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Welcome everyone, coming to you directly from the luxurious OLR Studios, this is Templeton. Where is Las Vegas? This is Sweet Baby Jay. Can I see what you just said written on paper? This is Melina. It is the biggest spider I've ever seen in my life. This is Grizz. After this, I'm going to get off here and I'm going to dragon them balls. This is the Arrogant Yeti. At least I know 2 plus 2 is 5. And this is the FMJ Podcast. Ready to rock?
SPEAKER_00:I wanna rock! Rock!
UNKNOWN:Rock!
SPEAKER_00:I want
SPEAKER_01:to rock! See, I was right there. Right there. Your brother was not. It's okay. Alright, everybody ready? Ready. Yeah. Alright. Welcome back to another beautiful episode of the FMJ Podcast where we make all your wildest fantasies come true. I'm just kidding, we don't do that! Unless... You slowly... Kiss Yeti's pinky with your tongue. Tongue kiss it. That's disturbing in so many ways. But the tongue part is important. It is. It has to be very wet. It has to be moist. That's right. I said it. Moist. Because at least one person hates that word. It's going to be a little bit of an interesting episode. We are missing two of our people. 40%. That's right. So we're missing a few people. But that's okay. We will get through it. I promise. We'll still have a great episode. But as of right now, let's go around the room and check people's pulses. Let's start with, well, flip a coin, guys. Who wants to start? Let's go. Yeti. Yeti. Okay. My pulse is looking at about 300. Jesus Christ. 300? Yeah. That's a lot. Did you just bowl a perfect game? I think you did. Strike! What's up? What's up, Templeton? Do you want to be an only sibling? Because we're pretty close. I mean, maybe. But, hey, listen. Everybody congratulate Yeti on the perfect game of bowling. He bowled the perfect
SPEAKER_00:game. Thank you. Perfect score of 300. Thank you. I
SPEAKER_01:appreciate that. So with your perfect bowling score, how are you doing? How's everything going? It's been a while. It's been a very long time. So I kind of started to earn my grown man outfit, I guess you'd call it. When you go out there Or is it the dad outfit Oh for cutting the lawn Yeah I'm trying to I've earned the socks Because I've started The new balance is 2.4 Nope I don't have the new balances yet Just the socks Because I cut the grass and I realized My front yard was just becoming Completely overran with weeds I've treated it twice today I've treated it the third time trying to get the weeds off and I can tell you this after the three treatments that I've done it looks so much better just like if you're driving by it looks great but if you get out of the car and you walk up to the front door you're going to see a lot of bare spots because it's where all the weeds were and all the fucking random shit and there's a lot so There's a couple more spots I didn't feel comfortable throwing grass seed down yet. So I did one more treat today. I'm going to keep that on for about a week. And then I'll start seeding it and see what happens. Very nice. Very nice. Well, it sounds like you're getting a little bit of a green thumb. I feel like I am. I definitely feel like I am. And so neighbors and my... neighbors around me are waving at me. So I feel like I'm, I'm slowly gaining the dad outfit. That's fair. So are the, are the new balances white or yellow or green? I don't have them yet. Like I said, like, like I said, I'm earning, I'm earning my, I'm earning my stripes as one would say. Okay. So right now, all I've got is the socks. So next is shoes. Or no, I'm going to do shorts, shirt, and then the shoes will be the final. I feel like the new balances are the crown. What about the Panama hat? Oh, yeah. The who? The what hat? Panama hat. Yeah, the Panama hat. Panama hat. What? Hold on. You know, like the little hat. The little visor. You know, I have a little Panama hat. They don't wear those. Yeah, they do. Sometimes. Yes, they do. Sometimes they do. Dad outfit, cutting grass. Let's see what it looks like. I thought it was just shirt. You gotta get jorts, though. You gotta do jorts. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jankos. You have to do jorts. There's no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Once you get your dad outfit almost completed, get the jorts. John Cena look. And the new balances. You can't see me. You can't see me. Exactly. So they do have a hat on. They do have a hat. Ooh, they got the visors too. See, I'm looking something like this. Yep. There it is. There it is. The socks. The crew socks. Yeah. My boy. So I'm working on it. I'm working on it. We'll get there. You're on your way. You're on your way. All right. Well, that's a perfect example. Like, Follow us on this journey That's right That's right That would actually be really amazing I should have done that Help me earn my dad stripes And said like look this is my lawn And you guys as a As I don't know what would you call them As the folks can tell me When I can get my socks My pants or my shorts, my shirt, and then the shoes finally. Not just when, but what? Yeah. That would have been awesome. I should have done that. It's never too late. Missed opportunity. It's never too late. No, it is because I've already treated it. It's never too late. But I also articulated it. Not just when, but what? Yeah. That is true. Still, it's never too late. You can always come... You can always come out and say, hey, I'm starting my journey and I haven't been totally knighted because I don't have my new balances, but I'm working toward it. Like you're a Pokemon trainer. You're training for those new balances. I'm going to be the very best. I do my, I do my, I cut my grass and stuff and like sweat pant or like jeans, a long sleeve shirt, black shoes, and like everything that is a complete opposite. And then they tell me when I can upgrade. Perfect. Exactly. Right. Beautiful. So now, now it's time to start focusing on tick tock. Cause then you can start making all those tick tock videos. Hey, tick tock. This is, this is your boy Yeti from your favorite. From your favorite podcast, and I'm trying to erd my dad stripes.
SPEAKER_00:You can't tell
SPEAKER_01:me. That would not be
SPEAKER_00:a hit. That would be
SPEAKER_01:hilarious, bro. For sure. Hashtag relatable. For sure. That would be so funny. Oh, you got to start this journey, man. You got to let them all know that you are on the move for your dad stripes to get the new balances. you gotta level up gotta level up oh lord alright well while Yeti is working his way toward dadhood and being the best lawn care service for himself ever and to be fair I'm sorry to be fair I'm actually really proud of myself because the lawn really looked like shit to be fair it really did like it would, when it was time to cut it, like sections of it would be tall because a lot of it was like the four leaf clovers, crab grass. And like, it's, I'm telling you, I'm going to have, I'm going to have a lawn. Now I'm not touching the backyard. Cause I got dogs back there. I ain't messing with the back. The back can be whatever it is. That's fair. So, all right, my bad. Continue. All right. I get you. Yeah. So anyway, Templeton. What's up? What's your pulse look like? 75 over 80. Huh? That's kind of... Still blood pressure? Really low, though. I mean, I could die, but I won't. I hope not. We don't want that to happen. So, how's things going? How are things? It's been a while. Haven't spoken in a minute. Yeah, I mean, I've had a lot of personal stuff going on. But... I'm alright. I can't really complain.
SPEAKER_00:Okay.
SPEAKER_01:Any new games, movies, anything that you've been checking out? I mean, like, the ADHD and the other shit is still a thing, so I play, like, normal games that help. With your ADHD? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Attention to detail is nothing I can do right now. That's fair. That's fair. So I just play, like, random-ass games. I can, like, set it and forget it. Okay. Nothing wrong with that. Sometimes you do have to turn your brain off and just enjoy a game or, you know, whatever. Because, like, you and Yeti and all those guys, like, you're my favorite people to game with.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:But I don't want to, like, I don't want to play your shit.
SPEAKER_00:That's fair. Right.
