[upbeat music] The noon hour of Madness and Mayhem, the podcast.
Victor, I think Eddie Trunk stole my to Peach Thrown question from yesterday.
What?
Yeah, he posted earlier today, "This should be fun. Sit or stand concert etiquette. Call in 3:00 PM Eastern Time."
Wow. He is following your profile and ripping off all your stuff.
Hopefully he follows my haircut soon and decides to shave off that mess.
[laughs] That's right. [laughs]
It looks bad.
Yeah, I saw your post about that. And, um, when I went to the Susanta tour, or Susanta, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, and Primus, the couple in front of me and Dan and Jen, uh, stood the entire show. And it, it was like a three-hour show with only one little intermission. You know, three bands that were all just kind of taking turns playing. Um,
I wanted to sit down a few times and relax.
[laughs]
So we sat down and stared at the back of them. Um, I think it's perfectly acceptable to stand in the seats, but
you know, sit down every once in a while. Like... or get on the floor.
I just-
Get yourself a floor ticket.
I just remember at Cody Jinks, you got so mad because this big fat drunk dude two rows in front of me was like, "I'm just gonna stand, all right?" And I just started cussing him out, and you're like, "Calm down, peaches, calm down." I'm like, "No, because if I stand up, then everyone behind me is gonna be blocked, and then I'm not gonna hear about it," or I'm gonna never, uh, what's it called? I'm never gonna... It just... They'll just keep yelling at me the entire time.
Well, and generally there'll be times during the show where everybody stands up, you know, but then other times people sit down. Um, I think if you want to just stand up for a little bit, it's fine. Uh, but the whole show, just, just buy a floor seat.
Right.
You know?
Well, it's easier said than done, too. I mean, some of those pit tickets are quite expensive.
Well, get a... Why don't you pull yourself up by the bootstraps-
[laughs]
... and get yourself a better job? It's easy. You just need more money. Yeah, I was, uh, looking at the Nine Inch Nails ticket prices today, and they're still outrageous. Ugh.
Are you gonna-
Gonna have-
Are you actually gonna try to buy those?
Yeah. Yeah. I'm gonna have to if, uh, you know, our homies at the label don't do anything, which it appears that's gonna be the case. So yeah. You know, it's, it's looking about, like... I mean, because I'm not gonna sit in the nosebleeds at Nine Inch Nails. So
floor tickets were outrageous. They were, like, 300 bucks, but there were some seats for, you know, a buck 80, 200 bucks. Still hoping that they'll come down in price by Friday.
I pulled up the, uh, Live Nation website. You're right, 300 bucks still for the floor. I see some seats for 195, like, right by the stage.
Yeah, but there's two stages.
Oh, you're right.
And so I wanna, I wanna kinda be in between them, you know, like, on the side in between the stages I think would be cool.
I mean, if you drop $600 on this, that's your fault.
I know, but, uh, it's like they're one of my favorite bands. Who knows how long till they'll tour again? Everybody's saying this is, like, the best tour ever. Just gotta go. Just gotta go. Gonna do it. [upbeat music]
All right.
So Victor, we were just talking about, uh, ticket prices for Nine Inch Nails at the Delta Center.
Mm-hmm.
And I saw this whole thing about how Live Nation settled with the Department of Justice. I, I don't really know much about it. I just saw the news, came up to you that morning yesterday and was like, "Hey, they finally settled this." But a- again, a lot of people are very upset by the outcome because it seems like nothing even changed. It was just kind of like-
Yeah
... yeah, we, uh-
It looked like a whole big to-do about nothing.
Right.
For sure, 'cause what it... They made them sell a few venues, um, and, uh-
It says here, "Live Nation agreed to pay $280 million to the 40 states that joined the Department of Justice's case. In return, Live Nation does need to divest Ticketmaster... does not need to divest Ticketmaster."
No.
This, uh... "Despite the case centered on the Live Nation-Ticketmaster partnership harming music acts and concertgoers."
