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Adam Rippon
When you have it all, appreciate it, because we are just one pandemic away from having to pay for our checked bags. Hello, everyone, and welcome to Intrusive Thoughts. I am your host, Adam Rippon. What can I say? We're here yet again to open the show. I want to talk a little bit now. Hold on. It's a bit shocking about myself. I, over the past weekend was traveling to one of my very good friends weddings, and I want to talk a little bit about the trip there. You know, let me briefly say this. Wedding, beautiful bride, gorgeous groom, married handsome Canadian. It's, you know, really couldn't get better. It's the American dream, you know, marrying someone who can help you leave the country right now, that is kind of the dream. All right, now, not about them. You know, they had their day. And that was last week. Week. I'm having my day now, you know, on the podcast Intrusive Thoughts. I'm Adam Rippon. Welcome back. And so I do want to talk a little bit about the trip. And I'm going to start with this. And it's. I don't really know how to kind of preamble this. Of. Is it a warning? Is it a cautionary tale? I don't know. You be the judge. You are the listener. You are the judge. You be the judge. You know, all right, Serious now. Back in the day, and when I say that, I say I'm referencing, like, 2018, 2019. Okay? Back in the day, back in the day, when I would be traveling, I would have airline status. And in my heyday, back in the day, I would be Delta Diamond. And I've got to tell you, it was a beautiful time. You know, I really didn't think about all of the privileges that come with airline status. And I know you've probably heard a million people talk about this before and they talk about when they get the status, but a lot of people don't tell you what it's like when you lose the status. And that's kind of what I want to focus on today. And maybe now you've already guessed. Yeah, I've fallen from grace. And grace is kind of what I call Delta diamonds now. I'm not just talking about, like, you know, woe is me now. You're not Delta Diamond. Cry me a river. No, I'm talking about it's a. Oh, God, it's a lot worse than that. And you actually have no idea what you're absolutely in for when I tell you this. So back in the day, you know, I'm Going to focus on that for a second. Back in the day, I'm not paying anything for bags. You know, I'm just checking them in. I'm going through the premier line, like, the thing that has, like the red carpet. I don't even know. I wasn't even looking. Like, I just. I walked into the airport and it just felt like all my troubles went away. And now when I walk into the airport, all my troubles, they're only getting started. Now. You might be thinking, well, how bad could it really be? I'm sure you have some sort of status. No, I'm actually. I have the Delta website right in front of me, and I want to share a few things from the webpage. I will die before I show you what it actually says. But I have the webpage open and it says, good morning. Okay, bitch. Because you don't mean that. Because right underneath it says, current status, Sky Miles member. Yeah. All right. Do you know what it takes to just be a member of the Sky Miles? Yeah. It takes an email, right? An email address. That's what it takes. That's all it absolutely takes to be a member. An email, maybe an emergency contact number so that they can get a hold of you if the plane doesn't show up. That's all it takes. Not even one domestic flight from San Jose to San Francisco. Not even something that short is what's required to be a member. All you need is an email address. I could do that right now, in two seconds, go on google.com and I could have a fresh Gmail. And I could also have the same status as I have now. Me, an experienced traveler, not somebody who has just done this once or twice. I've done it more than that. Now the rules to becoming a member and, like, having status on these airlines, they, they, they change all the time. They're always moving the goal post. You know, once it becomes a little too easy, once there's a little bit of an open door, people will step through it. And I feel like now you have to have, like, qualifying dollars, and you need to have spent $5,000 to have, like, silver status. I don't even know what that means anymore. Like, is everybody just paying for bags now? Because I'll tell you, they're expensive. I don't know what it is. $30 for the first one. Just put that in the price of the ticket. So I don't think about it. Just make it a tax or a fee because, you know, I'm buying the flight and it's like whatever $300. And then by the time I get to checkout, it's 475 somehow. And then you're having me go absolutely to the airport and having to pay more. So I've actually kind of outsmarted the system. Like, you know, I would. I've outsmarted the system, and how I've done this is I will bring a bag that I'm gonna check onto the plane, and I won't. And then as soon as we get to the gate, I go, hey, can I gate check this? Because I don't want to be burdened down by the expectations of my own bags. I need