Episode 500 - 13 Years of This Nonsense

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1:00But all the sports like stopped so I was like oh, and I was like I should cancel this But then they did the thing where they're like you want $20 off for like three months and I was like Yeah, I'll do it and then they got me I've mentioned before in the show that I will keep Getting rid of these different services simply because it's just not worth the value And if I want to I'll go back at a later date and get it for a month and watch things But they keep harassing me to come back at a level that's insane with they're trying to give me amazing deals And if anything it's making me want to become a pirate more It's just too much harassment Your special deals should just be the normal price people pay. Yeah, that's one of those things where It's like you know what? Yeah, I'll take it but then at the same time they know you're gonna forget And they know you're gonna be like oh, I've paid too much again Oh, yeah, when you like re-sign up for stuff that's something they consider that a portion of people will just forget And they can keep charging them But I can't forget because around this office there's a different vibe

2:03the easy access there's a lot of uh Gen Zs in the office and They Unlike the millennials who bought into the whole idea of streaming It seems like it's a good deal I don't have to be a pirate anymore. I can watch these things on the cheap and it's great Well, that is clearly ended and the Gen Z they're ahead of us, my dude They are the pirate caps are on the eye patches are on I see them watching videos. I'm like, where did you get that like oh from this website? Like damn, okay It feels Very early two thousands for the younger kids. They are not paying for a damn thing. There's there's definitely a lot of Salon the high seas Out there. It's great if I did need something to watch I could just go ask one of them Can you download me that series and they would? That's where we're at they would know where to go. They know what to do They have no fear of like the pirate bay and weird viruses that we had back when

3:04Was like you know you download a song on naps or whatever then you something would be wrong with your computer um I guess everyone is in that space is kind of on the same page of like F the man. So It's wild dude I'll see them watch entire shows. I'm like, oh is that on YouTube and like no Like oh would you and they just look at me like don't ask questions like oh, okay I mean even back in the day when I'd like they had like lime wire and shit I would just I was like 13 or whatever. I was like dude free music. This is sick. Yeah I'd even like realize like put it together Yeah, I mean, I think that's the you know the idea of Entertainment being accessed by the masses in a way that You know, it's simple and easy and especially on the internet and by the way in the arts twice this week I heard people once on the radio once in a podcast call it the arts credor um Back in the early 2000s that uh

4:05Yeah, that's a thing that happened all the time people you would you would When I was in the my dorms in college and like the mid early 2000s um That's all my roommates did and I was the only person who had a computer So they would just log into my computer and download music and then put it on their phone Or their iPod or whatever the hell they were putting it on it really to be honest It was always for a ringtone. I'm not even gonna lie. They would get on there download a song Like it's my new ringtone bro. I'm like cool, man My dad's still always wants new ringtones and stuff But he's finally giving up. He's just like ah give me the normal one It's just the normal ringtones fine. It's weird when you're sitting around in a group of people And then like someone's like in the end And doesn't even matter. I'm like, oh who's that? It's my mom. I'm like what that's your mom's a ringtone dude That's crazy Also, do you think you're noticing it more because of the the beta mineoff effect? Oh, you mean the the arts No, I think well probably yes, but I think just twice this week. I heard

5:08Very clear millennials say odds when describing the early 2000s. And so I was like see I'm not crazy It's a thing people do sometimes Well, we did uh By the way happy 500 episodes of this time I forgot I totally forgot Expectations Maybe I'll find something here maybe not We have like a team you know like a team of of most podcasts spoilers have a whole team of people yeah And we are you and I and when we're done I edit this I put it I put our audio channels together and make sure everything's fine Yeah, and then I put it up on youtube.com And then that's it. That's our process. Yeah, there's no team here So if we had a team that could like make a best of thing or do like hey guys remember it's the 500th

6:09You should do something special not We do we do all these other things and then we come together once a week to do this and I will be honest Before I plus plus before I plus pray um I Yeah, I sort of enter a fugue state and just go. I don't so if you're asking me to remember things I don't have that exactly. No, we don't we don't remember around here Oh, that's that's for sure. Yeah, look it back in the past. No, we're about the future the past 500 That's nothing. It's the next 500. Oh my god. How long would that be? I don't want to think about that probably another what like 10 years Yeah, that's It's crazy to me that we did nothing to mark that we've been doing this for this long Um, let's see hold on there's got it. It's gonna be something crazy. What do you do? For 500 of something that didn't really turn up any good Yeah, no, I didn't think it would. I feel like that's a very vague statement

7:14What would you do for 500 of something? That's not even a question really. Well, it's just a bunch of things that are like 500 dollars Like no That's because you said 500 of something yeah, I guess There is a the thing from two years ago someone posted on your reddit of a collection of our quotes And that's I mean we just do them again. He just browsed through a few I mean if you want I feel like I know my quotes. I know who I am. I mean, I've got them up here. I may as well This also reminds me Just from the podcast team our football podcast with me and like the old like northern lion guys We have one dude who like Manages everything in the discord and like people and stuff and then another dude who's like an encyclopedia that just like will Remember and give us weekly updates of like you've picked the Packers 42 times in the month of September

8:16Did you know that you're 22 and 21 when picking the Packers on a Monday like he is like the most insane shit I'm like dude Thank God for the fans because we would have like nothing Yeah, our weather guy. I love him. He's great I uh, you know, that's every once in a while We'll have like a fan show up at a live show and tell me they love me and that's great too But other than that like you know, it's just us. It's just us too. Yeah, by the way None of this love ever pays out. Oh, yeah, this is all this is false promises of love every time Yeah, I'll be honest. I'll be honest. It's kind of my thing now. I think I'm really into people lying and saying they love me It's my it's my new fetish I guess. Yeah I feel like that's also been when you're old fetishes You're just having the realization Yeah, yeah, I mean, I like I always knew. Yeah Um Well, by the way the pole that's a that's a problem here

9:16So I did a poll two weeks ago. I said what do you call that time period 54? This is 2.3 thousand or 2.3 K all right 54% call it the 2000s Okay, 30% call it the early 2000s Sure well of percent call it the odds And then 4% something else and everybody in the something else comments say the nautis That's you know what that is actually The fun way of saying odds is the nautis and I actually like that. So I'm I'll accept that as an answer Someone said the nauticals down here in Atlanta's That's a good one. Well, that's they live in Atlanta. So yeah, it's different culture. Yeah, it's fair Also shout out to deleted who posted this on reddit uh, so We don't actually know it was but they posted it three years ago Uh, someone also said Three years ago. I really hope if they go back through quotes again the saying a verse three episode

