That's cringy

cringy holidays

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SPEAKER_07 0:00

To this point. None of this is making sense.

SPEAKER_04 0:03

Oh, you're not gender fluent right now? Are we ready to start the show? Yes. Yeah, we're good now. Let's do this. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 0:09

It's time for random brackets.

SPEAKER_07 0:18

Hey everybody. Happy New Year. Welcome back to Random Brackets. I'm John. Eric. What? Uh today we are going to be doing cringy holiday traditions. We just got out. Me and the guys were talking. We just finished the holidays. Got done with Thanks, you know, it's it's kind of like a sprint almost. I I consider I go from my birthday because it's October 29th, but you know, most people start from Halloween. For me, it starts with my birthday, right? So I've in my mind I go from my birthday to my wife's birthday because Ruthie's birthday is on January 3rd. So for me, it's like a sprint for my birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Ruthie's Ruthie's birthday, and then it ends, right? It's a lot of money, bro. It's a lot of time. It's like a stressful thing. It's definitely a marathon.

SPEAKER_00 1:01

I got, you know, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, anniversary. What do you think? When's your anniversary? March 21st. That's right. Oh, yeah, you're you're not done. You're in the middle of it still. March 21st. You know, and then my daughter's birthday, then Mother's Day, and then my wife's birthday. I didn't think about it.

SPEAKER_07 1:17

My anniversary is at the beginning of October. So that's kind of like that's what kicks it off. Yeah. Yeah. It's a marathon. Yeah. It's uh October, October 6th and my anniversary, so it like kicks it off, and then I end on Ruthie's birthday. So it's now I'm in my I'm in my rest period right now. You know what I mean? Yeah. As far as holidays and gift giving goes. Oh no, no, no, no. Listeners are gifted.

SPEAKER_03 1:36

This is like your month rest period, because you know Valentine's Day?

SPEAKER_07 1:39

We'll cover it. We'll cover that. I'm not stressed about that. Alright, so we were we were we were talking and we were like, man, there's just there's so many things to do around the holidays, just so much like pressure and and and just a lot of traditions, and we got to talking about like, you know, some of some of them are kind of funny and a little just annoying and a little cringy. So we decided to make a list of the 16 top cringiest holiday traditions. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean um there's some Valentine's Day, there's some uh there was there's some uh 4th of July stuff, there's some Thanksgiving, some Christmas, so it's it's all your holiday traditions all year round. So we're gonna go ahead and um we're gonna start with the four that didn't make it, right? We're gonna start with the four that didn't make it. So let's have a moment of silence for our honorable mentions.

SPEAKER_03 2:31

Definitely cut that out.

SPEAKER_07 2:32

Um number 17 individual gift opening on Christmas morning. I like that. It's kind of cringy. I don't think that's that bad though. It's not that bad.

SPEAKER_00 2:41

It's not but it like having when you have like a bunch of adults and the kids.

SPEAKER_07 2:45

Yeah, but my thing is just like with there's a lot of kids there, and their attention spans are short, and there's like five, there's six, seven kids, and every one of them's got four presents. It is a two-hour, three hour deal because everyone's gotta stop. That's why we wake up at like five o'clock and everyone's gotta stop, unwrap the present, show the present, and act excited, even if it's something you don't like, and then everyone's like exp and then there's so much pressure to be like, oh my god, this is amazing. Thank you so much. It's kind of cringy. But at the same time, you know, you have to act like you like it, and it just kind of it's a cringy moment for a child. It's kind of it's kind of cringy as an adult, like you know, so that's that's number 17, so we're not even gonna debate that. Yeah. Uh 18's coming at Turkey Trots. Turkey Trotts didn't make the cut on cringiest top 16 cringiest.

SPEAKER_03 3:28

Nah, in between our break, I didn't know what this was. They had to explain it to me, so I'm gonna go ahead and let them explain it to y'all.

SPEAKER_07 3:35

But everyone, I'm pretty sure everyone who listens to this knows what a turkey trot is.

SPEAKER_03 3:39

Yeah, everyone knows what a turkey trot is.

SPEAKER_07 3:42

It's a five- it's a run on Thanksgiving morning. A 5K run. You got 10 things to be doing. You have better things to be doing. Okay. You got a lot of food coming up. Go and say it. A lot of liquor to dress. Don't say it. It's too early. It's too early.

SPEAKER_00 3:54

Okay. If you see him run, you run with the number 19.

SPEAKER_07 3:57

Cringy, cringy holiday tradition that always happens. Number 19, people too cool to dress up for Halloween. Like, we get it, man. You're you're so cool. You're above Halloween.

SPEAKER_05 4:07

I'm one of those people. I'm me too.

SPEAKER_07 4:09

I'm one of those people. You know, I'll go for it. Yeah, and I just pretty nerdy. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 4:13

So I kind of draw the line that like wearing costumes and cosplaying. That I just I just can't cross the line.

SPEAKER_03 4:20

I love cosplaying. Yeah, that's different. I love cosplaying. That's different.

SPEAKER_00 4:23

No, I can't do it.

SPEAKER_03 4:24

It's just on a mask.

SPEAKER_00 4:26

I appreciate it. You know, I appreciate people who do do it. You know, like your life and totally have fun.

SPEAKER_03 4:32

I'm too cool for it. I can't do it. Have you ever really got a like a makeover? Like a real artist? A makeover, like a real artist, like how Walking Dead is? Yeah, no. Like like got it the scars on your face and stuff like that. No. Yo. No. Yo. No. It looks damn well good. I'm sure it does. I've seen pictures, I've seen people damn good.

SPEAKER_07 4:55

Alright, and then number number 20 on Auburntions, the last one that we're not going to be debating today. I thought you did 1915. American flag.

SPEAKER_03 5:02

That was 19? Yeah, that was 19.

SPEAKER_07 5:04

American flag apparel for um summer holidays, i.e. Labor Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July. Like we get it. Like the like sometimes it's like I know you get your clothes from Walmart. Yeah, I know you see it. I know you get your clothes from Walmart. Stop playing. Stop playing. We get Walmart. But still, still get your clothes from Walmart, Target. I get it. It's it's starting to be a little cringy now. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:27

Like those uh like those uh I too enjoy my bald eagle American flag t-shirts too, guys.

SPEAKER_03 5:32

Yeah, you get the you get the red, white, and blue tank tops.

SPEAKER_07 5:37

My favorite thing too is that it's it's socially it's socially acceptable to wear those American flag apparel. Yeah. Like the the the swim trunks and the shirts on on like summer holidays, but it's those people who walk around with like American flag apparel and bald eagles, and it's not a holiday. Like, what do you we get it, man? You like Trump. Like we get it. You don't have to you don't have to like do you want a bald eagle with a Reagan shirt?

SPEAKER_00 6:02

Never look I never had that minimum. I'm not gonna buy one with him riding a T-Rex. See, I knew it.

SPEAKER_02 6:10

I knew it.

SPEAKER_05 6:11

You said with Reagan?

SPEAKER_07 6:13

Absolutely not.

SPEAKER_02 6:14

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 6:15

Alright, so we're gonna go ahead and jump in. What about Ape Lincoln Fighting a Bear?

SPEAKER_07 6:18

That's actually pretty cool. That'd be pretty dope.

SPEAKER_05 6:20

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 6:20

What? Ape Lincoln Fighting a Bear? Yeah, I'd wear that. I'd wear that. So on 4th of July, though. I wouldn't wear or President's Day. I'd wear that on President's Day. So you're not still in February.

SPEAKER_03 6:30

So you're not wearing a shirt with George Washington picking an apple.

SPEAKER_05 6:32

No. Why would he be that's weird? Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 6:35

What? Why an apple?

SPEAKER_05 6:37

Yeah, he chopped down a cherry tree. Or he didn't chop down a did he chop down a did he not cherry tree?

SPEAKER_03 6:40

See, there you go. That's debatable.

SPEAKER_01 6:42

See, there you go.

SPEAKER_07 6:43

No, what's the myth?

SPEAKER_00 6:44

The myth is that he chopped down the cherry tree and said he couldn't tell a lie. And so he then he told on himself.

SPEAKER_07 6:49

Yeah. But yeah, why would what is what does he have to do with an apple?

SPEAKER_06 6:53

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 6:53

Didn't he bring in the Christianity? No. What? Yeah. Didn't he do that?

SPEAKER_06 6:57

What is wrong with you? Didn't he do that?

SPEAKER_07 7:00

Didn't he bring in that shit?

SPEAKER_06 7:02

No, honestly.

SPEAKER_07 7:02

No, that was Jesus. Jesus, George? Yeah, George Washington, George Strait. Why are you talking about George Strait? Sorry. What? What George Strait? Honestly.

SPEAKER_04 7:13

That's my holy trinity.

unknown 7:15

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_04 7:16

Jesus, George Strait, and George Washington. That's my trinity right there. Southern. No, actually, no. What are your trinity? Jack, George Straight, and Jesus. Who do you believe in? Dale and Hart, George Washington, and George Strait. Praise Dale, praise Dale. Praise Dale.

SPEAKER_08 7:40

Oh my god. Oh shit.

SPEAKER_03 7:43

Oh my goodness. Alright, what's the count, Dale?

SPEAKER_07 7:46

Okay. Alright, now we're all right. So 16 uh cringious, 16 cringiest uh holiday traditions that we can't ignore and can't get around. Um number one, holiday proposals slash uh yeah, holiday proposals, people who propose on on holidays. Uh two, uh sitting around the Thanksgiving table and telling everyone what we're thankful for. Number three, Black Friday shopping on Thanksgiving. Number four, couples costumes. Number five, the dreaded happy the dreaded happy holidays, Merry Christmas debate. Sir, our our rankings are done very scientifically. Scientifically. And so, you know, I don't think you should question how we do this. No, I'm not. Number six is just New Year's resolutions in general. Uh number seven is introducing a new partner during the holiday season. Number eight is pinching on St. Patrick's Day. Oh my god. Number nine is New uh New Year's Kiss. Number ten is New Year's Superstitions. Uh number eleven is over the top Valentine's. Number twelve is family newsletters during Christmas card for Christmas cards. Number 13 is Hating on Fruit Cake. Uh 14 is Elf on a Shelf. 15 is Mariah Carey, and I will not be explaining that any further. And then number 16 is matching PJs. So, as always, we start off with the first round of uh holiday proposals and matching PJs. Which one is the cringiest?

SPEAKER_03 9:21

Matching PJs.

SPEAKER_07 9:22

Matching PJs?

SPEAKER_06 9:22

How is matching PJs more cringy than? Because you know you don't want to do it.

SPEAKER_03 9:26

I don't have a wonderful.

SPEAKER_06 9:29

Stop what?

SPEAKER_07 9:29

What?

SPEAKER_00 9:29

I don't have a problem with either wonderful. Well, one, I do the PJs, that's the trick.

SPEAKER_07 9:33

Did you hold on to what holiday did you propose in Kelly in Disney World? Let me see a picture of it.

SPEAKER_00 9:38

The day after our anniversary.

SPEAKER_07 9:40

Which is?

SPEAKER_00 9:41

Uh March tw uh 23rd. March 24th is the day I proposed. In Disney World? Yes. Okay. At Cinderella's Castle. Of course. With Cinderella. Is Cinderella? With Cinderella? She was in there, really? That's so sweet. Damn. You made it so special. But no, I don't mind it, you know.

SPEAKER_07 9:59

So my thing is, too, the holiday proposes.

SPEAKER_00 10:01

It's very cliche, and you know it's coming. Super cliche. But I don't have a problem with it. I mean, I'm not your love story, maybe. If I'm proposing to someone on if you're proposing to someone on Christmas, don't expect any more gifts from me. Yeah, that's so my lot of money to be dropping on something.

SPEAKER_03 10:15

But the cringiest thing for me is the pajama stuff.

SPEAKER_05 10:18

So here's why holiday.

SPEAKER_07 10:22

Yeah, it's just still kind of like there's some kind of culty about it. There's something like Christmas is getting to the point where it's like there is an aesthetic with Christmas. Yeah. And it's getting to the point where it's like, ah, don't be a Scrooge.

SPEAKER_05 10:35

No, it's not that meaning a Scrooge.

SPEAKER_07 10:37

It's just like it's there is a group of people in this country who try to out Christmas each other. And I'm it's too early for it, so I'm not gonna go there.

SPEAKER_00 10:46

I think it's fine.

SPEAKER_03 10:48

So which one would you go with though? Which one would I go with? Which one's because you have no problem with both of them, so which one would you go with?

SPEAKER_00 10:58

I'm just gonna go with the proposal since I'm already married. It's like I don't really care. Can I tell you my take?

