to ladder one three three a couple of 16 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:48,560 times before most recently for my buddy's bachelor party. It was still many years ago, 17 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:55,040 but, um, yeah, it was, it was a great show. Great crowd. Um, made some friends. Shout 18 00:01:55,040 --> 00:02:01,160 out to Barry. Uh, hopefully we're going to do some writing, um, and you know, put some 19 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:06,280 jokes together. Oh yeah. Um, but yeah, overall it was a good time. I got stuck in the world's 20 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:14,320 worst fucking traffic. There was a country music concert for Zach Bryant and he was doing 21 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:18,960 news. Who the fuck is Zach Bryant? I don't know, dude. It's that garbage fucking arena 22 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,520 country. You know what I'm talking about? Like it's, it's, uh, it's, I know a lot of 23 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:27,560 people. No, this is what it is. It's post nine 11 country is what you're about to say. 24 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:32,960 Is the worst country because country before nine 11 was all like, fuck the government. 25 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:37,000 I'm going to write music. I'm not going to say all of it was outlaw country, but they 26 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:43,040 weren't bootlicking fucking red solo cup motherfuckers. Yeah. God, they're the worst man. And then 27 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:49,440 like, so like the worst part is like, I already hate traffic as an Iraq war veteran. There 28 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:54,760 are a few things that set me off more than the roads because I did a lot of driving in 29 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:59,160 Iraq. I didn't do the driving. My driver did the driving. I had a gun in the turret and 30 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:04,360 that, and that made me feel good because I could shoot things, but I didn't like being 31 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:10,280 on the road and, um, I hate being on the roads here in America because I can't throw a frozen 32 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:14,280 water bottle at you when you do something stupid. No, but you can't shoot them. So I 33 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:19,680 mean, you're in America. I can't, I can't because Massachusetts has really strict laws 34 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,080 and I don't have a gun anyway. What do you mean? Morally? I want one. I feel like it's 35 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:27,160 more of a more morally. I can morally. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Legally. 36 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:34,160 It's a problem. Um, so I already hate traffic. I advocate murdering people during road rage 37 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:40,320 incidents. Don't kill anyone, please. It's not worth your time and effort. Um, so I already 38 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:45,760 hate country music. I already hate traffic, but I hate country music more than I hate 39 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:53,260 traffic. And so being stuck in traffic, going down to Providence for a country music concert, 40 00:03:53,260 --> 00:04:01,100 I was incensed. I felt steam coming out of my ears. And so while I'm stuck in traffic, 41 00:04:01,100 --> 00:04:10,120 I look up what this shit show is and, uh, it's Jack Brines, Quentin Tim. Oh, Quentin 42 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:15,160 time. Okay. First I'm trying to figure out Quentin Tim. Who the fuck is Quentin Tim? 43 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,960 Is that the opening? I just kept saying that. I just kept saying that to calm myself down, 44 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:25,280 but I was also mad because it's like, you're brand new. You just started country music. 45 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:29,040 Why is it Quentin time? Are you retiring? You fucking idiot. I just love that you do 46 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:37,400 bits to yourself to keep yourself from going on a murderous rampage. If I didn't laugh, 47 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:44,640 someone else would be crying. I was like furious about this whole thing. Like absurdly angry, 48 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:51,360 but I got there in time. Uh, I, I did my set, my buddy Dave from Tik Tok, uh, set everything 49 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:56,440 up. He got me on the, he got me in with the crowd and, um, yeah, it was just, it was just 50 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:02,800 fun overall. And then afterwards, um, uh, me and some of the greatest people in the 51 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:08,240 world went into a ladder one three three and we had a couple of beers and hung out with 52 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:15,120 the, uh, the bartender who was very nice to me. Um, are they usually rude to you? Yeah, 53 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:21,600 usually. It is New England. That's fair. Ordering a beer at a New England bar is like ordering 54 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:26,160 an egg sandwich at any deli in New York. It's like, hurry up. What do you want? It's fucking 55 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,680 stupid behind you. Fucking what do you, you know what? I'm not, I'm not even, I'm not 56 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:31,720 even going to take your order. You're going to get what you get. Hurry up. Yeah. Hurry 57 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:35,600 up. There was nobody in there and she's still like moving along. Yeah. We got shit to do 58 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:42,040 bud. Oh shit. Well, speaking of, uh, going to bars and stuff, I think it's time that 59 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:48,320 we should mention something huge for the show. We got a sponsor. Huge. We got a sponsor. 60 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:55,500 Sorry. We do. Uh, we are sponsored currently now by Narragansett Lager. Uh, thank you so 61 00:05:55,500 --> 00:06:01,120 much to Cam for hooking us up with that. And Wes, uh, my contact and for, uh, setting this 62 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:05,320 all up. I couldn't be on Stokes. Thank you so much. Narragansett has been a big part 63 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,360 of my life, especially going to like dirty punk shows in New England basements. It's 64 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:15,000 always like a staple there. Uh, I mean, my dad's been drinking. My dad, uh, has been 65 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,880 drinking Narragansett since he was, since he was young. Yeah. Um, because Narragansett 66 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:26,800 has been around for a hundred years. So, uh, when you told me, I was like, no way, no way 67 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:34,840 that they think us to shaved apes, barely shaved, uh, are going to be good enough for 68 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:39,280 this. I'm going to be honest. Honestly thought it was a scam when I first got that message. 