Welcome to Botches Off -Road. Join us as we talk
about everything from gear reviews to trail stories,
trail camping to rock landing, and all things
to do with the outdoors. Today is an Orthology
episode. It's a new month. Cindy Pope put out
a new episode, or a new episode. Yeah, she does
episodes now, guys. Cindy Pope put out a new
magazine earlier this week. It was a pretty good
one. I read through it. Not a whole lot of hard
-hitting articles that would be good audio -wise.
But there was one that seems to really be interesting
to anyone who likes Alaska. The Great North Frontier.
Oh, yeah. It'd be kind of cool to go to at some
point. God, I would love to go to Alaska. Overlanding
in Alaska would be a whole lot of fun. Oh, it
would be. So this is by Scott and Ashley. There
are way too many. There are not enough vowels
in that last name. I cannot pronounce it. H -R
-N -C -I -R -I -K. Hrnkrik? Hornsrik? Sorry for
butchering. yeah sorry scott and ashley that
is that's a hard one to to say maybe if i heard
it once i'd understand it from there on out but
yeah we'll uh we'll get right into it and this
one they kind of part one it's a two -parter
part one kind of gives some looks like 10 tips
and then it looks like part two is about living
in alaska full -time all right This will be an
interesting one. So part one, the epic family
expedition. Being in Alaska is a once in a lifetime
experience that offers stunning landscapes and
abundant wildlife. However, this wonderland has
rough edges and thorns as you can find yourself
in rugged environment and unpredictable weather
that can quickly turn into a survival situation
very quickly. A little redundancy there, but
that's okay. Here are some essential tips that
we picked up on our journey from Alaska that
will help ensure your safe and enjoyable trip.
Number one, prepare for unpredictable weather.
Alaska's weather can change rapidly and without
warning, even in summer months. Be ready for
rain, wind, and even snow, depending on how far
north you are or how high in elevation you are.
Pack waterproof gear, insulated sleeping bags,
even in the summer. Lots of layers and extra
boots. You know, I really feel like that's kind
of a given. You're in Alaska. Yeah. Tip two.
Compared to their season so far this year, they
haven't really had a lot of snow. Has anyone
had a lot of snow? I'm trying to think. Well,
I was following the guy that does Truck Life,
and I guess they didn't get snow until, like,
almost February. wow yeah well also i know he
lives in the southern part of alaska so okay
tip two be bear aware store dry foods in bear
proof containers and do not cook where you plan
to set up camp to sleep never leave smelly food
in your tent carry bear spray and know how to
use it make noise while hiking so They don't
say it, but do they mean like 9mm bear spray
or like bear spray, bear spray? Personally, I'm
more apt to carry the 9mm variety. Yeah. Maybe
even 45, you know, somewhere in there. Maybe
something over the shoulder. Maybe some 556 semi
-auto. Quote, unquote, semi -auto bear spray
would be good. Tip three, plan for extended remote
camping challenges. Many remote villages do not
have gas stations or grocery stores that stay
open past 5 p .m. or earlier. Depending on your
routes, plan out gas station routes and make
sure that they are even still in service. There
were many places we thought were still operational,
as Google had stated, but were in fact not. Bring
extra fuel cans and keep them filled at all times.
You never know when you might need them or even
lend a helping hand. Having extra food like dried
food as well, just in case you end up with the
vehicle trouble or even inclement weather, you'll
have an extra stash. We ran into a situation
where one of the kids ended up sick from motion
sickness. You know, in most places in the United
States, I feel like extra fuel cans aren't as
big of a deal because you're never more than
20 miles from a gas station. And if you can't
make it to a gas station that's 20 miles away,
then you have very drastically been unprepared
and did not keep track of your fuel gauge. Matt's
off road recovery. Okay, his doesn't work, though,
so for his gauges. But, you know, in most of
America, really extra fuel isn't that big of
a deal. Somewhere like Alaska, though, it's necessary.
