Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Good Luck with That… | 8/22/23

Episode Date: August 22, 2023

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Starting point is 00:00:22 19 plus Ontario only. Please play responsibly. Concerned by your gambling or that if someone close, you call 1866-3-3-1-2-600 or visit comexonterio.ca. Blaze Radio Network And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. Have you seen this new egg challenge, the egg crack challenge? I don't know where it started. But right now it's got, I don't know, a couple hundred million views across TikTok and Instagram. And it's where you film yourself with your child making something, you know, I don't know, French toast or pancakes or cake.
Starting point is 00:00:59 and you have to crack open eggs. And they're right there in the picture. And you crack an egg on their forehead and put it in a bowl. And originally, I laughed like that because it's so stupid. But the kids don't think it's funny. I saw a few, and I went through last night and watched a whole boatload of these egg-cracking videos. And I just, I think it's time to stop it. Okay, just stop it.
Starting point is 00:01:27 It's not good for the kids. I saw a few where adult women were doing it to their husbands or their boyfriends. That's funny. You know, he's just sitting there at the kitchen counter and she cracks the egg on his forehead. And so as adults, we're like, hey, what is going on? But little kids don't understand that mom, their loved one, who takes care of them, is cracking an egg on their forehead. And then there were a couple where, and I'm not laughing at it, okay?
Starting point is 00:02:03 I'm not laughing at it because I got into a big talk, chat with my wife because she freaking hates it. And so, I mean, I don't hate it, but I don't like it either. It's just, what are we doing to the kids, man? Stop it. Just for video clicks, you're going to crack an egg on your kids' head while they're thinking you're making them a cake. plus on top of which sometimes eggs are hard man that freaking hurts one little kid it didn't crack the egg till like the third time how many times you got to hit the kid in the head before you don't so just stop it okay stop cracking the eggs on your kids head it's not
Starting point is 00:02:47 funny well it's a little funny but I'm not laughing at it okay I like the adult ones it's kind of funny it was cute it was funny but the kids I mean the kids are like Hey, that hurt. What are you doing? And I saw one couple where the mom did it to the girl, and the girl was like, what is going on? And she starts freaking out. And the dad comes over and then does it to the mom.
Starting point is 00:03:10 And the kid laughs and realizes that it was okay. But it only took the dad to come over and say, hey, it's okay, baby. Don't worry about it. And crack the egg out of the mom's head so that, you know, they think it's a joke. Now, I mean, some kids cry. Some kids holler.
Starting point is 00:03:26 It's just stop it. Okay. Stop with the egg crack challenge, okay? I don't want to laugh anymore at the egg crack challenges, okay? People in my house don't like it and gosh darn it, I don't like it either. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. All right, more trends. I see a story where this wedding has a tattoo artist at the beginning so that people can come to the wedding of the pre-wedding party, I guess it was. was and get tattoos. And there was a video montage of multiple wedding attendees being tattooed. And they brought in a tattoo artist and they agreed to have a tattoo. It was, the post was viewed, you know, a bunch of times.
Starting point is 00:04:16 And people were all mad thinking that it was insane, that people were going to get tattoos, you know, for on your wherever before the wedding to remember the wedding. It doesn't say what the tattoos were. like does it say you know Mindy and Bob with the date for the wedding so you receive one tattoo and the tattoo artist is there at a
Starting point is 00:04:42 pre-party maybe so no one was drunk everyone okayed it so it's I kind of laugh I feel like well okay whatever you want to have a tattoo artist at your at your wedding fine do that however here's the thing
Starting point is 00:04:56 here's the thing okay they didn't bring the tattoo artist in to say, hey, how would you like a tattoo remembering our day? We really appreciate you being here. Here's a tattoo that says a heart with, you know, Bob and Lori and the date on it. Or whatever, whatever it is.
Starting point is 00:05:18 But, you know, whatever remembering this day. It still costs you money to get it done. They were off, well, we were made it cheaper for the, for the attendees. but you had to individually pay for the tattoo. So, uh, no. No? I'm not paying extra for that.
Starting point is 00:05:40 Uh, I mean, I kind of get the idea that it was kind of cool that you brought a tattoo artist at the wedding. Uh, and so you're there for the little cocktail hour and you're giving a tattoo to whoever wants a tattoo. But the wedding party should be fronting the bill for. for that, right? It shouldn't be saying, hey, we're gonna, there's a tattoo artist over there giving away tattoos, well, not really giving away.
