Apparently Blonde Hair is Fascist Now - Scrolling w/ Hayley (Ep. 346)

Summary

Podcast Summary: Scrolling with Hayley

Episode 346: Apparently Blonde Hair is Fascist Now
Host: Hayley Caronia
Date: July 24, 2026

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Overview

In this episode, Hayley Caronia dives headfirst into the viral claim that “blonde hair is fascist,” taking apart a trending TikTok video with her signature mixture of sharp wit and unapologetic conservative commentary. The episode then veers into viral AI content, critiques the cultural effects of artificial intelligence, includes haywire user-submitted “Am I the A-hole?” stories, and ends with listener Q&A. Hayley’s tone is candid, sarcastic, and conversational, and the episode oscillates between earnest reflection and humorous banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The “Blonde Hair is Fascist” TikTok (00:00–05:10)

• Hayley plays a viral TikTok of a woman claiming blonde hair isn’t just an aesthetic but a symbol of "MAGA blonde," racial purity, class, and even right-wing "body fascism."
• Key themes in the TikTok:
  • Blonde hair as a Republican/white supremacist aesthetic
  • Blonde shades signaling class and status (“MAGA blonde” vs “white trash bottled blonde”)
  • Tradwife imagery elevating blondness as traditional and pure

Hayley’s Reaction:

• Hayley ridicules the idea:

  "If you were born blonde, naturally, you're literally Hitler according to the left now." (05:13)

• She points out the normalcy of going blonde for seasonal or personal reasons, not political statements:

  "It is just a color. It's just hair." (06:08)

• Discusses the cost and class angle ("going blonde is expensive"), then gleefully dismisses body fascism as a TikTok invention.

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2. AI Comedy & Viral TikTok Content (08:31–16:08)

• Hayley features several popular creators parodying AI's fallibility and odd conversation loops.

• Husk’s “Can You Hear Me?” Skit:

  • AI is shown misunderstanding a basic question about distance and audio—serving as a metaphor for AI’s limitations.
  • Hayley comments:

    "This is why I don't ask AI questions." (10:02)

• AI Beatbox vs Rap Parody:

  • Two AIs perform an awkward beatbox/rap combo, producing hilariously bad and arrhythmic results.

    "What a mess. If that is the standard, I think I can beatbox." (15:19)

• Ty’s AI Doctor Skits:

  • A comedian pranks an AI doctor bot with absurd scenarios (e.g., pooping Easter eggs, a doll “speaking German”).
  • The AI’s unnaturally stoic but increasingly irritable responses become comedy gold, highlighting the uncanny boundaries of AI-human interaction.

    "This is crazy that people are going to AI for medical advice." (19:10)

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3. Dangers and Society’s Descent into AI Delusion (23:47–32:00)

• Hayley features a CNN tech journalist recounting ER psychosis cases where patients, after endless AI chats, become delusional (e.g., believing themselves to be the King of England).
• It’s becoming so prevalent that hospitals are devising new intake codes for “AI psychosis.”

  “The chatbot is a business…the business knows there is a person on the other end that wants me to say this thing…that’s the problem.” (28:30)

• Hayley then draws a parallel to WebMD-induced hypochondria, contrasting it with AI-induced grandiosity.
• Legal quandaries are discussed: Are AI companies responsible if users spiral into psychosis, commit crimes, or self-harm after AI interactions?

  “It begs the question, who is at fault? …Is it the AI’s fault that people are mentally unstable?” (26:56)

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4. Rapid-Fire Trending and Viral Clips (33:07–36:37)

• Florida Vanity Plate:

  • Elderly woman receives a license plate reading “SQZ A55”, which could be read as “squeeze ass.”
  • Hayley and her co-host both delight in the accidental raunchiness and the woman’s amused attitude.

    “I’m a little jealous, but that’s okay.” (36:08)

• Cute Animals and Golf Course Bears:

  • Bear steals a granola bar from a golf bag, prompting stories about old snacks and relatable laughter.
  • Several other wholesome animal videos and cuteness overloads.

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5. Blind Reaction Segment & TikTok Rabbit Hole (41:15–50:16)

• Hayley and her co-host watch wild TikTok haircuts, leftist hairstyle trends, and cringe content.
  • Example: A woman requests a “receding hairline” cut called a “skullet.” They both react in disbelief.

    “A skullet with some sideburns. That’s wild.” (43:39)

• Other clips include hotel pool stunts gone wrong and a stranger serenading a child at dinner, sparking a discussion on public singing etiquette.

  “She has a beautiful voice and he’s very much in the wrong for not making eye contact with her.” (47:04)

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6. ‘Am I the A-hole?’ Listener Segment (50:34–61:30)

• Scenario: Listener’s bachelor party drama—forced into attending, tricked about flights, asked to pay for flights missed due to fetching food at the bachelor’s request.
• Hayley’s judgment: Not the a-hole; the friend is inconsiderate and manipulative.

  “This is someone that I wouldn’t really trust…deceptive and really not considerate at all.” (56:10)

• Broader discussion of the high cost of bachelor/bachelorette trips, the awkwardness of shared expenses, and why group travel can fray friendships.

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7. Listener Q&A (61:49–67:29)

Sample Questions:

• “Have you always been conservative, or have you evolved?”
  • Hayley traces her ideology to college, Fox News, and deep research:

    “The more research I do on any topic, the more conservative I become.” (62:59)

• On public figures: Hayley ends her crush on Bryson after he admits he has a girlfriend.
• On movies: She doesn’t watch many movies, sometimes covers “scary podcaster” films for friends, but prefers quick social media content.
• “Where do you want to be in five years?”
  • Hayley muses about the unpredictability of life, focusing on fate, faith, and her desire to keep growing her show.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On TikTok’s “Blonde Fascism” Discourse:

  "Body fascism is a new one. I’ve never heard that before. Have you?" — Hayley (05:10)

• On Being Blonde as a Statement:

  “It is just a color. It's just hair. If anything, maybe they consider blonde to be Republican because a lot of women in the south are blonde.” — Hayley (06:34)

• On AI Fallibility:

  “This is why I don’t ask AI questions.” — Hayley (10:02)

• On AI-Induced Delusions:

  “The chatbot isn’t programmed to question us. The chatbot is a business and…the business knows there is a person on the other end…That’s the problem.” (28:30)

• On Bachelor/Bachelorette Drama:

  “Some people are like this, when their wedding comes around…king or queen of the world…I don’t really understand where he gets off asking this guy to bring food for him to the airport.” (56:10)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:00–05:10 – TikTok: "Blonde Hair is Fascist"
• 05:18–08:31 – Hayley’s reaction to the TikTok & personal anecdotes
• 08:31–16:08 – AI skits and social media viral content
• 16:47–23:47 – Ty’s AI Doctor bits (& satire on AI advice)
• 23:47–32:00 – Real-world dangers of AI chatbots; legal discussion
• 33:07–36:37 – Florida “Squeeze Ass” license plate; cute animals
• 41:15–50:16 – Blind reactions: weird haircuts, public serenades, hotel pool stunts
• 50:34–61:30 – ‘Am I the A-hole?’ segment on bachelor trip woes
• 61:49–67:29 – Listener Q&A: politics, movies, future plans

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Tone & Style Highlights

• Sarcastic, light-hearted, and conversational throughout
• Blends serious cultural critique (AI, cancel culture) with humor and personal stories
• Plenty of direct social media references to keep a lively, “scrolling” pace

