Hey there everybody, it is the Mark Mo Show Season
5 Episode 3 Toxic Masculinity. I'm your host,
Mark Maloney, and hey, you'll find us on all
podcast platforms and YouTube. So check us out.
I'd also like to introduce my co -host and producer,
Aidan Maloney. How you doing, man? Pretty fantastic.
Yeah, chilling. A little sleepy today, but...
Me too. Yeah, good week overall. Caught up with
some old friend. I was going to say old friends,
but it was just old friend. Old friend. Caught
up with some old friend. Some old friend. But
no, it was fantastic. It was very nice. Kind
of very introspective conversations occurred.
And it really hammered home the point that we
like to hammer home sometimes of like, just get
off social media. Yeah. It's so bad for you.
Yeah. I don't want to sound like an old man yelling
at clouds. Well, you do play chess. This is true.
I'm a chess boy. But yeah, it's just not a good
like speaking to a human being is so much nicer
than. A thousand strangers all yelling at each
other all the time. Yeah, I feel like and once
again we do this sometimes We get off the highway.
Oh, yeah, we will get back on but no But you
know Aidan starts talking. I'm like, oh, that's
a good point. We should talk about that No, that's
you know, there's something to be said for interpersonal
communication and I find myself, because I'm
a very social guy. If I'm at home by myself for
more than 10 minutes, man, I get screwy. I'm
like, I got to get the F out of here and go be
with people. And there's just something to be
said for that interpersonal interaction with,
hell, even someone maybe that I don't know. But
maybe I see him wearing a bear's hat or maybe.
they're wearing like a company they work for
in town or something like that just that that
instant connector and it's just like oh hey man
how you doing whatever and then like 10 -15 minutes
later we're still talking right there's something
to be said for that and how much more rewarding
that is than just sitting here and it's like
you know comment comment comment comment comment
reply comment and you know an hour of that and
you just start going bonkers yeah going nutso
oh for sure yeah And mind you, we know that it
is still a necessity for many different reasons,
one of which being able to say, hey, listen to
the Mark Mo show. So we understand that it does
still serve its purpose. You just have to kind
of, like a drug, just kind of wean yourself off
of it a little bit. But at any rate, Aidan. Also
has a YouTube gaming channel called Aiden spelled
the right way and damn it you better spell it
the right way It's how you find me. That's how
you find him He plays PC gaming content kind
of like GeoGuessr, PolyBridge, Observation Duty
a lot of different horror games stuff like that
each and every week So what can we expect this
week Aiden? Well today I uploaded a video Playing
a game called the summer of 58. Oh, it's this
horror game where you're You're like trapped
in the Soviet camp kind of area Like investigative
reporter, but then things turn supernatural and
everything gets crazy very fun very spooky kind
of game I enjoyed it so that's up today, and
then next week. I have I have more Geo guesser
my last Geo guesser episode I'd not to pat myself
on the own back But I kind of killed it beat
beat my goal on all three the maps I played so
maybe it's time to up the difficulty settings
I think so. Yeah. It's time. Definitely time.
Maybe not with me, though. Man, I mean, there
could be like a three legged chicken, you know,
in front of me in that game and be like, you
see anything weird? I'd be like, no, it looks
good. Checks out to me. Checks out to me. Looks
like an extra chicken wing to me. That's fine.
And if you enjoy the gaming content, check out
our, I guess you could say new. Reinvented, you
probably use a bunch of different words. Our
new look seemed great content. Yes, our collaborative
gaming channel, A &M Gaming. So you check that
out. You can find that on the socials. Used to
be called something else, but then we went, hey,
that was something different back in the day.
A different era. So let's just get out our wands
and expelliarmus this shit and change it up.
And we did it. And we did. Yeah. I didn't know
I'd be quoting Harry Potter today. Yeah, right.
You know, shit happens. Anyway, yeah, so it is
basically all the gaming fun from Aiden's Spell
the Right Way, along with our kind of chaos and
improv comedy from The Mo Show. So I think it's
a good combo. That we have we do a lot of games
that allow us to interact So it's a game where
like our heads really have to be in it all the
time Probably not the best idea, right? Because
then instead of just watching Aidan play the
game because he can kind of narrate through it
You have two people just kind of narrating right
through a game and just trying to do it This
way we get to interact and I think it's a lot
more fun. Yeah For sure. So we'll do GeoGuessr.
We'll do Observation Duty. We did, oh, God, what
was the quiz? Oh, the BuzzFeed quizzes. BuzzFeed
quizzes. We had done those in the past. And I
was like, yeah, I don't know how those are going
to work with kind of the concept we're trying
to do. Pure shit. Yeah. We're great. Yep. Yeah,
it was a lot of fun, too. But anyway, check us
out. A &M Gaming. You'll find us. Is that actually
the handle? What's the handle? Yeah, a and M
gaming and I'm getting there's an ampersand.
It's not spelt out. It's a and M like the the
idea was to do like Saturize or do a parody of
like a and W the root beer Which is kind of the
design right style, so yeah, that's it's a and
M gaming got you, okay? Well you hurt the man
and this Tuesday so by the time this releases
And you watch it maybe tomorrow. Yeah will be
the last after hours Now I'm trying to decide
because I had made a change over a year ago to
alt rock Celtic pun and However in its original
iteration after hours was hard rock and metal
so I'm trying to think Do I just pop on there
and go old school? Right. Do I keep doing what
I'm doing or do I just mix that shit up? You
could. Nothing's here to stop you. Right. You
know, it would be great for me to like play an
all -time low song and then have Judas Priest
slap me in the face in the next song and people
be like, what is going on? Yep. That's kind of
what I want. That's awesome. That's the idea
right there. I think that is the idea. So I think
that is definitely something that we're going
to do. But it's wvlp .org is a stream, the tune
in app on your handheld device. You can kindly
suggest to Alexa to play after hours. Maybe she'll
do it. I don't know. Yes. She maybe has the potential.
We don't even know anymore. It's her world. We
live in it. With these bots, right? Yeah, no
doubt. So that is Tuesday night at 9 p .m. Central
Standard Time, Friday at 8 p .m. Central Standard
Time. So yeah, that'll be that. So, all right.
Aiden, I love football. I know you do too. I'm
dripped in Bronco shit right now. Because that
game's today, and then the Bears are tomorrow.
And then Monday night, Indiana plays Miami for
the national title. There's a lot going on. Yeah.
There's definitely a lot going on. Heavy sports
weekend. In the world of football. But, you know,
to be fair, too, like, I also enjoy boxing and
MMA and hockey. You know, all that physical shit.
I just, I love it. However, my love of these
physical and violent sports doesn't often manifest
itself. in a way where, like, I'm starting bar
fights, I'm yelling and shouting at others, I'm
diving onto plastic tables at a tailgate, like
I'm not doing any of that stuff. However, a lot
of people do. Yeah, right. Now, there's a lot
of ways to look at this, and I immediately thought
about doing this this week, because last week,
I was watching the Bears Packers at a local Buffalo
Wild Wings. Not sponsored. Hopefully. They should
be. They should be. They should pay us. We show
them a lot of love. They should sponsor us. At
any rate, I'm sitting there and I'm watching
on the bar rail and I'm watching the game and
I'm sitting alongside this guy Mario and then
his wife and then Dave and his wife and Zach
and his girlfriend and then down at the end was
like Rich and Oh gosh, Jack was down there. Like
all the regular Bears nuts that have been together
all season and we're still like part of this
thing. Right. So it's fun. It's like you see
the same people all the time. And then the Bears
are on a roll. It's like, okay, I have to sit
here and you have to sit there. You got to make
sure. And Jess has to bartend and Zach definitely
has to be here first. And like, it's just like
all that stupid, silly sports stuff, right? Little
superstitions. But it's kind of fun. Yeah. So
we're doing that. Now, literally, God. not even
10 feet, 8 feet for me, is this Packer fan, older
guy. And he's with this other dude who might
have been a Bears fan. I don't know. I didn't
really suss that out. And look, I don't care
what team you cheer for. Like, we can have some
fun banter, all that kind of stuff. Trust me,
in my family and my friend group, I have Packer
fans and we give each other the business. We
don't hate each other before or after. Right.
It's just the game. We give each other the business.
It's all good. however this guy because of the
nature of how the Bears play football and often
play from behind right the Packers are doing
incredibly well to start out the game he's taking
a metal tray and slamming it on his table oh
my yelling yelling to the top of his lungs like
oh yeah blah blah yeah Bears oh yeah real Packer
and like just all the stuff right now there's
a difference between cheering for your team Clapping
yeah, whoo Okay, cool to doing that. I've done
security in the past I've worked in the bleachers
at Wrigley field right and bounce people Although
it's kind of a funny term because when you throw
them out, they don't often bounce Anyway, that's
that's a difference. This is a point. That's
beside the point But what I'm saying is all the
years that I've done that and all those experiences
that I've had I've often realized the difference
between a fan -sharing and then someone who's
being belligerent and someone who's instigating.
Right. I've seen it a million times. And so this
dude's doing that, eight feet from my right ear.
Ugh. And he's screaming and he's doing it. My
ear's ringing. By the second quarter, my ear
is fricking ringing. And so like I literally
kind of like if you're at a bar rail sometimes
you like have your one arm crossed in front of
you and Like your other arm like bent by the
elbow and and like your your fist or hand to
your face kind of yeah I literally had I was
they had that stance, but I had my my hand to
my ear right so I didn't have to keep hearing
him yell and There were times he'd get up from
the table and like get closer to my ear and I'm
like So I called my bartender over Jess super
bartender b -dubs give her money She came up
to me, you know, it's like hey, how's it going?
I said Look, I just want to let you know and
I took my hand like up the side of my head. Yeah,
I said I'm right here I just want to let you
yeah where I'm at. I'm right here And she knew
cuz she heard the same dude. Yep, and I just
wanted to clue her and I'm like, I'm right here
now Mario Who's calm? Now look, the 20 -year
-old me, I would've been in this dude's face
already. No question about it. I would've been
in this dude's face. I would've been saying,
like, I didn't even know him. I would've been
saying shit about his mother. I wouldn't have
given a shit. Because 20 -year -old me was that
Irish Southsider that just had no Fs to give,
man. And, but now, that I'm more professional.
Okay, maybe not but I Couldn't convince myself
of that and maybe I'm just older and beaten down.
