Distractible Podcast: "Dicebreakers Too!"

Date: March 16, 2026
Hosts: Mark Fischbach, Wade Barnes, and Bob Muyskens

Episode Overview

In "Dicebreakers Too!", the Distractible trio returns to chaotic, competitive form, reimagining their earlier “dicebreaker” episode with not-so-serious rules, unfiltered banter, and the signature use of arbitrary points. Prompted by Bob, each host answers icebreaker questions—with the flavor and specificity of their answer determined by a secret D20 roll. The main episode is packed with fun tangents: Mark’s mysterious Oscars moment, learning Korean, bakery adventures, 3D printing technology, and creative attempts to “clue” dice rolls through answers. It’s a game that defies sense, a showcase of playful miscommunication, and a countdown to the season finale faceoff.

Key Discussion Points and Highlights

1. Small Talk & Life Updates

[03:13 – 19:20]

• Mark at the Oscars: Mark claims by episode air date he’s already experienced a “horribly embarrassing” Oscars moment, all of which he insists was intentional. Arms, legs, and head movement controversy ensues.
  • “I don’t care what people think. That was all me, 100% intended.” – Mark [03:43]
• Language Learning: Mark’s back to learning Korean using Kimchi Reader—a Chrome extension optimized for Korean content with idiom and slang support.
  • “None of them really work perfectly for Korean ... This one is purpose-built just for Korean.” – Mark [05:22]
• Walking & Chocolate Milk: Wade is rekindling his daily walks, though busy schedules impede progress. His beverage of choice? A massive 30oz Dutch Bros cup of chocolate milk.
• 3D Printer Enthusiasm: Bob introduces himself as a “3D printer guy,” detailing weekend-long print projects—parts for his own printer and a bridge piece for his son’s train set.
  • “I love when you get a thing and then you make things for the thing with the thing to improve the thing.” – Bob [11:36]
• Cutting Edge Printing: Mark and Wade riff about the latest in 3D tech, including UV-cured, holographic resin printing—printing a full 3D object at once, “in 10 seconds.”
• Bakery Discovery: Wade’s latest culinary adventure is at “Tous Les Jours”, a French-Asian bakery specializing in “strawberry cloud cake” and wax paper tray-liner culture.
  • “You grab a tray… some tongs…and you actually put the stuff you want on your tray.” – Wade [16:15]

Notable Quotes:

• “Every time I’ve stood up, my head has gone out of camera.” – Mark [08:18]
• “If I could just have any consistency in my life ever. I’d be such a good human.” – Mark [10:58]
• “I hitchhike. It’s not walking distance.” – Wade [16:28]

2. Major Announcement: End of Spotify Deal

[18:06 – 19:20]

• The hosts break into a mock-dramatic intermission: their exclusive deal with Spotify has ended. No show cancellation, but they’re going down to one episode a week for a while—allowing Mark time for a honeymoon and the group more flexibility.
  • “Now that we’re no long in that deal, we are wandering free and alone and lost like little lambs, and we have no home and we have no peace.” – Mark [18:09]
  • “We will be back.” – Bob [19:00]

3. Dicebreakers Game — The Rematch

[19:20 – 54:00]

Premise & Rules:

• Bob asks each co-host a classic icebreaker question.
• Mark and Wade answer each question at the “level” of their secret dice roll (D20): a low number means a bad/dull answer, a high number means a great/enthusiastic answer.
• Their challenge: shape answers so Bob can guess their roll.
• Points are awarded for Bob’s correct or close guesses, lost if he’s way off.

Game Flow and Moments:

• [24:15] Name Change – Wade gives a “thoughtful” but generic answer, meant to signal a high roll. Mark tries to decipher the level.
  • “Call me Rocky Boa Constrictor, because I’m ready.” – Wade [03:13]
• [27:06] Obsolete Item – Mark: “walkers for old people… the big ones.” He slyly ties his answer (4 legs) to his dice roll.
• [30:18] Pizza Shape – Wade picks “round” over “square” in the blandest way possible, aiming for mid-range.
• [32:12] Mario Kart Character – Mark chooses “Luigi,” making cryptic connections between character and number (number of I’s, not #1, etc.)
• [35:44] Weirdest Bedside Item – Wade: frogs, vines, and thirst, spiraling into surreal imagery signaling a low roll.
  • “Sometimes you just gotta … the frog vine. And then all of a sudden, it’s sunny.” – Wade [36:00] (nonsense taken as a low roll clue)
• [37:26] First Thing Noticed in a Person – Mark simply says: “Face.” Literalness as a game clue.
• [41:07] Corniest Pickup Line – Wade: “Tomorrow. I love you.” Mark uses tomorrow = two tens = 20 logic; turns out to be a mischievous 3.
  • “You know the classic pickup line. Tomorrow, tomorrow. I love you.” – Wade [47:38]
• [43:23] Ideal Birthday – Mark rambles about birthdays, proposals, and TV shows (“the show about killing yourself”)—with the true answer being 13, referencing “13 Reasons Why.”
  • “Birthday. Birthday. Birthday. Birthday. You know, I wasn’t one for birthday parties…” – Mark [43:30]
• Widespread misunderstanding ensues, with Mark and Wade leaving increasingly obscure clues and Bob guessing wildly.

