Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet - 198: Reviews of Matchmaking Services

Episode Date: September 14, 2022

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Conditions apply. Welcome to Beach to Sandy, Water to Wet, a podcast featuring real reviews written by people who just need the world to know what they think. Between you and me, I wanted to like this podcast, but I'd give it zero stars if I could. Dun dun dun dun dun! Hello and welcome to the Matching Game. Is that what that show's called? Match Game? Match game?

Match game with Beach to Sandy. You know what's weird is I knew what you were going for at the start. Excellent! Because I didn't. Because I did just come up with that

on the fly. I don't know if you can tell but it didn't have much forethought. You seemed... You were like, oh, are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready?

You seemed ready to do something though. I felt in my bones something special was about to happen, and I think we all can agree that it did. I hope you can no longer feel your bones in future episodes. Oh, that's the meanest thing anyone's ever said to me. Today we're discussing... Matchmaking services. Yes. I am excited about this one, Zandy. Good. Okay, is this a patreon decision it is

excellent yeah the patrons voted this was the the top one of the three i was mad at first because i was like i don't want to find reviews of this but then i found some good ones oh it's so good uh so would you like to go first andy i'm sure but i would like to tell people that our porch pegging pin we might have mentioned it last episode but we recorded it so long ago i don't even remember i don't either but porch pegging is out our bi-monthly pin you just said porch pegging is out porch pegging is available porch pegging is in i beg to differ uh porch pegging is out porch pegging pins are in but we have that at the merch site bit.ly slash beach to sandy merch and uh it is it is adorable it's like surprisingly adorable for the subject it's not a wezzle wezzle's coming soon too i think uh like i said i was like is wezzle even our next i know no it wasn't and i think it's

coming up eventually now it is um. So anyway, go buy that. All you Wessel fans, you've got to wait a little bit longer. I know, you're clamoring for the Wessel pin. Literally not one person has said anything about Wessel except me. True, actually. Except me. But it is a cute pin. It is.

I will force it back into the canon of Bishu Sandy as long as I have to. This is also being recorded before noon which is a rare occurrence true i have not had any coffee yet you did bring me this gigantic monstrosity duncan donuts pumpkin thing and i'm i don't think i actually couldn't sleep last night because i was looking forward to this coffee today i was thinking about it all night huh that's concerning a little well you know sometimes when you get old it's the little things no don't get me wrong i get excited for much lesser things but i'm sorry you couldn't sleep because of it i was it was worth it thank you for bringing it to

me you're so welcome i will quietly sip it i think you should go first though so i can sit yes i do oh okay let me have a sip no mouth noises stop i'm trying to teach leona to do that she's good at it every time she drinks something she goes it's gonna get so annoying except for now she doesn't really know how to that sounds really cute. So she goes, ah. Anyway, okay. This is something I did where I only, I didn't really, I, hmm, you'll find out. First of all, Zandy and I don't know how this happened. I know we've brought it up on the podcast before, but Beach to Sandy, well, Sandy of Beach to Sandy fame does have a Match.com account. Sandy of Beachy Sandy fame does have a Match.com account.

True. And I did go through our emails trying to find reviews of matchmaking services, and Match.com had a cool 630 emails in our inbox. So I did clear those all out. You did? Oh, my goodness. Except for one, which was the matches we've received. Oh, no. And again, I don't know who signed us up for this because someone

intentionally did because they wrote sandy as the first name and i don't know what the joke was like nobody's yeah that is weird fessed up to it yeah but yeah the beach to sandy at gmail.com is on match.com yeah so somebody clearly is sandy as sandy and we get Sandy new matches like at least 80 times a day. But we did get matched with Rolando, Kyle and Donald. And I was pretty ecstatic about that. So, you know, I don't want to share their info publicly. But if you want to peruse, I saved that email for you. Does our account have any info on it?

Is it just Sandy? We never checked. I don't know. Is it just Sandy? We never checked. I don't know. We've got to do a password reset. Yeah, we should. Can I do that right now? Yeah. It's not coming through.

That's too bad. Maybe it doesn't work. Okay, well, whoever signed us up for it, fess up, because I want to know what our... Yeah, let us know what's in our Sandy profile. Can you just send us a screenshot of our profile? Yeah, that's all we ask. You can remain anonymous. Yeah.

All right. So I then found an email from Levon. They, them. Now, Levon says, I recently found out that there are dating apps specifically for Armenians. And since I'm a nice Armenian boy who would like to date another nice Armenian boy, I thought I would look into some of them. The most popular one on the Google Play Store was Barev Armenian Dating. Okay. I only brought reviews of Barev Armenian Dating.

Are you serious? It was that good? It was that good. Hey, if you find a gold mine. I genuinely. Keep mining. That's what they all say. I do have to check my mine in a few minutes.

I've been playing a lot of Farmville. Farmville is what I call the game I do play, which is Township. But I did just get the mine. So I'm trying to. Thank you for reminding me. You need to get Dinkum. You need a PC. I know.

Dinkum needs to come to Switch. I'm waiting. I Google every couple days when it's coming. So, Levon's found a gold mine. Here's a review. And I would also like to add that these reviews are known for their owner responses. The app developer liked to get involved. So that's the running theme here.

Got it. This is a two-star review by Lilit. Weird application. First, it takes time to process the photo. Then you have a list of people with no names and no intros or anything else. What woman on earth would click on a man with no name or anything that would make him stand out for serious relationship? Maybe it is designed for men who only look at the woman's face and click match. But for a woman, well, it took me 15 minutes of looking at guys faces before i deleted the app

end of review and the app developer's name is adam atom llc so okay adam llc response do you really think a guy who doesn't like your looks will change his mind if he sees your name. End of response. To which I say, touche. Good point. So that's one of the tamer responses. So we'll get to the rest after you go next. I mean, to be fair, I have swiped left on people with names that I don't like back in the day. What names?

Like your name. Oh, I guess that's fair. Yeah. Like a family member's name. I've seen like Renata's and stuff. I'm like, I couldn't do that. Couldn't do it. No way.

No way. That was an episode of That's So Raven. Oh, really? Yeah, where the friend was dating a guy that had her dog's name and she kept imagining him with a dog head. Ew. Oh, God. It got a little weird for me. Like in a good way? She was like, oh. Okay. Sorry. I wasn head ew yeah it was it got a little weird for me like in a good way

she was like oh okay sorry i wasn't sure what it was about um but yeah no like certain names if they like renata is so like it's not common yeah especially in the u.s it's just too much it's too much that's like too all the time everyone would be uncomfortable with i see people on dating apps named baronhard franz joseph and i'm like i'm sorry i can't do it it's too much oh so true okay my next one uh this is by samuel this is reviews of of Catch Matchmaking. It's a dating service in Culver City in L.A. This is... So this is like an actual business. Yes. Yeah.

