Mindless Bridges

[00:00:01] What's up? Yeah. You didn't even kill the net. I can't see it very good. It's so small. I thought you were an author. That doesn't mean I have to talk like it all the time. Damn, good words you got. Y'all come back now you're here. Oh my god.

[00:00:59] I don't know what are you doing? You're very best. No, not even close. Well, hello. Welcome back to Mindless Prattle. Oh my gosh, an intro this week? I didn't know how dedicated I was to just leaving it last week because we went an entire over an hour

[00:01:21] and then I was like, are you going to do the intro? And you're like, oh no, it's too late now. I'll just do it now and then you can edit it in. Right. And you did an intro and then we immediately did the outro

[00:01:33] and then I edited it and I took out the intro entirely and I was like, nope, I'm leaving it out. We missed it too bad. I honestly, I didn't listen to it. Yeah, I listened to them on Mondays. Not the previous week. But hi, we're your hosts.

[00:01:50] I'm Ripley, the person who usually forgets to introduce the podcast and tell you what we're talking about because we don't know. And that's Jordan. And we're both here. Neither one of us is sick. 10 out of 10. Do you want to go first or should we start off strong

[00:02:09] with the childbirth kink thing? I mean, you go for it. I still got to type this out real quick. So listen. Go on. I was watching this Bailey Sarian video. She does like murder. She's a YouTuber. She does like murder mystery and makeup.

[00:02:25] And then she also does like dark history. And she talks about like the dark history of childbirth and how it became what it is today. And like you're not really, so if you don't know, you're not really supposed to give birth laying down.

[00:02:37] Like it's actually really bad for the woman. Like it's not natural. Yeah, you're supposed to be walking through the forest gathering berries. And then the kid drops out and you're like, wait, and then you hand them a basket or a spear depending

[00:02:49] if they're where you may just go into their new lifestyle of hunter or gatherers. If you're a Spartan, I guess. But like it's more natural for a lot of women to like squat or like bear down, you know, like use gravity to help you

[00:03:03] eject that basketball coming out of your body. So everything was going well and good. Birth was like mostly kept for women type of thing. And then men got involved. They wanted to make it like a medical procedure back when

[00:03:24] only doctors, like men could only be the only doctors. So they made it where you have to have like a license and stuff. And they started like making all these medical inventions. And the guy who invented like the modern day,

[00:03:34] like birthing hospital bed where women lay down designed it because he said it was easier for the physician. Yeah, to sit there. Awesome for you, dude. But then King Louis XIV promoted the idea because apparently he had a kink for watching women give birth,

[00:03:55] which back then like you weren't like nobody was allowed in besides like the doctor and like. Yeah, the husband usually wasn't allowed in. Yeah, like it was rare, like not social custom at all. So like that's very faux pas back then.

[00:04:09] But basically because Louis XIV had a childbirth kink, women have to suffer. Was he the one? Which king was it that has all the wives? That's Henry the eighth of England. No, no, no, the one that like broke away for it was it England

[00:04:27] that broke away from the church because he didn't he wanted to divorce. Yeah, that's King Henry the eighth. His wives were divorced beheaded died divorce beheaded survived. Yeah, obviously I learned that rhyme in school. I remember the rhyme but I didn't know the king.

[00:04:41] Yeah, he he was so horny for Anne Boleyn that he divorced his wife of like 20 years and separated from the Catholic Church created his own church. And then beheaded Anne Boleyn because she didn't give him a son. Yeah, and then what was it the study?

[00:04:56] I don't know if it's a real study or not. I never looked into it, but I saw the headline for a study once and it's just yeah, that's how it works. Like the abstract or like the headline. What's the headline in the study?

[00:05:10] Like if you're scrolling through like news stories and there's a headline that's like a new story about a study. Okay. Anyway, it was the correlation between dick size and gender of the baby. Right.

[00:05:26] And that study was like, oh obviously the longer the dick you have now given a better chance of having sons instead of daughters. And I just thought that was always funny. I don't know if it's true. Oh, yes actually so that there is a correlation.

[00:05:43] It's because female sperm are like typically healthier, but they're slower. So they take longer to get to like an egg, but male sperm are really quick, but are more often likely to be deformed or have issues that prevent them from penetrating.

[00:05:59] What you're saying is I have a high chance of having a son. No. Okay. I don't even know what to say to that. But you know, like my family mostly has daughters and then I feel like your family is like 50-50.

[00:06:18] Yeah, like you seem like y'all have a pretty even mix of girls and boys. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's look at where we're getting the sperm from in my family. All right. It's two thirds. It is. I have a brother, me and one sister. It's not half.

[00:06:37] Well, you know it's close enough. It's not close enough. Listen, do you have something to talk about besides this? Why are you trying to change subjects? We're talking about the male birth rate of a family. All right. Okay. How it's important.

[00:06:56] Well, my sister has like, well, two in one so she still has more girls and boys. Yeah, but that's with two different people. Two different boys. The first one's 50-50 so the jury is out on him. The second one, only one daughter.

[00:07:11] So I don't want to think about that. I don't think my family is like that. No, thank you. Thank you. They met with my cousin three boys. Three and oh, I'm just saying which one. Oh, I think I know. You have so many.

[00:07:37] Our cats like trying to eat the plastic stuff. Jordan's computer rests on. No, she's trying to eat a cable. She was doing that to your headphones the other day. She was laying in your chair while you were at work and the headphone cable was going

[00:07:51] across the chair because you like to entangle the two like connected like soulmates. And she looked at her and she looked up and she went or and just bit the cord like real hard and I was like stop it.

[00:08:03] And she grabbed her and she was like like choked up the cord that she was biting on. You know, I watched this video earlier on tiktok and this like pet doctor lady was like, oh, there's two types of purrs in cats.

[00:08:16] And this one means that they're requesting something from you. And this one means that they're like content or happy. And I listened to them and I was like, the first one sounds like the cats when they're asleep.

[00:08:25] The second one sounds like the cats when they are making biscuits. Yeah. So did you. Did you by chance today? Did you don't make that face. Did you by chance today? Did you happen to catch what they looked like when you hissed at their squirrel?

[00:08:50] No, did you take a video? No, but I want to where were you at? Were you on the couch? No, I was I went over to the door and I was like, I was chastising the squirrel. Yes, of course.

[00:09:04] As one does, I was like, listen, knock it off. They're inside. You're out there. You're fine. Eat your little nuts and go like I refilled the feeder. There's plenty out there. That bitch came here like 10 times today. He would not stop coming here to eat like Mr. Squirrel.

[00:09:19] What is there of another like winter storm coming or something? And he's stocking up all the nuts. I don't know. But he was over on our porch way too much. But the cats were inside chilling. The second time he came up chipmunk was out there.

[00:09:33] And I came up and I was like, oh, she in hunter mode. Like she like her ears were back. She was like like a tiger, like readying her body, you know. He almost caught him. He just barely went down the side of the thing before.

[00:09:46] I was like, oh no. You skipped the best part of the first one. You were not chastising. Oh yeah. So after I chastising the squirrel, I saw Jordan. I was getting really annoying because I was trying to read.

[00:09:57] I was trying to relax and this girl was being so fucking loud. And I was like, like over and over just screeching into and I'm like, sorry, you're fine. Go away. So finally I decided I would just hiss at the squirrel because

[00:10:09] like that's what the cats do when they want things to leave them alone. So I figured it was scary to squirrel up. So I was like, yeah, like, like better in person. And then after two times of doing that, he fucked off.

[00:10:28] Also could have just tapped the glass, but you know, either one. But motherfucker was not having it. He was being brave today. Like I said, he kept coming back. You're just not scary at all. No, because he got attacked by our cat and he still came

[00:10:39] back later while both cats were out on the porch. He didn't get caught by her. That's different than a cat. That's threatened. He she's got him though. Like she smacked him. And like, like I said, it was real close. Like he barely got away.

[00:10:54] And then both cats are out there and this time Chipmunk just watched him the whole time. Didn't try to attack him. I don't know if they're forming a pact and becoming friends. She's like, you leave the birds here. Tastes like chicken. You can keep having the nuts.

[00:11:09] And sweet role is she was laying in the chair and she was just she didn't give shit. She has no predator instincts in her little dumb body. Wow. All right. Way to just insult my cat like that.

[00:11:20] I mean, she really acts like she has one brain cell sometimes. Like I said, she was doing backflips earlier for a toy. And I was like, girl, you're gonna, she like, oh, I'm sorry. My cat is happy and has fun.

[00:11:30] And your cat lays around all day and is emotionally supporting your depression. I'm sorry. Okay. No, but like she literally like knocked herself into the coffee table. I was like, you're gonna give yourself a concussion if you continue at this rate. She's never felt so good. All right.

