Hey there everybody, welcome to the Mark Mo Show
Season 4 Episode 5, The Dirty Word. You can find
us on all podcast platforms on YouTube. And I'd
like to introduce my co -host and producer, Aidan
Maloney. What's going on, dude? I'm doing all
right. Still got a little bit of an on and off
cough. I ate a whole bag of Sun chips like an
hour ago. Oh, I can I can do that The amount
of sodium coursing through my veins. I'm pretty
sure I'll die of heart disease early. You'll
be well preserved I'll be well, but exactly they
don't even need to mummify me. It's like oh,
he ate the Sun chips Just bury him somebody will
break into the coffin one day be like holy shit.
It's a bag of Sun chips Yeah, holy 10 bags of
Sun chips. Did you guys bury a bag of Sun chips?
Yes. Yes, we did. Yes, we did. But besides that,
I'm doing pretty good. All right. Chillaxing.
I like it. I like it a lot. I like it a lot.
Aiden also runs his own YouTube gaming channel.
It's called Aiden Spelled the Right Way. And
he has new PC gaming content. Sometimes it's
like test beta kind of stuff, which is fun. He's
done GeoGuessr and PolyBridge and Observation
Duty, I think is the newest one. And he's got
all kinds of stuff. So tell the fine folks out
there what they can expect. Yeah, I've been replaying
Observation Duty 7 because I've heard Eight is
coming out soon, and it's one of my favorite
game franchises recently. As far as indie horror
experiences go, it's right up there amongst the
top ten. It is fantastic. So I'm replaying the
seventh one because I was very bad at it, and
it seems I remain bad at it. Oh no. Yeah. Which
is unfortunate, but hopefully it still makes
for funny content and hopefully engaging for
the lovely viewers, but it is a good time. Oh,
yeah, definitely. We, as a matter of fact, if
we're going to refer to yet another channel,
if it were, as it were, TheGuysBeAndDudesAK219,
which was recreated, polished off, dusted off,
and recreated as a collab channel for the two
of us, so that we have some of the same kind
of chaos and humor and all the things you guys
enjoy here, but... playing games together. So
it's kind of fun. And we actually did an observation
during last time. And it was pretty good. We
got a killer dub. We did get a killer dub. I
know spoilers, but we got a killer dub. Like,
I figure, like, just out of the gate, we got
our asses handed to us. Oh, yeah. It's like,
oh, there were too many things. I'm like, what?
Oh, yeah. Like, well, we're missing. Dude, I
was looking, too. And then the people don't get.
Like, because it's on a timer. And every hour,
dung, dung. And like, as soon as you hear that
noise, you're like, oh, what do I do? Yeah, yeah,
yeah. Like, I don't think of it as the clock
telling you what time it is. Because you're so
locked in. And like, just the cortisol and panic
is building up inside of you, like, hyper focusing.
And then it's like, 2 AM, dung, dung. It's like,
whoa, what the fuck? Oh, yeah. And then it ends
at 6. So when it was 5 AM, Mean I've got a little
anxiety anyway. It was amped dude. I'm like oh,
yeah. I'm like oh my god We've got one hour do
not we cannot blow this and it totally makes
I even brought that up in the episode I played
on my channel recently of like I've never been
diagnosed with any attention deficit disorders
or anything like that But I swear to God something
about the observation duty games bring it out
of me And I just ramble. I'm like panicky. I
can't focus. Like, holy shit, this game's all
about focusing. That's probably why I'm so bad
at it. Yeah, it's something. But check it out,
guys. And by all means, what's really fun about
this, not only that you watch and have fun and
laugh at our failure and then maybe at a couple
of our jokes occasionally, but that we're featuring
these games. So obviously, we want you to play
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I will not be able to help you if you do that.
Right, Jeff Bezos' private army may or may not
show up at your doorstep. Yeah. I've heard. That's
the story. That's what I've heard. You know,
they call themselves ACE. They're not ICE, they
can't use that. Right, yeah. They just picked
another one. Copyright, Amazon, customs enforcement.
Exactly. Yeah, that's exactly what it is. And
they're equally as shitty. That is what I've
heard. Allegedly. That's what people allege.
They will throw your baby in jail. Take your
Alexa Echo. And they'll chuck it at you like
it's a weapon exactly it's ow That's what you
get, and then they leave. So at any rate, yeah.
Message received. Ask her nicely, and then maybe
she will play that for you. At any rate, we have
a lot of fun on that show as well, and play a
lot of good music. As a matter of fact, I played
this new song for Aidan just before we went on
air. It's a song called Tanside by Electric Callboy.
And I would play some for you now. But there's
a little thing called Copyright Strike. We do
not want that. Can't play that. Can't do it.
Can't get content matched. But it's a, depending
on what generation you belong to, it is either
a banger or it is a bop. Or a jam. Or a jam.
Yeah. Okay, got a few we can use. A few, they're
kind of interchangeable, but I feel like they're,
they lean genre -wise, you know? I feel like
bop. Because it rhymes with pop. It's almost
more poppy. Whereas banger could be like metal
or hip hop, you know? Sure, yeah. Okay, that
makes sense. And jam, maybe that's your like
R &B, maybe your jazz. That's fair. Yeah. That's
just speculation. That's just how I feel. That's
what we've heard. That's what I've heard. It's
what people tell me. Aiden went down the rabbit
hole. The Rabbit Reddit Hole. It's a tongue twister.
It is a tongue twister. And you know any sentence
is going to be crazy when it starts with, you
know they say. You know they say. I've been told.
And when you hear that, people are like, oh shit,
I got to strap it. Yeah. This is going to take
a minute. It's going to get nuts. Oh yeah, for
sure. But at any rate, check out all our good
shows. We have fun doing it. This past Tuesday,
there were several elections that were being
held across the United States. in a very loud
voice, a significant majority of the American
people decided that well, they had enough. And
so Mississippi and Texas and Virginia flipped
a lot of seats from red to blue. In California,
they passed this thing called Prop 50 by a significant
margin, which basically going to allow the state
to redistrict and add several Democratic seats
to Congress. Basically all of them. Right. And
that is just in response to what Texas was doing,
quote unquote, illegally, maybe kind of sort
of. That's what they say. They're supposed to
do this. shit every 10 years at the census but
um you know because a certain person's sweating
a little bit about the elections in 26 and 28
he uh decided to try to rig the game and uh there
are a few brave folks on the other side going
oh Oh, OK. We can play. So this is on the table
now. We can play. And there are a handful that
know how to play the game. So it's interesting.
And I'm glad they're playing that game, because
otherwise we'd all be in a really shitty situation.
But. The most significant victory was the mayor's
race in New York City Cuomo was an establishment
Democrat Who got his ass handed to him in the
primaries and came back as as a quote -unquote
independent, right? And then of course who do
you get support from Trump and Musk? Interesting
how that works interesting. It's almost like
it's one big club and we're not in it. We're
not in it We're not in the car. I guarantee you
for ninety nine point nine percent of you listening
right now You're not in it either. No Cuomo Well
Guys ass kicked, along with the Republican, who
I don't even remember. Oh, I knew easy were a
beret and looked funny. Looked like a goof. Yeah,
looked like a goober. Looked like a goof. I'm
like, oh my god, if that was my mayor, I definitely
would leave. I'd be like, no, that dude's cosplaying
every day. I'm like, nah, I don't think I can
do that. But at any rate, You know Cuomo never
declared like oh, I'm mag or whatever But he
was certainly owned by them and he got money
from them So he was all about it, and he also
had what maybe a dozen sexual assault hmm It's
probably against him. It's probably why they
get along so well. It's probably why they get
along so well all of him and the other Pedophile
oligarchs, but at any rate Democratic Socialist
Zohra on Mom, Donnie, Ran Against Cuomo, and
Beret Boy. Beret Boy! Beret Boy! Hi, I'm G .I.
Joe. New York's worst superhero. It's me, Beret
Boy. Elect me as mayor, please. And then all
the people are like, aw. It's kind of cute, but
I can't do it. I can't do it. It's just like,
well, I'm better than Squirrel Girl. And Squirrel
Girl's like, mm, mm, mm. Where's not? Exactly.
So fuck it's an actual squirrel. It's an actual
squirrel But mom down he was supported by Bernie
and AOC and even Barack Obama Through his hat
in the ring there and he didn't have the same
money or power backing him But he had the message
that resonated with the people and people like
yeah, we're done with all this other shit and
It's a stark shift in American politics, and
we are witnessing the death Although I'll be
at too slow of a death for me, but death of the
Republican Party and a shift of the Democratic
Party to the left finally mom Well, you know
after what three decades of leaning, right? That's
the thing. The left loves the green stuff as
much as the red guys do. They're all bought and
paid for. They're all bought and paid for. It's
bullshit. But Mom Donnie, he won a tremendous
victory and gives the average New Yorker a sense
of hope. They're like, hey, costs will come down.
And maybe health care will be available. And
maybe if I need to. Rent freeze. Right. They're
rent freeze. Maybe I can actually live somewhere
near the city that I work in. Right. Oh, wow.
Amazing, right? However, the corporate media.
started to spin this whole socialist thing. Ooh,
spooky word. Oh no. Spooky. And even communist,
with some of them, to them they just need a class
on politics, but whatever. Yeah, they never passed
civics. No, they clearly never did. They don't
know the difference. Oh, you know, so anyway,
socialism. Dirty bird. And the Magomines are
all hoping this will scare the shit out of Americans.
The only shot the Republicans have in 2026 is
to peg Democrats as these radical, less radical,
socialist, leftist, commie bastards. And it scares
Americans, more specifically the uneducated white
man, Christians, union workers, and of course
the richest 1%. But - subsections of human beings.
Yes, correct. But the real question is are socialists
and American democratic socialists the same thing?
No. No, they're not. American democratic socialists
and socialists are not necessarily the same thing,
though. The terms are often used interchangeably
in U .S. colloquial use, which can lead to confusion.
The key distinctions lie in their approaches
to governance, economic systems, and methods
used to achieve their goals. So for democratic
socialists, like approach to governance. So democratic
socialists are committed to a democratic political
system with civil liberties and free elections.
Shocking. Whoa. And aim to use that system to
enact change. They reject authoritarian regimes.
Okay, that's great. Often associated with the
historical implementation of quote -unquote socialism,
for example, the Soviet Union. Economic system,
they generally advocate for a mixed economy that
includes both private enterprise and public ownership
of certain key industries such as energy and
transportation. Oh, another shocker. Boy, what
a deal breaker. Terrifying. It's just terrifying.
It just makes me shudder. Their immediate policy
goals within the existing US system often align
with social democratic policies such as Medicare
for all, wow, what a concept. Tuition -free college
and strong labor protections, which is why union
guys just piss me off to no end. It's like these
guys are trying to fight for them, and it's just
like, but Mexicans vote red, and they're just
idiots. Right. So if you're a union guy and you
do that, you're an ass. Wake up. It chaps my
hide of all the people that vote the other way
and why they do it. Stop being an asshole. I
have first -hand experience with that being a
union worker surrounded by union workers And
I try not to talk politics with them because
I know which way they all lean. Oh sure anytime
We get on the subject we talk about the economy
and wages They all get it They all get it. They're
like, yeah, the American working class is being
abused and exploited and, you know, none of us
are really paid enough, especially with rising
costs of living. And I'm like, oh, so you get
it. Then why the fuck are you voting for the
dude that's destroying the small hint, the remainder
of power that the workers hold? What the fuck's
wrong with you? Part of Project 2025, which is
supported by the Red Hats, is the elimination
of unions. Right. They don't want unions. They
want nothing to do with unions. Trump's been
a union buster since the 80s. And they keep voting.