SPEAKER_01:That's fair. So I'd rather just like set it and forget it. Yeah. Right. Like I said, just kind of shut your brain off and enjoy the game you're playing. I get it. Exactly. Well, that's good. You know, as long as you're not doing bad, that's the important part. I will say, I will say, I have really been focusing on getting Death Stranding done for to get prepared for Death Stranding 2 which I think comes out a little later this year and I am 154 hours in this game and I'm still not done I'm still not done I'm still not done for Death Stranding there's a lot that you gotta do I know I'm coming very very close to the end I know that but it's still it's the idea that you're just a courier and you have like every time you stop by a hub you always got a new delivery to make. And it's just, I'm just trying to, you know, I'm being an overachiever in this game. I think that's what it mostly comes down to. But now that I've got the zip lines in my back pocket and I can set those up and just fly through all these areas, it makes it so much easier. It's freaking great. So hopefully I get done with that. And then I can get into RoboCop because I know Yeti, you bought that. And you asked me if I tried it out. I have not yet. Again, I want to focus on getting Death Stranding done because I don't want to do this again and get as far as I am and just totally forget the game. And then also, we got Doom coming out Thursday. The new Doom, the Dark Ages. I can't wait for that. Not the original NES. No. That game sucked ass. Yeah. It's really hard. It truly is. It really is hard. That's all that comes out. It didn't suck. Well, okay. It didn't suck in terms of the game. It was just fucking hard as fuck. And in turn, made it suck. You died for no reason. Right. To be fair, I don't think I made it past the second or third level in that one ever. I'm with you, Yeti. I honestly don't know how far I made it in that one. He's like, I beat it, but no big deal. Right, he's like, don't tell him I beat it. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. No, I'm just kidding. No, I do know that it took me a while to get through Terminator 2. I did wind up beating that one after a very, very long time, though. But that one was very fucking difficult. If I'm not mistaken, with Terminator 2, I always got up to the... Was it when you were being chased by the semi? Yes, by the T-1000 and the semi. And you're turning around like... Yeah, dead. I didn't know what to aim at. I would just fucking die. I guess as long as we're going to flex about NES games, I definitely 1,000% multiple times beat Ninja Turtles underwater level. Really? The second level. Okay, so... I got to agree. In the beginning, hard as fuck. Still, in my opinion, one of the hardest levels ever to come across NES. But it is manageable, and you can beat it. It is. The thing is, the bombs are always in the exact same place. Yes, they never change. As long as you figure out how to navigate the electrocution things, and you know where the bombs are, it takes you a couple times to figure it out. It's hard, but not impossible hard. Right. See, my problem is once I got zipped, it would ping-pong me around because I would go into panic mode and I would just get frustrated. And I'd be like, fuck it. It's like electric seaweed. Yes. NES is notoriously hard, but it never randomizes its stuff. Right. So you just have to learn where stuff is. Yeah, got to put in the time, effort, all that kind of stuff. All right. Well, I'm glad everybody's doing good. We got some good stuff going on. Who's ready for some entertainment news? Let's hear it. Never, ever, ever not. Well, I don't know if y'all heard, but GTA 6 got a release date. Yep. And
SPEAKER_00:then it got pushed back again. Rockstar.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, they're rock stars, aren't they? So how are we feeling about that? Do we think that the hype for GTA 6 is just going to fall flat on its face here in a little bit? I don't think so. I don't see how I couldn't. I'm on the opposite board. I don't see how it could not. We're talking about 15, 16 years. It's been a long time. That's a long time. And even tech. Not just, like, video game. Like, that's a fucking long goddamn time. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. It is. Like, we're, like, three or four generations past, like, what tech and video games were when GTA V came out. Mm-hmm. So, it better be a fucking, like, groundbreaking game. Well, I mean, have you seen the trailer? I have not. Yeti, have you seen the trailer? I've seen bits and pieces of it. I've been kind of busy the past few days. Because it just got released Wednesday, didn't it? Yeah, it wasn't too long ago. But the graphics on that shit, and they said that they pulled all of that footage from the base PS5. And it's a mix of in-game and cutscene footage. video. But that shit looks fucking crazy. And everybody's already saying that it's going to be a Gooner game because one of the main characters, her name's Lucia, and like... She got a fat ass! And I was just like, oh my god. And everybody's like, Gunner game. You gotta dunk it on. Oh, she do. Seriously, go check out that trailer if you haven't seen it. Check out the GTA 6 trailer and you will see exactly what I'm talking about. Because the graphics are so real. Like, the graphics themselves. This is gonna be a problem. I swear to god. And I'm just like, for me... Do I think the hype is going to die down? I think, especially with them pushing, pushing it back. I think you might get a few people. You might turn a few people off with that because they've been waiting for so fucking long. You know what I mean? And then you finally, right. You finally get that release date. And then they're like, Oh, by the way, uh, may next year.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:Big booty. May next year. Motherfucker. You just said it was this year. Yeah, see, just Yeti's face tells me he's already seen the donk on her. No, I'm 20 seconds into it, and at first, I thought it was a fucking ad. Yeah. The graphics in that shit is fucking ridiculous. Okay, so this is why I say I don't think the hype's going to die down, okay? Because you hear all the time, we've even said it on this podcast, where they rush games. They just want to make money. That's all they're here for. GTA 5 was something special. It could be argued that it's probably one of the greatest RPG games, if not one of the greatest games ever made. I'll give you that. Okay. I want to agree with you and disagree with you at the same time. Hold on, hold on, hold on. So when they started making this number six, they knew where the bar was set with five games. They know they had to exceed that and create a new bar. So by them taking their time on one hand, I get it. I'm going to make sure this game is polished. I'm going to make sure that when the consumer hits play, they are in this world for the next multiple years to come. Because that's what their goal is For sure 100% Because if they release something That's not polished And it's just a fucking turd They're going to catch so much Heat So much negativity They're going to make sure that this thing Is superior to any game we've played I guarantee it I have a question for you though Yes You're not You're not wrong. I agree with you. But how does that explain Bethesda? Who? Bethesda. Bethesda. Like every single Elder Scrolls or Fortnite. Not Fortnite. Far Cry. Yes. No, not Far Cry. Fallout! Oh, yeah, Fallout, Fallout, Fallout, Fallout. Elder Scrolls and they are always, every single goddamn time, like, broken.
SPEAKER_00:It
SPEAKER_01:takes, like, update after update after update before, like, the game is, like, functionable. Okay, but what are the time gaps between the games? I mean, the last Fallout 4 came out the same year as... gta5 all right hold on let's see here so we're talking about 12 years game history and that was that the last was that the last uh fallout for the main story like it was not they had fallout that's what i thought yeah which is not terrible it's like hold on i'm gonna back up when it came out it was fucking terrible But they've done update after update after update after update. It's a fun game. But eventually, because it's so story-based, you run out of stuff to do. That's fair. Okay. So, okay. What's up? I'm looking at the release timeline, okay? This is just Fallout. Fallout 1, 97. Fallout 2, 98. Fallout 3, 2008, so there's a 10-year gap there. New Vegas, two years in 2010. And then Fallout 4 was 15. So seven years after three, but five years after New Vegas. 76 was three years after Fallout 4. And obviously Fallout 5's TBA. Also, please understand that Fallout had two different... developers or whatever. They did. I see that now. And then it became... Help me out, Jay. It was Interplay, Black Isle, Bethesda, Obsidian. Yeah, Obsidian and then Bethesda. Okay. Bethesda is the most current developer. But like... They are notorious for releasing great games, but broken and incomplete games. I mean, to be fair, Cyberpunk kind of fell to the same fate. When it first came out, it was a huge buggy mess and nobody wanted to play it. And then they had to patch it, basically fix the entire game through patches. And once they did that, everybody said, oh, this game's fucking phenomenal. So, I mean, is it possible that Rockstar could fuck it up, fumble a little bit, but still pick up their own fumble. Maybe recover that. Maybe. I don't know. But I would hope, especially this big of a gap, that they have been hard at work in the lab. and have looked at everything. You're not going to catch everything, right? I'm not expecting perfection, but I would hope... A decade. You know what I mean? You spent so much time trying to catch as many of these things, and money, trying to catch as many of these bugs as possible, that you better not have a piece of shit, have a turd, when it finally comes out. You know what I'm saying? So many people will lose faith in you. It's not even funny. How the fuck are you going to spend that much time on this game? Promise this game over and over again just to give us this bullshit? And it's probably going to cost us$100 just to get it? Yeah, 100%. For the base, it's going to be$100. Are you fucking nuts? And beyond that, GTA is a... PS, like a PlayStation, like they build their whole platform on like one of those games. Right. So for, if that game sucks, that hurts the entire platform. Sure. The fuck does. Sure. The fuck does. And especially now with Xbox doing their thing, talking about, you know, the next console and all that shit. I know we talked about it. I don't want to, you know, dive too deep into that, but especially with all that going on, it's like, I don't know. I'm just like... I've never been a huge fan of Grand Theft Auto because I'm a huge believer that sometimes a sandbox game can be too much. I don't disagree. You know what I mean? You definitely gotta play it in small doses and listen to me talking about this shit when I'm playing Death Stranding. You got 160 hours in it. Yeah, 160 hours in the bitch, but... I absolutely get where Jay is coming from like I don't particularly like just like random GTA games like right we're on this team with these people I've never met before but I that's the same reason like I love Call of Duty That is how all of us became a group of people. But I don't like playing with random people. Yo, she does got a badonkadonk.
SPEAKER_00:I told you! She got ass!
