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NBA, HR Derby, and The MCU
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The second episode of Mildly Frustrating. Today we're talking about the NBA Free Agency a little, the epic MLB home run derby, the 4th phase of the MCU and more! Thanks for listening to us nerds talk about the news and vent our frustrations. Please email any comments or questions to MildlyFrustrating@gmail.com
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Introduction and Agenda
00:00:09
Speaker
Hello and welcome to the mildly frustrating podcast. The podcast for all things, you guessed it, mildly frustrating. Today we'll be talking about a few things, starting with the NBA, then we'll be moving on to the MLB home run derby, and then jumping into some tech news and our opinions about the Marvel Universe. Alan is a huge fan, so he's definitely got some opinions there. So let's get started.
Russell Westbrook Trade Discussion
00:00:32
Speaker
So notification just coming in that the Russell Westbrook trade has finally happened. Who was who were the initial Originally it was he wanted to go to Miami. Yeah, and they wanted us into Detroit because they had the pics So it was yeah, it was and then some outliers too I think the Knicks were kinda but they're they're doing all this year. They're all yeah, they're always in everything and
00:00:56
Speaker
I don't know if you heard the story today on ESPN. They're now working on 2021 because that's the next free agency thing. So they're signing all these two-year contracts because 2021 is Giannis, LeBron James. It'll be all the Kawhi Leonard. It'll be Russell. It'll be, God, so many people.
00:01:19
Speaker
There's so many people in 2021. So now the Knicks are now we're officially in the 2021 sweepstakes now so That's their next that's their next hopeful year Yeah, they're well They're doing all the sun two years and then get rid of all these contracts if they would have if they would have been smart Five or ten years ago and when Isaiah was there instead of giving all these crappy people long-term contracts a lot of money Well, not bad math Isaiah
Isaiah Thomas' Knicks Legacy
00:01:46
Speaker
There's nothing good about Isaiah there. That's the problem. He's not even legendary Nick. That's the problem. He didn't even have the legacy as a Nick. He had the legacy as a Detroit Piston and they still brought him in. Exactly. So you know his name and then I also think New York Nick because I'm Nick's fan. So he's immediately a legacy for me at least.
00:02:07
Speaker
I just don't understand it. I'll never understand that It was it wasn't even the amount of Power they gave him it was the amount of time that they let him drag them down Yeah, where they finally were like, you know what? Maybe you're not good at this. Yeah, we also remember that's the closest thing I have to it to see from like my My life your age group though. I mean you had like the 60s were good and then you had I
00:02:32
Speaker
The mid-90s like right when you were a kid kid. Yeah, you had really good years.
Dallas Mavericks' History and NBA Games
00:02:37
Speaker
You just didn't get to see them Yeah, I had to live through those pacer chokes and all that stuff I mean, I was a maths fan. So yeah, we didn't even exist really. Whoopsie daisy might as well not even playing like we had pistol Pete Marovitch and then Novitski That's our legacy to Novitski was dope. I love watching him
00:02:54
Speaker
That game if you ever played him in a video game like when they had the original NBA's came out on the three the original Xbox You could play with the Mavericks and literally everybody on the team shot threes You just throw one of the four and shot threes all game because you had Jason Terry you had Steve Nash in the Vitsky You had Bradley you had Jason Terry. Oh, that's right
00:03:18
Speaker
I mean, it was, it was everybody on that team. Literally you come up the floor and you know how they had those super things at the bottom where somebody was like a dunker. Everyone on the team came down with a three ball. Isn't that every one of them? They almost won. Didn't they go to the final with Nash and Novitski? Uh, so.
00:03:34
Speaker
Or is that too complicated? No, they didn't. So they didn't go to the finals. They didn't, they had a lot of, a lot of wins. They got knocked out. And so they're the first team. That team was the first team to get, be a number one seed. They got beat up by an eight seed when our coach went to go coach for golden state and he beat us. Yeah.
Chris Paul's Contract and Trade Talks
00:03:53
Speaker
Awesome.
00:03:53
Speaker
And then they turned in nash to and then he went and went and won two mvp's with shack and phoenix Ah, gotcha. Yeah, and then navitzky won one. He finally won one in uh When he beat labrón james when he the super team That's right. Yeah when they were in miami. Yeah, I think that's what i'm thinking about is nash navitzky and labrón
00:04:15
Speaker
Yeah, I know. He wasn't there. Yeah, that's right. He brought Jason Terry back for that year, actually. With a stupid headband. He always wears a headband. He's like a 40-year-old man wearing a headband. My headband is stylish. My headband is stylish, dude. I miss... I don't know why this is a pop band. I miss J.R. Smith. No. No. J.R. Smith. Best six-man ever.
00:04:41
Speaker
Oh, do you see? I don't know if you watch. Have you seen the news about if you know what big three is? It's like the Las Vegas tournament that I see our ice cube. I can't remember which one it is. I think it's iced tea. Do you see that? Lamar Odom
Oklahoma City's Draft Strategy
00:04:55
Speaker
just got kicked out of it.
00:04:57
Speaker
Yeah, he was part of a group of like super or like just You know the over-the-hill basketball players they were gonna be in it And I think it was Baron Davis him and somebody else can't remember is okay, and they got the other out He's like maybe I don't know maybe I don't have the stamina for this anymore Yeah, I was like yeah because you were on cocaine most of the time
00:05:18
Speaker
Yeah, my lungs have kind of withered away a little bit. I was about to say, it was probably that last overdose, gotcha. He came out, I think it was in the same interview. He'd said he had six or seven strokes and like 10 heart attacks when he was in a coma. Man. His body has got to be erect.
00:05:33
Speaker
It's insane like it I remember looking at old pictures of him after he went through that whole drug thing and he just didn't he looked like a Skinny really tall homeless man because I mean, it's it's different when you're 6 8 and you go from 220 150 you look like Skeletor came out. Yeah, it's true. It's different if like one of us did it would it wouldn't look nearly as bad as when a man that is gigantic already Agree to stir it
00:06:03
Speaker
So I guess we had a little off topic with the Russell Westbrook
Westbrook and Harden Team Dynamics
00:06:06
Speaker
and Chris Paul. So it was Russell Westbrook going to, so it wasn't Miami, right? He went to the Houston Rockets, which I don't know where they came from. I guess they were like, hey, bye, Chris Paul.
00:06:22
Speaker
There's been a lot of a lot of rumbling since the end of the season that they really want to get out from that chris paul Yeah contract which is funny because they just signed it They just gave him that extended contract and now they're like, yeah, we're done Maybe maybe you're not the fit. Yeah, I think he's like a four years left He's he's got they gave him a max contract. So it's like he had five years for however much and they were like Yeah, we're one year in it's like or two years and say even I have three years left
00:06:49
Speaker
It's like yeah, we don't really want you anymore. I mean, that's a nice contract at least you don't have like a one-year then he's a free agent It's just crazy like they get they get two more first round picks in 2026. I think they have three first rounders and Then they also have with the Laker trade or with the clipper trade any year that they end up behind the Clippers and draft picks they can swap
Western Conference Competitiveness
00:07:17
Speaker
Mm-hmm with no questions. That's ridiculous. I mean For a small marketing that's never gonna get another big star without drafting It's good to have a bunch of draft picks because at least you have a better chance because you can trade up maybe oh I mean, it's not draft picks this year
00:07:34
Speaker
No, so it looks like it's chris paul 2024 2026 first rounds and then they gave up They swapped their 2021s and 2025s. Yeah. Okay. I got you I thought it was two first round picks like 2020 i'll say no
00:07:52
Speaker
No further down, so these are going to be coming up after Chris Paul's contract's over. Gotcha. That makes more sense. I mean, like I said, with the trade they made for, with the Clippers, I mean, they got, what, four first rounds and that's second, I think? It's ridiculous how much they got. But like I said, there's not like, Oklahoma City's not really a place that people are like, yeah, I wish I really could go play in Oklahoma City.
00:08:18
Speaker
I mean, they have a great like the people want to come watch them. But unless you grow up in like Texas or Oklahoma, who wants to go live there? I mean, when it was Russell and that was like the place to go watch. It was I mean, they had Russell Duran and Harden coming off the bench. I'm not saying that, you know.
