Segments - 298: Smoking Ferns (w/Megan Batoon!)

Episode Date: October 23, 2017

Dancer, YouTuber, and new friend Megan Batoon joins us to discuss airports, alcohol, and her delicious cookies.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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If I were you show at gmail.com I love when the email address is the chorus. Yeah. In general, not just for our theme song. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Like a Britney Spears song that ends in like Gmail or dot com. Britney dot Spears at Mac.com. Crazy at me.fm. Megan Mattoon. Hi. What'd you think? I loved it.

I love the story of the year vibe we got going on there. The screaming at the end. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It was like an acoustic Simple Plan-ish. That guy's name was Isaac. RIP Simple Plan. Jeez Louise. Isaac Lesage.

Lesage. Lesage. And he's got a record on Spotify iTunes called Doldrums. So if you dig this song, you can listen to the whole record on Spotify. Doldrums. Doldrums. Doldrums. Yeah, Isaac Lesage and Doldrums. Cool.

Thanks, Isaac. Thanks, Megan, for stopping by. Yeah. Holy shit. How did you get here? How did this happen? What happened? Oh, gosh. What happened for me to get here? You know, I have no idea. Yeah.

But I'm glad I'm here. Is it the universe putting us together, maybe? I think so. That's such an interesting thing, because everyone in my life right now I met on the internet. Wait, where were you? First of all, just for our listeners who don't necessarily know who you are, what are you? Who are you? Yeah. Why are you? And when are you?

And how long until you're not you anymore? Yeah. When do you stop? When's my expiration date? What makes you stop? Like, where's your pause button? I'm a lot of things, I guess. Dancer, I do YouTube a lot

people probably know me from there if they follow you as well YouTube is what we share I guess yep but yeah mainly just dance

and YouTube so you dance on YouTube I do that too and then you also she does comedy and dance yeah on YouTube do you ever do comedy

and cooking yeah cookie making yeah you did bring us the best cookies I've maybe ever had whoa or at least tied with jakesmomscookies.com it's fine I know the truth And cookie, yeah. Cookie making, yeah. You did bring us the best cookies I've maybe ever had.

Whoa. Or at least tied with jakesmomscookies.com. It's fine. I know the truth. They're tantamount maybe. Good use of tantamount. Thanks, man. Did you ever take the SATs? I think so.

Do you ever have to study those vocab? It was like 100 vocab words that were on the SATs. I think tantamount was on there. I don't think I did a good job on the SATs. You don't even remember? But it doesn't matter now. Yeah, nothing I guess matters now. Nothing's gonna matter anyway.

We're all gonna die someday. It doesn't matter if I got a 1600 or a 9 on my SATs. You got a 9. Yeah. I did see that you had a 9. You got a 4 math and 5 verbal. Grand total of a 9. Yeah, real fucking funny, dude. Actually, you did pretty fine on my SATs. total of a nine. Yeah, real fucking funny, dude. Actually, you did pretty fine on my SATs.

It was a ten. I got an eight. I got a straight eight. 10.9. When you took them, were they out of 2,400? I couldn't even tell you a single thing besides that it was called the SATs. Wow. Where was this? In Florida you took them? Yeah, because there was ACTs and there was SATs.

That's right. And I honestly don't know the difference. One of them was in color and one of them was black and white. And that's all I remember. That was just your memory. That's how long ago it was when you took them. Yeah, and how much I love color. Did you go to college? I did, but I went to a private art school, so it didn't really matter. I just learned a bunch of art history.

Oh, that's cool. And then I dropped out to be a dancer! Oh really? You dropped out to dance? Same! Me too! To be a dancer? Yeah! How's that going? It's cool. And then I dropped out to be a dancer. Oh, dude. Oh, really? You dropped out to dance? Me too. To be a dancer? Yeah. How's that going? It's fine.

Okay. I'm dancing. I'm pretty good. Dancing on my own. You don't see me at the Virgil? Just cutting a rug? Literally with scissors in the corner. It's weird.

They kicked me out. I'm a carpet guy. I'm a vandal. I install carpet. And then when did you move to LA? So I dropped out to do Step Up 4. And then after that filmed. Oh, like legit dance.

Like you were dancing for cash. For cash money, baby. You were in movies to dance. Dancing for cash doesn't make it sound that legit. I could still be a stripper. A lot of people don't dance for cash. That's a small subsection of dancing. Yeah, they dance for the love of it.

Step Up 4. Okay, so you were in Step Up 4. That brought you out here? Yeah. And then dancing. Yeah, they dance for the love of it. Step up four. Okay, so you were in step up four. That brought you out here? Yeah. I got a strike while the iron's hot and then I came out to LA and then didn't book a single dance job and then just started doing YouTube videos and that's doing pretty well. Damn. Oh, shit. Good work.

Well, I think you've listened to our show before, correct? I have. I'm prepared. It's an advice podcast. People will email us. They're confused. They're stuck in their life in some way, shape, or form. Jake and I do our best to give them guidance. Sometimes it's just us. Sometimes we have a friend.

Sometimes we have a new friend that gave us eight delicious chocolate chip cookies. There were seven. I ate one. Oh, you had one? Jesus Christ. And then you retied the bows so neatly. I actually ate it before I put it in the box. I just wanted to make sure they were okay. Oh, they were okay.

They were very okay. What's the most cookies like that you've had in a day? Of mine or like Chips Ahoy? Of those. The fucking entire, oh, of mine? Maybe five. That's a lot. I know.

I could put away five in a sitting, though. Like, that's not even throughout the day. What's your milk? Are you milking it? Oh, that's the thing. I like original, just whole milk. Straight whole. Yeah. Like that's not even throughout the day. What's your milk? Are you milking it? Oh, that's the thing. I like original just whole milk. Straight whole.

