Cox n' Crendor Show - Episode 500 - 13 Years of This Nonsense

Episode Date: March 16, 2026

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In the morning. Live, live, live, live, live. In four hour and 40 studio, recording. Recording. Wake your ass up! It's up next Crendor in the morning. Hello, everybody likes that episode of Cox

and Crendor in the morning. Whoa. Were you not aware we were doing a podcast? Has this come as a shock to you? You know, I was aware, and then I got distracted because I was looking at my YouTube TV that I forgot I had because I used it to watch sports, but all the sports stopped.

So I was like, oh, and I was like, I should cancel this. But then they did the thing where they're like, you want $20 off for like three months? And I was like, yeah, I'll do it. And then they got me. I've mentioned before on the show that I will keep getting rid of these different services simply because it's just not worth the value. And if I want to, I'll go back at a later date and get it for a month and watch things. But they keep harassing me to come back at a level that's insane where they're trying to give me

amazing deals. and if anything, it's making me want to become a pirate more. It's just too much harassment. Your special deals should just be the normal price people pay. Yeah, it's one of those things where it's like, you know what, yeah, I'll take it. But then at the same time, they know you're going to forget. And they know you're going to be like, oh, oh, I've paid too much again. Oh, yeah.

When you like re-sign up for stuff, that's something they consider that a portion of people will just forget and they can keep charging them. But I can't forget, because around this office, there's a different vibe. The easy access, there's a lot of Gen Zs in the office, and they, unlike the millennials who bought into the whole idea of streaming, it seems like it's a good deal. I don't have to be a pirate anymore. I can watch these things on the cheap, and it's great. Well, that is clearly ended. And the Gen Z, they're ahead of us, my dude. they are the pirate caps are on the eyepatches are on

I see them watching videos I'm like where did you get that like oh from this website like damn okay it feels very early 2000s for the younger kids they are not paying for a damn thing there's there's definitely a lot of uh sailing the high seas out there it's crazy if I did need something to watch I could just go ask one of them can you download me that series and they would that's where we're at they would know where to go

They know what to do. They have no fear of like the Pirate Bay and weird viruses that we had back when. It was like, you know, you download a song on Naps or whatever. Then you, something would be wrong with your computer. I guess everyone in that space is kind of on the same page of like F the man. So it's wild, dude. I'll see them watch entire shows. I'm like, oh, is that on YouTube?

And they're like, no. Like, oh, would you? And they just look at me like, don't ask questions. I'm like, oh, okay. I mean, even back in the day when they had like lime wire and shit, I would just, I was like 13 or whatever. I was like, dude, free music, this is sick. Yeah. I'd even like realize like put it together.

Yeah, well, I mean, I think that's the, you know, the idea of entertainment being accessed by the masses in a way that, you know, is simple and easy and especially on the internet. It, by the way, in the aughts twice this week. I heard people once on the radio, once in a podcast, call it the aughts, Crendor. Back in the early 2000s, that, yeah, that's the thing that happened all the time. People, you would, you would, when I was in my dorms in college, in like, the mid-early 2000s, that's all my roommates did. And I was the only person who had a computer, so they would just log into my computer and download music and then put it on their phone

or their iPod or whatever the hell they were putting it on. Really? To be honest, it was always for a ringtone. I'm not even going to lie. They would get on there, download a song. I'm like, it's my new ringtone, bro. I'm like, cool man. My dad still always wants new ringtones and stuff, but he's finally given up. He's just like, ah,

give me the normal one. It's just the normal ringtone's fine. It's weird when you're sitting around in a group of people. And then like someone's like, in the end, it doesn't even matter. And I'm like, oh, who's that? my mom. I'm like, what? That's your mom's ringtone, dude. That's crazy. Also, do you think you're noticing it more because of the, the Bader-Mindhoff effect? Oh, you mean the aughts? No, I think,

well, probably yes, but I think just twice this week, I heard very clear millennials say aughts when describing the early 2000s. And so I was like, see, I'm not crazy. It's a thing people do sometimes. Well, we did, by the way, happy 500 episodes of this. program. I forgot. I totally forgot. It was 500. I had a feeling we would.

Yeah. And we did. And we lived up to expectations. Yeah. Maybe I'll find something here. Maybe not. We had like a team. You know,

like a team of, most podcast, spoilers, have a whole team of people. Yeah. And we are you and I and when we're done, I edit this.

I put our audio channels together and make sure everything's fine. Yeah, and then I put it up on YouTube.com, and then that's it. That's our whole process. Yeah, there's no team here. So if we had a team that could like make a best of thing or do like, hey, guys, remember it's the 500th, you should do something special. No, we do all these other things and then we come together once a week to do this. And I will be honest, before I plus, plus, before I plus pray, um, I, yeah, I sort of enter a fugue state and just go.

I don't, so if you're asking me to remember things, I don't have that. Exactly. No, we don't remember around here. That's for sure. Yeah, looking back in the past, no, we're about the future. The past 500, that's nothing. It's the next 500. Oh, my God.

How long would that be? I didn't want to think about that. Probably another, what, like 10 years. Yeah, that's, it's crazy to me that we did nothing. to mark that we've been doing this for this long. Let's see, hold on. There's got something crazy. What do you do for 500 of something?

That didn't really turn up any good. Yeah, no, I didn't think it would. I feel like that's a very vague statement. What would you do for 500 of something? That's not even a question, really. Well, it's just a bunch of things that are like $500. like, I don't know. That's because you said 500 of something.

Yeah, I guess. There is the thing from two years ago, someone posted on your Reddit of a collection of our quotes. We did that. We've done that before for a previous anniversary. Yeah. I mean, we can just do them again. You just browse through a few.

I mean, if you want, I feel like I know my quotes. I know who I. I mean, I've got them up here. I may as well. This also reminds me just from the podcast team, our football podcast with me and like the old Northern Lion guys. We have one dude who like manages everything in the

Discord and like people and stuff. And then another dude who's like an encyclopedia that just like will remember and give us weekly updates of like, you've picked the Packers 42 times in the month of September. Did you know that you're 22 and 21 when picking the Packers on a Monday? Like he has like the most insane. shit and I'm like, dude, thank God for the fans, because we would have

like nothing. Yeah, our weather guy, I love him. He's great. I, uh, you know, that's, every once in a while, we'll have, uh, like a fan show up at a live show and tell me they love me and that's great too. But other than that, like, you know,

it's just us. It's just us too. Yeah. By the way, none of this love ever pays out. Oh, yeah. This is all. This is false promises of love every time. Yeah, I'll be honest. I'll be honest, it's kind of my thing now. I think I'm really into people lying and saying they love me. It's my new fetish, I guess.

Yeah. I feel like that's also been one of your old fetishes. You're just having the realization. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I always knew. Yeah. Well, by the way, the poll. That's what brought me here.

So I did a poll two weeks ago. And I said, what do you call that time period? 54 this is 2.3,000 or 2.3K, all right. 54% call it the 2000s. Okay. 30% call it the early 2000s. Sure. 12% call it the aughts.

