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Jared
So they discovered it in July. It's huge. Only the third interstellar comet that we've observed. I think the current one that we're looking at, 3i is about the size of Manhattan. So it's like the size of a large city. What? Yeah. So why are they not.
Shane Dawson
Why is nobody talking about this? Hey, welcome back to whatever the hell this is, Christmas edition. It's snowing.
Ryland Adams
Oh, it feels so delightful.
Shane Dawson
Catch him on your tongue.
Chris
Catch them on your tongue.
Jared
It's just my dandruff. Remember back in school we used to make it snow on the desks?
Ryland Adams
Shane's still doing that.
Shane Dawson
I remember.
Spencer
Okay, so gross.
Ryland Adams
Honestly, it's kind of a flex that you're able to.
Spencer
Thank you.
Jared
I wish I had dandruff.
Shane Dawson
So you know how we talk about memory lane things that trigger memory lane? I was thinking, what about Trigger Alley?
Spencer
Trigger Alley.
Shane Dawson
You know, you're taking a stroll down Trigger Alley and you see something that you're like, oh, my God, I was never gonna think about that again. You just sent me down Trigger Alley because I remember something and I want to know if you remember it too. The year is 2010. Times are very different. Okay, Ducky, A bottom is taking over the world.
Ryland Adams
Huh?
Chris
Triggered me. Trigger Alley.
Spencer
Yeah, that says to me, don't trigger out.
Shane Dawson
I love them. Okay, that's memorable.
Chris
I love them too.
Shane Dawson
Okay, so we're in. Me and Jared, we would just drive around a lot and we would be always be on the hunt for something. Like we would be on the hunt for when Slurpee made that straw that was made out of. Do you remember that?
Jared
Oh, yeah.
Shane Dawson
And then we were hunting for something at McDonald's and we were in the McDonald's drive thru. We got a bunch of food and then I said, it's snowing. And I did that. And my dandruff went everywhere. So then Jared did not eat his food. He was very fist for me. And I felt horrible and I think I almost cried. So now every time I think about dandruff, I think about that moment.
Jared
That's so sweet.
Shane Dawson
Anyways, okay, so if any of you guys think of a Trigger Alley story throughout this show, maybe we trigger one of your memories.
Ryland Adams
We need to get a buzzer.
Shane Dawson
That's not a bad idea. Spencer, can you take that beautiful sweater over there and grab a couple buzzers?
Ryland Adams
Spencer and I are the only ones that dress for the occasion. As I was getting ready this morning, I looked over to Shannon. I said, well, is this the Christmas episode? And he said, sure. And I said, what does sure mean?
Shane Dawson
Hold on. It is the Christmas episode, but it is also, like 90 degrees in LA right now. And I was burning up when I put on my Christmas outfit. And I was like, I can't. If. If I want to have a good, fun, holly, jolly time, I'm wearing a T shirt.
Ryland Adams
I love a California Christmas. The hot. The sun.
Shane Dawson
Mm.
Ryland Adams
Trigger Alley.
Shane Dawson
Y. Okay, we have so much to talk about today that I'm gonna have to, like, hold myself back. Okay, Jared, speaking of gifts, you really gave me a gift this week, and I am so grateful for it, and it almost made me cry. Let's take it back a little bit. So you guys know we're working on a pilot. It got pushed. Right. So we actually, technically, while you're watching this right now, we are filming it.
Ryland Adams
You said that one.
Shane Dawson
I know. It got pushed a month. So, yes, we're shooting that right now. And one of our actors, Jared, AKA.
Jared
Vogue, cameraman, I've been Method acting week. Sandy's only been able to call me Bogue Cameraman.
Shane Dawson
Have you been asking her 73 questions?
Jared
Oh, yeah.
Shane Dawson
Okay. So it's, like, actually very professional, which is so funny because I don't know, I guess I wasn't expecting, because when I told the casting department, I was like, oh, you know, I've already booked these roles. You know, my brother, my mom Chris, and I put it all down. But casting has been reaching out to everyone, like, very efficiently. Like, my mom called me and was like, what do I do? Like, they're asking for, like, your SAG number. Yeah. And your headshot. So Jared was like, oh, I don't have a headshot.
Jared
So I thought, where is the best, most professional place I can go to have one done? And none other than JCPenney popped into my mind. So me and Sandy, we went to JCPenney's, we got our headshots taken, and it was very professional. And it made me just, you know, feel like a star.
Shane Dawson
Okay, can I just say this? Your headshot was fucking good.
Ryland Adams
If I were you, that would be my email header. That would be my Instagram avatar.
Shane Dawson
I almost want to have it just floating right here in front of you. Like, that's how good that it felt.
Jared
Like I look like a kindergartner in, like, a yearbook or something, but I think it looks very good.
Shane Dawson
No, your teeth were so white. Like, you looked really good. And. And then when I texted casting about it, and I was like, hi, my brother is an official actor now, so I want to send him out on auditions. And he was like, period. It was really good.
Ryland Adams
So I'm really proud of you, Honestly, Jared's inspired me. They filmed it for their YouTube channel, and I was like, you know what? I need to go do that too.
Chris
Yeah.
Spencer
I love JCPenney.
Jared
Shaq owns JCPenney's.
Shane Dawson
Does he?
Chris
Yeah, that was. That was my real job.
Spencer
Wait, actually, I think. I think I've heard. Oh, yeah.
Chris
It's a trigger triggered a memory kind of. Kind of. Yeah. I don't know. It was fine. It's not gonna work. It's fine.
Shane Dawson
Can I be super honest? And I really don't mean this mean to JCPenney, because you guys have been.
Ryland Adams
My grandma's favorite store, so much a.
Shane Dawson
Part of my life, my childhood. I. I kind of thought they went out of business. Like, so, like, when Jared was like, I'm going to JCPenney's, I was like, sweetie, that's gone. When I was I thinking when I.
Jared
Googled it, because my first thought was Walmart does have a port studio in there. So I thought I could go to Walmart, but then I just googled it, and I was like, I wonder if JZ Penney's is still around. Because I thought the same thing. I thought they went out of business and they were just online now.
Shane Dawson
Right.
Jared
But they have a couple locations. I don't think they're as national as they once were, but you can find them.
Shane Dawson
Yeah.
Jared
Wow.
Shane Dawson
Good job, jc. Jc Speaking of things that are unfortunately over, but for us, it's just begun. Guys, our pod Boo boos are here. No way. So, yes, Labubus have. You know, they've taken a back seat in the world. The bear cubs came and took their thunder, and now the labubus are hanging and they're rotting, and they're like, hello. I saw one girl the other day, and she was like, she had a labubu. I said, oh, you have a labuboo. She goes, oh, yeah, I forgot to take it off.
Jared
I was like, ooh, ooh, oh, Labubus are through. They're Done.
Shane Dawson
Is that sad?
Jared
That's very sad.
Shane Dawson
But you know what's never gonna go out of style? Our pod boo boos. Okay, they're here. And. Oh, my God, there's so cute.
Spencer
Oh, my God.
Shane Dawson
Oh, we need to figure. We should have got a whole tree and hung them from the tree.
Ryland Adams
Oh, my God. The theme of the tree is pod boo Boo.
Shane Dawson
It could have been also. Oh, my God, this Steve Hartley is so funny in person. This is insane.
Spencer
She got the, like, terrible bald cap.
Shane Dawson
Perfect.
Ryland Adams
The Crocs are incredible.
Spencer
The props just, like, dangling.
Shane Dawson
I feel like he needs to be incorporated into Ryland's recap. I don't know.
Ryland Adams
I don't want to hurt him.
Shane Dawson
Wait, is he in the shot? Yeah.
Jared
I love him.
Spencer
That's amazing.
Shane Dawson
So fun.
Ryland Adams
Oh, my God. The accessories are crazy icky. Lizzie's dog. The Erewhon bag.
Shane Dawson
Yeah. So we're gonna find places for all of our pod boo boos. Thank you so much, Sarah. These are so beautiful. We love them so much. We'll put your Etsy store.
Spencer
Yeah, her Etsy store is up. Back up and running. So you guys go and check it out.
Chris
Mine's gonna chill right here for right now.
Ryland Adams
Oh.
Shane Dawson
Oh, Okay. I don't want to throw him. I'm scared. Well, he's. He's actually. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, guys, I want to talk about Christmas anxiety. Now, number one, we are not just a Christmas podcast. We are for everyone. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, nothing at all. So let's just say holiday anxiety. I personally am getting very triggered because as we're filming this, it is November, and Christmas is coming, and I have not even started to think about Christmas shopping. And let me tell you this. I am usually done with Christmas shopping by Halloween. By Halloween, all of my orders are done, and I have everything ready to go. Because of the pilot, because of everything going on, I haven't even started. Except I do have Chris's present. We got that literally two months ago.
Ryland Adams
Literally.
Shane Dawson
We were somewhere, and I saw something, and I was like, that's Chris. So I had. But I have not done anybody else, and I'm starting to panic. My therapist told me maybe I should just give everybody Chili's gift cards.
Spencer
That would be a good gift.
Shane Dawson
She's like. She's like, make it a joke. And I was like, but here's the problem. I have turned myself into. I don't know why or how, but it started when I was a little boy. But when I was a little boy, I was the kid that gave the most thoughtful gift. The thing that was like, oh, my gosh, like, how did he even remember that? That was my favorite childhood book when I was 7.
Jared
It's kind of crazy how opposite I think we are.
Shane Dawson
Okay.
Jared
Cause I typically will do Christmas shopping ON like the 23rd, sometimes Christmas Eve if stores are open.
Ryland Adams
That's typical straight man, you know, And.
Jared
I get like, anxiety, but it's because I just don't know what to buy for people.
Ryland Adams
Even for Sandy?
Jared
Sometimes even for Sandy.
Spencer
Wow.
Jared
Well, I'll start in like early December because I don't want to feel like I'm, you know, out of time.
Spencer
Right.
Jared
But 90% of my shopping happens probably the day before. We have like the get together at the house and everyone gives gifts.
Shane Dawson
Oh, my God. Yeah, I, like, I have been having such a good week where I'm so excited about everything happening and I wake up every day and I'm so happy to be alive. And then I remember that I haven't started Christmas shopping and I literally start panicking. So. Yeah. Chrissy, what are we gonna do? What are you gonna do?
Chris
I don't know. I'm so stressed because normally similar, I like to plan months in advance my Christmas gifts, especially for like my family, my parents. But this year, because of a new web series that I'm shooting, I had to upgrade my camera bodies, which was a ton of money I didn't have.