Yeah. I like almond milk in things, but if you're eating cookies, almond milk is not. Just a fucking glass of that white. That creamy white. I love that. That's that old school shit. You don't see people in LA having whole milk. I don't. Never call milk that creamy white ever again. That pint of that glassy ass white shit. You don't see people in LA having whole milk. I don't. Never call milk that creamy white

ever again. That pint of that glassy ass white shit. No. That sweet, that nasty, that white shit. Why is it sweet and nasty? It's absolutely nasty. There's seeds in it? You're not drinking milk. You've never had it before.

You put a little milk. It's so clear to me now that you've never had milk. I've had that grainy shit. That's not milk. That salty shit. That's okay. So I think you're, I think it's straight up semen that you're talking about. Absolutely. But a pint of it. And it's cold. It's thick. All right. Anyway, we got a question from a lady in Toronto. Megan, do you have a fake name to give this lady so we can refer to her? A lady in Toronto? Yeah. Chartreuse.

That's good. Nice. Thanks. Last name? Do you want one? Never mind. Not anymore. That's her last name.

You're already sweating a lot. Chartreuse, do you want one? All right, Chartreuse, do you want one? All right, Chartreuse, do you want one? Writes, I'm a 22-year-old female from Toronto seeking surprise relationship advice. I've been with my boy for almost two years now, and we are an interracial and a long distance for the first 1.5 years of our relationship couple. Since being reunited with him, I'm learning more and more about him. One of them being, he's an absolute dick to his mother.

I witnessed an argument where he raised his voice and told her to fuck off. I couldn't believe it. Things cooled down and eventually apologized and worked it out. When my boyfriend asked what was wrong, I told him I was in disbelief that he talked to his mother like that.

Mother. Oh, mother. I told him that was in disbelief that he talked to his mother like that. Mother. Oh, mother. I told him that this is the first time I'm seeing a major cultural difference between us. I would never use, I would never in my right mind speak to my parents the way he did. It's clear that it's just how he's talked to his mom for years, and he thought it was fine since they worked things out in the end. However, I don't think that makes it okay. Do you guys believe there's a lot

to deduce from how a man treats his mother? Mother. Oh, mother. So, for instance, this way is creepy. Is it a red flag? Do you think douchebaggery and poor treatments of mothers correlate? Thanks for your help, love.

Chartreuse. Do you want one? Megan, thoughts. You're a lady who's- For sure, I am a lady. Who could be potentially seeking partners, and maybe you've seen how they treat their mothers. Yeah. Have you ever noticed that as a thing? Yeah, well, I dated someone that talked to his mom

so much more lax than I have ever talked to my mom. Oh, like he'll say bitch and call her her first name and stuff. Yeah. Well, maybe not the bitch part, but definitely... Well, maybe not even the first name part. Will he say damn girl to his mother? If she was looking fine that day. Damn girl. You're looking fine that day. I love those juicy couture sweatpants,

mother. Why is the mom wearing those? Ma'am, Maddie. You look great, mother. I think there's a direct correlation to how a guy treats his mom to how he's going to treat his girlfriend, though. Right. So I don't like that for her. Because those are like the two biggest women in his life is the mom and potentially the partner.

Right. So there is some sort of correlation there. Absolutely. It's not like treating mom like garbage and wife like a goddess. I don't think that she sort of mentions it. I don't think this has anything to do with race or culture either. This guy just sounds like a unique asshole. Everyone should be nice to their mom.

Even white people? As a white person, I know you're very nasty to mother. I'm nasty to your mother. Exactly. My mother is a queen. Your mother's a peasant. Yeah, you did text her yesterday saying such. I didn't appreciate that, by the way. Yes, yes, yes. She doesn't know how to cook. She doesn't know how to clean.

She doesn't know how to rear children. Rear them? Yes. That's right. Oh. Only one of them became doctors, didn't they, mother? The other is a successful developer The other mother What are your thoughts on your other mother, your father? My, oh, my other, my father?

Yeah I don't have a father Yeah, you do, well, you have a mom and a dad I have a dad I have a guy that was lucky enough to screw my mother one time. Bring me into the earth. And he gives me cash, which is fine. That's good. And that's nice. So he's supportive. Aside from that, he's a Skittle to me. I hate Skittles.

Me too. I don't like Skittles either, actually. The worst candy. They are a little too hard on the teeth. I'm not really getting anything out of it. Trying so hard. It doesn't need to be like that. It's like they wish they were an M&M.

You have the shell, and then the inside is fucking shitty. It's like more shell. Try chocolate. They should be called Shittles. Yeah. Oh, shit. Yeah. Shots fired, dude should be called shittles yeah oh shit yeah shots fired dude we were kidding that was really nasty you can learn a lot about a girl about how she treats skittles i think you can learn a lot about a person by how they treat anybody but mother especially mother especially that's the person that like i i mean i guess i

don't know how this person's relationship with like how their mother raised them or whatever, but. Excuse me. Is it a red flag? Basically, yes. Is it a red flag? It's kind of red. Yeah. Definitely pink.

More pink than white. I think this is a chartreuse flag. Oh. For sure. Chartreuse is pink, right? Burgundy? As I said, I love colors. I felt like chartreuse was maybe blue.

Oh, really? Is it? I'm getting a dream. I'm going to go pink. Chartreuse. We're looking it up. Wow. Wait.

I know cerulean is blue. It looks almost like a lemon-lime color. Uh-oh. Whoa. Everybody was incorrect. I was thinking of like a salmon pink.. Uh-oh. Everybody was incorrect. I was thinking of like a salmon pink. I was thinking blue. Yeah.

Look at that. Chartreuse. Now we know. It's a Chartreuse flag. At the very least, we're learning. So maybe, I guess that's sort of true. It's a yellow flag. You should talk to him and figure out exactly where all this stems from.