00:08:37
Speaker
How did, how did they not make, they made one, they made one finals with, with three of the top 10 players in the league. And it was an ugly finals. And then the next year they're up three, one and lose to cold state.
00:08:54
Speaker
Yeah. And then he left. I think that's a lot to trade away, but also Westbrook is just a dynamic player. That's I mean, he's he's a good player. It's just going to be it's going to be a weird dynamic with two high. High people that like to shoot a lot. I mean, Russell Westbrook, he might have a triple double, but he likes to shoot a lot and harden, you know, obviously isolation, everything. Yeah.
00:09:22
Speaker
So, I mean, it might work because Russell likes to do the little downpicks and then let somebody roll to the net and then either dunks or just lobs it up. He's a little bit, he's definitely a better upgrade from Chris Paul. You get athleticism, you get younger.
00:09:36
Speaker
Yeah, and I think it might be a better fit for Harden. And, you know, Chris Paul's like, I mean, he wasn't injured last year, but the year before that, he was out in that conference finals that really cost him. So it's like, if anything, you got at least four years younger, five years younger. I mean, you also got to imagine that this at some point came up with Harden and he wasn't, you know, opposed to it.
00:10:00
Speaker
Oh, like I said, as soon as I heard the rumblings that Chris Paul, they weren't happy with Chris Paul, and then the GM right after the season ended, he's like, everybody's on the training block. It was like, oh, they're getting rid of Chris Paul. There's just no way, I mean, it's so bad, like the guy is so nice, and everybody says he's just the nicest guy, and then everywhere he goes, they're just good enough to make the playoffs, they're just good enough to make it here, and they never win.
00:10:28
Speaker
Like the Clippers teams were really good the New Orleans Pelicans when he was there were really good But they never win and they never win a big game like that when it comes down to crunch Tom Chris Paul is not there Mm-hmm, and that's just you know, whatever
Lakers' Potential Dominance
00:10:47
Speaker
Well, but that's crazy. I can't believe that just happened. That's so nice. Maybe it was those draft packs weighing them down now, though. They'll be free to actually win. I don't know, man. It's it's going to be interesting that West is like everybody talks about the Clippers.
00:11:05
Speaker
And now the Rockets, I mean, they were already good and the Lakers are good, but I mean, you have Houston, you have a Utah and Denver who are ridiculously good. Yeah. Like Denver is ridiculously good. Yeah. And they've only gotten better. They signed a couple of people this off season. It's like a golden state that they, everybody says that they might not make the playoffs. And it's like, I mean, they haven't lost everybody. They still have a good, I don't know. There's six really good teams and now you've got two spots.
00:11:33
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I think they probably still will.
00:11:37
Speaker
I mean, Steph Curry is going to hold them at least. I mean, him and him and green will be all right. I mean, Daniel Russell would be interesting to see what he does. I mean, he's it's kind of weird because now you either have to move Curry to to a shooting guard. I mean, which is OK because he comes off ball screens and shoots the reason a lot. So maybe it's a little bit better for his stamina to not have to run around with the ball. Yeah, I don't want his good things is dribbling, though. So it's going to be interesting.
00:12:03
Speaker
I don't imagine a world where they The nut or nothing. I think I was gonna say the Golden State Nuggets Warriors Don't make the playoffs I Don't know anything like I said, it's just it's gonna be weird because the West was weird last year LeBron's like in third place. He gets hurt at Christmas and they don't make it. I
00:12:24
Speaker
Yeah, it's like every all year at the end of the year It was like, okay LeBron's gonna kick it in they're gonna make it and then it's like, oh they got five games to win three They got four games to win two It's like an you know number six guy remember when you mean number six guy wasn't that on the ESPN? Oh, yeah, he's He's the six. He's behind Anthony Davis. Oh
00:12:46
Speaker
Yeah, he's he's he's okay. That was kind of yeah, that was on uh, get up or whatever Yeah, that was an interesting list. It was like I mean, I understand he's older but I mean he's still
00:13:00
Speaker
He's got to be the top if he's not the top players the top three players. There's no way he can It the weird thing about him is that he can literally come down the court and dribble twice and be at the net Mm-hmm, and you can't stop it you either have to foul him or you just get dunked in your face Like he's good if he wants to he can go and score every time like he has so many moves. Yeah, and if you
00:13:26
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. He's big enough. That's what's going to be scared about him and Davis. Because Davis and Boogie Cousins, when they were in New Orleans, they were unstoppable when they had both bigs in. And now you have a better, stronger, faster version of Boogie Cousins playing. And a guy can shoot threes. So it's like,
00:13:44
Speaker
What are you going to do? Like you're going to stop. You're going to double team LeBron. Are you going to double team Anthony Davis? You have to do one or the other. They're both so big. Yeah. You can't stop them. So it's like outside of injuries and or just thugging them all game. I don't know what you do.
00:14:00
Speaker
It's that's what's so interesting about it It's like that that small lineup of Golden State when they run green at the five I'll be interesting to match up against LeBron if you have Anthony Davis against green and then you have at the point guard you have LeBron James and then What's the other young guy? I can't think of his name now Kuzma Kuzma
00:14:24
Speaker
is going to be playing the two so you have two guys that are over six six playing in the back court against Steph Curry and D'Angelo Russell. That's ridiculous. But then you go against the Clippers and you've got Kawhi Leonard and you
NBA All-Star Selection Challenges
00:14:40
Speaker
got Patrick Beverly and then you have uh I can't for some reason I cannot remember the kid's name that just came from from uh
00:14:49
Speaker
Oklahoma city that they just traded for, uh, the kid that used to be in Indiana. I cannot think of them now, but they're all, they have, they have three of the top 10 defenders in the league. So it's going to be, it's just, it's crazy. I don't know. It's going to be fun to watch. It might be interesting just to like not be a fan. Cause I'm a Mavericks fan and we're probably going to get murdered, but, uh, you know, should be fun to at least watch. Yeah. It's like, they should just make a like 16 league and then we can just watch that.
00:15:19
Speaker
Think of the think of the all-star game for the west And who you can't take who you're not gonna pick It's like because if it was west versus east still and not the draft who do you not pick
00:15:33
Speaker
Yeah, you have you have everybody but uh Durant In the top 10 players in the league are all in the same to in the same division. Yeah They should just make it uh, like west versus like legends. Let me just put all some of the old Put everybody over 30 versus everybody under 30. That's the only way you can do it is fair That's true because it'd be like to be harden It'd be lebron and and and then you still have davis and the west person
00:16:02
Speaker
I don't remember a thing. They did a rookies versus, I forget, I forget, but it was like 21 or 20 and younger versus 21 and older or something like that. Yeah, they did that like two or three years ago. That was interesting to watch. Just watch new guys around everybody.
00:16:20
Speaker
It's interesting because you get to see like new versus old. Yeah, you get to see like new new speed versus veteranism. Yeah, just like being smart with the game. Yeah. Mm hmm. And it's a little bit crazy because you can use your speed to pretty much dominate a game to the. Yeah, there's there's a good amount where that's that's really going to come in handy until they learn what you're doing.
00:16:43
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. Until they just put a big body up there and just plow you into the boards. Just stand at the blue line. You may not want to skate too fast anymore. Did you see Marcus Morris? What happened? I saw that he's spurring the Spurs and there was just like, screw you. He's spurring the Spurs. Go play for the Knicks. Yeah. I had seen that he had made that deal with the Spurs for like two or three years and he's like, yeah, maybe now I'll go to the Knicks. And I'm like, OK, go ahead. Like, go ahead. Have fun, big guy.
00:17:13
Speaker
I'm cool with it. You know it's sad when I'm almost stoked about it.
00:17:29
Speaker
You're almost excited? Who else do we got? Who else we got? Yeah, for real. I was like, OK. Who can we get for the league minimum? Who's going to come play for the league minimum? You know what it feels like? It feels like when you're playing, what's it called, like the ultimate team on like NBA or Madden or something? Oh, you just got a silver? Yeah, I finally just got a pro. You're like, oh, man, I haven't had a silver in a long time. Yeah, well, all my starters were like Pete Wheeler and Pablo Sanchez, and now I finally got a pro.
