Ear Biscuits with Rhett & Link - We Couldn't Survive Our Teenage Years Without... | Ear Biscuits Ep. 340

Episode Date: July 11, 2022

What do ramen, video games, and fan-fiction have in common? They’re all things you couldn’t survive without! Plus - How do you eat Hamburger Helper out of a Thermos? And Are Rhett and Link too old for video games? On this episode, Rhett and Link react to your voicemail responses to "I could not have survived my teenage years without ______.” and talk about how their needs have changed over the years. Want to hear your voice on Ear Biscuits? Call 1-888-EAR-POD1 and we might just play your call on an upcoming episode! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I'm Link. And I'm Rhett. This week at the round table of dim lighting, we are listening to your voicemails that you left at 1-888-EAR-POD-1. Answering the question or completing the sentence. I said one three times, which I guess was confusing, but if you dial extra numbers.

You just get the extension 11, which is us. I could not have survived my teenage years without fill in the blank. Boy. Boy, boy, boy, boy, boy, boy, boy, boy, boy, boy. Is that all you got to say? You thought I was gonna start talking? Boy.

Boy. Well, I know I was just thinking about what I couldn't have survived my, and actually, you know what? We got a lot of answers that were in the, when I think about my teenage years and what I couldn't have survived without, I think about whacking off. Okay, right. And I'm just saying that apparently many of you

also agree with that because I would say that more than 50% of the answers were people talking about masturbation. No, they weren't. Yeah, they were. Oh, really? Yeah. No, they weren't. Am I right? They were.

Yes. Oh, they were? Yeah, this is not a joke. This is based on knowledge that I have about all the calls that were made. Over half? Just a good amount. I mean, I'm saying over 50% of you. Well, you know what? Know thyself.

Said that you could not have gotten through your teenage years without masturbating. Do you think, okay. And you know what? I'm right there with you. So we're not gonna talk about that other than right now. We're getting it out of our system. That's it, that's all the masturbation talk.

That's kind of what it is, isn't it? Getting it out of your system? Well, it seems to always be ready to go again at some point. Yeah. I mean, there is a reset period, but- Depends on how old you are. Oh, really? The older you get, the longer a reset period, but- Depends on how old you are. Oh, really? The older you get, the longer the reset period gets.

I mean, I do recall when I was really making it into an art form that I- Testing the limits? I challenged myself just to see what would happen. We don't have to talk about this now. Oh, okay. We don't have to. You're the one who brought it up. No, they brought it up.

And we didn't select any of those. No. So we could talk about it now. We decided not to talk about it. Except now. I didn't even know we didn't even select those. Yeah, I know, I was trying to keep it from you. You culled them.

I didn't think your ears were ready for it. I know it makes you uncomfortable. I mean, I think I could have survived without it, but I mean, the thing that I, if I had to for it. I know it makes you uncomfortable. I mean, I think I could have survived without it, but I mean, the thing that I, if I had to do it multiple times, just string them together, that's what I couldn't have survived. Cause that's a lot of work.

That takes a lot. I don't understand. I lost the plot. Don't make me say it. If you wanna string them together, like rapid succession, when I was testing the limits of, it's just, that's a lot of work.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You're still lost? It gets where it's almost not enjoyable. Oh, okay. It's almost like a duty. Right. It's like you're just a donor. Right, yeah. I gotta get paid.

Oh man, if we keep this up, this would be like me and my dad's podcast. Yeah, I heard it's really dirty. He's a dirty boy. I egg him on, you know, it's fun. We're having a good time over there. Speaking of having a good time, I am excited about listening to these voicemails and I just like it. I'm also, I like have a good time, I am excited about listening to these voicemails and I just like it.

I'm also, I like have a good time. I like have a good time. Is that what I said? I like have a good time. And the best time that I've ever had on the internet was Good Mythical Evening. Well, that was really, that was why I was talking about, I went ahead and just broke the seal

and started talking about masturbation. It has nothing to do with Good Mythical Evening. Well, but it's the kind of thing we would talk about out there. It's an adult thing. We'd talk about it out there and we would probably, we would use more explicit language. Okay, sure, yeah, we would. Because it's an R-rated version of Good Mythical Morning.

I gotta say. If you were there for it. It made waves last year. Then you know you wanna be there for it again because we're doing it Thursday, September 1st, all right? We're doing it that evening. It's one night only, ticketed event, exclusively on Moment House.

That's the provider. Don't get too worked up. Yeah, yeah. Grab your tickets at goodmythicalevening.com Friday, or if you're a Mythical Society member, you can get it Wednesday. Yeah, those Society members, they're always getting things early.

But yeah, Good Mythical Evening. It's September 1st, like I said, so I'm already gearing up for it. Yeah, you gotta make plans for it. Yeah. You gotta save up. I'm gonna challenge myself this year. Um, in what way? See how many I can string together.

How many Good Mythical Evenings. Oh, okay, okay. I only did one evening last time. I'm gonna cramp two evenings into one this year. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know if I'm prepared for that. Yeah, if you don't know, last year, Link- Had fun.

He got a little carried away. We knew that we were going to be taking some shots to get ready, but we underestimated how much of a lightweight he is. And as soon as he started talking, I was like, whoa, okay. I thought this was gonna be like a progressive evolution over the course of the night, but it was just like, no, no, no. Bam, out of the can.

Yeah, yeah, we are starting full on. So I just basically have made a commitment that I'm gonna be right there with you this time. Boom. So now that I know what to expect. Stevie's not listening to this. Poor Stevie, poor Stevie. She's gonna be the one to have to keep us on track.

She was petrified. She was petrified last year. A lot of people watching were petrified. Yeah. It was fun. It was fun. It was fun. And it's more fun if you're there. Goodmythicalevening.com.

Let's listen to a response. Am I playing these? Well, you've got the computer. Okay. Hi, Rhett and Link. My name is Kat. I could not have survived my teenage years without the lunches that my mom packed for me specifically I had braces for a very long time okay my teeth were always sore and she would always make me ramen in a thermos and the noodles would soak

up all the liquid um and every time I opened the thermos it looked noodles would soak up all the liquid. And every time I opened the thermos, it looked like a brain. So I guess I couldn't have survived my teenage years without ramen that looked like a brain. Thank you. You're welcome, Kat. What a pleasant voice that Kat's

got. She could be in radio. Could be in radio? Could be in podcasting. Welcome to the future. No, no, no. Could be in radio? Could be in podcasting, right? Welcome to the future. No, no, no, no. The radio standard is a little bit above podcasting. Did your mom ever pack you ramen in her therms? I like to go into a bit of a radio voice from time to time,

but I gotta tell you that I do think that a podcast voice is a little bit more suited to what we're doing right now, but I am full on ready. To go radio? To go radio if I have to. Don't do it. I'll do it in a heartbeat. I would love to have a late night show where I was talking to people about aliens and weird shit and stuff like that, like coast to coast. Coast to coast too. I might do that in my old days, in my elder times, where you just sit there and you listen to people and you give them the benefit of the doubt. You don't question them. You never question the weird shit they're talking about. You just egg them on.

Right. And you just have a crazy old conversation. I love that idea. I love it too. You're invited. Oh, okay. I'm working on it. You're working on it?

