The Daily Zeitgeist - RIP MacKenzie Bezos’ DMs, Trump Shutdown Survival Guide 1.11.19

Episode Date: January 11, 2019

In episode 307, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Candice Thompson to discuss the Bezos divorce, the government shutdown continuing and the Trump Administrations lack of understanding about it, Steve King's idiotic comments about white nationalism, the prediction that the US will drop to the third biggest economy, Facebook no longer being the best place to work, the Oscars deciding to go host-less, Taco Bell cleaning up their act, and more! FOOTNOTES: 1. THE INNER BEZOS2. Why the Bezos Divorce Is So Riveting3. Jeff Bezos, Newly Divorcing, Now Seeing Lauren Sanchez-Whitesell4. Who Is Lauren Sanchez? All About the News Anchor Dating Billionaire Jeff Bezos5. Trump walks out of shutdown negotiations after Democrats reject wall money, calls meeting ‘total waste of time’6. The 'doomsday' scenario: Here's what happens if the shutdown drags on7. Before Trump, Steve King Set the Agenda for the Wall and Anti-Immigrant Politics8. United States will drop to become the world's THIRD biggest economy behind China and India by 2030, new financial rankings suggest9. Projected GDP Ranking (2018-2023)10. Facebook employees are reportedly outraged at exec appearing at Kavanaugh hearing11. Facebook is no longer the 'Best Place to Work,' according to new Glassdoor survey12. After Kevin Hart Debacle, Oscars Forge Ahead Hostless13. A Hostless Oscars? The Last Time the Academy Tried That, Things Got Ugly14. Oscars Team Scrambling to Reunite 'Avengers' on Telecast (Exclusive)15. WATCH: The 11 minutes that ruined Hollywood producer Allan Carr's career forever16. Taco Bell to test vegetarian menu this year 17. WATCH: Kaina - Cry Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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. Using the headlines, box office reports, TV ratings, what's trending on Googs, and so she means. It's Friday, January 11th. Happy 111, everyone. 2019. My name is Jack O'Brien, a.k.a. And the Golden Glow Brian goes to Bohemian Jaxody. Courtesy of Trite Gang, and I'm thrilled to be joined, as always, by my co-host, Mr. Miles Gray. Yes, that's right. It's your boy, your boy Kusama, experimental Japanese black artist, a.k.a. All My Trilldren.

I still like All My Trilldren. That's a combo, a.k.a. I couldn't sing today. I don't have the pipes for it today. Going under the weather. Yeah. I'm going to get you some water and honey, some warm water and honey.

Is that the key? I don't know. I thought I heard that somewhere. Just water and honey. Water and honey. Cold water and honey. Some warm water and honey. Is that the key? I don't know. I thought I heard that somewhere. Just water and honey. Cold water and honey. There you go. Well, we're thrilled to be joined in our third seat by the hilarious comedian Candace Thompson. Hi, guys.

Hi. Thanks for having me. We're thrilled to have you. Thank you for coming on the show. Of course. Sorry that I ignored you downstairs. I was so confused. It's fine. Well, what was it about me that was ignorable? No, it wasn't that it was ignorable. We had like inspectors in the building and then I was like stressing out. Do I look like an inspector?

You do. Did you confuse me? Your tool belt threw us off. Oh my God. Your tool belt. In my tool belt. I got to stop wearing that. Well, also too, because we have all kinds of like new shows happening all the time.

A lot of people, I don't know. Yeah, yeah. No, I get it. That's all right. It's fine. I was stressed out by the inspector because I thought he was just looking at everything. Oh, so you decided to go with that. Double course.

Well, Candice, we're going to get to know you a little bit better. First, we're going to tell our listeners a couple of the things we're talking about today. RIP to Mackenzie Bezos' DMs because yeah we're going to talk about that little conscientious uncoupling or just conscious conscious unconscious I think it was a conscious

conscious uncoupling we're talking about Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow no but I think the isn't that where the thing that is what they yeah

they called it a conscious uncoupling they invented it but I think the Bezoses are fully embracing it oh yeah I think it was like a super amicable split or something. Right, right. They described it.

Well, she's probably going to get half his money. So, yes, I'd be. Very. I would be. Super amicable. So amicable right now. We're going to talk about the Trump shutdown and just where we're at as of this recording. Steve King, back in the headlines, we're going to talk about him.

And he was wondering why white supremacist is a bad word all of a sudden. Was that his question? Yeah. I mean, yeah. Look, we'll get into all that shit later. I don't know. We're going to look at the economic forecast that has the U.S. as the third largest economy by 2030.

So, yeah. We're number three. There you go. But first, we'd like to ask our guest, what is something from your search history that is revealing about who you are? We are judging you. This is silly, and I knew the answer before I looked this up, but I always have to be right.

And I was trying to prove somebody wrong. So I had a television installed in my living room just recently. I had to get a new TV. And the guy from Best Buy who came to install it, I don't know, we somehow got on the topic of Donald Glover. We were talking about Atlanta. And then he makes the comment of, well, I didn't even know he was Danny Glover's son. And I was like, what are you talking about? Wow.

Okay. What are you talking about? And he was like, yeah, that's his father. And I said, I'm pretty sure Danny Glover is not Childish Gambino's father. And then so I had to look it up to prove him wrong. Just to be like, look, this is it, right? Yes, because. Was he that adamant about it?

Oh, he was. Yeah, no. There's nothing worse than someone being that wrong. That wrong. I'm telling you. And committed to their wrongness. Right. So I had to shut it down.

Was he fact checkable? Was he like, oh, okay. Or was he like, oh, well, that's what the internet says. No, he, at that point. Accepted the reality. Exactly. That's good. Yes.

He's not a crazy person, I don't think. He's just geek squad. Yes. Correct. Yes. So they do respect information. Yes. Okay.

What is something that you think is underrated? Underrated is being single. Okay. Yeah. I embrace it. Okay. Because I have to now. How long have you been single? Oh, most of my life I've been single. Okay. Yeah. I embrace it. Okay. Because I have to now. How long have you been single?

Most of my life I've been single. And I do get moments where it's like I do know that companionship is nice and it's comfortable. We all want, we're all human, right? We want contact and love. Yes. But every time I try to get into a relationship, something happens and it doesn't work out.

And that's most of my relationships. They never work out. And I'm just, and I'm like, you know what? I'm fine being by myself. And I don't think I'm ever going to get married. I think I'm just, you know. You're good? I'm good.

Okay. Spend that time, you know, doing what makes you happy. And just realize, like, oh, yeah, you don't have to, like, worry about another person. You don't have to, like, change what you're doing to makes you happy and just realize like oh yeah you don't have to like worry about another person you don't have to like uh like change what you're doing to make them happy like it's just there's a freedom that's involved with it that i think a lot of people are scared of now i've heard in some of the stand-up you do a lot of you attribute some of that to your dad absolutely too good of a dad absolutely and so your bar is so fucking high it's like who the fuck i'm gonna date yeah everyone disappoints me literally everyone everyone disappoints me and i've gotten to the point where it's like. It's like, who the fuck I'm going to date? Yeah, everyone disappoints me. Literally, everyone disappoints me

and I've gotten to the point where it's like now, it's like I, none of the guys that I've dated ever have given me what I've deserved. Wow.

