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Speaker: Alright, go for it. Ah, wasn't ready. Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and everybody up, down, all around, inside and outside the gender binary. My name is Danny Guaranty, and this is That's RQ.
Speaker: That's RQ.
Speaker: And I am joined, as always, by the man, the myth, the legend himself. How you doing, Adam? Doing great, mate.
Speaker: Doing alright? Fucking good, mate. Yeah. Fantastic! Trimming my beard with a knife. Can you hear that? Oh, I can actually hear that. That's not a knife. This is a I'm not holding up anything. This a little baby knife. Not holding up anything.
Speaker: Yeah. How's it been, man Well, I have to say, there is something that annoyed me yesterday, and and don't know if you noticed it.
Speaker: But story time real quick before we really get going. Story time. Because this this annoyed me. And I honestly felt bad for you because of it.
Speaker: It is as we are recording this. It is Saturday. And some of you more attentive listeners may be going, hey, wait a second. Don't they record on Friday nights? I can hear the Saturday in their voice. Exactly. And to you, I say.
Speaker: Calm the fuck down. Like, guys, Jesus, we're not there. Could you imagine someone could listen to a podcast or watch an episode or something on YouTube and go, wait a minute, that's Thursday, That's not a Friday, boys. And to you, I say, calm down. s sir Stop stalking.
Speaker: All right, first of all, it's a little weird. Come on, guys. But second of all, yes, you're correct. Congratulations, Cookie, for you. So... On Thursday nights, I do D&D with a bunch of friends of mine as part of the Role Players Guild.
Speaker: hu And in that group, me, Mbeluga, and two of the people in that group, we play a game called Phasmophobia every year around Halloween because they put out their Halloween update. It's like a spooky game.
Speaker: We all play it together every year. So we're doing D&D, and as we're just BSing back and forth, we're like... do you guys want to play like the the Halloween update just came out that Thursday night?
Speaker: Like, do guys want to play on Friday? And we're like, yeah, sure. Everybody said, oh, I'm free on Friday and I'm free on Sunday, but I am not free Saturday. And they're all excited and they're like, oh my God, we could play both on Friday and Sunday. What? Yeah, but we're all busy for Saturday, so not Saturday. I'm like, okay.
Speaker: Message Adam. I say, hey, man, no pressure whatsoever, because this is literally it's just for a game night. It's not like anything important going on. Could we push TOQ to Saturday so that I could play games, Phasmophobia with my friends on Friday?
Speaker: And he says, yes, because he's a beautiful human being and we love him.
Speaker: So we messaged the group and I said, yeah, he you know we agreed to to Saturday for TOQ. We can do game night. And one of my friends in that group goes, oh, I'll be home late. I'll let you know.
Speaker: And guess what? We never did Friday night. Oh, no. That's bummer. Look, I can't say I'm too bummed out because there was another game that had just come out that I was...
Speaker: Was it It was DD. DD's DLC? To be precise. And... ah So it's not like I was too beat up, but I was sitting there at like 9 o'clock at night playing Dragon's Dogma 2.
Speaker: And I saw you come on and I'm like, oh, no, I hope he doesn't see me playing Dragon's Dragon. It's like, what the fuck? i so So I'm thinking like I just canceled on him for no reason.
Speaker: So I did. But I'll be honest, I thought it was some part of your some archipelago thing. And I thought maybe it was something you guys were all doing separate or some shit. So I didn't think anything of it. I was like, oh, this must be like part of like what they're doing.
Speaker: But I also remembered that you said that DLC was coming out soon or something. So I thought maybe there was some something going on with that. But I assumed it was still part of game night. I didn't think anything of it. OK, great. No, because it wasn't. It was just me.
Speaker: But we we were waiting there for them to let us know when it we could start. And we never did. So we better play Sunday. But yeah, I was a little annoyed and I felt bad for you because I was like, I hope he doesn't think I just canceled on him because I was having one of those like introverted moods where I was like, I don't really I'm trying to be more open about my boundaries.
Speaker: Yeah. And instead, because I know it's not just me, it's a lot of people when we don't feel like doing something and our friends ask us if we want to hang out or whatever, we make excuses rather than just saying, I'm not feeling it because we don't want to insult them.
Speaker: But I'm trying to be more honest with everybody about stuff like that and say, i think I've told you before, like, I'm just not feeling it. I had a rough day today. I'm feeling kind of alone.
Speaker: ah And there's nothing wrong with that for the people at home. like You're allowed to want to today and to a day or a night to yourself. Sure. So I didn't want you to think I was slipping back into that, like making excuses thing. OK, I mean, we talked about it pretty early in the day. Like I reached out and said, hey, here's something I want to talk about. And you said, oh, hey, you speaking of this.
Speaker: And then you explain. So. Uh, it's fine. I think the only time that I ever get annoyed is if it's like a repeated, you know, we, we make plans ahead of time and then like, it comes to either the night before or the day of, and you're like, I'm not coming. And it's like, I've been looking forward to seeing you. And then like, now my, now my day is like an, and especially if it was just, if, if it was just us, and this isn't just about you and me specifically, but like, if it's like me and one other person and then like the day comes in they're like, ah,
Speaker: I'm like, well, I they ended up just playing a video game anyway. I'm like, we were just going to be doing that. you know Yeah, well, that's exactly what I didn't want you to think happened. Yeah, um I do try to limit myself to first come first serve.
Speaker: Like I tell people all the time, Friday night is your night, just like Tuesday night. I play another game with a friend. And Thursday night is D&D. Mm-hmm.
Speaker: You know, so I try and lock it in. The only time that is a... i will circumvent that is if somebody visits who I could never see, you know? Sure.
Speaker: I hadn't seen in years. It's like, OK, well, if Friday night's the only time I can see them and I won't see them for 10 more years. Sorry, Adam. They get. the Yeah. prior But also that probably wouldn't come like the hour before. Like, oh, by the way, no, no, no. A friend is a friend told me two weeks ago they were stopping in. I decided to tell you now at 7 p.m., you know, on a Friday. you know No.
Speaker: Oh, dude, I hate it when people do that. And I try very hard not to do that. Yeah. So like I, I used to get a lot more pissed off about it because. know, I don't know, i just I didn't understand why people did it, but it then I just as I evolved, it was just when it was consistency, consistently that and then I would stop inviting and then they're like, oh, what are we in a fight? I'm like, no, you just seem like you're always busy, so I don't want to just keep inviting you.
Speaker: You let me know when you're free and then you don't let me know when you're free. Honestly, the opposite of that annoys me just as much. um I hate having plans sprung on me. Yeah, we've talked about that. Yeah. So like, again, this it's like a weekly thing. We know ahead of time it's coming. I can mentally prepare.
Speaker: But especially my family, when they want to schedule parties and stuff, they will message me at like six thirty on a Friday and be like, hey, we're having a birthday party tomorrow, nine o'clock for so and so. You want to come?
Speaker: No, like, ah dude, I am already prepared to just sit around in my pajamas all day on Saturday. I'm sorry, but needing to interact with everybody, it it I need some time to mentally prepare for that. I can't just do it.
Speaker: I would probably still send out those invites, but I wouldn't get mad. Like, I understand that if I say, hey, if you're happening, if you happen to be free and you got the energy, I'm doing a thing. Do you want to come?
Speaker: But I get a lot of people are just like, nah, cool, it's fine. Just want to let you know I was thinking about you. And I just keep doing what I'm doing. But i I never expect somebody if I... You know, unless I have someone who says they're spontaneous and then they never show that. I'm like, why do you give yourself adjectives that aren't real?
Speaker: Don't say that you're spontaneous and then just never rise to that occasion because you're not, dude. Spontaneous. but Your spontaneity is based on what you want to do. Not if somebody else wants to invite you to shit. Look, I'll be the first to say I'm actually a pretty boring person unless you really get me going.
Speaker: Yeah. Which is, you know, which is OK. Like getting me on the DDR machine. So few people could ever have gotten me to do that. I never realized how much of an achievement that was.
Speaker: Oh, dude, it's crazy. The things you've made me do. made you do? yes You were You plugged in my heartstring and made me do them.
Speaker: Well, you know, sometimes it just takes a good combination of introvert and extrovert to come together to form a comfortable union, you know? So we live, we learn. One vert.
Speaker: Yeah. what What's we yeah an am? No, it wouldn't be an omnivert. It wouldn't be an ambivert. It would just be a vert. Just a vert, right? Yeah. great Intro and extro cancel each other out. It's just a vert.
Speaker: Yeah. yeah With our powers combined, we are vert. vert. We are vert. um Well, Danny, don't ignore that. I just have to write notes about our episode. All right, I won't ignore it.
Speaker: I just had to write the word vert down so I didn't forget. Yeah, don't forget vert. To maybe add that into the episode title. Well... so danny So this whole conversation stemmed from, not stemmed from, but like we started part of it because I had said, oh, Danny, I thought of something I want to talk about on TOQ. Are you okay with it?
Speaker: So this is a little bit of like a story time thing, but I'm going to try to like make sure that there's either I say it fast or that there's pause for breaks so you can... Ask questions. It's OK. I will get my turn, too, because I have something I want to talk to you about.
Speaker: so I don't want to I don't want to harp on this because in previous episodes, when I go back and edit, I realize that sometimes like I push a narrative more because I really want to land with people. So I'm trying to be better about that. But this story comes from a place of letting people know that it's okay to receive help or, you know, because not everybody's open to do that.
Speaker: And so I thought about this because at work every year at the food bank, we get a list. ah We work with the Department of Human Services in Pennsylvania to get a list of children who are either underprivileged or maybe their Their family had a hard year or something, and they're not confident that they can get a lot for the holidays.
Speaker: And so they get us a list of that just the kid's name, how old they are, and a few, you know, their race, and then like ah just a few ideas of what they might like.
Speaker: um And so this year, the ages range from newborn to I think the oldest was 20. Um, and so, you know, and I'm always excited to do it. Like I'm always one of the first ones to sign up. I had so much fun doing it in previous years.
