1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies. History is 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: riddled with unexplained events. You can turn back now or 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,079 Speaker 1: learn the stuff they don't want you to know. A 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: production of My Heart Radio. Hello, welcome back to the show. 5 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: My name is Matt, my name is Nol. They called 6 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: me Ben, and we're joined as always with our super 7 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: producer Alexi's coat name, Doc Holiday Jackson. Most importantly, you 8 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: are you. You are here, and that makes this the 9 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 1: stuff they don't want you to know. It's a strange time, 10 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 1: of course, to have a show that applies critical thinking 11 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: to conspiracy theories. It's also a strange time to have 12 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: a weekly segment called Strange News, and we are here 13 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: for it. We've got some pretty fascinating stories today, but 14 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: there is one that kind of takes the granite cake 15 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: that we need to open with. I got word of 16 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: this through multiple people reaching out from multiple ways. The 17 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: Georgia Guidestones, located in Elberton, Georgian, the vicinity there of 18 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: Albert County, have been attacked at four am this morning. 19 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: As we record, they were partially but not entirely destroyed. 20 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: I reached out to the Sheriff's office there, I reached 21 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: out to Region eleven of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, 22 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: as well as their Open Records Unit and several other departments, 23 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,839 Speaker 1: all of whom confirmed the same thing. We can't talk 24 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: about it too much right now because there haven't been 25 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: very many statements released. But one of the things that 26 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: I thought was very interesting, as law enforcement hunts for 27 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: the suspect who has destroyed like the main tourist attraction 28 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: in that bar of the state. UM. I thought it 29 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: was very interesting that this is July SICS as we 30 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: record this. The attack occurs um around two months after 31 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: a little known politician here in Georgia named Candice Taylor 32 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 1: posted uh that if she was elected governor of Georgia, 33 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: she would quote bring the Satanic regime to its knees 34 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: and demolished the Georgia guidestones uh. And she started a 35 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: hashtag hashtag tear them Down. Had you all heard of 36 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: Candice Taylor before today or maybe during the race? Yeah? 37 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: Mainly because of this, you know, I mean, the guide 38 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: stones I think are near and dear to all of us. 39 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: And I made a documentary about it years and years 40 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 1: ago and spoke to Wyatt Martin, who is the gentleman 41 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 1: who is the banker that kind of was the facilitator 42 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: for the whole project with the anonymous stranger R. C. Christian, 43 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 1: And in the documentary he predicted, like on camera said, 44 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: you know, I think maybe one day someone's just gonna 45 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: come and blow the damn things up. And it was 46 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,119 Speaker 1: largely his perspective was because of all the controversies surrounding 47 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: them as potentially being this satanic monument um. I think 48 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: all of us, through our discussion of this and and 49 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: through various other sources, kind of debunked that as being 50 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: a thing, but that doesn't stop people from using it. 51 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: And it's been god going on ten years since. Whyatt 52 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: said that he's now passed away, But it did end 53 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: up happening. Yeah, And I heard about Candice Taylor spelled 54 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: very strangely Candice from John Oliver's piece he did on 55 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: the Guidestones titled Bronx I think um And I've never 56 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: heard of her before, and it's it's very weird that 57 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: this happened. The timing is a bit odd when you 58 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: don't you think, Ben, Yeah, we also have a documentary 59 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: via Stuff They Want you to Know, building off from 60 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: your work. Noel on it was on Amazon for some time. 61 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: I've been fascinated with these for quite a while before 62 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: my biological family relocated to Georgia. And the thing about 63 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: it is, you know, as I've always said, speculation thrives 64 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: in the absence of transparency. But right now, whether whether 65 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: or not you are fully a cab or whether you 66 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: are fully back the blue, you've got to be human 67 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 1: enough to note that the law enforcement of of that 68 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: area is having a rough day. So extend, extend your 69 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: empathy to them. They are inundated calls. It proved to 70 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: me again that politeness can go a long way. Will 71 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: update when I get more information that they're able to 72 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: make public. But thank you to those folks. We do know. 73 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: We do know that, based on I think are various 74 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: research as individuals and as a group, that there's been 75 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: a tourist destination for people all over the world. It's 76 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: also not necessarily popular with all of the locals. Candice 77 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: Taylor I was aware of fairly recently during some debates 78 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: as the gubernatorial campaign was ramping up. UH, and she 79 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: was very much someone on the more extreme kind of 80 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: chewing on side of the equation. If you enjoy a 81 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 1: bit of political theater that I'm not saying this is 82 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 1: like a recommendation to vote or not vote for someone. 83 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: But if you enjoy a good turn of trying crazy phrase, 84 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: then do check out some recordings of that. They were 85 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: publicly broadcast on MPR and the local local Atlanta affility. 