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Boy (Mom) Story 5
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Rena and Paige discuss parents hovering over their kids at the playground, parents using their phones at the playground (BETTER THAN BRINGING TOYS), and zoomer parents at the playground (jk there aren't any).
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Microphone and Sound Dynamics
00:00:06
Speaker
for sure. Is my microphone to be showing this much? Is it usually showing this much? It's good though, because you're always quieter than me.
Neighborhood Loyalty and Missed Plans
00:00:14
Speaker
We went to Ventura again. Okay. Oh, I remember. I texted you. Yeah. was like, where are you? Oh no, I called you. And then I tried calling you back. I called you because i because we were both like, we need Paige to bully us into leaving the house. And then- Oh, man. You didn't pick up the phone and then we stayed home. Oh, no no. This is what happens. You never leave your own neighborhood, okay? Stay loyal to your neighborhood. Yeah. or terrible things happen. I mean, I wish you'd gone to Ventura with me, but- We could have.
Magical Ventura Memories
00:00:43
Speaker
So the last time- I went to Ventura. Everything was magical and wonderful, which I think had to do with where I was at in my cycle. Okay. Yeah. Yes. And then this past time- Yeah. We're on the dark side here. it was too- Well, now you are. You're okay. Yeah. I'm in the clear, baby. Yeah. But so this past time, was in a rough spot. So everything was a little bit harder. Mm-hmm.
Awkward Park Encounters
00:01:08
Speaker
But the only- So I told you how wonderful and nice all of the parents were- Ventura. In Ventura. Yeah.
00:01:15
Speaker
But this time at the same park, my older child had some interaction. he saw a kid who looked around his age and he was following her around on the playground. Yeah.
00:01:28
Speaker
But her dad was also, you know, her shirtless dad with lots of tattoos um but not in like a cool way. Like a he's obviously a lawyer or something. Yeah. um He was just behind her the entire time. Like following her around? Just following her around every single moment of being on the playground. You think he was worried she'd have to file a lawsuit?
00:01:52
Speaker
Against my child? I don't know. i like So my my child started talking to him, being like, how old is she? And asking a bunch of questions and trying to get her to play.
00:02:03
Speaker
and then... I could tell that they didn't seem interested. Okay. And then my kid got off that part of the playground and then they were walking away from the playground and I saw the dad whisper something to her. They were talking about my kid. They were talking smack? I don't want to play with him. Like something like that. you sure? Yes. Because then she went to the teeter-totter.
00:02:27
Speaker
Okay. Which my older kid loves. And he was so excited. He wanted to go on it before, but there were no other kids to go on it with. So she got on the teeter-totter. And then he came over to her and said, i want to go on the teeter-totter with you.
00:02:40
Speaker
And the dad said, oh I don't think she wants to go on with you. and then I hear my kid go, but it's for four people. And they just kept ignoring him awkwardly. And the dad was just moving the teeter-totter with his hands himself, which is really hard and annoying to do as the parent. Teeter-totter as in a seesaw. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So he's pushing it down. For her to go. So that she has the teeter-totter experience. you think the is scared that she'll get hurt?
00:03:12
Speaker
I think, okay, so I think this happens with a lot of parents. Yeah. who don't spend much time with their kids at the park. This is it. This is his time with his kid. So he wants to spend it. So wants to be... And she probably wants to cling to him.
00:03:27
Speaker
Right, because they don't hang Because she never sees him. And then the mom came over... Because I was like, oh, maybe divorced dad. This is his one hour a week with his kid. And then the mom came over and they were all together. And then it was just the three of them who just attached, just not letting anyone else into their into their bubble.
00:03:45
Speaker
And I was like, she is four years old. I mean, I see that all the time with their 15-month-old. They're following him around. And you're like, yeah, you don't want them to get hurt. Yeah. But with a four-year-old, she looked almost five.
00:03:58
Speaker
Whoa. ah Following her around the park. I could tell they were really
Wealth Perception and Privacy
00:04:03
Speaker
rich. If you want to spend time, this is the one day a week you spend time with your kids.