Speaker: Um, and it's always a challenge too, when you like, cause you want to find a very specific thing they want. It seems like, oh, no one's going to find that. and you're like, well, now it's a scavenger hunt. I want to find this thing that they don't think they're going to get.
Speaker: Um, cause some have very, very specific, I think I helped. It was either a hitcher, a friend of mine at work who had to find, it was an older kid, but for whatever reason, he wanted a very specific kind of stuffed lion.
Speaker: And we went all over the place and I kept making suggestions and we drove all around and to find a very specific looking. There wasn't like a brand. It wasn't like something that was advertised. It was just, it wanted like this durable, snuggly,
Speaker: stuffed lion and we went everywhere and we found just like one at like a board game shop and it was like tucked in the corner with a bunch of squishmallows but it wasn't a squishmallow it was just a lion um and what was cool about this particular lion was there was some sort of story you can learn as a qr code and a code you can put in on some form when you scan it that lets you track like a real live lion like in the oh one of those yeah yeah and i just thought wow this is perfect for this kid it was so fun to to do that um so anyway um You know, I finally picked the the kid I was looking for. I picked actually the 20 year old male.
Speaker: because I know just from working in foster care and stuff that usually like when poor families will often sacrifice what they get for the kids or for them, the older kids and themselves that the youngest can still have something.
Speaker: So I know how easy it is for an older kid, especially if you're 20, but you still live at home and life is hard. They're like, you don't need Christmas. So I thought, you know, I'll do that because I think older kids are um easier to buy for.
Speaker: And he was the only one on the list older of the older kids. I say kids, but he's an adult technically, but. um that didn't have like, I want an Amazon gift card or didn't have like something from Sheen or like, they're I don't know. They were just like, they I don't know. And they just, although the one was like, oh, a Dick sporting goods gift card. Cause like, it's hard for them to buy clothes. And I'm like, no, I totally fucking get that. Absolutely. You know, like that I understand.
Speaker: Um, so I got him just because I thought I want him to have some cool swag because a lot of his things were like, he likes to dress up. He likes to feel cool in his clothes. He likes like really cool outfits. And so I was like, okay, I'm going to try to set them up.
Speaker: So anyway, this got me, you know, I don't know if we ever experienced this, but you know, sometimes just like a certain, I don't know. Like, I don't know. I found myself zoning out looking through it. Cause my brain like fell into a memory of like when I had to get help.
Speaker: You know, you ever just like have that word just you just like zone out and then your brain is in the memory brain. Yeah, I don't know what that is. Yeah, you just kind of start daydreaming about a memory.
Speaker: Yeah, like, but like forcefully. Yeah, it was a little forceful. I was just like scrolling before I knew it. I was just like kind of like mouth open, just like staring at my screen.
Speaker: And i went into a memory and like two things came up that made me think, oh, I should message Danny about this because. There's two instances that I can remember as a kid.
Speaker: i mean, we had to get assistance all the time, but there's two in a similar instance that I remember. And one was when. I got my first CD, and my first CD Walkman, and I got it through a program.
Speaker: I don't remember from ah through whom. Where like either some young college students or older high school kids, I can't remember, essentially, volunt I think they're college kids, volunteer to take a kid shopping with like a certain allotment of money to help you buy things for yourself for the holidays.
Speaker: And so... Yeah. ah So I remember walking with this guy. He was really excited. Big, tall dude. Glasses. A little heavier set. Real like probably the energetic most energetic one of the bunch. He was excited to be there.
Speaker: I got lucky to be paired with him because I had similar energy as a kid. And I got my first. I was probably like ah an early teen, maybe. Or maybe right before preteen. And I remember he was like, well, what do you want? And i was like, I don't know. I remember that song. It goes something like this. um Never made it as a blind man. i don't remember how the rest of the song goes, but i remember liking it. And he goes,
Speaker: Oh, Nickelback. I know exactly what that is. So ended up getting a Nickelback CD, an Alien Ant Farm CD, and a CD Walkman that had that new unskippable skip protection on it. And I have a very vivid memory of the guy being blown away by it because he hadn't seen yet. So he kept tapping on it while the CD was playing. He's like, is it doing anything?
Speaker: Is it doing anything? He's like, no, it's still playing. Is it skipping? So he was just like really into it. And I remember having such a good time with that. But then like a couple of years later, and remember like, I don't know, like when you start to realize like that you're getting help.
Speaker: And like I was I was a little bit older and we were going to get new coats and the Salvation Army had given us certificates to get one coat from.
Speaker: i can't remember where i don't know if it was a Salvation Army store specifically or what, but we had a voucher that essentially said like whatever coat you pick, you get for free. Oh, wow. I remember just hating going. Cause I felt like a charity case. I was like getting to that age where I was like, I don't like it. We shouldn't need this. Why do i you know, my jacket's still I had it for a few years. Every winter I wore the same jacket and they were just like, you need a new jacket. And it would really help us to save some money if we just did this.
Speaker: Um, and I just kept singing the same annoying ass song. I don't want to, just kept singing in different pitches. i don't want to go to the Salvation Army. And I was being really annoying about it. And I can hear it perfectly in my brain. It's embarrassing.
Speaker: But i go back and punch that kid. And, um, ah But I remember just being a real asshole about it. And I remember having on my coats, it was cold. And then as we went to get out of the car, my mom's like, what are you doing? Take your fucking jacket off. It's like, why? It's cold. And she's like, because we need to go in there. I don't want to like she's like, they might not let us get a coat if you walk in with a coat already.
Speaker: because She made me drop my coat in the car so we could walk in and go get a coat. And I was like, I don't think it was that strict. But they were so worried about money and not getting this thing that she was like, we can't look like we have stuff.
Speaker: i was like, but it's raggedy. old Like in hindsight, i'm like, but it's raggedy, old, shitty stuff. I was like, I'm sure they can recognize that. Like yeah they already did the pre checks for how like, you know your financial situation to get in here.
Speaker: um But I remember just being like so fucking pissed that she's like, take off your coat. I'm like, I'm cold and you want me to walk outside and it's cold and go get another jacket. and um But also got a really nice fucking Calvin Klein jacket that I ah used again for several years. It was awesome.
Speaker: um And, you know, I just look back at that and that was a moment where I was starting to learn that behavior of like, I shouldn't need to get help. And it took me a lot to get over that even after I became an adult and other things in life happened.
Speaker: So anyway, so I just wanted to share those things because it came back to like, I zeroed in on this 20 year old guy. I was like, maybe he also like, maybe he cares about this. Maybe he doesn't. I don't know if these kids know that they're on a list or if this is like a secret because we're not supposed to wrap it.
Speaker: We're supposed to like just send it in and the parents like to wrap their own gifts. So I don't know if this is if they know. Right. It could just be Santa. It could just be Santa. Like they, you know, I have no idea if these kids know. But like I kept thinking, like, if teenage Adam knew he was on a list, would he be pissed? And he would.
Speaker: But I was like, I hope this kid isn't if he does know. Right. He's older. i don't know if he knows or not. But like, I hope he just gets some cool swag and that he likes what I'm going to get up Um, cause it's really fun to go shop for somebody. So i was like, I can't, you know, that's let's, let's fucking do it.
Speaker: Um, so anyway, I just, I wanted to bring that up to kind of get your input on like, to ask, like, have you ever, you know, you and I've had different lives, obviously, but like, have you ever, have you or anybody in your life ever been in a situation like that, where either you, they've had to ask for help or they've needed help from some organization or whatever, like, do have any, any experiences like that?
Speaker: Uh, this is actually oddly, Not buoyant. Poignant. It's oddly poignant poignant for me right now. um So I'm going to start with ah times I've given help.
Speaker: And then we'll go into a time I asked for help. So I have one friend who...
Speaker: Nicest guy. One of the best people I've ever met. Gentle soul. Very happy. Very friendly guy. And life has dealt dealt him one of the shittiest hands I've ever heard of.
Speaker: His mom got really sick. The doctors fucked up with her and made it even worse. And then when she her her husband, his dad, moved to North Carolina.
Speaker: And when the mom died, the dad basically said to him, like, hey, you got to move out. I'm selling the house. Why don't you come to North Carolina? And he's like, no, I don't want to do that.
Speaker: I want to live on my own. He's not ah fond of his dad because of a bunch of reasons. But, you know, he's trying very hard to keep up with life and everything. But, you know, he's always had trouble affording things and everything. Right.
Speaker: So. couple years ago, we were all talking about.
Speaker: It might have been Phasmophobia, the game I was talking about before. But we' were all like, oh, yeah, you know, there's this really cool computer game or whatever. Oh, no, it was ah it might have been D&D. Actually, it was D&D.
Speaker: He had to play on his phone. Because that's all he had.
Speaker: So without telling him, I got a bunch of friends together and I was like, hey, let's get him a laptop. Nothing crazy, but let's get him a laptop. So we did.
Speaker: And he only just recently was able to replace it with like a better one. So awesome for him.
Speaker: And um same deal. Same guy. couple years later, you know, he's now finally got his own place. He's starting to get his feet under him. And I'm like, his birthday's coming up.
Speaker: I want to do something special for him. And he's finally getting his feet under him, but he doesn't have like a savings yet or anything. So again, i messaged everybody. I'm like, hey, he wants a PS5.
Speaker: Let's all get together. So when he got his apartment, we went over for the apartment reveal. You know, he's showing us around. I'm like, hey, we got you a little something, you know, and i pulled open the bag and PS5 and he was like, oh, my God, you guys, you didn't have to do this. and That felt really good. And i told him because he's like, I don't deserve something like this. And I told him, I'm like, dude,
Speaker: I have seen firsthand how hard this guy works to try and afford anything in his life. And I've seen how life has just kind of shat on it over and over.
Speaker: And I told him, if you were just expecting it or not trying, Like if you were just a bum and trying to get money from people to cover your rent and everything, I wouldn't do this.
Speaker: But I see that you're working. I see that you've tried to get a job. This guy worked night and day to try and find an apartment that was affordable and would let him have his dog. And he we went with him to try like trailer parks and all this other stuff. He worked his ass off.
