All right. We are back like we never left. The
Mark Mo Show. Season 7, Episode 4, Climbers.
How's everybody doing out there? You can find
us on all podcast platforms and YouTube. I'd
like to introduce my co -host and producer, all
-around good dude, Aiden Maloney. What's up,
dude? What is freaking happening? My man. Oh,
so much. Yeah. So much. Yeah. Something, something.
Beautiful American dream. Something, something.
Yeah. You know, some things are probably best
left unsaid or highly redacted. I'll pretend
I'm in the Trump White House for a minute. I'm
going to redact the shit out of it. But yeah,
it's something. It's something for sure. Fun
times all around. It's fun times. It's good times.
You know, just. you know, you know, it's, it's
a thing. It's a thing. You know, it's like, I
swear to God, you've said at least 200 words
in the last 60 seconds and said nothing. I feel
like I should run for office. That's what they
do. Yeah. I'm just trying to find a way to explain
it. It's, you know how it's, there's always that
balance in life, right? I've never seen you struggle
so much with an intro. Oh, no. I know. I know.
It's kind of one of those things like maybe your
professional life isn't great. Or it's a struggle.
Or it just stresses you out. Or it just exhausts
you. Whatever. And your personal life is good.
So there's that balance, right? So it's like,
ah, you know, 40 hours a week. It was a real
hellhole this week. But, ah, yeah. Not mine,
man. No, there's no balance right now. One is
weird and the other one's exhausting, and there's
no balance in that whatsoever. You're just kind
of like, hey, take the good and the bad. Really?
When's the good going to start happening? Yeah,
I'm waiting on that. I'm waiting on that. My
lawyer could help me with that. Bazinga. Bazinga
zoinks. Yeah, so that would be incredibly helpful.
But I will say it's been a thing. Yeah. It's
been a thing without mentioning names, places,
you know, people, protect the innocent. Yeah.
Yeah, exactly. Redact. Oh, my God. It's a thing.
It's just a thing. So I'm hoping this weekend
gets a little better. I'm going to divorce myself
from my phone other than just doing goofy shit
on it and try not to interact with too many people.
Although I say that now. And then my love of
beer will win out. Sure. And I will probably
hit an establishment. And then it just... We'll
see what happens. A small price to pay for a
brewski. It really is, until it becomes a really
big price to pay, which has happened recently.
Oh, no. I know. I know. I just, I have to. You
ever just want to leave? Sure. You ever just
want to kind of pack it in and just be like,
you know what? I'm a good dude. I'm a smart dude.
And I had an old friend tell me a long time ago,
you're not a tree. You can leave. Yeah. Which
is a very true statement. Make like a tree and
get out of here. Make like a tree and get out
of here. Yeah. It's like people always talk about
their roots. You don't have any roots, man. You
are not a tree. You're not even a shrub. That's
what a cool insult. You're not a tree. You're
not even a shrub. You're not even a shrub. You're
one of those little milkweed things you just
pluck out of the ground. God damn. Take him off
the front burner, dude. It's a day, man. Yeah.
It's a day. I'm fired up. This is going to be
a show. If you're listening in, you're like,
oh, he's on one. Yep. Yep. ABC, always be ready
for anything. Always be ready for anything. God,
I love that stuff. Anyway, yeah, it's a thing,
man. And I was talking to a friend of mine, and
she's angry at me because, like, I've told her
about possible relocation in the near future.
What does that mean? Next year? Five years? Could
mean five months. Could mean five weeks. I don't
know. But it's like, you know, you just figure
you look at things as a whole, right? You just
have to take everything in and be like, okay,
this is good. This is bad. This is kind of good.
This is kind of bad. And then there's all the
shit that's just kind of gray or neutral or whatever.
But like when those scale is imbalanced, you
got to change something. Sure. And so you have
to make that decision. Okay, are these things
that I can change here? Is it worth the work
to do that? Or can I just pack a bag and go?
Right. Am I going to have to start doing ketamine
to balance it out? Looks like I picked a bad
week to stop sniffing lube. Yeah, you know, you
wonder that shit, man. It's like, look, and I
say this because I have a lot of Gen Z and millennial
friends. Now, I had a discussion with a friend
the other night, and it all kind of made sense
because they work at this place that caters largely
to Gen Xers and boomers. And at least in this
town, there's a large percentage of them that
are just kind of pricks. Sure. They're just very,
I don't even want to put the word on it, but
they're just not the best people. Very full of
themselves. And it's Valpo. Really? Are you really
that full of yourself? Get out of here. I mean,
come on. Do you have a Michigan Avenue address
in Chicago? Then shut the fuck up. That's kind
of the way I look at it. And so I just, I look
at this. And it dawned on me. I mean, besides
the fact my kids are in this generation and I
get on great with them. So maybe it's part of
that, too, that I'm able to associate with my
kids. And I have a lot more in common with them
than I do friends that are my age who, mind you,
don't have kids. So that kind of there's kind
of a thing that makes sense there, too. Right.
So I just I have befriended a lot of 20 and 30
and 40 year olds, you know, and I just look at
that and I'm like. I think there's a reason for
that because just largely over the past five
to ten years, a lot of people in my age bracket,
I'm just not a fan of. Sure. I'm just not a fan
of. And, like, even when I go out or try to hang
with them or whatever, I might as well go to
the dentist. Yeah. Or have something done on
me surgically. I mean, it's just like I don't.
Like, it's not matching. And I do have a few
friends that are closer to me in age, but they
kind of have the same mentality I do. Because
they're just like, yeah, man, I seem to befriend
a lot more people that are younger than me. I'm
like, yeah, dude, it's like, look, no generation
is perfect. No one is better than the other.
But sometimes you just vibe with certain types
of people. That's just the way it is. And I found
over the past, like I said, five to ten years,
that when I'm hanging with younger people, I
feel younger. I have a lot more fun. And they
don't seem, largely, and there are younger chodes
and things like that. They do exist. But largely,
the things that concern them are different than
the things that concern the older people. And
they're just not assholes about that kind of
shit. I'm just not. There's a difference. There's
a huge difference. And I find, like, I can go
out. with friends that are in their 20s and 30s
and we can go out we can have a few drinks we
can be stupid and laugh and have a great time
and i can go home and i don't have to feel like
i'm going out and i have to hear about someone's
taxes or about their fucking mortgage or oh bobby
got in trouble at school for the third time this
week i don't give a fuck about bobby send him
to the goddamn circus i don't give a shit Like,
there is just a difference. There's a huge difference.
It's like I'd rather have someone tell me, like,
oh, my God, Luke broke up with me. Oh, my God,
tell me what happened. Like, that to me is more
interesting. Like, oh, fuck that Luke guy. Right.
Like, let's go have fun. That guy's cute. Go
for it. You know, it's like I feel much better.
Than if someone is going to take 20 minutes of
your time to talk about their pension. Oh, my
God. Yeah. Oh, my God. I'm still not getting
my mail. Well, fuck it. Mail's dead. Ask for
a fucking email. I don't know what to tell you.
Like, I don't want to hear about those problems.
I just don't, you know? And then the thing with
older people too, look, I'm a wreck physically,
mentally, but I keep trucking, man. I'm still
here. That's, I should make myself a shirt that
just says I'm still here. I'm still here and
I'm still doing it. And I'm still trying to love
life as much as I can, despite everything, Aiden,
despite everything. And when I go out and hang
out with younger people, it's just more fun.
And the problems are simpler. And it's usually
relationship shit. Or it's kind of like, oh,
my God, my sister stole my buzz balls. Oh, fuck
that bitch. Let's go get some more buzz balls.
Let's run to the liquor store. Like, hey, happy
to help solve that problem. But, you know, just
the other problems, I just, oh, my God, I got
to put a roof on my house and my tax. I don't
care. Right. I'm sorry. I don't care. Do you
own a home? No, I don't. Right. I do not. I'm
on a month -to -month lease. I can't identify
with your problem. Sorry. I really can't. Yeah.
So, yeah. So it's just like we had this epiphany,
right? And we both looked at each other and said,
wow, that makes so much sense. I'm like, it does.
I'm like, besides the fact, I just like even
pop cultural wise, I enjoy a lot more of the
things that millennials and Gen Zers like. Sure.
Than my generation. I do like a lot of things
from my generation. I love 80s culture and music
and stuff. But the cool thing is, like, I can
talk with Gen Zers and millennials. And you guys
do too. So it's like, that part of it's totally
cool. But like, I find out older people largely,
it's like, oh my God, I got nothing in common.
It's like, imagine who? It's like 21 what? And
it's like, fuck off. I'm just like, you know,
go, go in your car and sit and be sad and listen
to Michael Bolton music. I don't know what to
tell you. I just, I don't. Oh, my God, here's
Enya. She speaks to me. Great. Stop speaking
to me and go speak to Enya. I'm done. I'm completely
done. So I love it. I'm young at heart. I'm going
to stay that way. Fuck it. That's fair. That's
what I thought. That's, hey, man, that's what
it's all about. Goddamn right. That's what it's
all about. You'd make a shirt with that if I
could spell it the right way. Oh, man. How's
your world? Oh, man. Well. Let me tell you about
these taxes and my pension stuff going on. I
gotta go. I gotta go. What just happened? Everything
changed. I think I blacked out. What's my name?
Oh, man. Wicca Slim Shady. 27 going on 80. That's
what my life is now. Dude, it's so different.
It's so different. Like, Aiden and I, we do kind
of talk about this once in a while. It's like,
why am I the guy going to bed at 8 o 'clock and
waking up at 4 like a fucking boomer? My dad's
out there closing 3 a .m. bars and living his
best life. La Vida Loca. Life can be weird. Yeah.
Life can be really weird. And I'm planning on
doing this until I die. Like, we have this old
attorney that works for us. His name's Herb.
Super great guy. He cracks me up. Herb? Herb.
H -E -R -B. That's a great name. Yep, like cilantro.
So he's a super good dude. I just feel like he's
going to practice law until his last day. I really
do. And I respect that. I'm like, I don't know
if I want to be working when I'm older like that,
but just to be loving life. Sure. While you're
older. My dad was kind of that way. Your papa.
He was that way until he had issues with the
old thing between the ears and got the dementia.
Anybody that gets that, I'm sorry. That's fucking
bullshit. We used to cure diseases. We don't
do that anymore because it's better for corporations
to treat than to cure. The quarterly earnings
are a little more important than life. I digress.
Sorry for that boomer conversation. We'll get
off that. But yeah, so anyway, I mean, he loved
it. He'd sing there in his own little world,
singing all the music that he loves, just sitting
in his backyard on a nice day and cooking on
his grill. That nice breeze would kind of come
through the yard, especially like on fall days.
God, I used to love just hanging out there on
a beautiful day that's screened in porch. Big
tree in the backyard. Big tree in the backyard.
