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Netflix Stinks and Dragon Ball Z is Dope!
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In this episode, we discuss the recent news with Netflix, Nick's new work schedule, DBZ, and more!
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Welcome Back and Time Perception
00:00:29
Speaker
Welcome to the mildly frustrating podcast. The podcast for all things you guessed in mildly frustrating. I'm here again with Nick and Alan. It's been a little while. Say hi, guys. Hello. Hey. What was the last time we did this? Like December? It's two months ago. Was it? It feels like much longer. It's because every day feels like three years now. This is true. Our jobs don't help. How you guys been?
00:00:55
Speaker
Oh,
Shift Changes and Social Life
00:00:56
Speaker
doing pretty all right. Uh, moved over to the 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. shift. That's right. That's been an adjustment. How are you enjoying that? Yeah. Free time is no longer a concept that I have. Friends and family don't exist. Yeah. I hear that.
00:01:17
Speaker
Every minimal chance I had, uh, you know, ease myself after a, uh, long day of work has now passed because all the bars are now closed. It's fun. It's, it's great. So how are you? You're Ubering to work. Yes. Yeah. I'm taking a Lyft to work because I'm not taking my, uh, newly purchased e-scooter. Yeah.
Commuting Tales and Law Encounters
00:01:40
Speaker
During rush hour. That's, that's a big no-no because, um,
00:01:45
Speaker
on my way to work is a highway. So that's, that's, that's just not going to happen. But, uh, you know, the drive back isn't too bad. Uh, it's, it's at 2 AM. So really nobody's out except for on Fridays and Saturdays, which at that point, yeah, it's, it's kind of just like a, uh, pan over of craziness, just trying not to get hit. But, uh, the funny, the ironic thing is the most trouble I've had so far.
00:02:14
Speaker
is by the cops. I think a lot of people would say that. I had the cops pull me over twice, just to make sure that I was okay. And the funny thing is on the third time, it was the same cops too, because it was at the very same intersection all the time. But they
Potential Moves and Career Opportunities
00:02:36
Speaker
came over, I guess they were
00:02:39
Speaker
uh, coming from one of the streets across roads and they saw me, uh, but they had some urge. I don't know what it was to put a spotlight into my face, which, uh, blinded me essentially. I really, it was like a flash bang kind of, cause it's dark at night and I was adjusted. And that was just not happening. So it kind of like.
00:03:02
Speaker
had me go a little bit to the side of the road, which on highways, you know, there's a little dip when there's a grassy part. So I just kind of like slipped on the wheel and I felt that way totally messed up my leg for two weeks. And the funny thing is, is when it happened,
00:03:19
Speaker
The, the police officer didn't even get out on the megaphone. They're like, are you okay? I heard them
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00:03:32
Speaker
laughing.
00:03:33
Speaker
They legitimately just turned off the light and just started driving off. I was like, okay, well, at least they didn't pull me over this time, I guess. Yeah. It sounds like they didn't want to get out and identify themselves so they can be sued. I was just like, well, this is, this is fun. And it's funny because the time beforehand.
00:03:53
Speaker
They were telling me, they're like, we just, we, we do this just to make sure that you're okay. Cause you know, there's a lot of, uh, you know, mishaps happening. We just want to make sure that you're safe. And I was just like, okay. It's got to be drunk, right?
00:04:10
Speaker
They, that's what they thought the first time they thought that I was drunk because they saw, they saw me swerving, but on the side of the highway, there's like debris. So I was trying to get out of that. It was like, yeah, there was debris there. Like, okay. So that kind of makes sense. Yeah. But I was like, how ironic that the only like issue that I had, I mean, they were nice cops. They were very nice, but it was just, it was a very, been very interesting. I hear you. Uh, the scooter seems dope though.
00:04:41
Speaker
Oh yeah. It's pretty dope. Um, it's got an app that I can't figure out for the life of me, how it works. I've been trying to connect to it. I've been using the same password. It's been telling me, I looked it up online and stuff, but use the same password they tell me to do. And it just keeps telling me that, uh, it's not going to work. So cool. Aside from that, uh, yeah, I mean, the speed's pretty dope. It's it's the, it's well, we're not sponsored, but it's the highway.
00:05:16
Speaker
I mean, aside from the slippage, but I mean, that's, that's a little problem with slippage. Yeah. Oh man. That's funny. Well, uh, how, how much longer do you have to deal with that? Um, couple, I mean, until July, really? Yes. Three months.
00:05:36
Speaker
Yeah, working. I mean, we're getting to the end of this month. So, yeah. Probably around three or two and a half. What are your plans look like,
Future Plans and Career Transitions
00:05:46
Speaker
or are they still being worked out? So as of right now, I mean, there's obviously, of course, the set plan that me and you have already discussed and everything where I'll be going back over to the hometown. Raleigh, what's up? Raleigh, West Side Science.
00:06:04
Speaker
Hey, that's apparently the west side of North Carolina, because over here, everybody considers that a west area. I don't know what it was. East Carolina. Yeah. Yes. How is that west for barbecue? I think Raleigh is like Raleigh is Raleigh's west and over here. So everybody considers Raleigh west. Whenever I tell people I'm from, oh, you're more from the western area. Yeah. Gotcha. But
00:06:36
Speaker
I mean, it's, yeah, I mean, so there's that, um, you know, uh, depending on how your brother is doing at this point, because we're going to see, we're going to see if he's going to go into the ITV, uh, you know, might do something for a couple months probably. So, but also should be able to last out at least till after you moved there. But, um,
00:06:59
Speaker
Uh, yeah, but the other option, which is still a lingering option only because it's a pretty good deal. But, you know, of course I want to be here for, for your new baby boy show, you know, but I got the job offer in Florida.
00:07:17
Speaker
with John and that's in real estate. So I mean, now would be a good time to get into his part of it because I would just be doing research and learning how all of everything works while everything dies down. Cause we all know that this house market is about to crash. So once it starts to pick up again, that should probably be when I would be knowledgeable enough to maybe make a contribution in that category. So.
00:07:43
Speaker
I mean, I'm, it's, it's really good opportunity and it's like definitely, uh, an experience to have, but at the same time, I'd be moving from here with my kind of salary now to Florida and Orlando, near Orlando nonetheless. So it's, it's definitely, you'd have to either stay with Jimmy or John.
