WTF America

Summary

Podcast Summary: "WTF America" - I’ve Had It Released on November 7, 2024 | Hosts: Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan

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Introduction to "WTF America"

In this emotionally charged episode titled "WTF America," hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan delve into the tumultuous state of the United States amidst significant political and social upheaval. Joined by co-hosts Kathy, Seth, and their spirited relative Meemaw, the conversation navigates through personal grievances, societal frustrations, and the resilience of marginalized communities.

Political Climate and Women's Rights

Timestamp [02:43]: Kathy opens the discourse with a heartfelt acknowledgment of the struggles faced by listeners, particularly those within the LGBTQIA+ community. She expresses deep sorrow over the recent election outcomes that threaten women's reproductive rights, stating:

"I know that so many of you probably have people in your lives that say they love you and they went and voted for that. And I know that hurts. I know that that really, really hurts." – Kathy [02:43]

The conversation highlights the rollback of Roe v. Wade and the broader implications for women's autonomy and rights. Both Kathy and Seth emphasize the difficulty in reconciling with men who oppose these rights, as well as women who deny other women the same freedoms.

Timestamp [03:57]: Seth reinforces the sentiment by sharing his sadness for various marginalized groups and reaffirms his unwavering allyship:

"I'm so sad for women. I'm so sad for the black and brown community. I'm so sad for the LGBTQIA community. But my allyship is just as strong as it was yesterday." – Seth [03:57]

Allyship and Community Support

Timestamp [04:24]: Kathy discusses the importance of micro-level encouragement and championing for marginalized individuals during oppressive political regimes. She underscores the necessity of humanizing these communities and not succumbing to hateful rhetoric:

"Encourage, on a micro level... to champion for marginalized people. Humanize it, don't accept it when people just say, oh, I wish gay people would be quiet." – Kathy [04:24]

The hosts express concern over the resurgence of white supremacy and the challenges ahead, hoping for guardrails that could steer society towards a more equitable future.

Personal Reflections and Tragedies

Timestamp [08:41]: The hosts share personal anecdotes that reflect their struggles and losses. Kathy mentions the tragic shooting of Javier Morales, affectionately known as Javi, which has deeply affected the community:

"A guy that we work with here that has worked for me since he was 18 years old, Javier Morales, whom we called Javi, was tragically shot three or four weeks ago. So we're still reeling from that." – Kathy [08:41]

This moment highlights the podcast's commitment to addressing both personal and collective grief within their community.

Community Engagement and Listener Feedback

Timestamp [06:36]: Kathy and Seth engage with listener reviews, showcasing the podcast’s interactive nature. They humorously address a review titled "A plus Marriage Advice Podcast," where a listener praises Jessica for understanding the complexities of love and irritation within marriage.

Timestamp [10:17]: The introduction of a fictional mascot, the "blue-tailed hawk," adds a whimsical element to the discussion. The hosts brainstorm ways to personify their frustrations, blending humor with social commentary.

"We're the first podcasters to ever adopt the blue-tailed hawk. But we're still trying to find our voice because we were misbirding." – Kathy [11:23]

Parenting and Relationships

Timestamp [07:46]: The hosts delve into the duality of love and frustration within close relationships. Seth shares his relatable experience as a parent, expressing the simultaneous love and occasional exasperation towards his children:

"Sometimes you love me and hate me both at the same time. I mean, I just think that's living, especially in the same house." – Seth [07:46]

Kathy echoes this sentiment, emphasizing the authenticity of such feelings and rejecting the notion that love is constant and unwavering in relationships.

Timestamp [18:20]: The conversation shifts to the complexities of parental identity and the pressures placed on children. Kathy critiques how some parents entwine their identity with their children’s achievements, advocating for healthy boundaries and independent identities for their offspring.

Listener Anecdotes and Humor

Timestamp [15:26]: Listener Samantha voices her frustration with attributing pregnancy miracles solely to divine intervention, arguing that women's bodily experiences are often overshadowed by religious narratives:

"I just don't think women get enough credit for actually creating human bodies. And I'm just tired of God getting all the credit." – Samantha [15:26]

Kathy and Seth humorously expand on this theme, critiquing the over-reliance on religious explanations in various aspects of life, from sports achievements to everyday acts.

Social Etiquette and Public Behavior

Timestamp [34:55]: Rihanna shares an incident in London where a lack of spatial awareness led to her flip flop being stepped on, resulting in a chaotic and embarrassing situation. Kathy and Seth pivot to a broader critique of public etiquette, particularly criticizing the presence of toddlers in adult-oriented environments:

"If you can afford French Open finals tickets, you can afford a babysitter. Why is this baby here?" – Kathy [24:58]

This segment blends humor with genuine frustration over societal norms and the disruptions caused by unprepared parenting in public settings.