Especially during the winter season. Yeah, I
mean, you've got not only long stretches of distance
between each gas station, but there's always
a chance that said gas station isn't a gas station
anymore. Yep. Oh, yeah, especially if they don't
update stuff like they're supposed to. Right.
Step four, protect yourself from mosquitoes.
Certain areas in Alaska, the mosquitoes can be
horrendous. No amount of bug spray thermo cells
can put a dent in them. Pack long sleeves and
pants. The waterproof gear will ensure they cannot
bite you through your clothes. Even head net
that secures around your shoulders is essential.
Hmm. Are they really that bad? Like, I've been
to Louisiana during the bad season, and those
mosquitoes can carry a small baby away. I don't
know. I haven't really dealt with mosquitoes
besides Michigan time. But, of course. Yeah.
I mean, always take care of yourself. Oh, yeah,
100%. That's important. Yeah. Tip five. Prepare
for limited daylight or too much daylight. In
summertime, you will want either a sleep mask
or a blackout tent. In wintertime, make sure
you have plenty of backup flashlights and batteries.
And headlamps or any light source. And be aware
that in cold temperatures, battery life is significantly
diminished. That is a very true fact. Back when
I used to vape, if it was cold out, I would get...
an hour of vaping out of a set of batteries.
Like it was, it was rough. Yeah. Some batteries
do better than other, uh, lithium ion, not your
best choice in the winter. No, something like,
uh, I think it's, was it nim or whatever that
does better in winter, but either way, battery
life is diminished. Yeah. Number six, know how
to handle wildlife encounters. There are many
other animals to look out for other than bears.
Elk, moose, and wolves are even more common to
see than bears in certain areas. Keep a safe
distance. Never feed them. And carry your 9mm
bear spray. I don't know. Or elk spray. It's
good for elk, too. Animal spray. And let it be
known that the elk is the most dangerous animal
in Alaska. I thought the moose was. Oh, I meant
moose. I was thinking of a moose. You're right,
you're right. Yeah, no. Those guys are big. Those
guys are big. Have you ever seen a moose? I have
not, but I've seen footage. They're huge. They're
freaking... They're like real -life dinosaurs,
man. Oh, yeah. 100%. I know they're not lizards,
but they are huge fauna. They are real -life
dinosaurs. respect leave no trace principles
alaska's wilderness is pristine let's keep it
that way for future generations we came across
many camp areas that were littered with garbage
and waste we took extra time to clean up things
we could however broken glass creates quite a
hazard especially with pets and kids so be aware
of the ground too Bring claws to grab trash,
even rubber gloves. Pack out what you pack in,
even food waste. No need for animals to start
coming into camp. Stay on established tails and
campsites. It's another one of those everywhere.
These are practices we should be following. Oh,
100%. 100 % practice everywhere. I mean, we see
it here in Michigan. You know of places right
here in Nuevo County we've went to that are just
absolutely freaking trashed. I mean, look at
Thursday weekend, was it, with all the tampons?
Oh, my God. That was so gross, dude. They were
everywhere, too. And they weren't fresh tampons.
They were used. Yeah. And it was like, we'd get
out of the truck at our campsite. Boom, there's
a new tampon that we somehow missed. I mean,
they were just... Oh, it was so bad. Yeah. Number
eight. Be prepared for water crossings. Some
trails will require river or stream crossings,
depending on the time of day and time of year.
We'll determine whether... Sorry, this is kind
of a weird bit here. Basically, detaining on
time of day and time of year depends on how high
the water will be. Always check water depth where
it is questionable. Never assume a river is crossable.
Unbuckle your backpack if crossing on foot and
use stability poles. Unbuckle seatbelt if crossing
in a vehicle in case you need to get out quickly.
If you got to get out of your vehicle quickly
and you're in a remote area, you're probably
dead. Like, let's just be honest here. Yeah.
I mean, check the damn water. That's... Oh, 100%.
We do that in mud. We do that in mud all the
time. Oh. Is the counter still up and drumming?
