Olympic Finale, Season Two Farewell

The torch goes out, the mics stay hot. We send off a wild season by unpacking what the Winter Games got right, what broadcasts still fumble, and why some strategy-heavy sports deserve weekly airtime. Curling stole our hearts with a clean multicast that let us track four sheets at once, while hockey’s staggered schedule turned early mornings into appointment viewing. We also get candid about biathlon and moguls: when production jumps angles and buries context, even great performances feel confusing. And that medal-count headline? It hits different when the event list keeps growing—nuance beats empty records.

From there, we zoom out to the economics of access. Ice time, travel, gear, and coaching make winter sports a gated community, and it shows. We’re not scolding; we’re sober about pipelines and what it would take to widen them: community rinks, scholarships, and year-round coverage that treats “niche” with respect. Give fans a way in and they’ll show up.

Then the curveball that somehow explains our whole show: we map our trio to the Chinese zodiac—Fire Dragon, Metal Monkey, and Wood Rabbit—and it fits a little too well. Dragon brings momentum, Monkey brings strategy and mischief, Rabbit brings calibration and calm. That chemistry is why our debates don’t turn into dominance battles. We keep it sharp without getting sharp-edged, poke fun without puncturing trust, and let roles flex as the topics shift.

We wrap with fast movie takes, a surprise box-office leader, and unapologetic hype for the TMNT x Magic: The Gathering set—variant art, deep cuts, and just enough nostalgia to make your deck dangerous. If you love smart sports talk, clean storytelling, and friendships that can handle both heat and humor, you’re in the right feed.

If this finale made you smile, think, or queue up a curling replay, hit follow, share with a friend, and drop a review with your zodiac sign and favorite Olympic moment. Season three is coming—what should we tackle first?

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Transcript

SPEAKER_07 0:30

Quiet episode.

SPEAKER_02 0:34

Happy closing ceremonies, everybody. It's the season finale of the Olympics and and of end of season two.

SPEAKER_07 0:43

Yeah. Oh yeah, we're at we're we're good. We're there, right? Yep. Yep.

SPEAKER_06 0:53

Oh, you'll know you were welcome.

SPEAKER_07 0:55

That we've been visiting your house almost every week or visiting your ears, uh caressing your ears with our dulce tones. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:04

And we've gone through two Olympics now on this podcast.

SPEAKER_06 1:09

Yeah, two Super Bowls, two Olympics. Yeah. Our first episode launched on the 25th, so three days. Three days till our so what is that?

SPEAKER_02 1:20

So we got a Sumber Olympics, two Super Bowls, a Winter Olympics, we got a World Cup coming up in two years.

SPEAKER_06 1:26

The celebration.

SPEAKER_02 1:29

Yeah. We had one celebration that we've lived through. Yeah. Yeah, that'd be season four. It'll be like the eighth episode of four.

SPEAKER_06 1:43

We're renewed.

SPEAKER_02 1:44

Oh yeah. We've already been renewed.

SPEAKER_06 1:46

Come on now.

SPEAKER_07 1:48

I was trying to find out, like uh was it second birthday? Um the anniversary.

SPEAKER_02 2:01

Oh, what is the second? Okay, I get you. It's probably diapers.

SPEAKER_07 2:07

Yeah, I know. I'm just putting the second birthday. Let's see what it says.

SPEAKER_02 2:11

Second anniversary is what you want, not second birthday.

SPEAKER_07 2:15

Yeah, I guess it is our anniversary, huh? Second anniversary of the biggest. Yeah, you went by the number two.

SPEAKER_03 2:22

The Bronx. Brooklyn. Someone in the Bronx? Somebody in the Bronx. Yeah. Oh, relocation of a year.

SPEAKER_07 2:29

All right. Second anniversary is cotton.

SPEAKER_03 2:35

Traditional China.

SPEAKER_02 2:38

Oh hell. Black history. Really is Black History Month, y'all. I still got six days. Some bullshit.

SPEAKER_07 2:46

Metal or gemstone is the garnet. Next year is also for Lou, because third anniversary is leather. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 2:56

Brown leather jacket time.

SPEAKER_07 2:59

Lou's gonna be wearing the entire month of February, he's just gonna show up wearing his leather jacket.

SPEAKER_02 3:05

Oh man. It's a nice jacket, man.

SPEAKER_07 3:10

So how are you guys doing? Tired. Oh take a nap.

SPEAKER_05 3:16

Oh yeah, Mr.

SPEAKER_02 3:17

got up at 5 a.m. See, you do like me. I woke up at 10 last night and just stayed up. Nope.

SPEAKER_07 3:26

I was up till midnight.

Sleep Deprivation And Olympic Viewing

Curling And Hockey Deep Dive

SPEAKER_02 3:28

Oh dang. Yeah, no. I was trying to be. I was like, I'll just sit in alarm for six. Yeah, that didn't work. I'll just up. I was like, all right, I guess I guess I'm watching um the trader Chinese girl um with the doom sky ninja stuff uh on the half pipe. And then Bobsled, and then the curling final. Oh, that was a good match. Um Sweden beating Switzerland. Um very well done. But but there were it's like the American Americans choked the last two games. Uh well, the last game in the semifinals, they choked so badly. Never had control in that game against the Swiss. They got annihilated. Um and then the Swiss went and got annihilated by the Swedes. So it was like, good lord. Some some some good some good curling, though.

SPEAKER_06 4:17

Almost like the holes in their game plan.

SPEAKER_02 4:19

I mean, I wasn't trying to watch a 50k, so do what?

SPEAKER_06 4:21

It's almost like there were holes in their game plan. For real. I was disappointed at the lack of memes that you sent.

SPEAKER_02 4:29

That joke was so cheesy. Especially if you're gonna call them Olympics. Oh man.

SPEAKER_07 4:52

In my house is known as it's always the Olympic O Olympics. The old the O Olympics.

SPEAKER_02 5:02

Unfortunately, Duke, did you miss the podium?

SPEAKER_07 5:05

Yes, every single time. I need to work on my aim. Wait, what?

SPEAKER_02 5:13

Must be that biathlon.

SPEAKER_07 5:15

Wait a second. Wait, are you talking about Duke runs out of screen? I told you that I told you that in secrecy, Lou. Damn it.

SPEAKER_01 5:24

Oh.

SPEAKER_07 5:27

Lou out here with the triathlon. Lou will try anything that breathes.

SPEAKER_02 5:32

I mean, breathing is overrated. Come on.

SPEAKER_07 5:35

Don't have to be breathing. We're not breathing. We're not breathing.

SPEAKER_02 5:38

I mean, yeah, come on, come on. Fresh body still warm.

SPEAKER_06 5:45

Not October yet. We're not talking about that.

unknown 5:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 5:47

No zombies.

SPEAKER_00 5:48

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_07 5:50

So did you guys then? We are there was uh a million, million, million and a half text messages about the Olympics over the last couple weeks. So you guys are yes.

SPEAKER_05 5:59

You guys are Olympics fans?

SPEAKER_02 6:02

Yeah, uh you know how it is, right? There's a lot of sports that you don't give a shit about until the Olympics. Um and a lot of that is not because you don't like the sport, it's just that it's not shown. Uh because there's just no dollars in it other than the Olympics. So I I get it. Like I would watch curling every week if it was on, but it's not on because there's no TV money to be made. So NBC, CBSE. Yeah, that you're not you're not gonna see that. You're gonna you're gonna see fucking those dominoes tricks on the Ocho before you're gonna see curling. Um and I'm not sad about that. I'm just throwing it out there.

SPEAKER_06 6:37

Um You would like dominoes.

SPEAKER_02 6:39

So damn, damn Skippy with it. I know what's up. I know how to hold I don't hold my bone to make a slam. A bone, a bone is a domino, just so y'all know. Some of y'all like like what the hell is a bone? It's a domino.

SPEAKER_07 6:53

And old girls known as a slam. So I mean, you know.

SPEAKER_02 6:56

And it's it's fucking the Diddy's. Um We played the double six multiple to five game, y'all.

SPEAKER_07 7:09

I can't wait until next week when she's listening to it. That the that joke is up muted here. Do you apple? Yep. We just see this chocolate on the side of the screen.

SPEAKER_02 7:22

I'm like, oh, I I see you got the seven minutes into the pod from last week. Oh my god. So so yeah, I I I there's no doubt most of my time is spent watching hockey and curling. Um for me, that's just about every Olympics, but but they're they're on the longest as well. There, those two are on the full two weeks. So um I did enjoy go ahead.

Broadcasts, Multiscreen, And Event Formats

SPEAKER_07 7:48

I was gonna ask, is this job or no job? You're super into the Olympics? Or were you more into the Olympics because okay, because you have the two?

Biathlon, Moguls, And Coverage Confusion

SPEAKER_02 7:55

No, I I would watch the same amount if it's the wrong time zone, whatever. I'd be tired at work, wouldn't care, sleep off hours. Um I I again, I did the same thing summer or winter. Um if it's in a better time zone, if it matches up, you know, great. Uh I'll have the TV, laptop, tablet, phone, I'd have shit going on. Um curling was great. Didn't have to do that. They had a multi because there's only four uh four lanes for curling, and they did a multicast of all four split screen at once. And then you could choose the sound of the one you wanted to watch. So I'd have all the games on and then put the sound on the USA game, whoever they were playing, so I could watch everything. So I didn't have to have the multiple screens going on. They did it for me. Hockey was well done where they basically had a there's two rinks and a different game overlapping. So you'd have your you know, your 6 a.m. game, your your 8 a.m. game, you know, 11, 1. So they did a good job with hockey where it was a different you didn't have to worry about like, oh, I want to watch this and this. It's like no. They they had it, I mean they used one rink for one time and then four hours later the next time, so they did a good job. Um, I don't watch the cross-country stuff, that's just boring. Um and then I watched I watched all the Sky Ninjas on the aerials, so that was cool. Um the Moguls, though.

SPEAKER_07 9:20

It was confusing. I think we talked a little bit about this with the biathlon. Like because they keep like cutting the different angles, like it took me a minute to try to figure out what the actual path was that they had to do, because it was they had to do like a lap a lap on like a track, and then they would like go up into the hills and come back down and then shoot and then go do a lap, and then and I'm like, wait, what's like because they kept cutting around to different to different perspectives of the people, and so it was really it was kind of hard to keep track of them, to be honest with you, like uh because you were trying to figure out who was finishing, and and I think that was like the way like they were staggering how they were starting, so like everybody like was offset by a little bit, and so you could you would see people like skiing with each other, and you were like, but they were offset when they first started, type of thing, but it was hard to keep track of who was who, right? Yep.

Bobsled Dominance And U.S. Medals

SPEAKER_02 10:13

Um yeah, I bailed out of biathlon and and all the all the country shit like four Olympics ago. I was just catching myself not paying attention. I was like, this is boring. Um, I did watch more Bobsled this year than I usually do. Uh granted, I know the Germans are basically gonna dominate, and they did. They swept the two-man and got gold silver in the four-man. So it was like, holy shit. Americans actually got bronze in the in the two two women, so kudos to them.

SPEAKER_06 10:43

They would have won, but they stopped to ask for directions.

SPEAKER_02 10:46

You know how it goes. Yep. You would think you got these lesbian box letters in there.

SPEAKER_07 10:52

Where's your slide whistle, Jack? He'll be here all week, folks. Take the waiter. Order the week order the veal.