Proposed Activism and Satirical Solutions

Timestamp [38:18]: Jill suggests redirecting protest efforts towards opposing marriage and promoting anti-erection campaigns, sparking a satirical debate among the hosts. Kathy and Seth engage in a mock-strategy session, humorously outlining outlandish protest tactics:

"We can put yard signs that say Jerry has a limp dick. [...] We have to stop juicing erections." – Kathy [40:00] & Seth [40:32]

This lighthearted exchange underscores the podcast’s ability to tackle serious issues with humor and creativity.

Conclusion and Future Directions

As the episode wraps up, the hosts reaffirm their commitment to addressing societal issues with a blend of humor, passion, and unfiltered honesty. They encourage listeners to join their live shows and engage with their expanding community platform, emphasizing solidarity and collective action against prevailing injustices.

Timestamp [43:53]: Kathy announces their new podcast, iHip News, focusing on daily political hot takes, integrating their signature style of addressing petty grievances alongside significant issues.

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Notable Quotes

• "I know that so many of you probably have people in your lives that say they love you and they went and voted for that. And I know that hurts." – Kathy [02:43]

• "I've had it with people giving God the credit for my pregnancy. God's miracle. What a blessing." – Samantha [20:34]

• "Sometimes you love me and hate me both at the same time. I mean, I just think that's living, especially in the same house." – Seth [07:46]

• "If you can afford French Open finals tickets, you can afford a babysitter. Why is this baby here?" – Kathy [24:58]

• "We're the first podcasters to ever adopt the blue-tailed hawk. But we're still trying to find our voice because we were misbirding." – Kathy [11:23]

Conclusion

"WTF America" serves as a cathartic outlet for the hosts and their community, blending humor with poignant discussions on pressing societal issues. Through honest dialogue and relatable anecdotes, Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan foster a sense of unity and resilience among their listeners, encouraging active participation in shaping a more just and compassionate America. Whether addressing personal struggles or national crises, the episode stands as a testament to the power of shared experiences and collective advocacy.

Transcript

[Jennifer]

I'm not sure if you've noticed, but it's definitely allergy season. I love spring, but I struggle with allergies, which are not the most fun. Luckily with Kleenex Ultra soft tissues, I can say bring on the blooms and face allergies head on. Kleenex ultra soft tissues are hypoallergenic and allergist approved so you can attack watery eyes and battle runny noses without worrying about irritating your skin. I'm obsessed with Kleenex. I always have a box of tissues nearby. I'm always carrying them in my purse. I feel like that prepared friend. But I do have allergies. You could probably hear it in my voice this time of year, you know, we're struggling out here. Okay, but if I'm going to be rubbing this tissue on my face, you know, I have makeup on. I want it to be like soft and comfortable. I don't want to be ripping up my nose. And that is why I love the Kleenex ultra soft tissues because they get the job done. They're non irritating. They are just the go to. I mean, doesn't everybody love Kleenex? I feel like I grew up using Kleenex for this allergy season. Grab Kleenex and face allergies head on.

[Angie]

If your day sounds like we need.

[Kathy]

The report asap, you deserve Medela.

[Angie]

If you've persevered through.

[Kathy]

You deserve this.

[Angie]

Rich golden lager with a crisp or refreshing taste. Or if you overcame.

[Kathy]

Two more rests, two more. You deserve this ice cold reward.

[Angie]

Madeleine the markable fighter. Drink responsibly.

[Kathy]

Beer imported by Crowning Port Chicago, Illinois. So are we supposed to start the podcast?

[Seth]

Ready? One, two, three.

[Kathy]

Well, this is normally where we get everybody fired up and you know, we do eagle stuff and I'm. I mean, are you feeling like an eagle today?

[Seth]

No, I'm not. I'm feeling like a worm eaten by an eagle.

[Kathy]

That's so sad.

[Seth]

I know, it is sad.

[Kathy]

Can you caca. Ca.

[Seth]

Caw.

[Kathy]

Caw, caw. Ca. Caw. Yeah, it's like a wounded bird.

[Seth]

That's what I feel like, a wounded bird.

[Kathy]

Well, you feel a lot better than me because I feel like a heaping pile of hammered dog shit is what I feel like. It's like I would take wounded bird because I could go to a bird sanctuary and people would nurse me back to health in a cute little nest and like a little bottle dropper and I'd be like, this is like. I mean, I feel like I need a padded cell and a straight jacket.

[Seth]

I actually feel like someone ran over me with a semi tractor or like a semi truck.

[Kathy]

What the fuck, America?

[Seth]

What the fuck? What in the literal fuck is happening?