Spencer
That I put on my credit cards.
Chris
And like, just like all like a lot of work related stuff I had to buy this year. So normally money that I would have set aside for Christmas I don't have for now. So I'm like, what do I do? And I'm panicking.
Shane Dawson
Maybe just hugs.
Spencer
Coupon for one free hug.
Ryland Adams
And it's a long one. Ten seconds. Plus releases, endorsement.
Shane Dawson
Yeah.
Spencer
You show the footage of you hugging Mickey and it's like, I'll hug you this long.
Shane Dawson
Yeah. So that's my anxiety. And if anybody has any ideas for like a new good Christmas gift that like, that would be something good. Please leave me a comment and help me. I love giving gifts. It really is my. My love language. It is my favorite thing. I hate getting them. It's like the worst thing in the whole world. I want to die every time I have to open a present front of somebody. But I love giving them.
Chris
I relate so much, so much to you.
Spencer
So you guys shouldn't give each other gifts?
Chris
No, because we love giving though. You don't have to open it in front of me.
Shane Dawson
Okay. Don't Open in front of me either.
Ryland Adams
But I do think we've set the standard a little too high across the board. We could just lower our standard.
Shane Dawson
You can't pretend that you don't like giving gifts when every time I give you a good one, you get hard.
Ryland Adams
Not in front of the podcast.
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Spencer
You are fun to give a gift to.
Jared
Whoa, whoa.
Spencer
Not to think it's hard.
Ryland Adams
Just.
Spencer
He's like, these are just love. That was a vaccination. I remember one time I saw. I got, like, croc nuts or something. I just thought I was like, oh, look at these run. And Rylan, oh, my God. And it wasn't even, like, your birthday. I was like, I get why Shane loves giving you gifts so much.
Shane Dawson
Well, speaking of the gift that keeps on giving, guys, we have a game. But before we get to the game, let me talk about another gift that could potentially keep on giving. The gift of a website. That's right. Today's episode is sponsored by Squarespace.
Jared
That was good.
Shane Dawson
Thank you.
Jared
I had no idea where we were going with that.
Shane Dawson
Thank you. Well, if you don't know where you're going and you need to figure out where you're going, you could go to a website, but you're looking for a website that maybe doesn't exist. Maybe you're looking for a website specifically about the hottest Hot Wheels available now, but there's no sites about that. You gotta make it yourself. Well, it's so easy to do with Squarespace, guys, if you don't know about it already. I've talked about them before. Squarespace is the all in one website platform designed to help you stand out and succeed online.
Ryland Adams
If you're Jared, not only can you have the website about Hot Wheels, you could sell the Hot Wheels.
Shane Dawson
Oh, okay. Yes. So there's so many different options that Squarespace gives you. Things that make it really easy for you to start a business. You can sell content. So say, for example, you want to sell videos about your favorite Hot Wheels. You could literally make videos, put them on your Squarespace website, put them behind a paywall, set whatever price you want, and sell them.
Jared
It can't be that easy.
Chris
Have you tried making a website from scratch? It's actually so complicated. If you're as stupid as I am impossible. And I used Squarespace, and now I have a cinematography and an acting website that look professional.
Shane Dawson
Yes. Wait, what is it? What's the website?
Chris
One's crispystation.net or com I should remember. I don't. But one's specifically the acting Crispy the actor and one's crispy station.
Ryland Adams
I think I have rylandadams.com with Squarespace, period.
Shane Dawson
Whoa. And I bet they're so beautiful and personalized. You know why? Because with Squarespace, you can personalize. I mean, yes, they have templates you can drag and drop and just drag your picture and pick a color scheme, but you could also do whatever you want. Like, they make it so easy for you to personalize your website so it doesn't look like everything else out there. They also can help you with email campaigns, which is huge. If you're a small business and you need to reach your customers, maybe you have a new product, a new hot wheel, a new video, whatever it is. With Squarespace, you can use your email campaigns, and you can reach your customers fast. And also analytics, if you want to know more about who's visiting your website, what they're doing on your website, what they're enjoying the most. Squarespace gives you all the analytics. You can look through those for hours. Chris, how many people are going to your website and just staring at you for hours and hours and hours?
Chris
I honestly thought none, because I'm just sending it to the occasional, like, casting director or whatever, but, like, it's probably, like, a few hundred everywhere.
Shane Dawson
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Jared
Grow your business today.
Spencer
Whoa.
Jared
That was good.
Shane Dawson
That was good.
Jared
Clapping for myself. Yeah.
Shane Dawson
Deserve to clap. So thank you so much, Squarespace. We appreciate you. And, yeah, make a website. Have some fun. Okay, time for the game, guys. This is something. I don't think we've done this in, like, a year. Maybe since last Christmas I might. When I gave you my heart and then the very next day you tore it apart this year oh, things are gonna be different Is that the word? Is that an angry song?
Chris
Save me from tears I'll give it to someone's best.
Shane Dawson
Wait, that's a sad song.
Chris
It's really sad.
Shane Dawson
And I'm always bopping to it. Okay, it is time for Christmas, Master debater. That's right. I know. We should have done this for Thanksgiving, because then it could have been mast. Turkey debater.
Spencer
Oh, yeah. That would have been good.
Shane Dawson
Okay, Spencer, do you want to break down how Master Debater works?
Spencer
Well, thanks, Shane. You're on Master Debater. We have five categories, and each round a different member of the podcast is going to be the judge for that category. So we have some Christmas themed categories today. An example would be like, what's the best size Christmas tree? That's a terrible one. But that's an example.
Ryland Adams
I think that's necessary, that question.
Spencer
Okay, well, that's an example and then everyone will give an answer and then we're going to have a chance to debate and everyone's going to try to convince the judge of that round to pick their answer. And the person they pick is going to win that round.
Ryland Adams
I would say 12ft. And if your house doesn't. If your house doesn't allow, then nine.
Shane Dawson
What are you living in a church?
Spencer
Well, that's Trigger Alley, the Christmas. I almost. I was thinking about this the other day. We got the Christmas tree for the office is. We used to go and just cut it down in the woods because it's like. Just woods.
Ryland Adams
Yeah, because you're.
Spencer
But it was always the worst day. It was so stressful. And one time when I was a little kid, we were just like dragged it into the house and then we found out the dog had pooped right in front of the door. And so we dragged the tree through the whole house through and dragged shit everywhere and then put it up and it was like, why does it stink? And then we looked on the backside, it was covered in shit. That's a real Trigger Alley of Christmas.
Ryland Adams
Did you have to take it back outside and spray it with the hose?
Spencer
We just threw it. It was just like, let's. It was. I just remember that being like, you know. You know those days where, like, everyone's a little on edge and it's like, I'm gonna go hang out in my room for a little bit. Everyone's a little too on edge today.
Ryland Adams
Go to the Christmas tree farm.
Spencer
Anyway, does anyone want to host first?
Shane Dawson
I kind of do myself. Okay.
Spencer
Shane is our first host. In Shane's category is the worst gift card to receive on Christmas.
Shane Dawson
What do you think is the worst gift card you could receive for Christmas? I want you guys to convince me.
Spencer
All right, let's go around and say our answers and then we can open the.
Shane Dawson
The court.
Spencer
Open the court. Yeah. So Jared said, fantastic. Sam's.
Jared
Do I need to say more?
Shane Dawson
Come on. Yeah.
Chris
Chris said Sears, because there's like two left.
Spencer
So if you got. You guys are kind of your opening Statements. Spencer said jack in the box. And Ryland said Subway.
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Shane Dawson
Oh, think about it. All right?
Spencer
The court is open.
Ryland Adams
You're at the grocery store. You forgot that you didn't get your friend a gift. You're headed to their house right now. You're looking at the millions of options. And nothing says I hate you like giving. Like it's a crime to reach your hand out and pick up up the subway. Are you kidding me? That's like telling your best friend you.
Shane Dawson
Okay, Your best friend Lizzie is obsessed with her hamstring.
Ryland Adams
She likes Jersey, Mike. So just.
Spencer
I'm piggybacking that argument. But just replace it with Jack in the Box.
Shane Dawson
At least.
Ryland Adams
Jack in the box is like when you're super wasted and you're like, on your way home, just, here you go.
Shane Dawson
Yeah, you're gonna have a tough fight because you picked the wrong judge for this. Yeah, I love Jack of the box.
Spencer
I didn't like Jack.
Chris
Food gift cards are practicing practical.
Ryland Adams
Subway.
Chris
It's practical.
Ryland Adams
No Sears. Guys, Sears is going out of business so you can get discount appliances. That's right.
Chris
They don't exist.
Shane Dawson
No.
Jared
You can. Let me take you guys back to when I was 17. I had a full head of hair at the time. I was able to make it snow on command very easily. I had an hour long process in the morning because my hair was what I had going for me. I was spiking, make it look good. But at the time, I was going to Supercuts, but I realized a fantastic Sam's was a little bit closer. So I went there. I got my haircut. I hadn't really looked at myself. I wasn't a big fan of when they gave me the mirror. And it's like, look at all your bad angles. Right?
Shane Dawson
It's okay.
Jared
Yeah, it looks good. Just get me out of here. And as I'm leaving Fantastic Sam's, two people that I knew were skateboarding by. And before even saying hello to me, they're like, oh, dude. Yeah, I went there last week and they fucked my hair up too. Before I had even looked at my hair, I had been informed that this warranted a response of I feel you. They fucked my hair up too. Now for me to give that as a gift to anybody is almost like, yeah, Subway, you know? Okay, that's maybe kind of bad, but this is saying, I hate you and I want you to look stupid.
Spencer
Oh, wow.
Jared
So, I mean, yeah, you got jerking a burks and, you know, whatever, but.
Chris
I think that's the worst to try to defend myself. Okay. I think you are either getting free food.
Shane Dawson
Okay.
Chris
Free haircuts, or having having to fly to another state to find one of two Sears that still exists.
Ryland Adams
Oh, no. You could use it online, babes. Sears Online, Sears.com right to your doorstep.
Shane Dawson
I'm about to give my verdict, but please feel free in the comments to let us know what you think is the answer for you. For me, personally, where's my gavel?
Chris
I think I know.
Shane Dawson
Oh, my God, Jared's so cute. Okay, I'm gonna use you as my gavel.
Jared
Perfect.
Shane Dawson
I'm gonna say the worst gift card that you could ever receive ever is fantastic.
Spencer
Sa.
Shane Dawson
I.