SPEAKER_02 11:02

Here's here's the rule to me. If I'm gonna coach two women bops led, I'm making sure I'm having two lesbians. That way they can go lickety split.

SPEAKER_07 11:15

Five more days, and then I don't have to put up with this anymore.

SPEAKER_02 11:20

Oh my goodness.

SPEAKER_07 11:22

For another year.

SPEAKER_02 11:23

Um six. Get it right. Six. And that year it'll be trying to take it a year after.

SPEAKER_06 11:31

No, we're we're gonna do it again for the Summer Olympics.

SPEAKER_02 11:34

Um my god. He's talking about Black History Mark today. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 11:41

Yeah. I thought it was lesbian athlete jokes.

Access, Money, And Winter Sports Demographics

SPEAKER_02 11:48

No lesbian athlete jokes, don't only athletes like 21 days out of a month, so man.

SPEAKER_06 12:02

I can't take you out a couple of we can't.

SPEAKER_02 12:05

I can't not at all. Um, so yeah, so the aerials, all the skiing, snowboarding, the the racing, the on the cross, the track was pretty cool. Um the one that I that I I watched and then had to turn it off because my knees were hurting from watching was a damn moguls, dude. Those moguls were there's just the little bumps and their knees are just just doing this thing. I was like, ow, ow, ow, ow, no. So every every I mean, oh, also for the first time in a long time, I did not watch really figure skating. Usually I'll watch it. Uh, yeah, usually men's, women's pairs, usually I'll watch it. I didn't really care this year. Uh I and I don't know. Uh let me let me change that. I don't know if it's so much I didn't care so much as I would rather have watched the curling and hockey that was going on at the same time that figure skating was going on. I think that's more of what it was. Uh granted, I could do the multiple screens laptop on one, but I just no, I was so focused on the hockey game, like I would do all my shit that 18-minute break between periods um in the hockey games. Other than that, like phone down for the most part, laptop, like usually I'm multitasking, I got curling on the big screen and I'm playing magic or whatever on the computer uh with the hockey. No, it was uh if if if the two were and it happened a couple of times uh early in the week where hockey was on one screen and curling was on the other as we got to the quarterfinals of the curling. Um I did that and was paying attention to both. But overall, I didn't really split focus a whole hell of a lot this year. And I didn't care too much about the figure skating. It was like, alright, this person's supposed to be good, choked. Oh, this person's supposed to be good, choked. I was like, all right, good thing I didn't watch. I've been mad.

SPEAKER_06 13:53

I did see um, I guess the last mixed pair that came out, they did like a Mortal Kombat theme. So they were skating to the Mortal Kombat movie theme song. He had a Sub-Zero costume, she had a katana costume, and they did that thing where he spince her by the leg, and then uh when it stopped and she was standing there, she was like doing the dizzy thing, like when you're supposed to do the finish him.

SPEAKER_02 14:19

Fatality, yeah.

SPEAKER_06 14:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 14:21

Alright, I'm at the YouTube. Yeah, that sounds badass.

SPEAKER_07 14:23

Yeah, it was pretty cool. And then afterwards they did uh Friendality. Yes. Friendship. Friendship again. Uh I have been watching uh Traitors, the Traitors on Peacock.

SPEAKER_02 14:38

And two of the Oh, the one they've been advertising the whole time during the Olympics.

SPEAKER_07 14:42

Yeah, it's a good one. I watch it with a couple of my friends, we're super into it. Uh there one of the this season had a guy from uh Portland, he's a comedian. Um he was he was on there, so we were supporting him. Uh but they have uh Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir. And it's funny because like they recorded this months ago, uh, the show, and now I guess they're both doing color commentary for the figure skating. So my friends were watching the figure skating and they were like, it's weird because you're like watching them like be buddy buddy and hanging out and all this kind of stuff, but yet you're we're now in the middle of watching the show where like we're getting towards the end when things tensions are building and blah blah blah blah blah, you know. So it's uh it's pretty it's uh it's funny to see the dichotomy of the you know, trying to figure out what happened in the show by by listening to them during the during the commentary.

SPEAKER_02 15:35

That's kind of cool though.

SPEAKER_07 15:37

But but they did show that commercial like every five minutes of craters because like it's MB, it's it's synergy.

SPEAKER_02 15:45

But the yeah, but thinking you got other shows you can promote promote, right?

SPEAKER_07 15:49

Maybe. I don't even know, dude. I don't even know what's on NBC anymore. Law and Order.

SPEAKER_02 15:56

That's a good point. Now that you say that, that the other Law and Order, all the Chicago shows.

SPEAKER_06 16:03

Yep.

SPEAKER_02 16:03

Yep, all the Chicago shows, because that was a commercial they showed a lot. Uh for whatever reason, did do they no they don't. I think it's Hulu. That that that Burbs show. They they advertised that one a lot too.

SPEAKER_07 16:15

I think that's one of the things I talked about.

SPEAKER_02 16:17

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, yeah. The Burbs was I'm trying to think of the commercials I kept seeing over and over again. That and YouTube TV with Jason Kelsey kept showing that commercial with his wife.

SPEAKER_07 16:31

Yeah. But uh overall, you enjoyed the Olympics, Lou? These were good.

SPEAKER_02 16:35

Yeah, yeah. Oh over overall, most goals the Americans have ever received out at a Winter Olympics. Um, I'm not sure how to take that because there's also more events these days than there were in the past. So you know how I am with the football stats. Yeah, they did that in 17 games, previous guys did it in 16 games. So I don't know if it's like it if you had 35 events one year and then this year there are 45 events, I can't sit earn say oh, they got more golds ever. I'm like, yeah, but they also had 10 more fucking events, so right. I I don't see that as a big deal. Uh the fact that they're in the the the top three, good enough for me, you know. You you you this country is too wealthy, and obviously winner Olympics is is white people rich ports, let's let's be real.

SPEAKER_04 17:21

Oh, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 17:22

Yeah you you've got like four black people total in winner Olympics.

SPEAKER_07 17:26

Um and that's the Jamaica Bobsled team.

SPEAKER_02 17:30

I was gonna say one of for real. Um you've got I'm trying to think of the Americas. There was a hockey girl, there was the I think the two bobsled girls, and maybe a track uh speed skating girl.

SPEAKER_03 17:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 17:44

I don't think there was one black male uh in the Winter Olympics for USA.

SPEAKER_06 17:49

I can't say that I but I get it. Uh at least nobody is a rich sport.

SPEAKER_02 17:57

Well, yeah, and you're in the winter with the black people, they're gonna stand out. They just like number number one found I mean you you you have an avalanche. Who knows? That's fine, you're gonna find me. Yeah, you're gonna find me. I'm good. Um the rest of y'all, you know. Sorry. But but yeah, so I I think I was talking about it maybe my mom or something like that earlier in the week. Because it's talking about all this, like, oh yeah, we took our kid two hours here to a private hockey this, or we went here to this ski resort, and I'm like, yeah, that's some rich white people shit. Uh, which explains you know that you go out there and look when a little bit sheet of demographic. I get it. It is what it is. I'm not complaining about it, just people just accept it. And don't and that's the thing, don't complain about it. Don't be like, oh, there's not enough black people, and I was like, yeah, yeah, I don't hear you bitching there's not enough white people in the track events in in summer Olympics, so shut the hell up. Uh except for Europeans, then they're just basically all white in track events. And they're gonna win all the field events anyway. So I don't know, then them them them fucking like the shot put, jabelin' discots, them, them fucking Vikings, who just I mean they probably invented those games, so whatever. Right, like you're five years old bored doing javelin and discus and hammer throw, shot put, you don't else to do. Um but it's it's like one of the things just accept it, it's cool, enjoy the sport, move on. Um you're not limited because of your race. Uh anybody who says you are, that's on you. But accept that statistically speaking, things are what they are.

Decriminalization Debate And Free Speech

SPEAKER_06 19:34

I mean, you're supposed to get the best of the best. That's what the Olympics are, right?

unknown 19:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 19:39

Affirmative acts that aren't the best that aren't getting paid for it. Well, yeah, it's some exception.

SPEAKER_02 19:44

Well, well, unless you're unless you're that unless you're the Chinese trader from Stanford, Eileen Wu, uh, that bitch, who chose to go with China instead of the US after already competing for the U.S., you switched to the Chinese paid her$14 million to do it.

SPEAKER_06 20:00

Eh. Legit. I ain't even mad at it. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 20:03

I was gonna say, that being said, if Spain came to me and said, look, you got history, you can you can uh you can do this for US, you do this for Spain, but if you do it for Spain, we're giving you$14 million. I'm gonna be like, hola, ¿cómo está? Miamo S. Lu. Yeah. Luis. Meyamo S. Luis. Me llamo Lu, Meyamo Luis, soy un negro. Deuces, I love my country, but 14 million? Keep it real. Depends on how good I was and the money. I'd be like, hey, US, Spain's offering me 14 million. What you got? Right. I'm gonna make them play each other back and forth. I'm gonna get the highest man. You're about you about to eBay my services.

SPEAKER_06 20:50

That's against the law Lou. We abolished that a couple hundred years ago.

SPEAKER_02 20:55

Oh that's not fair. I have a right to earn a living.

SPEAKER_06 21:02

You just can't sell you.

SPEAKER_02 21:05

You're right. That's crap.

SPEAKER_07 21:08

But if we sell you, it's fine.

SPEAKER_02 21:11

Oh, you know, kind of a side note, because this came up on Facebook and my Facebook, so one of the girls on my Facebook thread posted this. Colorado is looking at decriminalizing prostitution. My first thought was why is prostitution illegal in the first place? That is the dumbest thing ever.

SPEAKER_06 21:30

Because you can't regulate it and you can't get paid taxes on it.

SPEAKER_02 21:34

Which is what it's really about, right?

SPEAKER_07 21:35

Other than that, it's like it's always about money and time.

SPEAKER_02 21:38

It's like, what's why it's like that is the dumbest. If anybody it's like, hey, you're being uh arrested for a prostitute well, I'm sorry, solicitation. Uh let's be polite about it. You're being solicitation, whether you're the hooker or the John, it's a crime. It's like, if I want to give this bitch$100 to suck my dick, what's wrong with that? I don't understand. If she if she if she wants to do it. But it's no different, okay. It's like going to a bar, right? It's like, can I do I buy you a drink or just give you the 50 bucks and let's go? You know, it's the same fucking thing.

SPEAKER_07 22:14

But they're taxing the drink.

SPEAKER_03 22:18

No, I guess that's true. They're getting their eight percent off of you buying her a drink.

SPEAKER_06 22:22

But then also like public health risks and all that stuff, too. There has to be regular.

SPEAKER_02 22:29

That's regular.

SPEAKER_06 22:30

Right when it gets regulated. Exactly. So that's why it's illegal. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 22:35

More reason. More reason to regulate. More reason to decriminalize it, then I guess.

SPEAKER_07 22:40

But but yeah, then you'd have to you'd have to have regulations around it.

SPEAKER_02 22:44

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_07 22:45

And and the and the other problems. Hold on, hold on. Hold on. Hold on.

SPEAKER_02 22:50

Hold on, hold on, hold on. Not the same thing. Because it's not they're not making it legal, they're just decriminalizing it. So to make it legal would be would need the regulations.

