Everyone, welcome back to Main Mic. I'm your
host, Harper, and this episode is reversed. Today
we have Zach as our guest. Yeah. Oh my gosh.
How do you feel now that you have given me the
position as host? I've given you so much power.
I feel great. It's a lot off my plate, but at
the same time, a lot more on my plate. But I'm
excited. Yeah, we last episode had the discussion
of what was our name going to be. This is so
true. We finally came up with it. This is the
main mic. Our entire podcast here for The Messenger
is still going to be called The Messenger Mic'd
Up. However, this section is going to be called
Main Mic with your host, Harper. If that doesn't
give any context clues to anybody, be ready for
some more segments on the Messenger Mic'd Up.
This is kind of the bigger episode that you guys
will get weekly where it'll be like... local
like news in a sense you'll get like an hour
and a half max probably more maybe of me yeah
uh i will report you the weather some specific
events to uh kansas itself johnson county uh
specifically targeted of course we also have
johnson county community college events that
i will be uh telling you uh what else oh just
like fun things yeah kind of just things all
around the Johnson County area, a lot of what's
going on on campus at JCCC. Sometimes we'll talk
about what's going on in the KC Metro area. If
there's big news, we'll talk about anything.
Our point is to kind of keep you guys in a loop.
We're obviously not going to be able to talk
about everything because we're not... underneath
every single category of a podcast. We're not
going to always talk about politics. We're not
going to talk about environment or sports or
whatever. But we're going to talk about what
we can and what's going on around it, especially
in the JCCC area or the JCCC campus and the Johnson
County area. Well, Zach, you worded it perfectly
for me. Well, today... Obviously, we don't record
day of, so it gives Zach some time to edit. But
today we had a campus delay due to weather. There
was a frozen over. It wasn't even raining last
night. It was just slight drizzling, and then
it froze. I woke up, and I just saw a text that
was like, campus is closed until 10. I'm like,
okay. It kind of said. my day off a bit backwards
though. Really? Yeah. You have an earlier class
that got like canceled? Um, I didn't have an
earlier class that got canceled. My middle, I
have three in -person classes, uh, Monday, Wednesday,
Fridays. And my middle class of those three was
a Zoom call. So I was given some time after that
Zoom call to like, you know, finish up some homework.
And I completely forgot about my Third. Third
period. I mean, I showed up like five minutes
late. Kind of better than this morning when I
took 30 minutes to defrost my car because I don't
have a scraper for my car. Really? You should
probably get one. I know. I need one. I thought
our snow front was over. Well, there's six more
weeks of winter because the groundhog says so.
Yeah. I tried to... Tried to pronounce the groundhog's
name. I'm not even going to try. No, don't. It
sounds like a tongue twister. I think the short
name people call him is Phil, which I might be
wrong. I don't remember. I just saw him. That
might be a wrong. You went in person and saw
him? No, I saw the video of it. Oh. Aren't they
in, like, Minnesota or something? Yeah, Minnesota,
Pennsylvania. Somewhere in the world where it's
still winter and groundhogs live free. I mean,
he predicted it pretty accurately since we got
a cold front. I know, literally like two days
after he did it. A winter weather advisory until
I think it's 6 p .m. today. Probably, unfortunately.
But it's not terrible outside, luckily. You mentioned
your car. My car stalled the other day. Like,
wouldn't even turn on. Like, literally. It was
actually, it was yesterday. I was trying to go
to class. Luckily, I was leaving a little bit
earlier, too. But I literally turned in the key.
Nothing. Not even, like, I don't, not even like
a, nothing. It was just stalled. I was like,
this is my perfect luck. Thankfully, my mom drove
me. Very nice. But after I got home from class
yesterday, my stepdad and I, he charged it with
his thing. I don't know, cars. But, you know,
it's working fine. And then I don't know what
happened, but I went to AutoZone today because
they do free battery checks. And so I was like,
hey, can you check my battery? And they're like,
yeah, no, it's not even close to dying. I'm like,
okay. Cool. Thanks. So I don't know what happened.
I didn't leave any of my lights on because, you
know, the battery's fine. It's like 94 % or something
like they said. So I literally, I'm glad it works
and I'm glad it's fine. I just have no idea why
it wouldn't even start. Like maybe like, well,
there was corrosion on it. There was corrosion.
But then I don't feel it. I don't know. I don't
know anything about cars. So maybe somebody can
help. I've had a... I've had a couple run -ins
with dead batteries. I had an old friend, her
battery died twice, I believe, because she had,
what are they called, subwoofers? Subwoofer?
Yeah, whatever the really loud... Like speakers
in your car? Yeah. She had new ones put in, and
they attached those to her battery. instead of
something else so it was like directly draining
him yeah and so that's a lot of power to put
onto subwoofers well it was just draining the
battery like that it was but i think she got
it fixed okay that's good that was like a year
ago i have to say yeah well hopefully it's fixed
by now yeah yeah yeah yeah uh but No, and then
I think the last time I heard, besides your story
about a battery dying, there was just a screw
loose to their battery. Oh, geez. It wasn't necessarily
bad, but like their car just wouldn't start.
And they had just gotten that battery put in.
So the only thing wrong with it was like a screw
to the battery was just loose. Like, you know,
like a bolt. Bolted in. Doesn't even matter,
but they got that fixed too. That's good. Could
be a couple of those things. Maybe it's just
slightly, slightly out of place. Maybe. Yeah,
I know nothing about cars, so I can't really
comment on that. I just know I have a lot of
problems with my headlights. Yeah. I hate my
headlights so much. They go out seriously like
every few months maybe. Well, doesn't Johnson
County have like a mechanic station? I think
they do. And they're constantly, at least from
what I've heard, looking for cars to... practice
on? Yeah, there's mechanics on campus that will
definitely do it for cheaper than bigger companies.
I have not personally gone to them yet because
I don't know. I don't know. I don't really go
to mechanics. Again, I don't know anything about
cars. You just wait until your car is about to
blow up. I'm like, hey, I need help. Yeah, and
they're like, why haven't you... Like, you said
it's been happening for how many years, and why
didn't you come in then? Yeah, no, before, because
I got my oil changed not too long ago, but before
that, I was, like, a few thousand miles over,
like, before getting an oil change. So you probably
had, like, no oil in your car. Yeah, probably,
and, yeah, but it was fine. I'm doing great now.
My car is fine. Yeah. So what's going on on campus?
All right, so I did do some digging, as in I
looked at our school website. Okay, so last day
to drop our full semester course without a W
on your permanent record is next Monday, I believe,
the 17th. If it's not next Monday, it's the Monday
after that. It's one of the Mondays. Yeah, so
this episode is going to be released on Friday
the 7th. It's Monday the 17th of February is
when the last day to drop is. Then there are
some things on the... school website that you
can go and just look and scroll down. Uh, first
of all, we have our own museum. If you guys are
not aware, the Nerman, I had a class in, uh,
for extra credit, we can go there noon at the
Nerman is what it was called. But, um, starting,
I guess it was, uh, August 15th of 2024. So this
is old ish news, but maybe you're not aware of
it. We have an artist, Vanessa German. We have
her special installation. It's called Ed's Owl
or The Child Plaintiffs. So it plays, it says
power figures, and it has courage and play, love
and hope, grace and compassion, will and might,
serenity and music, light and joy, and so on.