10:17They'll actually try and look to find context. Oh Oh Yeah, no, I mean that's like it's a hope a fool's hope but yeah, I hope nonetheless It really is um, so if we had a team we could have someone go back and do that But then we'd have to pay them and we aren't rolling and go over here. It's just the two goofballs Yeah All right, how about this quote? Okay, there's your life lesson. Don't plan anything That's a you that's a you quote. All right. That was a me quote. You got it easy. Yeah All right too much dancing. That's the devil, you know, uh, that's me for sure. Nope. That's a crendor quote That's a crendor quote Here's the thing the first one makes sense be like if people are asking for context I'm sure the first one is I explained something about my life and you were like nah Yeah, it sounds like that and this one Probably sounds like I too did something stupid and you were like not should have been dancing dude

11:23You know what? Yeah, that probably was it Um Either of us could be right and I don't care enough the research it so we'll say we're both right. Oh, this is tough. This is tough um I'm gonna say me It's another crendor quote really Wow, you out here three quotes three I'm gonna try to throw you off a bit too. I figured you would be like You are throwing me off here's the I thought because you did I second guess myself there because I thought because you did two Crendors I knew you were gonna think that you got three Crendors. I'm hitting you with a reverse Um I'm not gonna lie. I kind of dig the Crandemic Sour Cranberry Goose dildo juice There's never been something that's come out of your mouth That is a you one you've never said the word dildo juice in your entire life. I don't think many people said this

12:24I don't think many have What is the people are asking for the context? I'd rather not know to be honest. Yeah Uh This is like one of the witch battles Oh, this is a you this has to be you. This is a Jesse quote one of the witch battles. What the hell the witch man Why would I ever said this is like one of the witch battles? Although I am convinced anytime well All right, I'm not convinced you've tricked me too much That's true. You have been tricked um Let's see. Let's see Uh Vegas is the cheesecake factory of cities Jesse Cox. Yep, that's you quote. I say most things that cheesecake factory is something Why not you said it last week Yeah, I'm pretty sure I did Remember what it was, but I remember he's saying it was something Uh Let's see we got

13:24Then you're gonna get that one Okay I stood it was I still think about that bathtub pickle I still think that's me Yeah, that's what I was saying. I was like I'm not gonna say that Although you know maybe if I had a good bathtub pickle, I would say that But you don't ever say I still think about that seems like a Jesse phrase I don't know. I think about a lot of things Yeah, but you don't say I still think about that's true I frequently will say I still think about that that that that that that Yeah, that's true. That is one of your words. It's like it's a Jesse is him. Yeah. Yeah. It's like the I must dress Um, let's see Uh, that's a crendore. Uh, you'll get that one Uh, I don't think I know anyone that's cool. I'll be honest. Look at the field we're in. I don't know any cool people I'm gonna say you It's a Jesse quote That does sound like me. It sounds like something I would say

14:26But I kept thinking I do know cool people See, they maybe had to redefine what cool was man. Yeah, maybe you did. Maybe we're just going through a time You know, yeah, I wonder what year that was I wonder if that was the beginning middle or current age of this podcast Uh, I scroll, but it did say like episode late 300 so 2023 It's like three years ago That sounds right. That sounds like uh 2223 covid we're coming out of it There was no one no one was cool in 2023. That's just a fact. That's true Um, I remember one time I was supposed to be doing something, but I didn't care so I was just walking around That's you for sure. Yeah, that was I've never been more convinced of a thing ever Uh, I'd be fine if 80% of all boats were pumpkins I'm not gonna lie and I feel like that would change the world

15:26Me That is you I'm surprised. Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. It's a giveaway dead giveaway I don't know. I feel like I've said I'm not gonna lie maybe say it more I feel like that was from an article about people racing pumpkin boats or people making boats out of pumpkins and floating them down a river Oh, yeah, you know what? I think you're right. I seem to recall something like that. Yeah Oh, here it is. You think you could eat ass with a plastic spoon Uh, me for sure That was a krendor quote However, probably responding to something I said I think you said I think I probably said plastic on accident and then you Gave me out for it. That's definitely what happened That's 100% that was episode 355 2022 if I want to stay here the plastic plastic spoon I'm pretty sure that yeah, I think I even remember that kind of I feel like if you're gonna have depression it might as well be tropical. You might as well have a Hawaiian shirt on

16:26Me that is you if anything that's like a like an Alex. It really is That's a yeah, but the positivity there. I feel was very Jesse coded. Yeah, I mean if you're gonna be depressed You might as well do it in Hawaii. Yeah What the I even know what this one. Okay, this one. This is obvious who this is My parents are on the krend train now We were in a car ride for six hours the other day and my mom and dad had one of those, you know Fister weapons. You know what I mean Okay, so it's clearly me, but I don't know what I mean I don't even know what I mean. I don't know what a fister weapon is. It's like a fidget spinner or something No I mean weapon is the key. I don't know what that means unless it's one of those ones where you put in your fist and you break out a window For a car, but why would they have that? I don't know man, and you said they're a wild life You said they're on the krend train now. So this is like something I would do

17:30Right, it's something you probably owned or you have have And you were describing it to me probably the episode before and then I said oh, yeah, no my parents I saw that this week that they have the same thing you have or something like that. Yeah That's all we think it makes sense. That's episode 318 if anyone wants to research that because I'm not Uh Jesus take the wheel. I'm about to bang this lizard Me That's that's a that's a tombstone quote us I want to be remembered for that one Jesus take the wheel because I'm about to bang this wizard Yeah We're like the Sega CD of podcasts. Uh me That is you. Yes. Yeah, I like to I like I like a good analogy. Yeah

18:34Um, you get the beer you get your buffalo chicken you get your stomach pain and bloating. It's just a good time That's you. Yeah, anytime you're talking about some sort of medical discomfort. It's probably me Yeah, yeah, yeah, I never would have added the bloating bit if it was a me thing Yeah, yeah, that's true um Everyone who drinks an espresso would be okay if there was cocaine and they're espresso Uh, I'm gonna switch it up and I'm say you No, I shouldn't switch it up. That's you damn damn overthought it Yeah, I was trying to you know, I was trying to play the game man If anything, it's the humans fault like they're just trying to live in their swamp Humans are like I want to live by a swamp and it's like nah We learn this from Shrek get out of my swamp. Come on you Yep, that was me Yeah, I feel like you were late to Shrek sometimes. So that makes sense. That's honestly true I definitely do want people to get out of my swamp sometimes

19:38Weird ass life I learned from the I learned from the best That's you Yeah, but that was more like a donkey like you were the donkey. I was the Shrek I was thinking about donkey at the time. Yeah, that might have been it. That might have been it Can't let those volcanoes are up the only thing worse than that's the gas prices You that is me up little did I know dude if you would have paired those up with the modern gas prices You're like ten dollars a gallon. You'll be hoping for those volcanoes Yeah All right, here we go. Let's do one more. I'm gonna get you a good one ready Okay, real good Now I could be wrong. I'm not looking this up and I don't intend to look it up, but I feel like that's what I remember Me That is you you've done it Yeah, anytime I say I feel like that's what I remember. I don't think you have the audacity to say I feel like that's what I remember

