1 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: Hey, and welcome to What Future. I'm your host, Joshua 2 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,319 Speaker 1: to Pulsky, and today very special, very special day for 3 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: everyone involved in this podcast, including you the listener, because 4 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 1: I'm doing my brand new, annual very important top ten 5 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: list of things that brought me joy in So, I 6 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: feel like I've done a lot of episodes in the 7 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 1: short life ban of the podcast where I've been somewhat 8 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: I don't think I'm like negative, but I think there's 9 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: a there's just a lot of things going on in 10 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: the world that don't rule, that they don't rock, and 11 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 1: so I feel like I've spent some time, certainly like 12 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: the last few episodes where we're talking about Twitter and 13 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: social media and being online. The last few it's like 14 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: literally like six out of ted have been me talk 15 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: about how being online is cursed. So I thought for 16 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: the final episode of the year, we would get up 17 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: close and personal with the things that bring me joy 18 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: and that I love and saying that out loud in 19 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: front of other people and thinking about what's on my list. 20 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: It's really hugely like a weird disconnect. What I just 21 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,759 Speaker 1: said sounds like I should be listening things like my family, 22 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: but that's not what's on my list? Like it's a 23 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: lot of dumb stuff actually, and frankly, making the list 24 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: made me realize that I don't know. I mean, I 25 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: think I'm just morphing into like Tim Allen from like 26 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: his show where he was like the tool guy. Like 27 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm just home improvement. I feel like 28 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: I'm just becoming like a regular American man, Like as 29 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: I get older. Is that a thing that happens? I 30 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: don't know if it is, But in my heart I 31 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: still feel interesting and not basic or mid as the 32 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: kids are saying these days. But then that I've looked 33 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: at the list and I'm like, it's just very mid. 34 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: Does this whole thing extremely mid? I can't tell. Anyhow. 35 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: Read a great essay today on Blackbird's by Plane. It's 36 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: like a newsletter about style written by Jonah Wiener, who's 37 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: a award winning journalist who's really into up clothes. I 38 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: guess I like him a lot. He's an interesting guy. 39 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: But anyhow, they had an article that I read today 40 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: which was about how everything is mid, like we live 41 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: in in a world of mid, which is basically a 42 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: new term for same basic right, like not horrible but 43 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: not really great. Just kind of like fine average, like 44 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: a six or whatever. I guess five, I mean fairly 45 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: A five is bad, you know, like if you're rating, 46 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: if you're ranking people by numbers, six is six is 47 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 1: like better than average? Slightly better than average? Wants that's 48 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: a great question. Who wants to be a six? And 49 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: when we say six or ten or whatever, what are 50 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: we really saying? What are we even talking about? You know, 51 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: are we talking just about purely about aesthetics? Because I 52 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: wouldn't be you know, so we could be a ten 53 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: aesthetically like visually in a and a two from a 54 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: vibe perspective. No, I know there's two different types of people. 55 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: There's a person who you see a picture of them 56 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 1: and you think that person is attractive, and then there's 57 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: another person that you have to see in person to 58 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: know if they're attractive or not. That's an interesting theory. 59 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:25,679 Speaker 1: I think that, um, what is considered attractive, whether it's 60 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: in person or in a picture, when I hear people 61 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: talk about it, I know for sure is not based 62 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: on like physical attributes. It is something else that people 63 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: are talking about when they talk about it. Like I 64 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: firmly believe that very ugly people are considered very attractive 65 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: all the time, And in fact, people who are considered 66 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: very beautiful to me sometimes look kind of hideously ugly 67 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: in a way. Maybe that's my own body dysmorphia coming out. 68 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna need an example of a person who's so 69 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: beautiful they're hideous. Um Yeah, like like Channing Tatum. Channing 70 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: Tatum is sort of hideous looking if you really study 71 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: his face, Like he's considered to be very attractive, he's 72 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: just monstrous looking, just like a monster, you know. Like, um, Like, 73 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: there's a whole bunch of guys like that that are 74 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: like squares. They're like minecraft characters, you know, Like Liam 75 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: Hemsworth is the same way, like kind of Arnold Schwarzinger, 76 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: who's like kind of hideous look he right, But also 77 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people think, at least its 78 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: heyd they thought that he was very attractive. But those 79 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: people are good looking, right like, but they're also horrible 80 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: in a way, you know. I think what you're saying 81 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: is true about like the guys on Love Island or 82 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: the Bachelor. Oh, you're doing it. You're actually perfectly articulating. No. 83 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 1: My other, my other point, which is which is this 84 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: people think that Adam Driver is hot, right, Yeah, I 85 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: don't think he is hot. I think he looks like 86 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: every third Jewish guy that I know, who most of 87 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,799 Speaker 1: them in a lineup people be like, yeah, is fine whatever, 88 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: he's like pretty jewish you looking. Adam Driver is not 89 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: actually Jewish. But my point is I think Adam Driver 90 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: is hot because Adam Driver is cool. Like people like 91 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: out of Driver, We've all learned to agree that, like 92 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: he's so cool that like he's attractive. Now, God, I'm 93 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: getting canceled for this one. Maybe we'll add this maybe 94 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: what I just think like, there's like, like what you 95 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 1: just said, the guys on Love Island look just like 96 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: fucking Liam Hemsworth. It's just they're not Liam Hemsworth. There 97 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: guys on Love Island, and so you're like, they're kind 98 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: of gross, but they wouldn't be gross if they were 99 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: in a Marvel movie. You'd be like, hm hmm. Anyhow, God, 100 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: I don't even know what I was saying about the article. 