Hey there everybody, welcome to the Mark Mo Show.
This is season five, episode seven, Not Wanted.
And, uh, hi! It's boy. It's been a time. It's
only been a week since the last show but man
I tell you you know sometimes just a few days
things can change But hey, we're here, and we're
gonna have we're gonna have a good time cuz I
want to have a good time I hope you guys want
to have a good time Anyway, you can find us on
all podcast platforms YouTube all that kind of
good stuff And I'd like to introduce to you my
co -host my producer my son Aidan Maloney. How
are you dude? Hola? I'm feeling pretty fantastic.
It's warming up in the Midwest U .S. of A. Yay.
Finally, the old United States of America, or
I think was coined once by Eminem back in the
day, the divided states of embarrassment. Pretty,
pretty baller line. Never sounded better. Yeah.
Yeah. Actually true. That's about as good as
it could sound. That is true. But no, I'm okay.
I got a surprise text last night, which I didn't
even get the notification for. There's some times
where, occasional Mondays or occasional Fridays,
I will be called into work an hour early. So
instead of setting my alarm for 5 a .m., I have
to set my alarm for 4 a .m. Did not receive this
text or well receive versus get notification
for I did not get a notification for this time
Because every time I get one of these texts the
supervisor that sends them out creates a new
group chat and when that group chat is created
We're supposed to give a thumbs up back to let
the supervisor know we saw it and I'm like usually
one of the first ones to get back just because
I have Like I have those notifications prioritized
so I know when to get to work and I'll give a
thumbs up and then I'll mute the group chat so
I don't hear like 20 more dings of other people
giving thumbs ups. Yeah. They reused a group
chat. Oh. So it was already muted. I never got
the notification. I would have just showed up
late. I'd have showed up an hour late had I not
like checked my phone and been like, oh, what's
the weather tomorrow? Oh, what is this? Oh, God.
So. So you kind of found out on accident then?
I found out on accident. Oh, my. Yeah. on accident,
and this was already as I was planning my sleep
schedule to be for waking up at 5 o 'clock, so
I'm down an hour's sleep. Down an hour's sleep,
but I've had like 300 mls of caffeine, so I'm,
I'm, I'm... Am I running on fumes? Maybe. Does
that matter for content creation? Heck no. We
play this shit sleep deprived or hungover or
tipsy all the time. I often feel that when we
are one of those three or a combo of those three.
Like when we're compromised. I feel like we do
our best comment because we just don't give a
shit and we just let it go. This is true. So
I guess buckle in. Yeah, shall be interesting.
It should be interesting for sure Aiden has his
own YouTube gaming channel, Aiden spelled the
right way Plays PC gaming content like GeoGuess
or PolyBridge, Observation Duty and much more
each and every week So what can these fine people
expect Aiden? I've been on a bit of a binge of
horror games recently probably the last ten Five
to ten uploads have all been horror games just
because I found these these neat indie devs that
I really like their style of games and I download
these packs that like you get five games for
like 10 to 20 bucks. It's like, okay, that's
kind of a baller deal Yeah, so I've been playing
a lot of those recently. I love them. I love
them So as of this episode airing I will have
a new episode of that coming out from a new indie
dev I found So brand new indie dev with a totally
different style than a lot of the things I've
played recently. So I'm very excited for all
that. And of course, you'll have PolyBridge doing
the low stress levels again and GeoGuessr and
all that fun stuff, of course. But yeah, it's
peaking my interest and I don't know if hyper
fixation is the right word, but it's definitely
like this is what I'm into right now. Love that
and that's and that's great content. So make
sure you check that out on YouTube Aidan spelled
the right way and What we decided on doing was
doing like a little collab where we take gaming
and we take kind of what we do here a little
bit more like on the improv side and We get together
and we do some gaming and things like that games
that we don't have to be ultra fixated on or
you're not totally drilled into like I don't
know if we could create the same content if we're
like all up in some Call of Duty game and right
we gotta be like looking around corners and That
wouldn't work, but the games that we do decide
to play Are a little less intense. So it allows
us to play the game but also allows us to kind
of chat back and forth and Joke around and have
a good time and it seems like everybody's responded
to it, which is great. That's kind of the whole
idea this is called A &M gaming and You know,
it's kind of had resurrected an old podcast and
Aiden made some changes and and I love what it's
become. It's pretty cool. So yeah Definitely,
definitely check it out. I agree. Yeah, it's
a good time. And most recently, we've, you know,
we've done some of the GeoGuessr stuff. We've
done some quizzes. We've done... Oh, gosh. The
observation duties. Observation duties. So in
terms of GeoGuessr and observation duties, soon
we'll be getting back to those two, I would imagine,
in addition to maybe some newer games. But definitely
wanted to let everybody know. We're doing a game
called Dream Daddy. The dad dating simulator.
That's right. The dad rector's cut, of course,
because we only play the finest games. Dream.
Dream. Yeah, oh yeah, it's something. And the
deal, I like the drum riff there. Gotta hit the
floor toms. Yeah, I mean, hey, you know, Neil
Pertt wishes he was, anyway. Rest in peace, brother.
RIP. But I'll tell you that the interesting part
was, it was like, okay, well, I looked at Aidan
and I'm like, well, you gotta be the dad. Which,
in turn, Makes you the teenage daughter. Makes
me the teenage daughter. And we have to come
up with all these different original voices in
the storyboard game. And it's been pretty funny.
It's been pretty fun. This visual novel of sorts.
Yeah, I think because we're on, what, our fourth
episode of that. We've done three, so we're on
four. We're on four, so we'll be wrapping up,
if not this next one, then the one after. And
I think we're about to get laid. Yeah, it's looking
like it might be happening. It's promising. It's
promising. It's promising. Which is also promising
in case we ever want to play any other visual
novels in the future. True. It plays into our
strong suits, we found out. That it says. Almost
by accident. Because I remember when we started
thinking about, OK, what's next for the channel?
We've done a lot of Observation Duty and GeoGuessr.
And I was like, I've got an idea. Hear me out.
And your first instinct was like, ah. Well, you'll
have to sell it to me. Like, I'm not sure. But
I'm like, no, hear me out. This could be good.
And it's just proved our worth as voice actors
and just being able to play roles. And you just
set your shoulders right. And you train your
vocal cords. And it's just like, I can be anyone
who I want to be right now. Pretty, pretty close
to it. Yeah. And I'll play the damn part. Yeah,
no, there's some accents and voices I do a lot
better than others, but, you know, it allows
me to maybe practice some that are maybe out
of my wheelhouse, but then at least I can just
kind of work on them and then if they sound kind
of kooky or crazy, then it makes you guys laugh.
So that's kind of the... That is just a character
trait. Right. That's the whole point behind it.
It's a feature, not a bug. There you go. That's
it exactly. But anyway, tune in. A &M Gaming.
Check it out. Like I said, we're in our fourth
one of Dream Daddy, so we'll see. We'll see if
our Dream Daddy's gonna get laid. Right. If that
works out. Could be awkward because the daughters
are becoming best friends, so... Sure. You know,
don't wanna necessarily putt around with this
guy. Oh, okay. Okay. You'll have to watch it.
Lest we get it in the hole. Bazinga! Bazinga!
That is a possibility. Could lead to a one stroke
penalty. Any listener that hasn't heard or watched
episode three is gonna be like, what the fuck
are these? What's with the innuendos? It's like,
well, you just gotta watch. I'm sorry. I won't
spell it out for you. It's a golfing component.
Per chance. Per chance. So that's just a... The
people say there could be a mini golf competition.
Right. That's the rumor. It's what they tell
me. So we're just kind of throwing that out there.
Yeah, exactly. So that's pretty interesting.
Anyway. Anyhoo. Anyway, check that out. And so,
help wanted? How about not wanted? Four months
of unemployment for this guy right here. And
so over 100 resumes sent out, three interviews,
one job wasn't even legit. The other two interviews
went amazingly well. Like, I don't think I could
have performed in either of those interviews
any better. I did my research, looked down the
website. I was like, yeah, I got this. I understand
the job. I understand the company. We had great
conversations, and then I didn't hear back from
either one. Completely ghosted. Not even a, hey,
thanks for interviewing, but we went with a different
candidate. At least I know. At least a candidate
knows. And we can just, with a clear mind, move
on. But as an HR professional, And mind you folks,
I'm going to be going off on this. So buckle,
as we said, buckle in. You've got endless experience
in everything. You've done it all. I've done
it all. So you should be able to go off. In my
career, I've kind of done it all. But let me
just reach out, and if there's people that listen
that do HR and those sorts of things, number
one, do your frickin' job. Okay, if you're interviewing
candidates and say you've got five candidates
and you interview them, and then you decide,
okay, I like these two, let's have these two
back in. Call the other three. Hey, thanks so
much for coming in. We've decided to move on.
Call them, instead of them playing a guessing
game. Oh, do they like me? Maybe they like me.
Gosh, I really thought I interviewed well. Oh
my God, maybe I didn't interview well. Oh gosh,
I bet it was that one stupid thing I said. Because
we do that. Right. We do that. Should I call
on Tuesday? Oh, that's too soon. I'll call on
Wednesday. Like, I'll check in with the HR manager
Wednesday. Right. Be professional. I mean, one
place that I called, you know, not gonna... drop
names legacy foundation or anything like that
but you know but i'm i'm just oh i don't give
a fuck man i'll drop names i don't give a shit
are you kidding me i'm just gonna say have the
common fucking courtesy to call someone hey man
i really enjoyed meeting you we're kind of going
a different direction cool i have no ill will
towards you or your company hey thanks for having
me in and even though i perform well It's a disappointment,
but you let me know. So now it looks like I've
moved on. I've moved on. In my head, I'm like,
OK, cool. I didn't get it. Closure. But I'm sitting
there, and I'm sending her emails. I think I
sent a voicemail. I was like, hey, just kind
of wonder where you were. You said you wanted
to get started on this. I'm available to get
started. Nothing. Nothing. It's so bogus. Is
your day so goddamn busy that you can't pick
up the phone for a 30 second call? Or call back!
Or just a freaking email! Right. Email, hey Mark,
thanks, but, you know, let me know. Right. Let
me know. And that is, the only ones you ever
hear back from are computers. Right. Only ones
you ever hear back from. Yeah. You never hear
from a human. Oh cool, AI kicked my resume again.
Awesome. Right. Yeah, AI is more human than humans.
How the fuck is that possible? Which is the weird
part because AI is the one denying insurance
claims, literally killing people. Yep. AI is
deciding the fate of human beings in this godforsaken
country. And they're the same ones looking at
your fucking job resumes. Correct. Dystopian!
Yeah, it sucks. It sucks. Everyone loves a dystopic
sci -fi movie or video game. Brother, we're fucking
living in one! We're living in one. You know,
we're living in one, and I don't know, it's like...
There's a quote from a movie. Steve Carell has
this quote from the movie The Big Short. And
his quote... Good movie. It's a good movie, and
his role is just fantastic. And he has that one
comment where he's like walking through New York
City. He's on the phone, right? And he's on the
phone. And he's like, everybody's walking around
like they're wearing rose -colored glasses like
they're in some fucking Enya video. Right, right.
So on the spot. And this was a movie about the
07 -08 economic crash. It still holds. And it
still holds because we just don't learn. You
know, we're goddamn adults and like people still
touch the hot stove. It's like, oh little buddy,
you don't touch a hot stove, it's hot. And they
keep touching it like fricking idiots. It's so
stupid. It's so ridiculously stupid. So if you're
looking for a job in America, it's brutal. Especially
if you're like in the middle or back end of your
career, you're almost fucked. Right. I mean,
completely. I mean, so what can you do? Fuck
if I know, but we're all in this shit. And if
you're sitting there and you're like, oh, I've
had a job for 20 years and it's really great,
you can wake up tomorrow and not have it. Right.
