In this one we laugh and try to determine who is the most adult out of the group. Dad won for sure. However, Ashton was close behind with Gene and Gideon tying for last.
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https://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuenschwander/what-percent-adult-are-you-quiz
In this one we laugh and try to determine who is the most adult out of the group. Dad won for sure. However, Ashton was close behind with Gene and Gideon tying for last.
If you want to take the quiz here it is! Feel free to share your results with us.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuenschwander/what-percent-adult-are-you-quiz
Welcome to Adulting Decrypted. We are your hosts. I'm Gene, and I'm starting my first year of college. I'm Ashton. I'm a music performer, composer, and educator. I'm Gene, a high school senior. I'm Roscoe, the dad. Those are my three sons, and this is Adulting Decrypted, where we discuss ways to become adults and the things we need to know to be successful in life.
Ashton:Welcome to adulting decrypted. Today we're going to play a little game. Let's go. What's the game Ashton? Are you in? Well, I don't know. Am I not next? Oh yeah. I'm in. Gene's not in. Okay. Okay. Gene's failing the quiz. I, I think that should be an I know. Give, I think that should be an automatic forfeit. I think he loses gene. Gene actually came up with the best face. I'm in there. He's a cat. Oh, there he is. Ashton. Wait, can I change my face? You can decide these things. Oh, you can't. Dad's just shaking. I was just giving the cat. I was giving a obese freaking frog. It's so cute though. What is Gideon, a hedgehog? I wanna be Gideon's hedgehog. Gideon is definitely a hedgehog. Yeah. He's in real life too. All right, so. Pokey in the butt. Okay, this, this is an adult quiz. It says that, oh, we're starting. Here we go. We're live. Two, three. Oh, we stopped on three. We stopped on two on mine. Oh. Gene, does yours say one? Oh, here we go. Oh, well, I guess I don't get to play. That's cool. You're stuck? Do you do your own laundry? Oh, there we go. Do I just run through this as fast as I can? I don't know. Let's read them one at a time. Do you do your own laundry? Don't tell anybody. Keep it a secret. Yes. Can you look up at least three different recipes? No, can you cook? Oh, cook. I mean, anyone can cook. That's a big Should we, should we talk to him as we go?
Gideon:What counts as a recipe? I don't
Ashton:know. I don't think Top Ramen counts as a recipe. I'm getting tined. bougie
Gideon:Top Ramen?
Ashton:Okay, I feel like it would depend. Like, if I, like, made something out of it, like I put, like, an egg and, like, some, like, vegetables and stuff in there, is that a recipe? Yeah, can you read the recipe? Oh, no, it just says cook You don't have to have to read it good thing cuz mom just does a pinch of this and a pinch of that He's just insinuating that mom can't read cuz I'm sure she'll have some complaints about that one She doesn't come on to defend herself. So she's out of luck mom She can read
Gene:she
Ashton:just chooses not to she chooses to make her own decisions on that Okay, so I think that's a yes for all all of us Do you know where your phone keys and wallet are at this exact moment? You See, here's my phone. Are you sure this isn't a race? Phone, wallet, keys. What? Are you sure this isn't a race? It doesn't matter if it is, this is how we're doing it. Alright. Don't judge me. Do you know how to change a tire? Hold on, do you know where your keys are? Does everyone know where their keys and wallet are? I do. I'm going to have to click no on where my wallet is at this point.
