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No Chill #5: The Episode That's Gnarly, Da Bomb & Lit, No Cap

• Real Talk, Zero Chill. • Season 1 • Episode 5

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Ever find yourself cringing at the slang you used as a kid or wondering what decade you'd go back to if you could travel through time? We kick off with the ultimate "What If" segment, where we each share our dream decade for a do-over. Whether you're nostalgic for the self-discovery and epic soundtracks of the 90s or you yearn to revisit the chaotic lessons of the 2000s, this episode promises a rollercoaster of laughter and reflection. Get ready to chuckle at the absurdity of the phrases we once thought were cool and ponder how each era has shaped who we've become as people.

Join us on "Brother Sister, Whatever" for a joyous stroll down memory lane, where we unpack the evolution of pop culture and explore how technology has flipped our world upside down. From shared TV nights in the 80s to the solo binge-watching marathons of today, we reminisce about iconic films and music legends like Madonna and Tupac while marveling at the seismic shifts in media consumption—from Blockbuster nights to Netflix binges. As we look back on the good, the bad, and the hilariously awkward moments, we'll also touch on how our kids' slang keeps us on our toes in the 2020s. This is one nostalgic trip you won't want to miss!

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Josh:

Hey everyone, welcome back to Brother Sister, whatever, the podcast where we tackle life growing up and all the weird, wonderful and sometimes cringey stuff in between. I'm Josh.

Lisa:

And I'm Lisa. Today we're talking about a topic that's guaranteed to make you laugh, cringe and probably say wait, did we actually say that? That's right? We're talking about slang, specifically how it's evolved from when we were kids in the 80s and 90s to the words our kids are using today.

Josh:

But first it's time for our favourite segment, the weekly. What if this one's going to get your imagination going? What if you woke up tomorrow in a completely different decade, past or future? Which one would you choose, and why?

Lisa:

I would go back to the 90s.

Josh:

Why.

Lisa:

Because that was my decade. It just the music.

Josh:

You were at like your happiest.

Lisa:

Yeah, like it. Just you know that golden age of like you're figuring out who you are and everything around you just clicks.

Josh:

You're happy, you've got great friends, you're having fun, like to me that was the 90s, yeah yeah, that's awesome I would go back to that decade hands down for me, I think, um, I think it just automatically has to be the past. I think, uh, the way, the way the world's, I don't even want to look at going to the future. See, I'm know, I'm, I'm probably, I have to say, I'm probably my happiest right now, believe it or not, like in this era, um, or decade, I guess. But if I had to, yeah, I, probably, I, probably, I, I miss my 20s, some, some I miss, some I don't, but I miss the experiences. Then, you know, like the commercials, even though we hated them, everything is now, now, now. So for me, even going back in the 90s, or even even early 2000s, I don't think it was as cuckoo as it is now with the now, now stuff.

Lisa:

Absolutely not. Yeah, we definitely had to wait for a lot of things. There was a lot of like, I feel, like our growing up we had like a lot more imagination because we had to.

Josh:

Well, yeah, we had to wait for everything. You know what I?

Lisa:

mean. It was like boredom leads to imagination. There was a lot of boredom.

Josh:

Yeah, so true.

Lisa:

Okay, so you would pick your twenties.

Josh:

Yeah, so I guess that makes me what that's two decades ago.

Lisa:

Yeah. So so 2000s, 2000s, yeah, okay, why specifically that one?

Josh:

I mean, I'll be honest with you, I I know it's about the decade, not necessarily about my life. I don't really remember much.

Lisa:

Yeah.

Josh:

So that's probably the decade I at least remember Like Bitcoin. What the hell is Bitcoin? Okay, and you know like just Like where really things really started to like resonate with you and yeah, Not that I have any regrets, but to be back in that decade, I definitely would have done things a little differently. And how many people would say that now, right, Like had we known that this would happen?