And the only person that has done that is me. Right, yeah. And my parents, like my family. Sure, sure, sure. And that's what they're supposed to do as parents.

Like, I feel like they're supposed to help me and support me and provide and care about my emotional needs but I'm not here to say that's someone else's responsibility yeah and why put that on somebody so i take the time to focus on me and i complain because you know sometimes i'll be you know horny yeah but uh i'm even getting past that i think i'm just like post-sexual at this point i'm like sexual yeah i'm just i'm in a whole headspace i meditate every day and I'm just like

I'm present and just using that energy to be creative. Yeah. And your meditation controls the horniness or it puts it in its place? Well, yes. I use that energy, that sexual energy to just get into a headspace

where I'm just enjoying being present in that moment and using that time to really appreciate and be grateful. And I come up with ideas and, like, jokes when I'm meditating. So, yeah, I feel like that's where my sexual energy is being channeled. Just to manifest other things. Oh, I be manifesting all types of stuff. You sound like you are way better at meditation than I am. Oh, I probably am.

I've been doing it now for almost, like, two years now. And I'm up to, like, an hour and a half a day I can do it. You're hovering a couple inches off your seat right now. I can levitate. Yes, that is correct. What is something you think is overrated? Oh, there's a few things. Okay.

And I don't know which one. Political correctness. Okay. For sure. I feel like is hella overrated. Especially right now. Right now. It's fraudulent. I feel like people do things under the guise of political correctness where they don't actually mean what they're saying.

They just don't want to stir the pot or say something offensive, but they still feel that way inside, which is phony. Right. And being in this industry of entertainment and seeing that people are casting certain people because because they look diverse but they don't really care about diversity they just don't want to be called racist that's under right it's so superficial i'm tired of it like because i'm a black person that obviously doesn't look traditionally black but like i've been overlooked for so many things because they want someone who's obviously looking black so that they don't look racist right like imagine remember when snl was casting when they were having uh they got called out for not having any black women in the cast and then imagine if they had hired me right they'd have been like

who of all the black women you had to pick this one but that shouldn't matter right i'm talented and i'm right for the job but they obviously had to go with the more brown so they don't get called out again so and that's just a thing that i had to go with a more brown so they don't get called out again. So and that's just a thing that I have to deal with regularly. But I know that other people have to deal with it as well. It's like if you're not representing what this particular agenda is, then you're not good for it. Right. Yeah. Which is not true at all. Yeah. It's like it's almost like a thought stopping thing.

Yeah. Political correctness where you're just like, okay, and this is the right thing to say. And this fits into that box. This is the right thing to say. I don't believe it. I don't believe it and I'm not going to stand by it. I'm just going to tweet it though. What is... Oh, you had another overrated. Oh yeah, what was my... Eggplant.

Overrated. Eggplant, man. I've given it so many shots. Really i try i keep going back i keep trying it like maybe going back i keep doing because i'm like i keep i do because i i'm like people love right i see chefs i watch top chef i watch all these shows about cooking and all one of my favorite ingredients to work with is eggplant i have yet to meet an eggplant that has blown my mind I don't like the texture How do you normally cook it? I don't cook it

I let other people handle it I don't know how to cook it I think I've maybe had an eggplant parmesan that was decent but it's too mushy for me It doesn't have an overwhelmingly great flavor It's just there It's just vegetarian chicken parm

Right, and I'm a vegetarian Oh shit Actually I'm a vegetarian. Oh, shit. And I'm a vegetarian. Well, actually, I'm like transitioning into vegan now also. So like it's a, but yeah, I'm just not impressed, dude. Have you had like an aubergine dip? Or like baba ghanoush? I have had baba ghanoush.

You know, that's a great. I do like baba ghanoush. Good representation for eggplant. I do like, but you know, you need something else with the baba ghanoush. Okay. Another thing in Japan, what we do is we roast it with miso. Okay. I haven't tried that.

And then you slow roast it like that, and so you get a really good texture and flavor from that. So you're team eggplant? I'm team everything, really. Okay. I just don't like carrots. You shouldn't like carrots. They're not natural, and they're not good for you. Oh, really?

Everyone's like, that's why your eyesight's bad. That's why you have to wear glasses when you play video games. Carrots aren't natural? That was a rumor. No, they're not. They're not natural. They're not good for you. Oh, really? Everyone's like, that's why your eyesight's bad. That's why you have to wear glasses when you play video games. Wait, carrots aren't natural? That was a rumor. No, they're not. They're man-made. What do you eat? You're a vegetarian who doesn't eat carrots or eggplant?

We can talk about what I eat when we get to the myth thing. Okay. Because that's what I want to talk about. Wait, but the carrots you're talking about because orange is not their natural color, right? I don't know about that, but I just saw a thing on, I forget what I was watching. Oh, I forget what I was watching, but they were talking about

how the myth about carrots giving us good eyesight is from World War, either one or two. Two, yeah. Because they said the pilots were able to shoot the missiles and get their targets

because of all the carrots they ate. And then carrots, It was because we had cracked the Nazis' code. And they skyrocketed sales of carrots. So they just started manufacturing carrots for the economy. Awesome, and this is just genetics, my fucked up eyesight.

Yeah. Hot. We had to have an excuse. Carrots have nothing to do with it. Although I love, oh, good, actually glazed roasted carrot. No, they're good. Mozza? Have you been to Mozza?

Yes, yes. They have these balsamic glazed carrots there that are, yeah. Yeah. But the story, I love that story about the carrots. So we had cracked the Nazis' code and we were just like sniping them out of the sky because we like knew where they were because we had cracked the code because of carrots yeah but in order to like to give them an excuse for why we were able to see them at night we said that we were eating a lot of carrots and like put that in our thing that we knew they were intercepting and the nazis

were so fucking stupid that they were like oh man we knew they were intercepting and the nazis were so fucking stupid that they were like oh man we gotta start eating carrots ramp up the carrot thing oh yeah it's nazi propaganda yeah so stay away from carrots and what is a myth oh um a myth i wanted to debunk is it's tied in with the whole food thing that we're talking about is the the myth that we need to eat three meals a day that's not accurate at all we don't at least five no not even you can do that five little ones well and they say what i think they even say eight little meals throughout that like little snacks who the hell has time for that i don't right who does but you don't have to do i mean we really don't have to eat that much at all

i sometimes on sundays we'll just eat meal. I do intermittent fasting all the time, which is I'll eat one meal and then I won't and like in the middle of the day and then I won't eat again until that same time the next day. And I'll do that for weeks on end. And I feel great. That sounds amazing. And I again, I don't do the whole protein thing and how we need a bunch of protein from meat like you don't need that stuff. So like and i've been vegetarian no meat no meat like pork and beef related since i was 13 i gave up chicken in 2007 and now i'm transitioning into what happened in 2007 someone touched me i got molested by a chicken by colonel by colonel san diego yeah yeah no i fasted and then i felt so good after i did the fast in 2007 that i was like i don't

want to go back to feeling like that. So I just gave it up. So what is your favorite food? Oh, man. Or what do you find yourself eating the most? It is pizza. But now I'm. How the hell are you going to do vegan?