Gideon:Oh, no, it's behind me. It's right behind you. Oh, and with my
Ashton:keys. That's a good thing. It's not under Frisbee or it would have been lost for a week. Yeah, we did lose a, we did lose a wallet while we were on family vacation and it was on the, under a Frisbee where? A lot of wheeze in that sentence. Well, because somebody put their Frisbee on top of my wallet. Where was my wallet? It was on the kitchen table. With the frisbee on top of it, so we lost it. Democracy. Love it. I lost my wallet. I wonder who plays frisbee, that's embarrassing. Do you know how to change a tire? Do all three of you know how to change a tire? I don't think any of us. Okay, here's a Gideon's never changed a tire. He definitely didn't fix the brakes with me and dad the other day. That's what I'm saying. He doesn't know what he's doing. I think that's a yes for all of you. Do you have enough clean underwear right now to last at least three days? No. Honest. Honest, Gideon. I just saw you folding yours. Yeah. Ooh. Yes. You know, do you set your own dentist appointments? My most recent dentist appointment? I set it myself. When did you go to the dentist most recently? Like a year ago. And mom didn't set it for you? No, I set it up. It had to have been more than a year. You set that one up? No. Gene, did you set your appointment up? Ah, dig it. I'm going to fail the next question. I have never set up a dentist appointment. So I had to click no on that one too. Do you go to the dentist every six months? I No.
Gideon:Momming makes me mean.
Ashton:Dude, there's a lot of teeth one right here, this is kind of brutal. Number eight, do you floss every day? Nope. I always am flossing. You do floss, Gene? Like the dance moves, not actually flossing. Not the teeth. It doesn't say teeth. So Ashton, you didn't do the other floss every day? No. The dance floss either? I'm also, I'm, I'm less likely to do the version Gene's talking about. Alright, do you set your own doctor's appointments? Oh man, I'm losing, I'm not doing good at any of these. If you don't set them, but no one else is setting them for you, you're technically setting your own appointments. That's, that's how I'm approaching this. Okay, this one, this one is your, and I want to know how this pertains to being an adult. Is your phone, this is number 10, is your phone screen currently not cracked? Yes. You're currently not cracked? I take very good care of my phone screen. So do you answer that question yes or no? No. My phone is currently not cracked, so yes. Yes, okay, neither is mine. Gene? My phone is perfectly fine. Gideon? Mine's pretty good. Oh, we all got it? Sweet. Okay, is your house or apartment insured?
Gideon:Is my house insured?
Ashton:Yes, your house is insured. Gene? Gene? Gene? I think I technically still have renters insurance. I think so. I would think so. Okay. That's
Gideon:a nice question. It's pretty funny.
Ashton:I haven't followed up with my landlord. I'm like, is my apartment currently insured? I don't know. Probably not. Ashton, you had to buy the house renters insurance for one apartment he lived in. So you're probably not insured, Gene, but you probably don't have enough that you're really that worried about. Yep. All right, number 12. Do you eat at least some vegetables every day? And I would, I would argue that potato chips don't count as a vegetable.
Gideon:No.
Ashton:Even though it's a potato.
Gideon:At least some vegetables. Most things
Ashton:we define as a vegetable does not count as an actual vegetable. Wait, broccoli? Like pumpkins? They're fruits. Okay, but bananas?
Gideon:They're definitely a fruit.
Ashton:They're a fruit. Okay, do I
Gideon:what did I eat a vegetable today, right?
Ashton:I don't oh, yeah on our pizza. Is it every day? Question right there. Hey, did I eat a vegetable today? Yeah, yeah, no I had dementia is setting in okay, what were they
Gideon:Green onion I put in That is a vegetable.
Ashton:That's some do you arrive to school or work on time most days? I like how it doesn't You Even assume all days. It just defaults to most of the time. Because nobody's ever always on. Well, I mean, you don't have school every day. You don't have work almost every day. You have work almost every day. Most, some people do work every single day, of being perfect. I think 14, I think 14 is kind of a tricky one. Do you arrive to school or do you arrive to school? Do you arrive to social events like brunches or weddings on time? Are you supposed to be on time? I don't think so. I think being on time is against the rules. I would say church. Let's put church in that one. Still no. Okay. I'm always fashionably late. No, I'm boring. Do you wash your dirty dishes or put them in the dishwasher right after you use them? If anyone in this call answers yes is lying. Correct. Really? You don't think I do that? Gene, you're on your own. You're the only one that probably could. Gene, I don't think you did it. I still think, yeah, I
Gideon:still think you'd be lying. I think
Ashton:in order Most of the time I do do it. Most of the time that's a yes. Does it say all the time? There's not a lot of room in the drawing rack. Most of the times I do it. Unfortunately for you, this one doesn't say most of the time. It says all the time. Gene, so close, you're our only hope. Gene, you're our only hope.
