The Shane Dawson Podcast - Influencer Conspiracy Theories!

Episode Date: February 9, 2025

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Like, we have so many. I don't even know where to start. Hey, what's up you guys? Welcome back to whatever the hell this is. We're back edition. Oh my God. I don't even know where to start. I, okay, I don't want to get depressing right off the bat.

But I'm going to be super honest. The fact that we are back here doing this show feels so good. Like, there was a moment where we didn't think this was going to happen again. So the fact that we are all here and we are all safe is such a blessing. and we're all healthy, except for Spencer, who has the plague and, like, we're praying for him. Is that why the mask? Okay, no.

You make it some way worse than it is. I made Spencer come to work with the plague. No, so we literally just got over a month-long flu that was insane. And it started right after Christmas, and then it took us right into those fires, and then it lasted through the fires. Pretty much through, yeah. And then we finally, literally, I think the day after we got back,

home we finally felt kind of normal it was what being sick with us two and two babies that were also had the flute was out of our house out of our element out of our schedule with five animals i'm so sorry you guys evacuated with flu oh my god on okay not first of all well let me wrap up why you yeah yeah yeah no spencer doesn't have the plague he had the flu or maybe the flu like a week ago he feels fine but we're honestly we're like in case it was a different stretch yeah We are not doing sick babies and sick adults again. That's a special kind of torture. So I jokingly said, like, maybe you could just wear gloves,

and you were like, I'm going to wear gloves and a mask. I don't want to, like, you know, put you guys in danger. At some point during the show, maybe you could take the mask off because I feel like it just makes me sad that you're, yeah, I just feel like you're so isolated. It is a weird feeling. Like, I feel like I smile a lot during the, like, it's going to be a lot. But you smile with your eyes. It's mice.

It kind of looks fashionable too, though. It does. You know? Everything with him is fashionable. Yeah, you're going to start a trend. Yeah, where's I ever seen a purple mask? Never. Okay, so, well, should we just get into, this is, it's so weird to talk about, like, the evacuation and the fires and everything, because we're so lucky and grateful that our house is okay, it almost feels like bitching and complaining about something.

Do you know what I mean? Yes, I do. I know what you mean. And when I talked about it on my podcast, a lot of people were like, you're still allowed to have your feelings. Like, you still went through something. I know it's not equal or greater than people. had the devastating loss of not being able to return to their house, but it's still a story. I think we're allowed to share our experience without diminishing that other people are worse off

because of the same, who knows if it was a natural disaster. Right. First of all, yes, it was insane. We evacuated three weeks before that for another fire in Malibu. That was closer, that had started closer. Which was crazy. I don't know if we talked about it on the podcast. I think Morgan vlogged some of it, but we, Spencer was here.

Ryland's entire family was here me, your mom and you were at 2 in the morning watching the news being like... Sitting on this couch. We had to get the fuck out of here. So the next morning we pack up, got out the whole family, went to an Airbnb, and then the fire was taken out pretty fast. I mean, there was still devastation

there. People still did lose their homes, but we very quickly became not in the line of... It wasn't a concern to our right. So then that happened. So then a few weeks later, we're sitting watching YouTube and And I get this alert and I'm like, wait, what is this? And it was a fire, but it was like kind of far from us, but you know me.

I was like already on Airbnb, already look, because I was like... And I'm like, Shane, stop. What are you doing? The Palisades is so far from us. Just chill out for a second. The fucking winds were crazy. Like, I'm talking a cow flying by crazy. Like it was twister level wins.

It was fucking insane. And I was like with the winds and the fire and this is nuts. Like we're going to have to get out of here. So all day, Ryland's kind of like, calm down. You're all reacting. It's going to be fine. It's going to be fine. I'm like on Airbnb favoriting them talking to the host being like, we might have to evacuate. Like we have to get out. And then so he's just calm down. Then it's bath time. Sun goes down. Winds are going crazy. Giving the babies a bath. And I was like, I think we need to book this Airbnb. I think we have to get out in the middle of the night.

And Rylan's like, we're going to be five. All the power goes out on our phones. It's like mandatory. Get out now. Leave everything. it's like it's not a warning it's an order like that level and so I'm like so we can't look at the fire app we can't look at anything because the power's out which means we have no service yeah because where we live isn't great service so now rely on Wi-Fi so now and Ryland's like the babies just fell asleep I was like okay well we're gonna have to wake them up so then we're like you know it's panicking around the house completely like completely panicking and I'm like just chill out like the babies are in their cribs it's supposed to be dark for them anyways let's gather our belongings and he's like mad at me for packing and I'm like oh I want a few things well because the way okay with the power going out and the alert happening on top of I went outside to like pull the car out and the wind was so crazy like a palm tree flew by and I was like oh it's the end of the fucking world we need to get out we had a postmate coming okay so I pre-planned right I was like okay I'm going to order a postmate I'm going to get like two

foldable cribs so we can take it to an Airbnb because the last time we evacuated and I brought our actual crimps. So the postmate pulls up in the pitch black because like all the house is down pitch black, right, wind going crazy. She pulls up in her car and she's just like, hello? And I'm just like, I know I'm sorry.

There's a fire. She's like a fire. I'm like the power's up. And then so we're taking the, you know, crids out and she's like blowing away. And I'm like blowing away. And then she's just like, well, good luck, I guess. And I was like, good luck to you.

And I'm like, I'm hysterically crying, and it's five stars. And it was crazy. So, okay, so we're packing in certain situations, like in medical situations or like, if the dogs are emergencies. I'm usually pretty calm. Like, I'm usually, I am. I've gotten better.

I've got better. Literally, if there's even like a speed bump, he's like, okay, okay. No, I've gotten better. You're cautious, and I love that because I'm not cautious and we need the both extremes to meet in the middle. Yeah, you guys blend well. I will say, I was literally like, leave everything. I packed our passports, the baby's births.

I was getting my contacts. I have daily contacts that get thrown away each day. You don't need those. And I was like, I'm going to have to see. I'm going to have to see. We can get them in Target. I thought the fire was here. So I'm just like, leave everything.

He's packed. He literally opens up a suitcase. I'm like, oh, suitcase. For the baby. Grab a Ralph's bag. Like, we got to get the fuck out of here. I like with an extra pair of sweatpants and an extra shirt. That's what he allowed me to grab for us.

He goes, didn't you post my dinner? And I was like, yeah, I don't know where it is. And he's like, well, we should bring it. And I was like, we can post me something else. Like, I was literally hysterical. So I'm holding a baby. He's holding a baby. And I'm just like, it's okay.

It's okay. And the baby's looking at me like, why do you wait? Yeah, yeah, I know. We pack up the cars. We, the wind is so bad that like the car door keeps slamming shut. Like, it's like end of the world shit. I'm in his car. I'm driving.

We're like, we're like, we're going to. He has all five animals. I have the two babies. And now I'm getting, and by the way, I don't want this to sound like. It's annoying that people care. But I was getting texts from people. I haven't talked to me, like 20 years. Yeah, me too.

Literally, just being like, are you alive? Are you okay? Yeah, I got that too. And I was just like, it made it scarier because I was like, oh, it's over. And it was very scary. But I was just like, whoa. So it's like I'm trying to, you know, like book this Airbnb. And it's like another text from something I've talked to in 25.

Oh, so inconvenient. Just being like, being like, I'm crying right now. Is your house going to be on the news? Like literally shit. And I'm just like, ah. Thank you, heart, heart, heart, but also, I don't know. So, yeah, anyways, we get to the Airbnb, like, now there's smoke in the air. It's, like, so ashy.

