Insurance Loophole

[00:00:01] Speaker A: Alrighty. Alrighty, everybody. Welcome back to another episode of the Human podcast. I'm your host, Alex Truck. We got my wife. [00:00:10] Speaker B: Not the truck. [00:00:11] Speaker A: As always. Not the truck. And we had Courtney from across the land. [00:00:15] Speaker C: Yep. [00:00:16] Speaker A: Probably stoned. [00:00:19] Speaker C: Not yet. [00:00:19] Speaker A: Not yet. She's not yet stoned, but she's getting there. [00:00:23] Speaker C: I'm going to. Yes. [00:00:25] Speaker A: And then we got my cat right here that's making a fish load of noise for no reason. [00:00:31] Speaker C: Yeah, let's do the other one. The blue ones should be better there. [00:00:35] Speaker A: You, like, make some noise. All right, get comfy then. Get comfy. Or get into your spot. I have to do a podcast. I know you don't know what that means, and it. It's pretty much just me talking for an hour. So my mom knows I'm still alive, not on drugs. [00:00:57] Speaker B: I don't know that the latter is formally implied. [00:01:00] Speaker A: What? I mean, I'm not on drugs and I'm still alive. [00:01:06] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:01:09] Speaker A: I mean, she. She doesn't know if I am on drugs. I mean, I'm sure there's some podcasts I've done, like, up and like, I don't remember everyone, but she's like, oh, he's still alive. That's all that matters. Like, I don't know if my mom has a life insurance policy on me. [00:01:30] Speaker B: God, I hope so. [00:01:31] Speaker A: And I don't know if you can have multiple life insurance policies on someone, but I. I think about. [00:01:35] Speaker B: Surely you must. [00:01:36] Speaker A: But like, what. What if, like, I put in, like, you know, like, like everyone in America puts in a life insurance policy on someone that's about to die. Like, you know, someone that's like, on death's door. [00:01:51] Speaker B: That's like, life insurance is different from health insurance. [00:01:53] Speaker A: Right. Life insurance is gambling on whether this person's gonna die. But it's like, I. I would, you know, like, say, you know, someone that's, like, really old and really frail, and I just, like, walk in, I'm like, I'm gonna put a life insurance policy on you. And then the second they die, then I get paid out. [00:02:14] Speaker C: No, some. It doesn't. A lot of times it doesn't work like that anymore. You'd. So, like, a lot of health insurances now, they require you to pass a physical and stuff like that. [00:02:32] Speaker B: Yep. [00:02:33] Speaker C: Or like, with the ones that don't have requirements, they don't pay out until two years later. [00:02:42] Speaker A: I'm fine with that. [00:02:45] Speaker C: No, I meant, like, you have to die two years later. [00:02:49] Speaker A: Yeah, no, I'm fine with that. [00:02:51] Speaker B: No, that's like a. When it's like a time window. [00:02:53] Speaker A: I know, but like, you know, putting like, you know, like one on, like, Donald Trump, you know, and just like, he's like, in his 80s, you know, he's not gonna die in the next two years, but if he dies in, like, 10 years, I'm like, cool. Or like, do you actually have, like, know the person? Can I like it? [00:03:15] Speaker C: Well, yeah, you do. You have to have their, like, Social Security number and stuff like that. [00:03:20] Speaker A: That's lame. [00:03:21] Speaker B: Yeah, but like, the number you're never, ever supposed to tell anybody, but you tell to everybody. [00:03:32] Speaker A: Keep this number secret. What is it again? [00:03:37] Speaker C: Exactly. And then, like, you know, there's like a few stories on Reddit that I've seen where people's bosses have taken out credit card. Credit cards or loans and like that. [00:03:52] Speaker A: Oh, I. I would, I would cream my panties if that happened. I would be such a rich. If my company decided to take my personal information and give it to somebody else, and then they take out a, you know, a credit card loan or whatever. [00:04:10] Speaker C: Yeah. If you actually get the money. [00:04:13] Speaker A: Oh, my company is actually worth, you know, a few billion with a B. [00:04:19] Speaker C: But I highly doubt they'd actually do. [00:04:21] Speaker A: That, you know, And I don't know if you all know this, but I'm worth a few hundred with an H. Oh, I know, right? [00:04:32] Speaker C: Good for you. [00:04:33] Speaker A: I. I'm. I'm big baller over here. [00:04:37] Speaker C: Oh, my. [00:04:44] Speaker A: But yeah, I mean, like, like in my truck, I just have thoughts I think of, like, all day long. I'm like, you know, what if, like, you take out a life insurance policy, you know, and get it for, like, a million dollars, and then you, like, go out and crash your vehicle and die? Like, do they get paid out? Like, they can't prove it was, like, a suicide or anything. [00:05:14] Speaker B: There's investigations, like, everything is. [00:05:16] Speaker A: Yeah, but, yeah, the police don't really give that much of a shit. They just want to get the shit sweeped, swept up and get it done, get the on out of there. [00:05:30] Speaker C: I wonder if there's a place on Reddit you could go. [00:05:33] Speaker A: Yeah, I, like, I don't want to, you know, go up on Reddit and be like, hey, is there a place where, like, I can, like, go commit insurance fraud? No, absolutely not. [00:05:42] Speaker C: No, I. No, you'd be able to see people asking stuff about, like, insurance and stuff like that, like questions and stuff like that, or, like, scenarios that have happened to them. [00:05:55] Speaker A: I'm sure, like, if you wait, like, the second it happens, you know, it's like, oh, it's Been two years and then you go like, crash your car. They're gonna be like, that's suspicious. But it's like you wait like seven years and then crash your car. It's like, okay, pay them out. Insurance companies make shitloads of money. So life insurance, you know, companies have enough to, you know, like, the person's dead, you know, so they really wanted the money. And then like, what about people that just disappear? What? Like, what if you like. Cuz like after a while you are declared dead. So like, what if I like, take a bunch of, you know, like, squirrel away a bunch of cash and like, you know, just go into Mexico and just go survive in Mexico and eventually like, my, my wife's like, he's missing. And then like, they declare me missing and then they declare me dead. Does she get paid out like, damn well better. [00:06:56] Speaker B: I'm an accomplice. [00:06:58] Speaker A: Oh, I want to tell you. [00:07:01] Speaker C: Oh my. [00:07:02] Speaker A: Also, I wouldn't move to Mexico. Like, they would find me out immediately. They make this gringo is over here. He is green. Go, you know, go back to America. You, you know, I mean, I, I think the maga hat would give it away immediately. Just coming into Mexico with a maga hat bag. Make America great. Oh, make South America great again. [00:07:39] Speaker B: Don't you mean Central? [00:07:43] Speaker A: That's South America. I mean, it's all America. I mean, if you really think about it. But I don't like to think about it. [00:07:57] Speaker B: Okay. [00:07:58] Speaker A: That's why it's called the Gulf of America. And I, like, I, I haven't met a single Mexican person that's mad about it. I've asked him too. I'm like, hey, you're Mexican. Like, yeah, I am. Are you mad that Trump renamed the Gulf of America or the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America? Like, I don't give a. I've never been to the Gulf of Mexico nor the Gulf of America. [00:08:27] Speaker C: Oh my God. [00:08:29] Speaker