The Skin Maskers Conspiracy Theory

Summary

The Shane Dawson Podcast

Episode: The Skin Maskers Conspiracy Theory
Date: June 14, 2026
Host: Shane Dawson & friends (Jared, Hannah, Chris, Lawyer, Jem)

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Episode Overview

This wild and freewheeling episode explores a dizzying range of conspiracies and bizarre truths—everything from the “pink tax” and AI-powered AirPods to lizard people, mask-wearing politicians, and the latest Pentagon UFO bombshells. There’s a mix of fun, genuine outrage, and wry skepticism as the crew swaps personal anecdotes, internet rabbit holes, and theories both silly and serious. The episode’s climax is the much-loved games segment, where disgusting drink concoctions bring everyone together in a mix of horror and hilarity.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Pink Tax Conspiracy

[03:23–09:09]

• Shane introduces the “pink tax,” showing real-world examples of women being charged more than men for nearly identical products—razors, loofahs, stool softener, even calculators.
• The hosts debate why this happens: gender-targeted marketing, perceived willingness to pay, entrenched consumer stereotypes.
• Quote [07:14]:
  “Corporations don’t think that women are going to question a price... I feel like it’s the guys out there who are just grabbing a fucking shave cream that wouldn’t even question.” — Shane
• Anecdotal stories compile: women’s Chipotle portions are allegedly smaller, and the phenomenon extends to fast food, salons, and more.

2. Travel Pricing & the "Library Theory"

[09:21–11:45]

• A theory claims airlines/hotels charge less if booked from a library’s public IP, assuming customers have less money.
• The group speculates about IP-based discrimination and similar effects with “cheap” phones (e.g., Androids).
• Shane finds a TikTok seemingly proving the theory—with strikingly lower prices at a library.
• Quote [11:23]:
  “They just fucking did it. That is crazy.” — Shane

3. AI and Corporate Surveillance

[12:16, 13:18–19:44]

• Shane is convinced Chipotle used AI to make an ad featuring his likeness, sparking paranoia.
• Group discusses Apple’s “free engraving” on AirPods/iPads: is it a friendly feature, or are they undermining the secondhand market?
• Quote [14:02]:
  “They offer the free engravings to hurt the used market. They don’t want you to resell your product because they’re not making any money off of that.” — Jared
• New AirPods rumored to come with built-in cameras for “context-aware” AI features, raising huge privacy and consent concerns.
• Shane and others are deeply skeptical:
  “Leave us alone. We can stop now. Like, we don’t need to do it anymore.” — Shane [17:19]
• Discussion on ever-growing surveillance, algorithmic creepiness (phones serving ads for what they say), and whether cameras in everything serve any public good.

4. "Skin Maskers": Masks, Lizard People, & Main Course Alien Conspiracies

[23:23–33:59]

• Viral news clip features a general seemingly returning with a subtly different face and neck—possible “mask-wearing” or deepfake? The group references old videos on hyper-realistic silicone masks and their possible spy uses.
• Jem’s lizard-people-on-the-train story follows:
  “If you’re a lizard, blink three times. The man looks at her, blinks three times, and then gets off the train.” — Jem [25:26]
• Discussion links to famous NYC sculpture “Life Underground” and ties urban legend to underground lizard populations.
• Main theory: Recent Pentagon UFO files (“Disclosure Day”) reveal claims of four alien species—Grays, Nordics, Insectoids, and Reptilians, adding fuel to the lizard people theory.
• Quote [29:17]:
  “Experts speculate the Reptilians are scaly with long tails, like a lizard... The Nordics look like a regular Swedish guy, but 7ft tall.” — News Anchor

5. DNA Companies & Alien Bloodlines

[30:35–31:27]

• Hannah discusses 23andMe, citing whistleblower claims that the company (with CIA interest) uses consumer data to hunt for “Nordic” alien bloodlines.
• Speculation ties corporate DNA hoarding to government/alien intrigue.

6. Predictive Programming & Spielberg’s Disclosure Day

[31:27–34:42]

• The cast breaks down Steven Spielberg’s latest movie, Disclosure Day, noting open admissions of belief in aliens and a cryptic message:
  “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all this turned out to be true? I’m now thinking, wouldn’t it be wonderful for people to know all of this is true?” — Spielberg, via Shane [32:47]
• The group debates whether this is predictive programming—Hollywood “soft launching” actual disclosure.

