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episode or podcast, but we may cover some topics

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that dance that line like a toddler dances on

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their mother's last nerve. This podcast is rated

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I. Welcome to the Now We Can Zoom podcast, where

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tonight we're asking our little overlords to

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please reset the simulation, because shit's getting

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weird. And coming from me, that's saying something.

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I'm your host, Pip. Tonight, as always, are my

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co -hosts, Gibbs and Gibbles. Hello! Hi! And

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we're coming off of a bit of a pre -show where

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we've been having a little bit of extra fun.

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So if my voice is a little raw, that's... It's

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not their fault tonight because I have been laughing

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my ass off. But tonight, we're going to be discussing

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a movement that's been getting bigger and it's

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not coming out of me for once. We're discussing...

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Don't look at me in that tone of voice, Gibbs.

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He's judging. He's judging harsh. With all the

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talk of AI, the end of the world and... People

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in Hollywood really loving pizza. We're going

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to talk about the exact opposite tonight, and

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we're going to discuss the dumb tech movement.

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Some people are intentionally stepping away from

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smartphones, smart homes, smart outlets, smart

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doorbells, smart appliances, and always on tech.

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Not because they're Luddites, or in the old sense,

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but because they're tired of how digital life

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affects them. There's an increasing demand for

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devices to not be so plugged in as they have

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been. This is becoming so popular that there

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are major news articles about this topic, such

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as in Newsweek, how to instantly dumb down your

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smartphone for a scrolling detox in 2026. This

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explains how many, especially Gen Z, are repurposing

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phones or using minimalist strategies to fight

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constant notification and feed addiction. It

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frames the trend as digital minimalism rather

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than full nostalgia. I, for one, fully support

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this whole trend, especially in the under 30

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crowd. They have no attention span, no communication

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abilities. They can't hold a conversation. They

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can't hold eye contact. And I fully blame the

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digital addictions. Oh, 100%. It's something

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of a trend that I've noticed. I think that the

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younger generation is becoming shockingly self

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-aware on this issue. And there's kind of two

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extremes. There's a lot of people. I know typically

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in a society, there's always that kind of back

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and forth sway. between things. So for example,

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when something's really popular for a while,

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then it becomes almost the opposite. It becomes

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really uncool and unpopular. It swings back and

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forth. So in the case of technology, I see a

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lot of people in the younger generation that

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are being very anti -tech, being very pro going

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out to bars, trying to be out in public, trying

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to be hanging around people. It's definitely

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something that I'm noticing a lot of people from

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all sectors. And the reason why I kind of...

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pointed it out for this week for this one and

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why i really want to talk about this is i'm seeing

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this particularly so i work in the automotive

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industry i'm seeing a huge demand and calling

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for people to say screw touch screens screw the

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tech give me my old knobs and dials please just

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make it simple and i think what we're starting

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to see is really it's in almost all phases of

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tech and almost really every facet or every corner

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of technology people are sick of it being over

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complicated yeah and especially with the car

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stuff uh the more tech heavy the cars become

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the more expensive they become to fix the the

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more you need an engineer or a higher end technician

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then you need a mechanic um right you you damn

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near need them like i got an electronics degree

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to fix cars nowadays oh yeah you should see my

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ford explorer i got freaking the only dial i

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have on it is the volume control that's it oh

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god everything else is touchscreen and just so

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you guys know too because i have a little bit

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of insider information cadillac for 2027 they're

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trying to make so right now the way cars are

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made is you have a bunch of different modules

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that control different parts of the vehicle well

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now they want to make it to this one central

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module that is powered by an nvidia graphics

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card with an ai chip where the idea they want

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to have is be one centralized module that is

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ai powered on their high -end Cadillacs. I don't

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know how this is going to go, but I'll tell you

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right now, it sucks already to work on cars with

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all these different modules that they do not

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talk to each other, that you have to reprogram

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them a certain way. It's really difficult to

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make things happen. That is going to make it

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way worse. By the way, some Cadillac's going

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to be the... first one to do it the first ones

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going down the road i think there's gonna be

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many companies that are gonna go that way okay

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so there was a car i saw i forget which brand

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it was where the audio control box that was like

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in the rear of the car that controlled like the

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muffler noises because that went out it ripped

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the car yeah that sounds about right uh i i have

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a question so does that mean that you're gonna

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have to start updating the drivers for your car

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yeah No, no, I have even better one. There's

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already vehicles now that you have to go back

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to the dealership every year or two to actually

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software update them. Some of them you can do

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from home, but there are some cars now that are

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like, hey, you have to do it at the dealership.

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I had software updates all the time when I used

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to work at dealership. Thankfully, not anymore.

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But I do see it. And even to repair and work

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on cars. Any car made after like 2016, 2018,

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you got to have a nice scan to be able to do

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the brakes on it because you have to manually

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retract the rear pistons. Oh, yeah. That happened

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to my own truck. I know. I remember that. That

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made a mess. That made such a mess. But I've

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seen some brands. There's a couple that are starting

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to figure this out. Because I think there's a

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lot of people that are just overwhelmed with

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options. And all these options don't necessarily

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make your life better. It's one of those things

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where options are nice, but some of us just want

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a car to get A to B. Or technology. Some of us

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literally want a phone to do three things. Not

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everything has to do everything. Yeah. Call,

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text, and porn. Exactly. The trifecta. That's

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all you need. Yep. I don't know if you guys saw

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this, but have you guys heard of Slate Automotive

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or Slate Auto? I've heard something about Slate.

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I know I saw it in the notes. So what they did,

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because the notes, I didn't really dive into

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it this much, but I feel like this is an important

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point. Slate said, what if we just didn't do

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any infotainment and we make a spot specifically

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for you to put your phone or your iPad and connect

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it to the vehicle and use that as your hub? Nice.

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And I was like, you know, as a cost saving measure.

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that keeps all your information there everything

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and puts the phone or tablet at a safe spot so

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you're not like texting while driving but you

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can interact with it and it connects with the

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audio system or potentially as a cost saving

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measure they literally give you like a bluetooth

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speaker you can put in the vehicle and just connect

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it to the phone and that's it it's like you know

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for cheap money that that that makes sense but

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it's nice to have options is what i'm saying

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it seems like every car manufacturer has been

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just going crazy with the options which means

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crazy with the money Yeah, because the more crap

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they can cram into there, the more cost they

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can squeeze out of the customer. And, I mean,

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cars are already expensive as it is, so why not

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just make us pay more, right? Don't give them

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ideas. Oh, they don't need any from me, trust

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me. Oh, they already do it. Bad enough I spent

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over $60 on my latest vehicle. Gross. That hurt

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my soul. The only reason I even accepted it is

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because I tricked it up completely. Yeah. So

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there was another article from Vice, the best

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dumb phones for smartphone use. That was a recent

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feature listing dumb phones as simple devices

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as alternatives to modern smartphones, showing

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just how the trend is becoming mainstream and

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curated rather than fringe. Excuse me. Like we

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mentioned, Gen Z are the bigger pushers and motivators

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for this. They're increasingly aware that constant

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notifications, social media feeds, the algorithm,

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the almighty algorithm, all hail, all hail Hypnotoad,

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is designed to keep you scrolling. I wish we

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had that sound effect. The algorithms are designed

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to keep you scrolling. And that they can actually

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harm focus, sleep, stress levels, and well -being.

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So this has driven people to reduce their screen

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time or even switch to the dumb phones that don't

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have a big fancy screen. This is your flip phones,

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your old Nokia styles, or even the PDA BlackBerry

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types. Yes. Did you ever have a BlackBerry? No,

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I wanted to. I had several. I loved them. See,

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I love that. I wish I still had it. I had one

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of those phones where on the front it was a regular

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phone, but you turned it sideways and pushed

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it up, then you had the full keyboard. Yes, like

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the kick. Yes, yes. HTC. Yeah, that thing was

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great. I loved that thing. And I missed when

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I had a flip phone, too. Honestly, it was kind

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of nice. I will say, like, it just kept you focused.

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I'd try going back to a flip phone. Can't now.

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I tried. No, I do entirely too much on the phone.

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Especially if you get into a... If you get a

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text message group going on an old -style flip

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phone, it won't stop. Yeah, if you're texting

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in T9, your thumb is going to look like Arnold

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Schwarzenegger by the time you're done with that

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third message. Well, that was back when we all

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used to text for something like you needed. Right.

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You know what I mean? You weren't just updating

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bullshit. I feel like I wish a lot of phones

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had options. I know some do, but I wish it was

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more relevant to be like, hey, here's a dumb

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phone feature or a dumb phone mode. Because I

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know it's nice to have sleep mode or other modes

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where do not disturb, which it does help, I will

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say. I wish my iPhone had a dumb feature where

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I was like, yep, literally turn off everything

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but calls or texts. Only if someone needs to

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get a hold of me, that's it. Which I know I could

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probably set up, but I'll be honest, I've been

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too lazy to do it. Yeah. Yeah, the do not disturb

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plus the whitelist on my phone has been an absolute

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game changer for me. That way I can let people

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through that I need to let through and the...

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the important stuff you know is filtered through

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but the non -important stuff can just wait till

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i wake up that's that's great oh yeah so i can't

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do that with the do not disturb unfortunately

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well that's why the white list exists yeah i

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didn't realize that i should have because the

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last time i did it why that was The night I found

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out my brother passed away. So I've not gone

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on Do Not Disturb ever since. Yeah, that would

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do it. The one time I did it, and then I get

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a voicemail from my stepfather. Yeah, that would

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hurt. So we've got other tech as well besides

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just phones. We've got people. trying to bring

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back things like film cameras, MP3 players, more

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mechanical -style watches, and they're rejecting

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the constantly pushed ads for updates, connectivity,

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and surveillance. Now, Gibbs, you were talking

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about all the car stuff, and I know we had talked

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about this earlier. What is the year that people

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in power are pushing? To have the kill switches

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mandated in cars. So, I will tell everybody right

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now. In 2029. I'm breaking up. Can you guys hear

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me now? Yeah. Yeah. Okay, cool. Okay. Starting

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the year 2029, all new passenger cars and light

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trucks sold in the U .S. will be required to

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include automatic emergency braking systems that...

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detect an imminent crash with another vehicle,

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a pedestrian, or automatically apply the brake

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if the driver does not try to prevent or reduce

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the severity of the crash. But here is my problem.

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Now, I know that sounds fine, but my problem

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is it's part of the law that's also in there

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for the police and or law enforcement to be allowed

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to have access to these. Now, we do not know

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to what extent. It is not currently written as

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to how this is going to be used or enforced.

