The Daily Zeitgeist - Zeity Jackson 12/10: Ellen, Northern Lights, Diane Feinstein, Cyberpunk 2077 (last time we promise)

Episode Date: December 11, 2020

On this edition of Zeity Jackson Miles and DJ Danl discuss Ellen Degeneres catching COVID, the Norther Lights appearing in the US, Diane Feinstein being less and less able to do her job, and Danl's early reactions to Cyberpunk 2077. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hi, I am Lacey Lamar. And I'm also Lacey Lamar. Just kidding, I'm Amber Revin. What? 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.

and more the more is punch each other listen to the amber and lacy lacy and amber show on will ferrell's big money players network on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts just listen okay or lacy gets it do it uh-oh internet it's time for the trend show or what we're calling this installment of zeitie jackson and the trendlympians or the zeitning thief or the zeitens curse or the zeitytening Thief or the Zyten's Curse or the Zyte of Trendsters or the Zytel of the Trendren. Shout out to Sideshow Sideshow Melama

Johnny Davis the compulsive punster for those Percy Jackson inspired akas. Johnny Davis. That's DJ Danil on the ones and twos. Sometimes on the twos and fours. Sometimes on the one and three.

You never know what you're getting. We're good, baby. Unless you're putting it boom. I meant beat boom. Oh, wow. Okay. You feeling that? That was me doing a little dub. You know what I mean?

Because that's on the... Anyway, we're a couple of music loving fools and just if y'all hung out with us you would be like yo this is a lit ass time they they know good music and they can play the fuck out of them instruments but yeah let's talk about what is trending let's do it let's do it ellen covid because ellen degeneres has cured covid I think is what is going on, right? Congratulations. She did it. Congratulations.

You won an iPod. Congratulations. Congratulations. Unfortunately, she tested positive. Hmm. For being rad as fuck. Yeah. For being bad as fuck to her employees.

Woo. Yeah. So she's the latest uh celebrity with right covid um i guess that's news uh yeah india yeah hate to see it you really hate to see it wish i mean honestly just i mean we're talking we're talking to people today who is still getting over covid and this shit is not a game man if you can't like please stay safe out there even the all kinds of side effects like every week we're reading a new one the other one was like about erectile dysfunction they don't know I think look

it hits everybody different and we gotta be safe and do right by each other which leads us to the next trend which you know I'm trying to do right by the people of Indiana because Northern Lights is trending the next uh trend which you know i'm trying to do right by the people of indiana because northern lights is trending but specifically because there's a chance that you could see the northern lights in indiana this is so wild to me i love that there's a i guess you know they're they're

the noaa you know they are they are sensing strong geomagnetic storm energies and vibes. Oh, really? Yes, today and tomorrow. Now, will it reach, like, the levels where we can see it? They don't know. But what they are saying is, quote, within the forecasted band of potential activity are parts of northern Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio. The best chance for a show in the midwest is thursday night heading into friday so if you're hearing this live raw dig into night thursday and you live in the area get outside up go i would love to see that shit me too that's that's a bucket list thing right

there for sure oh hell yeah especially when you see like those videos where it's like trippy ass ice hotels and they're like yo i just fucked around and went outside and like god is crip walking in the sky you're like yo this is lit god was like i'm making it edc for an hour good yeah hell yeah hell yeah where are my insomniacs at produced by insomniac events uh maybe not maybe from my ray fam out there and there we go a bit of a nose dive but yeah so they got the Aurora Borealis out there yeah good cool part of me is like really kind of mad about it

yeah why not over here but alas Indiana get yours oh I do want to say there also is a shot for you to see it in Carson City Nevada Oklahoma City Oklahoma and Raleigh North Carolina shout out Raleigh Durham time out Carson City, Nevada, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Raleigh, North Carolina. Shout out Raleigh, Durham. Time out. Carson City, Nevada is not that far. It's not

Indiana far. Yeah. I know. I don't know. It's just, I think for what they're saying, it could be visible low on the horizon in points as far south. So it would be low. If you're out there, you gotta look low. Look low. You know what I mean? Noted. Keep it low. Noted. Don't let people know you people out here enjoying the aurora boy uh diane feinstein is trending too yeah because there's a

like an article that came out i think the new yorker that is just casting all kinds of aspersions like on her ability to lead um they were speaking with concerned aides who were painting a picture that she's just, like, drifting into senility, like, is having trouble remembering conversations. They have trouble getting a hold of her sometimes.