00:08:07
Speaker
Yeah. And I can't do either. And I, I did find a nice park bench. That's good. That's a good price. It's probably not that expensive. It might be like a hundred bucks a month. I mean, it just seems like a pretty dope opportunity, but you know, that has a lot of risk involved as well. And there's just not, so it's like a split decision, but obviously it's, it seems like the better.
00:08:33
Speaker
I guess, suited. No, I feel like
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00:08:36
Speaker
better long-term, if that were the case, as long as the cards were played perfectly, then Florida would be the best bet, you know? Because after five or ten years, I'm making, you know, I'm making has many.
00:08:51
Speaker
Now 50,000 on red, but, uh, you know, if I go over to Raleigh, that would be a safe bet. It's definitely a better, like in the long run, as far as relations go and everything. Cause I'd be able to stay with my homies and be, be close, be able to see you guys where I mean, I'm close with, with John and Jimmy, but I mean, obviously not nearly as close. Yeah.
00:09:22
Speaker
one of those things. And also, I mean, again, job opportunity, especially after I break Daniel's legs. I'll also take a job over there and get some, get some IT percussion.
00:09:36
Speaker
True. But I'm also, I mean, with this altese thing, uh, because I'm switching from spectrum to altese, uh, soon, I believe I don't see any reason why they wouldn't take me because I'm definitely qualified compared to everybody else that's getting hired from our work area. And I can attain to that because, uh, as of late, actually for the past couple of weeks, they actually had me.
00:09:59
Speaker
on their computers fixing a lot of their issues, like trying to get the audio to work, trying to get certain websites to start working again and clearing cookies out because apparently nobody knows how to clear cookies anymore.
00:10:14
Speaker
So I'm just like, they, they elected me
Family, Work-Life Balance, and Cooking Struggles
00:10:18
Speaker
temporary IT guy. And I don't even know that much about it, but it seems pretty easy. So I'm hoping that if that is what I have to go off of, there's no reason why they shouldn't hire me. So hopefully I'll have some pre-training.
00:10:33
Speaker
But I hear you. And so you got a little bit of time to I mean, actually not much time to make your decision. Not much time now. I'm I'm getting it here, but I've looked at a couple of apartments. The the the place I used to live at, the place is still open. So I might go back over there. It seems like a solid place, you know, as far as rent wise. Yeah. But
00:10:59
Speaker
Yeah, I got to see, you know, see if like the move in dates. So I don't know that things are going fine. Yeah, aside from this whole ordeal. Well, I mean, you will see hope maybe we'll do a podcast before then. That'd be nice. And we can see where things go. If not, we could do it before a few months this time. Yeah, if not, we'll do a podcast at your funeral and you got to wake up before one. Come on.
00:11:29
Speaker
Hey, not necessarily. Again, I have a five to two. I know you get well, actually, I know Dylan at least is up every single night just about typing away, even though I'm trying to play a game here. Poor guy. I just hear like, what are you doing? I thought you were off work. And he's like, no, I didn't finish this. I got to finish this real quick. Can't go to sleep.
00:11:59
Speaker
It happens. I'll start with something that's been frustrating me is so I don't know if you guys have heard that Netflix, their their like market share has gone down. They've lost. Yeah. Yeah, I saw that. But even before that, so the whole stance is we're going to raise prices and then.
00:12:20
Speaker
We're going to crack down. Yeah, they're going to crack down on who's sharing passwords. And I think they're going to try and like do an IP lock. So like only people in one house can all use it at the same time. So if you're watching like different locations, they'll be like, no, no, no, no, no. You have to get your own account. So that's I mean, how many people do you think are sharing accounts? Most people.
00:12:45
Speaker
Almost everybody.
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00:12:46
Speaker
Yeah, so I mean, not everybody's going to. And that's that's the thing as well is it's not about. I really don't think it is about the, you know, people sharing accounts and stuff like that. I feel like that actually helps them in certain ways, but it's their selection. I mean, there's there's so many people with so many like demographic selections now you got Disney Plus, which has all of the Disney stuff, so.
00:13:12
Speaker
A lot of people like those types of shows and those movies and stuff. So that's why they go there. But I'm not going to be paying 80 or 120 bucks a month just to get all of the streaming apps. I'm going to select a couple. Yeah. And stick with that. And it's nice to have like, I have a couple, you have a couple. Let's share and do that so we all can just watch what we want to watch. Yeah. And I don't think Netflix would be on my selection.
00:13:43
Speaker
I mean, they're decent, but they don't have what they used to. Yeah, they have a couple of nice shows. But now that, you know, I don't know, I think it's a good thing and a bad thing. I kind of lives into lives into another.
00:13:56
Speaker
You know, but the whole like they think they're going to solve their issues by cracking down on people sharing accounts and essentially just really making their customers very angry. I think that they're going to lose more people than subscribers again, which I mean, I think everybody's kind of on board with that. Except for Netflix, I guess it's all about the money. Yeah. Do you even have Netflix, Alan? Yes, I do.
00:14:22
Speaker
Is it yours? Yep. I'll pay for it. Yeah. That's weird. Welcome to my weird world of actually being one of the few people that pays for my own Netflix. That's weird, man. You shouldn't do that. I shouldn't, but it's like one of those things where I've already kind of got it in my budget to kind of it's out of sight, out of mind. Yeah. But now that it's going up, it'll be more insight. But I mean, also have the.
00:14:48
Speaker
The so I've got a Disney Plus package. So I got ESPN Hulu and all that stuff. I'm like, well, if I got all of them, I might as well have it. The only one I don't have is Paramount. That's the one I want, which is funny because it's the one that William wants the most. So it's like, God dang it. So if I had to choose, I probably would choose Paramount over Netflix. I might just go to that. They just made some bad choices with. Yeah, like when they gave. Oh, what's the damn name?
00:15:17
Speaker
Don't think of the dang y'all name. They just come in. No, no, no, they gave a. Who's the goofy guy that didn't have a Gilmore? I can't think of his name now. Adam Sandler. Yeah, they gave Sandler like eight. Oh, that's right. Yeah. And they invest all that money and they all bombed. Yeah. So it's like you can't do that for. And Jim just got good reviews.
