Hi there everybody and welcome to the Mark Mo
Show. This is season four, episode four, Fear
Factor. You can find us on all podcast platforms
and YouTube. I would like to introduce, well,
myself, hi, I'm Mark Maloney, I'm your host.
My co -host, to my left, or your right, depending
on where you're standing, but if you're standing
in front of us and I can't see you, that is a
problem. And after last night, it's very possible.
Anyway, my co -host, producer, Aidan Maloney,
how are you? To be totally honest, slightly suboptimal.
I can hear it in your voice a little bit. A little
bit in the voice still. I believe I mentioned
last week I had a little cold kicking around.
But yeah, it kicked my ass this work week. And
then it's kind of tailing off now. Just like
those last remains of nose blowing and gross
coughs. But on the up and up. But yeah, fantastic.
Great Halloween season. For sure. And watched
some horror movies, kept it chill when I wasn't...
feeling so hot, but yeah, fairly excellent otherwise.
That is good to hear, and hopefully you're healing
up and all that crap will be out of your system
real soon. I want to let everybody know that
Aiden has his own YouTube gaming channel. It's
called Aiden Spelled the Right Way, which I've
been promoting online and in our town here. Word
of mouth, yeah. Word of mouth, which helps, and
that's our little... a little hamlet or a little
spot on the map here in Valparaiso, Indiana.
And they they rather enjoyed the name that Aiden
chose for his channel, which is great. That's
the point, right? So he has new PC gaming content
like GeoGuessr, PolyBridge, Observation Duty
and more each and every week. And I know you
had said because of this real nasty cold that
you've had, there hasn't been a lot of content.
So are you going to at least going into next
week are you going to continue with some of the
horror movies or the horror games? I think so
because I had a lot lined up for spooky season
and then this cold came in right at the last
like 10 days of like good horror season so I
will continue to play some horror games I haven't
uploaded this week clearly because no one wants
to hear 10 minutes of coughing while they're
trying to enjoy a YouTube video, so. Unless someone's
got a coughing fetish, then this is your guy.
Yeah, I mean, hit me up. I mean, I don't get
paid from YouTube, so I'll take a check. Yeah.
But yeah, I will continue playing horror games.
I've got a lot of different, like, simulator
kind of management games also, like this one
where you're, like, managing metro systems, developing
as, like, cities grow. Which is a kind of fun
concept and I've seen a different youtuber play
it and I was like, oh that looks neat and kind
of stressful I'm into it. So I downloaded that
I'll be playing some of that also so lots lots
of games coming up it's just a matter of Making
sure I don't sound like garbage and I'm not coughing
into the microphone every every two minutes for
sure now It was kind of interesting That that
last game you mentioned about the railway systems
and all that there was a game and I'm gonna date
myself the Sega Master System, which was a great
system and It was a game and my old roommate
our IP Carl. He loved this game And we were always
like, God, why does he like this game so much?
And then we'd play it and two hours later be
like, oh, god damn it. So it was something called
Arrow Biz. And essentially... You are the CEO
of an airline and your whole idea is to manage
that airline in such a profitable way and then
continue not to even open like national hubs
and have like where your main hub is, you know,
like United Airlines in Chicago and so on. Delta
I think is either Dallas or Atlanta. I can't
remember. Anyway, you have like your main hub
and then you do your national routes and you
start developing your international routes and
you would think, wow. That's exciting, but you
just kind of you kind of get into it and you
can actually it's multiplayer So like there's
other people that when it's their turn. It's
they kind of go through their thing, too So you're
kind of like competing right against other brands
and like things that they're doing. So that's
neat Let's get arrow biz. So yeah, I don't know
if it lives online somewhere, but if it does
check it out Yeah, there's got to be ways to
emulate it Relators are pretty good. Yeah, because
I got there's a there's a friend of mine We used
to play tech mobile all the time now mind you
when you compare to football games made today
It's just it's night and day. Yeah, there's no
comparison but back in the day You're playing
super tech mobile And you can be like this great
Chicago Bears team You can be like all these
other amazing teams and the players names and
that sort of thing And we used to just play it
all the time. So he found one of those on his
PC. That's cool. You know, where he could do
super tech mobile. So I found that pretty interesting.
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It was Halloween weekend, right? So we just had
Halloween and we're about to wrap up on the ol'
spooky season, which I know Aidan and I are huge
fans of. Yeah, for some of us, it's year -round.
It really is. Yeah. It really is. I mean, we
celebrate it like it's our spooky season Super
Bowl, but yeah, I mean, we're all about spooky
stuff year -round. Yeah. For sure. Top three
holidays, I would argue. I don't know if we share
them, I think maybe we do, but Halloween. That's
up there. Thanksgiving. That's up there. And
St. Patrick's Day. St. Patty's Day, yeah. That's
it, you know. Christmas, some people like Christmas.
I liked Christmas when I was a kid, now that
I'm older. It's just so commercial. Very commercial.
And some of the music is just annoying AF, you
know. Especially when they start playing it.
Three months before Christmas starts. It's like
bro. Nope if I walk into a store right now, and
I hear Mariah Carey's ass I'm walking. Uh -uh.
I am walking out business lost my money. I'm
going somewhere else You know just just chill
with that shit. Hey Let's have that day where
we hang out with friends and family and eat a
turkey and watch football Let's do that right
right once. We're done with that go crazy Yeah,
if that's what you get your you get your five
weeks of Christmas plenty That's plenty. There's
no other holiday we do that for. No. At all.
In this house we do it for Halloween, but. Right,
exactly. It's like October 1st and you're like
eeeee. Yeah. You know, and it just begins. But
relatively speaking, I think most people, like
Halloween it's what, maybe 10 days, 7 to 10 days
out, people start getting into it. Yeah. And
St. Patrick's Day is about a week. Give or take
once again. It's the month of March for our family.
But, you know, nobody does, like, an entire holiday.
Like, it's a holiday season. Well, why? Right.
You know, why are we doing that? Granted, like,
I understand it's, especially during Christmastime,
it's typically, especially in the Midwest, it's
cold and miserable out. You know, you need something
to keep your holly jolly ass happy, right? But
if you extend that holly jolliness, or attempt
to, into November, or, God forbid, October. Sometimes
into January. It's like, no, no, no, no, no.
We've overstepped a boundary. For sure. That's
what we'll keep in December. That's it. Start
on Black Friday. Well, that used to be the deal.
So when I grew up in the 80s, my sister would
have to leave Thanksgiving dinner. in the evening
is like eight or nine o 'clock not to open the
store but they would go to the store on thanksgiving
night to decorate right because they did not
decorate before thanksgiving it was fall season
it was harvest season there were still pumpkins
and cornucopias and all that kind of crap and
literally they went in the night before Black
Friday to decorate, so that when people got up
early in the morning to do their shopping, the
stores all magically transformed into Christmas.
So there's that little bit of magic to it, and
everybody kind of got apt up, and it was like,
oh, day one of the season, yay. But now they
do it so early, it just makes all of that less
special. Yeah, I would agree. Leave it to capitalism
to destroy holidays. Oh yeah, and it has, for
sure. But anyway, we're in Halloween season.
Also birthday season for you, I might add. I
might add. Heyo, I am 29. Turn the big four -o.
29. 29. Oh, sorry. 29. 23rd anniversary. Never
mind. We won't go there. Yeah. At any rate, right?
I mean, it's a great time of year. The costume
parties and hand that candy to the neighborhood
kids, which is another thing. I don't get any.
Like, we have none come by the house. This is
like the second year in a row we've had zero
kids. I was actually talking about that with
a co -worker this week on how Halloween Day has
kind of changed. Now we're kind of lucky out
here in South Haven, Indiana, which is my little
borough, if you will, of Valparaiso, which is
a borough of Chicagoland. It's complicated. Yes.
But it's just this really tightly packed... residential
neighborhood and there's just lots of families
out here yeah so trick -or -treaters still trick
-or -treat on Halloween but you include trunk
-or -treat events that's true include you know
that city downtown trick -or -treating events
all of a sudden kids get three Halloweens and
by actual Halloween day it's like Do you really
want to go out there and get more candy like
you've already got a pillowcase full? So I know
that plays into it also. It does like at most
I feel like The families will like they'll dress
up the kids and then they'll bounce to like the
neighbors that they know or their friends And
then that's it. Yeah, just kind of bounce back
home Especially if it's not like a super nice
day if it's not there Let's just let's go a couple
places and get out of here because I get the
point of like If it's, for example, say it's
40 degrees, and it's windy and it's chilly, and
your kid's got to put coats over the costumes
anyway. Right, yeah. It's like you can't, unless
they have a mask on, you're just kind of like,
what are you? Right. You know, oh, you're freezing.
Cute costume. Yeah, right, right. I can totally
see it. Yeah, I can totally see it. I'm right
there with you, as a matter of fact. Yeah, so
I kind of get that. But yeah, my neighborhood,
it was like four or five years ago I bought two
bags of candy. and I went through one half bag
of candy. I'm like, well, not gonna do that again,
because shit's expensive. Totally ramp up these
prices. So then the next year, I'm like, well,
I'll just get one bag of candy. So I got one
bag of candy, and I went through 10 pieces, maybe.
I'm like, okay, I don't think I'm gonna buy a
bag next year. And I didn't, and we had no one.
and then again this year and we had no one. Now
mind you I wasn't home all night. I was home
most of the evening but like doorbell never rang,
my lights on. Usually that's kind of the key.
If your lights on somebody's gonna knock on the
door. Yeah. Nothing. That's wild. I didn't even
see a kid walk down the street. I was like wow.
So yeah. Slow day. Very slow. So I think I don't
know if it's just phasing out or what's going
on. But, you know, some neighborhoods, like you
say, some neighborhoods, you just see pictures
and like, yeah, droves of kids going down the
street. I'm like, it's kind of popping off out
this way. Yeah. Yeah. I committed a bit of a
faux pas, if you will. I thought, as you thought,
it was going to be a slow year because we didn't
pass out candy last year. We went to a Halloween
party. So I just left bowls out front of the
door with like a take one sign. So this was the
first year I was physically handing out the candy,
right? I thought it was going to be slow. So
the first handful of, you know, groups that came
by, I was passing out, you know, three, four,
five pieces per kid. Yep. And then I ran through
the first bowl and it was only like 30 minutes
through the two hours of trick -or -treating.
I was like, oh no. Oh no, it's gonna be poppin'
this year, and I'm gonna be out of candy right
when it starts kickin'. Yep. So, yeah, get a
little more conservative with the passing out
of candy per child. Yeah, oh, you have to. Yeah.
You really do. Like, oh man, I don't wanna be
that guy that runs out of candy at like 6 .15.
Yep. And now you're like, what do we do? We'll
sit in the dark. Put up the blackout curtains.
They can't see us. They can't see us. All right.
But anyway, yeah. So costume parties and hand
out the candy. And of course, watch some of our
favorite horror movies with some snacks and all.
