Episode 299 | Side A / Side B

Summary

Podcast Summary: New Rory & MAL – Episode 299 | Side A / Side B

Release Date: September 3, 2024
Hosts: Damaris, Maal, Rory, Julian
Duration: Approximately 79 minutes

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1. Pop Culture and Music Trivia (00:00 – 03:00)

The episode kicks off with Damaris referencing the song "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani, sparking a playful debate about the artist's racial background. Damaris contemplates the meaning behind the song after recalling its lyrics:

Damaris (00:04): "Cause I ain't no hollaback girl."

Julian defends Gwen Stefani's identity, emphasizing her uniqueness in the music scene:

Julian (00:47): "Don't disrespect Gwen like that."

The hosts humorously discuss the spelling challenges posed by popular songs, leading to light-hearted banter about capitalizing on musical references for educational purposes.

2. Perception of Time and September Reflections (09:00 – 21:00)

The conversation shifts to the perception of time, especially as it relates to entering September. The hosts delve into the psychological aspect of how time seems to accelerate with age:

Julian (10:35): "Time is relative... when you're a kid, summers seem longer because your reference of time is much shorter."

Rory expresses astonishment at how quickly the year has passed, tying it to personal experiences:

Rory (10:05): "I hate to be that, hey, the year flew by, guys. But is that not weird to anyone?"

Maal adds insight on maintaining routines and the impact of schedules on the feeling of time slipping away:

Maal (21:07): "The older we get, we just get so caught up in what we're doing and we sometimes lose sight of just stopping to enjoy day-to-day stuff."

3. Balancing Work and Parenthood (16:00 – 24:00)

Rory opens up about the challenges of balancing work commitments with being a new parent. He shares his feelings of being overwhelmed as he strives to provide for his family while being present:

Rory (16:01): "Life hit in two crazy different directions at the exact same time."

Damaris offers supportive advice, reassuring Rory of his capabilities as a father:

Damaris (24:05): "She has a fucking amazing dad, and you give a lot of yourself to her locking in on work."

4. Mental Health Check-In (24:00 – 37:00)

The hosts engage in a mental health check-in, with Damaris and Julian sharing their personal struggles. Damaris discusses her transition phase and the abrupt changes she's facing:

Damaris (26:10): "I'm in a transition phase of my life... Everything always changes all at once with me."

Julian echoes similar sentiments, reflecting on a challenging year and his plans to distance himself from divisive environments:

Julian (28:56): "It's been a pretty shitty year overall, I'm not gonna lie."

5. Navigating the Entertainment Industry (39:00 – 45:00)

A brief discussion touches upon the cutthroat nature of the entertainment business, with the hosts contemplating the future of their careers and the industry's sustainability:

Maal (43:19): "I'm heavily considering... if I want to be in this business for the rest of my life."

They debate recession-proof careers, humorously suggesting funeral homes as a stable alternative:

Maal (43:33): "The funeral business is recession-proof. I can promise you that."

6. Listener Voicemails and Relationship Advice (70:22 – 94:00)

The episode features listener voicemails seeking advice on relationships. Damon from Maryland asks about reconnecting with friends post-wedding:

Damon (71:17): "How would you guys go about making a new connection and finding new people to spend time with that are more closely aligned with where you are as individuals, as a couple?"

The hosts dissect modern dating dynamics, discussing phenomena such as men feeling like "options" and the impact of movements like MeToo on masculinity. They emphasize the importance of self-awareness and setting personal boundaries in relationships:

Damaris (82:14): "I'm telling you, you can be a man and still be a gentleman."

7. Humorous Interlude: Cosmetic Procedures and Kinks (37:00 – 70:00)

A significant portion of the episode transitions into a humorous and off-topic discussion about cosmetic procedures, specifically "ass shots," and various sexual kinks. The hosts poke fun at the trends in Hollywood and societal perceptions of beauty standards:

Rory (58:21): "Imagine pulling down your pants in a trailer and letting someone stick something inside of you."

They explore exaggerated scenarios involving cosmetic enhancements and unconventional sexual practices, maintaining a light-hearted and comedic tone.

8. Upcoming Events and Closing Remarks (97:04 – End)

Wrapping up the episode, the hosts announce their upcoming tours and events in cities like London, Toronto, Atlanta, and New York. They express excitement about connecting with fans and highlight the availability of tickets through their website:

Maal (97:14): "Newroarymall.com Tickets are available now. I'm looking forward to this London trip, bro."

The episode concludes with humorous exchanges and well-wishes, reinforcing the camaraderie among the hosts.

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Notable Quotes:

• Damaris (00:04): "Cause I ain't no hollaback girl."
• Julian (10:35): "Time is relative... when you're a kid, summers seem longer because your reference of time is much shorter."
• Rory (16:01): "Life hit in two crazy different directions at the exact same time."
• Damaris (24:05): "She has a fucking amazing dad..."
• Maal (43:19): "I'm heavily considering... if I want to be in this business for the rest of my life."
• Damaris (82:14): "I'm telling you, you can be a man and still be a gentleman."

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Conclusion:

Episode 299 of New Rory & MAL offers a blend of pop culture discussions, personal reflections on time and parenthood, mental health insights, and humorous interludes. The hosts provide a candid look into their lives, balancing serious topics with levity, making the episode engaging for both regular listeners and newcomers.

Transcript

[Damaris]

No warrior now.

[Maal]

Oh, this much.

[Damaris]

All the girls stomp your feet like this. Few times you've been around that track, so it's not just gonna happen like that. Cause there ain't no hollaback girl. Ain't no hollaback girl. Few times have been around that track, so it's not just gonna happen like that. Cause I ain't no hollaback girl. I ain't no hollaback girl. Christmas. Christmas. Anyway, I found out what a hollaback girl was.

[Rory]

Okay?

[Damaris]

Like, so from the song, the. What is that Gwen Stefani, One of Fergie. One of the white girls.

[Julian]

Don't disrespect Gwen like that.

[Rory]

Wait, is Fergie white? I thought she was like, a spicy white. Fergie's just straight up white.

[Damaris]

If a taco got hot sauce on it, is it a taco?

[Rory]

Someone's gonna take that wrong.

[Julian]

Yeah. I think what made Fergie look unique was her thin eyebrows. But she's white.

[Rory]

But, like, when she first came out with the Black Eyed Peas, we thought she was.

[Damaris]

What?

[Julian]

Okay, what do you think she was? Because she was standing next to. Dude.

[Rory]

Racially ambiguous.

[Damaris]

Like, where's the ambiguity?

[Rory]

I don't. Maybe I just am misremembering because she wasn't on there when they were doing the Save the World song with Justin Timberlake. Right. They added her after Billboard name her.

[Julian]

Woman of the year in 2010.

[Rory]

I mean, I don't remember everything that happened in 2010, but somebody did something.

[Damaris]

Somebody did something that was big enough.

[Rory]

I'd have to go back and do, like a year in review with that.

[Maal]

What was the black op's biggest song that year?

[Julian]

20 black eyed peas hasn't been.

[Rory]

I feel like anyone just making song of the year can't be woman of the Year. And don't make the comment y'all are going to make about.

[Maal]

Well, she's English, Irish, Mexican, and Scottish. Rory.

[Rory]

Okay, so the Mexican part in there, I didn't know.

[Maal]

I still don't know what that means, but okay.

[Julian]

Boom boom pow is hard.

[Rory]

That was 2010.

[Julian]

Let's get retarded was hard.

[Maal]

Stop the party. 2010.

[Rory]

Yeah. No, that. That checks out for Woman of the Year.

[Maal]

Yeah, yeah, naturally.

[Rory]

So I think it was Gwen Stefani that was the hollaback girl, so there.

[Damaris]

Ain'T no hollaback girl. Y'all know what a hollaback girl is?

[Julian]

Yeah, we know.

[Rory]

The song will holler back at you.

[Damaris]

Like, if you say, like, yo, when she walking down the street and she turn Around. That's a holler back girl.

[Rory]

Yeah, it's kind of, like, explained in the sentence.

[Julian]

She literally defines it before the. She says a few times they've been around that track. So it's not just gonna happen like that because I ain't no hollaback.

[Damaris]

That was her explaining what a hollaback girl was.

[Rory]

Yeah, I always felt like it was. If you were cat calling, she'd be with it.

[Damaris]

Okay, what year did this song come out so I can check how old I was?

[Rory]

20.

[Julian]

10.

[Rory]

She was the woman of the year.

[Julian]

I was like, no, Fergie was the.

[Maal]

One of the year.

[Julian]

This Hollaback Girls. 2004.

[Damaris]

Okay, so I was 10.

[Rory]

Okay.

[Damaris]

I wasn't really trying to dissolve in 2004.

[Rory]

I was 14.

[Maal]

God.

[Julian]

Raise your hand if this song taught you how to spell bananas.

[Damaris]

No, I knew how to spell bananas at 10. You were 12, so you should have known how.

[Rory]

I still know how to spell.

[Julian]

I mean, it was fun.

[Rory]

Or you can at least she spelled.

[Julian]

It right, because spell it in the cadence.

[Rory]

B, A, N, A, N, A. How does it go?

[Julian]

Yeah, that was it.

[Damaris]

That was it.

[Rory]

But not this.

[Julian]

So it's not bananas.

[Rory]

All right. B.

[Damaris]

Did Webby teach you independent?

[Rory]

See, I'm lost already.

[Maal]

You had it, right? You had it.

[Julian]

You just left the S off.

[Rory]

Where's the S in that? Working that cadence. I haven't heard that song. Okay. All right, cool. Yeah, My bad, guys. I went to school and tried to spell fabulous, and I was wrong.

[Maal]

He's like, this is bananas.

[Rory]

Peach. Can you give me a metron? This Let me get the.

[Maal]

Clicking the metronome to spell bananas is crazy.

[Rory]

I legitimately spelled fabulous wrong for years.

[Damaris]

I made that mistake too.

[Rory]

Because of Fab?

[Maal]

Well, yeah. Fab.

[Rory]

L, O, U, S. Metronome. F, A, B.

[Julian]

No, that's gonna me up independent. Damaris had mentioned that was one that I learned through a song easily.

[Damaris]

You didn't know how to spell.

[Julian]

I mean, I knew how to spell.

[Rory]

When Boosie said that I was of age to know how to spell, but.

[Julian]

It was have that reference.

[Maal]

I forgot Booy had that record. Forgot.

[Julian]

Do you know what that.

[Rory]

Did he spell it correctly?

[Julian]

Yeah.

[Rory]

I never went back and looked. I don't know.

[Damaris]

Well, when you say it out loud, you should.

[Rory]

I didn't know Fad didn't spell that right. So, like, I'm just to trust Boosie. When I trusted Fab, I had ptsd. I trust issues.

[Maal]

How do you spell fabulous? F, A, B, U.

[Damaris]

Yes.

[Maal]

L, O, U, S. Yes.

[Damaris]

I'M trying to think of what other songs. Like what stuff people had us spelling in songs.

[Julian]

A, B, C, D, E, F, G.

[Maal]

Yo, now see why you on homie page so much? It all, it's all tied.

[Rory]

No one will know how funny that.

[Julian]

Was.

[Maal]

Cuz I didn't understand why you were so hooked on homie's page.

[Julian]

I'm not hooked. Relax.

[Maal]

You watch every post.

[Julian]

Oh, you talking about. Oh, you're talking about lights, kid.

[Maal]

Yeah.

[Julian]

Oh, yeah.

[Maal]

Now I get it. You thought I'm so. Oh, you are disgusting.

[Damaris]

You. Are we not talking Earth Master.

[Rory]

We already know I'm a little slow. But at what age did you realize it was L, M, N, O, P. Like, you weren't just singing the song of lmnop. You were. Those were a bunch of different letters.

[Damaris]

They were always different letters.

[Julian]

They were always different letters.

[Rory]

Okay. It just took me maybe like second or third grade.

[Maal]

So you a fan of son too? You.

[Damaris]

He is son.

[Julian]

Yeah.

[Maal]

Like y'all. Oh, I. Y'all felt seen. No, I get it. Y'all in the same algorithm. I get it. It's all good.

[Rory]

All right, but you guys have to say the Alphabet. To this day.

[Damaris]

No. Why would I have to say the Alphabet? For what?

[Rory]

Okay, what comes after R?

[Julian]

Go as.

[Maal]

What comes after R in the Alphabet?

[Rory]

All right, what comes after you go.

[Julian]

E. But like, also, when would these become. When would that be applicable in everyday life?

[Damaris]

And a DUI stuff. That's why.

[Julian]

Really?

[Damaris]

No, I cannot say the Alphabet backwards, which is.

[Julian]

I can't either. I've also never tried clear out. It would take me a lot of time.

[Damaris]

So.

[Maal]

Z, Y, X, W, V. I'm not going to be able to see.

[Rory]

Someone double check this.

[Julian]

I can't pull it up on the screen.

[Maal]

X, W, V, U, T, S, R, Q, P, O, N, M.

[Rory]

L. Don't help.

[Julian]

Stop.

[Damaris]

Sorry.

[Julian]

K. I got it up.

[Maal]

J, I, H, G, F, E, D, C, B, A. Yeah, I mean, from.

[Julian]

When I pulled it, that's cu.

[Rory]

You don't drink. I understand why.

[Maal]

I'm not autistic. First of all, it's also up why she's clapping like that. He was clapping like a seal at the Bronx, too. He was like the. Is that about.

[Rory]

They throw a beach ball at the seal and he just goes like this.

[Maal]

He was like Damascus like this. Like, the fuck is that?

[Julian]

You hit Ma like you're about to slap a gold star in his chest.

[Maal]

Like, what the fuck is that?

[Damaris]

Cause that's good. I feel like you gotta be a little on the Spectrum to be able to do that.

[Maal]

No, I mean, I think you just know the Alphabet.

[Rory]

Now. I understand why you guys get mad when I diagnose people with stuff, because that's crazy to say like this. You gotta be autistic to be able to do that.

[Damaris]

That's not as crazy as you saying that the game had bpd. That was wild.

[Rory]

That was setting confidence.

[Maal]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. She didn't have to do you like that just now.

