WEBVTT 00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:12.660 Hey there everybody, welcome to the Mark Mo Show 00:00:12.660 --> 00:00:17.679 Season 4 Episode 5, The Dirty Word. You can find 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:21.679 us on all podcast platforms on YouTube. And I'd 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:24.500 like to introduce my co -host and producer, Aidan 00:00:24.500 --> 00:00:26.699 Maloney. What's going on, dude? I'm doing all 00:00:26.699 --> 00:00:28.940 right. Still got a little bit of an on and off 00:00:28.940 --> 00:00:33.159 cough. I ate a whole bag of Sun chips like an 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:37.039 hour ago. Oh, I can I can do that The amount 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:39.679 of sodium coursing through my veins. I'm pretty 00:00:39.679 --> 00:00:41.359 sure I'll die of heart disease early. You'll 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:44.500 be well preserved I'll be well, but exactly they 00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:46.640 don't even need to mummify me. It's like oh, 00:00:46.659 --> 00:00:48.859 he ate the Sun chips Just bury him somebody will 00:00:48.859 --> 00:00:50.799 break into the coffin one day be like holy shit. 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:54.020 It's a bag of Sun chips Yeah, holy 10 bags of 00:00:54.020 --> 00:00:56.380 Sun chips. Did you guys bury a bag of Sun chips? 00:00:57.219 --> 00:00:59.299 Yes. Yes, we did. Yes, we did. But besides that, 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:01.939 I'm doing pretty good. All right. Chillaxing. 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:04.299 I like it. I like it a lot. I like it a lot. 00:01:05.750 --> 00:01:08.329 Aiden also runs his own YouTube gaming channel. 00:01:08.430 --> 00:01:10.790 It's called Aiden Spelled the Right Way. And 00:01:10.790 --> 00:01:13.530 he has new PC gaming content. Sometimes it's 00:01:13.530 --> 00:01:16.909 like test beta kind of stuff, which is fun. He's 00:01:16.909 --> 00:01:19.829 done GeoGuessr and PolyBridge and Observation 00:01:19.829 --> 00:01:23.010 Duty, I think is the newest one. And he's got 00:01:23.010 --> 00:01:25.430 all kinds of stuff. So tell the fine folks out 00:01:25.430 --> 00:01:28.290 there what they can expect. Yeah, I've been replaying 00:01:28.290 --> 00:01:31.500 Observation Duty 7 because I've heard Eight is 00:01:31.500 --> 00:01:33.340 coming out soon, and it's one of my favorite 00:01:33.340 --> 00:01:36.920 game franchises recently. As far as indie horror 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:40.340 experiences go, it's right up there amongst the 00:01:40.340 --> 00:01:43.219 top ten. It is fantastic. So I'm replaying the 00:01:43.219 --> 00:01:46.280 seventh one because I was very bad at it, and 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:50.120 it seems I remain bad at it. Oh no. Yeah. Which 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:52.260 is unfortunate, but hopefully it still makes 00:01:52.260 --> 00:01:55.379 for funny content and hopefully engaging for 00:01:55.379 --> 00:01:58.420 the lovely viewers, but it is a good time. Oh, 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:00.879 yeah, definitely. We, as a matter of fact, if 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:05.159 we're going to refer to yet another channel, 00:02:05.260 --> 00:02:09.979 if it were, as it were, TheGuysBeAndDudesAK219, 00:02:10.620 --> 00:02:15.000 which was recreated, polished off, dusted off, 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:17.419 and recreated as a collab channel for the two 00:02:17.419 --> 00:02:20.599 of us, so that we have some of the same kind 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:23.939 of chaos and humor and all the things you guys 00:02:23.939 --> 00:02:26.930 enjoy here, but... playing games together. So 00:02:26.930 --> 00:02:29.569 it's kind of fun. And we actually did an observation 00:02:29.569 --> 00:02:32.569 during last time. And it was pretty good. We 00:02:32.569 --> 00:02:34.870 got a killer dub. We did get a killer dub. I 00:02:34.870 --> 00:02:36.909 know spoilers, but we got a killer dub. Like, 00:02:37.110 --> 00:02:39.069 I figure, like, just out of the gate, we got 00:02:39.069 --> 00:02:40.889 our asses handed to us. Oh, yeah. It's like, 00:02:40.909 --> 00:02:42.550 oh, there were too many things. I'm like, what? 00:02:42.669 --> 00:02:44.289 Oh, yeah. Like, well, we're missing. Dude, I 00:02:44.289 --> 00:02:47.969 was looking, too. And then the people don't get. 00:02:48.489 --> 00:02:51.330 Like, because it's on a timer. And every hour, 00:02:51.810 --> 00:02:54.289 dung, dung. And like, as soon as you hear that 00:02:54.289 --> 00:02:55.710 noise, you're like, oh, what do I do? Yeah, yeah, 00:02:55.710 --> 00:02:57.030 yeah. Like, I don't think of it as the clock 00:02:57.030 --> 00:02:58.750 telling you what time it is. Because you're so 00:02:58.750 --> 00:03:02.189 locked in. And like, just the cortisol and panic 00:03:02.189 --> 00:03:04.909 is building up inside of you, like, hyper focusing. 00:03:05.389 --> 00:03:07.830 And then it's like, 2 AM, dung, dung. It's like, 00:03:07.930 --> 00:03:10.530 whoa, what the fuck? Oh, yeah. And then it ends 00:03:10.530 --> 00:03:15.219 at 6. So when it was 5 AM, Mean I've got a little 00:03:15.219 --> 00:03:17.879 anxiety anyway. It was amped dude. I'm like oh, 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:19.840 yeah. I'm like oh my god We've got one hour do 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:22.360 not we cannot blow this and it totally makes 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:24.240 I even brought that up in the episode I played 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:28.379 on my channel recently of like I've never been 00:03:28.379 --> 00:03:31.120 diagnosed with any attention deficit disorders 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:34.060 or anything like that But I swear to God something 00:03:34.060 --> 00:03:36.159 about the observation duty games bring it out 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:40.250 of me And I just ramble. I'm like panicky. I 00:03:40.250 --> 00:03:42.889 can't focus. Like, holy shit, this game's all 00:03:42.889 --> 00:03:44.710 about focusing. That's probably why I'm so bad 00:03:44.710 --> 00:03:49.750 at it. Yeah, it's something. But check it out, 00:03:49.810 --> 00:03:51.969 guys. And by all means, what's really fun about 00:03:51.969 --> 00:03:54.349 this, not only that you watch and have fun and 00:03:54.349 --> 00:03:56.810 laugh at our failure and then maybe at a couple 00:03:56.810 --> 00:04:00.330 of our jokes occasionally, but that we're featuring 00:04:00.330 --> 00:04:03.689 these games. So obviously, we want you to play 00:04:03.689 --> 00:04:05.150 them and then engage in all that kind of fun 00:04:05.150 --> 00:04:09.840 stuff. no doubt so please do that and if you 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:12.139 enjoy all that contact please like subscribe 00:04:12.139 --> 00:04:14.759 share all that good stuff and by the way if you 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:18.500 like alt rock and Irish punk music tune into 00:04:18.500 --> 00:04:22.920 my radio show it's called after hours it is Tuesday 00:04:22.920 --> 00:04:25.279 nights at 9 p .m. Central Standard Time and Friday 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:28.060 nights at 8 p .m. Central Standard Time catch 00:04:28.060 --> 00:04:32.019 a stream at wvlp .org or you can find it tune 00:04:32.019 --> 00:04:35.220 in app on your handheld device You can probably 00:04:35.220 --> 00:04:38.920 listen to Alexa as well. Just don't yell at her. 00:04:39.910 --> 00:04:42.550 I will not be able to help you if you do that. 00:04:42.689 --> 00:04:45.509 Right, Jeff Bezos' private army may or may not 00:04:45.509 --> 00:04:48.350 show up at your doorstep. Yeah. I've heard. That's 00:04:48.350 --> 00:04:50.569 the story. That's what I've heard. You know, 00:04:50.569 --> 00:04:52.790 they call themselves ACE. They're not ICE, they 00:04:52.790 --> 00:04:54.430 can't use that. Right, yeah. They just picked 00:04:54.430 --> 00:04:57.329 another one. Copyright, Amazon, customs enforcement. 00:04:57.329 --> 00:04:59.310 Exactly. Yeah, that's exactly what it is. And 00:04:59.310 --> 00:05:02.410 they're equally as shitty. That is what I've 00:05:02.410 --> 00:05:04.670 heard. Allegedly. That's what people allege. 00:05:04.689 --> 00:05:07.949 They will throw your baby in jail. Take your 00:05:07.949 --> 00:05:10.759 Alexa Echo. And they'll chuck it at you like 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:13.639 it's a weapon exactly it's ow That's what you 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.819 get, and then they leave. So at any rate, yeah. 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:20.800 Message received. Ask her nicely, and then maybe 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:23.040 she will play that for you. At any rate, we have 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:25.279 a lot of fun on that show as well, and play a 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:27.860 lot of good music. As a matter of fact, I played 00:05:27.860 --> 00:05:30.180 this new song for Aidan just before we went on 00:05:30.180 --> 00:05:33.899 air. It's a song called Tanside by Electric Callboy. 00:05:34.420 --> 00:05:37.740 And I would play some for you now. But there's 00:05:37.740 --> 00:05:39.730 a little thing called Copyright Strike. We do 00:05:39.730 --> 00:05:41.810 not want that. Can't play that. Can't do it. 00:05:41.889 --> 00:05:45.810 Can't get content matched. But it's a, depending 00:05:45.810 --> 00:05:47.730 on what generation you belong to, it is either 00:05:47.730 --> 00:05:51.810 a banger or it is a bop. Or a jam. Or a jam. 00:05:51.970 --> 00:05:54.689 Yeah. Okay, got a few we can use. A few, they're 00:05:54.689 --> 00:05:57.110 kind of interchangeable, but I feel like they're, 00:05:57.110 --> 00:06:00.290 they lean genre -wise, you know? I feel like 00:06:00.290 --> 00:06:03.519 bop. Because it rhymes with pop. It's almost 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:06.800 more poppy. Whereas banger could be like metal 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:09.360 or hip hop, you know? Sure, yeah. Okay, that 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:11.379 makes sense. And jam, maybe that's your like 00:06:11.379 --> 00:06:16.019 R &B, maybe your jazz. That's fair. Yeah. That's 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:17.980 just speculation. That's just how I feel. That's 00:06:17.980 --> 00:06:19.459 what we've heard. That's what I've heard. It's 00:06:19.459 --> 00:06:21.300 what people tell me. Aiden went down the rabbit 00:06:21.300 --> 00:06:26.329 hole. The Rabbit Reddit Hole. It's a tongue twister. 00:06:26.389 --> 00:06:28.670 It is a tongue twister. And you know any sentence 00:06:28.670 --> 00:06:31.529 is going to be crazy when it starts with, you 00:06:31.529 --> 00:06:35.670 know they say. You know they say. I've been told. 00:06:36.069 --> 00:06:38.189 And when you hear that, people are like, oh shit, 00:06:38.189 --> 00:06:40.529 I got to strap it. Yeah. This is going to take 00:06:40.529 --> 00:06:42.089 a minute. It's going to get nuts. Oh yeah, for 00:06:42.089 --> 00:06:44.610 sure. But at any rate, check out all our good 00:06:44.610 --> 00:06:48.410 shows. We have fun doing it. This past Tuesday, 00:06:49.649 --> 00:06:50.990 there were several elections that were being 00:06:50.990 --> 00:06:54.980 held across the United States. in a very loud 00:06:54.980 --> 00:06:57.279 voice, a significant majority of the American 00:06:57.279 --> 00:07:00.920 people decided that well, they had enough. And 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:02.899 so Mississippi and Texas and Virginia flipped 00:07:02.899 --> 00:07:05.980 a lot of seats from red to blue. In California, 00:07:06.019 --> 00:07:09.579 they passed this thing called Prop 50 by a significant 00:07:09.579 --> 00:07:11.240 margin, which basically going to allow the state 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:14.019 to redistrict and add several Democratic seats 00:07:14.019 --> 00:07:17.839 to Congress. Basically all of them. Right. And 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:21.199 that is just in response to what Texas was doing, 00:07:21.540 --> 00:07:24.639 quote unquote, illegally, maybe kind of sort 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:26.259 of. That's what they say. They're supposed to 00:07:26.259 --> 00:07:29.079 do this. shit every 10 years at the census but 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:32.000 um you know because a certain person's sweating 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:35.060 a little bit about the elections in 26 and 28 00:07:35.060 --> 00:07:39.699 he uh decided to try to rig the game and uh there 00:07:39.699 --> 00:07:42.459 are a few brave folks on the other side going 00:07:42.459 --> 00:07:46.269 oh Oh, OK. We can play. So this is on the table 00:07:46.269 --> 00:07:49.910 now. We can play. And there are a handful that 00:07:49.910 --> 00:07:52.829 know how to play the game. So it's interesting. 00:07:53.089 --> 00:07:55.470 And I'm glad they're playing that game, because 00:07:55.470 --> 00:07:59.709 otherwise we'd all be in a really shitty situation. 00:08:01.069 --> 00:08:04.259 But. The most significant victory was the mayor's 00:08:04.259 --> 00:08:06.379 race in New York City Cuomo was an establishment 00:08:06.379 --> 00:08:09.199 Democrat Who got his ass handed to him in the 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:11.319 primaries and came back as as a quote -unquote 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:14.000 independent, right? And then of course who do 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.740 you get support from Trump and Musk? Interesting 00:08:16.740 --> 00:08:18.399 how that works interesting. It's almost like 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:20.240 it's one big club and we're not in it. We're 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:22.319 not in it We're not in the car. I guarantee you 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:23.959 for ninety nine point nine percent of you listening 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:29.500 right now You're not in it either. No Cuomo Well 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:31.819 Guys ass kicked, along with the Republican, who 00:08:31.819 --> 00:08:34.639 I don't even remember. Oh, I knew easy were a 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:37.059 beret and looked funny. Looked like a goof. Yeah, 00:08:37.139 --> 00:08:38.659 looked like a goober. Looked like a goof. I'm 00:08:38.659 --> 00:08:41.200 like, oh my god, if that was my mayor, I definitely 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:43.779 would leave. I'd be like, no, that dude's cosplaying 00:08:43.779 --> 00:08:45.820 every day. I'm like, nah, I don't think I can 00:08:45.820 --> 00:08:51.779 do that. But at any rate, You know Cuomo never 00:08:51.779 --> 00:08:54.559 declared like oh, I'm mag or whatever But he 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:56.000 was certainly owned by them and he got money 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.639 from them So he was all about it, and he also 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:03.259 had what maybe a dozen sexual assault hmm It's 00:09:03.259 --> 00:09:05.480 probably against him. It's probably why they 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:06.820 get along so well. It's probably why they get 00:09:06.820 --> 00:09:09.600 along so well all of him and the other Pedophile 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:13.879 oligarchs, but at any rate Democratic Socialist 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:17.960 Zohra on Mom, Donnie, Ran Against Cuomo, and 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:22.059 Beret Boy. Beret Boy! Beret Boy! Hi, I'm G .I. 00:09:22.139 --> 00:09:26.480 Joe. New York's worst superhero. It's me, Beret 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:29.639 Boy. Elect me as mayor, please. And then all 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:33.659 the people are like, aw. It's kind of cute, but 00:09:33.659 --> 00:09:39.120 I can't do it. I can't do it. It's just like, 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.659 well, I'm better than Squirrel Girl. And Squirrel 00:09:41.659 --> 00:09:45.879 Girl's like, mm, mm, mm. Where's not? Exactly. 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:49.440 So fuck it's an actual squirrel. It's an actual 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:52.259 squirrel But mom down he was supported by Bernie 00:09:52.259 --> 00:09:55.399 and AOC and even Barack Obama Through his hat 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:57.759 in the ring there and he didn't have the same 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:00.840 money or power backing him But he had the message 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:03.159 that resonated with the people and people like 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:05.500 yeah, we're done with all this other shit and 00:10:05.500 --> 00:10:08.139 It's a stark shift in American politics, and 00:10:08.139 --> 00:10:11.580 we are witnessing the death Although I'll be 00:10:11.580 --> 00:10:14.159 at too slow of a death for me, but death of the 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:16.620 Republican Party and a shift of the Democratic 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:19.820 Party to the left finally mom Well, you know 00:10:19.820 --> 00:10:24.500 after what three decades of leaning, right? That's 00:10:24.500 --> 00:10:26.419 the thing. The left loves the green stuff as 00:10:26.419 --> 00:10:28.679 much as the red guys do. They're all bought and 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:29.899 paid for. They're all bought and paid for. It's 00:10:29.899 --> 00:10:32.879 bullshit. But Mom Donnie, he won a tremendous 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:36.519 victory and gives the average New Yorker a sense 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:39.580 of hope. They're like, hey, costs will come down. 00:10:39.620 --> 00:10:41.759 And maybe health care will be available. And 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:43.659 maybe if I need to. Rent freeze. Right. They're 00:10:43.659 --> 00:10:45.379 rent freeze. Maybe I can actually live somewhere 00:10:45.379 --> 00:10:48.320 near the city that I work in. Right. Oh, wow. 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:51.700 Amazing, right? However, the corporate media. 00:10:51.789 --> 00:10:54.730 started to spin this whole socialist thing. Ooh, 00:10:55.070 --> 00:10:59.590 spooky word. Oh no. Spooky. And even communist, 00:10:59.809 --> 00:11:02.529 with some of them, to them they just need a class 00:11:02.529 --> 00:11:05.970 on politics, but whatever. Yeah, they never passed 00:11:05.970 --> 00:11:08.590 civics. No, they clearly never did. They don't 00:11:08.590 --> 00:11:12.429 know the difference. Oh, you know, so anyway, 00:11:12.850 --> 00:11:16.360 socialism. Dirty bird. And the Magomines are 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:19.240 all hoping this will scare the shit out of Americans. 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:22.820 The only shot the Republicans have in 2026 is 00:11:22.820 --> 00:11:26.139 to peg Democrats as these radical, less radical, 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:29.820 socialist, leftist, commie bastards. And it scares 00:11:29.820 --> 00:11:32.639 Americans, more specifically the uneducated white 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:35.559 man, Christians, union workers, and of course 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:41.370 the richest 1%. But - subsections of human beings. 00:11:41.610 --> 00:11:45.710 Yes, correct. But the real question is are socialists 00:11:45.710 --> 00:11:48.210 and American democratic socialists the same thing? 00:11:48.929 --> 00:11:53.009 No. No, they're not. American democratic socialists 00:11:53.009 --> 00:11:54.809 and socialists are not necessarily the same thing, 00:11:54.830 --> 00:11:58.250 though. The terms are often used interchangeably 00:11:58.250 --> 00:12:02.830 in U .S. colloquial use, which can lead to confusion. 00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:05.620 The key distinctions lie in their approaches 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:08.179 to governance, economic systems, and methods 00:12:08.179 --> 00:12:11.019 used to achieve their goals. So for democratic 00:12:11.019 --> 00:12:14.080 socialists, like approach to governance. So democratic 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:16.740 socialists are committed to a democratic political 00:12:16.740 --> 00:12:19.820 system with civil liberties and free elections. 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:23.600 Shocking. Whoa. And aim to use that system to 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:26.159 enact change. They reject authoritarian regimes. 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:29.399 Okay, that's great. Often associated with the 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:32.019 historical implementation of quote -unquote socialism, 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:35.340 for example, the Soviet Union. Economic system, 00:12:35.539 --> 00:12:37.940 they generally advocate for a mixed economy that 00:12:37.940 --> 00:12:41.419 includes both private enterprise and public ownership 00:12:41.419 --> 00:12:43.899 of certain key industries such as energy and 00:12:43.899 --> 00:12:46.340 transportation. Oh, another shocker. Boy, what 00:12:46.340 --> 00:12:49.580 a deal breaker. Terrifying. It's just terrifying. 