And then 4% something else. And everybody in the something else comments say the naughtys. That's, you know what? That is actually the fun way of saying, aughts is the naughties. And I actually like that. So I'll accept that as an answer. Someone said the nauticals down here in Atlantis.

That's a good one. Well, they live in Atlantis. So that's different culture. Yeah, that's fair. Also, shout out to deleted who posted this on Reddit. So we don't actually know what it was, but they posted it three years ago. Someone also said three years ago, I really hope if they go back through quotes again, this anniversary episode, they'll actually try and look to find context.

Nope. Yeah, no, I mean, that's a hope. A fool's hope, but hope nonetheless. It really is. So, if we had a team, we could have someone go back and do that, but then we'd have to pay them, and we aren't rolling in dough over here. It's just the two goofballs.

Yeah. All right, how about this quote? Okay. There's your life lesson. Don't plan anything. That's a you. That's a you quote. All right.

That was a me quote. You got it. Easy. Yeah. All right. Too much dancing. That's the devil, you know? That's me for sure.

Nope. That's a Krendor quote. That's a Krendor quote. Damn. Well, here's the thing. The first one makes sense. People are asking for context. I'm pretty sure the first one is I explained something about my life.

And you were like, nah. It sounds like that. And this one, probably sounds like I too did something stupid and you were like not should have been dancing dude you know what yeah that probably wasn't um either of us could be right and I don't care enough to research it

so we'll say we're both right oh this is tough this is tough um I'm gonna say me it's another Crendor quote Really? Wow you out here three quotes three Crendor's I'm trying to throw you off a bit too I figured you You are throwing me off.

You are throwing me off. Here's the thing. I thought because you did, I second guessed myself there because I thought because you did two credors. That's exactly. I knew you were going to think that. So I went three credendors.

I'm hitting you with the Ulo reverse. Um, I'm not going to lie. I kind of dig the cranthemic sour cranberry goose dildo juice. There has never been something that's come out of your mouth. That has to be me. That is a U one. You have never said the word.

Dildo juice in your entire life. I don't think many people have said that. I don't think many have. People are asking for the context. I'd rather not know, to be honest. This is like one of the witch battles. This is a you. This has to be you.

This is a Jesse quote. One of the witch battles. What the hell? The witch battles. Why would I ever have said this is like one of the witch battles? I don't know. I am convinced anytime, well, all right, I'm not convinced. You've tricked me too much.

That's true. You have been tricked. Let's see, let's see. Vegas is the cheesecake factory of cities. Jesse Cox. Yep, that's a you quote. I say most things of the cheesecake factory is something quite often. I think he said it last week. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I did.

I don't remember what it was, but I remember he's saying it was. something. Let's see. We got... I don't know. You're going to get that one. I still think about that bathtub pickle.

I still think about... That's me. Yeah, that's what I was saying. I was like, I'm not going to say that. Although, you know what? Maybe if I had a good bathtub pickle, I would say that. But you don't ever say I still think about. That seems like a Jesse phrase. I don't know. I think about a lot of things. Yeah, but you don't say I still think about.

I frequently will say I still think about that da da da da da da da. Yeah, that's true. That is one of your words. It's a jessism. Yeah. It's like the I must stress. Let's see.

Oh, that's a crendor. You'll get that one. I don't think I know anyone that's cool. I'll be honest. Look at the field we're in. I don't know any cool people. I'm going to say you. that's a Jesse quote

that does sound like me sounds like something I would say but I kept thinking I do know cool people but maybe we had to redefine what cool was man yeah maybe you did maybe you were just going through

a time you know yeah I wonder what year that was I wonder if that was the beginning middle or current age of this podcast I scrolled

but it did say like episode late 300 so 2023 It was like three years ago That sounds right That sounds like Uh, 20203, COVID We're coming out of it

There was no one No one was cool in 2023 That's just a fact That's true Um I remember one time I was supposed to be doing something But I didn't care

So I was just walking around That's you for sure Yep That was me I've never been more convinced Of a thing ever Uh I'd be fine

if 80% of all boats were pumpkins. I'm not gonna lie. And I feel like that would change the world. Me. That is you. I'm surprised. I'm not gonna lie. Is a giveaway, dead giveaway. I don't know. I feel like I've said I'm not gonna lie. Maybe you say it more. I feel like that was from an article about people racing pumpkin boats or people making boats out of pumpkins and floating them down a river. Oh yeah, you know what? I think you're right. I seem to recall something like that. Yeah. Oh, here it is. Do you think you could eat at with a plant stick spoon. Uh, me for sure.

That was a Crendor quote. Probably responding to something I said. I think you said, I think I probably said planstick on accident and then you gave me help for it. That's definitely what happened. That's 100%. That was episode 355, 2002,

if only wants to hear the plastic, plant stick spoon. I'm pretty sure that, yeah, I think I even remember that kind of. I feel like if you're, gonna have depression, it might as well be tropical, you might as well have a Hawaiian shirt on. Me? That is you. If anything, that's like, uh, like an Alex. It really is. That's a yeah, but the positivity there I feel was very jessy-coded. Yeah, I mean, if you're gonna be

depressed, you might as well do it in Hawaii. Yeah. Uh, I even know what this one is. Okay, this one, this is obvious who this is. My parents are on the Cren train. now. We were in a car ride for six hours the other day and my mom and dad had one of those, you know, fistor weapons. You know what I mean? Okay, so it's clearly me,

but I don't know what I mean. I don't even know what I mean. I don't know what a fister weapon is. It's like a fidget spinner or something? No? I don't know. I mean, weapon is the key. I don't know what that means. Unless it's one of those ones where you put in your fist and you break out a window.

for a car, but why would they have that? I don't know, man. And you said they're on, I live a wildlife. And you said they're on the Cren train now. So this is like something I would do. Right. It's something you probably owned or you have. Yeah. And you were describing it to me probably the episode before. And then I said, oh yeah, no, my parents, I saw that this week. They have the same thing you have or something like that. Yeah. That's the only thing that makes sense. That's episode 318. If anyone wants to research that, because I'm not. Jesus

Take the Wheel I'm about to bang this lizard Me Yeah That's a That's a tombstone quote Honestly That really is

That is the laugh I want to be remembered for that one Jesus take the wheel Because I'm about to bang this lizard Yeah Yeah And we're like the Sega CD of podcasts. Uh, me.

That is you, yes. Yeah, I like to, I like, I like a good analogy, I guess. Yeah. Um, you get the beer, you get your buffalo chicken, you get your stomach pain and bloating. It's just a good time. That's you. Yeah. Anytime you're talking about some sort of medical discomfort, it's probably me.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I never would have added the bloating bit if it was a me thing. Yeah, yeah. That's true. Everyone who drinks an espresso would be okay if there was cocaine in their espresso. I'm gonna switch it up and I'm gonna say you. Nope, shouldn't switch it up. That's you. Damn. Damn. Overthought it.

Yeah, I was trying to, you know, I was trying to play the game, man. If anything, it's the humans' fault. Like, they're just trying to live in their swamp. Humans are like, I want to live by a swamp and it's like, nah, we learn this from Shrek. get out of my swamp. Come on. You. Yep, that was me. Yeah, I feel like you were late to Shrek sometimes, so that makes sense.