Yeah. We didn't check that, but... That was a
blind shot. We knew it was crossable. Yeah. Logs
going across and everything. Mm -hmm. Number
nine, choose the best season for traveling. Summer
to June through August, best for warm weather,
but also the busiest and full of mosquitoes.
Fall to September and October, fewer crowds and
no mosquitoes, but much colder temperatures.
Winter through November through March. Man, this
article is kind of a mess. Ideal for experienced
campers with correct gear. I would agree. I think
I would prefer to go camping in Alaska in the
winter. Oh, yeah. It would be kind of cool. Like,
is it going to be cold? 100%. Is it going to
be hard? Yes. But attacking Alaska in the worst
condition is going to make me feel so much better
when we get through it. Yep. I agree with that.
April and May still will be cold in many areas
with lots of snow and wildlife. Starts to become
more active. Yeah. Okay. I mean, summer, for
someone who doesn't want to challenge, summer's
probably the best bet. Yep. But for people like
us that like to make things as hard as possible,
winter. Winter. So, choose your campsite wisely.
Never camp too close to water sources as water
may rise overnight. Avoid cliff sides for overnight
as wind will always change direction unless you
are willing to leave in the middle of the night.
Overlanding in Alaska is an adventure like no
other. Being prepared for anything nature or
life will throw at you will not only ensure your
safety and your traveling partner's safety, but
will ensure you have the best experience the
last frontier has to offer. Are you ready? Are
you planning a trip to Alaska? Let us know. Okay,
so they're basically just giving you their contact
info from there. And their adventure further
off -road is their... I'm sure they have an Instagram
and stuff. But, yeah, they've got something on
YouTube. And I guess they're contributing something
to the More Momentum magazine. That's pretty
cool. I'll check them out. Yeah, I mean, those
seem to be good tips. By the way, their rigs
are sick. I don't know if you have the article.
I have it pulled up. I kind of briefly looked
at it. Oh, yeah. They've got a couple JKUs with
Illumicabs on them. Yep. And then an awesome
freaking camper setup. I mean, these are some
sick rigs. Oh, yeah, they are. They'll be chapter
art. Yep. 100 % chapter art. That looks like
a full -on what we would do if we had those.
I mean, I prefer a two -door Jeep. Oh, no, I
know, I know, I know, I know. I know. I was just
looking at it. If I were to build a Jeep, that
is very much so my style of Jeep. It's the right
color, too. It's a very military -looking trailer
as well, especially with the identification tags
and stuff. Oh, I didn't even... You're right.
Top right. Yeah, super sick build. Either way,
lots of money sitting right there. A lot of money
sitting right there. Yeah, I don't know, man.
Someday we should do an Alaska trip. I think
it would be an absolute blast. That would be
a situation where... We quit our jobs, and we
just go to Alaska for a couple months. Yep. I
agree with that. Like, that would be... And we'll
start in Alaska in the wintertime, work our way
down, go all the way down to the Panama Canal.
We'll spend three years going across the Bering
Gap. It'll be great, man. Have the first Toyotas
that drove from top to bottom. Without skipping
the gap? Oh, without skipping the gap. Got it.
Yeah, the only vehicle that's done that entire
route without skipping the gap has been the Jeep.
I guess I never realized that. Everyone else
uses a ferry to get across the gap. I guess,
according to what I understood, they took a couple
of the Corvairs through the gap at one point.
I think that those are the ones they put on a
boat and went down the river. Okay, that might
make more sense. That might make more sense.
So the Jeep's the only one that has done the
burying gap on land. Okay. Which would be...