Lisa:

Okay, but here's the thing. So I picked my decades just purely out of love for a lot of the stuff that was going on in that decade, but I didn't factor in if I could change things, because I don't think that's really what you're supposed to be doing, like. If you, if you, it was based purely on what decade you would like to go back to, to revisit, not necessarily to change well, I have that does that change your answer at all?

Josh:

Well, yeah, I would change it drastically. That's why I had to improvise, because if it would have been no answer, so it would have been a pretty short weekly.

Lisa:

What if? So your answer is based on the fact that you can go back and change it pointfully now, and if you can't go back to change anything, then you don't have an answer.

Josh:

Right.

Lisa:

Okay, so then can I go back.

Josh:

No, you're not allowed. No, I'm kidding Go ahead Go.

Lisa:

So then, if I were to be able to go back and change something, what decade would I pick? I would probably pick believe it or not, and I'm not copying you my 20s as well, although for me it would be a slightly different, it'd be late 90s Just because I feel like my 20s were such a blur of random shit and nonsense and what the fucks Like most 20 year olds. Yeah that I would love to go back and kind of reorganize myself a little bit better.

Lisa:

It's funny how but I'll still, I'll stick with my nineties though.

Josh:

It's funny, though, how we start thinking about that as we get older.

Lisa:

Oh, of course, and I.

Josh:

I hate regret, so it's really not about regret. But it's funny how we would you know we think about those things compared to like even at least for me, even in my thirties, I wasn't thinking about you know versus like, I don't know. Like 40 did something to me, you know it really did. It's almost like a part of my brain opened.

Lisa:

It's midlife, Josh. Yeah, I guess you know, but it's like something open or the medication is just really good.

Josh:

You know that could also be it right.

Lisa:

You know the medication is just so good that like it's opening up pathways in the brain, you know, maybe. Okay, well, that was interesting conversation, all right. So today we're going on a time traveling tour of lingo how every generation has its own language, what it says about the culture of the time and how hilariously out of touch we feel when we try to keep up. What do you remember about the 80s? Because you were born in 84, so probably not that much, very little.

Josh:

I literally remember. I mean, was Park X the 80s?

Lisa:

Yes, Okay so where we lived school. I know that you had mentioned in past episodes school Park X, not really, we went to so many different schools. You did, yeah, I did yeah, you did.

Josh:

I mean, I was in so many different schools, I don't even remember why I did. Yeah, you did. I mean, I was in so many different schools, I don't even remember why?

Lisa:

But I remember, I do.

Josh:

I remember we were like back and forth everywhere, yeah.

Lisa:

I think they were just trying to find a good fit for you.

Josh:

I was one of those kids. No, you were not one of those kids.

Lisa:

The 80s. Okay, so then, what about pop culture? Then? Think of it instead of our childhood. Think about pop culture, or trends.

Josh:

I remember skaters being huge yep, totally tubular, like very surfer language yeah, yeah, you know, and like the pop culture with like movies everyone was so, you know, like horror movies and like you had like these horror buffs, I feel like, yeah, you know it still exists, but it's like not the same thing.

Lisa:

Do you think that way because maybe you're just not in it as much anymore? Yeah, maybe Like you're not exposed to it as much Like back then. We just it was all about the fun growing up, right, like what else did you have? Movies, friends, tv shows like Saturday morning cartoons, all that stuff. So we were like in it a lot more.

Josh:

That's true.

Lisa:

You know, yeah. But I do agree that Now, versus when we were growing up, it's a very different concept. Like ads, commercials, like you were saying, is like foreign.

Josh:

But yeah, to your point. Remember TGIF? We would all get together and sit down for this. Now we can binge it whenever we want. For me, it's like Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving makes me think about the past. Like well, we can't have Thanksgiving every day, right, you could watch the show every day and the specialness goes away. Yes, versus, like Thanksgiving is Thanksgiving. So it's like that one supper, that one big meal, and like and that is what I kind of am reminded of it fades with all the technology we have now. You'll have one person in their room watching a show. Then you'll have another person on their iPad watching their show.

