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Inside Our Minds
EP16: If We Could Change The World
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Robbie and Ashama are back with another meaningful conversation this week as we discuss what we would change about the world and how people can make it a better place. From kindness and respect to the impact social media has on today’s youth, this episode is filled with real opinions, honest moments, and powerful conversations you won’t want to miss.
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Welcome to Inside Our Minds Podcast. I'm your moderator, Aaron Collier, and I'm joined weekly by two amazing co-hosts, Robbie McIntosh and Ashama Rucker. Robbie has autism and Ashama has Noonan syndrome, but that doesn't stop them from living life on their own terms. Every episode, we take you into the minds of Robbie and Ashama as they share their perspectives and experiences as adults who don't let their disabilities define them. Keep listening to be inspired.
SPEAKER_02Good morning and happy Memorial Day Monday. I'm your moderator, Aaron Collier, with the two best hosts in the whole entire world. Robbie McIntosh.
SPEAKER_04It's Ashama Rucker.
SPEAKER_02And we are back after two weeks. Yes. Two weeks. Man, I missed this.
SPEAKER_04I do too. I miss this a lot, right?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I do as well. You know what I mean? It sucks. We're in such a good routine of kind of going every every week, but like, man, I'm telling you, get the guys out there that run podcasts every single week. I commend you. I salute you because I never realized how much work this was gonna be.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, it's a lot of work.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it is. I mean, it's just like the even the planning, right? Like we'll we'll kind of we're in a group chat and we shoot off ideas off each other, like, hey guys, we got a plan for today. We got a plan for this, we got a plan for Friday's episode, right? We got a plan for Monday's episode, and we don't really get anywhere, do we? Nope. You know what I mean? We kind of go back and forth, back and forth, but I mean it's tough. It's tough, but you know what I mean? That's what that's what makes it so fun. You know what I mean? Putting all our heart and soul into it. And we I think we kind of got to a point for the guys listening. It's we can't give you quality episodes if we do it every single week. Right. You know what I mean? I almost feel like it's rushed a little bit. Now we have two weeks to plan, we have two weeks to edit, we have two two weeks to record, we have two weeks to get the best possible episode out there. So now, today, since we've had a few weeks, we're gonna come out with an absolute banger, right?
SPEAKER_04Yep.
SPEAKER_02Really, really good episode, really, really fun episode. Robbie, are you excited? Very excited, yes. One to ten, how excited are you? I am ten, very excited. Yeah. Well, the cool thing about Robbie, too. So we uh so we y'all know we upgraded our studio. We got really, really awesome equipment, professional grade, you know what I mean? And it's awesome. I mean, this this place is fantastic. So, but with our old equipment, we actually gave to Robbie, and I was helping him set up his Robbie McIntosh show the other day. Do you want to tell everyone kind of about that?
SPEAKER_00Well, yeah, I mean, I I I'm still in the process of deciding how I should do it. You know, I thought for a while of, you know, my my dream job really was to be my dream full-time job rather was to be broadcast journalist. But according to what my mom, I think, said, I don't see a full-time job working because I'm on SSI and SSI requires me to make a certain amount of money. And with that being said, I think basically um I'm considering how I should do my show and what the format should be or how I should do it, basically.
SPEAKER_02Well, I mean, just like the just like this, man. Just have fun with it. You know what I mean? At the end of the day, it's all about fun. Like just record an episode, and hey, if it if it sticks and you like it, hey, keep it going. If it don't work out, maybe how you how you thought. And that's the cool thing about podcasting, right? You don't have to sit to a certain thing. Like when we first started, it was theme song, then we kind of talked a little bit, and then we, you know, now we have like a cool intro, and then we, you know, have our thing, then we talk about. We have like a but we've changed it a couple times, and that's the coolest thing about the show, right? You can do whatever you want with it because it's your show. But like I tell you all the time, you just gotta get started. Yeah, you just gotta get started, right? Yeah, so and I can't wait to watch the Robbie McIntosh show. I am fired up for that.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I'm actually figuring out how to get started.