00:12:49.700 --> 00:12:52.080 It just makes me shudder. Their immediate policy 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:55.700 goals within the existing US system often align 00:12:55.700 --> 00:12:58.789 with social democratic policies such as Medicare 00:12:58.789 --> 00:13:02.490 for all, wow, what a concept. Tuition -free college 00:13:02.490 --> 00:13:05.409 and strong labor protections, which is why union 00:13:05.409 --> 00:13:07.970 guys just piss me off to no end. It's like these 00:13:07.970 --> 00:13:09.750 guys are trying to fight for them, and it's just 00:13:09.750 --> 00:13:12.230 like, but Mexicans vote red, and they're just 00:13:12.230 --> 00:13:14.330 idiots. Right. So if you're a union guy and you 00:13:14.330 --> 00:13:20.350 do that, you're an ass. Wake up. It chaps my 00:13:20.350 --> 00:13:22.830 hide of all the people that vote the other way 00:13:22.830 --> 00:13:25.919 and why they do it. Stop being an asshole. I 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:28.679 have first -hand experience with that being a 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:31.639 union worker surrounded by union workers And 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:33.700 I try not to talk politics with them because 00:13:33.700 --> 00:13:36.419 I know which way they all lean. Oh sure anytime 00:13:36.419 --> 00:13:39.840 We get on the subject we talk about the economy 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:45.080 and wages They all get it They all get it. They're 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:47.360 like, yeah, the American working class is being 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:50.220 abused and exploited and, you know, none of us 00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:52.059 are really paid enough, especially with rising 00:13:52.059 --> 00:13:54.600 costs of living. And I'm like, oh, so you get 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:56.379 it. Then why the fuck are you voting for the 00:13:56.379 --> 00:14:00.980 dude that's destroying the small hint, the remainder 00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:04.720 of power that the workers hold? What the fuck's 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:07.440 wrong with you? Part of Project 2025, which is 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:09.960 supported by the Red Hats, is the elimination 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:12.679 of unions. Right. They don't want unions. They 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:14.480 want nothing to do with unions. Trump's been 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:18.600 a union buster since the 80s. And they keep voting. 00:14:18.779 --> 00:14:22.240 I mean, the stupidity is shocking. It really 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:25.360 is shocking. And there's a lot of union leadership 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:27.840 that will toe the line, that will preach the 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:31.120 right things. Yet the union guys all go... Ah, 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:33.100 but Mexicans, and then they vote the other way. 00:14:33.220 --> 00:14:35.320 I mean, you guys are so stupid. And it starts 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:38.620 with indoctrination, essentially, because whether 00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:41.440 you grew up with your parents watching Fox News, 00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:43.960 or you're in this really fucked up timeline we're 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:48.200 in now, where, what is it, Prager? Is in, like, 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:52.100 children's schools? Yeah. It's fucking insane. 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:55.740 Yes. You're literally brain - This is like CIA 00:14:55.740 --> 00:14:59.820 shit! You're brainwashing children! Yes. Yep, 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:02.679 that's the goal. Start young. And then by the 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:05.500 time they're in their teens, you have an army. 00:15:05.539 --> 00:15:08.620 Right. Is basically what you have. But anyway, 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:11.100 at any rate, tuition -free college, strong labor 00:15:11.100 --> 00:15:14.700 protections, which implemented the reforms rather 00:15:14.700 --> 00:15:18.100 than immediate end to capitalism, right? So that's 00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:21.340 the idea. Long -term goals. Well, some are... 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:24.480 Content with a robust welfare state, a social 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:27.059 democracy, the Democratic Socialists of America, 00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:29.940 DSA, the largest socialist organization in the 00:15:29.940 --> 00:15:33.080 United States, explicitly states that its long 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:36.059 -term goal is to transition beyond capitalism 00:15:36.059 --> 00:15:39.539 to a system where the means of production are 00:15:39.539 --> 00:15:41.899 socially and collectively owned and managed by 00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:45.259 the working class. The Green Bay Packers, perfect 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:49.700 example. The transition is envisioned as a democratic 00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:53.279 process, not a violent revolution. Right. How 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:56.840 is any of this scary or spooky? I don't get it. 00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:59.980 But now let's look at Socialist. in general, 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:02.460 the classic or traditional version, right? So 00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:04.740 the approach to governance, traditional classic 00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:08.740 socialism as an ideology, advocates for the complete 00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:12.200 abolition of private ownership of the means of 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:14.580 production, distribution, exchange with the state 00:16:14.580 --> 00:16:17.639 or the workers collectively controlling the economy. 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:21.159 Historically, some forms of socialism have been 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:24.440 associated with centralized one party or authoritarian 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:27.139 states. which is what we're trying to avoid, 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:30.340 though philosophical socialism itself emphasizes 00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:34.320 democracy and popular control. Right. Economic 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:38.269 system, classical socialism typically involves 00:16:38.269 --> 00:16:40.750 a planned economy where the government makes 00:16:40.750 --> 00:16:43.350 key economic decisions to eradicate private ownership 00:16:43.350 --> 00:16:47.490 and achieve a classless society. And then the 00:16:47.490 --> 00:16:49.950 methods, traditional socialism may be more inclined 00:16:49.950 --> 00:16:52.450 towards revolutionary change to overthrow an 00:16:52.450 --> 00:16:55.009 existing capitalist order rather than working 00:16:55.009 --> 00:16:58.919 within it through gradual reforms. So, in summary, 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:01.639 the term socialist can refer to a broad spectrum 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:04.299 of ideologies, some of which are anti -democratic 00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:07.359 or revolutionary. Democratic socialist, particularly 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:10.220 in the modern American context, as represented 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:14.160 by figures like Bernie Sanders and AOC, emphasizes 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:17.059 achieving socialist goals through the democratic 00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:20.559 process and primarily focuses on implementing 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:24.180 a strong social safety net and increased government 00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:26.700 regulation of the economy within a democratic 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:30.920 framework. So in conclusion, don't listen to 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:33.220 the mainstream media. Don't fall for the right 00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:36.640 scare tactics. Democratic socialism is not a 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:41.759 dirty word. It's not spooky language for people 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:44.500 struggling to make it, unable to buy insurance, 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:48.500 a car, a home, or those in this disappearing 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:52.680 middle class. In my mind, you have one choice. 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:55.980 You've got one choice here. Right. In 2026 and 00:17:55.980 --> 00:18:00.039 2028 are going to shape the next century. I'm 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:03.099 not fucking around here. It is going to shape 00:18:03.099 --> 00:18:06.500 the next century. Whether this is going to be 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:09.920 some sort of dictatorship where people have zero 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:13.539 power and there is just this president that can 00:18:13.539 --> 00:18:16.079 kind of do whatever the hell he wants, like a 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:18.980 king. No king. See how that happened. Right. 00:18:20.789 --> 00:18:24.910 So, that's it. 26 and 28, it takes me back to 00:18:24.910 --> 00:18:27.210 Marvel. It's the end game, right? I mean, that's 00:18:27.210 --> 00:18:29.269 either the American people are gonna do the right 00:18:29.269 --> 00:18:32.309 thing, or they're not, and if they don't, then 00:18:32.309 --> 00:18:33.950 they're gonna sit there, and their kids are gonna 00:18:33.950 --> 00:18:36.849 sit there, wandering for decades, or grandkids, 00:18:37.250 --> 00:18:39.849 like, oh, what the fuck is wrong with this country? 00:18:40.029 --> 00:18:43.829 Well, your parents effed up, and the boomers 00:18:43.829 --> 00:18:49.400 effed up, and this is where we're at. And we 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:52.339 need to be done with it. Yeah, and it's, you 00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:57.200 mentioned earlier on ignoring mainstream news 00:18:57.200 --> 00:19:00.640 media. I think that's highly important because 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:07.619 CNN, Fox News, NBC, CNBC, they're all owned by 00:19:07.619 --> 00:19:10.240 billionaire oligarchs. Yes, correct. They all 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:15.700 are. And their best interest is to keep capitalist 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:19.369 -friendly bought and paid for politicians in 00:19:19.369 --> 00:19:22.390 power Yes, so the news you're being fed from 00:19:22.390 --> 00:19:24.809 those stations is what they want you to hear 00:19:24.809 --> 00:19:28.650 to keep you to keep you docile or Make you think 00:19:28.650 --> 00:19:30.809 everything is everything's gonna be a okay. Don't 00:19:30.809 --> 00:19:33.269 even worry about it. Mm -hmm That's not that 00:19:33.269 --> 00:19:36.890 like literally it would have taken Take a half 00:19:36.890 --> 00:19:39.690 hour. That's my request to to all you lovely 00:19:39.690 --> 00:19:42.769 listeners who are Doubtful of the information 00:19:42.769 --> 00:19:46.700 presented thus far take 30 minutes of your day, 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:48.940 after the show, of course, you know, funny bits 00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:52.539 coming up, but take 30 minutes. Do, and I know 00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:54.640 do your own research is a dangerous thing to 00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:56.519 say because some people don't know where to look. 00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:59.200 Right. And you can go down the wrong Reddit rabbit 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:01.640 hole. Right. You need to find peer -reviewed 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:04.920 studies. You need to find scientific papers. 00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:08.180 Wikipedia is a great place to go for this type 00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:10.819 of information because every source is cited. 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:15.240 Yes. Look up what socialism is. Right. Look up 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:20.099 what a commune is. You will be amazed at how 00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:25.079 fucking logical it all is. Yeah, and I will suggest 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:28.099 this. There's this place. It has a lot of books. 00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:31.599 It's called a library. And you can go to the 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:36.140 library and you can get academic books on the 00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:38.359 subject. Don't be like, oh, here's something 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:41.619 that Hannity wrote. Well... Now you're at the 00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:44.180 library and you're still an idiot. Right. Don't 00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:45.980 fall for that. And I just bring up handy could 00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:49.259 be someone on the left to pick up an academic 00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:52.859 book, read the definitions, read some of the 00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:55.599 shit that I just talked about, and figure it 00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:58.099 out for yourself because they're not trying to 00:20:58.099 --> 00:21:00.160 do this thing that's going to be all spooky and 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:03.700 be like, oh, no, and now we don't have a democratic 00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:06.039 society. Well, we're not. We really don't have 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:10.549 one right now. Right. And I would rather us go 00:21:10.549 --> 00:21:13.730 down this path with AOC and Bernie and Mom Donnie 00:21:13.730 --> 00:21:17.569 and some of the others being a leader on this 00:21:17.569 --> 00:21:20.250 because we need it. We need it now more than 00:21:20.250 --> 00:21:23.470 ever. And Canada and the UK and so many other 00:21:23.470 --> 00:21:26.049 countries, they're doing it and they've been 00:21:26.049 --> 00:21:29.849 doing it successfully. So I don't understand 00:21:29.849 --> 00:21:32.130 what's so scary or spooky about it. I think of 00:21:32.130 --> 00:21:34.589 my Canadian friends and I'm like, they enjoy 00:21:34.589 --> 00:21:38.210 the same freedoms we do. if not more, and they 00:21:38.210 --> 00:21:40.269 can go to the doctor and they just show up and 00:21:40.269 --> 00:21:42.650 they sign in and they're not handing a massive 00:21:42.650 --> 00:21:46.269 check or cash over. Or having to declare bankruptcy. 00:21:46.349 --> 00:21:49.109 Or declare bankruptcy. And they own a home and 00:21:49.109 --> 00:21:53.170 they own a car and they take vacations. And so 00:21:53.170 --> 00:21:56.910 just stop it. Whatever is leeching into your 00:21:56.910 --> 00:21:59.789 brain from mass media and other places, just 00:21:59.789 --> 00:22:03.910 stop because it's not that. It's not that. And 00:22:03.910 --> 00:22:07.869 if we live in a world where maybe the billionaires 00:22:07.869 --> 00:22:11.509 just have a few billion less and Maybe the people 00:22:11.509 --> 00:22:13.329 that live on tents in the street that work at 00:22:13.329 --> 00:22:15.789 7 -eleven and McDonald's now can afford some 00:22:15.789 --> 00:22:18.710 sort of apartment or small home That's a fucking 00:22:18.710 --> 00:22:21.309 win, man. You're making him part of the consumer 00:22:21.309 --> 00:22:22.609 class. So why wouldn't the billionaires like 00:22:22.609 --> 00:22:24.970 that? Anyway, I don't get it. I don't get it 00:22:24.970 --> 00:22:28.730 No, and while you're at the library or you're 00:22:28.730 --> 00:22:32.670 taking your 30 minutes of research look up books 00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:37.440 Or articles that reference and talk about techno 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:40.500 -feudalism and techno -fascism. Because if you're 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:42.880 one of the types, oh, I get my news from Facebook. 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:45.039 It's not the same. Oh, I get my news from Reddit. 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:48.359 Well, guess what? Yo, who owns them? Billionaires. 00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:51.480 Billionaires, right. The same people that own 00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:56.140 the mainstream media. Yep. Go read books. Go 00:22:56.140 --> 00:23:01.539 look at cited scientific papers. Please. Yeah, 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:04.539 please do that. Please do that because that's 00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:07.839 that's how you learn. Okay, and I know the information 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:09.819 is probably gonna be dry It's not gonna be sexy. 00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:12.220 It's not gonna be condensed into a couple of 00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:15.799 news reports for your pleasure It's it's it's 00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:17.619 gonna be kind of dry and hey, maybe there's some 00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:20.619 books on tape. Maybe you whatever work you have 00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:23.940 you Drive around or whatever I'm sure there's 00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:26.680 things even on tape or CD or whatever that you 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:28.779 can get and throw in your car and listen to some 00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:33.039 stuff to you but point of fact is just do a little 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:35.400 bit of the work, you know, before just be like, 00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:39.019 oh, well, Fox & Friends, well, if Fox & Friends 00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:43.259 is a source for you, then the stuff in between 00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:46.940 your ears, that's not brain tissue, it's called 00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:49.160 Cheez Whiz. It's goop. It's goop. It's goop, 00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:51.980 brother. You've allowed them to melt your brain. 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:53.799 And even if you're one of those people, you'll 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:56.220 be like, oh, I'm not real bright. You got a brain, 00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:59.200 dude. You blink your eyes. You can swallow. You 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:02.119 can eat food. You know when to poop. Right. Your 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:04.700 brain works. All right? So just take your time 00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:06.380 and do the reading and do the understanding. 00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:08.339 And then when your goofy fox and friends come 00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:10.180 over and they're like, oh, did you hear blah, 00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.859 blah, blah? Then you can throw some knowledge 00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:13.339 right at them and they're not going to know what 00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:14.900 to do. Right. They're going to be like, what? 00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:17.099 Where did you get that? Oh, from a peer -reviewed 00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:20.259 study, actually, from Harvard in 2021. Yeah. 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:22.819 What are they going to do? They're going to be 00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:25.140 like, oh, this guy's smart. Right. Well, that's 00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:27.920 not what Jesse McWhorter's told me. Yeah, well, 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:30.660 let's just talk about the Eagles. Right. Great, 00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:33.559 yeah. It'll devolve into that, trust me. Oh, 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:36.660 it always does. Yeah. Yeah, and there are so 00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:39.440 many times, too, that, and I used to get more 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:41.440 discussions than I do today, because now when 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:44.859 I hear certain things, and I do not at all mean 00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:48.339 to be smug when I say this, I'll just know they're 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:50.839 not qualified to debate me, and I'm not being 00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:53.099 an ass when I say it, I'm being completely honest. 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:55.980 I love intelligent discourse, I love meeting 00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:58.619 smart people out in the wild, even if they're 00:24:58.619 --> 00:25:01.079 on the right. We know people on the right, they're 00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:03.640 not on the far right, and I can have like Bill 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:06.900 Cottschway to do a sports show with. Great dude, 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:10.500 he's on the right, but he's not a red hat wearing 00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:13.819 right, and I've had discussions on law and things 00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:17.369 like that with him. I can do that. Because number 00:25:17.369 --> 00:25:19.089 one, I know he's not a crazy red hat. Number 00:25:19.089 --> 00:25:21.849 two, he's a very smart guy. So I can have conversations. 