Black people meet. Christian Mingle. With two
E's, not an E -A. E -A is a completely different
website. I've heard. Will we get cut off? What
happened? 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. Welcome to the show,
people. Welcome to the show. Eat my shorts. So
here is to conversation. Tranquility base here.
Vehicle has landed. Welcome to the Cash Exchange.
What's up? How are y 'all doing today? We're
good. How was your drive in this morning? How
are you? I'm good. You're also good? And we have
a third host today. Would you like to introduce
yourself? Say anything about yourself? I mean,
they might know me from a previous episode. You
have been on a previous episode. Yeah. Making
my debut. What was that? Birthday week people?
Yeah. Yeah. It's a good one. Check it out. It's
gotten high praise from Karen. So you know it's
good. All right. Do you want to know what your
three things are for today? Yes. You waited too
long. You're getting them anyway. I guess so.
Okay. All right. Your three things for today
are Bluey, My Little Pony, and Beanie Babies.
Bluey, My Little Pony, and Beanie Babies. You
remembered them all. Congrats. I've been having
a rough go at it with remembering things I heard
10 seconds ago. So the fact that I got all three
of those is a miracle. To be fair, you did just
get off the road. Yes, that is correct. Because
we were, and this will be a nice little tie -in
to one of your three things, we were just at
a basketball tournament in College Station. You
ever been? I went when I was a junior in high
school for the Tour A &M. Yeah, me too. What
did you think of it when you toured? Not my people.
Not for me. Not for me. Not the same thing I
felt. What about you? What did you think about
College Station? I had a lot of A &M stuff. Very
small. Yeah. It's a college and that's it. Yeah.
An empty mall. And a Chewy's. But we went there
for a family member's basketball tournament.
And this apparently is a huge tournament. They
played it in a high school. They played it in
Rudder, the Rudder High School there, and they're
the Rudder Rangers. And everywhere there's a
sign that says Rudder Rangers, there's a little
logo for the National Guard. So I don't know
if this is like a feeder high school for the
Corps of Cadets, and then you go into the National
Guard. I don't know why it needs to be plastered
everywhere. And it's just the National Guard.
There's no other military branches on there.
These people are realistic about their students'
futures. Respect. We went there, and first off,
it was a tournament that is, it was an all -day
thing. It's been an, you know, how many days
has it been going on? Today was the last day.
I think it's been going on since. The 16th, so
like four days. Like Wednesday or Thursday. Okay.
And the cost of it was $40 a person. For a high
school game? Per day. Well, it was split between.
uh the high school the people that the ones that
were playing at the high school and then the
ones that were playing at the arena thing it
wasn't it wasn't part of a &m but it was like
a multi -complex 40 a day and i mean the people
the parents we were hanging out with had been
there since the beginning right so paying 40
a day times two and we went and we went to dinner
and we went to see them because it hadn't been
it'd been a while since we've seen them and we
were heavily debating on whether or not to actually
go because it would be $40 for a nine o 'clock
game, the last game of the night. So $40 a piece,
so $80. So we went back and forth and we were
told by the patriarch of the family that this
game was going to be a blowout. The one we'd
be going to see. We're going to annihilate this
team from Australia. which is where the blue
Italian comes from, and that it wouldn't be worth
the $80. We were hanging out with them after
dinner, and then they went into the game, and
then we get a text saying that, yeah, they're
not charging people. I spoke to the girl at the
door, and she said, just come on in. So we get
there. No one's at the gate. No one's at the
door. We walk into the arena, and there's maybe,
what, 15 people watching this game? Oh, wow.
Okay. And they were halfway through the first
quarter losing. And all you heard was this Australian
basketball coach on the other end of the court
just screaming in his silly accent, relax, relax.
You just kept saying that. I don't even know
what that means in the context of a basketball
game. Should you relax during a basketball game?
I don't know. But the whole time I was just trying
to come up with like Australian slurs to yell
across the room at them. Okay. And I mean, they
would have been a lot better had the game gone
the way everyone expected it to. One of them
was going to be, we're going to take you down.
Another one was going to be, after this game's
over, you're going to have to koala ambulance.
Okay. Kangaroo Jack sucked. Wow. The disrespect.
What else was there? Oh, when y 'all lose this
game, it's not going to be a good day for you.
That one was my favorite. And then another one,
regrettably, was Bluey sucks. But it doesn't.
It doesn't. I didn't believe it. I just wanted
to hurt them, you know? Sure, yeah. You know
how whenever someone you love, or just someone
hurts you, and you just want to say the meanest
thing possible, even if you don't believe it.
Do you think that Australians are as loyal to
Bluey as Americans are? They better be. They
better be. And for you to have the audacity to
use Bluey's name in the title of your three things,
And then we get to talking about Muffin. And
you're like, oh, is that the mom? Is that the
mom in Bluey's mom? I would just like to point
out that in the first take of this episode, they
both forgot several members of the family. No,
we didn't. We forgot one. Okay, you forgot one
member of the family. I stand by it. That's 25
% of the Bluey family. Muffin is the... embodiment
of chaos okay and she's the yin to her sister's
yang which is socks who is just go with the flow
a baby with no dialogue right yes yes but but
sees the chaos that muffin creates and tries
to bring some levity to it okay so from our first
take do you remember the core members of the
healer family so the parents are bandit the dad
Chili the mom, Bluey, obviously, and Bingo, the
little sister. I have a feeling that I might
step on my toes for some things that I'm going
to say later in this episode. But do you know
what careers Bandit and Chili have? No, I have
no idea. Think dog. Bandit is an archaeologist.
Okay, digs up bones. And Chili works in airport
security. Is she a drug -sniffing dog? Yes. Okay,
that's pretty cool. Okay, so off my bluey tangent,
my bluey tirade. Beanie Babies. Was that the
second one or was that the third one? I mean,
it's all the same, but it was the third one.
What was your second one? My Little Pony. Oh,
Lord. My Little Pony. So this is our second go
-around with this. So I feel like the... Element
of surprise is no longer there for our guest
host today. Sure. But I think that My Little
Pony is the only thing I can think of. I don't
think of the show. I don't think of the toys.
All I can think of now is Rule 34. That is...
I think a lot of why that was part of my through
line. I... unfortunately, was raised in the Tumblr
era, which is the perfect embodiment of Rule
34. Are you familiar with it? No. When you said
Tumblr, I thought of, like, the Cubs. I didn't
even know what Tumblr was. It was every angsty
teenager's, like, outlet. Don't recommend. No.
No. Rule 34 is essentially the idea that if a
thing exists, there is suggestive material made
about it. Very suggestive. And sometimes they
don't even suggest it. They just show it. Yeah.
Yikes. Disney has a whole vault of things that
were made based on their IP because everything
that an animator makes while they're employed
by Disney is owned by them. And so as a... I
think kind of protest. They just decided to make
a whole bunch of Disney porn. So there's a Disney
porn vault. Gross. Do you believe in the conspiracies
with the sex and the dust and the Lion King and
the boner and Little Mermaid? I mean, I think
it's possible. There was legitimately a penis
on the cover of Little Mermaid. Yeah, I have
the old VHS. Then there was also a boner during
the wedding scene. Yeah. I think the sex thing
is a reach. But I think there's also probably
a lot of people get bored doing the same thing
every single day. And sometimes you probably
want to throw in a nod every once in a while
to something that you can get past the censors.