I'll work on it. Who's doing coast to coast now? It's still happening, and in fact, I was listening. First of all, just so you know, we're gonna have to do a podcast about aliens before long because- Well, they're gonna arrive. We just keep talking about it so much,

and we haven't even let the mythical beasts in on the fact that there's lots of alien talk that's been happening around here, in between us and amongst friends, and my days of extreme skepticism about that. Well, I'm still a skeptic, but, you know, I don't know. Maybe LA is finally getting to me, but we got to talk about it before long, man.

And anyway, I was listening to a podcast where they were talking about aliens, which there's a few of them. We won't be breaking any new ground. Nope. And the guy was talking about aliens, which there's a few of them. We won't be breaking any new ground. Nope. And the guy was talking about Coast to Coast and he was saying that like, yeah, you were on Coast to Coast.

And he was like, yeah, with the old boy, whatever his name is. Coast to Coast, Coast. He's still doing, he said Hosta. Coast to Coast, Hosta He's still doing, you said hosta. Coast to coast, hosta. Jim? George Norrie. Yeah, George Norrie, yeah.

He's still doing it. From 1988 until now. He's still doing it. George Norrie. George Norrie, I can't do an impersonation, but he does take everyone very seriously. That's his schtick. I love it.

Look at what Kat got you on. She got you on aliens. She was just talking about her mom made a ramen in a thermos, dude. My mom would make me a thermos full of stuff and I would love it. She didn't make you a thermos. She took out some soup, warmed it up and put it in the-

Have you ever heard about make a pot of soup? Yeah, you're not making the pot. Make a thermos of soup. She didn't make, she got it, it's canned, man. Stay out of this. Your mom was- This is between me and my mom. Your mom was putting canned soup into your thermos. You know what else she was putting in there?

It's more than you were doing. She was also putting hamburger helper in there. That was my jam. Cheeseburger hamburger helper in a thermos. That was my favorite. It was better as a leftover. Like I love it. How did you eat it out of there?

Did you pour it out and eat it with a spoon? I just dipped it out with a spoon. You were there. I don't watch that kind of thing when it's happening. Somebody eating hamburger helper out of a thermos? I blocked it out. Cause it kept it hot. Well, I understand that.

But then when eating it, you're sticking a spoon all the way down in the bottom of a thermos? What kind of spoon did you have? Your thermos is that big? You got an extra long spoon? I don't remember that part. Gee, maybe it's all a lie.

I'm disturbed thinking about it. So I really relate to this ramen. I never had braces. I wish I did, but that ship has sailed. Well, here's the thing. I had them and then I was given that, you know, I was given that permanent bottom retainer because something about the human mouth,

the bottom teeth are the ones that like to venture back. Keep moving. And then, you know, just not too long ago, 10 years ago, the dentist is like, if that thing's bothering you, we can take it off. He took it off and gave me a retainer that I had to put in, at which point, reality intersected with me,

which means I don't do things like continue to wear retainers, because that requires a certain level of focus and discipline that I don't have. And so- Why did you say, oh you- And so my bottom teeth got crooked. Actually, I can't, lift your chin up, dude.

Or where your chin would be. Lift your head up. I'm showing you the outline right there. Oh my God. It's very clear. Doing that's not gonna show you anything. Oh yeah, yeah, I got you. It's not as bad as mine though.

Mine are janked. Definitely not as bad as yours. But I will say that most people- Why did you tell them to remove the retainer? It wasn't bothering you. It had been in there for 30 years. No, every single time I went to the dentist, they would be like,

oh, you got a lot of buildup on this retainer. Oh. Okay, whatever. So I mean- But hold on, but I'm saying you shouldn't feel bad about your bottom teeth. I don't know what it is, but bottom teeth being crooked, not really seen as a problem.

Just watch, start looking at the bottom teeth of actors on television, American actors. I mean, I'm not talking Brits. They got their teeth are all over the place. I'm talking. Oh yeah. Okay, I love you. I love you.

I love you, England. I'm just, you know, it's a stereotype. If anyone can take a joke, it's this. Yeah, you guys have taken over the world, imperialism, all that, we can make some jokes about you. The bottom teeth of American actors are regularly janked. Doesn't matter. I mean, look at me, I'm successful.

Right, but if the top teeth start getting out of whack. A lot of that success emanates from my face. if the top teeth start getting out of whack. A lot of that success emanates from my face. If the top teeth start getting out of whack, we have to start thinking about casting decisions. Okay, does this cop seem like they would have crooked top teeth? Because it's a different thing. It's just a different thing.

Yeah, you're right. Nothing against people with crooked top teeth, it's just a different thing. It's a different casting decision. You don't have anything to say about school lunch? My mom stopped packing lunch for me before high school. So I didn't take lunch during high school. Oh yeah, that's true.

I didn't, I took my lunch. I actually did a whole episode of this talking about school lunch on Stevie's podcast, "'Best Friends Back Alright." All right. You wanna check that out. All right, let's play another one then. Hey Rhett and Link. Yo.

My name is Keone and I could not have survived my teenage years without video games, let me tell ya. That stuff, stress reliever, okay? Y'all are kinda old, so like you might not get it, but that's all right. Okay, love you, bye. You love us, you love us old guys. They had video games when we were coming out, man.

Yeah. They just weren't good. They weren't good. They weren't as addictive. They were not as immersive. I mean, you can only- They're definitely not as connecting. Well, think about it. You're watching Mario run sideways.

You feel like you are not Mario. You know what I'm saying? Like it's not immersive. I never like you are not Mario. You know what I'm saying? Like it's not immersive. I never once thought I was Mario. You're not seeing Mario. You're controlling someone else that you're watching. Never once thought I was Loogie. But once you move into this first person perspective.

You think that's it? Now you got something that's addictive in a different way. I'm just kind of making this up as I go, which is most of the time what I'm doing, but I'm just saying. POV. POV, you know, the amount of first person perspective in your gaming experience,

that's how you relate the level of addiction. It's such a huge part of, I mean, Lincoln's 17 now for the past, you know, four years, five years. It's a huge part of his social life. You know, he connects with his friends playing video games. I, you know, I understand and respect that, but at a certain point we're like,

let's do the real world thing, especially post pandemic. We had to like shake him out of those habits. Is he connecting with any NPCs? Cause that's what you would to really watch out for. What is that? Oh, you haven't been paying attention. Is that- Come on, dad, get with the program. What is that?

Non-player character. It's just an AI generated character in a game that isn't, it's just a, it's an NPC. Pertinent to the story? Yeah, it might be pertinent to the story, but it's not controlled by a person. Oh yeah, it's a- It's not an avatar. Okay, it's an NPC. Pertinent to the story? Yeah, it might be pertinent to the story, but it's not controlled by a person. Oh yeah, it's a- It's not an avatar. Okay, yeah, no, he's not-

You don't wanna make too big of a connection with an NPC because then you're socially- No, right, these are his real life friends. I don't know because a lot of people have a lot of connections to NPCs and that can, again, that can lead to, if you are- I'll have to ask you. If your POV is connecting with NPCs- Then you're SOL. Then you're SOL, exactly. I know where to ask you. If your POV is connecting with NPCs.

