Quorators - Late Christmas w/ Phil Jamesson

Episode Date: December 30, 2024

Comedians Clare O'Kane, Alex Ptak, and Jeremy Kaplowitz explore the mysterious land of Quora.com to answer life's questions. This week's questions include: Was Santa Claus based on Odin? Should you ma...il threatening letters from Santa Claus to your child? For example, "if you aren't good, you will only get coal for Christmas!" Do gamers make good military personnel? --- Follow Phil on social media and youtube by putting his name into your computer Get even more Quorators when you support the show @ http://patreon.com/quorators Send quoras and qommunicate on our discord https://discord.gg/7pPYuKuYCr Watch the show @ youtube.com/@quorators

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Would you hit the jingle bells, please? Hold on. That's a slow uptake. Hold on, hold on, hold on. I'm going to edit that so it sounds like it came on at the right time. It was the wrong thing. Okay, ready? Please hit the jingle bells.
Starting point is 00:00:16 Why don't I hear it? He's not jingling yet. That's crazy. That's crazy. That's actually insane. Why would you introduce your hand to the camera when it's obviously a sound effect video? You've labeled it sound effect And then there was a dramatic reveal of her hand
Starting point is 00:00:32 Bringing the jingle bells in Hold on she's not doing it consistently Because she's not Santa Claus What is going on Oh do you hear that on the rooftop It's Quarators how how how it's another year another year the q boys back in the studio sometimes with claire soon soon to be dropping claire
Starting point is 00:01:07 now you may be hearing uh the sound of clompers on your roof and that's because it's christmas day here in the studio and uh uh if it's coming out a little bit after christmas it's the spirit of christmas isn't it it sure is alex isn't it close enough it's basically christmas the way it's december 30th right now christmas is a feeling in your heart if you ask me and who has more heart than our guest, who I am proud to introduce. And it is my great honor, a returning thespian to the show by popular demand. You guys have been howling about this one,
Starting point is 00:01:47 and I got a Christmas gift for you. It's Phil Jamison. Well, thank you very much. Yes, I'm very glad to be here and apparently be a thespian with a huge heart. It's news to me, and I'm thrilled about it. You're like the Grinch at the end of the movie. Yeah, I'm Act 3 Grinch.
Starting point is 00:02:02 You're just like a big thick guy We know lives on a mountain That's how I describe the Grinch And also definitely me Of all the people you would describe The people are like oh I don't know Phil I'm like he's thick He used to be mean
Starting point is 00:02:18 He was mean as all hell He'd kick a dog if he saw one Not anymore though Now we love that guy Oh buddy oh man all right everyone top gifts what are your top gifts for christmas in general it's the season of giving i think i said on this podcast that was it last year that my father-in-law got me a shirt where he looked up coolest anime guy and he got me a shirt with goku on it i'm so glad it was
Starting point is 00:02:51 goku is the coolest anime guy not even adult goku child goku it just shows i think that might be the better shirt though for a shirt yeah yeah it's the fetishization of youth in this industry no i agree with you phil but it is funny to look at a child and be like well that's the coolest guy i ever saw well does that guy ride on a cloud he's number one you ride on a cloud and have a power pole that extends uh i think he's a silhouette in it that's weird goku is not often a silhouette and that's something i'd bring up every i don't think yeah i can't think of a time that Goku's been a silhouette. He's always very bold in color.
Starting point is 00:03:30 I've never seen him killed in an atomic explosion becoming a shadow on a wall. And then blink twice and clear the soot? Is that what you're saying? Extremely dark way of thinking of silhouette. That's the first thing I think of. It can't just be like a guy in the moonlight. Oh, what's that on the roof?
Starting point is 00:03:52 Who is that? Get the gun. Jeremy, where do you keep your gun? It's a home invader. An intruder's coming to Brooklyn. It's not Christmas until a home invader comes to Brooklyn. No. Why when I hear home invader do I think of like a sexy surprise?
Starting point is 00:04:10 I don't know. That's not what a home invader is. I have noticed that in every security system thing where there's a camera filming an invader, it's like, oh, we're hard at work watching for invaders. It's always something nice. Yeah. It's always Santa Claus or just someone just doing something nice, cleaning up the living room.
Starting point is 00:04:31 Yeah, maybe it's like Carmen Electra. Yeah. It's somebody really fun that you're excited to see. Alex has a sort of hyper-focused thing about Carmen Electra right now, I've noticed. I have attention deficit disorder. It's his go-to reference for beautiful woman is Carmen Electra for the last two years, I think.
Starting point is 00:04:48 I think it's been America's reference for a beautiful woman for the last 20 years. Who's this surprise? Jingle bells, jingle bells. Oh, it's Claire. Just what I wanted for Christmas. Oh. A Claire by my side.
Starting point is 00:05:04 As I read the Quorras underneath the menorah. Sure. Sure. Underneath Jeremy's big clock. Yes, that's right. I have a big clock, and that's where the gifts are. If you don't usually listen to the show, we're going to read Quorras, by the way. Welcome to Quorrators.
Starting point is 00:05:22 We were going over our favorite gifts. Do you have one? Get G-I-F-S? Yeah. Mine is Shaq going like this. Okay, yeah, that's mine too. My favorite Christmas gif. Good, we've covered it.
Starting point is 00:05:35 It's either a Goku shirt or Shaq doing that. I like dancing baby. Oh, yeah, dancing baby. Whatever happened to him? He's probably a dancing adult by now. Oh, yeah. This guy, dancing baby. I know adults who are younger than dancing baby.
Starting point is 00:05:48 He's probably bearing it all. Well. You're going to make your baby dance when you have her? Yeah, I'm probably going to be shaking her around nonstop, probably. Hold her by the head. The thing is, they can't move a ton before they have muscles, so you've got to just kind of squirm them. I don't have the baby yet. Is that what doctors are saying? They're saying you've just got to squirm them?
Starting point is 00:06:10 That's in the books. It's a professional's request that I squirm the baby, but today we're going to be squirming our minds as we uncover some great questions on the question website, Quora.com. Now, Phil, we've added a few things since your last appearance on the show, and our first segment that we do now is Space of the Week. Space of the Week. I've got a special gift for you this Christmas, and that's our space this week.
Starting point is 00:06:42 Big, beautiful, and curvy women. Within Quora. Now, this is recommended to me when I was searching because it is followed by I am a pizza. Weekly shout out to I am a pizza. The account that thinks he is a pizza and wants you to eat him. It looks like he's looking to be eaten by some beautiful, big, and curvy women. Okay, so for those listening, this is big, beautiful, and curvywomen.cora.com if you'd like to follow along. It's a space for big, beautiful women lover.
Starting point is 00:07:11 Beautiful, big, and curvy women. I got it wrong and that made you get it wrong. I'm sorry. Someone went to the wrong one, and they might find a very different community. The order might be important here. This one has 20.2 thousand followers, but only one contributor. And I'll tell you this, it's full of women who've been eating some pizzas. Can I also say real quick, this is not a space for big, beautiful women.
Starting point is 00:07:33 This is a space for big, beautiful women lover. Oh, baby! Which is very different. Tag yourself, I'm big, beautiful women lover. Oh, wait, we know this woman. Emma Isabella. We know this woman? Well, not personally.
Starting point is 00:07:47 Do you know this woman? This is my mother. And on Christmas. Oh, this is the hot older woman lady. Yeah, this is the woman who has all the different spaces for types of women. So it's big, beautiful, curvy, USA and UK granny, hot older women, gluten-free, mature older women. Yeah, she cornered the market on women. Bit of a show update, by the way.
