The Daily Zeitgeist - It’s on Zeit 3/11: 3/11 Day, Hand Sanitizers, Harvard (again), E3

Episode Date: March 11, 2020

On this edition of It’s on Zeit Miles, Laci, and DJ Danl discuss 3/11 Day and all its associations, people are over-using or buying the wrong kind of hand sanitizer, the Harvard story was fake, and E3 is getting cancelled.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Thank you to my guest today. Guest co-host, Lacey Bosley. Thank you. Hey. How are you? I'm great. You're the bad substitute teacher. I'm the bad kid.

Yeah, there you go. I'm 17 and I'm in eighth grade. Oh. What's the oldest kid you knew held back in the school you went to? Probably that. There was this guy. 17 in eighth grade? His name was Blake, and he looked like he was a strong 32. He looked like how teenagers look in the movies.

God, they cast that shit now. Yeah. Wow. There's been grown-ass men in there with kids. Like what the teenagers on Buffy used to look like in the 90s. Like, these motherfuckers are 33. Talk about mom, dad. They're like, what?

They're like, motherfucker, You four years younger than me You older than me There is that one actress though What's her name? Stacey Dash? No no no Other black woman Who's been in all those shows

And has been playing a teenager For like the last 72 years Damn Not gonna be able to help you I only know Stacey Dash But then when she saw her Salt to the Devil She got old

Yeah Hold on let me just The devil will do that to you Damn now I wanna know i think miles oh is it bianca lawson that sound let me see the license girl yep yep fucking 40 years old yes she's pretty little liar she was on saved by the bell a class. And she's, bless that skin. Bless those jeans. And she's also related to Beyonce.

That's Beyonce's stepsister. Is it really? Yes, because Tina Knowles married her daddy. What? Yes, honey. One big happy family. Okay. Okay.

And what, Beyonce is about to be 40? She's 39? Oh, I thought she was 37. 37? Okay, yeah, she's not that much older than me. That's how? Oh, I thought she was 37. 37? Okay, yeah, she's not that much older than me. That's how I like to keep... You know, when Beyonce starts looking old, then I'm like... Plus or minus on Miles' age. What's her plus or minus?

She is 38. That's right, because we're both Virgos. I always know her birthday pics always come out, and then I always get discouraged from doing my own birthday. Yeah, September 4th. Yeah, there it is. Okay, but we digress. What are the trends?

What is trending? Well, I just like to say it's 3-11. It's March 11th. Yeah, there it is. Okay, but we digress. What are the trends? What is trending? Well, I just like to say it's 3-11. It's March 11th. It's time for whoa. Amber is the color of your energy. Also, shout out to MOS0311s. If you're a Marine infantry rifleman, obviously that's another one. If you're trying to steal some valor and they're like, what's your MOS?

You're like, 0311. Also, shout out to any Marine friends. You probably don't want to fuck around with that one. Could you imagine? I mean, people know your scam goddess persona, but that would be the next level. Yeah. That's when the military would come after you. But you would probably say you were like in the Rihanna Navy or something.

Yeah. Just keep it like low stakes. Yeah. I mean, 311, great day. People just really need to respect the rap, rock, reggae stylings of a band. I believe they're from Omaha, Nebraska. Were they really? Yeah.

That's like the thing. People thought they were the most LA shit. Real beach vibes, you know? Yeah, I mean, yeah. As soon as you put their song on, the puka shells just appear on your neck. It's like a growth from your skin. Yeah, it just comes out. You're like, oh, I'm getting all these bumps. And then by the morning, they've calcified to a full-. The puka shells just appear on your neck. It's like a growth from your skin. Yeah, it just comes out. I'm getting all these bumps.

And then by the morning, they've calcified to a full-blown puka shell necklace. I would put 311 sort of in the trinity of bands that you sort of, even though people think they suck, we still listen to because we're from Southern California. Which is like, people hate Sublime, but Sublime is some goat shit. Southern California, which is like, people hate Sublime, but Sublime is some goat shit. People also hate fucking 311 and Incubus. Incubus, yes. I was wondering what the third part of the trifecta was, because I figured you were going to say Sublime. Everyone has a different one, but I feel like those are bands that I listen to very nostalgically.

