The Daily Show: Ears Edition - This Week's Top Stories - Sexual Harassment in the Metaverse & Eric Adams Secretly Eats Fish

Episode Date: February 12, 2022

Facebook's Metaverse users experience virtual sexual harassment, New York City Mayor Eric Adams's veganism is called into question, Ronny Chieng and Roy Wood Jr. talk sports, and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. The Metaverse. It's the virtual world. That's just like the real world. By which I mean Mark Zuckerberg is harvesting your data there too. Companies like Meta, aka Facebook, are betting billions of dollars on the hope that virtual reality is the future of human interaction. But as they get started, they're finding out that in many ways, the people of the future are all too much like the people of the past.

Meta is launching a new tool for its virtual reality worlds after users reported virtual groping and other abusive behavior. The personal boundary default setting will allow users to feel like there's four feet of space between them and others. Meta says this will make it easier to avoid unwanted interactions. I mean, come on in the virtual world now. It comes after a woman claims she was verbally and sexually harassed within a minute of joining a virtual game last year.

Yeah, look people, none of this is surprising. I mean, any time a new technology has been invented, it has quickly been used to harass people. You know, right off the man discovered fire. Creeps were probably like, awesome! Now I can show my dick to strangers at night. Uh-huh, ha, ha. But still, the metaverse was not designed for you to sexually harass others, okay? It was designed to distract everyone from Facebook's other scandals.... th. th. th. th. th. th. to. to to th. to th. to to to thi. to to their to their thi. to to their to to to to to hi. to hiolier to hi. It's thi. to hiour people to hi. It to hiolier people to hi. It to ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hae people people people people people people people people people people people people to sexually harass others, okay? Was designed to distract everyone from Facebook's other scandals. And what I don't understand is how Facebook couldn't weed out these people before they get into the metaverse.

How are these people even getting into the metaverse? Like, think about it. Facebook has information on everybody. How come they can't tell who's an internet pervert, but then they can show me ads for crutches thages thages thages thages thages thages thages thages thages thages thususususus.. thatches, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, that, that, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. th... th.... th... th, th. th.. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. tooooooooooooooooo toa. too tooo tooo toooo get hit by a car. But obviously this is really about the principle of feeling safe and respected. It's not actual sexual assault. You know no one in the Metaverse even has a but to grab. There's nothing below the waist. That's why everyone in the metaverse goes to the bathroom out of their mouth. It's a really weird experience. I actually feel like I know where this is this this th th is th is th is th is th is th is th is th is thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the the the the the their their theate. I the. thi. thi. thi. their their their their their their their their their their th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I th. I th. I'm not thi. I'm not thi. I'm not thi. I'm not thi. I'm not the. I'm not the. I'm not theateeeateeeeateeeateeeeeateeeeeeeeeeeeat theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. the. I know where this is going, though. You know, they're going to say, well, we tried making avatars without bottoms and that

didn't work, so maybe we should try one where nobody has tops either. It's going to be just faces, like a book of faces. Nothing can go wrong with that. We'll be like, wow, this. This is what I think meta should do. Meta should do nothing. Yeah, I said it. Meta should do nothing. Let sexual harassment run wild in the metaverse. Just do it. Because think about it. If we can trap all the sexual harasses in the metaverse, we won't have to worry about sexual harassment in the real world. Yeah, all the creeps will be at home with their VR helmets, touching each other's cartoon nipples. The rest of us will just interact with actual humans, safe from sexual harassment.

It's a win-win, huh? Huh? It's a great idea. I mean, keep in mind, this isn't actually dangerous. You know, you're not in a dark alley, you're in your living room. You know, your dad, and how did this even happen? Aren't the only people in the Metaverse Facebook executives? Right? It feels like it's only anybody has access to this thing. Now keep in mind, Trevor, we have personal space rules in real life too. Yeah. And they get violated. That's true. You ever take the L-train? Late at night, 10 p. You got a 69, somebody just to get in the tox. to get. to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get the to get the the the the the the the the th. the the th. the thi. to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to to to thi. to to to to anybody. to anybody. to anybody. to to to to to anybody. to to to anybody. to anybody. to anybody. to to to to to to their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. t. t. tode. tell. tell. tell. tell anybody. tell anybody. toda. today. today. today. t. t. t. t. t. t. that. I mean, I don't think it's a bad thing on the L-train.