I mean, the stupidity is shocking. It really
is shocking. And there's a lot of union leadership
that will toe the line, that will preach the
right things. Yet the union guys all go... Ah,
but Mexicans, and then they vote the other way.
I mean, you guys are so stupid. And it starts
with indoctrination, essentially, because whether
you grew up with your parents watching Fox News,
or you're in this really fucked up timeline we're
in now, where, what is it, Prager? Is in, like,
children's schools? Yeah. It's fucking insane.
Yes. You're literally brain - This is like CIA
shit! You're brainwashing children! Yes. Yep,
that's the goal. Start young. And then by the
time they're in their teens, you have an army.
Right. Is basically what you have. But anyway,
at any rate, tuition -free college, strong labor
protections, which implemented the reforms rather
than immediate end to capitalism, right? So that's
the idea. Long -term goals. Well, some are...
Content with a robust welfare state, a social
democracy, the Democratic Socialists of America,
DSA, the largest socialist organization in the
United States, explicitly states that its long
-term goal is to transition beyond capitalism
to a system where the means of production are
socially and collectively owned and managed by
the working class. The Green Bay Packers, perfect
example. The transition is envisioned as a democratic
process, not a violent revolution. Right. How
is any of this scary or spooky? I don't get it.
But now let's look at Socialist. in general,
the classic or traditional version, right? So
the approach to governance, traditional classic
socialism as an ideology, advocates for the complete
abolition of private ownership of the means of
production, distribution, exchange with the state
or the workers collectively controlling the economy.
Historically, some forms of socialism have been
associated with centralized one party or authoritarian
states. which is what we're trying to avoid,
though philosophical socialism itself emphasizes
democracy and popular control. Right. Economic
system, classical socialism typically involves
a planned economy where the government makes
key economic decisions to eradicate private ownership
and achieve a classless society. And then the
methods, traditional socialism may be more inclined
towards revolutionary change to overthrow an
existing capitalist order rather than working
within it through gradual reforms. So, in summary,
the term socialist can refer to a broad spectrum
of ideologies, some of which are anti -democratic
or revolutionary. Democratic socialist, particularly
in the modern American context, as represented
by figures like Bernie Sanders and AOC, emphasizes
achieving socialist goals through the democratic
process and primarily focuses on implementing
a strong social safety net and increased government
regulation of the economy within a democratic
framework. So in conclusion, don't listen to
the mainstream media. Don't fall for the right
scare tactics. Democratic socialism is not a
dirty word. It's not spooky language for people
struggling to make it, unable to buy insurance,
a car, a home, or those in this disappearing
middle class. In my mind, you have one choice.
You've got one choice here. Right. In 2026 and
2028 are going to shape the next century. I'm
not fucking around here. It is going to shape
the next century. Whether this is going to be
some sort of dictatorship where people have zero
power and there is just this president that can
kind of do whatever the hell he wants, like a
king. No king. See how that happened. Right.
So, that's it. 26 and 28, it takes me back to
Marvel. It's the end game, right? I mean, that's
either the American people are gonna do the right
thing, or they're not, and if they don't, then
they're gonna sit there, and their kids are gonna
sit there, wandering for decades, or grandkids,
like, oh, what the fuck is wrong with this country?
Well, your parents effed up, and the boomers
effed up, and this is where we're at. And we
need to be done with it. Yeah, and it's, you
mentioned earlier on ignoring mainstream news
media. I think that's highly important because
CNN, Fox News, NBC, CNBC, they're all owned by
billionaire oligarchs. Yes, correct. They all
are. And their best interest is to keep capitalist
-friendly bought and paid for politicians in
power Yes, so the news you're being fed from
those stations is what they want you to hear
to keep you to keep you docile or Make you think
everything is everything's gonna be a okay. Don't
even worry about it. Mm -hmm That's not that
like literally it would have taken Take a half
hour. That's my request to to all you lovely
listeners who are Doubtful of the information
presented thus far take 30 minutes of your day,
after the show, of course, you know, funny bits
coming up, but take 30 minutes. Do, and I know
do your own research is a dangerous thing to
say because some people don't know where to look.
Right. And you can go down the wrong Reddit rabbit
hole. Right. You need to find peer -reviewed
studies. You need to find scientific papers.
Wikipedia is a great place to go for this type
of information because every source is cited.
Yes. Look up what socialism is. Right. Look up
what a commune is. You will be amazed at how
fucking logical it all is. Yeah, and I will suggest
this. There's this place. It has a lot of books.
It's called a library. And you can go to the
library and you can get academic books on the
subject. Don't be like, oh, here's something
that Hannity wrote. Well... Now you're at the
library and you're still an idiot. Right. Don't
fall for that. And I just bring up handy could
be someone on the left to pick up an academic
book, read the definitions, read some of the
shit that I just talked about, and figure it
out for yourself because they're not trying to
do this thing that's going to be all spooky and
be like, oh, no, and now we don't have a democratic
society. Well, we're not. We really don't have
one right now. Right. And I would rather us go
down this path with AOC and Bernie and Mom Donnie
and some of the others being a leader on this
because we need it. We need it now more than
ever. And Canada and the UK and so many other
countries, they're doing it and they've been
doing it successfully. So I don't understand
what's so scary or spooky about it. I think of
my Canadian friends and I'm like, they enjoy
the same freedoms we do. if not more, and they
can go to the doctor and they just show up and
they sign in and they're not handing a massive
check or cash over. Or having to declare bankruptcy.
Or declare bankruptcy. And they own a home and
they own a car and they take vacations. And so
just stop it. Whatever is leeching into your
brain from mass media and other places, just
stop because it's not that. It's not that. And
if we live in a world where maybe the billionaires
just have a few billion less and Maybe the people
that live on tents in the street that work at
7 -eleven and McDonald's now can afford some
sort of apartment or small home That's a fucking
win, man. You're making him part of the consumer
class. So why wouldn't the billionaires like
that? Anyway, I don't get it. I don't get it
No, and while you're at the library or you're
taking your 30 minutes of research look up books
Or articles that reference and talk about techno
-feudalism and techno -fascism. Because if you're
one of the types, oh, I get my news from Facebook.
It's not the same. Oh, I get my news from Reddit.
Well, guess what? Yo, who owns them? Billionaires.
Billionaires, right. The same people that own
the mainstream media. Yep. Go read books. Go
look at cited scientific papers. Please. Yeah,
please do that. Please do that because that's
that's how you learn. Okay, and I know the information
is probably gonna be dry It's not gonna be sexy.
It's not gonna be condensed into a couple of
news reports for your pleasure It's it's it's
gonna be kind of dry and hey, maybe there's some
books on tape. Maybe you whatever work you have
you Drive around or whatever I'm sure there's
things even on tape or CD or whatever that you
can get and throw in your car and listen to some
stuff to you but point of fact is just do a little
bit of the work, you know, before just be like,
oh, well, Fox & Friends, well, if Fox & Friends
is a source for you, then the stuff in between
your ears, that's not brain tissue, it's called
Cheez Whiz. It's goop. It's goop. It's goop,
brother. You've allowed them to melt your brain.
And even if you're one of those people, you'll
be like, oh, I'm not real bright. You got a brain,
dude. You blink your eyes. You can swallow. You
can eat food. You know when to poop. Right. Your
brain works. All right? So just take your time
and do the reading and do the understanding.
And then when your goofy fox and friends come
over and they're like, oh, did you hear blah,
blah, blah? Then you can throw some knowledge
right at them and they're not going to know what
to do. Right. They're going to be like, what?
Where did you get that? Oh, from a peer -reviewed
study, actually, from Harvard in 2021. Yeah.
What are they going to do? They're going to be
like, oh, this guy's smart. Right. Well, that's
not what Jesse McWhorter's told me. Yeah, well,
let's just talk about the Eagles. Right. Great,
yeah. It'll devolve into that, trust me. Oh,
it always does. Yeah. Yeah, and there are so
many times, too, that, and I used to get more
discussions than I do today, because now when
I hear certain things, and I do not at all mean
to be smug when I say this, I'll just know they're
not qualified to debate me, and I'm not being
an ass when I say it, I'm being completely honest.
I love intelligent discourse, I love meeting
smart people out in the wild, even if they're
on the right. We know people on the right, they're
not on the far right, and I can have like Bill
Cottschway to do a sports show with. Great dude,
he's on the right, but he's not a red hat wearing
right, and I've had discussions on law and things
like that with him. I can do that. Because number
one, I know he's not a crazy red hat. Number
two, he's a very smart guy. So I can have conversations.
Aidan's got friends like that, then he can have
these conversations with. But that's rare. You're
gonna find more people that just have had this
information leech into their brain from mass
media. So you're not always gonna find that.
But yeah, there's just a lot of times where I'll
be out there and I'll just make that decision
not to engage people anymore. Because no matter
what you tell them, they're brainwashed. So you're
not gonna change your mind. Facts are beyond
the comprehension of someone who has been indoctrinated
and brainwashed. Correct. By these organizations.
Because they've been fed this bullshit for how
many years? Maybe decades? Yeah, oh for sure.
You start bringing up peer -reviewed studies,
oh, that's big science, that's not real. Trust
me, this shit started with Carl - If it didn't
come from Newsmax, I don't want to hear it. It
started with Carl Rove, with George W, back in
the early 2K, so what is that, 20 plus years
ago? Right. That all of this has been starting,
and they've done nothing but amp it up. They
just continued to amp it up along the way and
I don't think John McCain is a red hat by any
stretch the imagination But he put one on his
ticket. Yeah crazy the hockey mom from Alaska
and that was another sign like oh god I hope
that's not what's coming and guess what it was
coming. Yep And we should have seen it. We shouldn't
have been like, oh, that's an anomaly and a bunch
of guys must have just talked McCain into it
and that's what happened. And I think there's
probably some truth to that. McCain was getting
a little bit up there in age and probably just
relied on his people. Right. And they're like,
oh, well, there's a lot of crazies out there.
We got to appeal to them. Yeah. And sure as shit,
that's what they did. But yeah, I mean, now we're
here, dude. We're here. And we just need to make
the right decision, 26 and 28, and get it right.
And then maybe it is my hope at that point after
this. I can't even call it Blue Wave. I think
it's gonna be a freaking tsunami. After all that
happens, it is my hope that some people, I don't
know, like led by Liz Cheney or Adam Kinzinger
or maybe some others that have kind of taken
a step back and out to be like, okay, we gotta
redo the party. We gotta redo the party and...