B: Can we change it on American maps? [00:08:31] Speaker A: No, Google hasn't changed. [00:08:34] Speaker C: It hasn't changed. Like, if you're in those countries in Mexico and South America, I believe it is the Gulf of Mexico. Like they have like a caveat or something on it too, in other countries. [00:08:52] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, does it really matter what it's called? I mean, now people are just dead. Naming the Gulf of America seems kind of transphobic to me. Seems kind of problematic. But yeah, I mean, like, like I, I, I sit there and think. I'm like, how could I commit fraud and get away with it? And realistically, the insurance companies are so Damn. Heartless. They're like, oh, damn, that sucks. Your husband died in a fire trying to save children. Well, it seems like he committed suicide. We're not paying you out. [00:09:38] Speaker B: Well, you weren't in the fire to save children either, so what were you doing in the fire? [00:09:43] Speaker A: Well, I'm not dying in a fire. [00:09:45] Speaker B: I know, but if someone said you died in a fire saving children, I wouldn't believe them. Why would you be in the fire? [00:09:52] Speaker A: I would be like, oh, I'm still very much alive. And they're like, oh, it was a different Alex. Sorry. [00:09:58] Speaker B: Well, is there anything you would run into a burning building for besides me? [00:10:02] Speaker A: Not even you. [00:10:03] Speaker B: Fair enough. [00:10:04] Speaker A: You kidding me? You're already in the burning. Get out of the burning building. You're like. [00:10:08] Speaker B: And I'd be so ugly with all the burns. [00:10:10] Speaker A: You'd be sitting there like, it's kind of cold in here. Be burnt alive. [00:10:14] Speaker B: I would be cold. I would be cold. It would definitely be cold. [00:10:19] Speaker A: Like, it sucks. Fires aren't even that hot. Fire can be hotter. And the firefighter's like, we're here to rescue ma'am. Excuse me. It's snowing outside. I don't want to go outside. It's like, why aren't you burnt at all? You're in a fire. It's like, yeah, it's cold. [00:10:38] Speaker B: Cold. [00:10:39] Speaker A: And the window got blown out by the fire. It's like, whatever. [00:10:45] Speaker B: The electricity's out, so my space heater isn't on. [00:10:53] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, like. Like, what would I, like, run into a burning building for? Like, maybe a dog. Maybe a doggo. You know, just see a dog trapped and just like. Yeah, and like, kids, like, next door back. Sorry, kid. You know, you're not as cool as this dog. This dog will love me forever. You'll, like, enjoy me for, like, three minutes. Like a thanks and a high five. What's all I'm gonna get from you? This dog. [00:11:21] Speaker C: Wow. [00:11:21] Speaker A: Years of devotion, like Jar Jar Binks up in this lifelong deck. I mean, am I wrong there, man? [00:11:34] Speaker B: I haven't thought about Jar Jar Binks in forever. He had the floppiest ears. Like, he just. Fuck you. It just looked like a hound dog to me. [00:11:43] Speaker A: Yeah. And he had, like, a fucking life debt that he had to fucking, you know, give or some shit like that. [00:11:49] Speaker B: Cuz, like, he actually had purpose. [00:11:52] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:11:53] Speaker B: I thought he was just a comical side character. [00:11:55] Speaker A: There's also a fucking, you know, a theory that he was part of the Sith. [00:11:59] Speaker B: Oh. Oh, I am so here for that. I love this. I Am. Okay. I shipped this. I love it. Yes, definitely. [00:12:09] Speaker A: Like, he was like, he was like a, you know, an undercover, like, Sith lord. [00:12:14] Speaker B: Okay. Best theory ever. And I'm like, oh, my God, I love it. [00:12:18] Speaker A: I haven't watched Star wars in so long, I cannot. [00:12:25] Speaker B: He's looking. [00:12:27] Speaker A: I almost said Star Trek. I'm like, I haven't seen, I haven't seen either of those. Chosen forever. [00:12:36] Speaker B: You know, it has been a little bit Star Trek. [00:12:42] Speaker A: I mean, like, I, I don't have time to go out there and be like, oh, let's go watch up some, you know, Star Wars. [00:12:49] Speaker B: I don't think the Star wars movies were all that great. They're fun, but they're not that great. And I apologize to the entire audience for that. [00:12:57] Speaker C: Oh, my. [00:13:00] Speaker A: I. I'm like, I feel like it. [00:13:02] Speaker C: Was a good story when it came out, but then it just became too repetitive. [00:13:07] Speaker A: I mean, wasn't there that, like, one dude that was like, in love with Princess Leia and it was like his like, cousin or something? I'm like, you literally have light speed. You could go to any planet, anywhere, ever, and you're like, still my cousin. You are a hillbilly. [00:13:25] Speaker C: Oh, my God. That wasn't what happened. Like, they kissed once when they escaped and it doesn't matter came up that they, they figured out they were related. [00:13:39] Speaker A: At the same, you know. [00:13:41] Speaker C: That's not the same thing. [00:13:43] Speaker A: Okay, you have like, imagine you had 100,000 planets. Imagine you had a hundred planets. Imagine all of Star wars was only 100 planets. And that's it. You have a 1% chance of being on the correct goddamn planet to even meet your same species. And a much lesser, you know, chance that, you know, you're like cousin or whatever is the princess that got kidnapped. And then he gets like, nothing for it. [00:14:16] Speaker B: Okay, I'm not disagreeing with you, but I do not approve of your statistic. [00:14:22] Speaker A: You have light speed. You could go anywhere you want. Go find like a tentacle planet where like a bunch of have like tentacle arms and they can like, you know, and like the Egypt warp speed. [00:14:34] Speaker B: Faster than light speed. [00:14:36] Speaker A: They're both like, you know, like warp. [00:14:39] Speaker B: Or do they not cross over? [00:14:40] Speaker A: Warp speeds are not. It's a made up thing. Light speed is just the speed of light. [00:14:46] Speaker B: But is it slower or faster? [00:14:50] Speaker A: I think it's faster. I don't know. [00:14:52] Speaker B: Okay, I feel like it would also be faster. [00:14:58] Speaker A: But yeah, I mean, Star wars is like, you had to be a full blown nerd to really enjoy it. And the nerds that were in, like, the theater, that, like, dressed up to go see the movies. It's like, oh, God. [00:15:19] Speaker B: Why? They were, they were living their best lives, weren't you? [00:15:22] Speaker A: No, I, I, you don't shame them out in public, but in your head. [00:15:26] Speaker B: You'Re like, they're living their best life. [00:15:29] Speaker A: Yeah. Let them live their best life. Yeah, I'm okay. [00:15:32] Speaker B: They're happier than you in that moment. [00:15:33] Speaker A: In time as it, of course they go and see in a movie. But, like, as a dude, I'm allowed to, like, shame people in my head as long as I keep it there. [00:15:43] Speaker B: Fair enough. [00:15:45] Speaker A: You know, if I'm like, I don't agree with what you do, and ew. I'm allowed to have that thought in my head. I just, I keep it there. I'm like, okay, cool. Boom. That thoughts in my head. I, I'm not saying it out loud. I'm not hurting anybody. You know, thought crime is not a crime. I think about beating people up all the time. I, I, I seriously sit down and think about it. I'm like, I could beat the out of that guy. Come over and kick him in the head and then, you know, like, back flip and then punch him in the face and then kick. [00:16:23] Speaker C: You have so many intrusive thoughts. [00:16:27] Speaker A: Yeah. As a truck driver, I have no one to talk to for 14 hours a day, every single day. 14 hours. You know, seven hours. 