Oops Missed it

[00:00:01] Speaker A: Alrighty. Alrighty, everybody. Welcome back to another week of the Human podcast. We're keep on doing this thing. Why? Because I, I enjoy annoying my mom. She's, like, the only person that probably listens to it, and she's like, he made another episode. I, I need to make sure that he doesn't, like, talk about me or something. Yeah. And, you know, I don't for the most part. I have a good mother, and her birthday is coming up here in a couple days on the 30th, I remember, so I need to call her. [00:00:46] Speaker B: You do. [00:00:49] Speaker A: I'll call her when I'm, like, at the airport and just big, hey, Mom, I'm at the airport, like, Like, I'll be, like, in the plane where it's, like, the most inappropriate time to call somebody. Like, as we're landing. Hey, Mom. Yeah, like, not saying, you know, hey, we landed a big happy birthday, mom. In California. [00:01:11] Speaker C: People who do that are weird. [00:01:14] Speaker A: Like, tax. [00:01:15] Speaker C: They're so weird. [00:01:16] Speaker A: The taxes make. Boom. [00:01:18] Speaker B: Like, what? [00:01:19] Speaker A: Send a text there. Okay, cool. And then send it. Like, if you're getting picked up, I get a gate. You know, send a text, hey, I'm at the gate. Boom. You know, pull up, pick them up. Done. Yeah, like, I, I, I hate the people that sit there at, like, the gate and not in the cell phone lot. That's specifically designed for those that show up early, but, like, they'll just, like, you know, pull up until it's like, you know, someone's like, yelling at them to leave, and then they'll, like, you know, just do a lap around. And it's like, that's why airports suck. It's always congested because, you know, just too many people there. But I doubt my mom will hear this episode before her birthday, so it's fine. But today I went out and had myself a nice little range day with a bunch of new friends. [00:02:30] Speaker C: He had lots of fun. [00:02:31] Speaker A: I, I did, like, getting there was a nightmare because I had to, you know, bust my ass all goddamn week, you know, sit in my truck and, like, wait for, like, the, my time to reset so I can, you know, start driving again and, you know, just kind of like, pedals of the metal the entire way until I got there. And then when I get there, they had moved it, you know, further down because some other people were at our spot. And I'm like, oh, they'll probably, you know, leave here in, like, a couple seconds, you know, because that, that, like, anytime someone has, you know, bullets that cost, you know, four or five dollars a shot, you know, they'll do like maybe 10, 20 of those. Nope. These people just stayed there the entire goddamn time. Just wouldn't let up. Just like kept on shoot. I'm like, all right, you know, cool. I, I don't know what you're, you know, hoping to gain here, but whatever. But I, I had a good time. Shot a lot of, you know, guns, you know, let other people shoot my guns. I got to shoot their guns. You know, that. That's something that California cannot do. The California mind simply cannot comprehend going out into the middle of the woods and shooting guns. [00:04:06] Speaker B: What are you talking about? People do that all the time in California. [00:04:11] Speaker A: It's illegal. It's wildly illegal. [00:04:14] Speaker B: It is. What about on your property? [00:04:17] Speaker A: Nope. The, like, the guns that you're allowed to have in California are severely limited. Like, that's why out here in Colorado, we hate Californians. Were like, yeah, you're gonna bring over your, you know, dumb ideas about guns. And there's like, yeah, kick, kick them all out. But in good news, you own gun world. Virginia's gun ban got a stay of execution from a judge. They got an injunction. So they're going to figure all that out and it might get pushed back, it might get deleted entirely, you know, but knowing their governor, Abigail Spamberger, it, it's not the end of it. That's enough about guns. Let's do some advice. I, I should really start like sending these advices over to Courtney so she knows like what we're reading. But this, this one by murky jackfoot 1627. I thought she approved a $320 brake repair. The shop completed $3,350 worth of work. What should we do? So my mom has a Toyota RAV4 and yesterday she took it to an auto repair shop because the brakes were making noise. I'm not really sure of the extent of it. Earlier today she told me she expected the repair bill to be around $300. Today I went to go pick up the car and was told that the total was $3,349.87. I mean, it was a shock to say the least. I later found out the shop called my mom and this morning to get authorization for additional work. English is not her first language. She genuinely. [00:06:29] Speaker C: Oh, those. [00:06:30] Speaker A: She genuinely believed she was approving about 320, not 3,349. She would never have knowingly agreed to spend over $3,000. The invoice includes front brake pads and rotors, rear brake pads and rotors, brake fluid, flush, synthetic Oil change, serpentine belt. [00:06:56] Speaker C: Really? [00:06:57] Speaker A: Spark plugs, fuel system service. [00:07:00] Speaker C: Oh, my. [00:07:01] Speaker A: Transmission service, cooling system service, Air filter, cabin air filter and windshield or wiper blades. [00:07:11] Speaker C: That is. [00:07:13] Speaker