SPEAKER_02So yeah, no, well, you have all the stuff on your computer. So that's true. That's what I'm saying. Whatever you need help with, I'm your guy. So, Ashama, you want to walk us through your life? What you've been up to the last few weeks?
SPEAKER_04I have um, so when was it last Saturday? I went to the Flying Squirrel baseball game, yeah, and it was so amazing.
SPEAKER_02Man, that's amazing.
SPEAKER_04It was amazing.
SPEAKER_02I still haven't been to that new park. I heard it was sick.
SPEAKER_04It yeah, it was so packed, like everybody was all over the place, and you know, it was it was just amazing how cool it was to see an actual real baseball, and everybody coming out, and you do they do different things, and we saw the squirrels and all of that. You know, it was it's fun. So I like two baseball games.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah. Well, there you go. That's what I was gonna say. It's talk about baseball. Cavs got hot too, right? Yeah, yeah, calves got hot. So we we got ourselves locked into the playoffs. Yes. So I appreciate y'all being super fans of the high school and coming out to all the games. So that that makes coach right here very, very happy.
SPEAKER_04So I have to pump up Chloe Hill High School.
SPEAKER_02Dude, Jana had so much fun when she came to the game.
SPEAKER_04She did.
SPEAKER_02Man, that was awesome. So oh man, I love it. I love it. So I there's nothing better when I'm coaching. I look on the sideline to see y'all there. So Robbie came to a game.
SPEAKER_00So did you have fun at the game? I had fun, but the only problem was these seats that I was sitting in on and feel so uncomfortable. I thought to myself, I just totally wish I could bring a chair like all the rest of the other attendees step.
SPEAKER_02Well, you know what? You you you live and you learn, right? So you learn. So next time you can bring your chair, yeah, and Katie will Katie will save you a seat, and you can sit right by Katie.
SPEAKER_00Yeah.
SPEAKER_02So, but dude, that that was freaking awesome. I saw you had your sunscreen on, your bucket hat, you came prepared. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00In case I get sunburned or something.
SPEAKER_02The sun has been brutal last few weeks. Yeah. So, guys, y'all ready to dive in? Yes, let's have some fun today. So all right, guys. Well, it sounds like it is time to uh welcome you inside our minds. All right, let's get into it. So, today, after two weeks off, we are going to talk about a banger episode. We got something really, really good for you. And today, what we're going to talk about, if we could change the world, how would we do it? How could we change the world? Right? We got some really, really good questions, and I just think the world's in a really crazy place right now. Yeah. When in reality, like we have so much fun together because we have so much love and we give so much love to each other. And how much different would the world be if we could all do that? Everybody on the world, you know?
SPEAKER_04Yeah.
SPEAKER_02So I mean, I just thought that would be really, really cool to talk about and couldn't talk about it with any better people. You know what I mean? Y'all have two of the biggest hearts of people I know. And I think you can truly change the world of people just listening to you on this podcast. Yeah, yeah. So, y'all ready to jump in? Yes. All right, let's do it. Robbie, question one. If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
SPEAKER_00Well, that's a very good question. And I'm actually glad you asked that because basically, you know, with with a lot of things going on in the world, I just wish number one, there that there would be no anger and hatred towards another people. And of course, with everything going on the world, it's crazy. It's part of, as I read very frequently about not only the last days, but the times in which we live. There's a lot of anger, you know, there's a lot of hatred and a lot of wickedness going around and all that. So if I were to change one thing uh around the world, it would be basically people. I just want people to be more kind to each other, not mean, always nice and loving and caring and so that they so that everyone can be safe and nobody gets hurt in in any certain way. And of course, you know, sidewalks, like mentioning where I want to go and all that. I just wish that everywhere would everywhere in the world we'd have more places to walk so that we could walk anywhere where we want to go. That would be my answer.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, no, I like that a lot. And your your answer kind of correlated with each other too, right? Like you want the world to be better, nicer, and I 100% agree. Like it you don't realize the impact you make by just saying hi to someone, right? Like that, for example, the time of your work, like people you you love them so much just because they say hi to you, you know what I mean?
