Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet - 382: Reviews of Allergy Meds

Episode Date: March 25, 2026

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Starting point is 00:01:20 Achoo! You azuretech man? I'm a clareton guy, or I used to be. Now I'm just whatever generic. I'm like, give me a pink one. Let me take a nap. Benadryl I don't take. I do.
Starting point is 00:01:32 Not for any specific reason. I just don't take it. Maybe specific reasons. Whoa. Those Renaissance paintings. I want to hold on about those. Diphon hydramine does a number on us. Don't worry.
Starting point is 00:01:45 get there. Okay, we are doing reviews of allergy medication. Today is a really special day. It's March 25th. It is my best friend Renee's birthday. And she's really special to me. And it just synchronicity-wise happened to be that today was allergy medication because she was the one I knew at an early age with the worst allergies of anyone I ever met. She did move to Cincinnati from another part of the world, which I'm sure. That can be an issue. The springtime, man. We would go places. Those pear trees. The pear trees will get you. And she just like swollen eyes. And, like, she did this horrible hacking sound. She still does.
Starting point is 00:02:19 All the time. Her hacking sounds. Oh, I bet she's doing it right now. Happy birthday, Renee. Yeah, in seventh grade, I kind of learned the dangers of allergies, or at least being around someone else with allergies. The dangers of being around someone else with allergies. Okay, yeah.
Starting point is 00:02:33 Yeah, so happy birthday, Renee. Alexander had a challenge today. What was that? My challenge was to find reviews or someone complains about a historical inaccuracy. Yeah, I'm excited for this. And we got some good ones sent in. Okay, good. Well, if you're wondering where we get these,
Starting point is 00:02:48 every couple weeks on Patreon, we upload the upcoming themes and challenges and offer patrons a chance to submit any reviews they think would be fitting for those themes and challenges. So you can head over to patreon.com slash BTGCD if you want to take a look at that. We also announced our April guest episode that will be releasing. We've recorded already. I had great time.
Starting point is 00:03:10 So excited for you all to listen to that. Yeah, do you want me to get us started today? Let's go. Yeah. Let's do it. This is a review of Equate 24-hour satura zine from Walmart. Wow, this is a new one to me. Yeah, they all kind of look the same as far as I'm concerned.
Starting point is 00:03:25 This is a one-star review verified purchase by Ellen. Expired delivered from store. Walmart delivered me an expired product. It was delivered July 31st, and it expires August 1st. Shame on them. And I'm like, did they, though? technically technically though
Starting point is 00:03:44 Ellen did they? You can take 80 count What if you want to meet the hat man You could take all this in one night It is a count of 90 That sounds like if you want to meet the fucking devil Actually that's if you want to meet your maker I think
Starting point is 00:03:57 90 90 90 If that is truly like You have to take 90 That's fucking crazy You take 90 overnight Yeah I mean to be fair
Starting point is 00:04:08 It's not like they stop working the next day But you don't I mean no There's no There's no. I love how you're like, to be fair. No, no, no. But also, like, it is funny that she specified that it was a day.
Starting point is 00:04:19 That makes it so much fun here. The expiration Walmart's like, eh, closing off. Yeah, that makes it so good that it's technically not expired. I mean, like, technically. Technically. My first one, this was sent in by Taylor, Sophie's version, they, them. This review is of Claritin 10 milligrams Laratidine listed on Walmart.com. One star.
Starting point is 00:04:41 Not for my wife, Sherry. They did nothing. She has been taking them over 30 days and still blows her nose all day extremely and sneeze all day. But we cannot use anything with the cheap one that causes all that goes with dementia. What? Which is a thing? Wait, which one? Allergy medicine, dementia.
Starting point is 00:05:08 I don't want to get this one. Can I be honest? I would explain the Renaissance paintings a lot more. Antihistamines. Uh-oh. Dementia risk? I don't trust these AI. No one should.
Starting point is 00:05:16 These AI Google things are I scrolled. Harvard.edu. Oh, that's all AI. I've heard of them. But yeah, there are studies that do suggest that they might increase the risk. There's like a core. Oh, my goodness. But other studies have found no risk.
Starting point is 00:05:29 So I don't want to put anything out there. So basically they're deciding between sneezing. What is it terribly? Well, they spelled sneezing S-N-I-S or sneeze, which was, it took me a while. I thought they were trying to say like sinus, but they said sneeze all day. So, but like everything else was spelled pretty well. But what was the word they used? It was like she's been blowing her nose terribly.
Starting point is 00:05:55 Extremely blowing her nose. That's when the all cap starts. It starts out all day extremely. You know, he's having a mental breakdown with all this sensory overload. And I love that he named Sherry in the review. Yeah, not for my wife. But the username is none. So, like, they didn't put their own name, but they're like...
Starting point is 00:06:15 Can someone fix Sherry? I need someone to fix my wife Sherry. She's sneezing extremely... She's sneezing. She's sneezing. Do you say seizing? No. At this point, I don't know.
Starting point is 00:06:26 You're not totally sure. At this point, I'm not 100%. There are some withdrawals from these things. It's actually a little bit scary. Oh, yeah. There's some serious shit that comes with anti-ist. I mean, which is very surprising. Super clear.