As conservatism goes, at least the old version,
like the Eisenhower -Reagan version, there were
some policies, procedures, things they did that
were not terrible. They did some terrible things,
but ultimately, like the whole idea about conservatism,
at least 1960s, 70s, 80s version of it, wasn't
terrible. It was just it was opposite of a lot
of the stuff the left did. But you know what
they did back then because they weren't that
far apart. These work together. Be like, oh,
shit. OK, I'm not going to get that. But I'll
support that if you support this. Cool. And then
at least America was always able to move the
football down the field, even if you not didn't
always get what you wanted. But now we're in
a spot where it's like, OK, this is just not
going to happen. Right. It's just we can't work
with that side. So what do we do? You listen
to Bernie finally. Yeah. What you do. Now we're
gonna listen to them. Yeah, hopefully it's just
not a decade too late Because I've been preaching
it might for 10 plus years. It might be But we're
gonna we're gonna find out. Yeah, we're gonna
find out we're gonna find out that There are
enough people of goodwill out there People that
are being damaged by all the shit that's going
on. It's amazing to me farmers buy like an eight
to Like a, I can't even say eight to ten because
that would be four to five. I hated fractions.
But it'd be like four to five or nine to ten
in support of Trump. And what jerks they must
feel like. knowing that all these policies and
tariffs and everything else have effed them beyond
belief. And here's the thing. It's like, oh,
here's all these tariffs. These trillions are
coming at, well, yeah, where are they going?
Are they in your pocket? I haven't seen any trillions.
There's no accountability. Nobody's going to
report anything. They're building a fancy ballroom
for all the great Gatsby parties. They're building
a fancy ballroom that's almost, oh, God, don't
even get me started there. But the point being
is that Oh, before Gatsby, what was I talking
about? I lost my train of thought for a hot second.
Where all the trillions are going, the farmers,
the tariffs. The farmers. So you had the farmers
that supported Trump, and now they're just sitting
there and they're either filing bankruptcy, or
they're trying to go to the government for money.
I'm like, well, that money just went to freaking
Argentina, 40 billion dollars of it. You know,
and he's trying to be like, oh, we're going to
get their beef. Okay, Texas, how do you feel
about that? Exactly. All to support a far -right
libertarian whose economy failed. Isn't that
interesting? Yes. Oh my goodness. Right. Because
he's used to failure. Look at all the businesses
of his that went bankrupt. But I digress. The
point being is there's so many people that have
supported him that really have to take a hard
look and say, holy shit, I gave this guy my vote,
maybe not once, maybe twice, and here we are.
And do you know? there are more registered Republicans
on SNAP programs than registered Democrats. Right.
It was just the other day. By a fair margin.
By a fair margin. So I'm sorry, but you just
went and voted. We went to the Supreme Court
stomping your feet. I don't like it. I don't
like it. And then the Supreme Court's like, OK,
yeah, F it. You don't have to give the SNAP funds.
Right. So now you're telling Republican families
living in double wides or little small ranches
on the highway down there in Alabama, and they're
sitting there and they're going hungry. Right.
Because you don't want to help them. And what
about all these families? There's just as many
on on Obamacare than Democrats once again. And
now what are you telling them? If the premiums
haven't gone up, they've lost it. Right. All
the Medicaid programs gone. So what are they
going to do? Hey a little Bobby he got sick.
I don't know where to go. Well guess what little
that you know little Bobby you can just bury
him Yeah, you just bury him because you know
you've got nowhere to go right because the guy
you voted for does not give two shits about you
Nope, he gives two shits about his other rich
people that are gonna give him money But that's
it. Yeah, and everybody was too stupid and brainwashed
You know, this faux hatred of Hispanics coming
over the border and they're rapists and they're
eating your cats and dogs. I mean, people really
believe this shit. Right. I cannot believe it.
No, it's fucking crazy. But to be fair, think
about how weird Kamala Ha - like, laughed that
one time. Am I right? I know, right? Oh my goodness.
Yep. She could never be president. Think about
the laugh. Kamala had a laugh, which apparently
for some people was too much. Who was the one
guy? Oh my god. Back in the 2000s that had the,
like, the scream, the Dean scream. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. It's like Harry Dean. Harry Dean. And we're
going to D .C. Oh god, he had a crazy laugh.
I'm like, but that... It's the same shit. You're
picking something so asinine to bury someone
with. The Dean screamed. Dean seemed like a chill
dude. He seemed fine. He seemed fine. He seemed
excited to get in the fucking DC. He was always
excited and intense about stuff, right? Didn't
matter. He's like, oh my god, this guy, did you
hear him? Yeah! Always something that they would
grasp, you know? It's like, oh, there's Sleepy
Joe. Well, I got a news for you people that we're
all like, haha, Sleepy Joe. Guampa Twump just
had a widow nap in front of the whole world.
Right. I mean, that dude crashed the fuck out.
After side -eyeing someone who had... Passed
out in the office passed out because number one.
It's probably hot as hell number two He's shitting
in his drawers all the time So it's probably
like wow this place smells like shit, and he
probably passed out and then Trump looked over
there for like a hot second They went I better
just stare at the cameras, and they're like cool
click click you look like an idiot. Yep It's
unbelievable. Like, Hillary tripped going into
a fucking limo one time. Like, oh my god, is
she okay? She okay? Oh my god. What about her
health? She must have a stroke. Yeah, well, half
of her face isn't fucking drooping down like
a Salvador Dali painting. Yeah. But the guy we
got in there now is. It's crazy. Every accusation
is a confession with these fucks. Yes. Yes. It's
absolutely... Ridiculous. It's almost like I
long for the days of GW when he used to do just
a little stupid shit. You know, Iraqis throw
their shoes at him and shit. This is like, that
was the worst it ever got. Fool me once, shame
on you. Fool me twice, you can't get fooled again.
It's like, thank you George W. I mean, that was
the thing. It's like, look, a lot of his policies
are bad and 0708 was a shit show beyond belief.
But ultimately, I don't think he was evil. I
don't think he wanted to be a dictator. I think
most times he tried to do the right thing. I
think he had evil people around him. I think
he had evil, that's the fair point. I think he
had evil people around him. But you looked at
GW, just as an average person, and be like, oh,
I would fucking have beers and a barbecue with
that guy in a heartbeat. That dude looks like
a trip. And you look at the guy today, and it's
just like... If he came up to you, would you
shake his hand? I'd be like, fuck no. Right.
Would you bring your child around this man? No.
No. No way. No, not at all. Nope. Nope. Not at
all. Not at all. You want dirty word? Trump.
Yeah. Exactly. There's your dirty word. All right.
Well, we calm down and we breathe. And we get
some funny bits, although some of those were
pretty funny bits. You know what's kind of crazy?
People could listen to this podcast on their
way to the library. That's very true. You can
listen to this on your way to the library going,
well, I'm going to look. Surely they must be
wrong. There's got to be books talking about
this. I'm going to get this book here and I'm
going to, holy shit, they're right. So that's
fine. That's the hope is maybe. read a book.
Yes, Aidan is my son and often biased about my
children, but I know he's an incredibly smart
individual that reads a lot. And I already know
that I'm somewhat bright. I went to a very, very
good university in the city of Chicago and history
and politics and all that kind of good stuff.
I kind of know what I'm talking about right especially
as as it is it pertains to political ideologies
and history and things that have worked in history
and things that haven't and Hey, we're supposed
to learn from the shit that we haven't now now
now we're Americans are often the little kid
in the kitchen when it comes to history because
we touch the hot stove and then and then You
know get daddy daddy bush or daddy obama be like
no see you don't you don't touch the hot stove
Oh, and then 20 minutes later. We go, huh? We
don't learn we should learn from history. It's
not It's not we as in we it's we as in people
who wear red hats on their head and Largely yes,
and before they wore the red hats on their head
You know, they just showed their racism and stupidity
in other unique ways. Oh, they did. Yeah. Oh,
they did. Once again, read a book. A lot of that
there. An image speaks a thousand words. You
can Google search the riots that happened in
the 60s when black Americans were allowed to
go to school with white Americans. People fucking
rioted. Yep, they had to fight their way through
the door for an education most of those people
Well some of those people are still alive today
and still voting and still voting still voting
That's that's the biggest problem is that there's
a lot of them 60 70s 80s, which is why I mentioned
boomers on occasion Yeah, does that mean every
single boomer is a bad person now Bernie's a
boomer. I love Bernie but largely there are many
of them that lived through that time and were
partially responsible and or supported or believed
in a lot of that bullshit. And so what did they
do? They had kids. Those kids were Gen Xers.
Now, as a Gen Xer, we largely said F it to everything
and we've largely kept out of the fray. You'll
find when it comes to Congress and the Senate,
the number of Gen Xers in both Very limited.
Yeah, very limited because as a generation and
I often Just kind of just put a broad stamp on
some of these comments, but largely us Gen Xers
kind of go Nah, fuck that shit. And we just bounce,
and we're out of it, and we are specialists at
things like the Irish goodbye, and we just like,
we're not part of it. We're like, you guys have
effed it up, and we had some ideas, and you pooh
-poohed them, so we're just a cool man. We're
just gonna sit over here and eff it. And so now
the millennials and the Gen Z -ers are left with
a pile of dog shit to try to fix. Right. And
hopefully you guys will. Hopefully. I'm hoping.
Because I'm gonna get old and I'm gonna need
health care and I'm gonna need other so mom Donnie
if you get hey You got bros and sisters that
they would get them in man. Yeah get them in
and involved And and once again, that's something
I've shared to and I think it's fair is that
if you are involved if You know you volunteer
for certain things you believe in certain things
you stand on a corner with an o Kings or whatever
you do Get involved you put yourself on a ballot
What's the worst thing gonna happen you lose?
Okay, but you can try right, you know here in
Valparaiso we had our city government flip and
As far as the council But there's a guy that's
gonna run for mayor this time out who I think's
got a real shot and another guy who was going
to unseat an Indiana representative who's just
long been there and just been a bad seed, and
a bad dude, and I think he's gonna replace him.
So, once again, you just gotta try. You gotta
try, and if you have the right messaging and
you believe in it, and you just, you know, there's
some people you're not gonna, that aren't going
to buy what you're selling. But you know what,
if you're honest and you're genuine, you're like,
look, this is the way forward, you might just
get a few of them, and that might be all you
need. That's it. So hang in there and we're gonna
take a break carpe diem coming up All right,
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Looks like I got four of them here at blue who?
Hello, Mark Mo Show. I'm from New York and I'm
so happy about Tuesday night. I actually cried.
I feel like there is a glimmer of hope to fix
what is broken. Do you think the Democratic Party
can retake the House and Senate? Well, I think
we kind of sort of already talked a little bit.
This is true, Mr. Blue. Blue's Clues. I think
so. The Blue's Clues. Mail time. And yeah, I
think so. It's looking good. It's looking good.
I would keep an eye out. Keep an eye out for
the feds perhaps interfering with New York at
all. They're gonna try. In the coming months
because they're gonna try. Keep an eye on any
weird bomb threats at voting centers. They did
that in New Jersey, heavy. They did that in Jersey.
Keep an eye out for any weird personnel at or
around voting centers. Just document it all.