I'd say it'd be a blast, but it would actually
suck. It would suck so much. Yeah, that's quite
the story to hear about. Yeah, if anyone wants
to hear that story, Newfound Overland has an
interview. We'll link it in the show notes, because
I cannot remember the lady's name. I think someone
else was actually interviewing her, too. I just
saw something posted about an interview with
them. Huh. I know she's doing... I cannot remember
that lady's name. Oh, it's going to drive me
nuts. But I know she's going to do the Ravel
rally this year, which is going to be sick. And
Benji is... Go ahead. I remember seeing a post
on Instagram. I just don't remember which podcast
was going to do an interview with her. It showed
her in front of the Jeep and stuff and saying
they're doing an interview with her. I just didn't
catch when or who it was again. Yeah, it'd be
a fun trip, dude. That would be a fun trip. Dream
expedition. That is definitely a dream expedition
right there. All right, well, let's move on and
read some part two here. So part two, Living
in Alaska Full Time. This is by Michael Hyden.
So this is a completely different person who
has a Nissan Frontier. Mm -hmm. Did I ever think
I would live in Alaska? No. Have I taken advantage
of it? Not even close. There is so much to see
and it is so overwhelming because Alaska is just
right out my front door and back door. So I feel
like I haven't done much. Then I start thinking
about all the stuff I have done so far. Dog sledding,
sat front seat in a bush plane as we flew over
a glacier. Dude, I want to be in a... That would
be so much fun. That would be fun. I've flown
in those little planes. I actually did a flight
from Colorado to Michigan in a two -seater plane
paid for by the Army, and it's a whole different
world from flying commercial, dude. I can believe
that. I don't know. I was coming home from Korea,
and I don't know why they didn't give me a normal.
commercial flight like that would have made sense
but no i'm and i didn't know i'm at the airport
and i'm like all right i've never heard of this
airline before and i'm walking through all the
uh you know like the the terminals it's like
all right there's united all right there's uh
spirit and there's all the big name ones and
i'm like man where is mine and i'm looking at
it And it doesn't say terminal number. It says
hangar number. And that's when I realized that
I've got something weird going on. So I went
up to the help desk and they actually called
the pilot and he came and got me and helped me
bring my gear to the plane. So for whatever reason,
the army paid for a single pilot and a single
passenger to fly from. Denver, Colorado, all
the way to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sounds like
someone decided to pull a last -minute prank
on you as you left. I think the Army buys most
of their tickets at the cheapest rate possible.
Yeah. And the pilot was telling me that he was
flying to Grand Rapids anyway. So I'm wondering
if he just happened to have his ticket price
really low because it was an already routine
flight. Yeah. And the army just picked up. I
don't know. It was fun, dude. Yeah. The guy was
a blast. We talked the entire flight. And it
probably is my favorite flying experience I've
ever had. Oh, yeah. I can believe that. Oh, I
got lost. I got lost here. Oh. Bush plane. Sat
front seat in a bush plane as we flew over a
glacier. Saw whales bubble hunt. looked a brown
bear in the eye before she ran off, rode a horse
on a beach, helped guide a group of influencers
and BFG people for the KO3 tire launch. That
would be fun. All in the first year and a half
of being here. It's been crazy. I have explored
a ton of roads looking for any hidden gems. I
have found several once -in -a -lifetime camping
spots. These are spots you talk about for the
rest of your life. Spots where you just stand
there looking mouth open, but then a mosquito
flies in and you're reminded about the state
bird. Okay, so apparently mosquitoes in Alaska
are bad. I guess. I never would have guessed.
A whole new world. I remember when I landed in
Anchorage and Craig from Alaska Overlander picked
me up and drove me to my truck. Alaska felt like
a foreign country. Familiar but different at
the same time. I felt like any wrong turn would
be my last and we would run out of gas and get
eaten by bears. I know unfounded until you hear
about how many people go missing every year.
Don't worry about that. Alaska is amazing. Don't
tell me what to not worry about. The rules are
different up here. Be a little louder at camp.
It's okay. It's Alaska. It's better to be heard.
Think of it like hiking. You're making noise
while hiking to keep animals away. I'm not saying
be annoying. Just be heard. It's okay. The biggest
fear is moose. Bear will avoid you as much as
possible. Moose just don't care. I say that,
but I'm pretty sure Bigfoot was watching me during
my first solo camp here in Alaska. Peeping Tom.
What a weirdo. Just watching me from the bushes.
