#53 - Reading More Weird Subreddits

Summary

Smosh Mouth Episode #53 - Reading More Weird Subreddits

Release Date: July 8, 2024

Hosts: Shayne Topp (Shayne), Amanda Lehan-Canto (Amanda)
Special Guest: Arasha Leilani (Arasha)

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Introduction

In episode #53 of Smosh Mouth, titled "Reading More Weird Subreddits," hosts Shayne Topp and Amanda Lehan-Canto are joined by special guest Arasha Leilani. The trio dives deep into the quirky and sometimes bizarre corners of Reddit, sharing amusing stories, personal anecdotes, and insightful commentary on various subreddits. This episode continues their exploration of Reddit, aiming to entertain listeners with both relatable and outlandish content.

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Exploring Ask Reddit

The discussion kicks off with Shayne revisiting the Ask Reddit subreddit, where users pose a myriad of questions ranging from the profound to the peculiar.

Key Story: Unhappy Wedding

• Timestamp [12:33]: Shayne shares a heartbreaking story about a wedding where the groom's sudden declaration of never wanting children led to the couple's separation a year later.
• Quote: "They had been dating for eight years before getting married... the groom loudly said, 'oh, man, I'm never having kids.' The bride burst into tears." [12:49]

Insights on Relationships:

• Arasha and Amanda discuss the importance of communication in relationships, highlighting how unaddressed expectations can lead to unexpected breakups.
• Shayne's Perspective: Emphasizes that many relationships fall apart due to poor communication and unspoken assumptions.

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Malicious Compliance Subreddit

Transitioning to the Malicious Compliance subreddit, the hosts recount a detailed narrative about a parent who complies with a demand to give ginger candies to another child, resulting in the child experiencing an intense and unpleasant reaction.

Key Story: The Ginger Candy Incident

• Timestamp [60:50]: Shane narrates a story where a parent hands over spicy mango ginger candies to a child, leading to chaos and distress.
• Quote: "He ripped it open, shoved it in his mouth, and started screaming that it's hot and he wants it out." [61:18]

Discussion Points:

• The group reflects on the fine line between following instructions and enforcing boundaries, especially when dealing with children's demands.
• Amanda's Take: Highlights the absurdity and the unintended consequences of such compliance.

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Wholesome and Weird Subreddits

Squirrels Eating Unusual Things:

• Timestamp [41:50]: Shayne shares adorable photos from the Squirrels Eating Unusual Things subreddit, featuring squirrels indulging in human-like treats such as burgers and croissant sandwiches.
• Quote: "Look at that. It's got both buns patty in the middle. Like, it's eating a burger like a person." [42:05]

Mildly Infuriating:

• The hosts explore the mildly infuriating subreddit, discussing everyday annoyances shared by Redditors.
• Example: A text message exchange revealing overbearing relationship dynamics.
• Quote: "I don't do ice cream dates. I'm a 26-year-old woman and a date like that seems like the absolute bare minimum for me." [48:57]

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Dating Experiences and Advice

A significant portion of the episode delves into personal dating stories and the challenges of interpreting subtle hints in romantic interactions.

Amanda's Karaoke Proposal Story:

• Timestamp [23:46]: Amanda recounts attending a resort karaoke night where a man used the event as a venue to propose to his girlfriend, complete with a public display of affection.
• Quote: "I will never understand why that guy chose that song to use to propose." [23:46]

Interpreting Hints in Dating:

• Arasha poses a thought-provoking question about handling situations where potential partners express differing views on key life decisions, such as having children.
• Quote: "Are you going to discount them right away, or are you going to see where this goes?" [16:56]

Shayne's Perspective on Dating Apps:

• Shayne shares his skepticism about dating apps and discusses the pitfalls of superficial interactions driven by online profiles.
• Quote: "I'm terrified of making someone uncomfortable... it's opposite of what I would ever think." [39:37]

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Humorous Encounters in Public Spaces

The trio shares amusing and awkward encounters they've experienced or heard about in public settings, such as movie theaters and shopping malls.

Public Embarrassments:

• Timestamp [25:49]: Amanda describes witnessing a chaotic scene in a movie theater where a man's phone inadvertently plays an explicit video during a horror movie.
• Quote: "The movie starts playing, and he's still on his phone, and then it just goes off, blaring." [26:01]

Mannequin Mix-Up at Zara:

• Timestamp [67:26]: Amanda's friend was mistaken for a mannequin at Zara, leading to a comical interaction.
• Quote: "The woman thought she was a mannequin and tugged on her shirt looking for a tag." [68:07]

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Conclusion and Future Plans

As the episode wraps up, Shayne, Amanda, and Arasha reflect on the fun they had exploring various subreddits and sharing personal stories. They hint at future episodes where they'll continue to delve into even more obscure and entertaining Reddit communities.

Closing Remarks:

• Arasha: "Thank you. I hope we are all a little less scared of each other now." [70:15]
• Shayne: Highlights the enjoyment of exploring strange subreddits and encourages listeners to suggest more.
• Quote: "Let us know if there's other subreddits that I should cover the next time we do this." [71:06]

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Notable Quotes:

• "I am terrified of making someone uncomfortable." - Shayne [39:37]
• "How do you sound normal on a dating app?" - Shayne [50:07]
• "That kid whines that it's hot and he wants it out." - Shayne [61:18]
• "I'm scared of big scary men." - Shayne [47:56]

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Final Thoughts:

Episode #53 of Smosh Mouth offers a delightful blend of humor, relatable dating woes, and fascination with the oddities of Reddit. By sharing personal stories and dissecting various subreddits, Shayne, Amanda, and Arasha create an engaging narrative that both entertains and resonates with listeners unfamiliar with the podcast.

Transcript

[Shane]

Hey, welcome to Smoshmouth. I'm Shane.

[Amanda]

Hey, welcome to Smosh Mouth. I'm Amanda. We have a very special guest, Arasha Leilani.

[Arasha]

Hey.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

And this is the vibe. This is what's up.

[Amanda]

This is the vibe. Because we are so cool. We're reading Reddit.

[Arasha]

Yeah, we're cool.

[Shane]

That's right. This is part two of Exploring Reddit. We did it a while ago with Olivia, and it was a great time.

[Amanda]

Yeah, it was.

[Shane]

Explored some really weird shit.

[Amanda]

It was the mirrors. Still can't get over that.

[Arasha]

What does that mean?

[Shane]

Mirrors For Sale is a subreddit where it's photos from, like, Facebook Marketplace, where people are selling mirrors, but in the process of taking a photo of their mirror, they also reveal everything in there. They're often wearing, like, just their underwear or something.

[Arasha]

Oh, no.

[Shane]

It's like, hey, mirror for Sale. And then.

[Amanda]

Oh, they just don't. They want to, like, see. Sell the mirror. So they just take it and then they're like, all right.

[Shane]

But it's a great example of how specific subreddits get.

[Arasha]

But that has to be intentional, right?

[Shane]

No, no, these are real.

[Arasha]

They, like, don't realize that they're in the photo.

[Shane]

They're not thinking.

[Amanda]

Yeah, that's what makes Reddit so great. And I am a Reddit master at this point, a Redditor point.

[Shane]

What I love is that Amanda, despite not using it or knowing maybe a ton of it, I think you know a lot about it through me.

[Amanda]

I actually go to it a lot now. Yeah, I'm not kidding. Mainly for podcasts, but I'll, like, ask it weird questions. I'm like, why does this teapot thing do this? Or I'm like, best. Best teapot for this. And Reddit always pops up, and I'm.

[Shane]

Like, okay, Reddit's there for, like, your very, very specific questions. And if you have a general question, you Google it, and you're probably going to get an answer from some real professional site. But if it's like, if you're missing, like, a very specific part to, like, an appliance you have, or if, like, you're having a very specific, specific issue with a specific thing you put, you add Reddit to the end of your search, and there's a Redditor who, like, five years ago, had the same exact issue as you.

[Arasha]

Right.

[Shane]

And solved it, I just feel like.

[Arasha]

I always discount it when it's been, like, over, like, two weeks.

[Shane]

What do you mean?

[Arasha]

Like, if I see that the post was made, like, two years ago, I'm like, no, times were different. Really?

[Shane]

No. Seven years ago, this toaster was a different problem.

[Arasha]

They don't know. They don't know. But if they made the post, like, a week ago, I'm like, I don't even look.

[Amanda]

It could be, like, from 2000. I'm like, oh, so I need that part. No, I don't even fucking look.

[Arasha]

Things are different now. You can't be doing that.

[Shane]

It is funny when it's, like, dating advice, and you see it's a post from, like, 10 years ago, and it's like, it's like, I don't look up that.

[Arasha]

You don't need dating advice.

[Amanda]

Not on Reddit.

[Shane]

I used to. I used to all the time.

[Arasha]

Whoa.

[Shane]

Single and, like, younger. Oh, yeah. You're Googling stuff all the time. I think young dudes are constantly on Reddit for dating. It's just the Internet. Just the Internet. You're just searching up things. Like, what's. Like, what should. What should you say on a first day? What should you do here, there? Because, like, yeah, I don't know.

[Amanda]

Now we know.

[Shane]

And now. But now I'm grateful that that was a time when it was, like, kind of a little more sparse. Because now you have a bunch of grifters, a bunch of dudes selling a bunch of horrible ideas.

[Arasha]

No, I think actually, I did that too. I did research.

[Amanda]

You looked up, like, grifters and dudes selling horrible.

[Shane]

No, you're just saying research on just dating.

[Arasha]

I remember when I was a kid. I don't. I don't know why I'm admitting to this on a random Thursday morning, but I remember searching up when I was in, like, middle school, I searched how to kiss.

[Amanda]

I was just going to kind of say that in, like, a way of poking fun.

[Shane]

I don't think it's.

[Amanda]

I don't think.

[Shane]

I don't think that's that weird. We have the Internet, like, that has all of knowledge in it, and it connects all the world. It's like, ask it any question you want.

[Arasha]

No, but it feels weird now thinking about it. Like, I still remember I watched a video and they, like, it was. It was two people.

[Amanda]

You watched a video?