A matchmaking. I looked up like matchmaking services. We swapped because I'm just doing app reviews. Yeah. That was weird to hear, but I'm excited. So we've got both ends. It's a fun twist. Yeah.

Here's a one-star review of catch matchmaking by samuel forget it i'll just be single forever hit me up on kick y'all at sammy henderson i'm not gay end of review despite my use of kick i don't really know what is supposed to imply that he's gay or not i think so instead of saying something maybe a little more normal like any women interested in me or i'm oh i see a straight guy instead of like hey hey i'm not gay. Instead of just saying, hey, women, hit me up. Interested in. I see. Or just saying, yeah, I'm interested in women or whatever. Do you think that that's what happened at the Culver City?

They were like, you're gay. And he's like, I'm not. I'm not gay. If you reach out to catch matchmaking, don't listen to them. Sorry. They think they know better. Also, do people use kick anymore? Yeah, I'm they know better. Also, do people use kick anymore? Yeah, I'm sure.

Okay. I was about to just diss on kick, but I don't really... I mean, you probably can still. I don't really know anything about it, so I was hoping you would do it. Okay. No, that's a no. Okay, I'm not gay. Sometimes I feel like maybe we just need to say that.

Oh, yes, yes. Like we did when boys would do in we did and like when like boys would do in junior high and just to insist it for you gotta insist it in the early 2000s no one no one can think you're gay otherwise uh yeah god troubles afoot here's a one-star review of barev dating by alika. Terrible app. You pay $20 to buy credits to be able to send message requests to people. And the $20 expires in a week. So stupid.

They just want to keep taking money from you. And the pool of guys in Toronto sucks anyways. End of review. And here is a response by app developer. We are glad that you have decided not to use our app. Moreover, our users are grateful to us because we try to fence our service from such ill-mannered people as you. End of review. But like, Alika's paying up that 20 bucks.

I don't know if you want to kick her straight out of the... That's true. You know, if she's willing to... A paying customer is a paying customer. I mean, $20 to be able to send messages seems like a racket to me, but I don't know. Yeah, I'm curious how this works. I haven't even paid that much on Township yet. Yet.

Well, I'm almost there, but not quite. I think that's how much Dinkum costs one time. Okay, great. It's early access i've gotten many hours of entertainment i've gotten i'm close to 100 hours yeah um yeah i don't i don't know these apps all work so differently and then by the time i was using like tinder at the end like they wanted to charge for everything yeah like the free app was no because i had used it years earlier yeah and then i used it years

later and was very surprised not surprised it's actually pretty unsurprising that they've like that everything costs money yeah yeah it used to really not yeah i mean it was yeah that's i guess how they got big now they're just making a shit ton of money oh well i have a three-star review of catch matchmaking you know this is by barry i've known the owner since before she started the agency so in my humble opinion the staff is first class truly committed and caring to clients both great and small and passionate about the art of matchmaking. I've even had a close friend of mine meet his future wife and mother of his child at a $14 discounted ticket mixer. However, I can't give more than three stars for one simple reason.

No attractive women ever in any of the events and quite honestly perhaps nowhere in the database the only genuinely attractive woman i've met in association with the agency was one of the staff members who unsurprisingly wasn't single this is to no fault of the agency and is likely an industry standard most matchmakers seem to function as a relationship clearinghouse for people with no other option a la e-harmony overall great if you're simply determined to be as a relationship clearinghouse for people with no other option, a la eHarmony. Overall, great if you're simply determined to be in any relationship, but not for finding the girl of your dreams. Just like my friend and his ugly wife.

Right? And their ugly child. I know the owner. I think the staff is amazing and hot. The staff's so hot. No, just one of them. So we don't even know which one, but just one of them. The rest are nothing to look at, you know.

My friend found his future wife. Anyway, everyone there is super ugly. So rude, right? And also their relationships are shallow and mean nothing. And they're all desperate. But anyway, I love the founder. She's a great friend. Not anymore.

I mean. I'd hope not. That's a great friend. Not anymore. I mean... I hope not. That's like so rude. I wonder... Isn't it? I just can't imagine when people talk like that, I'm like, don't we all...

Like, are we not in on the joke about why you're single? I mean, hello? Okay. Here's a one-star review of Baarev Dating App. This is by Tigrangron you know why and here's our response from app developer we know who you are and end of what that's it i don't know it just

starts to get more ominous as i go along yeah what is happening i don't know i don't know can i i'm gonna read one more more because it kind of just goes along. Not really, but it's probably just as confusing. This is a one-star review of Bar of Dating by Ruben. Awful. Here's a response from app developer. Why are you so scared? And the first response.

What does that mean? I don't know, but it's alarming. That's a good question though why are you scared why are you is it because we charge 20 to talk to people for one week because i'd be scared too oh okay my next one this is of master matchmakers this is in near West Palm Beach, Florida. This is a review by Vicky.

How many stars? One star. And with the owner response. Okay. One star. I don't really know how this company gets good reviews. Probably buys them. Absolutely horrible, degrading experience.

Psychologically damaging, I would say, to some people. I signed up my daughter buys them. Absolutely horrible, degrading experience. Psychologically damaging, I would say, to some people. I signed up my daughter with them. The way we were treated, it's not descriptive. First of all, they don't have any matches for anyone. On top of that, if you start raising concerns, they insult you, make fun of you. It's a fraud. They should not continue with that.

It's not even money that we paid. I just don't want them to keep filling people, Vicky. To answer to you response. Oh, wait, sorry. Hold on. Is she talking to herself? Sorry. Yeah, so sorry.

And then the owner responded and then they wrote a response. But like it's all in the same paragraph. But I don't know what the i just don't want them to keep filling people vicky comma vicky i so she's talking to herself yeah it's okay i mean i changed the name but it's right i use her first name so unless the owner has the exact same name which i don't think so here's the response from owner hello vicky google verifies each individual who writes a review on their platform as you have your daughter did not wish to participate in the service you signed her up for she went through the

motions so to speak to make you happy and did not act in good faith we had continued to try and try again to bring love into her life but unfortunately we can only lead a horse to water we cannot force the horse to drink and your daughter is the horse yeah that's maybe not the nicest thing to say when you're talking about a person who you're trying to find love for but yeah we hope your daughter finds the love she's looking for and we appreciate the opportunity to serve her best wishes whoa end of uh response um and then vicky responded and then and then vicky, to answer to you response, she didn't want to participate is because you insulted her and didn't care. I'm not writing it for you to respond, but for other people. Don't take people money and do nothing.