69 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:46,360 Well, yeah. I mean, how many times have I been, I get emails all the time offering to 70 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:51,680 sponsor a podcast I haven't even recorded anymore. Like I haven't done episodes of like 71 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:57,040 this one show that I used to be on 10 years ago. I'm still getting offers for sponsors, 72 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,800 but it's like all nonsense. So when you said they wanted to sponsor, so I was like, no 73 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:06,920 way. Yeah. Well, my, um, before I even responded to cam from Narragansett, I think I sent you 74 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:11,880 the screenshot being like, so this fucking happens. I was like, I haven't responded yet. 75 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:16,560 I don't even know what to say. And you're like, ah, figure it out. We'll do it. We'll 76 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,240 do it. Why not? Um, so yeah, I'm pumped. I'm pumped. That's so awesome. Cause like the 77 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:24,880 best part I think about Narragansett is like, when you go up to this place up in New Hampshire 78 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:29,960 called a Zeb's, uh, general store in North Conway. Yeah. I know Zeb's. You can literally 79 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:37,000 buy 10 signs of Narragansett beer and, uh, you can get like 10 signs where it's like 80 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:43,080 the old timey 1940s 10 signs of like Narragansett beer and the Boston Red Sox. It's just so 81 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:48,800 freaking cool. I am absolutely pumped. I did specifically tell cam. I was like, listen, 82 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,040 I'll agree to this. Whatever, whatever your terms are. I don't care. I'll agree to the 83 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:59,440 only thing I want is one of those big 10 signs. And he said, not a problem. I'm definitely 84 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:04,400 going to put it up. I cannot wait. I'm so stoked. Um, cause also the other thing is 85 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:09,640 Narragansett is so consistently good too. Like it's just good beer. Yeah. It's a, I 86 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:14,360 did find out that, uh, apparently they, they went out of business for like a hot minute 87 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:19,120 and then they came back. I didn't know that. I feel like I've seen it my entire life. I 88 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:23,080 don't remember ever going away. You know what I mean? Well, they think they went out of 89 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:27,720 business twice cause they probably weren't doing much during the, uh, during the prohibition 90 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:33,960 days. That's fine. I mean, yeah. Um, just in general, it's, it's, it's an awesome, it's 91 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:38,640 an awesome thing. And I think it suits us very well to dirtnecks from new England. Yeah. 92 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:45,360 Right. Um, but yeah, I'm pumped. I'm pumped. It's going to be so cool. So thank you Narragansett 93 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,720 for sponsoring the show. Couldn't be more stoked. I mean, I've been drinking this shit 94 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:54,640 dirt while recording even before this even. I know, I know the minute you held up the 95 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:59,080 Narragansett can the first time we recorded, I was like, all right, he gets it. Yeah. You 96 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,000 know, you can take the boy out of new England, but you can't take the new England out of 97 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:06,040 the boy. Frankly, I was shocked. You could get it in, in Pennsylvania. Well, there's 98 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:10,280 only one store that I can get it at. And it's, it just so happens to be, well, I mean, there's 99 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:14,720 plenty of stores, but if you know anything about Philly, it's, it's a grid system. So 100 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:21,920 every street has a stop sign every cross street. So there's probably stores like half mile 101 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:27,000 from my house takes me 15 minutes to get there. Oh yeah. I mean, yeah. But luckily the, the 102 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,680 grocery store that's literally across the street from my house carries six packs of 103 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:36,000 the tall boys and they're like $7. So I'm like, why not? You can't go wrong. Exactly. 104 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:41,120 It tastes better than PBR. That's what I care about. Oh, for sure. All right, Sarge, we 105 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:46,520 got an episode to go over today and I was, I wanted to do something shark themed for 106 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:53,560 this episode, just as a, you know, just as a homage to Narragansett being in jobs, crush 107 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:58,960 it like Quint. But after doing a bunch of research and like trying to formulate an episode 108 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:03,440 around, cause I was going to do the black demon shark, but like it's, it got into weird 109 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:11,120 Megalodon territory and I was like, I'm not going to do an episode about dinosaurs. Yeah. 110 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:14,760 Not yet. No. Well, I mean, I'm sure we'll run out of cryptids and eventually two years 111 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:23,040 from now we'll have to be doing, it's just me holding up a Lego T-Rex. Yeah. It'll, it'll, 112 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,480 this show is going to get weird when we run out of shit to talk about. Eventually it'll 113 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:31,200 just be aliens and ghosts cause we'll run out of stuff to talk about. But today, Sarge, 114 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:36,480 we're going to be headed to Antarctica, also known as the white continent, which in my 115 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:43,680 opinion would be more fitting a name for like Europe, but, or, you know, America and Canada. 116 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:49,360 Yeah. But that's not the here and no there. 