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Speaker: can do your audio cool good morning afternoon and good evening ladies and gentlemen on binary for the universe and this is that's curiosity here we are we did get what's name we ended it's kind of a's right and so hey my name is adam and as always i'm joined here by danny guarantee who can't talk right now because he says he needs a minute This is right, my name is Danny Guaranty, but I can actually talk right now because we're going to take your kids and we're going to turn them into heave. If you go, good job. You still had 30 more seconds if you need a minute. it Oh, no, no, no. I mean, I'm still setting up, so going to be just like, yeah, uh-huh. Yeah, no, cool story. Oh, gotcha. Okay, cool.
Speaker: Well, let me give you a little update on what's going on in the in the Adam household. Yeah, cool story. Actually, year our house is called Friendsylvania. That is what we named it a long time ago when we moved in. Of course it is.
Speaker: That is the official name for our home. And that is what our Wi-Fi is also called. um And because this is where a lot of friends come to hang out on the Friends of India. That's where I'd go.
Speaker: Yeah. So I think we had other names for the house as we were going, but. I think as we were naming the house, naming different rooms in the house, I think that just kind of came with it. So we have Buddy Town, Lazy Town, Funky Town, and Friendsylvania.
Speaker: They also call it the Port View. um Anyway, so what's been going on in the Adam household while Danny sits up? Well, I gave blood yesterday, so I'm like i'm like medium energy today. I think like I definitely have noticed like with I got a little bit of sun between all the rain we got.
Speaker: I think that helped. Eating a lot yesterday and drinking a lot throughout the day yesterday and today has been helpful. Always make sure you hydrate, folks. Just make sure you drink give blood drinks so much fucking water like you even know.
Speaker: um So I gave blood yesterday. That was a better experience than last time. But like, I think I'm learning that as I'm approaching 40, that my body doesn't handle just no matter how well I prepare.
Speaker: Like, I eat a hearty breakfast. I drink so much throughout the day. ah do everything that they tell me to do. And the past three times I've donated blood, I've had, like, one of them was a really bad reaction, but only part of that, I don't think any of that was my fault because the lady told me the guy the guy that did it does hit things his way and isn't always the best at it. So I think he fucked me up.
Speaker: But the time before that, even in this pastime, I still got, like, woozy and had to lay down for a little extra time. It really sucks because I've never had that problem before. But i think I don't think it's that I'm not preparing well. I think maybe just as I'm getting older, my body's like, hey, we don't like that anymore. Quit it. So I don't know there's a better way to do it. So I'm just going to be uncomfortable after I donate blood every now and then. And that's just every six months I'll donate blood and be a fucking mess for a little bit.
Speaker: But it goes to it goes to good people, hopefully. It goes to a good cause for sure. um Donate blood out there. We're in a blood crisis, folks. If you have good blood and you're not getting tattoos anytime soon or you don't get any African travels or foreign travels that'll put you in the midst of malaria or any Ebola or anything, donate blood.
Speaker: It's a great thing. Great thing to do. Yeah. Anyway, that's what's been going on with me. And then Hitch has been sick for the past like four or five days, so try not to catch their Ebola or whatever is they got going on.
Speaker: um How about you? What's going in your neck of the woods, Danny? Um, work. Yeah. This job is so goddamn tiring.
Speaker: A good in a good way. Yes. um Sorry, still setting up. ah My old job.
Speaker: Why? How is this wrong? My old job was very much ah being phased out while I was working there. So the workload became very light. And because of that, when I worked from home, it was fantastic. I would work like an hour and then I could just chill.
Speaker: But when I had to go into the office, it was the worst fucking thing ever imaginable because for seven hours, I had to just sit there and watch my life waste away.
Speaker: And I would come home and I would immediately crash and take like an hour long nap. Not because i had been doing so much that I was tired, but because my brain had literally stalled from being bored for seven hours.
Speaker: So with this new job, it's the exact opposite. The days fly by. I'm busy. It's it's a freaking sprint from start to finish. And when I get home, I crash.
Speaker: But it's because I'm exhausted mentally from... working all day and it it feels good to actually be tired and not bored tired sure but that also means that that has been the entirety of my life right now is because i mean during the week i can't really do much of anything anymore uh the most we do is dnd on thursdays uh role players guild if you're interested
Speaker: But yeah, it's it's leading a very boring but productive life. Yeah. Are you happy that you're there, though? I am happy I am there. I'm happy i it's like stable. It's you know paying me.
Speaker: I'm very happy I'm being paid. Yeah. But yeah, no, I am. Like I said, I'm happy I'm working there. I'm happy to come home and be tired for a reason, not just because I was sitting around being bored all day.
Speaker: Yeah. And the day flies by, which is also very nice.
Speaker: Are you. um Are you finding that. ah That like the I know you said you're busy the whole time, but like, is it engaging enough that like you like.
Speaker: you do it because you know, you're good at it and that like you can do it or is it just, you feel like you just have to do it? Like, does it feel like there's a sense of urgency the whole time? Like, does that tie? Do you think that tires you out versus like doing it? Like, cause I know it's work you know how to do and that you're good at.
Speaker: Like, is it work that you like to do despite it feeling, it being like a sprint the whole time? Yes. Yeah, it is work. I like to do. Um, most of it is pretty menial stuff. Just, um,
Speaker: Yeah. most Sorry. Danny just showed up. You got an error. got an error. oh What are you trying to do over there? Set up. Set up what?
Speaker: The stream. We're streaming. No, we're not. Oh, we're not? no Well, yeah, we are, because I set up the whole damn stream. No, remember we said we're just going to do a chill recording session. just a chill. That doesn't mean it's not stream. Okay.
Speaker: i was wondering what the fuck you were doing. me and Oh, God damn it. Can we start over? Hi, good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, everybody. was wondering what you were doing. Well, shit.
Speaker: No, today is not a stream day. Today is a chill Adam and Danny hang sesh. Because we were both at the beginning of our conversation earlier. We were like, you know, how do you feel about recording today? Cause I'm, I'm trying to stay on track cause we're approaching a hundred episodes. I don't want to like, you know, put it off just because we're feeling a little tired, but Danny and I are both like, we're lower energy than usual. I said, I just gave him blood. I know he's tired from work and everything.
Speaker: So I was like, let's just do like a, just a recorded episode. We'll just do a chill hang Adam session. and He was like, Oh, that sounds good. But then throughout the last few minutes he's setting up and I was like, what the fuck? I like, I thought he was doing like a different project, I didn't realize you were trying to do stream. I was like, Oh, it's just going to be a chill stream. Like,
Speaker: ah I mean, i'm not ah like as ah i'm not opposed, if like but also, dude, don't even worry about it. We're just going to do like a nice, chill recorded session. We're going back to basics today. Yeah, back to basics. I mean, ah my look, my low energy is just because of the job.
Speaker: Yeah, should i should i should I restart this recording? No, fuck it. It's fine. All right, let's ask ah let's ask and answer a question, Danny. How about the first one? Yeah, let's questions. From PoignantPuppets on AskReddit.
Speaker: They ask, what is a red object nearest you, wherever you're at? What is a red object near you, Danny?
Speaker: Silly putty egg. A silly putty egg? A silly putty egg. I thought that stuff was illegal. So... My wife loves her fidget toys and all that stuff.
Speaker: And I kept telling her. If you want like the greatest fidget toy ever, just get yourself a silly putty egg. You don't even have to like do anything with the silly putty. don't have to sit there and like mold it and stuff. Just squeeze it, you know, put it around something so it says like silly putty like on the egg.
Speaker: And it's just like a great thing to just have and play with while I'm doing exactly this. You know, I don't know what silly putty is for.
Speaker: I've had so many in my life and it's all ended up just getting like me dropping it on like a furry floor or some shit or like ah ah a dusty floor. Right. Well, don't get it.
Speaker: Getting a bunch of shit in it and throwing it away. But I don't know what I've ever done with it. Like, I don't know what it's for. Like, do you make things with it? Do you originally it was supposed to be.