End of review. Wow. I mean, I feel like this review could have just been that first line of like, they don't have matches for anyone. Yeah. The end. Yeah. I feel like that's a pretty. could have just been that first line of like they don't have matches for anyone yeah the end yeah i feel like that's that's a pretty uh and the vague thing about insults and stuff and then to find out that it was a mother yeah well the mother admitted to it signing up her daughter oh whoa if the daughter didn't want to participate that's got to to be a rough, rough situation to be in.

Yeah. Of like, mom, I thought you were taking me to breakfast. Surprise! It's a brunch mixer. Discount $14 brunch mixer. And imagine, yeah, being in that position, but not wanting to. Like, I don't know what I would, I don't know. I don't know what I would, I don't know. I don't know either. But I do know one thing, which is that Levon translated an Armenian review for me.

Amazing. Yeah. And said that. That means it's good. Yeah. And said that it was like pretty much, they said they tried like very carefully to make sure it matched perfectly with punctuation and the meaning behind the... It's not just like a Google Translate. The Google Translate that we would do, yes.

Exactly. So this is a review. It's three stars, so it's sort of a redemption, kind of, of Baarev Armenian dating. I don't know. I had a three star. It was not a redemption, so... Yeah. We'll see.

You can decide at the end. And this is by MS. And remember the developer's name is Atom LLC. Yes. Adam, dear. It is not necessary for you to write a bad thing for every comment you get. Listen to what people are telling you. Don't take every bad comment personally.

If they say something mean wrong again again say thank you for your comment we will try to fix the problem that's how they talk to people i say this for you my brother if you continue this way your business will get to a bad point in marketing you say a complaint is a gift they may not seem like gifts adam dear but i'm giving you this advice you want listen you don't want you know whoa and uh I will say that Levon did say that is what it said I don't know what to tell you what a translation issue it's a yeah we read things in English that sound just like yeah that sounds worse than that yeah I am giving you this advice you want listen you don't want you know I am not leaving one star because I don't want bad for you

and a review and here's a response by atom llc who probably took it personally thank you for the concern end of response okay that's the one time they did not try and clap back at anyone so it might i respect that sorry i i might have gotten through to them the moment i heard like don't take it don't take these reviews personally i was like oh adam's gonna take it personally um and hey i could i would not be if we had to respond to reviews oh what the fuck i would hate that oh i do not envy that position of responding to reviews like that. Some of them were just so outright rude. It was like, nobody wants to date you anyway. Just stuff where it's like, okay, okay, okay.

I don't think I'd do that if I responded to, well, maybe. You're a horse drinking water. That's not how this works. Okay, I've got a last one, one one but it's it's quite the doozy oh gosh this one is by helen this is one star this is of idaho singles it's near boise can't imagine why you would ever give this company one star but i'll hear you out. You'll find out. Here we go. I wish I could give this place a zero, but not an option.

I would be very cautious signing for this service. These guys are a total joke. They said they are a matchmaking service. I've been with them for about one and a half years. I've had three dates. None of my dates matched what was told to me over the phone. Date one. Probably the closest to the looks I stated in my profile, but barely 5'9".

His words. I was told he was six foot. Oh, wait, no. They said six inches. And they literally put inches. I only want to date a borrower from Idaho. He might still be six inches and 5' you don't you don't know helen you didn't wait long enough to find out okay sorry that was bad um i'm thinking over here about borrowers and you're going in a different i mean

she literally wrote i was told he was six inches yeah you're right that's the quotation rather than a single apostrophe. Oh, I forgot about this part. Sorry. No wonder she didn't find out. The guy wouldn't keep his hands off me the entire date. Eventually, he grabbed me and shoved his tongue down my throat. Twice!

Date two. This gentleman was very heavyset. His personality didn't match anything I requested in my profile. He was super dull, had no hobbies, no friends, and did not match me in any way. Potential date three. I happened to look this guy up on Facebook. He looked old enough to be my dad. He was built like my dad.

Old man. Very out of shape. Ew. Date four. I didn't mean ew about out of shape. I meant ew about he looks like my dad. That's what I said ew about. To be clear.

I was like, wow, Christina. No. To be clear. Like, ew, this guy sounds ugly no no no i don't know what her dad looks like but that no that is a new that's besides the point that is that is okay date four very thin man barely any meat on his bones and not joking at all this poor guy had maybe six teeth in his mouth two on the top front and maybe a couple molars one on the bottom front and a few bottom molars this is not a matchmaking service they simply trick people into

dates with other people regardless if they match or are completely in different leagues i am a fit woman i take great pride in my appearance i'm educated i have a wonderful career and i'm often praised on my looks trust me when i tell you don't waste your money. Nobody wins when two people from completely different sides of the spectrum are set on a date. Do more research. The research I did was clearly not enough. End of review. There's a response from one here. Oh, my.

She says, who wins? I'm like, I think I do. Because this I would watch on TV for sure. Here's the response from one here. Idaho dating? Are you kidding me? Idaho singles. Finding love in the potato state? Are you kidding me? Idaho singles. Finding love in the potato state?

I'll work on it. Yeah. Please don't. I think I'm almost there. That's sad. If you're already almost there and that's all you said, okay. We are saddened to read your comments, Helen, and that you feel the service provided to you was a joke. We, as matchmakers, take our

jobs very seriously. But we are just that, matchmakers. We work diligently to put our members together that have similar interests, values, and relationship goals. Unfortunately, we cannot control things like chemistry and physical attraction, and we are unable to force two people to like each other. The tone of your comments reflects an attitude that perhaps affected the outcome of your matches or dates.

Yes, that's it. A positive attitude goes a long way towards building positive relationships. Good luck in your search. Adam dear, why don't you not take things personally, Adam dear? I mean, that's the best way to put it. Like, hey, maybe just listen to yourself for a second and

then wonder why you're single. I have a great personality. I'm very humble and i'm so gorgeous and everyone praises my looks yeah i felt this was a good response for not not like shitting on them which you know they could have done like adam probably would have just thrown her old insults around but instead being like hey like yeah maybe be a little uh more introspective and good luck smile more smile more okay spud love stop i got it oh spud love gross i got it so gross spud love don't say spud love i got it it's's... Sounds like a Soviet satellite. Welcome to Spud Love with your host, Zandy Schieber. Why did I sign up for this? What's my salary?

Please welcome your first contestant, Zandy Schieber. She's not from Idaho. Okay, so... She loves potatoes, though. though I know that's what I'm saying potatoes what I don't like potatoes oh sorry I got you sweet potatoes with your breakfast no I don't mind sweet okay to be fair they were out of the fruit side that's true I wish I had fruit no I don't like potatoes I don't like potatoes well that's freakish I I don't like baked potatoes. What? I don't like them.

How does every member of this family not remember this? And then suddenly they're shocked every time I say it. I legitimately don't know this about you. Every time I say something. I don't complain about potatoes because I'll eat them. But they're just not. I don't get it. What about like. I like mashed potatoes.

