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460 — Chopped & Skewered
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Ty & Eric hop in the hot seat to discuss hot cakes, entry-level McDonalds orders, Subway’s rusting meat slicers, the year of grilled sandwiches, getting handsy with a STEM player, the grotesque and malformed iPhone 17 Pro, and the allure of freshly chopped veggies.
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Transcript
00:00:50
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:00:54
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
Speculation on Kanye's Donda 2 release
00:00:56
Ty Fresh
You know, I was actually walking past a ah encampment on the in a park yesterday. i was on the sidewalk. There's some tent set up and all I could hear was just on a very high grade speaker system in a tent.
00:01:09
Ty Fresh
Someone was blasting Donda to.
00:01:13
Think Fresh
Donda 2 or Donda 1?
00:01:14
Ty Fresh
Yeah, Donda to.
00:01:17
Think Fresh
Whoa. How do you know it was Donda 2? It wasn't even officially released.
00:01:21
Ty Fresh
Or what? Maybe it was Donda. Wait, isn't there two Dondas?
00:01:26
Think Fresh
There's a deluxe.
00:01:27
Ty Fresh
I can't even remember. The Deluxe.
00:01:28
Think Fresh
There's two Dondas.
00:01:28
Ty Fresh
that's what I'm thinking of the Deluxe. Sorry. Donda Deluxe.
Clarifying the term STEM
00:01:32
Ty Fresh
Signature sandwich.
00:01:32
Think Fresh
I hate that I know this so much, so so intimately about Kanye's discography, but Donda 2 was the one that he released on the stem player that like nobody has except one friend I have, which is actually amazing tech.
00:01:43
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:01:50
Think Fresh
know if you've ever played with one, but I like you'd get a good kick out of it.
00:01:51
Ty Fresh
No. I would love to ah kind of poke and prod around with that thing. Twist it, bop it, zip it, flip it.
00:02:01
Think Fresh
I know you would, dude.
00:02:02
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:02:05
Think Fresh
I'm in a different way.
00:02:05
Ty Fresh
Men in STEM. Sorry.
00:02:08
Think Fresh
What?
00:02:09
Ty Fresh
for Men in STEM.
McVeggie excitement at Canadian McDonald's
00:02:11
Ty Fresh
Everyone says women in STEM, but like men in STEM players.
00:02:14
Think Fresh
I don't know what that means. What's women in STEM?
00:02:18
Ty Fresh
I learned this the other day. STEM stands for science technology. i don't remember what the E is. And then I think the M is math engineering and math.
00:02:24
Think Fresh
Engineering. Dude.
00:02:27
Ty Fresh
Sorry. i' My life is so far for removed from engineering that I and don't even think about that word.
00:02:34
Think Fresh
I don't know, dude. We engineered an incredible show here and website and InchCoin. Ty, you're the engineer behind an Inch. How does that feel?
00:02:44
Ty Fresh
That's true. That is a, it is a feet, no, a foot long of engineering for sure.
00:02:45
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Totally. Ty, there is so much great engineering in the world. And one thing that I really want to discuss with you is some genetic engineering.
00:03:02
Ty Fresh
Genetic engineering. Ooh, that's a touchy subject.
00:03:04
Think Fresh
That's right.
00:03:05
Ty Fresh
Okay. Let's get into it.
00:03:07
Think Fresh
So, well, it's not so touchy. It's more bitey.
00:03:12
Ty Fresh
More nibbly.
00:03:15
Think Fresh
um I want to talk to you about the McVeggie from McDonald's.
Exploring McDonald's veggie menu offerings
00:03:20
Ty Fresh
the McVeggie I'm familiar uh the McVeggie has come and gone over the years it's always a pop-up never a mainstay ah the only plant-based option at McDonald's a I am very lucky when I get to try it because it's I seldom do
00:03:29
Think Fresh
That's right.
00:03:39
Think Fresh
Well, Ty, you're in luck because starting in Q4, the McVeggie will be a permanent fixture at Canadian McDonald's restaurants.
00:03:48
Ty Fresh
No, actually. no you're don't don't don't pull my foot long right now.
00:03:50
Think Fresh
That's right.
00:03:54
Think Fresh
i'm not I'm not yanking your hog right now, dude. The McVeggie is a real thing.
00:03:58
Ty Fresh
Don't pork my bun right now.