Running Gags & Highlights:

• Cryptic Clues: Mark tries to drop subtle number clues for Bob (“walkers… big ones… four legs!” [29:13]). Wade stirs chaos by refusing to stick to the logic of the game.
• Meta-Commentary: The hosts repeatedly marvel at their own inability to guess correctly, with Mark openly questioning, “How obvious are we supposed to make these things?”
• Absurd Reasoning: Attempting to assign meaning to word counts, roman numerals in “Luigi”, or the possible number of orifices on a face.
  • “He smashed Birdo. That made sense.” – Bob [33:46]
• Descent into Madness: Bob’s “book of points” is “not at all going to be a documentation of my slow descent into madness.” [01:50]

4. Scoring, Wheel Spins, and Season Context

[48:12 – End]

• Recap of points, with arbitrary additions/subtractions for small talk performance, short jokes, “will to live,” and other categories.
• Extended confusion over who’s actually winning and how, with Bob and Mark dissecting the “wheel spins” system.
• Season Stakes: The hosts realize that Mark and Bob are tied for total season wins, while Wade holds a points advantage from wheel spins. The next episode, with Wade as host, will be the season champion decider.
  • “This next one that Wade hosts is kind of like the 1v1 faceoff for champion of season 5.” – Bob [57:04]

Final Scores & Winner:

• Wade: 4 points (win)
• Mark: 2 points

Notable Quotes:

• “I love whenever I laugh to the point of physical tears.” – Wade [47:16]
• “I just want to know how many people go out to the bars and they try ‘tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you’ as a pick up line and have success.” – Wade [49:56]
• “We should probably, you know, kill it before it gets any wilder.” – Mark [50:20]

5. Memorable Closing Moments

[55:08+]

• Mark’s Acceptance Speech: A tongue-in-cheek lament over never winning the Streamy for Gamer of the Year, drawing a parallel to his in-podcast losing streak.
  • “Sometimes, if I don’t win the year of the year thing, I will flip the ultimate unfair coin.” – Mark [55:14]
• Wade’s Winner Speech: An anticlimactic ode: “I hate this game.” [56:14]
• Season Stats Recap: They dig into subreddit user-supplied leaderboards, realizing the next episode is the true faceoff.

Notable Quotes by Timestamp

• Mark (Oscars):
  “I did that intentionally. I don’t care what people think. That was all me, 100% intended.” [03:43]
• Mark (Language learning app):
  “Kimchi Reader is great because ... it can parse the words better. It has better dictionaries for the idioms and the slang.” [05:22]
• Bob (3D printing):
  “I love when you get a thing and then you make things for the thing with the thing to improve the thing.” [11:36]
• Wade (Bakery):
  “You grab a tray… you grab some tongs and you actually put the stuff you want on your tray.” [16:15]
• Mark (Wheel of Points):
  “As the judge, you’re correct at all times.” [48:12]
• Wade (Pickup line):
  “Tomorrow, tomorrow. I love you.” [47:38]
• Mark (Why am I still here?):
  “I don’t know. God. To take me away from this place.” [37:05]

Important Timestamps

• Small Talk Banter & Oscars Story: [03:13 – 06:45]
• Technology Tangents (3D Printing): [11:36 – 13:55]
• Bakery Chat: [14:29 – 16:28]
• Spotify Deal Announcement: [18:06 – 19:20]
• Dicebreakers Game Begins: [24:15]
• Notable Surreal Answers (Frogs & Vines): [35:44]
• Birthday Ramble/‘13 Reasons Why’ Clue: [43:23]
• Winner & Season Stakes Discussion: [54:00 – End]

Tone and Style

• Loose, spontaneous conversational style—full of comedic asides, invented logic, playful bullying, and absurd reasoning.
• Game answers shift from straightforward to cryptic, with increasing self-referentiality and exasperation.
• Blunt self-awareness of the nonsense inherent in their scoring and gameplay.

Summary for New Listeners

"Distractible: Dicebreakers Too!" is a quintessential display of the podcast’s whimsical spirit. Mark, Wade, and Bob engage in deranged “competitive” banter around icebreaker questions, with D20 dice dictating the flavor of each response and almost no connection between clues and guesses. Expect tech rabbit holes, bakery recommendations, tales of personal growth (or regression), and a game format destined to collapse under its own rules. The culmination: The stakes are high as Mark and Bob head into a final faceoff, courtesy of Wade’s win—poised to decide the champion of the season. If you want to witness chaos, friendship, and number-based nonsense, this is the episode for you.