What the. I don't like baked potatoes. It's about like... I like mashed potatoes. What the... I don't like baked potatoes. It's very different. I like mashed potatoes. I like French fries, but only thin French fries. Or waffle fries. We've had this discussion. Yeah.

I do agree with you on that. Or curly fries. I don't like steak fries. Home fries. No, I don't like steak fries. What about home fries? No, I don't like home fries. I like hash browns. Welcome to Spud Love with your disgraced former host, Zandy Schieffer.

Hello, sorry, I don't love spuds as much as you do. Welcome to behind the scenes of Spud Love where we reveal the secrets and turmoil that took place. I'm going to close my computer now. Is that okay? I think it's time for your challenge.

Oh, wait. Sorry. You probably have more reviews. I do. Great. I can't wait to hear them. Redemption. Is it a review written by

Adam LLC? It's a review written by Stephen with a response from Adam LLC. I'm very curious to see how Adam LLC responds to positive feedback. Positive. Okay, let's see. Four stars.

A very good app with a lot of real ladies. my opinion at least 50 us dollars should be spent for some matches just one improvement i would like to have please limit request senders age use the same number that used in the searchouch old ladies also i love that it's 50 for 50 requests so basically it's a dollar per person which is quite a monetary spend that's like quite a commitment to this app if you're paying a dollar per person. Like, they must really like you. If somebody tries to request you on that. That's more than most pinball machines.

That's how it's in our assesses the finances. No, there's that place downtown that has a... I know. It's expensive. That's expensive for pinball when you suck as much as I do. I know. I agree. Adam LSE says, thank you for your objective feedback.

Oh, okay. It didn't seem objective to me at all. So passionate about the negatives, but no passion when it comes to positive. Yeah, and honestly, not even a response to this one, this five-star review. Not a response at all. This is by a Google user. Is the app a broken mess? Yes. Is it way too expensive? Yes.

Do they break a bunch of privacy laws? Yes. Are there a bunch of fake inactive profiles in there? Yes. Are there genuine and beautiful Armenians in there? No. No, I'm just kidding. That part is also yes. Are there genuine and beautiful Armenians in there? No. No, I'm just kidding. That part is also yes.

Are there genuine and beautiful Armenians in there? Also yes. Did I meet the most perfect girl in the world in there? Most definitely yes. End of review. Good. Okay. Telling you.

You know, one love story. And then Adam LSC doesn't even have a response. Well, because the app got insulted more than anything. I guess. That's true. There was a happy ending, but the journey was not happy at all. How much do you think this person paid to find their true love on this app? If you're still leaving a five-star review, I would say under 50 bucks.

You think? Yeah. But they did say, so they just got lucky with their i think so twenty dollars spent i i can't i don't know i'm not sure but some of these i will say i didn't i realized that i i read a lot of matchmaking reviews uh matchmaking services they're fucking expensive are they i guess thousands of dollars i guess if you're trying to like get to know, if they're claiming to get to know you and really like find. People were spending like upwards of $5,000 for like a handful of dates. Em watches that show Millionaire Matchmaker.

Never seen it. I can't. I've watched a few of it with Em. I can't watch it outside of that environment because I'm like, what am I looking at? And she's been divorced like four times or something okay and i'm like that doesn't seem like a good ad for your service i mean maybe it does because they've figured it's all about finding what doesn't work for you right so this person the matchmaker was like you know what i've been through different kinds of relationships i with people with different values and i can help you find the person that fits with the matchmaker was like, you know what? I've been through different kinds of relationships

with people with different values and I can help you find the person that fits with your values because I wasn't able to do that for myself. What are you, a fucking matchmaker apologist? I'm just saying, matchmaker apologist.

Who needs to be apologized for? What did they do? They need to apologize to me for for for honestly offending my sensibilities once you get that apology from delta for uh how that uh flight attendant was treated in front of you then yeah okay then i'll take my next then i think you can take on matchmaking millionaire. Okay. Oh, my gosh. Okay, that's fine.

Yeah, you have to be like a millionaire to be on the show. And then like she like pulls it. It's just so cringe and stupid. Hey, neither of us would exist if it weren't for divorce. Neither would Francisca. Neither of us would exist. Oh, yeah, that's true. Hello.

Okay. Oh, I have one. Hello. Okay. Oh, I have one more redemption. This is a five-star review of Spud Love. Stop. Did you just write that? I was wondering why you were click-clacking away over there. I'm just clicking. It's five stars.

There's no comment needed. So I'm going to respond real quick as the app developer just five stars I'm going to say thank you for your objective feedback you're just reading to see what you're learning from the best I'm going to respond

do you really think a guy who doesn't like your looks will change his mind if he sees your name okay so anyway Levon thank you for giving me an entire you basically just sent me all the reviews that i used today so i appreciate that but now it's my challenge no wonder you're ready to record so quick yeah it was a gender reveal yes it's from cory and it's basically to where a gender reveal went wrong yeah um and you did say bakery and i do have a few of those but i do have like other gender reveal okay services and products what does that mean what do you mean

what's a gender reveal service what does that mean well i'm trying to think of how to explain so there are the ultrasounds where you can go and find out the okay i'm familiar with an ultrasound yeah i thought sorry i and then but there's places that just do that. Oh. Well, or that focus on that. Why? So that people can find out the sex of the baby. Okay. As early as possible. Oh, and like.

When usually your doctor doesn't do it to like 20 something weeks. Oh. So there are those. I don't know if I have any of those, but that's what I imagine. I just saw the fetus exhibit at omsi oh oh at what at omsi the oregon something a fetus exhibit yeah they had all the feet these fetuses oh it was very fascinating yeah um yeah sorry that's all oh cool it's in portland it was it was interesting that's fun it was a lot but it was interesting yeah it seems like a lot i don't know if i could uh anyway sorry that's that's my contribution to

this challenge well i will say uh you know i i think if you listen to the show at least semi regularly you already know this but you know sex and gender are different things gender is a construct society blah blah so that's the big umbrella caveat now let's get into people getting extremely obsessed with blue versus pink boy versus girl etc yes i i'm ready for it uh yes this first product is from amazon remember when you released all those like doves? Well, they weren't. And then you did a whole reveal thing. Well, I tried to release them, but they all fell on the ground.

Only one flew away. Because it was like what you had like this like pink smoke. Yes. Ready? And it went off early with the pigeons still in the box. The cannon. You like smoked them all out. I didn't.

You were supposed to light the cannon and you lit it too early with the bird still inside. And we did do it. Oh, no. And you screamed, gender's not a construct. This is a social construct. It was wild. The whole thing was wild.

