1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 There's a sense of pride that comes from making your own wine and having it come out really good. 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,000 I'm sitting here sipping some, I'm not gonna lie. 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:14,000 And it's good, it's finally aged. The first bottles are fully done. 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,000 By that I mean they've aged significantly well. 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:23,000 I'm gonna give it a taste and you're gonna see how smooth it is because I'm just not gonna react to it. 6 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:29,000 It's got a bite to it. That's what I wanted. 7 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:36,000 You know Tony was right, it tastes like a strawberry daiquiri but like very smooth for a daiquiri. 8 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:45,000 Oh my god. Anyway, welcome back to the Meatweed Podcast where I've been way too busy this week with something you might not expect. 9 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:51,000 I've been playing Breath of the Wild, no, Jews of the Kingdom, Legend of Zelda, game's super fun right? 10 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:56,000 There's a thing though right that I've been noticing online. What's your name, Miranda Sings? 11 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,000 People are still mad at her, like furious in fact. 12 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:09,000 But they can't stop clowning on her and it's gotten to the point where the memes have become more, again, literally comparing her to Hitler. 13 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,000 Thanks to Tony for sending me that picture by the way. 14 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,000 And damn, I don't know, it's been a hell of a week. 15 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:23,000 By that I mean, I don't really, oh okay, I know a lot of you have noticed one thing. The YouTube channel has had a lot of videos going into it. 16 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,000 If you guys have unsubscribed, I get it because I've been spamming the channel with full episodes. 17 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:32,000 I don't blame you, okay? I just wanted them on YouTube in case stuff on RSS.com doesn't go well. 18 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:54,000 And it's going good so far, it's just, I've been busy this week. Anyway. 19 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,000 I gotta talk about something before I continue. 20 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:04,000 There's this thing that's on everyone's mind right now. Everyone knows that Twitter now has some competition thanks to Meta. 21 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Facebook finally muscling in and saying if Twitter's not gonna step up, you know, shit or get off the pot kind of thing, then we'll do it. 22 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:17,000 And that's when Threads was born, okay? Simple as that, overnight millions of people went over. 23 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:22,000 And holy shit, it was a shit show, right? I'm on Twitter, I got Twitter blue, so I'm invested in the game. 24 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:34,000 But damn, I gotta say this, okay? As a man who made fun of Facebook, as a man who straight up ridiculed Mark Zuckerberg, I gotta admit, that was a fucking baller move. 25 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:44,000 When it comes to decisions in marketing and big financial decisions, like damn, you know, that's a fucking W right there. 26 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Massive, capitalized, bold, italicized, way too big, W. I don't know what the fuck that was. 27 00:02:53,000 --> 00:03:00,000 But Threads overnight overwhelmed the app store. I fucking downloaded it, I didn't even know what it was. 28 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,000 People were saying, hey download Threads, it's the new thing. I'm like, alright, fine, whatever. 29 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:09,000 And immediately I had a page. It was a few clicks and I was done. Because I already have an Instagram, right? It's that simple. 30 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:15,000 And the best part about it is because I have an Instagram, I already have a following with a few people, you know, it's not that big a deal. 31 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:23,000 The point is, the transition from Threads to Twitter was monumentally fast. 32 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:29,000 And that has to be some big fucking, big brain move on metaverse's behalf. 33 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Mark Zuckerberg, your team did a fucking great job. Because not only was it easy to make a Threads account, I basically already had one. 34 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:44,000 You click a single thing, it's like import from Instagram, click, bam, it's all there. 35 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:49,000 So if you have an Instagram, you have a Threads account. There is no going back. 36 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:56,000 You're already signed up. And the thing is, Instagram, billions of people have them. Okay? Not millions, but billions. 37 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Facebook knows what it's doing when it comes to advertising and when it comes to getting people's attention. 38 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:09,000 They're just good at it, okay? I'll fucking point fun at them, I'll make fun of them. I'll say that's unethical shit. 39 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:14,000 But like, I gotta admit, when they know what they do, when they have a W, they have a W. It's as simple as that. 40 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:21,000 What does that mean? It means kudos. Kudos where kudos are needed, you know? Credit where credit is due, I guess. 41 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:30,000 And Elon did not take that nice. I mean, here's how big it was, okay? For those listening, fucking listen, perk your ears up. 42 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:40,000 I'm canceling with Twitter Blue. That's right. It was at fast. And the problem is, it seems like, not just me, okay, I haven't tried it yet. 43 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:46,000 But it seems like some users of Twitter Blue, some subscriptions, cannot. 44 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Elon has frozen their fucking accounts and they can't cancel their subscription. 