Speaker: So I was like, you deserve a reward for all of that. So here you go. And so that is to say, like, my
Speaker: my philosophy on getting help is try not to rely on it unless there's, like, a specific need that you can't do. If you are physically disabled and cannot work, that is different.
Speaker: All right? i' I'm going to give this advice assuming that you are a normal, able-bodied human being. It is okay to get help when you need it. Do not rely on it.
Speaker: You know, you have to get your feet under you and use that help to get you back where you are, where you need to be. But you can't rely on it. Don't rely on handouts.
Speaker: And to that end, um I recently had to bite that bullet and ask for help for the first time since I moved out. I got laid off last October.
Speaker: It's now October. That's crazy. It's been a year already. Holy shit. I've worked for one month during a contract and then they just canceled it. And I finally had to message my parents and say, hey, I need some money. i We're stuck.
Speaker: And it sucks, you know, that even i say like, it's fine to ask for help. You shouldn't be ashamed to ask for help. And yeah, I still agree with that, but I have pride too. And it, it fucking hurt to do this, to text my parents and be like, look, I, I made it this long, but I need help.
Speaker: And yeah, they sent me some money enough to make it through in the next month or two. yeah,
Speaker: you know but That month, another job came along, and I start on hopefully the 26th. sixth It's not
Speaker: the best thing in the world, but like it's something. And I wouldn't have had that opportunity if I didn't have their help, if I were too proud to ask for their help, and just kind of suffered because of it.
Speaker: So like, it's tough, but you don't have to be too proud to to ask for help when you need it. You know, if you have real friends, real family that are looking out for you, they're more than happy. They would.
Speaker: I would love to help somebody out rather than see them hurting for no reason. Dude, trust me. If one of my friends was like, I am unemployed and I need money and I had some.
Speaker: Here you go, man. Take it. Don't even worry about paying me back because I don't want you to go homeless. I don't want you to to have this issue. But don't be reliant on it. Don't come back to me next month and say, hey, I still need more money.
Speaker: By the way, I haven't applied to anything. Right. I think that, you know, I don't know what the better word is. ah Yeah. When I say rely, I mean, don't get too comfortable with it. Right. You can lean on it. That's what it's there for.
Speaker: but like, you know, once the depression, once you can put it aside for a while, like we've all been in a situation where you're just like unmotivated because life is kicking your ass, you know, but like at some juncture you have to, you know, and I i can tell you several times where,
Speaker: I was just unmotivated to fucking do anything to apply for work. And, you know, people were rightfully pissed, like, hey, man, picked you up some applications on the way home. you feel like he's not it's It's hard. It's yeah like, yeah, demoralizing to keep seeing those denials.
Speaker: Yeah, it is. And that's an easy answer. True. And yeah, I've definitely been, you know, when I lost my brother, it took me months to get out of like that stupor. And, you know, if not for someone just putting me up. and just let me live there. I just, you know, there was times where I was just fucking didn't want to move.
Speaker: Yeah. You know, I had found a corpse. I didn't know how to process life, you know? And like, it was hard, but like, at some point it's like, Hey dude, like you need to do something. like you have to find a way to, to grieve or to handle or process, but you still have to like be a human. You still have to do stuff.
Speaker: And you know, you, sometimes you need a friend to just kick you in the ass and be like, Hey man, like, look, I know you're going through a thing and you don't want to take any action. You know, and that's the thing too, is like I've had when I was in good spots, I supported, you know, family and friends and, you know, but at some point it's like, hey, you know, you, yeah like you said, like, I don't always rely on someone paying me back, but it's like, you keep calling me every time.
Speaker: what have you done in between? you know, like i need to know that you're trying something. So like, i mean, I get it. Everybody says everybody's story is different. So I don't think there's like a blanket statement you can put on it. But like, but either way, but the message that I'm trying to put out though, that, you know, I think I don't want this to be capitalism per se. Cause the thing I hate about Christmas time is that it's capitalism time. And the reason I say that is because it starts on November fucking 1st.
Speaker: Um, but, It is a time to reflect on like, what have I done this year? You know, people are struggling. There's still people who look at that time of a year and think, I wish I had some family to go to. I wish I had some place that I could get a hot meal or I'm worried I'm going to lose my home or my livelihood in the middle of the fucking winter. Like there's shit like that that goes on and not everybody, you know, when it may be slightly more comfortable in the summer or the spring when someone's out on the streets still sucks that they are, but winter is harsh, man. Yeah. And like,
Speaker: you know I just think that like if you are in a situation, you know like i i don't know if I shared, but like my chiropractics my chiropractors administrator, it took me months of every time I went into my appointment to say, hey, are you going to come to the food bank?
Speaker: you know Like, hey, here's a card if you want to just text me specifically if you have questions. you know Every time, you're going to come yet? you know we just I just heard we got a big old batch of mangoes. You said you like those. We had a bunch of mangoes in there waiting for you. Please come get them.
Speaker: and And finally she called me when she was in the parking lot. She's like, Hey, where do I go? I'm here. Which was really great to get a random phone call 12 o'clock being like, Hey, where do I go? Like, Holy shit, you're here. Let me come out. I'll come find you. You know, I walked her to the line and everything. It's like, Holy fuck, you're here. oh Shit.
Speaker: You know, but like she, it took, but then when she started doing it, she tells me all the time, she's like, must've saved like $120. Yeah. And like having to pay for stuff that I can go get for free at the food bank. Like, yeah, like, that's what it's there for. go get your fill, dude. We have an unlimited produce rule where you can take as many fruits and veggies as you want. Like, certain things are, like, per family just because we have limited stock. We have so much produce that we're just, like, fucking take as much fruits and veggies as you want. it's going to bad otherwise. just going to go bad otherwise.
Speaker: um And she's like, yeah, I must have saved, like, $120 that I used for other stuff. And i was like, that's why I kept telling you fucking go in. That's the other thing is, like, people... I hate this about society right now.
Speaker: There's not only this stigma for needing help that, oh, you're taking advantage of the system or whatever. And sure, I'm sure that there are some people faking it and taking advantage. I don't think it's the overwhelming majority or anything even close to it. But there's also this prevailing thought that If you have anything, any money at all, you shouldn't need any help.
Speaker: Like, no, I can have some money but still be too poor to afford both my bills and food. And in which case it would be very helpful to go to the food bank and get my food for a steep discount or or free or whatever.
Speaker: And have that money for bills. But there's like this prevailing thought that's like, oh, well, no, you have a job. You get income. You should be able to make it work. Like, no, that's not how math works.
Speaker: Gas is five dollars a gallon. Sorry to to break it to you. But like, I live with just me and my wife and our groceries regularly equal two hundred and fifty dollars. hmm. Like and we're we're getting I'm eating SpaghettiOs again because they're five for five dollars. Like.
Speaker: We we bulk buy Eggo waffles at Costco and try to fit those into every breakfast. and Yeah, because it's like $13 for 70 of it. I'm like, OK, this is what we're eating.
Speaker: I can't stand when people are like, oh, they're taking advantage. They have a job like, yeah, and jobs pay diddly ass right now. Yeah. Jobs pay like shit and everything is expensive.
Speaker: You know, and don't get me started on the rich, but I'm just saying, like, there's a lot of inequity there and people are just like, you know, rightfully upset. But like for the people who are comfortable to say you shouldn't have because I never got that help. It's like, oh, I hate that. Lucky for you, but you should care if this many people feel like they have to resort to this kind of help. Don't you think that means it's not a people problem? It's a system problem. Yeah. You know, if people like, I always thought that with like the whole Gen Z doesn't want to work or Gen Z has a bad attitude when it comes to jobs. I'm like, look, individual people have bad attitudes and bad ideas when it's an entire generation all doing it at once.
Speaker: It doesn't mean it's a bad idea. It means that something is broken. And I'll give you a hint. It ain't them. yeah And they came into a system that like we thought was going to be better for us. And it's like a whole it's just it's shitty trickle down economics. It just doesn't work. Well, and that's what it is. I mean, the only thing that trickles down is shit.
Speaker: Yeah. And I just want people to know that there are things out there that you can do. Maybe you don't want to call up someone and ask for money. Maybe you don't want to, I don't know, borrow from a friend or ask if you can crash on their couch, even though like maybe yeah there's two points. Number one is that sometimes people really would just want to help and they're excited for the opportunity to try.
Speaker: ah People are inherently good and I've always believed that. And most people, if they have the means, they're like, hey, I can put you up on my couch. I have an extra bedroom. You know, I can take you to work if you want a carpool. I'll pick you up if you can wait at work a little while longer. Just whatever arrangement someone can make to make your day, your commute, whatever. You know, I can watch your dog for you. I can pick up your kids for you, whatever it is.
Speaker: Right. But if if if you people typically want to help, but there are other services out there that it's OK to reach out to and and help. And, you know, like around here, I don't know if it's I think we talked about this once before, maybe last year on this time, but.
Speaker: Here in PA, and maybe it's across the country, I don't know. there is We call it 2-1-1, which might be a different number where you live. I'm not sure. But it's through United Way. Regardless of how you feel about your United Way, there's like pros and cons to them.
Speaker: One thing that they do well... is they have people on a hotline and on their website who you tell them what the problem is and they'll find resources, phone numbers, emails, programs, and send them to you or help you get in contact with them, you know, ah alongside you. So if you're like, Hey, my electricity is going to get shut off. I once had to use two on one to help.
Speaker: So they put me on a payment plan. So for, so two, one, one paid off my electric. And then let me pay them in small increments up to like 50% of it. And then they just said, we'll eat the rest.
Speaker: Like, wow just you know, and so I got caught up cause like, I just, it just crept up on me. I kept putting it off because it was the easiest bill to not pay because for a while it was really low. And I was like, okay, I like, it's not a big deal.
Speaker: But then one day, you know, one couple months in the winter time, it spiked and it was like an abhorred amount of money. i was like, fuck, I'm screwed. You know? um And so I had to lean on them for that. ah But also if you need food, they'll tell you where the food banks are or the food pantries are.