[Arasha]

Yeah, it was on a site called pornhub.

[Shane]

Oh, okay.

[Amanda]

Whoa. They have kissing on pornhub?

[Arasha]

No, I mean, I'm kissing on pornhub.

[Amanda]

I have to, like, wait for.

[Shane]

They never kissed. It sucked. They did not. They did not help me out.

[Arasha]

They showed me how to do everything else.

[Amanda]

I was gonna say, all right, but did you seriously look up kissing Oh, I.

[Arasha]

For real did.

[Amanda]

Yeah. And what did they say?

[Arasha]

There was a.

[Shane]

You get the wikiHow?

[Arasha]

There was a. There was. There was a WikiHow, but there was a woman, and she was like, hi, I'm gonna teach you, like, how to kiss. And there was, like, a man who was there, and he was a part of the video, but he was like, you know, just kind of pretending to, like, just exist for the sake of the content. And then she would be like, you know, she also, like, introduced, like, flirting as well. You know, she just.

[Amanda]

I miss my calling. This sounds awesome.

[Arasha]

No, it's great. And, you know, she just was like, you know, look at. Look at his lips first, you know, and he's like. Yeah, yeah. And he was, like, kind of into it, and I. You know, I was like, I gotta take notes. Like, this.

[Shane]

That is so.

[Amanda]

This seems like a recent search.

[Arasha]

Okay. It was a week ago.

[Amanda]

Okay.

[Arasha]

Yeah, I was. I was looking it up. I needed to know.

[Amanda]

So funny. Send it to me just because I just wanna see what's out there.

[Arasha]

I'll share it with you. I'll share it with you.

[Amanda]

Okay.

[Arasha]

Yeah, we could do, like, a parody.

[Shane]

I'm surprised you haven't searched this. Cause you've admitted that you look up YouTube compilations of.

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah, but there's not, like, how to. No, they're already there. It's, you know, series regulars who finally kiss.

[Shane]

Right.

[Amanda]

Best moment ever.

[Arasha]

Oh, you're just looking up, like, people kissing on tv.

[Amanda]

Yeah, but I wanna see it all at once. So I look up compilations.

[Arasha]

Oh, no, I've been there. I've been there. But, like, when I was younger as well.

[Shane]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. When you were younger, kid.

[Arasha]

Right now.

[Amanda]

No, I was, too. Yeah, everything's fine.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Being a teenager and having the Internet, crazy.

[Amanda]

Yeah, it's normal.

[Shane]

Crazy.

[Arasha]

Crazy.

[Amanda]

It's normal to explore.

[Arasha]

Did you get. Okay, you guys might not know, but, like, I actually. I had, like, the computer, too. Like, I had. I had a desktop.

[Shane]

Yeah, kid. Okay. How young were you when you had your own desktop? Because, see, this is where I'm very millennial, where I didn't have my own computer until I was, like, 15.

[Amanda]

Same.

[Arasha]

Sure.

[Amanda]

Oh, even older for me.

[Arasha]

Yeah, I think.

[Shane]

And I got it because I was on an online school, so that's how I got it. I got a free computer because I was.

[Amanda]

I got one when I went to college. Yeah, but there was one computer and it was the family computer.

[Shane]

Yeah, exactly.

[Arasha]

No, we had the family computer. I don't. I don't really Think I had my own desktop until I was also. Well, I had my laptop as well. Yeah. In high school and before. Whoa. Yeah. Is that crazy?

[Amanda]

Yeah, yeah. Me, I never had. I didn't have a laptop in high school.

[Arasha]

I mean, I really was only using it, like, toward the end for, like, college applications and stuff like that.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

Before that, it was like the family computer, and that's what I was like, you know, playing sims on or, like, when I was, like, searching, like, kissing videos. I had, like, the blanket, like, over me, over the computer, you know, so then the parents wouldn't, like, come and be like, she's a freak.

[Shane]

If I was a teenager now, having a computer is not as necessary because your phone does so much. Like, back when I was a teenager, you could only, like, communicate with your friends on your computer. Yeah. Aim. Yeah. So, like, you needed to get on the computer.

[Amanda]

Did you ever have a. Did you ever have a ding on your favorite person? So whenever they got on aim, you knew.

[Arasha]

Oh, all the time.

[Shane]

I don't know if I.

[Arasha]

All the time.

[Shane]

I don't know. I can't remember. I talked. I talked a lot on aim.

[Amanda]

Me too.

[Shane]

I was talking to people all the time.

[Amanda]

Think about the parents who were like, I have to get on there, right? I have to fight over one computer.

[Arasha]

I think for me, it was mostly like Facebook Messenger. I had AIM when I was really younger, but then it quickly shifted to Facebook Messenger.

[Shane]

Oh, yeah. Facebook messenger was great.

[Arasha]

And then I deactivated my old Facebook because I was so embarrassed at all the shit I put on there. And I would do anything to get that content now.

[Amanda]

I couldn't agree with you more. I posted so many photos on my Facebook, I was like, what am I doing?

[Arasha]

Right?

[Amanda]

I'm literally, like, drinking a beer. Like, I'm just, like, in Spain or. It's like me and my friend talking. It's the worst picture of us.

[Arasha]

Right? Right.

[Amanda]

And I'm like, posting. I'm like, family. And I'm like, what did I do? Oh, yeah.

[Arasha]

And just, like, writing a post for everything.

[Amanda]

It's gone. I definitely.

[Shane]

It's out there. It's got. Those photos are only.

[Amanda]

I can see them, though.

[Shane]

Yeah. You can save them to your phone and stuff.

[Amanda]

I can save them.

[Shane]

I used Facebook so much and then stopped when it just kind of went to sh.

[Arasha]

Yeah, it got lame quick.

[Shane]

It's really weird.

[Amanda]

It got boomer.

[Shane]

It was so weird because I was a teenager when it was, like, only for college kids, and then it, like, became for everyone, and then it Became for old people. And it was the trippiest shit ever.

[Arasha]

That was. That was a pretty distinct shift, which was crazy. I remember my friend and I, when I was in sixth or seventh grade, we did, like, a web show on Facebook.

[Shane]

Really?

[Arasha]

Whoa. It was called Live Laugh Love, and.

[Amanda]

Oh, no.

[Arasha]

Oh, yeah. No. And it was spelled like L I, V on ironic. L, A, F, F, L, U, V. Holy shit.

[Shane]

You somehow made it cringier.

[Arasha]

No, we made it so much worse.

[Shane]

How can we make.

[Arasha]

This is already so bad. Let's make it.

[Amanda]

What did you guys talk about?

[Arasha]

Okay, so here's the funny part. It was when I had my. My left ankle, I fractured when I was a kid. So I was in this, like, neon green cast.

[Shane]

That's awesome.

[Arasha]

So we were both, like, in my bedroom. And we were definitely inspired by iCarly, obviously.

[Amanda]

Hey, you were on icarly, so this.

[Arasha]

Is kind of a dream come true to come on this pod.

[Shane]

Yeah. With the guy who had, like, five lines on an episode of iCarly. We.

[Arasha]

We loved it. And we were like, we can do that. Let's start our own web show. So we would, like, go in there, and we'd be, like, random dancing. And we thought we were, like, so cool.

[Amanda]

TikTok.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Literally, they're just, like, making our own content. But then after, like, four or five episodes, I was like, this is fudgeing stupid. And I deleted my Facebook. And all of that just, like, disappeared with it.

[Amanda]

And did she have any say?

[Arasha]

Yeah, I mean, she. She was also like, no. Yeah, this is stupid. We actually. We were just messaging the other day, and she was like. She was like, you remember when we had our show? And I was like, I've been looking for the footage.

[Shane]

If we can find that footage, if.

[Arasha]

Somebody knows how to. Someone can get into an old Facebook account.

[Shane]

You should revive it. You should sell it to Netflix.

[Amanda]

Live Laugh.

[Shane]

Guys, hear me out. Live Laugh Love coming to Netflix.

[Arasha]

Listen, the way that it's spelled was quite original.

[Shane]

I mean, honestly. Yeah.

[Amanda]

Yeah. Isn't laugh like a LA film festival?

[Shane]

Well, there you go. You got your in. Whoa, Arasha, this is. This is your big break. You just didn't realize it.

[Arasha]

Wait, you guys, I. I actually am gonna go on a deep dive later and try to find it.

[Amanda]

I think you should, because I'd love to see the first episode.

[Arasha]

Okay. And then I'll come back, and then we'll watch it.

[Shane]

We'll be the biggest fans.

[Arasha]

Okay. All right. If you promise.

[Amanda]

Well, not make promises.

[Shane]

Shane, do we want to hop into Some Reddit?

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

Okay, okay.

[Amanda]

Let's get weird on the Internet.

[Shane]

Me on a first date? No.

[Amanda]

Shane looked up advice. He's like, okay, best thing to do, look up Reddit with your person.

[Arasha]

Listen, we can find the how to Kiss video.

[Shane]

Like, yeah, let's find it.

[Arasha]

We can find it.

[Amanda]

Let's put it in our cars.

[Arasha]

You can find it and screen it. No, we have to do it together.

[Shane]

Okay, okay. So admittedly, I was searching through a bunch of Reddit stuff yesterday. There's a couple weird subreddits, but a lot of these are kind of normal ones that I just wanted to share with you guys. These are ones that end up on my feed a lot. This first one is very popular. It's Ask Reddit. And it's just where people ask general questions to Reddit. A lot of times they're kind of the same questions over and over again. A lot of, like, very cynical stuff of just like, what do people think about the future? Like, what are people. How are people getting by nowadays? You know, it's always sad. It's like, yeah, it's bad. But then really specific questions get asked, and then really specific answers are given. And that's always awesome. This first one, I found people who went to a wedding where the couple didn't last long. What happened? And it's like, great question. And someone responded, witnessed by my parents, not me. During the wedding reception, someone asked the bride and groom when they were going to have kids. They had been dating for eight years before getting married, so everyone assumed they were going to have kids. Immediately after getting married, the groom loudly said, oh, man, I'm never having kids. The bride burst into tears and had to go to the restroom. They lasted about a year. You'd think that's something they would have talked about during that long time, but who knows? Who.

