He Couldn't Get Wood In The Forest

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand – "He Couldn't Get Wood In The Forest"

Date: March 12, 2026
Hosts: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty (with Katie Green)
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

This episode features Armstrong and Getty’s signature mix of sharp political and cultural commentary, humorous banter, and skeptical takes on current events. The hosts discuss increased tensions at the Strait of Hormuz, the state of TV news and media consumption, the evolution of luxury spending among the rich (particularly pet grooming and aquariums), a high-profile social media lawsuit, viral content trends, and more.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Iran, the Strait of Hormuz & U.S. Policy

[03:48–09:37, 38:37–46:37]

• Backdrop: Iran’s newly appointed Supreme Leader is using the threat of closing the Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the West. A massive backlog of ships, several attacks, and U.S. Navy escort discussions frame the tense situation.
• Hosts’ Take:
  • Both question the clarity and urgency of U.S. actions, especially regarding naval protection.
  • Armstrong on Iran’s leverage:
    "They have very few levers left and this is a good one… escorting those ships when you’re looking at missiles, swift boat attacks, and mines in the water, that is not a low-risk assignment for our navy." [05:10]
  • Getty on military threats:
    "What’s our return threat? I mean, we’re already bombing the bejesus out of them … I don’t know. This is an interesting one to watch play out." [05:33]
• Rumors & Media Satire:
  • The segment starts with dark humor about the Supreme Leader’s health, referencing New York Post jokes on impotence ("soft launch … he couldn’t get wood in the forest"), highlighting the absurd style of tabloid coverage. [06:05–06:25]
  • Getty: "Sometimes it’s like trying to bend a spoon with your mind… there’s something no woman can relate to." [06:47]
• Markets & Gas Prices:
  • Hosts discuss the likely short-term shocks to oil, assert faith in market adaptability, and note Trump’s supposed sensitivity to market news over these disruptions.
  • Armstrong: "What do free people in free markets do? They adjust to the new reality and they respond." [07:16]
• Polling on Iran Conflict:
  • A Washington Post poll shows rising support for continued U.S. military action in Iran, attributed to growing public awareness about Iranian provocations. [44:18–46:15]
  • Getty: "Support for the war in Iran is growing... it's now a slim support for the military campaign against Iran." [45:11]

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2. Mockery of TV News and Changing Viewership

[11:18–13:24]

• TV News as Outdated/Elderly Venue:
  • They lampoon ABC News’ “kicker stories” like the “sleepy owl” headline as “journalism for the dumb. Or a child. You’re like seven.” [11:56]
  • Discussion slants toward the death of mainstream TV:
    • Armstrong: "At the point that your median viewer is in the grave, you just gotta stop." [13:13]
    • Getty: "My kids don’t watch anything that’s network television or even cable television." [12:59]
• The View & Whoopi Goldberg:
  • Armstrong and Getty heap sarcasm on The View and discuss viral (possibly fake) accusations about Trump and Iran "to distract from the Nancy Guthrie disappearance," questioning the intelligence and credibility of TV hosts. [09:37–10:56]
  • Armstrong: "If you know anybody that watches the View, stop being friends with them…" [09:51]

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3. Viral Content & What People Are Really Watching

[13:39–15:13]

• The hosts and Katie Green share favorite “content rabbit holes” found on YouTube/social media: Public Freakouts, Waffle House Fights, boat launching fails, Ring Cam mishaps, and more.
• Getty: "I'll just watch a montage of people crashing on skateboards." [13:41]
• Katie Green: "My current favorite is Public Freakouts, where people just like, you know, they walk into Taco Bell and just lose their minds." [14:03]
• The phenomenon of staged “porch pirate” videos is noted; many are faked now for views.

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4. Social Media On Trial: The LA Lawsuit

[19:01–23:55]

• Summary:
  • Closing arguments are underway in a landmark Los Angeles trial where Facebook/Meta faces accusations of addicting children to social media, contributing to mental health fallout.
  • Plaintiff claims severe depression stemmed from early (ages 6–9) use of YouTube and Instagram.
• Hosts’ Perspective:
  • They voice skepticism over parental responsibility versus platform accountability.
  • Armstrong: "If you put them in a room full of ice cream… That's on you. Don't put them in a room full of ice cream. Don't leave them alone with YouTube and a computer all day long." [21:12]
  • Getty: "That's what I think. And it's amazing to me that this is the one that got brought forward to try to kick all this off…" [20:03]
  • The lawsuit's evidence is debated—was she really using social media that much, or is it unverifiable?
  • Getty: "It's so entertaining it's hard to stop, I don't know if that's on you." [23:37]

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5. Pet Smart or Pets Mart: Internet Jokes Go Viral

[27:41–29:13]

• The hosts play and discuss a viral metal song ("Is it Pet Smart or Pets Mart?"), musing on the absurdity and joy of online trends.
• Armstrong: "Are you saying that pets are smart or are you saying you're a mart for pets?" [28:07]
• Group agrees Katie Green “wins” by referencing the store signage colors as evidence. [29:06]

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6. The Luxury Pet & Home Market: How the Rich FLAUNT

[29:15–33:03]

• Armstrong introduces a New York Times article on rising spending among wealthy Americans for signaling status.