[Kathy]

Seriously, though, I want to say, because we have built a community here of listeners of open minded, accepting people, lots of members of the LGBTQIA + community, and I just want to tell you from the bottom of my heart how sorry I am that so many of you probably have people in your lives that say they love you and they went and voted for that. And I know that hurts. I know that that really, really hurts. And I had always been a white woman. That was pretty much, you know, I experienced sexism. But a lot of really brave women fought before me so that I could be a businesswoman and be a working mom. And seeing the post Roe election results, and that really hits. It really hits that, Wow. A lot of men don't want women to have these rights, but a lot of women, right, don't want other women to have these rights. And that's just. It's really hard to reconcile.

[Seth]

It's really hard to reconcile. And just. I echo what you're saying it. I'm so sad for women. I'm so sad for the black and brown community. I'm so sad for the LGBTQIA community. But my allyship is just as strong as it was yesterday.

[Kathy]

Yes, mine will be even stronger.

[Seth]

Even stronger.

[Kathy]

And I. We just did an episode of ihip News yesterday, and in that podcast, I told our listeners, encourage, on a micro level through this next Trump regime that we're about to live through, because it's going to be hell and we all know it. On a micro level, encouragement people to champion for marginalized people. Humanize it, don't accept it when people just, you know, say, oh, I'm just not into, you know, I just wish gay people would be quiet. It's like they're not wanting more than you, they're wanting the same. And, you know, two minority groups and two members of immigrant populations. I'm horrified for what this has unleashed and how emboldened white supremacy is right now. And that terrifies me. And this is going to be hard. I mean, this is going to be a hard time to get through. If we make it through the four years and are able to vote again, that would be the goal. That's the only thing that I can see as a positive sign through this whole thing is if there are any guardrails that get us to another election, then that could be what could help me persevere through this. But the Immediate promise of Donald Trump's to start rounding people up is horrifying. So I don't know if Biden can do a bunch of executive orders and grant everybody amnesty, and then I don't know if Trump can undo that. A lot of that is completely over my head. But welcome to I've had it. I'm Jennifer.

[Seth]

I'm Angie.

[Kathy]

Kathy and Seth are still here. Meemaw is still. I mean, she is still America's greatest legal mind, despite being a Woo. A wounded bird. And Kathy, you're still our favorite lesbian.

[Meemaw]

Yep. Still gay.

[Kathy]

Still gay.

[Meemaw]

Still gonna be gay.

[Seth]

They didn't vote you out. Gay.

[Meemaw]

They're trying.

[Kathy]

They didn't vote the gay away.

[Meemaw]

Yeah, they're trying. I've got a couple reviews for you guys.

[Seth]

Okay.

[Meemaw]

Five stars. This one's titled A plus Marriage Advice Podcast. And Deanna writes, listening to Jessica over the years has taught me that I can both love my husband and be highly irritated by everything he does, says, and in general, his daily presence in my home. She just gets me five stars.

[Kathy]

Listener. Listen, these are the things that we can help you with, right? These are. This is called a compound feeling. And if you don't have a black and white rigid worldview, you're able to have compound feelings. And when it comes to my husband Josh, I love the out of that man. I mean, I just love him so much as soon as he gets home from work and I think, God, I love him. He looks great. I hope he had a great day. And then he starts following me around the house and into the closet and narrating things that I do and have belaboring conversations. And I think, okay, I'm done. All right, it's time to move along here.

[Seth]

Well, on that note, yesterday my son was late. He was coming up here. He's supposed to be here at 3:30. He rolls in at 4:30 and I'm waiting for him. And I just, I hung up the phone with him and I was just like, I fucking hate him. And Kylie just. I just hear Kylie go.

[Kathy]

And I told him.

[Seth]

I was like, I love you so much, but sometimes I hate you too. Because that is the most relatable feeling in the world as a parent, as a spouse, I think I would just extend it to people you have to live in close contact with. Sometimes you love me and hate me both at the same time. I mean, I just think that's living especially in the same house, but I just think that people that say, I just love everything about my spouse all the time, I Just love everything about my kids all the time. I just think that's a lie.

[Kathy]

It's a lie. There's only one person on the planet that never got on my nerves that I loved 100% of the time, and that was hobby, our sweet Javi. And for those of you that missed that episode one, a guy that we work with here that has worked for me since he was 18 years old, Javier Morales, whom we called Javi, was tragically shot three or four weeks ago. So we're still reeling from that. And then, you know, this election hickey, I mean, God, I don't know if memaw, we're going to make her take her. Be able to take her to the assisted living center because this has been a rough. It's been a rough, rough few weeks.

[Seth]

Rough 30 days.

[Meemaw]

Okay, one more five star review. It's titled Caca and they write probably deserves less than five stars considering that Meemaw keeps perpetuating the lie that bald eagles sound like that. Sorry. It's actually a red tailed hawk.