Document it all and hopefully it will be a fair
and free election cycle in 2026. That can at
least be the hope. That's what we want. That's
what we want and I'll tell you if... uh, you
know, you get a lot of those ice guys and they
start deploying them, uh, to a lot of election
sites, uh, that, um, feel free to stand there.
Yeah. You can stand there. You can't, you cannot
promote specific parties or candidates. Correct.
You stand there. Like if I wanted to stand there
with, I don't know, my blue jeans and steel -toed
boots and gloves and a baseball bat, just, oh
yeah, I'm going to a softball game. Yeah. I'm
allowed to be here. But I'm just gonna stand
here for a while. Know your first and second
and fourth and fifth amendment rights. All of
that. All of it. And just make sure nobody tries
to prevent you from voting. Right. Oh, by the
way, separate, somewhat separate, apparently
in Chicago, and this has been happening the last
few days, because we're in Valparaiso, Indiana,
which is basically like we're in Chicagoland.
is what it is. Yeah. And so, in the city, ICE
has been screwing with a lot of people. Right.
And apparently, lately, they've been just standing
on sidewalks, asking people for their information,
for their ID, just walking on a sidewalk. That's
Gestapo shit. That's like, let us see your papers.
Right. No! No, you may not, that was more like
a KGB guy, but whatever. My accent slipped into
a Russian automatically. I almost had Putin on
the brain, like Trump. So anyway, that's like,
no. You're not legally required to do that. You
don't have to provide your ID to these guys at
all. At all. I don't care who you are. They get
in your way, they ask you that, just sidestep
them, be like, excuse me, sir, I'm gonna walk
right by. Just walk right by them. They're not
allowed to do that. That is some crazy shit.
Right. So just say no. Know your rights, as Aidan
said. Alright, on to Three Finger Louie. Oh,
sorry about that, Louie. Oh, no. I am a musician
in a few bands. What do you guys think are some
of the biggest issues facing local bands today?
Immediate number one problem. Artificial intelligence.
AI and AI companies. are looking to commodify
and destroy art as we know it true um it's it's
kind of fucked up really that these these companies
are not only scraping the internet for anything
any human being has ever posted which essentially
means stealing your art yes without any type
of repayment for using it they are taking your
art to feed data to their AI to replace artists.
That, over the next five to ten years, is going
to be a massive problem. I'm calling it right
now. Massive problem. So I think that's going
to be troubling, and it's terrifying. Yes. As
someone that makes YouTube videos, as people
that make podcasts, as someone that makes music,
it's horrifying to think of. So I think that's,
at least that's the first thing that comes to
mind is something that really makes me terrified
of this techno -fascist bullshit that just kind
of seems to always be around the corner. Right,
exactly. It really is. Now that was really good.
Yeah. I agree with everything you say. That's
a little more big picture. Yeah. Oh, for sure.
No, but that's dead on. I think for a lot of
local bands, the thing that is the problem, because
there's a lot of bands that make really good
music. The problem is if these bands, and I know
one artist, he's a rapper. It's our boy Jacob.
It's our boy Jacob. And I look at a lot of people
that are very talented artists, but unless they
kind of this is like an old school term quote
unquote catch a break right unless they catch
a break somewhere you have to have a uh you have
to have a certain amount of money behind you
and you have to have someone that's dedicated
to your social media right not just like any
band is like i will just throw shit up there
whatever that's fine but If you have talent,
you're like, hey, I think we maybe can take a
next step here. We're really good. We even have
some original stuff. You have to be able to get
someone that is that social media is their profession,
social media and marketing, and get someone to
get you to that next step. It's super, super
important, whether it's utilization of Instagram
and TikTok and Facebook and all of it together.
You have to get someone that's dedicated to doing
that, and that takes money, too. Right. So, it's...
I think, largely, it's money, and it's the ability
to promote. Yeah. I think those two things are
super important. And having the determination
and perseverance to keep going when... You post
a video or song or play a local show and it just
doesn't pop off like you thought it would Yeah,
just to have the determination to be like I whatever
just keep going keep it rolling keep it rolling
Yeah, I mean there's there's gonna be nights
you show up at that bar and for whatever reason
There's eight people sitting in front of you
will play for those eight people like you would
play for 800 people, right? You gotta play the
same way and give them the great experience,
because you know what? Even if it's eight people,
but six of those eight people are like, oh my
god, this band was freaking awesome. They knew
so many of my favorites, and some of the original
stuff was fire. And that's it. You can post your
own - They all tell a friend. Right, exactly.
Now you're going to have more people show up
for that next show when you come back. So it's
really engagement is important. But yeah, I think
that's probably some of the biggest issues facing
them for sure. Dub Beach Bum 3049, love your
show. I've heard you guys talk about this island
and I've actually been to Curacao. Oh, I love
Curacao. The people are amazing and the beaches
are beautiful. Do you have some favorite beaches?
Oh, good question. First of all, a little envious.
Congratulations on your Curacao adventures. Wish
we could go. Wish we could go. Wish they would
send us a bottle of the good stuff. Yes. I am
not a big beach guy. I do not enjoy beaches.
I get it. I totally understand how tranquil it
can be hearing the waves and watching the sunset.
That's kind of it for me like sand in between
my toes makes me feel all crunchy and weird and
Especially midday bro 15 minutes. I'm sunburned.
It doesn't matter how much SPF I slather on my
pasty ass skin It's I'm red as a lobster the
only time I enjoy beach is sunset. Yeah, so We're
talking sunset at the beach. It could be damn
near any beach. Oh sure unfortunately we Our
beaches are kind of destroyed from all of the
industry that just pollutes the fuck out of everything.
But yeah, any beach after sunset or during sunset
could be the beach for me. Oh, for sure. Yeah,
I would. I would agree. I would. Since I'm I'm
very much the traveler used to be, I got to do
some shit before I can travel again. Blues traveler.
I should or I'm just gonna quit life and just
walk around and travel anyway who gives a shit,
but Not that that's that's an episode for a different
day at any rate I would say we actually have
a really great beach here. It's called the Indiana
Dunes. It's actually actually a national park
and That's kind of a neat little beach system
right there. The only problem is don't Don't
go in it too far. Don't submerse your head because
it's just down the way a bit There are some factories
and steel mills and stuff like that. And when
I went there, I either got an eyeache or an earache
so You know, hey, strolling up to your knees
or something, I'm sure you'll be fine. Unless
you got an open wound, I wouldn't recommend it.
Yeah. But the water's a little bit sus. At any
rate, it's a beautiful beach. And there's actually
this rooftop bar that's cool to go to. Super
gorgeous. With a great view. And you can go to
the bar and get a beer. I would highly recommend
not eating there because you'll probably wait
until dinner the next day to get it. So I would
just buyer beware there for sure. But at any
rate, it's a very cool spot and you should check
that out if you're venturing on that beach. a
big fan of the beaches on the other side of Lake
Michigan. So going up actually into the state
of Michigan into areas like St. Joe. They got
some real neat beaches there. You can check those
out. Chicago. We often can't say enough about
that city in general anyway. But from Oak Street
Beach all the way up to North Avenue Beach, just
beautiful. It's really great stuff. And for whatever
reason, you don't have the same issues at the
water there. But you don't have Homer Simpson
in the glow stick of destiny there on that side
of the lake. I would say South Beach of Miami,
amazing. I would also say Venice Beach, although
it can get kind of spooky. You have a lot of
individuals there that partake in the drugs,
as it were, some homeless folks, wide range people.
So if you're sensitive to that, that beach, going
up to Santa Monica Pier and all that, kind of
neat, could be spooky for you. Me, I don't give
a shit, but you might But it's still beautiful.
It's gorgeous Pacific Ocean is amazing So I do
kind of like that Let me see if there's any others
that I can think of off the top of my head Probably
oh Where I used to live I lived there for a year
as Fort Myers Beach It was like 20 minutes from
my house and the beach is Beach is beautiful
and obviously there was a hurricane that Blew
that entire place out. I believe from what I've
heard they're like half to two -thirds rebuilt
So hopefully that's going well for them and but
that beach is beautiful It's it's a gorgeous
beach and the thing I like about the beach and
I understand Aidan's Comments about the beach
like just getting sandy and just that whole feeling
I You know, you have to go to the beach to go
to the beach bars And I love a good beach bar
where you got the tiki drinks and the breeze
is blowing in off the water. Those can get you
fucked up, too. Oh, dude. Well, that's the thing.
It's like you don't want to get, because I've
done this, you don't want to get too buzzed.
Panama City Beach is good, too. You don't want
to get too buzzed and then start venturing out
in the middle of a sunny day. You forget to put
your sunscreen on. Get dehydrated. I got so sunburned
on my legs one time. This was in Panama City
Beach with my buddy Andy. They were purple. I
kid you not. They weren't like super bright red,
like, oh, ouchie, you know, these got bright.
They were purple. I literally, it cost me a day,
because I was just like, I told Andy, because
we met these, we met these girls from Penn State,
of course. So one of them that he was hooking
up with, gosh, what was her name? She was so
nice. Can't remember her name. Doesn't matter,
I guess, for the whole point of the story. Anyway.
I was like, yeah, you just go and have fun with
them today. I am literally going to sit here
and keep going to the ice machine and just get
bags of ice and just put my legs on them. Yeah.
And then by the evening, I was at least able
to put a pair of pants on and with some aloe
and stuff and just go to the bar or whatever.
But it cost me a day. So you have to be careful,
man. Just while you're sober, lather up. Lather
up first or just wait till the late afternoon
early evening. I was gonna say The the only like
I would should I be a beach bum like this this
lovely? Question or is yeah, I would almost want
to be nocturnal for sure You know you sleep through
the the brightest most UV harsh part of the day
and you get to enjoy sunset and sunrise Exactly.
Yep Definitely not healthy for your circadian
rhythm, but it's healthy for my skin that I don't
become red in ten minutes. Nah, that's fine.
I don't need that Cascadian rhythm stuff anyway.
Cascadian rhythm. That's fine. It's all good.
Haven't listened to that type of jazz before.
It's all good. It's all fine. It doesn't matter.
I don't sleep. All right. The final Carpe Diem
is from our friend at Stoner Stanley 420. Our
guy. Hello Momo and Alan I have a question. All
right. Do you do you know what it is? So that
apparently is a question anyway, okay, I forget
things in times I have the question and then
it goes away. Oh wait. No, that's not it Okay
Is he asking us what the question is I I guess
brother. I think homeboy needs a little tolerance
break if he's becoming this forgetful I can't
imagine I can't imagine Stan is much older than
30 right so Gosh, man. Do we know what I don't
know what it is. I'm sorry Stan. I don't I'm
not your guy. I don't I think he's mid 30s, but
he looks 50. I mean I can see it Yeah, yeah,
we still haven't met Stan and I'm fine with that.