And there's a main street. Western Avenue that
kind of ran behind the house. And he would always
say, ah, beautiful breeze today off Lake Western.
And he used to love that shit. And yeah, so,
you know, we can't de -age necessarily, but you
don't have to get old if you get what I'm saying.
You don't have to be like, oh my God, I've got
gray hairs now and things ache. Should I just
sit in this chair and watch Agatha Christie?
No, you should not turn that Matlock shit off.
You know, I'm like fucking jam out to rat and
poison and have a good time. It's just like,
you know, go to Riot Fest. Hey, who's doing that?
Oh, this guy. That's like live fucking life,
man. Because it's like if you just sit there
and you worry about your bills all the time and
you worry about work and you worry about this
and that. Fuck that. It's not worth it. It's
not worth it. Yeah. Gotta be out there cooking,
man. You do. You really do. And this guy here
next to me, the fact that he does what he does
and still has time to do all this production,
back -end stuff, content creation, the fact you're...
Yeah, you. I'm looking at you. You don't know
I'm looking at you, but I'm looking at you. You
should go on and enjoy all of his content that
he works hard at, but we do this shit because
we love it. Very true. Bottom line. And we hope
you do, too. That's the whole point. Sometimes
we're serious and we talk about shit. Sometimes
we come on here and we vent. Sometimes we come
on here and act like total freaking goofballs.
But we hope you laugh. Absolutely. That's the
point. Should we do the intro now? Or we could
do this for another 45 minutes and call it a
day. We've done that before. There's been shows,
both on the radio or podcast, that we've done.
And we've come in hungover, like just whatever
had happened the night before. Maybe we worked
a double and we're just exhausted. Oh, my God.
You prepare any. Ah, shit. I didn't prepare anything.
And then we go do a show and then it's over.
It's like, wow, that that was a pretty good show.
It's a pretty good show. We just get on there
and we just we go for it. You know, everything's
ad libbed. But I don't know. Glad I have that
ability as opposed to we have that ability to
have some fun. But, yeah, I mean, there are things
we still need to talk about here, so let's talk
about them. Aiden has a gaming channel. It's
called Aiden Spelled the Right Way. Lots of great
PC gaming content. I just know he's got some
new stuff up there. Why don't you tell people
about it? Yeah, the latest game I played was
called Childmare. Indie. horror game that I think
only came out a month ago as of this recording.
So very recent game that's come out. A lot of
fun. Very spooky. Yep. I thought the video had
some funny bits. Got the shit scared out of me
probably five or more times. I got the shit scared
out of me watching you get the shit scared out
of you. Yeah. That was something, man. That's
what I want. That's what I want the horror games
to be, is like, let's get scared together. So
that's been a lot of fun. That's Aiden Spelled
the Right Way on YouTube, or you can find us
on Patreon if you're willing to shell out uno
dollar. Yeah, a couple two -tree bucks. Yeah,
get the shows early and ad -free and all that.
Absolutely. Good bits, but yeah, super fun. Yeah,
it's great stuff, you guys. You should definitely
check it out. We also have a collab that we do
at A &M Gaming that is kind of a combo job there,
if you will. So we get on the old YouTubes and
we do various games. We do, oh God, we just did
some BuzzFeed quizzes. Yeah. We do some GeoGuessr,
some Observation Duty. There's a new Observation
Duty. I always forget what it's called. Spectator.
Spectator. I think I like that one more. I agree.
That one's kind of fun, so we're going to get
back and probably do a couple more of those soon.
But we have a lot of fun, but we try to do games.
Where, you know, we are playing a game. We're
trying to win at said game. But it's a game where
we're able to kind of interact with one another
and do some fun things. And I don't know. I love
it. And the really cool thing, and you should
check out our Instagram page, by the way, is
Aiden's been dropping these little 30 -second
bits in there from the show. Some of our... quote
-unquote greatest hits if you will sure good
clips and there's some good things you gotta
hit that instagram page one of the first ones
we ever did was this geoguessr one where there's
this dude on a bike on the street yeah and there's
another dude on a bike on the street but because
of the framing the way it's framed and like they're
like The depth perception isn't proper. It's
not right. So it looks like the dude on the one
bike is riding on the guy, riding on the bike.
It's so funny. And he's like, wait, wait, wait
a minute. Is that guy out? And I'm like, no.
It looked like he was a backpack on him. It was
so funny. And we have so many of these great
moments. There's the one on that college campus
where we thought we were stuck in that landmark.
The tube. The tube. Oh, God, we're in the tube.
Hi, Mark. It's just. It's just great stuff, and
we hope we make you laugh. We crack ourselves
up. So definitely check that out. That's A &M
Gaming. As I said, you can check out the YouTube.
Definitely check us out on the socials. You can
find us on TikTok, but TikTok's done some bullshit
to us, and we can't figure it out. Yeah, we're
shadow banned, and we have no idea why. Don't
know. Don't know. Like, we started releasing
content, it was blowing up, and then they were
like, fuck you. Yeah. And when you reach out,
they don't say anything. Right. So that's just
another reason why TikTok is bullshit. But whatever.
It is what it is. And, yeah, so that's it. I
guess we're going to talk about Climbers, which
is the title. Climbers. Climbers, yeah, this
week. And, you know, more than ever before, corporate
America, you know, small and large companies
alike, are loaded with these aggressive, self
-centered, status -obsessed Gen Z climbers. There's
some millennials in there, too, by the way. They're
commonly referred to as tossbots, toadies, fat
cats, even sociopaths. I know my buddy Dave will
like that one. We talk about the corporate sociopaths
all the time. These corporate narcissists are
in their late 20s, early 30s. They're part of
this dark triad, right? So that encompasses like
narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy.
So these, I like to also use this too, this term
brochal climbers, if you will. They're aggressive,
hyper -masculine, or superficial office personalities
who prioritize networking, the quick buck, and
never hesitate to break a rule or step on or
over others. Simply put, it's about status, money,
clout chasing. They are the biggest name droppers,
too. They'll drop a name in a heartbeat. Their
loyalties can shift in two seconds if a new group
of higher status bros come along. They will leave
the others in the dust in two seconds. These
guys ultimately hurt their businesses as they
prioritize all of the things mentioned over actual
work and achievements. This ultimately drives
away talent, hiding real performance issues,
and destroying team trust. They are also collaboration
busters, and their self -centered philosophy
trumps overall growth and development at the
team level. So the key is to identify these guys
and limit their impact. Or better yet, let them
go. Let them ruin someone else's company. Right.
Yeah. What's your thoughts on that? I'm honestly
lucky enough in life to have a job that is so
far removed from anything corporate. Like all
my coworkers are tradies because we're in the
trades, right? We're CDL holders breaking our
spines, delivering kegs into basements and cases
of beer into shops and whatnot. So I'm lucky
enough to be pretty far removed from any corporate
weirdness like that. Yeah. But that does not
sound like a very... How do you say healthy person
to be around? It's not. It really isn't. And
that's the thing, too, because most workplaces,
you know, three quarters or more of your people
are going to be just people want to show up,
hang out, do their work, have the occasional
water cooler break or go out and grab a quick
smoke, you know, but ultimately just show up
and get their shit done. Right. And I appreciate
people like that. It just makes the day go right.
And. you know those the micromanagers all that
shit you know you guys can go scratch too it's
like just let people fucking work right and and
if you got a job you go do that job and if you're
so fucking busy doing all these other things
i'm guessing you're not doing what you're supposed
to be doing right right or you don't have enough
work so it's one of the two things you're finding
all this time to just act on machismo and just
be some little chodester right i mean i understand
Being a hustler, right? Getting your money. Different.
But there's a difference in what I support, which
is like quite quitting, which I support. I mean,
like the whole act your wage movement. Yeah.
Like, well, if you're paying me $10 an hour,
I'm not going to work like I'm being paid $25.
Yeah, why would you do that? You're going to
get $10 an hour worth of work. Yep. Totally support
that. This corporate setting. Kind of thing I'm
lucky enough to be totally disconnected from.
And they think they own you. Like, it's 8 o 'clock
at night. Yeah, so it's cool if I get in touch
with you and send you an email or a text or even
call you. It's 8 o 'clock on a Tuesday or it's
7 o 'clock on a Sunday night. No. No. No, I'm
not on the clock right now. Not being paid. That's
a no -go for me. Right. Especially if I know
I've put in 40 hours. What am I doing? Right.
What am I doing? I'm paying you for a second
more. No, no. And most, most people have that
mindset. They, you know, they feel like they've
worked their time and they're not getting a bonus
and they're not getting overtime. So it's like,
look, you already get enough out of me and now
you're trying to get more. It's like, please,
please. No. Yeah. That's a no for me, dog. Yeah.
Yeah. I just, I, it's just today it's, and I,
and that's the thing. I feel like Europe just.
does it better they just do it better and it's
and it's not to say that people aren't overworked
there in some respects or that maybe in some
ways they're you know there's compensation issues
or union things because there's always union
things but but ultimately like people there have
a better quality of life right there's you know
japan they have sleepers corporations have a
sleep room so it's like ah you're tired it's
two o 'clock yeah go take a 20 minute nap right
Wow. Awesome. I think I'll do that. You know,
that's amazing. Or it's Italy and it's 12 o 'clock
and business just shuts down. It's like, go home
and eat lunch with your family. Right. Go home
and do what? Yeah. Go eat lunch with your family.
Come on back. We'll see you soon. Yeah. Like
there's just a certain value that says, look,
work is work. You know, the company wants to
make money and we want you to make money so you're
at least comfortable. But ultimately, what is
all of that if you don't have some sort of quote
unquote life outside of it? Right. Right. If
you don't, why? So that's my overall point there,
man. It's like, I think other people just do
it better. And I think corporations take advantage
of people all the live long day. They don't give
a shit. I don't know. I just think it needs to
be done better. These, these brochure climber
dudes. I mean, they're, they're just, they're,
they're part of a much bigger problem, but we
were just kind of addressing specifically them
today. Sure. Yeah. We could, we could pick apart
American capitalism and corporatism. God, we
could do like a 10 part series. Right, right.
But this, this is just a. Part one of a 10 -part
series. Let's go. Maybe. Let's go. Let's go.
Mark it down. Write that down. Yeah, write that
down. We just started with the bros. But yeah,
at any rate, it's frustrating. So if you're out
there, you feel like you're overworked and undercompensated,
you are in the majority. Yeah. And unfortunately,
there aren't many choices for you other than
find something you love to do. If you can make
a living out of it, do it. Right. Just get out
of it. And if you're like, oh, things will be
tight. Well, if things are tight, but you're
doing what you love and you have freedom, it's
things being tight worth it. Right. For many,
I would think they would go, yeah, I would do
that in a heartbeat. Yeah. Oh, my God, my boss
might yell at me. Yeah, who's your boss? Me.