I am like it's one of those things where I feel like if I I'm trying to do like an alkaline raw food vegan because I was having some health issues last year. And like I just kept getting sick. And I was like, why am I? And I'm healthy. I told you I don't like I exercise. I do yoga. I don't eat like terrible foods all the time. I was like, I'm supposed to be like one of the healthier people.

And I was like, I kept getting sick. And so I just did research and it was I just want to create an alkaline. Alkalize your life. Yep. So that's what I'm doing as of right now. And I plan to do it most of the time. If I go like three months and I'm like, you know what? I want a piece of

pizza. I'm going to have a pizza or I'm going to have ice cream. I'm not going to cut anything out entirely, but I do want to live my life mostly where I do like the raw food, vegetarian, like, or vegan fruits, vegetables, mostly. What's your favorite vegetable? And I can't do this one anymore, and it made me very mad.

I love broccoli, but broccoli is a hybrid. It's man-made as well. Everything's man-made. Not everything. No, not everything. The Native Americans made basically everything. But yeah, I mean, not with chemicals or anything. Right, but everything has evolved.

Everything is genetically modified now. Right, right, right. So yeah, no, like cauliflower is not. Wait, so cruciferous vegetables aren't good? No, they're all hybrids. So yeah, no, they're not good for you. Like there's a list of alkaline foods and those are not on there.

Okay. Carrots are not on there. But like kale you can do. Even spinach is like touch and go. Like you can have a little bit but not too much. All the lettuces are fine except for iceberg, the trash one. You know, the one they shred to put on tacos. I love an iceberg wedge, but I think it has more to do with the blue cheese and bacon.

And the bacon than the actual. Just the thickest bacon. All right. Let's talk about Mackenzie Bezos and Jeff Bezos. They announced that they were super amicably splitting after 25 years of marriage. This seems like something to aspire to if you're going to get a divorce like the way they're doing it. They just seem very positive. It seems like for the last year or something, they were separated. There was a trial separation.

And they were working on it. And then, you know, but then they got four kids, but I think they're mostly grown. So, you know. Yeah, well, I mean, luckily for them, or maybe for Mackenzie, Washington, the laws in Washington State and the lack of a prenup means she'll be getting half of his 140, $144 billion fortune. What's to be mad about? No. She-

Peace. Yeah. Will they be like the third and fourth richest people in the world now? Well, now he's going to be mad about no she peace yeah will they be like the third and fourth richest people in the world now well now he's gonna be below bill gates yeah and then she becomes the wealthiest woman on earth right that's amazing and that how long had they been together 25 years and a thing they said was in their joint statement about their super amicable separation is that they were like if we had known at the outset that we were going to have these 25 years, we'd do it all over again.

I think that's a good way to think about it. It was what it was, and it's over. It's run its course. When it's over. That's what happens, man. Everything ends. When you get to the details of what he's up to now, you get into the billionaire headspace that's like, oh, you're on some next level shit.

Because he's already dating his best friend's wife. What? Ex-wife? No. No, wife. Current wife. Current wife. So they're separated as well.

I guess they're separated now, right? They planned the separation. They're just going to swap. This is like wife swap? I don't know, man. It's interesting. So it is somebody who Miles grew up having a crush on, Laura Sanchez.

From Fox 11 News. TV anchor. Fox News. Local TV anchor. Fox 11, like local Fox. Oh, Fox 11. You're right. All I heard was Fox.

It's triggering. Oh, yeah. Oh, you don't know the vibe of our show? Wait till we do our Brett Bayer sketch, because he's so Bay. No, yeah. Lauren Sanchez. Lauren Sanchez.

I used to, man, I love her. Yes. But she was married to Tony Gonzalez, I think, before Patrick Whitesell. Tony Gonzalez, then Patrick Whitesell, who is like the co-head of WME. Right. And then now she's climbing on up to that Jeff Bezos. Man. Yeah.

But it sounds like Lauren Sanchezchez she sounds like just based upon her dating history and like she's been married twice is that what so she's probably age appropriate right yeah she's 49 that's great he's 54 i love that well yeah it's i think you know it's a good look for them i guess if they're splitting amicably because there's nothing to say i know the national inquire now take this with like nine million grains of salt, was like, you know, they were dating even before the trial separation. Most people were like, no, once they separated, that's when he started dating her. But a lot of people were also like, does any of their split have to do with, because like about almost two years ago, 18 months ago, when like Swole Bezos came out, everyone was

like, what? I missed Swole Bezos. Yeah, like suddenly he just came out just jacked. Like Chappelle, how like Chappelle had gone away for like 10 years.

And then made his head look even smaller. That's sort of what Jeff Bezos and a lot of people were like, oh, I wonder if that's when the split began.

And he was like, he's trying to get his groove back. That midlife thing. I mean, that makes sense. Right. So there's a couple quotes from him

that seem like they're veering in the this dude's a creep direction, but actually I don't hate him for it. So he was like, at a certain point, I was sort of a professional dater. And I had to develop what he labeled women flow, which is like the equivalent of deal flow when a Wall Street person is like, I won't have anything under a $10 million equity investment. But then he said the number one criterion was that I wanted a woman who could get me out of a third world prison. What? Which is very specific.

But when you look at Laura Sanchez, so first of all, his wife, who he's separating from, is actually very smart. Miles, you were saying Toni Morrison was her teacher at Princeton. Oh, wow. She was my greatest student in literature or whatever. Toni Morrison taught her? Yeah. That's amazing.

How lucky. And so Laura Sanchez, she used to be man on the street reporter, local news reporter, which is kind of a badass job. I have a friend who did that, and she was kicking down doors and getting punched and shit. It's a tough job. I don't know if Lauren Sands was doing that. Especially when she did Good Day LA. To become a local news reporter

you gotta be in the shit for a period of your career. It's like Navy SEALs training right? Right. But now she has started a new career where she launched a business where she is a helicopter pilot who shoots footage for films. She shot footage for Dunkirk. She has a credit where she is a helicopter pilot who shoots footage for films. She shot footage for Dunkirk.

She has a credit on Dunkirk? Yes. Wow. Her company. And she is a helicopter pilot. So she learned how to be a helicopter pilot and was like, man, this is a lot of fun. Skills. Skills.