I will say I'm fine with that but Yeah, I Sometimes
I wonder what strain he's got so I know mm -hmm
what to add in it right right right exactly I
mean homeboy, but the one day was lost wanted
us to find him Yeah, and he was hiding in the
tree from a bear There's no that was there's
some ice was the next week. I thought it was
from a was it could have been a bit Yeah, you
would have been right. I don't remember Well,
you know, maybe we've been hanging out with stoner
Stanley and we don't remember it because of the
strain. Oh see That amnesia kush Stanley you're
killing us here, buddy Alright, that's it for
me. Hey, what do you got for your DMS? I got
one here from our boy Evil Genie always asking
the tough questions. Oh, yeah I'll grant you
1 million dollars, but to get it you have to
spend 400 days in jail Do you take it? Oh? Now,
to be fair, I won't make a million dollars in
the next two decades. So, to get it after 400
days would be pretty nice. Sure. But do I want
to sacrifice like 14 months of my life? Right.
I don't know. I don't know if I could do it.
Yeah, 400 days is a lot. It's a lot of time.
And there's... No, I... Honestly, I think it's
a no from me. I think it's a no from me. I mean
that's that's too big a sacrifice Freedom and
free time and and weekends and friends and family
just Gone for 400 days. I don't think I don't
think I would be mentally well enough coming
out to enjoy the million dollars I just earned
Yeah, you know so I think that's a no from me
I'm on the fence well from the standpoint that
when I come out Am I, do I have a record? That
is a good question, right. Because the million's
not gonna be enough. It's not enough to retire
now. It's not enough to retire now. I'm close,
where I could probably stretch a million over
the course of, you know, 10 or 15 years, and
that would probably be enough. But, like, do
I have a record? Right. If I can work again when
I come out, That's a different story because
now I'm not spending all the one million. That's
true And now it will last the rest of my life.
So it makes a big difference So if there's nothing
associated with like having a record or anything,
I think I'd probably do it Yeah, because I'm
not dating anyone. So there's nothing like that.
I don't own a home So I think it would be very
easy for me to do that and then come out Yeah,
you know because then I could use that money
then I could buy the home and I you know Could
get a car again. Freedom, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I
think maybe I would think about it. Yeah, consider
it. I definitely would. Yeah. Got a DM here from
CrippyGrew. Cripp. If you had $1 ,000 to put
towards one of your hobbies, how would you best
spend it? How much? $1 ,000. $1 ,000 for my hobby?
Yeah. It just, it depends because I'm thinking
like, From a content creation standpoint, $1
,000 can go a fair bit. It can get you a couple
computer parts if you need an upgrade. It could
get you a nicer looking mid -tier camera, although
some of the expensive ones are really expensive.
You could do LED lighting and foam pads and everything
you might need. And that would be a good way
to spend $1 ,000. Oh, sure. You know, I really
like cars. I like the idea of having a project
car and I've always dreamt, like if I stumbled
upon stupid money, of just like making my old
Camry into just the sleeper car. You know, like
engine swapping it with some like turbocharged
V8. But $1 ,000 does not go far in cars or vehicles.
So that... That doesn't even really apply. Could
get you a new set of tires, I guess. Yeah, maybe.
Some rims. I think I would, since really the
only hobby now I have. I mean, I write for a
magazine, so there's really nothing the thousand
dollars are gonna do for me that I don't already
have. I guess it could buy you a week off. Buy
me a week off, maybe. Yeah. The only thing I
can think of... would be from the podcast side
of things. Maybe a fancy little GoPro kind of
thing. Maybe that. Upgrade some microphone stuff.
Maybe software ability to create different things.
So, probably do that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I get
that. Take that to the next level. Maybe hire
a marketer, social media person. Sure, there
you go. To kind of take that next step, as it
were. Yes. Yeah, put that into marketing. It
would be huge. Yeah, oh yeah. The final DM I
received here from Bunky Gumbo, what tips would
you give to a newer driver? I would say use your
turn signal. It's something a lot of people fail
to do, especially on interstates in the Chicagoland
area. You will get cut off, and if you're not
cutting people off, you will be cut off. I would
say, and this... This is specifically coming
from someone that drives a semi truck a tractor
trailer. Yeah large vehicles take wider turns
than you will ever think they need to ah Then
you will ever think they need to if if it seems
like it's not your turn to go And you're at like
a stop sign or something and you're waiting on
a truck the trucks probably waiting on you. Yeah
So I would just say Whatever you think room you're
giving a truck is probably not enough by not
enough Probably not enough and at least most
of the people I know I can't speak for every
CDL holder out there because I know they're just
shitty drivers no matter what profession Most
of the time trucks don't want to cut you off,
right? But if we have to fit in somewhere, we
have to fit in somewhere. Yeah. Oh, yeah, you
know cuz you're driving 60 65 feet of vehicle
It's gonna be tough. So just have a little patience
It's better to be predictable than it is to be
polite yeah, and If it's icy drive slow Yeah,
I was about to say give yourself enough space
if you're on the highways I guess general rule.
It's always been about give yourself From the
person in front of you, especially as pertains
to trucks give yourself 10 feet for every 10
miles an hour that you're going so if you're
going yeah 60 miles an hour give yourself at
least 60 feet you know if you're right up on
a truck and you guys are going 60 70 miles an
hour and Some shit happens in front of that truck
number one. You're not gonna. See you can't see
it right He is and he's gonna react and if you
react to his lights too late right you're gonna
smack him So give yourself that space between
you and a truck I would also say as it pertains
to hitchhikers never ever ever ever ever pick
one up i don't care if she looks like mother
teresa and it appears she has five hungry children
with her feel sorry for her roll down your window
as you pass i will call someone for you and keep
going do not pick anyone up ever just don't do
it because then you're gonna end up on the news
being the guy in the ditch with eight steps right
right you wouldn't Welcome a stranger into your
house. Don't welcome them into your car. Nope
do not do it And it sounds harsh, but it's literally
personal safety at that point right and if you
ever find yourself in questionable Neighborhoods
a neighborhood that you might deem unsafe And
someone taps the back of your car keep driving.
Yeah, I didn't see it happen keep driving You
do not want to stop a lot of gangs use that to
take cars Yeah. Don't stop your car. Keep driving.
That's all I got. Yeah. Yeah. I would say, and
it's easier in cars, you specifically mentioned
brake timing and distance in between vehicles.
You have to pass, at least when I took my CDL
test, you have to pass theory training before
you can even start like driver's training. And
one of the things you have to do is you have
to count the car in front of you. When it passes
some kind of landmark that you can time okay?
They went under the bridge now one two three
four and maybe four and a half seconds well if
you're going 45 miles an hour sure that's fine,
but the quantity of seconds you are behind that
car should be the Speed you're traveling hmm,
so if you're going 70 you want a lot of distance
You have to have a lot of just you have to have
a lot of distance which cars you don't need I
mean you're driving what, two tons of car versus
driving 25 tons? 25 tons. Maybe more. And for
you, mentioning that you have CDL and you drive
trucks, it probably differs if you're going back
to your hub with an empty trailer versus leaving
in that morning fully loaded. Right. Because
your weight is different and, you know, items
could shift, anything could happen, and you have
to slam on those brakes. Now, that trailer...
which has momentum, is now wants to keep going,
which is how things like jackknifing and other
things like that happen, because that's just
inertia, that's just what happens. So you're
gonna be like, oh shit, and you hit the brakes,
and your trailer goes, ah, let's keep going,
this is good, we're fine. And especially if it's
windy, if you feel your car like, ooh, the car's
kinda moving, imagine what a huge fucking wind
sail of a trailer is feeling. Oh my god. If it's
windy, just stay away from other cars. It's just
not good. Stay away from other cars. Because
a super wind, like for example, this Monday,
well Sunday into Monday, we're supposed to be
having a winter storm. And it's only November,
so F you mother nature. Yeah, it sucks. It sucks.
But it's supposed to be whiteout conditions,
blizzard conditions, 35 to 50 mile an hour winds.
I would not want to be driving a tractor trailer.
during 35 to 50 mile an hour winds right if you
feel unsafe to drive put on your turn signal
get onto the shoulder put on your hazards yeah
wait it out you can wait it out yeah you're within
your right to do that yep and and if it's a blizzard
i will say this first time driver if it is a
blizzard hazardous condition I drove through
what turned out to be a tornado in Montana. When
the hell does that happen? Oh, when I'm driving
an empty trailer back. Classic. No, it's just
the whatever. It's a story. So just know your
surroundings. But like I did, I drove safely
enough. I had my hazards on. I drove in the right.
truck drivers are passing me so fast. Like, these
dudes must have been Ben frickin' Kenobi, and
just like, these are not the droids you're looking
for. It's like, I can see the road, and dude,
I could not see 10 feet in front of me. I don't
know what the hell these guys are doing. Maybe
they travel this road every day and they know
it that well. All I know is if I can't see shit,
that dude can't see shit. What is he doing? But
I drove slowly enough on the right side of the
road, waiting for that opportunity, and I saw
the little blue sign, rest stop. I'm like, oh,
thank you, Jesus. It was a big concrete rest
stop. I'm like, oh, even better. If there is
a tornado that's coming, I'm in something concrete,
so it's fine. Maybe you can explain that as a
truck driver. What is it? with some of these
truckers in hazardous situations like that, that
just floored. They're just like, oh, everybody
else is slowing on the right. I'm just going
to fly through on the left. Can they see better
than we can? I would argue no. No, they can't
see better than you can. I think that's a symptom
of capitalism where perhaps they're on a time
crunch. I got to get this delivery in. Otherwise,
I'm going to miss 30 percent of my paycheck.
So that makes sense. Also, you're in a steel
death trap. where you're safe and everyone around
you isn't. That also plays into it. Sure. You
know, it doesn't matter what happened to anyone
around me. I gotta fucking go. I gotta go. Yep.
So that's, I would argue a symptom of capitalism
and stupidity on the driver's part. That might
have been the most terrifying part of it. Wasn't
so much not being able to see or the winds that
just kept trying to push me off the side of the
mountain. It was these trucks flying by me. Right.
Because I just kept thinking, if this dude loses
control, A hair. That trailer swings out. I'm
gone. I am gone. I'm going down hundreds of feet
into a frickin' valley. Final destination type
shit. Oh yeah, exactly. The logs fly out of the
side of the trailer. Oh yeah, there's an explosion.
Oh fuck. The steering wheel goes through my head.
None of it is good. None of it would have been
good for sure. But yeah, so that was interesting
to hear, to get that from you now that you drive
a... Not that we're trying to scare any newer
drivers out there. Common sense. Yeah, common
sense. Drive defensively. Yes, please do. We're
gonna move on to the other foods. Now, Aidan,
every week, ventures to different countries around
the world and finds foods that are, well, disgusting.
Terrible, smelly, foul. Stinky yucky. What do
you got for us? This week I have a drink, which
I believe we covered on the Mark Mo radio show.
I don't believe we've covered it on this podcast
yet, so I wanted to bring it up. It is a drink
called Habushu. Mmm. It's a Japanese amawari
-based liqueur made on the... Ryuku Islands,
hopefully I'm pronouncing these words right mm
-hmm other names for this include Habu sake or
snake wine oh Snake wine They put pit vipers
which are of course closely related to rattlesnakes
Which are venomous they put these venomous pit
vipers into this wine the main distributor of
Habushu uses around 5 ,000 of these snakes every
year. The distillery uses crushed rice and koji
mold to produce said wine that goes into the
habushu. It's mixed with herbs and honey, giving
it a clear yellow hue. And then a pit viper is
inserted into the liquid until it's consumed.