Oh, right. So whatever. Do you have enough money
in your pocket to go grab a couple of beers?
Can you get a slice of pizza? Yeah, you're okay.
You'll make it work. Yeah. Your freedom is so
much more valuable. Oh, yeah. That's one thing
you never get back is time. You never get time
back. Trust me, I know. You know, you're talking
to a guy who's middle -aged and I've seen a lot
of time go by. And have I had fun? Of course.
Of course. I've always managed to try to have
fun whether money was tight or not because you
have to try. But point being is there's a lot
of sacrifices you make because of bullshit corporate
stuff and not getting paid enough and all that
kind of stuff. So you do you, guys. You do you.
And just like... If you find yourself in that
situation, you just find yourself saying, this
is not worth it. I'm not happy. I'm definitely
not going to pay enough. Then go. Right. Then
go. You don't owe them anything. Zero. Damn right.
You owe them nothing. Between 9 and 5, all you
have to do is your job. That's it. And you go
home. No. Your phone rings. You get that text.
Look at it and go, okay, yeah, I guess we'll
talk tomorrow. Right. Just you got to do that.
And if you can't do it and there's all that pressure,
think it the hell out. Yeah. It's not worth it.
It's not worth it. I know poor people that are
happier. Yeah. To be fair, because they're not
dealing with that. I've known people like I have
a hard time doing it, but like I've known people
that have downgraded their careers. There was
a guy who used to be in construction, so he made
a lot of money, but he was also not at the top
of the corporate pyramid, so to speak. Sure.
So he would get a lot of shit, a lot of shit,
a lot of shit, a lot of overtime, a lot of this,
a lot of that, not a lot of pay, whatever, being
worked to death. And dude retired at 56, and
I should say retired from that. Sure. But he
works in a library and is a greeter at Walmart.
Dude, working in a library? Hell yeah. It's quiet
every day. You know. Shuffle some books around.
And does he get paid what he got paid in that
construction? No way. Right. There's no way.
But you know what? If he could pay his rent and
his food and all the other bills and have a little
bit left over to grab a beer or something. And
he owes, he doesn't owe those people anything.
Uh -uh. Hell no. And it's not this physical thing
that's going to, you know, your body or your
mind break down. There's no fixing it. Right.
Time sucks, right? We talked about time. But
the fact that he was able to identify that, he
was able to get out. And now he works in a library,
which is quiet. It's books and videos. Right.
It's kids coming in wanting to learn. What a
cool place. What a cool place. God bless libraries,
dude. Libraries are so cool. And then the Walmart
greeter, right? People are coming in. You're
just like, hey, how you doing today? Can I get
a card for you? Right. Oh, can I see your receipt?
Heading out the door? Cool. Have a nice day.
That's it. Right. Like this dude mentally and
physically is probably just zenned out. He is
probably just. Chilling. Chilling. Right. So
good on him. More of you guys out there should
do it. ABC. Always be ready to have a good time.
Always be ready to have a good time. ABC. I love
it. God bless. Okay. Bye bye. Hey, everybody,
we're back. Carpe Diem is up next. Mark Mosho.
I'm Mark. That's Aiden. And Carpe Diems, you
people send us your DMs and we read them on the
air. And if it is in the form of a question,
we might answer that. This is true. It's a maybe.
It's a big maybe. And it's like you could be
nice. You could say, hey, Mark. Can you answer
my question? I have the ability to answer that
question. I can. Do you really want me to answer
that question? If the answer is yes, then you
have to convince me. There's got to be a follow
-up. Now, you could have a long explanation.
You could have like a whole deck made up, like
PowerPoint, the graphs and everything else. Pie
charts. Right. Might not sway us. Yeah. Might
not sway us. Or you could save yourself a lot
of time. We talked about time, remember? Saving
yourself a lot of time and just like a Benji
would all of a sudden just appear on the table.
Whoa. Now you didn't have to go through all that.
Yeah. Now it's just like, oh, what was that question?
Yeah, they always forget English is our second
language. It is. First language, moolah. Moolah.
Money. We talked about capitalism, right? Did
we? We touched on it. I think we touched on it.
We touched on it. A little bit, we did. So, yeah,
so I've got some DMs. I know Aiden's got some
DMs. I'm going to start with mine at ineggsham.
In Eggs Ham. In Eggs Ham. Or it's In Eggs Sham.
I was going to say, it sounds like a city in
the UK. It kind of does, doesn't it? Oi, I'll
see you down in In Eggs Ham. In Eggs Ham for
some warm beer. Yeah, warm beer. Some of their
warm beer. British people. In Eggs Ham says,
it sounds like one of those like third tier soccer
clubs. Like not even the one below Premier, but
like the one below, the one below Premier. Semi
-protein in Eggs Ham. It's in Eggs Ham. Here
come the raucous in Eggs Ham, the old eggs in
ham. All right. In Eggs Ham says, I think the
perfect meat with eggs is ham. Do you agree?
If not, why are you wrong? Wow. How about that?
Well, the premise of the question is alarming.
It's alarming. First and foremost, Eggs Benedict,
eggs, ham, sauce, English muffin, excellent.
That's your jam. That's my jam, dog. That is
so good. But if I'm just eating eggs, scrambled,
fried, whatever, I'd argue sausage is my go -to.
Sure. over over ham the only time i do am and
ham and eggs is on eggs benedict yeah that's
fair and trust me like there's very there's there's
different types of ham if you're talking that
crock of stuff that comes that little thing like
i'll make a sandwich out of that maybe but other
than that like i'm just not eating it straight
yeah like that's just that's not great to me
might dice it up and then like an omelet or something
that might that might work but Like, just like
a chunk of crocus ham and eggs. Eh. Eh. That's
kind of mid. I mean, let's be honest. The pig
is a beautiful creature. It's a wonderful creature.
And it's just depending on what part and how
we want it. Sure. So, Aiden says sausage. I agree.
I do like sausage. McDonald's sausage biscuit.
It's like 99 cents and it's money. So, I do love
that. However, get me some bacon. Ugh. Man. Unbelievable.
Piece of Texas toast, some bacon, and some eggs.
Breakfast. Maybe a little cheese. Yeah. There's
your breakfast right there. Yeah. So I do appreciate
your ham comment. Like a bone -in ham, a chunk
of bone -in ham with eggs. I'd eat it. Sure.
I'd eat it. But like if you put sausage or bacon
in front of me, I'd probably take one of those
two first. I agree. Totally agree. I think that's
a fair comment. Yeah. No one's arguing the ham
isn't good. Right. But we are arguing there's
better. There's better. 100%. And I would, I'm,
this is also a debate too, believe it or not,
at the breakfast table. Links or patties? I'm
a patty guy. Patty guy? I am a patty guy. I appreciate
both. Do you? I think links are easier to dip
in maple syrup. If you go that route. Yep, you're
right. But yeah, if you're making breakfast sandwich,
the patty is just more logical. Yeah, you can
make that one out. Form factor. Yeah. Yeah. I
agree with that. Yeah. That's a good, and I do
like that, that the snap you get and in a good
length, like if you cook it right, like it's
not undercooked, but you cook it enough where
that casing is kind of gets that snap when you
bite into it and you get the juices come out.
Oh yeah. I do like that. That's good stuff. So,
okay. And eggs and ham. That's enough. You can
keep the ham. We'll take the other stuff. Yeah,
we'll take the other stuff. Gladly. At DaBigBoys.
Hey, Mosho. Oh, God. I have really big nuts.
No, like really big. I mean almost baseball big.
God, per nut? Per nut, according to him. God
damn. Sitting, walking, running are a problem.
Any ideas? Go to a doctor. Brother, I'm sorry.
You got those looked at. Yeah. Now here's, okay.
So if anybody's seen the movie Van Wilder, one
of the jokes that runs throughout is that Van
Wilder's bulldog has these massive nuts. And
he's walking around and like Ryan Reynolds and
the dog comes by and these massive nuts are just
swinging back and forth. He's like, good God.
Well, as they found out, the dog just needed
to, oh, God, how do I put it, have a release.
Sure. And then said huge nuts were no longer
huge. Oh. So perhaps you just need to go out
and maybe get laid, my guy. I'm not a doctor.
I wouldn't know. I'm just going to say give that
a shot. You might got some stuff backed up is
what I'm saying. You know, maybe you're a 40
-year -old virgin movie. Maybe you're that guy.
Get that out, man. Yeah. Get it out. Other than
that, yeah, I would be like, you might have elephantitis
of the nuts, my guy. Sure. Testicular cancer.
Something. Could be a problem. Right. Yeah, you
might got something going on. You just have them
removed if you wanted. You could do that. You
could do that. They're not necessary for being
alive. No. It's not like removing your liver,
you know. No. You can just go nutless. You go
nutless. Yeah. You have to find somewhere else
to get your testosterone from. Yeah. So maybe
just keep one baseball nut. Maybe keep one nut.
Keep one baseball nut and just have it in the
center. Could do that. Right. For aesthetics.
Yep. So you got some options there, big boy.
That's all we're saying. Good God. Baseball size.
Holy shit. Per ball. That's nuts. That's nuts?
Okay. That's awesome. Wow. Good night, everybody.
All right. It's all downhill from here. It's
all downhill. Shit, it was downhill in the first
five minutes. At Joy to the World, Christmas
is only like 130 days away. I want to start decorating.
It's August too early. Oh, my God. Jesus Christ.
Yes, it is. Way too early. You start decorating
before Thanksgiving. That's a problem. Actually,
you can decorate. Just don't turn the lights
on until Black Friday. Right. Turn the lights
on Black Friday. You're fine. Once again, something
else I blame on capitalism. Because I feel, when
I was a kid, that no one decorated shit, and
I mean no one, before Thanksgiving. Yeah. No
one. And Thanksgiving would occur, you get together,
watch football and eat food, and you hang out
and play games and all that. Like, that's all
that was for, which is why Thanksgiving is a
gem of a holiday. Oh, yeah. Just get together
and good food and football and games and hanging
out. Right. That's all it is. Friends and family.
It's great. So that being said, like you would
like another tradition we used to have is like
in the evening, like the day had passed like
seven, eight o 'clock. And my sister and I, we
would. So we would watch It's a Wonderful Life,
have some eggnog and some pumpkin pie, and then
go to bed. And then, like, the next day you wake
up and it's Christmas season. Yeah. That's the
way it was. And, like, Black Friday was a thing,
but it wasn't a massive crazy thing then. Yeah.
And my sister, Chris, she used to work a lot
of retail when she was younger. And so she would
go into the mall, the local mall that she would
work at, and she would have to leave Thanksgiving
dinner at, like, 7 or 8 o 'clock or whatever
because she would have to go in. Not because
shoppers were coming, but because they were decorating.