[00:11:46] I know sickness gone. She put the worms all over your blankets. Not have any like. I don't watch everything. You want. Okay. Did we talk about that? Yeah. But here's, here's what the funny part of it was, right?

[00:12:00] I looked at one of the, the camera feeds last, uh, like during that whole thing because you were like freaking out about stuff, right? Oh no. And it was after, it was after you're like, I had to wash everything and you're going to bed and you were

[00:12:16] like, oh no, the comforter isn't dry yet. So you put it on the couch to dry and then went to bed with a different blanket. And then I immediately watched sweet world jump up on the blanket that was drying the comforter that you just

[00:12:31] washed and just roll around on it. And I was like, what was the point in washing it? You put it in her reach. Did you see my like near psychotic breakdown? No, I didn't look at that. Okay. I found the little worm piece and I was like

[00:12:48] talking myself down, man. I was like, it's okay. It's okay. It's okay. Wash your hands. You can wash everything. It's fine. You don't have to freak out. Like I was like calming myself down. I was like, buddy, they decided to test me today. Worms.

[00:13:02] Well, you've been going through soda. Okay. I quit smoking nicotine. Oh my God, dude. It's like nicotine is cheaper. Like it's crazy because last time I was here was two weeks ago and there were five cases of soda and then I came back today and there

[00:13:22] were three cases of soda, but not the same soda. Three new cases, not even remotely the same. And I was like, wow, that's interesting how we went through five cases in two weeks, most of which I guarantee got poured out because that's just the way you operate.

[00:13:40] Honestly, not a lot of it's a few because I fell asleep and like it went flat. But like, I think that's from the wax thingy. Why are you? What are you doing here? You're supposed to be telling a story. You're distracting me. I'm not distracting anything.

[00:13:56] I'm pointing out how gross it is. I think it's wax. I don't know if it'll come out. I was thinking about getting a new one of these, but your sister got me this. So I didn't want to. You're not making a lot of sense in the podcast eyes.

[00:14:06] Okay. So there's like this like circle stain thing on my web. What is this called? What kind of mouse pad? It's like a giant mouse pad and there's a stain from my wax melter on there. And her immediate reaction was to lie to me and go,

[00:14:28] I don't think it'll come out. And then she started rubbing it while she was giving that description and half of it is now out. Okay. I was lying. I genuinely didn't think it would come out. So I just didn't even attempt it. Oh my God. That's even worse.

[00:14:40] That's even worse. Look down. Use your new eyeballs. You got contacts, right? Use them. I'm out of them. Oh my gosh. I really got contacts. I tried to put the last one in today and I could not. I lost it.

[00:14:50] So it really got contacts this week and it has been just a true highlight of my week. It's been so fun of emotions, just roller coaster and bagging forth of I hate these things. They'll never be in my eyes. They live elsewhere. I'm evicting them.

[00:15:05] I got them in everything's nice. I can see everything. Yay. Like immediately bagging you like, all right. Literally when I was at the optometrist, like he put them in the first time and then to come out, you know, it was awful. I couldn't figure like, I don't understand.

[00:15:19] I've never had a problem touching my eye or anything like that. Like I put makeup in my eye. Like I blind my waterline with makeup and all this stuff. Like I'm fine with things being near my eye like that,

[00:15:28] but oh my God, he would get near me and I'd be like, you know, like I just blink. I couldn't help it. And then he's like, he kept complaining. He's like, you have such long eyelashes. And he was really nice about it.

[00:15:39] But I was like, I'm sorry dude. Like, you know, the first time that they put contacts in my eyes, that man like half on assaulted me. Right? Like it hurt. Like, you know, and I was like, hmm, he's like, it's going to hurt.

[00:15:57] And I was like, I feel like it shouldn't know. And like, he's like, you ever, well, here's what it was. He's like, okay, touch. He asked me to touch my eye, right? And so I was like, sure. And I touched it and like it, you know, it hurt.

[00:16:10] So I was like, blink it a lot. And I was like, why did I do that? And he goes, all right. So you're not used to things touching your eyes. Because like you said, like you do makeup and stuff touches your eyes, you get more used to it.

[00:16:20] I was like, yeah, why would stuff touch my eyes? That's crazy talk. And he's like, yeah, this will probably hurt a little bit. Then I was like, what? And then like just going at it. And I was like, he's like, look at the point on the ceiling.

[00:16:33] I'm like, what point? And there's like a little dot on the ceiling that just says look here. And I'm like, what is that for? He goes for this situation. And I'm like, all right. I was only there so that people get in contact then could stare

[00:16:45] because otherwise you're staring straight ahead at the wall to get the exam done. I've never looked up. Really? They had my chair like slightly tilted back or like he told me to tilt my head back. And then he said, just look straight and keep your eyes open.

[00:16:59] I'll do the rest. That's yeah. But every time I blinked and stuff, he stopped. He was like, he wasn't rude about it. He's like, okay, we'll just give your eye a minute to adjust and I'll try again. No, see, mine said there's a dot on the ceiling with

[00:17:10] one hand like pry open my other hand like wiggling in the contact. And I was like, where am I looking? I'm trying to see but your fingers are in the way. And he was not having it. He's like, no, I need to go in here.

[00:17:23] I was like, I was sitting there blinking and I'm like, I can see but everything's watery. He's like, yeah, just keep looking. And I'm like, okay. And then I walked out. I was like, thank goodness that's done for today.

[00:17:34] And I can see and then she's like, okay, sit down right here. She goes, here's a mirror. And I'm like, they're not glasses. I don't need to see myself. I know I look good. And she's like, no, take out the contacts. And I was like, no.

[00:17:47] They took so long to get in. She's like, yeah. And now we need to prove to us that you can take them out. And I was like, but that's, that's wasteful. They're already there. Just leave them. I was in like middle school. Oh my gosh.

[00:18:02] I was like, but that's wasteful. She's like, no, you have to prove you can take them out. Otherwise we can't send you home. And I'm like, am I imprisoned here? Like I'm going to leave. But then again, I won't give you the prescription. Not an adult.

[00:18:16] Well that too, but like I was not an adult. So my mom was like, take him out. And I was like, oh, okay. So I took him out and lady came back. She's like, good. Here's two more. And she got the feeling like she knew she got

[00:18:29] the feeling she was like, you're going to be here a while. And so she, she hands me two, right? Like two contacts. Cause my eyes were the same. She's like, they're the same. You got to put them in. And she goes, I'll be back in a minute.

[00:18:43] And I was like, okay. I assume she left because she knew it was going to take me a minute to get them in. So here's what happened. She stood up and like took a step towards the door. And then I immediately followed up with, I lost one.

[00:18:59] And like, she turns back around. She goes, what? Like it's lost in your eye. And I was like, no, like I opened the package and I tried to pick it up and I don't know where it went. And of course I don't have glasses or contacts.

[00:19:13] I don't have glasses or contacts in right now. So I can't see shit. And she's like, well, where did it go? And I'm like, do you know what lost means? Like, I don't know. You should like, you can see, right?

[00:19:23] Like, so she comes over and she looks for about like that long. And she goes, I'll go get another one and like walked off and I was like, all right. So I grabbed the other one, opened it more gently this time.

[00:19:33] Cause I felt like that would help me somehow and took it. And I immediately, I was looking in the mirror. I immediately just like put it in. I was like, oh, that was cool. And she came back and she saw me just sitting there

[00:19:45] and she's holding the other one. She hands it to me and I started opening. She goes, oh, you didn't have to wait for me. I said, oh, I didn't. She goes, did you lose the other one? I was like, no, it's in my eye.

[00:19:58] She goes, I was only gone for like a minute. I was like, yeah, and I've been sitting here for like 48 seconds. I don't know. I got a... Ragger. Yeah. I was like, I don't know.

[00:20:08] And so then like the way that I, the way that I did the first one, she's like, okay, prove it. And I was like, okay. Like it wasn't in my eye and she could just look. But I was like, okay.

[00:20:17] So I tried it with the second one and the second one just wasn't happening. And she goes, all right, I'll be back later. Like she stood up and left again. And I was like, oh no, like now I've lost the trust and confidence.

[00:20:26] I've lost the trust and confidence. And what it was is with my left eye, I can open it pretty wide with just two fingers. But on my right, I can't do as much because my nose is in the way. So like I can't open it as wide.

[00:20:38] So fuck me up. Right? So then I had to like figure out some new way. So then I do it like this now, like with my, just my left hand going around my nose because my nose was in the way. I figured that out real quick.