And it's going to give you some kind of pride,
probably. Yeah. Yeah. I knew the only interactions
that I've had with my little pony people is a
cousin that I was around. And he was very, very
invested. He was probably 16 at the time. Wrong
age. No inclination of what he wanted to do with
his life. No want for a driver's license. He
planned to be in his parents' home for as long
as they would have them, which I felt like was
a ticking clock. He was on his way out the door,
whether he liked it or not. But he would go on
these spiels about My Little Pony and lore, and
you couldn't tell him to shut up. You couldn't
say, hey, talk about something normal for a 16
-year -old boy. because you felt like if he didn't
have an outlet for these things then he would
express himself other ways and that's not good
for anyone so everyone just let him talk are
we talking about a pumped up kicks kind of situation
something like that yeah and uh so everyone just
let him talk just shut it out and just said hey
that's him being him whatever anyways next topic
and then whenever it's the weekend and the kids
wake up they always wake up at a god -awful early
hour like it's the weekend sleep in But no, they
want to get up at 5 .45, 6 o 'clock. They've
mastered their circadian rhythms. When we don't
have the forethought the night before to snatch
the remote and go hide it so that they can't
turn on the TV as soon as they wake up, there
have been mornings where we have arisen to My
Little Pony on the TV, which on its face is,
okay, fine, whatever. This is material that is
meant for this age of children. But the problem
is that it doesn't look like My Little Pony.
How? I ask them what they're watching. They say,
it's My Little Pony. But it's humans. It's like
Monster High Bratz doll humans. Okay. They're
like purple and green and have rainbow hair and
all this stuff. It's how I imagine every high
school in California looks. So I said, this isn't
My Little Pony. And then they'll show me the
title screen, and it's like, My Little Pony,
blah, blah, blah. And I said, they're supposed
to be horses. That's why it's called My Little
Pony. And they just say, well, no, they started
out as horses, as ponies, but now they're humans.
On this planet, they're humans. On this planet?
I don't know. When did it turn into an interplanetary
show? But it is just a bashing to the brain cells.
There's nothing positive in it that I have seen.
And we've seen so many episodes. Yeah. It's yelling.
It's shrieking. It's just nonstop nonsense. The
whole ride through. Okay. So it's got a soft
ban in our house right now. And I feel like the
next time that it is back on, it's going to get
a full ban. I genuinely didn't know they were
still making My Little Pony. Yeah. Yeah, it exists.
And I can't get away from what I know is on the
internet about this stupid show. And so that
makes it ten times worse. That is absolutely
fair, especially now that they're people. When
did they anamorph my little pony? That's a great
question. You need to write in to whoever it
needs to be written into. Respectfully, I am
not the crowd. I'm not a concerned parent. As
a 26 -year -old childless adult, I don't think
that I can... I can be the Karen in this situation.
Oh. Nope. A what? Whoa. I'm going to need you
to censor that. Nope. Nope. That's going in there.
Unabridged. That can be the soft dope. Number
one kid. Number one kid. You gave her grandkids.
You already won. Hey -o. Number three was Beanie
Babies. Do you have any experience with Beanie
Babies? Yeah. I have a whole collection. Yeah?
Yeah. Not displayed or anything. It's in this
pouch. There we go. Shoved in another container
collecting dust in our garage. But back in the
day, I played with them and tried not to rip
the tags off of them. No? Do you have the Princess
Diana bear? Yes. Now what condition is it in?
Mint? Near mint? No. We didn't get the little
plastic covers. That was our retirement plan.
Now it's out the window. So I just, again, shoved
in a container. Now we've got to work until we're
dead. All because of the tag on a Princess Diana
bear. It's a shame. Should have been a more responsible
nine -year -old. You should have been. What's
the beanie baby of 2025? What are those called?
Labooboos. Labooboos? Yeah. I don't get it. They're
neat. I mean, are they? It's a mystery. I like
a mystery toy. You don't know which one you're
going to get until you open it. But then you
get the bad one, and then it's a bummer. Labooboos
are like a box of chocolates. I've seen freakouts
online, and I understand that the ones that you
see online are going to be the most ridiculous
reactions to them. But I don't fathom it. Can't
wrap my head around why... And they're so expensive.
Yeah. And they've been around for a while, and
then now they just all of a sudden hit it big,
where NBA players are walking into games with
one of them clipped to their belt loop. They
looked really janky when they first came out.
Not that they don't now, but I was actually watching
a video on them the other day. and apparently
the reason that they're so big now is because
there was a K -pop idol who essentially brought
them into the mix. Yeah, and then from there
it went through all the American celebrities,
and now all of a sudden they're $100. I served
a couple a little while ago, and the lady had
a labubu and a little chair for it. It felt like
I was serving at the American Doll Cafe. And,
I mean, to each their own. Like, if that's what
makes you happy, then who am I to say otherwise?
Was it at least being filmed? Could they blame
it on that? I felt like I was being punked for
a moment there. I don't think I was being filmed,
but it was a... Sorry, we know this looks strange,
but we're trying to go viral. I would accept
it then. I would have absolutely respected that.
I respect the hustle, but I'm deeply confused
by just a dinner out with your labubu. Did they
order any food for their labubu? That would have
been... If I'm being honest, I tried to interact
with them as little as possible. I was at, you
know that aquarium that we went to that got protested
by three people at PETA and then now it's gone?
Yeah. Yeah. So I was there another time and there
was a woman there with a stroller and two...
This woman was probably about my age. So early
30s. Two people that were with her, I'm assuming
were parents, probably in their 50s, somewhere
in there. And so I was like, oh, just a family
out taking baby to the aquarium. No. I was there
for that. I caught it. Oh, you were? I was. Oh.
And I caught a glimpse of this thing, this mass
that was in the stroller. And it wasn't a child.
It wasn't a real baby. It was one of those freaky,
I don't know, what are they called? Like the
unborn? There's a name for them that is genuinely
deeply questionable. No, it's just like, and
why are we feeding into this? Like if my children
were in a place where they wanted to do that,
we would have a sit down and say, hey, let's
not. Let's get you a puppy. They're reborn dolls,
by the way. Reborn. That's way better than unborn.
I mean. It's still an odd choice. The girl was
old? Oh, yeah. Like an adult? Like my age. Like
our age. We're not going to have to worry about
that because adult children don't need to live
at home. Oh, I don't know if they lived at home.
They were just out together? They were just out
together, yeah. Okay. And I don't even know if
those were her parents. Maybe those were just
her caretakers. I don't know. It was an interesting
situation, for sure. It was, and I did like a
triple take. Because the first one, I just caught
something in the corner of my eye. And then the
second one, I was like, there's no way. And then
the third one, I got a full picture. I don't
know. It's creepy. To each their own. To each
their own. Which brings me to a disclaimer, just
a blanket disclaimer. for anything I say during
this episode. You do you. I don't care. If you
have weird things that you want to make your
entire personality, go for it. I probably have
things about my personality that you're like,
that's weird. And you can have opinions about
that, but so can I about your weird things. Yeah,
I mean, you collect pencil sharpeners. That's
kind of weird to some people. I do. You collect
pencil sharpeners? But they're cool ones. There's
this weird phenomenon around the country. that
you go to a tourist attraction, somewhere where
there's a gift shop, and you'll find these little
copper figurines. Okay. And 100 % of the time,
for whatever reason, they are pencil sharpeners.