00:04:02
Think Fresh
um do that Yeah, it's I'm looking at article right now. It says September sixteenth The McVeggie Sash will be rolled out nationally at participating McDonald's. I guess that's following the tremendously positive response to the regional test earlier this year in BC, Ontario, and New Brunswick.
Navigating the McDonald's menu
00:04:22
Ty Fresh
this is This is huge, Eric.
00:04:22
Think Fresh
So.
00:04:24
Ty Fresh
this You don't understand how important this is to me, and I'll tell you why. And as the years have gone by, many, many of these fast food chains have like brought on a veggie option, and then they delete it immediately.
00:04:29
Think Fresh
Tell me.
00:04:38
Ty Fresh
Wendy's was doing some stuff. Burger King was doing some... KFC did like a vegan chicken thing for a bit. The Beyond Burger has stuck around at ANW as a mainstay, but it needs some competition, and this this is just what it needed. I'm so excited.
00:04:53
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Yeah, no, I'm totally in agreement with you. um But Ty, I'm looking at this article and it's talking about how there is actually a whole lineup of veggie options at McDonald's that I've never even heard of.
00:05:06
Think Fresh
And I'm wondering if you've heard of any of these.
00:05:08
Ty Fresh
Hit me.
00:05:08
Think Fresh
um That includes a grilled cheese, Happy Meal.
00:05:12
Ty Fresh
No way. You can just get a grilled cheese there. Mm
00:05:15
Think Fresh
Yeah. um And a toy. It comes with a toy. There's a lettuce and tomato snack wrap, which is probably just any of the snack wraps minus the meat.
00:05:26
Think Fresh
um And then they got oat beverages. So they got oat milk in the McCafe. Thoughts on that? You love your oat milks.
00:05:36
Ty Fresh
could care less dude i don't know i saw this the other day i seldom go to mcdonald's but i drove past one and i saw a sign advertising oat milk and my immediately reaction was i just assumed he already had that like everyone has it the fact that they're like this late to the game with oat milk confuses me
00:05:37
Think Fresh
Oh, really?
00:05:57
Think Fresh
Yeah, it's kind of strange. But McDonald's is the place that like you you know what's on the menu before you go. Like your order is kind of in your head before you pull it to the drive-thru, you know?
00:06:09
Ty Fresh
Dude, your order is in your head before you even crack the first beer on Friday night. You know you're going there in six hours at 2 a.m. and yeah you're thinking, you're salivating for it before the Pilsner touches your lips.
00:06:17
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Ty, do you think after seven Pilsners, you're experimenting with the McDonald's menu or are you just going tried and true?
00:06:29
Think Fresh
i can't even come i can't even combine brain cells right now to like order something new. I'm just going to go for the same thing.
00:06:36
Ty Fresh
You know what? This is okay this is an important fact or important thing to understand, Eric, is that ah you probably have a they comprehensive visual memory of the McDonald's menu. You know it every nook and cranny of it for the most part. 99%.
00:06:55
Ty Fresh
ninety nine percent
00:06:55
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:06:57
Ty Fresh
um And I think that's the case for most people. I think most people have the whole thing locked in. But I have abstained from Unc D's for so long that I've actually forgotten most of the menu.
00:07:10
Think Fresh
Yep.
00:07:11
Ty Fresh
I understand like the core pillars, the max and the. the the nuggies and the sides and the value picks.
00:07:17
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:07:18
Ty Fresh
But generally, I
Mystery of McDonald's fish menu
00:07:20
Ty Fresh
don't know what's going on there. I can't keep up. So when I walk in, I feel like a big old dummy. I'm trying to onboard in the same way that I've seen people like me in Subway and they're like, what do I do next?
00:07:31
Ty Fresh
That's how I feel when I walk McDonald's. I don't know what to do. I don't know where to go. i don't know why I have to touch so many things on the screen just to order some French fries.
00:07:38
Think Fresh
who
00:07:38
Ty Fresh
The whole thing is just completely mystifying to me.
00:07:42
Think Fresh
Yeah, no, I mean, i can kind of see that tie because historically you've only been able to tap into 1% the McDonald's offering, you know, which is pretty crazy.
00:07:52
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:07:53
Think Fresh
Like I would kill a whole family to experience McDonald's again for the first time.
