Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet - 347: Reviews of GameStop

Episode Date: July 23, 2025

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Starting point is 00:01:07 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. Hello everyone, welcome to Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet, the podcast where we read the worst reviews in the most dramatic fashion. I'm your sister host, Christine. And I'm brother host, Zandi. Hello, welcome to the show. We're so excited because A, we're talking about GameStop today and who wouldn't be just totally jazzed about that. And B, we are releasing more content than ever
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Starting point is 00:03:35 Sorry, I just took half an adderall because I'm a mess right now. So hopefully that kicks in any second now. I don't think it hits that fast. I know. I'm telling people. I'm telling people why I'm a mess. That it hasn't kicked in yet. I'm saying I was going to say, Oh, we're both in like a really weird headspace today. I'm feeling really sleepy. And then you kind of just jumped in and said, like, you're going to be like elevated. Is that true? No, I'm trying to get to the baseline here. I'm not
Starting point is 00:04:01 trying to take Adderall to be normal. To try and exist in this world. Yeah. Agreed. Okay. Perfect. Well, then in that case, Alexander, I guess we're going to talk about GameStop, your favorite place. Speaking of being normal, going to GameStop. You're fucking losers. Your fourth place. Is that what they call it? My fourth place? Wait, my second place. Yeah, that's what I mean. Is that wait third places. Wait, what do they call it? I Don't know now. I'm in my head about it, but I don't think it's fourth places That's not what I know. I know it's like life like you have the spaces that Is a third place? I'm like for to second place is a bar in Cincinnati
Starting point is 00:04:44 Oh and second life is also a game. You can get a game stop. Maybe I'm like four, two? How many? Second place is a bar in Cincinnati. Oh, and Second Life is also a game you can get at GameStop maybe. I'm not sure. But third place is, it was Zandy's third place in high school. I don't even know what my second one is. I don't have a second or third one anymore. Home and school are the two. Well, I don't have school anymore, so I don't have even a second.
Starting point is 00:05:04 Because I don't go to GameStop anymore because it sucks sucks and it used to be my favorite place in the world. I know. And it kind of sucks now. Did you know that Griffin McElroy used to work at GameStop? I just thought of this. Oh yeah? Yeah. And he was held up while he worked there at gunpoint. Yeah, that makes sense. But I think he said that they had it under a hood, like a sweatshirt, so he's like, I didn't even know if it was like, you can have everything, I don't care. You never saw the gun.
Starting point is 00:05:31 Yeah, you never saw the gun. Got it, got it. I think if I'm, listen, allegedly, I'm retelling the story. Don't worry, Griffin McElroy's not gonna listen to this, so you're fine. That's actually true. Anyway, Alexander, I'm gonna go first, okay,
Starting point is 00:05:44 because I have one from Lindsay, she, she her this is of a GameStop actually It's a GameStop from in Wauwatosa, but I'm gonna read, you know You know well and I'm gonna read three reviews in a row because they're only like a couple words each. They're all one star Later I have like 12 in a row that are just a sentence each so I'm not looking forward to that I'm gonna read all three of these now so that we can get like just a gist. For people who don't, who aren't maybe familiar with the franchise as a whole, here are three reviews of GameStop and Wawatosu One Star.
Starting point is 00:06:15 It's not there anymore. We all know why. Smells like a GameStop. End of three reviews. And now I'm realizing as I look at this that I read them. Oh, that sounded like one review. Oh, that was all three. That was three in a row.
Starting point is 00:06:30 Yeah, but they were all, I realized I read them in the reverse chronological order. So let me actually read them in the correct chronological. I see, I see. They actually go eight years, six years, four years. So it seems like every two years, GameStop gets another one-star review. It does make sense that it wouldn't no longer
Starting point is 00:06:44 be their first chronologically. Correct. Very good point, Alexander. And thank you. I'm kicked in. And your media literacy has gone through the roof. I'm so impressed. We're going to start at the oldest review and just read forwards chronologically. Smells like a GameStop. We all know why it's not there anymore. And that kind of gives you an idea of what's happening at a GameStop. We all know why. It's not there anymore.
Starting point is 00:07:06 And that kind of gives you an idea of what's happening at a GameStop. They sell video games there. They seem to smell often. Sometimes they get held up at potential gunpoint, but nobody really knows. And it's, I mean, when you think about it, it's a place to buy video games, which is just... I'm sorry, fellow gamers, you know how we are. You know how we are. You know how we are, you know how we get, and the worst of the worst are pretty bad.
Starting point is 00:07:29 But I will say the way you read those, it was interesting the first way because it felt like there was some conspiracy afoot. Yeah, we all know why. I know. And then the second way was, yeah, we know why it smells. But it's so weird to say that two years later, but I guess if there aren't that many reviews, it's like obvious to whom you're responding. Do we know why it smells? I'm self-aware gamer. This GameStop is in New York City. Those nerds that work here doesn't answer the phone.
Starting point is 00:08:07 They too busy playing Pokemon Go in the store, a bunch of dweebs. End of review. Oh no. What if like, but that would, but okay. It would be so cool though, if your work at GameStop was a Poke stop or like a gym or something, you know.
Starting point is 00:08:25 What it? I guess. Maybe not. For the brief period of time that I played Pokemon Go, there was like a Pokestop down the street and I would try to stand in the corner of the farthest corner of my house and see if I could reach it and it was like a little too far. So and it was wintertime so I'd be like, so I was basically trying to defeat the purpose of Pokemon Go, which was to go out and about. You were playing Pokemon Stay. Pokemon Stay is actually my favorite. This was sent in by Abby Sheher.
Starting point is 00:08:55 It is a review, wouldn't you know it, of GameStop, and I don't know where. This is a one-star review by Joe. I know that most of my reviews seem negative, but there seems to be a decline in good customer service, particularly in Staten Island. Oh, that's where it is. Oh, got it. I would say you'd probably say on Staten Island.
Starting point is 00:09:14 Good job. Yeah. Thank you. Prepositions are not necessarily my strong suit, but it gets confusing out there with Long Island. Technically, I'm on the same landmass as Long Island right now, but I wouldn't say I'm on Long Island. I'm in Queens.
Starting point is 00:09:29 Thank you. You're welcome. I visited this location yesterday to purchase a gaming gift card. And again, one of the girls who assisted me seemed rude with her side comments and judgment towards me and the type of card I chose to purchase, like WTF. Why do you think as an employee in a GameStop that you can try to make people feel like less of a person due to their preferences and possible age? I guess you're the leader of all the gift cards and games in the land? As a middle-aged man, even if I want to play Hello Kitty or
Starting point is 00:09:57 Barbie, that's my business and I'm not hurting anyone. One of the other young ladies who continued to assist me was nice to me and continued to provide amazing customer service. She understands that GS is a place of business. Even before I visited the store, the same young lady who I spoke with over the phone to inquire about my potential purchase availability was super friendly. As for the rude girl who thinks she's too cool for GameStop, you realize many GameStops are shutting down, right? Maybe that's why you're so rude. But understand that regardless of what you do for work in the future, that professionalism is vital. You're not better than anyone because you're young, female, and white.