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But it also grants law enforcement access to

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the braking capabilities of a vehicle. And I

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heard from a rumor. I don't know if this part's

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true. But I heard from a rumor that there's a

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possibility of them adding steering into the

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equation. I don't know about this one yet. This

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one, I could be calling it early on this one.

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Or they could be not adding that in eventually.

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Because here's the problem. Right now it's 2026.

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They got three years until this comes into effect.

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And you know these laws can be amended. So they

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can be changed. But the problem that's going

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to be is this is going to be another feature

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that you're going to have to, the customer's

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going to have to pay for, the consumer's going

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to have to pay for that you can't really consent

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to. Yeah. The thing is, most vehicles now already

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have this. So this is nothing new. Most any vehicle

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past like 2024, 2022, like you're going to have

00:14:42.889 --> 00:14:44.750
automatic collision avoidance, lane departure,

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lane assist, all this type of stuff. So why is

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it in there? Well. It's in there because it wants

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to be up to a government standard to the way

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that they want it to react and happen. So this

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is going to cause some issues. I can already

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see where this is going to go because they're

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going to want a certain amount of sensors, a

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certain amount of data, or a certain amount of

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recorded information. This is going to cause

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an increase in cost for the vehicles as well

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as that information is going to be readily accessible

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by the government for crash records or anything

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else. So unfortunately, it's going to affect

00:15:15.809 --> 00:15:18.629
your insurance, our repair costs. Oh, God, yeah.

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It's going to have a ripple effect. So I just

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want people to keep in mind that basically what's

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going to happen is any cars from like 2020 to

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like 2028 are going to actually retain their

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value a little bit more, I think, because of

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this issue. Yeah. Because I have zero trust the

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government is going to be able to do this well.

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Yeah. I have zero trust they're going to really

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think this one through. Or better yet, somebody's

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going to hack the system and then all of a sudden

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everybody's brakes are going to get slammed on.

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Right. It's going to be like a Skynet, but not

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Skynet. I need to ask a quick question. Gibbs,

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are you squeaking? When you're talking, something

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is squeaking really badly. He swallowed his chew

00:16:03.929 --> 00:16:10.289
toy. Oh, huh? No, that was not me. I'm actually

00:16:10.289 --> 00:16:12.649
like. I'm abusing this chair right here and I'm

00:16:12.649 --> 00:16:15.289
not. Okay. All right, cool. Maybe it wasn't.

00:16:15.289 --> 00:16:17.710
I don't know. It could be crazy. Maybe just sitting

00:16:17.710 --> 00:16:21.929
in the chair is being abused now. So, but anyways,

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so it's just something people keep in mind that

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with the addition, with the addition of one more

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features in these cars. unfortunately, adds more

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vulnerabilities to them. Yeah. And this is not

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just with cars, mind you. This is a good representation

00:16:35.850 --> 00:16:38.110
of what's happened with your phones, with your

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computers, laptops, watches, TVs, anything you

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can think of, really. With all these features

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that get added, comes the erosion of your privacy,

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your rights, things like that. Yep. What is interesting,

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I don't know if you guys know this, but Ford

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was the first one that patented driving ads in

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your car. They patented it. They're not going

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to use it. But they did patent the idea and the

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ability to play ads on your screen. Well, that's

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because they know there's going to be other companies

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that are going to try to do it. So why not patent

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it and make money off of it? Because you have

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the auto companies overseas that does crazy shit

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like, let me subscribe to be able to heat my

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seats. Like, really? Would you like to stop the

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car now? Please watch this ad. Would you like

00:17:30.829 --> 00:17:33.009
to keep your family alive? Play $5 .99 for premium

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braking service. You know, it's like... Well,

00:17:36.789 --> 00:17:39.029
you know what's crazy? There are cars where you

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actually have to pay to unlock more horsepower.

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Like, it's in the vehicle and everything. It's

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already there. You just have to pay for a separate

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thing. They flash the chip in the ECU and it

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allows the engine to run better. Wow. There are

00:17:50.789 --> 00:17:54.109
cars where they do that already. Yeah, that's

00:17:54.109 --> 00:17:56.990
insane isn't like it's it's like Audi or Mercedes

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-Benz that does that They both do okay Tesla

00:18:03.829 --> 00:18:09.170
as well. Yeah, Tesla Tesla But Tesla's interesting.

00:18:09.410 --> 00:18:12.349
Well, yeah, so They actually what's kind of crazy

00:18:12.349 --> 00:18:14.390
with Tesla's if there's something that's broken

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It's simple enough with the modules and those,

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it will actually call itself, the dealership,

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give the dealership its diagnostic codes and

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troubleshooting codes, and the dealership will

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order the part, and the car will tell you when

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to go to the dealership when the part's there.

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Now, that's cool. I could be okay with that kind

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of thing. That's kind of badass to be like, oh,

00:18:38.710 --> 00:18:40.869
yeah, something's wrong with me. Go to the dealership

00:18:40.869 --> 00:18:47.039
in six days. The part will be there. Yeah. That's

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:48.680
the only car right now that does anything like

00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:54.680
that. Yeah. So I, I have very mixed feelings

00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:57.220
on some of this stuff because yeah, that kind

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of stuff is very awesome and very helpful, but

00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:06.279
the remote access stuff is just way overstepping.

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If you, the owner do not have a way to disable

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it, then you do not own your car. If you cannot

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bypass it without the car being disabled, the

00:19:19.009 --> 00:19:23.910
car is not yours. You should never have to pay

00:19:23.910 --> 00:19:26.950
farmers and jailbreak our own stuff. Well, yeah,

00:19:27.029 --> 00:19:29.910
but I mean, you should not have to pay the full

00:19:29.910 --> 00:19:32.089
price for the car. You should not have to pay

00:19:32.089 --> 00:19:33.890
property taxes if you're in a state that has

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those because you don't own the car. If you own

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it, you can do whatever you want to it, period.

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And I will die on that hill. Software companies

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have already paved the way for this where you

00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:50.720
never own it. You just rent it. You lease it

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:54.940
or you pay for a license to have or operate that

00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:56.799
vehicle. Because you have politicians that are

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:59.880
just too whipped to the dollar that they're getting.

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Or too old to understand. They're either too

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old or they're getting paid off by lobbyists

00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:09.839
to actually do something about it. Yeah. For

00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:12.019
example, I don't know if you guys have been keeping

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:15.119
up with this, but do you know SteamOS is making

00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:18.940
huge strides? Oh, yeah. And one of the things

00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:22.259
I wanted to bring up here is operating systems,

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:24.960
as all three of us know about Linux, we all know

00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:26.799
about different Linux distros, but it's not really

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:29.240
that useful right now. But something like SteamOS

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:33.519
with the incoming GabeCube, which I cannot fucking

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:37.339
wait for, Lord Gaben himself. If you don't know

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:40.160
who Gaben is, just look him up. You'll see. Glorious

00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:43.400
man. Glorious Gabe. Gabe Newell. Yes. Glorious

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:46.240
Gabe. Yeah. Well, he's trying to figure out to

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:49.460
run a software that's your desktop software that

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:51.799
takes place on Microsoft that is like idiot simple.

00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:55.380
That's very light. And he gets rid of a lot of

00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:56.960
the intrusive stuff, gets rid of a lot of the

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:58.700
bloatware, a lot of the crap. It makes it just

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simple. And the amount of demand I see for this

00:21:01.450 --> 00:21:03.269
online is freaking huge because we're all sick

00:21:03.269 --> 00:21:05.410
of Microsoft. And unfortunately, I hate to say

00:21:05.410 --> 00:21:08.210
it, Apple OS, while it's really efficient, it

00:21:08.210 --> 00:21:10.910
can't do a lot of things. So this is going to

00:21:10.910 --> 00:21:15.509
be like a perfect middle ground. Apple is good

00:21:15.509 --> 00:21:18.089
for some things, but it sure as hell isn't good

00:21:18.089 --> 00:21:22.710
for office spaces. And I work around copy machines

00:21:22.710 --> 00:21:29.480
all day. This sucks. I was just reading an article

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:33.579
yesterday or the day before about how Windows

00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:37.180
as it stands, Windows 11 is essentially going

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:43.220
to be the last version of like user type Windows.

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:46.519
They're going to be moving to cloud -based subscription

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:51.059
style Windows that is just AI kind of bloatware

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:54.940
essentially. And that's going to be the model

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:57.640
going forward. You're going to have to pay. Nope.

00:21:57.849 --> 00:22:04.309
a fee to use your computer. Nope. So that's going

00:22:04.309 --> 00:22:07.170
to be, that's going to be what pushes the adoption

00:22:07.170 --> 00:22:13.509
of Linux or alternate operating systems. I really

00:22:13.509 --> 00:22:16.849
feel like we're entering this kind of like cyberpunk

00:22:16.849 --> 00:22:19.170
era where everybody's going to have their own

00:22:19.170 --> 00:22:21.390
versions of distros for software, for computers,

00:22:21.430 --> 00:22:22.990
because nobody wants to use the big bad government

00:22:22.990 --> 00:22:25.509
one, which is going to be Microsoft. It's going

00:22:25.509 --> 00:22:27.579
to be the case of like, everyone's going to find

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:29.559
their own way of making shit work, but nothing's

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.660
going to be standardized. It's not going to be

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:33.039
like how it was 10 years ago where everybody

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:35.940
ran Windows 10. Yeah. Or everybody was running

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:41.140
Vista or 7. God, I miss Windows 7. That was great.

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:43.619
7 was good. I actually came across a computer

00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:48.799
yesterday that was running Windows 7. I couldn't

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:50.880
help them because I couldn't get the printer

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:53.019
working on it, but you know. I have one at work

00:22:53.019 --> 00:23:00.369
that's running Windows 98. Wow. Please tell me

00:23:00.369 --> 00:23:02.630
it's not connected to the internet. Oh, no. No,

00:23:02.690 --> 00:23:07.349
it's an offline. Good. That's good. Because that

00:23:07.349 --> 00:23:09.569
thing probably in about two minutes would be

00:23:09.569 --> 00:23:13.769
infected with so many viruses. Yeah, it's never

00:23:13.769 --> 00:23:20.269
been on the internet. But, like, this is where

00:23:20.269 --> 00:23:21.950
this is going to go. Because they're going to

00:23:21.950 --> 00:23:23.690
think they can force people to pay monthly for

00:23:23.690 --> 00:23:26.480
software. And let's be honest, any of us that

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:29.259
are software savvy are going to say, fuck that

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:31.680
and find a way to get around. Exactly. A lot

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:33.859
of people, there's already tens of millions of

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:39.599
people that use like counterfeit or pirated Windows

00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:42.740
software like every day. And it's no problem.

