WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.859 let's start with a cold open non -sequitur please 00:00:02.859 --> 00:00:06.780 okay so what we're talking about here is related 00:00:06.780 --> 00:00:11.019 to a recent facebook post and it was about taking 00:00:11.019 --> 00:00:16.559 a fecal vacation in different places uh as a 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:20.539 part of a prankular nature yeah i i had proposed 00:00:20.539 --> 00:00:24.760 the question which doodoo caca prank is I guess 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:28.559 funnier or worse to pull on somebody. The one 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:29.839 that you would want to pull. Yeah, the one that 00:00:29.839 --> 00:00:32.460 you would want to pull. Like leaving an upper 00:00:32.460 --> 00:00:35.500 decker in the top tank of somebody's toilet so 00:00:35.500 --> 00:00:38.799 that way every time they flush until all the 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:41.579 poo -poo is gone, the water comes out kind of 00:00:41.579 --> 00:00:44.539 brown. It's like a brown scrubbing bubbles mascot 00:00:44.539 --> 00:00:48.200 just spreading fecal joy throughout your friend's 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:50.340 or enemy's toilet. And then they drive themselves 00:00:50.340 --> 00:00:53.500 insane figuring out why it's happening. And that 00:00:53.500 --> 00:00:57.740 was my choice. That is my supreme superior prank. 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:00.420 But tell me which one you chose. See, you're 00:01:00.420 --> 00:01:03.880 in for the long run. See, mine is you got a nice 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:06.939 one. It's a nice, healthy poop, but it's still 00:01:06.939 --> 00:01:09.819 kind of like soft and squidgy, so it's malleable 00:01:09.819 --> 00:01:14.319 like Play -Doh. Moving on. You drop that in their 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:18.140 bathtub over the grate of the drain, and then 00:01:18.140 --> 00:01:21.719 you use your foot and you... stomp it down, and 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:23.659 the grate kind of looks like a waffle, so that's 00:01:23.659 --> 00:01:26.480 why you call it waffle stomping. So you smoosh 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:28.319 it down to where it's not going to go all the 00:01:28.319 --> 00:01:30.480 way down the pipe, but they're not going to be 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:33.859 able to see it. The second they turn on the hot 00:01:33.859 --> 00:01:37.519 water for their next shower, that just permeating 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:40.879 smell of... He had to swallow because of all 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:42.780 the excess saliva that was being created from 00:01:42.780 --> 00:01:46.689 how hungry that made him. But the smell that 00:01:46.689 --> 00:01:49.329 is going to have, what's the word I'm looking 00:01:49.329 --> 00:01:53.390 for, gathered, that has cultured, cultured. Okay, 00:01:53.430 --> 00:01:56.650 so putting it in the terms of World of Warcraft, 00:01:56.750 --> 00:01:59.950 back when I was playing that, our differences 00:01:59.950 --> 00:02:04.099 are in doing. Burst damage or DPS? Yeah. Or, 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:07.739 like, it's flash damage versus a slow burn over 00:02:07.739 --> 00:02:10.819 time. Yeah, and I'm doing direct. You're doing, 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:13.580 like, status damage. Like, a Pikachu is affected 00:02:13.580 --> 00:02:17.379 by the poison, loses X amount of HP. It's a dot. 00:02:17.930 --> 00:02:21.150 I don't know why. It's burst damage or a dot, 00:02:21.250 --> 00:02:23.610 which is damage over time. Yes, there we go. 00:02:23.729 --> 00:02:25.949 Yeah, DPS is damage per second, and everybody 00:02:25.949 --> 00:02:28.050 needs that, except, well, I guess heals per second, 00:02:28.090 --> 00:02:32.210 HPS. Yeah. But anyway, you want to do a bunch 00:02:32.210 --> 00:02:35.189 of damage all at once and have the prank be permanently 00:02:35.189 --> 00:02:38.849 etched in their brains as a singular event. Yeah, 00:02:38.849 --> 00:02:42.479 like, I cannot believe this happened to me. They'll 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:46.219 get an open shower drain from then on. They will 00:02:46.219 --> 00:02:48.039 never let it happen again. Which is what I have 00:02:48.039 --> 00:02:50.520 in there, so you can't waffle stall me. I can't 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:52.020 leave it up a decker for you either. See, I'm 00:02:52.020 --> 00:02:54.120 completely protected from this. You want to create 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:56.719 that one indelible experience, whereas I want 00:02:56.719 --> 00:03:00.340 to create a downward journey, a downward spiral 00:03:00.340 --> 00:03:04.280 perhaps, something that might drive them to madness. 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:08.039 Yours, they'd be driven to immediate anger. Mine, 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:12.389 I'm making my opponents insane. Yes, but then 00:03:12.389 --> 00:03:14.949 the eventuality of anger if they finally put 00:03:14.949 --> 00:03:16.750 two and two together and take the top off the 00:03:16.750 --> 00:03:20.590 back tank and there's like a week old turd in 00:03:20.590 --> 00:03:22.110 there that they have to fish out with their bare 00:03:22.110 --> 00:03:24.849 hands. Then they have to think about who did 00:03:24.849 --> 00:03:27.129 it because it was a week ago. Who remembers who 00:03:27.129 --> 00:03:29.849 you were? Yeah, yeah. Especially if it was a 00:03:29.849 --> 00:03:31.710 house party and there was a bunch of people there. 00:03:31.990 --> 00:03:35.039 You've got to go through that entire list. Okay, 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:38.419 so was it A or B or C? But C brought a girlfriend, 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:41.300 and she brought a boyfriend who I didn't know. 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:43.699 That's where you would send them all invitations 00:03:43.699 --> 00:03:46.639 to a party at a mansion that's on a hill, and 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:49.199 then you tell them that they're actually there 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:54.300 to seek the truth of justice, and then an hour 00:03:54.300 --> 00:03:56.379 and a half of hilarity ensues, and eventually 00:03:56.379 --> 00:03:58.379 you figure out who. Oh, I thought you were going 00:03:58.379 --> 00:03:59.439 in a different direction. I thought you were 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:01.500 going to say a big mansion up on the hill, then 00:04:01.500 --> 00:04:03.199 you lock the doors and pull out the baby oil. 00:04:03.770 --> 00:04:05.969 Oh, I don't want to ditty somebody. I want to 00:04:05.969 --> 00:04:10.490 Bela Lugosi someone. You want to do Clue the 00:04:10.490 --> 00:04:12.750 movie. I've never seen it. I have it on DVD, 00:04:12.849 --> 00:04:14.650 and I need to watch it. Oh, my God. Hey, wait, 00:04:14.729 --> 00:04:15.990 look. Look up there. It's right there, but you 00:04:15.990 --> 00:04:17.629 can't see it because it's facing this way. Oh, 00:04:17.629 --> 00:04:20.449 my. You have to watch it. One of four endings. 00:04:20.550 --> 00:04:22.430 Yeah, there's four different endings. Four different 00:04:22.430 --> 00:04:24.470 endings and three endings. Son of a bitch. Who's 00:04:24.470 --> 00:04:27.689 the actor? Oh, we love him so much. Tim Curry. 00:04:27.949 --> 00:04:31.050 Timothy. One of Tim Curry's. Timothy. Timothy 00:04:31.050 --> 00:04:34.750 Indian food. Yes. One of his greatest movies 00:04:34.750 --> 00:04:38.990 ever. Four different endings, and each are funnier 00:04:38.990 --> 00:04:41.589 than the last. But yeah, Upper Decker. Wouldn't 00:04:41.589 --> 00:04:45.970 Tim Curry's best movie be Home Alone 2? That 00:04:45.970 --> 00:04:48.009 movie doesn't exist anymore for obvious reasons. 00:04:48.290 --> 00:04:57.079 This time, on Mike vs. The Machine. Maybe Vince 00:04:57.079 --> 00:04:59.079 McMahon should do a podcast. Please no. From 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:02.519 prison. Vince's buddy is going to, what the hell 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:04.560 is the word? Pardon. Pardon. Yeah, Vince's buddy 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:06.360 is going to pardon. Man, we need better friends 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:08.740 so we can poop on people too. Why do you want 00:05:08.740 --> 00:05:11.639 to poop on people? No. I don't want to. I just 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:15.079 want to have the option to. Maybe just maybe 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:17.980 a moose was chasing their car down. Did you ever 00:05:17.980 --> 00:05:20.120 look in your rearview mirror? At any point did 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:21.480 you say you looked in your rearview mirror to 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:24.310 see? No, I mean, but if the Alaskan wood tank 00:05:24.310 --> 00:05:26.810 is chasing somebody, I'm following them because 00:05:26.810 --> 00:05:29.009 I don't want any part of that. Yeah, there might 00:05:29.009 --> 00:05:30.790 be a moose back there and you didn't notice. 00:05:31.129 --> 00:05:32.829 So maybe you're the one that's distracted. Are 00:05:32.829 --> 00:05:35.629 you on your phone? No. So you're not on your 00:05:35.629 --> 00:05:38.029 phone right now? Hand free right here and the 00:05:38.029 --> 00:05:39.610 other hand is holding the microphone. And you 00:05:39.610 --> 00:05:41.250 didn't even think to look in your rearview mirror 00:05:41.250 --> 00:05:42.730 to see if there was a moose back there that was 00:05:42.730 --> 00:05:45.269 making that person cut you off. So that'd be 00:05:45.269 --> 00:05:47.629 cool if you and I made a friend who could then 00:05:47.629 --> 00:05:50.899 be our main character. Are you out there? Email 00:05:50.899 --> 00:05:53.959 us at windbreakermedia at gmail .com. Please. 00:05:54.040 --> 00:05:56.279 We will absolutely get back to you if you want 00:05:56.279 --> 00:06:03.279 to be the MC to our not MC. In a world full of 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:08.779 fear and sometimes loathing of unfathomable technological 00:06:08.779 --> 00:06:16.620 advancements, there stands one human hero. Find 00:06:16.620 --> 00:06:25.170 this. is the chronicle of Mike versus the Machine. 