00:07:59
Ty Fresh
And like, and it's not even like I get to like at Subway, sure, I'm getting the veggie to delight, but I still get to watch. I get to look at all the meats, you know, i still get some, there's some voyeurism still happening there.
00:08:11
Ty Fresh
I get to, I feel like I'm a part of it still, but like with McDonald's, it's like, I'm not, when I walk in there and I walk up to their little touch screen, I'm not, there's folders.
00:08:11
Think Fresh
Oh, yeah.
00:08:21
Ty Fresh
I'm not even going in. I don't know what's in the, in the, the fish folder, you know, is it just the filet or are there other things? I have no idea.
00:08:29
Think Fresh
Oh, dude. The fish folder.
00:08:29
Ty Fresh
There's corners I'm not touching.
00:08:31
Think Fresh
The fish folder at McDonald's is ah is a crazy place, and I love to operate in there, especially after a few beers.
00:08:35
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:08:37
Think Fresh
like That's like Like when I'm feeling naughty, I'll go for a fish fillet and I might even go double fish fillet tie with some honey mustard in there too.
00:08:46
Ty Fresh
So if I, if I, within the McDonald's menu taxonomy, if I tap into like level two and I tap into the, the fish subcategory, is there just one item in there? Is it just the filet or are there other fishy things?
00:09:01
Think Fresh
um i think it's much like the chicken. Like it's just kind of pink goop. You know mean? it's like we don't really get into the specifics of what the meat is. It's just beef, chicken, fish.
00:09:15
Think Fresh
That's it. You know, no no further questions.
00:09:16
Ty Fresh
Gotcha.
00:09:17
Think Fresh
So I'm pretty sure it's just the one kind.
Pre-made food in restaurants
00:09:22
Ty Fresh
That's kind of like how they do it at every good Mexican restaurant too, right? They'll just say like, do you want, you can burrito with beef, chicken, fish, or a taco with beef, chicken, fish.
00:09:33
Ty Fresh
You want an enchilada with beef, chicken, fish?
00:09:36
Think Fresh
Yeah. Except the McDonald's one is just, do you want it fried or grilled? Actually, there's no grilled fish.
00:09:44
Ty Fresh
Whoa, you get to choose?
00:09:46
Think Fresh
Well, the chicken, you can get deep fried, right?
00:09:51
Think Fresh
Or whatever the fuck they do with it. It's like barely deep fried. Like, what is that?
00:09:51
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:09:55
Ty Fresh
Lightly breaded.
00:09:56
Think Fresh
Yeah. What is that shit? um Like, you can get the nuggets or the McChicken. But then the, I I'm pretty sure there's like a grilled chicken option.
00:10:07
Ty Fresh
Wow. Do they have a mechanism for grilling it? Like they got a George Foreman back there.
00:10:12
Think Fresh
I have no idea. I think it's i think it's pre-made. I've actually kind of realized this last night. I already knew always knew this, but all restaurants are severely pre-making stuff, and it's kind of concerning.
00:10:25
Ty Fresh
Yeah, it's it's super concerning. ah
00:10:27
Think Fresh
Everything's pre-made, dude.
00:10:29
Ty Fresh
it's It's like my mom would always say when she goes to a restaurant, she would always like look the server in the eye and say, does the soup come in a bag?
00:10:38
Think Fresh
ah Dude, your mom's a savage.
00:10:42
Ty Fresh
Yeah, and if if the server said yes, we get it delivered in a bag. She's like, i ain't getting the i'll i ain't getting the soup of the day. That was the rule. And it's a good rule. Sometimes you just got to ask.
00:10:52
Think Fresh
So wait, can you explain that a bit for me? So if it does come in a bag, like are you at a restaurant asking this?
00:10:59
Ty Fresh
the Yeah, you're asking the server at a restaurant. You're inquiring about like but yourre but it's just ah like a really weird way to ask if your soup is du jour is made in the house, the casa.
00:11:10
Ty Fresh
Mm
00:11:11
Think Fresh
Yeah, no, true. um Yeah, if it ah if it arrives from via boat, then it's not the soup du jour, it's the soup du last week.
00:11:17
Ty Fresh
hmm.
00:11:23
Ty Fresh
Yeah, you you kind of want to know, like, if youre your soup is like one of those things where like you don't really need to import it, you know?
Inside McDonald's production methods
00:11:32
Ty Fresh
You can make pretty good soup anywhere.