Yeah. But definitely proceed with caution. And maybe stop at the light because it's about to turn red. Whoa. That's what's up. Traffic. And don't speed through the light because you'll get T-boned at the intersection. That's right.

And you know who's driving that car? Honk, honk. Who is it? His mommy. Careful. Mommy crossing. And you're about to get blindsided. By mama.

Oh, mother. Mother. Can we get a mother? Mother. That's good. Very good. Is that good? How's your relationship with your mom?

Pretty good. Yeah, that's good. Yeah, she's awesome. All right, cool. I really took a huge swing when I asked you that. I know. I'm glad it worked out well for everybody. How's your mom? What if she was like, it was fine. All right, cool. I really took a huge swing when I asked you that. I know. I'm glad it worked out well for everybody. How's your mom?

What if she was like, it was fine. It was nice. Starts crying. Oh. Runs out. I should have read your Wikipedia. Fuck. All right, we got another question from, ooh, I wonder if it's a lady.

Let's go lady. Lady. Kim. That's good. Nice. Car crash- lady. Lady. Kim. That's good. Nice. Car Crashian. Oh. Ooh. You should tweet that. Just that. That is bad. Just a two word tweet

and see how it goes. You are bad. Let's do it. We're tweeting it now. We'll see how many retweets it gets by the end of this. Just Kim Car Crashian. Kim Car Crashian. Alright. Kim Car Crashianashian. All right. Kim Karkrashian writes, I have to go on a corporate retreat this weekend.

Ugh, corporate retreats always suck, but this one's going to be exceptionally terrible for me. Where are we going, you asked? Great question. Exotic Bloomington, Indiana. What will we be doing? Going to a winery for a wine tasting. Fun, right?

No, not for me. I don't drink. So it will be two hours of me watching my co-workers and bosses tasting and talking about wine and me just kind of nodding and smiling along. Then we are all going out on the town and hitting the bars. We're a law firm full of stuffy lawyers. There is no way this will not be weird and boring. I have to go to this retreat, but is there any way I can make the best out of this situation where I can't drink and all there is to do is alcohol-related activity?

Please help. Also, my best friend in the office just left, so I don't even have anyone to hang out with during the retreat. Thanks. Love, Kim. Kim. Car.

Car. Crash in. What's your relationship with alcohol? Good. You drinking? Healthy. You're not drinking? You drink sometimes. I drink when it's worth it with alcohol? Good. You drinking? Healthy. You're not drinking? You drink sometimes. I drink when it's worth it. That's good. That's a really good relationship then. Yeah, what about yours?

What about yours? I drink when it's worth it, but it's worth it a lot to me. All the time? It's always worth it. Fuck, it's worth it right now. Three cheers. I basically started being a saint Monday through Friday, and then demon like Friday night until Sunday, Sunday afternoon. Okay.

And when demon is out, what is he, what is demon looking to do? So I will not, I don't touch alcohol Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Nary a drop. Nary a drop. Not a beer, not wine, nothing. I don't like, I don't care for the way it makes me feel unless I'm actually going to party. I don't like getting buzzed at dinner. I don't like having a buzz

and then brushing my teeth and getting ready for bed or something. Yeah, it makes me sad. So on Friday, that's when I'll drink nine whiskeys. The demon is loose. The demon awakes within me. Oh, the demon is out. And the demon craves the brown liquid. Yes. The demon is loose. The demon awakes within me. Oh, the demon is out.

And the demon craves the brown liquid. Yes, the demon does. So I don't know if that's a healthy relationship. It's sort of like, you know that quote, everything in moderation including moderation? Yep. Oh, I love that one. Yeah, me too. That's what it is.

So you're either going zero miles per hour, like 60. Right. It's an unhealthy relationship with alcohol that only comes up one to two times a week. I think that's healthy then. It's only seven days. Being unhealthy two days out of the week is not great. Not unhealthy. You said it's a healthy amount except for one to two days a week. Unhealthy with alcohol, but not unhealthy like I'm doing lots of drugs or something.

Right, yeah. Well, you could say alcohol is a drug. So Monday through Thursday you're doing drugs. No drugs Monday through Friday. Well, that could almost be our advice for this person. This person's going to a wine tasting and she doesn't want to drink. Well, I don't know what her reasons are for not drinking. Maybe she's an alcoholic and she doesn't drink anymore.

Yeah, that's what we're telling her to have a couple of glasses of wine. Oh, I'm saying, what if it's just like, you know, those people, they're like, I just don't drink. I just don't drink. Do you have anybody like that in your life where it's like, I just don't drink. I don't know why. I never got into it. I don't do it at all. Yeah.

I know one person, but there is a reason. His family has a history of alcoholism. Okay. That's a good reason. A solid reason. Okay, that's a good reason. Yeah, that's a solid reason. But you know what? Stop coming at me with a, I don't like to not be in control thing. Yeah. Because, like, you're not in control anyway. You know what I mean? Yeah.

You're not in control. Yeah. You can have a fucking beer. And don't come at me with, like, I used to be really, really, like, an alcoholic, and now I'm sort of starting to recover. You can have one wine. Like, you can have two and stop. Like, I'm sort of starting to recover. You can have one wine. You can have two and stop. I'm sorry.

It's called willpower. And you either got it or you don't. You're an alcoholic. I am an alcoholic. That's right. And what I'll do is I'll have four wines a night. And then the demon comes out on the weekends. And the demon's when I just don't remember how many glasses I've had at all.

What's your relationship with alcohol? I think it's the same as me, except you drink even less on the weekends. Yeah. It seems like when I'm in a relationship, I don't drink at all because I don't need to be socially lubricated whatsoever. And then when I'm single, I use it as a way of becoming more extroverted. Because if I'm out and everyone's loud and having a good time

and I'm completely sober, I don't feel. Yeah, that's the worst. The only reason I drink alcohol really is to be able to dance. So you are just good all the time? I will take it. Does alcohol make you a worse dancer? No. Alcohol makes me want to dance more.