You can, you literally, I hope you have squirreled
away money and money and money because any one
of you, any one of you listening to this show,
I don't care how old you are, how long you've
been with the place, can wake up tomorrow and
it's gone. Right. 100%. Right, and the big advice
is like, oh, you should have a six month salary
set away. Who the fuck can do that? Right. who
not only has the privilege to set away six months
salary. Right. Let alone more than that with
how shitty the job market is. Right. You know,
because most people are making check to check
and even if they're doing just a smidge better
than that, oops, gotta fix our roof. Oops, gotta
fix the garage door. Life happens, yeah. Bobby
needs braces. Got to put the dog down. I mean,
it's like thing after thing after thing after
thing. You're never caught up. You're never caught
up. You're on a hamster wheel. You're treading
water. in rough waters. At best. Right. Oh, yeah,
for sure. So let's talk about it. So I'm doing
this research. I go down the Reddit rabbit hole,
so to speak. And so, right, first of all, there's
the endless job search. Let's talk about that.
It feels like a full time job, but without any
of the benefits, right? Right. I've spent countless
hours scouring. job boards, tailoring my resume,
and I can't keep changing my resume. I've done
it. I mean, how many different ways can you say
the same goddamn thing? You can't. These are
the jobs I've had, this is what I've done. I'm
not gonna sit there and be like, ooh, let's tailor
it specifically to the, that's eight hours a
day, man, if I'm doing that. There's no fricking
way. Here are my jobs, this is what I did there.
You decide. I'm not gonna sit there and blow
you, and I haven't even met you yet. You know,
in the hopes you might like what I have to say.
Let alone the motherfuckers, oh, upload your
resume and then on the next page put everything
in that's already on your resume. Well, what
the fuck do you need my resume for? Right. Right.
Is that what applying for jobs is now? Oh, dude.
Dude, don't even get me started on that. When
you get there and there's like a few extra things.
Oh, mind you, then they're like, hey, what's
your sex? You know, are you Caucasian? Are you
Hispanic? Do you have a disability? You know
what I pick every single time? None of your goddamn
business. Right. None of your business. I don't
give a shit. Doesn't matter. I'm a human being
looking for a job. I might be a fucking Martian,
but if you like what I have to say, bring me
in. Right. You know, so dumb. Anyway, you know,
you're sitting there and you're tailoring the
resumes, right, and you're writing cover letters.
And it feels like they just go into a black hole
anyway, so what the hell's the point? It's disheartening
to apply for dozens of positions and hear nothing
back. The silence is deafening right. It makes
you question your worth and your abilities. Trust
me, I've questioned it. I mean, I am almost,
and like... Part of this was a joke, and now
part of it's like, maybe I should just do this,
where I've been like, I think I need to pack
important shit in my backpack and just ride the
fucking rails. Right. Just ride the rails. What
are they gonna do? You can't do that, okay. I'll
just hop the fuck off and catch the next fucking
train. Oh, cool. I'm in New Mexico now. Fun.
Yeah, fun. Let's see what's going on here. I'm
almost there. I swear to fucking God, I'm almost
there. There's this emotional toll, as you can
tell, because I'm getting emotional about it,
right? There's just an emotional toll of unemployment,
something that's not discussed, but it's... It's
just about the financial strain, the impact on
your mental health, the constant rejection and
feeling of being stuck in societal pressure to
just find a job. But yeah, good luck with that.
Right. It can lead to feelings of inadequacy
and anxiety that are hard to shake off. You know,
you find yourself doubting your skills and wondering
if you ever get back into the workforce, let
alone back to the level in which you were at,
because then at some point you're like, I have
bills to pay. I'm about to lose where I live
and maybe lose my car. Right. So then you're
thinking, well, holy shit. I have to find something.
Well, now in that finding something, what if
I go, okay, I'm like middle to upper management
kind of guy. That's what I've done my entire
career and also marketing and also IT and also
PR and I've done it all. Right. You name a portion
or part of your business, and I've probably done
it. And then you're sitting there wondering,
should I take that job at Home Depot? Do you
know how fucking shitty that is? Right. I'm sorry.
It's just like, oh, there's honor. There's honor
in having an $80 ,000 job and then going and
pushing carts back into the fucking Walmart.
Honor doesn't fucking pay bills. It doesn't pay
the bills. It does not pay the bills. If people
don't understand, because then it's like, oh,
well, at least he went and got a job at Target.
Yep, and you know what that means? I can't be
sitting in front of my laptop sending resumes
out. Right. Because I'm pushing fucking carts
around. Right. And people don't get that. You
know, oh, just go home and do that. Oh, so now
I'm working two jobs. OK, cool. Two jobs for
shitty money. That's super great. Anyway, so.
Let's just talk about that stigma surrounding
the unemployment, right? So there's a stigma
that comes with it. People assume that you're
not trying hard enough or that you're somehow
less motivated, but the reality is that the job
market is not only competitive, but there's just
not enough good quote -unquote real jobs out
there. They're just, they don't exist. And it's
frustrating to feel judged about a situation
that's out of your control. And it's to the point
now where I don't give two shits what you think
about me. And I'll tell you what, my close friends,
my good friends, and this guy sitting on my left,
I know they have my back. And I know that they're
like, yep, if Maloney could work tomorrow, he
fucking would. And so that has nothing to do
with it, right? So I know the people that got
my back, I know they've got my back. And that's
good. The rest of them, whatever they think,
I don't care. Right. I do not care. You can think
well of me. You can think ill of me. That's that's
on you. Right. That's on you. And that's that's
exactly the way I look at it. So that kind of
goes into my next point about finding support.
So, you know, talking to others that are in similar
situations help, but it's still tough. And if
you're unemployed, at least, you know, you're
not alone. And there are communities out there
that understand what you're going through. So
at bare minimum. Let's support each other and
share experiences. Because like I said, you can
wake up tomorrow and not have your job. And you're
gonna be like, oh my god. And then what are people
gonna do? They're gonna call Maloney, because
Maloney's been unemployed. Holy shit, dude. How
is this? How real is this? And the first thing
I'm gonna tell them, the state of Indiana's full
of shit. The state of Indiana is going to give
you the least amount of money that they can.
They're gonna find little reasons not to give
you that money, and then tell you you can appeal
decisions that have cost you that money, and
a judge will give you all of five minutes and
then tell you to go fuck yourself, and not give
you the money that you deserve. So now you're
really in the shit So, you know, did I call out
the state of India? Yeah, fuck you, Indiana,
right? Um, it's it's almost comparable to certain
Certain groups where The way you described of
finding help and speaking to other people who
are in similar situations It brings up the same
point of how dog shit mental health care and
health care in general is in this country because
it's the same argument made for people who are
suffering from depression or anxiety or ADHD
or ADD where what's the best we can do? Unless
you've got a fuck ton of money, the best you
can do is find support groups. It's the same
exact story for those who are unemployed or underemployed.
It's the same story. It all comes from the same
macroeconomic societal bullshittery we've all
been subject to for the last half century in
this country. Yep, correct. Yep. And let alone
looking at the bigger picture, that's just what
white people are going through over the last
half century. Yeah. What do you think black Americans,
Hispanic, this is just white Americans that have
had this trouble over the last half century.
It's worse for them. And it's just disturbing.
It's foul to think that billionaires and large
corporations would rather let people rot in the
streets than provide living, let alone thriving,
wages. And offer jobs to people. Anything. Anything.
I mean, you know, you sit there and be like,
oh, you know, we're gonna have a bunch of inmates
pick up garbage on the side of the road. Oh,
cool. How about all the people that don't have
work right now? How about say, hey guys, for
20 bucks an hour, you guys wanna go with some
crews up and down the highway and just pick up
some trash on the highway? I would do it tomorrow.
Right. I would do it tomorrow. And you know the
inmates are getting paid two dollars an hour.
That's it. That's why it's it's prison slave
labor. Yeah, and we talked about that back on
a Mark Mo radio show Yes, we had a whole rant
about that. You sure did. Yep. It's absurd. Yeah
Yeah, this this yeah. Well, there's a lot more
that we can say about this country. Oh, it operates
Oh, yeah, but um, you know, we'll we'll try to
stay on target. Yeah, right We'll try to stay
on target. So basically the conclusion is that
unemployment is it? is challenging and often
isolating experience. It's time we start having
open conversations about it and supporting one
another. If you feel the weight of unemployment,
remember that it's okay to be frustrated and
overwhelmed and we'll get through it together.
And what I mean by that is don't don't trust
in your state to support you. They're not going
to. They could give a shit if you live or die.
Right. 100 percent. They don't care. Yeah. But
I will say this much. that there is a support
group. There are people around you. And even
if there's people around you, maybe they don't
care for you, you don't care for them or whatever,
there are people that do genuinely care for you.
Find those people, and then be like, hey, going
through some shit, and you know, maybe they can
help financially. Maybe they can help, maybe
they got a room. You know, maybe the, hey man,
I know you're going through some shit. I live
in a four bedroom house. There's one bedroom.
It's not doing shit. You're welcome to it as
long as you need it. Or, hey, maybe they don't
have a car. Hey man, can I give you a lift to
this or give you a lift to that? Or, hey, maybe
you are one of the few people that have money
or actually have a business. Or own a business,
right? Or own a business. And you just sit there
and be like, hey, could I give this guy 15 bucks
under the table cash an hour to do some menial
labor around my shop? around my restaurant or
bar and have them help out and give this dude
an extra 100 or 200 bucks a week. Could I afford
to do that? Chances are, yep, you probably could.
And you're helping them. You're helping them
at least get a few meals on their table and maybe
pay their rent. And you know what? That business
owner's still gonna be a multi -millionaire.
Right, exactly. It's pennies to them. It's food
on the table for people like us. Oh yeah, when
you see people that are millionaires that are
well off, that have businesses and those sorts
of things, and they see people struggling, and
they empathize with you, and then that's the
end of it. It's like... Oh, here's my sympathy,
but that's it. If I had a business and I had
that kind of cash, and I knew a friend that was
struggling, I'm gonna do what I can. I'm gonna
be like, hey man, you wanna come in maybe? sweep
them off the floors at night, take some garbage
out, you know, I can throw some cash your way,
maybe a few other projects. I would do that all
the time. Right. 100 % I would do it all the
time. And if every business owner did that, you're
gonna help a lot of people. Right. You're gonna
help a lot of people. Yeah. So, at any rate,
I guess, stay strong is a message, I guess. It
sucks, but... All you can do, and I know this
is hard for me because I've spent most of my
life being the guy that helps people. Whether
it's monetarily, whether it's just my body, whether
it's help move something or help put a computer
together or help different things like I will
help in any way I can. Oh man, this is going
on. Oh, how can I help? I've spent a good portion
of my life doing that because I grew up with
a guy. who did that himself. Right. And he was
a great dad and he taught me how to live that
way and I have. Until now I'm in the point in
my life and it's hard for me to do that. Right.
And it's hard for me to ask for help. I think
that is the number one thing for people that
are unemployed that get to a point where they're
like, oh, I'm in some shit now and it's just
they find it very hard to ask. Sure. Well, if
you have people that love you and then do actually
give a shit, ask. Right. Because what's the worst
thing they can say? Hey man, I'm not in a good
position to help. But hey, maybe this or that
or whatever. And that's the worst thing. But
chances are they're going to help if they can.