So we're terrified of the babies breathing it in and all that. So then it doesn't matter. We're safe. We're so grateful. Everything's okay. We were evacuated for like two weeks. We had to actually move Airbnbs because our current Airbnb then went into another evacuation order because of another fire, which happened at our last house we lived in, where we started

dating and stuff, the house that had the pool and like the view. If you remember from the videos, like, we live there for a few years. So we're watching the news, right? And we're like praying. We're just like, oh, my God, like feeling horrible about everything going on. And then it's like, do, do, do, don't. Breaking news. New fire, the sun swept fire, which is the name of our old street.

And we were like, huh? And then the news starts playing. And our old house is on the news. And the one right in front of it is burning down. It's a hillside, yeah. And I was just like, oh my God. This is the craziest. Our realtor is texting us like, sunswept is burned.

And we were like, Oh, my God. So now we're all, now we're getting alerts saying, because now we're really close to that one. And I was just, so then we moved Airbnbs again. We really thought it was over. Once again, we're so grateful. We really thought the house was gone.

There were a few days where it was just, I mean, the fire line was less than a mile away from this house. And it's like the winds were blowing so fast. Any wind in this direction, this neighborhood was gone. And I will say, not to just continue to justify it. But I was at the worst stage of the flu. that night so i had a fever i like couldn't function i was like pissing out of my ass and now we're being evacuated at the end of the world so i felt like and i couldn't i was driving but like

i'm so sorry i'm like well you still need to help and and i get emotional when i'm sick so i do like i cry no he does he gets needy and wants me to be emotional so i have three children at this point and five animals anyways but delight in the mood i was telling jared about this a little funny thing that happened so we're in the air being B, and I'm like, okay, we just need to watch YouTube or something. Wait, and you get my mind off of this. And I go to YouTube and, like, it showed like that somebody else was signed in. And I was just like, wait, what?

And then I realized it was Black China. Wait, what? That's huge. I don't think I'm doxing her, right? No, not at all. She did it. Right. Okay, so Black China.

And it's like, it's like an email name, right? So it's like her real name, like, whatever. And I was like, that picture was it. I was kidding. I was like, that picture looks just like Black China. It really gave him like a half an hour. of being an investigative reporter. I mean, that is such a...

And I'm just like, Shane. So she had just stayed there before you. Well, I started thinking that. But then I went to and I was like, I'm not gonna look at Black China's homepage. Like, so I got out of it. But then the actual TV was signed into Black China. And so the whole TV, all the, like everything, right?

And I was just like, I think we're in Black China's house. Like, listen, it wasn't a mansion. It was like a very... I think it's like her rental house. Yeah, like a rental property. It was a nice house. It was so nice. We were so grateful for it.

But I was just like, I think we're Black China's fucking house. And I was like, this is everything. This is so crazy. We're in her investment property. Yeah, that's so funny. It was a very, it was a nice way to break up the horror of everything. So thank you, Black China. And you didn't go through.

That is such a like personal thing to leave your YouTube logged in and someone can just see everything you watch. I know. And then I got really scared that I was doing that at all the places we were staying. Oh, yeah. You went in. Yeah, I did. And Shane went in and logged me. me out remotely. Yeah. So yeah, that's how it went. How did you guys deal with that? You were pretty

far, although a fire did break out near you, kind of. I know there was like a small fire near us. It was, uh, because our area typically does around this time of year have fires here and there, like nothing that's ever made us evacuate. But I mean, gratefully and we're blessed enough that there wasn't anything near us. But it was more about watching the news and kind of staying in tune what was going on around here for you guys. Like I, I, I hadn't really, known that there was an accurate map that was updated like every couple of minutes and I was out to eat and I was able to find your guys his house on the map and I was like holy shit I don't know how like what the scale of this map is but it looks like it's right there you know and I think I annoyed you a little bit

you know I know I didn't but uh it was like the whole time we're at dinner it was so surreal because I was out with uh sandy sisters we were you know eating food with a bunch of people and just in the corner of the room was this huge TV with this fire going on you know and it was like i can't even imagine being you know connected exactly to it just like knowing you guys were going through it was a lot but it was surreal man just to see all the houses that got burned down like it is great it is a wild feel like i didn't have to evacuate but there was that one that sprung up in the hollywood hills that was like if it had gone the other way the direction it would have like come i would have had it would have been like because i'm right at the base of like the

there's few of those ones and um i don't know it was it was just like i not that i went through anything but it was just interesting being like oh shit like let me pack i i i'll pack just in case and it's like well fuck what do i like what do you bring i mean i wasn't in a rush like you guys but it was more just like i had time to be like what's important well yeah like i don't care about a lot of this stuff like it makes you realize oh i don't care about this stuff but then like also i want to not have it burned it was just it's just a odd like thing to go through yeah what was your situation because you were kind of i'm trying to figure out where the fire was and where you were, but it was pretty close.

It got pretty close because there's a mountain, like Topanga Canyon is not far for me, those mountains over there. And so it's a thing that just kept slowly getting worse and I kept getting like one client would message of me being like, I have to cancel the next month, I don't know where I'm going to be. This is crazy. My house is

like about to be on fire. I had to evacuate. And it happened with one. And then it happened with another. And then I happened with another. And then I happened with another. Because at first I was like, all these poor, my poor friends or my poor clients or poor, but then it was just like everyone I knew is evacuating. looking at maps and fire keeps spreading and I'm like this is really scary and I can see smoke from the freeway when I drive but it's not near me yet but as the days went on one night I went to

throw out trash and I looked and the whole like top of the mountain was just on fire and it looked like a movie like it looked like the apocalypse and I was like um how have I not gotten an evacuation notice like the mountain right there I can see it is on fire and so that was really scary and that night I was like maybe I'll stick it out until I get because I just really didn't want to I have to leave my place and like, I'm going to try one more night and see how this goes. Maybe they'll stop it. But that whole night I kept like waking up having nightmares that like my whole building around me was on fire and stuff.

I didn't sleep at all. And then the air quality got really bad the next day. I went to Home Depot, which tried to get like mask and air filters. All of it was sold out. You couldn't get any of these things anywhere. And yeah, the air quality just got so bad like the wind was blowing like black smoke into my building and stuff. And so I had to leave.

And yeah, it was just really. Really, really scared. I mean, it's, it sucked for me, but it didn't get as close to me as it did for you guys or a lot of friends and clients. So I was more worried for you guys. But, yeah, it was awful. And it is still awful. It's still going. It's insane.

Still literally happening, which that's the other thing, which, not to, like, start beef with. Arsonists. Oh, I'm not to, listen, here's the thing. I appreciate the news because it gives us information, right? Yeah, yeah. But the way that the news turned this into. the fucking Oscars and slash the Super Bowl. First of all, I appreciate the newscasters.

They were up all night, you know. But the more the fire, like the longer it went, oh, they were just looked like they were going to the Oscars. They had graphics. It was like Firewatch 2025. Like they had a theme song. There was one. I wanted to record it, but I kept missing it.

But like before commercial, it'd be like, we'll be right back with more fire coverage. And it was like, boom, chichik-bang. And then it had fire alarms in the song. No way There was like the guy in the backroom Like hit the intro Like all intense like a tropic thunder All the newscasters

Wigs got better and better and better The project was getting higher and higher It was getting to a point where I was like Oh the news is making money right Everybody's watching I mean we watched nonstop for maybe six or seven days And at every top of the hour Normally this would be this

But it's this and then they roll the intro For the new hour Oh yeah You gotta give credit to the reporters. They got like balls, man, going out there. How much questions they ask a person? Did you see the clip of the guy interviewing, was it Dennis Quaid?