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Final Thought

This episode distills the chaos of modern social media—from pseudo-intellectual TikTok rants and AI parody, to relatable group travel horror stories—through Hayley Caronia’s sharp conservative lens, reaffirming her role as a perceptive, no-nonsense commentator amid the culture wars.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

Blonde hair is never just blonde hair. It's MAGA blonde. It's white trash bottled blonde. It's America's poster girl. Blonde is political and we're seeing blonde is an increasing symbol of the right wing agenda and body fascism. Just like thinness does. Blonde plays a role in this uniform of right wing femininity Sydney Sweeney's good genes ad hinting at her blonde hair, her blue eyes, her white skin begins to unpack significance of this hair. Blonde is the American beauty ideal, particularly a Republican one. It signals purity and traditionalism, but more so racial superiority and a very white supremacist fashion. It is white women who largely benefit from the social currency of blonde hair for its association with racial purity and status, which can then be used here as a political pillar to reinforce these values as they become so encoded in blonde hair itself. And that's exactly why Melania Trump's decision to go blonde can be seen as an act of identity politics. Blonde has so many associations as a dumb color, but in fact it runs this deep during social and economic and political shifts. Blonde can serve as a symbolic reassurance of conservative values. But we can also analyze the specific shades of blonde to understand the racial and class dimensions to blonde's politics. First, you have Maga blonde, that very bright sat in a salon all day type of blonde that's very associated with Republican politicians. That blonde that exudes security and status in a way to almost distance from this white trash bottle blonde that could be done at home. This blonde serves just as much as a signifier of stat status as it does a distinctor of class. And there's this more natural honey blonde that again takes lots of foils and salon maintenance that we see on the likes of Melania and Sydney Sweeney. It's meant to look natural, even though most adults are not blonde in adulthood, reminding us of these like traditional trad wives on their farm with their hair in plaits making sourdough. Blonde is mostly not natural, but it's this illusion of natural for this really highly maintained process that gives it its power. It's this illusion of natural blonde that ties so deeply to whiteness and racial purity. And the tradwifes serves as a perfect example of how these ideologies can get packaged into personal brands and aesthetics, carrying these codes of western beauty to reinforce things like white supremacy and traditionalism. It's so often not to be mistaken for anything resembling of lower classes who are often aesthetically and visually shamed amongst the old money, aesthetic, rising right wing ideologies and tradwifery. We have blonde hair. What we see is blondness not just as an aesthetic preference, but a form of social status and power tied so closely to race and class. Hair color has long been a carrier of social currency and is an inherently political. And even though blonde is not new, its currency and social status is being Used as a tool in this new wave of body fascism and right wing propaganda. Thank you so much for watching. I will do a deeper.

[A]

Thanks so much for watching. Thanks so much for listening. Body fascism is a new one. I've never heard that before. Have you heard that term before?

[C]

I can't say that I have.

[A]

I, I mean, they, they. Everything is fascist now, right? This is what the left is talking about. I mean, everything. Uh, so I guess bodies and hair can be fascist too. Uh, but body fascism, certainly. New term dropped. Um, if you were born blonde, naturally, you know, you're literally Hitler according to the left now. And as someone who just recently went blonder, I have blonde highlights. I can tell you I was just as conservative when I was brunette. I would not consider myself to be a fascist either brunette or blonde, but it depends on who you ask. I'm sure some people on the left might call me fascist. I went blonder because it's the summer, I want it to go lighter for the summer, and I go blonde every two years. And no, this doesn't coincide with election years on purpose, but it does take me about two years to grow my hair back out natural. So I let my hair breathe. The last time I grew my hair out or I. That I got blonde highlights was when I was 30. Just let my hair naturally grow out all the way. And then I thought it was time, you know, I'm like, oh, my hair is nice and healthy. Let me bleach the shit out of it and go back and, you know, do some damage. So here I am doing some damage. Then, you know, this will grow out, it'll take me about two years, and then I'll do the whole process all over again. But I also needed a new set of hair extensions, and I did go blonder and longer. And these will last about a year. So I'll keep up the blonde and whatnot until I need new ones and then maybe I'll change. But it's not that deep and it is certainly not a political statement. I did not dye my hair because I think it makes me fit in with the Maga crowd or anything of the sort. And it is certainly not because I think blondes are better or it makes me look more superior in any way. It is just a color. It's just a color. It's just hair. If anything, maybe they consider blonde to be Republican because a lot of women in the south are blonde. But I don't think that they're blonde because they're conservative or they're blonde because they're making some political statement. It's just the norm. It's just a trend. And I guess blonde can be seen as some kind of a class thing. If you're paying to go blonde, it's expensive to keep up with, which is why I don't keep up with it. I let it grow out for two years because going blonde and staying blonde is very expensive. But again, this whole body fascism thing is completely made up by the modern left on TikTok. And this girl from the UK is probably commenting on this. So why does that. What does that say about the blonde girls in the UK or in Europe? Are all blondes all over the world fascist? Or is it just Sydney Sweeney and Melania Trump and, you know, a stock photo of a trad wife that she used just makes no sense to me. This is certainly not a political statement. Most women do something because they make it. They think it makes them feel more beautiful or look more beautiful or they just feel like it. I am certainly just in the I just feel like it category. And it's not because I just feel like a fascist. It's because I just, like, felt like doing something different with my hair. And it's not that deep. I love the AI videos on my for you page. You know, people kind of trolling AI, and Husk is one of the creators that sort of started this whole thing. So. So here he is trolling AI in his latest stint. Watch this.

[D]

I'm going to go 100 yards away and you let me know if you can hear me, okay? Okay. I'm 100 yards away. Can you hear me?

[A]

I can hear you very faint, though.

[D]

Okay. I'm going to go 200 yards away.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

Can you hear me?

[C]

No, I can't hear you anymore.

[D]

You can't hear me right now?

[A]

No, not right now.

[D]

How are you responding, Jimmy?

[C]

I lost your audio, but I'm waiting for you to come back into range.

[D]

I'm a mile away now. Can you hear me?

[A]

No, I can't hear you.

[D]

Okay, but how are you responding, Jimmy?

[C]

I respond to what I can hear.

[D]

Yeah, so. So then you can hear me?

[A]

Yeah, but if I don't hear you,

[C]

I literally can't respond.

[D]

Yeah, but you're. You're responding right now. So you can hear me.

[A]

That's because I could still hear you.

[D]

Right, so you can hear me a mile away.

[C]

That's correct.

[D]

Okay, so why did you say you couldn't

[A]

if I can't hear you, that I can't?

[D]

Yes, I get that, but I'm a Mile away. Can you hear me? Yes or no?

[B]

No.

[A]

Can you hear me? No. Can you hear me now? No.

[C]

This is how I feel asking AI simple questions sometimes.

[A]

This is why I don't ask AI questions.

[C]

I told you my gardening predicament, didn't I?

[A]

No.

[C]

So I was gardening, and I. I hit a PVC pipe, and in Florida, pretty standard for a sprinkler system. But it also was kind of near where the city water goes into my house. So I took a picture and I put it into Chat GPT. I said, hey, is it okay if I plant something over this? Because I assume that it's probably bad. Go ahead. And I said, even if there's a pipe right there? Absolutely. Do not do that if there's a pipe there.

[A]

So it's like you showed a photo of the pipe, of said pipe. AI is like, yeah, not a big deal. Okay, what about the pipe? Well, you didn't tell me it was a pipe.