them gone. I need them gone. And God Forbid I pay $30 for you to load that on the plane. On the front end of my arrival to the airport, I'll just do it through security. I can travel with the mini bottles. It's not a big deal to me. What is a big deal is that I do feel like it strips me of my dignity when, you know, I'm trying to go through, like, the old lines I went through because, you know, old habits die hard. I'm just doing what I know. I'm going through the premier line, and I get there, and I get stopped by a witch, a bridge troll, and they go, let me see your ticket. Can we please not do this right now, right here in front of everyone? And I do. I pull it out because I'm also old school. I'm an old soul. I'm an old soul because I like to have a paper ticket. And there's just something about a piece of paper that has all of the information of my trip on it that just feels really nice and feels like comforting. I don't know what it is. I think it's like my age, my generation, that we still need, like, physical copies of. Of things. Like, I just don't completely trust the digital copy in my iPhone wallet. I don't know. There's just. I need something that's physical printed out on a piece of receipt, because that's what they're using now. I mean, they always have. I don't. I'm not acting like it was coming out on parchment paper. You kind of know what I mean. All right, so I have my receipt paper ticket in front of me. I hand it to them, and they're honestly disgusted when they read it. And I. I don't feel good about it because I was trying to cheat them. And I was going in because it's sort of like, you got to go in with the swagger Sometimes you won't be questioned. But now, like I said, there's somebody who's waiting at the front of that roped offline going, can you show me ticket? I have such a bone to pick with that person. But not before they have a bone to pick with me, because they're going, you're in the wrong line. I know I'm in the wrong line. I know, because my ticket says 52A. I'm sitting in the. In the row past 50. I didn't even know that they had that many seats on the plane. When I went to my brother's wedding, I was in row 50. But I was. Because this wedding was in Ohio. I'll get to that in a second. This wedding was in Ohio, so there weren't even that many seats, that many rows. So the equivalent of being in a row 50 a few weeks ago now is a row 30, which does feel a lot better. You know, it sounds a lot better. It doesn't sound as far back because, you know, 30 is famously kind of 20 closer to the front, 20 rows closer. Now when we're going through security, no ifs, ands, ors, or buts about it. I don't know if that's how that goes. It's something like that. But none of those when I'm going through security, because I do have TSA PreCheck. I do have clear. And I don't care if the line is three times as long. I'm not untying my shoes, and I'm not taking my lithium batteries out of the bag. That's where I draw the line. I am so sorry. After having not traveled for a while, the next time I was really reintroduced to being a. I don't know, like a pilgrim. Like somebody who just. I don't know. Okay. The next time I was introduced and shamed publicly was trying to enter the Delta Lounge. Now, I'm always scared to do this, you know, even when I was a Diamond Medallion member, even when I was the highest of the high and I was looking down at the poor villagers just scrambling with their travel necessities. And I wasn't doing that. You know, I was checking, I don't know, three, four, five bags. No price. They're all £80. I could have done whatever I wanted when I used to go to the airport. Not anymore. Not anymore at all. Because now I'm trying to get into the Delta Lounge, and I would rather be stoned to death in the town square than walk that walk of shame out when they go. No no, I'm sorry, Mr. Rippon. And I just, I. I just feel so. I feel so ashamed. And for a while, because I have an American Express Platinum card. Yeah, charge it. Yes, I do. And I really believed that for a while that would have gotten me into the lounge. And I don't even try to go into the lounge anymore. I want you to know that I've been the status level of just member for about two years now. And there's nothing I can do about it. For two years I've been living this way. And yeah, I've been, you know, asked to turn myself around and turn myself into the authorities. No, I've been asked to turn around. You're not welcome into the lounge. I don't know, the last time, maybe two years ago, I won't even try to do it anymore. And so now when I walk past and I just see a line out the door of people trying to get into the lounge, this is sort of when I do understand, like people who, you know, don't make a lot of money are sort of heading to the streets going, yeah, but billionaires should get tax cuts just in case the off chance that they become a billionaire. Like now I'm starting to understand that because I will look at that line and I'll go, no, they should make it harder to get in there because not all of you should get in there. And that's how I know we're like in such a bad place. But the