00:15:37
Speaker
What'd you say? I'm sure I'm sure Jim's got good reviews. Yeah, I'm cut Jim. So it wasn't even a movie. That was just a documentary more than anything. Yeah, I'm talking about the. Yeah, I'm talking about the eight movies that he specifically made for them, like the The Ungrateful Eight or whatever it was called. No wonder they were all terrible watching. Yeah, I didn't watch them. I can't think of anyway.
00:15:59
Speaker
I'd love you. I'm saying there, but he got like a hundred. He got something like a hundred million for that. And they've done that forever. Like they invested heavily in the Disney stuff and then Disney come and ripped it out. And now they're screwed. Yeah.
00:16:12
Speaker
they lost a lot of their content and are investing in originals and the originals aren't panning out for the most part. Yeah, for now. I feel like if they have to go that route, I feel like maybe not an IP lock would be in their best interest, but maybe like you get to, you get to share with two other people or something of that nature. I don't remember what the exact thing is, like the terms of their crackdown, but
00:16:37
Speaker
I think lessening it to any extent, I think it's just going to frustrate people, which I mean is evident because all I see are people very frustrated with Netflix wanting to cancel their accounts because of like they're just grabbing at what they can grab like money wise.
00:16:55
Speaker
I mean, there's too much competition out there. They had the jump when they were competing with Blockbuster and stuff like that, but now they're just jealous that they're not Jeff Bezos. They used to have Amazon Prime Video and has free stuff, but has it where people rent and all
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00:17:15
Speaker
that stuff. And it comes with Amazon.
00:17:18
Speaker
I mean, Netflix is like living off stranger things now. That's what I can think about is like, that's the one thing they have. Oh, wait. Do they still have friends? Friends is an HBO Max now. HBO. Yeah, HBO Max. So like, yeah, that's like the only thing they have as as a huge, I guess, Bridgerton's big, but. I've been enjoying Peaky Peaky Blinders. It's not on Amazon. No, is it?
00:17:48
Speaker
I've been watching it on Netflix. I didn't know if it was. I know I think it might be a Netflix original. I mean, the squid game was big, too. It's like, oh, yeah, that was what they're like. I mean, you can't live off of having like a big thing for two months. You got to have consistently big stuff. And, you know, having one every five months isn't going to keep a company up.
00:18:13
Speaker
At least not in this comic when everybody's like, I mean, you know, everybody cut the cord and went to streaming. But, you know, there's a lot of streaming now doesn't necessarily mean we need yours because I don't I don't see Disney cutting down. And it's just, you know, poor management doesn't mean, you know, that that's not our problem.
00:18:33
Speaker
You're not paying the right people to make good stuff that we should have to pay more. I think it's hard to rely on originals because I mean, it's a lot easier to do it like Disney and stuff is doing. They're making all their money off of like their programming, like their movies and shows that are.
00:18:51
Speaker
already out making a ton of money. Netflix is doing its best because they're losing these services to all of the actual content makers like Paramount and Disney and all that stuff. You know what's even funnier is that like Netflix's biggest thing is a nostalgia thing. Like Stranger Things is big
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00:19:07
Speaker
because the 80s are big. So it's like everybody's got the 80s nostalgia for Stranger Things and that they're living off that, but they don't have any nostalgic stuff to watch other than that. Yeah, they lost most of it.
00:19:20
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, yeah, when when Paramount pulled all their stuff out and then when Disney pulled all their stuff, I can't think of anything that I went to Netflix for. I can't think of the last time I turned the app on. I paid for it every month and I don't know the last time I turned it on. Yeah, like, you know, they're taking all the big names like friends and the office and you have to talk about peacock. Yeah. Yeah. All the Marvel films and like the bad thing about Netflix, too, is they don't have any live content.
00:19:49
Speaker
True, like Peacock and Paramount and CBS. All those in the blue has all a live version of TV and you can't get that from Netflix. True. This is all just basic. Yeah, it's it's very frustrating. And then. You got a mildly frustrating thing about it is that.
00:20:10
Speaker
As the consumer, we're honestly the real losers in all of this. I mean, Netflix is still going to be okay. But when Netflix originally had all like pretty much a monopoly on everything, they had all the movies you wanted to watch and everything. Yeah. We as a consumer were having a great time because we could share as much as we wanted to like the accounts we could. It was $9.99 for the subscription.
00:20:35
Speaker
And everything, we got everything, but now we have everybody splitting everything up, uh, you know, uh, fighting over licenses and being able to watch it. And now they get to have their platform where everybody's like, well, I really want to watch this. So now I'm going to go ahead and get their subscription. And now instead of paying $9.99, we're paying like.
00:20:58
Speaker
12 or 14.99 each to not have ads and be like the old Netflix or like Netflix is right now, which is pretty much the only place that doesn't have ads. Yeah. I mean, that's like their main schtick as well is that they save your power by saying, Hey, are you watching after three episodes? So when you fall asleep,
00:21:19
Speaker
I'll turn it on. And then they also don't have any commercials, so you don't have to worry about listening to that every five minutes. That's the mildly frustrating part, is that we're suffering because everybody wants a piece of the pie. And we're like, but I just wanted to watch my stuff.
00:21:42
Speaker
Yeah, it's adding up to more and more services, which is more and more monthly price. And it's, I see this every day when we want to talk to customers at Spectrum and stuff, because I'm giving them live TV. And they're like, you know, I just wanted to get TV again, because I thought streaming was going to be less expensive because I was only paying $19. And now I looked at my bill and I see I'm getting a whole bunch taken off. I might as well just get this. What kind of offers do you have?
00:22:11
Speaker
Yeah, well, it makes sense here. A lot of people are paying for a whole bunch of different stuff. They're not getting everything. And then you get your regular TV that has pretty much everything. You just got to sit through all the. Yeah, I think before it was a cost benefit, like it was cheaper and it was more convenient. Now it's just more convenient.