Oh, really? Because I'm pretty shy and introverted as a person. So if I'm out with a bunch of people and they're like, dance, I'm absolutely not. But if you give me like three glasses of wine, sure. If Lil Jon is playing, the girl is on the floor. Do you ever just go out dancing for fun or is it mostly like an at-home thing? Is it like a class thing? Is it a professional thing?

For sure professional. I don't remember the last time I danced in a club. How about a club? All the time at a club. I'm just like two-stepping, feeling the weirdest about myself. I just built a dance studio in my house, so I dance there for fun. That's pretty cool. Not really for fun. I do it when I should make stuff. Do you know those LA municipal dance team? The ones that like perform during the female basketball league out here? No. There's like a, there's a group of girls that dance, uh, kind of like not professionally, but more of like a fun hobby activity group bonding thing. It's called the LA municipal city dance team. We have like a few friends on it and they

seem to just dance like you do in a studio, but with each other. Yeah. And then during like halftime of these women's basketball games, they'll perform. Cool. Yeah. You should look into that. I should. I mean, I'm not giving you a fucking email or a lead, but I'm just saying that's your tip.

Go off and figure that shit out. Google it. I don't know if I said the name right. It's not even like that. It's a suggested search for sure. I appreciate the nugget. You don't go out and dance at a bar or something like that. It'll come up a suggestive search for sure. I appreciate the nugget. You don't go out and dance at a bar or something like that? No.

Do you? I used to, yeah, sometimes. That sounds cool. Why do you not? I feel like people judge me because they're like, you're a dancer, impress us. Oh. And it's like, well. We should go out with strangers that don't know.

Does everybody know? You need a new group of friends. I've been saying that to myself for a long time. Do you have any friends? Is that what it is? Hardly. All right, keep giving out those chocolate chip cookies. You're winning us over.

Good. Fast. We didn't give this person advice on the corporate retreat. Oh, right. Shrooms. Sorry, shrooms. Oh, yeah, do shrooms. That way you're not drinking, but you're still kind of fucked up.

I honestly was thinking the same thing, but I felt like if she wasn't drinking, maybe she wouldn't be into even just like weed. Shrooms. That way you're not drinking, but you're still kind of fucked up. I honestly was thinking the same thing, but I felt like if she wasn't drinking, maybe she wouldn't be into even just like weed. Shrooms. Maybe not shrooms, but- Yeah, ecstasy or something. Yeah, yeah, something like that. Any of them.

Yeah. Or a sugar high. I feel like she's going to be pleasantly surprised because all these stuffy lawyers who get trashed on a retreat are going to be insane. Yeah. It's going to be fun. You just have to change your lens about it. Like, all right, this is going to be crazy,

but not necessarily bad. Yeah. Or has she considered not going? No, she ought to go. You have to go? No, I mean, you have to go. What if you're sick and you can't go? Everybody will know.

Everyone will know. That's fine. They're all going to get trashed anyway. All right, let's take a break. Let's thank some sponsors. We'll be back with more megan meg ever anyone ever call you meg um one person all right megan and they didn't live to fucking tell about it back with more megan after this quick note to let y'all know that

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No, because I want to talk about other things. You don't want to jinx it? You don't want to promote? There's shows and stuff that I'm hosting, but I feel like the coolest thing that I'm doing right now is dancing to songs that people should never dance to. Those are awesome. Thanks. Describe it to them here.

You should watch one of these videos right now. How do I do it? Yeah, you should. One on my Twitter, it's like a pinned tweet. That's the easiest one. But what I do is I ask people for song suggestions that people have never danced to or they think people can't dance to. And the series is called So You Think You Can't Dance

to This. And then I prove everyone wrong. Like tears in heaven. Sure. And then do you ball out to it or are you slow dancing to it? I do real dance moves. Oh really? Dumb ass songs. But I can't hear the song. Man's Not Hot? Yeah, that was like some meme or something.

Wow, those are really good moves. How'd you learn how to dance? I think watching NSYNC footage. Really? Watching NSYNC dance NSYNC? Yeah. My dad at the time had a huge, you remember those huge TVs that were like life-size?

Yeah. Thick. They had the huge tube and the projection was like inside the TV. Yeah. I remember that. Mammoth. Do they have like the red, green, and blue like lights, state, like spotlights going up into the TV?

In the concert footage? Or you also have TVs in general? Oh, no, I'm talking about the television. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's like behind the screen. There was like the red, yeah, those lights. Oh, I'm sure. I never opened That's like behind the screen. There was like the red, yeah, those lights. Oh, I'm sure. I never opened my TV.

How do you know that? I broke my TV playing video games on it. My dad was really pissed, and I remember seeing it. Gotcha. And that's how you learned how to put TVs together. But you didn't take classes. That's why I'm a TV retirement. You didn't take classes?

And a carpet installation guide. Yeah, and everything. You never learned like through classes? You just like saw and emulated? Yeah, well, I did take classes when I started getting serious about it. But that's how I started learning dance in general. I would just like play slow motion these concert footage of NSYNC in Madison Square Garden and just do it with them. Wow.

Yeah. Did you ever go to an NSYNC concert? Aren't they also from Florida? Are they? I know Yellow Card is from Florida. Who else is from Florida? There's a place on Ocean Avenue. I've been there.

Really? Yeah. To Jacksonville. Not to the place, but I went to, there's a lot of places on Ocean Avenue. Right, it's a long avenue. I can't pinpoint what they're talking about. That makes sense. Give me one thing, one thing that you said you didn't want to talk about, because I really

want to see what else you're working on other than that. One, well, it's not out yet, but I have this show called Medium Rare. I don't know if I'm allowed to talk about this. I hate this. I don't know if I'm allowed to talk about this. Who cares? It's a cooking show where there's a psychic clairvoyant, and I'm the cooking show host. And we bring in a client who's lost someone, and their grandma or grandfather passed away with a family recipe. Whoa. And so the clairvoyant talks to the dead in the astral world.