Yes. That was so weird. Did you see that? You need to watch it. He's in a car. It's 15 minutes long. Dennis Quaid. I think he's getting his car.

He's literally packing his daughter's clothes. He's trying to get out. And the reporter's just like, you never know what's going to happen here in Hollywood. We got Dennis Quaid evacuating for his life. And Dennis is like, hey. And then he goes, hey, hey, hey, come here real quick. How are you?

Dennis, say hi to NBC. Hello, everybody. Los Angeles. And then he starts just like having a podcast with Dennis Quaid. But he does like, he's doing a bit and laughing and joking and smiling. He literally, so they're talking, Dennis Quaid's being really nice. And the interviewer is like so excited. And then Dennis is like, well, got to get back so I don't, you know, die.

And he starts trying to put all these boxes in his car. And the reporter literally goes, as you can see behind me, Dennis Quaid, thinking he's going to get that box in his car. Good luck, Dennis Quaid. You think you're a suit. Superhero. Come on, man. Unfortunately, we're not all one big car. So then Dennis Quaid finally gets in the car, is about to leave. And the reporter goes, oh, hold on.

Knocks on Dennis Quaid's window. Dennis Quaid unrolls it. And he's like, hey, Dennis, so I had a little dog in there. What's that pooch's name? And he goes an interview with the dog. Like, listen, it was kind of my comment. And I was like, wow. You know what?

If that reporter would have been in our backyard. We were talking about that. Maybe it would have like light moon. been over because Shane would have been like crying and you need to win this is assault and I'd probably be like trying to make jokes like it's okay he's my crazy husband I wish I got you guys he might be the hero we didn't know we needed honestly a little bit he liked you know he really did um well I'm so glad that we're all safe we're all good thank you guys for sending us so many messages and checking in on us but yeah the show can go on guys it's time it's time to be the best version of you you can and feel like you have your ducks in a row, which by the way, I don't quite understand that term. Why are the ducks in a row? Well, either way, it is really scary and really complicated to even think about finances, but it always feels so much better to just get a grip on it, face the music, and get your ducks in a row, metaphorically. So that's why I'm so happy that today's episode is sponsored by

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And that's saying a lot because I watch a lot of weird shit. So I saw a video on my homepage and it was by a YouTuber named Benjamin Doll, right? And it was called I DoorDashed Overnight in Los Angeles. Parenthesis, bad idea. So the video. This video was really entertaining and he was door dashing.

It was like 4 in the morning. He was just showing, you know, the process of being a door dasher and like how it works and all that and how much money he was making. It was really good. So I'm watching it. So then I go to his channel and he has shorts. So I'm watching the shorts and it's him just like kind of showing like, all right, got another order. Here we go. So, I'm so intrigued right now by what I'm about to see.

What is going to happen? My name is Benjamin and I'm a personal shopper in Los Angeles. I'm currently shopping two orders, one for a YouTuber that I've watched for like 10 years, which is pretty cool. and the other orders for a new customer who I've never delivered to before. The only item on the first order. So I'm watching you, right? And I'm not thinking me. I'm like, I'm thinking, you know, YouTubers or whatever. I'm just watching him.

Is it you? The only item on the first order was goat milk baby formula, which I didn't even know was a thing until recently. Unfortunately, they were out of stock even after checking with a team member and the customer wasn't able to substitute, so I just canceled the order. The second customer. Okay, so I'm like, Goat milk baby formula, right?

So I'm like... At our target. At our target, I'm like, okay, there's no way. way. That would be so random for me to stumble upon a Postmates channel who did. Okay, so I'm like, okay, that's crazy. So then I go to the comments and all the comments are like, it was Shane. I'm like, that's weird. How do they know? But I can't shut up about how we had to do goat milk formula. But he wasn't like responding to them. He wasn't confirming or anything. So then I was like, let me see. So I go to my Postmate app and I'm like, I search goat milk. It pops up and I had an

order with Benjamin where goat milk formula wasn't a So I had to cancel it and I was just like oh my god. This is so crazy. So then I search in my phone and not only have I had him as a postmate before, but me and Benjamin have all passed to a point where I thought so it's actually not postmates. It's another app called shipped, which is like a version of postmate. So I thought I have got Benjamin so many times that I thought it was AI like I thought it wasn't real because it's like hey it's Benjamin. I'm your you know, I'm like yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, fuck off fake Benjamin. I know that's not real. Like, I literally was like, there's no way that I'm getting the same person every time. It's a robot. And literally it was him. So then I look and I'm like, oh, my God.

So I find the whole goat milk saga, but I'm looking through. And I'm like, wow, we have had so many interactions. And we're like close. Like I was like, oh, my God. Thank you. You just made my day. And he's like, oh, you're like. And I'm like, we're sending smiley faces to each other.

Are you flirting with it? Kind of. And then Spencer, you're a part of this. So I've never. met Benjamin, right? And I'm like, how have I never met him? I've had him so many times. But I'm going through it in my head and I'm like, for some reason every time I've had Benjamin as a postmate,

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Spencer were filming a video and Spencer went out and grabbed it because I was like, oh, can you grab that? And it was he got he was like, hey, they don't have the recess bats and the rhesus pumpkins and I was like, oh, the main thing I need. And then he's like, oh, actually I found them. And I was like, oh my God, thank you so much. So he was kind of a part of the podcast too. Because we did a whole thing about the rhesus pumpkins and stuff. So now I kind of turned into a stalker a little bit. Not really. She's hoping you'll get Benjamin. I want to meet him.

So I'm like, okay, so now I'm like watching his video. There's, go subscribe. He's really good. So I'm watching his videos and stuff. And I'm like, wow, this is so weird. Like my like postmate is now I'm a fan, which is weird. Because like if he rolls up to my house, I'm going to fan girl. I'm like, he's going to be uncomfortable.

So now I keep trying to get him. And I'm like, oh, no, and I'm like, is it Benjamin? And then it's like, it's Natalie. I'm like, thank you, Natalie. But where's Benjamin? Like, I want to have a meet and greet. So Benjamin, if you're out there, I appreciate you so much. You are so nice and polite.

The smiley faces really do make my day. And I can't wait to meet you one day in the future. Maybe you can come on the podcast. That would be crazy. Should we take a shift right now and see if we get Benjamin? And then if it's Benjamin, he comes on? We need milk. What's his average time that he works?