45 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,000 Here, let me put it this way. I'm gonna cancel right now. Live on the podcast, you guys are hearing it up close. 46 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:01,000 As of July 12th, I am canceling my Twitter Blue. And I'm doing it right now. Hang on. 47 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Okay, I did it over my phone, so let's see, subscriptions. Not sub, sub. There it is, okay. 48 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Come on. My phone's slow, I need a new one. There it is, okay. Twitter Blue, cancel subscription. 49 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:27,000 There, I'm even gonna post it on my Twitter, just to show. All right, there it is. Perfect. 50 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Bam, baller move right there. Sorry, Elon, you took a fucking L. I'm not gonna lie. Facebook beat you, period. 51 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Elon does not know how to run a fucking company, at least not a social media company, which is ironic because he's actually very good at social media branding, I guess. 52 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:52,000 I guess being a personality online is his strong suit, but running the platform is not. Very different, okay. 53 00:05:52,000 --> 00:06:03,000 But there's your massive L, and it's honestly, it is what it is. It's funny to me, but let's see what happens when the month comes up. 54 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:10,000 It says August, it's gonna cancel, so I have it for a month, I guess. Still, it's not even that fucking good. 55 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:18,000 It's just a lot of people see you when you comment, that's it. There was also a thing about being able to advertise with Twitter Blue, like you have no choice. 56 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:26,000 If you want to advertise, you have to use Twitter Blue. I do not want to be restricted that way. I will not be held down. Fuck off, Elon. It's that simple, okay. 57 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Mwah. Au revoir. I even posted that just now. Wednesday. Wednesday, July 12th? Yeah, July 12th. Anyway. 58 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Okay, now that we're on the topic of Twitter, what the fuck is wrong with 2mad? Like, okay, I gotta break this down for you guys, okay? 59 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:51,000 There's a thing that 2mad does every now and then, where he'll rage bait. The thing is, I believe this time he went a bit far. 60 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:56,000 I'm not gonna say too far, because the thing about 2mad, you gotta understand him like I do. 61 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:06,000 2mad is a guy who will promptly, without question, set his hair on fire to get attention from people. 62 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Why do I say that? Well, he hasn't done it, but this is the same guy that when there was a car exiting in Los Angeles and a car flipped over, he ran between the cops, stood on top of the car, and recorded. 63 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:28,000 This is real. This is actually on his YouTube channel, okay? I don't know if it was taken down yet, but I guarantee that's what's gonna happen. 64 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:38,000 The thing about 2mad is that he's always been a wild card, okay? When it comes to craziness on the internet, the man is absolutely up there. He's really high up there. 65 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:45,000 He's also lost weight recently, so you know, good for him. I'm proud of him. But maybe he should tone it down? I'm just saying. 66 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:54,000 You should probably calm the fuck down, 2mad. I DM'd you too, straight up. He read the DM, I saw that, and he responded to one of my tweets. 67 00:07:54,000 --> 00:08:00,000 At the same time, I finally understand why he's doing this, why he is the way he is. 68 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:10,000 The thing about it is recently some grooming allegations have come up, and a red herring, I guess red herring isn't the word, I don't know how to explain it. 69 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:18,000 A video came out of him going, apologizing to a girl, and he responded by saying, I was literally reading a script, you dumbasses. 70 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:28,000 The problem is no one's gonna believe that. In the age of misinformation, grooming allegations, and people just doing some fucked up shit on the internet, you really can't tell. 71 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:36,000 And the problem is, with 2mad, he likes to make fun of just about anything. In this case, he probably shouldn't have, alas, he already did. 72 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:51,000 2mad takes any opportunity to make a joke about anything. In fact, back then, back when Carson was still around, right, before he was canceled for the same thing, basically, and lost the majority, if not all of his YouTube fame, 73 00:08:51,000 --> 00:09:02,000 the thing that happened was 2mad got the girl that cheated on Carson and straight up said, so why did you cheat on Carson while dancing? 74 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:10,000 And she was legitimately answering these things, right? She was answering in the most sincere way, and 2mad is basically dancing on her grave while she's still alive. 75 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:15,000 That's the guy we're talking about now. You understand why it's such a big deal. 76 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Anyway, I don't know, I don't really care too much about celebrity personalities, you know, it is what it is. It will come, like, whatever will come of it will come of it. 77 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:33,000 I'm too old to be giving a shit about this, man. I guess maybe if you're much younger and don't have any bills to pay, it's like a big deal. 78 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:40,000 It's like, internet personality one just said a thing, oh my god, I gotta respond, and I gotta be unnecessarily outraged. 79 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Do you, though? Can you not focus on your studies? Can you not focus on yourself, your friends, video games, anything other than random strangers online you look up to? 80 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:59,000 It's a little creepy. I find that this is the thing, right? I'm not immune to it. I'm not exempt from it either. 81 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:08,000 But when I was younger, we were starting the whole being obsessed over YouTubers thing, and it was an unhealthy obsession. 