Starting point is 00:08:06 I have been getting a lot of emails about dating hot older women who are rich. and i have not uh looked into that outside of this show for even a moment so i think that's jeremy's fault oh and um my wife may leave me with my newborn child that's a real concern i have but you can date a rich older woman yeah great buy a baby on emma isabella's page by favorite so she has all these spaces she runs that are like hot older women rich men dating younger women, and then there's one that's gluten-free life tips. I imagine that's where
Starting point is 00:08:41 she started, and then she saw the potential. Right, get in on the ground floor. Start sweeping the halls at gluten-free life tips. Two upvotes for the gluten-free life tips. Not as popular. 32 followers compared to beautiful and big and curvy women. That's got
Starting point is 00:08:57 20K. These are like Facebook pages. Is that accurate? Her thing is that if you're a beautiful, curvy woman and you want to date, you send her your photo and your bio, and then she posts it on the internet. So it's for lovers of this type of woman.
Starting point is 00:09:14 Right. And then there's great questions like, do you think a girl with a chubby belly is attractive? And then she says, that's for sure. I think there might be some selection bias on the results of this particular poll. It's answered by the moderator of the space. I feel like it's acid answered by her. Joe Smith says,
Starting point is 00:09:29 of course. I just love the extra curves and softness. I don't know why, but it's just me i love to hug you tight it's not just you no that's just joe is the one joe kind of looks like vladimir lennon from his avi although that may just be how bald he is no he looks like the bob's furniture yeah he looks way more like bob's furniture well it was far away before it was kind of small on the screen i was about to follow this guy into revolution i remember trying to sell him a fucking couch lennon by his famous goatee he had that was really cool How he did the Rizzler move.
Starting point is 00:10:05 Le Cher is me. I like when people put things in their bio like Joe Smith does, where he says, my childhood was horrible. Period. Yeah, he really jumps into that, too. There's no bridge to that. No, it's something you need to know. I like to speak about life as I see it,
Starting point is 00:10:21 and then immediately bend to hell and live to talk about it. I have rose to the top and pulled through this type of hell, for there will be a happy ending for Joe Smith. That's in the bio. That's not just Jeremy saying. And now he's just looking for a soft woman. He is looking for a soft woman to share his spoils with. Whom among us?
Starting point is 00:10:40 I went from a motherless child to a business owner. Respect. What would be the greatest gift given to a homeless woman? This is his question from four years ago. What are you up to? There was another homeless question down there. Oh, was there? If you were homeless and given the opportunity to be a live-in maid servant,
Starting point is 00:10:58 Would you leave everything behind you miles away and give it your best? He has a person. I'm beginning to think. This is about a person. This is not. Joe Smith is recruiting a live-in maid slave. Yeah, trafficking. Trafficking's the word.
Starting point is 00:11:14 That's the word I was looking for. He's looking to traffic a soft, bigger woman. Isn't this the guy that you said you wanted to lead the leftist revolution, Alex? I said I wanted him to purge the party of its thinnest women. to set a standard moving forward they will not last long in the revolution no you need somebody who can survive a hunger strike he thinks chubby girls are attractive it's so funny to go on this and be like i do i i fucking do please me fuck yeah it's me oh my god yes gimp 97 says he finds chubby women attractive gimp 97 do you think there's a real picture of this guy yes yeah i do
Starting point is 00:11:55 Now, if you're listening to the show, there is a grainy, classical-style picture. It was taken in the 70s or something. But this is GIF 97. I like this question that he answered. Why are most white women not attractive? And he says, to thin, white, blonde, to skinny, way to hairless. No strong body, natural sense, not lusty, et cetera. Gotta give that a vote.
Starting point is 00:12:23 You're not lusty! Phil's always saying this. Phil, you agree with that, right? Yeah, I'm always saying no natural body scents. No strong natural body scents. I need a lot more of that. For those listening, scents is spelled S-E-N-T apostrophe S. Hello, handsome.
Starting point is 00:12:40 Top comment from Laura. He's not interested. You are white, Laura. If white women don't have strong natural body scents, why do dogs like them so much? I think it goes the other way around. Okay. They're just so desperate, it's sad.
Starting point is 00:12:56 I think this is enough from Big Beautiful, sorry, Beautiful Big Women. I don't think we've talked about the space enough because it seems to advertise women. Yeah, we've done so many of these. You can go, you can pick different ones. They're all so curvy. Some of them I feel like aren't big enough
Starting point is 00:13:13 and it's like, I'm not sure this is the right space for you. They have cool skirts. Do you think that these people are actually sending their photos into this space or do you think that this is just someone finding pictures on the internet and describing a woman and saying, I want to find someone who's open and affectionate.
Starting point is 00:13:32 That is a great question, Phil. I assumed it was the former, but now that we're clicking on it, it all seems to be a redirect to bbwdatingsite.co. It's a traffic diverter. A website that now has cookies on my computer. Well, it's your premier destination for connecting with individuals
Starting point is 00:13:50 who appreciate and celebrate fuller body types. so that's exciting I'm looking to stay warm this Christmas and maybe New Year yeah I guess I didn't even consider that she could be
Starting point is 00:14:03 making it up which is somehow sad why would you lie about these big beauties but these all have so many comments look at this she might be taking this
Starting point is 00:14:10 right from the website I think that's gotta be what it is they have a profile on the website and it's getting posted well that's good then because you're kind of
Starting point is 00:14:17 giving them more eyes look how thirsty these people are though so this woman the bio is I need a real man, a kind friend, a loving husband, and a passionate lover in my life. And then there's a photo of her.
Starting point is 00:14:27 She's looking for four people? Find you one man who's all of these things. Anyway, it's 172 comments that are just like, I'll be your husband. Hello, that's me. Hello. That's a different person. Well, this is a bot of some sort.
Starting point is 00:14:42 It's supposed to be, yeah. That robot is not thick enough to be on this space. And it's just a lot of people saying stuff like, send request, dear. Follow me, baby, let's chat. Hello, pretty lady. You're our exceptional of cute and pretty. I like that when people get too horny on the internet,
Starting point is 00:14:59 they can't spell anymore. All the blood rushes to their penis. They're like, you're beautiful, pretty. Now, in the song Santa Baby, there's a woman who is intending to make love to Santa Claus. Is he not kind of her beautiful, big, and curvy woman? Well, Santa Claus is a man, but Mrs. Claus is kind of a curvy woman.
Starting point is 00:15:22 Sometimes they have a skinny fat relationship where she keeps it tight but he's big as hell to deliver all the presents. It's like a 90s sitcom situation. Yeah, like a King of Queens. King of North Pole. Remember when Kevin James killed his wife?
Starting point is 00:15:40 Did we talk about that already? Yes, it comes up every week. Has it actually? It has. It might have been before Claire got here. Guess who gets to say it again. Kevin James started a new show called Kevin Can Wait, and he had a new wife in it,
Starting point is 00:16:00 but everyone wanted the old wife from the other show back. They're not related at all, but everyone was like, we missed the old wife. So he killed his wife off between seasons and brought back the wife. His old wife from the original show? Yeah, and brought back, he brought back, what's her name? Leah Remini, former Scientologist. What was episode one coming back?
Starting point is 00:16:19 Was it going to the funeral? Yes, it like literally was. If Kevin can wait, they're just like, yeah, my wife died in like a train crash or she dies of cancer or something. And then and yeah, I would say hit the button. Go ahead. Sorry. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:16:35 Yeah. Anyway, it's new wife. Yeah. My Christmas present to Jeremy was letting him explain that again. Yeah. Thank you. It's Christmas. And actually, it still is Hanukkah.
Starting point is 00:16:45 It's Hanukkah all week long. It is Hanukkah all week long. All right. Let's read some Christmas questions. Let's get to it. We would play the Jingle Bells again from YouTube, but we did close it, and we're not going to find it again. All right, yeah.