[Kathy]

Call red. You know what? Since they got the eagle, that's what we will be, right? We will be the red tailed. Can we name it a blue tailed hawk? Now I have an aversion to red.

[Seth]

Like a blue jay maybe. I don't know what sound of blue jay.

[Kathy]

I just think we make up our own bird. It's a fictional bird.

[Seth]

We're gonna have to make up our own bird.

[Kathy]

A blue tailed hawk.

[Seth]

A blue tailed hawk. Okay, we're making up our own bird. A blue tailed hawk. Right now it sounds like. But we're gonna get the wind back in our sails.

[Meemaw]

It'll get stronger.

[Seth]

It'll get stronger. One day I'm gonna be sitting here and the caca is just gonna blow you out of the car.

[Meemaw]

Okay, do you guys want some voice memos?

[Kathy]

Let's do it.

[Meemaw]

Okay. Up first we've got a voice memo from Jack.

[Angie]

I noticed this during the Olympics and now I can't not notice it. Anytime there's some feat in sports, these announcers get so specific with the person to make them the first to do it. They'd be like, oh, this is the first person since 2022 who's born left handed, who moms a cunt to do this thing. And it's like, okay. Otherwise known as not the first person. And that's okay. You can be the fourth or fifth person to do something and it still be a really big feat. I've had it. We've have the first person to do it. And that's it. We don't get to make this little group for this one person to be first. I've had it. Move on.

[Seth]

I couldn't agree more. And you know what? I blame this on helicopter parents. They are the ones that their little Johnny has to be the best and the first. So it's like my little Johnny wasn't the first person to ever dunk the ball, but my little Johnny was the first person that ever dunked it while wearing green tennis shoes and wearing a yellow vest and being six.

[Kathy]

What was that guy's name? That was Jack. Jack, I have a first for you. We're the first podcasters to ever adopt the blue tailed hawk is what we are. First. We're still trying to find our voice because we were misbirding. You know, some people say they're misgendered. We've been misburded.

[Seth]

Right?

[Kathy]

And now we're rebirding. And we are the blue tailed hawk. Let's see if you can do it. What does a blue tailed hawk say? Pumps. It's better. It's better. See, we're. We're rebirding.

[Seth]

We're rebirding.

[Kathy]

We're rebirding. Listener, this may come as a total shock to you, but Pumps and I have not always been this pulled together and rock solid. In fact, we used to be rather screwed up. Wouldn't you say? Pumps?

[Seth]

I would say damn near psychotic.

[Kathy]

Totally. And we have written a cell phone expose. One could even say it's a manifesto. And the book title is Life is.

[Seth]

A Lazy Susan of Shit Sandwiches.

[Kathy]

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[Seth]

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[Kathy]

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[Seth]

That's what I was just going to say. I got Ollie some stocking stuffers to go with the food that he eats and he is going to be so excited.

[Kathy]

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[Meemaw]

Okay, up next we've got a voice memo from Fran.

[Jessica]

Hello to Princess diangela and her lesser known podcast co host, what's her face, Josh Welch's wife. Anyway, what I fucking had it with is these women who have made their husbands or boyfriends job and careers their personality traits. I see this all the time from my little small Kentucky hometown talking about on their trucks, on their T shirts, on their Stanley cups. It'll be like lineman wife or lineman girlfriend or coal miner's wife or married to the thin blue line. Get your own personality traits. These men are not out here on their trucks talking about nurse husband or husband to a stay at home mom. They're probably not trying to admit that they even have a wife. I fucking had it.

[Kathy]

I have felt this for the longest time when women make their entire identity an extension of their husband's profession.

[Seth]

Totally agree.

[Kathy]

It is so self defeating for women. I mean men never do this, never ever do this about their wives. But women, their whole identity becomes whatever their husband's career is Particularly I noticed this with doctors, wives.

[Seth]

I completely agree with that.

[Kathy]

I mean that's. It's like the doctor, the God complex that a lot of physicians have. The women just completely take that on too. I remember once I was in a conversation with a woman, this is many years ago. Her husband was a cardiologist and he was talking about something and I can't remember exactly how the conversation got. It was a weave. But anyway.

[Seth]

Too soon.

[Kathy]

Too soon. Anyway, she. I said, so what did he say? And she said what he was saying is that he holds a human life in the palm of his hands and it could go either way. That he literally is so skilled that he can determine if somebody lives or dies. She was talking about it as though so like this man were on the battlefield and basically he's operating on somebody who'd, you know, had a heart attack due to poor dieting their whole lives. And it was just. And no disrespect to people that have had heart attacks. My dad has had one. He has stents in his heart. No disrespect there. But I particularly see that with doctor's wife.

[Seth]

Yeah, now I see it with that too. And I just think if women don't have their own career or their own outlet for something that feeds them and their person, I think it just becomes more and more the identity of the husband. Like if they don't feed their own identity, they become more their husband's identity.