Speaker: I think like a sticky tack. Is what they originally were making it for. um But you just use it as like Play-Doh, but it doesn't dry. So like as a kid, I would love to play with Play-Doh. I'd love to mold it into things, but then just squish it and start over.
Speaker: I hated that Play-Doh used to dry out. So when I was a kid, we got Silly Putty because it doesn't do that. You can also stick it onto something.
Speaker: See, like I made a D6.
Speaker: How? How do you do things with it? Danny just made a six-sided cube, which is what a cube is, in his hands. How the fuck did you do that?
Speaker: My brain would never let me make something so nice and smooth-looking already. i didn't even use the table to make it flat. That was just... I can make it much better if I the table.
Speaker: See, I just... Play-Doh, too? I don't know how to make things. The best I can do is like a worm. And it's not even a good worm. Like... God, I've just I do not know how I have a lot. I have a lot of practice with this stuff.
Speaker: i used I used to play with this all the time as a kid. would play with this and Legos. so like So I like that people would be fighting a blob monster. I've been set up since since birth to fail then, because Plato silly putty.
Speaker: um any sort of like shaping molded whatever's I was just, I can never do it. Like that just goes to show that ever since I was a kid, I couldn't do like outside of my own physical self. I could never do like physical media to express or to make anything.
Speaker: He just made a hot dog. It's crazy. Just now he just rolled the hot dog. Like, here's your. Yeah, I that's like the closest to doing something I could do is roll a hot dog or a worm. But like I can't I just when it comes to drawing, when it comes to sculpting, when it comes to crafting, building my brain, even if I have a video game, they'll do all the hard work for me.
Speaker: I just don't have it. You made a pretzel just now. Like, I don't have that. I just I don't. I'm so envious of that because my brain has so many fun ideas. But when it comes to making it like in physical form, the materials that I have, whether digital or physical, do not make sense to me. Well, if you want practice with something that will never get harder on you.
Speaker: Silly buddy. It actually a lot of practice with something that will get hard on me. And I'm sorry. Me, too. I used to play a play to all the time. Yeah, yeah, I wasn't very good at it. draft ah Yeah, but I was very much a crafty kind of kid with this kind of stuff. So i clearly.
Speaker: um Yeah, I used to have this as a kid all the time. And when Mel and I were talking about fidget toys and stuff, I was like, you know what? I want Silly Putty again. i haven't had Silly Putty in a long time, but I remember it being very like.
Speaker: Just easy to mold. It actually gets softer as you warm it up. So like if you play with it more, it gets easier to mold and stuff. m You can, um like I said, you could put it on something. So like if I put it on the egg, the logo of the egg will be on the Silly Putty when you peel off.
Speaker: You could put it on um like an old newspaper and the ink will stick to it. So will say what it said on the paper on the Silly Putty. I have seen that before. Mm-hmm.
Speaker: Huh? Wow. Yeah, I just whenever I'm like recording or something, I'll just sit there and like toss it around in my hand, squeeze it a bit. Well, me some silly buddy. You got to get you some silly buddy.
Speaker: I want to see like an actual sculpture. Actually, when I was in high school, we did. We made sculptures and I made the Plattewolf.
Speaker: You made that a silly buddy? No, this was clay. Oh, but um when I painted it, I didn't have any reference, so I made the snout brown.
Speaker: And everybody asked me why I made a platypus. And I said it's a wolf. So people started calling it the platywolf. It does look like a wolf that has a duck bill now.
Speaker: Hang on one second, because the story gets even deeper. Man, we should have streamed. You could shut off all your stuff. I'm actually getting up for this one. a bad game We should have streamed. Yeah.
Speaker: He's taking off his headphones and he is walking away and going to grab something else. Now. If I were a better comedian, I would have my pants down. So when he walked back to the computer, you would.
Speaker: see all of the glory that is well, really it's not glorious at all. It's actually quite pitiful. But glorious to someone. An ant. A gnat, perhaps.
Speaker: Anyway, he's returned and he's putting it had his headset back on. So, in high school, the Platywolf became kind of famous because what the hell, I drew, i made a wolf with a brown nose.
Speaker: He has a large piece of paper in his hand. So my friend drew me. A platypus. It is very cute, actually. Wow. Looks like it has glasses on. i don't know if it does, though. It doesn't. It's the play it's got a fake platypus bill on. It's got a big platypus It's string going around the head.
Speaker: Yeah, it looks like a very large wolf that has big, beautiful eyes and big wolf ears, and then it has a big old duck bill, essentially. Yeah, my friend Melissa. It's very cute. and it looks like there's a duck or platypus laying next to it that's going meow or whatever. Yes, there is a platypus next to it.
Speaker: It's very cute. if you want Danny to send you a picture of it, follow. ah Danny will put it on the social media at... What's your social media? uh i have a social media i guess you could put it in danny guarantee or me i could put it in danny guarantee on instagram yeah put it on ig at danny guarantee that way you can see the picture of the platter wolf the wolfopus the the the platter wolf platter wolf yeah yeah um The nearest red thing to me is my shirt.
Speaker: I'm just wearing a plain red shirt because I went and visited some donors today. And typically I don't want to I'm not encouraged to wear silly shirts. No, no, actually, that's a good idea. So they can't see the blood.
Speaker: Yeah. So when I bleed from nervousness out of my nipples, they don't see it. um But the next nearest thing that I have that's red is I have this refreshing thing.
Speaker: Reed's Craft Ginger Beer with Zero Sugar Extra. Non-alcoholic. It is delicious. um If you've never had Reed's before, that's R-E-E-D-S.
Speaker: It is one of the, they to make ginger ales and ginger beers. I don't know the difference to be quite honest with you because they're not like, i don't know what a ginger beer versus a ginger ale is except maybe one's more concentrated flavor, but this one is extra.
Speaker: So when you taste it, the ginger really is apparent, but it's not like alarming. It's, it's surprising, but not like super in your face. No, but you're aware of it. Like, and it's really nice. ah It's crisp. The bubbles I feel in my nose with every sip.
Speaker: Have you ever and maybe this is just a me thing, but have you ever burped through your nose? Yes, I burped through my nose all the time. Do you? Yes, it's like a feeling. Do ever that after drinking soda?
Speaker: Yes, that's usually when it happens is when I drink something that's really, really bubbly. And it burns like a mother? I don't. Now, if I burp through my nose with this, it'll burn because it's ginger in there. Like that'll burn. i Like after I have Diet Coke, I'll do that and it'll burn.
Speaker: I've heard it's so good. I burped through my nose so many times as a kid that I don't think any of it burns anymore. But as a boy, it used to. But it's just now it just feels like it up there. It just feels like a fun way to scratch the inside of my nose without using anything.
Speaker: can just like let the bubbles do all the work. It's like scrubbing bubbles for the tub, but for my nose. I do. I do.
Speaker: i say i do i do
Speaker: Hmm. Yeah. Yeah. But with ginger, yeah it's a little bit more like, it's. But yeah, it's reads. It's a silver. This particular one is silver and green with red writing and a red label with some orange writing on top of that.
Speaker: It is called reads made with real ginger. Well, I see your reads real ginger and I raise you my. I mean, it's pink, but it's got red, too. Was that Zevia and of Black Cherry Zevia? Oh, shit, dude. That's a good one. I fucking love Zevia. I love Black Cherry Zevia. Y'all, Zevia is one of my favorite things.
Speaker: um It's a little expensive if you buy it in the smaller boxes. um The first time I had it, I got it at Costco and they had like a super like pack of it for like there was like 32 cans in it or some shit.
Speaker: for like 16 bucks and it was a great deal. And I went back to Costco to get another one and they were gone. They don't carry them anymore. And it really bummed me out. But it's so good. It's made from Stevia. Sure. The Stevia leaf instead of sugar.