That's just part of it all. We like and hate
a good scare all at the same time, right? So
deep down, we know that. despite the classic
jump scare or goosebumps. Ultimately, we're safe
in the comfort of our own home or movie theater
with friends, something like that. However, real
fear... I think it just hits different. Oh, for
sure. It just hits different. You know, you're
confused, unable to think clearly, which is hilarious,
because then we sit there and we watch these
movies, we're like, dude, behind you. Right,
right. Dude, like, why did you just run into
the room with the knives? Like, you just sit
there and you're so critical, but at the same
sense... you're technically, you're seeing their
fear, but you're not experiencing the fear. Right,
the adrenaline and cortisol. Which is completely
different, right? So, you know, you're confused,
and you can't think clearly, and our hearts beat
quickly, right? It's like, do -do -do -do -do
-do -do. And, you know, your bodies tremble,
and all that stuff. In the face of real fear,
or... psychologically as they call it right like
a phobia yeah which is your fear of fill in the
frickin blank so according and I kind of not
that I'm I'm encroaching onto your into the red
reddit rabbit hole I would never do such a thing
sure but according to the National Institute
of Mental Health phobias are among the most common
psychiatric illnesses among US adults so they
consider that an illness Phobias affect 9 .1
% of US adults each year. So 10 people in a room,
one of them's got a phobia or something. Right.
I thought the number would have been higher,
honestly. Yeah. Right. Like I would think maybe
more like 15. Right. You know, kind of in that,
maybe even 20. But these phobias typically emerge
during childhood or adolescence and continue
into adulthood. They also impact twice as many
women as they do men, which I found an interesting
stat as well. So I was wondering, what do people
actually fear the most? What is it that they
fear? Because there could be a lot of different
things in this world. So it was interesting because
they actually had this top list of phobias. Some
of them made sense, some of them I was kind of
like, huh, interesting. So the most common ones,
for example, arachnophobia. That makes sense.
Spiders. Yeah. Now, I don't have that one. Do
I like spiders? No. Will I stomp them into the
eighth level of hell? Yes. Unless it's a small
spider that I'm really not threatened by. I don't
think it's going to bite me, but he's doing the
Lord's work and killing all the other insects
I don't like. Right. Have at it. Set your web
up. Get them all. Yeah. I'm a fan of that, especially
if it's outside the house. Just have a party.
Yeah. Okay, so the next one, aphidiophobia, which
is an intense fear of snakes. Ooh. Another one
I get. Yeah. Snakes aren't readily available
in urban areas. No, right? So, it really doesn't
affect me. However, if I'm in the country or
something, and you hear that... You hear a little
rattle? I'm gonna shit myself. Yep. I would absolutely
do that. So, I completely understand that. Acrophobia,
which I have, I'm pretty sure, is an intense
fear of heights. Yeah, I don't like heights either.
I don't. And I've told the story to you before.
I went to Vegas one time and had this party at
Skybar, 65th floor of, oh gosh, the casino. I'm
having a brain fart. It was... Not Rio. It's
up that street trying to think of the name of
it live research Yeah, because now, you know
just like I don't know what the hell we did in
the 80s and 90s and we didn't have this technology
I Really don't like it just it blows my mind,
right? It's so easy nowadays just to get like
immediate resolve in knowing something that you
know, you know, but forgot. Yep Oh, yeah, it's
quite the privilege honestly It's like, oh, what
is that thing? It's bugging me. It's like, oh,
I just look it up, you know? Yep. Oh, yeah, for
sure. So, yeah. Gosh. Oh, it almost came to me.
Mandalay? Nope. Mandalay Bay's great, but it's
not Mandalay. The Palms. Palms Casino Resort.
Palms. So, at the Palms, 65th floor or whatever.
So, it was really cool. Got a great package.
Just had to have a suit coat. No problem, I got
that. So I had to have my suit coat. I'm going.
Just the G &Ts are flowing that night, right?
Smoking stogies. It's a great night. My man.
Now, this huge veranda. So the inside is kind
of swinging. The inside was really kind of retro.
Looked like something out of Miami Vice, which
I totally dug. Oh, that's cool. Oh, yeah. Just
neon. It was crazy. So inside the bar, there's
maybe like 10 people hanging out. But there's
a hundred people outside because I figured it's
a gorgeous night Yeah, I was gonna say you go
to the sky bar just to sit inside. It's like
well Well, you could be at any bar, right? So
I I was like, okay I'm gonna go outside and the
second the sliding glass doors popped open Certain
things are tingling on me. I'm like shit. I didn't
even step outside yet right and then I got outside
a little bit and like my heart is racing and
I feel like I'm gonna throw up I'm like this
is crazy You know meanwhile like all the sorority
girls are like on the rail looking over. They're
just like ah Like doing their shit and meanwhile
I'm sitting there like Can someone kill me? Right.
Just right now, can this happen? And so I faced
the fear at some point when it started to clear
out, because I close that bitch. So when it started
to clear out a little bit, I'm like, OK, I'm
going to go by the rail and go by the rail. And
so I put my left hand on the rail. And even though
I did that, I leaned in a little bit because
I'm just like, look, this is the situation where
the gust of wind picks me up and chucks me. I'm
like, no, not today. Not today death. I'm not
facing you and it just like it was a thing and
it's to the point where this woman came over
and she's it's like ah First time like now. I've
been terrified lots of times. I'm like I am terrified
But yeah, it's like so that one for me at least
really Hits. Yeah, it really hits. No, I definitely
get that as well. Oh, I don't I don't like it
I don't know if it's as intensive a fear as what
you're describing, but I definitely get like
cold and clammy and like It plays in my mind
the irrationality of it as I'm experiencing it.
I'm like I don't Typically randomly slip and
fall or jump off of things by accident Logically
speaking. I'm fine, but I am still terrified
Cold and clammy and feeling funky. Yep. So yeah,
definitely definitely get that Oh, yeah, I feel
it for sure even when we're in Chicago because
we are Chicagoland here where we do our podcast
We go into the city and you're walking around
because Chicago is a it's a beautiful city It's
a great place to walk around. Don't listen to
media reports that it's just like Like a war.
It's just it's not yeah, and it'll be a lot less
of a war once ice goes and fucks themselves and
leaves oh did i say that i'm sorry oh no oh no
anyway so when you're walking in this beautiful
wonderful town which for the ninth year in a
row is best city in the country no surprise no
surprise when you're walking over the michigan
avenue bridge or any of the bridges they they
have the chicago river kind of cuts right through
the center of the downtown area So there's many
bridges, but the main bridge is kind of the Michigan
Avenue bridge And when you're walking over the
Michigan Avenue bridge to get from one side to
the other These these big buses will go over
the bridge now mind you you're what maybe ten
stories above the water eight to ten story I
mean, it's not super high but in the same point
like I'm walking, and I'm looking, and I'm just
like, yeah, I don't want to fall in there. Right.
I just, I don't. And I'm walking, but then these
buses go, and they hit the seam of the bridge,
and it's like, ka -chunk, ka -chunk. Yeah. And
like, it moves, and you're just like, nope, mm
-mm, nope. Learn how to drive, and like, you
just get mad at the bus for no reason. Yeah.
So yeah, that's, the, the, the, the, the, the,
the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the,
the, the Then like every time after that and
then I learned to love it But yeah, apparently
fear of flying people have that I I get it. I
mean, it's I don't know how long have we really
had enormous metal tubes that can soar through
the sky exactly, I mean a while honestly, but
It's it's not yeah, I get it. I don't have it,
but I get it I get it. You know, I was a little
more scared of flying after the whole Boeing
thing and all the whistleblowers somehow crazily
died. Oh my gosh, what a strange coincidence.
Shocker. Strange, strange coincidence. Yeah.
Oh, yeah. But yeah, that made me a little more
scared. But then I was like, the chances are
so low. Oh, I know, right? Yeah. For sure. This
one I found interesting. Sinophobia, which is
an intense fear of dogs. Feel like I've heard
of that one. Yeah, which is interesting because
when you go to shelters and we have a few really
good shelters in the area they do real well with
the pets and stuff, but They find because I see
social media posts on it that when they start
to develop this inventory of dogs That most of
them are black. Yeah because people see a black
dog and immediately they're like, Oh, that's
like the spawn of Satan. I don't want to deal
with anything like that, which is very interesting
because in the neighborhood I was outside, I
think I was just doing some quick gardening.
Like my roses were about to die and it was just
kind of out there looking at them and clearing
a few weeds and stuff. And there was a neighbor
and he was walking his dog. His name was Odin.
Loved it. That's great. I loved it. And I looked
at him like, oh, I said, does Odin have Thor
and Loki at home? And he started laughing. He's
like, no, but I might need to do that now. I'm
like, you should. But it was, I think it was
like a lab pit mix. And, you know, he came over
to me and anybody that has a dog that's good
with dogs, you know, you just kind of hold your
hands out there and let them sniff away to be
like, OK, this guy is my friend. And whatever.
And then he was just like super excited and his
tails go in and like we were immediate best friends.
And he's just like, thanks for petting my dog.
And I thought, what a weird thing to say. It's
a strange thing to say. But in the same sense,
I understood what he meant. Because like some
people see that and immediately they're just
like scared of this dog. Yeah. None to be scared
of. Put your hand out there if the dog's like,
er, it's like, oh, cool. All right. Yeah. Have
a nice day. Yep. But, you know, at any rate,
so fear of dogs. And anybody that was alive in
the 80s, there was a horror movie called Cujo.
And the main antagonist is this St. Bernard that
is psychotic. Psychotic. Like there's an entire
part of this movie where the mom and the kid
are stuck in a car because his dog is just trying
to get at them. It is funny because St. Bernards
are just big, dopey dogs, usually. So to have
one that is just like a pit bull on Red Bull
is just hilarious. But yeah, intense fear of
dogs. Astrophobia is the intense fear of thunder
and lightning. Interesting. Yeah. Like I would
understand maybe an intense fear of of like weather
like if you're afraid of tornadoes and sirens
and You know thunderstorms, but thunder and lightning
specifically. Yes. I Don't know. There's almost
something and I don't mean for this to come off
the wrong way if any of you lovely listeners
have this it's almost childlike You know to be
afraid of like thunder, but I get it. I mean
there's there's a reason that Fears are irrational
because they're irrational. Yeah. Oh, yeah, like
I don't know. I don't know what that I then again
I do find whether fascinating as a whole. Oh
it is I find incredibly fascinating I'm not scared
of it, but you know like you said there there
are people that that don't Don't like it for
one reason or another trip panophobia is an intense
fear of injections. Now, that's interesting because
I don't have a fear of injections, but having
blood taken for me, it better be my best friend
or a family member, and they are in dire need,
and then you can have it. But if it's just, oh,
look, it's a blood bus, yeah, that blood bus,
they can go f themselves. No. No, no, no. I did
do a test one time for this hospi - that I did
some work for. They're like, yeah, you gotta
do a blood draw. I'm like, what does that mean?
I'm like, would he just prick my finger? Now
I get dizzy when you prick my finger. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. Which is crazy. Because if someone else
is hurt in front of me, I can help them. That's
not a problem. If somebody else is bleeding or
a gut's hanging out, I'm OK. Me? Yeah. Mm -mm.
Yeah. Nope. It's like the human self -preservation
system kicks into overdrive and is like, hey,
I think I'd rather pass out than see this blood
leave me. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. So even
if it's a small vial, your brain's like, oh my
god, we're losing blood. We're losing it. You
know, like those sirens are going off. In reality,
it's like, it's just a little bit. Yeah. Pretty
sure I got to make it back. Right. So you're
OK. No, I totally get that. I've given pints
to the Red Cross a handful of times. And yeah,
the last time I went, I had that exact thing
where I'm like, yeah, typically I'll feel a little
faint and I'm just like, okay, just give me the
juice or whatever. I'll be okay. But this, the
last time I went, I was like, you know what?