Gideon:Do you have at least one wedding or job interview appropriate outfit in your closet? Yes.
Ashton:Now let's make sure we're talking about what kind of wedding. Those are job interview appropriate. Cuz a lot of our family weddings you don't need it. Anyways, good point. Okay. Ooh, this one's good Do you pay for your own cell phone
Dad:plan? Yep. Oh, siree Jean 18
Ashton:No, do you
Gideon:pay for your own?
Ashton:Do you pay for your own? I feel like this one's baiting everybody. Yeah. Well, this is, this is done by big Netflix so they can out the password shares. I think that's right. What good thing would I have Netflix? So we can say, do we have our own you'd say no, but the, I think the, I think we should technically, yes, I think I have to say yes, because I don't have Netflix. Yeah. I want to, but if I did, I'd have to pay for my own. If you pay for your own, it's positive, so we should go positive. Yeah, okay. Yes. You pay for your own flights? I have. There you go. But like, I haven't as well. So Gene would have to click no. Gideon, have you paid for your own flight? No. I think you and I get this one, Ashton. Skull. Do you pay for your own regular bills and utilities? Yes. Yup. Get in. You're the only maybe not full grown adult.
Gideon:That's a strange coincidence, given I'm not an adult. Oh. Okay, 21 isn't fair either.
Ashton:Do you have at least one plant in the house that you've kept alive for more than 6 months?
Gideon:Yoda. Yoda. Yoda. That's the dog. He's not a plant.
Ashton:He's not a plant. Mom, mom should fill this out. She's probably the only adult in my relationship. She's got a plant here somewhere. I think it's that right behind. I didn't even know where our plants were. That's embarrassing. There's one over there too. You pointed to the wrong spot. There's two in the kitchen. I didn't know where they were at. There's the alfalfa cracks there. So, I don't currently own a plant, but I have kept a plant alive. Does grass count as a plant? Do you keep your grass alive? Mom does! I mean, you water it? Oh crap, Mom! Michelle! Come! We're a team, okay? clacking yes to this no. I took no, because I really don't keep them alive. What if I've never owned one? Hey Gideon, Gideon, Gideon. You got this one. You got this one. This one's you. Do you have
Gideon:at least one pet animal in your house that you've kept alive for more than six months? Yes. Yes siree, I have.
Ashton:He's old as crap now. What were you gonna say, G? I was gonna say if I've never owned a plant, can I do like the same logic as Netflix? That's how Ashton's doing it. Nuh it's an What plant have you kept alive on your own? See, I didn't even, I didn't even click yes for 21, and I have kept a plant alive for more than six months on my own. Okay.
Gideon:So I clicked no.
Ashton:Do you own the plant? On that animal? You've killed an animal? In six months? Yeah, he got a deer.
Gideon:Well, I was talking about a goldfish.
Ashton:A goldfish. That's not even an animal. It's a plant.
Gideon:Yeah, it's
Ashton:a plant. Do you own the proper supplies to clean your home effectively? I was thinking of the crackers. I realize there's an actual animal called a goldfish. That's my fault. That's my bad. That doesn't count as your vegetable if you've been eating it every day too. That don't count. Wait, she You said goldfish and I was thinking of like, the cracker. Are you hungry? And, and, well, it's always part of my issue. Okay, so we asked number 23, do you own proper supplies to clean your home? I do. Can I say yes? Sure. They are owned. They're not stolen. Do you actually use those supplies to clean your home regularly? Yes, I do. Define regularly. Define regularly. Like, it's a plan. Every six months, I clean something. I think you have to define it, it's a problem. Do you own a tool set or toolbox?
Gideon:I do. Ashton bought me one. And I use it.
Ashton:Do you have a tool set? I have a multi, I have a multi tool.