[Kathy]

And they also do it with their kids.

[Seth]

I would almost say it's worse with kids, wouldn't you?

[Kathy]

I would say it's worse with kids.

[Seth]

I mean, people are so eaten up with the dumb shits about their kids.

[Kathy]

And I think it's a. It's. I think it's kind of unhealthy to put that much pressure on the kid that their accolades are your identity because you kids need to start having separation from their parents. I mean, as an adult, I have found the most up adults that I know have completely enmeshed relationships with their parents where there are no boundaries and it's very difficult for them to get away from it and make a. A court chart a course for their own life with their own identity and that. Like proud this, proud that, or my son's this, my son's that. Of course you should be proud of your kid. I'm not so proud of my kids, but as my kids are now 18 and 21, I'm very cognizant that they are charting their own course. That the one thing, there are certain things I want them to take from our family of origin, and that's like, to have a moral compass to fight for marginalized people. But outside of that, like, I think they both will probably end up going to law school. But I want that to all be their choice, right? And they're something they've accomplished on their own without something me attaching or accrediting myself to.

[Seth]

Yeah, I completely agree. I. It's funny because as you know, single mom, all my kids are gone. And in so many instances, I've. My kids, I've heard them tell their friends, like, how's your mom doing? Is she sad? They're like, no, she likes it better with us gone. So I'm glad they don't have to worry because I have friends that have told me that are single moms that aren't, you know, live in their home alone, that they have told me when my, you know, my kids are worried when they leave that I'm going to be so lonely and sad. And so I feel like that's one really good thing. It is good is that my kids never have. Once, in fact, I heard Emily tell someone or she told me the other day, how do you like it? And I go, I think I like it better with you all gone. And she was like, that doesn't surprise me at all.

[Meemaw]

Okay, up next, we've got Samantha.

[Jessica]

Hi, Jen pumps Kali. Love you all. This is Samantha from Kentucky. And I forgot a major. I've had it. My I've had it is. I am so tired of people giving God the credit for my pregnancy. God's miracle. What a blessing. Oh, isn't God so great? What a miracle. No, what's a miracle? And what's great is that I found a babysitter to go have time to have sex and get pregnant again unexpectedly. But my first pregnancy was just, oh, God, so amazing. God's so amazing. Yeah, sure, maybe. But I'm sorry, does God have stretch marks? Does God's nipples hurt? Does God come home wearing diapers for six weeks? I don't think so. I just don't think women get enough credit for actually creating human bodies. And I'm just tired of God getting all the credit. Can somebody agree with me? Thanks. Love you.

[Kathy]

You know, I agree with this. And I could just go down the exact same rabbit hole with athletes that do the chest pump. And the point up to God, after they make a basket or a home run or a touchdown, I'm like, put a sock in it. I mean, acting athleticism was somehow, you know, your feet Moved faster because of divine intervention is insulting to everybody's intelligence. And how do you think it makes the other religious people on the opposing team think that maybe like God doesn't like them? Right.

[Seth]

There's a lot of narcissism in that.

[Kathy]

Yeah, there's a lot of.

[Seth]

I mean, I about died when she said I found time to have a babysitter to have sex. I mean, I babysitter for my kid so that I could go have sex. That's the miracle. Isn't that the truth? I remember those days. I mean, when your kids are little, you're just in jail kind of, right? I mean, there's just very little time for other things when you have little kids like that.

[Kathy]

Yep.

[Seth]

I kind of forgotten about the six weeks in a diaper after a kid. It's been so long. Good luck.

[Meemaw]

Okay, up next we've got Rob.

[Angie]

Hey, Rob Craig. Charlotte, North Carolina, Here. Yep, North Carolina. You heard it, right? Enough said. Fucking had it up to my eyeballs. And whatever's above that and needs some justification here. I had it with going on a small group wine tour and finding out that out of the six people, two of them are toddlers. And they need all of the back seats of the Mercedes, very special van that we booked. So my husband and I, who are two fully grown 40 year old men, are put in the front seat with the driver for nine hours in the Joro Valley of Portugal. Had it. And to put the icing on the cake, about 15 minutes into this trip where we're stuck in the front, the kids are screaming and then one throws up. The parents do not have a change of clothes, they do not have wipes. But what do the gays have? The gays have wipes, the gays have napkins. The gays are prepared.

[Kathy]

I have to say, nothing can ruin a good time as much as a toddler can.

[Seth]

I absolutely agree. And here's the deal. I think there should be a law that toddlers cannot go on adult trips. Like why would somebody take their kid on a wine tasting tour?

[Kathy]

I think in civilized societies is, it is an unspoken law. But schlepping a toddler on some wine thing is just that is a recipe for disaster. I understand the parents wanting to get intoxicated since they have a couple of toddlers.