Starting point is 00:06:37 Do not go meet the Matt man, people. It's not worth it, okay? You want to explain. that hatman bullshit. We'll get to it. Okay. This is a one-star review, also of the Equate 24-hour Sitturazine from Walmart. So one-star review by Margarita.
Starting point is 00:06:53 Oh. And it's a verified purchase. Oh, yeah, with a salted rim. Yeah, this dude Jimmy Buffett was there. Oh, my God, they canceled the Jimmy Buffett resort. No, they didn't. Yeah, I'm telling you, all the neighbors have been saying that they're like, they think they're just fully, like, backing off of it now. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:07:11 The gossip. My next door app is going wild. They're turkeys loose in your neighborhood and the margarita. Something's wrong. You guys, we've entered the wrong timeline. Okay, they also closed down the floating hooters. That issued a new era of just dark ages, you know. Oh, it does still say coming soon.
Starting point is 00:07:31 Oh, thank God. You. There is a top comment here. There's a comment on Reddit here. Someone asked three months ago, what's going on? When are they breaking ground? and someone said it's just wasting away. Oh, I didn't get it.
Starting point is 00:07:44 Yeah, that's probably your thing that you saw. I'm an idiot. I'm an idiot. But are you being serious or do some people claim that there's a woman to blame? That's literally the next comment under there. I'm on the same thread. You know it's your own damn fault. You know it's your own damn fault.
Starting point is 00:08:01 Shaker of salt. Okay. Where were we before we got on this Margaritaville Tansion? Margarita wrote this review. Oh, yeah. I knew a Margarita. A verified purchase. One star of this satirazine.
Starting point is 00:08:17 They threw the package in my yard. And the Avino body wash was smeared all over it. There's a childproof seal, I hope. End of review. I just love that they threw it and I got covered in Avino Body Wash. It's the most Walmart delivery review I've ever heard. Oh, no. And it's like slippery.
Starting point is 00:08:36 Like, you can't, they can't control it. Like, how am I going to hold on my lemons? I know the scent is like some crazy, like, wild berry, whatever. Wild berry avino zone. Okay, yeah. I really hope not. Yeah, avino body washed by more like oatmeal. At least it's smell relaxing while you take your venerone.
Starting point is 00:08:56 So true. Here is a one-star review, another one of the Leratidine. One-star. Horrible. This stuff does not work. It made me produce feces. End of review. And that's never happened.
Starting point is 00:09:09 I know, right. This is got, I went to the emergency room. Oh, my Lord. The people who are that obsessed with their own bowel movements, I'm like, they do cause GI things, but if you're like, it made me produce feces, what does that mean? Yeah, what? I mean, good, I think. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:09:27 It does make it seem as if it was a first for them. I mean, it would be worse if it said it won't let me produce feces. I'd be like, uh-oh. Yeah. Constipation, diarrhea. Which one would you rather have? Which one does Liradidine enhance? Whoa, it's super constipation.
Starting point is 00:09:46 Forget it. That's what I'm going to Benadryl to meet my maker. Oh, okay. It's like those 40 movies. I don't know. Chair shakes? Oh, I don't like. It enhances your experience.
Starting point is 00:09:55 5DX, you get a Benadryl before you sit down. That one's crazy. You like open a liminal space in the theater. Yeah. This is a one-star review by Chris of the same Saturazine. This is called Versatortyne. while. I give these to my husband and to my dog for seasonal allergies, and it helps both of them get through the roughest part of the year. End of review. I'm sorry. I just feel like that's not good.
Starting point is 00:10:23 Yeah, I'm no expert in veterinary sciences, except for that CD-ROM we used to play. We're actually pretty good at, like, that was more like wildlife. Like, I could, if there were an elephant, I could stack things next to it that would weigh the same as the elephant. To measure what kind of weight it would be and how heavy. And also, if there were a really friendly voice of God coming over telling me, like, looks like there's a splinter in his call, I could probably figure that out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It would just tell you.
Starting point is 00:10:52 Yeah. Well, most veterinarians, I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, are divinely inspired. I won't correct you. Okay. Here is a one-star review of the same Claritin stuff by a good person. Immediately don't believe you Immediately don't believe them I'm worried about this person
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Starting point is 00:11:23 Come back to us Duran Ghering jeng Jeng End of Ruebe We've lost him So I'm talking about liminal space I don't know where they are now
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Starting point is 00:14:14 That's livemobentis.com. promo code beach. Okay, so let's get into the Hatman situation because it needs to be addressed. Yeah, no, I don't disagree. On TikTok, there was a trend a few years ago where people, teens mostly, it was like known as younger folks, Gen Z age, were taking large doses of Benadjo or anything with the active ingredient of diphymine in an attempt to have holo-o-o-ohelene, in an attempt to have, Holo, and have like really vivid dreams and nightmares.
Starting point is 00:14:50 And some people claimed like enter a different dimension. And some people said you can like jump timelines. And, you know, it got really wild, highly, heavily, absolutely not recommended. I don't even say not recommended. Just don't fucking do that. Yeah. Okay. And also like it was really dangerous.
Starting point is 00:15:07 And people had very bad experiences obviously. When this all started picking up, you know, there were all these warnings and dangers of Benadryl and then the generics of it. And I have some comments here. These were posted a couple years ago when I think like during the height of all this, this craze, a post on Facebook by Zachary Rubin M.D. And he was basically sharing the dangers of taking too much Benadryl, especially for young folks.