Put the call out there for goat milk, and I'm sure he'll know about it. We're so over formula. We need like Benjamin, you know. Should I do Target? I'm going to do Target because that. That is their That's his territory You're gonna do

It's gonna be another name You're like, fuck this Cancel Okay, I'm doing it This is so funny Okay, so I placed the order I don't know who I got yet It's Natalie, we're gonna be pissed

She's gonna be like Fucking thank you, go Okay, so while that's happening So that was my rabbit hole It was very specific And very weird And then, okay, so this is before the fires So then I know where he lives

Because he films his life And I'm just like Oh my God, he's close to the fires too So then the fire happen and honestly one of my first thoughts was is Benjamin away so then I'm watching YouTube and he posts a video a couple nights later and it's like post meeting in you know LA or whatever I'm watching it and then in his video the fires happen he's like this was you know crazy the fire I'm gonna have to stop filming this video and I was just like oh my god

he's okay but like that was scary it can close so once again Benjamin happy or okay did you guys have any rabbit holes you fell down I mean I have one I so I've always I love actors I love watching actor interviews love like when an actor goes super method and does something like nuts and it becomes like a new story that you hear about like jared leto what he did when he became i'll get to him we'll save by an island so that's a whole other at some point not not the acting we're talking about acting but yes he also maybe he's the cult leader that's for another time good for him looking like that at that age i'm gonna join so for those don't know method acting is a technique where you like rather than pretending you're kind of trying

to embody the character you're like trying to beat tum rather than pretend um you're trying to like identify with their emotions and motivations and so like i can't take them seriously there's been a million cases of like them kind of going too far alpuccino in 1992 percent of a woman played a blind man uh went to a facility where blind individuals lived and he like lived amongst them and then when he went uh on set he told the entire cast and crew to treat him as though he was blind and like that's what he did for the entirety of the movie um and that's a little strange jeremy strong while filming the trial of the Chicago 7 there's a scene where like police are like attacking

people and stuff and he told the police to like the people playing police to actually like I want you to really rough me up and I need you to use real tear gas on me. I don't know if they did but that's what he said. Daniel Day Lewis has done this many many many times he so he locked himself in solitary

confinement for three days without drinking water for the film in the name of the father he lost 50 pounds and the last of the Mohicans he spent in a entire month living in the wilderness, learning to hunt with like tomahawks and skin animals. While filming gangs of New York, he insisted on wearing period piece, like clothing, appropriate clothing only. So he got a pneumonia and almost died from this. And then the last one for Daniel Day Lewis is when he was filming Lincoln, which I'm pretty sure he won the Oscar for.

He was playing President Lincoln and he demanded the entire cast and crew call him Mr. President, including Stevens Spielberg, who directed the film, had to call him. Mr. President. And when he won the Oscar, he thanked his wife for dealing with all these strange different men over the years because he stays in character the entire time he's filming. So even his wife has to deal with Lincoln or whoever he's... Do you see what I mean? It's annoying.

I'm surprised he didn't mention Heath Ledger. The Joker is like a very notorious one that people talk about. But there is a funny, like, little side piece that I think it was... Who was in Rain Man? Who's like the guy in Rain Man with Tom Cruise? Dustin Hoffman. Dustin Hoffman, yeah, thanks, dude. He was in a movie, and the character was supposed to be like an insomniac had been up for days.

So he stayed up for like 60 hours in order to look this tired and act this way. And he was acting. And he told, I think it was Marlon Brando or someone like that. Oh, yeah, I stayed up for 60 days to like get like this. And the guy said, why don't you just try acting? Nice. Such like a boss thing to say. Or act, you know.

But I mean, Daniel Day Lewis, to watch the guy on film. It's incredible, but yes, I would agree with Ryland that being around it is probably It's like I married this guy And for the past 10 years, I've been married like five fucking weirdos that he's playing in movies You know what I'm saying? Imagine being Rachel McAdams as Regina George

And just being a fucking bitch all that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, like, I'm in character. That would, I was going to say that would be a nice way to get a pass. Oh, yeah. You know? Maybe that's why they do it?

The thing that pisses me off about it is like certain people are like, the craft. It's incredible. incredible and it's like he's just being an act like he's being what he thinks this guy is like i think it's cool that daniel de louis has like enough respect for him self to demand that stephen spillberg calls him mr president and it's like to have that i mean i think what you do i think that's kind of interesting but then when you're bringing it home to your wife it's like

enough but the last two that i wanted to mention is jared leto played um the joker in the original suicide squad and in that movie before they even began filming he gifted famously the cast members uh different gifts um like at the table read the first table read of the script there was like a dead pig at the table read that he sent over there seems kind of try hard a little bit to me yeah it's kind of like dude you ain't punk bro yeah yeah yeah was it cooked or just a dead pig i don't know and then he sent uh because that'd be considerate to be a Cook, big honey bake, you know. That's how Chris describes ham is a dead pig.

But they got weirder, so he said Margo Robbie, a live rat. That was her gift from Mr. Jay, the Joker. Yeah, Peter might get involved. That's weird. And then he gave other cast members dildos, switch blades, X-rated magazines, and allegedly a used condom. I draw the line at dildos. Yeah, that's weird. Send me and I.

Not the used condom? I draw, used condoms pretty wild. Allegedly a used condoms. condom. He should have just set the bags of dog poop on fire on their front porch, you know? Get that old school.

And on set, he told everyone, he only responded to Mr. Jay. If you called him Jared or let him, his real name, he wouldn't respond. Did the Joker call himself Mr. Jay? I guess Harley Quinn called him that. I don't know, in the comics and stuff, yeah.

And then very last one is Shia LaBuff, when he acted in Fury with Brad Pitt. He stopped showering because it was a war movie, a World War II movie, and they were in a tank for a period a time and so he wanted that to be real so he just didn't shower and that was really tough for the other actors caused a lot of negativity amongst them they were really angry he needed to have a tooth

removed for the movie and it didn't look good enough what they were the like black like paint they were putting on the tooth so we got to remove for real uh no doctor would do it so he had to allegedly go to some guy in recita that just like pulled his tooth out his are kind of iconic his words yeah um they put like a cut prosthetic on his face that he felt didn't look real enough So another actor said that he walked out, said, hey, check this out, sliced open his cheek, and then during the rest of the time they were filming, he kept opening it, so it looked good for the film. Yeah, so, you know, just these sort of things.

That was great, dude. Watch the Mojo video. The top 10 character actors. Yeah, dude. But Shailabuff, just to, I can't hear the guy's name without saying he's an incredible actor. Oh, yeah. In my opinion, he is by far one of the grades of the generation. He's incredible to watch.

Okay, guys, sorry to break up this rabbit hole, but I just got the notification that I have a shipped. Oh, my gosh. Rabbit hole unlocked. You would have squealed if it was Brandon. I haven't seen it. You haven't looked. His name is Benjamin.

Oh, shit. Is it Benjamin? Do you want me to tell you? Here we go. I'm nervous for you. Hey, Shane, your shop. Oh. Who is it?

Your shopper Kai. Should I cancel? No, that's mean. That's mean. Just say, hey, do you know Benjamin? Hey, Kai, thank you so much. But quick question, do you know Benjamin? Here's five bucks.

Can you just call it off and not downstar me? Wow. Well, Benjamin, next time. You're going to spend so much money on Shift. Spencer, do you have any rabbit holes that you fell down? Yeah, so I have two-ish. One when we were talking about it was more came from Shane, which is my fucked up Instagram. Have you guys seen this?

Okay. I try not to. So Instagram's new thing. They let you know. if people you follow have liked videos just on reels, it's a newish thing. It'll see like, oh, up at the top. Yeah, yeah, it'll be like right.

It'll be like a little thing. It's on my explore page, the algorithm will recommend me these reels that have one like, no views, but it'll say liked by Spencer. So they're like recommending me his explore page. That is so, that is unreal. I don't want people being fed what I've liked. Well, they are.

You definitely don't want people being fed. You, I don't know how I got. in your Explor Mage, but it is fucking great. Let's look at it. Let's look at it. What do you got? This has been happening for a year and I've never mentioned it.