[Rory]

She had to confidence live on a podcast. I said that just to you.

[Maal]

Yeah, just to you right here in.

[Damaris]

This room with the cameras on, red light blinking.

[Maal]

Yeah.

[Rory]

How did you find out what a hollaback girl was? Like, did you Jean?

[Damaris]

Somebody told me, cuz I said, what's a holla back? I'm like, what does she mean by hollaback girl? Like, I never thought to ask the question before.

[Rory]

Granted, I was young, but that never stuck. Like, that was never a thing in regular conversation. Yeah. People were like, oh, she's a hollaback girl. I probably laugh if somebody said that to me. It was a big record.

[Damaris]

But then I had to think about, was I ever a hollaback girl? Like, in my lifetime, it was definitely every girl.

[Rory]

Anybody that's triple texted before, no, that's a holler.

[Damaris]

But that's not it. That's not it.

[Rory]

That's the new version. No, if you answer a dm, you're kind of a hollaback.

[Damaris]

No, girl. The whole point is the cat calling on the street. I know, but if you cat call me, I'm not. I'm not turning around things.

[Rory]

That technology, everything's developed. If you're like answering request DMs, you're kind of a holler back.

[Damaris]

Request DMs is sick.

[Rory]

That's. That's digital cat calling. No, it is if a guy, like, puts a hard eye thing and y'all don't follow each other, you don't know each other, and you reply, you are kind of hollering back for sure.

[Damaris]

You know what's crazy is that I used to. And this is. I'm not proud of this, but when I was younger, I would filter through that by like, checking just like, okay, I'm only gonna. I'm gonna click the ones that have blue checks. And you can't even do that now because you just buy blue checks. It's a bunch of local SoundCloud rappers.

[Rory]

Really? Yeah. I thought that was. I mean, I know Twitter. You can do that.

[Damaris]

No, you can. You can buy them on ig. I don't know if you. Do you pay for them or can you just. You could get a blue check now you just have to verify who you are. But like it used to be a more.

[Rory]

Wait, so how many blue checks is in your DMs?

[Damaris]

Like that, bro, When I tell you, everybody. Everybody has a blue check. Now.

[Julian]

Everybody has same thing on Twitter. It's.

[Rory]

It means everyone on Twitter same on.

[Damaris]

Instagram, IG has a blue check. Now I swear to God, you wouldn't realize because everybody who was already following you already had blue checks because you're famous. I'm a normal girl. I'm a normal girl.

[Rory]

So girls get the. The checks in their DMs. That's not really like a guy thing.

[Damaris]

So I have so many SoundCloud rappers with blue checks.

[Rory]

Did you check out their music? Like, what if they're good?

[Damaris]

The. That got to do with me?

[Maal]

I mean, you can have foresight in you got the next Chris Brown or Cuevo, depending on you. Think it's hotter.

[Rory]

I cannot believe it's already September. I hate to be that, hey, the year flew by, guy. But is that not weird to anyone?

[Maal]

No, I told you what the older you get, the weeks, the days.

[Rory]

Yeah, but this one has been like way different.

[Maal]

Somebody said August must got somewhere to be.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Maal]

Getting the up out of here.

[Rory]

So that didn't scare you guys at all? Just seeing the calendar.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Rory]

Over the weekend, like, okay, we're in September now.

[Julian]

You know, there's a science behind that. I read about this.

[Damaris]

The older you are, the less time means, Right?

[Julian]

Well, be not the less time mean, but like time is relative. So when you're a kid and say you're in third grade, you're like say 10 or 11 years old, your reference of time is much shorter. So summer seems significantly longer because you don't have a scale of reference of what time is.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Julian]

And the older you get, those windows become shorter. So like when four years in college feels like whatever. And then four years, you know, 10 years after college feels like that. Yeah, because your reference of time keeps expanding.

[Rory]

That makes sense.

[Julian]

Pretty interesting.

[Rory]

But I used to think like when I was a kid, the summers would go quicker than the school year would because I thought it was just enjoying.

[Maal]

But having so much fun.

[Rory]

That theory does make a lot of sense. I don't know, I. That just blew my mind, seeing September over the weekend.

[Maal]

That's why old people get up so.

[Rory]

Early, because they don't have much time left.

[Maal]

Yeah, they don't know when it's Going to be the last.

[Rory]

Was it because they went to the early?

[Maal]

It might be over.

[Julian]

What?

[Maal]

They get up like, oh, shit, I got another day. I'm up.

[Julian]

What do you guys think Green Day meant when they said wake me up on September ends? Since we started with lyric breakdowns, I.

[Rory]

Know what Wyclef meant when he said he was gone till November.

[Maal]

80 earthquakes, yo.

[Rory]

That's not what. Wait, what month did that happen?

[Maal]

I thought that's what he meant.

[Damaris]

My bad.

[Maal]

I'm sorry.

[Rory]

Which Green Day song was that?

[Julian]

Wake Me Up When September ends.

[Damaris]

Is it about. Did somebody break his heart in August?

[Rory]

Yeah, it's about the survivors of 9 11.

[Maal]

You.

[Damaris]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God, Julian.

[Rory]

September ends like they'd happen in September and it was a bad month.

[Julian]

Mad shit's happened in September. Not just 9 11, but I think.

[Rory]

This was in reference.

[Julian]

This song came out in 2005. I mean, I guess this was his version of Never Forget.

[Rory]

And he didn't. They do like Columbine records two years later.

[Julian]

Green Day.

[Rory]

Yeah, it's like a hit.

[Damaris]

It's like automatically to call my mom.

[Rory]

Like that song. You'll Be Sorry When I'm Gone. Isn't that like a Columbine song?

[Julian]

Who did that?

[Rory]

That's not Blink 1A2 or that green.

[Maal]

You got your Green Day definitely ruled trl. I know that. It wasn't a day you turned on TRL and Blink 182 or Green Day wasn't on it. Impossible.

[Rory]

Yeah. Britney would be up there, though.

[Maal]

Oh, yeah, obviously.

[Rory]

And like Foo Fighters and shit.

[Julian]

Did you ever go to one of those tapings mall when you were younger tro.

[Maal]

Yeah, Outside, like the studio. Not inside the studio, because that's where the party was at.

[Rory]

You had like a sign up.

[Maal]

No.

[Damaris]

You know, if they had a show.

[Rory]

Carson, it's me.

[Damaris]

If they had a show like that, like these days, y'all know that they would, like, have y'all in as, like, hosts or, like guest hosts and stuff. Like y'all would, like, visit 106 and park.

[Rory]

Yeah, I think. Yeah, I definitely think that they would do, like the week of Pod. Hosts.

[Damaris]

So we could. Potholes.

[Rory]

Yeah, for sure.

[Damaris]

Oh, we would cook. We would cook all the other potholes.

[Rory]

I mean, that is why I do, like, podcasting, that so many people can be relevant in the media space. Because back then it's like Carson Daly. They might have a few VJs. Is that what they call them? They'd have a few of those, then they'd have four Radio personalities and that was it. It was like trying to get to the Olympics. Yeah, there's only like a few spots.

[Damaris]

Somebody said. Somebody said that Kai and Anthony be hooping like he want his mom to stop on stars.

[Rory]

I couldn't hear you.

[Maal]

I don't. Don't, don't even.

[Julian]

I don't. Just ignore it.

[Maal]

Just ignore it, man. Just ignore it. Just ignore it. We did. Yeah, we don't need to hear it. Everybody just chilling.

[Damaris]

Anthony, Carmelo's son, Is it Kyan or Kian?

[Julian]

Yeah, it doesn't matter.

[Damaris]

He be hooping like he want his mom to stop stars. That's what the. The channel stars.

[Rory]

I didn't know.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Julian]

Oh, okay. I was about to say Carmelo's a star. What's wrong with that? Okay, I get it.

[Rory]

It's joke flu on power.

[Julian]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Rory]

Anyways, how have you guys felt your years so far? Nine months in, because it's pretty much over. This, this is 20, 24 is coming to an end. Once you hit September, it's over. Kids already back in school. It'll be Christmas by next week.

[Maal]

Kids. Kids is definitely back in school. So far this year's been good. I've had a good. A good year. I would say this summer I. I had plans on doing more this summer. And the older I get, the more I realize you can plan to do go away. It's probably not gonna happen. But overall, the years so far, I.

[Rory]

Feel like as an older person, you should know that you don't have many left, so you should try to like.

[Maal]

So I'm getting up at 6, 6:30 in the morning now. Just as soon as I gotta use the bathroom, I just stay up.

[Rory]

That's an old person thing.

[Julian]

Stay up.

[Maal]

Just stay up.

[Damaris]

You go sit on the porch.

[Julian]

Viagra.

[Maal]

Stay up. Do whatever you gotta do. Don't go because it might be over. Stay up. You woke me up. Eyes open. I'm good.

[Rory]

That was a sign.

[Maal]

Yeah, Gotcha. Get your ass up.

[Rory]

Is there like a routine you have once. Once you're up after that first piss.

[Maal]

Sit on the toilet, try to unload the tank.

[Rory]

Okay. Good way to start.

[Maal]

Yeah. Then take a shower and get dressed. You know, Depends. Might go to the gym upstairs. But then sometimes you find yourself watching TV or watching something online. Then you look up in three hours in the past, you're like, what the fuck?

[Rory]

And that's how I felt about this year.

[Maal]

Like three hours just passed. This year has felt like you just scrolled through your phone.

[Rory]

Yeah, it's probably Been the most overwhelming year, I would say. Feels like life hit in two crazy different directions at the exact same time. And I've.

[Maal]

Which direction?

[Rory]

Work and family.

[Maal]

Okay.

[Rory]

Like, I've never had to really balance the both of those two things.

[Maal]

Like, for real. For real balance.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maal]

Thought you had the balance.

[Rory]

And, you know, I've been working for quite some time, so I've never felt overwhelmed, per se. I've just felt like, oh, these are challenges and things to get over, fail at whatever. Now, these two things together have been the most overwhelmed I've ever felt my life. And at a time when you're not allowed to be overwhelmed about either of them because they're both so important, do.

[Maal]

You ever wake up in the middle of the night and be like, oh, I'm a dad.

[Rory]

Yes. When Amara kicks me in the face.

[Maal]

Yeah.

[Rory]

Legitimately.

[Maal]

Like, oh, I have a child.

[Rory]

I feel that every morning to this day. I mean, it's only been 18 months, but do you remember I still can't.

[Maal]

Believe your life before being a dad.

[Rory]

Yeah, but what do you mean? Like, in general?

[Maal]

No, because. Because a lot of people I know, when they have their first kid, they say, like, I don't even remember my life before I had a kid. Like, it seems like I never even lived that life.

[Rory]

Oh, I don't think I'm. I'm there yet at all. Because I'm actually reminded often, like, how much my life was different before. Yeah. Like, I don't. To me, I think that's. That's a bullshit. I think a lot of parents just be saying shit to say it. Like, yes, it is the most beautiful thing in the world, but it's way more challenging than it's even sold to be, if you're doing it correctly.

[Maal]

I was watching a bit of the episode with John Cena on Shay Shay Club Shay Shay. And he was saying how he doesn't wanna have kids. He doesn't wanna have children, and he's married. And then I was reading some of the comments and people were saying, wow, it's refreshing to hear somebody be so secure within themselves and know who they are. And one girl in the dad was like, yeah, because what people won't tell you is parenthood is ghetto. And then people were under her agreeing, like, you would have to have kids to understand. Like, yes, we love our kids, but.

[Rory]

Yeah, shit is a lot.

[Maal]

But it's like, it's overrated. Like, if you don't. It takes a certain type of person understand, like, because John Cena was saying, like, not that he's selfish, but he. He knows what it would require of him to raise a healthy family, be a, you know, a. A great dad. And he's saying he doesn't think that he has that in him to dedicate to.

[Rory]

That everything around you will be compromised.

[Maal]

Right.

[Rory]

And I don't think people ever really speak about that entire part. There's a million think pieces of how you can be the working mom and still have kids, and be the exec and still have kids. Cool. But no one ever says everything around you will be compromised, including yourself. On the way to the airport in Detroit, put my bag in the back, and the Uber driver says, oh, Rory, I'm like, all right, cool. It's the morning, you know, I'm not a great small talker. Start the small talk. And I'm like, yeah, headed to Chicago and, you know, back and forth about small talk shit. I'm like, yeah. And I have my girl and kid, my mom coming to Chicago. And then at. He gave me the deepest 9am conversation I've had in quite some time. You know, when you hear things from people, you know, but it doesn't really resonate until it's from someone you don't know. He was like, I was a truck driver before this. I missed 10 years of my kid's life. I was home, don't get me wrong. But I quit that shit to do Uber because I realized I missed 10 years because I was just on the road. You don't. You're doing it right. I was like, I don't know, man. I don't know if I'm doing it correctly.

[Maal]

What do you mean you don't know if you're doing it correctly?

[Rory]

I don't know if dragging your family on the road with you is the. Is the correct way, because to me, which we talked, I think, almost a year ago, I forgot who we were talking to on some podcast, and they were asking, oh, how have you figured out how to balance shit? It's like, oh, I have Amara with me everywhere. She goes to the studio, she comes with me on the road, she goes to shows. Like, she's just with me. I thought that was the way. I'm not quite sure if that's the way yet. The Detroit Uber driver made me feel a little better about it. But just because you're there doesn't mean you're present, right? So that's something I've been dealing with the past few months. Like, I'm here every day. Don't get it twisted. But some days I'm not present at work mentally because of that, but then sometimes I'm not present at home because it work. And I know, I know everyone goes through this. I'm just trying to give a comparable moment.

[Maal]

Right.

[Rory]

It's been, it's been an amazing year, but I cannot believe it's already September.

[Maal]

Yeah.

[Rory]

Like that blew my mind.