That's honestly true. I definitely do want people to get out of my swamp sometimes. That's a weird ass life. You're like, I learned from the best. That's true. Yeah, but that was more like a donkey. Like, you were the donkey. I was the Shrek.

I was thinking about donkey at the time. Yeah. That might have been it. That might have been it. Can't let those volcanoes erupt. The only thing worse than that's the gas prices. You. That is me, yep.

Little did I know. Dude, if you would have paired those up with the modern gas prices, be like $10 a gallon. You'll be hoping for those volcanoes, Matt. Yeah. All right, here we go. Let's do one more. I'm going to get you a good one right here.

Okay. Be real good. Now, I could be wrong. I'm not looking this up, and I don't intend to look it up, but I feel like that's what I remember. Me. That is you. You've done it.

You got it right. Anytime I say, I feel like that's whatever. I don't think you have the audacity to say, I feel like that's what I remember. Yeah. That is the most slippery phrase I've ever heard. Yeah, I think I would just be like, uh-oh. Yeah. Here, I'll leave you with this one. This is a you quote, but you'll probably enjoy it.

That's why I'm a black knight dude. I roll up, stab you in the dick, and roll out. There you go. Yeah, black knights, man. That's how they roll. Everyone knows that. True, everyone knows that. I'm no white knight. I'm stabbing you in the dick. There we go. See, we got to relive numerous episodes from, I guess these were all in the 300, so we just redid that again.

Yeah, well, there you go. It's done once again. Yeah. 500, probably like 400, the exact same episode. I don't know. Yep. What else did you do this week?

Literally today, between when I woke up and when we started recording this, I had three podcast-worthy incidents Right? Oh my God. And it's just

I don't even know I'll start with the first one. This is me driving to the office today. On the road are two guys on motorcycles. And normally two guys in motorcycles, whatever, except one guy was on a white motorcycle

wearing all white with a white leather jacket and the other guy was on a black motorcycle wearing all black with a black leather jacket. And I have so many questions because they didn't roll up at the same time but they also run the exact same motorcycle but it also could be because there's a Harley store on the street I was on

so maybe they were going like I don't know but part of me wanted to know if they were riding together and if so did they make the choice to ride that way do they always ride that way and what is the theme they're going for either way I looked behind me and was like this rules I don't know what these guys are doing but I love this I love it they're like, yeah, I'm the white guy

and yeah, I'm the one who always wears black and yeah, we hang out together. It's sort of a yin-yang situation. Honestly, it feels almost like something out of the Matrix. That's what I'm saying. It's like two dudes who be chasing Neo. Yeah, they might have been. It was so weird, but I kind of loved it.

And I was like, this is extremely L.A. Then, when I was in the car today, there was like an ad or something, you know, like one of those public service announcements that was like, adoption, help a child, do the... And so I'm sitting in the car, listening to the radio,

and I started thinking in my head, you know, I don't necessarily want kids, but if there's ever a point in my life where I feel like maybe that's a thing that I want, I'd be more than happy to adopt, like, a little kid who doesn't have a family and sort of, you know, give them that. And I was thinking about it.

And I was like, yeah, man, I probably could do that. So I go to get my morning coffee at my favorite coffee place. Roll in. And there's like 18 little kids running around the whole damn thing. There are kids hiding under the counter with this woman's making the coffee. There are kids trying to climb up the wall. There are kids messing with all, you know how most coffee shops have cups or coffee you can buy or sorts of stuff on the walls?

They're messing with that. They're loud as hell. they're like doing all the stuff and there are three parents and when I describe these parents to you I swear to God they look like TV tropes of millennials one guy

had that black and white striped shirt he had his hat on backwards he was clearly bald but he had this long black beard and then the other guy at some point in time must have been very physically fit but he is pure dad bodd now

but he still has the shirts of a dude who was physically fit so he's got like the gut almost hanging out And then the woman that was there She looks like she She had a jacket on A hat that covered

Like covered her almost entire face She had bags under her eyes She looked like she just didn't care anymore And the kids are going crazy And it's me and there's this old man in there with me And he gives me this look that's like Ugh kids And I look at him and kind of like give a half

Smile And the entire time I'm waiting Like it was They couldn't decide Because it's not just a coffee shop It's a gelato place too. And they were, I guess, getting them gelato. But it was like 10 in the morning on a Sunday.

I was like, what the hell? The kids just can't decide because they're children. They're all under 10. I don't think they even understand the concept of gelato. They're going crazy and running around. And they're... After 20 minutes of waiting for this nonsense, I finally get my coffee. As I'm leaving, the only thing I think of is like, no, man, kids aren't for me.

Like, you know what? I almost tricked myself into believing for a moment. Like, yeah, I could adopt. No, no. The universe set me right. The universe was like, you wanted to know your future. Should you choose a child? I was like, yeah, no.

Because the entire time, I was just waiting for one of the parents to speak up and be like, don't do that or cut that out. Come on, guys, come over here. Sit down. Let's be quiet. Or, you know, let's be a little bit respectful of these people's coffee shop. None of that. none of it.

They just let them run all over the place and I wanted to be like what are you doing? Even the old man next to me had that vibe of like five, these were my kids I'd get the belt out. You know what I mean?

Like he had that book. Back in my day allowed to beat anybody. Even the neighbor's kids. And I realized that I couldn't whatever modern parenting is, it's not for me. I am on that strict

1940s parent train. I'd be like, no, no, my kid's not doing that. So, yeah, that's probably why I shouldn't have kids. It is. I mean, at the same time, I think there's too much the other way where people aren't parenting enough. They're just trying to be their kid's friend or something. That's what this was.

It's like they're not even trying to be the friend. They're acting like they don't even exist. That's what this was. It was crazy to watch these three. They were sitting down and there were a bunch of kids around them, but there were kids running all over the place. no one was trying to stop them. When I walked up the, so I walk up to the counter,

and the counter sort of has one of those like overhang things coming out towards the customers. Underneath it were three kids, like they were under a kitchen table. And I was like, you're just going to let your kids hide under here? And they're sitting there eating their pure sugary ice cream stuff. And they're like fighting with each other

to see you can get underneath it. And I'm just sitting there trying to order my damn coffee. And I'm like, Yeah Pure chaos That was pretty bad I mean I think people are just

People just don't care And they're just like You know what I'm living my life And you're getting in my way Like it's almost how they It feels like they are now The first thing I would have done If my kids were acting crazy

Is apologize to every adult in the room Well yeah you're normal And these people did not Like the old man looked like he was going to flip out. He was the patience on that guy's face. He walked up to the counter and goes, uh, double espresso.

Actually, you know what? Make it two double espresso. It was like, that guy's having a moment. No, yeah, because like, pretty much, even if I was in the way, I'd be like, oh, sorry. Right?

And then if my kid was in the way, I'd be like, hey, get over here. Oh, sorry. Well, you just, yeah, I didn't even ask them to apologize. I'd probably get my kid to like, say you're sorry, you know? Yeah.