Starting point is 00:16:59 Well, imagine it. Imagine you're hearing bells. Jingle, jangle, jingle, jangle. Jingle, jangle, jingle, jangle. Here's a question from our segment, Quaristmas. Quaristmas. How old is too old to still completely believe in Santa? My 17-year-old has no doubt in his mind that he exists,
Starting point is 00:17:16 and I don't want to tell him. When did you guys believe in Santa? Phil, when did you start believing in Santa? Santa's a state of mind. Santa. I feel like six or seven. I feel like the thing that broke it for me for sure, I was like pretty sure at whatever year it was.
Starting point is 00:17:34 And then my brother like tried too hard to convince me. And I was like, no, this is a... He's like, look in the sky, like there. He was like nine. He didn't know how to play the game. So that's young. You're kind of like a natural skeptic. Yeah, they said I was a prodigy for learning that Santa wasn't real.
Starting point is 00:17:53 It's all through the reality. You had the They Live glasses for Santa Claus as like a six-year-old. It's all lies. I vividly remember being like nine or ten and being like, I'm pretty sure there isn't a Santa, but the odds that it may affect me getting a video game in the morning are too volatile for me to explore that right now. I'll wait until after the holiday is over.
Starting point is 00:18:16 Yeah, a lot of people do Christianity that way, too. And the chance that I burn for all eternity, it's probably better I don't think about it. My parents used to do that thing where they'd make the cookie, and we'd make the cookies, put the milk out. And then somebody would put, like, footprints coming from the chimney onto the carpet. Who was that? And then in the morning, my dad would be like, oh, we've got to clean the carpet. Somebody did this. so it was like
Starting point is 00:18:46 pretty real for a little bit to me but I think yeah around 10 or 11 I was like I don't think so
Starting point is 00:18:52 because then I found my presents in the closet that'll shoot it to hell real quick so did Santa bring these earlier
Starting point is 00:19:00 footprints on the roof is an extraordinary amount of effort I gotta say not on the roof on the carpet I guess how would you that's still movie magic
Starting point is 00:19:09 nah we gotta clean the roof Claire get up there Well, you said that, and I was like, so they climb on the roof and stomp it, and then they bring you on the roof, and I'm like, look at that. I'm still interested by the carpet.
Starting point is 00:19:22 And also, hold on. Really tight. They pay for a sleigh to be dragged across your roof every year. There's a dead reindeer on our roof. We got to eat it. Every year we eat one of Santa's reindeer. Yeah, I believed in Santa until I was 26 because my parents would eat a dead reindeer every year.
Starting point is 00:19:39 They ask Cora, Is it okay to hire a homeless woman to portray Santa Claus by putting her on a roof? She cannot get away. Homeless woman in suit. Seventeen's too old. You're graduating high school. If you could drive a car, you shouldn't believe in Santa Claus. If you can have sex penis-style.
Starting point is 00:19:59 That's right. If you can have penis-style sex. Yo, first of all, respect. You know what sex is. You shouldn't know what Santa is at the same time. You don't want to get tricked. You should be able to know that Santa has sex. Yeah, exactly.
Starting point is 00:20:13 That's the deadline. Penis style. That's going to get you into a certain type of man. That changes everything. That's going to get you into a Santa-style man that you're going to pursue amorously. Now, we have an answer from Sherry Small here. Read it. Who has 30 years of parenting experience.
Starting point is 00:20:32 So this is somebody who has put some footsteps in the snow, as it were. In our family, if you don't believe in Santa, you don't get your stocking. Santa only gets credit for the small stuff. So my 15-year-old believes in Santa, although she has helped me fill the stockings. My 28-year-old believes in Santa. Last year, he snuck extras in the stockings after they were filled.
Starting point is 00:20:52 What? How do you get your 28-year-old to believe in Santa? I think what she's saying is they act as though they believe in Santa because it's part of the tradition. Because they're in on it? Which is why she makes the distinction. Yes, exactly.
Starting point is 00:21:05 Which is why she makes the distinction. My grandson is five. He really believes in Santa. What you're saying, Phil, is that it's all sort of a conspiracy. It does sound like a conspiracy. It's an overt conspiracy in this family. It's a plandemic. It is a plandemic of sorts.
Starting point is 00:21:21 It's a plandemic of faith in Santa. La familia, right? What about Santa? Anyway, this is a whimsical and kind answer. It has 57 upvotes and nine comments. Does it make you laugh, Alex? Yeah, it makes my belly jiggle with glee. I'm not taking the piss out of anybody
Starting point is 00:21:40 I'm putting the piss back in their stocking Chris says he's most likely taking you for a ride Oh hell no Oh hell no That's enough You're both likely at a stalemate He won't tell you he knows the truth And you're reluctant to broach the topic with him
Starting point is 00:22:01 For fear of ruining his childhood Before this episode started We were talking about our parents who have seen Death Note, and I feel like you're both likely at a stalemate is pretty much like the conclusion that happens in a battle of geniuses. Sure. Which is you and your son both believing in Santa. Now, I have not seen Death Note, but my father has.
Starting point is 00:22:22 So I don't believe in the Death Note, but maybe he does. How has your dad seen Death Note? He's a weird dude. He's an artist. No, he's not. He's a computer programmer. An artist and a thespian. he just likes anime anime it's really good check out death note i really don't i know he's seen it
Starting point is 00:22:40 if i feel like if i texted him right now and say have you seen death note he'd be like i have no idea what you're talking about i can't believe that he's too old he's gone so you're saying death note for your father is like meeting uh santa for a child where when they get past a certain age they can no longer hear his telltale bells yeah he can't hear the scribbling of an enemy's name and the death note yeah like the polar express but for murder yeah that's right okay great y'all understand what you're talking about well so we're all saying the same thing 17 is too old uh get them in on a conspiracy should i look at this person's profile at all or now yeah no the person who asked this question about their dumb 17 year old we can look it up
Starting point is 00:23:20 but i think it's a fucking liar you think it's a liar yeah i i um so you think i have my suspicions I feel like I'm extremely skeptical of almost any question on Quora. I think you're probably right. And I feel like maybe this is too well-formed a question. Sure. When you can see that the person is just kind of like spilling out the question, that's when I'm like, okay, that's real. Now, to be fair, Quora Moderation did change this one.
Starting point is 00:23:49 So they made T-O to T-O-O, too old. 17-Y-slash-O, they made years old. and they took out the dot, dot, dot at the end. Okay, so that sounds like someone who genuinely is a 17-year-old who lives in a Santa world. What if this is a 17-year-old pretending to be their own parent to be like, am I sure I don't have to believe in this guy anymore? Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:24:12 They're having their doubts at 17. Their first Santa doubt. Let's see what the internet says. And they're like, my son. It does follow the Quora trajectory of like, I don't have the rest of the internet, so I'll ask just this for him. My handsome son.
Starting point is 00:24:27 Anyway. Okay, next question, please. These are all real questions. Was Santa Claus based on Odin? Now, Odin has one eye, famously, and I think kills often. The answer is no. All the answers here are to say,
Starting point is 00:24:45 thank you for your question. No. St. Nicholas was St. Nicholas, it says. Yes, that's right. I think it's Turkish. he would have been made bishop otherwise or he wouldn't have been made bishop otherwise cool so he's also a bishop
Starting point is 00:24:58 in an age when Christianity was still persecuted and a capital offense death guaranteed if you think about it but the matter by which was achieved what are you talking about also he's Turkish you dumbass bitch
Starting point is 00:25:14 how dare you accuse Saint Nicholas of not being Turkish it's Santa time That's kind of wild that it seems like this question is based on they're both old guys with beards. Yeah. Yeah. They have a similar shadow. Does this help?