20:43Yeah, yeah, that's the slippery phrase I've ever heard Yeah, I think I would just be like oh Uh here I'll leave you with this one. This is a you quote, but you'll probably enjoy it Uh, that's why I'm a black night dude. I roll up stab you in the dick and roll out There you go. Yeah black nights, man. That's how they roll everyone knows that Drew everyone knows that I'm no white night. I'm stabbing you in the dick There we go see we got the real relive numerous episodes from I guess these were all in the 300 So we just redid that again Yeah, well there we go. It's done once again Yeah 500 probably like 400 the exact same episode. I don't know. Yeah What else do you do this week literally today between when I woke up and when we started recording this I had three

21:43podcast worthy incidents Oh my god, and they it's just I don't even know I'll start with the first one. This is me driving to the office today Uh on the road are two guys on motorcycles and normally two guys in motorcycles whatever except One guy was on a white motorcycle wearing all white with a white leather jacket And the other guy was on a black motorcycle wearing all black with a black leather jacket And I have so many questions because They didn't roll up at the same time But they also were on the exact same motorcycle But it also could be because there's a Harley store On uh the street I was on so maybe they were going like I don't know But part of me wanted to know if they're riding together And if so did they make the choice to ride that way? Do they always ride that way and was the theme they're going for? Either way, I looked behind me and was like This rules. I don't know what these guys are doing But I love this. I love that they're like yeah, I'm the white guy and yeah I'm the one who always wears black and yeah, we hang out together. It's sort of a yin yang situation

22:49That is honestly it feels almost like uh something out of the matrix That's what I'm saying. It's like to do to be chasing Neo Yeah, they might have been So weird, but I kind of loved it and I was like this is extremely L.A. Um Then when I was in the car today Uh, there was like an ad or something, you know, like one of those public service announcements. I was like Adoption Oh my child dude, and so I'm sitting in the car listening to the radio and I started thinking in my head, you know I don't necessarily want kids But if there's ever a point in my life where I feel like maybe that's a thing that I want I'd be more than happy to adopt like a little kid who doesn't have a family And sort of you know give them that and I was thinking about it and I was like yeah, man I probably could do that So I go to get my morning coffee at my favorite coffee place roll in And uh, there's like 18 little kids Running around the whole damn thing

23:50There are kids hiding under the counter with this woman's making the coffee There are kids trying to climb up the wall There are kids messing with all you know how most coffee shops have Cups or coffee you can buy or such stuff on the walls they're messing with that They're loud as hell They're like doing all the stuff and there are three parents and when I describe these parents to you I swear to god They look like TV tropes of millennials One guy had that black and white striped shirt He had his hat on backwards He was clearly bald But he had this long black beard Uh, and then the other guy At some point in time must have been very physically fit But he is pure dad bod now But he still has the shirts of a dude who was physically fit So he's got like the gut almost hanging out And then the woman that was there She looks like she she had a jacket on A hat that covered like Covered her almost entire face She had bags under her eyes She looked like she just didn't care anymore

24:50And the kids are going crazy And it's me and there's this old man in there with me And he gives me this look that's like Kids And I look at him and kind of like give a half smile And the entire time I'm waiting Like it was They couldn't decide because it's not just a coffee shop It's a gelato place too And they were I guess getting them gelato But it was like 10 in the morning on a Sunday I was like what the hell The kids just can't decide because their children They're all under 10 I don't think they even understand the concept of gelato And they're going crazy and running around And they're After 20 minutes of waiting for this nonsense I finally get my coffee as I'm leaving The only thing I think of is like Nah man Kids aren't for me Like you know what I almost tricked myself Into believing for a moment Like yeah I could adopt a Nah The universe set me right The universe is like You wanted to know You'll future should you choose a child I was like yeah No Because the entire time I was just waiting for one of the parents to speak up

25:52And be like Don't do that Or cut that out Come on guys Come over here Sit down Let's be quiet Or you know Let's be a little bit respectful Of these people's coffee shop None of that None of it They just let them run all over the place And I wanted to be like What are you doing Even the old man next to me Was had that vibe of like Five These were my kids I'd get to belt out You know what I mean Like yeah Back in my day I allowed them To beat anybody Even the neighbor's kids And I realized That I couldn't Whatever modern parenting is It's not for me I am on that strict 1940s parent train I'd be like Nah Nah my kids not doing that So Yeah That's probably why I shouldn't have kids It is I mean at the same time I think there's too much the other way Where people aren't parenting enough They're just trying to be their Kids friend or something That's what this was It's like they're not even trying to be the friend

26:53They're acting like they don't even exist That's what this was It was crazy to watch these three They were sitting down And there were a bunch of kids around them But there were kids running all over the place No one was trying to stop them When I walked up the So I walk up to the counter And the counter sort of has one That's one of those like overhang things Coming out towards the customers Underneath it were three kids Like they were under a kitchen table And I was like You're just gonna let your kids hide under here And they're sitting there Eating their Pure sugary ice cream stuff And they're like Fighting with each other So you can get underneath it And I'm just sitting there Trying to order my damn coffee And I'm like Yeah You're chaos That was pretty bad I mean I think people are just People just don't care And they're just like You know what, I'm living my life And you're getting in my way Like it's almost how they It feels like they are now The first thing I would have done If my kids were acting crazy

27:54Is apologize to every adult in the room Well yeah, you're normal And these people did not Like the old man Look like he was going to flip Out He was The patience on that guy's face He walked up to the counter And he goes Double espresso Actually, you know what, make it Two double espresso Those like that guy's having a moment No, yeah, because like Pretty much Even if I was in the way I'd be like, oh, sorry Right? And then if my kid was in the way I'd be like, hey, get over here. Oh, sorry Like you just Yeah, I even ask them to apologize I probably get my kid to like Say you're sorry, you know Yeah And again, that's Probably the normal thing That's why those kids probably don't stay in that Because then you're just like, okay, that's not it But then it's always the ones to stay in that Because they're letting their kids Run around Just doing whatever Honestly, people do that with like their Their dogs and shit too They're just like, here's my dog It's like a hundred pound dog Just like jumping on you And it's just like dude That thing is going to shatter my ribcage

28:55There's this lady in my apartment complex She's like, I don't know, three or four doors down for me And her dog is a menace Every time I walk by her apartment He barks like crazy for 20 minutes because he hears me And I don't know if she's never home I don't know what to buy I've only seen her in the hall once with her dog And when I saw the dog the dog Lost his mind to the point where she almost lost control of the dog And I was like, okay I don't want to tell people how to live their lives We got a dog like that Maybe an apartment's not the place You know what I mean, like That's crazy to me Your dog is always barking Like that's How do you live like that Yeah, no, that's insane So like people just walk around with their untrained dogs Just like run around like Packling people just being like, he's friendly And it's like, actually, I'd prefer if you just like kept it under control And they're like nah It's like the same shit with kids Yes, yes, exactly Honestly, that's why I mean, I had dogs growing up But like, they never attacked anybody And like, we always kept control of them and stuff