SPEAKER_06 23:01

Okay, see, it's like when they decriminalized the pot.

SPEAKER_02 23:05

That's exactly the comparison.

SPEAKER_07 23:07

Okay. But but that goes against my selective uh religious beliefs, uh, you know, that I can't have somebody else getting a blowjob and getting paid for it uh that isn't me. I can do it, it's fine. But nobody else can.

SPEAKER_02 23:23

Wait, so you want to get paid for the blowjobs you give?

SPEAKER_07 23:27

No, I want to get paid for the blowjobs that are given to me.

SPEAKER_05 23:34

No, it goes against my selective religious beliefs.

SPEAKER_02 23:39

That would be a great prostitution ring, though. What are you? I'm a prostitute, really? What do you do? I get paid to get my dick sucked. Yep.

unknown 23:46

Oh.

SPEAKER_02 23:47

Hey, some some some women some women like giving it that much that they'll pay to suck your dick.

SPEAKER_00 23:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 24:01

Woo wee.

SPEAKER_06 24:04

That boy missed an open net and he lost it for the no, that was McKinnon.

SPEAKER_02 24:09

That was McKinnon.

SPEAKER_06 24:10

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 24:12

Nathan McKinnon missed the open net.

SPEAKER_06 24:14

Yeah. Shameful. Shameful.

SPEAKER_02 24:18

So bad. That's that that that picture you sent really should be on screens every time he misses for the rest of the season. Yep. But the religious side of the prostitution was where drama started in the Facebook. Some girl is talking about, it's putrid. I asked a question, what's putrid about it? She's like, you don't have the authority to regulate my speech. That's free speech. And she blocked me after I asked her a question. So you know they're in the wrong when they do that.

SPEAKER_07 24:47

If you can't have a debate, then you're probably wrong. I don't even I don't even think it's that they're in the wrong. They just don't actually believe it. Like their convictions aren't high enough. Yeah, they don't have a strong enough definition. Because if your question is what's putrid about it, I should be able, if I actually believed what I just said, I should be able to back it up with my Bam, dissertation. Right.

SPEAKER_02 25:11

Right. And honestly, I would have been fine with that, even if it was a religious side that she wanted to take, because that's her beliefs. So for her, it is putrid. But to not engage at all, I'm like, oh, you're one of those types. Have a good life. So sorry for your husband. Mm-hmm. I mean, assuming you have one, you might have you know sent him off to suicide.

SPEAKER_07 25:32

So because Lou is in drama at all. No.

SPEAKER_03 25:38

At all. Hell no.

unknown 25:41

See?

SPEAKER_03 25:42

Halo. Um. Halo. You keep saying that.

SPEAKER_05 25:48

You keep telling yourself that, Lou.

SPEAKER_02 25:49

Halo? Non-judgmental. I mean, this is how you have to be to live in this world. Politically neutral.

SPEAKER_05 26:00

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 26:01

You need to put that as the short. You need to put that as the short of Lou going, I'm not judgmental, and then 45-second clip of him being judgmental of every single fucking thing we've talked about for the last two years.

Lunar New Year And Zodiac Reveal

SPEAKER_06 26:12

Alright. So actually, that leads into the only topic I have. So tonight is the last night of the Chinese New Year. So I figured I would look up our Chinese signs, right?

SPEAKER_02 26:25

Wait, wait, does that mean the New Year starts tomorrow? Like what does that mean?

SPEAKER_06 26:28

No, it started tonight's like the celebration of it. So it's the last celebration. Exactly. Yes.

SPEAKER_02 26:36

Oh, okay. Okay. So it's a while now.

SPEAKER_06 26:40

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's I forget when it started. Earlier this month.

SPEAKER_03 26:45

Okay.

SPEAKER_06 26:46

So Liu is the wood rabbit because he was born in September of 1975. The rabbit is known as one of the most gentle and refined signs in the Chinese zodiac. The wood element adds warmth and flexibility. Core traits. Alright, don't laugh. Diplomatic and tactful, kind and compassionate, intelligent, but understated, peace-loving, and socially grateful.

SPEAKER_02 27:20

All true.

SPEAKER_07 27:22

Wow. That train went so far off the track. You started out so well. We were like, you were leaving the station, everything's going right. We literally are the we're literally the ant-man train running into the Oh, it gets better. Alright.

SPEAKER_06 27:36

So this is hanging out.

SPEAKER_02 27:37

Every one of these things is true. I'm I'm not I'm like trying to figure out what the problem is here. Just because I don't express that on this pod, that's the facts.

SPEAKER_06 27:48

So specifically, wood rabbits tend to be more cooperative and team oriented than other rabbits. They're creative and thoughtful, good at reading people. Those ones all actually all agree to me.

SPEAKER_04 28:00

That's true.

SPEAKER_06 28:03

Their strengths, excellent communication skills, calm under pressure, strong intuition, loyal friend and partner.

SPEAKER_02 28:14

Okay, so far, still true.

SPEAKER_06 28:16

Challenges. I want to save the best for last. Actually, okay, two out of three are so not Lou.

SPEAKER_03 28:25

Okay.

SPEAKER_06 28:25

Can overthink or worry. Avoids conflict, sometimes too much.

SPEAKER_02 28:36

Yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_06 28:37

May struggle with direct confrontation.

SPEAKER_07 28:42

The problem. Here's the thing though. When your whole life is conflict and direct confrontation, really you do, I mean, you can avoid it, right? Like if you're already setting the bar so high, like what what most people's expectation of what conflict and and direct confrontation is, is that's lose normal.

SPEAKER_02 29:01

Right? The goalpost is shifted with me.

SPEAKER_07 29:06

So yes, you do avoid conflicts because your life is conflict. So yes, uh, excessive conflict, yes, you do excessive conflict.

SPEAKER_02 29:15

That part is true. I'm always on the find out part. I'm not always the I'm not on the fuck around part. Just like I'll just leave things well enough. Except, you know how you like how many times have I said it? Except when it's somebody else in my circle. If we were at that bar in December, somebody fucked with me, it'd have been like, whatever. Somebody fucked with you three. Oh, I would have lost my year.

SPEAKER_06 29:36

Well, that leads into the relationship part. Seeks emotional security, prefers harmony over drama, and deeply loyal once committed.

SPEAKER_02 29:47

Okay, I would say that I I would say that what was the second one? What was the second one?

SPEAKER_06 29:52

Prefers harmony over drama.

SPEAKER_02 29:54

Oh, that's true. Because it now keep in mind, I like drama, I like other people's drama when I'm in a relationship. That way the two of us can talk about somebody else's drama. I'm okay with that. Basically. I don't want drama in my own shit. My own shit, I ain't got time for that. It's like, uh-uh. Uh, you got to go. Um so so it depends how you look at it. It's like, if you mean avoids drama within your own, yeah, absolutely. I don't want no part of that. That's Duke. Duke's the I don't want no drama. That's his number one thing right there.

SPEAKER_07 30:26

Well, we want to do that. Real quick, real quick.

SPEAKER_02 30:29

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 30:30

Uh February for 2026, uh Chinese New Year Eve, Chinese New Year's Eve was February 16th, New Year's Day was February 17th, In-Law's Day is February 18th, break five. Don't know what don't I don't know in-law's day or break five. That doesn't I just looked up what the dates were. I didn't look for description because it's February 21st, so that was yesterday. And then the Lantern Festival, which I'm guessing is the summation of everything, starts on March 3rd. So fancy.

SPEAKER_02 31:07

Oh, okay, so it's a two-week event.

SPEAKER_06 31:09

Like the Winter Olympics. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 31:12

Yeah.

Fire Dragon Traits Put To The Test

SPEAKER_06 31:13

So all right, so moving on to Duke. Okay, here we go. Fire Dragon. So that's bad. But because the New Year doesn't change till February, yeah, is still a fire dragon. Give me that. It's funny.

SPEAKER_02 31:30

Okay.

SPEAKER_06 31:31

It's funny because I had to argue with ChatGPT about it. Because well, I said, what's a Chinese zodiac for someone born January 24th? Whatever, right? And they're like, oh, it's the fire snake. So I'm like, but shouldn't that be the year of the dragon? ChatGPT was like, that's a great question, but it is not the year of the dragon. So it gives me all this other reasoning, and it says, so the correct sign is fire dragon, not snake. Thank you for catching that. I else smart to chat GPT.

SPEAKER_02 32:05

Fuck you, Cyberdyne.

SPEAKER_06 32:07

Dragons rotate through five elements wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. The fire dragon is considered the most dynamic and intense version of the dragon. Core personality traits. Confident and charismatic. Natural presence. People notice them. Ambitious. They think big and aim high. Independent. Prefer leading rather than following. Passionate. Strong emotions, strong opinions, bold decision makers, not afraid of risk. They tend to be all in personalities when they care about something, they go hard.

SPEAKER_02 32:44

You think that's true, Duke?

SPEAKER_07 32:46

I think for the most part, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 32:48

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 32:49

You? Alright.

SPEAKER_02 32:50

Well, I don't know. That's why I was asking the question. It was like, cause it those type of situ that that specific one? Yeah. Uh on I really haven't been around you for something that would apply to that. So I was like, oh, owner P. Yeah, that type of stuff. So I was like, is that something you you think is true for you? So okay, cool. Thanks.

SPEAKER_07 33:07

All right. What about you, Jack? What do you think? Um, yeah. What you know of me.

SPEAKER_06 33:12

Yeah. Strong opinions. The risk, eh. I mean, again. Oh. Although, when I did that, say, hey, my dad's kicking me out, you're like, bet, and we moved out the same day. So you're like, bye, grandma.

SPEAKER_01 33:28

We saw it coming. Saw it coming.

SPEAKER_06 33:32

That's my internet.

SPEAKER_01 33:35

Get a computer, buddy.

SPEAKER_07 33:37

Jack fucked you around and found out. So I think it's still recording. So I think we're still recording.

SPEAKER_02 33:45

I see it too. It was like, it was like time to move out. Bet. And then he'd leave. Couldn't have time that per me more perfect.

SPEAKER_07 33:52

Nope.

SPEAKER_02 33:53

It's like, sure as hell left. All right.

SPEAKER_07 33:56

D-text.

SPEAKER_02 33:59

Oh my god. That's funny. Yeah, I think he was. Oh, my internet. No. I wonder. So it makes me wonder, like, because he was he was talking about the he didn't think you were the high risk type. Do you think you're high risk type?

SPEAKER_07 34:12

No. I mean, I'm a I'm a measured risk type. Like, I there are situations that I've been in, like at work, where I will put my neck out on the line for like my group. Like, there have been jobs that I've lost because I've put my neck out for the group type of thing. Because I was the one that went, I was the one that was okay saying something, right? But that feeds into that leadership part, you know? Um so um I think it's selective risk. Like I'm not I don't I don't I'm not risky in everything I do, but there are certain aspects where you know if it yeah, if I see a benefit from it that if it's worth the risk, then I will, right? If that makes sense. Um Right.

SPEAKER_02 35:01

That whole risk reward thing. Yeah, it's if I'm gonna put my neck on the line, it needs to be motherfucking. It needs that value, and that value could be individual or for the team.

SPEAKER_07 35:10

Right. So as far as like day-to-day risk, probably not. Like I'm not a huge, like, you know, again, roller coaster, right? Nope. Like that type of thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Even though the risk is nominal in my head, but I don't even know, like, I mean, I guess you would depend on what your definition of risk is, I think would be the Yeah, that's true.