I have seen this piece in person. I went and
I saw it the other day. I was just walking past,
but I stopped and I looked at it. It is a really
good installation. Yeah. The Nerman's really
cool, and a lot more people need to go and experience
the Nerman because, I mean, it's just full of,
like, really cool pieces. Every semester I stop
by, I have photos and photos of students' work,
artists' work. um just no matter what there's
always something on display like we have a uh
we have a ceramics and a metal is teaching class
and you they display their students work and
then there's also like i think a woodworking
as well probably i wouldn't put it past yeah
but i've seen plenty of installations from students
and artists um from like I think a lot of the
artists I've seen are from UMKC as well or teach
at UMKC or at KU. A lot of local ones. Yeah,
a lot of these artists are local, and I think
it's great to just show up and support them.
And as I keep scrolling on the Johnson County
website, we do have a spring vase drive, which
is exactly what it sounds like. All your empty
vases that may be from... Let's see, Valentine's
Day is coming up next week. It's the 14th, next
Friday. So we will post an episode for that day
as well. But if you have any leftover vases from
flowers that you might get from all sorts of
romantic lovers that you have. Or whatever it
may be. You never know. Yeah. I mean, my dad
gets me flowers all the time, and then I have
a huge stack of just plain vases. But if you
would like to donate your vases to help a local
nonprofit floral group, you can do so at the
Science Center. That lasts till April 30th, so
it's... I'm pretty sure it's just 24 -7, but
it says it starts at 9 a .m., and there's no
end time on that. But, yep, local nonprofit floral
group, and you get the extra cabinet space. Go
drop off your vases. You don't need them. Did
you say vases? Vases. I'm being fancy. Vases.
Plural. I don't know. Vases sounds weird. I don't
like, like a vase, sure, but like multiple vases.
Okay. Yeah. Okay. Get fancy with it. Okay. All
right, let's get to the big news on the table.
You know what it is. Oh, the Chiefs? Yeah. Oh,
my God. We're going to the Super Bowl for the
third time in a row. What would it be? If we
won this, would it be our third win in a row?
Yeah. That's never happened. It would make history.
It's never happened before. There's been two
Super Bowls back -to -back before, right? That
wasn't us? Yes. I think we're the second team
to have won back -to -back. I think it was the
Patriots probably. Patriots, yep. But no team
has ever won three in a row. So we're going against
the Philadelphia Eagles. Great team, but they
don't have Jason Kelsey on there anymore. Yeah,
I know. Here, knock on wood for us, please. Knock
on wood. Everybody knock on wood. I mean, either
way, it's going to be a really good game. It's
definitely going to be a high -scoring game.
I've gotten into football a lot recently. By
recently, I mean literally like four years now
probably. So recency in my life, I guess. But
it was before all the Chiefs praise came. So
I'm not... I didn't jump on the bandwagon, I
swear. Yeah, back when the Royals were a big
thing. Yeah, back when the Royals were a big
thing, I became a Chiefs fan. Now we don't even
know who the Royals are. I mean, they're there.
I don't really follow MLB, though. I like the
Cubs. I'm from Illinois, so big Cubs fan. All
my family's. pretty much Cub fans so and they
also like the Bears but the Bears are notoriously
also really bad so we we mainly go for the Chiefs
yeah I mean I was I mean growing up at least
not into sports and I still am not but I was
always introduced to those I was always going
to baseball games as a kid like the Royals or
the Chiefs It was more for my dad and brothers.
Yeah. Because obviously sports really stuck with
that, like with them. But I never saw the appeal.
I do really enjoy when people are like, ooh,
it's football season. That's fall. I love it.
Yeah, that's true. You know, football season,
like every weekend there's probably like chili
or I don't know what people's like game day rituals
are. Food -wise? Oh, yeah, I know. Football,
food. If your family is really into football
and can make good food, it is some of the best
food you'll get. Oh, my God. No, yeah, every
Chiefs Sunday, Thursday, whatever it is. Monday,
Tuesday, Sundays, I think. I think we're usually
Sunday at football, but, you know. I think so.
Now we're going to Super Bowl, so now it's Super
Bowl Sunday. Anywho. Yeah, no, I was always so
excited for whenever my mom would, she's a super
big Chiefs fan, always has been. She would always
make chili spaghetti on Super Bowl. Yeah, and
then we would have, it's either like Hawaiian
rolls or cornbread or something sweet to balance
it out. Sometimes I would go make cinnamon rolls,
but it was always the game day food. There are
also like, you know, people who religiously eat
ribs. Oh, yeah. Like barbecue? Kansas City's
best known for it, kind of. Kind of. Well, I
would say so now. I think actually a lot of people
prefer Kansas barbecue over Texas barbecue now.
I've not heard that yet. Really? I've heard it
a lot. You're the first person. Well, I used
to, I mean, I still kind of do work with a barbecue
company. I don't really need to say the company
name. But whenever I would. go up to our customers.
I would like food run or host. They would always
be the first to tell me that I'm from Louisiana,
Texas, Virginia, something like that. Kentucky,
this barbecue is better than our hometown. But
I always felt like they were just saying that.
No, I think Kansas barbecue really is just that
good. Really? I think so. My stepdad makes really
good brisket. Yeah. No, I'm a huge pulled pork
fan. I like pulled pork. I like, Yeah, no, I
like good pulled pork is really good, especially
as a sandwich in between buns and pickles. Now
I'm hungry for barbecue. Actually, funny story.
I literally was driving to campus today and was
like, barbecue sounds really good. I'm so glad
we brought up barbecue then. That's so random.
What's your favorite barbecue in Kansas City,
though? I've gone to Joe's. It's more on the
expensive side, obviously, but it's good. It's
good. What if they have, like, the He -Man burger
or something like that? I don't know. The last
time I went was, like, two or three years ago,
I think. Oh. I don't really. Don't quote me on
that burger, then, because I'm pretty, I'm just,
like, from years ago, from when I had it. It's
just, like, a burger with, like, I think it's
just, like, brisket or pulled pork, and then
there's also, like, whatever, and then an onion
ring on it. That burger. That sounds pretty good,
yeah. It's so good. That's what I would get.
Um, I don't, I don't really get barbecue that
much for as much as I'm hyping it up. I don't
really eat barbecue that much unless it's like
homemade, but I don't really go out and get it.