Starting point is 00:06:08 It's still gonna cost you 60 bucks, but we really appreciate you coming to the wedding. Now, I don't know if the wedding party gets a cut from the tattoo artist, you know, depending on how many tattoos gets done and the wedding party gets some extra cash. Maybe that's how they did it. Maybe they said, hey, the donation, some of it goes to the wedding party, you know, for the wedding, whatever. I guess maybe that's, better if that was the case, but it doesn't say that. It just says that attendees were offered to get a tattoo and still have to pay 60 bucks. So be ready for the new trend if you're invited to a wedding this year because, or if you have been invited to a wedding,
Starting point is 00:06:44 I'd love to hear from you chewing the fat at the blaze.com if a tattoo artist was there. And what the tattoo was, because it doesn't say what the tattoos were. It was just, hey, you could get a tattoo prior to our wedding here at the cocktail party. And so I guess you can get any kind of tattoo you want, right? I mean, if you're paying for it, you're not getting one that remembers the wedding, right? You're only, you're going to get one that you want. And so 60 bucks is probably a pretty fair price knowing what I know about tattoos. And so, you know, it's probably a pretty good deal.
Starting point is 00:07:20 I guess. I don't know. It just seems weird. If you're going to have a wedding party, then you're going to offer drinks at a cocktail party. hey, and if you want to get a tattoo remembering us, there's a tattoo artist over there that'll do it for you. We're covering the tab. But that's not what it said.
Starting point is 00:07:37 So we talked yesterday about all the strikes going on and everybody wanting more money. And then I see a story that talks about everyone who wants to take a new job wants at least $80,000 a year for that new job. The amount of money most workers want to accept for a job right now reached a record high.
Starting point is 00:07:55 Yeah, so did everything else. I could understand. Understand that. So employers have been trying to keep pace with wage demands, pushing the average full-time offer up to $69,475. That's 14% surge in the past year. And so wages are, you know, have been increasing and they've been recognized as the driving force in inflation.
Starting point is 00:08:20 Really? So because I want more money, that's driving inflation. All right. I'm not a money guy. Maybe that's true. I just feel like people are saying, hey, look at the prices of everything. I need more money to do this job. Please, that's what I kind of feel like.
Starting point is 00:08:37 I feel like that's not the driving force on inflation. But again, I, you know, I'm not a money guy. I just feel like that that is not correct. But good luck. Good luck if you could make that happen. Look, I just saw a sign. I don't know it's true. But, and I haven't been to a Buckees in quite some time.
Starting point is 00:08:58 Remember, I'm kind of, I'm not on a boycott of Buckees, but I don't go out of my way to go there anymore because of their anti-Semai tractor, trailer, driver motto, but that's another story. But someone posted a sign of a help wanted sign in front of a Buckees, and it looks pretty interesting if you wanted to work there. You know, it goes down the list. Cashier, gift, maintenance, warehouse, and grocery stocker, $18 bucks an hour, restroom crew, $20 an hour, food service and car wash, $21 an hour. Team lead, $20 to $23 an hour. Department manager, $25 to $33 an hour. Assistant food
Starting point is 00:09:36 service manager, $33 to $42 an hour. Full time is 35 to 50 hours, no experience necessary. If you work your way up to assistant general manager, that's $100 to $150,000. A car wash manager is $125,000. A food service manager is $125 to $175,000 and a general manager is $150,000 to $225,000. This is a sign apparently posted in front of a Buckees. And then it says 401K, 100% match up to 6%. Three weeks paid time off. Use it, cash it, roll it, health care, part time available, plus $2 an hour for overnight. apply at buckies.com and that's b uc dash e-es dot com that's not bad that's not bad although you're working
Starting point is 00:10:34 for buckies and then you have to be anti-semitractor trailers so is it worth 20 bucks an hour it might be it might be and look we just we just did a story well no i didn't i was in the fat pile and i never got to it but misoice bici is discontinuing the mirage and apparently that's the last under $20,000 car. So that's great. The middle of the road new car costs over $48,000,
Starting point is 00:11:03 up 30% since 2019. And I wonder why people want more money for their jobs. Huh. And used cars, according to this, the average July price was $27,000. Also a 30% hike from 2019.