SPEAKER_07 11:02

Can I tell you my take on why I think holiday proposals are more cringy? Why? Because you immediately made a holiday about yourself.

SPEAKER_00 11:08

That's fair. Like that's my thing. Like everyone's worse on Valentine's Day.

SPEAKER_07 11:13

It's Valentine's Day. Matter of fact, because Valentine's Day, that one that's for love, and it's like New Year's Eve. Like everyone's there to have a good time. And now you just took New Year's Eve everybody. Like Christmas. Oh, you just took all the wind out of. You just took all the all the focus off of Jesus, and you want to put it on yourself. No. And we're all here having trying to have a good time.

SPEAKER_03 11:29

I don't think that's what it is. I don't think that's what it is. What is it? I think it's for you to remember your your Oh, I didn't think about that.

SPEAKER_07 11:38

Yes. That's what I think is. You think the dude's just being lazy. Yes. But no one remembers. There you go. No one remembers.

SPEAKER_03 11:44

But you don't have to remember your engagement date. That's not a thing you have to remember. Sometimes, but we're dealing with Who celebrates their engagement date?

SPEAKER_00 11:51

Some people, I guess. No, they do not.

SPEAKER_03 11:54

You said marriage and proposal, right? No, just proposals. Just proposals? Yeah, just proposals. Okay, so still.

SPEAKER_00 12:01

No, because people who get married, because what if you get married on Christmas? Like, yeah, there's gotta be people who get married on a holiday.

SPEAKER_03 12:07

Get married on Christmas? Get married on Christmas Day? Or on a holiday.

SPEAKER_00 12:10

Or New Year's Eve.

SPEAKER_03 12:11

New Year's Eve. Yeah, I mean. Fourth of July.

SPEAKER_07 12:13

Yeah, that's yeah, even then, it's like, come on, man.

SPEAKER_03 12:15

Shit, even black people on Martin Luther King Day?

SPEAKER_07 12:17

Shut the f that was a joke, bro.

SPEAKER_03 12:20

We agreed too.

SPEAKER_04 12:22

Do you want me to say that again?

SPEAKER_01 12:25

Phrase that back then. That was good though. I like the reaction. You have got to be kidding me.

SPEAKER_00 12:34

We're not even 10 minutes in, guys.

SPEAKER_07 12:36

You guys are jumping the broom on Martin Luther King Day. Fuck you. That's it. Then we're done.

SPEAKER_01 12:43

No more love, baby. No more. I love it. I love it. Casey, you can't knock that. You can't knock that. That's good content.

SPEAKER_07 12:57

Alright, so what are we uh what do we what are we voting on? You're going you're going holiday proposals more, Crinsy. What are you going with?

SPEAKER_03 13:02

I'm going with pajamas, really. You're going pajamas? Because nobody likes that. No, not I say nobody. The men doesn't like that. They just agree to it so they can make their woman happy.

SPEAKER_07 13:10

Man, if this is just thing, if we went, if this world revolved around doing things that we didn't want to do, nothing would get done.

SPEAKER_03 13:16

Mm-hmm. That we want to do.

SPEAKER_07 13:18

We would have really big buildings. Yeah. That is it. And fishing. We would have fishing. And explosives. And explosives. Yeah, we would have ability to build good debates. We can build actually honestly, we can't we can't do that. We can build big build big build big building. A big building where we can blow stuff up and push up.

SPEAKER_00 13:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 13:38

And good debates. Are you serious? I'm not touching that one. Yeah, I'm not touching that one. Wow. Yeah. Okay, so I'm by myself on that one. Well, what you just said, yeah. Wow, so I'm still stuck on the eye.

SPEAKER_07 13:52

Alright, I'm gonna go holiday proposals is more crunchy.

SPEAKER_03 13:54

There we go. There we go.

SPEAKER_07 13:55

All right. Let's see, we got pinching on St. Patrick's Day at the number eight, and then New Year's Kiss on number nine.

SPEAKER_03 14:02

Pinching on Patch Say Track. Yeah, pinching on Patch.

SPEAKER_07 14:05

Yeah, it's don't touch me, bro.

SPEAKER_03 14:07

Bro, I'm too old for that, bro.

SPEAKER_07 14:08

Not only that. I hated it in elementary school when it was socially acceptable, but we get to a certain point, it's like Don't touch me. Don't touch me, man.

SPEAKER_03 14:15

But we live in a society that's so sensitive right now.

SPEAKER_00 14:18

But here's the thing that I don't like, I don't like to appropriate the Irish culture.

SPEAKER_07 14:20

I will if I am not Irish. Anyways. In retrospect, though, how many times has anyone pinched you in the last five years, though, for not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day?

SPEAKER_00 14:31

The last five years. The last five years.

SPEAKER_07 14:33

They've pinched you every day? Who's pinched you? Actually, I think I've pinched you a couple years ago. I think I pinched you a couple years ago. My daughter. I think I pinched you a couple years ago.

SPEAKER_03 14:41

I think I pinched one both of y'all, actually. Yeah, I think that's one time. I mean, it's still annoying. That's a different story. Just to get on y'all nerves. Yeah, it's just to get on your nerves. But all the other time it's like stop. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 14:54

Like the people who are really into it, like, are you wearing green? You're not wearing green. Like I pinched. If a stranger did that, like, uh just because you ain't wearing green.

SPEAKER_03 15:01

Yeah, I definitely knock dead in your face.

SPEAKER_07 15:04

Uh New Year's Kiss. There's too much pressure for New Year's Kiss, though.

SPEAKER_00 15:06

It's not. I mean, not when you're married. You already know who you're kissing. It's like, that's already a done deal.

SPEAKER_07 15:12

The only pressure then. But see, working in the service industry, be like, I gotta plant stuff. I haven't kissed my wife on New Year's in Well. Years.

SPEAKER_00 15:19

Never mind. Damn, you're not romantic at all.

SPEAKER_07 15:21

I'm working, man.

SPEAKER_00 15:22

I mean, who says your wife wants to kiss you at all to begin with?

SPEAKER_07 15:26

My wife loves me. Thank you very much. Okay. Does she? She tells me she does. Can't believe the woman's work. So did your parents. Oh my goodness. Oh, we get a chance. Sorry, we're going pinching on pinching on St. Patrick's more cringe. Alright. Here we go. The happy holiday, Merry Christmas debate versus the family newsletter. Which one's more cringy? Bro, I don't even know.

SPEAKER_03 15:51

I don't even know what the fuck the hell debate. I never knew what family newsletter was.

SPEAKER_07 15:59

So a family newsletter is when usually the You know, a Christmas card. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 16:03

Like a Christmas card, and then Sean got an A in biology, and little Timmy is top scorer in his League of T.

SPEAKER_07 16:10

Yeah, it's where you brag about your do a little bragging, do a little family update, a little bragging. I don't mind that.

SPEAKER_00 16:14

I don't mind it because you know celebrate a little bit. Send me a text.

SPEAKER_07 16:21

My thing is too, you don't put the bad stuff in there. It's always like Timmy's top of his class in in math, but he also put it up. But he also can't stop also can't stop wetting his bed every night and he's got madness.

SPEAKER_00 16:36

I mean, would you want that?

SPEAKER_07 16:37

No, but it's but but that's it's like uh it's like on social media, right? It's like a oh, it's like an early form of social media, right? Because you never see the bad stuff on social media. Yeah, but you're not gonna be a good thing.

SPEAKER_00 16:47

Yeah, but you're going you're going towards the end of the year, and you're like, what did I do this year? And then you're like, you know, you gotta build yourself up a little bit, you know, try to get that confidence going into the new year. So I'm not gonna hate on it.

SPEAKER_03 17:00

I'm going with the newsletter.

SPEAKER_00 17:01

I never wrote a newsletter, but I'm not gonna hate on it.

SPEAKER_07 17:03

I I find it a little bit cringy, but here's the thing. Yeah, the happy holidays, Merry Christmas debate is got to be the most annoying thing on the planet. Like every year. Like I I got a question. What is up with your people's war pro perceived war on Christmas?

SPEAKER_00 17:17

I don't know what you're talking about. But you know what? If you wish if you wish me happy Hanukkah, I'm gonna sit there and say happy Hanukkah. If you wish me Merry Christmas, I'll say Merry Christmas to you. If you say happy Kwanzaa, I'm gonna be like, Happy Kwanzaa to you too. I don't know. I have never met anybody who celebrates Kwanzaa.

SPEAKER_07 17:32

Have you met anybody who actually has celebrates Kwanzaa? You're a liar. No, you have to. You have to. Yes. I have never met anyone who are you serious? Oh yeah, I guess she doesn't. She's just celebrated Kwanzaa. Seven days.

SPEAKER_08 17:43

No.

SPEAKER_07 17:44

Okay, so I just I think the debate's dumb. I I do. It is. It is. At a certain point, just like shut up. I don't know. So y'all going with the Merry Christmas.

SPEAKER_02 17:54

Y'all going with the debate.

SPEAKER_07 17:55

Yeah, because it is the cringiest. It's when it's just like, oh god. Because as soon as you hear someone go, Why isn't it why isn't it uh why is it happy holidays? Why isn't it Merry Christmas anymore? Or other people are the other are the other people, yeah. Other people it's like, don't wish me Merry Christmas. What if I celebrate hot? Well what if you do? I ain't gonna lie to you. So what?

SPEAKER_03 18:13

I get the Merry Christmas.

SPEAKER_00 18:14

Like if someone wishes me, like I said, say what you say what you said. If someone came up and said happy Hanukkah, I'd be like, well, happy Hanukkah to you. I know you celebrate it. Thank you for including me. Yeah. Thank you for thinking of me. Yeah. Thank you.

SPEAKER_07 18:24

So say say what you need to say. That's what I'm gonna say. If you want to say Merry Christmas, say Merry Christmas. You wanna say happy holidays? Say happy holidays. I never had a problem with it. It's always never had a problem with it, but that's what makes it cringy.

SPEAKER_00 18:33

Because you know it's it's when people, no matter which side you're on, are always just I celebrate X and are you know I don't celebrate in Christmas. Oh, you know what it is?

SPEAKER_07 18:43

I'm not that it is it is the quintessential It is the quintessential argument of baby boomers and Gen Xers who are super selfish. It is the quintessential like you're not epitome example of why everyone over the age of fifty thinks they are the most important person on the planet.

SPEAKER_00 19:05

Like I said, like I said, you're not that important. Yeah, I said it's a lot of things.

SPEAKER_07 19:07

And if you're over fifty and you're listening to this and you get offended by it, don't cry about it. In facts, don't care about your feelings.

SPEAKER_00 19:14

But like I said, if someone takes the time to wish you any anything. Anything just say it. Just say it back. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 19:21

It's not an attack, it's not an attack on you or your religion or your people.

SPEAKER_00 19:24

They felt inclined enough to say something to include you in their celebration for that little bit of sec that little second in time. That's basically.

SPEAKER_03 19:35

That's what it sounds like.

SPEAKER_07 19:37

It's just it's a it's a constant debate every year that you have to do that. I think that one won.

SPEAKER_00 19:41

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 19:41

Alright, here we go. Number four, couples costume versus number 13, hating on fruitcake. Fruitcake. Okay, no, no, no, no, no, no. So here's the thing it's not fruitcake that you hate. I'm talking about hating on fruitcake.

SPEAKER_00 19:55

I hate people that hate on fruitcake.

SPEAKER_07 19:56

You hate people. The cringy, the cringy part is the people who make hating fruitcake like a personality trait. Like you know that people, because look, you're not even listening to what I'm saying. All you heard, all you heard was fruitcake, and you're like, I hate fruitcake.

SPEAKER_03 20:09

And I hate it.

SPEAKER_07 20:10

I don't even want to talk about it. I just hate fruitcake. I just hate fruitcake. That's the cringy part for me, is the cringy part for me is anytime you mention fruitcake.

SPEAKER_05 20:17

People need to make it known they don't like fruitcake. You have to make it known. I do make it known.

SPEAKER_00 20:20

And I don't hate on people, I don't hate on people what they like to eat. If you like to eat fruitcake, I know what you're saying.

SPEAKER_01 20:27

That's what I'm saying. I know what you're saying. I know what you're saying, and I'm good. I'm going with it.

SPEAKER_07 20:31

I don't need to know.

SPEAKER_03 20:32

Okay, okay.

SPEAKER_07 20:33

I don't need to know. I don't care. I'm not gonna lie. I think it bothers me the most. So I'm losing to fruitcake. Hold on.

SPEAKER_08 20:42

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_07 20:43

So here's the thing though. The thing that bothers me the most though is that I I'm one of those people that don't hate fruitcake. Like I don't hate it. It's not I don't care for it. It's it's there. I hate it. It's there.

SPEAKER_00 20:54

If I've had good ones, I've had bad ones.