1950s ish. It's the fifth largest and the 117 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:54,760 least populated continent on earth. And for good reason, as cold as fuck, the average 118 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:59,960 temperature being negative 71 degrees Fahrenheit on the interior. The coldest recorded temperature 119 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:06,320 on earth was recorded there at negative 128 with the coastal regions being not wildly 120 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:12,080 that much warmer, but can sometimes get to like 50 ish in the summer sometimes. Yep. 121 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:18,620 And well, Antarctica does hold seven. And, and, and sorry to interrupt, but it allegedly 122 00:11:18,620 --> 00:11:24,480 doesn't exist according to flat earthers. Yeah, I know. I got a whole thing. I got a 123 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:28,400 whole thing, man. We're not going to go to my tin foil hat. We can just talk about it 124 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:35,360 for days. We're not going to do that. I think you handled that pretty well on here. Save 125 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,600 that for citizens guy, bro. All right. I mean, we'll eventually cover flat earth on here 126 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:43,840 too. Save your conspiracy theory nonsense for a different podcast. Um, just, just to 127 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:50,000 be clear, I believe it exists. I think that, uh, no, no, no, uh, Antarctica, I believe 128 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:57,600 it is a continent. It's not an ice wall, um, because I am not terribly, terribly stupid. 129 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:05,040 I fundamental brain damage. Uh, so I don't believe the earth is flat. I just want to 130 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,600 clarify that because frankly, if I was listening to a podcast and somebody was like, Oh, I 131 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:14,320 think the earth is flat. I'd be like, I think you, um, should see a doctor because your 132 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:18,480 brain doesn't work. Uh, so I just want to make sure we don't lose any fans because people 133 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:26,000 think I'm dumb and I'm not dumb. I am dumb, but I'm not flat earth dumb. No, well, Antarctica 134 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:31,600 does hold 70% of the earth's fresh water. Uh, it's all frozen. Uh, it's this place, 135 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:36,200 it's just a cold, desolate and harsh place, but yet I mean, it's frozen now. It won't 136 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:41,800 be much longer than for the moment, but people still fucking go there like tourists and shit, 137 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,440 which I didn't think was allowed. I go on a heartbeat. It turns out you're allowed to 138 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:50,160 just go there. You have to, I mean, you have to like sign because technically no one owns 139 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:54,720 a, uh, Antarctica. You have to like hire a guy and shit like that, but apparently there's 140 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:59,280 a bunch of shit to do there. Allegedly. Uh, you can kayak with whales. You can go scuba 141 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:05,000 diving. You can visit research facilities. You can even visit deception islands, which 142 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,800 is just the top of an active volcano and littered with whale skeletons and oil drums from the 143 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:14,000 old processing plants used during the height of whaling in the mid 1900s. And you'll probably 144 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:20,000 find a couple of human skeletons because, um, we really liked to try and explore it, 145 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:25,520 but this was back when people were wearing like wool underwear. Yeah. But, uh, but if 146 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:29,800 that's not metal enough, you can always go visit a blood falls, which is a five story 147 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:34,880 blood red waterfall spilling over pure white snow. Like it's something out of a David Lynch 148 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:41,320 movie, but these funds slash macabre tourist destinations aren't what we're here to discuss. 149 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:45,520 Obviously. Cause if you know anything about the show, it's never anything fun like that. 150 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:51,120 Uh, we're going to be talking about something much more terrifying than just blood waterfalls. 151 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:58,120 Uh, we're going to be talking this week about organism 46 dash B, the name given to a creature 152 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:04,000 that I can only describe as a real life Eldritch God that was quote unquote discovered two miles 153 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:09,040 underneath the Arctic ice and a subglacial lake known as Lake Vostok named after the 154 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:14,880 Russian research facility located atop of it. Are you familiar with organism 46 dash 155 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,960 B? If you say yes, I'm going to fucking kill myself. Is this like a, is this like that 156 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:29,200 Stephen King novel? The thing it's like the inspiration for the thing. Like is Kurt Russell 157 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:33,920 going to know? No, it's not. It's not. It's nothing like that. Uh, I mean, it's going 158 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:40,360 to get pretty thingish, I guess. Uh, we'll, we'll get into it. So Vostok station was established 159 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:51,720 on December 16th, 1957. Whoa, excuse me. Narragansett it burps clean. True. There was no foam, no 160 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,800 froth. It's one of the cleanest burps I've ever had. Now Vostok station was established 161 00:14:55,800 --> 00:15:01,640 on December 16th, 1957 and is one of the most isolated established research stations on 162 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:06,760 the continent and hosts 30 scientists in the summer and about 15 in the winter. They're 163 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,760 like pretty much there just to do like a lot of ice core drilling and they study changes 164 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:14,760 in the mag, uh, the earth's magnetosphere among other things. But like ice core drilling 165 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:19,580 seemed to be like their thing. Uh, once it was discovered that this station was situated 166 00:15:19,580 --> 00:15:24,880 upon a body of liquid water under the ice in 1974, they were like, fuck it. We're, we're 167 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:29,640 reaching that lake. And this is like at like a bunch of people like maybe you shouldn't 168 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:36,400 because it hasn't seen light or air for millions of years drilling into it might fuck up a 169 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:41,000 bunch of shit, but they're like, nah, dude, we're going to do it. And then they're like, 170 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:46,360 you're out of your mind. I think everybody needs prehistoric bacteria to be alive again. 