Starting point is 00:11:19 Huh. So I wonder why people, People want more money. That's so weird. It's so weird that that's happening. And don't forget, my economic indicator proves truer and truer every day. More cars broken down along the roadways because people trying to keep their cars longer, but they can't afford the upkeep.
Starting point is 00:11:41 So they wait until the last possible moment if something goes wrong and it breaks down. And then you have to get it fixed. And so, you know, that means that people are struggling. and they need more money. And they're not going out and buying a $50,000 car to drive. I mean, it's just incredible to be. I understand wanting more money. We all want more money.
Starting point is 00:12:04 Many of us need more money. Many of us aren't even close to what we were making a few years ago. But hey, that's the driving force on inflation. I know. I know it is. That's what the business gurus say. So they must be correct. All right, let's go to the break room.
Starting point is 00:12:22 I need something cold to drink desperately. I don't know that I believe this story. Okay. This story claims that malls are coming back. Okay? They claim here that according to a recent report from analytics firm CoreSite research, malls are back from 12. 2021 to 2022, retail sales at malls increased 11% to over $800 billion.
Starting point is 00:13:02 Foot traffic at top-tier malls, where the average shopper makes 200,000 plus per year, increased 12% in 2022 compared to 2019. I feel like that's not true. I feel like they claim here in this study that it looked like the rise of e-commerce would kill them all. Brands have figured out that customers want both. They have invested in Omni-Channel marketing, which promotes both online shopping and physical stores to drive growth. According to this story, Gent Ziers may have missed the halcyon of mall days,
Starting point is 00:13:40 but they are mall loyal, a survey conducted by International Council of Shopping Centers. I love the International Council of Shopping Centers, almost as much as I love CoreS site. research found that roughly the same share of Gen Z respondents shopped at brick and mortar stores 97% as online 95%. Yeah, brick and mortar stores are not malls. Okay. I don't know. I feel like this is when is the last time you have been to a mall? I couldn't tell you. Now maybe going to a store in a town center counts as a mall when they are looking at these numbers, but to me it doesn't.
Starting point is 00:14:22 I don't know the last time I mean I guess my wife went up to this outlet mall That's up the road from here I guess that counts as going to a mall But that's not what we're thinking of When we think of a mall, right? You know, we're talking about going inside And, you know, having Annie's pretzels
Starting point is 00:14:42 And, you know, smelling those god-awful candles And having some guy with little drones Flying around your head and some lady trying to spray perfume on you as you walk by. That's a mall, okay? That's what I'm talking about. I feel like the resurgence of those are done. I mean, they're closing down everywhere.
Starting point is 00:15:09 I talked about what malls should be used for. If ESPN is going to start having drone races, professional drone races, they should use the malls in cities as, their stadiums for drone contests. But hey, that's just me. But hey, balls are coming back. Are they? Speaking to being over,
Starting point is 00:15:33 I don't know if my main man, Ye is over or not yet, but there's reports that he has now turned over all the reins of his multiple businesses to the new wife, Bianca Sensore. She is, and I don't even know that their marriage is actually legal. I feel like they got married and they said, yeah, we're married, and they never got it certified by the state.
Starting point is 00:15:57 I guess, you know, I'm okay with that. I don't think the state should be involved in marriages anyway. If people want to be married, that's their business, not the states. It's just another money grab from the states, but I digress. So he is in big time trouble. And I was looking at, like, what is happening with my man, yay? He's going on. So I was looking at like, he's not a billionaire anymore.
Starting point is 00:16:19 All right. that after Adidas canceled the Yeezy collab following his anti-Semitic and anti-black comments sales have tanked and last year the brand's headquarters were facing eviction over
Starting point is 00:16:33 unpaid rent he has being sued by former business managers who filed a $4.5 million case for unpaid wages and breach of contract after he allegedly fired him without cause. He also had to make
Starting point is 00:16:50 number of undisclosed settlements to ex-employees over toxic workplace and discrimination allegations. He's facing other lawsuits, including a $250 million defamation case filed by George Floyd's family over untrue comments. The yeas he founder made about George's death. I'd like to see that case because I bet they weren't untrue. I bet they were just, they don't want people actually talking about the truth of George Floyd's death. you know, the truth where the cop killed this angel of a man. More recently, Kanye West attorneys officially served him, noticed that they were quitting.