Starting point is 00:10:34 I'm stupid though for thinking I could visit one of these stores and have a positive experience. I need to remind myself to only shop online, and when these big name stores get shut down, I'll be in the front row with my popcorn, laughing loud and hard not caring at all about silly little employees who choose to be rude to feel better about themselves when they lose their jobs. End of review. Jesus. Joe. I mean if you like leave a sentence about someone being rude I'm gonna believe you if you're gonna leave a fucking essay about it. I think that you're the problem
Starting point is 00:11:04 I think that there's something bigger at play. Yeah, and this is a game stop. You're going to a game, you're embarrassing yourself. Someone was gonna be rude probably no matter who you were. Like I probably would have wandered in there being all whatever and probably also would have gotten the same treatment. So I wouldn't take it personally if somebody,
Starting point is 00:11:22 she was trying to play Pokemon Go and you kept standing in the corner Where she needed to reach that was where she had to be and you refuse to move is 500 yards away and you have to stand in this exact spot Yeah, it makes total sense. I have a review of a Long Island GameStop. This is a two-star review Only went there because my seven-year-old grandson had a birthday gift awaiting him and he chose to go there for his overpriced trinket and review that's so fucking rude also like the only probably kids item that's not
Starting point is 00:11:56 a trinket like it's like the only item you wouldn't I mean unless you're buying a stuffed animal oh they have funko pops that's what I'm assuming funko pop a lot of like figurines now. I thought it was a video game. And I like your trinket. Oh yeah, that's gonna piss your grandson right off. I assume this was some sort of like Funko Pop related incident.
Starting point is 00:12:15 Understood. Yeah. I thought they were buying a SSX Tricky. That couldn't be overpriced impossible. But yeah, I think Funko Pops and overpriced go hand in hand to some people myself included. You said it.
Starting point is 00:12:29 But you don't believe that? Do you have any Funko Pops? You have one. Do I have any Funko Pops? Don't you have one of yourself or something? Lunatic. Talk about overpriced. Couldn't pay me to take that off your hands. She's away from the microphone. So oh
Starting point is 00:12:49 No, are you too busy getting your own funko pop of your own head? Oh my funko pop my head is so big What would mine look like it would just be the head. Oh, she fell for you. So obviously I have in the box Okay, Patrick stump. I have out of the box Patrick. So obviously I have in the box. Oh, okay. Patrick Stump. I have out of the box. Patrick Stump. Oh, this one was on my birthday cake that blaze got from last year. He still got frosting. I do lick it. It was like, I did it. I like it. So put this on YouTube for proof. Don't you dare. He's gonna blur it out. And it's gonna look like I did something gross. Yeah. And I'm gonna add a really loud slurping sound. I'm going to post some eating jello then. Here is Emperor Cusco. Okay. Okay. Cool. I like Cusco. Here's Pete Wentz. There's
Starting point is 00:13:38 Pete Wentz. Looks like a mime. Most importantly. Sorry. But wait, there's more. Oh, there's Geo, right? I love the Geo. That is so cute. The Christine and Geo pair. And I'm even holding a little wine glass. But wait, the wine glass broke. That sounds right.
Starting point is 00:13:54 Wait, I was like, wait a second. That sounds right. I'm holding the stem of a wine glass, of a broken wine glass. That actually feels much more fitting. It's on brand. It was given to me, obviously, and made for me, but I cannot recall who gave it to me. A talented person. Yeah, I know.
Starting point is 00:14:09 I'm really bummed because I should have. Oh, there's still frosting on it. I'm kidding. Okay. Anyway, let's get back to this. This is from Izzy. It's a review of a GameStop in Woodstock, Georgia. Girl at the Front's ego was a little too high.
Starting point is 00:14:22 Came in to bring controllers and she literally thought I was lying about a story that I apparently made up. She then brought LJ and he literally made the whole entire situation easy. That girl had a big ego problem. Was just trying to trade in controllers for store credit. I hope y'all fix this situation. It's embarrassing. And then somebody walked in and said they wanted to pick up an order and y'all literally didn't have it. That's another embarrassing all in the span of 20 minutes. End of review. Does anyone working at GameStop actually have an ego that feels like really hard to do? Wow, that was a really rude thing to say. Was it? I don't mean like in a negative. I think it's not good to have a high ego. I'm saying like
Starting point is 00:15:02 a inflated, overinflated ego is what I meant. Like, just- I mean, I think you can probably have an over inflated ego no matter where you work, Sandy. Just in general, but not because you work at GameStop. I mean, no, I don't think he's even saying that it's because she works there. Oh, okay, I'm just projecting something.
Starting point is 00:15:16 I think he's just saying this whole story is just doing an embarrassing, practically every second. But what do we think that person lied about? It didn't say, right? Well, probably about a story that they apparently made up. Like, is it relevant? Was it just like small talk? Right, like spill it then.
Starting point is 00:15:32 I think it was because they were trying to return a controller. Oh. And they were like, why are you returning this controller? And they were like, they made up an entire really dramatic Jumanji style story about it. And she's like, that's not real. Just take the store credit and go.
Starting point is 00:15:48 But how, what an embarrassing, um, embarrassing. I have one here that IO sent in, uh, this is of a GameStop in Texas. Here we go. One star. This is from 14 years ago, by the way. Whoa. This is, this is a classic. The staff will treat you like you're an idiot. Before we came out, I went to the store and asked about the Nintendo Y.
Starting point is 00:16:11 The guy there told me it was we, and then proceeded to spell it for me, W-I-I. What really ticks me off is that I don't see why he spelled it for me. You already told me how to say it. I obviously read the word on the internet. Like spelling it is gonna help me pronounce it correctly. It's not like the double I diphthong
Starting point is 00:16:30 appears in any word in the English language. To make it worse, the guy had a beard. Also, I think they're on drugs because their memory sucks. I was probably 13 and went there with some friends. One of them wanted to buy crackdown and the guy wouldn't sell it to him because he was young and because he saw him walk went there with some friends. One of them wanted to buy Crackdown and the guy wouldn't sell it to him because he was young and because he saw him walk in there with young friends so we couldn't buy it for him either.
Starting point is 00:16:51 When I tell the guy that he already sold me a copy, my mom bought it for me, I ask if he remembered me and he answers me by boasting about GameStop's popularity. We serve over a hundred customers a day. That's not what I asked idiot He could have admitted that his memories and that good but whatevs end of review what in the fuck is going on here? Do you remember me a 13 year old child at GameStop? And it was very confusing because I thought when were you 13 was that like yesterday or was that years ago? I'm this is not written like a 13 year old
Starting point is 00:17:26 No, I don't think at least when I was a 13 year old I don't think I will though the part about like my mom bought it for me sounds a little bit like yeah when when they were 13 yeah, the mom bought it and I don't know many 13 year olds that would write the sentence It's not like the double-eye diphthong appears in any word in the English that would write the sentence, it's not like the double I diphthong appears in any word in the English language. Fair point, Alexander, fair point, Alexander. I really wonder about a diphthong,
Starting point is 00:17:49 although a 13 year old would go diphthong, that's funny, you know. That's true. So that could be where the- They wouldn't attach to that. Where the seed was planted originally. And like, I know it's obviously not an English word, but we do say Hawaii that has two I's.