I think I can do it. I think I can be tough and
like actually look at what's going on. And I
looked at it. I saw the blood coming out of me.
And I was like, Oh, that was a mistake. That
was a mistake. I'm like, the nurses came over,
they're like, oh shit, you all right? Like it
started coming out of me super fast and like,
cause my heart's pumping and my face is all white.
It's like, oh man, get this fan on, get this
man some orange juice. Like I don't feel so good,
guys. Oh yeah. Cause yeah, when I hadn't done
the hospital, the guy was gonna sit me in a chair.
and I looked over at the room and I saw those
weird beds that doctor's offices have. I don't
know why they're so odd. It's like a file cabinet
and there's this padding on the top. It's this
weird ass shit. Anyway, I'm like, can I lay on
that? And he's like, you wanna lay down? I said,
well, if I don't. You're going to have to pick
me up off the floor. So why don't we just do
that? Right. Right. He's like, oh, that bad,
huh? I'm like, oh, yeah. I said it just once.
Once that that needle goes in and you start taking
it. Yep. And sure enough, like we were doing
it. And it was more like a reclined one. So I
wasn't like laying, laying down. Yeah, I was
like reclined. And he's like, man, you're white.
Are you OK? I'm like, no, just hurry up and finish
what you're doing. Because he's like, oh, man,
you're really sweating, too. I'm like, yep, that's
called a cold sweat. Yeah. It's how all this
works. It's what I mentioned would happen. Right,
exactly. And interestingly, specifically about
this phobia you just mentioned, is the fact that
it's specifically a fear of injections. And I've
heard of the fear of needles before. Right, correct.
It's almost along the same vein, but I know people
that are afraid of needles injection -wise are
also afraid of needles tattoo -wise. Oh, that's
interesting. So the fact that this is injection
specific, I find quite curious. I do too, because...
I'd have thought needles would have been higher
than injections. For sure, because having a shot,
now I don't like having a shot, and a lot of
times what, your arm hurts for a day or two or
whatever. Yeah. Like I've had my COVID ones,
like four of them now or whatever, and you know,
I've had, I don't think I've really ever had
a flu shot, but like mumps and rubella and all
that crap. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like I've had all
those, and that's like not a big deal. Like that
doesn't bother me. And I have tattoos, which
I'm itching to get another one, but... Yes, I
know, right? I'm just like, I just, yeah, I have
ideas and it's just, it's not free, so... Right.
But yeah, like when I got my first tattoo, like
he just kept asking, it's kind of a tender part
of the hand, you good? I'm like, mm -hmm, yeah.
Yeah, chilling. Yeah, oh yeah, and then Aidan
and I, we have matching tattoos. We got two birthdays
ago, or was it the last birthday? Might have
been last birthday. I think it was last birthday.
I think it was last birthday. So I have this
tattoo. It's an awesome shamrock with our family
name in it. And I literally, and it has color,
too. Yeah. I was falling asleep. I was falling
asleep while he was doing it. And I'm like, this
tattoo thing is not too bad. Yeah. Oh, it's really
not. I mean, if I'm sitting here falling asleep,
I'm like, yeah, if you want to just keep tatting
me, and I'll just take a snooze. Right. It's
all good. Yeah, so it's interesting. Fear of
injections. This is just called social phobia.
So maybe this is just a new one. An intense fear
of social interaction. So I'm guessing that extends
beyond social anxiety, where it's no longer an
anxiety disorder. It's specifically a phobia.
And I just wonder medically what the difference
is. Yeah, it's very interesting because you look
at, for example, introversion. So ideally, they
don't always like being in situations like that,
whether it's a crowded restaurant or bar or they
enter a party. Maybe they don't know a lot of
people and they're kind of forced in those awkward
conversations. It's one of those things that
they don't like. Your mother, for example, sometimes
she would disappear. at a party and then I'm
sitting there like, gosh, where's your mother?
And she would just kind of bounce. She would
go into the backyard or just like go in the car
for a minute or whatever. And so whether that
was just introversion or if it was this, it's
hard to tell. But I get it. I mean, there's some
nights. I have a friend, Jess, one of my best
friends and. There's nights where she'll finish
at the bar that she works at and she needs to
wind down and have a couple beers. I'm usually
the Robin to her Batman in those endeavors. I'm
a gamer. Yeah. We're a bit of gamers out here.
Bit of gamers out here. And so there's a couple
of bars in town that are kind of our regular
spots. And there's this one that we go into,
Franklin House, which is it's a dive bar, but
it's kind of a cool dive bar and they have really
good food and whatever. on Fridays and Saturdays,
usually pretty crowded, and we finished up where
she works, and we show up, and we're walking
in the door. It was like shoulder to shoulder.
Literally, we had the same reaction. We each
took two steps in, pivot, and we're going right
back out the door, and we looked at each other.
We're like, Duffy's? Yep. We were out. We were
done. We were like, nope. And not from the fact
that... Because it was kind of nice out that
night. We could have very easily just got a couple
beers and gone outside, even though there were
people out there, too. But just the fact it just
it was so intense and loud and crowded. And it
was just like, this is not enjoyable. Yeah. You
know, this is really not great. So, yeah, so
I get that. And I suppose anybody can have that
happen to them. So whether whether it's a pure
phobia, which I imagine would Come with the same
or similar reactions of like cold and clammy
Purely uncomfortable. Yeah versus like what I
go through where you kind of mentioned like shy
slash introversion Where it's just like I want
to avoid awkward small talk. Mm -hmm, you know,
it's not my it's not my forte But yeah, that's
I would say that's definitely different from
a phobia Yeah, I think so too. You know, it's
it's something I don't want to do But it's also
not something where, like, you know, you get
to the edge of Skybar and it's like, fuck, this
is wrong. Yeah. Oh, yeah, no doubt. And so the
next one is agoraphobia. I've heard of that.
Mm hmm. It's intense fear of places that are
difficult to escape, sometimes involving a fear
of crowded or open spaces. So kind of somewhat
related to what we just kind of talked about.
But I know people have agoraphobia. There was
I think a movie called copycat with Sigourney
Weaver and she couldn't leave her house like
she would open her door and she would look down
the hallway and The hallway would just kind of
in her and her mind and her eyes would just kind
of morph in this hallway There was maybe 20 feet
long is just like moving around Counterclockwise
and it's getting longer and longer. Yeah, and
things are just moving and she shuts the door
and goes back in and I'm like man That's rough.
I can't even imagine. Those people have it. They're
just like, they're in their house and that's
where they stay. Right. They're in there and
they can't go anywhere. So, that sounds awful.
Right. The last one I have is mesophobia, which
is an intense sphere of germs, dirt, and other
contaminants. Oh. So I'm guessing germaphobe
as a word. Is more of a is more of a slight than
a medical term. I think that's fair because yeah
Mesophobia or mysophobia is if if that's the
official term Yeah, I like I get it When you
were a kid and obviously you are definitely over
this but when you were a kid and you got dirty
you freak You just like you'd walk over to me
or you'd walk over to mom and you would hold
your hands out and you just start like curling
them in and out it's like And you were just like
This is not natural and I'm so sad right now
to be like, oh, we gotta clean you up And then
you were happy camper, but yeah, but it's like
that but You're 30, or 35 for life, right, exactly.
So that is... That sounds like a bad time. It
definitely sounds like a bad time. I am surprised
claustrophobia didn't make this list. Didn't
make it, yeah. Didn't make the list. Agoraphobia,
almost a direct opposite of claustrophobia. Yes.
I definitely got the claustrophobia. You know,
enclosed spaces. Elevators don't really do it
for me, unless they're like really small and
then I'm like, oh shit. But no, claustrophobia,
I definitely get. I agree, because I had a job
where part of the requirements from time to time
would be me going into a crawl space. Now, some
crawl spaces obviously have more room than others.
There's a home we used to own in the same neighborhood
Aidan's in now. And that crawl space wasn't like
tight quarters. You had some room down there,
but it was just... dark and it was damp and there
were spiders and it was like, eh, I really don't
want to go down there if I don't have to. Right.
But there's a lot of other homes that I'd go
into where it's like half the space. Oh. Like
you're down there and you're crawling on your
belly and you know you really can't pick up your
head more than just a few inches because you're
going to bop your brains. Right. On the joist
above. And then below you if it wasn't like some
sort of finished surface they'd have down there
It's just dirt right dirt and it's mud and you're
just sitting there and you're just like what
if the house falls on yeah Exactly now so that
definitely enters your head, you know for sure
I would almost argue because I know fear of drowning
I definitely have as well not fear of swim like
I'm fine swimming but like drowning itself is
is terrifying as a concept I would almost argue
fear of drowning is similar to claustrophobia.
Oh, interesting. A space you can't get out of.
Get out of, yeah. You can't escape because you're
underwater. You can't regain buoyancy or whatever
it is. Your lungs already have water in them.
I would almost argue it's similar to claustrophobia
and maybe that's why I have both. Yeah. Food
for thought on that. Food for thought. Now, these
phobias lead to... marked fear and can result
in experiencing symptoms such as like dizziness
and nausea and breathlessness and all of that.
And in some cases, they may even escalate into
a full -blown panic attack, which I've had a
few of those as well, so I get that. A couple
I was surprised to see omitted, because you just
gave me yours, from the top 10, is something
called colorephobia, which brings on feelings
of fear when you see clowns or clown images.
Oh, my man. Yeah, that's awful. There was a couple
clowns trick -or -treating last night that I
had to serve candy to. I thought you were going
to say you drop -kick them. No, no. I thought
about it, though. Definitely crossed my mind.
In self -defense, I would say. Hey, I didn't
tell them to wear that mask. Right. It's a specific
phobic disorder. It causes anxiety and racing
heart, nausea, profuse sweating. Yep, we get
it. Most people can't avoid clowns. uh which
is a good thing correct so this is true for example
last show we're not going to the clown motel
that is a choice that we have made uh for sure
um some need exposure therapy type of psychotherapy
to help manage their reactions to clown or clown
images uh galeophobia is a medical term for fear
of sharks oh there you go as one i have yep Although
it's not known exactly how many people have been
diagnosed with galophobia, a study conducted
in 2015 reveal that over half, 51 % of Americans
are absolutely terrified of sharks. Which I always
found interesting. It's interesting, because
what if you have that irrational, and I call
it irrational, a fear of sharks and you live
in Omaha? Right. Right. You're good. Yeah. You're
fine. You can also choose not to travel to the
coasts. Yep. And if you do, you don't have to
walk on the beaches or go in the water. I know
where they live. Yeah. I'm staying out of their
home. Yeah. And I guess I, because I get it.
I mean, sharks are huge beings in size and mass
and jaw power, huge teeth. Like, I understand
totally where the fear comes from. Yeah. But
then like I'll look at stats that are like, yeah,
you're most you're more likely to die Falling
in your bathtub than you are to a shark to a
shark, you know, but then again That's that's
logical And when you're experiencing those fears,
that part of your brain is not thinking. It's,
hey, I gotta survive right now. It isn't right.
I'm busy trying to live. And most times, and
I've seen the YouTube videos, and I forget what
this woman's name is, but she dives with sharks.