171 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:52,080 Yeah. So after almost 30 years of just drilling, like they're fucking Bruce Willis and Armageddon, 172 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:57,800 they finally broke through the ice and reached the lake on February 5th, 2012. Now there 173 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:02,840 isn't a specific date for when these scientists had their fateful encounter with egg organism 174 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:09,720 46 B. Uh, but news of it broke on November 30th, 2016. So it's safe to assume it happened 175 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,880 sometime in that, like four year span, obviously it'd be weird if it happened before and or 176 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:21,360 after that'd be crazy. That'd be insane. So the story goes that Dr. Anton Padalka, a defecting 177 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:26,600 Russian scientist, along with the remaining colleagues who were part of the eight man 178 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:31,480 team tasked with researching the lake that mysteriously went missing for five days, uh, 179 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:36,040 told authorities in Geneva, Switzerland. First off, if it's in Geneva and you're telling 180 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:41,200 someone about something never good, it's a war crime. It's a war crime. Uh, you've committed 181 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:46,840 a war crime about a bizarre and wildly deadly life form that they had found in the lake 182 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:53,360 dubbed organism 46 dash B, a terrifying and highly intelligent octopus like creature that 183 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:58,280 had tragically taken the lives of three of the team members. Uh, and all this information 184 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,440 comes from the testimony given by Anton to the Swiss government. So it's kind of like 185 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:07,040 a transcript kind of thing. It's the only like source of information that we have. You 186 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:14,060 look upset. You don't look like you're stoked on this as, um, it's one of my best friends 187 00:17:14,060 --> 00:17:21,080 in the world often says you a joke in my ass right now. Uh, but I don't know. How is this 188 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:25,560 possible? So according to Bidaka, the Russian government didn't want him disclosing this 189 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,800 information to the public with president Putin claiming quote, nothing of scientific interest 190 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:36,000 and quote had been found. But Anton was like, fuck that. And told the Swiss quote, the discovery 191 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:41,320 of such unusual life in Lake Vostok was the most important scientific breakthrough in 192 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:45,840 decades, but we were ordered not to divulge it because mr. Putin sinister schemes end 193 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:54,800 quote. So, so we're talking about octopus like creature, octopus like creature in very 194 00:17:54,800 --> 00:18:00,920 fresh water in freshwater. Sure. I mean, it's been on, it's gotta be fresh water, right? 195 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:05,080 Cause it's under Antarctica. I mean, it doesn't make it. I mean, it could be like the, it's 196 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:12,480 been, hasn't been seen, hasn't seen it evolved millions of years under ice in unfrozen water. 197 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:18,280 So I mean, the, the idea of that happening, isn't that weird? I just have so many questions. 198 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:23,720 Well, good thing we're only four minutes into the script. Maybe some of them will fucking 199 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:31,560 be answered. My brain is much like Antarctica, completely frozen right now. Okay. So what 200 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:36,640 actually, so what happened? Like what actually happened to these men? Why was there radio 201 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:42,080 silence from the team for almost five days and how exactly, uh, did these men, the three 202 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:47,320 men die? Well, Anton went on to tell the Swiss authorities that just as the men near the 203 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:52,280 lake, all communications with the outside world mysteriously, just like stopped. Uh, 204 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:59,280 he said, quote, we encountered organism 46 B on day one. Uh, we were conducting a preliminary 205 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:05,560 dive in our low temperature wetsuits. It disabled our radio, which we later learned to our alarm 206 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:14,760 was intentional end quote. Uh, now, uh, under the, oh, sorry, real quick. So before we go 207 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:20,600 further, I need to describe the layout of the land. So there was a diagram of how this 208 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:26,520 like ice underwater lake works. So there's the ice shelf is like two miles thick. They, 209 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:32,480 they, they drilled that they drill down into it. There is a little pocket of air and then 210 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:36,720 the water and there's, there are, there are little banks. Like, so like they, when they 211 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:40,320 drilled down, they were able to get like onto a bank and they have like a camp set up down 212 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:46,080 there. I didn't write any of that down. I probably should have. So they went two miles 213 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:51,760 down. Yeah. They went down there. Them said they didn't, cause this is like modern times. 214 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:57,520 Like we have drones. I just feel like if I was to go to a place that hasn't been seen 215 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:02,640 in God knows how long, like I'm sure they sent cameras and down stuff first. Like, I 216 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:06,000 mean, yeah, but like the camera, you know, you're not going to tell if the camera got 217 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,880 smallpox. You know what I mean? Like you don't know what's down there. You don't know what 218 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:13,720 kind of weird fucking prehistoric diseases are in this hole in the ground. They're going 219 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:18,520 to find out. Yeah. They found out the hard way. Yeah. So it is like the Russian way of 220 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:22,600 doing things. You're like, man, it's dangerous. So let's just kill a bunch of guys and see 221 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:26,660 if it works. Yeah. So now under the ice and completely helpless, the team could do nothing 222 00:20:26,660 --> 00:20:31,800 but simply try and survive as like this creature pretty much just starts picking them off one 223 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:35,920 by one, not unlike like a slasher, like in a horror movie, make this a horror movie. 