82 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:13,000 I saw people fucking worshipping Markiplier. This is when he was still growing, by the way. 83 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Nowadays, he's massive, good for him, but it was people around my age who, when they first started watching him, bought all of his merch, literally talked about him in the schoolyard, shit like that, and it was too much, okay? It was a lot. 84 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:32,000 And I noticed that a lot of people nowadays are just doing the same thing, okay? 85 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:38,000 The thing is, you're gonna grow older and eventually you're gonna realize you wasted your time with these people. 86 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:45,000 None of it matters, okay? What matters is, you know, working on yourself. That's important. 87 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaking of working on yourself, I recently canceled, um, not recently, this is, um, I noticed that... 88 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,000 Damn, what's up? Damn, I'm really struggling here. Okay. 89 00:10:55,000 --> 00:11:02,000 I've canceled my Netflix, my Hulu, all that shit, okay? I don't have anything. I have HBO Max, but that's about it. 90 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:09,000 And that's just because my brother likes watching, um, Loiter Squad, which I'm not gonna take that away from him. Of course not. 91 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Thing is, right, I also canceled my Audible subscription because here's the embarrassing thing, right? 92 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:22,000 I know I'm gonna shoot myself in the foot, cause Audible, you know, they give anyone a sponsorship deal. 93 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:28,000 All of the books that they have on Audible, you can find on YouTube for free. 94 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:36,000 I'm so sorry, Audible, but take another L. Like, Bezos, you got enough money, fuck. 95 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:42,000 Now that I think about it, I think it's ironic that I said that. This is how out of date I am, at least in terms of this. 96 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:50,000 I haven't heard any Audible subscriptions in a while, right? I haven't heard any, like, hey guys, um, this episode of whatever is brought to you by Audible. 97 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:54,000 I haven't heard that in a long time. Like, I think no one is anymore, you know? 98 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Same goes with Raid Shadow Legends, like, they made their bag, they're done. 99 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:05,000 I mean, damn. If I keep pausing in the recordings, cause I'm drinking a kombucha and I keep burping, I'm taking care of my stomach. 100 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:13,000 Yay. Um, I'm also running more and it's way harder in this temperature of 105 degrees outside. 101 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:18,000 I think it's more like 106, it's gonna, it's gonna peak at 110 this fucking week. 102 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,000 Which, for those listening, I'm talking about 110 degrees Fahrenheit, okay? 103 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:26,000 If you're thinking Celsius, no, I'm not gonna fucking bake alive, holy shit. 104 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,000 That'd be terrifying. Hang on, let me look this up. 105 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:35,000 Alright, hang on. 110 degrees Fahrenheit in Celsius. 106 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:44,000 I'm asking Siri. Um, 110 degrees Fahrenheit would be, uh, 43.3 degrees Celsius for those over the, for those who use that. 107 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Because I know, I don't know, I'm worldwide so a lot of people hear me from different areas, so it's gonna be 43 degrees Celsius this, um, 108 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:57,000 this coming Friday. By the time this episode uploads, I'm probably gonna be drenched in sweat, 109 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:02,000 working in the, well, working, because I'm finally, work finally picked up, okay? 110 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:10,000 And it's good because when work starts, I get in a flow state where like, I'll be at work, I'll get off work, go to the gym, 111 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:15,000 and then I'll come home and I'll do stuff. Or I'll relax, it really depends. 112 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:23,000 The thing that I lack sufficiently is, um, eight hours of sleep, which, you know what, I should really get that, um, fuck it. 113 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,000 Anyway, I'll, I'll pick this up later. 114 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:33,000 I'm recording on a Wednesday, I'm sorry. Normally I don't wait this late. Normally I wait, um, 115 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,000 I was trying to get people on the podcast, but I'm trying to schedule everything and I'm just throwing things around. 116 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:41,000 But I had to talk about Too Mad and Elon Musk and the whole Twitter L. 117 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,000 That's kind of a big deal, because Twitter has never taken an Elders big. 118 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:52,000 At least not from what I know, which I could be wrong, but at the same time, how bad, you know, 119 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,000 how long was it gonna be until Twitter fucked up too? 120 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Here's how bad it was. Let me put into perspective how bad it was. 121 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Tumblr died and I was there to see it as a teenager. 122 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:07,000 As I'm approaching my 30s, Tumblr is coming back because Twitter fucked up so bad. 123 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:13,000 That is monumental. Almost a 10 year difference and I was there to see it. 124 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:18,000 It's kind of cool, I like that. I might bring up my old, um, I'm not bringing up my old Tumblr back. 125 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,000 If I make a Tumblr, it's gonna be something completely different. 