I thought it was going to be a ska band, for sure. Oh, like Save Ferris. I mean, I don't know where Save Ferris is from. You know, Operation Ivy, Op Ivy. Shout out to all the Ska brethren out there, the Aquabats. I used to have the whole Aquabats outfit that you could buy from the back of the CD pamphlet. You sent money in, you get a rash guard, you get an anti-negativity helmet. Okay.

Because at the time I played trumpet and there were no cool things that you could play a trumpet in except for Ska. So I was like, okay, then I'm fucking with ska heavy now. I was in a terrible ska band called The Liptones. Wow.

The Lip, because we like Lipton Ice Tea. I'm always learning so much about you, Mano. Look, just like you and I, I'm sure if we had a podcast

where we talked about every single thing we were actively engaged in, did for money, you would have a never ending podcast. Because people all the time think i'm making shit up and i'm like no i just constantly lots happened you know what i mean

yeah in a short amount of time too you're quite young um next hand sanitizers uh because and wipes apparently people don't know how to act and if half of these videos are true i believe them because people are taking so much toilet paper, taking so much disinfectant wipes, sometimes even buying the wrong kind of hand sanitizer. It doesn't have enough alcohol. You want to get to at least 60 percent. That's why you need to buy my hand sanitizer. I got that Sandy for you and your granny. OK, what's it called?

That's our slogan. Love it. How much is one bottle? How much is one bottle? Market can I invest how much is one bottle market price oh yeah you know how when you go to

we're at a fancy restaurant yeah you know you go to a fancy restaurant and it's like market price that's how much my hand sanitizer is smart you ever

sometimes I'm afraid to ask what the market price is because I don't want to act like oh I'm good oh never mind what's MP though oh 60 bucks

it's such a weird intimidation thing that expensive restaurants do because they're like, if you have to ask, you can't afford it. Then you're probably broke. You got to come here, right? Then you're poor. You know, Salt Bae has a fucking steak that's covered in gold right now. That's the level of flex people. Oh, yeah, the gold chicken wings.

Oh, I can't wait to poop out for some carrots. Was that Food God who debuted that that i think so yeah but then everybody was having a karichi had her 14 karat chicken stick i said yes the opulence the decadence i want it i need it okay what would you get if you had a food specific to you dipped in gold what would it be oh if i had a food specific to me dipped in gold it would be be a churro. Oh, really? Yeah. You love churros? I love churros. I really like a churro, too.

And to the point where I've been, Dan knows this, but I've been thinking about buying a commercial deep fryer for the summer. For the summer? Yeah. That's for the winter. Well, look, I have like a smoke box. I have a smoke box. I have a cage of microwave that I can cook a whole suckling pig in. I have smokers. I have grills.

But I also want to just drop baskets of wings, fries. I want to complete my spread for my backyard food eating. For your full-on restaurant that you're building. And you can find them on Craigslist. There's people going out of business all the time. Got an extra fry later. Especially right now. Oh, that's horrible.

Yeah. So anyway, back to the story we were talking about. This is what happens again when I'm at the time. Got an extra fry later. Especially right now. Oh, that's horrible. Yeah. So anyway, back to the story we were talking about. This is what happens again when I'm at the wheel. The high demand of these disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizers

has gone to so much that some places are like, okay, it's six per guest. It's four per guest. It's happening on Target, online. Kroger's are doing it. They just realize

people don't know how to behave and it's not, there's no need to get like three months worth of water of water, which I've heard anecdotes of people doing. Not necessary, but that's why I'm glad they're at least trying to curb people's consumption. Yeah, and I'm sure they're not doing that from a place of helpfulness. It's probably from a place of haterness, of like, we don't want y'all reselling this and marking it up past what we have, but still. That is true. Because there were Purell wipes

that were going for $199 on Amazon. $199.99. Wait, what? Yes. Whoa. Yes. So that is truly wild. I mean, it's not like-

I'm buying those and then I'm selling each sheet. Each sheet is $100. Ooh, wow. In its own Ziploc though, so it won't get dry. Wow. Not guaranteed though. Wow. Also, wow. In its own Ziploc, though, so it won't get dry. Wow. Not guaranteed, though. Wow. Also, another thing connected to that.

