1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of iHeartRadio. 2 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 2: Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow your Mind. Listener mail. 3 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 2: My name is Robert Lamb. 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 3: And I am Joe McCormick, and it's Monday, the day 5 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 3: of each week that we read back messages from the 6 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 3: Stuff to Blow Your Mind email address. If you are 7 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 3: a listener of the show and you've never gotten in 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 3: touch before, why not give it a shot. You can 9 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 3: email us at contact at stuff to Blow your Mind 10 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 3: dot com. Send whatever you like. 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Oh, before we get into the messages, 21 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 3: brief announcement. We're going to be out for the rest 22 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 3: of this week, so there will be some Vault episodes 23 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 3: running in Tuesday and Thursday slots this week, and we 24 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 3: will have a Weird House Cinema rewind for you on Friday, 25 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 3: but we should be back with new stuff the following week. 26 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 2: All right, Well, what do we have in the mail 27 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 2: bag for us this time? Joe? 28 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 3: Okay, we got some messages in response to our series 29 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 3: on Strange Ice. This first message is specifically about a 30 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 3: comment I made when we were talking about ice shove. Remember, 31 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 3: ice shove is where ice that forms on the top 32 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 3: of a lake or the sea gets pushed onto shore 33 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 3: by wind or ocean currents, and in some cases it 34 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 3: can pile up in these huge ice dunes that, when 35 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 3: they get very large, can damage structures near the shore. 36 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 3: We were talking about one specific news report about a 37 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 3: supper club in Wisconsin that was affected by some especially 38 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 3: menacing ice shove. So this message comes from John and Milwalk. 39 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 3: John says, Hello, I'm writing in about Joe's quote the 40 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 3: supper club is threatened. They're going to get ice in 41 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 3: their hot dish comment regarding an ice push threatening Jim 42 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 3: and Linda's supper club in your Strange Ice Part two. 43 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,399 Speaker 3: Your comment made me smile, but I wanted to adjust 44 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 3: it slightly as a former Minnesotan and current Wisconsinite. More 45 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 3: likely you'll find hot dish at a Minnesota church or 46 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 3: community pot luck. At the supper club in Wisconsin, you 47 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 3: may have extra ice for your Brandy Old Fashioned or 48 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 3: ice cream blended Brandy Alexander. The ice would the ice 49 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 3: would threaten your prime rib special or fish fry, depending 50 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 3: on the day. All delicious by the bye, except for 51 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 3: the Brandy Old Fashioned too sweet. Keep doing great work. 52 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 3: Thanks John from Milwaukee. John, I accept this correction, so 53 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 3: you are exactly right. For those unfamiliar with what I 54 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 3: was talking about in my original joke, hot dish is 55 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 3: a famous common type of dish prepared in the Upper Midwest. 56 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 3: I've never lived in the Upper Midwest, so I don't 57 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 3: have like intimate familiarity, but I know sort of secondhand 58 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,279 Speaker 3: from what I understand, it's basically like a casserole blueprint 59 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 3: that can take a lot of different forms. But the 60 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 3: version I know is like some kind of meat, maybe 61 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 3: like shredded chicken or ground beef, frozen mixed vegetables mixed 62 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 3: with a can or multiple cans of condensed cream of 63 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 3: mushroom soup, and then topped with frozen tater tots, so 64 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 3: you bake that until it's crispy. 65 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 2: So kind of a casserole situation, right. 66 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,119 Speaker 3: Yeah, we have similar dishes here in the Southeast as well. 67 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 3: I think they're just not called hot dish. It's like, 68 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 3: you know, Grandma's casserole or whatever. It's some kind of 69 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 3: casserole where a major ingredient is canned cream of mushroom soup. Meanwhile, 70 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 3: the supper Club in Wisconsin, I think that's like a 71 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 3: somewhat traditional or old school, fancy type of fair where 72 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 3: you go to the supper club on I don't know, 73 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 3: Friday night or whatever. You get your classic cocktails, your 74 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 3: brandy old fashioned or whatever, and they've got prime rib 75 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 3: or something like that. 76 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 2: All right, all right, well this is exactly the kind 77 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 2: of email we like. We get some nice on the 78 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 2: ground regional feedback. 