Starting point is 00:15:41 And people in the comments started sharing their own experiences with Diphon So there's sort of reviews, but they're just written on Facebook instead of on an actual review page. So that crazy heffalump music, you know. Oh, dear God. You know that like, oh, of course. Like shit gave me nightmares. Yeah, we went to. That's what I would see if I took too much better.
Starting point is 00:16:03 That's what I'm saying. I went into that thing that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, Winnie the Pooh thing. I was in a honeypot. You would believe it. I wasn't even on a fucking milligram of Diphon Hyderme. Jameen, and there I was. And I just heard like, oh, a lump. And I was like, here I go. There I go. Buckle up. Hatman take me away. Okay, here's a one-star review of Benadryl. I didn't know the dangers of Benadryl as a teenager. My friends convinced me to take a few with them,
Starting point is 00:16:35 and I can honestly say a hatman is not a joke. I also snapped out of it while walking in front of my friend's house at midnight carrying a kitchen knife. I had no clue how I got there. I will forever be against Benadryl, whether taking it how you are supposed to or abusing it. End of review. Oh my gosh. Okay.
Starting point is 00:16:55 Also, I want to say about the Hatman. I didn't really specify that. That is a very common sleep paralysis hallucination people have. Benadryl. Yeah, Benadryl sort of activates your kind of. Babadook receptors. I was going to say night terror, but that actually actually,
Starting point is 00:17:14 It makes more sense the way you said him. I thought it would. Paula says, I can't take it because it makes me mad. Paula's the hat man. Paula's the one I see at the end of my bed singing the half-a-lump music, Heffalump. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I would see that.
Starting point is 00:17:33 I know that would be it. Paula Yarnel. Wait, what? You'd see Paula singing the Heffalump music. Paula Yarnel, our old Artie. I should call her up and like pay her a million dollars to do that just for the bit. I will be expired. Yeah, you'll either die or you'd be put away somewhere.
Starting point is 00:17:56 I'd make sure. I'd have to be tucked away for the safety of everyone else's reputation. No one would notice. So Paul gets mad. Crystal says, I saw a hat man in 2015 during a sleep paralysis episode. I can't remember if I took Benadjill or not though. I'm like, well, okay. Cool.
Starting point is 00:18:15 That's not helpful. Facebook comments. I didn't know they were meant to be helpful. Is that what you're looking for? Well, it's like a discussion about Benadryl, and it's like, I don't know if I took Benadryl. Okay. I don't know. I mean, you're right.
Starting point is 00:18:27 Yes. What do I expect? Regina has a hot take. Here we go. Uh-oh. I love Benadryl. Well, the so-called food at the grocery store is more toxic than Benadry. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:18:41 That is a hot take. Jesus Christ. There is not enough. beef tallow in my Benadryl. Laura says, I can't take Benadryl because it doesn't work for me. Zyrtec works like Benadryl, so I don't take it either. It's so strong I become a zombie over-medicated, zoning out, and tired. Zizol makes me mildly sleepy, zombie-ish, too.
Starting point is 00:19:00 I can only take Claritin and Allegra. I've only seen Hatman once in my life. It was shortly after my first baby was born. I dreamed. It was probably her baby. It was probably the doctor. Oh, beautiful baby boy. I dreamed of the hatman, and when I woke up, I knew there was something wrong with my baby.
Starting point is 00:19:19 I ran to her crib, and she had gotten her swaddling over her face somehow. I fixed it, and she was fine. She's 10 now. I've never dreamed of the hatman since. The hat man's a hero. P.S. I definitely hadn't taken any Benadryl when I saw Hatman. First of all, there's this whole beginning about like, Zyrtec and Benadryl and God of Claritin.
Starting point is 00:19:38 And then it's like, I saw Hatman, but that has nothing to do with it. But at least they touched on both topics. touches both topics. And also, like, maybe he's, like, Mothman, where it's like, he's scary, but he's not, he's trying. Like, sending a message rather than, like, come in to hurt you? Or just because you can see him, maybe he's not, like, you're, like, entering kind of a, you know, hypnagogic state. There was, I read portions of the Mothman smut and, like, Mothman.
Starting point is 00:20:05 Portions. And there is a patron member, and I don't get it fully wrong. I'm going to get a part in, like, not the whole thing, but that says Mothman is a gentle lover. That's their username. And like... It's actually Mothman is a kind and gentle lover. Kind and I knew I was forgetting something. Thank you. There's a few cars in our neighborhood with that bumper sticker around here.
Starting point is 00:20:24 Well, turkeys are getting the people. Lack of Hooters, too. What do you think the turkeys came here? The Hooters moved out and they said, Now finally it's a family-friendly type of neighborhood. That is where they live, true. Stephanie says, when I was nine, I saw a shadow figure in the doorway of my room late at night, all black with a hat like that.
Starting point is 00:20:42 So I guess my parents probably gave me Benadryl. I love it. Stephanie! Oh, my God. I love that logically. Steveny! That's so wild. This is the last one.
Starting point is 00:20:58 Kendra says, My boyfriend's brother took a few too many having a bad reaction to mosquito bites while camping, and imagine people yelling and fighting and walking past a truck. He imagined that his grandparents were walking past talking crap about him. That's so good. We were the only ones in the campground four hours into the mountains. By the way, that's terrifying as a partner, too. Like, grandma's not here.