00:04:09
Speaker
Just don't do it in public if you don't want to interact with the public. Go to someone's backyard. ah Go sit in someone's fancy backyard so you don't have to deal with people like us. But what are you doing in a playground?
00:04:20
Speaker
I don't know. Maybe she's secretly a princess and they want her to witness the commoners but not interact. Oh, I did get kind of a – because she had such a princessy vibe. Maybe she's an actual – the princess of Ventura. Her lineage, yeah, makes her inherit Ventura.
00:04:37
Speaker
Ventura. And i think i think kids can always sense class. You think? didn't sense it when little. think they can know, but you don't even know that you do. I didn't know. I truly – can tell deep down.
00:04:50
Speaker
I don't remember sensing it. Because I feel like kids can sense my kids are not. financially well. Really? Yes. Maybe it's different here. i mean, I guess Canada is definitely a different That's true. It is different. But I remember going to like huge houses that my friends had and not just being like, that's their house and this is my house. like I didn't really think about it. you know i don't remember noticing until I was a teenager. You didn't notice until you were a teenager? Not really. No.
00:05:17
Speaker
I didn't think about it. I think I started noticing that stuff Junior high? It's like around 12, 13. Then you're like, oh, I think it was because of the clothes. they would They didn't have a uniform at the school yet. So it's like people were wearing these like $200, $300 shoes. And I was like, whoa.
00:05:36
Speaker
Oh. I'm not wearing those. you know like And I don't know what it is about my kid, but some rich kids do. There are certain... more eccentric rich kids who like playing. But maybe it has nothing to do with class. Maybe it's just the eccentric aspect. That's what they're, and these people are just normies. Yeah.
00:05:56
Speaker
Yeah, just blend. I mean, maybe your kid is just smarter than... Well, we know that's true. Yeah, so... I don't want him to suffer, though, in the same way that I did. That's why I really have to see how it goes with school. Well, he might not. You have to be careful
Eccentric Names and Parenting
00:06:11
Speaker
not to project because he's going to have a different experience. like And it it'll be hard. and he But he will be around...
00:06:17
Speaker
He's not in the suburbs. Right. So i i'm I think he'll find some people. There will be other eccentric, yeah smart kids, i think, in our neighborhood. For sure. He should he should be okay.
00:06:29
Speaker
Oh, I meant to tell you. I don't know if you want to put this in, but I got the list of names of other kids at this preschool, and it is ridiculous. Oh, wow. I will show you after. see The names are insane. Yeah. I'm sure you were in the top three most normal names First of all, there's another kid with the same name. Of course. of course. but its your but like it a But it's not even just like Elijah, Ezra, No, it is the most LA names you could ever match. Names of objects, names of aesthetics, names of descriptors that are names. The people who chose these names are going to be the people you spend time with. We don't get used to it. But you can sit in with this But that's what I'm saying. They're going to be like creative, eccentric people. like and So it's like, oh, no, lots of people.
00:07:18
Speaker
But wait, what I wanted to say about that interaction with that dad, though, yeah is stop following your kids around the playground. Yeah. Okay. Wait, i saw so I saw some note on Substack that said, stop looking at your phone at the playground. I don't want to hear about screen addiction anymore when all of the parents at the playground are looking at their phones. And we don't really do that, especially because most people in our group don't have service. Right. Which is very nice. But it's like, don't follow your kid around. Look at your phone. Ignore your child so that my child can play with your child, please. Right. I assume if the parents on their phone, it means they've just played with their kid for three hours. They brought them to the playground to take a break and they're looking at their phone. No, exactly.
00:08:00
Speaker
Like, I don't assume that's a neglectful parent. Right. Yeah. if Because if they were, the kid would be hanging off them and trying to get rid of the phone. You know what I mean? But they're not. They're playing at the playground. So it's like. Right. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
00:08:11
Speaker
So, I mean, it doesn't bother me as long as, but it's like, I do think that as long as they have like an antenna up for if their kid is doing something. You should be there. be Be somewhat present. Be paying attention. Especially, well, depending on how how old your kid is. There were a lot of parents at the park yesterday who were sitting in their car.