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:45.799
So give it like. three months, six months, and

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:47.519
there's going to be some crazy Russian hacker.

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:50.819
Let's go, oh, do this, do this, blah, there you

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:53.119
go. And it's going to work. And you're going

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:55.559
to be fine. Exactly. It's going to be just like

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:59.200
the old days. It'll be like the old days. Or...

00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:02.559
Like the mid, the early to mid 2000s where, you

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:06.980
know, you were silly to pay for Windows. Or it'll

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:08.380
be... Because they were charging so damn much.

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:11.319
It'll be the case where someone tricks AI into

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:17.059
cracking something for them. yeah or that so

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:22.839
new form of uh iql injections and all that yeah

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:27.759
or or the case of his ai gonna get so good that

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:31.559
people can just pick up a linux distro have it

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:33.480
coded to the way that you want it behave it the

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:35.940
way you want it install it and then you're all

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:38.740
set but no you have to really deal with the um

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:43.029
the kernel essentially yeah If I have it besides

00:24:43.029 --> 00:24:50.809
that, you'd be fine. Yeah. And, you know, it's

00:24:50.809 --> 00:24:53.789
going to be, I think it's going to move beyond

00:24:53.789 --> 00:24:57.049
computers too. I mean, the more companies that

00:24:57.049 --> 00:25:00.890
start to offer more options that are less advanced,

00:25:01.210 --> 00:25:06.990
they're going to see more customer draw because

00:25:06.990 --> 00:25:10.150
we're already seeing it right now. Companies

00:25:10.150 --> 00:25:15.509
that are offering, Back to the cars. I just had

00:25:15.509 --> 00:25:18.890
it right here. Audi and Volkswagen and some other

00:25:18.890 --> 00:25:22.569
automakers, they're reintroducing physical buttons,

00:25:22.650 --> 00:25:25.349
knobs, and dials, and they're seeing their sales

00:25:25.349 --> 00:25:29.990
increase by as much as 30%. So... Yeah, because

00:25:29.990 --> 00:25:33.150
not everybody wants a touchscreen. Not everybody

00:25:33.150 --> 00:25:36.029
wants to have to sit there and figure out while

00:25:36.029 --> 00:25:38.670
they're driving, go, oh, let me try to push this

00:25:38.670 --> 00:25:41.069
tiny little thing on the screen so I can turn

00:25:41.069 --> 00:25:44.730
the heat up. Yeah. So I'll tell you this from

00:25:44.730 --> 00:25:47.130
experience. I have a customer who has a brand

00:25:47.130 --> 00:25:51.769
new 2025 Audi Q7 Premium. It's the big SUV. It's

00:25:51.769 --> 00:25:53.750
the luxury. It's like $110 ,000 for the one that

00:25:53.750 --> 00:25:58.390
he has. Gross. Really nice. There's a problem

00:25:58.390 --> 00:26:00.759
with it. Of course there is. With how long it

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:03.440
takes all the computer systems to start up, I

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:06.200
can get into it, hit the start button. It takes

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:08.680
at least a minute, if not a minute and a half,

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:10.819
for everything to come up, for me to be able

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:13.579
to use the touchscreen, navigate over to the

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:16.259
thermostat, or the heat settings, and actually

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:18.619
get the heat running in it. And then because

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:21.319
it's German, it's particularly sensitive about

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:24.640
shit, and it takes quite a while to get the heat

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:26.980
going. And here's the thing. I'm just south of

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:30.799
Boston. It's been negative fuck outside. So nothing's

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:32.779
more annoying than trying to get the heat going

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:36.140
in this $110 ,000 car. And when the screen's

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:38.799
like, meh, it's too cold. I'll take a bad time.

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:40.519
Meanwhile, you're sitting there fucking shivering

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:44.200
your balls off. Or I could just go to this 2007

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:47.000
Kia on the lot you want to do, start the car,

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:50.859
turn the knob. Yeah. Like, I hate to see that

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:53.440
guy, but it's like... Yeah, but you know what

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:56.539
the sad part is, though? If it's not that cold

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:58.380
out, if it's like 40, 50 degrees, we still want

00:26:58.380 --> 00:27:02.220
heat. Why is it a $110 ,000 vehicle is being

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:05.339
outdone by a $5 ,000 shitbox when it comes to

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:07.119
heat? And I hate to say it, the amount of times

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:08.779
I've gone to really nice vehicles and the heat

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:12.140
or AC in them aren't very good is fucking terrifying.

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:13.720
Also, it's because of the new refrigerants, too.

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:16.000
They suck. That's besides the point. They're

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.420
not like the old ones. The old shit used to be

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:20.450
cold. Mm -hmm. Yeah, but the older ones also

00:27:20.450 --> 00:27:26.869
killed penguins. It's fine. It's fine. It's fine.

00:27:28.470 --> 00:27:31.150
So, I don't know. It's over -regulation to the

00:27:31.150 --> 00:27:35.450
point to where it doesn't always work. Or it's

00:27:35.450 --> 00:27:37.789
always yelling at you. That's the other thing

00:27:37.789 --> 00:27:39.230
with some of the newer cars. They're always yelling

00:27:39.230 --> 00:27:43.140
at you over something. Yeah, mine usually yells

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:45.700
at me when I'm using the cruise control and it's

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:47.440
driving for me down the freeway. That's when

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:49.980
it yells at me for not paying attention. Otherwise,

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:52.160
it kind of leaves me alone. That's when you're

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:57.039
not supposed to pay attention. Oh, well, this

00:27:57.039 --> 00:28:00.200
one is still set up to where you need to pay

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:03.299
attention, which I like. Oh. Because there's

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:06.180
been times where, you know, it decided as I'm

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:08.920
coming up to the exit that I want, it's on the

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:11.470
navigation, it decides, hey. We're going to go

00:28:11.470 --> 00:28:14.630
in the left lane now. Why? We got to exit right

00:28:14.630 --> 00:28:21.069
here. What are you doing? That's awesome. Yeah,

00:28:21.109 --> 00:28:23.029
it did save me from getting into an accident

00:28:23.029 --> 00:28:25.390
once already. Well, that's good. That was nice.

00:28:26.329 --> 00:28:29.390
I will say, I've been very happy with the lane

00:28:29.390 --> 00:28:31.529
assist and the partial self -driving my Camry

00:28:31.529 --> 00:28:33.589
has. When I'm on the highway, I can just kind

00:28:33.589 --> 00:28:37.029
of let it do its thing. And it really saves you.

00:28:37.029 --> 00:28:38.930
It makes driving way less stressful when you're

00:28:38.930 --> 00:28:43.549
doing long distance. Oh yeah. Yeah. But one of

00:28:43.549 --> 00:28:44.910
the things I want to point out in this discussion

00:28:44.910 --> 00:28:49.890
was the fact that granted, this is a rough estimate,

00:28:50.029 --> 00:28:54.569
but roughly 20 to 30 % of the cost that you're

00:28:54.569 --> 00:28:58.089
paying for a vehicle is for non -essential features,

00:28:58.289 --> 00:29:00.930
particularly infotainment connectivity packages,

00:29:01.009 --> 00:29:03.150
luxury tech styling systems and subscription

00:29:03.150 --> 00:29:06.349
systems. Imagine if right now you could just

00:29:06.349 --> 00:29:09.630
slash car prices 20 or 30 % by saying basics.

00:29:10.269 --> 00:29:14.730
Just basic stuff. Don't need all that crap. The

00:29:14.730 --> 00:29:16.029
amount of people that are priced out of owning

00:29:16.029 --> 00:29:18.069
cars or a lot of other tech because of all this

00:29:18.069 --> 00:29:21.769
unnecessary stuff, that's an estimate for 20

00:29:21.769 --> 00:29:24.970
to 30%. There are some cars, I swear to God,

00:29:24.990 --> 00:29:30.910
it's half the price of the car. Wow. That's kind

00:29:30.910 --> 00:29:37.529
of insane. It is insane. No, but then again,

00:29:37.650 --> 00:29:39.849
there's a there's I found out there's a vehicle

00:29:39.849 --> 00:29:43.289
over in Europe that you don't even need a license

00:29:43.289 --> 00:29:47.829
for it's a tiny little shit box and It's like

00:29:47.829 --> 00:29:50.569
14 15 year olds can drive it and it only goes

00:29:50.569 --> 00:29:53.529
like oh, what is it? I think it gets us to like

00:29:53.529 --> 00:29:57.430
maybe 40 miles an hour. Maybe Like it could be

00:29:57.430 --> 00:30:00.789
slower than that But the cars like 7 ,000 bucks

00:30:00.789 --> 00:30:05.759
Yeah, cuz it comes with just what you need steering

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:09.460
wheel brake system gas has a little cell phone

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:12.259
holder up on the dash and that's really about

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:16.220
it and and the way they build it the front and

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:20.519
back look exactly the same the doors it's the

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:23.319
same door on each side so one the door handles

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:25.480
in the front the other one door handles in the

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:27.799
back because it's literally the same damn door

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:30.839
wow you could do that here just it would have

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:32.880
to be a lot bigger because we go a lot faster

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:35.900
But you can make a simple car like that and be

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:39.319
cheap. You know what's even crazier? You know

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:43.640
Toyota makes a $10 ,000 pickup truck? Yeah. And

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:47.220
we're getting them soon, aren't we? Supposed

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:51.339
to be. It's on the way. But it's... Yeah, it's

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:54.880
like $10 ,000, right? Yeah, it's like after like

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:57.180
tariff attacks from like 12 or 13 for most people.

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:59.700
But even so, you can't even get into a truck

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:02.390
for under $50 ,000. In America, 45 or 50 is like

00:31:02.390 --> 00:31:04.930
your baseline. Yeah. You know, bottom barrel.