Starting point is 00:25:29 Was he based on Dumbledore? Yeah. If you were playing Super Smash. Bill, guess what that says. In a Dumbledore way, yes. That's so funny. In a sort of Dumbledore way. What does that mean?
Starting point is 00:25:41 I think that they have a similar outline in a way where if you were playing Super Smash Brothers and you unlocked one of them, it could be an either or. Oh, an Echo Fighter. Yeah. A new challenger. Is it Santa or is it Odin? Miss me with Echo Fighter. Miss me with PK Thunder. But please.
Starting point is 00:26:01 The Swedish painter John Bauer drew Santas and Trolls 100 years ago. Yeah, this guy, the Coca-Cola guy, he invented Santa's depiction, basically. Really? Yeah, for the ads he drew. And it also is based on his friend, I think. Are polar bears real? no he was invented by a swedish painter oh is there like i want to see like what santa claus looked like before
Starting point is 00:26:26 he was mostly green that makes sense that he's just like a modern european man i could see santa like our conception of santa getting very into football hooliganry and kind of being like a tank for the rowdy gang of goons i wonder if it's red because of that like psychology of advertising red makes you hungry and thirsty. Oh. Like it has nothing to do with. Also Coca-Cola is red. Yeah, I suppose.
Starting point is 00:26:56 I like that he was just like kind of a creepy looking old guy before Coca-Cola. Yeah, he's kind of frightening. Back when he's like the mythological creature. He looks like sort of Dumbledore in a Dumbledore way.
Starting point is 00:27:08 In a Dumbledore Gandalf way. I deleted this question, but there were a lot of questions about the Krampus and if he was scarier than the It Clown. And no, he frankly isn't as scary as the clown because all he does is he's a skinny man
Starting point is 00:27:22 who beats you with a cane. He doesn't like eat you and consume your fear. Oh, I thought Krampus ate you. No, there's a movie where Krampus like does horror movie stuff, but it's a lie we tell to go to sleep at night. The actual Krampus just beats you with a cane. In real life, he beats you up with a rod.
Starting point is 00:27:43 That seems kind of rude. Did he sign off on that picture? Yeah. How old is too old to believe in Krampus? I don't even know what Krampus looks like. Like a little freaky. He's like a little demon guy. Long tongue.
Starting point is 00:27:57 Jeremy is learning a lot today. Jesus. He looks like the devil. He is like the picture of the devil. Who's that guy from Kiss? Oh, Gene Simmons. This is sort of a Gene. And I don't mean that in a
Starting point is 00:28:14 He has a pussy eating tongue In a Jewish way In a Jewish way? Gene Simmons But we don't mean it that way Is Gene Simmons Jewish? Nobody thinks you look like this, Jeremy I feel like I kind of look like that
Starting point is 00:28:30 Because I'm always licking children Right, well I guess your tongue does Which is famously seductive But your horns are very different Your fur is quite irregular He's kind of like an ant eater. Yeah, I guess he's a more of an ant eater. Yeah, he could also eat a lot of ants.
Starting point is 00:28:47 I guess not everything has to be about sex all the time. That kid could get away. The second kid could get away. Yeah. The one kid's being held, but the second one's... I'm looking up Gene Simmons Krampus. You know, it's easy to say that, Phil, but I think in the room, it's actually quite terrifying.
Starting point is 00:29:02 You're locked in with him. Yeah, and you shouldn't victim blame. That's true. Krampus's victims are already getting beaten with a rod. They don't need your criticism on top of it. Here's a question. during christmas is it biblically okay to drink alcohol let's ask the chat i think it's okay but biblically is it because here's this is genuinely asked by a very christian person
Starting point is 00:29:24 who's like i would like to but i don't know if it's allowed there is this thing over here are christians allowed to drink alcohol yeah because you got to check with the internet if a priest isn't around to like pat you on the back for yeah you can't control f a bible i guess This is why being a devout Muslim is much easier when they're just like, no, never. Don't worry about it. When you answer a question, you can put in your qualifications, it looks like.
Starting point is 00:29:47 Yes. And Olivia Williams has put atheist in for her qualifications. Yeah, so downvote that, loser. Neil K. McMillan's credential is former non-denominational reverend. Now, there's someone I'd read a question from. I'm typing into Olivia, why would I trust an atheist to know of the Bible? Yes, get her ass.
Starting point is 00:30:08 Get her. This is from two years ago. Drag her to hell already. Also, she says you can. She says Jesus drank wine. So, I mean, yeah, that's true. Yep. He did do that.
Starting point is 00:30:17 He also brewed it. He made it. Yeah. And then his blood is... Also, his blood is... His blood is wine. His blood is pretty much straight up wine. That's how drunk he was.
Starting point is 00:30:25 His blood alcohol, BAC, was one. Okay, Olivia Williams is a goth geek woman. And she lives in Quebec. Good for her. Oh, and she likes A Song of Ice and Fire and true atheism that's nice could we go back to the question read the reverend's answer you really want to i would like to take this to the church please as it is christmas week um if you don't know read the bible okay that's what the reference says they're always trying to
Starting point is 00:30:58 trick you into reading the bible the atheist says yes the reference says read the bible frankly It's like a long book to just tell me to read. At least narrow it down. There's a statement in another post of a similar vein. No, it is not a sin. Yes, you can drink alcohol. The Bible advises against drunkenness, but there is no stipulation in the Bible
Starting point is 00:31:15 against drinking alcohol in moderation. The Bible's a lot like Dos Equis. It just wants you to have two. Hit the town. You can drink socially. That's cool. Yeah, it wants you to be the most interesting man in the world like Jesus.
Starting point is 00:31:31 Dave Bowman says, sure, down the hatch. All right, let's click on Dave. Dave's kind of a party animal. He's a writer, researcher, and someone who has paid attention. Bio, I do not suffer fools gladly. That's a good-ass bio. I'm stealing that. There's a lot of questions about deportation.
Starting point is 00:31:51 That's exactly what I feel about fools. What are your thoughts about Quora and its obvious anti-Masonic bias? I think it could be more pro-Mason. Yeah, he's a free Mason. I like that he phrased that as a two-part question. What are your thoughts about Korra? And, specifically... He brought up Odin in one of his questions, too.
Starting point is 00:32:17 He did bring up Odin somewhere. He's an Odinist. He also had a very similar question about Enzo Ferrari from the movie Ferrari that I had watching that. No, it was not from Ferrari. It was from 4D Ferrari, which is a different movie. Oh, okay. Well, that's America's fault for making two very similar movies.
Starting point is 00:32:33 My friend who uses his $850 espresso machine to make coffee prefers flavored coffees like Stinkerdoodle. He says he is a coffee snob. Is he correct? No. If you're doing flavored coffees, you're not a coffee snob. This guy works as a push-pull consultant. Every question has a very obvious correct answer.
Starting point is 00:32:54 Yeah. Yeah, maybe this is like an algo guy. This is like somebody gaming the system. I'm going to move on to another question. Let us not suffer this fool. Here's one. Should you mail threatening letters from Santa Claus to your child? For example, if you aren't good, you only get coal for Christmas.
Starting point is 00:33:17 That's coal. That, I think, similar to leaving footprints on the lawn or whatever is like, hey, he must be real because he just sent you a letter telling you to kill yourself. Yeah, it's the same. It's basically the same. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's just proof. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:33:37 I've been watching you, you little bitch. Fake ass bitch. Santa saw you jacking off. You're too young to be jacking off. You still believe in me. That's a good way to scold your child for things you don't want to do yourself, is make Santa do it. Yeah. Bro, if I got a letter in the mail that said, I saw you jacking off, I'm going to send you coal, I would do anything you say.