B: That's. [00:07:14] Speaker C: That is so disgusting. [00:07:17] Speaker B: No, they knew. She didn't know English. Like, they her over. [00:07:22] Speaker C: That is terrible. [00:07:25] Speaker A: You know what. What's worse is I'm looking at all of this, you know, front brake pads and rotors made up. No, this is like, probably. They probably did all this. It's very easy to do. Like, I've done this. Brakes all the way around with rotors and all that. Probably 400 bucks. Brake fluid flush. Probably about, like, I'd say 50 bucks if, like, they're including labor. Oil change, 40 bucks. Serpentine belt, 10 spark plugs. You know, like $12 a spark plug. Fuel system service. I don't actually know what the they did for the fuel system, transmission service. Like, well, they do just change out the fluid. That's dirt cheap. Like, all of this all together. If, like, I was to do it. Thousand bucks. All of it. [00:08:28] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:08:32] Speaker A: And it's like, yeah, they. They completely this, you know, poor lady over Additional context. She was working today, and most of the services show the exact same approval time on the invoice, 8am suggesting they are all approved during one phone call. The issue is, my mom believes she was authorizing about 320, not over 3,300. I just can't believe they explained every singular charge to her. I can't help think that they knowingly took advantage of the language barrier. Yes. [00:09:09] Speaker B: Do you know how old the mom is? [00:09:11] Speaker A: No. Probably, like, your mom's age. [00:09:14] Speaker B: Okay, then. Yeah, they should. He should get in contact with, like, adult protective services because, like, that. It could also be elder abuse, too, because they. They knowingly scammed her. Like he should. That's what he should do. He should contact, like, the police and the adult protective services. [00:09:38] Speaker A: I mean, the police are just gonna say it's civil and they're not gonna actually do anything. So essentially, like, the best thing to do in this situation is, is pay the bill. And if you have, like, a problem with it, take it up in, you know, court, you know, sue them. [00:10:01] Speaker B: I mean, what if they can't pay the bill? They're able to keep. They're not. They don't have to give you back your car. [00:10:11] Speaker A: Actually, they do. They can put what's called a mechanics lien on your car, but no, they cannot just keep your car. That is actual theft. And yeah, they'll get in trouble. And it's like, hey, guess What? You just committed a felony and whoever authorized that just goes right in handcuffs. Yeah, they'll, they'll never do that. They'll put a mechanic sling on it for sure and you know, probably send it to collections or whatnot. But yeah, Edit, she did not request all of this work, guys. She just went in for the breaks. That's it. She received a phone call where for some reason she understood it would cost around 320. And yes, that is stupidly low for all the work. She agrees she made a mistake. And they also sent a message showing all the technicians findings, but nowhere does it say that they're going to do all the work on those things. And finally, yes, she said she will pay for it. Like I said, my main issue here, knowing that they used her language limitation against her. But yeah, I mean you, you can definitely go, you know, to like the business and be like, hey, you know, we didn't want all this work. You know, you just went ahead and did all this to, you know, kind of pad your pockets here we can go about this where you just drop that bill and just eat that cost because you knew what you were doing was wrong. Or we can go to court and that's going to be a whole lot worse for you. [00:11:56] Speaker C: So that happened at my last job once. And we ate the cost. We were like. Because it was clearly like there. It was clearly miscommunication. Like it was really easy to see how the miscommunication happened, but we were just like in good faith. And so we ate the whole cost of the surgery, which was over $6,000. [00:12:17] Speaker B: Wow. Yeah. But yeah, mechanics can legally keep your car. They are entitled to hold your vehicle as collateral until the bill is settled. [00:12:29] Speaker A: Yeah. And then that's how you get a Molotov cocktail thrown through your front window, you know, during the night and you get your entire shop burnt down. And it's like, hey, guess what? Everyone here is now out of a job because you wanted to around and find out. Like, like this is just insane. You know, it's like, do not do that. Put a mechanics lean on it. You know, like if someone comes and, you know, remodels my bathroom and I decide not to pay him, you know, they pay. They put a lien against my property, you know, that's all they do. That's all they can do, you know. But yeah, it you just, you know, that that's a good way to just get the beaten out of you. It's like, oh, cool, you want to keep my car. Guess what? I just Broke your orbital socket and broke your hand. So now you cannot work anymore. Your company is not going to pay for this. I'm not going to pay for this. You just lost everything. Everything you have now. Congratulations. Like, like it's not a good. Like I, I don't understand why so many people out here are just like such pushovers. It's like, you know, you just show