I mean, I sometimes, you know, get like, I went
to Des Moines over last week, um, for a theater
festival here at JCCC, but, um, they had, there's
a local barbecue place. I forget what it's called,
but it was really good. Um, we, we got it twice
cause it was so good. And when I used to visit
my grandparents in Arkansas, they also had a
local chain, not really chain, sorry, just like
a local restaurant. And I would get it every
time. And I would beg my parents. I'm like, hey,
we got to get this because it's that good to
me. And everybody else is like, oh, it's so whatever.
It's kind of mid. But like, you know, they're
not going to say mid because they're like 40.
They're like, it's all right. I'm like, no, it's
good. It's great. It's amazing. Let's go right
now. My mouth is watering. No, I don't really
know the big barbecue chains that everyone's
comparing. I know there's Joe's Barbecue. There's
obviously Jack Stack. Wait, hold on. Oh, I got
it mixed up. Jack Stack is where I went a few
years ago. That's more on the expensive side.
Joe's I've also gotten, which Joe's is not expensive.
Well, it's not as expensive, but it's good. That's
the one that I got as takeout a couple of times.
Jack Stack's good. Jack Stack's is good. That
one's expensive. That's the one I got mixed up.
I will say it's expensive, but they have lame
ribs. Yeah, it's good. It's good. It is good
barbecue. It's just expensive. So there are a
couple of things I like at Jack Stack. We were
talking about Joe's and I was talking about like
that. I really don't know what it's called, but
I really want to say it's like a He -Man burger.
Or like not even burger, just like sandwich.
That was my favorite at that place. Like I said,
with like the underring ring on it. And I'm pretty
sure Jack Stack has one like it and it's called
the Stack Sandwich. I have not had that one yet,
but it. Should be, like, similar. The only thing
different is the seasoning and the sauce. But
my favorite thing that we get at Jack Stack,
appetizer -wise, the shrimp. Oh, yeah. Oh, my
God, the shrimp is so good. Yeah, it's good.
It's been a while since I've been, so. I also
like, not to promo them, but they also have,
like, really good salmon dip as well for appetizer.
Mm -hmm. I didn't try that, but yeah. I mean,
the meals that I get are like Hatfield and then
like a sandwich. And then they're, I mentioned
this so I could say this, they're pulled pork
mac and cheese. Oh, I remember seeing that. I
don't know if I got it, but I remember seeing
that on the menu. It's so good. I can imagine.
No, it's so good. And it has their honey barbecue
sauce on it. Oh, I love honey barbecue. Honey
barbecue is honestly top five flavor. I love
honey barbecue. I think it's very overhated because
it has honey in it and people are like, eh. They
think it's sweet. It's not. I mean, it is, but
it's not like. It's not like sugary. It's good.
It combines the tang and whatever else flavors.
But it's good. And, yeah, I mean. Jack Stack
is, like, a number one, I guess, like, game day.
It's a game day food. It's a game day food. It's
also a very, like, big tourist spot for people
to come to Kansas City. 100%. Yeah, Jack Stack
is a huge spot for, like, celebrities, too. I
don't want to lie, but I'm pretty sure Jack Stack
was hosting Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey one
night. I don't know. I cannot confirm nor deny
that, unless you want me to look it up right
now. I mean, it doesn't really matter. They've
hit up some pretty popular downtown spots. I
believe that. I feel like I remember hearing
that they usually get a lot of local food in
Kansas City. And I think that's thanks to Travis
Kelsey. I would assume so. He's just introducing
her. He's kind of a big deal. Yeah. Yeah, Taylor
Swift, Travis Kelsey, they rented out Jack Stack.
Yeah. What was it, the Crossroads location? Does
it say? Hold on, I'm getting on Reddit. How long
ago was it? A year ago. Like a year, like 2024?
Like October, yeah. Yeah. So it was a couple
months ago, like half a year ago. Oh, yes. Yeah,
I guess that's not a year ago. I guess it is
like the beginning of 2025. Yeah, October – early
October 2024. So, yeah, like three, four months
because it's February now. Yeah. No, I can't.
It doesn't matter. But they rented out – it was,
like, one of the Jack Stack locations. And I
was, like – that was big news because I don't
remember if it was, like, while. Like, they paid
to have – Either a room or the entire place.
It looked like from what I did a little research
on that they took out the entire thing. They
rented out the building. Yeah, I think they paid
like big money just to have that night. I don't
blame them. Like it's rich people things. Rich
people things, but also like give them their
space. And I'm sure they like had like a lot
of people. I don't think it would just be them.
I'm sure they brought people. I wonder like if
they had servers. Yeah. Who's working that night?
Do you cut people if it's just them? Do you be
like, hey, we only have two people coming in
tonight. Can't say who. Who wants off? Just a
big deal. Just like, yeah, you can't say who.
Otherwise, everybody's like, I want to stay.
I wonder how big that tip was. Oh, probably like,
I'd say. Hopefully. I'd say if it's only one
server for the whole night, then I'd assume it's
like. their whole night's wage. Probably. Jack
Stack employees, not to, like, Bennett, like,
I'm not saying go work at Jack Stack, but I know
they at least get, like, a couple hundred on
busy weekend nights. Well, yeah, no, because,
I mean, it's an expensive menu, and, you know,
you go there to eat, and obviously, in American
culture, you tip. You tip. You know, you go,
you don't go somewhere and don't tip, hopefully.
Please tip your servers. I worked in the food
industry. Tip your servers. Yeah. That's your
lesson for the day. I remember when 10 % was,
like, the highest you should tip. I remember
that. I started working when 15 was, like, still
an iffy. Now it's, like, 25 is pretty standard.
Is it 25 now? I think so. 20, 25? Absolutely
not. I'm so sorry. I usually tip 15, if I'm being
honest. Yeah. Well, I'm weird. I don't do the
math. So I like, if it's like a 17. You're not
trying to sound like an a**hole. No, no, no.
I'm trying to say how my math would work. So
say it's like a 17 .25, like $17 .25 bill. I'm
going to round up first of all. So the change
is going to be 75 cents because I'm always going
to make my tip make the entire check an even
number because that's just me. So the last, I
would definitely tip 75 cents just to round that
up. And then I would probably do like five bucks.
Or like six bucks. Five bucks? On a $17 tip?
Yeah. Or on a $17? Usually. That's like... 20
% -ish. Yeah? $17, 10 % would be $1 .70. Oh,
that's like 30 -something percent. Yeah. Yeah,
no, that's like 40, 43? I tip my servers, I guess.
The thing I was trying to get across, though,
is that I always make it even. Yeah. And then...
Usually depending on the services, like how much
dollar bill it is, but also depending on how
big the check is. I usually tip depending on
where I'm at. Usually if it's like drive -thru
and I know they make like an hourly wage. I don't
tip drive -thru unless it's baristas. Yeah. I
mean, it depends for me. Like sometimes I can
tip through the app. Yeah. It really depends.
And I'm going to sound so snobby here. I will
scan my phone. So it's, like, through the app.
Yeah. I will always tip a dollar if I don't.