Speaker: um Great. If you're trying to cut back on drinking sugar or if you're diabetic or anything, they have a lot of flavors. They're just so fucking hitch really likes the ah vanilla vanilla cola, I think. hmm.
Speaker: I am partial to the one called Dr. Zevia, which tastes a lot like Dr. Pepper. But my favorite is their ginger ale. That one I could do all day, every day. And it's the bubbliest drink I've ever had that even if I leave it overnight and I forget to drink it, it's still got bubbles in it the next morning.
Speaker: That's how fucking good it is. Yeah, as somebody who is um more addicted to soda than I would like, I have tried so many different things to like curb that itch.
Speaker: I've tried... um Oh, what the heck it called? ah dead Dead Billionaires. ah Liquid Death. Liquid Death. I love Liquid Death. I've tried Liquid Death. That stuff was pretty good.
Speaker: I've tried like the Smart Water, whatever it's called. Yeah, that stuff was OK. I've tried so many different things, but I think Xevia has been the closest analog to soda.
Speaker: And now we always have at least three small cases of it. Hell yeah. and nice Did I ever send you a case? Because I'm going to if I haven't. don't think so, but you don't need to send case. I thought that I mailed you one so you could try it once. Did I not do that?
Speaker: Maybe you did. Maybe that's how I know about it. I think that's how you got on it, was I think I ordered one from their webpage. either that or you said I should try it. and we sold Or maybe I sent you a link. Either I ordered one or I sent you a link so you could order one, but...
Speaker: I think Xevia was like came through your your radar because I said, hey, buddy, I just found you were the reason I got it. I remember that. Yeah, I think I can't remember real a link and told me. Maybe I did. I was going to order you one, but I wanted you to pick what you liked.
Speaker: Maybe that sounds about right. But yeah, the ginger ale. Oh, that's my favorite, bro. I really like this one and I like the. Was it like strawberry lime or something like that?
Speaker: Oh, I haven't tried that one. Um, strawberry lemon. There is like a yeah, there's like a Starburst. So refreshing. Yeah, it looks like a Starburst. case Yeah, i can't remember what they call that one. Funny enough, that was my least favorite one in the in the multi pack I had. That one was last. oh I love that one. I didn't hate it, but I loved all the other ones better.
Speaker: um But I'm glad they must make it because there's people like you who like it. i think it was. Yeah, it was like lemon and burst or something. I can't remember what they called it. But yeah, I know what you're talking about, though. Yeah, it is good stuff.
Speaker: Yeah. The only thing I've ever drank that was bubblier just as bubbly as a Zevia is this ginger ale or this ginger beer. And I don't know if it'll last all night the way that a Zevia does, but it is very bubbly in there.
Speaker: um You got one more question in here or do you want to round it out? How are you feeling? No, no, no. Let's do one more. I'm having a good time. All right. You know, I almost feel like an extrovert when we do these things because I start out low energy, but then it kind of builds.
Speaker: Yeah. So thank you. You're you're rubbing all up on me. I mean, you're rubbing off on me. I'm happy to get my essence wherever it needs to be. um and ah All right. Well, this next question is from top musician 6074. He's the top musician.
Speaker: um And they ask, what's the fastest way to make you instantly dislike someone? I do have some examples up here, but I want to hear what you think. that You know, not that I like to dwell on the negatives all the time. i like to be a positive but ah Pete. But like, you know, it is good to like have boundaries of like, hey, man, like if this happens, it's just like, I don't know about you.
Speaker: Or like if you have this habit. And I know exactly what mine is. I that hate it when people are like just too whimsy and they're like, I don't want to be a negative Nancy. I don't want to be a problematic Peter, whatever the fuck you just said two seconds ago. i said positive feet, positive feet. Yeah. If they say shit like positive P, it's like, oh, gag me with a spoon.
Speaker: gag me with a spoon. Like gag me with a spoon. if But what's your real answer? But my real answer is um just being rude, especially to like waitstaff.
Speaker: Yeah, it my wife just was when she shut the door.
Speaker: she was rude to the waitstaff when she shut the door. She said I'm being too loud. She should enjoy the whimsy that I'm giving vicariously to her.
Speaker: No, but um I hate it. I hate it when people are rude to other people, especially if it's that whole like they're the waitstaff, they're whatever, they're below me, that idea of they're beneath me.
Speaker: I hate it. it will Yeah, like instantly never want to talk to you again. Customer service in general, I think, is like one of those. It's such an interesting dynamic because like there are people who will say like, oh, that person thinks they're better than me or I hate my boss because blah.
Speaker: But then when they're in a position of seemingly, I should say, kind of in a position of power where like a customer service associate has to be nice to you or the customer's always right bullshit, then that puts you in a position of power where you can be worse to them than they can be to you. And it's not a fair fight and it's not a fair conversation.
Speaker: And they have to play mental gymnastics around that person because they could lose their job and the other person knows it. So it's an imbalance of power there. And I just don't get like, how do you work in a society that treats you that way? And you think, oh, now it's now I should treat someone that way. And it's OK. Like, I just never understood why you think that's OK.
Speaker: Oh, well, apparently my audacity turned me way down again. I'm sorry. um ah Now you're super loud. Go back down. Go back down. How's that? Just little bit. That's fine. OK, that's 69. Nice. yeah You're a little quieter than usual, but like it'll come off better in the recording. Don't worry about it. Sometimes it sounds really good live.
Speaker: And then I go later and like the lines are just exploded in red. And I don't know. Yeah, I don't. I don't know what it is. But for some reason, audacity keeps resetting itself to 50 percent. Yeah, like I knew you were quieter, but I didn't highlight it much because i knew you'd come through fine on the edit. So now, oh, well, it's OK. You're just going to have to do some audio balancing. Yeah, I'm not going to leave it. This is to you. I'm not fucking trying to heavily produce this shit.
Speaker: So someone wants to start paying me a couple thousand bucks. When are we doing to you animated? let's That's that's easy, right? When we get Adrian to animate an episode of our show, that's when when it happens.
Speaker: Hey, Adrian, animate our show. Yeah, do it. 3D rendering of me and Danny recording like a few minutes of our podcast. But like whenever we say a silly story, you have to act it out in the thing.
Speaker: I bet you if we gave him like a month, he could do it. I bet you he could. Adrian's pretty talented for like what he taught himself how to do. But then we'd have to pay him. I'd gladly pay my buddy. i mean, don't get me wrong. I'd gladly pay him. I don't have the money to pay him.
Speaker: I'll pay you if I had the money, Adrian, if I had the money, I would absolutely love. You know, I was actually thinking about that the other day. What's that? Paying an exposure? the ah and Just the idea of like, I wish I. Owned a business with my friends because I actually would enjoy paying my friends.
Speaker: Yep. does And. Saying it out loud, it sounds weird to say I want to give people money because we live in that kind of world, but like. No, I would feel great if we all work together and I could at the end of the month just be like, here you go, Adam, you've earned three thousand dollars this month. Here you go, man. That's what I want uninstallers to be someday is that. But, you know, so it's just a space where you all can get paid to do. i think I would be an awful boss for my company because I would just be like, dude, you want to raise? It's yours. Ten percent. You got it. You know, you want a bonus here. You've earned it
Speaker: Yeah, we'll get there. We'll get there. um ah do you think. I do think with a little bit of extra focus, we could make something like that happen. We could do it.
Speaker: um But that's this isn't a business call for that. We can talk about that. No, no, we'll talk about that. But OK, so what's the fastest way to make you dislike somebody? I mean, it's definitely in like how well, I'm just going to get the low hanging fruit off the thing. You know, I know we have some right wingers who listen to this show, but like if you're a diehard, firstly, a diehard anything politically is like a turn off, like if that's your whole identity.
Speaker: that you have to fight about everything political. That's fair. There are certain battles that should be fought, don't get me wrong. But like if every discussion has to turn into that, like that is like... Even if you vote the way that I vote, like I think there's a better way to have dialogue, and not a lot of people do that well.