Lisa:

You'll have someone watching a movie on there. Don't even get me started on that nonsense. Yes, I agree.

Josh:

Without getting too off topic, I just feel like you know, even though I don't I was born in 84.

Lisa:

Yeah, the 80s were kind of.

Josh:

Yeah, I guess I'm probably blurring 80s and 90s together, you know, in some ways, Okay.

Lisa:

so some of the lingo, the actual things that they said, like gag me with a spoon. Do you ever remember that? No, no, okay.

Josh:

Bog gag me with a spoon. Do you ever remember that? No, no, okay uh bogus rad.

Lisa:

You know all of those words. I remember those, even in the 90s. Yeah, well, it kind of like trickles in and then like yeah, and then evolved in some way. 1980s for me was all about like et footloose. I think those were the only two movies that we were allowed to watch, actually, so probably why I remember them really well. Music was like Madonna, oh well, I mean. Oh well, michael Jackson yeah, you know it was.

Josh:

Tupac.

Lisa:

Tupac was 90s. Okay, you're blurring the 80s and 90s.

Josh:

Oh see, yeah, for sure I'm blurring again.

Lisa:

So that's. For me, it was the 80s, let's take it into the 90s then, tupac yeah, I'm just like grunge came out. I think we had very different musical tastes well, yeah, you were totally alternative totally alternative yeah. I was even it's a little bit of heavy metal and you were rap rap mixed in with that reggae like snow, yes, and so on.

Josh:

You know I remember at least in the 90s. You know I used to be, but you know I was so just in awe over Ross.

Lisa:

Yeah, you know who was our cousin.

Josh:

Yeah, who was our cousin A little bit older, like a year older than me, so seven years older than you, and you know.

Lisa:

so everything he did or everything he listened to was like golden it was golden, you know, so I would hear snow blasting yeah like the whole street would hear it yeah, because he lived right across the street from us exactly so he kind of really influenced your musical tastes I would probably say so.

Josh:

Yeah, he probably doesn't even know this. If he ever listens to this, he's probably gonna be like no shit.

Lisa:

Okay, so that's music. 90s movies. There was a lot of cult favorites like Mallrats Chasing Amy, like Kevin Smith movies. Unfortunately, though, I was a little bit older when I watched those see again cult following right like they started off, as like little shit movies that nobody watched, and then but oh man, I loved those dogma.

Lisa:

They were so yes uh what amazing movies yeah clueless was by far the biggest movie yeah there was like the whole whatever and loser and as if and all that stuff right yeah so I I definitely grew up on that, did you?

Josh:

yeah, a little bit, and like what late 90s we had, like music wise, like what. I think that's when the backstreet boys came out, no, uh, yeah, it was late 90s like 96 97 something like that.

Lisa:

yeah, back the boy bands were big, although New Kids on the Block from the 80s into the 90s were also.

Josh:

Oh my God, yes.

Lisa:

Alanis Morissette, Fiona Apple, all of those like female singers that really just killed it with their songs. What about you?

Josh:

Music wise.

Lisa:

Yeah, so Snow.

Josh:

we've already discussed that no, crisscross tupac, we brought up for sure I mean, I was like a huge fan jc was I was never a big starting, then right, yeah, yeah but I was never a big jay-z fan. Oh, I was a very much. Oh see, I might be blurring, though, into the 2000s, like D-Block Dre, method man, red man yeah, like you know, even some of those movies that they did, red man and stuff Late 90s, early 2000s, Eminem. Yeah, yeah, that's it, eminem.

Lisa:

you know, eminem how can we forget Eminem? Now I'll be honest with you. The 2000s in my life it was like a shit show around that time. That was like my early 20s In terms of pop culture and stuff. It was not my decade. I'm really finding it hard to find anything that really stuck with me in that decade, so I'm going rely on you a little bit more.

Josh:

Oh boy because you were in your teens. One of the big ones that I remember was peace, that's how we all say goodbye. So it would always be props with our fist and it would be peace. So that was like a huge thing around that time okay, I have a question for you, bro.