00:31:05.369 --> 00:31:07.410
Imagine being able to get a truck that has a

00:31:07.410 --> 00:31:10.890
warranty, not Toyota. Mind you has a Toyota warranty

00:31:10.890 --> 00:31:12.769
and they'll order it. They take good care of

00:31:12.769 --> 00:31:15.390
people for 10 to 12 grand. Like you can actually

00:31:15.390 --> 00:31:17.670
get work done. The amount of commercial companies

00:31:17.670 --> 00:31:18.849
that people are gonna be buying those up is going

00:31:18.849 --> 00:31:23.950
to be endless. I would buy one 12 grand. Aren't

00:31:23.950 --> 00:31:25.690
they supposed to be making those here at some

00:31:25.690 --> 00:31:29.920
point soon? at some point so the big rumor is

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:32.299
the toyota toyota just recently relaunched the

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:36.019
fj cruiser and it's on the same frame that that

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:37.660
truck is supposed to be that okay that's what

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:41.859
it is so so the fj is coming here first and then

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:43.839
i think that other truck that they're already

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:45.720
making based off that frame is going to be approved

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:49.380
later on i don't know what the timeline is because

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:51.400
they're kind of keeping a hush hush why i don't

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:54.319
really know unfortunately i don't work like for

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:57.109
toyota so i don't know 100 but Maybe they don't

00:31:57.109 --> 00:31:59.950
want anyone else jumping the gun on them. Yeah.

00:32:00.029 --> 00:32:01.150
Well, that's the thing is I don't think there's

00:32:01.150 --> 00:32:02.789
any other companies that make trucks that I think

00:32:02.789 --> 00:32:04.349
could even come close to that kind of price.

00:32:04.769 --> 00:32:06.930
I mean, fuck, even the Ford Maverick is still

00:32:06.930 --> 00:32:10.009
like $30 ,000, $20 ,000, $30 ,000. It's the cheapest,

00:32:10.009 --> 00:32:14.009
cheapest gun. Yeah. Yeah, that beats the shit

00:32:14.009 --> 00:32:17.630
out of the cheapest Cybertrucks, too, or whatever

00:32:17.630 --> 00:32:21.750
Elon was shooting for. Yeah. How much are those

00:32:21.750 --> 00:32:29.240
now? The Cybertruck? Ridiculous. A lot. It's

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:31.039
nowhere near the price that you originally was

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:34.519
trying to get. No. That's for damn sure. Slate,

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:36.500
which is like an Amazon -owned truck company

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:38.619
that makes little electric trucks, those are

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:43.619
like $25 ,000. Yeah. Which, I thought about getting

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:48.029
one, but a little too much. For what for what

00:32:48.029 --> 00:32:49.750
it has, you know, for like a little a little

00:32:49.750 --> 00:32:52.450
pickup truck that goes like 150 miles on a charge.

00:32:52.569 --> 00:32:55.670
I'm like, I'm not gonna spend 25. No, it's a

00:32:55.670 --> 00:33:03.269
little too much. Yeah. So talking about all the

00:33:03.269 --> 00:33:06.329
the tech and bullshit that's inside of a car

00:33:06.329 --> 00:33:08.029
right now, we'll stay on the car topic for just

00:33:08.029 --> 00:33:12.269
a minute. Some recent surveys that were done

00:33:12.269 --> 00:33:15.049
and these are not, you know, be all end all deals,

00:33:15.130 --> 00:33:20.670
but. 54 % of Americans think that cars have too

00:33:20.670 --> 00:33:25.009
much tech. I would think that's kind of low personally,

00:33:25.170 --> 00:33:29.930
but that's just me. 68 % said they would give

00:33:29.930 --> 00:33:32.630
up the latest tech for a more affordable vehicle.

00:33:32.990 --> 00:33:36.549
Again, I think that's low. I think that number

00:33:36.549 --> 00:33:39.990
should probably be a lot higher. But when you

00:33:39.990 --> 00:33:42.150
were talking about that, something that popped

00:33:42.150 --> 00:33:44.750
into my head, how long was it going to be before?

00:33:45.549 --> 00:33:47.789
You said that they're going to have NVIDIA chips

00:33:47.789 --> 00:33:53.569
in the cars. So NVIDIA makes AI chips and GPUs

00:33:53.569 --> 00:33:56.150
can run AI. So how long is it going to be before

00:33:56.150 --> 00:33:59.710
we have an AI assistant or an AI overlord in

00:33:59.710 --> 00:34:02.950
our vehicle telling us what to do or how to drive

00:34:02.950 --> 00:34:06.730
or driving for us and just taking control of

00:34:06.730 --> 00:34:11.789
the vehicle for us when we least expect it? Think

00:34:11.789 --> 00:34:15.269
about this. If Tesla can do self -driving decently

00:34:15.269 --> 00:34:18.010
well without AI, just with basic algorithms,

00:34:18.250 --> 00:34:20.929
imagine what happens when they integrate a full

00:34:20.929 --> 00:34:23.989
-time dedicated AI that can get updates over

00:34:23.989 --> 00:34:29.530
the air at all times. We are not long until...

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:31.059
cars will be able to drive themselves because

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:33.619
they'll have a built -in ai that can make decisions

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:36.119
this has been the biggest thing self -driving

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:38.280
right now because it's all algorithmic based

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:41.000
based off a ton of the scan information lidar

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:44.159
radar all these other things it has to make decisions

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:48.519
based off of loose parameters whereas once you

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:50.079
get an ai to be able to sift through all that

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:52.579
and make decisions like that it's going to make

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:55.199
self -driving way more efficient overnight and

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:57.019
unfortunately it will be able to take over that's

00:34:57.019 --> 00:35:00.010
the other problem yeah is it might make decisions

00:35:00.010 --> 00:35:01.889
for you like you're talking about. And you know

00:35:01.889 --> 00:35:03.469
what worries me about that? You just have to

00:35:03.469 --> 00:35:07.349
be friends with your car. That scene from 2001,

00:35:07.869 --> 00:35:11.570
Space Odyssey. I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that

00:35:11.570 --> 00:35:17.389
right now. Or like I said earlier, Skynet. Yeah.

00:35:18.909 --> 00:35:24.190
By the way, speaking of Skynet, we're like three

00:35:24.190 --> 00:35:28.150
and a half -ish years away from the first actual...

00:35:28.650 --> 00:35:33.429
war with Skynet and the Terminators. I think

00:35:33.429 --> 00:35:36.829
it's 2029. I hate to say it, but I think we're

00:35:36.829 --> 00:35:43.010
on track. So yeah, just putting that out there.

00:35:43.809 --> 00:35:47.670
There was actual novels that people, you know,

00:35:47.690 --> 00:35:50.550
an author made that it was like the beginning

00:35:50.550 --> 00:35:54.429
of the war and how it all started. And one of

00:35:54.429 --> 00:35:58.070
the novels, it was basically you know skynet

00:35:58.070 --> 00:36:01.789
infiltrated all the cars and to test to see if

00:36:01.789 --> 00:36:04.769
it could gain control stuff it caused massive

00:36:04.769 --> 00:36:09.989
automobile accidents so i can only imagine you

00:36:09.989 --> 00:36:12.889
have a kill switch or something like that that

00:36:12.889 --> 00:36:15.849
the government has access to or you're putting

00:36:15.849 --> 00:36:18.849
ai in cars and then a hacker comes along and

00:36:18.849 --> 00:36:22.070
goes hey guys watch this there's gonna be a lot

00:36:22.070 --> 00:36:25.869
of dead people Because you know damn well there's

00:36:25.869 --> 00:36:28.869
not going to be some end -all, be -all to security

00:36:28.869 --> 00:36:32.349
on these things. Because it's bad enough when

00:36:32.349 --> 00:36:35.170
you hear that there's medical devices that for

00:36:35.170 --> 00:36:36.929
whatever reason are connected to the internet,

00:36:37.070 --> 00:36:42.550
and they don't even use HTTPS. And you've got

00:36:42.550 --> 00:36:44.989
people that could potentially get hacked, and

00:36:44.989 --> 00:36:48.949
they could die. So what makes you think that

00:36:48.949 --> 00:36:51.050
they're going to sit there and secure this shit?

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:55.400
For the cars. They're not. Or if they do, it's

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:57.699
going to be a few generations after the fact

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:59.599
once they figure it out after so many people

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:03.480
die and they get sued into the dirt. Yeah. Safety

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.980
is going to be a feature you have to pay for.

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:10.219
So. Yeah. To give you guys an idea. Some pacemakers

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:14.119
are connected to the internet. That's wild. You

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:15.719
know, this has already happened before in the

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:18.179
automotive industry. Do you guys know who the

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:21.130
Kia boys are? Oh, yeah. Yeah, they're big up

00:37:21.130 --> 00:37:24.650
around here. Okay. So for anyone at home that

00:37:24.650 --> 00:37:28.690
is unaware, I have to tell everybody, I do not

00:37:28.690 --> 00:37:31.030
recommend you buying or owning any Kia or Hyundai

00:37:31.030 --> 00:37:36.070
between like 2008 to like 2019, 2020, because

00:37:36.070 --> 00:37:38.369
they have a massive security issue or feature

00:37:38.369 --> 00:37:40.409
where basically you can rip out the ignition

00:37:40.409 --> 00:37:42.389
system and get a hot wire and drive away with

00:37:42.389 --> 00:37:44.849
it within minutes. If you're really good, literally

00:37:44.849 --> 00:37:47.550
within like two to four minutes, it's an insanely

00:37:47.550 --> 00:37:51.320
bad security flaw. And the reason why I bring

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:54.800
this up... Oh, sorry. No, it's okay. The only

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:57.360
reason I bring this up was because it is so bad

00:37:57.360 --> 00:38:00.039
that in many areas of the country, you can't

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:05.380
insure one. In Chicago, Detroit, New York City,

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:06.840
I think there was somewhere else too, they...

