1 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: Motherfucking many years. So many episode, motherfucking many years. Yep, yep, yep, 2 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: there it is. There it is. Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome 3 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: to another motherfucking mini episode, a mini episode of My 4 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: Mama Told Me, the podcast where we dive deep, deep 5 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: into the pockets of black conspiracy theories and we finally 6 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: work to prove that theories that you, the listeners have 7 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: at home. It's that simple, folks, It's that cut and dry. 8 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: We're talking to you, the listeners, were listening to you, 9 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: the listener. I don't know. Yeah, I guess we're listening. 10 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: I'm reading this time. Yeah, this isn't so much for 11 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 1: a listening game as a reading game. But let's not 12 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: get caught up in semantics, shall we. Let's just enjoy 13 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,959 Speaker 1: the day. Let's feel blessed that we get. We get 14 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: lovely emails from people who give a ship about this 15 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: very stupid podcast. We I I've received so many lovely 16 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: emails from you, folks in this Today's no exception. I 17 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: got an email that I'm excited to dig into you, 18 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: dig into you. No, I'm not gonna dig this into you. 19 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: We're gonna dig into it together. We're gonna unpack this 20 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: bad boy together, and it's a fun one. It's a 21 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:28,559 Speaker 1: a fun, interesting conversation one that I've I've certainly never 22 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: broached before, and not at least not in this way, 23 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: but I'm excited to do it. This one actually comes 24 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: from a person named Taylor. Taylor sent me a message 25 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: where she said, she said, high Linkston, this conspiracy superstition 26 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: more like question mark, was told to me by my grandma. 27 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: She said that if your second toe on either foot 28 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: is longer than your big toe, you will rule your husband. 29 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: This only applies to women, according to her. Mine is 30 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: which is why I remember her saying that wild Ship 31 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: War context. We're black, and my grandma and all of 32 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: her people are from North Carolina. I love the show 33 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: and tell people about it too much. I think thanks 34 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: for making it well. First of all, thank you so 35 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:18,559 Speaker 1: much Taylor for sending this in Despite your crippling disability, 36 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: Despite despite that a horrible wretched thing happening to your 37 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: foot with that long as middle toe, you still found 38 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: the strength to send me a message. And I'm honored. 39 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: I'm honored you would send me this message, Tailor, and 40 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: I'm excited to unpackage so I I I'll be honest, 41 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: My toes are normal. I believe that my wife's toes 42 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 1: that last I checked are normal as well. And I 43 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: do use normal intentionally. I I think what's happened to 44 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: you as a terrible mistake, like a three eyed fish. 45 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 1: You're walking around with your middle toe all big and ship. 46 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: But but I've decided despite that, I'm here. I guess 47 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: we'll call it charity. I'm here to to to to 48 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: help you learn more about your your terrible, dark history 49 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: with this long ass toe. So so I did some 50 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: research tailor to try to figure out if there's any 51 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: truth to the possibility that your second toe being longer 52 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: than your big toe, it would would allow you to 53 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: rule your husband. Now, this this foot mutation you're referring to, 54 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: is actually called something. It's it's called Morton's toe, named 55 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 1: after the doctor who discovered these these I guess freakish deformities. 56 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: I love it so much, I'm gonna keep talking about 57 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: your feet. As it turns out, the toe is not 58 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: actually longer than the big toe. That's that's a bit 59 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: of a confusion in all of this, right, it's actually 60 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: the and there's technical words for all of this, but 61 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: at at at its chords. Basically the base and the 62 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: shape of the foot that makes it appear longer because 63 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: of placement. Basically, you have a weird arch in in 64 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: the towards where the bone of the toe connects, and 65 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: that pushes the toe further or it makes it look longer. 66 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: That's that's the core of all of this. Now, this 67 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: occurs in a little less than twenty of the population, 68 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: so you're not alone, Taylor. There are plenty of people 69 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: who are who are horrible sewer monsters just like you 70 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: with their freakish toes, and it is relatively common, not 71 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 1: necessarily terrible, although Morton argues that it can be the 72 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: root cause for a number of ailments, including back pain, 73 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: knee pain, hit pain, fiber mayalgia, which I thought was 74 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: just a thing from late night commercials, but fibro mayalgia 75 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: apparently is real and arthrightist and most foot pains can 76 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,679 Speaker 1: all potentially be connected back to this. Now, this maybe 77 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: why a woman would rule over her husband, because she 78 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: has so many other fucked up things going on with 79 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: our body that she has to yell at him to 80 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: do stuff for her. That's maybe that's the cause of it. 81 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 1: Is Like, look, my back, my knees, my hips, I 82 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: got some fibro, myals. You're going on, I've got all this. 83 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: Our right is please just do stuff for me. You're 84 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: you work for me now, because I'm I'm I'm barely 85 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: able to walk because of these fucked up feet. Interestingly, though, Taylor, 86 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: despite all of the the potential downfalls of this yucky, 87 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: yucky problem you're dealing with, historically it is actually something 88 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 1: that is more celebrated than it is shunned and shamed. 