person who's in the worst place is me. Because I'm not allowed inside of a place that I used to consider like home. It's very disorienting, it's very confusing. And so I want you to know that once I go, you know, now I'm having to. Instead of being able to get a free plate of honeydew melon and four slices of bacon, now I'm having to go to a Jersey Mike's and pay $20 for a 6 inch sub. You know, there's nothing quite like, there's nothing quite like being scammed after you've been shamed. And it's just like one thing after another when you go to the airport with no status. I'm gonna put a pin in this, in this, my status for a second. Just for a second. I will be coming back to it. Don't worry. Stay tuned. I'm coming back to it, but I'm putting a pin in that status because I want you to know that this is a side story, a side quest. Still having to do exactly with everything that once I made it through security, within 10 minutes I had dropped $50 on. All right. Now see, it does tie into having the status because if I would have never dropped this money had I just been in the lounge, do you know what I mean? I'd be having a latte with cold milk that I created myself to Splenda. That's what I'd be having in the lounge. But instead I'm running out and about going to a Jersey Mike's and a Hudson News and all of a sudden I've spent 50 bucks. Anna, get ready for it. Also clock the time. 4:45am Say a prayer for me. I'm out of Jersey Mike's. I have a 6 inch sub ready to go. The oil is bleeding through the sandwich at this point. It's throughout my entire bag, the way I like it. I have a protein Fair Life milk, strawberry flavored. Nothing kind of quenches the thirst or hits the spot like strawberry milk at 4:45 in the morning. And I bought a Coke Zero kind of for that. Pick me up once I land because to get to Ohio, yeah, there are no direct flights. There are only flights with multiple or one stop. So I do need to pace out the way that I'll be nourishing myself. And I could have done that at a lounge. Like I could have had a lot of honeydew and watermelon. I could have had pineapple and bacon and a sausage patty and a muffin from Costco. Like I could have. That could have been me. That could have been what I was doing. But instead I'm in an oil soaked bag holding a strawberry milk, my eyes are bright red and I have a cold Coke Zero that will be room temperature by the time I open it. And what else? I'm $50 down. Not a problem. Because at this point, like I said, I fake carry on the bag and then I gate check it. So that's what I was doing. And then finally I just, I want to pin out of that status story because now that I have my $50 worth of coke Zero, which is the equivalent to at lax. Let me do the math. One bottle of it. Just one. I'm in line. And now, okay, you might be thinking, all right, you're in line. That's a good sign. It's not a good sign because about the entire plane is on already. Because I have to wait for zone six. Yeah. So I don't know if you're familiar with how people get on the plane or in what order, but you Know, if you have an infant or you need getting on the plane, they go first. That makes sense. Makes total sense. If you're in the military, why don't you get on, too? God bless our troops. I'm okay with that. All right, Zone one and first class. Okay, now it's feeling a bit personal. Zone two. All right, Zone three, Zone four, Zone five. At this point, what's the fucking difference? Just open the doors, let my people in. It's. Yeah, it's. I will tell you, it's incredibly humbling to smell like deli meat at 5am and to be waiting for Zone 6. And you can tell, like I like I mentioned, I'm an experienced traveler and I'll wait because I'm not one to create chaos. I'm not. Believe me, I'm not. I'm not. I'm not there to cause a scene. I'm there to steal a scene, but not to cause it. And so I'm waiting my turn. And I'll tell you that, like, who am I surrounded by? What type of person? I'm surrounded by somebody who also has a printed ticket. Okay, that's on me, that I want the physical copy, hard copy of the ticket, but it's somebody else who has a physical ticket. They have a backpack, they have a fanny pack, they have a carry on. And they have a giant grocery bag of things from the Hudson News that they absolutely don't need. A bag of Twizzlers, two bags of trail mix, you get it? And they're looking at me going, did they call Zone 8 yet? Well, first of all, back up, brush your teeth. They didn't. Because I'm Zone six, if you haven't noticed. And I'm still out here. Relax. They have not called Zone 8. And why did you think I would know that? And how dare you think that I could answer that question? And so I look at them dead straight in the face, and I go, no, because I don't want to. I don't want to cross the scene. But then it only. It only kind of gets worse from there. Because then when you get on the plane and when you're Zone six, I gotta tell you that when you're Zone six, you get on the plane and you know, I'm one step away from, once I step off of the jet bridge onto the plane, that instead of them saying, hi, good morning, them handing me a bucket and a mop and telling me, go get started, that's what it feels like when you gotta go all the way down to row 30. I'm right next to the bathroom. I might as well. Here's some Windex. Why don't you get started, bitch boy? That's what they said to me. That's what it sounds like. Feels like they say to me, why don't you get fucking started, Cinderella? All right, I get it. I get it. Because, you know, as I'm walking down this lane, I pass all the people who are in all the seats. I used to sit in 1A. I used to sit in a 1A. A 3B. 3B is a good seat near the window. And then it starts to get, you know, a little bit more crowded because when you're. You're in the premium sort of space. 