You know, like, they have that, like, oh, like,
gratuity. Like, it's always just, like, a dollar.
I don't care. Except for, like, I don't know.
I don't want to go in and just, like, oh, my
thing was, like, $5. So I don't want to tip,
like. What would it have been? It would be a
dollar. Yeah, I'd tip like a buck. If I'm getting
coffee, I'd tip usually like a dollar. I mean,
as somebody who worked as a barista for like
a year, that's all we ask for. I still kind of
do work at a cafe through Jack Stack, through
their catering company. You do a lot. Yeah, I
do. You're like, yeah, so I have this job. I
also have this job and this job. Have you ever?
And this job. And I'm a student. What was that?
Austin and Allie Trish. Oh, yeah. That's me.
Yeah. Except I'm not constantly getting fired.
Yet. What? What? Who would fire me? Me, your
boss. Okay, so. Just kidding. Let this be a recorded
segment that you threatened to fire me. I threatened
to fire you, yep. Unfortunately. But no, I did
work at a cafe. I got hourly and I honestly never
expected people to tip. People would sometimes.
I would always assume maybe like a cash tip if
they paid in cash. Yeah. Like give me your extra
dollar or 75 cents. Well, I feel like cafe. do
employees usually get more money than, like,
a fast food, like, barista? It does depend. Yeah,
and it kind of just depends on the place. It
depends on who's the owner and if it's, like,
a local owned or a chain. Yeah. Yeah, no, it
does. Chain companies, I feel like, pay less.
They do. What do you mean, feel like? They do.
I said feel like because I don't know the actual
statistics. They do. But, yeah, just based off
experience. They do. But, yeah. No, that was
pretty much just, like, tipping culture for me.
I would, I don't know. I always, if I had to
sit down in a restaurant, genuinely depending
on my service, it would be, like, crappy kind
of service. You still tip, though. 10, 15%. Yeah.
You'd ever not tip. 10, 15%. Because that's their
life. I mean, if I was going to a bar, I mean,
I don't. Bars are different, yeah. I, like, I'm
just, like, assuming here, and I'm, like, being
honest. I've gone to, like, bars with my family.
Like, we would go to, like, the Peanut or what
was that one? It doesn't even matter. But if
we were just getting, like, a side of fries.
Yeah. And. I would get like a water or soda and
there's like one drink. We probably wouldn't
tip that much. It depends on how much you order
and how much. Yeah, it depends on how much of
a nuisance you're being, kind of. How much are
you actually taking of that person's time and
space? Yeah, no, that is something to definitely
take like account for. But if it is like a restaurant
and I'm sitting down, it's. Bad service, 10 -15%.
All right service, 18%. Amazing great service,
20%. Usually it's around 18%. Because I'm broke.
Yeah, welcome to college. So I try to tip as
much as I can without being... I feel like a
lot of people, especially people around our age
too, or maybe even a little older, they understand.
I know a lot of people that tip like 5 -10 %
and they're like, that's... my norm because like
15 % if they're amazing and I'm like oh okay
um so like sometimes if I go out with those friends
I'll be like if you're paying for food for both
of us I'll tip for both of us yeah no I've done
that a couple times I'm like hey I'll pay for
the tip because I usually especially if I don't
have money in my account but they still want
to go out I'm like okay if you buy me food sure
I'll go out because usually I'm the driver too
so they also It kind of pays off because I'm
the one driving, so I'm the one wasting gas.
And I don't usually ask for gas money either.
Yeah, I also usually am like the ones that drive.
But I love driving, my friends. This is like
a very derailed kind of just, I mean, whenever,
to our listeners, whenever Zach and I talk, it's
just a yap session. Yeah, we kind of just go
off and talk about. A lot. When she gets more,
you know, like actual like guests and students
or faculty, whatever it may be. I will for sure
be on topic. I'll be in the room and I'll be
making sure she's doing it. He'll like ring a
bell, throw a pencil at me or something. Yeah,
I'll bring my bell. You'll hear a bell. Every
time that you do something wrong, I'll just ring
it. And then only the viewers who listen to this
episode will know what it means. We'll never
discuss it again. Be like whenever Harper's getting
off topic. Ding. There's, like, a ding. No, but
it's just this episode, we don't really have
much to talk about. I mean... Yeah, there's not
too much going on in the world. I mean, there
is, but, like, locally. We have, like, a short
list of, like, four things, and we have, like,
an hour of the episode that we have to fill.
And... We did have a guest for this podcast.
I won't spoil anything, but they did unfortunately
have to cancel. Yeah, they fell ill. That is
something, though. Everybody, wash your hands.
Wear masks if you need to. Cover your coughs.
With this back and forth weather that we talked
about. With this back and forth weather, there's
also just a lot going on. Neurovirus, stomach
flu. Bird flu. Oh, my God. Oh my gosh. Tuberculosis.
Oh my gosh. Yeah, be careful about that, guys.
The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City is so
scary. It's mainly outbreaking in downtown Kansas
City area, but I do know that there are cases
in Johnson County already. Yeah, unfortunately.
Very unfortunate. I hope that there are no students
at Johnson County that have tuberculosis. But
if they do have tuberculosis, I hope they take
care of that. Because I'm pretty sure if you
start the antibiotics, you don't become... Like,
you're not, like, spreadable. Yeah. No, if you,
that's, like, one of the first things they do
is make sure you're, like, they stop the spread
of it. And then it's just treatment. We could
also possibly jump from tuberculosis to the Minecraft
update. We both, Zach and I, are huge game nerds.
Minecraft. I love Minecraft. They just released
their new teasers for. Well, they've been, throughout
the last week or so, they've been teasing new
variants for pigs, cows, and now they just released
the newest ones for chickens. So now there's
warm, cold, and then the regular chickens. Did
you hear about the wolves, too? What are they
doing with the wolves? Same thing. I thought
they already did that. Did they? I thought that's
like an older one. No, I'm pretty sure it was
just... I'm not going to say I'm pretty sure.
Oh, I don't remember now. The wolves, to me,
have been white. It's the cats that have the
multiple variants. Yeah, I know what you're talking
about. I feel like I remember the dogs already
having different variants, though. That might
be bedrock. It might be. I don't know. I don't
have bedrock. I unfortunately do. Unfortunately?
Yeah, I don't like bedrock. Java is so much better.
But anyways, I play bedrock because my friends
are on Xbox and stuff, so we have a realm. So
we have to be on bedrock, but it's whatever.
But yeah, I know with the new chickens that they
just released, they're also releasing new bushes
for the desert, and then they're also releasing
flowers for cactus or cacti. And they're, like,
pink, like, bloom flowers, and they're, like,
really cool, and I'm very excited. Oh, no, that
was, like, literally a year ago. March 6, 2024.
New Minecraft Wolves. So you might be right.
Yeah, I thought they had different versions already.
I've not seen. Oh, no. It's in Minecraft Bedrock.