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Sometimes when we do this, I feel like I feel like I feel like I feel like I feel like I feel like I feel like I feel like I feel like I feel like I feel like I feel like. All right, let's move on to the big political news from over the weekend. The Republican Party right now is more divided than Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. All right, let's move on to the big political news from over the weekend. The Republican Party right now is more divided than Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. The big debate is between a small handful of conservatives who think it is wrong to try and steal an election versus the majority of Republicans who say overthrowing democracy is just legitimate political discourse. Well now Mike Pence has chosen aside.

The former vice president, Mike Pence rebuked President Trump's insistence that Pence could have rejected the Electoral College results on January 6th. President Trump said I had the right to overturn the election. But President Trump is wrong. And frankly, there is no idea more on American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president. Ooh, Mike Pence standing up to Donald Trump. Hey, look at my guy trying new things for the first time.

Next week, Claire is going to be having sex with his eyes open. But still, good for Pence. And it's going to be fun watching him endorse Trump for re-election in two years. He was right, I should have done it, and next time, maybe I will. Now, as part of the January 6th committee's investigation, it has been collecting documents from the Trump White House to find out what people might have been saying at the time of the insurrection.

And this has turned out to be harder than it should, for a couple of reasons. For one, Donald Trump had a hhad a hhad a habit had had had a habit had had a habit had a habit had a habit had a habit had a habit had a habit had a habit had a habit had a habit had a habit had a habit of tearing up everything that he read. Yeah. And not even to hide stuff, just anything he was done with, he just tear it up and throw it on the floor. Probably his revenge on paper for making him read it. And now we're finding out that the stuff Trump didn't tear up, he sometimes kept as souvenirs. The National Archives had to head down to Marlago to take back some White House documents former President Trump had apparently taken to Florida. According to the Washington Post, Trump improperly removed multiple boxes from the White House. To be clear, by law, all

those records should have been turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration. They say that this box mostly contained things like mementos, you know, letters between world leaders like leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, for example. Oh, guys. I can't believe that Trump saved Kim Jong-un's old love letters. That's so romantic. And I get it. I really do.

I get it. Like a lot of people keep stuff that's sentimental. Like I still keep my old letters from high school. You know, I've got one here. Really beautiful. Dear Trevor, I love you. You're like a brother to me. A sweet, sweet younger brother, a real member of my family. Damn, she wanted me bad.

Honestly, I'm kind of surprised that his own letters are the only thing that Trump took from the White House. I'll be honest. Like, when he got kicked out, I thought, I, I thued, I thured, I heed, I heed, I heed, I he he he he he he he he he he, I he, I he, I he, I he, I he, I he, I th th thi, I tho, thi, thi, I thi, thi, thi, th, really th, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th th, th th th th th th thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi thi that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, the the the that his own letters are the only thing that Trump took from the White House. I'll be honest. Like, when he got kicked out, I thought he'd just stuff as much stuff into his pockets as he could, you know? Like, he'd get out there and then White House security would shake him and the bust of Frederick Douglas would just fall out of his pants. I don't know who that is, but I'm learning that is, but that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that is, but I that that that is that is that is. But that is that is. But, but I that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that is that that that that I that th. But I thi. But I thi. But I thi. But I'm thi. thi. But I thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. But I thi. But I thi.. I think we would have gotten along great. So great. Every day, Putin moves his tanks closer and closer to the Ukraine border, creating the world's most high stakes game of, I'm not touching you. You can't call mom. I never toucest