7. The Public’s Attitude Toward Alien Disclosure

[33:59–34:42]

• Hosts agree that public interest has waned to the point that real alien news would cause barely a blip.
• Comparison with the past, noting successful desensitization via pop culture.

8. Conspiracies on AI Takeover, Surveillance, and Privacy

[35:59–38:30, 46:47–49:57]

• Is rapid AI development a preemptive arms race against potential alien technology?
  “That's the only way we could compete with aliens.” — Shane [35:59]
• New app “Lookie L1” prompts discussion: automatically records your daily life, creating vlogs and written recaps. The group is disturbed:
  “Do you think somebody could hack that and just see your entire life?” — Shane [39:58]
• Hannah jokes about future paid access to other people’s “Lookie” feeds.
• Spotify is releasing AI-generated personal podcasts—everyone expresses skepticism that AI can replace genuine creator content.

9. Guy Fieri: The Swallowgate Conspiracy

[49:57–54:11]

• Viral TikToks suggest the flamboyant host of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives never actually swallows his food on camera.
• The gang watches clips frame-by-frame: “There is nothing in your mouth, brother. Unless you got a hole, like up on your upper lip by your nose.” — Shane [52:47]
• Shane admits, “as somebody who had an era where I was spitting out my food on camera…]
• Ultimately, Fieri’s reputation as a genuinely kind person wins the day.

10. Reality TV fakery: House Hunters and Pawn Stars

[54:11–58:38]

• Revelations that House Hunters often stages entire episodes in the contestant’s already-purchased home, emptying and refilling it for the “move-in.”
• The cast shares new levels of staged reality on Pawn Stars.
• Quote [56:04]:
  “A casting director will reach out to anyone... and we’re gonna pretend that your house is for sale.” — Shane

11. Musical Trivia: Michael Jackson’s Lost Timberlake Album

[58:38–61:32]

• Pharrell wrote Justin Timberlake’s breakthrough album for Michael Jackson, who passed. Timberlake got the songs, and the rest is history.
• “Rock Your Body as a Michael Jackson song would have been a fucking banger.” — Shane [60:58]

12. Dreams and Alternate Realities: The Seven-Year Coma Life

[61:35–64:37]

• French teenager wakes from a 3-week coma, grieving the loss of children she “raised” in a seven-year-long, entirely constructed coma-life.
• Shane and Jared theorize about dreams as windows into alternate realities.

13. Placebo Buttons: Elevator & Crosswalk Myths

[64:46–66:44]

• Viral TikTok claims the “close door” button hasn’t worked since 1990 (except for first responders).
• Most crosswalk buttons are also placebo; discussion on perceived control.

14. Flock Cameras/Drones & the Surveillance State

[66:44–69:45]

• Flock safety cameras and drones are rapidly proliferating, boasting plate-reading drones and integrated personal data in law enforcement tools.
• “If in a year every fucking missing person isn’t found, then we have a problem actually.” — Shane [68:58]
• Cities regret installing them, now unable to legally remove devices—resort to covering with bags.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Shane on AI Progress:
  “Leave us alone. Like, listen, I love Apple... but we can stop now. We can stop now.” [17:19]
• Chris on Faked Reality Shows:
  “There was literally a script [on a ‘reality’ show I acted in]. The degree that it’s fake is insane.” [58:35]
• Hannah on 23andMe Tracking Aliens:
  “They were actually hunting aliens through 23andMe. That was like one of the whole things.” [31:14]
• Guy Fieri Food Theory:
  “There is nothing in your mouth, brother. Unless you got a hole… by your nose.” — Shane [52:47]
• Reflecting on Alien News Blasé:
  “I actually genuinely think that when they tell us aliens are real, I don’t think people are really going to even care.” — Shane [33:59]
• Coma Dream Theory:
  “Maybe her children do exist. Maybe this all did happen just in a different timeline.” — Shane [64:31]