She's putting on a show for you all, but you should see the real her. I think the wildfire is still burning. I've left my chest. Oh, no. Oh, my God. Oh, good. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Don't do that shit, y'all. Fucking wildfires. Don't set fires. Yikes. It's bad. That's my hot take for the day. This is a product called My Scratch- gender reveal announcement whimsical owl it's a

girl scratch off cards 25 pack wow a scratch off what do you what can you win i did buy these for just now no sorry why is this your way of... Wait, hold on. Let me get the cannon. No, the ones I bought were scratch off, like, I'm pregnant ones. Oh, okay. But I forgot to use them and then I lost them. I was going to put them in everyone's stockings and be like, you know. Oh, yeah. It looks like a lottery ticket. Oh, so it's a fake lottery ticket?

Fake lottery ticket. Oh, and it's a surprise. Isn't that cute? That is cute. Thank you. I bought it. I guess maybe someday I'll use it again. I love gambling. it's a fake lottery ticket oh and it's surprising isn't that cute that is cute thank you i bought it i guess maybe someday i'll use i love gambling what if i just gave you that uh for fun no no like sends the wrong message which is that i'm pregnant which i'm not yeah this is the wrong the wrong

message being uh no no no no no no okay so anyway these are ones that where you scratch it off and it says whether it's a boy or a girl. Okay. Okay. Here's the top critical review on Amazon by Amy, one star. And the title is Screwed Up Majorly. They sent us the wrong color slash gender reveal scratch offs and therefore made it extremely awkward with friends when the opposite color was scratched off revealing the wrong sex we were having. End of review. I think every time I read the wrong sex we were having. End of review. I think every time I read the wrong sex we were having, I'm like,

Oh, that's not really that. Oh, okay. Well, anyway, um, it was revealed for everybody to see.

My whole family saw our wrong sex that we had. Don't scratch that off. Uh, yeah. So, you know, Don't scratch that off, Grandma. Yeah, so, you know. That's something, though. Getting the wrong one. That's what this whole thing is. Yeah.

All of these. Yeah. That's so wild. And do you know how often it happens? And, like, I feel bad. I genuinely do because, you know, I imagine it would be really hard, especially, oh, the worst ones, which I mean, I will read you, are when, say, like a family member does a gender reveal for the couple who doesn't know and then it's wrong. It's awful. I'm sorry.

That is terrible. It's awful because some of them were like, ooh, that's got to hurt because it's like, oh, they had like five boys and they were hoping for a girl and then the girl canon went off. Oh no, it's supposed to be blue. Like it's stuff like that where I'm like, oh boy, where it like stings a little to read. So I also want to be clear with my caveat in check that I do understand how, how very emotionally. You're a mom. You can do whatever you want.

Damaging this might be for people. You're a mom. It's okay. Thank you. This is a review of Magnolia Bakery. I can do anything because I'm a white man. A white man, right. Is that the famous one?

I don't know because it didn't seem like it. Wasn't it called Magnolia? Are you thinking Magnolia from Target? You know what? I could be. You know the home renovation couple? Yeah. No, I know.

Oh. I don't think that's what it was, but it's a famous chain of bakeries in New York. Okay. I thought, like, it sounds familiar. Okay. This is a one-star review by Danny of Magnolia Upper West Side. Do not get your gender reveal cake here. They gave us the wrong color.

Save yourself the heartache and go elsewhere. They lost our gender reveal envelope, and instead of fessing up to it, they cast. Hey, 50-50 shot. I know. But, like, if you're wrong wrong you're so in trouble like oh my gosh do that that's wow unless you're willing to stand with gender as a construct we're making a statement call the press you know what i mean like if you're gonna do it wrong feeling that's not what i don't think that's at all what it was about. They lost our gender reveal envelope, and instead of fessing up to it, they guessed and put the wrong gender for the inside frosting.

When we picked up the cake, the customer service rep at the store was barely apologetic for losing the envelope and said he was a thousand percent sure the cake had the right color on the inside, but the envelope was misplaced for whatever reason. We gathered our whole families together and were so excited when we found out we were having a boy. The next morning, we called the doctor's office to confirm and found out we were actually having a girl. Magnolia gave us the wrong cake and had lied to our faces. Totally outrageous and unacceptable. This is a true story. Happened 10-28-18 at the UWS Magnolia. That's... Upper West Side. Yeah, I thought it was like the USS Magnolia. On their ship? The warship.

At the shipyard. Update. They apologized and promised to send us a gift card. It's a month later and we never received anything. Two people found this review funny. Oh, a month later and we never received anything. Two people found this review funny. Oh, God, I did not expect the funny. Wow.

Okay, so it was kind of confusing, the order of events, because they told the story after the whole... It was out of order. The reveal of the wrong reveal. Yeah. So they didn't... They just thought that... They thought it was... That's it was they didn't pick it up and say oh sorry we lost the envelope so we guessed they basically gave them the cake and said we lost the envelope but we're a hundred a thousand percent sure that we know that this is

the right color and then the doctor the next day was like no the envelope specifically i imagine said oh my god they lost it like the stress i'm feeling just thinking about this oh my god that's wild oh my god that's that's that's pretty bad yeah uh yeah so that's how it were i mean i i knew there was some element of like secrecy in some cases so is there like did they have they had the doctor ship it to the bakery okay so this is actually how does this work i can tell you from experience i didn't do this but it was an option when um my doctor called me to tell me he asked he said oh your like blood results came back do you want to know what you're having if you're if it's pink or blue if it's pink or blue and i said yes please and he said

girl yeah but he said you're having girl and i was like thank you and then he said okay i have to go i have an appointment and i think it was really uncomfortable for everybody but i was very excited. Anyway, he called and he said, do you want me to tell you or do you want me to leave it up front and you can pick up the envelope and we won't say it. And that way you can bring the envelope to a bakery. And so places know already. Or I could give it to you and say, pick the right cannon and spray paint the doves whatever

colors on it inside this envelope. Yeah. Okay. So that's how it worked. They misplaced the envelope. That's so bad. If you're doing it via ultrasound and finding out that way, then you can ask the tech to not tell you. And just hope you aren't smart enough to understand the ultrasound.

Yeah, I would not be able to tell. Me neither. And so then they just don't tell you and they write it down and put it in an envelope and hand it to you and then you bring it sealed to wherever whoever you want to surprise you makes sense yeah um so that's that and honestly after reading that review i'm like if anybody out there is considering one of these maybe get like four envelopes just to make sure they don't lose the one envelope. You know what I mean? True. Okay.