Yeah, what do we have? We have an Alamo. We have
a Ben Franklin. We have an Independence Hall.
We have a Liberty Bell. We have an oil derrick.
We have a... I have that love statue from Philly.
From Philly, yeah. And they're all pencil sharpeners
for whatever reason. Weird. Abraham Lincoln?
I don't know. Maybe. I don't know. But yeah,
we collect those. A horse. Yeah, I got that at
the stockyard. If you have a business... Or you
can get us in touch with a business that makes
these things. We would love to talk to them and
get whatever ones that they're willing to give
us. I didn't know that was a thing. I'll definitely
keep an eye out for them now. Whenever this episode
goes live Thursday, I'll post a picture of my
collection. Nice. Of my copper pencil sharpeners.
Okay. So, Bluey, My Little Pony, Beanie Babies.
Yep. Do you have? Can you? Can you draw the line?
Yeah, for once. Yeah? I think I can. Okay. What
do you got? Things that are intentionally made
for children. Okay. That's half of it, yeah.
Is it things that are meant for children but
have been usurped by adults? That have been made
really weird by adults, yeah. Yeah. Like Rule
34. Like Rule 34. So, I mean, I guess technically
it could have used any kind of kids programming.
I guess so. Everything's been made weird. And
that takes us to our topic of the day, Disney
adults. Disney adults. And I want to remind you
that I have that blanket disclaimer. So don't
come at me. Okay, so as kind of a preface, left,
right, or center, where do you stand on Disney
adults? Are you for, against, somewhere in the
middle? Which ones? I would assume that thinking
that they are ridiculous freaks is the right.
I did not mean that politically, but sure, yes.
Well, which one's right? Which one's left? I
rephrased it after I said it. This is not a political
podcast. Okay, so I'm on the side of I think
you're weird with my caveat that that's okay,
but I can still think that you are weird. So
is that pro or anti? That is... I'm looking for
a sound bite. You've got to be directly in one
side or the other. Okay, I am definitely, without
a doubt, against my definition of a Disney adult.
Okay. What about you? What about you? I'm in
the middle. Straddling the line. Some good, some
bad? Yep, not really sure which side to go. Where
are you at? I am pro -Disney adult. There are
obviously some caveats which we'll get into later,
but generally speaking, I'm pro -Disney adult.
We're going to have some tension this episode.
What is your definition of a Disney adult? I
specifically think of Disney adults as people
who make their entire personalities just going
to the parks, buying all the merch. Yeah. Can't
have a fully functional conversation outside
of the context of Disney. Have you guys seen
Love on the Spectrum? First season? Yes. Ooh,
future episode alert. I have seen clips because
I don't think that I could handle a full episode.
We've watched a little bit of one before and
then... I can't make it through her thing. I
don't like to listen to the commentary, so I
turned it off. Yeah. That's fair. Watched it
by myself. I'm vocal about my feelings and when
things don't make sense. So just watch things
that make sense. I do. Watch things that maybe
don't target a marginalized portion of our society.
It's not targeting, it's representation. Why
is that bad? See, you can't win these arguments,
people. They're not a sideshow. They're just
people. So in the first season of Love on the
Spectrum, there is a girl named Dani. Dani is
a gigantic animation nerd. So much so that in
the span of the first season, as she's doing
these like speed dating things and she's going
on dates with the people that the producers have
set her up with, the only thing she talks about.
Whole season is just animation. The only thing
that she wants out of a partner, they'll talk
about animation. At least it's broader than Disney.
Not really. Oh. I mean, it's not Disney specific,
but the only thing she'll talk about is the process
of animation. Do you think that's a rights issue?
Like Netflix says, hey, you can't say Disney.
You can say animation. You can't say Disney.
I don't think that she is the type who would.
Listen to those rules? Mince her words, yeah.
I think if she were specific to Disney, she'd
let you know. Oh, okay. Yeah, a lot that goes
down in the most recent season. She does find
her match that does like anime, and then something
happens. I've already told you, but I don't want
to spoil it for everybody else that haven't seen
it yet. I don't remember. He has religious beliefs.
And she's wanting to be a little bit more intimate
than he would like to be before marriage. And
so, yeah. Oh. It's very interesting. Oh, okay,
yeah. I'm starting to get pieces back of that.
She lives with her aunt and uncle. And I think
the first season, that's all she talks about
is wanting to be intimate with someone. Yeah.
It's very strange. It's a real horny part of
that show. She ever heard of a gigolo? a call
guy are there still jiggalos in 2025 yeah i'm
finding i'm sure they're easier to find now i
mean she's out of the shadows she seems more
like an ai chat kind of girl well she can do
that from her room yeah she can animate her own
rule 34 oh no uh anyway circling back uh that
is how i see disney adults is that kind of like
one track mind thing you agree with that you
have anything to expand upon that no i don't
think so because my my definition of a disney
adult is a grown usually childless don't come
at me don't come at me adult that makes their
entire existence about disney usually with a
focus on theme parks okay i i'm not coming at
you but i disagree that the childless thing is
a qualifier for a disney adult yeah why So I
think that there are Disney adults across any
level of parenthood or non -parenthood. We only
really as a society talk bad about the ones who
don't have kids. Like realistically, there's
parents who force a bunch of Disney stuff on
their kids who are still doing the exact same
things. We just don't think it's as weird because
they have kids. But like how many kids do you
think are named Aurora? Or Ariel or any like
host of Disney names because their parents just
really liked those things growing up. Hmm. Aurora.
Why does that sound familiar? Yeah, that one's
going to be. Seems like that's something that
the name that just popped up recently. Maybe
in the news or I don't. On the TikTok. Oh, the
TikTok. Yeah, the person who said that when they
have a baby, that the baby's not going to be
shown or talked about when they're born. But
I know what she looks like. Oh, you mean the
one that was complicit in her mother's murder?
That would be the one. The planner? The psychological
manipulator? Yeah. Gypsy Rose? Yeah. Is it Disney
at all? What? Oh, man. It's almost like you're
proving my point. Okay, there's a murderer in
every subsection of society. But I think to a
counter argument is I think that one, if you
see a family at Disney, you're more inclined
to believe that that is just, maybe it's a one
-off thing. If you know the people personally,
then you can know like, oh, they go to Disney
like three times a year. But then also, so when
you have that, then you have the cushion of the
kids. So maybe you force the kids into it because
you really want to do this and maybe the optics
of it are a little better. Yeah. The stigma is
a little less harsh if you have kids with you
because then it's just, oh, we're just family
on a trip. But then the ones that get the backlash,
and I'm not saying it's right. I'm not saying
it's wrong. I'm just saying that this is how
it looks. is that you're just adults that are
at this place for kids getting annoyed that there's
kids at this place for kids. And no matter which
way you slice it, Disney is expensive. I think
we've brought it up like three times now where
we've done an updated cost breakdown on how much
you're spending to have fun at Disney World or
Disneyland. And so I think that... That's also
something that you're going to see the people,
the Disney adults, there more prevalently because
it's not as expensive for them to go versus an
entire family to go over and over and over again.