Yesterday, Jack brought up a story about Harvard closing down the whole campus and kicking people out of dorms. That was not true. Fake story. So the old man got there. So that's disinformation, fake news. Do not believe that. They're just going online with their classes and limiting, like most places, limiting any kind of on-campus interactions, activities, et cetera. I think UCLA also just did that as well.

Shout out to my alma mater. Keep the kids, the youth, them safe. Yep. Berkeley did it too. Oh, Berserkly. People even call it that? I don't. Do you know any people that went to Berkeley?

My sister currently goes to Berkeley. I feel like all my friends who went to Berkeley lived in a co-op at one point. Is that facts? I mean, yes. 1,000. Am I capping? No? Okay, no capping.

Do you fuck with the vision? Okay, good. Finally, E3 has been canceled. Because, you know, I mean, the subreddit's most popular voice on this entire podcast, Dan L. Goodman, please come on in. Let us know about E3. I forgot to even introduce you, actually, because we got carried away, Lacey and I, doing our thing.

Introducing Lacey is far more important. Dan L. Goodman. Hello. It is I. It's like Samuel L. Jackson. Sure. Right? No.

Dan L. Goodman. Oh, okay. I thought that's what the L was. E3 has been canceled. Now, I know that to be probably one of the most significant trade shows, gatherings for the video game industry. I would say, if not the single biggest. Right.

To the point where if one company doesn't show up, like a Sony or whoever, people are like, what's going on? Are they announcing something else? People just, it means so much to either be participating or not participating. Correct. I had the honor of being able to go for a few hours last year. Same. Pretty fun.

I get it. It is. But I can tell now with coronavirus brewing about and the amount of people who travel from around the world to come to this event that they're like, yeah, maybe we need to cancel it. Yeah. But also, I was about to say, maybe we need to cancel it. Yeah. But also, I was about to say, maybe that would have probably been the safest event of all

because, you know, gamers just be in their house. Yeah, exactly. So this would have just been a bunch of people who just opened the door and saw the sun for the first time in months and went to the airport. There you go, the tired-ass gamer stereotype. You know, you're looking at two gamers. I know I am.

That's why I'm saying this. I'm looking at you in your cornea right now. I want you to know it's you. And I'm scared yeah it's like oh you think i never see you out on the weekend where the fuck you at playing these video games it was me you've been logged into playstation network for 72 weeks okay that's how you build the skill right okay come on don't act like you be on the bike playing video games also to be fair you know to be fair to you also the second i'm hearing about working from home, I'm like, I'm about to fucking put in work on that PlayStation at home.

And my whole mentality talking about kids not going to school is like, damn, I wish that was me. Like when I was a kid. Nothing your parent could say. It's like, school's closed, mom, because of coronavirus. Now go to your job, leave me unsupervised

so I can smoke weed in the backyard and tell you that it's probably coming over from the neighbor's house when you smell me when you get home. And I'm going to put so much work into Vice City.

Right. Yes, as you should. But also, I just feel like, I don't know, things like Coachella, I feel like those people are always touching each other.

Yeah, yeah. But are they postponing E3? Or is it canceled? No, it's full-on canceled. Cancelled. And the thing that makes this a little bit worse is that there's been a couple, you know, death knells, as it were, leading up to this.

Last year, one of the bigger companies, as Miles mentioned, Sony, pulled out of E3 to hold their own event. This year, before all the coronavirus stuff, there is a guy who might be unknown to some, but his name is Jeff Keighley. Oh, yeah. And he runs the video games. Keels. You nailed it.

And Heelys. Also. He runs the video game. Keels. You nailed it. And Heelys. Also. He runs the video game awards, and for the first time in- The ETAs. Thank you. The first time in E3's entire history, he's pulling out of the event. E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo. Now, was he doing this-

How you doing? You good? Was he doing this prior to the Rona? So, yes, he did it prior to the Rona. So, it was another thing that was kind of like, uh-oh, E3 is kind of looking like a dead event. And then they were going to put life into it. They were going to resuscitate it this year. There were certain things.