86 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: It's like W A B E. It's just interesting, how 87 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: you know, something that I think at this point has 88 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 1: become pretty non controversial due to various reports and all 89 00:05:55,880 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: of that is becoming a rallying point for far right politicians. Um. 90 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: You know, we definitely, through our research as a team 91 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: and individuals, like you said, been determined that R. C. 92 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 1: Christian likely did have some mildly eugenic leanings. Um. There 93 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: are some things about it and about his writings as 94 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: an individual that he did anonymously. Um that that do 95 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: kind of you know, follow this whole separate the wheat 96 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: from the chaff kind of mentality. And you know, we 97 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 1: know the first um guide or precept on there is 98 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: maintained Earth's population at five hundred million in perpetual balance 99 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: with nature, which taken on its face, uh no pun intended. Um, 100 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: you could be seen as a call for genocide. But 101 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 1: you know UM, as we've we've discussed the guide Stones 102 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: themselves were likely meant to be a rallying point for 103 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: rebuilding society UM in the face of some sort of 104 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: apocalyptic events. As we know, they were constructed during the 105 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: height of the Cold War, so there was a lot 106 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: of that kind of insecurity and paranoia around being blown 107 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: up or mutually assured destruction. So when you take it 108 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: that way, not really a bad number to shoot for. 109 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: But even then, to keep to that requires some level 110 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: of selective breeding or selective you know, deciding who gets 111 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: to have kids and how many you get to have, 112 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: So there's still somewhat of a eugenic bent even then, right, 113 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: check out our earlier episodes. I spent some time looking 114 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: at the geography there and what would what would be sensible. 115 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: A lot of the concerns are practical. Also recommend the 116 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: documentary Dark Clouds over Alberton, which, through some unethical moves, 117 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: I think that's the right one, may have determined the 118 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: identity of UM. The guy going by the name R. C. Christian. 119 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: But i'd heard what what what? What? What was the 120 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: determination I had heard about that only just recently. Yeah, yeah, 121 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: I'm plugged in man. So the h what they did essentially, 122 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: and I'm not passing judgment that's for you. Are fellow 123 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: conspiray as realists, is they? You could say it's pretty unethical. 124 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: There's a letter that was produced that had a return 125 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: address on it, and the documentarians, we're well aware that 126 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: they weren't supposed to be looking at that letter, but 127 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: they got they got visibility on that return address, and 128 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: that was their lead that broke this right. They worked 129 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: hard on the documentary, so I don't want to spoil 130 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: their work, but you can find it. Well. It's interesting 131 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: because I mean, you know, I a big part of 132 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: the film that I made and that we used a 133 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: lot of footage from in the kind of version that 134 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: we did UM as a show why. It gave me 135 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 1: a lot of the documents UM pretty much all of 136 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: the documents I have that did not have um Arch 137 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: Christians true identity on them. So I've got a lot 138 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: of photographs and correspondencies and this letter that he kind 139 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,559 Speaker 1: of wrote an open letter to that he asked to 140 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: be published in the Alberton paper, kind of dismissing or 141 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: at least trying to explain how it wasn't this satanic 142 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: monument and everything else. Why it burned in a barrel 143 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 1: um and when we were we filmed that for the film, 144 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: and you know, people always ask me, you know, did 145 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: you ever want to take a peek into the barrel 146 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: or you know, look through the stuff and and see 147 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: who the guy was? And I end to quivocally say no, 148 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: because A it's it's disrespectful and unethical, like you say, 149 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: and be I just don't think it matters. Given everything 150 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: about the guide stones that we know, Um, I don't 151 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: know how that would really be of much use or interest. 152 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: I think the mystery is kind of part of the 153 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,959 Speaker 1: the fun or the kind of function even of of 154 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: the thing. And whether or not you believe there's some 155 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: weird eugenic or cultic or illuminati bent to it, I 156 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 1: do think it's fascinating that someone would take it upon 157 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: themselves to build this kind of high point that people 158 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: could rally around in the event of a nuclear holocaust. 159 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: I think that's fascinating. And we have so few things 160 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: these days that that are able to remain anonymous, So 161 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: I'm all about maintaining that. Maybe that makes me a 162 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: bad reporter, I don't know, but it's something that I 163 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: thought was important. Yeah, and as I've seen, the folks 164 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:10,319 Speaker 1: from Dark Clouds over Alberton did not share that same compunction. 165 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: They went deep. They took about five years to do it. 166 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: Would love I would love to hear what you think 167 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 1: about that when folks UM again. You can learn all 168 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: the facts about it in our earlier episode. UM. For now, 169 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: I think the deal we can crack with the uh 170 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: with you, fellow conspiracy realist, is that when I get 171 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:32,199 Speaker 1: some further updates as on the record as I can 172 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 1: get them regarding this situation, I'll treat it like my 173 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: part of a weekly listener male segment. So hopefully there 174 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: will be more of that in the coming weeks. So 175 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: I did think it was important just to highlight this 176 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: because I'm sure you have heard about it. Uh, you've 177 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: probably heard about it for a few days, and to 178 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,559 Speaker 1: thank everyone who reached out to me. I appreciate it. 179 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:56,559 Speaker 1: As we always say, you're the best part of the show. 180 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: I wanted to end my part of this weekly segment 181 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 1: with something that is very very good news and sounds 182 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: science fiction. E. It's official. I learned about this and 183 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: this came out a while ago. I say a while ago, 184 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: as earlier in June June, but it could be huge. 185 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: If you've listened to our stories on plastics and on microplastics, 186 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: you're well aware of the problem of Many people who 187 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: work in the plastic industry, as a matter of fact, 188 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 1: have written to us about the scoop of this issue 189 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 1: just fairly. Recently, scientists discovered worms that don't just eat plastic, 190 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 1: but they can digest it. They can digest strophone, they 191 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: can like take it into their bodies, take nutrition from. 192 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: And yes, and this is like you know, it's polystyrene 193 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: is the technical name. But this is one of the 194 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: most common types of plastic. It's somewhere between seven to 195 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 1: ten percent of all the what's called non fibrous plastic produced. Uh. 196 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 1: This thing this it's specifically the darkling beetle larva, which 197 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 1: sounds very eld and ring, very dungeons and dragons. Sounds like, yeah, 198 