Starting point is 00:21:22 I'm scared. Like, it's just you and me. Grandma died five years ago. And maybe she's shit talking you, probably. Yeah. So, yeah, maybe. Try to ignore her. But at that point, he's like, I'd rather have Hatman.
Starting point is 00:21:32 I was going to say, if the Hatman were there, they wouldn't even have this problem. Yeah, Hatman would be there to rescue you from something or rescue your swaddled baby. My next one is one I found on Target, Doctor. It's a one-star review. I just ordered this from target.com. After taking a couple of the tablets, my tongue was red. I thought my tongue was bleeding. I went through three paper towels before I could get the red off my tongue.
Starting point is 00:21:56 It was a lot. I swallowed them with water right away, so I am a bit disturbed that this happened. I have been taking these tablets for years, but this is the first time I ordered them from Target. I can only imagine what is that's done to my inside. It is a bottle of 300, so I'm not sure if I should return them or throw them away. End of review. Like, I feel like the specifics were so wild. Like, the 300, like, oh, fuck, not only all this, but they got 300 of them that they have.
Starting point is 00:22:28 And, like, they took two and their insides are wrecked. Yeah. Yeah. And, like, granted. I'm sorry, they're not wrecked. That is something to have a reaction to it. They're not red. They're red.
Starting point is 00:22:39 They're red. True. I love that it's probably. just the, like, ink they put on it. But I love that. Yeah, it's the red coating. Right. But I love that.
Starting point is 00:22:46 Target was like, let's make ours extra rent. Yeah. Nobody forget. I will say the number of people who were like, oh, they changed the color of the packaging and I reacted very differently. Really? Because it might be like, along with new packaging, may also. A new manufacturer.
Starting point is 00:23:02 A new manufacturer. Came from whatever. Or like different ingredients. Like some people said some had like lactose in them. Yeah, I saw that. Like, yeah. Corn. One person said that was their biggest allergy was corn.
Starting point is 00:23:14 And then they took allergy medicine filled with corn. The number one, like, anyway, it's just fucking crazy. Like, some of the stuff. So, yeah, and the red dye definitely could affect you, like, your stomach of stuff. But I love that they're like, yeah. I think she just meant it was going to be colored. I thought my tongue was bleeding. But it wasn't.
Starting point is 00:23:34 Technically. We don't know for sure. I mean, I know for sure. I do like that they took three paper, three paper towels. Thank you. for that, I do like that when they add, then they add that clarification. That's important to me. They gave enough detail to make it interesting.
Starting point is 00:23:48 Yeah. So I have one here. This is from Becky, she, her. It's a review of Benadryl from the Walmart app. Ivy says, the door on the driveway is the door on the driveway, not the one on the front, one star. Oh my gosh. End of review. And then Becky said, is the door on the driveway?
Starting point is 00:24:06 I'll never know. Nobody could know. Sounds like this driver popped a couple of those Benadryl. I just drove into a lawn and through the avina. The door in the driveway is not the door. Is the door? Is the door? Okay. Forget it.
Starting point is 00:24:23 You know what? I'm going to move on. Here's a one-star review. This is of Zyrtec on Target's website. I still sneezed and then traveled through time. I took one Zyrtec and lost all concept of time because it knocked me out. and I had to take a four-hour nap. Imagine waking up, it's now dark outside,
Starting point is 00:24:43 and not knowing if you missed a week of work. Was world peace resolved while I was out? No. Oh, and I still consistently sneezed. This gal does not recommend. End of review. So, hey, I bet you didn't sneeze for those nice four hours. True, maybe.
Starting point is 00:24:59 If you did, that would be, who knows, sneezing in your sleep. Sleep, sneezing seems concerning. But this is what I'm when I greened out. I was like, what the fuck time? It got dark, and I was woke up and I was like, What time is it? What epoch is this? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:25:11 What dimension am I in? What life have I traveled to? And I settled on. I'm in purgatory. Yeah, you picked the worst one, by the way. Life will always be this way forever. You could have picked literally any other timeline, but here you are. I really thought I was going to float through space forever at the dark.
Starting point is 00:25:26 I know. For eternity. That's scary. Jesus Christ. That's very scary. What is this? 2001 in Space Odyssey? I wish. I wish.
Starting point is 00:25:35 Imagine that you take an allergy medication. for allergies and you have all these crazy side effects and then you sneeze and then you sneeze and you're like I feel like that would be yeah that would make me. I feel like that experience was like unfortunately common but we got so pissed if it didn't
Starting point is 00:25:52 work for that and like it is frustrating but also people are like I've been taking this for a month and I'm like whoa I know it's supposed to work in an hour and they even acknowledge that they're like they say it was supposed to work in an hour oh it didn't maybe it's not working for you But I guess if you buy 300 at a time, it is hard to be like, it's on cost foul.
Starting point is 00:26:12 Oh, I know. Your dog could use it. I mean, like, literally, this is, I understand why companies have to put so many fucking warnings on things. And I'm not saying, like, everyone's an idiot. But I'm saying some people, I'm like, come on. Yeah. Use context clues. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:26:27 It's one thing to not know to give your dog, like, a fruit that they don't agree with because you're not sure. But like a human drug. I mean, it just feels a little loosey-goosey. say I'd give them to my husband and my dog. Yeah, no, it did sound like, oh, here, everyone, take your daily allergy pills. Like, line up. Tongue, let me look under your tongue.