29:57And like, like even people They're like, let their dog go ever Like, have a leash And it's like the longest leash you've ever seen It's like walking into the road and shit Or those people don't even put it on a leash There's like, I had a spine Dog like wanders It's like This is like it's insane Yeah, I think that at some point in time People got stuff twisted in the idea of You know, oh, I'm gonna be more respectful of my dog Insert kid here if you want I mean, more respectful of their person hood And more respectful of them as a living creature And I'm not gonna, you know, chain them up Or leash them up or do whatever And I'm gonna let them, you know, Live how they would in the wild Or whatever the case may be And sure that might make you feel good Hmm And I'll be honest, I even support The quality of life and improvement It definitely has on that creature Or your child, that other creature But letting them grow at their own pace But that removes yourself from the obligation of society

30:59Which is like, we're all in a pack together to be civil Yes And so we have to give up a few things Like letting our dog run around and bite people Yeah To live in a society together Where there are rules and there are norms And there are customs And yeah, it may not be the best To scold your child Because you want them to grow up And a not shameful way Or whatever the hell you're doing But like Also We live in a society And you should prepare them for the fact that There is gonna be somewhere Someday where someone's like, shut up Yeah It's honestly It starts the border unlike even twitch streamers Where they're just streaming out in public Or people making tick-tocks out in public There's no like consideration for anybody around them They're just like, I'm doing this and I want to do it The amount of streamers That I see streaming while driving a car That then getting a car crash Yep It should immediately get your stream terminated It should get you thrown in jail Yeah

31:59Your license should be taken That is like basic 101 of distracted driving Like don't do that And the fact that it happens so frequently And then they just go back to streaming again It's crazy to me I do not understand how that is Even remotely allowed on any platform It's crazy Yeah, and then they're like, oh But they wore a bikini Slightly too revealing They're banned forever But you can like, kill somebody in a car I literally have no problem if they were like Tomorrow, we made it so If you want to show a nip, go ahead Like whatever man, I absolutely don't care about that That's some, you know Weird stuff that people need to handle on their own But like Endangering people Being a nuisance in public Actively aggravating others Going around and like Just streaming other people without any consent Like that's So bogus, get out of here with that Yeah, honestly, on top of that

32:59I feel like people have just gotten worse at driving Like within the last five years Like ever since COVID Messes up, we've said it before I say it again It messes up I'm with you Driving has gotten significantly worse Yeah, it's just like Because I feel like people stop driving as much And now they're driving again It's almost like some of them just forgot There's like obviously more cars with like screens And it's like distracting things Plus people are looking at their phone on top of that So many people are looking at their phones, dude Yeah Every time I get behind someone is looking at their phone It isn't like Oh, it's on a stand in their car They're there's holding up Staring at it while driving I'm like, what are you doing, bro Just drive your car Yeah, it's insane Like that's my entire driving style Is I don't care what I got to do I get away from everyone Just like It's what I do Or what I did in like video games back in the day I was like if I'm near people Like something bad could happen

33:59So like if people are going too slow I'll pass them up If people are going too fast I'll let them keep going And like as long as I'm like Away from everyone That's what I'm always aiming to do That's my homeostasis Yeah, when I was much younger Back when I was learning to drive My driving instructor Because dude, I don't even know if we have driving instructors anymore I have no idea what what happens to the kids these days But when I have my driving instructor He was like The road is a river You are water flow through it There's no reason to get pissed off Or stressed Or whatever he's like Your whole job is to just move through traffic If there's someone One person is going slow Just go around him Like a rock in the river Just flow around it If a person is going fast That is someone going much Just like Get out of their way It's fine And then you can If you're in the left hand lane And someone's coming 95 And you're going 80 Just pull to the right Let them pass you Then pull back to the left

35:00Yeah Very simple easy things And it makes so much sense And that's how I drive Is I just like zen out when I drive But Yeah It's sometimes I get a little peeved What I see people Who are just actively engaging in things That could get someone hurt And I was like What are you Like for me I There was when I first moved to LA I think it was a very valuable lesson For me when I first moved LA I was talking with my mom on the phone And I had the phone up to my ear And I immediately was pulled over by a cop And he was like Nope, can't do that And I was like Okay So ever since then I don't I barely use my phone while driving Yeah That's I really only use mine from my music And even then If you hook it up to the car Like shows it on the little screen thing Oh my god I just cycle through that And you can even just be like Hey phone Play this song And I'll just do it Yeah Like there's there's plenty of convenient options

36:02But I mean there's people They're just like constantly looking at it Like and you can tell It's like swerving into the yellow lane They're just like going all over the play They're like slowing down, speeding up There's some people are just It's the slow down It's the slow down that always gets me Where it's they're trying not to crash So they slow down They're like Well now all of us are going to crash into you Dumb dumb Just move It's There's like Plus it's just like Things can happen in instant There's numerous times Where I was somebody looking at my phone I would have like gotten in an accident Because someone else did some dumb shit Yes So frequently Yes Yeah Or just even expecting it I'm always expecting someone to do something Crazy Like I was going through a one It was like a left Green arrow and I turned And I was like I bet this guy is going to like Super cut off and turn right and cut me off And then boom he did And I was like there it is But like I was expecting it So I was like I know this guy's going to do some dumb shit But like if I'm just looking at my phone Like blah blah blah what a crash I mean that's the girl I saw this week

37:03Who was streaming who got in a car crash On like live stream fails or whatever If you watch the video It is literally her talking to chat Or whoever's else's in the car She keeps looking at the camera And she's driving fast on a highway You can see that And then It happens so quick the crash And that's the thing I don't think people understand She goes from fully in control To having a good time talking with chat To immediately crashing in Like 0.5 seconds Yeah And that's as quick as it It can come out of nowhere And that's what got her The camera's still on And they're all like Oh You okay? You okay? Yeah And it's just like Oh guys And I want to say Lesson learned They really messed up there But I know it won't happen Because I've watched that Happened all the time But the same people do the same thing Over and over and over and over and over again Because They're young and rich and make no mistakes There's even people Or like they don't get into rex

38:03But they're just like Recklessly driving on stream And it's like That should also just be like an instant Oh yeah And if you're streaming while driving You should be banned from streaming period It doesn't matter what you're doing It doesn't matter like you should just It's a distraction And it should get you banned Yeah Just can That's it Like you shouldn't be able to stream while drive Or drive while streaming Whatever the case may be Yeah It's It's insane Remember when people used to just play video games On this website To be honest I think it goes to Um You know We saw this past week The Jeff Kaplan was talking about Overwatch and how The company there was like Yeah, hey man If you don't hit these benchmarks We're going to fire people And we're going to blame it on you Um I think that And every other example of this Even going back to Twitch Is because at a certain point And I don't know where I was talking with someone I don't know where I heard this stat It might have been co-carnage I can't remember But someone was saying that At Twitch At one point in time Was mostly gamers work there