11D. Okay. And then we get to where I have to go, and it's, you know, there's a woman in labor. You know, there's a man who needs immediate medical attention. And there's me covered at this point in just a Jersey, Mike, kind of Mike's away, olive oil, vinegar situation. And I'm having to sit down. And at this point, I realized this is what I deserve. You know, I deserve this at this point, but it just. It never used to be that way. And it gives me a greater appreciation for all the times that I traveled just, you know, without a care in the world. And now I'm trying to scam. Now I'm doing the scamming. I'm trying to scam Delta out of paying $30 for a check bag, which I am doing. Which I will say round trip saves you $60, which now, as we know, is the price of one 6 inch sub and a Coke Zero and a strawberry milk. So don't get too excited, because once you cross those doors, it's like absolute. You know, there are no laws when it comes to the price of anything. But also, when you're at the airport, you don't care what the price of anything is unless you're me and you're trying to, like I said, scam Delta out of $35. I'll never pay it. I'll never pay it. I don't care. This is how the rich get richer, is that you don't pay for the bags. But how the rich get poorer is how you do pay for the strawberry milk and the Coke Zero. You live and you learn. And I'm living, but I guess I'll never learn. And I don't know if I'll ever be, like, have a status on the airline again. I'm close. This is the closest I've Been in a really long time to Silver. I mean, I don't even know what they do at Silver. It's pathetic. It's pathetic that I'm speaking this way, but I just kind of wanted to share that. And so that basically, the pandemic was really tough on a lot of people, but it was really tough on. On me and my airline status. And I think with that, I'd love to get into a voicemail. Let's. It's just been so negative. It's actually not been negative. Like I said, it's been cautionary. I'm trying to help you that, like, if you have the option to travel, do it. But if you're gonna travel like me, get ready, buckle up. I don't want you in for any surprises. I want you prepared. I want you going. Okay, listen, if I gotta bring the roller suitcase on, I'm always gonna gate check it. It'll show up. It'll show up, I promise. But the last thing you wanna do, and this is the last thing I'll say about this, I can't promise that, but for right now, yes. The last thing you wanna do when you're all the way down in the back is to have a bag that you need to put above you, like, in the cabin above you. Right? The last thing you want to do is have one of those bags and there's no room and you're in row 45 and to go, excuse me, there's no room, like. And then what? And then what? You're fucked. You're fucked. I see it too often. I see it too. Absolutely. Often. Somebody looks like they're about to go backpack through Europe, but really, they're on a flight to Cincinnati for the weekend. You didn't need to do that to yourself. You could have gate checked that. Just gate check it. Don't. Don't set yourself up for failure. Right. Come to the airport with a granola bar. Do that. You'll save a ton of money. You'll save $50, probably because I was $50 down like I mentioned. And now with that, I would love to get to a few voicemails. Please leave your message after the tone.
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Listener
Hi, Adam. Love the podcast. I think that you should give your thoughts on the best and worst dressed at the Met gala this year. I feel like, as someone who wore a black leather harness to the Oscars, you are well qualified to give your opinions on red carpet fashion. Thanks.
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Adam Rippon