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: you collected to make consumables or something. This thing can't 199 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 1: just eat this. Occasionally, this larva can exist entirely off 200 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: a diet of styrofoam and grow into adulthood. Okay, I 201 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: have a question, So do we now create farms essentially 202 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: where we send all our plastics and that these worms 203 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: eat them, and then is there may be an unu 204 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: recognized as of yet consequence where we let them eat 205 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: them unchecked and they grow into like super worms that 206 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: then become a new problem we have to deal with 207 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 1: and they start eating vinyl sighting and stuck over like 208 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: a giant snails from Africa. Just nice. That's a that's 209 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: another related story about you and I were talking about 210 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: that off area. Yeah, it's a good question, especially when 211 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: consider that pretty much every living thing has plastics of 212 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: some sort in it, including you listening today, no matter 213 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: what year it is. Here's what they're hoping to do, 214 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 1: and this comes from the author of the study, a 215 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 1: guy named Chris Rink. What they're hoping to do is 216 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: not grow the worms necessarily. The street name is Zoophobus Mario. 217 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: They're hoping to sample the gut flora, so this is 218 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: related to the gut flora stuff we did earlier. They 219 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: want to isolate the microbial genes that can digest this 220 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 1: polystyren through a process known as meta genomics, and then 221 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: they want to produce enzymes from that on a large 222 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: scale and just use the enzymes in a recycling plant. 223 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: So in a way, they're ripping off the worms. They're 224 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: taking the work that the worms are doing, and they're 225 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: for you know, and they're throwing the worms away. Nobody's 226 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: worried about what's happening to the worms. Sadly, that's a 227 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 1: conversation for another day. But I gotta ask, you know, 228 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: people have their own personal phobias. If you could have 229 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: a mini recycling plant in your house in the future 230 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: that was just this worm terrarium, and you just when 231 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: you were done with plastic stuff, you just threw you know, 232 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: your your plastic bottle of Mountain Dew zero sugar Baja 233 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: blast into the terrarium. This is alum that's aluminum. Yes, 234 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: but surely they're gonna go Yeah, you can go snack. 235 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: But I mean, I'm I picture it, Yeah, terrarium is 236 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: exactly right. Then, I picture it like I'm in my mind, 237 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: I'm thinking like an ant farm where you can kind 238 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: of view them, like going through their little tunnels and stuff. 239 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: But it's entirely you know, plastic. Remember those like cross 240 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: sections used to see in like Earth day situations that 241 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: would show you like a cross section of a landfill. 242 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: I'm picturing that, but like also populated with these worms 243 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: that are eating their way down through it, like the 244 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: very hungry caterpillar kind of situation. Um, I think that 245 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: would be remarkable and a really fun way to have 246 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: some some pets. Yes, that's that's my question. Going back 247 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: to setting up about phobias, I know a lot of 248 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: people have a phobia about insects or worms or things 249 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: that crawl in the subterranean world. Would you be okay 250 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: with this in your own home? Let us know. Also, 251 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: let us know if you uh blew up the Georgia guidestones. 252 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: We're gonna pause for a word from our sponsors and 253 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: we'll return with even more strange news. Welcome back now everyone. 254 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: The following segment will be dripping with sarcasm. I am 255 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 1: sorry for that. I I do apologize in advance. Uh. 256 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: This this segment is for It's for everybody because we 257 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: can all learn something from this as a life hack 258 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: that we can all I think use in our lives 259 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: at some point. At some point in our lives, this 260 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: will be relevant. Okay, So guys, let's just imagine we're 261 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: we're living in Midtown Manhattan as we have for just forever, 262 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: and it's finally summertime, and we get to head on 263 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: out to our vacation spot in Long Hamps on Long Beach. 264 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: It is okay, hand, they're on Long Island vacation time. 265 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: Oh man, all right, the other thing. Here's the other thing. 266 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: You're somewhere between fifty and seventy roughly, let's say, let's 267 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: say we're in our early sixties old Okay, got it, 268 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: got it? Sorry, Yeah, you're sold. And we gotta drive 269 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: from midtown Manhattan all the way to the Hampton's. Now 270 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: that's gonna be this. That's that's a slap right there. 271 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 1: That's what they call it schlap in New York. Yeah, 272 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,160 Speaker 1: it really is a slip because you're in Manhattan, which 273 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: is that little island, and then Long Island is this 274 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: big island that comes out kind of right below it, 275 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 1: and you gotta head east. And here's the thing. You 276 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,679 Speaker 1: don't even think about it when you're, you know, deciding 277 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: you gotta go off to your place in the Hampton's. 278 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: It only costs like eight million dollars. It's it's relatively 279 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: cheap actually for the houses out there in the Hamptons. 280 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: It was a good investment. And we only go there 281 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: a couple of times a year during the summer, you know, 282 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 1: when or when it gets just too cold whatever. Um. 283 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: Usually it'll take our driver, you know, whoever's running the rolls, 284 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: about two and a half hours to get from Manhattan 285 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,120 Speaker 1: out there to the Hampton's. Here's the thing, guys, are 286 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: bladders now that we're in our sixties, they're not what 287 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 1: they used to be. But you don't have a chemical 288 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 1: toilet in the back of your roles, Matt, No, no, 289 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: no chemical toilets back there. Uh. It's more of a 290 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: may Bok thing. That's for the young kids there. There's 291 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: just a slot. Uh anyway, okay, So we used as 292 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: mountain dew bottles for two and a half hours in 293 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: the rolls. Like many many people later later in life, 294 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: in what we call the new middle age, you know, uh, 295 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 1: you sometimes you get more conscious of where a bathroom is. Huh. 296 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: They call him your gold because you always pissing yourself. 