Starting point is 00:18:04 No diphthong in sight. I don't really know what a diphthong is, but- I don't either, word, but we do say Hawaii that has two I's. No diphthong in sight. I don't really know what a diphthong is. I don't either, obviously. It sounds the same as a weird. It's a funny word though. Hawaii, you know? Yeah. I love the like, don't spell it to me as if that's going to help me say it.
Starting point is 00:18:17 It's like, well, traditionally that is what spelling is for. Yeah. But I could see why in this case it doesn't make sense because a person, if they said why, they clearly knew, like it wasn't that in this case it doesn't make sense because a person, if they said why, they clearly knew. Like it wasn't that they heard about it because they wouldn't have said it wrong if they had heard about it. So clearly they read it. But I feel like my reaction would have been like if you said, if someone came in and said the why and I'd be like, oh, the we like WII. Like, I feel like that's how I would perhaps it could come across as rude unless I was like, uh, it's WII you fucking idiot.
Starting point is 00:18:45 13 year old idiot. And yeah, I remember you and your mom. Yeah, probably didn't happen. Once I was trying to buy Grand Theft Auto three and I had mom with me and I remember the fucking cashier told her no, that she shouldn't buy it for me because it's too violent. And she didn't. Yeah. I feel like I've talked about this recently. I mean, that is that that would make the world's. Are you sure you didn't write a Yelp review back then?
Starting point is 00:19:12 Because that would have been the like, I don't think it was a gem. I don't think it was GameStop. Oh, I don't remember what it was. But because of how the the checkout was. Well, GameStop would be wild. It wasn't like a counter check out like, Tell moms not to buy games for their kids. Like there's no way that was protocol at a GameStop. Yeah, I don't know.
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Starting point is 00:22:21 This is from Jessica H. She heard this is is a review of hmm a GameStop. One star by a local guide of a town that I don't have the name of. Incredibly poor customer service and generally weird vibes. Guide behind the counter was blessing and praying with one of the customers and then insulted my haircut. End of review. Oh I think I walked in the wrong store or something. I bet I don't know what the store would be praying blessing and bad haircuts. Or maybe it would be like maybe he walked into a church. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, GameStop was your church for a while.
Starting point is 00:22:57 Church Church isn't known for good haircuts, though. So like this person, if they do have a bad haircut, wouldn't be out of place. You know, GameStop also not a place for good. So I actually don't know what's going on. Yeah that one guy remember He had a beard. Oh my god. He had a bit better weird comment. That was make matters worse He had a weird comment that I and yet I understand if I'm gonna be mocked for my Mispronunciation of the word we yeah for my mispronunciation of the word we. Yeah, it's the beard feels extra insulting.
Starting point is 00:23:27 Weird. OK. I have a review sent in by Taylor, Cool. Ophi's version, they them. Here is a one star review of a GameStop. And this is in Louisville, Kentucky. This place was awful. First, as soon as I walked in,
Starting point is 00:23:43 it immediately smelled like someone pooped in their pants. It wasn't a fart because it lingered on and on. Then, the game case I picked up to go to the counter to get the game, they didn't have the CD that was supposed to go with the case. So why was the case out? And when I walked up to the counter, there was only one person in front of me. Or so I thought. The person in front of and the children in a trench coat trying to buy Grand Theft Auto. No, I think they said that but it is actually just one person ahead of them. So I don't know why they said it.
Starting point is 00:24:17 Well said reviewer. Yeah. When I walked up to the counter, there was only one person in front of me or so I thought. The person in front of and the only employee at the store were apparently friends and were cussing and talking about sex. End of reveal. KS I thought you said and cousins and I was like, ooh, I don't like this. And then you said, yeah, cussing and talking about sex. Yikes. No wonder they have such big egos there. They're just so cool.
Starting point is 00:24:47 Yeah, but talking about making up stories, Christina, no one in a GameStop has ever talked about sex. There's no way. They do have this sprinkler system set up for emergencies if that does happen. Yeah, yeah. Because it's a bunch of gamers not knowing what sex is, talking about it.
Starting point is 00:25:02 Thanks, Alexander, yeah, we get it. The sprinkler system, what's the sprinkler system for then? It's an emergency, if somebody mentions sex, it's an emergency. Oh, I thought it was just to like, like a spray bottle type situation. No, it's like, just to like, clear the, well, yeah, that too.
Starting point is 00:25:17 Oh, is that? Like, hey, you're not supposed to talk about that in here. They don't know what that is. Oh, it's not allowed. Yeah. Oh, okay. You're gonna upset, you're gonna upset. Oh, you have to hide it from the Oh, it's not allowed. Yeah. Oh, okay. You're going to upset. You're going to upset.
Starting point is 00:25:27 You have to hide it from the gamers. I see. You're going to upset everybody. Wow. Stop talking about sex with your cousin in GameStop. Got it. That's the alarm that blares at the time. It's specific to cousins.
Starting point is 00:25:37 Yeah. And the sprinkler system, the sprinkler system is not, but the alarm is. So the alarm is, sorry. This is really important. We give this a bottomless. It's okay. The Kissing Cousins set off an alarm? Yeah, well.
Starting point is 00:25:51 Or the sprinkler, or both. A verbal alarm. Oh, from you. You're just going, wah, wah, wah. In the corner when you watch Cousins Kiss. Stop talking about sex with your cousin in GameStop. That's the alarm. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:26:03 You're in the corner with your freaking Pokemon go Okay, this is from a Lisa and Matt she her and he him this is of a GameStop somewhere in Massachusetts It's a three-star review The 18 year old loves it can overpay for games and such plus you can sell your stuff for pennies on the dollar I'm mixing my review with his five stars to give this end of review so basically the parent and that's a child and our 18 year old kid ended up on a three star meet in the middle situation. OK, I thought that was a pretty cool like way to do it. Yeah, I thought that was like a good power balance, you know?
Starting point is 00:26:39 Yeah. Like if I would have a Yelp account, I would want to share it with someone. So it's not all on me. You know? It's like a team effort. In the moment that kid turned 18, the dad was like, son, you know the responsibility that comes with your 18th birthday.
Starting point is 00:26:54 You gotta get your own Yelp account? No, you gotta be suddenly responsible for my Yelp purpose. Oh, oh, it passed down. So that was like, he was in training. Isn't that sad? Really? Yeah. Multiple levels. Thanks.
Starting point is 00:27:12 Remember when I said I had 12 in a row? It's time. No. So this was sent in by V. She heard. I just started crying out of nowhere. It's just like. It's not out of nowhere. It's. I was triggered by that. By you saying you're going to talk for 12 different things. Don't worry. V says this. First start off the email
Starting point is 00:27:31 with, sorry, hello, it's me again. Which is us to a T. Red flag. That's us to a T. So it felt really relatable. I apologize for being here. Sorry, hello, it's me again. This time with more from Fox. His profile has three full pages of GameStop reviews. So I decided to just show you the first sentence of each one. Oh my God, it's like a collage. Yeah. Foxy collage.