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:09.679
a lot of automotive insurance companies dropped

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:12.320
the availability to insure one of them because

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:15.019
they're being stolen so often. So here's my question

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:17.159
to you guys. If it's easy enough to steal something,

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:19.619
you have to physically change out. Imagine if

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:23.000
you get like a radio frequency blocker or something

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:25.440
else or transmitter or another way to be able

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:27.639
to control one of these vehicles. You don't even

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:29.559
have to have someone pull over. You have the

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:32.300
laziest carjacking in the world. Pull over the

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:35.260
vehicle, park it, get out, bitch. Like, I hate

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:38.880
to say it, but... that would happen. Yeah. Yeah,

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:42.559
that could. But yeah, no, not to tell people

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:46.280
how to do it, but I mean, most of the older vehicles,

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:49.019
all you need is a brick and a flathead screwdriver

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:52.659
and you could pop, you just have to pop out the

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:55.519
locking mechanism that you use to start the car

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:59.639
and you can start the vehicle immediately and

00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:02.360
drive away with it. Hollywood has made it seem

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:05.590
like it's so complicated to jack a car. When

00:39:05.590 --> 00:39:09.369
all you need is a flathead and a brick. That's

00:39:09.369 --> 00:39:20.539
it. As I said, I'm not trying to tell people

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:22.960
how to do it, but I'm just saying the Q boys

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:25.059
weren't the first ones to figure this out. The

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:27.820
Southeast boys and the street crews, they've

00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:30.300
been doing it for a long time. The Q boys just

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:32.519
figured out you can use a, you know, the fire

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:36.300
stick, you know, USB or whatever. Oh, I could

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:39.849
just do it with that. No flathead quicker. But

00:39:39.849 --> 00:39:43.949
whatever. I'm not. Yeah, I'm done. But the thing,

00:39:43.969 --> 00:39:45.369
the reason why I brought this up is because they

00:39:45.369 --> 00:39:47.530
were mass organized groups that were stealing

00:39:47.530 --> 00:39:51.329
tens of thousands of cars. It wasn't just a handful

00:39:51.329 --> 00:39:54.889
in there. It was entire city blocks, entire areas,

00:39:54.969 --> 00:39:58.250
just vehicles were put up on blocks. Everything

00:39:58.250 --> 00:40:01.030
was stolen. Everything was taken. It caused a

00:40:01.030 --> 00:40:04.809
huge issue in several different cities. And keep

00:40:04.809 --> 00:40:06.949
in mind, if this kind of stuff goes through,

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:09.539
Who knows if you'll maintain control of your

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:13.480
vehicle? Not to get conspiracy theory, but how

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:15.099
many people do you think are going to be, you

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:16.980
know, driven off a cliff or whatever other weird

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:20.739
stuff? You know, be like, oops. You know, if

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:22.820
this kind of technology gets out there, if that's

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:27.059
adopted. Oh, man. Yeah, if someone in control

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:29.059
doesn't like what you're saying or putting out

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:32.079
on the internet, your car could suddenly just

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:34.340
start driving for you and take you somewhere

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:39.719
you don't want to go. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Or a crash

00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:45.460
detection system just doesn't work. That's what

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:50.460
happened in Upload, remember? Oh, yeah. He passed

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:53.559
out from being drunk, and next thing you know,

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:59.300
he's dead. Yep. Anybody can fake a toxicology

00:40:59.300 --> 00:41:07.320
report. Yep. That's right. It's good times, you

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:10.539
know, what a time to be alive. Yeah. Well, it's

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:12.260
just something that like part of this, I want

00:41:12.260 --> 00:41:13.880
to caution people and make them aware of that.

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:15.460
Like there are companies that are listening.

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:19.199
It's just make your voices heard, you know, make,

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:22.019
make it known to these companies that, Hey, these

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:23.719
are, this is what you demand. So like, for example,

00:41:23.739 --> 00:41:25.460
I'm part of that group. Like as much, I love

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:28.380
the technology features on like my car for the

00:41:28.380 --> 00:41:30.920
truck that I buy. I would love to have like a

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:33.260
bare bones, simple truck that literally just

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:36.800
four wheel drive, big motor, Good towing capacity,

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:39.480
good frame. All I want is heat and AC. That's

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:42.179
it. I don't even want any screens, anything.

00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:44.679
Just give me simple because that is a work vehicle.

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:47.519
I'm not driving it to go have fun. I'm driving

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:49.860
it to move snow, do stuff on the farm, and go

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:51.300
to Home Depot. It's like five minutes up the

00:41:51.300 --> 00:41:53.760
road. That's it. But I know I'm a special use

00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:55.420
case, so not everybody's going to be with me

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:56.800
on that. But give me an option. That's all I'm

00:41:56.800 --> 00:42:01.300
asking. Well, that's like your auto -off feature

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:05.360
where you're idling at. An intersection and your

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:07.559
car shuts off until you're ready to go again

00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:11.320
Some people don't want that shit And there's

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:13.659
times you really don't want it because god forbid

00:42:13.659 --> 00:42:16.820
you hit the gas like in the kia and you hit the

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:19.920
gas and nothing happens You're in a life and

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:22.199
death situation. You hit the gas and all the

00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:25.760
engine is just like fuck you. I ain't going Yeah,

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:29.800
that sucks. So now you can go on amazon depending

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:32.659
on which vehicle you got in the year you're a

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:35.219
mom you know make a model and all that you can

00:42:35.219 --> 00:42:38.239
buy an adapter that will turn that feature off

00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:40.900
permanently as long as you have that installed

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:43.860
i thought there was a setting to go to in your

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:48.320
car and turn that off some some okay some but

00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:52.280
not a lot of them wow like i wish i could turn

00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:57.059
that off in my kia and my explorer but what can

00:42:57.059 --> 00:43:01.829
you do except go buy a modification and Install

00:43:01.829 --> 00:43:04.210
that. So I will tell people this as someone that

00:43:04.210 --> 00:43:05.829
works in the automotive industry and sees a ton

00:43:05.829 --> 00:43:07.530
of hybrid vehicles that have the auto start -stop,

00:43:07.670 --> 00:43:09.769
I'll give you two bits of advice. One, if you

00:43:09.769 --> 00:43:13.190
can turn off your auto start -stop, do it because

00:43:13.190 --> 00:43:15.309
it prematurely wears out the motor because it's

00:43:15.309 --> 00:43:16.969
starting every time and having to use the starter

00:43:16.969 --> 00:43:18.909
up. But also, more importantly, that means the

00:43:18.909 --> 00:43:21.690
several revolutions of the crankshaft and cams

00:43:21.690 --> 00:43:23.730
without it being lubricated, it does cause premature

00:43:23.730 --> 00:43:26.389
wear. And option two, if you have that and you

00:43:26.389 --> 00:43:29.309
can't stop it, Do your fucking oil changes earlier

00:43:29.309 --> 00:43:32.590
on time, for the love of God. Because the amount

00:43:32.590 --> 00:43:34.190
of people that have auto start -stop engines

00:43:34.190 --> 00:43:36.909
that'll wait until 20 ,000 fucking miles to do

00:43:36.909 --> 00:43:38.530
an oil change, and they do it three times and

00:43:38.530 --> 00:43:40.050
the car's at 60 or 80 ,000 miles, they're like,

00:43:40.110 --> 00:43:43.989
why did my engine blow up? You people know who

00:43:43.989 --> 00:43:49.309
you are. You people know. Yeah. I literally have

00:43:49.309 --> 00:43:51.070
one of them sitting at the shop right now that

00:43:51.070 --> 00:43:53.309
on Monday I got to give her a call saying, yeah,

00:43:53.349 --> 00:43:55.570
so about this Jeep with 80 ,000 miles, you need

00:43:55.570 --> 00:43:59.639
a new motor. Why? Good job. You've done three

00:43:59.639 --> 00:44:04.980
fucking oil changes to it. Holy Christ. Every

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:09.579
20 ,000. Even if you're doing 10 ,000 miles an

00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:11.900
oil change, that should be eight oil changes,

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:17.059
bare minimum. That's ridiculous. My brand new

00:44:17.059 --> 00:44:21.920
2026 Explorer, I'm at 4 ,000 and some change,

00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:25.300
and it still says I have 61 % oil life in it.

00:44:25.469 --> 00:44:28.650
Which I'm like, wow. Okay. Don't never believe

00:44:28.650 --> 00:44:30.110
what the oil life thing says. Those things are

00:44:30.110 --> 00:44:33.409
wrong every fucking time. Oh, I'm sure. I've

00:44:33.409 --> 00:44:36.250
been following the manuals. I'm just like surprised

00:44:36.250 --> 00:44:42.170
that it allows for that. Yeah. I think those

00:44:42.170 --> 00:44:45.329
shouldn't be allowed to be honest with you. The

00:44:45.329 --> 00:44:47.929
oil life meters. I feel like that's a misleading

00:44:47.929 --> 00:44:51.670
thing. It's like, what is it called when you

00:44:51.670 --> 00:44:52.869
give someone a loan that you know they can't

00:44:52.869 --> 00:44:56.559
pay back or whatever? Predatory, lone, or? Predatory,

00:44:56.639 --> 00:44:59.980
yeah. I think that's very predatory of them to

00:44:59.980 --> 00:45:01.940
give you an oil life feature. Some I'll see them

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:04.659
go 10 ,000 miles, I'll say like 48%. It's like,

00:45:04.699 --> 00:45:06.380
no, it was through 5 ,000 miles ago. It should

00:45:06.380 --> 00:45:08.840
be like negative 50%. What are you talking about?

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:14.539
Yeah, I'll still, the furthest I'll ever really

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:19.460
go is like 7 ,000 for the mileage. I use full

00:45:19.460 --> 00:45:21.800
synthetic. 7 ,000. I try to get them about 4

00:45:21.800 --> 00:45:26.079
,500 to 5 ,000. Good. Especially with your motor,

00:45:26.159 --> 00:45:30.400
yes. Mine's no longer leaking oil, by the way.

00:45:30.539 --> 00:45:32.619
I changed out the oil kit, the leak is gone.

00:45:32.679 --> 00:45:38.739
That's good. Good. You gotta love those 5 cent

00:45:38.739 --> 00:45:43.059
fixes. No, it was like a $35 fix. We got the

00:45:43.059 --> 00:45:44.940
OEM, the nice one, though. The right one for

00:45:44.940 --> 00:45:52.300
it. It's snug. That's what she said. She likes

00:45:52.300 --> 00:45:57.070
it snug. I hate to say that. A lot of people

00:45:57.070 --> 00:45:59.489
I see that have like EVAP leaks because they

00:45:59.489 --> 00:46:02.349
have like a cheap gas cap and they'll flag a

00:46:02.349 --> 00:46:03.690
check engine light and they're like, oh, it's

00:46:03.690 --> 00:46:05.349
an EVAP leak. It has a small leak. Yeah, just

00:46:05.349 --> 00:46:09.329
get the right fucking gas cap. But anyways. Or

00:46:09.329 --> 00:46:11.610
just get a vehicle that doesn't need a gas cap.

00:46:13.769 --> 00:46:17.010
Are you trying to sell me a military, you know,

00:46:17.010 --> 00:46:20.489
deuce and a half? Is that what I'm hearing? It's

00:46:20.489 --> 00:46:23.010
all fucking bye. You don't have to convince me.