Right. They were decorating and getting the store
so that when people went shopping on Friday,
it was not so much about, ooh, have to consume
and get all these great deals. You wanted to
see the stores all decorated. Right. Like, there
was a process to it, and it was great. And now
it's all fucked up because, like, the day Halloween
is over. Like, that second Halloween is over,
it's just candy canes and wreaths. Right. Just
Santa Claus vomit. It's just everywhere. Respect
the turkey. Respect it, man. Dude. Come on. And,
like, here's the thing. A key point here, especially
if you're in the Midwest or the northern U .S.
or Canada or something like that, you're going
to want to find the warmest day in November or
late October to get out and decorate. To put
your lights and stuff out. Right. But you don't
turn them on until Black Friday. You just find
a warm day to do the work. Right. But you wait
until after Thanksgiving to do it. Right. 100%.
So, yes, August is too early. Way too early.
September is too early. And October is too early.
Joy to the world. Find joy in other holidays
and enjoy them for what they are. Right. That's
all I'm saying. You can celebrate 9 -11. That's
always a fun one. You can celebrate Halloween.
That's maybe one of the funnest ones. Yeah. It
is. That's all I'm saying. Yeah. Just get out
there, enjoy. You know, for people in Indiana,
for example, I'd say, hey, if you are Jones for
Christmas, there is a town, literally a town
in Indiana called Santa Claus, Indiana is the
actual name of the town. Yeah. Fun fact, Jay
Cutler was born there. Anyway, you can go there
and because of that name of that town, they lean
into it. So there's like little Christmas shops
and stores all over the place. Like year round.
Year round. So if you're itching for it. Spend
a long weekend down there. Yeah. You know, get
your Phil and then, you know, or your Bob or
your Frank and then just enjoy it. Right. You
know, that's all I'm saying. Don't drag us into
it. Don't drag us into your obsession with that
holiday. Right. Last one I've got is from at
stoner Stanley 420. Who knows what we got today?
Hello, Momo and Alan. Did you ever have enough
feeling? That wasn't good, but then you are like,
oh, well, look at that fish, Mr. Squirrel. That's
the question. Stanley, we cannot see the fish
nor the squirrel. No, we can't. We can't see
either of them. That's not how this works. But
to, I guess, you're in a feeling that wasn't
good, but then you're like, oh, well, that's
every day of my life, Stanley. That's quite relatable.
That's the only way you're going to make it out
alive. A feeling that's heaven, a feeling that
wasn't good, and then you're like, oh, well.
Oh, well. Yes, Stanley, I have. Every day. Yeah.
Every day, my guy. Speaking my language now,
buddy. What do you got? I got a DM here from
Bumbo78. Ooh. Would you take $100 per day to
sleep and eat exclusively in your bathroom? To
eat and sleep in the bathroom? Yeah. I mean,
that's... Well? You're talking $36 ,000 a year
passive income. That'd be a nice little boost,
right? But I don't want to sleep in my bathroom.
My bathroom's small. There's not even enough
room for me to lay down somewhere. I... Necessarily.
I think back to my 20s, and I've done both. Sure.
So I passed out by the toilet and woke up in
the morning. And I've gotten back from a night
out drinking. And I'd be like, dude, I need a
shower. And you go in and you need a shower.
But then you remember you just went to Taco Bell
and picked up the seven -layer burrito. So now
you're in the shower. Now, I did this much, much
more when I was younger. Like, the beer shower
was a thing. Shower beer. Like, you have the
little caddy. And the little caddy is really
meant for shampoo. But if you're in your 20s,
the caddy is meant for your shower beer. Yeah.
So you have your shower beer there, you're in
there, hot water, relaxing, have a chug of beer.
Yeah. That's the shower beer is a thing. I also
made the shower burrito a thing. I sat in that
shower and eaten a freaking burrito before. Yeah,
man. That's what's up. So have I done both? Yes.
Would I want to do it now? Exclusively? I don't
think so. I don't think so. I don't think so.
I think there is a price. Mm -mm. I think there
is. Like, if you were to triple that, you know,
because then I don't have to work. That's $300
a day. I was about to say, if somebody's like,
hey, a grand, but you basically have to live
most of your life in your bathroom, I'd probably
do it. Yeah. A grand a day? Yeah. Right, because
then with a grand a day, you can still leave
the house. You can leave the bathroom. And with
enough money, you could tear one of the walls
in your bathroom down, and all of a sudden, now
your bathroom is a larger room. It's an open
concept. That maybe has room, space for a bed.
Exactly. You know? But $100 a day, I think I
wouldn't do it. Shit, if I'm tired enough, just
give me a blanket and a pillow. Right. I'll pass
out. It's fine. Yeah, I think $100 a day is not
enough for me, though, Bumbo. No, I agree. I'll
pass. Next DM I got here from CrippyGrew. Crip.
What's your favorite struggle meal? Ooh, a struggle
meal. I've always loved this. And it's so simple,
but it's got nutritional merit. Okay. Mac and
beans. You know, so you just get a box of mac
and cheese, probably cost you 99 cents. And then
you get a can of beans, which probably cost you
about 80 cents. And then you've got this wonderful
cheesy noodle dish with beans in it. So you get
the fiber, you get the protein from the beans,
right? And then you get the wonderful flavor
of mac and cheese. Yeah. And you got probably
two meals in that pot for $1 .80. That's true.
Mac and beans is one of my top two. That's good.
Yeah, the two I can think of. Well, actually,
there's three. One's grilled cheese. You need
two pieces of bread and a slice of cheese. A
little bit of butter on the pan. That's it. So
grilled cheese, definitely one of them. Another
one would be quesadillas. Same concept, just
tortillas instead of bread. Right, right. So
kind of the same difference there. And the other
one's peanut butter sandwich. Oh, yeah. Peanut
butter sandwich, handful of chips. I'm good to
go. Yeah. If you're feeling frisky, you can put
a banana on the peanut butter sandwich. Oh, wow.
Yeah. That's next level. That's what's up. I'm
also a ramen enjoyer. Yeah. I mean, it's not.
Like a ramen's 40 cents. It's 40 cents. Yeah.
That's true. Yeah. That's a good point. And you
can crack an egg in there, man. There's your
protein. You could crack an egg. You don't even
need a reason. Damn right. That's what I say.
I like it. Yeah, good struggle meals. Or just
an egg. This is true. Or just an egg. You know,
you heat up a pan, you crack an egg in there,
you can scramble it, you can fry it, whatever
you want to do. Put cheese on top, get crazy
with it. You're done. Yeah. So true. A fried
egg, dude. Yeah, man. I had a roommate not long
ago, and if she worked late or came in late,
I was like, one egg, sure. Turn on a frying pan,
crack an egg in there, a little bit of salt,
a little bit of pepper. Money. Every time. Every
time. Yeah. Something magical about eggs. Yep.
Oh, yeah. They're not just a breakfast food,
people. Anytime. It's a good food. It is. I dig
it. DM here from Freddy Bread. Hey, guys, what's
your take on donuts for dinner? For dinner? See,
I have a hard time taking a donut and making
it a meal in general. Sure. It's just kind of
a cake. Right. And so... It's a pastry. Right.
So if somebody is like, hey, would you make cake
into a dinner? I'd be like, no. Right. That's
strange. Would you take these cookies and make
that lunch? No. So I kind of feel the same way
about donuts. It's like, do I like a donut? Yes.
Is that my breakfast? No. Right. It is not. And
it's sure as hell not going to be my dinner.
No. I think donuts for dinner is a pass for me.
We both used to work at a bakery that specialized
in donuts. And I ate a lot of donuts while working
there because I would get a free one every day
just being an employee. So why not? I'm donutted
out, dude. I am still to this day. Yeah. The
last two, three, four years, I don't think I've
consumed one donut and I'm fine for it. Nope.
I'm good. It's just a shit ton of sugar. I'll
be honest. It's like I'm kind of done with donuts.
Like, every once in a while, like, somebody will
bring donut holes in the office. I'll have a
donut hole. Yeah. It's fine. But, like, look,
after Dunkin' Donuts, or what is it now? Just
Dunkin'? Just Dunkin'. Or is it just D? Who knows
what that one is? Get the D. Whatever. It's so
dumb. Look at your donut place. Just call it
Donuts, man. It's like, well, we really want
to sell coffee every... Place it as a donut has
coffee, you idiot. Jesus Christ. Well, let's
just call it Duncan. Duncan what? Duncan these
nuts? Got him. Good God. Yeah, I'm in a way right
now. Anyway, so point being, when they got rid
of the buttermilk donut, I was out. Yeah. If
I go to Dunkin' Donuts, you know what I do? I
get a bagel. Yeah, sure. That's what I do. I
get a bagel. Like, I want nothing to do with
your donut selection, even though I do love those
double chocolate ones. It's like, I just, nah.
Yeah. Nah. Bring the buttermilk back. We can
have a conversation. Right. Then we'll talk.
Then we'll talk. Yeah. I'm saying no on donuts
for dinner. That's just a no. And also a no on
donuts pretty much any other time. Almost, yeah.
I agree. Just not for me. Mm -mm. Last DM I received
here from Dr. Bunkbed. What are your favorite
and least favorite smells? Okay. So least favorite,
I'd have to say shit. Yeah. I was just about
to say like a public restroom after like 10 dudes
have just gone in there and shat. Right. Just
like literally dude had a crave case, went to
bed, woke up in the morning, took a massive dump.
Yeah. Like no way I'm following that bathroom.
I'm not. I just, no, condemn it. Yeah. Just burn
it down. Right. I want nothing to do with that.
So I'm thinking shit. Cat piss is foul. Oh, cat
piss is rancid, dude. Ammonial weirdness. Yeah.
It's bad. I'd say there... BO. Yeah, I was just...
Like, people that have really bad BO. Just about
to say that. There are certain people... And,
like, sometimes, like, I'll clock out of work,
right? And it's a physically laborious job. And
I'm like... It's by the end of the day, you're
a little rank. I'm kind of rank. I'm kind of
stinky. But there are some people that just have
a certain kind of... All the time. Certain kind
of BO that's just foul. Yep. And it's so nasty.
Yeah. Very off -putting. It is off -putting.
Maybe they should be off -putting. Maybe. Ha!
Ba -dum -bum. Ha. Anyways, smells I like. Yeah.
Some good smells. Oh, man. Fresh cut grass. Oh,
yeah. Dude, nothing wakes me up more than the
smell of coffee in the morning. If I wake up
and someone's already making coffee, I'm like,
oh, dude. It's almost like the caffeine has hit
me through the air. You know, fresh coffee. We
have a coffee shop here in Valparaiso, Indiana
called Fluid. God bless. Hey, Chuck and Allison,
what's up? Number one, it's a great coffee shop
anyway. But when you walk in there, I always
just take a deep breath. I'm just like, ah. Just
like immediately I'm just happy. Yeah. Yeah,
coffee's good. Somebody making breakfast in the
morning, you just smell that bacon or whatever.