SPEAKER_07 20:57

If I had a hankering for a pastry and that's all that's there, I'll eat I'll eat a little fruitcake. And I've had good ones and I've had bad ones. Like the the little square ones that come in uh like they're like $2 uh right around Christmas. Yeah that have the little jelly ones, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 21:13

So it's most of the the the chewy.

SPEAKER_07 21:16

Yeah, I don't really hate I don't really care for those. But like the fresh like preserved ones and they're more of like a bread sauce. You can make a good one, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 21:22

You can make a bad one. Like I don't care if you hate it. I hate fruitcake. That's great. Thank you, Karen.

SPEAKER_07 21:27

Who are you calling? But why do I my thing is why do people who hate on people who hate fruitcake have to make it a personality trait? Yeah. Like it's part of their per it's part of their It's the pumpkin spice of Christmas.

SPEAKER_05 21:38

It is their oh, it is their holiday.

SPEAKER_00 21:41

Did you just holiday personality trait is Yes, because everyone who likes pumpkin spice has to make it part of their personality. It's true. And if you hate fruitcake, you're part of your letting everybody know that you hate fruitcake.

SPEAKER_07 21:51

Yeah, it's a personality trait. I would say that stuff.

SPEAKER_02 21:54

You're writing a post on Facebook like, oh, I've got it is I'm not writing a post, but it is filling up against couples coming.

SPEAKER_03 22:03

Sometimes they can be funny, sometimes they're just I always find them couple's costumes.

SPEAKER_07 22:08

Why why do you find them why do you find them cringy? Because he's alone.

SPEAKER_03 22:12

No, no, no, no. Hey, hey. Hey should know.

SPEAKER_00 22:18

Just again, like I uh you can't you can't do a couple's costume with your left hand.

SPEAKER_06 22:23

Why do you find them why would I want to dress up my left hand? Kids listen to this man. Why do you why do you okay? So why do you find it why do you how are you in a relationship still using it? Wood, how do you find a relationship losing your left hand?

SPEAKER_03 22:41

Wood, why do you find couples costume cringy?

SPEAKER_00 22:43

Come on, man.

SPEAKER_07 22:45

As I said with the pajamas, like you don't really want to do There's always I always see it too when it's like it's like couples who just like couples who just are the woman's opinion, though. Yeah, and it's like you can see it in his eyes. There's nothing there. He's dead inside. He's dead inside. I was forced to do this. I was forced to do this. I I want to get I want to get lucky, I want to get lucky later. Like I need you just suffer through this.

SPEAKER_00 23:12

There are ones that do get into it, and you're like, oh that's a cool one, you know. So it's not so like you you you could it might not be cringy when you see someone who's actually both of them are both into it.

SPEAKER_03 23:23

Yeah, that percentage is that that percentage is pretty low. Thank you. That percentage is pretty low though.

SPEAKER_07 23:28

And those are usually like family cost are like family costumes.

SPEAKER_00 23:31

That percentage is a lot higher than people you like who say I hate fruitcake.

SPEAKER_07 23:34

Those are no no, those are like family costumes. Like you ever see a guy get into it and he wants to be there, it's usually because the whole family's like in Star Wars. No, I'm talking about like couples costumes.

SPEAKER_03 23:44

That's still kind of like you're just like uh Man, you like yo, I gotta take pictures and everything. And you're in the picture with the with the straight face, and you like golly, I'm gonna do it.

SPEAKER_07 23:54

And it's so I'm just in this particular and you feel bad for the guy, and you just you just see his eyes and you're like, oh man, he definitely does not want to do this. It's not funny.

SPEAKER_03 24:02

Your wife or girlfriend at the time hitting you on the side saying, smile. You better smile for this picture.

SPEAKER_07 24:07

And then they're not even together the next year. You know, I'm gonna go. You know what I'm saying? I'm a couple of things. It's all it's all over on it over. It's all over Facebook now. Yeah. He's got it there from 2011. He's like, what were you doing?

SPEAKER_00 24:19

The memories always pop up. Memories always pop up.

SPEAKER_07 24:22

You're like, uh, why were you in a couples costume? Who is that girl? Honestly, I had no idea who she is.

SPEAKER_00 24:27

I think it's worse if you do the couples costume outside of the month of October. Ooh, like when it's a costume party.

SPEAKER_07 24:34

Uh I've never I've never been who does Chris costume parties outside of someone does. It's like a thing. Oh, they definitely do.

SPEAKER_00 24:41

Sororities, probably.

SPEAKER_04 24:43

Rich people. Rich people.

SPEAKER_07 24:44

People who got people who got time.

SPEAKER_03 24:47

People who got time to just like we're having a party. I've been working so much, like go ahead and throw a party.

SPEAKER_07 24:52

We can't actually, at this point, we've got so much masquerade. We have so much time off of so much parties, we actually need a we need a reason to have a party this time. Let's do a masquerade party. Yeah. Yeah, I'm gonna go couples costume. That's kind of cringe. That's cringy.

SPEAKER_00 25:06

Where did you go on couples costume?

SPEAKER_07 25:07

Yeah, that's cringy.

SPEAKER_00 25:08

Alright. Alright. I guess fruitcake can uh isn't that cringy, I guess.

SPEAKER_01 25:13

Yeah, fruitcake.

SPEAKER_03 25:18

Y'all was right about that personality trait, though. I ain't gonna lie to you. Y'all was right, because I uh every time somebody says something about fruitcake, I'll be like, what the something awakens.

SPEAKER_00 25:28

Oh my god. I just said hate my cake. You said fruitcake? Fruitcake's horrible.

SPEAKER_07 25:34

We know. We get it. Alright, number six, cringy things. Number six is New Year's Eve resolutions. New Year's resolutions. Or number 11, over the top Valentine's Day gifts. Over the top Valentine Day.

SPEAKER_02 25:46

Over the top of Valentine's gifts. I'm definitely going with that.

SPEAKER_00 25:48

Yeah, I was gonna go with resolutions. Really? Why are new? Why are they so cringy? Because you I hate the hearing the new year, new me, and like we're gonna do everything bad. Like, no, you're not. I'm about to lose weight. No, you're not, Samantha. Like, you're I'm gonna be a better person. I'm gonna drink less caffeine. No, you're not. No, you're not.

SPEAKER_07 26:05

You're a shit person yesterday, you'll be a shit person tomorrow. Exactly.

SPEAKER_03 26:08

Like, I don't care. You got your mom, you got your mom and her sisters, or you have to tell people what they are.

SPEAKER_00 26:14

You can't just keep them to yourself.

SPEAKER_03 26:15

Hey, let's we're gonna go on Weight Watchers.

SPEAKER_01 26:20

Like, I don't care. I'm about to change my whole stuff and it only lasts for like two months.

SPEAKER_07 26:25

Listen, I'm not gonna hate on people for trying to make themselves better. I'm not gonna hate on it. I'm not gonna hate on it. But it's still funny, though.

SPEAKER_00 26:30

If people want to be romantic on Valentine's Day, and that's like, you know, do you fantastic, that's great. No, that's over the top, though. Over the top, man.

SPEAKER_07 26:38

No, I don't mind that. I think you got something to prove. Listen, if I ever see somebody, if I ever see it, it's not even a real holiday. If it's not even a real holiday, it's not a good thing. If I see someone real holiday, if I see someone go over the top, you know what immediately I'm thinking? Immediately. If I see some dude, big teddy bear, flowers, chocolate, just over the top gifts. Better than what you're talking about. Couple hundred. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm thinking? Immediately. Immediately. Yeah, he cheated on her. Yep.

SPEAKER_00 27:04

This is the real guy who doesn't even buy the fucking Valentine's Day game.

SPEAKER_03 27:07

He's doing the most for his main girl. He's doing the most. And then the next day, you know, the next day they they call it the side chick holiday. Side chick day? Side chick Valentine's Day. Is that on the 50? That's the next day. Really?

SPEAKER_00 27:17

Well, yeah, I got busy, but here's that little uh 50% box of chocolate that I got you.

SPEAKER_03 27:23

Side chick day is on the 15th? On the 15th. You can't do it before.

SPEAKER_07 27:27

I wouldn't know anything about that, but anytime you see over the top Valentine's Day, you're like, man, what do you try to prove, man? I'm about to go cheat at you're trying to you're trying to throw some love in a love bank so when you get caught, it's okay.

SPEAKER_03 27:40

And they make it just about women though, for real, for real.

SPEAKER_00 27:42

Yeah, but kids in high school, you know, uh they like to go over top because it's just that popular moment. They don't know any better.

SPEAKER_03 27:48

It's like how kids in high school going over the top.

SPEAKER_07 27:51

You used to see the big teddy bears, the the Yeah, they I'm not gonna lie, Valentine, they always make me uncomfortable. Why?

SPEAKER_00 27:59

I don't if you don't have someone who loves you. It's not that.

SPEAKER_07 28:04

It's not that it's not that I just not that's I've never been uh I've never been an over-the-top romantic person. That's never been who I am. It's not what I am with my wife. Um I'm not gonna say I'm not romantic. I have my moments. Right? Like every man should have his moments. I didn't you know what? No, I got her, I got her some socks, I got her book, got her some charms. Hold on, bro. You got her man gifts? What are you talking about? Socks. She loves so she loves socks. Socks? Like a little fuzzy.

SPEAKER_00 28:33

Like socks are good.

SPEAKER_07 28:34

Socks are always good gifts. They're like little fuzzy. That's a man's gift. No, no, I got her like little fuzzy decorative socks. Okay. Yeah, uh, they're nice little socks. And I and I and I got her charms commemorating all of our hol all of our travels of this year. Because you know how that's pretty romantic. That's pretty romantic. See, like, see, like that's small, that's small romantic gestures. Yeah. I'm not a huge over-the-top kind of guy. I don't I don't need to show everybody and and and show off you know what I mean.

SPEAKER_03 28:59

I feel like the show on it's well ahead at the same time. We're still being romantic all through the year. I'm being romantic all through the year. Yeah, all through the year. So when it comes to this, what yeah, yes, we are. Oh, yeah, absolutely. We have to be.

SPEAKER_07 29:10

We have to be. I'd sometimes text her, hey babe, listen, I need a $200 dinner. We're going to dinner now. Thank you. We'll go have a channel.

SPEAKER_00 29:16

I'll still be romantic saying you need the $200. I do. It's like a mini vacation. I do love it. I do love it.

SPEAKER_07 29:22

Hey, I need a I need I need to have a I need to have a nice dinner. I need uh tablecloth.

SPEAKER_00 29:26

I need uh I'm gonna take you to a massage. Oh yeah, it was buy one, get one free. So you know I figured you're like that's that's small romantic. Buy one, get one free. Does it matter? Does she know that?

SPEAKER_07 29:41

Does she know that? She shouldn't have enough. Thank you. She know that? Even if she did, I'd tell her, be like, hey, yo, I got this great deal. Thank you. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 29:47

Buy one, get one free. I'm gonna tell you right now.

SPEAKER_07 29:51

Not only that too. You know, my wife, my wife's in the Midwest. She's very sensible with her money. Oh, don't you know? Oh, and I'm gonna tell you this right now. You know it's romantic? Uh-huh. Saving some money. Okay, being being fiscally responsible. I don't know, that'll get her all hot and bothered. Like, oh, look at him saving money. Meat raffle. I just, yeah, over the top Valentine's Day presents.

SPEAKER_03 30:13

I'm like, that's what I'm saying. Because we always already romantic off through the year. So once you get to Valentine's Day, now you have to be over the top. Yeah, you have to get a little bit more than a little bit.

SPEAKER_07 30:22

I'm not gonna, as much as I hate like New Year, as soon as as soon as someone says new hit new year, new me, I immediately go, Yeah, but that lasts for a time.

SPEAKER_00 30:29

That lasts for at least a few weeks.

SPEAKER_07 30:32

It lasts for a month.

SPEAKER_00 30:33

I hate hearing whatever year, that's gonna be my year. Oh yeah. It's nobody's year. Shut up. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 30:40

That's that's also true. This year's my year. And it's the over the top. I don't got a question.

SPEAKER_05 30:44

What who are you?

SPEAKER_00 30:45

Everyone.

SPEAKER_07 30:47

Why are you so negative all through the I don't know that last year?

SPEAKER_00 30:52

I don't care that much about other other people's lives that know about how they want to improve themselves. But you know the other thing?

SPEAKER_03 30:58

You know the other thing?

SPEAKER_00 30:59

What makes you happy? Great, fantastic.

SPEAKER_03 31:01

Thanks for yeah, I'm not dealing with these certain type of people anymore this upcoming new year.

SPEAKER_06 31:07

I'm gonna be out me.