00:17:58
Speaker
So that's it is I mean, you know granted the Knicks aren't like yeah, it's not like they've just been sitting and doing that they have been trying to sign people but still Morris was something I was happy about he's a he's a nice get in there and The old-school basketball player. He'll he'll push you out of the way. I mean, yeah, I mean he's a blue collar guy It's not like it's a bad pick. I mean if you're gonna have some money. I
00:18:21
Speaker
Yeah, he's he's pretty chill too like all a couple of his highlights I was watching where you know, he's dropping You know buzzer beaters, so I like you know, you like somebody with that kind of calmness He's he's a good three-point shooter too. So it's a couple um
00:18:39
Speaker
avenues to his game. So it's, it'll be at least something interesting to watch. I mean, there's a couple of times they got, they got that rookie, but it's, it's nice to see. I mean, RJ Barrett's a good scorer from Duke. He's a good scorer. It's just going to be, you know, as a rookie, how much is he actually going to be able to hold onto you? Yeah. Like how much can you really expect from him?
00:18:59
Speaker
Yeah, I mean your your team is like a who's who of bronze is for my team. Yeah It's like you got Kevin Knox Mitchell Mitchell Robinson You have Dennis Smith jr. Who's who wasn't a bad player on the maps. He wasn't a bad player at a NC State He just may have been paid to play there It's not the point because that never I don't need another I only know the rest of your roster I have never even heard of these people. You know what? I'm not even sure the next day. So I
00:19:26
Speaker
you have Frank Frank Nick Nick Delina I have never even heard of that guy apparently you're thinking about trading dude but uh who knows
00:19:35
Speaker
Could be, I mean, like I said, it's, it depends on if you can have a good mind. If, if they can make a, if they can make a run at two of those guys in 2021, it's worth it. It's just a problem of, I mean, the 76ers had the same problem for the longest time. They're like, don't worry about it. We know what we're doing. We're going to get these draft picks. We're going to bring them in. We're going to, and then they, they, it has worked now.
00:19:58
Speaker
It's just a matter of how long do you have to wait and then can you get the right draft picks? You also forget that it's the Knicks, not the 76ers. I know. It's very different. I'm giving you too much, too much. Yeah, watch your mouth. That's... Maybe Dolan will sell, you never know. Maybe Dolan will sell. Not as long as they're in New York and making money.
00:20:21
Speaker
I mean, I didn't say you'd sell the stadium. He might sell the rights to the teams and keep the stadium. I don't know. It's good luck. Yeah. They're Dolan's essentially just got a notepad where he's just keeping the names of the players so he can know who to, you know, when he walks up to and be like, you are, let me see here.
00:20:40
Speaker
Turn around turn around what number you 13. Okay. Okay, Dennis. How you doing? Which number 13 I got to hear You're supposed to be gone you're supposed to be gone we have Tim Hardaway Jr. He's like what do we trade for? Some hardware juniors like there and gone every other year
00:21:04
Speaker
Yeah, we have him now in Dallas now. We had to take him so we could take Porzingis. I think we cut him though. Pretty sure we didn't need another. Yeah, we don't need him. I mean, I guess after, you know, 20 minutes or so of talking about baseball, I guess we can talk about the home. I don't know why I don't know my sports, apparently.
00:21:28
Speaker
or
Home Run Derby Highlights
00:21:29
Speaker
at least the names of the sports, because I took that last week too. Do you know the organization what NBL stands for? No, the NBL.
00:21:37
Speaker
Yeah, so yeah the homeroom derby was uh, what's fire that was uh That is that was absolutely the most exciting Spectacle and all the all-star like things that every The initial used to have a really good one when they had this simple Skills competition now. It's just so many things going on. It's like three hours long and
00:22:01
Speaker
Yeah, no the home run debbie get it right this year. It's like it's timed You have a low amount of people You don't have a bunch of time between them. They were doing commercials during the time outs, but they were still live. It was very interesting. Yeah I thought it kept your attention for a lot longer. Yeah. Yeah, I I forgot about it and then remembered it right before the the first vlad Home run. Oh my gosh, it wasn't in the first round I texted you
00:22:26
Speaker
No, it was actually I was sitting there. I can't remember what I was doing and uh, I was just like, oh yeah, the home run derby zone. I forgot. I don't even know what, what tempted and now looked at it and then you texted me and I was like, oh yeah, I'm actually watching it. Holy crap. And then, uh, black Guerrero junior is, uh, ridiculous. He, he's just like a human highlight reel. Just a show. That was crazy.
00:22:48
Speaker
Him and Jock Peterson, I didn't think Jock Peterson was that good, but his swing is so natural. It looked like, especially when he started getting his pitches where he wanted them consistently. I mean, he could hit five, six, seven, 10 in a row and then take a break. It was ridiculous. The second round was...
00:23:08
Speaker
probably the greatest thing I've ever seen outside of I'm a big Griffey fan. So all the Griffey home run derbies when he's just barely swinging and could just launch them is my favorite history. That's different.
00:23:21
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, and it was also in a different kind of format to 10 swings. So your your swing had to be pure. But now it's just like watching a dude that's like. Huge go up there and look like he's trying to chop a tree down with every swing was ridiculous. It was when I saw when he walked up and took his swing, I was like, oh, geez, he probably just tore something one.
00:23:50
Speaker
Two there's no way he's gonna be after like especially after you hit the first What did he hit the first time like 28 or so 25 20? Yeah, 29 he hit 29 the first two are 29 then 40 no 20 He had 20 Because he had 29 the first round he had 29 in the second round and they Todd and then they had the hit off until he got to 40 Yeah, it was in the third round. He was
00:24:14
Speaker
Yeah, I was yeah, you you're probably right. Um, I mean it was it was high 20s Yeah, either way it was 29. Yeah, because he was trying to shoot for 30 on both rounds That's right. And at the very end he was just kept trying to swing. Yeah, and he couldn't do it Because it hits so after the first 29 out was after as he's walking away because i'm not familiar with uh, Vladimir I didn't I hadn't watched him Um, yeah, so when he walked away, I was like there's no way he's coming back
00:24:44
Speaker
Hitting more than like five home runs. There's no way he has any energy left Yeah, he doesn't look like somebody that's got that kind of stamina. No, but he did It was ridiculous. He had 91. Yeah That's that's a crazy amount of home runs So I don't know how that's humanly possible. I feel like we should test them just For the like the good of the MLB just to make sure before we all freak out. We need to test them. I
00:25:15
Speaker
It's just ridiculous. I mean, he's, yeah, I mean, it's, it's crazy. It's, I mean, he's just got that, his lower body is ridiculous. It's huge. And hell, he's only been in the majors for a couple months this year. So he just got called up this year. So it's like, what in the hell is this guy? Like if he even touches a ball, it just flies so far.
00:25:39
Speaker
You know, it's like, you know, when you go to the gym and you do like, um, you know, you'll do your sets of like, you know, 10 or whatever, but you always do like the one rep max, like to see what your max is. Every swing looks like he just did his one rep. Oh man. If you listen to the second, so the last.
00:25:57
Speaker
Showdown between him and jock peterson when they were doing the three three swings his second swing he let out a grunt that sounded like a tennis player like he He didn't look like he got any contact. He forced it out. Like he was like i'm gonna push this ball I'm not i'm not swinging. I don't have any kind of mechanics I'm just gonna wing this bat as hard as I can And just force it to go out and it and it left and it was just ridiculous
00:26:22
Speaker
Yeah, it was, he is a fun player to watch. Um, was it Akuna who was having the, who was sitting in the opposite field home runs?
00:26:30
Speaker
Yeah, where he, it looked like he took 400 swings because he swung it every damn ball that came. I've never seen a man that, that kid, I mean, it would be, it would be a slider going away from him and he barely gets the end of the bat on it and it's fine to right field. I mean, it just showed, I think, I don't know, at one point I thought maybe he was just trying to show off, but I think that's just his natural swing. He, he just wanted to swing at everything or he thinks he can hit everything out.
00:26:56
Speaker
I mean, he was hitting especially with this swing. It's just if the ball just goes, it's not like he's taking home run slugs. Yeah, just he wasn't over swinging at all. He was like really compact. I mean, hell, he had the most home runs I'd ever seen to dead center. Yeah. I was like, OK, that's that's impressive. That's impressive. I mean, like you see everybody's like playing pool. They're just trying to, you know, just turn their hips and just pull it as far as they can. He's like, no, I'll stand here. I'll just keep hitting it straight.