SPEAKER_00Well, yeah, and you know, I do that with everybody. Like there's this um whenever I uh see someone who I like, like there's one person who I work I wouldn't say closely with, but she's our membership coordinator. I I kind of she really feels good. I I say hi to her without fail almost every single day just because I like her. And the same thing that I do with her, I do with almost everybody I see. I just say hi to people every day, and the minute I do it, you can just not imagine how not what nice things they would say about me. One person, one of them said that about me to my job coaches, but that the minute you can serve someone, like do a simple act of service, which for example, like saying hi to them, you will never know how to it will better impact their day when you do so.
SPEAKER_02100%. And your other part, your answer, you said there was more walkways, so you could go on walks, right? Yeah, and walks are just so great when you are feeling anger, upset, or sad. Just kind of go outside, enjoy God's creation. Yeah, beautiful breeze, just kind of walk and kind of overcome that anger you have in you, right? So I think more people should go on walks. You know what I mean?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I did that once when I had the feelings like that before.
SPEAKER_02And it works, it really, really does. A shamel. If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be? Violence, violence, yeah.
SPEAKER_04Because it's so many violence going on, fighting is also violence. So um one thing that I would want to change is violence that we all get along, we all have peace, we all have love, confidence, and that's my answer. Violence.
SPEAKER_02Man, that is such a good answer, and I 100% agree. It it breaks my heart when I'm just after a rough day or not even a rough day, just a long day, even just a normal day. And sometimes I'm in a good mood, you know what I mean? I'm just kind of getting on my phone into the night, just kind of seeing what what I miss for the day, and I'm looking, I'm hoping to see positive stuff, and I might see like violent stuff, and I don't want to see that.
SPEAKER_04Me neither.
SPEAKER_02You know what I mean? I don't I don't want the world to be like that. Like I want the world to be loving, I want us all to come together, like it's just so much better.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, because I can't even go on Facebook for or social media for just a stroll and see what everybody's doing, and it's all about violence and funerals, and it's not a place to be on and just looking at, and then you start crying, then that's all through social media.
SPEAKER_03I know, I know, man.
SPEAKER_02I I can't stand that. So that's a really, really, really good answer. Robbie, what's something the world meet needs more of right now?
SPEAKER_00Well, I'm actually glad you asked that because you know, and as I answered this, it reminds me of an experience that I had when I had this experience at church where I saw a sister who's I don't think she's a member of my church, but she was in a meeting and she was upset. And I saw her crying for whatever reason, and and I asked whoever was involved why that was, and she sh they explained. So this sister had some, I think it was, if I remember correctly, it was panic attacks or something difficult about her not getting along with her mom or how her mom or parents treated her, whatever. Anyway, I bring this up because basically um we need more people, and this answers your question. We just need more people to be there for each other, like watch out for each other. Like people need to comfort those who are sad and and distressed. And due to that, sadness of the sister, I had to show respect by waiting for a long time until she was fully calmed down. And by the end of the day, she was calmed down. But sometimes we need to do hard things and sacrifices like that to so that she gets the comfort and support that she needs when she's dealing with and going through a hard time, especially those who are comforting with her. We need to be there for each other, yeah.
SPEAKER_02And dude, that's also why it's so important to sometimes just say hi because you truly have no idea what someone might be going through in just a simple interaction like that. Like, you know what I mean? Like, right. I'm praying for the sister at your church. I don't know what she's going through, but hey, we're praying for and we hope everything turns out okay. But that's the thing, like it maybe, maybe so many negative things happened and just got to a point where she was a breaking point where it's like, oh crap, all I have left to do is cry.
SPEAKER_05Right.
SPEAKER_02When maybe if people could have just maybe been a little bit uplifting and more positive, maybe she would have never got to that point. Yeah, you know what I mean?