I wouldn't be surprised. I mean, we saw that wonderful effort she put up in the Amy Coney Barrett hearings as the leading Democrat on the Judiciary Committee and basically, almost quite literally, just laid down and was like oh lindsey bring me my warm milk oh you did such a great job oh give me a hug here lindsey love you linds love you let this person just kick everything in the teeth as in her position as a supreme court justice

the cup of warm boot milk right there oh wow drinking up that boot yeah and just like you know what just like in happy gilmore could i get bother you for a glass of warm milk uh what it helps me go to sleep uh you can bother me for a nice warm glass or shut the hell up which is basically what lindsey graham told her in that hearing uh thanks but no thanks and i think this is something that a lot of uh you know progressives have been like calling for for a long time she's just been around too long she's not with it at all especially given the state that she represents so uh hey look damn no no shame is stepping down baby and letting uh gavin newsom be like okay i, I'm going to be senator then.

Yeah. Sick. I still say give me one of them Senate seats. I don't care if I get voted out, bro. I'll vote for you. I'm voting for you right now. You don't need to. I'm writing it in.

I'm getting appointed by my boy, Gnu. There we go. You know what I mean? Shout out, Gnu. Gnu, come through with the Senate appointment, family. I'm trying to go to the hill yo i would give mitch mcconnell a stroke i bet i literally bet you would i've actually this isn't this isn't a good idea you know what i mean because i don't know how to act already like

on a podcast let alone like federal government the last time i was even working here that i got in trouble for saying dick measuring contest in a meeting uh like with a lot of higher up democratic party people yeah and i was like well it's just turning into now like this dick measuring contest of who can blah blah and like my people were like he like yanked me from he's like he's like i can't i can't i can't trust you in there and i'm like they laughed though because i was succinctly putting it together but you a hater and that's why i'm leaving after this election cycle i'm up out of here. I'm going to go do some videos. Yeah.

So shout out, Di-Fi. Please do the right thing. Shout out, Di-Fi. Rez-i-zi. Di-Fi. Please step down down if you can. Di-Fi with the Rez-i-zi. Yeah.

Just Di-Fi. Hit us with the Rez-i-zi, please. The hezzy hezzy. Don't be the hezzy hezzy with it. That's funny. Just come with it. That's funny. And finally, since you've been on, we've been keeping this story alive. Because for the digital heads out there, the gamer fam, the gamer gang out here.

Because look, most of us are out here gaming. That's all we can do these days. And Cyberpunk 2077. Yo, did you see that clip on... Do you follow our Watch People Die Inside on Reddit? Absolutely. Did you see the one where the home girl, like unplug the PlayStation on the dude mid game?

And he was like, why, why'd you do that? And she's like, because it's all you do. Like what the hell? And she was like, kind of fucking with him on camera.

And he threw his headphones down and he like very earnestly looks into cameras. Like it's all I have. And it's so real that I was like, yo, if this is scripted, like big up to y'all. Cause it's hidden. But part of me was like, if this is scripted like big up to y'all because it's

hidden but part of me was like i know that feeling man this hurts like when you're leveling up and grinding in a game is quite literally you're like yo even though it's just not going right in my personal life i might get to this xp level where it'll open the door to all these other things that'll make the game a little more enjoyable. I felt you, man. But Cyberpunk, I caught a little bit of you on stream playing it up one time. I appreciate that. Thank you. Cyberpunk swag from E3. You know me.

You were stunning on people with. Stunning. Absolutely. You had a full outfit on for the live stream. I did. I did. Put a little outfit on. You know, got to celebrate what was the most or is the most anticipated game of 2020.

Absolutely. I put about six and a half hours in last night, or eight and a half hours, actually. But this game was delayed and delayed from April to September to November to December. Right. It needed to be delayed another year. The fact that this game...

Whoa! So I have... Whoa! Another one. Another year. I'm not trying to flex here. I just say it as a... No, I have another one, another year. I'm not trying to flex here. I just say it as a, I know you're,

hold on for people who don't know. Daniel is the most even handed diplomatic fucking human on earth, which is why I have to push and prod him into these weird places. He does. And I really appreciate that. Well, let me be really, I'm like,

yes, well, I know you, I know you're not being heavy handed with shit, but yeah, all I'm saying here is that like, I have a, I would describe as a know you're not being heavy handed with shit. But yes, OK. All I'm saying here is that like I have a, I would describe as a top of the line gaming PC right now.