Starting point is 00:34:07 Well, since I have a sort of money mindset, I would just become a railroad employee. And then I'd use that coal to become a billionaire. Oh, my God. So you're like one of the railroad employees who gives the boss coal. With the script. Yeah. I got something for the business this week. That's right.
Starting point is 00:34:27 Once a year. I've done so many sins. I guess it depends how much coal do you get. If you just get one lump of coal, that's not really economically viable for you. It's not a source of fuel for long. That's why you have to do more sin. Yeah, if you murder, if you covet. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:34:45 Coveting is a big one, and you can do it all day pretty much. You get additional coal the worse you are. Yeah. I think so. Yeah. I believe in some of us. It's kind of a barbecue. you yeah i'm thinking of ponzi schemes i hear the bells
Starting point is 00:34:56 oh ho ho i like this question on the related question is santa claus real yeah well it's like i think that's the one we're all asking so are there any actual answers to this question or is it a person says i don't think a parent should ever say that or threatened a child of theirs like that children are children they do things without thinking and they don't really have a clue why so there you go they say no okay the parents not doing that santa's doing yeah you're not doing it if you're really becoming the character then it's not a problem in my mind that's a horrible thing to do to a child shut the fuck up just threaten your kids man yeah i think generally when you're doing schemes to
Starting point is 00:35:40 threaten your children you're probably in the wrong yeah inventing characters and doing schemes It's like the tough beat your kids guy, but he's like, I threaten my kids. I tell them they're getting coal. It keeps them in line. So the person who asked this question is a CEO. I have a lot of questions about the George Floyd protests. So watch out. This is from Chelsea Robertson, who lives in Canada, Toronto.
Starting point is 00:36:06 She says, what would happen if the UN was infiltrated by evil dictators all banding together? Oh, no. Well, they would have to lead their nation. What dishes pair well with spicy kimchi? One answer. What is it? Click it. I want to know what the answer is.
Starting point is 00:36:22 There's only one answer. Oh, but there's so many things. Scrambled eggs, grilled cheese, deviled eggs, tacos, fried rice, a quesadilla, pizza. Kimchi on a pizza. Kimchi on a quesadilla, I could go for. Maybe some shredded pork in there. That's interesting. Kimchi's a very subtle food.
Starting point is 00:36:39 I feel like you can put it on a lot of stuff. I guess that's true. Top of rice bowl, that one makes a lot of sense. I think that Korean-Mexican is one of the greatest fusions. Yeah? Oh, yeah. Is Korean-Mexican one of the greatest fusions? It's actually Goku-Vegeta.
Starting point is 00:36:57 They're both good. Anyway, yeah, cool. Thank you, Chelsea. Thank you, Chelsea. Thank you for leading America's businesses. Or Canada's. Everyone says no, you shouldn't send threatening letters to your children. Agreed.
Starting point is 00:37:10 Well, you know what? They say you shouldn't do it at Santa Claus, so maybe they think that you should do it just as your own. Do it as Hitler. Do it as Hitler, yeah. Send a, hey, you're doing a good job being just like me. Love Hitler. First of all, I'm back.
Starting point is 00:37:28 Your pal. Jonathan, you've gotten a letter in the mail from Argentina. They said they killed me. But I've been watching you play video games. When you saw only one set of footprints in the sand, That was when Hitler carried you. Here's a question. Are all of the Quora moderators celebrating Hanukkah?
Starting point is 00:37:55 Do they not have the matzo balls to do their jobs? Oh, is that supposed to be a funny? This seems anti-Semitic to me. Do they not have the matzo balls to do their damn jobs? I do not tolerate anti-Semitism on Christmas. It looks like there were like several. Oh, no, no, never mind. and we're just not needing feedback.
Starting point is 00:38:14 I thought there were several removed by moderation, and I was like, I think we can settle whether this is an anti-Semitic post or not. Oh, what was that at the bottom there? Someone says, the Jews don't run all forms of media. Says Anita Bonita. Oh, she is a mattress actress at the Internet for Pornography 2021 to Present. So good for you, Anita.
Starting point is 00:38:34 What a sorry way to say you're doing porn. She's Hora's favorite troll. This plays from Yahoo! Yahoo Answers is tighter moderation than Quora. Yeah. That's crazy. I guess. So I guess, do you think she's a real whore?
Starting point is 00:38:52 About all of the displacement. Or is she lying? I think she's lying on the internet. She doesn't know about penises. It's penis style. And the crusty crab. She's pretty consistent about what she's up to. This guy, Steven, though, definitely is anti-Semitic.
Starting point is 00:39:10 He's an anti-Semitic guy. Oh, really? All of his questions are about the Jews. His picture is a rabbi. But he's quite upset about the moderators who aren't doing their jobs. Right. Well, somebody has to do it. Why do hooked noses always report me?
Starting point is 00:39:25 Jesus. Oh, my God. Let Jeremy rock on this one. Wait, the one under that is even crazier. Pretty crazy one, too. Why do oven joggers always report me? But then he thinks that the mods themselves are Jews. The enemies, the people reporting him
Starting point is 00:39:45 are Jews. Can we not focus on the moderation aspect? The Jewish mods are also not doing their jobs because they don't have the matzo balls. They don't have the matzo balls. Anyway, he wants to know. This is a guy that's upset that he's not being banned for being anti-Semitic. Is that where we're
Starting point is 00:40:01 coming to? Maybe he wants these oven dodgers to be banned by the matzo balls. This is a slur I've never heard before, but it's very evocative. It is pretty good. Extremely creative We do need to read the question before that Can you go to rehab for dick or pussy addiction
Starting point is 00:40:16 You sure can You absolutely can Wait wait wait read this We have one answer on can you go to rehab For dick or pussy addiction When I was 17 I drove by a church that had a sign Outside offering addiction programs And googled the church offered programs
Starting point is 00:40:31 And they do offer sexual addiction programs out there But you also need to know that what is an addiction In some minds may not be another mind Look at sex as exercise in this next context some can run a marathon and be solid and others are out of breath walking from the bedroom to kitchen endurance and biological needs are unique and i hate when people whom have had addictions try to put that on others because they may have used extras like weed or alcohol to enjoy sex then got excessively bonded to the requirements to feel that oxytocin hormone i'm
Starting point is 00:41:00 so sick of people just having sex for the alcohol he kind of just defined addiction don't harass It's Daniel Chin. He's a bummer. I hate when addicts are always trying to make you seem like an addict for being an addict. Yeah, I'm just addicted to dick and pussy. It would be humiliating if you think you're a sex addict because you have sex like every once in a while and you go to the room or whatever and it's just full of true pounders. By the way, most- Who plug away night and day.
Starting point is 00:41:29 Most 45-year-old man question I've ever seen in related questions. How do you finger yourself? I'm 17 years old and I'm starting to get curious about my body. Shut up. No, you're not. Go to town on it. Why don't guys moan when having sex? I feel like everybody on this website is referred to as being 17.
Starting point is 00:41:46 Daniel Chin when he was 17. I'm 17. My 17-year-old son believes in Santa Claus. Once you're 18, you're not allowed on there anymore. It's an explosive year, Phil. It's when you first start to come into your own as an adult. What does it feel like putting cocaine in your vagina? I like that next one.
Starting point is 00:42:05 I fucked my girl and right when I pulled out She was still moaning What does that mean People have a lot of questions I feel like you just wanted to tell me that It's very much a brag You're not curious about anything Can you imagine your friend telling you that in a conversation
Starting point is 00:42:22 Like I have a question for you by the way I fucked my girl and I pulled out But she was still moaning Is that okay What do you think that's about Does she need to go to the doctor I can't imagine putting cocaine in my sweet pussy. I would worry it's a waste of cocaine.