Jared
Sorry. This is performative, brother, making it so easy to win with that one. But I also want to say you're welcome to all the people out there that might have been thinking about getting a fantastic Sam's gift card for somebody they actually care about.
Ryland Adams
Maybe you should go to law school.
Spencer
That was a really good argument.
Ryland Adams
Your argument was good.
Jared
You know, when you bring real life into it, it's hard not to relate with it.
Chris
The moment you said Fantastic Sam's, I.
Ryland Adams
Was like, oh, did I lose you when I said I also like spicy Italian sandwiches?
Spencer
Well, because Jared won that round. Jared, you want to host the next round?
Jared
I would love to.
Spencer
So Jared's round, the debate topic is the most overrated Christmas food Or.
Jared
Okay, talk about triggering. Come on over.
Shane Dawson
Keto and.
Jared
Okay, but I'm ready. I'm ready.
Spencer
You gotta use your imagination for this.
Jared
I do.
Spencer
Chris, you said candy canes. Shane said mashed potatoes, Spencer said eggnog, and Rylan said Christmas ham.
Shane Dawson
Okay. And also my. I love him, but also mine with no gravy. No gravy.
Spencer
Okay. Dry.
Jared
So just paste.
Ryland Adams
Okay.
Jared
Nasty mashed potatoes.
Ryland Adams
Can I switch mine to. To fruitcake?
Shane Dawson
No, no.
Spencer
My issue with fruitcake is it's not. Everyone says it's terrible. It's not overrated.
Ryland Adams
It's like, yeah, but why are you ever buying it?
Spencer
I'm not.
Jared
I don't even. Do fruitcakes really exist? I feel like it's just a joke thing people say, like, oh, yeah, gonna.
Shane Dawson
Get him a fruitcake? I have no idea. But I will say a pan. A Pan cantoni.
Spencer
Oh, those are good.
Shane Dawson
I didn't even.
Jared
I don't think I've ever seen a fruitcake in the flesh.
Shane Dawson
Those are so mashed potatoes. Let me just say this.
Ryland Adams
You don't like them.
Shane Dawson
I do not understand the hype around mashed potatoes. They are dry. They are boring.
Jared
Not always.
Shane Dawson
It is like nothing. They are paste. They go so fast. Your two bites, they're gone.
Jared
And then you gotta get more.
Shane Dawson
And now you're sick later because you ate so much of it because it wasn't really filling up your stomach with no gravy. They are literally pointless.
Ryland Adams
Has your chef not met Butterfly?
Shane Dawson
No. Butter does not help, but in general, I think potatoes are overrated. I know that's not part of my argument, but a baked potato with nothing on it. Boring. Nothing tastes like a shoe. Mashed potatoes just tastes like a bunch of shoes in a blender. So that's my pitch. That's my argument. And it's unsalted. Unsalted, dry mashed potatoes.
Jared
You are painting a vivid picture of something that sounds disgusting.
Ryland Adams
I will give you.
Jared
I do love mashed potatoes when done right. That's not what you're describing right now.
Shane Dawson
Oh, no.
Jared
You're describing powder in a packet mixed with water clumped on my plate. And it doesn't sound good.
Shane Dawson
So. But I'm also talking about the people that accidentally leave the skin in there, and now there's little chunkies in it.
Chris
Oh, I love that.
Ryland Adams
Yeah, me too.
Shane Dawson
So. Or am I talking about the mix?
Jared
That's an element that I don't mind. A little bit of texture.
Shane Dawson
I'm talking about that. But tell us a mix.
Jared
The mix.
Chris
Yuck.
Spencer
Well, when you think of Christmas, what's something that comes around? It's in the grocery stores. You start seeing everywhere. It's eggnog.
Jared
That thick. Distillery.
Spencer
Disgusting. Creamy.
Ryland Adams
Happy. Do you need to try some as an adult?
Shane Dawson
Have you ever tried any?
Spencer
Yeah, I've had it.
Ryland Adams
We have some in the fridge.
Spencer
Have a glass. Do you want another? No. You feel sick and full and you want to shit your pants.
Ryland Adams
Add whiskey, though.
Spencer
But it's always too much. It's always too rich. You can never have more than a little bit. And then you have a thing in your fridge. It's, like, going to go bad. And then it's like, what is this?
Shane Dawson
What do we do?
Ryland Adams
I do it. Yeah, you just don't like dessert.
Jared
I got to be honest, eggnog's never gone bad in my household. I love eggnog.
Shane Dawson
I love eggnog.
Jared
I don know what the hell it is, but I love it.
Shane Dawson
Is it keto?
Jared
It. It better be keto. This year there better be a keto. Gluten free, fat free, no artificial sweetener, eggnog out there. If there isn't, make one so I could have it.
Ryland Adams
Oh, my gosh. Eggnog flavored ice cream.
Shane Dawson
All right, I get it.
Spencer
I get it. It was a bad pick.
Jared
I might be able to drink eggnog in the car with somebody making it snow.
Spencer
Oh, my God.
Jared
I might be able to look past the snow.
Shane Dawson
You could drag. You could drag a Christmas tree covered in right in front of me and I'm drinking that eggnog.
Ryland Adams
All right, all right.
Spencer
Let's hear Chris.
Chris
Okay, so to me, a candy cane is something that visually is pretty. It looks like Christmas, it feels like Christmas, but the act of eating them sucks. Like, the bend sucks. They break off. They stab you. It comes in a pack of a billion. You never finish them. They're not as good as they look at all whatsoever. It's definitely overrated. I'm not saying they're terrible. We're talking about overrated. These are overrated, period.
Jared
Are you talking about generic candy canes? Are we able to integrate like rainbow candy canes with delicious flavor profiles?
Chris
I think generic.
Shane Dawson
Generic.
Chris
Generic.
Spencer
Okay, well, that's not actually what it says here. It just says candy cane. So I think it's all. I think.
Shane Dawson
Yeah.
Chris
Did Shane say packet in the description?
Shane Dawson
Listen, as much as I don't want to defend my competition, candy canes are gross.
Ryland Adams
Yeah, they're not gross, but they're overrated.
Shane Dawson
I was so mad when I submitted my answer because my answer is candy cane. And Spencer's like, Chris already took that one.
Spencer
Oh, I know.
Shane Dawson
Candy canes are gross. Although the nerds candy canes this year.
Ryland Adams
Okay, imagine this. You come to our house on Christmas.
Jared
I'm there.
Ryland Adams
You know that.
Shane Dawson
I know.
Ryland Adams
Hey, Jared. Welcome. Welcome in. Welcome in.
Shane Dawson
Welcome.
Jared
Thank you for having me. We're so happy to be here.
Ryland Adams
I made the ham again.
Jared
Wait, wait, is that what I'm smelling?
Ryland Adams
It's really. Yeah, it's really flavorless and it's dry. And you know what? The only place open right now is Denny's. So, like, I'll get their ham as a backup. Oh, it's here. It's really dry and disgusting too.
Shane Dawson
No, it's not.
Jared
So I don't know why you're dragging Denny's in this, but not winning me points.
Ryland Adams
You guys are all liking that fat.
Spencer
Rant I love everything about ham.
Chris
Oh, me too.
Shane Dawson
Me too.
Spencer
Me and Lizzie could go have a ham salad right now.
Ryland Adams
You guys are disgusting.
Jared
We don't have to mix lettuce into this. Keep it meat, you know?
Spencer
Yeah, yeah, I agree, actually.
Jared
Okay, well, I've taken everything everyone said into consideration, obviously. Spencer, I love eggnog. Shane, I feel you. There are ways in which the mashed potatoes you described sound utterly disgusting. Ryland. Ham's kind of gross. But, Chris, I will agree that if someone just gave me some candy canes on Christmas, I would feel incredibly disappointed, and they would immediately be re gifted to somebody who would probably be disappointed as well. I have to return my candy canes for Jared. I'm gonna have to give this one to Chris.
Spencer
Yeah, I agree.
Shane Dawson
I agree.
Ryland Adams
Good job, Chris. Well, congrats.
Spencer
We have another new winner, so I think it's your time to host. Okay, and your question was. Which celebrity would make the hottest Santa Claus? So Jared went with Adam Sandler.
Ryland Adams
Oh, yeah.
Spencer
Shane went with O' Shea Jackson Jr. Ice Cube, son.
Chris
That's almost like, did you know Chris?
Ryland Adams
That's almost like, had I known Chris was the judge, this would be completely different.
Spencer
I went with Kevin James. Oh, I guess I just picked a random celebrity.
Jared
Ooh, this is.
Spencer
And then you all know it was me. Rylan went with Chris Pratt. Santa Daddy, always.
Jared
I almost wanna just gracefully bow out of this one. My only saving grace was going to be that Adam Sandler might bring Kevin.
Spencer
Kevin James.
Jared
Kevin James as, like, a sidekick, a sexy elf, per se.
Ryland Adams
I feel like Spencer's kicked out of the game for being privy to knowing who the judge was gonna be.
Spencer
I' I lost the last two so bad.
Chris
He needs the.
Spencer
I need the bump.
Shane Dawson
I'm just gonna say my pitch. Okay, okay. O' Shea Jackson Jr. That's the pitch.
Ryland Adams
Oh, God.
Shane Dawson
Obviously an icon, a great actor, somebody you've never seen. Don the Christmas outfit. There hasn't been a Santa that young.
Chris
And that hot, fine, sexy, gorgeous wife.
Shane Dawson
Yeah, you did the case for me. Somebody who. An awesome. Also somebody who comes from royalty. Ice Cube. We all love him. Legend. Are we there yet? I don't know. Are we, Chris? Yes. Brilliant actor, brilliant Santa. My pitch is complete.
Ryland Adams
Okay. You're trying to get in the Christmas spirit, and you're just like, oh, you know who would just really grow my tent? And it's none other than Chris Pratt. Three years out from any superhero movie. So we're like, a little thicker. He's coming to your door.
Shane Dawson
Why are you trying to fuck Chris Pratt in front of me.
Ryland Adams
Why is this a prompt? You open your door, tell me your breath isn't taken away a little bit by, like, Chris Pratt. A little bit chubby.
Chris
You're selling it?
Ryland Adams
Not just.
Shane Dawson
And hold on. Are you. Is he. Are you making Chris Pratt chubby for Chris or for you?
Ryland Adams
You Both.
Spencer
Well, Chris Pratt's standing at your doorstep.
Shane Dawson
Boing.
Spencer
Who bounces him? Out of the way. It's your favorite. It's Kev. He says, hey, Chris.