Then you're SOL. Then you're SOL. Exactly. I know where you're going with this. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But Lily was never, Lily, she never connected with friends playing video games with them, even though she would play,

she played Overwatch a little bit back when that was the thing. Yeah, Shepard's our video. She didn't go to Fortnite back when that was the thing. Shepard's our gamer in the family. He's the one that has his buddies that they regularly get on there and play together. Locke played NBA 2K for a while,

and then high school rolled around, he completely stopped playing video games. I just made the decision not to and did other things. Yeah, he was just into different things. I mean, yeah, for us, it was never, you know, I got Nintendo Power just so I could, I got the subscription just so I could talk the lingo, but I just did not,

I just did not have the commitment to beat any game ever. Like it just did not interest me that much. And it never has since then. Like I'm not, I know there are certain points when you're currently tempted. You told me two days ago. I'm thinking about it. That you wanted to go away for a week.

Uh-huh. And do nothing but play a video game. Like 24 hours a day. I didn't say 24. When you weren't sleeping. 12 to 16. You wanted to like literally like become a day. I didn't say 24. When you weren't sleeping. 12 to 16. You wanted to like literally like become a gamer. Well, okay, I'm glad you brought this up

because I have been thinking about it and I just mentioned it to you two days ago, but. I said that. Yeah, I'm just saying it was that, I've been thinking about it for a while. It's only that you know about it since then. So yes, I do have a personality that if you put me in like a challenging environment,

which is a video game in a lot of ways, and there's a goal and so I can get fixated on that. And I actually don't let myself play video games or even games on my phone really, because I just don't, I don't have time right now. Are you done with Wordle? Wordle is not every single day anymore. Wordle is like a few times a week.

It's not the first thing in the morning. So, but Wordle's not a game. It's a game, but yeah. So, but what I have, I've had this idea that maybe in my older age, when I don't have as many responsibilities, I've had this idea that maybe in my older age, when I don't have as many responsibilities, that I'll be like, it would be cool to just say like, I'm setting aside a certain amount of time

and I'm going to completely immerse myself in one of these incredible games. Having gone away from games after the first Nintendo, pretty much. You had a Genesis. Yeah, that was the same time, same era. You didn't care. I didn't even have a Super Nintendo.

I didn't even get on that train. So to come back to the system now that is just so advanced and then be like, I'm gonna get lost in this immersive world and I'm just gonna see what it's like to just like eat Cheetos, drink Mountain Dew, have a sleeping bag- That's a stereotype. Next to a gaming chair. I'll have a gaming chair with like a sleeping bag next to it

in like a cabin with a good wifi and I'm gonna just immerse myself. Why does it have to be a cabin? That has nothing to do with- Dude, I don't want anyone to see this. It could be a closet. Yeah, but I don't want anyone to be close to me. Well.

I'll be smelling like Cheetos and Mountain Dew. Yeah, you'll be in a closet. But I have to come out at some point. You wanna do this for a week. But I think, but so then I started thinking, why wait until I get old and do it? And why not make it into content? While I'm still young and people care about the content.

Foray into the gaming. It's like Rhett takes a week, goes deep into a game like, what's the one that everybody's- Elden Ring. Elder? Elden Ring. Elden Ring?

What are the scrolls? That's different. God, we don't know, man. Hold on, there's old scrolls, and then there's old rings rings and which one's better? I believe that the Elden Ring- Elden Ring is a video game. Is it one ring or is it many rings?

Anyway, the thing I'm worried about is that I'll suck so bad at the mechanics of it because of all the buttons. That's why VR is gonna leapfrog, bring me back into this. Man, I've got a VR headset, so do you. Yeah. It hurts my face. You know, just wait for it.

Just wait for it to be an implant. When is it gonna stop hurting my face, man? I want it to be like Ready Player One. But you know what? I get it, caller. I couldn't quite understand your name. It was quiet. Well, yeah, sort of dropped out at that point. I get it. I get your name. It was quiet. Well, yeah.

Sort of dropped out at that point. I get it. I get it, though. Shop Best Buy's ultimate smartphone sale today. Get a Best Buy gift card of up to $200 on select phone activations with major carriers. Visit your nearest Best Buy store today. Terms and conditions apply. your carriers. Visit your nearest Best Buy store today. Terms and conditions apply. Here's another one. Hey guys, I could not have survived my teenage years without my Crocs.

Now, I know what you're thinking. Shoes? Not only are they simulating what I imagine walking on clouds is like, they are also reliable and sturdy. Being a free sport athlete, the Croc is the most practical shoe after your sport is over and you want to take off your sweaty footwear. I actually survived a hairy moment in my Crocs, too. My mother wasn't paying attention one day when she picked me up from school and thought I was already in the car. I wasn't. She started driving off with

my foot underneath the tire. My foot, the croc, unbroken. That croc saved my foot. And let's not forget to mention that a croc can go from cruise control to sport mode real quick with a simple strap maneuver. Anyways, thanks for listening. Have a splendid week. Thanks guys. Wow, Elise Myers, thanks for calling us. Didn't she sound like Elise? Yeah, a little bit. Also, I really appreciate the fact that you scripted that

before you called in. Don't expose her. No, I'm just saying that, no, I'm not making fun. I'm saying that. I mean, don't crawl attention to it. I liked it too, but. I know, I'm saying, you're the'm saying that... I mean, don't crawl attention to it. I liked it too, but... No, I'm saying... I don't want people to see...

You're the one making it seem like it's a problem. No, I'm not making it... I'm saying if you don't know what you're gonna say, you can script it out and call in just like this person did. Don't acknowledge it. Make it seem like, you know what? That was a well-put-together call. Can I just say it was a well-written call?

No, that's what I'm saying. Because I have to believe that it was. Because now people are... You're making people not want to do that because they're gonna think that you're gonna say it. I'm never gonna say it again. I'm never gonna point it out. This is the first caller who read their response.

If we think you read your response, we are not gonna say that. And I will never acknowledge it. I will never acknowledge it again. Okay, now let's talk about the content. Right. We don't have to have a meta conversation about every call. I mean, I was hating on Crocs from a distance.

I gotta say, I mean, we're well into summer. I haven't seen you in a public place with those Crocs yet. You wore them one time to my house. And I was wearing socks. Yeah. I put them on this morning because I couldn't find my flip-flops without socks to take the dogs out.

Oh, well that doesn't, no. And my feet immediately feel sweaty, even before they are. And then they get sweaty in the Crocs. Like I can't, I have to wear flip-flops and I'm not even a particularly sweaty foot person. I bought some foot sweat deterrent. Why don't, I like the Crocs with the socks.

I get it, I understand. It's like they're in and out. And then I like the sport mode. Yeah, if you need it, if you're gonna, I didn't know that if your foot got run over while wearing them- I think that was just luck. I think that was luck.

I don't think Croc did anything. But I did get some, you know, when coming up I had a, cause I had very sweaty hands and very sweaty feet. As I've get some, you know, when it coming up, I had a, cause I had very sweaty hands and very sweaty feet. As I've gotten older, the problem has gotten much less pronounced. Oh, but you couldn't survive your teenage years without dry salt.

How do you remember the name of that? Because, I don't know, man. I, you know, I care about you. I gotta be a repository for the stuff that matters. Well, there's a new product that is better. Didn't it work though? It was like you would put a little drop on your hand. It's the same thing, I think.

And a drop on your other hand and you rub them together and then they wouldn't sweat. Well, wouldn't sweat is debatable. It wasn't like a miracle cure. You know, you can get Botox in your palms if you've got really, like some kids, some teens will get Botox in the- Sure. Did your glasses have a camera in them?

