Everyone welcome back to the main mic. My name
is Harper and we're joined with Mackenzie and
my best friend Kennedy Today we're kind of just
gonna talk about what is going on at Juco I mean,
we don't really have much planned for Events
going on since Maine mainly the events that were
going to happen were for Valentine's Day. So
everything's died down Everything's just like
chill for a little bit. I mean you have the Nerman
you have events going on in the theater You know,
but yeah weekly clubs that we mentioned last
week I mean, do you guys have anything to like
protest? There are protests going on. Is that
tomorrow? I mean if it is tomorrow then like
there's the AI protest going on True, but I feel
like like with professors. It's kind of hard
like you get them make signals like there's some
where it's like AI Is not a big deal and then
others where it's like you're literally like
gonna get threatened if you use AI, you know
Yeah, I mean it makes sense like if you're writing
an article or if you're writing a paper You don't
want the whole thing to be written by AI, but
if you need help with prompts or if you need
help Like with your own grammar that I feel like
that makes sense, but just like your whole work
being AI, or? I've heard that if you use grammar
in these, sometimes it flags your entire paper
as AI. I've heard that too. No, it does. Because
even if it corrects some of the things, then
yeah. No. What was it? It was last spring, so
exactly a year ago. I was in my final comp two
class. And my paper was about AI, like using
AI in classrooms. And I used ChatGBT to help
me fix a couple of sentences, and it came back
37 % written by AI. And I talked with my teacher.
I was like, I don't know what to tell you. I
joked with him prior. I was like, yeah, I'm going
to use AI to write one of my papers, and you're
going to have to guess which one. But I was like,
I know I said that, and then it was a joke. But
I didn't, I swear. And I assume it was probably
just because of grammar, really, because that's
the one I mainly use. Anyway, so it was like,
it was, because I used Grammarly mainly to correct
sentences on there, it claimed to be like 37
% AI. And I still like, like he still like understood.
I was like, no, like I wrote all of it, because
I did have my, what's it called? Whenever you
share a Google Doc with your professor, you can
see like the written, like, what's it called?
The progress, yeah. the progress of what you
write and on what days. So he knew I wrote it.
But it came back 37 % AI. But I feel like people
could also use that to their advantage, should
be like, hey, we just use Grammarly and instead
it was completely written by AI. Does Grammarly
use AI? I know. from like just seeing people
like in the student lounge and stuff a lot of
people like Brag about spending their time using
like AI to write their papers and I'm like, so
what are we learning here? Yeah, this is a weird
time to be a college student a student in general
Yeah, because you're just you can use AI to do
anything write your papers write up a project
for yourself like homework Yeah, really you can
like Google scan it There used to be, what was
it called? What was it? Photomath? And I also
used Socratic at the time, just to help me out
with, I think it was biology or something. I
was like, I'm not understanding this. Socratic
has now merged with Google, so now it's just
Google Scan. But Socratic is where you take a
photo and it reads it, and it'll pop up like,
articles that'll or like it'll give you the answer
and I get a quick like Quizlet I still use all
those things like photo math when I had math
classes and It's the credit the one where it
gives you like the What is it called the summary
of the story or is that something else? No, I
think that's just I think that's what Google
is now because Google includes a summary and
then it has all that but Socratic didn't have
a summary. It literally just gave you links to
like What was it like I said Quizlet's or articles
like it would pull a quote if it had like an
exact quote But I still like you're able to find
like question by question Quizlet's of any quiz
that I've had I literally find them on Quizlet
and they're all right there all the answers in
the same order and everything Yeah, and you can
find teachers now like writing their quizzes
with AI right, so We can't use AI, but our teachers
can use AI to make our tests. It's a bit backwards.
Right. I don't think anyone should be using AI.
But I feel like the teachers and professors that
use the AI to make the exams are more lenient
about it. Or is that just me? Because I had one
professor. I was running out of time for a summer
class because I had been working 40 -something
hours a week. So I didn't really have a lot of
time to do an essay and so I had to like use
AI for an outline to like Submit the outline
or whatever and I forgot to take like the little
like marks off the like show that it's like Yeah,
so I'm like I forgot to take that off and I'm
like I Submitted it and he was like don't do
that. But then that was it like most professors.