Chris
Oh, he said my name. He knows my name.
Spencer
Oh, yeah, he knows you.
Shane Dawson
You guys are.
Ryland Adams
Oh, got him.
Spencer
Oh, God, he doesn't even know you. He wants you. But he's also Santa. Need I say more?
Shane Dawson
No, this is.
Spencer
And he's friends with Adam Sandler.
Chris
Oh, no, this.
Spencer
He can bring Adam Sandler.
Ryland Adams
You actually really sold me on Adam Sandler as Santa, too.
Chris
I do love Sandler.
Jared
Well, Santa is about giving gifts, you know, maybe not himself as the gift, but imagine what Adam Sandler would be offering you as a gift. You're now welcome into his universe. You could be in every movie that he makes. Oh, Happy Gilmore 3 is coming out. Gonna be the biggest movie of 2028.
Ryland Adams
Chris will make sure.
Jared
Would you like to do that? This is my gift to you.
Spencer
Kevin James will suck your dick.
Chris
You win.
Jared
Yes. Busting a nut will last for mere minutes. That is great. KE James will offer fellatio, but I'm talking about the gift that will keep on giving for years and years. When happy go more. 5, 6, 7, 8, 10. Come out. You will be a part of it.
Spencer
We need an answer. We need an answer.
Chris
God, this is. This is so difficult. This is the hardest decision I've ever.
Spencer
You got to make it okay.
Chris
All right, all right. I'm going with.
Ryland Adams
He didn't even do anything.
Jared
Shane literally didn't just pick the perfect.
Shane Dawson
I didn't have to.
Chris
Oh, my gosh.
Shane Dawson
You know, some things are just a no brainer. You know what else is a no brainer?
Chris
What?
Shane Dawson
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Chris
Oh, sorry, what?
Shane Dawson
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Jared
Really a better way to kick off the new year? Whoa, I'm clapping. I'm clapping.
Shane Dawson
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Chris
Great. The best I've ever.
Shane Dawson
You really kicked off, didn't you? Okay, really quick. Before we move on to the next round, does anybody notice anything different where did Steve on a couch go? The new elf on his shelf.
Chris
Where did he go?
Shane Dawson
I think he's over on Sally.
Ryland Adams
He loves riding Sally.
Shane Dawson
He is. So. Okay, should we integrate Steve into our kids lives like soon? Cause you know, elf on a shelf, it is a cute idea, but what is it?
Spencer
Steve on a. Steve on a steed.
Jared
I mean.
Shane Dawson
Oh, a horse.
Jared
Steve on a tree.
Spencer
Steve on a. Steve in a tree.
Jared
Steve on his sleeve. Maybe you can like put on your shirt.
Ryland Adams
Can't we just do Steve on a shelf?
Spencer
Yeah, that's probably the easiest.
Shane Dawson
Okay, next round.
Spencer
Okay, we have two rounds left. So my question is, what is the worst thing you could ask Santa for? Okay, Jared said a meth pipe.
Ryland Adams
That's pretty bad.
Spencer
I mean, Chris said the sweet release of death. Jeez.
Chris
Not a good thing to ask him.
Spencer
Shane, I don't have your answer. Do you have your answer? While you think about that, Rylan said a night with Mrs. Claus.
Shane Dawson
Oh, I have mine.
Spencer
Okay.
Shane Dawson
Man breasts. Oh, specifically, me and Spencer are terrified of getting man breasts.
Spencer
That is a good one.
Jared
Guys, it ain't that bad, okay?
Chris
Right.
Jared
Mine are turning more into packs. But Sandy used to call me sugar tits.
Shane Dawson
Oh, she's gonna hate that. I sniffed that.
Jared
But it has gone to pecs now.
Spencer
Well, yeah, the floor is open, so. That's. That's. That's.
Ryland Adams
When is.
Jared
When is the last time you bought a meth pipe, Spencer?
Spencer
God, it's been a while. I don't think I ever have, actually.
Jared
Yeah, so why would you want one of those?
Spencer
That's a good point. That's a very good point.
Jared
Case closed.
Ryland Adams
And why would you want a night with Mrs. Claus when you know that would wreck a marriage? It just seems like.
Jared
Come on, milk and cookies.
Ryland Adams
Log on to Tinder and find somebody.
Spencer
It's not that easy.
Shane Dawson
But what if Santa's a cuck? What if he's a Santa?
Ryland Adams
Just get on Grindr.
Shane Dawson
Anybody be gay for a day for cuckmas. Here's what I'm gonna say for mine. Santa is magic and he can do anything you ask for. And if you ask for man breasts, he will give them to you. And you can't. I mean, that's. Listen, I've had man breasts before. I am always right there. I'm right at the line. Two Taco Bell orders and I can't wear a T shirt anymore. I have to wear something with pattern, which is what I'm wearing today. So I'm just gonna say this.
Spencer
This.
Shane Dawson
It's a lot. Although now that I'M hearing Ryland is into chubby men. I'm feeling a little bit less scared. Wait, can I just say one thing? That's gonna be contradictory. I don't know if that's a word. No, we got it. Thank you. It's a word. If any of our audience has man breasts. Now I feel bad because I don't want to make you feel sad about it.
Ryland Adams
Well, it's a condition.
Shane Dawson
Rylan likes them now, so it's okay.
Spencer
Now you can have them.
Ryland Adams
You don't think I used to like them?
Shane Dawson
I will say this. Did you used to grab me? Could you grab my breast? Recently?
Ryland Adams
If you're in a gay relationship, you could titty, and that might be nice.
Spencer
Well, unfortunately for me.
Jared
Yeah, I think we're forgetting who the judge is.
Shane Dawson
Shout out all man breasts of all sizes. Anybody that's watching this podcast who has man breasts. We love them. Hey, sugar tits. I'm just saying.
Chris
I will say all of these things. You know, they're bad to different extensions. Nothing is as bad as death, period.
Ryland Adams
The end.
Chris
That is the worst possible thing there is.
Jared
I mean, Spencer, you get the meth pipe, you smoke on it for a few days, all of your teeth are gone, You've lost so much weight that you're skeletal at that point. You're walking around, you're just feening for it. You'll do whatever you need to do to get it.
Shane Dawson
I don't know.
Jared
That sounds worse than some things still alive.
Chris
A chance to redeem themselves.
Shane Dawson
Aww.
Spencer
So deep.
Shane Dawson
I love that movie.
Jared
No, you're too deep in the meth hole, okay? There's no coming back.
Ryland Adams
What does he think?
Spencer
Well, let's just say, hmm, let's think the Mrs. Claus is going down the wrong way. Because I think I would like the thrill of cheating, of having the most exclusive lady on Earth. You know what I mean? Famously married, famously partnered. She probably doesn't run into anybody. So, you know what I mean?
Jared
Like, you'll be giving her the South Pole.
Shane Dawson
I was literally just gonna say that.
Jared
I think it's actually the North Pole.
Shane Dawson
No, but the South Pole means her body. What?
Jared
Yeah, and the North Pole, you'd be, you know, in her North Pole. Give her the North Pole, Santa could.
Shane Dawson
Give her the North Pole, and you give her the south.
Jared
It could be a Christmas tree.
Steve Hartley
Yes.
Shane Dawson
Yeah.
Jared
Okay.
Spencer
That sounds awesome.
Jared
So, I mean, obviously, I think we all know violent didn't win.
Spencer
Well, sorry. I would like to have a threesome with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Wow.
Shane Dawson
Period.
Ryland Adams
I think.
Spencer
And this is not meant to offend anybody, but if you. If I'm thinking about asking Santa for something, I could find a meth pipe. As we've seen in cheats. But I've never once wished. And I would. With his magical powers, I wouldn't want to just wake up Christmas morning with man breasts. I would like it to be of my own. If I'm gonna get man this, at least I get to eat good stuff to get it. If, like spirits. Yeah, exactly. If I wish for them, then I. Then it's just. Then I just get them and then.
Ryland Adams
It'S a bad wish.
Shane Dawson
Then what?
Spencer
Then I have to get a bra.
Ryland Adams
Sleeping with Mrs. Claus seems like a good wish.
Spencer
Yeah, that would be fun.
Chris
Yeah.
Jared
This is a fantasy for most.
Shane Dawson
The worst.
Ryland Adams
Oh, the worst thing.
Spencer
Yeah, it was.
Ryland Adams
Yeah. Okay, well, I'm getting confused.
Spencer
Well, anyway, I pick shit.
Jared
I pick shit.
Ryland Adams
Come on, sugar tits.
Spencer
Oh my God.
Shane Dawson
Too much moved when I woo.
Spencer
Okay, let's also just say this summer I was wearing T shirts as well.
Shane Dawson
We all were, babe.
Ryland Adams
Thank God it's Carton.
Shane Dawson
We all were.
Spencer
Yeah, thank God. It's getting cold again. Well, Rylan, your category is the best gift to give someone that would break the bank.
Ryland Adams
Okay, I see why I was chosen for this.
Spencer
Chris said a new car like a Yara. Spencer said a butler. Shane said big diamond earrings. And Jared said a Hot Wheels 2008 Modern Classics 83 Silverado okay, you don't know your audience.
Jared
I was a little confused about how this game, you know.
Ryland Adams
Okay, yeah, well, how much is that even running for?
Jared
I mean, here. Here's the thing. A 2008 Modern Classics 83 Silverado six months ago was going for $400.
Spencer
Wow.
Jared
Today $800. And with the releases coming out in 2026 for this casting, it could go upwards of multi thousands we're talking.
Ryland Adams
So this is money could buy.
Jared
This is a good investment. I'm just saying other things depreciate. They get lost. They steal.
Spencer
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Spencer
They don't need to be in their space, they're waiting in the corner. Oh, what's that? You need me to go get some more air? One for you, Ryland.
Jared
Right away.
Shane Dawson
Right?
Spencer
And they serve it to you on a nice little platter.
Shane Dawson
Ryland hates people in the house.
Ryland Adams
And that's the thing.
Spencer
And they can hang outside and they can hang out.
Shane Dawson
Out.
Ryland Adams
Then I have to manage the employee. And if there's something about me. I hate managing an employee.
Spencer
A good butler is. You don't have to manage it.
Shane Dawson
The only thing you're going to have to manage with me is making sure those lobes don't droop too far down. Because these earrings are big.
Ryland Adams
These were. These are very nice, but I could go like a couple carrots bigger. I'm not gonna lie.
Shane Dawson
And these. Baby, this is a whole carrot section at Erewhon.