224 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:41,820 We have to make this a horror movie. Patreon goal. Now remember it's dark as hell down 225 00:20:41,820 --> 00:20:46,400 there with nothing but the light from the hole leading to the lake. And then like flashlights 226 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:51,360 and lamps that were brought down with the divers like set up their camp and stuff. Now 227 00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:56,360 all they could tell about this creature is that it was massive. It's like 33 feet in 228 00:20:56,360 --> 00:21:03,640 length and having 14 arms, which is too many arms, too big, too many legs. I don't know. 229 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:09,960 Are they sure there wasn't just two octopi down there? We're going to get to that. But 230 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:15,360 okay. So yeah, they said it's roughly 33 feet in length. It had 14, maybe 16 arms. 231 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:20,880 I don't either way. It's bad. I don't know. I don't know what color the creature is. But 232 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:33,520 what they said is that it had lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. So it's basically 233 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:43,520 a mass. So it's basically a massive octopus that has evolved under ice for millions of 234 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:49,480 years and became just a fucking straight up like Lovecraftian nightmare. Now that is fucking 235 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:54,600 amazing. Even though it has more legs than it knows what to do with it still hunts like 236 00:21:54,600 --> 00:22:01,360 an octopus kind of octopi will normally grab its prey. Sometimes it injects it with some 237 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:04,840 sort of paralyzing agent. Sometimes it just squeezes the hell out of them and then they 238 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:10,160 just end up eating it with like it. Yeah. Would they get to beak type? I was not aware 239 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:17,680 that octopi is it octopi or octopuses? I think it's octopi. I hope so. Because octopuses 240 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:25,560 just sounds really sexual. It's not. It's not. So everything that I know about my favorite 241 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:30,680 thing about octopus is that like underwater they like befriend fish and they hunt with 242 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:37,280 fish and if the fish fucks up, they just smack it. And that that is the most relatable thing 243 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:43,000 in the world to me. Yeah. It's like having a helper like a kid helping you fix the car 244 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,600 and he doesn't hold the flashlight in the right place. You just fucking whack him real 245 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:50,600 quick. And then backhand him. They'll never hold the flashlight wrong again. Honestly, 246 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:56,040 my son would probably punch me so hard in the testicles if I did that, that I wouldn't 247 00:22:56,040 --> 00:23:02,800 be able to breathe for a week. He is a, the young one is too fast. I'd never catch him. 248 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:09,880 But the middle one is a stout fucking brick of a child. And he is, he has the kind of 249 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:16,960 strength that is just unnatural for a boy his age. And I'm pretty sure if he backhanded 250 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:23,240 me in the berries, I wouldn't have him anymore. They just erupted. Just turned a dust immediately. 251 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,760 Yeah. He doesn't know this and he doesn't listen to this podcast, but I'm terrified 252 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:31,880 of his strength. He's got the strength of like a, like a fucking a full grown like chimpanzee 253 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:37,680 that'll just fucking rip your arms off if you need to. It just beat me with my own arms. 254 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:43,400 It's terrifying. Yeah. Some octopus offices obviously are like poisonous. Clearly there 255 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:48,800 are a bunch of, I had no idea that they did that. I, yeah. So, so like, they'll like paralyze 256 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:53,440 and or just like grab it with those tentacle legs and fucking eat the shit out of it. But 257 00:23:53,440 --> 00:24:00,360 anyways, organized or organism 46 dash B he likes to do things a little bit different. 258 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:06,320 According to Dr. Podlaka organism 46 dash B is quote, able to paralyze prey at a distance 259 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:12,160 of up to 150 feet by releasing its venom into the water from an organ similar to its ink 260 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:19,320 sack. Tragically, my colleague and lifelong friend, Dr. Vin dog, Redov was killed this 261 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:25,320 way. He was treading water wearing a blissful smile as the organism approached him. He watched, 262 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:30,540 we watched helplessly as it used its arms to tear off his head and then pop the remains 263 00:24:30,540 --> 00:24:38,880 into his mouth. All right. All right. So I'm calling bullshit. Sorry. Just let me get through 264 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:44,760 the story. No, no suspense. You cannot swim in that water. It's fucking freezing down 265 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:53,720 there. They have, they have a, uh, uh, west. Who's on? Bro. Sorry. What did I say before 266 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,040 that we recorded? You can blame tick tock for this. So anyway, so it hunts kind of like 267 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:01,360 an octopus, but that's not the only thing that this creature can do that's similar. 268 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:05,520 Uh, it can also camouflage tons of cephalopods have the ability. They can change color and 269 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:10,080 texture to blend in the surrounding environments. They can look like coral, sand, whatever you, 270 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:14,480 whatever they want. They can just fucking do it. Well, yeah, some can even change a 271 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:20,760 shape to look kind of like other animals like sea stakes or stingrays. Well, organism 46 272 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:25,280 dash B takes this ability and just makes it so much fucking worse. Uh, the good doctor 273 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:30,560 told the Swiss that it had shaped shift, shaped itself into the form of a human diver. And 274 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:35,640 that quote, we thought it was one of my colleagues swimming towards us and scuba scuba gear. 275 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,800 By the time the closest scientists realized what it was, it had grabbed him and tore him 276 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:45,000 to bits and quote, but wait, Sarge, hold on before you say anything, there's more. So 277 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:50,080 you know how like octopus tentacles are basically their own brains. Like if you chop off a 278 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:57,800 limb, it'll still move and shit and act independent. Yeah. Yeah. Well again, 46 dash B can do that, 279 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:04,240 but more horrifying, uh, quote, after our sole female researcher chopped one of the 280 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:10,200 arms off with an ice ax, the