Right. In whatever way that they can. So ask.
Just do it. Go door to door. I mean, the community
I live in is just under 40 ,000 people. So it's
not a particularly big community. Maybe you live
in a bigger city. If you know people, and you
know shop owners and you know other people in
business or people that you know maybe not professionally
maybe it's just more personal things that you
know but you know they're somewhat well off you
know that they're doing all right financially
make the ask make the ask and go talk to them
be like hey i'm dealing with this and whatever
help you can give would be greatly appreciated
that's all you can do yeah that is all you can
do because otherwise what's the end result The
end result is you lose your place that you're
living, potentially your automobile, and then
what? Right. Your cell phone? You gotta pay for
your cell phone if you can't pay for your cell
phone. Yeah. Now you can't have a phone to communicate
with people that might wanna hire you. Right.
You don't have a car to get to that job. So you
see where it's just, it gets fucked. Right. Completely.
Very quickly. Very quickly. So it's very frustrating.
So, you know, if you're out there and you're
dealing with it, I'm living it and I've lived
it a few times over the past five years and it
sucks. It sucks hard and And just just get that
help whatever resources you have Contact your
churches if they if they can't provide help,
maybe they'll have resources for you Sometimes
government buildings and I'm not talking your
state because you've F them. I'm talking like
a local governments, especially if you live in
these smaller towns, talk to them. Sometimes
they have rent assistant programs. Sometimes
there's food kitchens or food pantries. Right.
Right. Just find what those resources are and
don't feel bad. If you're someone that's like
one minute, you're making 50 or 60 grand a year
and now you're like, oh, I'm not going to be
that guy that goes to food. Be the guy that goes
to the food pantry. Yeah. You need to help. Go
get a box of Cheerios and a loaf of bread. I
mean, just whatever you have to get. Right. To
frickin' survive. To eat. To eat. Right. Yeah.
So. That's the fucking country we're in. That
is. That is. And I know you're probably sitting
there being like, wow, Mark Moe's so intense.
Well, this is something that hits personal. And
it's hit personal for me, but I've seen it hit
other people too. So. Yeah. You just got to hang
in there. Yeah, right. You got to hang in there
and use your people. and hopefully you come out
on the other side. Right. Damn right. You know,
so. Where the grass is greener. Hopefully. Yeah,
ideally. Yeah. Ideally. Yeah. Hey, the grass
is greener on the other side. Oh shit, it's concrete.
Oh no. Oh no. It's just like the song by Pearl
Jam, Even Flow. Even Flow. A phony butterfly,
pillow made of concrete. Yeah. Ah, we'll be back.
All right, everybody. We are back here on the
Mark Mo Show. I'm Mark Maloney. That's Aidan
Maloney. And so during our break, Aidan gave
me some oxygen and a little O2. Yeah, a little
O2, and we did a little bit of meditation, a
little Goosefraba, and it didn't - What's the,
a Feng Shui? Feng Shui. We made the A &M Studios
just feel a little more like home. Most definitely.
Now, how do you make something feel a little
more like home, I wonder. I wonder what that
is. Could be with a cocktail or five. Five? No.
That's rookie numbers. Bump it up. Bump it up.
Triple that. If I'm not in the ER this evening,
there's been a problem in the A &M studios. For
sure. Yeah, so we're just trying to get a better
vibe here. I am sorely needed here at the ashram.
Just watched Mace Venture. He's amazing. My man.
God bless Jim Carrey. Oh God. He's just so funny.
Our guy. We did not appreciate that man enough,
I feel. At any rate, time for Carpe Diem. You
wonderful people send us your DMs and we read
them on the air. And sometimes those comments
are actually questions. And if they are, well,
then we could answer them. Could. Do we want
to? I mean, key word, like, you take could, but
then you put the asterisk on either side. Could.
We're doing a little finger thingy. It's like
what they do on the nutrition label. It's like
could with the double asterisk, and you have
to go down, like, a bunch of paragraphs, and
it's in, like, type 3 font. Exactly. Could means
you have to pay us money. Right, exactly. Yeah.
It's like... Could you answer my question and
you just like ghost them, kind of like you work
for HR? Right. And then they go, but we'll give
you this shiny gold coin and you bite it and
you're like, okay, real. It's not that fake gold.
It's not that fake gold, right? Yeah. I mean,
it could be the one with the chocolate in it,
which does have some value. Has some merit. Has
some merit. But can I pay my mortgage in gold
chocolate coins? Well. Well. Be a lot. Be a lot
of gold chocolate coins. Be a lot of gold chocolate
coins. But yeah, so if you influence us in a
way, influence the influencers. Interesante.
That's what you got to do. And then we might
answer that question. Certainly. It's very possible.
So I got a bunch of DMs here, and it starts out
with at HR Professional USA. How timely. I know,
right? Hello, Mark Mo Show. I heard you had a
show coming up on hiring challenges. We are under
a lot of stress in our departments. Be patient.
Bite my dick. Thank you. You know, take that
to HR. Yep. Take that to HR. HR, for anyone that
doesn't know, exists to protect the company from
you, the worker. Yep. Period. Full stop. No further
notes. It doesn't work the other way. No, they
are not there to protect you from anyone. Nope.
They are paid by your boss's boss's boss to create
that layer in between. Right. They're not there
to help you. No. there as a liability protector.
Correct. That's it. Yeah. Oh, I've got a problem.
I should bring it up to HR. No, you should try
and unionize is what you should do. Yep, 100%.
If you can have a union where you work, do it.
Do it. 100%. Make it happen. AFL -CIO, reach
out to Teamsters. There's a lot of big unions
that will help you form one. Yep, absolutely.
Do it, because HR doesn't give a fuck about you.
Sorry, HR Professional USA, that you're called
out this heavy, but I don't know you personally,
so I can't really make a judgment on your character.
I'm just gonna say your profession is not a fan
of mine. Absolutely. And that's fair to say.
Yep, absolutely. Well said. At Darnold Guy. My
man Darnold! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! I am a
fan of the Super Bowl winning quarterback. I
was at USC when he was. Damn. Minnesota, you
idiots. I know, right? Good luck with McCarthy.
Homeboy sucks. Yeah, blood is not very good.
I am blessed his soul. I don't know if he's trying.
I can't actually tell. Oh, no. Sam Darnold, what
a turnaround. I heard a stat that he's like the
first Super Bowl winning quarterback to play
on five different teams, or like five plus different
teams. Yep. Sam. Damn Darnold. That's right.
Sam Damn Darnold, my man. Walks off with that
trophy like, oh, huh, I was good. Fancy that.
How about that? Yeah, I'm happy, and I'm so glad.
In Minnesota, they went to the playoffs with
him. And that wasn't good enough. Right. Nah,
I don't think that guy... It's the same shit
Chicago did in 2006. Oh, well, we only went to
the playoffs. Well, we didn't win the... Oh,
let's fucking kill it. Like, bro, we had momentum.
Yeah. We had momentum in 06. Yep. Nah, we'll
just kill the whole thing. We'll just kill the
whole thing. Cool. Thank you. Take notes, Minnesota,
and they did. And they did. Yeah, they absolutely
did. So, um, to steal a phrase from the Simpsons.
Uh -huh! God bless you, Sam Darnold. Uh, at the
house bunny. Oh. Hi, boys. You chan. I love that
halftime show. My lady parts are still sweating.
Whoa. I am here for you, bad bunny. What did
you guys think? You know what, I'm glad that
you found the halftime show that exciting. I
thought it was fantastic. My lady parts are still
sweating. I mean, I'm in the same boat as well.
I saw a, I don't know if it was a blue sky thing
or a tweet, but I saw someone post like something,
I'm just paraphrasing, but it was something along
the lines of, I'm so happy that Kendrick Lamar's
halftime show was unapologetically black and
that Bad Bunny's halftime show was unapologetically
Latin. Yep, 100%. And I love that. I love that.
It's the fucking melting pot for a reason, bro.
Anyone that... Granted, you can criticize how
you want, blah blah blah. You know, constructive
criticism has its merits. But if you're just
criticizing it, ooh, it wasn't in English. Brother,
you need to open your fucking eyes. Yeah. Yep.
You need to open your mind. Yeah, it's it's it
was a fantastic like if you look at There are
YouTube videos and there are analyses on the
meaning of every little thing both in Kendrick
Lamar's and Bad Bunny's halftime shows where
Everything had a purpose that it was there that
they did it like they did and it's fascinating
to watch how much thought Went into this. Yeah.
Oh, yeah, and just it's it's so genuine. Yeah
How can you not think it's amazing unless you
are simply a racist? Yeah. That's it. Right.
That's it. Not to make it black and white, but
that's the only thing my brain can go to. It's
like, oh, well, I didn't like it because it wasn't
in English. Well, sure, but you still had the
mids and the lows. You had the highs. You have
the whole music you can enjoy. You have the whole
show you can enjoy. If you didn't understand
the lyrics, whatever. Yeah, I have to be honest.
I think... And I do mean this with much love,
United States. I think Americans are lazy. Oh,
sure. I mean, I... Well, that's a big generalization.
It's a big generalization, but I'll stick with
it. So what I mean by that is, for example, I
am a huge Iron Maiden fan. I should probably
be president of the American fan club, but...
I'm a huge Iron Maiden fan. And when you see
a lot of their concert footage from Japan, Rock
in Rio, Brazil, yeah. These fans know every freaking
word to their favorite songs. And English, they're
not fluent in English. Might be a second language,
might not be at all. But you know what? They
learn the songs and what those songs mean. Right.
and created chants for each of those songs. So
they did that. And if you really want it, if
you were like, you know, I really want to know
what this guy's talking about, you know, get
an app, get an app, be like, hey, I'm trying
to learn some basic Spanish and see what you
can pick up. Right. And how many of you Gen Xers
out there have fucking like nine and nine sigloff
balloons and know all the words? To a German
song. To a German song. Yep. Yep. Come on, just
a touch of effort. Touch of effort and then you
can enjoy it. You can enjoy it without knowing
Spanish. I don't know a lot of Spanish I know
how to I know how to count to 20. I know how
to like Where's the bathroom? I know how to say
it in Spanish like yeah the basics to get around
I don't know what Bad Bunny was saying. I thought
it was a great halftime show It was great. It
was great and it was so visual and well done
If you just paid attention you could at least
figure out Like what he was doing and what he
was talking about. Right. And it just efflored
me. Efflored me that there were even establishments
in our town and around our town that during the
halftime show switched it off to that stupid
thing that whatever it was. Pedophile boy. Bow
to bow to bow. Whatever, whatever. I don't even
know what that song is anymore. But the one that
actually sings about the calendar girls that,
you know, Donnie and And Epstein, you know. Oh,
yeah. You know, he's the playlist of the pedophiles
that are in the files. Yep. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So
interesting. Yeah. So anyway, we were fans of
it. We like that. I'm glad your lady parts are
moist. That's I have. I get it. I have fun, I
guess. Yeah, that's my lady parts are moist,
too. Absolutely. One one hundred percent. I'd
be lactating if I could. You're not. Should I
see a doctor? Should I be lactating right now?
Maybe. Yeah, I think you should. God damn. Bad
Bunny, why am I not lactating? Yeah. I mean,
it's kind of like frogma for me. And Bad Bunny
says, why are you not lactating? Why are you
not lactating? You should be. Everyone. Um, okay.
My last one is guys. We're leaving this we are
out the door That was thank you for tuning in
to the last mark mo show. I've never irish. Goodbye
A comment on dms before I just freaking did uh
at stoner stanley 420 Our guy. Hi Momo and Alan.