Because you just, like I- Sure, keep going. I just, the way you grabbed, you grabbed your glasses in a way with two hands that you never have and it was like, does he have those Facebook Ray Bans? It's like, just keep doing what you're doing. You he have those Facebook Ray-Bans? You wearing those Facebook Ray-Bans? Just keep doing what you're doing, yes. First of all, have you seen ads for those?

The Facebook Ray-Bans? No. What do you mean Facebook Ray-Bans? What, you don't know about this? No. This is months old, but I saw an ad recently and I was like, oh, they're still trying to do that. Ray-Ban- I don't give a shit about Facebook.

You don't have to give a shit about Facebook. Do you care about Ray-Bans? Yeah. What are you talking about, dude? Ray-Ban and Facebook or Meta are collaborating on a product that is a stylish pair of classic Ray-Bans that have a camera in them to capture all and share all the moments in your life.

You don't know about this, man. You need to look at billboards more. Because there's one on a billboard. That's how I was reminded of it. You know what, that's good advice. But it was- I'm gonna start looking at billboards more. But it was like in the news in a pretty big way like last year.

I promise you Rhett, from now on, I'm gonna be looking at billboards more. So I thought that maybe you had those. I don't, we don't have to get into a conversation about that, but I think- You're really at billboards more. So I thought that maybe you had those. We don't have to get into a conversation about that, but I think- You're really tangent prone today. Yeah. Stay on target, man.

Okay. We're talking about Crocs. No, we're talking about hand sweat. So I had dry saw. There's a new product called Carp. Put in Google hand sweat stopper Carp. Cause they got all, this is, I think it was a Kickstarter. Google hand sweat stopper carp. Cause they got all, this is, I think it was a Kickstarter. They have all kinds of stuff.

Carp, like the fish? Yeah, there it is. Carpe, no. Carpe max, like carpe diem. So they have them for your feet, your hands. It's probably all the same stuff, maybe in different concentrations. Palmar hyperhidrosis, that's what you had.

Uh-huh, and it runs in the family because my kids have it too. So I basically- Hand lotion. This is not a sponsor, of course. So I started, you've seen the little, speaking of like Crocs, you've seen those little leather slipper things that I've been wearing,

which are like kind of like leather Crocs. Yeah. And a couple of weeks ago when the weather hadn't quite heated up yet, I could wear those and be like, this is okay. I tried wearing them yesterday. Oh boy. Or was it today?

Did I come in here with them on? Who cares? Yeah, it was today. We do too much in one day. It becomes two days in my mind. Wow. This morning, I came in here with those things on. What'd you here with them on? Who cares? Yeah, it was today. We do too much in one day. It becomes two days in my mind. Wow. This morning, I came in here with those things on. What'd you do with them? I took them off and put on,

I have other shoes here and I put on other shoes because I was like, my feet are sweating too much. And I was like, I gotta get this stuff. I have it, I ordered it, I just haven't put it on my feet yet. You have to put on your feet every night though. It's not sexy. I think, I don't know, I'm not gonna,

I'm not, you may become a sponsor. So I'm gonna look into it more before I start getting concerned about if it's gonna stop up your feet pores. Well, it literally- Carpet, call us. It literally physically clogs. I don't wanna do that to the listeners. I'm just gonna say it literally clogs your pores

with I think some sort of compound, maybe aluminum. Don't quote me on that. Then your sweat just finds another way out. Do you like Crocs? Not with socks. So your feet don't sweat in Crocs? I don't have any. Well, yeah, you do.

You were given the red Crocs the same time I was. And then I gave them to, Yeah, you gave them away. I donated them to the company. Somebody here at Mythical has them. Yeah. Size 12. We're great bosses. I see people wearing my clothes occasionally.

If we have clothes that we don't like and we don't want anymore, we give it to our employees. I see my clothes all the time. And we don't dock their pay. It's an honor system, they dock their own. Yeah, right, right, right. You decide what it's worth. Alright, let's take another.

Hey, Rhett and Link, this is Nico calling from Pittsburgh, PA and I definitely could not have survived my teenage years without Mountain Dew. Easy way of summing it up, as someone who now graduated high school eight years ago now, I'm feeling old saying that,

when you're a drummer in a band growing up, you learn that if you want to melt faces, you've got to do the two. You've got to have that energy coming from somewhere, especially when energy drinks are not only dangerous, but a little on the pricey side. At least that was back then, and I know it's pretty much how it is now.

Definitely could not have survived it without good old Mountain Dew. That's any variety too. All right, Nico. And that's why I set the Baja Blast here. Thanks for calling. I think Nico might be a toll booth worker. Yeah, well, it's funny- Just based on the sounds,

I'm just trying to piece together the setting. If you're gonna talk about Mountain Dew, you might as well be- There's like engines in the background. People are doing the dew behind him or all around him. Yeah, he could be at one of those. Sometimes people will gather in parking lots and play around with remote control.

Have you seen how crazy the remote control stuff can get these days? We're talking about the do, man. I'm just following my instincts today. It's like you're, man, you're- Speaking of Mountain Dew, I'm just saying, have you just been out and about in this town and then all of a sudden it's just like out of nowhere.

I've seen some remote control planes. No, no, I'm talking like. Drones. I'm talking like a real badass. Car. Car. Just comes out of nowhere and then you're like, where's the dad and the son? Where are they? Right.

And then you see them. Whoa, whoa, you're walking where? In like a parking lot to a Gelson's? I've been cornered by remote control vehicles seven times in my time in LA. Sometimes I've been on a trail, sometimes I've been in a parking lot, sometimes I've been on the sidewalk,

sometimes I've been walking down the street in my neighborhood, bam, there it is. I prefer to be in the thing that's moving. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I'm not saying I'm an advocate. I'm just saying, I'm just- You sound like an advocate. I'm just saying, I'm just- You sound like an advocate. I'm just saying, this is an awareness play.

We can relate to this, Niko, though, because we couldn't have gotten through without Mellow Yellow. Oh God. I mean, how much Mellow Yellow did we drink? I mean, we just, we couldn't drink enough of it. Like, we felt like it was like, it was like we had an exclusive deal with it. I guarantee you didn't drink as many as me.

Of course not. Because I would get home. I know. I would get home and we did not keep them in the fridge because they moved too fast. My mom kept her diet Coke and caffeine-free diet Coke, depending on the time of day, in the refrigerator. The Mellow Yellow was kept, you know where it was?

On the floor. On the floor next to the onion and potatoes box. Everybody had that. Yeah. And then I would get home from a hot, hot day. I would reach down. I'd pop that thing open. I'd grab a Mellow Yellow. I'd pound

the first one. Then I'd get a second one and go sit down with it. Both hot. Both hot and both full carbonated sugary caffeinated drinks. The first, I didn't understand what was happening. We didn't-

We didn't have the education. No one told us about caffeine. Like, I would go home and pound five cigarettes. This is not the 50s. No, no. This is the 80s. I mean, but it kind of feels like cigarettes, you know? Well, we didn't know about sugar. In the same way that we weren't educated on,

you just can't pound a bunch of Mellow Yellows like that. It didn't have an impact on us. But do you ever remember making the connection between caffeine- And being wired? And being like, I can't sleep tonight, must've been those seven Mellow Yellows I had at dinner. Never.

The internet makes people so much smarter. You know, it makes them dumber too, but just think about how dumb we were, man. We didn't know anything. Were there kids in the 80s who knew about this stuff? When's the last time you had a Mellow Yellow? I wanna go get one right now. Every time we talk about this,

this is how this part of the conversation ends. Do you think we could find one right now? They have them in a gas station? If you go to one of those, like 100 soft drink, fountain drink machines. The Coke. Coke machine. Like Five Guys has one. Coke Remix, what is it called?