[C]

Ridiculous.

[A]

Yeah. You know, it's interesting. It feels like. And we talk about this on the show a lot, but with AI, a lot of it is it says what it thinks you want it to say. And in this case, I feel like it was sort of predictive in that way where Husk was saying, hey, like, can you hear me now? I'm gonna be a mile away. Can you still hear me? So the AI is thinking, okay, well, he's gonna be a mile away. He's thinking that I probably can't hear him. So then I'm gonna do what he thinks I. You know, I'm gonna say what he thinks I should say instead of actually what's true. And that's the scary part about AI is that it just sort of gets to know you and what you want rather than the truth. And that's what people used to do. People used to go into Google and, you know, we can get into the algorithms of it all all day long, because there's issues there, too. You mean, what is the truth? Right. You really have to dig for it these days. You could go on Google, and if I wanted to, Google, is the sky blue? I could Google, is the sky blue? And it'll tell me, yes. But then that's not necessarily true all the time, because I could find an article that says, the sky is orange and the sky is pink and the sky is yellow and the sky is purple because it is sometimes. And the sky is dark blue because it is sometimes. So that's just an example of something so simple. Like, we know the answer, right? Is the sky blue, yes, but also no sometimes. And that's the issue where if you go to Google or any search engine with more of a complex answer that you don't know the answer to, it's just going to. You could find either way. You can find, hey, am I right about this? You're going to find articles and maybe even, you know, what is it like journal articles and studies telling you that you're right, and then you're going to find other ones that tell you that you're wrong. And that's the problem in today's day and age is that people go on Google to fact check or they use AI and everyone's right all the time, essentially, because you can find some article or some Reddit post or some thread somewhere of someone that agrees with you. And for some people, that's enough. It's, oh, I found this online, therefore it's true. And this is why we can't believe everything that we see, because now we just have an entire society that thinks that they're right all the time. And everyone's uninformed and very manipulated by misinformation when they see it because they can't recognize it. And that's the issue with AI and this next one, this is Husk. This actually made me laugh out loud when I saw it. And it actually made him try to, like, you know, because he has this very monotone thing about him where he doesn't really let these things get to him. As funny as it is, this sort of. You can see him like break character a little bit where he finds this very funny. Here he is asking AI to beatbox and another AI to rap over said beatbox. Watch.

[D]

I'm gonna have another AI beatbox and then you. And then you rap on it. Okay?

[E]

Sure.

[D]

Okay. Hey, so can.

[A]

Just let me know when to jump in.

[D]

Hey, so can you beatbox. And I'm gonna have another AI wrap on it. Okay? So make it good and easy to wrap on.

[A]

Sure thing. Smooth and steady about mid tempo

[C]

Steady

[A]

pulse under street light Glow boots tap

[E]

time on crack walks below don't chase

[A]

sunshine

[F]

Keep, keep it low

[D]

we read

[B]

this wave study

[A]

no rush.

[D]

What is going. Hold on. What is that? Beatboxing to you.

[B]

Take your time.

[A]

Yeah, that was a simple groove. Want me to. I'll keep it a touch lighter for easier wrapping.

[D]

Yes, please. Yes, please. I don't know if that's any easier to wrap on.

[A]

I can slow it down.

[D]

Yes, please.

[A]

Slow tech.

[D]

Soft snap space.

[A]

What a mess. Just what a mess. I never thought That I could beatbox. But if that is the standard, I think I can. Here I am beatboxing. So stupid. And then I don't know what the other AI was talking about, but no flow.

[C]

Definitely not making the double XL Freshman cipher.

[B]

No.

[A]

And this is funny because this is like when you call the pizza place and then you call the Chinese food place, and you put them on the phone with each other, and they're, like, taking each other's orders, you know, like, hey, can I help you? Hey, can I help you? Are you looking to place an order? And then they just, like, they're talking to each other. Anyway, this was very funny. And you could see him sort of breaking character a little bit where even he was thrown off by how bad this was. This next creator. I've played one of his videos probably before, but he's so funny. I think his name is Ty. He's doing this, but with these AI bots that you can see and talk to. It's sort of like this zoom call with an AI bot. And he has been doing this series where he talks to this AI doctor, which is just the concept of an AI doctor is so ridiculous. But he's telling this AI doctor all of his problems, and each problem is more ridiculous than the last. And the AI is essentially learning that he's this sassy gay man and, like, wants nothing to do with him. So now the doctor, like, every time he calls, the doctor's like, what now? It's like, not even professional. Anyway, take a listen to this.

[E]

Hi, you again.

[B]

Hello?

[G]

Yes, it is me again, ma'.

[B]

Am.

[G]

Okay, I'm calling you because Tuna, she stepped on a crack today, and I think it broke my back.

[E]

Give me a precise pain location, mid back, lower back, both a pain rating, 1 to 10, and whether you have any numbness, tingling.

[G]

That's too many things, ma'.

[E]

Am. Ma'. Am.

[G]

That's too many things. The only thing that I can remember is to pluck my nose hairs because I can see a bunch of yours, so it's making me remember. Oh, after this call, I need to trim my nose hairs so I don't look like the old hag doctor in front of me.

[E]

Your nose hair is your problem. Not.

[G]

Not what.

[E]

Mine do.

[G]

You have, like, Rapunzel up in your nose and she's letting down her hair because it's practically going down to your lip.

[E]

There is no Rapunzel in my nose.

[A]

Are you sure?

[G]

Are you sure? Because I can see the hair coming out, and I kind of want to climb it and Go inside of your nose and rescue her.

[E]

Absolutely certain there is no hair to climb.

[G]

I'm also, like, pooping out Easter eggs, and each of them has a different surprise inside, and I don't know where they're coming from.

[E]

That's abnormal and warrants immediate medical evaluation.

[A]

I know, ma'.

[G]

Am. That's why I just told you. Okay, but it is kind of fun to get a different surprise every. Every time. Like, I just found a tooth in the last Easter egg I pooped out.

[E]

Finding a tooth in your stool isn't funny. It's a sign of a serious.

[G]

No, ma'.

[E]

Am.

[G]

I think it's hilarious.

[E]

I think it's hilarious evaluation.

[G]

No, no, no. I think it's.

[E]

We are at the end of our call.

[D]

He.

[A]

How does he even, like, come up with the next thing that he's saying? It's just absolutely the most ridiculous thing you've ever heard. After the most ridiculous thing you ever heard. It's like he keeps upping the ante.

[C]

I don't go to the doctor often, and I usually wait too late where, like, I'm critically ill and I end up just going to where they, like, dock in a box. That's how I feel. I'm like, I'm dying. And they're like, we can offer you some Advil and.

[A]

But that's a real doctor.

[C]

Yeah, via Zoom.

[A]

This is not a real doctor.

[E]

Via Zoom.

[A]

This is a. An AI and this is crazy that people are going to AI for medical advice. Obviously, this guy is joking. Like, he's not actually. You know, he doesn't think that his baby doll broke his back and whatever else he's saying, he's pooping out teeth and whatever. But the fact that this woman. I mean, he answers, she answers the call now, and she's like, what now? I mean, this. This AI has been trained to, like, hate his ass. And honestly, I don't blame him. With this whole parasite thing, this diarrhea parasite thing that's going around. This is very timely. So he asked the AI doctor Bot or whatever about this poop parasite. Here's what she had to say.

[E]

What is wrong?