14 hours. Seven. You know, just, like 60 hours a week. And it sucks, you know, like that, like, anytime you meet a truck driver, they are crazy because they don't have anyone to talk to. And so they listen to podcasts and, and then become Republicans and then have really strong thoughts about, like, gun rights and, you know, fucking other people's rights and then, you know, immigrants and shit. [00:17:06] Speaker B: I really hated the sewer monster. [00:17:10] Speaker A: The trash monster. [00:17:12] Speaker B: Yeah. With a single eye. [00:17:14] Speaker A: Now what I want to know is, like, the, the fucking walls closed in. Okay. How did it not die? [00:17:22] Speaker B: It's like an octopus. It's squishy. [00:17:25] Speaker A: You only saw its eye. [00:17:26] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:17:27] Speaker A: You didn't see any other part of it. [00:17:28] Speaker B: You asked me a question. I've given you a logical answer. Why are you mad at it? [00:17:33] Speaker A: Because the, the walls come all the way together. And how were, like, how wasn't everything just, like, you know, squished up in the middle? Like, when they were thrown in? Like, why wasn't all in the middle? It was all to the sides. It was all, like, evenly distributed because. [00:17:47] Speaker B: The thing was making a nest. [00:17:50] Speaker A: And why was there water in it? [00:17:52] Speaker B: I feel like, it's refuse. [00:17:53] Speaker A: I feel like you're in space. I feel like you'd want to reuse every ounce of water because you don't have any way to make new water, new liquid at all. [00:18:04] Speaker B: Maybe, maybe it's a recycling plant then. [00:18:08] Speaker A: To, like, squeeze out and, like, you see them and they're, like, standing up to, like, their ankles, you know, in this fucking water. And, like, the thing, like, pops out and apparently it's huge because then it, like, grabs one of them and drags them underwater somehow. [00:18:26] Speaker B: It's an octopus. [00:18:28] Speaker A: None of it makes sense. [00:18:30] Speaker B: I rest my case. [00:18:32] Speaker A: It's a space octopus. There's. [00:18:34] Speaker B: There's already space octopus in Star Wars. Of course there's different species of space octopuses because it's not octopi. [00:18:42] Speaker A: I love watching sci fi movies and just ripping it to shreds. It is one of my favorite things. [00:18:49] Speaker B: Did you ever see Spaceballs? [00:18:51] Speaker A: A long time ago. [00:18:52] Speaker B: Oh, such a good movie. But such a good. [00:18:56] Speaker A: Maybe you'll watch it later. But like, you know, any children's TV show and any sci fi movie, it was my jam to sit there, watch the entire thing, and rip it apart in real time just like, oh, yeah, that can't happen. You know, those children are on a spaceship where the. Are their parents. What is the. Is Dora the Explorer doing out with a monkey? Getting it attacked by a fox? Where are her parents? You know, where is ice? Like, where is anybody that can come and protect this little girl? Nobody. And then any science movie, I'm like, okay, yeah, that's not how any of this works. And it's like, you can't, you know, like, they'll have, like, guns in space. I'm like, okay, yeah, you cannot shoot a gun in space. You know, you need oxygen to ignite the powder. [00:19:59] Speaker B: Oh, so that's why they have to use lasers? [00:20:01] Speaker A: Yes, that's why. Laser. But, like, sometimes they'll just make. They'll say it and get a gun anyway. [00:20:13] Speaker B: I'm like, wait, so guns are then magical in space? [00:20:17] Speaker A: I guess in certain movies, they create. [00:20:21] Speaker B: Their own law of physics. [00:20:23] Speaker A: It's like, why do air marshals have a gun on a plane? Seems kind of pointless to me. What if the gun gets stolen from the air marshal? What if he's, like, taking a nap? What if it's a long flight, he's, like, taking a snoozer, and someone comes down and fucking yanks his gun. Guess what? Now this guy has a gun on a plane. Fucking dumb. You know, like, they should have tasers. And like a lot of them, you know, just like tasers all over the place. That way if like one guy grabs a taser, then like six other people like also have tasers. Or like, you know, frequent flyers should just get like tasers. Be like, okay, keep our plane safe. And like, you'll never know who has a taser. [00:21:08] Speaker B: You just use them on the children to shut them up. [00:21:12] Speaker A: Your baby's crying too much. My grandma's having a heart attack. There you go. We don't have it. We have a defibrillator. We have three on this plane. It's like, it's more fun to shock her. Thank you young man. You've brought me back to life and it's my kink. I'm horny now. Let's go in the bathroom then. Now you have to do your American duty and you know a grandma at a mile high club. Like I, I feel bad for like old people cuz it's like no one wants to fuck them. And I'm sure they're still horny. And it's like, and, and then you know, you put them in a retirement home and like this is abused and then they, you know, start getting dick again. It's like, never mind, you don't even have to visit, you know, just, just you know. And they don't call anymore. They're like, I am sucking dick without teasing. Oh my gosh, this is my favorite thing. Like that. That's why I'm gonna send my mom to a retirement home. That way, you know, she can, you know, get all the dick and pussy that she ever wanted. You know, won't be premium, but you know, she'll, she'll be in a retirement home and she'll like die of syphilis or something. I mean like, like what is like I, I feel like once you hit 50 and your wife dies, you're just done. And it's like, ah, well, it's up to you. [00:22:50] Speaker B: That's up to you to, to decide. [00:22:52] Speaker A: That's up to you. And some like, you know, 18 year old girl that has a weird fetish. It's like I want to old men. It's like, okay, yeah, that doesn't last long. All right, let's do it. And then the, the 18 year old girl has no technique. It's like, get out of my house. [00:23:11] Speaker B: Well, only if she hasn't had any practice. [00:23:13] Speaker A: Good 18 year olds should have no practice. [00:23:17] Speaker B: I don't know how I feel about that statement. I find it implausible. [00:23:23] Speaker A: But continue I mean, like, you know, from like 16 to like 18. It's like, you know, you should like, get good at like handies maybe and then never use it again. Like, use it as like, you know, like, hey, you're. You're like, you know, sitting next to someone and like, check this out. Like that. That's it. But like, you know, when was like the last time you gave me like a hand job to completion? [00:23:51] Speaker B: To completion. Why would I. That'd be such a waste. [00:23:54] Speaker A: I know, right? [00:23:55] Speaker B: No. Hand jobs are foreplay. [00:23:59] Speaker A: I mean. [00:24:00] Speaker B: No, I'm not. No, no, no, no. Okay. I don't care how it's so. I don't care. This sounds. But I'm not letting a good dick go to waste. [00:24:08] Speaker A: I can tell you this. [00:24:08] Speaker B: Hand jobs are foreplay. [00:24:10] Speaker A: I can tell you this right now. I don't think that there's a girl alive. A woman alive. Let's change that. I don't think there's a woman alive that could give me a hand job to completion. I don't think it can be done. [00:24:22] Speaker B: We were teenagers. [00:24:23] Speaker A: Yeah. When