00:25:22.049 --> 00:25:24.109 Aidan's got friends like that, then he can have 00:25:24.109 --> 00:25:27.950 these conversations with. But that's rare. You're 00:25:27.950 --> 00:25:31.049 gonna find more people that just have had this 00:25:31.049 --> 00:25:33.289 information leech into their brain from mass 00:25:33.289 --> 00:25:35.869 media. So you're not always gonna find that. 00:25:36.609 --> 00:25:39.650 But yeah, there's just a lot of times where I'll 00:25:39.650 --> 00:25:42.430 be out there and I'll just make that decision 00:25:42.430 --> 00:25:47.190 not to engage people anymore. Because no matter 00:25:47.190 --> 00:25:49.349 what you tell them, they're brainwashed. So you're 00:25:49.349 --> 00:25:51.930 not gonna change your mind. Facts are beyond 00:25:51.930 --> 00:25:55.950 the comprehension of someone who has been indoctrinated 00:25:55.950 --> 00:25:59.609 and brainwashed. Correct. By these organizations. 00:26:00.369 --> 00:26:03.450 Because they've been fed this bullshit for how 00:26:03.450 --> 00:26:06.390 many years? Maybe decades? Yeah, oh for sure. 00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:08.180 You start bringing up peer -reviewed studies, 00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:10.940 oh, that's big science, that's not real. Trust 00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:12.960 me, this shit started with Carl - If it didn't 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:15.339 come from Newsmax, I don't want to hear it. It 00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:19.140 started with Carl Rove, with George W, back in 00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:22.039 the early 2K, so what is that, 20 plus years 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:24.240 ago? Right. That all of this has been starting, 00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:27.599 and they've done nothing but amp it up. They 00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:30.500 just continued to amp it up along the way and 00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:32.799 I don't think John McCain is a red hat by any 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:35.380 stretch the imagination But he put one on his 00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:39.000 ticket. Yeah crazy the hockey mom from Alaska 00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:41.839 and that was another sign like oh god I hope 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:44.000 that's not what's coming and guess what it was 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:47.309 coming. Yep And we should have seen it. We shouldn't 00:26:47.309 --> 00:26:49.829 have been like, oh, that's an anomaly and a bunch 00:26:49.829 --> 00:26:52.069 of guys must have just talked McCain into it 00:26:52.069 --> 00:26:54.670 and that's what happened. And I think there's 00:26:54.670 --> 00:26:56.170 probably some truth to that. McCain was getting 00:26:56.170 --> 00:26:58.309 a little bit up there in age and probably just 00:26:58.309 --> 00:27:00.410 relied on his people. Right. And they're like, 00:27:00.490 --> 00:27:02.130 oh, well, there's a lot of crazies out there. 00:27:02.269 --> 00:27:05.390 We got to appeal to them. Yeah. And sure as shit, 00:27:05.390 --> 00:27:09.369 that's what they did. But yeah, I mean, now we're 00:27:09.369 --> 00:27:11.670 here, dude. We're here. And we just need to make 00:27:11.670 --> 00:27:14.490 the right decision, 26 and 28, and get it right. 00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:18.579 And then maybe it is my hope at that point after 00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:20.160 this. I can't even call it Blue Wave. I think 00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:22.880 it's gonna be a freaking tsunami. After all that 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:28.099 happens, it is my hope that some people, I don't 00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:32.579 know, like led by Liz Cheney or Adam Kinzinger 00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:34.779 or maybe some others that have kind of taken 00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:38.339 a step back and out to be like, okay, we gotta 00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:42.940 redo the party. We gotta redo the party and... 00:27:42.829 --> 00:27:46.410 As conservatism goes, at least the old version, 00:27:46.789 --> 00:27:49.670 like the Eisenhower -Reagan version, there were 00:27:49.670 --> 00:27:52.529 some policies, procedures, things they did that 00:27:52.529 --> 00:27:55.869 were not terrible. They did some terrible things, 00:27:56.369 --> 00:28:01.690 but ultimately, like the whole idea about conservatism, 00:28:01.809 --> 00:28:05.069 at least 1960s, 70s, 80s version of it, wasn't 00:28:05.069 --> 00:28:07.859 terrible. It was just it was opposite of a lot 00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:09.480 of the stuff the left did. But you know what 00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:11.180 they did back then because they weren't that 00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:13.660 far apart. These work together. Be like, oh, 00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:15.420 shit. OK, I'm not going to get that. But I'll 00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:17.799 support that if you support this. Cool. And then 00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:19.920 at least America was always able to move the 00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:22.539 football down the field, even if you not didn't 00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:24.759 always get what you wanted. But now we're in 00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:26.940 a spot where it's like, OK, this is just not 00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:29.240 going to happen. Right. It's just we can't work 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:32.640 with that side. So what do we do? You listen 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:35.789 to Bernie finally. Yeah. What you do. Now we're 00:28:35.789 --> 00:28:37.549 gonna listen to them. Yeah, hopefully it's just 00:28:37.549 --> 00:28:40.650 not a decade too late Because I've been preaching 00:28:40.650 --> 00:28:43.869 it might for 10 plus years. It might be But we're 00:28:43.869 --> 00:28:45.369 gonna we're gonna find out. Yeah, we're gonna 00:28:45.369 --> 00:28:48.609 find out we're gonna find out that There are 00:28:48.609 --> 00:28:52.210 enough people of goodwill out there People that 00:28:52.210 --> 00:28:54.009 are being damaged by all the shit that's going 00:28:54.009 --> 00:28:57.329 on. It's amazing to me farmers buy like an eight 00:28:57.329 --> 00:29:00.250 to Like a, I can't even say eight to ten because 00:29:00.250 --> 00:29:02.529 that would be four to five. I hated fractions. 00:29:03.849 --> 00:29:06.170 But it'd be like four to five or nine to ten 00:29:06.170 --> 00:29:10.869 in support of Trump. And what jerks they must 00:29:10.869 --> 00:29:14.089 feel like. knowing that all these policies and 00:29:14.089 --> 00:29:16.470 tariffs and everything else have effed them beyond 00:29:16.470 --> 00:29:19.170 belief. And here's the thing. It's like, oh, 00:29:19.190 --> 00:29:21.490 here's all these tariffs. These trillions are 00:29:21.490 --> 00:29:22.549 coming at, well, yeah, where are they going? 00:29:22.670 --> 00:29:24.329 Are they in your pocket? I haven't seen any trillions. 00:29:24.890 --> 00:29:26.490 There's no accountability. Nobody's going to 00:29:26.490 --> 00:29:28.710 report anything. They're building a fancy ballroom 00:29:28.710 --> 00:29:29.329 for all the great Gatsby parties. They're building 00:29:29.329 --> 00:29:31.910 a fancy ballroom that's almost, oh, God, don't 00:29:31.910 --> 00:29:35.170 even get me started there. But the point being 00:29:35.170 --> 00:29:39.839 is that Oh, before Gatsby, what was I talking 00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:42.119 about? I lost my train of thought for a hot second. 00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:44.700 Where all the trillions are going, the farmers, 00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:47.140 the tariffs. The farmers. So you had the farmers 00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:50.259 that supported Trump, and now they're just sitting 00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:52.859 there and they're either filing bankruptcy, or 00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:54.380 they're trying to go to the government for money. 00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:56.460 I'm like, well, that money just went to freaking 00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:59.759 Argentina, 40 billion dollars of it. You know, 00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:01.500 and he's trying to be like, oh, we're going to 00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:03.279 get their beef. Okay, Texas, how do you feel 00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:06.720 about that? Exactly. All to support a far -right 00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:09.650 libertarian whose economy failed. Isn't that 00:30:09.650 --> 00:30:12.930 interesting? Yes. Oh my goodness. Right. Because 00:30:12.930 --> 00:30:14.789 he's used to failure. Look at all the businesses 00:30:14.789 --> 00:30:17.970 of his that went bankrupt. But I digress. The 00:30:17.970 --> 00:30:19.609 point being is there's so many people that have 00:30:19.609 --> 00:30:21.549 supported him that really have to take a hard 00:30:21.549 --> 00:30:25.069 look and say, holy shit, I gave this guy my vote, 00:30:25.289 --> 00:30:28.289 maybe not once, maybe twice, and here we are. 00:30:28.829 --> 00:30:32.220 And do you know? there are more registered Republicans 00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:35.140 on SNAP programs than registered Democrats. Right. 00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:37.460 It was just the other day. By a fair margin. 00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:41.359 By a fair margin. So I'm sorry, but you just 00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:43.640 went and voted. We went to the Supreme Court 00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:46.039 stomping your feet. I don't like it. I don't 00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:48.000 like it. And then the Supreme Court's like, OK, 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:50.400 yeah, F it. You don't have to give the SNAP funds. 00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:52.859 Right. So now you're telling Republican families 00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:55.140 living in double wides or little small ranches 00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:57.779 on the highway down there in Alabama, and they're 00:30:57.779 --> 00:31:00.480 sitting there and they're going hungry. Right. 00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:03.200 Because you don't want to help them. And what 00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:05.740 about all these families? There's just as many 00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:11.720 on on Obamacare than Democrats once again. And 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:14.039 now what are you telling them? If the premiums 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:16.619 haven't gone up, they've lost it. Right. All 00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:20.140 the Medicaid programs gone. So what are they 00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:22.750 going to do? Hey a little Bobby he got sick. 00:31:22.869 --> 00:31:24.650 I don't know where to go. Well guess what little 00:31:24.650 --> 00:31:26.670 that you know little Bobby you can just bury 00:31:26.670 --> 00:31:28.690 him Yeah, you just bury him because you know 00:31:28.690 --> 00:31:30.690 you've got nowhere to go right because the guy 00:31:30.690 --> 00:31:33.009 you voted for does not give two shits about you 00:31:33.009 --> 00:31:35.750 Nope, he gives two shits about his other rich 00:31:35.750 --> 00:31:38.569 people that are gonna give him money But that's 00:31:38.569 --> 00:31:42.109 it. Yeah, and everybody was too stupid and brainwashed 00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:45.940 You know, this faux hatred of Hispanics coming 00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:48.099 over the border and they're rapists and they're 00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:50.220 eating your cats and dogs. I mean, people really 00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:53.339 believe this shit. Right. I cannot believe it. 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:57.900 No, it's fucking crazy. But to be fair, think 00:31:57.900 --> 00:32:00.640 about how weird Kamala Ha - like, laughed that 00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:03.779 one time. Am I right? I know, right? Oh my goodness. 00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:06.920 Yep. She could never be president. Think about 00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:10.559 the laugh. Kamala had a laugh, which apparently 00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:12.980 for some people was too much. Who was the one 00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:18.019 guy? Oh my god. Back in the 2000s that had the, 00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:22.000 like, the scream, the Dean scream. Yeah, yeah, 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:24.799 yeah. It's like Harry Dean. Harry Dean. And we're 00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:29.079 going to D .C. Oh god, he had a crazy laugh. 00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:32.460 I'm like, but that... It's the same shit. You're 00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:36.140 picking something so asinine to bury someone 00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:39.200 with. The Dean screamed. Dean seemed like a chill 00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:42.119 dude. He seemed fine. He seemed fine. He seemed 00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:44.180 excited to get in the fucking DC. He was always 00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:46.220 excited and intense about stuff, right? Didn't 00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:47.859 matter. He's like, oh my god, this guy, did you 00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:50.960 hear him? Yeah! Always something that they would 00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:53.200 grasp, you know? It's like, oh, there's Sleepy 00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:55.460 Joe. Well, I got a news for you people that we're 00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:58.519 all like, haha, Sleepy Joe. Guampa Twump just 00:32:58.519 --> 00:33:00.480 had a widow nap in front of the whole world. 00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:03.200 Right. I mean, that dude crashed the fuck out. 00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:06.390 After side -eyeing someone who had... Passed 00:33:06.390 --> 00:33:09.430 out in the office passed out because number one. 00:33:09.569 --> 00:33:11.910 It's probably hot as hell number two He's shitting 00:33:11.910 --> 00:33:14.250 in his drawers all the time So it's probably 00:33:14.250 --> 00:33:16.309 like wow this place smells like shit, and he 00:33:16.309 --> 00:33:18.670 probably passed out and then Trump looked over 00:33:18.670 --> 00:33:20.849 there for like a hot second They went I better 00:33:20.849 --> 00:33:23.230 just stare at the cameras, and they're like cool 00:33:23.230 --> 00:33:26.319 click click you look like an idiot. Yep It's 00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:29.400 unbelievable. Like, Hillary tripped going into 00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:31.740 a fucking limo one time. Like, oh my god, is 00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:34.859 she okay? She okay? Oh my god. What about her 00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:37.480 health? She must have a stroke. Yeah, well, half 00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:40.400 of her face isn't fucking drooping down like 00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:43.019 a Salvador Dali painting. Yeah. But the guy we 00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:47.039 got in there now is. It's crazy. Every accusation 00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:51.819 is a confession with these fucks. Yes. Yes. It's 00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:54.799 absolutely... Ridiculous. It's almost like I 00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:57.779 long for the days of GW when he used to do just 00:33:57.779 --> 00:34:00.119 a little stupid shit. You know, Iraqis throw 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:03.259 their shoes at him and shit. This is like, that 00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:06.339 was the worst it ever got. Fool me once, shame 00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:10.820 on you. Fool me twice, you can't get fooled again. 00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:14.699 It's like, thank you George W. I mean, that was 00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:16.199 the thing. It's like, look, a lot of his policies 00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:19.699 are bad and 0708 was a shit show beyond belief. 00:34:20.309 --> 00:34:23.510 But ultimately, I don't think he was evil. I 00:34:23.510 --> 00:34:25.909 don't think he wanted to be a dictator. I think 00:34:25.909 --> 00:34:28.449 most times he tried to do the right thing. I 00:34:28.449 --> 00:34:29.690 think he had evil people around him. I think 00:34:29.690 --> 00:34:31.309 he had evil, that's the fair point. I think he 00:34:31.309 --> 00:34:33.650 had evil people around him. But you looked at 00:34:33.650 --> 00:34:36.969 GW, just as an average person, and be like, oh, 00:34:36.989 --> 00:34:39.050 I would fucking have beers and a barbecue with 00:34:39.050 --> 00:34:41.429 that guy in a heartbeat. That dude looks like 00:34:41.429 --> 00:34:44.289 a trip. And you look at the guy today, and it's 00:34:44.289 --> 00:34:46.360 just like... If he came up to you, would you 00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:47.900 shake his hand? I'd be like, fuck no. Right. 00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:50.619 Would you bring your child around this man? No. 00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:55.059 No. No way. No, not at all. Nope. Nope. Not at 00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:58.980 all. Not at all. You want dirty word? Trump. 00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:02.139 Yeah. Exactly. There's your dirty word. All right. 00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:06.679 Well, we calm down and we breathe. And we get 00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:08.420 some funny bits, although some of those were 00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:10.800 pretty funny bits. You know what's kind of crazy? 00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:12.980 People could listen to this podcast on their 00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:16.960 way to the library. That's very true. You can 00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:20.260 listen to this on your way to the library going, 00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:23.500 well, I'm going to look. Surely they must be 00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:25.539 wrong. There's got to be books talking about 00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:28.260 this. I'm going to get this book here and I'm 00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:31.380 going to, holy shit, they're right. So that's 00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:34.409 fine. That's the hope is maybe. read a book. 00:35:34.889 --> 00:35:39.849 Yes, Aidan is my son and often biased about my 00:35:39.849 --> 00:35:42.769 children, but I know he's an incredibly smart 00:35:42.769 --> 00:35:46.090 individual that reads a lot. And I already know 00:35:46.090 --> 00:35:49.730 that I'm somewhat bright. I went to a very, very 00:35:49.730 --> 00:35:53.530 good university in the city of Chicago and history 00:35:53.530 --> 00:35:55.530 and politics and all that kind of good stuff. 