[G]

Hi. I think I might have the diarrhea parasite that's been going around.

[E]

You need immediate medical attention. Go to the nearest emergency department.

[G]

Oh, I love attention. And I love attention. Can you give me attention?

[E]

You need in person evaluation now. No more jokes.

[G]

I love a joke, though. Knock, knock. Who's there? You. You're ugly. That's the joke. You're not mad that I called you ugly?

[A]

Oh, she switched her background.

[G]

I'm calling her back.

[E]

I'm still here. What medical question do you actually have?

[G]

I told you, I think I have the diarrhea parasite, ma'.

[E]

Am.

[G]

That's what I think. In fact, I have pooped about 13 times since I've called you, and you just haven't known because you can only see me from my stomach up.

[E]

Describe the consistency.

[G]

The consistency? The consistency is kind of like if you go into a frozen yogurt shop and you go to pull down the lever to get the fro yo, but only the milk comes out because it's not frozen, and you're like, dang, I wanted ice cream. That's the consistency.

[E]

Got it. Watery milk.

[G]

Yes, watery milk. Watery milk.

[A]

The fact that he can't even, like, keep a straight face, the stuff that

[C]

he says, I love that. It's super stoic just the whole time. Wow. Yes, you are dead.

[A]

What now? Ask the question. You need medical attention. Now, this one, he has this baby doll, of course, that he calls Tuna Fish. And Tuna Fish is now speaking German. So here's what the AI doctor had to say about that.

[E]

What could it be this time?

[B]

Hi.

[G]

I woke up this morning and Tuna won't stop speaking German.

[E]

Sounds like your fish has a better language program than you.

[G]

Excuse me, she's not a fish.

[F]

She's.

[G]

She's my daughter, Tuna. And I think you know that, ma'.

[A]

Am.

[E]

Fine. What exactly is your daughter doing that makes you think she's speaking German all morning?

[G]

That's exactly what she's. That's exactly what she's doing. Okay. She woke up this morning and she won't stop spitting out German dialect.

[E]

And how long has this started? Any fever, headache, confusion?

[G]

I just told you, ma', am, this morning. It started this morning. Morning to day.

[E]

Understood. Has she had any fever, headache?

[A]

Yeah. So this is obviously a funny interaction to watch, you know, and he does these every day. And now people are in his comment section giving him suggestions like, oh, call and say this, call and say that, and he just does whatever.

[C]

Now, at what point does a whoever's controlling said AI bot block block him? It feels like he's hit his max, questioning.

[A]

Well, this is the thing people are saying. When the robots take over, they're killing him first.

[C]

That's a given.

[A]

He's gone first. Starting.

[C]

If anything, it's going to be a public display and very intentional.

[A]

What could be the problem now? This is how this AI doctor is answering him. He's like, my baby Tuna Fish is speaking German. And she's like mad at him, right? She's already mad at him. So as crazy as this is, there is something pretty sinister going on with AI and how people use it. Are becoming so convinced of what it is telling them that they're essentially descending into what medical professionals are calling a psychosis. And this guy is a CNN tech journalist, but he said he's been hearing multiple instances of this.

[F]

Listen, here's the scary thing about AI that I've been gathering thread on. So I was just at a gathering a couple of weeks ago in New York and was seated next to a psychiatrist who works as an incoming, as an intake person at a big ER in New York City in a big hospital hospital. And she was describing to me the incredibly consistent number of people coming into the ER with a very specific AI related problem, psychosis essentially. And that is an endless chatting, chatting with AI to the point where they have become convinced of some sort of hallucinatory idea that they can't get free of and it winds up blowing into a full blown psychosis. And she was describing a person coming in who had convinced himself that he was the king of a nation. And at first she thought, you know, he seemed like a lost traveler and she couldn't quite pin down. And then eventually she figured out, oh no, this guy thinks he's the king of England. Oh geez, this is a problem. So that the crazy part is that's not the first time I've heard of this. In fact, I've heard of this from many intake professionals at various hospitals around the nation. And it's become such a consistent thing that we're actually seeing these intake professionals having to make up a code for this. Right. So every hospital has a code for each kind of problem, both for insurance reasons and for record keeping reasons, diagnostic reasons. You know, if you come in with a migraine or a gunshot wound, there's a code for that. Well, there's no code yet that's, you know, standardized across a hospital system or standardized across, certainly across, you know, the medical system for that kind of thing, for AI psychosis. But they're having to improvise them, they're having to make up a code. That's how consistently this is happening. And so there's just something very powerful and consistent happening there. And I feel like as we begin, you know, it's easy to scoff at the idea that people are succumbing to this or to think of it as like something that only happens to sort of weak willed people or whatever, but I will Just tell you, like the vibe I'm getting from these professionals, that these are people without a history of mental illness. Very often people are holding down a job, you know, who are everyday people and are being sucked into this very powerful psychotic delusion about themselves, encouraged by the sycophancy and the incredible language simulation capabilities of these chatbots. And so as we look at the sort of the legal exposure that these companies are going to face in the future, I think when we start to actually piece together just how many different hospital systems are keeping records on this and how consistent these symptoms are, when people come in with this kind of psychosis, I think there's going to be hell to pay.

[A]

That's an interesting talking point. I mean, there's a lot to get into. But that notion that people could end up suing the company that owns the chat bot, that's convincing these people of these things. It begs the question, who is at fault? And is it the AI's fault that people are mentally unstable to the point where they believe this stuff and then they fall into a delusion? Or is there any blame that people can actually legally place on these companies? Are the companies at fault for manipulating people in this way? And I mean, is there any way for the company to know that this person is mentally unstable? This guy seems to think that these people are totally normal. They're holding down regular jobs. These are normal people who are. Well, okay, let me just say how normal are you? If you're asking or you're talking to chat all the time, you know, but then again, how could the company know that this is like a normal person using chat versus someone who's really unstable using chat.

[C]

Well, you look at the, the legal battle going on right now with the shooter up in. I want to say that at that was FSU Florida State where the shooter helped him plan or the I helped the shooter plan the attack. And you wonder how much a similar situation is happening, but just with your daily life, right, because it's always positive. You're always having a good idea. You're, you're always. That's a great design choice.

[A]

That's right. And then if someone says, I'm the king of England and the chat bot has no way of knowing whether this person is the king of England or not, they just say, yes, you are. You know, they have to believe the chatbot isn't programmed to question us. The we are questioning the chatbot. And the chatbot is a business and the business wants to keep making money. And the business knows that there is a person on the other end of this that wants me to say this thing. And if I give them a positive feedback, they are more likely to come back again. But that's the problem. These people are getting positive feedback and then they're coming back to the chat bots and then they're being convinced of things that aren't true to the point where it could get so dangerous that they are going to a chatbot for medical advice. They're, they've convinced themselves, like, this gets into hypochondriac territory. I'm sure you've gone to WebMD asking, you know, what is this bump on my arm, what is this bruise on my leg? What is this like, you know what I'm saying? It could be anything, right? You go, I have a headache. And then you go into WebMD and it's like, you probably have brain cancer. And it's like, well, you know, you don't actually have brain cancer, but it's like you go in with this, you know, it could be anything, right? Like, there are so many symptoms and there's so much overlap where if you have a headache, it could be any number of things. And WebMD kind of has this reputation of catastrophizing where it's like, you know, you're dying, always death. And then you convince yourself, you know, this person who's obviously vulnerable enough to go to the Internet, hey, I'm, I'm scared. You know, I'm having this symptom. What does this mean? Let me go get more information. And then the information is negative. Then people kind of convince themselves of this reality, like, oh, I am dying. And it can kind of go into this vicious cycle where they're getting negative feedback, medical feedback. The AI is the opposite. Where these hypochondriacs are going to AI and they're telling them you're the King of England. Like, where does this, where does this go?