00:27:26
Speaker
Yeah. Why would you want to do that? That that's going to wear you out. And then that's what happened in that second round. You could just see he went up there just was like, all right, whatever. And then obviously you got to talk about polar bear.
00:27:39
Speaker
Boy polar bands my dog hate that. I still hate that nickname so bad I mean he he was on the pregame. So like I did catch the pregame He's a little bit and he was very he was very interesting like he had a lot of insight He seems as a rookie just seemed like he has a good head on shoulders. I feel bad. They placed for the Mets and You know, I mean he won a million dollars. He still has to go back and play for them. I tried lightly I
00:28:05
Speaker
I mean, I don't know if you saw the guy from, uh, we're only, I'll cut this off right now from the Astros. They were talking to him when, uh, the polar bear went up the first time. He's like, yeah, I'm probably going to retire from this. This is, yeah, this, there were so many young guys in this and they were all ridiculously strong. It was like, yeah, dude. I mean, you also talking about.
00:28:30
Speaker
What's his name? Alonzo is when you can't not mention the awful pitcher. He was throwing with his left hand.
00:28:39
Speaker
You could tell that that was a dude that he was like, hey, man, you want to come pitch for me? And he's like, you sure about that? And he's like, yeah, whatever. I don't know. So I feel like that the ability to choose your own picture, I feel like puts you in a tough spot because I said he works so that guy works. He's like what in baseball operations or something like that. Yeah. So he works in baseball and they said he's like his brother. How do you not go ask him?
00:29:07
Speaker
I mean you had the one guy the the guy that was for the The athletics had to forgive me because I can't remember. He's the last minute It was like his dad and his dad was like I haven't pitched a batting practice to him since Like he was in high school
00:29:22
Speaker
Okay, that's that's always a good thing you want to hear like I haven't even pitched to this guy in forever And you could tell I guess first but I think he was the second pitch that was like up around his eyeballs I mean that's a little bit more Forgivable because it was like you said a last-minute
00:29:38
Speaker
Yeah, it does seem like you would at least have tried and went down in the tunnel and been pitching a little bit Like you had jock peterson who had the guy that pitched a flag rare like 11 years ago So the guy knows exactly what to throw It's like this dude's like throwing off balanced sliders going out left Like i'm gonna dump this one in the dirt and see if I can get him to swing at it Like that's what the pitches look like but then when he got the pitch across the plate the dude hammered it. Mm-hmm
00:30:03
Speaker
so that it was even more i think that was probably the best part of it was that he had the crappiest selection and the ones that were even close left yeah like i mean there would be pictures where he looked like he was he barely got the bar the barrel on it and it just left
00:30:19
Speaker
Like him and Acuna just had the best swings like they just look like they weren't trying And then you got Vlad up there. It's like he is trying to kill somebody Yeah, never swing dude. I've never seen somebody try so hard But I don't know if you remember Albert Bell who played for the Cleveland Indians He was in a home run derby one time. He looked like he swung hard
00:30:41
Speaker
Every time like it just He just had massive he's just a massive dude and I think this is what big people look like When you got a big thick dude and you got to move a bat like you got to get everything out of the way for it It just looks like they are up there dumping their left foot and just trying to get around on I mean
00:31:01
Speaker
It was fun, though. I mean, it was probably the most fun home run derby I've had in a long time. Like maybe outside of the Josh Hamilton one in New York where he just hit like 50. I felt like he just kept hitting. Other than that one, this is probably the most fun. I think this was the most consistently fun. Like I felt like
00:31:19
Speaker
Even though the second round was the best round. I still have fun watching the third round I just wish the second round had been the third round. Yeah, no, I got because I thought the two I thought the two best Consistently, I mean you could tell I mean when you hit 40 and you have to go there and bat four times
00:31:36
Speaker
It's going to wear somebody out. I mean, it was wearing both of them out, but that was the, I think that if those two have met in the finals, that would have been, I think those are the two best strong guys at the time. I think Alonzo ended up being the guy that was the freshest at the end, which is part of the game. I mean, it's yeah.
00:31:55
Speaker
It's part of the deal. I mean, he, he got up there. He didn't have to hit 50. He didn't had to hit 40, but you don't have to have 40 to win. You just got to beat the guy that you have to play against. Yeah. So I can't, I can't hate him. Like I've said, I understand the frustration around the whole, uh, you know, bracket system where it's head to head.
00:32:16
Speaker
Uh, yeah, the whole overall, you know, and then reseeding and all that, that makes a lot more sense and it will definitely get the, you know, obviously the person with the most home runs up and a little bit more earned, but the head to head is just so much more exciting to watch.
00:32:32
Speaker
It was exciting. I thought like I said, I love the griffey ones, but Just watching six people go up there and swing for god knows how long I'd much rather watch this I know I have four minutes. I know I've got like three or four minutes between people I know I'm gonna get like a 30-second thing where I can kind of like not have to pay attention I can check my phone and do whatever. Yeah it
00:32:55
Speaker
Like I said if you're gonna if you're trying to create the best home run derby That's about as good as it's gonna get outside of having the super superstars. I mean these guys are great but I mean if you could have uh Jordan like harper. Yeah, if you just a bigger bigger names like billinger have harper just Not to say that they have to do it. I mean it's the same thing with the the dunk contest some of the best dunk contests are the kids that nobody knows but
00:33:26
Speaker
You also don't want to watch them either. You watch for the big names. So it's like, if you're going to have one like this, this was the best way to do it. It was great to watch.
00:33:37
Speaker
Yeah, obviously it was the two best hours It went by so fast too. I was like, oh my god, this is it's almost over. Yeah, that's true That is it is a nice short format too. It's not yeah, it didn't feel like a drug. Yeah, there's not like 30 people I don't know not that there would be but it feels like when you get to like these all-star stuff it feels like it takes forever the The Homer and Derby doesn't feel like it's too long
00:34:02
Speaker
I did like the, I don't know if you saw the white couches that they had on the field. That was interesting. I did not see that. They had like, you know, cause they have all the players down there on the field. And so like every time one of these kids got super, super wore out, they're just laying on these like humongous couches on the, just on the grass.
00:34:21
Speaker
Mike that's that's part of the fun too is like that that they're all miked up that they can listen, you know Because it's kind of exciting to see them too because they get into it, too So it's like the Acuna and like talking junk about everybody like he was like, it's gonna be Puerto Rico versus Venezuela In the finals as that's kind of interesting too. I mean, it's like it's a little fun little piece of it their personality Yeah, they're all trash talking everybody down there. It's like, you know, they all think they're the best Did you see Yolanda before the final?
00:34:49
Speaker
Which one? What part? Where he was sitting in the back meditating.
00:34:53
Speaker
Oh, yeah, when he was he was down in the tunnel, right? Yeah, he did. He didn't even want to see the the guy hitting. He was just like, screw it. I'm down here. Yeah. I was like, I think your pitcher should be praying. Like, I'm serious when when he was down to like, he needed one. I think he had like 30 seconds left. I was like, dude, this guy is going to choke and never throw a picture across the plate that he's going to be able to hit. But then he did. So I was going to be so mad. That picture was so bad. That would.
00:35:21
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I've never
00:35:38
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Yeah, it would be very consistent, but it is kind of like that. That connection's a little funny and that might be just what baseball needs. Like, you know, they always have that human element and the pitcher is a part of it. It's like, if you got a guy out there that throws perfectly like Jock Peterson's guy does, but he's like 80. Yeah.
00:35:55
Speaker
He can't get as many pitches across. And they were breaking all kinds of rules too. I don't know if you noticed that the rule is that when you hit it, you have to wait for it to hit the ground before you can hit again. Dude, they were hitting like three or four balls in the air. It was like, they hit one. And I mean, it's still carrying and he's like, throw it again. They hit another one. So they're counting like two home runs before the third pitch is like just leaving the bat.
00:36:18
Speaker
What the hell is the rule? Like there's no rules. It should just be four minutes. Throw as many balls as you can. I like to say like four pitches. Just put four pictures out there. Throw them for every angle. Pick one. I mean, I'd want to be one of those kids out there, but then I see some of those missiles those kids are hitting. Especially with Vlad, if you're in left field and that ball doesn't carry, it may kill you.