Speaker: They'll tell you about places where, you can get clothing. They'll tell you about places where maybe you can find daycare and that way you can apply for those things or your utilities. Um, so there's stuff like that out there and it's okay to use it cause that's why it's there. Um, so I was just thinking about that, you know, when, when I was going through the whole thing and then I went through, went down memory lane thinking about like how I used to be so, um, averse to getting help when at one point I was excited to be a part of something to, to, you know, get help.
Speaker: Um, And everybody wants to be the helper, which is that leads me back to you would probably much rather help than be helped. So just think about when there's people in your life who might also want that opportunity, who might also feel the same way.
Speaker: This is their opportunity to help because maybe they've been helped before. So, you know, it's a very good way to pay it forward. If you've gotten the help, then you can try to pay it forward when you're back on your feet. So it's a good time year to talk about that kind of stuff, even though I know Halloween's coming up and everything. But the moment October 31st turns into October 32nd, a.k.a. November 1st. I love October 32nd. It's my favorite day. Yeah. Like.
Speaker: It turns into just true. I mean, capitalism season is already Halloween time, but like it really blows up once November hits. And even though they say it's the most wonderful time of the year and we all need to give thanks. There's a lot of people who really don't feel like giving thanks for much.
Speaker: And so it's just a good time to remind yourself that if you can be a lifeline for somebody fucking be it and check on people. But if you need it, there's no shame in doing it, man. Like we have both admitted to getting help many times. Like, and we wouldn't be able to have this podcast with you guys and be able to talk about it if we didn't.
Speaker: So that's where this came from. I'm going to be the one to... Bring up what I feel is the elephant in this conversation. Is it me? I know. elephant elephant it No, it's not you. You're good.
Speaker: Am I the elephant? You're you're you're perfect in every way. If you were an animal, what would you be? I would love to be an owl. Nice. They're my favorite animal. I love owls, especially snow owls. that was Love me is now a snow, a superb owl.
Speaker: Anyway. I'll be the one to to say what I think is kind of the elephant in the room for this conversation, even though I know I'm not the one to usually bring this up.
Speaker: Oh, no. Midterms are coming up. True. if you're listening to this and you're thinking to yourself man they're right i really like the idea of helping people or i really you know maybe i did need help one time when i was yeah a younger person maybe you're a bit older now but and you've got your life together and everything Let's, ah you know, let's maybe vote accordingly. You know, these social programs, they're not there for no reason. They're not a waste of money.
Speaker: Everybody keeps I keep seeing like in the news and everything, people saying like, we need to start taking care of America. We need to take care of Americans before we start taking care of this, that and the other thing.
Speaker: Well, then why are you voting to get rid of the programs that are helping Americans? look it so look it Look at those statistics and then let me let me know. Yeah, absolutely. like I just saw another thing that i want they want to cut even more ah benefits and stuff. like Guys, yes, I'm...
Speaker: I get it. There is probably people taking advantage of a system and they shouldn't be. And you know what? If we were to fund the systems in place to help people, that also means funding the investigation side to finding the people taking advantage that don't need it and stopping it.
Speaker: You're making it easier for people to take advantage when you cut the funding for these things. And that's the thing, too, is usually the ones that are committing the fraud are the ones that are cutting the program yeah so they can siphon money from it without investigation. And if you really can't stomach the idea of helping other people.
Speaker: Think of it. And this is something I wanted to say to somebody who will remain nameless. But they were very against the idea of social security for all ages, you know, all that stuff, ah like UBIs and stuff.
Speaker: And it all came down to, why should I pay for you? Fine. Fair enough. So I'm going to lay this out in a way that it only benefits or or only affects you. So you can think about it that way if you want to be so selfish about it.
Speaker: How do you feel about insurance? Think of it like that. You pay a little bit in taxes every year so that on the off chance your whole life goes belly up. There are social programs and nettings involved that can help you get back on your feet. It's just insurance for yourself if you want to look at it that way. I prefer to look at it as helping other people because I actually give a shit about other people. Sorry.
Speaker: yeah But yeah, so just keep that in mind. If you're listening to all this and you're like, wow, you know, it's pretty. I hate people that hear this stuff and go, well, yeah, but you you guys, you're the good ones. You're the ones that like you needed to help, but you used it to get back on your feet.
Speaker: You know that that's fine. But it's these other. No, no. Those other people are just like us. They just haven't had the chance and the opportunity to tell the story like we have. And like, my help's not that big. I asked my parents for some money. Whoop-dee-doo, 100,000 people do that every day.
Speaker: But... It just comes down to the attitude you have to want to help and people want to help you. And like, think of how good the world could be if we all just actually helped each other instead of trying to help only ourselves.
Speaker: And I'm getting off beat here, but come on, people don't be a piece of shit this year. It's really not that hard. The midterm is happening near Christmas, for fuck's sake. Yeah. And i and that's the thing is like.
Speaker: That's why I think it's so important to think about this stuff. It's like we have programs in place. We have people in our lives that we can lean on. But the system itself is difficult. And it it it only gets to a a point, folks, where...
Speaker: You can listen to somebody who is in power say, well, it was the other guy's fault. It's like at some point, buddy, like you pulled the trigger. You, you, you you know, like there's very clear lines leading back to things you've said that you've done. Like listen to not just what people say, but what their actions are. And like, it's just,
Speaker: This isn't a left versus right thing lately. It's a right versus wrong, guys. And like, it's just this world. And here's the thing. If you are a conservative person who listens to this podcast, first of all, welcome. i' Wow. Sticking around for some reason. That's awesome. I'm glad the open mindedness. I'm glad that we can talk about these things and that you can hear them. um But just.
Speaker: I will say that we wouldn't have gotten to where – and I can admit this. We wouldn't have gotten to where we are now, which is shittier arguably, if when Democrats had had power, if they were doing better things.
Speaker: Because the problem is is that – There are Democrats in Congress who just want to maintain the status quo, which is not what we need because clearly the status quo didn't work because we elected a madman who tried to wreck our country the first time and people thought the second time will be better, which is nuts.
Speaker: Also, I don't believe for a second that he won legitimately, but that's a whole other conversation. However, enough people voted for the guy that's like he had he had something to stand on.
Speaker: So – ah We know that everything that the previous administration was doing wasn't good enough. There were good things that came out of it, but not enough good things because they maintained the status quo. So I get how we got here, right?
Speaker: But look at where we are now and think, can two more years of this shit be good for us? Will we survive that, right? Yeah. will we survive that right And we at least need to have people in power in Congress who can be a check, because right now there are no checks and no balances. We are very much imbalanced and in trouble.
Speaker: And I'm not saying this about the whole entire conservative party, the Republican Party. But the people, the red hats that are in charge, I don't see them as Republicans. I don't see them as conservatives. I see them as a total separate entity that is just trying to profit off of our country and that is not American at all, at least not to me.
Speaker: And there's a day in the future where I would like to be able to look at our flag and feel good about it. And I don't right now. And that hurts so deep in me because I used to be a diehard patriot and I just don't feel so patriotic anymore.
Speaker: So Like I understand that there are people in Congress who just want the status quo. And so, but what's going to happen is if we don't get in front of this shit now,
Speaker: if we don't get a check we If we don't get checks and balances now, right I don't think there's it's going to take decades to repair what the fuck's happening here if and when we have a country in two years. And I'm not trying to be alarmist. I'm just terrified.
Speaker: So just think about that. Just really think about the actions of the people that are in power. I'm not saying you got to vote blue, but I'm saying don't vote for those guys either.
Speaker: Find other options because they're hurting people and just... I just I can't stress enough that if you're someone who cares about humanity and you care about people, no one in Congress, at least no one in like the majority in Congress and even some people on the left, I'll be honest, are saying the right things to say they actually want people to succeed.
Speaker: When they say America, they mean themselves. Right. And that's just the fucking sad truth of it all. And it just depresses me and it bums me out. So I hope that my words are falling on your ears in some way that makes you think, look, this isn't some radical leftist lunatic that's like, yeah, vote blue only, man. God, there's so many Democrats I'd punch in into fucking nuts if I could, because they've let us down.
Speaker: But there are people who are actually trying to make a difference. And there are people there who, you know, like, who are, yourre youre you know, like, like Mamdani, for instance, you know, not everything he does is perfect, but he's showing that things can get done.
Speaker: And I'm hoping that other Democrats fall in line. They go, Hey, now he's the fucking standard. Cause you guys can't say we can't do things because he's clearly doing it right. He's making stuff happen.
Speaker: And so we can have a better country. And I still believe in America. I do. So much so. We have great people in this fucking country, man. Danny and i try to be those people as much as we can.
Speaker: We try to give you a good message at the end of every podcast. We try to tell you that we care about you. We want you to know that someone gives a shit about you and that we don't want you to be a piece of shit. And we mean that with all of our chest because it's just – It's not that fucking hard. And if you just look at – again, I'll say this one more time.
Speaker: Listen not to the words of people but look at the actions that they do instead. And all the receipts are there of things they said that they're doing or that they have done. You can look at their voting records. You can look at what they voted on in Congress and see that they voted against your interests time and time again.
Speaker: And you can look at what the president is doing and see what his words were versus what he's doing now. And he has a history of just not being a good person. He has failed our advice every single episode when we say, try not to be a piece of shit this year.
Speaker: And I can't stress enough that he is not someone that anybody should idolize ever. And if you're just waking up now instead of 10 years ago, welcome to being woke. OK, you don't have to be fully woke, but welcome to being awakened. OK, right.
Speaker: You know, it even if you're just someone like Danny said, who only cares when you're being affected, There is barely anybody in America right now that isn't being affected by policies that are being put in place and programs that are being stripped away. And I will highlight one last time that I highlighted earlier in the year that the current administration, the Red Hat administration, removed billions of dollars from food banks, guys.
Speaker: Food banks. Who fucking hates food banks? My food bank alone lost like two or three million dollars and we had to change several programs and and cut certain things so we could keep some of our bigger programs going because every year it was a given that we would just get that two million dollars and now we don't have it.
Speaker: And if not for having a few decent donors who tried to help us pad that that year, we would be in way more trouble. And so like, just think about that shit is I'm trying to tell you that regardless of where you fall on the social spectrum and political spectrum, that if you need help, come to the food bank, go to these services, call 211 or whatever your local organization is. Cause I don't think anybody, regardless of how you vote should be fucking starving or wondering when they're going to get their next meal or if they're going to be homeless or they're going to lose their car, if they're going to lose their kids.