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Starting point is 00:27:27 All right. I have a review here. This has probably become a cornerstone of this podcast. It is a review by George of Family Dollar in Birmingham, Alabama. Which was last read in episode 37. Actually, I did read it one more time when we did a revisiting our old favorites. Episode. Find it in there.
Starting point is 00:27:45 100? It's one of the 200? Just type in diphenhydramine. It'll come up. 100. Yeah, diphtermine. One star of Family Dollar. Since taking Family Dollar store's sleep aid containing 100% diphteramine on and off for several years,
Starting point is 00:28:02 I increased its nightly use because I was getting used to the addictive drug, and it did not work as well. Sunrise Hospital kept me under medication in an unconscious state for three days, creating this extremely expensive bill of $60,000. Jesus. I'm not sure if this was actually medically necessary, even though I am 61 years old, but the drug caused a seizure, nosebleeds,
Starting point is 00:28:23 and spitting up clots of coagulated blood. Why did you bring this review? Like, it's so why. I know why, but I'm like, man, I'm like, this is crazy. I'll tell you. Two months of fresh pear juice therapy. I forgot. Two months of fresh pear juice therapy
Starting point is 00:28:44 flushed the drug from the lower extremes. remedies of my body. This all caused the executor of my mother's estate, my sister Debbie. To doubt and instill her narcissistic temper on me. Asking me to leave my father's house because she did not want to be responsible for me. Now she will not allow me to try to sell our collection of ten Renaissance paintings. The way we went through a portal and all of a sudden are here, I, it's so sudden.
Starting point is 00:29:24 Yeah. It's all about family dollar. And you start questioning yourself. Yeah. How did we get here? How did I? Where am I? This is all a simulation, isn't it?
Starting point is 00:29:34 This all caused the executor of my mother's estate, my sister Debbie, to doubt and instill her narcissistic temper on me, asking me to leave my father's house because she did not want to be responsible for me. Now she will not allow me to try to sell our collection. of ten Renaissance paintings because she does not trust me in my mental state. Also, the ambulance attendant caused damage to my right arm while attempting to restrain me, making it difficult to even write my own name. The problem caused by this drug creates a lot of tension in this household for my 89-year-old father and me. I believe this dangerous drug. Can you imagine them in their house with ten Renaissance paintings just like surrounding?
Starting point is 00:30:15 Could you imagine through this person's eyes? on the medicine with those 10 renaissance page. But do you know what they see? Dollar signs, dollars and dollars' cents. Oh, in my mind, they see them like closing in on them, and they're like, get, we need to sell these. It's one of those creepy dogs with like a human face. And it's like...
Starting point is 00:30:33 At a poker table. Yeah. That was from the Renaissance. For sure. You know, when they just put adult faces on like babies and dogs and animals. Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay, let's see. I believe this dangerous drug should be taken off the market,
Starting point is 00:30:47 or at least labels adhered to the boxes, products containing this drug. What could they possibly add to the label that would get you to understand the detriment to which your life would be? What would have stopped this person from taking it for, what, 30 years or what did he say? Oh, no, several years, sorry. But like taking it pretty much every day for several years, then upping the dosage. I'm like, but also like it says on there can cause XYZ. Like, you kind of just have to know that when you take it. Have you seen the dollar store brand?
Starting point is 00:31:17 Labeling, packaging, though? No. Exactly. So, who knows? Any dollar store visit I've done, I don't go for the diphenhydramine. Believe it or not. You bought a plunger that one time. I did buy a plunger and a clock.
Starting point is 00:31:30 That was weird. It was weird. It was a big clock, though. It landed on my head once. It was made of wood. Yeah, it was a big wooden clock that landed on my head. I really hit his head hard. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:31:39 It was loud, too. I believe this dangerous drug should be taken off the market, or at least labels adhere to the boxes of products containing this drug. This company, the pharmaceutical companies that make products containing diphygamine should be sued by anyone who had these symptoms and have been hospitalized by the family if the person dies. The FDA has been warned and Medwatch said they would look into it, but nothing has happened. The drugs continue to be sold and do not have adequate warning labels.
Starting point is 00:32:03 So you and your Renaissance paintings are not safe. I will say if they had an include, like it could have been such a boring, like, a level-headed point that they had, they could have made. It went off the rails. But they probably would. have had a better point if they weren't on diving it. It felt like they took it again to write the review. I mean, they take it every day, it sounds like.
Starting point is 00:32:25 Well, they went to the hospital in a coma. I don't think necessarily they went home and took more of it. I don't know. They're like, someone should sue them as they're like taking more of it. I mean, maybe because they're like hooked on it, like addicted. I don't know. I don't know how divinitramine works. I just told you.
Starting point is 00:32:41 True. I am eyeing all your Renaissance paintings. I don't know if that means that I should put you. That's what they're there for. sneak you, like put it in your food. So then maybe that'll help me. You'll want to sell them. It's like reverse.
Starting point is 00:32:52 Reverse psychology, but reverse diphymede. Right. And you'll cross out the part on the box that says may contribute to a state sale behavior. Yeah. To desire for a state sale. Pre-death estate sale. Yeah. Pre-death estate sale.
Starting point is 00:33:07 That's important. That is. Thanks. That makes me feel better at least. Of course. I have a challenge. Yay. What was your challenge?