She has these big long fins. She almost looks
like a fish when she's in the water. And she's
really like these long fins that she has and
she kind of does this little snake thing and
this is like the efficiency of swimming. I guess
she just looks like a fish when she's in the
water. And so she's swimming around and she's
I don't know if she's ever been in the water
with a great white, but I know she's been in
the water with bull sharks. I know she's been
in the water with tiger sharks. Those are two
aggressive sharks. Yeah. But she just, it's amazing
because she'll go and she'll be swimming and
the shark comes up from behind. It's like, well,
you have to be calm. Yeah. Right. You have to
be calm and you have to face the shark. You can't
be away from the shark because the shark, especially
if it's prey, it's going to come up from behind
the prey because it doesn't want to see you.
And then it's going to chomp chomp. And then
once they realize you're human, they're like,
oh, this isn't on my menu. Yeah. They'll swim
away. But now you've got gashes in you and whatever.
So she's like you got and literally she would
turn around this tiger sharks like coming up
on her big time and she literally puts her hand
on the nose like no Tiger sharks like oh shit.
Sorry. Oh, I'm like how yeah how right that would
not happen in my world It just it wouldn't right
because they you can't let yourself be seen as
prey. I Right is what I'm hearing. Yeah, you
have to show like Either A. I'm on your level
or B. I'm the predator. Don't make me boop your
nose I'll give you a shove to let you know. I'm
serious. Yes. Well, that's like how they've always
said with bears and cougars for example Because
we have I have daughters his sisters out in the
state of Washington And so cougars are a thing
you run a hiking trail. It is very possible You
are gonna run into a cougar. So they always like
you have to be loud and you make yourself big.
Yeah Same thing with black bears. Same thing
with black bears. And at some point, they're
going to be like, oh, I'm a bear. And then they're
going to be like, oh, you're scary. And then
they run away. But like with a shark is just
like, I'm out of my environment. Yeah, you're
in the water. I'm in the water. Yeah. I can't
move like that thing. And I don't have sharp
teeth. I have no mechanism in which to defend
myself other than bopping their nose. Right.
That's it. So yeah, that's a real fear, man.
That is one I definitely have. And I live in
the Midwest, so. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I understand.
You are the old guy in Omaha. I am the dude in
Omaha, and I'm fine with that. And when I do
go to Florida, I maybe knee high. Maybe. Yeah.
Because now apparently. Alligators, because of
brackish water over the years, they'll just swim
right up off the gulf. Just right on the beach.
And you're just like, oh, it's an alligator.
That's nice. Oh, neat. That's great. Now I have
to worry about them, too. Yeah. Fantastic. Now,
another one that I'm going to mention is Fear
of the Dark. Iron Maiden. Great song. Nyctophobia.
That almost sounds like cigarettes. Yeah. But
it is an extreme fear of the dark. You've heard
of Newports. Get ready for nyctophobia. Get ready
for nyctophobia. One puff and you're in the ground.
Oh man, I need to smoke one of those. Where do
I buy that? Yeah. Where do I get that from? Wonder
what strain that is. So it's an extreme fear
of the dark. This phobia is very common among
children but can affect people of all ages. People
with this specific anxiety disorder. Have trouble
sleeping. Obviously dark, duh. Right. Panic attacks
may avoid leaving the house after dark. Providers
treat nyctophobia with therapy if a fear of the
dark is disturbing daily life. That, I get to
a point. Once again, not that I have that now,
but when it is dark... You can't see. Right.
So one of your senses is removed from you. So
if you are in a very dark room, you got blackout
curtains, whatever, and it's nighttime, it is
black. Oh, yeah. So, you know, for example, it's
pitch dark and you hear click, click, click,
knock or something scurry or whatever. Immediately,
it's I'm freaking out. Right. Because I can't
see. Yeah. It's pitch dark. Right. So your first
instinct is, I don't know what that is or why,
but I need to turn a light on. Right. Because
sight allows you to process threat or not. Correct.
So when it's that dark, so I do get that to a
point. I would almost argue, because I totally
get it also. I don't experience it, but I get
it because it comes with the same ambiguity,
the uncanny valley, if you will, of my fear of
clowns. Because when people are wearing masks,
you don't see their face. You don't know their
intentions I mean the biggest threat to human
beings as human beings Mm -hmm. So if I don't
know what you're about This is a problem. This
could be a problem. Mm -hmm and the dark holds
that same Ambiguity it does That's that's a so
I totally get it. That's a really great point
and then you know and back to the clowns once
again You you have this image and it dates back
even to when your kids and you see a painting
or you see something in a book or you see them
in the real in the real life, which is terrifying
and It isn't I don't even know how to articulate
this but it's like they don't Look quote -unquote
happy per se or it's like fake happy like they're
painting Happy on their face because they're
not right. I have to do this Because deep down
I am NOT a good person right or maybe I have
ulterior motives and they just they're creepy
and I don't know what it is, and it's also part
of the way they act when they are a clown. Hey,
boys and girls, now, F you, dude. Get away from
me. No, thank you. And my friend Jess is a White
Sox fan. You know, once again, proving that no
one is perfect, but that's completely fine. Bazinga.
Bazinga. But I told her when I was a kid, grew
up on the South Side as a Cubs fan, that's right.
balls of steel So but we always went to Sox games
because all my friends are Sox fans. We go to
Sox games. They always had stupid Mascots ribby
and rhubarb these goofy ass looking monster thing
goofy monster looking things Because what are
you gonna do? You're just gonna have some guy
walk around a stinky gym sock? I mean, I don't
understand what else you're gonna do. I'm the
white sock. But there was a dude. So for Cub
fans, you'll know this Ronnie Woo Woo. Woo Cubs!
Woo Cubs! Woo Samberg! Oh, like he just wanders
around. But it's just like, this is this dude,
and that's like his gig. But, you know, even
though he can be annoying, he's charming, whatever,
and he's doing his woo thing. For the White Sox,
it was Andy the Clown. No. He was creepy as hell.
Like he is made up of nightmares. And he had
this little red nose, and he pressed this little
thing, and the red nose would glow. And I'd be
like, no, Rudolph, you get stepping. Right. When
we would go to the game as kids, and it wouldn't
be sellouts, because it's the White Sox. So you
could move around freely, and we'd be sitting
there. And soon as Andy got in our section, I
would always go to a friend or whatever and be
like, hey, now's about the time we go to the
bathroom and go up and grab a hot dog. Don't
you think that would be a really great idea?
Yeah. We got the hell out of there. We're like,
you bugged someone else, Andy the Clown. Yeah.
Freak. Yeah. Oh my god. No kidding. It's like,
I came to watch baseball. F off, dude. Yeah.
I don't need your all that you are ruining my
evening. Yeah. Yeah. But phobias, man. It's just
like, and there's so many. There's so many. Yeah.
There is a video and I feel bad because I'm sure
this woman is just terrified but it's a Maury
Povich and Bless Maury Povich man. Some of his
shows just I would cry laughing So he would have
they had a show of like people had just had these
irrational fears And so this woman came out and
she's like sobbing She's sobbing and like nothing's
going on, but she's sobbing almost like she kind
of has a feeling what's coming on Oh, yeah, and
she's sobbing or whatever. It's like so I hear
You have a fear of olives. Right. She's like,
yeah, I do. I'm like, well, relax, relax. Lies
right off jump. You know, I don't, there's no
olives here. So whatever, and he's just like
talking about it. But, you know, I think we should
bring in the olives. And he does this, this dude's
got a massive mason jar filled with olives. in
this guttural noise that comes from this woman
is like, she just runs off the set. She bolts
like Jessie frickin Owens and she is down the
hallway. And you're laughing because it's just
so irrational. It's funny. But in the same sense,
you're just like, oh, my God, she is so frickin
terrified right now. Right. But yeah, so I highly
recommend like you can go to the old Google machine
and just enter Irrational fear stuff like that.
You'd be amazed. Yeah, you'd be amazed at the
things that come up. Yes on there for sure but
at any rate, I Sincerely hope you don't fear
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Come back with a little carpe diem for you All
right, we are back here on the Mark Mo Show.
I'm your host, Mark Maloney, along with Aidan
Maloney. And we're now on to Carp A DM. That
is a segment where you find beautiful, wonderful
folks send us your DMs and we read them on the
show. And if they're in the form of a question,
well, and well. I mean, we could answer. We have
the ability to answer that. Certainly the ability
to. Yeah. Whether we do it or not. Eh, you know.
It's a case by case basis. Sure. Case by case
basis. And if I'm kind of sitting here and I
look at my left hand and there's nothing in it,
but then I glance over to my right hand and I
don't know. Say a hundred is in there. Then I'm
going to be like, I just already forgot about
my left hand. Whoa. Look at that. That looks
pretty. Very neat. All I'm saying is there's
ways. Sure. Treat us like a Supreme Court justice
and give us gifts to perhaps alter how we think
about the Constitution. Sway things in your favor.
Yeah. That is the new American way. Of course.
For certain. So here we go. I have five today.
The first one is from AtLandshark and it was
very simple. It just says special delivery. Oh
no. Nope. Oh, no. I know I'm not answering the
door. I mean, but it's a special delivery for
you It is it's so special. It's so special. I
don't deserve it. So I'm just not gonna all too
humble You gotta answer the door. Sorry at land
shark. I will not I will not play your games
what's scarier though a Shark in the water when
you're in the water or a shark that can move
on land when you're on land A shark on land because
I'm not expecting it. Oh, sure. If I'm in the
ocean, even if it's like a less than 1 % chance
that one of these will swim in my general direction,
you're saying there's a chance. Right. So I'm
like, yep, I'm technically in his backyard. I'm
going back on the boat. But land shark. It's
your home domain. It's my home domain. Yeah,
if someone knocks the door, who is it? Special
delivery. Oh, super. Open the door. All of a
sudden, great light. Yeah, I don't like that.
No. So Landshark, go away. At Melt the Ice. Hey,
Mo Show crew. I have a few friends of mine harassed
by the federal goon squad here in Chicago. None
of them were illegal immigrants. How can we stop
these assholes? That's a good question. I would
say know your lawyer's phone number. 100%. recognize
and utilize your first and second and fourth
amendment rights. And power in numbers. Power
in numbers, and that's worked in many cases where
we've seen someone try to, I call it an abduction,
it's what it is. It is. So when you see that
occurring, I just say, hey, if you're on the
street, and say there's just a handful or less
of these ice dudes and they're doing their thing
and you realize that you're on the street with
maybe 10 or 15 or 20 others I think it's your
responsibility as a group to be like nope this
is not happening right here and the only way
we can that we can help him is if we all get
in there yeah because at some point when the
numbers are not in their favor They skedaddle.
Yeah, they skedaddle like the little fucking
rats they are. Yeah, exactly. And I know, like,
you know, some of the some of the politicians
and things like that, they're all like, have
your phones, you know, take video, take photos,
that kind of thing. It's helpful. I mean, it
really is, especially if you're posting them
or you get them to proper authorities. It's like,
OK, who's this guy? Here's his face. This is
what's happening. Like that one woman from WGN,
she was a producer. Right. She was in her car
and they just chucked her down and brought her
in. It's like at some point, you know, history
and just not now in our place in our time. But
things like this have happened time and time
again. And for whatever reason, society just
doesn't learn. You know, it's like the little
kid with the hot stove. Ah, that hurts. Don't
touch it. And 10 minutes later, it hurts. Well,
dumbass. Right. Touched it 10 minutes ago. Of
course it hurts. And apparently we just like
to touch hot stuff. Right. We can't get enough
of it. But you know, it isn't written in stone
is what I'm saying. You can make change. It's
going to take a lot of us to make that change,
but it can be made. We're about to literally
have a socialist mayor in New York. And that's
amazing that the people that city thought enough
to be like, nope, we're going to try something
different. Right. Because this shit ain't working.