126 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:25,000 Tumblr is basically Twitter, but for edgy teenagers. At least it was. 127 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:29,000 I don't know if it still is, and honestly that's fine. 128 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,000 Tumblr is basically Twitter for people who dye their hair blue. 129 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,000 Which, no, that's Twitter as well. 130 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Alright, alright, you know what, I'm tired, I'm gonna go to bed. I'll pick this up tomorrow. 131 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:44,000 I'm back, and to be honest, I am caught off guard. 132 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Because TikTok has begun a trend again. 133 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:52,000 The thing about TikTok trends, right, they're either harmful or stupid. 134 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Or a mixture of the two, you know? 135 00:14:55,000 --> 00:15:00,000 The thing about this next one is I think it goes beyond stupid. 136 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:07,000 But at the same time, it's not the people doing the challenge, not even a challenge, it's a trend. 137 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:12,000 People doing the trend aren't the stupid ones, it's the people reacting to it. 138 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,000 It's genius and idiotic at the same time. 139 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:21,000 What's going on, right, is these people who do live streams, well make up women and everything. 140 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:27,000 And whenever you send them ice cream or food emojis, whatever, they'll react like they're eating it. 141 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:33,000 That's it, that's all it is. And it's funny to me because it makes hella money. 142 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:41,000 Like there was this 40 second clip that I was shown, and in those 40 seconds the lady made $170. 143 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:48,000 40 seconds, that's fucking crazy, right? Genius, but crazy. 144 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 I don't know why that's so funny to me actually. 145 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Someone who's really famous for it right now is, well there's two of them. 146 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:59,000 One, I don't know the name, it's some anime ass character and I don't care for looking it up. 147 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,000 I don't want to see that shit. 148 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:06,000 But the other one is much more famous and I'm seeing a lot of clips on her on Twitter. 149 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,000 And it's Pinkydoll, that's the name. 150 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Let's see how many videos. 151 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,000 18,000 people watching at the same time. 152 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,000 And the funny part is at some point she breaks character and people lose their fucking minds. 153 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Because they didn't realize she's not from America. 154 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:25,000 She's French and she speaks French very fluently, right? 155 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:29,000 She's actually scolding one of her kids in the video while doing all this stuff. 156 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:34,000 And the funny part is it's TikTok so they have to do multiple stuff in order to keep your attention. 157 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:40,000 One of them is the same lady who's acting like she's eating the food is holding a hair straightener 158 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,000 and individually popping kernels of popcorn. 159 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,000 And I don't know about that. 160 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:50,000 It's something kind of funny where she's just kind of like putting a single kernel, squeezing it, 161 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,000 and when it pops, she lets go and puts another one in. 162 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,000 The reason I say this is because I've seen a clips. 163 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,000 I have not watched a live stream nor do I want to. 164 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,000 Okay. 165 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000 TikTok live streams are a different ballpark. 166 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 I got to be honest. 167 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:05,000 There's something about them that is unusual. 168 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,000 Like people make bank on these things, right? 169 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:15,000 And the crazier the better, the crazier things you put on TikTok live, the more money you're going to make. 170 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,000 And I'm not just talking about a few dollars. 171 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:21,000 I'm talking like, like I said earlier, in 40 seconds, this lady made $170. 172 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,000 Just keep it up for an hour and you've got thousands of dollars. 173 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,000 And she's living good. 174 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,000 You could tell by the kitchen she has, it's well done. 175 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 She's making a lot of money on this. 176 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,000 And okay, it's stupid, right? 177 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,000 The concept is really stupid. 178 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:44,000 But the money is a concern for me because I'm thinking, okay, people are buying avatars and stuff for TikTok coins and whatever. 179 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,000 But they're just throwing money at this. 180 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:52,000 It's more lucrative than Twitch at this point. 181 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:56,000 And I think it's funny because Twitch used to be this like live streaming juggernaut. 182 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,000 It's still the biggest platform, but everyone hates it. 183 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:04,000 So what I'm thinking is maybe TikTok has a foot in the door when it comes to live streaming. 184 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:08,000 All they have to do is integrate some video game stuff and they're Gucci. 