00:35:57.849 --> 00:36:01.630 I kind of know what I'm talking about right especially 00:36:01.630 --> 00:36:06.289 as as it is it pertains to political ideologies 00:36:06.289 --> 00:36:08.150 and history and things that have worked in history 00:36:08.150 --> 00:36:10.510 and things that haven't and Hey, we're supposed 00:36:10.510 --> 00:36:13.449 to learn from the shit that we haven't now now 00:36:13.449 --> 00:36:16.510 now we're Americans are often the little kid 00:36:16.510 --> 00:36:18.929 in the kitchen when it comes to history because 00:36:18.929 --> 00:36:24.670 we touch the hot stove and then and then You 00:36:24.670 --> 00:36:27.429 know get daddy daddy bush or daddy obama be like 00:36:27.429 --> 00:36:29.889 no see you don't you don't touch the hot stove 00:36:29.889 --> 00:36:34.389 Oh, and then 20 minutes later. We go, huh? We 00:36:34.389 --> 00:36:36.730 don't learn we should learn from history. It's 00:36:36.730 --> 00:36:42.250 not It's not we as in we it's we as in people 00:36:42.250 --> 00:36:45.269 who wear red hats on their head and Largely yes, 00:36:45.489 --> 00:36:47.570 and before they wore the red hats on their head 00:36:48.409 --> 00:36:52.090 You know, they just showed their racism and stupidity 00:36:52.090 --> 00:36:54.710 in other unique ways. Oh, they did. Yeah. Oh, 00:36:54.710 --> 00:36:57.809 they did. Once again, read a book. A lot of that 00:36:57.809 --> 00:37:00.090 there. An image speaks a thousand words. You 00:37:00.090 --> 00:37:06.010 can Google search the riots that happened in 00:37:06.010 --> 00:37:11.030 the 60s when black Americans were allowed to 00:37:11.030 --> 00:37:15.110 go to school with white Americans. People fucking 00:37:15.110 --> 00:37:17.929 rioted. Yep, they had to fight their way through 00:37:17.929 --> 00:37:20.150 the door for an education most of those people 00:37:20.150 --> 00:37:22.630 Well some of those people are still alive today 00:37:22.630 --> 00:37:26.210 and still voting and still voting still voting 00:37:26.210 --> 00:37:28.829 That's that's the biggest problem is that there's 00:37:28.829 --> 00:37:31.670 a lot of them 60 70s 80s, which is why I mentioned 00:37:31.670 --> 00:37:33.769 boomers on occasion Yeah, does that mean every 00:37:33.769 --> 00:37:35.590 single boomer is a bad person now Bernie's a 00:37:35.590 --> 00:37:40.579 boomer. I love Bernie but largely there are many 00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:44.019 of them that lived through that time and were 00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:46.440 partially responsible and or supported or believed 00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:49.840 in a lot of that bullshit. And so what did they 00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:54.159 do? They had kids. Those kids were Gen Xers. 00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:58.940 Now, as a Gen Xer, we largely said F it to everything 00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:02.039 and we've largely kept out of the fray. You'll 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:05.300 find when it comes to Congress and the Senate, 00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:09.760 the number of Gen Xers in both Very limited. 00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:13.440 Yeah, very limited because as a generation and 00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:18.219 I often Just kind of just put a broad stamp on 00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:21.219 some of these comments, but largely us Gen Xers 00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:24.210 kind of go Nah, fuck that shit. And we just bounce, 00:38:24.329 --> 00:38:27.050 and we're out of it, and we are specialists at 00:38:27.050 --> 00:38:29.630 things like the Irish goodbye, and we just like, 00:38:30.070 --> 00:38:32.130 we're not part of it. We're like, you guys have 00:38:32.130 --> 00:38:35.570 effed it up, and we had some ideas, and you pooh 00:38:35.570 --> 00:38:37.869 -poohed them, so we're just a cool man. We're 00:38:37.869 --> 00:38:41.190 just gonna sit over here and eff it. And so now 00:38:41.190 --> 00:38:43.909 the millennials and the Gen Z -ers are left with 00:38:43.909 --> 00:38:47.369 a pile of dog shit to try to fix. Right. And 00:38:47.369 --> 00:38:49.690 hopefully you guys will. Hopefully. I'm hoping. 00:38:50.289 --> 00:38:52.510 Because I'm gonna get old and I'm gonna need 00:38:52.510 --> 00:38:54.809 health care and I'm gonna need other so mom Donnie 00:38:54.809 --> 00:38:57.170 if you get hey You got bros and sisters that 00:38:57.170 --> 00:38:59.650 they would get them in man. Yeah get them in 00:38:59.650 --> 00:39:02.909 and involved And and once again, that's something 00:39:02.909 --> 00:39:05.969 I've shared to and I think it's fair is that 00:39:05.969 --> 00:39:09.809 if you are involved if You know you volunteer 00:39:09.809 --> 00:39:11.730 for certain things you believe in certain things 00:39:11.730 --> 00:39:13.510 you stand on a corner with an o Kings or whatever 00:39:13.510 --> 00:39:16.730 you do Get involved you put yourself on a ballot 00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:18.840 What's the worst thing gonna happen you lose? 00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:22.360 Okay, but you can try right, you know here in 00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:27.019 Valparaiso we had our city government flip and 00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:30.559 As far as the council But there's a guy that's 00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:32.260 gonna run for mayor this time out who I think's 00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:34.679 got a real shot and another guy who was going 00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:38.320 to unseat an Indiana representative who's just 00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:43.000 long been there and just been a bad seed, and 00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:45.820 a bad dude, and I think he's gonna replace him. 00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:48.579 So, once again, you just gotta try. You gotta 00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:50.800 try, and if you have the right messaging and 00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:54.260 you believe in it, and you just, you know, there's 00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:56.579 some people you're not gonna, that aren't going 00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:58.599 to buy what you're selling. But you know what, 00:39:58.599 --> 00:40:01.059 if you're honest and you're genuine, you're like, 00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:03.579 look, this is the way forward, you might just 00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:05.159 get a few of them, and that might be all you 00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:10.469 need. That's it. So hang in there and we're gonna 00:40:10.469 --> 00:40:19.949 take a break carpe diem coming up All right, 00:40:19.989 --> 00:40:22.690 we are back everybody and it is time for carpe 00:40:22.690 --> 00:40:25.469 diem you find beautiful people send us your DMS 00:40:25.469 --> 00:40:29.829 and we read them on the air and If it's a form 00:40:29.829 --> 00:40:33.199 of a question, we'll answer them. Well Mean we 00:40:33.199 --> 00:40:35.639 could we could answer them we have the capabilities 00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:37.940 to do so definitely have the capability to answer 00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:41.820 them and I mean Hey look, we could get 10 20 00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:43.780 30 and then we'll have to make some decisions. 00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:46.300 Oh, no, but but I'll be honest You know, there's 00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:48.119 a lot of times we all man. I have this really 00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:50.900 great question How can I get the guys the mark 00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:54.139 most show to answer my question and then I have 00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:56.280 two hands, right? And then in my left hand while 00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:58.320 there's nothing there. Oh, no, but then I look 00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:01.570 at my right hand and There's there's a hundo 00:41:01.570 --> 00:41:06.869 in there. No, and I go well Wow, how did oh? 00:41:07.309 --> 00:41:09.670 The next question on the water. Yeah, so you 00:41:09.670 --> 00:41:13.730 see how that works see that now that's the mentality 00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:16.980 The douchebag 1 % that we were just talking about 00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:18.699 we just talked about that too. Yeah, we just 00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:21.239 we just talked about that So yes a circle left. 00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:23.099 I've left the Democratic Socialist. I'm now one 00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:26.420 of the D bags and just for the segment just for 00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:29.519 the segment though only for the segment and You 00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:31.400 know, we'll take your credit card number store 00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:34.179 it properly. Of course, right? Well, you just 00:41:34.179 --> 00:41:36.699 send us your credit card Yeah, you can keep a 00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:39.400 photocopy of it for your records Yeah, but we'll 00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:40.699 keep it safe for you. We'll keep it safe for 00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:42.900 sure. Keep it safe along with your social security 00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:46.099 card. The card itself, of course. The card itself. 00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:48.300 Maybe the title to your car. Be a good idea. 00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:51.739 And the key and the vehicle. Do a quick claim 00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:54.139 deed on your house and just write it over to 00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:55.780 us. Write it over. We'll let you live there. 00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:58.719 But just over to us would be great. And then 00:41:58.719 --> 00:42:02.099 we'll store your amounts. Just on the side. That's 00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:05.099 a side gig. It's a side gig. We'll see we do 00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:07.219 mother store professional work. It is professional. 00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:10.139 It's most definitely professional But at any 00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:13.599 rate, so here we go. I've got what I got today 00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:16.539 Looks like I got four of them here at blue who? 00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:20.280 Hello, Mark Mo Show. I'm from New York and I'm 00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:23.219 so happy about Tuesday night. I actually cried. 00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:25.840 I feel like there is a glimmer of hope to fix 00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:28.179 what is broken. Do you think the Democratic Party 00:42:28.179 --> 00:42:30.599 can retake the House and Senate? Well, I think 00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:32.619 we kind of sort of already talked a little bit. 00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:36.170 This is true, Mr. Blue. Blue's Clues. I think 00:42:36.170 --> 00:42:42.650 so. The Blue's Clues. Mail time. And yeah, I 00:42:42.650 --> 00:42:45.289 think so. It's looking good. It's looking good. 00:42:45.489 --> 00:42:49.469 I would keep an eye out. Keep an eye out for 00:42:49.469 --> 00:42:53.369 the feds perhaps interfering with New York at 00:42:53.369 --> 00:42:55.409 all. They're gonna try. In the coming months 00:42:55.409 --> 00:42:59.570 because they're gonna try. Keep an eye on any 00:42:59.570 --> 00:43:02.550 weird bomb threats at voting centers. They did 00:43:02.550 --> 00:43:05.900 that in New Jersey, heavy. They did that in Jersey. 00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:10.159 Keep an eye out for any weird personnel at or 00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:13.239 around voting centers. Just document it all. 00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:16.920 Document it all and hopefully it will be a fair 00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:21.639 and free election cycle in 2026. That can at 00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:24.360 least be the hope. That's what we want. That's 00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:27.530 what we want and I'll tell you if... uh, you 00:43:27.530 --> 00:43:29.389 know, you get a lot of those ice guys and they 00:43:29.389 --> 00:43:32.429 start deploying them, uh, to a lot of election 00:43:32.429 --> 00:43:36.369 sites, uh, that, um, feel free to stand there. 00:43:36.690 --> 00:43:39.469 Yeah. You can stand there. You can't, you cannot 00:43:39.469 --> 00:43:43.090 promote specific parties or candidates. Correct. 00:43:43.489 --> 00:43:45.329 You stand there. Like if I wanted to stand there 00:43:45.329 --> 00:43:49.110 with, I don't know, my blue jeans and steel -toed 00:43:49.110 --> 00:43:51.909 boots and gloves and a baseball bat, just, oh 00:43:51.909 --> 00:43:53.949 yeah, I'm going to a softball game. Yeah. I'm 00:43:53.949 --> 00:43:55.650 allowed to be here. But I'm just gonna stand 00:43:55.650 --> 00:43:59.230 here for a while. Know your first and second 00:43:59.230 --> 00:44:02.869 and fourth and fifth amendment rights. All of 00:44:02.869 --> 00:44:07.349 that. All of it. And just make sure nobody tries 00:44:07.349 --> 00:44:09.909 to prevent you from voting. Right. Oh, by the 00:44:09.909 --> 00:44:14.150 way, separate, somewhat separate, apparently 00:44:14.150 --> 00:44:15.949 in Chicago, and this has been happening the last 00:44:15.949 --> 00:44:18.130 few days, because we're in Valparaiso, Indiana, 00:44:18.170 --> 00:44:21.170 which is basically like we're in Chicagoland. 00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:26.780 is what it is. Yeah. And so, in the city, ICE 00:44:26.780 --> 00:44:28.780 has been screwing with a lot of people. Right. 00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:34.019 And apparently, lately, they've been just standing 00:44:34.019 --> 00:44:39.440 on sidewalks, asking people for their information, 00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:44.679 for their ID, just walking on a sidewalk. That's 00:44:44.679 --> 00:44:49.099 Gestapo shit. That's like, let us see your papers. 00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:52.710 Right. No! No, you may not, that was more like 00:44:52.710 --> 00:44:57.530 a KGB guy, but whatever. My accent slipped into 00:44:57.530 --> 00:44:59.349 a Russian automatically. I almost had Putin on 00:44:59.349 --> 00:45:04.829 the brain, like Trump. So anyway, that's like, 00:45:04.949 --> 00:45:07.949 no. You're not legally required to do that. You 00:45:07.949 --> 00:45:11.869 don't have to provide your ID to these guys at 00:45:11.869 --> 00:45:15.750 all. At all. I don't care who you are. They get 00:45:15.750 --> 00:45:17.630 in your way, they ask you that, just sidestep 00:45:17.630 --> 00:45:19.250 them, be like, excuse me, sir, I'm gonna walk 00:45:19.250 --> 00:45:22.199 right by. Just walk right by them. They're not 00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:24.960 allowed to do that. That is some crazy shit. 00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:28.739 Right. So just say no. Know your rights, as Aidan 00:45:28.739 --> 00:45:32.340 said. Alright, on to Three Finger Louie. Oh, 00:45:32.340 --> 00:45:34.780 sorry about that, Louie. Oh, no. I am a musician 00:45:34.780 --> 00:45:37.840 in a few bands. What do you guys think are some 00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:40.920 of the biggest issues facing local bands today? 00:45:42.179 --> 00:45:45.840 Immediate number one problem. Artificial intelligence. 00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:52.460 AI and AI companies. are looking to commodify 00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:58.199 and destroy art as we know it true um it's it's 00:45:58.199 --> 00:46:03.519 kind of fucked up really that these these companies 00:46:03.519 --> 00:46:06.639 are not only scraping the internet for anything 00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:08.980 any human being has ever posted which essentially 00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:14.239 means stealing your art yes without any type 00:46:14.239 --> 00:46:17.719 of repayment for using it they are taking your 00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:22.300 art to feed data to their AI to replace artists. 00:46:22.820 --> 00:46:25.860 That, over the next five to ten years, is going 00:46:25.860 --> 00:46:28.360 to be a massive problem. I'm calling it right 00:46:28.360 --> 00:46:31.880 now. Massive problem. So I think that's going 00:46:31.880 --> 00:46:37.940 to be troubling, and it's terrifying. Yes. As 00:46:37.940 --> 00:46:40.380 someone that makes YouTube videos, as people 00:46:40.380 --> 00:46:43.280 that make podcasts, as someone that makes music, 00:46:43.619 --> 00:46:48.820 it's horrifying to think of. So I think that's, 00:46:48.920 --> 00:46:50.440 at least that's the first thing that comes to 00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:53.860 mind is something that really makes me terrified 00:46:53.860 --> 00:46:58.559 of this techno -fascist bullshit that just kind 00:46:58.559 --> 00:47:01.239 of seems to always be around the corner. Right, 00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:04.920 exactly. It really is. Now that was really good. 00:47:06.019 --> 00:47:08.440 Yeah. I agree with everything you say. That's 00:47:08.440 --> 00:47:10.820 a little more big picture. Yeah. Oh, for sure. 00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:14.500 No, but that's dead on. I think for a lot of 00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:18.800 local bands, the thing that is the problem, because 00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:21.260 there's a lot of bands that make really good 00:47:21.260 --> 00:47:25.260 music. The problem is if these bands, and I know 00:47:25.260 --> 00:47:28.360 one artist, he's a rapper. It's our boy Jacob. 00:47:28.360 --> 00:47:31.739 It's our boy Jacob. And I look at a lot of people 00:47:31.739 --> 00:47:36.599 that are very talented artists, but unless they 00:47:36.670 --> 00:47:39.690 kind of this is like an old school term quote 00:47:39.690 --> 00:47:42.170 unquote catch a break right unless they catch 00:47:42.170 --> 00:47:48.250 a break somewhere you have to have a uh you have 00:47:48.250 --> 00:47:50.110 to have a certain amount of money behind you 00:47:50.110 --> 00:47:53.889 and you have to have someone that's dedicated 00:47:53.889 --> 00:47:56.929 to your social media right not just like any 00:47:56.929 --> 00:47:58.630 band is like i will just throw shit up there 00:47:58.630 --> 00:48:02.289 whatever that's fine but If you have talent, 00:48:02.369 --> 00:48:04.210 you're like, hey, I think we maybe can take a 00:48:04.210 --> 00:48:06.469 next step here. We're really good. We even have 00:48:06.469 --> 00:48:09.610 some original stuff. You have to be able to get 00:48:09.610 --> 00:48:13.269 someone that is that social media is their profession, 00:48:13.670 --> 00:48:17.130 social media and marketing, and get someone to 00:48:17.130 --> 00:48:20.070 get you to that next step. It's super, super 00:48:20.070 --> 00:48:22.570 important, whether it's utilization of Instagram 00:48:22.570 --> 00:48:24.769 and TikTok and Facebook and all of it together. 00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:27.719 You have to get someone that's dedicated to doing 00:48:27.719 --> 00:48:31.260 that, and that takes money, too. Right. So, it's... 00:48:31.260 --> 00:48:36.199 I think, largely, it's money, and it's the ability 00:48:36.199 --> 00:48:40.579 to promote. Yeah. I think those two things are 00:48:40.579 --> 00:48:43.900 super important. And having the determination 00:48:43.900 --> 00:48:51.010 and perseverance to keep going when... You post 00:48:51.010 --> 00:48:54.630 a video or song or play a local show and it just 00:48:54.630 --> 00:48:57.289 doesn't pop off like you thought it would Yeah, 00:48:57.409 --> 00:48:59.969 just to have the determination to be like I whatever 00:48:59.969 --> 00:49:02.289 just keep going keep it rolling keep it rolling 00:49:02.289 --> 00:49:04.130 Yeah, I mean there's there's gonna be nights 00:49:04.130 --> 00:49:06.489 you show up at that bar and for whatever reason 00:49:06.489 --> 00:49:08.130 There's eight people sitting in front of you 00:49:08.130 --> 00:49:10.289 will play for those eight people like you would 00:49:10.289 --> 00:49:12.849 play for 800 people, right? You gotta play the 00:49:12.849 --> 00:49:15.030 same way and give them the great experience, 00:49:15.170 --> 00:49:17.250 because you know what? Even if it's eight people, 00:49:17.690 --> 00:49:19.610 but six of those eight people are like, oh my 00:49:19.610 --> 00:49:22.809 god, this band was freaking awesome. They knew 00:49:22.809 --> 00:49:24.690 so many of my favorites, and some of the original 00:49:24.690 --> 00:49:28.010 stuff was fire. And that's it. You can post your 00:49:28.010 --> 00:49:29.969 own - They all tell a friend. Right, exactly. 00:49:30.449 --> 00:49:32.190 Now you're going to have more people show up 00:49:32.190 --> 00:49:33.929 for that next show when you come back. So it's 00:49:33.929 --> 00:49:38.809 really engagement is important. But yeah, I think 00:49:38.809 --> 00:49:40.989 that's probably some of the biggest issues facing 00:49:40.989 --> 00:49:45.730 them for sure. Dub Beach Bum 3049, love your 00:49:45.730 --> 00:49:49.190 show. I've heard you guys talk about this island 00:49:49.190 --> 00:49:52.110 and I've actually been to Curacao. Oh, I love 00:49:52.110 --> 00:49:54.489 Curacao. The people are amazing and the beaches 00:49:54.489 --> 00:49:56.829 are beautiful. Do you have some favorite beaches? 00:49:57.400 --> 00:50:01.079 Oh, good question. First of all, a little envious. 00:50:01.480 --> 00:50:04.119 Congratulations on your Curacao adventures. Wish 00:50:04.119 --> 00:50:06.019 we could go. Wish we could go. Wish they would 00:50:06.019 --> 00:50:09.900 send us a bottle of the good stuff. Yes. I am 00:50:09.900 --> 00:50:13.699 not a big beach guy. I do not enjoy beaches. 00:50:15.159 --> 00:50:18.659 I get it. I totally understand how tranquil it 00:50:18.659 --> 00:50:21.260 can be hearing the waves and watching the sunset. 00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:24.880 That's kind of it for me like sand in between 00:50:24.880 --> 00:50:28.119 my toes makes me feel all crunchy and weird and 00:50:28.119 --> 00:50:31.400 Especially midday bro 15 minutes. I'm sunburned. 