Speaker: This is not the earth that we should be living on, folks. So I'll just round out by saying this. What we say on this podcast comes from the chest We actually care about you.
Speaker: We want you to succeed. We want you to feel good about yourself, about others. We want you to treat people with respect. We want you to be kind. We're not just saying these as empty fucking platitudes because we need a good zinger at the end of an episode. Sure, it helps, but it's also a really good piece of advice, okay?
Speaker: So just it's just- It's true. I mean, ah fuck, man. ah Like,
Speaker: I'm a softie. I'm willing to admit I'm a softie. And just in all honesty, the passion coming from you just then saying like, we do care. We, you know, it's coming from the chest. It's coming from our hearts. It literally brought a tear to my eye. Like it's true that we do, man. It's so true. Like I've told people all my life, I have no interest in Being ah a millionaire or a billionaire. I have no interest in owning everything and like all this crap. I just want to be left alone to live my life. You just want to be comfortable. I just want to be comfortable. And I want like surround myself with nice people and be nice to people.
Speaker: And it's so doable. It's so, it's not even hard to do. You just be nice to people. And if we lived in a world where, everybody didn't have to fight tooth and nail for every scrap.
Speaker: It would be so easy for everyone to be nice to each other. Like I get it. I get the resistance to wanting to pay more in order to help other people in a time where it feels like nobody has anything.
Speaker: I, I get it. i do. But you never know if you'll need that, that, that system, that, that net, that safety net.
Speaker: You never know if someone you know and love will need that safety net. And, you know, obviously the most obvious part of all of this is
Speaker: if there weren't such a wealth gap, you would have enough money that you would be able to afford to help.
Speaker: Yeah. I'm sorry, but if you're listening to this, And you don't own a Fortune 500 company, you're on the bottom half of the wealth wealth gap. I don't care if you have a million dollars. You're on the bottom half of the wealth gap.
Speaker: And all it takes is a couple things to go wrong. And you'll need those safety nets you hate so much. And it it just... I just want people to be happy. that's That's the honestly, that is the end goal of this podcast.
Speaker: It's why we made it. It was just to help spread good vibes and make people happy. We just were like, hey, man, we goof a lot. We, his you know, are silly and laugh a lot. And maybe other people would like to hear that. And they're having a bad day and we can help cheer people up.
Speaker: That's literally what got me into this. Pretty much it. It's just... It's such a hard fight, but it's a fight that I don't want to give up on.
Speaker: Ever. But...
Speaker: what like Like what you were just saying, it just... i I... hate America. And I hate America because I love America.
Speaker: I love what it could be. I love what it once was. you know Obviously, it always had its dark underbelly, but there was a time where people were socially secure.
Speaker: you know One person could have a full-time job and supply for their entire family. you know there There are a few reasons why i don't have a kid.
Speaker: But chief among them is just it's money. I have no money. I have no way of supporting a child. It would be unfair to bring a child into this world.
Speaker: That I cannot afford and could not provide for. It would be a disservice to that kid. That was the ultimate reason for me, too, Danny, was I was on the fence for a long time ah and it wasn't until My most recent long-term relationship a few years ago where it was just an offhanded comment about something, something, our kids.
Speaker: And just it came out of me. I was like, I don't know if I want kids. and And then as we talked, I realized like as we went through it and she was like, well, I don't want to be with somebody who doesn't want kids. And I thought, you know, it wasn't until she said it to me that I don't want kids because I didn't say I didn't. i said, I don't know.
Speaker: But the moment she says, i don't want be with somebody who doesn't want kids. I thought, you're right. I don't want kids. Cause, and she, when she asked me why it was literally that I was like, cause I can barely take care of myself a lot of times. yeah more This was just a couple of years ago.
Speaker: was like, I don't, I don't feel confident that I can care for myself on a regular basis. If like, if I had a bad medical accident or, or, or, or a disaster, there's no way I'd be constantly worried for that kid. And I would let myself die sick. Like there's,
Speaker: like I mean, all the power to the parents who are finding a way to do it. And this is why i i'm so excited to participate in that Christmas present program, because like that would probably be me, too.
Speaker: i don't think I could do it. And, you know, and there's a lot of people who can't who wanted to raise a family and then life kicked them in the balls. And they're like, well, now I don't know what the fuck to do. And if you hear what Adam's doing and you think, oh, my God, that's so nice. That's so sweet that he's doing that.
Speaker: And then you vote against social programs? Fuck you. Like, I just... That's all I have to say on that. It's like, you know, like I just think you can't say you don't care about people. Maybe you only care about your own circle.
Speaker: But like... this country wasn't built specifically because like by one person, know, again, it has, it it has its, its dark marks to it. Like, you know, there's definitely things that are embarrassing that, you know, like, like, like the emancipation proclamation that took way too long, but like, there's a lot of bad things, but also like we have done so many wonderful things from people from all walks of life. And if you took,
Speaker: politics out of it there's probably people you talk to on a regular basis at work or online or when you play video games with that you have a fucking ball with or that you just vibe well with that it's not until a politics time comes around and people start putting signs up in the yards that you just turn into adversaries for a few months and it's just that's not how it should be we should care about how others are doing and like danny said the social systems are there for a reason and you know, we try to champion them. And it's like, and if you're listening to this podcast and you make it this far into an episode and you hear, you know, sometimes I go off in a little bit of a rougher tangent and Danny has a little bit more tact about it.
Speaker: But like, it's, it's because I especially have lived through so much shit where I would not have gotten through it without help from friends, help from, an agency helped from a program. Like I just, I think I told a story one time about a woman I rescued from a fucking, who was locked inside of a laundromat and she ended up hooking me up right around Thanksgiving time with her church who gave me Thanksgiving food to eat on my own. Cause I was estranged from my family at the time. The pastor rolled up with a box of fucking food and ran it up my stairs and gave it to me and was gone as quickly as he came. thought I hallucinated the guy and like,
Speaker: You know, and like, and that's not to say Adams. Oh, Adam, mean I thought you're anti-religion. It's like, no, I'm just anti fucking using your religion to force people into what you believe. But if that gives you joy and that brings you peace, great. I hope you find peace in it.
Speaker: But that's my point. It's like, I'm not wishing shit on you. i just don't want you to wish shit on other people either. You know, it ain't that hard. And that's why we say every episode. Try just really hard not to be a piece of shit. Don't be honestly from the bottom my heart.
Speaker: Like it ain't that hard to care about people. Like just let yourself. You know, it's really not hard. Like, I don't know if we need to change our heart. Please don't be a piece of shit. Do we have to change our slogan, Danny? Do we have to adopt a new one instead of like the funny try not to be a piece of shit this year? Do we have to just say, hey, be a good person? do we need to spell it out better for people? Like, is there a better way to say this? Should we do the actual challenge? Like this week, we want you to help, you know, help somebody across the street or this week we want to do X, Y, Z.
Speaker: I think, i think like something that I think is not to say that I want to speak against doing something like that, but I think introspection is like some sort of internalizing exercise is something that people need to do, you know, like to recognize where their biases come from or, you know, find where does this frustration with this thing come from?
Speaker: and you know, and I'll speak to people who vote like me too, man. Like, I know there's a lot of people or so who are selective that, you know, they would step over a guy in a red hat in the street because like, fuck you, you voted against my interest. And it's like, yeah, I get it. But that's also a human goddamn being like you can't treat the world like you do have to fight fire with fire sometimes, but you have to fire at the right people. And usually it's the guys in charge. Okay. And it's easy to brainwash people. its easy to trick people. ai is out there. There's a lot of misinformation. There's foreign entities that are interfering in our shit every single day. There are people who are uneducated and not that they're stupid, but this like there's certain things they don't understand or they don't interact with certain parts of the world as much as some of us do.
Speaker: And they miss a lot of clues. And it's easy to just get fucking indoctrinated in something, especially if someone is preying on your insecurities and your fears about your country. And I believe...
Speaker: And I do believe this. I believe that a lot of people who vote against our interests and the interests of others are it's coming from a place of fear. There are people who have a place of hatred.
Speaker: They just learned racism. They learned intolerance. And it's just that they're a bad person and a fucking need. I don't know. They need their ass beat. and They need some exposure therapy. to I think it predominantly comes from, like you said, a place of fear or.
Speaker: Oddly enough, a place of hope. Sure. And it kind of goes along with... Have you noticed, general in general, the worse the economy gets, the less money people have, the more people are starting to fall for scams?
Speaker: And that's not because they're suddenly dumber than they were yesterday. They're desperate. It's because they're desperate and they're hopeful for ah and a way out. They buy the meme coin because, hey, if I can get in and this one takes off and I can make money, I can get out of this tailspin I'm in of debt.
Speaker: And it's it really changes how you see all of this when you realize that what you take for stupidity or ignorance is really just desperation.
Speaker: And it's sad. It's really sad. But like that's where we're at. And that's where we're going to stay unless people start saying like enough is enough and it's time to start helping each other.
Speaker: you know Yeah, i I think that maybe an exercise that we all can do, and I think some people are better at it than others, is, you know, you mentioned midterms, which kicked off this part of the conversation. So I think when you're looking at your local elected officials and when you're looking at your senators and your House representatives and just whoever they're connected to, recognize like how often you think, like, can you give the ones that are in power and the ones that are running
Speaker: Valid criticism, like because a lot of people still struggle with you know people who are currently in power to say anything negative about them, because usually it's someone else's fault.
Speaker: And if you find that you can't say anything about anybody connected to the Trump administration or you know to certain ah billionaire oligarchs, and you find that you can't find anything wrong with what they've said or done, or if you've, or you know what, let me rephrase it because i don't want it to sound like it's ah it's a critique.
Speaker: you should be able to find something to say, I don't like that this is happening. You are doing us a disservice and you haven't shown any, you know, you need to find a be able a way to critique someone.