And tells you how to cook? And I glean all the information I can from whatever they say, like ingredients or whatnot, and then I just have to do my best to recreate that dish, and then we serve it to the client at the end. Oh my God. Have you filmed some of these? We did the pilot and I think it's gonna get filmed up. Do people like fucking cry their eyes out? I was

really freaked out. The producer was like we love your incredulous reactions maybe make it more light. But I'm like she's fucking talking to a dead person right now. What do you want me to do? She's smiling. It's crazy but it's like real. Did, well two questions. One,

did the name Medium Rare cause everything else? I could only imagine. Oh, you didn't create the show? No, they came to me and they're like, how are you with spirituality? I'm like, I'm open to anything. Here's a show, do it. I'm very spiritual. Give me the cash.

I'll say anything you want. I see a ghost over there holding a bag of money for me. I believe. Do they ever use a Ouija board? We have a Ouija cutting board. Of course. But we don't use a Ouija board. Why wouldn't you?

You have to. You have to. I don't think they use a Ouija board because our medium says it's old school. Yeah. So she's in the new age. I love how the medium is like, oh, those Ouija boards are bullshit. I'm going straight to the source. I'm not going through this third-party board here.

It blows the clouds away and it's like, listen. All right, more paprika. Your grandmother said this is dry as shit. Set your oven to 375. What do you put in your oven to when you're making those cookies downstairs? 350, my friend. Wow, that's relatively low for an oven. Yeah, in only 16 minutes.

Wow. It's awesome. Crazy. And gluten-free. And dairy-free. My God. You should team up with Jake's mom. I'd love to make an intro. Yeah. That would-free. My God. You should team up with Jake's mom's.

Collab cookie? I'd love to make an intro. Yeah. That would be weird. Collaborate chip. What's your... Ooh. That was weird. I don't know.

It wasn't that good. It was just long. Yeah. It was like a pun, but the original word doesn't exist. Are your mom's cookies all chocolate chip, or does she make different flavors too? All chocolate chip. Just chocolate chip. Me too.

Strict. Dark chocolate? Yes. Salted? Yeah, I think there's salt in it, but they're not salted like yours afterwards. Yeah, you're sprinkling sea salt on top. Oh yeah, of course.

Have you ever used pepper instead of salt? Why? For no reason. Have you ever used white chocolate instead of dark? I don't like white chocolate. Of course. You ever put peanut butter in there? I don't like peanut butter.

Almond butter is where it's at. You don't like peanut butter. Of course. You ever put peanut butter in there? I don't like peanut butter. Almond butter is where it is. You don't like peanut butter? Once I discovered almond butter, there's no peanut butter. Really? It's like wiped it out. It tastes better or you're just like happier not having peanuts? Well, I'm happier to be eating almond butter in general. I forget that peanuts exist.

That's how good almond butter is. Ever make your cookies in a square instead of a circle? Can you? No. So I guess not. Wendy's does it for their hamburgers. Why? They figured it out.

Anyway, next question. Christ. So mad. Yeah, how would you? I guess you'd have to put them in a mold. Yeah, like a silicone little square. Or you could cut them afterwards. That's not that weird.

People do it with brownies and we don't fucking talk about it. Oh, you're right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You put brownies in a fucking pan. Right, right, right.

Then you cut them into squares. They could be circles too. There's no reason. You're right. You're yelling. I'm a shapist. There's no reason

that a brownie can't be a triangle. There's no reason that a cookie can't be a fucking octagon. I swear. A fucking rhombus, if you triangle. There's no reason a cookie can't be a fucking octagon. I swear. A fucking rhombus, if you will. Why isn't it a rhombus?

Why isn't a burrito a dodecahedron? I really think it could be. Oh, it could be a trapezoid. That's what I'm saying. A taco could be a trapezoid. All this geometry talk is turning me on. Let's answer another question. Fine.

Let's. We had this one question That led us to look For that Yahoo question But I think the Yahoo question Is almost better Well But we should We should look at

We should Show our work Because the first question I think That question is really funny Alright Let's get a guy's name Jolt

I like the name Jolt I do too That's a really good dog name I think. I want to get a dog and name him. Wait, did I tell you my dog? What's his name? I forget.

We'll get to the question, but this is important. Yeah. Take your time. Oh, my God. I'm forgetting it, but it Crumbs. Oh, that's good. As a dog name? Oh, yeah.

I saw a dog. My favorite dog name of all time that I've ever seen was a golden doodle named Toaster. And oh my God, did it look like a toaster. Whoa, in the sense that his tail was a cord? It was like golden, crispy brown. Like it made me think of toast. His mouth was like two slits on his head. And his tail, yeah, his tail was a cord waving in the wind.

Yeah. But man. What, Toaster's pretty cute. Toaster's a really cute name. Crumbs I like. I would do, I want to name my dog Paul. Just like an accountant's name. Yeah, just kind of a boring man name.

Yeah. I like it. And it's a woman. Whoa, that's really well. Well, dogs can't be a woman, right? Of course. Dogs can only be female or male. My dog is a man.

My dog is a human. I grew up and I had a woman dog. Half woman, half dog. All amazing. Jolt writes, I went on a D of E woman dog. Half woman, half dog. All amazing. Jolt writes, I went on a D of E camping trip. The D of E is a government run extracurricular qualification

with school about a year ago on a trip. While on the trip, me and a group of others on this trip smoked a fern. Not tobacco, not weed, but a fern. Because, well, fuck it.