Just Bedrock? But it's beta preview for Java.
You're telling me it's been in beta for a year?
This is just an article I'm reading on the Minecraft
website. It says... Eight new wolf variations
coming into testing in Minecraft Bedrock. Bedrock
Edition Beta and Preview and Minecraft Java Edition
Snapshot. So... So maybe they're going to rope
them in with the other mob variants when they...
Because... Technically, they're also snapshots.
They're not, like, a full update yet. Yeah, I
haven't seen any of these, though. So, yeah,
maybe they'll just rope them all into, like,
one update since they're not officially out yet.
Probably. Because, I mean, it might literally
be called, like, the mob variant update. Because,
you know, they make their big updates into, like,
different updates. Yeah, they also have those
bushes. They have the cactus flower. They have
the... Falling leaves. Yeah, the falling leaves.
What is it? They have different – is it a new
biome or is it just like a seasoned kind of deal?
There was a new biome they just added, but that
one was like – That's like for the creaking.
Yeah, the creaking. Yeah. We got white wood finally,
so you can make white picket fences in Minecraft
after 13 years. Yeah, and it's not birch wood.
I know, and it's not – well, because birch is
like a creaking. Birch is like yellow, yeah.
But, yeah, no, we finally got white wood, which
is awesome. I recently rediscovered that the
mangrove biome existed because it got updated,
and then everybody forgot about it. But, you
know, they added the mangrove biome, and it kind
of just went, like, unnoticed with the community,
I feel like. Everybody, you know, the frogs.
Everybody remembers the frogs because that's
where they spawn. But I feel like nobody talks
about the mangrove, and it's a good wood. Like,
it's red, and it's nice. I personally don't remember
it, if I'm being honest. Like, it's there, obviously.
But it's, yeah, it's like a forgotten. I also
forget about Acadia. Orange. Right? Is that orange?
Acacia, yeah. Acacia. It might be Acacia. I don't
remember, but yeah, it's like an orange. Yeah.
Oh, mob vote. What did you vote? Hold on. Because
they ended the mob vote. They're no longer doing
it anymore, if you saw that. I unfortunately
didn't meet the deadline. What would you have
voted for? I, to be very honest, didn't look
at him. Because the most recent one was Sniffer,
Copper Golem, and the guy who runs around in
the caves. I forgot what his name is. I voted
for the Sniffer. And I'm glad the sniffer won
because the sniffer is so cute. And you can call
me a hater. I want them all to come in. Because
the sniffer does like nothing for the game, but
it's cute. Okay. So the 2020 mob vote for Minecraft
was the Moobloom, the Isolager, and the Glow
Squid. We all know that the Glow Squid won because
of a certain Minecraft YouTuber who I'm not even
going to bother to name. I voted the Moobloom
like a sane person. I know. somebody or a couple
people who voted for the ice oliger who i wouldn't
have minded if one because ice oliger was cool
had a cool concept but the moobloom was so cute
i voted for moobloom as you should i find no
point for the glow squid it's well okay now i
like the glowing signs the glowing signs glowing
signs are good now they have like a purpose people
saw the good in them yeah but we could have had
We could have had flower cow. Flower cows that
interact with bees. Yeah. Like they're best friends.
That would have been so cute. And buttercups
would have been added. It's like a really cute
flower. Honestly, I'm here for the decoration.
Oh, I was so wrong. Okay, so the 2021 was Copper
Golem. I was wrong with that one. Was I? Did
I say Copper Golem for the most recent one? I
don't remember what I said. Possibly. Anyways,
2021 Copper Golem, Allay, and the Glare. I voted.
Hot take for the LA. What did you vote for? I
honestly don't really remember. It might have
been the LA. I know. I'm looking at them, but
I'm trying to look up their specs. What was the
glare supposed to do? I think it just glowed
like it would follow you. Actually, I don't know
if it would follow you, but I know you would
feed it. I think like the yellow berries from
the lush biome. And it would give you something?
I think it would just light up. I think it would
create light in a cave. I honestly don't remember
what I voted for, but I don't think it was copper
golem. Yeah, a lot of people tried to vote for
the copper golem, which would have been cool
for redstone in a sense, but the allay is also
really cool. And there also is redstone uses
for the allay. Which one won? The allay. Oh,
right. I do see that. They spawn in the woodland
mansions. In that Minecraft realm with my friends,
I captured, like, not even kidding you, like
15 of them. They're just in my house. I'm going
to make an enclosure for them, though. Okay,
then we have... 2022. Yep. Sniffer, Rascal, or
Rascal. Oh, yeah, Rascal. Tough Golem. That's
the one that I got wrong. So, yeah, Tough Golem,
Rascal, Sniffer. I voted the sniffer, like I
said before. I voted for the rascal. That's okay.
Honestly, this one is a pretty good mob vote.
It was. But I wanted him because of mining. He
would hold your stuff, right? I think he would
drop stuff for you. The tough golem was the thing
that held items. Oh. I don't remember what the
rascal would do. Oh, we can look right here.
The rascal was a mob that would have been found
underground in areas below Y0. The rascal would
have given the player hints to help search for
it and would have also given the player an item
if it was found three times. And then it would
just, like, teleport away. Yeah, the tough golem
is the thing that would hold an item. 2023 mob
vote. The last one. Yeah, it was the crab, the
armadillo, and the penguin. I don't remember
if I... I think I voted the armadillo. It won.
The armadillo won, because now there's dog armor.
And I think that's the reason I voted for armadillo,
but also the penguin would have been really cool.
I voted for armadillo because I thought that
was cute. Yeah. I like the armadillo. And also,
I was like, so we had just, not just gotten turtles,
but turtles still were relatively new, at least
to me. Yeah, no, they were. So crab was kind
of out of the question, even though it had a
cool... thing with if you had the claw on your
offhand you would have had extended reach and
we also had the sniffers which would be like
another like they're mainly found around the
beach am I wrong or in desert biome the sniffers
aren't found anywhere you have to hatch them
so when they added you remember like the the
brush with like sand and like the pottery that
they did that died so fast That's how you find
sniffer eggs, and then you have to hatch them.
You can't find sniffers out in the wild. So I've
actually never summoned one either, which is
funny because I voted for the sniffer. But, you
know, I mean, the penguin, I know my friend voted
for the penguin because that's his favorite animal.
But I wanted dog armor, and we got dog armor.
There's been what? Counting, let's just say from
2020, 2020, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. Yeah, there's
four mob votes. Well, there's five technically
total if you count 2017. Do we want to count
2017? I mean, it's the phantom. Oh my God, I
hate the phantom. I don't know why we voted for
the phantom. Because that was before they did
the votes on Twitter, X. But yeah, because that
one I think you had to be in person to vote.
Really? You either had to go on the Minecraft
website. I don't remember. The 2018 one was in
parentheses said China vote. Yeah, I saw that
one too. I don't know what that one was about.
