Cooling Off: Venmo Cringes and Drake Defenses

In this episode, we dive into the hilarious frustrations of everyday life, starting with the cringe-worthy Venmo transactions left out in the open at Publix. Why do people feel the need to share their questionable purchases with the world? Next, we tackle the never-ending debate surrounding Drake's latest album and the surprising amount of hate it receives—are we just too harsh on the Canadian superstar? Finally, we vent about the unbearable heat of summer and the absurdity of those who refuse to turn on the A/C to save a few bucks. Join us for a laugh as we navigate these relatable annoyances and share our thoughts on why some things just drive us crazy!

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Welcome to Gotta Get Said. Here's your host, Matt Cuco. What's happening, guys, and welcome to another episode of Gotta Get Said on this Tuesday, May 19th, 2026. How's everyone doing right now? The vibes are chilling. As the kids would say, the vibes are immaculate right now in New Jersey. 94 degrees. Flowers blooming. I got the shades on. Man, the vibes are immaculate up here in the Tri-State. Beautiful weather we're having. Bring on summer, baby. Bring on beach season. I'm ready for it. We had a bad winter. There's no secret. We all love talking about it. I'm ready for the summer. Let it come. I know Memorial Day is gonna get rained out. I work, so I don't give a fuck. I'm enjoying it today. Today's my Memorial Day, baby. Woohoo! What's going on, everybody? Hopefully, you guys are having a great week. I missed you guys. A lot to talk about this episode. What do you want to talk about this episode? You know, I'm gonna talk about something this episode that grinds my gears. I'm gonna talk about something this episode that really pisses me off. I'm gonna talk about something this episode that most people are gonna disagree. I'm gonna talk about something this episode that I don't give a fuck if you disagree. I really don't. I don't care. I don't care if you disagree. If you disagree, that's perfect. Now I know that you're not the type of person I want to hang with. So it's a perfect, perfect thing. Because if anyone disagrees with this statement, we're just different people. If anyone disagrees with this statement, that's totally fine. That's your prerogative. You know, you only live once. This is our, you know, United States of America. You're free to do what you want, and I genuinely mean that. But but you and I will not be having fun together. You and I will agree to disagree. The topic I want to talk about are the people in this world that don't make their Venmo interactions private. Why? Why? Why do I need to know that a distant stranger just bought another complete stranger a fucking latte? Why do I need to know that my second cousin just had tacos with their coworker? Why do I need to know that my friend just had drinks with their uncle? Why do I need to know that? Why do I need to know that your friend grabbed the Uber? Why do I need to know that you grabbed the Uber? Why do I need to know that you just purchased a Super Bowl? Why do I need to know that you just purchased a fucking fantasy baseball team? Why do I need to know? The answer is I do not need to know. No one needs to know. That's why they should all be private. There shouldn't even be an option to make it public because who the fuck cares? No one cares that you had Taco Tuesday with your best friend yesterday. No one gives a flying fuck about that. And it really grinds my gears. It really makes me upset on this beautiful Tuesday. I'm basking in the sun and I'm ticked off. And now I gotta come on these airwaves and chat shit. I gotta chat shit because it pisses me off. I can't stand people that don't make their Venmo interactions private. It's fucking annoying. Do you really are you that self-centered? Are you that petty? Are you that put on your own pedestal that you think that, forget me, that you think that people in general, your closest friends, do you think your closest friends give a flying fuck that you had Taco Tuesday last week with your other friends? Do you think that? Do you think that your closest friends care at all that you picked up the Venmo yesterday at a work function? No, of course they don't. It'd be weird if they did care. That's weird. Caring's weird. And I'm not saying you're a bad person. I'm not saying you don't deserve to have fun interactions with your significant others and your friends and your family. I'm not saying any of that. This isn't an indictment on you, but I don't need to know. We as a culture, we as a society, don't need to see your Venmo interactions. I'm sorry, I don't, I don't care. I don't need to see that so-and-so paid their landscaper yesterday. Make that shit private. No one cares. No one cares. I can't stand it. And I know you people are listening to this rolling your eyes. Oh, I couldn't disagree with him more. Whatever. If you disagree with that statement, I don't care. I don't value your opinion. You're a dope. If you are the people that do that and you have a leg to stand on and you want to go to war and you want to give a rebuttal of why, it's a good thing. Then we're just gonna always agree to disagree, and I don't give a flying fuck about your opinion. I really don't. You're wrong, I'm right. Sorry, and if you want to say you're right, that's fine. Bring out your laptop, buy a microphone, buy an audio interferencer, get a platform, upload videos, and talk your shit about why you disagree. Until that happens, sorry, sorry. I don't need