00:08:29
Speaker
While their kid was flying at the playground, which I really respected. In the car. Although eventually I turned to everyone else, all of our friends, and was like, are they avoiding – do they just see us? And they're like, I don't want to have to talk to these people. You better stop taking this stuff personally. Or – because they – it just kept happening where they were sitting in their cars. I think it's because didn't them park in. mean, maybe that girl had like an autoimmune disorder. That's what I could tell myself. Like she – She should be in a bubble. And this is, yeah, like maybe, maybe she has bones that can break really easily. Like we don't know. don't want to explain all that to a stranger. Yeah. Yeah. You know, that's I'm not ruling out that. Or they just looked at your ragamuffin. Disgusting. I'm just sitting there with my banana fields.
00:09:11
Speaker
I don't know. I mean, people don't react honestly a lot of the time, unless they're you. You react very honestly. but most people just smile and nod and walk away. like you you You would be like, really? Tell me more. like whatever you would say.
Toy Story 5 and Consumerism
00:09:28
Speaker
I'm a curious person. I'm a writer. I ask questions. You're a journalist. I got to get the bottom this. Did you hear that there's a podcast called the Los Feliz Podcast?
00:09:37
Speaker
I haven't listened to it. Yeah, we follow them on Instagram. Who is doing it? for People we don't know. i mean, obviously, we should know them. feel like I should know everyone. Yeah, maybe you do.
00:09:47
Speaker
You haven't seen it because you're not on the social media. I'll look it up. Yeah, it was interesting. was like, i mean we should be e on there. That should be our podcast. Yeah, I know.
00:10:01
Speaker
Any other controversies you wanted to bring up? I mean, we have nothing exciting. We wanted to see Toy Story 5. It was cheap movie day, which is very cheap, by the way. Like a dollar?
00:10:12
Speaker
No, it's not a dollar. But if the people who work there don't know what under two looks like. I'll say that. Very nice. So he was free and we were... He looks four. We were two for one. like so it was basically $17. Great. Okay. Not bad. But then...
00:10:29
Speaker
How big of i mean Coca-Cola freestyle machine? No, you know, I love those machines. I mean, that's the best part. What did you make? i cant I'll tell you exactly what I made. I get a Coke Zero. I do half cherry, half vanilla, which I didn't realize they have a cherry vanilla, but I still did the half half.
00:10:45
Speaker
So that chemical combination, it is what I crave at the movies. And it is what I drink. No, it's a choking hazard. So we got the chips like the not the nacho chip. We eat tortilla chips. I don't know. We ate a bunch of junk food, basically.
00:10:59
Speaker
um what What was his did he learn a valuable lesson from the movie? That was actually for adults. I cried. we We went for us because we're going through a hard time and we just needed to go do something. like Basically, we when we're in crisis, we just ah obviously, like any good American, gravitate towards consumerism. So we went straight to the outdoor mall. um and Wait, where did Americana? It happened to be the kids club situation that morning. So that was an experience.
00:11:33
Speaker
What does that mean? What do they do? Usually they do a big outdoor show on the lawn, but it was too hot. So they had in the community room, which meant that there's a list. So it really felt like trying to it. community room at the Americana? So know the front desk near the bathrooms where it looks like a hotel kind of? Yeah, I love those bathrooms. Okay, me too. the little kid area there and everything. So it's to the right of that. You go down a hallway and into this big kind of – It's like, looks like in a hotel when you rent a windowless room presentation. there's no reason to in there unless there's the kids. No, there's no reason to go. But they did it because there's air conditioning and it was too hot outside. So what
Exclusive Kids Club Experience
00:12:10
Speaker
do they do for the kids? So it was- Because it's about kids, moms, boy moms. But when it's inside, there's a limited amount of space. And there's people who sign up ahead of time online.
00:12:20
Speaker
Obviously, we did not do that. is this yes Was this a weekday or weekend? This was yesterday. It's on Tuesday mornings. Yeah. Okay. Kids club. Okay. And it was literally like trying to get into a nightclub.