[Seth]

Right.

[Kathy]

But taking them on a wine tasting tour is just, it's beyond me. I understand that toddlers, there are certain places they have to go like they have to go to sometimes the mom needs to take them to the grocery store and they have to get on airplanes at times. And I have empathy for the parents when you're just voluntarily taking these toddlers to places that do not need to be. It's maddening. I'll never forget. I will never forget Roland Garros, the French Open tennis final. I'm sitting there, and this woman who was wearing stilettos with a toddler. So that's rule number one. Who the fuck is schlepping around a toddler in a pair of stilettos?

[Seth]

Yeah, that's that.

[Kathy]

That was the biggest red flag. The toddler keeps crying and pitching a fit, and so she's having to go up and down and up and down the exit, taking the toddler out, bringing the toddler in. Finally, like, it's Carlos Alcaraz, the Spanish phenom. He's, like, about to serve, and this toddler just starts wailing as she's. Yes. And he has to stop and looks at her and she's like, I'm sorry. And I'm just like, this toddler doesn't know what tennis is, right? If you can afford French Open finals tickets, you can afford a babysitter. Why the is this baby here? Number one? And fundamentally, I still need to know why the you're wearing stilettos to a sporting event. I don't understand that. I don't understand at NBA games, when you go and people are sitting courtside, the stilettos, you have to schlep down all these bleachers. I do not understand stilettos at sporting events.

[Seth]

I don't understand stilettos. Most of the time I do.

[Kathy]

I like issue, and I love. I love those. I understand fashion and the artistry behind it. I love all of that. I. There's a time and a place for them. I do not understand stilettos at sporting events, at football games, at soccer games. Why the fuck when, you know, you have to schlep around from the parking lot to get in and climb the bleacher stadiums? Are you wearing stilettos?

[Seth]

Oh, I've walked five miles to an OU game with behind somebody in stilettos, and I can't wrap my head around it. Here's the deal. Here's another just huge offender on the get a fucking babysitter train. When you are at a wedding and a kid screams the entire time and the parents don't take him out, I want to just stand up and say, why the fuck did you bring this kid? Get a babysitter. What is happening? Like, you're ruining everybody trying to be here and I'm not a huge wedding fan, but I just think that is so rude. And you see it. I can't remember the last time I went to a wedding that a baby wasn't screaming.

[Kathy]

Here's the thing. If you have to bring a baby for whatever the reasons are that the baby or the toddler has to come, at least have the common decency once the kid starts shrieking, and inevitably it will, right? Because it's a baby or a toddler and they're assholes. As we established on the very first episode of this podcast, pick the child up and take it out of earshot from the majority of the people. I've been in so many situations recently where somebody is speaking and you cannot hear the speaker because a person has a toddler and the toddler's drowning everything out. And it never occurs to the person to think, hey, will you let me know what they say while I'm gone? I'm going to take my baby outside so it doesn't annoy everyone.

[Seth]

Right.

[Kathy]

Sitting there with a screaming toddler is such a next level entitlement that I can't relate to. When our kids were little, the minute they started acting out, one of us would swoop them up and we were immediately outside. I don't get that.

[Seth]

I don't get it either. I remember very distinctly one time Emily's thing, which she was. She would throw up if she was mad and didn't get her way. I know you vividly remember it. And I remember one day we're sitting there and she starts throwing up and you scooped her out. You got her out faster than I could. I rounded up everybody else because you were right next to her and you're like, we're going to be outside.

[Kathy]

You have to, you have to. You just. It, it's, it's just an unspoken rule that you toddlers are such a temporary thing. And they can be so cute and so fun and you fall in love with them, I think. So that can help you get through the teenage years, but they're not cute to others. The majority of the time when a toddler is amongst the public, they are a ticking time bomb of a grievance that is about to be unleashed. And they rain hellfire on the general public. So as the parent, it is your duty to scoop them up and remove them.

[Seth]

Agree. And I, I'm just going to go on record, I don't blame the toddler in these situations. I blame the parents.

[Meemaw]

I will say the last two weddings I've been to on the invitation. It says no kids allowed. So I think that's a growing trend.

[Seth]

And I think it should be agreed. And I think it's a lack of common courtesy that they have to say it, but good for them for saying it. Now do people abide by it?

[Meemaw]

In my experience so far.

[Kathy]

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[Meemaw]

Okay, this is a Patreon cult member and Summer.