SPEAKER_02 35:35

Because some people you you say something, it's like, well, that's not risky at all, that's just something I do every day. And for them, they don't look at it that way.

SPEAKER_03 35:41

Right. Um so Yeah, all right. All right.

SPEAKER_06 37:21

I mean, yeah, you moved out with me, like as soon as my dad kicked me out, so I think you moved back to Oregon, right? After everything. So yeah, I mean I'm I'm down with that. Um, let's see. Okay, so strength, uh, strong leadership ability, courageous and competitive, energetic and driven, and inspires others.

SPEAKER_02 37:49

He's so competitive, he talked his Minnesota Vikings into thinking about bringing in Aaron Rodgers as their quarterback next year. Jesus Christ. I saw that. I saw that news two days ago.

SPEAKER_07 37:59

You shut your mouth. You shut your whore mouth.

SPEAKER_06 38:01

I thought you were avoiding conflict, Lou.

SPEAKER_02 38:05

I am. I don't have to conflict with the Pittsburgh Steelers anymore. They're moving on from Aaron Rodgers. No conflict. But yeah, I I I saw I did not hear about this all season, uh, like end of the season, obviously, so about a month and a half now. And then Friday, I saw some news that they might bring in Aaron Rodgers as their quarterback, and then Minnesota Viking, I was like, get out of here with that. Okay, Brett Favre.

SPEAKER_06 38:32

All right, so he can be impatient, may come off as blunt or dominant, struggles with being told what to do, can overcommit or burn out. Yep, I think all of those yes, yes and yes.

SPEAKER_02 38:50

Yeah, I was gonna say, I was like, I don't think he's gonna bitch about those ones.

SPEAKER_06 38:57

Um in relationships, fire dragons want admiration and loyalty. They need a partner who is confident, not passive, are fiercely protective of loved ones, and don't do well with jealousy or control.

SPEAKER_07 39:12

That's yep, that yep. I think that, you know. We'll have to wait for the comments from our uh from our people in our lives to find out how true those actually are, right, Lou?

SPEAKER_04 39:24

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_06 39:26

For real. Duke has this one, and Lou didn't, but uh career tendencies. Oh they thrive in roles where they lead, take initiative, make independent decisions, compete, or perform. Common themes, business leadership, entrepreneurship, management.

SPEAKER_02 39:45

That is definitely Duke. Uh I see, I've always talked about though, I can't be a leader. I I I need to be the one that corrects your fuck-ups. You make the decision, I'll tell you why it won't work.

SPEAKER_07 39:58

That's you don't actually want to make the decision or have any ownership over said decision. You just want to be like, No, no, no, no, no. I would have told you to be bitter.

Metal Monkey Breakdown And Banter

SPEAKER_02 40:06

It's not that. I I for whatever reason, this is totally serious. For whatever reason, I can't come up with the idea. I suck at coming up with the idea, but I'm great at correcting somebody else's. It's like, oh, that is a good idea. However, you do not account for blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But I could not come up with that initial idea. I've been like that since one of my first quote unquote career type jobs uh in Vegas at the antique mall back in like God, 1998, 99. Uh like I was the second, third in command, and then the top two would come up with something, and I'd be like, Yeah, no, that's not gonna work in here's what. Um, and then they would correct it. But it never crossed my mind to come up with the idea that they had. It's like, oh, we should try this. I'm like, oh yeah, that's actually we used to do it this way. Yeah, exactly. It's like, well, I'm thinking about this, then I'm like, oh, that's a good idea, except it's not gonna work unless you do this. I've always been like that. I don't I don't know why that is, but it's kind of weird to me. But I it's hard for me to come up with the idea, but I can I'm strong on correcting the idea. What is that commercial back 30 years ago? We don't come up with the idea, we make the things better. You know, that that type of mentality, whatever that commercial was, yeah. Um that that was me and always has been. If if we were in war, you're gonna come up with a strategy, I'm gonna tell you why it's gonna fail, and here's a better one. But I couldn't come up with the original strategy. So wild, wild, so wild.

SPEAKER_06 41:36

All right, now we're moving on to me. Uh August of 1980. I am the metal monkey.

SPEAKER_01 41:45

This guy.

SPEAKER_02 41:53

A monkey's throwing it up, man.

SPEAKER_07 41:57

The monkey weirdly, Jack's favorite Jack's favorite musician is Kenny G. Weird.

SPEAKER_02 42:04

I thought it was Yanni. He moved on.

SPEAKER_06 42:08

Yanni's more uh culturally relevant.

SPEAKER_02 42:13

Who doesn't love a pan flute?

SPEAKER_06 42:16

All right, metal monkey's personality. The monkey is clever, witty, and quick thinking. The metal element adds intensity, determination, and competitiveness. The core traits, highly intelligent and strategic, charismatic and humor. Stop right there. I mean, it's correct.

SPEAKER_07 42:35

Right. I always tell hey guys, let me tell you my core traits. I'm fucking Einstein.

SPEAKER_02 42:42

You know, it also it said highly intelligent, and he said strategic instead of strategic. In front of that word. But hey, whatever. Highly intelligent, yeah. Keep going.

SPEAKER_06 42:54

And then when dealing with you assholes, adaptable and resourceful, competitive and ambitious, independent-minded. Metal monkeys are often the most driven version of the monkey sign, less playful than other monkeys.

SPEAKER_02 43:10

Competitive. Yeah, just look at his cruise uh trophies.

SPEAKER_07 43:13

Yeah, yeah. The kids and adults he's slaughtered on every Disney cruise he goes on to make sure he gets the most amount of metals.

SPEAKER_01 43:24

He's got a predator wall of skull and his fine still.

SPEAKER_06 43:29

And they all have the second plates. They all have Mickey ears on them.

SPEAKER_01 43:33

Oh my god, that'd be so good.

SPEAKER_06 43:37

Alright, go on, sir. Alright, strengths, excellent problem solvers, fast learners, confident in social settings, and strong leadership potential. Social settings, not settings.

SPEAKER_02 43:48

Good guy. So throw away that intelligence one.

SPEAKER_06 43:52

I'm still hung over for my morning hockey beers.

SPEAKER_02 43:56

Uh fair.

SPEAKER_07 43:57

How do you feel that uh that applies to you, Richard Jackson?

SPEAKER_06 44:00

Uh I'm a good problem solver. That's true.

SPEAKER_02 44:03

Okay, I I yeah, I would support that.

SPEAKER_06 44:05

I'm a fast learner, I'll give you that. Social settings depends on if I want to be. Strong leadership potential, I guess. But like Lou, I don't come up with the good ideas.

Trio Compatibility And Roles

SPEAKER_07 44:19

But you, I mean, we've talked a bunch, especially in the last year, year and a half, about the supervisor stuff and you know the things that you would do and the changes that you would make to try. to improve your kind of working conditions and also the the the the knowledge base that that you guys have going forward just having that be something inherent as opposed to like having to learn it with sitting with somebody right like those types of things I think that that's leadership there you know all right all right um challenges can be stubborn may get bored easily sometimes overly critical and can appear calculating well you know what though that's a hundred percent true but most of the time you keep it to yourself yeah a lot of your overcritic you're like you're like you think it but you don't say it all the time this is true unless you've been drinking oh for oh 100% and woo wee like I wonder what Jack thinks about me lately get the drinks shots shots hang on hang on shots like hey let's do shots yeah shots hey jack how did you feel about me not working for eight months you lazy motherfucking monkey mud sorry ass no I'm the monkey yeah oh that's right you're the monkey you fucking lazy rabbit sorry ass wood motherfucker all right in relationships needs mental stimulation attracted to confidence and strength loyal but needs independence doesn't enjoy clinginess yeah that's probably true because your girl's definitely not clingy yeah and very confident yeah this is true so and then it compared all three of us so I asked are we compatible friends short answer yes but in a very big personality and balance kind of way this isn't a boring trio so the dragon and monkey have very strong compatibility it's one of the more naturally aligned pairings on the Chinese zodiac dynamics both are confident and mentally sharp dragon brings bold vision monkey brings strategy and clever execution they hype each other up instead of shrinking each other down potential issue though power struggle neither loves being second overall fire emoji high energy ambitious friendship what do you think about that yeah I don't think that we ever like tear each other down like fuck yeah we're gonna do this like yeah so I mean I mean I would say I would say in the twenty twenty years we've known each other the almost 25 years almost 30 closer to closer to 30 closer to 30. Like I think the biggest like thing that you could say was like damaging to our relationship or the thing that could have damaged the relationship is when we lived together and then we split up like that whole window of time was super super stressful and dramatic on multiple fronts um we still hang out every weekend though was that we did still hang out every weekend though oh yeah that did not stop um but I'm just I'm trying to go back and think of like chaos in our friendship right and I think that was like the one time that that happened like outside of that our I feel like our relationship has been super super harmonious. I don't think we're competitive really with each other at all. No and so like I don't think that the the whole like coming in second has ever been an issue we don't I don't think we look at the majority of the stuff that we do as a competition. Like we'll have competition in our own lives and we'll boost each other up from that but I don't feel like as far as head to head we've had much you know I mean and and I think a lot of that stuff too like we just never you know when it comes to I think what a lot of that stuff comes down to is like you know relationships girls jobs that type of stuff we've been on such different career paths and different relationship paths for you know most of our our the our whole time we've known each other that it hasn't really come up as far as a number one or a number two. So I can say that we're not competing for the same thing.

SPEAKER_02 49:03

So what was what was the part what what was the part that wasn't harmonious the move out part. What was I I don't know the story so like what was not harmonious Well it's not that it was not harmonious.

SPEAKER_06 49:17

I mean like Duke moved out our rent went up or some shit and he's like nope I'm out and then that's when he moved to Anaheim and then um a year two years later is when I moved out here yeah yeah yeah yeah and then my brother moved in with me and then um I don't know a year two later is when I moved out here and then shortly after Duke moved up to Portland and we didn't see each other for a minute.

