Shatner is Metal

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Alrighty. Alrighty, everybody. Welcome to another week of the Human podcast. I. I know, Mo. Yes. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, go, go, go do something else. [00:00:13] Speaker B: Okay. [00:00:13] Speaker A: Or. Or purr, like, directly into my microphone. People. Let people. [00:00:18] Speaker C: I can't even hear her. [00:00:20] Speaker A: I mean, here. Oh, I see. [00:00:25] Speaker C: Purr. [00:00:26] Speaker A: Yeah, she's purring. She's being a big old purr machine. I know, but I'm your host, as always, Alex Truck. We got my wife, not the truck. And we got Courtney from all the way out there in California. [00:00:42] Speaker C: Yep, I'm here. [00:00:44] Speaker A: So this week we got a fuck mochi. I have a microphone that I need to, like, have access to. I need to, like, not, like, walk in front of me. [00:00:56] Speaker C: Yep. [00:00:57] Speaker A: Find a happy spot. Find a happy spot and lay down. Lay. Don't. Don't step on that. Like, I. I couldn't imagine having a child [00:01:11] Speaker B: like. [00:01:12] Speaker A: Like, you know, she does this knowing what she's doing, but she's not doing it maliciously. A child would do this maliciously. [00:01:20] Speaker C: Oh, my God, you're so funny. Cats can be malicious, too. [00:01:25] Speaker B: Cats are so malicious. [00:01:29] Speaker A: Not my baby girl. [00:01:30] Speaker B: Cats will hold grudges for years. [00:01:33] Speaker A: All right, go. Go to your bed. Go lay in your bed. Okay. There. Go lay in your bed. Yeah, hop up. There you go. Lay down. But, yeah. So this week we got a fuckload of snow. Too much snow, I'd have to say. Like, we took all the winter, like, all the snow we were supposed to have for the entire winter season and just dumped it all in one week. [00:02:08] Speaker B: Yay for climate change. [00:02:10] Speaker A: I don't think it's climate change. I think it's just lazy Mother Nature. [00:02:13] Speaker B: What the fuck do you think climate change means? [00:02:17] Speaker A: I don't think means anything. I'm not Al Gore. [00:02:20] Speaker C: Oh, my God. [00:02:21] Speaker B: Whatever. The point is, that's why this is happening. [00:02:25] Speaker A: But, I mean, I'm okay with having, like, a warm winter. I'm okay with having less snow and everything burning. You know, the state's the lost cause anyway, but. [00:02:41] Speaker C: You're funny. [00:02:42] Speaker A: I know. [00:02:43] Speaker B: I miss the snow now that it happens less, and I hate that about myself. [00:02:48] Speaker A: But my wife will sit at home, like, it's too cold. [00:02:51] Speaker B: It is too cold. It is too cold. I don't know why this. The snow has to come with cold first. Because if it's not, if it's not cold, then it's rain. And snow's, like, pretty, and it makes the outside world, like, a lot less noisy to my ears. And so, like, it's, like, not. It's a lot quieter outside when it's snow nose, and I like that part. And I like making snow angels. And I like tossing chai tea in the snow. [00:03:15] Speaker C: Wow. [00:03:15] Speaker B: Te's my cat. [00:03:17] Speaker A: Let's see. Weather report. Right now, it's 25 degrees out here. Like, I go to the weather Channel for all my. Because I like it. Because it does 10 days. I'm not turning off that ad blocker. No, thanks. Yeah, it's gonna be nice. Look it. Tuesday, it's gonna get to 70 degrees. [00:03:47] Speaker B: I can't wait. [00:03:51] Speaker A: No more snow. Nothing. [00:03:54] Speaker B: Like, the snow is so pretty. It's so pretty, but it's so cool. [00:03:59] Speaker A: But I personally hate it because I have to drive through the worst of it to where it's, like, fucking dumping, and I. I have to, like, put on chains, and it's all fucking stupid. And today I was driving back, and I. If you're out here fucking snowboarding and skiing and all that dumbass bullshit, you can go fuck yourselves. If you decide that, you know, 10 o' clock is a perfectly good time to go skiing and snowboarding, you know, you've already missed the train. You know, you. You're a dumb. And I honestly hope you fall off your snowboard and hit your head, because you're dumb. Like, I it from chain station to chain station on, like, a sunny day. 20 minutes. 20 minutes is all it should ever take. You know, I. I should be able to get over that mountain. 20 minutes, no time flat. Boom. Today, to get to the top of the mountain, not to the other chain station, just to the top of the mountain where the ski resort was. It took me an hour and a half because about 5,000 people decided they wanted to go skiing and snowboarding. And, you know, they all saw the line and they all decided to ski in the line. And I. I watched people look at the signs that say, this lot is full. Further parking, you know, up ahead. And then they would pull over and ask the people standing there if the lot was full. And I'm like, people that, you know, go up in snow mountains are dumb people. And I watch like, 12 of them in a row. All of them pull over. Is this lot full? Yes, this lot is full. Thus, that's why we have the sign here and we're pointing for you to go down to the other parking. And, like, legitimately, I. I like, watch to every single parking lot, just them pull over is this one. And all of them had signs. And, like, I wanted to get out of my truck and just start punching people. [00:06:27] Speaker C: I'm like, just because they're Dumb. [00:06:28] Speaker A: They're the dumbest. Like, I've seen less busy Black Fridays today. Definitely broke records for that mountain. And like I, I looked over at the ski resort and I just saw a mass of people, like, just like a crowd, like a giant concert venue worth of people trying to get onto the lift. Now the lift is efficient, you know, I'll give it that. You know, it can fit like two people at a time. You know, go, go, go, go, go. You know, if these people were fast and, you know, paying the attention, they're not. They're all smoking weed and doing Molly while, you know, going down the mountain and there's way too many of them. And like I, I, I watched like, you know, just masses of people at like 11 o' clock this morning waiting for the bus that had a three hour wait. And I'm like, you guys are gonna get there, get to do one lift to the top of the mountain, find out that there's too many people, have a terrible time, and then have to walk back to your car because the buses all went home for the day. Ah. And I, like, I, I told God, I, I prayed to God. I'm like, God, if you cause an avalanche and kill like a thousand people, I will be your most devout servant ever. Like, I will, you know, make Job look like a fucking heathen. [00:08:08] Speaker B: Well, this is just another side effect of fucking climate change because literally what happens because there's less snow once there is a thing of snow, everyone wants to go fucking play in the snow. So everyone's going to go leave the city right at that time and make a fucking bottleneck as opposed to, if it was snowing regularly, people would be going. Like everyone who wanted to go would have