Unless it says you cannot camp there, you can.
It is still hard for me to truly wrap my brain
around it. You will know what I mean when you
get here. Strange turn offs. Yep. So. I mean,
that's not too much different from Michigan.
You can camp anywhere in Michigan, whether it
says you can or not. As long as it doesn't specifically
say no trespassing or no camping. Yep. You can
drive down most roads unless it says not to.
Sounds straightforward until you come up to a
pipeline road. But yes, you can. Unless it says
you cannot. Well, that's the way it was explained
to me. Yeah, we got to go to Alaska, man. Yes.
I'm looking at these pictures and these articles,
and it just solidifies my want for Alaska so
bad. Oh, yeah. a photographer's dream have your
camera ready all the time moose bears porcupines
and seaplanes can jump out at any time anywhere
there are so many opportunities for photographers
it never it just never stops from season -changing
landscapes the unique festivals scattered all
over the state fourth of july car launch which
might have ended last year what what call your
senator today because if so this wrong must be
righted why would they cancel that That's like
a major thing for them. And the guy from Truck
Life is going to build one out for that. And
it's funny because it really wasn't that big
of an event. Well, I think they got pretty outrageous
this last year. I actually kind of think about
it. I think they got some of them launched pretty
far. I was saying the last 10 years, it's been
getting worse and worse. And so many people from
all over the U S go up for it. So I could see
how it could now be getting dangerous just based
off crowd size. Yeah. It'd be not the worst thing
for them to do for them to do like a ticket system
where, you know, you pay $50 a ticket and. Obviously,
the citizens of the city get free tickets. Oh,
100%. But anyone trying to come in tourist -wise,
$50 a ticket. If you don't have a ticket, you
can't come in the city, period. Yeah. That sounds
fair to me. Never -ending adventure opportunities.
It is crazy how much... I feel like I have done
a ton, but I still feel like I haven't done much
because it is so big. I have driven multiple
states since I've been here. The Kenai Peninsula
is over half the size of Oklahoma. I drive 45
minutes to work, and that's nothing. When I say
Alaska is big, from my house to Fairbanks is
like driving through three states. It's a 10
-hour drive. So the length of Michigan, basically.
Wow. Yeah. Alaska has been amazing. I finally
feel settled in now. The truck is dialed in.
Spring is around the corner. Everything is set
and ready. Follow me on social media and reach
out. Let me know when you are here. We'll tag
these people's names. Oh, 100%. Yeah, because
the stuff that they get to do is just worth following
along. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I mean. Moving to Alaska
would be a blast, dude. Screw just doing an overland
trip. Let's just go live in our trucks in Alaska.
My wife already told me we can't live in the
truck and we can't move to Alaska. So my dreams
are shattered. Definitely listeners need to...
get on and check out Northology, though. They've
got a lot of really cool articles. Just like
any magazine, some months are better than others.
This month, I would say, was more picture -heavy
than normal. Oh, definitely picture -heavy. So
that's a little harder to put across on a podcast.
But, I mean, it's a good time. Okay. All right,
now we should get into Boost. Yeah, so if you
didn't know, we don't talk about it a whole lot.
We need to get better about that. But we are
a Value for Value podcast. We're supported by
Boost, and soon I think I'm going to set up a
PayPal account so that people can send money
in that way. The cool thing about Value for Value
is it keeps us from having to sell out and do
sponsored content. Yep. So when you hear us say
something's good, it's because we actually think
it's good, not because we were told to tell you
it was good. Yep. Yep. I think that's how we're
going to want to stay that way. Yeah, I would
much prefer to stay value for value. But with
that being said, we need to get better about
this too. Every episode, we'll have a little
boost segment where we read boosts sent in by
listeners. Listener Magnolia Mayhem finally responded.
Man, how long ago did we have that other episode?
So Magnolia Mayhem boosted in back in January
14th about our conspiracy episode that we did.
And he was telling us about a plane that he had
seen when he was working for the government.