Coke. Yeah. Oh man, they got them in the theaters, at the AMC theaters. Yeah, Five Guys has one. And you can get a Mellow Yellow Zero. Yeah, yeah, I've had it. And you know what? I'm tempted to just start ordering those off the internet,

but I don't wanna be drinking a bunch of those. I'm not a doctor. I like it being a treat. I don't think you should make diet soda, definitely not soda, but I don't think you should make diet soda a part of your daily routine because that diet soda does some stuff to your biome, like your gut biome.

And I just don't think you need it in there. Those artificial sweeteners, man, we don't know what they're doing. Might be worse than sugar, probably not. But like, I just have it as an occasional treat while I'm here at the office. Don't get started on that. That's what I think too,

but I happen to be looking at a Reddit thread. This guy, he might've been on Twitter. He wasn't a billboard though. He quit, wasn't a billboard. He said, I quit Diet Coke. I've been drinking it my whole life. I quit for a whole month. I'm here to report.

I'm here to report. My life has not changed for the better. I haven't gotten in better shape. I haven't lost weight. He went on to say that I don't feel any different. I'm not happy anymore. I haven't gotten in better shape. I haven't lost weight. He went on to say that I don't feel any different. I'm not happy anymore. I'm not happy anymore. He was like, I'm just not happy anymore.

Yeah, he was like, yeah. And then all these people were talking about, hey man, people were like coming into the thread and saying, well, you know, I tried all these things to make my body better and then I got cancer. So drink your diet Coke. And I was like, gosh, this is like a,

what's the word, like a jaded group of society where they're like kind of snarky and jaded. Can't think of the word. Snarky and jaded people. You're thinking of them. Nihilists? No, just a little bitter. Is it the nihilists? A little bitter. You know, it does suck that it's suck that if you try to do everything right

and you try to be healthy, you gotta choose your moments at least. Your happy little indulgences. I'm not gonna judge anyone for doing it. But people were coming out of the woodwork to tell this guy, go back to drinking your Diet Coke. Yeah, but here's the thing. If you're not happy.

The thing you were probably really enjoying in the Diet Coke is the caffeine. There are other vehicles for caffeine. Here's one of them right here. Not a sponsor, but we drink the hell out of this stuff. This yerba mate, that's better for you than Diet Coke. And coffee, they're finding- Here it is right here, coffee. They're finding now that people. And coffee, they're finding- Here it is right here, coffee.

They're finding now that people who drink coffee, specifically there was a study that said that people who drink coffee sweetened, so people who drink coffee are less likely to get, I think it was cancer, but people who drink sweetened coffee- He thinks it was cancer. For some reason are more unlikely, like 30% less likely.

Now this is one study, but there's other sources of caffeine. But while we're talking about that, and I said the thing about gut biome, I have to also talk about, I've told you about the kefir kick I'm on right now. And I have to tell you. I love kefir, but I can't get it in a big enough container. Well, you get multiple of small ones.

I don't like that. But let me tell you. There's only like two and a half servings in the thing of kefir. Listen, I know you think, you might just think we just went all LA, we did, we did. I love kefir, it's tangy, it's milky. I love yogurt, but the,

and I had not one of these people that's been- My mouth is watering right now. Like talking about like probiotics and like, you know, a lot of probiotics, it's like, it's kind of BS and doesn't really get through your system, whatever, but let me tell you right now. So I just had this idea that I was gonna get back into kefir because I liked it, but I was like,

what I usually do is I get one and I go through it and then it takes weeks to get the second one. It doesn't become a part of my routine. Yeah, and you go through it quick, right? And so I just told Jessie, I was like, I would like you to have three things. Kefir, kimchi,

and kombucha. Oh! And it's unfortunate those are three Ks. There's gotta be a better way to refer to them. So I'm working on that. I'm workshopping the way I refer to this because it cannot be the KKK diet. Because it's not gonna be that, okay?

No, it can't. You know what, it already exists, probably. This is that reality. So those three Ks obviously are all very probiotic. Lots of people just consider these things to be like life tonics, right? And so I was like, I like all three of these things. I feel good.

But the one that I have not wavered from at all for about three months is kefir. If I don't have it in the morning, I have it at night and I get at least a cup. Throw some granola in there, throw some berries in there. Oh, you eat it as a meal. You eat it as a snack. This is the ticket.

For breakfast lately, I've been doing cereal, but instead of milk, it's kefir. Listen, don't write that down because I'm gonna put it in my recipe book. I don't like this idea, but go ahead. Okay, but really the thing I'm trying to communicate here is that give kefir a chance. This is what happened.

What happened? I started, I was going to say, I started taking it. I started eating it and I didn't have anything in mind other than- You make it like Mountain Dew. You started doing it. I started doing kefir. Doing the kefir. And I was, and I forgot-

Brilliant marketing, by the way. Mountain Dew has like, it's subconsciously said they're a drug. Okay, let me, I gotta get this out. Get it out! You keep interrupting me. Okay, so I start drinking kefir. And then I just kind of forgot that I was doing it,

but it had become a daily thing. I'm having a conversation with my therapist. And I told him, I'm like, you know, I'm a generally happy person, right? I am, I'm a pretty happy person. You know, I haven't, I have never been like diagnosed with depression or anything like that. I go through like anybody, I go through like depressive

states or sad states or whatever, but I'm pretty happy. But I kept finding myself over the course of a couple of weeks with no external thing to explain it, being like, I keep realizing that I'm happy. Okay, it was just weird because it hadn't happened before. I said, I'm not the kind of person who realizes that they're happy and like stops and thinks, I'm happy.

That's strange. Noted, started talking to my therapist about it. And then I was like, didn't pick up on it in the first session, but then like a couple of sessions, a couple of weeks later, I was like, the only thing that is different is kefir. You think kefir's made you happy? Okay, so, so, okay.

You think I'm crazy, and I probably am, but I go on Reddit, your favorite website, and I start searching Kiefer, and then all these people are saying the same thing. That it has, because the other thing I noticed is that, how do I put this mildly? My dookie was good. You know what I'm saying?

To put it bluntly, I was regulated in a way that I've only been regulated if I started taking supplemental fiber, which I just don't like doing because it's hard to keep up with and it sucks. But kefir had the same impact on my gastrointestinal system that supplemental fiber did. But also my mood was elevated.

And of course I haven't read, I'm sure you're all like, oh, there's all these, I know there's all these books about your gut biome and the neurons in your stomach. And there's all this science behind it that I'm not familiar with. But I'm just saying anecdotally, as just a dude who's been eating a lot of kefir,

I'm telling you right now. You scraped out the sad causing bacteria and replaced it with happy bacteria. I don't know, but then literally, I'm not kidding. You forgot to take it. I ran out of kefir like a month ago, okay? I went for 10 days without eating kefir. And I found myself, I woke up one day and I'm like,

I'm sad. What's different? I was like, it's the damn kefir. Got to kefir, told Jesse, we gotta have kefir, we can't run out. You got back to the kefir? Got back to the kefir. I'm two weeks back into kefir.

Kefir? I'm happy. It's probably totally psychosomatic. I understand that, but I'm saying it could be placebo effect, but you should try it. I like it. But here's the thing. I like being happy. Don't stop.

