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All right, somebody needs to call NHS because there is an epidemic of people pooping their pants. And no, this is not because of cyclospora whatever the latest diarrhea from romaine from Taco Bell is. No, these people who are pooping their pants that we that you have the luxury of hearing about today, they are doing it voluntarily at concerts so that they don't miss a song. And I just have to say that celebrity idolization and concert culture has gotten out of hand. I do not want to be part of this at but I really think that the only way to fix this is by fixing the loneliness epidemic. So I first started tracking this very, very serious story because I am a journalist. I started tracking it a few weeks ago when I saw online that somebody pooped their pants at a Noah Khan concert. And my first thought was obviously freak. Like, I really honestly didn't think much of it because surely that was a crazy person. Surely that was a one off situation. I read the comments of those. I was like, man alive, that is crazy. Crazy. Thank goodness we live in a society where we can laugh at that and move on. And trust. We live in a high trust society. A high trust society where we know that if we go to a concert we don't have to be nearby. That behavior, but it was not a one off situation. I mean, just take it from pop star Olivia Rodrigo herself, who apparently is no stranger to smelling poo at her concerts. This is what she said. I have been to certain concerts and certain festivals where people wear diapers so that they can be front row of the show. And that's been an experience as a performer that I've smelled. And that is insane behavior. The interviewer's faces is literally me and that is everybody online hearing that. This is actually a commonplace situation. Did you hear what she just said? People wearing diapers so that they could pee and poop their pants so that they can be front Row not lose their spot down on the floor next to the barricades. They don't have to miss a song. A possible moment where they can touch their favorite performer. The they're wearing diapers. But that was only one part of the interview. She went on and she said that that's been an experience as a performer, that I have smelled like the Times Square ball drop on New Year's Eve. Everyone is wearing diapers. They sit there all day. I think about it kind of often. And this author, this is from a article in Pace magazine. He went on and he wrote, if Rodrigo can smell it all the way from her onstage perch, imagine how bad it is for the rest of the crowd. Now, this obviously went viral with people on TikTok saying things like, I'm not surprised. Grossed out, but not surprised. Somebody else said, that is absolutely disgusting. That is nursing home behavior. But apparently, guys, apparently it's not. And apparently none of us should be surprised. Maybe I'm just so naive. I'm thinking better of the people that we are living amongst in the world because this is an epidemic of adult pant poopers. So back to the once viral Noah Khan story from a few weeks ago. He is now, because of this story, having to beg his fans not to poop their pants at his concert after that incident. Blew up. Literally blew up in her pants. Sorry. Anyway, so this is what allegedly happened at that concert, according to people that were there. So this was on Reddit. This guy said, okay, so the person who did this was one row in front of me in section aa. I guess they didn't wanna miss a couple of songs to use the bathroom, so they just straight up shit themselves. Mind you, not liquid or anything. In case anyone thinks that this was an accident and started picking actual pieces of poop out of their butt and put it on the floor. She then started trying to waffle stomp the turds and acted like nothing happened. But we flagged down security with one of the most unreal concert experiences I've ever witnessed. Do I even want to ask what waffle stomping is? Is that something that I should know? I don't. Don't tell me, don't comment. That is in order. I feel like it is something that is going to disgust me. Anyway, another firsthand account of this, another girl who was in the same area, she posted a TikTok and she said
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this a minute or two. And then she stands up, she's kind of like looking around a little bit like, you know, and then she reaches behind her Begins to shake out the shorts. Two shits fall out of her ass onto the floor right in front of me. And then she tries to kick them under the seat in front of her. And it's smearing everywhere. It's all over her shoe. It's all over like every. The whole floor. And then she proceeds to continue to watch the concert. Then she got to leave and everyone had to experience the shit smeared on the floor. And the smell, the smell was awful. I left early. I left at end of August. Cause I was like, I cannot deal with smelling this shit anymore.