39:04And then It became to the point Where so many outside people joined That it was mostly non-gamers working there And I think that's the case With most things Blizzard all these different companies Where it's oh there's money to be made there Cool, I want to go work there and make money Not actually produce Quality content or games or whatever And I think When you bring those people in Twitch is an example It isn't about the games Or playing games Or game of fighting things They see people just on stream being dramatic And they're thinking Like reality TV drama Reality TV content And that's what they understand Because they don't get games They do get the numbers from Reality TV stuff It's cheap it's easy to make And it draws eyes Because it's Crazy people acting crazy in public Yeah It's all It's just whatever gets people It's the rage bait shit from like twitter we talked about Or it's just like everything's just rage bait And it's like it gets people interacting Because they're like well this is not right This isn't and then it feels like you have to reply

40:05And then they got you They're making money off that shit Yeah Like it's like Oh my god Speaking of rage bait Oh my god I saw a twitter video of What was very clearly an ad It was some guy trying to sell supplements or something But the way he went about doing it Was so rage baity that he had Little things he'd put in That were very clear I want you to comment And I'm going to leave this little breadcrumb for you to pick up on One of the examples was He said My pt recommended This supplement to me And it changed the way I look And feel I lost 100 pounds And so of course just like me All the comments picked up on Did you just say pt personal trainer Well that's what did it dude You just worked out a bunch It wasn't the supplements But the thing is Is he had a ton of comments Because he probably crafted that video To be that exact same thing Where people would respond to it and be like You're just you just said What do you

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47:11And I'm aware You always find these road-like games I'm late to the party And I get to see your name On my friend's list as the top person And I'm always disgruntled about that Yeah, listen, I love me a good roguelite I've heard that about you Yeah Okay, well, let's go to weather It is time to weather it up Weather requests for West Island Cocos Island The territory consists of two A stalls made up of 27 coral islands Of which only two West Island and home island are inhabited Islands were discovered in 1609 by British Sea Captain William Keeling But no settlement occurred until the early 19th century Oh yeah, it's so in the middle of nowhere That uh I mean, it's it's in the Indian Ocean It's in the middle of nowhere There's nothing near it It's I guess the closest is Christmas Island But what's crazy is that

48:13The there's a Pulu Keeling National Park But it's so small Then on the map. I just thought it was the ocean And I was like, what do you mean When you scroll and it's this little tiny Perfectly preserved island with nothing on it Open 24-7 Well, thank God Yeah, thank God 4.5 stars Hey, look at that Uh The Wapi activated 78 degrees Fahrenheit, mostly cloudy, Coco's Island wins four miles per hour. East, North, East, air quality 11. Good. Pressure 29.84 inches visibility seven miles sunrise 606 AM sunset 616 PM Waning crescent moon UV 0 2.75 humidity 91%

49:1610 day 81 Monday mostly cloudy skies Tuesday partly cloudy 82 Wednesday 83 partly cloudy Thursday 83 PM showers Friday 83 showers Saturday 83 showers Monday 83 showers AM Monday 84 partly cloudy Tuesday 83 partly cloudy cloudy cloudy cloudy cloudy. There we go as we lost him. Yeah, he hasn't worked in a while. So this is so interesting. I imagine most of the people here are from the military, especially considering there's a giant runway and air force road is listed. But the top half of the island is there's not much there. It's all except for a shark nursery, which no thanks, but also wild coconut discovery center. It claims it's gas food. It's five stars.

50:17But aside from the coconuts I'm seeing and this very weird picture of a man who's like blurry. So yeah, I see. And another photo that doesn't even appear to be of this island and the photo of raisin cake. I don't know what there's also two baby ducks or chicks. Yeah. So then if you keep going down, there's photo spots that you can take and then finally right near the meteorological observatory, there's some apartments. Oh, yeah. And then there's actually some food places. Yeah, it's a surfer girl restaurant in brewery. There's fresh pasta and steak, except all I see are photos of afogados. Oh, hold on. You keep scrolling. You see a photo that appears to be from 1936. I don't know what the hell. Yeah, what the hell? And then oh, it's just like a little small get together spot.

51:17Yeah, I will say the fish looks pretty good. It does look pretty. It's hard to screw that up when you're right on the ocean like that. Yeah, there's cocoa's club. Oh, if you if you scroll in, there's way more places. Oh, yeah, they start popping up. Tropica restaurant. Yeah, cocoa's club. Renek's the salties by the airport. There it is. Salty's grill and bakery. Ooh, the bakery looks good. Is hell. Oh, yeah, it does look good. That's so interesting that it's a because it's this little tiny island. None of the buildings are too big. I almost imagine it's because they absolutely get destroyed in like crazy weather. Oh, yeah, probably. Uh, what is this Peckle Lay Lay Pack Yoko? It's got a five star to three star. It's another one of those tiny places that probably has like one awning and a guy serving drinks out of a cooler. Yeah, there's cocoa cottages and waves oceanfront accommodations.

52:20Oh, go island. And they all kind of have this vibe of like, yeah, you're not going to really be staying in these. You know what I mean? Yeah, nice. They have that like your whole thing is you're going to be outside most of the time. So it doesn't matter what it looks like on the inside. Yeah, they're very just like basic tropical looking type of thing. Again, I guess if you're coming out here, the reason is not to stay inside. Yeah. No, that would make sense. I'm trying to look at the other islands, but they don't even have roads on them. Oh, what the hell? It really is just it's probably very small, very sandy. Hold on, there's a bantam. Bantam. Which has a lot of stuff. It actually seems like this is a place a lot of people live. Much more than West Island. Oh, yeah, I see. Wow, this is, it's fast. You never think about like, yeah, no people would have to live here.

53:20You know what I mean? Yeah. That's crazy. It's like really just in the middle of nowhere. Yeah, and it's interesting to see the people there because it's kind of in the middle of nowhere. But also close to Singapore, but also close to India. The people that are there, it seems like a lot of Indian people have moved to this island. Or at least work there. Yeah. That's super interesting. Not a lot of Australians, although most of the tourist pictures appear to be Australians. Yeah, I mean, they're not too far away. Yeah, that's so interesting. But also it's on the ass end of Australia. You know what I mean? Let's see. Because you got Perth way down south there. But most of Australia is on the other side. The rest of it's desert. Yeah, I guess you're right. It's closer to like Indonesia and everything. Yeah, it's pretty close to Singapore. Or Jakarta. Oh, Jakarta.

54:20Yeah. I would imagine most of people live on West Island or from Jakarta. I could see that. I've heard of Jakarta, but I don't know where Jakarta is. If you're looking at Singapore, it's directly at the south end of Singapore. Oh, I see it. Okay. So you're on the other island? Yeah, I see now. Jakarta. Sounds like a cyclopedia. Cyclopedia, Jakarta. Yeah, yeah. Oh, neat. That's the weather. Yeah. Very cool. All right. Let's go to sports. Sports. We got sports. Get ready. It's almost March Madness time. They are picking the brackets. I believe tonight, actually. And then it's going to be starting up. It's always happening around St. Patrick's Day, which is this week. Get ready for all the betting ads. To be like, get ready to make the most money you'll ever make. Yep. I mean, I see that for every other sport anyway. So it's just part of the stuff, I guess.

