The Daily Zeitgeist - Just Around the River Trend 4/24: Injection, Breitbart, Messenger Rooms, Social Distancing

Episode Date: April 25, 2020

On this edition of Just Around the River Trend Jack and Miles discuss the President suggesting we all inject ourselves with disinfectant, Breitbart is trying to defend that one, Zoom has competition, and people are already forgetting to distance socially! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In California during the summer of 1975, within the span of 17 days and less than 90 miles, two women did something no other woman had done before, try to assassinate the President of the United States. One was the protege of Charles Manson. 26-year-old Lynette Fromm, nickname Squeaky. The other, a middle-aged housewife working undercover for the FBI. Identified by police as Sarah Jean Moore. The story of one strange and violent summer,

this season on the new podcast, Rip Current. Hear episodes of Rip Current early and completely ad free and receive exclusive bonus content by subscribing to iHeartTrue Crime Plus, only on Apple Podcasts. Lacey Lamar. And I'm also Lacey Lamar. Just kidding. I'm Amber Revin. Okay, everybody, we have exciting news to share. We're back with season two of the Amber and Lacey, Lacey and Amber show on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network. This season, we make new friends, deep dive into my steamy DMs, answer your listener questions and more. The more is punch each other. Listen to the Amber and Lacey, Lacey and Amber show on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Just listen, okay?

Or Lacey gets it. Do it. How do you feel about biscuits? Hi, I'm Akilah Hughes, and I'm so excited about my new podcast, Rebel Spirit, where I head back to my hometown in Kentucky and try to convince my high school to change their racist mascot, the Rebels, into something everyone in the South loves. I was a lady rebel. Like, what does that even mean? It's right here in black and white in print. It's bigger than a flag or mascot. Listen to Rebel Spirit on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Hello, the internet, and welcome to this episode of Just Around the River Trend. That is courtesy of Crispy Meme Donut, a.k.a. Christy Yamaguchi Main. I have no idea if I sang that right because I've never seen Pocahontas. No, you did well. I was imitating you imitating Pocahontas.

We were just saying before we hit record that neither of us saw that movie because we were both too busy watching pretentious movies that we were too young to enjoy and reading books that we couldn't even begin to comprehend but still read every fucking word like as if somehow it was gonna drag me into a smarter realm uh there's so many books that i read that i was just too young dude i read rush limbaugh is a big fat idiot when that shit came out that Al Franken book

you're like dude no I'm not joking yeah like I was I was fucking came out in 1996 I was at the time 11 years old reading a fucking takedown of Rush Limbaugh cause I was like yeah dude hell yeah dude

that's so tight yeah and those kids grew up to be podcasters because I was like, yeah, dude. Hell yeah, dude. That's so tight. Yeah, I agree. And those kids grow up to be podcasters. What a sad reality. But then I also, there were R-rated, like I saw Die Hard way too young. I was just realizing because I was re-watching Die Hard that I saw that when I was eight.

And it was like my favorite movie when i was eight or nine but i mean when you say way too young that's almost to be like you know and i actually look at that point my life was irreversibly changed like you're just saying like if you were a parent you might not have done that but you're pretty yeah yeah so what's the problem yeah no but i'm i will i was obsessed with violence for a long time when i was a kid so uh oh were you like were you kind of the little kid where your parents are like i'm worried about jack sometimes he does yes oh okay yeah you were we call that finding the boundaries yeah i was i was like real dark for like a couple years when i was like eight i was like hey look at that tall

building well i wonder what it would be like to commit suicide off that building i said that to my mom she was like jack and i said it in public uh yeah so i just yeah testing the boundaries testing the limits uh speaking of boundaries and limits uh we might have found what the boundary and limit is for the stupidity and fuckery that america will tolerate from the president probably not but maybe people seem to uh to really be taking this lysol bleach uv radiation light yeah uh it sounds statement UV radiation statement from him, not in stride. It seems to have really struck a chord with people because that is basically all that is trending right now.