[00:20:52] Cause I was like, I don't want this bitch to come back and me still be struggling. So I put it in and I was like, great, these are wildly uncomfortable. And here's the other part of it too. It was like, I didn't get told anything, right?

[00:21:05] About the contacts. Everybody in my family wore monthly contacts. If you don't know a monthly, there's two different kinds of content. Well, there's a bunch of different kinds, but the main ones, there's daily contacts and there's monthly contacts. Monthly contacts is like the ones you see in the

[00:21:19] movies where they take them out of that special little case and they, they put them in their eyes. At the end of the day, you take them out of your eyes and you put them back in that case and you put a little more saline solution in there.

[00:21:28] And you like close them off and you're like, I'll see you tomorrow. Like, Right. And they're, they, they last for a whole month. They're good for like 30 days. Like depending on how long you wear them each day. Right. There's dailies which are much thinner, but they

[00:21:42] only last a day because if you take them out, they dry out so fast that you can't use them again the next day, which I didn't know this and no one had ever told me this cause I was just like, Ma, I can't see.

[00:21:51] And she took me to the optometrist. You know, and she was like, do you want contacts? And I was like, sure, I'll try them. Like why not? Ateful, but that, you know, it's better now, but, but they didn't explain that to me.

[00:22:03] So for like the first week, you know, they only gave me the two contacts. So this is left, this is right. And I'm like, aren't they the same prescription? They're like, oh yeah, they are. I'm like, all right. Well, then why did you even, you know,

[00:22:13] so that I put here's what happened. I put a, I took them out that night. Perfectly fine. You know, whatever. Got ready for school the next morning was like trying to put it in the left one, got it in, was trying to put in the right

[00:22:32] one and it just was having a bad day. Like it wouldn't go in like half an hour I was sitting there trying to put it in. It's like, where, it's the point where I was looking at and I'm like, man, I have never been with more of a

[00:22:43] bloodshot either. Right now, like I couldn't get it. I was like, I don't know where it is. What happened? I can feel the burning already. Finally, I was like, all right. Last attempt and then I'm just going to say,

[00:22:51] fucking take the other one out and God heard me. And so I stabbed myself and I was like, get in there. And I was like, oh, I don't feel it. I was like, this is great. I was like, this is great. It's perfect.

[00:23:05] And then I look around and I was like, nope, it is not in my eye. And I look around and I'm like, I have no idea where it is. It's gone. No, it was gone. Okay. I was like, old people with dementia for getting into the blood accent.

[00:23:17] They pull out like 70. That's a fear of mine. Yeah. So no, it was gone. So my mom comes down and she's like, you ready to go to school? And I was like, absolutely not. I can't see. And she's like, just put your contacts in.

[00:23:32] And I was like, see about that. Like what are you there? I've been doing here. I'm like, you know how normally I told her, I'm like, you know how normally I'm get ready for school and then I go up and we have breakfast and then

[00:23:42] you say in school, you didn't come up this morning. I'm like, what do you think I've been doing? Like it's a whole thing. Anyway, it was gone. She's like, well, we can't go with just one. I'm like, I realized that.

[00:23:52] So I took it out and I put in the case. And I was so like she could tell I was real upset. I was like, so I put my glasses on. She's like, I'll go get another contact today from the optometrist is fine.

[00:24:04] Like the door about it will you try again tomorrow. So I wore those. That's when school glasses. I wore those for like a week. And every day I would take them out like halfway through the day because they just hurt my eyes so much.

[00:24:17] I told my mom, like they hurt. Like I'm switching the glasses halfway through like every day. And she's like, yeah, we need to change that. So we went back to the optometrist and I was like, and they're like, well, what hurts about it? I'm like, they're so thick.

[00:24:29] It feels like there's a pain of glass in my eyes. And they're like, well, that's pretty much what it is. I'm like, well, no. They're like, oh, we have these much thinner options. I was like, okay.

[00:24:40] I'm like, why didn't we try both of those on the first thing? They're like, oh, because they said everyone in your family wears monthlies. And I'm like, I guess. So then they gave me these dailies. I put them in like same as I've been practicing.

[00:24:53] And same as I've been practicing and immediately I was just like, I can't feel them. I can see things. I was like, order these. And they're like, they're a little bit more expensive. I'm like, yeah, but I can see.

[00:25:03] Like I don't care what you're gonna have to like carry around like a big case of them. I'm like, oh no. Like I don't know whatever. We carry around. You mean put them in the bathroom and then use them each morning. Like I don't care.

[00:25:15] Plus there has been a number of times where you go out drinking with friends. We'll turn to the story. You got to drink it with friends and you get back at the end of the night and they're like, ah, where's my contacts case? I gotta take them out.

[00:25:27] I'm like, that sucks. And I just take them out and chuck them in a random direction. They're like, what are you doing? I'm like dailies mother fucker. And then I move on. Yeah. I can just wear contacts and not worry about my glasses. And then they do.

[00:25:41] If you're wearing contacts for a long, like long period of time, they're like over many years, whatever it is. And you don't wear glasses and then you wear glasses. It's very jarring because you'll get so used to it and then you'll put glasses on and you'll look

[00:25:57] to the right and you'll just suddenly not be able to see shit because it's you can, you're looking around your glasses and normally you're looking through your contacts still. It's very jarring whenever, like I only wear, I wear my glasses on the weekends usually, but when

[00:26:10] I wear my glasses, I have to turn my whole head to look at things because otherwise I'll use my peripheral vision that just, I can't see shit. Like, I'm like, I never got used to it. For me, they said my vision is only slightly worse.

[00:26:22] So I think that's good. It means it's like slowing down each year. But it is a little worse. So I did get the new glasses prescription. And then, you know, the contacts are nice. When I try them on my left eye so easy, I don't

[00:26:39] know what it is about it. My left eye, I'm like, boom, got it. And they were like, wow, that was really quick. Like, great job. You know, it was like, I think seven minutes total first time. It's because your left hand is used to it. Same for me.

[00:26:49] No, I do it this way, the same way. No, that's what I'm saying. Like your left hand on your, the left side of your face feels more natural. So it's easier. But your left hand on your right side of your face doesn't feel as natural.

[00:27:01] But yeah, this one, like I actually tilt. So I couldn't get it in with the traditional way where people like pull up. Me neither. Like, you know, it just, I just won't open like that. Like, seriously, I won't. So he was like, OK, the darker I would have.

[00:27:15] I haven't seen you try. I haven't seen you try. I don't have any contacts right now, but I guess. No, no, just like, that is not the traditional way. That is gross. That's what they told me. You should do this and then use a finger to it.

[00:27:28] Just use two fingers. So you're like way off. You need to get close to your eyelashes, like poke your eyelashes. And then I don't like that. Well, yeah, you only got to do it for like 10 seconds each morning. But holding my eyelashes, I can't so though.

[00:27:41] But so his assistant comes out and she has really long thick eyelashes and she goes, no girl, I completely understand you. I'll show you what I do. And she said she just uses like three fingers to pull down her cheek. And I sometimes put down her eye.

[00:27:53] Where your index finger is. That's where you're. So like, I just pulled down my cheek. I tilt my head down and look straight up into the mirror and then put it like at the bottom part and then slide up and let it adjust. And that's worked really well.

[00:28:13] Sliding and also like takes more work than like tapping it in. My doctor said that for me, it might be better because he said, I don't know, like he was observing and he was just like from the way

[00:28:21] you're doing it, it might be easier for you to like. But they did tell me to make sure you like to not let it suction cup or anything like that. You know, those little things cleaning it. They don't have to clean it and eye bubbles.

[00:28:32] I will say my eyes are much more sensitive with the contacts. Yeah, I don't understand that they told you to clean them before you put them in your eye. He just showed me how to clean them.

[00:28:41] I didn't know if he was telling me I should do that every time. I was confused because he showed me everything at the same time. But no, I drop it a lot too because my hands shake. So I have to clean it a lot because there's cat hair.

[00:28:53] Yeah, because nobody wipes off the bathroom. No, I wipe it off. She just gets up there fucking night. I don't believe you said you clean like a few days ago. I'm just saying I do clean. It's not like it doesn't happen. It's not like in depth there.

[00:29:10] But then I'll be doing my makeup and getting ready and the cats will come and jump up on the counter and walk across and stuff. The things that are on that counter are not cat hair. Like I find your hair more than theirs and then I find

[00:29:21] just like toothpaste or like random like products that you use. And it's just the whole sink is usually just sticky. And I'm like, I don't know what's happened here, but it's not a cat. The cat does not do that.