Speaker: So whether you vote left, right, center, whatever, it's, we all should be better about calling out our government because ultimately our votes are what determines if they get to stay there.
Speaker: And so, you know, if If maybe the challenge would be find criticism in the people who are elected and the people who are running and have it be something that like really makes sense to you.
Speaker: Like find not just one thing, because a lot of people are single issue voters, which I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that, but there's way too many issues going on now for for really just one issue to be, and you know, right now. it should here's Here's a fucking challenge for you.
Speaker: This week, I want you to look up one issue you care about. Whatever. Think about it. What's one issue about this country right now that the left and right and everybody's fighting about?
Speaker: What's one thing that you're like, I just don't I don't get it. Like the other side is so stupid for thinking this way. My side's up. Pick one thing, one thing.
Speaker: All right. And I want you to actually do some research on that thing from both sides. Feel free to take as many articles from your side of the aisle as you want, but take an equal side from the other side of the aisle and read them.
Speaker: Actually read both sides. Because I don't really give a fuck what side of the aisle you're on. Just be informed. It's true. Because like Adam said before, the people in power right now, I don't think they're Republicans.
Speaker: They are their own thing. And they got there. through fear-mongering and lying and cheating and stealing and all this other crap.
Speaker: Just be informed. That is the ultimate weapon against oppressing yourself, against having this kind of bullshit happen where we're now in a K-shaped economy and there's either the haves or the have-nots, and guess what? You're a have-not.
Speaker: This is how you protect yourself from that, is just be informed, And vote for things that will actually help you instead of hurt someone else. And others. Yeah, exactly. Help you and others.
Speaker: You know, if, if, yeah. So I will say, here's a, here's a resource that two of my favorite people on the internet, Rhett and Link, put out every year. They have a website called votelikeabeast.com.
Speaker: Okay. Because they are mythical beasts. That's their, that's their brand. Right. And they have a website that not only shows you how to register to vote or to check your registration status and shows you how to request a mail-in ballot. If you so choose, if you scroll to the bottom, they have a part of it It's called learn like a beast.
Speaker: And, ah It has, you can click on district races, state by state info, candidate quizzes to see how much you know about your candidates, congressional candidates, your own ballots that you can build, or state executive official elections.
Speaker: And you can click on those and type in where you're from, and it'll direct you to websites that shows you what these people are about. So if you want to get more informed and understand what their platforms are, what they voted on before, because that's important.
Speaker: You know, I can think of Miss Susan Collins, who has said she's voted for people's interests, but then votes against the homeless every time, you know. um And I hope she loses terribly in the in the upcoming election because the woman just does not have a spine.
Speaker: um But you can go look at that. So it's called VoteLikeABeast.com. Scroll down a little bit. Click on the buttons that pertain to you. Fill in your zip code or whatever, and it'll take you to fill all that information.
Speaker: about who's running near where you live. And here here's another one for you. ah They are not sponsoring us. No, they're not. No, if they ever want to, I'll take it because I actually believe in this. If liquid it does what they say, liquid death. No, it kills you. with um But from what I've heard, there's a service called Ground News.
Speaker: I'm sure you've heard of it, Adam. Yes. And their whole shtick is trying to be as not only impartial as possible when it comes to news, but highlighting like, hey, you know, here's the topic. 57% of left leaning media outlets covered this and 10% of right leaning covered this. Here's what the left had to say about it. Here's what the right had to say about like it. It condenses it all so you can see on both sides.
Speaker: And this is a product I've thought many times about getting because I personally want to be informed on each side. um But yeah, it it just it congregates all of that information of, you know, this story wasn't covered by the left. It was covered by the right.
Speaker: The left, the the few that did talk about it, here's what they had to say. And the right, here's what they had to say. and he And then I think Ground even says, like, here's what actually happened.
Speaker: Here's like a score based on how factual the left was and how factual the right was. And so there's another service you could go to, you know, ah assuming again, i have not tried it, but assuming it does what they advertise.
Speaker: That's great. That's so good.
Speaker: Because there is no truthful news source anymore. It's everybody's taking sides. That's just how it is. Yeah, it's tough. Adam, should we should we just bite the bullet and have like an actual political episode?
Speaker: We've skirted it a few times, especially here. Should we finally just bite the bullet and just have a political episode? Uh, I mean, not right now, but like, yeah, I mean, i is that something we should maybe do call like type message us, call in, let us know if you want our political hot takes or whatever the fuck? I don't care. Is it? It's time for us to get famous. Let's do it.
Speaker: Yeah, I think I think there's definitely. um It was definitely credence for a discussion. ah And, you know, something it would be just something like this where I think.
Speaker: Maybe we live stream it, maybe we just go down like the pipe and just like, OK, what's going on in this state? What's going on in this state? Yeah, we You know, tell you right now, ah you know, we were talking about like.
Speaker: Trying to see past the words of people, and I'm sure. everybody's noticed there's a lot of political ads right now lot of them well they're all over and one thing i've noticed is one side has about a 40 to 60 split of 40 percent hi i'm so and so and i promise to do this that and the other thing and about a 60 percent of
Speaker: This is the other guy. The other guy sucks. I'm slinging mud at them. They're awful.
Speaker: The other side of the political aisle,
Speaker: I don't think I've seen a single commercial that is talking good about them. It's all mudslinging. thell Everything is, the other person is awful. The other person is terrible. And i'm like, but what's good about you?
Speaker: You know, the biggest thing they're harping on is, oh, well, the other candidate's a millionaire. You don't like millionaires. looked up the other guy's net worth. He's a millionaire, too. like Yeah. Wow. mean, like a volumes to that speaks volumes to me that one side, I'm like, you could do better. Like, your're so half more than half of your commercials is slinging mud.
Speaker: But the other side is it's all mudslinging. I'm like, I don't know what you actually stand for. i just know that you're telling me I shouldn't like this person. But why should I like you?
Speaker: And that's some of the stuff you have to look out for. is like Don't just look at their words on the surface level, but think about shit like that. Like,
Speaker: What's to like? You haven't given me any reason to like you. You've just told me I should dislike the other person. And that speaks volumes to me. That means you have no redeeming qualities and you're just trying to drag the other person down to your level.
Speaker: Yeah, i don't like the idea of like, I hate mudslinging. It's when there's a when there's a certain level of like vocabulary that gets thrown around a lot. Like I hate the word, you know radical lunatics, radical leftist, radical this radical that unhinged this or what the fuck's the other one they often like to say.
Speaker: We get a lot of um greedy liberal that doesn't care about you. Yeah, it's a lot of just socialism, this when that vice president himself can't even fucking tell you what socialism is You know, like it's a problem. It's just like, guys, like, yeah, socialism is not trans kids and at and and, you know, in sports. That's not socialism. But that's what the vice president thinks socialism is. So just like keep that in mind. I mean, I've said it before. I've gotten into political arguments with people and they've just said like, oh, my God, you like socialism. So what? I should just give my money to everybody.
Speaker: What the fuck you talking about? yeah I'm like, you know, It's like these billion dollar companies. What happens when they fail? What happened in 2008 when they failed? They got bailed out bailed the fuck out. they got socialism. Oh my God. But that's okay. Banks got bailed out. Companies got bailed out.
Speaker: All these companies that got tariffs put on them, guess what? We didn't get tariff refund checks. The companies got tariff refund checks. and I know that the argument is like, oh, well, they had to get bailed out because if they didn't, all this problem all these problems would have happened. Great.
Speaker: That's what we're saying. I'm for them getting bailed out, but I'm for us getting bailed out too. yeah I'm not saying they shouldn't get bailed out. I'm saying we should too. Right. What all the rich people think, and this is what what the ones that say they're democratic, but also have billions of dollars in the ones that are clearly one, you know, in MAGA. It's like, listen,
Speaker: check What they mean by socialism is we should have it, at we as in the rich people, and not you as in the poor people. yeah That's what they fight against. is like Socialism to them is like, oh, we have to share yeah all of this money that we are hoarding instead of you guys having a chance to also have it and live an okay life. and There are other countries that have a model that works that clearly we could steal from, but we won't because because there's a reason why all the rich people on earth live in America and yet everybody in America is poor.
Speaker: There's a reason for that is because other countries don't let that shit. happen Well, there are other countries that are not like allied countries, but allied countries typically don't let that happen. okay Like, so like just, that's the thing is so again, and I can criticize my own party because frankly, I don't call myself a Democrat. I think of myself as more of a leftist.
Speaker: you know Someone who actually wants to see change and not just uphold the status quo. So even if you're somebody who thinks... You're more conservative. That's fine to have conservative points of view, right? But just be able to check and criticize the people who are in power who are claiming to do things that they're not doing, right? And that's why Kamala didn't get a whole lot of love either. Some of it was because she was a woman, but a lot of it was because she was already a part of a system in which she wasn't doing a good job, right? She was vice president and wasn't doing a good job. Oh, dude, the Democrats so much favor when they snubbed Bernie.
Speaker: And when they snubbed Bernie. Yeah, they they lost so much potential there. And when they changed up everything without an official primary leading into the elect. Like, again, we can criticize them. They did a bad job. You know, that's always the other thing I hate is when I say something bad about a party and they go.
Speaker: Yeah, well, president from the other party also did this thing. And it's like, I don't remember ever saying I approve of them. yeah I hate them, too. Yeah. but listen so You can do your whataboutism all day long, but like I can own up and say, yeah, that party did something so stupid. but Can you say that i think that? Things are going to shit now, but they're they're not OK. They've been going to shit for nearly 50 ish years.
Speaker: OK, like 40 to 50 years, things have been slowly decaying and it's all just finally collapsing now. But what that means is that both sides suck. You both suck. Both sides suck. I am not a leftist. I am not a rightist. I am not a Democrat. I am not a Republican. I am in the me party. And I look at each person and I say, who do I align with the most? I don't give a fuck what.
Speaker: term they want to use. If you align with my values, I will vote for you. It just so happens that my values align more with the left. That does not make me a leftist. And I hate, I hate the labels. I wish they were fucking illegal because giving these things labels, right, left, Democrat, Republican, centrist, whatever, it gives people a team to pretend to be on. And then you stop voting based on whatever you feel is right. And you start voting on whatever you feel your team wants.