  • "$1,000 dog grooming session … Sam Chow, Manhattan... spends $11,000 a year to groom them..." [30:06]
  • Getty: "You have adult kids who have cats or dogs, and you're the grandparent of your adult kids' pets. That's a weird way to look at it." [30:50]

• Pet grooming is now packaged as “wellness” culture, not just hygiene.

• Transition to the "aquarium boom" among America’s wealthiest:

  • "$250,000+ aquariums are becoming the new luxury art"
  • Getty: "That's one of the few things that if I was ultra wealthy, that I would do... I wouldn't mind having a whole wall fish tank in my bedroom." [33:12]
  • Armstrong: "If you like dead fish, do it yourself." [34:25]

• Anecdotes about long-lived goldfish, managing tanks, and pet loss.

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7. Media & Entertainment Decision-Making—The Seinfeld Story

[37:40–38:32]

• Story from Larry David about NBC’s initial rejection of the iconic Seinfeld "Chinese Restaurant" episode—executives almost killed it, proving again that the “experts” often get entertainment wrong.

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8. Sports: World Baseball Classic Knockout

[42:29–44:07]

• Quick update and light banter about the World Baseball Classic: Italy's win keeps the USA in, with humorous, faux-Italian dialogue and admiration for "regular guys" on the Czech team striking out MLB stars.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote / Moment | |-----------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 05:10 | Armstrong | "Escorting those ships ... that is not a low-risk assignment for our navy." | | 06:25 | Armstrong | "The headline this morning is Soft Launch: Iran's new Impotent Supreme Leader ..." | | 11:56 | Getty | "Man, that is some journalism for the dumb. Or a child. You're like seven." | | 13:13 | Armstrong | "At the point that your median viewer is in the grave, you just gotta stop." | | 21:12 | Armstrong | "If you put them in a room full of ice cream… That's on you ... Don't leave them alone ..." | | 28:07 | Armstrong | "Are you saying that pets are smart or are you saying you're a mart for pets?" | | 33:12 | Getty | "That's one of the few things that if I was ultra wealthy, that I would do ..." | | 45:11 | Getty | "Support for the war in Iran is growing... it's now a slim support for the military campaign against Iran." | | 47:42 | Getty | "I'm wearing the most ridiculous pants I've ever had on." |

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Cultural & Entertainment Chatter

• YouTube & Social Trends: Hosts and Katie Green list their "public freakouts" and fail videos as personal favorites, referencing the viral rabbit holes their families (and audiences) are increasingly drawn into.
• Media Consumption: The death of traditional TV for younger generations is a recurring punchline.
• Luxury Spending: Self-effacing but judgmental about rich people’s new signaling methods (pet grooming, aquariums) versus old ones.
• Viral Song – PetSmart/PetsMart: Banter about the meme, the crowd, and how brands can ride the viral wave.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Strait of Hormuz/Iran Tensions: 03:48–09:37, 38:37–46:37
• Impotence Rumor Tabloid Satire: 06:05–06:25
• The View & Whoopi Goldberg Parody: 09:37–10:56
• Media/TV Bashing: 11:18–13:24
• Favorite Viral Videos: 13:39–15:13
• LA Social Media Lawsuit Discussion: 19:01–23:55
• PetSmart/PetsMart Viral Song: 27:41–29:13
• Luxury Grooming & Aquarium Discussion: 29:15–33:03
• Entertainment Decision-Making Anecdote: 37:40–38:32
• World Baseball Classic Segment: 42:29–44:07

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Closing (“Final Thoughts” Segment) [46:38–48:19]

• Michael Angelo: Jokes about the PetSmart campaign becoming official advertising.
• Katie Green: Recalls her mom sneakily replacing her goldfish multiple times ("Mr. Peepers").
• Getty: Laments wearing the sturdiest, most uncomfortable jeans ever purchased.
• Armstrong: Admits he’d skip owning a fish tank—“even if someone else maintains it, just seems like a pain.”

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Tone & Style

• A blend of sarcasm, self-deprecating humor, and cultural skepticism.
• Mixes heavy topics (Iran, social media lawsuits) with breezy satire and unserious viral phenomena.
• Frequent tangents and real-time riffing between hosts, with topical references and unsparing media criticism.

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Summary

Armstrong & Getty skewer headlines, culture wars, and luxury excess—oscillating between global stakes (Iranian conflict, military polling) and the trivial (viral memes, pet grooming, TV news irrelevance). Their signature banter and skepticism toward both authority and trendiness drive the episode, making it both sharp and unpretentious.