[Maal]

No time again. I think the older we get, you know, we get entrenched in schedules, work and trying to balance family and career and things like that. And time just becomes something that, you know, it's like tomorrow I got this, this, this, this. Everything becomes so compartmentalized to where it's not even. It doesn't even feel like days anymore. It's just like, I gotta do this this week, this week, this week, this week. And then you look up, it's like, okay, that's a month gone.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maal]

You know what I mean? And you do that three more times. That's three months. Three more months gone. So it's like, you know, just. I think the older we get, we just get so caught up in what we're doing and we sometimes lose sight of just stopping to enjoy day to day shit, enjoy the journey, enjoy experiences and things like that. Because we. So we own like a system and a routine. A routine tends to make time move quickly. Yeah.

[Rory]

And even just like the decision. This. I can't even speak decision making of this year. I feel like something will suffer based off every decision that I do make throughout the year and in like totality, like if I take this time where podcasting is, because I think we're in the most crucial fucking moment we've ever been in right now. Because the market is different for everybody. Everything is shifting. We have to be so on it every single day. Because it's not the podcast boom anymore. Shifts are happening. We have to pay attention to those. Ad dollars are drying up. We have to figure out how to pivot there. Every day matters. But it's also the beginning of my child's life.

[Maal]

Right.

[Rory]

So, yeah, it's been a weird year. And just balancing those two things because every decision, if I just lock in and focus on work and just be like a, you know, not a, A bad dad, but like a halfway. I'm home at night and then dad goes to work in the morning and then dad comes home at night, dad will be there on the weekend. Am I gonna have to pick up the pieces later on because of that? If I just lock in on work now?

[Maal]

Right.

[Rory]

Because it's so important. But then if I just go and be the family guy. Will this suffer over here?

[Maal]

So you feel like, basically, you feel like you may eventually something's going to come around. You'll be like, oh, I missed that.

[Rory]

Yeah. On both ends. And, of course, family is more important no matter what, but, you know, I'm still a man that needs to provide.

[Maal]

Right.

[Rory]

So I don't know. I'm kind of rambling, but. No, when I saw September, I was like, oh, okay.

[Maal]

No, the year is almost over. Three more months.

[Rory]

Getting out of that fucking. That van at the Detroit airport. I was on that plane like, it. You fuck.

[Maal]

Yeah.

[Rory]

That Uber driver just read my soul.

[Maal]

It hit you. Absolutely. I get it. I understand. But, I mean, I enjoy it, though, man. I enjoy, you know, just time. And, you know, I like looking back at what we accomplished throughout the first nine months of the year, but I just think adulter we get, man. I just think time is just like. How you say, time is a construct. I think we realize that the older we get, like, the more that becomes evident and clear. Like, it really is just. Just a construct.

[Rory]

Yeah. And sorry to sound like the parent that always says, but to people that don't have kids, I have time. Time is actually not a construct because I have her time, so mine is whatever. But I have a whole other person's time that I'm responsible for.

[Maal]

Right.

[Rory]

And to make sure that's fulfilled. So I feel like.

[Damaris]

I feel like if, you know, because that's. That's the kind of episode that we're having today. I feel like. And this is from me knowing you as your friend, so this is not advice I would give to everybody. I feel like that you do give a mom. I feel like you're hard on yourself as a parent. I feel like Amara is beyond good. She has a fucking amazing dad, and you give a lot of yourself to her locking in on work. At this point, she won't feel abandoned. I feel like if at any time you're going to do it, it would be now and not when she's 5, 6, 7. Because that's when we start to realize that dad isn't really around right now. She'll notice. But you're not damaging her by working hard right now.

[Maal]

No.

[Rory]

And I don't want to make it sound like I'm absent. Like, she literally is around me at every possible. But being present in those moments, like having her in Chicago with my mom and Kia was, like, it was great. But also, like, I'm focused on other, too. Like, having her run around the green.

[Damaris]

Room, like, but to her, that is you being.

[Rory]

That's almost more selfish to me, I feel like. Because it's up her sleep schedule, it's up her routine, like. Yeah, to me, that felt selfish. When I got back, I was like, what? Like, all right, do I need to keep Amara with me on these trips? Because I'm on her routine that she's just learning at this point.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Rory]

So I don't know. I get that wasn't really my plan to talk about today, but.

[Damaris]

Well, it's our mental health check in. We haven't done one of those in, like, two quarters.

[Rory]

How are you doing?

[Damaris]

Meet me. Julian. How are you?

[Julian]

I asked you.

[Damaris]

Oh, I mean. Oh, no, I'm awful. You think Rory killed the vibe? Like, I'm all up. That's what I'm like. Is anybody happy here? Let's talk to the happy people.

[Rory]

Happy. Just overwhelmed and concerned.

[Damaris]

But that's something to be overwhelmed and concerned about. You're always going to question everything that you do. Not at your dad. Every move that you make, you're going to question.

[Maal]

So you're not happy with your life right now?

[Damaris]

No.

[Maal]

Why?

[Damaris]

Multiple reasons. There's a lot going on. I feel like I'm in a transition phase of my life. And my transition phase is the way that whether you believe in God, the universe, whatever. Like, my lessons that I learn are never slow lessons. Like, it's never. I never go through phases where it's like, oh, I look back and this slowly changed in my life. Like, my life changes are always abrupt. Everything always changes all at once with me because I'm so hard headed. So there's plenty of signs that I should change certain things in my life throughout the years. And then I just kind of. I'm blind, I can't see. And then it's like, okay, if you. I'm only gonna put so many stop signs in front of you before I put a big red wall that you're gonna crash into. So I'm at the big red wall right now.

[Maal]

You use those red flags. You wave them like you at juve.

[Rory]

Yeah, it matches my outfit.

[Maal]

Yeah, that's what the red flags I like.

[Damaris]

That's forever. I know people are gonna assume this is about relationships, but it's actually not. I've been single for a while and not dating. This is just about everything in life.

[Rory]

Not to put a age on it, but 30 in general sometimes has very violent.

[Damaris]

It's very violent. It's so violent. It's violent.

[Maal]

What you mean you had A violent year. What happened?

[Damaris]

God is. God. God is clearing, cleaning house. He's cleaning house with everything. And I'm just sitting here stuck. I can't do nothing. He was like, if you ain't gonna clean house, I'm gonna burn the bitch down. Leave you to sweep up so. And buy new shit. So that's. That's where I am with life right now. So I feel.

[Maal]

How many friends have you lost this year? Like, not. That's past.

[Damaris]

I haven't lost any friends. I can see some friendships about to change. Dynamic wise. I can see that just because of who I'm growing into being. Some things I just don't care about. I don't care to gossip.

[Julian]

Except the same. You said what we're going through the same.

[Damaris]

Yeah, I don't. I don't care to gossip. I don't. I don't care to sit on the phone and talk about people. I also have realized that people the. What I need out of people, people haven't been giving me. And because I have so many people who are giving me what I need out of those people that I'm asking for this for. I don't really have any. Any room for that. Like, I'm a person where I'm not gonna call if I'm fucked up. Like right now. Life in shambles. I'm not gonna call you and cry and say my life is in shambles. But if you have been my friend for years, you should know. Something wrong with Damaris? Some. This is not her. Something's a little off. So let me call and check on her. People aren't like that. And then they'll be quick to say, well, you didn't call me and tell me anything was wrong. And it's like, you don't call me and tell me shit is wrong. I call you and check on you. So if that's the only people that I don't wanna say get rid of. But my dynamic with them and what I give to them will just be changed.

[Rory]

I get that.

[Julian]

And you, Julia, I. I don't want to just hijack her whole answer, but, like, it pretty much mirrors everything Damaris has said. I learned a lot this year. It's been a pretty shitty year overall, I'm not gonna lie. So it's not something I really care to delve into, but totally fine. Yeah, it just. Where we're at currently. And then obviously just to remove myself out of it, the election. I don't think the worst of the year has yet to come. I think November is going to be the worst part of the year. Um, so because of the election. Yeah, that cycle is going to ramp up and it's going to get really ugly and I just don't. I just, I like it just everything. I hate how like, I mean, call it the byproduct of like the media cycle now, but I. It's so shitty that everything, what seemed like was now the media is now matriculating into like personal relationships and like business and work relationships too. Like everything that's. Everything that's negative driven gets the most attention. And I'm just not by nature a person of conflict, which I think you guys can agree, I would hope at this point. But like I'll argue and talk with someone, but I'm just not like there's just things that I won't do or care to engage in and I feel like it's impossible to escape those things. So then my resolution has been I will just remove myself altogether. I will avoid talking to those people. Avoid like going to the. Like I've said on Reddit, I'm cleansing myself. I'll just avoid the spaces where that stuff kind of matriculates or like accumulates. I don't really watch like many news cycles now. I'm still informed, I'll read stuff, but I just like everything just seems so divisive and like if it's, it's this or that, there's never any ability to just have like an honest. We can all just agree and sit here and like come to a conclusion. It's like you're either with me or against me. And it's like I don't feel that way really about anybody. And I hate being put in a position where I have to make a choice on every single thing where, where if I go this way then I'm offending this other person, which is not the case. But I, I don't know, it's been a really difficult year with that stuff, honestly. So. Yeah.

[Damaris]

How old are you? What? 32?

[Julian]

31.

[Damaris]

31. You turned 32 in November? November, yeah. Yeah, man. Early 30s is.

[Rory]

Yeah, I can. I turned 30, 2020 during the pandemic. And then as you guys saw, 2021 was a first chaotic year.

[Damaris]

Yeah, that was like not, not just.

[Rory]

For what was forward facing to the world. Like I had lost a ton of friends that it was just to what you were saying, one of those like cleansing years where everything is changing. And now at 34, like still figuring out life from then and then you kid pops up. So it's been learning from 30 to 34, more than I ever did from 20 to 29.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Rory]

And I felt like I went through wild shit during that decade.

[Damaris]

And then you have, like, this. As you get older, you have this thing called self awareness. And it's just kind of like the self awareness. Like, you start to gain it in your 20s, but the bitch just become louder. She become louder over time, and it's like, oh, but that's good, though, sometimes.

[Maal]

All the time.

[Damaris]

Ignorance is bliss as.

[Maal]

As sitting here listening to y'all. Obviously, I'm the oldest one in the room, so it's interesting to hear what y'all are going through now because I've gone through that phase already. And what I will say is, don't think of this moment in this time as, like, don't be worried. Don't be scared. Don't be. Don't let it give you anxiety, because I promise you, like, whatever you are planning and you're thinking, it's good to plan, and it's good to kind of have, like, you know, this idea of what's happening. And it's good to think about why things are happening. But no matter what you think about and how you think you got it figured out, you don't have it figured out. And I don't think you ever really will figure it out. I think you can prepare yourself as a person to be ready for anything that's thrown your way. You learn through situations, you're gonna find yourself people that you thought would be around you and in your life forever won't speak to them ever again. Like, that's just something that you just have to understand as a part of life. Like, the people that you love right now and the people that you speak to daily and the people that you think are down and support you, do not be surprised when you look at me like, I ain't spoke to that nigga or I ain't spoke to that girl in four years.

[Damaris]

That's something I never really. That doesn't really bother me. And I think it's because I have a very unique situation with that. I've lost so many people that were, like, close to me. So, like, when it. When I know that people come and go. So, like, if I have to get rid of somebody, not like death, I'm.

[Maal]

Talking n are still broken.

[Damaris]

No, that's fine. But it's. I just feel like, so what? My thing is this, like, once I bury, like, my best friend, anybody could go, if I could never speak to this girl again. All of y'all can. Like, I don't give a fuck. Like, if you come, you go. Whatever. I don't. Like, I don't see.

[Maal]

I had that too, in losing my brother at such a young age, that taught me, like, all of this. This experience called life is. Is momentary. It's short. Yeah, right. But there's still people that you feel like, yo, this is my dog for life, or, this is my homie, it's my homegirl for. And it's gonna come a situation in a time where you're gonna be like, oh, shit. Like, this was the split. This was the. And it's not always a negative thing. I think the. The. The surprising thing about growing older is you go separate ways. Not necessarily always for a negative thing. It's just, this is where your life is taking you, and this is where my life is taking me. But we just don't connect anymore. We don't speak anymore. We don't see each other anymore. And the whole dynamic of your relationship changes. And this is people that you probably known for half your life. And it's a scary thing at first, but the older you get, you start to realize that's just part of the process of life.

[Rory]

It's like, yes, the self awareness part.

[Maal]

Yeah.

[Rory]

I think we have the commonest time.

[Maal]

Yeah, it's gonna happen. Whether it's work, whether it's personal life, things shift. Things happen. You know, you at 30, 31, 32 now, and now life is like, serious. It's like, okay, what am I doing? Like, what am I? Who am I? Who am I becoming? Where am I going? And it's great to think about those things because you want to keep that in your brain and kind of like, you know, put yourself on the right course. But whenever change comes, that kind of like, steers you away from what your plan was or what you thought your plan was. You know, don't. Don't be afraid of that moment. Like, don't be afraid of that going off course. Because everything has its purpose. Everything has its. Its. Its place. And, you know, I would say embrace that because it's good to hear what y'all are thinking. Because it's like, damn, I thought that too, when I was 30 or I was 32. Like, damn, I felt like that too. Now I'm 42, and it's like, okay, still learning. Still things happen in life where you're like, oh, shit, I didn't see that coming. But you learn to. Like, that's gonna happen. That's a part of it. Like curve balls are coming. Like, you're not gonna be prepared for certain shit, but you're more than prepared for anything. Like, that's the one thing I think people don't learn until they get old is like, you can handle anything.

[Damaris]

You'll survive.

[Maal]

You will be okay. As long as. I think your moral compass is intact. I think that you will always find yourself in the right spot and where you need to be.

[Rory]

Not to get too deep on that point, but sometimes it's fucked up when you can adapt to anything.

[Maal]

Is it?

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Maal]

I don't think it is.

[Rory]

Sometimes it's. Explain, okay, explain when you're able to adapt to whatever scenario you're in, negative or positive. Yeah, it's cool when it's positive shit. But when you are comfortable in situations that are fucked up and you make a way and you figure it out and that becomes a pattern, you stop thinking, hey, maybe I shouldn't put myself in up situations every time. Just because I find a way out of it every time doesn't mean that it was a good thing. I keep going from negative to negative. But you should. The outcome's great because I know how to adapt and I know how to move and I. Whatever.