Speaker: um So that just... Even if you vote the way I do, if you're just a real scumbag about it, and you just treat people like shit because they disagree with you entirely... Now, if it's like when it comes to human rights discussions and stuff like that, like I get where that passion comes from, ah which is what I was going to originally say is like, if you're somebody who votes consistently against the interest of the betterment of people, like i don't I don't know if I'd say I instantly dislike you, but I don't know if I can trust you.
Speaker: Like if you don't think that your vote hurts people, you know And I'll say that again, even though a lot right now that's coming from the Red Hat Society, i will say that there are people like on any side of the spectrum that's, again, I call myself a leftist, not a Democrat, or not a liberal, because like there's definitely people who are on either side of this aisle that just do not have our best interest, and it shows because of how much we're all struggling right now.
Speaker: um So I think when it comes to just human rights discussions in general, like if someone just thinks that a certain kind kind of person shouldn't exist because of who they are, how they were born, who they love, what they look like.
Speaker: Like, man, I just I grew up with racism. I didn't think it was a problem when I was a kid. And sure, there's times for jokes and stereotypes. If everybody in the room is consenting to it, I get that.
Speaker: Like, you know, we don't have to be super soft on shit. But like, I do think that like there are hard lines that you have to draw. And there's a lot of people who are thinking that those lines are OK. um to just cross over.
Speaker: So, yeah, that that's an instant dislike. Any ist if you're like intentionally racist, sexist, misogynist in some way and you truly in your heart believe these things, then it's like I there's people I've cut out of my life for less, you know? Yeah, no, I absolutely agree with that. And I like.
Speaker: That you're open enough to say it's extremism on either side, for sure. um But I'm going to do something that I tell people you should never do.
Speaker: And I'm going to tell you that you should join my political party, which is the you party. ah I call it the me party. It would be your me party.
Speaker: yeah And that is the party of I look at each all the people running, see what they're about and vote for whoever matches my ideals the most. I don't give a shit what anybody else does. I don't care who wants to play on what team. I only care about who follows what I want to see in the world.
Speaker: And that is the political party you should all be in. The me party. I do what's good for me. What agrees with me as a person, me. whatever fucking social media says you should do.
Speaker: Sure. Join that political party. Join the me party. Caveat to that, though. Again, I want to focus on the what you align with, not what's just best for you.
Speaker: Right. I because you care about people. So you want to know well when I say best for you, I mean, like, as a person, not just monetarily, but like whatever speaks to you the most, like I want what would be considered more left leaning things.
Speaker: So my votes would naturally probably go towards a left leaning person. But if I saw like an independent running and they more closely matched my values than the Democrat that's running,
Speaker: I wouldn't be like, oh, no, I'm still voting for the Democrat because it's the Democrat and I like Democrats. Yeah. ah Don't do that. Don't do the team shit. Look at each person and say, hey, this independent actually matches what I value more than the Democrats. I'm going to vote for the independent.
Speaker: Right. Yeah. Your politics, whoever matches you as a person. Yeah, I think that's a I think that leads into another one for me is like, again, I'm not trying to turn this into a political episode or anything. No, let's do it. It's time for us to finally get off the ground with this and like get some viewership. And this is going to do it. Yeah.
Speaker: But no, I do say like but but in a similar vein, i do think that like. Again, like politics are not sports. and like You need to be able to criticize people that you voted for. You need to be able to call out bullshit and not just like blindly follow someone. like and and this isn't and and Even if we go beyond politics, it's just beyond anything. like If you blindly follow someone because you idolize them so much that like anything they say, you'll just do because you don't want to think...
Speaker: We could also lump AI into that a little bit. um I just think like I don't like when people just blindly follow because they don't want someone to – they don't want to have to put the effort to understand or to comprehend anything or to ask questions. It's just someone tell me who to vote for. Someone tell me what to think. Someone tell me what – I should care about, you know, like I just, there has to be a certain level of curiosity there. And I think people have become very numb.
Speaker: And so something that also makes me again, i don't know if I'd call it an instant dislike, but I, it's an instant like question of trust. If you just take what people say without any followup or questions or, or challenging someone, if you're like, Hey, that's not what I asked you to do.
Speaker: I thought you were this person and you're not showing that right now, whether it's a friend, a lover, a family member, a politician, a celebrity, it doesn't matter. Like you need to be able to say, hey, that's not who I thought you were or hey, this is this isn't what I asked for. That's not what I voted for.
Speaker: Or I don't understand why we're doing this. If you blindly follow anybody, I just I don't know if I can trust you with anything. And can we please?
Speaker: Sorry, we're just going to keep going back and forth. But can we please stop pretending nuance doesn't exist at all? Like it has to be zero or 100. Right. Black. There are so many times where I've said to people, you know, where I actually like talking politics. I do.
Speaker: I enjoy. talking to people with a different mindset than me and hearing what they have to say and saying it myself, I like to talk politics. I don't like to fight politics. And there are so many times where I've been like, yeah, you know, i get that like capitalism is probably one of the the better systems that have ever existed, but I think it could be done better. i don't, there are aspects of it I do not like.
Speaker: And there are some things from the socialist playbook that I think could be incorporated well. Oh, you're a socialist. You want everything for free. You want to be a baby. Dude. No, just said, just think there parts of it that could be good incorporated in. Right. Like it's not zero or 100. There nuance. There's spectrum of this.
Speaker: a spectrum of this Mm hmm. Yeah, I think I think that's like that that that is something that and it's not even just with politics anymore. It's like with TV. It's anything. It's anything. It's literally anything that people look forward to. Just either. It's the greatest thing ever or you're an asshole for even thinking like, oh, you're such a dumb shit for even liking the idea of this show. Right. Or even just critique, like even just if you offer critique to something that like you enjoy or that someone else enjoys like.
Speaker: If you know, I'm not saying you should shit all over it, but to say like, yeah, I really enjoyed that show, but I didn't like this season or I didn't, I, you know, I didn't understand why they took this direction or I didn't like that episode. And so it's like, you know, and they're just, yeah, um yeah. Here you think, because all they hear is you didn't like a thing I like. And again, like you said, there's nuance. It's like.
Speaker: People attach themselves too much to. Outward things like. We used to have intrinsic value used to think I am me.
Speaker: I respect me. i hold my values. Now we all have extrinsic values, which is like, I like this show. I like this game.
Speaker: So when somebody says, I think that show is bad, i don't like that game as much. You take that to mean I think your opinion is wrong. Or I think you are dumb for liking this dumb thing. And that is not what they're saying.
Speaker: They're just saying they didn't like the show as much. So you say, oh, OK, what didn't you like about it? all Right. Like, I actually really like that. I think I guess we're different people. I think I think being able I think there's a lack of curiosity that bothers me.
Speaker: because people are usually just waiting for their turn to assert something versus to probe further to understand and so and I and i used to do that like because I used to i I definitely remember a time where I was just waiting to just like well when they're done talking I'm gonna smack them the fuck But now I'm just like, I'm trying to check myself. And oftentimes, like, I'll do it out loud because internal voice isn't loud enough. So external voice has to remind me to not.
Speaker: If I start rambling and I'll go, you know what? Hang on. Let me ask something first. Like, I have to, like, censor myself. I understand how easy it is when we're in a constant chaos environment to do that.
Speaker: Where, like, I just start to assimilate to, well, now I have to speak. as opposed to like, well actually, so tell me more about why did you vote that way? Or why do you like that show? Or like, why did you drive like that? Or like, or like, where did this opinion come from? Like, it's good to like probe a little bit further because sometimes people will just say because someone told me to, you know, or actually, I don't know why I said or did that, you know, and then you're like, oh, OK, this isn't actually that deep.
Speaker: One of the best things I learned when dealing with any kind of fanatical Talking and I'm just going use politics because it's the most recognizable thing right now.
Speaker: But any like so, for example, like if I'm talking to somebody in politics and I want to actually talk to them about their view and understand their view, maybe even get them to question it a little bit.