I don't see a mob vote. I don't know what mob
vote they would have had. Oh, that's why we got
pandas. Really? Yeah. It was between panda, crocodile,
golden monkey, deer, and a pink dolphin. I never
knew that. I thought pandas just got added. Honestly,
yeah. Thanks, China. We got pandas because of
China. And we got bamboo then. Yeah, we also
got the bamboo from that. I'm fine with that.
Actually, a crocodile would have been really
cool too, but pink dolphin. All of them sound
cool. I want them all. What would the pink dolphin
have done? It would have been a dolphin, but
pink. I mean, yeah, that's it. Maybe instead
of giving you a speed boost in water, it would
heal you. It might give you regen. Oh, pink.
Maybe, or feed your hunger. I don't know. If
you're low on hunger. Maybe let you breathe underwater.
Ooh. We have conduits for that, though, so we
don't need that. Yeah. But that's newer. Conduit?
Is it? No. Based from 2018, though. The conduit,
no. The conduit came out. With the ocean update,
which came out, like, 20 -something. No. When
did the conduit come out? I would really like
to go back and play the very first snapshot.
1 .13 is when conduits came out. When? 1 .13.
It was 2018. Yeah. Well, aren't we in, like,
1 .21, 1 .22? Jeez, I don't know. I honestly,
I remember way back when Minecraft first came
out. Yeah, so do I. I remember there just being
like 10 blocks. Yeah, I remember watching like
one of the first original Minecraft trailers
with all my cousins. Core memory. And I'm so
mad because I can't find that video that we watched.
And I'm so mad because it like... Probably changed
my brain chemistry. I was like, this game is
my next hyperfixation for the next 20 years.
Yeah, 20 plus years. Well, it came out, officially
Minecraft came out in 2012. So, I think I either
started playing it in 2012 or 2013. And then
it's just been, ever since I've been playing
it, it's been non -stop. I remember when one
point, one point, 6 came out, I think, was one
of the first major updates I remember. Was Redstone?
No, Redstone was not original. Redstone was an
update. I remember Redstone coming out. I don't
remember. It's been so long. That was something
I remember. And I remember having a gold block
or a diamond block was something that was so
powerful. yeah i know and i remember that honestly
i don't know if it was just me who only played
on creative but i only remember creative and
oh yeah no i played on creative and then i remember
like introducing myself to i remember first time
i ever played hardcore mode It's scary. I hate
it. It's scary. Do not attach yourself to anything.
No, yeah, don't get too attached until you have
Totems of Undying. Then you can get a little
attached. Do not get a dog. Do not get a cat.
That is my advice for... Hardcore. Hardcore mode.
Only use hardcore mode to beat the Ender Dragon.
Mm -hmm. I mean... Or do whatever you want. I
feel like there's a lot of post -game stuff now,
luckily. There's one, like, what's it called?
Map or Seed. There's a Seed that I remember,
strictly, that I would play constantly because
I swore I saw Herobrine once on it. Yeah. But...
I don't know. I think I was just... I used to
watch, like, the old, like, Minecraft, like,
Herobrine videos. Yeah. Like, the, did you see
Herobrine, like, spotted here? Or, like, I was
always so freaked out about that, no matter what.
And the lore of Herobrine being removed each
snapshot? Mm -hmm. That. It was great. No, it
was so scary. What do you mean? It was great.
I loved it. It was, like, my first introduction
to, like... Horror? Horror, yeah. I was like,
this is scary. I love it. Oh, my God. It was
kind of like early renditions of creepypasta
in a way. Yeah. I mean, it kind of is like this
figure that you never saw but was always there.
Oh, my gosh. I remember chunks disappearing.
Oh, yeah. I had a world on my old laptop. And
I mean like old. I think it was a bug, but on
that day when I loaded in and saw my buildings
just completely replaced by entire chunks of
blocks, I went, nope, and I left, and I think
I deleted the world. That was harebrained. It
was. That wasn't a glitch or anything. I remember
one time I was mining, and there was just strips
missing. And that's, I got scared. Because it
played that really eerie Minecraft. Oh, I know
exactly which one you're talking about. Yeah.
Like the one that makes you like, why? Yeah.
The cave sounds in that game are terrifying.
Why do they have those? I don't know, but they're
great. I turn them off. I feel like they need
to have like meaning to them. I think if they
delve deeper into the Minecraft lore, more people
would get into it again. I, yeah, I think if,
if there was like, if you hear that noise, it
means Herobrine is near you. How many altars
or like, like, yeah, I guess altars like to the
Herobrine, like summoning things did you make
with like the gold and the redstone torches and
the netherrack? I can remember. I'm not saying
how many times, but I remember three like Herobrine
summonings. Yeah. I remember a few. I remember
there was one. It was basically a beacon. One
that you needed lightning when lightning rods
came out. That was pretty recent. Yeah. Copper
came out like 2019, 2020 probably. With like
the 13 disc. Yeah, the old broken one. That came
out forever ago. I do remember the gold infinite
water source with the... Oh, I remember that
one. The standard one that I remember is the
3x3 gold with the netherrack on top of that and
then the four redstone torches and then the netherrack
on top. That's the very standard one, I feel
like. I remember that... Maybe I'm thinking of
that one, and I just, like... I remember the
water one, though. There was, like, lightning
for one of them, but I don't think it was specifically
to the copper, because copper was... Yeah, no,
I think it might have been the same gold and
netherrack one, just, like, per chance you had
to hit it with lightning, maybe. I don't remember.
How did we even hit it with lightning? Pure luck.
I think that that is what causes Herobrine to
show up if you do, in fact, get struck by lightning.
Yeah, it has to happen by itself. By itself.
Herobrine is entering. He's like, you know what?
Yeah, I will enter, and I will let them know.
But, like, what would he do even if he, like,
got in the world? Who is he? Who knows? Like,
what would he have done? Like, he would have
found your IP address. Oh, my God, I hope not.
No. Herobrine's just a hacker. I think that...
I think he's just there to scare people. I mean,
yeah, probably, but... I think it would be great
if he was an actual mob. Obviously not one that
you can spawn with an egg. Just one that randomly
in a corner of your screen is there and then
just gone. Yeah, like a pink sheep. Yeah, I love
the pink sheep. Or a blue axolotl. Right? Isn't
the blue purple one the rare one? Yeah, that's
the rare one. The blue one's the really rare
one, I think. It's really rare to get Herobrine
on your server. Even rarer. Even, yeah. Rarer.
Rarer if he spawns on his own. But it's rare
for him to appear if you summon him. But yeah.
