There's a sense of pride that comes from making your own wine and having it come out really good.
I'm sitting here sipping some, I'm not gonna lie.
And it's good, it's finally aged. The first bottles are fully done.
By that I mean they've aged significantly well.
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.
It's got a bite to it. That's what I wanted.
You know Tony was right, it tastes like a strawberry daiquiri but like very smooth for a daiquiri.
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.
I've been playing Breath of the Wild, no, Jews of the Kingdom, Legend of Zelda, game's super fun right?
There's a thing though right that I've been noticing online. What's your name, Miranda Sings?
People are still mad at her, like furious in fact.
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.
Thanks to Tony for sending me that picture by the way.
And damn, I don't know, it's been a hell of a week.
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.
If you guys have unsubscribed, I get it because I've been spamming the channel with full episodes.
I don't blame you, okay? I just wanted them on YouTube in case stuff on RSS.com doesn't go well.
And it's going good so far, it's just, I've been busy this week. Anyway.
I gotta talk about something before I continue.
There's this thing that's on everyone's mind right now. Everyone knows that Twitter now has some competition thanks to Meta.
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.
And that's when Threads was born, okay? Simple as that, overnight millions of people went over.
And holy shit, it was a shit show, right? I'm on Twitter, I got Twitter blue, so I'm invested in the game.
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.
When it comes to decisions in marketing and big financial decisions, like damn, you know, that's a fucking W right there.
Massive, capitalized, bold, italicized, way too big, W. I don't know what the fuck that was.
But Threads overnight overwhelmed the app store. I fucking downloaded it, I didn't even know what it was.
People were saying, hey download Threads, it's the new thing. I'm like, alright, fine, whatever.
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.
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.
The point is, the transition from Threads to Twitter was monumentally fast.
And that has to be some big fucking, big brain move on metaverse's behalf.
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.
You click a single thing, it's like import from Instagram, click, bam, it's all there.
So if you have an Instagram, you have a Threads account. There is no going back.
You're already signed up. And the thing is, Instagram, billions of people have them. Okay? Not millions, but billions.
Facebook knows what it's doing when it comes to advertising and when it comes to getting people's attention.
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.
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.
What does that mean? It means kudos. Kudos where kudos are needed, you know? Credit where credit is due, I guess.
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.
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.
But it seems like some users of Twitter Blue, some subscriptions, cannot.
Elon has frozen their fucking accounts and they can't cancel their subscription.
Here, let me put it this way. I'm gonna cancel right now. Live on the podcast, you guys are hearing it up close.
As of July 12th, I am canceling my Twitter Blue. And I'm doing it right now. Hang on.
Okay, I did it over my phone, so let's see, subscriptions. Not sub, sub. There it is, okay.
Come on. My phone's slow, I need a new one. There it is, okay. Twitter Blue, cancel subscription.
There, I'm even gonna post it on my Twitter, just to show. All right, there it is. Perfect.
Bam, baller move right there. Sorry, Elon, you took a fucking L. I'm not gonna lie. Facebook beat you, period.
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.
I guess being a personality online is his strong suit, but running the platform is not. Very different, okay.
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.
It says August, it's gonna cancel, so I have it for a month, I guess. Still, it's not even that fucking good.
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.
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.
Mwah. Au revoir. I even posted that just now. Wednesday. Wednesday, July 12th? Yeah, July 12th. Anyway.
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?
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.
I'm not gonna say too far, because the thing about 2mad, you gotta understand him like I do.
2mad is a guy who will promptly, without question, set his hair on fire to get attention from people.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
At the same time, I finally understand why he's doing this, why he is the way he is.
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.
A video came out of him going, apologizing to a girl, and he responded by saying, I was literally reading a script, you dumbasses.
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.
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.
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,
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?
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.
That's the guy we're talking about now. You understand why it's such a big deal.
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.
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.
It's like, internet personality one just said a thing, oh my god, I gotta respond, and I gotta be unnecessarily outraged.
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?
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.
But when I was younger, we were starting the whole being obsessed over YouTubers thing, and it was an unhealthy obsession.