89 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: That's right, Taylor, I'm wrong, I'm the monster in this situation, 90 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: because apparently, throughout history, your odd feet are something that 91 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: people they cheery, they celebrate, they want to kiss that 92 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: long tone tailor. In fact, some of its other names 93 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 1: throughout history are are Greek foot or royal toe. That's right, 94 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 1: royal toe, because it was once considered a sign of 95 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 1: ultimate beauty. Uh huh, I'm not kidding. The ancient Greeks, 96 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: in fact, loved it so much that they had incorporated 97 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: it into much of their art. It can be found 98 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 1: in the Statue of Liberty apparently has that that long toe. 99 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: Venus de Millows, she got that long toe. The the 100 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: Vitruvian man's that art piece. I don't know what the 101 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: funk it is, but apparently it's a very beautiful beast 102 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 1: and it's got the long feet. And they said that 103 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 1: this Greek foot represents something called the golden ratio. This 104 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 1: is why the Greeks loved it so much, This golden ratio, 105 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: which is a mathematical nuance that is found in nature 106 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,679 Speaker 1: and that's incorporated into their art to help set their 107 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: style apart from other cultures of the time. Basically, like 108 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 1: the Egyptians really were into a certain type of of 109 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: sort of like literal and and uh, straightforward representation in 110 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: their art. But the Greeks, they were like, no, we 111 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: wanna we want to make this a little funky and weird. 112 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: And that's where the golden ratio comes to be. Now, Basically, 113 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: if them toes had the golden ratio, you could get it, 114 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: and not just on your feet, but in your holes 115 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: as well. You could get it in them holes. If 116 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: you got the golden ratio, you could say that to 117 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: your friends. Sorry for the ding in the background, but 118 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: you know, messages be coming in, But that's right. You 119 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: can get you can get it in your holes. If 120 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: you got the golden ratio. It doesn't quite rhyme, but yeah, 121 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm not a rhymer, and that that rhyman 122 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: is not my thing. I'm more of a more of 123 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: a jive man, you know. Where this is more jazz. 124 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: It ain't all got to end on the on the 125 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: correct note, if that makes sense anyway. Even more astounding 126 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: by the time this got to the Greeks. In both 127 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: India and China, they've been practicing something called foot reading 128 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: since all the way back in three thousand BC. That's 129 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: way way long ago. I'm not a mathematician, but that's 130 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: that's who, that's what where. That's like five thousand years 131 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: ago they've been. They were doing this foot reading and 132 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: foot rating is basically a type of fortune telling that 133 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: studies the lines of the feet, bone structured toe length. 134 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: It's like they're doing palm readings, but with your feet. 135 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: And now these these people, the Chinese and the Indian 136 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: people of all these years ago, similarly, we're fucking in 137 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: love with Morton's toad. In fact, the Indians believe that 138 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: people who possess Morton's toe value peace and happiness over 139 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: valuables and money. Similarly, the Chinese belief that Morton's toe 140 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 1: meant that you were born to lead and seen as 141 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: a role model for many people, which, ultimately, Taylor might 142 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: lead back to the initial suggestion from your grandmother. Right, 143 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 1: She's she's potentially mixing some of these these old theories, 144 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: these old suggestions about Morton's toe. She's conflating a little bit, 145 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 1: let's be honest, theories. She's she's conflating the theories of 146 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: this ancient Chinese culture with much more contemporary households as 147 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: a way of taking advantage of poor innocent husbands. You know, 148 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 1: these poor men who just they're they're working hard, and 149 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: they're believing in themselves and trying to do something, and 150 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: then here comes these mean old wives coming in and 151 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,719 Speaker 1: and trying to rule over them because their toes are 152 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,599 Speaker 1: are deformed. And yes, you're going to of course, you 153 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: would rule over a household because just like in Mad Max, 154 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: people with grotesque deformity somehow find a way to take 155 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: control of otherwise healthy society. That's evidence than Mad Max 156 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 1: Fury Road. We we saw it. So there's nothing, there's 157 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: nothing that could refute that anyway. How this helps Taylor. 158 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,319 Speaker 1: I'm so sorry I said all those mean things about 159 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,439 Speaker 1: your feet. I'm sure they're lovely feet. I I t s. 160 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: I have my own fucked up feet things going on, 161 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 1: and it's it can't be explained by any scientists, truly. 162 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: The nails on some of my toes are are far 163 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: more grotesque than anything that could be uh happening with 164 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: your golden ratio feet. Anyway, if you want to send 165 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: me ailments that you're suffering from that your grandmother tried 166 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: to make you feel good about, you can send those 167 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: theories and end those ailments to my Mama pod at 168 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: gmail dot com. I would love to hear from you, 169 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: and please, as always subscribe and and and review the podcast. 170 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: Blow me some kisses or flick me the middle finger. 171 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: Either one is fine. I'm happy to hear from you, 172 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: and you can do it all at my mama pod 173 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 1: at gmail dot com and on Apple podcasts. 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Just have it in your out to that 183 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: as a reminder to keep working with me, all right, bye, bitch. 184 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: Motherfucking miniye so mini episode, motherfucking mini EPs. So motherfucking Minie, 185 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: so many episode, motherfucking mini episode.