Uh -uh. There are two methods of inserting this.
snake into the alcohol. The maker may simply
choose to submerge the snake into it, sealing
the bottle, thus drowning the snake in the wine.
So the snake was alive at first. Yes. Alternatively,
it gets better. The snake may be put on ice until
it passes out, at which point it is gutted, bled,
and sewn back up. Craziest part, the viper when
thawed reawakens. No, no, no. To then quickly
die from lack of fluids. Because it awakes in
a state of panic, it strikes a violent pose,
perishes, and then they put it in the wine. What
a messed up process. Yeah. Holy crap. Pretty
epic, if you ask me. Wow. So yeah, that, uh...
Snake. I'm a slithery snake. Slithery snake.
Don't cut me up and put me in the wine. Yeah,
they literally have to let it age long enough
that the venom becomes non -poisonous to humans
to consume. Un -frickin' -believable. Yeah. Yucky.
Google that, by the way. Yeah, go ahead. I encourage
all of you to Google that. Go ahead. It's it's
nasty. There's even some where there's other
things thrown in there like scorpions and like
I'm like why Why are we doing this? In the off
chase shit to throw a puffer fish in there while
you're ahead Just call it gamble wine. Yeah,
are you gonna die? Am I gonna die take a swing?
I'm alive. Yeah. Oh, no Good gravy. That's crazy,
man. That's insane Woo, habushu. Habushu. We
have to drink some of that. Hell yeah. The side
of maybe some search drumming or something. Some
hot coral. Oh, no, no. All right, before we hit
our break, Frozen Guy review. I review different
frozen meals, because I'm single, so I eat a
lot of them. And this week I tried Lean Cuisine
protein kick fried chicken with mashed potatoes
and corn. So yeah, I mean there's there's really
no ingredients that I need to read aside from
the title of what it actually is. It is what
it is. Very descriptive. These little fried chicken.
It's very wordy for a title, but these little
chunks of fried chicken, along with their mashed
potatoes and corn. The thing that I noticed,
because there's gravy in there too, what I noticed
was when I... played by the rules, filed the
instructions, the whole, you know, you pull up
the tab, you put it in, you take it out, you
stir it up, you put it back in. Right, right.
Sometimes you don't have to vent it. Sometimes
it's a straight time, which is always helpful.
But this one, there was a process to it. I filed
the process. When I took it out to mix it up,
there was a huge chunk of white potatoes that
was not thawed yet. Although the corn and the
gravy and the chicken were humming right along.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. this is problematic.
I'm like how, because I tried to mix it up and
I couldn't like get the corn to do or the potatoes
to do anything because they were still partially
frozen. I'm like okay. So I just mixed everything
else up, put it back in and I'm like well it
says to put it back in. It was like a minute
and a half. I'm like I'm going to put it in for
two. Yeah. Because it's of this potatoes are
still frozen. So check it out. The mashed potatoes
are kind of, they didn't flow like mashed potatoes
do per se. little bit mealy side, but I mixed
it up with all the hot gravy and I just kind
of mixed up kind of quickly. And so it just turned
into this smooth potato product. And then the
chicken and the corn. The corn was fine. The
chicken was okay. But the potatoes were really
a problem. And the taste of the gravy was pretty
decent. But whatever they do to make their potatoes
just was not it was not a great process and however
they're doing it Which is troubling because like
even like the dried mashed potatoes you get from
the store on the cheap Those still end up being
pretty decent. They do they're not as good as
homemade mashed potatoes, but they still get
whipped and creamy, right? Yeah, which is weird
that why would freezing it change the starch,
right? It shouldn't Because, like, another perfect
example, too, not sponsored, but especially around
the holidays, making your own mashed potatoes
is a process. If you don't have time for that
or you're just kind of cooking on your own, I'm
not going to sit there and make mashed potatoes.
But I'll get these little Bob Evans tubs of mashed
potatoes, and they're actually really, really
good. So every time I run into a situation like
this, I'm like, well, why can't they just be
like the Bob Evans potatoes? Right. Because I
literally I literally warm those up in a skillet
in like 20 minutes. It's like wow these tastes
like homemade magic. Yeah, yeah Very troubling
these did not was this your first frozen potato
entry like did the Yellowstone have potatoes
or yeah? No it did not No, this is what my fourth
or third fourth. I believe fourth Yeah, cuz I've
given two nines and an eight and then this will
be a six point seven. Oh, yeah based on just
shitty potatoes. I feel like if the potato product
was better, this could have gotten into the eights,
maybe. Because, I mean, chicken and corn and
potatoes, how is that not, I mean, that's like
the KFC bowl, which were always great. But yeah,
I just felt like the potatoes were not good enough.
And that brought the score down. Because the
potatoes are, in fact, the meat and potatoes
of... the potato dish yeah and i and i feel like
my two lower scores the other one was an eight
which is still a good score yeah but the two
lower scores were the quote -unquote healthy
frozen meals sure so i find that kind of interesting
so maybe just how they prepare them or the products
that they're using to make them healthier i don't
know but they they weren't great i do need some
taste and not to say healthy stuff tastes bad
but uh so far proof is in the Like what I did
there, that's why I got a show. Anyway, on that
note, like I said, this 6 -7 is not terrible.
6 -7. And it was cheap. 6 -7. Ah, shit. You did
that to yourself. God damn it. You did that to
yourself. I did do that to myself. And to be
fair, I hate the meme. I think it's silly. It's
so dumb. It's a little silly. Great that I had
some silly memes that I enjoyed when I was a
teenager. But the fact that just two numbers,
six, seven. God damn it. You totally did that
to yourself. I did that to myself. That's crazy.
I deserve what I get. All right, we're taking
a break. Goodbye. All right, we are back, everybody,
and it is now time for our feature segment. You
just made the list. And basically, we just come
up with something we want to make a list of.
And there's lots of stuff you make lists of.
So we've been keeping a lot of these in the music
department lately, primarily because we're both
music lovers. We really didn't have a music segment
per se. So that's what we're doing. And I hope
you guys are enjoying it. Basically, 10 through
2 till we get to our number 1. And here are the
rules. If you're playing from home, here are
the rules. Oh, wait. There aren't any. Oh, thank
God. There aren't any. We're in the clear. I
was fearing I might have broke some today. Yeah,
you know, fear of the darkest is fear of the
list. So. Iron Maiden. Yeah. My man. Fear, fear
of the list. So yeah. So at any rate, this week.
best alt rock albums of the 2k so basically year
2000 moving forward to today uh let's say you
know that's 25 years a lot of albums but um we
pick our top 10 or is it perhaps more we're gonna
hear from aiden aiden how many you got there
buddy i may have went a little bit over 20 but
it there's no rules first and foremost secondly
yes i still kept my top 10 Okay. Which I will
run my ten through two, but I just want to give
some honorable mentions first. That's good. Which
I think is only fair. So here are my honorable
mentions that almost made the illustrious top
ten. The Click by AJR. Great album. Okay. And
Awesome Wave by Alt J. Megalithic Symphony by
AWOL Nation. Pretty solid. Melophobia by Cage
the Elephant. Torches by Foster the People. Demon
Days by Gorillaz. The Boy Who Died Wolf, highly
suspect. The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance.
Ah, that's a good one. That was tough, that almost
made it on the ten. That's a good one. Death
of a Bachelor by Panic! at the Disco. All -Killer
No -Filler, some 41. And Toxicity by System of
a Down, which would have made the list, but they're
kind of more alt -metal than alt -rock. So I
put them down there just to make sure I mentioned
them regardless. Now for the top ten. Here we
go. Number ten. Now Not Yet by Half Alive, Great
Owl. Number nine, Paramore Paramore, fantastic.
Number eight, Being So Normal by Peach Pit. Number
seven, Elephant by The White Stripes. Yeah. Number
six, American Idiot by Green Day, which would
have been higher, but they're kind of more...
And that was 2K, huh? That was 2K. That was 2004,
I believe. Oh, 2004, okay. Yeah, it would have
been higher, but some people have kind of argued
they're more pop punk, punk rock. Sure. Than
alt rock, but I still wanted to mention them.
Number five, How to Be a Human Being by Glass
Animals. Oh, god damn it. Good album. Yep. Number
four, From Under the Cork Tree by Fall Out Boy.
Great album. Yeah, that's really good. Number
three, I Had A .M. by Arctic Monkeys. Yep. And
number two, had to do it to him, Blurryface,
21 Pilots. Yeah, that's good. That's really good.
OK, well, the Green Day album that Aidan had,
I'm putting on my... Gotta throw American Idiot
on there. Yeah, American Idiot's on there, as
my honorable mention. Some other of my honorable
mentions, I don't have quite as many, but Royal
Blood with Typhoons. Oh, that's a good one, yeah.
St. Vincent Daddy's Home is another good one.
The Struts, Young and Dangerous, and 21 Pilots
Clancy. Okay, yeah. Those are some good ones.
Into My Top 10, Romance by Fontaine's DC. Not
only are they Irish, but they're a really good
young band, so if they're not on your radar,
put them on your radar. are. White Stripes, White
Blood Cells. Number eight, Florence and the Machine,
High and Hope. Number seven, Gorilla's Demon
Days. Nice. Number six, Paramore Riot. OK, good.
Good, good. Number five, My Chemical Romance,
The Black Parade. Nice. Number four, White Stripes,
Icky Thump. Number three, Arctic Monkey AM. 21
Pilots, Blurry Faces, my number two. Nice. Nice,
we've got some matching number twos and threes
there. We do, we do. Pretty fantastic. Number
one, I had to do it to them, and it snuck in
there. Oh, okay. Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park.
Oh, okay. The Year 2000 is my number one. Okay.
What a righteous album. Yep. Absolutely righteous.
This is... Just such a great list. This is a
fun list to make. I knew you would enjoy this
one for sure. And my show is based on a lot of
this music. So that definitely was a lot of fun.
That's a great album cover, too, by the way.
Yes. Yes, it is. Yeah. Hybrid Theory, my number
one. But of course. We've got another number
one coming up here and let us know in the comments,
too What what would you put on your list? Yeah
for sure because you know we're doing a top 10
list so Over the course of 25 years. We're gonna
eliminate a lot. Yeah There was a lot I had to
cut and I still only cut it down to 21. Yeah.
Oh for sure There's no doubt about that so mine
is actually White Stripes, again, as a matter
of fact, let me go back up my list here. It's
your third mention of them, right? Yeah. I had
White Blood Cells number nine, I had Icky Thump
number four, and then number one is Elephant.
Nice. I'll buy White Stripes. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think there's a lot of bangers on there. It's
really great. Third great band. I did see Jack
White's solo in the Riot Fest here in Chicago
in Douglas Park. And I'll tell you what, I've
always liked the band. and thought they had good
albums and the whole thing. And until sometimes
you can see a band live, you just don't know.
Sure. You just don't know. And when I saw Jack
White live, my first thought was, holy shit,
this guy's a rock star. Yeah. Like, it just blows
you away. Like, what have I been sleeping on?
Why haven't I seen him or when he was with Meg?