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Okay, so to answer the question of the Paste article that was saying, imagine what it's like for the people that are there. Imagine that. We don't actually have to imagine anymore because there are firsthand accounts of. Of this horror. The smell was so bad because of the poop that was under the seat in front of her that she had to leave. I have no words like, I am completely flabbergasted and silenced. I am as silent as my Silencer Shop suppressor. And look, if you have not shot suppressed yet, then I need you to fix that right now. Because I'm not exaggerating when I say that using a suppressor on my firearms completely changed the shooting experience. It made it easier to control. There was a less snappy recoil. Honestly, it just made shooting so much more enjoyable. And I think it'll be great, especially if you are new to shooting. Now, the process of getting a suppressor is super easy. With my friends over at Silent Shop, you do not need to figure anything out on your own. 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Okay, so the thing that stands out to me about this clip is that this is not a girl who is sitting deep in some section, you know, not able to cross over people to get to the bathroom. Not that that would be an excuse. I am not excusing that behavior. But I'm putting myself inside the brain of a psychotic Noah Khan fan who cannot miss a single song. Looking around is going to have to climb over rows of people. She's in an aisle seat next to a barricade. She could just, oh, turn around, walk to the nearest bathroom without crossing anybody's path. And even so, she decides the better idea is to sit down, shit her pants, and then pluck the poop out and put it on the floor. And then waffle stomp it. Whatever the hell that means. So, obviously, because this is so horrifying, it immediately went viral. And Noah, who is chronically online, he's probably one of the most chronically online musical performers and celebrities. He saw it quickly and he tweeted and he said, if you have to poop at a show, please, dear God, just go to the bathroom. Lmao. I pooped my pants as much as the next 27 year old. But you guys gotta understand, there's a venue worker out there with a 1000 yard stare after dealing with that. And listen, he is not wrong, but he did take it a step further. And at his next concert after this incident took place, he did say this to his fans on stage.
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Okay, I solemnly swear I will not shit my pants.
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I will not shit my pants.
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And if I do, I won't take it from my pants and put it on the floor. Okay, thanks. I'll have a nick call. Hang on. Hello, The national center for IBS Colitis and Diarrhea. It's actually one in four adults suffers from ibs. I'm so sorry. Shit all you fucking want.
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I mean, in the year of 2026 and cyclospora, whatever we're dealing with, I would not be surprised if some organization pops up saying justice for people with IBS and Crohn's, whatever it is, they should be allowed to poop. Where? Anyway, back to the story. I'm sure that Noah thought that, you know, that would cover all of the bases, but I think he needed to be more specific because it isn't just pooh. Apparently there is just something in the air at Noah Khan concerts because another person pulled her pants down and peed at his next show. By the way, is it Noah Khan or Noah Kahan? I see people say it differently on TikTok all the time. So if you are a super fan peeing and pooping at his concert, you can come at me and correct me. Anyway, a person on Reddit wrote about this incident and said, I was so impressed by the show overall, but I was so angry at a group of seat jumpers who took the spots two rows in front of us. Everyone in our section 125 was pretty patient with their rude, obnoxious shenanigans until one of the girls literally pulled down her shorts and just peed. The poor people in front of them got their stuff ruined when she was called out by the crowd. They hightailed it out of our section, but we could smell it the rest of the night. And then another Woman. The people who were in front of them confirmed this and she said, can confirm I was sitting in front of them. My purse did not survive the encounter. It went straight into the trash because some feral asshole decided section 125 was a bathroom. Now, she screenshotted that interaction from Reddit, she reposted it on threads, and she says the concert was 10 out of 10. The woman who turned section 125 into a restroom, 0 out of 10. My biohazard urine soaked purse and everything inside of it skipped the ride home and went straight into a Citi Field trash can. Sending $1,000 on tickets wasn't supposed to end with replacing my belongings due to a feral creature turning a section into her personal toilet. I genuinely have no words. How is this happening so frequently? Why is this the summer of peeing and pooping in public? Like, I genuinely was like, okay, it must be something with his shows, his fandom. But then I open up X and I see that this same weekend at a Morgan Wallen concert, a man allegedly peed in public in his seat on a nearby family. You can see here, this is the New York Post headline, and here is what the victim, yes, the victim of this public offense had to say.