SPEAKER_03 31:09

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_07 31:10

I'm gonna I'm gonna get rid of toxic people in my life. Thank you. I'm just gonna throw this out here. But you still be. If you have multiple toxic people in your life, it might be you. It might be you. It might be the new teller swift song. It's you, you're the problem. You're the anti-hero. And not only that too, if you seem and if you're always seeming to have bad years, at a certain point. The common denominator is at a certain point you can't blame the government. You know what I mean? Like at a certain point, you're just gonna be like, if you if you every year is bad and you always have toxic people in your life, it may it may just be you, man. It's just you, it may just be you. So I'm not gonna be. Which honestly, and then they go, hey, new year, new me, and if that's the case, you know, good for them.

SPEAKER_00 31:48

Keep trying. Keep trying. But I'm tired of hearing about it.

SPEAKER_07 31:50

I'm not gonna hate people on that.

SPEAKER_03 31:51

But I'm gonna be trying for like 10 to 15 years.

SPEAKER_07 31:53

Hey, listen, as long as I get there.

SPEAKER_00 31:54

I've I've heard you say new year, new me for 10 years in a row and something's changed. I'm tired of hearing about it.

SPEAKER_03 31:59

There you go. All right, I think that's a lot more cringier than the one day that someone went over and you still got that same jacket and the same shoes that you had five years ago, so I don't know what changed.

SPEAKER_00 32:09

You still say the stupid stuff every time.

SPEAKER_07 32:13

It is still way way cringier when you see a dude walk in with a big teddy bear. You're like, oh, it is definitely. Yeah, but that's de that's it, it makes me cringe inside. When you see it, you're like, oh.

SPEAKER_03 32:24

And then when your girls see it, actually, when your girls see something that a guy is doing for his girl, it's like a competing thing.

SPEAKER_07 32:30

Like, no, that's even that's even that's even cringier. That's what I'm saying. Oh, so uh yeah, you can't do that for me. Yeah, because then it's like then, dude, if I'm dude, I'm not gonna lie to you.

SPEAKER_02 32:40

She talks to her friend, she talks to her. Absolutely not. Absolutely not.

SPEAKER_07 32:43

If her friend got this before, if Ruthie said if Ruthie said something like that to me, or when I was single, if I was dating a girl, if she says I'm I would have, I would just be like, what? I would leave. I'd be like, absolutely not. You can why can't you do that? Absolutely not. Listen, you're dating me, not him. If you want to date him, I will leave. Absolutely not. I'm not gonna be compared to somebody else.

SPEAKER_03 33:01

Polygamy is a big thing in this world. Out of here, huh? Polygamy is a big thing in this world.

SPEAKER_00 33:06

I mean, every everyone's better when you're the bottom of the barrel.

SPEAKER_07 33:12

Why don't you do that? That's even cringier. Well, you do that. Why you won't do that? I don't know. How much more of a stereotype can you be? Thank you. Thanks ungrateful. Thanks ungrateful. Alright, so over the top, by the way, that's our first setup. That's our first upset today. Number six over 11 over sex. All right, here we go. Uh number three, Black Friday shopping on Thanksgiving, or number fourteen, elf on a shelf.

SPEAKER_00 33:34

Black Black Friday shopping on a shelf. Stay home.

SPEAKER_03 33:38

Let those workers enjoy Elf on the Shelf creeps me out. Bro, when I came in your house for Christmas and I seen that elf on the Christmas tree and on your shelf, it creeped me out. Okay. And you was like, Yeah, they came from a uh a kid's uh cartoon to wear. Whatever.

SPEAKER_07 33:55

I was like, bro, I think it's getting to a point though where it's a little bit like why people have that. It's a little bit for you. No, it's for the kid, but honestly, at a certain point too, like they put the elf in some compromising positions like every year, and it gets it gets more and more creative and more and more funny. But at certain point harder, I'm sure one, it gets harder, two, like your kid, your kids watching that elf like get busy with the Barbies? Like, that's that's we're they're not do that. We're cool with that?

SPEAKER_00 34:23

That's a little crossing the line. It's a little cringy.

SPEAKER_07 34:24

Like it's it gets to a point where it's like, is this for the kids or is this for the percentage?

SPEAKER_00 34:28

Is this for you or somebody's kids? That's that's more of a percentage thing, and I think you know that elf on the shelf reminds me of like a scary. But the black the Black Friday shopping, like, oh, they're making you work all Black Friday? Like, yeah, because you're here. Yeah, that's that's always my favorite.

SPEAKER_07 34:41

Shut up. Like on like Christmas, I'm like, oh my god, they're making or even like on Sundays or just a vet, I'm like, oh my god, they're making you work this today? Well, yeah, you're here spending money, so they're gonna be open. Yeah, if actually someone has to work. I guarantee you, after a couple years, if no one came here on this day, we'd be closed. We would be closed. But people like you come in here year after year and go, Oh my god, you're open. So they stay open.

SPEAKER_00 35:07

Yeah, I think that's worse. It is like stay home, let enjoy your family and let them enjoy their family. I do appreciate it.

SPEAKER_07 35:16

No, I will say if you can enjoy your family, I do appreciate a lot of department stores have slowly but surely not been opening until like six in the morning on Black Friday. Like there has been a push. I think we've as a society we've pushed against it enough, or like actually something to do with it. So that would prove it's more enough. No, but it started in like 2007, 2018. They started pushing against it. So that would prove that it's more cringier. It is cringier. Yeah, because at a certain point, like, oh man, we're going Black Friday shopping and it's like 11 o'clock at the end of the day.

SPEAKER_03 35:41

Oh, yeah, because like the right after of the street.

SPEAKER_07 35:42

Yeah, and then you gotta go at midnight. Yeah, yeah. The door busters at the door busters at 4 a.m.

SPEAKER_00 35:47

Like, no, open at 10 a.m.

SPEAKER_03 35:49

Yeah, and there's also like a materialist we have a line of best like at Best Buy just trying to get all the time.

SPEAKER_07 35:54

Yeah, but also too, everything with Amazon too, it's now like it's kind of with Amazon and stuff, those department stores are But the Black Friday sales are lasting for weeks now.

SPEAKER_00 36:01

The weeks now, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 36:03

But but but we have we in a society that we do online shopping now, so you don't you won't see too many people.

SPEAKER_07 36:08

And that's the thing too. I think I I will say this, what Eric just said, I think it's so cringy now that Black Friday shopping on Thanksgiving is that not many people do it anymore, but it is so cringy that we've like pushing away from it. Black Friday shopping period. Yeah. It's like, you know what? No. I want to I want to enjoy my family, I wanna I wanna enjoy, I want to let other people enjoy their family.

SPEAKER_03 36:28

I was persuaded to come to Black Friday because after all this uh like you go to Walmart and you see all these people stumping on each other, people the fights that we've got. Oh fights, yeah, fights break out.

SPEAKER_07 36:40

There's there's somebody somebody dies like one person in this country, at least one person in this country dies every year over a five-dollar toaster.

SPEAKER_03 36:48

Yeah, what or a hundred dollar TV. Oh, a hundred dollar, that's insane. That's real, that's real.

SPEAKER_00 36:55

I'm not risking my life for a 60-inch TV that's $200.

SPEAKER_07 36:58

Honestly, I'm not risking my life for y'all.

SPEAKER_03 37:00

I don't understand what the like matter of fact, matter of fact, that's going that's going ahead, let's go ahead and put it like this. Most people die over just Jordans.

unknown 37:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 37:09

I'm not, we're not getting into that one. I'm just saying, I don't want to get into that one.

SPEAKER_04 37:12

I'm just saying. Yeah, we're not touching that. I'm not touching that one.

SPEAKER_00 37:15

I'm not touching that one. Summer saying Black Friday shopping is uh the cringier one.

SPEAKER_07 37:19

I'm not touching that one. Yeah, nope, I'm not going anywhere near that conversation. Alright, here we go. Number two. Well, uh, saying what are we thankful for at Thanksgiving? Or number 15, Mariah Carey, which doesn't need any explanation.

SPEAKER_00 37:34

I would say Thanksgiving. Thanks for so cringy. I'm thankful that Bob got his new chunk. Because I can still listen to you guys.

SPEAKER_03 37:40

I I always still listen to Mariah Carey every year.

SPEAKER_05 37:43

I'm not gonna lie to you. I can listen to Mariah Carey every year.

SPEAKER_00 37:47

I don't know if I don't know if this is true. But someone told me someone told me like between November and December, she's making like three to five million dollars off of royalties for the show. And I'm here for it. Good for her. I'm here for it. I don't care if you're playing it at midnight on Halloween and you're playing it all the way up into New Year's Day. Play it all day, bro.

SPEAKER_02 38:12

She manbanger, she deserves all the royalties. She deserves it, bro. That's not a cringy thing for me. I don't care if you hate it. It's not cringy for me.

SPEAKER_07 38:19

It's not. It's not. I love it. Here's the best part. It's not cringy now, but 20 years later. The next generation. Hey, do you remember when the millennials would play Mariah Carey from midnight on Halloween to midnight New Year's Eve on repeat, and it was just everywhere. I dude people are so cringy all the time. Yeah. That's gonna be our cringy thing. That's fine. I don't find it that cringy either. But listen, my thing was what are we thankful for? It's this moment, right? When everyone's sitting down eating, right? Or everyone just got their plate and they just sat down. Matter of fact, we stand and know. And right before, but right before you start praying. Oh yeah, and this is the worst circle hole. And it's always it's always not the Thanksgivings. Not that close. It's always not the Thanksgivings where there's like five people at the table. It's always the Thanksgivings when there's like 20 people and everyone got it, and you're just about to say you're about to say the prayer, right? Or say Grace or whatever. Grace, yep. And then it's always one of the older women, right? The aunt, the mom, the grandma, somebody's like, and now let's uh let's go around the table and say what we're thankful for. And it's that moment, like right after prayer, you're like, No, I've gotta wait. Another I've gotta wait. I've got to listen. All 20 people have to say what they're thankful for.

SPEAKER_00 39:31

At like at like number five, it's between 20. Yeah, I'm thankful for thankful that we're gonna be. And then you're like, yes, let's go. Family, family, family, let's go.

SPEAKER_03 39:40

Two minutes speech every time. Oh, yeah, and then it's thankful for you.

SPEAKER_07 39:44

Because then you always have if you're the first one, you can't just say, Oh, I'm thankful for family, and then move on. You're gonna be like, uh one, one, the amount of stress that comes with being number one. I'm thankful for family. Because then you gotta, you gotta, you gotta lead off. You gotta and you can't say like, okay, well.

SPEAKER_00 39:57

No, number two is the worst.

SPEAKER_07 39:58

Number two is the worst?

SPEAKER_00 39:59

Number one, you could at least gotta be a simpathy. You're like, crap, I don't want to. You've had time to think about it. I don't want to sit here and seem like I'm trying to top him, right? I don't want to be that guy who's like, oh, well, Jim got a promotion, I got a promotion and a raise, and I bought a new house. Like, you don't want to do that. Like, it's like you don't want to seem like you're saying top you're thankful because you got it.

SPEAKER_07 40:20

You don't want to be pompous because it is your family. It's the tenth. So you don't want to you don't want to be pompous, it's the tenth, but you also don't want to like have no thought through it. It's the tenth guy? It's the tenth guy. Why is it the tenth guy? No, because then you're just because you run out of things. Because yes, because everything's gone.

SPEAKER_03 40:36

And listen, I will say this.

SPEAKER_07 40:38

The best part is like being near the end because everyone's over it, so you can just be funny. Yeah. If you're in the funny position, if you have the vibe of the room, you're like, I'm thankful for this jack. Yeah. I'm thankful I'm thankful. I'm thankful for the booze in my cup. Or you know what I'm thankful? I'm thankful for this delicious mac and cheese. I'm thankful for the machine cheese. Especially if the mac and cheese. Or if there's a dish that's really not good that got burnt. Like, imagine like someone burnt the mac and cheese, right? And then they're and then it's like it gets to like the funny uncle or the funny cousin, you're like, what are you thankful for? I'm thankful for this burnt mac and cheese. And it's like, ah!

SPEAKER_01 41:12

The person that burnt it looking at you like, you mother lover.

SPEAKER_03 41:16

I switched.

SPEAKER_00 41:17

Tell you what I'm not thankful for. It's always his wife. It's always his wife.

SPEAKER_02 41:22

You know who I'm not thankful for? Watch when we play cards.

SPEAKER_00 41:28

We play Monopoly.

SPEAKER_07 41:29

But no, it's always it's uh the what are we thankful for comic, because you know it's coming. You know it's coming. But it's not worth it. Or if you don't get it, dear and grace, right, and you get it like in the mid-mill. Hey, I think we should go around the table and say what we're thankful for.