55:22Yeah. We had a big NFL thing with free agency happenings. That's fun. I'll probably be doing my free agency show this week with everybody. And then over in the NBA, we got the pistons and first with the Celtics and the Knicks right behind them. And then we have the Thunder in first with the Spurs right behind them. And in hockey, we have, oh my goodness, the Buffalo Sabers have moved into first place. This shit's crazy. Sabertrain rolls on. They are nine and one in their last 10 games. That's insane. The only team better than them in the East is the Carolina Hurricane by two points. And finally, and then the avalanche and stars are on the top of the West and the entire NHL and then the Minnesota wild as well. And spring training happening in baseball as well as the World Baseball Classic.

56:24I haven't really paid attention to it much, but looks like the United States is playing the Dominican Republic in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic. And it's currently zero zero. I think the last I saw was Peru versus Japan. Yeah, and I think Japan lost. Yeah, I only know that because Otani was, you know, goofing around. And so people here in LA were like, haha, our man. Yeah. Oh yeah, it looks like it'll be Venezuela versus Italy in the other game. Interesting. So I never really think about the World Baseball Classic, you know what I mean? I never really knew either. But they always do it right before the season starts. Yeah. And that's boards. Okay. What is our fact of the day? Fact of the day. Fact of the day. Fact of the day. Let's see. Oh, by the way, we watched like the Paralympics is out on for like one day.

57:29That's actually interesting to see. There was like the skiing, but like the one when they'd like ski for visually impaired, they would have like a person skiing in front of them so they could see. And like keep track of the path. And then I think they went again without them there. So it was like a like they had a guide. So interesting. Yeah, okay. So that was cool. And then they had curling, but they're like in wheelchairs. So like they didn't have the sweeper people. They just like had one person go up and be like, whoah, and you like push the thing. And then wherever it lands, it lands. That's all that stuff is so interesting to me. Like I was watching this running where it was blind running. And they had a partner with them tied to them basically. And I was like, the amount of trust you must have to give over to another person to do that. Yeah, seriously. I guess that's honestly impressive. Yeah, that was even thinking like when they had their guide and everything.

58:31I'm like, what the guide falls? Then you're like, you ruined it. Yeah, you just, I imagine you work together so much at a certain point. You just, I am in tune with their body and their movements. And so I know when left foot, right foot. I know, you know, like there's little. Yeah. Yeah, man. Also, I'm really curious about the levels of blindness. You know what I mean? Or certain disabilities and what qualifies for what? Just because they know that there's a spectrum to it. Yeah, I was wondering that too. I was like, can they like still see some things? Is it like blurry? Is it like, that was curious? Yeah, because I mean, there's levels of blindness where you see nothing and have never seen anything ever. There's levels of blindness where everything is blurry. And you can see glasses can't fix that. There's levels of blindness where you have like barely any vision. You can still kind of see some things. It's all over the place, just like a hearing loss or just like anything. There's, yeah, huge spectrum. And so I'm so curious what the rules are for entering different things

59:34based on that stuff. I don't know. Yeah. I don't know, but it was cool to see that. But that's not our fact. Our fact is pregnancy tests date back to 1350 BCE. What was a 1350 pregnancy test? I believe that. I mean, we had all sorts of pregnancy based things, you know, because people would be banging. But like, what was it? Well, according to a document written on ancient papyrus, Egyptian women urinated on wheat and barley seeds to determine if they were pregnant or not. If wheat grew, it predicted a female baby. If barley grew, it predicted a male baby. A woman was not pregnant. What do you mean? But if nothing grew, then they were not pregnant. It does say that. What are you trying to tell me right now? Experimenting with the seed theory in 1963 proved it was accurate 70% of the time.

1:00:37What are you trying to tell me? That if you just pee on wheat and barley, nothing happens. But if you are pregnant with a girl you said and you pee on wheat, then that grows. But if you're pregnant with a boy and you pee on barley, that grows. So what about boys? Is it because women are W and boys are B? Like, that doesn't make any sense. I just made that up on the floss. But like, what do you mean? It says the 1963 study showed it was likely due to estrogen and urine causing growth, though it couldn't predict gender. But then how does the barley wheat thing work? For, I don't know. It's just questions. Wait, it says barley and wheat are sensitive to hormonal changes. Uh, okay. All right then. Uh, let's see.

1:01:38I mean, or anything. Many of the ideas in the medical texts from ancient Egypt appear in later Greek and Roman texts. Uh, from here they spread further to medieval texts in the Middle East. Uh, let's see. Or anything like that. It says according to the National Institute of Health, the study conducted in 1963. And at this method of determining pregnancy is accuracy about 70% of the time. Although it wasn't accurate at all when it came to determining the sex of the baby, modern pregnancy test rely on proteins that can detect a hormone called human curionic, golden, gonadotropin. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. HCG. Uh, but scientists speculate this old-timey test worked so well because elevated levels of estrogen and women's urine might have promoted seed growth. Okay. I'm just the part that I understand the part A, which is P and you're not pregnant. Nothing happens. P and you are pregnant.

1:02:38Stuff grows. I get that. And I guess science gets that as well. But the initial statement was that if you pee on one type it grows and you pee on another type that grows. Yes. So I assume they were just, they was just, you know, making it up and being like, because you would think that it would happen and they'd be like, oh, it was wrong. Right? Yes. So I don't know. I don't know how it works. They're thinking. Crazy. Yeah. That's pretty cool. Uh, that's in fact the day. Oh, right. Who has come to us on this 500th episode with tears in their eyes. All right. Let's see. Um, here we go. It's time for the dear illustrious sir episode 500. Wow. Wow. Dear illustrious sirs and tears in my eyes, I wonder what you would surmise is your least favorite genre of films and how you would improve those films to make them more enjoyable

1:03:39to watch. Uh, easy for me. Romantic comedies. I think they're way too tropey as a person who knows tropes. I am frequently tired of, uh, boy girl meat, boy girl, hit it off. Something happens that is completely stupid misunderstanding that one conversation would fix. They break up or they have an argument or it's like, I question whether I even care about you. And then they end the get back together. I hate the right. And there's that's 90% of them. And I understand it's kind of like comfort food for people that way. Same way that Christmas movies are where they have the same trope of like big city girl moves back to the country and there she find like that kind of thing, which any reasonable thought would be like, well, that's an insane plot. But I understand it's comfort food. I'm just saying romance movies, rom coms are roughly the same thing across the board.