297 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: That's right, that's right now. That's perfect, it's perfect. But 298 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:48,719 Speaker 1: it's a real concern. It's a real concern. And I'm 299 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: not trying to be agent here, is a real concern. 300 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 1: As as people get older, bladder control becomes an issue. Um, 301 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: for for men and women. It's just a problem. For men, 302 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: it is usually a prostrate and a large pro state 303 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: gland that you know, it just messes with your bladder 304 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,400 Speaker 1: and it makes you have to use the bathroom more. Uh. 305 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: Similar problems can happen with women where it's just incontinence. 306 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 1: It's it's harder to control when you pee and how 307 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: often you p Right, that's the serious part. That's really 308 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: the only serious part there. There might be state checked. Yeah, 309 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 1: for real, seriously, get your prostate checked, get your downstairs 310 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: bits checked. Just do it, Uh, no matter what. A 311 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: doctor's appointment like a year or so ago and I 312 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: asked for them to check my prostate and they looked 313 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: at me funny, They said I was too young, um, 314 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: which I feel like it's its own kind of age 315 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: is Um. I'd be like, well, if I want you 316 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: to check my prostate, shouldn't you just check my prostate? 317 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: I don't know, right, Sorry, we keep interrupting that. But 318 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: it's it's an age related risk thing. It's a count, 319 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 1: that's right. I feel like it's most people then you 320 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,439 Speaker 1: would if you have an average risk, then age fifty 321 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: is when you're supposed to start getting them. But if 322 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 1: you have a high risk of it, maybe in your 323 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: family or something. Age forty five, I dropped out of 324 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 1: fake New York voice to underline the fact that it 325 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:08,159 Speaker 1: is important. But now we're back on the road, so 326 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: it could take two and a half hours. It's you 327 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 1: gotta get on this thing. It's crazy. It's called the 328 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 1: Long Island Expressway. A lot of people call it the 329 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: Big Lie l I e Uh. It's it's kind of terrible, guys. 330 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: There really aren't many places to go to the bathroom there. 331 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: And now that you know the whole pandemic thing is 332 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:31,120 Speaker 1: letting up a bit, at least in people's minds, traffic 333 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: has increased like crazy along this expressway. So now instead 334 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: of that two and a half hours, it's gonna take 335 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 1: you four and a half hours, maybe maybe even five 336 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: hours to get all the way from your mid midtown 337 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 1: Manhattan penthouse to your Hampton's eight million dollar beach house. So, uh, 338 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: that's a real problem. What are you gonna do? He 339 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: and some kind of mountain dew zero sugar bob blast cancer. 340 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: It's so bad, and he's a bottle. Come on, you 341 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: have to use a bottle. It's the old p I trick. 342 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 1: Because you can screw the top back on exactly, but 343 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 1: when the gatorade, no one will know. But no, that's 344 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 1: not the answer. That's not the answer. The answer is 345 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: to get surgery on your prostate or to inject your 346 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: bladder with botox. This is something I hadn't heard about 347 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: until you brought it up, Matt. And at first, I'm 348 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: gonna be honest with you, man, one of my favorite people. 349 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,159 Speaker 1: I trust you to the end. But I thought, is 350 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: Matt pranking me? Here? Is this like a I'm preaking everyone? 351 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 1: You know, do what you will. People do all kinds 352 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: of things to feel good about themselves, and botox freaks 353 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: me out just because I don't like needles and the 354 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 1: idea of shooting, you know, toxins into your face. But 355 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,880 Speaker 1: this sounds like at least kind of a functional, practical 356 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 1: use for the stuff. In a way, it is um 357 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: It really does reduce the need to urinate so often 358 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: if you have botox injected into your bladder. The process 359 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: doesn't look that uh fun, but you know it can 360 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 1: be done. It can be done pretty easily. I was 361 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: looking at the Mayo Clinic website. They've got you know, 362 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 1: how it's done, what it does how long it lasts. 363 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 1: If you do get one injection into your bladder, it 364 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,679 Speaker 1: lasts about six months, and you will urinate less or 365 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: have the you will have less of an urge to 366 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: urinate as often. If that makes that's perfect for vacation season, 367 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: perfect the summertime, as springs rolling around. I pack, I 368 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: get my p a E. My prostatic artery embolization. That's 369 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 1: the other thing. That's the other thing that's not the botox. 370 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: That's that's the procedure where you This one's a little 371 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,640 Speaker 1: more involved. I was reading on Hopkins John Hopkins Medicine. 372 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: They've got a website the morning for people that have 373 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: body horror issues. Here is this, Okay, all right, it's 374 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: not that it's because I got insane. All right, go on. 375 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: All you have to do is go to your doctor, 376 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,440 Speaker 1: and especially if you're of that age that we mentioned, 377 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: you ask your doctor to check out the old prostate, 378 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: and they generally do that in the way we all 379 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 1: know about with a digit and they you know, do 380 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: some some testing of your urine, just see what's going 381 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: on down there, and then they can reduce the size 382 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 1: of your prostate. It's really interesting it there's there are 383 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 1: these what do they how do they describe it? It 384 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: says tiny round micro spheres are injected through the catheter 385 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 1: that's you know, going into you, into the blood vessels 386 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 1: that feed your prostate, and it just reduces the blood 387 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: supply to that thing and it shrinks it down and 388 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: then your bladder doesn't have the pressure on it that 389 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:51,919 Speaker 1: it once did. Now you're good to go for that 390 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 1: for our trip to your eight million dollar mansion. Okay, 391 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: written with a little bit of disregard for like, the 392 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: author clearly thinks this is a rich person's problem, unless 393 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: you're editorializing. But Matt, with that, this is something I 394 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: don't I think. I don't think we mentioned on air yet. 395 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: Uh this condition that people are treating with P A 396 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: E and uh bladder botox. It has a name, right, 397 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 1: Oh yes, Well it's at least being coined Hampton's bladder, 398 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: as in driving to the Hampton's issues because of that 399 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 1: Long Island Expressway. I only know about this because of 400 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: the reporting or the writing at least from Dorry Luak 401 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 1: or Lewick l e w a K. From Insider. She 402 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,639 Speaker 1: wrote an article titled rich New Yorkers are getting bladder 403 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 1: surgery and botox to avoid bathroom breaks on the drive 404 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:50,360 Speaker 1: to the Hampton's um. It is a very oh. If 405 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 1: you think we're being sarcastic, read this article. Oh my goodness, 406 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: tongue in cheek, not gonna say which cheek. Yeah, oh man, 407 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: And it's a joke. It just really doesn't apply to anything. 