I mean, why wouldn't you just call and be like, I'm sorry we misplaced the envelope. Can you have your doctor like send another note? It's so, that is. There was a way to. I wonder if they legitimately thought, thought okay we have a 50 50 shot of getting this right that's such a risky i mean it seems like a terrible idea because being wrong is so much worse than like just admitting you made a mistake so i don't know why you do this but they were like well we maybe they just wanted to they thought they knew i don't know maybe

someone did read it and like was confident that they saw the right like saw i don they knew i don't know maybe someone did read it and like was confident that they saw the right like saw i don't know i don't know i don't get it god i wish i could see that conversation no i swear it said boy are you sure i'm like 90 sure oh gosh stressful the fact they didn't give a gift card i mean hopefully it's been figured out by now but come on give this person something i'm usually not about giving people free stuff but come on what about like a free first birthday cake for the that's a child no it's for the blue wait wait shit which one ah shit oh they're having a girl they're having a blue a green purple pink okay so a pink birthday cake for number one just to just to really drive home the point that like yes on the outside uh okay so gender reveal surprise confetti cannons set of two blue for

baby boy 12 inch biodegradable confetti-free and safe this is what you should have ordered instead of going on wish.com and ordering the cannons that you bought so mine also said smoke-free but it turns out it just meant the smoke was included for free it didn't say smoke-free it also said dove free and look what happened okay so this is a one-star review by ali verified purchase wrong color wrong cannon total fail would leave negative stars if possible to begin with they sent powdered cannons which are not listed anywhere as product they sell, but we specifically ordered confetti cannons. Needless to say, our brand new white outfits for the shoot were ruined. That's so bad! This is why I get so much anxiety reading these.

These are wild! I did not have a gender reveal, despite what Alexander might be announcing here. But if I did, my stress levels, I think, would be through the roof that something would go wrong. Because it just seems like such a trope that gender reveals go wrong. I mean, I'm sure most of the time they don't. But this is stressing me out.

Well, when they do, they go really wrong. Yeah, exactly. Like, people have died from gender reveals. Like, entire states have been in, like, emergency. Engulfed in flames. Yeah, because of these things. It's wild. Oh, my God.

Okay. Needless to say, our brand new white outfits for the shoot were ruined. But wait, it gets worse. They sent the wrong color. Our sister was having her third child, and she already has has two boys and they were desperately hoping for a girl. This is when I get like, ooh. It's so sad. They were desperately hoping for a girl, but they were having a boy.

The whole gender reveal party, which all our friends were invited to and a lot of money, time and effort went into, was ruined. And we had to break it to our sister that it was not in fact a girl and that the wrong canon type and color had been sent out what if she's like oh the wrong color was sent but we did order these ones to ruin your fucking outfit the powder was correct the powder was what we wanted the photo shoot was ruined and of course money wasted on photographer and videographer that we hired as well as their time needless to say we cannot throw another party for the gender reveal that's might be part of it you cannot throw another party for the gender reveal that's might be part of it you get like one shot yeah yeah one opportunity that's what eminem was rapping about actually it was gender reveal parties he's like who serves spaghetti at a wonder at a gender

reveal party mom so to sum it photo shoot ruined clothes ruined party ruined money and time wasted on party decor etc photographer videographer not to mention the moment being ruined for all the friends and family and worst of all the disappointment of the mom and dad to be which also is like okay the disappoint ouch like this poor kid is like wait yeah just imagine explaining to them after seeing their reaction and excitement 100 out of 10 would not recommend. Huh? 100 out of 10? That part, I don't think they know how that works.

Maybe they're talking like vision. I don't know how that works either. I don't either. Wow. End of review. So that's really rough. And like the point of these canons is like you don't know. So you can't like test it.

Yeah. Oh, God, my anxiety. I can't. I would have to poke a hole in it or something to check i just i couldn't live with it that moment when it goes off and you're like uh-oh as the person planning it must be like oh the worst feeling like well now they're crying happy tears and i have to say oops and this is not something so you know there are a lot of mistakes that happen in like products in services whatever that are just you can if you have a sense of humor you can laugh it off this is not just does not feel like one of those times because the kinds

of people that want these products yeah this is not this is not a laughing thing or like a laugh it off like to them they're taking this very seriously and a very like special moment for them again like what are they gonna tell their kid uh in a few years like we were so disappointed like we can't we didn't we did this big gender reveal but we can't show you any of it you're so upset that you were not a girl which is and it said you were a girl and it's like the whole thing is so shitty oh god i just i feel for these people you know and it just sounds awful yeah um i think that's like the the toughest one i've got because i was some of them i was like this is just upsetting like oh boy um this one is the same product because apparently you should read reviews before you buy any of these confetti cannons because this product seems to have a few. I typed the word wrong.

Powdered confetti. Powdered confetti cannons. Yeah. Whatever they're called. I typed in wrong and several reviews came up. So just be aware. Be aware if you're buying these. One star review by leilani

the title of this one is sent wrong color slash gender verified purchase i ordered four blue cannons for a photo shoot i was so excited to take the pictures of my husband and i celebrating our little boy i ordered these for the one-day shipping and many five-star reviews, only to be totally devastated upon opening four pink confetti cannons. I had a complete breakdown, as nowhere in town had any available, and the sole photo I wanted from our gender reveal photoshoot could not happen. My husband and I both took time off work for the paid photoshoot session. Not only that, but I was so excited that I had my makeup professionally work for the paid photo shoot session not only that but i was so excited that i had my makeup professionally done for the photos my makeup was ruined from bawling my eyes out because the cannons are the wrong gender oh no i'm not laughing at her i just this is oh my god

okay i mean okay i not to be, okay, that sucks. Yeah. And this person deserved to not have this happen. But like getting a one day shipping for Amazon cannons, like, I don't know. I feel like there's so many cute ideas you can do that aren't like, I don't know. So I feel terrible. Like, I don't know if you're all prepared for it. Like, that sucks it's rough but i do feel less cringe about this one because at least the couple knew already so it wasn't like that's true it wasn't like oh we

had to like disappoint them or like let them know yeah you know at least like this i feel like you could play off as like kind of funny well maybe not i don't know i don't know not if you take this very seriously eventually maybe eventually the other ones i don't think i don't know if that's gonna ever be funny maybe if their kid comes out as trans they can be like see all along amazon one day shipping they knew you know what i mean honestly amazon would know that already they know from the womb yes i wouldn't be surprised. It just got scary and bleak. It always does. Really bleak.

Okay. My makeup was ruined from bawling my eyes out because the canons are the wrong gender. The sole reason I wanted gender reveal pictures was for the confetti canon pictures. I am still absolutely devastated. We are going to do a second mini shoot so that i get my photo but it is now more time and money on our part plus we won't have those pictures in time to share the gender as my husband has already patiently waited to share this news and i am not going to make him wait weeks longer end of review uh then i realized that you had said bakery, so I found another bakery.

This is Buttercup Bake Shop. I just, hey, Corey said bakery. I didn't. I'm not throwing Corey under the bus here. This is a fantastic challenge. Yeah, it is. But I don't think Corey is upset that you went above and beyond and found things that weren't bakeries. Okay, good. Well, I hope not, because I am bookending it with bakeries just in case.