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I literally feel something on my leg. My wife feels something on her leg. My niece is standing on the seats, you know, instead of sitting on them, and my wife says, whatever that gentleman's doing is all over my leg. At that point, I kind of seen him like bend over out of the corner of my eye. So I turned to look. He has his genitalia hanging completely out and he's urinating all over the back of my seat. My wife's leg, my leg, my niece.
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I mean, that is insane. Like, I'm hearing all of these stories and I'm wondering, what is security doing? Like, most of these people, like the poop girl, the urinating girl, the girls at the Noah concerts, they're getting up, they're leaving. This man. I don't know what happened, but security and the cops said that they couldn't do anything about it. Just watch. The victim in question filmed his interaction with them and this is what they said.
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And there's nothing we can do about a guy physically pouring out his dick and pissing on me right now. Nothing we can do with that in front of an eight year old girl. Because I'm gonna post this all over the Internet and everything. And it's not the best, you guys, it's the best. Maryland's law. Listen, it doesn't make a difference.
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I just explained this to you.
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I get it.
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We cannot take him into And I'm not blaming you.
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We're going to give you his information
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and you can be referred to the command. And again, I'm not blaming you because you can only do with the law stating, right? But I'm going to make it known that I had a gentleman whip his dick out at a Morgan Wallen concert. Piss on me. My brother and my niece and the Maryland State Police can do nothing about it. Not a thing. And it's absolutely okay. And they're going to say, do what you want to do if you want to press charges. Did they give you his information? Yep, I got his information.
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I mean, it's just insane. Like, I have a million thoughts about all of these stories, but the first thing that I'm thinking of is that it is truly insane that Maryland law enforcement couldn't do anything about that one. I mean, like, a person literally defecated on him and his family. But it is even more egregious. Like, I can't believe I'm saying there's anything more egregious than public urination on another family that they couldn't do anything about a man being fully exposed, having his genitalia out in front of a girl. I think he said she was 8 years old. And there being no consequences. Like, make it make sense. But also, then my brain goes to of course there are no consequences is because this is the same country, the same society that thinks it's okay for a man who one day just says that he's a woman totally fine for him to go into a locker room, expose himself in front of women and children, and then our society turns around and says, oh, you're the victim. If the women say I'm uncomfortable and call the behavior, of course law enforcement can't do anything about it because that is just the upside down society that we live in. Now, the broader point moving on from that, that I want to make about this literal shitstorm is that the idolization of celebrities has obviously gone too far. And I say that as somebody that talks about celebrities, talks about pop culture and society almost on a daily basis for a living. And you might be wondering, okay, Bret, like, I get that that feels like a separate subject, but how does that idolization connect to public defecation, public urination? Well, it does connect, because the common thread here is that apparently all of these offenders, including the concert goers in diapers, are apparently so desperate to not miss a single moment, not miss a single song from their favorite performer, that they would rather revert to babyhood and poop their pants. That that is a better idea than missing a moment of this concert. Like, I'm sorry, but there is not a single person alive right now, not even in history. There is not a single person in the world that I would do that for. I mean, but obviously that's not even a possibility, because girls don't poop. Obviously. That is my take on this. And other people online seem to be connecting the same dots in that same paste article that I've been referencing throughout this video about the Olivia Rodrigo story. The author said that the Kiss FM host that Olivia was talking to insisted that she must be pranking them with that story. And the author goes on and he says, I wish I could