different opportunities to go and all this would been spread out. But because it doesn't happen as often, everyone now has to go, oh, what [00:08:33] Speaker A: are you talking about? We have, you know, a crazy amount of mountains out here. You know, like Wolf Creek is not even a popular mountain. Like, like Wolf Creek. Like the Highest recorded was 6300. Like I recorded like 5000 in the 10 miles of bumper to bumper fucking double lane traffic going up that mountain. Yeah, I'm just like, oh, yeah, there, there's easily 5,000 people here just trying to go, you know, snowboard and like they, they're all parking in areas that were not parking areas. And it was so slow. There was a dude on skis walking, like with his skis on his feet walking to the ski resort faster than we were driving and he beat us to the Ski resort. I'm just like, like, God, just create an avalanche. Just kill like a thousand of them. You know, I, I, and he didn't do it, you know, no one died up there. Kept them all safe. And I'm like, all right, well, cool. I don't have to be a devout Jesus freak, I guess. But I, I finished today with 15 minutes left when I was supposed to finish with like four hours left. It was just sitting there, chaining up, unchaining, you know, sitting behind idiots that have no business being on the road whatsoever. [00:10:13] Speaker B: Like, well, I don't, I don't understand why everyone in the state, almost everyone in the state cannot drive in the [00:10:18] Speaker A: snow because they come from California. They come out here from California and they're like, oh, I think I know how to drive in the snow. I know everything because I'm from California. And then they fucking crash and then, you know, they die and it has to shut down everything. And it's like, oh, guess what? You're gonna have a six hour fucking delay because someone died up here. And it's like, that's sad. That sucks. But, you know, fucking, you know, push them over to the side and let other fucking people go. [00:10:44] Speaker B: Like the first year I moved out here with you, like that winter, that was awful for me. I made so many mistakes. I got towed so many times. But after that, the next time, by next winter, I knew what it was going to be and I adapted. And I've been so much better in the snow ever since. Like, I learned from my mistakes. So other people can do that too. [00:11:06] Speaker A: Yeah. I saw more out of state plates up there on the mountain than I did in state plates. It was, you know, Florida, fucking Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico. I'm like, go home. [00:11:20] Speaker C: You know, it's like at least an avalanche didn't happen. [00:11:24] Speaker A: I wanted it to. Now avalanches don't happen up on the ski resort. It's not steep enough. Like, we do have an avalanche area and avalanches do happen all the time, but, you know, it won't. Yeah, I'm like, just, you know, ruin someone else. Like ruin these snowboarders days. [00:11:46] Speaker C: Well, nine died in an avalanche in Lake Tahoe. [00:11:51] Speaker A: Oh, thank God. Oh, wait, my brother works there. [00:11:56] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:11:58] Speaker A: Wait, was it the ski resort? [00:12:02] Speaker C: I don't know. [00:12:02] Speaker A: Avalanche and Lake Tahoe. Nine skier bodies. Back country skiers. Oh, the worst people. Oh, they're awful, these pieces of. Oh, yeah, yeah, look, look at this, look at this. You know, Andrew Alexandros from Nevada. Fucking Michael Henry from Tampa Bay, Florida, you know, Nikki Cho from, you know, South Lake Tahoe. That one's sad. You were at home and you're doing what you're supposed to do, you know. Kerry Atkin, 42, you know, it's like you're 42. What the fuck are you doing out backcountry skiing though? [00:12:57] Speaker B: I'm sorry. People in their 40s can still enjoy life, you know. [00:13:00] Speaker A: Liz, you know Clawbog, 52 from Boise, Idaho. You have your own snow. Don't come out here. [00:13:08] Speaker B: It snows in Idaho a lot. Aren't they at like a bottom of a dead ocean? [00:13:13] Speaker A: What? No. Idaho is one of the few states that I've driven through that I'm pretty damn sure I drove through someone's field and did not know it. [00:13:26] Speaker B: That's awful. [00:13:27] Speaker A: I. I'm pretty damn sure like, like. Cuz it's like all farm country out there. I'm pretty damn sure I just drove through someone's field because there's like no like road signs anywhere. It's just all open. I'm just like, I. I think this is a road and you know, it all, it's all flat and I'm, it's like cool. I'm like, oh, there's a, you know, street sign way the over there. Let me go over that way. And I'm like, pretty damn sure. Yeah, I was like in some, you know, random dude's field. Yeah, I had chainsaw and so it was fine. But. But yeah, I mean like, you know, and then, you know. Caroline Seckar, 45, from San Francisco. Yeah, it's like, ah, that and it's, you know, okay. [00:14:20] Speaker B: San Francisco is its own identity. [00:14:24] Speaker A: Yeah. If you're from San Francisco, stay in San Francisco. Just stay there. [00:14:29] Speaker B: It's a culture. [00:14:31] Speaker A: Yeah. You do not go snowboarding. I don't give a, you know, if you're from California, just stay where the sun is. Don't, you know, go out to where the snow is. You know, if you're like, oh, I want to go see the snow, go up to like Oregon or something. [00:14:47] Speaker B: Just go to the beach whenever you can. If you're in Cali, [00:15:04] Speaker C: Anti vacation guy over here. [00:15:07] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm anti vacation it. If you are unfamiliar with the weather, you know, if you want to go, you know, to Florida and be like, yeah, cool, you know, you're not gonna, you know, be up the traffic. But if you want to come over here and up my traffic routine because you do not know how to drive in the snow, stay the home. We don't need you out here. You Know, not knowing how to drive and travel, like, legitimately. Legitimately. Wednesday, you know, I am up on Wolf Creek Pass, you know, going through and chaining up, and I see, like, this Chrysler blow by me. You know, as I'm chaining up, I'm like, all right, cool. Whatever. He's a, you know, dipshit. And then, you know, two miles up the road, he's just stuck in the middle of the road, just. And, like, some, you know, nice dude gets out to kind of, you know, push him a bit, and he, like, gaves up, and we all just drive around them. It's like, there. That's what you get, you know, for him not being from this area and wanting to come check it out. If you want to see, you know, pictures of snow, go on Google. The amount of times I've been, you know, in a breakfast room at a hotel and seen, like, old ladies, I've never seen snow before. And they're out here from Florida, and I'm like, why did you decide to do this now? You've had your entire life to go see snow? [00:16:32] Speaker C: Like, they probably didn't. They probably had to work, and now they're tired. [00:16:39] Speaker A: You don't have to work every day. [00:16:43] Speaker C: Yeah, but I wouldn't