Oh, really? That's hilarious. You've just been spying. Well, I would say recently it's gotten weird. Uh-huh. Well, I think you were just saying like, in a voice that we were talking about something else, it's like, hey, I got, it was a video of one like and it was like a crazy guy screaming

or like, what? So the video that I got, so I'm like, you know, I'm trying to get my mind off the fight. and trying to, you know, just have a nice Instagram scroll. And I'm like, T-T-D, and then I get this video of, like, a guy and his face is blue, but he's in a black room, and there's a flashlight on his face, and he's crying and screaming, Don't give up by your dreams!

Never give up by your dreams! Even if everybody tells you, to give up by your dreams! And it has one like, liked by Spencer. And I was just like, what is this? So then I scroll again. And for some reason, it never shows me you guys. Only Spencer's likes. And they're fucking, like,

Sometimes I almost want to text you and be like, how did you get here? That's a good question. Well, okay, so that used to be my TikTok, but then I got off TikTok. And so I think recently it's been like pushing it more on Instagram or something. I don't know, but it's been good. It's been, I've been really happy with my reels. Nice. What was your other rebel?

Yeah, so then the other one I got that was more of like a real, real one, which is, so there's this like mysterious Sony Pan. They've had it since like the early 2000s. And it's just like, it came out recently. It's like, this is this weird technology. Sony has, like, the rights to create. They haven't ever released anything with it. But it's so, it's basically this way to, like, turn watching an ad into, you have to, like, so look at this figure.

Says a guy. Who drew this? I know. This is an illegal document? This is, like, in, like, the government, like, approved this. Wow. And then it says, like, say McDonald's to end commercial. What?

And so you have to get up and say. I love that. Did he break his arms? McDonald's. McDonald's. Well, you just. premium let us bypass this? Why is it TV on the ground?

No offense, but it's a weird drug. But it's basically this like, it got me down this weird idea. Sort of like thought rabbit hole. I couldn't really find other stuff. But it's like, it's the secrets that like these giant companies are hiding. Like they've had this. And so this is like a quote from the thing. A system for converting television commercials into interactive networked video games.

The verbal commercial ender is just one of several advertising solutions outlined by the patent. To force you to pay attention. Yeah. Like, yeah, exactly, force you to pay attention to these ads and, like, throw pickle in burger to speed up commercial. What? Wait, that sounds fun. Kind of fun. Yeah.

As long as it's fun. Wait a minute. So, when was this patented? It was, like, around 2004, between 2004 and, like, 2009. So you can actually look into patents, and it's, like, public information. You can see what these companies are patented, like, years before. But Apple, 20 years ago, had a whole patent for Applevision Pro, which, by the way, rest in peace. God, I'm so.

Yes. 20 years in the making and it lasted a week. I called it. I knew that was going to be such a flop of a product. I put that thing on my head and I was like, this is trash. I'll revisit it once it's a sunglasses. But literally 20 years ago, they had a whole picture of the vision, the whole thing, and they patented it.

I'm like, wow, they've, like, 20 years ago, they knew they'd be able to do that. So what else do they know that they're going to be able to do 20 years from now? I know, I know. It's like with AI and everything. Like, what are they like, what are they just like high? You know what do they have patented? I don't know. It just really like threw me for a loop. Hey, so I to interrupt the episode. Please don't go anywhere.

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Bye. Really quick before we get to conspiracies, I have to give a shout out. We got an email from Katrin. And this is the most iconic email ever. The subject, I beat cancer. Yes. First of all, clap already.

She said, hi, all. I absolutely love the podcast. You have all gotten me through the toughest thing I've ever had to deal with. I'm a 20-year-old single mom, and I just beat cancer. Yesterday, I rang the bell, and I left the hospital for the final time. Thank you guys so much for doing what you do. You have no idea. impact you have. Here's a video of me ringing the bell and the photo I got with my

fuck cancer cake. Love you guys so much. It would mean so much to me if this made it into the episode. So let me show you guys. First of all, her with her iconic fuck cancer cake. Oh my god. So cute. Oh, God. So sweet. And then here is the video of her ringing the bell. good for you and honestly i can't even imagine like to be so strong and go through all of that as not only a mom but a single mom and fearing for your literal life oh my god congratulations thank you so much for sharing that that was the sweet spencer sent me that and i was just like oh my god i don't know i was already so excited to do the show today and just like get back

into this and have fun and seeing that just was incredible thank you katherine we love you so much and we're so happy for you we love you congratulations yes um okay are we ready for conspiracy corner and guys this isn't just conspiracy corner oh this is conspiracy cul-de-sac oh yeah that's a perfect way of putting it what i'm trying to say is we have so many conspiracies from all around like they we really don't have a theme for this episode so i don't really know what i'm going to call this episode but we have so many I don't even know where to start. Okay, I'm going to start with this one. This freaked me out.

So have you guys heard about Disneyland's secret entrances in their bathrooms? Hmm? No. No? Okay. So you... You Ickham locked. What?

You really haven't seen these reels? Okay, here's the thing. First of all, Disney. Who's liking them? Who's feeding them to you? Okay, first of all, Disneyland, do not sue me. This is all just a theory. But there are...

And I think a lot of the videos are AI. Like, I don't think they're... real. But you know all the theories that they have the underground tunnels, which I think we theories. That's true. They're real. Okay. I didn't say it. But they have all these underground tunnels. They have all these like, I mean, the whole goal of Disneyland from Walt Disney was to create this, you know, place where he'd have a bubble over it and there'd be underground tunnels and it's, you know, all that. Whatever. So there was all these theories that there's secret entrances to the underground tunnels in different areas of the park. So people started posting

these videos of like going into a Disneyland bathroom and lifting up one of the tiles on the floor and then you can see into the tunnel, which... Jump in! Do not jump in! If that's real, don't jump in. If I'm seeing a tunnel and I have access. Send a drone down. To the famed underground walkways,

you better believe I'm going. Well, there was a story, and I don't know if it's fake or not, it might be, but there was a story a couple years ago about a girl who did get lost through... Did you hear about this? Like, in one of the secret entrances is the bathroom.

I don't know how real that is. But anyways, so I kind of have forgotten about that. If Spencer sent me this... This is scary. So this is a video, allegedly, once again, could not be real, maybe, but this is a video

from a Disney Lane bathroom. I'm going soon and I'm going to investigate. Oh my God, please do. So there's a hole, okay, right where the fucking toilet is.

What the? Oh, it's Disney World. Damn it. Looks like a women's bad. Is there a vending machine in the bathroom? Wow, that's pushy. Not to ruin the illusion, but I feel like she went on Final Cut Pro

and used the keying effect. And it really does look like it could just be the plumbing inside of the wall. Wait, really? A little bit. That solo is cut out. Could be fake. But I don't know.

That just was weird to me because I'm like, I'd be pulling off that toilet. I'd be... That's my biggest fear. Somebody, like, watching me pee. That's every grower's biggest. Oh, honestly. But, I mean, also, shout out to whoever created that soundbite.

It has made me freaked out about the dumbest shit. Oh, yeah. You know what I'm saying? Like, anything is like, oh, my gosh. I'm super captivated. Listen to the music and imagine you're me and you're on the couch at 3 in the morning and you're watching your postmates video. And then it's like the caption.

when you realize the postmate was delivering to you in this video. Please make that. No, no. Proof that we're in the Matrix. It's in a simulation. You literally. Just take videos of my chickens and proof that we're in a simulation. Wow.