So this is a review of Buttercup Bake Shop in New York City. And there is an update. I'll read the previous review and then the updated review. So this is a one star review written June 30th, 2015 by Claire. along with the sealed sonogram containing the baby's gender. The sonographer went through great lengths to keep the gender a surprise, telling us to close our eyes when he got to the gender portion, and even sealed the gender picture in a separate envelope complete with arrows and writing for the baker's convenience. I was so excited to place my order and share in the experience of the reveal with my entire family, but when I called to confirm the details the next day,

the girl on the phone told me the color of the cake. She casually dropped the color of the icing, even though I repeatedly called it a reveal cake and used vague words like the gender color. She acknowledged that she made an error in revealing to me the color and apologized. I was in shock and horribly disappointed, but it was good that I called to follow up because they had meant to put the gender color on the outside,

which is not the point of a gender reveal cake. So I call again the next day just to double check the details yet again. And again, the gender color is casually mentioned. I then asked to speak with a manager and I'm told that she is speaking. So I express my disappointment and having the surprise completely ruined just for checking up on a cake order. She proceeds to tell me that it's my fault for checking up on the cake, that they know the color and it's written down. So when I call to check the details of my order, they will tell me all the details, including the color of the gender reveal cake. I tell her that is ridiculous because isn't it the point of a gender reveal cake for the inside icing color to be a surprise? Why should I have my surprise moment utterly destroyed because I'm calling to check up on my order? She then admits that she was there when the first girl

revealed the gender to me and that they all knew it was a mistake. I nearly started crying on the phone and it didn't really help that they apologized. It is just completely ruined. I wish I could cancel, but it's too late. End of review. Wow. There's an update to this? Yes. The update is three stars.

Okay. So, we'll see. So this was written July 3rd, 2015. So three days later. Okay. I went into the store to pick up the reveal cake. It says the quote reveal cake since it's clearly already been revealed. I went to the store to pick up the reveal cake and spoke

directly with different staff from the people I spoke to on the phone. They were horrified that one, my surprise was ruined. Two, the previous manager told me it was my fault for calling three times to confirm. I only called twice total once to confirm. Then condescendingly tells me that

they have all the details written down, which they did not the day before. The new staff told me they understood the point of the gender reveal cake and assured me that it is not policy to reveal the gender color, contrary to the manager's assertions, and offered me a cupcake for my woes. I am relieved that someone there finally understands the concept of a surprise gender reveal cake. However, be careful who you speak with and be certain that whoever is taking your order makes a note to not reveal the gender to

anybody calling to confirm. They should not be telling you the gender color just because you are calling to confirm. Details. End of review. Three people found this review funny. Who are these people? I need to talk to these people. They need to get a life. It's the same three people found this review funny who are these people i need to talk to these people they need to get a life it's the same three people reading all of these reviews yeah so um yikes i i'm glad that they brought up those stars to three yeah um they got a cupcake

out of it respect for me from me for that one i like that. But dang. This is like the number of ways things can go wrong is giving me such deep-seated anxiety that I'm really glad that I did not do anything like this. The stress of planning something like this, especially when you're planning your own surprise. Yeah. When you're planning. Like. It can be ruined. It's ruined in like a second.

Yeah. You just say. Honestly, if I were that. I don't want to find out from a employee at the bakery you know who's already probably all people yes i know what a bummer like you'd wish you at least found out with your partner or something yeah like if this is especially someone like this who it's clearly so important for that enough where they want their family reveal cake and everything yikes yeah it's a big yikes um okay so this is a review of pika baby in modesto california and this is one of those where you go and they can tell you early okay ish what the gender is but there's a risk with that because you said you were bookending it with bakeries yeah i lied

okay you just lied i just blatantly lied to you i was like wow this is a weird bakery concept no the that uh there was one more after the bakery got it and it's pika baby pika baby this is where you go and you can get a sonogram or not a sonogram, an ultrasound. Isn't Pika like that thing? Where you eat paper? No, Pika. I know how it's spelled. P-E-K-A or whatever.

Pika baby. But saying it quick. Isn't that pronounced Pika? Maybe. I don't know. I'm not sure. Sorry. I continue.

It's for babies with Pica. Pica. Okay. So this is Pica Baby and Modesto. So I'm going to read you the first review. They put it out of order, but I'm going to read the original review and then the update. Last year, I had an ultrasound done for gender. And during the appointment, the tech said, you're having a girl.

My husband and I were confused because you couldn't see any clear pictures but we believed her and left when my doctor did our ultrasound we were actually having a boy we were so upset that we had planned for one sex and it turned out to be not that nonetheless we were still excited for our second baby well that's good just adding that in there glad you clarified you were Don't worry. We're still so excited. He's still okay in our book. He will have a pink nursery, but that's okay. This year we are expecting our last baby, so I made an appointment thinking maybe the girl was having an off day. When I walked in for my appointment, I was pleased to see the tech I had before was no longer there.

When I went back in the room, I told the new tech that I had concerns because I was told wrong before. Her response, that's why she doesn't work here anymore. She was wrong about a lot of them. As she started, she was positive I was having a girl. I start explaining to her how I was going to cry happy tears since I already have two boys. She kept on and assured me more than once that I see nothing between the legs. Looks like a girl to me. on and assured me more than once that i see nothing between the legs looks like a girl to me she moves toward the face and starts taking face pics i ask her to double check and make sure 100 since the baby was being stubborn and hiding its legs i needed to know 100 it was a girl before i do a gender reveal when she goes over one last time clear as day i see a penis her response is oh wait it might be a boy oh my god at this point the baby girl i pictured in my head is now gone in a snap of a finger

she says i need to come back later that day because the baby hid under the placenta when i went back the baby was even more under the placenta and she couldn't give me a definite it was a boy or girl. She said I needed to come back a third time. We scheduled an appointment for the following day. After talking with my husband about my letdown, now twice from the same company, we decided to call a local place and see if they could help us. They got me in within the hour and without even having to do HD4D, they were able to see the gender in the first two minutes of the appointment. HD4D, they were able to see the gender in the first two minutes of the appointment.

The baby was again in the placenta, and this tech had no problem with seeing the baby or helping the baby move. She also didn't say, maybe it's a girl, and it's swollen, or it could be the umbilical cord, as the one at Pika Baby did. I'm sorry, but no, an umbilical cord is not a penis. Also, a swollen vagina is not a penis standing up. umbilical cord is not a penis. Also, a swollen vagina is not a penis standing up. Don't waste your time. You get what you pay for. Also, if I didn't ask for the pictures of my son smiling from the first appointment,

I would have nothing to show for my money spent. End of review. Wow. Also, like... This is a wild world. This is something that I... It's a lot. We'll never know much about, and I'm going to be happy that way. I think that's probably for the best.