1:04:39And I think it's lazy. Well, how would you improve it? Okay. All right. This is on the spot. So I don't know if it would be perfect. But girl works at a record shop. Why am I trying to pitch this to you? Girl works at a record shop. And uh, it's like a struggling business, right? No one's buying records and the people that do aren't buying them a lot. And so she's, you know, all stressed. She's trying to pay the bills, whatever. And she meets a guy who is trying to sell a record to the record shop. And uh, you know, she, you know, finds them very attractive. And they fall in love over music. But you know, whoops, really, he isn't really into all the music she likes. He just was selling his parents old records to get some cash. And uh, he just kind of faked it to be interested in what she likes. And um, they, uh, realized that it isn't about the music.

1:05:42It's about the love they have for each other and him wanting, you know, this is a shit movie. This is why they do tropes. This is just my perfect relationship of like, they work their differences out. And uh, yeah, he decides that it isn't about the music. It's about her love of the music and him supporting her through that. And she doesn't care that, that he was selling the music because, you know, he wasn't into the music that his parents were. But he was, that's how they met and she wouldn't have changed a thing in the world. And like, like, that's a shit movie. But I just, I realize I think I, the trope of a romcom sucks. And I don't like it. So what I'm saying is destroy all romcoms is what I think I'm saying. All right. Well. Um, personally, I was thinking about what things I find boring, all right, uh, or just don't really like, and personally, I'm not a big horror movie person. But I, I think it's because a lot of reason why don't you like horror? Well, I like some horror type of things, but I like kind of more of the creepy aesthetic

1:06:43than I do actual horror. So you don't want like murder porn. Yeah. I don't want that. I don't want like jump scares. I don't want like, I just like the very unsettling, uncanny stuff. It's why, uh, I think I mentioned it. I might have mentioned this on almost too old for this, or for is almost too old for this. I said that on stream last night too, uh, almost too old for this, but there's this channel called Elliott Truman, uh, and he just got like the weirdest vibe stuff. And it's just like short, little like 10 to 20, 30 second things, uh, of like these, uh, like old timey video game things and like, I don't even know, like how he makes them. I'm pretty sure some of it's AI, so I'm just like, I don't even know what the shit. But then there's people ask him, like, is this AI? He like doesn't respond. He's just like, I use multiple tools, but like, I don't even know either way. The main point is.

1:07:43So yes, a little bit of AI. I think it's a little bit, but it's one of those things where he's at least, he's using it in like an artistic creative way that's like, I've never seen this shit before. And it's just like you've become lonely. And now the moonlit twins have visited your house and they tell you, you must come with them unless you can answer two specific requests that they did. It's just like this weird vibe, but it's like no actual horror stuff's happening. Uh, and it's just, I don't know, that's, that's the type of aesthetic that I like though. That's the main thing. And so I was thinking I would take that type of unsettling, weird horror and combine it with like a western. So you want to make like an eldritch western story? Yeah, kind of. Cause then I think when I think of westerns, I always think of like old, timey kind of slow pace like there's tanning, but I would make it a little more fast paced, like a high section. But while being unsettling and kind of disturbing, like you could have a, you know, okay, here's

1:08:51what I would do. I'd have a sheriff. All right. And his job is to go to all these towns and make the, make them all like fall in the line. All right. You're like, there's too much crime going on. They're right. He's going to fix it. But every town would have like weird or stuff. You would just be like, this is the void cowboys town. The void cowboy doesn't appear too often, but sometimes he'll appear if he's summoning him. And then he has to figure out how to summon the void cowboy, like that type of shit. I don't even know what you mean by any of this and I'm already like, yeah, I'd watch it. Yeah. Okay. So that's what I'm saying. That type of stuff. You're going to have like all these different weird like criminals, you have like coyote kid, but he's a real coyote. And he was like mutated in the, the great accident of the olden days, you can get some crazy shit in there. That'd be fun. This movie has such lynching and potential. Yeah. Um, that's what I would do.

1:09:52Uh, then we have dear illustrious serves with tears in my eyes and thunder in my thighs. I ask if you can spend a week inside any game of your choice, which would you pick? Any game of my choice? Yeah. Honeypop. Well, there it is. I'm out of fool. What am I going to say? GTA M dead, uh, Elden Ring dead, uh, Final Fantasy dead, all these like Tomb Raider dead. All of these options. I'm dead in. Honeypop. Not dead. So I went, um, done. I was trying to think like aesthetic wise, I'd probably pick breath of the wild or like banjo kazooie. All right. But, um, dead, you would die in those. I mean, I probably want a mob litter. Some shit would eat you so quick, dude. I don't know. What's a game I'm playing that I could, you know what, they could, I could be a trainer

1:10:52in the umamusame. I could see that solid answer. A solid, respectable answer. We need the work on your speed. You need that. Exactly. Hey, like I could do that. That's essentially how I play that race. So I play the game anyway. I'm not reading the lore. You know, easy. Bang. Uh, there we go. Easy, bam. That's, uh, that's your big, uh, the real estate research. I mean, I didn't know where I was for a second. Ah, well, let's do a big new story the day then. I must say you're going to say let's do the big illustrious search. A big new story of the day, day, day, day. Yee. I help memory and cognitive disability rates are surging in young people. I don't know if I like this one. Ah, I would love to hear it. I feel like I know the answer, but I would love to hear it. All right.

1:11:53Let's find out. Uh, the nearly one in 10 adults are under, or dude, my cognitive ability, uh, rapidly declining. Nearly one in 10 adults under 40 in the United States now reports serious difficulty with memory concentration or decision making. This is a finding from a major new study published in neurology, the Journal of American Academy of Neurology research from University of Utah analyzed over 4.5 million survey responses collected for a decade and found that the rates of self-reported cognitive disability among adults aged 18 to 39 nearly doubled over that decade, jumping from 5.1% to 9.7%. That is a generational shift in brain health, the share of U.S. adults reporting serious cognitive difficulties rose from five to seven percent for us, same period. Trans. Hold on. Hold on. Is this one of those studies where it's like?

1:12:54This is a real thing that is new, or is this one of those studies where it's like, oh, younger people are more inclined to admit they have a problem than older people. That's not true. That's not true. Like people 40 years ago, it's the same thing when they talk about, um, you know, disabilities or autism or 80 or whatever, you know, 40 years ago, it was, no, my, my kid just likes to run around a lot instead of my kid has ADD, you know what I mean? Like it was a different experience and no one was getting it diagnosed and now people are actually taking the time to do that. And that's why it seems like there's an increase, you know what I mean? Yeah. It's like the, the, the meme where they're like, yo, my grandpa loves his train sets. That's like all he does is stay down there and craft like, yeah, model replicas of training. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Uh, wait, what cognitive disability actually means? Here we go. Before going further, it helps to understand exactly what the researchers were measuring.