Speaker: How many people do you think voted for Democrats or Republicans purely because they were Democrats or Republicans? Nearly everyone. And that's not the way it's supposed to work.
Speaker: I will say as an asterisk, ah the leftist movement is not so that you have a team. It's just differentiate yourself because a lot of people just think like, oh, you vote Democrat. You believe all these things. And it's like, no, just like what we've been saying this whole time.
Speaker: It's like, no, actually, i have a lot of problems with the Democratic Party, which is why I don't want to call myself a Democrat. That's what I'm saying is like, stop with the labels. Because, yeah, like you just said, you don't know jack shit about me because I just said I align more with the left.
Speaker: Right. I'm not a job, but but you assume, oh, well, he must mean all of these things because he said left and left is this thing. Stop with the labels. They're stupid. They're bullshit. They're made up. And it it just, it may, and it it tricks you into voting in a way that is not to your best interest.
Speaker: I'm with the we party where I want all of us. We should all be. sorry I'm sorry. going have a fucking conniption. We should all be comfortable. We should all be able to be. um taking life liberty pursuit of happiness yeah we should all be able to have all three of those things and not worry i just want to remind you that you know again countries founded on life liberty pursuit of happiness but they just said that drinking water is not a legal right so that's good yeah Drinking water is not a legal right. Housing is not a legal right. Florida just said that you don't, it's illegal for you to like, that work is not required to let you have any sort of shade or breaks when you're working in the sun It's like literally why. Anyway, all of this is to say, so we don't spiral any further.
Speaker: This is why we say don't be a piece of shit. You got to think like try and think of other people. Think of other people. Cause like, I believe that people are good.
Speaker: I always will. Even though like, I know people have developed like, ah I'm only looking out for me. I'm only caring about if it affects me. And I, and I, and I don't like that. I don't like that. People just like, well, never thought that leopards would eat my face. Welcome to the, we got our faces eating party. But like,
Speaker: But like, I hope that as people are experiencing these struggles and they're able to relate to other people, people who have stepped into a food bank for the first time, people who have had to lean on like Medicare for the first time, people who have lost their SNAP benefits and were like, oh, why my party took that away from me. It's like, but we should just care. It's just, yeah.
Speaker: People are good. What don't seem to realize is that happiness and like money is a zero sum game, but happiness is not. And,
Speaker: but like, I get it. Sorry, it it's hard to keep it all straight, but like when an animal is starving, that's when it's the most dangerous, right? That's when it's going to attack other things. So like, I get it.
Speaker: You know, the I agree with you, Adam, that I think there is inherent goodness in just about everybody. The problem is we've come to a point now where you have to fight for every scrap and it's making it seem like being nice to others is a weakness and it's not.
Speaker: And if we could get to the point where everybody actually has what they need to survive, I bet you would see a world of difference in how people treat each other because now helping you wouldn't come at my expense.
Speaker: It would be i have enough that I can help you and still be comfortable. Or, you know, maybe I have to tighten the belt for a month to cover it, but I can help you right now.
Speaker: If somebody really need my help, I would seem like an asshole because I would say no. But that's only because if I were to help you, i will literally go homeless. I can't afford it as much as I'd love to.
Speaker: And that that frustration.
Speaker: I've got. Right. Just try that frustration then comes home and it is going to seem like a left field thing, but there's something I've thought about a lot. That frustration comes home. You take it on your kids and then suddenly there's school shootings going on.
Speaker: I'm not saying it's the only reason, but it is something I've thought about when people kept asking why. I'm like, well, maybe it's because we live in a world where people are so mentally attacked from every angle with ads, buying things, saying you're never good enough. You never have enough. But at the same time, you're never going to make enough money to afford anything.
Speaker: Yeah, i I get it. I get the I donate to my campaign also. Yeah. You know what? Fuck it. I'm running. Let's go. Yeah. I've thought about that, too. I've thought about just like going on Reddit and stuff and being like, hey, you're not going to see a commercial for me because I don't have a million dollars.
Speaker: Just vote for me. Like, just write my name in there. Yeah, I just you know, I learned that if you get at least a thousand ah thousand signatures, um you could officially like run in certain offices.
Speaker: Yeah. I mean, look, there are three barriers to entry to running for the president. And that is being 35, being born in America, and being an American citizen.
Speaker: There is no monetary stipulation to running for the presidency. And I've... had people ask before that don't live in America. Like, wait, really? I thought you had to be a millionaire to run. You don't.
Speaker: There is nothing stopping you. As long as you meet those three criteria, there's nothing stopping you. Local elections too, man. Those are one of the most important barriers that, you know, we have to, from losing everything is,
Speaker: You know, getting good people in your local elections, whether it's mayor, governor, judges, especially, um you know, people who certify elections actually work with a guy who is an elected official who certifies elections when they come around.
Speaker: um There's lots of ways to do it. And it's definitely something that's on my radar. I've thought more than once of running in my local government just because like. It's job like, yeah, it's something you could just not all overpaid, though. You have to look out for that. Yeah.
Speaker: But like, just look for somebody who's been running uncontested for years and just be like, I want do your job. you But but all that to say, like, oh, God, I'm sorry that this turned into a politics episode. I know we like it's important. And that's at least that's kind of why.
Speaker: But that's why I brought it up in the beginning is like you just you have to care about people. You have to, you know, like just this. We watch all those Kumbaya movies and how everybody comes together at the end and all the Avengers come together and. You know, everything just we saw these people coming together for common good and defeating evil and all these other things.
Speaker: But like a lot of us just don't walk that walk and just and I think some people want to. And like it just feels scary out there. And just we know right now the world that we have is not the right one and something clearly isn't working. And just we need to have better checks and balances. But even if you take all the politics aside. You just got to care about people. You have to just care about people. And don't talk yourself out of it by thinking I'm just one person. What could I do?
Speaker: Adam and I are just two people, and we're just trying to spread some love. And you know what? Maybe that's all we do. Maybe we don't change a single mind tonight, but we did something. We tried.
Speaker: We didn't change the world, but... We did what we could. We did our part, you know, and if everybody just does a little part, it adds up to something big. Yeah.
Speaker: So don't talk yourself out of just helping somebody by saying, like, who cares? I've always looked at the world as I might have said this before, but there's what, almost seven billion people on the earth right now.
Speaker: Um, you know, and like you said, might not change the world, but there are 7 billion smaller worlds that exist at the same time as yours. New ones popping into existence every day.
Speaker: Many of them are being snuffed out right now. I've said it before on this podcast. You can affect a we can affect a lot of worlds. I've said it before on this podcast. Even if you just help one person, you did change the world for that one person that day.
Speaker: They could spend the whole rest of their day thinking about how you helped them that one time. Or like Adam said, maybe you helped a kid and for the rest of his life, he remembers that time when he was a kid and a 20 year old took him to the mall.
Speaker: And like yeah, I still I can picture the guy's face and everything. That guy didn't change the world, but he changed Adam's world. I learned that I liked rock music. I learned about CD Walkmans. I never owned anything like that before.
Speaker: I owned a giant like a shitty little boombox and like a country funny CD that my uncle got me. But like, The CD Walkman was awesome. My parents would never thought to get me something like that.
Speaker: That guy was so excited. I'll never forget him tapping on that CD Walkman being so pumped to show me how that worked. I had no idea what the fuck he was talking about. but He's like, Oh, it's got anti skip check it. Like I'll never forget that. And I don't remember his name.
Speaker: Um, You know, and he probably doesn't remember me, but like I remember just how easy he made that feel and how like I never resented it the way I did going to the other place because he just made it fun and he made it easy. He made it just and he was silly and he just like made me feel so comfortable and excited and everything I said I want to do. He's like, oh, yeah, dude, I love that. Let's go find it.
Speaker: And man. I memorized How You Remind Me So Quick, the Silver Side Up CD. Ah, so good. Alien Ant Farm. I just grabbed it because i was he was like, which is such a great song. He recommended it and he was like, oh, he's like, oh, you know that song. It's like an old Michael Jackson song they did, you know, Smooth Criminal. was like, right. That's, you know, he goes, yeah, they're awesome.
Speaker: And so, you know, and I fucking fell in love with just rock music. i was like, holy shit. I didn't even know I liked this stuff. You know, I mostly listened to country at the time. um Changed everything, man. I discovered so much about my life and about music and art and and everything just from that experience. I wish I knew the guy's name so I could fucking tell him thank you. um You know, but yeah, you just you just never know, man.
Speaker: He does never fucking know. So like, it just ain't that hard to just be cool and not be a piece of shit. Just, yeah, it's really not hard to not be a piece of shit. It doesn't even cost you anything if you can do it right.
Speaker: Help somebody across the street. Tell them they look nice today. Not in a creepy way, but in a genuinely nice, hey, you know, I could tell you you tried hard to look good today and it worked.
Speaker: whether it's what would Jesus do or what would Adam and Danny do? You know, what would Adam do? Yeah. What would dad what would dad would do?
Speaker: what ah All right. Can we, can we end this episode before I have a brain aneurysm? Yeah. It's just a funny, it's like the cadence of that. The cadence is what's very funny. It's like, what would that do? It's a very, it's a very, it rolls off the tongue. What would that do? What would that do? What would that What would that do? did the data do oh god what would danny do i mean what would danny do flows pretty well dianne i think what would danny do was pretty good flow what would danny do what would danny do what would danny do what do what would danny do what dinky do what would danny do what linky do what would danny do what linky do um anyway folks listen oh my god
Speaker: Try not to be a piece of shit this year or this fiscal year. Please. Look, we poured our hearts out today. Just don't be And just, like, if you made it to the end of the podcast, thanks for giving us a space and you listening to us vent and talk about these things. I'm not sorry at all.
Speaker: You know, this is a safe space. no No, no, I shouldn't. I'm not sorry that we talked about it or anything. Just... I know people come in here for laughs. That's kind of what we built the show around. So like, I'm sorry if that's what you came expecting and then got plowed with more politics because God knows you hear it everywhere. I'm sorry for that. But also...
