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#40: Justice for Orelha
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#40: Justice for Orelha
Jessica and Francis regret not documenting more baby moments as their kids head off to college. Francis’ battle with oatmeal takes a chocolate chip twist. Team USA Men’s Hockey win olympic gold but inadvertently disrespect their gold medal winning female colleagues. We remember and celebrate Boston Bruin players McAvoy and Pastrnak as absolute heroes to our kids - but F U Marchand for ignoring your fans. Why aren’t there more women in hockey? Jessica seriously considers changing her political party affiliation and we want justice for Orelha!
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Introduction and Podcast Launch
00:00:02
Speaker
From a makeshift recording studio in Brooklyn, welcome to The Grocery Stick with Jessica and Francis. Shut the front door. That is not what we agreed upon. Francis and Jessica. Meh, ignore that.
00:00:13
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We're Brooklynites and friends. We're here to talk, laugh, commiserate, and argue about all things travel sports-related, kid-related, and plain old life-related.
Episode Number Debate
00:00:21
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It's Francis and Jessica, or I quit.
00:00:23
Speaker
Shh. Boom. Episode, wait. Episode 41. 40. Isn't it 41, I thought? forty Come on. I'm willing to bet you it's episode 40 because I'm the one who publishes them. No, I thought last year last one was 40. I'm so confused. these this just can't see I have these papers written down.
00:00:44
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Yeah, I hear them. have these little sheets of paper. Where I write down episode 39 is blank because I have yet to do post-production. But it was there. And then episode on this pad.
00:00:57
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Fine. I'm happy to be wrong. don You know what? you I defer to you. Episode
Parenting in the Age of Smartphones
00:01:03
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40. You were definitely a better record keeper than me. I i bet you probably did all like the baby books for kids too. I did it. I should have.
00:01:10
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should have. I'm regretting it now. Yeah, I was terrible about it. I have some of it. like I did some of it, but then i don't know what happened. You know i'm jealous about? I'm going to go back and retroactively fill it in. Can you do what?
00:01:22
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can't do that. Of course you can. Selective memory, all this good stuff. Okay. So let's just, let's just start here. Okay. This was, this was an unplanned conversation. Yeah. Unplanned. Okay. But I'm going I'm going to take this moment and say, they'll never know whether or not it's true. Okay. That is true. That is totally true. Like if they're first, you can't remember a first word for a kid. You could be like, Oh, you know what? shoot up Ball makes sense. right It's great. Let's do ball. Yeah.
00:01:50
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I'm a little envious on this topic. I'm envious of the of parents. I mean, you're part of this because you have a younger child. But anyone who's a parent of a child born in, i want to say, 2010 or younger.
00:02:07
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I'm very envious because ok your oldest, my twins, 2007, they're born. It's the same year that the iPhone is born.
00:02:17
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It is, yes. So for the first few years, you and I are still stuck with digital camera. Yeah. Camcorders. Still digital. I understand that. But not as can convenient. And the I have some old, I saw some pictures I took with the original iPhone. Man, they suck, right? Yeah. They're blurry and shit, right? gen of everything sucks. Not so easy. yeah right And so I was like, ah, bummer. If we if you have kids who are 20, 10 or younger, I'm so jealous because I see them. You're just taking a shit ton of video and pictures on your iPhone.
00:02:47
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And they're amazing pictures. I just look back and I'm like, because of the camcorder thing, have a lot of pictures of the kids. Yeah. Between zero and three, but no video.
00:02:59
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That's, yeah, I get that. Which real bummer. Yeah, I agree. Whereas today, you're like, oh, just don't press the iPhone right away, you're recording. And it's high definition but You remember that video I sent you where I almost killed the kids? Oh, yes. there weren't Yeah, it it was nice and granular, but I got the point. I mean, right. i was like, oh, man, if that was an HD, man, that would live forever.
00:03:22
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That would have been awesome. That's like something I'm going to put up at their wedding. So was like, see, i almost Daddy almost killed you guys. You should thank me. They almost didn't come because I got overzealous with.
00:03:34
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Let's go to Central Park and and and slid on the ice. And I'm just going to send these four-year-olds down the ice, unsupervised, towards a lamppost.
Breakfast Debates and Preferences
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Anyways.
00:03:46
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Yes. If people have followed me on Instagram, you've seen that. That's crazy. um So, yeah, I'm a little envious that way of those parents. Yeah, I get that. I get that.
00:03:57
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Anywho, my oatmeal, my new oatmeal fix. Oh, God. this God, that's the oatmeal. The overall fix this week is one bite of chocolate chip cookie, two bites of oatmeal. Okay.
00:04:13
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ok ok Okay. Okay. To be fair, me, it was not my idea. It didn't start that way. But what happened last week was There was a day I went to Bien Quy, our favorite bakery, French bakery on Smith Street. Yes, only if you know how to say it can it be your favorite bakery.
00:04:34
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That's true. I went there and I did my usual large block and the coffee wasn't ready. And so they gave me an Americano. Oh. Thank you very much. Oh, I get it. Because they were brewing the coffee. I usually want the drip, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which little watered down sometimes. Yeah, I don't like it because it's watered down actually. But I said I'll take that because I can't wait seven minutes for you to brew another.
00:04:56
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I got to go. Right. And to say sorry, they gave me I didn't ask. They gave me a chocolate chip cookie. That's very nice. Freshly baked. Of course. Nicely soft. It's a French bakery. So, right. So I got home, made the oatmeal, and then was like, hmm, should I eat this cookie later?
00:05:17
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and be a proper adult or should I be a child and need immediate gratification you heard of that experiment to do with kids oh yeah put them in the room yeah and they give them the cookie whatever and it's like and they tell them to wait but we see how many of them actually can wait right yeah I know the result of my kids without even having so failed that right so like hmm oatmeal not so good oatmeal coffee better But oatmeal and chocolate chip cookie, even better. Okay. so okay
00:05:47
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So there are two other solutions that I can think of to this problem. I know. Hit me. Okay. So the first one I think is the best solution. Okay. Which is make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Oh. And those for breakfast. Okay.
00:06:01
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No. Think about it. No, no, no, no, no. Don't react. It's too grainy. no, no, no, no. Texture issues. I don't know. It's good. Okay. You could actually use oat flour or grind the oats down into a flour so that the texture isn't kind of like a chunkier but a much smoother. What's option number two?
00:06:20
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Option number two is sweeten the fucking oatmeal. Door number two. use it You know, like yes. Yes. I understand. like The doctor would disagree in both of those instances, probably. But the doctor, you don't you're not seeing him until June.
00:06:37
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So here's what you can do. Oh, but here's what you can do. You can sweeten the oatmeal and taper down the sugar as you go so that you get used to it being less sugar yeah as you roll through instead of like having to like grin and bear it every single time to try and have a healthy breakfast. Yeah. Well, this morning, no chocolate chip. I ran out of cookies. Yeah.
00:06:59
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That's God's will right there. And I'm not even a God-fearing person. Typical water, oatmeal, coffee. don't you use – And gobbled out really quick. I'm getting used it. Have you tried using milk instead of water?
00:07:12
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And not even – like it doesn't even have to be whole milk. It could be like any milk. Anything that gives it a little bit more body. Use the milk. But I just – I'm like – Do you drink milk? I do not. Yeah, I don't either.