79 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 3: Right, and Midwesterners, I'm sorry, I hope that's close to 80 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 3: the mark as I just described it. I'm sorry if 81 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 3: I've slandered your culture once again. 82 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 2: All Right, we have some more. We have some more 83 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 2: regional feedback here. This one comes to us from Quinn. 84 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 2: Quinn says, I have seen the ice bubbles described in 85 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:42,119 Speaker 2: the Strange Ice episode while ice skating on Lake Minnetonka 86 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 2: in Minnesota. Although not as clear and plentiful as the 87 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 2: photos from Alberta, they were very present. They were most 88 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 2: common around areas that were a little marshy with heavy 89 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 2: plant growth in the summer. My mother talked about when 90 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 2: she was a child, her and her siblings would go 91 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 2: hunting for one or the surface. When they found these, 92 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 2: they would use the toepics on their figure skates to 93 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 2: break open the bubble and drop a match into it, 94 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 2: lighting the methane. 95 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 3: That's an impressive story. I don't know how recommended that 96 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 3: activity is, but yeah, great. 97 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 2: I mean, I guess in theory we're dealing with like 98 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 2: individual small bubbles small amounts of methane, So I guess 99 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 2: it's fine. But yeah, I didn't even think about that possibility. 100 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 3: I guess it makes sense that these would be most 101 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 3: common in, as you say, Quinn, areas that are a 102 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 3: little marshy or have heavy plant growth. That seems like 103 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 3: where there would be some kind of decay or decomposition 104 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 3: of vegetable matter in the water that would lead to 105 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 3: these methane pockets. 106 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, because again, if you don't remember, you can 107 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 2: listen to that episode. The basic idea is that, yeah, 108 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 2: methane is rising up from decomposing organic material at the 109 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 2: bottom of said body of water, and then it is 110 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:04,799 Speaker 2: like collecting underneath the forming layer of ice at the top, 111 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 2: and then it gets trapped and it forms like multiple 112 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 2: layers of these kind of squashed, elongated bubbles of captured methane. 113 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, so thank you Quinn. Let's see Rob. Do you 114 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 3: mind if I do this one from Jeremy? Go for it, 115 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:26,119 Speaker 3: Jeremy says, still on the subject of strange ice, Hello, 116 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 3: Robert and Joe. In response to your request for strange 117 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 3: ice pictures, here are a couple we found while skiing 118 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 3: in Switzerland in twenty twenty. These are ice stalagmites in 119 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 3: a tunnel. Best regards, Jeremy and Rob. I've attached the 120 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 3: pictures Jeremy sent for you to look at here. This 121 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 3: does look at some kind of cave or tunnel and 122 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 3: the floor is iced over. It has, you know, pools 123 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 3: of standing ice in the bottom, and there are all 124 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 3: of these spikes coming up out of the pools and 125 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 3: they're frozen. And I was wondering, are those ice spikes 126 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 3: formed by the process we described in the Strange Ice episode, 127 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 3: where if you'll call in that process, you have like 128 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 3: a pool of water that is freezing gradually, and as 129 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 3: it freezes from the outside in because water expands as 130 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 3: it freezes, it squeezes the water out from a remaining 131 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 3: hole in the surface of the ice and just keeps 132 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 3: squeezing out and expanding as the whole thing freezes over, 133 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 3: eventually forming these weird spikes that come out of the top. 134 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 3: So it could be that, or I'm wondering, is this 135 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 3: actually a stalagmite formed by accumulation through dripping, just like 136 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 3: a stalagmite in a limestone cave. I guess one clue 137 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 3: would be if the stalagmites below were directly aligned with 138 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 3: matching icicles above. But I can't tell from the pictures 139 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 3: if this is the case. So Jeremy, if you have 140 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 3: more pictures or insight on this, let us know. 141 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, very cool photos, a little bit creepy. 142 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 3: More than a little bit. Yeah, there's some frosty, ghostly 143 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 3: magic happening in there. 