Yeah. Yeah. It, it... This is just ridiculous. I mean, and they're allowing venues to use other ticket selling sites to sell tickets, um, not requiring them to work exclusively with Ticketmaster, but I don't see how that's gonna help us any either. That's not gonna lower the price of tickets. You know, you go to SeatGeek, they're still just as expensive as everywhere else.
Oh. Yeah, sometimes even worse. Yeah.
Yeah.
Totally understand that, yeah.
So, um, I, I just don't understand how it's going to improve everything for anybody, or make things any more affordable, you know? 'Cause yeah, Live Nation's still gonna wield all the power, so...
It sucks that rock concerts are so rare that, like, Metallica at the Sphere is just such a unicorn that people were flocking to that queue on Ticketmaster and buying all the tickets, then trying to resell them to make a profit. The entire crowd at the Metallica Live at the Sphere show is just gonna be influencers-
Mm-hmm
... taking pictures and videos, posting them immediately so they can get the most likes and comments. Really, they're not Metallica fans at all.
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, thousands of dollars for a ticket?
Right.
You know, plus, you know, you gotta deal with hotel prices, and Vegas has gotten to be really expensive. So
yeah, I don't know any average person who's going to Metallica at the Sphere.
Have you met anybody who's going?
[laughs] No.
Me either.
I'm shocked there's people even going to Nine Inch Nails. I feel like those tickets are way too expensive.
Yeah. Like I said, I mean, that would be, if I had to drop 200 bucks, the most I've ever spent on a concert ticket. Like, if I have to spend that kind of money.
See, I'm not... I- I'm not... When... If I'm working in radio, I'm not paying for any concert ticket, especially to a band that, like, you know, doesn't really wanna give us comp tickets. Like, they don't appreciate the radio DJs for-Playing their music and all of that?
Yeah. I, like, I don't know. I'd have to... I, I tried. I tried, but there've only been a handful of bands that it was just like, "No." And that would be, of course, it's all the bands I wanna see.
Right.
Tool, Nine Inch Nails [laughs]
Yeah, yeah, and I don't really-
You know?
... wanna support those bands by having to pay for the ticket and all of that because-
Well
... they wouldn't allow us to have-
I figure I get to go to enough shows, I could buy some tickets. You know, like, 'cause at other shows I usually buy merch, you know, try to support the bands in another way. Um, you know, I'll buy a overpriced $80 hoodie or some crap.
See, I would not do that whatsoever. [laughs]
Yeah. Yeah, just be-
Way too cheap
... just because, you know? You do something to support, but
I don't know, man. I'm, I'm hoping that they'll come down a little bit, but they're also, they're selling. I've been watching the map, and they are selling. So if I wanna be, you know, out of the nosebleeds, I think I'm gonna have to pay. But 300 bucks for the floor, dude?
You might just have to go by yourself.
[laughs] Sorry, Becca, you gotta stay home for this one. [laughs]
Right. Is she even really a fan of them, or is she-
Yeah, she likes-
Okay
... Nine Inch Nails a lot.
All right. Well-
So, yeah, I've... I gotta take her with.
[laughs]
So yeah, it's double the price. And then hotel rooms that night are expensive as well, um, probably because Nine Inch Nails is in town.
And also Nothing More, and there's a, uh... I think Hawthorne Heights is in Salt Lake City that night, too.
Oh yeah, it's a busy night.
Yeah, yeah.
Who knows if-
It's a Friday
... there could be some other events that we don't look at, sporting events-
Mm-hmm
... and things. Who knows?
Yeah, yeah.
So, yeah.
I'm excited. I'm ha- I'm try- I just sent out an email trying to get tickets for, uh, Slaughter to Prevail-
Oh
... on the 28th in Boise.
Very nice. That, that, that would be a fun one.
Yeah.
That'd be a fun one. I need to look at our, um, concert calendar at kbear.fm, see if I need to make some plans, 'cause I know there were some other shows I wanted to see.
Well, I know it just announced today, we only... we, we got the Beach Boys-
Oh
... coming to the Ford Idaho Center Amphitheatre in August.