And how very telling of the Democratic Party
as an organization to not back your most popular
mayoral candidate in the nation. In the nation.
Right. Correct. How very telling yeah, they're
so terrified that they're they're willing to
screw it all up and maybe have a Republican stooge
put in there instead and you're gonna try to
submarine this guy. What are you doing? Right
because they're more focused on protecting capitalists
and they're more focused on Appeasing their billionaire
donors. Yeah, then they are about helping people
and actually being a left -wing party, which
they haven't been in decades, in half a century
maybe. Right. Well, and that's the thing too.
They're so terrified of moving further left that
they become kind of this almost separate centrist
party that tries to please everyone. Doesn't
work like that. And it doesn't work like that.
You gotta pick a lane. And in America, there's
two lanes. Right. You gotta pick one or the other.
Yeah. You cannot appease your billionaire overlords.
while helping any working American. Nope. You
can't do both. Nope. Because the exploitation
of that working American is the reason that billionaire
exists. Yep. Oh yeah, 100%. Yep, I agree with
that. All right, we're on to at Suzy Betts hard.
Oh Okay, okay. Hi guys. I know you used to have
a sports show. So my question is Patriots minus
five and a half over the Falcons or Colts minus
two and a half over the Steelers. Oh A little
throwback to the coaches corner days. Hey. Yeah.
Oh, yeah I like Pat's five and a half over the
Falcons. They've kind of been popping off for
a while May looks like the real deal. He looks
like the real deal. I know that's gonna be May.
Yeah, the Colts have been popping off too. The
Steelers are such an enigma. It's like some weeks
they are just on fire and then some weeks it's
like, oh, yeah, Aaron Rodgers shows his age and
they look real mid and they look really mid.
So I can see the Colts popping off a huge victory.
Yeah. It's just Pat's five and a half over the
Falcons feels more realistic. Yeah. to me, more
plausible. Definitely, I think. Honestly, if
I had a parlay, so for those that don't bet a
lot, it's when you have multiple bets, four,
five, six bets, even more sometimes. But the
only way you win is you got to hit them all.
Right. Now, the reason you do this, number one,
it's affordable. It's low risk, high reward.
So it could be a $10 bet, could be a $20 bet.
But if you hit them all, you could win four or
five hundred dollars on a twenty dollar bet.
So that sometimes that's worth the shot. Yeah.
So if I had one is what I'm saying, I would probably
put both of those in. Sure. To be completely
honest. I feel I would feel really good about
the Colts over the Steelers and the Patriots
over the Falcons. Five and a half. They should
win by 10 points. Yeah. So I feel good about
that. At Candy Candy Candy. Happy Halloween.
What are some of your favorite treats? Alright
candy thrice We'll test it out here your question
some of our favorite treats. Well, it doesn't
specifically say candies No, it could be any
treat could be any treat But this treat over
encompassed dessert or is treat more of a smaller
morsel per se Right, you know because I love
cheesecake, but cheese is cheesecake a treat
or dessert or a dessert. I think it's a dessert
I think it's a dessert. I think you can separate
that. Just like, for example, like a big bowl
of buttery popcorn. It's a treat to me. I'm treating
myself, yeah. But nobody's gonna give me a bowl
of popcorn on Halloween. Yeah, this is your treat.
It's my treat. Yeah. Although getting microwave
popcorn on Halloween is kind of a fun treat.
It's a good idea. Yeah. It's actually a good
idea. Yeah. So... Favorite treats. I guess if
we're talking Halloween... Gotta love Reese's.
Yeah, Reese's pumpkins are great Reese's pieces
are Fantastic peanut butter and chocolate as
a combination is is honestly an s -tier. Yeah
food item period Yeah, I would say Twix is enjoyable
Good Milky Way bar or Mars bar as they call it
across the pond pretty nice Yeah, you know what's
really good kind of low -key under the radar
and we're talking about this. I was at Buffalo
Wild Wings here in Valparaiso a couple nights
ago and there was a table of us and we were sitting
we were talking about Halloween treats and candies
and stuff and you know what they like. Some people
like a payday and this and that. Paydays are
tasty. Someone mentioned a take five and a take
five has like chocolate and nougat and pretzel.
It's actually really good. It's really good.
Is that the Reese's? Take five. I know there
is a Reese's five thing Maybe it's by the Reese's
company, but I've always seen it's just it says
take five on it. Yeah, I think so. It's like
Chocolate peanut butter like yeah new giddy caramel
and pretzels pretzel. Yeah, that is good. It
is a really good It's really good. I think my
favorite and this goes back. Well, I'm a big
three musketeers guy I do like that. I like peanut
butter cups, but you got to put them in the freezer
Like that just, it just makes them that much
better. Because otherwise, like I feel, if you
open them up, by the time you get to like your
third bite, it started getting a little melty.
You want the cup to stay the cup. Right. So just
freeze it. By the time you're done with it, it's
all good. Yeah. I'm a big Whatchamacallit fan.
I love Whatchamacallit. They're so good. You'll
have to explain to me what's in it. I don't know
if I've had one. I don't even know what the hell's
in it. Oh. It's like this... It too is an enigma.
It really is. It's like this crispy rice center.
So similar to like the crispy rice on like a
Nestle's bar, which I also love. And also have
to freeze. So... Yeah, other than like the the
like rice crispy kind of center to it. I'm not
sure like what else it's made of but what you
want to call it is Fantastic, and I'm just gonna
finish with a Canadian favorite and you know
where I'm going. Oh, yeah coffee crisp coffee
crisp is great just of just a hint coffee flavor
but really more mocha yeah I think if I had a
chocolate yeah and just like these wafers and
so it's so good it's really good yeah so I would
definitely have coffee crisp damn right I'm in
the same boat yeah oh no doubt last one for me
at stoner Stanley 420 my man is spooky time Momo
and Alan I saw a thing and it scares me Ah, stoner.
Oh, man. I think is going to hurt me. I pooped.
Oh, jeez, Stan. Oh, no. What a mouse look like.
It doesn't look like Jerry from that cartoon.
Maybe in a fish bite. Oh God, Stan. That's great.
Not for him. Clearly he was scared by something
and had an accident. Is he gonna be okay? It
seems like he's been distraught for a while.
He's he's been going Maybe it's a strain that
he's yeah messing with lately His brains been
running the gauntlet man. It really has it really
has You know and to go from You know what a mouse
look like Maybe it a fish Maybe a fish I'm trying
to think if there's any aquatic beings that look
like mice I didn't miss either. They're bigger
be yeah beavers. I mean, I guess like there's
chipmunks Maybe it's a chipmunk be a chip chipmunks
are kind of small. Yeah, they're kind of squirrely
and they dart real fast So I could have made
him poop. Yeah, maybe it a fish Maybe that yeah,
who knows because he does live in a van Down
by the river, right? Yeah, that's where he's
at. Well, Stoner, I don't know what you got going
on there. Maybe a fish. Maybe a fish. Stay safe,
though. I don't know. It's a fish. Maybe cook
it. You know, just crazy ideas. Yeah. Yeah. But
take care of yourself. It sounds like you're
going through it. Yeah. Going through it right
now, for sure. Yeah. Maybe Halloween fell at
a bad time for his middle state. Oh, I think
so. Yeah. I really do. You know, it's just like
Halloween and then add... a certain strain to
all of the happenings, you're gonna have a bad
time. Yeah, for sure. I think you're gonna have
a bad time. What do you got going on for your
DMs? First DM I got here is from The Trees. You're
lost in the forest and it's past dusk. What would
frighten you the most? The forest. The forest
itself. I don't... I like hikes in the woods.
During the day very calming beautiful, especially
in the fall like a crisp day Got your hoodie
on is walk a mile or two by the lake all that.
Oh, yeah but in fact when it starts the sun's
going down and The woods just get black. Yeah,
right. There's still light in the air, but the
woods are black. Yep Like, that's the stuff out
of horror movies. Yeah, the shade compounds the
darkness. Yeah. And because you get the wind
and the breeze and the rustling of the leaves...
There's constantly rustling behind you. It's
just... I don't know, it's that same argument
we had about the dark. Because you're just, you're
not, visually you're not able to, like, figure
things out. And I think there's probably a phobia
for that. I'm sure. You know, and I'm not a fan.
No, I'm not either. I think hearing... a humanoid
sound in such a scenario would probably be one
of the most scary things, because then I'm thinking
Wendigo, I'm thinking Serial Killer, I'm thinking
Shapeshifter. It could be, and if I hear a human
cry, like crying in the forest, wherever it's
coming from, I'm going the other way. And I'm
sorry. I've had that happen. You're probably
cooked. I'm still alive. I'm alive. Sounds like
you're you're cooked. Yep. I'm I'm gonna double
time it and and in my head just for you I'll
start singing. I will remember you But but but
I'm not coming now because it's too late and
you know, it's worse Maybe hearing a human laugh
That may be more terrifying. Arguably worse.
Arguably worse. If I hear that, fuck. Now I know
I'm cooked. Yeah, oh yeah, for sure. If you hear
a laugh, you're like, oh, okay. Now they're watching
me. Yeah. And they're laughing because they're
not really worried about me. No, right. So I'm
at a tremendous disadvantage right now. Yeah.
You know, either that or if you hear... Right.
You hear that? You're definitely cooked. Yeah.
You're definitely, you're like, oh, I'm the next
guy in that movie. Yeah. Fantastic. Oh, it's
been real, boys. It's been real. Peace out. I
got a DM here from CreepyGru. Creep. Our boy.
14 hour road trip, but your only passenger is
the main character of the last show or movie
you watched. How bad is the trip? Oh, wow. What
did I watch last? I know, I was watching horror
movies yesterday, which was Halloween Day for
us. And the last movie we watched... Boy, what
was it? Oh man, I'm trying to think. Because
we watched a good handful of movies. Yeah. Ah,
I'm trying to think. Is anything coming to your
mind? Yeah. I just thought of it because I wanted
to watch a spooky movie yesterday on Halloween.
And I decided to go with a movie called The Right.
Oh, yeah. With Anthony Hopkins. And it's based
on a true story. Father Michael Kovac, actually
from Chicagoland, the South Suburbs. That's where
the parish lady works at. And so I imagine my
car ride would be with Anthony Hopkins. And I
just hope it would be the one that is not possessed
by Ball. If it's if it's the Anthony Hopkins
that is possessed by Ball, that's going to be
a bad road trip. Yeah. Oh, no. That's a bad road
trip. That's a bad one. Unless it's Father Michael
Kovac, which in that case is going to be an incredibly
compelling and intellectual 14 hours learning
about exorcism. Yes. So it just depends who's
in that car with me. Right. Ooh, that's tough.
Or if it's Sonia Braga who plays the South American
reporter who's writing the article on exorcism
because she had an experience with her brother
who passed away. when exorcism didn't work and
then he ended up passing away, which is kind
of her reasoning or purpose for doing this article.
Yeah. That also would be very interesting. So
two out of three would be bad. Yes. There's a
33 % chance it could get rough. It could get
rough. Yeah. It could get really rough. I do
recall the last movie we watched before Recall
of the Night was the original Pet Sematary. Oh,
yeah. You got Gabe in your car. Right. Right.