Just keep it coming. Keep it going. Doesn't come in a big enough container. Is there like a cheap version of it? Get two. You know, it's pricey. I need it in bulk, man. You can afford kefir.

It's a lot better than Mountain Dew, Nico. That's ultimately what I'm saying. If we could just get kefir to be caffeinated, we'd be, maybe that could be a product. It's like, it's drinkable yogurt that makes you happy. Hey, listen, I swear by it. Keeper's a keeper. Wherever you're going,

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Benefits vary by card. Terms apply. Next, voicemail. You know, I could come up with all kinds of funny things to say on how I survived my teenage years, but in all due honesty, I really could not have survived my teenage years without my, you know, my support group, my friends, my family, because I was a way different person as a teenager than I am now. I hated who I was as a teenager, but I've definitely grown more, like, especially since high school.

High school was bad for me. But, yeah, I literally could not have survived my teenage years without my friends because the way my personality was, I probably would have just spiraled into a deep depression. And I'm glad I'm in a way better place than I am now. So thank you for listening, Rhett and Link. Love you guys. I love this response. Wow. Isn't this great?

It might be better than Kiefer. I know, that was like Kiefer in a voicemail. Yeah. And he didn't give his name, so I think we could call him Kiefer. Kiefer Sutherland, just called in to the pod. Kiefer, thanks for sharing that.

You make an excellent point that when you're in your teenage years, you are not in your final form. And you can change for the better. And sometimes it's just about weathering the storm of being a teenager to get to the next phase of your life where you can start to pull it all back together, you know? Or pull it together for the first time.

I tell my kids this all the time. And I was talking to Lough the other day. He's 18, he's going off to college in the fall. Mm-hmm. And I don't remember the context of the conversation. I just remember saying, you have no idea how much you're gonna change over the next four years.

Like you are going to change more. Oh yeah. Statistically speaking, over the next four years than you will ever change in any additional four years, subsequent four years for the rest of your life. And I was like, that's exciting. Not that you need to change, but you need to understand just how wet your concrete is.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like that. And just revel in that wetness, man. You know what I'm saying? Because it gets harder and harder and harder. Well, I don't know, you say revel in it, but it makes me think, okay, you gotta be strategic about who you, to Kiefer's point.

Oh, you can screw it up for sure. What you expose yourself to when you're morphing, you're morphing into who you're gonna be at a rate greater than any other point in your life when you're a teenager. So it's like, you gotta be thinking about that. And I mean, you're talking about into college years too, which yeah, you're still in teen years,

but who your people are, like makes a big difference. Show me your friends and I'll show you your future. Yeah, man. I mean, I'm so grateful for the friends that we had in high school and we've talked about them, the friends that we have in college, like we're going to Denver

and like in a handful of weeks, we're gonna have a like a college friend getaway in Denver. The fact that like, we're still connected to these people who actually care about us. It's like, it's an awesome feeling to know that like, you can, somebody cares about you and there's no strings attached, you know? You gotta, having a support structure is so important

and it's not something that you can just, you know, you can't put a, I guess you could put a want ad in the paper or whatever the app version of that is now. There's a digital way to do that. Even if you look at Mythical Beast, I draw lots of comfort and just inspiration knowing that there's people who've connected because of our content,

but then it's more about their connections with each other than it is with us now. That's freaking awesome. I mean, whether it's because of us or something else, I mean, yeah, he makes a great point that like, having a few key people in your life that love you and you can trust makes all the difference in the world. And so I think about the people who don't have that

and it's like, but you can get it. Like that's the hope in this is that like, he said with my personality and what I was prone to at that phase of my life, like I don't think I would have made it. I wouldn't make it to become the person that I was destined to be, so to speak, if it wasn't for people there along the way to,

I don't know, you know, he didn't fill in the gaps, but we all need to do that for ourselves. Yeah, and I think that, you know- To provide support, direction, fill in the blank. And inherent in that message is, that you don't have to be a teenager for this to be applicable, but regardless of how hopeless you feel at this moment,

don't let this moment, these circumstances define, don't let the present define your future, I guess is a better way to say it, right? It's so hard to do that. It's very difficult to do that. That's why people can be helpful in that. But sometimes you like,

cause even when it comes to the choices you're making, I mean the whole show me your friends and I'll show you your future, the reason that makes sense, and to some degree, it's not, you know, it's not like an airtight always true thing, but the reason is that we, a lot of times, make decisions about who we're gonna surround ourselves with

based on current needs. Needs for acceptance, most often. Need for belonging. And those things are not bad in and of themselves, but if you're finding acceptance and belonging with people who don't have your best interest in mind, then your future self wishes they could come back to your present self and say, ah, don't make that decision.

So that's the thing, try to anticipate what would my future self want me to, what kind of decisions would they want me to make right now? It's very tough to do that, but you have to try. You have to try to. Yeah. Especially when it comes to who you're choosing to associate with. Yeah.

That phrase of like finding your people is something that we use in our home a lot for every stage of life, whether it's Lando assimilating into elementary school and now moving on to middle school and then Lincoln moving through middle school and high school and Lily finding her way and her people in college, like at every stage.

And then you think about us, like even, you know, like post-college and moving out here to California, we had each other and we had our families, but we had to find a few more friends. We had to find some people that we could count on, you know? And until we did, it felt tenuous, you know, moving out here. Well, for sure.

Then you just have, we had a couple of close friends that we kind of jumped into really quickly and those are very sound decisions, you know? Still close to them, but you know, just adding to that group and this, it doesn't have to be big, but it's important no matter what. It's not a teenage thing.

But yeah, I'm so glad that you called in, Kiefer. Let's hear another one. Hello, Rhett and Link. My name is Savannah and I could not have survived my teenage years without fan fiction. What? Yep. And just so you know, fan fiction doesn't have to be super sexual and weird. It can just be like a normal story about your favorite characters just going on a silly little adventure.

And that's the kind of thing that I like to read and write eventually. So I got into fan fiction when I was around like 12 and I started writing at like 13. And then throughout middle school and high school, I wrote a crap ton of fan fiction because I was also homeschooled. So I was very bored. So I actually wrote over 250,000 words up until I started college and got way too busy, which is like two plus books, I think, roughly if you average them out. And that's not even a lot compared to most fan fiction writers. up until I started college and got way too busy, which is like two plus books, I think, roughly, if you average them out. And that's not even a lot compared to most fan fiction writers.

So, yeah. I still love writing, but fan fiction is like my weird little hobby that I don't tell anyone about because people hear fan fiction and think sex kink. So, yep. That's it. Thank you, Susanna. Savannah.

Savannah? Savannah. Savannah? Savannah. Savannah. Savannah, if you wanna call back in and talk about being a furry too, you can debunk some of that stigma. Oh, come on. You don't know that. They're not always this, it's not a-

I'm not saying- The fan diagram is not a circle. It's not, I'm just, that was my way of saying, thank you, Savannah, for dismantling the stigma of fan fiction for me. Fan fiction is not fan friction. It's a sub genre. Well, and we don't know that.