00:11:33
Think Fresh
No. Yeah, but not everywhere has a chicken carcass to to make nice soup you know McDonald's could probably do it but they don't they and also don't have chicken carcasses they just get like pink liquid have you seen that documentary where they like yeah where they like pluck the chicks and then just like blend them together good shit
00:11:51
Ty Fresh
Yeah, dude, it's crazy. looks like Play-Doh.
00:12:00
Ty Fresh
I don't really understand how they can turn and a living thing allegedly into something that they're grimacifying it. Essentially, they're like, we're turning you into grimace now.
00:12:09
Think Fresh
what
00:12:14
Think Fresh
Yeah, i don't know.
00:12:16
Ty Fresh
whack as hell, though.
00:12:16
Think Fresh
Grimace is the big purple guy, right?
00:12:18
Ty Fresh
Yeah, he he's like an uncooked chicken nugget. It's
00:12:23
Think Fresh
He's a chicken nugget that fell on the floor and it was rolling around in in the toenails and shit.
00:12:24
Ty Fresh
whack.
00:12:29
Ty Fresh
Damn, that's nasty.
00:12:31
Think Fresh
Oh, fuck.
00:12:31
Ty Fresh
um The grilled chicken, though, Eric, pre-grilled for sure. Even the Subway grilled chicken's pre-grilled. like You know when they take the chickens out of the bucket and it has like the grill lines on it already? That doesn't make any sense.
00:12:41
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:12:42
Ty Fresh
Who grilled that? it grilled chicken?
00:12:43
Think Fresh
Yeah. Yeah. It reminds me of the Gordon Ramsay clip. You've probably seen it where some dude is like making calamari and Gordon is watching him take the calamari out of the freezer and it's literally already deep fried.
00:12:58
Ty Fresh
No.
00:12:59
Think Fresh
And he's like, dude, that looks cooked. He's like, I know. I don't care. I just work here. And he just dumps it in the fryer again. Yeah.
00:13:05
Ty Fresh
Double baked.
00:13:05
Think Fresh
Crazy stuff. He's like, well, if you know what sucks, why don't you say something? like, it's a job. I don't care. Yeah. And I gotta say, I can relate to that.
00:13:16
Ty Fresh
Yeah, that's how I feel sometimes about this podcast. It's like, oh, that episode sucked. Publish it.
00:13:24
Think Fresh
It's a job, Ty. We got bills to pay, mouths to feed.
00:13:26
Ty Fresh
who Yeah.
00:13:27
Think Fresh
You know, I can't be fucking delaying an episode because one of us, I don't know, said something racist.
00:13:30
Ty Fresh
No, dude.
00:13:33
Ty Fresh
People need better help promo codes.
00:13:36
Think Fresh
They need better help in their lives. And you should totally use the link in the description.
00:13:39
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. That you should. ah Speaking of grilling sandwiches, i had a friend ah DM me earlier. They went into a subway the other day and the toaster oven was broken.
00:13:54
Ty Fresh
And he sends me a photo. He's already he's at the like the meat section. He says, I don't know what's going to happen next.
00:14:02
Ty Fresh
what are they How are they going to write this wrong?
Subway's creative sandwich toasting
00:14:05
Ty Fresh
And then he sent me a toaster was like out of order.
00:14:06
Think Fresh
You said the toaster was broken?
00:14:10
Think Fresh
Oh, okay.
00:14:11
Ty Fresh
Yeah, yeah.
00:14:11
Think Fresh
Cold sandwich time.
00:14:13
Ty Fresh
That's what I assumed.
00:14:13
Think Fresh
Easy.
00:14:15
Ty Fresh
Easy fix. But then follow up text. They grilled it on the panini press.
00:14:22
Think Fresh
oh let's go.
00:14:24
Ty Fresh
Yeah, I didn't realize that was an option available.
00:14:29
Think Fresh
i don't think it is, but they had to, you know, excuse me, they have to fix the issue.
00:14:35
Ty Fresh
Yeah, quick quick thinking artist for sure. But I think what it what I realized was that it opens up a whole new avenue of toasting. if you If you don't mind your sandwich a little ah little flatter.
00:14:48
Think Fresh
who This is like toasting and the flat sandwich trend in one. I love to see it.