My problem isn't with families. It's not even
with Disney adults that can keep it within reason.
If this is you for a week out of the year, cool.
Great. There's stuff I do a week out of the year.
That is just like, it's like my vacation. Fine.
But when every aspect of your life has to revolve
around Disney, that's when it's a sickness. And
that's when you need someone to step in and take
your hand and say, hey, cut it out. So I have
this like mentioned a little bit later in my
notes, but the reason that I think that Disney
adults are not as bad as a lot of people seem
to think that they are. Is because the problem,
like the people that you see online, the quote
unquote Disney adults are the loudest minority.
So it's not necessarily that like this is everyone
or honestly a lot of Disney adults. But the problem
is that the people that go to the parks, these
obnoxious people have just like main character
syndrome. They believe that they are somehow
more important than everybody else that's at
the park. And because it is expensive, a lot
of people adopt this mentality that like my vacation
is more important than your vacation. Like it's
not expensive for everybody to be there. Like
it's not some kind of like treat for everybody
to go. And so the problem with the parks for
me is that so many people go under the impression
that like I am somehow more important than everybody
else here. With or without kids and those people.
are the worst yeah yeah i mean that's how it's
going to be with any subsection of society is
that the ones that you're going to hear about
are the ones that uh are the loudest and the
most annoying yeah those are the ones that are
going to grab people's attention right like uh
i mean i don't even know if i can tread into
this water but there is a person a social media
person Yeah. I had them in my notes as well.
Oh, okay. All right. I'm going to let you take
that one then. I think that so much of the grievances
that I have with Lily Tino specifically have
nothing to do with them being a Disney adult.
My grievances with Lily Tino is not being a Disney
adult. It is that you, in so many cases, just
fundamentally misunderstand that this is still
for children. Yes. Like you are absolutely able
to enjoy the parks and you should, if that is
your prerogative until you decide that children
shouldn't be able to enjoy what children like
childhood, they shouldn't be able to enjoy childhood
because you have a bigger message or you have
a point to prove that is somehow more important
than these kids being kids. From an armchair
psychologist point of view. Because I didn't
know when I was going to work this in, but now
seems like the appropriate time. I can see that
maybe a lot of the Disney adult mentality comes
from people who felt like they didn't get to
experience a childhood for one reason or another.
I know that, especially for people in our age
demographic, like the ultimate vacation. You
didn't have a real vacation until you went to
Disneyland or Disney World. Sure. And so maybe
there's a group of people that felt like they
missed out on that. And so now they think that
they can just do it and get the same warm and
fuzzies from it. Right. Even though they're full
grown adults now with rent and car payments and
have to pay for their insurance. Yeah. I have.
A lot of thoughts when it comes to Lily, Lily
Tino, which have been brought in on a couple
of our episodes, I think, but it's so, it feels
so manufactured. So much of it feels like the
entire point is just to speak badly about the
community that they are claiming to be a part
of. Yeah. Because like the, if you ever look
in the comments on a Lily Tino video, The vast
majority of them are members of either the same
or similar communities that are talking about
how awful. How detrimental. She is. She is to
the rest of them. Right. Because, like, it's
not... Lily Tino projects the entire trans community
as the people who would have conversations about
getting a sex change in front of children at
Disney World. Take pictures in the Disney World
bathrooms. Using a corndog for a representation.
Or a marshmallow wand. Yeah. Are you going to
jump into the deep end with us? I'm just taking
it all in. We're just going to sit on the sidelines.
Yeah. I mean, that goes along with people trying
to allow those kind of books into classrooms.
There's not a place for it. Yeah. Yeah. So I
think there's a time and place for those kind
of conversations, but Disney World's probably
not one of those places either. I think if you're
doing it... for shock value and not to have an
actual constructive conversation you have no
place here no and it that is what it is for yeah
and the the whole disney world shtick is for
trolling knowing that there is a lot of public
debate about what should and shouldn't be around
children like what however you feel about it
if you're for it or you're against it the debate
is there and so you just want to piggyback on
that by inserting yourself into a place that
is meant for children and trying to stir up as
much controversy as many views and as much people
talking about you as possible so much so that
you're taking pictures in the bathroom and the
fact that It crossed this person's mind to do
a whole series on what the best women's bathrooms
are to use at Disney as a trans person. Shows
that the only purpose you have in this whole
thing is just to troll people because you know
that you're going to activate people. You know
people are going to be pissed. You got what you
wanted out of it. But then now you got, I mean,
Florida is not a state that I would mess with
doing that kind of stuff. I mean, I think that
a lot of that specific situation too is just
that it kind of originated as a way to build
up a GoFundMe to fund her trips to Disney. What
did? So like the waiter videos and stuff, there
ended up being a fund. There ended up being a
fund, like something between Kickstarter and...
GoFundMe. I don't remember. But essentially people
would just be paying to support her. And so she
ended up using that money to go to Disney to
make those videos. So it was just a desperate
cash grab that is a slap in the face to actual
members of that community. That person is definitely
a pockmark on Disney adults. I think the trans
community at large. Just the whole thing. And
it's the same with Dylan Mulvaney. Yeah. Yeah.
These people that get big, it's what they want,
and then they're throwing the rest of their entire
community down the river. Peter Dinklage. Yeah.
Screw Peter Dinklage. Closing that tiny door
behind him. Oh. Oh. So. What are telltale signs
of a Disney adult? Could you pick one out of
the crowd? Yeah. I think if you have Disney tattoos,
and before I get too deep in the weeds on this
one, I had an existential crisis when I was doing
the research for this episode because I don't
know if I have a Disney tattoo. For those of
you listening, I have a... Homer Simpson, Mr.
Sparkle tattoo on my leg. Now that The Simpsons
is owned by Disney, do I have a Disney tattoo?
No. Why? No. Because there's a big difference
between you having an image of Homer from a television
show meant for adults versus a person your age
having a picture of Ariel right above her ass
crack. Ouch. Oops. This is my second podcast,
so I'm a little new to all the things and the
sounds. The pops and clicks. But no, I mean.
I'm sorry. I have to touch on aerial tramp stamp.
The ass crack? You have to touch on the ass crack?
Aerial tramp stamp. I'm sure it's been done.
Maybe if you are out there listening. Maybe she's
like swimming through it. No. Like a crevice.
Like a crevice in the ocean. If you have a Disney
tattoo, send it to one of the social media pages.
Unless it's a tramp stamp. No, send those too.
CashExchangePod on Instagram. CashExchangePod
on TikTok. CashExchangePod at gmail .com. Soon
to have a P .O. box maybe. Soon to have a P .O.
box. Send us stuff, please. Please. But no. So
I'm going to get a Milhouse, and that tattoo's
going to have meaning behind it. Sure. And it's
from something that is for adults. Sure. Maybe
not adults, but older than childhood. Not necessarily.
We were kids when we got into The Simpsons. We
shouldn't have. Yeah, I mean, it wasn't that
bad. I mean, it's nothing compared to what is
available now. But it was a family guy of its
time. I also watched a lot of Family Guy when
I was younger, which honestly might say something
about me. So, no, I mean, like if it's the silhouette
of the Snow White apple above your... Isn't that
just a regular apple? ...ankle. I don't know.