[00:29:33] Or like, I'll get like a little fuzzy from a towel on my finger. Why are you drying your hands? Because he told me to wash my hands and dry them. No, I don't dry shit. I rinse my hands off with the water and then just use that.

[00:29:49] I'm not going to dry my hands because then of course you're going to get all the fur all over your contacts and it's going to sting a lot when you put them in. Yeah, and it takes me so long and so many times to get them in.

[00:29:58] I didn't think about rehydrating them every single time. Like you said, if I do it twice, then I should make it right again. If you can't get the contact in like after two, maybe three attempts, you should rewet the whole thing and just clean it and your finger

[00:30:09] and try again. Which when I did that, when you tell me that I did my contacts lasted longer that day. But I do have some set of eyes and my allergies tend to show more in my eyes than anywhere else. So I've been using eye drops a lot.

[00:30:20] Like my eyes are even like dry and tired right now. But I did read a lot. So we've been watching Bridgerton. I made Jordan start it. You mean maid? You always say that like it's, ah yes, I had a gun. He did it.

[00:30:38] No, you know, like I asked him to any such her. Maid. And then I've been reading the Bridgerton series because I've never read it before even though I've seen the show. But the new season's coming out in May and June. So I told Jordan we should watch it.

[00:30:51] And he was like, why would I want to watch it? And I was like, it's spicy. And he said, why didn't you tell me earlier? And I was like, let's watch it. So we've been watching it. It's not as spicy as you made it out.

[00:31:01] Well, like their first four episodes, there was nothing. You have to wait until they're married. Oh, a hand touch. Because it's the time period. You have to wait till they're married. And then when they're married, it's like, like, there's like a scene of the like fucking the rain

[00:31:13] outside on it. Like a Z-Bo or something, you know, like, I don't know how to explain it. You'll see it soon. But like this episode right after they get married is literally just like sex, sex, sex, sex, sex. And then the drama starts. But like,

[00:31:27] Like there was more sex involved in the scene where she was trying to touch herself for the first time than like any other scene. And they were like even the kissing like that they did, it was less sexual than that. And I was like, all right.

[00:31:39] I like the way they frame it because I feel like, I don't know, maybe it's not like for the male gaze type of thing. But like that episode, that scene where they're touching hands in the gallery, I think that's one of the sexiest scenes in that season.

[00:31:51] Like I think the way they do the music. I think it's romantic. I don't think it's sexy. I think romance is sexy. See, that's very, like there's two different things there. That's why there's two different words for them. But it's the same for me. It's not the same.

[00:32:03] Like it's about desire. Romance can be sexy, but romance is not sexy all the time. Desire is sexy. And the way they frame that scene with how slow it is. And like, you know, they're not technically allowed to be touching each other. It's like, like they're doing something.

[00:32:17] What are you talking about? They're not allowed to touch each other. They touch each other all the time. They go dancing all the time is more intimate than that. When they're chaperoned and you're doing dances that you've been taught by like, like they're

[00:32:27] taught to do those dances for that purpose. And they're chaperoned, but you were not allowed to be alone with a male. How does she get into the play? Like what are you talking about? They had to get in there somehow. Like every scene that they.

[00:32:40] Every scene that they show up in their parents are already in the room and then they walk in and she's holding his arm. Like she's holding it like they had to have touched outside the room first and then walked in. Well, sometimes your parent will be there

[00:32:54] and then you'll meet the guy there and he'll escort escort you to the ball. I know that part. I'm telling you in some of those scenes, her parents, her mom and his lady, whatever, they were already in the ballroom when they walked in touching.

[00:33:09] So they had to have been touching outside the ballroom together. It's the spirit of the thing, Jordan. I'm just saying I like it. Just because it wasn't on camera doesn't mean they didn't touch. Okay, well, I'm saying that I like that scene.

[00:33:18] Like, oh, we touched in front of a painting. It's much sexier this way. It is. It is. It's very intimate. How you can say so much just by a hand touch even though they don't want to admit their feelings for each other. She was saying a lot.

[00:33:33] She was talking about wanting to be free and open in the countryside. It was way more sexual than the touch. Like, I'm just saying. Okay, well, you were paying attention to what they were doing. I was paying attention to what they were saying.

[00:33:45] Well, if we get to like the wedding and everything tonight, then you'll get to see lots, okay? No. But so what are you thinking about it overall? How do you think about it overall? What do you mean? Like, what do you think about this show?

[00:33:57] Most of the people are dumb. The lady, the short one, it's Pudgier. She's definitely, she's the writer. Why do you think that? Because it was down to between the two. I can't remember what it was, but I was convinced it was between her and, and L.O.W.

[00:34:12] L.O.W. And I was close. And it was between those two and she had just an unnatural obsession with finding her. So that's the other one. Why? Because it was between those two. I can't remember why. It's what I told you.

[00:34:27] Like I narrowed it down to those two in an episode. Do you have a reasoning though? Like, I think this. Yeah, I narrowed it down to those two in an episode. Like in one of the first couple of episodes you watched and then like a whole day

[00:34:36] passed and I was like, who was it again? You were like, oh, you thought it was between these two. And I'm like, oh right. And then that house stuff happened where one of them was really trying to look for the other one.

[00:34:44] And I was like, wow, that's the other one. Like why would you be convinced of that? So it's, it's the shorty. Okay. Well, they do let you know by the end of the season. That's fine. It's only like eight episodes. They can let me know whenever they want.

[00:34:59] Then I'm reading the books and man, I like the books better, but they're pretty controversial on Goodreads. It's also a lot of predictability to it. Yeah. Well, they're romance novels. They have a formula and they have to end in a happily ever after.

[00:35:13] No, no, no, I'm talking about the episodes themselves. Like all the things that are happening. Like it's very, it's not like a huge turn. Like, oh, she went and talked to the Prince now. Like, yeah, we already saw it. That's probably why I like it so much though.

[00:35:25] Like I don't like the dialogue is watching shows. The dialogue is fun because it's like there's a witty banter. Yeah, that's why I like it's fun. And the music is really nice because it's classical like, no you're good. It's like classical versions of fun songs.

[00:35:40] So I'm like, oh, this is fun music, you know, but the overall I'm just like, yeah, I mean they're going to get found out. Oh, and then it happens. You're like, oh crazy. Yeah, I do think the scene, so spoilers for Bridgerton, if you haven't seen it

[00:35:53] and you want to watch it, you should probably not be listening to this. But the scene where Daphne and Simon are in the garden and they start making out, they make it look pretty tame in the show actually. Like he's just like grabbing her breast.

[00:36:04] But I read the book and in that scene he's literally like tugged down the bodice of her dress to suck on her nipple. She's like a virgin, never been kissed, never been nothing except for with Simon. And then her brother walks in

[00:36:17] and they suddenly just like tug her dress up and that's why her brother beats the shit out of him because he's literally like sucking on the city in the gardens. Yeah. Well, that's what I told you. I remember, not the tugging on a thing,

[00:36:29] but like remember when she stormed off and you followed her and I was like, oh they're alone, they're going to kiss at least. I was like, well I said they're going to fuck and you're like, yeah, well they're kissing at least.

[00:36:39] And then they did, I'm like, oh what a sucker. But I think for me and a lot of women that enjoy, because it is based on these silly romance books, that's what I have always called them silly little romance stories. It's very formulaic, it's very calm.

[00:36:52] You know what's going to happen. You know that there's going to be silly little drama and stuff, but at the end of the day, it's all going to be good. It's all going to be the romance and the couple in love. And that's what I like about it.

[00:37:03] I don't think it's a bad thing. It's just not like super exciting. Like 80%, I'm just like, yeah, we're getting to the next thing. I do think you'd like season two better because the couple in that season, they're basically enemies to lovers. They're very angry and passionate

[00:37:20] when they speak to each other. They're mad about liking each other. They'll be like, you vex me. And there's just are you and you'll probably like that more because of course it's kind of the same thing. I do like the books a lot

[00:37:33] because they add so much depth to characters. She includes something like, Simon has a stutter. Everybody has some big thing. They're carrying in the novels. And I think that's really cool. What was she carrying? There's people who experience like... Nah, the main one of this season.

[00:37:50] Her family's expectations mostly and wanting to have a child and being in love with him and him not wanting to marry her. That's not her carrying. That's stereotypical woman of the time. I wasn't saying both of them. I was saying like, there's always like...

[00:38:05] I was thinking something unique to her of what she's dealing with. That's every woman in the show. The first point I feel like is really more about Simon and his struggles. That's what I'm saying. You were like, oh, everyone has the thing they're carrying.