say that I reacted with that same shock, but earlier this month, the author writes, I attended Gov Ball and watched to my immense displeasure, hordes of stray kids fans lay down blankets and set up camp at the MainStage Barricade nearly 10 hours before, nearly 10 hours before the K Pop group set was actually scheduled to start. And they stayed there, unmoved and unmoving through every intervening act, talking shit during Radio Free Alice, rolling their eyes during Wet Legs, seething during Tuhalas. If you tried to step in front of them even for five minutes to catch a glimpse of one of the acts that you actually came to the festival to see, the stays practically bared their teeth and growled. Never mind the fact that it was before their beloved boy so much as entered the festival grounds. It was so hot that day too. Nearly 95 degrees. Some of us drank water and sought out shade between acts, but not the stays. They would rather die than leave their post, and they almost did. I watched multiple fans faint from the heat and their own dehydration. They had to be carried out. I mean, like give it to these fans. At least they weren't drinking water. Probably because they didn't want to wear a diaper. So I mean, heat stroke, Peeing your pants? Which are we choosing? Neither. Neither. Because this is insanity. Anyway, the author goes on and he says all of this just to say three weeks ago I might have been shocked and horrified by the revelation that Olivia Rodrigo fans soil themselves in order to maintain their barricade spots. But post Stray Kids, I could only muster up a grim sense of resignation. I've seen a lot of this self respect eschewing idol worship lately. Stays at Gov Ball, yes, but also these absurd videos of Sofia isela concerts where 14 year old girls shake and sob like they are actively being exorcised by the mere touch of the singer's hand. To be fair, this kind of celebrity devotion has existed for a long time. Look at how people reacted to the Beatles, Michael Jackson, you name it. But stars of that magnitude capable of inspiring such fervent devotion used to be few and far between. I'd never even heard of Sofia Isella before encountering her on my phone, but here she is singing to hundreds and hundreds of weeping and hyperventilating teens whose phones are raised in the air like a prayer. Again, so much to say about this. Number one parents, if you are letting your teenagers get to a point that they are shaking over a musical artist at 14 years old, that's a problem. Like, genuinely, you need to redirect that compass back to something that is more beneficial, that is less parasocial. If anybody reacts to me like that, please go touch grass. I log off, close the video. I do not care. That is not healthy for any of us. So what the author is broadly saying is that this idolization culture has grown and it is, you know, diversified and spread out, rather than people having mass psychosis over just Michael Jackson or a Taylor Swift figure. If we're talking about 2026 people, it's Nova Khan. It's Sophia Isella, who I think is some like really weird grunge girl who may be open for Taylor Swift at one point. I don't know Olivia Rodrigo. I'm sure that there are so many others that maybe me or the average Joe might not have been exposed to have not Even heard of, but that people are having the same kind of reaction to like the mass psychosis and the idolization is well dispersed in 2026. And I'm not saying that you can't be a fan of somebody or be impacted by their art, their music, their personality, whatever it is, but this is not healthy when you are crossing the line to pooping your pants, to wearing diapers, to literally fainting in public because you don't wanna lose your spot at a concert. Like it shouldn't even be controversial to say that that is unhealthy. And these unhealthy behaviors are able to take hold because these niche subcultures, these fandoms online, they give people purpose and meaning and connection in a very disconnected, lonely, morale less world, valueless world where so many people are disconnected from their faith, from their family, from their communities. The village doesn't exist. And so they find the village, they find connection here. But not even by calling their phones, by watching videos and listening to songs. And again, having that connection that they feel it's very one sided, but is so deep that drives them to do things that are this crazy. And these parasocial relationships with larger than life figures and their art can literally become a lifeline for some of these people and as intertwined in their being as a core personality trait. Again, I will say that is not normal and it can truly end up being cult like as they idolize these artists as almost Christ like figures. And I'm going to be so honest, but this is literally what these people look like. Just watch. Every person's people will offer you.