Starting point is 00:17:30 The firm reportedly had a hard time tracking Yeh down as he stopped replying to messages and wasn't staying at his usual addresses. So, Bianca's got a lot of their hands. And I don't know what's going to happen to Yey's businesses. And you would think, man, he turned it over to her. I don't know who she is. Maybe she's going to do wonderful things for the Yeh brand.
Starting point is 00:17:55 But the ex, the ex-wife, you know, the actual billionaire in today's world, Kim Kardashian, she may have been able to help and turn some things around for Yeh. And that would have been good for Yay, been good for the kids, it would have been good for Kim. But no. Yay is out there with the new wife, and she is taking control. So I don't know, yay, man. I don't know what you need to do, but bro, take your meds or something. Maybe he's in love.
Starting point is 00:18:24 Maybe he's in love. And he just said, look, I can't do it right now. I don't have the mental fortuity to do it. Fertuity, fortitude, whatever. He just doesn't have it to do it. So take it over and save me. You know, good luck. Good luck.
Starting point is 00:18:42 Yeah. Good luck. Also, good luck to Oliver Anthony. You know, the artist for the viral hit Rich. men north of Richmond. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 song charts. So that is awesome. He is the first artist ever to launch atop the list with no prior chart history in any form. So that is pretty amazing. Pretty amazing for Oliver Anthony. And we'll see if he can make his way. He appears to be the kind of man that's going to be, it's going to be. It's going to be.
Starting point is 00:19:20 able to make it through the headwinds that have come his way and will continue to come his way. I don't know why. I mean, any time you go against the establishment, you're going to be fighting the, fighting the powers that be because you're against them. Who are you against? Oh, that's right. The rich men, north of Richmond. So good luck, Oliver. Good luck. The numbers are incredible. Officially released August 11th. It drew 17.5 million streams. It sold 147,000 downloads.
Starting point is 00:19:58 That's according to Illuminate. It wasn't being promoted on the radio. It did get 553,000 radio airplay audience impressions, mostly on country stations. Debuted number one on the digital song sales chart and number four on streaming songs. Okay, whatever. his name is after his grandfather, Oliver Anthony.
Starting point is 00:20:22 That's his stage name. His real name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford. He was the first video, obviously, on a YouTube account that spotlights unsigned Americana and Country Acts in the Virginia, West Virginia region. And remember the first video, I mean, we've seen live performances now, but that first video and the video that is the song, Richmond, North of Richmond, where he's, is just with his Gretsch guitar and a microphone and a couple of dogs. It's freaking awesome.
Starting point is 00:20:55 It's just a, it hits home, man. It hits home for everyone. So again, good luck, Oliver. You know, he said he's turned down record deals and he didn't want $8 million and he didn't want a jet. And so the pressure's on. The pressure's on. So again, good luck, Oliver.
Starting point is 00:21:16 Good luck. With Amex Platinum, $400 in annual credits for travel and dining means you not only satisfy your travel bug, but your taste buds too. That's the powerful backing of Amex. Conditions apply. So over the weekend, we found out that Russia's Luna 25 spacecraft crashed while attempting a moon landing. That's kind of a bummer for the old Russia space program. the vehicle, according to the Russian Space Agency, the vehicle ceased to exist. Yeah, no kidding.
Starting point is 00:22:08 That's a big time setback for Russia because that was a big deal when that rocket went off and we're going back to the moon. And, you know, I just want people to know that the moon is ours. Okay, you can land down all you want Russia, but the moon is ours. Obviously, they can't land it on all they want. Now, we have India who sent up a spacecraft, and that's supposed to touch down tomorrow. If you're listening live, today is the 22nd of August, 2023. India is supposed to touch down on the dark side of the moon tomorrow, the 23rd of August, 2023.
Starting point is 00:22:42 We'll see. We'll see. It'll be the first for India and a credibility boost for its small but growing space program. They've set aside, according to this story, $1.5 billion for its Department of Space. You know, NASA has, what, 25 or $30 billion, something like that. So we'll see. We'll see what happens to the Chandrayon 3 spacecraft from India. And see if that, I mean, we, they're unmanned.