Lisa:

Was always a thing, was it not?

Josh:

no, no no, no, okay, no I think bro came out like after jersey shore like we're talking like 2010, 10 ish. Yeah, I think around, you know, we'd say things like what up, like W-A-D, yeah, what up, you know, and then when Scream came out, it was what's up.

Lisa:

Oh my gosh. Well, the first Scream came out in the late 90s. That was also a cult following. It kind of grew over the years.

Josh:

Yeah, look how many Screams there are.

Lisa:

I know.

Josh:

You know, it's massive.

Lisa:

So now we're getting into the last decade, 2010s.

Josh:

Mm-hmm.

Lisa:

Some of the things that they said Lit Salty.

Josh:

Mm-hmm.

Lisa:

Throw shade Okay, this is what I didn't, this one I didn't know. On fleek no me either. No, basic, yeah, okay, these are all what words that I've recognized. It's like all of a sudden my brain woke up from the my 20s into my 30s and I'm like oh yeah, okay I'm back movies, anything that sticks out jurassic park which one like?

Josh:

the first one like was the first one, 2010 the 90s. Oh shit, really.

Lisa:

Oh my God the very first one was from the 90s.

Josh:

See, this is what happens when you have amnesia.

Lisa:

You know Everything is just a no. This is what happens when one day you wake up and you're in your 40s and you're like where the fuck did my life go? Jesus, oh my God, Okay, so movies, Jesus. Oh, my God Okay so movies Okay, maybe not specific movies, but definitely the awakening of streaming. Oh yeah, hulu's Disney Plus later on in the decade. But Netflix was a big one.

Josh:

Netflix started in 2010, was it Listen.

Lisa:

Netflix existed. I mean, that's how we lost our job In the 2000s, exactly, but then wasn't there something about like how Blockbuster could have bought them?

Josh:

I remember that and they didn't, and then they went under. We were working at Blockbuster when we heard that story. That they could have bought it and they didn't. Yeah, yeah.

Lisa:

So like the 2010s was like the death of old school, yeah, whatever it's true.

Josh:

And then the introduction to streaming. We skipped from vhs to cd dvd, I mean oh yeah we completely. When did that even happen?

Lisa:

I don't know cassette to cd walkmans. We used to walk around 90s walk around with nanos, yeah, nanopods nanopods. And then uh, now it's on your freaking phone. You have everything what was before nanopod, the cd player, no, yes, the c, the cassette, then the cd player, then the nanopod you sure I'm pretty sure there isn't something in between cd and nano I don't think so remember napster yes uh, where you would download music, yeah, and then when they came out with the movie about Facebook, Social Network. I think it was.

Josh:

And the freaking Napster guy. Justin Timberlake was playing the Napster guy.

Lisa:

Speaking of Justin Timberlake. Obviously he was in NSYNC, but I'm talking specifically about his solo career.

Josh:

Oh yeah.

Lisa:

Fun killed it. Well listen, I'm going to jump back to the 80s and 90s. For a second, speaking about movies that we've loved Jean-Claude Van Damme, oh my God, and I personally loved JCVD. Now the 2020s. Some of the things are sus. That's a big word in our house.

Josh:

Yes.

Lisa:

It's giving no.

Josh:

Giving.

Lisa:

It's giving. Okay, it's like a it's giving and then whatever kind of vibe, I don't know.

Josh:

My kids say riz all the time. Yeah, riz my, my son, stop a cap, stop a cap I'm like what?

Lisa:

what are they saying?

Josh:

slay yeah, that one I understand that says he's gonna full box me what's that? I think it's a fortnight term okay yeah you, he's like trying to wrestle me and he's like, oh, full box you. And I'm like what? Oh my gosh.

Lisa:

But just some of the things that they say. I can't even Wrapping up the 2020s for a second. How do you feel about today's music?

Josh:

Oh, there's some that are is okay, you know, but I'm not the biggest fan, but I've never been.