Yeah. Oh, wow. So, I mean, he seems to be sticking with that because it seems like she could stage a helicopter-based prison break. He was like, tell me about your skills, Mom. She's like, well, I'm a helicopter pilot. He's like, how are you with lockpicking? One person lockpicking, safe cracking. I speak 19 languages.

He makes her disarm a bomb on their first date. I know how to do Morse code with my eyes. She makes her disarm a bomb on their first date. Yeah, she's like, I know how to do Morse code with my eyes. There's also some shit in the National Enquirer that was like leaked text messages that are just creepy, but I don't know. If they're real. Yeah. But if they are real. I love you, alive girl.

Was a text he sent her. What the fuck does that mean? I love you, comma, alive girl. Now, it's better than I love you alive, comma, girl. Girl. Right. But alive girl being a nickname is very weird. It just sounds like an algorithm trying to fuck.

I love you, alive girl. And then the other one said, I will show you with my body and my lips and my eyes very soon. I want to hold you tight. I want to kiss your lips. I love you. I am in love with you. I want fuck.

Don't laugh at robot companions, man. I know. That's the future. That's the way I'm going. Matt Drudge wants us all to know that that's the future, at least. The Drudge Report is always. He's showing his ass a little bit because he has a very clear robot sex bias. A bias towards them?

He just reports on any robot sex story oh okay he's like they're coming they're coming they are coming yeah yes i mean look third world prison that's kind of a good i thought it was when i started reading that excerpt i was like women flow i was like i was like this sounds like some problematic pickup artist type shit and then he's like a woman who can get me out of a third world prison. Oh, okay. I thought for sure he was about to drop some Neil Strauss. Yeah, exactly.

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Wow. He's just so jealous, man. He wishes he could split fucking $3 with somebody. Right. $140 billion. So let's talk about his shutdown that he is going to own. He doesn't care. He's going to own it, he said.

I mean, that's what he said last month. And now it's like, they're so unreasonable. Right. I mean, yeah. So what's the latest? Well, what's the latest? Well, Wednesday was a pretty epic day. So he sat down with some nervous centrist Republicans and just Republican senators who

were like, hey, this is not a great look for us right now. And like they were telling him, they're like, we're not really sure this is the best plan. And then apparently that meeting just sort of ended. And like Lisa Murkowski came out and they're like, oh, well, so what what came of the meeting? Like, did he did you guys find a solution? She's like, I wish he gave more detail on how we'll do that and just smiled and like let the elevator doors close and like vaporized and then you know marco rubio was like we just have to stick together on this right uh which is like okay whatever so it clearly i think the even despite all their nervousness and being

like this is really going to even hit my state pretty hard like what's the deal trump is just like we need well full throttle so i'm sorry yeah And then he met with Democrats, and that did not go well at all. Apparently, like, he just, it seems like from some of the reporting, a lot of the White House officials believed that they could just drag the shutdown on long enough and the Democrats would cave like they normally have. But since Stella, Nancy, got her groove gavel back, she is like, nah, fuck, fuck out of here. Like I told you, I've been saying from since the midterms, there will be no wall money, penny. And apparently when that happened, Trump slammed his fucking hands on the tiny little baby hands on the desk and stormed out and was just like, well, this is going nowhere.

I think he just threw a tantrum and was like, I'm just going to shut the government down because I can. Right, and just keep it shut down. But yeah, a lot of people speculate too. He came out after and was like, everything you hear, that's fake. I don't have tantrums. Right. I don't slam tables.

You're having one right now. Yeah, literally. Like, sir, your arms are folded and you're stomping your feet. He's like, are you sweating from the front of your pants? Like, no, that's something else. But yeah, he just, and then like Mike Pence came and was like, no, he was really nice in there. I don't know.

He gave us candy. Yeah. That was what one of the Republicans said. But Dick Durbin, the senator from Illinois, the Democrat, he was like, well, it's true. He came in and dropped some candy bars in front of Chuck Schumer and said, I think you guys will enjoy these. And he's like, but I don't think that substantively indicates anything just because he came in and dropped some candy bars in front of Chuck Schumer and said, I think you guys will enjoy these. And he's like, but I don't think that substantively

indicates anything just because he came in and brought candy. Okay, so what? The fact of the matter remains, we're trying to get to a deal. Maybe this will sweeten the deal. Sweeten the pot. Oh, that didn't work? God damn it!

You burned me, Mike! I told you to get paydays! Paydays next time. Yeah. It should have been a hundred grand and it would have been so many hundred grands it added up to a five billion. Right. But like, yeah, I think another people saying like, you know,

he just did this to try and frame the Democrats as being unreasonable. I think just much in that same way when he self-owned in the Oval Office and Mike Pence tried to astrally project himself like Luke Skywalker in the last Star Wars movie out Out of the Room. Like that was like a play to try and frame this differently. And I think it just didn't work. Yeah. So.

And the shutdown is starting to hurt people. I mean, it's been hurting people, but I mean, this will be the first Friday where no one gets a check. Right. And 78% of Americans work paycheck to paycheck. Who are these people that are going to work for free? Because I can't. I would just leave and then go get a job that wasn't controlled by the government.

I mean, I know some people, obviously they need their jobs, but I would not go to work if you ain't paying me. I'm not volunteering. As a fundamental philosophical point. Yeah, like when am I getting paid? Right. I can't keep doing this. Well, you know, that's why the Coast Guard, they had to distribute a tip sheet on like basically telling a lot of these furloughed people who work for the Coast Guard who are like non-essential and like aren't even getting – like literally like don't even come in because we can't even pay you.

But then there are the essential people who are like, you got to come in and hopefully we'll pay you. But for those other ones, they put a tip sheet out with just all kinds of like it's just the most unsympathetic, like it just lacks any kind of understanding for what people are going through. Yeah. Because there was one that's like step four and they're like really great tip sheet just says supplement your income.

Other than cutting back on, this is directly from the Coast Guard. This was distributed by the Coast Guard. Other than cutting back on your expenses, the only other way to compensate for the loss of income is to add new income. Be creative. Hilarious. Finding supplemental income during your furlough period. Start a podcast. No, literally.

Might be challenging. But here are a few ideas for adding income. Have a garage sale. Clean out your attic, basement, and closets at the same time. Oh my God. Sell unwanted larger ticket items through the newspaper or online. Offer to watch children, walk pets, or house sit. Turn your hobby into income.