Sure. Why haven't I seen them? This is absurd
because they just killed it. That's awesome.
They just killed it. By the way, Riot Fest, don't
put all time low in the same time as Jack. That
was just rude as fuck, dude. Don't do that. That's
a fumble, as we say. That is a fumble, for sure.
Because, yeah, I just split it. I just split
it. I felt like a parent of divorce. I had to
split time? Split custody. I really did. I'm
sorry, Jack White. I still love you, but I want
to hear ATL. Yeah, so don't ever, ever do that
again. I'm planning on doing Riot Fest again
in 26, which this is interesting. So on a side
note, Riot Fest is going to be in September.
18th, 19th, 20th, something along those lines.
It's Friday, Saturday, Sunday, kind of perfect
length for a show like that. And Iron Maiden
is going on tour. They play that following Tuesday.
Inter -sante. So it could be epic. It could be
a five -day rager. So it really could. That's
kind of what I'm thinking is... Like when, because
I'm looking for work if you want to hire me.
Give this man money. Good God. After all this
time, Jesus Christ. Anyway, once I do start working
again, I'll let them know. I think I'm just going
to plan that right off jump, like a Friday to
Friday. Just like I'll be like, yep, I'm going
to be out that week and just plan on spending
time in Chicago and just doing that whole thing
that week. Right. That would probably be solid.
That would be solid. That would be like as as
staycations goes. I think that oh, yeah That's
that's about as good as you can get s -tier.
Yeah s -tier for sure. No doubt. So that's that's
the plan So looking looking forward to that At
any rate, let's go down the rabbit hole the reddit
rabbit hole I think I flipped that earlier in
the show. Don't pay attention man behind the
curtain anyway What did you find down said rabbit
hole this week down said rabbit hole? I found
kind of a continuation I think I brought this
up a little bit in a previous one, but I really
want to hammer it home Okay, because it kind
of correlated a little bit with our opening dialogue
and just how dire and drab things all seem and
of course how Working people are kind of always
fucked at least over the last five decades very
true. Although that's That's kind of a close
-minded thing to say because Black Americans
and kind of any minority in America. They've
been fucked since day one Regardless, I wanted
to talk more about fertility rates because It's
it's every it's down everywhere It's down everywhere.
I talked a little bit about the US and now The
fertility rates in Europe is something I want
to bring up which They're all low. I'll show
the map to mark mo And it's color -coded, so...
Oh boy. Red and yellow mean below replacement
rate, and green means near or at replacement
rate. Everywhere in Europe is red or yellow.
Oh my gosh. It is. Yeah, so... For a species
to continue, like hold its population steady,
the replacement rate, or how many children a
person should have to continue said replacement
rate, should be 2, or 2 .1. uh let's start with
ireland where our ancestors came from 1 .47 okay
and that's already in a country whose population
never recovered from the famine and the wars
that's very true 1 .47 in uh spain 1 .12 oh my
gosh 1 .1 every parents parent slash parents
are having 1 .1 child hmm yeah It's looking terrible.
Ukraine, 1 .0. And these are numbers from 2024.
So this is before things really got horrible.
Yeah. Yeah, horrible. Germany, 1 .36. France,
1 .63. Most of the Nordic and Scandinavian nations
are about 1 .3. Holy cow. Russia is 1 .4. There
is one nation. I think it's Kosovo. 1 .9 that
is the highest in Europe of these 2024 Statistics
next up. Let's let's look at China and I know
China had for a while. Yeah, I know right had
for a while the Some kind of statute where you
could only have you could only birth one son.
Yes one child thing I don't think that exists
anymore. Yeah, I'm not sure but those those symptoms
of said ruling or law, still kind of stick around.
There are provinces in China that are as low
as 0 .52. Holy cow. 0 .52. Some of the more populous
provinces are at 0 .8, 0 .9, 1 .08. In the west,
the western provinces where they're much less
populated in concentration. are like 1 .38, 1
.78, but the entire eastern half of China, where
most of the population is, it's all 1 .1, 1 .16,
0 .9. And then we look at some of the most populous
nations on earth. And this goes back to, let's
start at 1970. The world average in 1970, fertility
rate, 4 .8. Four point eight. So you're talking
this is this is wow on the upswing, right? Yeah
of post -world war two baby boom kind of stuff
So yeah point eight was the world average where
there were countries that kind of carried Nigeria
and Ethiopia Ethiopia both had six point eight
and seven point three three respectively, right?
In the US two point five India five point six
Russia was two point. Oh, and then we skipped
to today Where the world average is 2 .2. So
we're at the plateau we are we're at the plateau
these numbers are accurate as of 2023 we're at
the plateau 2 .2 and Even the countries where
population Was was booming over the last couple
decades have started to trend towards plateau
Nigeria fell from 6 .5 to 4 .5 Pakistan fell
from 6 .8 to 3 .6. That's big China, of course,
fell from 6 .1 to 1 .0 average. The United States
fell from 2 .5 to 1 .6. Brazil fell from 4 .9
to 1 .6. India from 5 .6 to 2 .0. And the reason
I bring these up is because this, those are symptoms
of capitalism and how dogshit it is for working
people. That's it. Mm -hmm, that's it. No, sure.
There are people out there that don't want to
have children. They don't want to have big families
That's totally fine. That's that's totally fine.
But when you add in late stage capitalism to
the mix People cannot afford to have children
Correct. It takes three quarters of a million
dollars about to raise a child to the age of
20 That's unreal who makes that into who makes
that? But has that amount of free money to spend
on another human being? No one. No one. No one.
It is impossible to raise a child. Yep. Because
you need two working parents, both of whom make
really great wages. Yeah. In order to get by
having a kid. Yes. Which is why any middle class
or even lower class person, you know, people
work at Target, people work at... Service jobs.
White Castle, bartenders, servers, cashiers,
just name it, right down the list. They have
to face the fact that if they, number one, if
they decide to get married, number two, they're
going to struggle mightily if they have more
than one child. Right. They'll struggle mightily.
Especially where future, where welfare and social
assistance It's looking like it's out the window,
boys. Mm -hmm. Looking like it's gone. So it's
gonna make it tougher. Right. And you've got
all these billionaire cunt bags, like, oh, make
more babies. I don't know why people aren't there,
like, having more kids. Brother, I know you cunts
are detached from reality, but that is really
detached from reality. That's really detached.
You're sitting in billions. You just want more
wage slaves. That's it. That's all it is. I mean,
that should... But for those individuals, those
billionaires, multimillionaires that have these
big corporations and sitting there and being
like, wow, I'm really concerned for the next
20 years because I'm not sure where we're going
to get a workforce. That is a good reality for
you because guess what us Gen Xers are going
to do in the next 10 to 15 to 20 years? We're
retired, my guy. Right. We're done. So now you
got to rely on these other generations. that
are much smaller. Yeah. Because you guys made
them that way. Right. Yeah. Crazy. That's why,
in my opinion, AI is a multi -trillion dollar
industry, is because they're trying to replace
the workforces that they caused to be small.
Yes, correct. Yep. And that's it. That's it.
That's it. That's why I wanted to bring up those
numbers, because I knew it's all intertwined.
Oh, for sure. Yeah, no doubt. I'm glad you did.
That was really good. That was really good. Why
don't we find out what happened while we were
sleeping? Oh, no. Yeah, we do this every week.
Aidan will look at video games. He'll look at
TV shows, YouTubers, you name it, anything in
media that maybe we just kind of slept on. But
you know who didn't sleep on it, huh? No, no,
no. Aiden didn't. My man, right here. Today?
What did we miss, dude? While you were sleeping,
you've been sleeping on a fantastic YouTuber.
That's what I'm bringing up today. Okay. This
man right here, Hank Green. Hank Green. Hank
Green. My man. William Henry Green II. He goes
by Hank Green, though. It's a more palatable
name. Yeah, that's good, because for a minute
I thought he went to the Gatsby party. Yeah,
right. American entrepreneur, author, science
communicator, and YouTuber. Best known for hosting
the educational channel's SciShow crash course.
He's got a channel he co -owns with his brother
called... Vlogbrothers, which is kind of fun.
Super highly intelligent, very personable, seems
fantastic at teaching. And you know me, I love
knowledge. I love learning. I know you do. This
guy knows how to present it. He's a fantastic
watch. He... Homeboy beat cancer. Oh, really?
Homeboy beat cancer and he was still uploading
YouTube videos all through it, like... detailing
the processes and, like, really humanizing what
it is, what it means to have this. But some of
his most recent uploads, which are fantastic,
he covered... He's got a video titled, The Genius
of the Louvre Heist. Did you hear about that?
I've heard of the Louvre Heist, yeah. They robbed
the Louvre, so... Oh, yes, I have. Yeah, he covered
that. He's got videos, Government by the Few
for the Fewer. So he's... not only scientifically
intelligent, but socially aware, socially woke
about the crazy shit going on. He's covered AI
a handful of times, and how disturbing it seems,
and alarming it is. He is a fantastic watch.
If you are at all remotely interested, and just
like, really enthusiastic and fun to watch, edutainment
YouTubers, Hank Green, Hank Green is a fantastic
one. Hank Green. Awesome. I will definitely check
it out, because I love stuff like that, too.
Yeah. So I will definitely. That's why this dude
does this segment, ladies and gentlemen, because
that's so nice. I catch what happens while you're
sleeping. We talked about you guys smartening
up. We're all going to smart up. 2026, smarten
up. That's the logo. Get smartened. Or the tagline,
as it were. That's it. We're going to smarten
up. And we're going to listen to this YouTuber
for sure. Damn right. Hell yeah. Good call on
that. Let's take a quick break. And we're going
to come back because it's about time to drink
some beer. Hell yeah. Let's go. All righty. We
are in the homestretch. And that means it is
time for the Mark Mo Show Beer Review. And yeah,
in case you're wondering, this is the Mark Mo
show. I'm your host, Mark Maloney, along with
Aidan Maloney. And we get to drink beer, and
that makes us happy. It's fantastic. The official
beer review. Yeah, just remember, alcohol is
a solution. Anyway. Chemists agree. Chemists
agree with me 100%. And we're now on to the big,
juicy Beer hug. Care to tell our fine folks about
this wonderful concoction? Are you talking about
the concoction called the Big Juicy Beer Hug?
Indeed I am. Oh my goodness. Well, it is. Sounds
wonderful. It sounds wonderful. It is an Imperial
IPA from Goose Island Beer Company. We love Goose
Island. Chicago, let's go. Macro brewery out
of Chicago, Illinois. They say on the can it's
full of sunshine and tropical sweetness. We'll
be the judge of that. We will be the judge of
that. It is 9 .9 % alcohol by volume. Oh, buddy.
Which is soupaishi for a cerveza, if you will.
I would agree. Which was both Japanese and Spanish.