up with a, you know, don't do it like immediately, you know, do it like and this is not criminal advice, like don't, you know, follow my advice. But you know, show up with like a baseball bat like you know, two weeks later, you know, and break their legs. You know, it's like the cops are gonna do nothing about it because cops are useful. Like, like tits on a bowl. Like they're completely useless. And it's like congratulations, now you have broken legs and no one's gonna do about it. So see what the comments say. That's a crazy amount of extra for extra services that have nothing to do with some brake noise. Sounds hella fishy. I'd speak to the owner. A3,500 repair could be absolutely devastating if someone's not prepared for it. Let's see. I've been told about a serpentine belt, about every oil change and big chain shops. I never have in my 40 years of driving needed serpentine belt replacement. I stopped using those places and found a reliable shop I trust. I think they took advantage of where I guess the lesson is OP should have been the one talking to the shop. Yes, obviously I should have been the one. She took the cop the car in the shop yesterday around six, while the shop was about to close today in the morning they called her. Ultimately I didn't have a chance to talk to them. And Mochi, I can't read when you're like walking in front of my and never noticed anything was wrong. Well, that's the first red flag. How do they go over the car and find all that upsell work if they are closing and it was dropped off and just called 7am the next day with that list of work. That's a huge red flag that screams we never looked at it. We just want to sell you stuff. Yeah, I mean that, that's really what it is. You know, you, you with someone's livelihood and it's a good chance that they're gonna come with your livelihood. But yeah, go ahead and fucking pay the bill and then sue the shop for like $10,000 and just be like yep, that was not worth it. And they will most Likely settle out of court. You know, just give you back your money and just be like, hey, can we just drop this? Here's your 3, $500 back. We are sorry. You know, you're not allowed back at the shop anymore. You're banned from like all our properties. But you know, that, that, that's really how this should have, you know, been handled. You know, cuz. $3,500, you can buy a new car for that. [00:16:49] Speaker C: Absolutely. [00:16:50] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:16:50] Speaker C: No, once it's over a certain amount, you just, you buy a new car sucks. But you buy a new car because it's a investment. [00:16:59] Speaker A: I mean, you know, if you buy a vehicle, learn how to take care of it, learn how to do the basic, like brakes and oil changes and like that. Just. But yeah, I, I feel bad for Op. Hopefully, you know, Opie can go to the owner and just work some out and everything is good. But yeah, I mean, like, here's what's going to happen. Op. Op's mom is just gonna pay the bill. They're gonna make, oh, lesson learned. And they're just gonna be a bunch of pushovers and corrupt people are gonna keep on getting away with corrupt. It's like. And then people wonder why the world never changes. It's like, this is why. Because you just let them walk on you. You know, if you want some, to change, go break some legs. Go get some done. This is why the mob was so successful. This is why Al Capone was so successful. Because he was willing to go break some legs to get the done that he needed to get done. I don't know if I'm just like a violent mean or if, you know, I, you know, [00:18:24] Speaker C: babe. [00:18:25] Speaker B: What? [00:18:25] Speaker C: You're a violent, mean. Ah, [00:18:32] Speaker A: it's fine. But, you know, but like, if someone was to, you know, do that to me, you know, like, like Les Schwab. I'll call him out by name. Les Schwab Tires. They me over charged me a bunch of money. Now I talk to them, to everyone I can ever talk to them. You know, they're like, hey, you know, because I'm, I'm the tire guy now and I'm like, do not go to Les Schwab. They will you over that place. Do not go there. Do not give them an ounce of your business. Never. They are a garbage company. Just cut them all out. I don't care less, Schwab. If you're like, well, I've had good experiences. Blish swap. Yeah. No, them, they, they, they charged you like, what was it, like $300 to install tires that I already provided. [00:19:37] Speaker C: It was a, it was a much higher number than I had been told to expect. [00:19:42] Speaker A: You know, like, like I, I took, you know, that say. [00:19:46] Speaker C: But he did tell me if I didn't pay, he wouldn't give me the car. And I panicked. [00:19:55] Speaker A: Yeah, no, this is why I talk about Les Schwab everywhere I go. You know, I'm like, I, I'll talk to, to Les Schwab too. Les Schwab. I'll just be like, yeah, you guys. You know, I, I, I honestly hope you go out of business. I hope you get bought the out and, you know, all of you lose your goddamn jobs. You're a bunch of crooks. Les Schwab entirely. That entire goddamn company. I hate them. You know, this was years ago. Many, many years ago. Them forever. They're never going to get an ounce of my business. I will tow my car to another shop out of Les Schwab's reach. So they don't get in any business. [00:20:43] Speaker C: Precisely. [00:20:50] Speaker