00:22:31
Speaker
Um, the cost is, I mean, now really doesn't make it. I mean, there's depending on what you're watching, you can get less packages or you can get just live TV. So it depends, but it used to be a clear cut. Why would you not go streaming? If you can do, you know, 20, 20 to 25, 30 bucks a month and get everything you need.
00:22:51
Speaker
Exactly. But now it's like maybe I'll just get cable. But then you can't watch stuff that's old or you have to get a DVR. So, you know, there's still still issues with having live TV as opposed to streaming. But that's cheaper.
00:23:08
Speaker
Yeah, so that's certainly an issue that it's related to Netflix. I've been thinking about that and Netflix might be one we drop if they start cracking down, because I mean, I think like most people, I share somebody's account. And once they I know Nick does, too, once they drop it, I mean, I don't I don't think I intend on paying for it. Yeah, no.
00:23:34
Speaker
So I'll either use that to get something else like Paramount or I just will talk the money. There's not enough on Netflix. Definitely find myself going to other other streaming things more.
00:23:49
Speaker
Especially if Netflix is literally the only company doing it. There's really I'll just go to everybody else who's willing to just chill. Mm hmm. Well, we'll figure this out. We'll switch the wallets around. Yeah. So kind of related. I know Alan will have an opinion about this. When are we going to when is there going to be a reboot of Dragon Ball? Like the whole franchise in general.
00:24:17
Speaker
I don't know. Cause it's one of those things where it's- I feel like if done right, we could have a Dragon Ball movie, but I just don't see anybody being able to do it right. I mean, they just did it. That's what's weird about Dragon Ball. They never stopped. Broly just came out with tears. I meant like live, I meant like a live action. Oh God, no. They've done that before and it was awful. I'm saying it doesn't seem like anybody would be able to, but I feel like if done right, we, we could get a legitimately decent movie. But it'd have to be really good writing and
00:24:45
Speaker
You know, like action, but not, you know, over the top, stupid action that like you would think somebody that the whole thing's about over this top, dumb, like, I mean, this guy does every time. I'm talking about over the top in the way that you think somebody that like.
00:25:07
Speaker
Okay. A great example. Amnite Shyamalan and Avatar. All right. He thought he knew what it was going to be like today. He didn't know at all how to utilize or I guess visualize Avatar the Last Airbender. He totally botched the monkeys out of it.
00:25:33
Speaker
Yeah, it's I don't know and I don't know I would just like them to completely like HD if I it Like you can you even this is I think it would be cool to even like even if they didn't like reboot it in terms of
00:25:47
Speaker
Uh, like new stories, they could just remake all of them. I think I'd still be a fan. The best bet would be go all the way back to the original Dragon Ball, not even go super, but go all the way back to the original and redo all those old, old car. Oh, yeah. It would either have to be Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball Z. Yeah. Yeah. It's like, I could, I could see that. Like, like I said, everything nostalgic is huge right now. Yeah. It's huge and everybody's into it. Um, it's just, I mean, I would be into it.
00:26:14
Speaker
But I mean, you have so much anime now. It's ridiculous. Like there's so many like just new and innovative things. Like I was watching bleach yesterday. I started it from the very beginning. So episode one, that thing is so grainy. Like, how do we ever watch this? Like.
00:26:32
Speaker
I don't know, but yeah, I can see what you're talking about. Just touch up. Just make it look pretty and then remastered sell it like crazy. I mean, it would go like hotcakes because like I said, you'd have my generation just all over and then bring a new generation to it. Kind of like Pokemon does every year. True. Just keep bringing it back. Yeah, I wonder if they were to like actually start making like, you know, start from scratch with Dragon Ball. Would there be enough of a
00:27:00
Speaker
fanbase to watch it or would there be too many supporters? It would have to be genuinely good because it would be very easy to mess that up or even if it's pretty good, too many people would simply resent it because it's trying to be different or new than the original and then try to remade. So people are going to be really hesitant. So it'd have to be genuinely good to make them like change their mind.
00:27:30
Speaker
Cause I understand like for me, certain things like that, like for example, the halo series that I had a feeling might it's, it's like, I, I, I want so much to enjoy this halo series, but I just, it's, it's not doing it for me. And I, I don't know if it's because it's new or what, but it just doesn't.
00:27:56
Speaker
Like they, I just feel like they did it wrong, you know, and if they couldn't find, or if they couldn't get master chief or the guy that played the master chief, they couldn't make him do his voice. Then they should have at least found somebody that.
00:28:13
Speaker
It was similar ish, you know, enough to make me, you know, thing. And it was just like small tweaks like that, that was different and it's supposed to be different, but it wasn't good, different. Wasn't like, Oh yeah, I can accept that. So I feel like if they try to do, cause I mean, they kind of sort of is try to do the remaster or a reversion of that with, you know, super Dragon Ball, which is actually pretty good.
00:28:39
Speaker
But they also failed with Dragon Ball GT. You know, they tried to make him young again. And that was kind of like a revised version of, you know, the first Dragon Ball. So they, they definitely failed in certain ways. Not too many people like Dragon Ball GT. I mean, I haven't heard too many great things about it and I hear mixed things about super. Um, it's just different.
00:29:04
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, it's just like everything else is like what you grew up with is what you're going to like. So it's like, you know, got to be open to new ones. Yeah, I'm just you know, I'm I think most people I think just miss Dragon Ball Z and or Dragon Ball and I don't know. It's I think it's been long enough that it's it could it could reboot.
00:29:27
Speaker
Oh, yeah. I mean, if Pokemon rebooted, I feel like, you know, Dragon Ball can rebooted as well. I don't think Pokemon ever stopped. There was a there was. Well, I don't know. It's kind of like it's been more of a steady up and down, but there's been a lot to ever stop. So which of you is going to teach me to cook? Are you being real?
00:29:54
Speaker
Yeah, I need somebody to teach me to cook. No, you don't. You need to cook. Have you ever cooked? Your mom would be very upset with you. What's your point? I can't think of the last time I ever heard you say you were going to try to cook. It's because I haven't. OK. OK. It makes sense. Well, then I need you to come over and cook for my kid. How's that? I mean. No, I'm not going to I'm not going to deal with the baby. Well, Nick can come show me how to make like chicken broccoli.