00:14:55
Ty Fresh
Yeah, exactly. You don't have to sit on your sub anymore.
00:14:57
Think Fresh
I had, um, fellas, you know, I have to sit on your subs. Um, they should make pants where the butt gets really hot and you can sit on sandwiches.
00:15:11
Think Fresh
You can just make a panini press anywhere. Thanks.
00:15:16
Ty Fresh
That's great. um
00:15:17
Think Fresh
Thanks.
00:15:18
Ty Fresh
There's hotcakes. You could call those.
00:15:19
Think Fresh
Oh, fuck, they were now we're talking.
00:15:21
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:15:21
Think Fresh
Ty, I had my own little hot cake yesterday for lunch, actually.
00:15:27
Ty Fresh
Oh, wow. Tell me more.
00:15:28
Think Fresh
Yeah, well, I hopped on the old lime bike, zipped across town, and then pulled up to a little Italian cafe where I got a picante sandwich. And when I ordered it, I said, let me get the picante toasted.
00:15:39
Ty Fresh
Pick content.
00:15:44
Think Fresh
And they said, out of habit, would you like that grilled? I was like, whoa, mind po blown.
00:15:48
Ty Fresh
Whoa.
00:15:51
Think Fresh
ah And obviously my answer was yes. But then the sandwich came back one eighth of the size.
00:15:58
Ty Fresh
They never tell you that they're going to shrink it too. Hey.
00:16:02
Think Fresh
Yeah, the shrinkflation got me. But it was worth it. It was really tasty.
00:16:08
Ty Fresh
Yeah. It's not just grilled. It's like it's chopped and screwed. You know, it's mutilated.
00:16:13
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:16:13
Ty Fresh
It's like, at what cost are we grilling this sandwich?
00:16:17
Think Fresh
Yeah, there's a cost everything.
00:16:19
Ty Fresh
the but that's that's great i would i would still pay that price dude i think toasting is so 2024 we are grilling this year
00:16:29
Think Fresh
I love that. We only have three months left, but we can make it work.
00:16:33
Ty Fresh
yeah and it's not too late 2026 year the yeah the grill
00:16:37
Think Fresh
Fuck it, we always have next year, am I right?
00:16:43
Think Fresh
Yeah, I already fucked up 2026, dude. 2027 is my year for sure.
00:16:48
Ty Fresh
2027 for sure it will be the year of the the grill.
00:16:51
Think Fresh
Yeah, we we most likely won't have this podcast in 2027, so we have to make it count.
00:16:58
Ty Fresh
Dude, the world's probably going to end before then. This podcast, yeah, it it'll make it to the end of the world, we'll just say.
00:17:07
Think Fresh
Yeah. 2027. twenty twenty
00:17:09
Ty Fresh
Tragic.
00:17:11
Think Fresh
seven Yeah, never mind. Still going to a big orange guy in office.
00:17:18
Ty Fresh
That's true, yeah. ah
00:17:19
Think Fresh
um Speaking of big orange stuff, did you did you see um the new iPhone?
00:17:27
Ty Fresh
I was just just looking at it. what's what's up with ah What's up with that goofy looking thing? It looks like a kid's toy version of the iPhone.
00:17:36
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude. Fuck me. It looks... ah It looks okay. I don't really understand the whole like camera bump getting, it's like a cancer. It just keeps growing.
Critique of iPhone design changes
00:17:46
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:17:46
Think Fresh
It's just bad. um And I never thought it would get bigger than this, what I have here, but yeah, then there's no black phone. What's going on with that?
00:17:56
Ty Fresh
Yeah, they didn't even...
00:17:56
Think Fresh
You noticed?
00:17:57
Ty Fresh
i think they're going to do... Wait, did you check the pro lineup? Maybe there's a black pro.
00:18:02
Think Fresh
There's no black pro. There's only the regular one.
00:18:03
Ty Fresh
What the hell?
00:18:05
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:18:06
Ty Fresh
That is confusing. Man, they've really fallen off since Johnny Ive left. They're making these like toy toy phones. there the bulb They're bulging in all the wrong places.
00:18:19
Think Fresh
Yeah, totally. So safe to say Think Fresh will not be buying new iPhones this year. Our company phones are going to have to stick around for another one.
00:18:26
Ty Fresh
Yeah, I guess so. We'll have to wait till the next cycle.