00:46:24.690 --> 00:46:27.510
The last three vehicles I had have not needed

00:46:27.510 --> 00:46:31.050
a gas cap, which is amazing. I haven't had to

00:46:31.050 --> 00:46:33.489
think about it. Which even helps with the Pennsylvania

00:46:33.489 --> 00:46:35.710
emissions because of the fact they can't do certain

00:46:35.710 --> 00:46:38.269
tests because you don't have a gas cap. That's

00:46:38.269 --> 00:46:41.690
awesome. Here in Ohio, we just don't have emissions,

00:46:41.909 --> 00:46:47.150
so fuck off. In Ohio, you could be riding down

00:46:47.150 --> 00:46:49.929
the road with a seat, an engine, and a frame.

00:46:50.949 --> 00:46:55.679
You know what, though? But you know what's crazy?

00:46:55.760 --> 00:46:58.360
Look up the statistics. I bet you there's no

00:46:58.360 --> 00:47:00.099
difference between the amount of automotive accidents

00:47:00.099 --> 00:47:03.460
between Ohio and Pennsylvania over the quality

00:47:03.460 --> 00:47:05.960
and or parts failure on a vehicle. I'll tell

00:47:05.960 --> 00:47:08.360
you right now, inspections, I disagree with everybody.

00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:10.599
I don't think they do anything. Yeah, no, they

00:47:10.599 --> 00:47:12.559
generate revenue. That's it. A lot of inspections

00:47:12.559 --> 00:47:16.219
don't. Yeah, a lot of inspections don't, but

00:47:16.219 --> 00:47:18.099
it also depends on the state and what they're

00:47:18.099 --> 00:47:21.010
looking for. like in maryland they're looking

00:47:21.010 --> 00:47:22.809
to make certain that maintenance is being done

00:47:22.809 --> 00:47:26.969
on the vehicle more than anything else um because

00:47:26.969 --> 00:47:30.309
i've had a vehicle one time i was bad and i wasn't

00:47:30.309 --> 00:47:33.329
taking care of it and the state was just like

00:47:33.329 --> 00:47:36.309
shame shame you can't get inspection done because

00:47:36.309 --> 00:47:38.210
there's some other stuff that needs to be fixed

00:47:38.210 --> 00:47:41.710
first so it was kind of like their excuse to

00:47:41.710 --> 00:47:43.590
make certain that you know you're taking care

00:47:43.590 --> 00:47:47.329
of your car which i didn't mind so much because

00:47:47.329 --> 00:47:52.630
you know They weren't wrong. From the Communist

00:47:52.630 --> 00:47:55.949
Republic of Massachusetts. Is there any visible

00:47:55.949 --> 00:48:03.250
rust? Yeah, no pass. Wow. They're very strict

00:48:03.250 --> 00:48:06.250
about some things. I would put the rust on me.

00:48:07.030 --> 00:48:10.170
I'm just like, do I pass inspection? Can I be

00:48:10.170 --> 00:48:14.710
inspected? You got a vehicle. I identify as a

00:48:14.710 --> 00:48:17.000
vehicle. Can you milk me? I have not inspected

00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:21.239
it. Can you milk me, Fogger? Come on. I've got

00:48:21.239 --> 00:48:24.340
nipples. There's not enough gloves to inspect

00:48:24.340 --> 00:48:29.179
you. No way. No, no. There's not enough love.

00:48:29.260 --> 00:48:32.659
Okay. Get the lube, Gibbs. You can inspect. I

00:48:32.659 --> 00:48:35.860
do not have a license to do a cavity search.

00:48:35.960 --> 00:48:37.659
I'll tell you that. That's not the right way.

00:48:38.079 --> 00:48:40.800
I heard something the other day that was hilarious.

00:48:41.019 --> 00:48:44.099
You know, we have all this technology and...

00:48:44.730 --> 00:48:48.489
All this science that's moved us forward all

00:48:48.489 --> 00:48:51.969
this time where people live longer, better lives

00:48:51.969 --> 00:48:53.670
as long as they take care of themselves. And

00:48:53.670 --> 00:48:56.829
yet, for some reason, we have a doctor that requires

00:48:56.829 --> 00:48:59.989
lubricant and a glove to check our prostate to

00:48:59.989 --> 00:49:03.050
make certain we're healthy. Like, really? They

00:49:03.050 --> 00:49:06.409
haven't found a better way to do it? I gotta

00:49:06.409 --> 00:49:08.929
have a grown -ass man stick his finger up my

00:49:08.929 --> 00:49:12.130
bum just to make certain I'm not dying? I think

00:49:12.130 --> 00:49:13.570
it's because a lot of men are too afraid to come

00:49:13.570 --> 00:49:15.030
out of the closet, so that's their only way.

00:49:22.250 --> 00:49:31.309
I'm sorry the way I'm going. So listen, if you're

00:49:31.309 --> 00:49:33.710
going in to get your prostate checked, just be

00:49:33.710 --> 00:49:36.469
sure that the doctor checking your prostate does

00:49:36.469 --> 00:49:38.090
not have two hands on your shoulders when he's

00:49:38.090 --> 00:49:45.090
doing it. Oh. That's why it's like the VA is

00:49:45.090 --> 00:49:47.110
going to have to take me in kicking and screaming

00:49:47.110 --> 00:49:52.250
for that check. That is exit only. Thank you.

00:49:53.010 --> 00:49:55.969
Yeah. There is no playground there. That is a

00:49:55.969 --> 00:50:02.269
sewage department by every means possible. All

00:50:02.269 --> 00:50:09.179
right. So. Let's try to get back on topic for

00:50:09.179 --> 00:50:14.760
a few minutes. Some of the downsides about going

00:50:14.760 --> 00:50:19.159
into the dumb tech. You've got, like you talked

00:50:19.159 --> 00:50:22.559
about, group chat exclusion. Some of us do group

00:50:22.559 --> 00:50:25.880
chat, some of us don't. If that's the thing you

00:50:25.880 --> 00:50:27.719
do, you would not be able to participate in those.

00:50:28.300 --> 00:50:32.039
Job hunting barriers, a lot of places. What's

00:50:32.039 --> 00:50:35.780
that? I was going to say, yeah, you couldn't

00:50:35.780 --> 00:50:37.659
do group chat, not because you're being excluded,

00:50:37.900 --> 00:50:41.500
but because every single time somebody does a

00:50:41.500 --> 00:50:45.579
text in group chat on a regular cell phone, you

00:50:45.579 --> 00:50:48.179
will get a text for every single person that's

00:50:48.179 --> 00:50:50.440
in that group. So you'll get, say there's seven

00:50:50.440 --> 00:50:52.800
people in that group chat, you will get seven

00:50:52.800 --> 00:50:55.559
individual texts all saying the same thing every

00:50:55.559 --> 00:50:59.440
single time. Yeah, that's not fun. Enjoy. It's

00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:04.510
not fun. Yeah. Tell me how I know that. Back

00:51:04.510 --> 00:51:07.070
in the days when you had to pay per text, that

00:51:07.070 --> 00:51:14.090
was horrible. 1 -800 -COLLECT. Yeah, buddy. 10

00:51:14.090 --> 00:51:17.489
-10 -2 -20. We had a baby, it's a boy. Yeah.

00:51:17.530 --> 00:51:21.389
We had a baby, it's a boy. Bob, we had a baby,

00:51:21.409 --> 00:51:24.429
it's a boy. Great commercial. So yeah, job hunting

00:51:24.429 --> 00:51:27.150
barriers because most places need apps for you

00:51:27.150 --> 00:51:29.469
to do job hunting nowadays. So there's an app

00:51:29.469 --> 00:51:35.179
for everything. I routinely push off anything

00:51:35.179 --> 00:51:37.900
that says, use our app. No, fucking just take

00:51:37.900 --> 00:51:42.340
my money. Emergency fee shirts will likely be

00:51:42.340 --> 00:51:44.659
missing from some of these dumb phones. That

00:51:44.659 --> 00:51:47.940
could be an issue potentially because some of

00:51:47.940 --> 00:51:50.659
them could lack GPS. Some of them could lack

00:51:50.659 --> 00:51:55.840
the notification systems. So you may be kind

00:51:55.840 --> 00:52:00.010
of left out on your ass in some situations. So

00:52:00.010 --> 00:52:01.690
you mean it would be like the old days where

00:52:01.690 --> 00:52:04.170
you need to know where you are at all times.

00:52:04.610 --> 00:52:09.369
I know. Big, big change, right? Yeah. Survival

00:52:09.369 --> 00:52:13.130
of the fittest almost. Oh, no. I'm going to kind

00:52:13.130 --> 00:52:15.550
of throw him under the bus on this one a little

00:52:15.550 --> 00:52:19.730
bit. My son, who is now 19 and still trying to

00:52:19.730 --> 00:52:23.949
get his license stuff figured out, cannot navigate

00:52:23.949 --> 00:52:28.780
through our town without looking at GPS. Even

00:52:28.780 --> 00:52:32.480
the basic main roads. He does not know how to

00:52:32.480 --> 00:52:35.940
get to work. He does not know how to get to several

00:52:35.940 --> 00:52:40.139
of his restaurants that he likes. And you know

00:52:40.139 --> 00:52:42.920
why? I shouldn't laugh because my youngest sister

00:52:42.920 --> 00:52:46.219
is like that. Because of his cell phone. 90 %

00:52:46.219 --> 00:52:48.860
of his time like this. Looking straight down.

00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:53.380
He does not look out. He does not memorize routes.

00:52:53.500 --> 00:52:56.210
He does not do anything in his head. I love the

00:52:56.210 --> 00:52:57.969
child to death. There's nothing I wouldn't do

00:52:57.969 --> 00:53:02.210
for him. But I understand why Homer shakes the

00:53:02.210 --> 00:53:05.650
shit out of Bart in like every episode because

00:53:05.650 --> 00:53:08.309
trying to shake the shit and get the child to

00:53:08.309 --> 00:53:14.130
learn because holy shit. But it's not just him.

00:53:14.210 --> 00:53:17.889
It is like most teenagers essentially at this

00:53:17.889 --> 00:53:21.429
point. Most of them are so directionally challenged.

00:53:21.889 --> 00:53:25.079
They can't tell you which way is north. They

00:53:25.079 --> 00:53:27.400
cannot tell you. And admittedly, there are a

00:53:27.400 --> 00:53:29.480
lot of adults that are this way, too. So it's

00:53:29.480 --> 00:53:31.139
not just the teenagers. There are a lot of adults.