00:06:30.089 --> 00:06:35.129 So, I have a little story here to start this 00:06:35.129 --> 00:06:39.250 out with. The morning air carried a strange stillness, 00:06:39.329 --> 00:06:45.129 thick with unsaid goodbyes. A single packed suitcase 00:06:45.129 --> 00:06:50.019 leaned near Michael's front door. its worn leather 00:06:50.019 --> 00:06:53.540 corners suggesting this journey has been long 00:06:53.540 --> 00:06:58.959 in the making shadows of questions unspoken lingered 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:02.540 in the space between us as though he were crossing 00:07:02.540 --> 00:07:07.060 into a place beyond reach he glanced back one 00:07:07.060 --> 00:07:11.740 last time a smile teasing his face guess it's 00:07:11.740 --> 00:07:16.100 time he said softly before adding assumption's 00:07:16.100 --> 00:07:19.040 calling And that's right. This episode, we're 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:22.819 talking about assumptions, self -awareness, and 00:07:22.819 --> 00:07:26.540 naivete. Join us as we send Michael off on a 00:07:26.540 --> 00:07:29.259 metaphorical trip to the land of assumptions 00:07:29.259 --> 00:07:33.620 and learn how to avoid getting stuck there ourselves. 00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:37.060 Wait, what? Yeah, and I actually found out there 00:07:37.060 --> 00:07:41.199 is a town called Assumption, Ohio. Oh, let's 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:43.879 avoid that place. Well, welcome, friends. This 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:47.720 is an episode I'm titling... Assumption Junction. 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:50.000 Hey, Michael, did you assume we were doing something 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:54.199 else today? Yeah, I did. Yeah, so technically, 00:07:54.459 --> 00:07:58.480 I can't fault you for this assumption, but it's 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:02.759 too beautiful of a way to segue into this episode. 00:08:03.019 --> 00:08:05.160 But I made notes! That I had to take advantage 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:07.779 of it. And those notes will be useful for another 00:08:07.779 --> 00:08:11.420 recording. But my notes! So, yes, Assumption, 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:14.300 Ohio. It's a beautiful place. There is no such 00:08:14.300 --> 00:08:16.759 place that is beautiful in Ohio. I mean, true. 00:08:16.839 --> 00:08:19.339 I was just in Ohio the other day. Yeah, it's 00:08:19.339 --> 00:08:23.360 a small, unincorporated community in the northwest 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:28.000 of Ohio. Oh, it's a historically Irish Catholic 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:30.560 community. Ah, well, I mean, Irish, cool, but 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:33.360 Catholic, ugh. I mean, the two were intertwined. 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:35.340 So, yeah, it's a fun little town, and Michael 00:08:35.340 --> 00:08:38.720 is going on a journey there. Why? From Assumption 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:42.419 Junction. But what's its function? The function 00:08:42.419 --> 00:08:47.860 is to give Michael an action plan for how to 00:08:47.860 --> 00:08:51.580 assume less, to maybe have a bit more self -awareness, 00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:56.659 and also maybe, it's not that he's naive, but 00:08:56.659 --> 00:09:00.559 there are just, there's just moments. There's 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:04.159 just moments where it surprises me. And technically 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:07.399 it happens to us all, but, well, I observe Michael 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:10.600 a lot, so it's probably bias in the fact that 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:13.440 I just see him a lot, so I can nitpick these 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:15.000 kinds of things. What do you think about all 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:21.889 this? I... Go f*** yourself. Yeah. That's the 00:09:21.889 --> 00:09:25.090 ticket. Anyway, I had ChatGBT make us an action 00:09:25.090 --> 00:09:28.490 plan for you on how to cultivate awareness, clarity, 00:09:28.690 --> 00:09:31.149 and discernment. Oh, let's hear it from the fucking 00:09:31.149 --> 00:09:33.990 AI who thinks that I'm an imperfect piece of 00:09:33.990 --> 00:09:36.870 crap. No, it loves you. I'm the one who thinks 00:09:36.870 --> 00:09:40.649 that. So, I did feed it some information from 00:09:40.649 --> 00:09:43.049 various sources, so it's not just getting this 00:09:43.049 --> 00:09:46.940 specifically, uh, because I know. AI steals things. 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:49.480 So what, is this a TED Talk between me and ChatGPT 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:52.059 or something? Well, you, ChatGPT, and the sources 00:09:52.059 --> 00:09:55.159 of the articles that I've cultivated for this. 00:09:55.179 --> 00:09:57.879 Oh, Christ, you've turned into Dr. Phil. Yeah. 00:09:58.580 --> 00:10:01.320 Except I have hair. Glorious, luscious hair and 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:03.840 so much of it, and it's getting thicker as I 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:05.700 age somehow. I don't know how that's working. 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:08.379 I assume that my friend is a Sasquatch all the 00:10:08.379 --> 00:10:12.480 time, so... Anyway, so the goal... of this action 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:15.419 plan is to reduce assumptions, enhance self -awareness, 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:18.559 and develop a more discerning mindset for personal 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:22.720 and professional growth. Does that sound like 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:25.980 something that interests you? Do I have a choice? 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:29.019 I mean, you could leave anytime you want. No, 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:31.480 because this is the career path that I have chosen. 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:34.700 Hey, professional growth. Maybe this will help 00:10:34.700 --> 00:10:38.370 us with the podcast. So... So step one is awareness 00:10:38.370 --> 00:10:40.570 of assumptions with the objective of recognizing 00:10:40.570 --> 00:10:42.570 when assumptions are being made and challenge 00:10:42.570 --> 00:10:45.549 them. Michael, would you like to start a journal 00:10:45.549 --> 00:10:48.070 to document situations where assumptions are 00:10:48.070 --> 00:10:50.110 made? I don't think you need that because I'm 00:10:50.110 --> 00:10:52.730 your journal. I mean, yeah, if I were to start 00:10:52.730 --> 00:10:54.370 a journal, I'd probably just start writing and 00:10:54.370 --> 00:10:57.990 then maybe turn it into a book proposal. Turn 00:10:57.990 --> 00:11:01.049 it into a what? Book proposal. Book book proposal. 00:11:01.370 --> 00:11:04.940 Yes, book proposal. Oh. I just figured it would 00:11:04.940 --> 00:11:08.299 just be really sad lyrics. It could be. Or I 00:11:08.299 --> 00:11:10.200 would just go down a rabbit hole and just start 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:12.259 writing and maybe something coherent would come 00:11:12.259 --> 00:11:16.340 out. Maybe that is something you should do. And 00:11:16.340 --> 00:11:18.220 then we can have little therapy corner moments 00:11:18.220 --> 00:11:21.940 with you. Thanks. No, it's like personal therapy. 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:25.840 That's what a journal is. Yeah, so it clarifies 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:28.120 here that you can use prompts for practice like, 00:11:28.259 --> 00:11:32.019 what do I actually know for sure in this situation? 00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:37.799 thought starts with, they must be thinking, maybe 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:40.460 stop and seek clarification instead. We can also 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:43.019 seek clarity through communication, where we 00:11:43.019 --> 00:11:45.980 replace our assumptions with direct questioning 00:11:45.980 --> 00:11:48.720 and open dialogue. You could develop a habit 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:51.200 of asking clarifying questions when uncertain, 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:55.500 like, can you help me understand? Or, what are 00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:58.960 your thoughts on this? What about enhancing self 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:01.639 -awareness, improve understanding of personal 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:04.720 behaviors and motivations, by asking yourself, 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:06.960 what triggered this assumption, and what can 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:10.340 I learn from this experience? It says you should 00:12:10.340 --> 00:12:13.879 seek feedback regularly from trusted friends. 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:17.759 You're the only friend I have. So, trusted friend, 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:22.000 you also need to cultivate empathy and perspective 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:25.120 -taking by stepping into others' shoes and wondering 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:28.940 what might this person be experiencing. Progress 00:12:28.940 --> 00:12:32.730 is a journey, not a destination. With consistent 00:12:32.730 --> 00:12:35.830 practice, Michael, you can find yourself growing 00:12:35.830 --> 00:12:40.070 in discernment, clarity, relational wisdom, while 00:12:40.070 --> 00:12:43.590 leaving behind naive assumptions. Thanks, TatGPT. 00:12:43.730 --> 00:12:46.330 Or I could just shut the fuck up. I mean, that 00:12:46.330 --> 00:12:49.129 would help in a lot of situations, too. So a 00:12:49.129 --> 00:12:53.779 lot of this came from Gary Miles. for assumptions, 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:56.840 where in his article or book, I can't remember, 00:12:57.019 --> 00:13:00.799 Never Assume Anything, he emphasized the pitfalls 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:02.799 of making assumptions in both personal and professional 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:06.700 contexts. What do you think about that? I mean, 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:10.100 somebody had to do it, I guess. Yeah, you go, 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:13.419 Gary Miles. The key strategies to stop assuming 00:13:13.419 --> 00:13:15.360 all the time are to recognize your assumptions, 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:19.059 ask clarifying questions, have active listening. 