Chris
Bigger.
Shane Dawson
We're talking. They're so big.
Ryland Adams
I'm half hard.
Shane Dawson
I can tell. Also, can we just say Rylan's not doing anything gross under this blanket. There's so many comments recently about you touching yourself under that blanket. What are you doing?
Spencer
I mean, it looks close. Touching his legs.
Ryland Adams
I'm wiggling my legs while my hands are in them.
Shane Dawson
Okay. Just letting everybody know.
Ryland Adams
Oh, I kind of like. It would have been more mysterious to just let him run.
Shane Dawson
Okay.
Ryland Adams
But, yeah, Rylan's jacking off on the Shane Dawson podcast. It's really disturbing.
Shane Dawson
Your ears are so heavy. Oh, it hurts because they're just so big. The diamonds, the way they catch the light. You're causing car wrecks. You're sorry. You're sorry. Okay.
Ryland Adams
That's a good one.
Chris
That is an incredible, incredible gift. But as you said, you have a nice pair already. You do not have a Yaris. And that is the thing. Isn't a yard you wanted, and it doesn't even have to be that. It could be an upgraded model.
Jared
Is a Toyota.
Chris
Yaris is like a shitty Lamborghini.
Shane Dawson
Are we thinking of a Urus?
Chris
I don't know how to say it. I did.
Steve Hartley
Sorry, Chris.
Chris
I didn't know there was a Toyota. That sounded very similar. I meant the Lamborghini, of course.
Shane Dawson
I don't know. I feel like all answers were lost, you know? Okay.
Ryland Adams
As a gift, then I have to pay for the insurance. I have to pay for the registration. The upkeep is a lot.
Chris
No, it's all taken care of.
Ryland Adams
Sorry, babes. I'm going with the diamond earrings.
Spencer
Quick round cut to earlier in this episode where he said, I'm Done. I don't need any more of that.
Shane Dawson
I know. Now he's saying the fucking earrings are too small.
Jared
I'll be reminding you in six months what that 2008 Modern Classics 83 Silverado is worth.
Chris
And I'm returning your URUS I got for Christmas.
Shane Dawson
Well, that was our game of Master Debater Christmas edition. Wow, that was fun. We should play that more.
Spencer
Yeah, that was good.
Ryland Adams
People really think I'm doing something funky under here.
Shane Dawson
Yes. There's literally like whole comments with, like, a bunch of likes, and people are just like, what is Rylan doing under that blanket? Oh, I love it. Well, speaking of gifts, I keep on kidding. You know what the best possible gift that you could give this holiday season is? What's that? No, it's not diamond rings and diamond earrings. No, it's not O' Shea Jackson Jr. Although it's a close up. No, it's not man breasts and no, it's not a Hot Wheels that I forgot the name of.
Jared
I'm gonna need some convincing.
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It's one of Shane's icks. And so now it's like by proxy, one of my icks, because I'm like, what if I do that? And then my husband hears me doing that and then he's icked out by me and he never wants to sleep with me again, and then I have to find.
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Well, he would never have to hear you say that if he had some.
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Ryland Adams
Halftime.
Shane Dawson
You are literally the only person who watches this podcast and sleeps during the Conspiracy. Most people probably skip to it.
Ryland Adams
I know. Crazy. How do we not align? How are we that misaligned, you and I?
Spencer
It's a Christmas miracle.
Shane Dawson
Wow. That's right. We have so many conspiracies. And I'm ready to lay and put my feet up and listen, because two of these theories are coming from our boys over here. Before we get to that, let's talk about Taco Bell theories. That's right, guys. I love Taco Bell. I don't want drama with them. I have been the spokesperson for Taco Bell a couple times. I really do love Taco Bell, so I'm not coming for them. But I will say I found something out recently. I thought we had covered them all, obviously. Right. The Illuminati sign is, like, kind of in their logo. If you really look at the Taco Bell logo, it kind of looks like an evil eye, like a reptile eye. We've talked about that. We've talked about the fact that they're dong that big bell. There's theories that it symbolizes the end.
Spencer
Of the world and the Mountain Dew.
Shane Dawson
And the fact that every time Mountain Dew comes out with a new flavor at Taco Bell, something bad happens. So one theory. This is actually kind of interesting. So I've never heard of this movie, the Demolition Man. It's a movie that takes place in the future. And every single restaurant in this movie was Taco Bell, which is kind of crazy. But the theory is that it was corporate predictive programming trying to condition us to accepting that in the future, fast foods might be monopolies. Which, honestly, kind of makes sense, because now, I mean, there are so many fast food places. And I was talking to Ryland about this. We had a little. Little scuffle, if you will. What? Well, I was just like, you know, are we going to be those parents that don't let our kids eat fast food? Or are we going to be those parents that, like, once in a while, like a nugget here and there? And I started thinking about it, and I was like, well, I. I want to Be the fun parent who eats fast food sometimes. Because it was such a big part of my channel childhood, we would go to fast food all the time. You drive down the street, you see so many, and it's, like, fun and exciting. It's nostalgic. But now that parents are against feeding their kids fast food, like, what was your take, Rylan?
Ryland Adams
I think every once in a while is fine. I. I don't like. I understand the nostalgia of, like, the play places and the things. I think a couple of things could be true. Like, the ingredients are a lot worse now. And I don't think it's, like, something I want to put on regular rotation, but I think a special occasion. Fine.
Spencer
I also think because I grew up in, like, Vermont area where people are super crunchy and, like, no, you know, granola, everything. And the kids who were never allowed.
Ryland Adams
To have fast food, then they go nuts.
Spencer
They go, like, bingy when they can't get it. Because when they're, like, in, like, first out of the house, it's like, oh, my God, I have a car. I can drive.
Ryland Adams
Like, I'm gonna order.
Spencer
I'm gonna get five guys every day. Every day. Every day. So it's like, I think you need to, like.
Ryland Adams
I think it's a fine line of not making it feel like a special treat.
Spencer
Exactly.
Ryland Adams
But making it feel normal. Normal and. But so often expected.
Spencer
Yeah.
Ryland Adams
Yes.
Shane Dawson
That makes sense.
Chris
Because it's human nature when you deprive someone of something or tell them they can't have it, they want it more. And, like, everyone I know whose parents were like, don't have candy. They, like, all love candy now. I grew up with my mom having candy just, like, available at all times whenever I wanted in cupboards. And I don't really need candy.
Shane Dawson
I just love food. And I don't think our parents had anything to do with it. I think that's genetics, babe.
Chris
And I have to be also.
Shane Dawson
Okay, so speaking of nostalgia and things that Taco Bell might have been pre planning for, this was actually kind of crazy. So there's a theory that the fourth meal is actually mind control. Okay, so you know Taco Bell, they had those commercials in the early 2000s where it was like, your fourth meal. Taco Bell, 11pm it's midnight snack. No, no, no. It's a fourth meal.
Ryland Adams
It's time for fourth meal, the late.
Shane Dawson
Night meal between dinner, dinner, and breakfast.
Ryland Adams
Heard of the pyramid?
Shane Dawson
Check out the square. Well, supposedly it was an experiment in Sarcadian manipulation. Taco Bell ads In the early 2000s were targeted to teenagers with specific audio frequencies and subliminal cues, especially in TV commercials meant to cause cravings after 11pm it wanted to train a new generation's internal clocks to associate hunger with late night eyes hours. I will say this, I will leave this one, because around 11pm after we've already eaten dinner, we're done, babes. We had dinner. We had dessert. We had a little chocolate treat. About 11pm I turned around and I go, are we ordering Taco Bell?
Spencer
Yeah.
Shane Dawson
It's never anything else. It's never McDonald's. I'm too full for that. It's never Jack in the box, even though I love him too. It's just Taco Bell. It's only Taco Bell. Isn't that weird?
Ryland Adams
Yeah, right?
Spencer
It's funny because they went so far that way. They recently had to have an ad campaign where I think people were only getting it late night. And they had a whole campaign that's like, Taco Bell. You can get it for lunch. They had a whole campaign.
Ryland Adams
Like, it is interesting that you can have Taco Bell when you're full, right?
Shane Dawson
That's weird, right?
Ryland Adams
It still sounds good.
Spencer
McDonald's.
Shane Dawson
No, no, nothing sounds good when you're, like, bloated to a point of puke.
Ryland Adams
And you're like, I can throw back a Taco from Taco Bell.
Shane Dawson
Well, this next theory is a right rabbit hole. And I got angry. Guys, let me set the scene. Okay? So dinner comes. We got some, like, chicken and hummus and stuff. And I was like, oh, no, I forgot to get sauce. I open up my drawer and I see a bunch of Taco Bell hot sauces. And I was like, oh, I love Taco Bell hot sauces. It's my favorite. Fire. Are you kidding me? It's fire. So I take out my fire sauce.
Ryland Adams
A pack per bite. If you're Shane.
Shane Dawson
Thank you. I put it on my little chicken skewer. I take a bottle. Bite. Garbage. What the fuck? Oh, okay. Maybe I got a bad one. Okay, open up another packet. I put it on a bite of my hummus and my little pita. Take a little bite. Oh, yuck. This is disgusting. Tastes so bland. Tastes like nothing. It felt like I had Covid. So then I was like. I started thinking about it, and I was like, you know what else is weird? When you get the bottles of Taco Bell hot sauce at the store. You know, they sell it in the bottles.
Chris
I didn't even know they had a bottle.
Shane Dawson
They. But every time I. And I've multiple times I've bought a bottle of this, thinking it's going to change my life. Because I'm like, well, you know, in times where I don't want to eat Taco Bell, we'll get the Taco Bell sauce and I'll pour it on my chicken or my homemade tacos or whatever. Always disgusting. So then I was like, well, it has to be made by a different manufacturer. It can't be made by Taco Bell. There's no way. It's disgusting on everything. But then I realized something. What if Taco Bell sauce is only good on Taco Bell? But that doesn't sense. Make sense, right? So I Google it. Mr. Google gave me an answer that I didn't want to hear, but an answer I needed to hear. Taco Bell sauces are designed specifically to match their very specific ingredients, especially the seasoned beef tortillas and cheese blend. The sauces are fairly mild with a tangy vinegar base and just enough salt to complement their already very salty, fatty, unami heavy food. When you put their sauce on something else, like homemade tacos or eggs, that balance disappears and the sauce can taste thin, vinegary, and odd. Literally. Wow. They, they designed this sauce to taste specifically good with only their food. And when you try it with other food, try it at home. If you have any sauce laying around. If you try it with other food, it is not just disgusting, it is like revolting. And I think this was their plan, right? Because I'm eating my chicken, right? And I put the hot sauce on it. I try. I'm like, oh, gross. But what I was thinking was, should I just order Taco Bell?