00:36:43
Speaker
Like that dude's hitting it like 120 miles an hour a missile at your face Yeah, and you got like and you got like 10 kids out there So you don't know if the kid in front of you is gonna duck Yeah, our jump or what's gonna happen? Like did you see the one where the picture almost died? Oh The one where it like hit the screen right in front of his face. Yeah. Well, it hit like the post like the very Yeah, it was like, uh, yeah, you're dead. He almost lost his picture
00:37:09
Speaker
Exactly. I've never seen batting practice where the pitcher couldn't hit the catcher. That's true. That was a pathetic excuse for throwing a baseball. Not even pitching for throwing. Just tossing a ball. You got to make it 66 feet, man. Come on.
00:37:29
Speaker
It's batting practice and you have the catcher diving to catch the ball. There was a couple where it almost caught Alonzo, which would have been hilarious. You hit your partner there. He chooses you to bring you to the all-star game and have you pitch for his home run.
00:37:46
Speaker
He had to back him off the plate. Okay, sometimes you got to show him that you own the inside corner Back him up. Like I said, I thought he was pitching to him like he would pitch a person like I'm gonna throw a two-seamer right in on his hands Right here watch this I'm gonna hit I'm gonna hit him right in the hands
00:38:08
Speaker
Oh, dude, the best was, I don't know if you noticed the start of the third round. The very first pitch was in the dirt in front of the place. Oh, I know. Yeah, I saw it. Yeah. It's the first pitch, dude. How bad can you start? You didn't even make it to the catcher. It is interesting that like, because the nerves come to play then. So it's like, what is he going to do? Because how does he handle it too? That's why I like it a little bit. I don't like the machine because it doesn't have any qualities. I wouldn't do it.
00:38:36
Speaker
It would technically be more fair, but I would never suggest that they actually do if you put one out there I want one that throws like her a roll this Chapman. I want one that throws a hundred and five That's what I was about to say the only way The only thing that would be like interesting to watch is if you like put it out there and had it through like a hundred and twenty Yeah, and that would be the contest Can you get your back? Can you get your back off your shoulder if I don't know to get to this ball?
00:39:00
Speaker
Yeah, you get 10 pitches whoever can hit the most in the field of play Oh, yeah, just got to get it on the bat. Oh, that would be interesting. Yeah, that'd be kind of fun That would be the only reason hell I'd do that with like the that could be like even a second event So you have the regular home run derby then you bring those celebrity people that are playing softball come out there and face that machine That'd be fun. Let's see if you guys can even touch the ball
00:39:23
Speaker
Because you'd have people like just diving on the ground because it's gonna look like it's gonna kill them Yeah, it's it's terrifying. Yeah No, but yeah, that was great when like before the third round the announcers were like, yeah If he can get some strikes thrown to him he could probably that was amazing That was amazing that they had to make him They had to make a comment about the fact that they need to see if this guy can even pitch enough To get him enough pitches to hit enough home runs
00:39:47
Speaker
Yeah, well, they started after the first round slightly and then the second round. So like after the first round, they're like, yeah, there's a pitcher having some trouble there. And then before then, or before the second round started, like, yeah, his pitcher hopefully was a little bit better. He's had a bit of trouble in the first round. Then the third round comes, they're like, yeah, if you can throw him enough strikes, he's going to win this. It escalated every round because he didn't get any better.
00:40:14
Speaker
Yeah, it was kind of sad. It was like, oh my god, dude, what the heck? Obviously, I had to rent my Alonzo jersey the next day, my polar bear jersey.
00:40:24
Speaker
It's just ridiculous, man. I was like, seriously, you got to wear ministers and you really come on out of rep. It's the only one I'm going to get all year. You didn't have to rep it. You chose to rep it. It's like the only time I'm going to wear my next Jersey. Well, the first time I have to buy one, but the first time, the only time I'm going to wear on next Jersey is when they make a big signing. I can't wear it during the season. They're not going to win.
Tech Releases: Nintendo Switch Lite
00:40:46
Speaker
Um, so like we can move on from sports which we talked for a little while about uh, so the nintendo switch light was really cool It was your thought. I thought the colors were pretty cool. They they had it's an interesting I I like the price point the price point was really nice. It's just a good entry point
00:41:03
Speaker
Yeah, and I wish that we come out a little earlier because I think maybe because I don't use it too much on my Doc at home I use as a handheld Mm-hmm, which would be kind of nice to have like a cheaper version for a handheld only because it's kind of like it's just what I would have bought but I mean it looks good I mean it's gonna fit what it's it's gonna his demographic demographic at once it's gonna be the handheld version and
00:41:29
Speaker
Yeah, that's 200 bucks, which is nice. That's what I heard is, you know, a couple of people saying that, hi, that's great because, you know, now that I think about, I don't even plug my switch in much at home, you know, into the TV, it's mostly handheld. So this would be perfect for those people.
00:41:44
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. It's, it's the, I kind of want, I want to have a switch cause I like the options of games on it, but I really don't need the doc. I don't really want to have another home system. Okay. Here you go. Here's a better version of like the three DS or yeah. That's what I was about to say. It reminds me of when the two DS came out. Remember that? Yeah, exactly.
00:42:03
Speaker
Because they're like, oh, nobody uses the 3D feature. How about we just give you a 2DS and make it cheaper? Exactly. They're not stupid. They know exactly what they're doing. They're like, hey, we know that more people would buy this if it's a little cheaper. So instead of dropping the price point for the actual game, we'll give you an option that has a little less features but is better suited for the people that want to pay the lower price. Yeah. No, I love Nintendo.
00:42:28
Speaker
I didn't know if I was gonna like the switch even though I've had it for so long but The games that they've gotten for it and the games are coming out for it I really do like I'm really glad you made me get Mario maker I really didn't want to get it because I was like man I hate this game because Mario is always annoying to me like Troll levels especially just like I love watching people get mad at them, but I'm like man. I really don't want to get that worked up on game But they're so much fun. It's so freakin fun
00:42:55
Speaker
But you had no hesitation, the very first level you made to make a troll door. Oh, no, I'm not. If I'm doing it, I'm going hardcore. We're doing this thing. I've been watching some troll ones lately, and I've been getting ideas, and the next one will be even better. There's some funny things. Because with me not being a super huge Mario fan, when you go through and see what people are doing, I don't even realize that that's a mechanic. It's like, oh, you can do that?
00:43:24
Speaker
Yeah, you can do this you can do that. It's like There's so many options in that game. It's like crazy You can make levels for you can make levels for days and and not even touch like 20% of the game
00:43:38
Speaker
But yeah, that game is, I've gotten enough out of it now that I feel like it's worth it. It's, it's, it's fun enough to, to play by yourself and just hang out. Like the story mode is just interesting enough to kind of keep your attention, but sharing levels is where it's all at. That's where they made their money. And I do like the four player feature too. Now we need to.
00:44:01
Speaker
Yeah, it's interesting. I was watching people play it because I didn't know how it was going to handle. I was like, okay, are you going to see everybody at the same time? Is it going to be ghosted? It's like, no, you're live so you can mess with other people. I played one versus and that was mayhem.
00:44:14
Speaker
Yeah, well, I'm sure. And I saw like, when you die, you don't come back immediately, right? You wait for a few and then you go back to the beginning. That's kind of fun. It's like, you don't have like one turn and have to wait for everybody to die and then go back. It's kind of like, I'll just wait a second and you can kind of see what's going on still. Yeah, I do like the way they implement it. So it's a little more fun. You got to, you got to imagine their demographic isn't like, okay, we're done. I'll just sit here and watch now. I had to kind of have some, uh, you know, compromise there.
00:44:42
Speaker
Oh, I love to debt. So I was like, Oh yeah, man, playing to debt like online. That's so fun. And I was watching like people like just straight up. They didn't care about winning. They just wanted to hold everybody up. It was just so funny. It's there's a lot of trolls. I mean, just in general in that game. Yeah, exactly. It's just like, you know, it's the same thing with any game. Like you're going to get those people that all they do is they're just ready to just mess you up. They don't really care about them winning. They just don't want you to win. Yeah, I know. Agree. Um,
Marvel Ultimate Alliance Nostalgia
00:45:12
Speaker
Obviously, I know you're excited for Ultimate Alliance. Yeah, you not so much. You know so much me. I'm not excited for it. I'm I'm going to play it obviously, but I can tell you're a little bit more excited than I am. Yeah, it's it's my 360. That was the game that I played all the time. Like I didn't know if I was going to like it. And then I got playing with my friends and it was just like, you know, I'm a marvel at heart anyway. So that's true.