That's probably more accurate I just you know,
I'm like, I'm calming myself like I'm getting
amped up, but then I'm like Goosefraba and I'm
like breathing. I'm trying to calm myself Mario
sits next to me is the nicest calmest dude super
nice guy and so I'm talking to Jess and they
I go to turn to Mario like this guy and I'm like
Oh, where'd he go? Mario's gone. I turn back
over my right shoulder, Mario's in his face.
Yeah. Mario! And I'm like, Jesus, God. So I get
up from my stool. I'm like, Al Maloney, it's
your time to shine. Right here. And I literally
step right in between them. I'm like, Mario,
dude, not worth it. Yeah. Not worth it, man.
I'm like, this season's young, baby. I'm like,
no, come on. And so the one dude that the Packer
guy was with, he's kind of trying to play Peacemaker,
doing a super shitty job of it. And I'm just
like, nah, I got him. I got him. And then he's
trying to fist bump me. And I'm like, no. And
it's just like, look, man, I'll get my guy. You
get your guy. This will be fine. And so I do
that. But now... Everybody in the barrails clued
into this guy. Right. All looking down like,
oh man, who's messing with Maloney? They're all
looking down. He's sitting against this other
back wall with like this super long bench seat
and then these tables and stuff. They're all
hating on him. I'm like, this is what this guy
wanted. Yep. It's exactly what this guy wanted.
And so he's just doing his thing, doing his thing.
Dave's chomping at him and doing stuff, and then
this kid's Zach, he's hilarious. So the game
starts turning. Zach took every opportunity to
run down that bar rail and get in this dude's
face like, ah, yeah, suck it Packers, what are
you doing? Like he was just like we saw the turn
again like the Bears do we're like, okay I think
this is gonna end well, but now we're cooking
and that dude just shut up. Yep. He shut up.
He didn't have anything to say Interesting how
that always works. It is and then I just really
reflected a lot on it because I've seen this
throughout my lifetime and Here's the funny thing,
like, I can go to a game. Mostly. There's some
exceptions. Like Sox games, they're just not
right. But you go to games and you'll sit by
fans from other teams and stuff like that. You
just sit there and you talk with them and you're
having a good time and all that kind of stuff.
I think about the Blackhawks game I went to and
I love the Blackhawks. But I'm also, all my friends
know, I'm also a Devils fan. So when I shared
season tickets, For a couple of years before
they won cups, of course, right? I I wore they
played the Devils and I got to see Martin Brodeur
live which That's my guy. And so I was so happy
to see him. And so I had a Blackhawks hat and
My Brodeur Devils jersey Loving it next to me
were some guys from New Jersey And what are they
doing? They're busting on their own guys. It's
all Colin White. My god, the guy's a tree. It's
just like, kind of just sitting there laughing.
And so like, you know, we're talking about different
things or whatever. And a couple of the locals
that were sitting by know me. And so like, it
wasn't a big deal. But then there were a couple
that saw that I had a, and they were just relentless.
I'm like, it's my time for a tour. I'm like,
what are you, what are you doing? Right, yeah.
You know, and so I'm like, okay. Overtime game,
Hawks win. Okay, great, good for you, Hawks.
And I'm like, ah, bummed. I caught so much shit
leaving that stadium from minute one. Just like
people get in my face, get in my face. I'm with
a friend of mine named Steve. Steve's like, he
sees it, because he knows me. He's like, oh,
Maloney, don't do it. Don't do it. He sees him
getting red, and even these professional dudes
in suits are just like, oh, yeah, yeah. I'm like,
oh. I'm like Johnny Handjob. Don't start with
me. Don't do it. But I'm not even out the door
yet. I'm like, that's it. I take my birdie jersey
off, and I hold it above my head. Mind you, once
again, this is before the Hawks started winning
Stanley Cups again. And I'm holding it above
my head, screaming. Where's your cups, Hawks
fans? Where's your cups? I count three here.
Where's your, you know? Like, Hall of Fame goalie.
Where's your Hall of Fame? I'm like, dude, and
Steve's like, shut up, please. Please shut up.
He's slowly fading like Homer Simpson into the
hedges. Like, I don't know him. And I was just
like, I've had it. I've had enough. And then
Hawks fans would be like, blah, blah, blah. And
I'd say my thing, and they'd be like, whoa. F
you. That's what you got? F me? Okay, F me. Great.
Here's my cups. So it's all that kind of stuff,
and I couldn't help but think, where does this
come from? Because it's like, look, you cheer,
you yell, whatever, blah, blah, little business.
I've done the friendly banter, and it's fine.
I've done it with Packer fans. It's fine. I mean,
the Packers played the Vikings in a bar called
High Tops once. and my friend Mark Mondo is a
Packers fan. Now mind you, I don't know how strong
of a Packers fan he is. He's not from frickin'
Wisconsin. At least when he cheers for the Falcons,
he lived in ATL for a while, I'll throw him that
bone. The Packers thing I don't get. I just don't
get it. But anyway, he's a Packers guy. So we're
sitting at the bar one time, and they're playing
the Vikings. Now I'm a Bears fan. I don't give
a shit what I'm gonna lose. Yay, good for me.
Well, I decided to have a little fun, because
of a certain thing that the Vikings do during
their games. So every time the Vikings did something
good against the Packers, I literally kind of
got near his face and went... The little horn
they do. The little Viking horn thing that they
blow. And so our friends are kind of laughing
while I'm doing it and Mono's getting irritated
then like the Packers do something good He'd
be like good. He'd like get in my face, but then
of course in the Vikings did a bunch of good
things I don't like to well these Packers fans
sitting along the wall. They don't know us. Yeah,
and they're getting angry They're so angry and
they're like ready to jump me and I think it
was my buddy Brian maybe or whatever like he
walked over to him. It's like Oh, no, no, they're
like really good friends. He's just screwing
with them. And they're like, oh, oh, I'm like,
God, just, I don't know, a Ritalin pot, something
like, whoo. Take it down a notch, boys. Take
it down, man. We're just having fun, you know?
But I see all of that. And I think, where does
it come from? Right. It isn't like something
that we're born with. I don't. Think there's
things we like or things we cheer for people
do that for non sports related things, but it's
like How how does it happen? So I'm thinking
okay? Obviously it doesn't happen when we're
born It probably doesn't just sprout up out of
nowhere late in life although maybe for newbies
or whatever but Largely, I'm thinking okay. What
happens in your youth? That is maybe the seed
that's planted to this sure something. That's
That's more, I think, toxic. That leads to fights
and getting in people's face, and not so much
like good -hearted fandom banter, things like
that, and it's just like... It's unsportsmanlike
behavior. Right, your team scored a touchdown,
you're yelling shit in my ear. Banging pans around
like a fucking Neanderthal. Right, it does not
make me... Wanna be like, ha ha, LOL, you're
so funny. Right. Oh, your team. It doesn't make
me wanna be like that. It makes me want to get
up and do dental work on him. Right. That's what
it makes me want to do. And it took a lot for
me. I'm most proud of myself, really, that I
was able to call myself. Even the bar manager
that day, she came over, her name's Kadra, and
she was like standing in the corner for a little
bit. Because one of the servers, by like around
halftime, she's like, um. I think there was going
to be a fight in the bar. So she's like, oh.
So she went and stood there. I was calm. I was
in it. The funny thing is, this Packer guy didn't
interact with him once. Didn't look at him. Didn't
talk to him. Nothing. The whole time. Yeah. So
Kaidra's there for a little bit, and she's getting
ready to leave. And she leans in. She's like,
Mark. And I said, yes. Please don't get in a
fight. And I said, oh, no, Kaidra. I said, we're
good. This is like old profession of mine. I
know. to use my brain right situations deescalate
and deescalate and if it should happen to escalate
to do it outside of set us right i understand
how it works i said we're fine she's like okay
good she walked away she's just about to make
sure um Sasik now am I upset yes, but I'm good.
I'm fine. I'll be okay Yeah, I said my not so
calm friend anymore right Mario. I'm not so sure
about him. These are in dropkick this guy At
any rate, it's like I think it it starts in you
so You know, there's there's probably plenty
of good lessons Being taught to our sons like
out on the field or the court or whatever And
you could even say the same for girls, too. Because,
like, when the White Sox play, I see Jess get
riled up. So I think women maybe process or act
a little differently than we do, but still similar,
right? When it comes to fandom, when it comes
to that. Sure. But at any rate, the learn, focus,
grit, and the importance of teamwork, all that
kind of thing, they're also sadly like a lot
of bad experiences too. So sports informal curriculum
on masculinity is often like a crash course in
machismo, right? And it's like puffing that chest
out and all that kind of stuff and teaching,
you know, young boys specifically to suppress
vulnerability. Harseness, aggression, and dominance.
Winning is everything. Don't cry like a girl.
I'm doing air quotes by the way. Don't throw
like a girl. Don't run like a girl. Do any of
the above and you will pejoratively and maybe
even violently be called quote unquote gay. Don't
be gay. And so maybe it starts there in a sense,
in a way. So obviously, education starts early.
At the end, there's this person whose first grade
son's soccer games, the opposing team aggressively
chanted, we won, over and over and over again.
They high -fived the opposing team at the end
of the game, no matter that this league doesn't
keep score. for this age group, nor that this
goes against the most basic understanding of
human decency. Neither their coach nor one single
one of their parents told them to stop. Right.
Which is interesting. Now, I'm a balanced guy
when it comes to this. I think competitiveness
is healthy. I really, really do think that. You
can be competitive. And I think it's just as
important to learn how to win well, but also
how to lose well. I think there's lessons to
be taught at a young age that life is about winning
and losing. You're gonna win things, you're gonna
lose things. And at a young age, I think it's
super important to be like, hey, when you win,
you win with class, be proud of your achievements,
but also reach out your hand and pick up the
guy you just beat. That's how you do it. You
know? Right, because after the game's over, we're
all humans. We're all humans. We're just people.
It's a good competitive thing. And in that sense,
if I'm the guy you just beat down, I'm going
to shake your hand and be like, hey, man, great
game. You guys are good. Right. Why can't it
be that? It should be that. Yeah. And perhaps
things that happen in sports bars, Buffalo Wild
Wings, places like that, are a manifestation
of all these things that happened when we were
young. Right. and just kind of build up and develop
over time. At least that's the line I'm drawing
here, because I was kind of trying to find answers
to how all of this happens. So we're amid a much
needed reckoning with, I guess you could say
this masculinity, and thinking hard about certain
elements of the gender education boys receive
that can be harmful to them and others. As part
of this reckoning, many coaches and parents have
begun to consider what they are getting right
with young male athletes and what they're getting
wrong. Right. So do you think this adult toxic
fan behavior starts at a young age or are there
other factors to consider such as substance abuse?