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Retailers are desperate to check how their in-store customer service is and will employ you to shop and rate their service. To be fair, those all are valid options. They all are. You could do any of those things. But yeah, it's one of those things, too, where offering people these empty tips when you have people who are like already like I'm pawning items off to pay for my medication I'm selling eggs from my ovaries

that's where like you'd again I mean not like I say you'd hope that the White House understands what that means but they're willing to just put 800,000 people's lives on the line it's so condescending I mean the thing that the conservatives are supposed to be so angry about is like the idea of a nanny state that takes care of you but then when shit comes down they are like okay here's how money works you can become a mystery shopper

right become a piano teacher surgeon learn how to play the piano like surgeons make over six like six figure incomes like well hold And it just assumes like that. This is some shit that companies do all the time too, where they just assume that your time is not being valuably spent that like during the 16 hours that you're not working for them, you're not doing anything that you need to do. It's just like your time. Well, you could just be working more like you could work. Just like that. Yeah. Yeah, exactly working more like you could work just like that

right yeah yeah exactly it's like no like i'm surprised one of them like the last one was like your kids got jobs yet put your eight-year-old to work seriously like they're lazy no thought to child care none of that shit i don't even i honestly don't think trump even thought about or even knew like the ramifications like i don't think when he shut about or even knew the ramifications. I don't think when he shut the government down, he was like, oh, these people are going to be out of work. No, they didn't. Yeah, I think he didn't even like, oh, people get paid by the government.

I don't even think that dawned on him. But even if it did, would he have cared? I don't think so. People in the White House, in his administration, were like, yeah, we didn't really realize that. They gave a quote that is like, we are now working to understand the scope of the impact of the shutdown. Right. Or the breadth of the impact of the shutdown. You're like, excuse me.

You are the leader of the free world and you don't know that people work for the government. I mean, Nancy Pelosi's quote that, you know, he thinks that everybody can just ask their daddy for more money was kind of a sick burn. No, for real. Well done. Yeah, no, that's great. But it's just, I mean, it's another indictment on this capitalist system we have here. We're like, yeah, hi, okay, you don't have a job. And also the way this thing's set up, more than three quarters of you are like relying, living paycheck to paycheck with no safety net.

And even if there was, look, the government shut down because we want to build a fucking racist ass wall so yeah and uh the top story on uh drudge from us the day yesterday was uh you know basically economists are warning that a catastrophe is in the making if the government closure continues for weeks. Right. Well, because the FDA is like, we have diminished capacity to even check on food standards now. Right. Especially with vegetables. Right.

Soft cheeses. That affects me personally. Yeah. Seriously. Because, I mean, what happens when some kind of massive fuck up occurs? Are we talking about TSA workers who are calling in sick because they're like i'm sorry no money then right i'm not coming in yeah this is really uh not good for my relationship with robert evans because he's like a doomsday prepper and he's like see i told you can't trust food that's why i eat canned lettuce that sounds disgusting that's why i

beefaroni yeah uh somebody did ask trump know, you're a real estate guy. How do you think, as a landlord, how do you think you would deal with people being late on their rent? Right. And he was like, oh, you know, landlords are very flexible. This coming from a guy who has, like, evicted people the day after Christmas. Yeah. Yeah. What did he say?

He's like, they'll know they're good for it. Yeah. They'll be good for it, you know. Yeah. I mean, look, great. They're always very flexible. Great logic to use. Yeah. Yeah. What'd he say? Like, he's like, they'll know they're good for it. Yeah. They'll be good for it. You know? Yeah. I mean, look, great.

Great logic to use amid that. And then, I mean, as of now, we haven't seen his cool visit to the border yet. Right. But there's some wall news that came out on NBC where they're like, the department of Homeland security,

or I think, or ICE, they were sitting on a report that like last year they asked Marines to see if they could get through these wall prototypes with just regular ass tools. Impossible.

They're made of steel. These are steel slats. They can't get through. Drugs can't get through. Nothing you get through. Brown people can't get through. Well, the Marines just used a hand saw and cut the shit open.

And they're like, we just sawed it open. Wait, a hand saw? Like that one you could get at Home Depot, like a quick saw. cut the shit open and they're like we just sawed it open wait and they were in the saw like that one you could get a home depot like a quick saw really yeah and they were and then like dhs was sitting on that report because they're like yo yo keep that shit i'm like you want people to know that this isn't even a fucking functional wall no in that sense as a barrier i mean there's there's some pretty crazy quotes from like uh onePR reporter talked to a head of the border patrol in the Rio Grande Valley. And he said that a literal wall is like needed maybe in a couple places.

And this is like somebody who is like very strong on border stuff. He was like, you have the need for a physical barrier. You have the need for technology with the infrared, you know, the ground sensors and cameras. And you have the personnel aspect as well. And she was like, yeah, but the president talks about this sort of wall from sea to shining sea. He was like, yeah, I know.

Honestly, I don't think that's going to work. I mean, if you look at Big Bend, you'll have areas that are a 30-foot cliff down to the Rio Grande, and to put another 30-foot section on top of that seems kind of redundant. Yeah. Yeah. Well, we'll see. I mean, not to mention all the eminent domain shit that would have to go down and trying to be like,

well, we need this property to create this no-go zone. Right. Okay. So the people who work on the border don't want a border wall like he's talking about. The American people don't want the border wall, but Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh want the border wall. he's talking about the american people don't want the border wall but and coulter and rush limbaugh want want the border wall yeah sounds fair but yeah we'll see i mean eventually maybe fox news will end the shutdown yeah that's right you know if anybody

has the power trump one dems nothing all right let's talk about shit that doesn't really matter to actual Americans. But Steve King has gifted the GOP with a moment for them to kind of do the right thing. Just be like, okay, here is a very clear-cut way that you can disagree with me. Yeah, I mean, how are they doing with that? Well, you know, the Iowa Nazi taint scab, Steve King, he just, He's at it again in the white vans because he, in the New York Times, basically had a quote that said, white nationalists, white supremacists, Western civilization. How did that language become offensive?

Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization? Okay, so this is real easy, guys. Here you go. Censure this man right do something don't just push back around midterms and be like oh well i don't agree then you can come out unequivocally and be like uh white nationalism white supremacy has no fucking place in the lexicon of this party or the government or this country at all uh but again they'll just i think sit back and you and probably just pretend

like nothing happened. Yeah. But it's another moment where Steve King is just outwardly out here feeling like, yeah, I'm a white supremacist, man. What the fuck's the problem? Yeah, exactly. Wouldn't that become a bad word? Oh, 1945? Why? What happened then? At the latest point.

At the latest possible moment, I think. I'll tell you, the latest moment where it became offensive was 1945 and then centuries before that. Yes. Right. But again, look, what, you know. But our president not disavowing any of it, it does not help anything. It like makes us, it makes these people think that what they're doing is okay. Yeah.

We had an opportunity to say we're not okay with this. And he still was just like, they're very fine people. Yeah. On both sides. And I think that's the type of political correctness that I do think we need to be on board with is the stuff that discourages people from being openly racist.