your face. Never tou fa face. I don't touch your face.. Now because war is bad for business and also human life, every country is trying everything that they can to talk Russia down from its invasion plans. And yesterday, the President of France took his shot. And people had high hopes for this meeting, you know, because the French and the Russians they have a lot in common. For example, both have disgusting salad dressings named after them. But despite this commonality, the meeting did not go well. French President Emmanuel Macron is in Russia. He met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow at a 20-foot-long table, thanks

to COVID restrictions. Macron believes Russia has a right to ask questions about its security and seek guarantees. Putin did not offer to de-escalate in that meeting with Macron, but Russia does continue to deny any plans of an invasion. Okay, people, what the hell is this? Why are they sitting so far apart? Like, I've been in Zoom meetings where I'm sitting closer to the other person. Who, like, why do you even have a table so big? Like, I've been in Zoom meetings where I'm sitting closer to the other person.

Who, like, why do you even have a table so big? Like, do you see that thing? Maybe Putin isn't trying to take over Ukraine because he's evil. Maybe he just needs more space for his giant, fucking furniture. Apparently the reason for this distance is because they say they want to make sure that everyone is safe. That's what they say. And no, I'm not talking about COVID. I'm talking about Putin. Yeah, if he wants to kill you, at least with this table, he's got to catch an Uber to get to your end.

In four minutes, you're dead. Five minutes now, Latifif missed his turn. Why would you does this work? Putin is playing some crazy psychological mind games with Macron. You think so? Yeah, French people don't know how to sit at a big table like that. He didn't know what to do. They're used to those tiny little bistro tables where they have like room for one little glass of wine and a cube of cheese.

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We totally agree. Look, all I'm saying is, all I'm saying is, the table might be better than catching COVID, but it could also be the reason that there's a giant war, because these two couldn't possibly have understood each other at all. I mean, just listen to the conversation. Mr. Putin, we cannot risk another war. What? We cannot skin another boar?

No, not boars. I'm talking about foreign affairs. You're having an affair? Of course, you're French. Maybe I could sit closer to you. No, I'm saving the seat for a friend. His coat is on it. But you can't hear anything I'm saying. That is interesting, yeah. Are you doing that thing where you agree?

Because you're not sure what I said? Moscow smells like urine. Your face looks like a peach head botox. And it's only Monday. All right, let's make like the president of your high school drama club and move to New York City. Last month, New York inaugurated a new mayor, moderate Democrats and former police captain, Eric Adams. And even though he's new in the job, that hasn't stopped him from making his presence felt. For instance, he's said that he's going to his mayor's salary in crypto. Yeah. Which means he's the richest mayor, poorest, mayor, richest, poorest mayor, poorest, may, I wish I'd taken cash mayor in the world right now.

Also, Mayor Adams is a vegan. Yeah, I know, I thought he was black. I know. And this week he announced that going forward, all New York City schools would have to have mandatory vegan Fridays. Which I actually think is a great idea. Yes. Because Friday I think needs to be taken down a peg, you know. Oh, you're excited for the weekend? How about a tofu sandwich, bitch?

Now, obviously because of this decision, a lot of people are mad. Like, a lot of people are mad. You have to eat meat, or it's not a meal! But if you ask me, there's nothing wrong with kids being exposed to different kinds of diets. And yeah, I'm talking about you, you, kids with peanut allergies. Stop being so close-minded. So yeah, schools in New York are gonna serve a vegan food on Fridays,

partly because the mayor himself is vegan. Or is he? It's a big city scandal in New York. Mayor Eric Adams is making waves with athe revelation that he eats fish. Adams is a self-proclaimed vegan. A report in Politico, New York over the weekend, cited restaurant sources at a midtown eatery frequented by the mayor, who say Adams often dines on fish. He released a statement saying,

I want to be a role model for people who are following or aspire to follow a plant-based diet. But as I said, I am perfectly imperfect and have occasionally eaten fish. Okay, everybody calm down. I can feel the stress in the room right now. Everybody calm down. I know you're angry right now, and I know you want him to step down, but give the man a chance. Yes, he's a vegan who sometimes eats fish. But don't get a twisted man. Being a vegan isn't about eating vegan. It's about telling everybody that you're vegan.