00:30:23
Speaker
I'm telling you, Nick needs a move in and be your in living nanny. I can't get you paying forty seven thousand dollars. You want some burgers? I think he's a fry. He'll air fry the crap out of your stuff. He'll live outside next to the grill.
00:30:43
Speaker
or under the I'll be in that shed that you have. Yeah, just come out in the storage to the porch. Hey, I'll just knock on the window with the the air. Just keep the air conditioner running. That's all I get. Just while you're out here, can you check on the air conditioner? Put the fan on. Yeah. Can you check the compressor? Hey, check the breaker. Make sure everything's good. Yeah, I don't I don't know. I don't know how this is not going to be an issue.
00:31:09
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with the fact that neither one of you know how to cook. There's there's some easy foods that you can make. I can I can give you some pointers on that. It's easier to show. I'm a shower. I'm not really good at that. I mean, you have every kitchen gadget ever. How can you not make an easy meal?
00:31:26
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Because he buys all the coolest gadgets. You should be able to make easy, easy quick meals because you have all the gadgets to do it like without even having to try. I feel like Dylan's guests use his plasma wand more than he does to light a candle. To light a candle? No, we light candles all the time. Yeah, I don't I don't know how it's not going to be. It's not that we don't know how. OK, so what's your favorite food?
00:31:56
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complicated question. Oh my God. I can name a restaurant. How's that? Okay. Yeah. Name a restaurant of Taco Bell. Okay. Taco Bell. Taco is some of the easiest stuff you can make. Like all you got to do is get a ground or not a ground. You just got to get a pound of ground beef.
00:32:19
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That's all you got to do. And you just cook it for like eight minutes, 10 minutes on medium high. Yeah. I can't buy Locos taco shells.
00:32:30
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Yeah, you can. What? They sell them in the grocery store. Doritos. So they sell the Doritos like us to like us talk. Are you serious? Yeah. You can go. You can go to the grocery store. They have a food line. Yeah. Are you? Why did I not know this? I don't because you don't shop for food. You got to go to the food store to cook this anywhere near the ding dong.
00:32:53
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Oh, my gosh. How are you about to change some of this? If they don't keep it by the sweets or the soda? If if your child is more older and faster sells it, they sell it on Amazon. I got you. Interesting. I got you. I don't know. I'm going to hit you back up and get a little visual here. You can buy those there. They're 298 for.
00:33:20
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The pack of 10, like 10. Yeah, I can't afford that. I'd rather. They're in the standing. They're in the standing. So one taco. Yeah, you're going to spend two bucks on Taco Bell. It's not the same. It takes it takes legitimately like eight minutes to cook. The funniest part is you can go buy the taco. You can even buy Taco Bell Taco Bell Taco Bell Taco. You can buy like the medium and hot and the bottles and the Diablo and bottle make yourself.
00:33:51
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And probably better because it's actual meat. No, it's not the same. Remember, they don't even call their meat meat. Yeah. I need sawdust meat. Do they have that? I mean, we can get you some. And it's not the same as like a 16 year old making five dollars. Now we're making. It's just not as good. There's no way we can manage that.
00:34:11
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It's probably true that it's not the same, but I mean, it'll still be tasty. Well, you better not be feeding this child this right when it comes out. He's like, hey, are you teething yet? Here's some nachos. I can liquefy it. And to be fairly honest, you can crunch up those taco shells and just make yourself like the little taco salad.
00:34:38
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I know. I'll figure it out. I'm just lazy. Well, do you think I can make the kid protein shakes? Well, it's funny because again, it would take less time for you to do that than to go out and get that's false. Cause one, you have to factor in the going to the store. Oh my God. And you get a whole bunch of stuff that's like eight hours already and refractioning that.
00:35:05
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No, dude, you go to the store. I mean, looking for the for the tacos one, that's two hours. Bring it home with another couple hours. Taking out a car. That's at least three. Why does it take you? I'm in and out of a store in like five minutes. Well, that's because I get a lift and they're able to wait for me. And they're like, OK. Well, not everybody's got a Ramsey. Well, OK. You know what?
00:35:29
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All right, you know, Bragg, why don't you? That's an odd flex. You know what? You're an odd flex. I got to talk about it because I'm not. I'm too good for that. I'm too good for that. Yeah, I don't see it happening. So we'll have to get like a Panera membership. Alan, what do you make of your dinner tonight? Oh, not yet. I think I'm going to make her those lookless. And what are you making for me? I can give you hot dogs. How about.
00:35:58
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How about we work out a little arrangement where, say, I pick up food from you every day and we pretend that I made it. Yeah, you just drive over here. Oh, you're moving over here anyway, right? I mean, eventually, maybe, but I don't know. Maybe Canapolis, too. Well, Nick's going to live with you, I thought.
00:36:21
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Oh, sorry about that. I can. I can be your basement role to move on to the foundation. Five. Well, you know, I was thinking about. I don't know what it is with like seeing the popular videos and stuff. What is up with? I mean, it's been an issue for a while. What is up with mukbangs? Nick, why do your people like? Why are they making this so popular?
00:36:49
Speaker
What? Yeah, that's what I thought. Do you not know what that is? Alan, you know what I'm talking about. I believe a mukbang is where you order everything from the entire menu and try to eat at the same time. I mean, it's any large amount of food that people just watch. Yeah. Yeah. People just watch you eat. It's really weird. And I would encourage you not to look at it. It's really fun. And when, like, the entire McDonald's menu, I'm going to have to look this up. I wouldn't recommend it.
00:37:18
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As it looks like, you just make sure you spell it right because you might say something different. That's true. Yeah, so it's like. It feels like it's mainly girls now because guys are weird. Yeah, well, it's because no nobody wants to see a guy food.
00:37:35
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Well, we don't want to see a girl eat soap or spread it on a microphone or, you know, do any of the MSR stuff that they do. ASMR. Where they put, you know, where they put like shaving cream on stuff just to be weird. Dudes will pay for anything. Totally different feeds. You know what ASMR is? Yeah, I know about it. I know people like to eat lettuce. Hmm.
00:38:03
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Yeah, he said he knows people that like to eat lettuce. Yeah, and they put it in the microphone and people like to hear the cringe. Oh, yeah, I guess I can be ASMR. And I guess it is mostly girls that do that to the mic like this or something like weird stuff like I've heard people actually I'm like.