144 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, it might be a wampa back there. You never 145 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 2: know what's going to happen, all right, For this next one, 146 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 2: we have yet more regional feedback. This one comes to 147 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 2: us from Carlos in response to our Illusion of Control episodes. 148 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 2: Carlos says, currently taking a break from grading some papers, 149 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 2: and I thought i'd reach out about your mention of 150 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 2: Las Vegas in your most recent episode of The Illusion 151 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 2: of Control Part one, which I started on during breakfast. 152 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 2: First of all, I wanted to say thanks for mentioning 153 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 2: that there is more to Vegas than gambling. I have 154 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 2: lived here for almost three years now, since I started 155 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 2: a PhD program in literature at UNLV. I thought for 156 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 2: sure that I would hate it, that I would just 157 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 2: put my head down and get through the years. This 158 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 2: was based on my preconceived notions about Vegas, despite my 159 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 2: wife having grown up here. Growing up in Bakersfield, California, 160 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 2: we used to just come here to party, and that 161 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 2: was basically all I have associated with the city. It 162 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 2: was a pleasant surprise to learn how much more the 163 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 2: city has to offer, especially since before moving here, my 164 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 2: wife and I lived in Bishop, California, which has maybe 165 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 2: three thy five hundred people. I wanted to highlight something 166 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,439 Speaker 2: else Vegas has that's worth visiting. Slash doing. In addition 167 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 2: to what you both mentioned, Red Rock State Park, just 168 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 2: outside of the city, is one of the most beautiful 169 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 2: places on Earth. We moved here in part because we 170 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 2: knew the climbing was good. But after a few years 171 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 2: spending time in the canyons, I've fallen increasingly in love 172 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 2: with the incredibly unique landscape here. It really is something special, 173 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,839 Speaker 2: from the strange rocks to the huge rock walls. I've 174 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 2: attached some pictures anyways, thanks Carlos and Rob. 175 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 3: I pulled in some of the photos Carlos attached for 176 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 3: us to look at. Thank you so much, Carlos wonderful 177 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 3: message and these photos are great. So we have a 178 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 3: landscape seeing the canyon and the rocks at a distance. 179 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 3: But Carlos also sent a lot of close ups of 180 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,839 Speaker 3: just beautiful patterns in the rocks, some of which look 181 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 3: like the weather on ju Jupiter. Others look like they 182 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:03,959 Speaker 3: have patches like a cow. 183 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, these look great. Yeah. Unfortunately, when my family 184 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 2: and I went out to Vegas, we were primarily visiting 185 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 2: family in Arizona, and then we went up to Vegas 186 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 2: for just a couple of days, and we knew that 187 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 2: there was good stuff to see out in the surrounding area, 188 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 2: but we just ended up not having time to do it. 189 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 2: So if we go back to Vegas at some point, 190 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:26,679 Speaker 2: I'm gonna have to make sure that we head out 191 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 2: and see some of these rocks. 192 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 3: All right. This next message, also about Illusion of Control, 193 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 3: is from Jessica. Jessica says, good afternoon. I enjoyed the 194 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 3: show and wish to thank you for all the time 195 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 3: and effort you put into it. I enjoyed part one 196 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 3: of the new series on Control, but was a little 197 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 3: disappointed that you did not mention Big Jewels dice in 198 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 3: the dice section. It is from Guys and Dolls. Unfortunately 199 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 3: I could not find a clip. It goes something like this. 200 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 3: So the character Big Jewel says, and to change my life, 201 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 3: I'm going to use my own dice. Another character named 202 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 3: Nathan Detroit says, not to be petty, but may I 203 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 3: see those dice. These dice ain't got no spots on them, 204 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 3: and Jewel says, oh, I had them removed for luck. 205 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 3: But it's all right. I remember where the spots formerly were. 206 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 3: And then Detroit asks, you're going to roll blank dice 207 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 3: and remember where the spots formerly were. I guess. Jewel says, yes, so, 208 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 3: and then Jessica continues, needless to say, Big Jewel wins 209 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 3: all his money back. That is the kind of control 210 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 3: we all wish we had at the casino. It's a 211 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 3: running joke in our house when we place, when we 212 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 3: place dice, when we play I guess dice based games. 