A: So, yeah, no, I'm sure I cost them way more than the $300. You know them, I, I, I don't give a but advice. How do I tell my parents I don't want to my child in their house? I misread this. [00:21:14] Speaker C: Wait, what did you read? [00:21:17] Speaker A: Like, when I first clicked on the story, how do I tell my parents I don't want a child in their house? [00:21:23] Speaker C: Okay, I read. How do I tell my parents I don't want their child in my house? And I was like, was his child adopted? [00:21:33] Speaker A: So how do I tell my parents I don't want my child in their house? [00:21:39] Speaker C: It's still rough. [00:21:40] Speaker A: Yeah. My parents love renovating their houses. Houses, they buy literal wrecks and bring them back to life. All sounds great until you have to live in one of those shells As a child in the middle of constant construction. [00:21:58] Speaker C: Oh my God. God, I never thought about that. That sucks. [00:22:04] Speaker A: And they had no budget, so it took years. I, female, 28, and my brother, male, 30, had no real childhood. We slept on camp beds, on camp airbeds, or in leaky motel rooms. On site mobile homes on site. We are always cold and lucky to get hot food cooked on camping stones. [00:22:28] Speaker C: Oh my God. [00:22:30] Speaker A: And when we did get our rooms done and we are finally settled, our parents would immediately sell up and buy another wreck and start again. [00:22:39] Speaker C: Oh, no. It's a positive feedback cycle. [00:22:43] Speaker A: We never had a proper Christmas at home or were able to have friends over. My brother broke his leg falling through a rotten floor once. God, that was at least a wake up call for security as my parents were very careless with us as little kids. We had to learn the hard way to stay away from stuff and learn to pick our way through timber and bricks to avoid black mold and live wires. It was awful. They renovated five houses up to us being 18. At which point we moved out. And we never stayed at home again of course. But there is really no home anyway. We never really had TV with my parents telling everyone we're exploring nature. We are not trying to avoid our house but opting to stay in sheds in the rain then go indoors. [00:23:40] Speaker C: Oh my God. [00:23:42] Speaker A: Terrible. Fast forward to 4 years ago I met my now husband. We actually bonded over our upbringing. His parents only renovated one house but they had no money so it took them 13 years in total. Jesus. His childhood was lost too, but he but he felt that at least his parents stayed in the house after the renovation. My parents needed a project between them. It was a foundation of their whole relationship. Your kids weren't the project. Jesus. They didn't seem to get along outside of the project. [00:24:20] Speaker C: Oh God. [00:24:22] Speaker A: But they're still in that renovation loop tiller till this day. In their late 50s when my husband and I were buying a house, my parents found a wreck for us to renovate. Oh no. We declined and went for a fully renovated cottage style house we loved. They couldn't understand it, but neither my husband nor I ever wanted to renovate. We decorate and that's it. Jesus Christ. Now I'm pregnant with our first baby and our parents are already insisting that they'll take the baby overnight and weekends and during the day often. The one thing I'm certain is my baby will never be in their current construction side of a home. My child will always have a warm bedroom and a room for crit for a Christmas tree and a hot home cooked meal and a proper shower and bathroom. All the things that I never or rarely had. [00:25:27] Speaker C: Oh, I'm so happy. [00:25:28] Speaker A: I want to lay a boundary with my parents before the baby comes. There. There's no doubt that when our baby does does not go to their house. Plus if there's a bad reaction, hopefully there will be a few months to get past their anger or hurt before the baby is born. I don't know how to even broach it with them. They were loving parents in a lot of ways and I don't want to go into the past too much with them as I need everyone to stay in the present. Understand our boundaries around our child. Any suggestions? [00:26:06] Speaker B: So much to digest. [00:26:08] Speaker C: Oh my God. [00:26:09] Speaker A: So op, you know, tldr, tldl, op, you know, lived in construction sites essentially growing up all the way to 18, moved out as soon as they could. As soon as they could and met their husband and their parents are still doing the construction site bullshit, you know, renovating homes, which is, you know, cool [00:26:36] Speaker C: if you're good, they can stay together, [00:26:39] Speaker A: you know, but they're still doing it in their late 50s and you know, Opie is now pregnant and the parents are like, we'll take these kids. And Opie's like, no, you don't even have a real house. [00:26:53] Speaker C: No, they don't. And they will not understand it no matter how hard OP tries to explain. [00:27:02] Speaker A: Yeah, I want to see comments just flat out tell them a construction zone is inappropriate, unsafe for babies and small children. [00:27:12] Speaker B: Yeah, well, quite honestly also that he should just be able to tell the, the advocate, whoever was. Because the sister passed away, right? [00:27:26] Speaker A: No, it. OP is the