SPEAKER_07 49:44

Yeah yeah yeah I think I came and visited you like a couple times like over the course of or we saw each other like we happen to both be in I think shit I think I already lived out here when we did um the Rose pressure BCC or something I think so yeah so yeah so we met up for that um uh celebration five in Florida so I mean we still saw each other it just wasn't like a lot and I don't know if they still charged for text messages back then too so maybe we didn't text each other as much but you also had that was like your your your life like had a lot of stuff going on right you know getting married having kids all that kind of stuff like you were you know there was a different window you were going through a different phase of your life that I wasn't going through and so there wasn't like um you know after I moved out and and and Milt moved in like I like the fact that we can refer to him as Milt because nobody's gonna like look be able to look that up right um like yeah we still hung out like you were saying we still hung out every weekend but then when you moved and then I moved like or I moved then you moved like it was uh you know I I think it just took us a while to kind of get back on the same page with things you know like your family needed to come together and kind of grow and that type of thing and and you kind of got to define find your balance right I think when you have like a young family it can be hard to try to make time for other people and then I was also going through my own shit up here as well you know I think the distance also probably had something to do with it too you know um so it was that we're both here so it it wasn't so much that it was it was disharmonious that like that there was no discontent there was no discourse no problem it was just all circumstantial life yeah yeah yeah yeah but it was just I think it was a very chaotic time right like because it kind of came up out of nowhere like there was you know that a lot happened all at once yeah gotcha okay all right so that happened all right then all right please go on all right so my favorite the dragon and the rabbit opposites that can balance or irritate whatever they mean they're already right I it doesn't make a lot of sense because dragon is direct intense and dominant whereas rabbit is diplomatic sensitive and peacekeeping which one of us is higher John let me check the magic eight ball um rabbit smooths dragon's rough edges and dragon protects rabbit I do love me some Lou regardless of I mean I was gonna say we're all said and done that that fact at the at the end of the day regardless of how ignorant Lou is I still love him like a brother right and when Duke makes comments like that I still got his back so any potential issue Dragon may feel that rabbit avoids confrontation rabbit feels dragon is too blunt okay chat GPT you gotta pick two shit because I was on board up until this window of time and now I'm like yeah I got that backwards okay overall it works well if there's mutual respect obviously there is yeah that's the key I mean dude I we I I don't have to say it but I'm gonna say it for the fans out there we all know how each other are Duke knows that I'm pushing buttons half the time if not more than half the time and and it's like but at the end of the day he knows that I respect the shit out of him and I love him and I got his back no matter fucking what the rest of it is all dude we're just having fun yeah and then the other half of the time Jack's pushing buttons pushing your buttons and then absolutely absolutely absolutely look y'all a is fucking with B is fucking with C is fucking with A. That's just how it works in our world there have been many a morning that I've woken up and looked at my text messages and gone oh shit here we go again because because Jack will just show up in chat and just be like oh here's a Molotov cocktail. Bye I gotta go to work oh I gotta take the kids to school oh and then like four pages later Lou is like and that's why I think Jane Austen is a terrible writer and I'm like come on Lou like you could have just said because she's white and that would have been fried but you oh my God fuck you Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice and zombies though.

SPEAKER_02 54:49

Oh now we're talking bruh I had that conversation after after weathering heights on Tuesday uh talking about that how how good that was you know you just you had to read when you're in 10th grade uh that beloved uh pride and prejudice and that brought up pride and prejudice and zombies and then and then she was like where have I seen that I'm like oh yeah it's it's in my uh my my voodoo queue because I actually own that movie that Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter which was really good actually I mean it is Abe Lincoln yep okay all right take us home Jack Monkey and Rabbit mentally compatible emotionally different both are intelligent and socially aware monkey is playful and sharp rabbit is calm and thoughtful monkey can help rabbit loosen up rabbit helps monkey slow down I mean I think Lou is born in the wrong year yeah yeah the wrong decade let's be real not the wrong year the wrong decade uh potential issue monkey sarcasm or competitiveness could overwhelm rabbits nah well maybe I'm in the middle of doing something I'm on fucking Google looking up Disney shit yeah yeah overall good as long as communication stays kind yeah but I think I I think I agree with that like I think you know when Lou isn't pushing buttons and when Lou isn't fired up about some if Lou isn't upset about something happening like directly in the sphere like he can be very calm and very measured and very the problem is I think people take that sometimes they take that the wrong way because I think again like he's just sharing his truth right and he can do that in a very measured calm way.

SPEAKER_07 56:55

He's not he generally doesn't raise his voice and get upset when he is just having a conversation right like he's not and he you're generally not super super animated unless again you're pushing buttons or you're it's something that really hits home right like if there's something happening with the family or with the friends or whatever.

SPEAKER_02 57:15

Like that needs to be a civil conversation it's a civil conversation if it doesn't or I can get away with it not being it's like there there's a sense of control on where I have to be.

SPEAKER_07 57:25

Yeah.

Chaos Scenarios And Superhero Ethics

SPEAKER_02 57:26

And I do notice I didn't notice this until recently though um I didn't realize how much I adjust that tone with a different circle I'm in like with this group I'm gonna say it this way and then with this group I'm gonna say it this way then with this group I'm gonna say it this way but I'm gonna say the same thing.

SPEAKER_07 57:42

Yeah. That's your social intelligence I could see that between the two of you like just in my interactions right like all right so as a trio this group actually works because each fills a different role dragon has the drive and momentum monkey has the strategy and humor rabbit has the emotional intelligence and balance if this is your friend group I guess one pushes plans one critiques the plans one makes sure nobody's feelings gets crushed there we go I yeah I think oh that is hilariously correct. Or or with Jack sometimes it's intentional that somebody's feelings are going to get crushed that's not bad chemistry. That's functional chemistry.

SPEAKER_06 58:31

Yeah yeah the cool part about that the cool part about that is it's not always the same one having the same role every time also true so then it says if you want tell me which one you are and I'll give you your role in the trio so I said I'm the monkey said all right metal monkey and a dragon and rabbit trio that's a powerful set to be a seat to be in you're basically the strategist instigator and comic relief all in one I mean you are the reason that we're here you are the reason that all three of us are here right now.

SPEAKER_02 59:06

I mean right so with the fire dragon this is your power pairing dragon brings bold let's do this you think okay but here's how we win you're faster mentally dragon is stronger and raw whoa hang on you put that in that's not even actually right didn't he say he was fucking with chat GPT earlier here you go when he said he was the monkey chat GPT's like oh you're amazing you're such a good person Jack your questions are so awesome right you corrected me earlier so you must be the You must be so smart all right please go on I'm sorry okay dragon is stronger and raw force together you're dangerous in a productive way you probably tease them challenge them and secretly enjoy keeping up with them there can be eagle clashes but it's usually competitive fun not fragile I mean if there is one but I I can't even see y'all having that kind of clash I have I remember seeing it so yeah I don't think our egos have ever yeah agree that that's hypothetical I think is what that is I mean video games out and about in the world like we've always I feel like been very compatible as far as our end goal at the end of the day right like yeah as as is in this comparison of a monkey and monkey and dragon and you have a third party looking outside looking in yeah that I'm with you there there is not that that ego it's like I said that's a hypothetical what may have happened if that so scenario ever comes up but in the you know 20 years that I've known you yeah that's not a thing.

SPEAKER_07 1:00:49

All right all right the wood rabbit this is where your awareness matters rabbit is more emotionally tuned in you're sharper and more sarcastic you can read people quickly including rabbits so did you put wait sorry was this you you said you were the rabbit or is this your real sorry no yeah yeah no this is me with the wood rabbit in the tree okay okay okay because it said what I was making sure you hadn't you hadn't said I'm the rabbit and it was telling you what I said I'm the monkey so it said this is your role with these guys in this crack okay if you're not careful your humor might feel cutting to them and if you're careful you become their protector and social shield yeah I mean I think there's a little fucking say that in public yeah honestly like bruh you can't do that you can't say that or Jack is the Jack is the one in the middle of the Comic Con floor saying Lou it's not worth it just chill out it's fine where Lou's like getting ready to take his shoes off about to punch somebody in the the the BB create line and Jack's the one that was another flash panel it was one time there was only one flash panel that one time that day there's only one time that day I mean it's not like not like anybody had water bottles flipping them around trying to hit people with them but yeah I think I mean I think that's I yeah I I wouldn't disagree with that rabbit likely grounds you keeps you from burning bridges and reminds you when to soften thank you because Lou will be happy to burn those bridges for you Lou's like nah nah it's not worth it as he sets fire to said bridge he's like I got you bro you can keep this relationship healthy because I'm ruining it that's my superpower as the monkey overall you're probably the one who sees patterns first gets bored the fastest keeps conversations interesting this is spot on pushes buttons just to see what happens doesn't like being underestimated do you feel like we've ever underestimated you no well except when we started this podcast and you were both decided like it'll last a week it's fine fuck that guy we'll do it to make him happy I had it I had it at three weeks not one come on give us some credit but that's the metal element makes me more driven and less flaky than other monkeys that's why we're still here on this compatibility summary yes you two you three can absolutely be compatible friends it works if dragon respects your intelligence he's a fucking moron I respect rabbit's pussy ass sensitivity rabbit doesn't try to control either of you yeah I'm rude oh my feelings are hurt nobody turns disagreements into the city this is the last podcast season man series finale oh well but this one I think is important nobody turns disagreements into dominance battles that's true yeah so I don't think any of us try to dominate the other one yeah definitely dogs humping each other no man you you got personalities obviously very strong very different but again very respectful very loving so it's like okay like like everybody who's watched this last couple years know politically Duke and I are on opposite sides.

SPEAKER_02 1:04:59

But it's okay nobody gets like okay so what? It's like I'm not going with him to Disneyland. I'm not going if he's we don't do that bullshit that half the other country fucking does. It's so stupid. We can understand that you have your beliefs because of your life experiences you have your reasons and we respect the shit out of that. You're like this because of this uh you're like this or that because of that and it's okay. And like like like how like we all three of us said all three of us will fuck with each other for the sake of fucking with each other knowing it's not serious. Nobody has taken true personal attacks on anybody and never have.

SPEAKER_06 1:05:36

And that's where the next part of this goes. So Chat GPT says now I'm curious in real life are you the one who stirs things up on purpose or only when bored? So I said a little bit of both and it said that tracks perfectly for a metal monkey. A little bit of both is basically your brand you don't stir things up to cause chaos you stir things up because you're bored you see a flaw in the plan you want to test the room or you just want to see how people react and honestly in your trio that's not a bad thing. So this is how it plays out with your crew you poke the dragon just a little to see if they'll rise to it and they usually do the dynamic probably looks like competitive banner one upmanship oh yeah watch this but it keeps things exciting dude's like hold my beer He's like, hold my earring. Yeah. And then we get to the fucking rabbit again. This is where your little bit of both matters most. Rabbit likely laughs at your jokes, dot dot dot, but sometimes feels them more deeply than they show.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:51

If you use your only the black jokes. No, no, only the black jokes. Then he's all like, see, Lou really is black. Like, nah, stop that shit. No.

SPEAKER_06 1:07:04

If you use your intelligence to read the room, you can adjust just enough to keep things fun without bruising feelings. You're so sensitive. Um, let's see. The real strength of the metal monkey, you are highly perceptive, socially agile, mentally fast. Thank you, ChatGPT. Strategic without making it obvious.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:39

Well, clearly ChatGPT is broken.

SPEAKER_07 1:07:42

Yeah. I don't know. Jack forgot to do the question. ChatGPT, was there anything else? Yes, pay me all the compliments like a giant sloppy blowjob. And then ChatGPT's like, okay, Metal Monkey, you're the smartest person in the room and the most socially agile.

SPEAKER_06 1:08:04

That says, and now I have to ask, when you do stir things up, is it more teasing or full debate mode? I said teasing. This is textbook italics, Metal Monkey Energy. You're not trying to win an argument. You're trying to keep things lively, test reactions, keep egos humble, and make sure nobody gets too serious. With your trio, it actually works well.

SPEAKER_02 1:08:27

Have you seen his Facebook page?

SPEAKER_06 1:08:30

No. Not in a long time. Unfortunately, internal affairs has. Teasy and the dragon is probably your favorite sport. They're confident they can take a hit and they'll fire right back. That back and forth is likely electric, competitive, but fun. As long as neither of you turns it into a dominance mode, it's just high-level banter.

SPEAKER_02 1:08:57

Exactly. All fun.

SPEAKER_06 1:09:00

But with the rabbit, this is where your emotional radar matters. The rabbit might laugh outwardly, but process inwardly.