Boy, I can't wait for that.
I know you're just about as old as they are.
[laughs]
And then I saw-
Oh, you're a funny guy
... Men at Work with Toad the Wet Sprocket.
Oh, wow.
[laughs]
Boy, Peaches, how did you know that I would just die to see that show?
I think most of them are.
Let's go [laughs] to choose an event type. Concert/rock. Yeah, Nine Inch Nails, Hawthorne Heights, and Nothing More all on the same night. That's, that's a lot of shows. What's the next one that I'd really like to go to? I mean, that Slaughter to Prevail with, uh, Whitechapel tour is pretty awesome, but w- let's see.
If I, if I'm skipping Nothing More this Friday, I have to go see Slaughter to Prevail. It was either one.
Yeah.
And I was thinking about doing the, the Lamb of God show that Saturday. I was gonna do Salt Lake, the Slaughter to Prevail show-
Oh, yeah
... in, in Salt Lake on the 27th and then go to that next show the 28th, the next day, but I, I really didn't wanna take a day off. I, I-
Yeah
... just was like, "Okay, well, I can just go see those bands in Boise on a Saturday-
Mm-hmm
... so that way Aubrey can join me." We have this whole thing, uh, where she's not gonna go to the concert with me. She's just gonna go to Twin Falls, and we'll both go to her sister's place-
Ah
... stay there for a little bit. Then I'll drive to Boise, go to the show, come back the night of-
Oh, okay
... and then-
Yeah, that's, that's not bad.
Yeah.
That's doable. But yeah, Lamb of God. Let's see, so is the Saturday... Lamb of God's on a Saturday.
Lamb of God's on a Saturday with Kublai Khan, Fit For an Autopsy, Sanguisuga Bog-
Oh
... at the Union Event Center.
Gosh, that one would be really fun, too. There's so many good shows coming up, it's, it's just hard to try to go to all of them. You know?
Well then after that I'm just gonna wait until Bill Murray comes here April 18th. That might be the concert that I feel like if we have any issues at all, I'm buying my tickets.
Yeah.
Because I, I have a bad feeling, like, who we deal with with that band is not gonna allow us comp tickets because w- not only do I wanna go, but Jade, you, Josh-
Yeah
... like, everybody in the building wants to go to that show.
Well, you know-
And I'm not gonna ask her for 12 different comp tickets.
Yeah, you can put everybody else before me. Um-
Um, for Bill Murray, really?
Yeah, 'cause, you know, at some point soon, you know, I've got a s-
Oh
... secret thing planned.
Yeah, yeah. Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha.
And, um, so I'll probably need to save up some, some dough, you know? And y- you know, dropping money on a hotel in Salt Lake is going to take a lot of it.
I know what you're gonna go to. You're gonna go to, uh, Insane Clown Posse-
Yeah
... at the Complex.
I know.
Woo, woo.
I know, dude.
You know, April 15th.
How did you know, Peachy? The way I told you.
I have that on there. It's a wei- it's a weird time, uh-
Ooh
... that, that, that week, where it's Insane Clown Posse [laughs] April 15th, then two days later it's Behemoth, Deicide, [laughs] and then-
Hold on
... the next day it's Bill Murray.
I gotta look at something real fast here.
Uh-oh.
Uh, dun-dun-dun.
Well, I see Bill Murray, of course, the 18th, and then my plan is 10 days after that to go to Electric Callboy, Polaris, and Sing Queen. We've talked about that on the show. Um, there's... That, that Amity Affliction and August Burns Red co-headlining show with, uh, with tour with Boundaries.
That'd be pretty good, too.
If you wanna see some insane musicianshi- musicianship, go to that show, or go to either show, Revolution Concert House or the Union Event Center. But also, you have plans to go to, uh, Puscifer, uh, as part of the Normal Isn't Tour on May 5th, Cinco de Mayo.
Oh, man.
But then that same night in Salt Lake you have Wage War.
Oh, I'd go to Puscifer over Wage War.