[Arasha]

Oh, no. Oh, my God.

[Shane]

Whoa. You know what? I. It makes me think about just, like, grooms being like, that is. Have you ever seen videos where the groom's vows are just the most.

[Amanda]

Bro, they're like, you're hot. And I need always.

[Shane]

I vow to. I vow to smack your butt every day, babe.

[Arasha]

Okay, I've also seen.

[Shane]

I'm not kidding. I've seen that type of shit.

[Arasha]

It's also funny to me, though, to, like, flip it. Cause you also hear, like, the basic, like, female vows, too, that are like, you love me when I'm hangry.

[Amanda]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Shane]

When I haven't had my glass of wine or my cup of coffee.

[Amanda]

Sorry for what I said. When I was hungry.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. In Puerto Rico. You took me back to our hotel. And everyone in the wedding's like, oh, I know.

[Amanda]

And the girls are like. And they're constantly fixing her dress. And she's like, thank you.

[Arasha]

Yeah. I swear I wouldn't cry.

[Shane]

And now it's time for the groom's vow. It's like, babe, you're hot, dude.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Nice rack.

[Shane]

I vow to appreciate your rack every day.

[Amanda]

And all the guys are like, yeah, ra.

[Arasha]

And then they're like, moving on to the rings.

[Shane]

Another one answered. They were both 35, successful lawyer and doctor, but had never spent the night at each other's house. After the marriage, they couldn't agree who would move in with who and filed for divorce after three months. No one knows why they even got married at all. I guess they felt like they were supposed to at that age.

[Arasha]

Who would move in?

[Amanda]

Their lawyers.

[Shane]

Why would a lawyer and a doctor and they. Yeah, whoa.

[Arasha]

It sounds, it sounds like these are just all, like examples of couples that don't actually talk about the big stuff, work shit out. Or they're just like, we'll work it out. Like, we'll figure it out. And then eventually it's something that's like so big of like a deal breaker.

[Shane]

I think that's an example of people getting married because they think that's kind of what they should do as opposed to, like, like, oh, we actually want this. We as individuals by ourselves want this. As opposed to, oh, we, we should be getting married is what you do. After dating for eight, I feel like.

[Amanda]

They think it's going to solve something. Like, all right, once we get married, like, everything is gonna fit into place.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

It's like, no.

[Shane]

Whenever I hear people talk about, like, yeah, we, they like, had a kid to try to solve their problems. I'm like, are you kidding me? Like, adding responsibility when you're having problems sounds opposite of what I would ever think. But I guess people do it a lot.

[Amanda]

They do.

[Arasha]

Eight years is. Is so bananas to me too, because I just, I feel like even in, like, short term relationships, people. People are already thinking about the future and you're just like asking your partner these questions of, like, where do you see ourselves in five years? And like, what would you like for your career? Where would you like to see your life and things like that. And to just not have that discussion in eight years feels so strange.

[Amanda]

A lot of people don't.

[Shane]

A lot of people are just really.

[Amanda]

Just don't have the conversation.

[Shane]

It's all down to bad communication.

[Arasha]

Right.

[Shane]

And we see it on Reddit stories all the time. Like, every relationship, it's just always that they don't talk. Yeah, that's always the problem. But I think for people who get so used to not talking, that becomes their normal. And they think that's fine.

[Arasha]

Right.

[Shane]

They're like, yeah, we're. We're good. Because I almost wonder if you start to fill in the gaps when you're not talking. Like, if she was like, oh, yeah, he probably wants kids.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Because they're not talking about it.

[Amanda]

Or maybe they talked about it and he, like, had an ex. He was like, no, had a big explosion and she.

[Arasha]

Yeah, he'll change his mind.

[Shane]

And the idea of people changing on stuff like that is always crazy.

[Arasha]

It's scary.

[Shane]

Like, dude.

[Arasha]

Okay. Actually, I have an interesting question for you guys too, though. Like, do you. Do you think if you were like, let's say, like, meeting somebody on, like, a dating app or just, like, for the first time and they had the opposite belief about kids that you do, Whether you are like, I definitely want kids or I don't want kids, and they said the opposite right away. Are you com. Are you going to discount them right away? Are you going to be like, this is probably not going to work, or are you like, let's see where this goes. And, like, let that kind of simmer for a second.

[Shane]

I think that goes into a lot of just thoughts I have on dating in general, which is. It's hard for me to gauge now because it's been a long time since I was dating, but those first couple months of dating, I'm trying to. I was never trying to put that amount of pressure on it. I'm like, I'm meeting someone and we're just going to have fun. Because it might. It might be a cool connection that even if we decide it's not romantic, it's like, it's still a cool connection.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Like, I like this person. We might be friends. We might just even just be like, it's nice to know you like to just first date be like, oh, I have a disagreement on something. I'm. We're done here. Is kind of like, I think you're putting. I think that's putting way too much pressure on dating in general, and you're gonna have a hard time when it's like you're just purely looking for that.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Marriage material, first date. But that's me. Some people, I wouldn't judge someone. Judge someone. If I went on a first date and I Was like, oh, yeah, I want kids, or oh, I don't want kids. And they're like, well, I feel the opposite. So I don't know, if I see this guy, I'd be like, all right, same. Cool.

[Amanda]

Yeah, I wouldn't discount them at all. I. I mean, that probably wouldn't. Wouldn't come up in the first. Yeah, like, few months. But if it did, I wouldn't discount them at all. Because everyone can change your mind sometimes. But also like Shane was saying, like, you want to know them as a person, but if they were like, peace, goodbye, this is what I want, I'd be like, go get it.

[Arasha]

Right?

[Shane]

I think those first. I honestly think the first three, like, or so months of dating, you really are like, whatever, you're doing fine, but you are like friends. And it's important to be like, can we be friends first before you're like. And now we're considering each other as serious romantic partners. Cause it's like if, if you have that without any form of like, friendship or just like, we can hang on a chill, low key level. If you can't do that, then you can't move on to the next serious levels. But some people go straight to serious.

[Amanda]

It's so funny. Cause, like, I feel like that first three months is like crazy town. Like, it's like heart burst. Like. And like, I think when I met my husband, I, like, I didn't immediately see him as a friend. I was like. Saw him very much as a romantic interest.

[Arasha]

Oh, yeah.

[Amanda]

But like, but like, it grew to that pretty quickly. But like, I felt like. I felt like a crazy person. I would say.

[Arasha]

No, that's fair.

[Amanda]

Yeah, it's tricky. I think everyone experiences. Everyone's differently.

[Shane]

Everyone's so different.

[Amanda]

I think it's cool to. I think friendship is so important whether you find it in the beginning or not. But like, I remember my, like, first three months, I was like, I'm gonna, I'm gonna explode. Like, I'm gonna die.

[Arasha]

I mean, I think there's, there's a, the, the point that I feel like I'm trying to make is kind of like, you know, the opposite can be said that like, in a way it's kind of like, why bother? Like, if you know that there's something so important to you that you're just like, no, I definitely want kids. And like, you see somebody like, for instance, on like an app, you know, if you're, if you're, if you definitely want kids and you see someone, like, that kind of stuff is already Sometimes presented to you on their profile. So you'll see like, don't want children, you know.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

And I'll see my friends just be like, oh, well, you know, they don't want kids. And swipe. Is it left? Whatever the right way.

[Shane]

Swipe left. Swipe left.

[Arasha]

Swipe left. Yeah. So. So they'll just be like, oh, they don't want kids. And swipe left. And I feel like initially I'm like, whoa, whoa. Like, why, why are you thinking about kids right now? Like, you're just talking about a first date, but then you also think about it and it's like, well, why go on this date with somebody and carry on when you know that this is something that you're going to disagree with and you're going to have to deal with it later?

[Shane]

Yeah, that's fair. I think it, I guess it really depends on the person and how, like, if, if you, what you're really looking for is a serious commitment and that long term relationship, then yeah, then yeah, you are acknowledging, like it, this is, you know, it's not going to go that far. Yeah, maybe, you know, put that on.

[Amanda]

Your dating profile because it's a little like, but I guess know the person.

[Shane]

I, I'm also just jaded when it comes to dating apps that I'm like, I'm like, you're putting that on your dating app because you're hoping to find the one on Tinder. And I'm just like, I don't, I. But that's where I'm biased because I'm just like, I just don't really believe, I know that. Some people do, some people do find their partners on them. I think the success rates are super fucking low.

[Arasha]

Totally. But it's, I think it's a chance thing. Like you can, you can put yourself out there and hopefully try to meet the right person. But I've always said it. Like, my issue with the apps is just, I just think that romantic connections are so heavily based on physical pheromones that you share with people. Body language, body language, chemistry, how you feel in the same presence.

[Shane]

I deleted them. I deleted them because I didn't like what they were doing to my brain.

[Arasha]

Oh, yeah.

[Shane]

I was like, I don't like how it's making me view people. I was like, it's, this is weird. I was like, it's, it's. And just categorizing in a weird way. And I'm like, people are so much more complicated and there's so much more depth and I think I Felt sad because I definitely swiped left on women that I was like, if I met them in person, in the right context, I probably would have felt different. And that made me sad. And I was just like. But I also understood that I was like, it's hard to meet people. It's really fucking hard.

[Amanda]

It is.

[Shane]

And it's kind of our only option because there's no third places where people go and, like, are out and about anyways.

[Amanda]

Agree.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Wow. Dang.

[Shane]

Yeah. Do you want to move on? There's one other. There's a couple other questions here. What is the worst secondhand embarrassment you've ever felt? Oh, someone. This one. This first one's insane. This is a character that I think you would play. Amanda. We were at an all inclusive resort in Jamaica. Every night they had this common area where folks could do karaoke. A middle aged gentleman got up and started the first few lines of Lionel Richie's Easy. Some random lady from the audience ran up and attempted to sing the song with the gentleman. He kindly pushed her away two or three times as she tried to sing over his shoulder into the microphone. Finally, she just stood there dejected, swaying from side to side like an idiot as the man broke from his song and professed his love for his girlfriend and wrapped up with a marriage proposal. They hugged, they kissed. The idiot girl went back to her seat. I will never understand why that guy chose that song to use to propose. However, he was killing the vocals. Can you imagine, like, I'm gonna go do a duet with this guy and it's just like, oh. And then it's like, it's a marriage role. So you're just up there like, oh, no. Not only did you fail and it was already awkward. It gets doubly awkward.