Lisa:

I've never listened to more piano music in my life than I have in the last few years.

Josh:

Let's just put it that way I'm weird with music.

Lisa:

What's weird about it? You have a certain.

Josh:

Yeah, a certain vibe Okay, and you know it's, it's not weird.

Lisa:

Do you find that the vibe that you like musically is still giving now? No, okay, no no, no, so maybe that's what it is. So do you find yourself listening to more old school things?

Josh:

Yeah.

Lisa:

Same.

Josh:

Yeah, to a degree, for sure.

Lisa:

Okay. So here's the thing I read somewhere at some point in my life that the music, the movies, like the pulp culture of your teenage years is what sticks with you throughout your whole life. I never fully appreciated something more than that. I feel it's really true. I go back to my 90s and I'll listen to like some old school stuff and I'll just feel good. I'll feel energized. Some of my favorite movies are from the 90s. I don't tend to really re-watch things very often, but if I do, I guarantee it's going to be something from the 90s. I wonder if you have that at all, Because the things today's generation aren't really resonating or bringing anything out in you If you find yourself going back to the times that it did.

Josh:

Yeah, a little, I guess.

Lisa:

Have you ever introduced things that you loved from your childhood or 20s?

Josh:

Dragon Ball Z.

Lisa:

Exactly To your kids, right, James? My husband grew up in the 80s watching cartoons on Saturday morning and that was like a thing that he wanted to bring back for our boys and so, like Saturday mornings, they sit and they watch freaking old school cartoons. You know what I mean. Now you can find on YouTube or like whatever streaming services, right? Those kinds of things Like what have you brought back or wanting to bring back for your kids.

Josh:

There's definitely a few movies and things like that, but traditional wise not much. To be quite honest with you, no. No.

Lisa:

Okay, so you reintroduced them to Dragon Ball Z.

Josh:

Yeah.

Lisa:

Have they listened to Snow?

Josh:

No, no why not no.

Lisa:

They might like it.

Josh:

Maybe, oh, my gosh Start with Runway. Yeah, actually, now that you mentioned that, it's true, I did let them listen to a little bit of like the old school rap like eminem no, like more like method man okay vanilla, ice, stuff like that, and my son was like it's okay, it's cool, it's okay, it's all right. So that that was his response.

Lisa:

I'm dead.

Josh:

Yeah.

Lisa:

I love it.

Josh:

Yeah, that's hilarious. And then I proceeded to tell him stop a cap.

Lisa:

And yeah, yeah so I love it. I'm going to quiz you on a couple of current slang.

Josh:

Bussin' Like what decade.

Lisa:

No, no, no, Like what does it mean?

Josh:

Oh okay, like busy, no. No, no, like, what does it mean?

Lisa:

Oh okay, like busy, no apparently it's something like it's really good or delicious, like it's often about food.

Josh:

It's a classic. Oh, oh, my gosh, how did I not get that?

Lisa:

Fire.

Josh:

It's hot, it's awesome. Bet yeah, bet, like okay, let's do that, that. Yeah, what about drip? Oh, that's like cool swag, yeah, yeah, okay, I'm trying to think of okay, what about? Uh, ftw, this is a gaming reference. Do you know what lfg is? Well, g would have to be game you're so not a gamer I'm not a gamer lfg means looking for group and ftw means for the win. So they all do these short.

Lisa:

I'm like looking at my paper it's like where's this Shoot Anyway? So that's a wrap on our time traveling. Journey through slang From gnarly to sus. It's clear that every generation has its own way of expressing itself.

Josh:

And while we might not always understand what our kids are saying, at least we can laugh about it or, you know, embarrass them by trying to use their slang.

Lisa:

Which is like a daily thing for me, I think. So thanks for tuning in to Brother Sister. Whatever, don't forget to follow us on Instagram and share your favorite slang words, whether they're from the 80s, 90s or today. Bye.

Josh:

Have a good one.

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