00:38:24
Speaker
That's just one that I'm not like, I don't know. Well, OK, I kind of do judge people. Sounds like in some circumstances, like it can be like soothing to help you go to sleep. Jazzy used to like that for a while to help her sleep. But it doesn't. I really don't care.
00:38:48
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Alan likes the opposite. He likes people screaming in his ear to go to sleep for gaming videos. I mean, I do like laughing, but it's a different thing. It's not it's not like people screaming. He wants to hear people laughing. I hear the people crying in his head. Who me? Yeah, he's just like watching like game like loud gaming videos where they yell at him like trolling. Yeah.
00:39:16
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So I mean, that's what helps you get to sleep, man. I tend to suspend from the fan just like a bat. And it helps me. It gets me air from fancy or not from fancy, but fantasy hockey sucks. That's annoying.
00:39:31
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Oh, yeah, you came in third or no, we're fighting. We're fighting for third. Yeah. I don't know if you've seen it, but we're one hundred and fifty points in front of anybody in first and second. Awesome. But we're fighting each other. So cool. Yep. Mine got screwed over because Seattle canceled the game. So I lost five players and I lost by 50 points. That sucks. Yep. Always home is never going to win. I lost by I think one hundred and forty.
00:39:59
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Yeah, they're there right now as 176 and I have to 21. Now, geez. Yeah. The other guy has 86 points. It's a two week, it's a two week aggregate now this week, so. Oh, for the championship. Yeah, it'll be fun.
00:40:15
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I don't know, man, it's I wanted to do baseball and then I didn't, which was funny because I was going to say you never said anything. I know I meant to. And then it was like the three of the season. I was like, well, it's weird to start now. I don't even know if we would get anybody in our league. It would just be like me versus the computer or nothing at all. I don't know. The Mets have been killing it kind of.
00:40:40
Speaker
They had a few bad games, but I think they're after today. I think they're 10 and three. Yeah, the mints are going good. Yeah, pretty solid. I mean, it's almost like you are halfway decent team. Should have been last year. Should have been last year. You just said they're still missing the ground. I mean, yeah. You'll be good. You'll pick it up. I mean, months.
00:41:06
Speaker
You still gotta win, you still gotta beat the Braves. I mean, you were in first place at like half play Mart last year and almost finished deadline. They better not collapse like they have previous. I'll be very upset. Oh, it's going to happen. They could sign Deebo Samuel. I mean, it's true. I'm telling you that's going to the jets. Just happen to be a pinch runner. You can do everything. Yeah. Maybe quarterback, running back, pitcher. It's mildly frustrating. I know what you're talking about.
00:41:33
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Fair enough. It is what's been mildly frustrated for me a lot here recently is springtime. It's it's what's hilarious about it is it is especially mildly frustrating because the weather is nice, but it also makes me not happy because I can't stop sneezing. Welcome to North Carolina allergies.
00:41:58
Speaker
I liked it over here. It'll be a high 77 lows, 34s. Yeah. Well that too, I'm just like, okay, cool. Yeah. Let me bring a jacket and a tank top. Yeah. It's not fun. Like the weather in general is really frustrating. Cause like you said, it's.
00:42:20
Speaker
high and low, it's like it'll be really cold at night and then it'll be decently warm, like especially because the sun is like super hot. So it'll be like 85 heat index. But once the sun goes down, it's like actually 65. And then it just drops them. But so I look like I'm it looks like I'm still super scared of covid because I walk around with a mask outside.
00:42:45
Speaker
Um, cause I'm trying not to allow the, uh, I'm trying not to get doused in pollen, which inevitably happens anyway. I go outside my car. It looks like it's a brand new green. I mean, I still go around with my mask, but it's more of a chin diaper at this point because I don't really wear it. But if I do encounter somebody that has an issue, I just put it on until I'm out of their sight and I'm taking off again. Yeah.
00:43:12
Speaker
Yeah, that's also true. I still wear a mask inside. Just convenient. And also it takes away my neck fat. Everybody knows how much I've got under there. If I just keep it up. Doesn't hurt, man. I was happy when we had the mask to be fairly honest with you. What's mildly frustrating is now I have to take them off and people have to look at me. That's frustrating for them.
00:43:37
Speaker
Yeah, there was definitely some benefits. I still wear my mask, like inside some buildings, like we went to like a hurricanes game. I wore my mask. Yeah. Going into some stores, I still wear it. Yeah, it depends on the situation. Or if you don't know how everybody feels that you're about to be with, like if you're about to go see a bunch of people you're not sure about, maybe I'll just I mean, it's like it's hurting me. Doesn't hurt to put on the mask. Just plain and safe.
00:44:22
Speaker
And I mean, it may not be COVID, but it could be still like the flu or an old or something I still don't want. So let me go ahead and back up. I'm good to go shielded and away from their vicinity. And around here, like there's a bunch of stuff going around. So everybody's getting colds or, you know, really bad colds. That's like knocking him out for a couple of days. And, uh,
00:44:32
Speaker
Don't be telling me what I have to do.
00:44:50
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We had a few people around my area that were losing their voice and just like couldn't speak. I was like, bro, I don't want whatever you got going on. That's what Jazzy had over the weekend. And she was out of work Monday and Tuesday. So it's not fun.
00:45:07
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Literally, everybody I know had it. Alan had it. Yep. Yep. His kids got it. And Jazzy got norovirus, which is just, you know, the stomach bug where you throw it for a full day. Like it's like there's everything's going in. There's a ton of benefits to wearing a mask. The one of the negatives is people will be like, oh, my God, why are you wearing a mask?
00:45:35
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, at that point, I'm just say, bro, don't even go there. It's not even about that anymore. Like, you know, it's not like legally required anymore. Right. You know, old news is it's news from two years ago. Go away. Yeah. Again, I'm not where I don't have to wear a mask. I also am not legally required to wash my hands. So I probably still will.
00:46:00
Speaker
Like, I wanted to just should be normalized a little bit more. I mean, places in Asia, like most, if not, yeah, pretty much almost all. And in Europe as well, like they wear masks regularly and it's not really looked weird. It's just here in Western culture, we just have some.