185 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,000 They're all fine. 186 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,000 But wow, it's, I don't know. 187 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000 It's been a hell of a year. 188 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:18,000 And the funny part is within, okay, I mentioned earlier I went to sleep, right? 189 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:31,000 I woke up and within that, within that little window of time of me waking up, going to work and recording next day, threads, Instagram threads, tanking already. 190 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Like it's just going down and down. 191 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000 I cashed my chips too soon, I guess. 192 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000 I hope it picks up more. 193 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,000 Zuckerberg, I'm looking at you. 194 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:43,000 A lot of people still don't trust you, but hey, I'm saying fix it. 195 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:51,000 If you guys saw my threads account recently, you saw that I posted a picture of constantly getting recommended stuff that I don't want to see. 196 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,000 Every single thing is blocked. 197 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:58,000 And I posted it and I tagged Zuckerberg himself and I said, hey, fix it now. 198 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000 You know, what's he going to do? 199 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,000 It's not, it's not like I scare the guy. 200 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,000 He probably has heard of me though. 201 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,000 The thing about it is, okay, humble brag. 202 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:15,000 For three episodes in a row, New York City Podcast Network has named my podcast a staff favorite. 203 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,000 By the way, I got to give them a shout out now. 204 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000 New York City Podcast Network. 205 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Go on there and check me out. 206 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,000 If you look at me there, I do have commercials. 207 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,000 That's right. 208 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,000 I have commercials on my podcast and NYC Podcast Network. 209 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,000 So, you know that shit's taken off over there. 210 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,000 And you know what? 211 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,000 I'm happy with that. 212 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,000 That's awesome. 213 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,000 So yeah, I want to give a big thank you to NYC Podcast Network. 214 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:38,000 And if people listen to me from New York, send me an email, you know? 215 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 You got my link in the description. 216 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,000 I would very much like recommended topics. 217 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Or if you want to be on, that's fine too. 218 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,000 I'm actually trying to schedule some people on right now. 219 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 There's Logan or someone else. 220 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 There's Diggie, the VTuber. 221 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:56,000 Diggie, the character has my name on her boob. 222 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000 So, I didn't pay for it. 223 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 They just, they're just a fan of the podcast. 224 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,000 So, you know what? 225 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,000 That's awesome. 226 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,000 Diggie, I'm a fan of you too. 227 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,000 You're going to tick off very soon. 228 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,000 I swear to God. 229 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:10,000 Going back to that TikTok thing, in terms of recent trends, that's not the only thing, right? 230 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,000 The whole acting like you're eating the food or whatever. 231 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:17,000 It's an attractive woman with heavy amounts of makeup, filters on. 232 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,000 You know how it is. 233 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,000 It's going to be a thing that's popular with people who just like to look at pretty women. 234 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,000 It's a lot of peas. 235 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Alliteration really gets attention. 236 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:29,000 But another thing that gets attention is, I guess for some reason, family guide clips. 237 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Which I first thought was just a meme. 238 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,000 But no, people are actually watching these. 239 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:38,000 Like, family guide clips get a stupid amount of attention. 240 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,000 And Subway surf for video, like video game footage. 241 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000 You know what I mean? 242 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,000 That's all you got to record and put some stuff over it. 243 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000 And it's, you're fine. 244 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,000 That's all you got to do. 245 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,000 I don't get why it's so popular, but it is. 246 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,000 I mean, I guess it's for people with ADHD or something. 247 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000 But could someone explain to me? 248 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,000 I got an email on my link tree. 249 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,000 Go ahead and explain to me, like in good detail. 250 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,000 And I'll let you know in the podcast. 