SPEAKER_00I I was actually reminded of an experience I had. This was a number of years ago to church. I think I had a similar situation where my dad kind of said something to me where he asked me not to do something, but he said it in a way that kind of offended me. And I said hello to a friend of mine, and he said, Hey, how are you doing and you're doing well? And he said, I'm not, I said to him, I'm not having a good week or morning. And so that's how he watched out the way he watched out for me. He's like, What's wrong? So he this person cares about me. So I had actually two people that would do this. One, a close friend I've known for years, watched out for me when I was crying, and a close church leader would do the same thing. So you have friends, you have people who can watch out for you, but those are two examples of people who did the same thing.
SPEAKER_03Yes, a hundred percent. Ashama. What's something the world needs more of right now?
SPEAKER_04Therapy and counseling and laugh.
SPEAKER_03Love. I like that.
SPEAKER_04Love basically. Because basically, when you ha when you're in um when you have the mental health um problems, like you got anxieties or whatever, you would want to go to somebody, talk to somebody about that, the anxieties what you go through, and you know, and stuff, but you want to share it with somebody that's not gonna put you out there like that. So that's what love and you know, just talk about your problems to somebody that you can really trust.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I I think the problem with the world right now, we're too quick to judge before we truly know. You know what I mean? Like, we're so quick to see someone and the first thing we're doing, judge.
SPEAKER_04Right.
SPEAKER_02Can you imagine if we saw somebody and instead of judging them, just love them? Yeah, love them, right? Love them, love them, love them, love them until you can't love them anymore to everybody. Right, right. Right? Get to know them, get to know their story instead of just judging, right? Like you might let's be real, kids nowadays, people nowadays they see like a kid with not a Nike or Under Armor shirt on, right? Like you don't know what that kid's going through. That might be the only clothes that he could have, right?
SPEAKER_04Right. And you you could be nice enough to bring them something to wear, some Jordans or some clothes, something that you're not wearing. You could be nice and give that to that person, and they and they will accept it and they appreciate it because they know that somebody cares.
SPEAKER_02Exactly. At the end of the day, I wish we all just cared for each other, right? And the world would definitely be a much better place. Right. Robbie, question three. Do you think social media makes the world better or worse?
SPEAKER_00I'd say combination of both to that because I see I'm not kidding, I see on social media very frequently like I've heard Shama talk a lot about violence. I just, you know, see, you know, things on Facebook pictures that people post that are kind of wicked or just just not either good pictures or post. For example, there are many cases on social media, for example, where someone will say bad words or whatever. And my mom used the example, people can say stuff on Facebook and say, please stop, you know, you using those words on Facebook. And um, I dare say I I had a situation involving a friend that was, you know, kind of cyberbullying, or I made a state mistake similar like that. And what can happen if people are mean to each other or not nice on Facebook or social media, they could easily not only report the whoever's involved, like the police, for instance, they could report it to Facebook too. And Facebook could shut your account down permanently because of what you did. That's one of the things my mom told me before. But I think also, you know, there's to answer your question, there's a lot of evil and good that happens on Facebook, and people just say bad thing, bad words, and bad things about each other all the time. So it's good both good and bad on social media.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, no, I agree with that answer 100%. And I dude, I I hate the fact that there's so many people that won't say a word or really nothing negative all day, and then they get behind their phones or get behind their keyboards, and they're just mean. They're just cyber bulliers. And man, it's just it's I I think social media started as a good thing. I think we're actually trending to it being a really, really bad thing. Yeah, you know what I mean? Because I really don't see much positive on it anymore. I really, really don't. And I mean, that kind of sucks because I mean it I think it was kind of meant to be a good thing, right? Like when we graduate high school, we're not gonna see those 500 people in our class anymore, but we can keep up with them on Facebook. We can see our family and friends on Facebook, yeah. But now we get on Facebook and we see stuff thrown in our face that might be violence or hate, and it's like, this isn't why I wanted to start this.