[Maal]

Should never put yourself in a negative.

[Rory]

Well, sometimes when people go through that so many times and come out fine, quote, unquote, they stop. They don't realize that they continually put themselves in negative situations.

[Maal]

Well, that's a toxic person. If you continuously putting yourself in a negative.

[Rory]

No, I think it's just an unaware person that probably has a high survival instinct.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Rory]

And doesn't really look at situations for what they are, but how they can survive within it.

[Damaris]

For example, when I was in high school. I know exactly what Roy's talking about. When I was in high school, I was a naturally. Just as an example more, I was a naturally gifted student. Right? So I just naturally got subs subjects really well. Like, I just always really did really well in school. All the way through grade school, I did. I've never learned how to study. I never studied. I never did that. Because I could walk into a test and because I understood the way that tests were created, the way that they answered questions. I could walk in, take a test on a subject that I spent the whole school year skipping the fucking class and get a good grade on the test just because I knew how tests were. When I got to college, it didn't work like that. So I walked into college, like, thinking that I can do the same exact thing. No preparation, half assing Drunk. And it's like, oh, no, you can't. You can't do that anymore. You have to actually put work in. You have to put yourself in a better predicament to succeed. So I think what Rory is saying, Rory, correct me if I'm wrong, is just sometimes, like when you're so good at just skating by, like, not so.

[Rory]

Much skating by, but any position you're putting, yeah, you're gonna find a way, make a way. And you could keep going into negative, but you can keep putting yourself in negative situations and not realize how negative they are. Because you're good at succeeding. Well, you'll find a way, no matter what. How to get some shit done.

[Maal]

First and foremost, you shouldn't be putting yourself in a negative situation. You should be able to identify that that situation is negative and I don't need to be in it.

[Rory]

And I'm saying people that adapt well sometimes don't realize that they continue to put themselves in.

[Maal]

Oh, that's just not being aware. That's not just. That's just not being self aware and aware of sometimes.

[Damaris]

But let's be real and, like, honest. Sometimes negative situations are fun at the time.

[Rory]

Super fun.

[Damaris]

Sometimes they're a blast.

[Rory]

I've dated a bunch of them.

[Damaris]

It's not like you're putting yourself in a negative situation. Like, I'm walking into a dark room and there's nobod. No, I'm walking into a dark room, but it's like liquor and bad bitches.

[Maal]

Yeah, toxic shit. The older you get, you should not run into those toxic environments. That's all I'm saying. But it's always great if you have the skills and the wherewithal to be like, okay, this is fucked up, but I know how to maneuver in this space. I know how to get out of this space. I think that's a great trait to have. Like being able to adapt to your environment and what's going on around you and being able to make it out of that. I don't think you should ever lose that. That's something that you take with you forever.

[Damaris]

You should take the skill set, but you should also try to avoid using.

[Maal]

The skill set 100%. Like, if you avoid the toxic and the fucked up situation at all costs, especially older you get, because it's more expensive. The more toxic situations you get in, the older you get, it starts to cost you to get out of it. Because it's like, you're a grown ass person. You shouldn't be doing this.

[Damaris]

I feel like the universe Starts punishing you more too. I've. I've definitely been paying the prices more for mistakes that I made younger and like, the price now is just so much higher. And it's just kind of like inflation. Inflation crazy. It's. Cause. Kind of like you know better. Like you fucking know better. And you're still doing this. So now, like, you're really. You don't get the benefit of naivety. Like, you know better and you're still doing the same shit. So I feel like shit is really, really rocking right now.

[Rory]

But you know, like, to put it in Rockefeller terms. Yeah, it's a flex to say, I know how to move in a room full of vultures. But the self awareness would be, why do I continually put myself in a room full of vultures? Like, that's kind of what I'm getting. Yeah. I learned and adapted and I know how to move in any, like, any situation I'm in instead of looking at it now like, okay, why did I. Why was I in those situations every time?

[Maal]

Because that's.

[Rory]

Why did I. Why was I able to build that skill set?

[Maal]

Well, because in that case, what you're talking about, the entertainment business is full of vultures.

[Rory]

Yeah. There's some positives.

[Maal]

Full of vultures. No matter what, in your. If you're in the entertainment business, more times than not, you're going to be in a room full of vultures.

[Rory]

Sure.

[Maal]

Every day.

[Damaris]

Would you guys ever leave the entertainment business?

[Rory]

Yeah, Absolutely. For sure.

[Maal]

Fuck, yeah.

[Damaris]

I knew it was easy for Ma to say. Rory, your answer surprised me a little bit.

[Rory]

Well, all right, I know I'm doing the Rory devil's advocate. Define. Define entertainment business.

[Damaris]

Anything involving entertainment. Tv, movies, podcasts, anything involving media. I'm talking about, like, leaving the entertainment business.

[Rory]

Music as well.

[Maal]

I would leave media. I don't know if I'll ever leave.

[Damaris]

Music is entertainment, you know, music is.

[Julian]

The entertainment music as well.

[Rory]

No. All right. No, no. But saying like, if you're in the entertainment business, like if I wanted to go work on music with people I.

[Damaris]

Love, that's the entertainment business, baby.

[Maal]

Yeah.

[Damaris]

That's why I.

[Rory]

Look, I would leave a business thing if we just want to go make music.

[Damaris]

So the entertainment business.

[Julian]

No.

[Rory]

Yeah, no, that's what I'm getting at.

[Maal]

No.

[Damaris]

Okay.

[Rory]

I have a goal one day to fucking retire and just go do a jam band. Yes.

[Damaris]

Okay, so that is a goal. Okay.

[Julian]

But when it comes.

[Damaris]

What I mean is, would you ever do something. Would you ever stop doing entertainment business for money?

[Rory]

Would you ever do on stage.

[Damaris]

Would you ever stop doing the entertainment business for money and go and do something else for money? I'm not talking about you retire and you want to go rock out in your garage.

[Rory]

As of now. No, no. That'd be my answer now.

[Damaris]

Okay.

[Rory]

But I don't know. That could very well change.

[Maal]

Yeah, I change. I would, I would leave media, but I don't. I don't know if I would ever leave the entertainment business. I feel like for sure.

[Damaris]

I feel like I don't.

[Maal]

I could, I could not be in front of a mic or camera ever getting ever again in my life. And I'll be totally fine with that.

[Damaris]

Agree. That's one of the things that going, you know, in 30 that I've been seriously considering. Do I want to be in this business for the rest of my life? And the more and more I think about it, the more and more the.

[Maal]

Media business or entertainment.

[Damaris]

Entertainment business. It's looking like a no, it's looking like I want to go.

[Maal]

What would you. What would you. What would you. Ideally, what would you want to do?

[Damaris]

So the number one thing that I do want to do, I want to get a certification or a degree in a recession proof necessary business.

[Julian]

Oh, I thought you were saying a degree in recession proof. Okay, gotcha.

[Damaris]

No, like I want to get something in where no matter what, I will be needed. This is not necessary.

[Maal]

Death and taxes funeral home.

[Damaris]

Death and taxes is hot.

[Maal]

Niggas gonna die. That's for sure. We know that. That ain't gonna never stop. The funeral business is recession proof. I can promise you that.

[Julian]

Pussy.

[Rory]

Kind of felt like Covid did show.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Rory]

That entertainment is recession proof. At least on our level.

[Maal]

Entertainment.

[Rory]

I know the entertainment business suffered during that time a certain level with big budget shit. But this microphone, I don't know, this is kind of.

[Maal]

People need to be entertained forever. There's never going to come a time where people are not going to want to be entertained.

[Damaris]

Yes, but when I say recession proof, I mean that the recession won't affect, for example, music is music. People are always going to listen to music. Half the music industry got laid off last year.

[Rory]

Oh, for sure.

[Damaris]

That's what I mean by recession proof. A recession won't affect my job.

[Rory]

Well, degrees aren't recession proof though in a business.

[Damaris]

You know what's recession proof? People in the medical industry.

[Rory]

That's a fact.

[Damaris]

That's recession proof. Well, people in. And even tech. Tech isn't recession proof. Tech gets laid off crazy. Are getting laid off crazy. They're doing Crazy layoffs.

[Rory]

Well, new tech is, it's. That goes back to the adapting part. New tech is never going away at all. That's recession proof. But old. If you're just still in the same old tech. Yeah, you're getting laid off. If you're not updating your iOS, you're the out of here funeral home.

[Maal]

You can do the makeup for the deceased.

[Julian]

Be to the gods. Literally send them to God before you.

[Maal]

Send them to God. That could be your slogan. Beat before you, before I send you to God.

[Damaris]

Be before the God.

[Julian]

Beat for the gods.

[Damaris]

Beat before you meet before the gods. Not beat to the gods. Beat for the gods.

[Maal]

There you go.

[Damaris]

Yeah, but no, I've been heavily llc, because, you know, heavily considering to me.

[Rory]

That'S going to be. That's not going to be recession proof either. With AI, I think they're going to figure out a way to just make us love our loved ones on a screen over the casket. But I'm also the same person that thinks they're going to get rid of cemeteries eventually. That's too much real estate.

[Julian]

It is far too much real estate.

[Rory]

So I think we've had that conversation. It's like, no, I know I give my entire conspiracy theory on that, but to what you're saying with funeral homes, I think there'll be some AI shit where we don't really care to see the body anymore. They'll just do a bunch of cool AI photos of everyone that's dead.

[Damaris]

Then you can kind of predict that that's not coming too soon. I think I'll be dead by then, but I don't know. I got. That's just something that's heavy in me because I just see the entertainment industry is very cutthroat and there's nothing wrong with that. There's a lot of ass kissing you have to do. There's a lot of unsure. There's not a direct path, which we've had the conversation even with podcast and there's not a. Nobody wrote a path for us to go down like this is. We are creating this shit as we go. And just for what I want for me, what I want for my family and marriage and all of those things, I want a clear path, I want comfort. I don't want to be focused on being in a rat race. I don't want that.

[Maal]

You think you could be a housewife?

[Damaris]

I definitely could. I would have to have my own source of income.

[Maal]

I think you'll get bored as fuck quick.

[Damaris]

I don't think you don't know me that well, you'll get bored. You don't know me that well.

[Maal]

I'm telling you.

[Damaris]

I mean, I'm telling you that you don't.

[Maal]

You think you can stay home every day, all day, but housewives don't stack.

[Damaris]

Pancakes running around her crib like, housewives don't stay home every day, all day.

[Julian]

Could get the cape out.

[Maal]

They do just drop the kids off at the bus or drop them to.

[Julian]

School, get their nails done.

[Damaris]

You have, first of all, you take care of an entire.

[Maal]

Go to Pilates, go get a latte after.

[Damaris]

Look at me and yomi. A dream. It sounds like a fucking dream.

[Rory]

That sounds like my ideal Sunday.

[Maal]

That sounds.

[Rory]

I get bored, though.

[Maal]

That sounds great for a month or two. But after that, you're going to be like, all right, I need to. Something I'm passionate about something. I.

[Damaris]

But you can be a housewife and still have passions. It doesn't have to be your have.

[Maal]

Your own businesses online, you can run online businesses.

[Damaris]

It doesn't have to make. That's the thing. I feel like, I feel like that's such a thing these days. People don't understand that you can have passions that don't involve you making money. Like now, granted, I would never be comfortable not bringing in some sort of. Some source of income. Me personally, whether it's through investments or whatever, Right. But as far as not working a 9 to 5 and staying at home for the majority of my time, well, technically staying at home instead of going to work, I would love that. What girl would. What person wouldn't love that?

[Maal]

I just think you, I think you get, you know, when you have that free time and every day it's kind of like the same thing, I think, because again, I think you get bored with routine after a while, no matter what it is that you're doing. I know people that make hundreds of millions of dollars. They get bored with their routine. And I'm like, like, how are you bored right now? You got $400 million just. Yeah, but they get. But because of the routine. And it's just like they're looking for new but that kind of experiences.

[Rory]

Damaris's point, it's not the situation, it's the person. There's plenty of housewives that do that same routine. Drop off the kids, Pilates latte, wait for their husband to come home, do dinner and go to sleep. They also do have a lot of free time where they could fulfill their purpose and what they want in life. That's not some monetary value.

[Damaris]

So, yeah, like, it's. I. I feel like I have with.

[Rory]

With a hundred millionaires that are bored as fuck. It's because they can't find something at this point now to fulfill them. Money didn't fulfill them, their hobbies don't fulfill them. They need to go find something to.

[Maal]

Do, I think, like, charities, charitable work, things like that.

[Damaris]

I would love to do. I would love to have the time and money to do charitable work. I am a huge reader. I love reading. I love. I would take dance classes. I would. I would spend so much time with my family. My mother and my father are getting older. Like, I would have. And on top of having kids, I would have. I would have so much to do. I would be far from bored. But like I said, I. Me personally, the way that I am, I'm never going to allow a man to be my only source of income. I've just seen too many bad ways that. That can go.

[Rory]

So what about a woman?

[Damaris]

Huh?

[Rory]

What about a woman?

[Damaris]

I wouldn't marry a woman.

[Maal]

You wouldn't?

[Damaris]

Wouldn't be my ideal life. No.

[Maal]

Why?

[Damaris]

I've already explained that to y'all, though.

[Rory]

My daddy, it doesn't do like women relationships. But I'm saying, like, if the woman had 100 million.

[Damaris]

No.

[Julian]

You know, Chappelle and that Oprah sketch. That'd be me when he marries.

[Rory]

You say that now, though. Like.

[Damaris]

Julian does too much. Julian could not work.

[Julian]

I would do. I would probably similar to you. I'd do shit. I would just.

[Rory]

Okay.

[Julian]

Like, if my role was to be the house husband, sure. I'm still gonna do mad shit.

[Rory]

Are you. Are you faithful in that, that, that marriage?

[Julian]

Huh?

[Rory]

Are you faithful in that marriage?

[Julian]

Yeah, it's my wife. If I love the person. Yeah. Are we saying if I married her for the money?

[Rory]

Yes, because that was the. That was the purpose of that.

[Julian]

For money then, not for love.