go just for one day across the country, get on a plane. Bill wouldn't do that. Like, if I was going somewhere, I'd make it. Like, we went to Puerto Rico. We were there for, like, what, one to two weeks? Yeah, yeah, yeah, [00:17:03] Speaker A: yeah. And I. I wasn't there up their traffic, you know, A hurricane did that. [00:17:09] Speaker C: Yep. [00:17:15] Speaker A: And hurricane's like, hey, guess what? You guys are gonna stay in New York now. [00:17:21] Speaker C: Yeah, it was doing. [00:17:24] Speaker B: It was. Was really stupid. [00:17:26] Speaker A: I mean, we. We got to go see the, you know, aquarium over there. [00:17:32] Speaker B: I feel bad. We should have gone to the met. [00:17:35] Speaker A: To the Met? [00:17:36] Speaker C: Yeah. I really wanted to go. It was really pretty. [00:17:39] Speaker B: Yeah, no, we should have gone. That was my bad. [00:17:43] Speaker C: That's okay. [00:17:44] Speaker A: I mean, you can, you know, go to New York anytime you want. [00:17:48] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:17:49] Speaker A: It's just that Ubers and, you know, lifts over in New York are wildly expensive, and the subway is dangerous, [00:18:00] Speaker B: so would Uber. Are Uber and Lyft, like, around. Around, like, the same price as taxis in New York? Are they less expensive? [00:18:07] Speaker A: It depends. [00:18:08] Speaker B: Because, like, being, like, a taxi in New York is, like, a thing thing you get. You get, like, like, a special badge or something. [00:18:13] Speaker A: You get a medallion. Yes. And your medallion costs a whole bunch of money. You are, you know, the. It qualifies you to be a Trusted member to drive people around New York. [00:18:26] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:18:27] Speaker A: Efficiently. [00:18:31] Speaker C: What happens if you were taxing and didn't have a medallion? [00:18:36] Speaker A: Then you might get kidnapped and, you know, thrown on a shipping container and shipped off to China. And that's your fault. [00:18:43] Speaker B: It kind of is. [00:18:47] Speaker A: You know, it's like if you, if someone pulls up, hey, do you need a ride? And you get in, they stick a needle in your neck and you pass out and wake up in a shipping container heading to China. You know, it's like, oh, well, you know, who saw this coming? Yeah, everybody. So, yeah, no, I, I, I hate tourists that are, you know, out here to driving the snow or see snow for the first time. If you come out and you know what you're doing, you're a person after my own heart. Hell, yeah. But if you're out here fucking, you know, racing to get in front of me and then, oh, it's a little bit icy and a little bit slippery and you fucking slam on your goddamn brakes. Oh, I hope the worst fucking pain comes to you. I hope you like yourself. Like, right when you see a pretty girl, like, I hope you step on a Lego. Like, [00:19:43] Speaker C: this is why you couldn't drive when we were on vacation. [00:19:47] Speaker A: Like, I hate bad drivers. I hate them now. [00:19:56] Speaker C: I fuck this. [00:20:00] Speaker A: So, Yep, you know, I, I feel bad for these, you know, people that, you know, died and, you know, I [00:20:10] Speaker B: just feel, I don't feel bad for them, but I feel bad for their families. Does that make sense? [00:20:14] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, they're dead. So it's like. [00:20:16] Speaker C: Yeah, well, I mean, how could they have known that an avalanche was going to happen? [00:20:21] Speaker A: Yeah, they were in where the snow is at and it says avalanche in every avalanche area. [00:20:30] Speaker C: Yeah, but were they in an avalanche area? [00:20:32] Speaker A: Yes, there's a mountain with snow on it. It's an avalanche area. It's like, you know, do they do [00:20:42] Speaker B: like the controlled avalanches in Tahoe the way they do with fires? [00:20:45] Speaker A: They do it everywhere. Yeah, they do charges at the top and, you know, knock it down, but they can't do it non stop. You know, you can do three hours of snow and big boom and ready for another avalanche. Yes. [00:21:03] Speaker B: Avalanches do anything good? [00:21:05] Speaker A: Yeah, I, I, I'm sure, you know, like they've killed a pedophile before. Like, someone has to have been like a pedophile that like died in an avalanche. And it's like, all right, you did good avalanche with that one. I've been in an avalanche [00:21:29] Speaker B: more than one. [00:21:30] Speaker A: Me. [00:21:31] Speaker B: Yeah, [00:21:34] Speaker A: I mean, smaller ones. I can drive around though. I Don't count those. [00:21:39] Speaker B: But yeah, avalanches are quite honestly, besides humans good things. [00:21:43] Speaker A: I mean, like, I. I've had a. You know, my other co worker got hit by an avalanche, like, directly and almost died. [00:21:51] Speaker B: Yeah, but it does so much good for the. The environment, though. Like, if it weren't for humans, like, it would be something that's supposed to happen. And even with humans, it's still something that needs to happen. [00:22:02] Speaker A: I like yelling in my truck thinking that I'm causing avalanches, and it never happens. But I did almost watch a tree kill a guy because, like, a tree was, like, falling off the mountain. And, like, I just see, like, this thing just go boom, boom, boom. I'm like. And the guy that's about to get hit sees it as it's about to hit him, and then it just, like, lays on the side of the road and spares his life. I'm like, dude, that have been pretty metal to see this guy die. But, like, he was driving. Okay, so I'm like, he didn't deserve to die, but. All right, let's get into some news. I. I had to, like, you know, kind of search for this one. The alcohol industry has lost 830 billion in four years because Gen Z is not drinking. That just means us millennials need to drink more. [00:23:04] Speaker B: This is amazing. I love everything about this, though. [00:23:08] Speaker C: Also. I just looked it up. The place that they went to wasn't an avalanche area. [00:23:14] Speaker A: If it has snow and a mountain, it's an avalanche area. Like, if I go in the ocean, it's like, this might not be a shark area, but it could be a shark area. [00:23:24] Speaker B: Okay. There's a difference between sharks and tsunamis. [00:23:30] Speaker A: I mean, not really. [00:23:32] Speaker B: Okay, no, you can't compare. You can't compare sharks to an avalanche. You need to compare an avalanche to a tsunami. Yeah, I mean, those two do not equate. [00:23:42] Speaker A: Anywhere you go, there can be a tsunami. Anywhere you go, there can be a hurricane. It's like, oh, yeah, you're in la. There's never going to be a hurricane here. It's like, you know, let's see. I like doing this. When was the last hurricane in la? Oh, 2023. [00:24:06] Speaker B: So three years ago. [00:24:09] Speaker A: So, yes, everywhere, you know. You know, Hurricane Hillary, Southern California, August 21, 2023. So, yes, everywhere can be hit with a hurricane. You know, if you're in snowy mountains, yes, there can be an avalanche. And if your guides, like, there's no