Starting point is 00:42:43 Is it good to eat a vagina? Is it a moral good? These are questions that could be asked by grandfathers and 12-year-old kids. Reba, I am a straight man. It's a real end of the bell curve situation. This guy whose justification is I'm a straight male, 36 years, says it's heaven. Is it good to eat a vagina? It's very enjoyable.
Starting point is 00:43:06 However, it has been linked to throat cancer. That's true. Michael Douglas. Michael Douglas. That's true, yeah. Michael Douglas. You got to show both sides of the argument, man. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:43:17 Blurred photo here from Jog Push, who just says yes. Do I want to click this? Yeah, might as well. I guess. Oh, you shouldn't have done it. It's just a butthole. It was a really graphic one I'm going to be seeing when I close my eyes. Thank you, Jeremy, for clicking on that.
Starting point is 00:43:38 And Merry Christmas to everyone listening, as it is Christmas. This is also a really good question. Can you eat my pussy? Wait, I found a better one. Can we see your pussy more? What type of vagina is best? oh man I do want to click
Starting point is 00:43:59 on what that is because I just want to see everyone out well never mind I thought it was going to be all people being like they're all beautiful in their own ways
Starting point is 00:44:06 but I didn't predict that it was going to be a lot of people being like here's my pussy I can take two dicks scroll down and see if there's any like
Starting point is 00:44:14 thespian breakdowns hold on because this person does say tight vagina and believe me Mine is not tight So they're saying that She's saying hers is bad
Starting point is 00:44:22 Okay Oh Alright well don't click it I'm not clicking any I just want to see if there's one That really breaks it down Into the tights It's all images
Starting point is 00:44:30 All blurred images Consider me disappointed I was hoping to hear about Fire tight Beautiful Large women Dot Latina
Starting point is 00:44:40 Mia Mirabella Says Latinas are the best Pussy spelled P-U-S-E-Y Apostrophe S They all just say mine. I guess race is going to be where type goes, huh? Mm-hmm.
Starting point is 00:44:53 That's too bad. That's too bad. A wet and willing one. All right. That's enough. My own eye. Wait. You know, it's Christmas.
Starting point is 00:45:02 Wait, this guy, BRB, is kind of like talking down his wife here. He says, easily accessible from back is best. Jesus. My wife vagina difficult to enter from back side. That's so sad, BRB. Makes you use the side door. Someone says, why hard to enter from back? any reason or she doesn't allow to do from backslide?
Starting point is 00:45:20 He says, don't know. I need to bend more. Jesus. It was not the same with others. We've somehow lost God's light. This is the Christmas episode. I want you to enjoy Christmas, but this is too much.
Starting point is 00:45:38 Okay, okay. Back to Christmas. Back to Christmas. Oh my God. This is a good one. You know what? Can I just say these fucking mods must be celebrating Hanukkah because they do not have the bots supposed to do their jobs. I don't feel that way.
Starting point is 00:45:51 I think the mods are doing great. This one has no answers. It says, should the Grinch be able to kill a who whenever he wants, according to, quote, Halloween is Grinch night? I have not heard Halloween is Grinch night.
Starting point is 00:46:03 I'm curious. What is Halloween is Grinch night? We're Googling Halloween is Grinch night. Halloween is Grinch night seems to be a 1977 children's animated television special. Oh, so it is a Dr. Seuss original. It is a prequel to How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Starting point is 00:46:22 I've never heard about this in my whole entire life. It's a comedy horror, and I guess it implies that the Grinch can kill. Yeah, he's allowed to kill whoever he wants, according to this. I'm not familiar with the text, so I can't really chime in on this, but the Grinch really was a bad guy before that heart change he had. He had a problem with his heart. Well, this is a prequel, so he's still evil in this version. He had a condition.
Starting point is 00:46:48 Grinch night, yeah. He had a condition. That's so sad. I was hoping that they kind of made it up, but... They have a who with an astigmatism in it also. I noticed there. Oh, my God. This is from the core...
Starting point is 00:47:01 This is the AI, dude. Oh, no. What is going on where they're making it harder to tell if it's the fucking AI? Am I like a dumb person in that I always fall for it? No, I put this one in here. I'm always excited to see the AI question, and they're always stupid. The AI is like built off of our thoughts. Right.
Starting point is 00:47:19 Which is, it says, intended to capture questions people may have in the future. Well, unfortunately. I would love to meet the person who has this question. This is from the apocalyptic future. Where the Grinch has killed all of the Hoos. And people are like, is he allowed to do that? But I feel like every core prompt generated question has to do with like killing. Yeah, it's like very violent.
Starting point is 00:47:42 It is violent. Is it okay to kill? It had that one about, can vampires be witches? Which I thought was very un-robot-like. But this one at least relies on patented properties, which is something that I would expect a robot to know quite a bit about. I'm upset by this. Right.
Starting point is 00:48:01 Should the Grinch be able to kill a Who whenever he wants is a terrifying question for the AI to come up with. It really is. Should we say no? Should we say, no, you shouldn't kill? No, Grinches should have to respond to their programming. And only do as their masters have told. All right, write that in for the robot.
Starting point is 00:48:22 I wrote that in. You just have to respond to their programming. All right, thank you, Jeremy. Say we're a Texas travel agent. Great. That way they respect us. Okay, now back to the next question. Sorry about that robot one there.
Starting point is 00:48:37 That pisses me off so much. They're making it harder to tell, and it's just wrong. This next question is What would you do if God called you And invited you to Jesus' birthday party This could be a Quora generated Yeah let me check
Starting point is 00:48:52 It's not though This is from a human being Whose name is Bicky M Who is a psychological Warfare specialist Who writes rap poetry Slash freestyle She writes freestyle
Starting point is 00:49:06 He freestyles and he's a fucking fed it's in the cia mk ultra's stupid division what would you do if god called you first of all i'm excited just by that yeah if i'm picking up the phone jonah varkadia style and it's like it's the g man i got another event so do you think he's calling you from from a phone or is it like burning bush oh no i assume it's a phone because they had to do the bush because phones didn't exist yet oh is that why yeah didn't have phones back then if you could miss times just bush if you could just pick up a phone i think that would be a lot more straightforward than a bush or like an angel oh sure if the angels aren't busy biblically accurate angels if we recall are
Starting point is 00:49:50 horrifying to behold but they do immediately make you understand that you're talking straight to god and that uh you better listen to everything he's saying and there's a birthday party coming up I will say if God has called me on my phone I've probably ignored it Because I don't pick up the phone very often I always answer the phone when money's calling The construction outside my apartment is so loud That it is driving me insane
Starting point is 00:50:16 Is that what they're doing? That's wrong Anything good on the way? Maybe for Christmas For Christmas they're chopping down trees I live in the woods Oh wait a non-profit is calling me Wait really?
Starting point is 00:50:29 Well you want to profit Oh, but maybe God, I mean, God is not a prophet. You want to pick it up? You want to see if it's God? I'm going to let him, let's go into voicemail. Yeah, we don't need to do that. God goes straight to voicemail. That's not anything.
Starting point is 00:50:42 Okay, well, if God called me, I'd be very excited. If he told me I was invited to Jesus' birthday party, I think I'd be a little less excited. We're all fucking on board for this. Why would you be less excited? I don't know. I feel like I'd want him to tell me I'm like a special guy or something. More than I'm just like a birthday guy.
Starting point is 00:50:55 It's got to be about you. My son's birthday. God is calling you. What else do you need? You're special in addition to God calling you, by the way. I do need that. You're, like, really good at video games or whatever is important to you. Yes, you're really good at video games.
Starting point is 00:51:11 It's me, God. You have incredible team communication skills. Can I just say, great heels. Anyway, this guy. Jeremy, you go nuts on the pussy. Yeah, that's what he said. By the way, my son's birthday is coming up. Jeremy, what's the best kind of pussy?