to see your Venmo interactions. I'm sorry, and I love you guys, I do, but I don't need to see it. It really bothers me, it really ticks me off, it really gets me going. It really, really does. And I just felt like I had to come on here and talk about it because I was just watching Venmo transactions and I'm just like, ugh. What? What? So-and-so paid their landscaper yesterday. I guess that's cool. Guess it's nice to know that you're ready for the summer and you're gonna have a trimmed lawn. That's fun, I guess. Kudos to you. I hope you enjoy it. I hope you have a grand old time. I do. I truly do. I hope you have the best time ever. I hope you have the best time ever, but until then, I don't need to see it. I don't need to see your purchases, I don't need to see your interactions, I don't need to see it. I'm sorry. We're always gonna agree to disagree if you disagree with that last take. And that's okay, whatever, but I'm never gonna be convinced otherwise. I'm never going to be convinced that it's a good thing to send out your Venmo transactions. I'm never gonna agree that it was a smart idea for you to let the world know that you purchased a Super Bowl box yesterday at your work function. I'm sorry. You're never gonna make that make sense for me, and that's okay, whatever. But it is what it is. It is what it is. I just felt like I had to say that early. I felt like I had to just get that out of the way because it was really starting to irk me, it was really starting to get under my skin. Yeah, all right, that's that. That's that. What else you guys want to talk about? What else is there to discuss? What else is there to discuss? Drake came out. Drake came out, and you know what? I've been here's another thing that's really starting to tick me off. I've been seeing a lot of people my age and a little older start to give me shit about being excited that Drake came out. What's that? I'm 36 years old. Drake's 39. So the whole like he pleases the young people, fuck you. Drake is 110% in our era. Drake is 110 my genre. I'm supposed to like Drake. I grew up with Drake. We're basically the same age, he's older than me. So all these people my age are like, dude, you still like Drake? Take it. I'm listening to fucking Hannah Montana over here. You damn right I still like Drake. Kendrick fans, please. Ugh. I'm so over the Kendrick crap. I don't want to hear a fucking I don't want to hear on my through my airwaves a fucking tell all poetic fucking lyrically a cappella story. I don't need to hear it. And I'm not judging people that like that. I'm really not. I want to hear fucking knockers, man. I want to hear music. I want to fucking bop my head. I don't care. Oh, it's commercial. You you sound like a bitch. That's fine. That's fine. If that makes me a bitch, so be it. Because that's what I want to hear. I want to be able to go in my backyard. I want to be able to sit by the pool. I want to be able to hit play on the fucking beats. And I want a JBL speaker, whatever the fuck you're listening to it on. And I want to be able to have a nice time. I don't want to have to sit and listen. Oh, did you see? Rewind that. Did you see the metaphor he said he meant? Like, I don't give a fuck. I don't give a fuck. I don't care. You can say, oh, you're not musically inclined. And you can say that my take's elementary. You can say all these insults my way. And guess what? I don't care. I don't care. And I'm not saying that Kendrick, J. Cole, I'm not saying these people are bad artists. I understand. I get they're super lyrical. I get they have a cult following. I understand all of that. I know why you guys love that. But for the exact reason you love that is the reason I hate that. And that's just the God's honest truth. You love the lyrics, you love the storytelling, you love reading in between the lines, you love poetry, you love a cappella, you love all that shit. And that's totally fine. That's your prerogative. I hate all that shit. I want to hear a fucking good beat, a little bit of auto-tune, mixed, you know, sprinkled in with some lyrics. I just want to hear some knockers, man. And that's what Drake gives. So all you fucking Drake haters that are my age, fuck off. The disrespect I've had to hear because I was excited about Drake's album dropping has been freaking uh criminal. Has been criminal to say the least. All you Drake haters out there, enough. Enough. Nothing was the same. Are you kidding when that album came out? I bought like four of them. It was the best. So far gone. Oh my Thank Me Now. What was the other one? Was that Thank Me Now? The one when he's on the cover, Shot for Me, Marvin's Room. Come on. It's fucking Drake we're talking about. And look, look. Do I am I obsessed with him as I was 10 years ago? No, that's okay. It's very hard to roll out the same product when you're a billionaire. It just is. You just have a different life. And I understand that. He just leads a different life. He's a kid now. He's a fucking billionaire. I understand. It's hard to, you know, have that same, you know, what is uh Marvin Havler, Margan, Marvin Hagler, the boxer, has the famous fucking quote It's hard to wake up to go spar at 6 a.m. when you're waking up in silk sheets. I get it. I understand that that's a real thing. I get it. And I still appreciate who he is to us. I still appreciate who he is to me. I love Drake. His albums came out, three albums. They were great. I didn't listen to him start to finish, but I'm I'm trickling in and I'm falling in love with more songs every day. I'm falling in love with more songs every day. There's like eight songs right now on my rotation that I love. I think they're great. I think are great. Oh, he sounds bitter, he's jealous. Maybe, maybe, but I don't give a fuck. Sounds great to me, man. I'm listening to in my car and I'm having a grand old time. I love Drake, and the Drake hate that I've seen floating around the web from people my age has been absolutely criminal. Like, don't forget who he is to us, to our culture, guys. Don't forget. I know it's fun to see root for Kendrick right now. I know it's fun. I know it's fun. But let me tell you something, man. In 2008, 2009, where we were fucking singing, oh yeah, that's right. I'm doing me. I'm doing me. I didn't hear any Kendrick people. I heard no one. No one in my community. My community. No one in my community. No one in my friend group. 