[00:38:16] Well, he does because we've seen lots about it but she's just stereotypical like she's there. Yeah, well, she's mostly just worried about having to get married because she's the first woman in her family who's doing so. So it's like the pressure of being the first,

[00:38:26] setting up a good match for her sisters because while the men like to care about everything else, like for women, their power was marriage. You marry the highest in the packing order that you can so that your siblings will also have a chance and will have better connections

[00:38:40] to also live a good life and be taken care of because they were property. They had to rely on everybody around them. Is there no royal family in this universe? Because like there's the queen and they mentioned the king. They'll show him soon.

[00:38:52] No, no, no, it's fine that there's a king, whatever, but like they not have any kids? No, I do. They'll show them. But they don't live in the castle anymore because they're old. That's fine, but they're just never mentioned at all. And like who are they married to?

[00:39:05] They'll talk about it later. Are they married to like other royalty from other nations? Yeah, well, so the queen's not even in the books. Like they just added her in the show, which I think is great. Like it kind of ties everything together. But like there's Queen Charlotte,

[00:39:18] which is a spin-off about the queen's backstory. And it goes into the royal family a lot more, but there are scenes in Bridgerton as well. Like I think they show a funeral and like all the royal family is there.

[00:39:28] Like the only one I know is that one of her, one of her, the queen's family members married somebody in the Prussia royal family because they're like, he shows up and they're like, this is my cousin. And you're like, okay. Hello. Or was it on?

[00:39:46] Was it the nephew? I think it's her nephew. Yeah. Yeah. So like one of her, one of his siblings are her sibling. I believe this from, she was like the princess of Homsburg or something like that. Like she's the German princess. Yeah.

[00:39:59] I can't remember exactly, but I think that's correct. So yeah, her sister or whatever I guess is son. Also, are there no other like Dukes in this fucking show? Like they only ever mentioned him and I'm like, I'm pretty sure the royal family would have more than one.

[00:40:14] Yeah. I think they mentioned more later, like it's romance. Like they focus on one like couple at a time and that's like the main theme. They don't really go into detail much else. Right. The show added a lot comparatively. Yeah.

[00:40:25] But they mentioned like all the other lords and like their titles and what they're in charge of and this and that, but they only ever mentioned one Duke. I'm like, why do you only have one Duke? Like ever. And also like the Dukes and like the no,

[00:40:38] like nobility were expected to stay in England. So like, why was the queen okay with the Duke just traveling? They were expected to stay in England, but not in London. Well, he wasn't the Duke yet. It was.

[00:40:50] He returned from the trip and was like, welcome back your grace. Like he was already a Duke and he was gone. No. So he came back because his father, so actually they don't show it very well in the show. Like in the show they have,

[00:41:02] they show his father dying and him being there and then leaving. But in the book, he never, he was not there for his father's death. Like his father didn't know about his battle to not have kids or anything like that.

[00:41:11] Like he came back only because his father died and he had to become the Duke. So that would make much more sense. The show kind of bumped it up. I didn't think about that, but you're right. That is like, why would he, where was he at?

[00:41:22] He was already a Duke and he was just gone somewhere. But then he, the show's also like, yes, I'm leaving. I'm leaving tonight. And you're like, where will they go? And be like, I don't know my train leaves at this time. You're like, um, I mean,

[00:41:32] where the hell are you going to his summer home? Right. But he, he's like, oh, my ship leaves at nine. Right. You leaving England then? Cause like there's no shit. Wait, like does what I'm saying? Like he's just like, ah, fuck it. I'm leaving.

[00:41:47] And the Queen's just like, yeah, my only Duke, he can leave whatever he wants. Like what? It doesn't make any sense. I guess like they should have gone. Nobility wise. They should have stayed there. I guess like maybe they don't expect people like us to be like,

[00:41:57] okay, how does this lineage work thing? You know, Also, yeah that too. But also like the King and Queen just definitely had the power to be like you, Duke, you're marrying her. Like they definitely had that power.

[00:42:10] Well, the King is delirious and the Queen believes in love matches. Right. But you know what I'm saying? Like the Queen initially said that the Prince, she's like, oh, the Prince and her would make a good match. She could have easily been like, Hey, you two,

[00:42:24] you're getting married. Like it's not a. I think that comes up in the next episode because like they have to request permission from the Queen to marry. And she's like, my nephew, motherfucker. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. That's what didn't make any sense.

[00:42:38] I think she even says, you know, I could command you to do it. That's what I'm saying. Like it didn't make any sense when the Prince showed up and he and she's like, oh, you should definitely talk to her.

[00:42:46] But like, you're in charge of her just be like, Hey, you're marrying him. Like that's it. Also, the thing is though, like, like as you noted, like they talk about like, oh, women can't do this. Women can't do that a lot because it's made by Shonda Rhimes

[00:42:59] and she talks about like a lot of social issues. And they changed a lot of things in this world, like incorporating, like there's no segregation or anything like that in this world. The Queen is a person of color.

[00:43:09] Like, I think like they just didn't really want it to be like, I think they wanted it to be like a woman's choice matter. But you know, actually what they portray in these shows and books I learned is not very accurate.

[00:43:19] Apparently the average age women got married back then was 21. Like they could agree to be engaged like 18, but the recommended age was 21 unless, you know, like you had been doing something, something and you need to get married for, you know, medical reasons.

[00:43:34] Because at nine months you were a little surprised. Yeah. Well, that makes it like a lot of, it's funny because a lot of anime does that too where they'll be like, I'm too young to get married and he's like, you're 17. They're like, well, we'll just announce your betrothal.

[00:43:48] And then when you're ready, you'll get married. And you're like, oh, okay. It's just like years later they get married. Makes sense. And then I think, I think you were only really going to be forced to marry if you were probably like

[00:43:58] really high in nobility, you know, like. Or part of the royal family. You need it. For a diplomatic reasons. Yes. I was going to say diplomacy, but then I said, I thought diplomatic. You and me. I like live editing my sentence. I was like live editing my sentence.

[00:44:15] Queen has decreed you and I must smash forever. She called it diplomatic. But yeah, I'm excited to watch more with you. I think you'll like it. So. I'm going to change the start. We've been talking about it for a while. Sorry. So. I.

[00:44:37] I don't hear you done this. I unintentionally. Talked shit about my boss to. Like my bosses. Bosses. Bosses boss. Oh no. Because I talk to them all the time. How'd that go? So the way our like company structure is, is very strange. It's not a typical one.

[00:45:00] It's actually it's very atypical because of the position we're in. So my boss. Right. Is in charge of the company. But the people that he's in charge of half of them outrank him. Okay. Like they, they hold more authority and more power than him,

[00:45:20] but he's in charge of like. Tasking and things right. So it was a whole. So it's a whole administrative manager and like the people that are in the other positions. Yeah, sort of like that. It's like if you had like. Like if you walked into a corporate office.

[00:45:38] And you saw the guy up front and you were just like, Hey, and he's like, Hey, I manage all these people. And this office and everything we do. And you're like, cool. Where's the guy that runs everything? And you're like, Oh, he's down the hall.

[00:45:51] That's a different guy. Right. Like it's a different, you know, Sarah. Anyway, we were setting up for this thing. And I walked out. I walked out a little late. Normally I help set up for all these things because it's part of like my job. Right.

[00:46:06] I walked out a little late. It was supposed to start at one. I walked out at like. 1255 56. I don't know somewhere like a few minutes beforehand and I was like, Oh, no, like we got a setup for this. Right.

[00:46:18] So I'm getting the, we, I walk over cause I see my boss doing it. And I was like, I was like, Hey, sir, you, you're good to go. You need me to help. And he's like, no, we should be good. I got it. You're good.

[00:46:29] And I was like, okay. And I walked off right. So I was like, Oh, he's got it. He knows what's happening. He's probably been working on this for a few minutes cause I've, you know, he took over because I wasn't there.

[00:46:38] I don't want to step on his toes. So I walked away. Right. Well, the, the event, like the company event was supposed to start at one. So everyone got there at one because like everyone had to be there at one.

[00:46:51] And so I'm standing there like off the side, he's still setting stuff up, but it only been like three, four minutes since I'd asked if he, what he needed me to do, you know, and he said nothing. He's got it. And I was like, okay, sounds good.

[00:47:04] Well, my boss's boss's boss was standing there and I'm friends with her like we talk, you know, pretty frequently when I'm working there. And she goes, you're letting him do all this. And I said, what's that?

[00:47:19] And I knew I was like caught off guard cause you know, we don't talk about a lot of stuff. I was like, what's that, ma'am? You need me for something? And she goes, she was like, oh, he's setting up by himself.