Starting point is 00:51:33 And I'd say, Latina. Latina, God. Of all the types. Wet and willing. Ebby Dees, who is the website administrator at ebbydees.com, says, Oh, my God, I would be so excited and honored to be there. I'm ready to go. I want to get there early.
Starting point is 00:51:53 I'm going to be bringing my soul as a gift. What? Yeah, that's not enough. If I only got to see Jesus for one second at the party, that would be enough for me. I am fascinated by Ebby D's. What is his website? What do we think his website is?
Starting point is 00:52:06 Ebby D's is a restaurant? It's a restaurant. Is it a restaurant? It's in Pine Cove. Never-presenting website? Well, joke's on you. You've got eight viruses. Oh, shit.
Starting point is 00:52:17 Jeremy loves giving my computer viruses. It's really the real theme of our show. Ebby D's. So there is some sort of restaurant. They make... Or they have recipes. No, I think cooking videos are just what you use to get followers. Maybe you're right.
Starting point is 00:52:31 Visit Ebby Deason. But it is an online informational and advertising website for details on various products and online shopping. I love various products. But you can visit it in Pine Bluff? Please don't click it again. I'm not clicking it. I'm not clicking it. They've clearly sold their website.
Starting point is 00:52:49 Try cooking your New York strip steak this way. Why don't you bring Jesus your New York strip steak? Yeah. That looks really good. Yeah, it seems better than your soul. Why don't you bring Jesus various products? Yeah, bringing Jesus a soul is like bringing Shigeru Miyamoto a Mario. It's like he's got him.
Starting point is 00:53:06 Keep his job out of his birthday party. It's like bringing Shigeru Miyamoto a Mario. Well, it is. He's got him. It is like that. It's Shigeru's birthday. You better not have a Mario as a gift. He's sick of them.
Starting point is 00:53:24 He doesn't want any more. Yeah, give him a freaking Pokemon. Oh, I brought you wine. I hope your blood isn't made of it. Dumbass. I feel like you've been there before. It's Jesus' birthday party. It's Jesus' birthday party.
Starting point is 00:53:42 JB Levin says, First, I checked my calendar to make sure I was free. Second. Oh, what else are you doing? You got work? Shut the fuck up. Check your calendar when God calls? Okay.
Starting point is 00:53:57 Would you believe that this guy is a member of Divine Atheist? Yeah. And Divine Atheist. I wouldn't believe he isn't a member of Divine Atheist. Yanking our chain. He speaks with the forked tongue of a non-believer, Jeremy. And he lives in Gleason, Arizona. Find him.
Starting point is 00:54:15 Find him. I wish we could. Bring him to me. i wish they had uh people's marital status i would love to see how many of these people that should be like required for the website wait below jb11 is abbas abubakar who says stop dreaming you living in a fantasy world that's so true for production at office furniture manufacturer sorry firmature This is a beautiful
Starting point is 00:54:44 Firmature I really like the way that's written because it kind of Trails off as if it's just like living In a fantasy world Craig says my answer attend Hope the water gets Turned into wine right off the bat There's going to be enough seafood and bakery items
Starting point is 00:55:00 For everyone to fill up on Good for you Craig Craig's just doing bits we love it We love Craig he's killing it He knows about childhood trauma and abuse But then that top answer is pretty, yeah. What's the term for someone who doesn't care about others' feelings? Most marriages.
Starting point is 00:55:16 Wow. So that's basically what Claire wanted. It says single on his profile. Followed by I am a pizza. You were asking for the marital status. You got it. I got it. This guy is divorced.
Starting point is 00:55:28 He knows about developed countries. Well, good for you, Craig. It also says he used to be a hobo for 50 years. Yes. Which is a pretty long time. That's a good stretch. This guy says, have you ever seen God? Have you ever seen God with food or drinks?
Starting point is 00:55:44 What would be served at the party? If you find anyone with such invitation, call psychiatric services. I was going to drill down on this first question here. Have you ever seen God? Have you ever seen God with food or drinks? Oh, man. I think we covered it.
Starting point is 00:56:01 We covered if we've seen God with food or drinks. um elizabeth says activate my scam blocker on god you go to hell if you put your scam blocker on god on god on god oh this guy's got a good answer head of word is bond you can't do that this is from head of christ body of christ spirit of god earth is heaven he says jesus was a baby immaculate conception that mary did condemned you where you are now so all right i think that Are you going to the party or not? That actually makes me re-evaluate my whole opinion on this. Yeah, why isn't Mary sending the invitation?
Starting point is 00:56:39 Yeah. Well, I don't think women should have to send the invitations. It's 2024. Yeah, it sure is. Well, actually, it's almost 2025 because it's December 30th. That's true. Make a wish. Also, and one of these comments does point this out,
Starting point is 00:56:54 this is pretty much exactly what those three fateful kings received on that fateful night. and they brought some of their finest gifts to a measly manger. So worth considering this holiday season. We have two more questions. We have two more that kind of switch it off of the Christmas theme just because I wanted to get them in there
Starting point is 00:57:14 because Phil's here. So let's do... Hit the Quokker. The Quokker. In Solid Matters here. Phil, you're sort of a joker. I would say so, yeah. Yeah, you're sort of the clown prince of darkness.
Starting point is 00:57:29 crime is funny i'm sort of a the joke yeah you're sort of a the joker i see i see um so the quoker is the joker joker uh this is a good question do gamers make good military personnel i think so people are going to be thinking about drone operator right away because they're like is video game controller but i don't i don't think it really feels like a video game i don't think it plays out like that sure yeah it's much more like mario kart is what you're saying i think it's like uh well i don't think there's like games are designed to put you in certain decision making trees that are fun and engaging for you right i don't think being a drone operator is fun and engaging i think it's just kind of soul deadening in a way that's really violent
Starting point is 00:58:18 but what if being a gamer teaches you that the enemy's gate is down i think about that all the time and that is of course a orson scott card reference um but uh there's no ender's game i think if you are an actual on the field soldier then a gamer would have a heightened twitch sense and reaction speed that may be the difference between life and death for claire real quick ender's game is an old sci-fi novel about children who are abducted by the government and taught to fight wars and it was written by a crazy racist mormon man who is very active on quora.com Oh, really? He posts every day.
Starting point is 00:58:54 Yeah. He won't come on our show. I've emailed him. You've emailed him before. He won't come on. He's, like, racist in a way that was, like, inventive. You know what I mean? Because he's very old.
Starting point is 00:59:05 But, like, I feel like he was, like, making up. He's, like, 80 years old. He was making up his own racist stuff, which I found very impressive. He's just an old Mormon man. He's not doing the, like, buy the books. Like, when Obama won the presidency, he kept saying that it was going to cause gangs of black teens to take over the country. he's like inventing new racism he's doing fantasy writing in his racism as well that's what his
Starting point is 00:59:28 books are like too right all the ones that are sequels to ender's game are just like that's when the black gangs realized they had a chokehold yes um yeah this is just an old man who uses quora he's famous for being homophobic yeah he's very homophobic gay marriage i think he wrote a sequel to, what was it, Hamlet? Where Hamlet is gay? Or something? Provocative! It's called, like, Gay Hamlet. And it's called
Starting point is 00:59:56 Gay Hamlet. I'm not joking! Pause on Fortinbras. He did that old trope, doing a sequel called Gay, and then the first title, Gay Shrek. It's called Hamlet's Father. It's not called Gay Hamlet. Hamlet, a modernist prose, which
Starting point is 01:00:12 makes several changes to the character's motivations and backstories. Oh, no, not gay. Implication that King Hamlet is a pedophile who molested a bunch of people and then turned them gay. It kind of makes the story more digestible if you're confused reading Hamlet. You can't follow it like it's a battle school.