Okay. I actually believe that I am not qualified to give my thoughts or critiques on fashion because I don't really think. Sorry. I don't think that I have good style. Like. Okay, I want you to hear me out. I believe that I have all the makings of somebody who is stylish. Okay? I believe that. And I believe that from, like, the bottom of my heart that I absolutely could be somebody who people look at and they go, God, he has good style. And maybe some people do. And I think that's kind of on them, because I don't think I have good style. My dream is that I have sort of like a capsule wardrobe. Okay. Where I do dress sort of like one of the Olsen twins. Like, I'm just in something sort of basic but elegant and chic all at the same time. And I've thought of a few different ways that I could go about this. So I don't know if I've ever mentioned on this podcast that was it a year ago. Okay. For the sake of time, it was a year ago. Okay. I don't know where you have to go, but I don't have to go anywhere. So we're gonna dive deeper into that. So about a year ago, I got my colors done at someone who was trained at. Yes, let's say it together. The House of Colour. Right. What is that? Don't know. But that's where they were trained. And at the House of Color, that's when I learned that I am an autumn. Hold on. Okay, if you're watching this, you're seeing that I'm pulling out sort of. It looks like paint swatches, but really it's autumn color swatches. And it's all of, like, the colors that, like, work well. You can hear it in the microphone. So you can imagine these are all the colors that work well with my skin tone and lifestyle. And so I started about a year ago, I removed every color that, like, didn't make me glow. Right. Is this relatable at all? It does not. Does not matter. I removed every color from my wardrobe that didn't make me absolutely look like, are you pregnant? Are you glowing? I removed it because why would I wear something that dulled me down, that took away my shine? Why would I do that? I would never do that. And so that's led me to. And this is actually a really good thing for me because one of my favorite colors is. And I'm even wearing it today because it is a color that does really make me glow, is a hunter green. And so I had this kind of brilliant thought. And. Well, it's not an original thought, but it's a Brilliant Thought. I had a friend who used to only dress in yellow. And I know that might sound like, insane to you, but when they described it to me, they said, when I buy clothes, it's actually quite helpful because if. If they don't have it in yellow, I just don't even consider it. And so if it's something that I like, I get it in yellow. And if it's something that I like and they don't have it in yellow, I don't even get it. And I'm like, that's actually kind of brilliant because they always looked put together. And so I have this theory. What if I become the green guy? Now that I'm saying it out loud for the first time, I am having a few doubts, but let's kind of workshop this together. What if I become the green guy? And I'm always in sort of like a hunter green sort of ensemble. It is not the worst idea I've ever had, but it is tough when you get to the pants part of it. Like, do I just kind of abandon the pants part of that and I allow myself to go with the blacks and the blue jeans? I don't know. I think I need to see it through because I really do want to be somebody who is like, wow, you look so chic all the time, because. I don't know. But like I said, I do have, like, sort of an eye for it when I know what to get and where to go. Because in this call, you did mention that at the Oscars, I did wear a leather harness on the red carpet. And I think that I've never told the story of, like, how that came to. To be. And I'll. I'll share it with you. So I was going to the Oscars. I wasn't nominated. I know you were wondering, but I was going as a guest of Access Hollywood. And Access Hollywood said that they would dress me. And so I was obviously super excited. And the stylist from Access Hollywood was calling me and telling me that they had reached out to Jeremy Scott, who's, like, the head designer for Moschino. And Jeremy would love to dress me. And so we would go to his studio in LA and we could go through a few of his pieces, and they'd, you know, tailor it to me and I could wear something from him. And for them, this would be like a great behind the scenes sort of thing of watching Jeremy Scott dress who we're sending to the Oscars. And so this is the way that it went, because the leather harness was like, never part of the the deal. And this is how you do know that I am insane and a visionary. I get struck by lightning. Hear me out. So the way that this went was Jeremy had, like, a clothing rack of all of these different options for me. I remember there was a purple suit that had, like, flames going down the side. Very Moschino, not very Oscars. So I kind of passed on that. Then he had this blazer, which is the blazer I ended up wearing, and it was this blazer that had, like, open shoulders that had sort of things that looked kind of like the harness. And I was into that. And what he paired that with was like, a vest. Like a vest underneath and a shirt. And then there was another option that was just a harness. And I don't even know if we had a jacket or if it was, like, some oversized big jacket with pants. And then there were, like, two or three other options. And so I was trying them all on as Jeremy had set them up, and I thought, you know what? What do I care? Let me ask Jeremy Scott. Why don't I not a designer for Moschino? Ask Jeremy Scott, can I redesign this? And I want to say, he was so cool, and he's so nice, and he was very cool about it. And so I was like, what if I took the harness and I wore a shirt underneath