Chicken reveal. I don't know if you've ever told me that's cheese. Cockatoodle D. So this is also interesting. So the Starbucks in Disneyland, but also supposedly the Starbucks everywhere. The water. So you know how they sell water bottles of Starbucks and they're like pretty expensive? But you're like, well, it's better than.

tap water like okay i'll just get the bottle supposedly the actual tap water at starbucks is way better and way cleaner than bottle water because it has to be because they use that filtered tap water for their coffee so it's literally like the water at starbucks is like really good quality that is a cheap trick but they but they sell the fucking expensive especially Disneyland the bottle water at disneyland is crazy and yes of course they have because if it's an americano or for the coffee machines it's water it's like triple refined i believe yeah They do it in every Starbucks Because I think when they were expanding

They were like, if we put a Starbucks in a place that has shitty water Like the coffee's gonna taste shitty So they have these like super like highest grade whatever Like triple filter Well you want the water to not add any kind of a taste at all My mind is blood I know At every coffee shop you should be ordering their water

Yeah you always gotta get a large cup of ice water done And then you got a cup to pee in if you needed for later down the road Instead of all the microchip Lyfaxx cheek trick Um Okay this next one I just thought was very, very funny, and also a rabbit hole in itself. Jennifer Coolidge.

So, listen, Jennifer Coolidge, American Treasure, everybody loves her an icon, right? Her very specific voice that she does. I can't do it. I'm not going to write it. That sounded good enough. I'd stop there. And I consider that your impression, and it's perfect. So this has been going viral, and this sent me down to rabbit hole.

So this is a clip of Jennifer Coolidge on a red carpet, and she lets slip her real voice. This is Jennifer Coolidge after sipping on a cold drink. Oh, God. Flying first class with Alaska Airlines isn't just about getting there. It's about enjoying the journey. Stretch out with industry leading leg room. Sink into an adjustable headrest and cozy up with a custom filsen blanket on long flights. Savor hot fresh meals, never frozen, and sip on our custom stump town coffee.

Brewed to taste great at 30,000 feet. upgrade your next trip. Book now at alaskaair.com. Oh, God. It's not bad. It could be worse. Oh, God, it just, I feel, do you think it is good or no? It's very good. Yeah, you're right up there with Arianeus. Okay, right? Right? So, he's imitating her, and then she's like, I don't even know if she knew she was on camera, right? So, that was crazy. So then I started Googling Jennifer Coolid's real voice, because I was like, wait a minute. And it made me feel so stupid. That's not. her real voice.

No, but she hasn't been hiding this. She literally, Stiffler's mom from American Pie, literally did the whole performance in her real voice. Um, three sheets to the wind, man. I'm so happy for you, but it takes the edge off, doesn't it? I thought she was acting. I thought that was her putting on a voice. No, I don't know when this, like, character.

I don't know when that started, but she's, since that started, She does every red carpet, every interview, everything in that voice, but all the movies and all the TV shows she's been in the past 20 years are all her real voice. Was this since Legally Blonde? Maybe. Like, so it's almost like she did that smart. She did the legally blonde. Oh, I want a hot dog real bad.

Makes me want a hot dog real bad. She did that. And then I think people loved it. So then she did the Cinderella story where she's like, oh, you know, Cinderella story? So she did that. And then I think it was like, oh, this is my thing now. But it's not, it's a character. So, but it's, did she even give her speech when she won for the White Lotus?

Oh my God. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you so much. Wow. And thank you, Hollywood Foreign Press. She has given her acceptance speeches. So here's the thing. There's been actors who do a fake voice like Gilbert Godfrey.

He was the parrot. Well, he did so much, but he was the parrot in the Lion King. Or Aladdin. Aladdin, yeah. So Gilbert Godfrey, who did the voice of the parrot, he, every interview he did his entire career, was in, Hey, we'll talk like this. Would you like something? Eat. You look like you're getting fit.

No, no, I'm dating weight. So then one interview from Howard Sterner, something leaked where it was his real voice. And he's just talking like this. And it like, people lost their mind over it. And he was like, oh, fuck. And I think he even did a documentary about it at one point before he passed away. Maybe I'll grab a piece of pastry on the way out. So, but here's the thing.

Jennifer Coolidge hasn't been like trying to hide that that's not her real voice. You know what I mean? Yeah. So it's confusing to me. I want to ask her like, well, I think with someone like her, she's been in the game for so long and then she found something that works and now she's having the highest high of her career

that she's like, I know this is a business. I'm running with it. Like, I think for her it's more like, this is what's working for me and it's booking me jobs and I'm going to run with it. But like, does she keep it up when she like meets her postmate? Like, does she do like, thank you. You know what I mean?

Oh, yeah, because everyone knows who she is. At dinner party, she can be relaxed. But at the grocery store, yes. Really? But the fact that she did it while accepting it, award is like pretty next level and she laid it on so thick there she's like oh gosh wow gee this is great it's pretty good well a little less fun this theory have you heard about the fog no oh yeah okay i don't want to get demonetized because this is like a very intense theory that supposedly

in the last like a few months there's been this fog that has taken over certain areas around the country that is filled with chemicals and it's making people sick i don't know know who supposedly released it or what's happening. There's videos of it, people talking about it, people getting like their blood tested and being like, oh my God, there's things in my blood from the fog. Like, it's very intense. Or from your house that maybe has mold. Okay, coming with science. Okay, so here is a video of somebody. I love his hat, by the way. All right. So, it's crazy foggy right now. But the weirdest part is the taste and smell. It smells like after you set off a bunch of fireworks and like the taste of the air is I mean the only word I could

think of is toxic he's going for a walk weird and so I'm going for my walk right go outside it's killing me yeah also like it's like on his hat like do you see all the little white specs all over his hat I don't know what I mean is this when the fires this is in like Florida too I think yeah So there's all these, there's all these people were posting all these videos and pictures and showing the fog like through their ring camera, but it like didn't look like typical fog. It looked like particles. So it's like there's, you know, pictures of that. So this fog was found in Florida, Kansas, North Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Iowa, Maryland, Virginia all over. So it's very scary.

The Daily Mail reported the occurrence was similar to something that happened in 1950 called Operation C spray. Have you heard about this? No. Okay. So Operation C Spray was a. a secret biological warfare experiment conducted by the U.S. Navy in 1950. So what they did was they sprayed this bacteria all over at the San Francisco Bay to determine how vulnerable a large American city may be to a bioweapon attack.

And this is a fact, like they actually did this? Yeah, this is a real thing, yeah. Didn't tell anyone, tons of people got sick. Like one person died because they had, like, they were like immunocompromised and stuff. And like, yeah, it was crazy. And so a lot of people, and so it was similar. was like this fog that would just roll i mean san francisco gets a lot of fog anyways which is probably why they picked there to like kind of cover it but like it has a lot of like a lot of people are saying

there is similarities between the two why do i look like i'm like a crazy like you're anyway so the fox's coming for it's the masks you're like the fog the fog the fog is coming it's real guys it's fucking this guy but taking precautions yeah well honestly like it is okay so over the years especially you know with conspiracies what you do you look like a little disheveled You look like a fog guy, dude. He's evacuating from the fog. But listen, there has been so many over the years, like, you know, chem trails, everybody freaking out about that, the fog, the drones.

Like, it does feel like it's almost like every month there's a new thing that people are like speculating. The government is putting something out or doing something, putting in the sky or doing this or whatever. And it is like, sometimes you can kind of laugh it off and be like, okay, whatever. But then sometimes it's like, huh? Like with the drone thing, I'm still not past that. I'm like, what the fuck is going? So it's like when you combine that with this fog, once again, I'm not saying it's real or any of that, but it is very interesting. It's starting to seem real.