101 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 1: It was. It's interesting though. It was basically sort of like, 102 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: you know, we live in an era of of everything 103 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 1: being like sort of mediocre. I think that in order 104 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: to care about the concept of things being mid. You're 105 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: submitting to like a societal and cultural structure that like 106 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: makes you immediately mid to do so like if you 107 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: if you admit things can be mid, like from a 108 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: fashion perspective or whatever, You're basically submitting to a structure 109 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 1: that turns you into like the most mediocre person right 110 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: in a way, It's like it's not really cool to 111 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: think about what other people think is cool, and the 112 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: coolest people don't do that. The people who do really 113 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 1: cool things aren't sitting around going like do other people 114 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: think this is mid or not? They're just doing stuff anyhow. 115 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: This is not what I want to talk about. Okay, 116 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: So I've prepared a list of So I've made a 117 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 1: list of ted things that in two have brought me joy, 118 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:30,359 Speaker 1: and they're very nerdy and boring and extremely mid, probably 119 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: to people who care about that sort of thing. The 120 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: point of the list was sort of I was trying 121 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 1: to sit down and think about things that I've actually 122 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 1: really enjoyed doing in two because I would say that 123 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: as a year. I don't know, I feel like we're 124 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: constantly now saying like this is the worst year ever, Like, 125 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: don't you feel like we've been doing the worst year 126 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: ever since yes, right, Like it doesn't seem like we've 127 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: gotten a good year since about right maybe even before that, 128 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: but it feels pretty strongly like that was about it 129 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: for us in terms of having like a good time, 130 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: Like can you even remember anything good that happened from 131 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: until right now? Like besides like preventing bad things, it's 132 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: like stuff like, oh, well, like Trump got defeated in 133 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: the election, like, which is not even a good thing. 134 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: It's like, you know, like they didn't drop a nuclear 135 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: bomb on like New York City. Basically, it's like they 136 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: didn't decide to kill everybody. Like I can't remember anything 137 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: that's happened really in the world where I could say, well, 138 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: that was extremely good. I guess this fusion development is good. 139 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: Maybe nuclear fusion seems like it's gonna end badly, that 140 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: doesn't it, Like, you know, everything in the world is 141 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: like this, right, It's like they create a nuclear fusion 142 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: and you're like, oh, that's probably gonna destroy the world, right, 143 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: like they're gonna it's gonna get out of the lab 144 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: just like covid O. So sorry, we've devolved again. I 145 00:07:50,280 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: want to hear the list. Okay, So I made a 146 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: list of things that I feel like brought me joy in. 147 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: Do you know steam Deck is No, this is probably 148 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: my number one thing that I've spent like it's just 149 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: like completely recreational time with in and it's like the 150 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: most bang for my buck that I've ever gone. It's 151 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: extremely nerdy. The steam Deck is like a you know 152 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: what a switch is, obviously Nintendo switch. It's like a 153 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: Nintendo switch. It's larger for playing video games that you 154 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: could previously only play on a computer. It's like a 155 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: portable game system that plays all of the games that 156 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: I play on my PC because I'm a nerd, and 157 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: and they're like really good games, like the best games, 158 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: like this game elden Ring for instance, which is like 159 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: the next thing on my list. But the steam Deck 160 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: has like completely changed my like video game mean situation. Wait, 161 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: does this mean any game that I have on Steam 162 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 1: I could play pretty much? Yes, So this is the 163 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: way around no SIMS for matt uh. If that's a 164 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: problem you're having, which like is a not a problem 165 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: that I have, but it's a problem I've been has. 166 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 1: I think you can buy a steam Deck and play 167 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: the SIMS on it, and also you can talk it 168 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 1: and like hook it up to a TV and then 169 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: play it with like a controller and stuff so you 170 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: can play in the wrong person. Um. But yeah, it's 171 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: the best. It's the greatest. I mean, it is so 172 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 1: amazing because the SIMS is a good example that's like 173 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: really best on a PC of some sort, and um no, 174 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: it's fucking incredible. And so every night as I'm like 175 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: winding down, I'll like, I have this like, you know, 176 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 1: black like lounge chair that i'd like to sit in 177 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: as like a black leather you know, eames whatever, just 178 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: completely mid chair, which I love, and you know, I'll 179 00:09:57,679 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: sit down and I'll just like play whatever game I 180 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: want that I would normally be playing on a like 181 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 1: a TV or in front of a computer or whatever. 182 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: And it's just like incredible. I mean it's sort of like, 183 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: uh again, it's extremely you know, nerdy, but also unbelievably 184 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: satisfying to just have this like huge catalog of games 185 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: that I could never play like this suddenly available. So 186 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: that's like to me, it's like the top thing I 187 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: think about. I don't think like pure joy. I mean, besides, 188 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: like obviously Zelda and I have some entries about her 189 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,959 Speaker 1: way I'm not like completely a monster, So I do 190 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: care about my family and family time anyhow. Okay, so 191 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: number two is I mean, let's see to a lot 192 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: of music. I learned some things about myself musically this year. 193 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 1: I think you have an idea about who you are 194 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: and what you like and what is like within the 195 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 1: bounds of things that you enjoy, and you know, if 196 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 1: something kind of enters that spectrum that is unusual or 197 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 1: it seems like at first glance like not something that 198 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: falls into the set or whatever, you have like an 199 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: allergic reaction to it. I have most of my life 200 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: really disliking Billy Joel, like truly disliking his most of 201 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: his music and his vibe. Do you know, Like Billy 202 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: Joel for a long time struck me as like a 203 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: guy who was constantly writing songs about things he didn't 204 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: know anything about. Does that make any sense? Yeah? I 205 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 1: was very dismissive of him for a very long time. 206 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: Like Billy Joel always has songs where it's like, you know, 207 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: it's about being like a blue collar worker in Allantown 208 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: or whatever, and it's like he doesn't know anything about Allantown, 209 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: Like he's from Long Island. And like, as far as 210 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: I know, like maybe he comes from a blue collar family, 211 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,079 Speaker 1: I don't know. He doesn't strike me as a guy 212 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: who knows about what it's like to live in Allantown. 