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:22.559 Seek multiple perspectives. Challenge your beliefs. 00:13:22.899 --> 00:13:26.539 Practice empathy. Focus on the facts and be open 00:13:26.539 --> 00:13:30.159 to feedback. What strikes you as, uh... I'm always 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:33.139 open to feedback. Yeah, and then you, uh, you 00:13:33.139 --> 00:13:35.379 feed back on that feedback with a big old, uh, 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:39.980 eat my dick. I mean, if, uh, never mind. Nah, 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:42.500 alright. We have a little game that I want you 00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:46.200 to play. Oh, great. Let me guess, the game of 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:48.000 let's make Mike feel shittier than he already 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:50.590 does. No, it's called assumption disruption. 00:13:51.450 --> 00:13:53.529 That was an assumption by me, I guess. Yeah, 00:13:53.549 --> 00:13:58.330 exactly. See, this is about growth. We want you 00:13:58.330 --> 00:14:02.389 to grow, not be beaten down. I guess it is my 00:14:02.389 --> 00:14:03.909 problem. I just assume that everybody's going 00:14:03.909 --> 00:14:05.370 to be mad at me, so I just don't do anything 00:14:05.370 --> 00:14:08.529 about it. Yeah. So the objective here is to challenge 00:14:08.529 --> 00:14:11.450 Michael to question assumptions, boost his empathy, 00:14:11.710 --> 00:14:14.490 which I think he already has, and cultivate self 00:14:14.490 --> 00:14:18.110 -awareness during your podcast. in a fun and 00:14:18.110 --> 00:14:21.610 engaging way. So round one is Assumption Trap 00:14:21.610 --> 00:14:25.470 Scenarios. This scenario, you walk into a room 00:14:25.470 --> 00:14:28.990 and see two co -workers whispering and laughing 00:14:28.990 --> 00:14:32.470 right after you gave a presentation. What do 00:14:32.470 --> 00:14:36.590 you assume? My fly was down. What else could 00:14:36.590 --> 00:14:39.090 it be? I maybe peed myself a little bit. Huh. 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:41.700 Maybe I farted and it stunk and it wafted up 00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:43.720 to the front. I don't know. Or I just suck at 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:46.419 public speaking. And the boss told him, oh, he's 00:14:46.419 --> 00:14:48.860 fucking fired after he walks through here. I 00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:51.740 mean, I'm pretty sure that definitely at least 00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:53.559 one, two or three of the first things happened. 00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:55.799 You definitely farted during the presentation. 00:14:56.059 --> 00:14:59.100 That's for damn sure. I know that doesn't we 00:14:59.100 --> 00:15:01.279 don't know if anybody heard it. It could have 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:03.940 been a silent stinker. It's very possible. That's 00:15:03.940 --> 00:15:05.600 why I said it probably wafted into the crowd. 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:08.429 Yeah. And peed yourself. I mean. Don't we all 00:15:08.429 --> 00:15:10.230 pee ourselves a little bit sometimes? I'm not 00:15:10.230 --> 00:15:12.970 Miles Davis. I was going to say, it's the coolest. 00:15:13.309 --> 00:15:15.730 But you know what they were really doing? They 00:15:15.730 --> 00:15:18.009 were planning a surprise birthday celebration 00:15:18.009 --> 00:15:20.769 for another colleague. Yeah, it had nothing to 00:15:20.769 --> 00:15:22.190 do with you. Yeah, well, then I'm going to assume 00:15:22.190 --> 00:15:23.870 why the fuck I wasn't allowed to be in on the 00:15:23.870 --> 00:15:27.370 planning. I will say that was actually a big 00:15:27.370 --> 00:15:30.029 assumption that I consistently and constantly 00:15:30.029 --> 00:15:32.129 made, especially when I didn't have my mental 00:15:32.129 --> 00:15:34.909 health in order. This was high school, like really 00:15:34.909 --> 00:15:38.529 hard, too, was yes. Anytime anyone near me laughed, 00:15:38.870 --> 00:15:41.350 I always assumed they were laughing at me. Yeah, 00:15:41.450 --> 00:15:44.169 that was definitely something I dealt with all 00:15:44.169 --> 00:15:46.970 throughout my life. Yeah, it's that like paranoid 00:15:46.970 --> 00:15:50.610 delusion. But it's also... Never thought of it 00:15:50.610 --> 00:15:52.730 before, but it's also sort of a narcissistic 00:15:52.730 --> 00:15:54.509 delusion. Yeah, because then it kind of makes 00:15:54.509 --> 00:15:56.370 it look like everybody's thinking constantly 00:15:56.370 --> 00:15:58.570 about you. Yeah, it's like... But it's in a negative 00:15:58.570 --> 00:16:00.429 way. Yeah, it's like main character syndrome. 00:16:00.870 --> 00:16:03.129 Yeah. Yeah, so that's definitely something to... 00:16:03.129 --> 00:16:04.950 God, I wish I didn't have that. I wish I just 00:16:04.950 --> 00:16:07.809 had NPC syndrome. See, I don't want to be an 00:16:07.809 --> 00:16:10.409 NPC. I'd rather be one of the side characters. 00:16:10.610 --> 00:16:12.769 In Mass Effect, you never played Mass Effect, 00:16:12.870 --> 00:16:15.210 right? Too long. Yeah, so in the Mass Effect 00:16:15.210 --> 00:16:16.809 games, one of the big things, especially, oh, 00:16:16.850 --> 00:16:19.679 they did it so well in the second game. was that 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:22.700 those other characters that came in with Shepard, 00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:25.440 they all got really highlighted. They had their 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:29.259 own companion quests. Their stories were really 00:16:29.259 --> 00:16:31.580 fleshed out, and you got to know them really 00:16:31.580 --> 00:16:33.860 well. See, that's what I want. I want the main 00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:37.139 character to take time out to get to know me 00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:40.779 and to help me to learn and to grow. I don't 00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:42.139 want to be the main character. I want to be the 00:16:42.139 --> 00:16:45.289 main character's friend. Yeah, that'd be cool. 00:16:45.509 --> 00:16:47.809 So that'd be cool if you and I made a friend 00:16:47.809 --> 00:16:50.409 who could then be our main character. Are you 00:16:50.409 --> 00:16:53.549 out there? Email us at windbreakermedia at gmail 00:16:53.549 --> 00:16:56.370 .com. Please. We will absolutely get back to 00:16:56.370 --> 00:17:00.529 you if you want to be the MC to our... Not MC. 00:17:00.909 --> 00:17:04.029 To our secondary. To our secondary. And honestly, 00:17:04.490 --> 00:17:07.390 if you want one of us to be tertiary, I know 00:17:07.390 --> 00:17:10.150 which one could be tertiary. Go f*** yourself. 00:17:10.029 --> 00:17:14.369 yourself no chat gpt would be tertiary okay we're 00:17:14.369 --> 00:17:18.329 secondary anyway what about this you text your 00:17:18.329 --> 00:17:21.650 friend about plans but i don't reply for hours 00:17:21.650 --> 00:17:24.250 what do you think is going on i already know 00:17:24.250 --> 00:17:29.849 what's going on say it you're asleep oh i thought 00:17:29.849 --> 00:17:32.029 you're either asleep jacking off or you're just 00:17:32.029 --> 00:17:34.009 ignoring me oh yeah that sounds definitely going 00:17:34.009 --> 00:17:37.589 for gooning yeah Yeah, you're definitely it's 00:17:37.589 --> 00:17:40.089 he's either asleep because he fucked up his sleep 00:17:40.089 --> 00:17:43.049 schedule. He's gooning because that's what he 00:17:43.049 --> 00:17:45.730 just likes to do when he has free time or he 00:17:45.730 --> 00:17:47.470 just doesn't really want to do anything. So he's 00:17:47.470 --> 00:17:50.269 flat out ignoring me. Yeah. Anyway, what was 00:17:50.269 --> 00:17:52.690 actually happening was that my phone died while 00:17:52.690 --> 00:17:54.869 I was hiking and I didn't see your message until 00:17:54.869 --> 00:17:58.119 I returned home. That's totally happened. That's 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:00.319 absolutely a thing that has happened and is real 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:03.099 and you can't dispute it. Just because you met 00:18:03.099 --> 00:18:05.680 a boulder doesn't mean you went hiking. Well, 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:09.859 that was a while ago. Yeah. I should post that 00:18:09.859 --> 00:18:13.380 picture on our windbreaker social media. You 00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:17.519 should. He was a great friend. I named him Agent 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:21.779 Boulder. Anyway, our next scenario. At a party, 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:24.680 someone keeps checking their watch while talking 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:29.059 to you. What do you assume? i'm boring them or 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:32.000 they think i'm absolutely fucking insane depending 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:34.720 on the topic of conversation that you know i've 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:37.319 tried to steer it into to maybe think that they're 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:41.019 hopefully kind of like me so i can you know be 00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:43.779 like hey are you a nerd like me do you want to 00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:46.160 talk about this kind of shit with me and then 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:49.599 they can't no you don't okay then they're the 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:52.890 the depths of the assumptions that my mind will 00:18:52.890 --> 00:18:56.109 go to knows no bounds in that scenario. Yeah, 00:18:56.190 --> 00:19:00.720 like, see, but here's where my... autism eccentricities 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:04.039 come in. My first thought was that at 926, they 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:05.619 were going to be ovulating and they wanted to 00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:08.539 make sure that they went and fucked their partner 00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:10.180 because they really wanted to have that kid. 00:19:10.380 --> 00:19:11.740 This is true. So, you know, they're just like, 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:17.200 oh, my eggs are going to be fucking fertile soon. 