I feel like would report that. They want to see
you succeed. Yeah. And so for the most part,
teachers are like, they're like, hey, like I
saw you did this, but don't do it again. And
if you do, if I catch you doing it again, like
you're out of here. Well, maybe I just kind of
like princess treatment, you know, because I'm
just. Yeah, no, you're special. You're the only
one. I am special, but. You're the only one that
that's ever happened to. Nobody else. Exactly.
Nobody has the exact. Exactly. None of my teachers
hate. the use of AI, I guess. I mean, because
when I took Mike's class, he was like, let's
see what AI says for this specifically, just
like to test run it basically, but not for like
the assignments, like the big the big article
that we write at the end. I didn't use AI for
that. I just wrote that on my own. I'm currently
like that's what my interview is for. I'm going
to write about that. The guy yeah, I want I don't
want to give too many details. Yeah, why not?
I'm shy end up on the website. You never know
sharing is caring first article did Yours yeah,
which one? Well, I'm pretty sure majority of
us from class like ours did oh your aggregations
Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm. Yeah, but I liked mine. I I
thought it was went really well I I don't know.
I definitely know writing articles is not my
strong suit. Podcasting is, but for articles
specifically, I think if I just get all the details
that I want down and if the editor wants to include
those details, that'd be amazing. I found the
best way to do it. Is to kind of just write everything
you want to know and I'm sure Mike probably taught
you all of this in that class but literally write
everything that you want to know in question
format or in bullet point format however you
want to do it and Write an outline of how you
want the story to go And go get your interview
and then write it all down. That's it. I feel
like we've been around each other a little too
much. What do you mean? You know what we were
just doing we were doing we were doing the same
thing and we're also both wearing samba's, you
know, I didn't notice that right you just wear
the same shoes and you're both Moving your feet
like damn. Sorry. Let me just like No, it's cute
best friends. Yeah, but it's also like I've had
a lot of people like say that we're sisters and
we're sisters Best friends are sisters. I wholeheartedly
believe that. Did you send me the reel about
like the coffee sisters thing as best friends?
I like that. I thought that was really funny.
That was cute. Okay, so I mean, what do you think
of the Pop the Balloon? Generally, or I guess
in general, what do you think of Pop the Balloon
content? I don't like it. Like I feel like it
can be kind of like Well, some people need it
like the humbling experience, but some people
are like they literally Just want to find someone
to like spend a little bit of time with and then
it's just like You know, yeah, yeah, it's just
a very humbling thing and like Harper ended up
being like, oh you should join but then it clicked
with her that I was like, you know Taken someone
no, I'm not gonna do a pop the balloon thing
if I have a boyfriend I mean, I think um, I think
one of the girls that was up there had a boyfriend
too. Oh, I'm not sure I don't like that. I don't
remember. I think they were just up there for
fun though. Most of the time I know and one of
the girls she I don't think she was interested
in men Actually, so she was just up there for
fun But I don't know because a lot of people
were just joining at the end Or when we got there,
people were just like, yeah, I'll do it. I'll
do it. I'll do it. I'm like, OK, well, I mean,
I haven't asked you any questions. But are you
OK with being recorded? As long as you're OK
with that, hop in the line, grab a balloon, that's
fine. I also, ironically, don't really like being
recorded either, which is like being here kind
of like, oh, yeah. I remember growing up, I'd
never let my mom take a ton of photos of me in
middle school because I'm like, I'm just shy.
And it just hasn't changed a ton, but now I'm
friends with Harper, so that's gotta change,
I guess. She's like a TV personality to me. She
would definitely be good on TV and behind the
scenes in TV, too. She gets along with everybody.