00:12:32
Speaker
Wow. Kids club at the Americana. They had a list. There was a man in a suit with the list. like He was wearing a suit? He was wearing a suit. I'm glad he takes his job. And tie. Why people need to take their Well, you know how they try to make it seem like a five star hotel. Like they have this vibe there. you know like People live there.
00:12:51
Speaker
I know. no we've we've often fantasized about living at the American. That would be the most you thing. It's so stupid. To live at the American. They play that like la la, like Frank Sinatra music all day. I mean, the kids love it.
00:13:03
Speaker
I mean, he really wanted to go on the trolley too, but it wasn't running. But anyway, yeah, we went in. It was like a two-person rock band, like playing kids songs, basically. so you got in. We got in. It was us and the person behind us, and then they were like, the last ones. Yeah, close the rope. That's like us meaning Minnie Mouse. Yeah, and I was like, we got the club. We weren't even on the list. you know i guess we were wearing the right clothes or whatever. I was like, I haven't felt this since I was 17.
00:13:29
Speaker
ah But anyway, so... And it was good. i mean, like my kid always loves to get into the mosh pit in the front, obviously. There's a mosh pit? Well, they go and... Yeah, they like dance around. at ah At one point, he was throwing some things and I had to put the kibosh, but...
00:13:43
Speaker
Because they give out little instruments. he might be better suited to that vibe than the story time vibe. He loves – there was a story time like that in Brooklyn where – Like fun, crazy story time. Yeah, with like bubbles and music. And that was that was the best story time. But it was like a 45-minute walk away. We did it sometime. What's your review of Kids Club at the Americana?
00:14:02
Speaker
I thought it was great. many stars? It was wild. I'd give it five stars. Wow. I mean, apparently the guys that we saw are like the ones everybody wants tickets to see. They're like- Oh, so they're not always there. No, it's different people every time. So it's like we happen to go to the ones. They're on Nickelodeon or they're on something. I don't know. They're just two guys. They look like- like Like improvisers in their you know what mean? They look a slightly older than the dads at our playground, I'd say, maybe by five or 10 years. Yeah, okay. They got seven-year-old kids. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. ah Very wholesome. And like, yeah, my kid just likes to rock out. You know, he likes to dance around and run around and like flip do the shakers and everything. Yeah.
00:14:42
Speaker
So and then but then he also knew like we didn't stay for the whole thing. He was like, all right, I'm ready to go. Like and enough stimulation. And we left after half an hour. Like that was good. And then we went to the movie and it was actually the perfect thing to do before the movie. Because then he was. Oh, got all the energy out before. yeah he just sat there. Yeah, he sat, watched. I mean, he's huge fan.
00:15:00
Speaker
But then, of course, he was indoctrinated when we went. Has he seen all the. He's seen all the other ones. And then he went to the Apple store and then he got an ipod We bought nothing afterwards other than we got our parking validated. We got out of there. Paid nothing for parking. We paid $5 still, but it would have been like 15. I mean, we, we parked in the fancy parking lot, you know, you didn't do the park at the gallery. Yeah. I know.
00:15:24
Speaker
That's what we did. so um And then, yeah, he was indoctrinated because we went to the playground that afternoon and he was like, I'm Buzz Lightyear. Our friend whose kid saw that movie, yeah she said her favorite character was the iPads.
00:15:38
Speaker
The one that's like, hello, Jessica. I was like, I could do that voice. That's my favorite voice to do is like the robot voice. That's funny because that's kind of my thing. Oh, really? Yeah.
00:15:48
Speaker
So we could both be robots. The only time i was allowed to um participate in the table reading on the show I worked on was to do the robot voice. Can everyone compliment me? Can you give us a little taste?
00:16:05
Speaker
Hello, Jamie. How are you doing today? Oh, very good. like You do. you You have a good voice for that. I'm more exactly like Siri, specifically. See, I don't – you don't mess – I don't mess with Siri. i don't Right. No, I do like the answering machine voice. You know what mean? it.
00:16:20
Speaker
What is it? Hello – what was it? Hello – what's the line? Or does it matter? I remember what it said. Just something. Hello, this is the Boy Moms Podcast. You sounded a bit more – you sounded not as robotic.