female. Op's pregnant and the brother is 30, you know, and his. [00:27:36] Speaker B: And for some. So what happened for his parents to be able to take toasty of the kids? [00:27:44] Speaker A: No, no, like, no, they want to [00:27:45] Speaker C: offer to babysit and that kind of stuff. [00:27:49] Speaker A: So, so the, the parents are like, yeah, we'll fucking take the kids, you know, anytime you want, you know, well, they can, you know, your baby can come over here and you can get some, you know, alone time with your husband and you know, date night. [00:28:02] Speaker C: No, they're, they're, they are doing from their perspective a good thing. And so they are offering. And so it's your parents and your parents are offering you something. It's rough to say no, but you have to. [00:28:20] Speaker A: So yeah, people are just saying straight out, tell them, yeah, you're making this bigger than it needs to be. I know it feels really big to you, but handling it doesn't need to be that big of a deal. Just tell them the next time you see them, they're welcome to come over anytime, but you won't be being be bringing a baby to a home under renovation. If they argue, stand your ground and keep repeating the same thing. Resist the urge to over explain why it's not safe and I don't feel comfortable is all the explanation you need. Then give them space to work through it. [00:28:55] Speaker B: Yeah, quite honestly, that's the best way to handle this. [00:29:00] Speaker A: It's like, do, do. Did the parents make any fucking money renovating all these houses? Like do they, you know, have like a 15 million dollar house at this point? Because like I've seen people, you know, buy Houses flip them and they make a really good fucking living, you know, buying like some kind of beaten down houses. Flipping them, not complete fucking wrecks that are gonna cost, you know, more than a house to rebuild. You know, just, you know, maybe if you're not good at something, don't do it. But yeah, no, you just be like, hey, this is my baby. I don't want it to. Oh, this, this person. I think expecting your parents to understand your boundaries could lead to disappointment for you. [00:29:50] Speaker C: Oh, yes, thank you. This is what I've been trying to say. [00:29:53] Speaker A: I was taught that if family aren't safe to set boundaries with, set them with yourself. Draw a line to your partner and don't cross it. You don't owe your parents explanations. Why would your parents respect your boundaries now if they never acknowledged you and your brother's discomfort as children? [00:30:14] Speaker C: Yeah, like Op's parents are never going to understand why she's doing this. Like they never will. And so she needs to focus on the process of building the boundary, not expecting them to change because they won't. [00:30:36] Speaker A: Yeah. So Opie, just tell your parents back, nope, we're not bringing our, you know, kids there off. All right, ne. Next advice. Found a camera while house sitting. That's typical. I don't know what to do. That's just typical. You're gonna find cameras while you're house sitting. You're in someone's fucking house that you probably don't know. I, 32, female, am house dog sitting for a family. I have dog set for the past two years. This time I was asked to stay in their home for two and a half weeks with the dog. And it made sense. She's anxious and gets an upset stomach when she's at mine. They're gone for a week and she ends up having accidents. She is an old dog. Oh no. And is also struggling with bladder control. At her age, I was happy to accommodate. I'm due to go home Wednesday and when I went to bed, I turned out the lights and I was scrolling on my phone when a bright light like a flashlight shined from the desk in the guest room. I got up to check it. It was a security camera facing the bed I'm sleeping in. It's one of the same ones they have around the yard, but it wasn't mounted to anything like some people do in their homes. It was just laying on the desk, so I assumed it was a disconnected spare. Now I know it's charged and I'm worried. Someone logged into the camera and up and turn on the light while peeking in. I've been staying in and changing in this room for two weeks. Jesus. I don't know what to do. There isn't anything. There isn't enough for me to report anything. They likely saw me notice the camera because the light went off when I looked up to see what it was. I assumed if they did catch anything, they'd delete it for fear I'd say anything. It's a man and a wife in their late 40s, early 50s. They have a college bound daughter. Do I just quit? Do I try and speak with the wife privately? Am I thinking too much into this? And there's an update, but so there's a camera like facing the bed. [00:33:08] Speaker C: That is so gross. [00:33:11] Speaker A: Like I, I would imagine like the camera like being like in the living room or something like that. I'm like, okay, cool, yeah, whatever. You know, that way you can like check in on your dog and make sure that, you know, the person that's supposed to be, you know, house sitting for you is actually doing their job. But yeah, putting it in like private areas like a bedroom, it's like. Yeah, but let's see what the update said. I did end up messaging the wife just now. I'm gonna stick it out because tonight is my second to last night here. This is