And I guess, And that's probably the normal thing. That's why those kids probably don't stand out because then you're just like, oh, okay, that's not. But then it's always the ones to stand out because they're letting their kids run around, just doing whatever. Honestly, people do that with, like, their dogs and shit, too. They're just like, here's my dog.

It's like a hundred pound dog just like jumping on you. And it's just like, dude, that thing's going to shatter my rib cage. There's this lady in my apartment complex who's like, I don't know, three or four doors down for me. And her dog is a menace. every time I walk by her apartment he barks like crazy for 20 minutes because he hears me

and I don't know if she's never home I don't know what the vibe I've only seen her in the hall once with her dog and when I saw the dog the dog lost his mind to the point where she almost lost control of the dog and I was like okay I don't want to tell people how to live their lives if you got a dog like that

maybe an apartment's not the place you know what I mean like that's crazy to me your dog is always barking Like that's how do you live like that? Yeah, no, that's insane. So like people who's walk around with their untrained dogs Just like running around like tackling people Just being like, he's friendly

And it's like actually I'd prefer if you just like kept it under control And they're like nah It's like the same shit with kids Yes, yes, exactly Honestly, that's why I mean I had dogs growing up But like they never attacked anybody And like we always kept control of them and stuff And like even people, they'll like let their dog

go every, like have a leash and it's like the longest leash you've ever seen. It's like walking into the road and shit. Or those people, they don't even put it on a leash. There's like, it's fine. Dog like wanders. It's like, it's insane. Yeah, I think at some point in time,

people got stuff twisted in the idea of you know, oh, I'm going to be more respectful of my dog. Insert kid here if you want. I'll be more respectful of their personhood and more respectful of them as a living creature and I'm not going to, you know, chain them up or leach them up or do whatever.

And I'm going to let them, you know, live how they would in the wild or whatever the case may be. And sure, that might make you feel good. And I'll be honest, I even support the quality of life improvement it definitely has on that creature or your child, that other creature, by letting them grow at their own pace. But that removes yourself from the obligation of society, which is like we're all in a past. together to be civil. Yes. And so we have to give up a few things, like letting our dog run around and bite people

to live in a society together where there are rules and there are norms and they're customs. And yeah, it may not be the best to scold your child because you want them to grow up in a not shameful way or whatever the hell you're doing. But like, also, we live in a society and you should prepare them for the fact that

there's going to be somewhere, someday, where someone's like, shut up. Yeah. It's honestly, it starts the border on like even Twitch streamers where they're just streaming out in public

or people making TikToks out in public. There's no like consideration for anybody around them. They're just like, I'm doing this and I want to do it. The amount of streamers that I see streaming while driving a car that then get in a car crash.

Yep. It should immediately get your stream terminated. It should get you thrown in jail. Yeah. Your license should be taken. That is like basic 101 of distracted driving. Like, don't do that. And the fact that it happened so frequently,

and then they just go back to streaming again, is crazy to me. I do not understand how that is even remotely allowed on any platform. It's crazy. Yeah, and then they're like, oh, but they wore a bikini slightly too revealing. They're banned forever. But you can, like, kill somebody in a car.

I literally, I have no problem. if they were like, tomorrow, we made it so if you want to show a nip, go ahead. Like, whatever, man. I absolutely don't care about that. That's some, you know, weird stuff that people need to handle on their own. But like, endangering people, being a nuisance in public, actively aggravating others, going around and like just streaming other people without any consent. Like, that's so bogus.

Get out of here with that. Yeah. Honestly, on top of that, I feel like people have just gotten worse at driving. Like within the last, like, five years. Like, ever since COVID, messed us up. We've said it before. I'll say it again.

It mess us up. I'm with you. Driving has gotten significantly worse. Yeah. It's just like, because I feel like people stop driving as much. And now they're driving again. It's almost like some of them just forgot.

There's like obviously more cars with like screens and like distracting things. Plus people are looking at their. on top of that. So many people are looking at their phones, dude. Yeah. Every time I get behind someone who's looking at their phone, it isn't like, oh, it's on a stand in their car. They're just holding up, staring at it while driving.

I'm like, what are you doing, bro? Just drive your car. Yeah, it's insane. Like, that's my entire driving style is, I don't care what I got to do. I get away from everyone. Just like, it's, it's what I do or what I did in, like, video games back in the day. I was like, if I'm near people,

like something bad get at them. So like if people are going too slow, I'll pass them up. If people are going too fast, I'll let them keep going. I'm like as long as I'm like away from everyone. That's what I'm always aiming to do. That's my homeo stasis. Yeah, when I was much younger back when I was learning to drive, my driving instructor,

because dude, I don't even know if we have driving instructors anymore. I have no idea what happens to the kids these days. But when I have my driving instructor, he was like, the road is a river, you are water. flow through it.

There's no reason to get pissed off or stressed or whatever. He's like, your whole job is to just move through traffic. If there's someone, one person is going slow, just go around him. Like a rock in the river, just flow around it. If a person is going fast, that is someone going much, just like, get out of their way. It's fine. And then you could, if you're in the left-hand lane and someone's coming 95 and you're going 80, just pull to the right.

let them pass you, then pull back to the left. Very simple, easy things, and it makes so much sense, and that's how I drive, is I just like zen out when I drive. But, yeah, it's, uh, sometimes I get a little peeved when I see people who are just actively engaging in things that could get someone hurt. And I was like, what are you?

Like, for me, I, there was, when I first moved to L.A., I think it was a very valuable lesson for me. When I first moved to L.A., I was talking with my mom on the phone and I had the phone up to my ear, and I immediately was pulled over by a cop. He was like, nope, can't do that. And I was like, okay.

So ever since then, I don't, I barely use my phone while driving. Yeah. That's, uh, I really only use mine for my music. And even then, if you hook it up to the car, like shows it on the little screen thing.

So I'm like, I just cycle through that. That's it. And you could even just, be like, hey, phone, play this song, and it'll just do it. Yeah. Like, there's plenty of convenient options. But, I mean, there's people.

They're just, like, constantly looking at it. And you can tell. They're, like, swerving into the yellow lane. They're just, like, going all over the play. They're, like, slowing down, speeding up. And some people are just bad to drive. It's the slowdown. It's the slowdown that always gets me where it's, they're trying not to crash, so they slow down.

You're like, well, now all of us are going to crash into you, dumb, dumb. Yeah. Just move. It's. There's like, plus, it's just like things can happen in instant. There's numerous times where if I was somebody looking at my phone, I would have like gotten in an accident because someone else did some dumb shit. Yes, so frequently. Yes.

Yeah. Or just even expecting it. I'm always expecting someone to do something crazy. Like I was going through one, it was like a left green arrow and I turn and I was like, I bet this guy is going to like super cut off and turn right and cut me off. And then boom, he did. And I was like, there it is. But like I was expecting it

because I was like, I know this guy's gonna do some dumb shit But like if I'm just looking at my phone Like blah blah blah What a crash I mean that's the girl I saw this week Who was streaming who got in a car crash On like live screen fails or whatever If you watch the video

It is literally her talking to chat Or whoever else is in the car She keeps looking at the camera And she's driving fast on a highway You can see that And then It happens so quick the crash And that's the thing I don't think people understand

She goes from fully in control to having a good time talking with chat to immediately crashing in like 0.5 seconds. Yeah. And that's as quick as it can come out of nowhere. And that's what got her. The camera's still on. And they're all like, oh, are you okay? Are you okay? Yeah.