00:45:42
Speaker
You know, it's the best of both worlds. It's all the things that I grew up with as a kid. And then right on top of it is multiplayer. It's the, the interesting factor of just like seeing new and interesting ideas in the same kind of realm that I like. So it's fun. It's going to be a fun game. Like, uh, I don't really care for DLC, which kind of sucks. Like the DLC is you can't buy it separately.
00:46:07
Speaker
So you had to buy it in the bundle. So all three, so you had to invest all the DLCs and the DLCs are fall 2019, then December 2019, and then March of next year. And I'm like, man, I don't, I don't want to buy them until I know who they're going to be. Yeah. Maybe it's one of those things where you can buy the bundle after though. Yeah. You can buy the bundle anytime, but you have to invest in all three. Yeah. So you don't have a, you can't just pick and choose, which is like what I usually do. It's like, Oh, I like this character. I'll just pick and choose this one.
00:46:36
Speaker
Yeah, I guess it's why they were like, no, you're going to spend all your money.
00:46:40
Speaker
Yeah, they've gotten smart. They're like, yeah, too many people like blow off the first one. So we're going to make sure you buy all three of them. Yeah. They're going to, they're going to do like the mortal combat thing where they hint one of the big players, like they, they hint three, but they're going to split them into all three. Yeah. Over the next. Oh, you want, you want all these three of these people. Okay. You're going to have to buy all three of them. Um, if they could just put out an, I mean, I know there is an Avengers game coming out and I'm probably more excited for that than ultimate Alliance.
00:47:08
Speaker
I mean, I'm really excited for both. The Avengers is going to be interesting because it's a different game, too. Yeah. So the Marvel Ultimate Alliance is nostalgia for me, too. It's a eight year old game. It's the same reason I bought Final Fantasy X. I've beaten it 30 times. I hear you. But I bought it because I really like it. This is just a new one. But the Avengers game is going to be fun because it's going to be MMO instead of like this is just an RPG game. Yeah. So it's a little different.
00:47:38
Speaker
I don't know. I don't care about all of the Marvel characters. I just care about the Avengers ones See, I'm like I'm Avengers. I'm an x-men. That's the main reason I like my world. I want as it has most of the x-men Like I think they have I think it's fantastic for x-men It's got Avengers in it, too. So it's got all them. It's just It's more focused on the x-men. Most the time you're playing x-men there. They have the yeah, it's whatever I
00:48:06
Speaker
Yeah, I agree. But yeah, it's still fun. You still you still have to get it. Yeah, I'll be if I got to get it together. It's going to be I mean, the Avengers game is going to be fun, though. It's going to be crazy. I mean, they're both fun. Like I said, I'm not opposed to either. I like both of them. And I mean, they're both going to be fun. So I don't see why I wouldn't. Yeah.
00:48:23
Speaker
I guess keeping along with the tech boom at the moment is obviously Prime Day is Monday and Tuesday.
Amazon Prime Day Shopping Strategies
00:48:32
Speaker
I'm kind of excited, kind of a little wary, so that's the 15th and 16th why. But like last year, I was a little underwhelmed by the deals.
00:48:41
Speaker
Yeah, I was too. There were some that were really good. I think I got the Instapot that day. Yeah. It's like, if you could find one product you're looking for, like you've been waiting to buy like a tool or like, you know, if you want to buy like a drill, like there was some things that were like, Oh, there's that. I'm glad I didn't, you know, buy that knife set last week. Yeah. It wasn't like these big, Oh man, that's crazy. Like, you know, these door busters where you'd walk on black Friday and see all these things.
00:49:08
Speaker
Yeah. It's like you said, there's, there's certain you gotta, it's gotta hit that niche that you want. Like I usually look for the things that are the old models going away and the new models about to come out and I'll buy the old one. Cause I've just been waiting on it and I don't care to have the brand new stuff. I mean, that's a general rule.
00:49:24
Speaker
It's like I bought, I think I bought all my Echo stuff in my home stuff last year. Yeah. Because this, I mean, they push their products like crazy. So if it has any kind of integration to Alexa, they're going to do it. Yes. So I spent a lot of money doing that. So that was good. But like you said, I wasn't under, I guess I hit, it hit me exactly the way I expected it to. I was like, there's going to be a lot of crap that I'm never going to look at, but it's probably really good for other people. Yeah. It's just a lot of general stuff.
00:49:53
Speaker
Yeah, it did have that home goods feel. Yes. It was a lot of kitchen, a lot of furniture, a lot of stuff like that. It didn't feel like it was a lot of tech stuff. It felt like a Walmart regular sale, like USB drives and DVD players.
00:50:10
Speaker
Which have their place. I mean, if you need that stuff, it's, it is a good deal. I mean, the deals are ridiculous. Yeah. Say no, like big. It's not like we want, we, it's like when you go to a garage sale and you're like, Oh, they're probably have some video games that are selling. They're never selling video games. That's fine. It's a garage. So it's not a.
00:50:27
Speaker
I mean, Amazon has an idea. They know they're going to make their money. There's no reason for them to have to bust their prices down for their good stuff. You're still going to buy it. So let's get you in here looking at other things and then maybe we can get you to buy this other stuff too. Yeah. Well, what I am looking forward to is, as you know, I'm going to be setting up kind of a
00:50:45
Speaker
Desk at home because I really don't have one at the moment for when I work from home So I'm gonna get a you know, a quality mouse and keyboard. I'm Obviously looking for a mechanical keyboard because I'm not once I switched to mechanical I can't really go back, right? Yeah, so I'm gonna need an extra massive keyboard and from what I saw it looks like razor products are gonna be on sale So that's on there'll be a couple like a widow maker or something, you know
00:51:09
Speaker
one of the, one of the good mechanical keyboard, you know, indoor mice, mice combos or on sale. That'd be, that'd be a nice pickup if there was a decent sale there.
00:51:19
Speaker
Yeah, I might actually have to look for the desk too because I think their furniture's usually on sale. I might have to buy a desk and hold onto it for a couple of months until I move. Oh yeah, I'm buying a desk too. I mean, not that I have the money, but that was something on my mind too. Hopefully that's kind of an extra, you know, maybe I'll come across a desk that I'll be like, okay, now I'll buy it because it's on sale. So I might as well buy it now.
00:51:42
Speaker
I do like their, they waited till the 15th. That's a very, that is my way of doing a 15, 16. Cause you're usually hitting paydays that day. They're not stupid. You either do it the first or the 15th. Yeah. You have to do it the first or the 15th of the month. Like you can't be doing these sales at 28 when people are like trying to roll those last few dollars over the 30th. That's, I mean, that's gotta be like 30% of your customers. That's added revenue is the people who just got paid.
00:52:11
Speaker
Yeah. The one thing I am interested in looking at is their subscription plan. Sometimes they'll do some deals on prom and I do a lot of the subscription buying and stuff. Oh, I got you. So I might see if they have some deals on that too, but like you said, uh, I don't even know what I'm looking for this year. I think it's going to be all household goods. I'm looking for rings. I'm looking for our Roombas. I'm looking for anything that I can put in my house. Well, you're super good at getting house. So.
00:52:38
Speaker
Huh said well you're super rich and buying a house. So you don't have to shut up I'm only rich until I buy the house. Well, and then i'm poor Well, you're buying the house because you're rich and then you'll just be back down to earth with the rest of us but with the house I did I did tell somebody the other day. I was I was laughing about I was like I may die poor as hell But at least i'll have a house to give off That's true. There will be a house in my name They may have to sell it for a loss But there is a house that has money invested into it and it will say allen on it
00:53:08
Speaker
The deed will have money on it. I technically owned it for a period of time. Yeah, it may not. It may only be for a couple of seconds, but I didn't have it. It will show up in the car facts that you owned it. Slight water damage.
00:53:26
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. There may or may not be dogs. So, I saw that you mentioned earlier that, what's this news about Google and sending humans listening to the assistant
Tech Privacy Concerns
00:53:40
Speaker
conversations? Oh yeah, there was a little...