Starting point is 00:23:11 So nobody died yet. But we'll see if the Chandrian 3 ceases to exist. Who knows? I don't know. I don't know why we want to go to the dark side of the moon anyway. I know there's ice. I guess it could turn into water if there's actually ice there and we could bring it back. That'd be awesome.
Starting point is 00:23:34 If that actually could happen, I'm all for that. If there's ice being created on the dark side of the moon and we can grab it and bring it back to Earth for water and enough of it to make a difference, that's good. I don't know that we can. And I don't know that there's a hose long enough to suck it up from the moon to the earth. but okay I mean build one Elon what are you doing you're doing nothing is what you're doing build a hose that'll hook up that we can put up to the moon and then suck water back to the earth okay uh it'll hit some of the satellites going around so make it pretty durable because if it's you know if it's just hanging out in space something's going to hit it pretty soon right so we're looking at
Starting point is 00:24:20 uh what they're saying that we want to use the moon's natural resources to sustain human colonies because they want to use the moon as a launch pad for space exploration for the next generation, right? So, okay, you know, let's hope that that works. It's only 238,000 miles. We can't make a hose that long. Come on now. Stop it. In your head, you just thought of a hose going from the earth to the moon.
Starting point is 00:24:56 And thinking to you. yourself, you know, it might actually work. No, it won't. I hate to break it to you, but it won't work. But it'd be funny. And it's something to think about it. And we need, you know, hey, look, we need the moons resources. The muns? We need the moons resources. There's no doubt about that. And I, you know, Bezos, what are you doing over there, Blue Origin? Nothing. Uh, you just got a 35 million contract from NASA that helped develop solar cells. Uh, you know, okay. And that's, you know, what that, what that, what, that, what, that is, is they want to crush up rock from the moon and create power from that.
Starting point is 00:25:34 Okay, well, get to it. Make that happen. For $35 million, you know, good luck. That's just the beginning of that government deal. I guarantee you that. Then I saw something I didn't know that we were using. I apologize, but people in the space station, the ISS are using this thing called Astrobee. And it's a free-flying robotic system that has.
Starting point is 00:25:57 helps astronauts on the ISS with routine tasks. So I guess there's three of them, these cube-shaped robots, and they use electric fans to fly through the microgravity environment. And they're equipped with cameras and sensors that allow them to see and navigate their surroundings. Astro bees can be operated autonomously or by astronauts, and they can be programmed to perform a variety of tasks, such as taking inventory, documenting experiments, and moving cargo. So there's your next movie.
Starting point is 00:26:32 Astro be gone mad. And so what could possibly go wrong? We're using robots in space. Nothing. Nothing could go wrong. That's what could go wrong. And speaking of NASA, I see where there's a company, again, we got more news on a new company trying to create flying cars using technology from NASA.
Starting point is 00:26:53 I feel like this might be the same company we talked about earlier in the year as well. and they're getting closer to closer to actually getting them out there. They say the company, which is just a concept now, specializes in vertical takeoff and landing of the vehicles.
Starting point is 00:27:11 And they are plans for the Epiphany transporter, a wingless flying vehicle that they imagine could carry passengers directly to their destinations at high speed. No burdensome wings. It morphs
Starting point is 00:27:27 into the they fold up so it fits into a traditional one car garage uh-huh and epiphany transported would provide many of the same benefits of an aircraft without many of the detriments uh it's swift cruises at speeds of 160 miles an hour and isn't as loud as traditional aircraft yeah because i mean you're looking at what uh i mean an aircraft engine is 140 decibels at takeoff uh that's uh I don't want that coming out of my neighbor's garage. Okay, sorry, I don't want that coming out of my neighbor's garage. I don't want it coming out of my garage.