But my dad is a teacher, and they are saying that they'll tell my dad at the end of the school year. I was hoping that everyone will forget about it over the holidays, but it still gets brought up by two of the people that are general assholes just to make me feel awkward in school. I would be mortified if my parents found out. Is there any other way to solve this other than by lying low? And then Jake, I assume, starts smoking a fern. Yeah. Does this mean something else?

That's what I thought. I was like, is it a fern? Is it a drug? So this guy on Yahoo Questions wrote, I want to smoke weed, but I don't know where to get it. And it's kind of hard considering I'm 14. So I thought of smoking lawn grass. But we use a lot of pesticide sprays and the grass formulas that would just be disgusting. I noticed that we have many ferns at home.

I was thinking that maybe I could just get some dried. And then the best answer upvoted by the most people is, you're a freaking idiot. Go die. Really? One way, yeah. Jesus. I might posit that these questions were written by the same guy, one pre-smoking the fern. Oh, interesting.

Because doesn't it seem like he... I'm going to look up a picture of a fern just so we all know what we're talking about. I already know what a fern looks like. Isn't it like the... It's got a lot of phalanges in it. Yeah, that's right. The phalange. And then they chop it up. Full plant cheese?

Yeah, you see ferns on like stationery sometimes. Oh, yeah. There it is. Let's see. Oh, okay, yeah. Got it. Yeah, okay. So that's a fern.

All right, weird. And he wants to smoke it. I guess. And he wants to know, or he did smoke it, and the dad is worried that someone will tell his dad who works for the school. Is it illegal to smoke a fern? Well, that's what I'm saying. What if his dad finds out, and he's like, why did you smoke

this fern? And the kid's like, why does it matter? It's not a drug. Yeah. What happens when you smoke a not-drug? Nothing. You feel weird about your life? For some reason, some of the lower down answers on that Yahoo answers were saying that some house plants are deadly if you inhale them. Whoa.

So those ones should really be voted to the top. But yeah, I think like smoking weed and tobacco is safer than smoking plants around your house just to like, see if you can get you. I used to, I remember when I was little smoking paper because I just wanted to like see what it was like. I think I was like 13 or 14. You just rolled it up and lit it and then inhaled it? Yeah, I like, exactly.

I like rolled up a piece of paper really tight. Yeah. So it looked like a joint. There was nothing inside it. Weird. And then I lit it to see if I could smoke. I don't know why. What happened?

I coughed a lot because it is just literal ashes and smoke going into your mouth. Of course. And it burned really quickly. I'm afraid to drink alcohol, so me and my friends are going to drink paint thinner instead. Whoa. You know, stuff that's just found around the house. Right. That's the equivalent of what this kid's saying.

So it's safer to smoke weed. Right. Do that. But also, don't do that. That's right. On a school trip. No, I guess I'm talking to the other kid that wants to smoke weed. Oh, do shrooms.

Do shrooms. Da-da-da. What would happen if he told his dad? If he was just like, hey, dad, by the way, I smoked a fern. I assume that's fine because there's no law against it. But it wasn't that fun, and I won't do it again. Sorry if I disappointed you by smoking a fern. But again, there is no law that says I can't. You tell the dad.

You come out against the story. They have nothing on you anymore. Yeah. So next time you're like, we're going to tell your dad about the fern. Like, I already told that motherfucker. He thinks I'm a moron. He laughed at me. So joke's on you, loser.

Yeah. Say something. That's weird. Say something. I'm giving up on ferns. Say something. I'm giving up on ferns. You have, I'm giving up on ferns. You have to smoke one non-weed plant today.

What would you choose? Me? I'm making a bong out of a cactus. That's right. That's really dangerous. Filling my insides with aloe vera. That sounds healthy. It is.

Yeah, but how are you going to hold it as the bong because it's covered in needles? Yeah, but I'm like going to hold it as the bong because it's covered in needles? Yeah, but I'm like. Technical term, prickles. I'm so brave that I'm like, fuck it. Whoa. Yeah. I'm so high off the aloe vera that I don't feel anything. They're piercing through my hand and I'm just completely on cloud nine.

Getting high as a kite. I'm smoking a tomato. Huh? A tomato. Huh? A tomato. That's a plant? Yeah. The nightshades. Yeah, you smoke a tomato, you put it on like some beef carpaccio.

That's like a really nice meal. Some smoked tomatoes, some Gouda, also smoked. Actually, I'm really, really anti. I love tomatoes, but not when they're hot. I don't like hot tomatoes. I hate sun-dried tomatoes. When I was thinking this this morning, I don't know why they exist. Yeah, I kind of like them.

They're almost like a meat substitute. They're like a salty vegetable. You also like olives, right? I do like olives. And lox? You know, I can give or take lox. I never had lox fish growing up, so I never acquired a taste. But I don't mind the salty, pickled stuff.

The capers. Capers I don't mind. Yeah. He's a fucking monster, right? I hate olives. I was like, I hate you. Are you against all pickled vegetables? No, I like pickles.

That's about it. Kimchi is cool. Pickles are very olive-like. Really? Yeah. Well, I hate pickles. I hate olives. I hate capers.

I do hate you. Whoa. I'm just blind and vinegar I don't like roasted red peppers You know what's interesting? You love salt and all this stuff is just salted and you don't like it I think it's the texture It's the mushy mushy

That mushy mushy That mushy mushy That mushy mushy That mushy mushy So it mushy mushy. That mushy mushy. That mushy mushy. That mushy mushy. So it's not the saltness of it. It's not. I mean, I do love, I love salt.

I don't know what the taste is. Olives don't taste salty to me though. You can get a nice crispy olive. Fried olives. Is that a thing? Maybe I might eat it then. I like fried pickles. Do you like fried pickles?