SPEAKER_01:I'm on the bed scene. She
SPEAKER_00:caked
SPEAKER_01:up! Send me a link. I want some booty. Templeton's like, wait, hold up! Just go to YouTube and do GTA trailer. Baby, she got ass on her. I can go to YouTube and put in GTA booty and come on, help. I hope she's at the strip club. Just send it, goddammit. Just put in the GTA 6 release trailer and I promise you, you'll find it. It's blown up everywhere. But anyway, my point is... I'm a very introverted person. I don't really like interacting with people I don't know. So, Jay, Yeti, Melina, and so on and so forth. Those are the people that I want to
SPEAKER_00:get.
SPEAKER_01:If you guys don't want to play a game online, that I don't want to play a game online. See, I didn't quite understand Grand Theft Auto Online. Like, I mean, I get it. I get why. But, really? Like, I just feel like that's a game that... No, no, no. I mean, there are also a lot of griefers on that server. Mm-hmm. They kill you just because they're, like, 70 levels ahead, and they can't. Right. Right. And that makes it zero fun. Yeah, exactly. But here's my thing. We have a year to go. Say we get this year, right? And Rockstar's like, hey, just kidding. We're going to push it back again. Ha ha ha ha ha. But I promise you're going to get it. Do you think people are going to be like, you know what? Fuck this game. So I will say there will probably come a time where people get annoyed. Like, when is enough? You know, when is it enough? When's enough enough?
UNKNOWN:But...
SPEAKER_01:The problem is they keep giving you these little tidbits and that trailer, that little two minute trailer. Yeah. That's that satisfied a need. If you're a grand theft auto fan, you're like, Ooh, Ooh, it's right there. Like it's there. Granted. I know they said, you know, they keep pushing it back, pushing it back, pushing it back. But yeah, As long as they keep giving you little breadcrumbs, you're not going to go anywhere. Because you know, and in the back of your mind, it goes to what we literally just talked about, is they're making sure it's a polished game. So if I get a little breadcrumb and just push back a month or two, okay, it's fine, it's fine, it's fine, because it's going to be the best game ever made. That's the thought process, in my opinion. I mean, you're not wrong, but you're only right if you're a roster or a GTA fan. Right, right, right. If you're just a casual gamer, you don't care. Right, you don't care. I was going to say you don't care because personally, and this is the hot take, I prefer Saints Row. Oh, here we go. Listen, I can't disagree. Here we go. how are you getting like these pissed off an entire community 17 year old kids who don't know shit about gaming oh no like yes it's like these trailers and shit yo Saints Row 1 was off the chain here we go you just pissed off an entire community I'm just saying it was off the chain you created a gang and you were like you wore purple like you can't get better than that okay I don't think me or anybody like I don't think Jay or anybody else disagrees with you I disagree all we're saying is like how are we gonna like put GTA on blast and then like say oh this ain't true it's like fucking like top tier I enjoyed them both. I didn't say Saints Row was top tier. In terms of which one was truly better, GTA was truly better. But for my likes and what I prefer to do, I preferred Saints Row. I don't disagree with you. They got goofy. They did. They did. 100%. Like, after... Get out of hell. Like, what the fuck was that? Yeah. Was that three? I don't know. And then one became like an alien game. Like, you were in space and shit. Yeah. Yeah. Fucking Saints Row. What a treat that fucking was. Like, really? Fucking really? You had to be there. I joined the military in, like, 97. And not too long after that, like, we had, like, access to, like, arcades and stuff. The two biggest games we played were Area 51. That was good. That was a good one. Yeah, yeah. That was a fucking great game. And, um, Cruisin' World. What? Cruising World. I've never heard of that. Was that a racing game? Yes, it was. I think so, yeah. Yeah, no, like, you guys, Cruising USA. Cruising USA, yeah, and then Cruising World. Same people. Yep. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah. And just, like, different maps. Oh, I do remember. Okay. I remember the N64. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The good old N64. We're in the same age group. If you guys didn't even remotely know that game, and we were twins. But those were the games we played every day. That's fair. Like I said, I was never a big fan of GTA, so I didn't really roll over into Saints Row at all. But I am happy for GTA fans. Um, they, they threw him a little, they threw him a little, like Yeti said, a little tidbit, a little breadcrumb. Uh, and, and Rockstar's like, follow us. I promise we will take you to the promised land. So Rockstar, you better fucking deliver or you are going to have a lot of angry people coming your way. So, um, but like the whole, the whole point of this show is like retro gaming, correct? Jane? Um, what do you mean? Like this episode or? Yes. It's RetroGrestron. Yeah, we're going to talk. We're talking about. We'll get into food. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we'll get into food. Yeti is correct. I'm sorry. Yeah, we'll get into food in a little bit. But, I mean, they sort of connect because old people do old people's shit. That's true. That's very true. Old people's shit. So, anyway, Rockstar, don't let us down or let them down. Will I be playing GTA 6? I don't know. Probably not. You will. Maybe. I don't know. I have no idea. I'll probably have 15 other games in my backlog that I want to get through. Anyway, we don't have Melina. So we don't have anything to read on Reddit. But we do have Yeti here. Oh boy. That can literally do Reddit roulette. So Yeti, if you could do us a favor. and pull up your Reddit app, and we'll do a quick round of Reddit roulette, have a quick discussion about some kind of asshole somewhere. I'm sure we have one floating around, right? Everybody's got an asshole! Please be slow, because I know, like, that fabric is, like, super fragile and can crack or whatever. Yeah, yeah. We can't hear you. Your lips are moving. Ah, fuck off. I did see that. I could read his lips on that one. He said, fuck off. He will be back. He is returning immediately. There it is. One through five, Jay. Oh, me? This time? Let's do 3.7. Okay. One. Two. Three. Four. Let's see a point seven. Seven. Oh, it's a picture. It's a damn picture. Cheater. It's an ad. So it's an ad. So if I could just pull it up just a little bit, we're going to go with that one. Hey, am I the asshole? For annoying my girlfriend after I had to help at her sister's wedding. Okay. Let's dive in. Oh, this is so fucking long. That's okay. Our luggage and then drive an hour and a half to the nearest Walmart for groceries. After the long drive, I was feeling carsick, but didn't want to seem unhelpful. In front of her family while in the car, Jay's sister rang for me that they would need my help cooking a dish, specifically corn salad. They didn't really ask. I felt more being told what to do. The next day, the wedding day, Wei woke us up at 6 a.m., urging us to start early. I made the corn salad as planned, but before I knew it, I was cooking several other dishes as well. It was the wedding day, and I didn't want to make a scene, so I went along with it. We started cooking at 7 a.m. The ceremony was concluded at 4.30. Jay and I took a break around 3.30 to quickly get ready, rushing through hair and makeup. Once the ceremony concluded and the bride and groom left for pictures, we were pushed back into the kitchen to finish up things. Wow. It was around 5.30 p.m., and the dinner set 6.30 p.m. Everyone began asking when food would be served. The kitchen was cramped, hardly larger than the closet, because Jay's sister, Sarah, didn't want to take many pictures. Everything concluded early, leading to even more pressures for us to serve dinner promptly. The floor was wet while... frosting cupcakes someone bumped into me and got frosting on my dress I went in the bathroom to clean up and Jay followed me because she could tell I was upset I expressed my frustration and she apologized saying she didn't think we'd be doing this much work she assured me we were almost done and we could finish quicker if we all helped once I finished the desserts and finally got to sit down it was almost 9 p.m. and I discovered there was no food left and I hadn't eaten all day and I've been on my feet since 7 a.m. feeling pretty miserable after about 30 minutes of rest Ray called us to help clean and I just said okay I need to use the restroom First and then lock myself in a stall. If I had my own way home, I would have left long before the day had already been tense as Jay had a fight with her mom unrelated and it was in a bad mood. All I want to do is go home and I'm home trying to contact me, but all I want to do is left alone. I feel mistreated and miserable. And I thought I was a guest, not a worker. Jay has called me an asshole for ignoring her saying it was just, I was just to help myself. saying it was just to help her sister. However, I was never asked to help cater the wedding. I was asked to attend. So do you think I'm the asshole for being upset by having to help her sister? To be fair, I don't think she's an asshole. I agree. Because here's the thing. Her one little sentence right here, I was invited to be a guest. Right. Not to work I understand helping And doing like a little thing here and there But even then You just What somebody would have charged A thousand dollars to do You just got that work for free Free labor You guys Got married not too long ago Right 5-6 years ago That shit's expensive my guy And it's only gotten worse Yep right so anybody that is like part of the ceremony like there's a
SPEAKER_00:cost
SPEAKER_01:yeah I'm gonna have to agree that I don't think she's the asshole for being upset about it because like you said she got invited to be a guest not to be a worker again I understand, you know, hey, we're a little if if maybe she pulled her to the side with a little sidebar at that time and said, hey, listen, we're a little we're a little short. Can you help with just a couple of things? I promise it won't be. Absolutely. Have that discussion instead of just like roping people into the shit. Right. And that's what it sounded like she was doing. That's honestly what it sounds like she was doing. It was like, OK, well, you're here. You're my friend. Come on, let's do this. Bingo. And it's not even you're my friend. You're dating my sister. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're dating my sister. I don't really... Either way you take it, I don't really see how it changes anything. No, it doesn't. You're taking advantage of a person that is there to support you. Right. Plain and simple. If someone's there working from sunup to sundown, that's free labor in my book. Yeah, it is. And she has every right... To finally... Okay, Jay, we just got done from being out of town. Yep. Okay? Yep. When we got home the next day, I wanted to be left alone. Oh, hell yeah. Emily came in. She knew I wasn't feeling... She knew she could just tell I was tired, and she left me alone. Yep. That's all I wanted. I wanted to be left alone. I didn't want to be bothered. No, no. It's not that I didn't want to talk to her and tell her how the trip was. I was just exhausted. Yeah, you were tired. I mean, I'm divorced now, but I've been married before. That entire day sucks.