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Segment Timestamps

• Pink Tax Conspiracy – [03:23–09:09]
• Travel/library price theory – [09:21–11:45]
• Apple/AI personalization debate – [13:18–19:44]
• AirPod cameras, surveillance – [16:11–19:44]
• Alien/Mask/Lizard Theories main course – [23:23–33:59]
• DNA/23andMe Alien Bloodlines – [30:35–31:27]
• Spielberg’s Disclosure Day & Predictive Programming – [31:27–34:42]
• Spotify AI Podcasts & AI in Creative Fields – [46:47–49:57]
• Guy Fieri Swallowgate Conspiracy – [49:57–54:11]
• Reality TV fakery: House Hunters/Pawn Stars – [54:11–58:38]
• Alternate Reality Coma Experience – [61:35–64:37]
• The Placebo Elevator Button – [64:46–66:44]
• Flock Cameras & Drones – [66:44–69:45]
• Games Segment: The Mix Up – [70:07–81:10] (detailed below)
• Closing Remarks & Patreon plug – [81:30–81:56]

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The Mix Up Game: Drinks of Doom

[70:07–81:10]

• Jared hosts a game mixing two-ingredient “mystery drinks.” Participants sample and guess the combo—often with disgust.
• Highlights: Almond milk and Sprite; White Monster and Cactus Cooler; Dr. Pepper and salt; root beer with lemon juice; Emily in Paris raspberry creamer and barbecue sauce (!).
• Shane wins with a dramatic comeback.
• Quote [74:53]:
  “Once you know what it is, it’s not as gross of a like, I mean, it’s not a great combo, but it’s not, like, defiled.” — Jared

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Tone, Style, & Takeaways

• Language is unapologetically direct, self-deprecating, and full of friendly ribbing.
• The show bounces between earnest skepticism, fascinated horror, and dark irreverence.
• Hosts are consistently “in on the joke,” poking fun at themselves and never letting the conspiracies feel too dire—even if the implications sometimes are.
• The camaraderie is lively, and the group format allows for fluid topic changes and playful interruptions.

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Final Thoughts

Shane and his friends tackle both pop-culture weirdness and serious issues with their trademark blend of curiosity and irony. The conspiracies range from the proven (gendered pricing) to the outlandish (lizard people on the subway) to the looming existential threat of AI-powered everything. The episode offers a rollicking ride for listeners, blending wild speculation, genuine consumer advocacy, and laugh-out-loud asides—with just enough real-life documentation to keep you up at night.

If you want both a chuckle and a side of existential dread, you’ve found your conspiracy crew here.

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Transcript

[Shane]

So good, so good, so good.

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[Shane]

I saw this ad pop up, but I. It is so clearly me. Okay, okay. But let me zoom in.

[Jared]

Wow, it does look like you.

[Shane]

That is me.

[Chris]

No, I see it.

[Shane]

I see it.

[Chris]

Right?

[Shane]

I see it. Hey, what's up, you guys? Welcome back. Okay. We have a show. I don't know where to start. Lawyer. Are you my lawyer?

[Jared]

I was last time. I don't know if you fired me or not.

[Shane]

I think I fired you.

[Lawyer]

Yeah.

[Jared]

I wasn't a very good lawyer.

[Shane]

Do you want to be my lawyer?

[Guest]

Ooh, me, Me.

[Shane]

Ok. You could be the lawyer for this episode because we have some lawsuits incoming. Oh, my God. But before we get to that, can we just address the blinged elephant in the room?

[Hannah]

It's a very aggressive shirt choice, for sure.

[Shane]

Let me explain myself.

[Lawyer]

There's been whispers around the office.

[Hannah]

They've been loud.

[Shane]

Yeah, I heard them. Okay. So I was trying to find a few new shirts to like, you know, spice up my vibe on the podcast. And, you know, I already have my Marvel moomoo, as I call it, oversized and flowy. I went to the same company, I looked online and I saw this stone cold Steve Austin shirt. He's a wrestler. I was like, oh, that's fun and nostalgic. Hopefully he likes gay shit because now he's selling bling shirts. So I literally, Literally. The ad did not say blinged. I'm pretty sure it did not look blinged. I was so excited. I ripped open the shirt today and I was like. So, yes. I just had to. I just had to talk about it. Okay. Anyways, I'm turning into a woman. It's happening. Anyways, so, yes, we are going to jump into these theories, which, by the way, our first theory involves women. So that's fun. I dress for the occasion. But before we get to that last thing. So in the last episode, we played a game and I think you guys enjoyed it. We really enjoyed it. So we do have a game prepared for later on in the show. Don't worry, we're gonna do all the theories and then we'll get to that. And I have no idea what it is Spencer has prepared it we have a game prepared.