And it's just like, oh, guys. And I want to say, lesson learned, they really messed up there. But I know it won't happen because I've watched that. happen all the time with the same people do the same thing over and over and over and over and over again because they're young and rich and make no mistakes. There's even people who are like they don't get into

wrecks but they're just like recklessly driving on stream and it's like that should also just be like an instant bang. Oh yeah. And if you're streaming while driving you should be banned from streaming period. Doesn't matter what you're doing. Doesn't matter like you should just it's a distraction and it should get

you banned. Yeah. That's it. Like you shouldn't be able to stream while drive or drive ball streaming, whatever the case may be. Yeah. It's insane. Remember when people used to just play video games on this website? To be honest, I think it goes to, you know, we saw this past week that Jeff Kaplan was talking about Overwatch and how the company there was like, yeah, hey man, if you don't hit these benchmarks, we're going to fire people and we're going to blame it on you. I think that and every other example of this, even going back to Twitch, is because at a certain point,

And I don't know where I was talking with someone. I don't know where I heard this stat. It might have been co-carriage. I can't remember. But someone was saying that at Twitch, at one point in time, it was mostly gamers work there. And then it became to the point where so many outside people joined that it was mostly non-g gamers working there. And I think that's the case with most things, Blizzard, all these different companies where it's, oh, there's money to be made there? Cool.

I want to go work there and make money, not actually produce quality content or games or whatever. And I think when you bring those people in, Twitch is an example. It isn't about the games or playing games or gamifying things. They see people just on stream being dramatic. And they're thinking like reality TV drama, reality TV content. And that's what they understand because they don't get games, but they do get the numbers from reality TV stuff. It's cheap, it's easy to make, and it draws eyes because it's crazy people acting crazy in public.

Yeah. It's all, it's just whatever gets people. It's the rage bait shit from like Twitter we talked about. Or it's just like everything's just rage bait. And it's like it gets people interacting because they're like, well, this is not right. This isn't. And then it feels like you have to reply. And then they got you.

They're making money off that shit. Yeah. Like if they move the money. Oh my. Oh my God. I saw a Twitter video of what was very clearly an ad. It was some guy trying to sell supplements or something. But the way he went about doing it was so rage baity.

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Well, that's what did it, dude. You just worked out a bunch. It wasn't the supplements. But the thing is He had a ton of comments Because he probably crafted that video To be that exact same thing Where people would respond to it and be like

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thank you i have not played slay the spire too sadly pretty fun uh i'm aware you always find these road like games. I'm late to the party and I get to see your name on my friend's list as the top person and I'm always disgruntled about that. Yeah, listen, I love me a good roguelite. I've heard that about you. Yep. Yep. Okay, well, let's go to weather. It is time to weather it up. weather requests for West Island Coco's Island. The territory consists of two eight halls made up of

27 coral islands of which only two West Island and home island are inhabited. The islands were discovered in 1609 by British sea captain William Keeling, but no settlement occurred until the early 19th century. Oh yeah. It's so in the middle

of nowhere that I mean it's It's in the Indian Ocean. It's in the middle of nowhere. There's nothing near it. I guess the closest is Christmas Island. But what's crazy is that there's a Pulu Keeling National Park.

But it's so small that on the map I just thought it was the ocean. I was like, what do you mean? But when you scroll in, it's this little tiny, perfectly preserved island with nothing on it. Open 24-7. Well, thank God. Yeah, thank God. 4.5 stars. Damn.

Look at that. Yeah, but this is, this is just a little series of islands. Well, currently, you know what I'll have Woppy do this? It's 500. Woppy activated 78 degrees Fahrenheit, mostly cloudy, Coco's Island. Winds four miles per hour. East, northeast, air quality, 11. Good.

Pressure 29.84 inches. Visibility, seven miles. Sunrise 606 AM, sunset 616, P.m. waning crescent moon, UV0, 2.75, humidity, 91%. 10 day. 81. Monday, mostly cloudy skies. Tuesday, partly cloudy, 82. Wednesday, 83, partly cloudy. Thursday, 83. PM showers. Friday, 83, showers. Saturday, 83. Chowers. Sunday, 83 Chowers a.m. Monday, 84, partly cloudy. Tuesday, 83.

Partly cloudy. Cloud, cloudy. There we go, we lost them. Yeah, it hasn't worked in a while. So this is so interesting. I imagine most of the people here are from the military, especially considering there's a giant runway and Air Force Road is listed. But, um,

the top half of the island is there's not much there it's all except for a shark nursery which no thanks but also wild coconut discovery center it claims it has food it's five stars but aside from the coconuts I'm seeing and this very weird picture of a man who's like blurry and another photo that doesn't even appear to be

of this island and a photo of raisin canes. I don't know what there's also two baby ducks or chicks. Yeah. So then if you keep going down there's photo spots that you can take and then finally right near the meteorological

observatory there's some apartments Oh yeah. And then there's actually some food places. Yeah, it's a surfer girl restaurant and brewery. There's Fresh pasta and steak except all I see

are photos of affigados. Oh wait, hold on. You keep scrolling. You see a photo that appears to be from 1936. I don't know what the hell. Yeah, what the hell? And that, oh, it's just like a little small get-together spot. Yeah.

I will say the fish looks pretty good. It does look pretty good. It's hard to screw that up when you're right on the ocean like that. Yeah. There's Coco's club. Oh, if you, if you scroll in, there's way more places. Oh, yeah, they start popping up. Tropica restaurant Coco's Club right next to Salties

by the airport there it is Salty's grilling bakery ooh the bakery oh yeah it does look good that's so interesting that it's uh

because it's this little tiny island none of the buildings are too big I almost imagine it's because they absolutely get destroyed in like crazy weather Oh yeah, probably. What is this? Pecklelele pack yoko?

It's got a five star and a three star. It's another one of those tiny places that probably has like one awning and a guy serving drinks out of a cooler. Yeah, there's cocoa cottages and waves oceanfront accommodations. Coco Island. And they all kind of have this vibe of like, yeah, you're not going to really be staying in these. You know what I mean? Yeah. They have that like your whole thing is you're going to be outside most of the time.

So it doesn't matter what it looks like on the inside. Yeah, they're very just like basic tropical looking type of thing. Again, I guess if you're coming out here, the reason is not to stay inside. Yeah. No, that would make sense. I'm trying to look at the other islands, but they don't even have roads on them. Oh, what the hell? It really is just probably very small, very sandy.

Hold on There's a Bantam Bam Bam Which has a lot of stuff It actually seems like this is A place a lot of people live Much more than West Island Oh yeah, I see

Wow, this is, it's fascinating You never think about like Yeah, no people would have to live here You know what I mean? Yeah That's crazy It's like really just in the middle of nowhere Yeah

And it's interesting to see people there because it's kind of in the middle of nowhere, but also close to Singapore, but also close to India, the people that are there, it seems like a lot of Indian people have moved to this island, or at least work there. Yeah. That's super interesting. Not a lot of Australians, although most of the tourist pictures appear to be Australians. Yeah, I mean, they're not too far away.