I mean, I'm sure there's some sort of design.
You're like, oh, that's from Snow White. I don't
know. Or a silhouette of a Disney princess. The
Mickey ears? The Mickey ears are the ones that
get me. I don't like Mickey ear tattoos. No.
I don't like Mickey ear tattoos. I'm fine with
the actual ears. I just think they look dumb
as tattoos. I really wish I would have brought
my Mickey ears. But no, I wholeheartedly agree.
That is number one on my list on how you can
find one. How you can pick them out of the crowd.
Spot a Disney adult in the wild. Yeah. They're
either going to have a character or a quote that
has no meaning besides shouting to the world,
hey, I like Disney. Okay. Number two on my list.
You plan multiple trips to Disney a year, either
Disneyland or Disney World. Income depending.
I think that if you are not a millionaire, if
you have to set aside money every month until
your trip to go to Disney World, and then as
soon as you get back, you start it all over again,
I think that it's a sign of a Disney adult. I'm
not saying it's right, I'm not saying it's wrong.
If that's going to be your vacation for the year,
more power to you. But you are a Disney adult.
I touched on this in... one of the past episodes,
but I would personally love to go to Disney at
some point, even as a childless adult. But the
thing that I think ruins the idea of a Disney
vacation for me is that I'm just not willing
to spend that much money. I am not willing to
plan that hard because I see I'm on that side
of TikTok. Good thing or bad thing is debatable,
but. Every once in a while, I'll see, like, these
are budget hacks, and this is where you need
to go expressly to be able to eat at Disney for
this family every single day. Like, that is too
strict. I am not going to enjoy my vacation personally
if I have to make sure that I eat the beignets
at Tiana's place, but I can't drink there because
the drinks there are too expensive. And I can
only get the drinks at Epcot from... the Mexico
area because those drinks are better than the
ones in like the Asian area. I don't know. It's
a, it's so specific that it just sounds more
exhausting than it's worth. Well, I like to plan
out stuff like that. That's fine. See, I got
my built in. Yeah. Playing right here. I guess
she can't come with us then. I mean, what if
she planned it? Would you be fine with that?
Yeah. If all that was taken off of you? Sure.
Yeah. Okay. There you go. But, if i didn't have
kids i would be perfectly fine never going to
disney world again sure never going to disneyland
last time i was there was the summer between
sophomore and senior year no junior and senior
year and no sophomore junior year there we go
and i have real real terrible blackberry pearl
pictures from that experience and i would be
fine if that was my experience at Disney World.
But that still kind of ties back into the if
it was a part of your childhood kind of thing
then it's different as an adult. I never went
to Disney as a kid and so I would like to be
able to see it once. I don't think that I would
ever want to make it a regular rotation thing
because I don't go to a lot of things that are
that kind of family friendly. Because like some
things I believe that some things aren't for
me and I think that that's one of those things.
And that is okay. That is okay. If you are too
fat to ride the ride, that is okay. If you don't
like it, then do something about it to where
you do fit into it. Am I supposed to find a Zoltar
machine so I can go backwards like big? Or what
do I do to fit into those boxes? No, I went to
Disney World as a kid, I think two or three times.
And there's only... So much that I remember from
that. And so it was kind of nice to go again
as an adult. Because I couldn't really remember
a whole lot. Yeah? Yeah. Did you enjoy it as
much as an adult? Yeah. Yeah? It was pretty great.
I went with my parents and I was probably 25,
26 years old. Okay. It's okay. I mean, I'd be
willing to try it. Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know.
I had a blast. But from where I sit right now,
I'd be perfectly fine not going. How much the
kids would enjoy it, so I'd like to go. But it'd
also be extremely difficult to justify the price
tag. I think it would be a great thing to do
so long as you understand where you are. The
whole thing is just, as long as you're enjoying
this experience as an adult at the park and not...
As a person trying to either reclaim their youth
because this is a thing that their childhood
was built out of or be kids again because they
didn't have a childhood the first go around.
If you put all of those expectations on it, you
just will not be, you won't have fun and you
won't be pleasant to be around. No, I completely
agree. So I think if you're going into it for
the right reasons, then go for it. Yeah. Next
one I have is. Do you have a favorite ride? And
you can talk about it forever. If I am on the...
If I'm in line for the Haunted Mansion and I
hear a conversation behind me about something
that is not on full display, nothing that I can
just draw context clues from seeing from my surroundings,
then I'm going to know that the person talking
is a Disney adult. Okay. If I overhear you saying,
well, actually, the hatbox ghost used to be two
feet to the right on opening day. I don't know
if that's a hill you want to die on because I
know you and I both can do that with a lot of
things. And that brings me to my blanket statement.
That is okay. I'm not saying it's bad for you
to be a Disney adult. I'm saying that I can judge
you. And you can judge me. Yeah? Okay. And we
can still coexist in this world and live fulfilling
lives. Have you ever seen the coexist bumper
stickers that are made of Disney symbols? Oh.
I would punch them in the face. Just not for
any political or religious reasons. Yeah. Just,
I hate bumper stickers. I hate them. My bumper
sticker is awesome. What is it? It's Bobby Hill,
but it's Barbie. Okay, that's fine. Is it the
same one you have on your fridge? Yeah. Slogans.
Those long rectangular ones. My other car is
your mom. Yeah. Yeah, and like today we passed
one that said, too blessed to be stressed. Okay,
but why? Why do you need to show that to the
world? Just be so blessed that you are not stressed.
What about tuna shamed? What? There is a Christian
bumper sticker and it says unashamed, but right
beside it, it has a cross. And so it just looks
like it says tuna shamed. Arguably the best bumper
sticker ever made. Or like if you see. Romney
08. Why? Why? I'm still holding on to it. Take
it off. Don't put a political bumper sticker
on your car anyways in today's climate. But definitely
take it off after he loses. Especially if he
loses. Take it off if he wins. After that term
is over, if Mitt Romney had won in 08, 2012,
boom, it's gone. There are... So many in the
city of Austin. Bumper stickers of either Bernie
Sanders. Lots of Bernie Sanders. Lots of Clinton.
R .I .P. Hillary, not Bill. I don't think any
of the cars are old enough to have a... Who are
you ripping? The campaign. Oh. Oh, okay. I thought
you had some insider information. R .I .P. Hillary,
not Bill. Yeah, no. There are campaign bumper
stickers for Hillary, for Bernie, for O 'Rourke.
And then you have the four -wheeled bumper stickers,
the Cybertrucks. Hold on. Did you just... It's
O 'Rourke. You're pro Cancun cruise. I can be
against someone and not be for the other one.
I think that Ted Cruz is Grandpa Munster. Reincarnate.
Okay. And possibly the Zodiac. I believe he's
the Zodiac killer. We don't know how many times
he's reincarnated. Speaking of bumper stickers,
though, I definitely want the Ted Cruz one that
says this man ate my son. Oh. Especially because
he lives not too far from here. So, we went from,
are you left, right, or center? Well, this isn't
a political podcast. To, you're for Ted Cruz?