SPEAKER_07 1:09:10

Lou is crying inside in every podcast.

SPEAKER_01 1:09:14

Not until after it's over. It's fine. Guys, guys, I gotta go make a steak. Guys, I gotta go hungry. I'm so hungry now. I already killed it.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:25

I want to stick around crying.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:28

I wanna stick around and do more of this, getting beat up, but I have to pee. Yeah, that's what really it is. I have to pee.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:34

My bladder is full. It's coming out of my eyes. I'm sorry, just stop looking. That's how full it is. My eyeball, my eyeballs are floating. I have yellow tears.

SPEAKER_07 1:09:48

You need to drink more water, Lou. Jesus.

SPEAKER_01 1:09:53

Oh god.

SPEAKER_06 1:09:55

And honestly, this trio works because dragons bring the fire, monkey brings the spark, and rabbit keeps it from becoming a forest fire. So I don't know about uh this um rabbit thing. But like I think maybe a fire rabbit.

Old Apartment Memories

SPEAKER_07 1:10:18

Like it from a from a perspective though, like because Lou is Lou is a big instigator on a lot of things, and I think he could do that a lot more if he wanted to, but he doesn't out of respect for the room. Right. Right. So I feel like that's where the you know, I think he could be because Lou is very, very opinionated on a lot of things, which isn't a bad thing, but I think he modulates that to keep things moving forward, right? He doesn't like being stuck on one thing for too long, like he wants to talk about it and move on. And I think he I'm talking like you're not even here, Lou. But I gotcha, I gotcha. Yeah, do you know what I'm saying? Like, and I don't maybe that's maybe I'm reading you wrong, but I always that's how I've always felt is is sometimes you can't help yourself depending on what the topic is, but I think we cover a lot of topics that you could dominate the conversation more, but you acquiesce, right?

SPEAKER_02 1:11:21

I I would a hundred percent agree with that. There is definitely, especially over the last year, there's been a lot of times where it's absolutely ready, aim, fire, but then there are some topics where I'm so emotional that it's ready, fire, aim. And it's like, okay, and then you get off of it, right? You move on. But I think you're spot on about that. There's been a a lot of times it's like, eh, that one's not worth it. It's like, oh, let's poke the bear. No, that one's not worth poking that bear. Like, oh, this one will be fun. Let's do this one. There's been a lot of that. That's just my life, though. I mean, I would say it definitely applies to the three of us.

SPEAKER_07 1:11:54

Poking the dragon.

SPEAKER_02 1:11:55

Yeah, poking the dragon. Poking the dragon or spanking the monkey, so either way.

SPEAKER_06 1:12:04

Chromin's the metal monkey. Oh, man. Plant my shiny metal ass.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:13

Moging metal fucking metal. Seriously, that would be such a badass tattoo. Just a monkey doing that shit.

SPEAKER_07 1:12:19

20 2027 in LA. Let's do it.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:24

Start start calling Duke Uncle Iroh that fire dragon action from Avatar.

SPEAKER_03 1:12:29

And it's like, man. And Lou.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:31

Like, alright.

SPEAKER_07 1:12:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:34

Yeah, that'll be later.

SPEAKER_07 1:12:36

Lou's not thumper, he's Humper.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:39

It's like, wait till this pod's over, Lou's gonna thumper. You don't have to worry about that.

SPEAKER_07 1:12:46

Is that what craning or Lou to get a little thumper tattoo so bad right now, though? Just start of a giant Bambi back piece that.

SPEAKER_01 1:13:01

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:03

So why do you have a thumper tramp stamp? Don't worry about it.

SPEAKER_05 1:13:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 1:13:07

Well, if right a little Bambi two Bambi sprawled out of my podcast, you will find out eventually.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:13

On the bright side, the fur will be real.

SPEAKER_06 1:13:17

And gray at this point. Yeah. Accurate.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:23

Found my my second gray pube. It's a tramp stamp, not oh. That's a that's a different stamp. That that that tattoo that tattoo will be Chewbacca, because there's always some hair there.

SPEAKER_07 1:13:43

How did Chewbacca's jowls get so big? Don't ask. They're hanging to your knees. His jowls.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:55

That'll be the sound she makes when she's on it.

SPEAKER_04 1:13:58

Oh.

SPEAKER_07 1:14:05

Oh Lord.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:07

Oh man.

SPEAKER_07 1:14:08

How did you feel reading that, Jack? Did you feel like that was pretty, for the most part, pretty spot on?

SPEAKER_06 1:14:13

Yeah. I mean, I mean, that's how all this um horoscope kind of junk is, right? It's all pretty general and generic, yeah. Can't apply to anyone. Yeah. So um, but no, I mean, it makes sense. Right?

SPEAKER_07 1:14:33

I mean, I do poke the bear enough that but you never do it in like a malevolent way. No.

SPEAKER_06 1:14:40

It's always no, it's never to be mean. It's to be true. You just want to see what happens, right? I mean that's what I'm saying.

SPEAKER_02 1:14:48

He's don't forget, Jack's got that dark knight energy, man, that whole uh want to see the shit burn for the sake of seeing it burn. Um and I ain't gonna lie, so do I sometimes. It's like it would be kind of cool. I don't know what happens. Like, uh okay, this is random way out there, but also like, wouldn't it be cool? It it it wouldn't, but wouldn't it be cool if like all the nuclear bombs in China that are hidden in their silos all blew up at once? Um and then see what happens to the rest of the world. So that that's crossed my mind a couple times.

SPEAKER_06 1:15:19

That happened. It's called Fallout. You can watch that on Amazon Prime.

SPEAKER_07 1:15:23

Yeah, Amazon Prime.

SPEAKER_02 1:15:25

No, they fired your missiles.

SPEAKER_07 1:15:26

No, but don't sponsor us, never mind. No, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:15:29

No, they totally fired. I'm just talking about there's an accident, timing, electronics, Skynet, whatever, and then just all the underground bunkers that like I won't count the submarines and all China has stationists, but only in their country, and they just all blew up.

SPEAKER_07 1:15:43

So I I guess I have two questions. Number one, why only China?

SPEAKER_02 1:15:48

Oh, I was watching TikTok or something, and you know how they're they're Chinese.

SPEAKER_07 1:15:52

So because I think if every one of those did happen, if like that did happen, I mean it would be a world, like it wouldn't just be like nuclear fallout doesn't respect borders.

SPEAKER_02 1:16:02

No, no, it just doesn't want them to launch.

SPEAKER_06 1:16:05

He wants them to explode in the bunker.

SPEAKER_02 1:16:06

If the technical glitch, yeah, they just blow up in the facility all at once.

SPEAKER_07 1:16:12

I mean, you would probably still look be looking at mass amounts of fallout.

SPEAKER_02 1:16:18

Oh, yeah. If that little bit, one instance of in Chernobyl caused enough in their uh uh what I guess the the the the radius, the area that they had. Um we don't know the numbers in China, but we have to imagine it's a lot of missiles and all this. That whole region, I don't know that it would be a global catastrophe uh to to a fallout scale, but it would be absolutely horrendous. I mean, it weather patterns, the earth moving, things are going to happen, it's going to affect everyone. But I would be curious of what that would be, what what effect that would be. And it was just, I don't know, needs to be a movie, a book, something, but every once in a while, it's not going to come up with it, but he'll criticize the shit out of it while you're writing it.

SPEAKER_06 1:17:00

That's what I'm saying.

SPEAKER_02 1:17:01

Let somebody write this shit so I can edit it. God damn. But yeah, I think I think of random shit like that all the time. Uh the whole, what is it, uh, homelander situation? Like if that was real and there really was a homelander, you know, and and it was like all US this, US that. And then I was like, oh, maybe if I ever had the powers to be like Superman, I would never die. I wouldn't uh there'd be so much peace on this world because I'd kill everybody who wasn't peaceful.

SPEAKER_01 1:17:34

Nice and simple. Until they were Homelander.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:37

Until they saw your racist father and he killed you. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:17:43

Well my racist uh my white wife had to kill her.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:46

Yeah. Negro lover.

SPEAKER_02 1:17:56

Oh, but yeah, in that scenario, I would totally be Homelander. Um I would enforce it.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:00

Of course you would be Homelander.

SPEAKER_02 1:18:02

I I would I I would enforce my capital punishment for all crimes, you know, it's like there'd be no crime in my world. Everybody be peaceful, and if not, it'd just kill you. So it'd be so much easier. And then we'd and all the people who are like, oh, I'm not standing, I'm not putting up for that, and it'd blow off their heads. Think about all the resources the rest of the people would have in this world because all the dumbasses got killed.

SPEAKER_06 1:18:29

Lou is like a bloody San O'S. So just make him disappear. Lou needs to get a job.

SPEAKER_07 1:18:36

Lou needs to get a job because he has way too much fucking free time right now, is all I'm hearing.

SPEAKER_02 1:18:45

Oh man. Or maybe send them to the moon, like like build a facility. I'm I'm Superman, so I can just fly it to the moon. And then take all those assholes. Okay, we won't have to kill anybody, we'll just take them to the moon and let them defend for themselves.

SPEAKER_07 1:18:59

Like a moon in Australia? Did I forget to put air there? Shit.

SPEAKER_02 1:19:05

It it'd be in the facility until they screwed it up, which they would. And that'd be their problem, not mine. I gave them a chance. They could they could have lived peacefully in the moon. They still chose not to. And I tell them you don't you don't you don't deserve to be on the planet.

SPEAKER_07 1:19:20

But what about the Nazis on the far side of the moon, Lou?

SPEAKER_02 1:19:24

They're already there, they're fine.

SPEAKER_07 1:19:25

Yeah. The dark side of the moon. I don't even know how long the podcast is right now. That's the problem. Yeah, I mean the unrelated for some.

SPEAKER_02 1:19:40

Oh, okay. So we're about right. Because when I jumped, remember I told you I logged off, logged back on, it was at 36 minutes when I logged back on. So there had to be been like five minutes.

SPEAKER_07 1:19:48

Yeah, don't forget to Jack, don't forget to leave the five minutes of Lou and I going, I guess he's gone. Right? Yep, bet.

SPEAKER_02 1:19:57

That was funny. The timing was was perfect. Yeah. Because then you moved out, click. It was like, wow, you really did move out. That's that's how he felt when I moved out on him.

SPEAKER_07 1:20:08

Yeah. I was there one minute and the next minute I wasn't.

SPEAKER_02 1:20:12

You don't know what happened. It's the end of Sopranos all over again.

SPEAKER_07 1:20:17

I do miss that apartment. I think we had a really good apartment. I like that apartment a lot.

SPEAKER_03 1:20:24

Those are the days.

SPEAKER_02 1:20:25

Movie-wise, uh, Jack, what'd you what'd you think of killing?

SPEAKER_06 1:20:31

I enjoyed it. That was the secret movie, by the way, real quick for everybody. That was Monday's somebody should have gone over the script one last time to make it flow a little better.

SPEAKER_02 1:20:43

Oh, okay. Yep, we said the same thing. Um, but the first half was great.

SPEAKER_03 1:20:47

Yes.

SPEAKER_06 1:20:48

But as they were trying to wrap it all up, I was like, eh, eh. It it just didn't mesh all the way for me.

SPEAKER_02 1:20:57

Not to mention it wasn't very satisfying either. It wasn't a very satisfying ending.