00:18:30
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:18:30
Ty Fresh
um And that will be the iPhone 18, the year of consent to buy an iPhone.
00:18:37
Think Fresh
Whoa. It's crazy the iPhone is older than people born in 2000, what? Six? what six
00:18:45
Ty Fresh
Damn. Yeah, that's crazy. The iPhone's older than most of Drake's closest circle.
00:18:51
Think Fresh
Oh, no. um So to hide out that it's turning 18, do you think you're ready to pull the trigger? Because we're rocking the OG
00:18:59
Ty Fresh
I mean, yeah, it's funny that we have matching iPhones and I will probably only upgrade when you do. There's a brotherhood there.
00:19:11
Ty Fresh
um
00:19:11
Think Fresh
We both upgraded from the seven. It's just really funny as well.
00:19:17
Think Fresh
Actually, no, I had the 11. My bad, my bad.
00:19:17
Ty Fresh
Yeah, so.
00:19:20
Ty Fresh
Oh, shit, right. I forgot you had like a little side quest there, you know, a spinoff, if you will.
00:19:25
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:19:25
Ty Fresh
I could.
00:19:26
Think Fresh
Yeah. I mean, the 13 was just too good to pass up, but now that have that, I'm like, good good for life, basically.
00:19:29
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:19:32
Ty Fresh
That's kind of how I feel. It's like, why would I get the same? Like, they're just, they've been making the same phone for five years.
00:19:39
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Yeah, the only reason to get a new one is if this one breaks. Like, don't bother fixing it.
00:19:44
Ty Fresh
hmm.
00:19:44
Think Fresh
Just get a new one, right?
00:19:46
Ty Fresh
see Yeah, basically. i don't think i'm good i don't think I'm going to get this, but let's see. Let's give it a few months. Maybe I'll change my mind. I think i don't know what Apple is doing these days, dude.
00:20:01
Ty Fresh
It doesn't make any sense. I mean, i think what like I think what actually is happening is the cracks in the facade are starting to show. And that facade was that like tech is not cool.
00:20:13
Ty Fresh
And Apple was like the rare like like almost they broke the rules. They're like, what but Apple products are cool. Apple's kind of fashionable and they make cool
Tech's coolness decline and inefficiencies
00:20:22
Ty Fresh
shit. But then theyre we're starting to realize, oh, maybe they didn't all along and we just fell for marketing or something.
00:20:30
Think Fresh
Well, I don't know. I don't know if it's like the fashionable thing to have, but it's the only like non-lame thing to have. Like tech is just lame, right?
00:20:41
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:20:41
Think Fresh
Like every piece of tech that has evolved has just gotten progressively lamer. Like look at all cars. Look at all phones. like It peaked and then now it's just like, I don't know, no black iPhone, bro.
00:20:56
Think Fresh
Like what?
00:20:58
Ty Fresh
Yeah, that is whack as hell. I think they're going to do a special edition one then, Black, probably. like I bet you they're going to come out with like a brandn ah one more thing in like a month, maybe.
00:21:08
Think Fresh
I think it's going to be a big feature of the iPhone 18.
00:21:14
Ty Fresh
is that the Black is back?
00:21:15
Think Fresh
It's black now. Black is so black.
00:21:19
Ty Fresh
Yeah, you're right.
00:21:20
Think Fresh
Yeah, unfortunately.
00:21:21
Ty Fresh
That's probably why they're doing it.
00:21:23
Think Fresh
i just...
00:21:23
Ty Fresh
No, everything has been like oh over-engineered, Eric. Like even like I was just reading an article about the Subway sandwich slicers for slicing meat and how they put 23,000 of them in 23,000 stores and they never get used because it's extremely inefficient.
00:21:39
Think Fresh
ah Yeah, so okay. I was under the impression that they were using industrial-grade slicers found in many a kitchens, many delis.
00:21:49
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:21:50
Think Fresh
Is that not the case? Or?
00:21:53
Ty Fresh
Well, here's the sandwich-uation. You see, the slices were brought in with the prospect of sandwich artists slicing their meats in store and that being a like a value proposition to the consumers. They get they got freshly sliced meats.
00:22:09
Ty Fresh
But it turns out the customers do not care about that whatsoever.