408 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 1: This is not stuff they don't want you to know. 409 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 1: The news has been atrocious over the past couple of weeks, 410 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 1: and I just wanted something that's silly, that doesn't matter, 411 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 1: but it could be helpful because we're all hopefully going 412 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: to be in our fifties at some point. Everybody you 413 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: listening right now, and maybe you will need to get 414 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:25,199 Speaker 1: your prostate shrunk or your bladder botox and uh and 415 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: that's totally fine, and that's okay. Just be aware that 416 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 1: if you have to do the procedure with the prostate, 417 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: it costs about twenty grand out of pocket. So change 418 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 1: that's that's like you know, maybok car wash. Well, it 419 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: may not be for us if we have to pay 420 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: out a pocket, but if we have health insurance and 421 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 1: we need it, maybe we can make it happen. Would 422 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: that be considered a like, you know, how to get 423 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 1: things covered by insurance. There there's all kinds of assessments 424 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: that take place. Do you think because of the botox situation, 425 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 1: that would be considered a cosmetic procedure just automatically or 426 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: is this like equality of life procedure, Like I wonder 427 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,919 Speaker 1: how it would be categorized in insurance parlance. It's not 428 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 1: a bad question, and it's I think it's an important question. 429 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: One thing I found I haven't again, I learned about 430 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:19,120 Speaker 1: this from you Mann I have. I learned it by 431 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: watching you. I haven't. I haven't dropped into too much 432 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: research here, but from what I understand initially, medicare does 433 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: cover botox for overactive bladder treatment because it may be necessary. 434 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: So that may be um useful because although this is 435 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:46,639 Speaker 1: getting reported kind of in the framework of rich people problems, 436 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: it's still it's still true like having um issues with 437 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 1: your bladder. It's not as though your bladder checks your 438 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: income or your net worth before having a problem, right, 439 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: So it makes it makes sense to me logically that's 440 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 1: something like Medicare would cover that. But we're not insurance experts, 441 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: and we're definitely not experts or fans of privatized medical insurance. 442 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: We also not fully in the era of like life 443 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 1: extension technology for the super rich yet or like gatica 444 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: level gene splicing or selective breeding. So we gotta jump 445 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: on what we can in terms of like giving the 446 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:29,719 Speaker 1: richie's a bit of a hard time. Yeah, I had 447 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 1: to read you, guys a quote from the article there 448 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: from Insider. It comes from a New York eurologist named 449 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 1: Dr David Schusterman, and he said, he says, patients have 450 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,239 Speaker 1: told him about all these uh fights that they have 451 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,160 Speaker 1: in cars while they're on their way to the Hampton's 452 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 1: and when like a friend in the car needs to 453 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,239 Speaker 1: go to the bathroom and then keeps having to go 454 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: to the bathroom, but there's nowhere to get off the road, 455 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 1: so you just it becomes a fight in the vehicle, 456 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: then a fight about whether or not you will actually 457 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 1: go to the lengths of peeing into a bottle um, 458 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 1: and and then there are no there are no places 459 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: to stop. And he says, quote, thousands of people are 460 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 1: probably fighting about this every week, and he can relate. 461 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,199 Speaker 1: The doctor can relate. According to your article quote, I 462 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: can't tell you how many arguments I personally get into. 463 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: I've lost three friends because I'm the driver and refused 464 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: to stop for them. There's just no place to stop 465 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,919 Speaker 1: in general. Are you guys stoppers? Are you guys like 466 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: drive till the bitter enders? Because I'm a drive to 467 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:36,160 Speaker 1: the bitter ender. If my son's in the car, then 468 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: we're stopping whenever he's got to go. If not, we're 469 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 1: going until we get there or until we got kids. 470 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: My kids thirteen, so it's like, and if she's like, Okay, 471 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: I've got to go to the bathroom and we're like 472 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: forty five minutes from the destination, I'm gonna put up 473 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: a bit of a fuss. I'm like, come on, surely 474 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: you can hold it for forty five minutes. But again, 475 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: this is a thirteen year old versus a aeriatric individuals. 476 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 1: So but I don't know, it seems like an interesting 477 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 1: thing to lose a friend over. I want to shout 478 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: you out, Matt, because I love how instantly's always reading 479 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 1: this story in preparation for this. Um. I love the 480 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 1: way you wrote the description, so watch the even like 481 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 1: I had to reach out to you about it because 482 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 1: it does. It does feel like a curb your enthusiasm problem. 483 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 1: It does, doesn't it? I don't know if Larry still 484 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 1: listens to the show, but Larry, I think you would. 