Does this only happen when people consume mass
quantities of alcohol? Is it? culture thing where
sports and fandom is its own culture now you
know or is it something else so I mean what what
are your thoughts overall I mean specifically
when it comes to sports and it comes to children's
sports kids are sponges man anything you throw
at them they're gonna observe And it's such a,
it's a period of life where anything can be an
influence. So if you have a shitty coach that
doesn't understand or preach sportsmanship and
etiquette, they're gonna see that and they're
not gonna carry that with them on or off the
field. If they've got shitty parents, then like
the amount of times where like you'll watch a
youth baseball game and there's parents screaming
at this underpaid umpire, the kids are gonna
hear that. If they're screaming at the Zumpire,
what are they screaming at at home? Correct.
You know? Yep. So this, especially an entire
team lacking, in the story you were telling,
an entire team lacking that type of sportsmanship
and etiquette and not being a sore winner, that's
something those kids are gonna carry with them.
You know? They will. Between the ages of like
3 and 10 is when you... when you learn the most,
you build personality, and if that's what they're
absorbing, that's just devastating. Correct.
And then you add in a more recent fact over the
last couple decades where these kids all have
phones, they all have TikTok and everything like
that, and social media is becoming more divisive.
You've got these really shitty role models that
are some of the more famous people on social
media, and these kids are seeing that. Right.
They're going to adapt that into their own personality
and their thinking. And that's equally as dangerous.
Because anything like that could be an influence.
Oh, for sure. Yeah, there's no doubt. And even
more recently, like in the news, you look at
Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson. And he's all
pumped up. He's in the locker room. F the Packers.
F those guys. I hate those f -ing guys. Number
one. You are the voice of the voiceless, my man.
I mean, literally every Chicago Bears fan was
like, yes. Yup. That. And not because like we're
evil and mean in our hearts and that's like literally
the Packers have been doing and saying these
things to us for almost 20 years. Right. So that
was kind of a response and kind to how Bears
fans and the Bears have been treated for a long
time. Right. For a long time. I think Aaron Rodgers
doing circles around Soldier Field going, I F
and own you guys. Yeah. OK. What comes around
goes around. But at the same sense, getting to
a more evolved sportsmanship like Ben Johnson
when he went out to shake the hand of the Packers
coach, who I won't even bother naming because
he's just he's whatever he's he's he's not a
good dude. No. And so when Ben Johnson went out
and literally like slapped his hand for two seconds
and took off He just did what the other coach
did to him previously, right? And so not that
it makes it right, but in my head I'm thinking
okay How could you have turned that around a
little differently and in my head? I'm like I'd
have grabbed his hand and shook his hand and
I wouldn't have let go Yeah, like I literally
would have grabbed his hand and shook his hand.
I'm like, oh my god That thank you so much for
coming to Chicago. I hope you've enjoyed it like
I would have done that Yeah Instead of just like
the slap pan and take off. Although I understand
why he did that right? It's it's right and once
again It's that thing where is that something?
That is also part of this this toxic masculinity
or this toxic Fandomity or whatever I call it
You know does that also kind of play into that?
Because Ben Johnson was once a youth sports guy
And if he was sure that way and he played high
school and he played college and he's taught
that way He's then that's just who he is Or is
it more macro? Because I see the point you're
making I I would almost Not that I fully believe
this but I find it an interesting food for thought
moment. Is it more macro? with more With so many
more people becoming more bitter and jaded just
at the state of the world the state of the country
The state of the economy and just more people
are angry more frequently Is that that's true
to is that? adding bitterness to already tense
sports rivalries sure that Pumping up fans, and
they're bringing in this additional negative
energy from the outside world into the sports
world Is it a greater macro problem that we're
just seeing in sports because it's so heavily
televised? Sure. Yeah, you know that that is
an excellent point because when you look at things
nationally and globally like The temperature
is getting up there, man. It's just, it's hot.
And everything in business and life and just
like everything is tense. People are struggling.
It's frustrating. So people are constantly in
this, in this state of frustration and concern
and worry and all these other things. So typically
where people would be like, Oh, ho hum, it's
another day. Ah, ah, long stretch in the bed.
I'm gonna have my tea out on the veranda. Well,
no, no one's doing that. Right. I mean, hardly
anyone. People are struggling all over. And so,
to your point, people's, I guess, if we want
to call it temperature, is already kind of high.
People wake up at a six, you know? Yeah, instead
of waking up at like a two, where you probably
should, yeah, people are waking up at a six or
a seven. Right. Already amped up. And it could
take the littlest thing to just, ah, you know?
Yeah. And so that's a really great point. So
maybe it speaks to culture, I guess. Sure. Just
this culture environment that we're currently
living in, where people are just more amped up.
Right. You know, and did I see things back in
the day, you know, where people get in bar fights
or they push and shove or yell at each other
and they have to leave the bar or whatever? I've
seen it. Going back well into my 20s, I saw stuff
like that. But in the same sense, like I used
to see it, but then 15 minutes later, the Eagles
fans buying the Washington guy a drink. Right.
And it's like, it's not that serious. And people
would be like, ah, man, I don't hate you. And
then like, I've seen it too many times, you know,
in this company outing. We played the Cardinals,
so it's Cubs and the Cardinals. Two teams that
do not like each other. Right. So we go to the
bar afterwards. Everybody's like, oh, where's
Maloney at? Did he go home? Did he leave? Nah,
it's in a big crowd of Cardinal dudes. And there
was this one girl there, and she had been giving
me shit or whatever. So I saw her there. So her
and I were just making small talk. And then there
were a couple other guys that she apparently
came with. I was just chatting with them. There's
one dude's like, dude, why are you talking to
the enemy? I'm like... I'm talking to people
from St. Louis, right? You're talking about I
said they're actually super nice. So like I don't
know what you're talking about But yeah, that's
it man. I'm like, it's just today. It's just
different You have to be careful, right? Because
you just don't know you don't know mentally where
someone's at and if that packer guy You know
if he walked in there and he's already in an
eight well There's gonna be a problem right either
way right you just don't know especially if you
don't know someone you don't know you don't know
what they're going through these guys miserable
maybe he's Divorced and he's got other bad stuff
happening and and you know maybe he doesn't have
his wife and who knows it could be a million
different things But if he's already coming in
he's already at a certain level for whatever
reason And there's gonna be a problem right because
it's gonna be another bears fan equal to that
That's I mean I live at a six or a seven because
of things that I have going on and it takes every
ounce of me to kind of Kind of temper that yeah
from time to time, but I do it can be done You
know does it take a walk does it take it just
breathing does it yeah? It takes kind of all
that go to a coffee shop listen to some ambient
music and and just chill the f out right Trying
to do that on daily basis It's hard and I get
it. So I really, I just find all of this interesting.
So there's the whole youth sports aspect of it
and how parents and their parents have raised
their kids in the world of sports. And then there's
just kind of the culture, just the overall culture
I think that lend a lot to it. And I do want
to put substance abuse in there to a certain
respect because if someone's in there and is
like, They're at a seven, and it's already cranky
about this, that, or the other, and he's a Packer
fan, like his team's doing good, and then maybe
all the good shit he's got in his life right
now, maybe his life is just miserable, and he's
got his Packers. And the Packers are kicking
ass. And all of a sudden, he's just elated, and
this over, but now you're adding beer, another
beer, maybe a shot, and a beer, and now, you
know, he's turning that amp up to 11 now. Right.
Because the substances he's consuming... You
remove the filter of social etiquette. Correct.
Due to inebriation. Yeah. Yeah. So, I think that's
it. I think it's a combo of all those things.
Yeah. And this is a very sports -focused look
at toxic masculinity. There is, of course, coming
from two dudes as well. So I'm sure there's other
ways to look at it. You can look at toxic...
toxic masculinity when we were talking about
how social media can influence or promote it
on how prevalent it is in politics and policy
in general, there's a lot of different ways to
look at it, but something that's kind of been
a thing that's been said on the Mark Mo show
a thousand times, sports explains everything.
You can put the same principles of what we've
talked about and apply it to the types of toxic.
Toxic masculinity that appear in social media
or politics sure and they would still hold true.
Mm -hmm Yeah, oh for sure. I think so. Yeah.
Yeah, no doubt but you know, we'll we'll probably
take another look at this and When we started
the mark mo show We said one thing we said, you
know, we're not we're not gonna get super political
and then what do we do? We're pretty super yeah,
but it'll but when washington dc is doing stupid
shit week after week after week after week it's
like it's just gold it's comedy gold it's content
and so how can you not just jump on it so we
did for more than a season i mean we were really
into it and then i think midway through last
season i'm like you know what let's Let's kind
of mix it up and we've been doing a lot of that
and I feel pretty good about it Yeah, I think
our intros over the past four or five six episodes
and we hope you guys are enjoying it as well
We're just taking a look at a lot of different
things that aren't exclusively politically motivated.
It's just kind of culture and Humankind and things
that are going on right now and just us taking
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and Yeah, Carpe Diem send us your DMS and read
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Do you have an answer? I don't know. I don't
know. Can I ask my ques - You could, I might
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I would love to give an in -depth answer to that.
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it's great. That's perfect. Fuck them. And fuck
ICE. Oh, no doubt. At giggle snort. Whoa. Snort.
Who are some of your funniest comedians? I swear
they keep me from crying these days. Ooh, good
question. Good question. I like, he isn't - Put
one out in a while, but I like the old Childish
Gambino comedy specials. I always thought those
were pretty funny. What a versatile dude. Yeah,
very versatile guy. I love Bo Burnham, the introspective
style of comedy. His most recent special, which
was based around the pandemic, is not necessarily
your feel -good comedy special. I find it hilarious,
but it's also like, you're not going to want
to watch that when you're already feeling too
down because... Hey, we all felt like garbage
in 2020 and 2021. Right. And that's that was
just very real of him to make that whole special.
But yeah, some of his comedy specials have been
fantastic. I would say I have trouble with a
handful of comedians because there's just a percentage
of them that are problematic. I would say not
all of them and maybe not even a majority, but.
a very loud percentage of them are problematic.
So I usually get most of my comedy from YouTube
now, where comedy is the goal, but then they're
also like playing a video game, kind of like
how we do on A &M. Like we do, sure. So that's
where I get a lot of comedy from. But yeah, Childish
Gambino and Bo Burnham, I would say, are some
of the top tier in my book. Yeah, that's good.