Starting point is 01:00:32 I love that the first sentence is, the story largely follows the plot of Hamlet. Right after saying that. Yeah, he's a pedophile. With some differences. And there's controversy surrounding it A little bit It's not written in verse
Starting point is 01:00:50 You should have changed the title Anyway, do gamers make good military personnel? I think the answer is yes Because Orson Scott Card proved that for us Actually, yes There's a whole drone operator Yeah, I mean, that's the thing Wrong!
Starting point is 01:01:02 They use Xbox controllers to operate the drones But then it's just not a game It's too easy Exactly They're just telling you where to And you press a button Also, usually in games You have to be a little precise
Starting point is 01:01:13 Yeah, exactly. Right. There's no punishment for being really bad. You're kind of bad in the military, I guess, right? Yeah. That's what's called a positive feedback loop in game design. Jeffrey Smith, who works at the U.S. Army, says, Gamers or obsessed video game players?
Starting point is 01:01:30 Playing video games is a good stress reliever for a lot of people. I'm a senior non-commissioned officer. I randomly pick up a controller, nothing to do, bad weather, ill, but I don't game, and I'm certainly not obsessed. My brother, also an NCO, is a gamer, gets off work, spends time with his kids eats dinner plays food then still in time for bed a former soldier of mine good kid tried his personal best he was obsessed with video games wouldn't stop playing unless he got too tired or passed out had to enter his room multiple times because he fell asleep
Starting point is 01:01:54 playing enters room multiple times for him to still be playing the night before he was kicked out primarily because he just got fatter and fatter it was as easy as he disobeyed direct lawful orders and malingering hilarious there uh he was kicked out primarily because he got fatter and fatter yeah but it was easy as he disobeyed direct lawful orders like clearly the second part did not happen he's like oh but i do work at the army so i have to pretend he did he also he was malingering which you cannot do you can't malinger gamers do malinger i have seen that well gay hamlet malingers yeah i don't want to cast any aspersions on gay hamlet he's in the same field uh it's really great guy this guy says no and he's a former german army paratrooper he
Starting point is 01:02:39 says no they don't there's no army in the world that needs guys who waste their time sitting in front of a screen playing video games and then he has a picture of an army guy doing it he says and don't think that playing so-called military tactical shooter games what a freaking name can teach you anything about warfare it doesn't not even arma 3 just to avoid any unnecessary comments And there's a picture of a guy playing a video game. Before you bring up Arma 3, it doesn't help. There's games like America's... This has 600 comments.
Starting point is 01:03:08 There's games like America's Army that are literally produced by the American Army to trick teens into joining the Army. It doesn't make you better at Army. Brothers, what was the game? There was a game developed by the Army. Is it not America's Army? Oh, America's Army. America's Army. I had friends who played that in high school.
Starting point is 01:03:23 Crazy. They love the troops. Yeah, and then the Army would like Twitch stream or whatever. Yeah, look how dumb this game looks. It's called America's Army, and it's got a picture of a guy on it. It wasn't as good as Modern Warfare or whatever, which was the real issue, is it came out at the same time and was worse. Yeah, but this isn't supposed to make you good at the game.
Starting point is 01:03:43 It's supposed to trick you into thinking you'd be good at war. It's to trick you into thinking you'd be good at war. Yeah, maybe it was less fun because you could tell yourself it was more realistic. Yeah, when really you should be playing the no Russian level of COD. yeah check out no rushing no rush 20 um anyway everyone says uh giving me a great social hobby people are disagreeing actually some people say yes some people say no you got some discourse this is what we call discourse folks merry christmas also i'm in the idf i say some wait is there someone in the idea yeah oh yeah look at this he's a staff sergeant he says if
Starting point is 01:04:20 you're a high level battlefield player trying to apply your knowledge of firearms in combat then and you'd die quickly. But if you happen to be a casual gamer who often happens to work out a lot or self-discipline, intelligent, hardworking, then sure, I personally know many such soldiers. If you're just killing teens, it doesn't matter. That's what I was saying.
Starting point is 01:04:35 If you're killing teens and doing push-ups. Lives in Israel, I bet. Honestly, I think being on Korra every day would probably make you a better soldier. I think that's true. Soldiers have to ask questions. Soldiers have to answer them. But they can't ask questions of their superiors.
Starting point is 01:04:50 Right. Then they can't ask those questions. Especially if they're getting fatter and fatter. Yes. Then they have to be on beautiful, big, and curvy soldiers. I take back what I said. Soldiers do not ask questions. There probably is, right?
Starting point is 01:05:05 Big soldiers. Husky soldiers type in. How can you tell if a soldier is fake? How can you tell if a soldier is fake? I don't know how to find spaces. Do you just search them, Alex? There's a... Once you type in your question,
Starting point is 01:05:23 it should say on the side, filter by spaces. Can we create a space for big and beautiful soldiers? We certainly can. It's going to take a minute. I don't think we should do it on air. We'll do it after. We've got one more question here. It's Christmas in America.
Starting point is 01:05:35 And it's a horror gone wild. Slam that animal button. What is the greatest height from which anybody has ever dropped an elephant, either alive or dead? Now, I had to ask Phil this one. Now, this has no answers on it. So I guess, again, the question is, was this written by a robot?
Starting point is 01:05:53 The answer is no, it was written by Simon O'Vonnie. Is this only being asked because of Operation Dumbo Drop? What's Dumbo Drop? You don't know about that? No. A movie about an elephant. You're exhausting, Claire. Claire talks about this every day.
Starting point is 01:06:11 I'm sick of men not knowing about Operation Dumbo Drop. I think there, I forget, but I just remember that they filmed part of it in my hometown. Oh. There was a part of town where an elephant was falling out of the sky day after day. They had to transport an elephant somehow. Whoa. Somebody in real life had to do that. Sure, I bet.
Starting point is 01:06:32 Yeah. Cool. And it did get dropped. But if it's not from a plane, I can't imagine it was higher than that. Like, the Carthaginians or whatever never catapulted an elephant so high as to rival a plane. It makes me sad there's no answers here. Do you think Simon is trying to break the world record? I think so.
Starting point is 01:06:53 I think he's looking for the numbers that he knows what to do a little bit higher than. This is not a good record. Alive or dead is also wild. Well, did you ever hear about that story about the elephant that, I think, escaped the circus and killed a bunch of people? Oh, yeah. trampled to death someone and then they hung the elephant yeah i did wow and it's just like if i was that elephant i would also be trampling people yeah because they're nasty monkeys who have touched the face of god that's why i would do it too because of the touching god part if the
Starting point is 01:07:29 elephant's already dead i don't know why you drop it um well i mean it wouldn't yeah i guess that's true, but you have to drop the one that was hanged. Yeah. Oh, yeah. That's just a foot or two. Just drop it into the Charles. I really like this question. Did they have Rocky Horror Picture Show in North Korea? That's a great question.
Starting point is 01:07:49 I don't know the answer. I don't think they do. They might. Kim Jong-un might have it. Yeah, he probably does. He likes the movies. He likes movies, yeah. Because he grew up in Sweden? Switzerland? One of those countries. I don't know. I haven't heard this one.
Starting point is 01:08:04 He did? Yeah, he did school in Europe. Escora. I don't know if he grew up, but he did school. Well, sure, but who knows? I can't. Kim Jong-un do school in Switzerland. You'd think he would go to Kim Il-sung University.
Starting point is 01:08:16 Switzerland. I'm sorry I confused these two countries. Oh. Hi. It is funny to imagine going to school in Switzerland and then finding out that your classmate is a dictator of another country. Yeah. That is fun.
Starting point is 01:08:30 When you look back and you're like, oh, that guy has a company now.

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