00:07:24
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But do you have milk in anything? other like do you put Only in my cereal. Oh, so you will have milk then. Some kind of milk. Yeah, yeah, yeah. A little bit. just like But so oatmeal omeal is cereal. It's just hot cereal.
00:07:37
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Just saying. Don't try and get me on technicalities because I supposed to be a lawyer, so here it is. I don't like the warm milk thing. Oh, see, now you're just like, talk about granularity in this. Cold milk, cereal, warm milk. Okay. Okay. So why don't you find an oat cereal that you can have cold?
00:08:00
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I have, my mother used to tell me, used to tell me to shut the fuck up. That's actually not a bad idea. she used to tell me all the time to shut up because every time she would say something to me, I'd come back with something else. That's That would just a smart tweak.
00:08:13
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Listen, that's smart answer. But yeah, like, you know, like you can get like oat clusters. You can get, you know what i used to love? I don't even remember what they're called anymore. You know, I think it's Kellogg's. Those, those oat cereal in the O's. I know what you're talking about. oh you are what are But they're like shaped in the O's. I used to eat them all the time.
00:08:30
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I'm going have to find out. I don't do Kellogg's or any of those big brands anymore because, ah well, because I'm a freak show. Well, because there's always shit inside the... Yeah, but there you know, like the glyphosate and all this bullshit. Yeah, yeah, exactly. But there are alternatives and other brands that you could totally hit.
00:08:44
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And Raisin Bran, although it's okay, it's not oat-based, right? It's bran-based. Correct. It's And so if you're looking for the heart-healthy thing, if you find a cold, toxed cereal, you know, muesli, just... like I know, but I'm just saying, like, even something of that vein...
00:09:01
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know Like, Weetabix is wheat. And that's a weird one, too. Have you ever had Weetabix? ah No, isn't that like the shredded wheat? No, it's different. Weetabix is wacky... Shredded wheat is horrible, by the way. Oh, I like it.
00:09:15
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but i do. i love it. But I love like the ones in like that they the pressed big cubes. I like them when the cubes are like the rectangles. The big rectangles are crazy. I don't like a bird's nest wet in my bowl. Yeah.
00:09:27
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Yeah, that's what it is. but That leads me to Weetabix because Weetabix is it comes in these huge blocks. It's weird. It almost looks like it should be some kind of barnyard food.
00:09:41
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yeah And in the package, it's in these big blocks. And they put the block in and the bowl. And then they pour the milk over the block. And naturally, the block absorbs all the milk and starts to break down kind of like a bird's nest. Then it's mushy.
00:09:55
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And it's mushy. oh Which is why I don't like it. but Nothing worse than mushy cereal. yeah But yeah, all this talk led me to Weetabix. All roads lead to Weetabix. Weetabix. You know. But I can come up with like six different variations of breakfast based around oats that are not shitty oatmeal. Life was better when we could eat Jell-O for breakfast.
00:10:15
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So eat Jell-O for breakfast. I'm too old for that shit. It's good for your hair and nails. Yeah, exactly. I mean, I don't do that either because I don't like gelatin. i won't eat gelatin. I also don't eat marshmallows that have gelatin in it because it's disgusting. Oh, really?
00:10:28
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I hate it. I think a lot of Asian desserts, I feel like, have that sort of gelatin they do thing, right? Yeah, they do. You know, it's all it's all like, like yeah I mean, you know what it is, right?
00:10:40
Speaker
don't need to tell you what gelatin of. What, the horse's hooves or whatever it is? Yeah, it's all of the barnyard animal hooves. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. Yeah. Yeah, it's okay. I eat McDonald's. No different.
00:10:51
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Yeah, no, I don't. Yeah. I guess i guess overall, you know, what my my family's right. They're kind of like, you don't eat. I'm like, I eat plenty. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, you don't. yeah I do. you eat the crap. we all die anyways. It's no matter.
00:11:03
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I eat potato chips. he theybas i love potato chips. That's weakness. I bought this like crazy habanero ones in in Minnesota. That's got to be spicy. Habanero honey. Holy shit. What? so Hot honey thing drives me nuts. That whole trend right now in chicken and everything else. What? Really? Yeah, I do. I like it. but you know but But I don't eat any of the things to put it on anymore. know.
00:11:25
Speaker
Oh, right. But I do it. No fried chicken for you.
Popcorn and Food Preferences
00:11:28
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I'm trying to think what was the last thing I put it on that was really good. Oh, cornbread. What? Oh, it was so good.
00:11:35
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you know You've never had honey on cornbread? Yeah, but now this is sweet, spicy honey. Oh, yeah. But I like everything like weirdly sweet, salty, spicy. But I don't like kettle corn because I hate caramel.
00:11:48
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Popcorn's got to be salty. The sweet thing on popcorn is like. Yeah, I'm not a sweet popcorn. And I'm not a flavored popcorn person either. When I lived in Asia, I first got there and you the movie theater, Asians obsessed with sugar, right?
00:12:04
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There was no, I would go to the movie theater. Do you have any salty popcorn? They would stare at me like, what the fuck are you talking about, dude? was like, What? They only sold sweet popcorn. Gross. In Asia when I first did Now they've got it, but that's the in the late I going to date myself after college. And I was like, wow. There's a whole world out there where it's just about sugar. Nothing. that's No salty, nothing. I see. it But I think overall, I prefer over sweet. Overall.
00:12:37
Speaker
Yeah. I agree with that. Umami, as they say these days. ah Okay.
00:12:45
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12 minutes of food talk. Yeah, that's okay. It's okay. Because we start with the oatmeal and then it digresses. our two listeners are hungry.
Winter Challenges and Safety Tips
00:12:51
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We'll go eat. Pause us and go eat. Or eat while listening to us. It's even better. It'll make you hungry.
00:12:57
Speaker
oh by the way, snowstorm. This snowstorm today. i don't know what's going on. Last time had a snowstorm a month ago and I bitched about how they cleared the bike lane but not the road.
00:13:08
Speaker
Today, it was different. Today was they didn't clear the bike lane. So someone heard me. And they cleared the road oh instead. Interesting. yeah But I walked up and down the sidewalk this morning to coffee and This latest snowstorm, don't know about where it but it's you. It left a layer of ice oh that we didn't have for for like a week with the first snowstorm, oddly. I had it here.
00:13:34
Speaker
Oh, yeah? But your neighborhood is way more urban than mine is, technically. Yeah, the subway was underneath, so there's heat going on there, right? Well, they do have a subway around that runs, sure. But like the vents, like it they're nowhere near me. Right. um Okay. Okay.
00:13:51
Speaker
I almost killed myself a couple times this morning. Yeah, too. So told me you were late, I was like, take your time, lady. Because I literally, at least three times, almost, almost ended up in my ass. Yeah. So I relate because last night when we went out to walk the dogs before we went to bed, went to go drop two bags of poop in the corner. Okay. Yeah, You know, city garbage can. Yeah. Because I am definitely a person who picks up my Thank you very much for that. In the snow, in the rain. Thank you. It doesn't matter. I'd never...
00:14:25
Speaker
You are going to heaven. And if on the occasion I've been without a bag, I've dropped the dog off at home and gone back. yeah yeah never Thank you very much. yeah I never leave my dog poop ever. All that to say, i walked over to the can to drop two bags of poop in the can. And there was black ice.