I saw people fucking worshipping Markiplier. This is when he was still growing, by the way.
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.
And I noticed that a lot of people nowadays are just doing the same thing, okay?
The thing is, you're gonna grow older and eventually you're gonna realize you wasted your time with these people.
None of it matters, okay? What matters is, you know, working on yourself. That's important.
Speaking of working on yourself, I recently canceled, um, not recently, this is, um, I noticed that...
Damn, what's up? Damn, I'm really struggling here. Okay.
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.
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.
Thing is, right, I also canceled my Audible subscription because here's the embarrassing thing, right?
I know I'm gonna shoot myself in the foot, cause Audible, you know, they give anyone a sponsorship deal.
All of the books that they have on Audible, you can find on YouTube for free.
I'm so sorry, Audible, but take another L. Like, Bezos, you got enough money, fuck.
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.
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.
I haven't heard that in a long time. Like, I think no one is anymore, you know?
Same goes with Raid Shadow Legends, like, they made their bag, they're done.
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.
Yay. Um, I'm also running more and it's way harder in this temperature of 105 degrees outside.
I think it's more like 106, it's gonna, it's gonna peak at 110 this fucking week.
Which, for those listening, I'm talking about 110 degrees Fahrenheit, okay?
If you're thinking Celsius, no, I'm not gonna fucking bake alive, holy shit.
That'd be terrifying. Hang on, let me look this up.
Alright, hang on. 110 degrees Fahrenheit in Celsius.
I'm asking Siri. Um, 110 degrees Fahrenheit would be, uh, 43.3 degrees Celsius for those over the, for those who use that.
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,
this coming Friday. By the time this episode uploads, I'm probably gonna be drenched in sweat,
working in the, well, working, because I'm finally, work finally picked up, okay?
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,
and then I'll come home and I'll do stuff. Or I'll relax, it really depends.
The thing that I lack sufficiently is, um, eight hours of sleep, which, you know what, I should really get that, um, fuck it.
Anyway, I'll, I'll pick this up later.
I'm recording on a Wednesday, I'm sorry. Normally I don't wait this late. Normally I wait, um,
I was trying to get people on the podcast, but I'm trying to schedule everything and I'm just throwing things around.
But I had to talk about Too Mad and Elon Musk and the whole Twitter L.
That's kind of a big deal, because Twitter has never taken an Elders big.
At least not from what I know, which I could be wrong, but at the same time, how bad, you know,
how long was it gonna be until Twitter fucked up too?
Here's how bad it was. Let me put into perspective how bad it was.
Tumblr died and I was there to see it as a teenager.
As I'm approaching my 30s, Tumblr is coming back because Twitter fucked up so bad.
That is monumental. Almost a 10 year difference and I was there to see it.
It's kind of cool, I like that. I might bring up my old, um, I'm not bringing up my old Tumblr back.
If I make a Tumblr, it's gonna be something completely different.
Tumblr is basically Twitter, but for edgy teenagers. At least it was.
I don't know if it still is, and honestly that's fine.
Tumblr is basically Twitter for people who dye their hair blue.
Which, no, that's Twitter as well.
Alright, alright, you know what, I'm tired, I'm gonna go to bed. I'll pick this up tomorrow.
I'm back, and to be honest, I am caught off guard.
Because TikTok has begun a trend again.
The thing about TikTok trends, right, they're either harmful or stupid.
Or a mixture of the two, you know?
The thing about this next one is I think it goes beyond stupid.
But at the same time, it's not the people doing the challenge, not even a challenge, it's a trend.
People doing the trend aren't the stupid ones, it's the people reacting to it.
It's genius and idiotic at the same time.
What's going on, right, is these people who do live streams, well make up women and everything.
And whenever you send them ice cream or food emojis, whatever, they'll react like they're eating it.
That's it, that's all it is. And it's funny to me because it makes hella money.
Like there was this 40 second clip that I was shown, and in those 40 seconds the lady made $170.
40 seconds, that's fucking crazy, right? Genius, but crazy.
I don't know why that's so funny to me actually.
Someone who's really famous for it right now is, well there's two of them.