213 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 3: Someone get me Big Jewels dice. Thank you for the podcast. 214 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 3: I hope this entertained you for a moment, at least 215 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 3: as you have entertained me for many hours. Have a 216 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 3: good day, Jessica. Thank you, Jessica. And yeah, I'm not 217 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 3: familiar with guys and dolls, but that's a great gag. 218 00:11:58,240 --> 00:11:59,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I know some of the songs, but 219 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 2: never never seen the musical in full or the movie adaptation. 220 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 2: Uh though of course it's, you know, considered a classic. 221 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 2: I did do a quick search because I'm like, I 222 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 2: bet you can do this, And sure enough, you can 223 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 2: just go to your any of your favorite online retailers 224 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 2: and buy blank d twenties to do with what you 225 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 2: will if you want to tempt the wrath of your 226 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 2: dungeon master. 227 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 4: Oh the mischief we shall make, all right. 228 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 2: This next one comes to us from Mike. Mike says 229 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 2: was listening to this episode while waiting for a bus, 230 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 2: and this was on the light pole I was leaning against. Lol, Mike, 231 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:43,839 Speaker 2: let's see, let's take a look at this booture. I 232 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 2: haven't looked at it yet. 233 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 3: It's a very elaborate sign posted on a crosswalk button. 234 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 3: It's got a lot of instructions. 235 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, so it shows us what to do and 236 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 2: what not to do when the walking man is on 237 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 2: the light, when the hand is flashing, when the hand 238 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 2: is solid, Harry, when you're getting the countdown. It's a 239 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 2: fair amount of instructions. But I mean it must be 240 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 2: necessary if they've had to post it. 241 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 3: I'm just gonna say, if they're going to make you 242 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 3: read that much text and follow all the instructions, I 243 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 3: hope that button actually does change something. 244 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's also one of those nice elbow friendly buttons. 245 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 2: It looks like I'm a big fan of this, or 246 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 2: knee friendly, depending on the exact height. All right, here's 247 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 2: another one. This one comes to us from John. John says, Hey, guys, 248 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 2: thanks for your podcast. Here's a brief anecdote, followed by 249 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 2: my thoughts on control anecdote. I bought a lottery ticket once. 250 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 2: The jackpot was huge, so I thought I would. I 251 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 2: went to a gas station and there was a separate 252 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 2: line for lottery tickets because they were so popular. I 253 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 2: get to the front and I'm ask if I want 254 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 2: to choose my numbers. Understanding my level of control, I 255 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 2: say no, and before I know it, I have a 256 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 2: ticket and the next person is being served. My ticket 257 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 2: wasn't printed, but handed to me from a stack, presumably 258 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 2: a bunch of and of numbers were pre printed to 259 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 2: move things along. But knowing nothing about the lottery, I 260 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 2: couldn't help but wonder if I got a ticket from 261 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 2: yesterday or something like that. I think chance skepticism at 262 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 2: times limits both the chance and ease of being cheated, 263 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 2: or at least a perception. Of course, you could also 264 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 2: see the entire lottery as a cheat. And he spared 265 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 2: me from ever buying another ticket. Hah. Yeah. 266 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 3: I guess they probably just pre printed him to speed 267 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 3: up the line, and they weren't trying to scam you. 268 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 3: But yeah, it may be beneficial to you just to 269 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 3: have that suspicion, as I think you're suggesting here, because 270 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 3: it discourages you from wasting too much money on a 271 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 3: losing game in the future. 272 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, he continues my thoughts on control. I see my 273 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 2: mind broken down into consciousness and non consciousness, but not 274 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 2: in the way that's traditionally defined. I see my consciousness 275 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 2: as being pure observation and nothing more. My non consciousness 276 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 2: is everything else. I'll spare most of the details here. 277 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 2: A decent analogy might be that my mind is like ocean. 