SPEAKER_03 41:48

I gotta come up with something. Gotta come up with something.

SPEAKER_04 41:51

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_03 41:53

This year has been a good one. Ask me next year.

SPEAKER_00 41:54

New year's year has been a bad year.

SPEAKER_05 42:00

I gotta think about it. Honestly, this is the best part of my year right now. Seasonal depression.

SPEAKER_06 42:07

Shut up, man. Seasonal depression.

SPEAKER_07 42:11

I got a I got a I got an adjustable rate mortgage. Oh my god. Inflation's up. I'm thankful for global warming so this all ends sooner than later. You know, like two weeks. Two car payments back.

SPEAKER_05 42:24

Your wife? Two car payments back. Two car payments back. I'm thankful my wife left.

SPEAKER_04 42:29

My wife's my wife's about to leave me. My kids hate me. I'm still paying for my 16 years.

SPEAKER_00 42:34

I still have my health. I'm just not thankful. So I'm thankful.

SPEAKER_02 42:40

You just got diagnosed with high blood pressure that Monday. I just had to bill. I just had to bill my son out.

SPEAKER_01 42:49

I'm still spending money on the bills button.

SPEAKER_06 42:51

Dad have got a face tattoo.

SPEAKER_01 42:57

It's so good. So, Bill, what do you think before?

SPEAKER_00 43:01

So which one's cringier? So which one is that? That's cringe, right there.

SPEAKER_06 43:07

It's the person, you get to the person who's not having a good year.

SPEAKER_04 43:11

Does not have a good year. You're getting to the person who's not having a good year, and you're like, oh my god, what are they gonna be doing?

SPEAKER_03 43:17

Matter of fact, you know the best thing that actually they say? Well, I'm just thinking foot is food. I'm just thinking about his food. I'm just thinking about his food. Yo. Who hurt you?

SPEAKER_04 43:26

Uncle Bill's going through it this year. Did you understand I haven't eaten in like two days?

SPEAKER_00 43:32

I don't get paid to next week. I don't get paid to next week. I'm taking a lot of leftovers.

SPEAKER_01 43:36

I'm about to come out with five leftover plates.

SPEAKER_07 43:44

Alright, so what do we think before it's definitely going with it? I'm definitely going with that. Okay. Oh god. Alright, number number seven, introducing a new partner during the holidays, or number ten, new year's superstitions.

SPEAKER_03 44:02

I go with New Year's superstition. Yeah, I'm tired of eating black eyed peas. Yeah, there you go. So what are black-eyed peas supposed to be?

SPEAKER_00 44:13

It's like coins.

SPEAKER_07 44:14

So what is the black eyed phone? What is the call?

SPEAKER_00 44:19

Okay. But do you the ham is the the bank? The bank. So it's just offer money? And the corn and the corn is gold.

SPEAKER_06 44:28

What?

SPEAKER_00 44:29

Yeah, so if you eat that, you're supposed to become richer. But I've been poor my whole life. I'm getting tired of it.

SPEAKER_03 44:36

But but you're eating the same thing for Thanksgiving and Christmas. So I don't know. I'm getting tired of it.

SPEAKER_01 44:42

You're eating the same thing for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

SPEAKER_03 44:46

Yeah. I can say that that's more cringier because I don't really have introducing a per uh another person.

SPEAKER_00 44:54

I mean, depending on who you are in the family, that's a 50-50 shot that person might be there. Ooh, I don't even think about that. So it might it might be the person you get married to spend your rest of your life with, or it might just be some random person who like if you have the person who brings home someone new every year, you're not really like okay, whatever. Like this person's not gonna think about it like that. But then if you have like someone who's been dating for a while and they finally meet the family and so I always think about it's cringy because just the amount of pressure that goes with it.

SPEAKER_07 45:22

Yeah. Like I would I personally would not like But you have to keep your word to be with this person. Yeah, because then it's like then you start putting names, then you put start putting names to faces. Yeah. And it's a 50-50 shot. So I mean And then you like start and then and then you start forming relationships with other people in her family that not that aren't that person, right? And then I think just the amount of pressure that the amount of pressure that goes up with the holidays already, how long have you been? And then we and then we tag in. Hold on.

SPEAKER_03 45:49

How long have you been with this person before you just that's what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_07 45:52

No, there's it's just open it's open-ended. It's open-ended. It's open-ended. If you've been with the person like two years and they're finally meeting the parents, why did it take two years for you to meet the family? That's cringy. That's because then I'm asking, no, absolutely. Then I'm like, why did it take you so long to meet anybody?

SPEAKER_00 46:07

You could met the parents, but you didn't meet grandma, you didn't meet introducing a new spouse.

SPEAKER_07 46:13

Introducing a new partner.

SPEAKER_00 46:14

Yeah, that could be you couldn't. No, no, no, no. That's not your family. That is that's not new.

SPEAKER_07 46:19

First time they met, first time they met mom, first time they met the different state.

unknown 46:25

Huh?

SPEAKER_07 46:26

What? We're just talking about general run of the mill, introducing a new partner during the holidays. No. It's a it's a tradition, it's a semi-tradition that you see all the time and hear about it.

SPEAKER_00 46:34

I think you can go at least a year, year and a half. You can go a year.

SPEAKER_02 46:37

I I say a year.

SPEAKER_07 46:38

You're gonna talk a year?

SPEAKER_06 46:39

I could say a year.

SPEAKER_00 46:40

I think you I can think you make it a year.

SPEAKER_07 46:43

Without introducing a partner?

SPEAKER_00 46:44

Yes, yes. So you start dating someone in July, right? I think you can go a whole year without meeting their parents. By their parents? Yes.

SPEAKER_03 46:53

By that new holiday season, I think it's like you say, if he's if you stay in a different state, like you're doing long distance, you stay in a different state.

SPEAKER_00 47:00

Well, my parents live in Wyoming and we're both in New York.

SPEAKER_03 47:03

I can see a year.

SPEAKER_07 47:05

A year would make sense. I can see that. I mean, I would I you would FaceTime them though, right? Like you would have met them. No. I would figure out the code. You probably talk to them on the phone. Yeah, there's not FaceTime. FaceTime, there, I mean, some kind of interaction.

SPEAKER_00 47:19

That's still not that's still not an interesting. Yeah, that's not even meet my roommate, like you don't know the person, you don't see them like, yeah, you can interact with this person.

SPEAKER_03 47:29

Yeah, but I'm okay.

SPEAKER_00 47:30

We're talking we're gonna I think we're getting a lot of topics. No, we're not. No, there's a different level of connection in meeting someone face to face than there is to meet someone on the Zoom. Absolutely, 100%. So even if you met them on Zoom, you still haven't fully met them until you meet them personally.

SPEAKER_07 47:41

You don't okay. Let's let me paint a picture. Yeah, there you go. Go ahead. Let me paint a picture. Paint it. It's been it's been six it's been six, seven months. Six, seven months. Okay. Holidays roll around. You've never met your girlfriend's family. Okay. You live in the same town. Yeah. She lives in the same town. It's weird that you haven't met her family six months and already. You guys and not and not talking, not talking, not hooking up, dating, boyfriend, girlfriend, dating.

SPEAKER_03 48:07

In a relationship.

SPEAKER_07 48:08

In a relationship. No, no, no. Dating relationship. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. In a relationship. This is my girlfriend. This is my boyfriend. This is my significant other.

SPEAKER_00 48:17

I think it's 50-50. Because saying, say you got divorced.

SPEAKER_03 48:25

He said let him paint the picture.

SPEAKER_06 48:26

I'm gonna paint the picture.

SPEAKER_00 48:27

Let him paint the picture.

SPEAKER_06 48:28

I'm gonna paint the picture. He's trying to be Picasso. I'm trying to be Picasso. Come on now.

SPEAKER_07 48:32

All right. Six, seven, eight months. Six, seven, eight months. Man, I wish my hair was that curly. What? He wishes his voice was that smooth, too. I wish my voice was that smooth too. Bob Ross had a good smooth voice. We're gonna make this mistake. We're gonna turn this. What did he say? We're gonna turn this mistake into something beautiful. Okay. Some happy trees. Some happy trees. Happy trees. Let's go a little happy.

SPEAKER_06 48:55

Okay, okay.

SPEAKER_07 48:57

Oh my god. So not a less less than a year, right? More than four months. In a relationship. It's getting not serious, but it's it's there, right? You decide that this is the time. This is the time that I now want. I'm with all the pressures of the holidays. I am now going to fly, drive, whatever, and go spend the weekends at my parents with my kids, with my grandparents, and I'm gonna introduce them to my new spouse or my new partner, sorry, my new partner over the holiday. They're not going to their they're not going to their family, they're going to your family. That's kind of cringy to me. That's not the time. That's not the time.

SPEAKER_00 49:39

No.

SPEAKER_07 49:39

No? Because that's the time.

SPEAKER_00 49:42

Because again, say you are divorced and you don't want to introduce them to the family for a long time. And then if you're bringing them to the holidays, you already know, like, hey, this person was divorced, has kids, or whatever. They bring me to the family, like, okay, they really care about me. So then I can understand the pressure, but that's not that's critic because again, that you're already stating that civil, like, that's how much you care. Yeah, this is how this is the person that I feel like I'm gonna be with for a long time. I don't think so. And yet I don't like you could still be in the same town with your family and not meet them.

SPEAKER_07 50:11

Do do things just make me uncomfortable? Do a lot of things just make me. It seems like it does. Do normal human interactions make me uncomfortable?

SPEAKER_03 50:16

It seems like once you meet the parents.

SPEAKER_07 50:25

I'm feeling like the alien here. Do do normal human interactions just make me uncomfortable?

SPEAKER_03 50:30

Probably you don't even like people littering. I really hate when people litter. I mean that that's a little different, though. That's a little different.

SPEAKER_00 50:37

Like the garbage can't five feet away. Like just walk it.

SPEAKER_03 50:40

Oh my god, you sound just like him. Bro.

SPEAKER_00 50:43

God, you sound just like him.

SPEAKER_07 50:45

Anyways. Alright, well, I lost that one. I'll get that. That's fine. New Year's Eve Superstitions, another episode. There we go. Alright, so here we go. Second round. Oh, we on the second round. We're on the second round. There we go. Alright, so we got number one, holiday proposals versus number eight, pinching on St. Patrick's Day. Number five, uh, the dreaded Merry Christmas, happy holiday debate, versus number four, couples costumes. Number 11, over the top Valentine's Day gifts versus number three, shopping on Black Friday. And then number two, saying what we're thankful for versus number ten, New Year's Eve superstitions. So we're gonna go back up to the top. Number one, holiday proposals versus number eight, pinching on St. Patrick's Day. Pinching on St. Patrick's Day. Is still more cringy.

SPEAKER_03 51:31

It's still more cringy. Don't touch me, bro. I'm a grown, I'm a grown man, bro.

SPEAKER_00 51:34

Really? Don't don't. Say your brother's dated this one girl for like six months and proposes to her, and then you date and you're with your girlfriend who you've been dating for three years, and it's like, all right, look, thanks for that. That's a that's a dick move.

SPEAKER_03 51:50

There you go, competing again. Or you're competing again.

SPEAKER_00 51:54

Or if you're dating a girl for like a few months and then you're at a restaurant and some guy proposes on like Valentine's Day, like, thanks, bro, because now she has that in her head because it's a romantic. She has that idea. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 52:06

If you think all women are the exact same, then yeah, I guess you would have that problem. Exact same. If you think all they are similar. You know, you guys are sound really misogynist. They're similar. God, I hate you. You guys are sounding really misogynists. They have different personalities.

SPEAKER_03 52:18

But either way, same traits.

SPEAKER_00 52:20

Either way, that's a that's a that's a small percentage compared to the amount of people who would want to pinch me.

SPEAKER_07 52:26

So don't like when you see on Valentine's Day, you're like, oh well, dude.

SPEAKER_03 52:32

No, save that for the over-the-top Valentine's Day. We talk about proposals. That could be that could be over the top.

SPEAKER_07 52:39

Also, like Christmas, it's like, oh, hey, listen, I know we're here with your family or with my family. Now, while everyone's getting gifts and stuff, let's make this holiday about me and what I've done. And you're like, now everyone's gotta take the time to like, oh, congratulations, and then you start talking away. And then you just like derail the con then you derail the entire conversation for the rest of the day because it's all about the wedding, it's all about planning, it's all about well.

SPEAKER_00 53:02

I mean, if you don't like human interaction, that's probably good for you.

SPEAKER_07 53:07

I like human interaction, but it's still sweet though when you And the the funny part is I love weddings, so it's not like I would have a problem with talking about it, it's just like it's still sweet again.