251 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:06,000 I'll read it out and I'll tag you. 252 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,000 Anyway, moving on. 253 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 The thing I was trying to talk about with that whole TikTok thing. 254 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:13,000 I was bringing it up again because there's another thing that's just as famous. 255 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,000 It's called Skibity Toilet. 256 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:20,000 I do not know why this one in particular is, I would argue, more famous than the livestreams. 257 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 Skibity Toilet. 258 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:27,000 I'm actually subscribed to myself, not for the video themselves, but the phenomenon. 259 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Like there's an actual lore being made with these unusual weird videos. 260 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,000 It started as a funny gimmick. 261 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,000 It just got worse and worse and worse and worse. 262 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,000 And it just kept picking up, right? 263 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,000 There's, they're even numbered now. 264 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Skibity Toilet number 27, I think. 265 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Something like that. 266 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,000 Every time they come up, it's a small snippet of lore. 267 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,000 And it's not the lore itself that gets my attention. 268 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,000 It's the numbers behind them. 269 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,000 There are millions upon millions of views for every single one of these videos. 270 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:56,000 And it's not something that happens within a week or two, right? 271 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:01,000 The moment a video goes up, that shit skyrockets to one million views within 30 minutes. 272 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000 I was at work, right? 273 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:08,000 When Skibity uploaded, and it was like a minute ago, I was looking at it and thought, okay, 13,000 views, cool. 274 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,000 That's like one minute. 275 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,000 And okay, a lot of views in one minute. 276 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,000 I came back after 30 minutes, 28 million views. 277 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000 How the fuck did you do that? 278 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,000 That is genuinely impressive. 279 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,000 That is actually really good. 280 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,000 The algorithm loves this guy, by the way. 281 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:26,000 I was not interested in TF2, Skibity Toilet, any of that meme stuff, right? 282 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 But it was recommended to me. 283 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,000 That's how I found it. 284 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,000 And apparently, millions of others as well. 285 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:37,000 And not only that, it was well targeted because all those people who watched it are not stopping. 286 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:41,000 Like, they absolutely subscribed and they're just watching every upload that comes up. 287 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,000 It's a lot. 288 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:47,000 I have moments in my life where I miss going over the road. 289 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:52,000 But not for the fact that I'm escaping, just the fact that I'm traveling. 290 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,000 There is a place I want to go back to, and that's Las Vegas. 291 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,000 If you guys know, you know where I'm going with this. 292 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:06,000 There was recently like a $2.2 billion LED sphere that was created. 293 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 And it's on display now, right? 294 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,000 I mean, this thing is fucking gigantic, right? 295 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,000 And it's just completely made of LED lights. 296 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,000 It's all, it's as simple as that. 297 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,000 It looks amazing. 298 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,000 Don't get me wrong. 299 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 It looks fucking cool. 300 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,000 But I don't know how I feel about just a giant glass ball, basically. 301 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,000 It's just going to be used for advertising. 302 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,000 That's how I see it, you know? 303 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,000 It's impressive, but why? 304 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:36,000 I mean, I guess for the sake of being cool, it's Las Vegas, okay? 305 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,000 In Las Vegas, you got all kinds of people. 306 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 What I remember from Vegas is one thing. 307 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,000 People who try to get a little too close to you are trying to either take your money 308 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:49,000 or sleep with you, and I'm not going to risk either one. 309 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,000 You know what I mean? 310 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 It's just, no, I don't want to want that. 311 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 But I want to go see the damn ball in person. 312 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Because what got my attention to it was this TikTok filter. 313 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 It's just the sphere again, right? 314 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 I did not know it was a real thing. 315 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,000 I genuinely thought it's just some sort of a weird TikTok trend. 