[Rory]

He didn't think Oprah was a bad. He was saying, I'm a house husband that's doing it for the money.

[Julian]

In that scenario, I'm.

[Rory]

That's a scenario.

[Julian]

What do you do, Holly Berry? I'm doing that too. Like, I'm not. Not gonna other people. No, but if it's a love, like a relationship foundation based off love, then no.

[Damaris]

What if she. What if in the prenup is. If you get caught cheating, you get. You get nothing.

[Julian]

I'm not signing a prenup.

[Damaris]

You're not marrying a billionaire.

[Maal]

If your girl got a billion account and she says she want to prenup you, signing it there's no way I'm.

[Damaris]

Signing it in blood. I don't give a. Oh, we're back.

[Julian]

To the billionaire scenario.

[Rory]

All right.

[Julian]

I thought we were just saying the love scene. I'm not signing prenup for love. For a billion dollars. Yes. I'll sign the. Out of that prenup.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Julian]

In blood.

[Maal]

Yeah.

[Julian]

It's a blood oath.

[Damaris]

Would you guys make a woman?

[Rory]

But she got to work a lot. You're not going to see her. You may not be able to.

[Julian]

I don't need to see her as she getting billions of dollars. Her friends. It's not a relationship we've established.

[Damaris]

Okay, but she loves you.

[Rory]

No, we're going with the love scenario. But she also has a billion dollars.

[Maal]

And she loves you.

[Julian]

And she loves combining them. I thought these were two separate marriages.

[Rory]

No, we're now saying it's love and a billion dollars.

[Julian]

Oh, no.

[Rory]

But in the prenup, if you get caught, there's love.

[Julian]

No, that's the thing. The.

[Maal]

The.

[Julian]

The base here. The. The caveat is, if there's is love, then I wouldn't do that. No.

[Rory]

And in this scenario, though, she's a billionaire. That woman has a lot of work to do, and you will not see her that much. And you are the house husband that's just at home with the kids every day.

[Julian]

I'd have a blast.

[Rory]

All right.

[Maal]

I would be couscous every night.

[Julian]

Oh, God. Couldn't get enough rice cookers in that crib. Come on.

[Maal]

Couscous and salmon.

[Julian]

What grain you want?

[Rory]

All right, let's. Let's lighten the mood. I know we did a deep dive on our feelings and how our nine months has went. Peach put the funniest thing in our group chat. They're doing booty fillers in a trailer that's not even attached to a truck. It's just chilling. It looks mobile. Just stop right there.

[Maal]

Yeah. Why they got 5am in the parking lot. Literally ass shot up. If you like it or not.

[Rory]

You know, it's not even air conditioning there.

[Julian]

Even the fake. The fake brick panel is laid the wrong way. It's laid vertically.

[Rory]

Imagine pulling down your pants in a trailer and letting someone stick something inside of you.

[Julian]

I feel like that happens a lot in Hollywood fair.

[Maal]

So you get. That's how you get a roll.

[Julian]

Earth master hips.

[Maal]

I become an X Men first lead.

[Rory]

Wait, so you're saying target, sag, girth. Master's not all natural is what you're saying.

[Julian]

Yo, you know what?

[Maal]

It's.

[Rory]

He said I didn't Say it.

[Julian]

A lot of those guys get, like, dick shots.

[Rory]

Like, all the advertisements that are next to porn.

[Julian]

No, those are like, pills. Those are like, I'm not throwing, you know, the chew under the bus, but, like, those are like, make your dick hard pills.

[Rory]

No, but there's, like, the. The male enhancement that's on the side of.

[Julian]

No, but there's, like, shots that you can get that, like, numb. It's like a. Makes your dick, like, hard and a numbing agent. So you can for, like, four hours. Because they shoot. Those shoots take forever.

[Maal]

Yeah.

[Rory]

A lot of downtime. Craft services.

[Julian]

Yeah.

[Rory]

Union fees.

[Julian]

They shoot video and still. So, like, imagine you just, like. You just have to be my. The funnies. I always think about. Because I always think every time I see any piece of content, I think about how the production side of it must have gone. And I laugh so much. Like, sometimes watching porn, it's like when they do, like, the thumbnails or the stills, you're like, oh. So she was in, like, this, like, weird position, but, like, not actually doing the motion. She was just, like, seated or, like, whatever the position is. And his. You just. It's just like, what is. Actually, I was watching happening here.

[Maal]

I was. I was on Twitter last week, and they had, like, the Urban X Awards in. In la. And I'm just sitting there looking at these. You know, these girls post, like, when they won their Urban X Awards for, you know, adult content or whatever, and seeing some of them accept their awards and thanking God, I'm just like, I don't know if that's how that works. Like, I don't know if God was.

[Julian]

Like, no, don't discriminate.

[Maal]

No, no, no discrimination. We love the sex workers, but I don't know if you should be thanking God because you got best blowjob scene. I just don't know if just why not God had anything to do.

[Julian]

How's that any different? How's that any different than everything is?

[Maal]

Well, I don't like that too. Like, when the. The winning team says, I want to thank God, I was like, so you thought God was like, yo, y'all gonna win tonight? And yeah. Losing team was like, yeah.

[Rory]

So God wasn't.

[Maal]

God wasn't with them.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maal]

It's just. I'm just. I don't know, man.

[Julian]

With everything going on in the world, God was really concerned.

[Maal]

Yeah. Like, he was here tonight and made sure, like, y'all, like, out rebounded the other team and.

[Rory]

But that's why he's God. You can focus on the small. That's going.

[Maal]

I just don't know. If you win the Urban X Award, you should be thinking the genocide. That's the best, like, anal scene or something like that. Just. Isn't that a sin in the Bible?

[Rory]

Anal.

[Damaris]

Anal.

[Rory]

Yeah, to that chapter.

[Julian]

No, a lot of.

[Maal]

Isn't that.

[Julian]

Isn't that, like, the side.

[Rory]

I guess that's sodomy. I guess you're not wrong.

[Maal]

Even if it's my husband, that's a sin.

[Julian]

Yeah, but isn't that, like, the side step to staying pure? Like, don't a lot of. In Brazilian culture, that's pretty common, right?

[Rory]

Sodomy.

[Julian]

No, like. Like the girls don't want to lose their virginity, so they just exclusively do anal. It's like Mormon too.

[Maal]

I never knew that.

[Damaris]

Yeah, Mormons. Wait, that's wild. That's. Though you can't say you a version. You got ass. You actually are freaky than most.

[Julian]

Not if your hymen is still perfectly intact.

[Maal]

You're a freaky ass.

[Rory]

She found a loophole.

[Maal]

She found another hole. She found. She found an.

[Damaris]

If you found me in every hole but my vagina, you can't say that you're a virgin. That's not.

[Maal]

It don't work like that Definitely does not work like. No, that. That's not how it goes.

[Rory]

I don't know.

[Julian]

But what if she, like, does booty play for, like, you know, 10 years and then finds her husband and then when they. For the first time in her vagina, he breaks the hyman. He goes, wow, my girl is a virgin. Like, she's not gonna be like, yo, here the receipts of all my, like, my ass getting stressed.

[Damaris]

Okay? And then she goes to take a. And it just goes straight down the toilet without her even flushing.

[Julian]

What's he. He's not gonna be. His face isn't gonna be in the toilet. He wouldn't know that.

[Maal]

That.

[Rory]

Yeah. Something tells me the. The Mormon husband isn't, like, in the bathroom with her. I don't think they have that.

[Julian]

I don't think they see each other naked ever.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Damaris]

Really?

[Julian]

They.

[Rory]

So I don't know about Mormons, but those super religious people are, like, through the pajama hole for sure.

[Julian]

Yeah, that's what soaking is.

[Damaris]

I'm.

[Maal]

I'm soaking.

[Rory]

I don't think they're seeing their woman take a. When her woman's not even allowed to soaking.

[Julian]

It's like a Mormon wear regular clothes. You lay on a bed, you're, like, wrapped in.

[Rory]

Is that a Getty image?

[Maal]

He's Planking.

[Julian]

He's planking on his wife Because God's in the room.

[Rory]

Yeah, make room for Christ.

[Julian]

Oh, yeah. So yomi's right. So yomi said like sometimes when you soak because soaking they say the like physically penetrating someone is like a sin or whatever the stupid they believe. But what, what they do, sometimes they'll have like a homie. Like, you won't be a cuck. You'll actually be in the room. So like on the corner of this bed, you'll be jumping. So the bed will be doing the motion. And technically I'm not humping her the bed. The movement of the mattress is making me her.

[Maal]

I don't believe.

[Julian]

You know what? Mormons might be. They. They should bring back single handedly bring back waterbeds.

[Maal]

This, this is. This is not real.

[Rory]

Just go in sin at that point.

[Maal]

Yeah, like I'm not saying what y'all dragging it.

[Damaris]

Like, come on, y'all annoyed.

[Rory]

Imagine that being able to die and get up there and say, yo, God, listen, someone was jumping on the bed and it just happened to slip in. You can't fault me for that. Yo, I don't get my 75 virgins.

[Damaris]

No, yo, you always bringing up them 75 versions. You really think your Catholic ass gonna get them when you get up there?

[Maal]

Soaking is Catholic?

[Julian]

Yeah.

[Maal]

So this is a sex act that involves a person putting their penis in another person's vagina and staying completely still. I mean, I've done that like on the spoon tip, so it doesn't count.

[Julian]

As set, they're saying, because there's no thrusting. It's not sex, technically. So the homie will come in and be like, oh, no, I don't want to do this.

[Rory]

Is this an earthquake?

[Maal]

I don't want to do this. We're not soaking anymore. This is the spin cycle. What the is that?

[Damaris]

That's so. Just.

[Maal]

Just people are just weird. Like at that point, that's just weird.

[Rory]

I mean, out of all the weird sex kinks, though, you think this is the weirdest?

[Maal]

No. Yeah, definitely not.

[Rory]

This one's kind of normal, in my opinion.

[Julian]

Back to the ass shots. Oh, yeah, she not normal.

[Maal]

Like, and who gets ass shots with Jordan?

[Rory]

Yo, I'm actually just laying on the bed.

[Maal]

Who gets ass shots with Jordan? Ones on their feet.

[Julian]

Like, this is Atlanta. This has to be in Atlanta.

[Rory]

Can you imagine just laying there and someone's dancing over your. That's just not booty.

[Maal]

This is just not healthy.

[Damaris]

Like, yo, why is she.

[Julian]

Look at the crab grass.

[Damaris]

The dancing is killing Me, I want.

[Rory]

To judge this, but, like, judge it. In the 2000 and tens, there was chicks going into, like, basements, and we judged that, too.

[Maal]

But now I'm judging it even more because we know that they shouldn't have been doing that. You should not be doing this.

[Rory]

No, I didn't think they should have been doing that.

[Maal]

2010, I understand people were still kind of green and naive to that whole thing.

[Rory]

The. That they were filling bathtubs. Like, how they line them. Yeah, this.

[Maal]

You shouldn't be doing this in 2024. This is. This is. That's. You're supposed to put bikes in there. That's like a shed. That's. Yeah, you're not supposed to be getting injections.

[Rory]

That's a exhaust in there.

[Maal]

It's a shed. That's a.

[Julian]

Are ass shots still cool? Like, are they still in.

[Damaris]

Still get ass shot?

[Maal]

No, they're not cool people.

[Damaris]

They're not cool, but people start.

[Rory]

Still popular.

[Julian]

I'd imagine they're still happening, but they're not. Like, not everyone's, like, running to do that now. Like, they used to just love who you are.

[Rory]

Transfer thing is more.

[Damaris]

But if you don't have any fat to transfer, then you have to put silicon.

[Rory]

You gotta take the needle.

[Maal]

Or you can just work out how.

[Julian]

Many treatments is that?

[Damaris]

You could do 180 million squats. You ain't gonna build a Bria Miles ass. It don't work like that.

[Maal]

You don't need a Bria Miles ass.

[Damaris]

Okay, but if that's what they want, then they're the shots. I never said it wasn't real.

[Maal]

Yeah, she's natural.

[Rory]

That's what I thought.

[Maal]

Okay, but she's saying, like, the size of it. Some girls that have no ass. But I'm saying when you work out and build your quad, your legs and your glutes, you may not have a Bria Miles, you know, butt, but you will have a nice.

[Rory]

I think a lot.

[Maal]

Yeah. Before and after. You'll be like, damn, she looks great.

[Damaris]

Yeah, but they want. They want a feel.

[Maal]

Yeah, yeah, but you don't. That ain't. That ain't your aesthetic. Now. You looking like a cartoon character with them dumbass ass shots.

[Damaris]

You could always go buy. Listen, if people want to buy, what they want to buy is their money.

[Maal]

Yeah, but that's. But we know that. That's like. That's a mental illness, though. To, like, lay in that shed and let somebody inject your ass. That's a mental fucking illness. Like, what are you doing? Where are you at in your life.

[Rory]

Still while she danced.

[Maal]

Yeah, like you. I wouldn't even get my eyebrows done in that shit, let alone ass shots. Like, what the fuck are you talking about, ass shots?

[Julian]

Do you think is her supplier?

[Rory]

That's another thing. I didn't see a fridge. Nothing in there to keep that cool. Like, where did she put this syringe?

[Julian]

It might just be like a saline mix that she's just injecting into your ass. That's why her operations on wheels, because she's got to skip town.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Julian]

Get the out here.

[Maal]

As soon as somebody's body start to drop, smaller ass. As soon as one of the patients dies, she gotta. She gotta get out of here.

[Julian]

How many shots?

[Rory]

But imagine you go through your whole life trying to be a copy cop. Go through detective school, and they put you on this case.

[Maal]

Yeah.

[Rory]

You're the ass shot.

[Maal]

Follow the ass shot.

[Rory]

That's your apartment?

[Maal]

Yeah.

[Julian]

How many treatments do you need for this? Because I'd imagine it's not. You get these like, one or two shots, and you wake up with like, a ass three times the size. Like, how many times?

[Maal]

Well, fillers you got to keep getting, I think every few months.

[Julian]

Oh, really?

[Rory]

Yeah. I don't know enough.