chance of an avalanche, your guy's an idiot. You know, there's always a chance of danger. If you're gonna go out and do some dangerous, like. Like I can be in a gun store and, you know, they'll take a gun out of the case, clear it, you know, check it, you know, no. No bullets have ever been, you know, put in this gun. And then they'll hand it to me. I will check it, clear it, and then, you know, observe the gun, then hand it back to them, and then they will, you know, check it and clear it and all that again before putting in the case, you know, because it's, you know, it's happened before where, you know, bullet got in there somehow and something bad happened. So you always have to, like, quadruple check everything, but bad things can happen. So. But back to this alcohol. So the global alcohol industry has lost 830 billion in market value in just four years. You know, the culprit, A generation that looked at drinking culture and decided it wasn't for them because it's expensive. [00:25:51] Speaker B: It is expensive. You know, you have good taste. It's expensive. [00:25:58] Speaker A: It's also way cheaper. Like, I buy, like, dollar beers. It's fine, you know, and they're like, saying, oh, yeah, the new generation doesn't want to drink. It's like, the new generation is just a bunch of fucking losers. [00:26:15] Speaker B: Oh, no. What's their drug of choice? [00:26:18] Speaker C: Weed. [00:26:19] Speaker A: Vapes. [00:26:20] Speaker C: We do weed and. [00:26:21] Speaker A: Oh, y' all do. [00:26:23] Speaker C: Sorry, guys. [00:26:24] Speaker A: Vapes. Like a song. Oh, what? [00:26:28] Speaker C: My back. I overdid it today. I so overdid it. My back hurts so bad. And I already iced it, guys. And put, like, my strongest pain relieving cream on it. And it, like, usually gets a little bit better this time it's been. Now I'm getting high, guys. [00:26:56] Speaker A: I mean, like, if you really think about it, like, what if they, like, went back to prohibition? What if they went back to making alcohol illegal? [00:27:06] Speaker B: Prohibition, you know, didn't fix things. [00:27:08] Speaker C: Prohibition, it just made a black market. [00:27:12] Speaker A: Exactly. And that's our argument against gun control. Make makes black markets. [00:27:23] Speaker C: My God. [00:27:28] Speaker A: But I mean, it. It did. [00:27:30] Speaker B: It. [00:27:30] Speaker A: It stopped people from drinking, and then they did it. [00:27:33] Speaker B: How do we know that? [00:27:35] Speaker A: Oh, because they went blind from drinking pure ethanol. [00:27:41] Speaker C: Like, people, you know, though, like, alcohol, like, people used to make it to do their own fuel. So, like, they were burning clear alcohol and it was better for the environment. And now you can't do that anymore unless your car is a flex fuel and you still have to have it with gasoline. So they definitely know a way for us to, like, be more sustainable and not rely on gas. So Much. But they're pricks. [00:28:13] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. I mean, like, the deuce and a half already does that. It's an old military vehicle. It can run on anything. You put it in there. You go ahead and piss in the tank, it'll run on that. That's fine. You know, some of these old machines are, you know, great. And, yes, we. We have, you know, come up with a million different ways to, you know, move our vehicles around, and I. All I say is, you know, design a city better. Design a city to where, you know, buses can get you where you need to go and to where it's easy to, you know, walk to the local grocery store and walk to your job or take a bike to your job, you know? [00:29:04] Speaker B: Well, there's no such thing as mom and pop grocery stores anymore. Like, they're all big places. [00:29:09] Speaker A: Don't matter if it's mom and pop, you know? Like, remember I used to walk to [00:29:15] Speaker C: work, [00:29:17] Speaker A: like, every day. I do, you know, get on my lamb feets and walk my happy ass to work, you know, be a couple miles away, and boom, I'm there. And, you know, I used to work at Walmart, so it was also a grocery store. And I'm like, cool. I didn't actually have a need for a car, And. And it worked out really well. [00:29:43] Speaker B: I have a cooworker who doesn't have a car, and all of us take turns giving her rides to and from work, and it's really annoying. Like, it's really annoying. [00:29:59] Speaker A: Tell her to get a car. Tell her that, you know, your lack of planning isn't, you know, my emergency. [00:30:09] Speaker B: Like, if you were like, a walker from work. [00:30:14] Speaker C: Is this a co worker from work? [00:30:17] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:30:18] Speaker C: Yeah, it's not your problem. [00:30:23] Speaker A: See, like, I. I had a co worker, you know, today that, you know, he's like, oh, I have a, you know, a tire off the rim. I'm like, okay. You know, do you have a jack or anything? You can jack that up. You do you have a cheetah, you know? He's like, I don't have any of that stuff. I'm like, well, my goal. Good luck, bud. He's like, my dad's coming to help me. I'm like, all right, then you're fine. You know, I. I don't have to, you know, go out of my way to, you know, make sure that he doesn't fucking, you know, die. But then. Then, like, I get to his, you know, vehicle anyway, and he has a truck. I'm like, dude, yeah, I have a truck. You know, Put a jack in there, put all your, you know, basic repair in there and you'll be fine. He's like, do you have a jack? I, I do, but I'm not gonna give mine to you because the second I do, I'm gonna be, I'm gonna need a jack. So I don't know. But yeah, so all, all this, you know, the Gen Z, they're all sober because they're all smoking weed and doing drugs. Yeah, we, we didn't have a bunch of cool drugs. We didn't have cool vapes. We didn't have any of that. Cool. So we had to drink alcohol. Not good tasting alcohol neither. Fucking harsh. Alcohol sucked. You know, and the way we got through it is like, have you tried being a man? Be a man. Stop being a little pussy, bitch. Fucking take that shot of tequila. Don't make a face. You're a pussy. And that, that's, you know, how we, how we had fun. So a lot of babies are born. You're welcome, Gen Z. But next story, William Shatner is going to release a full metal album featuring 35 hand picked musicians. [00:32:41] Speaker B: Is he singing on it or is he just backing it? [00:32:44] Speaker A: I think he's just backing it. I think he's just like, you know, will like the best of like, you know, William Shatner's favorites, you know, it's just like a whole, you know. [00:32:59] Speaker B: Oh no. He'll be doing covers. [00:33:02] Speaker A: Oh no. [00:33:03] Speaker B: Oh no. Oh [00:33:10] Speaker A: yeah. He, he's gonna, you know, it's never [00:33:12] Speaker B: too late to make your own music. I feel bad for saying oh no. [00:33:18] Speaker A: Like, like I want to see him like do like Iron Man. Just be like, I am Iron Man. Do you not know Iron Man? [00:33:37] Speaker B: No. [00:33:38] Speaker A: It's okay. [00:33:39] Speaker C: Yeah, I