[Amanda]

I want to be this woman so bad because I have seen this woman a million times. Especially like resort like. Like touristy vacation spots where they're like, yeah, they go up and the guy's like. He has a whole plan to propose. Also. Karaoke proposal. Listen, I love karaoke. No, I know.

[Shane]

It's like, okay, easy.

[Amanda]

Like Sunday morning.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah. It's just not the vi. That's literally where I just was in inside of this story. And, and, and there was. In Costa Rica, there was a karaoke night and Fabian and I went up and we were singing a song and the crowd was simply dead. Like, actually, like, it wasn't.

[Shane]

No, they actually. Turns out they had died. There's a carbon monoxide thing. It was really bad Costa Rica problem.

[Arasha]

But everybody was just in their seat, watching. It wasn't like a karaoke where, like, you know, all your friends are cheering you on and you're like the life of the party. It's not the time for a marriage proposal.

[Amanda]

No. And also this woman, I love that. I think in her head she was like, I want to be up here.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

So I'm not going anywhere.

[Arasha]

She said, this is my moment.

[Shane]

And she just sways to not get off stage once you've been pushed away to just stay up there. Right.

[Arasha]

And I can see it. I can upset him.

[Shane]

No, the other one. I picture Spencer as this guy had a guy walk into class in college late. It was auditorium seating and the only open spaces were on the fourth row in the middle. About 25 rows in total and about 50 seats per row. This guy walks in and sits down 15 minutes into lecture and opens his laptop, which, as soon as the lights boot up, starts blaring porn. And at the build up to the big finale to boot. He couldn't log in fast enough or mute it since he wasn't logged in. So he slammed it shut, put it in his bag, and walked out with it still blaring at full volume. We heard it finally stop as he was about to leave the building.

[Amanda]

Oh, my.

[Arasha]

He didn't have the blanket. He needed that.

[Shane]

You need the blanket on.

[Amanda]

This is Spencer to you.

[Shane]

I just imagine. I just. I imagine Spencer opening up just porn. And he's just like, trying to lock. He just shuts it. Porn still going. And he just walks out casually.

[Arasha]

He doesn't freak out. He's just like, all right.

[Shane]

At that point, I think he's freaking.

[Amanda]

Out so intensely that he's just like.

[Shane]

I think at that point you have to commit. You're just. It's porn. And you just got to be like.

[Amanda]

Yeah, you gotta go.

[Shane]

What's that?

[Amanda]

You gotta go. Sorry, sorry, sorry.

[Shane]

It's my porn.

[Arasha]

Sorry. I'm learning how to kiss.

[Shane]

Sorry. I'm learning how to. I was learning how to kiss. It's not a big deal.

[Amanda]

God is so awkward. That slammed shut and it didn't.

[Arasha]

Okay. Actually, though, I have a crazy story. This happened maybe a couple months ago. I was at amc, I think I was watching one of the. Like, it was a horror movie and I was with a couple of my friends. We were in like, one. We were like, probably the fourth row. And in the third row we see this guy. He was on his phone. The movie hadn't started yet, but on his phone he's like, editing porn.

[Shane]

That's awesome.

[Amanda]

Editing porn.

[Arasha]

Editing porn.

[Amanda]

Was he in the video?

[Arasha]

I. It's just him and his wife is.

[Amanda]

What do you mean? Oh, got it. It was close up.

[Arasha]

He. It was a close up.

[Amanda]

It was the end of the video.

[Arasha]

It was the rear for sure.

[Amanda]

The rear.

[Arasha]

It was the rear.

[Amanda]

Oh, it was really the end. It's the last straw.

[Arasha]

So he's.

[Shane]

He looks over, he's like, this is my butthole. Sorry. I'm editing this.

[Arasha]

Well, he's editing it, and all of us are like, oh, my God. And so we're just kind of like, all right, he's doing his thing, whatever. And then the movie starts playing, and he's still on his phone, and we are just, like, very obviously seeing this on his screen. And then eventually he, like, puts it down. And then in the middle of the movie, all of a sudden, it just goes off, and it's just, like, blaring.

[Shane]

Oh, full on playing.

[Arasha]

Really full on moaning. And he's like. He, like, takes his phone out and he's, like, trying to, like, shut it off. And it takes at least like, four or five minutes until he actually, like.

[Amanda]

Four to five minutes.

[Arasha]

And we are all, like, scarred.

[Amanda]

That's a plot point.

[Arasha]

Yeah. No, it's crazy.

[Amanda]

Whoa.

[Arasha]

Isn't that wild? It was so. It was so distracting. But it was just like, what a.

[Amanda]

Great Saturday for him. I mean, he's just doing his work, his creative work, and then he gets to watch this.

[Shane]

If it was a really scary movie, I'd maybe be grateful because that would relieve the tension.

[Arasha]

Right?

[Shane]

Okay. I'm not scared right now because there's porn blaring.

[Arasha]

Can I be?

[Amanda]

I would. I. I don't know. I hate movies. I hate. No, I love movies. I hate phones in movie theaters.

[Shane]

Oh, yeah.

[Amanda]

So would it be crazy if you were like, excuse me, sir, can you put your phone away? Cause the movie's about to start.

[Arasha]

We wanted to say something. Well, here's the thing. Like, when he was on his phone during the trailers and we clocked it, we were like, maybe we should tell someone. And then we were like, it's fine, probably. Well, yeah, I'm not gonna do it.

[Shane]

I'm not the type. I'm not the type to go to and complain in a movie. Mainly because I'm like, I don't want to miss part of the movie for this. I'm not doing this. I'm sticking to the scene.

[Amanda]

So you don't go pee, like, during a movie.

[Shane]

I try not to.

[Amanda]

Same.

[Shane]

I will hold it.

[Amanda]

Same.

[Arasha]

Go.

[Shane]

If something's boring. If it's really boring, then sure.

[Arasha]

But no, if you ever have a really intense scene and then it cuts to something else and you're like, this is giving exposition.

[Shane]

Yeah, that's a smart. That's the smart moment to do it. But I try not to. Yeah, but it's always difficult.

[Amanda]

Wow.

[Arasha]

But then you're like pining for the end of the movie and that's never what you want to do, you know? So just pee.

[Amanda]

Just pee.

[Shane]

Just pee. Just pee. The last Ask Reddit one I had, it was Americans of Reddit, what places in America should foreigners avoid at all cost? And the answers kind of surprised me because they were all very similar and they were all about national parks. And it wasn't necessarily a void. It was just, if you go to a national park and you disregard the signs, you're going to die. It's not a joke. Treat buffalo like field puppies. You're going to die. Try to pet. Try to pet the brown bear. You're going to die. See that moose and want to feed it. You're probably already dead. Oh, look, a rattlesnake. Dead. Want to swim in Old Faithful? You're going to die painfully and completely. Dissolve into a soup. Shit is dangerous here, and if you don't respect it, you'll likely die quick. And then the other one was, don't hike into the wilderness of Colorado, especially Fourteeners, without knowing wilderness survival and responsibilities. Tourists die in our mountains in Rocky Mountain national park all the time. Do your research. Altitude is no joke. That one I can attest to because my brother and I got lost coming down from a 14er once. And we, yeah, it was very stupid. Don't ever go off trail is a lesson I already knew. But then my brother and I were hiking down the mountain, we took a wrong turn. Have I told you this story? Yeah, we were hiking that we. So we got up, we were out camping in the middle of Colorado, and we hiked the second highest peak, this big ass mountain. We woke up at like 6, went up and hiked it. On our way back down, it's like noon. We've already been hiking for hours. Then my oldest brother goes ahead of us to go back and start making breakfast. And we're hiking down and my other brother and I, we take a wrong turn and we hike for like 45 minutes the wrong way. And then we're like, oh, shoot, we hiked 45 minutes the wrong way. Then we kind of look down and we're like, I'm pretty certain camp is down this way, like off, like, like off the trail. And so we're like, let's. If we go down that way, I'm sure we're going to hit camp. And we hike down for like half an hour and we're just like, oh, we're in the middle of nowhere.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God.

[Shane]

And then, and then, and then it's like, fuck. Okay, now, now I don't know how to get back to trail. And it's amazing how big shit is and how off trail, how hard it is to move through the forest. It. We were hiking for about an hour before we found a trail. And then we're like, sweet, we found a trail. We can follow this. And then that trail slowly gets overgrown. We realize it's an abandoned trail. And we're like, all right, we have to go off again. And we. What we did is we found like a small stream. We're like, let's follow this because it'll eventually lead to down the mountain. We follow that. We eventually, after like an hour and a half, this is like a total, maybe two hours of hiking just off trail, just through the mountains. We eventually get out into the clearing so we're safe. Like, we can see a town way off in the distance, but we're on the opposite side of the mountain as our camp. And so it took us like another six or seven hours to get all the way back to our.

[Amanda]

Whoa.

[Arasha]

Oh my God.

[Shane]

We hiked a marathon that day.

[Amanda]

Wait, your brother was just still cooking breakfast?

[Shane]

Yeah, we got back because we were able to. We were able. Once we got on the creek.

[Arasha]

Anybody want bacon?

[Shane]

Once we got on the clearing, we were able to like call. I was able to call my sister in law and she talked to my brother and we're like, they're safe. They're just gonna take a while to get back.

[Arasha]

That's actually my worst night.

[Shane]

And it sucked. It sucked so much. And it was. It gave me a lot of perspective for one to never, ever, ever go off trail. No matter. Even if you're like, oh, just go off a little bit. Like, don't. I was so immediately not scared of animals or bears or wolves or anything like that. I was like, I'm so scared of like tripping on a rock. Like, that's what's going to kill you.

[Amanda]

Y.

[Shane]

It's the mundane shit that'll kill you in nature. It was awful. So they're correct. National parks are no joke.