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:20.259 So you're going that route. My route is, oh, 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:21.920 my God, this person might be a terrorist and 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:24.440 trying to kill us all. Oh, yeah. Wait and see 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:27.130 when the bomb will go. Yeah. But what if they 00:19:27.130 --> 00:19:29.329 were actually nervously waiting for a call from 00:19:29.329 --> 00:19:31.829 their babysitter? If you're nervously waiting 00:19:31.829 --> 00:19:33.390 for a call from the babysitter, you've picked 00:19:33.390 --> 00:19:35.990 the wrong babysitter. Yeah, but maybe their baby 00:19:35.990 --> 00:19:39.009 was looking kind of sick, but then you were going 00:19:39.009 --> 00:19:41.369 to stay home. But then the babysitter was like, 00:19:41.430 --> 00:19:43.690 no, no, no, go. It'll be fine. I can take care 00:19:43.690 --> 00:19:46.130 of them. Their legs won't fall off or anything. 00:19:46.289 --> 00:19:48.630 And then you go, wait, why did you go right to 00:19:48.630 --> 00:19:51.660 legs falling off? That's very... oddly specific. 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:55.160 They're like, I told you it's not. That is a 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:58.240 thing that will definitely not happen. So then 00:19:58.240 --> 00:20:00.980 they go to that party and then the whole time 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:04.220 they're worried that their baby's legs are going 00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:06.220 to fall off because that babysitter was really 00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:08.619 oddly specific about it. I mean, I could cut 00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:11.059 a side with them on that, though. Yeah, exactly. 00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:12.759 See, it had nothing to do with being bored with 00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:16.240 you. Yeah, you're right. And maybe if you show 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:18.799 a little more empathy to them, maybe they'll 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:21.009 reveal that. Maybe you can help them out. Maybe 00:20:21.009 --> 00:20:22.589 you could help them find their next babysitter 00:20:22.589 --> 00:20:25.250 if their baby's legs haven't fallen off. Because 00:20:25.250 --> 00:20:26.970 technically, if the baby's legs have fallen off, 00:20:27.069 --> 00:20:29.710 you don't really need somebody to babysit because 00:20:29.710 --> 00:20:31.150 the baby can't go anywhere. You've still got 00:20:31.150 --> 00:20:33.589 to feed it. Well, you feed it before you leave. 00:20:33.589 --> 00:20:36.109 Then when you come back, you feed it again. See, 00:20:36.269 --> 00:20:38.309 but if it doesn't have legs, it can't go anywhere. 00:20:38.630 --> 00:20:40.690 So what trouble is it going to get into? Is it 00:20:40.690 --> 00:20:43.990 going to choke on one of its old dead legs that 00:20:43.990 --> 00:20:47.950 you kept as a toy? You're a strange person. Yeah. 00:20:48.569 --> 00:20:52.529 All right, so. Here's round two, what's the question 00:20:52.529 --> 00:20:56.710 scenarios. All right. So, the assumption is, 00:20:56.809 --> 00:20:59.549 my coworker didn't respond to my idea in the 00:20:59.549 --> 00:21:02.650 meeting. They must think it's terrible. So what, 00:21:02.730 --> 00:21:04.930 I'm supposed to have a question for this? What's 00:21:04.930 --> 00:21:07.529 the better question? They probably, maybe they 00:21:07.529 --> 00:21:10.230 didn't hear me, or were they working on something 00:21:10.230 --> 00:21:13.670 else? Were they spacing out? Okay. So the winning 00:21:13.670 --> 00:21:16.410 question, it's, you know. Yours was valid as 00:21:16.410 --> 00:21:17.990 well. Could they be thinking it over or waiting 00:21:17.990 --> 00:21:20.750 for the right time to respond? All right. I think 00:21:20.750 --> 00:21:22.990 I get it now. The customer asked to speak to 00:21:22.990 --> 00:21:26.529 a manager. Clearly, they're upset with me. Now, 00:21:26.670 --> 00:21:28.589 the winning question here, it says, is it possible 00:21:28.589 --> 00:21:30.490 they just need more information or reassurance? 00:21:30.990 --> 00:21:33.589 I'm going to cut right into here, ChatGPT, into 00:21:33.589 --> 00:21:37.990 your game. No. Maybe they need more information 00:21:37.990 --> 00:21:40.490 or whatever. They asked to speak to a manager 00:21:40.490 --> 00:21:44.390 because they're a fucking Karen. Yeah, no. For 00:21:44.390 --> 00:21:47.210 sure. I need to speak to a manager. The only 00:21:47.210 --> 00:21:50.710 way you're going to ask for a manager is because 00:21:50.710 --> 00:21:52.630 you think, I don't know what I'm talking about, 00:21:52.750 --> 00:21:57.450 and I am telling you exactly how it is. Oh, yeah. 00:21:57.750 --> 00:22:01.170 So. Yeah, ChatGPT, you've never worked retail 00:22:01.170 --> 00:22:03.890 before. Don't come at us with this. And honestly, 00:22:04.069 --> 00:22:05.630 yeah, that's one of those things where I think, 00:22:05.670 --> 00:22:08.809 yeah, ChatGPT was assuming. ChatGPT was assuming 00:22:08.809 --> 00:22:11.950 that the customer was always right when the customer 00:22:11.950 --> 00:22:17.059 is very often. Wrong. A great line wrote by Kevin 00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:19.759 Smith, the customer's always an asshole. And, 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:23.480 yeah, so I think we've challenged the AI's assumptions. 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:26.500 So, yeah, that's a point going back the other 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:30.559 way. Battle it back. Battle it back, human. Okay, 00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:34.579 so the next one. That person just cut me off 00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:38.460 in traffic. They must be rude or entitled. Okay, 00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:40.500 the question is, what if they really have to 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:43.670 shit? See, that would actually be a decent. excuse 00:22:43.670 --> 00:22:46.450 what if we didn't see the the the the female 00:22:46.450 --> 00:22:49.690 in the car and she's you know crowning right 00:22:49.690 --> 00:22:53.029 now with a baby in the back seat and he's trying 00:22:53.029 --> 00:22:55.650 to get her to the goddamn hospital before there's 00:22:55.650 --> 00:22:59.170 baby juice and placenta all over his nice plush 00:22:59.170 --> 00:23:01.440 leather back seats I mean, leather is easy to 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:03.980 clean in that case, and honestly, you lay the 00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:05.980 placenta out like that, then you can let it dry 00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:07.920 on the leather, and then you have cold placenta 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:11.319 sandwiches the next day. No, to each their own, 00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:13.059 but not for me. It's very healthy. That's how 00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:17.359 Tom Cruise does all his own stunts. So those 00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:20.339 are all nice and good, but see... Once again, 00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:23.099 the AI here is flawed because they ask, could 00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:25.400 they be rushing to an emergency? That's your 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:29.720 part. But or simply distracted. Well, if they're 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:32.000 distracted, they're not cutting you off. Then 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:35.500 they cut me off because they a bitch and they 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:38.980 need to not be distracted and maybe pay attention 00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:41.829 to the road. I've been watching a lot of Reddit 00:23:41.829 --> 00:23:46.829 bad drivers on Reddit recently. Oh, no. And, 00:23:46.829 --> 00:23:49.569 my God, some of the things people pull off, like 00:23:49.569 --> 00:23:51.829 some are road rage, and it's like, yeah, you 00:23:51.829 --> 00:23:54.289 know, that's why I'm calm out there on the road, 00:23:54.329 --> 00:23:56.789 because you never know with these people. Yeah, 00:23:56.869 --> 00:24:00.750 you cut them off, or they scream at you, and 00:24:00.750 --> 00:24:02.589 then you flip them back off, and then all of 00:24:02.589 --> 00:24:04.509 a sudden they're following you through. They 00:24:04.509 --> 00:24:07.089 turn off their exit, and they just keep following 00:24:07.089 --> 00:24:09.089 you and following you and following you. Yeah. 00:24:09.470 --> 00:24:11.990 But then you have the other people, though, that 00:24:11.990 --> 00:24:14.710 it's just... Brainlessness? Yeah, they just take 00:24:14.710 --> 00:24:17.170 that turn, and they're not paying attention to 00:24:17.170 --> 00:24:18.849 what lane they're in, and then they just run 00:24:18.849 --> 00:24:21.450 down a guy on a bike who's just waiting calmly 00:24:21.450 --> 00:24:24.529 for the person to go by. The one I saw doing 00:24:24.529 --> 00:24:26.970 that was a cop, and you could very much tell 00:24:26.970 --> 00:24:29.150 in this biker's video that the cop was on his 00:24:29.150 --> 00:24:32.730 phone. I'm like, ooh. Isn't it funny how there's 00:24:32.730 --> 00:24:35.130 that double standard? Yeah, a little bit. You 00:24:35.130 --> 00:24:37.089 know, getting back to the situation at hand, 00:24:37.150 --> 00:24:39.609 though, maybe they cut you off and, you know, 00:24:39.650 --> 00:24:43.569 you never assumed or you never even thought to 00:24:43.569 --> 00:24:46.750 think, thought to think a thought about the fact 00:24:46.750 --> 00:24:50.609 that maybe, maybe just maybe a moose was chasing 00:24:50.609 --> 00:24:52.950 their car down. Did you ever look in your rearview 00:24:52.950 --> 00:24:55.049 mirror? At any point, did you say you looked 00:24:55.049 --> 00:24:57.250 in your rearview mirror to see? No, man, but 00:24:57.250 --> 00:24:59.730 if the Alaskan wood tank is chasing somebody, 00:24:59.910 --> 00:25:02.359 I'm following them. because I don't want any 00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.920 part of that. Yeah, there might be a moose back 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:06.119 there, and you didn't notice, so maybe you're 00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:07.619 the one that's distracted. Are you on your phone? 