[Maal]

I think fillers, like, melt. They melt away or dissolve after a while, so.

[Rory]

And then what? Like fat transfers? You have to maintain by working out, right?

[Maal]

You should.

[Damaris]

You should work out eating right. You have to eat right. Like the fat. Your ass fat never goes away, but you can gain the fat that you took out back and then big. Now your stomach, big ass, big everything.

[Maal]

Big back, big back, big.

[Damaris]

Oof.

[Maal]

You got a big back, big ass.

[Rory]

I mean, she's just salvaging for winter so she could take notice when women's backs are big.

[Damaris]

Or is that like women notice women's backs being big? Like, do y'all actually notice backs? I feel like men notice stomach.

[Julian]

Yes.

[Rory]

Backs, for sure.

[Julian]

Maybe for sure.

[Damaris]

Well, I know you notice backs, but we. Anyway, I'm not even gonna get into.

[Rory]

I'll be looking at knees, ankles.

[Damaris]

Man, I ain't gonna tell y'all how.

[Rory]

The lamb acidity's the last thing I'm looking at.

[Damaris]

Was too long.

[Julian]

Built like a swimmer.

[Rory]

She looked agile in the pool for sure.

[Julian]

Why are torso four feet?

[Damaris]

Rory was like, oh, man, she got like a long torso.

[Julian]

Bob Burger ass built.

[Maal]

That's up, man. Don't do that.

[Damaris]

I'm sorry.

[Rory]

It wasn't my true.

[Julian]

Like, a true swimmer's body in person is like, funny to look at.

[Maal]

Yeah, it's like a right.

[Julian]

It's like their legs are like 2, 2ft and their torso is just like. Why are you that long? Up top, swimmer.

[Rory]

Well, maybe sometimes they're not all swimmers.

[Damaris]

Yeah, bartenders.

[Julian]

And you also never see them in a pool. So it just looks funny in real life. Like walk around six'five but you wear 28 inch pants. Like that doesn't.

[Maal]

Yeah, I get it.

[Rory]

Is it. Has there been a world where, you know, you give your friend a kidney if they're dying? Like, could you give another girl your fat?

[Damaris]

No.

[Julian]

No, it doesn't.

[Rory]

That was a very serious question.

[Maal]

I don't think you should. That just doesn't seem kosher. Yeah, it's just kind of like giving them your fat.

[Julian]

What do you mean? Why not?

[Rory]

You give people hair, you give people organs. Like. Like we're drawing the line at fat.

[Julian]

Yeah, we've. We've put ears on pigs and.

[Maal]

Because. I don't know. I think.

[Rory]

Yeah, that makes sense here.

[Julian]

Rats.

[Maal]

The fat transfer is a little. I don't know if you want somebody else's fat inside.

[Damaris]

Yeah, I don't know about that.

[Maal]

An organ is different. Like, that's like.

[Damaris]

I need that to survive. I don't need your fat to survive.

[Maal]

Yeah, I can just go on a crazy eating binge.

[Rory]

I'm not saying fat transfers are a necessity to live. I'm just asking if that's a possible thing.

[Julian]

Oh, no. Unfortunately, even if you are related to a person who shares some DNA, your. Your body will not recognize their fat as your own.

[Maal]

So how.

[Julian]

What would it do then?

[Damaris]

Probably just die.

[Rory]

Oh, then you just got some.

[Julian]

Yeah, I was gonna say you probably.

[Rory]

Got infected inside of you.

[Damaris]

Oh my. And what if you have like a cancer cell in that fat now you done gave me your cancer. Oh, no.

[Maal]

All for this. All in the name of a fat ass.

[Damaris]

That's crazy.

[Maal]

It ain't never that serious.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Julian]

What?

[Maal]

Yomi.

[Damaris]

Me and yomi got fat asses. We can't relate.

[Julian]

Same.

[Maal]

What? How do you just yell same after that?

[Rory]

Like, fat transfer.

[Damaris]

That's y'all, man.

[Rory]

Have you guys been seeing these side effects of Ozempic and like, what's been going on?

[Julian]

Most people are about to drop dead, yo. By half of Hollywood dumb just reminded.

[Rory]

Me with the body can't recognize it. You just got food that is not processing in your stomach because your body doesn't recognize that for it to be processed. And you just got food just rotting inside your stomach because your body can't recognize it.

[Maal]

Ew.

[Julian]

Yeah, that's right.

[Maal]

But isn't Ozempic like, a diabetic?

[Julian]

Yes, it actually does serve a real.

[Damaris]

But it has side effects even. Like, my mother's a diabetic and we made her get off of it. Because of the side effects. Like, no.

[Rory]

And it doesn't happen with everyone, but there's been cases that your body can't recognize the food that's in the stomach, so the food just stays there and the food rots inside of your stomach. There was one. There was one woman that was crazy.

[Julian]

They said Ozempic farts are real thing in burps.

[Rory]

Oh, well, the woman I was watching this content piece about that was trying to get people off Ozempic. She took it. She said it was like, literally breathing a dead carcass. Yeah, her breath was so bad because everything was dying inside of her stomach, and her stomach wasn't processing it.

[Maal]

I know a few with that type of breath. She's got that tooth in the back. They never got taken care of.

[Julian]

Yeah, this. But, yeah, Rory's right. Like, not. Not halitosis related, but I've heard, like, the very common side effect. Your farts and your breath wreak. Because that is just. You got. You ate a steak. That shit's in there for like, three months.

[Damaris]

Oh, my God.

[Julian]

Cooking smell like Dahmer's fridge.

[Rory]

I just. No one take that unless you actually need it.

[Damaris]

Where do people stop taking it to gain the weight back anyway?

[Rory]

Mind you, I'm the same guy that doesn't know how to sell the brick in Miami. But where do you copy Patreon, like on the low.

[Julian]

Doctor. You got to know a doctor.

[Damaris]

Yeah, same way people get Adderall.

[Rory]

These don't know the doctor then.

[Maal]

Yeah, they definitely don't. They know somebody on the black market that got that.

[Rory]

They know this.

[Maal]

They know her, right? She got booty fillers.

[Rory]

And I'm not trying to snitch. I'm not trying to be Vlad. But, like, I want to ask. Ask this woman where. Like, where you getting this at?

[Maal]

I just can't believe people are still, like, into pharmaceuticals like that with all this fake floating around.

[Rory]

Oh, it's the main thing there.

[Maal]

That is crazy to me.

[Julian]

Just ghetto something out of here. Just go back to Coke.

[Maal]

That's a good Coke diet.

[Damaris]

Yeah, Coke and Chinese food. You be skinny like that.

[Rory]

Wait, but why Chinese food?

[Julian]

I don't know, but I'm on board. I love Chinese food and Coke.

[Damaris]

Chinese food, they try to leave that out. Coke and Chinese food.

[Rory]

I'm Telling y'all what about, like, coke and, like, a healthy food?

[Damaris]

No coke and Chinese food. No alcohol, though. You can't do alcohol with the coke and Chinese food. You have to do just coke and Chinese food.

[Maal]

No alcohol.

[Damaris]

No alcohol.

[Julian]

It's so tough to not drink. I'm not gonna lie.

[Rory]

How. How do you know about that?

[Maal]

Trial and error.

[Damaris]

I think I lost.

[Rory]

Is it the beef and Brock? Like, what should I. Sesame chicken. I got some dad weight orange chicken brown rice.

[Damaris]

Oh, yep. There you go. Mom all know general style.

[Maal]

That good Orange chicken.

[Rory]

What happened to the good old coke and cigarette diet?

[Damaris]

Oh, you trying to be too skinny.

[Rory]

That's what the models were doing.

[Damaris]

Yeah, I know.

[Julian]

Look like K. Moss and you can.

[Damaris]

See them kidneys through their stomach.

[Rory]

No, that's beauty, though.

[Julian]

Blue ass veins.

[Rory]

Yes.

[Damaris]

Do y'all even find skinny women attractive?

[Maal]

Hell yeah.

[Rory]

Yeah, the right skinny. Not cigarette, coke and I can see your veins skinny, but yeah, there's a lot of very attractive skinny women.

[Maal]

Slim girls. Hell yeah, for sure.

[Julian]

Name them slim thick.

[Maal]

I was just one slim girl I used to with. I ain't gonna lie. She looked. She looked good, man. Me on her Instagram, like, damn, I let that one get away.

[Damaris]

Damn, how you let it get away? What you do? How you up?

[Maal]

I just didn't take her serious. It was just like, around. Wasn't nothing serious. She looked good now, though.

[Damaris]

Like, she didn't look good before.

[Maal]

No, she was always, like, cute, good looking. She was always pretty. But, like, now, like, she's like, really, like, really, really attractive.

[Damaris]

Damn.

[Rory]

How you feel? That koi's back with Trippy Red. I know that must have been a tough day.

[Maal]

I didn't even know that's your calm. So it wasn't a tough day.

[Rory]

Now that I broke the news to you, how you feeling?

[Maal]

I had no idea. Yo, Spin the block. Spin the block season.

[Rory]

See, I didn't know that. When I saw the headline, I was like, oh, they dated. I didn't know she was boilerraine.

[Maal]

Trippy Red.

[Rory]

Yeah, I don't know.

[Maal]

Yeah.

[Julian]

You don't see them as a perfect fit for each other?

[Rory]

Rory, they look like siblings.

[Julian]

They do. Oh, God, that's scary. Okay, voicemails.

[Damaris]

Voicemails.

[Maal]

You've got mail.

[Damaris]

Listen, everybody. Finding love. Man, I. I think I'm at the.

[Maal]

My GPS broke.

[Damaris]

Yeah, the guy ripped my. Out the car. I feel like I'm in my. I'm finally in my.

[Rory]

All right, let's from the studio right now before we get to voicemails.

[Damaris]

Okay.

[Rory]

Love.

[Damaris]

This is typing it into the gps.

[Julian]

Is he looking up Love?

[Rory]

Yeah, he said his GPS is broken, so I'm trying to help my man.

[Damaris]

I'm sure there's a bar named Love somewhere in Seoul.

[Rory]

Yeah, I mean, I'm not. I'm not going to dox us, as the kids would say. Yeah, no, there's. There's Noodle Love, but those are everywhere. Yeah, it's right there.

[Damaris]

Did y'all ever hit a time in your life where y'all feel like God, like, just didn't want y'all to date and just wanted y'all to focus on, like, your career?

[Maal]

Yep.

[Julian]

You talking about. You're talking about right now life?

[Maal]

Yeah, pretty much.

[Rory]

It's God's plan, right?

[Maal]

I feel like it is.

[Damaris]

I'm here. I'm there right now. Like, God does not want me to date. He does not want me near any.

[Maal]

Yo. Voicemails.

[Rory]

This is a voicemail.

[Maal]

Do we have voicemails? I'm not listening to Damaris. Do this again.

[Damaris]

I'm.

[Maal]

Daddy, we're not doing this. We're not doing this because two weeks from now, it's gonna be a whole different story.

[Damaris]

Maul, I have not dated or. And been celibate for the past four months. I keep telling you the time. Just keep going by.

[Julian]

She's celibate. Mall anal only.

[Rory]

Pretty funny.

[Damaris]

It's funny.

[Rory]

It's a good callback.

[Maal]

Say somebody is celibate and they followed.

[Rory]

Up with, you can't be a virgin. I guess.

[Damaris]

You guys, I'm trying to make a serious point.

[Maal]

Ain't nobody listening to you, baby D. That's cr.

[Damaris]

But I'm being serious.

[Maal]

Ain't nobody listening to you, man. Cut the.

[Rory]

I mean, we had that segment of we were going through about an hour ago. I think it's the funnies now.

[Julian]

Yeah, we're done, y'all. Clip. All right. Well, speaking of being a new couple, in the spirit of trippy riding coy, this. I think this voicemail works well for couples.

[Damon]

Hey, everyone, it's Damon from Maryland. This is a bit of a callback, as I was the guest at the D.C. show. Who invited you guys to the wedding? Rory, we really want to say we appreciate the gesture of the flowers, and we can definitely add the receipt as a part of our wedding album. We also have the wedding we'd like to send you guys as thanks for being such a big part of our lives. The question I have for today is needing a little bit of advice. My wife and I have noticed that ever since the wedding Ended. We've been really checked out from a lot of our friend groups. Unfortunately, many of those people were a part of the planning process or even in the wedding. But we really haven't noticed the same chemistry since everything ended. How would you guys go about making a new connection and finding new people to spend time with that are more closely aligned with where you are as individuals, as a couple? Really appreciate all the good laughs and perspectives and looking forward to the next live show.

[Julian]

Well, he sounded like a hostage, but.

[Rory]

Oh, yeah, his girl was right next to him.

[Maal]

Sounded like a married man.

[Damaris]

Yeah, y'all are married. Acting funny to y'all friends.

[Maal]

No, I think life just changes. I think. I think you have to find. You have to hang out with more married couples. You have to hang out with people that are kind of, like, on the same, you know, type of algorithm y'all are on. Because you can't be the married couple and then have a bunch of single friends or.

[Damaris]

Why, though? I never understood.

[Maal]

Well, you can have them, but. Yeah, it's very rare that y'all are gonna hang out the way y'all used to, because my. My entire life structure has changed. I have a wife now. Like, I have. You understand what I'm saying? Like, I can't just be out with the fellas two, three, four nights a week or at the. You know, just at the bar, kicking it. Like, my wife is at home. Like.

[Damaris]

But I feel like that should change with adulthood. That shouldn't change with. Because you got a wife.

[Maal]

Like, no, but adulthood, yes. But then it changes once you have a wife. Like, this is like, you're married now. The shit you was doing before you were married, you can't do with your homeboys or your homegirls anymore. Like, you married.

[Rory]

But did I mistaken? That's with both of them, though, going out as a married couple. Right? Is that what he was getting at?

[Julian]

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Rory]

Yeah. No, he can't be at the bar till 4am cause he's got his wife at home. But I think what he's saying is them as a couple in unit, going out with friends, it's not the same.

[Julian]

Yeah.

[Maal]

Because the show friends want to do is they don't want to do. It's like.