Either that or it's the doctor. You want to play?
Yeah. Nope. No, sir. No, I'm good. But either
that or it's the doctor. It depends who you think
the main character is. Yeah. Who I would argue
is the doctor because he's the one he's the protagonist
in a way. Yeah. But it just depends. Is this
pre the child dying where he's like just kind
of a dude, just a medical doctor guy, just a
guy, or is this like post -child dying where
he's lost it. He's lost it completely. That would
be a bad ride. Right, that's a terrible ride.
What a horrible co -pilot. If it's the dude before,
I would still be uncomfortable because it's just
some actual rando that I don't know. Or the old
guy that Gabe kills. I can't remember what that
character is that Jed, yeah. He cuts his killings
with a knife. Fun fact, that actor plays Herman
Munster from the show The Munsters. Oh shit,
yeah, how about that? That's kind of fun. If
it's Jed, Jed seems like a charming guy. Jed
would be fun. I think Jed would be fun. Jed would
be a good talk for sure. Yeah, if it's the doc,
not really interested. If it's the psychotic
doc, no. Bad time. Bad time. Yeah, agreed. If
it's the killer kid, worst time. Worst time.
Oh, yeah. Because he'll be sitting next to you
and then you'll glance over he's gone. Right.
And you just hear that laugh. Oh, shit. Wanna
play? Nope. Like reaches under the driver's seat
with his knife. Oh, God. Not my Achilles, please.
That scene haunts me. Yes. Yeah. I got one more
question. Evil Genie, checking in. I offer you
riches. Two million dollars. and you remain at
the same social standing as before. Or, 20 billion
dollars. But, you gain the fame and infamy that
comes with being a multi -billionaire. Wow. Either
one's not bad. I could definitely make the two
stretch. The two milli? Yeah. I could definitely
make that stretch. pick up side gigs here and
there if I want to just to be able to do things.
Right. But you'd be comfortable for a while.
You'd be comfortable. That's something that could
sit in an account and you probably just live
off some of that interest. Right. Exactly. So
that wouldn't be that wouldn't be so so terrible.
But the billion, I would probably do that because
even though you're going to catch flak and there's
all that with being a billionaire. I think that.
there's a lot of good I could do with that. So
just because I'm a billionaire doesn't mean I
need to be a prick or I need to be like Musk
or Bezos or anybody like that. I could be very
philanthropic. I could, you know, open up shelters
and educational, you know, educational. programs
for people that are homeless or under -educated.
Basically, there's just things you could do because
you have that amount of money. Right. So I think
I would like to have that amount of money to
be able to impact the masses in a positive way,
because I don't think a lot of the billionaires
do enough. That's true. So to be able to have
that, I'm not going to spend that. I mean, it's
been one billion. Right. So why not take that
money and do good with it and help people out
as much as you can? So I would I would probably
go that route. Yeah, I I'm kind of in the same
boat. But there is there is something that crossed
my mind with that is with the 20 billion dollars,
even doing all of the charity and philanthropy,
it essentially means you that's your job. Then
your job is going out there and. organizing these
things, making sure the money's going to the
right places. And I don't want this to come off
selfish, but if I'm gonna retire from working
and spend my time doing things I love, like the
arts, I would just kind of pass the torch maybe.
Like I would just take, I don't know, 19 .9 billion
dollars. and I don't know, pick a hundred different
charities and be like, hey, you guys are gonna
be funded for the next 200 years. Correct. You
know? Yeah. And maybe I would hire like a team
to go out there and just make sure like the money's
being allocated right. It's not being funneled
into some chode's pockets. Exactly. So yeah,
I would kind of pass the torch as far as the
responsibility goes, because if I'm done working,
I'm done working. Hey. You guys have fun with
all this money. Yeah, do do some good in the
world I'm I'm gonna play video games for a long
time and recover from what capitalism has has
brought on me Well, exactly and and I know I
speak for you as well. It's like My needs aren't
that great. I don't have to have eight or nine
or ten mansions. I don't have to have 20 cars
I did like a lot of these billionaires do right?
Five yachts. A couple of decent rides, a couple
of homes, maybe. That'd be it. I'm good. Yeah.
I don't need a lot of that. I just travel and
experience life. Right. You know, maybe get like
a motorcycle or one of those cool RVs and just
explore and just drive around and get to know
people. And then as I go from town to town, be
like, oh, they're having this issue. I think
I can help with that. Right. And just be able
to do that, I think would be cool as hell. I
agree. I definitely agree. It's that meaning
I think everybody searches for in their life.
There's that quote from that equalizer movie
at the beginning of the movie. It was like the
two most important days are the day you're born
and the day you find out why. I think there's
a lot to that. Sure. If I had that amount of
money, I think it'd be like, oh, now we're going
to find out why. Yeah. Because you can just impact.
So many people in such a positive way, right?
Yeah, I would do that. Yeah, I definitely agree
That's the last DM I received today. Alrighty.
Well, once again, if you have DMs, you have questions,
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But our socials, whether it's the Mark Mo Show,
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or Mark Maloney, you can find us out there under
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Uh, so any anytime throw throw comments at us
and uh, we'd be happy to read them. Yeah, definitely
for sure Uh, we have a segment called other foods
and aiden's been doing this a while now where
he scours the planet and he looks for delicacy
now That delicacies he looks for Well, bad shit.
Bad stuff that people go, oh, I'm gonna eat that.
Ew, ew, ew, yucky. And Aidan does the research
and figures this out and shares his knowledge
with all of us. You're welcome in advance. So
what do you got for us this week? Fermented fish
paste. Oh, God. Is what I'm bringing to the table
today. Oh, boy. Am I right? Yeah, fermented fish
paste, a condiment made by fermenting fish. with
salt and other ingredients, resulting in a strong
smelling, salty and savory product used in various
cuisines, particularly in Southeast Asia. Of
course, it's made by salting the fish to act
as a preservative, and then allowing it to ferment.
Now, for anyone that hears the word ferment and
doesn't really get it, the reason that wine has
alcohol in it is because it is fermented. You
know, it's not, you know, malted, it's not distilled,
it's fermented. So you're fermenting the fish.
Correct. You know, it's not going to be tasty
like when you do it with grapes. You're fermenting
fish. The fermentation process can be influenced
by factors like sunlight, time, and addition
of other ingredients. And I found a very specific
one here. I really hope I get this pronunciation
right. I believe it's nepe. N -G -A -P -I. Is
that right? Nyepi? Sure. Translates closely to
pressed fish. Oh my. Yeah. It's a pungent paste
made of either fish or shrimp used in Burmese
cuisine. It's made by fermenting fish or shrimp
that is salted and ground and then sun drying
it. Sun dried. Fermented fish paste. Paste. Yeah.
Yeah. Quote, like cheese, it can be distinguished
based on the main ingredient or regional origin,
or the type of fish used to make it, can come
from using whole fish, like the whole, just the
whole fish goes in there. The whole eyes and
everything? Oh yeah. Yeah. To small fish or prawns.
Yeah, it's... it can be raw as well with some
exceptions it's not meant for human consumption
in air quotes but of course that means some people
have definitely eaten it some people have eaten
it right which there's there's no that's that's
kind of like the apex of of my findings is the
fact that you could have raw fermented sundried
fish Paste. Oh god, which really sounds like
a combination of things. I'm not into Yeah, I'm
almost kind of wondering in a way Who who eats
it or how how do you eat it? Did you just put
it on a cracker? Yeah, like yeah, right? Yeah,
I don't know we either way. I'm not about it,
but oh God, yeah, how would you utilize that
and who is the first person to like? Leave a
fish out in the Sun for too long right and then
be like you know what what if I grind it up?
Would it is it is this still food? Well, then
everyone is like yay. We did it. Yeah like to
sun -dried fish paste right like oh Well, yeah,
well, let's let's fillet and deep bone the fish.
Oh, no. We're not doing that hmm We're gonna
use it. We just grind it up for grind that we
use it all like all I think goes to waste you
know None of this animal goes to waste. Yeah.
Okay. Thanks, Ace. Wow. Yeah. Quite yucky. Not
interested. Yeah. That is gross. If anyone out
there has tried fermented fish paste, let us
know. Let us know. And then we'll judge you.
Yeah. We'll judge it based on what it sounds
like. We're not going to try it, though. I'll
just say that right now. No. No. Not happening.
Now, something that you might try as I move to
my Frozen Guy review. used to be a Fry Guy fry
review, and we took a little break from that
because I've eaten a lot of fries. A lot of fries.
But I also eat a lot of frozen meals because,
well, I'm single, and you can't always cook between
your busy lifestyle and work and all that kind
of stuff a lot of times. And quite frankly, it's
more affordable. Am I going to go out and have
a $13, $14, $15 fast food meal, or am I going
to throw a $4 frozen meal in the microwave? Right.
a little bit more economical, for sure, and it's
gonna get the job done most of the times. So,
I started the Frozen Guy Review. We're a few
in. And the one I'm doing today is Healthy Choice
Cafe Steamers Chicken Alfredo. Ooh, Cafe Steamers.
Now, the Cafe Steamers are fun. You don't have
to vent the meal or anything. Sometimes you gotta,
like, pull the corner of the thing up. Yeah,
yeah, yeah. And then halfway through, you mix
it up. You don't do that with these. You put
it in for, like, four or five minutes and you...
You let it cook. Let them cook. Let them cook.
And then when you're done, it's in a mechanism
where it's in this little plastic, vented bowl.
And then you pick it up. So it'll be your meat
and your vegetables or whatever you have in there.
In this case, it's the chicken alfredo. Well,
it's the grilled chicken bits and the pasta.
Yeah. On the top. And you pick the little plastic,
vented bowl up. and below it is a bowl that is
just a regular bowl, and it has the sauce at
the bottom. So the sauce as it heats up is cooking,
steaming, if you will, the meat and the pasta.
And so then you flip the thing upside down and
you put all the pasta, mix up the sauce and everything
like that. It's a clever idea. Yep. Oh, yeah.
So it really is this convenient meal that has
the grilled chicken breast and the penne pasta
and the creamy Alfredo sauce. and you mix it
all together. I find as a healthy choice, a healthier
version of a frozen meal, that the chicken was
really, really, really good. They were chunks
of white chicken breast, so it was really good.
Nice. The pasta actually cooked incredibly well.
Like it cooked it as if you would have taken
it out of the water and put it in your own strainer.
It was really, really good. I found the Sauce
to be bland and I'm sure It's that way because
it's a healthy choice. So I I get it reduce sodium
and all of that So there wasn't a lot of taste
But it was still very good like in the future
Because like I liked the chicken and the pasta
and I like the way it cooked The sauce was fine.
Just a little bit flavorless. I find if you've
got a little bit of basil, oregano, stuff like
that at home. Just add it. Yeah. Just add a little
salt and pepper, whatever, and just kind of mix
it up. And I think if you add those things, I
think it gets into the rare air. I think it gets
into the nines. But even so, even though the
sauce wasn't as flavorful and a little bit on
the runny side, I still give it a very, very,
very solid 8 -6. That is good. It was really
good. Now, once again, on the healthy side of
things when you eat those, either a smaller meal
or one of the healthier ones, you're going to
be hungry in about two or three hours. Oh, sure.
Yeah. So you have to deal with that. Right. Whether
portion size or sometimes they're just not filling.
You know, sometimes the carbs run through you
quicker and it's just like, ah, you know, more,
more protein, more vegetables makes you feel
full longer. But that's tougher to do frozen.