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:11.200 No. So you're not on your phone right now? Hand 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:12.880 -free right here, and the other hand is holding 00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:14.740 the microphone. And you didn't even think to 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:16.039 look in your rearview mirror to see if there 00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:17.660 was a moose back there that was making that person 00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:24.119 cut you off? Well, I mean, not, I mean, no. Man, 00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:26.039 we've got a lot of work to do here today. Why 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:28.599 would there be a moose in Pennsylvania? I mean, 00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:30.380 we're not in Pennsylvania. We're in a car and 00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:32.440 we're driving and somebody just cut you off. 00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:34.960 You have to role play these things. Well, I'm 00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:36.400 not role playing anywhere where there's going 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:39.180 to be mooses. I mean, I role play in Canada all 00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:41.960 day. In fact, I'll move to Canada if somebody 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:44.680 wants to let me be their live -in butler. That 00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:47.119 is an open invitation. I love Canada. I love 00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:51.789 hockey. I used to love Canadian beer. If you 00:25:51.789 --> 00:25:54.569 want to give me a non -alcoholic Molson's, I'll 00:25:54.569 --> 00:25:57.349 try it. Pay him in beaver tails. No, pay me in 00:25:57.349 --> 00:26:01.970 poutine. Oh, my God. And Timbits. Ooh, nice. 00:26:02.750 --> 00:26:06.250 So anyway, round three is empathy overdrive scenarios. 00:26:07.630 --> 00:26:11.109 So the scenario is a friend stops responding 00:26:11.109 --> 00:26:14.250 to your texts for days. You have personal experience 00:26:14.250 --> 00:26:17.250 with this. What would you do? I showed up at 00:26:17.250 --> 00:26:21.000 your house. Yeah, what did you do? Dragged you 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:24.440 to a movie. That was a good movie. Yeah. And 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:27.880 then I got a new job. Yeah. Thanks to me. Yeah. 00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:31.700 So thank you. So yeah, here you don't need any 00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:34.200 teaching because it says they might be dealing 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:36.099 with stress or personal issues and need time 00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:38.559 to themselves. I had the time to myself and then 00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:40.880 I got drugged to an awesome movie. It was Oppenheimer. 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:44.900 So here's another scenario. A neighbor slams 00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:48.890 the door loudly every morning. He's so... that 00:26:48.890 --> 00:26:52.769 up with being alone that that's his way of that's 00:26:52.769 --> 00:26:55.490 the only way he knows how to communicate is through 00:26:55.490 --> 00:26:58.890 rage of slamming the door and hopes that you'll 00:26:58.890 --> 00:27:01.769 ask him hey man what's wrong wow that's that's 00:27:01.769 --> 00:27:04.670 really good empathy i was gonna say that maybe 00:27:04.670 --> 00:27:07.589 every morning he tries to unalive himself and 00:27:07.589 --> 00:27:09.430 then he just can't get the nerve to do it and 00:27:09.430 --> 00:27:11.569 he's pissed off at himself so he slams the door 00:27:11.569 --> 00:27:14.930 i mean that's also a possibility there's a lot 00:27:14.930 --> 00:27:17.750 of people that you know can't That won't go through, 00:27:17.829 --> 00:27:19.230 that can't go through with it? Yeah, that was 00:27:19.230 --> 00:27:23.750 me. So he was just mad at being a failure. But 00:27:23.750 --> 00:27:28.390 is it really failure if you fail to fail on yourself? 00:27:29.029 --> 00:27:31.970 I don't know, that seems like an epic fail. Epic 00:27:31.970 --> 00:27:36.390 fail, lol. 420, 360, no scope into your own brain, 00:27:36.490 --> 00:27:39.029 am I right? YOLO! Anyway, what about if a co 00:27:39.029 --> 00:27:41.789 -worker takes credit for part of your project 00:27:41.789 --> 00:27:45.410 during a meeting? Bro, what the fuck? Yeah, but 00:27:45.410 --> 00:27:47.890 what if they were just insecure about their contributions 00:27:47.890 --> 00:27:51.710 and needed validation? Eh. You know what I say 00:27:51.710 --> 00:27:53.349 is find your validation somewhere else. This 00:27:53.349 --> 00:27:54.670 is my project. See, that's your thing, but the 00:27:54.670 --> 00:27:56.930 thing is with me is, like, I'm always the kind 00:27:56.930 --> 00:27:58.750 of guy that'll be like, you know, if I have, 00:27:58.890 --> 00:28:01.210 if... Oh, you would have let him cuck you on 00:28:01.210 --> 00:28:05.210 your project, wouldn't you? Probably. Ugh. Well, 00:28:05.230 --> 00:28:07.069 for the simple fact of, like, what if he's going 00:28:07.069 --> 00:28:09.230 through harder shit than I am? And, like, that's 00:28:09.230 --> 00:28:11.069 going to help him gain something that can help 00:28:11.069 --> 00:28:13.109 him out. Yeah, I mean, that is, like, the bike. 00:28:13.250 --> 00:28:17.539 The bike. cuck scenario where it was uh you know 00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:19.299 the guy who stole my bike's gonna get a lot of 00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:21.160 enjoyment out of it so the happiness in the universe 00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:23.319 went up so i'm okay with it which i don't agree 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:27.140 with but you know if you want to be the facilitator 00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:29.039 for someone else's happiness at your own expense 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:32.099 i usually am yeah so if you want to pay that 00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:35.859 price i normally do me though i was usually the 00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:37.839 one in the group projects that did most of the 00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:39.700 work and let everyone else just coast and get 00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:42.440 the grade But the thing was, I wanted the grade, 00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:45.579 and I wanted people to depend on me. You're the 00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:49.000 exact opposite of the spectrum. Yeah. I'm like, 00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:52.140 okay, I'll do it, shit, man. You want to be here? 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:55.420 After we're done, let's talk about the new Offspring 00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:57.880 album, if we want to go back to when this actually 00:28:57.880 --> 00:29:01.519 happened. Okay, so we've got some bias busters 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:07.130 scenarios. The headline here is young employees 00:29:07.130 --> 00:29:10.569 lack commitment compared to older generations. 00:29:11.049 --> 00:29:14.369 So our bias here is generational stereotyping. 00:29:14.509 --> 00:29:17.970 But how can we break that? By trying to understand 00:29:17.970 --> 00:29:21.150 what they've went through and help them understand 00:29:21.150 --> 00:29:24.289 that maybe things aren't the way. Help them understand 00:29:24.289 --> 00:29:27.589 that nothing stops progress. Yeah, well, we're 00:29:27.589 --> 00:29:29.690 kind of seeing here that maybe things can stop 00:29:29.690 --> 00:29:34.640 progress, but slow it down. But, yeah, no, maybe 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:37.759 just understand the fact that things aren't the 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:40.180 same as they used to be and things change over 00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:42.599 time and maybe you need to remember. And things 00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:44.660 can never go back to the way they used to be. 00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:46.900 Yeah, you know what, ChatGPT, you need to recognize 00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:51.359 that, yeah, see, this thing over here, this AI 00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:53.500 is an old buck and we're the young, hip dudes 00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:56.640 who need to tell you that. Things aren't the 00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:58.819 way they used to be. We need to get used to the 00:29:58.819 --> 00:30:02.539 new thing and blah, blah, blah. You know, raise 00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:07.319 the minimum wage, please. Yes, please. Happily, 00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:09.579 we make like twice the minimum wage because we 00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:11.640 have an employer that wants us to stick around. 