It's kind of scary. It is, it is. She's like
the out -there friend, and I'm the one that's
socially awkward, because I'm a little bit on
the spectrum. just a little bit yeah that's how
i was with my best friend she was definitely
like the outgoing one and i was kind of like
hiding behind her kind of deal so yeah okay as
long as i have a safe space to go to if i feel
like excluded then boom it's fine yeah anyways
The pop the balloon thing, I'm sorry, but I literally
just thought it was a joke at this point. Like
it was so it was so chaotic. And for what? It
was really just like I wanted to do something
that was romantically like influenced. Yeah,
because it's Valentine's Day coming up. So like
it was meant to be like maybe somebody will find
some love. But at the end of the day, this will
just be a fun little event to have on campus
because like All those people showed up and then
even the school photographer was there and she
was taking pictures so and like people were watching
from inside the buildings too. I'm like okay
cool like people are seeing this. Getting attention.
Yeah so hopefully I brought attention to the
messenger because I told all those people to
follow for the next one because I guess there's
gonna be another one. I think I might just do
it like for friends so I'm just gonna include
everybody. Yeah. Hopefully it's not gonna be
as chaotic as this one because it was You know,
it would be a good idea is like maybe like going
and doing like a speed dating thing It's like
you go or like going up to like random people
and being like Hey Okay, that's it I was waiting
for you to say something else and you were making
that face and I was like, hey, what? Like, hey.
Like, have you never seen Tangled and Flynn Rider?
Oh my gosh. Yeah. Hey. I was actually, I was
thinking Into the Spider -Verse. Yeah, because
he just did the shoulder touch. Yeah, I've actually
been compared to is it Gwyn when yeah, it's good
to the hair Yeah, like partially, but I'm like,
I don't see it and my boyfriend's black and he
looks I like Miles Morales And I'm like, okay,
oh my gosh, like he's like straight up he looks
like Him and his what is it actually his twin
or is it like no, it's his younger brother Okay,
that's what I thought but anyways like they look
so similar like you said twins I was like, okay
that makes sense. Yeah No, I was trolling when
I said that I didn't know you're gonna believe
No, but back to what you guys were saying about
I saw the only match romantic love match couple
today in class. I know, they were sitting right
next to each other for the first time. For the
first time I ever saw them sitting next to each
other in class, it was today. And it was so cute,
and I took a photo of them joking, and I was
like, ah, I'm gonna post this on the messenger,
like joking, and they're like, dude, ever since
that episode, people think, people have been
taking their photos. Are you serious? Yeah. That's
terrifying. That is terrifying. Well, I assume
they're friends because they're the ones who
had that crowd, the audience. So they've been
getting paparazzi'd together. And I think that's
so fun. That is fun. That's, I guess, kind of
what I wanted. Not specifically people randomly
coming up and taking pictures of you, but just
getting popularity off of that or just recognized,
I guess. For other people, if that's what they
want, obviously. But also just finding love.
They're cute together. I did it to support you.
Wait, who was it? Ismael and Ariana. I'm gonna
act like I know who they are. Ismael was the
first guy to walk out. Well, I wasn't there until
- Ariana has the blonde hair with curls. Yeah.
Yeah, you're not. All good, all good. I'll point
them out if we ever see them on campus. Anyway,
but no, they're cute together. They're gonna
go on their first date tomorrow to see Wuthering
Heights. I'm like, ooh, that's like a really,
in my head, I'm like, that's a spicy first date.
That's like, in my head, I'm like, that's like
seeing 50 Shades of Grey for your first date.
Hey, wanna see Wuthering Heights? What is that?
Wuthering Heights is based off a book. Yeah?
It's a romance novel. Okay. And it's played by
Jacob Elordi. He's the main character. Oh, with
Margot Robbie? With Margot Robbie. Okay, yeah.
Isn't that just like a s*** basically? Pretty
much. Sounds like it. I saw this interview that
she did, Margot Robbie, talking about how she's
like attached to Jacob Elordi. That's definitely
not true. That's definitely just for promotion
because her husband's the director. Probably.
But I'm like, why? They're just super close.