[Summer]

Okay, I wanted to send in a Hit it. You know what I hit? I hit the fact that y'all talk about religion in terms that no one else uses in the south. And I so appreciate it. In fact, that's what helped me years ago realize I was actually a liberal, because I really didn't realize that I was for a lot of years. And part of that was due to watching religious, which I know Bill Maher, you know, has some issues for sure. And I anyone else that talks as openly or as frankly about religion as Jen and Pups and you guys, and I just, I love it. I appreciate it. He gives me life. Living in Arkansas, in the Bible Belt is pure torture. And I will tell you one thing I've had it with, though. That's my Hit it. My habit is when people describe someone, oh, but he's a good Christian or she's just a good Christian woman, I'm like, what? That's a huge red flag for me. That means they're probably a terrible shitty.

[Kathy]

Ass person is what that means.

[Summer]

So, like, don't ever tell me someone's a good Christian or I'm going to know immediately that they are a sucky, sucky human.

[Kathy]

It's true. Everything she says is spot on. I know when I'm dealing with a business, if it has that Christian fish on it, I know immediately not to do business with them. If somebody has to be that broad and that robust with their religiosity, you know they're masking something. And living in the Bible Belt will make you less religious because there is a veneer and it is, oh, hi, how are you? Religious people only love the people that are in their little cult. There's no love for collectivism. And I shouldn't say this is not all religious people because I do have some friends that are like Christian light, like maybe Episcopalian or whatever, but evangelicals in particular are some of the cruelest people I've ever met in my lives. I mean, right underneath that veneer there is just racism, homophobia, judgment, cruelty. Picking on people's physical appearance is just mean, mean shit that always takes my breath away.

[Seth]

I am Summer. I had the exact Same experience. Like I thought I was a Republican for all these years until I like, lived and grew and did all that. So I completely. I get it, Summer. I. I get you.

[Meemaw]

Okay, up next we've got Rihanna.

[Rihanna]

My thing that I've had it with is people that don't have any spatial awareness. Right, so you've been to London and it is busy as hell. There is loads of people not giving a. They just go about their business. And so this, this afternoon, right, I decided that I was going to wear flip flops. Now that is just a disaster in itself when you're in London. Right? But anyway, minding my own business, wearing flip flops, going down the escalator to get on the tube. And instead of this guy going around me, he decided that he was going to come right up behind me. Yeah. So anyway, so I'm just about to get off the escalator. The guy stands on the back of me flip flop, I go flying, hopping about. I'm left with the tongue bit in the between me toes and the sole of me flip flop is still on the escalator. I've had to stand there like a right twat and wait for me flip flop to come off of the escalator. Honestly, I've had it.

[Kathy]

Okay. I have to say, I would have had it too. Because the one thing that I admire a lot, like if somebody were to say, Jennifer, list your top five things that you admire about civilization, I would say top three even, is the escalator etiquette in London. Yeah, the escalator etiquette in London should be admired by the entire world. Everybody stands on one side, you can pass, everybody follows the rules. It's tidy. So this is a huge. Even more of an egregious violation considering they are nothing but exemplary in escalator etiquette. That this guy crowded in and stepped on the back of her flip flop is a huge stain to the United Kingdom in my opinion.

[Seth]

20 bucks says he was probably American. No, the efficiency of London is fabulous as a flip flop wear. I can't even imagine that. But I'm going to tell you what got me with that. I write twat, twat. I mean, there is nothing better than a British accent. And I'm kind of in my Stevie Nicks phase. So the fact that her name's Rihanna, I mean, I'm just. I'm all in. All in.

[Meemaw]

Okay. The last one is from Jill.

[Jill]

I've had it with these people that are in states where it is still legal protesting at abortion clinics and trying to manipulate women, you know, and convince them not to have an abortion and not have a choice. So I think that we are missing the boat as women and protests and where we should really be protesting. I want to start protesting at weddings. I'm going to get my son and go to a wedding for some young woman in her 20s and being like, hell no, don't go get married. Because marrying a man is pain in the ass. And they're not going to know where anything is the rest of your life. And you're going to have to think for them and do for them. Hell, no, don't get married. So wedding protests need to be the new trend.

[Kathy]

I like her idea, but I think I have one that could, that could top it. I think we stand outside of pharmacies and protest Viagra.

[Seth]

Oh, my gosh.

[Kathy]

Yes. I think we just start a. We start playing the long game with this.

[Seth]

Yes.

[Kathy]

You know, skirting the system for an erection is defying God's will. God intended for you to not have an erection for this long. And we make signs and we play the long game like the religious right has.

[Seth]

Yes.

[Kathy]

And we take down geriatric erections at every turn that we can. And young people that are trying to do it more in one, you know, more in one setting than they probably should.

[Seth]

Right.

[Kathy]

You know, God only intended for your dick to be this hard for this amount of time.

[Seth]

Not four hours on this day.

[Kathy]

Only if you're juicing, you are defying God's will. And so, you know, we stop juicing erections. And I think we do a very decades long game with this. And we start with pharmacies. And then also I think we could just follow around FedEx trucks and UPS trucks. You just have to drive them. You know that they're going to some old guy's house. You just hop out with your sign. You know, Jerry can't get an erection, so he just ordered Viagra.