316 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:09,000 I didn't know what it was, and I looked it up and I was curious, right? 317 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,000 This came out about eight days ago, so I should have recorded it earlier, 318 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000 but it is what it is. 319 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,000 It's in the podcast, so it counts. 320 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:20,000 It's my favorite thing, honestly, on TikTok, 321 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000 because a lot of people are getting really creative with it. 322 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,000 What I love about TikTok and what I love about social media currently 323 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:31,000 is just how smart people have to be in order to make a joke, you know? 324 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:36,000 In order to be the next, like, trendy thing on the For You page, whatever. 325 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,000 And it's funny, but at the same time, you have to be quick, like on TikTok. 326 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,000 If you're not making videos daily, that shit gets nowhere. 327 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 That gets you nowhere. 328 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 I've had a few videos pop off, right? 329 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:52,000 I had one blew, like, it blew up, but it was taken down, 330 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 and I got really upset with that, because I was like, 331 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 what the hell, it was such a good video. 332 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 And apparently, it counted as bullying. 333 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 It was a news article. 334 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,000 I looked up a news article, I posted a picture of it. 335 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,000 That's all it was. 336 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 But people were fighting in the comments. 337 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 I guess when people fight enough in the comments, 338 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000 then the whole video gets taken down. 339 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,000 TikTok doesn't like that. 340 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 I don't think any social media platform likes that now, 341 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,000 where if you're harboring hatred in the comments, then it's a thing. 342 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:22,000 That happened sometime after the Trump thing, if I remember correctly. 343 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,000 I could be all wrong, by the way. 344 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 I'm not bothering to look it up. 345 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000 And I know someone, I've learned this too. 346 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,000 Whenever I do this, people get fucking pissed. 347 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,000 And you know what? Good. Mwah. 348 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000 Here's your rage collect for the day. 349 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,000 Fuck you. 350 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000 I'm still a little tired. 351 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000 What do I mean by that? 352 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,000 I'm probably slowing down. I'm becoming an old man. 353 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,000 Actually, no. You know what it is? 354 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,000 I've been exercising more, but I haven't been eating enough. 355 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,000 I need my protein. 356 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,000 I also have my kombucha here. 357 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,000 I don't know if kombucha's helping. 358 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000 God damn it. I gotta go back to the topic. 359 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:59,000 Look, I am mesmerized by this fucking sphere in Las Vegas. 360 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,000 I'm reading the comments, and everyone's saying it is in person. 361 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,000 It is the most jaw-dropping, most beautiful thing they've ever seen. 362 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:11,000 I keep watching videos of it, and I gotta be honest. 363 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,000 2.4 billion, that's what it was worth. 364 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,000 There's just something about it, though. 365 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:18,000 I don't know what it is. 366 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000 Maybe because I haven't been to Vegas in a while, but seeing it, 367 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,000 and if you look at the videos, the scale of it, okay? 368 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,000 It's now the largest sphere in the world. 369 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:29,000 I guess aside from the actual globe itself. 370 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,000 Earth, whatever. 371 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,000 It's...I don't know. I love it. 372 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,000 But seriously, you guys, watch videos online. 373 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,000 It's actually pretty cool. 374 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:43,000 And if you go to Vegas, would you mind taking videos of it for me? 375 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,000 It just feels dystopian almost. 376 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,000 Not dystopian, it's just...I guess I could put it this way. 377 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000 Yeah, it would be dystopian if I described it this way. 378 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,000 I imagine it like advertisements in Blade Runner. 379 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:58,000 You remember that movie where there was that guy? 380 00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,000 I forget. 381 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,000 I don't know the character names, okay? 382 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:07,000 Um...I don't remember their names. 