[Amanda]

Also, Colorado altitude is when I hiked, I hiked in Boulder and I was.

[Shane]

Like, someone also Couldn't breathe.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

There was also an answer saying Death Valley. Like that foreigners underestimate Death Valley and they'll go hiking in Death Valley and they'll die. Cause it's hot as sin.

[Amanda]

So it's like also Kauai too.

[Shane]

Just nature, American nature is a lot more deadly than people real realize. Yeah, I'm glad, but I was expecting, I was expecting the answers to be like, oh, downtown LA at night. I was, I was like, yeah, that. But it's, it was all wilderness related.

[Arasha]

Yeah, it's just like really about survival.

[Shane]

Yeah, that's what they were saying. But I don't know, because someone did have an answer of like, it's less about areas in America and it's more about like context and how you act in certain contexts. I'm like, I get that.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Like, there's definitely certain. There's parts of every city where it's like, don't go being an asshole around there.

[Arasha]

Sure.

[Shane]

Moving on. There's a ton of like, ask types of things on Reddit. Right. So there's Ask Reddit, that's the big main one. But there's all sorts of them. There's like, Ask science, asks historians, ask whatever. There's. There's Ask Men, and there's also Ask Women. I found one good one on Ask Men.

[Arasha]

Just one?

[Shane]

Just one. A lot of them are just kind of the same as Ask Reddit. It's just like geared toward what do.

[Amanda]

You do when she stops talking? What do you do?

[Shane]

What do you know? This one's great because I relate to it. What obvious hints have you missed from a woman?

[Arasha]

Oh, okay.

[Shane]

And all the answers are great, but I found two of my favorites.

[Arasha]

It's juicy.

[Shane]

When I was in high school, this girl came over to smoke weed. And after she said something to the effect of, I've always wanted to try having sex while high, I just replied, yeah, me too. And that was the end of the conversation.

[Amanda]

Okay, that.

[Arasha]

Not a hint. Not a hint. That's literally straight up telling you.

[Shane]

I gotta be honest, I'm like, me at 18 would have probably done that. Cause I was, I was just. I would have been like, yeah, me too. For sure. I just would not think that it's about me.

[Amanda]

Whoa. You're literally together smoking weed. Oh, my God. I know, I know people like that.

[Arasha]

Yeah. No, like, men, wouldn't it be cool.

[Amanda]

To like, not anymore.

[Shane]

I'm married now.

[Amanda]

Well, wouldn't it be cool to like, kiss under the starlight? They're like, yeah, it'd be really cool.

[Arasha]

That would be cool.

[Amanda]

Good night.

[Arasha]

That would be cool. And then they go to their friends and they're like, she's not into me.

[Amanda]

Yeah, exactly.

[Shane]

Yeah, I'm not kidding. I think I've been in similar situations. There was another one in a college. A girl and I worked together for about a year. Usually late nights in a campus food court that wasn't that busy. Over time, we became better friends. Eventually we both ended up breaking up with our respective significant others around the same time. So naturally we bonded over that and how both relationships were dead for a while. Anyway, a week later, I say like one sentence complaining about my dorm's laundry being in the basement and not working. Well, she mentions I should come to. I should come do laundry at her house instead and that her mom is gone for the weekend, so wouldn't mind. I kind of brush it off. But she keeps bringing it up and saying there's a movie on Netflix she'd like to see that weekend too. 19 year old me is thinking, why the hell would driving my laundry to your house be less annoying than taking it to my building's basement? So I just keep changing the subject. Took me like six years to realize that one. Six years, like six years later, he was like, oh, what's the update? Yeah, the update is that here's, here's.

[Arasha]

The frustrating part though. It's like, it feels like, it feels like in so many instances, it's like she's like trying to like give him obviously the hint and being like, you know, come over. My mom isn't home. It's more convenient, like, whatever. And he's responding in a way that's informing her that he's not in that hood when instead he's just unaware.

[Amanda]

That's why I'm like, I just, I'm so done with like pussyfooting around. Shall I say that you shall just be direct?

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

I started, I think as a teenager, I started being very direct. I was like, do you want to go make out in the basement right now? And they're like, whoa, whoa. Yeah.

[Arasha]

And did you.

[Amanda]

You're crazy.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

Okay.

[Amanda]

But I started just being direct because dudes.

[Shane]

Well, I think for me I would still be this way. But I was so afraid of ever making anyone uncomfortable.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Terrified of ever of. I would. I was so much more scared of being wrong and them not being into me that I would just rather like, I acted like I wasn't doing that.

[Amanda]

That makes sense.

[Shane]

But then you don't ever get those. Nobody ever was forward with me. Nobody ever said anything. So I'm like, maybe. And I mean, even. Even in hindsight, I'm like, maybe. Maybe it wasn't. Maybe it wasn't. I don't know.

[Arasha]

It's like somebody has to budge on the side of both people being like, maybe.

[Shane]

Maybe they viewed me just as a friend and they just wanted to hang out, watch a movie. As a friend.

[Amanda]

No.

[Shane]

I mean, I don't know.

[Amanda]

Not where their mom is. Out.

[Arasha]

These are extreme for.

[Shane]

I've always wanted to try having sex while high one is, like, ridiculous.

[Amanda]

I think it is a bummer. I will say that lately, men, or maybe always a lot of men feel so afraid that they're gonna do the wrong thing that they kind of, like, pause themselves and there's a reason why. Yes. But also, it's a little sad to me.

[Shane]

Well, it's sad that so many men ruined it by being awful and then, like.

[Amanda]

Exactly.

[Shane]

And so we're in this awkward place.

[Arasha]

I mean, I can imagine that it's like, for probably, like, how you were thinking and how a lot of guys are thinking. It's kind of like I'd rather be stupid and miss the hint than overstep and then be embarrassed.

[Shane]

It's not something I regret. And it's not even embarrassed. I really am terrified of, like, making someone uncomfortable.

[Arasha]

Right.

[Shane]

Like, making them have a bad time or whatever. And there's also. Just for every story like this, there's a. There's probably far more men who take something that's not a hint.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And they're like, oh, she's into me.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And it's just like, those are the.

[Amanda]

Ones that fuck it up for everyone else.

[Arasha]

Exactly.

[Shane]

That's what it boils down to.

[Arasha]

I feel like there's also just such a wholesome way to look at that too. Like, I feel like I was doing that in my adult life a little bit, too. Like, even. Even on my most recent first date, I feel like I was like, is it a date?

[Shane]

I know.

[Arasha]

Or are we just, like, hanging out as friends and you just like, never really know until you're there? And then again, it's like the obvious things are happening where you're like, okay, I feel like that's, like, pretty date y. And then it doesn't really become clear until there's, like, a kiss or something physical.

[Amanda]

Have you ever been on a date with a guy but you thought it was a friend date?

[Arasha]

Yes.

[Amanda]

Okay.

[Shane]

See, that's. That's the big. That's the big fear.

[Arasha]

That's always tough.

[Amanda]

But I wasn't, I wasn't offended by them or mad at them. I was like, oh, my God.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Amanda]

I missed the hint.

[Arasha]

Well, it's. I think it's because sometimes it can be. It can be misunderstood. Like our friendliness. Right. Of like, you ever. You ever, like, meet some like another guy who's very genuine, just like a friend to. And you're like, we should hang out. Like, we should. We should like, go see a movie or something every day. And they are like, okay.

[Amanda]

They're like, aren't you married? And I'm like, so I'm locked in a cage and I can't see other men.

[Arasha]

Exactly your property.

[Shane]

I think also what makes it tough for me too, is I had tons of friends who were women, so I was also like, used to just hanging out with women and it being a friend thing. So I think that made it. That's tricky tough. Cause I'm like, oh, but these are things that I normally do do with a friend women all the time. So it's not like I'm viewing that always as a romantic thing.

[Amanda]

Right.

[Shane]

Yeah, it's definitely nice being married. Where I get to now. Like, things are just so much simpler. Like, I'm just like, yeah, yeah. It's not. I'm not looking for that.

[Amanda]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Shane]

I still ask Courtney that sometimes.

[Arasha]

You still like me or do you see me as your co worker?

[Shane]

So what are we. Our next Reddit is a weird one. It's a very fun, wholesome, weird Reddit weird one. It's called Squirrels eating unusual Things. People take photos of squirrels eating unusual.

[Arasha]

I was gonna say. I need photos.

[Shane]

So we've got. Found this little dude eating a burger next to. They drive an ambulance and there's a. There's a squirrel eating like a burger. It's got both buns patty in the middle. Like, it's eating a burger like a person.

[Arasha]

That's awesome.

[Shane]

The next one is found a squirrel eating a croissant sandwich. Look at that. It's got a whole croissant sandwich, like falling down. He is chilling, eating that croissant sandwich.

[Amanda]

How is he hanging on?

[Shane]

Well, he's a squirrel. That's what they're about. Over millions of years, they've evolved croissant sandwiches while dangling from a tree. Yeah, that's peak. That's peak.

[Amanda]

That's resort. Like, that's that woman on a resort when she's not bugging the karaoke guys. She's fucking doing that.

[Arasha]

I want us to develop where squirrels actually only have croissant sandwiches as their diet.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

Oh, too powerful.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Moving on from that. A very popular subreddit is mildly infuriating. And there's just people posting. It's a lot of times it's images, for the most part, it's images of just things that happened that are infuriating. It might be that they spilled paint all over their garage or whatever. It's like it's an inconvenience. It's not like the worst thing.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

First one, though, is a text message. This kind of relates to our other stuff, sort of pov. You were happily married and messaged your friend who recently got a girlfriend. So I'm assuming this is a woman. And they're texting their friend and they go, hey, bro, how have you been? It's been a while. And this guy responds, hey, just can't talk to you anymore. I just want to fully respect what my girl wants because I broke her trust by talking to you behind her back when I told her I wasn't going to talk to you even when nothing was going on. I don't want her feeling any other type of way or her trust because I truly care about her. You may not take any of this serious, but me and my girl are at. At the next level of our relationship of seriousness. I care about her and I love her. I'm sure you'd do the same thing if your partner told you not to talk to this person or that I hope things go well with a husband and whatever. Peace.