00:16:35
Speaker
Not as robotic. You just can't sound as – Oh, you want to sound more robotic? Okay. Yeah, you sound much per se. Not robotic. No. I can't do it. No. I'm too expressive. You simply cannot.
00:16:46
Speaker
I am a robot.
Parental Phone Use at Playgrounds
00:16:48
Speaker
Not as robotic. Don't take the one thing that I – I am Paige. There we go. Okay. Yeah. It's monotone. So, you know, there's Kids Club. There's Kids Club Tuesday. This is the New Glow's Fears podcast, okay? There's Kids Club at the American on Tuesday, and there's Toddler Time at the Autry on Tuesday.
00:17:02
Speaker
and There's a lot going on Tuesdays. Someone said they were going to the Audrey yesterday. Yeah. In the group chat. Yeah. I can't get there because there's no bus and it costs money. No, it sucks. So I went there.
00:17:13
Speaker
i went there the other day and paid for it for the first time in my life. I went there with my other best friend. And so I was like, all i'll cover I'll cover the whole thing. $50. we got yelled at.
00:17:26
Speaker
ah and this is why i't we got yelled at so many times. Yelled Why'd you yelled at? The first time was because my younger child, we were standing, we were looking at an exhibit. The Autry a Western-themed museum that just apologizes for it for being Western constantly. yeah it's like It's an apology museum. It's bizarre overtones there, must say.
00:17:51
Speaker
They have an Instagram post with a comment complaining about the Otter Museum not focusing enough on the Western aspect of the Otter Museum. And they framed it and put it up on the wall to be like, we care about everyone and everything. But why make it Western? Why not just make it a Native American? Because what is is supposed to be the Otter Museum is supposed to be like a fun Western. That was like the original purpose of the museum. So anyway, my kid...
00:18:17
Speaker
kept almost stepping into the dirt of the exhibit and I just kept preventing him. Yeah. And then it happened twice. And the second time it happened, the volunteer who is just staring at us the whole time, obviously we're the only people there walked over and it's like, he almost, he almost put his foot in the dirt. And I was like, yeah. yeah And I stopped Yeah. So what's the problem? Why did you need to tell me anything about it? Yeah. um And then so – Ugh.
00:18:45
Speaker
And then obviously I just walk out loud. That is so – To my friend who doesn't have kids, I was like, this is what it's like to have kids. Okay? Everywhere you go, people are on top of you. then she got yelled at. You should just get your adult friend to almost step in the dirt and be like, I stopped her. She would be just as likely to do it. Okay.
00:19:03
Speaker
but So they normally have this toy area, but then they they didn't have that the time we went. oh There was just a place with books. So there was a little round thing with books. Okay. And the chair in the middle that I know...
00:19:18
Speaker
In the mornings when there are a lot of kids there, that's where a staff member sits and she'll get up and put the toys away. and what um But it was like an hour and 20 minutes before closing. So there was no it was kind of pushed up against the wall and there was no one sitting in the chair. And my friend sat in the chair. And then the staff member who was at the front desk walked all the way over and was like, that's that's a staff chair.
00:19:39
Speaker
I need you to get But no one's sitting in it. sitting so when We just looked at each other like. Oh. and and And then she she got up and She should have been like, I'm Native American and I'm going to post on Instagram about this. She could have gotten away with it. She's sort of kind of ambiguous looking. Was it all male employees saying this? No, these are all women, of course. Women are always the ones who are doing this. so I think it was a Zoomer, you know.
00:20:09
Speaker
They always want to crush you. feel so uncomfortable around the quiet people of that generation. Because what are they – What is going on? The is there might not be anything. joke around and it's just like – There's nothing. Nothing. yeah Nothing. Not true for really all them Not all of them. No, no. Just the ones that are like that. i mean, I think it's lockdown that did it to them. I don't know. But also, i just – I think lockdown was a little too –
Generational Retail Differences
00:20:35
Speaker
Late? I think i think of the screens, the phone, like they never learn to interact with people.