I was inexperienced and like. [00:24:30] Speaker B: Say it like that. [00:24:32] Speaker A: But now as a 33 year old man, I do not think that there is a woman alive that can just be like, all right, check this wild shit out. And just, you know, just a dry hand job. [00:24:45] Speaker B: Just also, I don't think my hands could hold up that long. [00:24:50] Speaker A: Yeah, just like, there you go. Like, I can do it like on myself. [00:24:55] Speaker B: Well, yeah, you know. You know where it's all the best. You have your routine down. I'm assuming, like you do it the exact same way every single time. [00:25:04] Speaker A: I mean. [00:25:05] Speaker B: Yeah, precisely. Your brain's already hardwired to be like, okay, cool. Yeah, let's go. [00:25:12] Speaker A: I'm like, 30 seconds. I'm like, boom, done. And I go get other done. [00:25:19] Speaker B: So yeah, no, I'm not letting good to go to waste. [00:25:28] Speaker A: And like the. The thing I find hilarious is like, girls will like, you know, they're like always ashamed to be like, yeah, we masturbate too. And like all the girls, like, yeah, we don't do that. It's like, like girls like, don't masturbate or fart or shed like ever. [00:25:46] Speaker B: I don't like masturbating. It's fucking weird. [00:25:50] Speaker A: I mean, for me it's like 30 seconds and I get like all the aggression out of me immediately. It's like, it's like taking a drug. [00:25:58] Speaker B: No, it's g. You're giving. You are giving yourself dopamine. [00:26:01] Speaker A: Yeah, it's Pretty dope. I love it. You know what I mean? [00:26:06] Speaker B: Wait, does the phrase dope come from dopamine? [00:26:11] Speaker A: Probably. I don't know. We can look this up. We have the technology. Where does the phrase dope come from? 19th century thick liquid dope comes from Dutch dupe, meaning thick sauce used for various types of gravy in English in the early 1800s. By the 1850s, dope was a mild insult for stupid person. [00:27:03] Speaker B: And then, of course, as worse often do, they eventually 180 and become the exact opposite of what they were first meant to be. I mean like stoke do just like dip it in the sauce. It didn't come out as well. I thought it was going to like. [00:27:18] Speaker A: Like back in the day, you know, we'd be like, yo, man, that's hot. And now it's like, oh, man, that's cool. It's like it means the same thing. [00:27:27] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:27:31] Speaker A: You know, it's like. [00:27:35] Speaker B: Each generation we come up with our own little secret words. It's cool. [00:27:38] Speaker A: They're not secret words. [00:27:40] Speaker B: I don't mean secret, but it's like, it's slang. They come up with their own slang versions. [00:27:45] Speaker A: And I think slay. [00:27:46] Speaker B: Some of it's pretty decent. Not all of it, but some of it. [00:27:49] Speaker A: No, I like, I. I don't know if I'm an old man with this. [00:27:54] Speaker B: You are. [00:27:55] Speaker A: Okay. Yeah. I mean, you're already taking aside. But I. I feel like the new generation of slang sucks. Like Riz. I'm gonna go rizz up that girl. [00:28:08] Speaker B: That's the only word you know. [00:28:10] Speaker A: There's also skibidi toilet. Don't know what it means. I. I think just like children say it because other children are saying it like. Like what are some other words? Like, I don't know. [00:28:29] Speaker B: I don't pay attention now I have. [00:28:31] Speaker A: To go look it up. [00:28:32] Speaker B: I don't. [00:28:33] Speaker A: Current slang. Busing. You know, cap or no cap. You know, no cap means no lie or for real salty. That's been around forever. [00:28:51] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:28:52] Speaker A: Shook. That's been around for way longer. [00:28:55] Speaker B: Okay, go down one you don't recognize. [00:29:04] Speaker A: How is this common? Stan was from a song by Eminem. Yeah, they just stole all of our old words. You know, the only thing that they have is busing. No cap. You know. You know, 80 plus Zen, Zen, Gen Z slay. [00:29:32] Speaker B: Who is writing these articles? [00:29:35] Speaker A: Bay basic bet big yikes. Oh my gosh. Canceled. [00:29:51] Speaker B: Okay. Someone wrote this. And someone wrote back bad. [00:29:56] Speaker A: Chi. When some which is cringe or not cool or trendy or too try hard. Definitely not a You know, clap back, clout, curve. Yeah. All of these are our things, you know? You just took them, fam. Yeah, you just took some, like, gang slang and you're like that. That's us Goat. Yeah, that's our. [00:30:29] Speaker B: Now goat's more recent. [00:30:31] Speaker A: Greatest of all time. No, that's been around forever. Guap. I don't know what guap is. Money. And a lot of it. Oh, God. Like, anytime I see, like, one of their. Their words, I hate it. If you know, you know. Yeah, that was already our thing. Let him cook. Yeah, that was ours. Lit living rent free, low key. Yeah. A minty bee. Oh, I see something like that. I hate it. Immediately on fleek. [00:31:10] Speaker B: Oh, God, what is that meanti be? [00:31:13] Speaker A: A minty bee is short for a mental breakdown. [00:31:16] Speaker B: Okay. [00:31:18] Speaker A: It has been used to somewhat normalize and add humor to the prevalence of mental health issues. I hate that example. I've had multiple minty bees this week. [00:31:32] Speaker B: Yeah, I hate that. I hate that a lot. I respect it, but I hate it. [00:31:37] Speaker A: I mean, like, if I was to ever use any of these, I'd probably use minty B, you know? Yo, you better back up. I'm gonna have an mtb. Like, what is mtb? It's like. Ah, you're saying it wrong. Yeah. Riz, short for charisma. [00:32:01] Speaker B: Oh, that's what it stands for. [00:32:03] Speaker A: Hell. God damn. Say less. Yeah, that was already our thing. [00:32:12] Speaker C: Sheesh. [00:32:13] Speaker B: Already got paid to do this. [00:32:15] Speaker A: I hope not. Shook. Yeah, Shook ones. Simp. Sis was short for sister. Yeah. There was already a. A situationship. A situationship is a romantic relationship that isn't a committed relationship. Friends with benefits. That's what that is. Sleeping on small. That was already our fucking thing. I hate Gen Z. Yeet. [00:32:54] Speaker B: Hey, yeet is the best word on the entire fucking planet. [00:32:58] Speaker A: Oh, give them yeet, love. [00:33:01] Speaker B: Yeet. Oh, I love yeet. I say that word at least once a day. [00:33:08] Speaker A: But, like, anytime. Like, I. I'm a little sad I. [00:33:11] Speaker B: Didn'T see skirt on here. [00:33:14] Speaker A: Because that's probably ours. [00:33:16] Speaker B: Yeet. Yeet. Skirt. Skirt. [00:33:19] Speaker A: We'll never do that. Jesus. Moggin is about being more attractive than somebody else. Example. He's moggin everyone at the party tonight. Yeah. [00:33:37] Speaker B: Kind of sounds like mugging. [00:33:38] Speaker A: I. I'm glad we do not have kids because, like, I would hate them. [00:33:46] Speaker B: I would shake the baby to death. No, seriously, I would shake the baby to death. [00:33:52] Speaker A: Back in the day, this is, you know, way, way back. They used to have these baby dolls in schools. Courtney, do you remember this baby like, yeah, like, so it was a class for, like, home economics or something stupid like that. And then, like, maybe it was, like, child rearing. They would give you, like, the fake. The fake baby. Yeah. [00:34:19] Speaker C: They freaking actually had fake babies that you had to change and you had to feed. [00:34:24] Speaker A: Yeah. So, like, you would, like, its pants, and, like, you'd have, like, a little bottle. You