Spencer
Oh, that's why they give you so many sauces.
Shane Dawson
They give you so many sauces cuz they want you to have a drawer full of them. So that every time you eat your homemade taco or whatever that you spend so much time on, and then you try and you're like, this sucks. Now I want Taco Bell.
Ryland Adams
And that becomes your fourth meal.
Shane Dawson
Isn't that crazy?
Ryland Adams
Crazy.
Shane Dawson
I feel like it's kind of great. Because other restaurants don't do that, right? McDonald's has ketchup. It's just ketchup. Or like every other chick fil a can't.
Jared
Sweet and sour sauce is good on anything. Everywhere.
Shane Dawson
Good on anything. Are you kidding me? The barbecue sauce at McDonald's, I would pour that on my gooch.
Ryland Adams
What is a gooch between your and your penis?
Shane Dawson
I think I don't have a but.
Ryland Adams
And girls don't have that.
Shane Dawson
No, they don't.
Spencer
Have a gooch.
Shane Dawson
Well, they don't need a whole row. They just have a little. A little gooch. A little corner.
Spencer
Yeah, it's a little roundabout.
Shane Dawson
And roundabout.
Ryland Adams
It's just like a patch of skin.
Shane Dawson
See, I don't know. I thought that was kind of crazy. Like, I know that sounds dumb, but it made everything make sense. And then it pissed me off because. And I love you, Taco Bell. But the amount of people that buy that bottle of that Taco Bell sauce at. At the store thinking it's going to.
Ryland Adams
Fix their disgusting, thinking it's going to.
Shane Dawson
Make it taste like Taco Bell, but it only tastes good with Taco Bell. I have had multiple of those bottles throughout my life. Rot in my fridge because I get so excited at the idea of making my own Crunch Wraps and using the Taco Bell sauce, and then it tastes like fucking garbage.
Ryland Adams
Can you prove it?
Shane Dawson
Well, we were going to, and then we felt bad because Jared's doing the keto thing and I didn't want to do it again.
Ryland Adams
Yeah, fine.
Shane Dawson
Okay. Well, speaking of things that pissed me off, this next theory is something that you guys have been emailing a lot about about. And I don't want to talk about it because what's going to piss me off is how much Ryland's going to want one. This is the new Neo house robot. Let's take a look at the commercial for this bad boy.
Spencer
We built the chores feature to give you your time back. You give your Neo a list of chores. You schedule a time that you want them done so that you can focus on what matters to you while your Neo does the rest. You can schedule chores by either talking to your Neo Neo or using the app. The way it works is you schedule a time that works best for you.
Shane Dawson
I hate those.
Spencer
Create a list of chores. Whether it's something more specific these days or something more general like tidying the house, your Neo will get it done at the scheduled time. If there are any chores that your Neo hasn't learned how to do autonomously, you can use expert mode to have an expert from 1x supervise the test and provide corrective intervention to help Neo complete any task. It's creepy.
Shane Dawson
Is that its point of view?
Spencer
Yep. Its eyes are cameras.
Chris
Ew. Imagine when it kills you and it's from that angle.
Shane Dawson
If people are fucking Spirit Halloween.
Spencer
Yeah, True animatronics.
Shane Dawson
Poor little Neo's gonna.
Jared
There's no way 90% of people buying these aren't getting hand jobs from it.
Shane Dawson
Oh, my God.
Ryland Adams
Is that cheating?
Shane Dawson
Yes.
Ryland Adams
This Neo is it flesh butt isn't flesh butt.
Shane Dawson
I bought a flesh butt one time as a joke and Ryland will not shut up about it. This was like 10 years ago and he got mad at me.
Ryland Adams
I don't like it. It's not that different. When I was looking into it, these robots can only do limited amount of things, so somebody has to control them.
Spencer
You're already looking into this?
Shane Dawson
Yep. What?
Ryland Adams
Well, yeah, I was gonna buy one.
Shane Dawson
No, we are not having a fucking robot in our house.
Ryland Adams
Yes, we are.
Shane Dawson
No, we're not.
Spencer
These are. I don't know. So these are like their merry Christmas, babes.
Chris
When I first saw it, it reminded me of. Do you know in signs when you first see the alien come out of the bush and it's terrifying. That's what I felt when I first.
Shane Dawson
That motherfucker walking, like, I'm like changing, getting naked. And he walks by me and judges my breast.
Ryland Adams
Oh, he's little.
Shane Dawson
Yeah.
Spencer
And so they have these.
Jared
What a weird picture.
Spencer
I know. These ads, their ads are so bizarre. These are all on their website that I was just like looking around and they're, they're so, like for me, they're so clearly trying to avoid like, people are scared of robots. Like, yeah, look at it. It's a.
Shane Dawson
So.
Spencer
And they, they emphasize it's a soft knit body. They keep talking about what a soft knit body.
Shane Dawson
Oh, so when it's choking me, it's.
Spencer
They have like this old man.
Ryland Adams
This is literally like Megan the movie, right?
Shane Dawson
Yeah.
Ryland Adams
Yes. Yeah.
Shane Dawson
And does it look like Ryland, you have a soft nippody. Yeah, maybe they say gay guys like each other. Like guys that look like themselves.
Chris
Not me.
Shane Dawson
Miss Buster.
Spencer
The real weird thing is the eyes. And so when here I think this.
Shane Dawson
There may be a human behind the curtain. What?
Ryland Adams
The robot strings.
Shane Dawson
What if I throw up? Will the robot throw up? A company representation representative may need to.
Ryland Adams
Peer into your house via Neo's camera.
Shane Dawson
Eyes to get things done to many people. This is crazy.
Ryland Adams
You have to be okay with this.
Jared
For the product to be useful.
Shane Dawson
Its fabric covered body lets Neo try to do a lot of things humans do around the house.
Ryland Adams
Emphasis on try. You got this, Neo.
Shane Dawson
You got it.
Spencer
It's not very cheap.
Shane Dawson
Load three items in the dishwasher.
Ryland Adams
Oh, no.
Spencer
It's so bad, dude.
Jared
The possibility for these things to get hacked and just murder everybody in the house.
Ryland Adams
Yes.
Jared
Is like so high.
Shane Dawson
Allegedly.
Jared
I can't even let this thing around my dog.
Shane Dawson
Just a theory.
Chris
Wait. But also, if you have to control it does not defeat the entire purpose.
Ryland Adams
Yeah.
Shane Dawson
Wait, so some is like watching my. My house through and they're wearing.
Spencer
They're wearing like VR and they have little like, hands.
Ryland Adams
That's the.
Shane Dawson
Out of my house. That's right.
Ryland Adams
Have to schedule a time because they have to be in a VR suit, like in your house. And it's like, I just don't think.
Jared
They'Re in your house. And the robots in your house isn't AI.
Shane Dawson
This is a man.
Ryland Adams
Yes.
Shane Dawson
The fuck is going at that point.
Chris
Just hire a maid or something.
Shane Dawson
You're.
Chris
That's what you're doing. You're hiring a person, but less efficiently.
Shane Dawson
Literally. Merry Maids is not robots. And they kill it.
Spencer
It's probably cheaper too.
Shane Dawson
Yeah. And you're supporting their families.
Chris
And they're not recording.
Shane Dawson
And a merrymaid has never tried to choke me out.
Ryland Adams
I'm sure in a year we're gonna have a really good one.
Jared
Possibly the sketchiest thing I've seen so far.
Spencer
I also could see in a year something bad happens. But allegedly a Neo allegedly attacks someone. Or maybe an employee gets mad.
Chris
I'm Team Jared on this.
Shane Dawson
Also, Megan was like iconic. She had like a good wig on. Like, she had makeup. She had dance moves. This little motherfucker looks like a voodoo doll.
Spencer
Yeah.
Chris
What if you died by that? It'd be so embarrassing.
Shane Dawson
So embarrassing. Tiny little twink ass robot choking me out.
Jared
And you gotta be concerned when competition arises because how are they going to sabotage each other?
Spencer
Oh, that's just saying.
Ryland Adams
Think about it.
Shane Dawson
Taking different.
Ryland Adams
Breaking down the boxes in the recycling bin, taking out the trash, grabbing the mail.
Shane Dawson
It would take 10 years. Yeah.
Spencer
It would take like a week for that guy.
Shane Dawson
It would take two weeks.
Ryland Adams
I'm just saying in two years.
Shane Dawson
We're not doing it. Okay, well, speaking of things that are gonna make us fight, nothing could do that. Spencer, you said we have a new dress. And listen, I'm gonna take a nap. We haven't done this in a while. I feel like it's time to try it.
Ryland Adams
Oh no.
Spencer
This one is less. I think maybe gonna make it. I don't know. It's more like hard to wrap your brain around how it works, but it's in the same, like, vein.
Shane Dawson
Okay.
Spencer
And it's been going viral lately.
Shane Dawson
You guys want to see some cool color theory?
Spencer
So it's the same. It's one color paint.
Shane Dawson
Okay. I love her name. Hanana Bread goodness.
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Spencer
Look at this.
Shane Dawson
What?
Spencer
So she's painting.
Video Narrator
It's.
Spencer
It's in a corner of a wall.
Shane Dawson
What? Wait, I don't know what's happening. What am I looking at?
Spencer
Oh, look at this. No, it's the same.
Jared
Oh, what?
Spencer
Like, how does that make sense?
Jared
What?
Ryland Adams
I love color theory. It's so cool.
Shane Dawson
I don't get it.
Chris
I feel like I had a struggle.
Shane Dawson
What?
Spencer
Isn't that, like, I don't get it. Exactly.
Shane Dawson
Hanana bread. You need to bake this one a little longer.
Chris
Changed colors.
Shane Dawson
How did that happen?
Chris
That was editing or something at that point.
Shane Dawson
Was it.
Chris
There's.
Shane Dawson
Because she was painting over a different color. I don't know. Hanana bread.
Spencer
I think it's because the wall was two different colors. Playing again. So she has one color for ends. And I said, see the. In the corner? It's two different colors. But. But it doesn't make any sense.
Chris
It doesn't make any sense.
Spencer
The 1ch goes each.
Jared
Each side.
Chris
That doesn't make any sense. No, she had different color paint on the other side.
Jared
You see her dip it?
Spencer
You see her dip it in the thing?