Starting point is 00:27:56 Can you remind people who Barbie is? Oh, Barbie is... Maybe Fox and Barbie. Let's do it all. Fox and Barbie. So that's the game that that one guy, that middle-aged man tried to buy at the store. Fox is a prolific reviewer on Yelp, perhaps the most prolific reviewer on Yelp. And it's not just review upon review, it's creativity,
Starting point is 00:28:17 it's poetic, it's sometimes like sonnets, I'm pretty sure. I am the pentameter, the whole nine yards. He's just very prolific. He travels a lot and he posts like, and also very helpful reviews. They're not just jokey reviews. They have sass. And in depth a lot of them.
Starting point is 00:28:33 And a good, and some good intel. And he's very fair and balanced reviewer also. And occasionally he brings along his sidekick, Barbie. And he's loud and proud about being pretty into feet. And Barbie likes to wear, you know, stilettos and the two of them just kind of make a good pair. And sometimes he goes to the Red Robin and Kenwood. And I feel like I sort of know a celebrity because I've also been to that Red Robin one time. Okay, good stuff. And yeah, Fox's 16,938 reviews.
Starting point is 00:29:02 Yeah, to give you a just a little like context. That has been elite for 12 years, hasn't written a review since December 3rd, 20,000. 20,000? 2024. Wait, what? I know, I just realized that. Do you think he started like a new account or something?
Starting point is 00:29:20 Maybe Fox has taken a little break. Okay, I don't wanna think about that. Alexander, I'm not prepared for that. I think we have plenty of content to talk about Fox for many years, so I'm not worried. Here is a collection. Do you think we have something to do with this? Yes, absolutely. Here is a collection of Fox's GameStop reviews in a random order.
Starting point is 00:29:40 This is not in any order. The first sentence. I'm sorry, advance. What? The first sentence. First, like, advance. What? Just first like couple sentences, maybe like first, like phrases. The beginnings of each one. Yes. Gotcha. And I'm not going to say when I'm changing each time,
Starting point is 00:29:54 I'm just going to go through them all because it's a lot. Here we go. And these are, by the way, all over the country. That's what's also crazy. Yeah. I feel like he's traveled so fucking much. He's a musician. And he's very anti-capitalist. So maybe that's what's happening. You'll get some info about him. Maybe that's why he's depressed. Yeah. Here we go. Did the game even start yet though?
Starting point is 00:30:18 Not to be confused with Gapestop, which is something to do with Barbie's work tools. She's in adult movies. Not really sure what it technically is. You'll have to ask her It's not anything. Don't ask her that don't worry. We'll get back to gape stop. It's not the last He has a dirty mind. Oh, yeah, he does. It's great Game stop. When did the game even start? Let's be honest Gain stop is when your muscles stop growing because you're not lifting the way you used to. This is not bad. Barbie's scenes are generally pretty wild to the point where it's hard to make the gape stop. This is not bad. I asked
Starting point is 00:30:57 for a burger here but then cancelled the order because I was worried it would taste gamey. This is GameStop. But did the game even start? Okay, I forgot to note also that I get inexplicably angry when I hear repeated Fox reviews because 80% of the time they don't even really make any sense. But a lot of them, like these ones that he's repeating, they're like at least a year apart. So it's funny, he's not like just spamming this. It actually like a year later he'll go to a new game stop and either make the same joke or
Starting point is 00:31:30 like change it up a little bit and so there are a lot of same things like that it's funny. I love that he has these two avenues where his brain goes uh-huh either haha dad joke game stop game start or hey let's do porn. Here's the next one okay not to be confused with gay stop which is basically the code name for most churches and Here's another one. Hey, let's do porn. Here's the next one. Look, porn jokes. Okay. Not to be confused with Gay Stop, which is basically the code name for most churches and lots of other religious organizations too. Bastards. If you press the reset button on your PS4, you'll probably see your game stop. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Starting point is 00:31:59 Trump said he'd make America great again. He must have meant racist again, more corporate than ever, more bleak and selfish than ever, hopeless really, depressing makes me Want to find a way to make the great stop? This is not that if there are scratches all over your CD for a PlayStation game Then don't be surprised if in mid play you see your game stop if Chris if you're just through your driver three Game out the window like a frisbee. That's why I threw your Pooh Bear away. I'm just kidding, I didn't do that. That would be fucked up. Imagine if this is how I found out. Like halfway through, Jesus. I put a game on a train. Where did the game stop? I'm not sure. If you live for games,
Starting point is 00:32:35 then what will you do when the game stops? Come here, of course. I hate this game. Make this game stop. Not to be confused with game stop, which is when I can't get my muscles any bigger no matter how much I try. Welcome to my life. His muscles are pretty impressive though. I was gonna say, he's pretty, he literally only wears sleeveless shirts. He's popping out of everything he wears.
Starting point is 00:32:58 Well, respectfully. Not to be confused with the tame stop, which is way less wild than this place. I can't seem to turn off my PS4. Does anyone know how to make this game stop? Not to be confused with Work Start, although that's sometimes what happens when the game stops. That one got me. So those last two, I think, were really genius.
Starting point is 00:33:19 I don't know why. Okay. Not to be confused with Gay Stop, which is another name for conversion therapy Which is about as evil and unholy as anything in history Oh, I thought it's really in GameStop and I was like, oh that's oh, no, it just Comment on converting a message. That one was a game stop in Cedar Park, Texas, of course. Oh sure Okay, not to be confused with the game stop, which is basically my gym Not to be confused with the GameStop, which is basically my gym. Oh, my God. Not to be confused with GrainStop, which is when you finally do the right thing and decide to stop eating bread.
Starting point is 00:33:49 Good decision. End of reviews. I just counted there were 21 of those, by the way. He's I mean, he thought he he thought we wouldn't notice that he reused the same material. I guess at that point, when you're so prolific, do you really think Fox expected V to go through and screenshot the first line of all of his GameStop reviews to send them to a podcast for the podcasters to read on the podcast? I don't think so. We've discovered him five years ago. Maybe he blocked us on Yelp. Maybe that's why we don't see any reviews after this. I don't think he ever added me. Didn't he add Blaze? No, Blaze reached out to him and never heard back.
Starting point is 00:34:26 He added that listener though, who sent a poem. That's right. Lucky. This is a review of a GameStop in Massachusetts from Elise and Matt, one star. Went there yesterday, two employees and one person in each line. Line didn't move in 30 minutes minutes even with people standing there waiting, getting annoyed. The girl cashier is very over informative, wasting a lot of time and lost sales because several people left. I left and went to another GameStop to make the purchase. She was
Starting point is 00:34:55 selling a Nintendo Switch but it really shouldn't take that long. I recently bought a brand new Subaru WRX and paid cash. And it didn't take as long as this Nintendo Switch purchase, LOL, end of review. These females at GameStop are terrible. And there's so many terrible females. Like the hotter they are, the worse it is for GameStop and society. The more colorful their hair too, that's always bad.
Starting point is 00:35:20 Yeah, oh, rough times, rough times. It's pretty rough. I'm like, man, I couldn't imagine being a woman working at GameStop. What a fucking disaster. Because it's either way, you get either the assholes or the creeps. It's pretty much a... I would say that's probably working most places. Most places, sure.