SPEAKER_05 53:17

I don't yeah who's still sweet who showed you up on a holiday? Absolutely nobody.

SPEAKER_03 53:21

It's still sweet when you propose I don't get showed up. It's still sweet when you propose on a on a holiday, though. It's still sweet because you're you're around you're around your family. Um, you're around or either your family or their family.

SPEAKER_07 53:32

I mean I didn't think about that because that's probably if you want to do it around your family, if you want to do it around family, yeah. Like that's probably the only opportunity that you actually would have all year would be doing it. That's very that's a very good point.

SPEAKER_00 53:42

Yeah, what if the woman she's like I want my family there when you propose?

SPEAKER_07 53:45

Yeah, that's you know what's really funny is that I'm saying all this and I'm thinking in my head, I'm I'm like counting on top of my head. I know like five or six people who all got engaged on the holiday. See? And people who listen to this, they're probably gonna text me and be like, what is your problem doing? Like, you're you're an asshole. I just not thought about it. Yeah. This was not directed at anybody. Oh yeah, I'll fold. Yeah, no, pitching on St. Patrick's Day, it's like, why is this still a tradition? Why are we still doing this? Yeah. Why am I having- I'm not Irish. I don't see. I might be, I don't know. Aren't all white Americans Irish in a little bit, like at a certain point?

SPEAKER_00 54:20

It's like uh cultural appropriation, right? Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 54:24

It's like a certain point, like everyone born in the south is Indian, like a little bit Indian. You're like, are you really Indian though? Yeah. Um of course you are. Really? Of course you are. Of course you are. Wow. Alright, number five. Wow. What? You started that. I didn't start what? Just everybody you meet. It's a side cheekbone. It's everybody you meet. It's like that, bro. Dude, have you met anybody that's like, actually, I am part Indian? Shut up. Yeah. Of course you are. Absolutely you are. 100%. Cherokee, right? No. Blackfoot. Yeah, but he set you up for that one.

SPEAKER_00 54:54

That was a good one. That was a good one.

SPEAKER_07 54:56

All right, number five, happy holidays slash Merry Christmas debate versus number four couple's costume. This one's not much of a debate, I'm gonna be honest with you. I think you proved, honestly, uh, Couples Costume barely came out of it last time. Yeah. Um and the debate. It's the holiday debate. Yeah, the holiday debate. I'm not even gonna, there's no point in continuing this conversation.

SPEAKER_00 55:13

The bitter people just make me angry.

SPEAKER_07 55:15

So the bitter, so the anti so just like the fruitcake hate, the hate on the couples, the hating on the cutesy holiday stuff makes you angry. Like so half of this list you don't find cringy at all. You're just like, you guys are ridiculous. This is just people having a good time enjoying their lives. Why do you enjoy your lives? Why do you have to be so hateful?

SPEAKER_05 55:33

Like, look, you do you. That's funny. You do you, boo-boo. Go ahead. Would you? I'm not even gonna say that.

SPEAKER_07 55:43

That's fine. I'm not even gonna say it.

SPEAKER_01 55:45

It's alright.

SPEAKER_07 55:45

There we go. Number 11, over the top Valentine's Day gifts versus number three, black shopping on Thanksgiving Day. Well, over the top Valentine's Day.

SPEAKER_00 55:54

But being in the service industry, I'm still going on Black Friday shopping. Bro, over the top Valentine's Day. Can I take something? Can I take can I say something? That their shoppers are people out. Like I think I I would equate that as um people going out for Easter brunch.

SPEAKER_07 56:10

Ooh, you know, people like Yeah, there's honestly, uh let me there's there was a point in the time where we enjoy my family.

SPEAKER_03 56:19

Yeah, there's but no people needs to work so they can provide for their family.

SPEAKER_00 56:23

Hey, Mother's Day, I might uh you know, like, oh sorry, Mom, I can't spend Mother's Day with you or do anything special. Or my wife who has a kid, I can't do anything special for Mother's Day because I'm required to work because everyone and their mother pay the bills.

SPEAKER_07 56:38

I'm gonna I'm gonna have to pay the bills so I can take care of my household. Don't make me sound like a Republican right now. Please don't make me. Please don't make me sound like a Republican.

SPEAKER_03 56:46

I gotta pay the bills. Please don't make me say it. Look, I'm just saying. I know I can't. I need the money. What if you need the money?

SPEAKER_00 56:54

But I'm saying Easter, Thanksgiving. I got two things.

SPEAKER_07 56:58

I got two things to say to both of you. The major holidays. Listen, it it it is my it is my desire, like my like I wish that when we were close on things. Everybody's close on. I've I haven't worked anywhere where we're not where we're open on Thanksgiving. Luckily, I've luckily I've always had Thanksgiving off. Always open in the morning. Really?

SPEAKER_00 57:18

Almost everywhere I've gone.

SPEAKER_07 57:20

I've always I've always had Thanksgiving off. Always. I will say this. I've always wanted Black Friday off. I've never had Black Friday off. I've always wanted like that ho that weekend. Like I always I've always been jealous of people who took that weekend off. I've never But see, you still want you still want Black Friday off. So shop.

SPEAKER_00 57:37

Yeah, I still want yeah, it's just like that's that server that's but it's not cringy, it's it's one of those things where it's like You're only there because people are there.

SPEAKER_07 57:45

Well I agree with Wood. It's like well I'm only there because people are there. One, two, you know you can't you can't expect companies to pay for people's hours without making like because that's the other the alternative the alternative is like expecting companies to pay for those people's hours or open it, right? So it's one of those things where it's like because a lot of people a lot of people don't have family, a lot of people, a lot of people don't care, right? And they're just like, hey, you know I see what you're saying. Yeah, but they might need more money for the Christmas gifts.

SPEAKER_00 58:19

But I I still hate to shove it on uh because I think one, if your business is gonna go a long way, if you'd be like, hey, I want to give everyone a paid holiday. I know it's gonna hurt my bottom line, but one, you're gonna get your you're gonna get your employees to be like, hey, yeah, we only get three we only get two of those a year.

SPEAKER_07 58:35

Yeah in most places. The most places I ever worked, you get two. You get Thanksgiving and Christmas. The company I work for, I've got I've got six now, or the company I work for now, which is great. Yeah. But outside of like business office, outside of like offices, if you're in any kind of service industry, you get you get two if you're lucky.

SPEAKER_03 58:55

Because most of them most of them zero. Man, if you're working in a hotel, I'm not gonna lie to you, you're gonna get none. You're gonna be working in a work in a hotel, I get six. Okay, I'm talking about you get paid the You get paid though.

SPEAKER_07 59:06

You get paid vacation. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 59:08

But if you're working, they're also paying you double. Thank you. That's what I'm saying. So we're working, so you're not.

SPEAKER_00 59:14

So the company's at least making up for it, but the it's the it's like But you need that money to do. But you know the all but you know like the places at the mall, Best Buy, yeah. Retail, retail bothers me. They're not given they're not given that holiday pack. No.

SPEAKER_07 59:28

Retail retail bothers me. I've always had like a still not cringy to me though. No, so it's the thing with the only the thing with that bothers me about like retail is that luckily I've noticed a lot of places have been closed on Christmas and Thanksgiving, which I appreciate, because those people definitely need time off. Um but other I think it's other holidays, like the vacation. Just it kind of it's retail always gets me because I always feel like they even being in the service industry looking at retail, never in a million years. I think they have it much from outside looking in, they have it much harder than we do. I feel like they do. Right? Like I just the at least the workers. I don't know about the business like running the business itself. I don't know the ins and out of retail business, but just like looking at it, I feel like Well, they're they're they're customer facing all the time. They're customer facing all well, so are we. Well, no, I mean in the kitchen you're not, but like in the service, like in the front of the house you are, but I feel like people are way more relaxed when they come into a restaurant than they when they are when they're shopping.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:28

And I've uh I think you're more vulnerable when you're eating.

SPEAKER_07 1:00:31

Yeah, that's probably it. That's probably it.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:34

No one likes to be eating on edge. Yeah, but when you're shopping, you're looking for the best deal. You're looking for the best deal.

SPEAKER_07 1:00:38

Yeah, I always so I always feel bad for retail. So when they're like when when they're open on Thanksgiving, and you're like, man, these guys, these guys have to have it. Like, I feel so bad for them. I really do feel bad for them.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:50

And I try not, and honestly We always go out of our way, especially when like when it's good customer service.

SPEAKER_07 1:00:54

Like we go out of the way, but like But how do you give like out of the way good I mean if you ask for something, they go grab it for you? Stuff like that. But like my thing is their attitude, the way they're gonna be able to do that.

SPEAKER_03 1:01:03

Most of them are you but hold on, but most of them you already know they're understaffed. Yeah, they're understaffed. Like they they're they are understaffed, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:10

But even so when you find the ones who are going above and beyond while you're understaffed, like I make sure to go like I'm going to the manager, I'm telling like this person is fantastic.

SPEAKER_07 1:01:21

But you know that does nothing. You work in the service industry, you know that we're not. You know that don't you know that does nothing.

SPEAKER_03 1:01:25

That means nothing.

SPEAKER_07 1:01:26

You know that's nothing. You know when it comes to the review, that doesn't mean anything. I could at least try. My so my thing is I don't I will I'll if I if I get up, if I get like all up in my head and try to get like self-righteous, I won't go out on New Year's Eve or or I won't go out on New Year's Day or Christmas or Christmas Eve or Thanksgiving. Like I'm like even if they're open, even if you're open, I'm not going. Yeah, of course. Because it's one of those things where it's like if people are open, they're gonna if people are gonna come, they're gonna be open. So I try not, I try to like you know, like a lot of like there's a lot of there's a lot of there's a lot of Waffle House dinners on Christmas Day. Now hold on.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:04

And I make sure to tip well because again, yeah, but there's a lot of church, like there's a lot of church, there's a lot of church people who don't go out on Sundays.

SPEAKER_03 1:02:09

You still may want to go to Starbucks sometimes on on the on the Thanksgiving or Christmas now.

SPEAKER_07 1:02:14

No, I try, yeah, I try not to.

SPEAKER_03 1:02:15

Yeah, but some people do still do though.

SPEAKER_07 1:02:18

Yeah, and I don't think I I think those people deserve paid holidays. Yeah, I think it's a good thing. I think it's especially companies like Starbucks. Give your people the day off and pay them. Oh, yeah. You make enough money. Definitely. You won't win a lot of money. You won. They won the Monopoly game. You won the Monopoly game. They definitely did. You won the Monopoly game. Start treating people right.

SPEAKER_03 1:02:36

I wouldn't say Black Friday is cringy to me.

unknown 1:02:38

Over the top or over the street?

SPEAKER_03 1:02:39

Over the top.

SPEAKER_07 1:02:40

Over the top, Valentine's Day. So much more cringier.

SPEAKER_03 1:02:42

Yeah, it is, but really it is. When it's it's just cringy. Like it is. You see people shopping on Black Friday, like, but then you see you see a dude with a big bear and you're like, bro, it's like I said before, it's like you go to the you always you're doing the romantic thing all through the year. But when it comes to Valentine's Day, you your woman wants you to go over the top. Yours? Why? Why? Why? Why? Of course, not yours. Yours from Minnesota. What does it have to do with anything? She's a simple she's a simple woman. She's a simple woman. Yeah. She's a simple woman. She's a simple woman, mean potatoes. Thank you, bro. She's a simple woman. Now I don't know about yours. But she's a simple.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:23

She is definitely not a simple woman.

SPEAKER_08 1:03:26

Thank you, bro. Don't do that.

SPEAKER_04 1:03:29

Honestly, though. I love her to death. But most women, most women.

SPEAKER_07 1:03:33

You're not a simple guy, though.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:35

I'm a very simple guy.

SPEAKER_03 1:03:36

He's a very simple.

SPEAKER_07 1:03:37

I'm not a simple guy. Well, no, I am. Well, you are a simple guy. I'm pretty simple.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:40

You know how easy this is shop for me? Hey, Eric, I bought you a new bottle of jack. Yeah, it doesn't take me. It doesn't take much to make me happy. It doesn't take much to make me happy. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:03:47

Yeah. Like John brought me a bottle of whiskey. I was like, shit. What's that's what's up? I appreciate it. And you bought me this.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:57

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

SPEAKER_03 1:03:58

All right. So here we go. This this Batman number.

SPEAKER_04 1:04:01

Number last uh last last matchup. Last matchup of this round. So, so so uh over the top Valentine's Day. Thank you. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_07 1:04:09

Yeah. All right. So uh saying what are we thankful for versus New Year's Eve superstitions? Which one's more cringy? Yeah, what are we thankful for? What are we thinking for? Yeah. Like, oh yeah, oh, you're eating black eyed peas and collars and ham again this year. You're not gonna get rich. It's not it's a little it's a little cringy that you're eating it. Yeah, but it's a little cringy to do it year after year, but also at a time, like if I gotta say if I gotta say if I gotta say five.