00:14:45
Speaker
Oh, and I slipped shit. And I let out this whoop at like this, like super yelp as I was torqued turning around yeah trying to gain my balance. I didn't fall. Oh, thank God. You're having a long history of ice skating and having an understanding of where my center of gravity is. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:02
Speaker
But at the same time, like, you know, I've had like some hip pain because I think I have some IT, you know, like shortened muscle issues in my right hip. And so it tweaked my hip. Oh, no.
00:15:13
Speaker
It was not cool. And then this morning I went to take them out separately because I can't walk them together in this weather. It's just impossible for me personally. um You know, my bigger dog is a little reactive to some of the dogs in neighborhood. So it's just a non-starter. Yeah.
00:15:28
Speaker
But I almost killed myself twice. There's a thick, thick layer of ice. I know. And it's all on the, like for the most part though, it's all on the city sidewalks. poddle was But I thought, I could have sworn the snow we got this time was a little fluffier and dry.
00:15:44
Speaker
and i love snow. I went outside during the blizzard to take a look around. i thought it was awesome. But I thought it was dry and fluffy. Anyways, everybody be careful out there if you live in the New York, Tri-State area. Because we got a foot, but people
Olympic Hockey Reflections
00:15:58
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in Rhode Island got three feet.
00:15:59
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That's crazy. Really? Insanity. Yep. They broke the record of 1978, I heard. Rhode Island Airport, officially 37 inches was what they recorded. That's insane. Holy shit. In one night.
00:16:13
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Right. Anyways. um So one of our two listeners... hello We have two now? My good pal Ashley Chan in Tribeca, he texted me last night.
00:16:29
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He's not a hockey guy, but he's interested in hockey. And he asked me about the Olympics. So first of all, Even though I've lived here longer than I have in Canada, I am bummed that Team Canada lost to fucking Team USA in the men's and women's gold medal games.
00:16:50
Speaker
I said my piece. No more swearing about it. Oh, swear away. You're in a safe place here. The Canadian, okay, the U.S. women's team definitely manhandled the Canadian women's team, in my opinion, my humble opinion. yeah Clearly one-sided game. U.S. deserved to win. It was closer than it should have been because they had already beaten the Canadian team five-zip, I think, in the early rounds.
00:17:13
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yeah Okay. But on the men's side, While I think that the U.S. team came out hot and won the first period, the second and third periods, the Canadian team, completely dominated the U.S. team. And if not for Conor Hellbuck, Hellbuck, whatever his name is. Hellbuck. If not for him standing on his head.
00:17:34
Speaker
was amazing. Team USA does not win that game. Well, and additionally, so as a USA fan, as a citizen, yes as a as a believer and miracles. um 46 years. They haven't won a gold medal. I know. Anyways, yes.
00:17:52
Speaker
um I would offer that the Canadians blew a five on three. big time. i would offer that they blew a couple of wide open net chances on breakaways and the like. And by the way, no players that would never blow those chances. That's exactly right. That's exactly right. And, you know, and people are, you know, really, really obsessing about that. You know, the missed too many men call on the U.S. s team. Yeah. that's not it who cares whatever man that's just a small piece like that's such a small piece yeah yeah yeah overall yeah power of the game oh yeah yeah was screaming at tv i'm like dude that's in that's in that's in put me on the i yeah like those are freaking in yeah kale mccarr nathan mckinnon conor mcdavid are you freaking kidding me stacked canadian team stacked except for conor bedard yeah i
00:18:43
Speaker
What the fuck? I don't know why he wasn't there. Anyway, well look let's not get into that because it's all political and all kind of bullshit. Yeah, I actually don't know the story behind that. I wasn't paying too much attention. Neither do i to be honest. I haven't been following it, ah but I saw a really funny Coach Chippy video. Of course you did.
00:18:59
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course after the like where he's been telling me by um calling the coach So you lost? Would it be nice to have a guy with an ah a quick release shot? That was just the funniest thing in my head. That's funny. That is really funny. You're going, oh, yeah.
00:19:11
Speaker
What the fuck? That wasn't Conor Bernard there. That's stupid. i don't know. know but here's what i would also offer that you know sid the kid got hurt right yeah right so cosby's sitting on the sidelines he's hurt that kind of you know puts a little bit of a dark cloud i think over the whole thing for the canadians um yeah yeah not that it should affect their performance or their play right i mean that's not it and and those guys professionals in the overtime I'm like, guys, it's McKinnon, McDavid, and Makar on the ice. Okay. Yes. Okay. I'm like...
00:19:46
Speaker
It doesn't any better than that. Honestly, it doesn't get any better than that. Right? And who left Jack Hughes uncovered? It was McCarr. It was Cal McCarr. I was like, dude, what the fuck? Are you crazy? And then he tried to recover and just failed miserably. Too late. It's way too late. And Biddington, as much as he's a Stanley Cup winning goalie, he's not stopping that. No. No shot. I mean, and you know what? And the truth of the matter is, is like Hughes going for the five hole. Yeah. Must have been a last resort. He probably couldn't get the shot off. He couldn't get a shot off. So the last resort was just a push.
00:20:24
Speaker
Yeah. Right. And it just happened to be that it found its way through. Yeah. I know. but those So congrats to the Americans. The Canadian team lost that game on their own. They did.
00:20:34
Speaker
Aside from Hellebuck playing crazy. And I think i told my non-hockey friends. during the season for the Winnipeg Jets, he's playing like shit. Yeah, which is kind of interesting. Okay. And I, you know, here's the thing, right? Like, I don't really, i don't really follow a lot of those guys.
00:20:51
Speaker
Yeah. Generally speaking. You know, like, you wouldn't, because the I'm Winnipeg Jets. Who's following them? that's it, right? i So, like, the the more obscure teams or, like, the further away teams, like, i don't really bother with the rosters too much. Yep. You know, I'm a big Charlie mcabo McAvoy fan. Oh, man, that guy. Love him. Superman.
00:21:08
Speaker
He's amazing. With broken face and still playing. I'm like, holy shit. Totally. And you know what? And do you remember when they showed up at the hotel around from your apartment when we were living over there? It was right around COVID. Do you remember? And our kids, our boys went over. Marshawn, you're still a fucking asshole for not talking to say hi to our kids. Right. He was a total jerk to them. have him on video looking at us in the camera and then just ignoring the kids. Yeah, he was such a jerk. Fuck you, Marshawn. Even though you're Canadian, you're a dick. Yeah, but he didn't win that game for you either. I know he didn't. He was he didn't even show up for that game. the rest of the team, Pasta, the man, who went up.
00:21:43
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Everyone needs to remember. He signed autographs, took pictures, went up to his hotel room, and came back down. And he told us, I'm going to come back down and spend more time with you.
00:21:53
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God bless you. And all the other guys who are awesome, except Marshawn, you're a dick. And Charlie. Charlie was great. Charlie was amazing. He super nice. Yeah. And Sam always remembers you know Pasta and how and how Charlie was really nice. And the thing about Charlie yeah is that he's one of he's one of Sam's coach's guys.