SPEAKER_06 1:21:00

Yeah. But some people say homegirl was in on it the whole time, and I'm like, no? I think there's no way. But you know, my wife said she was. I'm like, no, she wasn't.

SPEAKER_02 1:21:13

The part the part that I didn't get is why his wife abandoned him when he was not guilty.

SPEAKER_03 1:21:22

Right?

SPEAKER_02 1:21:23

I didn't get that. There's no explanation of that at all. Because when the when the evidence came up of the trial that's yeah, totally. All the circumstantial well, the movies in theaters already, so it's been out for at least three days.

SPEAKER_06 1:21:41

So And this doesn't air until Tuesday, so you got time.

SPEAKER_02 1:21:47

Yeah. So there's all the circumstances circumstantial evidence going on in the courtroom, she was on his side, and then this and then this evidence came up that she wasn't on his side. Then it turns out he's not guilty, so why wasn't she back on his side? It's like, oh, you really didn't do it. But she ditched him anyway. I didn't get that. That to me seemed like lazy was like, oh, let's just get her out of here. We won't explain why.

SPEAKER_06 1:22:11

Exactly. Let's make it if they did it for the sake of uh the weird ending.

SPEAKER_02 1:22:18

Yeah, so they could split up, yeah. So so it was like, alright, again, the first the first uh 45 minutes hour was way better than the last half hour, and I enjoyed that first half of it. That was pretty funny. Things that were happening, it was like, alright, this is pretty cool.

SPEAKER_07 1:22:36

Uh it came in number six days this past weekend, by the way.

SPEAKER_02 1:22:42

What happened? It came in number six.

SPEAKER_07 1:22:45

It came in number six. It made uh three million.

SPEAKER_02 1:22:48

Did the goat made top three?

SPEAKER_07 1:22:51

Goat was number one. Oh, really? Number one, wow. People are like that bit. 17 million dollars. It has made uh$58 million total so far. No, I'll just wait for hoppers. I'm good. Number two is weathering heights. Number three, I can only number three was I Can Only Imagine Two.

SPEAKER_03 1:23:13

Oh yeah. It's like Christmas. The Churchy Rock Story or something. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 1:23:17

Ah.

SPEAKER_03 1:23:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 1:23:18

Uh number three, number four was Crime 101, and number five was on my list.

SPEAKER_02 1:23:26

Okay. Uh this uh no secret movie Monday, but Tuesday, we last Tuesday we saw Wuthering Heights, enjoyed it, even with all the cackly little girls in there just losing their minds. Uh whatever.

SPEAKER_07 1:23:39

Um I think there's going to be a movie that you shouldn't be upset that women are in or what girls are in fucking Wuthering Heights. Like if you go in expecting there not to be. I'm just saying.

SPEAKER_02 1:23:52

Like it it wasn't that. It was just it was just like if there's a sex scene, these girls are all acting like they're 12, and they're mainly high school and college girls, but they're acting pre-teenish. And it was like uh it was more it was entertaining, don't get me wrong, I was laughing at them the whole time. So it helped the movie, not that it needed it. Um but it was just wild. I mean, me and five other dudes in that theater, and the theater was packed.

SPEAKER_06 1:24:17

Um uh Margot's boobs, yes, no?

SPEAKER_02 1:24:21

No.

SPEAKER_06 1:24:22

Uh what did Mr. Skin say, Jack? Oh, they didn't send me my uh check this week, so fuck those guys. Mr. Skin did send me a mail about uh Dove Cameron being naked in her new show 56 hours on um Amazon. So yes, I will be Dove Cameron. I yeah. She's a Disney girl.

SPEAKER_02 1:24:51

Oh AF. So you wait for these 16-year-olds to turn 18 to tell what's going on?

SPEAKER_06 1:24:57

Just saying. Bruh, she's like 30 or something now, so whatever.

SPEAKER_02 1:25:01

I'm about to say, why aren't you sharing this stuff? When they hit 18, man, you gotta hit forward on that link.

SPEAKER_06 1:25:06

Because I'm not a creeper, Lloyd.

SPEAKER_07 1:25:07

Wait till they hit 30.

SPEAKER_06 1:25:08

Thank you.

SPEAKER_07 1:25:09

You're you're the opposite, you're the the anti-Leonardo DiCaprio. Yeah. I wait till she can collect a discount at Wendy or Denny's. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:25:22

Nah. She can buy cigarettes, she's good.

SPEAKER_07 1:25:26

That's still 21. She's not post-menopausal. I don't want anything to do with her. That's Jack's motto.

SPEAKER_03 1:25:38

Um that's good.

SPEAKER_07 1:25:39

I did see Mercy finally. I saw that last week.

SPEAKER_03 1:25:42

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_07 1:25:45

I don't remember that. Which one was that?

SPEAKER_02 1:25:47

Uh the one the court one with Chris Pratt.

SPEAKER_07 1:25:50

Yeah, Chris Pratt. Oh, I didn't tell one, yeah. Okay. That's why I'm going to go. I mean, again, at the end when it was like, AI's good. You're like, it's not, but cool. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 1:26:01

Yeah, that movie, uh, we'll talk about it more when Jack sees it, but that movie had uh a lot of potential, a lot of angles it could have taken, and it didn't take any of them.

SPEAKER_07 1:26:08

Yeah. Yeah. It was very I mean, yeah. Again, like we've talked about this before. When I can tell what the how the end of the movie's gonna end in the first half an hour, like because again, I don't go into a movie looking for that, but if you just make it so fucking obvious, like Right.

SPEAKER_02 1:26:26

You can't help but to notice it.

SPEAKER_07 1:26:27

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:26:29

So and then uh you got anything this Tuesday?

SPEAKER_03 1:26:33

Uh I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 1:26:34

We haven't talked about it. I got our tickets yesterday. We're going to uh good luck, have fun, don't die.

SPEAKER_07 1:26:41

Nice. I I we might go see that. That might be, yeah. Definitely.

SPEAKER_02 1:26:45

It looks so fun. It looks so fun. It was that or crime 101, and I don't think she's that excited about crime 101, so I might see that one on my own. Um and then I think Oh, you actually care about a woman's excitement level, Lou?

SPEAKER_06 1:26:59

Wow.

SPEAKER_02 1:27:01

I mean, are are we in the bedroom? Are we in the bedroom, Jackson?

SPEAKER_03 1:27:05

We are not, so it doesn't matter. We can care outside.

SPEAKER_07 1:27:14

It might be, yeah, might do the have fun, don't die. I've heard that's a real fun movie.

SPEAKER_02 1:27:19

So it definitely looks it. So um, and then I think we're gonna take because the the one after that, the next one after that was probably be Hoppers, but I think because we're gonna take uh her little one to see that one, we'll watch something else on that.

SPEAKER_03 1:27:32

Well, yeah, you got the Scream this week. On my own.

SPEAKER_02 1:27:35

That's on my own. So yeah, I'll probably watch Scream uh Friday morning for the matinee price, since there isn't one on Thursday, those assholes. Um trying to make me pay an extra four dollars.

SPEAKER_07 1:27:51

Yep, that is a large fiction. Pulp fiction's gonna be in the theaters two weeks.

SPEAKER_02 1:27:57

Yeah. What we got, 35th anniversary?

SPEAKER_07 1:28:03

Uh yeah, I think so. Damn.

SPEAKER_06 1:28:05

Maybe I'll take my oldest to see that. Pulp fiction? Yeah. She likes going to the movies so it's easier to make her watch an old movie. If I'm like, hey, we'll go to the theater. Um, let's sit on the couch and watch an old movie.

SPEAKER_03 1:28:20

Yeah.

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SPEAKER_07 1:28:21

Like it's harder for her to harder for you to keep her attention on the screen type of thing.

SPEAKER_03 1:28:26

Yeah. Is that the week after that family question? Yeah. Oh, the bride also comes out the same week as Hoppers.

SPEAKER_02 1:28:42

Oh, sorry. Well that answers that. Then we'll go see uh the bride for our Tuesday movie, and then that upcoming weekend we'll take a little one to see. Or no, the weekend before that, we'll take to see uh Hoppers. Hoppers looks really good. I know it's Avatar clone, but it looks good.

SPEAKER_07 1:28:59

Uh Jack, on the 17th, it looks like AMC is doing TMNT2, The Secret of the Ooze 3535 anniversary.

SPEAKER_06 1:29:07

I am already on top of that. Um, we're on spring break then, and that's when we're going up north uh for my mom's stuff.

SPEAKER_02 1:29:13

Oh yeah, your mom, yeah.

SPEAKER_06 1:29:14

So I gotta find a theater up there playing it.

SPEAKER_02 1:29:20

But hell she and speaking of TMT, uh magic TMNT crossover starts next week.

SPEAKER_06 1:29:30

I saw some drama about that. I guess they gave um magic like certain um liberties for their weapons and stuff. So they gave Raft this like two-prong si, like it's a legit ninja weapon, but people are mad it's not like a proper si. I'm like, who cares? So ninjas, they can use all the weapons.

SPEAKER_02 1:29:51

I mean, the the yeah, but you're not gonna give fucking Donatello I mean Ninja Stars.

SPEAKER_06 1:29:58

But see, I think it's also a variant card, so it's not like the only Raphael card.

SPEAKER_02 1:30:04

Oh, well, no, no, there's like at least four, there's minimum four of each of each turtle. Yeah. Of the 192 cards, 193 cards, yeah. Set, small set, and there's four of each minimum, because I saw some of the spoilers. Um if there's anything that stands out that I think might interest you, I'll let you know. Like, hey bruh, you want this? That way I can like kind of like they did the secret lair, if there's a cool looking because there's like I know six cards that fit together to make one bigger picture. Uh there are some limited edition hidden, like with the golden ticket, some Kevin Eastman signed cards in in there too. So they yeah, they they they went all out. I don't I don't get a lot of paper cards to play online, but if I see anything, like I said, I'll point it, like, hey, you might like this. Or I'll at least send you a link of all the art and stuff that's available because there might be something you want. Could be a common, rare, whatever. Who cares? It could be just you just you just might like the art. And it'd be like, oh, holy shit, that's thatass. So I'll let you know. But yeah, that drops a week from oh, those are some good cards, though. Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_06 1:31:11

Yeah, variant cards, those are cool.

SPEAKER_02 1:31:13

Almost almost all of them have variants too. So of the 193 card set, there's like 350 cards.

SPEAKER_06 1:31:18

Tell me the April Black Lou.

SPEAKER_07 1:31:20

You're out.

SPEAKER_02 1:31:20

I I saw that.

unknown 1:31:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:31:22

That's right.

SPEAKER_07 1:31:23

Well, uh again, variants.

SPEAKER_02 1:31:25

So you know what? They should have done version. I agree with you on that. Like, if they have variant art, like same card, except the art is different, and they could have the different Aprils that have been throughout. One of the cards is super cool. One of the cards is the four turtles together, and each turtle is drawn in a different animation style.

SPEAKER_06 1:31:46

Oh, that's cool. I haven't come across that one yet. There are some good looking cards on that set, though.

SPEAKER_02 1:31:50

It's pretty badass. So um and playable-wise, for the playable side of it, there's some good cards that'll be played that I will try to go after to build my decks uh next week when it drops. Like I said, that's a it's a week from Tuesday or a week from Wednesday. I can't remember which which day the uh which which day of the week it is, but yeah, if I can find that car that has the four art, I just thought that was pretty damn badass that they did that. I was like, oh, that looks sweet. And then they they're like, there's uh some of the art is from Ronin, so that's pretty badass too.