Well, he finally boosted back and said, I have
found the plane. And then he sent a link. We'll
tag it in the show notes. It apparently belongs
to NASA. The flame shower should be in Matrix
DMs. I was clearing land on the land. The backstory
on that is that Magnolia is the very first botches
off -road listener to listen while wielding a
flamethrower. I'd really like to grow this boost
segment. So if people want to boost in, please
do. At some point, I will... Do an entire episode
about how to set LB up or how to set Fountain
up. We'll have all of it laid right out and make
it as easy as possible for you to get into that
system. Yep. It's a whole lot of fun. The Value
for Value model was started by the No Agenda
podcast with Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak. So
if there's any other douchebags in here. definitely
give them a shout out, but yeah, man, that was
a pretty good episode. We, uh, have a lot coming
up here pretty soon. It's the start of the season.
Um, I mentioned on what will be Friday's episode
that we will be going to rocks and valleys this
weekend on Saturday. Uh, hopefully we don't break
anything, but we'll be testing out my, newly
rebuilt rear end so that'll be great front belt
front end wow on yours yeah yeah yeah we got
a lot of testing damn have you gotten any updates
on your bumper uh i have not i meant to look
today i think it just says that it's in process
of being ready for ship i don't know that means
it's still being put together The very loosely
term? Because I know that it was, what, like,
eight -week lead time or something like that?
Yeah, but I think they might have extended it.
Like, they might have waited for materials. It's
going to be close. It's going to be close. But
from what I gather, it will be there for a trip.
Be there for Leatherwood. It sure will suck.
It sure would suck for it not to be there before
Leatherwood. But, yeah, it's... That's going
to be a really fun one, making the front of the
Tacoma not look like an Amazon special. Yes.
The back will still look Amazon special. Oh,
100%. The back will still look like Amazon special
for another year. And the taco sits level now
with the Icon front shocks, right? From what
I can gather, yes. It looks like it's level.
It doesn't have the Carolina squat like it did.
It wasn't too bad, but you definitely noticed
it when you loaded it. Yeah. So, still probably
need to do rear springs at some point. Probably.
It might hold off until after Leatherwood, but
I haven't figured that one out yet. They work
for now. They look way better than they did,
that's for sure. Oh, 100%. Yep, $200 Icon shocks
putting in the work. Best deal I've gotten in
a long freaking time. Oh! I sold my King Ranch
seats today. So... Nice. After my four -year
investment is over, I made $300 on it. Yeah.
And after I listed them for $500, complete set
of King Ranch seats in good condition without
any tears. Basically, I mean, beautiful seats.
Yeah. And... I sold them for $500 and then later
found out I should have listed them for like
$1 ,500. But, I mean, still, I made $300 on them.
I can't complain. No. You made more out of it
than what you did originally when you bought
it. And someday I will buy another OBS Ford and
I will regret my decision to sell my King Ranch
seats. Yeah. They're going in a white dually
OBS Ford that is Cummins swapped. Pretty intriguing.
A lot of people do Cummins swaps, so I'm not
surprised. They do, but it's a pretty sick build,
dude. Either way, Cummins swap or not, it's a
sick build. I think the Cummins is pretty much
the LS of the diesel. Yeah. No one swaps 7 .3s.
They build them if they're already in their truck,
but no one just swaps a 7 .3 into something.
Yeah. The thing, especially 12 elves, dude, because
they're only, it's like one or two wires to run
a 12 elf. Like, you can put a 12 elf in fucking
anything. Let's 12 elf swap your taco. I'm good
for now. But. On that note, I really don't have
anything else that the listeners need to hear.
What about you? Not much. Oh, you want to talk
about what I showed you earlier about Jeep? Or
are you going to save that for something else?
Oh, my God. Jeep and their freaking ads. So,
apparently, I got to do some more research on
this before I just start spewing this crap. Apparently,
Jeep is doing pop -up ads in the infotainment
center whenever you stop a truck. So you're in
a Wrangler, you come to a stoplight, and a Coca
-Cola ad pops up on your infotainment center.