Anything, yeah. Jake doesn't like anything is what it sounds like right now. I like fried pickles. Do you like fried pickles? Anything, yeah. Jake doesn't like anything is what it sounds like right now. I'm a grouch today. You are salty. Like an olive. And you're pickled. All right,

should we answer one last question? Let's do it. This is an airplane hookup story. Uh-oh. From a man. A guy's name. Oh, that's gonna be be Colin Farewell.

Nice! You should tweet that too. That's tweetable. Colin Farewell. You're throwing all these celebs under the bus. Sort of like celebrity death tweets. But no one will ever see them. Like John Goodbye. Yeah. Nice. I was traveling. Leonardo decapitated.

Whoa! I'm traveling. Leonardo decapitated. Shh. Whoa. I'm reading. She liked it. But dude thought it was cool. I did. Permitted. Granted.

I was traveling recently, writes Colin Farewell. Humble brag. The crazy, oh, it gets very braggy. The craziest thing happened. I was sitting in an airport bar, and a total smoke show walked up to my table and sat down. She offered to buy me a drink, a beer, and a shot of tequila. Then we started talking. She came on very strong,

and eventually she hinted that we'd go to the restroom and fuck. I kindly denied because I'm in a relationship, and I made it very clear I didn't want sex. After an hour of drinking and talking, her constantly bringing up sex, we got up to leave, and I gave it very clear I didn't want sex. After an hour of drinking and talking, her constantly bringing up sex, we got up to leave, and I gave her a hug. We then proceeded to make out, standing in the middle of the airport.

After a moment, I pried her off of me, and I told her I had to get to a flight that I'd already boarded. My issue isn't really the event, but my feelings after the fact. I have been home for a while now, and my current relationship seems, well, incredibly boring, and my girlfriend

is not very attractive. I don't want this to go to my head, but it seems really hard not to want more. Any advice would help. Do you believe this? What is happening, and why are you in a relationship if you don't like the girl, it seems?

Could you? Could this happen? Could a guy be so hot that a girl walks up to him, buys him a drink, and wants to fuck him in the bathroom? Girls are weird. I'm sure they would. We're getting some yeses. I'm sure some girls would definitely do that. Really? I don't think.

I would say no, but you're a girl. I mean, I'm not saying I would do it, just to make the record. Oh, I do this all the time. This was probably me. Was he in Bob Hope three weeks ago? Yeah, this was at a Burbank. Oh, shit. Across from a Cheeburger Cheeburger.

I mean, once you have shots of tequila in a bar, I feel like anything's possible. Always tequila. Yeah. And I think there's something that's sexually charged about sitting next to someone you're attracted to on a plane. But I've never seen a hookup in the airport. Yeah. And they made out. They made out.

He's not even referencing the fact that he made out. He makes himself sound like a saint. The first like, yeah, she came up to me. She bought me a drink. I told her no way we're having sex. Then I made out with her and I pried her off of me. Yeah, after a moment. But how long was the moment?

Right. It's like five minutes. And he's describing her. That's a long time to make out with somebody. And you made it very, I'm sure you didn't make it that clear that sex wasn't on the table. For sure. If you get up and hug her and you start kissing. There's an interesting PS.

Uh-oh. She wasn't a whore or anything. Just a senior in college flying home and on a connecting flight. I'm 24. I don't think age has anything to do with it. All these little stipulations. I just think this is weird. I've never been attracted to a single person in the airport ever.

Yeah, because that's like you're in sweats and you're traveling and you're stinky. You're about to get stinky. I get it. I fall in love with it. I don't know if I've ever sat next to somebody that was even close to my age more than a couple times. But every time I have, I'm like, this is my wife sitting next to me. They're like, airplane. The airplane scale is, you know, the normal level of attractiveness is just out the window.

Somebody who's like the same age as me, they're the most beautiful person I've ever seen. She's an airplane eight, but a four on the ground. I didn't say that. You multiply her by the altitude. So she's an airplane eight, but a four on the ground. I didn't say that, dude. You multiply her by the altitude. So she's an airplane 290,000. Oh, my God. Yeah. Buckle up.

This will get turbulent. Enjoy the flight. I know what you mean. There's one guy that sat next to me, and I was editing on Premiere, probably. And he had headphones like these and was like, do you want to use my headphones? They're noise canceling. And I was like, instantly very attracted to him. But then after when he wanted my number, I was like, no, no, no. Thanks for the headphones. Because we're on the-

Yeah. Why do I- I love that. You love that he offered that I said- I just like the idea of saying no. I've never been able to do that. If somebody asked for my number, I'd give it to them and I'd ignore them forever. Do you have a fake number or a real one? No, real one. Jay, you can't do that.

I know. I'm a to them. Do you have a fake number or a real one? No, real one. Jay, you can't do that. I know. I'm a fucking psychopath. My sister gives my number out. And so these boys will text me and be like, it was great seeing you last night. Older or younger? Older by one year. We're Irish twins. Oh, very cool.

And I will never know who they are. And then they'll send me pictures of her and the guy. And I'm like, I don't have anything to do with this, nor do I have time. That's a pretty cool move by your sister. Yeah, but terrible for me. Hey, had a pretty awesome night last night. Expect a lot of texts from a lot of dudes. Do you ever get texts from multiple people after one night?

From her? No, no, like from the boys. She's not like that. No, no, no. She's pretty cool. Yeah. All right. Well, I'm not turned on anymore.

I did accidentally text you, but it wasn't. I think your sister actually gave me her real number as well. Yeah, yeah. She must have just sent it in autopilot. You guys got bones at the same time, so they're really similar. Yeah. All right. What was the question?

I don't want to let this go to my head. Oh, yeah. He's sort of over his girlfriend. Break up with your girlfriend. Absolutely. Number one. Yeah. What are you even doing? You cheated on her, and you don't think she let this go to my head. He's sort of over his girlfriend. Break up with your girlfriend. Absolutely, number one. What are you even doing? You cheated on her and you don't think she's hot.