Transcript

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[Jack Armstrong]

broadcasting live from

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty. And now he here's Armstrong and Yeti. And then also talks about the Strait of Hormuz. There's an interesting part here. And Iran's new supreme leader goes on to say the closure of the Strait Hormuz should be continued as a tool to quote, pressure the enemy. And so the rhetoric that we are hearing from Iran's new supreme leader is quite similar to his father's rhetoric.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, and that's working pretty good. That's a pretty good strategy actually closing the Strait of Hormuz where 20% of the world's oil traffic goes through. And currently you got like a thousand ships lined up that can't go through because they're worried about being attacked. Five ships attacked in the last day. Now the White House just said we are prepared to escort ships through. We're talking about to Mike Lyons a little bit about that earlier.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

Do they attack our US Navy escorts through the Strait of Hermuz? If necessary, according to the White House. Well, I'd say. What do you mean if necessary? It's necessary for the last week. It's necessary right this moment. I don't know when it becomes necessary enough for you, but this is a pretty good strategy for Moran.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, they have very few levers left and this is a good one. Excuse me, but escorting those ships when you're looking, excuse me, stinking allergies. If you're looking at missiles, a couple of different kinds of missiles, swift boat like attacks and mines in the water, that is not a low risk assignment for our navy.

[Joe Getty]

And what's our return threat. I mean, we're already bombing the bejesus out of them. We'll attack you if you hit our ships. We'll bomb the bejesus out of you if you hit our ships. We're already doing that, right? I don't know. This is an interesting one to watch play out. Anyway, so the rumor mill said the new supreme leader, Weird Beard Jr. As Joe calls him, he's in his early 50s, lost a leg and is in a coma. So that was the rumor. So they put out a statement.

[Jack Armstrong]

Just for the record, he was impotent before that. According to the New York Times Post,

[Joe Getty]

the coma didn't help. He couldn't get wood in the forest when he was young, please. And uncommatized. So probably really difficult now. That's the New York Post. New York Post really likes to lean on the fact that this guy can't get an erection. The.

[Jack Armstrong]

Seriously, the headline this morning is Soft Launch. Iran's new Impotent Supreme Leader releases first statement after reports he's in coma, had leg amputated.

[Joe Getty]

God help you. I mean, sometimes you've had a stressful day or you don't know what's going on.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sometimes drink too many, huh? What?

[Joe Getty]

Like George Costanza said, sometimes it's like trying to bend a spoon with your mind. It's just. There's something no woman can relate to.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, yeah,

[Joe Getty]

but, so anyway, the impotent new Supreme Leader put out a statement, but no voice, no picture, no, no, nothing to prove that it's actually him or that he's not in a coma.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. You ask for proof of life and he says, yeah, he says he's alive. No, no, that's not the way. Proof of life, exactly. Yeah, yeah. This whole Streets of Hormuz thing, it's going to stretch on for a while. I can't imagine how it wouldn't, but, you know, and it will cause a shock to oil prices. Definitely. But keep in mind, what do free markets do, folks? What do free people in free markets do? They adjust to the new reality and they respond. If the price goes up, all sorts of makers, shippers, refiners of oil will say, oh, good, let me in on it. We're gonna, we're gonna crank up our works, we're gonna drill more, we're gonna export more. That'll help ease it. It's still going to be a pain in the ass, but especially in places California, where gas is already expensive, but it won't last forever.

[Joe Getty]

Trump, I think, is more touchy, is not the right word. Concerned. There you go. Concerned about the markets and oil than even most presidents. Just because there's a financial guy who, you know, I think probably the first thing he does every day is check the Dow Jones. He's just that kind of guy. So I can't imagine that he's going to want to put up with them controlling the Strait of Hormuz for this long. By the way, we had a conversation earlier about whether or not it's the Straits of Hormuz or the Strait of Hormuz. And I looked at Ian Bremmers because he's a super smart guy and he's traveled around the world. He goes to Davos and he said straights in one text and straight in another. So maybe it's entering.

[Jack Armstrong]

Choose, teach their own.

[Joe Getty]

Doesn't matter. But I can't imagine that Trump wants us to last very long. But what's the way out? Mike Lyons made it sound like it'd be really damn difficult to free that area up enough, make it safe enough that these ships would want to go through. From a military standpoint, it's just such an easy potshot. You'd have to go like from the coast. You'd have to go full Dresden on the coach or the coast.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah. What an interesting. Take a while and. Well, or you've got to have the capitulation of the regime where they say, okay, uncle, we won't do that anymore. But neither one's going to be a difficult. Which is going to be an easy mission to pull off.

[Joe Getty]

So apparently, and I've been trying to find, nail this down, it looks like it happened. I don't know if we could find the audio. Apparently yesterday on the View, which is for if you know anybody that watches a View, stop being friends with them

[Jack Armstrong]

of their money or say you're no

[Joe Getty]

longer my mom or whatever, you can't, you can't. You can't be in communication with anybody who watches the View.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

But apparently Whoopi Goldberg, whose real name is Karen Johnson. Did you know that?

[Jack Armstrong]

I knew it wasn't Whoopi Goldberg.

[Joe Getty]

I never thought about it because I don't think about Whoopi Goldberg much.

[Jack Armstrong]

But I'm gonna go back to not thinking about it as soon as we're done here.