213 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: And he's constantly got songs like it's like the fucking 214 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: piano Man songs about all these like sad losers at 215 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 1: the piano bar or whatever. And it's like, does he 216 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: really know anything about their lives or is he just 217 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:55,439 Speaker 1: this weird like vulture, you know, picking at the remains 218 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: of somebody else's sad story or making ship up so 219 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: he can sound I'm like, I mean it to some extent, 220 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: there's a whole genre of musicians like Bruce Springstein who 221 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: like basically openly admits that his ships all like this 222 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: blue collar stuff is all that kind of made up 223 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: to a degree, you know. I mean it's like kind 224 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: of like you know, Bob Dylan. This is a long, 225 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: long history of guys who are like, you know, not 226 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: the people that they say they are. Anyhow, for a 227 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: long time, I've rejected Billy Joel and um sort of 228 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: actively hated him. I wouldn't say just rejected him, like 229 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: not just dismissed Billy Joel but also felt strongly that 230 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: I disliked Billy Joel and his musical output. And then 231 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: we started listening to The Stranger, which we have on 232 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: vinyl and I don't remember how we acquired it. Are 233 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: you familiar with This record features the song of the 234 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: Stranger scenes from an Italian restaurant. There's a ton of 235 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: hits on it. Yeah. Yeah. There was a day where 236 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: I announced that I had never listened to Billy Joel 237 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: and Nick played me like eight top ten Billy Joel hits. 238 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 1: Oh really? He played you like Uptown Girl, and I 239 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: mean it was like all of them. Then I was like, Okay, 240 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: I guess I do know every single Billy Joel song 241 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: and they are good, all the hits. I think the 242 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: only song I knew was Moving Out because it was 243 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: on a CD that came in a rolling stone thing. 244 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: That's on the Stranger. That's uh the records that it's 245 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,199 Speaker 1: filled like top to bottom, front to back with hits. 246 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: Every song is a hit. I'm like, in fact, the 247 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: first time we're listening to us, is this like the 248 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: greatest hits record. I don't think I'd ever listened to 249 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: a full Billy Joel album. I don't know, like I 250 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: haven't yet explored other albums. Maybe there's other stuff that 251 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 1: I would like as well. But but I have to say, 252 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: we listened to The Stranger a lot, and it got 253 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: to the point where, like originally Laura put it on 254 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: and I was like, fucking Billy Joel, like what why 255 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: are we listening to this? And then it became like 256 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: a running gag that I was like, let's let's listen 257 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: to The Stranger, not like as a joke, but like 258 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: that I legitedbly enjoyed it, and then I ended up 259 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: getting the song stuck in my head. And so that's 260 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 1: that's kind of a revelation for me anyhow. But I 261 00:13:55,920 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: had a music End of twenty two recommendation check out. 262 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 1: I'm not recommending it. I'm tell like talking about my 263 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: personal lived experience. Okay, I'm not saying that you should 264 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: listen to Billy Joel. You know, Billy Joel is not 265 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 1: for everybody. If you don't love great, catchy pop songs 266 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: that have a tremendous narrative and incredible orchestration, that's fine. 267 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: You don't have to listen to Billy Joel anyhow. That's 268 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: like my year in music. It was actually pretty pretty 269 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: boring in a lot of ways, in the sense that 270 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: I didn't listen to a lot of different stuff. I 271 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: feel like music apps, their desire, particularly Spotify, is for 272 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: you too, and in fact, there is a financial incentive 273 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: for this. I was just reading about this. It's like, 274 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: you know, there's there's something about like listening to an 275 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: album somehow less profitable for them than listening to random 276 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: like playlists of stuff. They really want you to discover 277 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: new music, which is great, Like I love discovering new music, 278 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: and I certainly have done it with the apps. But 279 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: there's something you know, nice about I'm not listening to 280 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: a lot of music, but listening to a little bit 281 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: of music a lot. That's two. That was number two too, 282 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: by the way, what number three? Number three is Hamilton's 283 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 1: the audio book which I've been listening to, not the musical, 284 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: but the biography of Hamilton's, which I believe is written 285 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: by Ron chernow or I just made that up. Yeah, 286 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: it's Rod Cher Now. It's actually the book is actually 287 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: called Alexander Hamilton's is the name of the book. I 288 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: don't want to Hamilton's is the musical. Alexander Hamilton's is 289 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: the book, which is like well over a thousand pages. 290 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: Now it's on the I lie, it's eighteen pages. And 291 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: I know nothing about American history. I know nothing about 292 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: history for the most part, as you may know, on 293 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: my high school dropout. So I missed a lot of 294 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: important stuff about the world, you know, like and I 295 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: don't know anything about the American Revolution. And you know, 296 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: Zelda got into Hamilton's this year pretty heavily. You may 297 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: recall she went as Lafayette for Halloween, which I didn't 298 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: know that she did. Yeah, she went this General Lafay 299 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: at the French General or whatever. I don't even know 300 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: if he was a general. Actually I should know, because 301 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: I've been listened to this book. Yeah, a very strange 302 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 1: situation for everybody. But but she had a great time 303 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: and she looked amazing. But anyhow, so she got into Hamilton's. 304 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 1: So you know, obviously I got into Hamilton's because that's 305 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: what happens when you have children. And Hamilton's obviously very controversial, 306 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: but it's the songs are great, like Hamilton's as a 307 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: musical is very effective. I'm not the right guy to 308 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: comment on the controversy, but I'll just say, like, hell 309 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: of a musical, and then I was like, well, I 310 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: don't really know anything about Hamilton's and Laura had the 311 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: Alexander Hamilton book and gave