SPEAKER_00So yeah, I think my dad, you know, kind of made the decision to not be on Facebook for a short period because of not just him being too political, but he was concerned that some of the things he would say on Facebook might offend others, and there's some things he would not post on Facebook during his work hour because his work would have certain rules like don't be too political, don't do this thing, that thing, or the other. But he's been trying to be, and I've been trying to be very careful, or he's been trying to be calm and careful for some time about not saying things on Facebook, negative things on Facebook that might hurt other people's feelings.
SPEAKER_02No, dude, I 100% agree with that. And we we definitely got to be careful what we say because I mean you you might say something with a lot of knowledge and thought behind it, right? And not even trying to be mean, but someone can turn something you say into something really, really mean and bash you for it online. So I mean, I I agree with that. So I mean, yeah, there's certain things like even when we started this podcast, like let's be real, like I said, the one thing we probably shouldn't talk about is politics. You know what I mean? Because online people just go crazy about politics, just back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And that's the thing, it's it's really scary. Yeah, it's really scary how people just really just want to fight, fight, fight each other about politics. Every time there's like an election or something coming up, I'm like, oh my gosh, I can't watch TV for the next like six months because there's just commercials and stuff just thrown in your face. And I'm like, yeah, I'm like, oh dude, in reality, we got one king and one leader, right?
SPEAKER_04Yep.
SPEAKER_02Yep. So that's kind of how I see it. Ashama, do you think social media makes the world better or worse?
SPEAKER_04Worse. In the beginning, when I first got on Facebook, it was cool. And then, you know, in social media, but now it's not even safe. It's not even safe for our kids to be on social media because kids now these days they take in things as a harsh, you know. So right now, social media is not safe.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, no, I agree.
SPEAKER_04I got off of uh the only time that I be on uh YouTube TikTok or stuff, and I watch videos like what people do, and TikTok not even safe either. No social media about right now is safe because these wrong adults is making it bad, and it's making it bad for us, and it's making it bad for our kids. So in the beginning it was good, but right now, no.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, well, the the problem with with kids having social media too, and I mean this is kind of what drives me nuts is like platforms like Twitter or TikTok or Facebook, whatever they're on, like there's certain algorithms, right? So if you watch a video, like if you watch a violent video, like let's say you don't even want to watch it, it just pops up and you watch it, right? Or you might watch five seconds of it, that's all you're gonna see. Right. Like, I mean, that literally it's a little algorithm where it's like that's all you're gonna see. And now these kids that are might scroll across a video like that, they might be curious about it because they've never seen anything like it. Right now, next thing you know, that is all they are seeing, and I I truly think social media is what's wrong with the world today. Yeah, that's that's why I say it. Kids are getting exposed to things that they should not be getting exposed to. Like, there's things that I'm seeing kids seeing now that I didn't even know about when I was 12 years old. Yeah, you know what I mean, and it's sad. Yeah, it is really, really sad.
SPEAKER_04But back then when we were growing up, we ain't had no phones that we there was no social media.
SPEAKER_02That's all we did. We didn't have people are living a second life online, you know what I mean? Like it's they're they're looking at their phone and they're like, Who am I at the social media world reality? We know you know what? God created this beautiful creation. How can we treat each other in the real world?
SPEAKER_04Right. There was no laptops back then.
SPEAKER_02Robbie, I'm uh your dad. Like, I feel like me and him would get along really, really well. I was telling my wife, I was like, I'm close to just want to get a flip phone. Like, I don't even I just want to be on my phone where I can call my people and text my people. Like, I don't want to be on social media, I don't want to do anything. I just want to be present in the moment more. You know what I mean? Like, and I life would be so much better, I think, if we kind of all did that.
SPEAKER_04Right.
SPEAKER_02All right. Well, guys, great job. There is one more question, but I think the fourth question, we can kind of finish like our closing statement, like with a question, because it's just a really, really good question. So, Robbie, I'll start with you. So, closing statementslash our last question of the day. What message do you want listeners to hear from this episode?