With Nevertell. I would go to Wage War way over Puscifer.
[laughs]
You wanna talk about, like, w- what's it called? Uh, dramatic divas in, in the rock world that won't do anything for radio, Maynard James Keenan.
[laughs]
What a D-bag.
Yeah, I haven't, uh, even attempted looking into, um, some, uh, tickets on that one. Let's see here. I, I'm looking at the April calendar. So Electric Callboy's on a Tuesday.
Yeah.
Oh, crap. That... Hmm. That could potentially... Ah, I don't... I might not be able to go to that one.
[gasps]
I won't say why.
I know.
But I might not be [laughs] able to.
No, I-
It might not work out. [laughs]
I was hoping you'd be able to interview them to make up for last time.
I know.
'Cause I was so beyond grateful that you got sick. [laughs]
I know. You got to have you-
I was all happy. I was like, "Yeah."
Oh, it was terrible.
[laughs]
I was so bummed out. But I, I didn't wanna risk getting him sick, you know?
That's when Jade gave me his one and only compliment saying I did a good job on the interview.
Good job, Peaches.Well, if you guys wanna find out about all these awesome shows, kbear.fm. Click on that concert calendar. There's so many good ones coming up.
Yeah. This guy, uh, that, that's gonna play next here on this, uh, Noon Hour of Madness to Mayhem, he's gonna be in Salt Lake City on September 14th with Marilyn Manson.
Oh, is this, uh, Rob Zombie?
Yeah, also with, uh, The Who and, uh, Orgy as well.
That's a good lineup.
Yeah.
That'd be, that'd be fun.
But it's also the Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre.
Ah, mm, you know how much I love that place. [upbeat music]
It's the Noon Hour of Madness and Mayhem. I am Peaches.
I am Victor.
We have been talking about concerts and ticket prices, and I was talking about this with Aubrey, and I don't know if you've seen the same thing sort of happen. I kinda analyze and observe people and see how they act when it comes to the concerts and social events and all that.
Mm-hmm.
Even for, for sales at grocery stores.
Mm-hmm.
And, uh, when I posted about this particular grocery store closing in the area-
Mm-hmm
... it hit me hard. Like, it was way worse than a celebrity death.
[laughs]
It was like, it was almost as bad as Kobe Bryant's death when that all of a sudden happened. That was a very sad day.
Well, now-
This is almost right up there.
Yeah, I didn't realize they were closing when you texted me. You just said they were having big sales.
Yeah, yeah.
And so I get there and I saw the sign-
Did you not see my post?
... they were closing. What's that?
Did you not see my post about them closing?
Not prior to going.
Oh.
So I get there and I see the big sign that they're closing, and I was very bummed out too.
Well, somebody in the Life in Idaho Falls Facebook group posted saying, "Hey, if you wanna complain about that store closing, here are a lot of emails that you can contact." I'm like, will that even make a difference if I send them a, a, a, well, just one email just seething with anger?
No. It's not gonna make any difference.
No. They're, they, they're shutting down, like, 36-
Oh boy
... of the country's worst performing stores.
Is that what it is?
And we were, uh, yeah, Aubrey and I were in there on Sunday when the sale was going on. Of course, now everybody decides to show up to the store-
Yeah
... when the major sale's going on, but that's what I was thinking about with people. It's like they're not willing to do anything unless, like, something is crazy on sale, or even, like, for a concert. I was thinking about this. Y- there's, like, four bands on a bill. Three of them are this person's favorite. They won't go because that one opener they don't like is gonna be there.
Yeah.
And then they complain that no rock shows come to the area.
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Or they, or they go to a place like the, the Mountain America Center, and they complain about the concession prices. And they just complain, complain, complain, and it just brings this negative, uh, reputation for, for rock listeners or rock show, uh, concertgoers.
Yeah, and from what I've heard talking to people who work at venues, it's the, uh, country fans that are the worst.
But they're also selling out the place. I mean-
Mm-hmm
... to be quite honest with you, uh, that TobyMac show, I have no idea who TobyMac is at all.