I mean, our experience with fan fiction is just being uncomfortable, reading stuff about ourselves for a gimmick on the show. I do know someone and you also know this person because the people who, especially in fandoms that are fictional to begin with, I mean, it's one thing for there to be fan fiction about two real dudes like us,

but I'm talking about like, you've got a world that's been built by an author or a TV show or whatever. And then, I mean, that fan fiction, which is basically people just taking the world that's already been built and the characters that have existed and telling new stories that kind of exist within this world. That was a world that I didn't know about

until we met somebody who actually has contributed significantly to some of those things. And it totally makes sense, first of all. And one of the really exciting things that's happening related to this, and again, I'm not smart enough to be able to explain it or understand it, but something with the blockchain, with blockchain technology.

Collaborative storytelling. Is making that, is easing and encouraging that process and inviting more people and incentivizing more people to be involved in that, to actually be able to take narratives and shape them, which is pretty exciting stuff. So actually, I think, I think that those who were the first

to begin writing fan fiction, were actually just way ahead of the curve in terms of what we're all going to be participating in when it comes to the way that we relate to storytelling in the future. Because the more you can be involved to the point that you're actually manipulating the outcome, that influencing the outcome, influencing the you know, influencing the outcome,

influencing the stories or telling your own stories, like that's gonna be just the way people interact with stories a generation from now. It's starting now, again, I'm not really a student of it, I just know smart people who know more about it than I do, who say things and I get 10% of it and can then spit it out like this, but it's exciting. If you think about it in terms of, okay,

favorite book series, Lord of the Rings. There's an incredible world that's been built and it's a playground. I'm sure that there's got to be fan fiction all around the world of Tolkien, right? So, I just find myself, well, I just don't, I'm not a reader and I'm not a writer, right? So it's like, do I have to be, what, you laughing at me?

I mean, I can read and I can write. Prove it. But that is not, you know, that's not central to my, it's not one of my major hobbies. Yeah. You're making me defensive. I'm not a reader and a writer. I'm not- You can snicker all you want.

What I'm saying is that, and also this is something that Mike helped me understand about Dungeons and Dragons, which I didn't really understand the appeal of D&D. But you're essentially- It's making your own- It's a collaborative storytelling process. But my point, what I was getting at was, I assume because I'm so into the world of Tolkien

that like, it just seems like there's a barrier to, okay, this is just a fan generated story, it's not canon. So it's- It's not Tolkien. Yeah, so, but like if you look at the Star Wars universe, lots of fan fiction there, absolutely, as well. Like every place you can think of, there's fan fiction. But like with Star Wars,

it's not like everything's George Lucas anymore. It's like you look at the Jon Favreau stuff and- Isn't the Mandalorian fan fiction? Or is it sophisticated, well-funded fan fiction? But it's fan fiction. Did George Lucas, did the originator of the story come up with it? No, it was like, oh, this is a story that we can tell.

So what I'm saying is fan fiction is already here. It's officially sanctioned. It's just well-funded fan fiction is on Disney Plus or whatever. I'm just saying this is a revolution in storytelling. But when it becomes canon, like that stuff, it's certified. Yeah.

So then there's like buy-in. Because when it builds a world, and especially with all the Star Wars stuff, part of the fun for me is like fitting it all together. But all you have to do, you know? Because I'm not gonna, I'm not sitting around waiting to write fan fiction. So fan fiction, there's a lot of fun

that's when you don't kick beyond canon. And that's the part that I don't, I have never experienced it. So I think that's my barrier to entry. But you've experienced the curated fan fiction as a person who likes to watch television shows. I know it could be entertaining and there's really talented people writing fan fiction

in theory, but I've not experienced it. And I'm just really curious how, if I could get over that hurdle of like, I'm just reading this for the fun of it, but this didn't really happen to this character. But did the first thing happen to the character? No, because it's a fictional character. Do you think that Sam and Frodo are actually best friends?

You know what? One day you'll find out I'm actually smarter than you. You know? That's gonna blow your mind. Well, first of all, why do you take anything that I said as a critique on your level of intelligence? You laughed at me for not being a reader or a writer. The only thing I laughed at was when you said,

no, I'm not a reader or a writer. It's like, that's just funny. I thought it was a joke. It's not a joke. I thought you were making a funny, I thought it was pretty funny. It was, I guess, unintentionally funny. But what I'm saying is- I'm just being me, man.

Is that I feel like my eyes are being open to the possibilities, not in a way that I'm directly contributing to or experiencing. You're saying the same thing I'm saying. But I'm just saying that I think it's pretty cool what's happening and I think that it's gonna be second nature for our kids and especially our kids' kids

who are gonna grow up in a world in which the lines between the fan fiction that Savannah's talking about and the fan fiction that everyone is experiencing, which is just cool world building and stories that come from that world, the lines are just gonna be blurred, man. And then it's gonna be like, is it good or not? But what you're saying is that somebody has to be in charge.

And I think this is where the cool, and again, I don't understand it, the cool sort of blockchain generated, it's curated. It's not completely just like, oh, here's fan fiction that would conflict with this fan fiction over here. But no, the collaborative is creating fan fiction that fits together and doesn't contradict. It's consistent. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, right.

You're interested in the consistency, which I totally get that. Right, that matters to me. And I think it matters to most people, honestly. But I'm just saying that if you get that curated sort of semi-regulated fan fiction and then regulated in terms of quality, like that's- I'm open. That's an exciting future.

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Next. So this is why I cannot survive my change years without. I don't think it's that crazy but I'm 19 now and I still do this and whenever I was really sad or angry or just you know really intense feelings as a teenager I would crush bath bombs and my friends would always give me bath bombs you know I was taking baths but I would

go in my bathroom like after my parents were asleep and I would just like crush them like with my bare hands. And it was actually really nice. It released a lot of stress. You'd be surprised, but yeah. Wow. I like that. Crushing bath bombs. But not actually taking a bath with them.

Well, you could get a two for one. Crush it and let it crumble into the water. Yeah, and then, I mean, the double stress relief. What do you do when you're angry, physically? When I'm angry. I mean, when I'm angry, I mean, I have taken a walk. I've definitely inadvertently sent Christy on a few walks. Christy goes on walks when I perturb her.

You curse when you get upset. I curse when I get upset. I curse when I get upset, yeah. But- When I was a kid, my mom told me to go punch a pillow, which I actually did. There's no satisfaction. This is what I was getting at.

There's no satisfaction in punching a pillow. You remember in my room when you walked into my room and there was that hole in the wall. Yeah. And it was exactly the diameter of my heel. That's because I got mad at my brother one time and I kicked the wall with my heel and he goes, my heel, boom, got a high arch.

It goes right through. It was that way until- It was like a donkey kick. It was a side, no, it was sideways. Oh, like a Bruce Lee? It was a side kick. Oh. And you also kicked the bleachers

when you were playing basketball as a teen and broke your toe. And I will say- You were a kicker. I'm also a puncher, but not a closed fist puncher because I care about my hands. I'm gonna be honest with you guys. I'm gonna be vulnerable here. Last week, I was in my own bathroom

and I was going in and out of the closet. Now, I'm a tall man and I hit my head on door. I would hit my head on more door frames. If they're not regulation, if they're not six foot eight, I hit my head on them sometimes, but I've actually gotten really good at not hitting my head on things because I subconsciously lower my neck anytime,

lower my head anytime I go through a door frame. But sometimes with an especially short door frame, which for some reason, the frame between my bathroom and my bathroom closet is pretty low. And I normally don't think about this, but I went into the closet, went into the bathroom, then forgot something and did like a pivot where I took one step into the bathroom

and turned back around, bam, hit my head, the crown of my head on the doorframe, the metal doorframe where the thing slides. Oh gosh. And my immediate reaction was to punch it. It was just like- Like a palm heel strike. Palm heel strike to the wall next to the door.