One, I don't know the name, it's some anime ass character and I don't care for looking it up.
I don't want to see that shit.
But the other one is much more famous and I'm seeing a lot of clips on her on Twitter.
And it's Pinkydoll, that's the name.
Let's see how many videos.
18,000 people watching at the same time.
And the funny part is at some point she breaks character and people lose their fucking minds.
Because they didn't realize she's not from America.
She's French and she speaks French very fluently, right?
She's actually scolding one of her kids in the video while doing all this stuff.
And the funny part is it's TikTok so they have to do multiple stuff in order to keep your attention.
One of them is the same lady who's acting like she's eating the food is holding a hair straightener
and individually popping kernels of popcorn.
And I don't know about that.
It's something kind of funny where she's just kind of like putting a single kernel, squeezing it,
and when it pops, she lets go and puts another one in.
The reason I say this is because I've seen a clips.
I have not watched a live stream nor do I want to.
Okay.
TikTok live streams are a different ballpark.
I got to be honest.
There's something about them that is unusual.
Like people make bank on these things, right?
And the crazier the better, the crazier things you put on TikTok live, the more money you're going to make.
And I'm not just talking about a few dollars.
I'm talking like, like I said earlier, in 40 seconds, this lady made $170.
Just keep it up for an hour and you've got thousands of dollars.
And she's living good.
You could tell by the kitchen she has, it's well done.
She's making a lot of money on this.
And okay, it's stupid, right?
The concept is really stupid.
But the money is a concern for me because I'm thinking, okay, people are buying avatars and stuff for TikTok coins and whatever.
But they're just throwing money at this.
It's more lucrative than Twitch at this point.
And I think it's funny because Twitch used to be this like live streaming juggernaut.
It's still the biggest platform, but everyone hates it.
So what I'm thinking is maybe TikTok has a foot in the door when it comes to live streaming.
All they have to do is integrate some video game stuff and they're Gucci.
They're all fine.
But wow, it's, I don't know.
It's been a hell of a year.
And the funny part is within, okay, I mentioned earlier I went to sleep, right?
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.
Like it's just going down and down.
I cashed my chips too soon, I guess.
I hope it picks up more.
Zuckerberg, I'm looking at you.
A lot of people still don't trust you, but hey, I'm saying fix it.
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.
Every single thing is blocked.
And I posted it and I tagged Zuckerberg himself and I said, hey, fix it now.
You know, what's he going to do?
It's not, it's not like I scare the guy.
He probably has heard of me though.
The thing about it is, okay, humble brag.
For three episodes in a row, New York City Podcast Network has named my podcast a staff favorite.
By the way, I got to give them a shout out now.
New York City Podcast Network.
Go on there and check me out.
If you look at me there, I do have commercials.
That's right.
I have commercials on my podcast and NYC Podcast Network.
So, you know that shit's taken off over there.
And you know what?
I'm happy with that.
That's awesome.
So yeah, I want to give a big thank you to NYC Podcast Network.
And if people listen to me from New York, send me an email, you know?
You got my link in the description.
I would very much like recommended topics.
Or if you want to be on, that's fine too.
I'm actually trying to schedule some people on right now.
There's Logan or someone else.
There's Diggie, the VTuber.
Diggie, the character has my name on her boob.
So, I didn't pay for it.
They just, they're just a fan of the podcast.
So, you know what?
That's awesome.
Diggie, I'm a fan of you too.
You're going to tick off very soon.
I swear to God.
Going back to that TikTok thing, in terms of recent trends, that's not the only thing, right?
The whole acting like you're eating the food or whatever.
It's an attractive woman with heavy amounts of makeup, filters on.
You know how it is.
It's going to be a thing that's popular with people who just like to look at pretty women.
It's a lot of peas.
Alliteration really gets attention.
But another thing that gets attention is, I guess for some reason, family guide clips.
Which I first thought was just a meme.
But no, people are actually watching these.
Like, family guide clips get a stupid amount of attention.
And Subway surf for video, like video game footage.
You know what I mean?
That's all you got to record and put some stuff over it.
And it's, you're fine.
That's all you got to do.
I don't get why it's so popular, but it is.