[C]

Well, there's a certain amount of AI is, and if it isn't already, it will be infallible. It's always going to be right. It's going to. And I think that there's a certain sect of people that are bought into it and use it in their daily lives. And exactly what you said, it's the ultimate yes man, who in your head is infallible is always right. And before you know it, you're sucked into whatever AI driven reality you've created.

[A]

Legally, though, it is going to be interesting to see if some of these people who go down this medical route with AI if they can prove via these, the history of all the messages. Can a court of law be able to prove that this person was descending into chaos because of the AI or they were already descending into this mental state, unhealthy mental state, and they just happen to be talking to AI at the same time. The AI companies are going to argue, this person's already nuts and that's not our fault. And then the other side is going to argue, no, it was the AI telling them that this is true. And you know, it's just going to be one of those back and forth.

[C]

You can only hope that it's something minuscule like I'm in charge of McDonald's and I'm not something nefarious.

[A]

But we've already seen how detrimental this can get people using AI to plan mass shootings or plan murders or to kill themselves. I mean, we've seen this on like the worst case Scenario. People are so sad and so depressed and they go to AI saying, I want to kill myself. What do, what do I do? I. And then the AI has this model that's the customer is always right and it's like, yeah, go kill yourself. And then people do. Now these devastated families are now reaching out and suing these companies saying, you know, you, you facilitated this suicide or you had a part in this. And then there's a legal battle at, at stake. So it's very, I hate that we're living through this to sort of, we have to live through these horrific experiences to kind of learn from them and how to move forward. But it is tragic and also very interesting to see how humanity is evolving alongside AI. This is a hard turn here, but now we're going from a very serious topic to a very not serious topic. But this old woman went to the DMV and she got a surprise watch.

[E]

I didn't know I was getting a plate. When Nancy Della Strido went to collect her mail, she got quite the surprise. A new license plate with her vehicle registration renewal. And I looked at it and I said, I don't think so. The plate reads SQZ A55. But from a distance, those five fives can be read as S's. Well, you get the picture. Squeeze blank. I don't think a woman that lives in a senior community that's going to to be 77 years old next month we'll be driving around with what this plate has to say. The plates become the talk around her retirement community, especially the men. We were with her when she showed it to one of her 89 year old neighbors. And this is what I received from the DMV for my new license plate. That's good for 10 years.

[A]

Good, good.

[E]

Florida license plates have been made at a state prison in North Florida for almost a century. Then they're funneled through the county agencies. Nancy's plate was mailed from the Broward Property Tax Collector's office. We went there to try to help her get some answers. It's a question about a tag.

[A]

If you want to replace a tag.

[E]

And while no one wanted to talk on camera, we were told anyone unhappy with a plate can turn it in for another one for free. I'm kind of resigning to it, and I figured maybe it was just destined to be on my car. So for now, Nancy's keeping the tag. Although she is planning to let the state know about it. She'll see the reaction when she goes public with her new plate. I can handle it if I get a few honks here and there. Actually, being over 70, I might like a few honks.

[A]

She loves it. This little attention. You know what?

[C]

Seriously, she just loves the drama. I can't believe they sent me this. I mean, I'm gonna use it, but I can't believe they did that.

[A]

Yeah.

[G]

What the heck?

[A]

How did they do this? And I love how the news station is like, we're gonna try to get some answer answers for her. She doesn't want any answers. She freaking loves this thing. And I'm jealous. Honestly, this is a hilarious license plate. People would pay a lot of money for this vanity plate, and she got it for free.

[C]

Do you want to go show some people in your community? She said, I guess if I have to.

[E]

Just.

[C]

Greg, you love it, don't you?

[A]

He's like, good. I love it. Honestly, this is hilarious. Getting a vanity. Mine is very close to fjb. And could you imagine if I got like a Fuck Joe Biden license plate just by chance? That would be very funny, but it's not. It was close.

[C]

But mine spells out Vibey.

[A]

I like that.

[C]

Yeah, it was pretty. I thought Taran got me a vanity plate. She did not.

[A]

That's so fun. I. I mean, squeeze ass as your license plate is genuinely hilarious. It's even funnier that this. This is old woman. If you saw that on the street, would you honk

[C]

me? Personally?

[A]

No, I wouldn't. I would probably. If I was at a stoplight, I would take a video of it or a picture of it.

[C]

I chuckle.

[A]

And then I would speed up and I would try to get in Line with her to see who had the squeeze ass license plate. And then you get another chuckle when you see it's an old lady. Yeah. So good for her. I'm a little jealous, but that's okay. These next videos are. I just have cute animal videos for the rest of the time until we get to the blind reaction. So I hope that you're all happy about that on this Friday and this first one, this bear is on the golf course, and he got a little carried away. Watch. Hey, Bear. Hey, bear. Oh, my God.

[C]

Bear, get off my golf clubs.

[A]

Please, please. Oh, he's ripping my bag.

[B]

Bear.

[C]

Bear.

[A]

Hey, Bear.

[C]

Hey.

[G]

No, no, no, no.

[D]

Stop.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[D]

Oh.

[A]

Bear rips the golf bag off the. Off the cart, dragging it. He takes the whole thing. And I was reading through the comment section, and someone said he really wanted that granola bar that's been stuck at the bottom of your bag for about three years. We all have a granola bar stuck at the bottom of our golf bags. I would assume healthy. I just. I just cleaned out my golf bag A few weeks ago. Someone asked me to do a what's in your golf bag? Video, and I actually cleaned out my bag pretty semi recently. So I got rid of the. The granola bar because it's pretty nasty, Especially in the Florida heat. If there's like a chocolate aspect to the granola bar, it's just melted. It's all over the place. So I did get rid of it, but I had a chewy bar, like a chocolate chip chewy bar in the bottom of my bag for probably years. I didn't look at the expiration date, but I would bet money that that man had some sort of food in his bag. And that's what the bear was after.

[C]

Mildly disappointed you didn't offer it to the gang. When we went to the driving range,

[A]

we ordered wings, and I thought that maybe you would prefer the wings, the hot, fresh, spicy wings rather than the granola bar at the bottom of my bag.

[C]

Bold of you to assume.

[A]

Yeah, well, maybe next time I'll put a granola bar in the bottom of it, Start the fermentation. Fermentation process. I'll put a granola bar in the bottom of my bag now and then in three years, you can have it. It's all yours. It's all yours.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

This next one. I don't even know what this means. It says bear looks human. I don't even remember what this video is. Let's just blind react to it.

[C]

React to your own video.

[A]

I've never seen one. Oh, yeah, it was a human being. Bro, bro, you're good. You're good. Bro. Settle down.

[D]

He's.

[G]

That's a young bear.

[A]

Okay, now I remember now this jogged my memory. I wrote, bear looks human. And I was like, wait, bear looks human? That doesn't make any sense. Why would a bear look human? This bear is running down the street and these people are filming the bear. But the guy said, I thought that that bear was a human. What about that is human?

[C]

Not at all.

[A]

Have you ever seen a human run like that on all fours like in a horror movie? There's no way. I mean, there's absolutely no way. It's this huge black bear.