[Joe Getty]

Yes, Whoopi Goldberg apparently said that Trump attacked Iran to distract from the Nancy Guthrie disappearance.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, that's parody.

[Joe Getty]

That's what I thought. That's why I was trying to nail it down and see if that actually happened. She said something like that. But I don't know if she was like, said it in a tone of voice like, this is obviously a joke because she was allegedly a comedian using my finger quotes.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, no kidding. That. All right.

[Joe Getty]

At least the Epstein files make sense. I don't think that's what happened. Well, I bet money that's not what happened. But Nancy Guthrie. Was he on the hook for the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie's mom? I don't think so.

[Jack Armstrong]

Good Lord. That's just stupid beyond belief. How I'd love to know what her IQ is. She was good in a couple of movies. That's low. She was good in a couple of movies, but you wouldn't think she'd get as successful as she is being that stupid. I mean, because that's stupid.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, my God.

[Jack Armstrong]

Speaking of terrible television, we've got to get to this. Michael, 26. This is the bent nosed, over muscle jackass David Muir on ABC News in upstate New York.

[Joe Getty]

Quite a find. At one antique store.

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[Joe Getty]

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[Joe Getty]

who gently cradled the sleepy owl, releasing it back into the woods.

[Jack Armstrong]

For people that find the view to be too sophisticated, you have Sleeping Owl News with David Muir.

[Joe Getty]

Man, that is some journalism for the dumb. Or a child. You're like seven. Once again, number seven.

[Jack Armstrong]

I have a little sympathy with the kind of cute kicker story at the end of the grim, but, I mean, that's all there was.

[Joe Getty]

You got 30 minutes to tell me what's going on in the world. Hit me with stuff that's important. My whole life is a kicker story. Everybody's entire life is a kicker story. If you own a smartphone. Yeah, you're surrounded by kicker stories all day long every day. How about you give me something that's important?

[Jack Armstrong]

Another question. What's the average age of the viewers of the ABC Evening News? ABC tonight?

[Joe Getty]

Maybe 70. Be pretty high.

[Jack Armstrong]

Keep going.

[Joe Getty]

You think it's higher than that? You might be right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know. I remember being shocked to hear that the average age of the viewers of the Daily show, wasn't it When Jon Stewart was the host was early 60s. Is that right?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Yeah. Like my kids don't watch anything that's network television or even cable television.

[Jack Armstrong]

Anything.

[Joe Getty]

They wouldn't know the name of anything that's on television. So youngest people out there that still watch anything on TV, maybe 50. We'll all be dead. Soon. How are they going to keep doing this?

[Jack Armstrong]

I doubt they will. I doubt they will. At the point that your median viewer is in the grave, you just gotta stop.

[Joe Getty]

So all TVs will just be hooked up and they'll be like, my TV at home, I guess. I got Netflix. I got hulu, I got YouTube.

[Jack Armstrong]

It'll be a screen. It's just a screen. Quit calling it tv. Nobody watches tv. It's a screen.

[Joe Getty]

Right. And then I'll just watch.

[Jack Armstrong]

And I'm telling myself that I'm not yelling at Jack, obviously.

[Joe Getty]

I'll just watch a montage of people crashing on skateboards or.

[Jack Armstrong]

What channel is that on?

[Joe Getty]

It's on YouTube all day, every day.

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[Joe Getty]

Boat. Boat launching fails. Those are good. I really enjoy those.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, that is a good subcategory. I know Katie is a bit of a collector of that sort of rabbit hole.

[Joe Getty]

People trying to park their boat.

[Jack Armstrong]

What's your current favorite?

[Katie Green]

My. My current favorite is Public Freakouts.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, yeah.

[Katie Green]

Where people just like, you know, they walk into Taco Bell and just lose their minds.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Waffle House Fights is a good one.

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[Katie Green]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

My son and my son, because he's a skateboarder, everything like that. We used to and does. Does tricks on bikes. We used to watch a lot of those. Some of them are hard to take, I mean.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Some of those wrecks, I know you get. You get body parts point in directions that they can't logically point.

[Katie Green]

Oh, see, I can't watch those. Yeah, that's another good one. Ring Cam fails. Where people are, you know, doing stuff around the house and they fall off a ladder or whatever. Those are always fun.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. And then there's the Porch pirate foil videos. But then I became aware a lot of those are faked up now.

[Katie Green]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Because everybody wants to go viral. So they have their friend pose as a porch pirate. Then they have some elaborate thing and it's clearly fake.

[Joe Getty]

How about sleeping pets falling off of couches and things? I like that. Cat's asleep and nods off and slides off the couch.

[Jack Armstrong]

That is sub, sub, sub genre there.

[Joe Getty]

Falls asleep slides. Those are pretty good.

[Jack Armstrong]

You only get a limited time being alive, Right? You're gonna spend it watching that.

[Joe Getty]

Only an hour a day. That's all I give to it. One hour per day. Reasonable. Okay, we've got more actual news coming up. Stay tuned.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty.