00:53:44
Speaker
It's it's Google defending the human workers listening to the system voice conversation So they they're just talking about like so they're not they're not Saying that they don't do their it's I can't even remember what the original Statement was where they were like, oh, yeah, this is a critical part part of our process by doing this It's supposed to they say it's supposedly helping them build speech technology. So what I'm because I didn't see the story what I'm grasping from this is that
00:54:13
Speaker
They're almost like like when you call and they say we're recording this call for you know quality. Yeah, so they're going through like auditing Like when somebody cues up to ask a question Yeah, so so what they're saying is that they're claiming that only 2% are 0.2% are even listened to and it's only for their language experts to listen to to make sure that elects are the the home or whatever I think yeah
00:54:40
Speaker
Yeah, making sure that it's picking up what it's supposed to be hearing. Yeah. So not like listening to every conversation, but still you don't know what they're listening to. They can say what they're listening to, like whatever, but you know, there was that story that came out not too long ago where it was like they had the whole conversation there. Yeah.
00:54:56
Speaker
i mean it was like yeah that's a little bit disconcerting that you may not listen to it but even having that data is you know it's like you assume you assume that they probably are doing this because i mean that's what i think that just makes sense if they want to make this product better they can only do it by people using it and then going okay how is it doing let's do some quality control um but
00:55:19
Speaker
You can't pick up slang. You can't pick up, uh, like different kinds of dialects without having people using the system and being like, okay, did it pick that dollar correctly? So imagine that they're doing that, but it's not something you want to hear. Yeah. You just don't want it out there to be like, Oh yeah. Yeah. We're definitely, it's like, Hey, I can understand why they might eavesdrop on you. It's not exactly something you want to hear from the company that has microphones all in your house.
00:55:47
Speaker
And by the way, you can turn it off. It just takes forever to do it. Apparently it's like a bunch of hoops to do it, but you can in fact actually make it to where they cannot listen to anything.
00:55:56
Speaker
Yeah, it's, yeah, it's just, uh, they made it to where, so you don't want to do it. Or it just takes so much time that it's just, the average user's not going to go through that much. It is still safe that you can do it. Yeah. It is an interesting thing just to, just to read it. I might send you the link just so you can look at it a little bit. It's just one of those things where it's like, Hey, another thing that we have to worry about, like, where's the busiest.
00:56:19
Speaker
That's true. It's also not as bad as the, uh, was the home securities a couple of years ago where the one dude was hacking them just and then talking to people through their speaker just to let them know that he can get into it. That would freak me the hell out. That's scary. He's like, Oh yeah. So just so you know, you didn't change your password. So this is on the web.
00:56:41
Speaker
Thank you. Have a nice day. It's like, thank you, concert. I'll change that password now. Please leave. I'm going to burn down my house. It's like, yeah, you don't have access to my security hammers or my speakers. That's not frightening as hell at all. That's funny. But yeah, I mean, it's, I just remember seeing on 60 minutes and this dude just calling people up like, Hey, just so you know, I'm in. That's great. And it works.
00:57:04
Speaker
I guess kind of along the same lines was that I actually saw earlier this morning this at the Apple Watch bug that so I'm sure most people at least you know the Apple fans they know that the Apple Watch has the it's they have a walkie-talkie feature you literally just tap somebody and
00:57:20
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It comes up on their watch, and it's like a walkie-talkie. You can configure it to where you have to click Accept before it'll play. But a good amount of people, what it's designed for is where you literally just click their name, start talking, and it starts playing on their end. But there's a bug, apparently, with it that people can actually listen into it or just tap and just listen to you always. So they literally have to disable the walkie-talkie feature. And you can only use that right now.
00:57:51
Speaker
I can imagine the, you remember the old cell phones that had the walkie talkie feature? I betcha they had more problems that did that same thing. We just didn't have the same technology or the same mindset to think, oh yeah, can I get into that? Because that was like a live walkie talkie too. It created a connection that just sat there while you were heading the walkie talkie.
00:58:09
Speaker
I mean, it was a crazy idea. It was awesome. But if you think about it now, if you have a straight connection that where all you're doing is hitting a button to talk, that's alive. Anybody could have gotten into that. There's no telling. They might even have done that, but either the company didn't know how to find out if they did or they just never told us because nobody was actually checking companies what they were doing.
00:58:33
Speaker
Like we're not really coming out on anything new now. We'll just keep that under our bigger monopolies then than they are now Yeah, exactly who's gonna check them out Yeah, there was no regulation who was regulating it because that was like early 2000s, right? So that was the only ones who would are up during the tech boom competitors Yeah, it would be like oh, hey look at them That's the only people who were who would actually care enough to say something about it. Nobody else is stepping up to them Not exactly
00:59:02
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So that was an interesting to find out. Luckily I don't use that feature, so it doesn't matter to me.
Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 4
00:59:10
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So the last I checked, the MCU didn't have any news regarding their fourth phase.
00:59:15
Speaker
So they've only they've only announced to I was just like i'm i'm more interested in what people think is going to happen in phase four. Okay. Just because it's there's there's a lot of like You know because black widow is getting a movie. So it's like it's obviously got to be a prequel spoilers But uh, you know, it's got to be a prequel and then it's like it's just interesting to see what their time one's gonna be. Yeah
00:59:38
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because they've announced their dates and when they're going to release stuff because, you know, they have they're going to a new style where it's going to be early to early ones and then a mid. Yeah. So kind of like it did this year where they did. They didn't.
00:59:54
Speaker
Captain Marvel then they did Avengers then it is spider-man next year's just two and then the year after that it's gonna be three so everybody assumes it's gonna be either Doctor Strange or Black Panther and then they'll be into Gardens of Galaxy 3 and then whatever their fourth one's gonna be whether it's Black Widow or whatever it is it's just interesting like I'm just interested in seeing what people think because this is
01:00:16
Speaker
Like what the theory it's it's it's getting so wide now because you know, I haven't seen spider-man far from home yet I want to see it, but it's so good. It's and now I have to see I have to go watch the avengers again I had to see the after credits Because you have to right because now they're re-releasing it because they're gonna beat it. They're gonna be oh You have to I have to look it up I don't want to look it up because I did enjoy the movie enough to go watch it again I just don't want to pay
01:00:42
Speaker
Full price for it. It's just so it's like can you see a movie that meant that long for again? Can you sit through it again? I mean it was a great movie there But so I really don't want to sneak in just like hey, can I go watch the the last 20 seconds? I just need to see the credits
01:00:57
Speaker
Come on, I'm sure you can find I'm sure it's like, you know, it's, it's, it's part of the, it's part of the magic of being in a movie. But yes, like I'm huge into Marvel. So it's like this last phase is like.
01:01:14
Speaker
I don't know, it feels like it's killing the kid in me because this is all the guys I grew up with, the guys that I bought, the comics that I loved, all the characters are the ones that are leaving. So it's like, I didn't watch, I didn't read Guardians of the Galaxy, even though I do enjoy their movies. And now that James Gunn is back on it, I probably will go watch it again.
01:01:33
Speaker
It's I have I have two feelings. So I feel kind of like glad because I got to see the whole thing and get to see it come full circle without too many like crazy changes or them doing something just off the wall. Yeah. But, you know, I also had to sit there and listen to people criticize it all the time. I'm kind of glad it's over at the same time because you have two people, two people that just can't one person can't go to the movie and just enjoy it.
01:02:02
Speaker
They have to have exactly and then the second person that is over analyzing everything Like uh, this is sjw stuff. What are you talking about? Like I got you like The last avengers movie is a perfect example at the very end when they're all showing up And spider-man goes down and he's got the the gauntlet in his hands and all the women are around him And they all take it and it's just like
01:02:29
Speaker
I understand why they did it because they wanted to get all they wanted to get that one shot of That strength in that one movie because I mean black panther had the same thing It had the the women take a very strong point in it and I don't I don't mind it But then you have just idiots that yeah
01:02:45
Speaker
Just because of that one scene, it's like, okay, we get it. We understand that your misogyny cannot handle the fact that they had to make these women look strong. But I mean, the one character that's in the middle of that screen is literally the strongest person in the entire movie. Like she represents like the entire strength of the entire Marvel universe. So it's like, you're gonna have to get over it now, dude. It's 2019, dude, get over it. It's okay. It's okay to have a woman doing it.