Shane Dawson
You see her dip it?
Chris
I don't know. I don't. I don't trust this one.
Ryland Adams
Is it AI?
Shane Dawson
I don't know.
Ryland Adams
Is this Sora?
Shane Dawson
Is it AI?
Ryland Adams
Is it Sora?
Chris
I think there's trickery going on here. I don't buy this one.
Spencer
Anyway, that was just a good color. I mean, we're not gonna.
Jared
I don't know.
Spencer
I wish I had the answer. I should have probably looked it up.
Jared
Unless it's not paint. It's some solution that strips the paint. Oh, but that's a tough one. I'm not a color theorist.
Spencer
That was the one where I've been making the rounds lately.
Shane Dawson
Okay, this next thing is a little bit of a deep dive from our little birdman over there. You started telling me about this, and I was like, save this for the podcast. In the last episode, we talked about the mall theory, which, now that we talked about it, all my dreams are there. Like, the mall is expanding. It's getting crazier. But you said that there's a theory about Actual shopping malls.
Spencer
Yeah. This actually plays into the color theory. There's like color tricks. Remember when we talked about how it's like how grocery stores have all these tricks to like keep you in certain sections? And so we had a listener write in named Maya. She said, hi, Shane and friends. I had this eye opening conversation with my family and it really blew my mind. So basically, her brother works in mall design.
Shane Dawson
Stop.
Spencer
And so these are, these are some. He gave like a full rundown of all the like tricks they use at malls to like keep you. And so he said, I used to work in mall design. The maps are lying to you. I don't care if anyone believes me. I worked for a firm that designs shopping centers around the Midwest. We didn't call it marketing psychology. We called it wayfinding influence. So it's all about like, we're keeping you in certain positions in the market mall. Those you're here dots, never accurate. They're off by a few feet on purpose. Every foot of misdirection equals about 45 more seconds of walk. Multiply that by thousands of shoppers. You just added hours of browsing time a day. So when it says you are here, you're never actually right in that spot. And so you have to sort of reorient yourself. So you're walking around, you're looking at the stores, you're looking at all the products. Ever notice how the maps are slightly rotated?
Shane Dawson
Yes.
Spencer
That's intentional too. Your brain keeps trying to reorient, which causes mild disorientation. People spend 17% more when they're lost, but they think they're not.
Shane Dawson
That's.
Spencer
It's all about like. It's not like it doesn't. You know, when you're looking at the map, it's not like you're looking right down the right way. You have to like, which way are we? Which way are we going?
Ryland Adams
But you have the confidence because you have the map.
Spencer
Exactly. You're like, ah, color coding. We used a palette tested in casinos and airports. Warm tones near.
Jared
Exactly.
Spencer
Exits to draw you toward anchor stores. Cool tones near rest areas to slow your pace. You think you're making choices, but you're being funneled through a pattern that's been tested a thousand times.
Shane Dawson
Whoa.
Spencer
So the next time you're standing in front of that glossy board spinning around trying to figure out why the Apple store isn't where you thought it was, it's not you. The map wants you to be lost.
Shane Dawson
That makes me mad. I know. It's super. The amount of Times. Me and my grandma got lost at the mall and she thought she was losing her mind. And I was like, no, Grandma, we. We're in the seas. Candy is supposed to be right here. And she's like, then why the fuck am I looking at Sears? And why is Chris here?
Jared
And what happened to Orange Julius?
Shane Dawson
I don't know.
Jared
Where are they?
Ryland Adams
Keep asking questions.
Shane Dawson
I don't know.
Spencer
Where are you?
Jared
Orange Julius.
Ryland Adams
Sometimes they're, like, rarely attached to a Dairy Queen.
Jared
And why are the bathrooms always 500ft away from the walkway? Have you noticed this?
Ryland Adams
Yeah.
Jared
At the mall, when you go to the bathroom, you gotta go through, like, a hidden tunnel that takes you 500ft. Yeah. You get there, it's like, give us more bathrooms.
Shane Dawson
Also, did you know, for those of you who don't have kids, let me just tell you what you're missing out on. A fucking amusement park in the family bathroom. Okay. You think it's just a bathroom, right? It's the one that has a family on it. You think it's just a bathroom? No, no, no. You open that door, there's a fucking amusement park. There was a playground. There was couches, chairs. There was vending machines, there were snacks. It was a whole situation. But you're not allowed in unless you have your kids. And. Baby, we got kids. So we're in.
Chris
There's a vending machine.
Shane Dawson
Vending machine snacks, and then mini toys for the children.
Ryland Adams
Like an adult toilet.
Shane Dawson
It's like a whole thing.
Spencer
Wait, is this all in one room where people are shitting and playing on the.
Ryland Adams
No, it's like.
Shane Dawson
No, no. The actual bathrooms are. They're in there.
Spencer
Okay, okay.
Shane Dawson
But they trick you with the family restroom thing. You think it's bathroom. It's not. And then one woman followed us in who didn't have kids, and then she re. She realized with us, she just walked into an amusement park and she went, what?
Spencer
No. Really?
Shane Dawson
Yes. And I said, I know. It's our first time.
Chris
You're like, you don't have kids. You're not allowed to see this.
Shane Dawson
I was like, it's okay, Auntie.
Ryland Adams
You have to go.
Spencer
Yeah. Two men in suits just carry her away. Every.
Chris
Every time I saw one of those, I thought it was literally just one bathroom. Like, just a single bathroom for a crack.
Shane Dawson
Open that door, babes. It's okay.
Spencer
It was like Narnia that blew my mind.
Shane Dawson
Okay, well, speaking of blowing our minds, Jared, I'm going to show you a video, and then Jared's going to give a deep dive about this because this is pretty crazy. This is a theory involving a comet that might be coming to destroy Earth. Or is it?
Video Narrator
Okay, let's talk about it. Two months ago, scientists detected something strange entering our solar system. A massive object enter out near Jupiter, heading on a trajectory for the inner planets. Three hours came from interstellar space. And people immediately started to speculate that it might be a hostile alien spacecraft. The initial estimate on how big it was made it even more interesting. Based on its reflected light, they calculated that it was about 11km wide, about 100 times bigger than Oumuamua, the first interstellar visitor, and similar in size to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. When we take a closer look look at the object, we can see that it has a brightly glowing coma and a nice long tail.
Jared
It's like a big piece of poop floating.
Spencer
He gets way more scientific.
Jared
So he is giving quite a bit of information. And it sounds like he made this video two months after the comet was discovered. So the latest information that's come out about this and the crazy part to me is it's on like major news stations like fox, NBC, abc, they all have this scientist who is a professor at Harvard named Ari Loeb. And it's like very jokingly when they talk to him because I don't know if we gathered this from the video, but there's only been three comets ever that we've observed that came from outside of our solar system. So this thing could be potentially, you know, like older than the Earth itself. But when he's on these new shows, the anchors literally joke with him like, so it's. Is this the alien invasion that's gonna happen? What you're basically describing is like a.
Spencer
Mothership with probes, potentially.
Shane Dawson
What would some other civilization want here on Earth or with us Earthlings?
Jared
And it's kind of like, you know that thing they say they hide it in plain sight, like they're all talking about it. But if you ask a common person, most people have no idea that this is going on. No, but so a few crazy things about it is. So they discovered it in July. Like the guy said, it's about 11 kilometers wide. It's huge. Only the third interstellar comet that we've observed. I think the current one that we're looking at 3i is about the size of Manhattan. So it's like the size of a large city.
Shane Dawson
What?
Jared
Yeah. So a couple interesting things about it that kind of lead me to believe that it's more than what they're leading on to. Or maybe they're trying to make something of it is just a few days ago, China released a couple images of it from one of their own roving satellites that they have. And they didn't call it a comet, they called it a visitor.
Spencer
Oh, what the.
Jared
So most comets are comprised of gas and ice. So when it goes perihelion, which means it goes behind the sun and it catches the orbit of the sun, they typically will lose like the majority of their mass because the sun melts it. But what this one did is it actually started changing colors and got brighter than the sun. So they're saying that this would be indicative of it actually having an engine on it. So it's not just being propelled by gravity, it's actually non gravitationally propelled. And they believe that it could have an engine in it. It also, because of the way that it's reflecting light, it's smoother than any object they've ever seen in space, which leads to make people believe it's artificial or it's been, you know, created. And it's not just a space rock. So that's leading a lot of people to believe that this is an alien craft, not a comet. And the creepy thing is in 1977 they had this astronomic telescope I believe it's called, named the Big Ear. And the whole goal was to send frequencies out into outer space, waiting on frequencies to come back, which would be alien communication. Well, in 1977, it's called the wow signal. And it was the only time they ever received any kind of data back from one of their, you know, frequency blasts. And this comet is evidently coming from the same Sagittarius constellation as that signal came back from.
Shane Dawson
Wow.
Jared
And when it first happened, they said the reason that we don't want to try to communicate again with this freaking frequency is because it would take around 50 years for it to even come back to us.
Spencer
No.
Jared
And 1977 to now is 48 years. So it's, it like kind of lines up with, let's say in 1977, we got this signal coming back from this, you know, random, you know, planet or something like that. Like, oh, we coming. And then they send this huge craft to Earth and that, that's what we're looking at here. And it's supposed to get the closest it will on December 19th of this year. Of this year. Why are they not.
Shane Dawson
Why is nobody talking about it?
Jared
Well, that's the thing. Like why would nobody be talking about this? And my theory behind it is. Remember the movie don't look up?
Shane Dawson
Yeah.
Jared
Where, like, there's one guy who knows everything, and he's, like, freaking out about it, and he keeps telling people, you.
Spencer
Got to look up.
Jared
You got to pay attention. This is major. This is huge. And it's not until the very last second was where all of a sudden, everybody's panicking, and it's, like, real. This guy has been going on shows. He was on the Joe Rogan podcast. He's on the news all the time, and he keeps telling people that there's, like, a 40% chance, in his expert opinion, that this is an alien craft and we should be very cautious of whatever is to come by it. So I think it's either real and it's very scary, and who knows what's going to happen, or this is exactly like they talked about about with Project Blue Beam, and there's going to be some kind of a fake invasion. But I think they have to set it up a couple months in advance and make it, like, a soft launch.
Spencer
That was my first thought when I saw it. I was like, wow, this feels exactly like Project Blue. Like, literally to a T. Who?
Jared
But yeah, so Project Blue Beam could be happening this year.
Chris
Wow.
Jared
2025.
Ryland Adams
Okay.