Speaker: It's been bubbling up in us for a little bit. We've skirted the topic a few times and clearly it's something that we needed to get out So thank you for listening. Thank you for giving us the time. We really do. The beauty of the podcast, Danny, is that most of the episodes aren't directly connected. So you can jump around. You know, it's true.
Speaker: If you skip this one, if you really don't want to listen to the politics. Yeah, you know, I'll put it in the notes. I always put something of it in the notes of what we're talking about. And if it's not your thing, it's OK. You know, it's OK to click around. we We see some episodes are more listened to than others, and that's OK. You know, that's kind of why we built it this way. You could say that we're politically vert.
Speaker: Yeah, so vert, you wouldn't even know. We so vert. um All right, how old about... I'm tired now. I got so worked up.
Speaker: ah So now the question, right? You want to do the question now? Yeah, let's do that. No. um Before we go, before we wrap up, I want you to tell me what you think animal I should be.
Speaker: Oh, wait, what animal you should be. OK. Yeah. Well, if you were like, if Adam were an animal, he would be a blah. You know, what do you think Adam as an animal would be? I don't want to just say like golden retriever.
Speaker: i want to think of. Yeah, I want to think of something better than just that. Although I've had a golden retriever recently. You give like dog energy, like just a friendly dog. Yeah. Like I want you to be something cooler.
Speaker: Slightly exotic. Doesn't have to be like, you know, was super crazy. Something beyond the traditional. I could see There's a video of a guy trying to clean a sea turtle tank and the sea turtles just keep coming up to him to like just be near him.
Speaker: And then he keeps pushing them away and they just come right back. I could see you being a very friendly sea turtle or like a dolphin or something like one of the really friendly ones that play with people. Gotcha. I could absolutely see that.
Speaker: Like Casper, the friendly ghost, but Adam, the friendly sea turtle. Now you asked me what animal I would want to be before, but what do you think I should be? What do I think you should be or what you would be or what you could Would be. would be I think. What animal do I give off?
Speaker: wait animal What animal do you give off? Like what energy do you put out? OK. Yeah. yeah why What would I be if I were an animal?
Speaker: I would say. i' thinking. Like. um Are you going to get marmot?
Speaker: Would you say like a marmot? A marmot? You know what? That's fine. I Beluga showed up and she's thinking now, too. And I was looking at her when you said that, and I thought you said a hornet.
Speaker: was like, dude, what the hell? Like the objectively most asshole animal the Yeah, they are. They are one of the most dickheads. They are the opposite of what you should be. Don't be a wasp. Don't be a wasp. Don't be a hornet. Be a honeybee.
Speaker: They live to be dickheads. That's literally like what they exist for. They have no place. Definitely silly. Definitely something silly.
Speaker: Thanks, Han. I'm thinking either a marmot or my other answer was like a ferret. Or a ferret. I don't know if I'm limber enough to be ferret.
Speaker: Well, I'm going on personality, not like how fit we are. He's going on personality.
Speaker: All right, all right. Ferrets, ferrets, they are... You're an specifically What'd she say? She said owl, but specifically this one stuffed animal owl we have.
Speaker: Yeah, but like you already chose owl, so maybe she already knows that. She knows that's my favorite animal. Ooh, now money. Where is it? Under the bum. Under my butt. See, she was on the show once, finally, and she just can't help herself now.
Speaker: I know. She's even on camera. She's even on camera. We got this giant D20 that we've been rolling around the Did crit roll? She did. Nice. but just got 14.
Speaker: All right. All I have is I have ah a candy bowl that looks like the top of thing. Ooh, there you go.
Speaker: And the candy on the inside is like a little health potion. Yeah. Yeah. Actually, real quick, because I want to end the episode on a high note.
Speaker: Same. Let me tell you about this awesome party I went to. Did you want me here when you said we? No, no, you can leave. but but did it you You know about the awesome party I went to. You were there for a while. That's why I asked if I could leave.
Speaker: Because you were like, wait. And I wasn't sure you or both. No, you can go. Yep. All right. So let me tell you about this cool party. I wanted to tell you about this because I think you would love it.
Speaker: i So every year, my friends throw a tavern party. And they redid their entire basement to look like a tavern. Old school medieval tavern. So they invite a bunch of friends, and we all show up in our Renaissance fair gear.
Speaker: So it's a whole bunch of nerds, all dressed up like nerds, in a nerdy environment. It's perfect. And they do a bunch of minigames based on the different classes in D&D. So we had... um
Speaker: Like, uh, what's it called? Um, a relay race where you had to grab an arrow from the ground, run it through like a hula hoop maze, and then give it to somebody who had to do some puzzles and give it off to some more puzzles and then hand it back to you. And you had to shoot it at a target.
Speaker: We did that. And the puzzles were like building with Legos to match a specific thing, mixing potions of different colors to make the right color that you drew. um
Speaker: and some other stuff I can't remember. ah We did that. We had a bunch of empty cardboard boxes with numbers in them, and they got a bunch of like play weapons, and you had to just destroy the boxes and take out all your anger. That was fun. That was nice. A bunch of coins were hidden all over the basement and everything that you could find.
Speaker: And then near the end, they had a raffle. That's where we got the giant D20. I won that in the raffle. also won a quill with a little ink pot for Mel, Mbeluga, for Mbeluga, because she was saying she wanted to try something like that.
Speaker: And oh my God, it was just so much fun. It was good food, good friends, a lot of like silly minigames. It was awesome. And I need to talk to them and see if I can drag you to one of these, because I think you would love it.
Speaker: It sounds like something I would thrive in and want to hear. God, it was great. I just thought you'd want it. This was ah the one day you you wanted to play a game. And I said, like, no, I'm burned out.
Speaker: It was from that party. i was like. they They used to have a dog and my allergies were going. Plus, I was tired from like all the games and stuff and I was like recovering.
Speaker: Fair. But oh my God, it was so much fun. And ah the whole time I was like, man, ah kind of wish Adam were here for this. He would love this. Maybe someday when we pull your city closer to my city, it'll easier for me to get over there.
Speaker: Or if they make me a bullet train. if they bullet I'm going to just take New and somewhere else. Bullet train in New Jersey. Oh, hell yeah. There you go. Nice two-hour bullet train. there in two hours to take a nap on the way. wouldn't mind that at all. That would absolutely visit you for. Absolutely.
Speaker: Yeah, I would love that. I'd love to get on a bullet train at least once in my life. Yeah, I want to do ah um one of those overnight trains where like it has like a bed car and you sleep and like cross countries in Europe.
Speaker: I want to do that before I die. That's on my bucket list. Someday we'll get there. What do you say? I just I wanted to end this episode with something a little happier. Yeah, I think.
Speaker: Maybe in the coming weeks, we we someone reminded us that we talked about, um,
Speaker: that's our quest we were talking about doing. Oh yeah. Yeah. We should absolutely do that. we Maybe we do that as kind of like a nice little kind of, or that's our do. We were going to do that or that. Yeah. We're talking about that's our do as well, which is, which is definitely something I want to do.
Speaker: Um, because it's just, that cracks me up and it's very funny. Um, but I feel like we need to, we need to build that up a little bit. I want it to be really big. Um, agree. But that's our quest, I think.
Speaker: i think it was just us going to do like a one shot, like while we stream or something, right? I think this is like a special thing. I think it's what going to do is just like a tabletop role playing game on the show. But maybe we live stream it and then it's just like a maybe something for the extra. ne oh Maybe we could do like a kind of like a crowd control thing where you could donate and.
Speaker: Yeah, something like that. I know when we streamed before we we were doing things like. If you donate a certain amount, you can like say, like oh, Dan, the next time you have to roll d20, it's a six.
Speaker: Right. like You can just give me the roll, whatever you want it to be. Yeah. I mean, if we want to get cracking on it, I'd be happy to do it. but That would be cool. um you know Let us know in the Discord or on our website if you want us to do a That's Our Quest episode.
Speaker: And then um I want to call it that's our Q-ist. That's our Q-ist. we it' just you e Yeah, Yeah. That's our Q-ist. That's our Q-ist.
Speaker: Yeah, it's just literally just, yeah. It's our Q-ist. Yeah, it'd be like Q-U-E hyphen. No, Q-U hyphen S-E-S-T or something like that. That's our Q. Just hyphen W-E-S-T.
Speaker: Or just you calling it West? Q West. our q s That's our quest. That's our quest. We'll figure it out. We'll work. Yeah, we'll figure out. That's our quest. If you come up with a good name, let us know in the Discord or on the website. That's our quest coming to you sooner than later. Also, hi, Terry. Hi, Gabe. hope you're doing well. So let's round out this episode. It's been an hour 40. Let's get the fuck out of here. it must yeah We had a good ventilation therapy session. Hopefully, hopefully somebody was listening and heard our words and felt inspired. And if not, you know, we like you said, we tried, but
Speaker: In the meantime, we really do appreciate you all. This is a dream come true for Danny. um Specifically for me. Yeah, specifically, specifically for Danny. I don't have any dreams. Adam doesn't care, but I dream come true for me.
Speaker: I have no dreams. You should hear him after we we log off. And it's just the two of us. He's like, man, I hate everyone. I have to spell the stupid nonsense. God, I have to be a character this whole time. I care to us i have to pretend to actually like people. And then I out want to be the biggest piece of shit I can be this year. Yeah, i I don't show at all that I care about people when walk out. No, never. It's not like you work at a food bank or anything.
Speaker: Yeah, that that's all just a facade. It's all just fake. Yeah, I'm just really a brooding asshole. um But, well, before we go, I want to tell you about something. just This will take like 20 seconds.
Speaker: Oh, I'm fine. I have nowhere to go tonight. Hitch and I got into an art. So, like, you know, Hitch, my roommate. Mm-hmm. We got into an argument earlier about which vowel was the best one.
Speaker: And I won. What vowel did you give? I won. Ah. No.
Speaker: Anyway, everybody, please take care of your mind. Take care of your hearts. Most importantly, for the love of all things sacred and true in this world, take care of each other and we'll see you on the next episode.
Speaker: Say bye, Danny. I hate my life. yeah