485 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 1: You might want to give Matt a little a little 486 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 1: nod in the credits next season. Look, anybody can can 487 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: write or say his pretty, pretty pretty line in the 488 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: way that it should be said. Uh, just some time 489 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 1: I watch Yes, I agree, anytime I watch anything on HBO. 490 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter what it is. As soon as that 491 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,479 Speaker 1: that screen comes up with HBO logo, you get that 492 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 1: whole every time in my head. Yes, yes, I'm with you, dude, 493 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 1: I'm with you. I just have been around for like 494 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 1: going on twenty years. Yeah, it's true, it's crazy. Yeah. 495 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 1: And if you want to, uh, if you want to 496 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: know my my full proof method for road trips, folks, 497 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 1: you can just write to me directly. I don't want 498 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: to take too much room explaining it because it is 499 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: somewhat in depth, but that this is the right time. 500 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 1: But this is the no, no, no, we gotta keep 501 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 1: some mystery. I don't think he really wants to share it, Matt. 502 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: I think he's just teasing, but just right to be. 503 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you I always get a Calypso Island 504 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: Wave lemonade bottle and must be empty. And I found 505 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,240 Speaker 1: that this is the perfect amount of urine. And it's 506 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: also got a very wide top here, so it just 507 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 1: can comments a Calypso Island wave of lemonade made me 508 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 1: produce that much. You're in just sitting here putting that 509 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 1: out there, and it's got a top, it's got a 510 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 1: lit So there you go. You know what's up? All right? Well, uh, 511 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: that's it. I hope that was helpful for everybody, especially you, 512 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,600 Speaker 1: selful for us. We'll be right back with more strange news. 513 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 1: And we're back with one more piece of strange news. Fellas. 514 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: Have either of you ever been to a screening of 515 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 1: the Rocky Horror Picture Show? Yes, yes, you know what 516 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 1: you guys have both also been to space Camp. I 517 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 1: haven't been a space camp. I've also never been to 518 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 1: a screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. But it's 519 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: down the street. It's like every left. I just never 520 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 1: managed to go. It's not something I feel like I 521 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,840 Speaker 1: should go to by myself. But maybe I'll change that. Um, 522 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: here's the thing, Like, okay, so films like that and 523 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 1: like the the what is it the room? There are 524 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 1: other ones. Um, they're usually you know, long standing cult 525 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 1: classic films that have these traditions of people showing up 526 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:18,360 Speaker 1: in costume, bringing in particular props, shouting at the screen, 527 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,080 Speaker 1: singing little songs, doing little rituals that are kind of 528 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: outside of the film itself. It's very participatory, and anybody 529 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: that hasn't seen the film or isn't familiar with the 530 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 1: culture would be completely clueless as to what's going on. 531 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 1: But also it would probably be very entertaining. You don't 532 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 1: typically associate that kind of stuff with brand new, first 533 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 1: run movies that are like, you know, in the theaters 534 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:45,240 Speaker 1: for a holiday weekend. But thanks to a little something 535 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 1: called TikTok, that's now beginning to change. Um with the 536 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 1: release of Minions the Rise of grew So I sort 537 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 1: of started getting hip to something in the water, um 538 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 1: before the movie even came out. Um in it was 539 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 1: just it was getting memed like crazy. I mean, Minions 540 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: have been meme fodder for some time. Um, you know, 541 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,120 Speaker 1: they're cute little guys. There's they all kind of have 542 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,400 Speaker 1: a different look. There's different arrangements of them. You can 543 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 1: do that kind of image macro where you have this 544 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:17,040 Speaker 1: stack of Minions represent one concept and this other minion 545 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,959 Speaker 1: that's being abused in some way representing another. But all 546 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: of a sudden, leading up to the release of the 547 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 1: Rise of Grew, the meme minion meme content just kind 548 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 1: of started going out of control. And and my kids 549 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 1: pretty tapped into this stuff, you know, more so than 550 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:32,719 Speaker 1: than than me and and any of us, I think, 551 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 1: at least in terms of the very kind of specific 552 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,680 Speaker 1: kind of TikTok meme culture, which is its own thing. 553 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 1: And I'm not really I'm sort of like a second 554 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,280 Speaker 1: run TikTok mem or. I'll see them when they've been 555 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 1: reposted on Instagram a couple of days later. Um, but 556 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 1: I was curious, and all of a sudden, my kids 557 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 1: just losing her mind about this new Minions movie. And 558 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,520 Speaker 1: she's never really been you know, the Minions movies are fun, 559 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: Despicable Me and all of that, and Grew, but it's 560 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:01,560 Speaker 1: never been something that she's been particularly bonkers about. And 561 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 1: all of a sudden she is not staying with me 562 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 1: this particular nighte and she goes to see Minions, and 563 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:08,359 Speaker 1: its messaging me after and say, oh my god, dad, 564 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,239 Speaker 1: it was absolutely you know, top quality cinema. There were 565 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,400 Speaker 1: so many dapper gentlemen in the crowd. I'm like, what 566 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:19,359 Speaker 1: gentle Minions, that's what, yeah, And then I realized She's like, well, 567 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:23,360 Speaker 1: you don't know about the hashtag gentle Minions trend, and 568 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 1: I did not, And I was wondering about the you know, 569 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,720 Speaker 1: the explosion of of Minions memes. But this is why 570 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 1: there was this hashtag. Somebody started on TikTok hashtag gentle 571 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 1: Minions and it led to an absolute just you know, 572 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 1: explosion of people showing up to the premiere of the 573 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:45,799 Speaker 1: Minions movie wearing their formal wear. They're they're their most 574 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:50,000 Speaker 1: dapper formal attire, suite jackets, college shirts, ties and all 575 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,560 Speaker 1: of that stuff going to theaters to see this movie. 576 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:55,240 Speaker 1: Not only that, and you may know that the Minions 577 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,799 Speaker 1: are quite fond of bananas. They say banana a lot, 578 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,799 Speaker 1: and they like bananas. Whatever reason, I think that maybe 579 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,280 Speaker 1: weren't the Minions like born on an Island or something, 580 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:06,520 Speaker 1: or am I thinking of the Olympus. I might be confused. 581 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 1: There's a lot of crossover in this lore. But anyway, um, 582 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: people across the country and the world have been showing 583 00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 1: up to premiers of the Minions movie. The Rise of 584 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:21,160 Speaker 1: grou wearing the formal attire UM, doing all kinds of 585 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 1: crazy dances, shouting at the screen, throwing bananas, making a 586 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:30,360 Speaker 1: real hullabaloo, and it's led to some of the largest 587 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 1: theater chains on the planet, specifically one called odeon Um 588 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:38,160 Speaker 1: that I think is only in the UK and Australia. 