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So powerful. Okay, no offense, no offense, if that is what you're into. But these are people having, maybe you would call it physical revivals from touching Christian author, pastor, if you will, Katherine Crick. I don't want to attach labels here, but I do wonder. These are the same type of people. Maybe they're not Gen Z, maybe they are not online concert goers, whatever it is. But I do wonder if these are the same type of people that it is the same core tenet and behavior that is driving people to wear diapers in crowds. Whether this same community would wear a diaper in a crowd to try and be at the front of the lecture hall to touch hands with. Katherine Crick. Or maybe it's just the chronically online depressed Gen Zers, I don't know. But I will say when that video came across my timeline, I was like, I've kind of seen that before. It's the same behavior. I see on TikTok, with the people freaking out over musical artists. And the other thing that is just so wild to me is that these fans go through all of this effort. The diapers, the shaking out of the poop, the heat stroke in the 95 degree weather in the middle of the festival, refusing to give up their spot in front of the barricade, all of that effort to not even live in the moment. They go through all of that. To be able to what, film it vertically on their phones? Hoping that you get some like shaky recording for your Instagram story to be able to post on TikTok and talk about it. I mean, it just makes no sense. Like, seriously, some people in our society just really need help again. Touch grass, kick rocks, anything. Log off, get a grip, stop peeing and pooping in public. And I also do want to be fair here because maybe that's not the reason for all of this. You know, some of these public defecators are not really super fans. If they are just literally piss drunk and inconsiderate, well then that is also a problem. And if I was dictator, you would be in jail. Just saying. But for the love of God, if you want to do that, which is so weird, but if you want to, just don't eat or drink for 24 hours. If you don't want to have to go to the bathroom, or better yet, just be a civilized human being and go to the restroom. And unless you want your favorite celebrity or performer to hate you for the rest of your life, please do not poop front row at their concert. And you know, the last thing I will say here is that there are millions of babies around the world just like my son who have no choice but to wear a diaper. So please stop appropriating his culture. @blyze.com, it's not just about window treatments. It's about you, your style, your space, your way. Whether you DIY or want the pros to handle it all, you'll have the confidence of knowing it's done right. From free expert design help to our 100% satisfaction guarantee, everything we do is made to fit your life and your windows. Shop up to 40% off with minimum purchase and a free professional measure right now@blinds.com plus pay at your own pace starting at 0% APR with affirm terms apply.
Date: July 22, 2026
Host: Brett Cooper
In this engaging and provocative episode, Brett Cooper tackles a bizarre trend that’s gaining momentum at live music events: adults soiling themselves at concerts to avoid losing their spot near the stage. Through sharp commentary, viral anecdotes, and cultural analysis, Brett explores how extreme celebrity idolization and our societal loneliness epidemic are fueling these public incidents of incontinence—touching on everything from fan culture and parasocial relationships to the consequences of disconnected communities.
Theme: The deterioration of personal boundaries and public decency as a symptom of desperate longing for connection, purpose, and celebrity proximity.
Viral Incidents Spark Discussion (00:30)
Brett opens with disbelief over fresh reports of "an epidemic of people pooping their pants" at concerts—not due to illness, but by choice to stay front row:
"Celebrity idolization and concert culture has gotten out of hand. I do not want to be part of this." (00:38, Brett)
Not an Isolated Incident
After first dismissing the Noah Kahan concert-pants-pooping story as a "one-off," Brett observes it’s become a wider phenomenon involving "adult pant poopers."
Olivia Rodrigo has confirmed publicly that fans have started wearing diapers so they don’t lose their spot:
"People wearing diapers so they could pee and poop their pants so that they can be front row..." (02:13, Brett quoting Rodrigo)
Rodrigo recounts the experience of smelling this behavior from the stage, likening it to Times Square on New Year's Eve.
Reddit & TikTok Testimony (03:56 & 04:13)
A Reddit user describes not just an accident, but someone deliberately removing “actual pieces of poop” and “waffle stomping” them into the floor.
A TikTok video adds firsthand disgust:
"...this girl reaches behind her, shakes out her shorts—two shits fall out of her ass onto the floor right in front of me. She tries to kick them under the seat in front of her, it’s smearing everywhere... The smell was awful. I left early." (04:20, TikTok user)
Brett’s Reaction
Flabbergasted, Brett underscores the horror and the social trust violated by such acts:
"I have no words. I am completely flabbergasted and silenced." (05:04, Brett)
Video Evidence Proliferates (07:21+)