SPEAKER_03 1:04:34

I did not have to do that this year. What? Uh what I'm thankful for.

SPEAKER_07 1:04:38

No, you know, I didn't have to either.

SPEAKER_03 1:04:39

I did not have to do that this year, bro. Like I really didn't and I appreciate it. I didn't have to do it this year. No one no one said it. I really do appreciate it.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:46

Oh yeah, we didn't we didn't say it either.

SPEAKER_03 1:04:48

Yeah. So yeah, that that that makes my it made my Thanksgiving actually more special. Because if I had to do it. Yeah, I dread it. Like I might be able to do it. Yeah, if it's like literally, if I had to do it, I'd be like, bro, I I can't. Alright, here we go. Are you yawning?

SPEAKER_00 1:05:06

What number is what number's in the finals?

SPEAKER_07 1:05:07

Alright, here we go. Final four. Number eight.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:10

Semi-final.

SPEAKER_07 1:05:11

Number eight. Push pinching on St. Patrick's Day. Oh, that's definitely versus number five. The Happy Holiday, Merry Christmas debate.

SPEAKER_04 1:05:19

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_07 1:05:22

Number 11, how uh over the top Valentine's Day gifts versus number two, what are we thankful for? I just want to I just I just want to throw this out there, by the way. Hold on, hold on. Can we repeat that? Repeat that one more time. Number 11, over the top valentine's gifts versus number two, what are you thankful for? That's a so here's the thing. That's a oh my god. One, this is the first time. This is the first time we haven't had a one seed. Oh a three seed or a four seed in the final uh in the final uh final four. Yo, that this is a matchup. We don't have a one we don't have a one, three, or four. We've got we've got we've got the two. So uh Um I think it's pretty yeah, number eight, number versus number five, and number eleven versus number two. This is our this is our second two versus eleven matchup, but this is gonna be our first eight versus five matchups. This is pretty exciting.

SPEAKER_03 1:06:12

That's a good one.

SPEAKER_07 1:06:13

It's a good matchup. You don't see it very often.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:14

You don't see it very often.

SPEAKER_07 1:06:16

So here's the thing pinching on St. Patrick's Day versus number five. Happy holidays, Merry Christmas Day. Pinching on St. Patrick's Day. So here's the thing. And this is a little game that I play every holiday season. Go ahead. If I perceive you to be a Merry Christmas person, if I perceive you to be somebody who would get upset by hearing happy holidays, I will say happy holidays to you. If you were a person that I perceive that will get upset if I say Merry Christmas to you, and you're a happy holidays person, I will say have a Merry Christmas. Alright, hold on. And it is my little it is my little game that I play with middle-aged people all the time. Because again, like we said, they're always the ones that get most upset about it. Or like there's always if I see a blue hair, if I see a blue hair, Merry Christmas. If I see if I see somebody wearing a MAGA hat, have a happy holidays. Easily every time. And it's it's one of those things where it's it brings you a little it brings me a little joy every year. Because I know, I know in their in both of their heads, it's raging. A happy, happy holidays, Merry Christmas debate.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:20

It's raging on that, but what I hate the most is seeing the posts, hearing people talk about how rude or uninconsiderate you are, and it's like, shut up.

SPEAKER_07 1:07:30

It's so cringy. Shut up. How do you feel?

SPEAKER_03 1:07:34

You gotta deal with that a whole season. How do you feel about a person telling you uh have a blessed day? Have a blessed day.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:45

If someone said look, it's a blessed day. It's the equivalent, it's the equivalent of someone saying, I'll pray for you. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:53

It's the equivalent. No, that's just them praying right there, right?

SPEAKER_08 1:07:58

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:58

When they say I pray for you, that's like, yeah, I just pray for you just now. That's the that's how that's how it goes. That's how they that's how they go.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:06

But it's it's it's them taking a time out to think that they're trying to do something nice for me. Right? Even if I don't agree with it or like it or whatever. These people are out taking their time out of their day.

SPEAKER_07 1:08:19

I know it's a it's it's meant to be a little bit. It's meant to be it's meant to be nice and sincere, but it comes across as condescending. I understand this.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:26

Yeah. But if you're looking at it that way, if you're looking at through the letters being condescending, but if you just loosen up a little bit and just be like, hey, these people are just trying to be nice, because no one is out here thinking except for you. It's me being it's me being you being the exception, not the rule. Yeah, no, I'm projecting. Because I think most people are sitting here saying, because I go around, I say Merry Christmas, I don't even think twice about it. But if someone does say happy holidays to me, I would say happy holidays to you too. Right? Like it's instinctive, like I'm just saying it because I'm just reciprocating of what they're giving out. Yeah, absolutely. So I none of that. Yes for at least a good two months.

SPEAKER_03 1:09:08

Yes, bro. I'm still going to get it.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:11

The pinching, the pinching, that's a day. Yeah, that's a day. That's a change. But even most even nowadays you can sit there and say, Don't pinch me, and people will be like, hey, don't pinch them. Hey, don't pinch them, yeah. Right? They at least respect that boundary. Yeah. But people don't respect the boundary if you tell them shut the hell up about I want to hear happy holidays. I don't want to hear Merry Christmas or vice versa. Pinching is still cringing to me. They don't care about that boundary. They're still gonna tell you.

SPEAKER_07 1:09:34

That is that is the cringiest. I'm gonna go there. The cringiest American holiday tradition is debating Merry Christmas and happy holidays. I don't I don't cringe.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:45

It's like wait until happy miserable.

SPEAKER_07 1:09:47

Uh why are you even shut up? Why are we talking? Now again, like I said at the top of this, I do have I do, it's it bother it bothers me, but I'm like, it's not going away. I'm gonna have a little fun. I'm gonna watch people get upset. So it's not that cringy to you then. No, it is. It's a hundred percent cringy, but now I get to make people upset when they upset me.

SPEAKER_00 1:10:07

It lasts so long that you have to find something. I have to find something pitching for one day.

SPEAKER_07 1:10:12

Yeah, because as soon as you come on, as soon as you turn on the as soon as you turn on the TV, you said, well, it begins our war on Christmas, and you're like, shut what?

SPEAKER_05 1:10:19

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 1:10:20

What? It's like instinctively. Or then it's like, oh, why don't why don't and then you're like, oh, why don't these conservatives think about Jews? And you're like, what? Dude, what? Yeah. What they don't celebrate Hanukkah, leave them alone. Yeah. Leave them alone. Who cares?

SPEAKER_00 1:10:34

If I walked into a synagogue on Hanukkah and everyone's saying happy Hanukkah to you, I'm like, Happy Hanukkah. Happy Hanukkah, you gotta say happy Hanukkah to you. What does it matter? It's fantastic. Thank you for including me in your holiday.

SPEAKER_07 1:10:45

Yeah, what does it matter?

SPEAKER_00 1:10:46

I'm ha like thank you for being nice. Yeah, including me. Alright.

SPEAKER_06 1:10:49

So I guess they won.

SPEAKER_07 1:10:51

Yeah, absolutely. Alright, number 11, over the top valentine's versus number two. Versus number two, what do we think? What are we thankful for? Hold on. Over the top, over the top valentine's or number two, what are we thankful for? By the way, oh hey, I just noticed too. I just noticed there was a St. Patrick's Day, a Christmas one, a Valentine's one, and a Thanksgiving one that all made at the time on the final four. That's a nice rounded one. I honestly thought it would be all Christmas stuff, but no.

SPEAKER_00 1:11:17

That's a nice rounded out final four. Yeah, that absolutely.

SPEAKER_07 1:11:19

Um, but over the top Valentine's Day, I'm gonna have to go.

SPEAKER_03 1:11:23

Or what are we thankful for? I'm gonna have to go with what are we thankful for. Really?

SPEAKER_01 1:11:26

I'm dead serious. I just can't do it. I just can't do it. It's the cringiest moment of the year. It could go.

SPEAKER_02 1:11:35

It really just puts you in that position of a spotlight.

SPEAKER_07 1:11:38

Everybody, you're like mid-drink. Hey everybody. I think it would be really nice. If we just went around the table and said, What are we thankful for the table for?

SPEAKER_00 1:11:48

It's not as cringy as when you've been drinking since you've been drinking since the Macy's Day parade. It's a lot easier.

SPEAKER_03 1:11:59

Hey, I'm thankful. I just dumped outside to smoke a little weed and stuff like that.

SPEAKER_07 1:12:05

It's always like, Alright guys, I'll uh what do we I'd like I'd really like it if we went around the table and said, What are we thankful for? Because I'm thankful.

SPEAKER_00 1:12:12

And it's the one who's always their life is an entire mess. She's on her she's on her fourth husband. You know. Her kids don't talk to her. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_05 1:12:25

It's always her. Do you have one of those ants? Yo, it's not like he does. Do you have one of those ants?

SPEAKER_06 1:12:31

What happened? That's a really story. Tell me what's going on. What's the story? Are they still doing it?

SPEAKER_00 1:12:36

I don't know. I was just being the stereotype of it. Oh, wow.

SPEAKER_04 1:12:39

How many times have you heard that? Yeah, I don't have that problem.

SPEAKER_07 1:12:41

That's a pretty stories have you heard of the joke statement? Sad person. I feel bad. I want to tell her what I'm thankful for.

SPEAKER_03 1:12:54

God bless. I guess that's the only thing she's thankful for that she's around people that actually loves her.

SPEAKER_07 1:13:00

And good for her. Yeah, good. Spoiler alert. I would say that too.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:05

Spoiler alert, they don't. It's always, it's always no, but that moment.

SPEAKER_03 1:13:09

Is that the one that judges the potato salad or the mac and cheese? Yeah. I don't have either of those.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:14

And like she's overly judgy about your life choices too.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:17

Who is his aunt? And did she make the stuffing? Everyone has the ant like that's the one that made the stuffing. You don't have an ant like that. That gotta be the one that made the stuffing. You don't have an ant like that. I swear to you not. That gotta be the one that made the stuffing. Like, we're not gonna name names.

SPEAKER_07 1:13:30

I don't name my family like this.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:33

Like, you can be a grown man playing with Legos, like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That that'd be a grown man playing with Legos. No, no, that's not taking anything.

SPEAKER_03 1:13:42

That's the grown man that lives in his mom in his mom's basement.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:45

No, no, no.

SPEAKER_03 1:13:46

It's the He has to come up and interact with people, and then he has to say what he's thankful for.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:52

Oh, you're still playing the Fortnite.

SPEAKER_07 1:13:55

You feel bad for the guy that has to do that. My my thing, the thing, the only part of that that makes me really cringy is the moment they start. What you hear the I think it would be nice. The I think it would be nice, right? Because it's not like it's you can't say no. Oh, you're trying to say they're condescending. It's not condescending. It's always it's always like it's always like, well, I think this it would be nice. And you're like, fuck, I already know it's coming. I know it's coming, right? Because they don't say they don't say, I think it would be nice if everyone got an extra scoop of potatoes. It's I think it would be nice if we went around the table. You're like immediately. It would be nice because the potatoes would be nice. I probably should get out. But you always know because as soon as they I think it would be like, oh god, I know it's coming now. I know now I gotta think of something. Now I gotta think of something. And you can't get out of it because if you get out of it, if you go, I'm not doing this, you who's the who is now You're the jerk who brought the why couldn't you just enjoy Thanksgiving?

SPEAKER_03 1:14:50

Matter of fact, you know what? It's the person that you said earlier, um, the second person that don't want to compete. Yeah. Because that's the one that got the smile on his face. Because he's like, yo, I just bought a new car. A house. I I just got uh married a supermodel, thank you. I've just met a married supermodel. My life is going great.

SPEAKER_00 1:15:09

I won a I won the lottery.

SPEAKER_07 1:15:11

And she just found out she's pregnant. I would love to tell I would love to tell everyone how great my life is right now.

SPEAKER_00 1:15:17

And she just found out she's pregnant. You're just like crap.

SPEAKER_07 1:15:24

But who even goes that deep though on those? You always go, oh no, no. I know there's people out there that go that deep. You go, I'm I'm thankful for my family, I'm thankful for this food, and I'm thankful for my health. And then just stick to your three. Stick to your three.

SPEAKER_03 1:15:37

You have a family, you have a family that likes to compete. Who has a family that likes to compete? Yeah, you I'm just not saying not you, just people have family that like to compete.

SPEAKER_07 1:15:44

Yeah, it's like I don't I'm not.