00:50:31.519 --> 00:50:34.539 It doesn't matter how much SPF I slather on my 00:50:34.539 --> 00:50:38.079 pasty ass skin It's I'm red as a lobster the 00:50:38.079 --> 00:50:43.380 only time I enjoy beach is sunset. Yeah, so We're 00:50:43.380 --> 00:50:46.360 talking sunset at the beach. It could be damn 00:50:46.360 --> 00:50:49.869 near any beach. Oh sure unfortunately we Our 00:50:49.869 --> 00:50:53.309 beaches are kind of destroyed from all of the 00:50:53.309 --> 00:50:55.670 industry that just pollutes the fuck out of everything. 00:50:56.929 --> 00:51:00.449 But yeah, any beach after sunset or during sunset 00:51:00.449 --> 00:51:03.750 could be the beach for me. Oh, for sure. Yeah, 00:51:03.750 --> 00:51:08.929 I would. I would agree. I would. Since I'm I'm 00:51:08.929 --> 00:51:11.769 very much the traveler used to be, I got to do 00:51:11.769 --> 00:51:14.010 some shit before I can travel again. Blues traveler. 00:51:14.280 --> 00:51:17.260 I should or I'm just gonna quit life and just 00:51:17.260 --> 00:51:19.059 walk around and travel anyway who gives a shit, 00:51:19.500 --> 00:51:23.400 but Not that that's that's an episode for a different 00:51:23.400 --> 00:51:27.699 day at any rate I would say we actually have 00:51:27.699 --> 00:51:30.340 a really great beach here. It's called the Indiana 00:51:30.340 --> 00:51:32.679 Dunes. It's actually actually a national park 00:51:32.679 --> 00:51:36.199 and That's kind of a neat little beach system 00:51:36.199 --> 00:51:39.670 right there. The only problem is don't Don't 00:51:39.670 --> 00:51:42.170 go in it too far. Don't submerse your head because 00:51:42.170 --> 00:51:44.949 it's just down the way a bit There are some factories 00:51:44.949 --> 00:51:47.570 and steel mills and stuff like that. And when 00:51:47.570 --> 00:51:49.849 I went there, I either got an eyeache or an earache 00:51:49.849 --> 00:51:53.750 so You know, hey, strolling up to your knees 00:51:53.750 --> 00:51:55.309 or something, I'm sure you'll be fine. Unless 00:51:55.309 --> 00:51:56.809 you got an open wound, I wouldn't recommend it. 00:51:56.849 --> 00:52:00.489 Yeah. But the water's a little bit sus. At any 00:52:00.489 --> 00:52:03.630 rate, it's a beautiful beach. And there's actually 00:52:03.630 --> 00:52:07.010 this rooftop bar that's cool to go to. Super 00:52:07.010 --> 00:52:10.050 gorgeous. With a great view. And you can go to 00:52:10.050 --> 00:52:12.610 the bar and get a beer. I would highly recommend 00:52:12.610 --> 00:52:14.909 not eating there because you'll probably wait 00:52:14.909 --> 00:52:18.670 until dinner the next day to get it. So I would 00:52:18.670 --> 00:52:22.829 just buyer beware there for sure. But at any 00:52:22.829 --> 00:52:26.090 rate, it's a very cool spot and you should check 00:52:26.090 --> 00:52:30.550 that out if you're venturing on that beach. a 00:52:30.550 --> 00:52:34.389 big fan of the beaches on the other side of Lake 00:52:34.389 --> 00:52:36.550 Michigan. So going up actually into the state 00:52:36.550 --> 00:52:40.670 of Michigan into areas like St. Joe. They got 00:52:40.670 --> 00:52:43.369 some real neat beaches there. You can check those 00:52:43.369 --> 00:52:49.670 out. Chicago. We often can't say enough about 00:52:49.670 --> 00:52:52.510 that city in general anyway. But from Oak Street 00:52:52.510 --> 00:52:54.610 Beach all the way up to North Avenue Beach, just 00:52:54.610 --> 00:52:58.849 beautiful. It's really great stuff. And for whatever 00:52:58.849 --> 00:53:00.809 reason, you don't have the same issues at the 00:53:00.809 --> 00:53:03.809 water there. But you don't have Homer Simpson 00:53:03.809 --> 00:53:07.449 in the glow stick of destiny there on that side 00:53:07.449 --> 00:53:10.369 of the lake. I would say South Beach of Miami, 00:53:10.750 --> 00:53:16.559 amazing. I would also say Venice Beach, although 00:53:16.559 --> 00:53:20.559 it can get kind of spooky. You have a lot of 00:53:20.559 --> 00:53:26.559 individuals there that partake in the drugs, 00:53:26.679 --> 00:53:30.480 as it were, some homeless folks, wide range people. 00:53:31.440 --> 00:53:36.500 So if you're sensitive to that, that beach, going 00:53:36.500 --> 00:53:39.119 up to Santa Monica Pier and all that, kind of 00:53:39.119 --> 00:53:42.829 neat, could be spooky for you. Me, I don't give 00:53:42.829 --> 00:53:45.849 a shit, but you might But it's still beautiful. 00:53:45.849 --> 00:53:49.349 It's gorgeous Pacific Ocean is amazing So I do 00:53:49.349 --> 00:53:53.090 kind of like that Let me see if there's any others 00:53:53.090 --> 00:53:59.289 that I can think of off the top of my head Probably 00:53:59.289 --> 00:54:02.610 oh Where I used to live I lived there for a year 00:54:02.610 --> 00:54:05.969 as Fort Myers Beach It was like 20 minutes from 00:54:05.969 --> 00:54:09.710 my house and the beach is Beach is beautiful 00:54:09.710 --> 00:54:12.420 and obviously there was a hurricane that Blew 00:54:12.420 --> 00:54:15.059 that entire place out. I believe from what I've 00:54:15.059 --> 00:54:17.280 heard they're like half to two -thirds rebuilt 00:54:17.280 --> 00:54:20.760 So hopefully that's going well for them and but 00:54:20.760 --> 00:54:22.820 that beach is beautiful It's it's a gorgeous 00:54:22.820 --> 00:54:24.679 beach and the thing I like about the beach and 00:54:24.679 --> 00:54:27.340 I understand Aidan's Comments about the beach 00:54:27.340 --> 00:54:30.320 like just getting sandy and just that whole feeling 00:54:30.320 --> 00:54:33.940 I You know, you have to go to the beach to go 00:54:33.940 --> 00:54:37.340 to the beach bars And I love a good beach bar 00:54:37.340 --> 00:54:40.739 where you got the tiki drinks and the breeze 00:54:40.739 --> 00:54:43.000 is blowing in off the water. Those can get you 00:54:43.000 --> 00:54:45.239 fucked up, too. Oh, dude. Well, that's the thing. 00:54:45.599 --> 00:54:48.920 It's like you don't want to get, because I've 00:54:48.920 --> 00:54:50.980 done this, you don't want to get too buzzed. 00:54:51.159 --> 00:54:53.219 Panama City Beach is good, too. You don't want 00:54:53.219 --> 00:54:55.519 to get too buzzed and then start venturing out 00:54:55.519 --> 00:54:57.539 in the middle of a sunny day. You forget to put 00:54:57.539 --> 00:55:01.440 your sunscreen on. Get dehydrated. I got so sunburned 00:55:01.440 --> 00:55:03.440 on my legs one time. This was in Panama City 00:55:03.440 --> 00:55:06.639 Beach with my buddy Andy. They were purple. I 00:55:06.639 --> 00:55:09.179 kid you not. They weren't like super bright red, 00:55:09.360 --> 00:55:11.059 like, oh, ouchie, you know, these got bright. 00:55:11.079 --> 00:55:15.059 They were purple. I literally, it cost me a day, 00:55:15.360 --> 00:55:17.179 because I was just like, I told Andy, because 00:55:17.179 --> 00:55:19.920 we met these, we met these girls from Penn State, 00:55:19.920 --> 00:55:23.360 of course. So one of them that he was hooking 00:55:23.360 --> 00:55:26.440 up with, gosh, what was her name? She was so 00:55:26.440 --> 00:55:28.679 nice. Can't remember her name. Doesn't matter, 00:55:28.739 --> 00:55:30.500 I guess, for the whole point of the story. Anyway. 00:55:31.679 --> 00:55:33.420 I was like, yeah, you just go and have fun with 00:55:33.420 --> 00:55:35.780 them today. I am literally going to sit here 00:55:35.780 --> 00:55:38.099 and keep going to the ice machine and just get 00:55:38.099 --> 00:55:40.840 bags of ice and just put my legs on them. Yeah. 00:55:41.159 --> 00:55:42.900 And then by the evening, I was at least able 00:55:42.900 --> 00:55:46.519 to put a pair of pants on and with some aloe 00:55:46.519 --> 00:55:48.360 and stuff and just go to the bar or whatever. 00:55:48.960 --> 00:55:52.000 But it cost me a day. So you have to be careful, 00:55:52.219 --> 00:55:56.840 man. Just while you're sober, lather up. Lather 00:55:56.840 --> 00:55:59.960 up first or just wait till the late afternoon 00:55:59.960 --> 00:56:03.800 early evening. I was gonna say The the only like 00:56:03.800 --> 00:56:08.280 I would should I be a beach bum like this this 00:56:08.280 --> 00:56:11.920 lovely? Question or is yeah, I would almost want 00:56:11.920 --> 00:56:15.179 to be nocturnal for sure You know you sleep through 00:56:15.179 --> 00:56:18.199 the the brightest most UV harsh part of the day 00:56:18.199 --> 00:56:21.880 and you get to enjoy sunset and sunrise Exactly. 00:56:22.300 --> 00:56:24.389 Yep Definitely not healthy for your circadian 00:56:24.389 --> 00:56:27.030 rhythm, but it's healthy for my skin that I don't 00:56:27.030 --> 00:56:29.769 become red in ten minutes. Nah, that's fine. 00:56:29.829 --> 00:56:31.809 I don't need that Cascadian rhythm stuff anyway. 00:56:33.309 --> 00:56:36.329 Cascadian rhythm. That's fine. It's all good. 00:56:36.630 --> 00:56:38.369 Haven't listened to that type of jazz before. 00:56:40.750 --> 00:56:43.090 It's all good. It's all fine. It doesn't matter. 00:56:43.170 --> 00:56:47.309 I don't sleep. All right. The final Carpe Diem 00:56:47.309 --> 00:56:49.949 is from our friend at Stoner Stanley 420. Our 00:56:49.949 --> 00:56:54.699 guy. Hello Momo and Alan I have a question. All 00:56:54.699 --> 00:57:00.340 right. Do you do you know what it is? So that 00:57:00.340 --> 00:57:02.820 apparently is a question anyway, okay, I forget 00:57:02.820 --> 00:57:05.300 things in times I have the question and then 00:57:05.300 --> 00:57:09.500 it goes away. Oh wait. No, that's not it Okay 00:57:09.500 --> 00:57:15.900 Is he asking us what the question is I I guess 00:57:15.900 --> 00:57:18.360 brother. I think homeboy needs a little tolerance 00:57:18.360 --> 00:57:22.239 break if he's becoming this forgetful I can't 00:57:22.239 --> 00:57:24.980 imagine I can't imagine Stan is much older than 00:57:24.980 --> 00:57:29.880 30 right so Gosh, man. Do we know what I don't 00:57:29.880 --> 00:57:32.099 know what it is. I'm sorry Stan. I don't I'm 00:57:32.099 --> 00:57:34.659 not your guy. I don't I think he's mid 30s, but 00:57:34.659 --> 00:57:37.820 he looks 50. I mean I can see it Yeah, yeah, 00:57:37.900 --> 00:57:40.340 we still haven't met Stan and I'm fine with that. 00:57:40.340 --> 00:57:45.480 I will say I'm fine with that but Yeah, I Sometimes 00:57:45.480 --> 00:57:48.980 I wonder what strain he's got so I know mm -hmm 00:57:48.980 --> 00:57:51.860 what to add in it right right right exactly I 00:57:51.860 --> 00:57:54.820 mean homeboy, but the one day was lost wanted 00:57:54.820 --> 00:57:58.840 us to find him Yeah, and he was hiding in the 00:57:58.840 --> 00:58:01.860 tree from a bear There's no that was there's 00:58:01.860 --> 00:58:04.300 some ice was the next week. I thought it was 00:58:04.300 --> 00:58:06.460 from a was it could have been a bit Yeah, you 00:58:06.460 --> 00:58:09.230 would have been right. I don't remember Well, 00:58:09.309 --> 00:58:11.070 you know, maybe we've been hanging out with stoner 00:58:11.070 --> 00:58:13.449 Stanley and we don't remember it because of the 00:58:13.449 --> 00:58:18.789 strain. Oh see That amnesia kush Stanley you're 00:58:18.789 --> 00:58:21.809 killing us here, buddy Alright, that's it for 00:58:21.809 --> 00:58:24.409 me. Hey, what do you got for your DMS? I got 00:58:24.409 --> 00:58:27.369 one here from our boy Evil Genie always asking 00:58:27.369 --> 00:58:30.090 the tough questions. Oh, yeah I'll grant you 00:58:30.090 --> 00:58:32.869 1 million dollars, but to get it you have to 00:58:32.869 --> 00:58:39.170 spend 400 days in jail Do you take it? Oh? Now, 00:58:39.929 --> 00:58:43.829 to be fair, I won't make a million dollars in 00:58:43.829 --> 00:58:49.030 the next two decades. So, to get it after 400 00:58:49.030 --> 00:58:52.150 days would be pretty nice. Sure. But do I want 00:58:52.150 --> 00:58:55.670 to sacrifice like 14 months of my life? Right. 00:58:56.329 --> 00:58:58.809 I don't know. I don't know if I could do it. 00:58:59.989 --> 00:59:03.030 Yeah, 400 days is a lot. It's a lot of time. 00:59:03.269 --> 00:59:07.829 And there's... No, I... Honestly, I think it's 00:59:07.829 --> 00:59:10.750 a no from me. I think it's a no from me. I mean 00:59:10.750 --> 00:59:15.110 that's that's too big a sacrifice Freedom and 00:59:15.110 --> 00:59:17.809 free time and and weekends and friends and family 00:59:17.809 --> 00:59:21.809 just Gone for 400 days. I don't think I don't 00:59:21.809 --> 00:59:23.530 think I would be mentally well enough coming 00:59:23.530 --> 00:59:26.449 out to enjoy the million dollars I just earned 00:59:26.449 --> 00:59:30.289 Yeah, you know so I think that's a no from me 00:59:30.289 --> 00:59:34.230 I'm on the fence well from the standpoint that 00:59:34.230 --> 00:59:37.920 when I come out Am I, do I have a record? That 00:59:37.920 --> 00:59:40.579 is a good question, right. Because the million's 00:59:40.579 --> 00:59:42.980 not gonna be enough. It's not enough to retire 00:59:42.980 --> 00:59:45.800 now. It's not enough to retire now. I'm close, 00:59:46.539 --> 00:59:48.480 where I could probably stretch a million over 00:59:48.480 --> 00:59:51.619 the course of, you know, 10 or 15 years, and 00:59:51.619 --> 00:59:56.019 that would probably be enough. But, like, do 00:59:56.019 --> 00:59:58.940 I have a record? Right. If I can work again when 00:59:58.940 --> 01:00:01.349 I come out, That's a different story because 01:00:01.349 --> 01:00:03.869 now I'm not spending all the one million. That's 01:00:03.869 --> 01:00:06.230 true And now it will last the rest of my life. 01:00:06.230 --> 01:00:09.230 So it makes a big difference So if there's nothing 01:00:09.230 --> 01:00:11.309 associated with like having a record or anything, 01:00:11.309 --> 01:00:14.130 I think I'd probably do it Yeah, because I'm 01:00:14.130 --> 01:00:16.530 not dating anyone. So there's nothing like that. 01:00:16.530 --> 01:00:20.369 I don't own a home So I think it would be very 01:00:20.369 --> 01:00:24.190 easy for me to do that and then come out Yeah, 01:00:24.610 --> 01:00:25.710 you know because then I could use that money 01:00:25.710 --> 01:00:28.340 then I could buy the home and I you know Could 01:00:28.340 --> 01:00:31.940 get a car again. Freedom, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I 01:00:31.940 --> 01:00:33.880 think maybe I would think about it. Yeah, consider 01:00:33.880 --> 01:00:37.360 it. I definitely would. Yeah. Got a DM here from 01:00:37.360 --> 01:00:41.840 CrippyGrew. Cripp. If you had $1 ,000 to put 01:00:41.840 --> 01:00:44.659 towards one of your hobbies, how would you best 01:00:44.659 --> 01:00:48.980 spend it? How much? $1 ,000. $1 ,000 for my hobby? 01:00:49.300 --> 01:00:53.280 Yeah. It just, it depends because I'm thinking 01:00:53.280 --> 01:00:56.940 like, From a content creation standpoint, $1 01:00:56.940 --> 01:01:00.380 ,000 can go a fair bit. It can get you a couple 01:01:00.380 --> 01:01:03.280 computer parts if you need an upgrade. It could 01:01:03.280 --> 01:01:07.960 get you a nicer looking mid -tier camera, although 01:01:07.960 --> 01:01:09.980 some of the expensive ones are really expensive. 01:01:11.099 --> 01:01:16.420 You could do LED lighting and foam pads and everything 01:01:16.420 --> 01:01:19.039 you might need. And that would be a good way 01:01:19.039 --> 01:01:22.030 to spend $1 ,000. Oh, sure. You know, I really 01:01:22.030 --> 01:01:25.110 like cars. I like the idea of having a project 01:01:25.110 --> 01:01:28.190 car and I've always dreamt, like if I stumbled 01:01:28.190 --> 01:01:32.170 upon stupid money, of just like making my old 01:01:32.170 --> 01:01:35.489 Camry into just the sleeper car. You know, like 01:01:35.489 --> 01:01:37.690 engine swapping it with some like turbocharged 01:01:37.690 --> 01:01:44.590 V8. But $1 ,000 does not go far in cars or vehicles. 01:01:45.409 --> 01:01:48.219 So that... That doesn't even really apply. Could 01:01:48.219 --> 01:01:50.880 get you a new set of tires, I guess. Yeah, maybe. 01:01:51.380 --> 01:01:54.900 Some rims. I think I would, since really the 01:01:54.900 --> 01:01:58.579 only hobby now I have. I mean, I write for a 01:01:58.579 --> 01:02:00.679 magazine, so there's really nothing the thousand 01:02:00.679 --> 01:02:02.340 dollars are gonna do for me that I don't already 01:02:02.340 --> 01:02:05.219 have. I guess it could buy you a week off. Buy 01:02:05.219 --> 01:02:08.539 me a week off, maybe. Yeah. The only thing I 01:02:08.539 --> 01:02:11.760 can think of... would be from the podcast side 01:02:11.760 --> 01:02:15.880 of things. Maybe a fancy little GoPro kind of 01:02:15.880 --> 01:02:19.460 thing. Maybe that. Upgrade some microphone stuff. 01:02:20.039 --> 01:02:22.639 Maybe software ability to create different things. 01:02:23.260 --> 01:02:26.159 So, probably do that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I get 01:02:26.159 --> 01:02:28.920 that. Take that to the next level. Maybe hire 01:02:28.920 --> 01:02:31.800 a marketer, social media person. Sure, there 01:02:31.800 --> 01:02:34.320 you go. To kind of take that next step, as it 01:02:34.320 --> 01:02:36.380 were. Yes. Yeah, put that into marketing. It 01:02:36.380 --> 01:02:39.329 would be huge. Yeah, oh yeah. The final DM I 01:02:39.329 --> 01:02:43.949 received here from Bunky Gumbo, what tips would 01:02:43.949 --> 01:02:49.670 you give to a newer driver? I would say use your 01:02:49.670 --> 01:02:52.949 turn signal. It's something a lot of people fail 01:02:52.949 --> 01:02:56.230 to do, especially on interstates in the Chicagoland 01:02:56.230 --> 01:02:59.210 area. You will get cut off, and if you're not 01:02:59.210 --> 01:03:03.250 cutting people off, you will be cut off. I would 01:03:03.250 --> 01:03:05.719 say, and this... This is specifically coming 01:03:05.719 --> 01:03:08.440 from someone that drives a semi truck a tractor 01:03:08.440 --> 01:03:14.880 trailer. Yeah large vehicles take wider turns 01:03:14.880 --> 01:03:18.579 than you will ever think they need to ah Then 01:03:18.579 --> 01:03:21.119 you will ever think they need to if if it seems 01:03:21.119 --> 01:03:24.119 like it's not your turn to go And you're at like 01:03:24.119 --> 01:03:25.960 a stop sign or something and you're waiting on 01:03:25.960 --> 01:03:29.480 a truck the trucks probably waiting on you. Yeah 01:03:29.480 --> 01:03:34.449 So I would just say Whatever you think room you're 01:03:34.449 --> 01:03:37.130 giving a truck is probably not enough by not 01:03:37.130 --> 01:03:39.949 enough Probably not enough and at least most 01:03:39.949 --> 01:03:42.789 of the people I know I can't speak for every 01:03:42.789 --> 01:03:45.170 CDL holder out there because I know they're just 01:03:45.170 --> 01:03:48.889 shitty drivers no matter what profession Most 01:03:48.889 --> 01:03:51.710 of the time trucks don't want to cut you off, 01:03:52.050 --> 01:03:54.610 right? But if we have to fit in somewhere, we 01:03:54.610 --> 01:03:56.929 have to fit in somewhere. Yeah. Oh, yeah, you 01:03:56.929 --> 01:04:01.250 know cuz you're driving 60 65 feet of vehicle 01:04:01.550 --> 01:04:05.550 It's gonna be tough. So just have a little patience 01:04:05.550 --> 01:04:09.070 It's better to be predictable than it is to be 01:04:09.070 --> 01:04:15.449 polite yeah, and If it's icy drive slow Yeah, 01:04:15.449 --> 01:04:18.530 I was about to say give yourself enough space 01:04:18.530 --> 01:04:22.750 if you're on the highways I guess general rule. 01:04:22.769 --> 01:04:26.349 It's always been about give yourself From the 01:04:26.349 --> 01:04:28.329 person in front of you, especially as pertains 01:04:28.329 --> 01:04:32.670 to trucks give yourself 10 feet for every 10 01:04:32.670 --> 01:04:34.429 miles an hour that you're going so if you're 01:04:34.429 --> 01:04:37.289 going yeah 60 miles an hour give yourself at 01:04:37.289 --> 01:04:39.909 least 60 feet you know if you're right up on 01:04:39.909 --> 01:04:42.170 a truck and you guys are going 60 70 miles an 01:04:42.170 --> 01:04:44.829 hour and Some shit happens in front of that truck 01:04:44.829 --> 01:04:46.309 number one. You're not gonna. See you can't see 01:04:46.309 --> 01:04:51.070 it right He is and he's gonna react and if you 01:04:51.070 --> 01:04:54.210 react to his lights too late right you're gonna 01:04:54.210 --> 01:04:57.230 smack him So give yourself that space between 01:04:57.230 --> 01:05:01.260 you and a truck I would also say as it pertains 01:05:01.260 --> 01:05:04.820 to hitchhikers never ever ever ever ever pick 01:05:04.820 --> 01:05:08.219 one up i don't care if she looks like mother 01:05:08.219 --> 01:05:12.579 teresa and it appears she has five hungry children 01:05:12.579 --> 01:05:15.840 with her feel sorry for her roll down your window 01:05:15.840 --> 01:05:19.139 as you pass i will call someone for you and keep 01:05:19.139 --> 01:05:22.719 going do not pick anyone up ever just don't do 01:05:22.719 --> 01:05:24.739 it because then you're gonna end up on the news 01:05:24.739 --> 01:05:27.039 being the guy in the ditch with eight steps right 01:05:27.039 --> 01:05:29.639 right you wouldn't Welcome a stranger into your 01:05:29.639 --> 01:05:32.000 house. Don't welcome them into your car. Nope 01:05:32.000 --> 01:05:35.019 do not do it And it sounds harsh, but it's literally 01:05:35.019 --> 01:05:37.659 personal safety at that point right and if you 01:05:37.659 --> 01:05:41.039 ever find yourself in questionable Neighborhoods 01:05:41.039 --> 01:05:44.000 a neighborhood that you might deem unsafe And 01:05:44.000 --> 01:05:47.019 someone taps the back of your car keep driving. 01:05:47.500 --> 01:05:51.179 Yeah, I didn't see it happen keep driving You 01:05:51.179 --> 01:05:53.920 do not want to stop a lot of gangs use that to 01:05:53.920 --> 01:05:56.619 take cars Yeah. Don't stop your car. Keep driving. 01:05:57.219 --> 01:06:01.079 That's all I got. Yeah. Yeah. I would say, and 01:06:01.079 --> 01:06:03.579 it's easier in cars, you specifically mentioned 01:06:03.579 --> 01:06:08.300 brake timing and distance in between vehicles. 01:06:09.219 --> 01:06:12.239 You have to pass, at least when I took my CDL 01:06:12.239 --> 01:06:14.260 test, you have to pass theory training before 01:06:14.260 --> 01:06:19.940 you can even start like driver's training. And 01:06:19.940 --> 01:06:21.260 one of the things you have to do is you have 01:06:21.260 --> 01:06:25.369 to count the car in front of you. When it passes 01:06:25.369 --> 01:06:27.210 some kind of landmark that you can time okay? 01:06:27.210 --> 01:06:31.489 They went under the bridge now one two three 01:06:31.489 --> 01:06:35.309 four and maybe four and a half seconds well if 01:06:35.309 --> 01:06:37.809 you're going 45 miles an hour sure that's fine, 01:06:37.809 --> 01:06:40.949 but the quantity of seconds you are behind that 01:06:40.949 --> 01:06:45.389 car should be the Speed you're traveling hmm, 01:06:45.590 --> 01:06:48.690 so if you're going 70 you want a lot of distance 01:06:48.690 --> 01:06:49.989 You have to have a lot of just you have to have 01:06:49.989 --> 01:06:51.849 a lot of distance which cars you don't need I 01:06:51.849 --> 01:06:55.239 mean you're driving what, two tons of car versus 01:06:55.239 --> 01:06:59.300 driving 25 tons? 25 tons. Maybe more. And for 01:06:59.300 --> 01:07:01.760 you, mentioning that you have CDL and you drive 01:07:01.760 --> 01:07:05.820 trucks, it probably differs if you're going back 01:07:05.820 --> 01:07:09.059 to your hub with an empty trailer versus leaving 01:07:09.059 --> 01:07:12.119 in that morning fully loaded. Right. Because 01:07:12.119 --> 01:07:15.239 your weight is different and, you know, items 01:07:15.239 --> 01:07:18.159 could shift, anything could happen, and you have 01:07:18.159 --> 01:07:21.500 to slam on those brakes. Now, that trailer... 