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Jack Armstrong]

half of its multi level rail cars. Yeah, God forbid you miss that famous Jersey scenery. Well, mama, look, their Pizza Hut's also a kfc. All right, that's funny. But yeah, New Jersey is actually beautiful a lot.

[Joe Getty]

Yes, it is. I've ridden the train through New Jersey on the way into Manhattan. There's lots of lovely scenery.

[Jack Armstrong]

Pretentious New Yorkers taking shots at Jay Z. I won't have it.

[Joe Getty]

So the closing arguments are today in the social media trial in Los Angeles, which means it'll get to a jury and then we will have a ruling. That could change a lot of things around the Internet and social media depending on how it goes. As we have stated many times, there are thousands of cases waiting to be launched depending on the outcome of this trial. If it turns out that Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are on the hook for addicting on purpose, your kid causing mental health problems that led to suicide, depression, who knows what, inability to work, you know, you can imagine this extrapolating into all kinds of different worlds.

[Jack Armstrong]

I imagine there are going to be so many of these trials going forward until there's enough precedent.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, well, if it gets shut down pretty hard, I don't know, I guess that'll maybe this, this is a pretty imperfect plaintiff.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's what I discuss.

[Joe Getty]

That's what I think. And it's, it's amazing to me that this is the one that got brought forward to, to try to like really kick this all off. You got this woman now, an adult who claims that her depression and other mental health challenges, anxiety and everything like that were caused by or exacerbated by YouTube and Instagram. She started using YouTube at 6 and Instagram at 9. We've talked about this before. Ridiculously long hours of this, by the way. And so the defense tried to make this a parenting issue. If you're a parent, how is it not a parenting issue? How many hours a day your six year old looks at YouTube? Yeah, I mean, if you put them in a room Full of ice cream. You know how much ice cream they would eat until they threw up? And then they would probably keep eating it. That's on you. Don't put them in a room full of ice cream. Don't leave them alone with YouTube and a computer all day long. I don't know that one doesn't seem hard to me. Anyway, the case has been selected as a bellwether trial. It was selected because they thought this was their best way to go forward, meaning its outcome could impact how thousands of similar lawsuits against social media companies are likely to go forward. Apparently a big point of contention is how many hours a day the kid actually spent. When they went back and looked at records, this grown woman now, as a kid was only looking at it like a couple of minutes a day. But they say, well, we were logged out. We weren't logged in. So you don't have a record of it. Well, okay, well, if you can't prove it. So I'm. Now you're taking your word for it. And that became a real point of contention. I guess. The logged out issue is actually ended up being central to case. So to your point, if it ends up being a. You can't prove that she's got mental illness because of Instagram. We have no records of that. It's. So that doesn't mean that all this staring at a screen, social media stuff isn't horrible for your kid. We or ourselves, we all know that it is. We all intuitively know this, know that it is. So I don't know where we go from there. She ended up cutting herself. I mean, it got pretty bad, her mental health situations, the defense pointed out, and it seems to be true, that she had mental health issues starting very early in life, before she even started looking at Instagram and YouTube. And maybe this exacerbated him. I don't know.

[Jack Armstrong]

She'd be a prime candidate for being, quote, unquote, transgender if she'd been just a little younger and had come of age in 2023, say.

[Joe Getty]

Zuckerberg's testimony was a major moment. Lawyers used it to show that his fingerprints were on the company's big decisions. And at one point, a 35 foot wide collage of hundreds of Kaylee's Instagram selfies were unfurled in the courtroom. Kaylee is the girl in question, with the argument being, look at these gazillions of Instagram photos. How could this not be addiction? I don't know. So we're gonna put a number on how many Instagram selfies you can have before. It's a meant, you know, the company's on the hook for your mental health. I just don't see how this is workable.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's the wrong plaintiff.

[Joe Getty]

What do you think would be a better in your mind, what would be the perfect plaintiff?

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, gosh, I don't. Oh, bye. Well, one of the delusional people suicide cases certainly when it comes to AI, that's going to be a big thing. I don't. I'd have to think about that a little bit.

[Joe Getty]

You made a product we really enjoy and it's entertaining. It's so entertaining it's hard to stop. I don't. I don't know if that's on you.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think it's a lifestyle and parenting issue more than it is a tech issue. Although they do know it is addicting in some ways. I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

We'll see. Closing arguments are today

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[Jack Armstrong]

Cancer. Why do we need cancer?

[Joe Getty]

I got a question.

[Jack Armstrong]

Is it pet smart or pet smart? Okay, so this is a live performance of a wacky influencer metal song. And then do we have the recorded one where you can actually HEAR what's going on 12? Yeah, let's hear it.

[Joe Getty]

I got a question.

[Jack Armstrong]

Is it pet smart or pets mart? Are you saying that pets are smart or are you saying you're a mart for pets? I need.

[Joe Getty]

I like this. What does he say?

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[Joe Getty]

I'll play that for my kids today. What's the name of the band?