And it's funny you mention that because I feel
like my comedy... is more reactive anyway. Sure.
Which I guess is one of the reasons we do our
collaborative gaming channel because it allows
me to do something I'm actually pretty good at,
which is kind of just like a situation. We'll
improv. We'll improv and be able to do that.
And so yeah, you know, being able to also view
other channels like that where people can just...
And drop these little bombs and it's like oh
my god. That was hilarious right yeah, and I
really You're not expecting you you're watching
a comedian You're you're watching with the purpose
of okay make me laugh right, but if you're watching
something and Something super funny happens just
off the cuff Number one that's very talented
number two. It's just it's funnier. Yeah, I really
I do enjoy that all that being said Oh, John
Mulaney. I forgot to mention John Mulaney. Mulaney's
good. And he's a Chicago guy, and he has Chicago
humor, so I connect with him on that level. I
think of Bobby and Santino from Bad Friends,
and I think those two together, as different
as they are, they're so funny. And they'll poke
each other, and they'll do things like that.
But they're friends, and I know they love each
other, and they're just doing it for the bit.
They're doing it for the comedy. Sure. And those
guys make me pee my pants. Conan O 'Brien is
one of the most naturally funny human beings,
I think, ever. Because he doesn't have to write
bits, although he does, and some of the ones
with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart just make me cry
laughing. They're just so funny. But I love him
as well. I think Nikki Glaser is a magical unicorn
from another time and place. She is so naturally
funny. When I grew up, you know, partially in
the 80s, mostly in the 90s, female comedians
typically, and once again, this is just kind
of a broad generalization, weren't quote unquote
particularly funny. They were kind of funny in
a different way. And I don't know if that was
just part of female comedians evolution, perhaps.
Some were funny. but some like they'd make a
joke and maybe you'd be in a room of women and
they'd be like oh lol and then the rest of us
are like i didn't get that and maybe that has
something to do with it but as time's gone on
and you have your amy puller and you have your
tina faye and you have your it's like these women
are damn funny dude they are hilarious uh mckinnon
oh my god that right she cracks me up like i
don't i don't think i've ever seen like stand
up for her like advertised But if she did it,
I'd go. Yeah. I think she's absolutely hilarious.
So it's just very interesting when, from that
female perspective, when I look at it, number
one, you just didn't have a lot of women stand
up. It's been a male dominated industry for a
long time. As a lot of entertainment industries
have been. You know, and Nikki's just the queen.
She's the queen and the king. I mean, she...
You know, her stand -up is hilarious, but when
she does her roasting, I, as I say, I'm older
than Aiden, and when I was young, and these were
reruns, I'm not this old, these are reruns like
stuff my dad used to watch and uncles and whatever.
But they used to have roasts that I think they
used to be called the Dean Martin roasts or something,
and they'd have guys go up there and they'd sit
there and roast some celebrity. And there was
a guy named Don Rickles. Now, Don has no filter.
Yeah. He... color, sex, orienta... He... It was
all on the table. Right. And he would say whatever.
And for whatever reason, Don Rickles was the
only human being allowed to get away with it.
Because it just all gave us a chance to laugh
at ourselves. And off the microphone... Don Rickles
was one of the nicest human beings on the face
of the planet. This was all a bit, it was all
a gag. And sometimes that's the combination necessary
for someone to be getting away with, in air quotes,
getting away with jokes right on the line of
being not okay. Oh, yeah. Blue humor, as they
call it. Right. If people know you are a good
human being and, you know, you... You're not
actually racist. You're not actually right sexist
because he wasn't at all right if people know
you're a good human being and you You know you
catch him by surprise towing the line with your
jokes. I think that's the only way to do it Yes,
because if people don't know about your character,
but they hear you say those things It's gonna
be like whoa wait a minute buddy hold up Yeah,
but if you're known as like this this beloved
dude by your peers I mean That's kind of the
only way to get away with that quote -unquote
blue humor, as you say. Oh, for sure. For sure.
I also like Bill Burr. He's funny, dude. Who
else do I like? Dane Cook. Dane Cook's funny.
I'm trying to think of a few others I like. You
could go old school and do like Dave Attell.
Dave is so freaking funny. Look up some of his
older stand -up. little dark horse for you some
of the some of the funniest bits I've seen in
At least for my like childhood teen years those
Peyton Manning bits. He's a funny guy. I think
those were on SNL Correct me if I'm wrong. I
thought they were SNL been hilarious They're
really funny really funny as a matter of fact.
I think it's Monday Night Football where you
can just watch the regular game or You have ManningCast.
Yeah. So it's him and Eli on there, and they
have guests. It's kind of like what we do with
our gaming, where the football game is being
played, but they're having conversations and
they're joking around. It's actually rife. It's
like you're sitting in their living room watching
the game with them. Right. And I kind of dig
that, because those guys are pretty funny. Yeah.
Watch party -esque. Yeah, for sure. Oh yeah,
no question about it. Know there's other comedians
Eddie Murphy. Oh my god, Eddie Murphy is just
another Super funny guy Richard Pryor. Oh I almost
got away without mentioning this guy and he is
probably Like if I were to have him out rush
more of comedy he'd be on it for sure. He might
be all four faces So that's George Carlin. Oh,
yeah Talk about talk about a guy who is funny,
but he's kind of a comic philosopher is probably
the best way to classify him. He was so far ahead
of his time. Because you can listen to his stand
-up today and you'd be like, yeah, he could do
that performance today. Yeah, still applicable.
100%. Carlin was the best. He was so good. So
yeah, those are mine. Yeah, definitely. Yeah.
Solid list. That was good. That was real good.
Thank you, Gigglesnort. Thanks, Gigglesnort.
Which I've been doing, by the way, because I
think I have a pine cone lodged in my throat.
So it happens when you stand under a tree with
your mouth open. I know, I've got stuff to do.
I keep telling you. I know, I know. We don't
have good enough health care for you to be doing
that still. I know, it's just all those pine
trees. Oh, never mind. God, I love pine trees.
Love pine trees. I'm such a fat slut for a pine
tree. Okay, anyway. At the Iceman cometh. The
Rams are coming to Chicago. Warm -weather dome
teams do not typically do well in the cold. True.
The forecast? Dark, frigid, and windy. And it
is going to last your whole life, Rams. Go Bears.
I love it. I love that. That's cold. Ice cold
commentary. Yeah, go Bears. Go Bears. What a
season so far. It's great, you know, and even
if they come up short, and I don't want to, I
mean, they're still playing, so I don't even
want to have that mindset, but even if they do,
what a season. It's just starting, because it's
a young team. So young team, young coach. And
to start 0 -2. Yeah. And to come around like
this. Right. That's right. Yeah. And that second
loss was that blowout to the Lions, and you're
just like, oh, no, not again. Yeah. And whatever
happened is the switch flipped. Yep. I love it.
They started cooking. They did. Yeah. They did.
The Iceman was cooking. Last one. Surprise, surprise.
AtstonerStanley420. Man, I'm going to try to
get through this. Yeah. Helmo, Momo, and Alan.
I think he meant Hello. Did he turn off his autocorrect?
I think he may have Helmo. He never had it on,
I guess. Helmo, Momo, and Alan. Mo, it happens
to be when I see Alan in the tree. Why are you
there, man? Did you happen to tell it to stop?
Fuck that squirrel. He's had this problem with
a squirrel for a while. With a squirrel. Didn't
it steal his glasses or his dime bag or whatever?
And then we were trying to think maybe it was
actually a raccoon. Because he couldn't see,
like, how the raccoons have the little mitts
to pick things up. Right. Squirrels don't have
that. No. And I don't think it was me he saw
in the tree. He thinks it is. You're the one
under the pine tree. The pinecones. And did you
happen to tell it to stop? Maybe you thought
you were chasing the squirrel up a tree. Oh,
I see. I thought he was mentioning if I'm telling
the tree to stop. Like, I don't know if I have
that power, brother. Yeah. Wow. Well, Stoner.
He seems to be doing better these days. You think?
No. Not at all. I was lying. Not at all. Not
at all. Oh, my guy. Well, you know, it's probably
cold in that van. So imagine being that cold
in that van. And that high. And being that hazy
in there. Yeah. Because recently, didn't he say
how it was like real cloudy or something? Oh,
that's right. It's cloudy in the van. Yeah. Yeah.
So you're freezing to death and you're high.
Man, that's got to be a combo. That's, oh yeah.
I bet it feels magical. Clearly, he's seeing
you in a tree chasing a squirrel down. So, he's
gotta be. Alright, what do you got, Aiden? I
got a DM here from NippleDude36. Oh, my guy.
If you could lactate and produce enough milk
to end world hunger, would you do it? Yes, the
world can suck on my teeth. That's fine, I will
provide. Like, how... Okay for a small price
for a small. Yeah, the small price gotta be a
surcharge man Those nips are gonna get real sore.
Yeah, right like how How is it flowing out of
me if I'm producing enough milk to feed like
the two billion hungriest hungriest humans sure
I've got to be spitting gallons per minute, man
You would be yeah, so am I just constantly like
hooked up to like Titty pumps or whatever they
call them Yes, they are actually marketed as
titty pumps. Yeah, that's what I thought. That's
what I thought. Yeah Because if that's my life
I don't know if I want that like if it's one
of those things where I can like crack it open
like a fire hydrant for an hour And that's just
my work for the day. Mm -hmm. You know my good
deed. Yeah sure Sure, I would But the logistics,
I mean, nipples are not that large. The flow
rate. The flow rate. Is what's worrying me. Right.
On this. Because even if I could solve world
hunger with my lactation power, does it mean
I can? You know? It's true. You know, could versus
can. Right. Because when you think of women who
fill bottles, for their baby, like the baby's
not actually at the teat, but they're filling
bottles or whatever. It takes forever to get
a bottle. So you're thinking, you know, because
they hook up the little machine or whatever.
Yeah. And it's like you're feeding the world.
It's like one bottle at a time. One bottle at
a time. Man. Woof. I'd have to be hooked up 24
-7. I don't know if I could do that. I'll give
as much milk as I can. I'll help. Nipple dude.
Nipple dude. God. I got a question here from
Gumbo Bungo. Gumbo. What is a food that you could
eat every day and not tire of? Ooh. Pizza comes
to mind. Immediately. Because pizza's diverse.
Are you doing a buttered crust? Are you doing
a stuffed crust? Are you doing a cracker crust?