SPEAKER_00:Yes.
SPEAKER_01:You are getting connected and attached to the person that you love a lot, but everything else sucks. 100%. You have to... I understand you get it, Eddie. Because you've been there. In a lot of ways, it really isn't about you or your person that you're marrying. People want you to be at a specific place at a specific time. They want you to be happy. They want you to take pictures. They want you to be here. They want you to be there. And really, all the time, the whole time that's happening, You just want to be with your person. Right. And make it about you, but everybody else wants it to be about them. It sucks. I will tell you this. This is the last thing I'm going to say about it. Speaking from getting the married perspective, I guess you say, being the people that got married, I know a lot of people want the big, flashy... wedding and i get it you know it's it's fairytale everybody wants to see that i will tell you this from just my experience when that day's there it's a blur
SPEAKER_00:yeah everything happens really fast
SPEAKER_01:it's a fucking blur i could not tell you the conversations i had it during during because i had two days i had the actual wedding and then we had the reception yeah Right? Because it was two completely different days that we had that. And the reception, I'm telling you, the reception was a fucking blur, bro. Like, yes, before it happened, we wanted to make sure everything was lined up. Emily was stressed because she wanted this to be this and that to be that. And I don't blame her. I get it. Everybody wants that. But when the smoke settles, it's really just you two. Yeah. That's it. I mean, homie, I was at your wedding as an invited guest. which I am happy about and thankful for. You guys weren't not at mine because I didn't know you at that point. But my point is from those two different perspectives, I don't think the guests at the wedding appreciate how much effort the bride and groom put in into that event right so they don't they don't okay i don't want to say they don't appreciate it they don't know and they don't realize it i'll say that because they're just there as a guest because i've gone to many weddings and many receptions and i'm like i'm just here for the alcohol right
SPEAKER_00:you know like
SPEAKER_01:yeah right like i mean essentially that's what it is i'm here for a good time whatever else happens happens yep like When the smoke settles, that's all that matters. People just want to go somewhere and have fun. Have a good time. They're not going to judge you on what your dress looks like. And if they do, they're not your friends. For the guests, it's a party. Right. For the bride and groom, it's a lifetime. We want you guys to finish the ceremony. We want you guys to start your party. And then we want to get the fuck away from all of you. Right. Right. All right. Everybody got to go home at 930. Right. Exactly. We want to go to bed. We want to go to sleep. Come on. Chop, chop. Got to go. We want to do anything except for look at your faces. Right. We love all of you guys. We're like happy we're here, but fuck, we're tired. It's been like a 73 hour day. Yeah, it's a long... It's a long day for the two that are, like, the two main ones involved, and that's... Yeah, exactly, like... And then, like... I've known you guys for a long time, like, and you've been involved in or associated with, like, a lot of, like, weddings. So you know where I'm coming from.
SPEAKER_00:Right.
SPEAKER_01:Like, you love... your person that you're married to, you'll have the people that are there watching you get married to the person that you love and to... Sorry. But all you want to do is go to sleep. Yeah, because it's a lot. It's been like seven days. It's a lot, and a lot of preparation and all that kind of shit. But... yeah i think i'm just like giving it to our listeners that have not been like married yet right like it's it's awesome be prepared but it's not necessarily fun yeah do like do like our man scar said and be prepared for anything and everything that can happen on that day uh but no i think the consensus we have here is not the asshole i think i think uh I think she kind of got a little used there. That's okay. You can be mad. It's okay to be mad. I'd be upset, too, if somebody was like, I'm there to have a good time, and she's just like, work, work, work. I'd be like, we're going to fight. Jay's right. I agree with Jay. I would just say in almost all personal disagreements, You have to be like, I do not like this, and this is why. I do not like this, Sam, I am. And this is what I would prefer. Yeah. You can't just get pissed and, like, the person with you has no idea why or how or whatever. Yeah, and I'm sure. There has to be a solution. I'm sure she probably made it clear to them. But then again, I don't know. I mean, if she didn't communicate that to her. Yeah, if she didn't communicate that, she probably should. I'm not judging. Right.
SPEAKER_00:I'm just saying. She probably should let them know, though.
SPEAKER_01:If your SO does or says something you don't like. I mean, your feelings are your feelings. Right. That's fine. But you have to explain to them why you feel the way you feel and what you expect from them going forward. Yeah, and that's... And then you can move forward as like a couple of people. Right, and that's probably what should happen. I don't know if they have or not. I hope they do. Nobody likes a falling out, especially after a wedding. But other than that, yeah, I think the consensus is not an asshole, so... Don't worry about that, lady. Just agree. Just, you know, do your best to reach out and say, hey, you know. This is how I felt about it. And there you go. Deal with it. Yeah. So anyway, with that being said. I think this would be a good time to mention. I think she needed some calm, cool energy, right? Like in that point in time, like I think it sounded like. she was pretty stressed. And I think there's a little something that could possibly help her out, right? Because everybody needs a way to, like, chill the fuck out and kind of get that zen mode, right? Magic mind! Hey! Got this little mental performance shot. Yeah, I'm not wrong. But I got this little mental performance shot that has all these cool little nootropics in it. It's got like cordyceps and lion's mane and got your full dose of vitamin B12 in there, vitamin C and D and all that. All fun, a bunch of fun little stuff that will get your mind sharp, lower your stress, it lowers your cortisol levels, help you absorb caffeine a little differently, kind of make that last longer through the day, right? Instead of just giving you that... quick jolt and then you crash at the end of it. It gives you that calm, cool energy. Like I said, once you really get that into your system, you do just really mellow out and your stress levels really do go down. If you ever get the opportunity and you want to try it, if you want to try it out, you can stop by www.magicmind.com and you can use our discount code at forward slash fmj pod 20 use that and that'll get you 48 off uh subscription or 20 off of purchases but as of right now i'm gonna go ahead and take me a little shot hang on wait do it do it all right focus up 99 Let's fucking go. So do yourself a favor. Go try out Magic Mine. I'm sure they will appreciate it. And use our discount code FMJPOD20 at checkout. Because we love you. Also, it does not. It tastes pretty good. It does taste pretty good. Doesn't taste too damn bad. So give it a go. Get your mind clear. Calm, cool energy. Alright. With that being said, What are we talking about today, fellas? Your face. Yes. But, we are also talking about retro restaurants! What do I mean by that? Wait, no, you gotta do it right. Perfect. Perfect. Retro restaurants! And what do I mean by that? Well, I fell down a rabbit hole about a month ago, and... The stuff I came across, it was absolutely freaking... It was mind-blowing, to say the least. To see, number one, the cost of things has gone way the fuck up. I'll never understand that. And then seeing how restaurants and shit were in places that I didn't really realize... Oops, that's my phone falling. They were in places that I didn't really realize. And they tried just about everything. They experimented with so much shit back in the 80s, 90s era. And I'm just like, do they experiment nowadays? Sure. But I don't think it's as grandiose and as often as they should. At least for me. Because some of the stuff I found was absolutely... Crazy. I didn't know some of these things did it, but what I want to start us off with is the fact that back in, like, let's just go circa 2006, right? There's these coupons, excuse me, for Taco Bell. I found them. I was surfing Facebook and I came across this page. I don't remember what it's called. I'll get the name while we're talking about it. Just to give them their props. They have all the old school retro restaurants and all that kind of stuff. They bring up a bunch of older restaurants. Taco Bell circa 2006 had coupons to where you can get 10 crunchy or soft seasoned beef tacos for$6.99. 10