[Jack Armstrong]

It's Ben Lapidus who's. Or Lapidus who's a. An influencer. That's hilarious. And. And it's caught on so much. It's like doing it live. And the crowd Is Chantalong.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, that. That first clip, he's got like a couple hundred people surrounding him and they all have signs that say, which one is it? They're screaming in front of a pet smart.

[Joe Getty]

Can't be both.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, boy.

[Joe Getty]

Pet smart. I say it like it's your pet is smart, but I don't know why I'd say it that way.

[Katie Green]

So my argument is, if you look at the building, pet is in red, smart is in blue. So I'm assuming it's pet smart.

[Joe Getty]

You win. You win.

[Katie Green]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Interestingly enough, a couple of stories about how rich people are spending their money. I was. I became aware of a phenomenon. I can't remember exactly what it was, but it was an article, maybe in the journal, New York Times. Doesn't matter about how, like, people can get designer clothes or fast fashions or whatever and look really fashionable. And so you can't tell if somebody's rich by they've got a really attractive watch, they've got designer stuff on, whatever. And so actual rich people are going to greater lengths to demonstrate that they're rich. So everybody knows they're rich, which you have to do, I guess, if you're a certain personality type. Anyway, here are a couple of things they're spending their money on these days. According to the New York Times, it

[Joe Getty]

should be like the $400,000 mattress I laid on.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. And then you'd of course tell people. You know how often my mattress comes up in conversation? Never. But, yes, you've got to tell people, so they know. A thousand dollar dog grooming session. The pet wellness industry is booming. Being a responsible pet owner can mean more than keeping your pet healthy and happy. Regular grooming visits are often part of the deal. Sam Chow, who lives in Manhattan with four Norwich terriers, he calls his kids. Oh, I already hate you. You and I can't ever be friends. He spends nearly $11,000 a year to groom them and about another 3,000 on specialty work like sanitary trims. I don't have the slightest idea what that is.

[Joe Getty]

I saw a bumper sticker the other day. I'm trying to remember it was what the term was, but it was basically, I'm my kids pets. Grandma was. But there was a term for it. So, like, you have adult kids who have cats or dogs, and you're the grandparent of your adult kids pets. That's a weird way to look at it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, you see, Mr. Chow's dogs require a grooming technique called hand stripping. Do you know the term, Katie?

[Katie Green]

No, I did I. My. Someone got my mom a gift that said, from a grandma of a dog to a grandma of a human.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow, that's a.

[Katie Green]

That's a real thing.

[Joe Getty]

Grandma of a dog. Okay.

[Jack Armstrong]

So anyway, this fellow's dogs require a grooming technique called hand stripping. And there aren't many groomers in the city, New York City, who can do it. He said Mr. Chow considers their grooming a worthy expense that's essential to keep them healthy and ensuring a long life. So, a thousand dollars a throat for pet grooming. When the New York Times Talked to nearly 50 pet owners for this article, we learned many of them had similar sentiments. The perception that pet grooming is essential to wellness has shifted the industry from one providing hygiene services to a tailored approach on focused health and holistic care. A booming human wellness industry is also extending people's own health beliefs and practices to their pets.

[Joe Getty]

But you know how many, like, farm dogs I've known that live to a ripe old age? Eaten Walmart dog food and like, and none of this stuff. Drinking water out of a hose and,

[Jack Armstrong]

you know, four little dogs wearing diapers. Hell, anyway. And then this. I find a great deal more defensible. Maybe it's just my own prejudices, but it's a piece in the Wall Street Journal about how big budget fish tanks are taking over America's most expensive homes. Wealthy homeowners are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars, sometimes millions, to install and maintain luxury aquariums.

[Joe Getty]

That's funny. That's one of the few. I had this conversation with my son.

[Jack Armstrong]

Where were we?

[Joe Getty]

Someplace where they had a giant fish tank. I think it was a really, really fancy restaurant. I said, that's one of the few things that if I was ultra wealthy, that I would do like.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, me too.

[Joe Getty]

I would change very little about my life if I all of a sudden won the lottery. But I wouldn't mind having a whole wall fish tank in my bedroom. I think that'd be so relaxing.

[Jack Armstrong]

In your bedroom? Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

I would like the whole wall that I look at to be the colorful fish just swimming around slowly in the dark.

[Jack Armstrong]

Like your living room, family room, the general areas of the house. You wasn't in your bedroom?

[Joe Getty]

Well, I never have anybody at my house, so nobody. What does it do out there?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, well, you're out there sometimes, right? I mean, I'm just. I'm curious. I'm not saying there's a right way and wrong way to have a giant fish.

[Joe Getty]

I just think it'd be so relaxing.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Yeah. As you're trying to drift Off? Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

In the dark with your fish swimming around. Kind of light it. Oh, that'd be great.

[Jack Armstrong]

What, kid?

[Joe Getty]

I must fall asleep thinking about it.