01:07:21.760 --> 01:07:26.420 which has momentum, is now wants to keep going, 01:07:27.219 --> 01:07:29.239 which is how things like jackknifing and other 01:07:29.239 --> 01:07:31.739 things like that happen, because that's just 01:07:31.739 --> 01:07:34.300 inertia, that's just what happens. So you're 01:07:34.300 --> 01:07:37.800 gonna be like, oh shit, and you hit the brakes, 01:07:38.179 --> 01:07:40.119 and your trailer goes, ah, let's keep going, 01:07:40.199 --> 01:07:43.940 this is good, we're fine. And especially if it's 01:07:43.940 --> 01:07:46.119 windy, if you feel your car like, ooh, the car's 01:07:46.119 --> 01:07:49.420 kinda moving, imagine what a huge fucking wind 01:07:49.420 --> 01:07:52.039 sail of a trailer is feeling. Oh my god. If it's 01:07:52.039 --> 01:07:55.039 windy, just stay away from other cars. It's just 01:07:55.039 --> 01:07:57.880 not good. Stay away from other cars. Because 01:07:57.880 --> 01:08:00.780 a super wind, like for example, this Monday, 01:08:01.099 --> 01:08:03.400 well Sunday into Monday, we're supposed to be 01:08:03.400 --> 01:08:05.519 having a winter storm. And it's only November, 01:08:05.719 --> 01:08:07.920 so F you mother nature. Yeah, it sucks. It sucks. 01:08:08.480 --> 01:08:10.880 But it's supposed to be whiteout conditions, 01:08:11.079 --> 01:08:14.119 blizzard conditions, 35 to 50 mile an hour winds. 01:08:14.440 --> 01:08:16.279 I would not want to be driving a tractor trailer. 01:08:16.600 --> 01:08:20.300 during 35 to 50 mile an hour winds right if you 01:08:20.300 --> 01:08:24.239 feel unsafe to drive put on your turn signal 01:08:24.239 --> 01:08:27.739 get onto the shoulder put on your hazards yeah 01:08:27.739 --> 01:08:30.260 wait it out you can wait it out yeah you're within 01:08:30.260 --> 01:08:33.680 your right to do that yep and and if it's a blizzard 01:08:33.680 --> 01:08:36.100 i will say this first time driver if it is a 01:08:36.100 --> 01:08:39.829 blizzard hazardous condition I drove through 01:08:39.829 --> 01:08:42.949 what turned out to be a tornado in Montana. When 01:08:42.949 --> 01:08:45.010 the hell does that happen? Oh, when I'm driving 01:08:45.010 --> 01:08:48.590 an empty trailer back. Classic. No, it's just 01:08:48.590 --> 01:08:54.270 the whatever. It's a story. So just know your 01:08:54.270 --> 01:08:56.890 surroundings. But like I did, I drove safely 01:08:56.890 --> 01:08:59.409 enough. I had my hazards on. I drove in the right. 01:09:00.150 --> 01:09:04.130 truck drivers are passing me so fast. Like, these 01:09:04.130 --> 01:09:07.029 dudes must have been Ben frickin' Kenobi, and 01:09:07.029 --> 01:09:08.710 just like, these are not the droids you're looking 01:09:08.710 --> 01:09:11.710 for. It's like, I can see the road, and dude, 01:09:12.189 --> 01:09:14.010 I could not see 10 feet in front of me. I don't 01:09:14.010 --> 01:09:16.630 know what the hell these guys are doing. Maybe 01:09:16.630 --> 01:09:18.329 they travel this road every day and they know 01:09:18.329 --> 01:09:21.199 it that well. All I know is if I can't see shit, 01:09:21.520 --> 01:09:25.279 that dude can't see shit. What is he doing? But 01:09:25.279 --> 01:09:27.920 I drove slowly enough on the right side of the 01:09:27.920 --> 01:09:30.880 road, waiting for that opportunity, and I saw 01:09:30.880 --> 01:09:33.199 the little blue sign, rest stop. I'm like, oh, 01:09:33.199 --> 01:09:35.899 thank you, Jesus. It was a big concrete rest 01:09:35.899 --> 01:09:37.619 stop. I'm like, oh, even better. If there is 01:09:37.619 --> 01:09:40.159 a tornado that's coming, I'm in something concrete, 01:09:40.319 --> 01:09:46.460 so it's fine. Maybe you can explain that as a 01:09:46.460 --> 01:09:49.680 truck driver. What is it? with some of these 01:09:49.680 --> 01:09:52.640 truckers in hazardous situations like that, that 01:09:52.640 --> 01:09:54.279 just floored. They're just like, oh, everybody 01:09:54.279 --> 01:09:55.680 else is slowing on the right. I'm just going 01:09:55.680 --> 01:09:59.020 to fly through on the left. Can they see better 01:09:59.020 --> 01:10:03.239 than we can? I would argue no. No, they can't 01:10:03.239 --> 01:10:05.659 see better than you can. I think that's a symptom 01:10:05.659 --> 01:10:08.159 of capitalism where perhaps they're on a time 01:10:08.159 --> 01:10:10.659 crunch. I got to get this delivery in. Otherwise, 01:10:10.699 --> 01:10:12.359 I'm going to miss 30 percent of my paycheck. 01:10:13.579 --> 01:10:15.699 So that makes sense. Also, you're in a steel 01:10:15.699 --> 01:10:18.500 death trap. where you're safe and everyone around 01:10:18.500 --> 01:10:22.539 you isn't. That also plays into it. Sure. You 01:10:22.539 --> 01:10:24.420 know, it doesn't matter what happened to anyone 01:10:24.420 --> 01:10:27.420 around me. I gotta fucking go. I gotta go. Yep. 01:10:27.960 --> 01:10:30.479 So that's, I would argue a symptom of capitalism 01:10:30.479 --> 01:10:33.380 and stupidity on the driver's part. That might 01:10:33.380 --> 01:10:34.979 have been the most terrifying part of it. Wasn't 01:10:34.979 --> 01:10:37.960 so much not being able to see or the winds that 01:10:37.960 --> 01:10:40.060 just kept trying to push me off the side of the 01:10:40.060 --> 01:10:42.539 mountain. It was these trucks flying by me. Right. 01:10:42.579 --> 01:10:45.520 Because I just kept thinking, if this dude loses 01:10:45.520 --> 01:10:50.560 control, A hair. That trailer swings out. I'm 01:10:50.560 --> 01:10:54.260 gone. I am gone. I'm going down hundreds of feet 01:10:54.260 --> 01:10:56.640 into a frickin' valley. Final destination type 01:10:56.640 --> 01:10:59.920 shit. Oh yeah, exactly. The logs fly out of the 01:10:59.920 --> 01:11:03.020 side of the trailer. Oh yeah, there's an explosion. 01:11:03.380 --> 01:11:04.560 Oh fuck. The steering wheel goes through my head. 01:11:05.000 --> 01:11:07.279 None of it is good. None of it would have been 01:11:07.279 --> 01:11:11.100 good for sure. But yeah, so that was interesting 01:11:11.100 --> 01:11:14.279 to hear, to get that from you now that you drive 01:11:14.279 --> 01:11:16.640 a... Not that we're trying to scare any newer 01:11:16.640 --> 01:11:19.300 drivers out there. Common sense. Yeah, common 01:11:19.300 --> 01:11:23.699 sense. Drive defensively. Yes, please do. We're 01:11:23.699 --> 01:11:27.239 gonna move on to the other foods. Now, Aidan, 01:11:27.260 --> 01:11:30.159 every week, ventures to different countries around 01:11:30.159 --> 01:11:36.100 the world and finds foods that are, well, disgusting. 01:11:37.490 --> 01:11:40.829 Terrible, smelly, foul. Stinky yucky. What do 01:11:40.829 --> 01:11:43.409 you got for us? This week I have a drink, which 01:11:43.409 --> 01:11:46.590 I believe we covered on the Mark Mo radio show. 01:11:46.949 --> 01:11:48.829 I don't believe we've covered it on this podcast 01:11:48.829 --> 01:11:51.189 yet, so I wanted to bring it up. It is a drink 01:11:51.189 --> 01:11:58.449 called Habushu. Mmm. It's a Japanese amawari 01:11:58.449 --> 01:12:02.670 -based liqueur made on the... Ryuku Islands, 01:12:02.689 --> 01:12:04.630 hopefully I'm pronouncing these words right mm 01:12:04.630 --> 01:12:09.189 -hmm other names for this include Habu sake or 01:12:09.189 --> 01:12:18.010 snake wine oh Snake wine They put pit vipers 01:12:18.010 --> 01:12:22.149 which are of course closely related to rattlesnakes 01:12:22.149 --> 01:12:24.890 Which are venomous they put these venomous pit 01:12:24.890 --> 01:12:30.770 vipers into this wine the main distributor of 01:12:30.779 --> 01:12:36.720 Habushu uses around 5 ,000 of these snakes every 01:12:36.720 --> 01:12:40.460 year. The distillery uses crushed rice and koji 01:12:40.460 --> 01:12:43.779 mold to produce said wine that goes into the 01:12:43.779 --> 01:12:46.680 habushu. It's mixed with herbs and honey, giving 01:12:46.680 --> 01:12:50.779 it a clear yellow hue. And then a pit viper is 01:12:50.779 --> 01:12:53.720 inserted into the liquid until it's consumed. 01:12:54.420 --> 01:12:58.020 Uh -uh. There are two methods of inserting this. 01:12:58.189 --> 01:13:01.590 snake into the alcohol. The maker may simply 01:13:01.590 --> 01:13:05.689 choose to submerge the snake into it, sealing 01:13:05.689 --> 01:13:09.409 the bottle, thus drowning the snake in the wine. 01:13:09.590 --> 01:13:13.449 So the snake was alive at first. Yes. Alternatively, 01:13:14.670 --> 01:13:17.409 it gets better. The snake may be put on ice until 01:13:17.409 --> 01:13:21.590 it passes out, at which point it is gutted, bled, 01:13:22.029 --> 01:13:26.670 and sewn back up. Craziest part, the viper when 01:13:26.670 --> 01:13:31.739 thawed reawakens. No, no, no. To then quickly 01:13:31.739 --> 01:13:35.359 die from lack of fluids. Because it awakes in 01:13:35.359 --> 01:13:37.939 a state of panic, it strikes a violent pose, 01:13:38.800 --> 01:13:42.640 perishes, and then they put it in the wine. What 01:13:42.640 --> 01:13:47.359 a messed up process. Yeah. Holy crap. Pretty 01:13:47.359 --> 01:13:51.939 epic, if you ask me. Wow. So yeah, that, uh... 01:13:51.939 --> 01:13:54.680 Snake. I'm a slithery snake. Slithery snake. 01:13:54.800 --> 01:13:57.079 Don't cut me up and put me in the wine. Yeah, 01:13:57.119 --> 01:13:59.659 they literally have to let it age long enough 01:13:59.659 --> 01:14:04.359 that the venom becomes non -poisonous to humans 01:14:04.359 --> 01:14:09.560 to consume. Un -frickin' -believable. Yeah. Yucky. 01:14:11.539 --> 01:14:13.500 Google that, by the way. Yeah, go ahead. I encourage 01:14:13.500 --> 01:14:16.310 all of you to Google that. Go ahead. It's it's 01:14:16.310 --> 01:14:18.670 nasty. There's even some where there's other 01:14:18.670 --> 01:14:21.649 things thrown in there like scorpions and like 01:14:21.649 --> 01:14:26.569 I'm like why Why are we doing this? In the off 01:14:26.569 --> 01:14:28.430 chase shit to throw a puffer fish in there while 01:14:28.430 --> 01:14:31.710 you're ahead Just call it gamble wine. Yeah, 01:14:32.069 --> 01:14:34.149 are you gonna die? Am I gonna die take a swing? 01:14:34.149 --> 01:14:38.670 I'm alive. Yeah. Oh, no Good gravy. That's crazy, 01:14:38.810 --> 01:14:43.539 man. That's insane Woo, habushu. Habushu. We 01:14:43.539 --> 01:14:45.819 have to drink some of that. Hell yeah. The side 01:14:45.819 --> 01:14:48.340 of maybe some search drumming or something. Some 01:14:48.340 --> 01:14:53.699 hot coral. Oh, no, no. All right, before we hit 01:14:53.699 --> 01:14:57.840 our break, Frozen Guy review. I review different 01:14:57.840 --> 01:14:59.960 frozen meals, because I'm single, so I eat a 01:14:59.960 --> 01:15:04.180 lot of them. And this week I tried Lean Cuisine 01:15:04.180 --> 01:15:07.439 protein kick fried chicken with mashed potatoes 01:15:07.439 --> 01:15:11.619 and corn. So yeah, I mean there's there's really 01:15:11.619 --> 01:15:14.739 no ingredients that I need to read aside from 01:15:14.739 --> 01:15:16.659 the title of what it actually is. It is what 01:15:16.659 --> 01:15:19.380 it is. Very descriptive. These little fried chicken. 01:15:19.500 --> 01:15:22.159 It's very wordy for a title, but these little 01:15:22.159 --> 01:15:24.920 chunks of fried chicken, along with their mashed 01:15:24.920 --> 01:15:27.439 potatoes and corn. The thing that I noticed, 01:15:27.600 --> 01:15:30.779 because there's gravy in there too, what I noticed 01:15:30.779 --> 01:15:34.100 was when I... played by the rules, filed the 01:15:34.100 --> 01:15:37.100 instructions, the whole, you know, you pull up 01:15:37.100 --> 01:15:39.859 the tab, you put it in, you take it out, you 01:15:39.859 --> 01:15:41.880 stir it up, you put it back in. Right, right. 01:15:42.439 --> 01:15:44.380 Sometimes you don't have to vent it. Sometimes 01:15:44.380 --> 01:15:46.119 it's a straight time, which is always helpful. 01:15:46.619 --> 01:15:49.039 But this one, there was a process to it. I filed 01:15:49.039 --> 01:15:51.260 the process. When I took it out to mix it up, 01:15:51.859 --> 01:15:53.739 there was a huge chunk of white potatoes that 01:15:53.739 --> 01:15:57.039 was not thawed yet. Although the corn and the 01:15:57.039 --> 01:15:58.880 gravy and the chicken were humming right along. 01:15:59.199 --> 01:16:02.069 Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. this is problematic. 01:16:02.329 --> 01:16:04.289 I'm like how, because I tried to mix it up and 01:16:04.289 --> 01:16:06.930 I couldn't like get the corn to do or the potatoes 01:16:06.930 --> 01:16:08.350 to do anything because they were still partially 01:16:08.350 --> 01:16:10.829 frozen. I'm like okay. So I just mixed everything 01:16:10.829 --> 01:16:14.029 else up, put it back in and I'm like well it 01:16:14.029 --> 01:16:15.489 says to put it back in. It was like a minute 01:16:15.489 --> 01:16:17.470 and a half. I'm like I'm going to put it in for 01:16:17.470 --> 01:16:20.430 two. Yeah. Because it's of this potatoes are 01:16:20.430 --> 01:16:23.189 still frozen. So check it out. The mashed potatoes 01:16:23.189 --> 01:16:26.970 are kind of, they didn't flow like mashed potatoes 01:16:26.970 --> 01:16:30.590 do per se. little bit mealy side, but I mixed 01:16:30.590 --> 01:16:32.670 it up with all the hot gravy and I just kind 01:16:32.670 --> 01:16:35.189 of mixed up kind of quickly. And so it just turned 01:16:35.189 --> 01:16:40.210 into this smooth potato product. And then the 01:16:40.210 --> 01:16:43.409 chicken and the corn. The corn was fine. The 01:16:43.409 --> 01:16:46.430 chicken was okay. But the potatoes were really 01:16:46.430 --> 01:16:49.770 a problem. And the taste of the gravy was pretty 01:16:49.770 --> 01:16:53.109 decent. But whatever they do to make their potatoes 01:16:53.109 --> 01:16:56.550 just was not it was not a great process and however 01:16:56.550 --> 01:16:59.550 they're doing it Which is troubling because like 01:16:59.550 --> 01:17:02.649 even like the dried mashed potatoes you get from 01:17:02.649 --> 01:17:05.569 the store on the cheap Those still end up being 01:17:05.569 --> 01:17:07.829 pretty decent. They do they're not as good as 01:17:07.829 --> 01:17:10.229 homemade mashed potatoes, but they still get 01:17:10.229 --> 01:17:13.229 whipped and creamy, right? Yeah, which is weird 01:17:13.229 --> 01:17:17.710 that why would freezing it change the starch, 01:17:17.930 --> 01:17:20.890 right? It shouldn't Because, like, another perfect 01:17:20.890 --> 01:17:25.569 example, too, not sponsored, but especially around 01:17:25.569 --> 01:17:28.350 the holidays, making your own mashed potatoes 01:17:28.350 --> 01:17:30.170 is a process. If you don't have time for that 01:17:30.170 --> 01:17:32.250 or you're just kind of cooking on your own, I'm 01:17:32.250 --> 01:17:33.630 not going to sit there and make mashed potatoes. 01:17:34.149 --> 01:17:36.750 But I'll get these little Bob Evans tubs of mashed 01:17:36.750 --> 01:17:38.550 potatoes, and they're actually really, really 01:17:38.550 --> 01:17:41.529 good. So every time I run into a situation like 01:17:41.529 --> 01:17:43.649 this, I'm like, well, why can't they just be 01:17:43.649 --> 01:17:47.199 like the Bob Evans potatoes? Right. Because I 01:17:47.199 --> 01:17:49.699 literally I literally warm those up in a skillet 01:17:49.699 --> 01:17:51.899 in like 20 minutes. It's like wow these tastes 01:17:51.899 --> 01:17:55.399 like homemade magic. Yeah, yeah Very troubling 01:17:55.399 --> 01:17:58.619 these did not was this your first frozen potato 01:17:58.619 --> 01:18:01.020 entry like did the Yellowstone have potatoes 01:18:01.020 --> 01:18:06.439 or yeah? No it did not No, this is what my fourth 01:18:06.439 --> 01:18:10.159 or third fourth. I believe fourth Yeah, cuz I've 01:18:10.159 --> 01:18:12.560 given two nines and an eight and then this will 01:18:12.560 --> 01:18:16.550 be a six point seven. Oh, yeah based on just 01:18:16.550 --> 01:18:19.829 shitty potatoes. I feel like if the potato product 01:18:19.829 --> 01:18:21.470 was better, this could have gotten into the eights, 01:18:21.789 --> 01:18:25.569 maybe. Because, I mean, chicken and corn and 01:18:25.569 --> 01:18:27.729 potatoes, how is that not, I mean, that's like 01:18:27.729 --> 01:18:31.130 the KFC bowl, which were always great. But yeah, 01:18:31.149 --> 01:18:34.569 I just felt like the potatoes were not good enough. 01:18:34.670 --> 01:18:37.170 And that brought the score down. Because the 01:18:37.170 --> 01:18:39.409 potatoes are, in fact, the meat and potatoes 01:18:39.409 --> 01:18:43.039 of... the potato dish yeah and i and i feel like 01:18:43.039 --> 01:18:44.899 my two lower scores the other one was an eight 01:18:44.899 --> 01:18:47.039 which is still a good score yeah but the two 01:18:47.039 --> 01:18:49.619 lower scores were the quote -unquote healthy 01:18:49.619 --> 01:18:52.239 frozen meals sure so i find that kind of interesting 01:18:52.239 --> 01:18:54.720 so maybe just how they prepare them or the products 01:18:54.720 --> 01:18:57.380 that they're using to make them healthier i don't 01:18:57.380 --> 01:19:00.039 know but they they weren't great i do need some 01:19:00.039 --> 01:19:02.119 taste and not to say healthy stuff tastes bad 01:19:02.119 --> 01:19:09.069 but uh so far proof is in the Like what I did 01:19:09.069 --> 01:19:13.170 there, that's why I got a show. Anyway, on that 01:19:13.170 --> 01:19:17.069 note, like I said, this 6 -7 is not terrible. 01:19:17.729 --> 01:19:22.270 6 -7. And it was cheap. 6 -7. Ah, shit. You did 01:19:22.270 --> 01:19:24.489 that to yourself. God damn it. You did that to 01:19:24.489 --> 01:19:25.909 yourself. I did do that to myself. And to be 01:19:25.909 --> 01:19:28.829 fair, I hate the meme. I think it's silly. It's 01:19:28.829 --> 01:19:31.329 so dumb. It's a little silly. Great that I had 01:19:31.329 --> 01:19:33.829 some silly memes that I enjoyed when I was a 01:19:33.829 --> 01:19:37.460 teenager. But the fact that just two numbers, 01:19:37.779 --> 01:19:41.720 six, seven. God damn it. You totally did that 01:19:41.720 --> 01:19:44.079 to yourself. I did that to myself. That's crazy. 01:19:44.140 --> 01:19:46.199 I deserve what I get. All right, we're taking 01:19:46.199 --> 01:20:00.020 a break. Goodbye. All right, we are back, everybody, 01:20:00.020 --> 01:20:02.579 and it is now time for our feature segment. You 01:20:02.579 --> 01:20:06.300 just made the list. And basically, we just come 01:20:06.300 --> 01:20:08.579 up with something we want to make a list of. 01:20:09.060 --> 01:20:10.779 And there's lots of stuff you make lists of. 01:20:11.119 --> 01:20:14.220 So we've been keeping a lot of these in the music 01:20:14.220 --> 01:20:17.979 department lately, primarily because we're both 01:20:17.979 --> 01:20:20.239 music lovers. We really didn't have a music segment 01:20:20.239 --> 01:20:23.439 per se. So that's what we're doing. And I hope 01:20:23.439 --> 01:20:25.979 you guys are enjoying it. Basically, 10 through 01:20:25.979 --> 01:20:30.659 2 till we get to our number 1. And here are the 01:20:30.659 --> 01:20:33.619 rules. If you're playing from home, here are 01:20:33.619 --> 01:20:37.020 the rules. Oh, wait. There aren't any. Oh, thank 01:20:37.020 --> 01:20:39.920 God. There aren't any. We're in the clear. I 01:20:39.920 --> 01:20:41.899 was fearing I might have broke some today. Yeah, 01:20:41.899 --> 01:20:43.960 you know, fear of the darkest is fear of the 01:20:43.960 --> 01:20:48.640 list. So. Iron Maiden. Yeah. My man. Fear, fear 01:20:48.640 --> 01:20:52.460 of the list. So yeah. So at any rate, this week. 01:20:52.800 --> 01:20:56.319 best alt rock albums of the 2k so basically year 01:20:56.319 --> 01:21:00.359 2000 moving forward to today uh let's say you 01:21:00.359 --> 01:21:04.260 know that's 25 years a lot of albums but um we 01:21:04.260 --> 01:21:09.539 pick our top 10 or is it perhaps more we're gonna 01:21:09.539 --> 01:21:12.100 hear from aiden aiden how many you got there 01:21:12.100 --> 01:21:15.579 buddy i may have went a little bit over 20 but 01:21:15.579 --> 01:21:19.000 it there's no rules first and foremost secondly 01:21:19.000 --> 01:21:21.659 yes i still kept my top 10 Okay. Which I will 01:21:21.659 --> 01:21:23.699 run my ten through two, but I just want to give 01:21:23.699 --> 01:21:26.840 some honorable mentions first. That's good. Which 01:21:26.840 --> 01:21:29.560 I think is only fair. So here are my honorable 01:21:29.560 --> 01:21:33.260 mentions that almost made the illustrious top 01:21:33.260 --> 01:21:37.739 ten. The Click by AJR. Great album. Okay. And 01:21:37.739 --> 01:21:41.779 Awesome Wave by Alt J. Megalithic Symphony by 01:21:41.779 --> 01:21:46.039 AWOL Nation. Pretty solid. Melophobia by Cage 01:21:46.039 --> 01:21:49.800 the Elephant. Torches by Foster the People. Demon 01:21:49.800 --> 01:21:54.060 Days by Gorillaz. The Boy Who Died Wolf, highly 01:21:54.060 --> 01:21:58.060 suspect. The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance. 01:21:58.520 --> 01:22:00.359 Ah, that's a good one. That was tough, that almost 01:22:00.359 --> 01:22:02.479 made it on the ten. That's a good one. Death 01:22:02.479 --> 01:22:05.500 of a Bachelor by Panic! at the Disco. All -Killer 01:22:05.500 --> 01:22:09.840 No -Filler, some 41. And Toxicity by System of 01:22:09.840 --> 01:22:12.380 a Down, which would have made the list, but they're 01:22:12.380 --> 01:22:16.399 kind of more alt -metal than alt -rock. So I 01:22:16.399 --> 01:22:18.020 put them down there just to make sure I mentioned 01:22:18.020 --> 01:22:21.659 them regardless. Now for the top ten. Here we 01:22:21.659 --> 01:22:27.100 go. Number ten. Now Not Yet by Half Alive, Great 01:22:27.100 --> 01:22:31.279 Owl. Number nine, Paramore Paramore, fantastic. 