Speaker: The worst thing you can do is tell them your view. Don't do that. Just ask them about theirs. Why do you think that? you know I just saw that Trump did X, Y, Z. How do you feel about that? like what What does that make you feel? you know like Okay, but what about this?
Speaker: Don't get angry and start screaming like, well, what about all that? Just be like, okay, but like what about this? how does you know What do you think about that? And you'd be surprised how many times, because you're not attacking the other person, you're just asking questions,
Speaker: They will even start to be like, well, actually, i don't really know. Yeah, I haven't really thought about it like that. It's easy for someone to get like to entrench themselves in the foxhole if like they feel like they're under fire versus if you're being sincere. Yeah. And look up to turn around and go, oh, what are you like some sort of fucking liberal?
Speaker: I'm like, you know, I've left this most of the time, but like, I'm not here to tell you how I'm feeling. I just want to know where it comes. from I just want to know what you're doing. And, you know, like I know I've brought this up before, but look up the backfire effect. That is what we are seeing every time people open their mouths about this crap.
Speaker: It's extrinsically putting your value or putting your value into an extrinsic thing like politics and making it your identity so that when somebody disagrees with your politics, you think they're calling you a bad person.
Speaker: Now, that being said, I also understand that there are things about the world that you could say you are a bad person for liking. If you like children, that is as bad, but things like TV shows or just general politics is you got to stop feeling like you're being personally attacked just because somebody disagrees with you.
Speaker: And that doesn't just go to whoever's listening, but whoever you're talking to as well, they need to stop feeling personally attacked just because you disagree. And then the world would become think of how much better the world would be if we could talk about things that are different.
Speaker: Like differences between us without all screaming at each other.
Speaker: Oh, all right. I got my soapbox. I think I got our title. I think I'm going to call it silly putty politics. That's right. think I got our title. 2028. Silly putty. got Silly putty 2028. It's time for us to mold ourselves to the new world. There you go. There you go, Danny. You got it. You fucking got it.
Speaker: Yeah. i Yeah. All those things. But yeah, I think, I think kind of the, the, what we're getting at is like, it's a lot of social stuff. It's a lot of, How you treat people, how you try to understand people, what you think of people, like all those things matter. So like if you ever find yourself feeling angry about something someone said, figure out why. And if it's all because, you know, maybe it sounds like they're trying to hurt somebody. I'm like, OK, ask about that. Like, why are you saying that? Why did you do that? Why do you think that?
Speaker: But again, there are lines like Daniel said. I'm just going to use the word. If you try to defend pedophilia at all, then like, yeah, fucking, you know, run into traffic, man. You know, just run into traffic. Like, you know, like maybe you'll learn something. Did anybody else catch him? Call me Daniel.
Speaker: Did I call you Daniel? You did. sorry. It felt weird. Write your name. I feel like I'm in yeah trouble. You know, maybe sometime in the hospital we'll teach you a thing or two to contemplate. Who knows? um You know, there's certainly things like that. Or if you think that, you know, human trafficking is fine.
Speaker: You know, there are people who think that there are people who think what's the big deal. Those people are lesser. Why do I care what happens to them? Well, you should. OK, go back to what I said about making you or making me dislike you.
Speaker: Right. Looking down on anybody. We are all people. We're all equal. I hate. people that look down on others for any reason. Well, it's not any reason I looked down on you if you're sorry.
Speaker: Yeah. All right. For like, i hate anybody that looks down on somebody. For any like or existing as.
Speaker: Without knowing that, without knowing anything, you know, like just looking down at people because they're the waitstaff or because they're the customer service. ah Because there is a certain race, color, orientation, yeah whatever the fuck.
Speaker: That's yeah, that's just that's I none of that. I dislike you if you do that. Yeah, none of that hurts you. And i nobody is better than anybody else until you see their ethics, not even their morals, because even that's getting called into question nowadays. Their ethics are what's important.
Speaker: Yeah. what What the way that I judge a person is on the consistency of their character. Like, I think, you know, if you can say again, we said this before, like nice people don't have to say that they're nice. They just are kind consistently.
Speaker: If someone is and nice to you, but an asshole to everyone else, they're probably not a nice person, you know, or they at least probably have some shit they need to work through and maybe just like have an escape route if you need one.
Speaker: um You know, so it's just it's important to recognize that there are. There's a lot of like Daniel, you said earlier, i said, called you Daniel again, damn it. i think I did my trouble. What did I do? didn't have to tell me to go to my room. I'm so sorry. Fuck.
Speaker: um The fuck. I lost my train of thought. There's a lot of gray area and a lot of things, but there are some hard lines that people should draw. And like, we definitely have them. But I think they're low hanging fruit. But like at the end of the day, consistency in your character is key.
Speaker: If you are consistently showing up, if you're consistently there for people, if you defend people, if you're consistently speaking out for others and being kind to them and protesting when you need to and.
Speaker: and you know trying to help others get an equal footing like you might have. like Those are all things. If you do it consistently, no one will ever question your character. But the reason why a lot of politicians and celebrities, they're they're and in the spotlight all the time anyway, but a lot of times because they're on camera always, you can go back and look at like,
Speaker: When they said this back in March, and now they're saying a different tune two months later because now you know their people are under fire for making the same thing happen that they were just preaching that we shouldn't do before. like There's a lot of just...
Speaker: our citizens are too stupid to, they don't care, but they're not going to remember because there's so much chaos going on. But like the receipts are there and you should pay attention to that because if there are people again on all sides of the political spectrum, especially, and in the celebrity spotlight who will say a lot of shit one day and then do something totally different the next day because their character does not match up with what they say.
Speaker: Right. So like that's what's important. And so whether it's a person in your in your personal life or a person that you admire in politics or or or celebrity fandoms, just pay attention to their character because a lot of them are playing characters not being who they actually are.
Speaker: You know, consistency in character is key. so Now, I don't believe it at that. Before we go. I want to end this on a bit of a higher note. Dang, brother.
Speaker: Okay, so I'm going to take this last question. What's the fastest I make you instantly dislike somebody? And I'm going to tweak it a little bit. What's the most pedantic, dumbest thing somebody could do that would make you hate them for like no irrational reason?
Speaker: for like no rational reason. i thought you were going to flip it to like, what's the dumbest reason you like somebody? What's like the dumbest, most innocent thing somebody could do that's just like, I don't vibe with that.
Speaker: For example, mine talking too much about sports. I don't know shit about sports. I don't care about sports. And I know too many people that equate everything to sports.
Speaker: And I'll be talking about like, I have a friend who likes both sports and video games. And he'll flip flop. I'll talk to him about video games, but then he'll kind of slip in sports and I'm like, dude.
Speaker: I don't know that. I don't know what you're saying. Now, I get that. I don't think that like that doesn't bother me. Like, I understand how that can be annoying, though, but. ah Yeah, that doesn't bother me because I know that's just how some people just understand the earth.
Speaker: It shouldn't. It shouldn't bother me either, because that's how I am with video games. But.
Speaker: It just does. So it's a language. Stupid, seemingly innocent thing that yeah I guess the kids today would call it gives you the. y um
Speaker: I guess like for me, like again, it's not that i instantly dislike. I don't dislike a lot of people. um I get annoyed at things that people do, but like.
Speaker: But I'd say one that I i hate. I do dislike this about myself because I know there's some fault that doesn't lie with the individual, at least like to a degree. But like.
Speaker: In a world that's mostly centered around texting, like. too many shortcuts in like a text, like for like abbreviation spellings or like people who just generally just don't know how to spell well or structure sentences well.