I love Minecraft. I do love Minecraft. With all
its ups and downs. What are some other games
that... Like, we know of that might be getting
some updates or... I mean, personally, I play
Sims. I also play Roblox, and I haven't played
Valorant for a while, but I used to play that
one. But Sims has their 25 -year anniversary
sale. Which is crazy. Yeah. That's been out for
25 years. A lot of their games are half off,
so I bought two expansion packs and, like, two
kits for a total of $60. That's not bad. No,
I know. I have The Sims 4 on my computer. I just
haven't played it in a while. Well, first of
all, a lot of people are complaining that they've
been teasing Sims 5 for so long, but they've
been updating Sims 4. They have been. I've seen
it get constant updates. They have story modes,
and you can play certain characters, and you
can have certain endings. That, to me, is new.
Yeah. But a lot of people hate it. That's weird.
I don't, I mean, it's a... It's new content.
I don't know why people would be complaining.
It's basically a role play. Yeah, it's a role
play game, basically. You create your character
and then you... Do whatever. You play life. You
do the 100 Baby Sims Challenge, the Generations
Challenge. A lot of people do build challenges.
I love build challenges. I've seen a lot. Yeah.
I like watching the build. I like the ones where
they theme every room in a building as a specific
thing. Those are fun. I watched one where they
do an entire house is one color. Mm -hmm. And
sometimes I look really good, but sometimes I,
like, really hate it. It depends on the color.
It introduces me to new items in the game. Yeah,
because there's a lot. Yeah, and with this update,
they also did an update for their anniversary.
They added 72 items, which is a lot. Yeah. So
they added hair. They added, what are they called,
edges. Like, you know, for, like, hair. Like,
the baby hairs, but, like, they're... Do you
know what I mean? Bangs? No, like, tiny, like,
you know how some people will, like... Oh, like,
just tiny little pieces that just, like, do that?
Yeah, but they'll, like, glue them down to their
forehead. Oh, yeah. So I don't know if in the
game they're called baby hairs, but, like, they're,
like, basically edges. Okay. Or I think that's,
like, the word for them, edges. I don't know.
I don't know. Like, basically just baby hairs
that are stuck to the forehead of the Sim skin.
Hmm. And... The other updates, they have new
clothes. That's good. Like base game clothes,
new base game kitchenware. They have a fireplace
and they have a rug for that fireplace. That
is the foot. It's like stone for the foot of
the fireplace. Oh, yeah, that's nice. That's
amazing. And I think that they should create
more of that and have some little sections so
it's not underneath a, you know, burnable object.
Right next to – because, I mean, I haven't played
Sims 4 in a while. I used to play Sims 3 so much.
And I was always – the Sims Future Pack, loved
it. I remember that, yeah. Island Pack with mermaids,
loved it. I just got the Sims Island Pack for
this one because I didn't realize they kept the
mermaids in it. I thought they just did an island
pack. Nope. Mermaids. Yeah. That's, like, the
most exciting thing to me. I remember seeing,
like, all those expansion packs, like, in the
store. Oh, as, like, the, like, little CDs? Yeah,
yeah. Oh, my God. Yeah, that's how I got the
first three that I have. The first, it was, like,
a pack of three. It was City Living, Get to Work,
and I don't remember the third. I remember buying,
like, the iSpy, like, CD games that you'd, like,
put into your computer. Yeah. Those were the
times. Oh, yeah. When everything wasn't downloadable.
When everything didn't take up that much storage.
And you had to keep it on a CD if you wanted
to play the game. And if you lost it, then you
were done for. Yeah. No, no, no, no. There was
no, like, cloud to save your things to it. Multiplayer
games? I don't ever remember buying them off
CD. But I do remember. I bought a couple. Like,
old. I bought, like, older Call of Duties. I
mean, I... I have Overwatch on disc. I never
played the... I never played, like, Xbox or PS
growing up. I had a Wii. Oh, I had a Wii. I had
a Wii and a Wii U. I also had a Wii U. I think
I've had every... Variation of a Nintendo? I've
had... Well, I grew up with a Wii. But it also
was a Wii that used GameCube games. So I played
GameCube games on the Wii. So it was kind of
both. And then I had my DS. And then I had the
Wii U. And then the Switch. I don't know if I'm
going to buy a Switch 2. Did you see that they
announced that? I did. It's just a switch bit
bigger. Slightly bigger and it's not sliding.
They snap in now. I feel like they're going to
break pretty easily. I feel like a lot of people
bend. Yeah, I know. I don't know. I mean, maybe
they'll design it better. I'll have to touch
one before I decide if I'm buying one. I hope
that... They're easy to snap on and off if you,
like, snap them sideways. You know what I mean?
Because they look like they're, like, you know,
you have to, like, click them together. But,
like, I'm used to the Switch. You know, people
would slide them off and whatever. But I would
just take them off. Without the button? No. What?
The button on the back of the Joy -Con that you
have to press down in order to take the Joy -Con
off? No, like, I remember, like... taking it
off to like i think i had a broken switch if
i'm being honest what i'm saying is i also had
a broken switch that you didn't have to click
the button and they just come off because that's
broken yeah you're supposed to have to click
the button in order yeah because that's the lock
mechanism they're not supposed to come off like
that maybe that's why i've been so confused when
everyone's talking about them like i always just
took them off my old switch did that yeah i bought
a newer one like I bought the Tears of the Kingdom
one when Tears of the Kingdom came out because
I am a Zelda freak. So I was like, I'm buying
this. And I did. I don't have a new Switch. And
the Switch that I'm talking about has been retired.
I had a day one Switch. I'm pretty sure that's
the one I'm talking about. Yeah. My mom uses
it now. So at least it's still getting love.
Yeah. I remember the Wii U. It came out with
something that looked like a Switch. Yeah, the
gamepad. Yeah. That was its tire. That's the
Wii U, yeah. But that was our first Nintendo
Switch. Yeah, it was kind of. And then we got
your first game one. At least that's what my
family was. And obviously two younger brothers
and myself, they all were very well loved. Yeah.
And constantly destroyed. Yeah. Yeah. I don't
know. It's... Who knows? Yeah, games... Who knows
how the Nintendo Switch 2 will be? I know, they're
just calling it 2. I mean, it's fair. It's kind
of the same thing. I think the whole thing about
Switch was the... Like, you take it out of the
sockets, though. That's what everyone I've seen
is complaining about. I thought they... Well,
I think that was kind of the gimmick. as the
Switch later, like the later life of the Switch
was the point of that the Joy -Cons come out.
But I think when the Switch, and I remember this
so vividly because I remember my cousin freaking
out about it. I feel like the entire point of
the Switch was that it could be docked beyond
the TV and then you undock it and now it's a
portable. I think that was the entire point of
the Switch. And then it later became about the
Joy -Cons. I, yeah, I agree with that. Because
now everybody, I feel like, just plays it usually
in handheld. Yeah, you can take, in the Switch
lights, you can take them anywhere. It's not
just out. Yeah, well, those aren't dockable.
Those are just, those are pretty much, because
the Joy -Cons don't come out on those. That's
just the console, which, I mean, is good for
people who just use it by itself. Can you not
connect the light to, like, a TV? Nope. Dang.