I'm, for the record, this is not a partisan issue.
I just hate that man. That's not left, right,
or center. He just sucks. He was just going to
enjoy vacation while everybody else was freezing
cold and, you know, icing over. Did the same
thing with the floods, yeah. You can't... What's
he going to do? Is Cancun going to be there the
week after? Maybe, maybe not. What if they get
flooded too? He doesn't believe in global warming,
so it's fine. Just for the record, I don't like
the man either. That man ate my son. I don't
even know what the... I know it was something
from his campaign. I honestly don't remember.
I just think it's funny. I don't remember the
specific context for it. One of my favorite cruisisms
is that Trump called his wife a dog. Your wife's
a dog. And then after that, yeah. You gotta do
the hands. He's very huge. Your wife's a huge
dog. I'm sorry, what? Did not hear dog. You hear
dong? It did. Your wife's got a huge dog. No,
that's what he's talking about in Michelle. Damn.
Yep. Waka waka. Oh, man. No. Yes. And then after
that, just... Senator Cruz, so President Trump
called your wife a huge dog. How do you feel
about that? You know, it's just, it's campaigning.
You know, you say things. You try to get in the
other one's head. We've moved past it, and now
we're just ready to MAGA. Or MAHA. That's my
favorite one. No matter how you feel about Trump
and RFK Jr. and everything that's going on, the
fact that they went with MAHA. I was about to
say, does Amanda Bynes get residuals every time
they say it? She needs it. She needs it so she
can finally pass her cosmetology class. She's
got a thriving nail business whether or not she
passes. Yeah. I'm going to get my nails done
by her. I would just feel a little safer if the
state came in and said, yeah, this woman is sane
enough to do your nail. The state's already done
too many things to Amanda Bynes. Let her live.
Do you have any other descriptors of a Disney
adult? Decor. Decor? Yeah. Decorating your house
with toys and things and stuff. Yeah? Yeah. I'd
said before that the Simpsons don't really count.
They were just an acquisition. They weren't part
of Disney. From the beginning. And so they're
kind of, they're an exception. Okay. What I don't
think, even though it came in afterwards, it
is the same caliber of person, are the Marvel
Star Wars people. So you think they're Disney
adults but Simpsons people, aren't? Yes. Okay.
Why? Hmm. Because I think that, I don't really
know why. Maybe this is bias coming through.
In fact, it probably is. I think it is. So maybe
I'm a Simpsons adult. And that is okay. I think
you're a Disney adult. I'm not a Disney adult.
Don't you dare. I think you're a Disney adult.
You're also... Okay. We used to watch Disney
hack YouTube videos. Mm -hmm. Yeah, all the time.
Yeah, but that's... To try to get the kids to
Disney. That wasn't just because, oh, this is
just, ooh, I love this. It was just practical.
Yeah. Okay. Would you describe yourself as a
Disney adult? Yes, but I also don't think it's
a bad thing. To an extent. I don't, I'm not going
to be, I'm not saving up to go to the parks.
If I did go to the parks, I'm not trying to.
shove the kids out of the way so that i get to
meet cinderella oh like it's i don't think that
i'm the kind of disney adult that a lot of this
conversation revolves around but i do think that
i'm a disney adult because i do love a lot of
disney's ip okay i don't make it my personality
which might be the dividing line but okay yeah
i mean yeah I think the dividing line is the
personality. Okay. And another thing is that
Disney adult, what I'm describing as a Disney
adult, cannot admit when a property is ass. They
give a pass to everything just for the fact that
it is Disney. So I can't tell you the last time
that I saw... something from disney was like
huh that's pretty good but i can sure tell you
the last time i saw something from disney i was
like that was dumb yeah that was awful they'd
either tried too hard to push a message or it
just was clinging on so tightly to previous work
that it just it was completely unenjoyable like
moana 2 moana 2 sucked yeah But the first one
was great. What else have we seen recently? We
haven't seen it yet. I do find it very funny
that the whole, and again, this is just what
I have heard because I haven't seen it for myself,
but the whole of the original animation, the
entire point is that it doesn't matter where
you come from, you're family, and family is most
important. But then at the end of the live action
one, she just leaves Lilo with the state and
then goes off to the mainland to go to school.
What? That's what I've heard. Yeah, I don't know.
Yeah. Oh, my God. Spoiler. Good Lord. I think
people hate on Disney adults for the same reason
that I hate on prequels, sequels, and reboots.
Mm -hmm. If a thing is important to you, it can
still be important to you in the form that it
existed in to begin with. You can imagine other
things happening with these characters if that's
what you choose to do. Blowing all of this money,
all of these resources on movies that have already
been done is just lazy nostalgia bait. Like there's
nothing, if you have nothing new to say, don't
say anything. Concur. So I think now that we
gave you some telltale signs of how to pick one
out of the crowd, what about Disney adults that
are just looking for love? I had a bit of a rabbit
hole deep dive on this one. Me too. Did not realize
that there was not one, not two, but three. Disney
adult -specific dating apps. Websites. Yes. Yes.
And only one of them is, I feel like, at least
there is a positive turn in the use of their
services. I mean, there isn't use of one of their
services because it hasn't been launched yet.
What? I'm not talking about the one that was
just announced. What three do you have? I have
Meet Upon Main, Mouse Mingle, and Single Riders.
Yeah. Meet Upon Main is what I'm talking about.
Okay. And that one has been launched. I know.
Yeah. Mouse Mingle. No, I was saying that, like,
you said one of the three has had a different
use. The other one doesn't have any uses yet
because it hasn't been launched. Oh, no. But,
I mean, the intention, like, they all have the
same intention. Yeah. They're to get these people
pooled together. I have a conspiracy. That's
actually to get these people on a list. A self
-subscribed list. For what? Don't know. Don't
know. You could say that about literally anything
online. It's to get you on a list. But I'm not.
I'm saying it about this. Yeah? I'm saying it
about this. You're a big exception to the rule
kind of person today. Consider my words marked.
Good lord. I don't know. Maybe. Meet on Main.
Meet upon Main. Whatever it is. Meet upon Main.
Like once upon a time? Yeah. But no, it's like
meet upon Main Street. Yeah. Their quote is,
where magic begins, whether looking for love
or a park buddy, we're committed to creating
a space for all Disney fans to connect. And a
portion of their proceeds go to... bringing Terminal
Kids to Disney World. Oh, that's nice. So you
have to pay to be on this? Yeah. I'm pretty sure
you have to pay for the other two too. The other
two as well. What about yours? So I was doing
a little bit of a TikTok deep dive, which I deeply
regret because my For You page has changed on
Single Writers because Single Writers is the
one that's in its beta test right now. The owner
and the creator of this app does all of his videos
in a sully onesie oh see to which why to each
their own to each their own do you personally
speaking why why maybe it's just real comfy i
i feel like it's a choice i don't think to be
true yeah i don't think that's the only reason
Go full send. Do the Mickey ears. No. Mickey
ears, Sully onesie. Mickey ears are very uncomfortable.
You can't cross -contaminate IPs. Why? Pixar
is also owned by Disney now, and he's promoting
a whole Disney... But Sully doesn't have ears.