Tavern style, deep dish, Detroit. Cornmeal on
the bottom. That's all potential and then you've
got your your sauce, you know, is it classic
red sauce? You throw an alfredo on there getting
a little crazy with it. Yeah chicken bacon ranch.
Is it CCC a later mac and cheese pizza? Which
I freaking love. So killer. It was killer. So
killer. So pizza, obviously. Yes. Is is my first
one and then dude, I love Mexican food. It's
got to be one of my favorite cuisines. Just a
taco. Yeah, taco or burrito. Yeah. Because there's
a lot you could do. You could change the fillings
up. Absolutely. You know, a tortilla is such
a fantastic vehicle to drive food into my face.
Mm -hmm. Could you also say then, based on that,
can you say sandwich? Because it's a bold term.
It's a broad term. Sandwich is sandwich. Something
in between two pieces of bread. Hot dog's a sandwich.
Hot dog, hamburger. Hoagie. hoagie peanut butter
yeah grilled cheese yeah damn drinks by the way
you only cocaine or whatever i think i'm such
a carb guy and i love my bread oh yeah that's
a killer but i just freaking love bagels and
cream cheese that's a sandwich oh yes we were
just talking about that yes we were that's a
future episode though indeed it is indeed it
is uh yeah i think you'd have to count it i think
so But yeah, man, just give me a bread product
and something in it, on it, in between it. I
don't think I'd ever get tired of that. Cause
I honestly, like when you go to the grocery store
and you see like those loaves of Italian or French
bread or whatever, sometimes I'll pick one of
those up and I could just like put it in the
oven, slice a couple pieces, a little bit of
butter. Yeah. Good. I'm good. What a good snack.
It's a magical snack. It is a magical snack.
It's so simple. It is simple. Inter -sante. Foreshadowing.
Foreshadowing. It is simple. And so good. Yeah,
so we have... Sandwich pizza burrito. That's
it. Yeah. I'm down with that. I guess you could...
This is just me because I'm not sure if you share
this adoration of salads, but I love salads.
Caesar salads, arugula salads, chicken salads.
There's so much you can do with a salad, too,
because instead of a carb base, you've got a
leafy base. Yeah. You can dress it however you
want. You can put as much stuff in there as you
want. Yeah. Cob salad. That's good. Yeah. Oh,
yeah. So I would add salads to that list, too.
For sure. Yeah, I would agree. Yeah. I do have
one last DM. Oh, yeah. Let's go. RG. Crippy Gru.
Crip. Would you rather never have to do dishes
again? Or never have to do laundry again. Oh
Wow Now I argue in my opinion Those are probably
those and mowing the lawn are probably two of
the most irritating cyclical tedious chores where
They just they always have to be done. Yeah,
it's never finished It's not like housework where
I complete a task and that's just done There's
always more I despise laundry. As much as I dislike
doing the dishes, I've gotten in a rhythm with
it, but laundry sucks. I hate folding. I hate
sorting. I hate putting it away. It takes me
off. Get rid of laundry. If laundry could do
itself, I'd be a happier man. Yeah, I'm down
with that, and primarily because I have to go
to a laundromat. So it's not as simple as me
walking to a machine, throwing this stuff in,
and walking away from it. Right, because not
everyone's got them in their house? No, I have
to leave my home. Yeah. So it's actually a leave
the home chore. And now I got to drive. Then
it becomes an errand. It's an errand. Yeah, now
it's an errand. It's not just a chore. It's a
it's a chore and yeah You're welcome. America's
kind. Yeah, all right exactly and so like you
have to go all these machines other people are
using and It's not cheap, right? So you're sitting
there and you're doing your laundry and Then
you're like, okay, it's so much time, but it's
not enough time where it could be like, oh, I'll
go sit down have a cup of coffee, because it's
only like 20 minutes or 22 minutes or however
long it is. So I was like, well, I really can't
go and do something else. So now you're just
waiting. Right. And that's the worst. So do I
bring my laptop? Do I have my phone? Whatever.
I do. But it's just such a waste of time. Yeah.
And so now I'm just sitting there and then it's
done. And then you get in there and it's like,
OK, it's done. And how well is it done? I don't
know, these stupid machines. Right. And now you're
getting in there, and now you're like, okay,
now I need to find a basket. And it's like, oh
my god, that homeless one's just sitting in that
basket, and now I gotta throw her out of that.
Right. Go get this basket. Miss, could I borrow
your bed? Yeah, and she's homeless, I love her,
but she's gotta get out of the damn basket. So
I get the basket, and I go over to my machine,
and I finally dump everything in, and then I
go over to the dryer, if you can find a dryer
at the time. Right. And if you can't, then your
shit just sits in the basket, and you're sitting
there waiting for one to open. And the nice thing
is they're so big, it's like, oh, it's just you
just throw everything in. Yeah. Throw everything
in. And you're buying it five minutes at a time.
It's like, dink. Oh, yeah. Dink, dink. I'm like,
OK, why can't I just put like a number in 30
minutes? OK. And then that and once again, now
you're like, OK, can I run next door to the grocery
store and pick something up? Maybe I could. But
then I walk around and I see other shit I need.
Now I'm in there more than they have. My clothes
are unattended. It's a thing. Yeah. It's a thing.
Chorins are bad. Chorins. Chorins are bad. That's
actually, you know, that's going to be in Webster's
Dictionary. And you heard it here first. It'll
be the word of the year for 2026. It will, for
sure. Yeah, I'm down with the laundry thing.
But I hate dishes, too. I'll be completely honest.
If I could just throw them away when I use them
once, I would love it. Yeah. I would just like
just have a huge pile. Or even just buy paper
plates and just like compost them with all the
food scraps after every meal. Yeah. It was more
financially feasible. I would do the same. Just
buy these. And there's some... That's the sad
thing is that there's some things you really
can't do that with. It's like if you have some
sloppy pasta dish or something, you can't use
a paper plate that's... Yeah, that's true. But,
you know, for a sandwich... Interesting. Or a
slice of za. Or a slice of za, you can use it.
I have to change my menu. Yeah, right. I think
that's the plan. I really do. All right. Well,
that's it for the DMs. Send them. Send them our
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We will. Well, you know what to do. Yes. Nudge,
nudge, wink, wink, gold. Right. All right. Now
we move on to other foods. This is where Aidan
scours the globe. No, really. He's got a little
globe. He just sits there and just looks at it.
Spin it and point. What's their worst food? What's
their worst food? He will find it. And I mean,
I'm not just talking about going to McDonald's
and being like, oh, this was cold. No, no, no.
This would make that look like a four -course
French meal and find some really nasty repulsive
stuff that people enjoy eating, which is crazy.
Right, right. So what'd you find for us? This
is something I wanted to do. for our episode
that we released before Christmas. I forgot because
I didn't write it down and the idea came back
to me so better late than never. The grossest
candy cane flavors. Have you ever seen those
weird like atypical candy canes that's like,
oh this one is supposed to taste like apple or
whatever. It's like, oh that's strange. And then
they just kept doing weirder things. Sure. So
I found an article. Slate .com where I recommend
all you lovely viewers out there go read this
article because I'm just gonna skim through some
of the flavors they tried but very in -depth
and we're not at the world of weird news to yet,
so Not that not that segment but this writer
Shanna Roth wrote about trying some of these
craziest flavors and They found a company called
Archie McPhee whose slogan is quote We make weird.
Now, if you're a candy company... Like weird,
so, okay. Yeah, weird can be good. Here's the
caveat. These are the candy cane flavors that
they tried. Oh, no. Caesar salad, candy cane.
Ah, no. Sour cream and onion, bacon, butter,
sardine, ketchup, brisket, mac and cheese, and
hot dog. Oh no. Which blows my mind because I'm
wondering, if it's a candy, it's sweet, right?
Sure. Like a candy cane is like 90 -some -odd
percent sugar. Yes. How do you make a Caesar
salad taste sweet? How does that work? There's
no way. Sardines? Are you fucking me, bro? That's
insane. That's disgusting. And then there's another
article, this one's on TastingTable .com, where
this Delia Mooney... Brought up more by the same
company that this other person didn't try such
as pickle flavored candy cane Where they even
have their own little mascot for it. It's this
little Christmas pickle holding holding his pickle
candy cane That dude's creepy, and I love very
creepy. There's a pizza flavored candy cane ham
Ham de canes oh And then there's gravy flavored
candy canes and Shiitake mushroom candy cane.
How the hell? So it's just foul and of course,
that's my opinion. I haven't tried any of them
But the thing is it's probably gonna stay that
way because I have no interest in trying any
of them But yeah, those those are some of the
weirdest strangest most disgusting sounding candy
canes I've I've ever heard of And I think the
only reason that company stays afloat is maybe
just a shock value or like just to get articles
wrote about them, have people try it out of morbid
curiosity. Yep. Who the fuck wants a ham D cane?
Oh, well, OK, so that's it. Look, I love ham,
bone and ham, maybe like ham on rye with some
cheese like all like it's good. I like that.
Yeah. But you have a candy cane. What do you
do with a candy cane you suck on a candy cane,
right? And you suck on that damn thing for like
a year, right? Cuz it's like those things just
last and last and last Who wants to suck on a
piece of ham? For like an hour. Yeah like this
90 some odd percent sugar ham flavored treat
Like I could like I could see Jabba the Hutt
loving to do that Oh, be lowdy to ham, suck it
every, oh, come on, dude, no. Could you imagine
opening and licking and sucking on a sardine
-flavored candy cane? No. The entire room you're
in, your body and mouth are all gonna smell like
sweet fish for years to come. No. Fowl. Sweet
fish, oh my god, that's gonna be the name of
my band. Sweet fish? Sweet fish. Ah, love it.
Oh god, I don't. Okay, wow. Aiden every week
just amazes me with the other foods, for sure.
That brings us to the Frozen Guy review. I review
frozen meals. My first time trying this brand,
Zatarans, if you've seen that in the frozen section
near you, is kind of a New Orleans style meals.
And this was a Blackened Chicken Alfredo. That
sounds fantastic. It was really good. And once
again, there's the whole concept of cost, quantity,
and taste, right? So those are kind of your big
three that you look at. Because even if something's
yummy, but you have to get two of them, and their
price point's kind of high, to me, that lowers
the grade a little bit. Right. This was kind
of perfect in terms of quantity. Once again,
to the point where you're not full. I don't have
to buy a second one, but if that's what I eat
for lunch, I'm good. I'm good till dinner. It's
just the right amount. And the Alfredo sauce
itself was, it was different. And maybe that
was the whole New Orleans Cajun thing. Maybe
the spices in it were just a little different
or something. I couldn't quite figure it out.