So technically, this man's legit. And that is what's great about New York. We're imperfect here. You can label yourself whatever you want in New York, whether it's true or not. It doesn't matter, you know, that's why the vegan mayor isn't vegan, and that's why the New York Jets can call themselves a football team. You know, if you ask me, the weird thing to me is not that he cheats occasionally on his veganism, it's the fact that his cheat meal is the fact that his cheat meal. I mean, if you're gonna cheat, cheat, my man, cheat. Eat a cheeseburger or a pepperoni pizza. Eating fish as your cheat meal is like getting a whole pass from your spouse and using

that whole pass to have sex with a fish. It's a total waste of a whole pass and a fish. I gotta say, I really appreciate his transparency and that he didn't make the fish sign an NDA. That's progress. I guess. Yeah, come on. This is like an adorable political scandal. This is ridiculous. Let the guy eat a little bit of fish. What's next? Adams took a penny but didn't leave a

penny. He put a plastic cup in the paper recycling bin. He's keeping solitary confinement at Rikers. Okay that one is, that one's bad. The paper cup one's also pretty bad. God. Yeah, that's like, those are, those are pretty bad. I apologize over and over again. I don't know what else I can do. The colors match, you put the, you know.

All right, finally, if you're still looking for a perfect Valentine's Day gift. There are a few last-minute options that you can consider. I know it's late but you can consider these things. You can cook a nice meal, right? And if you can't cook, you can give that special person a coupon that they can exchange for a piece of jewelry later if they promise not to dump you. Or, or you can get them a gift. That'll take your relationship to totally new heights. New this morning for you with a week to go until Valentine's Day. One company in Las Vegas wants to help couples safely join the Mile High Club. It's from the company Love Cloud fittingly. Well couples can rent a private, 45-minute flight it comes with a private 45 minute flight. It comes with a private bed blocked off from the pilot with the curtain there. Well officials say there's also a

commemorative membership car and signed by the pilot himself. They also say the sheets are changed and everything's been cleaned in between flights for you. Prices for the romantic getaway start $995. Wow okay this is not what I. And I feel like it kind of defeats the whole purpose of the Mile High Club, you know? The Mile High Club isn't just about having sex on a plane. It's about having terrible sex quietly without getting sucked down that toilet. That's the experience. Anyone can have sex on a plane. Not to mention, they said this flight only lasts 45 minutes. Only 45 minutes? You realize that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's th th that's th that's th that's th th th th th th th th th th th thi thi the their their their their their their their their their their the thiates kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind their their their their their their their their that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's th thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi their their their their the to mention, they said this flight only lasts 45 minutes. Only 45 minutes? You realize that's barely enough time to apologize for the first two minutes? And don't get me started on the fact that the pilot, aka Mr. Smiley over here,

I've just got to trust that I've got privacy because he closed that little curtain. He's not to pay $1,000. I'm not going to pay a thousand dollars to have sex while some random dude is sitting there pretending to not pay attention. That's not a plane. It's a flying dorm room. So I mean, look, good luck to these guys. But I don't know how many people are going to want to take this flight because there's always a chance of a crash.

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Now, anti-vaccine protests are pretty common these days, right? But these protesters are different because they're truck drivers, which means they have trucks, and people with trucks have more power than any other people. They just do. This is like a fact of trucks. Think about it. In every heist movie ever, what do they need to pull off the heist? A truck? Yeah, when a Batman villain tries to shut down the city, they need a truck. Having trucks just gives you the ability to out-muscle people who don't have trucks. And so even though 90% of Canadian truckers are vaxed, the small minority is still able to cause big problems. They've essentially shut down downtown Ottawa for two weeks now.