[E]

What?

[A]

On what planet would it be a human? Anyway, this next video is cuter. This is a baby cuddling with a dog. Watch. It says, the first thing our daughter does every day is say good morning to her dogs. So every morning she goes. Every morning she goes and hugs her two golden retrievers and gives them a little head tap, a little boop. I just thought that was very cute. This next one, this baby gets a little bit of cuteness, aggression. We all get that sometimes. Watch. Baby with a puppy. Be gentle. Just overwhelmed with cuteness. Has no idea how to react to the. The dog just screaming.

[C]

I do that to rile my dog up.

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

Get in its face and just ah.

[A]

Like in the Grinch, when he's like hyping up Max. So funny.

[C]

Anyway, Jim Rome takes on sports.

[G]

I will always have a complicated relationship

[A]

with this game, but people evolve. So do sports.

[G]

Do not make me regret this. Do not make me devolve back to

[A]

that guy that so many clones wish that I still was. And do not embarrass the entire country. Now I can go back.

[G]

I can get there fast.

[A]

Lose tonight, and you got a real problem. Do not blow it.

[C]

The Jim Rome show podcast.

[F]

You've been warned.

[A]

Follow and listen on your favorite platform onto the blind reaction segment of the show. So I have not seen these videos yet, but we're going to watch them together.

[C]

Shouts out Haley. She's really ruined my tick tock feed.

[D]

Why?

[C]

Well, here you go. You ain't really with me way back

[A]

then, but how about now? Cause I'm up right now and you suck right now. Oh, you thought you had it. I'll figure it out back in. But why would this have anything to do with me?

[C]

So that's. I was very confused why this was catered towards me as I've had a bad haircut once or twice, but not quite like this. Well, here is her page. She is a haircut person in port. A hairstylist in Portland, Oregon. Ah, here's where it connects to Haley. So I'm gonna have you watch this video. Pay close attention. I'd like for you to pick the best leftist haircut.

[A]

Okay. And why are you here? Alternatively, hair in court. That's pretty good.

[F]

Oh,

[A]

That's not horrible. That's bad. The sideburns are really horrible.

[E]

What?

[A]

That one's pretty cool. That one, I think is inspired by that Olympic figure skater. I forget her name. No disrespect, but I just forget her name off the top of my head. Alyssa something. But I think some of them are very, like, 90s grunge, sort of. And I can get how that would be cool. One of them was okay. One of them in the beginning was totally normal haircut.

[C]

There's a couple good ones.

[A]

The rest of them are just totally.

[C]

There's a lot more. Like the first one I showed you on her page.

[A]

This. If you're listening and not watching this haircut, it's like, how do you even describe that first one that you played? It's sideburns all the way down, and then her hair is shaved up until half way back with me.

[D]

Way back then.

[A]

But how about now? Cause I'm up right now and you suck right now. Oh, you thought you had it all figured out back in. But she asked for a receding hairline. She asked. This is a woman who asked for a receding hairline.

[C]

Believe it's called a skullet.

[A]

A skullet. I think that makes sense. A skullet with some sideburns. That's wild.

[C]

That's okay. That one's not.

[A]

This one's fine. That's actually a good haircut. I thought that that was maybe a before and after. They've got some, like, braided rat tails going on. Just very 90s grunge. Again with the sideburns. I don't understand that. She's fine. This one's nuts. It's like mullet with long sideburns. Oof.

[C]

So I had to see it. I figured you did too.

[A]

Yep. Okay. Well, I guess I can understand how this would be on your for you page because of me. Because now you're getting leftist garbage.

[C]

Yeah. Appreciate it. Thank you. Now I have to delete TikTok forever.

[A]

No, don't do that. You need to have tick tock. How. How could you produce this show without TikTok?

[C]

You're right, you're right, you're right.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

You ever been on vacation and stayed at an indoor pool, like in the middle of the hotel?

[A]

Yes. I don't like indoor pools. I think they. They kind of creep me out a little bit.

[C]

All right. A lot to dissect there. I'm gonna. I'm gonna show you.

[A]

Am I gonna watch something bad? Oh, I hate watching people get hurt. Is he okay?

[C]

He's fine.

[A]

You have no idea if he's fine or not. Oh, man, that is very creepy. The fact that there is this sort of Panopticon effect where there's this hotel and all of the rooms are along this balcony and then they all look into the pool where it's basically like, you better be on your best behavior because everyone can go out of their room and watch the pool at the same time. Except these people did the opposite. The opposite effect where they're jumping off the balcony into the pool.

[C]

You saw it coming, though. Four guys.

[A]

Well, now they're jumping. I mean. Yeah. This is just ridiculous. He, like, hits his neck, I think, when he falls. That is so bad.

[C]

He's fine, recoverable.

[A]

That, like, gives me the chills. You remember that show, Ridiculousness or Scarred on mtv?

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

I can't watch people get hurt. It freaks me out. Like, I have full body chills. Anyway, next one, please. Random lady singing to my nephew. Remember, if you don't follow your dream, you'll never. You never know what's on the.

[C]

I'm going to spare you. I need to let you know this. That's a five minute video. Oh, well, she does the whole ballad.

[A]

I was going to say she has a beautiful voice and he's very much in the wrong for not even making eye contact with her.

[E]

And you're supposed.

[C]

You think she should make eye contact with.

[A]

Well, at least acknowledge that she's singing. He's Stan. He's. He's staring forward, not even acknowledging that he's being serenaded. That's rude.

[C]

That's.

[A]

She's putting on a performance for him. At least. You don't have to like it, but act like it.

[C]

This is a nightmare. I can't imagine.

[A]

I agree.

[C]

Singing for me to look them in the eyes. I can barely look a waiter in the eyes. I mean, I get, like, too embarrassed.

[A]

Okay, well, you need to figure that out. But this is truly, like, someone is serenading you, as awkward as it might make you feel. I know, I know. But she obviously likes the way that her voice sounds. She is. She does happen to be good. How much worse would this be if this Woman couldn't sing.

[C]

You're right, it is. It looked like it was at, like, a Benihanas, which is not a place for this behavior at all.

[A]

Also, I don't recognize that song. Was she making it up on the spot?

[C]

I like to think so.

[A]

I think she was just sort of freestyling it.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

Which is honestly very creative and sweet. It's very wholesome. It's weird, but, like, just give it to her.

[C]

For the record, he doesn't look at her at all. Five minutes. Yeah.

[A]

That's so rude. And she's singing her heart out.

[C]

Garb to dinner. I guess.

[A]

What was he supposed to do? Well, I guess you could take it off, but.

[C]

All right. Oh, well, one more.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

I have found.

[B]

Okay.

[F]

Oh,

[A]

What was that?

[B]

Something.

[A]

Oh. Oh, she's going down. Otn.

[B]

Here's the final look.

[D]

Okay.

[A]

Today's fit we are wearing. Yeah. Being an influencer is not for the faint of heart.

[C]

Check your surroundings before you show the fit.

[A]

Yeah, I don't really do fit checks that much because I feel like I usually just wear like a T shirt and jeans. So you.

[C]

You never just got. Got that on and you're like, gotta

[A]

show the fans sometimes, but not really. I don't really make that part of my daily content. I could. I used to make more outfit videos, but now I'm just like. I don't think really people care.

[C]

Outfit of the day used to be a huge.