Lysol had to issue a disclaimer because Trump literally said that scientists should look at injecting bleach or disinfectant into people's lungs yeah it's it was really it's like one of those things you're like he's always gonna say dumb shit that just sounds like a like just a bad take from someone who thinks they know more but this shit really came out of like a level of ignorance that is like goes beyond a pure disdain for science and research it was like the logic path was sort of like yeah and you know maybe they can clean out the insides and you know your lungs get dirty and then the lysos can disinfect if they inject it and

then they're gonna look into it was weird how he kept kind of putting like dr burks up to like like nodding with the fact that they were going to look into this but really if you watch there's a great video where someone edits just cuts her face out while he's saying this yeah and you just watch her the evolution of being like i'm a scientist in probably one of the worst positions i could be in professionally right now uh and it's really, yeah, it's fucking, ooh, it's fucked. Just so many blinks, so many, like, you can tell she's just, like, keeping herself as hard as she can from nodding

because she knows that, like, it's her duty not to nod even though this guy, the president of the United States, is like, right, right? So you're gonna look into that. Get some UV rays into people's lungs. of the United States is like, right? Right? So you're going to look into that. Because the thing, this is the line. Get some UV rays into people's lungs. Okay, sir. I mean, this is the line that he said.

And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning? So it'd be interesting to check that. Like almost a cleaning. Like this isn't, you're not putting the fucking door tag on your fucking hotel room saying hey ready for fucking housekeeping that's like right that's not the process here of like just merely cleaning yeah and so then this

leads us to our next uh big trend was bright part was trending because everyone was like, what the, most people were saying, this is the, one of the worst things I've ever heard said ever. How are, how is this real? And then Breitbart had to come out with like their own sort of defense. No, the president didn't say what you just literally heard him say what he said inject and this is what this is what their defense was trump used the word quote inject but that but what he meant was using a process which he left to quote this for whatever reason quote medical doctors and quote to define in which patients lungs might be cleared of the virus given new knowledge about the response to light and other factors i mean guys come on seriously it's like he said inject it even though he said

it shows you that's where we're at now and why it's so hard for even his supporters to defend this because they're gonna have to do weird shit like he didn't mean inject lysol when he said inject lysol what he meant was ask these doctors to come up with a plan that is scientifically feasible in order to get the best outcomes for our sick American countrymen. It's like, no, he said inject Lysol. There was an internal memo that was sent around to Republican senators by Republicans that was like, all right,'s uh focus any responses uh to to the coronavirus pandemic uh on being racist against china or attacking china and let's stop defending the president basically which is you know that okay then new tactic for journalists ask direct questions about the president's dealings and then have them

keep pivoting and like that's all you need to do like and i don't i'm not interested in china so i'm interested in what the president did and what you have to say but again i don't know why i'm really china tell us to inject bleach into our lungs yeah right i mean i'm curious what what it would take for a newsroom for one of these people running them to be like do not let them ask just ask the direct question and start getting fucking stern and just say no that's not i'm sorry that's not what i'm interested in knowing you've had your time goodbye that's you know that's what just take it there uh what are messenger rooms that's something that's trending yeah the okay so zoom

has had i mean wow if you want to talk about the you know most popular kid in school and then schoolyard pariah zoom uh it went from being like everything's on zoom now we're in a zoom-based economy zoom-based currency zoom-based genetics um and then slowly we would hear well it's chinese or whatever okay the guy the the the counter's a chinese-american it's not like this this was created by like fucking in the people's republicans yeah like and like this was like mao's last great blow no just fucking leave that shit alone yes there are security issues but don't start dogpiling on this other angle like i think you can treat the security issues for what they are that like they they lied about end-to-end encryption that's not the case so now i think a lot of people have

been finding an opportunity to try and put their flag in the video conferencing moon and wouldn't you know it old nark suckerberg has entered the coliseum uh and that's what messenger rooms is basically using their like already they already have the infrastructure for like video calling but now they're making it so like you can have 50 person messenger chats or whatever and people don't even need an app they're saying like you just click the link and it'll work with your browser but the app works best i mean it's just interesting to see now like facebook we're already there people being already kind of on pins and needles about you know what their aims are and what they might be doing or not be doing but i mean i feel like if

i had to pick between zoom or messenger rooms i think i'm fine with zoom i don't care if people are hearing about how bad i'll take my chances with zoom man and also we've already trained our uh 65 year olds to use zoom so it's yeah we don't need another a whole another thing and also like messenger rooms is going to be on their home turf where they're like and now look at this conspiracy theory about obama starting coronavirus like that's the interesting thing is like you'll be able to set up these talks so if you do have an active facebook group you could basically use the inbuilt app technology and be like okay you guys like the 50 top users let me further inoculate you and give you these weird conspiracy theories or maybe decent whatever. But I think for the amount of people that use Facebook,

sure, going to be helpful. All business practices aside, whatever. Great. Fine. Great. Fine. Whatever, Mark. Whatever, Mark. Finally, this is just a question I have for you. Have you noticed people taking shit less seriously