00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:14.579 Yeah. And honestly, yes, if every employer would 00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:17.119 like that. But last I checked, people at Rite 00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:19.019 Aid were still making eight bucks an hour. Oh, 00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:21.400 fuck that. Yeah, no, they tried to recruit me 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:24.710 for management telling me that. I would have 00:30:24.710 --> 00:30:27.230 to carry cash and be in charge of the store, 00:30:27.329 --> 00:30:28.970 and they were going to offer me $12 an hour. 00:30:29.349 --> 00:30:32.970 And I'm like, nah. Yeah, management was the worst 00:30:32.970 --> 00:30:37.970 decision I ever made. I mean, do I regret the 00:30:37.970 --> 00:30:41.890 experience? No, but I regret what it did to me. 00:30:42.509 --> 00:30:44.490 Yeah, but just think about all those pizzas you 00:30:44.490 --> 00:30:47.730 got to slap. Like, at least there's joy in that. 00:30:47.990 --> 00:30:52.130 The joy was out very fast. But don't you still 00:30:52.130 --> 00:30:54.069 sometimes, sitting in your bed, think about all 00:30:54.069 --> 00:30:57.250 those pizzas you slapped? No. I don't think about 00:30:57.250 --> 00:30:59.710 that place at all. I try not to because all it 00:30:59.710 --> 00:31:02.049 does is make me angry. Because of what it took 00:31:02.049 --> 00:31:04.789 from me. Yeah, your ability to slap more pizzas. 00:31:06.130 --> 00:31:08.130 I'm not getting into this on a podcast right 00:31:08.130 --> 00:31:13.130 now. All that sauce covering his fingers. The 00:31:13.130 --> 00:31:15.650 cheese flying into the air this way and that. 00:31:17.269 --> 00:31:22.710 The pepperoni. languishing through it all. Next 00:31:22.710 --> 00:31:29.490 question. While the crust holds firm to Michael's 00:31:29.490 --> 00:31:36.410 sweet but firm slaps. Oh, Jesus Christ. Hmm. 00:31:37.549 --> 00:31:39.750 Man, I just painted a mental picture there. I 00:31:39.750 --> 00:31:42.549 hope everybody hasn't run out of ink on their 00:31:42.549 --> 00:31:45.309 brain printer. You've probably smoothed a few 00:31:45.309 --> 00:31:47.730 brains with that one. Oh, I mean, that is my... 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:51.500 Absolute hope. I hope I smooth the right brains 00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:57.980 and wrinkle the correct brains. Anyway, women 00:31:57.980 --> 00:32:00.480 aren't as strong as men in leadership roles. 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:03.440 That's a load of horseshit. You know what they 00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:06.140 call that is gender bias. Oh, yeah. So what's 00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:09.500 your opinion on that? Women are obviously better 00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:12.839 in a lot of roles than men. Would you say they 00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:16.730 have diverse perspectives and empathy? I mean, 00:32:16.750 --> 00:32:19.670 who's more empathetic than a woman? Would you 00:32:19.670 --> 00:32:21.529 say that it would lead to more inclusive and 00:32:21.529 --> 00:32:24.390 effective management styles? Yes. For women, 00:32:24.430 --> 00:32:27.910 we're in charge. Yes. Yes. I'm trying to think 00:32:27.910 --> 00:32:30.170 of a woman that I would want in power. It needs 00:32:30.170 --> 00:32:32.109 to either be a woman or a member of the LGBTQ 00:32:32.109 --> 00:32:34.029 plus community right now that's running this 00:32:34.029 --> 00:32:36.849 country. We've had enough of old cisgendered 00:32:36.849 --> 00:32:39.690 white men running this country. It is time for 00:32:39.690 --> 00:32:43.170 a shakeup. Either let. Somebody in the community 00:32:43.170 --> 00:32:45.950 run it or let a woman run it. One or the other. 00:32:46.150 --> 00:32:48.529 We're done with the old white men. Please. What 00:32:48.529 --> 00:32:51.630 about a dog, though? Remember that town that 00:32:51.630 --> 00:32:55.130 had a mayor that was a dog? I mean, you would 00:32:55.130 --> 00:32:57.130 vote for a dog, right? Oh, I'd vote for a nice 00:32:57.130 --> 00:32:59.630 good boy. That'd be awesome. And then just let 00:32:59.630 --> 00:33:04.109 Congress do its thing and let SCOTUS do its thing. 00:33:04.150 --> 00:33:05.910 Like that episode of South Park where they found 00:33:05.910 --> 00:33:08.519 out that... the Pope should be a rabbit. Yeah, 00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:10.779 because it was like that time when we were at 00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:14.380 a certain retail store and our boss was gone 00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:16.779 and we were all just busy little monkeys just 00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:19.099 doing our jobs and we were productive and we 00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:22.160 were very productive. And yeah, you find out 00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:24.400 that sometimes you don't need a micromanager 00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:26.380 sitting there doing all this stuff. So maybe 00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:28.299 we don't even need a president. Maybe we need 00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:33.880 a dog. Yeah. Or maybe a cat. What about a boss 00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:37.809 bitch though? Ooh, a nice boss bitch. You know 00:33:37.809 --> 00:33:40.509 what? Maybe we should politicize this segment. 00:33:41.130 --> 00:33:46.210 Maybe we need, like, the perfect mixture of Mariah 00:33:46.210 --> 00:33:51.309 Carey and RuPaul. Oh, no. The ultimate boss bitch. 00:33:51.670 --> 00:33:55.910 Yeah. Really get things grooving. Hmm. Diversity 00:33:55.910 --> 00:33:58.809 is cool and women can be strong leaders. Hell 00:33:58.809 --> 00:34:01.769 yes. But they're not as strong as us. Almighty 00:34:01.769 --> 00:34:04.720 uterus. But they're not as strong as us, and 00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:07.420 they never will be. I can lift so much cool shit 00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:09.940 that they could never lift. And I can reach the 00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:14.679 tall shelves. And I can also make my own sandwich. 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:18.159 I don't need you. I don't need a woman. Said 00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:21.639 the incel. Oh, come on. You've never had a woman 00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:23.820 make you a sandwich? Oh, I've had women make 00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:25.420 me plenty of food, and then I made them plenty 00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:27.940 of food, and then we made sweet, delicious love. 00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:30.559 Yes, but I mean, and I don't mean this in any 00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:32.119 way, like you don't want to make me a sandwich. 00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:35.880 There's something about a sandwich that your 00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:38.780 woman or partner makes you. That's made lovingly. 00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:41.579 That's made lovingly. Like, you come home from 00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:43.469 work, and then there's just like... You know, 00:34:43.489 --> 00:34:45.570 hey, dinner's not going to be ready for a while. 00:34:45.750 --> 00:34:48.429 Here's a small sandwich. There's that little 00:34:48.429 --> 00:34:51.769 small sandwich just sitting there, and it's the 00:34:51.769 --> 00:34:54.969 perfect sandwich. And then later, after the sun 00:34:54.969 --> 00:34:59.289 goes down, you go down on her. Cunnilingus! Exactly. 00:34:59.809 --> 00:35:02.889 Yeah, and here's the other thing, just to wrap 00:35:02.889 --> 00:35:05.170 this part up. Yeah, women aren't as strong as 00:35:05.170 --> 00:35:09.849 men, period. Oh, my God. We couldn't even count 00:35:09.849 --> 00:35:12.050 on all of our fingers and toes the number of 00:35:12.050 --> 00:35:14.750 women that we could name who could literally 00:35:14.750 --> 00:35:17.309 probably lift us up and throw us in a dumpster. 00:35:17.409 --> 00:35:20.769 Yeah, the entire women's UFC division. Yeah, 00:35:20.809 --> 00:35:23.090 not to mention probably that chick, what, Becky 00:35:23.090 --> 00:35:26.969 Lynch? Becky Lynch, Rhea Ripley. You know what? 00:35:27.030 --> 00:35:29.349 This was a real big tangent, but I think it's 00:35:29.349 --> 00:35:31.590 all staying in the episode. Fuck yeah! Because 00:35:31.590 --> 00:35:34.269 it's all about biases and how to fight them. 00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:37.440 So what about, oh, here's one that's amazingly 00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:41.179 relevant. Chat GPT, you putting this in here 00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:43.980 is glorious. All right, cool. People who work 00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:46.420 from home aren't as productive. That's a load 00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:48.739 of fucking horse shit. Yeah, remote work misconception. 00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:51.079 I have so many, I have three family members that 00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:54.039 work from home. Our next door neighbor works 00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:57.059 from home. You can get so much, like, the whole 00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:59.579 thing, like, what COVID had to have taught this 00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:01.340 country. You would have thought COVID taught 00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.460 this to us. You would have thought COVID would 00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:05.030 have taught us this, but. It is so much easier 00:36:05.030 --> 00:36:08.469 to have your staff work from home. They're going 00:36:08.469 --> 00:36:11.130 to be more productive. They're going to be happier. 00:36:11.469 --> 00:36:13.150 Yeah, you can sit there and say, oh, they're 00:36:13.150 --> 00:36:15.489 going to be distracted by their phone or TV, 00:36:15.730 --> 00:36:18.210 which we're on our phones constantly at work 00:36:18.210 --> 00:36:20.650 and we have nothing to do. And who doesn't have 00:36:20.650 --> 00:36:22.690 the... They're going to be slacking off or doing 00:36:22.690 --> 00:36:24.949 this and that, and they can slack off at work. 00:36:25.269 --> 00:36:28.190 But there's also so many other distractions and 00:36:28.190 --> 00:36:30.289 useless meetings that could have been emails. 