[00:47:33] You're just going to leave him out there like that. I said, no ma'am. I asked him a few minutes ago if he needed help and he said he's got it all in there, you know, all in hand. And she goes, oh, I was like, what?

[00:47:47] And she goes, that's not what he should be doing. He should be using you for this stuff. And I was like, I tried to help but I didn't want to get in his way and do this and that.

[00:47:55] And she's like, hmm, I was like, oh, all right then. That's okay. Right. And so then another person comes over who is equally ranked as her, like also my boss's boss's boss. And they're chatting this and that and she leans over

[00:48:12] and she tells him this other, his other boss. She's like, she's like, I don't know. And because he was like, wasn't this supposed to start at one? Like why are we, why are we starting so late? And she leaned over and she's like, oh well, he said

[00:48:27] he's got it in hand and he told his number two me. He told his number two to fuck off basically. And I was like, that is not at all what happened. I was like, whoa, hold on. He said he didn't need help bro.

[00:48:38] I was like, so then the other boss that was there, he's like, is that what happened? And I was like, well, not exactly sir. I was like, I just asked if he needed help or what he needed me to do.

[00:48:47] And he said he'd got it handled and he goes, hmm, okay. Okay, what? And then they both walked off like towards him and I was like, oh, is he about to get in trouble for this? I was like, I didn't want, I was like,

[00:48:57] my boss didn't do anything wrong. I was like, he just told me he didn't need help for this. So I thought he didn't need help, you know, which is like half on me, half on him, I guess. Like I should have known.

[00:49:05] But anyway, I was like, oh, shit. Like I didn't want to like shit talking in front of like such high. I was like, oh, fuck. They were like walking straight towards him with like a purpose. And I was like, oh no, I'm like, he, I find he's fine.

[00:49:20] I don't know that's my bad. And I was like, I'm gonna stay late tonight. He's gonna make me work late. Like, and so then they walked over. They get within like a few feet of him. And then they immediately turned 90 degrees to the left

[00:49:30] and they sit down in the chairs and I was like, what the. They're trying to scare you? No, they were just sitting in the front row because the thing was about to start. And I was like, okay. I was like, I was like, all right, okay, good.

[00:49:42] I was like, I so did not mean to like just trash on him. Now I was like, yeah, he's got it. So he's got it. Like I was just me like being like, yeah, I trust his decision making, you know. And they're like, no, you should not have.

[00:49:54] And I was like, oh, I'm sorry. Like my bad. It says more about him than you. It does. Here's why it's, I understand it too. Like I immediately was like, I understand your like feeling towards it because I feel the same way about things.

[00:50:04] But he's getting swapped out of position to here in a few months. So they're like, you know, but I was like, but those are the people who like directly like evaluate his performance. And I was like, I didn't mean to talk shit like that.

[00:50:17] You know, I was like, I was like, he's not a bad guy, but he just doesn't got the greatest judgment on it. But I was still, I was like, my bad. That's what happened. And I was utterly terrified for like 20 seconds.

[00:50:29] And I was like, well, I fucked up. Really? My mouse is pretty cool. Why are you looking at my messages for? What do you mean? You're supposed to be talking to your turn. I don't really have much else to say. I've been watching my happy marriage on Netflix.

[00:50:51] It's a weird anime because it's like about this girl who's promised to marry this guy that's thought to be really cruel because her family hates her and abuses her. But then apparently like he's quite the catch. He's super attractive, super kind and sweet and caring

[00:51:04] and like they fall in love and but there's like a supernatural element to it that like sometimes is mentioned and then like halfway through suddenly it's like the main plot line. Yeah. And right now at the point I'm at they're like separated by forces outside of their control

[00:51:19] and I'm really annoyed because there's only two episodes left. I'm like, there's not a second season. So when did it come out? I have no clue. Wow. I mean, if it's recent they might be in production for a second.

[00:51:30] I feel like Netflix does a lot of first seasons of shows. Oh, Netflix. Yeah, it's under Netflix. That's hit or miss. They cancel so much. Also, I'm paying like $17 a month. I canceled two subscriptions to do Netflix. And it's like $17 a month and then it's like,

[00:51:45] do you want to upgrade for $20 a month for like 4K, HD, ultra, whatever bullshit? That's the voice your TV has. That's nice. That's cool. That's the TV's selby shit. I didn't know you had like a brochad TV. That's cool.

[00:52:02] Dude, bro, do you want to go upgrade for no ads for $7.88 a month? Like the reason I got rid of my Kindle is because like if you want a version of Kindle with no ads, you have to pay like crazy amounts of money for like an upgraded Kindle.

[00:52:16] Or else you will always just get ads on your home screen and I'm like that sucks. You remember that show we started watching? It's called Hell's Paradise. Yeah, I like that show. It's good. I finished the season of it, right?

[00:52:28] Boy, it's just cliffhanger after cliffhanger in that show. Like every episode I was like, oh shit, who's alive, who's dead, right? And then some people come back to life. Some people die and you're like, it's crazy. A lot of people die in that show. Like it's wild.

[00:52:42] As one thousand enemies? Well no, it's like main care. Like they spend like four episodes like hyping up people and then they're just like now they died. And it's like, all right. It's okay. How about Grey's Anatomy? Like Game of Thrones, same thing. Here's this.

[00:52:56] Do you remember his entire backstory? Now it's for nothing. That's okay. I hate that in TV though because you know when they start building up a character that they haven't shown a lot, who's like look how kind he is, look how heroic he is.

[00:53:08] Ideally a kid is next episode dead. No, there's an episode where this guy spends his entire, the entire episode explaining why he became like the samurai that he is and like why he's defending this girl even though she's a criminal because he thinks

[00:53:25] that she's worthy of like living and not being like executed. And then it gets to the very end of the episode and they get attacked by a God and they just kill him. That's it. And he dies horribly. Like it's not like, oh he's dead now.

[00:53:41] No they will show you like he dies horribly. And you're like, oh. Have you ever seen Deep Blue Sea? Oh my God. It's one of my favorite shark movies. And it's like the same thing. Like Samuel L. Jackson is like giving this speech about how

[00:53:53] they like are not going to bow down to the sharks and they're going to escape because they're like in this underwater like facility. And like he's like giving this great speech and everybody's all inspired and it's super great. And then a shark jumps out of like the weight,

[00:54:09] the like waterfall thing behind him, grumps him, immediately devours him. They show him like bleeding and screaming and then it just plunges back out of the water and it's like dead silent. And everybody's like, let's just go.

[00:54:25] There's only one death in the show that I was okay with really. And it's this, everyone else I was excited to learn more about him. But this dude who just like shits on like the second main character who's just like you're a woman.

[00:54:39] You can never fulfill your role as a samurai. Like you should just go back home now. Even though she's awesome. Two whole episodes talking about that. And then at the very end of the second episode,

[00:54:50] there's like a five second clip where he's tying a boat to a tree and he turns around and just gets murdered. You're like, well, it sucks for you. That sounds familiar. But I finished the whole season right. I love the story is great.

[00:55:05] So many cliffhangers like it's like everyone gets separated from each other. They're all in different places at the end and like the very last episode I was like, that's not the last episode. Like literally nothing got accomplished. And I was looking at like through all the comments

[00:55:20] and like the news articles and stuff. And they're like, yeah, they already confirmed season two is in production right now. And I was like, still like, I want it now. You know, I thought that was very upsetting.

[00:55:31] Like I don't know if you might finish it with some time, but. Oh, I thought you wanted to watch together. So I haven't kept watching it. I don't if we start like watching something together.

[00:55:41] I don't keep watching it unless I know it's okay because like you got mad at me for finishing that one anime. I thought you said it was okay, but then you weren't okay with it. So now I just don't know anything.

[00:55:49] That was like we hadn't watched it in like a week. Anytime I watch something by myself that we have started together. It's been like two months plus since we've started watching. And I'm like, look, the last episode has been out for almost a month now.

[00:56:01] I'm like, if we were going to watch it, we'll watch together. So I'm like, yeah, I'll watch it. It's not like it's bad. I'll watch it together. Okay. Okay. So I don't watch a ton of anime.

[00:56:12] Most of the reason I watched my my happy marriage is because it was in English and I was playing the Sims. Yeah, you can listen to it. Yeah. But yeah, like the ending is just it's crazy.

[00:56:22] Like how crazy it the main character they're just like kind of just destroy his whole mind. They're just like, yeah, we don't need to. I don't know if you want to spoil it or not. If you're going to watch it, I won't. Spoiler alert.

[00:56:33] Jordan's going to spoil it. No, I love being so I prefer things to be spoiled. Like, you remember how like he's like he's portrayed as like the most evil dude, right?

