1 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: It's the radio segment that has his finger on the 2 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: pulse of the future, with a brand new product for 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: your home called the three D Taco printer. Oh my God. 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: His slogan print fold and devour. 5 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 2: Oh my. 6 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: Order now and you get a free gualk cartridge with 7 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: Laser Stories, the segment where we read weird news stories 8 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: around the globe, just like everyone else does, except we've 9 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: got a laser Azota Chipotle Chipos just don't. This first 10 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: laser story is out of Tokyo. Not having any luck 11 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: on the dating apps, let the government step in and help. Wait, 12 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: that's Japan's plan, as they're launching the first ever government 13 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: funded dating app. 14 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 3: Oh dude, I need this in my life. I'm like, 15 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 3: can you put a lean on a girl's house so 16 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 3: she will come out with me? 17 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: I think Biden can find you just the perfect woman. 18 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: It's all part of their effort to boost the plunging 19 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: national bird rate there, and they say their app will 20 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: be much better than others because users won't be able 21 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: to lie. 22 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 2: It's not because government's sexy. It's just that we got 23 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 2: all your information. 24 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 3: No, no, this is his real credit score. Don't let 25 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 3: him fool you. 26 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: How will they ensure that well. In order to sign up, 27 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: users will be required to submit documentation proving they are 28 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: legally single, and they must sign a letter stating that 29 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 1: they are willing to get married. 30 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 3: I guess that's on the table right away, and okay, 31 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 3: you're immediately first ye to the government. 32 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: Yeah. But while stating one's income is common on Japanese 33 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,839 Speaker 1: dating apps, the government will require a tax certificate slip 34 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: to prove that your posted salary isn't a lie. Okay, 35 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,559 Speaker 1: you'll also have to do a government interview to prove 36 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: your true identity. So it's pretty intense. 37 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 2: My god, are a spy espionage like training or just 38 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 2: a dating. 39 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: The spy espionage test is actually easier than this one. 40 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: People are excited though, because they feel it'll be a 41 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: much safer app with not as many people lying about 42 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: who they are trying to get a date. 43 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 2: That makes sense. 44 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: Skeptics wonder if this is something the government should be 45 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: doing with tax dollars, but Japan says they don't care 46 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,679 Speaker 1: because there are they're desperate for citizens to just get 47 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: it on. 48 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 3: I hope that they let you do yours and then 49 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 3: you can click a button and it reveals the truth. 50 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 3: So guys like I make two hundred grand and the 51 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 3: government's like ants. 52 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 2: Aorrow, just like taxes when they're like we know how 53 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 2: much you oh, but we're not going. 54 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 3: To tell you. 55 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: You got to figure it out. Next laser stories out 56 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: of California. Here's the latest. People in Los Angeles are 57 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: apparently stealing fire hydrants. Oh my god, it's true. One 58 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: neighborhood had four hydrants stolen recently, leaving them without a 59 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: single operating one in case of an actual fire. I 60 00:02:59,040 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 1: haven't even heard. 61 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 2: I'm never even put a thought process in how you 62 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 2: would go about just taking But. 63 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: I think of when you're trying to park in the 64 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: one spot left and it's a fire hydrant spot. Other 65 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: areas are also dealing with similar thefts, so I guess 66 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: it's kind of a trend. The residents say it's beyond 67 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: annoying in that it puts the whole neighborhood in danger, 68 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: not to mention, what are you gonna do with a 69 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: fire hydrant for questions. In theory, you could sell it 70 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: for scrap metal, but the workers at those facilities are 71 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: being told you must call the authorities if you ever 72 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: see a fire hydrant come through so what Maybe you're just. 73 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 2: Doing like a kitchy like firemen home reno or. 74 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 3: Or someone's dog has like five fire hydrants in their backyard. 75 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: Officials say they're looking to get them replaced, and they 76 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: are thinking about adding some kind of locks to discouraged these. 