Speaker: Or like don't understand how to use a period in texting. Yeah. Like I think text textual, um, encounters are so important but like i genuinely like sometimes i'll see these random posts on instagram of like somebody sharing a text message exchange they had allegedly who knows what's real anymore well i'm noticing there's a lot of just interesting spellings of words or that people don't quite know what they mean or there's just i really have to read it three or four times to understand what the fuck i just read um like that's
Speaker: Again, it doesn't make me instantly dislike somebody. It's ah just a pedantic thing. I hate that I get annoyed by it because sometimes it's just shorthand and that's how people talk. You know, before we had full keyboards on phones, like a lot of times people would do just that because they want spell out Y-O-U-R. So they spelled out your, you are, you know, like I get it or you just a letter U for you. You know, I understand that, especially when you didn't want send. Nobody was sending paragraphs when we had just one handed comments.
Speaker: fucking nine button flip phones, you know, like no one was doing that. um But I think especially on like a smartphone and on your computer. Yeah, I just struggle really hard with that. But I try I'm trying to check myself on that because I know sometimes it's just I know our educational system is ah constantly under attack.
Speaker: And I know that reading comprehension is not very high right now. especially among like Gen Z and Gen Alpha growing up with smartphones and things. um And and and to a degree degree, it's not their fault.
Speaker: you know like It's just like that hand they were dealt, but like there are people who will push through that and pursue you know having a better way to communicate and to text and to articulate and things like that.
Speaker: um But it is hard. Like I get, you know, so I'm trying to check myself like, you know, just because I don't quite understand it yet doesn't mean that I should be mad at it. So like if it hurts my brain, I'm just not going to read it. You know, like what the fuck you're saying, dude.
Speaker: and So it's not about even like their their shorthand. It's it's not it about their their, I'm sorry. It's not about their, what's the word I'm looking for? Like the slang. It's not about the slang, like the riz and the ick whatever.
Speaker: It's just words in general that it just, I think they struggled to piece together in a cohesive way. But that's just me being an ass, I think, sometimes and being mad at the system and not mad at that person. That's fair. That's right.
Speaker: All right. All right. um yeah I don't dislike them, though, but I do like struggle. Now, how about what you said before? What is a dumb reason to like someone? Yeah. What's something that just makes you instantly go like bestie?
Speaker: I've
Speaker: Man, do you have one? I do. OK, yeah, I have to think about that. I do. And for me, it's oddly specific and it's one that you nailed on the head. Just now?
Speaker: No, no. When we met. ah was it Super Mario frustration? Not that specifically, but understanding references that I use all the time. Yeah, but bonus points if you use them to like my friends. yeah My friends like to tell me I speak in meme because I all the time I do reference shit that I like to watch and everything. And some of it is pretty old, like Super Mario Frustration or.
Speaker: ah Charlie the unicorn shit like that yeah yeah yeah so if you're somebody who will understand what I'm saying when I'm spouting my nonsense bonus points if you spout it back Instant love. And that's what happened. You made a Super Mario frustration joke and I was hooked.
Speaker: I was just like, this guy. I love this guy. I don't remember. Were we playing a video game on stream? You were in the audience, right? No, I was. Yeah, I was watching you on a stream. don't remember what was playing. um nice I think I said, hit the blooper in the hole.
Speaker: Yeah, hit the Goomba in the hole. Oh, yeah. And I was like, yeah said fuck you, Goomba. Hit the blooper. i hit the I messaged you in chat and I'm like, Did you just make a Super Mario frustration ro never forget that because I don't remember what I was playing, but i remember seeing that pop up in the side chat and I was like, huh?
Speaker: so far Yeah, well, it's that feeling that I love of like somebody else who understands me. I only knew one other person I worked for at GameStop that knew it. Yeah, you were the exact same way. You saw my, I could see the moment you saw my message because your eyes widened and you were like, you know what that is? Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker: god I wish I could remember what I was playing. cause I go back to somewhere. It was so good. But yeah, that was yeah, I can relate to that, though. I do feel that same level of like like they're very niche things that you think that you no one else in your circle knows.
Speaker: um Like here's one for this isn't like this, is like a silly one. But like when somebody. Like, you know, I grew up liking dark chocolate and oatmeal raisin cookies.
Speaker: Uh, and like most of the time it's chocolate chip. Ooh, raisins gross, you know? So like when someone's like, Oh man, I fucking love oatmeal raisins. I'm like, really? Oh, A person of taste. You know, like it is. ah i do think it there is like a shared like, oh, you like this little kind of silly thing that I don't think a lot of people like.
Speaker: I will say, too, I'd say beyond that, I think something that makes me instantly like one of like, like, for instance, when it comes to romance, like one of the things that instantly made me fall for somebody like I dated this girl who I met at the dance studio back in like 20 fucking, I don't know, 18.
Speaker: um And the in the moment I knew I was like, this girl is really cool, was like she brought like some fast food to the studio and she had like these little cinnamon bites.
Speaker: And I don't think she knew anybody was watching, but she popped one in her mouth and felt so happy that it was good. she started doing like a little wiggle dance. i And I was like, ah, dang, now my heart's all big and swollen. Shit. Like, I think people who just let out these bursts of like genuine whimsy is like, it's so silly, but I'm just like, man, they're having a great time. I want to their friend. I want to hang out with them.
Speaker: like And I want to clarify for mine real quick. um It's not just anything that I like that somebody else likes. Like, yeah, I love soda. If you come to me and tell me you really like Diet Coke, I'll be like, yeah, man, that's cool. I also like Diet Coke.
Speaker: Right. It's specifically old Internet meme. Yeah. It is for whatever reason. It just yours are references. It tickles right in the back of my brain and goes.
Speaker: You like him you like her. She's cool. He's cool. Yeah, that is. It is a very special feeling to have of just, oh, oh, I can almost speak another language with this person. and Yeah, we understand it.
Speaker: Yeah, my buddy Jarrett and I, when I worked at GameStop, used to talk completely in like old school family guy quotes and it would drive everyone else we worked with insane. Like i love that we didn't have to say much else. yeah It's like people fucking hated it.
Speaker: It's like like I would walk in and like there's a really old school episode of family like this, like really old family guy. We're like he wanted to be a jouster. And I think Will Ferrell was playing like the Black Knight or One of my favorite scenes that episode, he goes, what's your fat ass doing here? And like so like, I forget his name, is Bruce is actually wearing, he's just riding a large donkey. Dude, I loved the whole time to each other. Same episode, but I love when they're all standing in a line and they get introduced to the princess.
Speaker: Oh yeah. And you hear, ding, ding, ding, ding. And the last guy's like, They all get like erections in their, in their suit. You can hear their dicks hit the metal. But then like the last guy just looks right. and goes, uh, dang.
Speaker: Like that was just the kind of shit that we talk about. And just, I, I still remember Jared fondly. I haven't seen him in a few years, but like, I just know that if we got back together, that's, we would go back to like 2000.
Speaker: Fucking, i don't know. Well, that was an eight family guy. My, my one friend, told me one time he doesn't consider his best friends the friends that he sees every day. His best friends are the ones that he can go without seeing for a long time. But then when they meet up, it's like nothing ever happened. Yeah, those are nothing ever passed.
Speaker: And I think that yeah, that resonated with me, too. i was like, man, that is so true. Yeah, it is. I think that's what makes it tough for me as an extroverted person, because like there are definitely people like that who I'm just like, man, I just when I get back together with somebody I haven't seen in a long time and it does feel that way.
Speaker: I'm like, man, why can't I have this all the time? You know, um which is why, like, I think, you know, to circle back to you and me, Danny is like, Like, I think one of the most the most rewarding parts about doing this podcast is that, like, I know you and i have to spend some time together.
Speaker: You know, we're not going to go for like six months without talking to each one day. You might let me out of the basement. Yeah. One day we're going to you know, we're going to have to do this podcast again.
Speaker: ah So even if we skip a week, we got to do one next week. And it's like this has to be the thing that keeps me and you talking to each other. If nothing else happens, if life gets busy, whatever, this has to be the thing that brings you and me back together. And you know what? I've started doing this with other people, too.