00:22:12
Speaker
No way. Yeah. He was a doll, right? He was was a doll. Yeah, but it was ah he was another it was another team. I can't remember which one it was that the coach was coaching for at the time. I could come back with it. I'll find out. but yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah. So he's one of one of Sam's coach's guys. And so he's always been...
00:22:32
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you know, a little bit in the periphery and always kind of of, you know, talked about and set as an example. And so he's, he's always had like a little bit of a special. Yeah. just How to still where we are.
00:22:43
Speaker
And I tell people, nobody knew they were at the hotel in our building. Right. Only our building manager knew. Right. And he knew that. e obviously Evan plays hockey Nadia tagged along and then we're like we're calling our best friend Sam to come over here and I was like it wasn't like there were hordes of people waiting for them to sign and say hi take pictures it was three kids three kids at like what 11 years old 12 years old okay so they're clearly kids standing in the front door like in awe of the hockey players right right and the players knew oh yeah
00:23:21
Speaker
I didn't get involved. I wasn't like, hey, I'm going to sell you. I was like, this is a kid's thing. Yeah. Right. And like I said, they were all super nice. McAvoy. Pasta a again. Super, super, super, super nice. Really kind. Yeah. Marshawn, fuck you again. Fuck you. And I don't care.
00:23:37
Speaker
Listen, i don't care. People tell me all the time, oh, but you know, these guys, they have people chasing them all the time. Nobody was chasing them. And like, you should, i go, we weren't interrupting dinner. They were getting off the bus to get the hotel keys at the Hilton Hotel. Right.
00:23:50
Speaker
And you look at the kids. You looked at the kids. You acknowledge them and ignore them and didn't say hi. Right. And walk right by them. And you're a hockey player. You're a family man. Right. You didn't have to. the you the Right. The thing about it is like you didn't have to do anything other than say hello.
00:24:05
Speaker
Just totally. You know what? Just don't be a dick. Total dick move. Right. Like, i know what? It's pretty simple. Like, just don't be might fucking post that again on my thing and say you're a fucking dick and post it on my Instagram again because what an asshole move. Yeah.
00:24:19
Speaker
I know. Asshole. Yeah. Any who's. Whatever. Any who's. Whatever. But my friend Ashley, he was asking about the hockey, Team USA, learning all kinds kind of stuff. We talk about recruiting
Sports and Politics Intersection
00:24:31
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for college. Yeah. But then he brought up like, hey, this whole thing with Team USA men laughing about president...
00:24:43
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also laughing that he has to invite the women who won gold to the White House for State of the Union. yeah And now it's created some kind of, i haven't read the articles, so I'm going to preface with that, but some kind of uproar, right? oh Yeah, there's been a shitstorm. Disrespect.
00:24:58
Speaker
To the team USA Women. Yeah, well, it's, you know, it's toted as misogyny. Which is terrible. Of course. Well, it's toted as misogyny, right? They're really terrible. They all hate women. which Which, fundamentally, we know that that's not entirely true, right? You know this. Right. Like, all those guys on the USA team are married. They all, you know, for the most part, have kids or are trying to have kids. Yeah, right. But they don't fundamentally hate women.
00:25:20
Speaker
No. That's not it. um You know, and you know that the women's team, like, he did, but he did invite the women's team and they declined the invitation. Now they did. Yeah. Obviously. and But, okay, so hold on a second, though. I think they would have declined the invitation anyway. I don't think they would have said yes anyway. I don't think there was any ok inkling at all the women's team would have said yes. Right.
00:25:45
Speaker
Right. I defer to you on that. Is that because... Just because it's like a female, like, yeah, they hit this president. He's anti-female, anti-lesbian, whatever. So I'm done. We're not going to go no matter what. I think, you know, his indictments and all of the, you know, the court cases stacked against him, rape, whatever has been leveled and proven or disproven or whatever. I don't even, honestly, I don't keep that much track.
00:26:11
Speaker
Yeah. You know, about, you know, what his, you know, like, I don't keep that much track over what he's been accused. Well, the time this in two weeks, we would have seen whether the men actually do show up or not.
00:26:23
Speaker
They will. They will? You think so? Yeah, I think they will. I think they will. i think that Interesting. Yeah, I just, I think that they will. I think that, you know, the women... So let's start with with this right little tidbit. The women have won gold over the past few Olympics. I know. They're on fire. Right. and But the men's team hasn't been able to secure a win in 46 years. Correct.
00:26:45
Speaker
Right. So right off the bat, there's… The wow factor. Yeah. There's just a different value. But an achievement as opposed to, yeah, you always win. There's a different value in the win.
00:26:57
Speaker
Right. Okay, sure. Right? Yeah, can see that. So there's a different value in the win. i and And the truth of the matter is, and I hate to be this way, as as a female who's played hockey, who you know advocates for women's hockey all the time, literally all the time, who has a bunch of his you know her son's female friends, hockey players yeah at colleges, you know rooting for them all the time, like literally all the time.
00:27:24
Speaker
um you know i just think that
00:27:28
Speaker
I think that people overreact. Yeah. I think that in that moment, the men's team, they were all drinking alcohol. Totally. I think they were all partying. i would have laughed at anything he said. I think that. Honestly.
00:27:42
Speaker
ah Totally. and and you know And it's like, I'm not sure you know that it registered at the time yeah you know what the consequence would be laughing at a comment.
00:27:55
Speaker
And then I have to wonder if anybody else had said the comment as a joke, would it have been taken in the same context and reacted to the same way? And I'm going to say, you know, from my own personal experience, the answer is no, because there's a real cult of hate yeah for Trump, which. Yeah, yeah. on on um On certain levels, I get it. I totally understand.
00:28:16
Speaker
But there's a real cult of hate. And I don't think it really matters what he says.
Women's Hockey Development
00:28:23
Speaker
yeah think that the general pallor that he says anything at all turns out to be negative in a lot of people's playbook. Sure.
00:28:31
Speaker
um No, no. people I think people... Slow News Day definitely blew out of proportion. Everybody's trying to be insulted by every... Too sensitive, right? and And I told my friend, like, hey, you know...
00:28:43
Speaker
It'll, it'll blow the next news cycle. You know, people forgot that even happened. Right. I think the more important thing about women's hockey that I feel looking at the roster.
00:28:54
Speaker
Yeah. And even though, sure. What's name? Hillary Knight. Yeah. Like it's her fifth Olympics. I'm like, fuck sake already. Like, yeah. You cannot – I mean, I know she set broke records. I get that.
00:29:08
Speaker
That means she's – and I looked at her age. She started her first Olympics at 16 and didn't play. Okay, sure. And then the second one when she's 20, she starts like breaking the records and scoring, right? And I'm like, is women's hockey – I mean, we know this already – it lacks any kind of depth that a player can stay on the Olympic team for 20 years. Right.
00:29:32
Speaker
Five Olympics. Right. I can guarantee you that's not happening on the men's side. Well, I think it's a testament to how different the games are. The women's game is so different than the men's game. Okay, sure.