278 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 2: My consciousness is the sunlight. What percentage of the ocean 279 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 2: is sunlight? Zero? And yet the past present in future 280 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 2: sunlight plays a huge role in what the ocean was, 281 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 2: is and will be. How does control fit in? Control, 282 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 2: it seems to me, is a feeling. It's often helpful, 283 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 2: it might be necessary for normal function, and it might 284 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 2: be impossible to eliminate. It feels like I have control, 285 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 2: for example, over what I include in this email. I 286 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 2: think that I do counterintuitively and walking a linguistic tight rope, 287 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 2: I believe I am consciously observing my non conscious control 288 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 2: splitting hairs. I would argue that consciously controlling what's included 289 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 2: in this email is a less accurate way of saying 290 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 2: I consciously observe my control of what's included in this email. 291 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 2: It's a potentially meaningless distinction, but one that I find intriguing. 292 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 2: This isn't directly applicable to the illusion of control as 293 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 2: you've described it, but I thought you might find it interesting. 294 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 2: I would guess the subjective feeling of control is correlated 295 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 2: with objective control, but I'll leave that to you guys 296 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 2: to figure out. Looking forward to part two, if you're 297 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 2: not lost, I'm happy, honestly if you just read this far, 298 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 2: I'm thrilled. Thanks John, Thank you, John. 299 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 3: No, I think this is somewhat applicable, especially to stuff 300 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 3: we talked about in part three with like the magical 301 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 3: thinking stuff that you brought up, Rob, So I guess 302 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 3: this has come up at a couple of points now. 303 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 3: But the idea of control can be taken in multiple ways. 304 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 3: One is a simple level of control, and it's the 305 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 3: meaning used in most of this research. It just means that, like, 306 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 3: what you do has some predictable influence on the outcome, Whereas, 307 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 3: on the other hand, there's this other way of looking 308 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 3: at control, the level you're talking about here, John, where 309 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 3: the closer you examine your own consciousness and behavior, the 310 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 3: more difficult it is to see how you meaning your 311 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 3: consciousness actually controls anything, even your own thoughts and behavior, 312 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 3: and Rob you brought this up in part three of 313 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 3: the series when you're talking about magical thinking, because even 314 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 3: normal physic causation starts to feel more mysterious and potentially 315 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:08,160 Speaker 3: magical when you start looking for like, where's the clear 316 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 3: evidence that my conscious will is in the driver's seat, 317 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 3: and that evidence kind of seems to evaporate the closer 318 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 3: you look for it. However, I think, as you said, John, 319 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 3: in the more everyday sense, it is still useful to 320 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 3: make a distinction between outcomes we can control or influence 321 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 3: and those we can't, in that sense of just like 322 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 3: having what you do has some predictable influence on the outcome, 323 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 3: because if you don't make that distinction, you fail to 324 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 3: realize that difference, it can, as we talked about, lead 325 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 3: to all sorts of maladaptive behaviors. 326 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 2: All right, Shoe, we look at a little bit of 327 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 2: Weird House Cinema. Male here, Joe. 328 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, all right, Well, actually I'm going to do 329 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 3: this one from Chelsea May, which touches on both an 330 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 3: older Core episode and on Weird House Cinema. Chelsea May says, Hello, Robin, 331 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 3: Joe of your Guys show, I own a cleaning business, 332 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 3: and your podcast has gotten has got me through many jobs. 333 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 3: Keep it up. I did have a comment on I 334 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 3: believe the Sunken Lands episode. I apologize if I'm stating 335 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,199 Speaker 3: the wrong episode. I had a thought about emailing you 336 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 3: after it came out, but I'm just getting to it, 337 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 3: Chelsea May, having read your email, I think this is 338 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,719 Speaker 3: actually referring to the episodes we did on these ancient 339 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 3: tales of lands where people did not have heads or 340 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 3: were said to have like their faces were on their 341 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 3: chest or their abdomen or something, and the context was 342 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 3: there is a strong possibility that these stories of headless 343 