For sure. Yep, it is. But all in all, we're three
for three. So this is the third one. I think,
I'm trying to remember if the first two were
nines, I think it was. Both first two were nines.
Nine -four and a nine -one. Yep. It's an eight
-six, so three's really strong. Oops, all bangers.
All bangers. Yeah. So we'll see how it goes.
This week, which could translate into our next
episode, I've had some that aren't maybe in the
nines or eights. So we'll get to that. Not that
they're terrible, but that they're just very
mid. Yeah. So we'll get to those next week and
following weeks for sure. Now, typically we jump
into our next break, but I have a friend of mine,
Neva, she works at my bank here in Valparaiso,
and she has contributed to my shows on and off
over the last year and change. She is the queen
of dad jokes. She just pulls these things up
and she's got them. So I was in there recently.
you know, because currently out of work so I
knocked off a bank and I really didn't knock
off a bank. Not yet. I wouldn't knock off their
bank. I mean, I wouldn't knock off any bank.
I had money. In GTA, of course, we're talking
about this hypothetical situation in a video
game. Exactly. Where we would knock off a bank.
Right. But not their bank. To be clear. Right.
So anyway, when I went into see her, she's like,
I got dad jokes. I'm like, yes, and they're Halloween.
I'm like, well. Guess what we're doing. So I
have some dad Halloween jokes, courtesy of Neva
at my bank. And so here's the first one. What
do you get if you divide the circumference of
a jack -o -lantern by its diameter? What's that?
Pumpkin pie. Oh, OK. OK. Let's go. I'll get you
some applause for that one. That's good. Let's
go. That's good. What happens when a ghost gets
lost in the fog? I don't know. He's missed Now
Aidan's getting over a cold and if we're gonna
get some cough action here, but that's that's
alright we'll deal What is a ghost's favorite
pair of pants? What's that then their boo jeans?
Oh, come on. The boo jeans. Let's go. Let's go.
What do ghosts serve for dessert? Ghosts serve
for dessert? I'm not sure. Ice scream. Oh, that's
a classic one right there. That one is definitely
a classic. What do birds give out on Halloween
night? I don't know. What is it? Tweets. Tweets.
Tweets. I like that one. That's fun. That's a
good one. What room do ghosts avoid? I don't
know. The living room. Okay, that's kind of baller.
That's kind of baller. That's a good one. How
do you fix a jack -o -lantern? I don't know.
With a pumpkin patch. Jesus. These are grade
A. Grade A. She kind of popped off, huh? Yeah,
oh yeah, for sure. Why don't skeletons play music
in church? Oh, why? Because they have no organs.
Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah, yeah. What do you get when
you cross a vampire with a snowman? I have no
idea. Frostbite. Oh, good God. Frostbite. There
you go. What type of music is a mummy's favorite?
I don't know. Rap. Oh, okay. Okay. I like that
one. Rap. Yeah. Why don't skeletons like parties?
I don't know. Because they have no body to dance
with. Oh. Wow. Devastating. That one's kind of
sad. That's a sad one. What was the witch's favorite
subject in school? I don't know. Spelling. Oh
my god. Spelling. That one's kind of goaded also.
Yeah. Oh, for sure. What is a ghost's favorite
fruit? Favorite fruit? It's not boo -berry, is
it? Bingo! Boo berries! I like that. Why can't
ghosts lie? I don't know. Because you can see
right through them. That's a pretty good one
too. It's a good one. Alright, we got two more.
What does a scarecrow drink his... How does a
scarecrow drink his juice? I don't know. With
a straw. Hey, of course, of course. Of course.
And the last one. Why are ghosts always hungry?
I don't know. Because the food runs right through
them. Oh, man. That's pretty good. That's pretty
good. The goat of dad jokes. Yeah. Neva, thank
you for that. That is amazing. On that note,
we're going to take a quick break and we come
back. Our feature segment, you just made the
list. Alright, we are back and it is time for
you. Just made the list It's our top 10 list
of well just about anything and it's a 10 through
2 with our big number one reveal and Oh, yes.
Let me let me get the rule book Page 83 subsection
for oh No rules. Thank God. No rules. Let's freaking
go. Yeah. So this particular list is best horror
movies. And I know Aiden and I both have an affinity
for them. And if you love our show, chance are
you do too. So Aiden, why don't you kick us off?
The best horror movies. Tied for 10th place.
I have Paranormal Activity 2. and three. Oh,
all right. Yeah, I tied the sequels for 10th
place, and I've done the same thing, or similar,
for 9th place. Smile, one and two. The movie
would have been a lot higher, and I know it's,
in some ideas, it's maybe unideal to even be
on this list because of how... Weird the endings
were in both movies. Yep had like endings that
were just like what really? But I love the movie.
It's like do you cut out the last ten minutes
and let your imagination play it out? It's a
great movie. Mm -hmm good scares number eight.
I really enjoyed hereditary. It was just brutal
and creepy Number seven the conjuring. I love
the conjuring movies. Very excellent number six
Insidious Red Door. The first one I thought was
good, not great. A couple of the sequels were
just mid, they were fine, but Red Door I really,
really liked. Number five, Paranormal Activity.
Gotta put the originale on there. Number four,
Barbarian. Really liked that movie. If you haven't
seen it, highly recommend. Number three, The
Autopsy of Jane Doe. I thought was excellent.
And number two, one of the movies we watched
last night, but I know we watched it many, many
years ago, Sinister. I thought it was phenomenal.
Yeah, I forgot about that one. The sequel was
pretty good too. I know it had mixed reviews,
but I liked the sequel also, but Sinister 1 is
fantastic. The original one is good, that's true.
Yeah, I miss that one. That's a good one. I too
had a tie at 10. The original Omen, because kids
are just creepy. Yeah, that's that's true. They're
just creepy and you know when that kid is there
and he just always has this this look on his
face just pure evil Yeah, and the kids like just
out there on the playground and there's all the
kids and stuff and then none comes out steps
out on that third floor balcony or whatever and
just goes I'm doing this for you Damien and just
jumps out the window and hangs herself that is
Crazy, it's crazy So, Paranormal Activity was
also tied for 10. Number 9, The Exorcist. Oh
yeah. Now, most people would have it in their
top 5, if not their top 3. The only reason I
have mine down my top 10 list a little bit, and
it's being picky, is that I just don't think
it ages well. Like some of the stuff that would
have been creepy back in the late 70s, early
80s, now is almost comical. Sure. So I think
it loses a little bit there, for sure. Number
eight insidious. There you go. Yeah number seven
Blair Witch project when I saw that in the theater
Because I got the thing with the woods Oh yeah,
we just talked about that too. It's terrifying
because you're just afraid of what you don't
know or you don't see. Right. And your anxiety
just builds throughout the movie. So I thought
they did a really good job with that. Number
six, OG Nightmare on Elm Street. Oh sure. Got
to put Freddy Krueger up there for sure. As a
matter of fact, I just watched it the other night.
Once again, that one has its cheesy elements,
but I think that's part of its charm. Yeah, for
sure. Number five, The Right. I just watched
that the other night. Anything with demons and
exorcisms and just take my money. Number four,
the original Friday the 13th. I have a childhood
situation. Involving that movie and a very mean
father That's right. That's a fun story. It just
it goats that movie. Yeah for sure. It just adds
to the lure Number three the conjuring. I like
the whole series, but that first one is epic
It's fantastic for sure and number two the shining.
Oh Jack Nicholson That one is it's creepy and
it just builds over time and you just kind of
You just you delve into Jek's life and in this
hotel Trapped by winter right and you can't leave
And he's he's not only lost in the evil that
is in this place But kind of in his own head
as well. So you kind of go on this journey with
him I thought they did a great job as really
good. Hmm. It's a good list I guess it kind of
shows our well, I guess it shows my inexperience
with the classics but it shows our genre differences
too, or sub -genre. Oh, for sure. Versus like
the Catholic Church versus like the supernatural
kind of craziness. Oh, for sure. My number one.
Also, I don't think I have any movie on here
from the 20th century, which I guess is a shame.
I definitely should have done more watching of
the classics. But yeah, all of these are from
the 21st century So of course if you haven't
seen any of these on our list go and check them
out for sure number one For sure has to be talk
to me What oh? That's that Australian one. Yes.
Yep. That is a good one all these make great
horror movies Yeah, and what is that a 24? I
believe 24. Yep. What a what a fun studio Yeah,
talk to me is great really really great The story
itself is thrilling and the scares are great.
Kind of has its brutal moments too, which is
fun. But yeah, I love that. Definitely my favorite
horror movie as of late. Yeah. God, I would agree.
I probably would have had it on my list somewhere,
for sure, even honorable mention. It is really
good. I enjoyed it. just the originality of the
concept of that movie. Right. I really liked
this one. And I like even though it's number
one and I have some real bangers behind it, nothing
comes close to this movie for me. The original
Halloween. Oh, yeah. Jamie Lee Curtis. They did
this on a bumblegum budget, man. They had nothing.
But the score is great. And the fact that you
have this villain is evil. was a child at the
beginning but then Michael Myers of course yeah
and he doesn't utter a word and he doesn't have
to uh he is is evil incarnate uh and uh the the
guy that plays the the doctor who comes out is
great uh and Jamie Lee Curtis is great and and
it's just it's it's a bloodbath without getting
overly gory yeah which i really enjoyed And it
was once again just about what you can and can't
see people going into the dark You know people
just being like hey hello. Is anyone out there?
Yeah, and just like just the buildup and you're
like oh, man This chick's gonna get whacked right
is it gonna happen? It's good for jump scares
like the first time I saw it. Maybe ten good
jump scares. Yeah So yeah, it's classic number
one baby righteous. I definitely appreciate that
no doubt now Did you happen to go down, said
Reddit rabbit hole this week? I did a little
bit. Okay. I had a suggestion. Okay. As to what
to research, and that is a comet known as 3I
Atlas. And shout out to Carlos who gave us this
suggestion. My boy Carlos. Looking into 3I Atlas,
which from a scientific standpoint, hey, it's
a pretty cool comet, but... There's some lore,
there's some weird takes on it, which I can always
appreciate, especially people just having fun
with it. Oh, for sure. I know there's always
grifters out there looking to make a dollar on
anything crazy. Oh, no doubt. I always shame,
but I will never yuck someone's yum just for
having a little fun. Bars. So yeah, Comet I3
Atlas is the third known object from outside
our solar system. To be discovered passing through
our celestial neighborhood as as NASA puts it
which is actually how it got its name because
atlas is the one that saw it and 3 the third
I Interstellar that's how it's got it its name
so 3i atlas is a comet of course astrometers
categorize this object as interstellar because
of the hyperbolic shape of its orbital path It
does not follow a closed orbital path about the
Sun When the orbit of 3i is traced into the past
the comet clearly originates from outside our
solar system It poses no threat to earth, which
I know people were kind of scared of when it
was first discovered many months ago I believe
it was discovered in these this summer of 2025
Yeah, it's it's not coming in with like about
200 million miles away. So that's 1 .8 astronomical
units for anyone counting. Okay. And an astronomical
unit, I believe, is the average distance from
the Earth to the Sun. So it's just a different
way to measure things that isn't a light year
or a mile. It's kind of in between. So about
two times as far away from the Sun is the closest
it will approach. the Earth and has approached
the Earth, which was October 30th, being the
closest it ever came to the planet, at a distance
of about one and a half AU, astronomical units.