00:29:42
Speaker
Understood. It just is I mean, yeah you know, like you can call me a misogynist. You can call me a, you know, whatever people want to call me. Yeah, they don't recruit well. They don't recruit well. They develop well. No. So USA Hockey, you know, they're not listening to this, but if they were listening, I would say, guys,
00:29:57
Speaker
Like hockey in, they're seeing this in Canada right now, right? With the dwindling numbers and registrations. Right. Hockey is too expensive for most families to to play. Right. And, and I would argue ah anyone who says that, oh, well, you know whatever the physiological, blah, blah, blah. I don't care. I'm like, listen,
00:30:15
Speaker
Women's golf, big. Yeah. Women's tennis, huge. Right. Right? So there's women's basketball come on the way up. Oh, yeah. Okay? And so it is a money game. It's TV rights and that kind of stuff.
00:30:29
Speaker
But part of that is you can try and develop it 16, 17, 18. And we have girls that play in our team that are really good players and they're playing college. Yeah. emily But like they shouldn't have to play in a boys team.
00:30:43
Speaker
If the quality of people playing on the girls team can match that, and that means starting at five yeah or six and making accessible and developing because girls want to play hockey.
00:30:55
Speaker
Hockey is awesome. They love it. But that's also a geographic thing because if the girls that were on the boys team on our team didn't live here, and let's just say they lived in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Oh, so you think they played girls team. Like there would be a lot of girls development. Right. You know, we know someone who used to live here who had kids here, started having kids here. Yeah. His older daughter is, is, I don't know. She must be 12 or 13 now. Yeah.
00:31:22
Speaker
And they moved back to Canada when she was probably five. Yeah. going to say she was about five. okay It may be a little younger, right? But she immediately went back to Canada and started playing girls hockey.
00:31:36
Speaker
Okay. Because it was available. Geographically, it's available. But available and competitive, right? Yes. Because you will have some girls, like everything, that some girls, four, five, six of them, who are very athletic.
00:31:50
Speaker
Right. They can play multiple sports and they love hockey. Then the rest of the team kind falls off in skill level. Right. But the thing is, is you find that in markets like ours because not a lot of girls play. Right. Not a lot of girls did play. Like when kids were coming up with the two girls we're talking about who were on our team for many, many years. Yeah. There wasn't a girl's team. Yes. At that location. Right. For a really long time until they hit like what? Like 14, 15, 16 U. It was 16 It played for two years and then the team folded. And it totally collapsed, right? But my point is if you took that scenario and you placed in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
00:32:29
Speaker
um ok you know let's just take you know Michigan, right? Let's just take those states alone. yeah That collapse would have never happened. Because yeah you will have not only would you have enough players to field different level teams, yeah including like ah ah like a good team. Right. yeah But what you would have is you would have the infrastructure statewide to travel to where you needed to go to to play that game on a girls team. Like, let's just say hypothetically, i live in Livonia, Michigan.
00:32:58
Speaker
just hypothetically, right? And there is no girls team at the local rink near Livonia. Yeah. It is not impossible for me to go and travel to, you know, let's say... Next town over, whatever it is. Yeah, like Bloomington Hills. Sure. Like whatever, yeah to go play that game. Yeah. In this city, in the five boroughs of Manhattan, of New York City, you can't do that.
00:33:22
Speaker
it's It's really difficult. And there aren't enough rinks, right? So ice availability is a thing too. Okay, forget New York for a second. The door rest of the country. I'm like, there are 60 D1.
00:33:34
Speaker
There are 60 men's D1 programs. Right. Okay, college programs, right? Title IX means that if there are 60 D1 men's, there are 60 D1 women's teams, right?
00:33:46
Speaker
Okay. So with 60 D1 women's hockey teams, I mean, that's the Olympic team you field. Listen, i just my thing is just that I don't understand. like I would say the same thing. like I will say the same thing if Sidney Crosby or or Conor McDavid have played five Olympics.
00:34:07
Speaker
for 20 years. I'm like, what the fuck? You can't do that. there's a whole There's a whole line of talent behind you that needs the experience to continue building your pipeline. Right. But so so really, is that's is isn't that an IOC thing then?
00:34:24
Speaker
That's really an Olympic committee problem. Don't you think? Well, whoever chooses the team. Well, no, I think that i think that the rules need to be... that USA Hockey? Yeah, but I think the rules need to be in place internationally. Oh, you mean you want have age-based rules? Yeah. No, I don't think so. I think if you're...
00:34:36
Speaker
If you're, there was that Italian, oh, it was it was an amazing story. There was an Italian... ah speed skater lady. And she was there. and i was like, oh, it's early on. She was just singing. She was just so happy to be there. She was going to retire. her thirty She was 36, 37. She was going to retire.
00:34:55
Speaker
But then the Olympics showed up in Milan. She's already had, she's got like a three or four year old kid. She's a mom, right? And she said, you know, I'm to give it one last shot. thing is like, they didn't give her a freebie. She had to compete. So she beat she beat all the younger ones. Right.
00:35:10
Speaker
She wasn't the favorite. She won the freaking gold medal. That's amazing. Holy shit. I was like, I almost teared my eyes. That's an amazing, like to me, that should be the story. So you take the best players and if the best player happens to be 37,
00:35:23
Speaker
Then it is. But my thing in hockey for America is like your best players cannot be in their mid to late That's freaking impossible. Right. this There's no way. but Right. Right. So I think I think the Olympic committee rules should be sport based.
00:35:39
Speaker
Like you're not going to take the bobsledding team if someone's 40 years old and say they're too old. Right. But if they, I guess my thing is like whatever sport, if you are win, if you win, you're fast enough, you're good enough. Like if you're 45 year old figure skater and you do backflip, fuck it. You're, you're on. Right. Right. Like, I mean, I'm not going to. Right. But if that's the case, then the pipeline doesn't matter. The talent pipeline doesn't matter. Right. So if you want the talent pipeline to matter, there need to be rules in place for that. Yeah. I see your point. Because otherwise it's like a free for all. Like I could be 60 years old and still go and like be a walk on skater for the women's hockey team. Let's just say hypothetically and still be like, oh, okay. They'll take me. But we're we're a big market team, right? If you're Singapore.
00:36:17
Speaker
Right. And have no winter sports and you put an age limit on it, then like, well, the one person we could send for where speed skating is now aged out. Right. there And okay, so they've aged out.
00:36:28
Speaker
Right. You know what? You want to be competitive in speed skating, then you know what? Nationally, train people to be speed skaters. By the way, I'm surprised. We'll come back to hockey minute, but I'm surprised at how old most of the athletes are and i don't know if it's a winter Olympics thing versus summer Olympics, but there's so many athletes across sports that are in their thirties and they're like,
00:36:53
Speaker
They've got jobs already, right? Yeah. And there's no, I don i always thought that Olympics was like an early 20s kind of thing. I feel like you're living, I feel like you're living in the 70s and 80s and 90s. Really? Yeah, because i think that training's changed. I think nutrition's changed. I think that health has changed. I think longevity's changed. I think medicine's changed, right? I think like with all of those, all of those societal changes, and they are societal changes, right? Right.
00:37:22
Speaker
I think that the age factor, the number itself kind of goes out the window because your age, yeah yeah yeah your literal age is probably not the same as your mental age and it's not the same as your physical age. Yeah.
00:37:34
Speaker
you know I mean, eventually, you know the older you get, your yes, your body's going to take a toll and it's going to start to break down more and more. But I don't feel like 30 is old now. Whereas it used to be. Like even for hockey players, if they were 30 years old, they were aging out, it was old.