Also, I'm sorry to break it to her, but the baby wasn't smiling. Oh. I don't think the baby was smiling. I forget from my... It depends on how many weeks. I'm just kidding. I don't remember. Oh.

I just feel like, whatever. Anyway, maybe the baby was smiling at her. He's like, peekaboo. Here's my penis. Okay. Here's an update. Okay, Christina. Peekababy.

This has gone too far. Okay, here's an update. Whoa, that was just the first review? Jesus Christ. I forgot. i knew there was an update but i figured you just kind of like went into it no the update holy it's not that long i promise no no it's fine i'm excited up yeah you see me i'm so thrilled update after response from owner no they didn't give me a definite which is why i went somewhere else she took one photo between the legs and said it could be swollen or it could be the umbilical cord.

Clearly, it was a penis and even I knew that. Your staff is not licensed because legally they're only doing keepsake photos. Okay, first of all, that's true. And I'm like, then why do you keep going back? I'm sorry. It's like, what did George W. Bush say? Fool me once. Same one.

Me and you. Let's not quote the George W. Bush one. I don't know why, but that's the one i always think of um but yeah it's like you went the first time had a devastating experience i know it's cheap but like you even just explained why that that they're not medically licensed they do this just for photos so i'm sort of like girl come, come on. You should have known this was at least possible. And especially when she said, we found a local place instead. I'm like, so there was somewhere.

Yeah. Anyway, okay. Within an hour. That's cool. That's crazy that they got you in within an hour. Yeah. Yeah. Your staff is not licensed because legally they're only doing keepsake photos.

They don't know jack shit. And I am two days shy of 16 weeks. If the licensed tech from the very professional place could see from a regular ultrasound with no HD slash no 4D, your tech is clearly not trained properly. Maybe you should get in there and train her. Instead, her response on your place when your DVD started skipping music was, we have a ghetto DVD player and the owner won't get a new one. Yeah, that's something you want to hear during your ultrasound is skipping music.

Instead of getting defensive, listen to your customers and correct your problems. Never will I go back or recommend anyone. So, okay. What? What? Now we're getting into the DVD player? It was not soothing. The music was not soothing.

It was skipping. I thought she meant like we ordered a DVD of the ultrasound. Yeah, me too at first. Then it was like, wait, okay. The ultrasound is skipping music? That seems like quite the place. I kind of want to go there just for fun. Could someone pretend to be...

Because Dee's not about about gonna do that for me no and i don't blame her i don't either um that would be really something if she did i think i might have concerns if she agreed to do this to walk into one of these places just for a fun ultrasound okay here is a redemption okay of pika baby in modesto oh good and this is four stars by heather and it still fits the challenge okay although we were given the wrong gender at our appointment i am still giving four stars because we had a nice experience they allow you to come as early as 15 weeks for gender reveal but i would not recommend coming this early we were told it was a girl and

then surprise, it was a boy at our 20 week ultrasound. I did ask the tech how sure she was and she said pretty sure. I thought I saw boy parts, but she assured me that it was just swollen labia. Though it's over now, I do wish that the technician would have not given us an answer if she wasn't sure and instead asked us to come back another time. Oh, well, we are human and we all make mistakes. As long as our baby is healthy, the gender does not matter. So we are thrilled regardless. Thank you.

Please tell me that's the last one. It is, but there's a little bit more here. Oh, sorry. Sorry. Okay. I'm leaving four stars because Pika Baby did take care of us and allowed us to come back for a gender reconfirmation appointment free of charge. After going to both locations, that must be nice for the tech because you already have the doctor saying what it is. So you can just be like, I'm reconfirming it. The doctor's correct. And then I could imagine the next doctor appointment,

don't worry, we went to Pika Baby and you were right. Yeah, we got a second opinion at Pika Baby. Thanks, doc. Pika Baby has your back. You know, we just to Pika Baby and you were right. Yeah, we got a second opinion at Pika Baby. Thanks, Doc. Thanks, Doc. Pika Baby has your back. You know, we just wanted to check up on you. After going to both locations, I would recommend the Fresno location over the Modesto. Staff was friendlier and they had more items to buy for gender reveal. We were sad that the Modesto location didn't have any of these available.

Pros, affordable, clean location, fast service, easy scheduling. End of review. Wow cons i like i like uh that had a good message in there too yeah sums it up pretty much even though she did want to buy like the gender reveal teddy bear or whatever but you know that's okay um yeah so that's that and you know what? Well done. You nailed that challenge. Oh, thank you. I had a great time with it. It was very fun. And, you know, I mean, I can understand the anxiety and the, you know. Yeah. The whatever of it. The end.

Do you want to write that? I was waiting for you to write that down. That's our next pin. I don't even know what you said anymore. Our next pin is Spud Love, the dating show. Okay, Spud Love. That's actually a pretty good one. Picture it with the lights from an old retro game show.

Welcome to Spud Love. Picture it. That's all the creative direction I i'm giving you okay okay picture it i'm picturing it okay so i do have a challenge for you even though we haven't picked a theme yet that'll be a patreon thing so yeah we'll see what might be up already i don't know comes up with but we were hoping to request your help everyone because our 200th episode is coming up and we're wondering if anyone has any good ideas good suggestions so last year i made a two and a half hour episode and i'm not really

feeling in the mood for that this time around i would do it because i feel like it's my turn to do that but i don't have it's a lot of work i can't do it i had to get dad to like record 40 different voice files jesus and he's the poor guy he sent all of them as individual voice files yeah so don't request that because that's been done and it was incredible and maybe one day thank you when we have someone to pay to do that uh yeah maybe someday or maybe one of you will do that entire thing for us what a request cut it out i'm kidding don't do that if you have a suggestion if you do that and we don't use it, like, come on, could you imagine?

That would be rough. Please don't do that. If you have a suggestion, let us know. We would love to hear what you creative minds have to say. Beachtoosandy at gmail.com. Yes, beachtoosandy at gmail.com. Put something about 200th episode in the subject. In the subject. Good idea. Yeah. Good idea. Alright, well, that's all I've got.

What's my challenge sorry oh yeah your challenge is from yanni he him who says love the show my challenge is to find a review where someone i don't know if we've done this before it was forced to apologize i don't know we might have done i like it i don't know it doesn't sound too familiar similar but i figured that was a good one. They were forced to apologize. That's hilarious. Okay. I don't know if that means in the review or like...

Yeah, I'm curious. I was forced to apologize. Or in person, like they made me apologize. Yeah, okay. So, you know. Cool. Whatever you want to do with it. Thanks, Yanni.

Thanks, Yanni. Thanks, everyone. Love y'all. See you next week. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. I'll see you next week. Bye!