Starting point is 00:28:05 So apparently, the Epiphany transporter, at a distance of only 50 feet, generates around 55 decibels. Okay. So that's not bad, if that's true, if that's true. I mean, a motorcycle, they say here is roughly 95 decibels, and they're telling you that this flying machine, the Epiphany transporter, is going to
Starting point is 00:28:29 only have 55 decibels. Okay. All right. They say it'll carry two passengers in addition to luggage and personal items and still being able to do with its thrusters folded up
Starting point is 00:28:40 fit inside a standard one car garage like I said. Yeah, okay. So is that cubbing? Good luck. I don't see it happening. I mean, obviously the epiphany transporter
Starting point is 00:28:50 will be made and they'll be used. But on a regular basis, no way. They're not going to allow it. We've got drugs. drones flying around. We've got airlines flying around. We've got helicopters. We have, you know, air ambulances and a rich guy helicopters flying over and military airplanes and public transport airlines, airplanes, and UPS and FedEx airplanes. I mean, I see them all come over my head
Starting point is 00:29:18 a thousand times a day. And now you're expecting to have people fly cars around the neighborhoods? Yeah, that's not going to happen. Okay. I told you. It's not going to happen. They're going to have to figure out a way that you can drive these on the road and go outside of the city limits. Once you're outside of the metroplexes, then you'll be able to fly and you'll be able to use that on the highway. And the little takeoff runways on the sideway on top of the highway and just take off and fly above and you'll only be able to fly. I would say, I mean, I don't know how high they're going to allow you to fly above the interstate. but it's you know i can see that happening where because that would be you could fly lower than
Starting point is 00:30:01 lower than the airplanes and lower than the helicopters unless they're you know coming down to rescue and you could also uh the drones delivering goods goods inside the metroplexes would not be out there right you wouldn't have drones out there and oh is that a hot air balloon is that a balloon from China? No, that's too high. We wouldn't let it fly that high. I mean, there's so much to think about that there's no way they're going to allow this inside the cities. I'm sorry, they just aren't. I know, it's a bummer. I want flying cars to, but it's just not going to happen. And, I mean, yes, I want flying cars, but I don't think there's any Fed Chi seating in the Epiphany Transporter. So, I'm already out.
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Starting point is 00:31:50 And I told you that the head coach of the U.S. women's national soccer team would not be around long. Correct. He's already out. They already announced an interim replacement to the former head coach. And surprisingly, it's a female. She's, it's been the honor of my life to coach the team, said Andavaski, but he's out, have a nice day. Now, the temporary replacement, who there's no way they're going to get rid of her now,
Starting point is 00:32:20 the Twyla Kilgore, she is the first American-born woman to earn a pro-coaching license for soccer. So congratulations to, Twila, Twilla, T-W-I-L-A, Kilgore, I'm sure you'll be great for the U.S. women's national soccer team. So I see where a pig kidney was implanted into a human and is still working after a month. That's a big step toward using animals to help ease the shortage of donated organs. And if you need a new organ, and I feel like we've talked about this before,
Starting point is 00:32:58 I feel like if you need a new organ, it's not going to matter. Just if you need it, if we're going to come from a pig, I don't care. Is it going to keep me alive? Well, yes, sir. Well, then go ahead and put it in. So this pig kidney, genetically modified pig kidney, and they put it into a brain dead man with his family's consent. It continues to function normally 30 some odd days later.
Starting point is 00:33:24 It's the longest such an organ has worked inside a person. and it raises hopes that pig organs can one day help human patients in need of donations. Yeah, that would be great. I mean, more than 100,000 of people are waiting for organs. And, you know, like I said, if you need an organ, I don't care where that, I don't care where it came from. Just put it in me. I'm not talking about stealing it from people. Stop it.
Starting point is 00:33:52 So the success relies on advanced gene editing techniques. of a sugar molecule known as alpha-gal produced by most mammals but not humans causes acute organ rejection by the body after surgery. In recent news is the fifth demonstration of kidneys from pigs modified to not produce the molecules being used as transplants. Okay. So I guess what if you, I mean, if you talk about alpha-gal, you're talking about red meat allergy. Who knows? I don't know. Last year, remember they did the pig heart in the guy and he died a couple months later after being infected with an animal virus i don't know 8,000 people die each year awaiting organ transplants if we can save only one isn't it worth it yes it is hey we got this uh we got this hog heart go ahead
Starting point is 00:34:50 put it in whatever i'm fine uh no problem no we we got a heart from this whale Isn't that a little big? Not for you. Okay. Well, put it in that. We're fine. If it works, it works. You can quote me on that.