Apparently really close. I would want to be close
to Marba Robbie too. I do like her. I can't wait
for the Sims movie. I want to see what she's
going to do with that. Oh my gosh, right? Yeah.
Do you not know there's going to be a Sims movie?
I mean, hey, I never played Sims. I'm a Roblox
kid, so. Roblox is better. But she went from
Barbie to Sims and like, yeah. I can't wait.
I really want to know what's going to happen.
I'm curious. I am too. I wonder if they're going
to go by lore or just do something where a sim
comes alive, where it's like also the Barbie
movie. There is lore in The Sims. I know. That's
what I'm saying. If they go by the lore. I thought
it would be more like the Lego movie. Like, you
know how, and I guess spoilers if you haven't
seen it, but if you haven't seen it, then what
are you doing? Is it a live action or is it?
The Lego Movie? No. Oh, The Sims? Yeah. I would
assume so. And like they're wearing like little
headbands or something. Right, with the plum
bobs on top. Or like nobody knows it's like The
Sims movie until the very end and then you realize
like - That's what I was thinking because that's
what The Lego Movie does. It's all animated like
The Lego Movie. Similar to the Lego movie where
it's animated and then they switch and you have
Will Ferrell and his son Playing Legos or his
son playing Legos and Will Ferrell is the bad
guy So I was thinking it would be like that when
we come back to the 100 baby challenge I've never
done it. I've never done it, but I do want to
do Dumb ways to die? No, there's another challenge.
It's the the widow challenge Read out the ugly
I don't wanna do that one. What's the widow challenge?
The widow challenge is basically, you have to
get married multiple times and then you have
to... Kill your husband. Kill your husband, yeah.
And you get rich off of it. Yeah, you gotta take
all his money. You start with like zero dollars.
And you can't get caught. In like a one by one
square, you can't get caught. And then you build
your own home and whatever with that money. No,
you're mixing together... Wait, it's kinda like
Jenny and Georgia. Yeah. Yeah. But you know,
I don't think you have to start on nothing on
your lot. That is rags to riches. Oh, you're
right, you're right, you're right. Yeah, which
I tried to do that one, and I was recording that
too. And I never finished it because my computer
broke. But really, it's pretty good. You know
what I love? Animal Crossing. I want to play
Animal Crossing so bad. It's such a cute game.
It's kind of like Minecraft if you just want
to build stuff and craft and trade and everything.
I do love Minecraft. It's such a cute game. I
can't wait to have, what's it called? What's
the new game coming out? Paralives? Paralives?
Apparently it's - I thought it was cancelled.
I thought - Was it? That's the game that somebody
from Sims came came back and it's open world.
I thought that game was canceled because Like
y 'all it ain't that deep but I waited to get
like Animal Crossing and stuff for Christmas
because I'm not spending money on a game Seriously
I like it. Anyways, so, I mean, besides the new
games coming out, new movies, and our little
update with the Pop the Balloon, we wanted to,
I don't know, just chill with you guys for a
second, just because it's been such a great start
to January 2026, like, spring semester. And,
well, it's February now. But, you know what I
mean. It's like February 13th? 12? February 12th.
Tomorrow's the 13th. Friday the 13th's tomorrow!
Oh my gosh. I'm gonna be so unlucky, guys. Are
you guys doing anything? You're working? I'm
working. All day tomorrow. Really? Put your PM
shift up? No, because I picked it up. I got 40
bucks to pick it up. Damn. I know. And it worked.
So, that sucks. I'll be on the game though, that's
my husband. Nah, I'm gonna love my man out loud.
I'm married and my friend is married to Michael
Jackson. All right, I think that's a great time
to wrap up this episode. We don't need to dive
into any conspiracies there. Anyways, I hope
you guys have a good rest of your week. We will
see you next Friday with a new episode of The
Mean Mike. You may be seeing us doing some physical
activities. I forgot about that. Huh? I forgot
about that. So join us next week for our mental
wellness journey and physical physique, if we
do do it. Anyways, we'll see you then. Love you
guys. Bye!