Yeah, that's so interesting. but also it's on the ass end of Australia. You know what I mean? Let's see. Because you've got Perth way down south there, but most of Australia is on the other side. The rest of it's desert. Yeah, I guess you're right.

It's closer to like Indonesia and everything. Yeah, it's pretty close to Singapore. Or Jakarta. Oh, Jakarta, yeah. I would imagine most of the people live on West Island are from Jakarta. I could see that. I've heard of Jakarta, but I've heard of Jakarta, but I don't know where Jakarta is.

If you're looking at Singapore, it's directly at the south end of Singapore. Oh, I see it. Okay. See it on the other island. Yeah, so you know. Jakarta. Sounds like Encyclopedia.

Encyclopedia, Jakarta. Yeah. Elite. That's the weather. Yeah. Very cool. All right. Let's go to sports.

We got sports Get ready It's almost March Madness time They are Picking the brackets I believe tonight actually And then it's going to be starting up Always happening around St. Patrick's Day

Which is this week Get ready for all the betting ads To be like get ready to make the most money You'll ever make Yep I mean I see that for every other sport anyway So It's just part of the stuff I guess We had a big

NFL thing with free agency happening so that's fun I'll probably be doing my free agency show this week with everybody and then over in the NBA we got the Pistons in first with the Celtics and the Knicks right behind them

and then we have the Thunder in first with the spurs right behind them and in hockey we have oh my goodness the Buffalo Sabers have moved into first place This shit's crazy.

The Sabre Train rolls on. They are 9 and 1 in their last 10 games. It was insane. The only team better than them in the east is the Carolina Hurricane by two points. So, damn, finally. And then the avalanche and stars are on the top of the West and the entire NHL. And then the Minnesota Wild as well. And spring training happening in baseball as well as the World Baseball Classic.

I haven't really paid attention to it much, but looks like the United States is playing the Dominican Republic in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic. And it's currently zero zero. Yeah, I think the last I saw was Peru versus Japan. Yeah, and I think Japan lost. Yeah, I only know that because Otani was, you know,

goofing around. And so people here in L.A. were like, ha ha, our man. Yeah. Oh, yeah, it looks like it'll be Venezuela versus Italy in the other. game. Interesting.

So. I never really think about the world baseball classic. You know what I mean? I never really do either, but they always do it right before the season starts. So. Neat.

And that's sports. Okay. What is our fact of the day? Fact of the day. Fact of the day. Fact of the night. Uh, let's see.

Uh, Oh, by the way, we watched like the Paralympics because that was on for like one day. That's actually interesting to see. There was like the skiing, but like the one, when they'd like ski for visually impaired, they would have like a person skiing in front of them so they could see and like keep track of the path.

And then I think they went again without them there. So it was like a, like they had a guide. So interesting. Yeah. Okay. So that was cool. And then they had curling. but they're like in wheelchairs. So like they didn't have the sweeper people. They just like had one person go up and be like, and you like push the thing.

And then wherever it lands, it lanes, it lanes. That's all that stuff is so interesting to me. Like I was watching this running where it was blind running and they had a partner with them tied to them basically. And I was like, the amount of trust you must have to give over to another person to do that. Yeah, seriously. That's honestly impressive. Yeah.

I was even thinking like when they had their guide and everything, I'm like, what if the guide falls? Then you're like, you ruined it. Yes. Yeah, you just, I imagine you work together so much at a certain point you just, I am in tune with their body and their movements. And so I know when left foot, right foot, I know, you know, like there's little. Yeah. Yeah, man. Also, I'm really curious about the levels of blindness.

You know what I mean? Or certain disabilities and what qualifies for what? Just because they know that there's a spectrum to it. Yeah, I was wondering that too. Because I was like, can they like still see some things? Is it like blurry? Is it like I was curious? Yeah, because I mean there's levels of blindness where you see nothing

and have never seen anything ever. There's levels of blindness where everything is blurry and you can see, you know, glasses can't fix that. There's levels of blindness where you have like barely any vision. You can still kind of see some things. It's all over the place. Just like a hearing loss or just like anything. There's, yeah, a huge spectrum.

And so I'm so curious what the rules are for entering different things based on that stuff. I don't know. Yeah. I don't know. But it was cool to see that. But that's not our fact. Our fact is pregnancy test date back to 1350 BCE. What was that 1350 pregnancy?

test. I believe that. I mean, we had all sorts of pregnancy-based things because people be banging, but like, what was, what was it? Well, according to a document written on ancient papyrus, Egyptian women urinated on wheat and barley seeds to determine

if they were pregnant or not. If wheat grew, it predicted a female baby. If barley grew, it predicted a male baby. The woman was not pregnant. What do you mean? But if nothing grew, then they were not pregnant. It does say that...

What are you trying to tell me right now? Experimenting with this seed theory in 1963 proved it was accurate 70% of the time. What are you trying to tell me? That if you just pee on wheat and barley, nothing happens. But if you are pregnant with a girl you said and you pee on wheat, then that grows. Yeah. But if you're pregnant with a boy And you pee on

Barley That grows So what about boys? Is it because Women are W and boys Are B? Like that doesn't make any sense I just made that up with a fly

But like what do you mean? It says the 1963 Study showed It was likely due to estrogen And urine causing growth Though it couldn't predict gender But then how does the barley Wheat thing work?

Bro, I don't know It's crazy It's crazy Uh Wait, it says Barley and wheat are sensitive To hormonal changes Uh,

okay All right then Uh Let's see I mean There anything Many of the ideas In the medical text

From ancient Egypt appear in later Greek and Roman text Uh From here they spread further To medieval text In the Middle East Uh

Let's see. It says according to the National Institute of Health, a study conducted in 1963 and this method of determining pregnancy accuracy about 70% of the time. Although it wasn't accurate at all when it came to determining the sex of the baby. Modern pregnancy test rely on proteins

that can detect a hormone called human curionic gonadotropin but science. Go natootropin. Yeah, yeah, yeah. HCG. But science. Scientists speculate this old-timey test worked so well because elevated levels of estrogen and women's urine might have promoted seed growth.

Okay. I'm just the part that I understand the part A, which is P and you're not pregnant, nothing happens. P and you are pregnant, stuff grows. I get that. And I guess science gets that as well. But the initial statement was that if you pee on one type, it grows. If you pee on another type, that grows. Yes.

So I assume they were just That was just you know Making it up and being like Because you would think that it would happen And they'd be like oh it was wrong Right? Yes So I don't know

I don't know how it works I don't know what they're thinking Crazy Yeah that's pretty cool That's your fact of the night All right who has come to us on this 500th episode With tears in their eyes All right let's see

Um Here we go It's time for the Dear Alustrius Sir Episode 500 Um Wow Wow Dear illustrious sirs

With tears in my eyes I wonder What you would surmise Is your least favorite genre of films And how you would improve those films To make them more enjoyable to watch Uh easy for me Romantic comedies

I think they're way too tropey As a person who knows tropes I am frequently tired of boy girl meet, boy girl hit it off, something happens that is a completely stupid misunderstanding that one conversation would fix. They break up or they have an argument or it's like, I question whether I even care about you. And then in the end they get back together. I hate those. And that's 90% of them. And I understand it's kind of like comfort food for people that way.