have to give it and yet. And it would, like, keep you up all night long. Like, it would wake up, like, every two hours and start screaming. [00:34:35] Speaker B: Poor parents. They had to put up with this. [00:34:39] Speaker A: Yeah. And they had to take it home for, like, a week. [00:34:41] Speaker B: Oh, my. Oh, those poor parents. Oh, those poor, poor parents. [00:34:46] Speaker A: And, like, it had, like, a little chip in it that gave you a grade based on how well you took care of the fucking baby for a fucking week. And I wish it worked better. That is so mean, because, yeah, like, it would, like, you know, you, like, give it the bottle, and then it would, like, shit it all out and you have to change its fucking diaper. And I feel so bad for the parents. And then it would, like, cry and, like, you know, you had to, like, shake it and gently, like, rock it. And then, like, you'd fail feet, like, shook the baby, but it would just, like, cry all the time. And. And so I'm like. Then the government, I guess, got rid of that. Like, we don't need this. [00:35:33] Speaker B: I'm pretty sure it's the parents who are like, this has to stop. [00:35:38] Speaker A: And I'm like. And then, you know, schooling all went to, like. I. I remember growing up when I was a little kid, I looked at high schoolers, and they had, like, beards and mustaches and were, like, grown men at, like, 17 years old. Like, they had shit down pat. Like, they had jobs and everything. And I'm like, oh, they're gonna go places. And they all did. And then my generation came in and, like, Michelle Obama's like, no more Choco Tacos. And, like, we were just, like, a bunch of, you know, dumbasses and, like, a bunch of kids. Now I look at kids in high school today, I'm like, ugh, God damn. You know, you're all the worst. Like, I don't see any beards there. They're all, you know, trying to be activists, which I'm like, yeah, that's cool. If you actually understand what you're arguing. [00:36:34] Speaker B: For, that is key. [00:36:38] Speaker A: I mean, and then just, yeah, be. Be a better person. Yeah. Well, let's. Let's get in some news stories. Let's see what we Got I'm not even going to cover the, you know, woke Snow White that, you know, used a bunch of, you know, energy. Social Security Administration will be using X to communicate moving forward. Social Security Administration unveiled unveiled Thursday that it'll be using the social platform X to make announcements going forward instead of traditional press releases or memos typically posted the agency's website. So they won't be communicating with, you know, people like individually. So like tell your grandma that, you know, the Social Security Administration's not, you know, sending our dm, but if you're looking for information of what they're doing, it is all going to be on X. So you know that that's a big win for Elon Musk. I'd have to say. Good job, Elon. Now, now you're allowing, you know, news to get, you know, spread more quickly into the people that actually need to see it. Except for grandma. Cuz Grandma's always going to be looking at the website or at our paper. Reject all that. Christian pastor prefers frisks from male airport security agents because the scanners turn you gay. And I love the look in his gay little eyes and his, you know, broom mustache. Let me share the screen so Courtney can see. [00:38:35] Speaker B: This is amazing. [00:38:37] Speaker A: Yeah, there you go. So he's a Christian pastor that prefers frisks from man. Like what the is a Christian pastor doing at an airport anyway? It's not like they travel. They, they have to thingy. [00:38:56] Speaker C: This is so funny. [00:38:58] Speaker A: Christian pastor, Christian podcaster and p pastor admits he prefers to be patted down by airport security agents instead of going through the body scanners because he thinks it turns people gay. Fourth street evangelical church preacher and conspiracy theorist Jesus Christ Andrew Eisker Isker used a portion of his right wing current. I love this guy already. He's right wing, as you know. And I feel like he's just doing it for oh, he has a clip to go to Florida. Right. Just to get on an airplane because I'm not going to go through the the gay beam machine. I didn't let C.J. do it. I wouldn't let him do it. Said you're getting patted down too, buddy. I don't want them turning you gay. It appears having a guy touch you all over the place is on its face seems worse but you don't really know what's going what what those things are doing to you. So where the imaging goes or what? Yeah, it's like doing in the background. Yeah. Like yeah. Who they can just take a picture. [00:40:08] Speaker C: Of me like no, he's so stupid. [00:40:12] Speaker A: Stupid. [00:40:12] Speaker C: I love, like, why are people so stupid? [00:40:16] Speaker A: I love him. I'm sure your dad knows who he is. Oh, my God. Despite having no available AT evidence to back up the claim, I screw said during the segment. I'm not going to go through the Gaby machine. Wonderful. Full body scanners cannot take naked pictures of individuals who go through them. Doubtful. Yeah, but yeah, go ahead and take naked pictures of me. I, I want to go like, up next, he's gonna make. I want to go in the back room and get butt ass naked. They're like, sir, you don't have to get naked. You know, I was like, I'm butt ass naked. I want you to be butt ass naked too. We can both be butt ass naked men in here. I, I hope he comes out gay. I trust. I, I love conspiracy theorists because they're just like me, you know, I am a conspiracy theorist and I'm like, you know, why was the left, you know, news outlet, the left leaning news outlet there to, you know, film Trump getting shot? You know, where like they shot his ear and you know, he does a, you know, like that was like the only time that they're actually there to like film him. It's always like, right leaning to film Trump. So I'm like, I feel like, you know, they set him up to get shot and they're going to be the first ones to, you know, like, oh, Trump got killed and then the dude missed. So that, that's my conspiracy theory for the day. Every day you get one. And here is an amazing story that I, I had a friend, one of my friends from Durango actually put me onto this story, but it is a bizarre story. It's, it's near you, Courtney, actually involving a crash on an LA freeway, a manhunt and the arrest of a man in his underwear and a police shooting of an uninvolved woman has now taken even more surreal Twist. Jillian Shriner, 51 years old, the wife of Weezer's bassist Scott Shriner, was the uninvolved woman shot by police and now faces charges of attempted murder. So April 8th on the east span freeway of the 134th freeway, you know, blah, blah, blah. No one cares where this is. California Highway Patrol responded to a three car crash in which three males of one of the incidents fled on foot, prompting the CHP to call LA police for backup. One of the suspects, who was chased off the freeway by a brother and sister who had witnessed a crash, got into the Eagle Rock neighborhood, stripped down to his boxers, jumped into a residence pool and water their garden and attempt to blend in. While police were searching backyards for the suspect in the area of eagle vista drive in Waldo place, the basis wife allegedly emerges from her home next door armed with a gun. Police said Trenor refused multiple orders to drop the firearm before pointing it at officers, prompting them to open fire. The 50 year old, 51 year old was struck in the shoulder by police gunfire and retreated into her house. [00:44:07] Speaker B: She was threatening to