So yeah, if you've seen this fog or anything, leave us a comment. Let us know your experience with it. We have not seen it. I mean, we saw the other day was crazy foggy, but it was after the fires. It wasn't smoke, but it was like super crazy foggy outside, but I was like, well, maybe I just haven't been up this early before. Because I started waking up early. Is it always like that? This is what happens before 8 a.m.

Okay, Rylund, wake up. Because this is your theory, baby. I made a theory. Yeah. On accident or for real? Well, you've been tricked by it. Okay, fake influencers. Guys, we have talked about this over the months.

It is getting crazier and crazier. But it is officially happening. It's done. It's over. We're out of jobs. Okay. Google has created something called V-O-2, which is an AI generation technology.

And they are able to make fully real, lifelike influencers and creators. Let me show you some of these examples. It's fucking insane. Okay, here's a makeup girl. So none of these have sound yet. What? That's not real.

She's not fucking real. But why? None of that's real. Okay. Why? Here's another one. This is just a girl, you know, doing some sort of podcast.

I hate this. Literally not real. Okay. It looks like she's giving me a financial advice. It does, yeah. This is a product review, one of those like tech channels.

Literally not real. Damn. What the fuck is going on? Good. It's a fake YouTube thing in the back. The little, right? The little, like, nuances of, like, his eyes and, like, crazy. This is a travel video.

Just a girl traveling, you know, showing the food she's ordering. Oh, my God. Literally, what the fuck? This one's even crazier. This is two people together. I hate it. I hate it so much. Right?

Just sisters. The punchins. Crazy. Crazy. And none of them were real? None of them. No, these are all fake. Just so they don't have to pay a real person, right?

Is that what the point of this is? I guess, yeah, and then they can pay to promote the post instead of paying the. So Mark Zuckerberg recently said that this next couple years, he was like, oh, AI's going to be so, he's at it different than this, but so fucking next level to a point where it's all going to be AI. Everybody you watch on the internet's going to not be real. Everybody's going to be using avatars of themselves because they don't have to make videos anymore. They can just have an avatar. They have to get ready to do their hair. Don't be excited about it.

Oh, cool. Okay, but here's what it reminds me of, like years ago. go, like early YouTube, there would be these YouTube girls who would be like, hey, I'm just in my room. I'm vlogging, whatever. And then, like, every once in a while, they've thrown a product placement, like, oh, so I got this new lipstick. It's blah, blah, blah. It's like really good, whatever. Anyways, like, you really thought it was normal. But then I would find out behind the scenes. I'd be talking to somebody and they'd be like, oh, well, yeah, that YouTube girl's not real. She's an actress. That's a set. That's not really her bedroom. And the girl was like 30 years old,

pretending to be 15. Wouldn't that be so weird, though, if she really got face. famous on YouTube and then you're out in the world. She did. That happened to Lonely Girl. Yeah. Lonely Girl 15, I believe it was. She was an actress in a fake bedroom talking about things doing her videos and then she blew up and then, you know, they sold the show, whatever.

But she was this like 15 year old American girl. And I remember I was a fan. I was like, oh my God, I love Lonely Girl. And then when it leaked that it was all fake, she went on the Tonight Show and she had a New Zealand accent and she was like 30 and she's an actress and it was all not. And then I met her at some. award show and I was like oh my god you're lonely I was just hello I was like this is the crazy shit in the world this almost feels like the continuation of that to like the where we are

now where it's like it started with that and then inspired people to do it for real and then it became a big thing and now it's like people faking it entirely yeah I'd say most people are faking it to you know like there's a lot of people that are real faking it but yeah well yeah I mean the next step is all these companies being like oh why are we going to pay Rylan to talk about our thing when we can just make a gay guy talk about whatever fuck we want and everybody things is real. Like, and we don't have to paint. So yeah, don't do that, but you'll do that. Um, okay, this is very niche and very specific, but this shit threw me through a loop. I was like, because I've seen stores like this and I've never really like investigated it too much. Take a look.

I'm like so scared that I might get a hit on me for saying this, but this bridal shop has been here in my hometown for two decades. They've never changed the window displays. Nobody has ever been in or out. It's always locked There's no website There's no Facebook page There's no phone number This lady isn't wearing that cloak Since 2006

What the fuck is this place Help us uncover this mystery Okay so then I go to the comments And the top comments said But the windows are so clean Oh Which means people are going in to clean it But what the fuck is this store?

And she got no Like you didn't check back for part two I did. No part two. I liked for part two and I never got it. Just kept getting Spencer's weird shit. So this is, I don't know. If any of you know about this or if you live near this or if you have any intel, please leave it in the comments. I honestly want to fly there. I think it's in New Jersey somewhere. Honestly, that's a really good conspiracy fan video, but I don't know that we can swing it with babies. Conspiracy jet. We all get on a plane and go. We go to like suburban New Jersey and be like, well, here's the store, guys.

It's locked. Someone just opens it, like, oh, do you want a suit? He's like, wait a second. Yeah, that would be so funny. Who the fuck are you? Okay, and last little thing before we get to Jared's theory. Okay. Okay, listen, I went into this new year saying,

I don't want drama with any companies. I'm not doing that this year. We're having a fresh start. But I have one more little beef I want to pick with Trader Joe's. And listen, I love Trader Joe. Do you? No. You don't go to say.

Listen, Trader Joe's is a great establishment. It's just not for you. When we go there, everybody, they're so nice. But then you told me there's a theory that they actually are only nice to you because that's their corporate policy. Yeah, they tell you to, like, flirt and be nice, supposedly. I felt very bummed out when I found that out because I was like, I think they just like me. You'll get a lot of beard comments at Trader Joe's.

Maybe I should go there. Okay, so let me just show you this. It'll make you just as angry as it made me. Okay, this is how Twitter Joe keeps his prices so low. So they'll find a guy who has his family recipe. Let's say it's like a bun cake, right? And they're like, we love your bunk cake. We'd love to sign you on exclusively.

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Like, you didn't read the fine print. This bun cake that has been in your family for years is now ours. Product of Trader Joe's LLC, Limited Liability Corporation, right? And that's how we get a delicious bunk cake that was stolen from a family for like $5.99. Capitalism. No. Is that real or she didn't influence her? I would imagine it's definitely real.

I would imagine. Allegedly. Allegedly, it's definitely possibly maybe real. But this is a very important lesson. And if you're going to sign a contract, you should probably get a lawyer. Because contracts wouldn't exist unless someone thought someone was trying to fuck the other one over. So I'll always assume you're getting fucked over a little bit. And I love their chicken, but I want to know what's the family getting that made that recipe.

Honestly, they ain't getting a cut. I ain't fucking eating it no more. Trader just snacks are overrated. I don't want to break Spencer's heart because he loves their Scandinavian swimmers. I do. Be careful. Those are good. I can tell by his eyes, he's not smiling.

Listen, they have a great trail mix that I get stolen. I go directly there and stock up on my morning oatmeal. and my trail mix. You're the problem. And you're the one that eats the trail mix before I can get to it. I pick out the chocolate in cashes. Delicious.

Okay, Jared. You said you had a theory and you started breaking it down a little bit and I said, oh my God. What is it? Well, there's a couple of them. But one of them that I found is, are you guys familiar with D.B. Cooper?