Starting point is 00:35:36 But I feel like gamers have a specific reputation for a reason. I know plenty of them. I am one of them. What was the review? We all know why. We all know why. Stinky stinky. I am one of them. What was the review? We all know why we all know why stinky stinky oh
Starting point is 00:35:53 I've got one more here, and this is a redemption. This was sent in by IO this is a five-star review of a GameStop and this is in Traverse City, Michigan I Can't remember the name of the King nerd in charge when I went here, but he was very friendly and knowledgeable. End of review. Oh no. Okay. Hey, they did capitalize King Nerd, so it was respectful.
Starting point is 00:36:13 It's like take the win when you can get, you know, it's like, just take it and run with it. If people called me King Nerd, I would accept that graciously. Yeah, but you also accepted Sheaf Dog with a W, so I don't know that your standards are really that high. Yeah, but that was just because I was desperate for any sort of like, I don't know, friendship. Precisely my point.
Starting point is 00:36:35 So this is the last one I have. It's a Lisa Matt GameStop in Brookline, Massachusetts. One star. Employees here are not helpful. The tall manager that sounds like Kermit the Frog that's completely full of himself and the review Oh, no Beth Like tall Beth tall Kermit. No, it's tall Kermit. It's even even worse. It's Patrick Mahomes
Starting point is 00:36:58 Kermit the Frog that's so mean no wonder he's full of himself. I looked like tall Kermit the Frog Tall sounds like what's the problem? I think even he got the size of Staten Island. You know what I mean? Yeah. I think he's just looking for his Miss Piggy to come in, you know, oink and not oink up the place. Yeah, buying Farmville on DVD. Farmville on why? For why? You love Farmville. I actually love frontierville but frontierville you loved farmville it's an easy mistake to make um if you're not a king nerd actually I play township now but that's besides the point yeah I had to uninstall that one game I was playing hexasword
Starting point is 00:37:40 oh no well that too I installed a bunch um yeah I'm back on my Township bullshit, which is really Township bullshit anyway. It's such a gay-ware. You're a gay-ber. I've been gaming. I've been playing. Oh, Christina, there's this game called Peak. I think you'd love it. It's so goofy. There's so many games I think you'd love. You need to play video games with me.
Starting point is 00:37:58 Well, I want you to tell me them because otherwise I just sit there and I'm like... No, I want you to play games with me. Well, how? Just be my be my sibling and pay attention to me? Pop on Discord, download a game, download Steam. You probably already have because I've told you to do that 100 times. Download peak. Let me know when you have time. I want to play.
Starting point is 00:38:20 That's not co-op. So, yeah, have fun playing Dinkum. Is it not out on is it not out on Switch yet? No, and I look every few weeks. Then download it on PC. Like a literal loon. I just go around Googling it over and over again. Christina, that was so long ago that we first started doing it on Dinkum. Alexander, it was like two years ago.
Starting point is 00:38:37 Okay, okay, okay. Maybe they'll do it for Switch too, who knows? So you'll have to pay thousands of dollars. Okay. First I have to buy a fucking Subaru WRDP GPO and then with cash and then maybe that girl will let me, that stupid bitch will let me buy that stupid female will let me buy my own switch too. I mean with that ego though, I don't know. Huge. And the green hair.
Starting point is 00:39:02 Huge. Oh, septum piercing. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. What else septum piercing? Uh oh. Uh oh. What else could go wrong? I'm just describing my dreams. Okay, here, stop it.
Starting point is 00:39:12 Here are, stop it, here are some voicemails before my challenge. Now- Voicemails? I mean a voicemail. Oh, okay, is it a voice female or voicemail? Alexander, that's so binary of you. No, I know. Here is the first one.
Starting point is 00:39:28 I mean, the only one. What is happening? Are you like doing a bit right now? Did you was that a slip of the tongue and you like, oh, maybe. Who? Me? She looks like she's lying. It's very obvious when she looks like she's like hiding something. I'm going to play the first one. This was sent in. I'm going to play this week's voicemail. It was sent in by one listener and one patron only.
Starting point is 00:39:58 This is from Rick. Oh my god. I had to recall all of us because as I was going through I was like, oh this is like a really long one and I don't know who Rick is and so that I hit play and I was like, it's the entire song. It's like three minutes long. It's the entire fucking song and I don't know who you are Rick, but you got, so I forced it upon everyone else. Oh my gosh. Here's the real review or real voicemail, pardon me. This is from Christina.
Starting point is 00:40:32 Okay. A class act. And this is a voicemail from Christina. This story is not mine, but my grandma's. It's not a review, but it seems to fit the vibe of the show. So years ago, my grandma was stopping at a Taco Bell drive thru with her friend and her friend's dog. The friend asked her to order a doggy taco, meaning just a shell, beef, and cheese, kind of like a pup cup. The person working the drive thru had a heavy accent,
Starting point is 00:40:58 and perhaps English was their second language. Shout out Christine, which is relevant to the story. After ordering their food, my grandma asked for the doggy taco. The employee asked her to hold on for a moment. He comes back to say, we have chicken or beef, no dog. This poor guy thought that my grandma was trying to order a dog meat taco, not a taco for her dog. This happened about 20 years ago and still comes up at every family gathering. Hope y' all enjoyed. Can't wait to see you in Tampa next month. Next month. It was, this was an older, Oh, we did. Wow.
Starting point is 00:41:32 Doggy talk. That's hilarious. It's like a long for the ride. Like, holy shit. You know, I don't know. I didn't know where we were going. I thought pup cup. I get it. But I thought I was like, Oh, do they do that? That's interesting. I didn't think twice. I was like, yeah, sure. Puppy taco or whatever. Once you said pup cup, I was like, yeah, get it. Yeah. But I thought I was like, Oh, do they do that? That's interesting. Twice. I was like, yeah, sure. Puppy taco or whatever. And once you said Pup Cup, I was like, yeah, then OK, yeah.
Starting point is 00:41:49 Of course you can order a taco. Cause you get a doggy bag, right? Like it makes some sense. But I do understand that if you're asking for a dog taco and perhaps you're like, you know, you don't know the euphemism of a doggy bag. I've never heard that as a thing. Like I've heard Pup Cup and I've heard dog dog. Well, we're never going to not hear about it. Yeah,'ve never heard that as a thing. Like I've heard pop cup and never dog dog. Oh, well, we're never going to not hear about it.
Starting point is 00:42:07 Yeah, I hope that person wasn't like scared. Your poor grandma is going to be is like being put on Baja blast, if you will. Oh, I will. Yeah, I will. And I did. And it's too late to stop me. Anyway, thanks, Christina. Thanks, Christina.
Starting point is 00:42:23 This is my challenge, Alexander. It was to find reviews in which the reviewer accuses someone of being an alien. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. We've met a Pleiadian, haven't we? Oh my God. I tell people that all the time. I forget about it until every time you mention it and then I go through an entire like Rolodex process in my head until I realize what you all the time. I forget about it until every time you mention it. And then I go through an entire like Rolodex process in my head until I realize what you're talking about.
Starting point is 00:42:49 Yeah. And the scary thing is, I didn't know it wasn't even an Uber driver. It was like, oh, it was a car service, a car service from the venue, as in the casino that was hosting. And that's why we drink. And this like, so it was like a fully professional professional driver like the fancy black SUV with water bottles and we were like he met us at in the airport at baggage with like with a sign. Yeah it was it was a whole it was that whole thing and I'm like wow I'm not even Mormon and people are waiting for me with a sign that the airport really it felt
Starting point is 00:43:22 very fulfilling to us because of that. Yeah. with a sign at the airport? Really, it felt very fulfilling to us personally because of that. Yeah, that was my first time. And then he proceeded to tell us, I think we were so delighted by his presence in general that he took it upon himself to inform us he was in fact a Pleiadian, which is a race of alien species from the Pleiades. But we're not gonna get into that right now.