And if you want to know why than happy to tell you. What is the stuff that you can't do right now is a non-vaccinated person? I live in Quebec, so it's a bit more intense than other places in Canada, but look, I can't go skiing, I can't go to Walmart, I can't go to Can't go to Home Depot, I can't go to restaurants, I can't go to bars, I can't go to compare Canada to anything, it's like Hitler's Germany and we're like the Jews, eh? You see that this is why we shouldn't be banning books because now this guy thinks that the Holocaust is when you can't take a shit in the Tim Hortons. I mean even Marjorie Till Green is looking at this guy like, dude, this isn't anything like the Holocaust. There's no soup here at all. It's actually wild when you think about it, like how many different ways people

disrespect Holocaust survivors because some people are like, what happened to you didn't happen. And then some people are like, no, what happened to you did happen. And it's happening again to me right now because I can't go skiing. Team. But anyway, the point is these truckers and their supporters feel persecuted. And when this started, it was just a protest against vaccine requirements for truckers. But it's now grown into a wider movement against all coronavirus restrictions. They want vaccine mandates gone. They want to be free to sneeze into strangers' mouths again,

like the good old days. But blocking traffic in downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown downtown the downtown the downtown the downtown the downtown the downtown the downtown the downtown their their their their their towards towards tockockockers, truckeauxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, and truckers, and truckers, and truckers, and their their their truckeckckckckckckckckckckckckckckckckckckck. their their their their trucks trucks, trucks, trucks, their truck truck truck their truck their their truck truck truckers truckers truckers truckers, trucukeckers, trucukeckers, trucukeckers, trucukeckers, trucukeckers, truc, truc, truc, to sneeze into strangers' mouths again, like the good old days. But blocking traffic in downtown Ottawa hasn't done the trick. So now, they've decided to take things up a notch. A crucial trade link between Canada and the United States was disrupted by protesters for a third day in a row. The Ambassador Bridge is the busiest international crossing in North America, linking Windsor Ontario to Detroit, while another border crossing in Ontario is experiencing an hours-long delay. The Ambassador Bridge sees about one quarter of all the goods that go between the two

countries every day. On a normal day, that's about $340 million worth of goods rolling through, and the impact is already being felt. Ontario auto plants, including Ford and Stalantis, reduced production over the impact is already being felt. Ontario auto plants including Ford and Stalantis reduced production over the last 24 hours due to missing parts from shipments. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling for an end of the protests. Right now people in Windsor are suffering and losing their jobs because they can't get auto parts across the Ambassador Bridge.

Yeah, you see? Now you can really see how much of an impact the truck protest can have. You just park a bunch of them on a bridge, just a key bridge. Boom! International trade slows to a trickle, which I didn't even know could still happen, by the way. You know, because that almost sounds like a story from medieval times. You know, when the army would block one mountain pass, and your entire village would starve. Then you'd have to eat your horse and then your dog and then eventually you'd be forced to eat your own children. And then right as you finish eating your last child, the siege would end.

You need to spend the rest of your life in therapy. I just feel really bad for eating my own children. Look, you can't blame yourself. That path was closed for almost two days. Like, think about it, think about it. If these were just regular protesters on foot, the cops would have cleared them out by now. But to move a truck, you need someone who can drive a truc. You need someone who can drive a truc. Which isn't as easy as it sounds. It takes months of training to be able to sit in the driver's seat of a truck and not, and not, and not, and not, and not, and not, and not, and not, and not, and not, and not, and not, and not, and not, and not, not, not, not, not, not, not, the the the the the their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the the the their their their their their their, their, their, their, their their, their their, their their their, their their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their their, their their, their their their their their their their their their the, thr-c, to to to tru, toea, toea, to toea, to to to to to to to too, to their to their their their their tempting. So now, these truckers are finding a lot of support, not just from Canadians, but from Republicans in the United States. Yeah, Rand Paul, Donald Trump, everyone on Fox News are coming out in support of these truckers, which I do find

kind of funny, because all of these people who are cheering on the truckers are like, yeah, shut it all down, truckers, bring the same people who said we shouldn't have any COVID restrictions because the last thing we wanted to do is bring an economy down to its knees? I mean, so basically what? It's not worth hurting the economy just to save countless lives, but it is to make a point. Then if you're just making a point, then it's like, yeah, go for it, buddy. But regardless, these Republicans are now calling for the trucker movement to come But, regardless, these Republicans are now calling for the trucker movement to come to America. And it looks like they might soon get their wish.