2008, 2009, 2010, when Drake was fucking God. I didn't hear any Kendrick. I didn't hear any of that shit. And I know it's fun to be cool now and jump on the bandwagon. And I get it. And I'm not mad at you for doing it, but enough's enough. Don't be mad at me because I'm staying true to what it is for us. Because you guys seem to forget about that. And to me, that's not okay. That's not okay. So you can sit there and you can hate on Drake all you want, and you can send out your Venmos, not private, because we all care so much about your life and the fun you're having. And that's great. We're just gonna agree to disagree as people. And I'm okay with that. I can sit in a room and agree to disagree. I don't get angry. I don't fly off the handles. I don't say inappropriate things to people. I don't go low when someone hits low. I don't do that stuff. That stuff's beneath me. That stuff's for people that can't articulate a sentence and form a good argument and have a debate. That's for those people. So you can have those shots. That's fine. That's totally fine. But I love Drake. And I'm excited that Drake dropped three albums. And I will be listening to them all fucking summer. And I'm not gonna apologize for that. I'm sick of apologizing for that. I really am sick of apologizing for that. It's not okay. It's not okay. And shame on you Drake fans that are my age. Shame on you Drake fans that are my age who turned on him. Because when you were in your fucking hatchback civic, driving a fucking high school, driving to that high school party, with your fucking speakers half blown out. Remember what you were listening to on that ride. Remember who you were listening to on that ride. And I can guarantee that it wasn't Kendrick. I can guarantee you that. So just remember that. And I know people are gonna listen to this episode and they're gonna be outraged. Oh, you're crazy, dude. Like, you're insane. Kendrick's the fucking songbird of our generation. Whatever, dude. We'll agree to disagree on that. We'll agree to disagree on that because I couldn't disagree more. I couldn't disagree with you more. So shout out to Drake. Shout out to the Drake fans. Shout out to Drake's three albums. They're all good, man. I love the songs. What are they? Uh Janice S-T F U. Like, yeah. Yeah. We love that around here. We love that around here. Gotta get said supports Drake. Gotta get said support Drake. So remember that. Remember that, remember that. Drake haters. I can't even remember what I'm saying. That's Drake haters. It's Drake. We all love Drake. We all love Drake. Come on. Have we forgotten? Have we forgotten? This is Drake, guys. Right? Right? Whatever. Whatever. Whatever. It's whatever. You know, feeling good, living better. Drake. Drake. Whatever though. What else is there to talk about? A lot of things getting off my chest. I'm having a lot of things getting off my chest, and it feels good. It feels good to get these off my chest. Who's ready for the summer? Like I said, ready for the summer, baby. Summertime attire is here. Summertime attire is here. Who's ready? The only problem with the summer is it's so hot sometimes. Those people that like don't put the air condition on. Whoa, come on. Come on. Come on, people that don't put the air condition on. Come on. Seriously. Come on. And I know my electric bill, I get it. But come on. Come on. Is that electric bill for the next three months really gonna affect you? Really? And if it is, if you literally, if you're that person who, if you turn the air conditioner on, you're actually gonna miss payments on your bills. It's actually gonna affect your everyday life. Then, you know, I I I'm that you're not you're not that. Turn the AC off, save your money, pay your bills on time. You're not that. But if you're people that just refuse to not turn the AC on just because you're saving money and you can't, I'm not even saying you're rich. You could be like, I'm gonna like I'm not rich at all. And we're keeping the AC on. You know what I mean? Like we're gonna be able to like make ends meet even when the AC's on. Yeah, the bill's gonna be high for three months, and we're gonna be like, fuck, that sucks. But we're gonna pay it and the AC is gonna be on. You know what I mean? We're not gonna like sweat. Wait, y'all are gonna sweat? Wait, y'all are gonna choose to sweat even though you could pay the bill and not die? Come on. That's absurd. If you actually can't pay your bill and it's too high and you have to turn the AC off, by all means I completely respect that. Do what you gotta do to make ends meet. Obviously. Obviously. But if come on, if you're just like a regular person and you can afford it and you're still not putting the air condition on, that's insane. That's insane. It's like the