No. So in the 70s, there was a gentleman that, an alias, D.B. Cooper, and he told the people that he was demanding X amount of money, got onto a plane, and then jumped out of it, like in the middle of this plane trip, and he was never to be found again. It was like $200,000, and he was, it was equivalent to like a bank robbery. And for years, since the 70s, people have asked, where is D.B. Cooper, who is the real D.B. Cooper? Hunt for the true identity of D.B. Cooper. They found

a couple of parachutes, so they believed that he had a parachute and then a backup parachute. They found pieces of the money that he stole because they had, like, the marked bills that they had given him. And recently, it's been discussed that possibly D.B. Cooper never even existed and the two pilots that were flying the plane made it all up and threw a couple of parachutes out

the plane and a little bit of the money out the plane and said, yeah, it was this guy, drew a sketch of him. And now for like 60 years, people have thought this gentleman D.B. Cooper was a mastermind who plotted the perfect robbery and got away with it. The pilots of the robbers. But I thought if you're into

D.B. Cooper and it's something that you've ever thought about, it's a nice little mind fuck to think, Maybe it really was all just a ruse by these two pilots because they wanted to get this money. And they set up someone that didn't even exist, you know? That was kind of cool. The other thing is Bigfoot. So I've never really got too into the lure of Bigfoot myself, if I'm being honest with you here. But evidently, the theory is the Bigfoot does exist or he did exist.

But the logging industry that was aware of his existence and did know that he was out there or like this species, decided to make it more of like a lure and put out these crummy-ass videos that people were seeing Bigfoot but there was these fake videos being put out to make it seem like it was kind of hoaxy and they just killed all of them because if they were to admit that they were real

it would become some sort of an endangered or like a species that we have to protect and then they couldn't cut down all the rainforest areas that the Bigfoot inhabited So they killed all the Bigfoot? So they killed all the Bigfoot's and they were able to then log within those areas that they inhabited.

And then they put out the videos of the shitty Bigfoot's to be like, oh, yeah, oh yeah, that's funny. People see these things and it's all fake. That's devastating. Yeah, but, I mean, I don't know. Maybe Bigfoot was real. Is that like before us or after us in evolution? Do you know what I'm saying?

Yeah. It would have to be before us. It seems like they're probably close to as emotionally as intelligent. It looks like Ryland's trying to become one right now. he's a werewolf but uh they've actually hired me to go out into the mountain so they can get a video but it sent me on a tiny little bit of a rabbit hole and evidently there's giants that have been found all over the world what people have actually interestingly enough sandy and i are this week i'm going to go to catalina island probably video out now for you uh checking this out but

one of the things that we're going to look at is catalina island is well known for a couple of things One of them is one of the first places that people saw U.S.As or the phenomenon, the UFOs that come out of the ocean. It's like a big place for that. But in the early 1900s, like 1920, an archaeologist went over there and uncovered tons of these bones. And they were like eight to ten feet tall giants. And their schools were humongous. And it's even in the museum at Catalina going over it. But they think that it's either a species that doesn't exist anymore or,

because this civilization, because they found so many of them, like thousands of them, because they were on an island and there was no predator at all that was, you know, threatening their life, they just kept getting bigger and bigger. And it's called island gigantism because if you have no predators, you can continue to grow and to grow and to grow because nothing is threatening your livelihood. Okay, I have a question. So it's kind of crazy to think. Like, there might be islands out there with fucking giants on it.

Is the word giant offensive? Because, no, if you said I have a giant. penis, is that offensive? No, but I mean, that's a flex. So, wow. Well, that was a good one. That was really good. That was just kind of a potpourri, thought, scatterism.

But yes. Wow. Well, speaking of giant penises. Oh, thank you. Speaking of giant penises and descendants of Bigfoot, I think it's time for a recap. On today's camera action, Ryland's recap is about to happen. On today's episode of the Shane Dawson podcast, we're back.

We're thankful to have stayed in Black China's house, and we're curious about giants. Okay. Yeah, dude. We're back. Yeah, dude, look at that beard. And if you didn't notice, I have a new beard. What do you think? Let me know.

Let me know. Oh, Spencer does not have the plague. Looking at him, you'd never know. Just lift your mask down just a little bit, just to show people. Oh my gosh. Like seeing a nipple. Our very own Spencer does not have the plague. He's just running from the fog.

Oh. Which is terribly dangerous. Look creeped out, dude, about the fog. Oh, we have a live broadcast from the fog. Spencer, what do you see? Guys, this is not normal. It smells like fireworks. but I decided to go for a run anyway.

How are you feeling because of the fog? Are there side effects? Um, yeah, I feel dizzy and sick. Oh, fuck him. There's Dennis Quaid! He has a bird. What's the bird's name? Or what was it?

He had like a bird with a dog, whatever. I had a bird. Oh, I found my posts made on YouTube. Oh! In the most concerning rabbit hole of the week, my husband. Shot she. Do you forget who I am?

Bigfoot exists. Does he really, or are there just real-life giants among us? Is it offensive to call people giants, or are they just tall? Trader Joe's is stealing. Oh, fuck Trader Joe's. They're screwing. Oh, no. I thought you liked it.

That's pretty heavy. It's intense. Shame on you. It's a shame on you. All right. It's the beard. I like Trader Joe's, but allegedly they're doing some shady things. They're handing out contracts to people that aren't.

Dude, they're fucking pink sauce and people, dude. That's what they did to pink sauce, dude. They're pink sauce and fucking people, and I don't like... AI influencers are taking over. Soon, none of us will have jobs and companies will just be hiring them left

and right. All of what you're consuming in probably months from now is AI. How do we stop that? Can you, like, can you report the AI ads and stuff? Can you, like, what do you... There's to be something. They're bigger than us. I think that's the only thing that might drive people to go back outside and experience life

is knowing that everything that you're watching is fake. So why don't you experience something real? You go outside and do that? You don't think so? They're going to put on VR. VR. You're right. Absolutely. Well, anyways, I hope you all enjoyed today's episode of the Shane Dawson podcast. Make sure you shop your Shane Dawson merch at Shane Dawsonmerch.com and follow all of us using the links in the description section below. We'll see you here

in two weeks where I'll be more refreshed and ready to hit you with a great Rylands recap. With that, we'll see you in two weeks right here on the Shane Dawson podcast. Good night. Okay. That was good. That was good. Yeah.

Let you guys go. Hopefully you enjoy whatever the hell this was. We're back edition. Honestly, I love this so much. I'm so happy we're back. And I can't wait till next time where Spencer doesn't have to wear a mask and gloves. And you can really join the party. Yeah, same.

Well, we missed you guys so much and we're so happy to be back. And yeah, do you guys have anything else you want to say? Any last words? Toodaloo. If you don't want to buy a Costco membership, I don't. Just buy a Costco gift card. What? Go shop with it.

No, you can't. Oh, really? Says who? Boom. Surprise cheap trick Oh Boom Wow

Seriously Have you tested it Or was an AI I know for a fact I know for a fact It works I feel like Because the money has

The same brunette That I've fallen for That's like You know you can shop A Costco I would just get a fucking membership Wait Put the music on

Put the music on Wait wait wait Wait Wait real quick Did you know That while millions of people Are spending hundreds of dollars a year

on Costco memberships, that all you have to do is go online and buy a Costco gift card. Wow. We've all seen those ones, right? Yeah. And I'm getting a gift card to Costco. Yes.

Just to be clear, I think you get a membership for like 40 bucks. It is $60 for like a year. Yeah, for the fucking pizza. And then what? You have to suffer through going to Costco? That's hell enough. Wait, I thought you wanted to get it.

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