The images that you can find online, of course,
very cool, very neat to have an interstellar
comet just zooming on by, kind of fun. Came from
Hubble, of course, and there's pictures from
the James Webb telescope and the very large telescope,
which I always found a strange name. It's just
a description. It's not really a name of something.
Got it. Observations have shown it emitting cyanide
gas and atomic nickel vapor at concentrations
similar to comets seen within the solar system.
Oh. Which is kind of an interesting observation
because Just kind of goes to show that everything
within the Milky Way is kind of it's all kind
of similar, right? Yep Now the closest it came
to the Sun was about 1 .4 AU away so about 130
million miles The comet itself appears to have
originated from the Milky Way's thin disk Or
thick disk, if you will. I like a good thick
disk. It's estimated the comet itself could be
at least seven billion years old. Older than
the solar system is estimated to be. Wow, dude.
Yeah. Now, there have been some controversies
about it because of speculation and, you know,
theories, if you will, hypotheses, conspiracy
theories, where An astrophysicist, Evi Loeb,
published a paper speculating it could be an
extraterrestrial spacecraft, which, of course,
was believed because it had quote anomalous characteristics,
such as having a large size, lack of identifiable
chemicals, and the apparent improbability that
its trajectory directly aligns with the solar
system's ecliptic plain which of course oh okay
i mean that's fun coincidences yeah that is very
it's it's fun thought experiment you know but
of course these were shot down by other scientists
with the quote the overwhelming consensus that
it is a comet leaves people disappointed with
the paper and points out it distracts from the
work of other scientists trying to actually figure
things out instead of speculating which Fair
point and I'm usually along the lines of like
I'm not trying to yuck someone's yum if they're
having fun with their hypotheses and Making little
bits who could be aliens. Mm -hmm. But if you're
a scientist doing that that's a little more like
you You kind of have the responsibility to be
more Accurate yeah, then speculation and when
I was talking about grifters earlier, there were
a couple YouTube videos I was watching Kind of
like August time a couple months after all this
came out where people were looking through all
the crazy conspiracy Theories and like how people
were using this to be like, oh, you know I I
through astral projection have talked to the
comet itself and it is enlightening me Anyway,
go buy my course for $500 a month right dude.
Come on. Come on. It's like yes it is It is actually
the Buddhist god himself, and it speaks to me
directly. Oh, to grip. It speaks through me.
I'm like, ah, come on. It's all fun and games
until you're trying to scan people out of their
money. Yeah. Oh, yeah. So it is a comet. I'm
through the smartest and most knowledgeable scientists
on the planet, whom I put my trust in yeah it
is a comet and it is fun you know it's fun to
think aliens are coming to visit us on a comet
spitting out gaseous cyanide yeah but uh yeah
it's a fun comet it's fun it's a fun comet and
don't give your money to grifters don't do that
that's 3i Atlas yeah that is that is amazing
thank you and thank you Carlos for that recommendation
we love that once again send us your comments,
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No, I won't. Yeah, you. We're gonna make you
part of the show. At any rate, before we take
a final break, we were off sleeping. We didn't
even know it. Oh, no. Yeah, man. So while we
were sleeping... We clearly missed something
that Aidan, once again, does his work, finds
things either in the gaming community, YouTube,
TV, movies, whatever. Just find something that
we've been sleeping on. And what did we sleep
on? I've got movies today inspired by the movies.
We the horror movies we watched on Halloween.
Yeah, I have two of them because there is a a
remake slash reimagining. that I wanted to bring
up that I don't think a lot of people have watched.
So the first movie I'm bringing up is Pet Sematary,
of course. Mentioned that earlier, it is a 1989
horror movie, I believe based on a Stephen King
book. Yep. Pet Sematary, where the doctor, Lewis
Creed, moves a family from, to Maine, rather,
from Chicago, where he meets the friendly local,
the charming Judd. After the Creed's cat is accidentally
killed, Crandall advises Lewis. Crandall being
Judd Crandall, advises Lewis to bury it in the
ground near the old pet cemetery. The cat returns
to life. However, not quite the same cat. No.
And of course, when Lewis' son Gage, who we mentioned
during Carpe Diems, dies tragically, Lewis decides
to bury the boy's body in the same ground despite
the warnings of Judd and seeing dead people and
also what happened with the cat. It's a romp
and a riot. Now... Pet Sematary from 2019. They
did a remake slash reimagining of it, which I
found fun. Still good. I enjoyed it, but it's
different. It has slightly different plot points.
The ending is different. It's, you know, same
vibe, slightly different experience. So I would
actually recommend watching both chronologically,
you know, get the original vibe, then watch the
new one and come up with your own. conclusion
on which one you like more, but I think it is
a good thing to do is to watch both. The 2019
Pet Sematary has slightly different plot points.
They both kind of had mixed reviews, but horror
movies always get mixed reviews. They always
do, yeah. They always do. So yes, definitely
recommend watching both. You can see them, I
believe, either on Paramount Plus, or of course
you could go to your local library and borrow
them. Which I always recommend because God bless
libraries Yeah, right. So yeah pet cemeteries
plural pet cemeteries plural. Yep. I were very
very familiar with The original yes, the new
one is a good watch. I would say is a good watch
There's a pet cemetery to which we didn't watch
and I know nothing about Mmm, okay, then we'll
leave that one alone. Yeah, I believe it's a
sequel to the 1980s one It's like, how do you
sequel that though? It's kind of hard to do.
Yeah, a bit weird. Yeah, very weird. All right.
Let's take that final break. When we come back,
we're going to sample some beer. Actually, cider.
Or is it? Or is it? Stay tuned. All right, we
are back to close things out with our beer review.
The official beer review. Or is it beer review?
It might be. Here's the fun part. That's why
I kind of hinted at it a little bit. You said
could be cider. Here's the fun part. We are drinking
today reds. Wicked Black Cherry. Now a lot of
people confuse reds with a cider. Because they
make cider. This is a fruit beer. So interesting.
Yes, Red's Apple Ale was its name and then they
dropped the ale part and just call it Red's Apple
or in this case Red's Wicked Black Cherry. It's
a fruit beer. standing at 8 % ABV. Let's go.
So higher than your average. Now, of course,
a fruit beer is made with fruit or fruit extracts
that are added during any portion of the brewing
process. It's got pretty decent reviews overall.
This is, of course, out of the Macro Brewery,
Red's Brewing Company, out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Good ol' Midwestern. Wisconsin. And we will be
ranking it for you. On the untapped app on our
phones not sponsored but recommended because
it's free and free is for me On a scale of one
to five How much we enjoy it we will give you
tasting notes and of course let us know in the
comments what you are enjoying today That sounds
fantastic. So here we go. We got here we go Reds
wicked black cherry slantcha slantcha. Oh my
Wow, that is very pleasant I can't It's like
the commercial from like back. I think it was
in the 1990s. I can't believe it's not butter
I can't believe this is beer. This is really
good. Yeah, and if you like cherry It's pretty
it's pretty spot -on. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah apple
notes black cherry notes Mm -hmm. That is really
tasty and it's dangerous. You could tell me this
is a fruit juice seltzer Yeah For sure. The fact
that it's 8 % alcohol in there is crazy because
I couldn't tell you if there is any at all. No.
That is, this is sneaky. This is very, very,
very sneaky. Very sneaky, very dangerous. Wow.
That is remarkable. It really is. It is a little
deserty. It's got some pretty strong sweetness
to it. But man, is that so good. I think it's
ideal for the fall, though. It is. I mean, just
with the cherry and the apple. Yeah. And, like,
it really, it's just, it's spot on. But I do
agree with that, too. It's kind of like, like,
for example, you go out for a meal with your
friends or whatever, and you're kind of doing
that thing. Like, to have this paired with something
that's a little bit on the sweet end, you know,
an apple turnover or, who knows, a cherry tart,
something or other, like, it would work. Yes.
It would definitely work. I totally agree. And
like what's left on your palate is just fruity.
It's just like there's no beer, alcohol, like
you don't get really any of that. I would agree.
It is really, really smooth and it's just lightly
carbonated. Just a touch in there. Yeah. Wow.
That is phenomenal. I really like I am surprised.
I'll be honest. I am I am. Really surprised we've
tried a couple different ciders wicked grove.
Maybe we've tried some angry orchard before yeah,
and This for not being a cider for being a fruit
beer is really fantastic, but it's definitely
in the same vein It definitely just screams apple
and black cherry. Yes. There's there is nothing
beery about this No at all. Mm -hmm Wow and like
another point too sometimes with Like the the
higher ABV fruity kind of drinks like the Maybe
the the Seagram's drinks or the four locos or
things of that nature They can sometimes have
an aftertaste. That's like garbage II. Yeah,
and and just funky and off This is so clean.
It really is so clean surprisingly clean. I Am
so impressed. Yeah, I'm not even a lie. I am
so impressed by this Yeah, it's gonna get a that's
reaching into the elite tier for me that that
is getting a 4 .0 out of 5 I Did 4 .5 four and
a half that is that is high. That's four and
a half. It is good It's earned it. But if you
like apple cherry, you know things that are fruity,
but not overly fruity Clean on the palate refreshing.
Yeah, because these are these are very cold and
so like that helps too. Yes Excellent. Just excellent.
One of the best things I've put in my mouth in
a while. Yeah. Yeah, like literally no notes.
Sometimes I just get a little too sensitive to...
Like sweetness and sugars where sometimes it
can just become a little cloying on the palate
sure I think if they had just toned it down a
touch maybe maybe went a touch tart cherry or
Granny Smith esque it could have gotten a higher
score for me But the fact that it is as sweet
as it is I think is why? It's not like a four
five or four seven five in my book, but still
definitely elite tier. This is really wonderful
I gave it clean, smooth, sweet, and fruity on
the flavor profile. I went on their cherry, sweet,
fruity apple. Yeah, definitely agree. I guess
I could add tart. It's not overly tart, though.
No, not really. Yeah. Not really. Excellent,
though. Very excellent. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Very, very good. Good job, Reds. Yeah. And I
believe you can find these at, uh, like C stores
and liquor stores. I'm not sure many bars carry
them, which I think is a shame because I think
they'd kind of pop off. I think they would. Yeah.
Especially in, in today's age where like carbless
and high noon's and mixed drinks as a whole are.
kind of the staple of those who don't just like
their old styles and PBRs. Right. This would
definitely fit in with that first category. Oh,
for sure. Yeah. If I had a bar and there was
a bar where I moved a lot of seltzer and things
like that, I would have these for sure. Yeah.
They have the black cherry and you can get just
the straight apple. Yeah. Yeah. I think the biggest
turnoff for people maybe just be the sugar content.
Could be because beers themselves don't have
to list Nutrient information or have nutritional
facts I believe by law they're not required to
but Yeah, twelve point three grams of carbs per
serving size, but the serving size is five fluid
ounces So that's that's essentially a glass of
wine size you correct which it is the ABV of
some wines So I can't blame them. Oh for sure.
Yeah No doubt. Definitely tasty. Well done. I
highly recommend RID's Wicked Black Cherry. Not
sponsored. Highly recommended. Highly recommended.
Maybe down the road we'll try the Apple. See
how that plays out. Yeah. But very good. Very
good. And that pretty much wraps us up, man.
Yeah. For this week. Aidan, thank you very much
for all you do. Quick final plug. Any of your
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