Gideon:No. And Alan Key. Yeah.
Ashton:I think maybe it does. Cause you can do, look at MacGyver. Go ahead. Gene. I don't like this next question. I was given like a. A hammer and a screwdriver and all that stuff from, from one of the people in the wood. There you go. You got it. Hammer and screwdriver. That's all you got. That's all you need. Everything's in now. Okay. Do you have a good idea of what you want to do with your life? Sure. That's a loaded question. Why not? That's a loaded question.
Gideon:I could get.
Ashton:Oh. I mean, how long term are we talking?
Gideon:Your life.
Ashton:Gene, Gene, you've got to read the next one. This is good. Yeah, Gene, read this question. This will be fun. I want to know what just happened earlier today.
Gene:27.
Ashton:Do you do your own taxes or pay a professional to do them, as opposed to asking your parents? In my defense, I never asked. Mom just did it. I
Gideon:don't have taxes. Also, to be fair, your
Ashton:taxes are really easy right now, I'm sure. Incredibly easy. How easy were they, Gene? You just listened to mom, didn't you? I mean
Gideon:Can I say I do my own taxes?
Ashton:It was very easy for me. You haven't done any taxes. I pay somebody to do mine. So I could click yes. I do my own. Do you ever write vague subtweets or other petty social media posts? No. Are the vague ones where, like, you go, I don't want to disclose personal problems on Facebook, but I'm frustrated. Vague is like, is when someone posts, like, had a really bad day, and that's like it. Oh, gotcha. Well, what if I showed a picture of my car, had a really bad day, and then showed the car accident? That's still baiting, because they're gonna be like, what happened? What'd you do? That's a good point. Well, I felt pretty dumb. I asked somebody if they knew a good divorce lawyer on Facebook and then went, wait a second, I've got to clarify a buddy asked. Now this one's truly asking for a friend. So I took down the post right after I did. I'm like, that's not good. That's that's vague and baiting. I'm going to post, Hey, my dad's looking for a divorce lawyer. Anyone, we found somebody, I found somebody to help my friends. Got to be careful how you ask those. That's a good thing. You don't have that problem because this quiz is not helping you. 29. Do
Gideon:you have a savings account? It still counts if it's kind of empty. I'm saved by that second sentence. Let's go. There's money in it. What if my savings account has like 10 cents in it right
Ashton:now? It says it's kind of empty. It still counts. It still counts if it isn't.
Gideon:Even if it's kind of empty.
Ashton:I like, I like 30. Do you have dry clean only clothes? That you actually take to the dry cleaners. Actually, yes. Alright. I don't take them very often, but I have taken them. Gene, we, I remember we took yours to the, go ahead. I, yeah. Yeah, I was gonna say, like, I think we did take one of my suits to a dry cleaners. It, it was done. Are you? It's not done often, but we did it. Are you often late getting to the airport for flights? No, I am not. I have never been, actually.
Gideon:Yep, me neither. Because dad's like we're gonna get there three hours early.
Ashton:Oh, i'm definitely the dad on on the geico commercial or whoever that is I'll stay whoever Not a good commercial if I can't remember what it's for. Do you actually like brussels sprouts?
Gideon:What is this question? Do you know what a brussels sprout is? Yeah, I know what a brussels
Ashton:sprouts are bad actually I don't
Gideon:know if i've ever eaten a brussels sprout.
Ashton:I'm not picky when it comes to food So i'm just gonna go with yes. I love broccoli, which
Gideon:is the next question. Yeah.
Ashton:Yeah number 33 Broccoli
Gideon:Yes, I like that.
Ashton:34, have you ever cooked a meal for more than two people before? Yes, I have. Any of you guys that had to do the scouting merit badge had to cook for more than two, so. Scouts, belled you out. Heard that. Gideon, your ramen that you made for the family doesn't count.
Gideon:I'm sorry, it does. It
Ashton:does, but now the next question wouldn't. Have you ever cooked something entirely from scratch with no pre made boxed components? Yes, I have. Sir?