It doesn't come with a dock. The Joy -Cons don't
come out. It's literally just a Switch, portable.
But it's also, like, $150 cheaper. Yeah, that
just makes sense. I'm sure there is a way that
people have gotten around to like get it onto
a TV. Probably. I'm sure you can like plug in
an HDMI or something. At the same time, then
you have to, the Joy -Cons don't come out. So
like you use it as a, I don't know, it'd be weird.
But I think we have one more topic for the day.
And this one will probably catch more people's
attention. The Grammys. Oh my gosh. The Grammys
just happened. I did completely forget that we
wanted to talk about that. That's okay. This
will be the last thing we talk about and then
we'll let you guys go. Grammys. Thoughts and
opinions. Personally, I was very shocked when
Beyonce won. I knew Taylor Swift wasn't going
to win because she was announcing it. But...
I don't know how I feel about Beyonce winning
album of the year. That's the only takeaway I
have at it. Oh, and also, Sabrina Carpenter and
Olivia Rodrigo hugged, but that's completely
off topic. Yeah, they hugged. That was what I
needed. That was my... That's all I cared about.
They were like... an inch closer, an inch closer
to them having an album together. They had a...
If they don't make an album called Sweet and
Sour, it's not worth it. Literally. Did you see
the... Sorry. No, wasn't that like Olivia Rodrigo's...
Sour was her first album. Oh. And then Short
and Sweet is her, yeah. But did you see the image
of Chapel Row and Billie Eilish and Sabrina Carpenter?
Yeah. All of them. They're the Powerpuff Girls.
They are. And I love it. Oh my gosh, no, yeah,
they are. They literally are the Powerpuff Girls.
Colors too. Yeah, Chapel's Blossom, Sabrina is
Bubbles, and then Buttercup is Billie Eilish.
Oh my gosh. It is perfect, and I love them all.
And then Olivia Rodrigo is like, I guess Mojo
Jojo, but she's not a villain, but she's purple.
That's her color. Yeah. Well, no, because there's
a fourth Powerpuff Girls sister, like in a spinoff
episode, I think. I don't remember. It's been
forever. It could be her. She can be... I don't
know. I love Olivia Rodrigo. I love Olivia Rodrigo.
She's great. But yeah, no. I was very sad Billie
Eilish didn't get any Grammys. She deserved Album
of the Year. She deserved at least a single Grammy,
and it should have been for Album of the Year.
I... Listen, it's Beyonce. I get it. She's been
in the industry for like 20 years. She's been
in the industry for 20 years. Give it to somebody
else. She's gotten her time. The thing is...
I can name one song off that album. And we talked
about this earlier. Beyonce's... This ain't Texas.
Yeah, Beyonce's whole entire album got like 10
% of what... The one of her songs. Yeah, one
of her songs. Yeah, because Birds of a Feather
has like one point something billion views. Billion
listens. And I'm pretty sure Beyonce's entire
album only has like close to half a million.
Yeah, it's, I mean, it's the Scammies, we know.
It's not the Grammys anymore. We know Jay -Z
bought that. The theory is that whoever... pays
more to like promote their music to the grammys
is the one that wins yeah that was the old theory
but now the new theory is that you can buy your
slot and that's why people thought jay -z bought
beyonce's slot and that's why beyonce and you
saw her her daughter blue ivy was so shocked
both of them shocked jay -z dead face He knew.
He knew. He's either the most supportive husband
or... Something happened. He bought that slot.
Because, no, Beyonce was shocked. I remember
seeing her reaction. She moved her entire body.
Her hands went up. Her mouth on the floor. Yes.
Blue Ivy as well. So I'm convinced that they
might... Billie Eilish also cried. Yeah. Yeah.
That was the one album she deserved to win a
Grammy. Yeah, that was the one album that most
people feel like she knew that she deserved something,
at least. Because she poured her heart and soul
into that one. Very disappointing that she didn't
get any recognition. Taylor Swift also didn't
win a Grammy. She's won enough. She has, but
that... With everything coming out again, her
tour. That's true, I guess. I am surprised that
she didn't win one thing. And I understand that.
What do you think she should have won? I don't
know. I think everyone except Beyonce got their
place. I think Olivia Rodrigo maybe should have
won something. She should have. I mean, Guts
was really good. Guts was good. But also, I feel
like Guts was, I don't think it was 2024, was
it? Oh, yeah, no. She didn't go for Guts. Guts
came out. I don't think she's had any. Well,
she had the Hunger Games song. That was what
I think she went for the Grammys for because
that was nominated for Record of the Year, which
lost to Kendrick Lamar. But also it's Kendrick
Lamar. I like him. I think it's so funny. I think
it's really funny. I think it's so funny that
Drake said, Kendrick dope is... Kendrick opened
his mouth. Someone get him a Grammy. And then
he won five. Did he win five? He won five Grammys.
I was only awake for two. But I think that was
a shocker. Did Miley Cyrus win country this year?
Or was that last year? I remember seeing her
speech. I don't remember what she won for, but
I remember seeing her speech. Yeah, it was best
country duo slash group performance winner. Beyonce
featuring Miley Cyrus. Well, there's that. Beyonce
won again. Yeah, because people listened to that
album, I guess. Maybe like Millennial and Boomers.
I get it. It's Beyonce. I'm not mad. I'm disappointed
that Billie didn't get anything. I'm just disappointed.
I'm just disappointed that Billie didn't win
Album of the Year. Yeah. She probably should
have won that. She should have won Album of the
Year. All right. Well, I think that's probably
it. Yeah. You know, it's getting a little late.
It is getting dark out. The sun is going down.
But, guys, the time that you will be listening
to this, thank you so much, A, for listening
to us. ramble and i mean we gave you the news
and then we talked about basically anything that
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Day. Remember to get them flowers or chocolates
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Lego flowers. Combine them. Literally. If they're
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Day to them. If they don't care. Yeah. If they
don't care much at all. But yeah. No, I will
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yeah you uh you ever watch the brook uh i know
this is off topic you ever watch the brook and
jubel yeah i'm the laughing guy yeah that'll
be you i'm pretty sure his name's like jeez i
don't remember i don't know i just know that
every single like comment calls him to laugh
no they call him giggle is that his name yeah
it'll be you now yay we'll have to come up with
a new nickname yeah please call me the spectator
the spectator the observer Something menacing.
Something super scary. Because you did threaten
to, like, fire me. It's okay. Only, like, a few
times now. Yeah. Anyways, I hope that I will
still have my job by next week. But we will see
you guys later. And Zach will always be in the
room with us. I'm holding space. He just, he'll
be observing us. Say you're closing. Close it
out. Okay. You guys have a good rest of your
day or night. And I hope you sleep well if you're
listening to this at 2 in the morning. Yeah.
I will work on my closing statement later. They
will probably be different each time. But until
then, I'll see you guys next week. Happy early
Valentine's Day. Have a good day. Bye. Bye.