[Lawyer]

Let me just say that he is so proud. Game he was telling me about yesterday,

[Jared]

excited about this game he has been revving me into. There's going to be some food elements. It's going to be a little. When we used to eat gross stuff on the podcast. I know.

[Lawyer]

Jared and I are more into his.

[Hannah]

That's why you told me the way you did. You're like, you're going to be something about the game today because you had me in mind.

[Jared]

Thank you.

[Shane]

Well, I'm excited about that. Here we go. Women strap in. Men, you can strap in, too. This first theory made me so angry as a man who loves women.

[Jared]

As an ally.

[Shane]

As an ally.

[Lawyer]

You know what's disappointing is that you're only just finding this out now as a man at 38.

[Shane]

No, no, no. I knew this was a thing. Okay. We're going to be talking about the pink tax conspiracy. I've known about this forever, but I never actually saw evidence like this. Like, I've heard theories about how, you know, corporations are fucking over women, right? Like, they literally don't give women pockets in their pants because they want women to buy purses. Or, you know, like, I've seen theories like that. This was so crazy to me. So let me start by showing you this reel that really breaks it down, and then I'm gonna give you some insane examples of the pink tags. You guys, I came here for a loofah, but these are only for men. Oh, there's the women's. They're pink, but they're a dollar more. Yeah, I'm gonna need somebody from Walmart's corporate to tell me why men's loofahs are $2 and women's loofahs are $3. This one from the women's section. 6.99, 4.99. $2 less. Virtually the exact same racket for $16. We have a pink one, which is

[Commercial Voice]

the one I would want to buy,

[Shane]

and it is $25. Then it's only $3 for four Mickey bottles. Pink taxes, y'. All. $8.19. Or look at this. Perfect.

[Chris]

No way.

[Jared]

Oh, no. Oh, no.

[Shane]

This in the women's section for 8.99, and then in the men's for 7.99.

[Jared]

Wow, that's crazy.

[Shane]

Okay, so that led me down a rabbit hole, right? I know. I was like, there's no way. So then I really fell down. So here you guys go. Here is a few more examples of the pink tacks and how crazy this is. And we're going to talk about it. Let me move all my tricks. So first we have shaving gel. Men's 187, same thing. Women's 239.

[Lawyer]

Okay, same brand. It's the target brand. It's the brand. It's crazy brand.

[Shane]

Same fucking brand. Okay, next razors. We already saw that. But men's five, women's six. Okay. Crazy. This is crazy. Stool softener.

[Chris]

No way.

[Shane]

They made like a pink girly one for breast cancer awareness. That one is a dollar more.

[Lawyer]

What?

[Shane]

For stool softness.

[Jared]

Crazy.

[Shane]

Men's laxatives only. 149. Women's laxatives, 369.

[Chris]

That's an egregious difference. It's not like 10 cents or something.

[Shane]

This one hotel personal care kit. And if you look at all the ingredients or whatever is included, they're all the fucking same products. For the men's, $7, for the women's, $10. This is crazy.

[Jared]

And it's not even different colors. I mean, the case is a different color, but the stuff inside is the exact same thing.

[Shane]

This toy, Same toy, just a different color. Pink one is $7, blue one is $6.

[Lawyer]

It's really crazy.

[Shane]

This one really p. Smart girls out there, listen up. This is gonna make you angry. Calculators. Okay, back to school Seasons come in, you got your son and your daughter. You head on over to Target. You look at the calculators. Uh oh, the boy calculator, $19, girl calculator, $25. It's the same fucking calculator.

[Chris]

Why? Why is this happening?

[Lawyer]

That is crazy.

[Shane]

Okay, so here is the theory. I mean, is it even a theory at this point? I don't know. To me it just literally looks like fact. But lawyer, it's a theory, okay?

[Hannah]

I mean, we just saw a lot of evidence.

[Jared]

So much evidence.

[Hannah]

I think it's. If we're just boiling it down to like the brass tacks, it's obvious it's happening. But why, I think, do they just think women spend more money?

[Shane]

Yes.