also, I loved playing the video game. I think I did it. I forgot what place, what I played it on though. [00:33:49] Speaker A: What? [00:33:51] Speaker C: I don't know if it was Xbox, PS4, Wii or like another one. [00:33:56] Speaker A: Well, Guitar Hero. [00:33:59] Speaker C: No. Iron man video game. [00:34:04] Speaker A: Yeah, it's a song. Oh my God. [00:34:09] Speaker C: Well, in the movie too. [00:34:11] Speaker A: I feel so old right now. Oh my God. Oh, God damn. Like I, I would like to see him like put like Slayer on, you know, with, with rain and blood. Ah, it's raining blood from the lacerated sky. [00:34:34] Speaker B: I'm so, I'm so sad I missed out on that genre, but I was exposed to it too late to enjoy it. [00:34:40] Speaker A: I still enjoy it. What are you talking about? [00:34:43] Speaker B: I can't appreciate it. My taste in music are already so solidified. I hate it. [00:34:50] Speaker A: Phenomenal. [00:34:52] Speaker B: No. One time Tron pointed out that no matter what genre I listen to, I'm always listening to sounds, to songs that sound exactly the same. Yeah, it doesn't matter what genre. I'm still listening to the exact same stuff. And I'm like, yeah, yeah, that tracks. [00:35:10] Speaker A: All right, now we're gonna, you know, go on like a little fucking tangents over here on like, ask men advice. I, I saw this one. I'm like, I fucking relate this one by no zucchini to 2088. How am I supposed to be okay with a small penis? You know, I've measured a million times. I've four and a half at the very best. It is what it is. I've been rejected, but I also have good experiences. However, I'm tired of pretending it doesn't bother me. I'm not a virgin. So please refrain from, you know, giving sex advice. I wish people understood that it's more than just sexual. The issue is more psychological. I know penetration isn't everything. We have our hands and our mouths. There's just no substitute for railing someone out. I know people suggest extenders, sleeves, but how am I supposed to feel good using one of those to emulate something others naturally have? Endowed guys have, you know, hands and mouths. So what? Then? Sure, not every woman cares about size, but I've met enough in person that want to get. And knowing that I can't give them that is, you know, honestly pretty damning. Even when I have sex, it's not the kind of sex I want. It's also mentally exhausting being under endowed. There's always this doubt and, you know, hesitance. Whenever I meet someone new, I always brace for the rejection and see if they'll laugh if we got together. I wonder if people settle because of some other positive attributes but secretly get their sexual needs elsewhere. I hate this. And this is a real possibility for me. Even when I do have sex. I wonder if they're just faking it to please me because they like me. It sucks, you know, that I can never truly relax my own mind and body. Honestly, I don't feel sexually valid. I don't feel masculine and powerful. And it's hard to feel that way when your size has stayed the same as when you were 11. I hate saying. I hate the saying, find someone who loves you for you. I grew up sexual and always wanted to hook up and have casual sex. And it's a very weird feeling knowing you're able to attract people but have a size uncommon enough to turn people off. I know it's a very first world problem. And I've. But I've had a feeling for years. I wish people understood it. Not just about pleasuring your partner, but feeling secure in yourself. I'm not second guessing, you know, if you are enough, then you will have sexual agency that'll make you sexually desirable. So this dude has a tiny little fucking four and a half inch, you know, penis. And he's like, how do I feel, you know, better about myself? [00:38:16] Speaker B: This is where. This is when you go to therapy, dude. You know, once you know something's like, just up, like, in your head. Like, you know what's in your head? That's when you go ask for help with the stuff that's stuck in your head. [00:38:29] Speaker A: No, you know, I feel like it's, you know, dudes that, like, look at porn and, you know, like, oh, I'm not, you know, that endowed. Oh, like. Like, go to a gym locker room, you will see a bunch of up dicks. You know, you'll feel way better about yourself. [00:38:47] Speaker B: I mean, I'm not trying to invalidate Opie's feelings, so all of his feelings are valid, but if he's feeling this way and he knows he's feeling this way, that's when you go ask for help. [00:38:56] Speaker A: Opie, I'm gonna say this right now. I. I entered myself into a tiny dick contest on the Internet. My dick is on the Internet forever, you know, because I. I entered into this and this was years ago, so good luck ever finding it. And, you know, I entered in and I lost, like, round one. It's like, no, you're not fucking small enough. You know, And I. I showed flaccid fucking penis. And I'm like, oh, babe, when you [00:39:26] Speaker B: told me you were going to do that, I was like, he's immediately going to lose. Like, that was my first. First thought. [00:39:32] Speaker A: Yeah, know, like, I. I saw who won. I'm like, God damn. It was like some, you know, fat, like, guy too. And they're like, oh, the. Like, yeah, give it to him. Holy. He's fat. Like, in a wheelchair, too. I'm like, ah. I'm like, I don't think he has enough money to get to Skank Fest. But, yeah, [00:39:59] Speaker D: so. [00:39:59] Speaker A: Yep, you know, don't look at, you know, other dudes. Just be, you know, comfortable in who you are. It's fine. [00:40:05] Speaker B: But it's difficult. [00:40:07] Speaker A: Yeah, it's difficult. [00:40:08] Speaker B: I can appreciate Op's feelings a lot. [00:40:11] Speaker A: It's like chicks without big tits. [00:40:13] Speaker B: This is not a good place to be. [00:40:15] Speaker A: You know, like, chicks with like, tiny tits that, like, want bigger tits are like, oh, I can't attract it, you know, Dude. Because I have tiny tits. It's like, there are dudes that are way into that. [00:40:24] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:40:28] Speaker A: So. Yeah. Find who, you know, matches you and you're all good. And, you know, go to therapy and, you know, if you want, I'll send you a picture of my dick and you can be like, oh, dude, at least I don't have that dick. Jesus Christ. Holy. You know. But on to the next one. Should you still go on a date even if you don't find them that attractive? [00:41:02] Speaker B: No, [00:41:06] Speaker C: I'd go. Yeah, because you never know because, like, sometimes, like, what makes a person attractive is, like, their person personality and you're not going to know. I try it, but, like, I. If they got a second date, it would matter if they'd wowed me during the date. [00:41:30] Speaker B: Fair enough. [00:41:31] Speaker A: So. So you'd go on a date with, like, an ugly dude? [00:41:35] Speaker B: Oh, my God. Looks don't matter. [00:41:39] Speaker C: Depends. Some ugly guys I don't like. [00:41:46] Speaker B: Like, then, like, the prettier someone looks, the more I immediately distrust them. [00:41:52] Speaker A: That's why I love Mr. Bean. He's great. [00:41:55] Speaker B: No, he's a creep. [00:41:56] Speaker A: What are you talking about? [00:41:57] Speaker B: I hate his eyebrows. I cannot look at him. He creeps me out. [00:42:02] Speaker C: He is like, if. If they had, like, a creepy smile. Oh, yeah, I might not. [00:42:07] Speaker A: Yeah, no. Like, do you know who Mr. Bean is? [00:42:12] Speaker C: Mr. Bean? I feel like I do. Isn't he, like, a British Urkel? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know who he is. I would go on a date with him. [00:42:24] Speaker A: Holy. He's old as hell now. [00:42:27] Speaker B: Of course he's old. [00:42:29] Speaker A: Holy. [00:42:30] Speaker C: I'm looking a picture of Mr. Bean and pictures of different ugly guys. [00:42:33] Speaker A: One. [00:42:35] Speaker C: Yeah, definitely. If he was, I honestly, he'd probably have to be closer to my age, but, like. Yeah. Oh, let's see what ugly guys I was looking at. [00:42:49] Speaker A: Ugly men. Let's go to images of ugly. [00:42:57] Speaker C: Like, there's a few that I definitely wouldn't go out with. Like, I might still go, but, like, I don't know, even afterwards. Let's see. Okay, there we go, guys. This is what came up for ugly guys. [00:43:20] Speaker A: I mean, like, not the. A lot of that's just AI [00:43:26] Speaker C: and some of it's not. [00:43:30] Speaker A: But yeah, I mean, like, you just, like, you. You give, like, the fugly looking dude a chance. You're. You're a hero. [00:43:41] Speaker C: Like, it would depend on if he had his teeth or not. Like, I don't think I'd go out with Someone without teeth, they'd have to have like falsies or something. Yeah, very good reason. They didn't have teeth. [00:43:53] Speaker A: Teeth did meth for 20 years. All the teeth fell out. [00:44:00] Speaker C: Nope. [00:44:02] Speaker A: And that now they're. [00:44:03] Speaker C: Because then he'd have other health problems. [00:44:07] Speaker A: What if they're like, you know, getting back up on their feet? They did math and then now they're clean. You know, they have like a five year sober chip and you know, they're, they have a job and they're able to like pay for like the things. But they still have, you know, 20 years of math on them. [00:44:22] Speaker B: It's like, no, but I understand the worry, the long term health implications and the responsibility that it would put on you. [00:44:31] Speaker C: Yeah, because I'm already taking care of my dad. I'm not going to take care of someone else. [00:44:35] Speaker A: I mean, you're not gonna have to take care of them. Like they can still, you know, get around and you know, they're able to get away pretty unscathed and they're just know, want to take you out on a date, but you know. [00:44:49] Speaker C: Yeah, I don't think so. Like it would depend, like they'd have to have a health check. Like we would never get married. [00:44:59] Speaker A: Like, like, what if, what if, like they were like, you know, they like used to be like a hardcore racist, but like now they're like reformed. Like Daryl Davis got to them and they're like, oh, I was wrong. [00:45:13] Speaker C: There'd be other factors that I'd have to consider. Like, did they commit hate crimes? Like, because that's gonna end up following them. [00:45:23] Speaker A: Nope, they didn't do anything. [00:45:24] Speaker C: There was this duty that I saw, there was this judge duty that I saw where a guy had longer hair and his brother in law was supposed to cut it, but he did it while he was sleeping and he uncovered a racist tattoo on his head that he never got removed. [00:45:43] Speaker A: Yeah, there's a whole doctor show about that where, you know, like the dude had like a big ass beard and like all his friends were like, you know, he's like in the hospital and all his friends like, hey, let's shave his beard. He had swastikas on his face. He's like, what the. I'm suing all of you. I'm like, yeah, that, that's legitimate. [00:46:06] Speaker B: It is, [00:46:09] Speaker C: yeah. Like if he never asked for a haircut, then yeah, I want, I, I forgot if she gave him a judgment or not. [00:46:17] Speaker A: Yeah, probably. That's assault. Cutting someone's. [00:46:21] Speaker C: Well, no, because he agreed to it, but he wasn't let me see if [00:46:25] Speaker B: he wasn't awake for it. That is not consent. [00:46:27] Speaker A: Yeah, you can't be consenting while asleep. So, you know, I'm not a lawyer. [00:46:32] Speaker C: That was pretty nice. [00:46:35] Speaker A: But if someone was, you know, cut hair while someone's asleep, you know, it can constitute an assault charge. But you did get the fucking tattoos, [00:46:48] Speaker B: you know, how expensive is tattoo removal? Because I know it's pretty painful. [00:46:53] Speaker A: Fucking way more expensive than getting a cover up tattoo. Might as well just, you know, get something bigger and, you know, kind of hide the old design in the tattoo. [00:47:08] Speaker C: Yeah, [00:47:12] Speaker A: so, but yeah, like, for as, for like a dude, it's like, you know, would I go on a date with a woman that I don't? Yeah, I mean like a hundred percent. You know, any woman that comes up, you know, like, unless he's like kind of like a player boy, you know, any chick that comes up and gives a dude attention is like, yeah, you're the most beautiful girl in the world. You know, especially he's kind of like a loser dude. Just go up and be like, hi, how you doing? Boom. Yeah, that dude will date you and treat you like a goddamn queen. [00:47:59] Speaker C: Okay, I found it, [00:48:10] Speaker A: But oh yeah, I'm gonna save that one for the last. And then, then I saw this one. Do you let, you know, for men, do you let your female friends know when you think that they look cute in a certain color, you know, sweater or outfit? [00:48:33] Speaker C: Wait, what? [00:48:34] Speaker A: So like what type of outfit, you know, cute in a certain color sweater or outfit? Like, you know, so like, if someone, you know, like a female friend has like a cute dress on, you know, do you let them know that they look cute in that dress? Like platonically. [00:48:57] Speaker B: Okay, so there's a difference. Okay, so if I have a friend tell me you look cute enough dress versus you look hot in that dress. Those are two different connotations. [00:49:06] Speaker D: Does that make sense? [00:49:08] Speaker C: I think it would depend on delivery. [00:49:11] Speaker B: Yes, delivery. Also, like, they're like. This is, you can definitely say this in a platonic way. Like, absolutely. It just, it really depends on how you are inferring that. But there's a way to say it that would give a misconception that does not need to be there. [00:49:30] Speaker A: I mean, like, for all my male friends, yeah, like I will go like straight to like sexual harassment. Like I, you know, I can do that. But like for, you know, female friends, it's like, yeah, you know, just take a couple steps back and don't do any of that. You know what I mean? It's like I don't want anything to be misconstrued, you know, and you can [00:50:02] Speaker B: always state that