separate limb yanked the weapon out of her hands. The night 281 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:15,520 that night, the arm slithered onto the icy bank where we were sleeping and strangled 282 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:23,240 her. So I thought honestly, not exactly the direction I thought this was going to be like, 283 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:33,560 no, I thought it was going to be a far more Japanese approach. So I got nervous. I'm actually 284 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:39,680 more relieved that she was killed by it. No one went the Japanese have done with tentacles 285 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:46,760 in the past. No, somehow these fucking nerds were able to outsmart the creature and actually 286 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:52,700 were able to capture it in a tank. Now after returning to the surface, three people lighter 287 00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:57,640 and one Leviathan fucking heavier. Uh, they assumed they were going to be recognized as 288 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:02,200 heroes in the scientific and international community, but the director of the project 289 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:06,840 or the whole be plugged and told the world that they didn't find anything down there. 290 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:11,600 And in fact, we didn't even send anyone down there at all. Uh, with the head of the station 291 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:16,640 saying quote, there's nothing much down there. I can assure you end quote. And at the plugging 292 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:24,600 of the whole, uh, it was just like standard routine pretty much now, dr. Berdolka fled 293 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:30,360 Russia in July of that year after he discovered the, that Russia was planning on putting the 294 00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:36,440 octopus, uh, putting the creature into military use stating quote, some species of octopus 295 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:43,640 lay 200,000 eggs. Imagine if they were deposited in reservoirs and or lakes end quote. Now 296 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,880 the Russian bureau of truthful information, which I found out is kind of a real thing. 297 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:54,280 That's a real thing. It's fucking your of truthful information. First of all, don't 298 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:58,960 ever trust anything coming from a place called everything we say is true. Comrade, everything 299 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:03,720 is true. He responded to the whistleblower's claims saying quote, it sounds like something 300 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:09,280 you might see on one of your science fiction TV channels. The cold war is over. My friends, 301 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:13,500 if our scientists made a discovery of such magnitude, do you seriously doubt we would 302 00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:19,760 share it with the world? End quote. Yeah, obviously I don't, I don't believe that for 303 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:20,760 a second. 304 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:26,940 As someone who grew up in the eighties, there is absolutely no way I would trust a Russian 305 00:28:26,940 --> 00:28:32,480 government official to tell me anything truthful. Yeah. I, to this day I still don't. Yeah. 306 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:38,840 Oh, I mean, like to this day. Yeah. When I think of like Russian information, I'm reminded 307 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:44,880 of of that guy during the Iraq war invasion when he's like, there's no tanks. And then 308 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:49,000 there's like eight tanks in the background driving them. The Americans aren't here. There's 309 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,520 like an American guy like, excuse me, I got to just put up this flag. I don't believe 310 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:59,760 it. Well, I want it to be real. I absolutely 100% wanted to be real. But you know what 311 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:07,160 ruined it for me when they went swimming. All right. So Sarge, this whole episode, I 312 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:15,320 will say has been a test of media literacy. So this is all bullshit through and through. 313 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:20,120 So I, so like I said, I saw this on Tik TOK and went down a rabbit hole and was like a 314 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:26,120 thousand percent invested. People truly believe the stories. I watched thousands of maybe 315 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:32,160 not thousands, but a bunch of videos on this. I even went to like blogs like I for sure 316 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:37,720 believe that like if Russia found something like this, like they for sure wouldn't tell 317 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,880 anyone and there would be some sort of most believable part of this whole story. Yeah. 318 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:46,200 But once I reached the bottom of the well, I learned that this is actually a satirical 319 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:52,960 article written by science fiction author C Michael Forsyth, who also writes for weekly 320 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:58,360 world news now. Oh, I love it. Now. I love it. Now. The reason I think people saw this 321 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:03,520 quote unquote article and believed it to be true is because it took me for fucking ever 322 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:09,880 to find the original source of this fucking story. That's fair. That's when you look, 323 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:14,160 when you look this thing up, it just brings you to different blogs talking about it, YouTube 324 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:19,200 videos, Tik TOKs, none of which give you the source of it. You can clearly tell they're 325 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:24,480 getting it from just like another source that regurgitated the information. But once I found 326 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:30,640 it, if you scroll all the way to the bottom, it explicitly states that it's satire, which 327 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:36,680 funnily enough, those other blogs failed to mention. And I wanted to, yeah. So I wanted 328 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:41,480 to cover it because just like kind of like Slender Man or like any of those other like 329 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:48,200 internet things like this, like this has kind of become like it's gone outside the internet, 330 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,600 if that makes sense. Like it's not like it's no longer contained to just like the funny 331 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:57,880 blogs and memes and stuff like that. Like, in it, like I said, I wanted to be more like 332 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:05,640 a, how I word this, uh, like if you don't take the time to do your research or provide 333 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:10,800 sources, shit