There's no reason to have a girlfriend. And you cause the relationship incredibly boring. Oh, did he say that? Yeah, it seems incredibly boring after that. Oh, because that was like the apex of his excitement was the stranger? Yeah. And he could have had sex in an airport restroom. I don't, do you guys, are you guys, I mean, you don't have to answer this, but are you guys into like public stuff?

I'm not. I'm not either. I am. Yeah. I want into your brain for the one second you paused and like the thousands of things that went through your mind. But like, I am. You just shut me down for a second trying to speak. No, I really am, actually. I can't even get the words out.

I'll do it during a fucking marathon. Public, like the public's, I hesitate because like the publicness of it isn't what gets me off. Like, oh, we could get caught. I hate that. Okay. But I like the I need to have it now, that kind of the lustiness of it. Yeah. So I would be just as happy to meet somebody in an airport.

Like, I have to have you. And here's a private room where no one will come in. Yeah. That's my dream. Yeah. But that's not going to happen. Would you do it in the men's room or the women's room of an airport? You go to the family restroom because that's a single occupancy restroom. It's just for families.

And then you can go in with like, that could be your wife. She might be sick. Oh, so you go in there, you have sex, you don't leave for another nine months, so you actually are using the changing table. That's nice. Yeah. I've used that trick of going into a bathroom and coming out and pretending someone's sick before. That sounds nice.

It's a solid life hack, everybody. Come out looking like you've thrown up. And everybody is like, oh, they weren't having sex. He's really sick. That's good. And it's actually truthful because oftentimes when you're done with her she is kind of violently ill and nauseous, right? Jesus Christ.

Oh, come on. Look at you. You're a fucking virus. You're a stomach flu. Oh my god. You are a puke. You really are a food poison. Wow, you just got so jealous. You are a hot food poison. You never fucked anybody in the bathroom, have you?

I'm getting feverish just looking at you right now. I see it. I'm sweating. I'm sorry, Megan. I feel ill right now. That makes a lot of sense, actually. I've never sat next to him for this long, but I feel very faint. You are sickly.

Do I look pale? Yeah, you do get sick easily. No, it's not that. A weak stomach. I think that's what it is. I'm like, in some way, I'm allergic to you. You're like a spoiled meat. You really are an expired dairy.

A hunk of meat. Have you ever had an egg that like wasn't right? You're like a really bad, you're an expired like a bad egg. Really? Like it's funny you hate olives because you are an olive. You're a bad olive. You're like a, you're not a black olive or a green one. You're like a gray olive.

You really know a lot about spoiled fruit. I worry about your diet, to be honest. You're a cottage cheese. And I should know, that's what I subsist on. I'm 80% cheese at this point. Anyway, any advice for this guy? Leave your girlfriend? Absolutely.

Good man. Do you think he can find the airport girl? That's so cool that they did. If that was their meet cute and they actually end up being together? Meet cute?

Yeah. Yeah, their meet cute is a little bit fucked because... For sure. I feel like she just... It was more of a meet hot. And they had hot meat,

I bet. Gross. What? Jake's the one who's a virus. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Look at him. He has a stomach flu. He is a virus Yeah yeah yeah Look at him He has a stomach flu

He has a puke He's a bug You're sick Listen to your voice He's a fucking bug Just a generic bug He's a bug And I think I caught it

Cause I've been ill for the last two years Ten years Alright That's it Leave your girl That's it We did it We answered four questions I caught it. Because I've been ill for the last two years. Ten years. All right. That's it. Leave your girl. That's it. We did it.

We answered four questions. I think we had a lot of fun, too. I think we did. And there's a box of cookies down there literally with my name on them. Yeah. It says Amir's dad's cookies. It does. Just to rival Jake's mom. Not rival.

Just... That's okay. As a compliment. Competition is a good thing. Yeah. She's coming back hard. Wait till she hears about these cookies. You're done, Batoon. You're absolutely done.

Actually, I think I have food poisoning. Gotta go. Must have been a bad egg in there. Anything else you want to promote real quick before you have to get out of here? Your Instagram, your Twitter, your anything? Yeah, my Quora. Your Quora score? Wait, does anyone actually have that?

Do you have a clout score? Have a Cura? When people are like, this person followed you on Cura. I never signed up for that. What's your LinkedIn? I wish I had one. I thought Cura was just like something you go and ask questions to. I get emails all the time, people following my Cura, but I don't do anything for it.

Yeah, anyway. I'm going to follow you on Cura. Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, it my... I'm gonna follow you on Quora. Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, it's all at Megan Battoon. Ooh. Got your name on it.

That early adopter shit. The opening theme song was written by Andrew. Do you remember the name of his band? Doldrums. Doldrums, yeah, Doldrums. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And this closing one is also really good. It's by Christina and Brittany, who have an acoustic parody cover of Jealous by Nick Jonas. And you can follow them on Instagram, Christina B or Brittany at Brittany B8. That would be hashtag dope. Thanks, Christina.

Brittany B8? Brittany B8. Yeah. Thanks, Christina and Brittany and Andrew and Megan. Thank you. And thanks to me for flying this ship and landing it just right. I killed it this episode. And I appreciate you guys for saying such.

Awesome. We're out. We'll be back next week. You're so insecure, man. Amir and the dude. You may not like the way that these two Jews Give advice on Mondays if I were you

am I crazy just for thinking Jake and Amir are competent and can help me I turn the podcast up when I'm feeling stressed and these coy details

make me feel less depressed no one knows for sure but I think Thank you. That's right. You should listen to If I Were You Show. The records in the Game Boy are here at our tomb. That's right. You should listen to If I Were You Show. Hey. That was a HeadGum Podcast.