00:53:31.579 --> 00:53:33.840
The amount of adults that do not know their left

00:53:33.840 --> 00:53:39.260
from their right is staggering. I have seen people

00:53:39.260 --> 00:53:42.539
my age. Military left, not your right. I have

00:53:42.539 --> 00:53:46.159
seen people my age have to go. Oh, yeah, it's

00:53:46.159 --> 00:53:50.579
this way. When doing left and right. I have seen

00:53:50.579 --> 00:53:54.789
people in their 30s with tattoos. on their hands,

00:53:54.889 --> 00:53:57.150
like right by their thumbs, with an L and an

00:53:57.150 --> 00:54:01.090
R. Yeah. Are you serious? I am dead serious.

00:54:01.489 --> 00:54:04.570
Wow. They have a tattoo on their neck that said,

00:54:04.570 --> 00:54:09.670
How stupid do you gotta be? So, I mean, it's

00:54:09.670 --> 00:54:13.250
not just the kids. I cannot just sit here and

00:54:13.250 --> 00:54:15.769
shit talk the younger generations because it's

00:54:15.769 --> 00:54:19.130
literally every generation from our age and down.

00:54:19.820 --> 00:54:24.840
There are just incapable assets in every group.

00:54:25.360 --> 00:54:28.539
But it's just, we tend to look down and see the

00:54:28.539 --> 00:54:31.139
worst ones. And it doesn't matter where you live,

00:54:31.300 --> 00:54:35.000
it's everywhere. It's, you know, Los Angeles

00:54:35.000 --> 00:54:39.239
to D .C. to frickin' the north part of Wisconsin

00:54:39.239 --> 00:54:43.860
all the way to Florida. Yeah. All I can say is

00:54:43.860 --> 00:54:47.199
crack cocaine is a hell of a drug. Yeah. Well,

00:54:47.219 --> 00:54:49.039
think about this, though. Kids don't have to

00:54:49.039 --> 00:54:51.360
go anywhere that a car can't take them. They

00:54:51.360 --> 00:54:53.119
no longer have bikes they ride everywhere. They

00:54:53.119 --> 00:54:56.000
no longer take public transport. So to them,

00:54:56.000 --> 00:54:58.139
that is the only thing that they know, which

00:54:58.139 --> 00:55:00.239
it sucks because as an adult, you should always

00:55:00.239 --> 00:55:02.719
know your surroundings, be able to function without

00:55:02.719 --> 00:55:05.699
directions. At least 90 % of the time, we're

00:55:05.699 --> 00:55:06.840
always going to have somewhere where we go where

00:55:06.840 --> 00:55:09.260
it's like, where the fuck am I? But, you know,

00:55:09.320 --> 00:55:12.489
know your routes, know your highways. You know,

00:55:12.510 --> 00:55:15.869
no basic stuff like that. Pro tip. Never take

00:55:15.869 --> 00:55:20.650
the same highway home timeline. Yes. No three

00:55:20.650 --> 00:55:25.829
ways to get home. Yes. But also, pro tip, understand

00:55:25.829 --> 00:55:28.050
how our highway system is numbered and why the

00:55:28.050 --> 00:55:31.150
numbers mean what they mean. That is a unified

00:55:31.150 --> 00:55:34.650
system. North and south, deep and west. But most

00:55:34.650 --> 00:55:36.730
people don't know or they don't know what happens.

00:55:36.769 --> 00:55:38.230
Like if there's something that's like a junction

00:55:38.230 --> 00:55:40.150
or a roundabout or like a cut through or something

00:55:40.150 --> 00:55:43.309
like that, they have no idea. You can just look

00:55:43.309 --> 00:55:45.510
at the numbers. It will tell you. I swear. It's

00:55:45.510 --> 00:55:47.630
one of the few things the U .S. government has

00:55:47.630 --> 00:55:52.150
done something right somehow. Oh, yeah. 97 ,000

00:55:52.150 --> 00:55:53.989
other things, but the highway system numbering

00:55:53.989 --> 00:55:56.769
is actually good. Yeah. Thank you, Dwight D.

00:55:56.909 --> 00:55:59.769
Eisenhower. Best president we ever had. Yeah.

00:56:01.639 --> 00:56:04.519
Uh, so George Washington was pretty good too.

00:56:04.719 --> 00:56:08.099
Yeah. Sorry. In the last hundred years, modern,

00:56:08.460 --> 00:56:14.519
we'll say modern post -World War II, um, social

00:56:14.519 --> 00:56:17.940
isolation. Um, if everybody else is online and

00:56:17.940 --> 00:56:21.000
keeping up with all the latest memes, AI generated,

00:56:21.119 --> 00:56:25.159
uh, Yeti videos and everything, you're going

00:56:25.159 --> 00:56:34.820
to be left out. So What if dumb tech sparks a

00:56:34.820 --> 00:56:37.860
bigger rebellion? Now, this could just be the

00:56:37.860 --> 00:56:42.320
first kind of log on the fire. Could it lead

00:56:42.320 --> 00:56:47.179
to anti -AI laws, human -only zones, or corporations

00:56:47.179 --> 00:56:51.260
co -opting it as a premium offline luxury subscription?

00:56:52.420 --> 00:56:55.719
I could fully see companies trying to do that.

00:56:56.519 --> 00:56:59.860
Here's our fully digital package, but if you

00:56:59.860 --> 00:57:03.139
want the dumb version, here's the premium subscription

00:57:03.139 --> 00:57:12.760
for that. It's like paying for no ads. That's

00:57:12.760 --> 00:57:15.539
like Netflix coming out super cheap in the beginning,

00:57:15.639 --> 00:57:18.360
and now they're as much as cable anymore. Back

00:57:18.360 --> 00:57:24.659
in the mid -90s, before TV was unregulated. Dumbest

00:57:24.659 --> 00:57:31.489
thing ever. So that kind of puts us in what some

00:57:31.489 --> 00:57:33.489
people are calling the golden age of presence.

00:57:35.389 --> 00:57:40.030
With the proliferation of dumb tech and the more

00:57:40.030 --> 00:57:42.949
people that embrace it, there's going to be potentially

00:57:42.949 --> 00:57:47.449
more creativity, deeper relationships, neurological

00:57:47.449 --> 00:57:51.750
healing of the brain, and a settling down of

00:57:51.750 --> 00:57:57.150
the constant input. One thing that was brought

00:57:57.150 --> 00:58:01.130
up, and this is kind of a, I guess, horror aspect.

00:58:02.489 --> 00:58:07.829
If AI gets too good, dumb tech could be the only

00:58:07.829 --> 00:58:13.230
authentic human choice left. And that's something

00:58:13.230 --> 00:58:14.730
that I don't think a lot of people are really

00:58:14.730 --> 00:58:19.849
thinking about. We've talked a lot about AI and

00:58:19.849 --> 00:58:23.090
how good it's getting, how progressed it's become.

00:58:24.650 --> 00:58:27.909
going to the analog forms and going to the less

00:58:27.909 --> 00:58:32.409
advanced digital methods might be the only real

00:58:32.409 --> 00:58:35.110
way to fight the changes that AI is bringing.

00:58:38.230 --> 00:58:42.769
Now, there is some old tech that will not work

00:58:42.769 --> 00:58:47.909
with the new stuff, like faxes. Right. The old

00:58:47.909 --> 00:58:52.610
analog fax. does not play well with the new digital

00:58:52.610 --> 00:58:56.869
internet and everything. It's bad. And the amount

00:58:56.869 --> 00:59:01.489
of times I get a call saying, hey, our fax isn't

00:59:01.489 --> 00:59:05.429
going out. And then I get there, listen to the

00:59:05.429 --> 00:59:08.329
connection that they get from their router, and

00:59:08.329 --> 00:59:11.369
you hear scratches and pops and noise and stuff

00:59:11.369 --> 00:59:14.329
that's like a dirty line back in the day. And

00:59:14.329 --> 00:59:17.340
this is coming from a digital feed. And you just

00:59:17.340 --> 00:59:19.639
have to look at the guy or woman and just tell

00:59:19.639 --> 00:59:21.719
them like, look, you got to talk to your internet

00:59:21.719 --> 00:59:25.000
provider because the equipment they supplied

00:59:25.000 --> 00:59:29.900
you with either a is messed up or be there. Your

00:59:29.900 --> 00:59:33.199
internet signals jacked, which comes across the

00:59:33.199 --> 00:59:36.699
digital feed that translates to analog as, you

00:59:36.699 --> 00:59:39.320
know, like a dirty line, which then means your

00:59:39.320 --> 00:59:42.719
analog facts can't send out because it can't

00:59:42.719 --> 00:59:46.400
make a good handshake across the. The other side.

00:59:46.460 --> 00:59:50.760
Right. So it's just new with old versus new.

00:59:50.880 --> 01:00:02.019
It's not good. Yeah. So. That kind of. Sorry

01:00:02.019 --> 01:00:05.920
if I'm a Debbie Downer. Oh, no, no, no. Dystopian

01:00:05.920 --> 01:00:09.460
orgasms are kind of our specialty on this show.

01:00:11.000 --> 01:00:15.340
So. Why do you always look so puzzled Gibbs?

01:00:17.559 --> 01:00:21.139
You know It's like imagine if there was a roulette

01:00:21.139 --> 01:00:24.239
wheel But it was like a thousand feet wide and

01:00:24.239 --> 01:00:26.280
you just fucking spin the shit out of thing every

01:00:26.280 --> 01:00:33.300
time the words I've known you for over a decade.

01:00:33.400 --> 01:00:37.639
I still don't fucking clue I got my D &D dice

01:00:37.639 --> 01:00:40.099
right here. I just spin it. Let's just see what

01:00:40.099 --> 01:00:47.639
gives gives enough It's like you managed to invent

01:00:47.639 --> 01:00:50.139
like a 5 ,000 -sided dice, and it's just there's

01:00:50.139 --> 01:00:52.940
something new on every fucking side. Right. Jesus.

01:00:57.420 --> 01:01:03.539
So in a world where we have a lot of agent teams

01:01:03.539 --> 01:01:08.820
and dream BCIs, brain -computer interfaces, maybe

01:01:08.820 --> 01:01:13.139
the smartest move would be the dumbest one. Would

01:01:13.139 --> 01:01:17.519
you guys listening be tempted to dumb down? Would

01:01:17.519 --> 01:01:21.460
you be willing to pull up the dumb tech? Or is

01:01:21.460 --> 01:01:22.940
this something that we're just going to be laughing

01:01:22.940 --> 01:01:26.659
about next year in 27? You know, ha ha, there's

01:01:26.659 --> 01:01:29.219
a brick phone that got popular for like two seconds

01:01:29.219 --> 01:01:37.199
last year. Could the next agent and dumb tech

01:01:37.199 --> 01:01:40.199
symbiosis be something to start looking into?