So I had arrested the other days. Oh no. Yeah,
the man with the shiny star on his chest put
me in these bracelets and told me I have rights
to silence. He took my weed and dropped me. He
took my weed and dropped me at Dollar Tree. I
bought shampoo. That's hilarious Holy hell, so
you tell me Stan got Well clearly not arrested
if he was dropped at the Dollar Tree He was just
detained he was detained and then old Sarge took
his weed and was like I'm dropping you off here
I'll I'll be taking this right. I just wonder
where Stan got the moolah to buy shampoo Right.
That's a good question I always thought Stan
was kind of, uh, was desolate of the pockets.
Living, living off the land. Yeah. He might still
be in Florida or some tropical place. Anywhere
they have dollar trees, clearly. Yep. Damn. At
least he got shampoo. I don't know how dirty
his hair was. Yeah. I'm guessing he needed it.
Because the question was, was he bathing in the
river for that long? My guess is yeah, I'm sure
he was. I'm sure he was. Well, at least you're
not in the clanker, brother. You can still chime
in. They could drop them at the Dollar Tree.
That's rough. That's great. At any rate, that
concludes my DMs. What do you have? I got several
DMs today. I've got one here from Mr. J Brandy.
How would you rate your street smarts on a scale
of 10? And what sounds in particular would Frighten
you while walking through town. I would say mine
are Pretty close to a ten. I'll be somewhat modest
and give myself a nine I honestly feel if I had
to get rid of all of my worldly possessions and
hit the street I think I could survive I might
have to move to a warmer climate, but I think
I could do it. Yeah I think not only my formal
education, but my street education would allow
me to kind of get by, learn to manipulate situations,
learn how to work things to my advantage. I think
I would do well. I think I would do real well.
And as far as sounds, I went to Chicago and there
were these sounds. It sounded like a gun. So
I was crossing a street and it was by this dock
area. There were trucks back there. And it was
like, bang, bang, bang. I didn't flinch. Did
not flinch. There was a dude on the other side
of the street, like, was like, ah, meh! You know,
it's like, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh,
meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh,
meh, meh, me Would be a creepy voice not not
like an urban voice not somebody from the streets
nothing like that like that wouldn't bother me
something out of place but like somebody that
would sound like Like Nick Cajun long legs. Oh,
yeah, that would frighten the hell out of me.
If you turn down the alley guys like I'd be like
First I'd put myself then I would run really
fast in the opposite direction, right? Yeah.
So I think just a creepy voice. The one Loli
Island song. Dookie Kominatama jeans. Yep. Yeah.
Oh, yeah. How about you? Oh, God, I'd have to
say maybe on the scale, I'd say maybe a seven.
I think I'm I. claimed to be very observant,
and I do my best to be very observant of what's
happening around me and people's attitudes and
motives. I feel like I do a good job at that.
So I'd say a seven. I didn't spend nearly as
much time in Chicago or Chicagoland suburbs as
you have. Oh, for sure. But I still feel like
I have a good understanding and a good awareness
of what's happening around me. Sounds that still
scare me would be gunshots. Gunshots are not
something you want to hear. Granted, you have
to have a keen ear, because I've heard many gunshots
in my life. I've fired firearms before. I know
what a gunshot is. If you hear a trash truck
picking up a dumpster and, like, doing one of
those klanka -klankas to empty it, to an unkeen
ear, it's as loud as a gunshot. If you're close
enough to it. But to know what a gunshot sounds
like, if it's with an ear shot, or... Several
sets of tires squealing at the same time. Ah,
there could be some shit happening over there
and just knowing what's going on it's it's Those
are the sounds that not necessarily frightened
me, but but heightened my awareness I bring up
that cortisol level. Oh, yeah. Yeah, so Yeah,
I'd say a seven. I don't necessarily have the
experience that you do But I still feel I could
I could handle myself should I get in a sticky
situation? Got it. Yeah, that's good in a way.
Yeah I got a DM here from Teebo. The Teebo? The
Teebo? Hmm. From iCarly? The Teebo? I was thinking
of the quarterback. Be like, and he goes back
to pass? And he goes down on one knee not knowing
that ends the play. Teebo asking, would you be
into a taco on a stick? The, I can't believe
the Tebow actually reached out to me on this.
Um, yes. Yes, I would. Taco on a stick. Be interested
on a taco on a stick. Um, I can't believe that
iCarlyStar checked into this show. That's kind
of fucking cool. Uh, my question would be the
logistics of the taco on the stick. Sure. If
it's a corn tortilla, uh... That shit would just
crumble. I don't know how you would get the taco
on the stick. How are you getting it on the stick?
How would you get it on the stick? If it's a
flour tortilla, it would beg the question, how
long has the taco been on the stick? Because
flour tortillas, like any flour product, eventually,
you know, the gluten proteins loosen as the meat
and cheese leak into it and the moisture and
everything. So if it's a fresh taco on a stick,
that's just a meat kebab with a cozy on it. Indeed.
With a koozie. So, yes, I would like one. I don't
know how much it costs, and do I get to keep
the stick? I asked that question back. Do I get
to keep the stick? I think you should. Have I
earned the stick? If you finish the taco, you've
earned it. And to be honest, if there's a way
to make a corn tortilla go on a stick without
breaking, that's... I don't want to claim it
too soon. That's almost Nobel Peace Prize -worthy.
Oh yeah, I would agree. I mean... That is just
my take. What's your take on the taco on a stick?
I don't know how you do it. I don't know how
you do it. It begs the girth of the stick, right?
Right. If the stick is too girthy, it compromises
the structural integrity of the tortilla. If
the stick is too thin, how does it hold the weight
of the filling of the tortilla? There's no way.
There's no way to do it. There's no way to do
it. Granted. So like if somebody says, hey, can
you do a burrito on a stick? The answer is yeah,
you can do a burrito on a stick. You know, you
make your burrito, you put the stick through
the burrito, and then you deep fry it, and you
take it out. You got a burrito on a stick. Right.
But a taco, how the hell are you going to do
it? Because it's open. Right. Taco's open. The
taco's open. Like if you put the stick through,
and then you put all the toppings in there, and
you lift the stick, you're just lifting the stick,
and all the toppings are coming out of the taco.
Right. And if it's a heavy burrito, you would
imagine the stick has to be some sort of hardwood
or even metal composite. Yep. You know, because
then you're talking the dynamics of the inertial
weight of this lever of sorts with the weight
being on the end of it. Yeah, I just I'm going
to go on the record and say I don't think it
could be done. Prove us wrong. Prove me wrong.
Let us know in the Mark Mo Show comments, have
you done taco on a stick? Because Tebow found
a way, I don't believe it. I don't believe it.
Yeah. I got a DM here from The Grim Reaper. Oh,
I know him. Yeah, my man. Good friend. We've
had some chats lately. If you saved a life, first
of all, how dare you, but regardless, if you
saved a life, how would you feel mentally and
would you celebrate the good deed? How to save
a round, where did I go wrong? How to free a
beer, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh,
buh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh,
buh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh Could you imagine
Coolio is like first song this set is gangsters
paradise next one? Is it too late to get a refund
on these tickets This is terrible is he saying
fly me to the moon Hey, yo Coolio you good, bro.
You good, bro You good? Oh no, he's singing the
Empire theme. He's going 1 -800. Or no. 5 -8
-8, 2 -300, Empire today. Yep. Oh man, Coolio.
He already got wrong. He's singing the Luna song.
Oh no. Now he's - Boop boop boop boop. Luna.
God damn it, Coolio. Come on, Coolio. Get it
together. Uh, anyway, Grim Reaper. Yeah, back
to that. If I saved a life, I think I would feel...
I would feel good mentally, like I did a good
thing. You always feel good after doing a good
deed, right? Yeah. Whether it should be celebrated
is up to whether you want to at that point. Like
if I'm out doing grocery shopping and like I
CPR someone and they come back to life, first
of all, cool achievement. Cool, yeah. Cool achievement.
That'll be a fun story to tell. I mean, I'm not
gonna leave grocery shopping and be like, yo,
let's fucking do shots, bro I just saved someone.
I don't think that's me. Yeah I think I'm gonna
take the groceries to my car and go home and
then I'm gonna be like hey, babe I something
cool happened today Yeah, you know, I I've had
an experience or two where I've maybe saved someone's
life and most recently it would have been in
a bar, a local bar, and there was this guy and
he was having... Spasms like he was having a
full -on seizure seizure in a way Yeah, he was
on the ground and so like I've kind of straddled
him and I turned him on his side And like I was
doing all thing protect the head make sure they
yeah Well, yeah, and the dude was like he was
like he was ramming his head off the wall and
I'm like, okay Well, I got to pull him away and
then I like oh my god QT quarter ton and I'm
trying to yeah move him away on my own and finally
got a little help and that was fine and I just
had him on his side, but then he comes to He
sees his big burly Irishman standing over him,
and he just starts freaking out and flailing
and doing all that. So for my good deed, I took
a work boot to the temple. Fuck. And I flew back,
and I literally did like a barrel roll into a
superhero landing. Came right up and you're like,
you didn't realize I was Captain America. Dude.
I came up like Wolverine. I was ready to punch
this guy in the face until I calmed down for
a second, realized, oh right, just had a seizure.
And here I am, like, I'm on my knees, and I pop
up with both arms cocked, fists, and I'm just
like, errr, and I'm like... Oh, yeah. Oh boy.
Just had a thing happen He just had a thing and
then he like freaks out runs behind the bar and
he's just like And he's just kind of doing this
thing and I just like and then I kind of creep
around like dude Dude, and I like taking my hands
like home. Yeah, dude. I'm like Okay, we don't
want to go there right now. Right. I'm a guy
who helped save your life. I'm like, you know.
So brother maybe didn't realize he had the thing
happen. Maybe. I don't know. I don't know. When
he dropped, he dropped like a rock. Yeah. That
I won't forget. So brother may have just been
at the point where he should have been cut off
or maybe one of his friends should have been
like, hey, we should go. We should go, big dog.
Right. You don't look so good. Yeah. This guy
dropped. I don't even know if I've seen him in
there since but uh, yeah, that was a thing. You
know, maybe old man needs a tolerance break So
I don't I don't know how I feel like at the time
I felt good I felt like okay, you know, there
are a bunch of people standing around and I was
one of the dudes that actually did something,
right? You know, did I maybe save his life? I
don't know, you know, he didn't choke on his
tongue. He didn't concussion or something, right?
Yeah, um But yeah, if I saw him again, I'd be
like hey Kick me in the head again when I'm trying
to say you're right. If you start freaking out
again, you take your boot to me. Then my Wolverine
claws are going to come out. I, too, wear boots.
I, too, wear boots. And it's been a while since
I've been to scrape. Been a while. Been a while
since I've thrown hands. Yeah. With a man that
fell on the floor. It's been a while. Yeah, man.
I mean. Was the thing yeah, it's the thing so
it's hard to say how I feel about it, but sure
I don't know take some processing a big event.
Yeah, I did my part Yeah, you know a good Samaritans
behavior. I kind of leave it at that. Yeah fair
point I agree. Yeah the final DM I received Frank
Lloyd wrong Would you eat a ground human meat
burrito if the prize was a brand new Corvette?
No. No? No bueno? Nope. I mean... Human meat?
No. That makes me no better than Trump and Epstein
and all those crazy fucking people that are eating
kids after they abuse them. No. I guess you're
right. I guess you're right. Nope. Nope. Nope.