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 3: people are just purely fanciful invention, creative storytelling, or maybe 344 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 3: some kind of information got mangled in a telephone game 345 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 3: in the ancient world. But on the other hand, if 346 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 3: these stories were based on somebody in the ancient world 347 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 3: looking at people and somehow mistakenly believing they didn't have heads, 348 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 3: what could be the cause of that confusion. So anyway, 349 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 3: Chelsea May's email goes on mention something about people on 350 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 3: ships seeing people on an island shore that didn't look 351 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,679 Speaker 3: like they had a head. I could see how from 352 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 3: a certain perspective a person could look like that. It 353 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 3: made me think of my grandmother. She was one of 354 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 3: the sweetest and most caring people I've ever met, but 355 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 3: for many years she worked for Lee Outlet making jeans 356 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 3: and worked on a farm, so she was bent over 357 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 3: sewing for most of her life as well as manual labor. 358 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 3: Because of this, she developed a humped back. When she 359 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 3: was looking down at something, her back could seem like 360 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 3: it came up above her head slightly. The people seeing 361 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 3: on an island could also have had this same back 362 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 3: ailment because of the work they might have been doing 363 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 3: to survive. I hope this makes sense, but this is 364 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 3: why my mind went to my grandmother and I could 365 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,919 Speaker 3: understand why people might have thought the island people didn't 366 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 3: have heads. Thanks again for all the information I've learned 367 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 3: from you guys, and all the strange movies you have 368 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 3: exposed me to. My husband and I watched Santa Claus 369 00:19:55,920 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 3: versus the Martians over Christmas because of your show. You 370 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 3: may well, I'm certainly glad to hear that the conquest 371 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 3: of Mars by the forces of the North Pole has 372 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 3: more witnesses. Now, yeah, yeah, that's an interesting idea about 373 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 3: these things. I mean I think this is one of 374 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 3: these cases, like we talked about in that episode, where 375 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 3: we're probably never going to know what actually happened leading 376 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:23,239 Speaker 3: to these stories. Obviously it was not the case that 377 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 3: people didn't actually have heads, but it is interesting to 378 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,479 Speaker 3: consider the possibilities, and that does seem like another one 379 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 3: of them. 380 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I didn't see it mentioned in any of 381 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,880 Speaker 2: the materials we were looking at. Maybe it's explored elsewhere, 382 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,360 Speaker 2: But now that I'm thinking about it, you could imagine 383 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 2: a scenario where you had a certain group of people 384 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 2: from a given culture that are maybe doing the gathering 385 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,479 Speaker 2: on the shore, and maybe those people, you know, are 386 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 2: specialized in this particular task, or they're depending on elderly 387 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 2: members of the society that can't engage and some of 388 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 2: the more robust physical activities anymore. So Yeah, yeah, it's 389 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 2: a lot to think about, all right. This next one 390 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 2: comes to us from Chewy Chewy Rites high Fellows, longtime 391 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 2: listener and a huge fan of the Weird House episodes. 392 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 2: In particular, it's become a tradition for my wife and 393 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 2: I to put these movies on in the background and 394 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 2: enjoy the dialogue while we doodle, paint and art every 395 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 2: now and then the art gets shoved aside and the 396 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:31,880 Speaker 2: weird movie wins memorable mention robot jocks Oh of course, Yeah, 397 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 2: that was a lot of fun. AnyWho, the RoboCop episode 398 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 2: had you guys talking about the goofy stance that RoboCop 399 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 2: takes when firing is gun. It reminded me of this 400 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 2: World War Two pistol training video with a similar goofy stance. 401 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 2: The offhand is not out like someone learning to skateboard, 402 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 2: but more like someone opening the oven to check on 403 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 2: the cake inside. Surely this helps with stability, but it 404 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 2: seems like you would become an easier target to hit 405 00:21:58,440 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 2: Smashing show chewing. 