SPEAKER_03 1:15:46

Like, seriously, like they have say if you have a family that you your father was a judge or was a lawyer and you're growing up and you're trying to to impress them, and you say, Oh, dad, guess what? I'm thankful for that I just graduated from such and such. Or I'm thankful for that I just I just made this whole a lot of money in in real estate or freaking whatever the case may be. And now you gotta compete with the other brother or a sister, wherever the case may be. And you like you. What are you talking about?

SPEAKER_07 1:16:23

What's going on in your family? Hold on. You now I need to know what's going on.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:26

As much crap as you talk about all your brothers, yeah. I talk shit about them all the time. Yeah. You're telling me you're not competing with them?

SPEAKER_07 1:16:33

My brothers? Absolutely not. I'm happy for all of them.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:36

That's not what you said the other day.

SPEAKER_07 1:16:38

But I'm happy for all my brothers.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:39

I hope, I hope. I hope I hope they listen. I hope they're listening. Aaron.

SPEAKER_03 1:16:43

Eric Matter of fact.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:45

I know I'm missing one. I'm sorry. You're missing two, actually.

SPEAKER_03 1:16:47

Matter of fact, didn't you tell me you was competing with your sister? That's why you started working out. Bro, hey.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:58

Oh, I've seen all the things. You know what I'm talking about. You walked into that one, man. You walked into it, man.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:06

Watch the and she's a beautiful lady.

SPEAKER_07 1:17:09

Yeah, and you ain't got the right, you ain't got the right parts for it, bro. So I need you to chill. I have all the right parts. You ain't no, you're not the right type.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:14

We got matching parts.

SPEAKER_00 1:17:18

I mean, it's just good to know what you would look like as a lady. Y'all do look alike.

SPEAKER_07 1:17:24

No, I did say that. Someone asked me they were like, I wonder what John would look like as a girl. I pulled a picture of my sister. I'm like, look, see, that's me as a girl, bro. That's me as a girl. Like, who might be all the crap?

SPEAKER_00 1:17:32

Who do I feel worse for? His sister or him?

SPEAKER_04 1:17:34

We're both beautiful people. I wouldn't say all that now. My sister's a very beautiful girl. Oh, well, I'm talking about you. I'm gonna have to take this shit.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:53

So thankful for Thanksgiving. That's what won.

SPEAKER_07 1:17:57

Alright, so number two, there's the finals. Here we are in the finals.

SPEAKER_04 1:18:01

What are we thankful for?

SPEAKER_07 1:18:03

Matter of fact, number five debate. Number five, happy holidays, Merry Christmas debate versus number two, what are we thankful for?

SPEAKER_00 1:18:11

Again, I'm still saying the same answer because it's two whole months. It's two whole months. It's off to you, John, because you're my answer. One day. So And then you could ruin you could ruin the what I'm thankful for just by being a drunk bastard. You can say something rude and everyone's just mad and no one wants to talk now, and you saved everybody at the table.

SPEAKER_03 1:18:32

That is true. I'm gonna dep you up on that.

SPEAKER_00 1:18:35

So there is true. Uh the debate people make it about their lives. That's a personality trait.

SPEAKER_07 1:18:44

It is a personality. You are really angry about this. Hey, you are. You are passionate. You are passionate about it. He saw this, he saw this on the list and was like, oh, it's going down. Oh, that's this is my this is my stuffing.

SPEAKER_00 1:18:56

This is this is this is my stuffing list.

SPEAKER_06 1:18:58

This is my stuffing.

SPEAKER_07 1:19:00

I'm taking this to the championship round.

SPEAKER_05 1:19:03

This is my stuffing. This is my stuffing. I do starting.

SPEAKER_07 1:19:06

I do think I did take it to the stuffing, bro. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 1:19:11

Um there's at least you can at least say there's at least a little bit of trying to be nice people when you're saying, what are we thankful for? So here's yeah, you can sit there and say the sentiment is there to be nice. But when you sit there and say, I don't want to hear Merry Christmas or I don't want to hear happy holidays, you're purposely going out of your way to be a jerk. So 100%.

SPEAKER_07 1:19:40

But here's my thing, right? So I think that's cringier if they're trying to be a dress. So let's go back to the original, the original question of today. Right? Because that's this is the has to answer, right? This winner has to answer that question. Is what is the cringiest holiday tradition that we have? The we they're both very cringy, right? They're both in the they're both in the they're both in the finals, they're both very cringy. Like, oh soon as you hear somebody say it's it's Merry Christmas, not happy holidays, you're like, oh, what is this wrong with this person? Or you hear somebody go, why don't we just include it? Why can't you just be inclusive and include everyone and say happy holiday? You're like, oh shut, shut up.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:19

Just just shut.

SPEAKER_07 1:20:20

For for two whole months. Shut two whole months. What do you have to prove, right? We get it. We get it. You have a coexist sticker, you have a mag, we get it. You have a magazine, we get it. Listen, you know what? Honestly, in the people, in the people who have the biggest opinions, already you can tell where they lie, and it's and it's their politics is their personality, and so it's already like we You saying it like it's like all lives matter type thing. Yeah, we get it. You we we can look at you. We already it is That's what that's what I get it's what I get it's the same side of the thing. It's the same it's the same side, the same people. We get it. You can say Black Lives Matter and all lives matter, we get it. It's a different side of the same call. Yeah, it's a different side of the same call. You know what it is we get it.

SPEAKER_00 1:21:01

It's literally the people who can't sit there during even during Thanksgiving when you're with family and they have to break up politics because they know it's gonna they know it's gonna rile up people. They know it's gonna rile up people, and that's what that debate does. So here's the thing's gonna rile up people. At least saying what am I thankful for? At least saying what am I thankful for? You're at least trying. I wasn't done. He wasn't even done. I'm sorry, it's so my god on the flip side, right?

SPEAKER_07 1:21:30

Say everybody saying this debate, right? The Merry Christmas, happy holiday debate. It's only a s it's only a uh a population of the of it's only a segment of the population at all. Everybody has to deal with the cringiness of what are we thankful for? Everybody. Everybody. Absolutely. Because you can ignore the the Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday debate, but every single person. If you're an American, you can't.

SPEAKER_00 1:21:52

I don't think you can ignore it because it's gonna find you. It's gonna find you no matter what.

SPEAKER_07 1:21:57

Can you let me you are you are really pushing this.

SPEAKER_03 1:21:59

I am.

SPEAKER_07 1:22:00

You are really pushing this.

SPEAKER_03 1:22:01

Well you sound like it was like the joy straight conversation. We was having it.

SPEAKER_00 1:22:06

Give me back again.

SPEAKER_07 1:22:07

What do we what do we think all I'm saying with the what are we thankful for is it's it's one of those things where you don't really look forward to. It's kind of it's part of it's part of because it is part of Thanksgiving. You cannot have say you cannot have Thanksgiving Thanksgiving without saying what you're thankful for. Even if you do it ironically, right, it's still part of it, and it's still like but here's my thing. I'm going to go. I'm going to vote. And make the champion the happy holidays, merry Christmas. And this is my and this is my reason. I gotta let me get my reason. Okay, go ahead. It is it is a cringy tradition with the with the what are we thankful for, but the happy holidays, merry Christmas debate is so cringy, is that the people who do it, you're just it makes you it makes me get secondhand embarrassment. Yeah. Right? It makes me you see these people get so riled up and so red in the face, and you're like, oh, what is it? It's so cringy. What are you doing with your life where you're that upset? That upset by it's to the point, it's so cringy that I have that I make a game with out of it every every holiday season just to make those people just a little slightly angrier and a little and just because like uh listen, I I you have to find the time in it. I'm I have this trait about me that I like to make people I like to poke at people, right?

SPEAKER_06 1:23:41

I like I I do no I don't know if you guys know this or not. Me, yeah, yeah, I do.

SPEAKER_07 1:23:45

I I do I like to poke at people with the same people I like to poke at people. And to be honest, if there is an exposed wound That's why he didn't mind pinching people on saying Patty's Day, there you go. All I'm saying, if there's an exposed wound, I'm I'm gonna poke it a little more. And if somebody is walking around with a you know 50 caliber size wound in the middle of their chest and it says Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, I just want to go boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop. I just want to touch it a little more. Because I like people seeing I like seeing people get angry sometimes, and I and it makes me a little cringe, like it's just like, oh, how are you so weak that this makes you so angry? And it makes me very gringo. And it's it's it is the cringiest part of the holidays. Alright, let me fight for it.

SPEAKER_03 1:24:30

I'm gonna fight for it.

SPEAKER_00 1:24:31

Five minutes over two months. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

SPEAKER_03 1:24:33

I can understand five minutes. It's not five minutes, it's actually the family. Yeah, it's still like 20 to 30 minutes. Five thankful.

SPEAKER_00 1:24:42

Five to twenty-five minutes.

SPEAKER_07 1:24:43

So here's the thing. I got a question. I'm gonna give you 60 seconds to change my mind or his mind. And then we're gonna call it.

SPEAKER_03 1:24:54

Alright, cool. So let me start off. He was right about what everybody goes through I'm thankful for. But at the same time, y'all had uh this whole conversation, this whole debate of the cringiness of happy holidays or Merry Christmas. Only both of y'all was talking. I don't even go through that. So not everybody goes through that. But everybody does go through the what I'm thankful for. And that for me is the most cringy, is because you know you don't want to actually do it. I haven't experienced the happy holiday, Merry Christmas. Because when I say happy holiday, I just say Merry Christmas. Whatever the case may be. I don't go through the debates with people about happy h well, happy holiday, uh Hanukkah, whatever the case may be. I don't go through those things. I don't know what social social media thing y'all be on, or or who y'all around to have these conversations. I don't know nothing about that. But all I'm saying is I'm going with the thankful for.

SPEAKER_00 1:26:06

He actually set a timer. I love it. I love it. And I actually ended it. And you're good. You did. Um but No, no joke.

SPEAKER_07 1:26:17

You might have a point.

SPEAKER_00 1:26:18

Hold on, no, no, no. Because look, look, because my family I don't even remember the last time my family actually did the what are we thankful for on Thanksgiving. It's been years.

SPEAKER_07 1:26:26

Do you guys don't have a lot to be thankful for?

SPEAKER_00 1:26:28

No, we just don't say it. Because again, it's like it's one of those things where like now we still want to do it.

SPEAKER_07 1:26:32

Now it's cringy that you guys don't have anything to be thankful for.

SPEAKER_00 1:26:35

No. That's not it at all.

SPEAKER_07 1:26:36

No, it's a no. I didn't even consider the reverse. Yeah. I don't even consider the reverse. It's Thanksgiving. It's a day of giving thanks.

SPEAKER_00 1:26:42

And I know you have at least experienced experienced once. No. No, because you can't get away with it. You can't you can't get away from it because it's again it's on TV. It's on social media. I'm back to the next video. Thank you.

SPEAKER_07 1:26:54

Back to being neutral again. Thank you.

SPEAKER_03 1:26:55

Because you just said I said before, I don't know what social I don't know what social network or social media you've been on. I just don't experience that. Because I'm an in-person person. I deal with interactions with people, but I had never experienced other people saying, oh my God, why are you saying this? Oh my god, this person did whatever the case. I've never dealt with that. I've made up my mind. Never dealt with that.

SPEAKER_00 1:27:21

Because I know you, I know you've seen it. I know you saw videos. There you say, there you go. See videos. I'm talking about interacting with people. Guys, I've made what I've said. Is that you've actually seen it. I've made up my mind. And you've actually lived it.

SPEAKER_05 1:27:32

I know you have. No, I haven't. I have the deciding vote.

SPEAKER_07 1:27:36

I have the deciding vote. So after one, after riveting.

SPEAKER_00 1:27:42

I wouldn't call it riveting.

SPEAKER_07 1:27:43

After no, after a uh after a very good defense of your position. What? I've become neutral. Um I'm gonna stay with number five. I I think it's just It just makes me so it makes me so uncomfortable, and it is the cringiest holiday tradition that we have in the year.

SPEAKER_00 1:28:08

And if you are one of those people who have to go around and let everyone know what you prefer, you're an awful person. Hey everybody. Thank you for listening. Thank you for listening. Appreciate your following.

SPEAKER_07 1:28:18

I hope you guys had a hope everybody had a happy holidays and a great New Year's Eve. I hope everyone uh stays healthy and happy in the new year. Thanks for listening.

SPEAKER_00 1:28:28

Please tune in to the next episode and uh hope you guys have a wonderful new year. New year, new me.

SPEAKER_03 1:28:33

You know, just in case we have three episodes left for this season. Um so I'm hoping y'all listen to every single one of them.

SPEAKER_07 1:28:41

Yeah, uh, thank you for listening. We really appreciate it. Thank you.

SPEAKER_00 1:28:44

Good night.