My first, you know, it makes me Hannibal Lecter.
I'm not doing that shit. Yeah, yeah, that's fair.
Put the lotion in the basket, no! Yeah, it then
begs the question, what human was this? Where
did you source the meat? Right. How big is the
burrito? If it's a two pound Chipotle burrito,
no, no, no. I mean, man ass meat, no. Right,
right. What? What are we talking about? Is the
ass hair in the burrito too, or? Could be. Was
it plucked like a chicken? Right. You know? How
did you treat this human before they were, before
they were slaughtered? Right. Right. You know,
what if it was a big brother and you're talking
BBC, man? No, I'm not. I don't, that's not a
delectable dish to me. Yeah. I'm not partaking.
I mean, the Corvette's cool, but that's not enough.
No way. That's not, I mean, you're - A million
dollars wouldn't be enough for me. No. No, frickin'
way. I mean, a million dollars might be enough
for me. Not me. Nope. A million dollars might
be... If Frank Lloyd wrong rephrased and said
a milli, I might be like, well... Why don't you
hear me out? You do you, man. That's fair. But
at least if I get a milli, I can share it amongst
the friends and fam. That's true. And further
improve the A &M studio. So... That's very true.
And then just have to deal with the question,
hey, yeah, I'm curious, have you ever eaten a
man? Right. To which your question... I plead
the fifth. A woman. Yeah. A man? Eat a man? Eat
a man? It could have been a woman. What? It could
have been a woman. Could have been, yeah. That's
a no for the Corvette. It's a no for the Corvette.
Wow. And that was the last DM I got. Wow, what
a way to finish that. Holy hell. Frank Lloyd
Wrong is crazy. Frank Lloyd Wrong, man. Investigate
Frank Lloyd Wrong. He might have something on
his fucking PC, bro. I think so. I think so.
Well, on that note, it takes us to the Frozen
Guy review. We're not eating frozen humans, so
we're just going to throw that. Yet. Well. Yet.
Honestly, I don't know. What do they put in those
meals? That's a great question. I had a... Smart
ones, spaghetti and meat sauce. Did you feel
intelligent before or after eating it? No, I
don't feel intelligent at all. So you're saying
it gets docked a point for the intelligence.
Probably. Yeah, I mean, if that's how it's branded.
Yeah. Right, because we look at price point and
portion size. Yep, all of it. You know, reasonability,
you call yourself smart ones. I didn't feel particularly
smart. in my decision. Devastating news. Yeah.
But it was spaghetti and meat sauce. The noodles
were good. The flavor of the meat sauce was good.
The consistency? The meat? Could not tell what
it was. It was a meat. Human? Could have been.
It was in the maybe burger family. Maybe sausage?
I don't know. You just knew it was meat. Right,
because it wasn't... It's not meatballs you're
talking about. Nope. It's meat sauce. It's crumbled
in the sauce. Right. Yep. So maybe Italian sausage?
Maybe. Maybe? Maybe. A lot of times when it's
like that, it's usually, in the processing, it's
usually a combo of chicken, beef, and pork. So
that's probably what it was. And not a ton of
meat. As I said, the flavor was good. The sauce
was a little bit on the runny side. And not enough
food. So if you got two of them... You're golden.
Uh, the price point, I think it was two something.
Two forty -nine, two sixty -nine. So it was under
three. So if you need two of them though, then
you double that price point when you're looking
at - You're still under six bucks. Yeah. That's
fair. And to be honest, I did add oregano and
basil. Ah, so that's the caveat. Anytime you
have to add something, I have to document it,
which I do. And I felt that it was a little bit
on the bland side, and I had to add a little
bit of flavor to it. It almost makes me wonder
if that's part of their marketing in some way
of like, oh, smart ones, like low sodium, good
for your heart kind of thing. And then it's like,
well, you just took the flavor away. They just
crushed up tomatoes. Right, right. That's what
it was. Put in two grams of meat. okay cool yeah
that's my protein for the next five minutes right
exactly yeah that's it so but as i said it's
like you know the the quantity not great uh had
to add a few things to it uh spaghetti noodles
themselves were like really good hearty they
were hearty they were hearty enough it was fine
like i said just maybe not enough uh so i i gave
it a seven seven i think if the quantity was
a little greater I think if they had added maybe
a little bit more spice, I think it could have
pushed into the eights, but I feel a 7 -7 is
a fair. Fair, yeah. One of those things where
you take up the extra sauce with a little French
bread or something. You do that, and I do that
from time to time. A lot of times you'll pick
up a cheap baguette and just kind of have it
on, you know, on hand, so to speak, and just
parse them up. cut them into slices and use them.
For example, when I have a meal like this and
I look and I'm like, man, that's probably not
gonna be enough. I'll just slice a piece of bread
or two. And then when you have that sauce at
the bottom, you just soak it up. And that's usually
enough to fill you up and some flavor. Yeah,
for sure. So yeah, 7 -7. Fair score. Which, before
we take break, leads us to the other foods. And
when we talk other foods, we're not talking frozen
meals. We're talking Aidan scours the globe,
which is this little globe on his desk. He just
really scours the hell out of it. Spin it, pulling
at it. He does. What a find. Yeah, while listening
to Flowrida. You spin me right round. Although
that's a... Is that a cover, a sample, or an
interpolation? it's an interpolation because
the lyrics don't match the original which was
the 80s Dead or alive? Could be. I think is the
name of the band that did... You spin me right
round, baby, right round, like a wrecking baby,
right round, right round. Whoa, content match.
Oh! We might have blown it. We might have been
second over. Gosh, damn it. Might have been a
second over. I'll fix it in post. Oh, man. Well,
anyway, these other foods usually suck ass, so
what did you find? What I have not tapped into
recently is the condiment Genre hmm Condiments
condiments, and I found a little something today
called Gentleman's relish. Oh, no. Oh No The
gentleman's relish is a British brand of anchovy
paste created in 1828. Oh, damn. By one John
Osborne. Oh, John. Quote, it is a savory paste
with salty and slightly fishy taste and contains
salted anchovies. A minimum of 60 % of the condiment
is anchovy fish. No shit. Yeah. Today, the secret
recipe is withheld from all but one employee
at the Elzenum Quality Foods in England, which
is the licensed manufacturer. It gets a little
better. They make variants of said condiment.
Elzenum Quality Foods also makes a similarly
packaged product, Poacher's Relish, which is
the same fish paste condiment, but this time
made with smoked salmon. Ooh. Oh, no. Can't wait
to spread that on your toast, hey? No. Since
2008. Granted, these are all a century old, right?
If not more. Yep. Since then, since 2008, a recent
one, a third variation, the angler's relish made
from smoked mackerel. Oh, God. Salted butter
lemon juice. was introduced to mark the 180th
anniversary of the original creation. Now, why
would you do that? You've got mustard, you've
got brown mustard, you've got Dijon mustard,
you've got relish, like regular people relish.
There are so many good condiments. You've got
all the dressings. You've got ranch, French,
Italian, blue cheese. Why would you spread...
You've got Vegemite and Marmite and Butter. Why
would you spread Gentleman's Relish on your toast?
What's wrong with you? A lot. A lot would be
wrong with you. I mean, like, oh, I need a little
more protein during breakfast. Brother, cook
a sausage patty. Cook some eggs. Put some beans
on toast. Beans have protein and fiber. You'll
be shutting yourself at work in no time. I love
doing that. Shart yourself on company time and
then you make an extra penny or whatever the
saying is. Oh wait, no, I don't know what that's
like. I've been out of work for a while. Sharting
yourself? Oh, oh yeah. No, doing that at work.
Oh yeah. I just do that in my living room now.
Oh, okay. I do that at work and in my living
room. And in the bar. And in my car. Yeah. Walks
through the parks. Any places that rhyme. Bar,
car, par. Yeah. The food mart. They told me there'd
be no rhyming. Oh no. So it's best way. Freestyling.
Where do you show yourself? In the bar? In the
car? In the mart? In the park? Right. Literally
a little green eggs and ham situation. Green
eggs and ham sandwiches. Would also make me shart.
In my fucking trousers, bro. Yeah, oh, for sure.
For sure. Gentleman's relish for everybody. Exactly.
I mean, I'd have a full -on Oval Office, no doubt.
Anywho. Anyway. It is time for these gentlemen
to partake in some gentleman's relish away from
said podcast. Cheerio. All right, we're back,
everybody. This very interesting Edition of the
mark mo show an educational one of that for sure
no doubt I'm your host mark Maloney, and this
is Aidan and Way we go with you just made the
list is our top ten list ten through two and
a number one big reveal and It's important to
acknowledge and explain the rules Yeah, hang
on oh Here we go. Oh one rule No rules. Ooh,
let's freaking go. Yep. So we're lucky. We're
lucky that way. Thank goodness. Blessed even.
Yeah. Guess. Anyway, it is Black History Month.
So for that, this top 10 for this week will be
top 10 African American actors. That is good.
Yeah. That is good. Ja, das ist gut. A top 10
list? Why did I just do German? It's Black History
Month. Here I am doing German. Das ist gut. Das
ist gut. Oh good god. Anyway. Es bueno, si? Es
bueno, si? I'm not doing anything else. Nope.
Nope. Put a pause. Yeah, you went to yours first.
Okay. I'll hit my honorable mentions. It's very
tough to make a top 10 of such a fantastically
large number of excellent actors and actresses.
Sure. So honorable mentions. Zendaya Sodomir
Coleman. Got to be on there. Okay. Don Cheadle.
James Earl Jones Chadwick Bozeman Anthony Mackie
Kiki Palmer Danny Glover Wesley Snipes Jamie
Foxx Donald Glover Kerry Washington. Oh great
That's the honorable mentions list. Oh good Lord
Now for the top ten. I will do my ten through
two and save my number one per as the unspoken
rules. Uh -huh number ten Forrest Whitaker Gotta
be on there. I'm not gonna lie. Yeah. My head
for two seconds was somewhere else. Oh no. And
I was about to ask you, why did you just pick
Forrest Gump? I'm not, I mean... You know, this
show, this show is about honesty and transparency.
You know, we don't black highlight anything.
You know, redactions, none of that. Right, right.
So I just, I had to do it because I almost started
laughing to myself. That would have needed an
explanation. Number ten, Forrest Gump. No, number
ten is Forrest Whitaker. Life is like a box of
chocolates. You never know what you're gonna
get. Number nine, Eddie Murphy. Number eight,
Laurence Fishburne, my man. Oh, yeah. What a
guy. Number seven, Halle Berry. You gotta have
her on the list for sure. Number six, I had Will
Smith. Number five, Idris Elba. Dude's just great.
Dude, my man is just great. Number four, Viola
Davis. Oh, she's phenomenal. She's phenomenal.
Number three, Denzel Washington. Mama, I mean
come on and number two Morgan Freeman When I
get a cold, I sound like Morgan Freeman. This
is true. I love that. This is true I don't quite
have a full -on cold. I have kind of a mid bass
range in my voice right now, but not enough to
pull it off Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you have to take
advantage when when the situation right, right?
I Tend to have a bit of a deeper voice, but I
don't know how to translate that into like a
good Morgan Freeman Like, it's almost like your
vocal cords have to be damaged in some way, or
healing in some way. Enable, like, I'm Logan
Freeman. Like, I can't do it. Yeah, there's some
voices I can just do, and then there's others
where there has to be some sort of defect going
on at the time for me to pull that off. But,
yeah, I definitely need... Some help. Yeah, yeah
Morgan for sure. Please doctor. Give me influenza
a I have to act as Morgan Freeman right now Exactly.