Well, and yes, absolutely. Yes, absolutely. But you know what's interesting is that I have conversations on Instagram regularly because as a black person, I talk about how I have conversations uh on Instagram regularly because as a black person I talk about like how I'm proud of being black like regularly I embrace being black and then like some white person will slide into my DMs without fail whenever I post a video about this and they'll say how come you can say that you have black pride but I can't say I have white pride and

I'm like do we really have to have this conversation I'm like, do you not know the history of that phrase like white pride? Like it's a lot of heinous things have been done to black and brown people under the name on the umbrella of white pride. So like if you're a white person and you want to say that word or that phrase, I'm sorry. You can't even if it's no malice and it's just you just are proud of being a white person. Like you can't say it because it's been ruined by some really awful white people that use it to kill people well it just ignores the fact that as people of color we're taught that or you're inundated with the idea that we are less than right so that's a way to overcome that by our saying like no i i can be proud of being african-american i can be proud of right of who i am because that is counter to what i've been

taught yeah socialized with my whole indoctrinated my whole entire life so yeah I remember like as a kid someone was like well if there's BET why can't there be white entertainment

I'm like it's called every other fucking channel right what is white history month stop it or is our parade right

it's all the time yes and please explain it to me without any historical context or any cultural context. Yeah, just on the face of what you're saying. Right, exactly. Don't use history or sociology.

I don't care about that stuff. Facts. Facts, yeah. Well, America, we're looking into the future, or experts looking into the future in London, have predicted that the United States will be the third largest economy in the world come 2030. And with China, so people have been talking about how China is going to surpass the U.S. for a while. For like 30 years.

Yeah. I remember as a kid, like in kindergarten, my parents were like, you should learn Chinese. Oh, absolutely. Right now it's neck and neck for GDP. The U.S. is a little bit ahead of China. By 2030, they're projecting China's GDP will be $64 trillion and the United States will be $31 trillion. So it's not even going to be close.

What the – Yeah, no, that's double. Yes. More than double. So these next 11 years are about to be lit for China, basically. More than double. So these next 11 years are about to be lit for China, basically? Well, so the prediction is actually based on something that makes a lot of sense,

that basically as technology spreads and economic equality becomes greater. Where? Like just around the world. Okay. With the spread of technology. I was like, what do you mean economic equality? Well, so the idea being that countries that have bigger populations, which China and India is going to be in second place. And the idea is that because there will be fewer and fewer people in just complete abject poverty in those countries that just by the very fact of them having billions and billions of people, they will kind of catch up and overtake the United States. So it won't be like on a per capita basis,

but just in terms of being a global power, China will double the United States and India will, they're predicting, be at 46 trillion while the United States will be at 31. So yeah, I'm hoping that's the case because those countries have way more people and they need more money. Yeah, yeah. I'm hoping that's the case because those countries have way more people and they need more money. Yeah. I mean, yeah, we

could use some economic equality. Yes. Yeah. I mean, we already have our own caste system, but it'd be cool. That might be cool. That might be something to look forward to. Yeah. But anyways, that'll be interesting to see how that shifts things.

China, did they still have that two child per household? So they got rid of that. They got rid of that. But they're still feeling the effects because there's a huge difference, both in terms of like generationally, they have this huge generation that's about to retire. have this huge generation that's about to retire and they're the working age generation is actually going to be way smaller because they were part of the two or one child policy yeah and that's actually bad for their economy and it's called the dependency ratio and then there's also the fact that most chinese families were looking for boys and so there's a huge imbalance between uh the number of men and women and chinese men the sex robots right yeah well like there's a lot of that i think there's like entire culture of chinese men who are just like yeah no i'm never gonna like find somebody

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And there's a story out of facebook oh great what it's like to work there and apparently that sort of souffle of high ambition and like positivity like bullshit silicon valley positivity like you guys we're out here changing the world by bringing people closer together. You sound like a weird Nick Cage character. We're changing the world. The social network would have been so much better if Mark Zuckerberg was played by Nick Cage.

But also, you know, along with the PR scrutiny, just everybody's like walking around with like a forced smile on their face. Right. Just being like, woo, this is great, man. I love it. I love all you guys. And meanwhile, everyone's just like really not thrilled with working there.

It went from the number one happiest place to work in America to number seven in the past year, which is still pretty happy. Okay. But people are. I think we like it to last. But it really seems like on an individual basis, the way people feel is reflected in how they operate as a company on the whole. There was this dude, a head of policy, Joel Kaplan, caused an internal uproar when he went to the hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh in support of Brett Kavanaugh that's not great and so they they got real mad about that and uh they had a sexual harassment

like you know meeting with like all the employees and this girl got up and was like I was reticent to speak because the pressure for us to act as though everything is fine and that we love working here is so great that it hurts. There shouldn't be this pressure to pretend to love something when I don't feel this way. Wow. And the place went nuts. Everyone was like, fuck yes, finally somebody's saying it. Was that in response to Homeboy going to the – Brett Kavanaugh.

Brett Kavanaugh? Yeah, exactly. And just like I think generally the culture. She was specifically addressing Sheryl Sandberg, who is Miss Queen Lean In herself, who's just like, come on, guys, you can just suck it up. Lean In should be called suck it up. Just like what, did George Soros get to you guys too? Right.

Exactly. Oh, okay. I see what's going on in here. Who's paying your phone bill? So do we know now what the happiest place to work is? It's actually this podcast. Oh, okay. I see what's going on in here. Who's paying your phone bill? So do we know now what the happiest place to work is? It's actually this podcast. Oh, wow. Yeah.

Wow. Yeah. No, I have no idea, actually, but that would be a good thing. I feel like it's DreamWorks. Let's see. According to- I've been to that campus, and it's amazing. DreamWorks is awesome.

Yeah. I bet. They have their cafeteria alone is reason. Well, I'm sure there's a happinessWorks is awesome. Yeah. Their cafeteria alone is reason. Well, I'm sure there's a happiness arms race with Pixar. Yeah. Because Pixar's place is, well, albeit very problematic for female employees. For it, right.

But they have all those little tree houses. Everybody has their own individual little tree house that they work inside. Yeah, no. And DreamWorks, they have a speakeasy that's on one of the floors where you, it's a book, you open up a book and turn a handle and a bookcase opens and you get to go and drink and it's-

That's awesome. Yeah. It's cool. It's cool as shit. Well, let's see. I mean, according to CNBC last year, it listed Keller Williams Realty. That's what I was going to guess. And Nike at number two, Total Party- Keller Williams Realty. Yeah. That's was going to guess. Nike at number two.

Keller Williams Realty. That's weird. People who work at Nike are pretty happy. Are very happy. Even hipster people who you expect them to be like, yeah, it's whatever, man. They're just like,

no, it's a great place to work. It's the best. Fuck yeah. Adobe Systems at number four. Oh, for real? Amgen? Yeah. Because they're the number four oh for real amgen yeah because they're like the number four most annoying company in the world for me as a email consumer on random emails hey man you want to update your flash right pay here no let's talk about the oscars you guys everybody looking for what happened well one uh did it happen yet didn't happen yet they haven't

even announced the nominees yet. They did the Golden Globes. Wait, oh, so they stopped that shit? I remember they were trying to announce their nominees before the Golden Globes because there was that whole thing where people were like, you guys are just going off what the Golden Globes are doing. And you're like, no. Watch us do it three months in advance

and a month before the Golden Globes do theirs. So stupid. Childish. Now, because Kevin Hart has announced he's over it, that's specifically what he said, because he faced more backlash for his homophobic comments and refusal to apologize. And then apology, he would apologize while refusing to apologize. So he was like, I'm over it.