beforehand. You can always just be like, I don't mean for you to take this one away. I just want to let you know that dress looks really nice on you. [00:50:10] Speaker A: And now that sounds worse. [00:50:12] Speaker B: Why does it sound worse? [00:50:13] Speaker A: It's like, you know. [00:50:15] Speaker B: No. [00:50:16] Speaker C: Okay. [00:50:16] Speaker B: When someone says that, I register that as someone saying, just to make sure there is no confusion. Because I can be very easily confused by tones and words and how the words are erased in a sentence. So that can be. Sometimes I will completely misread that. So when someone clarifies, I'm going to say this, but it's going to mean this, and then say the thing that means I can take it how was supposed to be heard. [00:50:40] Speaker A: It's like, if I go out and say, I don't mean to sound racist, but, you know, I'm about to say some of the most racist shit in the world. Big Chinese people really can't drive, you know, and it's like, oh, that's different, [00:50:56] Speaker B: though, [00:50:59] Speaker A: you know, but if I go to a chicken bag, you know, I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but, you know, like, Courtney, that's a. You know, a cute pink sweater. [00:51:09] Speaker B: So when you say but, I think that's when it becomes like. So when you say but, you're saying, I'm gonna say something, but I'm apologizing now, so it's gonna be cool. Now I can say this thing as opposed to saying, like, I. As opposed to stating, this is this. Please don't take it this way. Because when there's a but there, that means, oh, I've apologized to. No, I can do it anyway. [00:51:32] Speaker A: See, like. Like, with my male friends, you know, like, I'll. I'll just go straight for, like, the jugular. I'm like, damn, that shirt's gonna be. Look so good on me tomorrow morning, you know, and just say wild off the cuff like that to, like, you know, dude friends, you know, like, they know that we're not gonna be banging, but, you know, I. I'll say it as a joke. Yeah, but if I, you know, ever said, you know, half the I said to my male friends to, you know, any female whatsoever that wasn't my wife, you know, back, what the fuck? No. [00:52:15] Speaker B: Well, there's also reading the room and understanding the crowd that you're with. Like, there's nothing wrong with being socially aware of the people around you. [00:52:25] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, I. I send, you know, gay Memes, like one of my, you know, really good friends. I just send, you know, gay memes to each other. [00:52:35] Speaker B: Precisely. [00:52:38] Speaker C: Yep. [00:52:38] Speaker B: Yeah. So op's more than allowed to compliment his friends. [00:52:41] Speaker A: Yeah. But for like, a man to compl, like, women can compliment whoever the they want, you know, they can make. Oh, look, it's a dog. I like your dog. See, on leash, you know. Oh, I like your babies, you know, got like, Like a dude cannot even acknowledge you have a baby. You know, like, we just have to like, you know, like. Okay. [00:53:03] Speaker B: Which is just a failure of society [00:53:04] Speaker C: on so many levels still. [00:53:08] Speaker A: I mean, so it's like you pay attention, straightforward. Okay, cool. [00:53:19] Speaker C: No one's gonna do that. Oops, sorry. [00:53:27] Speaker A: I don't know. Just like, paranoid as a dude, you know, Cancel culture was huge. So [00:53:36] Speaker B: I always feel bad. I always feel super bad whenever I go to it. So whenever I go to, like, a new doctor, this is whatever happens with new doctors. Like, once they see me more than once, this doesn't tend to happen anymore. But a lot of times when I go to a new doctor and he's a male doctor, he'll have a nurse come in the room with him, and I'm just like, oh, my God, this is so embarrassing for everybody. And I'm so sorry that this is a situation that all three of us have to be in because some, Someone fucked it up. [00:54:01] Speaker A: Yep. That's all that happens. [00:54:03] Speaker B: And it's just like, it is just such a shame to see, [00:54:08] Speaker A: you know, I, I, I feel like, especially when [00:54:09] Speaker B: it's a different nurse who did the intake history, because I don't like having multiple nurses when I'm in an appointment. I want to have, I want to have the same nurse I started off with. I get uncomfortable once they start switching out. [00:54:22] Speaker C: Yeah. So sometimes it's like one nurse is really good at doing stuff. So they did. All they do is that, and then another nurse does it. So, yeah, I can understand why they do it. [00:54:34] Speaker B: And I'm also saying that as, as a person who is a nurse, I also really hate jumping in someone else's appointment. Like, I hate doing that. [00:54:42] Speaker A: You know, what's weird is, like, anytime, like, I go in for, like, a physical, you know, like, I'll, I'll go to, like, the, you know, we do it like the little urgent care centers, whatever, and I'll be like, you know, led back to a room, and I can be in, like, the, you know, room by myself with the nurse. And, you know, it's like, oh, everything's good, you know, but it's like if there's like a doctor, it's like it's a whole different power dynamic. I'm like, why? Just, you know, trust these doctors and if anything goes wrong, just, you know, keep a closer eye on it. If anyone starts accusing, just be like, oh, yeah, no, we, we, you know, send in female nurses instead of, you know, having them waste time, you know, shadow a doctor with, you know, shit that the nurse knows more about anyway, so. But yeah, I mean, the, the whole female friends thing, it's like it's all your delivery, you know, don't, don't say creepy shit. Don't say, oh, you look much prettier in red. [00:56:02] Speaker D: You know, but you can say red's your color. Like it really depends on delivery. [00:56:09] Speaker A: Yep. So. [00:56:11] Speaker C: Yep. [00:56:11] Speaker A: Yes, you can do it. Just be careful doing it. And for the final one, for the this week, am I the for telling my sister that her baby isn't my responsibility? [00:56:24] Speaker D: Absolutely not. [00:56:25] Speaker A: Silver job 4466i, 27, female, have a younger sister, 22, female, who had a baby last year. The dad left before she was even six months pregnant. It was ugly. He blocked her, denied it was his, the whole thing. When she gave birth, I was there. I held her hand. I slept in that uncomfortable hospital chair. [00:56:48] Speaker D: Oh no, where are you? Sorry. [00:56:50] Speaker A: I cried when my nephew was born. I love that little boy. Like actually love him. And maybe that's the problem. At first, I stepped up because she was drowning. Postpartum hit her hard. She'd call me at 2am crying because the baby wouldn't stop screaming and she thought she was a horrible mom. I drive over half asleep just to hold him so she could shower or sleep for an hour. I bought groceries because she forgot to eat. I stayed overnight sometimes because she hadn't slept in two days. But somewhere along the lines it stop being can you help? And started being, I'm