Yeah, do I get excited when I have a cold and
I'm like Beep beep beep beep. Oh, Aidan. Yeah,
what's up? We need to record now. Well, you see
I'm Morgan Freeman and Freeman you see and it
was a friend of mine you see Batman All right
I don't mention for me, I've Don Cheadle, Chadwick
Boseman, Regina King, and Wesley Snipes. Gotta
have them. Gotta have them. Regina King's a good
call, by the way. Mm -hmm. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Good
call. Number 10, Angela Bassett. Oh, no sh...
Yeah, yeah. Number 9, Eddie Murphy. my man gotta
pick donkey my man uh donkey okay by the way
let's let's swerve off the highway are we tangent
are we tangenting oh we are we are that's this
whole show so um i have to say i i watched a
youtube video the other day i forget who the
creator was otherwise i would credit them for
this however they talked about shrek and that
the shrek that we got with Mike Myers in its
animation and its story and the whole thing was
not the Shrek. We were supposed to get. Not at
all. The Shrek we were supposed to get was a
very dark Tim Burton -y. Yeah. Like that Shrek
looked weird AF, man. Right. And was voiced by
none other than Chris Farley. Yeah. Who had done
95 % of that movie. Was done. It's wild. And
they thought about getting his brother, who was
grieving at the time, to do the last 5 % so they
could do this movie. Right. And apparently, things
work for a reason and that whatever that Shrek
was, there would not have been a Shrek 2 or a
Shrek 3 or a Shrek 3 or a Shrek 3 or a Shrek
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3 or a Shrek 3 or a Don't get. We go save a princess.
Right. And that was just that was all Mike Myers.
Right. That was probably the best thing they
had happened. Yeah. For sure. Number eight, Laurence
Fishburne. He's great. I mean, come on. You know,
he's in the he's in the John Wick movies. He's
so great. He's he's in. Oh, God. The other one
with Keanu Reeves with the red pill, blue pill.
Oh, Matrix. Matrix. Yeah. I felt bad because
once I got like I had this list it was like 25
actors and I'm like that's how am I gonna list
this right I felt bad not having Laurence Fishburne
in the top ten but I'm like or in the top five
rather because he's in the top ten I was like
but where do I put him like he's in the top ten
but the top five is so strong I'm like fuck yeah
oh yeah I have Forrest Whitaker 7. He's fantastic.
He's in a cop movie with Jeff Bridges. Kind of
an Irish cop movie, Boston Cop Story. Oh, yeah.
Blown Away, I think. Tommy Lee Jones is the bad
guy. Great movie. Really good movie. And he's
also in, oh gosh, Taken 3. So that was the third
one where Brian Mills wife gets killed spoiler
alert. It's been out a long time. Yeah so Anyway,
yeah, it's the third one where he gets in trouble
and he's running around Los Angeles evading the
police Yeah, and the head detective is for Swinnaker
and he's great. Yeah, he's fantastic Viola Davis,
yes hands down Just fantastic number five James
Earl Jones. I mean the dudes are yeah, he's Darth
Vader and he's in Maybe one of the greatest baseball
movies of all time. So You know that whole speech
where? He's talking to Ray and he walks out into
the baseball and he's just talking about baseball
as it pertains to like history and that they
you know Ray Liotta who's plays shoeless Joe
and they like invite him out into the corn Yeah,
yeah, like that whole speech is just phenomenal.
It's just really great number four Will Smith
You know, you could pick a gazillion movies.
Bad Boys Bad Boys is great, and then Martin Lawrence
Bad Boys is fun to watch. It's just fun. It's
fun to watch. It's a buddy cop movie, and it's
just fun. And Martin Lawrence is just... I mean,
Will Smith is a comic anyway. You know, he's
a funny guy. But Martin Lawrence has to play
that role. Martin Lawrence is great, too. It's
just hilarious. I mean, yeah, Martin Lawrence
could have been on this list, too. Would you
say... that Bad Boys is the lethal weapon of
recent, in recent movies. I would agree. Yeah.
Yeah. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, which is another
great series. Danny Glover, who made my honorable
mentions. He sure did. Bless his soul. Yeah.
I would, I would agree. I've always wondered
if Donald Glover is related to him, but I never
looked it up. That's a good question. Yeah. Yeah.
That's something to consider. And another guy
that could have made the list. Yeah. All right.
I did have... Donald Glover on my honorable mentions.
So there you go. Just to be fair. Just to puff
out your chest. Don't break your arm. God bless
community. Great show. So good. Great show. Morgan
Freeman number three. and Samuel L. Jackson.
Number two, snakes get off my damn plane. I have
a weird feeling our top threes are similar. Yeah.
Oh, no. Yeah, I think. Because my two or my three
was Denzel. Yep. My two was Morgan Freeman. Oh,
no. My number one reveal, Samuel L. Jackson.
Snakes get off my damn plane. On the motherfucking
plane. God bless his soul. And, of course, in
the Marvel Universe, you know, that's so good.
That's the fucking Great Nick Fury. The Tarantino
movie? Fucking Pulp Fiction? Get real. Well,
Pulp Fiction, he's great, right? He's been in
multiple. Was he in Django? Yeah, Django is crazy.
He's also in Hateful Eight. Oh, right. Yeah,
he's just phenomenal. Yeah, Samuel had to be
my number one. I know it's hard to push down
Morgan and Denzel, but yeah Yeah, he's in this
movie black snake moan and that is a phenomena
like his role in that Is this old blues singer
is just so great? Yeah, but my number one is
Denzel. Yeah Just I don't know. I mean equalizer
is One of my favorite. I guess you could call
it a series now. We're three movies in He's just
great, and I mean, even though he's getting older,
he plays the character in respect to the character
Adrian. And it's really great to see him in that
role, but he's had so many other great movies.
Denzel has one of those magical acting abilities
to perform as just a guy. Like you see him on
screen. He's like, oh, that's that's a guy. That's
just a dude. It's a dude, right? And then he
like he like turns it on like he's the action
hero. It's drama action, whatever it is. He's
like, oh, that's a guy. Oh, but you can tell
he's got some shit. You can tell he's got some
shit. It's one of those deep seated like. He
just plays the role so well. So well. So well.
So well. And there's this movie, Man on Fire,
that's really great. Glory for history buffs.
Oh, yeah. Yeah. About the, I believe it was Massachusetts
54th, which was an all -black regiment going
against the South. And that was just so... impactful
and his role was impactful. Just I mean, I could
go on and on about Denzel. He's just fantastic.
That is the end of that particular segment. If
you have your own top 10 list, maybe there is
an actor actress we missed. Oh, there is one.
Oh, no, I just thought of him. Michael B. Jordan.
We didn't have Michael B. Jordan on either of
our lists. But granted, there's no rules. So
I'll tie him for 10th place. Yeah. Right. Yeah,
I mean that's fair. It's like he's still a younger
guy So I kind of put him there like we didn't
even have Sidney Poitier and he's one of the
greatest actors of all time So yeah, when you
do these top ten, you're gonna miss some people.
That's tough. You're gonna miss some people So
I you know, I completely understand Understand
how that works. But yeah, Michael B Jordan centers.
I mean, come on. Yeah, I haven't seen that yet
I have so many people yelling at me about that
that I haven't seen it that I would like it I'm
sure I will when I get around to seeing I don't
know what streaming service it's on, but I'm
sure I'll get to it. Yeah, but yeah, I you know
and when he did the Creed movies I thought those
were Those were pretty great, and I really enjoyed
the Rocky series taking that turn where Rocky
finally admits Yeah, I'm just too old to do this
shit. I will be a mentor right then he mentors
Apollo's kid which is pretty great, and it's
a great story and And I think he does a really
great job of that. But he also had a role in
Marvel as well. And yeah, I mean, I think he's
on the rise. I agree, for sure. I think he's
on the rise. And one thing I always like to point
out, because we always ask the lovely listeners
what their thoughts are on our top 10, our honorable
mentions. I'd like to know what the lovely listeners
thoughts are on our top three versus top five
versus top ten versus your honorable mention
should have been the top ten like sure give us
your assessment Right like that doubt that would
be kind of cool of like if you have your own
listing You're like, I can't believe you bumped
him for this guy or I can't sure if she wasn't
higher on the list Let us know because that's
that's very interesting. Right? Yeah, we we enjoy
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So I think we're gonna bite the bullet here in
the near future and get an account and throw
some content. Throw some, yeah. Although I've
been hearing there's things going on in the Tiktok
world. There's things. Yeah, like some massive
percentage of people have uninstalled the app
because of how dogshit it is. Which we all knew
was dogshit when it sucked up to a pedophilic
president. But, you know. dog shittery twice
you know you fool me once fool me twice don't
go fooling me again yeah yeah the famous uh george
w bush quote remember everybody hated him it's
like i would take him back now george where'd
you go buddy fool me once i yeah you fooled me
twice you can't get fooled again Mean, thank
you, George. Thank you, George. Very insightful.
Yeah What's George doing these days? He's like
a BFFs with the Obamas. He's like paint paints
paints Sure, I commit a war crimes, but I'm out
here painting Fool me once fool me once I'm going
barbecue. Let's paint something. Oh Man the kind
of world that we live in would be like George
come come back Yeah, the Bob Ross of world war
criminals. Yeah, we're like He'd be so nice to
have back. Yeah. Oh, yeah for sure It's time
for reddit rabbit hole Oh, no. Aidan goes down
the Reddit rabbit hole and finds many, many things.
So what did you stumble on this week? I found
an interesting graph. I love graphs. Ooh, I know
you love graphs. I love graphs. I love statistics.
Had I actually committed myself to college, I
would have done something mathematical or statistical.
Oh, I'm sure. Because that's such in my wheelhouse.
Oh, yeah. Now I'm a tradie. I drive a truck.
So that's what I do. Regardless, I found this
fun bell curve, of sorts, by someone by the name
of Sean McFeet. How to recognize burnout before
it drains you. Now, easier said than done, especially
since most of us are on the tail end of the bell
curve already in burnout. Regardless, it goes
on this x -axis of pressure over time. and a
y -axis of performance and well -being combined.
Oh, okay. So the x -axis of course pressure over
time and the y -axis of performance and well
-being. It starts off with things like a rust
out or being frustrated or bored and then you
start climbing. that y -axis of becoming interested
or stimulated and alert to certain things you're
into, or especially in a job where you're like,
oh, I'm getting the hang of this now. And then
you're climbing this bell curve over the x -axis
of how much pressure you're in. But then you
eventually hit the decisive, creative, effective,
and efficient states, a flow state, if you will.
And then you hit the top of the bell curve, where
pressure is getting kind of high and you're performing
well. And then, oh, I don't know, maybe this
oligarchy that we like to call capitalism starts
to hit you. And then maybe you start getting
a little jaded, which, fuck, I've been jaded
for the last decade. And then at some point that...
where you go beyond a flow state and being effective
and efficient, when this jaded state hits you,
you start going down the other end of the bell
curve where pressure gets higher. And you have
reduced efficiency and creativity where you're
no longer inspired by what you're doing due to
the pressure being too high. Which eventually
causes burnout, but you can catch yourself before
you hit that point by noticing certain things
like a difficulty concentrating on what you used
to enjoy. Or becoming irritable with hobbies.
Hobbies, they're supposed to be your safe space,
your fun space. If you're becoming irritable
with those, you're on the path to being burnt
out. And then you become anxious, fatigued, you
hit levels of exhaustion you didn't think you
could have before, and you end up burnt out.