I have a very nice graphics card processor. I have plenty of RAM. I have what I would describe as one of the optimal scenarios to play this next generation game. And it is still not running that great. And I look at people who are complaining about the performance on PS4, which they said was going to be pretty smooth. And it looks awful. Really? It looks bad.

I don't mean like, eh, it could be better. I mean like PS2 graphics. Oh, no. It is looking not good. It's like polygon fractal shit not rendering properly not at all and and i think you know there's there's even more i can go into about the the politics of the game which we talked about the last episode the way that they're approaching trans identities and the way they're fetishizing a lot of stuff gender presentation gender presentation all of

that that could be a whole discussion entirely but strictly from the presentation point of the game it's not there yet it's so you're disappointed there's a lot of parts of the game that i am genuinely enjoying the shooting feels better than most rpgs i've played there seems to be a pretty in-depth system of developing your character skills and how you want to approach the game yeah i couldn't clap right off it's terrible this one you can certainly clap right but the fact that there's still so many glitches so many hang ups and i have a ton of them clipped on my stream if you want to check it out but like it's just you know what it's it's a game i mean it feels very elitist almost is what i'm saying

like this game that they hyped up so much it It's basically like, if you're not coming correct with a dope ass rig to play this game, well then, sorry, your time's not going to be great. And it's like, how do you put out a game? This like red dead redemption two plays great on a standard PS4. The last of us to plays great on a standard PS4,

Spider-Man amazing on the PS4. And then you have this game, which is the next generation. And it literally looks like dog shit and it's like i don't understand how you expect how do you expect people to look at this in any favorable way despite how it plays on whatever system you got a 3090 congratulations you have an awesome what's that 3090 3090 is the top of the line graphics card by nvidia right now the rtx 3090 that's top of the line q face limb weight with a big behind that's the only way you're playing this game is you need a dime of a gaming pc yes yes so that shit you know i i um i'm again i'm gonna put more hours into the game we'll have more of an opinion later

on the story and the politics of the game later but straight off the bat the fact that it's so gate kept by the fact if you have a high top-of-the-line gaming PC, with a big behind, I've got to hold that against you. Truth. That's all there is to it. It's not very democratic. Not at all. Exactly. The DJ Daniel, so far,

your adjudication of this, is this a cop right now, or wait until you maybe log up to the PS5 and then get the sale? If you were lucky enough to get a PS5, yeah. Cop it to the PS5 and then get the sale. If you were lucky enough to get a PS5, yeah. Cop it for the PS5. But if you're playing on a current gen system, skip it. Truly.

Skip it for now. Your experience is not going to be good. It's not going to be good and that's not worth it. And I think that's unfair from CD Projekt Red. I love that. Thank you, Dr. DJ Danil for that assessment. My pleasure. Yes. And with that. Thank you, Dr. DJ Danil for that assessment. My pleasure. Yes.

And with that, we want to thank you for sticking around for the Gamer Scream Fest that we just had. And just for sticking around because, you know, that's what's trending. That's what's happening

on the internets. People are talking about this. So with that, we want to tell y'all, love y'all, be good to each other. You know, be good to yourself. Seriously.

If you're torturing yourself right now on some shit, like, to be doing it tell yourself you're good enough right now you know what i mean and just say hey you all right because that's what i would tell you you know what i mean it's so funny we're never able to accept the advice we would give to other people like for ourselves you know what i mean that's a very important tool if you can if you're that friend who like how come i can always big up my friends and calm them down well you have the gift to do that but you don't have the gift to direct that humor and it's the same shit and that's my wisdom tip of the day uh with that you know wear a mask be safe kick white supremacy in his ass

every damn day like you have to please do that uh and with that we'll talk to you later bye-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. All you need to do is record everything like you always do. What was that? That was live audio of a woman's nightmare. Can Kay trust her sister,

or is history repeating itself? There's nothing dangerous about what you're doing. They're just dreams. Dream Sequence is a new horror thriller from Blumhouse Television, iHeartRadio, and Realm. Listen to Dream Sequence on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Curious about queer sexuality, cruising, and expanding your horizons? Hit play on the sex-positive and deeply entertaining podcast, Sniffy's Cruising Confessions. Join hosts Gabe Gonzalez and Chris Patterson Rosso as they explore queer sex, cruising,

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