[Seth]

We could put yard signs in. Yeah, we can follow if they get like a Ford Hymns delivery.

[Kathy]

Yeah.

[Seth]

We can put a sign that says Jerry has a limp dick. Right, Jennifer? I mean, I've thought you've had many brilliant ideas. You know, that in 25 almost years of being friends, this might be the best one.

[Kathy]

All right, here's the deal, listener here. Here's we, we have to reorganize and regroup. Based on what happened on Tuesday, November 5th, we've established we have a new mascot and it is the blue winged hawk that says Kaka. Yes. But we also have a platform.

[Seth]

We Have a new platform.

[Kathy]

We have a new platform. And what we think an issue that America can just address, that we can all address together is juicing for unnatural erections.

[Seth]

Right.

[Kathy]

We can make a platform. We can have like bylaws. You can be the attorney for the organization, Kylie.

[Seth]

What? What?

[Kathy]

She'll run the social media.

[Seth]

Yeah, but I mean, I think a lesbian should be in a position of power in this committee, don't you?

[Kathy]

Yes, but I think that's just a foregone conclusion. I think that that diminishes our cause.

[Seth]

Because that just on there. Yeah, we'll get Seth on there.

[Kathy]

Yeah. No offense, Kylie, but I mean, you don't bring any credibility to it.

[Summer]

I don't.

[Kathy]

Because what they're going to say is, of course, that Leslie doesn't want a hard dick. That's why she's a Leslie, you know, would get that kind of pushback. What we need to do is we need to rec. Men.

[Seth]

Right.

[Kathy]

Specifically gay men, because I think they might juice quite a bit.

[Seth]

I was going to say there has to be a gay exception.

[Kathy]

I. I agree, but I think to start. But the situation with gay men is you find with marginalized people that they fight for marginalized causes. That's right. Most.

[Seth]

That's right.

[Kathy]

And so black women always vote for everybody because they get impacted the most. All of our gay listeners, the LGBTQIA plus listeners, they voted for women and they voted for themselves because all of these are interconnected. I guarantee you that every gay treate listener, they might not like it, but they would say, I'm sorry, I can't juice anymore, Dave, because I'm a part of this cult and we have this blue wing talk and it's trying to find its voice. And this is our opposition, this is our resistance, right. To this anti woman movement. So it's just not going to be erections left and right anymore. It's just we're going to have to do it God's way. And then Dave might say, I thought God was against gay sex. And then, you know, the other person can say, I thought God was for lifting up marginalized people. And then, you know, they can just devolve into this whole thing. But here we are. We're fucked. But we do have a bird. We have a new bird.

[Seth]

We have a new bird.

[Kathy]

Ca.

[Meemaw]

Caw.

[Kathy]

Yep, the blue winged hawk. Is that what it is?

[Meemaw]

You've changed it a few times.

[Kathy]

What was it originally?

[Meemaw]

Blue tailed hawk. Is that right?

[Kathy]

Blue tail.

[Meemaw]

Now you're saying blue winged, though.

[Kathy]

Blue wing talk. Blue tail I don't know. We'll work on it.

[Seth]

We'll workshop it, we'll work on it.

[Kathy]

Next episode, we'll scramble the jets because listen up, this might sound stupid, but we all need this bird. We just, we need something to cling on to that has wings that we can just close our eyes and envision. I don't know if this is a real bird or not, but I know that it's trying to find its voice. And I'm gonna just ride this bird to get through the hellscape that is upon us.

[Seth]

Yeah, I'm. And I'm going to work on my caca. I'm going to really, I'm going to practice. Maybe if I can do like low to high, high to low, I'm going to throw something sassy out there.

[Kathy]

Okay. All right, well, listener, make sure you are joining us on Patreon. And we still have a live show next week in New York City where we can all gather together and it's called the People section tour. And I don't think that has ever been more appropriate right. Than today. Oh, pumps.

[Seth]

Tell them we will see you next Tuesday and Thursday. I'll tell you what I've had it with. Let's hear it.

[Kathy]

I've had it with that. Listen up patriots, gay trots and nats. We have a new podcast that has dropped. It's called I hip news it Monday through Friday. Every day, 15 to 20 minute hot takes on the political landscape of the United States of America. Always served with a side of petty grievances.

[Seth]

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[Kathy]

Please go rate, subscribe and review so that we will chart upwards with America's greatest legal mind. Pumps. Pumps. What does an eagle say? Caca. A little bit more enthusiasm.

[Seth]

Caca.

[Kathy]

That's it.

[Seth]

That's.

[Kathy]

That's caca. That's the patriotism that this country needs right there.

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