shoot the police. [00:44:10] Speaker A: She was trying to kill this guy, I'm sure. Meanwhile, Sky5 was over the scene while the dude in his underwear was captured, cuffed, and arrested. And so, yeah, it was the basis wife of a very popular band that, you know, went out to stop this dude because I'm sure she got a big ass, like, amber alert on her phone saying, hey, there's a possibly armed and dangerous criminal, you know, nearby, and, you know, be on the lookout. But yeah, it comes out, yeah, LAPD shoots the wife and then, you know, she gets arrested. Yeah, I'm sure she's gonna be in deep for even having a gun. In California, I don't even think you're allowed to have anything. But, yeah, good, good for all this, you know, maybe the. The rich people will get away with it, hopefully. She was booked absentee for attempted murder, and the 9 millimeter handgun was recovered from the residence. So, yeah, she just had a pistol. The two other male suspects who allegedly fled the scene of the crash are still at large and nobody else was hurt. So, you know, the band is scheduled to perform at Coachella this year. So if you want to go see some weezer, go on out and then, you know, talk to, you know, him back. Hey, how is it your, like, wife is like, you know, an attempted murderer, but up next, goddamn New York. Crown Heights, Brooklyn. A dead fetus was found in the streets of Brooklyn. Someone spotted the fetus in front of an apartment building on Union street in Crown Heights Thursday evening. Police said the fetus was four months old, so it was not viable, and it was not clear how long the body was there. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death. [00:46:36] Speaker B: Now, do we know if it's a human fetus? [00:46:40] Speaker A: That would be fucking even funnier. It's like, it's just like a dog fetus. It's like not even a human fetus. Like, oh, this wasn't even a person. But I mean, like, it doesn't say. [00:46:53] Speaker B: That it's human anywhere. [00:46:55] Speaker A: I. I assume it's a human fetus. And, you know, they just don't Want to say anything like that, otherwise it wouldn't be a story. But yeah, I mean like that's where you put a fetus, where you put your feet. Us. That's the only reason I pulled up the story. [00:47:16] Speaker B: That wasn't even a good pun. [00:47:18] Speaker A: Oh my God, I'm gonna quit comedy forever now. [00:47:21] Speaker B: Yeah, that's. That was really bad. [00:47:24] Speaker A: All right, let's get into all the advice and like that advice from OK, Hospital 1153 professor has been secretly docking points anytime he sees someone's phone out. Dozens of us are now at risk of failing just because we kept our phones on our desk. I might lose the job I have lined up for when I graduate. My professor recently revealed that he's been docking points anytime he sees anyone with their cell phones out during the lecture, even if it's just lying on their desk and they're not using it. He's docked me more than 20 points from this alone. I don't even text during the lectures. I just keep my phone face down on my desk out of habit. It's late at the semester and I'm at risk of failing his class. Having to pay thousands of dollars I can't afford for another semester and lose the job I have lined up for when I graduate. I've talked to him and he's just smiled and referred to. Referred to a single sentence buried in his five page syllabus that says cell phones should not be visible during lectures. He's never called attention to it or said anything about the rule. He looks so smug like he just won a court case instead of screwing a bunch of random struggling college kids with a contrived loophole. So far I've. One, tried speaking with a professor. Two. Tried submitting a complaint through my school's great appeal system. It was denied without explanation, so there doesn't seem to be any way to appeal. Three, tried speaking with the department head and he doesn't seem to care. He literally said that's why it's important to read the syllabus. I feel like I'm out of options and I don't know what to do. All right, dude, beat the shit out of your fucking professor. Break his goddamn legs. I mean, don't do that. But you know, like scare him a bit. You know, like throw a brick through his fucking, you know, front window. Smash his car. Make him regret that he fucking did this. Shit. [00:49:31] Speaker B: This is fucked up. Why is the school backing this? [00:49:34] Speaker A: Or go speak with a dean. [00:49:37] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, everyone spins. Everyone in the comments said that like that they they need to start escalating it to, like, every single one of the people in power. Because that. That is ridiculous. Doing that and failing. It's a stupid reason. [00:50:01] Speaker B: No. And when a teacher fails you on purpose, it fucking sucks so much ass. I am still so. I will be salty about that to my grave. [00:50:12] Speaker C: Quite honestly, Alex, I think you should go and, like, write a formal email and email her and her. The dean about your experience with her and so that she doesn't do that to other people. [00:50:25] Speaker B: Oh, my God. Courtney was 13 years ago. What the fuck? I don't even know if she still works there. [00:50:31] Speaker C: You can still do it. [00:50:33] Speaker A: Yeah, but, you know, one person was like, there is a, you know, Bo Peep petition that. That's, you know, used to keep the creator of the petition anonymous. Escalate college gene or otherwise. I mean, you know, here's the thing. You can make his life miserable. All you have to do is have a girl just say, hey, he sexually assaulted me. He's fired immediately. You know, hey, congratulations, dickhead. You know, you're gonna lie. I'm gonna have somebody else lie. Boom. You're now fucked. You know, go tell his wife that, you know, he's cheating on her. Boom. Fuck up his marriage, up everything in his goddamn life. Ruin everything for him. Make him regret the day he ever decided to start teaching. And you might say, hey, Alex, you're an asshole for even suggesting this shit. I'm like, no, no, I'm not. You know, if you want to be a teacher, you know, it's gonna suck for you. Be a better teacher, rise above, and then. Yeah, but until then, go fuck yourself. Yeah. And I hate, you know, you know, stories like this ex professor here. I'm really sorry this is happening. It sounds awful. The people you need to talk to are the dean and whatever your college has that corresponds to the dean of the student's life. You can organize your classmates so it's clear he's tanking an entire class. They may help. Yeah, but if he has tenure, he's kind of locked in so that. That, like, tenure is a dumbass thing. And, like, they need to, like, find a way to, like, fire professors that have, you know, tenure and like that. So if that doesn't work, you can earn enough money and favor from students to hire a lawyer. That is something no one wants to deal with. And your professor is not in the winning position he thinks he is. Scrutinize the syllabus. And if it doesn't mention having a phone off. Will ingredient involve your grade Being docked. He did not set a reasonable expectations that it would. And if he silently docked points and then you enforce the rule arbitrary, blah, blah, blah, blah. And if it does get the lawyer stage. You'll also want to loop your people above the dean and like the provost and the VPs. Yeah, ruin his life, just go nuclear. Like I, I want to see this on like nuclear revenge where, you know, you're, you know, your professor wanted to up your life and so you just made him lose everything. I love that. I