[00:56:43] And he started to change in like the first couple episodes because his wife, like he has memories of his wife, like being like, hey, you need to change and you're not heartless and this and that. Right. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:56:54] The very last episode he like passes out because he's like, he's been trying too hard and like this. Like he's exhausted, right? Passes out because he uses too much of like his life force basically and so where he goes in like a little mini coma.

[00:57:06] He's asleep for like a day or something like that. He wakes up and everyone's like, Hey, welcome back. And then he looks around and then it cuts to like his inner monologue and his inner monologue is like, where am I? What am I doing here? He forgets everything.

[00:57:19] And then he's just sitting there and he goes and they erased the memory of his wife from his head. He doesn't remember his wife at all because he's just like, I don't know if she ever existed.

[00:57:30] So I'm just going to ignore it and just cuts her out of his memory completely.

[00:57:34] So then it just, they've been literally like the last shot of the season is just him sitting on a little cliffside, like wondering how he's going to kill everybody and escape this place that he's in. Because he doesn't know where he's at or what he's doing there.

[00:57:46] Oh, and if we're going to do a second season where he gets his memory back? I don't know if he's going to get back, but they confirm the second season. That's like for the moon. It's in production where like he does, he has no idea why he's there.

[00:57:57] He's done no why he's on the island. He doesn't have any memories of his wife. All he has memories of him being like trained to be this like lethal assassin dude. And that's what they do to everyone on the island. Is that like the secret?

[00:58:09] No, their secret is that they are humans that wash up there. They kill them most of the way and then they throw them in like a giant hole and they become like part of the island.

[00:58:21] And then that the island transforms them into like the elixir of life and the gods drink it to keep themselves young forever. That's creepy. Yeah, they kill people just to stay alive. It's pretty fun. I'm familiar with the plot. I like that. The gods are good.

[00:58:38] Like the gods that are on there, they're all based off of different flowers, which I think is funny. Like one of them transforms into like a tulip and the other transforms into like a peony. It's pretty fun. It's kind of nice. I like that.

[00:58:51] Yeah, like it's their like final evolution, like their final form to fight people and he transforms into like a peony that just like stings people and turns them into flowers. It's a whole thing. You know what? You know what? The earth would be better with more flowers.

[00:59:03] But then there's also like, I don't, okay. There's like, do you remember the little girl in the, I don't know if we got that far when we watched it in that show. There's a little girl who lives on the island with like an elder, like tree. No.

[00:59:19] Okay. So they come across this village and there's a little girl and she lives with the tree guy. And they're like, hey, can you show us the elixir of life? And she just doesn't talk right. This and that anyway.

[00:59:30] So they find out she's actually one of the gods. There's supposed to be eight, but there's only seven because they cast her out because she doesn't have full control over her powers. So like they basically kicked her out.

[00:59:43] And then like you find that out and you're like, okay, it makes sense. And then you find out that all of like the demigods that are like mixed with like, it's not like demigods like you're thinking like they're like human. They're just extra strong.

[00:59:56] No, it's like half human, like half centipede, like they're like weird things that there were all crawling around the island. No, even worse. They're like mixed in, right?

[01:00:06] Well, they believe and like the whole religion on the island believes that like you get more powerful by having sex with one another. Right? Okay.

[01:00:18] And so the main seven gods cast out the little girl who's the eighth god and all the demigods were like what happens to her now and all the good seven gods were like she's yours. And you can fill in the blanks after that. Yeah.

[01:00:35] And so she ran away. And there's an episode where they're like, we would like her back. We need more power. Come back to us and she's utterly terrified. And then they just proceed to kill a lot of demigods. And you're like good, like fuck those dudes.

[01:00:50] Like it's, it was not a fun thing to like they, they didn't see I'm like thank goodness nobody like drew that, you know, but they insinuated and they were like come back to us. She belongs with us. And she's like, no.

[01:01:02] I know when you, when you showed me the Goblin Slayer. Oh my God. I was not prepared for that first episode like I knew what was going to happen. I told you. No, because you were like something really awful and terrible happens. Like it's really pretty bad.

[01:01:14] The first episode has a lot of blood and there's rape and it's gonna like it happens and you're like, okay, I've seen enemies like this before. And I was like, all right. And we watched it and you're like, I was not ready. I'm like, I tried to wait.

[01:01:24] It was like much more graphic than it is out by the way. There's a season of two? Yeah. I think they just finished season two. Like it just released. That's cash money. Yeah, I need to watch season two. Are we watching it? Taylor separate.

[01:01:39] I don't know when we start because we're watching Bridgerton and I'm gonna watch it by myself. Okay, we're watching Bridgerton. No, okay. No, that's great. I really like it though.

[01:01:49] Like I feel like it handles all of those subjects like really delicately and like it wasn't like gratuitous, you know, like it was pretty brutal and like realistic and honest. So I was like, I would. It's fine. I hated it, but it's fine. Yeah, it was it was.

[01:02:06] Plus I've seen all of the ice pit on your grave movies. There are a series of horror movies where basically like people rape a woman and then she proceeds to take revenge on them. Very graphic. But like my favorite there's in the second one.

[01:02:25] This woman's like she wants to be a model and she moves to New York and then she's like kidnapped by these like Russian or Ukrainian guys or something like that. Yeah.

[01:02:33] And they like rape her for months and keep her tied up and stuff and then they drop her into the sewers in like case basically social die because at one point she'd gotten out and escaped but the person who found her brought her back to them.

[01:02:48] So like they seal her in the floor social die but the floor is not stable and she crashes down to the sewers. She gets out, she like eats rats and shit to survive watches these people through the cracks of her floor.

[01:03:02] It's so disgusting but my favorite scene is like where she kills one of these guys. She like strings him up in the sewers and like cuts his chest and then like takes the sewage and like smears it in his wounds.

[01:03:14] And it shows like the progression of like things festering and like things feeding on him and then she just leaves him there with the rats and it's like with just kiss like very much deserved you know.

[01:03:28] Have you ever watched a movie called the movie about Edgar Allen Poe? It might have just been Poe. It's got like John Cusack in it. Is it like a newer or an old movie? It's newer. Then no I haven't seen it. The ones I've seen are old.

[01:03:46] I would write, I think you'd like the newer one. It's really good. It's about his life basically and the whole theme of it is people start dying around like around town wherever. And they, the police can't figure it out.

[01:04:08] And it turns out that one of the detectives likes reading Edgar Allen Poe stories and he's like every one of these murders is one of his stories. So then they start to suspect him and like it's a whole thing.

[01:04:19] So basically there's a serial killer who loves Edgar Allen Poe stories and is using them as inspiration to kill people. And is basically like extorting him like hey if you don't put out a story of this and that right.

[01:04:32] You need to do this and it's all back and forth between like all three of like the police are trying to catch him. He's trying to catch them. The police are trying to figure out what's going on.

[01:04:41] And I really like the ending because you know typically you're just like oh yeah well they're gonna find whoever the killer is and they'll stop them. They'll either arrest him or they're killing right. And there's a fun twist in it.

[01:04:54] I think you'd like it too of where they're like oh he got away and you're like damn that's really upset. You know it's like he got away and then you're just like oh no wait never mind he died. It's very like oh okay. And it also ties into.

[01:05:06] That's what I was gonna do. You're on the nose. I was bringing it up because it brings it up like there's an article that got pulled up or just like one of the black screens with some title like text over it. Of like one day.

[01:05:22] Edgar Allen Poe was just found dead on a park bench. And no one knows how he dies but in the movie they explain it. Like they did. It's actually a really good like theory.

[01:05:35] I like it as like the reason why he just found like on a park bench. There's an afterlife. I hope Edgar Allen Poe is listening to this like do go on do a go on. Right.

[01:05:47] The movie has like the serial killer is extorting him and basically said I have the love of your life. I'll let her go or I'll kill her with your most brutal story. It's up to you. And I thought his wife was already dead at that point.

[01:06:02] I can't remember it's wife. I don't think he ever got married in that but I don't think he ever got married. Yeah he married his cousin. And then she died of tuberculosis. I don't know if that part still.

[01:06:16] I have to look it up to confirm if you're listening to this and I'm wrong please tell me. I don't know. I didn't know he was married or anything but like he's the killer is like extorting her or extorting him. Excuse me.

[01:06:25] And it's basically like hey you can finish out the story and drink this poison or I'll I'll kill her right. So then he goes to a park bench like after writing down like all the instructions on how to catch the killer.

[01:06:39] But he's running out of time and he can't do it himself. So he drinks the poison while he's on a park bench and then they find him there dead. Wouldn't they find wherever he drinks poison from. I don't know. I can't remember.