[Amanda]

I wouldn't say that's mildly infuriating. I would say that drives me.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Me and my girl.

[Amanda]

Me and my girl so mad.

[Shane]

That's such a huge red flag if your partner immediately is telling you not to talk.

[Amanda]

I can't. I can't text you.

[Shane]

That, I think, is the ultimate red flag if they're trying to cut off your network.

[Arasha]

It is. Okay. Actually, I'm kind of confused for a.

[Shane]

Second because there's not much context given in this. Just a text message. So what's the update?

[Arasha]

What. What kind of confused me, though, was just like him saying she's not okay with it after I lied about talking to you behind her back. Behind her back. I wasn't going to talk, so I'm not sure what.

[Shane]

Even when nothing is going on. Yeah, it's all weird, but this is this person saying they're happily married and so they're messing. And even at the end he goes, hope things go well with husband. But it's like, did the Girl, just tell him not to talk to anyone. And then he did.

[Amanda]

And then he's close with this woman and they text all the time. And then he lied about it. And the girl was like, why did you lie to me?

[Arasha]

Exactly.

[Amanda]

Lying about it makes it seem sketchy.

[Arasha]

And that's why she's like, please don't talk to her anymore.

[Shane]

Either way. Shitty.

[Amanda]

Either way. I don't think you can really tell your partner not to do something when you don't really know.

[Shane]

No, it definitely depends. Look, if this is if. If this person had an affair with that person or even if it was an ex, I'd be like, I get it a little bit more. But like, they're married. He even ends that text that, good luck with your husband and stuff. It's like, good luck with your husband.

[Amanda]

Don't you know his name?

[Shane]

I just think. I also think for his partner, if, like, you're at that point where you have no trust for your partner, you're not saying, yeah, the other one I found. This is a great image. Chase attempted to withdraw 99 billion from my checking account. It's still on hold. Look at that. That's fucking awesome.

[Amanda]

Whoa, whoa, wait. Why?

[Shane]

It's just probably an accident.

[Arasha]

That would send me into cardiac arrest.

[Shane]

Oh, if you saw that you owed $99.9 billion.

[Arasha]

I just. I am constantly in fear that, like, somebody is going to come to my door and be like, you owe money? You owe money?

[Shane]

Oh, yeah.

[Amanda]

Are you not paying your taxes?

[Arasha]

I think so. But, like, don't you think I think I'm doing it right? But don't you. Don't you guys also think like, oh.

[Shane]

I'm terrified of paperwork. I'm terrified of the government.

[Arasha]

What if I'm reporting something wrong? What if I did something wrong and.

[Shane]

It'S because that's trap. It's because the government is like the mafia. Right ways they are trying to get you.

[Arasha]

This is what I'm saying. Big scary men could show up at your door at any point and say, 99.

[Amanda]

Or women.

[Arasha]

Well, I wouldn't be as scared of the women.

[Amanda]

Wow. No, no, we can't do this. Not here.

[Arasha]

Big scary men at my door scaring me more than big scary women.

[Amanda]

What big scary woman would make me shit my pants?

[Arasha]

No, I would feel a little by the big scary nurtured.

[Shane]

Well, when Helga shows up with her ponytails, 7 foot 5 Helga, I'm going.

[Arasha]

To jump into her and she'll carry me to the government.

[Amanda]

Oh, God, you are.

[Shane]

She shows up Like, I heard what you said.

[Arasha]

We're gonna hire. We're gonna do an experiment on this. We're gonna hire two big scary men, we're gonna hire two big scary women, and we're gonna attack somebody in the cast.

[Amanda]

What?

[Arasha]

And we're gonna see. We're gonna see who they're more scared of.

[Amanda]

This plot is crazy. You're gonna attack someone in the cat.

[Arasha]

Leave in the comments below who we're gonna attack.

[Shane]

We're gonna traumatize. We're gonna traumatize two of our friends. We're gonna ask who is more traumatized.

[Arasha]

Who is. Who is more traumatized? And then we'll psychologically help them afterward.

[Amanda]

How? I don't have that kind of equipment.

[Shane]

By getting two giant nice guys and two giant nice guys.

[Arasha]

Are you holding this comforts them more.

[Amanda]

Helga.

[Shane]

They just pat him on the back. They're like, sorry about that.

[Amanda]

Sorry about that.

[Arasha]

Listen, I have my answer. We're just testing.

[Shane]

I'm honestly, I'm not scared of big, scary people. I'm scared of honestly, if it's anyone who's just from the government showing up fair, they could be the smallest, sweetest looking person. But if they're like, hey, I'm from the irs. I'd be like. I'd be like, you're going to kill me.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Actually, you're not going to kill me. You're going to ruin my life.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Arasha]

And then I'm going to want to kill me.

[Shane]

Like, that's what I'm scared of.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I'm scared of the letter. That's what I'm scared. That's worse than a mail that's somehow so much worse for me, checking the mail. It's a different kind of fear because it's like monetary fear. It's like, oh, I'm going to owe the government for the rest of my life.

[Arasha]

With people last weekend who were like, oh, like, I don't check the mail. Like, it's been like a year, right?

[Amanda]

That.

[Shane]

The post.

[Amanda]

The post office man, whatever the fuck his name is.

[Arasha]

I'm a reroute. I'm a reroute them to you, bitch. I'm going to say, go find her. She has jury duty.

[Shane]

Okay, moving on. There is a subreddit for Tinder, and it's a popular one. Yes. A lot of times they just are posting photos of, like, interactions. Just, like, silly things that were said or ridiculous things that were said by people. First one, the caption of it is, I guess ice cream dates are considered a terrible idea. Nowadays, I thought this was interesting because.

[Amanda]

My first date was an ice cream date.

[Shane]

Oh, here you go. Here you go.

[Arasha]

Wait, I. Okay. My first date was with somebody who I worked with at an ice cream shop.

[Amanda]

That's so fun.

[Arasha]

Sisters.

[Shane]

There you go. I've had ice cream before.

[Amanda]

Oh, okay, great.

[Shane]

So this person writes in this guy, he matched with this woman. He goes, hey, this is Vance. Smiley face. She responds, hi. Smiling emotion emoji. Hope you're having a good day. I'm excited for tomorrow. I can pick you up, but if you're not comfortable with that, we can just meet there. I don't know why, but I'm feeling like getting some ice cream in this hot weather. Then like an emoji, she responds. She responds to being asked on an ice cream date. Sorry, this may come off as rude, but I don't do ice cream dates. I'm a 26 year old woman and a date like that seems like the absolute bare minimum for me. Meeting up would be a waste of both of our time since we probably don't have the same vibe. Best wishes. He responds, Cool with the sunglasses emoji.

[Amanda]

What?

[Arasha]

Okay, she's in the wrong.

[Amanda]

She's of course in the wrong.

[Arasha]

Okay, well, I turned around and you were like mad at his text.

[Amanda]

He sounded a little. A little lame to me. I'm. I'm so sorry.

[Shane]

It is so hard. How do you sound normal on a dating app?

[Amanda]

Some hot weather we're having, kiddos, so let's pop in for some ice cream.

[Arasha]

You're making him lame.

[Shane]

Well, they make, they make root beer floats the old fashioned way over at the general store.

[Amanda]

We can do a little whoopee. My mom's house.

[Arasha]

No, no, no, you're reading it wrong.

[Shane]

Have you ever had sex high?

[Amanda]

She's like, that's what I said.

[Arasha]

You just gotta give him the cool tone. He's like, hey, it's kinda hot out there. Oh, I don't know why you can't.

[Shane]

Do that through text.

[Amanda]

Yeah. Is it.

[Arasha]

That's what I was reading.

[Amanda]

I gave him the lame tone. Listen, I think it's just like, hey, I'll pick you up, whatever, and then you just go to ice cream. Just surprise her. He laid out all the plans.

[Arasha]

Well, surprise her.

[Shane]

X is gonna be boring. I disagree. I disagree. Cause on a dating app you literally don' this person. I don't think you should like get a ride from someone you on a date.

[Arasha]

But I thought he was nice to be like, if you're not comfortable.

[Shane]

Yeah, no, he. I Thought his was. His was fine. His was.

[Amanda]

No sex appeal. Whatever. If you're not comfortable, well, I'll wear a mask.

[Shane]

There's no sex appeal through texting when you haven't met the person in. In real life.

[Amanda]

I disagree.

[Arasha]

Okay, then.

[Amanda]

Good thing I'm not on dating apps.

[Arasha]

Yeah. And you can't have ice cream anymore.

[Shane]

But I thought this was funny. I thought this was funny because were you. I mean, you were relatively around 26 when you went on your ice cream date with your husband?

[Amanda]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was Easter. I know that sounds weird, but I had work, so I was in, like, my waitress outfit, and I walked down the street to get ice cream. We met up for ice cream, and he was like, hey. And I was like, hey. He was like, I love ice cream. And I was like, I don't really love ice cream, but go for it.

[Shane]

What flavor did he get?

[Amanda]

Oh, something like crazy chocolate. No, my husband, his nickname is Dairy Queen. He fucking loves dairy. He's Russian. I mean, he's obsessed with cream and milk.

[Arasha]

Oh, wow.

[Amanda]

Oh, he's obsessed with dairy and cookies.

[Shane]

Well, yeah.

[Amanda]

So anyways, he got, like, a triple, like, dark chocolate thing, and he had, like, this long hair, no beard, and he dripped so much ice cream all over him. And I was like, damn, dude, you love ice cream. He's like, I love ice cream.

[Arasha]

And you. And you were for it.

[Amanda]

I was down because he was so clearly himself. He wasn't trying to be like, hey, are you okay? No. He was like, you look beautiful.

[Arasha]

Okay, that's.

[Shane]

I love ice cream dripping from his mouth.

[Arasha]

I love.

[Amanda]

You look beautiful. And I was like, you know what? I'm so over these fucking dudes who are like, hey, is everything okay? And then they were just not who they said they were. And he was like, I love us.