So this person here, Sean, six methods for avoiding
burnout. Now, method number one, I would say,
I know I'm no Sean myself. I would just say is
overthrow the government, get rid of this oligarchy,
and that's a great start. Now for Sean's methods
of avoiding burnout, tip one is to set boundaries.
Define clear work hours to prevent overworking
and ensure personal time is respected. Now that
is not a privilege most of us have. No. A good
tip, but a privilege most of us do not have.
Yep. Tip two. Prioritize tasks. Focus on high
-impact tasks first. This will help eliminate
unnecessary to -do lists. Now that's fair. Yeah.
You know, I'm not much of a to -do list -haver
myself, because I feel like that just adds stress
to me. Oh, sure. But that's a fair tip. I can
get down with that. Tip number three is to take
breaks. Schedule short, regular breaks to recharge
and maintain productivity throughout the day.
Yeah, that's important. That's another thing
some of us aren't privy to, especially those
that work in warehouses or factories where you
are literally only given what OSHA defines is
legally necessary, which is pretty dang close
to slave labor. I'm just saying it. I'm just
saying it. Tip number four is to delegate effectively
to share responsibilities by empowering your
team to manage tasks that don't require your
direct attention. Fair point, but also something
we don't some of us don't have direct effect
over yeah Tip number five is to and this is the
big one This is the one I have done and has helped
me greatly tip number five is to unplug after
work disconnect from work emails messages fully
relax and In my opinion get the fuck away from
social media Yeah, if work stress is bugging
you first of all the second you clock out let
that go Let that go. They're not paying you.
There's no reason to be stressed about it. That's
true. You're off the clock. Why the fuck is that?
Just don't let it bother you. Right. And then
social media is such a stressor these days. Oh,
it is. It is. Just the second you get off work,
do something that makes you happy. Yep. Don't
doom scroll. And then tip number six from this
Sean fellow is to practice self -care. to incorporate
daily physical activity, proper nutrition, mindfulness,
maintain both mental and physical health as best
you can. They're good tips. Some of them do,
in fact, require certain points of privilege
that most of us are not privy to. But there are
some good tips in there, and there are some good,
I would say, methods to understand where you
are on this. so -called bell curve of like, if
you're becoming disinterested in your own hobbies,
your own safe spaces, fun spaces, it might just
be time to disconnect. Oh, 100%. Get off social
media, let work stresses go, and just be like,
okay, I might have an hour and a half to chill
before I have to go to sleep. What do I want
to do? What do I want to do right now? Yeah.
Oh shit, I want to play a video game. Go do it.
Go do it. Go do it. The dishes can wait. They're
not going anywhere. They'll just sit in the sink
another day. Yeah. And sure, tomorrow's you is
going to be like, gosh, I got dishes. Well, you
know what? Tomorrow's you might feel better.
You took a little time to play a video game.
Yep. 100%. Tips on burnout. Yeah. For our boy,
Sean. I love that. Sean, way to go. My man. Burnout.
And I check on all those, for sure. Maybe for
some different reasons in there, but still Now
before we take our final break, we have a little
segment called while you're sleeping and so Aidan
finds Something in pop culture. It could be a
YouTube YouTuber could be a book could be a movie
TV it could be anything So Aidan what what do
we miss while we were sleeping while you were
sleeping? You guys missed to this YouTube channel
called SciShow Now, to be fair, this is a large
YouTube channel. They have 8 .3 million subscribers.
But here's the thing, I don't think that's enough.
for the quality and quantity of product they
put out, or content they put out, rather. I think
they deserve a lot more attention. Now, I love
science, and I've brought up a bunch of different
science YouTubers before, Vsauce, Veritasium.
I brought up a science podcast the other week.
But I think these are bite -sized pieces of content.
Most videos are... around 10 minutes, you know,
you could watch it while you're eating a sandwich
or whatever. And I just think they're super fun
and engaging to watch. I love teachers, if you
will, teachers of science or presenters of science
that are engaging, you know. And these people
definitely fall into that SciShow. Some of their
recent videos include topics such as, why can't
everyone be tall? How the fall of the Roman Empire
made animals smaller. And then orangutan communication
is eerily similar to ours. I wouldn't doubt it.
And then some of their most viewed videos of
all time include like the five most dangerous
chemicals on earth, the deadliest toxins on earth,
the deepest hole in the world, and what we've
learned from it. Bananas are not what you think.
That's funny a timeline of the earth and the
six strangest places on earth They they kind
of have these rotating hosts that are all very
engaging in their own different unique ways and
I just think that the Like typically when when
I bring up shows like Vsauce or Veritasium most
of their videos are 30 to 60 minute videos where,
you know, you're gonna sit down and you're gonna
watch this. Yeah. Whereas like these SciShow
videos are more like bite sizes, like you could
throw this on during your lunch break. Yeah,
you watch two or three of them during your lunch
break and just learn easily and cool things So
if if if that's more people speed I wanted to
bring them up as well because I know this this
is a subject I really love and I want more people
to love So if you're into the the shorter form
content where it's like, you know six to fifteen
minute videos SciShow is is the science people
for you and it's the science people for me as
well. I love it That's great. Damn, right. Very
cool. Well, thank you for bringing that to our
attention. And it sounds like something up my
alley, especially that Roman Empire with the
small animals. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Definitely check.
It's like, how could that be related? Please
tell me. Please tell me. So I'm very, very interested.
So let's take a quick bay. Take a quick what?
Take a quick bake? Was that Stoner Stan I just
heard from you? Hey, man. Momo, now what? What
I was going to say is... Take a quick bake. Get
real. Let's take a quick bake and then we'll
send and do something. All right, everybody we
are in the home stretch our final break and or
bake if you will Yeah, right. No judgment here.
We have our beer of you in the world of weird
news Coming up, but first our lovely beer of
you in this week. We have a very Interesting
beer. It's in a bottle looks more like a stubby.
Yeah in a way And let's talk about it, because
I don't think we've ever had a beer from this
country. No. God, no. I don't think so, at least.
During our official beer review, we're trying
something from a brand new country, and that
country is Poland. God bless Poland. Let's fucking
go. Let's go. This is the Comus Porter Malinaui.
Guarantee you over the next five minutes. I like
this cartoon movie like the Hawaiian guy and
like they're on the surfboard Molly wait Maui,
what's his name? Well, can I say except you're
welcome? Yeah. No, this is not a bear Dwayne
the Rock Johnson. Ah, no, he is a tequila He
has a tequila. And by the way, tequila is dog
shit. Anyway, we're trying this, uh, this porter.
No argument. It is a raspberry porter from the
country of Poland, from Browar Fortuna, out of
Milosław, Poland. I'm sorry for all of our Polish
fans. I don't know how to pronounce this. Now,
here's the fun part. This is the, uh... We're
doing this on the untapped app. It's a free app
on your phone. We use it We're not sponsored
by it, but we do recommend it because it's free
For anyone that is a beer enjoyer and like sampling
beers and rating them and all that Any beer you
check into has a description on yes Now this
description from this Polish brewery is in Polish
Awesome, so I'm gonna read it. Oh, no as it is
And I'm going to have Mark Mo try to decrypt
this as we go. Got it. Okay. This Porter doesn't
fly first class. Uh -huh, okay. We were in the
belly of the plane and ended up in Chile. Almost
perfect. It was belly of the beast but ended
up in chili. So you got almost spot on. I knew
it. The exact translation is Baltic Porter brewed
with raspberry syrup aged with vanilla and chili.
So you almost had it. So close. You just mixed
up vanilla with plain. So close. It was super
close. Anyway. We'll be ranking this Raspberry
Porter from Poland on a scale from 0 to 5 on
how much we like it. We'll give you tasting notes.
We're drinking it out of this little tiny stubby
bottle today on the official beer review. And
if I can find this Polish beer in nowhere Indiana,
you can probably find it near you. So go and
check it out and let us know what you think.
But we're going to tell you what we think right
about now. Slainte. Slainte. Oh my god. Wow.
Oh man. That is right up my alley. Holy. So check
this out. Yeah, check this shit out. I meet this
Polish girl at a coffee shop. Is this for real?
It's for real. Okay. What'd she think? I know
of me, I was rated highly. So I meet her and
I was talking with someone. I'm like, yeah, you
know, it's like I, I know one thing to say, Polish,
which is poemi, poemi polsko, and so. That, basically,
is I speak Polish. So, like, my first Polish
words to the Polish person is an out -and -out
lie. It's an out -and -out lie. It's an out -and
-out lie. Yeah, right. Because it's like me going,
pui, me, Polsko, and she's like, oh, I, no, don't
get excited. Nah, that's it. Yeah. That's it.
She's like... Right, exactly. You know, she starts
talking about this weird beer, and here we are
drinking it, you know? Duh. Duh. So, yeah. So
that's a fun story. That's how the story ends.
That's how the story ends. Is that the story?
Homegirl was... As far as you know, that is the...
Homegirl was just like, oh, okay. Talk to you
later. Yeah, that's it. See you later. Yeah.
No, pierogies! Oh! No, no. I, too, am a pierogi
fan. Am I right, Polish people? Oh, yeah. Bring
those pierogies, man. They have, and here in
Northwest Indiana, they have a pierogi or pierogi
festival. Pierogi fest, yeah. And that's... It's
in Whiting, Indiana. Almost on the Illinois border.
Yep. Yeah. And so Polish people come from far
and far. I mean, there's so many Polish people
and Irish people in Chicagoland. Tons of Polish
people. They don't have to come very far. No,
they really don't. So it's kind of a neat thing.
It's so fun. Yeah, it's a good time. And they
drink a lot of beer. As someone who distributes
beer as my job, as a tradie that drives the truck
that brings the beer, they drink a lot. They
drink a lot of beer. Bless their heart. Yeah,
they drink a lot of beer and pierogies are great.
They're so damn good. Why is it not a main staple
of American cuisine? We've adopted so many different
like Italian, Mexican. There's so many different
cuisines in this melting pot we talked about
earlier that we've adopted. Why is... Damn, Polish
food not more popular. Yeah, the pierogies or
pierogies. And if you're not familiar, let me
just point that out. So imagine like ravioli.
Yes. Or imagine like a... It's ravioli but big.
Right. Imagine a ravioli closer to the size of
an empanada. Sure. You're kind of talking about
that. And so essentially... It's dough wrapped.
It's the dough. A lot of them, they just boil
them. I believe in pan -frying them, or sautéing
them in butter. I think they taste better. You
try your best not to blacken them, because you're
not trying to do that. Right. But they'll brown
under low heat, which is what you want. Because
if you boil them, you're... I mean, it's dumpling
-esque. Dumpling -esque, yes. Right. And like
pan -frying, you get the little crust on the
dough, and what's inside the beautiful dough?
Well, a lot of things, but the one I happen to
like is potatoes with cheese. Potatoes, cheese,
and garlic. God bless. And you have a little
side of sour cream. That's dinner. I'm good.
Oh my God, right. I'm good. I am good. That is
so good. But I know some have bacon in them.
Some have sweet stuff in them. Sure. Like I think
like a sweet ricotta or something inside. Yeah,
so you can get four or five or six different
kinds of these things. Probably more at the fest.
Right, right. I've never done it, but. Yeah,
pierogies are so damn good. God bless the Poles.
And they're known for the punchkis, which tis
the season. Tis the season indeed. Because we're
almost at Fat Tuesday. Fat Tuesday. Every day
is Fat Tuesday for me. Every day is Fat Tuesday.
Holy. Yeah. Oh, it's Ash Wednesday. We have to
have this solemn day. And I'm just like, oh,
if you're not eating that. Well, this is Fat
Tuesday part two. So count me in for everything
you're laying off. Yeah. My friend Kat, she moved
back to New Orleans. Sad face. She's super great.