it and I was like, hey, Zelda, 312 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: maybe you want to check this out. And we started 313 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: reading it like together for like a few minutes, you know, 314 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: like reading the opening of the book, and she's like, 315 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: you know, tuned out because today it had an eighteen 316 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: page book written by like a famous historian that's like 317 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: literally like pretty encyclopedic about this guy's life. But then 318 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: after reading like a page or two to her, I 319 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: was like, wow, this is actually pretty interesting, and so 320 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: I got the I got the audiobook version. I've been 321 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: working through it, and I have to say, Hamilton's what 322 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: a guy. It's interesting character. But also it's so interesting 323 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: to me because I know nothing about the American Revolution 324 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 1: and very little about the founding of America. I feel 325 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: like as an American you kind of learn a bunch 326 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:23,159 Speaker 1: of things, but they're all very surface, and listening to 327 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: it actually reminded me of this. Have you ever read, um, 328 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 1: the Picture of Dorian Gray you're faring with the book. 329 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: I'm not sure if I've really read it, but I 330 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: do know the entire story really Okay, Well, the Picture 331 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 1: of Dorian Gray is by Oscar Wilde. This is like 332 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:42,719 Speaker 1: a real like deep cut here. But I read it 333 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 1: twenty years ago, maybe longer. But one of the things 334 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: that stood out to me and I think about quite often, 335 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: pretty much every time I ordered Chinese food, I think 336 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 1: about it. There's a scene in the Picture of Dorian 337 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: Gray where like Dorian Gray and some of his buddies 338 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: or whatever go out to like a Chinese restaurant. Yeah, 339 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: and it's so striking to me to think about it, 340 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: because like, we live in this what our our version 341 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: of the world is. So I mean, first off, it's 342 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: the only world we've known, right, the only world we've 343 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: ever sort of experience, and so you assume there's just 344 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: all these things that exist now that did not exist previously. 345 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: And what I never think about, what I had never 346 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: crossed my mind before I read that passage in the 347 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: book was like in Victorian London or whatever, you could 348 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: go out to a Chinese restaurant like the way we 349 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 1: do right Like that it's just like, oh, this is 350 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: a completely different type of cuisine and like, you know 351 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 1: whatever in this you know, part of London and it's 352 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: just like weirdly modern detail that makes you feel strangely 353 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,919 Speaker 1: connected to the history or to these people. Obviously that's 354 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,880 Speaker 1: a work of fiction, but I feel like we tend 355 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: to live in this state of feeling that this moment 356 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: is so locked off from everything that's come before it 357 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 1: and so disconnected. At least that's how I feel. I 358 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 1: don't know if you feel the same way. It feels 359 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,159 Speaker 1: like this is like we're so distant from all of 360 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: these things in history, and obviously hundreds of years have passed, 361 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:04,360 Speaker 1: but then there's these things that are like, oh, these 362 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,199 Speaker 1: are just exactly the same as they've always been, like 363 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: there's really nothing different about it. And and listening to 364 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: the Alexander Hamilton's biography, there's a ton of details about 365 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 1: how people lived. And in fact, there's a um this 366 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 1: series of books which is called a History of Private Life, 367 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: and it's like a multi volume, like ridiculously long set 368 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 1: of books, and all it is about is how people lived, 369 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:33,399 Speaker 1: starting with like the ancient Romans basically up to you know, 370 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 1: I don't modernity or whatever. And it's like three or 371 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,400 Speaker 1: four volumes, and it's very hard to read straight through 372 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 1: because it's basically like a textbook. But it's so interesting 373 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: to me to think about how people lived and think 374 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: about how not that different it is from how we 375 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: live down and and in fact, while I've been listening 376 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: to this, Laura has been going through all these old 377 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 1: files from the historical society in the town that we live, 378 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 1: and she has all of these like log books from 379 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 1: people who owned businesses and like the eighteen hundreds and 380 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:03,360 Speaker 1: the seven teen hundreds, and she was reading a diary. 381 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 1: There's a girl who wrote a diary that lived around 382 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: where we live. That's you know, was in like concurrent 383 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 1: with like the time that Hamilton's was alive. She was 384 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: like sixteen or something the girl writing it, and the 385 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,439 Speaker 1: diary is like it might as well have been written 386 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: by like a sixteen year old in like this time. 387 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: I mean, the thing she talks about, she's like annoyed 388 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 1: by people and goes to people's houses like for parties 389 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: and stuff, and like it just sounds like regular, like 390 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: nothing has really changed except they were on horseback and 391 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 1: didn't have any you know, electricity. But she mentions off 392 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: handedly like in this diary like oh, this politician got 393 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 1: shot and they say he's not gonna make it. It's 394 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: like fucking Hamilton's. She makes a mention of it as 395 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: like this, like I heard some news today like this, 396 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: like passing sort of mention of of this super significant 397 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 1: thing in American history. Anyhow. So that's number three. I've 398 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: been listening to Alexander Hamilton's by Ron Cher now and 399 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: it's brought me a lot of joy and frankly put 400 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: a lot of things first active for me. All Right, 401 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 1: number four, number four, This is a hard pivot. So 402 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: I think I might have brought this up. Maybe I 403 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:20,640 Speaker 1: don't remember if I talked about it on the show. 404 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: But this is about Star Wars. I'm not a huge 405 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 1: Star Wars. I mean, I love Star Wars obviously. It's 406 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,919 Speaker 1: an interesting, you know, moment in our like sort of 407 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 1: recent history and important to me as a kid, like 408 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 1: I was really into it when I was younger, like 409 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: everybody was in the eighties. But it is the kind 410 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 1: of thing that it permeates the culture so much. There's 411 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: so much of it out there that I've wanted Zelda 412 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: to see it, to watch it for a while, just 413 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: because I think she would think a lot of it 414 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: is cool. But also it's like there's so much of 415 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: it out in the world. I kind of wanted her 416 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:52,919 Speaker 1: to know, like what is like, what is this thing 417 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: that everybody's talking about. Like she's a friend who's really 418 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: into it, who's watched everything, and anyhow, we've tried to 419 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: watch it, but she always been kind of like too 420 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: scared or like freaked out. You know, it's like pretty 421 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 1: heavy stuff, like when Darth Vader shows up, it's like 422 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 1: pretty upsetting. And so recently, as of like I don't know, 423 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: a few weeks ago, a few months, maybe a month ago, 424 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: she decided she was going to watch some of the 425 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 1: Star Wars movies because her friend wanted to quiz her 426 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: on it and she wanted to know the answers, which 427 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: is a good competitive sort of reason to watch a film. Anyhow, 428 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 1: So we watched like the first original three Star Wars 429 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: movies and then The Phantom Menace, and we started watching 430 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 1: Attack of the Clones, which is like the second George 431 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,159 Speaker 1: Lucas one that he made in the in the I 432 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: guess nineties, early two thousands, I guess say. One thing, 433 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:43,439 Speaker 1: she fucking loved jar Jar Banks, Like her favorite character 434 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: it all the Star Wars is jar Jar Banks. I 435 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: talked to her friend Alistair, who is who is watched 436 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: every Star Wars thing that you can watch, apparently like 437 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 1: including and Or, which I've heard is very adult. But 438 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: I'm not passing judgment. I'm just saying, like, I mean, 439 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,719 Speaker 1: I like his parents are they're good friends. But but anyhow, 440 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,639 Speaker 1: he's seen all of it, so he knows a lot 441 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 1: more about Star Wars and Zelda does. And I asked 442 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: him what his favorite character was that he said, charge 443 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 1: our bigs, you know, And I was surprised that they 444 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: weren't saying that their favorite character was my favorite character, 445 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: Emperor Palpatine, who I think is just the best. So 446 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 1: it's been like a really interesting and really interesting experience 447 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 1: to watch it with her, like through her eyes right in, 448 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: to see it like, honestly in a way totally new 449 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 1: because I've watched those movies a million times and I 450 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: have an idea of what they're like in my head, 451 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: and it's a very different experience when you watch with 452 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: somebody who's what we went with a kid who's never 453 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 1: seen them, who really doesn't know anything about them. Although 454 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: she did have the Darth Vader, being Luke's father, things 455 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 1: spoiled for her, which is kind of a bummer. But 456 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 1: I mean, like again, you can't escape it all right. 457 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: Number five, I've embraced becoming an iPad dad. Do you 458 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: know what that is? Happy is it in the title 459 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: iPad Dad? You know, it's like Dad with an iPad, 460 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: Like I used to kind of hate ipaths, and now 461 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: I'm kicking back with the iPad all the time, like 462 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,719 Speaker 1: a like a classic dad who just doesn't need all 463 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: this all the fancy computer features and just wants to 464 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 1: like consuming some content. That is the image. It's feet 465 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: up on the ottoman or the coffee table, what I'm doing, 466 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: the feed are up, drink on the table next to me, 467 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: I pad in hand, just jamming in some way. It 468 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 1: just generally with technology, I have embraced like a kind 469 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: of more disconnected, less in the weeds, less in the 470 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: nuts and bolts sort of perspective, Like I could certainly 471 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,399 Speaker 1: go there and maybe it is like society. You know, 472 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 1: we live in a society after all, as you know. 473 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: But yeah, I've kind of embraced like being like a 474 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 1: dumb apple person, like a dumb apple guy. Like I 475 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: have a whole other theory, like grand unified theory of 476 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: the android Dad, which is the dad who refuses to 477 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: get an iPhone and is the only person in the 478 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 1: family who is not like, can't be in the group 479 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 1: chat properly because they insist on having an Android. And 480 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,400 Speaker 1: I know a ton of people like this, by the way, 481 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 1: Like I know a ton of dad's literally, Like it 482 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 1: seems to me largely just Okay, your dad has an 483 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: Android phone. I don't even think it is an Android. 484 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 1: It's made by Google. It's Android, but your but your 485 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 1: dad is like an Android Dad. And for whatever reason, 486 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: there is this like thread of like men they just 487 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 1: don't want to use an iPhone for some reason. And 488 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 1: I and I do understand it. I think it's a 489 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: couple of things going on. And I hate to say it, 490 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,199 Speaker 1: but there is a line from android Dad to insurrection. 491 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: It's like January six, Capital Rider, Like there's a there 492 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: is a clear through line where it's like men just bucking. 493 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 1: They want to buck the system somehow, they want to reject. 494 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,719 Speaker 1: They're rejecting like falling in line with all the sheeple 495 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: or something. I'm not really sure. I think that's the thing. 496 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: One is that there's this rejection of like the status 497 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 1: quo or the expected thing to do. It's like a 498 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: tiny dad rebellion that like you're gonna be an Android 499 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,879 Speaker 1: guy and not be part of the cult or whatever. 500 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 1: But then it's also I think Android is great for 501 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 1: like if you want to tinker, and I think that 502 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 1: there's like this whole subset of men that are just 503 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 1: and I think I fault somewhat into this category probably 504 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: just need just need something to fucking tinker with, just 505 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: need to dick around with something that the consequences are 506 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,639 Speaker 1: extremely low, but it can consume an enormous amount of 507 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 1: their time, and I think Android scratches that itch. But 508 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 1: but the iPad dad, in my opinion, is the complete 509 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: rejection of the android dad. In many ways, it is 510 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: you're joining the club, you're admitting defeat. You're just settling 511 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 1: in and consuming some content and not thinking too much 512 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,360 Speaker 1: about it and everything is fine and worked, and you're 513 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: in the group chat and and that's it. You're done. 514 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: So I've embraced that in myself and for myself, and 515 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: it feels pretty good. I have to say, you know, 516 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: the the joy of giving in to just not giving 517 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: a fuck. It sounds lovely, It is lovely, it's wonderful. 