Same way that Christmas movies are where they have the same trope of like, Big City Girl moves back to the country and there she finds, like that kind of thing. Which any reasonable thought would be like, well, that's an insane plot. But I understand it's comfort food. I'm just saying romance movies, rom-coms are roughly the same thing across the board. And I think it's lazy. Well, how would you improve it? Okay.

All right. This is on the spot. so I don't know if it'll be perfect. But girl works at a record shop. Why am I trying to pitch this to you? Girl works at a record shop and it's like a struggling business, right?

No one's buying records and the people that do aren't buying them a lot. And so she's, you know, all stressed. She's trying to pay the bills or whatever. And she meets a guy who is trying to sell a record to the record shop. And, you know, she... you know, finds him very attractive, and they fall in love over music, but, you know, whoops, really,

he isn't really into all the music she likes. He just was selling his parents' old records to get some cash, and he just kind of faked it to be interested in what she likes. And they realize that it isn't about the music. It's about the love they have for each other, And him wanting, you know, this is a shit movie. This is why they do tropes. This is just my perfect relationship.

I'm like, they work their differences out. And, yeah, he decides that it isn't about the music. It's about her love of the music. And him supporting her through that. And she doesn't care that he was selling the music because, you know, he wasn't into the music that his parents were, but he was, that's how they met. And she wouldn't have changed a thing in the world.

You know, like, that's a shit movie. But I just, I realize I think I, The trope of a rom-com sucks, and I don't like it. So what I'm saying is, destroy all rom-coms is what I think I'm saying. All right. Well, personally, I was thinking about what things I find boring. All right. Or just don't really like.

And personally, I'm not a big horror movie person. But I think it's because a lot of... For what reason? Why don't you like horror type of things? But I like kind of more of the creepy aesthetic than I do. actual whore. So you don't want like, murder porn.

Yeah, I don't want that. I don't want, like, jump scares. I don't want, like, I just like the very unsettling, uncanny stuff. It's why, I think I mentioned it. I might have mentioned this on almost too old for us,

or for is. Almost too old for us. I said that on stream last night, too. Almost too old for this. But there's this channel called Elliot Truman. Uh, and he's just got like the weirdest vibe stuff. And it's just like short little like 10 to 20, 30 second things, uh, of like these like old timey video game things.

And like I don't even know like how he makes them. I'm pretty sure some of it's AI. So I'm just like, I don't even know what the shit. But then there's people ask him like, is this AI? He like doesn't respond. He's just like I use multiple tools. But like I don't even know. Either way.

The main point is. So yes. a little bit of AI. I think it's a little bit, but it's one of those things where he's only, he's using it in like an artistic, creative way that's like, I've never seen this shit before. And it's just like you've become lonely. And now the moonlit twins have visited your house. And they tell you, you must come with them unless you can answer two specific requests that they did. And it's just like this weird vibe. But it's like no actual horror stuff's happening. And it's just, I don't know.

That's the type of aesthetic that I like, though, is the main thing. And so I was thinking, I would take that type of unsettling weird whore and combine it with like a Western. So you want to make like an Eldridge Western story? Yeah, kind of. Because then I think when I think of Westerns, I always think of like old-timey kind of slow pace like this town. But I would make it a little more fast-paced, like a high action. but while being unsettling and kind of disturbing. Like you could have, uh,

you know, okay, here's what I would do. I'd have a sheriff, all right? And his job is to go to all these towns and make the, make them all like fall in a line. All right?

You're like, there's too much crime going on. All right? He's going to fix it. But every town would have like weird or stuff. You would just be like, this is the void cowboy's town. And the void cowboy doesn't appear too often.

But sometimes, He'll appear if you summon him. And then he has to figure out how to summon the void cowboy. Like that type of shit. I don't even know what you mean by any of this. And I'm already like, yeah, I'd watch it. Yeah, okay. See, that's what I'm saying.

That type of stuff. You can have like all these different weird like criminals. You can have like coyote kid, but he's a real coyote. And he was like mutated in the great accident of the olden days. You can get some crazy shit in there. That'd be fun. This movie has such lynchian potential. Yeah.

So that's what I would do. Mm-hmm. Then we have Dear Lustreouss, The Tears of My Eyes and Thunder in My Thighs, I ask, if you could spend a week inside any game of your choice, which would you pick?

Any game of my choice? Yeah. Honey Pop. Pff. Well, There it is. I'm not a fool. What am I going to say?

Gtam dead. Eldon Ring dead. Final Fantasy dead. All these, like Tomb Raider dead. All of these options I'm dead in. Honey Pop, not dead. So I went. Done.

I was trying to think, like, aesthetic-wise, I'd probably pick Breath of the Wild or, like, Banjo-Kazui. Right? But, um... Dead. You would die. those. I mean, I probably would. A moblin or some shit would eat you so

quick, dude. I don't know, what's a game I'm playing that I could, you know what? I could be a trainer in the umamusame. I could do this. Solid answer. Solid, respectable answer. We need the work on your speed. You need... Exactly.

Yeah, like I can do that. That's essentially how I... Get out there and with that race. That I play the game anyway. I'm not reading the lore. You know? Easy. BAM Uh There we go

Easy, bam That's uh That's your Big Uh Uh Deer Olusrious sirs I mean

I didn't know where I was For a second Alright well let's do big news story of the day then I must thought you were going to say Let's do the big illustrious sirs Ah big news story of the day Day Day

E E You Uh Well Memory and cognitive disability rates are surging in young people. I don't know if I like this one.

I would love to hear it. I feel like I know the answer, but I would love to hear it. All right, let's find out. Nearly one in ten adults are under, or dude, Mike Ogdenability. Rapidly declining. Nearly one in ten adults under 40

in the United States now report serious difficulty with memory concentration or deceit. decision-making. This is a finding from a major new study published in Neurology, the Journal of American Academy of Neurology. Research from University of Utah analyzed over 4.5 million survey responses collected for a decade and found that the rates of self-reported cognitive disability among adults, age 18 to 39, nearly doubled over that decade, jumping from 5.1% to 9.7%. That is a generational shift in brain health. the share of U.S. adults reporting serious cognitive difficulties rose from 5 to 7% across the same period. Well, hold on. Hold on. Is this one of those studies where it's like, this is a real thing that is new? Or is this one of those studies where it's like, oh,

younger people are more inclined to admit they have a problem than older people? That's also true. Like people 40 years ago, it's the same thing when they talk about, you know, disabilities or autism or ADD or whatever. You know, 40 years ago, it was, no, my kid just likes to run around a lot instead of my kid has ADD. You know what I mean? Like it was a different experience and no one was getting it diagnosed and now people are actually taking the time to do that. And that's why it seems like there's an increase. You know what I mean?