[Damaris]

But they were already in a relationship for years before. It's not like they.

[Julian]

The only thing that changed was the wedding.

[Damaris]

Yeah, that's it. Like, nothing has changed.

[Rory]

So Unless they're killing the vibe. But we met both of them. They seem cool. They don't seem like vibe killers.

[Maal]

Yeah.

[Rory]

So Oh, I guess I need more details on why your friends don't really want you around.

[Maal]

Oh, the French don't want them around.

[Damaris]

Well, they're just saying it's weird now.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Damaris]

And they want new.

[Rory]

They're the only married couple. It's a bunch of single.

[Maal]

Well, that's what it is. That's what I'm saying. They need to. They find.

[Damaris]

They also didn't say that the friends were single. They never said that's true.

[Maal]

I'm just gonna assume that their friends are not married. I'm not gonna say not single, but not married.

[Damaris]

I don't think. I don't think that that's it.

[Rory]

Did they turn into the people the way I have with talking about my kid? Like they were just talking about being married. Like, yo, shut the up. Maybe that's it.

[Maal]

Yeah, but I. They finish each other's sentences. It's like, all right, y'all are just weird now.

[Damaris]

But they were. If that's the case, they were doing that before they got married. Like, they've been.

[Maal]

No, but it changes once you married. It's like.

[Damaris]

And I think that that changes naturally. Ain't changed. They only been married for, like, what, two months? Didn't change that quickly.

[Maal]

You don't know how these move out here change quick. People change quick. Especially when you marry. It's like, that's your best friend now.

[Rory]

It sounds like a nightmare to have a group of friends, and that's not working out. So we have to go find married. Not just new friends, new married couples.

[Damaris]

Oh, God, I'd rather die.

[Rory]

That makes my stomach hurt. That would be the worst. That's the show Nick Lachey and his wife need to do. That would be the craziest. Reality tv Married couples trying to be.

[Maal]

Friends with other married couples.

[Rory]

Yes.

[Julian]

Speaking of which, I started watching the new season of Love Is Blind.

[Rory]

The UK one First.

[Julian]

First season in the uk. Pretty damn good so far. Their accents are awful. Oh, they suck. God damn. Their voices are terrible.

[Damaris]

It's also not the first season in the uk.

[Maal]

Well, so y'all don't like UK accents?

[Julian]

No, because they're like, they pull from all over. So it's like, it's not just London. There's some Irish accents out there that are like, God damn, I'll be watching it. And, like, something will be said. And not like, you need to grasp everything that's said in the show. It's not like, a tight script. And then, like, that'll just be like, that profound point. Yeah, that'll be like, the end of the scene and they'll start playing emotional music and then just like, cut to the next scene. I'm like, I have no clue what the hell that interaction just was, but it doesn't matter. The show will go on. But it's like, what the fuck did they say? And, like, they're slanging, like, the slang. And just, like, the words they use are just different.

[Rory]

We have another voicemail.

[Julian]

Yeah.

[Rory]

Hey, guys, I have another question.

[Maal]

It's Cindy again, the teacher from la. So I'm just wondering how you close on about this. There's this whole concept that guys are becoming the bitches and relationships, like the passenger princesses. As a female, you're the one that.

[Rory]

Has to chase them and stuff, and they're playing hard to get. How do you feel about it?

[Maal]

What do you think is creating it? And, like, how do we just stop this epidemic?

[Damaris]

For real?

[Julian]

Sounds personal.

[Maal]

It's not like a gym move.

[Rory]

And he knows his value.

[Maal]

He has a girlfriend. You're his side chick. You're not chasing him. He's just with his family. He's with his family when he's not with you.

[Damaris]

No, I'm telling y'all, you're not the only one.

[Rory]

He's available.

[Maal]

Yeah, you're not the only one. Just do with it.

[Rory]

What do you think she's saying to Maris?

[Damaris]

I know exactly. I know exactly what she's talking about. So it. Traditionally, men were supposed to pursue women, chase women, and want to take care of women. And I'm not just talking about financially. So please, brokies, don't bring up money. The guys that fuck squirrels, I'm talking about just period, like, these days, dating. That's one of the reasons why I've pulled back from dating. Men do not pursue women anymore. They'll flirt, but men do not, like, pull up. You have to pull up. You have to pursue them. And it's not just, oh, he doesn't want you. It's not that. Because I've had conversations with men, especially men who have, like, anything going for themselves or, like, and they're cute or whatever because, like, they're so few and far between. They are. Have convinced themselves that they are the prize. So now, like, it's dead, like, women, bad bitches chasing men. You have to chase men. You gotta, like, they're like, what about my feelings? Or, why you don't buy me flowers and all this. It's hell bad out here.

[Rory]

So he's not allowed to say, what about my feelings?

[Julian]

I am.

[Damaris]

No, I'm not. That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is it's just very much the masculinity is leaving the building. It's leaving the building. I'm telling you.

[Rory]

It's cuz the frogs are gay, but it's the sword.

[Damaris]

I keep telling y'all, it's leaving the building.

[Rory]

Like, why you.

[Damaris]

Why you don't do this for me?

[Maal]

It might be the 5G towers.

[Damaris]

You think it's that?

[Maal]

Yeah.

[Damaris]

Don't have Adam's apples no more. Like, it's weird out here.

[Julian]

Mad have Adam's apples, too.

[Maal]

Vaccinated.

[Rory]

Everything she's talking about happened after the vaccine is vaccinated.

[Maal]

Like when got vaccine. That was. That was it. Y ain't know that that was part of the plan.

[Rory]

N. I'm seeing it.

[Maal]

Yeah, you ain't doing the knowledge. That's what I'm saying, Rory. Like, do the math, son. 2021, it was a rap real started disappearing.

[Rory]

Still got my albums out.

[Maal]

Yeah. Where my at now? My shit's still good.

[Julian]

Where my at?

[Maal]

My right here.

[Rory]

Yeah, good.

[Maal]

Now we good.

[Rory]

You think. You think Pfizer could compromise this?

[Maal]

Come on, son. She thought he told y'all not to get vaccinated. Y'all niggas wouldn't listen.

[Rory]

And then you became.

[Maal]

Now you niggas is running around acting like you got vaginas.

[Julian]

Vaxxing, waxed.

[Maal]

Yeah. Now you niggas is vaxxed and sugared.

[Rory]

So you don't think a man can just want to be sort of chased? Like some reciprocity?

[Damaris]

No, reciprocity is not chasing. That's different. Reciprocity is you like me, I like you, and we are entertaining each other. Chasing is, I'm going to say, a little. I'm going to flirt a little bit, and then, like, I'm going to see, like, how far I like you.

[Maal]

Like, take me out type shit, wearing cross bodies. That's what happened.

[Damaris]

Okay, then without the gun in them. They only okay if you got the gun in them.

[Rory]

So I know Ma was not joking, but joking. I'm not talking about the vaccine. He might just be in a relationship. Like, if a man likes you, he's going to say, hey, let's go out. That's pretty plain and simple. If he's not doing that, he's probably in a relationship.

[Damaris]

I'm telling you, they're not in relation. I'm telling Rory. I get what you're saying.

[Rory]

Okay, then they're other people that they'd rather just entertain or you did or.

[Damaris]

You did something to turn them off other people. That's not what I'm saying. I'm talking about even in women that they do that they are interested in. It's just like I'm not about to chase her. I'm not about to. I'm not about to do all that for her. Like that's.

[Maal]

He probably feel like you ain't worth the chase.

[Damaris]

What I mean like, like they're making like women like tech. Well, like for example, she could be like, well, why didn't you text me? He like, why didn't you text me first? Like that type of shit.

[Rory]

Like, see, I don't think that's happening.

[Damaris]

Yo, are you dating men or am I? I'm trying to tell. The girl just called you and told you. This is a. This is a real.

[Rory]

You peach.

[Julian]

Four months, no dick.

[Maal]

You 60 days in like A and E. What's that showing A and e taxing now.

[Damaris]

80 something. 80 something.

[Maal]

But you're not 80 some days.

[Rory]

So men are. Are having that sassy of a response. Why you ain't text me?

[Damaris]

Yes, that's what y'all think. This is a joke with men start.

[Maal]

Acting them to show you their vax card. I'm trying to tell you these is vaccinated out here.

[Rory]

And if they have it in their Apple wallet, that should tell you everything.

[Maal]

You know, you never see when your dog get neutered and start acting different when you. When you clip their balls. It's the same thing with the vax got vaxxed and now just want to lay down on their stomach all day. Like that's feet up. Yeah, that's all these want to do after they got vaccinated.

[Rory]

I'm trying to tell you they need a mental health day.

[Maal]

And then they see a like me and they like, yo, he too aggressive. Aggressive, too aggressive. You dating the couch potato now.

[Damaris]

Like I think what I will say is I've had conversations with other women about it and some have said that they think because men have all of because of the MeToo movement and so many men getting taken down for sexual assault, men are now afraid that anything they do is going to be labeled as them being too.

[Rory]

That's a fact. If you show any interest, you're scared to get screenshotted.

[Julian]

Like big fact. Big fucking fact. That is without fail that is very.

[Rory]

Two things can be true to say, yo, do you want to go out on a date date?

[Julian]

Oh yeah. Guys still be vaccinated than gay. But I'm saying there is Like a big scam. No, no.

[Rory]

I'm saying you can ask women out on dates, and that shouldn't be a fear of me too. But I think showing any type of interest in a woman can be misconception.

[Damaris]

Men don't like asking women out on dates now. And if they. If you do. If they. If you do. If you do take them on a date or they. Or you do want to date with them, they automatically accept.

[Rory]

But that's because the value so low. And I'm not just putting on women people in general. The value of going out out is dead. That stock is down here because everyone's at the crib off Instagram.

[Julian]

True.

[Rory]

So, yeah, Nasdaq is done. It's. It's plummeted. I think nobody wants to go on dates.

[Maal]

I think feminism is a cause of that too, though. Like this whole feminist movement, I think that has a lot to do with the men kind of being more reserved and like, I think that's real. I think so. Because I think to.

[Rory]

To what the matter were burning bras in the 60s? It's been. It's been going on for a while.

[Maal]

Yeah, but I'm just saying, I think to Demaris, but you know, in the 60s, they could burn all the bras they want. Men were still men. I come home from a long day's work, I need my cold beer, I need my shower running. Yeah, you know that type.

[Rory]

Give her a little smack.

[Maal]

Yeah, a little tickle pickle. You know what I mean?

[Rory]

Kick your kid. Shut the up.

[Maal]

Yeah, get out of here. That type of shoe, that was a real man. American man. Yeah, but I think now wars. Yeah, yeah.

[Damaris]

You not fighting wars no more.

[Rory]

What me you deserve. Yo, if the transgender people want to go to war, let them, cuz I'm not.

[Maal]

Listen, man, put all the trans on the front line. You hear me? Yo, I'll be here when they get back. If they get back.

[Julian]

Strap a gun. Fun down there.

[Maal]

What you mean?

[Rory]

Wait, no, I'm on the right side of history there. I think everyone should be able to. Yeah, I'm not fighting.

[Damaris]

If you.

[Rory]

If somebody want to fight, go fight.

[Maal]

That's a fact.

[Rory]

My pussy ass is gonna be home.

[Maal]

I ain't going. I'm letting you know right now, I'm not going. If they be like, yo, we need you. We just lost. If you need me, I'm not going. Not fighting nobody's war. But I think the whole feminist is a cause of men being more relaxed, reserved.

[Damaris]

But how. How are you connecting that to feminism?

[Maal]

Because I just think that it's. The feminist movement has kind of, like, it's taken some of the machismo out of the. The men. It's like, all right, you got to be careful because you too aggressive, and you be on the podium talking about.

[Damaris]

I'm sorry, I apologize, but that's not feminism. That's just the.

[Maal]

I'm a feminist, so.

[Damaris]

Okay. But that's not feminism. I get what you're saying. You're connected.

[Rory]

Different movements.

[Damaris]

Yeah, that's a different one. Is a me too movement, and the feminism movement is completely.

[Maal]

You don't think. You don't think they, like, relationship it.

[Damaris]

No. Feminism is about empowering women and making sure that they have equality.

[Maal]

You don't think the MeToo movement has something to do with that? Is not related to that at all.

[Julian]

Not necessarily. No. Feminism is the basic equal rights movement for women.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Maal]

And you don't think the me too is a byproduct of the feminist.

[Julian]

No, me too is purely, like, sexual.

[Damaris]

Yeah. Stop sexually assaulting us.

[Rory]

Yeah. Yeah. I think it started with very good intentions and really got some nasty men the fuck out of here. And then I think people took advantage of it the way they take advantage of everything.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Rory]

Every movement, I think, gets taken advantage of.

[Damaris]

But I think you should know how to be a man and be. You know what I'm saying? Pursue a woman without, like, oh, no, I'm not doing all that because she ain't about to say I was thirsty, or she ain't about to say I was assaulting her, or she like, just. You can be a man and still be a gentleman.

[Maal]

I think a lot of men just know when they're an option, and when they feel like they're an option, they're like, if it comes between you choosing between me and him, choose him.

[Damaris]

But a lot of men be assuming. And that's another thing. It's something that I've run into because.

[Maal]

I do that once I. Once I know a girl is talking to other dudes, and I'm just, like, an option.

[Rory]

Oh, then you're never gonna take me.

[Maal]

Out of that rotation.

[Rory]

You're never gonna get in a relationship.

[Maal]

That's not true. Because you can meet women that have absolutely no other options at a time.

[Rory]

You've told me a million times in my face, every girl you meet is probably talking or someone else, which is. Fine. Fine.

[Maal]

Yeah. Great.

[Rory]

But. So, all right, that goes against your theory, but you'll meet a woman that is talking to no one. No one.

[Damaris]

Well, to be. I mean, we exist.

[Maal]

The marriage. Told you she 80 days out.

[Rory]

She's vaccinated.

[Damaris]

That is not vaccinated. I mean, I'm vaccinated. No, but it's our office. I ain't vaccinated. Anyway, those exist. Right, but what I'm. When I. That's not an. When I say option, I mean, like, do I have the option to date people? I do have the option to date people, obviously.