[Katie Green]

No, I want several. And I also want the people to come over and take care of them because they are pain in the ass.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that's what I'm. I've barely tried the fish tank thing with my kids. My parents wouldn't because they said it was too much work. They were right. And I tried it with my kids. It is an insane amount of work.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, if you like dead fish, do it yourself real quick here. This was before Katie got. How old was Erica the goldfish, Joe?

[Joe Getty]

Oh, that's right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, it was like 11 or 12 years. The world's longest lived birthday party goldfish. Erica, the goldfish.

[Katie Green]

Was it. Was it actually. Or did you do what my mom did and it died like 15 times

[Jack Armstrong]

and she just bought them? No, I would have been more than willing to do that, but no, this freaking fish would not die.

[Katie Green]

Wow, that's impressive.

[Jack Armstrong]

Anyway, so here's.

[Joe Getty]

Obviously you were attached.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's a fish. Although I did. I did have a bit of odd fondness for it. It was the world's loudest goldfish as well. When it was hungry, it would smack its lips and you could hear it

[Joe Getty]

across the room and you'd say, oh, are we hungry, Erica? And you'd go over and sprinkle a little food in there.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's a good little goldfish. Yes and no, Michael. I'm not telling the story of the weirdo woman who insisted on feeding Erica. And then when she passed, she.

[Joe Getty]

And you finally flushed her down the toilet. Did you have one tear going down your cheek?

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, no. We had a large marble monument we had engraved for her out in the backyard.

[Joe Getty]

That's right. You do that. I've done that myself.

[Jack Armstrong]

So here's this bloke. He's got a lot of money, apparently, but he bonded with his dad over their shared love of tropical fish. And he has fond memories of feeding the fish and even cleaning the small Lucite tank. Anybody who's got fond memories of cleaning a fish tank is a weirdo. But anyway, this guy's got a home in Delray Beach, Florida. 2200 gallon custom aquarium that is home to nine different species of fish and cost a quarter of a million dollars.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Let's see. Here's one in Malibu. How big is that one? It's. It's kind of tough. I. I can't picture, like this big one in Malibu. I'm looking At I I, what is that, 50 gallons? 40 to 170. I don't know. I don't know. But here's a guy who does infinity aquarium design in LA. Nick Tiemans. Shout out Nick. His aquarium started about 75 grand and can cost as much as a million dollars.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Art budgets. You would have bought, like expensive, high dollar art. Now are aquarium budgets among the wealthy?

[Joe Getty]

Okay, so it's a hot thing.

[Jack Armstrong]

Hey, you got just crap loads of money. Yeah, I get it, I get it. There's nothing more beautiful and amazing than tropical fish, right?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Was it some restaurant where they had a giant wall that was a fish tank and I thought, that is cool. I would love that in my house.

[Jack Armstrong]

Of course, if you're spending a thousand dollars a month on pet grooming and call them your kids, you're an idiot. But if you have a million dollar fish tank, you have my vote.

[Joe Getty]

Okay. Yes. Katie, you just reminded me of the

[Katie Green]

curb your enthusiasm episode where Larry David is convinced that the goldfish is stuck to the filter in the Chinese food restaurant.

[Joe Getty]

I have not seen that, but it sounds fun. It's so good that out today he's concerned.

[Jack Armstrong]

I assume he's concerned for the welfare of the fish.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Katie Green]

And he's just, he is going balls to the wall arguing with the waiter like, no, that fish is stuck.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, boy.

[Joe Getty]

That reminds me, before we take a break, I just happened to be watching this the other day. Larry David was talking about the early days of Seinfeld when they were writing the show. And you remember the famous Chinese food restaurant where the whole episode is them waiting for a table at Chinese restaurant. They're just waiting. NBC said no to that and said, we're not gonna air a show where. And Larry David said, then I guess I'm just not the right guy for this. He didn't care. He said the show hadn't taken off yet and it wasn't making that much money. And he's just like, I'm the wrong guy for this project because I think that's really good. And he left. And Jerry was just sitting there and he just left. And then NBC called him and said, yeah, we'll run it. That's it. Once again proving that the people in charge of entertainment have no idea what's entertaining and what's not and should not be in charge. But they think they do know what's entertaining, what's not.

[Jack Armstrong]

And in fact, when in doubt, go with the opposite of what they think. You'll be right more than you'll be wrong.

[Joe Getty]

No kidding. We have a Straits of Hormuz update as that is one of the biggest pickles in the entire world right now. Among other things. On the way.

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[Joe Getty]

Duran back to the wall. He is there. Leaps and it' time for a shot

[Jack Armstrong]

of the home brew of espresso.

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Down to their last out is Mexico. Rosareta hits it hard.

[Joe Getty]

Fischer throws across ball game.

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[Joe Getty]

has been eliminated which pulls the USA into the tournament or keeps them in the tournament because they needed Italy to win by a four runs I think to be able to move on. So one of the guys who hit a home run, who plays major league baseball in the United States, hit a home run for Italy said this.

[Jack Armstrong]

That was unbelievable, huh? You're welcome.

[Joe Getty]

USA we were thinking of you guys

[Jack Armstrong]

over at your hotel.