like this slips through and like gullible people or impressionable people will 334 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:16,560 believe it. And it kind of murks the waters of actual quote unquote actual cryptids. You 335 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,960 know what I mean? Things like this pass through all the time. It's just like on TikTok where 336 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:25,640 like people on like they'll just fucking post anything on there and then someone will see 337 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:30,560 that they'll do their own video and just all this. And like I said, I, this, I went through 338 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,840 a whole rabbit hole and I was a hundred percent convinced. Like I didn't think it was like 339 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:38,880 real real per se, but like there was shit in there. Like I was like, fuck it. This could 340 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:45,200 be, but then I found the article. Honestly, man, like the thing that kills me the most 341 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:54,280 is that I am so susceptible to crazy stuff because I want it to be real, you know, like 342 00:31:54,280 --> 00:32:00,840 I would, you have no idea how much joy it would bring me if somebody had actually found 343 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:06,520 big foot, you know, but I will, I will say this, you fucking called this eight minutes 344 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:14,240 in you knew I, but I think, I think that goes to say, like I said, like I know like this 345 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:19,680 is a case of media literacy. Like if things get, things gets blown around and no one ever 346 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,360 looks for the source of the information that came from, it took me forever to find it. 347 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:29,080 It made it harder because people just kept sharing the story and like no one's crediting 348 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,880 the actual source of where it came from. It just keeps spreading and spreading. So we 349 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:37,680 forever to find where it came from. And I think not to get political, but like this 350 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:42,520 shit, like this is just a cryptic story. It doesn't matter in the greater context of things, 351 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:47,080 but I think media literacy is the thing that we as a society have just fucking just gave 352 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:54,120 up on. Like gone, it's gone. And so, and the, the fact that it's Russian makes it even funnier 353 00:32:54,120 --> 00:33:00,200 because like that's what, that's the thing that the only thing that added legitimacy 354 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,840 to this whole thing is that like Russia was being the bad guy. It was like, Oh yeah, Russia, 355 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:09,480 you're terrible. Russia's like, no, what I'm not terrible here. Smell this, a rag. Yeah. 356 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:18,240 It's just like, I fully, I fully believe that people believe this because it's, it's got 357 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:27,600 all of the elements, a government agency that's hiding the truth, a mysterious place like 358 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:33,520 Antarctica, the fact that they called it organism, whatever the fuck they called it. All of that 359 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:40,840 stuff just draws people in. And one of the things that I try to impart on my kids to 360 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:45,520 the point where they probably hate me. And this is probably why they have all figured 361 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:52,640 out that the Santa Claus isn't real is because I taught them to be skeptical. Yeah. Because 362 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:56,600 when I was little, I believed everything. I thought, you know, I thought everything 363 00:33:56,600 --> 00:34:02,720 was like a conspiracy and that, you know, all the shit was real. And it was only that 364 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:08,160 like feeling of when I found out it wasn't real that like, Oh my God, I'm such a moron 365 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:12,520 for even believing this. And, but the thing is like, you're not a moron for believing 366 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:16,560 this stuff because we want there to be wonder and like amazing shit in the world. Yeah. 367 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:20,680 But you had, but you had the ability just like me, like, cause I remember when I was 368 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:28,320 a kid, like I would watch like, I remember the, the way I got introduced to like, I didn't 369 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:33,360 even know it was him when it happened, but I watched Alex Jones's documentary about going 370 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:44,360 into Bohemian Grove. Yeah. And that was, that was fucking what? 2001? Yeah, man. And like 371 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:50,480 later to find out that like it was all faked. None of it was real. Like, like, but you want 372 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:57,040 that wondered like, yeah, but like, I get it. It's a, it's comforting. It's comforting 373 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:03,720 because when something bad happens, it's much more comforting to think someone was in control. 374 00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:09,760 But the thing is someone caused it. Yeah. Both of us realized once we got like an inkling 375 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:15,600 of truth behind the story that we were finding like, Oh, maybe I should look into this. And 376 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:21,520 we do. And then we realized, Oh, it's all nonsense. Like we, there's a difference between 377 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:27,800 us and someone who just believes the story that's being told. And then when provided 378 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:33,480 with facts against it, or just like, well, no, you're just part of the plot to keep. 379 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:37,800 Yeah. You know what I mean? Absolutely. Absolutely. This, I feel like this is one of those things 380 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:42,840 because I've seen people, like I said, Tik Tok videos, comments are like, this has been 381 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:48,120 debunked and like, Oh, well yeah, but that's just Russia trying to, or like the Russian 382 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:54,520 government or the American government trying to like, you know, put it to rest. And even 383 00:35:54,520 --> 00:36:02,400 though this is just a cryptid like thing and yeah, murky is the, it murks the whole thing 384 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:08,880 about crypt is being real. This is another fake thing. This is just like media literacy 385 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:14,440 for like the smallest thing. Like we need it broader and bigger. Like it's all bad. 386 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:23,080 Just always read