If canonically he had put on Mickey ears in one
of the Monsters movies, then he could, in his
ads, have Disney ears. He wears the hat, but
not... Yeah. He's got horns. Couldn't you just
put horns on the ears? Put like horns on the...
And then wouldn't he just be wearing horns? I'm
sure they have sully ears. No. Horn ears? Listen
to yourself. You're ridiculous. You know what?
It feels important to me now. I need to see if
there are sully ears. I'm sure there are. So
one of the glowing, or not glowing, glaring phrases
that was on the website for single writers is...
For like -minded individuals. Hmm. Ah, there
you go. They are horns. But canonically, canonically,
in the Monsters universe. Who's to say, whenever
they do a live -action Monsters, Inc., because
they will, he's not going to have real ears.
Okay. I'm calling it ahead of time. Okay. Well,
they're making a new roller coaster. It's a Monsters,
Inc. one. Now I'm kind of feeling like I'm pro
-Disney adult. Yes. This is a bummer for me.
I lost you. But for like -minded individuals,
that's cult language. Which Disney is very heavy
into cult language. To be fair, most dating sites
are for like -minded individuals. Yeah, let's
see. That's why there's... But when you say it
out loud, when you say the quiet part out loud...
No. That's why there's farmers only. That's why
there's... Black people meet. Christian mingle.
With two... E's, not an EA. EA is a completely
different website. I've heard. Did we get cut
off? What happened? I just wanted to let you
sit with that. Yeah, I mean, most dating sites
are meant to have you start out with some kind
of foundation. That's why you have profiles that
give your highlight reel. Yeah. It's easier if
the only people that you're looking at are also
very into this thing you're very into. I just
looked up the tagline from the dating site that
we met on. You know what it says? It's real interesting
to me. It says, it's a dating app that empowers
women to make the first move in conversation.
It's a women empowerment dating app. How do you
feel about that? What's wrong with women having
power? I don't think women should have power
at the cost of men having power. I think everyone
should just have power. All power to everywhere.
But if everybody has power, does anybody really
have power? If everyone gets a medal, then did
anyone get a medal? I don't know. To quote Disney
IP, if everybody is special, no one is. That's
how I live my life. Dash from The Incredibles,
in case you're wondering. Oh, it's a real quote
from that? Yeah. Oh. Yeah. Third one is, so we
have a charitable one. We have a cult -adjacent
one. And then we have mousemingle .com. Worst
name. And worst, worst, I don't, synopsis, worst
tagline, I guess. It's dedicated to fans of all
things Disney. They state that traditional internet
dating sites don't understand the passion people
have for all things Disney, but we do. Nope,
nope, nope. Hold on. Hold on. If you're looking
for your Mickey or Minnie, remember, it all starts
with a wink or a message. Looking into stuff
for this episode, I was... I was confronted with
a memory of those kiosks that are in the middle
of the mall where it's in the Disney font and
it's like, he's my Mickey, she's my Minnie. The
worst human beings you will ever meet. Oh, man.
Just awful. I have a personal encounter with
somebody like that. Oh, yeah? Yeah, this person
was... Real nice. Real pleasant to be around
for the most part. Except for when it came to
their time, or close to their time, when they
were going to Disney. Every day at lunch, this
person would say, Alright, I've got 34 more days
and 5 more hours. Or, in 10 minutes I can sign
up to go eat at Cinderella's Castle. Oh, but
then there's this event, so I don't know if I'll
be able to do it then. They were real excited
about it. They saved up their money. The person
they went with was always their mom, which was
interesting, but okay. She always seemed to have
fun, would show us pictures and planned out her
outfits and made sure she had one of those lounge
fly backpacks to match her ears. I mean, she
was excited, and I think she went for Halloween,
and then again, Probably for spring break and
then again in the summertime. Is this woman happily
married? No. Did you tell her about Mouse Mingle?
No, I didn't. Meet Upon Me? I kind of want to,
though, but... She could be one of the beta testers
of single writers. She struggled a little with
dating. Interesting. Yeah. On principle, I think
that you are allowed to be excited about however
many days are left in your countdown. Yeah. But
I think you are only allowed socially to share
certain points. I am one month away. I am six
months away. If you are sharing with me up to
the day. To our daily countdown. Up to the hour.
Minute, maybe. I don't want to talk to you. But
where it was coming from was the Disney app.
So, like, she would make all of her reservations
and stuff through the Disney app. And it would,
like, give, like, show a breakdown. They are
well aware of what they're doing. That was real
interesting. Because I didn't know that was a
thing. But luckily for her, she does work with
children. And she implements her Disney love
in her classroom. And they love it. And she thrives
in that. And so, you just got to find the right
outlet, I guess. She's making it work. Yeah.
Do you think it's strange? Would you think it
was strange if someone just wanted to talk to
you nonstop about Six Flags? Yes. I would think
it's strange if someone wanted to talk to you
nonstop about any one thing. But like just, you'll,
okay. We'll say you're having just a conversation
with someone and then they casually slip in something
about Six Flags, right? Okay. And then you're
like, hmm, okay. Weird choice, but all right.
And then. You keep going about your conversation,
and then another Six Flags thing comes up. Are
you going to think that's weird? After a certain
point, I would genuinely assume that you're the
reincarnation of Mr. Six, but... Oh, the old
man that answered? Yeah. Oh, that was great.
But I don't think we have that same mindset when
someone talks about Disney. Is that just because
it's so prevalent throughout all of culture?
Yeah, I mean, there's a lot more to Disney than
there is to Six Flags. Yeah. Like, I mean, you've
got the rides, you've got Looney Tunes, DC. I
think it's just Looney Tunes and DC now, isn't
it? I think they're slowly phasing out Looney
Tunes. Nickelodeon. Oh, they are? Stop. Did they
still have Nickelodeon? I thought they got rid
of the Nickelodeon stuff. I don't know. I can't
remember the last time I saw Six Flags. SpongeBob,
I think, was the last holdover. And that's been
gone forever. Six Flags is like a ghost town.
Okay. So you're saying that there's just a lot
more of Disney to talk about. Yes. Okay. I mean,
you have all the movies, too. Okay. That's a
good point. And soundtracks. What about Universal?
Oh. Why are there not Universal adults? Hmm.
Why don't people make a big stink about them?
Harry Potter people. Harry Potter or Harry Potter
people. Yeah. That's usually a lot. They have
the robe thing. Okay, but before they put Harry
Potter Land in there, you still heard about Disney
adults. You didn't hear about Universal adults
or people bashing on people that go to Universal
all the time. I think it's just marketed differently.