[01:06:51] He may have like drank it and then wandered over the park. But that's like that's what they go for. It is very mysterious. Like you just found dead one day. I think he was found face down like face up in an alley.

[01:07:03] What do you think your past phrase would be if you were in another world and you had to identify somebody like for someone to identify me with. Like you were like like in this life right and you were just like ah we're going to die soon.

[01:07:19] But we'll find each other in the next life and you had to come up with a past phrase so that you knew it was like really you like the two of us in other bodies. I probably shouldn't share that with the whole internet.

[01:07:28] Well yeah we can fix it later but what was your first thought. It's got to be something like it wouldn't sound outrageous if you said it and like the next life you know. But like it to our people like questioning like you're in your like sanity.

[01:07:43] But like you know enough. See like that's not unique. No I okay it would be like do you have the time. Oh never mind it's 1248. Yeah maybe. I could see it maybe but. No what if it is 1248 though. Just stare intense.

[01:08:04] That's something but you got to have like unique right like what if you go into a world. And I don't know what are you thinking while you come up guard. Stop questioning me. Okay so intently.

[01:08:19] I can bring you like a loaf of pumper and nickel bread right and why are you laughing already. Well how mean I didn't laugh at yours and I could give you a bread and be like here here is some pumper and nickel bread for you.

[01:08:38] You could be like I always thought it tasted weird like nickels never like nickels that's crazy. This world doesn't have nickels exactly. But we both know what nickels are that obviously we know that it's you and me right.

[01:08:53] See like the time that's in every world but play Skyrim VR. Skyrim VR. That's why I went with bread because everybody every world's got bread. You could think like oh I never mind pumping tastes like pumper nickel.

[01:09:10] But like you can't be like the Oscar and VR and they'd be like what the fuck are you rich like they burn you like that's crazy. You'd be like it's just a silly card game. Please pay me no mind. I like to hear like in English.

[01:09:26] Like couldn't just be a regular like you're just in another place but. Oh no. It is not possible. You die. Okay. I'm sorry. When you die. Okay. What you're not immortal. Yeah. Okay. Do go on.

[01:09:46] Would you would you want to be reincarnated in the past or the future. You have all the same knowledge that you have now let's go that the future. The future. Okay why. I would hope that there are more rights for people and I could experience cool technology.

[01:10:10] You can get to the future and be like what's this about capitalism. And you're like oh fuck no. It's still here. Go back go back. I miss old capitalism. What happened but like they just charged you for breathing. Like what. How do I. Welcome to earth.

[01:10:24] Do you have your certified breathing tank. We're still cleaning the trash from World War 74. I'd go to the past but I think it has to be far enough in the past or close enough in the past like in the middle would be shitty.

[01:10:36] I think I love being a woman and going to pass would be really difficult.

[01:10:40] Like you know yeah you have a different perspective on it than I do obviously like if I went back and I was like in the 50s not great because like I don't know what's going on.

[01:10:49] I don't you know I don't have that knowledge I don't know what the fuck I'm like cool do we all have tuberculosis or just some of us I don't. Smallpox I don't know you know I think the 60s and 70s will be a great time to live through.

[01:11:02] Everything can be alright but like you know and then any further back from that and you're just like man I'm at risk of being drafted.

[01:11:08] I'll be in World War One or World War Two and everyone I don't know if you've seen those results of those like falls people put out there's like if you were in World War One do you think you survived or World War Two you think you survived.

[01:11:17] And like overwhelmingly there's a lot of people that say yes you would not okay. Didn't like 50% of troops die or something like that. Like the percentage of people that died compared to came back uninjured or like you know like died and maimed compared to coming back uninjured is.

[01:11:36] Crazy. The entire generation. I was saying like right after World War One they were like we need stronger and physical fit like bodies and they enacted the president's physical fitness like program right. You heard about that. No.

[01:11:53] Like the White House put out like the federal government said hey this is the physical education that you will give every high school student anyways fucking intense like it was like they paid for like pull up bars and like lateral bars and like walls that people had to climb over and shit.

[01:12:11] Like they were training an entire generation of high school students to go to war. That's what it was. Is that why we have PE? Yeah pretty much.

[01:12:19] I guess physical education that they were like hey in high school you're going to teach people to be fit because we need more soldiers like that was pretty much like it was like a poop. I really thwarted them when I got a physical waiver doing color guard.

[01:12:32] Yeah it was like it's crazy. Like you can still find like black and white videos of like the president's physical education program is pretty fun. Remember the Pacer Fitness Program? No it sounds familiar but I don't know what it is.

[01:12:44] So you start at one side of the gym and they're like when you hear the beep, you go to the other side. Remember to pace yourself. We'll get faster and faster or whatever the fuck it says. I had to do that a few times.

[01:12:56] A couple of times for the test itself but like the Army makes us take that test every once in a while. Or they did.

[01:13:04] I thought it'd be kind of fun to try it as an adult but like I was really competitive when I was a kid so like I would race the other kids to get like as many as possible.

[01:13:12] And I was always so proud because I was always one of the only girls like left with the boys running or doing push-ups or sit-ups. And now look at me. Ha. Ha ha ha. Cannot.

[01:13:26] But I think also where I grew up, like a lot of girls like pretended they weren't fit in like sixth grade. Like I would know girls who were like in baseball and football and stuff are like,

[01:13:36] like I'd keep doing the sit-ups because they would give us a test in the very beginning of class before I moved to Vegas. I kept doing them and some girls were just like, oh I can't do it anymore. And I'm like, girl you play volleyball.

[01:13:48] Like why are you trying to appear like delicate and small? Like you kick ass, you know. Just stuff like that. I found it very interesting. Muy interesante. Yeah. Si. I've been practicing my Spanish on customers lately. I hope they don't hate me.

[01:14:08] They always smile but they don't laugh anymore so. That's a good sign I think. What you doing, baby? So I was looking it up because we were just talking about it. The amount of like World War One who died and got injured, right?

[01:14:23] So during World War One there was about 40 to 50 million soldiers that were deployed. Like 40 or 50 million people. Of that 14% died. 6,000 people a day died, right? Is that like for our country or like the whole world? No, that's all. That's everybody. Like averaging out 14% of the global population.

[01:14:50] No, no, no. 14% of people that were deployed. Oh, okay. That's a much bigger number. No, 14% of the soldiers died. So you're already here. You have an 86% chance of coming back, right? Of those, that 86% chance there was a third of the remaining.

[01:15:14] Of the remaining soldiers that came back injured or severely injured. So you now have instead of 64 or excuse me, 86, I don't know why I got 64. 86, you take away 33% of that. So now you're at a 53% chance, right? So you have a 53% chance of coming back was like, yes, sure.

[01:15:37] I mean, you have over half country. I have no idea. I have to look it up, but like you have over half sure. But like people that put that in that poll, like, yeah, I'd come back unharmed. You would not. You have a 53% chance.

[01:15:50] That's like flipping a coin and calling heads and it lands on heads and you're like, oh perfect, I'll survive the war. And you're like, maybe you would, but like 50% of the people will not. Like it's great. Wild, wild that you would believe that. Did you vote yet?

[01:16:04] There's a word one. No, no. Is that your closing argument? Go ahead. I voted already. I'm going to do it for us this week. Unless you have more stories go vote. Whoever you vote for, do it. Don't complain about the future if you don't vote.

[01:16:23] There are people who should vote more than anyone is the youngest generation that's able to vote. Because in the last election, excuse me, last midterms of the people that were eligible to vote only like 20 something percent of them voted in our state alone.

[01:16:37] It was like 16% of eligible voters. Yes. So like if you are unhappy with anything, go vote. If you're happy with anything, go vote again. I voted on whatever you were. I was mad about it, but I did. Go vote on it. Okay.

[01:16:50] And if you're in Alabama, I'm sorry if you were trying to start a family that sucks. But it's not funny though. It's not quite quiet. There's a TikTok. It's like they start laughing and they're like, you know, it's not funny. Is it?

[01:17:07] It's quite sad is really what it is. I don't know what that's from. It's like a reality show or something, but like they're laughing at something tragic and they're like, it's not funny. Is it though? What?

[01:17:18] Wherever you are, we hope you have a good day and have good. Yes, I can't. All right, I'll do it then. I was trying to say something witty, but I couldn't think of anything. Yeah, I bet. You say the outro then. Well, this has been mindless proud.

[01:17:33] I'll thank you for joining us for another episode. We hope you have fun. We know we did. And you do hope you go vote in whatever you believe in, unless it's the wrong thing, then don't vote for that. What he said.

[01:17:48] And above all, have a moist day and we'll see you next time. Bye.