SPEAKER_00:tacos for under 10 bucks
SPEAKER_01:yeah that's crazy that's fucking ridiculous you can't do that nowadays no you can't you just can't at all you can't nope so
SPEAKER_00:you're right
SPEAKER_01:you can't no because you brought up Taco Bell and obviously Taco Bell is my number one restaurant. Right. It's your go-to. So when you said we were going to be talking about this, I went to Taco Bell, and I went in 1996 because I feel like the 90s was just that era. Oh, yeah. For me, I think that's when humans peaked, but whatever. That's another podcast. So I was scrolling through menu items and stuff of that nature, and their menu's pretty much the same. Mm-hmm. Except for prices And obviously the new items that have come out So like for example A number 5 back then in 96 Nacho Bel Grande meal That came with a Taco Supreme So you got a drink A hard Taco Supreme And a Nacho Bel Grande That combo was$4.19 On the regular On the regular Now You can't even get a Nachos Bel Grande by itself for$4.19. If I'm not mistaken, I think it's$5.89 to get a Nachos Bel Grande. To verify, I'm opening up my Taco Bell app right now. It's funny you say that because what set me off the most was I came across the Gordita Crunch. from a long, long time ago, from the 90s. It was 69 cents back then. 69 cents for one Gordita Crunch. You want to know how much a Gordita Crunch costs right now? Please tell me. It's like$4.$5.29. What the fuck? That's insane. A Nacho Belgrano. That's with the app. Right. Nacho Belgrano... Templeton, you were right. It's more than$5.89. It's$6.99. That's crazy. Put that
SPEAKER_00:in perspective,
SPEAKER_01:one combo back then, you're almost paying for two full combos right now for just one item, the nacho. And the biggest kicker is I know for a fact that they were made with ingredients that are not included on today's price. Yep. So like green onions, you should be able to get green onions. You should be able to get black olives on your nachos from Taco Bell. You no longer get those. They don't have that anymore. Nope, not anymore. And I think it was cheese and beef. I mean, for the most part, and beans. Yeah, cheese, meat, beans, tomatoes, and sour cream. That's literally it. That's what you get. ridiculous. Now, you can add other things to it, but it's going to cost you an arm and a leg. You can add seasoned rice. You can add the chicken. You can add steak. You can add some sauces. You can really add whatever they have on their menu as long as they have it. The crazy thing is we've all made white peel tacos.
SPEAKER_00:Right.
SPEAKER_01:We brown up the beef, add the seasoning and whatever else And make like the meat But it is not Taco Bell No No it's not Even if you buy the Taco Bell seasoning It still doesn't It's not the same And I think they do that shit on purpose They're not going to release the exact formula Because if you could Then you would never go to the fast food joint No you're losing You're losing customers at that point Fact But yeah They could charge like a quarter, like 25 cents for every taco or burrito and still make eight insane profits. I know. I mean, I've always said if McDonald's were to ever just bring back their dollar menu, they'd win. They'd win over every restaurant. Anybody would win. If any fast food restaurant would be like, you know what? For six months, we're going to do a throwback You can call it an 80s You can call it the 90s I don't care what you call it Just give us and give us the prices Kick back the prices to what they were In that time frame And watch you destroy You will have lines on lines On lines on lines And you're going to make a profit You're going to make a profit For sure I understand the cost of stuff does go up I understand that But I'm telling you If you put this in perspective, the amount of food waste that a fast food restaurant gets rid of because it's just sitting there. It's just sitting there. If you come up with this fucking throwback shit and you've got lines on lines on lines, guess what you're never going to do? Throw away shit. You're not going to have a lot of waste. The thing is, the price of making your shit is going to go up, but Taco Bell, McDonald's, Wendy's, Arby's, Burger King, there's no advertising news. No! Absolutely there's not. I'm telling you. If McDonald's is like, hey, we got 99% cheeseburgers, the biggest problem they're going to have is a car blocks around the... A car... Like a row of cars around the block. Right, like a huge line. Yeah, they're going to have a huge backup in their drive-thru. This is wild. I'm looking at McDonald's now. Okay, so let's not get too crazy right now. Excuse me. Let's not get too crazy. Because trust me, I know. I dove down. Again, I crawled down that rabbit hole and it's fucking nuts. Okay, one thing and I'm done. One thing and I'm done. The number one, which is the Big Mac meal.$2.99. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's very different now. Let me read this to you back in... I'm fucking done. I'm fucking done. They had a menu from Subway. August of 1996, they have a menu from Subway. You know how much footlongs were back then? Tell me. A BLT footlong would cost you$3.49. Yeah. Remember the... I hate to say this, but remember Jared?$5...$5 footlongs. Yeah, there you go, just to put that all into perspective. But they also had seafood and crab and seafood and lobster. Does anybody remember that from Subway? No. I do. I do. Really? Yeah. Okay, so I have a follow-up question. Did you ever try it? I did not. I wouldn't trust it. Yeah, I'd be afraid. I'd be afraid, 100%. Not on a fucking subway. Are you kidding me? That's asinine. For sure. That's crazy work. But no, like, so obviously, just wanted to give a couple of examples how prices have changed. But there's also something else that caught my attention, how there were restaurants in places that I... had no idea about. So everybody knew what everybody knows, right? Like, Target, right? Had a little restaurant, a little cafe, a little small thing. Kmart had a little place to get some food. Did anybody know that Walgreens had a restaurant? I never knew that. I mean, I did not know that personally, but I did know that, like, drugstores. Yes. They have soda fountains and sandwich shops and stuff like that. Beyond prescribing aspirin and stuff, that was her thing. Yeah, I had no idea. I had zero clue. But Walgreens, they had a menu from a Walgreens restaurant in 1980, and they said many drugstores and dime stores back in the day had lunch, and it was, by the way, this is called Greasy News on Facebook, so if you, free plug, they're not paying me for this. Go find them on Facebook, and I'm telling you, it is nostalgia on Facebook, and it's great. But they said that they started disappearing in the mid-80s when fast, semi-casual chains started to peak. But Walgreens had a menu, and I guess that the staple back then, because they were easy to make and there wasn't a lot of overhead as far as making it, but a lot of places like Walgreens would sell melts. Apparently, melts were a huge fucking thing. So, ask me how much a patty melt with fries would cost you at Walgreens in 1980. In 80? Probably like$1.10.$1.99. Wow. Okay, so I have a question.
SPEAKER_00:For a melting fries.
SPEAKER_01:Was the restaurant inside the pharmacy or was it, because I just looked it up, or was it a separate entity? I mean, as far as I know, Walgreens was one. Yeah, it was like inside. As far as I know, it was inside because I did speak to the parents about this because I wanted to get their take on it because I was just like reading stuff off. I wonder if they remember this kind of stuff. And dad actually said he remembers when his dad would get home. And when they would go out for, like, the weekend or whatever and do their shopping, it was a whole thing. Because they'd go to the Walgreens or whatever, or whatever they had, and they'd have the restaurant right there. The restaurant in Walgreens. They'd get something to eat and then continue shopping, and it'd be a whole spectacle. Like, shopping was a whole thing back in the day, because you could shop
SPEAKER_00:and
SPEAKER_01:eat while you were there. So it was like...
SPEAKER_00:You'd get home late.