Starting point is 00:35:08 But if it doesn't, you may end up in jail or, you know, dead. I'm reading a story. This morning I read this story about this guy, MacArthur Wheeler, who was robbing banks in 1995. Okay, so he executed a bank robbery, and a couple of them. in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Banks in 1995, without wearing a mask or any real disguise.
Starting point is 00:35:35 His face was clearly captured by surveillance cameras. However, he believed that he would be invisible to the CCTV cameras because he rubbed lemon juice all over his face, which according to him would render him undetectable to the cameras. so he had no problem doing the heists and the bank robberies because the cameras wouldn't be able to take his picture because of the lemon juice all over his face. Now he was apprehended and the moment when he was apprehended, they presented him with the CCTV footage and he expressed his disbelief to the officers
Starting point is 00:36:19 uttering, but I wore the juice. That is awesome. You know, I don't know. I guess that's part of this Dudding Kruger effect, which is a cognitive bias where an individual's with limited competence
Starting point is 00:36:38 in a particular task tend to overestimate their abilities. So it's really, really funny. I know, you know, the lemon juice theory. I don't know. Was it because of some TikTok video that, oh, there wasn't any TikTok then?
Starting point is 00:36:54 Okay, maybe it was Instagram that showed him some stupid thing. No, there wasn't any Instagram of 1995? Oh, okay. I don't know where he got the idea then. It had to be some crazy internet thing, right? Just rub
Starting point is 00:37:09 lemon juice all over your face, and you'll be invisible to cameras. And he did. And he went in and robbed the banks. It doesn't say how much money he attempted to get away with in these bank robbies, and I didn't care enough to actually go back and look
Starting point is 00:37:25 at the entire story. I just know that he believed that lemon juice would make him undetectable by the CCTV cameras, and that was not true. Huh. Go figure. So if you're looking for a way to make some money, how about not rob a bank with lemon juice on your face? Because it certainly does not render you undetectable.
Starting point is 00:37:46 An institution has offered a million dollar prize to anyone who could solve a famous math problem that has puzzled mathematicians for more than a century. The Riemann hypothesis. First proposed by German mathematician Bernard Riemann in 1859 is considered to be one of the hardest and most important unsolved problems of pure mathematics. The study of thinking about maths rather than applying it to the real world. The hypothesis is based on the Riemann Zeta function, also attributed to Bernard Riemann. The real part of every non-trivial zero of the Riemann Zeta function is half.
Starting point is 00:38:24 1-2 Now the answer to the Riemann hypothesis is a simple yes or no but there are many hypothetical ways to get there, all of which are extremely difficult. All right, let me give it a shot. Yes. Did I win the million?
Starting point is 00:38:41 Am I end? No, we got a 50-50 chance. The Holy Grail of mathematics. I know, I know. And you see the problem and I'll tweet out the problem for the show tweet today because I'm not going to get into it. But there's a lot of good evidence that leads mathematicians to believe
Starting point is 00:39:06 the Riemann hypothesis is true, but it still needs to be proven. So it doesn't matter if you can figure it out and show that you worked it out and have the answer, then it's all you. right? So the Clay Mathematicians Institute of Cambridge, Massachusetts has offered one million US dollars to anyone who could verifiably solve the problem. Well, the Riemann Hypothesis was designated as the Millennium Problem in 2000, the year 2000, and one of seven mathematical problems that are deemed to be crucial to increasing and disseminating mathematical. knowledge. So good luck. There's your chance to make a million dollars if you can say yes or no.
Starting point is 00:40:01 Get to the correct answer of the Ryman Hypothesis and Clay Mathematicians Institute. And I'm a huge fan of Clay Mathematicians Institute. They will give you a million dollars. Now I already answered it yet. I don't have my work. Let me get that work to you. I'm looking at the actual problem. It's just gobbly gook is what it is. The Clay Mathematicians, what are they? The Clay Mathematicians Council or School of Cambridge or whatever their title is. It's the Clay Mathematicians Institute of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Starting point is 00:40:46 They just want you to answer gobbly good is all it is. But if you can figure it out, it's all you. good luck that is that should be the title of the show today it's not going to be but it should be because i've given multiple people good luck wishes and this is another one uh if you can do this and come up with that answer for the rhyme and hypothesis you are awesome so good luck okay i'll title the show that the title of the show is going to be good luck with that i mean you already know that now since you've saw the title and have listened to the show but You're welcome.

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