00:37:49
Speaker
I agree with I mean, ah yes, I agree with you there. I was just saying that on a marginal basis, athletes in their early twenty s are definitely going to be in their sweet spot for development and, you know, recovery from injuries or just recovery period.
00:38:09
Speaker
Right. You know, but they they then a 30-something-year-old. Yeah, but then you have these 30-something-year-olds who are just complete freak shows. Like, Yarrowman Yager was a complete freak show. Holy shit, still playing. That's what I'm saying, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, he's a guy who's like a – like, he's the exception to all of those rules. But yeah but not because – You know, it's it's his own genetics, his own development. It's ah his own, you know, the way he manages himself. And he's not, you know, like he's not married. He doesn't have a family. He only has himself to focus on.
00:38:37
Speaker
Yeah. Right. Which I'm sure changes a lot of that, too. totally Oh, for sure. For sure. well what's why Which is why i was even more impressed by the speed skater lady Italian who like got a kid and yeah has a day job. And all of a sudden she's still out there. She won. yeah It's amazing.
00:38:50
Speaker
That's freaking awesome. It's amazing. um Kind of thing. Okay. Anyways. All right. So, all right. So we didn't have any explosive arguments over team. it's a women's talk thing I thought when we bring out, I thought you're going to like,
00:39:04
Speaker
Fuck the men. This is bullshit. Never. No. yeah i don't I don't subscribe to that. Because think it's totally blown
Political Views and Voting Behavior
00:39:11
Speaker
out of proportion. I think that it's – yeah. I don't subscribe to that. I don't – you know, I also don't subscribe to fuck the women. I just kind of – you know, I try and take a more pragmatic, logical stance. And I don't have any kind of hate syndrome.
00:39:24
Speaker
You know, there have been – and I'm not sure – I don't remember if we've talked about this on the podcast. You can totally smack me on the knuckles with a ruler if we have. But – um You know, I am a registered Democrat.
00:39:36
Speaker
Right. And I have been since I first started voting. OK. But I've never felt more disenfranchised by the Democratic oh yeah Party than I do now. does some of that It's so crazy. Unrecognizable party. Right. And so I don't subscribe to this like Trump hate syndrome and I don't subscribe to like. Yeah, yeah, yeah You know, this crazy like no holds barred support of whatever candidate the Democrats put forth. Like, I just yeah don't I don't subscribe to it. I don't I don't pin to one side or the other. I'm a serious moderate. And I think because I'm a serious moderate, it really allows me to have a less of a clouded view of of things.
00:40:13
Speaker
well that's why they lost the election right huh they lose the election because people far right far left they don't change their minds people like you and me who are down the middle that's right a little bit left on some things a little bit right on other things correct we in effect not in new york but we we the type yes are the kind of people that move the election that's right and the democrats have moved so far freaking left yeah that the middle is like well i'm not touching that and yeah And they either don't vote.
00:40:40
Speaker
They don't, either they don't vote or some of them do vote and the other way. And then all of sudden Democrats are like, whoa, what happened, been man? The polls said this. Like, well, fuck the polls, man. You are like, have to reality. Well, the polls aren't representing, they're not representing a good cross-section people. No, self-fulfilling questions. Well, they're biased. Yeah. Yeah, they're biased questions. That's not the right phrase, but they're asking people. biased questions.
00:41:02
Speaker
Right. They already know the answer. That's right. And they're trying to like, you know, shape the poll answers into a certain narrative by asking a certain kind of person. Yeah. Right? Yeah. The questions. Instead of asking people like you and me,
00:41:15
Speaker
Where it really matters. Right. But be but they don't know. you know i mean, to be fair, people who are looking at voter registration have no idea that we're moderates. That's right. Right. They just see a party affiliation. And so that's all they go. yeah But they could they should look for people like me, for example, who have no party affiliation. Yeah.
00:41:31
Speaker
And ask ah and do the poll of people who are not affiliated to a party and say, OK, dude, here's a thing. Yeah. yeah What do you say? All that to say, like I think I'm going to change my party affiliation.
00:41:43
Speaker
Are you? Why not just be not affiliated to a party? like What is the advantage of being... But that's what I'm saying. Change it. Change it. But let me ask you this. what What was the advantage? I'm not American. You get to vote in primaries. Oh, that's what it is.
00:41:54
Speaker
You get to vote in all the in all of your party's primaries, right? So like I could go and vote in all the primaries, in the Democratic primaries, to pick candidates for positions. Okay. So that's what I'm missing out.
00:42:05
Speaker
As an American citizen not affiliated to a party, I cannot vote in the primary. Correct. For either party. Correct. Gotcha, gotcha. Okay. Huh. Right. yeah I'm happy that way. and And I don't really feel like in this state it benefits me at all anyway. in New York. Because typically, you know, it's a blue state, a non-wavering blue state.
00:42:24
Speaker
Yeah. um and And anything that I don't vote for down the party line is for nothing. I wonder if i yeah i wonder if in our – do you think in our lifetime new York ever switches from blue – To red?
00:42:38
Speaker
Marginally red? More red? ah No. No? I don't. I think that it might get closer in a neck-and-neck situation, I don't know that it will – I don't necessarily believe that it will ever cross the line. think – Is it because too many young people that keep coming in here and they're always young? You're always young, liberal, young. And then you get older, you become more conservative. I also think immigrants come, right? I also think that typically... But actually a lot of immigrants are conservatives. Well, they are now.
00:43:14
Speaker
Yeah. They weren't before. Right, because they're either Christians, let's say. And it depends on where they're from. Right. But like you know a lot of Latin American ones, they're they're religious, they're Christians, so they're and conservative by faith. And oftentimes they come from socialist countries. Right.
00:43:29
Speaker
Yes. To to attain, quote, the American dream. They're e escaping that shit. here That's right. yes That's exactly right. They're escaping socialism, which is a democratic, yeah you know, characteristic. Or I don't know. That's probably not the right right way to. But it's it's a democratic oh and we have ideology.
00:43:46
Speaker
Right. We know plenty of immigrant friends. And their thing is like, if I came into the country properly yeah applying and waiting my turn. Yeah. I don't want people coming across the border illegally and getting handouts. Right. And so that's what shocked me at first. I was like, oh, hey, a lot of Latin American immigrants are...
00:44:09
Speaker
pro-close the border because they don't want people coming across. yeah They need to get in line. yeah The fairness thing. You need to get in line and do it the way we did. It was way to our turn. It's also, I think also, they know they know the the other types of people who are coming across and coming in,
Animal Cruelty Outrage and Tech Responsibility
00:44:28
Speaker
right? It's like people who are fleeing criminal persecution oftentimes in their country of origin, right? Yeah.
00:44:36
Speaker
I mean, that's recently happened. I don't know if you know the story in Brazil about this dog whose name is Arelha. No. so dog? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So the the long and short of the story, and I mean, if we want to explore this more, we totally can. Yeah. The long and short of the story is there's a lot of beach dogs in Brazil. A lot of dogs. And it's the same thing in Mexico. There are a lot of stray dogs. They live on the beaches. Mm-hmm. They're not aggressive. Yes. They're normally taken care of by the people in the neighborhood near the beach, beach right? They're fed. They're taken care of.
00:45:11
Speaker
um Oftentimes, there's um there's a vet, you know, yeah that that will go and transverse and, you know, check dogs. bono kind of stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Pro bono, just to keep, like, the environment, keep the community healthy and safe or whatever.