Didn't make it bad, it just made it different.
I was like, what is that? Like it's not your
average Alfredo. But the chicken was really good
that they put in there as well. So I'm gonna
I You know, I've had some luck lately. I'm going
8 .8. 8 .8. Not bad. What was the price point
you said? The price point for the Zatarans, I
think it was $3 .59. Oh, that's not bad at all.
So you're talking about something that actually
works for a whole meal? Yeah, listen four bones.
Yeah, that's tough to find. That is tough to
find. So that was I think that might have been
a sale price, but even so that was that was kind
of perfect. Yeah. Santorin is black and chicken.
Check it out. That's a dub. It's a dub. Another
good one that I found. And I told the state last
week, I think I'm going to put a spreadsheet
together. I want to make sure that I'm not doubling
up on some of these. Yeah. But like everybody
here, everybody listening, you've been near frozen
section. There's a hundred different things to
try. Oh, yeah. I'm looking forward to doing that.
Even similar meals from different brands that
you could compare and contrast. One hundred percent.
Yeah. That's why we do this. All right. We're
going to take a quick break when we come back.
You just made the list. All right. We are back
to the Mark Mo show. And I'm your host, Mark
Maloney, along with Aidan Maloney. And this is
our feature segment. You just made the list.
And that's our top ten list, ten of two, with
our big number one reveal. And, yeah, this week
we decided to do the top ten most beautiful places
on Earth. Now, we wanted to do it properly, so
I thought to myself, well, we better follow the
rules here, don't want to mess anything up. Right,
right. And I looked in our rule book, and by
the time I got to page 100, I realized, wow,
only rules, there's no rules. Oh, thank God,
it's weird they put it on that page. Yeah, I'll
read the paper. You just wasted for the book,
but you know what? I appreciate the art I do
too. Yeah, I really do not a rule in sight now.
It's a deep read, too So caught my attention
this really caught my attention. She's like flipping
blank pages But at any rate Yeah, so Aiden, why
don't you start out with yours the most beautiful
places on earth in my opinion number ten? I went
with Palm Springs, California. It looks stunning.
It is. Absolutely gorgeous. Number nine, I went
with Las Colorades in Mexico. Mexico, rather.
Mexico. Looks beautiful. It's like all the pink
salt lakes. Oh, I like that. Very cool. Number
eight, had to do it. Grand Canyon, USA. Yeah.
Very, very gorgeous. I believe it's one of the
natural wonders of the world. Yes. Yeah. It deserves
it. It is insane to look at you look like you're
it feels like you're looking at a painting when
you go there when you do it Yeah, very cool number
seven Maui, Hawaii, USA very cool Number six
had to do with two little Machu Picchu I Forgot
that one beautiful. Well, I haven't been but
it looks beautiful. Yes number five Kyoto, Japan
Springtime all the cherry blossoms and that's
another yeah. Yeah Just looks gorgeous. I would
love to go someday number four The Great Barrier
Reef in Australia. Yeah, I would I would love
to go I'm not much of a snorkeler, but I would
definitely snorkel just to just to really get
a good vibe of the beauty of the ocean There
there are many many great white sharks there,
so I'll watch you That's okay, and if I see anything
I'll just be like hey Yeah, I'll pull the Leonardo
number three the aurora borealis as seen from
Norway or Iceland Also, I would just love to
go to those places. Iceland, or Greenland, as
its own country. Sovereign nation. Yes. Its own
thing. Greenland. The sovereign nation. Associated
with Norway proudly. Denmark? Denmark proudly.
Now they're all the same. It's the same shit.
It's flagging across, right? Yeah. Sovereign
countries, by the way. I don't know. Number two,
I'm gonna save my big number one reveal for later.
Number two, the Cliffs of Moor in Ireland. My
guy, yep. Stunning. Yeah. Oh, yeah Like that's
that would I mean going to Ireland is is it's
not an option. It's gonna happen. Oh, yeah But
that's gonna be one of the stops. I'm gonna be
like, okay They have like show me where to get
how to get right That's great. And that was your
number two. That was my number two. Alrighty
Ten through two. I got some honorable mentions
here Yellowstone in Montana. That's a good one.
That's one. We didn't make it up to right. Yeah.
Yeah The Maldives. Maldives are gorgeous. And
I added Machu Picchu because I was like, because
when I started this list, that was the first
thing that came to my head, was like, oh yeah,
Machu Picchu. Yeah. And then, gone. Just left.
Off mic we were talking about how weird memory
is. Yeah. Like some things you're like, oh great
idea, and your brain doesn't commit it to memory.
If you don't write it down, gone forever. Yeah.
And then a weird fact you heard four years ago,
it's like, oh yeah, I know that. Right. It's
like so strange. Exactly. Do you remember that
one time we were driving in Belvedere, Illinois
and I saw that deer over by that feed store.
Ha! That was such a funny thing. Where did I
put my glasses? Brain is a weird thing, man.
It is a weird thing. Okay, number ten. The Scottish
Highlands in Scotland. That's a good pick. Number
nine. Amalfi Coast in Italy. Beautiful. Bali
in Indonesia, number eight. Oh, that's a good
one. That's a good one. Well, a place I've been
to, Devil's Tower in Wyoming. Oh, yeah. Super
cool. This is really neat. There's nothing else
like it. Yeah. You get there and you're just,
for something that's so simple and basic, you're
just like, wow, there's really nothing else like
this anywhere that I'm aware of. This is so cool.
That's a good one to put on there. Number six,
Cliffs of Moor in Ireland. Number five. I guess
this kind of goes to your Japanese when I just
put Mount Fuji. Oh sure Yeah, pan, which I think
is super cool number four Emerald Lake in British
Columbia, Canada Oh Google that the the pictures
are stunning like I couldn't imagine seeing something
like that With my own tune right two eyes. I'm
sure just be fantastic Number three, the Great
Barrier Reef. Once again, from the boat. Yeah,
right. From the boat. I ain't, nope, not doing
that. And then number two, the Grand Teton National
Park in Wyoming. Wyoming is, I don't know, the
west, northwest part of this country. Would you
consider that Great Plains -y? Or is that further
west than the plains? No, it's further west than
the, barely. I would put the Dakotas And Nebraska
and Kansas is the Great Plains. Like, that is
what I consider Great Plains. Other side of those
states, I think, is kind of when you get... You
get in the mountains. Yeah, the rocky mountain.
Yeah. You know, whatever you want to call it.
But yeah. And then I have my number one. Okay,
number one reveal time. All right. You had Maldives
on yours, as your honor will mention. I put Bora
Bora in the French Polynesia. That's a good one.
As my number one. It looks... Beautiful. It looks
amazing. Like that's like a dream vacation spot.
If it's cold with blistering winds as we often
get here in Chicagoland, that's where I picture
myself being. Yeah. Like just take me here, man.
And I don't understand how the geography works
in that specific area, but they have these chains
of all these villas or these huts that are out
on the water. Yeah. But the water isn't super
deep. It's like three, four, five feet deep.
Right. For like ever. And you're just like, wow,
that's so, why is it so shallow there? Right.
That people can wake up in the morning, walk
five feet to a slide and just right into the
ocean. Yeah. That's kind of neat to me. It's
very cool. Yeah. Very cool. I kind of dig that.
And I'd swim very fast back to my hut. Sea shark.
Yeah. Although, I don't know if they come in
there. I've known a couple people that have gone.
And that was always one of my first questions
when they're like, I was swimming and snorkeling,
blah, blah. And they're like, you ever see, like,
sharks swim under your hut? Right. Like, it'd
be neat, but kind of creepy at the same time.
Yeah. Like, no, just fish. He's too shallow for
the sharks, maybe. Something like that. I don't
know. It's not their territory, per se. That
could be. Yeah, if it's not in their food chain,
why are they coming in? Right. This is a waste
of your sharkness. Yeah, your sharkly being.
Indeed. My number one, over the years I guess
I have grown an affinity for the mountains and
mountainous regions. Yeah. The Alps. Oh, it's
a good one. In Switzerland. Yeah. You see pictures
from Switzerland and the Alps and it just looks
amazing. So, yeah, that's my number one. That's
a good one. I can highly appreciate that. That,
oh, once again, if you have anything that we
missed or perhaps another beautiful place, hit
us up in the comments. Now it takes us to down
the Reddit rabbit hole. And Aidan often goes
down this hole. Sometimes I'm worried. Sometimes
I gotta drop a rope down. I'm like, oh my god,
I don't see anything. What a rope. I know. He's
going too deep. I know. Isn't that the truth?
So you went down the Reddit rabbit hole, what'd
you find? Well, a couple weeks back on one of
our earlier episodes this season, I found this
neat article on the most strangely named body
parts. And I found another one of the most unusual
English words. Which I thought was kind of a
cool continuation of that idea. I like it. So
I'll just read a handful of them. A bumfuzzle
means to confuse or fluster. Bumfuzzle. I've
become bumfuzzle. Indeed. Bumfuzzle. Cacophony,
a harsh, discordant mix of sounds. I believe
we're all at least mostly familiar. I always
thought that was a weird word. Cacophony. It's
spelled strangely too. Yeah, it is. Cacophony.
Caddywampus. which I've heard a handful of times,
which just means crooked or askew or atypical.
Right. But I like cattywumpus. I do too. It's
a great word. And if you hear someone use it,
immediately I'm like, what did you just say?
Yeah, right. Like it has the right amount of
syllables to stand out. Yeah. You know, cattywumpus.
Like you hear people use a word like that, and
immediately you catch your attention. And you're
like, what did you say? And then you're like,
I don't think you used that right. Yeah, right.
Doodle sack, which is an antiquated word for
a bagpipe. Oh, my head was somewhere else. Because
I'm like, man, I can't tell how many times I've
sat on my doodle sack. Just pain. Gardiloo, which
is a historical warning shouted before tossing
waste. That's so specific. Gardiloo! And then,
like, you throw your pot out the window or whatever.
I like that. That's foul. I do not envy the days
before modern plumbing. Oh, I know, right? Uh,
hullabaloo? A noisy fuss or a commotion? I like
using hullabaloo. Mm, causing a hullabaloo. Mm.