00:20:40
Speaker
Is it really true? Yes. Think of the timing. Or are they just deeply depressed or on mood stabilizers or like, I don't i don't know. like but yeah, it's hard. I've tried to make a craft. I was buying a sandwich the other day and I was like- oh you can't make a joke. I tried. I was getting my soda from the thing and I was like, oh, where's the tops? Oh God, I thought I put the soda in with the top and the cup. And they were both like, they're over there. was like, what is it?
00:21:08
Speaker
Right. At least a millennial would give us a supportive laugh. They'd oh, yeah, that wouldn't have been good. They're supportive. Millennials really were people pleasers, and I say that in a good way. We want to make other people comfortable. Yeah. And not make them worry about things that said. all worked in the service industry. There is not millennial. Nary a millennial. But the Zoomers who are, Mike likes to say that Zoomers who work in these stores are simply like, why don't you buy this online? What are you doing here? Why are you in here? Because they get so mad when you ask to unlock things.
00:21:41
Speaker
Oh, well, that's, and I think that's the under, they're underpaid and they give them like three different jobs for like $15 hour. They're like, stock the back. But if somebody calls you, do this and do that. Because I know people who've had those jobs and it's like- But that is a- because I work those jobs. But they're different now. I think the frustration is that they're doing the job of managers and being paid the way- Because there are fewer employees now. Yes, yes. So they're stretched very thin and they're given like an impossible- It's like Cinderella before the ball. It's like an impossible list of things to get done.
00:22:14
Speaker
And then they get like scolded for not being able to do all the different things that aren't even. And so they don't. So I would argue then that millennials try harder to not take it out on other people because the people pleasing. No, we hate ourselves. So I understand.
00:22:28
Speaker
But there's a degree, you know, you're a part of society. you have to, you are obligated towards other people. And I'm not saying they should make different choices because I don't know if they even have it in them. Oh, we were talking at the park yesterday about – I said, ah I wonder if there are ever going to be Zoomers who start bringing their kids to the park. And they're like, no, because they don't have sex.
00:22:50
Speaker
I don't think the whole time we are taking our kids to the park we'll ever see, especially in l a and other in Arizona or whatever, like maybe there are obviously currently Zoomer parents. Yeah. But around here, you don't see anyone under 30. Yeah.
00:23:06
Speaker
Well, they're not having kids yet if they're going to have But I'm like, if are they ever? Maybe not. Yeah, maybe not. one I don't know. I don't know the stats. Because I'm like, I don't want to deal with Zoomer personalities at the park, but I don't think we'll have to because they're not appropriating. Or kids will be older by the time. Yeah, by the time they're hanging out there.
00:23:24
Speaker
I mean, I think – No, they'll have these like polythruple like IVF baby situations like – you know i think that like and But we won't be around it. yeah Or maybe they'll adopt or who knows. like you know It'll probably be less. It's only morally acceptable to adopt, for the thruple to adopt an orphan.
00:23:47
Speaker
It'll probably look less conventional, I would imagine. But they're also...
00:23:55
Speaker
They're also... Some of them are going back to being a little more trad. o Yeah. You know what I really can't say because I'm in touch with zero. Like my closest connection to that age group are Hasidic kids sister and nephews, so they're not the norm. I know some 20-somethings. Yeah. I've got them. They still sneak. They get on. They they know how to use like… like ai face changer stuff on phones. Like they've done some stuff on phones. Yeah. But they're usually generally kept away from technology. Yeah. Yeah. So it's like, him it's not the same scenario at all. Although I did, um this is slightly, i guess it's pretty much on topic. I was talking to my husband the other day or yesterday in the car and I was like, You got to give it to the CIA because like they really did a good job of convincing the right and the left that they are anti-establishment. Like both sides truly think that now.
00:24:47
Speaker
Do people on the left? Who on the left thinks are anti-establishment other than me? Okay. Because I'm part of the workforce. ah No, they think that the establishment is like the racist heteronormative right wing that's like, you know,
00:25:03
Speaker
Right. They think, yeah, having kids is right wing. a lot of them. don't know. On the left. I don't know. but i think they think that being left wing is anti-establishment and the right wing sees the left as establishment and that they're anti-establishment. So it's like whatever PSYOP did that to prevent people rising up and taking over the government, like they did they did a good job. Phones is what prevent people. I read this harrowing...