Yep. This is the end of the world. This is how
it ends. And single dinners are going to be a
popular thing now because no one wants to see
ads. We're being assaulted by ads from every
single front, dude. Oh, I know. That's why, I
mean, that's why we're value for value instead
of being ad supported. Because I don't want to
be another reason that someone has to listen
to an ad. Yeah. It just, and let's say we did
dynamic ads, right? Dynamic ads, we don't even
know what they're selling using us to sell. You
know what I mean? Yeah. It could be anything.
They could be selling fucking tampons. And I
don't want to get interrupted in the podcast
for someone to sell a goddamn tampon. Yeah. Well,
I mean, Gavin could get interrupted to sell a
tampon and he'd probably sell a lot of them.
And he's not here to defend himself, which makes
it even better. We love you, Gavin. Gavin could
even sell a condo. People would hear his voice
and they'd be like, man, I don't want to have
a kid like that. Just kidding. Love you, Gavin.
You're just not here, so you're the one I'm picking
on. Yep. Yeah. I just, I'm scared for a future
where that's the norm. Oh, I know. It reminds
me of, what is the movie that everyone gets dumber?
Oh, is it an Adam Sandler movie? no it wasn't
adam sandler no i'm thinking the one where it's
in the future and they had like a dumb president
and everything and they were the only smart ones
that came to the future idiocracy oh okay and
there's a comment in the idiocracy pretty sure
it's in that one and they're like we can show
over 70 of the screen can show ads before we
induce uh epileptic seizures So the dude's watching
a TV show about people getting kicked in the
nuts, and over 70 % of the screen is ads. Oh,
jeez. Like, I think we're headed there, and it
really worries me. And it's not an America problem.
It's an everywhere problem. Oh, 100%. Yeah. I
mean, think about it. Let's say you're running
Windows, which I know neither of us are running
Windows. Oh, nope. let's say you're running windows
you open up your start menu what do you have
right there ads ads let's say yeah go ahead i
was like if your apps are free to play but you
got ads every other game you play depending on
what type of app you download or a game you downloaded
ads alone are why i cannot mobile game I think
that mobile gaming is really cool. Being able
to just pull out a device anywhere you're at
and start playing a game is really cool. But
having an ad every 10 seconds keeps me from wanting
to do it. And then on top of that, you've got
games that are fully ad supported where you have
to watch an ad to get in -game currency to be
able to progress. Screw that. Yep. And that's
why we bought our cheap Teemu. Yes, I said Teemu
while talking about not liking ads. I know, it's
hilarious. That's why we bought our cheap Teemu
game emulators that'll be here this week. Yeah,
I hope that works out for us in some degree.
Dude, I paid $30 for two of them. There's no
way they're great. I know. I just want to play
Minish Cap. And have real buttons. Speaking of
which, speaking of which, that's been all my
Instagram feed is just emulators. Me too. What
the fuck? What have you done to me? Instagram,
Facebook, they're both just serving me emulators.
And I'm like, I just bought some. Yeah. And my
phone doesn't even have a Google account attached.
And Facebook is sandbox. So it's not my fault.
It's your fault. uh it's just like i alan has
to show me almost every video and then i end
up either seeing before him or shortly after
i see him the first time like okay and i don't
do tiktok or reels at all so every time i show
one of you guys a video that i happen to come
across you're like oh yeah i saw that and i'm
like damn it i've got nothing unique i'm not
the meme lord anymore no What you drinking today,
Mark? I'm drinking one of the 43s. Oh, shit.
You're having good beer. Mm -hmm. I'm having,
this is going to be hilarious to the listeners
because they definitely don't know what I'm drinking.
It's an El Chavo, like always. As always. Yeah.
All right, man. I know this is a little bit shorter
of an episode, but we have a third of our content
missing. I was about to say, yeah, we're short
of guys. It's kind of hard to get all that content
in for an hour. All right. Well, we'll catch
you guys later. Later.