Yes. A mumpsimus? Wh -what? Mumpsimus! A person
who insists on making a known error. I actually
kind of respect that. I love that. It's specific
enough that, like, you can say Mumpsimus and
someone you know will come to mind. Yeah, like
anyone's cat. Yeah. Mumpsimus. That's a good
name for a cat. Yeah, knocking that off that
shelf's gonna be bad. Shouldn't do it. Smack.
Mumpsimus. Could almost be used as like an expletive.
Yeah, right? You know? A choir? Hmm. Q -U -I
-R -E. Okay. Specifically, 24 sheets of paper.
That is so specific. Very, like I've heard of
a ream of paper. Right. Which I think is 500
sheets, I believe. So basically go into a staples
and be like, uh, yes, I'd like a quire of paper,
please. One quire of paper, please. What? Sir,
this is a Wendy's. Oh, I must have got lost.
So sorry. Quite. Y 'all have the double. Titty
nope. Titty spelled titty, nope spelled nope,
but one word, titty nope. A small portion of
food or drink that was left over. No way. Yeah,
like I've heard it called like a morsel, like,
oh, you know, a couple morsels left on the plate
or whatever, but yeah, titty nope. Man, I thought
that was something different altogether. Yeah.
Making out with a girl and it's just like you're
making your move that titty nope titty. Nope.
No, okay heard heard heard zerts spelled like
this X er tz zerts hmm to gulp something down
greedily. Oh Okay, he's such a zerts look at
how he slurps that down Zarf zarf a holder for
a hot coffee cup. I always thought they were
like koozie adjacent, like the little ring that
goes around the cup. That was just about to ask.
Yeah. So it's not the actual physical, like in
your car, the thing you can put your... Not like
a cup holder. Right. It's that little sleeve
thing. The warm koozie. Yeah. A zarf. A zarf.
And then I don't know if I want to pronounce
this right, but this is the last one. Actually,
no, I'll bring up two more. They're both Z words,
which I find fun. Zuzwang, Z -U -G -Z -W -A -N
-G, which is a term I'm familiar with. That's
like a Scandinavian hockey player name right
there. Yeah, Zuzwang. A chess position where
any move worsens your current position. That's
me playing period. Yeah. Yeah, it's essentially
like while you're so bad at chess You got the
Zuggs Wang. Yeah, and then this final one Zenz
is Zenz zenzic. What? Let me spell it for you.
Please. So everyone out there can look it up
themselves Z -E -N Z -I -Z E -N -Z -I -Z E -N
-Z -I -C A number raised - You can't even play
that one in Scrabble. Yeah, right. None of these.
It's an obsolete math term, thank God. A number
raised to the eighth power. And there's a word
for it. It's like you've got squared and you've
got cubed. And then, like, they didn't have anything
for the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh power.
And then the eighth power is zenz, ziz, zenz,
zenz, zenzic. That's uh, I don't like that. Very
unique. Indeed. Well, that was awesome. Thank
you for going down that hole. Definitely some
fun words there for sure. Add them to your vocab
out there, folks. Oh, yeah, definitely do that,
please. Say cattywampus more. Mm -hmm. Well,
that takes us to our next segment, While You
Were Sleeping. Well, what happened while we were
sleeping? Well, Aiden finds out. It's usually
a book, a movie, a show, anything that may have
just kind of slid under our radar. Wayne's gonna
find it. He's gonna tell each and every one of
you about it each and every week. So what did
you find, Aiden? I found something interesting
today. It's gonna be a little meta following
the Reddit rabbit hole. Today I wanted to bring
up a subreddit that I find very... neat and educational
and easy to understand it's called r slash explain
like i'm five and it's as their description goes
explain like i'm five is the best forum and archive
on the internet for quote layperson friendly
explanations okay which i find a a kind way of
putting it but all in all it's I think a fantastic
resource to learn about potentially complicated
subjects in a way that's very easy to grasp.
And I think that's something that I've latched
onto with some of the previous YouTubers I've
brought up on while you were sleeping, like science
YouTubers like Vsauce or Veritasium, where...
It's complicated subjects but they teach it in
such a way or present the information in such
a way that it's easy to grasp and it's entertaining
to learn. This is kind of like that where a difficult
question could be explained like the goal for
the commenters of these posts is to explain this
difficult situation as if you were teaching a
five year old. Okay. So some of the top questions
of the last month or two. Eli five which is explained
like a five Eli five why don't plates board front
to back surely it would be faster Interesting
an interesting take and of course the commenters
comment. I'm not gonna read through them all
I'm just gonna read through some of the some
of the top posts that got the most engagement
people found the most interesting and helpful
to learn about Someone asks why don't broken
jaws happen all the time in professional boxing
fair question mm -hmm Why did RadioShack go out
of business? Another fair question. Why is trench
foot so damaging? Is a fun one to learn about.
Most of these I have scrolled through. I follow
this subreddit because I like learning fun little
things and if it's something I don't have a lot
of understanding of such as like the biological
sciences. I don't know, the first thing about
Trenchfoot or why human skin just kind of sloughs
off sometimes. But yeah, it's fun to learn because
the commenters make it the goal to put it in
simple terms that are easy to understand, and
I find that very nice. Someone asked, why don't
headbutts hurt both people equally? Fair. We've
often asked that question. That's a great question.
So I just highly recommend this. this subreddit
to anyone that's curious about things. And maybe
not that I'm calling people out there stupid,
but it's something that I follow because the
simplicity of the explanation can be an important
step to getting you interested in a subject.
Because if it seems too complex off jump, it
can be easy just to be like, eh, it's not for
me. Oh, for sure. Whereas if there's something
in this subreddit that sparks your... imagination
or something. And someone puts it in a way that's
easy to understand. I find that a fantastic way
to learn and get into learning. Yeah. Oh, I agree
100%. There's no question about that. I mean,
Reddit's good for that. I mean, you can go to
some deep dark places in Reddit, as you can in
Google, or I'm sure any other place too. But
you can find some really super interesting stuff
there as well. So this is pretty cool. I'm definitely
going to be checking this out. That seems up
my alley. as well. So thank you for doing that
Aidan while we were sleeping. Check that out.
Check that somewhere out. We're gonna take a
quick break and when we come back we're gonna
do our beer review and the world of weird news.
All right, we are back to finish up with our
beer review in the world of weird news here on
the Mark Mo Show. I'm the host, Mark Maloney,
along with Aidan Maloney. And this is our beer
review. Fancy, fancy little purple can here.
Sing 9%. That's exciting. That's exciting. Very
regal looking can. Indeed it is regal looking.
So what are we drinking today? This is called
Tropical Squall by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery,
which is out of Delaware. I like Dogfish Head.
This is an Imperial Golden Ale. Sounds pretty
fantastic. It does we'll be ranking it on the
untapped app not sponsored, but it is free So
we appreciate that on a scale from zero to five
on how much we like it We'll be giving you our
flavor notes the way they describe it quotes
from dogfish head Off -centered weather reports
confirm there's a new squall brewing, a juicy
pineapple front, and a delicious mango stormer
on a collision course set to form a tropical
squall over the mid -Atlantic. You should do
like Mountain Dew commercials. 100%. That is
like right there. Do you like skateboarding?
Fucking drink Mountain Dew. Do you like skateboarding
while doing crack on the wing of a jet plane?
Mountain Dew. Mountain Dew. Mountain Dew is for
you. So we will be trying this and giving you
our thoughts on it. All right. A slon shot. Slon
shot to you, sir. Pineapple forward. Oh, yeah,
even on the nose. It's pineapple. Mm -hmm Yeah,
I believe it said pineapple mango, right? Yep.
That mango is quiet Compared very much. So yeah,
very quiet. Yeah, that's pineapple forward. I
Can't get over and and mind you I'm not a huge
pineapple fan I can't get over how smooth that
is. That is so smooth. So smooth. It almost reminds
me Have you ever tried dried pineapple? Where
it's a little more candy -esque? I know what
you're talking about, but I have not. It's giving
dried pineapple, in a way. Like the sweeter,
kind of candier pineapple, as opposed to the
fresh pineapple that has a little more bite to
it. Sure. The pineapple bites you back. That's
tasty. And it does not present itself as 9%.
Not at all not at all no, that's yeah, cuz sometimes
your beers get up eight nine even ten like they're
a little boozier Yes, not at all no mm -hmm no
Yeah, like booze you're kind of heavier feeling
like if you had a fridge full of these And you're
they're going down as smooth as this one is yeah,
you'd be in trouble oh Yeah, then that nine percent
would catch up to you very fast. I think so for
sure Yeah, if you're drinking these like a Miller
light for sure Mean not that this is as light
as that it's right fairly full -bodied. It's
flavorful, but yeah, it's not heavy Mm -hmm.
It is not heavy at all But may I crack this open
after mowing the lawn or something perfect. Yeah,
real. This is yeah. This is a very summary beer
Yeah, I agree with that so trying it in the dead
of winter. Maybe the wrong idea, but a good beer
is a good beer It'll stay good, so I like lunch
Bob would love this shit. Oh, yeah, he'd live
in it Yeah, indeed he would. Uh, I like that
a lot. I think I'm gonna give it... I'm torn
how high to go, because I do enjoy it. But yeah,
the mango's a little quiet, and the pineapple's
more dried pineapple or candied pineapple than
fresh pineapple. I'll go three -five out of five.
I do enjoy. Alright. I'm gonna surprise, I think.
I live in the mid -three range. Sure. A lot of
what I drink here is 325, 35, sometimes 3 .75.
I gave a four. Nice. I gave a four to this. I
really am enjoying this quite a bit. As I said,
it leaves nothing on the palate. Yeah, very clean.
It's clean. So my flavor profile, tropical, pineapple,
crisp and clean. Yeah. I think that is... It's
perfect for that and I really I Really do enjoy
it. Yeah Quite a bit like we were saying off
-camera when when we were getting these cracked
open and loading up the app and everything like
we're both fan of like blonde ales and yes golden
ales So this is this is fantastic. I believe
we've tried correct me if I'm wrong I believe
we've tried like pineapple II PAs before on the
show. Yes but this is the first just pineapple
golden ale that not only think we've tried before
it's the first one i've seen before yeah so i
haven't seen it so that was very interesting
when you uh brought to this to the this week
show uh yeah really really good uh a four yeah
i really enjoyed it quite a bit um i often like
to Reveal my unlocked badges. Yeah, which Aiden
often finds amusing because he's been using this
app a lot longer than I have So like for example,
I've got hopped down level three one cannot live
on dank hops alone Tone down the bitterness and
enjoy some smooth flavor. That's 15 different
beers on an IBU of 20 or below Try five more
for level four. I guarantee Aiden's at probably
level 37. I got a couple badges myself Because
it's something the app does Just like little
rewards for trying different things and, you
know, not just drinking fucking bush light all
day. I got Wheel of Styles level 24. Ooh, I got
the safe one, level 10. Hey, come on, you're
catching up, there you go. Quote, round and round.