SPEAKER_06 1:32:23

Yep, I saw a couple of those. They have the fifth turtle, Jenica.

SPEAKER_02 1:32:33

So yeah, it'll be a fun set. Yeah. But but yeah, the m when since we're talking about turtles, like, oh yeah, you might like some of the art from that.

SPEAKER_03 1:32:40

That is a lot of good art, actually. Just sell me an art book. Shit.

SPEAKER_02 1:32:48

They actually do that sometimes. Um like at some of the conventions as well, you can just like if the artist, you can just go to their site and just buy their art. It's like I drew for Magic the Gathering um and just buy their art. It happens all the time. Like when we were here at uh Denver Con last last year, there was a person who's like, Yeah, I drew for Magic. I'm like, oh, I think I ended up grabbing me or old girl ended up grabbing like two prints, and my niece, I think, got each got two prints from that artist, and it was from Magic the Gathering art. I was like, oh, that's pretty cool. It just looked badass.

SPEAKER_03 1:33:17

Right.

SPEAKER_02 1:33:18

Some spacey looking stuff.

SPEAKER_06 1:33:21

Yeah, it looks like they went deep on some of this stuff too.

SPEAKER_07 1:33:25

Well, with a hundred and ninety-three card set, you'd think they probably did dug through some archives.

SPEAKER_06 1:33:30

Yeah, there's stuff that it's like from the movies, from the different cartoons, different comics. Got some weird, like super niche characters and shit, too.

SPEAKER_02 1:33:42

Like, hey Jack, what'd you do last weekend? I went to a TMNT magic pre-release. Yeah. How'd you do how'd you do? I don't know. I just bought the pack to get the card card art and I left.

SPEAKER_06 1:33:51

Is this a good card, Lou? Louis like that's a$20,000 card. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:33:55

It's like, bruh, you opened a$1,400 card. Sweet, love the art. I'm like, oh god.

SPEAKER_03 1:34:09

And we haven't been doing anything either lately. We've started the anything upcoming?

SPEAKER_02 1:34:16

Any plans?

TMNT x Magic: The Gathering

SPEAKER_06 1:34:17

Um, well, I mean, we're gonna watch Scream this weekend. Um you got me looking at all these turtle cards now.

SPEAKER_03 1:34:25

Um let me check the calendar.

SPEAKER_06 1:34:29

Um you said you started the pit. Yep. So that's all the second season of the pit. That's the first time I've seen an erect penis on a TV show. They showed it. Well, it came in with cryoprism and they like showed them draining it. I was like, huh. Wow.

SPEAKER_07 1:34:47

Yep. Not gross at all. Not okay. Not uncomfortable in any way, shape, or form.

SPEAKER_02 1:34:53

Why didn't he go find more women and help calm that down?

SPEAKER_06 1:34:56

Uh, because it was like the seventh or eighth hour of it, so that is.

SPEAKER_02 1:35:01

And find your 17th or 18th women.

SPEAKER_06 1:35:04

The number of women when you have that does not matter. Yeah. And it like causes permanent damage. Then you get carrot dick. It's like this. Oh.

SPEAKER_02 1:35:13

I thought I figured it'd just hook up with a bunch of different women and come and help calm that down.

SPEAKER_06 1:35:18

No, because he said he used like the injectable Viagra or something, which also no. Yeah. I'm not putting a wiener. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:35:27

I'll take a pill, no problem.

SPEAKER_06 1:35:29

Yeah. I'm not putting a needle in my junk.

SPEAKER_02 1:35:31

It's like, you know what? I I guess I guess I'm eating tonight.

SPEAKER_06 1:35:35

Right.

SPEAKER_02 1:35:36

I feel like chicken tonight. Like chicken tonight. You have to be a certain age, y'all, to get that joke. You you young ones who are watching all half of you won't get this.

SPEAKER_06 1:35:53

I just can't wait until they dig this up like a hundred years from now. I'm like, who are these guys? Or it'll be like idiocracy and they like worship us. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 1:36:02

That's where we end up becoming three different world factions. Like there's the rabbit faction and the fire faction and the monkey faction, and we become avatar. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:36:16

Oh shit.

SPEAKER_02 1:36:22

Yeah. And no, folks, a wood monkey or a wood rabbit is not a rabbit with perpetual wood. That's not how that works.

SPEAKER_06 1:36:29

Speaking of prior prism.

SPEAKER_02 1:36:31

Yeah. Right? And and rabbits and their multiplication that they that they're known for.

SPEAKER_07 1:36:37

To be fair, if anybody on the podcast is going to suffer from priorprism at some point in their li in their lives, it's going to be the wood rabbit. I'm just saying.

SPEAKER_06 1:36:44

Oh, 100%.

SPEAKER_07 1:36:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:36:46

It really does track.

SPEAKER_06 1:36:48

I mean I took one pill and it didn't do anything, so I took another. Yeah, like when Lou randomly texts us that somebody's in the ER, he's like, yeah. It went on for four hours. I couldn't get it down.

SPEAKER_07 1:37:01

Lou, did you have another stroke? I tried, but it didn't fix it.

SPEAKER_02 1:37:07

Neither did girl 13 and 14. They didn't fix it either.

SPEAKER_01 1:37:14

But I was hoping.

SPEAKER_06 1:37:16

I gave it the old college try in my college tank. Exactly.

SPEAKER_07 1:37:22

The old college try as a new went into weathering night.

SPEAKER_02 1:37:31

Oh man. Oh, that'd be funny.

SPEAKER_07 1:37:36

Well, thanks for sharing all that earlier, Jack. That was uh something different.

SPEAKER_02 1:37:41

That was super entertaining. Yeah. Or season three premiere.

SPEAKER_07 1:37:49

Yeah. We have to look up the uh we'll have to look up what type of fan you are, like uh depending on which team you cheer for, what sort of personality you have for being a fan of that team.

SPEAKER_02 1:38:04

Well, Philadelphia fans are screwed.

SPEAKER_07 1:38:07

Well, none of us are Philadelphia fans, so we're fine. We're not going to talk about them.

SPEAKER_02 1:38:12

I'm just saying in general, they're in Boston fans. Sorry. If you support a Philadelphia team or a Boston team, there's something wrong with you, not the team. As the Boston Celtics beat the brakes off the Lakers tonight.

SPEAKER_07 1:38:31

No chance of you seeing good luck, have fun, don't die next Tuesday.

SPEAKER_06 1:38:35

Not Tuesday.

SPEAKER_07 1:38:36

Or next weekend. But we'll see. Do a do a matinee.

SPEAKER_03 1:38:41

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:38:42

Save that four dollars.

SPEAKER_03 1:38:44

I'm talking about. We have scream on Saturday, so we'll see. Let's see. Why is it rated R?

SPEAKER_07 1:38:55

I was just seeing why it was rated R.

SPEAKER_02 1:38:57

Language? Uh boobs. You say fuck more than once.

SPEAKER_06 1:39:03

In a non-sex in a sexual manner. You're allowed one non sexual fuck.

SPEAKER_02 1:39:09

Exactly. Sounds like you say it more than once. It's it's an R. Doesn't it was it L just pop up? L for language. Violent situations.

SPEAKER_07 1:39:21

Oh, it is. The movie is rated R for pervasive language, violence, some grisly images, and brief sexual content.

SPEAKER_03 1:39:29

Oh.

SPEAKER_02 1:39:31

No, no. That's see, brief sexual content don't mean shit unless the N is there. If the N's not there for nudity, they can fuck up. If it's rated R doesn't have nudity, you just wasted your R rating.

SPEAKER_06 1:39:41

Yeah, no. IMDB says that there's a cat urinating.

SPEAKER_02 1:39:47

Okay.

SPEAKER_06 1:39:48

But pervasive language just means there's a lot of they probably talk about blowjobs. They don't actually do the blowjobs. Yeah. A man is stabbed in the head with a meat thermometer. It goes to 98.6 and collapses.

SPEAKER_05 1:40:02

That's funny.

SPEAKER_06 1:40:03

No blood is a good thing. Okay. That's very funny. A man smokes a cigar.

SPEAKER_03 1:40:09

I'm out. Can't deal with that.

SPEAKER_02 1:40:13

Is that a euphemism? Or an actual thing?

SPEAKER_07 1:40:17

Well, according to Freud.

SPEAKER_02 1:40:19

Exactly.

SPEAKER_07 1:40:22

Chat GPT says Freud would say this. Right?

SPEAKER_02 1:40:26

A man is sucking on a thick brown cigar. What does he really want? Hey Duke, how you do it?

SPEAKER_07 1:40:36

Lou, finally, finally, Lou, the culmination of why Lou is a friend with me.

SPEAKER_02 1:40:44

Lou did go with Duke to a cigar bar in Japan. Just say it.

SPEAKER_07 1:40:47

That's true. That's true. You did join us. That's what they called their hotel room. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:40:57

It's only ones to sleep in.

SPEAKER_07 1:41:03

Oh shit. That way there's no wet spot.

SPEAKER_02 1:41:06

That's true. Exactly.

SPEAKER_07 1:41:09

We don't have to fight over who's gonna lay in it.

SPEAKER_02 1:41:11

You lay in the West. You lay no! Too bad. I always oh who was I? I think it was when I was with my ex-girlfriend and I was doing the back and forth to Vegas uh every other month or so back in the god 2013 or so, 2014. Every time I go back and visit and we get a hotel room at the Arizona Charlie's, uh it would always be the two beds for that exact reason.

SPEAKER_07 1:41:37

He was like, no. Lou, you said you were gonna lay in it for the first two hours and then it was my turn, okay?

SPEAKER_02 1:41:43

I mean, some people have their kinks, man. It's like good for your skin.

unknown 1:41:48

Right?

TV, Shock Moments, And Running Jokes

SPEAKER_02 1:41:48

For whatever reason, the the right leg was really healthy looking skin. Just as high lay on my right side.

SPEAKER_06 1:41:55

Look, your right leg is never ashy. Yep.

SPEAKER_02 1:41:59

Okay, false. Let's just correct that right now. I'm looking down now. I'm like, yep, still false. Oh, man.

SPEAKER_07 1:42:17

All right. All right. Jack, have fun stitching this all together. Oh, I will. I will.

SPEAKER_02 1:42:22

You know, he will have fun stitching this all together. That's true. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:42:25

Um boys have yourselves a good week.

SPEAKER_07 1:42:28

That's the plan.

SPEAKER_02 1:42:29

Y'all too. That is the plan.

SPEAKER_07 1:42:31

Hopefully, Jack, if you can see the movie. If not, Lou and I will just talk about it vaguely next week. Yeah, vaguely. Otherwise, uh, thanks for listening, everybody. And uh your fire dragon is signing out. Yes, bye. Right? Metal monkey. Metal monkey. Highly intelligent metal monkey. And the wood. The the wood wood rabbit. Thumper.

SPEAKER_01 1:43:04

Rabbit wood rabbit. I'm in stock. And it just said the actual recording is hard quality.

SPEAKER_06 1:43:16

Okay, we'll see you for season three. Yep.

SPEAKER_01 1:43:20

Yeah, woo.