I don't either, but it was packed.
But it was sold out.
I saw a video. Yeah.
[laughs] It was completely sold out. Megan Moroney had the biggest turnout.
Mm-hmm.
And I remember Primus and Coheed and Cambria, not to call them out specifically, but that show, uh, didn't have that many people.
Yeah.
The Dethklok show-
Ah
... didn't have that many people.
I know, and they were, like, slinging Dethklok tickets cheap-
Yeah
... toward the end, and they even gave us a big stack of them to give away.
But that's what I'm talking about. Like, people are spoiled nowadays. Like-
Mm-hmm
... like, I, I'm a, I'm, that's coming from the guy who says, "I won't buy a concert ticket."
[laughs]
That's because it's the perk of the job. I'm taking advantage of it.
Yeah.
Like, if you're a person who works construction, makes more money than me, good for you, but you can s- like, you can still go to a show and-
Mm-hmm
... like, you know, it won't be as much of a, a pro... Like, that's the thing. It's like even with venues too, like, it, it could be at the, their least favorite venue. Then they just won't go. It's like they're divas.
Yeah.
They're, they're like Jennifer Lopez.
I don't know. S- sometimes the venue makes a big difference for me. You know, I, I don't like the Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre. Not a big fan.
Most amphitheatre shows, I really don't care for amphitheaters. I think that when weather comes into play, I f- I just feel like, well, you know, it's like weather should not be an obstacle for a show.
Yeah.
At least the... I think every amphitheatre should have a retractable roof. [laughs]
See, and that, that venue, I just don't like it 'cause it's out in the middle of nowhere, and there's no hotels close to it.
But the Pocatello Amphitheatre has great sound. Honestly, it does.
Oh, yeah.
A whole lot better than the Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre.
Yeah, and if you wanted to stay, there's hotels right down the road.
Right.
Just right down the road.
Yeah, yeah.
You know, U- Usana formerly. It, it's just in a terrible location. There's no Airbnbs. There's no hotel rooms. And, uh, so you have to drive like a half hour to get back to a hotel, and it takes forever to get out of there. It's a nightmare. It's worse than any other venue I've been to for trying to get out.
It's almost as bad as the Glen Helen Amphitheatre-
[laughs]
... in San Bernardino, California.
Geez.
That place can burn to the ground- [laughs]
Oh, geez
... as Nickelback once said. No, 'cause I was there for Ozzfest in 2016, and it was the worst parking situation ever.
Ugh. Yeah. Yeah, we've got it pretty good around here. I mean-
We do. Both, all the venues around here.
Like, I-
Awesome
... I got stuck in the parking lot trying to get out of, uh, Ian Munzick, and it was the first time I've ever gotten stuck at, uh, the arena here, but it still didn't take very long. You know, it wasn't like Usana. [laughs] You know, I wasn't there for an hour, and I was still getting frustrated. [laughs]
I, I do hate that difference, though, between, like, just driving 10 minutes down the road or driving three hours for a show.
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
But it really does filter out the shows that you don't necessarily want to go to-
Oh, yeah
... kind of thing.
Well, yeah, and, uh, you, you have to pick and choose. I mean, there have been a number of shows I wanted to go to recently that, you know, just affordability, back to it. Even, even if we get tickets.
Right.
You know, just trying to get a room, and all the gas, and all the time spent, you know? Had to skip out on Bad Omens.
That was awesome.
You know, got invited to, uh, Black Label Society last week, and it was just-
That was, that was, uh, just yesterday I thought, or two days ago.
Yeah, it was just a couple days ago and, uh, just didn't wanna do two weekends to Salt Lake in a row. It's just too brutal, you know, 'cause you go to a Saturday show in Salt Lake, your whole weekend's gone.
I forgot that was the Black Label Society with Zakk Sabbath.
Which would've been cool.
So he was doing, he was doing a double performance. [laughs]
Yeah, it would've been cool, but-I don't know, man.
But even going back to the whole, like, uh, grocery store thing. Like, people all of a sudden decided to show up when the sale started to happen.