As proof of the trend's authenticity, Brett notes:
"...it is 2026. Everybody films everything. It's unfortunate, but also in moments like this, we can be grateful there is video evidence..." (07:30, Brett)
Even with easy access to the bathroom, people are choosing to soil themselves rather than miss a song, prompting Noah Kahan to publicly plead:
"If you have to poop at a show, please, dear God, just go to the bathroom. Lmao." (08:44, quoting Noah’s tweet)
Artist Onstage Response (09:12)
At his next concert, Kahan gets the crowd to pledge:
"Okay, I solemnly swear I will not shit my pants." (09:12, Kahan, with audience) “And if I do, I won't take it from my pants and put it on the floor...” (09:22, Kahan)
Escalating Behavior Across Concerts (09:51—11:54)
A subsequent Noah Kahan show involves a girl urinating in her seat; her actions destroy a fellow concertgoer's purse:
"My biohazard urine soaked purse and everything inside... went straight into a Citi Field trash can." (11:34, victim quoting from Threads)
It’s Not Genre- or Artist-Specific
The trend is spreading:
"...at a Morgan Wallen concert, a man allegedly peed in public in his seat on a nearby family." (11:51, Brett)
Victim Testimony
"I turned to look. He has his genitalia hanging completely out and he's urinating all over the back of my seat. My wife's leg, my leg, my niece." (12:15, Morgan Wallen concert victim)
Security proved powerless due to local law:
"There's nothing we can do about a guy physically pouring out his dick and pissing on me right now. Nothing we can do with that in front of an eight-year-old girl." (12:41, victim)
Law Enforcement & Societal Breakdown (14:37+)
Brett lambasts legal impotence and broader cultural confusion about decency:
"There are no consequences because this is the same country, the same society that thinks it's okay for a man who one day just says that he’s a woman—totally fine for him to go into a locker room, expose himself in front of women and children..." (14:56, Brett)
Celebrity Idolization—At the Root of It
The willingness to self-humiliate "just to not miss a single moment from their favorite performer" is a symptom of deeper societal malaise:
"The common thread here is that all of these offenders... are apparently so desperate... that they would rather revert to babyhood and poop their pants." (15:19, Brett)
Fan Encampment at Festivals
Referencing Paste Magazine, Brett relays scenes of K-pop fans laying down for hours, refusing water, risking fainting, and maintaining vigil at the barricade, connecting this to a lack of deeper meaning:
"Heat stroke, peeing your pants? Which are we choosing? Neither. Because this is insanity." (17:48, Brett)
The online author writes:
"I’ve seen a lot of this self-respect eschewing idol worship lately... but also these absurd videos of Sofia Isella concerts where 14 year old girls shake and sob like they are actively being exorcised." (18:55, quoted by Brett)
Parenting, Parasociality, & Loneliness
Brett puts responsibility on both overinvested fans and their parents:
"If you are letting your teenagers get to a point that they are shaking over a musical artist at 14 years old, that’s a problem... You need to redirect that compass back to something that is more beneficial, that is less parasocial." (19:18, Brett)
Parasocial Relationships & Loss of Community:
"These unhealthy behaviors are able to take hold because these niche subcultures... give people purpose and meaning and connection in a very disconnected, lonely, morale-less world... where so many are disconnected from their faith, from their family, from their communities. The village doesn't exist, so they find it here.” (20:10, Brett)
Cult-like Devotion
Draws a parallel between revivalist religious ecstasy and the physical intensity of modern fandoms:
“...It’s the same core tenet and behavior that is driving people to wear diapers in crowds... It’s the same behavior I see on TikTok, with people freaking out over musical artists.” (20:45, Brett)
The Irony of “Living in the Moment” via Cellphone Recordings
“All of that effort to not even live in the moment. They go through all of that... to film it vertically on their phones, hoping you get some shaky recording for your Instagram story...” (21:35, Brett)
Plea for Decency and Common Sense
Brett closes by demanding moderation and perspective:
“Touch grass, kick rocks, anything. Log off, get a grip, stop peeing and pooping in public.” (22:12, Brett) “...for the love of God, if you want to do that—which is so weird—just don’t eat or drink for 24 hours... or better yet, just be a civilized human being and go to the restroom.” (22:50, Brett) "There are millions of babies around the world just like my son who have no choice but to wear a diaper. So please stop appropriating his culture." (23:15, Brett)
This episode delivers a frank, at times incredulous look at the concert pant-pooping phenomenon, weaving in viral stories, personal reactions, and societal critique. Brett Cooper links these gross-out anecdotes to the deeper loneliness and atomization many feel in 2026, arguing that the desperate pursuit of connection, meaning, and celebrity worship drives otherwise unthinkable behavior in crowds. Wrapping her commentary with calls for basic civility and communal reconnection, Brett's signature sharp, witty tone spotlights both the absurdity and tragedy of these current cultural trends.