518 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: You're making me want a good nightpad. You should become 519 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: an iPad dad. What's stopping you? What is really preventing you? No, 520 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 1: computers are so annoying. I'm so sick of computers, fun computers. 521 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:16,719 Speaker 1: I don't want to see any menus. I don't want 522 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: see any windows. I don't want to see I don't 523 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: want to see a fucking file, you know, Just get 524 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 1: out of my face. Just like long a stream Netflix 525 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 1: and call it today, read read it, okay? Number six 526 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: Outer Range? Have you watched Outer Range? No? Is that 527 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: a TV show? Outer Range is like the best TV 528 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,719 Speaker 1: show that's been on Ino and nobody watched it and 529 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,640 Speaker 1: it definitely is not getting his second season. I mean, 530 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,360 Speaker 1: maybe not best. I thought it was fucking terrific. It's 531 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: an Amazon show. Starts Josh Brolin. He plays like a 532 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: rancher in Wyoming who discovers a whole, discovers a hole 533 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: in his on his like land, and I don't want 534 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 1: to see any more than that. But imagin Boots. I 535 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 1: love Image and Poots. Yeah, Image and Poots. Is it? Poots. 536 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 1: She's great, She's true, She's fucking terrific. And every single 537 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: person in that show is like doing their best work. 538 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,959 Speaker 1: Every single person in this show is like blowing the 539 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 1: fucking doors off when it comes to performance. And it 540 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 1: is weird as ship, and it is so interesting. It 541 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: is like science fiction. It's sort of science fiction. I 542 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: mean it is, but it's like very adult. It's just good. 543 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 1: It's just fucking good. And like I feel like nobody 544 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,879 Speaker 1: watched it and nobody talked about it, and they're not 545 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 1: going to do a second season, and it sucks because 546 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: it's easily the best thing that I feel like I've 547 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 1: watched this year. I will say I haven't watched everything, 548 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: but I'm going to watch it. I might get an iPad, 549 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 1: I'm getting a steam. I'll check out this man, Billy Joel. 550 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:49,120 Speaker 1: You need to get a lounge chair. You need to 551 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: get an Eames lounger to sit in and kick your 552 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 1: feet up. And uh, that's it. And then you and 553 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,080 Speaker 1: I will finally be fully connected. We'll finally understan and 554 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 1: each other. I just need to tell you I've always 555 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 1: loved Image in Poods. First because her name, great name, 556 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 1: incredible name, her name is so funny. I just found 557 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: out her middle name is gay. Really yeah, that's crazy, 558 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:20,480 Speaker 1: that's all I old man. I love a woman having 559 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: a name like that and not changing it. I mean 560 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: it's iconic, you know, not Olivia Cockburn over here. Wow. Wow, 561 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: that's another great name. I mean, that's a no, that's wild. 562 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 1: I did not know that was her middle name. Is 563 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 1: very cool, she seems Listen. This show made me really 564 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: have an appreciation for her and her and her talents. 565 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 1: She's like a it's a real tort to force. Um okay, 566 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: and kind of related Number seven drinking at night. Now, 567 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 1: I've had a lot of back and forth with drinking 568 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 1: this year, Like I love drinking, which is, you know, 569 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: I think an unpopular thing to say, because drinking is 570 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:59,080 Speaker 1: very bad. Honestly, America is in many countries are plagued 571 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: with horror alcoholism, which is gonna be very destructive and 572 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 1: and I've seen it firsthand. And let me just preface 573 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 1: this by saying, if you're in trouble, if you feel 574 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: like you need help, there's a lot of resources out 575 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: there and you should reach out. I have personally been 576 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 1: really like all over the map this year with drinking, 577 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: like I shouldn't drink, I'm not drinking for a while, 578 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 1: then I started drinking. Then I'm like way over doing it. 579 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 1: Certainly during the pandemic, drinking became much more of like 580 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: the main event. It was like, wow, okay, well it's 581 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: five o'clock or whatever, it's six o'clock. Like I'm gonna 582 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 1: start drinking now because nothing else is going to happen. 583 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 1: We're not going anywhere, we're not doing anything. The news 584 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 1: is super depressing. We're like trying not to die. But 585 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 1: I think this year, to some extent, or at least 586 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: at this moment, I feel like I've really embraced like 587 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: the ritual of having to drink at night and multiple 588 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: drinks usually, but there's obviously a point where it's like, 589 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: you know, you can obviously overdo it, but I think 590 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 1: everybody needs some some of the whatever. This is like 591 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 1: this weird release, but you know, and it's if it's 592 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 1: not weird or alcohol that it's it's like you meditate 593 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 1: or you know, you're I don't know, you're a rageaholic 594 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: and you're screaming to people and whatever. But like, I 595 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 1: do think there's something really satisfying, not so much about 596 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: the drink, because at the end of the day, the 597 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,280 Speaker 1: first sip, the first drink is always the best and 598 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: can never be topped and and is everything about that. 599 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: Every drink after that is you just sort of desperately 600 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 1: hoping that you can get back to the feeling of 601 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 1: having that first drink. But the feeling of having that 602 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 1: first drink, and this is one man's opinion, obviously, is 603 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 1: just truly magical. This sounds like the ramblants of a 604 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: terrible alcoholic, I think, But I just think there's something 605 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 1: really um satisfying about especially after long days. And maybe 606 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 1: it's because it feels like familiar in this way that 607 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 1: feels like this is like we're capping off like a day. 608 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: So I've really embraced it. And I will say all 609 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 1: of the other things I've listed up until now pretty 610 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: much are like the end of the day drink. The 611 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 1: evening drink is just like icing on the cake for 612 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,040 Speaker 1: all of the other activities that I've described. For the 613 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 1: most part, the iPad did come with a drink. Yeah, 614 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: you ready. Number eight. Lunch it's the best meal. You know, Like, 615 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:12,960 Speaker 1: convince me that that's not the case. You can't, because 616 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: you know it's true. What's your lunch? Well, usually it's 617 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: a sandwich of some type because I'm a huge sandwich fan, 618 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,719 Speaker 1: Like I could also eat the same sandwich every day 619 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: and not care at all, Like I could eat a 620 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 1: tuna sandwich everydayther tuna is a very rude sandwich to eat, 621 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 1: in my opinion, like tuna is the rudest food you 622 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 1: can eat. Is like like a you know what I mean, 623 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 1: Like a tuna salad is just very like incense salad. 