[Maal]

You always have the option to. I'm talking about currently in your phone. Like, plans tomorrow with somebody, and then maybe me and you have somebody. Me and you have plans Saturday. Like, once. Men feel like that a lot of the times. Some men are gonna be like, yo, like, nah, I ain't. I'm not just an option.

[Rory]

Like, so women should hide it better, is what you're saying.

[Maal]

Not hide it better or just, like, meet a guy that's, like, he's okay with being an option for you.

[Damaris]

But it's called dating, though. We're all dating. Dating to find the person that. Well, if this is what your goal is, to find the person you want to be with. So, yes, okay, I'm going on this date to see what's going on. I'm going on this date. I'm seeing how these people operate. I'm getting to know these people with the goal that. Okay, all right.

[Maal]

Would you. Would you honestly date a man if he told you, yo, I'm going out with you tonight, and then tomorrow night I got a date with this other girl? You would? You would have?

[Damaris]

I have. I've done that. Yeah. Because we're not in a relationship. You're getting to know me, I'm getting to know you.

[Rory]

It's totally fine. But I also find that weird decorum.

[Julian]

That comes with dating where you should be like, I just clapped shorty last night, but nice to meet you.

[Maal]

Yeah. You don't have to say. You haven't said. I'm talking about. If a girl says, yo, I. You know, I'm saying, like, there's this other guy that I'm talking to. Like.

[Rory]

But in, like, that's healthy.

[Julian]

I think, like, dating is assumption. There's a assumption that the dating phase means you're seeing other people. It's implied. But one. Maybe when you're like, what? However many dates in. When you feel like, say you've just got fucking raw. Four or five months, you're fucking raw. Whatever the case. Not months. Part of dates, whatever and raw. That shit. Months crazy. And you're already. You're at that point where you're fudgeing raw. Then it's like, hey, like, you know, if it's progressing in that way, like, okay, I feel this is moving towards, you know, next phase, whatever that may be.

[Maal]

Whatever you want.

[Rory]

Perfect example.

[Maal]

I call Cat. Remember the couple I'm calling Cat.

[Julian]

You can ask. Hey, are you seeing anybody else?

[Rory]

I'm going to show you.

[Maal]

I got mad when a girl showed up in front of his building with another dude kissing him.

[Rory]

That is. That was my building. My backpack in my bed.

[Maal]

That's not different.

[Julian]

I was housing that hoe. Okay.

[Maal]

So dip dating.

[Julian]

I also didn't give a that she.

[Damaris]

Like, if she did, she was lying.

[Maal]

That's the thing.

[Julian]

Like, if she did that, do that, but don't bring that back to the crib. Dumbass.

[Rory]

He had my backpack on in front of my bigger violation.

[Maal]

He was carrying the bag. He was being a gentleman.

[Julian]

Yeah, my bag wet. They didn't have an umbrella.

[Damaris]

He had your wet too.

[Julian]

No, they didn't. Well, I sent her them. I hope she got soaked. Whatever. I'll jump on the bed. Them.

[Rory]

I'll jump on the bed. It's hilarious.

[Maal]

I'll jump on.

[Julian]

I'll take the shit out of that bed.

[Maal]

I'll jump on the bed.

[Rory]

Do you remember the couple on stage in Chicago that met on which I never knew existed? A Facebook dating app.

[Maal]

Yes. Okay, shout out to Lamont and Tasia.

[Rory]

Yes. So Demaris, Julian. This couple said they met on Facebook. And I asked them, how many people were you talking to during that time? And they had the healthiest response. They said both of us were talking to a bunch of people. We were on a dating app.

[Julian]

That's normal.

[Rory]

And then once we liked each other, we stopped doing that.

[Maal]

Yeah, but if you want a dating app, it's.

[Rory]

So what's weird?

[Maal]

Assume that she's dating other people. She's on a dating app. Look where you met at.

[Julian]

I need to be on an app to date other people.

[Maal]

Right, but if you're on a dating app, you're more than likely most definitely dating other people.

[Rory]

I have never been on a dating app. I can promise you. And you know I've dated multiple people at one time, Right. So I don't see the. But if the connection because they're on a dating app.

[Maal]

But if I meet a girl. Okay. If I meet a girl in Whole Foods. Right?

[Julian]

Nice.

[Maal]

I'm not thinking that she's out here. Not that I care either, but I'm not assuming that if me and her go out Thursday, she's gonna. She has plans Sunday to go out with this other guy.

[Rory]

That's the shoprite girl, right?

[Maal]

Yeah. I'm not. Yeah. C Town. I'm not thinking that. Thinking that. But if I meet her on a dating app, it's safe to think that, okay, She's. She has a bunch of other people that she's probably talking to at the moment. She's on a dating app.

[Damaris]

You don't also be on a dating app. At one point, I was on a dating app, and I had only went on a date with a guy and he was like, oh, how many people are you dating at this time? I said, just, you're my first date on this app.

[Rory]

What if the girl at Whole Foods you find out has an Instagram? Same thoughts.

[Maal]

Yeah, but dating app, wow. Instagram is an app where you meet people, but a dating app is a little more. We know exactly what we get.

[Rory]

I think it's safe to say an adult is pro. If they are dating, are probably dating other people.

[Julian]

You can also. If this girl's willing to go on a date with you and you met this bitch in a Whole Foods aisle, you don't think she's also just dated other people in random. Like, you know what I mean?

[Rory]

She's probably getting food to cook for her date.

[Maal]

I'm not saying. I'm not saying that. What I'm saying is if you meet. Look, Demarison right here. She has. Hasn't dated in 80 days. It's almost three months. Right? It's safe.

[Damaris]

It's not. Oh, I'm sorry. 120 days. I'm sorry.

[Maal]

That's cap.

[Julian]

Because the math is off.

[Rory]

You ain't an hour, though.

[Maal]

Like, we not doing that.

[Julian]

I called cat.

[Maal]

Dog.

[Julian]

I called cat.

[Rory]

Okay, so you're proving our point then. It's all cat.

[Damaris]

I know. It's not every girl's dating somebody mixed up. I got my months mixed up.

[Maal]

You got your mixed up, too. That's why.

[Damaris]

God, I didn't. I. I swear I told y'all. It was three months, like a month ago. That's why I was like, oh, 120, not 90. Sorry. All right.

[Maal]

The marriage is 120 days out.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maal]

No date, no dick. It's possible.

[Rory]

So. So it's finally wifey material.

[Maal]

If the marriage go outside right now and meet a guy. She's not dating anybody currently. So it is possible to meet a woman and she's not dating anybody.

[Damaris]

Okay.

[Rory]

But for that to be the standard of what would get you in a relationship, put you in this Small.

[Maal]

That's a standard.

[Rory]

That's what you said.

[Maal]

You never said.

[Damaris]

Okay, so let's, let's go back to the original conversation. Mal says, who wants to be an option? Right? But what you started describing was people who are dating. So you're.

[Maal]

No, but I'm speaking, I'm speaking to why guys like, aren't gonna. If they feel like they're chasing you. Because it's like other men have your attention. So it's like I've heard women say, like, yo, like, like what you gonna do to keep up with what they doing? What so now, now I'm in a. Now I'm gonna never do that shit.

[Julian]

To me is that.

[Maal]

But that women, Women do that.

[Julian]

And I love when they do that. Cuz then I will just bow out.

[Maal]

But this is what I'm saying.

[Rory]

So that's an extreme to the original point.

[Maal]

It's not an extreme.

[Rory]

When you first meet a woman and.

[Maal]

She'S dating, it's not an extreme.

[Rory]

If a girl ever said, what are you going to do to keep up with them? That number would be blocked in one.

[Maal]

Second if she said it. But even without her saying it, that's what she's on. That's her energy. Like, other guys have my attention. I'm dating other guys. If you want my attention, step up to the plate. What you going to do?

[Damaris]

What's wrong with. There's something wrong?

[Maal]

I never said there's nothing wrong with that. I'm saying you can't be mad. I'm not saying there's nothing wrong with. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it. I'm saying you can't be mad if the man senses that and feels that and decides he wants to pull himself out of that pool.

[Rory]

But even.

[Damaris]

But what I feel like is, okay, yes, there's other men that have her attention. And what are you going to do to also have my attention? Even if the other men aren't there, what are you going to do to have my attention? Why should. Why should you be?

[Maal]

Well, it depends on how much he likes you. Again, you got to. People got to be honest with themselves sometimes, you know, you date somebody going to date, you talk and you say something. He's like, I'm not really feeling this person. Person. It happens for sure. So that could be it too. Like, yo, why do you want me to chase the God? No, he don't want you to chase him. He's just on something. Like he not really feeling you like that. We got to start being honest with ourselves in certain situations.

[Damaris]

But we're not. We're not talking about that, though.

[Maal]

But that's part of it, though.

[Damaris]

That's part of some things. But me and Shorty. Shorty that called in the original voicemail. She's talking about men wanting. There are men who do want to be treated like princesses.

[Maal]

Oh, but we have.

[Damaris]

We know they're vaccinated like all this other. Yes. Don't be liking you. Like, I posted a quote from Rory the other day that he said like 10 years ago, where he said, it's not that he doesn't and that's not that he's cheap. He just don't want to spend money on you Bible. That happens. Like, but we're talking about the men that want to be treated like princesses. It is an epidemic of them out here.

[Rory]

I would like to be treated nice.

[Julian]

This is such an extreme. I just think, like, treated like, not equal. Like just. Just as a human, Right?

[Damaris]

How about you treat women as a human?

[Julian]

I do.

[Maal]

No, you don't.

[Julian]

I treat mad as humans.

[Maal]

No, you don't.

[Rory]

What does mean. What's the definition?

[Julian]

A human.

[Rory]

No, what's. What's the definition?

[Maal]

You don't. We not even. Have we not even. Bro, I'mma save you from this conversation.

[Julian]

Pimples right now.

[Maal]

Just stop, bro.

[Rory]

I. I haven't seen Julian treat a woman very well.

[Maal]

I'm not saying. I'm not saying. I'm not saying he's a.

[Rory]

But I've never seen him treat a woman bad.

[Damaris]

So that girl in the Uber in.

[Rory]

London, that was her kink, though, that.

[Julian]

Thank you. You weren't even there. No offense.

[Rory]

At the time. At the time, I was like, I've never seen Julian act this way.

[Julian]

Rory, this isn't me. I don't like being this person. But she degrade her. I was like, I'm not that person.

[Rory]

I didn't realize I was in an Uber of role play.

[Maal]

She had, right?

[Julian]

She had to hate it.

[Maal]

She would have came to me. Y'all would have heard me say. I would have.

[Rory]

We all in on this role play.

[Maal]

I would have been getting some six shit off. Oh, this is your cake. I would have dug it to my forefathers.

[Damaris]

Ooh.

[Maal]

I would have. How my uncles used to be talking in the 70s. I would have been going crazy.

[Julian]

Yeah, that. That was so.

[Maal]

Somebody walking by me would have been like, that nigga pimping right there. I would have been talking crazy. Yo, you can't tell me that's your kink. I Would have been talking crazy to that girl straight up. In the streets of. In the streets of London. I don't give a fuck.

[Rory]

Hilarious. I'm trying to find this.

[Damaris]

I couldn't try to. I don't know if somebody. If a guy told me like his kink was degrade him, I wouldn't be able to. I'm too silly. I wouldn't be able to do it.

[Julian]

When a girl asked me to punch her in the face, I said, you got me it. There's no way.

[Rory]

I could never do that.

[Julian]

There's no way I want to. I would ever do that.

[Damaris]

A girl ever told you to choke her till she pass out?

[Julian]

To pass out's insane. I'll choke. That's chill. But like pass out and I'm like trying to see your face turn blue. We're having sex. Not necrophiliac.

[Rory]

She die. Just revive her.

[Damaris]

No.

[Julian]

What am I, a doctor?

[Rory]

It's a hero complex. I think it's faults.

[Damaris]

I've definitely passed out during said I got choked a little bit too hard. For sure. Yeah.

[Rory]

Probably been in that situation where a girl was asking me to choke her and I. I realized you blacked out. I don't think she knows. I'm like, I need to. No, she wanted me to do that. And then I, I was sitting there like, okay, I'm going to let go.

[Julian]

You're like, ha.

[Damaris]

There's only here is you passing out broker trachea.

[Julian]

Yeah, I couldn't do that.

[Maal]

Yeah, no, that's. That's. Come on, man. That's too. That's too much.

[Rory]

I was trying to find this meme.

[Damaris]

But talking to shorty from the book.

[Maal]

Oh, we still giving her advice.

[Damaris]

They won't understand. I'm just wrapping it up. I'm cleaning it up. They won't understand.

[Rory]

What was their question?

[Damaris]

Because they're not dating men and they're.

[Maal]

Also just ask for their vax cards if they vaxxed. Get away run.

[Rory]

Notice the red flag and move the on. There's plenty of.

[Maal]

Or notice the back.

[Julian]

Yeah, she's clearly talking about a specific guy.

[Damaris]

Man. Go back to being be manly in your. In the way that you can't date with women. No. If I say leave me the alone and leave me the alone. If I say no, then I say no. Listen to the nose.

[Rory]

All right, we had to, you know, stop for a second but let's sign off.

[Julian]

We all, we. We took a break to get vaccinated.

[Maal]

We all got vaccine waxed. London, you are up next. Yes, we will be in London September 18th.

[Rory]

Yes, sir.

[Maal]

Newroarymall.com Tickets are available now. I'm looking forward to this London trip, bro.

[Rory]

So am I.

[Julian]

We have.

[Maal]

We have fun every time we go to London.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maal]

Good couple of days.

[Rory]

Sometimes too much, but not too much fun. Listen, listen, man.

[Maal]

I get it. I get it.

[Rory]

Toronto, October, Atlanta, November. We're back in New York in December. Newroyal mall.com Mom, I'm just Ginger. Doesn't work that way if you reverse it.

[Maal]

No, I got. I got you, bro. Until next time. Be safe, be blessed. I'm that he's just Ginger. Peace.

[Damaris]

No worrying now.