I mean, I guess it's for people with ADHD or something.
But could someone explain to me?
I got an email on my link tree.
Go ahead and explain to me, like in good detail.
And I'll let you know in the podcast.
I'll read it out and I'll tag you.
Anyway, moving on.
The thing I was trying to talk about with that whole TikTok thing.
I was bringing it up again because there's another thing that's just as famous.
It's called Skibity Toilet.
I do not know why this one in particular is, I would argue, more famous than the livestreams.
Skibity Toilet.
I'm actually subscribed to myself, not for the video themselves, but the phenomenon.
Like there's an actual lore being made with these unusual weird videos.
It started as a funny gimmick.
It just got worse and worse and worse and worse.
And it just kept picking up, right?
There's, they're even numbered now.
Skibity Toilet number 27, I think.
Something like that.
Every time they come up, it's a small snippet of lore.
And it's not the lore itself that gets my attention.
It's the numbers behind them.
There are millions upon millions of views for every single one of these videos.
And it's not something that happens within a week or two, right?
The moment a video goes up, that shit skyrockets to one million views within 30 minutes.
I was at work, right?
When Skibity uploaded, and it was like a minute ago, I was looking at it and thought, okay, 13,000 views, cool.
That's like one minute.
And okay, a lot of views in one minute.
I came back after 30 minutes, 28 million views.
How the fuck did you do that?
That is genuinely impressive.
That is actually really good.
The algorithm loves this guy, by the way.
I was not interested in TF2, Skibity Toilet, any of that meme stuff, right?
But it was recommended to me.
That's how I found it.
And apparently, millions of others as well.
And not only that, it was well targeted because all those people who watched it are not stopping.
Like, they absolutely subscribed and they're just watching every upload that comes up.
It's a lot.
I have moments in my life where I miss going over the road.
But not for the fact that I'm escaping, just the fact that I'm traveling.
There is a place I want to go back to, and that's Las Vegas.
If you guys know, you know where I'm going with this.
There was recently like a $2.2 billion LED sphere that was created.
And it's on display now, right?
I mean, this thing is fucking gigantic, right?
And it's just completely made of LED lights.
It's all, it's as simple as that.
It looks amazing.
Don't get me wrong.
It looks fucking cool.
But I don't know how I feel about just a giant glass ball, basically.
It's just going to be used for advertising.
That's how I see it, you know?
It's impressive, but why?
I mean, I guess for the sake of being cool, it's Las Vegas, okay?
In Las Vegas, you got all kinds of people.
What I remember from Vegas is one thing.
People who try to get a little too close to you are trying to either take your money
or sleep with you, and I'm not going to risk either one.
You know what I mean?
It's just, no, I don't want to want that.
But I want to go see the damn ball in person.
Because what got my attention to it was this TikTok filter.
It's just the sphere again, right?
I did not know it was a real thing.
I genuinely thought it's just some sort of a weird TikTok trend.
I didn't know what it was, and I looked it up and I was curious, right?
This came out about eight days ago, so I should have recorded it earlier,
but it is what it is.
It's in the podcast, so it counts.
It's my favorite thing, honestly, on TikTok,
because a lot of people are getting really creative with it.
What I love about TikTok and what I love about social media currently
is just how smart people have to be in order to make a joke, you know?
In order to be the next, like, trendy thing on the For You page, whatever.
And it's funny, but at the same time, you have to be quick, like on TikTok.
If you're not making videos daily, that shit gets nowhere.
That gets you nowhere.
I've had a few videos pop off, right?
I had one blew, like, it blew up, but it was taken down,
and I got really upset with that, because I was like,
what the hell, it was such a good video.
And apparently, it counted as bullying.
It was a news article.
I looked up a news article, I posted a picture of it.
That's all it was.
But people were fighting in the comments.
I guess when people fight enough in the comments,
then the whole video gets taken down.
TikTok doesn't like that.
I don't think any social media platform likes that now,
where if you're harboring hatred in the comments, then it's a thing.
That happened sometime after the Trump thing, if I remember correctly.
I could be all wrong, by the way.
I'm not bothering to look it up.