what I sent. Something is a bit upsetting happened when I went to bed after putting the dog down. She has to be diapered and kenneled. Jesus Christ. I was laying in the guest room when a light came on from the desk. When I looked up to see what it was, the light went off after a second. When I got up to check, it was the security camera facing the bed. I had assumed it was a spare because it hadn't been mounted and it certainly hadn't come down the whole time I've been here. I'm not trying to make any accusations, but it does make me uncomfortable knowing a live camera has been in view of where I was requested to stay and had been sleeping and changing. I had placed the lens on to the desk for my comfort. But if you'd like the camera in a public part of the house for monitoring purposes, I'm happy to move it somewhere else. Her response? Hey, me. I just wanted to confirm that there are no internal cameras active in the house, only on the outside. Doorbell, backyard, backyard itself, front yard, driveway. There is a webcam on my big monitor attached to my computer, but the laptop is turned off and the coverage should be over it. There is an old blink camera on the shelf but it is not plugged into anything. Feel free to move anything where you want to make yourself comfortable. It is possible the light you saw was. Saw Blink was a WI fi modem or router. They are built and built in on the top and second shelf and have flashing lights. When husband gets home, he is happy to go through anything you have and answer any questions. No, he should land Wednesday around 8:15, so he should expect you get back to the house by 10, depending on, you know, luggage and Uber. If that is late for you, feel free to head out earlier in the evening and that way you guys can connect on Thursday. I will confirm when our flight is actually in the air. Again, sorry for the scare and I want to reiterate, there are no active cameras in the house. See you soon. [00:36:12] Speaker C: Why is she covering? No, that's really, that's really annoying. [00:36:26] Speaker A: My response was to send a video from the bed where I saw the light and the camera sitting down. Sitting face down as I laid it, but still in position where the lens out where you could see the room. Her response? We just saw that and it did transmit. It is an old one and we took it down to send back to Arlo. Blah, blah, blah. We forgot to send it back. We're going to show you the screenshot in a movie. It hasn't worked since May yet. Deleted. So, yeah, I mean, [00:37:09] Speaker B: if you're staying in a private. Like this was in her bedroom, right? [00:37:13] Speaker A: Yeah, this is in the guest room. [00:37:15] Speaker C: No, but, no where she was. [00:37:17] Speaker B: They should have, she should have been informed and she should have been able to have it turned off so I could buy that they forgot about it. [00:37:33] Speaker A: I mean, you know, anytime you're like in a, like a room that you don't know in the house that you're like, yeah, just check for cameras. Just, you know, and you can also use your, you know, phone camera to, you know, look at any infrared. You know, just turn off the lights. Boom. Use your camera and it'll instantly detect infrared, which is pretty cool. Yeah, I, I, I don't. I, I feel like this is just gonna make the last time Op. You know, house sits for this family. [00:38:16] Speaker C: Oh, of course. So absolutely. [00:38:18] Speaker A: That's really what it is. Sorry, Op, but, you know, it's over for you [00:38:25] Speaker C: and th. [00:38:26] Speaker A: This one. My ex died today by Italian chair 24. We ended on bad terms. I haven't talked to him in five years. He emotionally cheated on me with his ex and completely betrayed me and broke my trust. However, it's been so long that I completely moved on from him to the point where I don't even hold resentment against him anymore. I didn't hate him. I just didn't want him in my life. I had him blocked for years. Today, his sister posted of his passing. He was only 26 years old. She didn't say how he died, so I have no idea what happened. And his obituary isn't online yet. I've cried more than I expected to. I took a midnight drive and listened to some of the songs we used to listen to. There was a point in my life where I was so in love with him. He was my best friend for years before we started dating. Then he was such a large part of my teenage years and even my first kiss. I am so shocked that this happened. I'm not comfortable talking to my boyfriend of four years about how I feel about this. Any advice on how to emotionally handle a situation like this? Has anyone gone through anything? Something similar? Yeah, I mean, you, you should have blocked the sister, too. That way you'd have just like, never known. You should just, like, been like, boom, there we go. That, that's all out. And then you just find out, like, you know, years later, like, months later. [00:40:14] Speaker C: Well, yeah, he was a very formative part of her life. Of course she's going to grieve. Just because they ended on bad terms doesn't mean she wished him dead. Yeah, I mean, and, like, she should tell her boyfriend, like, what she's going through. And if her boyfriend's a true man, like, he will be, like, okay. Like, he'll accept it. [00:40:35] Speaker A: I, I mean, like, she can't not [00:40:36] Speaker C: grieve, like, this is going to happen. [00:40:40] Speaker A: Well, I, like, I, I, I, I feel kind of bad because, like, you know, something similar happened, you know, just the other night with me, like, like, I was talking to, like, one of my buddies, and, like, I brought up the fact that, like, one of, like, our mutual friends passed away, and he had no idea, even though she, like, passed away, like, last November. And it's like, wow. You know, he's like. And, you know, he's like, I have to, like, deal with this now. And I'm like, wow. Like, yeah, dude, it, it's gonna be a rough one. Like, like, we, like, every single Friday, like, you know, me and, like, three of my, you know, friends played video games every single Friday. Like, we get on, and, you know, it's like one of the crew, like, just died, and it's like, we just, like, all kind of, like, just stop playing video games at that point. And it's Like, I'm like, there's no way. I'm the only one that kind of like, looked it up and be like, hey, where, you know, where's she at? And so I assumed, you know, everyone else kind of knew and it's like, wow, like, oh, no, I, I had to be the one. Yeah, that's not fun. [00:42:09] Speaker B: No, [00:42:13] Speaker A: I mean, you know, I, I, I think, like, the only thing that's like, worse than that is like, when someone has hope and you have to, like, really just like, kind of crush it all the way down, you know, like, like when my friend Shelby died, like, I was at the bar and like the last, like, you know, group message was they're waiting on the transplant team for like, the organ transplants. And like, that kind of like, went out like the rest of the community. And there was a few people that didn't understand that the organ transplants weren't for her. They were from her. And they're like, oh, the organ transplant is gonna get there and, you know, save her. It's like, you know, I, I had to be like the one, like, you know, break that down for them. Like, no, no, she, she, Yeah, like that, that sucks. So, yeah, I mean, you can grieve, you know, it doesn't matter, you know, someone was a part of your life and, you know, doesn't matter if you haven't, like, talked to him in like, months or years or whatever, you know. Now me, I, I don't talk to any of my ex girlfriends at all. So. So, like, they, they could all be dead and I'm like, I have no idea. Like, like, would you, would you be upset if, like, you know, I, you know, was upset, like, if like, one of my ex girlfriends died? Like, if I came to you and [00:43:59] Speaker C: like, hey, no, I wouldn't mind. [00:44:01] Speaker A: You wouldn't mind? [00:44:02] Speaker C: I wouldn't mind. [00:44:07] Speaker B: Cuz Alex, you're like, you guys are so cute. It's so cute. [00:44:14] Speaker A: Well, I mean, like, the, the only like, ex, like, I was with for like, any like, real amount of time, you know, she cheated on me and I'm like, ah, that, you know, and she's blocked. You know, I'm like, cool. You know, I don't care. [00:44:34] Speaker B: Yeah, no. [00:44:39] Speaker A: And the rest of them all live in California, so. Yeah, I don't have them, like, you know, connected, but we got, we got a couple news stories and then we're gonna go ahead and end this, you know. A couple good news stories. [00:44:55] Speaker B: Yep. [00:44:56] Speaker A: That we in, like, on a happy note. Not some, like, depressing, horrible Chili has eliminated leprosy. [00:45:07] Speaker C: That is amazing. [00:45:09] Speaker A: So I guess they went out and killed all the armadillos. [00:45:14] Speaker B: Oh, my God. [00:45:15] Speaker C: This is what happens when people who want world peace get together. [00:45:19] Speaker A: Yeah, they kill armadillos. [00:45:21] Speaker C: I mean, I don't care for them as a species anyway. [00:45:23] Speaker A: Armadillos are adorable. [00:45:26] Speaker C: No, they're not. They're creepy as fuck. No, they are naked. [00:45:29] Speaker A: Armadillo face. [00:45:30] Speaker C: They're naked. They have no fur. [00:45:37] Speaker A: Look at that thing. [00:45:39] Speaker C: The whole point of animals is fur. [00:45:40] Speaker A: It's so cute. [00:45:42] Speaker C: There's no fur. It's disgusting. [00:45:46] Speaker B: Oh my God. [00:45:47] Speaker A: They're like little pigs. [00:45:48] Speaker C: See, look at his nose, the little pig nose. [00:45:51] Speaker A: Disgusting. They're like little pigs that can turn into balls. I, I, I love them. They're, they're great now. I wouldn't touch one like, like that. I, I feel like they have like, claws and, you know, they have leprosy in them. At least the nine banded armadillo down in Texas has leprosy. That it could transfer to people. [00:46:26] Speaker C: Has to be right. Circumstance. [00:46:27] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, it has to be like insane. Like I, I feel like, you know, if you go around, just start eating you random armadillos, eventually one of them's gonna give you leprosy and it's gonna be like, oh, no, covet again. But this time leprosy. And like, if you walk around, your fingers start falling off. Big I have it now. He's got to get to it before it hits your dick. But good on you. Chili, you don't have leprosy. I don't think you ever really had leprosy. [00:47:00] Speaker C: Leprosy is everywhere. [00:47:06] Speaker A: How many people die of leprosy every year? [00:47:09] Speaker