Like there's just a different smell. And food
in general being cooked is good. Fresh brownies.
Fresh brown. Oh, my God. My office mate, Haley,
she has this brownie candle. So she puts that
thing on and I'm just like, oh, my God, I want
a brownie right now. It's just so good. So, yeah.
So that would be, yeah, food in general, but
definitely breakfast food. Yeah. For sure. Or
if somebody's got some meat on a grill. Oh, yeah.
That will do it for me for sure. Like that screams
summer. If somebody's like, give me a summer
smell, I'll be like, oh, meat on the grill. Yeah.
It is 100 % that. Burgers on the grill. Goddamn.
Football leather. I love the smell of that. That's
what's up. There are certain perfumes and colognes
I really like, too. Like a masculine one, like
a mahogany or a sandalwood or something like
that. Always very good. And then certain perfumes,
like vanilla, floral kind of ones are quite endearing.
Yeah, those are good. I would also, even though
it's terrible for the environment. When people
are burning their twigs and branches and leaves
and stuff in the fall, it just smells like fall.
Bonfires, fire pits. It just smells like fall.
Yeah. It's just like immediately I'm like, oh
my God, bonfire, need a beer in my flannel and
my jeans, man. Dude, that sounds so nice. What
a happy place, you know? Holy shit. You ain't
kidding there, man. Once again, the simple stuff,
man. Yes. That's it. 100%. Yeah, that's a good
smell too. Yeah. Yeah, I'm 100 % on board. So
that was your last one? Twas. Alrighty. Well,
now we're on to South Side Theater. Indeed. Quite.
Quite. So this week, and by the way, in case
you've been under a rock, my friend, South Side
Theater is what it is. It is us doing scenes
from famous movies or shows. And we are doing
them in the voice of Southsiders, Chicago Southsiders.
And I think we've had fun so far. We did, I think,
Pulp Fiction. We did A Few Good Men. We did Doctor
Who. Doctor Who, yeah. So I think this is our
fourth one, right? Yes. Yeah, this is our fourth
one. So hopefully you like it. This one goes
into a little Comic -Con, a little Marvel universe.
We're doing the first Avengers movie. And this
is the scene about... Three quarters of the way
through the movie, this is when a group called
the Chitauri are attacking New York City, led
by the Norse god Loki. Quite. Thor's brother.
And the scene occurs in Tony's penthouse between
Tony Stark, who is Iron Man. Yes. And Loki. Who
would you like to be, sir? I would love to be
Loki. Would you love to be Loki? All right, this
is Southside Theater, The Avengers, whenever
you are ready, sir. And action. That Chitauri
are coming. Nothing will change that. What do
I have to fear? The Avengers. That's what we
call ourselves. We're sort of like a team. Earth's
Mightiest Heroes type of thing. My friend, I've
met them. Yeah, takes us a while to, you know,
get any traction. I'll give you that one. But
let's do a head count. Here, your brother, the
demigod, super soldier, living legend who kind
of lives up to the legend, man with breathtaking
anger management issues, a couple of master assassins,
and you, big fella. You managed to piss off every
single one of them. That was the plan. Not a
great plan. When they come, they will. They'll
come for you. I have an army. We have a Hulk.
I thought the beast had wandered off. You're
missing the point. There's no throne. There's
no version of this where you come out on top.
Maybe your army comes and maybe it's too much
for us. But it's all on you because if we can't
protect Earth, you can be damn well sure we're
going to avenge it. And cut. And cut. A gem.
Absolute gem. I've got an army. We've got a Hulk.
That's beautiful. Great scene. That's a great
scene and a great movie. Marvel Avengers, I would
give a 9 out of 10. That could have gotten a
10th point. If the movie sounded a little more
like that. Yeah. I would agree. Yeah, if you
just had... If it were done in Chicago, for example.
We got a Hulk. Yeah. Oh. Yeah, it was this Loki
guy. Hey. Hey, Ani. Hey, yeah. Can you get my
Louisville Slugger there? Yeah, in the front
room? Yeah. Yeah, by the couch over by there.
Yeah. Yeah. Hey, I'm going to light this Loki
guy up. Give them a bonking. Yeah, I think that
Chitauri would have, they would have took off.
Yeah, right. They're like, screw this plan. If
everybody's like them, no, we're good. We're
out. We're done. We're not paid enough for this.
No, no, no, no. All right, we're going to take
a quick break. When we come back, our feature
segment, You Just Made the List. All right, we
are back, and it is time for You Just Made the
List. It is our top ten list of, oh, God, just
about anything, ten through two, and then we
do our big number one reveal. And let me consult
this rather large book here, Book of Rules. Book
of Rules. What do we got here? The rules for
You Just Made the List are, well, look at that,
just one. No rules. Wahoo! Let's freaking go,
Chad. Let's go. Everyone smooch that subscribe
button if that's what's up. Like, subscribe,
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all good with it. Today's top 10 list is top
10 skylines. City Skylines, baby. Beautiful City
Skylines. Plenty to choose from. I will turn
it over to my esteemed colleague to get his top
ten first. All righty. So I'll run my ten through
two, saving my big number one reveal at the end.
Number ten, best city skyline on the globe, San
Francisco, USA. Iconic. Golden Gate Bridge is
a part of it. That's what's up. That's pretty
righteous. That trans -American building, the
one with the little point at the top, that's
kind of cool. Number nine, I've got Toronto,
Canada. Yeah, Toronto's good. Got that one tall,
spiky -looking guy. Yep. I don't know what it's
called. It's Chicago of Canada, my friend. Yeah,
that is true. Number eight, Seattle, USA. Seattle's
great. Seattle's so cool. I love Seattle. Never
got to go up in the Space Needle. No, well, you
know, we can go back. This is true. Nothing's
stopping us. We can definitely go back. Number
seven on my list is Hong Kong, China. So cool.
I think it's one of the most crowded places on
the planet. Yes, it is. But it's just so cool.
So if you like crowds, it might be tough for
you. But just go out at three in the morning.
Yeah, exactly. Who's going to stop you? China.
Oh. I don't think that's against the law. I don't
either. Yeah. I'm not informed. Their laws are
probably better than ours, too. Yeah. Number
six, Los Angeles, USA. Okay. Just so iconic.
And, of course, the... hundreds of hours we put
into GTA 5. Oh, my God, right? It's burned into
our skulls. It is, 100%. And it's a funny story.
I think we've told it on this before. But the
very first time I picked up that game, I never
really liked to play the story. I just wanted
to free play the game. But, like, I would always
be like, Aiden, play through this for me, would
you? So I could just do the free play shit at
the end and have all the money. But, like, we
would still, like, do it together and hang out.
And, like, he'd be driving around. I'm like...
Why do I feel like I know where this is? And
then there was like the Hollywood sign and the
other shit. I'm like, wait a minute. Yeah, Vinewood.
Right, this is LA. I'm like, holy shit. Like
I knew where everything was in the game. It was
crazy. Yeah, very cool. Number five on my list,
Singapore, Singapore. Super, super cool. And
we also have listeners in Singapore. We do. Shout
out. How you doing, guys? My man. Number four,
Panama City, Panama. Super cool skyline. That's
true. I missed that one. That was a good one.
Number three on my list, New York City, USA.
Gotta have him on there. You got to. The scene
from the harbor is kind of cool. Yeah. And number
two on my list, I'll save my number one, Chicago,
USA. Ooh, okay. Easily, I was flip -flopping
my number one and number two. Were you? Quite
a few times, but Chicago's so beautiful. Sears
Tower, the Hancock building. Yeah, I would encourage
anybody that's a visitor to the city, I mean,
you're going to hit the museums anyway because
Chicago's got some of the best museums. If you
go out to where the Shed and the Adler Planetarium
are, that is where you get the best view of the
skyline. So cool. And I would highly recommend
you go at sunset and wait until it gets dark
because it's unreal. And if you can, depending
how long you stay in the city, just drive along
Lakeshore Drive at night. Pay attention, though.
Don't hit the guy in front of you. It's an awesome
view, though. Yeah, do it post -traffic. There
you go. Post -traffic and just drive, dude. It's
so beautiful. Yeah, it is. All right, I'll jump
on mine. Aiden will wait on his number one. I
have a few honorable mentions. I have Seattle.
I have Rio de Janeiro. And I have Frankfurt,
Germany. Oh. Google that shit. Frankfurt. Very
cool skyline. Number 10, I have Kuala Lumpur
in Malaysia. Oh, that's a good call. So cool.
I almost missed it. And then I happened to be
like, God, what am I missing? And I knew it was
in Southeast Asia. And Kuala Lumpur. So cool.
That's a good call. Thank you. Nine is Toronto.
Some of these will be the same. Eight is New
York. Seven is Sydney, Australia. Sydney, Australia.
Oh, I missed that one. With the bridge and all.
It's just so cool. Really great skyline for Sydney.
That's a good call, man. Thank you. Number six,
I have Singapore. Number five, I have Tokyo.
Tokyo, Japan has a really great skyline. Such
a massive city, too. Oh, it's so big. Number
four is Hong Kong. Number three is San Francisco.
I do love that skyline and the hills and the
bridge. Like, all of it just really amazing.
Number two, Dubai. Ooh, Dubai. That's a good
call, too. Dubai's skyline is sick. Yeah. Yeah,
I miss Dubai and I miss Sydney. Damn. Throw those
honorable mentions. You can do that. There's
no rules. You can throw those on. I'll add Dubai
and Sydney. The number one on my list, best city
skyline, in my humble opinion, Shanghai, China.
So stunning. Did I miss that altogether? I did
miss that. Yeah. Okay. Well, guess what I'm doing.
You're going to put on your honorable mentions?
Yes, I am. Yeah, I had to put Shanghai at number
one. It was tough. I was flipping Shanghai and
Chicago. Shanghai is beautiful. That is true.
So cool. So, so cool. What's the skyline? Let
me ask you this. What's the skyline when we were
doing GeoGuessr? uh on our a &m gaming which
you should check out uh what's that skyline remember
it was right on the water that was shanghai was
that shanghai yeah because it was so amazing
i recognized it immediately and you were like
how the fuck do you pull that one right right
and it's just like it's all coming back to me
now like because at the time we're just like
god it's gorgeous that was shanghai yes okay
yes it was yeah definitely worthy That's great.
Yeah. My number one is Chicago. And it's not
to be a homer kind of thing about it because
I've done my share of traveling, been to most
major cities in the United States. And I just
have to say that view, as I mentioned, from like
over by the Adler Planetarium, unreal. Yeah.