That was impressive. I didn't intend for that
to happen, but it just, it did. If they ever
need someone to speak on beer at the UN, I think
they should tap you for it. Yeah, that is my,
like, forte. Because I know... Many English words
and then like a couple of other languages words
you do like a handful You know a useful handful
We will be ranking this beer on a scale of zero
to five using the untapped app What you can get
on your phone for free. We're not sponsored,
but we do like it because it is free and You
can rank beers and it's it's kind of like the
four square of brewski's It really is. If anyone
remembers the four square days? I definitely
remember the four square days. You're doing the
Lord's work, essentially. Because as we go out
and we go to bars, and maybe some are a little
swank, maybe not. Sure. Some just could be dive
bars, but a lot of times you run into like, oh
my God, what's that? Or you see a beer list like,
I've not heard of that one before. You pull up
this handy little app and then it lets you know
kind of what the ranking is, what people are
saying about it. and then it's just up to you
to be like wow it kind of looks like ass maybe
I'll avoid it right huh I am intrigued. Curious.
My palate says yes. Quite. Indeed. Indeed. So
ranking on a scale from zero to five we're drinking
it out of a can and we'll give you some some
flavor notes as we go along. Flavor Flav. And
of course let us know in the comments what you're
enjoying today. A sloncha. Sloncha to you sir.
That is pretty damn smooth. Oh that's lovely.
That is pretty damn smooth. As many folks know,
especially folks that listen to this show and
our beer reviews, IPAs are typically not my first
choice, but that doesn't matter because we're
here to do a job. Right. And this is lovely.
That is really nice. It's not super hoppy, even
for being an Imperial IPA. It is not super hoppy.
I would say the sweetness, it's not overly sweet,
but there is sweetness. Getting notes of like
guava, maybe a touch of pineapple, like really
guava papaya kind of tropical fruits. Yes, I
would agree with that. Fair sweetness to it.
Super smooth, very crisp. Yeah, I agree with
that. It's definitely crisp. You don't get a
lot of that bite that you get in most of your
IPAs. No. A little bit, but not... Not to where,
if you're just like your average beer drinker,
where that's gonna dissuade you from having this.
It's a really enjoyable beer. Nice finish. Yeah,
it's not, especially the IPA haters out there,
this, just because it says IPA on it doesn't
mean it tastes like pine and it's super Citra
hop going on. You gotta expand your horizons
some. And I think those individuals who may like
the taste of... Guava and papaya and tropical
sweetness. This could be you even if you're not
an IPA fan I'm an I'm an IPA fan and I fuck with
this. This is great. Yeah, that is really good.
I'm enjoying it I don't know about juicy. I I
yeah, we're looking at the flavor profile juicy
Yeah on the app it gives five examples of commonly
selected flavor profile notes And we usually
go through and agree or disagree. Maybe add some
of our own Yeah, the suggested flavor profile
notes are juicy tropical smooth boozy and light
-bodied I'll give it smooth Yes, for sure. I'll
give it tropical. I did that as well. I'll add
guava. Ooh to the mix Okay, I'd crisp. I'm not
sure if I agree with light -bodied. No, it is
flavorful. Yeah Juicy, I don't know. I think
I'm just going tropical smooth. I don't know
what else to do i know you put guava but as you
are naming like some of the fruits i'm not a
fruit guy so beyond like like the common ones
yeah beyond apples oranges and bananas and cherries
you got me so it's just like this really has
more of a passion food profile to it i mean yep
that's it you got it you got it you nailed it
i am i am not well versed in my fruit knowledge
so um But yeah, I guess I've had Papaya before
like papaya pill so I sure yeah Yeah, I got one.
I can't say I enjoy this. I'll give it flavor
profile of crisp guava tropical and smooth I'm
going high. I'm going. I'm going for Pono on
five that is high for you my god is high I really
enjoy this it's right up my alley Very very good
Man, you're the IPA guy, so that does speak a
lot, and I did enjoy it, for sure. I gave it
three and a half, but once again, for anybody
who knows me, I'm not an IPA guy, so three and
a half is actually high for me for that particular...
Big juicy beer a big juicy beer hug indeed it
is the beer hugs you back Yep, and you probably
can find that at least on the Chicago area most
of your liquor stores I'm trying to describe
the can a little bit. It's like a yellow can,
and it's got this purplish bear with these big
orange sunglasses. Big sunglasses. Kind of awesome.
Yeah. The Goose Island logo will be on there.
It says, full of sunshine and tropical sweetness.
Not sponsored, but it's a good beer. It is a
good beer. 9 .9%. Big juicy beer hug. Big juicy
beer hug. I love it. I do like it. Well, thank
you for that Goose Island brewery. We did like
it very much. Much enjoyed. Mm -hmm for certain
So that takes us to the world of weird news We
didn't quite get to it last week, but we're getting
to it this week and eight once you kick us off
fan Well, I found an interesting one. Oh this
This is the bowel movement bandit. Oh, no. Yes,
and this is a Wikipedia article Hmm. Yeah, it's
it's like a whole thing Like this is, you can
find it on news stories, but I found the Wikipedia
article for it. The bowel movement bandit, also
known as the Ohio pooping bandit. Oh no. Is the
alias of an unidentified man in the Kenmore neighborhood
of Akron, Ohio, who repeatedly defecated through
the sunroofs of random people's cars from 2012
to 2015. That's a long stretch. It has been speculated
his name is Richie, based on a Hot Topic membership
card found at the scene of the crime. In total,
the criminal defecated on at least 19 parked
cars in driveways. The criminal only stopped
his public defecation spree after a photo of
his face was captured by a hidden camera and
released to the public. Of him droppin' the deuce?
Of him droppin' one. Oh no. Uh, he is - Some
more aliases, he's also known as the Kenmore
Pooper. Starting in May 2012, residents of the
Kenmore neighborhood in Akron, Ohio found feces
on or in their cars. If their cars were locked,
the perpetrator would defecate on the hood, windshield,
gas tank, covering, mirrors, windows, or handles
of the car. Come on, guy. However, if the cars
were unlocked, the perpetrator would defecate
on the interior of the car. In total, at least
19 reported finding fecal matter on their car,
but the lieutenant of the local police force
believes there are indeed more victims. Oh, no.
On March 10th, 2015, the face of the perpetrator,
of course, was caught on that hidden camera set
up by the father of a woman whose car was targeted
by the perpetrator seven times. Oh, gosh. Seven
times she had her car shaded on. The photo of
the perpetrator was released to the public by
the Akron Beacon Journal on March 11th, 2015.
The estimator was estimated to be in his mid
-40s when the photo was taken. And you can actually
look through a full list of the incidents where
this had happened on Wikipedia. They list every
car type and when it happened, when it was reported.
It is insane. Oh no. And as far as I know, as
far as I've read, this person has never been
found. Oh, you're kidding. The Ohio Pooper was
never found. The Ohio Pooper is at large. The
bowel movement bandit is still at large. Still
at large. And so are his poops. So are his poops.
Oh no. So no more cars since 2015 that we know
of. That we know of. But that man is still out
there. He's a serial pooper. That dude could
be like, that man could be a father. He could
be like a local at your dive bar in Akron. He
could be. And you'd never know he's the pooper.
You would never know. If you spot him at Hot
Topic though. Right. You really gotta do that.
If you're a hot topic, you have to jump on that
and be like, pooper was here. Pooper was here.
Like on a t -shirt. Yeah, home of the pooper.
Yeah, exactly. Yeah, you gotta play into it,
make some money on that. That would be the capitalist
thing. Exactly. The bowel movement bandit was
the weirdest piece of news I have found. Hilarious.
Maybe this season. even yeah that is that is
something well i know for mine uh i just uh you
know we're just gonna lean right into that title
of this article toothpaste made with hair naturally
repairs tooth enamel scientists discover scientists
at king's college london discovered keratin a
protein found in hair skin and wool that is often
used in reparative shampoos can also help with
teeth We think this is a game -changer, an industry
mover, to introduce keratin as an actual product
within our daily use to protect and heal your
tooth enamel without even realizing Dr. Sherif
El -Shwar Kawi. Now that's a name. And I think
I got it. I think I nailed it. You nailed it.
From Kings of Faculty of Dentistry, oral and
craniofacial, say you're welcome, sciences told
Sky News. Put your hair in your teeth. Put your
hair in your teeth. Come on. You went to the
barber, just chew on that shit. If you have a
microcrack or a very, I've done some microcrack,
or a very small defect, it would heal itself
without you even realizing. Wow. Many tooth problems
from damaged enamel which does not regenerate
once it's lost. It's gone forever. That's what
they say. That's what they say when the keratin
mixes with the minerals and saliva produces a
protective coating to mimic the structure and
function of natural enamel. That's fun. Isn't
that fun? Yeah. Fluoride, I love science, fluoride
toothpaste and fluoride added to drinking water
are currently relied on to slow enamel erosion.
Right. But keratin -based treatments were found
to stop it completely. That's nuts. The treatment
could be through a daily toothpaste or as a professionally
applied gel, similar to nail varnish in more
extreme cases. I know. Do you imagine your breath
smelling like fucking keratin varnish? No, that
might be bad. It could be made available for
the public in two to three years, according to
the scientists. That's not far off. It really
isn't and is seen as a more environmentally friendly
alternative to traditional dental restoration.
The tests products developed at King's College
were made from wool. But in the future, Dr. El
Sharkawi, ha ha. Hey. Set, you're welcome. Said
people could even collect their own hair to extract
keratin. That's crazy. However, for the moment,
the King's team is going with sheep's wool because
it's highly abundant and it's a bio waste. It's
sustainable and it's good for the farmers. I
see that as a win -win. That's a win -win, is
it not? The toothpaste will look and feel just
like standard fluoride paste, with a minty flavor
and foaming texture, but instead contain enough
keratin for daily use. Damn. The aim is that
we want aim. That's a two. Hey, okay. I see what
they did there. The aim is... is that we want
this to be affordable and to reach the public.
That's always the goal. Said Dr. El Sharqawi.
He's got Sharq in his name. He's got Sharq in
his name. That's my guy. We don't think this
is going to be a premium product. We would like
everyone to be able to access it. My man. How
great is that? My man. Leave it to scientists
from another country to be like, oh, this is
an amazing finding. It's really going to help
people's teeth. We want everybody to access this.
How about that shit? Here's a genuine betterment
for humanity. Let's make sure anyone can get
this. How about that? Wow, it's almost like there
are good people out there, and then capitalists
come along and be like, no, no, no, no, no, no,
no. Think of the shareholders. Think of the shareholders.
It's always about the shareholders. And you know
it's a good scientific journal because they did
not mention a product name one time. Nope. I
did. Yeah, you did. That was a bit, though. That
was a good bit, though. But that was pretty good.
Yeah. That was pretty good. Yeah. King's College
in London. God bless. Let's keep our eyes on
that. God bless. Yeah, that's some good stuff.
I thought it was just weird enough to put on
there. Yeah. What I'm gathering is chew your
hair. Chew your? Chew your hair. Go to the barber
and then be like, uh, can I have that? Wait,
were you going to finish that? Like all the hair
in the dustpan? You going to finish that? Yeah.
Here, I have this little freezer bag. Can you
just put that in there for me? Just throw it
in the Tupperware. I need lunch anyway. What
are you doing with that? Oh, I'm going to chew
on that shit. Think of my enamel there barber.
Don't don't judge me that enamel is gonna be
popping my guy All right, that's enough for this
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