1:13:57The study defines cognitive disability as serious difficulty concentrating, remembering or making decisions due to physical, mental or emotional connection or condition. This is not diagnosing dementia, Alzheimer's disease, et cetera. What it is capturing is something more everyday and more insidious, the growing inability of working age adults to focus, retain information and make clear decisions is now most commonly reported. But that seems like a stretch. We don't know that from this article. Um, well, let's see how this was conducted. All right. Okay. All right. How it was conducted researchers conducted a retrospective analysis using disability and health data system data drawn from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system. Well, a yearly telephone survey conducted by state health departments and collaboration with US Centers for Disease Control Prevention, telephone survey. Yeah. I have no idea how scientific this was. That's like the, that's the problem with all the surveys and shit.

1:15:00That's like when they're like, this person said they have like two drinks a day, but they're having like two, 10% like tall boys or some shits, they're having like eight drinks a day. Right. The telephone survey is a, you know, exactly what you're talking about is you're relying on the person you're talking to to to give you correct information. Right. And I would honestly, I think go back to my first statement, the idea of people are just more open if you're younger. And so you're more willing to share information about yourself that, you know, people who are in their 50s, 60s, 70s when they were young simply would not do. Yeah. Exactly. And people lie about shit like all the time with that, even be like, how much do you walk in a week? And they'll be like, oh, you know, I, I kind of walk yesterday, going through that. And then, you know, that I, I'm probably going to walk tomorrow. So I'll say I was like, they do that type of shit all the time. So let's see, findings from the study among adults aged 18 to 39 cognitive disability

1:16:01rates nearly doubled, rising almost 10% by 2023. The other end, about 70 and older, so their rates actually fall slightly from 7.3 to 6.6% I think I'm absolutely correct. I think the older people will not admit it. Yeah. Especially the older, older ones, because they're stubborn as shit. They would rather lie than admit they need help. Yeah. I think I do think you're right. The income divide was especially stark adults earning less than 35,000 annually had the highest reported rates with their figures climbing from 8.8 to 12.6%. By comparison, adults over 75,000 saw only a modest increase from 1.8 to 3.9%. Education also showed a similar divide with high school or adults without a high school diploma going from 11 to 14.3% while college graduates increased from 2 to 3.6%. So like, is this, they're just going to be like, stop browsing TikTok, like is that

1:17:05the whole point of this? You're rotting your brain. It does have that vibe of, that's what they're trying to say. But I feel like that's one of those correlation causation things where I don't know that you could say that's what caused this. Again, them saying people who make less are struggling more like no shit, like yeah, of course. Those people are going to be younger. Yeah, exactly. They have to, they can't afford a house, they can't pay rent, they're, you know, they got more shit to worry about. Again, and they're, and they're being more open about their issues because that's what younger people do. And the older people, they're like, it declined, man. And they're doing great. And they've got money. Like, yeah, all right. No, sure. Okay. Yeah. Dude, it's like the same shit where like, I've, I've even seen streamers and stuff be, say this type of where they're just like, you know, I'm just like you guys. I only have like, I don't even have a million dollars in my bank account. It's like, that's because you have assets, you have like 10 properties, you're fucking

1:18:06raking in rent the money and like, got stocks and shit. Like don't, don't give me that. Yeah. I hate that. It's like, yeah. What if we add up all the shit that you have, they're like their own companies and shit like that? It's like, but I'm like you, the average person, it's like shut up. I hate that. Um, oh, here we go, the digital factor, not the whole story, but nothing either. It would be tempting to blame smart phones and social media for anything or everything, but the reality is more nuanced. Economic stress, job market uncertainty and increasing reliance on digital tools may all play a role. Uh, still the timing is good. Okay. So using AI to think free, grok is this good? Um, the increase in cognitive challenges appears around 2016, which coincides with rapidly expanding smartphone adoption and social media use Oxford declared their word of the year in 2024 brain rot to suggest that excessive exposure to low quality online content is associated with brain fog. The persuasive or their pervasive nature of digital media driven by dopamine driven feedback

1:19:11loops appears to exacerbate these effects, particularly in adolescence and young adults whose cognitive systems are still developing the average person now spends between seven and 10 hours daily on screens. That's a lot of cognitive bandwidth. And yet the study, uh, there's lead author is careful to avoid pointing fingers at a single culprit brain fog from long COVID may have contributed to the rise as well. Research shows that one in three people who contract COVID go on the experienced cognitive deficits for weeks and or months, including symptoms. See me, I already had the brain fog. So it didn't affect. I got it out of the way. Yeah. A separate analysis of US population data found that after the start of COVID-19 pandemic, additional one million working age Americans reported serious difficulty remembering concentrating or making decisions compared to any point in the preceding 15 years. The honest answer is that this is a multi front problem and the data are telling us something that no single explanation can fully capture. Uh, there's also sleep deprivation, which is on the rise.

1:20:15Uh, 2024 meta analysis published in neuroscience found that restricting sleep to between three and six and a half hours per night affects memory and missing sleep and also have consequences. We in a half hours, yo, that's too little. That's too little. That's it. Dude, sometimes I'll ask people and chat like how much they're sleeping. There's some people. They're like three to four hours. I'm just like, are you when I get four hours of sleep? I want to die. Yes. Dude. It was so bad. I mean, I guess we're not 21 anymore, but still I wanted to die. Even then, I would be like, I can't. Yeah, seriously. Uh, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that 32 and 39% of young middle age adults in the United States sleep for less than the recommended seven hours per night. That's pretty bad. That is. Crazy. Yeah. But I also feel like we have officially hit old man territory where we're like, damn, can't sleep. This is crazy. Go to bed, you damn, can't. Listen, again, I've been old for years. I love getting my sleep.

1:21:17I would be like 25. I'm like, I gotta go to bed. Um, let's see, uh, if you're in your 20s and 30s and regularly forget where you put your keys, lose track of what we were just doing or find that increasingly hard, increasingly hard to concentrate on anything from more than a few minutes, you are far from alone. So pretty much, uh, get sleep, look at your phone less and try not to get COVID. Get vaccinated. Yeah. All helpful tips. Yeah. Uh, they also have exercise regularly and, uh, address stress. Right. Okay. Super helpful. Yeah. Yeah. Good tip. Good tip. Do the things you should be doing anyway. Yeah. So I mean, there, I mean, again, this is like one of those things where they're kind of just pointing out the obvious, but yeah, I think sometimes we need to do that, but also it's always ridiculous when we do. You know what I mean?

1:22:17It's like, okay. Cool. Yeah. So sometimes it's like easy to recognize the issue, but it's like, well, what do I do about it? Right? That becomes the bigger issue. Because people will be like, all right. It comes down to the fact that when someone says, what do I do about it? It's always the thing they know what they should do. But everyone's hoping that they'll be like a miracle pill or something that will make it simple. Exactly. And it's like you said earlier, the guy with the supplement exercising. It's like, dude, probably just exercising is what that is. So yeah, yeah, that's a, that's life. It's all I got. Oh, I was waiting for you to say. And that's the news. Oh, I was waiting for it. It was right there. And that is the big news story of the day back to you. Perfect. Great. Thank you. All right. That's it for us. Thanks so much for listening and watching. I'm going to join this podcast. Crendor, hit him with the socials.

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