Speaker: um Like I can't be not podcast, but like making sure I set side of time to meet to talk to people and everything. Sure. I have this with you on Fridays. Thursdays, I play D&D with and Beluga and all of our friends.
Speaker: And we bullshit way more than we should on those. And on Tuesdays, I play a video game with ah an older friend of mine who I've known since I was a child who, you know, we're always just kind of tangentially with each other.
Speaker: Yeah. um So it's been really great to like every week just sit down with him and be like, all right, let's play our game. hmm. Yeah, I think i think that is something that will make friendships last longer is like even if you can't do it every week,
Speaker: even I mean, once a month, once every couple of months, like you got to get something on the calendar and you have to maintain that schedule. Yeah. And it helps, especially it helps people like me a lot.
Speaker: I am not one to reach out. I'm not somebody who it doesn't mean I don't care. I've been accused of that a lot. I just get so wrapped up in taking care of me and what I have to do for my life.
Speaker: Yeah, that time escapes me. And the next thing I know, it's been a week and I'm like, I should call that person tomorrow. And then it's been another week and just. ah So it's it's really good for for me. And if you're like me, do this, just set time aside, say Tuesday night is your night. Me and you were doing something.
Speaker: And stick to it and stick to it because it's like I don't know if you remember earlier in the conversation, but like Danny had said, Oh, you know, when I came in, I was low energy, but like, as we're doing this, I'm starting to feel revived. and I never like said that.
Speaker: Because a lot of times, like, people will want to cancel because like, oh, I'm just not up for it. I'm just so tired. I had a long day. Yeah. You know, and you just feel like you just can't possibly fathom to interact with a human.
Speaker: But then when you get there, like you're glad you did it, you know, like you're happy you're with your your people, your person. Like, so don't let that kind of initial kind of fog just make you think like, oh, I need to cancel last minute. or I need to cancel now.
Speaker: You know, you even caught me doing that because that's how I was feeling before today. And I said, ah do you want to like I'm free tomorrow and Monday? You want to like see if one of those days work better? Because I'll be honest, I was already in. i was on the couch. I was like, you know I'm tired from work today. i don't And you were like, no, it's due tonight. It's just a quickie, just a small, like little easy chill episode. I was like, all right, fine.
Speaker: And yeah, I'm glad I did. I'm really glad I did. Yeah, it's just really easy to just get into. those kind of funks of like, oh, it's just easier to not, you know, and like like it's it's almost always you're happy that you did it, though. And like I think that's what especially when it's so easy to lose connection to people, even though we have a thousand ways to do it, like you and I would have never met without technology.
Speaker: You know, so like it's not like we're exerting that much energy, like you have to drive six hours to see me. It just you have to walk five seconds to your computer and turn it on. Yeah. know I was thinking like last week about the crazy.
Speaker: Circumstances that led to me and you meeting. Mm hmm. Mbaluga met a random ass person on Instagram or TikTok or whatever that wanted to play D&D and said, sure.
Speaker: And that got her introduced to a bunch of people, you included. and then. Out of the you know, just out of the blue, and then i kind of met in the background and Beluga came to me and was like, you should.
Speaker: Adam's going to be streaming. You should watch. I think you and him would get along really well. So I did. And then you you said the magic words. Yeah. um Hit the Goomba in the hole. That was it. The Goomba in the hole. In the hole. Yeah. Fuck you. Fuck you. Yes. so Like, yeah, ah but it was. I think about that often because like it was very funny because we had started role players.
Speaker: And then eventually, as I was trying to find community on Twitter, I had seen role players guild and I was like, hey, You guys, you know, you guys want to like hang out because there was another role players called like role players against world hunger or something like that. So I tried to connect with them as well, but they didn't like hold on for too long.
Speaker: And then I did find that there was a streaming group that was called the role players, but they also didn't hang on for very long. um So I was like, OK, I thought I picked a unique name, but apparently I didn't. But like I was the only one that was continuing to go alongside you guys. But you guys streamed and I recorded.
Speaker: And so i was like, I wonder. And so, yeah, I was just like, hey, you know, and then I think it was Beluga who was running that Twitter account who was like. They made that she made the joke of like, oh, they were like they had a fort in like my backyard or something. My role players guild has like a fort like, you know, so there she was like, you're role players and we're just the guild that like card I just thought that was really funny.
Speaker: um And so then, yeah, she came on for Monster the Week Extended Universe. And I think that was like how ultimately she and I built that connection. And then A long time, mothers, when we launched that new world, because that was my attempt to revive my podcast because like people had to leave.
Speaker: um And so like Maluga was a big part of like helping me relaunch essentially the podcast. um So, yeah, it was just very fun to kind of do that. And yeah, I'll never forget streaming day.
Speaker: Don't remember what I played, but I remember the exact moment reading your words. dude I'll be honest, and this is going to sound mushy as all hell. Mush it up, brother. i can't remember.
Speaker: what it was like not having you as a friend. And we haven't even like, in all honesty, we haven't been friends for that long. It's what it's only been like 2020, 2021.
Speaker: twenty twenty twenty twenty one Yeah, it's not even been five years yet. Or like maybe it's been just about five years. Yeah, I don't remember when that. shit And I'm just like, you're such a core part of my life now. I'm like.
Speaker: I can't imagine just like. not being like, wonder what Adam's doing. should call him. i Like, I should text him. We should. I should see if he's free for a game or something. Yeah, it is. It is very strange. and Like, I think just having.
Speaker: The gumption to try something new when the world broke was like, you know. It was a bit of a weird windy path, but it happened and it and to be able to do that and to drive across the state and go hang out.
Speaker: So like I do or kidnap your wife for her birthday. Oh, it was my favorite. It was a great day. I wish that mall was still there. It such a great, great day.
Speaker: Yeah, that was a really great time. um And to develop like a shared fandom too and to meet other people like we got, you know, we have whole network of people like we met Dixon and then we met um Sean and, and, uh,
Speaker: Adrian hangs out often and we have a little group that likes to play games and it's just a nice little thing. And now you and Hitler like distant buddies. Someday. Yeah.
Speaker: ah But yeah, and it's great because like. It worked out just as well for Mbeluga. She met her own Adam in the same group, you know. of Yeah.
Speaker: But then.
Speaker: Butterscotch cookie butter. Thank you. Butterscotch cookie butter. Who we've had on the show before. Gotta get her back on here. um Her and Mbeluga talk literally every day, all day.
Speaker: They absolutely love each other just as much as I love Adam, to the point where we're married. They're married. Yeah. But Mbeluga and I live together. It's a weird orgy we've got. Don't worry about it. That is very interesting that that's kind of how it happened. Because like, yeah, I think.
Speaker: I think Kimmy was one of the first guests I ever had, if not the first guest I've ever had on here. I can't. I can't. Was it Kimmy? No, we had. Was it? Fuck, maybe we did. Maybe Kimmy was. I think Kimmy was the first. I think I remember her saying that she was the first.
Speaker: She taught us about Philly and like, I think like a restaurant that was built inside of a ship or some shit. I can't remember. oh That's. something um ah We got to get her back on. It's been a hot minute. We should and we should get her back on here.
Speaker: We have 100 episodes coming up in a couple months. Should we should we just I know we said we'd have Mbeluga on for the 100th episode. Should we try and do like a whole party and get like five or six guests on at once?
Speaker: We can try. Maybe we can make it just be like a whole. Maybe we can do like a recorded episode and a stream, but like two different things, because like I think if we get too crazy on and on an audio podcast, I think people going a hard time keeping up with it. But like.
Speaker: Maybe we can do like the audio recording together and then just do like a stream celebration afterwards. So like, you know, or maybe we can stream the episode as long as we keep it more chill. And then like maybe we can do like some sort of game celebration afterwards. And maybe Beluga will finally let me play Stardew Valley. No, I don't think so.
Speaker: Maybe hundred episodes. Yeah, I think I think we should try and do a thing for the hundredth episode and then maybe i have Beluga on her own as like a recap or something. As long as she still comes on 100, because that's the promise we've been making for. Oh, I'm not. I'm not letting her not.