Starting point is 00:33:13 The challenge was to find reviews where someone. points out or complains about a historical inaccuracy. Can you imagine someone complains about a historical accuracy? We should do that. That would be funny. That is funny. This is a review sent in by Jair. She heard.
Starting point is 00:33:29 Hi, Jair. Hi, Jair. This is a review of The Other Bolin Girl by Philippa. Philippa Gregory. Filippa. Sorry, I just. Philippa? Philippa.
Starting point is 00:33:42 Philippa. I don't know. I just got to do it. a leap on my mind. Oh, I have Wiz Khalifa on my mind. Wait, you know who's often? You should.
Starting point is 00:33:53 Like, if he didn't, it would be a problem. You know, who's on my mind way too often? It's like, not good. I'm nervous. I've got the magic in me. Every time I... Bruno Mars? Who sings that?
Starting point is 00:34:05 No, that's not. Oh, Tio Cruz. That's not Tio Cruz. No, don't tell me. Don't tell me. Is Tio Cruz the one who's a flat earther? Or is it the flat earther? who sings this one. B-O-B.
Starting point is 00:34:19 Oh, B-O-B, who is the Flat Earther. Oh, yes. Oh, my God. He is. We were there. Remember, he did that song with Justin's Over Lake, I think, too. Oh, he totally, yeah, you're right. This is the Flat Earther guy.
Starting point is 00:34:32 Yeah. He raised funds to check if it's flat and had, like, some beef on Twitter with Neil deGrasse Tyson. Of course, Neil deGrasse Tyson was involved. And then he released a disc track titled Flatline. reinforcing his belief in a flat earth. A diss track against whom? Science?
Starting point is 00:34:51 Neil DeGrasse, Tyson, I assume. Oh my God. So, yeah. There's a whole Wikipedia article about flat line and the covers a flat line between the earth and space, but it kind of looks already a little curve. Okay, stop looking at that.
Starting point is 00:35:03 If you ever green out again, I don't need you looking at this picture. It refers to science as a cult. Okay. Anyway, you think of the, yeah, you do too much thinking of B-O-B. Jarre sent in a review of the other Bolin girl by Philippa Gregory.
Starting point is 00:35:16 Okay. This is a one-star review. This is on Goodreads. Oh, freaking no. Trashiest historical fiction I've ever read, and that's saying something, because I've read one where Cleopatra is a vampire who runs around in broad daylight. Love it. I swore off Philippa Gregory after this book.
Starting point is 00:35:34 I wish there was a negative score so I could give it that end of review. Wow. But there are some like shelvedaz, like tags. Oh, okay, okay. Don't bother with it again. I didn't see that coming. Oh. Good premise, and then it cuts off.
Starting point is 00:35:50 So good premise at least. Bad execution, I assume. Probably. What is the conceit of this book? It's a story of the Bolin family's rise to power. Oh, it's just about the book. And it's historical fiction. From Mary's perspective.
Starting point is 00:36:06 Gotcha. Yeah, yeah. And then here's a review also sent him. By the way, I find it offensive to suggest that people couldn't be trashy back then. I will say, I think Jera sent in another, I think of the same book, and I was talking about it was like really derogatory towards, like, slut-shamey. So I think, like... Well, they were probably that back then, too.
Starting point is 00:36:26 I could be mixing it up with a different review, but I was like, I saw that too. This is not a good vibe. Okay. Yeah, but also, what does, do I know? I didn't read this fucking book, but here is a review of a different book. I didn't read the original Bowling Girl and let alone the other Berlin Girl. What are you talking about? I don't know. You didn't read the original Bolin girl?
Starting point is 00:36:46 Whatever. Okay. Do you know what Leona says when she's done with a conversation? She goes, I don't care. And you're like, about what? And she's like, I don't care about that. And it's like, all right. I don't care.
Starting point is 00:36:57 Well, I just find someone call it sexist revisionism. Oh, sexist revisionism. And that was a person who said it was like slushy and stuff. But what do I know? Here's a review of Little Heathons, colon, hard times and high spirits on an Iowa farm during the Great Depression. Okay, this is a really long title, but all right. It's written by Mildred Armstrong Kalish. It would be written by Mildred.
Starting point is 00:37:21 It does track. Here's a one-star review by Ken. She didn't write it for me. My grandma told stories like this, which I enjoyed. The difference is, I love my grandma, and she was telling me stories about my family. I don't know the author and have very little interest in her family. Although in her family, this would be a great book to read and pass along to the generations yet to come. End of review.
Starting point is 00:37:43 Hey, here's a novel idea. Maybe she should show it to her family. A novel idea. Maybe they'll like this. A novel idea. Maybe they'll like this. Maybe your family would read this. I love that though. Like, it isn't a good way to describe a book like that you didn't like of like it feels like it was for someone else.
Starting point is 00:38:01 But they took it a little too far. It's like I'm really like really specifically personal. And I also like she didn't write this for me. It's like, did you read it and then realize it's just not. Exactly. Like the expectation. There's no expectation that this person would write a book for Ken. For Ken. It's like my grandma wrote stories for me. Well, yeah, Ken, what the fuck?