in terms of social distancing as of late i feel like it's weird i know the weather has we've had like a heat wave uh this week so it's been like we've suddenly fast forwarded to like actual la temperatures because in the beginning of the lockdown it was rainy and cold and now we're like above 80 constantly um it was weird i think people are having a hard time yeah for sure i noticed like last weekend i had seen more people out on this path that i run on than i had ever seen before like to the point where i'm like are people coming from across the city to use this pathway like it felt very significant and it was a lot of mixed things of some people had masks on some people absolutely

didn't and were like yucking it up with their neighbors and shit um yeah that's what i was seeing yesterday i think yeah i think what we're i don't know maybe it's a thing because i've also kind of start i don't know like feeling it but began intellectually questioning like oh my god like am i am i starting to get to that point where i'm like can we be done yet or like can i go before i was much more in a mindset of like accepting like this is what needs to be done and i'm still very much like that but now with the weather it does call my name but not to the point where i'm gonna like ever entertain doing anything like what i see because that's where you know i'd be lying if i said the cross doesn't, the thought doesn't cross my mind, but to go that far. Yeah.

Let's, let's let the scientists, let's let Fauci tell us we're, we're all good. And then, you know, that trickled down to our governors before we make any strong, strong calls. Yeah.

Were you seeing people just completely not giving a fuck, like in, like just on the street or you said in the store? On the street. No, not in the store. So in the store, people are still wearing masks because that's policy right but just like walking on the street i saw a lot of people like in the past people were all wearing masks uh people were keeping six feet apart and this just seemed like it was like fucking first

day of summer everybody was was like, woo! That's a problem too. It's a double-edged sword because if you have any outdoor space, you can enjoy the weather here versus maybe another city like New York where I know it's raining right now. That's where we're having to fight

our animal impulses of is the hibernation season over? are the flowers blooming do i come out yeah but i will keep my ass guys well keep your ass inside with the rest of us wash your hands and stay six feet apart that does it for this week another one in the books i hope you guys have a good weekend uh Stay safe and be good to each other. We'll be back on Monday. We'll talk to you then. Also, don't

forget to do your homework because there will be an exam on Men in Black on Monday. Oh yeah, that's right. Talking the whole movie, 1997. I know there might not be places to stream it for free unless you got the Wildplex server. You know, help each other out. That was a mistake on our part.

We thought it was on Netflix because it had been on Netflix for a while. All movies going forward will be on one of the streaming platforms for free. Netflix giveth and taketh so quickly. It's so hard to know when something's there and when it will be. All right.

We'll talk to you on Monday. Bye. Play tricks. we'll talk to you on Monday bye play tricks hi I am Lacey Lamar and I'm also Lacey Lamar just kidding I'm Amber Revin

okay everybody we have exciting news to share we're back with season 2 of the Amber and Lacey Lacey and Amber show on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network this season we make new friends deep dive into my steamy DMs, answer your listener questions, and more. The more is punch each other.

Listen to the Amber and Lacey Lacey and Amber show on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Just listen, okay? Or Lacey gets it. Do it. How do you feel about biscuits? Hi, I'm Akilah Hughes, and I'm so excited about my new podcast,

Rebel Spirit, where I head back to my hometown in Kentucky and try to convince my high school to change their racist mascot, the Rebels, into something everyone in the South loves, the biscuits. I was a lady rebel. Like, what does that even mean? It's right here in black and white and prints they

lie bigger than a flag or mascot listen to rebel spirit on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts there's so much beauty in mexican culture like mariachis delicious cuisine and even lucha libre join us for the new podcast, Lucha Libre Behind the Mask, a 12-episode podcast in both English and Spanish about the history and cultural richness of Lucha Libre. And I'm your host, Santos Escobar, emperor of Lucha Libre and a WWE superstar. Listen to Lucha Libre Behind the Mask

on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you stream podcasts. In California, during the summer of 1975, within the span of 17 days and less than 90 miles, two women did something no other woman had done before, try to assassinate the President of the United States. One was the protege of Charles Manson. 26-year-old Lynette Fromm, nickname Squeaky. The other, a middle-aged housewife working undercover for the FBI. Identified by police as Sarah Jean Moore.

The story of one strange and violent summer, this season on the new podcast, Rip Current. Hear episodes of Rip Current early and completely ad-free and receive exclusive bonus content by subscribing to iHeart True Crime Plus, only on Apple Podcasts.