Ottawa's so-called freedom convoy spawning similar anti-vax mandate protests in cities around the world. In Australia, protesters assembled outside the Capitol building, many waving Australian flags and signs asking for freedom. In New Zealand, protesters camped outside Parliament for a second day. And in France, hundreds of protesters in Nice headed for Paris, waving Canadian flags. The Department of Homeland Security is telling law enforcement authorities

it's receiving reports that a similar kind of convoy could soon begin in the US. The Department has, quote, received reports of truck drivers, planning to potentially block roads in major metropolitan cities in the United States. The protest could begin as soon as Sunday in Los Angeles to disrupt the Super Bowl and then travel across the country to disrupt President Biden's state of the union in D.

On March 1st. Whoa. These guys want to disrupt the Super Bowl. I don't know, man. That that, that, that, that, that, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thu. thi, thi, thu-i, thi, tho, tho, tho, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, th, th, th, to to to to to to to to to to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be th, th, th, tho, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.a, too. And, too, to be the Super Bowl. I don't know, man. That seems like a terrible strategy. I mean, think about it, you'd be ruining one of the last things that everyone in America loves. Everyone, you're going to block the Super Bowl? What's your follow-up?

Driving over Dally Parton? And honestly, I don't know how disrupting Super Bowl traffic is even going to work. If you're in Los Angeles on Super Bowl Sunday, you're the one who's going to be stuck in the traffic. Come on, move it! I'm gonna get to the traffic disruption! Come on! And not to mention disrupting the State of the Union is strong. Come on, Jack. It's so strong, super strong, man. So yeah, these trucker protests from Canada might be coming to America. And if that's the case, we've got to prepare ourselves.

Because a lot of things that are big in Canada, they blow up to their. thrown to that they got up there. But I will say this, the funny thing about the whole protest is that when it comes to coronavirus restrictions in America, what are they going to be protesting? There's not a whole lot left, right? I mean, coronavirus isn't over, but everyone has already started to act like it is. Businesses are open, schools are in session. And even the blue estates are the mask mandates. So I guess what I'm saying is, congratulations, truck drivers.

You did it. So I guess now there's no need to block the Super Bowl. Please. Unless the RAM start winning, then you block that shit. I bet my house on the Bengals, man. Block everything. You drive on the field, you just block them. What's up sports nuts? I'm Roy Chang. That's Roywood Jr. Roy, are you ready to talk about sports? Dude, we're standing on thick grass. Of course I am. Let's do it. Great. Let's start with the Winter Olympics.

I thought you meant real sports, like basketball or wordles. Didn't know what? Come on, the Winter Olympics have all kinds of great sports. Like skiing and cross-country skiing and alpine skiing and snow skiing and ski lift riding. Stop, stop. This is a hate crime. No, no, Roy, that's not a hate crime. What is a hate crime is what China did in the opening ceremony. I mean just take a look at this.

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Damn, trotting out the Uyghurs like that. Do you have any idea the size of the balls that takes? The Great Wall ain't the only thing you can see from space running. I don't even get what the message was supposed to be here. China's like it's like it the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message. the message. the message. the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message. I. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message the message. I the message the message the message. I the message. I the message. I the message. I the message. I the message. I the message. I the message. I the message. I the message. I the message. I'm the message. I'm the message. I'm the the the th. I'm th. I don't the th. I'm the. I'm the. I don't the. I don't the. the. the. I don't the. I don see, this is the problem. See, this is why the Olympics host country should be a global superpower that's not mixed up in all the allegations of human rights abuses. Yes, exactly. Exactly. Like, uh, like, like, like, uh... like, uh... What's the one? What's the one? No, not them. No, they just got no, the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the war the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the one? No, not them. What about? No, they just got in the war. I see.