77 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: My god. Okays, the police haven't said if they have 78 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: any leads, but we know this. It is a challenge. 79 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: To steal a fire hydrant. You'd have to turn off 80 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: the water first, unbolt them, and then use a vehicle 81 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: to knock them physically off and haul them away. Wow. 82 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 2: No one's caught this on like a ring camera or something. 83 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 2: It's just having a bad day. 84 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 1: This next lazer story is out of tech Trend's headquarters. 85 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: You live with someone who casually critiques your dietary choices 86 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:23,799 Speaker 1: like cheese. 87 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 2: It's again, huh, you really want more of those? 88 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 1: They've now got reinforcements on the way in the form 89 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: of AI. Researchers in Canada are working on a new 90 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: AI that can identify different foods, so it can watch 91 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: what you eat and then shame you for it right 92 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: there on the spot. 93 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 2: Who it's what your internal voice is meant to do already. 94 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: Or if not that you're at least your spouse. It's 95 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: not ready for prime time yet. Right now, it can 96 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: just calculate how much food is on your spoon or 97 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: plate with about ninety five percent accurate seat Oh my god, 98 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: but it cannot identify exactly what you're eating yet. 99 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 2: This would just make me eat more. I'm always like, oh, yeah, 100 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 2: you want to. 101 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: You say, that's all? Yeah, show you a lot of food. 102 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: They are confident it'll get there though, to be able 103 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: to identify what types of food are on your plate. 104 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: And once that happens, it would use cameras to track 105 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 1: what you eat exactly. So someday soon Alexa might watch 106 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,359 Speaker 1: you open up a bag of chips and just chime 107 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: in saying, you sure you want to do that? Any 108 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: galories today? 109 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a depressing thought. 110 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: This next Lazer stories out of the Update of the 111 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: Poles update, The New Pole asked over ten thousand Americans 112 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: if they've ever felt like they were selling out. Oh, 113 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: and twenty percent of people said absolutely yes. 114 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 2: Oh you can't be in radio if you were in 115 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 2: a sellout. 116 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: Fifty nine percent said no, and twenty percent said they 117 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: weren't sure. Your favorite people are ye, look at you. 118 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: That's kind of a sellout answer right there. The interesting 119 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: thing is younger people are more likely to say that 120 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: they think they have sold out. 121 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 2: You say that, do you mean like giving up on 122 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 2: their dreams or just taking something because. 123 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: It was easy, compromised anything that they believe in. Yeah, 124 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: okay for something, or become parents. 125 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 2: I mean, there's just so much compromise. Yeah, great, kids, 126 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 2: you're always like, I would never do that. Yeah, post 127 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 2: kids are like, I'm doing it that alre it. 128 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 1: Takes to get through this day. Sixty six percent of 129 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: boomers insists they've never done it, but that number drops 130 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: to forty nine percent among Gen Z. 131 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,919 Speaker 3: You never sold out. I were eighty hours a week. 132 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: Another question asked if you consider selling out to be 133 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: a good thing or a bad thing, and not surprisingly, 134 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: there was a huge difference between generations. Only three percent 135 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: of boomers believe that selling out is a good thing. 136 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: Oh okay, okay. They universally seem to think it's a 137 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: bad but that number leaps up to thirty percent among 138 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: Gen Z. Years. 139 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 2: We're cool with it. 140 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's so I had no idea. It's now cool 141 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: sort of to be a sellout. 142 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, that makes it feel better. 143 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, if it's trendy, everyone's doing it. 144 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 2: Everybody tell me after you graduated college, right, yeah, sure, 145 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 2: I know. 146 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: This guy is one hundred percent in favor of selling out, 147 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: oh wow, selling out those shoe racks of J. C. Penny. 148 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: He is all about it. You likes quality. That sound means. 149 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: Laser Stories has come to an end of the day. 150 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,679 Speaker 1: We'll do it again at the same time on Monday 151 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 2: Brook and Jeffrey in the morning.