mean, you know, people call me an asshole. Sure, Whatever. Another advice. My 19, my 19, female, 19, boyfriend, male, 21 of 8 months, confessed to having HIV only after I confronted him about it. What do I even do? [00:53:55] Speaker B: Oh my God. [00:53:57] Speaker A: By initial line 8143. This is going to be a jumble of thoughts because I'm still in shock, but please, please help. I've been with my boyfriend for nearly eight months and I'm completely in love with them. We've had our ups and downs, but we've always been willing to communicate and work through whatever's been an issue in our relationship. My boyfriend said he had a vague immune system problem that I've been somewhat aware of. All I've truly known is he's gotten pretty ill around his high school days and in turn made his mother paranoid about his health. I knew he had to take these pills that he never hid for all the time he had said illness. I remember early on in the relationship, I swear he would tell me if they were for hiv. I would remember. I recently visited while I stepped out. I recently visited him while he stepped out and I grew cautious about the pills and I snapped pictures of the bottle so I could do my own research to be as aware of his well being and such. I instantly went numb. When the search results were talking about HIV treatment, I immediately texted him asking. He called me out instead. Infuriatingly enough, he was defensive about why I was asking him what the pills are for. At the beginning of the phone call, he eventually told me it's undetectable and it can't be transmitted. He said he's been waiting for the right time to tell me because it's a big thing. Apparently I said insensitive things about HIV infected people that made him even more reluctant. At no point did he, you know, acknowledge a principle of him simply not disclosing this to me, untransmittable or not. We've been intimate since pretty much the beginning of our relationship. Most of the times with no protection and this being a crime aside, I panicked and blocked him, but I'm shaken, lost, and hurt. What do I even do? [00:56:03] Speaker B: Oh, my fucking God. She's a good doctor. As soon as possible, but what the fuck? [00:56:14] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, I. I understand that there are medications that can make, you know, your agency. [00:56:19] Speaker B: One of the plot lines of Rent. [00:56:22] Speaker A: Well, I mean, like, the. The AIDS crisis was a horrible thing. [00:56:26] Speaker B: Okay. All right. I just wanted to make sure I was connecting dots here, but. Oh, my God, you can't do that. It's literally. Oh, my God, you can't do that. [00:56:37] Speaker A: I mean, you know, you should tell your partner if you have something like minor like HPV or something. [00:56:43] Speaker B: Yeah. You got to be honest about this stuff. They've been having. Okay. They've been having unprotected sex. That is completely. He's been doing that knowledge fully. [00:56:54] Speaker A: Like, that's top comment. Do not have sex with anyone right now. Go see your doctor. You might want to wait to get a valid test. Personally, I would not continue that relationship. [00:57:05] Speaker B: Good. Good God. No. [00:57:11] Speaker A: Dog. How the hell would she stay with them? Why? She needs to get the out immediately and file charges. Yes, absolutely. The possible good news, if he's taking his proper meds and he has an undetectable viral load, there's a high chance you didn't get infected. However, what he did was unforgivable and a crime. Don't question yourself. There's no way he would have told you he has HIV if you're not remembering. [00:57:43] Speaker C: Yeah, you don't remember? You don't forget something like that? [00:57:47] Speaker B: Nope. [00:57:48] Speaker C: Yeah, she would have gone straight to the doctor. At least made a doctor's appointment to get tested. Like. [00:57:58] Speaker A: Straight to a doctor. They report and public health will do a follow up. But let's be clear, with current medications, HIV load is extreme, extremely low, which lowers the possibility of transmission. You will have to take the drugs for a period of time, use condoms. Eight months is not long enough to trust someone with your health. Yes, but possibility of getting HIV passed on if he uses meds will be small. Go see a doctor and hope that you're negative and have a happy life. [00:58:29] Speaker B: Oh, my God. [00:58:34] Speaker A: Yeah, that. That's wild. [00:58:36] Speaker B: That's disgusting. [00:58:44] Speaker A: I probably should have saved that one for the end. God damn. Now on to Am I the last person was definitely an. By an individual. 3292. Am I the asshole for getting my sister arrested after she destroyed my clothes? So I, 24 female, live with my younger sister, 21 female. We both save up for our own save up for our own places. It's been mostly fine, but lately she's been acting super jealous and petty over the dumbest stuff, especially my clothes. I work a decent job, and I like fashion. I save up and occasionally treat myself to nice things. Think Zara Amber Combi. Nothing outrageous, but definitely stuff that she doesn't buy herself. She constantly borrows my clothes without asking. I've asked her to stop multiple times and even put a lock on my closet door, which she broke. Last week was the final straw. I came home from work and found a pile of my clothes and my favorite leather jacket, some designer jeans, a silk dress I wore once, all shredded and slashed up on the floor like someone went full slasher movie on them. My heart dropped and I asked her what happened. She just smirked and said, maybe you'll stop acting like you're better than everyone else. I completely lost it. I called the police and I filed a report. She thought I was bluffing until the cops actually showed up. I showed them the damage, the receipts for the clothes. I kept most of them for returns or resale. The broken closet lock. She was arrested for property damage. Now my parents are freaking out, saying I took it too far. She's just a kid, and families shouldn't call the cops on each other. But I've had enough. This wasn't an accident or some dumb prank. It was straight up malicious. So am I the asshole for pressing charges against my own sister? [01:00:39] Speaker B: Once you have to try to lock someone away from a space or away from your stuff, at that point, you're no longer the asshole, no matter what the fuck you do. [01:00:47] Speaker A: I mean, as far as I'm concerned, she is 21. You're not the fucking asshole. [01:00:53] Speaker B: She's 21. She's old enough to deal with the consequences of her own actions. [01:00:59] Speaker A: I mean, you could have, you know, you could have called your parents and like, hey, my sister did this. [01:01:08] Speaker B: Okay? No, clearly, she's been getting away with the sensitive kids, and the parents are always going to take her sister's side. This is op. Setting a boundary. [01:01:21] Speaker A: But, I mean, yeah, they. They both live at home with, you know, mom and dad, and so they can just be like, hey, mom, dad, like, she did this in my room, stole my. [01:01:30] Speaker B: And, you know, and they would have done absolutely nothing. [01:01:33] Speaker A: But if they would have done absolutely nothing, that's when you call the cops and, like, well, since you're not going to do anything, I'm going to do, you know, it's like, hey, you know, go yourself. You know, time to put it into these spoiled ass entitled 21 year olds. Okay. You know. [01:01:50] Speaker C: Yep. Well, quite honestly, it's everyone, like everyone could like, no matter the age group can be like