Yeah.
And like, and that's what the owner was kind of like begrudgingly saying in the, uh, the, the sh- the store. She was like, "Well, now the people actually decide to show up when we're closing."
Mm-hmm.
Like, "We wanted to stay" type of thing. And that's my all, honest to God favorite grocery store. I hate dealing with WinCo, Walmart, and all those big zoos because of-
Mm
... people leaning on their carts, walking slow.
Yeah. You, you know I went there all the, all the time-
Yeah
... too. Yeah.
And there's people in my comment section saying they were just as expensive as Albertsons. I'm like, "Uh, what-
What are you talking about?
... what are you smoking?" Like, "What are you talking about?" [laughs]
You know, you had to know the various prices of items. Not everything was like a bargain, but sometimes they'd have screaming deals on stuff.
Well, I mean, I would say most of that stuff in there was real cheap.
It, it was, it was definitely comparable if not better than most places.
Yeah.
You know, as far as price.
I'm still shocked and this devastated by [laughs] a grocery store closing.
[laughs] Yeah.
But it's like, you know, 'cause I'm really not wanting to go into those big zoo stores. I mean, luckily, I think Aubrey has the, the ability to, um, deliver groceries to my door.
Mm-hmm.
I can just give her my card, and then-
Yeah
... just tell her what I want, and she can do it for me so I don't have to go into those places anymore. 'Cause I, I'm trying my best to avoid the just wa- uh, parking so far back, walking in and out of people, you know, just-
I know
... treating it like it's the NFL combine going in and out. [laughs]
It's not fun. I don't like it either.
[laughs] Right. So I'll be the guy who's using Walmart pickup. [laughs]
[laughs]
Or I, I get the, I, I, I fork over, how about this? Instead of paying, like, $300 for the Costco, or no, for the, for the Nine Inch Nails tickets, I pay that for a Costco executive membership. [laughs]
Oh, there you go.
And become an elite shopper.
Oh, dude, I mean-
[laughs]
... I, I, I get you on the crowds thing or even just I've gotten so lazy when it comes to driving across town. The last two times I needed to order crickets for the, uh, gecko, I just, I had them DoorDashed. You can DoorDash bugs to your house.
[laughs]
It's amazing. [laughs]
[laughs]
Yeah, it costs a lot, but it's like, hey, I don't wanna go get those bugs.
[laughs] [upbeat music] Let's get grim on the noon hour of Madness and Mayhem, Victor. Why not?
Yeah. Yeah, I love getting grim.
What is slowly disappearing, but nobody talks about it?
Oh, okay. I, I kinda glanced at this thread earlier. And one that I always hear people talk about and I think is true and kinda weird and scary are bugs.
I, I, I-
Bugs
... don't believe that.
You don't believe that?
Every single time I drive anywhere in Idaho, uh, during the summertime, I commit bug genocide.
Oh, dude, but it used to be way worse.
Maybe because, uh, the, there's fewer bugs 'cause I'm killing them all-
[laughs]
... with the front of my car. But-
Maybe. But it used to be bad, like really bad, and, uh, I guess especially over on, like, the East Coast. You know, people would just... Their windshields would be completely covered with bugs all, all summer, and now, you know, nothing.
Well, some-
Nothing
... people are saying, uh, like, for butterflies, this one person said butterflies as a response to this, and another person commented back saying, "Plant native flowers to your area. Watch them come back. We did that last spring, and by midsummer, the whole yard was covered in white and blue butterflies."
Okay.
So there you go.
Yeah.
There's an answer to that.
I mean, if you do want bugs in your yard, you plant flowers. You know, enjoy those bees, everybody. Nothing like a bunch of bees flying around in your yard.
Oh, and then you got the life lesson guy. "Patience."
Pa- [laughs]
"Everything is instant now. Food, answers, entertainment."
Well, we-
"We've been slowly rewired to expect everything immediately. Nobody even notices it's gone until they're frustrated w- uh, waiting two minutes for something."