Starting point is 00:43:39 Oh, okay, sorry. I mean, we can, I just don't think you- I just did, started a lot, but I don't know what there's much else to say. I don't think you want me going any further. I mean, we could, we can. I just don't think you. I just did, started a lot, but I know, but I don't know what there's much else to say. I promise you, I have a lot. I promise you, I have literally hours to discuss with you about it. So maybe let's skip it today.
Starting point is 00:43:55 Let's save that for the Patreon. Just kidding. Okay. Everyone's gonna. Naughty is an alien, so he's a Pleiadian. That's true. First of all, that's disrespectful to pleiadians. Second of all...
Starting point is 00:44:06 BOTH LAUGH At least I didn't say Mr. Big Ears or whatever, Big Ears. Yeah, well, you've threatened that guy enough times. Anyway, I have. Who's an alien then? Okay, I brought three reviews, or three posts, because they're kind of like all in context of something else. So the first one I have is from Stephanie Shide and it is from a forum because Stephanie loves to find new forums. She finds these forums that no one knew existed. It's like a sick thing that happens. I'm convinced
Starting point is 00:44:36 Stephanie founds these forums, gets people on them, and then sends them to us like, oh look, this happened to be relevant. I literally thought you were saying finds them, but you said founds them. And I was like, yeah, I would hope Stephanie finds them. She says is and whiz instead of was. And it's very cute. And that's hilarious. She's like, I was going down this to me. Okay. So this is from Stephanie. She they, uh, I'm not going to tell you at first what it's about, because I just like to read it without the context first. And it's funny that way. Hi, my male vampire got abducted a few days ago and got pregnant. OK, now I'll tell you what it is.
Starting point is 00:45:14 It's a. But yeah, please, I can't go. Speaking of GameStop, it's a Sims board. OK, oh, so that makes sense. I was wondering what could possibly I was like, oh, vampire. Your bat. GameStop or maybe an FYE for your energy. Yeah, maybe makes sense. I was wondering what could possibly, I was like, oh, vampire or bat? Which we did purchase at a GameStop or maybe an FYE for your energy. Yeah, maybe FYE, true.
Starting point is 00:45:29 My veil vampire got abducted a few days ago and got pregnant. I wanted for him to have a girl, so I made him eat strawberries. Oh, I meant to read both of those lines to you before saying it was Sims, but anyway. I wanted for him to have a girl, so I made him eat strawberries.
Starting point is 00:45:42 When he gave birth, he actually gave birth to twins, girl and a boy. Both babies were born green with that alien skin shine. On both there was an interaction, she's, he's pretty cute or something like this, my game is not in English, which showed an alien ship with a beam and a thought bubble over his head.
Starting point is 00:45:57 There was also an option to send to Homeworld for both of them. When I aged them to toddlers, boy came out bald and in alien nappies. Girl came out in normal clothes and with hair, but she was green, didn't think much of it. Now, I went to change their appearance. Both have their human disguise showing, but the girl doesn't have alien eyes. And when I go to change her eyes, it doesn't show the same options as for the boy, and she doesn't have an
Starting point is 00:46:18 alien icon near her trait either. Her skin options are also like for normal sims. Also, when I hover over her human disguise, the text doesn't appear and it does for the boy. Was she born a hybrid? Is that possible with an alien abduction pregnancy? Or is she just a non-occult sim? Or maybe she's broken because I ate those strawberries? Is there any way to change her to alien without mods? Please help and advise. Thanks in advance. This is terrifying. Out of context would be terrifying people are commenting like oh my god i have no clue what's going on but this is so interesting like i've never seen this happen i'm sure plenty of listeners are like that too i mean i wouldn't
Starting point is 00:46:56 know but it seems like it's you know about the strawberry thing very rare okay now here's an edit okay edit i aged her up to teen and it seems she actually is an alien vampire hybrid. She got the vampire and transition modlet. Needs button is a vampire one. She's got a vampire energy bar and thirst and vampire XP bar. She can drink plasma from other Sims. She has dark meditation,
Starting point is 00:47:21 but her dark form is the human disguise. She has an option to change her human disguise in the mirror with an alien icon. She seems to have all alien abilities and just got a moodlet that her brain power is low. As shown in added picture for other Sims, she's a vampire and an alien. When I went to change family appearance to swap it to like a vampire to dark form with black mist, so no change to her skin tone, her teeth, her face, et cetera.
Starting point is 00:47:43 But while she's a toddler, this option is still available. No vampire appearance except eyes though. Gosh, wow. Okay. That seems pretty crazy. Getting best of both worlds, vampires, aliens in the films. People were commenting to follow, you know, like people were just like waiting with bated breath for these updates. I was lucky and I got all of it at once. Yeah, so was I. So were all of it at once. Yeah. So was I.
Starting point is 00:48:05 That I didn't have to sift through it. Yeah. So were all of you. You're welcome. Thank you. Very relevant too to the title of the episode. I know. Perfect.
Starting point is 00:48:13 I know. Well done, Stephanie and you. Hit pause on whatever you're listening to and hit play on your next adventure. Stay three nights this summer at Best Western and get $50 off a future stay. Life's the trip. Make the most of it at Best Western. Visit bestwestern.com for complete terms and conditions. Miller Lite.
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Starting point is 00:49:06 So this is from Jamie Headey, who of course signed the email. Bong and Bong and. Good idea. Julia and Stephanie are creating all sorts of problems for me. And then Jamie wrote, I have a review from a Yelp character I've personally become a little obsessed with. This woman is my personal cruise critic forum. I found it completely by chance
Starting point is 00:49:26 while looking for reviews of a local self storage place and got sucked in. Diana G's life represents a seedy underbelly of Yelp to me and this review encapsulates that. And I think it fulfills the challenge. So, uh, by the way, Jamie also said I'm supposed to take the bar exam in three weeks, but once again, finding this review felt more important. It was. Here is a- Good luck though. Yeah, good luck.
Starting point is 00:49:50 You're gonna nail it. Curative Hands in Schomburg, Illinois. Curative Hands is like a- Metaphysical? Yes, an alternative healing massage therapy, et cetera. So this is a three-star review. Diana G was the first to review this place and this was from last fall.
Starting point is 00:50:10 So this is a three-star review. As a healer, I feel the need to share my personal experience, thoughts and genuine concerns with my massage last week with Ron. Technically and mechanically, he knew how to work on my knots. I have a chronic illness, fibromyalgia, and last weekend I overdid it. I saw way too many clients and carried a huge bag of cat litter around and twisted my left lever back. I was in extreme pain and very stiff.