406 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know about whether they'd be an easier 407 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:04,719 Speaker 3: target to hit, but I did take a look at 408 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 3: this video, and yeah, there are some funny looking stances, 409 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 3: especially at one point where the instructor in the video 410 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 3: is showing how to sort of do a sort of 411 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 3: squatting walk and pivot to hit targets when coming out 412 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 3: of the walk to like freeze and try to aim. 413 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:25,360 Speaker 3: And it does look pretty funny, and I guess it's 414 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 3: just one example of how there are a lot of 415 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 3: activities in the world where what we think is the 416 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 3: optimal form just does not make you look super cool. 417 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, And to be clear, once you have a RoboCop 418 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 2: situation going on, the conditions for optimal form change. Because 419 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,119 Speaker 2: he does not have a human body, he does not 420 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 2: have human weaknesses anymore. So whatever form he's taking to 421 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 2: fire is gun. Who are we to argue with his programmers? 422 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 2: By the way, if you're curious about this video, it's 423 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 2: on YouTube with the title combat Firing with Handgun Military 424 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 2: Training Video Part one. It's like an old World War 425 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,919 Speaker 2: two short that's now public domain. 426 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 3: I've watched other videos like this before. I think there's 427 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 3: a famous one that's like combat knife fighting training video 428 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 3: for World War Two, and it's the tone of them 429 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,120 Speaker 3: is so strange because it has that kind of cheerful 430 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:26,160 Speaker 3: sounding nineteen forties movie narrator film strip narrator voice, and it's, 431 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 3: you know, kind of like, oh, assume the fighting stance 432 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 3: so that the knife blade is pointed toward you. I 433 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 3: don't know, it just sounds like a like a National 434 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,959 Speaker 3: Parks video or something, but it's about how to kill people. 435 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 4: All right. 436 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 2: I think we have one more, don't we, Joe. 437 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 3: That's right, This last message comes from column Column says, Hey, guys, 438 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 3: hope all is good. I just came across this cool 439 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 3: video attached on my Instagram feed about a guy who 440 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 3: gives a helping hand to hermit crabs off real shells 441 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 3: to poor hermit crabs who can only find plastic rubbish 442 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 3: shells on the beach. At the time the video was made, 443 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 3: he had helped over one hundred and fifty crabs move 444 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 3: into new proper shell homes. 445 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 2: Oh interesting, Okay, he's kind of breaking the prime directive there, 446 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 2: but I guess prime directive has already been broken regarding 447 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 2: hermit crab civilization. 448 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:22,919 Speaker 3: At least on his face, it seems like that would 449 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 3: be a helpful thing to do. I guess my natural 450 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,679 Speaker 3: instinct is to be a little cautious about interventions of 451 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 3: that sort, because I would always wonder if there's like 452 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 3: some secondary effect or something that could bring about that's 453 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 3: actually overall not helpful to the ecosystem. But I don't 454 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 3: want to be too suspicious. I mean, it seems like 455 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 3: a nice thing to do. I don't know, people who 456 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:46,880 Speaker 3: have more knowledge about this environment or hermit krab ecology, 457 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:48,959 Speaker 3: let us know. Is this a nice and helpful thing 458 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:53,439 Speaker 3: to do. It seems like it maybe possibly yes, certainly 459 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 3: appears to come from a place of love. But the 460 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 3: second thing Colin says is regarding Zoo Warriors from the 461 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 3: Magic Mountain. 462 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 2: Wow. 463 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 3: I could only find a stream online in Chinese with 464 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 3: no subtitles, so I watched it with the sound off, 465 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 3: and even then I had to take regular breaks in 466 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 3: order to prevent my head from exploding. 467 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 4: What a movie. 468 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 3: All the best your pal, Column. Thank you so much, Column. 469 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 3: I'm glad you enjoyed Zoo Warriors. It sounds like as 470 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 3: much as we did. 471 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it is overpowering. Yeah, I would say if 472 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 2: you set out to watch this movie, factor in some breaks. 473 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 2: It's a lot to take in in one setting. 474 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 3: Okay, I think that does it for today. 475 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 2: Yeah. 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