624 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 1: Sandwich is the best. It's the best. I mean, it's 625 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 1: it's incredible. Apparently we're not supposed to be eating them 626 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:46,000 Speaker 1: like more than once a month or something. Tuna, Yeah, 627 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 1: a tuna sandwich. Sure, well, I mean I've failed that test. 628 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 1: But over the last few months, one thing that I've 629 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 1: been doing is that Laura and I will occasionally go 630 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,040 Speaker 1: to like a French place that's near us and have 631 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 1: lunch there, uh like adults, you know, like have an 632 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 1: adult lunch and like, you know, we're going to a 633 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: place and ordering food like peat human beings. A lot 634 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 1: of times I'll eat lunch, it's like fifteen minutes between meetings. 635 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 1: I'm just like slamming food into my mouth, which is 636 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 1: not quite the same thing. So I've really come to 637 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: appreciate and enjoy like the idea of taking time out 638 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 1: for lunch, which I have not spent a lot of 639 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 1: time in my life doing, but I far and away 640 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: it's my favorite meal and I really have enjoyed in two. Okay, 641 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: we're almost at the end here. You ready for nine? Nine? 642 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 1: So boring? What nine is? So fucking boring? It sucks 643 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 1: so bad? But short jackets? Are you familiar with the 644 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 1: Shorge jacket? You know what a Seorge jacket is. I 645 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: can't even tell you the experience of Seorge jackets that 646 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,840 Speaker 1: I've had. My mom had the greatest shore jacket of 647 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,320 Speaker 1: all time, and I used to wear it when I 648 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: would come home. Okay, break who made it? It was 649 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,320 Speaker 1: LLL Bean or something. Yeah. Ll BE makes a great 650 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 1: short vintage very yeah, the best. And then in janu 651 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:13,239 Speaker 1: or so she moved she lost it? What And from 652 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,239 Speaker 1: that time I've been like searching for it again. And 653 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,760 Speaker 1: then I went to Paris in April and every single 654 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:23,839 Speaker 1: person was wearing a chorcoat in a different color. My 655 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,440 Speaker 1: biggest regret is that I did not buy a chorcoat 656 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: in every color while I was in Paris in April. Well, 657 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,480 Speaker 1: I should tell you what color was this jacket, by 658 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 1: the way, Well, the one that my mom had was 659 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:41,080 Speaker 1: like a tan brown. Yeah. Yeah, it's a classic, classic color. Classic. 660 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 1: First off, the French are big into chore chorcuts or 661 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,160 Speaker 1: shore jackets. The pan how you talked to some famous 662 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:52,000 Speaker 1: manufacturers of chore jackets or chortcoats. I think there's like 663 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:58,240 Speaker 1: Gardner jackets or whatever. Um, I don't have any French jackets. 664 00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:00,279 Speaker 1: So I do have a ton of them now, of 665 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:04,799 Speaker 1: all varieties. And I have to say so, I I 666 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,799 Speaker 1: used to enjoy wearing suits. Not that I did it 667 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:09,839 Speaker 1: all the time, there was a period where I wore 668 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:13,200 Speaker 1: suits on a pretty regular basis, and I think like 669 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,480 Speaker 1: one of the things that was most appealing to me 670 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:18,640 Speaker 1: about a suit was the fact that it had a 671 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,680 Speaker 1: lot of pockets. You know, Like I think men are 672 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:25,360 Speaker 1: constantly struggling with like too much stuff and enough pockets, 673 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,920 Speaker 1: and obviously typically, you know, at least historically, men haven't 674 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,360 Speaker 1: carried around bags that much. Though now you know, we 675 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:35,200 Speaker 1: tend to all do that, but it's not like having 676 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,359 Speaker 1: something in a pocket nearby, you know, it's like a's 677 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,720 Speaker 1: still a bag. As gift to get into the short jacket, 678 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:44,960 Speaker 1: which I started wearing on a pretty regular basis, probably 679 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,040 Speaker 1: towards the start of the pandemic. I mean, I've had 680 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,640 Speaker 1: a lot of like clothing shifts. I was already moving 681 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,080 Speaker 1: in this direction. But I wear about the same thing 682 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,279 Speaker 1: every day, pretty much like I have a closet of 683 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,560 Speaker 1: clothes that you can put them in any sort of 684 00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,520 Speaker 1: order and they end up about the same, which is good, 685 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:01,640 Speaker 1: which is great, which I like. I don't. I can't 686 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,120 Speaker 1: think of too much about it. And I think I'm 687 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,200 Speaker 1: in a place where it's like I could like for 688 00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: the next fifty years. I think I can wear this 689 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,360 Speaker 1: stuff and it's not it's we're going to be super 690 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,360 Speaker 1: in fashion, but it also won't ever go out of fashion. 691 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 1: But it's also like not like normal exactly, and it's 692 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,359 Speaker 1: unbelievably you know, sort of useful and comfortable. So any 693 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,360 Speaker 1: I've acquired a lot of short jackets and I just 694 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,080 Speaker 1: love them, and I love the pockets. I love having 695 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 1: multiple pockets, and I'm constantly using the pockets. And I 696 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 1: also one other thing, like separately is that um I 697 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,799 Speaker 1: have I bought a few pairs of cover rolls a 698 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,120 Speaker 1: few years ago, and I think those are also excellent. 699 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,400 Speaker 1: I really should wear them more, but it's a bit 700 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:39,000 Speaker 1: of a production to be honest, when you're wearing cover rolls, 701 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 1: I mean it's in a way like I don't know, 702 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,799 Speaker 1: you're just making such a huge statement. It's like I'm 703 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:44,880 Speaker 1: not sure that I'm there yet. I'm not like the 704 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,080 Speaker 1: cover all guy yet. But you know, like a jumpsuit basically, 705 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,480 Speaker 1: but but a short jacket is like half a jumpsuit 706 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:54,680 Speaker 1: and that's terrific. So okay, that's number nine. Okay, we're 707 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,600 Speaker 1: almost done. Okay, number ten. This is and this is 708 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:03,760 Speaker 1: very important. I have loved and and increasingly love, especially 709 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 1: given the stuff that we're reading bedtime stories with Zelda. 710 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:11,000 Speaker 1: And one of the main reasons is because we're reading 711 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:14,200 Speaker 1: books that I've never read that apparently everybody else has. 712 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:18,319 Speaker 1: Like we just read Matilda by Roald Dahl, famous jew Hayter. 