00:25:29
Speaker
piece in Harper's about the Philippines. Is it still called Harper's Bazaar? That's a different magazine. That's the fashion one. this is I only know the bizarre one. No, this is just Harper's Magazine. And there is a piece about the Philippines.
00:25:43
Speaker
you know Things have been pretty rough over there. but they This is going back years and years and years and talks about all the people fighting, fighting, fighting, the government fighting. And then in the past 10 years or so, it's just fallen off because they're all on their phones. like People don't fight. They just argue on their phones. No, not even argue. Just be on their phones in general. Wow.
00:26:03
Speaker
like So there's they just don't have it in them. They can distract themselves with looking at their phones. They don't fight anymore. To like improve their conditions. It's literally SOMA or what do they call it in a Brave New World?
Toy Story 5 and Screen-Free Play
00:26:15
Speaker
Oh. The drug that they give everyone to chill out. Yes, yes, exactly. Yeah, that's the phones. So that's why, i mean, they want you on your phones. They want your kids on their phones at school. And we're not going to do it. screens Okay, well, what is the takeaway from – because I want to see it, but I feel like I don't know when I'm ever going to see it. So what – the ultimate message from Toy Story 5 about screens. Oh, well, can I give away the story? i mean, spoiler spoiler alert. they get the robot They enlist the robot's help to get there the girl that's their girl, I forget her name, to become friends with another girl who's still playing with toys. So they conspire to matchmake them to play with toys together.
00:26:57
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They don't really try to fix the kids that are already on their iPads all the time. Oh, they're gone. They just took them there. They're lost. But there was a lot of footage of like, they're not noticing any of this crazy stuff that's happening because everyone in every window is on a screen. like Yeah. So there was a lot of that. That's good. It was like we're in a world where- You know, but they didn't, they there wasn't some big revolutionary thing where they changed everybody.
00:27:23
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They just did what they could for the girl that they were with to connect to this other girl who still played with toys. right who and that And that other girl had an iPad. Like, she was also on her iPad. She just also still played with toys because she hadn't been bullied out of it because she lived in the middle of nowhere. Oh, I see.
00:27:40
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Moderation. So that they they're saying the other kids were bullied out of playing with actual toys. The other kids. Oh, you play with toys? yes They were like that about her to her. And then she felt bad. So she tried to give away her toys because she was like embarrassed.
00:27:55
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And then they've started playing hide and seek with her and forgot to go find her. Because they were on their phone. Yes. And that was the sleepover. Yeah. It's like a very sad story. Like, did you, is that what made you cry?
00:28:07
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I cried. No, I cried when the Jessie, the girl cowboy who misses her first, the first girl. i remember that song. And she finds this box where she finds out that the girl that first played with her named her daughter after her.
00:28:25
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crying talking about it i'm pmsing i was like i was not in the right place hormonally to go see this movie but it was just like oh she did care you know like it was nice she was like by the tire swing and remembering and then she found this box and like a picture of the two of them and it was just very heartening if i did that it would The girl did for Jessie. a my kids would My kid's name would be Snowflake.
Naming Kids and Social Media Influence
00:28:53
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Hence the names. Is there a Snowflake? Is there a Snowflake? There may as well be. Well, the editor. it's a lot of You know, like in Back to the Future, he orders the Pepsi. and This is what our is.
00:29:07
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After I edit it. It's very futuristic. I mean, I like it, but i'm like, wait, what happened there? like You'll never know unless you $1,000. Yeah, exactly. We'll send you length. We'll say even meaner things about, what's her name?
00:29:25
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who Which one? Taylor Swift? No, the, the, the, the. Oh, the comedian. ya him him yeah I don't remember her name. There's something with an IE in the last name. Oh, I looked up her stuff. I thought she was pretty good. You would. It's right up your thought she's very proficient at joke writing and joke telling she's skilled.
00:29:47
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See, and I have differing opinions. See, but for me, it's less about what you're saying as as much as like, can you write a good joke? Do you have any other weekend? What else did we do?