589 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,239 Speaker 1: It's not in this neck of the woods or in 590 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:45,399 Speaker 1: this country, UM, leading to them banning anyone showing up 591 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 1: to the Minions movie wearing formal attire. I'm not joking. 592 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:52,000 Speaker 1: There's you can find images online of people posting photos 593 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,319 Speaker 1: of you may remember, I think it was one of 594 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:57,200 Speaker 1: the incredible movies where there was a lot of uh 595 00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: controversy around. There was like a scene that had a 596 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:02,399 Speaker 1: lot of um uh flashes in it that could lead 597 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 1: to epileptic issues with people that have that condition. So 598 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:08,040 Speaker 1: they were signs saying, you know, warning people that this 599 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,959 Speaker 1: film contained a sequence you know with some really bright 600 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:17,200 Speaker 1: rapid flashes. This sign is much different, it reads UH. 601 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:22,560 Speaker 1: Due to recent disturbances following the hashtag gentlemenions trend, any 602 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:26,040 Speaker 1: group of guests in formal attire will be refused entry 603 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:32,040 Speaker 1: for showings of Minions. The rise of group UM disturbances, 604 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,120 Speaker 1: you know, and I kind of get it because it's like, 605 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:37,520 Speaker 1: this isn't a cult movie when you go to see 606 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:39,680 Speaker 1: Rocky Horror Picture Show. You know what you're signing up for. 607 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,040 Speaker 1: You're going to be a part of this kind of 608 00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:47,040 Speaker 1: experiential thing, this sort of interactive almost theater. But people 609 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,560 Speaker 1: that are just fresh out of a pandemic finally making 610 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,800 Speaker 1: out of the theaters with their kids who are maybe 611 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: you know, pandemic babies who are just now maybe old enough, 612 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:58,200 Speaker 1: maybe not babies, but you know what, I'm getting to 613 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,920 Speaker 1: see a first run theatrical lease, of which there are 614 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,120 Speaker 1: much fewer lately. Of course, uh, this could be kind 615 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,440 Speaker 1: of annoying. Um. They apparently a lot of these theaters, 616 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,759 Speaker 1: including regal cinemas here in the United States and and 617 00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:13,359 Speaker 1: a MC and the like, have had to issue a 618 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:19,640 Speaker 1: lot of refunds. So while the company Illumination Entertainment UM 619 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:23,720 Speaker 1: behind the Minions movie, seems to have embraced this this trend. 620 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,600 Speaker 1: They actually did a tweet saying that they, you know, 621 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 1: people showing up to see the Minions movie in your suits, 622 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:33,600 Speaker 1: we see you. It actually speciically as Universal Pictures, which is, 623 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 1: you know, who owns illumination to everyone showing up to 624 00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,279 Speaker 1: hash at minions in suits we see you and we 625 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:43,840 Speaker 1: love you, and then the little emoji of the heart fingers. Um. 626 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:47,840 Speaker 1: But again, this could potentially be causing some financial disruption 627 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 1: to the actual franchises of the theaters. Um. There was 628 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 1: even a story I saw about some you know teens, 629 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,200 Speaker 1: uh adults even like you know, I mean adults is 630 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,719 Speaker 1: a relative term, I suppose here, but dressing up in 631 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:05,160 Speaker 1: like outfits, like resembling like custodial staff and uh, you know, 632 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,239 Speaker 1: sneaking in buckets of bananas that they then you know, 633 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:11,279 Speaker 1: ran am uck with. So I don't know, I just 634 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,200 Speaker 1: think it's fascinating what leads to a meme like this 635 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:18,360 Speaker 1: and how it can go. One of a couple of directions, 636 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:21,719 Speaker 1: this is obviously one that's been very positive for the 637 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:26,160 Speaker 1: movie overall, because it's I think a record breaking opening weekend. 638 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,520 Speaker 1: I think it made you know, north of a hundred 639 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,640 Speaker 1: million dollars. I think it's like, you know, heading towards 640 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:35,000 Speaker 1: breaking some records for an opening um fourth of July weekend. 641 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,440 Speaker 1: But also it seems to be causing some problems for 642 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,759 Speaker 1: the individual theaters and also for you know, parents, trying 643 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,239 Speaker 1: to take their kids to the movie, not wanting to 644 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:49,920 Speaker 1: be disrupted by ironically uh suit clad tweens. Um. Another 645 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,200 Speaker 1: example of this that maybe didn't go this direction that 646 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:54,640 Speaker 1: we talked about a little bit off there, that I'd 647 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,000 Speaker 1: love to hear what you guys think about, is what 648 00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:01,520 Speaker 1: happened with the movie Morbius, which is a pretty poorly 649 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,440 Speaker 1: reviewed UM d C movie or Sony rather. It's a 650 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,000 Speaker 1: Spider Man villain UM or I don't know. He's kind 651 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,239 Speaker 1: of an anti hero I guess, played by Jared Leto. 652 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,800 Speaker 1: He's like a doctor that becomes a vampire. And apparently 653 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,239 Speaker 1: the movie is quite bad, but it created so much 654 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:17,400 Speaker 1: meme content that even after it bombed in the theaters 655 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,560 Speaker 1: the first time, UM Sony was like, hey, look at 656 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,279 Speaker 1: all these memes. So they re released it to a 657 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,040 Speaker 1: second run in the theater specifically on the steam of 658 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:30,359 Speaker 1: these memes meme steam um, and it bombed a second time. 659 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,360 Speaker 1: So it was like double embarrassing for Sony because they 660 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:38,640 Speaker 1: didn't quite get why the memes were happening. But Universal 661 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,560 Speaker 1: seems to have just kind of rolled with it. So 662 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,319 Speaker 1: I don't know, what do you guys think? What makes 663 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:47,520 Speaker 1: a meme? What makes a moment like this. Well, I 664 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,719 Speaker 1: haven't seen morebeous yet, guys, So I don't know. I 665 00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:52,440 Speaker 1: don't know about that. Um, I'm trying to think of 666 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,759 Speaker 1: other meme things like this. The only thing I can 667 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,920 Speaker 1: remember is Star Wars when it was just at the 668 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,160 Speaker 1: end of high school in the new Star Wars, the 669 00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:03,680 Speaker 1: New Star Wars were coming out the what were those 670 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,360 Speaker 1: of the prequels, Yeah, and people were just going to 671 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:08,759 Speaker 1: the theater's dress this Jedi. That's all. That's the only 672 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 1: thing I can remember. That's a common thing. There's also, 673 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 1: I mean, inseparable from this conversation is something that Matt, 674 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:20,520 Speaker 1: you and I touched on briefly a while back, and 675 00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:22,359 Speaker 1: then I think the three of us touched on it 676 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:28,920 Speaker 1: in an earlier Strange News segment. Um, it's that marketing 677 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,279 Speaker 1: is inseparable from this. So one of the goals of 678 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:37,520 Speaker 1: marketing operations for anything is to go viral. So in 679 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:41,360 Speaker 1: the case of minions, it's completely possible that a marketing 680 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:47,239 Speaker 1: campaign was started right to appear organic. I don't have 681 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,560 Speaker 1: any proof of this, um, but I did read a 682 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:55,200 Speaker 1: fantastic article from g Q about gentlemenions by Grant Renders, 683 00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:58,800 Speaker 1: so shout out to you, Grant that just came out yesterday. 