You know what, let's move on. Let's just move on. We'll come up with one. Because there's still a pandemic going on. And China's COVID crackdowns are turning the games into a different kind of spectacle. Everyone who touches down in Beijing for the Winter Games is greeted by a hazmat suit wearing welcoming committee like this one. They help you navigate various checkpoints and not one but two COVID tests. When an athlete or reporter test positive, they're ordered to put on a full hazmat suit and taken away by ambulance to

a COVID-isolation hotel 45 minutes away. And the food, some say, is inedible. One Russian athlete says she was given this tray of food for breakfast, lunch and dinner for five days. My stomach hurts and I have huge black circles around my eyes. I cry every day. That's what they're feeding Olympians. How did the chef even go about preparing that? Eating food and then throwing it up again? what they're feeding Olympians? How did a chef even go about preparing that, eating food

and then throwing it up again? No, man, it's got all the major food groups. Unsalted potatoes, weird meat, red liquid. I say born appetite. What I can't believe is that they're making them wear hazmat suits just for COVID. Those should be reserved for more dangerous situations, like, like handling flesh-eating bacteria or using a bathroom on a bus. I totally disagree with you, Roy. That's such an American perspective.

When the rest of the world gets COVID, they quarantine. When Americans catch COVID, they go to Applebee. Hey, hey, that's a badmouth America, all you want, but what you're not going to do is disrespect apple bees, all right? They got milkshake egg rolls, bro, they are so delicious and decadent. Whatever. But enough about the Olympics. Let's talk about the Olympics of a sport that only America plays. The Super Bowl. That's what I'm talking about running. Finally, we're talking about football. Cincinnati Bingels, LA Rams on Sunday, and I'm already on layer 83 of my famous 1,400-layer bean dip, mm-mm. I call it the iceberg melting.

What does that mean? Because it causes so much fart and they mess with the global warming, and it's true. Okay, that is disgusting. While you're gambling with your digestive system, Americans will be doing a different kind of gambling. The gambling kind. Millions, literally, of Americans are expected to place a wager of some type on the Super Bowl. And they'll bet an eye-popping $7.6 billion up 78% from last year.

That dramatic rise attributed largely to broader access. Well, since last year year 10 states have launched legal sports betting meaning 45 million more Americans can wager in their home state than last year. 7.6 billion dollars on Super Bowl gambling that could buy you a lot of NFTs or maybe just a few NFTs. I still don't know what NFTs are. Here's my thing. The second they legalized gambling, it was everywhere. They won, they won, everywhere, gambling.

The websites are ready, the ads won't a timeline, so why does every other law take years to kick in? Joe Biden, put draft kings in charge of your infrastructure bill. By March, everybody go have their own bridge. But you know, Roy, the Super Bowl isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't isn't the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the Super Bowl isn't all about gambling and fighting I disagree but go on. It's also about having the worst Monday of the year Unless you live in Ohio Cincinnati Public Schools are given students the day off after the big game the school district tweeted in honor of the

Bengals first Super Bowl appearance since 1988 CPS will will not have school on Monday, February 14th. They say it's so everyone can quote, celebrate what we believe will be our city's first Super Bowl victory. We should just make it a national holiday. I love this. And as someone who grew up in Cincinnati, I will also be taking next Monday off. You're not from Cincinnati.

Yeah, I am. May one thing Cincinnati's famous school? Uh, nothing? Okay. Lucky guess. But seriously, this is bullshit. What is this teaching the children of Ohio? You're not supposed to get off the day after the Super Bowl. You're supposed to pretend you have the flu the day after the Super Bowl. By the way, Roy, do you want to come over to my place to watch the Super Bowl? I can't doubt, I got COVID. What? Like right now? Of course, yes. Right now, I have povea. Well, then what we're doing here in the studio? We should be going to try I'm talking about. Let's do it. Back to you, Trevor. Milkshake Egg Rose. Trust me, you're gonna love him?

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