Gene:Yes, I have. I believe that tortilla would count
Ashton:as a, as a pre made component. What if I made
Gideon:pasta?
Ashton:Did you make pasta? I didn't make the noodle. Well then that's, that's not from scratch. Wait, wait, hold on. That's a pre made component. If I made mac and cheese. So what, what would, yeah, that would still be pre made because of mac and cheese. No, not from the box. Yeah. Gideon, Gideon. The noodles have to be made. It's like saying you made a burger, but there's the bread that wasn't, you didn't make. Noodles don't just appear, dude. It's still one of those components that can't be made. You can't
Gideon:say you made a steak or something if you bought the steak.
Ashton:I killed the deer. I cooked the deer. Oh, I made tacos, but the ground beef was already ground. No, but see, look. The thing is, is like, a noodle, like, is not just a noodle. Like, a steak is a steak. It's just one solid piece of meat that came off of an animal, but a noodle is flour and egg and spices that's been cooked and mixed and rolled and shaped. Whereas like a steak, you just cut it off and fry it.
Gideon:That's two steps.
Ashton:And then, you'd also have to make the seasonings, like, blend the seasonings yourself. You couldn't just, like, cook it. Throw Tony's on top of it for making a salt. He's actually helping you. You're just he's actually arguing your point get in You're so angry. You don't hear it. You're just salty. You've never made noodles and that's fine I can say I have done this you made spices gene and I've made jerky before I've made ruse I count like I've I've made a gumbo counts to gumbo count From scratch. So that's So you threw the rice. I just, no, I'm just kidding. The question just says, no pre-made or boxed components. And Gideon, what do the noodles you buy from the store come in a bag, Excellent. Alright. But the point are made. Surprise. Mr. Butter, anything you say, one point you choose however you wanna. Nice, good throwback. Anybody who hasn't seen that video, that's worth watching. This is the first
Gideon:episode
Ashton:of Adulting Decrypted. Can you properly hang a picture? Alright, yes. What the heck does that even mean? Number 36. We can't keep your picture that we hung up on the wall keeps falling off, so apparently I can't. It looks like an effort hasn't been made to get it back up, which I have noted. It's fine. The picture is
Gideon:lying on the
Ashton:floor. As of this time and date, Ashton's still on the ground. Have you ever installed a shelf? Yes. Yep. You and Gideon did that downstairs, huh? Yeah. That one. Yeah. That our router's sitting on. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I was pretty proud. Do you regularly read the news? Yes. Wait. No. Am I getting ahead? Sorry. Nope. I was just thinking. I don't think mine counts. I don't really Oh, read. I definitely don't. I, I, I think read and or consume kind of fit in the same thing. do you enjoy watching documentaries? Do memes count as enjoy? I actually like in ingest of the memes, I ingest it via memes. Do you enjoy watching documentaries? Yeah. Yeah.
Dad:Yeah. Really? Mm hmm. Gene. Do
Ashton:you like watching them? Certain documentaries? Yeah. Yes. Like, I, I think they're always interesting. I'd never choose it if I was given movies, but I enjoy watching things, so it's kind of vague.
Gideon:It's fair.
Ashton:I, I probably enjoy watching most things. Do you ever listen to NPR? I have to admit that I do. Everyone, I do. I did. I hardly listen now because I've got
Gideon:I don't even know what that stands for,
Ashton:so. National Public Radio. It's like, it's, yeah, it's like a definition of an old person's radio. Nah. A liberal old person's radio. Sorry. Didn't mean to. I have listened to it, though. Sure. Do you have an emergency kit in your car? Nope. Yep. We do? We don't? Where's it at? You don't. I don't have a car. The buggy doesn't have one. Do you have an emergency kit in your home? What if I don't have a car? Then you don't. I have an emergency kit in my home.
Gene:That
Ashton:is the next question. 43 is like cheater. Do you know how to iron or steam your clothes?
Gideon:Yep. Yes, I do.