713 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,960 Speaker 1: But no, I didn't point that out to Zelda where 714 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,600 Speaker 1: when we were reading it. I'm sparing her for now 715 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,440 Speaker 1: the truth about him. But great book. Never read it, 716 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,359 Speaker 1: very strange, but everybody's read it, I guess. And then 717 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:31,839 Speaker 1: you know, Laura's like, oh, that book is so great, 718 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:33,319 Speaker 1: and I'm like, okay, I don't know anything about it. 719 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:36,400 Speaker 1: We're reading from the mix up files of Miss Basil E. 720 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,960 Speaker 1: Frank Weiler or whatever? Is that? Am I getting that right? 721 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:41,880 Speaker 1: I don't know. Do you know that book? Yeah? That 722 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:45,920 Speaker 1: sounds right. Yeah, it's like completely bonkers. I knew the 723 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:49,960 Speaker 1: book existed, Uh, did not know what the content of 724 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 1: the book was. Now we're like halfway through it and 725 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:56,200 Speaker 1: I'm like, this is very interesting. So I'm getting to, like, 726 00:37:56,320 --> 00:38:00,440 Speaker 1: you know, relive my my stolen childhood. I don't know 727 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:02,720 Speaker 1: why it was stolen. I don't know why I didn't 728 00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,200 Speaker 1: read these books. I don't want to blame my parents, 729 00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:08,880 Speaker 1: because they're wonderful people. Uh, and who definitely exposed us 730 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,120 Speaker 1: to a lot of literature. Well what books did you 731 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:12,799 Speaker 1: read when you were a kid, when you were old 732 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,239 Speaker 1: as age? Then? Yeah, I don't remember. I mean I 733 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,279 Speaker 1: don't remember the first books. I really remember reading more 734 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:20,360 Speaker 1: when I was like eleven or twelve, and like if 735 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:24,400 Speaker 1: I started reading like Neuromanswer by William Gibson, I definitely 736 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,239 Speaker 1: didn't know what was going on in it. But that's 737 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:29,120 Speaker 1: like my formative reading. I started reading, you know, like 738 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,440 Speaker 1: Kurt Vonnegut when I was like sixteen or something. Those 739 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,359 Speaker 1: are the books I really remember when I was a kid. Oh, 740 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,000 Speaker 1: I read a lot of dragon lance books, like a 741 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:39,760 Speaker 1: huge nerd. It's like books based on dungeons and dragons basically, 742 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:42,279 Speaker 1: but I meanly they're like narrative books, but they're like 743 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,360 Speaker 1: from the universe of dungeons and dragons. Those are the 744 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,359 Speaker 1: kind of books that I remember a lot from from 745 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:50,560 Speaker 1: when I was a kid. Nicula Do you remember Nicula? 746 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:55,120 Speaker 1: Do you know Nicula? Yeah, the bunny Dracula is like 747 00:38:55,120 --> 00:39:00,520 Speaker 1: a bunny vampire that drank carrot juice, I guess or something. 748 00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:02,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. All right, I think it's tund to 749 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:06,759 Speaker 1: wrap up. I gets it. That's my list. I don't know. 750 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,399 Speaker 1: I don't know if the list made any sense. These 751 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:10,960 Speaker 1: are the things that when I sat down and thought 752 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 1: about him, like, what did I really enjoy this year? 753 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:22,399 Speaker 1: Those are the things that came to mind. Okay, so 754 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:26,239 Speaker 1: I have pulled up the scene deck. They're available now. 755 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:31,840 Speaker 1: I well, I have to reserve unless I want to 756 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,319 Speaker 1: get the really expensive one. You get the expensive one. 757 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,160 Speaker 1: You shouldn't cheap out, and I'll get the expensive one. 758 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,040 Speaker 1: And can I just say I think you should get Well, 759 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,640 Speaker 1: here's the thing though, here's what I'm going to use 760 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:44,000 Speaker 1: it for you. That's fine, and I'm not getting it. 761 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 1: If I can't play the SIMS on it and roller 762 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:49,919 Speaker 1: Coaster t cook, I would get the expensive one. I mean, 763 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:52,440 Speaker 1: in my opinion, you should double check that you can 764 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:54,520 Speaker 1: play the SIMS on it. Yes, I have to double 765 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:56,520 Speaker 1: check which which version of the SIMS are you playing? 766 00:39:56,640 --> 00:40:00,160 Speaker 1: The SIMS four. I want to play SIMS one, SIMS one. 767 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,680 Speaker 1: I want to play one. And that's what's been killing 768 00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:05,400 Speaker 1: me is that I just want to play one. Okay, 769 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:07,040 Speaker 1: this is gonna take a little doing, but here's a 770 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,080 Speaker 1: reddit threat. I got the SIMS one running on the 771 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:12,600 Speaker 1: steam deck. Okay, you may have to do some things. 772 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,520 Speaker 1: What have what have you been playing on it? This 773 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:19,080 Speaker 1: can be done on this on my steam deck? Yeah? 774 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,160 Speaker 1: Well first off, okay, well I played a little bit 775 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,560 Speaker 1: of Eldon Ring. You know, you know Elden Ring, right, No, 776 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:27,359 Speaker 1: I don't know what that is. No, really, Oh my god. 777 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:29,480 Speaker 1: Eldon Ring is like the most important game that was 778 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:32,680 Speaker 1: released this year. Like it's just Unbelievable's like a complete world. 779 00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:34,640 Speaker 1: It's like one of the most beautiful games ever made. 780 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,920 Speaker 1: It's like one of the weirdest games ever made. It's expansive, 781 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:42,759 Speaker 1: it's like there's weird community stuff that goes on in it, 782 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:44,440 Speaker 1: where people can leave notes for you and you can 783 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,279 Speaker 1: read these weird cryptic notes. It's incredible. I can't just 784 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,520 Speaker 1: nothing not I cannot describe it. No description will will 785 00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:52,919 Speaker 1: do it justice, except to say it's the very least 786 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,920 Speaker 1: one of the most, if not the most incredible game 787 00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,920 Speaker 1: I've ever played in my entire life. So I played 788 00:40:57,920 --> 00:40:59,320 Speaker 1: that a little bit on the Steam Deck. Although I 789 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,480 Speaker 1: did play, most have been on my on my TV 790 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:04,719 Speaker 1: because it's it really is pretty requires a high, very 791 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:08,719 Speaker 1: high powered system to make it look really great. I've 792 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:11,239 Speaker 1: been playing this game dead Cells. This has been out 793 00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:13,759 Speaker 1: for years and they just keep making it better. It's 794 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,840 Speaker 1: like a side scrolling game, you know, but it's like 795 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:21,279 Speaker 1: done in this really cool, like retro style. It's sort 796 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:22,840 Speaker 1: of like eldering in the sense that you have to 797 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:26,840 Speaker 1: get really good at it to enjoy it, but it 798 00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,840 Speaker 1: makes it getting good at it really fun. Does that 799 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:33,520 Speaker 1: make any sense. Yeah, I've been playing this game Vampire Survivors. 800 00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:38,200 Speaker 1: If you've heard of Vampire Survivors, No, Vampire Survivors is 801 00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:40,960 Speaker 1: a crazy game which you should play. The only control 802 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:42,600 Speaker 1: is that you can move your character on the screen. 803 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,480 Speaker 1: It's like a top down game. You're this like little 804 00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:48,680 Speaker 1: person on the screen, and then these like waves, these 805 00:41:48,719 --> 00:42:12,800 Speaker 1: records of like monsters mat and like the