01:22:31.819 --> 01:22:35.119 Number eight, Being So Normal by Peach Pit. Number 01:22:35.119 --> 01:22:38.520 seven, Elephant by The White Stripes. Yeah. Number 01:22:38.520 --> 01:22:41.420 six, American Idiot by Green Day, which would 01:22:41.420 --> 01:22:43.939 have been higher, but they're kind of more... 01:22:43.720 --> 01:22:47.000 And that was 2K, huh? That was 2K. That was 2004, 01:22:47.000 --> 01:22:50.100 I believe. Oh, 2004, okay. Yeah, it would have 01:22:50.100 --> 01:22:52.060 been higher, but some people have kind of argued 01:22:52.060 --> 01:22:55.300 they're more pop punk, punk rock. Sure. Than 01:22:55.300 --> 01:22:57.199 alt rock, but I still wanted to mention them. 01:22:57.939 --> 01:23:00.159 Number five, How to Be a Human Being by Glass 01:23:00.159 --> 01:23:03.859 Animals. Oh, god damn it. Good album. Yep. Number 01:23:03.859 --> 01:23:07.340 four, From Under the Cork Tree by Fall Out Boy. 01:23:08.079 --> 01:23:10.579 Great album. Yeah, that's really good. Number 01:23:10.579 --> 01:23:14.050 three, I Had A .M. by Arctic Monkeys. Yep. And 01:23:14.050 --> 01:23:17.229 number two, had to do it to him, Blurryface, 01:23:17.449 --> 01:23:23.050 21 Pilots. Yeah, that's good. That's really good. 01:23:24.510 --> 01:23:28.149 OK, well, the Green Day album that Aidan had, 01:23:28.310 --> 01:23:30.369 I'm putting on my... Gotta throw American Idiot 01:23:30.369 --> 01:23:32.930 on there. Yeah, American Idiot's on there, as 01:23:32.930 --> 01:23:35.880 my honorable mention. Some other of my honorable 01:23:35.880 --> 01:23:38.659 mentions, I don't have quite as many, but Royal 01:23:38.659 --> 01:23:41.619 Blood with Typhoons. Oh, that's a good one, yeah. 01:23:42.460 --> 01:23:45.260 St. Vincent Daddy's Home is another good one. 01:23:45.460 --> 01:23:49.020 The Struts, Young and Dangerous, and 21 Pilots 01:23:49.020 --> 01:23:52.800 Clancy. Okay, yeah. Those are some good ones. 01:23:53.560 --> 01:23:58.439 Into My Top 10, Romance by Fontaine's DC. Not 01:23:58.439 --> 01:24:00.500 only are they Irish, but they're a really good 01:24:00.500 --> 01:24:02.659 young band, so if they're not on your radar, 01:24:02.779 --> 01:24:05.939 put them on your radar. are. White Stripes, White 01:24:05.939 --> 01:24:09.140 Blood Cells. Number eight, Florence and the Machine, 01:24:09.340 --> 01:24:12.159 High and Hope. Number seven, Gorilla's Demon 01:24:12.159 --> 01:24:16.380 Days. Nice. Number six, Paramore Riot. OK, good. 01:24:16.560 --> 01:24:19.560 Good, good. Number five, My Chemical Romance, 01:24:19.579 --> 01:24:22.579 The Black Parade. Nice. Number four, White Stripes, 01:24:22.739 --> 01:24:28.119 Icky Thump. Number three, Arctic Monkey AM. 21 01:24:28.119 --> 01:24:31.880 Pilots, Blurry Faces, my number two. Nice. Nice, 01:24:32.039 --> 01:24:35.020 we've got some matching number twos and threes 01:24:35.020 --> 01:24:37.619 there. We do, we do. Pretty fantastic. Number 01:24:37.619 --> 01:24:40.739 one, I had to do it to them, and it snuck in 01:24:40.739 --> 01:24:44.840 there. Oh, okay. Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park. 01:24:45.020 --> 01:24:48.640 Oh, okay. The Year 2000 is my number one. Okay. 01:24:49.420 --> 01:24:53.659 What a righteous album. Yep. Absolutely righteous. 01:24:55.159 --> 01:24:58.180 This is... Just such a great list. This is a 01:24:58.180 --> 01:25:00.640 fun list to make. I knew you would enjoy this 01:25:00.640 --> 01:25:03.579 one for sure. And my show is based on a lot of 01:25:03.579 --> 01:25:10.100 this music. So that definitely was a lot of fun. 01:25:10.180 --> 01:25:11.739 That's a great album cover, too, by the way. 01:25:11.920 --> 01:25:14.300 Yes. Yes, it is. Yeah. Hybrid Theory, my number 01:25:14.300 --> 01:25:18.090 one. But of course. We've got another number 01:25:18.090 --> 01:25:20.569 one coming up here and let us know in the comments, 01:25:20.750 --> 01:25:23.069 too What what would you put on your list? Yeah 01:25:23.069 --> 01:25:24.970 for sure because you know we're doing a top 10 01:25:24.970 --> 01:25:27.649 list so Over the course of 25 years. We're gonna 01:25:27.649 --> 01:25:30.750 eliminate a lot. Yeah There was a lot I had to 01:25:30.750 --> 01:25:33.430 cut and I still only cut it down to 21. Yeah. 01:25:33.449 --> 01:25:37.390 Oh for sure There's no doubt about that so mine 01:25:37.390 --> 01:25:40.729 is actually White Stripes, again, as a matter 01:25:40.729 --> 01:25:42.529 of fact, let me go back up my list here. It's 01:25:42.529 --> 01:25:44.869 your third mention of them, right? Yeah. I had 01:25:44.869 --> 01:25:47.390 White Blood Cells number nine, I had Icky Thump 01:25:47.390 --> 01:25:50.050 number four, and then number one is Elephant. 01:25:50.050 --> 01:25:51.489 Nice. I'll buy White Stripes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 01:25:51.489 --> 01:25:54.090 I think there's a lot of bangers on there. It's 01:25:54.090 --> 01:25:57.949 really great. Third great band. I did see Jack 01:25:57.949 --> 01:26:02.090 White's solo in the Riot Fest here in Chicago 01:26:02.090 --> 01:26:04.710 in Douglas Park. And I'll tell you what, I've 01:26:04.710 --> 01:26:07.779 always liked the band. and thought they had good 01:26:07.779 --> 01:26:11.560 albums and the whole thing. And until sometimes 01:26:11.560 --> 01:26:15.119 you can see a band live, you just don't know. 01:26:15.399 --> 01:26:17.939 Sure. You just don't know. And when I saw Jack 01:26:17.939 --> 01:26:20.840 White live, my first thought was, holy shit, 01:26:20.899 --> 01:26:23.739 this guy's a rock star. Yeah. Like, it just blows 01:26:23.739 --> 01:26:26.479 you away. Like, what have I been sleeping on? 01:26:26.539 --> 01:26:29.180 Why haven't I seen him or when he was with Meg? 01:26:29.340 --> 01:26:32.479 Sure. Why haven't I seen them? This is absurd 01:26:32.479 --> 01:26:36.079 because they just killed it. That's awesome. 01:26:36.300 --> 01:26:40.340 They just killed it. By the way, Riot Fest, don't 01:26:40.340 --> 01:26:45.720 put all time low in the same time as Jack. That 01:26:45.720 --> 01:26:49.340 was just rude as fuck, dude. Don't do that. That's 01:26:49.340 --> 01:26:54.000 a fumble, as we say. That is a fumble, for sure. 01:26:55.220 --> 01:26:56.899 Because, yeah, I just split it. I just split 01:26:56.899 --> 01:27:00.529 it. I felt like a parent of divorce. I had to 01:27:00.529 --> 01:27:02.829 split time? Split custody. I really did. I'm 01:27:02.829 --> 01:27:05.270 sorry, Jack White. I still love you, but I want 01:27:05.270 --> 01:27:10.270 to hear ATL. Yeah, so don't ever, ever do that 01:27:10.270 --> 01:27:13.829 again. I'm planning on doing Riot Fest again 01:27:13.829 --> 01:27:20.529 in 26, which this is interesting. So on a side 01:27:20.529 --> 01:27:23.470 note, Riot Fest is going to be in September. 01:27:24.540 --> 01:27:26.840 18th, 19th, 20th, something along those lines. 01:27:26.840 --> 01:27:28.739 It's Friday, Saturday, Sunday, kind of perfect 01:27:28.739 --> 01:27:32.880 length for a show like that. And Iron Maiden 01:27:32.880 --> 01:27:36.220 is going on tour. They play that following Tuesday. 01:27:37.079 --> 01:27:41.600 Inter -sante. So it could be epic. It could be 01:27:41.600 --> 01:27:43.979 a five -day rager. So it really could. That's 01:27:43.979 --> 01:27:47.840 kind of what I'm thinking is... Like when, because 01:27:47.840 --> 01:27:50.000 I'm looking for work if you want to hire me. 01:27:50.539 --> 01:27:52.979 Give this man money. Good God. After all this 01:27:52.979 --> 01:27:56.060 time, Jesus Christ. Anyway, once I do start working 01:27:56.060 --> 01:27:58.600 again, I'll let them know. I think I'm just going 01:27:58.600 --> 01:28:01.520 to plan that right off jump, like a Friday to 01:28:01.520 --> 01:28:03.760 Friday. Just like I'll be like, yep, I'm going 01:28:03.760 --> 01:28:05.899 to be out that week and just plan on spending 01:28:05.899 --> 01:28:09.460 time in Chicago and just doing that whole thing 01:28:09.460 --> 01:28:11.479 that week. Right. That would probably be solid. 01:28:12.049 --> 01:28:15.229 That would be solid. That would be like as as 01:28:15.229 --> 01:28:18.590 staycations goes. I think that oh, yeah That's 01:28:18.590 --> 01:28:20.770 that's about as good as you can get s -tier. 01:28:20.770 --> 01:28:23.789 Yeah s -tier for sure. No doubt. So that's that's 01:28:23.789 --> 01:28:27.649 the plan So looking looking forward to that At 01:28:27.649 --> 01:28:30.989 any rate, let's go down the rabbit hole the reddit 01:28:30.989 --> 01:28:33.470 rabbit hole I think I flipped that earlier in 01:28:33.470 --> 01:28:35.550 the show. Don't pay attention man behind the 01:28:35.550 --> 01:28:40.720 curtain anyway What did you find down said rabbit 01:28:40.720 --> 01:28:42.720 hole this week down said rabbit hole? I found 01:28:42.720 --> 01:28:44.859 kind of a continuation I think I brought this 01:28:44.859 --> 01:28:47.640 up a little bit in a previous one, but I really 01:28:47.640 --> 01:28:50.220 want to hammer it home Okay, because it kind 01:28:50.220 --> 01:28:52.979 of correlated a little bit with our opening dialogue 01:28:52.979 --> 01:28:58.880 and just how dire and drab things all seem and 01:28:58.880 --> 01:29:02.579 of course how Working people are kind of always 01:29:02.579 --> 01:29:05.720 fucked at least over the last five decades very 01:29:05.720 --> 01:29:08.909 true. Although that's That's kind of a close 01:29:08.909 --> 01:29:12.350 -minded thing to say because Black Americans 01:29:12.350 --> 01:29:15.010 and kind of any minority in America. They've 01:29:15.010 --> 01:29:18.710 been fucked since day one Regardless, I wanted 01:29:18.710 --> 01:29:22.270 to talk more about fertility rates because It's 01:29:22.270 --> 01:29:25.750 it's every it's down everywhere It's down everywhere. 01:29:25.750 --> 01:29:29.850 I talked a little bit about the US and now The 01:29:29.850 --> 01:29:31.510 fertility rates in Europe is something I want 01:29:31.510 --> 01:29:35.569 to bring up which They're all low. I'll show 01:29:35.569 --> 01:29:40.050 the map to mark mo And it's color -coded, so... 01:29:40.050 --> 01:29:42.869 Oh boy. Red and yellow mean below replacement 01:29:42.869 --> 01:29:46.250 rate, and green means near or at replacement 01:29:46.250 --> 01:29:49.210 rate. Everywhere in Europe is red or yellow. 01:29:49.909 --> 01:29:54.949 Oh my gosh. It is. Yeah, so... For a species 01:29:54.949 --> 01:29:57.390 to continue, like hold its population steady, 01:29:57.529 --> 01:30:01.189 the replacement rate, or how many children a 01:30:01.189 --> 01:30:04.770 person should have to continue said replacement 01:30:04.770 --> 01:30:09.039 rate, should be 2, or 2 .1. uh let's start with 01:30:09.039 --> 01:30:14.300 ireland where our ancestors came from 1 .47 okay 01:30:14.300 --> 01:30:16.420 and that's already in a country whose population 01:30:16.420 --> 01:30:19.000 never recovered from the famine and the wars 01:30:19.000 --> 01:30:26.819 that's very true 1 .47 in uh spain 1 .12 oh my 01:30:26.819 --> 01:30:31.560 gosh 1 .1 every parents parent slash parents 01:30:31.560 --> 01:30:37.829 are having 1 .1 child hmm yeah It's looking terrible. 01:30:38.310 --> 01:30:41.789 Ukraine, 1 .0. And these are numbers from 2024. 01:30:42.270 --> 01:30:45.630 So this is before things really got horrible. 01:30:46.949 --> 01:30:50.350 Yeah. Yeah, horrible. Germany, 1 .36. France, 01:30:50.609 --> 01:30:55.829 1 .63. Most of the Nordic and Scandinavian nations 01:30:55.829 --> 01:31:01.210 are about 1 .3. Holy cow. Russia is 1 .4. There 01:31:01.210 --> 01:31:06.529 is one nation. I think it's Kosovo. 1 .9 that 01:31:06.529 --> 01:31:12.770 is the highest in Europe of these 2024 Statistics 01:31:12.770 --> 01:31:15.010 next up. Let's let's look at China and I know 01:31:15.010 --> 01:31:18.569 China had for a while. Yeah, I know right had 01:31:18.569 --> 01:31:22.310 for a while the Some kind of statute where you 01:31:22.310 --> 01:31:24.810 could only have you could only birth one son. 01:31:24.850 --> 01:31:27.590 Yes one child thing I don't think that exists 01:31:27.590 --> 01:31:33.010 anymore. Yeah, I'm not sure but those those symptoms 01:31:33.010 --> 01:31:37.159 of said ruling or law, still kind of stick around. 01:31:38.020 --> 01:31:41.460 There are provinces in China that are as low 01:31:41.460 --> 01:31:48.279 as 0 .52. Holy cow. 0 .52. Some of the more populous 01:31:48.279 --> 01:31:55.659 provinces are at 0 .8, 0 .9, 1 .08. In the west, 01:31:56.060 --> 01:32:00.239 the western provinces where they're much less 01:32:00.239 --> 01:32:04.789 populated in concentration. are like 1 .38, 1 01:32:04.789 --> 01:32:09.189 .78, but the entire eastern half of China, where 01:32:09.189 --> 01:32:13.729 most of the population is, it's all 1 .1, 1 .16, 01:32:14.350 --> 01:32:18.569 0 .9. And then we look at some of the most populous 01:32:18.569 --> 01:32:22.670 nations on earth. And this goes back to, let's 01:32:22.670 --> 01:32:27.949 start at 1970. The world average in 1970, fertility 01:32:27.949 --> 01:32:31.960 rate, 4 .8. Four point eight. So you're talking 01:32:31.960 --> 01:32:35.600 this is this is wow on the upswing, right? Yeah 01:32:35.600 --> 01:32:38.640 of post -world war two baby boom kind of stuff 01:32:38.640 --> 01:32:42.180 So yeah point eight was the world average where 01:32:42.180 --> 01:32:44.699 there were countries that kind of carried Nigeria 01:32:44.699 --> 01:32:47.800 and Ethiopia Ethiopia both had six point eight 01:32:47.800 --> 01:32:50.479 and seven point three three respectively, right? 01:32:51.079 --> 01:32:55.800 In the US two point five India five point six 01:32:55.800 --> 01:32:58.720 Russia was two point. Oh, and then we skipped 01:32:58.720 --> 01:33:03.229 to today Where the world average is 2 .2. So 01:33:03.229 --> 01:33:05.569 we're at the plateau we are we're at the plateau 01:33:05.569 --> 01:33:07.949 these numbers are accurate as of 2023 we're at 01:33:07.949 --> 01:33:12.109 the plateau 2 .2 and Even the countries where 01:33:12.109 --> 01:33:15.689 population Was was booming over the last couple 01:33:15.689 --> 01:33:18.989 decades have started to trend towards plateau 01:33:18.989 --> 01:33:24.930 Nigeria fell from 6 .5 to 4 .5 Pakistan fell 01:33:24.930 --> 01:33:28.810 from 6 .8 to 3 .6. That's big China, of course, 01:33:28.949 --> 01:33:33.270 fell from 6 .1 to 1 .0 average. The United States 01:33:33.270 --> 01:33:38.369 fell from 2 .5 to 1 .6. Brazil fell from 4 .9 01:33:38.369 --> 01:33:44.729 to 1 .6. India from 5 .6 to 2 .0. And the reason 01:33:44.729 --> 01:33:48.829 I bring these up is because this, those are symptoms 01:33:48.829 --> 01:33:52.470 of capitalism and how dogshit it is for working 01:33:52.470 --> 01:33:56.649 people. That's it. Mm -hmm, that's it. No, sure. 01:33:56.810 --> 01:33:58.390 There are people out there that don't want to 01:33:58.390 --> 01:34:00.670 have children. They don't want to have big families 01:34:00.670 --> 01:34:03.510 That's totally fine. That's that's totally fine. 01:34:03.789 --> 01:34:07.649 But when you add in late stage capitalism to 01:34:07.649 --> 01:34:11.810 the mix People cannot afford to have children 01:34:11.810 --> 01:34:14.810 Correct. It takes three quarters of a million 01:34:14.810 --> 01:34:17.829 dollars about to raise a child to the age of 01:34:17.829 --> 01:34:22.829 20 That's unreal who makes that into who makes 01:34:22.829 --> 01:34:26.479 that? But has that amount of free money to spend 01:34:26.479 --> 01:34:30.220 on another human being? No one. No one. No one. 01:34:30.460 --> 01:34:33.479 It is impossible to raise a child. Yep. Because 01:34:33.479 --> 01:34:36.079 you need two working parents, both of whom make 01:34:36.079 --> 01:34:40.699 really great wages. Yeah. In order to get by 01:34:40.699 --> 01:34:45.319 having a kid. Yes. Which is why any middle class 01:34:45.319 --> 01:34:50.159 or even lower class person, you know, people 01:34:50.159 --> 01:34:53.319 work at Target, people work at... Service jobs. 01:34:53.600 --> 01:34:58.579 White Castle, bartenders, servers, cashiers, 01:34:58.760 --> 01:35:01.899 just name it, right down the list. They have 01:35:01.899 --> 01:35:06.140 to face the fact that if they, number one, if 01:35:06.140 --> 01:35:09.659 they decide to get married, number two, they're 01:35:09.659 --> 01:35:11.779 going to struggle mightily if they have more 01:35:11.779 --> 01:35:14.800 than one child. Right. They'll struggle mightily. 01:35:15.779 --> 01:35:20.859 Especially where future, where welfare and social 01:35:20.859 --> 01:35:22.949 assistance It's looking like it's out the window, 01:35:23.210 --> 01:35:26.250 boys. Mm -hmm. Looking like it's gone. So it's 01:35:26.250 --> 01:35:27.890 gonna make it tougher. Right. And you've got 01:35:27.890 --> 01:35:30.710 all these billionaire cunt bags, like, oh, make 01:35:30.710 --> 01:35:32.529 more babies. I don't know why people aren't there, 01:35:32.689 --> 01:35:36.210 like, having more kids. Brother, I know you cunts 01:35:36.210 --> 01:35:38.970 are detached from reality, but that is really 01:35:38.970 --> 01:35:40.789 detached from reality. That's really detached. 01:35:42.069 --> 01:35:44.229 You're sitting in billions. You just want more 01:35:44.229 --> 01:35:48.090 wage slaves. That's it. That's all it is. I mean, 01:35:48.090 --> 01:35:50.970 that should... But for those individuals, those 01:35:50.970 --> 01:35:53.170 billionaires, multimillionaires that have these 01:35:53.170 --> 01:35:55.569 big corporations and sitting there and being 01:35:55.569 --> 01:35:57.569 like, wow, I'm really concerned for the next 01:35:57.569 --> 01:36:00.630 20 years because I'm not sure where we're going 01:36:00.630 --> 01:36:04.670 to get a workforce. That is a good reality for 01:36:04.670 --> 01:36:06.970 you because guess what us Gen Xers are going 01:36:06.970 --> 01:36:10.510 to do in the next 10 to 15 to 20 years? We're 01:36:10.510 --> 01:36:14.149 retired, my guy. Right. We're done. So now you 01:36:14.149 --> 01:36:17.670 got to rely on these other generations. that 01:36:17.670 --> 01:36:21.029 are much smaller. Yeah. Because you guys made 01:36:21.029 --> 01:36:24.729 them that way. Right. Yeah. Crazy. That's why, 01:36:25.149 --> 01:36:28.390 in my opinion, AI is a multi -trillion dollar 01:36:28.390 --> 01:36:31.310 industry, is because they're trying to replace 01:36:31.310 --> 01:36:35.210 the workforces that they caused to be small. 01:36:35.609 --> 01:36:39.350 Yes, correct. Yep. And that's it. That's it. 01:36:39.569 --> 01:36:41.149 That's it. That's why I wanted to bring up those 01:36:41.149 --> 01:36:44.890 numbers, because I knew it's all intertwined. 01:36:45.069 --> 01:36:47.189 Oh, for sure. Yeah, no doubt. I'm glad you did. 01:36:47.329 --> 01:36:51.149 That was really good. That was really good. Why 01:36:51.149 --> 01:36:53.569 don't we find out what happened while we were 01:36:53.569 --> 01:36:56.310 sleeping? Oh, no. Yeah, we do this every week. 01:36:57.029 --> 01:37:00.310 Aidan will look at video games. He'll look at 01:37:00.310 --> 01:37:03.149 TV shows, YouTubers, you name it, anything in 01:37:03.149 --> 01:37:06.800 media that maybe we just kind of slept on. But 01:37:06.800 --> 01:37:08.800 you know who didn't sleep on it, huh? No, no, 01:37:08.800 --> 01:37:11.779 no. Aiden didn't. My man, right here. Today? 01:37:11.859 --> 01:37:13.659 What did we miss, dude? While you were sleeping, 01:37:14.020 --> 01:37:17.140 you've been sleeping on a fantastic YouTuber. 01:37:17.479 --> 01:37:19.640 That's what I'm bringing up today. Okay. This 01:37:19.640 --> 01:37:23.180 man right here, Hank Green. Hank Green. Hank 01:37:23.180 --> 01:37:30.739 Green. My man. William Henry Green II. He goes 01:37:30.739 --> 01:37:32.920 by Hank Green, though. It's a more palatable 01:37:32.920 --> 01:37:34.939 name. Yeah, that's good, because for a minute 01:37:34.939 --> 01:37:36.520 I thought he went to the Gatsby party. Yeah, 01:37:36.619 --> 01:37:39.520 right. American entrepreneur, author, science 01:37:39.520 --> 01:37:42.960 communicator, and YouTuber. Best known for hosting 01:37:42.960 --> 01:37:46.579 the educational channel's SciShow crash course. 01:37:47.020 --> 01:37:49.800 He's got a channel he co -owns with his brother 01:37:49.800 --> 01:37:53.180 called... Vlogbrothers, which is kind of fun. 01:37:54.739 --> 01:37:59.399 Super highly intelligent, very personable, seems 01:37:59.399 --> 01:38:02.340 fantastic at teaching. And you know me, I love 01:38:02.340 --> 01:38:05.079 knowledge. I love learning. I know you do. This 01:38:05.079 --> 01:38:08.819 guy knows how to present it. He's a fantastic 01:38:08.819 --> 01:38:13.439 watch. He... Homeboy beat cancer. Oh, really? 01:38:13.479 --> 01:38:16.079 Homeboy beat cancer and he was still uploading 01:38:16.079 --> 01:38:18.949 YouTube videos all through it, like... detailing 01:38:18.949 --> 01:38:22.949 the processes and, like, really humanizing what 01:38:22.949 --> 01:38:26.170 it is, what it means to have this. But some of 01:38:26.170 --> 01:38:28.590 his most recent uploads, which are fantastic, 01:38:28.670 --> 01:38:32.430 he covered... He's got a video titled, The Genius 01:38:32.430 --> 01:38:35.210 of the Louvre Heist. Did you hear about that? 01:38:35.430 --> 01:38:37.069 I've heard of the Louvre Heist, yeah. They robbed 01:38:37.069 --> 01:38:39.510 the Louvre, so... Oh, yes, I have. Yeah, he covered 01:38:39.510 --> 01:38:42.970 that. He's got videos, Government by the Few 01:38:42.970 --> 01:38:46.600 for the Fewer. So he's... not only scientifically 01:38:46.600 --> 01:38:49.699 intelligent, but socially aware, socially woke 01:38:49.699 --> 01:38:54.739 about the crazy shit going on. He's covered AI 01:38:54.739 --> 01:38:58.680 a handful of times, and how disturbing it seems, 01:38:58.939 --> 01:39:02.920 and alarming it is. He is a fantastic watch. 