And the Oscars were like, well, we're out of ideas. So we're just going to go with no host. That might actually be best. Well, so I didn't think it necessarily seemed like the worst idea in the world. Yeah. However, this is the 30 year anniversary of what everyone agrees are the worst Oscars ever. And that was the last time they went without a host. And it was bizarre.

They like started it with this musical number where Snow White, for some reason, is there and like talking in this like really cartoony, high pitched voice and then sings a duet where she's like on a blind date and flirting with Rob Lowe, who just a year earlier had been in a sex... Yeah, scandal thing. Sex scandal because he was on videotape having sex with a 16-year-old. On tape?

Yeah. He was like the first sex tape. Yeah. Yeesh. But anyways, it was a nightmare. First of all, they didn't even get Disney's permission to use Snow White. Hilarious. Wait, so they just had some bootleg animators just be like, hey, can you do Snow White?

They just got the woman who dresses as Snow White off Hollywood Boulevard. Oh, oh, oh, okay, okay. I was thinking of something really high concept. I'm like, so he was dancing with an animated person? This is not Snow White. This is Ho Trite. But everything, they were like, Snow White, follow the stars to the stage. And the stars were just people in cutout stars.

It looked like a high school production of some shit. It was just the wackest thing. I thought there was a way to do it better than that. Well, but so Disney are rumored to be turning to the Avengers. Like they're going to have the Avengers host it partially. And what, Thanos is going to snap and all the other hosts. And what, Thanos is just going to snap in all the other hosts? I just want to turn to Ash. Like, hey, still a hostless Oscars.

Sorry. I don't know, man. I have a bad feeling about this. We'll see. Wait, so they mean, like, that people are going to pull up dressed as the Avengers? I don't know. I guess so. That seems like the way they're going.

Right. To present the award for best editing, Thor. Right. Terrible idea. Yeah. And they were like real dismissive of the idea of having a single host. They were like, instead of having some comedian go up there and like drop a bunch of Trump zingers for the first 20 minutes, we're going to have a bunch of different A-listers.

And it's just like, I don't know, man. So you're just like not cool with people making fun of Trump just because you put it in an old timey shitty way doesn't mean that it's like, it's a worse idea than whatever the fuck you guys are going to come up with. Yeah. So it's bad when you know, like we already cringe at the thought of it being hostless. And just like I feel now now it's like one of those things like nobody's going to want to write for the Oscars. Yeah. Yeah. Because because now that's going to fall on them. Yeah.

Right. Am I supposed to make who wrote this? Right. And they're like, oh, then they're like, well, we'll just get rid of the writers. Yeah. Right. Like so no writers, no host interactive awards. Right. Based on tweets. I honestly wouldn't mind that. Just tell me who won. I don't need all the fluff. But somebody was saying that to this point, ratings have been strongly driven by whoever the host is.

The first year that Jimmy Kimmel came, it was really high. I thought he did a great job. I did too. I thought he killed it. But then the next. I thought he did a great job. I did too. I thought he killed it. But then like the next year it went down a little bit. And so they think that it is really based on host. Ellen was, I think, the best at it. Yeah.

And I think she recognizes that she was like the best and kind of the obvious choice. And that's why she was trying so hard to get Kevin Hart to take the job again. She's like, come on, man. You should do it. We all want you to do it. Oh, I didn't know she was trying so hard to get Kevin Hart to take the job again. She's like, come on, man. You should do it. We all want you to do it. Oh, I didn't know she was trying to do that. Yeah, she had him on her show and was like, it's all good. Forget about the homophobia.

I feel like Tiffany Haddish is next. All right. Well, Lena Waithe quote says, I want a really gay ass black person to host. So I think that's a good response. Yeah. But again, who's into Lena Waithe? What about that guy from the hide your Kids, Hide Your Wife video? Oh, yeah.

Right? They're going to be like literally viral video people. Yeah, the guy who did the Patti LaBelle sweet potato pie. Yeah. Patti. Them, Dan Daniel, the Cash Me Outside girl. Damn, Daniel. If they, wow.

Could you imagine though I could see the old people at ABC being like whoa who can get the ratings like who's big on the internet right on the interweb yeah

they already have that Joanne the scammer hey Joanne the scammer would be great I would tune in if Joanne the scammer they should just have zeit guests

you know yeah well look I mean if only people knew who the fuck we were that would be hey I can give you 10 000 viewers and we do host red ads all right let's talk about taco bell finally yes and finally and taco bell look they had a whole thing they're like we don't we don't do resolutions we do commitments so these are 2019 commitments.

And they're actually pretty decent slash the least you can possibly do as a gigantic corporation in the quick service restaurant industry. But for starters, they're going to remove synthetic preservatives from all menu items. So they say there's a 25% total reduction in sodium by 2025. say there's a 25% total reduction in sodium by 2025. And like using things more like actually vine ripened tomatoes and like Haas avocados, that all the beef that's being used now is like being- What are they using now? It's all air quotes. It's like tomatoes and quote unquote avocado spread.

Like the Haas avocados are the only avocados I've ever seen. Yeah. What brand are you using? I'm sure there's other ones, right? Some off-brand avocados are the only avocados I've ever seen. Yeah. What brand are you using? I'm sure there's other ones, right? Some off-brand avocados. Yeah. And then they're saying all the beef will be like produced sustainably. Okay.

At least you can do. More like better recycling. They're going to cut down on like gigantic ass cups so people don't, you know, just kill themselves with sugar right away. Creating more jobs and also like dumping more money into their Taco Bell foundation, which I think grants people scholarships and stuff who work at the stores, which is fine. That's embarrassing. Would you want to tell somebody you're on a Taco Bell scholarship? Just call it that.

Actually, I would, but that's me. That's a very specific type of person. I would actually have the flux. I'm like, you know who the fuck I am. It's a Taco Bell scholar. Yeah. Now give me my free Chalupa. And they're like, it doesn't work like that. I wouldn't even believe you if you who the fuck I am. It's a Taco Bell scholar. Yeah. Now give me my free Chalupa. And they're like, it doesn't work like that.

I wouldn't even believe you if you told me. I know. That's not a real thing. Yeah. The Taco Bell scholarship? Yeah. But the biggest thing, though, is that they are now beginning to test their full-on dedicated vegetarian menus.

There you go, Candice. I'm sure that's exciting for you. They have a vegetarian menu? I mean, I know about the bean and cheese burrito. Yeah, which is like a go-to, which for a long time, like a lot of vegetarians could get their snack on at Taco Bell. But they're saying they're going to have new items. But they say, as the only American Vegetarian Association certified quick service restaurant, Taco Bell has more than 8 million vegetarian combinations. And there are plenty of gratifying meatless options from which to choose as well.