You do one of those riverboat tour things. Dude,
get real. I highly recommend that. By the way,
dude, there's like ones on the riverboat and
then ones that go out on the lake. Don't go out
on the lake. you're going to puke your brains
out. 100%. The waves, like going into waves when
you're on a boat is just, it kind of just makes
the boat jumpy, right? So it's just kind of an
up and down. That isn't going to make you as
sick until it makes that turn. And now it's side
to side. Rocking side. It's up and down and it's
side to side. You're going to lose your stomach,
bro. I was green like the Hulk, but I wasn't
the Hulk. I was incredibly vulnerable, ready
to speed my brains out. Yeah. As were half the
people on that boat. And for anyone that doesn't
know, For anyone unfamiliar, you might hear the
words Lake Michigan and think of a lake. No.
It's like an ocean. It's like an ocean. It's
big. Massive. It's big. So you get swells. You
get big waves for sure. Yes, stay to the River
Tour. The River Tour is awesome. It takes you
through the heart of Chicago, and you get to
see all the cool buildings. So I would recommend
that. Yeah, just make sure whatever you do, if
the Dave and Matthews Band is in town, don't
take the riverboat under their bus. Right. If
you see yourself going by, especially maybe a
day where you bring an umbrella and you go under
that bridge, just throw that puppy up. Yeah,
exactly. Got to be safe when Dave Matthews is
around. You never know. You never know. You might
get shat on. That's a real story. You can look
that up. It is a real story. He let his shit
go on a bridge while a tour boat was passing
underneath. Yeah. Can't make that up. If I'm
CPD, you're under arrest right now. Oh, yeah.
That whole band. Get in jail. Instant to jail.
And my friend, get in the paddy wagon. We're
taking you downtown here, buddy. We're taking
you downtown. Hey, you're pouring poop on people.
What is wrong with you? All right. Before we
hit the home stretch here, ladies and gentlemen,
we've resurrected this little thing called Quiz
Time. Quiz Time. Trust me, next week I'm making
one for him because I think he enjoys grilling
me way too much. This is true. So I will definitely
be making one for him next week. But I look forward
to it. I know nothing, like no topic, no anything.
This is true. You're going completely blind to
this quiz. Fire away, I guess. All right. I have
mixed general trivia for you today. Okay. It
is not themed, but Jeopardy style questions,
but I've worded them like a regular quiz. You
don't have to answer Jeopardy style. Got you.
First, we got 14 questions. A total of 22 points
to be had, though. So some of these are two or
three parters. Okay. All right. Start off with
this one. Lovely listeners, you can play along
at home. Keep track of your own points, though.
I cannot do that from here. So. Are you ready?
I am ready. Question numero uno. How many bones
are there in an adult human? Do I get any grace
here? Do I get like... I'll give you a little
plus or minus. Okay. All right. Get her pretty
close. 427. 427? God damn. Maybe after they get
hit by a bus. No, not 427. It's a little high.
Holy shit. Shut up. No, the reason I say that
is because you've got a lot of small bones in
your wrist and your ankle and your toes. 427.
I don't know. Dude is counting every molecule.
I'm counting teeth. I'm counting everything,
man. Every molecule of the bone. I don't know.
Maybe. Jesus Christ. Lovely listener, did you
get this point? I'll take half of that then.
I'll go 202. I'll give you the point for that.
206. Oh, okay. All right, good. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
427. God damn. That's the first number I thought
of. Holy shit. That's the first number I thought
of. Oh, man. And the number is higher in infants
just because the skull is sectionized and there's
a couple other bones. I think kids have 220 or
something like that. Okay. But yeah, adults,
206. I'll give you the point. Okay. In what decade?
Did the Berlin Wall fall? Don't have to get exact
year. You just got to get the decade. Okay. So
it was Gorbachev and it was Reagan. Sounds about
right. Bush won in 88. Reagan's brain was scrambled
those last couple of years. Yeah. So I got to
say a decade in the 80s. 1980s is correct. Got
that one in. Locked that in. All right. This
question is worth three points. Oh, shit. In
terms of government agencies, what do USDA, USPS,
and SEC respectively stand for? Okay. Give me
one at a time. USDA. USDA, United States Drug
Administration? Ew. Am I close? No. No? Oh, United
States Department of Agriculture. Correct. Okay.
Yep. That's what that was. You got that point
there. Yeah, you were confusing it with the FDA.
Right. I was. USPS is the next one. United States
Postal Service. Correct. Two out of three. Can
you get the third one? SEC. Securities and Exchange
Commission. Three for three. My man. Let's go.
Let's go. My man, you're on a rip. All right.
Five for five points. I'll take it. In which
decade did the Titanic sink? Okay. The 1910s.
My man. You got it. Yes. You got it again. All
right. Mine to roll. Which of the four Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles is named after the painter
of the Sistine Chapel? Michelangelo. My man.
Huge. Huge. Got that. Are you keeping up at home,
lovely listeners? Let's go. My man has hit every
point. Sorry for these quick answers. You guys
are probably like, wait a minute. Shut the hell
up, dude. I'll give a couple seconds. Yeah. I
will. You're seven for seven points right now.
All right. I'll take it. Skyler White is the
wife of which main character of Breaking Bad?
Oh. Shit. That's Walter White. Walter White is
correct. I guess I could have just said Skyler.
Didn't have to give the last name. Right. That
was a poorly worded question. That's okay. I'll
take it. I'll internalize that for next time.
How many players are there on a basketball court
any given time during regulation play? How many
basketball players are on the court at one time?
Yep. Ten. Sure. All right. I don't see why not.
Cool. Thanks for that. Thanks for that bone.
All 206 of them. Right. 427 of them. Shut up.
What is the... I should take that point away.
What is the capital of Sweden? Stockholm. Stockholm,
Sweden is correct. In terms of outer space, what
does NASA stand for? National Aeronautics...
Oh, that S is problematic. Think about it. Space
Administration. Yep. There you go. National Aeronautics
and Space Administration. Why did I brain fart
on the S? That's okay. We're not going to hold
it against you. Right. Bones. Another three -point
question. Yeah. In terms, in internet shorthand
terms, what do SMH, IYKYK, and POV respectively
stand for? Okay. Once again, let's do one at
a time. SMH. Shake my head. Yep. I -Y -K -Y -K.
If you know, you know. Correct. P -O -V. Point
of view. Correct. He's got it. He's got it. I'm
on a roll today, guys. Chronically online. I'm
on a roll. That was it. She said online. I'm
like, I'm on a line a lot. Okay. Who sings the
iconic 2000s hip -hop track called In Da Club?
That would be 50 Cent, my friends. That would
be 50 Cent. It's about a quarter more than I
got right now. You have yet to miss a point.
Holy shit. And we're on to the last handful of
questions here. Okay. Another three -pointer.
We'll do one at a time here. This is American
government terms. What do these stand for? Start
off with DOT. Department of Transportation? Correct.
Okay. Next up, FAA. Oh, man. That's... Oh, shit.
I know what it's for. Yeah. Because, like, they
control all the airports and everything. Federal
airspace? No. Federal... God damn it. Yeah. I
know I know this one. Tip of the tongue, huh?
Yeah. It's on the tip of the tongue. The Federal...
Oh, God. Aeronautics Administration. I don't
know. We're going to be missing a point on there.
Federal Aviation Administration. God damn it.
Aviation. So close. You had like just so similar,
such similar adjectives. So similar nouns. My
brain broke on that one. Shit. The final government
term I'm looking for. IRS. Oh, fuck those guys.
Internal Revenue Service. Correct. Oh, the first
missed point. Oh, my God. I thought you were
going to get a hundo. I thought I was going to
sweep, man. Damn it. In what country was golf
invented? Scotland. Scotland is correct. Final
question. Yes. Another three -pointer. And I
know this is one of your specialities. Oh, shit.
In computer terms. Oh, no. We're doing abbreviations
again. You have to tell me what these stand for.
Let's start off with USB. Oh, shit. I know it's
up in that brain somewhere. Universal... Shit.
No, that's not what the S is. Universal shit
boy. I'm taking a universal shit right now. Good
God. Universal... nah nothing nothing nothing's
coming we were looking for universal serial bus
okay yeah yeah got it now psu wow you're getting
me on these computer ones i'll give you a hint
this is a piece of hardware psu uh hmm i'm listeners
at home you guys have any idea no nothing We're
looking for power supply unit. Yeah. On that
one. Final computer term we're looking for, GPU.
GPU? Yes. Uh, PU's processing unit? This is correct.
Uh, G. G? G. Gosh darn it. I'd like to at least
get one of these. Yeah. Gigabyte? Oh, no! Okay,
I'll give you another shot here, and I'll give
you another hint. We just recently, in the last
year, upgraded multiple parts on my computer.
I know. This is one of them. Yeah. I do this,
guys. I know my way around a computer, and it's
just the acronyms have just left my brain because
I don't do it all the time anymore. Okay. What
did we do? We updated your RAM. Dedotated WAM.
I think we did your processor, right? What processor?
God damn you. You think I'm going to give you
that? I was hoping you'd slip. You slipped with
Walter White. Yeah, this is true. I don't know.
That would be the graphics processing unit. Graphics.
God damn it. Yeah, because we did GPU, CPU, PSU,
and RAM. We did. Shocks, man. Oh, drop the last
three. That's tough. Right. Well, to be honest,
you only missed four points. I did. So out of
a... Possible 22. You got 18. I'll take it. That's
passing. That's a high B, low A grade. I'll take
it. That's solid. I'll take it. You were on a
rip in the beginning, too. I was on a rip. And
then just of all things, the computer turns me
down. Shucks. It's like if you don't use it all
the time anymore, I'm convinced your brain is
exactly like a hard drive. Oh, sure. And so if
there's old data in there and you defrag, it's
gone. It's gone. It's gone. And I feel like it's
like when people like, like I'll say a Spanish
word. It's like, oh, your pronunciation was so
great. I'm like, you don't get it. I took eight
years of this shit. Right. And like if a Spanish
speaking person comes up to me and says something,
I. Okay. Right. Yeah. I just, I don't know. Yeah.
But, and once again, my brain probably is like,
well, he's not using this. Yeah. Toss that one
in the recycle bin. He just started this new
job. What are we going to kick out? Ah, kick
that Spanish out of here. Okay. All right. Damn.
Out the door. Out the door. We're not using it.
Yeah. Damn. Well, well done regardless. Well,
thank you. I appreciate it. Yeah, certainly.
I'm pissed the computer shit let me down, but.
Let us know in the comments. Lovely listeners.
How did you do? Do you find quiz time excellent?
Because I find it a lot of fun. It is a lot of
fun. I'm putting him on the hot seat next week
for sure. It's only fair. I think it's fair.
Keep it fair. Yeah. Anyway, quick break. We'll
come back. We're going to sip on some beer and
finish up a tier listing. All right, everybody,
we're in the homestretch here. It is time for
a beer review. The official beer review. The
official, the only, the best, the greatest beer
review right here on the Mark Moe Show. Good
adjectives. Makes sense. Just threw a few out
there. Don't ask me computer terms again. It's
just out of my brain. Just not in my brain pan
anymore. Anyway. Anywhere in my brain, really.