00:46:19
Speaker
And now with the whole fact that it's a political thing for some reason, that just makes it even more kind of weird. But I really feel like it's, I mean, it's not a bad thing to do. Shouldn't be. And it's not on Christian for some of you crazy folks out there. God didn't intend for me to have a mask. He gave us a respiratory system for a reason.
00:46:47
Speaker
Also, what's funny is I saw somebody post the other day, they were like, the argument that the mass do nothing to prevent you from getting sick, but also prevent oxygen from getting in is so stupid. So you can't get oxygen, you can't breathe, but also it's not preventing the virus. Okay.
00:47:05
Speaker
And they've proved and that's the thing as well as I wear a mask. OK, I wear quite frequently and I have zero issues like very low. I mean, that's a big part of it, but it's in your blood to learn how to like you've adapted. But yeah, something in me. But for somebody to be on like so passionate about everything and freedom and stuff like that, you would think.
00:47:33
Speaker
that they would be strong enough to breathe. Yeah, I mean, I see something. I just feel like something that small should not hinder someone. So there is an overkill. I mean, so to both of our points, I mean, yeah, there's extremes on all. Well, I see people run like jogging down the street with a mask on, which is like, OK, if they were able to breathe, it shouldn't be a big deal. But also why are they wearing a mask if they're
00:48:03
Speaker
Like I was driving in somebody's neighborhood, like empty neighborhood, they're just driving down the street by themselves with a mask on. I was like, okay, you can take the mask off. It's going to be okay at that point. Yeah. But they were breathing just fine. So it's very strange. But like the only thing I can think of in their logical sense, which I wouldn't really be judging them at that point. It's just more of like, okay, I mean, I get it, but also I, me personally, I wouldn't do it.
00:48:28
Speaker
Uh, would be the fact that, I mean, say you go to a grocery store and you forgot to have Purell in your car and you forgot to get the hand sanitizer at the store when they had those. Um, and then you go into your car, you're like, well, I touched everything in the store and whatnot. And so now you're in a car full of, you know, the stuff around there. Yeah. You got contact, but maybe I guess it might be better to keep the mask on instead of touching the mask and doing all that kind of stuff.
00:48:56
Speaker
I mean, maybe in those particular scenarios, but aside from that, it's like I went to an interview today and like I went up to the floor. There's a good amount of people there, and I was the only one wearing a mask, which is, you know, not a big deal, but also like it just it made sense because I don't know if their mass policy is. I am brand new in the building, so I didn't want to assume
00:49:23
Speaker
I don't know. It's just weird, especially for like a first impression to go and like meet somebody, be like, hey, and then just not. I don't know. Because what if they come out wearing a mask and I look like a nerd who doesn't care? I don't know. I feel like first first meetings, you should probably wear one. That's just a personal opinion.
00:49:42
Speaker
Um, like I wasn't up, they weren't wearing one. So I like, I wasn't upset, but it was just like, she walked over. She was like, here, shake my hand. I'm like, okay. It was like presumptuous. It's a little, those, uh, standpoints where me personally, I guess I would wear a mask just in case, but I.
00:50:01
Speaker
I mean, I do care, but at the same time I'm, you know, vaccinating stuff. Of course that doesn't really make you immune or anything, but that's still, it makes me feel comfortable enough to at least socialize and whatnot. And if someone isn't already wearing a mask, then almost what's the point? Cause you know, but
00:50:19
Speaker
So I took it off. Yeah. When I see that they're not wearing it, then I'll just take mine. Oh, OK. I just wanted to make sure that everything was cool. Yeah. It just feels like common courtesy for people you meet for the first time or when you're going into a group like, I don't know, if you don't know, I feel like air on the side of caution because that's the polite thing to do. So I wasn't like upset that she wasn't wearing one. It was just like I felt like that would have been more appropriate than not wearing one. Yeah. Because you could always take it off. Like I took it off.
00:50:47
Speaker
I was just like, OK, then, you know, I guess we're just not wearing masks, which is fine. But I feel like maybe she should have. Especially like an HR person representing like, yeah, like your company to prospective employees. Like, you know, I don't know. I feel like you have no duty to represent everybody. Yeah, exactly.
00:51:08
Speaker
And like, I feel like it may be in that spectrum where some people might think it's weird, but it really wouldn't be weird to, if you're both wearing a mask, just be like, are you wearing that by a choice or did you want to take that off? And just like, but of course that's not necessarily what I personally would do. Cause me, I, if they're wearing a mask, I wouldn't be against it. So I would literally get myself out of a safe situation.
00:51:38
Speaker
But I mean, someone might. So I feel like if we both wore a mask and they were like, hey, are you cool with me taking it off? I'd be like, yeah, OK, go ahead. I'll take mine off. Like I said, I wasn't upset. But it would be a good I mean, that's why I do it in the first place. I just take mine everywhere just in case. If I go to a store I've never been into, if I go to like a barber shop or something like that, you know, I'll wear my mask just in case they don't want somebody breathing on their face while they're looking at my hair.
00:52:08
Speaker
I prefer not to make that person mad, to be fairly honest with you. Yeah, true. Yeah, like I wasn't upset. It just felt like I thought walking in, I was under the assumption that she would be wearing a mask because she's HR and like the, you know, like the mask mandate has been gone for, you know, a year. I don't know. It was just a little weird and I was trying to be polite.
00:52:30
Speaker
But yeah, also in general, when I go out and I'm walking places, I tend to wear it because of the pollen. It just helps me not feel like crap all the time, which is nice.
00:52:45
Speaker
How's the upgraded version of the math? I mean. Supposedly, I don't have any lab studies, but supposedly you're the lab study. Yeah, basically, who knows if it's actually doing at worst, it's just helping. It's better than nothing. Let's call. How's the how's the dating scene going?
00:53:10
Speaker
Oh, me, the only single guy here. Yeah. I just made that pause just so his wife had being good. I mean, I actually haven't really been trying too much, you know, I've just been hanging out. I don't, it's weird. Like I want to, I guess I'm at that stage where I am.