01:01:40.670 --> 01:01:43.550
Is there a way to kind of integrate some of the

01:01:43.550 --> 01:01:46.429
AI features into the dumb tech and just kind

01:01:46.429 --> 01:01:56.369
of camouflage it? And I mean, as always, if you

01:01:56.369 --> 01:01:58.530
guys are listening and you have thoughts on this

01:01:58.530 --> 01:02:02.389
stuff, by all means, we welcome comments on them.

01:02:03.130 --> 01:02:06.210
Share your thoughts, share your concerns, share

01:02:06.210 --> 01:02:08.469
your perspectives. We want to hear from you.

01:02:10.480 --> 01:02:22.579
There are companies by the way, uh -huh What

01:02:22.579 --> 01:02:42.849
Oh, I will have to look into that That's something

01:02:42.849 --> 01:02:49.469
we'll come back to. Speaking of comments... On

01:02:49.469 --> 01:02:53.130
a side note... No, I was going to say, there's

01:02:53.130 --> 01:02:55.829
been times when we've said people speak up. Have

01:02:55.829 --> 01:02:58.750
we ever really addressed that? We constantly

01:02:58.750 --> 01:03:01.690
watch the Discord and everything. Unfortunately,

01:03:01.789 --> 01:03:04.289
there's not a lot of action in the Discord. I

01:03:04.289 --> 01:03:07.170
don't know if people are just shy or what the

01:03:07.170 --> 01:03:09.570
deal is. I don't know if we ever came back. Come

01:03:09.570 --> 01:03:12.739
on in. Join in. It can get... Wild in our other

01:03:12.739 --> 01:03:18.199
Discord, so. Come on in, the water's fine. There's

01:03:18.199 --> 01:03:22.039
no pee in it. Good dog. You already scared him

01:03:22.039 --> 01:03:27.460
away. Okay. I don't want our viewers to get discouraged.

01:03:27.900 --> 01:03:29.719
But what I was going to say is one of the trends

01:03:29.719 --> 01:03:33.719
I do like is what I try to do is one of my friends

01:03:33.719 --> 01:03:35.199
and I get together for dinner or something like

01:03:35.199 --> 01:03:37.780
that. We all try to either just like either phones

01:03:37.780 --> 01:03:40.039
are away in your pocket or you put it face down

01:03:40.039 --> 01:03:43.699
up on the table. and it's like easy like hey

01:03:43.699 --> 01:03:45.420
check it once or twice you need to like respond

01:03:45.420 --> 01:03:46.960
to someone or do something that's cool like you're

01:03:46.960 --> 01:03:50.119
free to take it but the idea is like to get yourself

01:03:50.119 --> 01:03:53.079
away from the fucking phone talk to me i don't

01:03:53.079 --> 01:03:55.519
know about you guys like since i grew up basically

01:03:55.519 --> 01:03:58.099
smartphones came out for me like yeah you're

01:03:58.099 --> 01:04:00.460
a high school like with the iphone and all that

01:04:00.460 --> 01:04:02.980
shit so like for me my adult life i've always

01:04:02.980 --> 01:04:05.599
had a smartphone it's very tough sometimes to

01:04:05.599 --> 01:04:08.960
not check that thing and I like that. At least

01:04:08.960 --> 01:04:10.500
a lot of people like making the effort to like,

01:04:10.539 --> 01:04:12.559
not because that's what I've been trying to try

01:04:12.559 --> 01:04:16.000
to stick, stick it the fuck away from me. So.

01:04:19.920 --> 01:04:33.619
Oh yeah. So did I. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. How did

01:04:33.619 --> 01:04:36.179
that, how did that operate? Was it like a separate

01:04:36.179 --> 01:04:54.280
phone number? Yep. Okay. I had a pager. Back

01:04:54.280 --> 01:05:01.519
in the day, I had a pager. Go on a date, you

01:05:01.519 --> 01:05:03.199
know, you had your pager. So if your parents

01:05:03.199 --> 01:05:06.880
need to get ahold of you, get a page. I thought

01:05:06.880 --> 01:05:13.440
I was hot crap, and yeah. It was so dumb. Yeah,

01:05:13.480 --> 01:05:16.900
some pager cases even had little slots to put

01:05:16.900 --> 01:05:19.300
quarters in. And all it would be is you'd call

01:05:19.300 --> 01:05:22.980
it, and it would send a text to the pager saying,

01:05:23.219 --> 01:05:25.460
you know, either they would leave a message.

01:05:26.650 --> 01:05:28.710
you know they type out by otherwise you'd be

01:05:28.710 --> 01:05:31.030
using like 10 10 to 20 or they would just have

01:05:31.030 --> 01:05:34.050
it to make a callback number and you would get

01:05:34.050 --> 01:05:37.510
the page and you'd look like oh it's phone number

01:05:37.510 --> 01:05:40.969
such and such call I need to call them you know

01:05:40.969 --> 01:05:44.989
obviously they need to contact me and then you'd

01:05:44.989 --> 01:05:46.869
go find a pay phone or whatever and you could

01:05:46.869 --> 01:06:03.699
give them a call yeah on the honor system Yeah.

01:06:03.699 --> 01:06:13.679
Oh yeah. You haven't lived until you're at the

01:06:13.679 --> 01:06:15.780
gas station going, I need five bucks, man. I

01:06:15.780 --> 01:06:19.159
overfilled my tank accidentally. Not like now

01:06:19.159 --> 01:06:21.239
where you have to prepay for everything. You

01:06:21.239 --> 01:06:24.139
know, back when I was in high school, you'd sit

01:06:24.139 --> 01:06:26.480
there and just fill your car up and then walk

01:06:26.480 --> 01:06:35.519
inside and pay. Not like now. Yeah. Yeah. Well,

01:06:35.659 --> 01:06:37.980
they would see it on their system because you

01:06:37.980 --> 01:06:41.099
would pump up, you know, whatever it is you needed,

01:06:41.159 --> 01:06:45.269
and you'd walk inside and go, here's $20. You

01:06:45.269 --> 01:06:46.909
know, because back in the day when you had a

01:06:46.909 --> 01:06:50.289
four -door car, you know, 20 bucks filled you

01:06:50.289 --> 01:06:53.630
up. Not like now where you need about 40 bucks.

01:06:55.110 --> 01:07:05.409
$20 went a long way back in the day. Right? Not

01:07:05.409 --> 01:07:10.429
now. I got two $3 off coupons from Mars. The

01:07:10.429 --> 01:07:12.190
king -size one, yeah. You know, because they

01:07:12.190 --> 01:07:16.530
somehow got... dove candy bars during the christmas

01:07:16.530 --> 01:07:19.530
break where it was supposed to have peanut butter

01:07:19.530 --> 01:07:22.369
in it and i got two candy bars with no peanut

01:07:22.369 --> 01:07:25.730
butter not the end of the world but i let them

01:07:25.730 --> 01:07:28.449
know hey just so you know this particular batch

01:07:28.449 --> 01:07:30.829
is reduced cost candy bar you know i paid to

01:07:30.829 --> 01:07:32.630
have peanut butter and it didn't have peanut

01:07:32.630 --> 01:07:34.409
butter they said oh well thank you for letting

01:07:34.409 --> 01:07:36.489
us know we're going to send you some coupons

01:07:36.489 --> 01:07:43.030
cool you go to any gas station these days a candy

01:07:43.030 --> 01:07:49.000
bar Cost almost four bucks. I'm getting a. Yeah.

01:07:49.659 --> 01:07:54.860
Free candy bar. Not much bigger than the fun

01:07:54.860 --> 01:07:56.980
side. Guess what? You're not getting a free candy

01:07:56.980 --> 01:08:03.179
bar these days. Not with that coupon. So, yeah.

01:08:04.320 --> 01:08:11.659
Oh, it is. Yeah. You're not getting a free candy

01:08:11.659 --> 01:08:15.579
bar. Any other thoughts or input on this, guys?

01:08:15.760 --> 01:08:20.180
I think we're at the end of our notes. Or God

01:08:20.180 --> 01:08:22.840
forbid you find a regular -sized candy bar. Everything's

01:08:22.840 --> 01:08:27.460
king -size. I just want to go in a gas station.

01:08:27.800 --> 01:08:36.920
All right, well. Right. I'm going to go inside

01:08:36.920 --> 01:08:38.880
and I'm going to get on the gas station and get

01:08:38.880 --> 01:08:41.100
me a bar of diabetes. Just like me. Exactly.

01:08:56.020 --> 01:08:59.039
I'm not even the one drinking today. I didn't

01:08:59.039 --> 01:09:05.029
say anything. All right, well. We will go ahead

01:09:05.029 --> 01:09:07.470
and call that the show. Dumb tech's good. As

01:09:07.470 --> 01:09:09.569
always, if you guys have any questions, comments,

01:09:09.670 --> 01:09:12.569
concerns, input, feedback, anything that you'd

01:09:12.569 --> 01:09:17.470
like to throw at us, bikini tops, panties, wet

01:09:17.470 --> 01:09:21.210
spaghetti, whatever, hit us up on the digitals,

01:09:21.270 --> 01:09:27.729
and we hope to see you all next time. Yes? Again

01:09:27.729 --> 01:09:29.890
with the confusion, Gibbs. Moderation, Gibbs.

01:09:30.189 --> 01:09:37.850
Moderation. I'm scared to ask. Listen, you haven't

01:09:37.850 --> 01:09:40.390
lived until you've rolled around in a pool full

01:09:40.390 --> 01:09:46.710
of wet spaghetti noodles. That is bliss. How

01:09:46.710 --> 01:09:50.029
much pasta do you buy? How much pasta do you

01:09:50.029 --> 01:09:53.010
cook? How big is your cook pot? I've been to

01:09:53.010 --> 01:09:55.010
your house and I've never seen... I have so many

01:09:55.010 --> 01:09:57.909
questions. I'm scared to have the answer to.

01:09:58.710 --> 01:10:01.130
Do you have this secret 30 % Italian family?

01:10:13.010 --> 01:10:15.489
All right, so we'll catch you all next time.

01:10:15.729 --> 01:10:19.270
Everyone have a good time. We love you, and we'll

01:10:19.270 --> 01:10:19.529
see you then.