[Joe Getty]

We were thinking of you guys. So I'm glad you guys could join us in the party. So when you get back to your

[Jack Armstrong]

phone, Vinny, what's that text message going

[Joe Getty]

to say from Bobby Witt Jr. I'm hoping he's got a room key for me at his hotel. That's what I'm hoping for. So I haven't seen the bracket. Any chance we play Italy again? Because if we do that's going to be quite the matchup.

[Jack Armstrong]

I suppose so. I don't know. I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

Japan is I think the favorite currently with Shohei Otani and number of other players.

[Jack Armstrong]

I was just reading, I wish I had it in front of me that the Czechoslovakian team or Czech Republic I should say these days they're, they're star Pitchers like electrician, apprentice, that's what he does most of his time. And he struck out Shohei Otani.

[Joe Getty]

Oh really?

[Jack Armstrong]

And the last time they were in the wbc he mowed down a bunch of major leaguers and all. But I don't. Is he not really good enough to make it to the majors or do they not have baseball in Czechoslovak? I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

So I mentioned this poll earlier. I wanted to get it on again before we got off the air. Washington Post support for the war in Iran is growing. So it started very low, lowest of any support for any war the United States has been involved in ever it would seem, at least on anything we've ever polled. But it's growing over time. So 13 days in, do you think the United States should continue military strikes against Iran or should it stop military strikes at this time? It's still more people wanna stop than continue. But continue has grown double digits since March 1, almost double digits from 25% to 34%. So an almost double digit growth in two weeks for continuing the strikes. What do you credit that to?

[Jack Armstrong]

Just awareness, I think that's what I think it is. People were not paying attention, didn't really understand the dynamics. And after they learn a little bit about it, they think, oh yeah, Iran did do all those things through the. And trying to get nukes and they're killing our guys and they're weak now. Okay, great.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. And while it was upside down originally in the Washington Post polling, it is now a slim support for the military campaign against Iran. So it was 52% opposed, 42% support. So it was 10 points against when they did polling right after the war started. Now it's two points in support. Kind of interesting. So I think, like you just said what I think it's just that people were like their first reaction was no, this is horrible, we shouldn't be at war against Iran. Why would we be working in Iran? Paid a little attention to the news, heard enough about it and at least, you know, 8 to 12% of America thought, yeah, this probably is a good idea, change their mind.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, Those numbers will continue to evolve, I'm sure, as nobody's quite sure what the next week or two or three or six look like. Right.

[Joe Getty]

And as Mike Lyons brought up earlier in the show, if, you know, they get a rocket through to one of our bases and we end up with a mass casualty event, does that strengthen support for the war or does it evaporate? I have no idea.

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[Joe Getty]

Get ready with Katie Green and Michael Angelo. It's final thoughts.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Here's your host for final thoughts, Joe G. Let's get a final thought from

[Jack Armstrong]

everybody on the crew to wrap up the day. There he is, pressing the buttons, our technical director, Michelangelo. Michael, what's your final thought? Yo,

[Joe Getty]

I got a question.

[Jack Armstrong]

AC Smart or Pets Mart. This has got to be petsmart's new ad campaign.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, no. Period.

[Katie Green]

They gotta write a check to the guy and.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yep, Katie Green. Katie Green shops at Pet. Some art. Katie, a final thought.

[Katie Green]

My mom gets an award because I did get a goldfish from the fair named Mr. Peepers. And I found out later on in life that she bought like 13 of him.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, really? Yeah. Funny.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, wow. That's just bad goldfish husbandry on your mom's part. Jack, final thought for us.

[Joe Getty]

I'm wearing the most ridiculous pants I've ever had on. I bought these really thick jean material. This, this company I like. They said this is the thickest jean material we've ever made. I thought, okay, that sounds good. To last a long time. It's. It's like I'm Frankenstein. I had to lay down on the floor to put them on. They're so stiff and I can hardly. Wow. They're really ridiculous.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's wild.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know what the theory is there.

[Jack Armstrong]

My final thought is I would get a fish tank. But even if somebody else maintains. Just seems like a pain. Living beasts. I just. I don't want to be responsible for them. I've done that enough.

[Joe Getty]

I understand that wholeheartedly. Armstrong and Getty wrapping up another grueling four hour workday.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, two legged. Four legged. Finned, whatever. It's too much pressure.

[Joe Getty]

So many people. Thanks.

[Jack Armstrong]

A little time. Go to armstrongandgetty.com for the hot links for the ag swag store. Katie's Corner. Drop us a Note [e-mail] or download the podcasts. The links are there.

[Joe Getty]

Finned. Babik, whatever it is, it's too much responsibility for a man like you. We'll see you tomorrow. God bless America. Armstrong and Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't care about the Oscars. I mean, I truly don't. And I don't have a lot of time to watch movies. The only way I'm going to watch a movie is if they can combine the Bob Dylan movie, Tim Chalamet's Bob Dylan movie with the ping pong. So it's Bob Dylan playing ping pong. I would watch it. What is it? 118 or 8 11. I can never remember.

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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