SPEAKER_00Well, among all that has been really said in today's podcast, which I'm I'm really this seemed like a very interesting discussion. I think the main takeaway, the key takeaway rather, that I want listeners to hear is that simply this. So I can remember, um, and my brother, I can recall a number of years ago when we were sitting together in like a family meeting. My brother was giving us uh or teaching us a lesson on, you know, something similar like that. Like, for for instance, um this is one thing I've learned. I I've seen lots of videos or reels of people doing lots of crazy things kind of similar to what you were just talking about. But one thing I've learned from my mom is that reels are not always really that good because you never know what people could be doing in those videos, whether it's doing something inappropriate, exposing your them themselves, not I would I would say dressed appropriately, not dressed appropriately, just do crazy stuff, doing those crazy things. Um, I just say stay away from stuff like that because but more importantly, just as my mom says, you know, live in the moment, treat everybody with kindness, and and just basically stay away from stuff that you shouldn't be exposed to. Just live in the moment and just see look at things that are good and and treat other people with kindness and dignity with respect and and and no bashing, no mean things or anything like that. Just live in the moment, be present, and treat everybody with respect, is what listeners really need to get out of this podcast.
SPEAKER_02I 100% agree, and that's the problem, right? Like all the stuff that you're getting exposed to, I get exposed to, everybody getting exposed to, especially kids, especially kids, and that's what they're seeing all the time, and that's what's they're bringing to the real world, you know what I mean? Because they they think that's normal, yeah, right?
SPEAKER_04They think that's normal and it's not because when the kids are seeing it, they starting to do it, right? They start to do uh violence, hate, violence, and that because I found out that one kid shot his teacher, and yeah, it's it's crazy because they watching what's on social media, and as us being parents, we gotta be careful what we introduce to our kids.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, no, I 100% agree.
SPEAKER_00Well, and not only that, but the more you look at things that are not appropriate or that are not good, it can also create personal problems or struggles with it too, because acting on it is the more easier way to see it over and over and over again.
SPEAKER_02Yes, 100%. That's what I was talking about. Algorithms, right? Like once you see one video like that, it just constantly comes back and comes back and comes back, and that's all you see, and it's not healthy. Yeah, it's definitely not healthy. So Shamal, last question slash closing statement. What message do you want listeners to hear from today's episode?
SPEAKER_04What lessons that I want the world to hear to hear is for us as us being parents of our young kids, uh be careful with what we entertain them with. Because once we entertain them with like the violence that goes on, and you know, we don't pay our kids no attention, things could happen to them, or they could end up being like that. And also to love our kid, and also to love our kids and our family members, and stop being on the phone or I know stop being on the phone.
SPEAKER_02Those conversations made me want to throw my phone in the lake.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, and pay attention to your kids, please, and not just your kids. If you got pets, pay attention to them. You gotta pay attention, like my pastor always says, and Tori always says, pay attention to your surroundings.
SPEAKER_03Yes, always.
SPEAKER_04Always pay attention because when you don't pay attention, you could be like, I turned around for a quick second and this happened because you was on your phone, talking on your phone, texting, or you were doing something, not paying attention, or talking to somebody else, and not paying attention to who you're supposed to be paying attention to. So always pay attention and everything will be good.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, well, uh, and I'll great job. Great job today, guys. Both of y'all, and I mean, I'll I'll kind of just finish up right here. So it's uh guys, the phone is not as amazing as you think it is. It's just because that's what you're used to. I've seen, I mean, I work with high school kids, I coach high school baseball, I work with other kids through coaching baseball, and I just see how stressed people get when their phones die. They feel like the world is just ending. When in reality, sometimes when my phone dies, I almost feel a sense of relief. I'm like, holy crap, I don't have to worry about anything the next few hours, right? Like, my phone's dead right now. You know what I mean? So, so wife, if you're listening to this, I love you. That's why I haven't texted you back. My phone's dead. But in reality, like, that's a perfect world. I almost think right now, like, I just want to communicate with the guys that I want to communicate with. Right. Be the best friend I can be to you guys, right? Be the best friend I can be to everyone around me. And I just feel like the world would be so much better that way, right? If we weren't like, we don't have to see all the negative stuff going on. No, and that's the problem right now. People are feeding it to just everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody. And we need to find a way to stop that. Yeah, I don't know, I don't know how we will. God knows because yeah, God does know, but that's the thing, like these these companies and stuff, they're making money off negative stuff, right? They are like that's what pays the most, right? Like that's why you see like the big news stations, right? Like they there's one side here and there's one side here, and they fight back and forth, and whoever can get the craziest story, regardless of how violent and crazy it is, like that's the one that makes the most money, and it's terrible.