it? And then I took that other blazer that has sort of, like, that harness look to it, and he was like, all right, let's try it. And so we tried it, and I was like, okay, cool. And I truly believed nobody was gonna give a shit. And so I was like, I want to wear something that's, like, fun. And I wore it on the red carpet. And then maybe like, 20 minutes later, I saw that Tyra Banks was talking about it, and it was, like, one of, like, the best dressed on the Oscars carpet, and it was very cool. But, you know, it's just. I'm a far cry from that now. Like, hear me now. I'm going. I want to be the green guy. So it's like, you got to some. I need guidance. I think what I really need is I need a stylist to kind of just come in and help me and see me through my vision, because I have the vision of the way I want this to go. I just don't really know how to execute it yet, but I know someone could help me, and I know that I have all the potential in the world. Like, I have the jewelry to kind of make something work. But I Mean, I would love to have good style because so many people now do have, I'll be honest, really bad style. I really don't like the big oversized stuff. You know, the big giant balloon pants that looks like they would float to the ground if they jumped out of a plane. While I'm in row 52, I'm going, have a nice trip. As they're floating down, like, I don't like the way that looks. And then they're in a tiny T shirt that they stole from their baby sister. You know, tiny T shirt, big old big pants. I don't like the way that looks. I don't think that looks good. I don't know why these people are so scared of the human silhouette. There's nothing to be ashamed of to have normal sized legs and an adult sized torso. Like, why are you trying to look? I don't, you know, I just, I don't like that. And a pair of Mary Janes, like, come on. Like, there's no style here. I think right now it's like a troubling time when it comes to style because I think a lot of people are like, I look great and they look atrocious. I say this as somebody who, yeah, just wants to wear one color. I just think I would solve a lot of things and I'd always be chic. You'd always go, that's the guy who wears green. That's the green guy. And the more I say it, the more I go, yeah, off with his head. So I am hearing myself. I'm just not listening. A problem, A common problem with me. So let's do another voicemail and just to kind of establish. Yeah, I don't really think I can critique any of the. The Met Gala outfits. But actually, before we move on, I will say this. I think when it comes to the Met Gala, I really don't think that these celebrities and the people in the outfits have much say over what they're wearing. Because if I understand it correctly, a designer invites the celebrity and the designer puts the celebrity in the thing. So it's like Chanel invites Kiki Palmer, and Kiki Palmer wears Chanel to the Met Gala. Like, I assume it's something like that. Maybe sometimes individuals get invited and then they can seek out different designers. I don't really know, but I know it's not exactly what we think. So I think sometimes, like, the celebrity is not entirely in charge of what they're wearing. Like, there's some. There's more to it than that. But I will Tell you this. That, like, oh, God, like, if I were to ever go to the Met Gala, I believe it could happen one day. I don't think that it's, like, out of the question. If I were to go to the Met Gala one day, I'd want to be in one of those. Oh, my God, did you see what they were wearing outfits. Like, my worst fear is that, you know, the theme would be something so. Oh, my God, I'm so excited for what this theme is. And then I show up in, what, like a cotton tee from the Gap, in a pair of blue jeans or just, like, a suit from Suit Supply. Like, that's my worst nightmare. And somebody's like, you are that. When it's like, it really wasn't my call. Because, you know, there's a few things that I've thought of. Like, you know, when the theme was camp, I had a really brilliant idea that I can't remember right now, but I know one of them was, what if the theme was camp? And I went and straight up, straight from the REI to the limo to the carpet, set up camp, and just watched people kind of shuffle in to the Met. I mean, that is camp. You know, it's just the thought, you know, I. It takes a village, but right now, I'm the only villager kind of moon lighting that idea. So I would need to work it on it with my team, and they're not here right now, but I. I want to go to the Met Gala and just be in one of those. Oh, my God, what a funny, cool, fun thing. Like I said, worst nightmare walking that thing in a suit for. From Straight Suit Supply. Straight from Suit Supply. Like I said, there's no hate to Suit Supply. They. They. They do what they need to do. If you need a suit for a wedding, go to a suit supply. We're not sponsored, and I'm not. They're not the best unless they sponsor us. Then they, wow, they're the best. And I will wear it to the Met Gala, but until then, please, that's my worst nightmare. All right, one more voicemail. Let's just see how it