Starting point is 00:50:36 I Google searched therapists near me and sent a message to Ron on Sunday morning. He was extremely responsive and squeezed me in for Sunday evening. He seemed awesome. I was so grateful he could fit me in because I had work Sunday and I was in for Sunday evening. He seemed awesome. I was so grateful he could fit me in because I had work Sunday and I was in so much pain. Now for the not so nice stuff. In all my years when I visited authentic healers, they were kind enough to say words that empowered me. But your psychic doesn't disempower you. When I arrived... I'm an alien, I'm sorry. I'm an alien, I'm sorry, I'm a pleiadean. When I arrived at Ron's medical office, he started talking about himself and his journey. His journey with his twin flame.
Starting point is 00:51:15 How he got into massage therapy himself and his classes in past life regression, which he still hasn't fully completed. Here I am in deep pain listening to Ron yakking incessantly about himself and how and why he got into healing. I was listening politely and then finally he instructed me to undress and he left the room till I hit the buzzer. It was incredibly hard for me to zone out after listening to all his stories so I mentioned how I was devastated because I lost some heirloom rings from my deceased mother and some antiques and clothes at a public storage facility in Brighton, Massachusetts because a representative
Starting point is 00:51:54 working there gave me an incorrect auction date. Oh, I'm glad you mentioned that. That seems relevant here. His cold blooded response was that I was late with my storage payment. It was just business. He said I incurred bad karma by writing reviews to warn others when they have a long history of doing this to other customers. Ron said all my chakras were blocked because he felt extreme heat except for my root chakra,
Starting point is 00:52:22 which is cold. That's extremely false. When heat rises in the body, it means you're going through a Kundalini rising. And any area of cold in the body is an area that is blocked. Many authentic healers tell me my issue is mainly my root chakra, not my heart. Could be Ron was projecting his own blocks onto me?
Starting point is 00:52:41 Question mark. Anyway, then we start talking about spirit guides. And I've been told by psychic practitioners, one of my spirit guides is a Native American, which totally resonates with my inner intuition. Right away, he pipes up that it might be from another planet. I love this guy.
Starting point is 00:53:02 I kind of want to get, I to get to give me a massage. That's weird to say, but Ron is just so good. It's like, it sounds like a run. Your chakras are F'ed up and your Kundalini is not rising. By the way, leave me a five star view. My name is Ron. Oh my God. Your root chakra is so cold.
Starting point is 00:53:20 It's freezing. Getting frostbite. I better bring my twin flame in here to heat it up like a little Bunsen burner. Have I mentioned my twin flame? I've been told that I have a Native American spirit guide, yada yada. Yikes. Right away he pipes up that it might be from another planet, aka extraterrestrial influence, because I said people saw feathers around my guide. So basically he tried to let me feel like I personally don't have any of my own gifts and don't know for a fact what I'm talking about. I mentioned ancient Egypt because he brought up past experiences with clients who said their daughter was a priestess.
Starting point is 00:53:57 Meanwhile, I took classes in DNA activation in Boulder, Colorado years ago and had visions of the goddess Isis and other genuine psychics saw wings around me during the activation. I'm so stunned that Ron was trying to argue and contradict my profound experiences as if he is all knowing and all seeing. Oh, could it be, Ron? Could it be, Ron?
Starting point is 00:54:20 Ancient alien theorists say yes. I do too. I'm pretty sure that makes you an ancient alien theorist boom Cool, or did you first pleadian math? I'm so stunned that Ron was trying to argue and contradict my profound experiences. Yada yada as if he's all knowing I Felt like the session I paid for was all about him in summary He said very negative things to my body and my spirit while working on me. He said all my chakras are blocked and honestly if that were true I'd be dead.
Starting point is 00:54:52 Second thing that goes wrong is instead of simply working on my muscles immediately, he forced me to spend 40 minutes listening to his stories. So my mind was already overactive and I couldn't relax, especially when he's using way too much pressure on certain areas. At the end of the session, he complains I talk too much, when he's the one that was talking about his life journey and his twin flame. After the session, he turns a light on, so I have to study a painting in his office and be quizzed about the meaning.
Starting point is 00:55:18 I also waited outside in the cold for my Uber instead of his waiting room. Incredible. Ron definitely doesn't understand how words affect people. I felt very disempowered after all the negativity that he dumped on me. I'm leaving three stars instead of two because I have empathy and I don't wish harm on others, but to be honest with you,
Starting point is 00:55:35 a genuine psychic healer shares positive thoughts with you and gives helpful advice, not harmful and toxic admonitions. Ron needs to focus less on himself and more on just letting his clients relax and be still in the moment. Because of his overzealous conversation preceding my massage, my brain was unable to shut down.
Starting point is 00:55:53 End of review. Wow, okay. I need a minute to breathe. Yeah, I need a minute as well. Let's all hold hands. Take a deep breath. In through the nose, out through the mouth. It's going to be okay.
Starting point is 00:56:08 Align your chakras. At least unlock them because you might die. Um, I feel like when it comes to this spiritual stuff, I mean, I guess it's true just in general for like any sort of thing that's spiritual, but like all the fighting is between the spiritual people, not the skeptics and the spiritual skeptics are like, whatever. Yeah. Like, we don't believe you. Yeah. They're like, you're not a real healer. And like, no, I'm a real healer. You're not a real healer. And then the skeptics are not the skeptics, but the spiritual people are arguing about what's
Starting point is 00:56:34 right and what's wrong. Like amongst themselves. Amongst themselves. And it's like all the conflict is there. Speaking of which, I just realized Ron responded. You just realized it? Well, because I went to the link because it wasn't in the screenshot, but I went to the link and I saw a response and I haven't read it yet. Let me see. Hi Diana, sorry you felt that way.
Starting point is 00:56:53 Unfortunately, much of what you said was a fabrication. You came into my business stressed and sore with constant complaining that many of your clients leave you bad reviews. And after meeting with you, I can see why. I am a very quiet person and only talk when someone asks me a question. The session was more about you than me.
Starting point is 00:57:11 You did this, you did that, you're this, you're that. And you asked a million questions. Wow, all I can tell is others who read your comment is to review my Google reviews as a whole and be their own judge. Not just this fabrication story you wrote. I do wish you luck. Ron.
Starting point is 00:57:26 I mean, the fact that Jamie was like, this is a character that I've discovered. It's like, okay, this is clearly like an ongoing thing. Yeah. Yeah. Oh my gosh. I actually forgot about that. And I was still like, wow, I'm glad Ron handled that that well. Good job, Ron.
Starting point is 00:57:39 Yeah. I can't wait to hear what else Jamie has like bookmarked for future challenges. I don't know if I want that, but yeah, but it's too late. As I said, it's sounds like one of those people like Fox who is relevant for so many different challenges because they're just so prolific and weird. They just don't stop. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So this is the last thing I have here. And sorry, I understand why you only have three. This is I'm absolutely drained right now. Just hearing this stuff. I was gonna say, isn't it drained? It's exhausting.
Starting point is 00:58:07 Yeah, and I'm sweating a lot. Me too, it's so damn hot. I'm gonna read you, and it's not gonna help, a review from a forum Stephanie sent in, and it's the Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association forum. Wow, wait, did we say what that first one, I need to touch on that in a sec. Sims.
Starting point is 00:58:24 Was it just a Sims forum? I don't just a Sims for Sims or like video games? But it's not that important. It was a serious thread. So this one is now the Pennsylvania Firearms Owners. How was that? Pofoa, Pofoa, Pofoa, Pofoa, Pofoa, Pofoa, Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association. Now, of course, I took a screenshot of the actually. CB and I are going to this exact thread.