SPEAKER_01:Right, right, right. I mean, I remember, like, I mean, this is, again, 90s we're talking, when Walmarts had McDonald's in them. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I was never, like, I mean, because we grew up in, like, in the same, like, class, but not, like, the same neighborhoods. So, like, I grew up in a different neighborhood than you guys did. Mm-hmm. So, like, our thing was, like, Value City.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:And Walgreens and stuff like that. There was no furniture place or whatever. Right. I got you. There was a Value City friend. Same company, but operated by different
SPEAKER_00:people. Mm-hmm. So,
SPEAKER_01:like, it was different. I don't know how to explain it any harder than that. I gotcha. But it's just crazy to think about that a lot of these places, like Kmart, again, we knew Kmart had their little restaurant cafeteria area, but they have this little advertisement from June of 1988. And you could get a turkey club with coffee or a large soft drink for$2.99. That was on Monday. That's... I mean, and during that time, that was... That was significant, but not terrible. Right. It wasn't awful. Tuesday, they had a hot beef sandwich with coffee or a large soft drink for$2.99. Wednesday, they had a third-pound bacon cheeseburger, French fries and coffee or a large soft drink for$2.99. Thursday, they had a hot turkey sandwich with coffee or a large soft drink for$2.99. Everything was$2.99. And then Friday, they had a family burger combo with a coffee or large soft drink,$2.99. And then, I guess, available every day, 4 to 8, they had batter-fried fish dinner for$2.99. Like, what? What? I mean, I think that really, like, sort of, like, establishes... Maybe from the beginning of time, like, they can, but they won't. Here's
SPEAKER_00:a
SPEAKER_01:question. Why do you think they went away from that? Went away from the restaurants and cafeterias inside these places? Well, okay. So I have the answer for it. Go ahead. No, this is legitimate. So the reason why it's... I kind of started with the whole Walmart and... McDonald's thing that's when they started phasing out shortly like after they did that because people were complaining remember like the super size everyone was on this kick of you know oh they're making us fat you know that's why they had to change the word super size because they got in this whole healthy kick and they said well maybe we need to start taking away these restaurants out of these businesses and I think it became a push to get that out of it and keep it separate and everything else that's what I think started it and then obviously when what's the word their leases came up I think they just were like we're not going to renew them anymore or they went with a healthier they would go with a healthier choice but then the healthier choice wouldn't make much money so because that's not what people wanted so and then it probably eventually slowly dwindled away i think that's what i think i think it's funny you say that because nowadays everybody's a lot more health conscious they're trying
SPEAKER_00:to be at least
SPEAKER_01:yes and and i i wanted to bring this up and it's a beautiful segue but y'all remember when mcdonald's had the milkshakers the salad milkshakers no no hold on hold on you see this Let's fucking go. No, that's not it. Hold on. That's Wendy's. That's Wendy's. Hold on. There's going to be a picture that I just looked at them. So where'd they go? I don't know. You, you lost them. I just, you've gone too far, but no, like, so here's, here's my thing because they weren't bad. Like they, they were, they were fucking, they were actually decent. Like, yes, there you go. There you go. Yeah. The, the garden chef and the grilled chicken. The grilled chicken slapped. Fucking amazing. Amazing. Can you imagine if McDonald's was like, you know what? We're going to bring that back. We're going to bring back McShakers. Here's where the issue would lie right now. Too much plastic. And that could be why. Yeah. Not when McDonald's is still selling plastic cups. Get the fuck out of here. Nah, ain't happening. No, shut up. Are their cups plastic? Yes. Their cups are plastic. I know Wendy's is. Yeah, and McDonald's is too. Fuck that. Fuck that noise. They hand you a drink in a plastic cup. Fuck out of here. You can bring back a McShaker. The funny thing is... I don't remember the exact verbiage, but McDonald's was like, you know what? Fuck you. Plastic cups. Exactly. I think they actually said that. They actually came out in a press release and said, you know what? Fuck you. Plastic cups. Which, at least I hope they did. But I'm just saying, I feel like a salad McShaker could make a comeback. Especially nowadays. Because it's a healthier option. and it's fast it's quick you know people are always on the go I don't disagree like any case and I'm not even really like a solid guy but like yeah I agree so I think part of the issue lies also too and this is why you lost that's why menu items have changed a little bit over the years because we're going to go back to Taco Bell remember I said green onions used to be on their nachos yeah There was a huge Huge E.coli E.coli outbreak And after that That's what stopped them from putting on So you could argue that They probably Went through the same thing with the salad shakers We still have E.coli outbreaks That doesn't change That doesn't go away Just because you took away lettuce Right but a company Doesn't want to have that bad PR. I don't think that's the case. I think they're just being bums, and they don't want to bring them back. If you think about it, I don't even know if I'm pretty sure McDonald's still has salads. They do. But I feel like a McShaker would be... Oh my Jesus Christ. Because, again, it's on the go, and people are always talking about, man, I wish I could... People are more active nowadays, so to speak, you know, as far as like driving here and there and all that kind of shit. We're talking about like McDonald's. We're talking about Pepsi. We're talking about Coca-Cola. If they lose a few million dollars a year, do you think that really fucking matters to them? They probably don't even notice. I mean, their bottom line, they wouldn't, but their bottom line is always to make money. They don't ever want to lose that. Correct. But my point is like, Oh, this marketing campaign doesn't work. Okay, we'll just do a new one. It's not a big deal.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:We only lost$2 million. Fuck that. That's an executive that we probably didn't know. I'm scrolling through these pictures, and I think you're right, Jay. If a fast food restaurant were to legitimately do a change-up right now and go back, bro. They'd win. They'd win. They would. They'd win. Hands down. They would fucking break the bank. They would. They'd win. They'd win hands down. If Pizza Hut went back to like their 1980s.
SPEAKER_00:Bro, Pizza Hut.
SPEAKER_01:Every other like main Pizza Hut like pizza like places would be fucked. Oh, for sure. For sure. Domino's would be fucked. Like it was just because it's Pizza Hut. everybody knows that name yeah nobody out pizzas the hut god damn it correct speaking of pizza but pizza hut making it great right but speaking of pizza hut speaking of pizza should i say um again i i brought up earlier that back in like the 90s they got really experimental right did everybody know that mcdonald's used to sell pizza like they tried I've heard of them. I did not personally experience them. I mean, I didn't either, but I do know that they tried selling pizzas and it did not go well for them. The McDonald's I used to work at in the airport still had the oven that they used. It was a pizza oven. And it had like six, seven, eight different slots for that oven because they made pizzas. And we used that to make the pies and everything. But it was really neat to learn. But the reason why bring this up is because, again, they got really experimental, and I don't know why they stopped being experimental. But back in the day, this was only in New York in 2010, Burger King once had a pizza burger. What? It was a 9.5 inch pizza sandwich that had Whopper beef patties, mozzarella cheese, marinara sauce, and pesto-flavored mayo. It was cut into six slices for sharing and came in at 2,500 calories. It never went nationwide. It only was sold in New York in 2010. It was very short-lived. But they made a fucking pizza burger. Who does that? I'm looking at it right now. That's pretty crazy. Isn't that fucking nuts? I wonder why it didn't catch on. Because it's a big-ass pizza burger. Nobody wants to eat that. I mean, I mean, here's the thing. I mean, I do. It was awesome. That was a lot for that time and time of like human existence. Yeah, that's a lot. Like what? Hold on. What came on this motherfucker? It was burgers, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, red pesto and Sicilian sauce. Yep. So it was basically pizza on a burger. What is Sicilian sauce like? I don't know. Italian splooged on it. Hey, it's a pizza. Me. So gross. So there's your Sicilian sauce right there. There you go. I don't know how I feel about that. Yeah, so I don't, yeah, I can see why it failed. Now that I'm looking at it, I see why it failed. It never left New York, and probably because New Yorkers love, yeah, they love their pizza, so. Right, right. But, yeah, like, what made them stop, excuse me, stop being so experimental, like, you know, going crazy like that? You know, like, who... Has anybody... On the, like, obvious thing, like, oh, it was costing them money, but it's McDonald's. They can afford to lose money. Well, I don't... It'd have been Burger King, but I don't know. I'm sorry. Like, either way, like, McDonald's, Burger King, when they use pizza, those are the places. Yeah. They'd lose a million dollars. They didn't even fucking... Yeah, I mean, again, to them, it's nothing. All that is my agreeing to your point, like, why did they say, hey, this sucks? I don't know. I don't know why they were like, you know what? We're never going to try this again. You know what I mean? That's my entire point. Like, if you're a billion dollar company, like, you could try something. Like, just Get out there and throw something out there. You don't even notice. Right. But isn't that fucking nuts that Burger King tried to do a fucking pizza burger? Like, what the fuck? Yeah, that's insane. That is crazy. And then, of course, McDonald's with all their different fucking burgers that they had. Like, does anybody remember the Arch Deluxe? I was going to bring that up. No, what's the Arch Deluxe? It was like a burger with lettuce and tomato. That's all that it had. Yeah, that's really all it had. Really? Yeah. I think the Big N' Tasty kind of took its spot. Mm-hmm. Yeah, I remember. Okay, so I got a story about the Big N' Tasty. So growing up, that was Jay's favorite. I'm talking this mother... He could order one, eat it, go to dinner... That was for lunch. He'd go to dinner, get it again, eat it. He'd wake up the next day, and as soon as it turned over for lunch, he'd go get another one, eat it, and eat it again for dinner. That's all he ate. So we moved from California to Kentucky, all right? And we go to McDonald's, and I just remember Jay being like, let me get a Big and Tasty meal. Big and Tasty!