But I've been looking at a lot of them. Oh, I've
been there. It's great. And she's been in her
socials, all the different parades and stuff
she's been to. And I already have a standing
invite. To marty right next to you. So god bless
me together a little king cake and some bruskies.
Ah, dude some baguettes. Oh god, uh some po boys
Uh god, I want to have the red beans and rice.
Yeah, there you go, dude. I'm about to eat my
computer. Yeah, this is This is this is a thing
man. It's a it better. Oh, dude Get that out
of here man. Oh my god. Oh, yeah beer now. Let's
get back to that. Yeah, so we We got to new Orleans
which is French -American, from Polish, in Chicagoland,
and the beer, which is a raspberry porter, which
I am ranking highly, I really like it. I think
it's fantastic. And it does say both in English
and Polish, there are chilies added to this.
On the bottle, I will read it from the bottle.
Comey's Raspberry Porter, 8 .5 % alcohol. is
a bottom fermented dark beer brewed with raspberry
juice and lagered with bourbon vanilla from Madagascar
and Indian chili peppers. Now I'm gonna say this.
When I hear something has chili peppers in it,
especially a beer, I expect it to have a little
kick to it. This is - At the end. Very subtle.
Very very subtle. It's not gonna hit you like
some of those like all mango habanera Tequilas
or something where it's like, oh that this tequila
is gonna kick my ass. This beer does not kick
your ass Yeah, it just kind of lingers for a
little bit and it gives you a little warmth and
it Works in my opinion. This is my opinion now.
Yeah, it works really well with the raspberry
tartness Where the tartness of the raspberry
would would stick around should you just be drinking
raspberry juice, right? Oh, sure. And in a porter,
it works well because of the roasty notes that
already exist, right? And these three things,
this roasty porter with raspberry tartness and
sweetness with these chili peppers in there is
something I, in theory, wouldn't have thought
would have worked. But goddamn does it. Yeah,
this is that they knew what they were doing They
knew what they were doing and to be fair to anyone
out there who's looking to pick a four pack of
this Comay's raspberry porter You're gonna spend
some money a four pack of 12 ounce bottles I
think ran 16 bones in the state of Indiana. So
You're paying about four bones of beer to to
enjoy recreationally Fuck me is it worth it that
is really really flavorful and tasty. I'm going
high I'm going high. I'm going four to five on
five That's elite here. I really really I really
really like this. This is fantastic to me the
flavor profile they on The untapped app it gives
you five examples of the most chosen uh flavor
profiles i picked two of those five in raspberry
and sweet now it's not sweet sweet but it has
the sweetness of raspberry i added syrupy because
something in there gave me an extra bit of thickness
or fullness sure that that kind of reminded me
of that so i would raise uh raspberry sweet and
syrupy four to five out of five i really really
like this that's good it's it's very much for
me a dessert beer I'd agree as you classify it
so for example if you had friends over and you
had a very rich meal and it's the end of the
meal and you have some sort of fruity dessert
this beer I think would pair with some of those
types of things I think on its own I don't know
I mean Like, I wouldn't mow the lawn and come
in and drink this. No, right? I wouldn't work
all day and come in and be like, oh, I need this.
I think it has its specific purpose. So I think
as a dessert beer, it ranks really well. It's
not a summary beer. It's not a casual drinking
beer, I would agree. It's definitely something
that you, like, crack this out. This is like,
hey, man, I got this Polish beer in my fridge,
like, last thing of the night. Yeah, you're gonna
like this, but it does it leaves. I don't get
any chili at all The only thing it gets the raspberry.
I caught a touch I caught a touch of chili at
the end not in spice, but in flavor. Okay, that
just goes over The what I find to be raspberry
flavor and it just extends beyond that a little
bit of like, okay I see chili gotcha, but I totally
hear what you're saying. Yep But the raspberry
flavor is definitely there and as far as flavor
profile I put raspberry and sweet as far as the
overall rating as far as the overall rating I
give it a three okay I give it a three and it's
like I said dessert beers are not my thing necessarily
I can see that but it is good I of fruit flavors
I don't particularly like raspberry Um, you have
mentioned that before. That's right. Just not
like it's it's fine. Like if there's a cheesecake,
there's a raspberry on it. I'm gonna I'm gonna
tear that thing apart. Trust me. Yeah, it's fine.
Uh, but like, you know, in terms of like cherry
or blueberry or apple, like I prefer those flavors
over, uh, over raspberry. Sure. But overall very,
I think very solid. Yeah. Very solid beer. So
it's a really, really good choice. Yeah. I quite
enjoy it. So I mean you you average 3 .0 over
4 .25 you get something like 3 .58 or something
like that. Yeah 3. It's shot up. I'm not doing
math today. That's okay. Anyway, it's fine if
because you have two two different palettes as
someone we've brought before of like I'm more
of an IPA guy. Yep, and you're not so much but
we do share interests in in stouts and belgians
and uh and porters ales ales so you take the
the two numbers you get and you average them
and that's you get a good score that's a good
score so you take four two five plus three gives
you a seven two five on ten that's right And
I think that's a good score. That's a fair. That's
fair. That's a fair score. Yeah, very good beer.
And now it brings us to our final world of weird
news. And we've got a short but sweet one here.
From Ranguille Hospitals Emergency Department
in Toulouse, France. Oh. Had to be evacuated
on January 31st after a man showed up with a
World War I era explosive. Oh my god. In his
rectum. You're telling me old boy ass Smuggled
a world war one nade in his ass in his poop chute.
Yep. That's awesome. The Irish star reported
Of course, of course, of course the Irish would
be like, oh what's going on in France boys? Yeah.
Hey Liam, have you seen this story over here?
Oh my god, we gotta put that on the front page
So the Irish Star reported that the 24 year old
man was complaining of discomfort because of
an inserted object. Oh god. But doctors didn't
realize what it was until they had begun to treat
him. Hospital staff alerted police who locked
down the facility until bomb disposal experts
determined that the device was harmless. Well,
yes, World War One, bro. Surgery? Surgery is
old. Here we go. Surgery proceeded and the eight
by two inch shell was successfully... Eight by
two? Yeah, was successfully removed. Oh my god.
Oh my god. Yeah. You know what? Anything's a
dildo if you're brave enough, but sometimes...
That's the quote of the day. But sometimes you
gotta weigh your options. Right. If I go to the
ER because I can't pull this out, will the police
show up? Right. Yeah. Anal beads, dildo. That's
the thing. If you can afford - Grenade? If you
can afford a World War I relic to put in your
asshole - There's probably a bunch of safer shit.
You can probably afford a dildo to put up there.
Brother - Make better decisions. Do the math.
Make better decisions. Do the math. You had to
call bomb squad to make sure your asshole's not
gonna explode. It was not gonna explode. And
I'm not so sure that wasn't his intended plan.
Like he walks into the hospital like, oh my ass
feels weird. And they're like, oh okay, come
on into the triage. And he's like, I... Right.
Because at worst how many times of it has any
are like treated like a gerbil Situation or something
small that happens to get stuck in there, right?
You get some like teamu anal beads or something
in there, right? There's no like end that stops
it, right? There were five of them and you yank
it out and there's three and you're like, oh
no. Oh no Your digestion's gonna be weird for
a little bit. It's gonna be weird for a little
bit. Better get some White Castles and push that
shit out. It smells like onion. Oh, no, no, no.
Inky, inky bad. Well, your story, sir. Yeah,
it's not as anally related. We have talked on
this show a few times in the past about fun little
world record stories. Guinness world records.
I love that. I love Guinness world record stories.
This is a story of a man who balanced a chair
on his chin for one hour and 20 minutes. Bounce
a chair on his chin balanced a chair on us. I
believe it was a folding chair This was from
February 10th of this year. Oh my is when this
story came out a serial Guinness World Record
holder Balanced a chair on his chin for an hour
20 to recapture recapture One of his previously
held titles. Oh my gosh David Rush who recently
recaptured a similar record by balancing a ladder
on his chin for 19 minutes 11 seconds Originally
earned the title for the longest direction duration
of a balanced chair on the chin at an hour and
eight minutes He lost the record to another balance
expert who managed a time of one hour 19 minutes
Quote, over the past months I've been training
specifically to rebuild my strength and endurance
in my neck. Rush wrote online, it is quite literally
a pain in the neck. He says, this record places
constant load on the jaw, neck, and upper spine.
There's no moment of relief once the chair is
in position. Every second requires active control.
Oh my gosh. End quote. Oh my gosh. Rush said
he felt like he physically could have continued
past the record breaking mark, but the pain from
the holding position of the chair on his chin
led to his ending. This December 2024 is when
it was most recently broken. Yeah attempt at
one hour 20 minutes and 30 seconds Guinness World
Records has now confirmed. It was enough to recapture
the title Really? Yep Yep. Wow. Oh boy went from
a ladder on the chin to a chair on the chin and
said oh No one's gonna take that. Oh my god,
dude Chair on the chin. Chair on the chin. How
much homeboy got paid for that? I'll find a chair
to put on my chin. Yeah, I mean, if you have
a choice, hey man, chair on your chin, grenade
up your ass. What are you doing? What are you
doing? I think the choice is clear. You know
what? You know what's crazy? If it took an hour
21 of a chair on the chin, I think grenade up
the ass for me. You think so? I think grenade
up the ass. You're gonna take that chance. I'm
doing it. I'm doing it. It doesn't matter if
it's armed. I'm doing it. Yeah. You know what?
Because it doesn't say how long it was up there.
True. Doesn't say. That's a great point. You
know what? It could be like 15 minutes of discomfort
versus an hour 21. Yeah, my neck hurts thinking
about that. Exactly. That's true. And my asshole
will recover. Well... Unless it's like... provided
that. Right, exactly. Yeah, bang. Let's hope
it's not armed. I will remember you... You just
see like one window of a big hospital explode
out, it's like, oh no! Yep, oh no indeed. My
son, his asshole! His asshole. You like come
into the room. I have no lower body. I'm like,
I'm sorry dad. I can't shit anymore. It's not
not possible. Gosh damn it. It's not gonna happen.
I don't know where those sliders are going. Immediate
smell of onion. Immediate smell of onion. At
any rate, that's it. And you guys are probably
like, thank God. Yeah, I know right. This was
a journey this week for sure. And the Polish
beer brought out the worst in these two. Just
wait. We're not done. Wait until we get to the
Estonian beer. Exactly. That's going to be something.
When we start getting those Ethiopian beers at
us. Oh yeah, that's going to be special. Anyway,
thank you so much for listening in. Like, subscribe,
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Whatever you want to say. Totally cool. You got
a job offer? Got a job offer. I'll do anything,
man. I'll remove the grenade from the dude's
ass. I mean, I need work. I too would remove
the grenade from the dude's ass and I would insert
it into mine if it were to give me enough money
to retire on. Sure. I'm not sure that would work.
Which part? All parts. All parts. All parts of
that scenario. All parts. I love you taking part
of my lawyer for a second of just being like,
uh, hear yourself for a moment. Yeah. Do you
feel okay saying that? Yeah. Wait a minute. Wait
a minute. You sure you want to hear this part?
Uh -huh. You might be the editor, but think about
it. Think about it. Yeah, think about it for
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And that's it. I'm going to go bye -bye. Yeah,
I mean, don't reach out to us unless you have
like a one -ounce troy, a one troy ounce gold
coin or... a grenade up your ass. Fair. Bye.
Bye.