Starting point is 00:59:07 And it starts at home with the forum, then discussion, then gun pictures. Wow. And now here's this post, which is called Winchester 94 lever action lever. I don't know. Nobody knows. Winchester 94 lever action chambered
Starting point is 00:59:23 in 32 Winchester special. Now, have you ever heard of somebody named John Browning? Yeah, like the Browning machine gun. Absolutely. Okay, so you know. I've played lots of video games. So I don't know much about this man except that please confirm or deny,
Starting point is 00:59:40 he's gotta have some relation to or be the inspiration for the hat man, as in the shadow person. Please scroll to the bottom. I don't know who that is. We don't know who the hat man is. No, stop saying like I'm supposed to know. I have no idea.
Starting point is 00:59:54 And Raymond used to see him all the time. What? Your friend. I know. Yeah, he saw the hat man. Like you buy hats from this guy. No, he was traumatized about it. Was he just a guy wearing a hat? You are like, so. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 01:00:12 This looks good old Browning. The hat man is a shadow figure that shows up when you have sleep paralysis. Oh, cool. And night terrors. OK. And Browning is one of those. Oh, God, man. And I'm like, this everyone gets like the hat man. And I'm like this. So everyone gets the same hat man? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:00:28 Okay. So it's not like hat man is just, you get a different hat man. That's a scat man. That's a sack man? The scat man. Oh, I'm a scat man. Dibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidibidib Every time it's different, you get a new one every time. That's the scat man.
Starting point is 01:00:47 Different scat man. Okay. The hat man is this man who apparently invented a gun and I don't love that because he's the scariest motherfucker I've ever looked at. Yeah. Have you seen him before? John Browning? No, absolutely not.
Starting point is 01:00:59 Like he's so scary. Look at him. He looks like an old man. Alexander, he looks like Slender Man married the Hat Man and had a baby. Yeah, I could see that. Hey, my Hat Man was abducted by aliens a few days ago and then got pregnant with twins.
Starting point is 01:01:15 Yeah. But one of them had shiny skin. What do I do? What? Oh no, Christina, what did you eat? Did you eat an uncovered plate of strawberries before that? Oh no, was I not supposed to do that? I was supposed to eat garlic fries, huh?
Starting point is 01:01:30 Okay, enough of this. Enough of this nonsense. I'm talking guns. Now, I was discussing with myself how this man, this fellow that I don't ever want to look at again, really looks like the hat man and will probably show up in somebody's doorway tonight. And then I read what Stephanie sent,
Starting point is 01:01:47 which is a comment about John Browning. John Browning was an absolute genus. His touch is on so many arms. It is hard to keep track of them all. And then somebody responded to that. They're all kind of just like having a little like love fest about their like circle jerking about their just gotten that circle jerking about browning. It's not even a circle.
Starting point is 01:02:13 It's just like about John anyway. So yeah, so here's the response. I think he must have been an alien or at least was influenced by aliens. I can't readily think of anybody else in history that has touched as many things as this man has that are still in demand 100 years after their creation. What? This is the whole thread is just people being like, and this is and has he touched anything beyond guns?
Starting point is 01:02:40 No, they're literally just talking about how many guns he's like. I would. Yeah, I'm out at his Wikipedia. I understand why gun nuts love this guy. The number of cartridges, the numerous pistols, numerous shotguns, numerous rifles, numerous machine guns turned on. Jesus Christ. He's touch. His touch is on so many arms.
Starting point is 01:03:01 What? He has so many patents. Look and then look at him. He's so many patents. Look, and then look at him. He's so scary. Christina, knowing, and I don't think there's a single picture of him smiling that exists in the world.
Starting point is 01:03:11 Well, no Alexander, there isn't. Just like there's not a picture of the hat man smiling. Yeah. How do you not know who the hat man is? I'm like really distraught about this. It's like- I don't know. I really don't know.
Starting point is 01:03:23 Here's a picture of your friend. Actually, I probably wasn't supposed to say that. Can we bleep out his name? What? The hat man? He's very sensitive to his privacy. You know, your friend's name. Here's a picture of him sleeping while while John Browning the Hat Man appeared in his door. Where are you sending me this photo? You're sending me a photo of my childhood friend. Yep.
Starting point is 01:03:53 Did he draw this? It's so scary. Who's taking this photo? Shadow person who's playing? He was playing Pokemon Go in the corner to take this photo of a hat man Walking into the room if you saw a hat man look at him in this one look at him in this one He's so stop sending me pictures of hat man weirdo Please this doesn't scare me. You know what this reminds me of well to see the scariest one. Oh
Starting point is 01:04:20 Here's the scariest one of all Oh, here's the scariest one of all. Bang, bang. It's John Brown. John Brown. No, look up and down and can you tell a fucking difference if they were still? No, I get it. I get it. The same hat. Okay, not the same, but similar hat. Fuck the creepy pilgrim hat. A suit like it fits. These two are the same.
Starting point is 01:04:39 Doesn't fit because he's so tall and gangly that nothing could possibly fit. He is also Slend Man, I think. It's very confusing. And I feel I can say that because he contributed to so many murders of so many souls. Yeah, I was going to say like this man. He's probably a lot scarier than the Hat Man. And I'm honestly not as a higher kill count. That's for sure. Right? Like, I'm not sure that he's not the inspiration for the Hat Man. So I think that's a hat man worships Browning to probably maybe he's one of his own little minions. You know what I'm saying? Oh, yeah. Do so. John Browning sends his minion to walk into children's rooms
Starting point is 01:05:16 when they have sleep paralysis just to stand there. Well, they don't always just stand there. Sometimes they like what do they do or something? Oh, really? The hat man scratches people? No, not really. He mostly just hangs out and makes you feel really dreadful. Oh, boo.
Starting point is 01:05:32 Oh, so does my anxiety. Like, come on. Yeah, think about it. So that's that. Thank you, everybody, for the nonsense. That was some good nonsense today. You know, Sarah Winchester literally lost her sanity because her family killed so many people with a Winchester rifle. Yeah. And she spent her entire life regret it, like, trying to atone for those murders. And this motherfucker
Starting point is 01:05:57 just gets to walk around and get like jacked off to on gun forums. Yeah. Damn. I bet someone jacked off to Mrs. Winchester. Don Damn. I bet someone jacked off to Mrs. Winchester. Don't worry. Is that supposed to make me feel better? Because I don't know. It sounded like it sounded like you said you wanted that for her. So thanks, everyone.
Starting point is 01:06:13 We are going to be back next week, but now we have to leave you. And I know that's hard to hear. It is. And in the meantime, you can go to YouTube and watch our live show that we just did in San Francisco. Maybe that'll inspire you to go to one of our 12 upcoming shows. We've already done five
Starting point is 01:06:29 Indy and Detroit are up next. Yeah, hopefully to see hopefully we get to see you there. It's lots of fun I was trying to come up with any sentence where I could say whiz I was hoping you would say was so I could say whiz and then he didn't and I sat there and went I was having fun. I don't It wasn't it wasn't a very good joke. Oh, no. Thank you for being honest about it at least.

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