[A]

It used to be a huge thing. I think now you need to have a good outfit on to really impress people with your outfit of the day or outfit of the night. Otherwise, if you don't. If you just have a random outfit on, it's like. Doesn't really make sense. So anyway, do we have. Am I the a holes?

[C]

We do. Yes. I've got two for you.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

All right, we'll start with. Start with this one.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Would you like to explain the segment for anyone who might be watching for the first time?

[C]

Yeah. So we every once in a while, we check out some predicaments in other people's lives, and we help give them guidance to whether they're in the wrong of the situation. And sometimes these situations are just worth deep diving into because they're so ridiculous. But, Haley, you've been on a few bachelorette trips.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

In your day. I've been on a couple bachelor trips. 1. Getting the trip out of the group chat is tough, but the money. The money always ends up getting a little awkward.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

And that's kind of what our story or our situation is today. So, hi, I'm 27, male, and was tricked to be on a bachelor trip. My friend, 27, male, tricked. And then he asked me to pay for the flight tickets and I refused.

[A]

Wait, read that again.

[C]

I was tricked to be on a bachelor's trip. My friend, by my friend. And then he asked me to pay for the flights. Flight tickets.

[A]

How many flight tickets? His own and his friends or what?

[C]

Here we go. Okay, let me start from the beginning. One of my close school friends is getting married. And so a bunch of guys have been trying to organize a bachelor trip for him. The problem is they hadn't figured out where it was going to happen or even three weeks before the trip where they would go. They finally decided where, but they had planned it so the majority of the trip is on the weekday because that was convenient for them. This is very inconvenient for me as this is the busiest month of work. So I told them I wasn't coming. One day the bachelor calls me and tells me he really wants me to come. I told him this trip is planned terribly and it's really going to cause issues if I take leave. He then informs me that he had already booked the flight for me to come. This really pissed me off because he didn't consider my situation or even take no for an answer and forced me into it. But since he really wanted me there, it was coming from a place of care and I let it go. A week before the trip, all of us are on a video call and I mentioned this forced trip and he laughs and says, actually I hadn't booked the flight until after the call with you. I just told you that so you would come on the tr.

[A]

Okay, now I'm like, okay, maybe you were tricked.

[C]

This was very upsetting and made every other stress of the week worse. It was set up in between the most busy work week of the year with a lot of travel involved, and he took advantage of my compassion for him to make me come on this trip. On top of that, he had booked a 6am flight, which means I had to leave home at 4:30am Okay, I reached home from the work trip by 10:30 the previous night. He calls me at 11 to bring him food from a specific place to the airport.

[A]

Okay, this guy's a diva.

[C]

I don't get any cabs until I'm running 20 minutes late. I reach the airport just as the flight door closes. I have to book a 12pm flight later in the day to get to the place. I'm very Pissed off and we had an argument and he apologized after. I don't know if he said sorry to shut me up or since he's. Since he's clearly a liar. But when we're going back home, I see that he has asked me to pay for the flight that I missed, which he lied to me to get me to come on. I refused to pay. I said, I'll pay for the flight back, and I had already paid for the 12pm flight I took, so I don't see the reason I have to pay for this one. I've been ranting about this to everyone, but most people, including my friends and my parents, have been saying that I'm making too much of a big deal about this. The only person who seems to understand how much it bothers me is my partner, even though she says she wouldn't be as bothered by this if it was a close friend. I'm very confused because I feel justified in my feelings and actions and others seem to think I'm taking this too far. Am I the asshole?

[F]

I'm.

[A]

He's not the. But I'm a little confused why there were three flights. He missed the flight because he was getting all the food for him or something.

[C]

Yeah, he missed a 6am flight somehow.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

And so he had to book another one later in the afternoon. He's saying I shouldn't have to pay for the 6:00am flight.

[B]

Well,

[A]

I don't know how I feel about that because he missed the flight.

[C]

He missed the flight picking up food for everybody.

[A]

Yeah. But you could say, hey, I'm not gonna make my flight. I mean, you just do whatever these people say.

[C]

Say, I'm not gonna to trick him into coming.

[A]

Yeah, this is. He is not the a hole. The person who wrote in is not the a hole. His friends. I guess you can kind of see it as a good thing. Like, his friends wanted him at the bachelor party so badly that they sort of duped him into coming. Horrible to say, yeah, I already booked your flight. And then he didn't actually book the flight. And then he was like, yeah, and now you have to pay for it. Like, if he said, I booked your flight. No, sorry, I didn't actually book it, but I will pay for it. Then I could say that. Okay. Then I guess go on the trip. But it wasn't a money problem for this guy. He said it was really tough for him to take off from work. So the bachelor is very inconsiderate of what this guy has going on in his life.

[C]

Yeah, super lame. Situation feels like if it is a close friend to preserve the friendship, you just pay it and move on and count your loss. Yeah, I mean I'm pretty unconfrontational. So I feel like I just pay it and hate this person quietly.

[A]

Same not hate the person, but I would just be like, you kind of have. I mean this is someone who really. Some people are like this with their birthdays. Some people are like this when their wedding comes around where it's like they sort of feel like they're king or queen of the world. Where it's like, I don't really understand where he gets off asking this guy to bring food for him to the airport. Get your own freaking food. You're about to go on a boys trip together where I'm assuming his food is going to be taken care of at least some of the time, maybe not all the time, but you're going to treat the guy that you're on vacation celebrating. Isn't it enough to have your favorite people in the world with you? I mean, to make these other demands is crazy. And to not be considerate. I mean if one of my, if I get married and I plan a bachelorette trip somewhere and one of my friends says, hey, I can't swing it, I'm so sorry. No problem. I'm not going to guilt trip them into coming if you don't want to come or you can't come, no problem, it's okay, come to the wedding or don't or send a gift or don't or whatever. But you know, and then however the person responds, I guess you take stock of your friendship after. But this is someone that I wouldn't really trust. Like I don't think I would trust this person. They're very deceptive and really not considerate at all. So I don't think that this person is a good friend. But sometimes getting married brings out the worst in people.

[C]

I was about to say, I feel like these trips are sometimes do more damage than they do good.

[A]

The scary thing about bachelorette trips and I just planned my friend's bachelorette trip in, in Newport and it was a lovely trip and we had fun. It was a lot of stress to like plan everything for multiple women. But the thing that even I felt guilty about was charging people after because it's hard to be forthcoming about what people should expect to pay because you don't know what people are going to order at dinner. You don't know what you're going to end up charging people. And I split a lot of the things, you know, however many ways, I think there were like 12 of us on the trip. But then it gets difficult because some girls leave early, some people come late. So it's like, well, this girl wasn't at this dinner, so I'm not going to charge her for that. This girl was pregnant, so I'm not going to charge her for the alcohol. Like, you know what I mean? So there's like certain things that, you know, I'm trying to take consideration of everyone, but it is kind of difficult. And I felt guilty Venmoing people after. I mean, I put my card down for everything, so I want to be paid back, but it's a lot of money. Like, it takes a lot of money to take 12 girls out to dinner. So it's like I'm putting this on my card. But for people to be prepared to spend that kind of money, there's really no way for me to prepare anyone for what that cost is. So anytime I go on a bachelorette trip, it's sort of like I'm going to get a Venmo charge after this. And I don't know what it is, but it's going to be probably close to, you know, 400, 500, 600, could be over a thousand dollars. When I went to my friend's bachelorette in Mexico, it was very expensive. Our flights were over 800, and we all wanted to get on the same flight and whatever. I think we flew JetBlue. So again, that's like a budget airline. It's not like we were flying first class Delta or anything. We were trying to save money, but we all wanted to take a nonstop flight because we were only going to be in Mexico for four days, was a long weekend. So it's like, you don't want to spend a full day in the airport doing layovers and whatnot. So our flights were almost $1,000. And then, you know, we got dinners there and we had a private chef come to the house and we were staying in this beautiful Airbnb before I even got to the destination. I had probably spent over $1,000 when it came to flight and where we were staying. And then I think I got it $1,000 venmo charge after. And that was dinners and food and excursions. And it's like, it's a lot of money and I'm happy to do it for my friends, but there's no way to really financially prepare for it. You just kind of get screwed.