people that like uh what do the people do? Oh, you can't have the air conditioner on with the windows open in the car. Okay, okay, can't have the air conditioned on with windows people in the car. Like, okay. No, you're letting the air waste gas. Alright. Alright, and I get it. Gas is like $18 a gallon. I hear ya. I hear ya, but come on. Really? Come on. It's 2026. We can't put the air on when the windows are open. You know? Really? Do we really feel like that's the best take? Dude, it waste gas, man. Does it does it waste gas, man? You know? How much gas does it waste? How much gas does turning the AC on and out of the window? Really, though. I don't even know the answer. I'm actually asking. Maybe maybe I sell like a jackass, and it's like, even if it's really bad. Even if it's really bad, which is like I would imagine really bad is like absolutely nothing. But even if it is really bad, and it's like something like I can actually like compute in my head and be like, oh, okay, it's actually like kind of comprehendable. Really still. You know? Really. Still like, come on. Fair. Can we all get on board? Can I look it up? Can I look it up? I'm gonna look it up. I'm gonna look it up. I'm looking it up, man. You guys are gonna get mad, but I'm looking it up. I gotta see it. I gotta see it in action. I gotta see it in action. I gotta see it. How much gas? While let's see. I would imagine it's nothing. Air conditioned use gas differently depending on the type. Home ACs. Consume refrigerator gas. Ricaracces indirectly use gasoline by putting extra load on the engine. Okay. Um okay. Give a fuck. Home ACs, ACs capacitor, for example, blah blah blah. You know, it's not really answering when I know. Need our car air condition. Car ACs do not burn gasoline directly, but they increase fuel. Okay, because blah blah blah. The engine works harder, fine, reduces fuel efficiency, no problem. The impact on gas miles just depends on the factors like driving, it's just outside temperatures, vehicle time, city driving, stop and go, fuel concept, blah blah blah. Alright, so I was right. Yeah, it guys, it's the same shit. It's nonsense. It's fucking nonsense. It's literally nonsense. That's all I got from that. It was absolute nonsense. So enough. Right? Fair. Can we all can we can we all get on board the people like listen? If you're in the house and the bills are really that insane, whatever. Like, I guess turn your fucking air off and sleep in heat so you can fucking live. Get it. I get it. But if you're choosing to turn your air off and sleep in heat so you can save a couple of dollars for the next three months, even if it's like amazing, right? Let's say best case scenario, right? You're fucking diligent with the air condition. The bill normally would be $300 a month with the air condition on, and you cut it in half to $150 for the next three months. $150, $300. You just saved yourself $450 for the summer. You know? Was you saving $450 in the summer worth going to bed uncomfortable and hot and sweaty every single night for that summer? Was it worth it? $4,500? Sure. $450 to live in heat for the summer? Was it really worth it? If it was, and you hear this and you're like, absolutely, great. No problem. Not a problem. But like, really? Can we all just stop for a second and really hone in and be like, is it worth it? I I I don't know. I don't know if I can ever get on board with the AC people, turning the AC people off that have the means. I don't think I'm ever gonna like, you know, I don't think we're ever gonna come to terms. I really I personally I just I don't I don't see it happening. I don't see it happening. I don't see us ever coming to an agreement where, in my opinion, that will make sense, personally. And that's just me. Whatever. We'll agree to disagree, which is totally fine. People do it every day, people do it every single day. But for the most part, let's all let's all I'm not saying agree with me, but before you start living that lifestyle this summer like you have in the past, let's all just stop. And let's just ask ourselves. And if the answer still is yes, it is worth it, then so be it. You know, this isn't a dictatorship. You could do whatever you want. There's no wrong answer. What I will ask though is let's just all stop. And let's just say, you know, is it really worth it? Is it really worth it? Best case scenario, four or five hundred bucks you're saving, which is, you know, a decent amount of money. I get it. But is it is you know, and maybe it is worth it. But is it? I'm not saying it is or it isn't, but I will ask you to stop and at least ask yourself that question. Is that fair? I feel like that's more than fair. I feel like that's a fair thing to ask. I'm not saying pick one, I'm not saying don't pick one. What I'm asking is, can we stop and consider in your mind if it's worth it or not? I feel like that's more than fair. Fair. Fair. Alright, guys, that's it for me. Until next guys, I know I keep saying it every episode: big things coming. Big things are coming, maybe some new scenery. Maybe I'll be doing the podcast from somewhere new very, very soon. Maybe even a fucking studio, maybe a legit studio very soon. Maybe I'll have an engineer. Maybe. Maybe. Tune, tune in. Tune in, guys. I'm telling you, exciting things will be happening. I know you hear this and you're like, okay, we'll see. We will see. You will see. I promise you, you will see. I promise you, you will see. Alright, guys. Have a great week. Until next time, I'm out of here. I will see you next week. Same time, same place. And I say peace.