Starting point is 00:38:22 And Ken might think that his grandma stories aren't worth sharing to the populace. I might be where he's coming from. For your family, Ken? Yeah, for his family, though. He doesn't, he's not going to publish it to the rest of the people. I'm not interested in your fucking family. And he doesn't think you are either. Interested in your fucking grandma?
Starting point is 00:38:37 Who cares? I'm interested. How does it feel now, Ken? I'm interested in Ken's grandma. I am too. Who am I? I know. My next one here was sent in by Izzy, who found a little place, very special place,
Starting point is 00:38:49 and I'll also have a review from Sarah of the same place. Oh. This is of the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky. I don't know if you're familiar. Not enough. Yeah, we've talked about it a lot. And yet too familiar, you know. It's this Christian place where you go and go on a giant arc.
Starting point is 00:39:03 Christian place. I mean, evangelical. Yeah, it's a big replica of the ark. It's all the same to me. No, it's not. It's fucking crazy. And it's creationism. Very...
Starting point is 00:39:14 Creation museum. Yeah. Here is a one-star review. What? Let got me. I was like, yeah, what do you think? Here's a one-star review. Oh, geez.
Starting point is 00:39:29 Oh, that's actually two stars. But whatever, Angela. The outside of the ark was impressive, and it was nice how they accommodated everyone. But inside the ark was very disappointing. The art contradicts itself a lot. It seems to support Darwinism a lot more than a good balance of both Darwinism and creationism. It felt like they were trying to convert you over to Darwinism.
Starting point is 00:39:52 It was biblically, historically, and scientifically inaccurate. It was more expensive than the Creation Museum and not worth the money. And if you had to choose, then choose the Creation Museum. End of review. So this person, yes, no, I know. Your brain is not. My brain is breaking. It's not accurate enough for them.
Starting point is 00:40:11 My brain is breaking. In the way that we wouldn't agree with. But so, like, also, they said, but they said biblically, historically, and scientifically. Yes. The arc. Noah's arc was- And things inside of it. Scientifically, historically, and biblically wrong.
Starting point is 00:40:28 So what? But only in the sense that it promoted Darwinism too much. Oh, right, because scientifically, that is inaccurate. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. That's the whole insanity about it. What are you talking about?
Starting point is 00:40:40 What do you think was the most disruptive form? part, like seeing, like, what in the art? Because at the Creation Museum, they walk you through, like, their theories on how man lived amongst dinosaurs and the earth is only a certain, a shorter length of time old. They have, like, biblical characters telling you this stuff. Yes, and God, like, literally created people, and it's this whole thing. But so, like, what in the arc is just a bunch of animals, right? Like, what are we supposed to be getting scientifically...
Starting point is 00:41:07 I mean, it's so big, but the exhibits are not all art-related. It's just a huge fucking art. Oh, it's not all about the arc. I don't think, no, no. Oh, okay. It's like, I don't think so. You know what? I'm glad we don't know.
Starting point is 00:41:20 This makes me happy. I'm actually distressed. I'm distressed now. We have read this stuff so much and we still don't totally know. And this is what I'll say too. Even our Catholic school was like, what the fuck is going on down there? We are not participating in that. It's so true.
Starting point is 00:41:35 Like our school was like, hey, guys, evolution is really real, okay? Let's not go down there even for a joke. And they were right, but also anyone pointing at them like, what the fuck is wrong with these people was also right. No, it's all like the Spider-Man meme. That's the one thing they actually kind of got right, you know? Well, here's a one-star review. Okay. Don't worry, a little different.
Starting point is 00:41:56 Can't believe it. It was beautiful and interesting from a structural point of view. Sure. It was beyond historically inaccurate. Examples, dinosaurs were stored next to the bears. Noah's sons whose wives were not named in the Bible now have names. Oh, what the fuck? That's sick.
Starting point is 00:42:16 That's sick. Talk about revisionist history. I know. Fucking giving them a name. Kimberly. Call them the wives. Call them what they are. Please. I don't care about his family.
Starting point is 00:42:27 I love how they're like, but Noah's sons have names and that's good. They didn't write this for me. Yeah. They wrote that for his family. Noah's sons whose wives were not named in the Bible now have names. And just some things I thought were crazy. Oh my God.
Starting point is 00:42:40 I know there was a creative license where they can change things around. We were done. after the first floor. The grounds were beautifully kept. There was a zoo, but I disagree with having a zoo. We drove two hours to this and disappointed. Save your money and use your imagination. And if you want to learn accurate information, read the Bible.
Starting point is 00:42:57 End of review. Here is a review sent in by Sarah. These are so good. And this is also of the ark. I can't believe they're of the arc. Like historical inaccuracies and they're not even saying biblical inaccuracies. They're like, it's actually historically inaccurate. It's so funny.
Starting point is 00:43:12 Jesus. Here we go. One star. God may have hardened Pharaoh's heart, but he turned my high school teacher's brain to stone. She was the most egotistical, close-minded science teacher we had, which made her a perfect candidate to be hired by Ken Ham's museum. We used to take school trips to the Creation Museum every year, allowing us students a week of freedom from our usual uniform-enforced classes.