SPEAKER_04And then the thing about it is they don't know how the story ends, only those two persons that know how the story ends because they adding stuff to it.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, but that's that's what makes the world so cuckoo because one person listens to this person and they might say it's something completely wrong, but then you get an algorithm of the same stuff going on, and then that person's negatively influenced, and then they go tell the person next to them, and that might be false information.
SPEAKER_04Exactly.
SPEAKER_02Put the phones down, love everybody.
SPEAKER_04Listen to Michael Jackson because he made this song view of the world.
SPEAKER_02Yes, Michael Jackson. I love that song. And see that movie. That's a good movie. Yeah, put your phone down when you see it too.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, too love y'all.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I was just thinking now that I there's one thing I must mention. There was a time when I was watching a uh, I think it was a news broadcast on public television. I think it was not on TV, I was watching it online. And um this news anchor introduced uh, I think a very sensitive story where a couple people were reported killed or whatever it was. And just before the report started, whoever was doing the report, he said we should warn you that this story contains several very graphic images. And when I saw something bad, I told and I told my parents about it, my mom was shocked. She's like, Robbie, you shouldn't be watching that or you shouldn't be seeing that. These are things we are trying to protect our kids from and have them stay away. So you need to be staying away from all that stuff. So that's what she told me about that. But she was shocked about it too.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, well, your parents are great people and they definitely raise you right, but I mean that's that's the problem, regardless. Like, it's kids are gonna find a way around it, you know what I mean? Because it's so easy to access, everything's so easy to access. So well, guys, that was a little bit kind of a bump. What's the word? Bummer or lower, like what's the word?
SPEAKER_04Like to me, I would say it was uh it was a good conversation.
SPEAKER_02It was a good conversation that needed to be having, yeah, good conversation that needed to be had. However, it was a little bit said. I mean, you know what I mean? It's a little bit depressing, but let's be real, that's kind of where the world is.
SPEAKER_04We we have to have it so people could live a better world. Exactly. Be careful of what goes on around because every time you watch the news or something pop up on your phone, or this happened, or that happened, and then no telling what what will be next.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, well, that's what I was gonna say. I mean, when I'm with y'all and we're listening to some music and we're hanging out and doing fun things, like that that's what that's what life's about. You know what I mean? When I'm with my wife with no phone, when I'm with my friends with no phone, when I'm on that ball field coaching those kids, like that is what life's about. You know what I mean? So, man, uh hey, next time I promise we're gonna have a little bit more uplifting conversation, but hey, it's a lot of crazy things happen in the world.
SPEAKER_04I figured that's kind of yeah, we it needs to be said and it needs to be done. And by us doing a podcast, maybe what our podcast could change the world. Yeah, yeah, we could change people's life. Yes, we could let them think about it before they do it.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, right, 100%. So, well, guys, I had so much fun with y'all today. Listeners, hey, I'm so sorry for the every other week, but we love y'all so much and we appreciate you listening to the show today.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, we do.
SPEAKER_02So, well, I think that wraps up. So, from everybody from inside our minds, we hope you have a great week. Have a great week.