00:53:38
Speaker
in deep consolidation with myself. I have to figure out what's going on, what I really want to do and how not to ruin the next one. Just to make sure, because I like, and for the most part, everything's been mutual. It's just been like, you know, we find that our futures aren't going down the same path or that we want to raise children the same way or something like that. So that usually kind of gets in the way.
00:54:07
Speaker
But it's at the same time, like, you know, I don't want to waste a few years of my life now, you know.
00:54:26
Speaker
Yeah, I just, I just don't want to do that. You know, it just seems like too much of a hassle, so much ups and downs and questioning myself and who I want to be and who I am. I feel like I'm losing parts of myself as well that I really liked. You know, the more I go down these paths and the more I find that there are some, some not too good people out there, you know, it just makes, it just makes it kind of. Sadening.
00:54:54
Speaker
And I guess, you know, of course, you know, not everybody gets to marry their childhood sweetheart. Yeah. So are you, are you actively looking or you just don't care? I just don't care. Like I've, I've been looking around, but like,
00:55:12
Speaker
I've been way more picky. I feel like it's gotten to the point where I might be getting too picky. I just need to lower it. I'm adjusting it to the correct notch.
00:55:28
Speaker
Well, it sounds like you're just adjusting your standards, which I think is valid after a breakup. That's kind of a benefit of breaking up is now you understand another part of something either you're looking for or not looking for and what things you can and should work on for the other person. Oh, yeah, 100 percent.
00:55:47
Speaker
But what I'm looking for is hard to find, especially because the world keeps ticking and the people in my bracket are probably on the older side. And those people are either married or have kids already. And I mean, you'll get you a divorced girl here soon. That part is out of my bracket. I'll be I'll be fine. It's just you're not old. Yeah. In perspective, you're not old to me, but you're not that old. I.
00:56:17
Speaker
Now you're finding. I mean, it's a worst case. Do you just worst case? You just play video games for the rest of your life. And that's that's cool, too.
00:56:26
Speaker
You know, there's worse things. So, I mean, fair enough. I could be, you know, without a girlfriend and addicted to meth. Yeah. I mean, Hey, with the way things are going, maybe I'll make enough money and I'll have two whole months. Oh yeah. You know, let your path go where it goes and meth might be one of them. So we'll see.
00:56:51
Speaker
And Alan can hook you up. He knows people. Yeah, okay. I know a guy or two. Alan, when are you moving? Anytime soon? No. Are you actually, so what is the, what's the name of the city that you're looking at? Canapolis. So it's just closer to Charlotte. It's just like, I mean, it's just like one of those things where if we can't find something here, we might be closer to my voice just because it'd be easier to navigate the 30 hour drive if it's only an hour.
00:57:19
Speaker
What's your time? I look out there, look like there are you just like, it's just like preliminary right now. Yeah, how we are because, yeah, we're not disliking where we currently live. So, yeah, there's no rush. You got to see if, you know, yeah, everybody is. Yeah. Got to make sure it's cool. Yeah. It's like it's there's a lot of moving pieces to it, not just me. You don't want to just be like, hey, I'm next door. Yeah. Okay. You guys want to see me more often? I'm here.
00:57:46
Speaker
Like, no, we're good. We're good. Like, I'm going to be at school. I'm going to be I'm going to be at the parties. I'm going to be at the pool. Yeah, I'm outside. Yeah. Come on out. Now we're good. Now go ahead and stay there. We go. So yes, it's just going to be a filling out process still. Yeah. Well, where we go, just take Nick Nick with you. Oh, yeah. All right. That'd be cool. Your kids can share a room.
00:58:13
Speaker
I can show them how to play Nintendo. They're probably better than him. I mean, they probably are. You know what? And how is your baby situation? I don't know what that means. Did you build the crib yet? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, dang it. Yeah. What of it? I've slept in it many a night when I'm kicked out.
00:58:40
Speaker
We're going to have to find some dinner. We're going to have to go scavenge and pillage. We're going to have to scavenge and pillage the Walmart. Yeah, we might have to cook Diego Taco Bell. I'll hit up a Taco Bell. Dude, that sounds so delicious. I was going to go yesterday, but my mom dropped off soup. Dang it. I really wanted to go to Taco Bell.
00:59:03
Speaker
Oh my god. He gets mama's home-cooked meal and he says, I wish I had. No, I mean, I was happy. I was happy about it, but I was also semi-bumped out because I was looking forward to Taco Bell beforehand. Mom, I loved it, but I really wanted to have a well. Maybe next time, give me a heads up.
00:59:24
Speaker
If you're listening to this, next time you come over, just bring him Taco Bell. I think I'm wearing Taco Bell soup. Throw some Doritos in it. He may try to get you a promotion at your job before you get there. I need some Doritos loco soup. Chicken noodle soup.
00:59:44
Speaker
Well, it's nice having you guys. It's been a little bit. We'll see when the next time we do it is. It could be next week. Could be six months. Well, we're all kind of a little bit in flux here. Nick with the schedule, Alan with his kids, me with my kid and work. You know, we're we're doing our best here. Yeah. What does it mean? Does my family listening to it? So, you know, it could be worse.
01:00:12
Speaker
I love it. Well, we'll never have actual fans, so it's fine. Well, there was that one person, that one guy. Yeah. You remember his name? No. Wow. We didn't make him feel alienated now. Like, hey, John Doe. Hey, guys. Appreciate you. Mysterious man. Oh, man. John Doe. Hello.
01:00:34
Speaker
Well, thanks for being here, guys. We shall see everybody next time. Thank you for listening. If you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to send it to mildlyfrustratingatgmail.com. I keep forgetting I actually have that email.
01:00:48
Speaker
It is on my phone, but I don't think anybody will ever use it. You can email it, but nobody will check it. No, I don't have it, but I mean, there'd have to be listeners. You go in there, there's like thousands of mails from fans saying, hey, I bet they're just like, oh, well, if you're not going to reply, I'm going to unsubscribe. Yeah, I'm alienating everybody. Now, if everybody was ever open. It's weird to have a place people can reach out before we have any real listeners yet.
01:01:15
Speaker
like if you have any comments mom just text me e-mails of just threats yeah all right well enjoy the rest of your week and we will see you all next time all right see you guys later may stay frustrated