Sorry, I gotta, round and round the wheel goes.
Which style you'll be drinking, nobody knows.
Your desire to explore different styles is inspiring.
Keep it up. That's a check -in of at least 120
different styles. Mountain Dew. Mountain Dew.
They got Land of the Free Level 83. Ooh. Which
is 415 different beers from a brewery in the
United States. Oh wow. Which is most of actually
most of the beers we have available in the US
Because yet these dogshit tariffs have kind of
killed all the import business They've killed
the import business for sure so a lot of business
period a lot of business. We have very tasty
very summary Yeah, that was that was well done.
Yeah, that was a really good one like I there's
some of these that we try They're in the threes
where I'm like Don't know if I'd go buy that
for myself, but it's good like it's in front
of me. I drink it Yeah, but like this one like
I would buy this yes That's that's another thing
we I mean we talk about in the frozen guy review.
We've talked about in the fry guy review it's
a point we rarely cover in the The official beer
review is the price point yes of some of these
beers and some of them are fairly cheap or at
least middle of the road cost. I believe this
was close to $20 for six 12 -ounce cans. Wow.
So that's fairly high. Usually craft beers, at
least like regional or national craft beers,
are gonna cost you 20 bones for a 12 -pack. Sure.
But this was 20 for a sixer. So just keep that
in mind if you're going out there trying. And
think about this, at 9 % You gotta figure, your
average beer is what, a four and a half? Four
and a half to five, yeah. So, it's six, but it's
really 12 if you're counting alcohol content.
Right, yeah, how many equivalent drinks are there
per can? Correct. Yeah. Good point to make. That's
actually how they measure, or at least that's
something they have to label. I believe it's
Australia, where on every package or bottle,
they have to label how many equivalent... Alcoholic
drinks is in this bottle. So like these big craft
beers. They would have to say like 1 .8 drinks
per Mmm, I see. Okay, that makes sense Yeah,
so it's just interesting. We don't do it like
that over here because I think that's kind of
an intuitive way to It is consider. We do it
on our cereal, right? Right, like yeah five ounces
of cereal is a serving Exactly. Well, that's
so hilarious to me. So we're not going to go
on a tangent here, but you know when they say
serving size for like cereal or a box of Cheez
-Its or potato chips, like you put the actual
serving size in a bowl and you're like, nah,
that ain't it. That ain't it. That ain't it.
It's not realistic at all. You're sitting there
watching a ball game and you're like, eight chips?
That's deserving. Are you supposed to eat eight
chips? Get the F out of here, man. That's actually
something, you know, a crumble cookie. Uh -huh.
They, it's, I don't know if they actually got
in trouble for it, but they definitely got hosed
for it on social media. Oh, okay. They had the,
like, the digital menus when you walk in the
stores, right, and it used to say, like, oh,
chocolate chip cookie, like, 185 calories, and
like, frosted sugar cookie, 190 calories, but
they all had an asterisk afterwards. that quantity
of calories per serving. Now you'd imagine, well,
a cookie's a serving, right? Sure. No. No, they
literally, it's like one fifth of a cookie is
your serving. Oh, hell no. So every cookie is,
you're talking six, seven, 800 calories. But
they found a way to like, oh no, we've diced
it up. That's just how we display it. It's per
serving. It's this per serving, but you don't
know what the serving is. Right. One fifth of
a cookie. My taint, bro. I'm not gonna eat one
fifth of a cookie. Who the hell eats one fifth
of a cookie? I'm just gonna have a nibble. Yeah,
right. Get out. That'll be 5 ,000 calories. Damn
it! Yeah, I'm gonna have a nibble of a crumble
cookie. Are you high? Yeah. No, if you were high
you just eat the damn cookie. You'd eat the whole
cookie and not worry about it. No, you would
not. Not at all. All right, we're on to the world
of weird news to finish off this episode of the
fifth, wow, five seasons. It's a... Five and
change? Yeah, we're working on fifth. Five and
change. How the hell do we do it, man? I don't
know. Episode 3, is that where we're at, man?
Jesus. God. Time flies. Time flies. Time's fun
when you're having flies. All right. Quote, the
pile of shit. Exactly. Any dog owners out there
are like, yep. Yep. All right. Mine is from Marion,
Louisiana. Oh, God bless them. Oh, yeah. Here
we go. Marion, Louisiana resident. Call police.
in November to report a trespassing incident
on her property. WKRC -TV reported on January
8th. When deputies arrived at the home, Elizabeth
Sutton, 41, was swimming nude in the residence
pond. At first, Sutton refused to exit the pond,
telling officers she was trying to be a mermaid.
Hey, bless her for that. That's awesome. That's
so cool. It's good to have goals. When she finally
complied, medics evaluated her because of the
cold weather. How the hell does Louisiana have
cold weather? And tried to lead her indoors.
At that point Sutton charged at a deputy causing
them to use their taser. She kicked and punched
the deputy before being subdued and taken to
a hospital. Oh no. A warrant was issued for her
arrest on January 6th. She surrendered and was
charged with several crimes. Oh, man. All she
was trying to do was find her purpose. That's
all we try, right? That's all we try to do is
find our purpose in life. Miss Sutton is a fucking
mermaid, man. Give her the time. Give her the
time of day. Give her the time. I'm just trying
to be a mermaid. Oh, my bad. We'll check back
with you in a little bit. Yeah, let her cook.
Go to that homeowner and be like, look. Hear
us out. Hear us out. She's just trying to be
a mermaid. Give her a little bit of time. The
scales, they take time to form. Right. So just
give her. Think about how valuable as a homeowner
would be to not only have a pond, but a mermaid
that comes with it. I think that's awesome. Property
value. Come on. That's what I'm thinking. It's
going to take time. And let her form those scales.
Let her get that tail. And in that time frame.
She will sober up or pass out. Right. Right.
At which point... We will collect your mermaid.
Yeah. We won't have to crack out the taser. We
won't have to crack out the taser. Some woman
that just wants to be a mermaid. Right. Is that
such a crime? Is it really? Get real. I got a
story here. Out of good ol' England. Mmm. Fast
trash world's fastest wheelie bin hits 66 miles
per hour I'm gonna show you the picture of it
right now Anyone you can that makes me so happy.
Oh my god. It's so cool dudes in a garbage can
He's in a garbage can. He's got a racing how
it on Anyone out there, I implore you, look up
this photo or article. You'll see the photo.
Fast trash world's fastest wheelie bin. 66 mile
an hour. Highway speeds. In a bin. Wow. This
is a story from January 13th. A British inventor
said his tricked out trash can that broke the
Guinness. world record for fastest wheelie bin
can now reach a speed of 66 mile an hour. Oh
my god. Michael Walhead, who captured the record
with a 55 mile an hour run back in 2023, said
he has continued to work on his motorized trash
can, which he has dubbed the general waste. I
love it. That's pretty good. I like that. Since
taking the title. Quote the record stands at
55 mile an hour, but I have done 66 now He told
Guinness while I'd said he was inspired to build
the general waste by Andy Jennings a different
man who originated the record at 45 mile an hour
trash bin in 2020 Quote after Randy I got my
backside and gear and decided to build a bin.
He said no He bought the wheeled trash can from
Facebook Marketplace for about $25 then proceeded
to make about $900 worth of modifications holy
cow including a Suzuki GP 125 two -stroke engine
magnesium go -kart wheels, a rear axle, five
gear transmission box, a chassis, a steering
dampener, and an extra wheel in the front. Wow.
To achieve his goal. And there are videos you
can watch on YouTube. World's fastest trash can,
66 mile an hour. If you look that up, it will
come up. It's so cool. That is something special
right there. Holy shit. We have covered Guinness
World Records of many kinds on this show before.
Yes, we have. And I was so happy to see that
there's so much more fun and cool ones out there
to cover. Right. I mean, that might be one of
my favorite ones, other than the guy who set
the Guinness Book of World Record for a sprint
backwards in high heels. That's right. Remember
that dude? I remember that guy. Yeah. And there
was also the one where he spat out... Ping pong
ball out of his mouth ping pong ball bounced
it on a wall and caught it Yes, like how many
spit and catch like how many times yeah, I think
he whatever it was like 60 some odd times in
a minute or two Spit and catch ping pong ball
bounces. I think he did it on a cruise ship I
Think I'll be honest if I'm on a cruise ship
number one. I'm getting Like I'm gonna be in
a perpetual state of intoxication sturdiness
it on a ship I mean number one I don't want to
be on the ship to begin with so I'm just gonna
get tanked up So then at the end of that vacation
was always like dude. Congratulations. I'd be
like for what? Well, what did I win? You took
this ping -pong ball and you spit it out of your
mouth and caught it like 68 times. Yeah. Oh,
did I? Cool. Cool, man. Awesome. Whatever money
Guinness gives to me will be spent on repairing
my liver. Exactly. Oh, no shit. Ah, well, sadly,
this show has come to an end. This was definitely
a fun one for sure. And I thought we had really
great conversation at the beginning about toxic
masculinity as it pertains specifically to sports.
Right. It could be a conversation we can we can
expand upon for sure. Yes. But. At any rate,
yeah great content good DMS Top ten like I just
thought this whole show was great. So I hope
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Yeah, even spelled the right way is my personal
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it's it's a fantastic time. And of course, we've
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Which I think is fantastic. So follow both channels
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Especially you find folks down in Curacao. Yes.
And shout out Singapore and Japan. Lots of listeners
in Singapore and Japan recently. Definitely.
Yeah, we definitely appreciate that. God bless
your souls. And Singapore and Japan. Once again,
we see the viewer or listenership, mind you,
in so many different countries. And Aidan and
I will talk and be like, oh, well, yeah, we should
probably go there. Yeah. So add Japan. Well,
I think Japan, to be honest, Japan's been on
my list. Yeah. Aside from going to Ireland, I
think Japan's probably number two, so I would
definitely love to get there. Could be a future
top ten list. I think so. Countries we'd most
like to go to. Most like to go to. Yeah, I think
that's a... Write that down. Write that down.
Write that down. Yeah, we've had this discussion.
If we don't write it down, it just disappears
into the ether. So I am actually going to write
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