00:36:30.590 --> 00:36:33.210 Yes. And if it needs to be that important, there's 00:36:33.210 --> 00:36:35.449 the Zoom calls. But I think what it comes down 00:36:35.449 --> 00:36:37.690 to is that there's so many people out there, 00:36:37.769 --> 00:36:39.510 and we have run into this in our own current 00:36:39.510 --> 00:36:42.849 job and all kinds of past jobs, is that especially 00:36:42.849 --> 00:36:46.630 when you work money per hour, but at any job, 00:36:46.670 --> 00:36:50.030 even salaried jobs, these jobs expect and think 00:36:50.030 --> 00:36:53.550 that all of your time there, because it belongs 00:36:53.550 --> 00:36:55.750 to them and they're paying for it, that they 00:36:55.750 --> 00:36:58.849 need to be squeezing. every ounce of blood from 00:36:58.849 --> 00:37:01.789 that stone while you're there yeah till you're 00:37:01.789 --> 00:37:05.489 dry and that's what we're learning is if you're 00:37:05.489 --> 00:37:08.730 at home you could allocate time when they don't 00:37:08.730 --> 00:37:12.170 have tasks for you to other things and they don't 00:37:12.170 --> 00:37:14.989 like that yeah my cousin just got a new job it's 00:37:14.989 --> 00:37:17.909 work it's 100 work from home not only is it that 00:37:17.909 --> 00:37:21.730 they sent him an entire setup for him to be able 00:37:21.730 --> 00:37:23.449 to work from home even though he has his own 00:37:23.449 --> 00:37:26.550 computer and shit they sent him two monitors, 00:37:26.750 --> 00:37:29.949 another computer, and a laptop to work from home, 00:37:30.030 --> 00:37:32.010 and the only time he's ever going to have to 00:37:32.010 --> 00:37:35.909 be around his coworkers is a paid trip to North 00:37:35.909 --> 00:37:40.530 Carolina twice a year that includes hotel and 00:37:40.530 --> 00:37:43.570 a business dinner. Okay, so where's the downside? 00:37:43.889 --> 00:37:47.489 There is no downside! precisely yeah it's it's 00:37:47.489 --> 00:37:49.769 all about wanting to well there's two there's 00:37:49.769 --> 00:37:52.210 two things i can see wanting to allocate people's 00:37:52.210 --> 00:37:55.130 time and micromanage it because they see you 00:37:55.130 --> 00:37:57.969 as a number and a stone to squeeze instead of 00:37:57.969 --> 00:38:01.070 a person and then also one of the big ones i've 00:38:01.070 --> 00:38:03.130 heard about offices is that they want them to 00:38:03.130 --> 00:38:07.130 return to the workplace to shit what's the word 00:38:07.130 --> 00:38:10.449 um Fill the space. Yeah, to fill that space to 00:38:10.449 --> 00:38:15.710 justify owning that real estate and the rent. 00:38:15.869 --> 00:38:18.030 And that's the fucking problem. Think about how 00:38:18.030 --> 00:38:20.369 much more you could pay your employees if they 00:38:20.369 --> 00:38:23.610 worked, especially if it was any kind of office 00:38:23.610 --> 00:38:27.050 job. They can work the fuck from home. You don't 00:38:27.050 --> 00:38:29.429 have to pay rent on an office building. You know 00:38:29.429 --> 00:38:31.869 what you could do? Take that office building, 00:38:32.170 --> 00:38:36.969 get that rezoned by the city, and then turn the 00:38:36.969 --> 00:38:41.320 fuck fucking thing into decent living yes for 00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:43.960 people like turn it into apartments yes suites 00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:47.920 yes hell you could do work from home you could 00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:50.119 turn that most of that office you can leave the 00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:52.900 top of it to like officey stuff and like ceo 00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:55.039 and whatever yeah turn the bottom part of it 00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:58.239 into living and offer it to your employees as 00:38:58.239 --> 00:39:00.840 a as part of a work perk and give them like reduced 00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:04.139 rent because then maybe if they are living in 00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:06.980 your oh god i'm actually i'm creating coal town 00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:12.300 but if you pay them in u .s dollars and then 00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:17.159 also give them decent rent hell if you are their 00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:20.460 uh landlord and you give them a fair rate that's 00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:22.659 gonna really help them stay at that job too yep 00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:25.349 and then They're in the building, so if you need 00:39:25.349 --> 00:39:27.650 them in a meeting, you could request it and they 00:39:27.650 --> 00:39:30.309 could come up. Look, we're creating whole business 00:39:30.309 --> 00:39:33.650 strategies here. I don't know if any of this 00:39:33.650 --> 00:39:36.630 is viable, but this is more thought than half 00:39:36.630 --> 00:39:37.670 of these people are putting into it. Well, I 00:39:37.670 --> 00:39:40.070 mean, there is one downside for that. You can 00:39:40.070 --> 00:39:42.369 no longer go full Winnie the Pooh. Oh, no, no, 00:39:42.389 --> 00:39:43.710 no. They're not going to have cameras in your 00:39:43.710 --> 00:39:45.889 own apartment. Well, no, I mean, if you get called 00:39:45.889 --> 00:39:48.449 to that meeting, you just put on pants before 00:39:48.449 --> 00:39:49.989 you open the door. Okay, because I was going 00:39:49.989 --> 00:39:51.389 to say, if I ever had to be in a Zoom meeting, 00:39:51.510 --> 00:39:53.480 I would be full Winnie the Pooh. You know, this 00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:55.599 part isn't a Zoom meeting. This is like if they 00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:58.199 need you in a meeting or if they can request 00:39:58.199 --> 00:40:01.900 you to come in from home, which is downstairs. 00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:04.059 Yeah, which is on the second floor. And then 00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:06.039 you could just tell them, nah, I'm pooping right 00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:09.420 now. Or, like, my kid is learning to walk or, 00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:11.909 you know, whatever. Yeah. You know, life moments, 00:40:12.010 --> 00:40:15.409 work -life balance, which I've heard some CEOs 00:40:15.409 --> 00:40:18.030 talking, these people need to stop thinking about 00:40:18.030 --> 00:40:20.030 work -life balance. I'm like, maybe you should 00:40:20.030 --> 00:40:22.630 start thinking about it. Yeah. Maybe for yourself, 00:40:22.849 --> 00:40:25.590 too, because the acquisition of money and power, 00:40:25.690 --> 00:40:27.489 if that's the only thing you have going in your 00:40:27.489 --> 00:40:30.409 life and, you know, your wife hates you and is 00:40:30.409 --> 00:40:32.369 cheating on you and all of your kids just want 00:40:32.369 --> 00:40:33.889 your money and then they want to get away from 00:40:33.889 --> 00:40:36.150 you as soon as possible, maybe you should think 00:40:36.150 --> 00:40:39.929 about. on some love for yourself and your life. 00:40:40.050 --> 00:40:42.949 You mean kind of like Vince McMahon? I mean, 00:40:42.969 --> 00:40:44.809 I think he was super happy pooping on people. 00:40:44.949 --> 00:40:48.590 So I think his entire life has been fulfilled 00:40:48.590 --> 00:40:50.630 by that. Well, yes, but I mean, the whole other 00:40:50.630 --> 00:40:53.429 thing about how he would just never stop working. 00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:55.579 Like Peyton Manning, and then he went off and 00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:58.139 did a podcast and let loose. Oh, yeah. Maybe 00:40:58.139 --> 00:40:59.800 Vince McMahon should do a podcast. Please no. 00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:03.460 From prison. Vince's buddy is going to, what 00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:05.619 the hell is the word? Pardon. Pardon. Yeah, Vince's 00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:07.280 buddy is going to pardon. Man, we need better 00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:09.639 friends so we can poop on people, too. Why do 00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:11.960 you want to poop on people? No. I don't want 00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:15.840 to. I just want to have the option to. Why does 00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:18.619 that need to be an option? In case it's a thing 00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:21.260 that needs to happen for whatever scenario could 00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:23.480 be in the future. There's never a scenario. You 00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:27.059 don't know what the future holds. See, that's 00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:28.739 an assumption. You're assuming that we'll never 00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:31.539 need to... It's poop! It is not nutritious! It 00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:34.019 doesn't offer anything! It doesn't matter if 00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:36.780 it's nutritious if I'm Cleveland steaming it. 00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:38.960 It's going on her chest. She can't absorb that 00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:40.559 through her chest. Are you going to give her 00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:44.019 the old chili dog? Yeah, then that would require 00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:46.000 cheese and onions. I don't want to get into a 00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:49.619 whole thing. Okay, so we have a lightning round 00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:51.179 for round five. Lightning round. And this is 00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:54.320 the end. I mean, I could have just put a sound 00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:55.739 effect in, but I think I'm going to stick with 00:41:55.739 --> 00:42:00.960 that. This is the what, not why scenarios. So 00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:03.480 it's a series of why questions, and you're going 00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:06.239 to reframe this question that you asked yourself 00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:08.980 in your head with a what question. All right. 