Speaker: She has. She said she was going to. She said she was going to. She has to be a woman. over And she gets she gets the pre-meeting people jitters even worse than me, where she's like, I don't really feel like I'm just going to cancel. I mean, like, no.
Speaker: You probably have to be in New Jersey and we'll record all on the same screen if we have to. Perfect. No, I'm fine. Actually, I don't think I can convince her. You should do that. If I just show up and say di hello, I'm here to podcast.
Speaker: Hello. I brought my own microphone. I would. like We should just all sit in your car and record a episode on like a laptop, like inside your car. Just the phone up against the windshield. Yeah, just phone up against the windshield and just like a little microphone in between the three of us. And we just like talk through it.
Speaker: I'd be kind of fun. I'd be down. We do like a stream and it just car streaming with Adam Beluga and Danny getting some fast food with the gang. Oh, we can call it mad or damn.
Speaker: Like Beluga or bad. If she goes by Beluga, we call it dab or bad, but like definitely not that we'll go back. Yeah, we go the bad or mad if she's OK with us using Beluga is her name. Bad gang. You can call it the oh yeah, the the mad kid. We'll work. We'll workshop.
Speaker: Matchbox cars. Matchbox kids. No, that's something. There you go. No, can't do that. Cabbage Patch Kids. No. caras it fuck Yeah. um Hey, everybody. Thanks for listening to the podcast. Thanks for hanging out with us today.
Speaker: And I'm glad you were able to make it and glad we were able to revitalize each other a little bit with our low energy states we began in. Absolutely. i'm I'm glad to be here as always. Yeah, I think it's been good. um And yeah, after a bit of a long week, it's nice to just like be able to have a little bit of chill social time. um Thank you, everybody who listens. Thank you for everybody who watches the streams. Thank for everybody who checks out the store. FunnelSellerNetwork.biz if you want to check out to see what we've got going on.
Speaker: um and Danny's doing voices over there on social media. Was it Danny Guarantee on Instagram? I think it's... Is it Danny Guarantee or is it Danny underscore Guarantee? I could never remember. and he's like if you If you search Danny Guarantee, you'll see it.
Speaker: True that, Holmeslice. It is underscore. It's a Danny underscore guarantee. It's a cartoon picture of my face and there's a whole lot of posts posts of B18 when you go to my... yeah Yeah, don't be a child. Don't be a child on my page.
Speaker: Stop it. Look, man, you do what you gotta do and when you when you have a silky smooth voice like this you do smut. You do smut.
Speaker: You do so, but you just do look that that on your like my mom head. turned and Listen, I told you about um my interview for this company, right? Did I tell that story on here? Or the company that you're working on now?
Speaker: Yeah. Yeah. They asked me what I do for a hobby. And I said I do voice acting and they asked if it's anything they would know. And I was like, oh, no. Yeah.
Speaker: yeah Yeah, I'll send you something after you hire me. Yeah. Did you hire me? We can talk all about it. How do you feel about gay monster sex?
Speaker: That's a sentence and you don't hear very very often. Sorry, Terry. um No, no. To be fair, I've done gay books. I've done monster books. I have not done gay monster book yet.
Speaker: Ah, well, it's on the we'll get there. We'll get better there. Yeah, I'll write it if I have to. um Well, that's just a fanfic. Yeah. Well, no. Send us your.
Speaker: That's our cue fan fix. Yeah. Send us your that's like your fan figure. If you know somebody who's looking to animate. ah You know, I don't know. Oh, man, that would be a dream come true to get like I would love to see you like a bit like a three minute clip of just me, maybe even just a minute clip so it can go on social media of just something that we've done.
Speaker: Yeah. Or maybe just like an in like ah an interpretation of our conversation, but like not in a podcast setting. talk Talk about a dream come true, man. I watch those all the time and I'm like, man, I would love to be one of those. I've never seen myself as a cartoon before, and I would love to see that.
Speaker: That would be really cool. That'd be so fucking cool. I don't know what people's rates are, but I'm willing to try to pay. Maybe we can go like halfsies. Maybe that's what we should do. If we do halfsies, we could probably afford something without it being too much for either of us.
Speaker: Yeah, I agree. we can We can also maybe like pull the... Pull the network and see if there's anything they can do. And who knows? Who knows? Yeah. um But yeah. Anything else you want to say to the to the listeners before we go? Well, speaking of dreams come true, just sitting here talking to you and bullshit in the night away is a dream come true.
Speaker: And having all of you beautiful people listen to it is also a dream come true. And I love you all. I really do. I appreciate you just for listening. If you ever want to do more, funsolarsnetwork.biz.
Speaker: Check out the the store. you know We have the Ko-Fi, all that good stuff. Tell your friends about us if you think they can't the they would also be entertained by our silly banter.
Speaker: But honestly, just having you here to listen is more than enough, and I really do appreciate it. As I know Adam does too, don't worry, I can speak for him. He signed a thing.
Speaker: I did sign a thing. Yeah. So... Long story short, we love you. We always will. Yeah. Thanks for thanks for hanging out. And um if you if you if you if you really if you think about it, it's a good time to just to just try. First of all, to not be a dick.
Speaker: Right. anything Like it's important. Yeah. But like also, but the fiscal year only only just started. True. The fiscal year. Now there is I've been hearing talk, you know, back alley talk. I don't pay it any mind, but I just thought you should be aware there are some people out there who believe Dave, you're starting this with fiscal.
Speaker: You're already kind of on the back foot.
Speaker: But I'm trying to give people a chance. I, you know, I, I'm, and you know, I tell them that too. I say, you know, it's fine. So long as this year or this fiscal year, you just maybe don't be a piece of shit.
Speaker: Yeah, just don't. But then they always counter back with, yeah, but then you're starting with fiscal. So like, it's already about the money. You're already on the back And I'm like, no, no, no, that's not what Adam says.
Speaker: I don't feel that way, of course. It's clearly. Listen, the regular year is about not being a piece of shit in your personal life. The fiscal year is about not being a piece of shit at work.
Speaker: Oh. Yeah. So you can you can start this fiscal year to start a new goal to don't to just don't be a piece of shit this fiscal year. But you're pretty, you know, but if you haven't started, it's August. You have a few months for this year before next year starts. Who knows what we'll tell you to do next year? You know, but this year. Oh, yeah. We're going to be raising the bar. Don't you worry. Yeah. it's yeah Oh, man, I always wanted a whole other tangential rant about how that what we can do.
Speaker: That's not the time. Not the time, but we will cover that. We will cover it. We'll circle back to that. Yeah, this fiscal year, we'll circle back on it before next calendar year starts. Yes. um So we have a few months, but don't be a piece of shit this year. Don't be a piece of shit this fiscal year. Don't worry. The shitty quarterlies are coming up, so be careful.
Speaker: That's true. A quarter shit, you know, don't get me started. Oh, dude. Quarter shits don't, ah they don't make anybody happy.
Speaker: I don't know why this is cracking me up so much. Because poop will always be funny. No, it's just your thoughts on fiscal versus my thoughts on fiscal.
Speaker: I don't know why, but it really tickles a part of my brain that just makes me like my fastest way to make me instantly dislike somebody when they say don't be a dick this year. They're talking about the fiscal year.
Speaker: As long as you don't ruin my the way I make my money, you know, it's just about don't be a piece of shit at work. Don't be a piece shit your personal life, ah you know, and don't be a dick. I think those are really easy credos to follow, don't you think?
Speaker: I think so. Yes. If you find that challenging, send us a message at funnestart.biz and we'll give you all the advice that you could possibly need. Yeah. Yeah. All right. So in the meantime, from the bottom of our hearts to yours, take care of your minds, take care of your hearts. Most importantly, take care of each other and we'll see you next time when we're all participating and not being a piece of shit this year.
Speaker: Fuck yeah! Fuck yeah.