I didn't hit the door because the door is a big mirror. I don't wanna break anything, I don't wanna bleed it. Josh would be proud with the palm. And it was just like, and Jessie was like, in the, like, Jessie was like in the, like Jessie was like 15 feet away and she was like, somebody's got issues or something. I don't know what she said.

No, you just hit your head. But no, but the reason I did it is because I was already mad about something else. And I don't ever remember, you never remember what you're mad about. That's right. So what I'll say is that I've never hit a person in anger with the exception of John Carson and John Ensor.

And one time that was in your defense. You're welcome. Okay. But- I've never hit a person. And that was like almost 40 years ago. But I've never hit a person in anger, but I have hit a house, like a home,

if a wall is part of a home. I'm not a striker. I've hit a car. I probably have hit a pole. Okay. They never seem to care. Yeah, I mean, I like crushing a bath bomb. But this-

This is it. The reason that- Just keep them stacked up. The great thing about this- Keep one in your pocket. Punching or kicking sheetrock and giving a little bit gives you a sense of relief. Pillows, they're not fighting back at all. Bath bomb may be the perfect thing because-

It's like plaster. It's like you're destroying it. There's a sense of satisfaction, but nobody's getting hurt except the bath bombs. Here's one. Hey, Ramblings. Yo. So my name's Danielle, and this is going to be a very Gen Z answer.

I did not have survived being a teenager without the block button on social media. That thing was my best friend throughout middle school and high school and I wish there was an in-person version of it. Love you guys, bye. Ooh. Oh yeah, Danielle. The block button. The block button.

I mean, if I had to experience social media as a teen, man, I don't- You wouldn't be here. I don't know.. I don't know. I just don't know. Would have done something too stupid to recover from. I mean, man, the block button. Yeah, having a healthy relationship with a block button

is probably a really good thing. I haven't, I've never blocked anybody. You ever blocked anybody? I've muted. I'm a ever blocked anybody? I've muted. I'm a muter, not a blocker. Okay. Like how much muting have you done? Less than a dozen people in my life.

Okay. So this is not a regular occurrence. The reason, and again, Danielle, if the block button got you through, more power to you. And I know that there's a difference between the blocking and the muting. Yeah. When you kick the wall between you and your brother's room

and he's in there, then you have the added benefit of him knowing that you just put a hole in the wall. But if he's not in there, you just got some anger out. That's the difference between a block and a mute. Well, and also if you're talking about Twitter, I think I'm right about this. If you block someone, they cannot see your tweets and they cannot include, they can't tweet about you.

Like they can't like put you in their tweets. Oh, that's nice. But I know that they can't tweet about you. Like they can't like put you in their tweets. Oh, that's nice. But I know that they can't see your tweets anymore. A mute just means that you can't see anything that they say. So there's a few, like the reason I, again, this is a little bit different probably from for a public figure. Yeah.

But blocking is in one sense, it can be, because they know that it sense, it can be, because they know that it happened, it can be seen as an act- It can be offensive. Like literally an act of offense. Yeah, it is defensive, but it's often interpreted as an act of aggression, even though it's not.

But because people, it can be incendiary, I guess is what I'm saying. And so if you wanna just ignore the fire, you mute. If you want to, you know- The mute is more about your experience only. Yeah, right. And so that's the only reason I haven't blocked anybody. I like what you, it is a good point though.

If you don't want someone, I guess on Twitter, dragging your name into a conversation, then the block is effective with that. For sure. You know, in general, I just want a big up boundaries. Saying, oh, what? You know, you're walking through your life and there's certain types of interactions

that you can control how much people penetrate your boundaries. Sometimes you can't, but when you can, it's good to just take a moment and assess like, what about, you know, where do I draw the line with this relationship on social media or real life? You know, it's just, it's good to say, you know, I am empowered to say, I need to draw the line here or there or wherever it may be.

Agreed. Danielle, let's hit one more. Hey, Rhett and Link, this is Jake from Illinois, and I could not survive my teenage years without school assemblies, quite literally. Because when I was about a freshman or sophomore, we had a school assembly talking about the dangers of getting out of your car when light poles, or telephone poles, rather, fall and you're in your car. Because we had a girl that actually got out of her car when this happened and she's lucky the wires weren't live still because otherwise she would have got electrocuted died but she lived and she along with some other professionals gave a assembly and informed the

students what to do if that was to ever happen to them. Fast forward like two years later, maybe a year later, and me and my friends decided to go storm chasing. And sure enough, the telephone poles that were driving by start falling like dominoes and we get lucky and our car is right in between two that falls. So we're trapped in between two, can't go anywhere. right in between two that fall, so we're trapped in between two, can't go anywhere. And because of the education that we got at this school assembly, we knew to stay in the car and we'd just wait till help got there to help us out.

And it was a wild experience. I was very scared, but hey, I survived my teenage years. I'll never forget that. Wow, Jake. You gotta pay attention to those school assemblies, man. Now Jake needs to have a school assembly where he tells people not to go storm chasing, right? Well, I mean, I don't know.

Cause if, well, the thing about the wires falling on your car is that if you step out, you're creating, you're completing the circuit with the ground and it's gonna go through you. Just trying to get to the ground. Ooh wee. Wow, so I think that's a great way to end this discussion is by reminding people,

if you're in a car with a rogue power line draped over you, don't get out of the car, wait for help to come. Take it from Jake. Do you remember anything from a school assembly? Only thing I remember from a school assembly is that one from the prom. Oh yeah. Where the guy would come in and show off.

Slideshow. Did they still do that? Slideshow of people who were- Intoxicated people. Drunk driving. Who then have been maimed, killed. Good God, there's things I cannot get out of my mind. Yeah. And I gotta say right now, it was effective.

I wasn't about to drive drunk. Because I wasn't even drinking. Especially on a moped. Because I wasn't even drinking, but like, yeah man. Like I think any time I'm faced with the opportunity to drive while intoxicated, which not often. You think about that, that's good. The first thing that comes to mind is,

this is really stupid, don't do this. And the second thing is, that daggum school assembly in 1996 before the prom. I'm gonna give a rec, but first I just wanna give a teaser to next week's Ear Biscuit. Rhett's gonna, how do I put this? There's gonna be a big episode next week. Teaser.

Where Rhett's gonna unleash some news that, you know, honestly, I think it'd be good for us to process it together. Okay. So be sure to come back next week. And I will say that week for some news. I won't be, this won't be breaking the seal if you follow me on social media.

Right, so. You probably already know about this. You probably already know about it right now, actually. If you know about his project. Yeah, but we're gonna talk all about that. His personal project. Why it's happening. It's a personal project. We're going to all the details next week here on Ear Biscuits.

Hashtag Ear Biscuits lesson, let us know what's going on. I'll leave you with a wreck. You wrecked this to me, you may have wrecked it on the podcast. I think I did, but I can't remember. I have to wreck this, because I finally got around to watching it a few nights ago,

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He's an eclectic creator of art. And it's just a fun podcast to just like be introduced to Wayne White. Podcast? I said podcast. I'm just a podcast owner. It's not a podcast. It's a documentary. Yeah, it's just like an hour and a podcast. I'm just a podcast owner. It's not a podcast. It's a documentary. Yeah, it's just like an hour, an hour and a half.

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