Shane Dawson
Yeah. Merry Christmas. Wow. That's a probably the scariest theory you've ever done. And I'm scared.
Chris
So does that mean we're all dead for Christmas?
Spencer
Hopefully they wait till the new year.
Ryland Adams
This was your wish to Santa Claus?
Spencer
Yeah. You did wish this to Santa.
Shane Dawson
What? That's so scary. Well, speaking of things that come at.
Ryland Adams
You fast.
Shane Dawson
Speaking of things that come at you real fast, I think it's time for a recap.
Steve Hartley
Light, camera, action. Rylan's recap is about to happen. Ryland's recap on today's episode of the Shane Dawson Podcast. Hey, Ryland, we have. We have a new cast member.
Ryland Adams
Yes, it's me, Steve Hartley.
Shane Dawson
Steve, Steve, Steve, Steve, Steve, Steve, Steve, Steve.
Steve Hartley
I take it off, but I don't.
Jared
Know if I can.
Chris
Oh, you get naked.
Steve Hartley
I'm going to show you my little grower.
Chris
Steve's a grower?
Ryland Adams
Oh, no. His voice turned into Sally.
Shane Dawson
Yeah, they're kind of melting together.
Ryland Adams
Oh, I gotta get better at having two objects.
Shane Dawson
Ah.
Jared
I got head shots at JCPenney.
Ryland Adams
This is D. You can get your head shots at JCPenny. Very nice, very nice, very nice. I haven't found out the identity of him just yet.
Spencer
It might have been too much to give to maybe.
Shane Dawson
You know what?
Spencer
You can just say, maybe you should.
Shane Dawson
Give Steve to somebody else. Give Steve to Jared.
Ryland Adams
Oh perfect Buzz.
Steve Hartley
Trigger Alley. Yes. Speaking of trigger Alley, Taco Bell triggered lots of emotions this episode. Shane, what's your biggest triggering event that's ever happened in a Taco Bell drive thru?
Shane Dawson
At a Taco Bell drive thru.
Steve Hartley
We're just eating Taco Bell. No traumatic moments.
Shane Dawson
An unintentional blumpkin.
Jared
What?
Shane Dawson
Just kidding. I've never had that. If you don't know what a blumpkin is, check out Spencer's likes. Oh, I think little Steve knows what a blumpkin is.
Jared
Oh yeah, just a second. So a little of the blumpkin is actually when you're getting fellatio a blow job while taking a dump on the toilet. Thanks for chiming me in.
Shane Dawson
Train sound effects and everything. You are a pup.
Jared
Guys, guys.
Shane Dawson
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Steve Hartley
The saddest thing we've learned from this episode is that Black Friday mayhem and chaos is no longer.
Chris
That's the saddest thing. More sad than we might all die.
Shane Dawson
We might all die soon. In five days.
Jared
Three Eye Atlas.
Steve Hartley
Come on, tell us about it, Steve.
Jared
NASA is currently hiding evidence that there is an asteroid coming directly to Earth that's going to be passing us on December 19th. This could be bad.
Steve Hartley
Do you understand how your verbiage of passing makes it seem like nothing's gonna happen to us?
Jared
I'm sorry that your literacy isn't as high as mine. I think I've been using the proper terminology.
Steve Hartley
I know you seem all high and mighty, but drinking out of that Stanley cup makes you look real good. Okay, just because it's camera doesn't make it more straight.
Jared
Sally, don't lose your head over this. Back to you.
Steve Hartley
Sally, have you ever been pissed off? No. Well, if you want to be pissed off, wait till you hear about malls and what they're doing. Steve, have you heard what they're doing at malls?
Jared
Thank you for making me such a big part of this necessarily prepared, but yeah, malls are way wasting your time. They're making sure that their maps are created especially to make you walk more steps.
Steve Hartley
Normally I like extra steps, but not when they're trying to take my money. Fuck you malls. And fuck you, Steve.
Jared
Yeah, my pockets gotten a lot lighter since I started going to the mall recently. Where's Orange Julius?
Steve Hartley
I'm in love with some Dairy Queens, but she's almost extinct.
Jared
Thanks for the update, Sally. Much appreciated. High five.
Steve Hartley
I don't have hands.
Chris
I couldn't be a bigger fan of Steve.
Spencer
He's giving a Potter puppet. Pals. Remember that video?
Shane Dawson
Yes.
Jared
Thanks Chris. But my friend Adam Sandler has a word with you.
Shane Dawson
Oh, no.
Spencer
He knows Adam.
Steve Hartley
There was a fun build game on the Shane Dazzler podcast today called Master Debater. You might not not have seen it since last year, but it was a good old time. Who won? Shane.
Spencer
Yeah, Shane won.
Shane Dawson
I won the whole thing three times.
Steve Hartley
Oh, that's so neat.
Shane Dawson
Can I request something from Sarah and she can give it to us in a year? Okay. She could have a whole year to do this, and we'll pay her. Can you make little puppets of all of us? Oh, that's fun. And then next year when we do the recap, we all play each other.
Spencer
We have to learn to how. How to do puppets.
Shane Dawson
We gotta learn puppetry. We'll figure it out.
Jared
Taco Bell sauce.
Shane Dawson
Oh, Taco Bell sauce is a scam.
Ryland Adams
Why don't you pick up your labubu.
Steve Hartley
And puppeteer this one?
Shane Dawson
Hey, guys. So I was at the kitchen eating chicken, and I put Taco Bell sauce on it, thinking it would make my chicken taste even better. But guess what? It didn't. It tasted like trash, tasted like garbage, and it made me angry. Steve, what do you think about this?
Jared
I've had my suspicions about this for years now. So to finally get confirmation that Taco Bell sauce is doing that really irks me.
Ryland Adams
Okay.
Steve Hartley
I hope you guys liked that. Did you?
Chris
Okay.
Jared
I'm still debating whether or not I like that salad.
Shane Dawson
It was enjoyable.
Ryland Adams
Sure.
Steve Hartley
Why don't you pick up the energy and wrap us up?
Jared
All right, well, everybody, thank you for watching this episode of the Shane Dawson podcast. Make sure you shop all your Shane Dawson merch. Shane Dawson merch. You can find us all on our social media sites. They'll go ahead and be links down in the description. And if you want more content like this, you want two extra podcasts a month and a new docu series, make sure to check out Shane's patreon. And on that note, back to you, Shane.
Steve Hartley
Wow.
Shane Dawson
Wow. What a. What a Christmas. What a miracle. Well, you guys go. Hopefully. Hopefully. You put the hell that puppet show was. I know I did. We need to incorporate puppets more into the rest of the show.
Spencer
Yes.
Ryland Adams
Well, let's see how people like it. It started as like one puppet, and then two, and then three, and then four and five.
Spencer
Well, then we don't have to be on camera by the end of it.
Ryland Adams
It is nice.
Shane Dawson
Hopefully enjoyed that. And we will see you guys right after Christmas. See you right before the new year.
Spencer
And.
Shane Dawson
And yeah, stay safe out there. Merry Christmas, you guys. Happy holidays. See you next time. Bye.
Jared
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Spencer
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Jared
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Episode: End Of The World Conspiracy Theories!!!
Date: December 14, 2025
Host: Shane Dawson
Guests/Co-hosts: Ryland Adams, Jared, Spencer, Chris
This episode of The Shane Dawson Podcast blends wild end-of-the-world conspiracy theories, holiday anxieties, and the group's usual irreverent banter. The crew discusses recent astronomical phenomena, mall design conspiracies, unsettling new household robots, Christmas gift-giving stress, and, of course, a heated round of their "Master Debater" debate game. Expect a melange of humor, paranoia, honest personal confessions, and the type of holiday chaos only this friend group can deliver.
Opening Conversation (00:31–01:25):
In-Depth Breakdown (67:15–73:08):
Shane expresses high anxiety about not finishing Christmas shopping, noting he usually has gifts wrapped by Halloween, but is behind due to work commitments.
"I am usually done with Christmas shopping by Halloween. Because of the pilot, because of everything going on, I haven’t even started." (07:35, Shane Dawson)
Jared represents the ‘last-minute shopper’, shopping on Dec 23rd or 24th; Ryland links this to "typical straight man" behavior.
Chris feels strapped for funds due to work equipment purchases, causing added holiday stress.
The crew jokes that they’ve set the bar "way too high" and should normalize more modest gifts.
Worst Gift Card to Receive (16:29–20:20):
"For me to give that [gift card] to anybody is almost like saying, I hate you and I want you to look stupid." (18:48, Jared)
Most Overrated Christmas Food (20:38–26:20):
"To me, a candy cane is something that…sucks. They break off. They stab you. You never finish them." (23:59, Chris)
Hottest Celebrity Santa (26:23–30:08):
"There hasn’t been a Santa that young. And that hot." (27:42, Chris)
Worst Gift to Ask Santa (33:19–37:54):
"Santa is magic…and if you ask for man breasts, he will give them to you." (34:41, Shane Dawson)
Most Bank-breaking Gift (38:22–41:51):
Fourth Meal Manipulation
"Taco Bell ads…were targeted to teenagers… meant to cause cravings after 11pm. They wanted to train a new generation’s internal clocks." (50:15, Shane Dawson)
Their Signature Sauce Conspiracy
"Literally, they designed this sauce to taste specifically good with only their food… Try it with other food, it is not just disgusting, it is like revolting." (52:24, Shane Dawson)
“People spend 17% more when they’re lost, but think they’re not.” (64:36, Spencer)
| Segment | Timestamp (MM:SS) | |-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------| | Intro, Comet Discussion Begins | 00:31–01:25 | | Christmas Gift Anxiety | 07:35–11:19 | | Master Debater Game | 14:17–42:09 | | Taco Bell 4th Meal Conspiracy | 47:34–50:53 | | Taco Bell Sauce Theory | 51:29–55:11 | | Neo AI Robot, AI Home Conspiracy | 55:20–60:24 | | Mall Map Manipulation | 62:58–66:32 | | End-of-the-World Comet Theory Explained | 67:15–73:08 | | Rylan’s Puppet Recap | 73:35–79:10 |
This episode takes listeners on a wild ride through the group's holiday stress, personal memories, and a series of conspiracy-laced thought experiments—from the plausible (mall psychology, fast food marketing) to the extreme (alien comets, robot peril). The camaraderie and humor balance the dark potential of some theories, making for a Christmas episode packed with both laughs and mild existential dread. If you love an offbeat mix of personal stories, madcap games, and a touch of paranoia, this is a must-listen.