UNKNOWN:Big and Tasty!
SPEAKER_01:Mom ordered. She's like, let me get a big and tasty meal. And literally, the girl was like, excuse me? The fuck is that? What's that? Yeah, what's that? What is that? What's a big and tasty? And my mom was like, you know, the big and tasty. Like, bitch. Like, keep in mind, we've had this sandwich. Multiple times. Multiple times for a lengthy amount of time. Yeah, like, it was like nonstop. Right. And... we found out the hard way that menus were different across the states. Yeah, that's how I learned. That's how I learned that not everything's the same. Right, right. That's a hard lesson. No, it is a hard lesson. It really is. It is. And I mean, I don't remember what he got in place of it, but I'm pretty sure he was visibly upset. Oh, I'm sure I probably was like, just give me some nuggets because this fucking sucks. Because they're like, whatever he got instead of what he wanted couldn't have been like awesome. No, no, no. It was literally like, you know what? At this point, I don't care what you get me because they don't have my goddamn, they don't have my goddamn big and tasty man. You know what I'm saying? Give me some nuggies and I'll be okay. I don't know if y'all remember this. Again, when I was speaking to the Rents, Dad was like, do y'all remember this burger? And I was like, I don't remember this at all, but McDonald's had something called a McDLT. I mean, okay, I have heard of it, but I know nothing about it. So apparently what they did is it was it was kind of it kind of had like the same ingredients as the big and tasty. Right. Tomatoes, cheese, lettuce, onions. And I believe it was ketchup and mustard. But what they did, what they did, this is what they did. And I think this is why I feel when they gave it to you, it came in a styrofoam carrier. Right. And they actually had the cold side and the hot side. To where you had your bun and ingredients on this side. And then your patty and all the hot stuff over here. So you would literally have to build your own sandwich. That's weird. Isn't that weird? I don't like that. Right? I didn't come to McDonald's to make my own fucking sandwich. Okay. On one hand, that is weird. It is weird. But on the other hand... I'm going to say something, and you guys are probably going to talk shit, but I don't care. Here we go. I have gone through a drive-thru and ordered a Big Mac. I don't think I went through the drive-thru. I think I went inside. I was like, listen, I'm getting it for my girlfriend, my wife. She's not going to eat it right now. So can you just put everything on the side? Oh, my God. Okay. And they're willing to do it. They will. They will deconstruct the sandwich and give you everything on the side. They will absolutely do that. Yeah, for sure. It's fucking weird to do it. And like I said, that's fucking weird to order. It is weird. I was making an order with our, like, a mutual girlfriend of ours. Like, not my girlfriend, but not like your girlfriend. Like, you know who she is.
SPEAKER_00:Mm-hmm.
UNKNOWN:Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_01:Either way, like... We don't like when our tomatoes are mushy. Okay. That's fair. So, like, if it's a breakfast or a dinner or whatever menu... Mushy tomatoes are... No. Thank you. It's a no-go. Hard stop for Templeton. Don't give me no mushy fucking tomatoes. So, honestly, if you think about it, a McDLT... you wouldn't have a mushy tomato because the tomato's on the side. It doesn't touch the sandwich until you build it. So in a way, I've seen the vision. I get it. Yeah, I get it. But it's just like... But it's terrible. You gotta consider your audience at that point. Nobody came to McDonald's to build their own fucking sandwich. Nobody did that. Not a single person. You're probably getting one out of like... 5,000 not be willing to do this. Yeah, they're like, oh, that's really cool. Yeah, that's really cool. Yeah, because it's really not. Because it's a pain in the ass. When I went out of the way to get the stuff on the side and deconstructed, it's a fucking pain in the ass. It is. Because you get like three bags and you're just like, what the fuck? This is fucking stupid. This is dumb. This is stupid. Just make my goddamn sandwich. And that is all from our perspective. Right. Nevermind like the person who doesn't take the order. Exactly. Cause they're, or the ones making it. Cause they're like, God damn it. Just get the fucking, get the shit on the goddamn burger. God. But you know, you gotta, you gotta keep in mind that not everybody's the same, but we talked about places being different, right? So in 1994, you ready for this? Y'all ready for this? McDonald's again, being very, very, very crazy and experimental. McDonald's in Canada. had something called a McChicken Supreme. Would you like to know what was on this McChicken Supreme?
SPEAKER_00:Yes.
SPEAKER_01:Ham, tomato, mayonnaise, and processed Swiss cheese. What were you saying? Nah, I'm good. That's not bad. That's not awful. I'm good. On a McChicken? Because you said ham? Ham, which is Canadian bacon. Ham, tomato, mayo, and Swiss cheese The tomato and the mayo and the Swiss cheese isn't bad. It's the ham that loses me. It's the ham that loses me. It's the ham. I understand it's Canadian bacon. It's ham, bitch. Right, right, right. That's what I picture in my head. I just picture some fucking deli meat of this little circular ham. Splat. That's what I picture. So if you think about it, what they use for their breakfast sandwich is basically what they put on that McChicken. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they just use that round Canadian ham, the round bacon. Yes. And they threw it on there. They're like, yeah, here you go. No, I'm good. Okay, so what about when they experiment with the fucking tie-dye fucking burger buns and shit like that? You talking about like Burger King? Yeah, like Burger King is infamous for fucking changing the color of their food. They really are. I don't know why they do that. Green, purple, black. I've seen them all. I don't know why they do that. But here's the thing, like like it's one thing to just change the color of your bun right because it's like you you just add some food dye add some food coloring boom done finished but but when you okay think about it right they made a fucking pizza burger like that is innovative as fuck right like and that's why to a degree yes to a degree but but for me i'm just like that's why i was kind of hyped when Burger King did their little make your Whopper thing. Because I was like, yo, that's different because you're now going to talk to your people that, you know, you're going to talk to your customers, right? Your customers are going to tell you what they're looking for, essentially. And I thought that was cool. Like, were all of them, like, fucking, like, really good? Nah. And I will say, like, when we went to the Coke Museum, Yeti, I think we all learned that, you know, just your average, normal, everyday person, not everybody needs to be trying to make flavors go together. No, they don't. No, they don't. Oh, my God. When I tell you, we made some bad choices in our Coke making. None of us made a good one. None of
SPEAKER_00:us.