So, yeah, we're going to sip on some beer. That
I know. I know beer a lot. So we're going to
drink some beer here and we'll let you know what
we think about it. And we found this little gem
this morning. And once again, love a lot of these
breweries. craft beer, microbrews, all this,
come up with some of the coolest cans. They're
so neat. And this is by Revolution Brewing. I'll
let Aiden tell you a little bit about it. It's
called Bottom Up Wit. Revolution Brewing. It
is a wheat beer, 5 .1 % ABV, 14 on the International
Bidders Unit. From Revolution Brewing, as we
said, regional brewery out of Chicago, Illinois.
One of the best skylines in the world, as we
talked about. I already said it. As Revolution
says, Our interpretation of this classic and
refreshing Belgian -style wit ale is inspired,
brewed with organic pilsner and wheat malts from
Canada. God bless Canada. Freshly ground coriander
and curacao orange peel, along with special wit
yeast strain contribute wonderful orange and
citrus aromas and a crisp, silky mouthfeel. Love
it. We're going to rank it on the Untapped app,
scale of 0 to 5 on how much we like it. We'll
give you tasting notes. Indeed we will. And it'll
be all good. All right. We're drinking it straight
out the can today. That's right. For anyone wondering.
And a very cool can, mind you. Super neat. Yeah.
It's kind of hard to say what it reminds me of,
but... It has a woman kind of Rosie Riveter looking.
I was just about to say Rosie Riveter. With her
little head thing on there. With the sun rising
and the wheat fields in the back. A little barn
in a silo. Yep. It's got some barley and hops
on the front. Her raising a fancy glass. And
it has the little Revolution Star logo on there.
Very neat. Yeah, very cool can. Yeah. I dig it.
So, bottom up to you, Slainte. Bottom up, Whit.
What does that mean? I don't know. Ooh. I like
that. What was the spice they said? Coriander?
Yeah. I'm getting it. I'm getting it in there.
Me too. Yeah, it's almost a touch of savory that
I didn't expect. I definitely get the orange.
I like it, though. Yeah, that spice in there
is... It's unique and refreshing. Was there orange?
Because I got that a little bit. Yeah, I got
a touch of orange in there. Yeah, they said something
about Curacao, which is awesome. We have listeners
there, too. What's up, guys? My man. This is
tasty. Pretty smooth. Yeah, that spice really
punches you in there. Not in an overwhelming
way, though, I'm going to say. I'd agree. Yeah,
definitely. Like a leaf something on the tongue,
but not like an IPA. It's not piney at all. No,
totally agree. Like what's left on the tongue
is this, the coriander, a little bit of the orange
peel or whatever. Coriander, maybe a touch of
fennel? Something in there is giving a touch
of savory spice. Not spice as in spicy, but spice
as in coriander slash fennel. God, that's good.
Yeah. Yeah, nicely spiced, touch of orange. Yet
still pretty damn smooth. Yeah, very, very drinkable.
Mm -hmm. I think price point on this, I think
it was like three and a half bucks. Wasn't bad.
Four bucks per can. Wasn't bad at all. Pretty
tasty. I think I'm going to lock in a 3 .25 out
of five for this one. Okay. I'll give it smooth
as far as the flavor profile goes. I'll give
it spiced. Smooth, spiced. I'll add orange in
there. Orange, coriander. Yeah. Quite nice. I'll
give it a 3 .25. I like that. Yeah, I went just
a little bit higher on that. I went at a three
and a half on that one. That's fair. Totally.
Yeah, no doubt. But I did like it very much.
I went ahead and added a couple of my own. To
the flavor notes? To the flavor notes. Flavor
profile. I put coriander. I put orange. Light
-bodied, smooth, and sweet. Yeah, I agree. Totally
agree with all that. So those are, like, some
other popular ones. Banana. I didn't get banana.
No. I didn't get banana at all. Because banana
is a flavor I think is very unique. If that had
jumped out, like, on my tongue, I would have
known that. It's an overpowering flavor, too.
Mm -hmm. And when I say sweet, I don't mean,
like, overwhelmingly sweet. It's not a dessert
beer. No, not at all. It's just a hint of it.
Right. Yeah, just a nice weed beer, but then,
like, touch of spice, spices. Yeah. Touch of
orange. I like it. Good summery beer, too. It's
nice and light. You know, it's not overly sweet,
like you were saying, not overly thick or malty,
but definitely heavier than a light beer. I think
so. Yeah. Yeah. But it's very, very good. I enjoyed
it. My badges, I got International Beer Day.
Hoppy International Beer Day. Beer is the common
thread that connects us worldwide, bringing people
together in a unique way. Isn't that true? It
is. It's so true. It is definitely unique. And
then I unlocked a badge. 100. Artisan. Nice job
exploring the world of beer. You've sampled over
100 different beers. Hey, my man. Different brews.
Got the triple digits going. Indeed I did. I
wonder if you get quadruple digits if it's just
like... Are you okay? Do you need some help?
Are you okay? Right. Is alcohol a problem for
you? It's just like you place that one bet. Like
if you go into DraftKings or something, you're
like, oh, yeah, I'm going to throw $20 on the
Bears. They give you all those warnings like,
do you have a gambling problem? I just threw
$20 on the Bears, my guy. I'm like, no, I don't.
Calm down. Thank you for asking. It's like Instagram
today. I think they just started doing this.
So I jump on my Instagram account this morning.
I literally scroll less than a minute. Probably
30 seconds. I scroll up through a few things
and all of a sudden it wouldn't let me scroll
anymore. And there's a little message at the
bottom. It's just like, do you need a break from
scrolling? I'm like, I've been doing it for less
than a minute. I'm like, look, if I'm on your
app for five minutes, yeah, throw a message my
way. I'm good though. Right. Oh, it's crazy.
I think they're all trying to avoid like future
lawsuits. Maybe. Just like actually rotting people's
minds. Right. So if they go to sue, they'll be
like, well, we warned them. Right. Right. I think
it's their backup plan. Mm -hmm. I got a badge
here. Cheers to Independent U .S. Craft Breweries,
level 66. Oh, good God. They called me a beer
patriot. Did you get the warning label yet? No,
not quite yet. Are you okay, sir? Yeah. I got
Middle of the Road, level 61. Looking for more
kick than a session beer, but want to be able
to stay for a few rounds. So greater ABV than
5, but less than 10. Ooh, I like it. Epic and
cool. Nice beer. It was a nice beer. We're now
on to our final segment for the show, our tier
listing. And kind of at the end here, we kind
of move back and forth from World of Weird News
and tier listings. We've been on a little bit
of a tier listing kick and we have an abandoned.
World of Weird News. Just a little break from
it. I'm sure we'll keep going back and forth.
It'll come back around. Both are nice ways to
end the show. Funny ways to end the show. So
I'm interested in your tier listing. Tier listing.
We are continuing because we are both very much
music enjoyers. Oh yeah. We go through a lot
of you just made the lists that are music focused.
We do a handful of opening dialogues that are
music focused. So we've been having a lot of
fun doing a tier listing on Yes. So I've got
some hits from the 2000s into the 2010s today.
Okay. That I'm going to have Mark Moe of the
Mark Moe Show rank on a scale of F being the
worst of the worst, D being bad, C being mid,
B being good, A being great, S being the best
of the best. Of the best. Of the best. Now, we're
going to start with six songs from the 2000s.
Mm -hmm. And you're going to rank them. Okay.
We're going to start off. with Umbrella by Rihanna.
Umbrella. Ella. There is a love and hate relationship
with this song that only one other person knows
about, and she lives in Canada. And I had just
told her so many times when this song came out,
I'm like, this song makes me want to drink. This
song makes me want to punch a child. kick a dog,
jump off a bridge. I just couldn't Ella, Ella,
Ella, Ella, A, A. I'm like, oh my God. I'm like,
Rihanna, I love 90 % of your shit. This is not
one of them. This ain't it, Chad. This ain't
it. And I like, it so became like this running
joke with us. And so then it actually, with like
just mental health and awareness and stuff. Then
it became kind of a running gag for us. Like
if I was having a rough day, she would just send
me this little umbrella with the rain. Like you
can stand on my umbrella. So then like from something
that became so hated, it became something like
so kind. Like you can stand under my umbrella
kind of thing. And that became this running thing
between us. It's hard for me to give it an F
because of that. But you're tempted to. There's
a deeper thought and meaning to it now. Sure,
sure. Although the song itself is not the greatest.
I'm going to go C -. C - is more generous than
I thought you would be. Yeah, just due to what
it really means for me. Sure. So C -. That's
totally fair. Rihanna? You have a million better
songs. Yes. Oh, for sure. Any Rihanna stans out
there, don't take that the wrong way. No. Just
no Ella, Ella, Ella, A, A, A's anymore, please.
Right. Next song from the 2000s, It Wasn't Me
by Shaggy. I do like it. It's kind of a bar song.
It's catchy. You hear that at the bar a lot.
It wasn't me. It wasn't me. Under the bus, it
wasn't me. Wherever. Yeah, under the bus. It's
all over the place. I do like it. I give it a
solid B. It's catchy. It's catchy and fun. Yeah.
Catchy chorus for sure. Next up, Hey Ya by Outkast.
A. A all the way. It's a banger, and I know you
like it. Yes. But I love... Andre, not only is
he good in music and... Very talented. He's a
good actor, too, and he's a funny dude, so I
like them in general. That's totally solid. I'm
reaching my judge's hand in. Oh, no. I'm putting
an A+. You're going to do an A +, okay. I'm putting
my plus on there. Okay, I got you. Since You've
Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson. Since you've been
gone. I can't breathe for the first time. Yeah,
yeah. And why did he give me a D? A D? I'll never
know. Yeah, it's a D. It's like, stop whining.
Stop with so much good music. Why did we have
to whine? Kelly Clarkson gets the first D. No,
and see, that's the thing. As a person, I like
her a lot. She's funny. She loves metal, which
is very endearing to me. But that one is just
this. whiny no just no once again so much so
many better songs oh sure totally sure kelly
clarkson you get a d i'm sorry next up toxic
by britney spears oh hey Like, I didn't even
have to think twice. That's the thing, man. It's
funny because I shocked a friend of mine the
other day. And she's like, were you just singing
to Britney? And I'm just like, I know all of
her music. She's great. I'm like, I don't know
what it is. It's just catchy. It's fun. It's
not serious. Right. Like, she read the room.