01:03:21
Speaker
It's a little bit of like nerd that they don't want anything to change. They want exactly what they want They have an envision and they have a vision of what the movie should be. So that's what it should be And then secondly, it's just like I said, it's just
01:03:34
Speaker
people over analyzing that these these directors and people have like like deeper meanings and stuff and it's it's just like oh hey you know it'd be kind of cool here to have like captain marvel and all this the strong characters we have in all these movies be together at the same time helping each other out
01:03:53
Speaker
I don't remember people complaining too much at the end of Avengers, the last one, when it was the four women fighting that one character. Is it because they took control of something and were like, oh, don't worry, we'll handle it. Is that the problem? What's the problem exactly? I'm not sure what the problem is. I tend not to just
01:04:14
Speaker
It's like I don't try to understand sometimes it's just it just hurts my head to try to understand it It's like I can't put myself in that mindset where I'm that offended by it Just doesn't seem like it's that big a deal, right? I mean that's that's the cool thing. I mean Ariel you can already see that everywhere It's like we can't we cannot that I mean not to go on a tangent, but it's just like I don't see the problem Like what's the problem?
01:04:42
Speaker
It's your ruining the character. It's my character. It's a made up character. It's not like we're taking something from history and changing it. We're changing a cartoon. It's my history. Okay. It's exactly. It's, it's something from your kids. You're what you remember as a kid. Okay. Do you remember everything as a kid? Yes. It's okay to, to change stuff sometimes. Like this wouldn't be the first movie where somebody has made a change to a character. Yeah.
01:05:10
Speaker
So why can't we just handle it? I mean, if she ends up being terrible at it, yeah, give her crap, but you can't give her crap before we even get to see what she can do. Yeah. I agree. Um, no, but to kind of go back a little bit, Spider-Man far from home was great.
01:05:27
Speaker
I've, I've heard some good things. I've heard some, so this is the same thing with like nerds. It depends on how strongly you feel about Spider-Man. I have never been a Spider-Man like super fan. So I just go and enjoy it. Like I, I thought the cartoon movie was the probably the funniest movie I've seen in a while.
01:05:43
Speaker
No, it's funny. That's the one I still haven't seen. I'm really on my like next movie. I watched a do list. It's so funny. Like Nicholas Cage in that movie is so funny. It's just like it feels like they're finally moving away from that. Like we don't want to reboot Spider-Man again. Thank God. Yeah. Just let him go. It's OK. It's OK not to have another freaking another reboot because I mean, you see it like they did it with Venom. It's just like sometimes you don't need to reboot stuff.
01:06:12
Speaker
just leave it alone like how do you have venom without spider-man like how do you make a venom movie like i understand why they did it because they had to do it because they were going to run out they had to make it are they going to lose the license yeah but i mean venom is part of spider-man and you said that you'd pretty much just skip that
01:06:31
Speaker
You pretty much just said no he picked he picked the other dude right off the bat. Yeah No, no he didn't he was he was definitely part of Peter Parker, but whatever like I said It's just it's another thing like the new spider-man if you go in there just expecting it to be a good movie And you just want to have fun. It's probably a great movie If you go in there thinking you're a spider-man expert in that you this is what you expected to happen It's like you're probably gonna be disappointed because they're gonna do what they want to do and
01:06:59
Speaker
Mm-hmm. I think the kid the kid that plays him is amazing. I love that guy. Yeah, he's funny. He's really good I love his entire plan Yeah, I thought that was an interesting because in the first time that they had her movie the movie I thought that that might be who she was gonna be playing But I wasn't sure and then the way they kind of slid in that she goes by MJ I thought that was very clever. I was like, yeah, I
01:07:22
Speaker
Okay. And then the big guy that plays his best friend is probably my favorite part of the movies. He's been so funny and it's just, it's so clever. Like just their back and forth is very good. I'm like, okay, this, this is much better than the Tobey Maguire movies. And I didn't think the Emma Stone ones were that bad, but it just feels like this one. Yeah. It's just, they, I think they finally got the right recipe of people to play everybody.
01:07:51
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that's
01:08:09
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Yeah, i'm gonna have to go see it this weekend. I think we're gonna go try on saturday night because i'm That's like I said i'm not a huge spider-man fan So it wasn't like I had to see it the first the first day it comes out, but I definitely want to see it because it's just like I said that that It I haven't been disappointed by any of these i've I thought some of the main bad guys weren't the greatest in the world But I thought that yeah, it played the role that they needed to play so after after like end game and
01:08:39
Speaker
All that it was like it was nice to have a movie that didn't end with like everybody dying
01:08:45
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. I like the main character being killed off. Let's just have some easiness.
Storytelling Drama Critique
01:08:50
Speaker
It felt like Game of Thrones, like we don't need to have Red Wedding every day. We don't have to have like this massive amount of like emotional torture. We can have just a normal day, right? Things can normal. Bad guy comes in, we beat him. He doesn't have to die even. He could just kind of be thwarted and go away. It's okay. We don't have to kill everybody. Yeah, you know, it's like we don't have to kill half the staff.
01:09:14
Speaker
that's true you can do the wind and move on to the next day yeah exactly it's like what happened to just normal beat them up and then they just go off into the night that's true yeah but overwrought was a great
Weekly Reflections and New Movie Excitement
01:09:26
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movie
01:09:26
Speaker
I'm sure, like I said, I'm going to go watch it. I can't wait. I'm excited. I mean, that's everything that I think was important to me this past week. I mean, there's plenty still going on, um, that I'm watching, but nothing that's really worth noting at this moment. But yeah, there's always stuff. It's like, you know, there'll be something happening. Like, uh, Chris Paul's probably just died. He's passed away.
01:09:54
Speaker
Chris Paul found out he is going to the, uh, the supersonics and out of shock, he slipped and broke his leg. Exactly. He's like, he accidentally put his hand inside of this car door and smashed. He's going to Seattle. Yeah. He's going to go start the supersonics by himself.
01:10:13
Speaker
he's he was so surprised that now he has done for I think eight seasons they said that's what I'm seeing eight sees eight no eight life sentences I don't know that's what they said
01:10:27
Speaker
But yeah, so I appreciate everybody joining us. So now, this is the second episode, so we appreciate any comments that you guys might have or any suggestions you guys might have. Also, to follow up with Alan's question, what you think the fourth phase is actually going to look like. There's obviously a lot of thoughts around that.
01:10:51
Speaker
There's so many there's so many things that they can do that's what's that's what's awesome about the fact that they built this thing so big It's like now that they've finally kind of hit their crescendo with the Avengers part It's they can literally go any which way so it's kind of interesting to hear what everybody thinks is gonna happen
01:11:07
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, at this point you have no idea. I mean, they're specifically being very vague for the exact reason that they can create a bunch of speculation. Like they're filming multiple movies at the same time, but they're not going to tell you in which order they're coming out or how they're going to work. So it's like, other than the fact that you know Black Widow is going to be a prequel, that's the only thing you know. You know that the characters are coming, but you don't know in what order or how they're going to get there.
01:11:33
Speaker
Yes, it's kind of fun. It makes it makes this phase four different than the rest of them We knew exactly what movies were coming We just didn't we didn't know the exact order but we knew that the characters and how they're gonna play in together These this is gonna be completely new so
01:11:47
Speaker
So it's going to be fun to find out and I'm sure that's the whole point. Yeah, so exciting.
Podcast Wrap-Up and Listener Interaction
01:11:52
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We're along for the ride. So if you guys have any comments on that, we have a new email address. It's mildly frustrating at gmail.com. So it's, it's, it's, you know, pretty intuitive. It's the same name in the podcast at gmail.com. So feel free to email us and let us know what you think.
01:12:07
Speaker
So this is the second episode. Hopefully the audio is a little bit better. We have a little bit of a better setup here, finding out a couple different tools. And so we're still getting used to it and figuring out what works. But let us know what you guys think. And we appreciate you guys being with us. Thanks for listening. Yeah. So we'll see you maybe next week, hopefully. We're still working at the whole time, I think. Until next time, I'll see you guys later. I'm Dylan. I'm Alan. And thank you. Have a good week. Yeah, thanks.