01:39:03.060 --> 01:39:06.680 If you are at all remotely interested, and just 01:39:06.680 --> 01:39:12.159 like, really enthusiastic and fun to watch, edutainment 01:39:12.159 --> 01:39:15.619 YouTubers, Hank Green, Hank Green is a fantastic 01:39:15.619 --> 01:39:19.319 one. Hank Green. Awesome. I will definitely check 01:39:19.319 --> 01:39:22.079 it out, because I love stuff like that, too. 01:39:22.079 --> 01:39:25.619 Yeah. So I will definitely. That's why this dude 01:39:25.619 --> 01:39:27.899 does this segment, ladies and gentlemen, because 01:39:27.899 --> 01:39:29.520 that's so nice. I catch what happens while you're 01:39:29.520 --> 01:39:32.699 sleeping. We talked about you guys smartening 01:39:32.699 --> 01:39:35.319 up. We're all going to smart up. 2026, smarten 01:39:35.319 --> 01:39:38.260 up. That's the logo. Get smartened. Or the tagline, 01:39:38.380 --> 01:39:41.020 as it were. That's it. We're going to smarten 01:39:41.020 --> 01:39:43.279 up. And we're going to listen to this YouTuber 01:39:43.279 --> 01:39:45.520 for sure. Damn right. Hell yeah. Good call on 01:39:45.520 --> 01:39:48.000 that. Let's take a quick break. And we're going 01:39:48.000 --> 01:39:49.680 to come back because it's about time to drink 01:39:49.680 --> 01:40:01.659 some beer. Hell yeah. Let's go. All righty. We 01:40:01.659 --> 01:40:04.899 are in the homestretch. And that means it is 01:40:04.899 --> 01:40:09.880 time for the Mark Mo Show Beer Review. And yeah, 01:40:09.939 --> 01:40:11.500 in case you're wondering, this is the Mark Mo 01:40:11.500 --> 01:40:13.579 show. I'm your host, Mark Maloney, along with 01:40:13.579 --> 01:40:16.319 Aidan Maloney. And we get to drink beer, and 01:40:16.319 --> 01:40:18.819 that makes us happy. It's fantastic. The official 01:40:18.819 --> 01:40:21.239 beer review. Yeah, just remember, alcohol is 01:40:21.239 --> 01:40:25.279 a solution. Anyway. Chemists agree. Chemists 01:40:25.279 --> 01:40:29.899 agree with me 100%. And we're now on to the big, 01:40:30.180 --> 01:40:35.460 juicy Beer hug. Care to tell our fine folks about 01:40:35.460 --> 01:40:38.000 this wonderful concoction? Are you talking about 01:40:38.000 --> 01:40:40.340 the concoction called the Big Juicy Beer Hug? 01:40:40.640 --> 01:40:43.560 Indeed I am. Oh my goodness. Well, it is. Sounds 01:40:43.560 --> 01:40:46.880 wonderful. It sounds wonderful. It is an Imperial 01:40:46.880 --> 01:40:51.119 IPA from Goose Island Beer Company. We love Goose 01:40:51.119 --> 01:40:53.460 Island. Chicago, let's go. Macro brewery out 01:40:53.460 --> 01:40:57.579 of Chicago, Illinois. They say on the can it's 01:40:57.579 --> 01:41:00.529 full of sunshine and tropical sweetness. We'll 01:41:00.529 --> 01:41:02.250 be the judge of that. We will be the judge of 01:41:02.250 --> 01:41:06.550 that. It is 9 .9 % alcohol by volume. Oh, buddy. 01:41:06.689 --> 01:41:10.970 Which is soupaishi for a cerveza, if you will. 01:41:11.170 --> 01:41:15.050 I would agree. Which was both Japanese and Spanish. 01:41:15.529 --> 01:41:17.890 That was impressive. I didn't intend for that 01:41:17.890 --> 01:41:20.350 to happen, but it just, it did. If they ever 01:41:20.350 --> 01:41:22.170 need someone to speak on beer at the UN, I think 01:41:22.170 --> 01:41:24.050 they should tap you for it. Yeah, that is my, 01:41:24.050 --> 01:41:27.539 like, forte. Because I know... Many English words 01:41:27.539 --> 01:41:30.399 and then like a couple of other languages words 01:41:30.399 --> 01:41:34.420 you do like a handful You know a useful handful 01:41:34.420 --> 01:41:38.359 We will be ranking this beer on a scale of zero 01:41:38.359 --> 01:41:41.680 to five using the untapped app What you can get 01:41:41.680 --> 01:41:43.079 on your phone for free. We're not sponsored, 01:41:43.119 --> 01:41:45.979 but we do like it because it is free and You 01:41:45.979 --> 01:41:48.699 can rank beers and it's it's kind of like the 01:41:48.699 --> 01:41:51.300 four square of brewski's It really is. If anyone 01:41:51.300 --> 01:41:54.479 remembers the four square days? I definitely 01:41:54.479 --> 01:41:58.560 remember the four square days. You're doing the 01:41:58.560 --> 01:42:01.680 Lord's work, essentially. Because as we go out 01:42:01.680 --> 01:42:05.020 and we go to bars, and maybe some are a little 01:42:05.020 --> 01:42:07.979 swank, maybe not. Sure. Some just could be dive 01:42:07.979 --> 01:42:10.100 bars, but a lot of times you run into like, oh 01:42:10.100 --> 01:42:12.039 my God, what's that? Or you see a beer list like, 01:42:12.380 --> 01:42:14.500 I've not heard of that one before. You pull up 01:42:14.500 --> 01:42:17.300 this handy little app and then it lets you know 01:42:17.300 --> 01:42:19.119 kind of what the ranking is, what people are 01:42:19.119 --> 01:42:21.489 saying about it. and then it's just up to you 01:42:21.489 --> 01:42:23.189 to be like wow it kind of looks like ass maybe 01:42:23.189 --> 01:42:26.550 I'll avoid it right huh I am intrigued. Curious. 01:42:26.689 --> 01:42:31.050 My palate says yes. Quite. Indeed. Indeed. So 01:42:31.050 --> 01:42:33.970 ranking on a scale from zero to five we're drinking 01:42:33.970 --> 01:42:36.550 it out of a can and we'll give you some some 01:42:36.550 --> 01:42:39.390 flavor notes as we go along. Flavor Flav. And 01:42:39.390 --> 01:42:41.090 of course let us know in the comments what you're 01:42:41.090 --> 01:42:45.369 enjoying today. A sloncha. Sloncha to you sir. 01:42:46.529 --> 01:42:48.510 That is pretty damn smooth. Oh that's lovely. 01:42:48.829 --> 01:42:53.050 That is pretty damn smooth. As many folks know, 01:42:53.289 --> 01:42:54.489 especially folks that listen to this show and 01:42:54.489 --> 01:42:58.130 our beer reviews, IPAs are typically not my first 01:42:58.130 --> 01:43:01.649 choice, but that doesn't matter because we're 01:43:01.649 --> 01:43:06.369 here to do a job. Right. And this is lovely. 01:43:07.029 --> 01:43:11.630 That is really nice. It's not super hoppy, even 01:43:11.630 --> 01:43:15.430 for being an Imperial IPA. It is not super hoppy. 01:43:16.380 --> 01:43:18.979 I would say the sweetness, it's not overly sweet, 01:43:19.000 --> 01:43:23.100 but there is sweetness. Getting notes of like 01:43:23.100 --> 01:43:26.039 guava, maybe a touch of pineapple, like really 01:43:26.039 --> 01:43:30.739 guava papaya kind of tropical fruits. Yes, I 01:43:30.739 --> 01:43:33.399 would agree with that. Fair sweetness to it. 01:43:34.140 --> 01:43:37.479 Super smooth, very crisp. Yeah, I agree with 01:43:37.479 --> 01:43:40.979 that. It's definitely crisp. You don't get a 01:43:40.979 --> 01:43:42.619 lot of that bite that you get in most of your 01:43:42.619 --> 01:43:46.539 IPAs. No. A little bit, but not... Not to where, 01:43:46.699 --> 01:43:50.079 if you're just like your average beer drinker, 01:43:50.180 --> 01:43:51.699 where that's gonna dissuade you from having this. 01:43:51.859 --> 01:43:55.000 It's a really enjoyable beer. Nice finish. Yeah, 01:43:55.220 --> 01:43:57.819 it's not, especially the IPA haters out there, 01:43:58.520 --> 01:44:01.060 this, just because it says IPA on it doesn't 01:44:01.060 --> 01:44:03.640 mean it tastes like pine and it's super Citra 01:44:03.640 --> 01:44:07.260 hop going on. You gotta expand your horizons 01:44:07.260 --> 01:44:11.199 some. And I think those individuals who may like 01:44:11.199 --> 01:44:14.779 the taste of... Guava and papaya and tropical 01:44:14.779 --> 01:44:17.460 sweetness. This could be you even if you're not 01:44:17.460 --> 01:44:21.079 an IPA fan I'm an I'm an IPA fan and I fuck with 01:44:21.079 --> 01:44:23.800 this. This is great. Yeah, that is really good. 01:44:23.800 --> 01:44:27.739 I'm enjoying it I don't know about juicy. I I 01:44:27.739 --> 01:44:30.039 yeah, we're looking at the flavor profile juicy 01:44:30.039 --> 01:44:34.680 Yeah on the app it gives five examples of commonly 01:44:34.680 --> 01:44:37.319 selected flavor profile notes And we usually 01:44:37.319 --> 01:44:39.979 go through and agree or disagree. Maybe add some 01:44:39.979 --> 01:44:43.239 of our own Yeah, the suggested flavor profile 01:44:43.239 --> 01:44:45.920 notes are juicy tropical smooth boozy and light 01:44:45.920 --> 01:44:50.319 -bodied I'll give it smooth Yes, for sure. I'll 01:44:50.319 --> 01:44:53.800 give it tropical. I did that as well. I'll add 01:44:53.800 --> 01:45:00.439 guava. Ooh to the mix Okay, I'd crisp. I'm not 01:45:00.439 --> 01:45:03.520 sure if I agree with light -bodied. No, it is 01:45:03.520 --> 01:45:07.619 flavorful. Yeah Juicy, I don't know. I think 01:45:07.619 --> 01:45:09.819 I'm just going tropical smooth. I don't know 01:45:10.170 --> 01:45:12.829 what else to do i know you put guava but as you 01:45:12.829 --> 01:45:15.130 are naming like some of the fruits i'm not a 01:45:15.130 --> 01:45:18.829 fruit guy so beyond like like the common ones 01:45:18.829 --> 01:45:23.989 yeah beyond apples oranges and bananas and cherries 01:45:23.989 --> 01:45:27.550 you got me so it's just like this really has 01:45:27.550 --> 01:45:30.569 more of a passion food profile to it i mean yep 01:45:30.569 --> 01:45:33.489 that's it you got it you got it you nailed it 01:45:33.489 --> 01:45:36.289 i am i am not well versed in my fruit knowledge 01:45:36.289 --> 01:45:42.739 so um But yeah, I guess I've had Papaya before 01:45:42.739 --> 01:45:47.380 like papaya pill so I sure yeah Yeah, I got one. 01:45:47.500 --> 01:45:50.119 I can't say I enjoy this. I'll give it flavor 01:45:50.119 --> 01:45:54.500 profile of crisp guava tropical and smooth I'm 01:45:54.500 --> 01:45:58.239 going high. I'm going. I'm going for Pono on 01:45:58.239 --> 01:46:01.920 five that is high for you my god is high I really 01:46:01.920 --> 01:46:06.859 enjoy this it's right up my alley Very very good 01:46:08.760 --> 01:46:12.300 Man, you're the IPA guy, so that does speak a 01:46:12.300 --> 01:46:15.199 lot, and I did enjoy it, for sure. I gave it 01:46:15.199 --> 01:46:17.300 three and a half, but once again, for anybody 01:46:17.300 --> 01:46:19.380 who knows me, I'm not an IPA guy, so three and 01:46:19.380 --> 01:46:23.899 a half is actually high for me for that particular... 01:46:24.109 --> 01:46:28.250 Big juicy beer a big juicy beer hug indeed it 01:46:28.250 --> 01:46:31.369 is the beer hugs you back Yep, and you probably 01:46:31.369 --> 01:46:34.590 can find that at least on the Chicago area most 01:46:34.590 --> 01:46:38.659 of your liquor stores I'm trying to describe 01:46:38.659 --> 01:46:41.420 the can a little bit. It's like a yellow can, 01:46:41.579 --> 01:46:44.359 and it's got this purplish bear with these big 01:46:44.359 --> 01:46:46.600 orange sunglasses. Big sunglasses. Kind of awesome. 01:46:47.199 --> 01:46:49.380 Yeah. The Goose Island logo will be on there. 01:46:49.460 --> 01:46:51.720 It says, full of sunshine and tropical sweetness. 01:46:52.220 --> 01:46:54.640 Not sponsored, but it's a good beer. It is a 01:46:54.640 --> 01:46:57.659 good beer. 9 .9%. Big juicy beer hug. Big juicy 01:46:57.659 --> 01:47:00.399 beer hug. I love it. I do like it. Well, thank 01:47:00.399 --> 01:47:03.399 you for that Goose Island brewery. We did like 01:47:03.399 --> 01:47:06.479 it very much. Much enjoyed. Mm -hmm for certain 01:47:06.479 --> 01:47:12.359 So that takes us to the world of weird news We 01:47:12.359 --> 01:47:14.239 didn't quite get to it last week, but we're getting 01:47:14.239 --> 01:47:17.039 to it this week and eight once you kick us off 01:47:17.039 --> 01:47:21.199 fan Well, I found an interesting one. Oh this 01:47:21.199 --> 01:47:27.699 This is the bowel movement bandit. Oh, no. Yes, 01:47:27.699 --> 01:47:31.600 and this is a Wikipedia article Hmm. Yeah, it's 01:47:31.600 --> 01:47:35.020 it's like a whole thing Like this is, you can 01:47:35.020 --> 01:47:37.180 find it on news stories, but I found the Wikipedia 01:47:37.180 --> 01:47:40.020 article for it. The bowel movement bandit, also 01:47:40.020 --> 01:47:44.520 known as the Ohio pooping bandit. Oh no. Is the 01:47:44.520 --> 01:47:48.939 alias of an unidentified man in the Kenmore neighborhood 01:47:48.939 --> 01:47:52.560 of Akron, Ohio, who repeatedly defecated through 01:47:52.560 --> 01:47:57.039 the sunroofs of random people's cars from 2012 01:47:57.039 --> 01:48:02.199 to 2015. That's a long stretch. It has been speculated 01:48:02.199 --> 01:48:06.680 his name is Richie, based on a Hot Topic membership 01:48:06.680 --> 01:48:11.859 card found at the scene of the crime. In total, 01:48:12.079 --> 01:48:16.039 the criminal defecated on at least 19 parked 01:48:16.039 --> 01:48:19.460 cars in driveways. The criminal only stopped 01:48:19.460 --> 01:48:22.300 his public defecation spree after a photo of 01:48:22.300 --> 01:48:24.779 his face was captured by a hidden camera and 01:48:24.779 --> 01:48:27.520 released to the public. Of him droppin' the deuce? 01:48:27.560 --> 01:48:31.770 Of him droppin' one. Oh no. Uh, he is - Some 01:48:31.770 --> 01:48:34.109 more aliases, he's also known as the Kenmore 01:48:34.109 --> 01:48:39.310 Pooper. Starting in May 2012, residents of the 01:48:39.310 --> 01:48:42.149 Kenmore neighborhood in Akron, Ohio found feces 01:48:42.149 --> 01:48:45.609 on or in their cars. If their cars were locked, 01:48:45.729 --> 01:48:48.229 the perpetrator would defecate on the hood, windshield, 01:48:48.550 --> 01:48:52.149 gas tank, covering, mirrors, windows, or handles 01:48:52.149 --> 01:48:55.550 of the car. Come on, guy. However, if the cars 01:48:55.550 --> 01:48:57.750 were unlocked, the perpetrator would defecate 01:48:57.750 --> 01:49:01.079 on the interior of the car. In total, at least 01:49:01.079 --> 01:49:03.720 19 reported finding fecal matter on their car, 01:49:04.180 --> 01:49:07.199 but the lieutenant of the local police force 01:49:07.199 --> 01:49:10.500 believes there are indeed more victims. Oh, no. 01:49:10.939 --> 01:49:13.800 On March 10th, 2015, the face of the perpetrator, 01:49:13.840 --> 01:49:15.979 of course, was caught on that hidden camera set 01:49:15.979 --> 01:49:18.800 up by the father of a woman whose car was targeted 01:49:18.800 --> 01:49:24.180 by the perpetrator seven times. Oh, gosh. Seven 01:49:24.180 --> 01:49:27.939 times she had her car shaded on. The photo of 01:49:27.939 --> 01:49:31.039 the perpetrator was released to the public by 01:49:31.039 --> 01:49:35.239 the Akron Beacon Journal on March 11th, 2015. 01:49:35.460 --> 01:49:37.979 The estimator was estimated to be in his mid 01:49:37.979 --> 01:49:41.199 -40s when the photo was taken. And you can actually 01:49:41.199 --> 01:49:46.340 look through a full list of the incidents where 01:49:46.340 --> 01:49:48.899 this had happened on Wikipedia. They list every 01:49:48.899 --> 01:49:51.560 car type and when it happened, when it was reported. 01:49:52.109 --> 01:49:56.550 It is insane. Oh no. And as far as I know, as 01:49:56.550 --> 01:49:58.869 far as I've read, this person has never been 01:49:58.869 --> 01:50:02.189 found. Oh, you're kidding. The Ohio Pooper was 01:50:02.189 --> 01:50:06.029 never found. The Ohio Pooper is at large. The 01:50:06.029 --> 01:50:08.409 bowel movement bandit is still at large. Still 01:50:08.409 --> 01:50:12.149 at large. And so are his poops. So are his poops. 01:50:12.470 --> 01:50:15.949 Oh no. So no more cars since 2015 that we know 01:50:15.949 --> 01:50:18.569 of. That we know of. But that man is still out 01:50:18.569 --> 01:50:20.729 there. He's a serial pooper. That dude could 01:50:20.729 --> 01:50:23.909 be like, that man could be a father. He could 01:50:23.909 --> 01:50:26.750 be like a local at your dive bar in Akron. He 01:50:26.750 --> 01:50:28.430 could be. And you'd never know he's the pooper. 01:50:28.750 --> 01:50:31.329 You would never know. If you spot him at Hot 01:50:31.329 --> 01:50:34.920 Topic though. Right. You really gotta do that. 01:50:34.939 --> 01:50:36.840 If you're a hot topic, you have to jump on that 01:50:36.840 --> 01:50:39.560 and be like, pooper was here. Pooper was here. 01:50:39.560 --> 01:50:42.279 Like on a t -shirt. Yeah, home of the pooper. 01:50:42.399 --> 01:50:44.500 Yeah, exactly. Yeah, you gotta play into it, 01:50:44.619 --> 01:50:46.779 make some money on that. That would be the capitalist 01:50:46.779 --> 01:50:49.939 thing. Exactly. The bowel movement bandit was 01:50:49.939 --> 01:50:53.000 the weirdest piece of news I have found. Hilarious. 01:50:53.020 --> 01:50:56.840 Maybe this season. even yeah that is that is 01:50:56.840 --> 01:51:00.659 something well i know for mine uh i just uh you 01:51:00.659 --> 01:51:02.279 know we're just gonna lean right into that title 01:51:02.279 --> 01:51:06.500 of this article toothpaste made with hair naturally 01:51:06.500 --> 01:51:10.460 repairs tooth enamel scientists discover scientists 01:51:10.460 --> 01:51:13.539 at king's college london discovered keratin a 01:51:13.539 --> 01:51:17.420 protein found in hair skin and wool that is often 01:51:17.420 --> 01:51:20.079 used in reparative shampoos can also help with 01:51:20.079 --> 01:51:23.899 teeth We think this is a game -changer, an industry 01:51:23.899 --> 01:51:27.539 mover, to introduce keratin as an actual product 01:51:27.539 --> 01:51:30.579 within our daily use to protect and heal your 01:51:30.579 --> 01:51:35.119 tooth enamel without even realizing Dr. Sherif 01:51:35.119 --> 01:51:39.479 El -Shwar Kawi. Now that's a name. And I think 01:51:39.479 --> 01:51:41.199 I got it. I think I nailed it. You nailed it. 01:51:41.520 --> 01:51:44.659 From Kings of Faculty of Dentistry, oral and 01:51:44.659 --> 01:51:47.840 craniofacial, say you're welcome, sciences told 01:51:47.840 --> 01:51:50.319 Sky News. Put your hair in your teeth. Put your 01:51:50.319 --> 01:51:52.659 hair in your teeth. Come on. You went to the 01:51:52.659 --> 01:51:55.939 barber, just chew on that shit. If you have a 01:51:55.939 --> 01:51:59.939 microcrack or a very, I've done some microcrack, 01:52:00.699 --> 01:52:04.479 or a very small defect, it would heal itself 01:52:04.479 --> 01:52:08.239 without you even realizing. Wow. Many tooth problems 01:52:08.270 --> 01:52:10.949 from damaged enamel which does not regenerate 01:52:10.949 --> 01:52:13.470 once it's lost. It's gone forever. That's what 01:52:13.470 --> 01:52:15.689 they say. That's what they say when the keratin 01:52:15.689 --> 01:52:18.170 mixes with the minerals and saliva produces a 01:52:18.170 --> 01:52:20.609 protective coating to mimic the structure and 01:52:20.609 --> 01:52:23.470 function of natural enamel. That's fun. Isn't 01:52:23.470 --> 01:52:26.289 that fun? Yeah. Fluoride, I love science, fluoride 01:52:26.289 --> 01:52:29.329 toothpaste and fluoride added to drinking water 01:52:29.329 --> 01:52:32.930 are currently relied on to slow enamel erosion. 01:52:32.949 --> 01:52:35.750 Right. But keratin -based treatments were found 01:52:35.750 --> 01:52:53.340 to stop it completely. That's nuts. The treatment 01:52:53.340 --> 01:52:57.819 could be through a daily toothpaste or as a professionally 01:52:57.819 --> 01:53:01.539 applied gel, similar to nail varnish in more 01:53:01.539 --> 01:53:04.729 extreme cases. I know. Do you imagine your breath 01:53:04.729 --> 01:53:08.670 smelling like fucking keratin varnish? No, that 01:53:08.670 --> 01:53:12.170 might be bad. It could be made available for 01:53:12.170 --> 01:53:15.210 the public in two to three years, according to 01:53:15.210 --> 01:53:18.149 the scientists. That's not far off. It really 01:53:18.149 --> 01:53:21.930 isn't and is seen as a more environmentally friendly 01:53:21.930 --> 01:53:24.510 alternative to traditional dental restoration. 01:53:25.390 --> 01:53:28.489 The tests products developed at King's College 01:53:28.489 --> 01:53:33.619 were made from wool. But in the future, Dr. El 01:53:33.619 --> 01:53:36.680 Sharkawi, ha ha. Hey. Set, you're welcome. Said 01:53:36.680 --> 01:53:40.000 people could even collect their own hair to extract 01:53:40.000 --> 01:53:42.859 keratin. That's crazy. However, for the moment, 01:53:42.939 --> 01:53:46.520 the King's team is going with sheep's wool because 01:53:46.520 --> 01:53:50.180 it's highly abundant and it's a bio waste. It's 01:53:50.180 --> 01:53:53.529 sustainable and it's good for the farmers. I 01:53:53.529 --> 01:53:55.449 see that as a win -win. That's a win -win, is 01:53:55.449 --> 01:53:57.909 it not? The toothpaste will look and feel just 01:53:57.909 --> 01:54:01.270 like standard fluoride paste, with a minty flavor 01:54:01.270 --> 01:54:04.430 and foaming texture, but instead contain enough 01:54:04.430 --> 01:54:08.210 keratin for daily use. Damn. The aim is that 01:54:08.210 --> 01:54:11.710 we want aim. That's a two. Hey, okay. I see what 01:54:11.710 --> 01:54:15.869 they did there. The aim is... is that we want 01:54:15.869 --> 01:54:18.850 this to be affordable and to reach the public. 01:54:18.850 --> 01:54:22.510 That's always the goal. Said Dr. El Sharqawi. 01:54:23.390 --> 01:54:25.189 He's got Sharq in his name. He's got Sharq in 01:54:25.189 --> 01:54:27.930 his name. That's my guy. We don't think this 01:54:27.930 --> 01:54:30.649 is going to be a premium product. We would like 01:54:30.649 --> 01:54:34.689 everyone to be able to access it. My man. How 01:54:34.689 --> 01:54:39.850 great is that? My man. Leave it to scientists 01:54:39.850 --> 01:54:44.170 from another country to be like, oh, this is 01:54:44.170 --> 01:54:45.770 an amazing finding. It's really going to help 01:54:45.770 --> 01:54:48.670 people's teeth. We want everybody to access this. 01:54:48.689 --> 01:54:51.250 How about that shit? Here's a genuine betterment 01:54:51.250 --> 01:54:54.529 for humanity. Let's make sure anyone can get 01:54:54.529 --> 01:54:57.149 this. How about that? Wow, it's almost like there 01:54:57.149 --> 01:54:59.029 are good people out there, and then capitalists 01:54:59.029 --> 01:55:01.350 come along and be like, no, no, no, no, no, no, 01:55:01.409 --> 01:55:04.430 no. Think of the shareholders. Think of the shareholders. 01:55:04.569 --> 01:55:05.770 It's always about the shareholders. And you know 01:55:05.770 --> 01:55:07.630 it's a good scientific journal because they did 01:55:07.630 --> 01:55:11.489 not mention a product name one time. Nope. I 01:55:11.489 --> 01:55:13.689 did. Yeah, you did. That was a bit, though. That 01:55:13.689 --> 01:55:15.350 was a good bit, though. But that was pretty good. 01:55:15.470 --> 01:55:17.329 Yeah. That was pretty good. Yeah. King's College 01:55:17.329 --> 01:55:19.510 in London. God bless. Let's keep our eyes on 01:55:19.510 --> 01:55:22.170 that. God bless. Yeah, that's some good stuff. 01:55:22.510 --> 01:55:24.529 I thought it was just weird enough to put on 01:55:24.529 --> 01:55:27.140 there. Yeah. What I'm gathering is chew your 01:55:27.140 --> 01:55:30.960 hair. Chew your? Chew your hair. Go to the barber 01:55:30.960 --> 01:55:33.380 and then be like, uh, can I have that? Wait, 01:55:33.380 --> 01:55:35.619 were you going to finish that? Like all the hair 01:55:35.619 --> 01:55:37.939 in the dustpan? You going to finish that? Yeah. 01:55:38.340 --> 01:55:40.119 Here, I have this little freezer bag. Can you 01:55:40.119 --> 01:55:42.199 just put that in there for me? Just throw it 01:55:42.199 --> 01:55:45.000 in the Tupperware. I need lunch anyway. What 01:55:45.000 --> 01:55:46.659 are you doing with that? Oh, I'm going to chew 01:55:46.659 --> 01:55:49.880 on that shit. Think of my enamel there barber. 01:55:49.899 --> 01:55:52.119 Don't don't judge me that enamel is gonna be 01:55:52.119 --> 01:55:55.300 popping my guy All right, that's enough for this 01:55:55.300 --> 01:55:59.260 week on the mark mo show You can access it all 01:55:59.260 --> 01:56:03.420 podcast platforms and YouTube Please like share 01:56:03.420 --> 01:56:05.899 subscribe all that good stuff. Check out Aidan 01:56:05.899 --> 01:56:08.100 spelled the right way. 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