dropping him off. [00:57:34] Speaker C: Oh, no. [00:57:36] Speaker A: There was one night that still makes my chest tight thinking about it. I'd gotten home after a 10 hour shift. I was exhausted, hadn't eaten. My phone buzzed on my way. He's fussy. [00:57:49] Speaker D: Oh my God. [00:57:50] Speaker A: I hadn't agreed to anything. She showed up, handed me the diaper bag, kissed him and left before I could even process it. I stood there holding a screaming baby in my work clothes while she drove off to God knows where. I ate cold takeout at midnight, bouncing him on my shoulder. And I remember thinking, I didn't choose this. I canceled plans, missed birthdays, use PTO to cover because Daycare fell through. My manager even pulled me aside once and asked if things were stable at home. [00:58:29] Speaker D: Oh, that's so embarrassing. [00:58:30] Speaker A: Financially, I bought diapers, formula, paid a doctor's copay once because she was short. She said she'd always pay me back. She doesn't. And every time I hesitate, my mom goes, she's young, and you're her big sister. Family shows up. [00:58:50] Speaker D: Oh, I wonder how much your mom's doing. [00:58:52] Speaker C: Right, Exactly. [00:58:54] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:58:54] Speaker A: Last week, she asked if I could keep them from Friday to Sunday because she needs a mental health weekend. I said, no, no. There was this long silence, and she goes, wow. So I guess I know who I can't rely on. [00:59:12] Speaker D: Was she the reason why the partner left? [00:59:15] Speaker A: Probably. That broke something in me. I said, probably harsher than I meant to. I love him, but I'm not his second parent. You chose to have him. I didn't. She started crying and said, I don't understand how hard it is being a single mom, and said, I'm abandoning her. Now. My mom is barely talking to me. She told me one day that I'll need help, too, and I'll remember this. Now, here's a part that makes me feel like a terrible person. When I imagine stepping back completely, I feel relief. But then I think about my nephew. I feel sick because, you know, he didn't ask for any of this. He's just a baby. I don't want to punish him. I don't want to punish my entire life slowly becoming something that I never agreed to. At the same time, I feel bad for my sister, who is going through such tough times. Am I the asshole for setting boundaries even though it hurts my nephew? [01:00:22] Speaker D: No, you're not op. You need to set boundaries. [01:00:24] Speaker C: Nope. [01:00:25] Speaker D: You need to put up boundaries. Family need boundaries more than anybody else does. [01:00:32] Speaker C: Yep. [01:00:35] Speaker B: In fact, they need it more. [01:00:36] Speaker C: Because we're actually, like, sometimes people just end up treating the people that they love like, because they love them, but they also expect, like, kind of unconditional love. [01:00:49] Speaker D: Yes. [01:00:50] Speaker C: You know, and that's not how it works. [01:00:52] Speaker D: It is not. [01:00:53] Speaker C: Love needs to be reciprocal, including in actions and stuff. So, yeah, it's going to be really. [01:01:01] Speaker D: It's going to be really sucky for op, unfortunately. But OP needs to set boundaries. And if OP needs to step away, that is OP putting up. That is OP putting themselves first, and that's what needs to happen. Like, their nephew is not their responsibility, plain and simple. [01:01:21] Speaker A: I mean, it could be. You can adopt that nephew, but Opie [01:01:25] Speaker D: doesn't want to be a Parent. [01:01:26] Speaker A: Exactly. Let's see what the comments say. Not the, you know, you're not. Sounds like your mom is volunteering to step up. That's hilarious. I wish I was. True. Honestly, my mom says family shows up, but she doesn't actually take him overnight or cover bills or anything like that. [01:01:53] Speaker B: Sounds right. [01:01:54] Speaker A: It's easier to say I should help them and rearrange her own life. [01:01:58] Speaker D: Is op the younger older sibling? [01:02:00] Speaker A: Op is the older sibling. [01:02:02] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:02:02] Speaker D: Okay. All the. [01:02:03] Speaker A: The 22 year old has a one year old child. [01:02:06] Speaker D: 22 year old's the golden child and never does anything wrong. Op has always had to cave to her. Yeah, 100%. [01:02:25] Speaker A: She doesn't want to get involved. That's why she's being so harsh towards you. So, yeah, I mean, I. I'm sorry, OP but you might have to, you know, take a stand and, you know, lose your sister for a bit. You know, if you want to get some peace and quiet or just say, hey, this is a day I can't do it, and then just kind of step up for the rest of the time. [01:02:57] Speaker D: OP Needs to set boundaries, and those boundaries need to be respected. [01:03:01] Speaker A: I mean, like, at a point, like, you know, I know postpartum is like, [01:03:05] Speaker D: rough and, oh, 100, but OP is now being taken advantage of, and that's where it's wrong. [01:03:12] Speaker A: So, I mean, I. I'm not a mother. I don't have any of those hormones, so I don't know what it's actually like, you know, I. I don't know the reason that the boyfriend left. [01:03:24] Speaker D: We know the reason why the boyfriend left. [01:03:26] Speaker A: I mean, you know, you. [01:03:28] Speaker B: You. [01:03:29] Speaker A: You get this story from one perspective and you're like, oh, we. We know the entire story. [01:03:33] Speaker D: This is true. I am making a lot of assumptions. [01:03:36] Speaker A: So. Yeah, and I. I try not to be like, oh, well, I. I have one story, so I have all the stories. [01:03:43] Speaker D: But OP has provided multiple examples, though, so I am more inclined to believe them as a more truthful narrator. I said a lot of unnecessary adjectives in that sense. [01:03:54] Speaker A: You know, here. Here's what Opie needs to do. You do need to set up some boundaries and be like, hey, you know, you need to ask if you want to bring over your, you know, my nephew. You know, I am more than willing to when I can, but, you know, sometimes I am, you know, tired or I'm sick or, you know, something else is happening, and, you know, there's just nothing I can do. [01:04:16] Speaker D: But also, Op mentioned, like, one time her sister dropped off the kid. She just had a 10 hour shift. I know when I get off a 10 hour shift, like I am so tired, I'm. I'm grateful. I fed the cats and I fed myself before I went to bed. I can't imagine looking after a baby after a 10 hour shift. Like I wouldn't feel like I was able to provide adequate supervision. I think that's the best word. Like I don't feel like I would be 100% able to be aware of all the circumstances. [01:04:48] Speaker A: Yep. And that's why none of my friends trust me with their kids. Except one. [01:04:52] Speaker C: Yep. Well, guys, I gotta go. [01:04:54] Speaker A: Yep. That. That's the end of the episode. Thank you all so much for being here. We'll be back next week and we'll see you all then. 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