SPEAKER_01:no none of us made one that was like you know what i wish i could buy this at a store we all were like no oh god and here's the thing here's the thing grizz and i wish he was here to stand up for himself exactly he he took the time to dissect the items and like really think about what would taste really good together yes he tried he did i was picking random shit i just thought that maybe maybe give it a try All my shit was fucking dog water. Oh yeah, because we tried each other's because they recommended which flavor to try when it got to that point. I was one of them. They all were trash. All of them. It was god awful. And I would do it again. Yeah, I would too, not gonna lie. But it did open my eyes that not everybody needs to be making these flavor combinations. Now, with that being said, though, also because of that, everyone's taste buds are different. This is true. This is true. There's some people that will think. Let's look at Italy, for example. Oh, don't even get me fucking started. I'll fight you. Okay. I'm sorry, Italy. Italians or whatever. I'll fight you. No. That Beverly drink. No. Is booty. Absolutely not. I don't know how. Y'all drank it. But it was disgusting. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. I'm serious. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. Because as soon as it hit my tongue, I gagged. And Grizz kept going back for it. He was holding people's hands to help him drink it with them. He kept saying, hey guys, this is the best one. This is the best flavor. I was like, can you stop lying to fucking people? Like, what the fuck is wrong? to be honest though I could have sat there the whole time and made people try it no that's just rude like the one girl she took that sip and it was the faces honestly the faces they made as soon as it hit the tongue oh yeah there it is they didn't know what to do they were like should I swallow or should I spit it out well I can't spit it out because I'm in public I can't be a heathen and spit this on the floor everywhere like I want to but Oh my god. Never again. She was so mad. She was so mad. She's like, I can't believe you guys made me drink this. I blamed you guys because y'all were the ones that were hyping up Beverly over there. We were. We were hyping up Beverly. You two were like, yo, try this. This is the best one. I'm like, no. It's the best one ever. I'm standing in the back like, don't listen to them. Do not listen to them. But they listened anyway. They decided to try it. So yeah, that's why I'm kind of like, I don't know. I just feel like uh uh uh restaurants need to come back to like really trying things like this right here right i know i know it sounds awful to you but taco bell released the baja blast pie that was in that was unveiled in late 2023 like to me i'm like interesting Not going to try it. Interesting. But I'm, you know, not for me. I'm not going to try it. No, not for me. Not for me. And here's the thing. I love the Baja Blast. Yeah. Yeah. Like if you look right over here, I don't know if you can see it. Can you see the box over there? Sponsored by Baja Blast. You know what? Do you see it underneath the table? Yes. Yeah. I love Baja Blast. Absolutely love it. Will I ever fucking get a pie of it? Fuck no. So Mountain Dew, if you're listening, Baja Blast for Yeti. All day, every day. All day, every day. I support it. Don't hesitate. Throw him a case or two. Yes. And they did the Baja Blast Gelato. I know that happened as well. I tried that. It wasn't bad. See? So it's like, sometimes you do have to go out there on a limb and throw it against the wall, see if it sticks. But you're definitely targeting a group of people, though. Oh, for sure. But like when Burger King did their Bacon Sundae. You remember when they did the Bacon Sundae? We lost Templeton. I don't know where he went. He might be having computer issues. But you remember the bacon sundae from Burger King? Yes. And I tried that shit. Yeah. And you were like, what are you doing? I was like, what do you mean? I'm trying it. Like, if it makes sense, though, because sweet, salty, it's a trail mix. I get it. I get that. But no. No. Whatever, man. We're going to have to respectively disagree on this. That's fair. That's fair. But look at this, Taco Bell in 1990, coming in clutch, right? They had an everyday value menu. 59 cents for these items. 59 fucking cents. What did they have on the everyday value? Soft or original tacos, tostadas, bean burritos, and pintos and cheese. For 59 cents. All those were 59 cents a pop.
SPEAKER_00:Back in 1990.
SPEAKER_01:Can you imagine the damage Taco Bell would do if they brought that back? No, I mean, oof. They'd be so fucking busy. They would be so fucking busy, bro. It'd be so hard to get into Taco Bell, it wouldn't even be funny. Facts. Because everybody's like, oh, yo, 59 cents? Are you kidding me? You remember back in the day you'd get a whole bag full of just straight soft tacos? Yeah. Yeah, and spend less than$10. Spend less than$10. Or spend less than$20. Right, and you're good for like the week. Right. I remember. I remember. Why can't we get that back? Like, what the hell? If Arizona Ice Tea can keep their prices as low as they do for 99 cents, and the CEO said he won't, he'll do his best to keep it low. He's realistic about it. He's like, you know, I know that it's not going to be forever, but as long as he can, he's keeping his tea at 99 cents. Here's the thing. If he was losing money, he would have raised it by now. Hello? Hello? And that's the thing. I understand the cost of stuff has gone up. I don't work in that field to know what it costs i don't i obviously buy my groceries so i know what the groceries cost right but when you buy in bulk like that you don't pay the same price correct what if that stuff isn't going up and they're just telling people it is going up so they can increase their prices the great question now now you're asking the real questions because sometimes i'm like Is inflation real? The answer is yes. Short answer, yes. Inflation is real. So I think to a degree it is. Yes, because I think companies have a lot more say-so in inflation than a lot of people let on. Yes, yes, yes. I think companies have more say-so in inflation as far as what they price and all that kind of shit than what they let on. Because if a CEO of a drink company, a drink company, can can keep that he said i'm keeping my prices low so you're telling me what i'm hearing is you kind of have a final say in what your shit's gonna cost i mean very true i mean i'm sure the board the directors also have input as well i'm sure they do but if they're all more leaning toward i want to get that real big bonus all that extra cash so i can get my yacht or you know that extra car that i can drive around well then they're gonna they're gonna they're gonna say cost of value's gone up it's got it's got to increase right like like what if what if in theory the cost of living has gone up like let's say like we're gonna use the prices of the fast food menus that we've talked about we're gonna go back to mcdonald's number one which was two dollars and ninety nine cents In 1996. Which is crazy. A number one today. Hold on, let me see here. Let me go to my app real quick. Jump on that app. A number one. Yeah, a number one today. Cost. I think it's like$6. I think it's like$5.99. If I'm not mistaken. Order. Let's see here. We'll pick a restaurant. It's done. I think that's fucking crazy. Oh my god. I'm fucking wrong. I'm wrong on my prices. I'm wrong again.$8 in.$8.99 for the Big Mac. So$10. Almost$10. No, no, no. We're going to use exact. We're going to say$8.99. So it has gone up. Plus tax. We're not going to add the tax. We're keeping it base. Okay. We're keeping it base.$8.99. And in 1996, the price was$2.99. So you're saying in, or I'm sorry, 96 a year. So what, 30 years ago? Yep. Right? 30 years ago, it's gone up$6. Yep. What if it's not really gone up$6? What if it's only gone up? Like three? Two dollars. Bro. And we're just getting ranked. We're just getting ranked. And we're just getting ranked. So Mr. McDonald could have his yacht. Honestly, it's what it feels like. It's what it feels like. That's insane, bro. When you think about it, the chances of that being true... Because you know people are getting bonuses and shit like that. Where's the money coming from? They gotta be getting a profit. And if... I don't know. It's fucking crazy. That's a fucking... Again, it's a rabbit hole to fall down, and that's why I wanted to bring that up. It is. It really is. Because, honestly, again, I don't want to get too far deep into it, because that's not what we do here. But if you are interested in finding out what the fuck happened, Google it, baby. Google it, Barbara! It's out there. Make sure your battery's full, because it's going to take your battery. It's going to be a minute. It really is. That's crazy. Good chat about retro restaurants. I know we lost Templeton. I'm going to assume he had internet issues. So I'm going to try to wrap this up real quick because I know it's just down to me and you. The two amigos. Yeah. And then there were two. But that's okay. We're going to drive this home. Quick fun and games. I wish everybody was here to talk about it. If we do, I can change my voice. Can I change? No, no, no. Can we save the fun and games? Do you want to save the fun and games? I want to save that one because I want to hear. That's why I didn't talk about my other thing. Then we will save the fun and games. OK, well, we'll pin that one. OK, so I guess I guess I could do the fun fact and do the fun fact. So let me get to that real quick. There we are. Fun fact. Y'all ready for this? Well, are you ready for this? Yes, sir, I am. This is where I take my nap. So there's only one. And then there was one. Okay, so the fun fact. Did you know? That sea level isn't actually level? I always just thought sea level was a height. So, jumping into the deep end or paddling in the shallows, the average sea level isn't the same everywhere due to the Earth's forces. Mean sea level, or MSL, is widely used as a standard reference for the altitude of towns, mountains, and aircraft. That's because once the effect of tides and waves has been averaged out, sea level depends on just two forces, the strength of gravity and the effect of the Earth's spin. And these depend on the distance from that ultimate reference point, Earth's center. But while their surface provides a handy reference point, the oceans themselves are not all at the same height above the Earth's center. As the strength of the force generated by the Earth's spin is strongest at the equator, the MSL bulges outward there, putting it further from the center of the Earth than at the poles. Differences in the Earth's density also affect the strength of gravity, causing MSL variations of as much as 100 meters. MSL is also changing over time. largely through global warming, causing seawater to expand and land ice to melt. So there you go. Because we're on a giant spinning ball, take that, flat earthers. I'm sorry, I don't want to piss off that community because they'll be like fucking, they'll have pitchforks. We've pissed off a lot of communities this season. Yeah, yeah, yeah. For this episode. Yeah, we kind of did. We're probably going to have a few communities knocking on our doors saying, shut the fuck up, you don't know what you're talking about. That's fine. I mean, go ahead. I already see them in the distance with pitchforks. Yeah. Oh! they're coming they're coming they're coming yeah close the shutters they're coming for us but nah um so yeah with that being said uh we can wrap this up put a pretty little bow on it because you know we've we've ran out of people and and stuff talk about at this point in time And here we are. So join us next time. We don't have a topic idea, but it'll be a surprise. Just get ready for it. I'll see if I can't get a guest on here. We'll see what we can do. But until then, I guess say ta-ta to your fans, Yeti. Peace out, bitches. 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