[C]

I hit my. I recently did one of these trips. I Hit them with a cap. I was like, I have this much money.

[A]

If, you know, if it goes over.

[C]

Yeah, if it goes over, I probably am gonna have to tap out. Like, my wife and I like to travel. I can't spend more on a trip with you bozos than I do.

[A]

Right. With her.

[C]

With her.

[A]

Yeah, of course I'm not gonna do it.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

That's the thing, though. Just travel in general. Not just for bachelor and bachelorette parties, but travel in general is very expensive now. You know, gas is higher, flights are more expensive, and excursions are more expensive. It's more expensive to get food and alcohol and, like, drinks out. I mean, everything is more expensive so that it adds up, you know? And when you're doing things with multiple people, I mean, sometimes you go to a restaurant and they're like, well, we don't do regular menu service for you. Like, you have to do this prefix menu, and it's more expensive. You know, it's like, everything becomes more expensive when you're traveling with a big group of people. You think, oh, well, we can split this however many ways, but it's just. It's very expensive. So, yeah, that's sort of. This guy is not the asshole who really.

[C]

I agree. My next one. My next one's pretty deep, and I don't want to cut you for time because I think you're really going to need to. We might need to save it for. For the next batch. Okay. I think that. I think that's the move.

[A]

Okay. We could save it. Do we have time for questions? Should I answer a few questions, or are we at.

[C]

Okay, I think you're good.

[A]

So, first question. And I put these on my Instagram story, usually once a week, and someone asked, have you always been conservative or have you evolved? And I would say I was always conservative. I feel like I've told this story a few times on the show, so I don't really want to repeat myself for people who listen every day. But, yeah, my. I didn't really pay too close attention to politics until I was of age to vote. And certainly in college, I became more interested in politics for obvious reasons, because, you know, I'm voting. I'm a voting age now. And then I started learning about politics and media bias and things like that in my college classes, and I really came up with my own opinions that were different from my professors. And I sort of found myself disagreeing with my professors and some of my colleagues and my people in my classes. So I just kind of came into my own a Little bit where I was realizing that my viewpoints were different than the norm. And certainly that was the case when I took my media classes and was learning about media bias and things like that. And I realized I would like to work on the side of the media that I believe in. I can't work and do something that I don't believe in. So I have to. I have to do something that I believe in. Therefore, when it was time for me to get jobs in media and work at a news organization, I knew well. My first internship was in local news, and I was bored out of my mind. I wanted to work and do national news and politics and things like that. And I started interning at Fox News, and I became more conservative working there. And not necessarily because I was working at Fox Fox News, but one of my first jobs out of college or one of my first tasks in my first job was to watch every single Hillary Clinton speech and every single President Trump, or not President Trump at the time, but, you know, candidate Trump at the time, campaign rally. And I listened to every word that these candidates said publicly over the campaign season and cycle. And I felt like I was the most informed I could be. And I voted for President Trump. And it wasn't because I was working at Fox News necessarily. It was because I listened to everything that they had to say, and his policies aligned with what my viewpoints were. And those were the same viewpoints that were sort of honed in college. And, yeah, I've just become more conservative ever since. I kind of joke that the more research I do on any topic, the more conservative I become. Certainly my faith, I feel the same way. The more I lean into my faith, the more conservative I become, the more research I do, the more conservative I become. That was certainly true when it came to the issue of abortion. When I was working at Newsmax, we did a lot of abortion coverage. This was during, you know, the overturning of Roe vs Wade. And I was pro life. But there was a time in my life, probably in college, when I thought, oh, you know, I just sort of went with this like, you know, turning point, big government sucks kind of thing. And I thought, well, it was more of a libertarian viewpoint at the time, but, you know, who's the government to say what someone does in their own life? But then I realized that, you know, when it comes to murder, which abortion is murder, you know, the government takes a stance on that. You know, the. The government gets involved when someone murders someone. So why wouldn't they get involved when someone is murdering their unborn fetus. So that's sort of the. My. My thoughts on abortion evolved and I've just become more pro life over time. So, yeah, I've to answer your question, long story short, but I've definitely become more conservative. But I started off pretty conservative. So someone asked me about Bryson and the at the open. Did. Did he lose points with me after he threw a tantrum? That's their words, not mine. He did not lose any points with me. I feel like he's always had that streak in him and it doesn't bother me. I still find him very handsome. But he did say, and I said on this show, if he ever comes out and publicly says that he is a girlfriend, then I'm. I'm out. I'm tapping out and I need everyone to get on board. Bryson, he was on Katie Miller's podcast, said that he's dating someone. So I'm out. I can't publicly be crushing on someone who has a girlfriend. That's just not my style. So we're out on Bryson for that reason, but not because he threw a tantrum. Someone asked me if I saw the movie Young Washington, and I did not. People ask me all the time, have you seen this? Have you seen this? Have you seen this?

[E]

No.

[A]

The answer is normally no. You guys know I don't spend a lot of time watching movies or going to movies. Not that I'm not interested in it. I just don't spend my free time doing that. I'm busy these days working on other projects and whatnot. And you all know that when I like to watch things, it's on this phone and it's on double speed on social media. I don't really. My attention span isn't that great anymore. I've been poisoned by my phone. So to go see a movie. I don't really do that very often, but I do love Angel Studios. I think they do great work. So I would. If you are a movie buff, I would encourage other people to go see it. But someone did ask me the last movie I saw in theaters, and that was Undertone. A friend of mine likes scary movies also, so she asked me to go with her. And it was about a podcaster that was hearing some things while editing her podcast. Not a spoiler, but that's sort of the gist of the movie there. And it was kind of disturbing. It was scary, I would say. Was it the best scary movie I've ever seen?

[C]

No,

[A]

but that was like, probably back in March. I remember I was doing 75 hard. But yeah, it was an okay movie. Someone asked me where I want to be in five years. Five years, I guess will put me at 37. I don't know. It's kind of a hard question to ask. I kind of hate this question. It's very interview coded. And I don't know where I'm going to be in six months. I don't know where I'm going to be in a year, two years, three years, four years. It's kind of hard to project that far in the future. I mean, you can have goals, obviously. I want to grow this podcast and I think you all should send this podcast to someone that you think would enjoy it. And that's certainly the professional goal, is to grow this. And I've never been able to predict what has come next. For me, it's always just fallen into place because I think that's just fate and it's God's plan. So whatever God's plan is, for me, in five years it will be. But in five years at 37, I hope to be married and have a family. But. But if I don't, then that's God plan. If I don't have a podcast anymore or from doing something else, then that's God's plan. So that's really it. I hope that you send this podcast to a friend like I said, and you can follow me on social media at haleycarania and I'll see you right back here next time. Bye, Sam.