Starting point is 00:43:36 We'd listen to absurd lectures on what creationists think evolutionists actually think. Spoiler, they make them sound as idiotic as humanly. possible. I recall one specific speaker proposing that evolutionists think dinosaurs farting significantly contributed to their fiery demise. What? You're probably like, oh, the methane greenhouse gases are fake stuff. The libs think that's what caused it. Caused global warming. Okay. Yeah. To be fair, I don't not think that. I don't know. The more I think about it, I'm like, they probably did fart themselves to death. And I don't care in the sense that if a scientist told me that, I'd be like, cool. But if not, I'm like, I'm not going to be mad. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:44:19 If a scientist told me dinosaurs farted themselves to death, I'd be like, show me your badge, because I don't believe you. Oh, I'd say show me your badge because I want to get you promoted. I want to write a positive review about you. I want to make out with you. You do love a man with a badge. Maybe in the arc. So ever since, Blaze isn't working in a hospital right now, so he lost his badge. Oh, it sucks. I hope he still has some old ones for you. It sucks, man. I got to go all the way to the ark to get a little action. Jesus, gray. Some badge action? Okay.
Starting point is 00:44:51 Is that why you drive so fast all the time? He's trying to get pulled over. Oh, I thought you had to get to the arc. You famously love the police. What? Famously. Anyway, should I continue this review? Yep.
Starting point is 00:45:03 Okay. Yep. Honestly, the on-site zip line was the only good part of the property, and it's not even in the museum. If you got lucky, you could maybe land your spit on the roof. The creepy animatronics are quite apt for giving your children nightmares in time for Halloween as well. The restrooms are clean if you need to relieve yourself traveling across the state. Otherwise, make like a lot and don't look back.
Starting point is 00:45:28 Oh, oh, or else you're... Man, we're on video now. Oh, yeah, I have to stop dabbing. She's stabbed a lot. It sounds like you just said stabbed. She was stabbed a lot. I was dabbed. I did dab.
Starting point is 00:45:41 Trying to get people to watch the video. Ow! A little delay, but we'll work on it. Fix it and post. Okay, yeah, that's bad shit crazy. Also, doesn't it cost like $25 to get in? So I don't know if you can just use the bathrooms. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:45:57 Probably not. I bet they have a kick-ass gift job. Did you say $25? Yeah. I'm pretty sure it's a lot more than that. When it was, it was $25 like 10 years ago when I looked at it. So just the arc is $65. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:46:09 I'm not kidding. It used to be $25. And I remember thinking that's way too expensive. And then if you get the, the, the, combo arc and museum, the creation museum, that's $110. You see that fucker? The arc is fucking massive. And that doesn't even, like, the pictures, like, they do not do it justice.
Starting point is 00:46:26 I love that it's called an encounter also. Yeah. Like, as if you just stumble upon it. They have a real zoo there? That sucks. I think it's like a petting zoo. It is so big. It's like a giant building shape.
Starting point is 00:46:39 Like, it looks like a Smithsonian Museum shaped like an arc. Can you imagine that floating? as God late, just full of zebras and shit. I wonder if they have a plan for if there's a great flood again. Like, I could absolutely see them building this and being like, who actually gets on it? The first exhibit is called, can we trust the Bible? Interesting. I have a feeling I know what their answer is.
Starting point is 00:47:01 But I have one last review here. This one was also sent in by Sarah of the Ark Encounter. Jesus, I did not expect this to be. This is not the first time that I feel like a challenge derailed into this. Like, oh, it's going to be about like the Roosevelt. Yeah. Honestly, I didn't find that. I did look at a bunch of like on Yelp.
Starting point is 00:47:22 And I think most of those were like the Harry Beecher Stowehouse. Exactly. Like historic homes. And those were pretty boring, the reviews of the locations. Because now that I remember, I'm like, yeah, I did see those on Yelp. And it was something like so boring. And I'm like, no one cares about these inaccuracies. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:47:41 Which maybe is a point of the challenge, but these are more fun. Okay. Especially this one. This is my last one, one star by Anna. Of the Ark Encounter. Of the Ark Encounter. It wasn't historically accurate. There were no dinosaur dongs.
Starting point is 00:47:55 I tried to get my Bible signed by Jesus, but he acted like he was too good for me and told me to vote for Elon Musk. End of review. 16 people put either a heart or prayer hands. That does sound the most accurate out of all of it so far. Yeah, it does. I will say it says Jesus acted like he was too,
Starting point is 00:48:13 God. They meant good, but they wrote God. And I was like, that is an interesting slip-off. Freudian slip-slip. He's too God for me. You know what? Wouldn't be the first person. He's too God for some God he raised.
Starting point is 00:48:26 Yes, he does. From heaven above with the wind. This dumb power and God. Our God isn't awesome God. But not with me. Ew. Okay. I was like, he's who you've been seeing on the side.
Starting point is 00:48:39 Your side piece is Kenham. He has a badge. He could. I would buy any badge, but I guess that doesn't count. It does, and that's called Stolen Val. He has to earn the badge. He won't earn that badge until he's in heaven. God rest his soul whenever that happens.
Starting point is 00:48:54 Hopefully soon. Thanks everyone for listening. Thanks for listening. This is our allergy episode. Shout out to Renee. Hopefully it felt like that. You sound sick, so that helps. That's not what I meant, but yeah.
Starting point is 00:49:05 Send Renee some love. She's, as we all are, you know, she's in Aries, and Aries are going through it right now. So shout out to Aries. Send Renee some love. Alexander's an Aries Rising, so he's feeling it too. And we love you all so much. Please send Renee some love and send it to me too. Yeah, I'll take some.
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