684 00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:02,320 Speaker 1: I want to say, um. In this uh, they discuss 685 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:07,080 Speaker 1: how this thing evolved the world of ubiquitous media has 686 00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:12,160 Speaker 1: definitely eased the process, lessened the friction of making things 687 00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:16,480 Speaker 1: go um go viral. Though I don't care for the 688 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,120 Speaker 1: way that phrase is used often. I like to think 689 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:21,880 Speaker 1: when these things happen that they are organic and that 690 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:27,880 Speaker 1: people are just enjoying it and working together collaboratively. The 691 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:32,239 Speaker 1: way that people in sports stadiums would toss balls right 692 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:35,839 Speaker 1: together with strangers, you didn't do the way the wave right. 693 00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:39,719 Speaker 1: And so the reason I think that's such a good comparison, 694 00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:42,520 Speaker 1: and I'm not sure people have made that comparison yet, 695 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:46,640 Speaker 1: it's because it asked very little from the participant and 696 00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:49,279 Speaker 1: the award. The reward for your action is to be 697 00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:52,400 Speaker 1: part of something bigger. But it's also very easy to 698 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:57,839 Speaker 1: game that, especially if you can originate a hashtag and 699 00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:01,600 Speaker 1: sort of hide your hand or get some influencers to 700 00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:05,120 Speaker 1: originate a hashtag. In the goal of morbius, I'll shut 701 00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:07,880 Speaker 1: up in a second, and the goal of morbius um. 702 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:11,359 Speaker 1: I do want to point out that this was reversed 703 00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:15,360 Speaker 1: because the people who are doing this on forums across 704 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:20,480 Speaker 1: the internet knew that they control the studios marketing arms, right, 705 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:25,120 Speaker 1: and they wanted more Bias, which has been a panned film, right. 706 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:30,040 Speaker 1: They wanted more bus to flop, and so they they 707 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,360 Speaker 1: tried to make it seem as though there was this 708 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:35,200 Speaker 1: ground swell, even though it's quite sarcastic and snarky if 709 00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:38,719 Speaker 1: you're in the know, uh, And it worked. Morbius Is 710 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:44,319 Speaker 1: re release made three hundred thousand dollars over over the 711 00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:47,960 Speaker 1: weekend when it first released. That breaks down according to 712 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:52,320 Speaker 1: hype Beasts, that breaks down to about dollars per theater. 713 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:55,640 Speaker 1: So they really did as successful trolling. I'm just saying 714 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,239 Speaker 1: those are two examples about can go either way, but 715 00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,480 Speaker 1: hopefully take in it. And I think every time I've 716 00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:07,480 Speaker 1: seen a marketing company or marketing department try to create 717 00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:12,640 Speaker 1: something organically or create something that resembles an organic meme, 718 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:16,719 Speaker 1: it usually falls flat. Um. So I would argue that 719 00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:21,080 Speaker 1: this Minions thing is just an example of ironic gen 720 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:24,960 Speaker 1: z humor kind of run a muck uh in a 721 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:29,799 Speaker 1: way that's pretty innocuous and just leads to some kind 722 00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:33,440 Speaker 1: of viral moments uh and mild annoyance, you know, for 723 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,880 Speaker 1: theater employees. Guys. I'm looking at box office Mojo for Morbious. 724 00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,919 Speaker 1: It's looking like it's worldwide release. Remember how we talked 725 00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:45,760 Speaker 1: about the international versus domestic releases. It's made a hundred 726 00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:49,680 Speaker 1: and sixty three almost a hundred and sixty four million dollars. 727 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,200 Speaker 1: Now that's interesting, Matt, because you gotta wonder if these 728 00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:56,439 Speaker 1: American memes are translating to butts and seats in other 729 00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:59,160 Speaker 1: countries too, because I mean, there really is no I mean, 730 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,000 Speaker 1: it depends on the country, I guess, and how your 731 00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:05,080 Speaker 1: internet is or is not censored, but things are interpreted differently. 732 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:08,319 Speaker 1: And also, you know, we know that movies that maybe 733 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:13,200 Speaker 1: seem corny here or pan sometimes do remarkably well in 734 00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:17,040 Speaker 1: other countries, um, depending on you know, the property. So 735 00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:19,879 Speaker 1: that's you know, obviously that makes the movie worth having 736 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:23,799 Speaker 1: been made. So I don't know that executives are like 737 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,560 Speaker 1: too salty about all this stuff as sony. If that's 738 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:29,840 Speaker 1: the case, that's pretty good. But what was the budget 739 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,040 Speaker 1: of the movie? Yeah, I don't. I don't have that 740 00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:36,240 Speaker 1: information here. Usually you do when you check out box 741 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:42,080 Speaker 1: office Mojo. Original release earned a hundred and sixty three 742 00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:46,880 Speaker 1: million worldwide, only seventy four million domestically. Uh so it 743 00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:49,839 Speaker 1: only it earned a million dollars less domestically than it's 744 00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:54,319 Speaker 1: seventy five million dollar budget. But internationally, um, it's uh, 745 00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,759 Speaker 1: it's it's basically considered kind of a mild success. But 746 00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:00,919 Speaker 1: it does have the rare distinction of being, um, one 747 00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:03,360 Speaker 1: of the only, if not the only, movie that bombed 748 00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:06,480 Speaker 1: twice at the domestic box office. So there you have it, 749 00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:11,160 Speaker 1: minions and more bous memes and movies. Um, what what 750 00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:13,960 Speaker 1: makes a meme? Let us know? You can do that 751 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:16,600 Speaker 1: in a lot of ways. Actually, that's right. Let us know. 752 00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:20,080 Speaker 1: Also if you live in the Albert region, just heard 753 00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:21,880 Speaker 1: from some folks that I mean I asked to go 754 00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:25,040 Speaker 1: take some direct photographs of this. Uh, let us know 755 00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:28,840 Speaker 1: if you'd be okay with plastic eating worms living in 756 00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:33,200 Speaker 1: your house for the greater good. What's the longest road 757 00:45:33,239 --> 00:45:36,520 Speaker 1: trip you have taken without being And do you want 758 00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,440 Speaker 1: to know? Uh? Do you want to know the nuts 759 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:44,600 Speaker 1: and bolts of my somewhat militant road trip policy. 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