that. [01:02:02] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, I. I've definitely seen like older ladies be like that. So. Yeah, it's. It's a mindset, you know, but, you know, it is what it is. And now on to relationship advice by throwaway. And this one is a long one, so wish me luck. My 38 male wife, 36 female, saw a photo online and now she's not herself. How do I get her to open up? Not really sure how to even start this. I, 38 male, have been married to my wife, 36 female, for seven years. We met kind of fast. Only knew each other a year before we got married. It just clicked. And she's always been calm, steady, and not super emotional, but warm in her own way. Just like the person that just handles things. A few nights ago, something happened. I don't even know what to do with it. We were both on the couch watching Chopped or something. Both on our phones, Normal night. Then she just froze. Stopped everything, got up, walked out of the room. No words, no expression. I found her sitting on the floor in the kitchen, crying hard, like full on shaking, trying to breathe through it. I've never seen her like that. Maybe I thought someone had died or something really bad had happened. I asked her what was wrong, but she wouldn't say. Then she handed me the phone. It was an Instagram post. A younger woman, maybe late 20s, standing with a guy. She was really pregnant. Beautiful photo. Soft light. One of those maternity shoot kind of things. The caption said it was something about healing, starting over, breaking the cycle, building the family that she never had. I asked who it was. My wife said, that's Elena. I remember the name barely. She mentioned it once or twice in the past. Never a full story, just like, I hope she's okay, or she had a hard time growing up. I thought maybe it was just a kid that she used to mentor or something. Turns out they met about 10 years ago. My wife was 26, Elena was 18. My wife was volunteering with some group that helped young adults aging out of rough home situations. Elena had no support, no family, just kind of floating. My wife helped her get her feet under her. Helped her with job stuff, housing. Let her stay at her place for a while. She said they got close. I don't know everything that happened back then. My wife won't really talk about it, but based on how she reacted to seeing that post, it mattered. I don't think it was anything romantic or anything like that. I felt like she looked out for her, maybe even loved her, like family. Now Elena's out there, happy, save having a baby. And my wife just broke. It's been three days. She goes to work, comes home, lays in bed, barely eats, doesn't talk. I've asked her if she wants to talk about it, and she says she's tired and she won't even look at me half the time. And Suit, I suggest reaching out to Elena, and she doesn't. And she said she doesn't need me anywhere anymore and went quiet again. I don't know what this is about. Guilt feeling replaced, regret about not being there. We never planned to have kids, and we were always on the same page about that. But now I'm wondering, buried in some of those feelings, if this is. Cracked it open. Or maybe she just. It just happens when you see someone you cared about move on without you. I don't know. I'm guessing she won't let me in. I feel helpless. I don't know how to support her when she won't even tell me what she needs. Has anybody else been through anything like this where someone that they loved shows back up in their life and just knocks the air out of them? I just want to help her, you know, come back. I just. So. Yeah, I mean, so pretty much your wife saw a photo of, like, an old friend, and she's dealing with it. Give her some space. [01:06:21] Speaker B: He's such a wonderful person. [01:06:26] Speaker A: Yeah, like. Like, I understand. It's like. Yeah, she's gonna, you know, kind of go through the motions and. Yeah, like, give her the time she needs and, you know, when she, you know, gathers all her thoughts, she'll be able to tell you the full story. Or maybe she won't ever want to tell you the full story. She's like. She'll tell you a Reader's Digest version of the story, and you know what the that was about, and that's it. Or maybe she'll just move on and just never want to talk about it ever. Top comment. Your wife needs to use her words. Nobody here can help you. You need to sit down with your wife and calmly asked her to explain, because shutting down for apparently no reason is not how you treat your partner. She's being weird. [01:07:28] Speaker B: Don't quite agree with that. Okay. Okay. So this might sound really weird, but for me, I kind of wonder if this is how. Because, like, you guys know, in between being able to move out here, I lived with my aunt, uncle, my grandma for a while. And like, I kind of lived with them kind of during this period where I was transitioning from my abusive parents to being someone who could stand on my own and make decisions for my own. And I almost kind of wonder if like Op's wife position is how my aunt and uncle feel when they see me posting happy stuff on like Facebook and stuff. Like, I kind of wonder if it makes them feel kind of the way Oprah, the if the way they feel might be kind of how Op's wife feels, like just happy to see someone who was able to escape from something turn into someone who lives a happy, normal life. [01:08:27] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, that there are, you know, people that I've known that have had God awful times, like, you know, in boarding school and like, like they've explained some of their stories. I'm like, holy. Like, it wouldn't even occur to me that there could be people like, on that level of evil. And I'm like, okay. And you know, like, if you like, see like a photo that reminds you, like back in those days, I can see you like just like kind of going into a shell and, you know, just kind of dealing with it. I don't know. But yeah, Op, I'm gonna tell you, give your wife some space, you know, be there, you know, and allow her to, you know, just use her words in her own time. And if she doesn't want to tell you, you're just going to be okay with that, you know, that. That. [01:09:37] Speaker B: Yeah, I don't think it doesn't make her. I don't think it makes her a bad partner. There's some things people need to keep secret to themselves and that's okay. [01:09:53] Speaker A: You know, like her, her friend could have like, you know, fake to death and you know, she could have like been like mourning that friend, you know, just like kind of like get out of a situation, kind of like Machiavelli it. And you know, she could have been like, you know, this is my really good friend and I went to her funeral and I cried for months. And it's like, you know, you scroll through and it's like, holy, they're not dead. And you know, something like that could be, you know, the case. And it's like, you know, this person was like your best friend and they like, you know, never told you anything. Kind of betrayed you by not telling you some. But it's like, you know, sometimes someone can be in an abusive relationship and they just have to disappear and it sucks. But that's it for this week ending on kind of like a dark note. Whatever. But we'll be back next week with some more. Oh, also the staccatos. Not worth it if, if you listened all the way through. Yeah, like, I went out and shot seven thousand dollar pistols, you know, better than, you know, cheap guns, but definitely not $7,000. Better than cheap guns. Like, if it was like a thousand dollars, maybe, but, you know, staccatos. Yeah, we'll be back next week. Bye.