She understood the assignment. It's just like
everything's a banger. Yeah. Like, I don't think
there's a song of hers I hate, to be completely
honest. I can agree with that. Yeah. Like, at
worst, it's mid. Yeah. At worst. Like, everything
is a banger. Yeah. Totally agree. Yeah, I like
it. That's solid. Britney Spears gets an A. Last
song we're ranking from the 2000s, How You Remind
Me by Nickelback. This is how you remind me of
who I am. so catchy oh man nickelback i listen
to it and i feel like i deserve a nickelback
Oh, God, I can't. I can't. And I know Ryan Reynolds
did that little funny bit about Nickelback and,
like, says all their awards and Juno Awards and
they got the From the Toilet Bowl Award or whatever
awards that they get. I get it. I understand.
I can't. I can't with them. There's, like, two
songs of theirs I like. There's, oh, God, I can't
even think of the name of it. It's like, and
we're standing on our back and I was doing crack
or whatever that one is. Animal or something
like that? Animal. That one is fine. That would
be their highest ranked one for me. And then
the one about the playboy bunnies in the mansion,
whatever that one is. I keep doing it like a
country voice, but it's very Southern rock -ish
for the time. Sure. I'll be at there from Canada,
but you figure it out. I don't know. God, I got
to get here. I'm telling you, remind me why we
really suck. Damn. D? Oh, so sorry, Nickelback.
I'm sorry. I want my Nickelback. I'm going to
reach my judge hand in. Oh, no. What are you
doing? I'm going to move it to a D+. Oh, no.
Why? Because it's a great track. Oh, no. Oh,
guy was being nice. This is true. I was being
nice. This is true. All right. We're moving on
to the 2010s. Oh, all right. Here we go. We're
going to start off California Girls by Katy Perry.
Here's the thing. I'm not sure I like Katy Perry
as a person. I don't know. Brittany, I know I
like. I feel bad because I think she's got some
shit going on right now. I do feel bad about
that. That's just life under the fucking capitalist
microscope. I feel bad for her. Katy, I don't
know. I feel she handles herself well. I think
she has questionable morals. I don't know. Yeah,
I just don't. I don't know. I'll just say I don't
know. But there are a lot of her songs that are
bangers. She did the one Super Bowl show. She
was on a big -ass dolphin or some shit. I didn't
think she could do a Super Bowl show, but when
it was done, I was like, that's kind of kooky
and crazy. I kind of dug it. It was kind of neat.
Boy, oh boy. The one Las Vegas one I like a lot,
Leaving Las Vegas or whatever that is. God, I
relate to that song so much. I think my favorite
Perry song is I Kissed a Girl. Yeah. Such a bop,
dude. Yeah, it is. I'll tell you what. I'm going
to give this one a solid B +, simply because
Snoop's in it. Yes. And he does his little rap
in there. He's got a good verse. So I'll throw
that out there. That's totally fair. Next up,
Tick Tock by Kesha. I love this fucking song,
dude. Kesha's great. Plus the fact like back
in the day when she was like hitting it and getting
big, especially with this song, she was on an
interview and she's like, yeah, I like big burly
guys with beards. And I was a big burly guy with
a beard. I'm like, oh, so you're saying there's
a chance. All right. My man. I see you, Kesha.
Whatever. So seriously, though, like it's just
it's a bop, man. It's just like when you hear
it at the bar, it's just fun. Yes, totally. And
everyone knows the words. I have yet to do this
today, so I might as well just do it. I'm going
to give it the S tier. My man. Kesha, S tier.
It's fun. I love that song. Really, really good.
Next up, out of the 2010s, Stressed Out by 21
Pilots. And see, I love these guys. Can't wait
to see them next month, by the way. Really looking
forward to it. But. No, no, no. And there's really
no but. It's literally me splitting hairs on
this one. It's not like a bad one. Blurry Face
is such a great album, too. It's a great album.
And there's like eight, nine, ten songs that
I really like. This one's probably in the middle
of all of that. But I relate to this song also.
Sure. All right. Fair enough. I was between A
and S. I'm going to throw another S in there.
Another S tier. Yeah. And what power that album
holds that what you just said was one of their
mid -tier songs on the album is still an S. Yeah.
It's a great album. Great album. Yep. Call Me
Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen. Hey, I just met you.
Don't. And this is crazy. It's so crazy. Call
me maybe. Oh, my God. How about I don't? Yeah.
I'll pass, actually. I'm going to pass on that.
I do appreciate it. And here's my business card.
Oh, God. I don't know much else from her. Me
neither, actually. I think she's Canadian. I
could be wrong. Last name Jepson kind of sounds
Swedish, though. Last name Jepson wants me, wants
me, I want, no, let me, hold on. Reset. Rewind.
Fix it in post. Jepson makes me want Malort.
Let me just throw that out there. That's so true.
Jepson makes me want Malort. And you're like,
this guy is a sadist. No, no, no. Look. His name
is Carl Jepson Malort. Malort. And he makes one
of the best beverages that has ever graced my
mouth. Right. You guys just break bad on... You
know what? I'm going to give her a B just because...
That's crazy. It's Jepsen. The song itself is
like a D -. It's a D - at best. But based on
Jepsen and now making me want a shot of Malort,
you get a B. Carl Jepsen's Malort has saved Carly
Rae. It really did. It really did. Unbelievable.
Final two songs from the 2010s. Thrift Shop by
Macklemore. I love... Well, I'm just going to
be straight up. I love Macklemore. He's a cool
guy. I love most of what he does. Yeah. He's
from Seattle, which is a city I love. And Thrift
Shop is just such a bang. Ha! It was 99 cents.
I love that shit. S tier all the way. S tier,
my man. It's so catchy. I love it. It's a great
tune. Yes. Final song. We're ranking today. Bad
Guy by Billie Eilish. Now, I'm going to preface
what I'm about to say. Okay. By saying I kind
of, when she first came out, I kind of bagged
on her because she has a certain vocal style
at the time when she came out that no one else
really had. This is true. And I can't even, I
imitate people and things and stuff like that
vocally. I can't even do it justice by trying
to imitate her. I can't. I just can't do it.
It's almost kind of like a... But every song
is kind of like that vocal style. And that's
original. And so that's good. I have no problem
with that. But, I don't know, over time, I think
she's come out of that a little bit. And she's
actually quote -unquote singing a little bit
more now. She has a very nice voice. Her song,
I think it's called Happier Than Ever. Super
great. Right. And she did that one for the Barbie
movie, I think, that was pretty good, if I remember
correctly. I could be wrong, but I think it was
the Barbie movie. Anyway, that being said, and
I kind of like the breakdown at the end of that
song. I do. So, oh, God, I want to do her justice
because I think as a person, she's super cool.
And like she does all the recordings with her
brother. And I love that shit. Like when people
do stuff with their friends or their family.
Yeah. I dig that a lot. So, oh, man. And she's
just real. Like there's so many plastic chicks
and dudes. Oh, sure. It's like, I just don't,
I can't. But she's just fucking, she's herself.
Yeah. And I do like that. I'm going to give her
a B based on the fact that I like her and I do
like that breakdown at the end of that song.
Yeah. I'll reach my judge hand in. I'll give
it a B+. Okay. So you do like, yeah. Yes, I do
like it. Okay. To recap, Umbrella by Rihanna,
C -. It wasn't me. That was a gift, by the way.
Yeah, that was a gift. Only because there's a
story. Yeah, Brianna, you can thank Bree in Canada
for that one. It Wasn't Me, Shaggy, got a B.
Hey Ya by Outkast got an A+. It's a damn shame
it didn't get an S. I know. I did reach my judge
hand in that. You did, you did. Since You've
Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson got a D. Toxic by
Britney Spears got a B. I can't breathe for the
first time. Kelly, so much better. toxic by britney
spears got an a it's great how you remind me
my nickelback got a d plus california girls katie
perry b plus tiktok by kesha got an s stressed
out by 21 pilots got an s call me maybe by carly
ray jepson got a b only because jepson's malort
is a thing that's right you're lucky uh thrift
shop macklemore got an s and bad guy billy eilish
b plus i think those are all fair yeah And that's
the tier listing. Some of that might be personal
reasoning, but even so. If Jepson's Malort didn't
exist, I'm guessing Carly Rae would have been
in D -. It would have been a D tier. Yeah, it
would have been in the D for sure. But soon as
you brought up Jepson, I was like, wait a minute.
Yeah, I know what that's from. Carl Jepson Malort.
My guy. My guy. Actually, and I can't remember
if we did this on our gaming page or if we did
this on the Mark Moe show, but we might have
not even did it for content. We got in an argument
with AI. We did it. It was on an A &M Gaming.
Was it A &M Gaming? I think it was. Actually,
you know what that was? That was an episode we
did, I think, on... AK -219 before we transitioned
to A &M Gaming. Got it. We did this whole thing
where Aiden tried to convince the AI engine that
he was, was it the son or the grandson? No, like
I was the cousin or something of Carl Jepson
Malort. And his full name is Carl Jepson Malort.
And the AI bot. Kept trying to be like, well,
that's not what Wikipedia is saying. Yeah, well,
good for you. Good for you. I know him personally.
Like, I was fully gaslighting this chat GPT thing.
To the point where it was almost getting mad
at you. Yeah. And then, like, I think I convinced
it or something. And it's like, well, hey, I'll
take your word for it since you know Carl Jepson
Malort personally. But there's nothing I can
do to the Wikipedia page. And I'm, like, screaming
at it. I'm like, you change that page and you
make it right. And then it's like, I can't do
that. That, oh my God, that was so funny. Yeah.
That was so good. So this, this Malort thing
is a bit, it's been a long time bit. So Carly
Rae, thanks for bringing that back. Exactly.
And you're welcome for the rating. Oh my God.
No kidding. At any rate. Yeah. When people start
listening to your, your song, I get you're welcome.
Yeah. At any rate. Thanks. Yeah. Let us know
in the comments, lovely listeners. Yeah. What
you would rank those songs. Did we. Did we bag
on one of your favorites? Right. Did we undersell
something? Maybe. Let us know. Yeah, please do.
But this concludes this week's show. Thank you
so much for listening, and we appreciate each
and every one of you. 28, 29 -odd countries and
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We definitely appreciate it. Make sure you listen
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complete idiots, so we'll make you laugh, too.
So that is about it for this week. We started
off crazily, and I think we rode that all the
way. We rode that high. We rode that high all
the way. through so i hope you guys enjoyed it
like 15 minutes into the show and i'm like wait
did we do the intro yet yeah i mean we were just
on a roll we were on a roll we had some shit
to talk about and we really didn't i like i talked
about it and i didn't at the same time Rewind
it. Listen again. You'll get it. Or maybe you
won't. But at any rate, we always come on and
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Is there a decade of music you want us to tier
list? Yeah. Do you have any other categories
you want us to dip our toes into? I love a lot
of music, so throw it out there. Challenge us.
Good segments. Let's freaking go, Chad. Absolutely.
All right. We will catch you on the next show,
which will be 7 -5. And I hope you guys have
a great week. We will catch you again next week.
Bye. Bye.