383 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,000 It's been a while since I've seen the movie. 384 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,000 I just know it as Ryan Goslin. 385 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000 Damn, why was that so hard to remember? 386 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:18,000 Anyway, Ryan Goslin, at one of the points in the movie, 387 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,000 is just kind of standing, and there's an advertisement 388 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,000 that actually walks up to him. 389 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,000 It's a hologram of a giant woman, and she goes, 390 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:30,000 you look lonely, I could fix that, and then she walks away. 391 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,000 And it's genuinely like just a giant advertised billboard. 392 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,000 Imagine the only woman ever to speak to you 393 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:40,000 is a hologram who's soliciting you for money. 394 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,000 Now, imagine it's the sphere doing that. 395 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,000 So yeah, when you think of dystopia, 396 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,000 I think of nothing more than this, to be honest. 397 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,000 It's dark, but you know, I mean, it is what it is. 398 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,000 It's the future, welcome to the future. 399 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,000 You can't stop the march of progress, okay? 400 00:27:55,000 --> 00:28:00,000 As much as I hate how much things have changed, 401 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000 it is what it is. 402 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000 Las Vegas really is the future, isn't it? 403 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,000 Like, you could think of stuff like Tokyo, 404 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,000 and it's like, Tokyo's too professional for me. 405 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,000 I want something like Vegas. 406 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,000 When you've been to Vegas, you know, okay? 407 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,000 I mean, casino money really does hit different as well. 408 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,000 It hits hard. 409 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,000 Look at this massive globe, like what, $2 billion, okay? 410 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,000 And they just pissed their way on a globe. 411 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,000 It's just covered in LED screens. 412 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,000 That's all it is. 413 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,000 And it's beautiful. I love it, okay? 414 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,000 If you want my opinion, my honest opinion on the giant sphere, 415 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,000 I love it, okay? 416 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,000 It is a marvel of the future. 417 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,000 You look at it, it's probably gonna be dirty as hell 418 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,000 in like a few months, 419 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,000 but the fact that we did it, you know, 420 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,000 the fact that it is now the future, you know? 421 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,000 It's the modern world, and we have stuff like this. 422 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,000 Technology, beyond our comprehension in the past, 423 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,000 is now just a regular reality. 424 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,000 We have a giant ball. 425 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,000 I thought it was CGI at first. 426 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,000 That's what was getting me, okay? 427 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,000 Ugh, man, damn. 428 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,000 I don't know how to explain this. 429 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,000 I fuck with the heavy. 430 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,000 I know that commercials and advertisement on that ball 431 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,000 are gonna cost a lot. 432 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,000 And I just want to know a price. 433 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,000 I'm not gonna be, I'm not gonna lie. 434 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:20,000 Like, if it's an affordable price, fuck it, I'll do it. 435 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,000 Meatweed podcast on the giant Vegas globe, why not? 436 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,000 Anyway, that's gonna do it for this episode of the Meatweed podcast. 437 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,000 I'll see you next week. 438 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,000 I am trying to schedule to get some people on. 439 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,000 Link trees in the description, 440 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,000 and if you're a millionaire or you have disposable income, 441 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,000 patrons in the description, 442 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,000 you can even do a one-time give, you know? 443 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,000 Ugh, sorry, my stomach's been bubbling a bit. 444 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,000 Anyway, see you all next week. 445 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,000 And I'm being totally serious when I say this. 446 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,000 Look at the sphere, okay? 447 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:50,000 Go on YouTube right now, look at it, and it's just, 448 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,000 it's beautiful, I love it. 449 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,000 I don't know why I'm so hyped about this ball. 450 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,000 I just love it, okay? 451 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,000 I have an excuse to go to Vegas now. 452 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:15,000 Alright, see you guys next week.