00:45:26
Speaker
And Brazil has a ton of these beach dogs. Okay. and recently... So recently, six teenagers... Yeah. Went to the beach.
00:45:37
Speaker
Okay. And beat this dog, Arelha, to death. That's ridiculous. What the fuck? In front of the dog's mother. Oh, my God. Like the mama dog was there. And the dogs were older. I mean, like maybe like 11 and nine years respectively. Okay, whatever. Sure. But they basically, they beat it so fucking badly. God. And then left it that the dog suffered for days on end until one of the locals found where he was laying. And he had to be humanely euthanized. Oh no.
00:46:06
Speaker
Now, part of what's happening with this is there's apparently a community on Discord. Okay. Which I didn't know until recently. Okay. That is like a pay-to-see animal torture group.
00:46:21
Speaker
What? Yeah. are you fucking crazy? What? Yeah. this is like i guess I shouldn't be surprised. People are weird these days. People are fucking bananas. Yeah. And so like this is like deep black you know yeah black internet shit. Black net shit that I never thought was going to like yeah come into my periphery, right? Okay.
00:46:36
Speaker
So there is apparently this like pay for torture, pay for animal torture on Discord group. Okay. And so during this, this was live streamed. So there's video evidence.
00:46:48
Speaker
There's photographic evidence because, I mean, let's not be stupid people. Right, right. So they paid these kids to do that. They paid the kids to do it. Oh my God. And the kids did it. Right. But I mean, you have to be a special kind of fucked up person. Yeah. To to beat a beloved neighborhood dog to death.
00:47:03
Speaker
I mean, like, like they nailed nails into his brain. oh They sodomized him with a steel rod. Like, like just terrible, terrible. And then the parents are moneyed.
00:47:17
Speaker
They're all money. They all own like. Oh, yeah. They're money. They own like resorts. So they're kids. They're not poor kids. Oh, God. they fled to the U.S. No way. Those six fucking kids fled to the U.S. They went to Disney World.
00:47:33
Speaker
They went to Florida. They went to Disney World right after this happened. And I can tell you that when I was there in Disney. The parents knew, obviously. Oh, the parents sent them. Like, what a bunch of shithills these people are.
00:47:47
Speaker
Like, what a bunch of awful people. Like, yeah, I know. Protect your kid. Protect your kid. But, I mean, seriously, your kid's a fucking sociopath if they go and do shit like this. Yeah, exactly. That's insane. Like, you want to keep them, what, out and about to do it to, what, people next? Because we all know research proves that that's a precursor to, you know, to hurting humans. sure So anyway, so There's this whole campaign, this big and ah like online campaign, ah immigration and otherwise, to hold these kids responsible yeah and make sure there's accountability.
00:48:20
Speaker
yeah um you know like They're even gauging for protests in front of the Brazilian consulates. You say these kids ran. Are they living here now legally or they just came on vacation they went back? I think they're here.
00:48:32
Speaker
My understanding is that they're here. I mean, I can find out more information and we could totally make this into a thing. I'd be happy to make it into a thing. Yeah. well i and update Yeah. but Sure. ah Yeah. I mean, there's, there are people that I follow on Instagram, people that I've, you know, had, you know, interaction with who are following this closely, who have yeah more insider track information than me. So I will, I will absolutely follow up, but yeah, justice for Arella.
00:48:57
Speaker
Which, by the way, means ear, little ear. in Oh, man. Yeah. That's a cool name. Yeah. You can have to text me later how to spell that for our i will episode notes. I will. That's insane. So, yeah. So, you know, going back to the whole immigration thing, you know, people of countries like, you know, Brazilians, Brazilians don't want these kids out of Brazil. yeah They want them back in Brazil. They want them held accountable. Do you know that during Carnival they did a float?
00:49:22
Speaker
They had a float with this dog. No shit. I'm not even kidding. It's a huge thing. Huge thing. I'll try have photo. Yeah, they need to back face time for their crime. What the fuck's wrong with people? I mean, seriously. What the fuck's wrong with people is right. But so, you know, and Discord, Discord is, you know, originated here in the US. And so there's a movement have Discord. They're supposed to have moderators. Yeah, there's a, yeah, exactly. So there's a movement also to hold Discord responsible for, you know, not doing their job. I'm tired of, you know what, I'm tired of tech platforms saying,
00:49:53
Speaker
No, no, no. We're just a platform. We don't know what people put on it. and Fuck you, man. right kidding me like You're enabling all these people. That's exactly right. Okay. So that's bullshit. If you if there's no Discord group and then no one's paying for shit to see weird crimes, then there's no avenue for it. There's no audience for it. People aren' committing the crimes. Don't be stupid. And then consider this, though, right? So if there's a group on Discord for animal torture.
00:50:15
Speaker
Yeah. then there must be other groups on Discord that are just as dark, if not more. Oh, 100%. Right? Like, if there's even a possibility of more. But, I mean, like, you got to think about how deep that could possibly go in terms of of exposure, right? Like, you know that if there's this group, there are other groups that are doing as shitty things. There plenty of articles.
00:50:36
Speaker
Plenty of articles about... the The shitty job of content moderation on Facebook and Instagram and all these different social media platforms and the people who are moderating are like, there they've turned into tortured people because they've seen shit that no humans really want to see and they're responsible for like moderating it, right? Right. anything I mean, so they've been brutalized. I mean, as a person and going through and psychological issues, you're like, holy shit, if you if you're, if all day you're, I mean, let's, let's and we're going to get get off this topic really quickly, but it's like, because it's too dark. but Yeah, I know. if you If you have to moderate Instagram,
00:51:15
Speaker
And you know people are putting like rape videos on there all the time. And you have watch that enough to then pull it down and flag it to police or even your internal authorities. If you watch enough that shit all day, you're bound to go crazy in your own head. And the people that have to do that work, by the should be paid well to do that work. Oh, 100%. That's crazy. Because nobody wants to see that shit cross path. they need proper training and, you know,
00:51:40
Speaker
therapy and you know they're not getting it no no way there's no shot they're getting they're like zuckerberg and these fuckers are like oh whatever it's your problem i don't care if you quit and you go crazy i'll just hire someone else yeah to do that that's totally unfair right yeah i totally agree i totally agree that's wild yeah i mean it's you know it's the same thing in like slaughterhouses those guys get paid nothing oh yeah right they get nuzzled by these animals and then end up having to kill them and they all have psychological problems they all are fucked up sure right Because i mean realistically, if you're not a sociopath, you're not okay with murdering anything. yeah yeah yeah like You don't want to kill anything if you're not a fucking crazy person. You'd have to be a crazy person to enjoy it.
00:52:21
Speaker
right yeah g Agreed. like There'd be something seriously wrong with you to enjoy that kind of activity. Yeah, but I'm still not giving up my e my meat eating ways. yeah Sorry.
00:52:32
Speaker
um Okay, on that happy note, wooo how about How about a quick update on your rescue before we go to our dad
Rescue Dog Challenges and Humor
00:52:43
Speaker
jokes?
00:52:43
Speaker
Yeah, i don't have anything to add. He's good. Status quo. Happy, as healthy as could be yeah given the other issues. Yeah. And no other new problems. No. And and still no money and help from the rescue. Correct.