goes. All right. Please leave your message after the tone. Hey, Adam, I have a question. I want to know, do you have any icks? Like, something that's just, like, you can't do? Love the podcast. Okay. Do I have any icks? Shouldn't be surprising. I do. The one that's coming to me right now is when people are actually stupid. And I have an example, and it's a really oh God, this is a really tough one to share. Listen, I, as somebody who is human, I am only human. And when it comes to design, I'm not afraid of the human silhouette. I actually embrace it. But I am human. And I have said a few things that are dumb and stupid and I own that. And what do I do? I learn from that and I learn from my mistakes. And I want to be better. And so when somebody is stupid and they just don't care or they think it's cute, that's an ick to me. It's a huge ick. And I actually broke up with somebody when I thought that they were so stupid and they were a good person. They were a good person. But it was, it was a line too far for me. And I'll share the story. We were in New York together and it was like the first time we were in New York together. And I think the first time that he was in New York and he was looking out the window so excited. And he said, there's a few things that we have to see while we're here. And I'm going, whatever you want. I'll show you the world. What are you thinking? Because I want to go to the M and M store. Okay, all right, we can do that. I want to go to Broadway. All right, we can go to Broadway. It's a street. We can do that. And I want to see the Eiffel Tower and that. My heart stopped for a second. You want to see the Eiffel Tower? Yeah. Uh huh. Okay. And immediately when you're dealing with somebody who is a bit stupid, you immediately know what they meant. I go, did you mean the Empire State Building? And he said, oh yeah. And just kind of, just kind of went on like nothing else had happened. And it was bone chilling, right? That was absolutely bone chilling because like I said, I've said some stupid things, but the proper response to saying, I want to see the Eiffel Tower when you're in New York City and you meant the Empire State Building is to go, oh my God, I can't believe I just said that. But when you act like, oh yeah, you're acting like what you said wasn't the craziest thing I've ever heard. And it was just sort of like Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde sort of situation where it was like all of a sudden the room was like filled with light and beautiful. And in the moment that he said, oh yeah, it was like thunder and lightning, all the lights off. I was in a horror film And I could not, I absolutely could not shake off the. I want to see the Eminem store, I want to see Broadway, and I want to see the Eiffel Tower. I couldn't shake it. And I told myself, you're being ridiculous. You're absolutely being so ridiculous. And then I realized, no, I'm not being ridiculous because the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower are just not the same thing. Thing. And, and there should have been more. Maybe this is sort of the, like, I grew up going to a Catholic church and there is sort of a shame based way they raise you. And maybe it's that, that there just should have been more shame involved in being so wrong. And there wasn't. It was shameless. And that gave me the ick. Because, I don't know, they're just, they're not close to each other and they're not the same thing. And one is in Paris, France, right? And one is, you know, I'll say it, it's not too far from the M and M store in Times Square. One is closer to the M and M store than the other. And I know that he didn't mean it. And that is the problem too, that he didn't mean it and he didn't really care to learn it either. And it just, I think that's the real takeaway is that we should, as a nation, as a group of people, we should really hold ourselves accountable to knowing just sort of where famous monuments and things are so that we aren't in a relationship that ends somewhat abruptly after we say that they're from a place that they're not from. It gave me the ick. It really did give me the ick. And I think that when people are unapologetically wrong, that gives me the ick. There's a few things, but I can't even think of it right now. I can't even think of it right now, of other icks. But it was. I'll never forget it. I. I could hear the ticking of a clock. Time stood still for a moment and I went, this can't be happening to me. And it was. And in a way, it was reminiscent of being in Zone 6 getting onto my Delta flight with $50 worth of 1 milk, 1 Coke Zero and a 6 inch Jersey mic sub. And with that, I'd like to say thank you for joining me on this episode of Intrusive Thoughts. Make sure that you leave us a five star review. Wherever you listen to your podcasts, make sure you subscribe. Make sure you listen to every single episode we ever do. Ever. And you should really call the podcast and leave a voicemail yourself. And if you'd like to do that, you can call us at 310-909-7717. Until then, I'll see you next time. I'm Adam Rippon, and this has been Intrusive Thoughts, Sam.