00:22:10
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:22:13
Ty Fresh
And now it's just more work on the sandwich artists who slice the meats and make the sandwich. So they have less time to make a better sandwich. So the it's affecting the quality of everything. So some sandwich artists are opting to just, uh, decline getting like the, what do you call the big slab of meat that you got to slice up? Is there a term for that?
00:22:34
Think Fresh
the big slab of meat um i think it's just whatever the ham is called or the whatever the meat is called like a ham or chicken ah like salami
00:22:38
Ty Fresh
Like pre-sliced.
00:22:47
Ty Fresh
Oh, so you just get a ham. So when the ham shows up, they're like, we don't want it. We want it pre-sliced.
00:22:54
Think Fresh
I guess so. I mean, do you think they were paid to slice? They paid enough sandwich artists.
00:22:59
Ty Fresh
I mean,
00:23:02
Ty Fresh
ah probably not. Not if they have to slice the meat and assemble. That's that's above their pay grade, I'd imagine. Because now they're not just artists.
00:23:09
Think Fresh
That's two jobs.
Subway's veggie slicing proposal
00:23:11
Ty Fresh
They're manufacturers, too.
00:23:11
Think Fresh
he
00:23:13
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:23:15
Think Fresh
Yeah. um You're right though. Like no one ever gave a fuck about the meats at Subway. It was always the veggies that were the fresh part.
00:23:22
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:23:24
Think Fresh
Like if I'm good, if I'm getting a cold cut sandwich, it's in the name, it's cold. It was in the fridge for God knows how long it's left.
00:23:32
Ty Fresh
It's leftovers.
00:23:34
Think Fresh
though Exactly. And, um, like what else? Like the veggie patty, like, yeah, no one cares.
00:23:41
Ty Fresh
Dude. Yeah, I don't care if they freshly sliced the veggie patty.
00:23:46
Think Fresh
It's like, that's like the least important part. It's all about the vegetables.
00:23:49
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:23:50
Think Fresh
Cause all, as we all know, Ty, Never get the last strand of lettuce because you'll be shitting yourself in a Mexican bathtub.
00:23:55
Ty Fresh
Totally.
00:24:01
Ty Fresh
an ongoing segment for us. But Eric, if they advertise you at Subway, they said, we will slice the tomato for you on the spot. That is like, that will bring in people. That would bring me in.
00:24:13
Think Fresh
Totally, dude. Totally. That actually makes a lot of sense because like when you slice it, it's on the clock. you know it's like
00:24:21
Ty Fresh
hmm.
00:24:22
Think Fresh
slowly degrading in
Episode conclusion with Drake's metaphor
00:24:25
Think Fresh
freshness. Whereas the meats, they, they, they, uh, what's it called? They keep, they keep well.
00:24:30
Ty Fresh
They curing, right? Yeah, exactly. They get better with age sometimes.
00:24:37
Think Fresh
Totally.
00:24:38
Ty Fresh
Yeah, um so that would be the move.
00:24:40
Think Fresh
Mm.
00:24:41
Ty Fresh
Like cut that cucumber up on the spot, chop up that bell pepper, put that fresh stuff on there.
00:24:46
Think Fresh
Mm.
00:24:48
Ty Fresh
That would be that would be something special.
00:24:48
Think Fresh
Mm.
00:24:52
Think Fresh
Love it.
00:24:53
Ty Fresh
Well, Eric, I think we should probably round up this episode. Hey, and move on to oh what is Drake? So he's like, where have you been? I've been on to better things. You asked me where I'm going. I say on to better things. That's what we got to do. We got to go somewhere else.
00:25:06
Ty Fresh
We've got places to be.
00:25:07
Think Fresh
We got to go on to better things. um
00:25:09
Ty Fresh
Better help.
00:25:11
Think Fresh
Better help. God damn it. Drake was a better help affiliate the whole time. It's crazy.
00:25:19
Think Fresh
When Drake said who ah he's like, call Call me crazy. Should at least do Colin. He's talking to Better Health.
00:25:26
Ty Fresh
damn that's true he's talking about his therapist wow it's a cool word
00:25:32
Think Fresh
That's right. His consigliere.
00:25:36
Think Fresh
All right. It is cool word. I'm going to Italy soon.
00:25:42
Ty Fresh
wow you're gonna have to teach me a few more of those all right bread heads ciao
00:25:44
Think Fresh
Okay. Sounds great. Well, here's ah here's a word I'll teach you. chow