[Shane]

You trusted him because he's. You're just like, this is genuine. You're not lying to me.

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah. He spilled all over his black shirt.

[Arasha]

Here's the thing. I think this guy is unapologetically himself because his answer of cool with the cool emoji.

[Shane]

Oh, yeah, he hit.

[Arasha]

Also kind of lame.

[Shane]

Well, she's.

[Arasha]

She sucks.

[Amanda]

She sucks. No, no, listen, guys. He sucks. She. Sorry. She sucks. He's just boring as fuck.

[Arasha]

He.

[Amanda]

I prefer the guy ending up.

[Shane]

I gotta be honest. That's probably how I came off on Tinder and stuff. Cause I don't know how to fucking. I don't know how to do it. Cause I'm trying to just, like, get through that part. And Just meet up in person.

[Amanda]

That's.

[Arasha]

It's hard to be, like, cheeky over text.

[Shane]

You don't know this person.

[Arasha]

Yeah. So you're just trying to not sound like a serial killer. But then you read that, and you're like, this person's annoying me.

[Amanda]

Well, maybe I enjoyed, like, when Garde sends, like, emojis. They're the weirdest emojis emojis ever. It's like a weird bear with.

[Shane]

Well, you have a rapport now, so. And he's Russian. Those are Russian emojis. You don't have access to those.

[Amanda]

He ended. He. So true.

[Shane]

We don't get the bear ones. He has all those.

[Arasha]

That would be so great.

[Amanda]

I can't compare our relationship to anything because. Fucking insane.

[Arasha]

Wow.

[Shane]

Okay. I have one other one. This one is the dumbest thing I could have possibly found. This is how I wished I'd have been on Tinder.

[Arasha]

Okay.

[Shane]

This is, I think, the only way that you can actually do Tinder and not feel like shit.

[Amanda]

Okay.

[Shane]

So this guy matches with a woman named Faith, and he messages her saying, so how often do people do wordplay with your name? And she goes, a lot. Crying emoji. Crying, laughing emoji. He goes, lmao. I knew it. What's the top three? I want to try to beat it. She goes, oh, God. Let me. Let me look. Hang on. One, I think I need a little faith in my life. Two, I didn't believe in faith till now. Three, will you be my faith? I don't have any. And so he then. Do you think he's gonna beat those?

[Amanda]

Yeah, he's gonna say something really fucked up.

[Shane]

He goes. He goes, I gotta try to say this without laughing. He goes in asterisks. Mike Tyson voice. Asterisk. Mike Tyson voice. Will you let me rub my balls across your face?

[Arasha]

That is not at all where I thought it was going.

[Shane]

It's so good. It is so good. Wait, what?

[Amanda]

That is so good.

[Arasha]

She hated it.

[Amanda]

Of course she hated it. Are you serious? She was like, I'm out of here, dude. I wish you well. And he went, cool.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Arasha]

But come on, you laugh. I would be like, let's get. I'd be like, let's get ice cream.

[Amanda]

I don't know what I would do, actually. I'd be like. Like, all right.

[Shane]

Oh, God. Do you think he even wanted to? Like, he didn't actually care about. About her. He just saw the name and he's like, oh, I've got. I've had this one for years.

[Arasha]

Like, my Chance.

[Shane]

Finally, my Mike Tyson bit.

[Amanda]

I would hang out with him more than the.

[Shane]

Well, yeah.

[Arasha]

Well, I'm so funny. I'm gonna unmatched him after the first message. After the, like, how many dudes mess with your name? I feel like. I feel like that's on every app, too. Everybody just kind of, like, takes the name and does like a. Like, that's all they have. That's all they have to go on anything. But I'm like, you got, like, Hinge has got, like, prompts now. Like, I'm like, comment on some of the stuff that I like.

[Shane]

Hinge. Yeah. Is a little bit better.

[Amanda]

Prompts are a little cringy.

[Shane]

They can totally.

[Arasha]

But they can also be.

[Amanda]

What's the update?

[Shane]

What's the update on that?

[Amanda]

Wait, is that it? That's the end?

[Arasha]

That's all.

[Shane]

That's it. You're not going to go much past the Mike Tyson joke. I don't know. He didn't show it if she responded or not.

[Arasha]

Yeah, she definitely unmatched after that.

[Amanda]

I would laugh so hard if they were, like, together.

[Shane]

That is unbelievable. I have more. Well, yeah, I have faith in them.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God, please stop.

[Arasha]

I, I actually want. I want all of us to go back on our dating apps and find all the old messages.

[Shane]

No.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

I've never been on one.

[Arasha]

Oh, yeah. I want those.

[Shane]

Been a long time. I don't.

[Amanda]

I'd love to see Shane's.

[Shane]

No. God, no.

[Amanda]

I would love to see Shane's.

[Arasha]

I think we can get that.

[Shane]

No.

[Arasha]

Okay, we just have to get his phone.

[Amanda]

Let's get that.

[Arasha]

Let's get that.

[Amanda]

Let's ask those two scary women to get it for us.

[Arasha]

No, they won't. Hell, yeah, they won't get it. We need the men.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God. You need to stop this now. You need to stop this. Not on this podcast.

[Arasha]

I don't scare you. And I'm a big scary woman, Rashi.

[Amanda]

You scare the shit out of me.

[Arasha]

Do I?

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

You're probably the scariest person on Sebastian's King. I'm just kidding.

[Arasha]

I, I see it as a compliment, so.

[Amanda]

Yeah, I know. That's why I gave it to you.

[Arasha]

So you don't actually mean it?

[Amanda]

No, I mean, I think you're scary. As.

[Arasha]

I'm gonna show up at your house.

[Shane]

Okay, I take you are the scariest person.

[Amanda]

Okay. Show up at my house. I'd open the door.

[Shane]

Yeah, fine. I, I, I believe you.

[Arasha]

I'm bringing ice cream for you.

[Amanda]

No, no, no, no. You can bring it for Garde.

[Arasha]

I'll just dump it in his face and he'll be like, yes, he's a.

[Amanda]

Monster with ice cream.

[Shane]

Anyways, another subreddit that's very popular. I don't know if we've covered this on Reddit stories before. It could show up at some point, but there's a subreddit called Malicious Compliance, and it's very fun because it's where, you know, situations. This specifically happens at work a lot, where you have a boss who's telling you to do something, but you know that by doing it it's gonna fuck things up. Or like, it's just like they're telling me to do the wrong thing. So this is malicious compliance, where it's like, all right, I'm gonna do what you're asking me, or what you're pressuring me to do, but you're not gonna like the results. Like, I tried to warn you, but all right, so it's. It's compliance in a malicious way. Okay, so here's a great example. I don't think your kid will like my candy, lady, but whatever. Since there's only a week left of summer, I decided to take the kids to the local amusement park today. As I've gotten older, the rides have gotten a little tougher on me. In addition, my daughter tends to get motion sick rather easily. I don't like the way motion sickness pills make me feel, so I always take a Ziploc baggie full of ginger candy along to prevent and soothe nausea. Today I had chewy mango ginger candies, hard plain ginger candies, and hard lemon ginger candies. For those who've never had ginger candy, it is spicy. The lemon ginger is probably the mildest. The plain ginger is just plain hot. The mango ginger are sweet and spicy, but they also stick to your teeth like crazy. They're definitely an acquired taste. As we are standing in line for the log ride, I pull out my baggie. I choose a lemon one, as does my son, who's 13. My daughter, 12, asks for a mango one. While I'm finishing a mango one, I hear the kid in front of us tell his mom that he's around 7. He wants some candy. His mom distractedly says she doesn't have any candy. The boy says, but she does. He turns to me and asks for one. I tell him I don't really think he'd like my candy. By this time, his mom has focused in on the interaction. As the kid starts to whine that of course he'd like my candy, his mom just huffs and says, you've got a whole baggie. Can't you just give him one? Come on, don't be greedy. Oh, you said the magic word there, lady. I say, all right. I dig out a lemon one. I'm not completely heartless. That's when the kid whines that he wants a mango one because mangoes his favorite. I tell him lemon is better, but he insists on mango. I tell him it's kind of sticky as I hang it over. As I hand it over, the kid rips it open, shoves it in his mouth, gets three quick chews while my kids stare at him. Then he actually starts to taste it and a look of horror comes across his face. He screams and tries to spit it out. He's jumping around, flapping his arms. His mom is panicking and asking what's wrong. He's screaming that it's bad and it's hot and he wants it out. His mom tells him to spit it out. That's when I pipe up to say with the very helpful, it's really sticky. What's left is probably stuck in his teeth. He'll have to wait for it to melt off if he doesn't want to chew. The mom's looks at me in disbelief and a shrug. Then she asked what the hell I gave her son. Probably should have asked that sooner. Lady, I answer, ginger candy. It's good for nausea. I'm pretty sure I'd be dead if looks could really kill. We got to move up in the line two spaces though, because she whisked her kid off to a water fountain. I'd like to think the kid will think twice about demanding things from strangers. Plus, it was entertaining. Overall, the kids and I counted it as a win.

[Amanda]

What?

[Shane]

Yeah. So that just a case of a kid asking for candy. It's like, this is really spicy. Don't take it. But then the mom being like, give him some candy.

[Arasha]

I feel like that could have been so easily avoided. Like, I feel like the dad could have just immediately been like, I agree, this is ginger kitty.

[Shane]

No.

[Amanda]

He could have been like, no. Yeah. We're so afraid to say no to people. I'm talking about myself mainly, but like lady, no. And also if she called me greedy, I'd be like, then absolutely not.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Amanda]

That's why the kid's like, he has one.

[Arasha]

Because his model is this woman, his mom.

[Amanda]

She's like, give it to him, Greedy.

[Shane]

Just frickin give it to him.

[Amanda]

The log ride.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

Well, hopefully that'll teach them a lesson.

[Amanda]

The log ride is kind of intense. You're just basically underwater the whole time. What is the point of that ride?

[Arasha]

It's fun.

[Shane]

Do you have bad luck on water rides?

[Amanda]

Like, yes.

[Arasha]

You're the one who gets wet.