B: Well, you don't really die of leprosy. [00:47:11] Speaker C: No. [00:47:12] Speaker A: Oh, 4,000 people die every year. That's crazy. While it's curable with multi drug therapy, death can occur in very rare cases due to severe secondary complications. [00:47:25] Speaker C: Oh. [00:47:26] Speaker A: Overwhelming infections or untreated individuals or systemic reactions. That, that's interesting. So, yeah, I mean, they, it's damn near nothing but good job, Chili. You got rid of it. I, I like it. I'll take the W. We take those. Good job. You know, most people can't even point out Chile on a map. And this is my favorite story that I've read so far. Norway bans AI in elementary school. [00:48:09] Speaker B: Yeah, because actually it's not that good for you. [00:48:11] Speaker C: No, it's not. [00:48:12] Speaker A: AI is a mentioned slop. I'm like, good, you know, get rid of any computers or cell phones in elementary schools. Whatsoever. Like, knock that off. Yeah, we. We don't need AI to, you know, be teaching our children. [00:48:27] Speaker C: No. Because AA is going to teach you what it wants to teach you. [00:48:32] Speaker A: I. I have a theory on AI and it's that these AI companies are making, you know, it's so dirt cheap to get integrated in everything so tightly, and then they're gonna just jack up the prices and you have to pay because AI is so, you know, intricately weaved into your company, your corporation and everything that you have. [00:48:59] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:49:00] Speaker A: That you just have to pay this, you know, new price. [00:49:03] Speaker C: Yeah. No, you're held hostage. We are held hostage. [00:49:08] Speaker A: It's like. It's like. Or you could just like, not, you know, get involved with AI and then when they do that, it's like, yeah, we didn't get involved. So off. [00:49:22] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:49:24] Speaker A: So. Norway, one of the first countries to ban smartphones in schools, is now imposing a near ban on AI in elementary schools. Norwegian children between the ages of 6 and 13 will be barred from using AI in schools. Meanwhile, teenagers between 14 and 16 will only be able to use it under direct teacher supervision. [00:49:53] Speaker C: It's kind of the same way with that how it was with computers at school way in the back and you had to, like, hack in to, like, be able to actually do stuff. It's like that. [00:50:01] Speaker A: Yeah, I was part of tech team, so, like, I had, like, the ends. So, like, my friends got, like, cool benefits from me and everyone else got, like, you know, when you, like, save to your, like, high school drive, I had access to all of it. So we. We would see the dumb people would save. And, like, there was, like, one kid saving, like, a bunch of pictures of, like, drugs. Like, yeah, seriously, like, he'd, like, save, like, a bunch of pictures, like, pot leaves and mushrooms and, like, psychedelics and. And so we deleted it all and, you know, replaced it with, like, the dare dude. It's like, I dare you not. Yeah, it was hilarious. Like, we, like. The only, you know, downside is we didn't get to see his face, but it's like, I guarantee you, the next time he logged in, it's like, oh, [00:50:56] Speaker C: my God, that is amazing. [00:50:59] Speaker A: It. It was like, one of my favorite, you know, things to do. But, yeah, older students between 17 and 19 will use. Learn to use AI appropriately to prepare them for further education and work. So, yeah, I mean, Norway's smartphone ban has already yielded results, according to some studies, including higher student GPAs and fewer visits to mental health professionals. [00:51:31] Speaker C: No. [00:51:32] Speaker A: Particularly among female students. [00:51:35] Speaker C: Yes. [00:51:37] Speaker A: Many U.S. parents and teachers are Pushing back against the encroachment of AIs in schools. Yes, of course. Get rid of it. Like, there's that video of that college, you know, kid that was like getting his diploma. And then, you know, he's just like sitting there with his diploma at graduation, scrolling through all of like his Chat GBT and how Chat GBT did all of this for him. And he's just like, you know, bragging about it. Like, look at all the things. [00:52:08] Speaker B: Didn't he get his revenue? [00:52:10] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, he got it taken away. Which I find hilarious because it's like, that's how dumb you are. Like, the first thing Chat GPT should have, like, taught you is like, deny its existence. No, I didn't use no chat GPT. Yeah, not me. [00:52:26] Speaker C: Yeah, absolutely not. [00:52:28] Speaker B: Imbecile. [00:52:30] Speaker A: But I don't feel bad for him, you know, hopefully he's fucking, you know, working at Wendy's now and just getting made fun of. Yeah, it's like, aren't you the Chat GPT guy? Yeah, I'm the chat GPT guy. Fuck off. And he's just like bitter because he was just dumb. It's like, oh, yeah, you, you went out and self snitched and, you know, got fucked, but, you know, now everyone else is a problem. But yeah, that is going to be it for this week. We will see you all next week with some more fucking bullshit. You know how it goes. Yes, maybe I'll talk about how I punch myself in the face. All right, peace. [00:53:13] Speaker C: Bye. [00:53:13] Speaker B: Bye.