Ashton:And I only say that I choose not to. Dad, do you make your bed every morning? No, because mom's normally still in it. I have to click no. Cool. I don't
Gideon:either. If mom wasn't in bed, would you make the bed?
Ashton:I make my bed. I do. Every morning? Every morning. No. Okay. But I thought we were reading number 45 G. Oh. How to make your bed. Oh my
Gideon:goodness.
Ashton:Man, if we're doing conceptual, I'd ace this quiz. Do you know how? Number 46. Do you wash or change your bath towel at least once a week? Yes. I can't stand old bath towels. Oh my gosh.
Gideon:I have to like, smell it before I get in the shower. How much? Nope.
Ashton:Gotta make sure it's a safe bath towel. Yeah.
Gideon:No way I'm wiping off of this. Gene, you're
Ashton:being pretty quiet on the bath towel. You're already clean when you're drying off. There's nothing to dirty.
Gideon:They can get smelly.
Ashton:And you get old mossy towels.
Gideon:I think I change it almost every time I shower. Yeah.
Ashton:So like once a week? Got em.
Gideon:Three times maybe two.
Ashton:That was the requirement for the question. Gideon has his time to shower when his towel smells worse than he does. Nice. Number 47. Do you have a skincare routine? I'm gonna click yes, because I shampoo my hair. No all the way to my face
Gideon:What wait You shampoo your face for your skincare routine? Okay,
Ashton:because I have more hair on my head. Sure it counts whatever Yeah, we're gonna let anything count. Anyway, okay, do you know how to unclog a drain? What my skincare routine is the all natural approach. You just go outside and rub dirt on your face? Like, what do you mean? No, just don't do anything to it. That would be lack of a routine, my friend. The routine is there is no routine. If you don't do anything, there's no routine. Where you routinely do nothing, I guess.
Gideon:So, do we know how to unclog your drain?
Ashton:I do. That one's not a Wii question there, buddy. I was just making sure we all read the question. I do. I want to know, do you, Gideon? What drain? Any drain. Just any drain. I'm not picky. I think so.
Dad:Yeah. Gene? Okay. Yeah.
Ashton:Yeah, a toilet drain, man. 401k is up next. Do we all know what a 401k is? I do. We've talked about it a couple of times. 401k is? Honestly, taxes? Nope. Nope. No, I don't. It's a, yeah, good question. It's a government approved employer contributed to retirement plan. that will be in finance 1 0 3. We're gonna set up the Roth, which is similar to 401k, but it's private. Sweet. Okay. Here's the final question. Final number 50, how old I am? Do you have to think for a second When people ask how old you are, because you kind of forgot.
Dad:Yep. No.
Gene:Done. Yeah, done with quiz. Done with the quiz.
Dad:Alright. Let's see how we rank baby.
Ashton:It doesn't say the points. It glitched out. We got points per set, guys. We just did the whole quiz. It doesn't tell you how many. It doesn't tell you the percent. That's annoying. Now listen though, here's the deal. I am definitely a full blown adult. Oh, that's true. It does have a description. I probably have a budget that you stick to and stuff. Hey, we have the same, we have the same description, Dan. Let's go. Nice, Ashton.
Gideon:I think me and June have the same one. It's like, not bad, you're somewhere between adult and non adult, judging by how you definitely have your stuff together in some ways, but might lack the life experience to know it all. Trying to
Ashton:refresh it to see if it like, fixes it, but I just can't believe that the points don't work. That's actually really funny. Ready for
Gideon:the next quiz?
Ashton:Yeah. What's the next quiz? And I'm not ready to retake the quiz either.
Gideon:I hope that you guys had a good time as we went through this adult in the quiz. Like I know that we had a good time. I hope you might've learned something or at least found it entertaining. And if you have any questions or insights that you want to give us at adult and decrypted, you can share those with us on subreddit for everyone to see, or DM us on Instagram, Facebook or send us an email. You can find all those on our website, or just look up adult and decrypted. And we will get back to you when we can, and also share your insight on the podcast. So please
Dad:do.
Gideon:And thank
Dad:you.