[Shane]

You know the one at Disneyland where it's like the circle, you know those types of ones and it's like, all right. It's Russian roulette with water.

[Amanda]

I love it.

[Shane]

I actually think I have really good luck on those rides.

[Amanda]

Really?

[Shane]

I do not get wet. Oh, I get so I do not get soaking wet. I've rarely.

[Amanda]

Where do you sit?

[Shane]

I. I don't like choose like, well, the circle ones. It's kind of at random. I feel like the log ones. Yeah. If you're in the front, back, whatever. Can be a little different. But I've been fairly lucky. And other people will just get drenched.

[Amanda]

Oh, that's even the Jurassic park one, you know, where like the little.

[Shane]

The things pop up and it's just.

[Amanda]

Like a little bit and maybe like one out of every 10 person is. And it's always me.

[Shane]

Really?

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Arasha]

That's part of the fun.

[Amanda]

I feel like, yeah, on hot summer.

[Shane]

Days, I'm like, I'm down for it and it still doesn't happen. No, I really my luck. It's funny cause I'm really not too superstitious. As you know. I'm very skeptical. But I do believe. Or I like, I can't help but fall into the belief of like, oh, I have luck in certain ways and bad luck in other ways. And I've. And Courtney's even like flagged it and been like, yeah, it's kind of true that you have bad luck in certain aspects.

[Amanda]

Maybe it's good luck that you're not getting soaked on these fricking log rides.

[Arasha]

Where do you think you have bad luck?

[Shane]

I have bad luck with traffic. I just kind of get screwed. I've had many times where I leave a place at the same time as another person and I show up like 20 minutes later because I got stuck in a traffic thing while they didn't like if it just happens, I can have bad luck with parking sometimes it's a lot of car related stuff. It's small things I've said like, I have bad luck in small ways. And then I think I have really bad gambling luck, which I'm grateful for. Cause I'm like, I have no inclination to gamble because I have such bad luck with it.

[Arasha]

The itch.

[Shane]

But I have really good luck in plenty of other ways.

[Arasha]

Do you feel Lucky.

[Amanda]

Yeah, I think I'm. Overall, I feel lucky. H and I have this thing that we always have really good timing. Like everywhere we go, we'll show up. We're like, oh, this place was supposed to be busy.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

And we'll get in line and we'll order, and no lie, there'll be like 10 people right behind us.

[Arasha]

You'll, like, start the trend.

[Amanda]

And I'm like, damn, we have really good luck with that timing. Really, really good luck.

[Shane]

That's awesome.

[Amanda]

Yep. Pretty cool.

[Arasha]

Yeah, it's the little things that are the big things.

[Shane]

We're kind of running out of time, but.

[Amanda]

No, no, no. I love this.

[Shane]

There was. We'll probably do. We're gonna do more of this. Cause Subreddit Explorer is very fun. And Reddit stories we're covering mostly. Am I the asshole? So this is for all the other things that aren't gonna be covered there. Yeah, there's a bunch like tales from retail and then tales from the front desk, which are great. There's one called Just no mother in law and it's all about nightmare mother in law stories.

[Arasha]

No, don't give me stories.

[Shane]

I found a story. We can maybe read it next time.

[Amanda]

Too close.

[Arasha]

Too close.

[Shane]

I found a story. We can maybe read it next time. But it was about a mother in law who tried to wear white at a friend's wedding.

[Amanda]

I don't understand why people do that.

[Shane]

The mother in law of the groom tried to wear white to the wedding.

[Amanda]

And that was on purpose.

[Shane]

And then the story is about the opinion purposefully spills a drink on her.

[Amanda]

Okay, that's.

[Arasha]

That's the dld.

[Shane]

I'll save that one for next time. And then I'll read one of a couple of these. There's a great subreddit called I Don't Work Here lady, and it's about people being mistaken for working at places. And then there was one where the person was like, I worked at a Target and there was a Hobby Lobby across the street. I ran over to Hobby Lobby after a shift to grab something and I was still wearing my red shirt with the Target symbols all over it. A 20 something girl comes up and says, do you know where I can find a glue gun? I paused and just kind of looked at my shirt and I said, you mean at this store or like at Target? And she just stared at my name tag for a long time inside a heavy sigh, and quietly said, sorry, I don't know where I am.

[Amanda]

Oh, poor girl.

[Arasha]

Totally throw me off.

[Shane]

Yeah, there's another One where it's a teacher. They go, this happened a few days ago. Sorry for the formatting. I'm on my phone. I work as a substitute teacher at various local high schools. I'm 24, but obviously look younger according to this teacher. So the angry teacher comes up to me and goes, why aren't you in uniform? And no phones during school. I thought he was talking to a student, so I ignored him. Then he goes, excuse me, don't ignore me. He said as he snatched my phone out of my hand. I respond, what the fuck? Give that back. I'm not a student. Teacher says, that's detention for swearing at a teacher. You will get your phone back at the end of the day. Now you will come down to the office and tell the principal how disrespectful you're being. By this point, I thought it would be funnier to let him complain to the principal who I played netball with and watch his reaction. He was raging, saying I deserve to be suspended and that students always had their phones out, yada yada. The principal and I were just trying not to laugh before she told him I was a teacher too. I say, now give me my phone back. Don't you have class to teach? Because I do. I've never seen anyone get so red.

[Amanda]

That is so awkward.

[Arasha]

Big scary man.

[Amanda]

She wasn't scared by him.

[Shane]

Yeah, the principal, she.

[Arasha]

I was scared.

[Amanda]

She and the female principal. She and the female principal were like, yeah, fuck you, dude.

[Arasha]

Yeah, but I was scared.

[Amanda]

Rasha, we need to talk. Can I say one thing? My friend was at Zara just. And she has impeccable style. And she was just standing around. I wasn't there. And a woman went up to her and tugged on her shirt looking for a tag. She thought she was a mannequin. Yo, I'm not even making that up.

[Shane]

That's cool.

[Amanda]

She has impeccable style. And when she stands, she'll stand, like.

[Shane]

Very, like, you know, she'll stand still for like 20 minutes.

[Amanda]

A woman went up to her and looked on her shirt for a tag, and she was like, oh, oh, oh. And she's like one of the funniest women ever. And apparently she was like, like, I'm not a mannequin.

[Shane]

And the lady was like, oh, okay.

[Arasha]

Oh, God.

[Shane]

She needed her to talk.

[Arasha]

Wait, sorry, what did you say? Oh, okay. God.

[Amanda]

I think the woman was like, uh huh. And just walked away. You know, like at a mall or like, Zara, people are a little so aloof.

[Shane]

Oh, yeah.

[Amanda]

I think she literally didn't even become a human at that point.

[Shane]

Oh, I really.

[Arasha]

She became the mannequin.

[Amanda]

Yes, I am.

[Shane]

I'm not. I'm in a weird fugue state when I'm at a mall.

[Amanda]

Yeah, you want to die. And you're always starving.

[Arasha]

I love the mall.

[Shane]

You are always hungry.

[Amanda]

I hate them all. Well, I'm so sorry.

[Shane]

I don't love the mall too much. It's a little stressful for me.

[Arasha]

I love them all.

[Amanda]

You're always starving. You're in a rush, but not really.

[Arasha]

But you have everything you need around you.

[Shane]

I wonder if there's like a psychological. Have you ever. This reminds me of. And we'll end it on this note. It's kind of the same thing where whenever you go to a bookstore, you have to. You have to shit. That's a real thing. It's a real thing. It's a real thing.

[Amanda]

I think it's because your brain is.

[Shane]

Like, oh, I'm not. I'm not alone on this. In the comments. Sound off. If. When you go to a bookstore, it suddenly makes you have to use.

[Amanda]

How many bathrooms have you destroyed in bookstores? None.

[Arasha]

I. I feel like they don't even have good bathrooms.

[Shane]

No, they don't.

[Arasha]

Why would you.

[Shane]

But it's a. It's a. A. It's a thing, and I've experienced it where it's just like, I don't have to. And then I go to a bookstore, and I'm looking around the bookstore, and all of a sudden I'm just like, what the.

[Arasha]

It's a good laxative.

[Shane]

Maybe.

[Arasha]

Maybe it's because people, like, sometimes, like, read on the loo. You know, who reads on the loo before phones? That's what I was going back to the beginning.

[Shane]

I think we've had this conversation where I'm like, how does. How long does it take some people? Because for me, it's. It's quick.

[Arasha]

Oh, I will set up camp hours.

[Shane]

I'm in and out like Superman going into a phone booth.

[Amanda]

Wow. I take, like, the day.

[Shane]

That's crazy.

[Arasha]

Oh, yeah. Like Tuesdays.

[Amanda]

Yeah, done.

[Arasha]

I'm there shitting days.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Shane]

Well, this has been a blast.

[Amanda]

Weird subreddits, weird combos. The best.

[Shane]

Thank you for exploring subreddits with me.

[Amanda]

Yeah, you're welcome. Thanks for joining us, Arasha.

[Arasha]

Thank you. I hope we are all a little less scared of each other now.

[Amanda]

Well, I hope your plan doesn't come to fruition. You don't attack one of us when we.

[Arasha]

It won't be you guys. I'm asking you to be on my team, and we will attack the rest of the cast.

[Amanda]

Okay, great.

[Arasha]

We can make it more of, like, an experiment where we don't do just one cast member, but we actually do all of them. And that way we can, like, collect some data on who's more afraid of big, scary women.

[Amanda]

Let's ask Greta if we should.

[Shane]

Yeah, let's terrify the rest of our cast. That should go well. I definitely won't end up getting divorced in that process.

[Arasha]

All right, fine. You guys are part of the cast now, so just gonna do this alone.

[Shane]

Oh, great.

[Arasha]

Great.

[Shane]

All right.

[Amanda]

Okay.

[Shane]

Keep an eye out for that. Thank you, Arasha.

[Arasha]

Thank you.

[Shane]

And thank you all for watching. Let us know if there's other subreddits that I should cover the next time we do this. Yes, tell me the weird ones.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

All right.

[Arasha]

Tell us how to kiss.

[Shane]

Yeah, and tell us how to kiss. All right, bye.