Yeah? I mean... So do you think that Disney is
more successful in that? Absolutely. Even though
they probably have a lot less overhead so they
don't have to make as much? Universal makes so
much of its money with things that you can't
really replicate in a theme park. Everything
that Disney makes could be replicated in the
theme park. But Universal does... You've been
to Universal, right? Nope. I have been. So in
the California one, at least, they do a little
tram ride through the entire set. So you'll go
through... um like when i went i went through
the set of the good place and a bunch of like
there was jaws with the animatronic shark like
actual filming like actual set yeah oh um so
have you seen the good place you have right so
i went through the town square where they have
like the yogurt shop we drove through that um
but then they get to a point where they're talking
about like the effects and stuff that universal
does for some of its movies so you're in a like
subway car that gets um flooded for a second
and then it goes into like the fast and furious
stuff and like there's not a lot that you can
uh you bring in mark sinclair into this uh there's
not a lot that you can do with like the fast
and furious or with jaws or with like most of
the stuff that universal produces yeah apparently
the fast and furious ride is pretty ass yeah
that's what i heard i don't know It's like a
4D movie. Oh, okay. I also think that they haven't
dedicated a ton of money to their rides because
almost all the rides that I went on when I was
at Universal were the same. They were just 4D,
like you sit in this little, it's essentially
like a sleigh. At least the one for The Simpsons
was a three -row roller coaster car. And you
went off the tracks and it's the Spongebob ride.
It's the same as it was in the Despicable Me
area. Men in Black? No. Indiana Jones was fun.
That one was cool. Did you go to the Mummy? Mummy,
not Indiana Jones. The Mummy was cool. The cockroach
things freaked me out. That one was not a fun
experience. Jurassic Park and The Mummy were
really the only ones that weren't the 40 rides.
And Hagrid's thing, but that line was way too
long. I was reading an article that was talking
about why people hate Disney adults, and two
of the things that they pointed out I thought
would be interesting talking points. One of those
was because it's very weird for a person to mourn
the loss of a ride. That is weird. This was specifically
talking about the loss of a ride that I did not
know was themed after Song of the South, Splash
Mountain. Yeah. I watched a video because they
reopened it. I think they closed it in 2020,
I think. I don't remember. It was shockingly
recently. But they brought it back as Tiana's
Bayou Adventure. And the new one looks so cool.
I don't know what it looked like before. I don't
know that I've ever seen the full ride to Splash
Mountain. I've only ever seen the drop part.
But I think it's insane that you could mourn
the loss of a ride. That is a valid reason to
have distaste for certain Disney adults. Yeah.
Yeah. I think it probably falls into the same
realm as you. are passing by somewhere from your
childhood and it used to be this thing you had
fond memories of this thing and now it's not
that thing anymore so you feel like that part
of your childhood is just dead sure i know this
happens to me uh the the chuck e cheese that
we were constantly abandoned it that's not chuck
cheese anymore what is it it's nothing it's gone
the facade is still there the signage is down
but it's just an empty empty thing now it's a
shell And see that you are feeling that right
now in real time. I was going to say, maybe that
is where it's, it's not because, Oh, this ride
is a different ride now. It's because you have
those memories connected to this thing, this
inanimate thing. And now that thing is not that
thing anymore. And so you just feel like that
part of you just, the, the only example that
I could really think of with that for some reason
was my first, serving job. I worked at a Cotton
Patch Cafe. I was there until the end of Cotton
Patch Cafe. And it was so strange going to see
it when it became Torchy's Tacos. Yeah. Like
I could still see like the shell of the restaurant
that I used to be for one thing. Super excited
they got rid of the carpet because what restaurant
has carpet? And even before it was a Cotton Patch
it was an Applebee's. Yeah. Which seems more
on brand. So why didn't you mourn it being an
Applebee's? I don't remember ever going to that
Applebee's. Exactly. See, so it's not that the
thing changed. It's that the memories you had
tied to it are now influenced by this change.
For sure. That was just like, so whenever I was
trying to think of like a version of this kind
of thing that fit into my life, the only thing
I could really think of was that. Gotcha. But
generally speaking, like. Even in the sense that
like that Chuck E. Cheese is closed down, like
it's, I couldn't tell you the last time I was
there and those memories that I have of it are
still very much present. That's fair. I do remember
that one. It was 2020, maybe my 20th birthday.
No, I was like 17, I think. So you're at least
23. Oh, there you go. Long time ago. It was,
it was a while ago. Um, but, but yeah, like those,
those memories still. hold exactly the same amount
of weight as they do or as they would have anyway
so i mean i don't i don't necessarily understand
this one but i also think that going through
a whole like grieving process even if it's just
for you for the sake of being like characteristically
dramatic because you're on the internet it's
it's weird i think it's weird yeah that uh i
mean i think it's weird to have a sustained morning
for Anything like that. Anything that's not sentient.
So, I mean, it's just that you say, hey, that
was a good thing that happened before. It's not
that way anymore. That sucks, but it's okay.
And you move on with your life. What was your
other one? The other thing that I had from this
article was one of the reasons that we hate Disney
adults is because Disney adults are predominantly
millennial women. And we tend to hate a lot of
the things that millennial women like. Points
to that alongside Disney are Twilight, Taylor
Swift. Whoa. Uh -oh. We'll save that for later.
Sure. But a lot of people hate on just like millennial
women things. Why do you think it is? I don't
know. We just don't. Want women to have things.
Okay. No, I don't know. Like, never mind. No,
like what? No, I'm good. Come on. Come on. No,
it's okay. What do we not want women to have?
Equal pay. Say in their body. This is what I
didn't want to say. Autonomy, let's go. Just
like that, we are a political podcast. Remember,
you have three girls living in your house. Oh,
I know. And he thought periods were taken care
of with gloves. They could be. They could be.
They could be. I mean... They probably shouldn't
be. Probably. Anyway... Yeah, I'd be interested
to know what people think the reason for that
is. The... Millennial women, I think, tend to
be a little bit more of like the DIY, the crafty
kind of people. And so I think they are more
capable of wearing their interests. Are those
the kind of people who tend to decorate for every
holiday? Probably. Oh, no. Are you having a self
-realization right now? No. Live on recording?
No. I love Disney, but I don't make it my whole
personality. When we go one day, you better believe
we're going to have coordinating outfits. Ears
for each day. You're Disney bounding? I'm not
wearing ears. Oh, you know, boys don't wear ears.
They can wear hats. Whoa, okay. Boys don't wear
ears. Maybe this is why everyone's hating on
millennial women. No, out of vision. You're gatekeeping.
We're going to have a theme for every day, and
you're going to like it, and you don't have a
choice. Ooh, okay. That is strong phrasing. So,
but again, we don't have decorations up in the
house. The most, like, kid things are in the
kids' rooms. Yeah. And even then, I mean, they
don't have character stuff plastered all around.
Yeah. So. I mean, I love Disney and all things
Disney, but I don't make it my entire personality.
And that's where I'll stand on that. Yeah. All
right. Do we have any closing words of wisdom?
What do you got for us? All I think that needs
to be said is hakuna matata. What a wonderful
phrase. All right. And if you are a Disney adult
at the parks, remember, this is for you, mostly
for the kids that are still in their first go
-round. Be kind. Okay. Okay. And for as myself,
there are probably... Sometimes during this episode
where I flipped opinions, my opinion, where I
maybe was a little hypocritical. But at the end
of the day, I don't really care. And come at
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into the news in the slammer where they need
to go and then we will become yes it'll be that
one podcast someone sent a rabbit to yeah There
we go. See? Marketing. See? We didn't get those
degrees for nothing. And on that note. Again,
have your thing. Enjoy it. I'll have my stuff.
I'll enjoy it. And I can make fun of your thing,
not understand it. You can make fun of my thing,
not understand it. And that's okay. The world
will go round. We'll keep on keeping on. All
right. We'll see you. Bye.