Yeah. It's like the meme where they're like, yo, my grandpa. loves his train sets. That's like all he does is stay down there and craft like model replicas of train. Yeah, exactly. Wait, what cognitive disability actually means? Here we go. Before going further, it helps to understand exactly what the researchers were measuring.

The study defines cognitive disability is serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions due to physical, mental, or emotional connection. Or condition. This is not diagnosing dementia. Alzheimer's disease, etc. What it is capturing is something more every day and more insidious. The growing ability of working age adults to focus, retain information, and make clear decisions. It is now most commonly reported.

But that seems like a stretch. We don't know that from this article. Well, let's see how this was conducted, all right? Okay. All right. How it was conducted. Researchers conducted a retrospective analysis using disability and health data. data system data drawn from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system.

The hell? A yearly telephone survey conducted by state health departments in collaboration with U.S. Centers for Disease Control Prevention Survey. Yeah, I have no idea how scientific this was. That's like the problem with all the surveys and shit. That's like when they're like, this person said they have like two drinks a day, but they're having like two 10% like tallboys or some shit. They're having like eight drinks a day.

And this, as phone survey is, you know, exactly what you're talking about, is you're relying on the person you're talking to you to give you correct information. Right. And I would, honestly, I think you go back to my first statement, the idea of people are just more open if you're younger. Mm-hmm. And so you're more willing to share information about yourself that, you know, people who are in their 50s, 60, 70s when they were young simply would not do.

Yeah. Exactly. Even, and people lie about shit like all the time with that, even be like, how much do you walk in a week? And they'll be like, uh, you know, I kind of walked yesterday. I'll include that. And then, you know, I'm probably going to walk tomorrow. So I'll say

it was like they do that type of shit all the time. Mm-hmm. So let's see. Findings from the study. Among adults aged 18 to 39, cognitive disability rates nearly doubled rising almost 10% by 2023. At the other end, adult 70 and older saw their rates actually fall slightly from 7.3 to 6.6%. I think I'm absolutely correct.

I think the older people will not admit it. Yeah. Especially the older, older ones, because they're stubborn or shit. They would rather lie than admit they need help. Yeah, I do think you're right. The income divide was especially stark. Adults earning less than 35,000 annually had the highest reported rates with their figures climbing from 8.8 to 12.6%.

By comparison, adults over 75,000 saw only a modest increase from 1.8 to 3.9%. Education also showed a similar divide with high school or adults without a high school diploma going from 11 to 14.3% while college graduates increased from 2 to 3.6%. So like, is this, are they just going to be like, stop browsing TikTok? is that the whole point of this? You're rotting your brain. It does have that vibe of, that's what they're trying to say,

but I feel like that's one of those correlation causation things where I don't know that you could say that's what caused this. Again, them saying people who make less are struggling more, like no shit. Like, yeah, of course.

And those people are going to be younger. Yeah, exactly. They can't afford a house. they can't pay rent they're you know they got more shit to worry about again and they're and they're being more open about their issues

because that's what younger people do and the older people they're like it declined man and they're doing great and they've got money like yeah all right no sure okay yeah it's uh dude it's like the same shit where like I've even seen streamers and stuff be say this type

where they're just like you know I'm just like you guys I only have like I don't even have a million dollars in my bank account it's like that's because you have assets. You have like 10 properties. You're fucking raking in rent the money and like you got stocks and shit. Like don't don't give me that. Yeah. I hate that. It's like yeah, what if we add up all the shit that you have? They're like they own companies and shit like that. It's like, but I'm like you, the average person. It's like shut up. I hate that. Um, oh, here we go. The digital factor. Not the whole story, but nothing either. It would be

tempting to blame smartphones and social media for anything or everything, but the reality is more nuanced. Economic stress, job, market, uncertainty, and increasing reliance on digital tools may all play a role. Still, the timing is worth noting. So, using AI to think free. Grock, is this good? The increase in cognitive challenges appears around 2016, which coincides with rapidly expanding smartphone adoption and social media use. Oxford declared their word of the year in 2024, for brain rot to suggest that excessive exposure to low-quality online content is associated with brain fog. The persuasive or the pervasive nature of digital media, driven by dopamine-driven-driven feedback loops, appears to exacerbate these effects, particularly in adolescence and young adults whose cognitive systems are still developing.

The average person now spends between 7 and 10 hours daily on screens. That's a lot of cognitive bandwidth, and yet the study of... There's lead author was careful to avoid pointing fingers at a single culprit. Brain fog from long COVID may have contributed to the rise as well. Research shows that one in three people who contract COVID go on to experience cognitive deficits for weeks and or months, including symptoms. See, me, I already had the brain fog, so it didn't affect it. Got it out of the way. Yeah.

A separate analysis of U.S. population data found that after the start of COVID-19 pandemic, an additional one million working age Americans reported serious difficulty, remember? concentrating or making decisions compared to any point in the preceding 15 years. The honest answer is that this is a multi-front problem and the data are telling us something that no single explanation can fully capture. There's also sleep deprivation, which is on the rise. A 2024 meta-analysis published in neuroscience found that restricting sleep to between three and six and a half hours per night affects memory and missing sleep and also have consequences. Three and a half hours, yo, that's still.

Too little. That's too little. Dude, sometimes I'll ask people in chat, like how much they're sleeping. There's some people. They're like, yeah, like three to four hours. I'm just like, are you? When I get four hours of sleep, I want to die. Yes, dude. I feel so bad.

I mean, I guess we're not 21 anymore, but still. I want to deny it 21. I would be like, I can't. Yeah, seriously. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that 32 and 39% of young middle-aged adults in the United States, sleep for less than the recommended seven hours per night. That's pretty bad. That is crazy.

But I also feel like we have officially hit old man territory. We're like, damn kids, sleep. Go to bed, you damn kids. Listen, again, I've been old for years. I love getting my sleep. I would be like 25. I'm like, I got to go to bed. Let's see.

If you're in your 20s and 30s and regular forget, where you put your keys, lose track of what you were just doing, or find that increasingly hard to concentrate on anything for more than a few minutes, you are far from alone. So pretty much, get sleep, look at your phone less, and try not to get COVID, get vaccinated. Yeah, all helpful tips. Yeah, they also have exercise regularly and address stress.

Right, okay. Super helpful. Yeah. Yeah. Good tip. Good tip. Do the things you should be doing anyway. Yeah.

So, I mean, there we. I mean, again, this is like one of those things where they're kind of just pointing out the obvious. But. Yeah, I think sometimes we need to do that. But also, it's always ridiculous when we do. You know what I mean? It's like, okay, cool. Yeah.

So sometimes it's like easy to recognize the issue. But it's like, well, what do I do about it? Right? That becomes the bigger issue. As people will be like, all right. It comes down to the fact that when someone says, what do I do about it? It's always the thing they know what they should do.

But everyone's hoping that they'll be like a miracle pill or something. Yeah, that will make it simple. Exactly. It's the, it's like you said earlier, the guy with the supplement exercising. It's like, dude, he's probably just exercising is what did it. So. Yeah, yeah. That's, uh, that's life.

That's all I got. Oh, I was waiting for you say. And that's the news. Oh, I was waiting for it. It was right there. And that is the big news story of the day. Back to you. Perfect.

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