I think certain companies were really going to take up the mantle. Xbox owns the Microsoft Theater, which is right next to the Staples Center and the Convention Center. They always throw a big event there. And this would have been an opportunity for them to be like, we're the standout company at E3 this year. PC Gaming have had a big showing all these other companies could have taken up the space of Sony but because of this because of Jeff pulling out all this stuff we might be seeing the end of this conference completely though yeah dude because the thing is like I said you know

with PlayStation as well Nintendo and they were never coming back no they're not coming back yeah well Sony's done entirely and Nintendo's moving more to Nintendo Directs. Like they can just live stream everything. No one has to show up. They don't have to pay for anything. It's like if they can just do a live stream that a million people are going to tune into no matter what, why even do it?

Those live streams are the most painful fucking thing to watch. Gamer company, game developers do not know how to stand on stage and express ideas. They'll hire comedians who don't know what's going on either, and it's just as uncomfortable for them,

like trying to make jokes about game shit that they're like, right? Or they just choose video game memes, like Keanu Reeves will come out and be like, I want to talk about this game. And everybody's like, Keanu, oh my God. And no disrespect to Keanu Reeves, great guy, love him. But at the same time, it's like, what association does he have in the video game world

other than he was a voice actor and people are obsessed with him right now? No disrespect to Keanu Reeves. Great guy. Love him. But at the same time, it's like, what association does he have in the video game world other than he was a voice actor and people are obsessed with him right now? That's all you need. That's what happens. And everybody who gets those staff pro gigs. I have cousins who work the staff pro events. I remember. You know what I mean?

That's another hit because that's another huge event. And also, all the developers end up having events around the city, too. That's more gigs for people who are in catering, the servers, the pop-up bartenders, things like that. So Sony said this conference could have been an email? Quite literally. Quite literally. So yeah, so unfortunately this might be

the... We'll see. I'm not going to go wild yet and be like, that's it, it's over. But they were going to get momentum for this. Wait, it sounded like you were saying that. Right here, Dan. Is it over? We were looking for certain companies to take up the mantle this year and say, we're rejuvenating it, we're putting life back into it. But if they didn't do that, and it looks like they're not going to get the opportunity to, we might be seeing the end of it.

We'll see. You heard it here, folks. Right here first. And blow up my menchies if I'm wrong. Come on, menchies. Yeah. Oh, menchies. What is that?

Frozen yogurt? You know it. My man in the valley. I think they're like all over now. Are they really? I believe Menchies had an undercover boss episode. Yeah, that was just what we were driving. It was down the street from where I went to high school.

And so it was just like, yo, frozen yogurt. Oh, that one on Magnolia and Lower Canyon? Mm-hmm. Across from the Popeyes? Mm-hmm. Across from the Johns? You are such an LA boy. By the Bank of America?

Indeed. Huh? I can't deal with how LA you are. Well, I grew up fucking local trash.. Across from the Johns. You are such an L.A. boy. By the Bank of America. Indeed. Huh? I can't deal with how L.A. you are. Well, I grew up fucking local trash. A little south of that. Wait, no, no, no. It's south of that. The Popeyes is at the corner.

Oh, yeah. That one's close to Riverside by the Jack in the Box. Yes, sir. It's across from the Jack in the Box. There we go. Patty Corner to the Gilson's. I used to meet people in that Johns parking lot to serve drugs. There we go.

Okay. Allegedly. Skirt. Boom. Thank you so much, everybody, for joining us for this trending episode. DJ Daniel, thank you so much for forcing your way onto the episode again. He was like, fans demand it. He had the tea.

He had all the info. And then Miles would have jumped in trying to show that he also had tea. I get mad insecure when Dan's around because he knows more than me. He's actually the smartest person in the building. People don't know that. About exactly one thing. Hey, that's something. I appreciate that.

Yeah. Lacey, thank you so much for coming by. Always a pleasure. And I'll see you tomorrow. Bye. Bye. Kay hasn't heard from her sister in seven years. I have a proposal for you. Come up here and document my project.

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