00:30:01
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No, it's just been rough. I mean, I'm going to be a single parent for a week and next week. so Oh, you are not allowed to say that. What? Canceled. What? You have to say solo parent.
00:30:14
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Wait, solo? Yeah, that's what that's what they all say now. Everyone says solo parenting. Like the cup? Yeah, yeah, you can't. do The lingo. They're from TikTok, Instagram, et cetera, is you say...
00:30:28
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Solo parenting. Solo. If partner, let's be real clear, husband, if your husband is not around, you're solo parenting. I'm not single parenting. And if you say you're single parenting.
00:30:42
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taking single parent valor you're you're a single mom who works two jobs and i yeah yeah well i mean if someone would give me a couple jobs that would really help us out actually it anybody hiring we would love two jobs i can is there a job where you just they pay you to hang out nope well i guess retail can be but you have to fold things and put them away or whatever And then you just traded. think working retail would be really hard here because there's no middle class. It's also – I have trouble with jobs actually. I mean i know I said get paid to hang out but I actually have a lot of trouble doing a job where there's no actual work to do. Like I kind of lose my mind because it's just watching your time being sucked out body. Oh, and you physical work. Yeah, like physical. i like doing stuff. So that's why in a way retail can be good because it's the right amount of physical. No, I need to be going the whole time like because I feel like you stand around a lot doing nothing, don't you?
00:31:43
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No, maybe not nowadays. They probably find stuff. But I don't want to do cleaning. Like, it's like I don't want to do stuff that's not the job. You know what i mean? No, I mean, okay. The last time I worked in a department. See, department stores are good because they're big. That's different. And you're moving around. You're walking back and forth a lot further. But department stores, I feel like you need actual skill. Like, to work in the clothing department, like, you need to know how to style. Like, if somebody wants a stylist or, like. Oh, let me tell you, that's not happening. Yeah. Really?
00:32:10
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As an apartment store? Okay. Yeah. No, if you're working at – Wait, what even exists? Yeah, Nordstrom. I can never get a job at Nordstrom. I tried. Yeah, that's – I feel like you need like a fashion degree. like yeah Yeah. I think they're a little pickier there. I think if you are getting a job at Nordstrom, they want you to be just – your vibe to be housewife looking for a little extra. Yeah. Okay. And your husband makes a lot of money. That and what's the other fancy one? You're bored. There's another fancy one. Yeah.
00:32:38
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Bloomingdale. Bloomies. Yeah. Yeah. yeah Which is also, that's intimidating to me. I mean, I love, that's my dream of working at Bloomingdale's. You should try to get job at Bloomingdale's. Spending money there. Or you get discount.
00:32:51
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My friend, have friend, oh, you know, Becca. Oh, yeah. She works there? She works. i because She works at Bloomingdale's. She's got a retail vibe because she's got the, like, it's people who get their nails done. I'm not one those people. Yeah, she her nails done. You need to be, like, always you know those office ladies growing up that, like, always had their nails done and cute little jewelry things and, like, I'm just so, I'm not femme like that, like. you know like i'm more of like a trader joe's employee i know someone who works at the silver lake i could have to i forget his name like i know him from through people okay maybe you could get in there i mean it'd be convenient i could walk there yeah that's a good walk you get a lot of exercise and it pays pretty good i last i checked it was 25 an hour it might be more now
00:33:37
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um and Yeah, and maybe you should try to work there. Although people, the customers are stressed at Trader Joe's. Yeah, that that they I do not. i almost I barely ever go to Trader Joe's. If I do, I obviously walk.
00:33:49
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um you But it's very stressful. Yeah, I don't usually buy that much Trader Joe's. We go there if we're going on a road trip and we want a lot of snacks, like dried fruit, that sort of thing. okay yeah But otherwise, it doesn't really have look.
00:34:05
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it's all There's very epic millennial yeah yeah vibes to the snacks. What do we get? We get the Trek mix for the car. like That's fine. i've had I've had some of your mixes. Those are good if you're like hungry and there's no food around and you don't want to like so buy food. um No, and we get their vegetables are good. The for the produce is good. We got to go. oh All right.
00:34:26
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See you later.