your sources, always find your sources and then check the source and 387 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:28,240 then think, what does this source have to gain? Because 90% of the time when you find 388 00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:35,360 something that's amazing is bullshit. Like when we had that weird object that was floating 389 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:39,720 through space and everyone thought it was like an alien spaceship and it turned out 390 00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:43,400 to just be a fucking random rock that happened to get knocked around like a billiard ball 391 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:47,440 in space and just flew through our solar system. Well, there's also, there's also the, the 392 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:53,920 black night satellite, which I think was just a blanket. It was just a blanket that got 393 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:58,280 sucked out of the space station or something like that. There's a book that I'm reading 394 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:04,320 right now by a guy named Lee McIntyre and it's called how to talk to a science denier. 395 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:07,600 I was actually just looking it up now because I wanted to make sure I got the name right. 396 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:13,520 That sounds awful. I don't want to talk to a science denier. He talks about, but he talks 397 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:20,960 about how when people really believe something, you can't sway them with facts. No. And so 398 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:25,440 if somebody already believes something, you have to kind of guide them. And I'm still 399 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:31,920 reading it. So unfortunately I can't give you the fucking Cliffs notes right now, but 400 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:38,880 he said that regardless of your political ideation, ideology, not ideation, regardless 401 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:45,240 of your political ideology, it, you are more willing to accept misinformation if it furthers 402 00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:50,120 your narrative. And one of the things that I was really lucky to be able to do is when 403 00:37:50,120 --> 00:38:00,840 I started going to college, I started really, really checking sources and getting very analytical 404 00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:05,160 about about a source and where the information came from and what that information actually 405 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:09,440 means. There's also a YouTuber named Ryan Macbeth. I recommend everybody check him out 406 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:14,200 because he's really good at breaking down misinformation and explaining. He actually 407 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:18,560 talked about Tik Tok, especially he has this whole thing on how Tik Tok is basically a 408 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:24,760 cyber weapon. Yeah, it's not good. And so yeah, both sides are using it as a propaganda 409 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:33,400 tool. And so for me, the only way that I keep sane with misinformation is by viewing it 410 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:38,240 as a puzzle that I need to solve. And so when I hear something, I look into it and sometimes 411 00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:43,160 I'm let down. Sometimes I'm disappointed because the misinformation is actually not misinformation. 412 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:48,360 It's a real terrible thing that that's something I agree with or like is doing. And I have 413 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:52,320 to accept that it's actually happening. Yeah. Like, for instance, a great example is the 414 00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:58,240 debate. Joe Biden fucking tanked it and broke my heart. It was terrible to admit. But I 415 00:38:58,240 --> 00:39:04,000 can't lie because then I'm just no better than any of the misinformed people. Donald 416 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:08,120 Trump was aware. Yeah, he was lying his ass off the whole time. Things I knew were a lie, 417 00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:14,200 he was saying. But Joe Biden tanked the debate. He sucked. He was it was like he was. It's 418 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:19,880 like he wasn't even there. But the larger point I'm trying to make is that don't trust 419 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:26,200 anything. Yeah, don't trust any information until you can verify it for yourself as far 420 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:30,280 as you possibly can. And you're still going to get taken in. I've been taken in by shit 421 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:37,120 even now. But I want cryptids to be real. And that's why I'm so skeptical. Also, I knew 422 00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:43,400 that they couldn't swim in that water because a deadliest catch. What does that do anything? 423 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:48,040 Because even with an immersion suit, you can you won't live very long in freezing cold 424 00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:54,120 water. Well, I mean, they had a bank to sleep on. You were like, oh, he was just swimming 425 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:57,760 in the water. And I was like, no, he wasn't. He would have died. That's fine. Don't worry 426 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:03,000 about it. He said he had a wetsuit. That was like, no way. They said it was a hold on. 427 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:09,280 What did you say it was? It was a cold immersion sweat suit. What wetsuits? I don't know. You 428 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:14,400 don't really take leisurely swims in those things. I don't think they were nothing about 429 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:18,840 this was literally but also none of it's real. So anyways, but they never they never explained 430 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:28,800 how Organism 46 dash B somehow cut off their communications. Yeah. But also the other thing 431 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:34,400 that I was like when they said that it could shape shift to look like a scuba diver. I'm 432 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:43,120 like, look, cuttlefish and octopus, octopi, octo things are extremely talented, but they're 433 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:48,320 not that good. True. I'm going to take a look at one guy in a scuba suit and like, I can 434 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:53,720 do that. Yeah. But yeah, for seeing it for the first time and just perfectly just being 435 00:40:53,720 --> 00:41:00,120 like, yeah. But yeah, so only one organism on earth that can assume a form after looking 436 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:04,440 at it. And that is Meryl Streep. Thank you very much. Okay. All right. Sorry. Greatest 437 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:08,920 actress on earth. So anyway, so the point of the story is, you know, just don't be a 438 00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:14,640 dumb dumb. Just, you know, don't trust anything, man. 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