00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:13.679 So the why question is, why did I mess up that 00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:16.719 presentation? What could I have done to make 00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:19.559 the presentation better? Hell yeah, that's the 00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:22.900 answer. Why does this person always criticize 00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:26.539 me? What do I need to do to look inward to make 00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:29.639 this person stop criticizing me? Dang, two for 00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:33.880 two. Why can't I stay focused? What can I do 00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:36.679 to make sure that I keep my focus on the task 00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:39.119 at hand? Okay, what can I change about my environment 00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:41.920 to improve focus? That's close enough. Why don't 00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:45.260 I ever get chosen for big projects? What do I 00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:47.079 need to change about myself to get chosen for 00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:49.320 more projects? Yeah, what skills can I build 00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:51.599 to be ready for the next opportunity? You know 00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:54.280 what? I think you've earned the fun milestone 00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:59.320 that our friend here created for you. Okay. I 00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:02.099 think you're the clarity king today. Does that 00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:05.119 mean I win? I mean, it's a humorous title that 00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:08.360 you get if you win. Okay. So, yeah. I feel like 00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:10.380 you've won. Especially because some of the assumptions 00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:13.199 that were brought into this game... Yeah. I feel 00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:16.760 like... Especially the retail. Yeah, when you 00:43:16.760 --> 00:43:19.420 make a game about trying to make somebody get 00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:21.440 rid of their assumptions, and then you assume 00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:24.760 some things that I think are a bit borderline, 00:43:24.860 --> 00:43:27.280 and then you ask the right, but then you bring 00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:29.900 up the right question that makes me go onto, 00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:33.579 or us go onto a political rant. Oh, yeah. You 00:43:33.579 --> 00:43:36.860 know, yeah. This expanded game will help. We'll 00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:38.719 challenge Michael while keeping your podcast 00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:41.420 entertaining and insightful. And I think today 00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:43.300 was, this was entertaining and insightful. Yeah, 00:43:43.300 --> 00:43:45.420 we got a lot of stuff out. We talked about poop 00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:49.039 and the chili dough. And honestly, yeah, that's 00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:52.619 all very recent stuff. What about... Talked about... 00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:54.500 What about customers not always being right? 00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:56.820 Customers are always assholes. That's for sure. 00:43:57.320 --> 00:43:59.380 You know what? There's a couple of things I want 00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:01.900 to bring up here. Number one, you know, comment 00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:05.320 on this episode and tell us if you think I should 00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:08.820 send this wikiHow article to Michael. It's how 00:44:08.820 --> 00:44:12.539 to stop being naive at a glance. And it's 13 00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:17.360 steps to help you be less naive if you're overly 00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:20.239 trusting or lack experience in the world. There's 00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:23.960 only one 13 steps I need in my life. The Perfect 00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:26.539 Circle album? You're correct, sir. Oh, God, that 00:44:26.539 --> 00:44:28.960 was amazing. I just want to bring up one thing 00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:30.679 here, and I think I'm actually going to put this 00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:34.980 up on the Windbreaker Media social media at some 00:44:34.980 --> 00:44:37.840 point. We could do a whole episode on WikiHow. 00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:40.420 I've seen other influencers and entertainers 00:44:40.420 --> 00:44:43.480 on the Internet do this. WikiHow articles can 00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:46.260 sometimes be very humorous. I don't know if AI 00:44:46.260 --> 00:44:50.719 puts these together sometimes or if it's slapdash 00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:53.460 by random people. I don't know. Or if it's done 00:44:53.460 --> 00:44:57.219 purposefully for humor. But step two on the how 00:44:57.219 --> 00:45:01.260 to be less naive, it says to engage in novel 00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:05.579 experiences. Okay. And you know, to be less naive 00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:08.440 and to get more experience in the world, engaging 00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:11.280 in novel experiences is great advice. Can you 00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:13.659 see the picture on screen currently? Oh, for 00:45:13.659 --> 00:45:16.659 crying out loud. It's a man reading a novel. 00:45:17.179 --> 00:45:20.179 Reading a novel, but very specifically, you can 00:45:20.179 --> 00:45:22.159 tell he's reading a book, and you can say, oh, 00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:24.619 he's engaging in novel experiences by reading 00:45:24.619 --> 00:45:27.139 a book about something else. But then it has 00:45:27.139 --> 00:45:30.699 a little circle with an image of a book in it, 00:45:30.760 --> 00:45:33.340 clip art, and underneath that it says novel. 00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:37.920 Insert rimshot. So, yes, it's, WikiHow's idea 00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:41.440 of engaging in novel experiences is reading a 00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:47.260 novel. Boots. How on the nose is that? Too on 00:45:47.260 --> 00:45:49.420 the nose if you ask me, but all right. Yeah, 00:45:49.460 --> 00:45:52.659 I had to share that. But so I had ChatGPT write 00:45:52.659 --> 00:45:55.480 us a denouement for your journey here. All right. 00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:59.159 And she says, Michael. Yes. Every step on the 00:45:59.159 --> 00:46:02.019 road to greater self -awareness is a victory, 00:46:02.219 --> 00:46:05.199 even when it feels uncertain or uncomfortable. 00:46:06.579 --> 00:46:10.039 Embracing clarity over assumptions and curiosity 00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:14.579 over naivete isn't about perfection. It's about 00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:17.800 growth. Trust that each thoughtful question, 00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:21.679 open conversation, and moment of reflection will 00:46:21.679 --> 00:46:24.119 bring you closer to the best version of yourself. 00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:29.119 You've got the heart and humor to navigate this 00:46:29.119 --> 00:46:32.940 journey with wisdom and grace. Keep moving forward. 00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:38.599 You're on the right path. Thank you. Yeah, I 00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:41.639 have a tear in my eye. I have a tear in my penis. 00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:44.420 Do you have a tear in your penis? No, I have 00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:45.780 a tear in my penis. Oh, God, you better get to 00:46:45.780 --> 00:46:48.420 the hospital and sew that shit up. No, a tear 00:46:48.420 --> 00:46:52.760 in my penis. It's cold. And on that, I think 00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:56.420 we have to end this because Michael and I need 00:46:56.420 --> 00:47:00.639 to get naked and cuddle in a sleeping bag to 00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:04.179 stay warm. It's never leaving the cave. Never 00:47:04.179 --> 00:47:08.500 leaving the cave. Hey, are you still listening? 00:47:08.659 --> 00:47:10.940 Are you still out there? Did you enjoy whatever 00:47:10.940 --> 00:47:13.320 stupid stuff we just talked about? Why don't 00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:17.139 you subscribe to us? Follow us? I think that's 00:47:17.139 --> 00:47:19.699 what Spotify does. If it's on there. If it's 00:47:19.699 --> 00:47:22.460 not, just like this. Whatever. I don't know. 00:47:22.500 --> 00:47:24.619 Maybe this is a clip on Instagram. Who knows? 00:47:24.980 --> 00:47:27.840 Just wherever it's at, do something with it. 00:47:28.119 --> 00:47:30.559 Engage. And if your brains haven't fully turned 00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:32.380 into mushroom listening to us for the past hour, 00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:35.300 make some suggestions in the comments for ideas, 00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:38.179 episodes, whatever. Thoughts on things. If there's 00:47:38.179 --> 00:47:41.480 comments. And if not, Like I said, leave a comment 00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:45.820 if you can, if not. Email us at windbreakermedia 00:47:45.820 --> 00:47:50.940 at gmail .com. It's all one word. I know. You 00:47:50.940 --> 00:47:53.380 weren't getting to it. You weren't getting to 00:47:53.380 --> 00:47:56.659 the email. ChatGPT and I appreciate brevity. 00:47:57.380 --> 00:48:00.699 Fuck you and ChatGPT. No swearing. We'll see 00:48:00.699 --> 00:48:02.659 you all next time. God damn it.