I don't know. I think I'm as impatient as I've ever been. You know, I remember going to shows back in the day talking about, like, USANA and how long it takes to get out of there. It always made me mad back in the day too.
[laughs]
I'm just as impatient now [laughs] as I ever was.
And then another one, "Boredom."
[laughs]
These answers are s- these answers-
Boredom?
... are terrible. They suck.
It's, it's not-
Let's go to controversial.
Yeah. No, I need to sit and think. Now, boredom, uh, boredom I don't think, you know, is something we need to have. [laughs]
The controversial, the controversial answers are just as stupid. It was, like, talking about Trump and stuff.
Oh, okay. Of course.
Um-
Politics
... butterflies, privacy I see here.
Privacy.
Actual ownership of things. So that's-
Yeah
... that's what I've been talking about a lot as of late.
That is true. Um, you know-
Everything's sub- uh, subscription now. Music, movies, software, even cars are heading that way. You don't own anything. You just rent access.
Yeah. Yeah. I, uh... It took me forever to find a physical copy of Resident Evil. You know? And, and tons of people were like, "Just buy it digital."
Did you play it last night?
No. No, I did not.
I, I think you're lying.
I did laundry.
I saw, I saw a post saying that some guy completed on intense difficulty-
[laughs]
... in an hour and 50 minutes.
Ha, you know-
That's-
... you know how good I am.
Oh, yeah. [laughs]
Yeah, it was me. [laughs]
Yeah, you're the speed runner. Uh, attention spans, again, another one of those where it's just old people, you know, yelling at the young people.
But I think all-
Uh, critical thinking
... critical think- i- it has gone away. [laughs]
Yeah, honestly.
Based on my Facebook feed, it has absolutely gone away. People just share information without double-checking. They don't second-guess anything. I see the dumbest things posted, and I'm like, "Di- did you look into this at all?"
I was, uh-
"Do you, did it occur to you maybe it isn't real?"
I was, uh, pre-recording my, uh, afternoon show, and I, I was pre-recording one of the breaks talking about my Aunt Lori, 'cause she's always sharing those things of, like, "Well, Meta did it. They're now gonna leak all your information-
Mm-hmm
... uh, unless you copy and paste this specific paragraph to your page."
Yeah. [laughs]
[laughs] And so I, I talked about that, and, like, critical thinking, I mean, like, that's the whole thing is, like, old people don't necessarily know how social media works-
Yeah
... I don't think. They'll just share, like, the, the stupidest things. I hate when adults just give out free life lessons. Like, I already know all of them.
Dude, and most of the people I see sharing f- um, fake information online are old people.
[laughs]
So-
[laughs]
... yeah, they're the ones who have lost the critical thinking.
They're saying, "Be wary of who you talk to," but meanwhile, they're handing out their credit card information. [laughs]
[laughs] Exactly.
It's crazy. Um-
[laughs]
... another thing on this, uh, question here, what is slowly disappearing but nobody talks about it? Random hangouts.
R-
"Gone are the days of being down the street from your friend's house and stopping by to see if they're busy, wanna hang, grab lunch, et cetera. Even seven to 10 years ago before COVID, friends would just text me on a random day and ask if I wanted to come with them to lunch. We would text, 'Sup?' A- e- even if the answer was something like, 'Getting some stuff done around the house,' their reply would still be, 'Mind if I come hang?'"
That just, I think, happens as you get older. As you get older, you hang out less. You just do.
'Cause you have kids.
Yeah.
You have, uh, you, you move to another state.
Y-
That's, that's a part, that's what, uh, my life is currently in right now. I mean, all my friends are kinda just leaving California. One of them's about to have a kid, so I'm g- I'm like, "Well, I h- we have about two months left before he just completely disappears-
Yeah
... 'cause his wife is gonna give him the ultimatum of like, 'It's me and the baby or your game.'"
[laughs]
And that's when I follow the Be a Man page-
[laughs]
... and desert her, right? Again, these are jokes.
They're jokes, people. Settle down. [upbeat music]
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