And I know someone, I've learned this too.
Whenever I do this, people get fucking pissed.
And you know what? Good. Mwah.
Here's your rage collect for the day.
Fuck you.
I'm still a little tired.
What do I mean by that?
I'm probably slowing down. I'm becoming an old man.
Actually, no. You know what it is?
I've been exercising more, but I haven't been eating enough.
I need my protein.
I also have my kombucha here.
I don't know if kombucha's helping.
God damn it. I gotta go back to the topic.
Look, I am mesmerized by this fucking sphere in Las Vegas.
I'm reading the comments, and everyone's saying it is in person.
It is the most jaw-dropping, most beautiful thing they've ever seen.
I keep watching videos of it, and I gotta be honest.
2.4 billion, that's what it was worth.
There's just something about it, though.
I don't know what it is.
Maybe because I haven't been to Vegas in a while, but seeing it,
and if you look at the videos, the scale of it, okay?
It's now the largest sphere in the world.
I guess aside from the actual globe itself.
Earth, whatever.
It's...I don't know. I love it.
But seriously, you guys, watch videos online.
It's actually pretty cool.
And if you go to Vegas, would you mind taking videos of it for me?
It just feels dystopian almost.
Not dystopian, it's just...I guess I could put it this way.
Yeah, it would be dystopian if I described it this way.
I imagine it like advertisements in Blade Runner.
You remember that movie where there was that guy?
I forget.
I don't know the character names, okay?
Um...I don't remember their names.
It's been a while since I've seen the movie.
I just know it as Ryan Goslin.
Damn, why was that so hard to remember?
Anyway, Ryan Goslin, at one of the points in the movie,
is just kind of standing, and there's an advertisement
that actually walks up to him.
It's a hologram of a giant woman, and she goes,
you look lonely, I could fix that, and then she walks away.
And it's genuinely like just a giant advertised billboard.
Imagine the only woman ever to speak to you
is a hologram who's soliciting you for money.
Now, imagine it's the sphere doing that.
So yeah, when you think of dystopia,
I think of nothing more than this, to be honest.
It's dark, but you know, I mean, it is what it is.
It's the future, welcome to the future.
You can't stop the march of progress, okay?
As much as I hate how much things have changed,
it is what it is.
Las Vegas really is the future, isn't it?
Like, you could think of stuff like Tokyo,
and it's like, Tokyo's too professional for me.
I want something like Vegas.
When you've been to Vegas, you know, okay?
I mean, casino money really does hit different as well.
It hits hard.
Look at this massive globe, like what, $2 billion, okay?
And they just pissed their way on a globe.
It's just covered in LED screens.
That's all it is.
And it's beautiful. I love it, okay?
If you want my opinion, my honest opinion on the giant sphere,
I love it, okay?
It is a marvel of the future.
You look at it, it's probably gonna be dirty as hell
in like a few months,
but the fact that we did it, you know,
the fact that it is now the future, you know?
It's the modern world, and we have stuff like this.
Technology, beyond our comprehension in the past,
is now just a regular reality.
We have a giant ball.
I thought it was CGI at first.
That's what was getting me, okay?
Ugh, man, damn.
I don't know how to explain this.
I fuck with the heavy.
I know that commercials and advertisement on that ball
are gonna cost a lot.
And I just want to know a price.
I'm not gonna be, I'm not gonna lie.
Like, if it's an affordable price, fuck it, I'll do it.
Meatweed podcast on the giant Vegas globe, why not?
Anyway, that's gonna do it for this episode of the Meatweed podcast.
I'll see you next week.
I am trying to schedule to get some people on.
Link trees in the description,
and if you're a millionaire or you have disposable income,
patrons in the description,
you can even do a one-time give, you know?
Ugh, sorry, my stomach's been bubbling a bit.
Anyway, see you all next week.
And I'm being totally serious when I say this.
Look at the sphere, okay?
Go on YouTube right now, look at it, and it's just,
it's beautiful, I love it.
I don't know why I'm so hyped about this ball.
I just love it, okay?
I have an excuse to go to Vegas now.
Alright, see you guys next week.