00:52:58
Speaker
All things are status quo. Status quo. And it's the end of February. Right. ok and And no contact either, which is fine. No contact, which means that possibly you are the new parent of this dog. You know what? Honestly, i mean, yeah you know, I could say this is between us, but it's between us and our other two listeners. Just our two listeners. um Like, I'd be fine with it. Like, just. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, look. I listen' i think he's adjusting better. As a friend, I'm just worried about. The financial aspect of getting a defective. Sorry to say this. Defective. Defective dog. Yeah.
00:53:32
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Yeah. It's okay. I mean, you know, look, if I have to go to my friend's vet out on the east end of Long Island, you know, like do it, you know, like it at half the cost, I will. I mean, and the truth is, is like I love my vet, but it's a city vet. Like he's expensive. And, yeah you know, the reason I see him is because I live here.
00:53:51
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but And that's why you're a better person than me. I'm happy to admit that. yeah God bless you. Thank you. You're going to heaven. You know, that's what people have told me. i guess i guess we'll see when that day comes if that's true. We'll see. i'll ride I'll ride the wave of hope, I guess, until then. but That's it.
00:54:08
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I won't know until the time comes. And hopefully that time is not coming anytime soon, and I'm going to knock on wood i for that one. No thanks. Ditto. Yeah. I second that. Thank you. Okay. All right. All right. So let's go. On that happy note. I got to sneeze.
00:54:22
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So don't be don't be surprised if I sneeze through your dad jokes. Okay. Please sneeze. i just i said i got these a on the door I got the buzzer and I got the just notice to to to to buzzer. Look.
00:54:34
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it's on you you're gonna buzz me oh damn that's rude but i also got this one for you too look Okay. Seasal and balanced. Okay. Yeah. Okay. So in the spirit of dogs, u-o the first one is, where's a place you should never take a dog?
00:54:55
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Hmm.
00:54:58
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Where's a place you should never take a dog?
00:55:07
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um bum boom fu pum bum Where is a place you should never, ever take a dog? Come on. Five, four. Flea market.
00:55:19
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Three, two. The flea market. One. Yeah. See, I'm staring at the face. You knew it already. Fantastic. My grandmother used to take me to the flea market.
00:55:32
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There you go. I'm not even kidding. I believe it. I believe it. All right, let's see. Is she doing better, by the way? My grandmother? no your mother. Oh, was going to my grandmother's dead. Oh, your grandmother. No, my grandmother used to take me. Okay, okay, okay. Yes, my mother. My mom is doing better. Karen, I you're feeling better. Yeah, she's doing better. Good. Okay.
00:55:53
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What kind of bagel can travel? This is too easy. Oh my God. These wordplay ones. got to switch it up. I got to find some harder ones. This is way too easy for you and your super duper. I don't have a super so brain.
00:56:08
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What kind of bagel can travel? Travel. You need pressure. Five, four, three, two, one. oh Oh, I was just going to say it I know. Say it. Say it. A plug jet plain bagel.
00:56:25
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Yes, so plain bagel. It took a minute for the wordplay. The Exactly, the wordplay, the wordplay. Okay, so then then this one, this final one before we go, episode 40, 4-0. 41.
00:56:35
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forty four zero Okay. This one's so easy. It's not, i so I mean. You say that, but you know what? You never answer these questions. You have the cheat sheet in front of you. If want to do the work and you want to give me questions, I'm to answer I will. You know what? I'm going to give you better jokes.
00:56:53
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We're going to go Where can you learn to make ice cream? oh I'm not going to play the music. This one's so easy. Oh my God. Where can you learn to make ice cream?
00:57:04
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Ice cream. Where can you learn to make ice cream?
00:57:10
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Oh, Sunday school. yes thank you very Much Sunday school. oh man. See? I got to find harder ones. This is horseshit. Sunday school.
00:57:24
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That's really funny. Yeah, see? Work backwards. Dad jokes. Work
Weather Reflections and Language Humor
00:57:29
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backwards. Dad jokes. It happens. Work backwards. All right. Well, don't slip on the ice, Jessica. Oh, thank you. I will try not to do the same. Please don't. There are another seven to nine inches of snow coming I'm sorry. Next Tuesday. Excuse me? A week from now. I swear to God. No. It's in the forecast.
00:57:46
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Well, two inches tomorrow, but then who cares about two inches anymore? I have to have a foot of snow. Another seven to nine inches of snow coming next week. I thought it was supposed to warm up and rain. I mean, it's going to warm a little bit, but not enough.
00:57:58
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It's coming. I thought it was like 46 degrees or something. It's supposed to be on Friday. Lady, and listen, 20 years in, 25 years now in New York City I've lived, there is always a freak snowstorm coming in March.
00:58:11
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And it's not even March yet. There's one, another one coming down the pipeline in March before everyone gets i just want to be on the record saying that in the fall when I was talking to my family about whether or not this was going to be a shitty winter, like a hell winter, I was like, yeah, they say it's going to be a really snowy winter. anyway They said it was going to be terrible. Yeah. You know, and like nobody believed them because they've said it in the past and it's not been true, but they did. It's not that bad. You know what? This is the kind of winters we used to have. I know. In the early 2000s. I know. In the late Okay. And during the lull.
00:58:40
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I missed it. And now that I'm in it, i want to move. Let me end with climate change is fake. Oh, God. Now, is this like the El Nino? don't believe that. My sister-in-law will kill me for saying that because she thinks I'm such a far-right person and she's lefty.
00:58:56
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I didn't mean that. Climate change is real. Climate change is real. But I'm wondering, and and you know we can go. We have like 15 seconds. But like yeah I'm wondering if this is part of the El ah el Nino, La Nina phenomenon. It must be, right? Has to be. But I've not heard not a single peep about either El Nino or La Nina. Are we at El Nino, dear, or El Nino? Yeah.
00:59:18
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No, it's a La Nina. Oh, La Nina. Are we in La Nina now? I don't know. I think so. don't know. Someone Google Whatever. I'm not to say because I don't want to be wrong. Google it. AI it. Yeah, I will Google it. But yeah. Yeah, your Spanish articles are feminine or masculine.
00:59:34
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That's right. my kids would know that. I don't know that. Yeah, I know. That's why I'm telling you.
Concluding Remarks and Listener Engagement
00:59:38
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or you could be like, oh, this is the best. We'll leave everyone with this. I hate the Kachuks. Funny. They're just dicks. Yeah. I'm sure Coach Dowd would laugh at me and say, don't be an asshole. They're good players. That's fine. Sure. um Those things don't have to exclusive. brilliant mind, you've seen this on the internet, in his brilliant mind, i forgot which dumbass Kachuk brother said this when they won the gold medal.
01:00:00
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I want some, he said he wanted some fettuccine or penne pasta, por favor. Speaking Spanish in Italy. ah look Of course you did, you dumbass. Too many head hits. Take your gold medal. It's not chocolate inside, Mr. Kachuk. Have a good one. Everyone, have a good week. Have a good week. Bye. Bye.
01:00:23
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Well, well, well, you made it to the end. We can't thank you enough for listening to all of our random thoughts. Don't forget to give us a five-star rating. And you know how to reach us on the gram at TGSpod or send email to hello at thegrocerystick.com.
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