Enough to customize a new meal every day for nearly 20,000 years. Way to use math just to be like, well there are technically millions of combinations. There's 8 million combinations of beans. Right. Beans and cheese.

Beans with cheese, beans without cheese. Beans with cheese but without onions. Beans with cheese and onions. Beans with extra beans. Just cheese and cheese. Beans with cheese? Beans without cheese? Without cheese. Beans with cheese but without onions? Uh-huh. Beans with cheese and onions? Beans with extra beans? Man, let's keep this going. Just cheese and onions? Yeah.

Oh, just a tortilla. Oh, yeah, write that down. How many combinations do we have? I mean, at least 300 right now. We can give you a handful of cheese. Okay. With wrapper or without? But I don't even trust the beans.

I feel like the beans are cooked in pork fat. Like, I guarantee the beans, whatever they're frying or refrying. Aren't vegan or whatever? Yeah. I don't know what, I don't trust what they cook in the beans in. Well, I think they're going to start having like stuff with Impossible Foods too. Oh, really? I know there are a lot of places that are trying to move in there.

Oh, Del Taco, I think is going to have, start serving Beyond Meat. What? That seems like an ingredient that is way too expensive for a Del Taco. Hey, why not though? Jack in the Box doesn't use real meat in their tacos. You know that? It's like a tofu something.

Oh, really? It's not beef. Oh, for real? Those deep fried tacos? Yeah. So you're able to eat those? I don't know. I don't want to.

What? I've never eaten. Oh, they're delicious. Have you had them? They're so good. Yeah, no. So whoever told me that, I think it's like,

I was like, I don't know if I trust this or not. So I was like, I'm just going to stay away. That makes so much sense. Cause it's just like brown mashed potato goo. Yeah. And I was like,

deep fried lettuce. All right. They fry their lettuce. The lettuce it's in the shell with cheese or whatever. And then they deep fry that. Oh, but it's not like it, you know,

it just becomes hot. And why is it, why do you even need to fry it? That's just unnecessary. That's what makes it good. That's what makes it good And they fry it all. Oh. But it's not like it, you know, it just becomes hot. And why is it, why do you even need to fry it? That's just unnecessary. That's what makes it good. That's what makes it good. Of course it is. Oh man.

Of course it is. It sounds delicious, but why? In high school, that was the wave. You get high, you have $5, you could get two tacos for a dollar,

you could get 10 motherfucking tacos for $5. Yeah. Watch me work. People in the rest of America don't know what they're missing, man. With a Jack in the Box. a Jack in the Box taco. Now to know that I might have been on some vegetarian wave because it wasn't even beef.

I guess they weren't even saying beef then? Yeah. They just called it the taco? I wonder if there are people who are like, well, I guess I'm a vegetarian. Yeah, because I eat this taco every night. Only eat that. But yeah, White Castle also has Impossible. They do? Yeah. But there's no White Castles out that. But yeah, White Castle also has Impossible. They do?

Yeah. But there's no White Castles out here. I know, I know. But when there are, man, whenever I'm near a White Castle, I get that craved case. You know what I mean? With like whatever 40 tacos or I mean burgers. Burgers, yeah.

And then I remember, I think that's why Wu-Tang was doing, they were collaborating with Impossible. Oh, really? Yeah, when they were first serving it, I remember Raekwon and Ghostface Killer were at a White Castle in New York somewhere. Who's running Impossible? Me?

I don't know. Yeah, exactly. Wu-Tang and fast food. Those are the things that you should... From the golden era of hip-hop. Nas will do Illmatic in its entirety at the new White Castle. Well, Candice, it's been a pleasure having you on the Daily Zeitgeist.

Thanks, guys. Where can people find you? On social medias. You can find me at Jokes by Candice, J-O-K-E-S-B-Y-C-A-N-D-I-C-E. And is there a tweet you've been enjoying? Yeah, he's one of my favorite people in the world, Roy Wood Jr. If you don't know him, watch him on the Daily Show.

He's a correspondent on there. I took a screenshot of it. He's just so funny everywhere in life, but also on social media. And he posted a picture of this knockoff brand of earbuds. Airbuds. Airbuds.

AirPods. Yeah, AirPods. He posted a picture of a knockoff brand of these Airpods. Airpods. Airpods. Airpods. Yeah, Airpods. He posted a picture of a knockoff brand of these called Soundmates. And he says, put these in your ear, then cover them up with a little do-rag. Folks won't know the difference. They're only $30. Big Mac versus Big Mick.

Which is a coming to America reference for those of you who don't know. McDowell's. McDowell's. There was a McDowell's pop-up. At South. At South. Did you go? which is a coming to America reference for those of you who don't know. McDowell's. Wait, there was a McDowell's pop-up. At South, at South. Did you go? No, I missed it on both occasions. I don't know, maybe I don't know,

but I missed it. I was out of town the first time and I forget why I couldn't go this time. But word on the street is they're doing that in promotion because I hear they're doing another coming to it. They're remaking coming, which is a huge mistake with who do not do that

I don't know but I don't even know if there's any truth to that I would like to see Arsenio Hall as old ass Semi oh that would be great I would like to see where they're at now

I mean if they do I think they're talking about recasting that's what I that's why I'm like no if they bring back the old and like do it now

but then that would be painful to see the original cast totally fuck up too oh of course I'd rather be like get mad at the young version. Like, see, this is why I should have been Eddie and Arsenio. I think they should come up with a new idea for a new movie. How about that?

What a crazy idea. Because that movie is fucking amazing. Miles, where can people find you? You ain't never met no Martin Luther King. His mama called him Clay. I'm going to call him Clay. What is this, velvet? I could quote

College of America all day. Whatever you like. Whatever it is you like. Hello, my love. That was one of my favorites. Yes, me, at milesofgray on Twitter and Instagram.

Two tweets I like are from Reductress. One was, tell me if this makes any sense, says a woman about to read a completely normal email. And another one says, cool, this man isn't defending R. Kelly, he's

just asking some questions. But the guy in the photo looks like this douchey kind of wannabe troll dude who's like, I mean, what do we really do? Anyway, so Reductress, always on the go. Always on the go. I've got my, I'm rocking

my new Reductress mug. Just having a moan with my cough. Oh, shit! Wow. That's great. Somebody tweeted at me that, and they were like, you need to get this, and they were right. I bought it immediately. Your love of shortening words

that don't need shortening. A briefs? Yeah. A briefs? Oh, shit. My favorite tweet at the moment, at Trenton Hassles tweeted, if Beto O'Rourke doesn't announce his candidacy by pulling up a chair and sitting backwards in it, I won't know what to believe anymore. And you can find me on Twitter at Jack underscore O'Brien. You can find us on Twitter at Daily Zeitgeist. We're at The Daily Zeitgeist on Instagram.

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And I think you're going to enjoy it. Please enjoy it. Please enjoy it. Please? Yeah. All right. Well, we're going to ride out on that. We will be back on Monday.

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