[Hannah]

Or does it cost more to advertise to women? And that's like a built in cost.

[Shane]

That's interesting.

[Hannah]

They spend like 5 million a year to sell women's razors. And maybe it only costs 2 million a year to sell men's razors, marketing wise.

[Shane]

You know, I mean, the idea of the pink tax, the theory of it is what you said, which is corporations don't think that women are going to question a price, which to me, I almost feel like they should do they should. It's insulting, but also they should do the fucking opposite. I feel like it's the guys out there who are just grabbing a fucking shave cream that wouldn't even question. Right. They just be like, oh, I don't know.

[Lawyer]

And historically, don't men get better wages? So it's kind of fucked up.

[Shane]

It's fucked up.

[Lawyer]

Then turn around. I'm just saying on all, in all avenues, this is just crazy.

[Shane]

Women are like when it comes to advertising dollars, like just from my experience in the past on YouTube, I was reached out to by a lot of companies specifically because early on in my YouTube, you know, career, my audience was like 18 to 24 year old women.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And that's like the demo that advertisers want. That is who they want to sell to. That is, you know, who they want to target stuff. But everybody has to buy products.

[Lawyer]

Girl youtubers also get more deals and I think that's because the brands know that the girls are selling to other girls.

[Shane]

Right?

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Chris]

One of a couple of my clients have said a version of that where they're like, oh, I'm so happy that like my audience is mainly women because women will buy stuff. My male audience members, like, men don't buy anything. Like, they'll support. They'll support you maybe by like liking your video, but they're not buying your merch or whatever. Whereas women, like, are supportive in that way.

[Shane]

Wow. That's why companies need to start targeting gay men. And it's Pride Month. Well, there you guys go. Let us know in the comments. Have you noticed any pink taxes as you've been shopping and give us your craziest ones. I'm very curious about this. I almost wanted to do like a conspiracy ban or some sort of bigger video about this and go out into the world and find these. Because I feel like it's not just products. I feel like it's. I've heard different fast food, you know, the girly version. Or like different things, you know, haircuts, like pretty much anything that you spend money on, they will upcharge you. If you're wondering. I'm kind of curious about it.

[Jared]

Well, we had one that people have sent in that we talked about on the podcast that was if you have a woman's name, remember at Chipotle, they give you less food. They give you less food, which is crazy. And people have send it in all the time. They're like, look what my boyfriend got versus what I got. It's crazy.

[Shane]

Wow. Okay. Well, speaking of people over this is something we have actually talked about in the past, but we didn't have confirmation that it worked. So there is a theory. I'm going to call it the library theory. Exactly. They don't want you to talk about it. So the theory is that if you are buying airline tickets or hotel, you know, reservations, if you buy them at home, they are more expensive than if you were to go to the public library and buy them there.

[Chris]

What?

[Shane]

And the reasoning is because allegedly the theory is the corporations and airlines and stuff, if they see that your IP address is coming from a public library, they assume you can't afford the Internet at home, so they will charge you less for the, for the products. This was just a theory and we like, we're going to try it. I don't know how, why we ended up not doing it.

[Jared]

Yeah. And it was also there's another theory where if you have a cheaper phone too, supposedly they can also tell that you, if you don't have an iPhone, if you have a cheaper Android phone or something, they also can like supposedly charge you less and stuff like that.

[Hannah]

Yeah, Cheap trick.

[Shane]

Get a burner.

[Hannah]

Yeah, you're like a Nokia for all your online needs.

[Shane]

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[Jared]

What?

[Chris]

It's drastically less that their look at the end.

[Shane]

First of all, they ate that.

[Jared]

Yeah, we couldn't do it.

[Shane]

They just fucking did it. That is crazy.

[Chris]

Why is. How is this okay?

[Hannah]

I think this is a really good PR move by public libraries. Now we're all going to go to a public library and maybe that's where they have all the highest level technology for facial recognition. So we got to get all the people in because at the public library we could do all these experiments and then we're going to get them online.

[Chris]

I'm just saying.

[Shane]

Well, speaking of corporations fucking over so many people, but also helping people. This maybe it's just me. Okay, you guys let me know in the comments. You guys let me know in the room. I think Chipotle is fucking with me. I think they're coming for Me. I think they're mad about my corporate slot bowl conspiracy in the last episode. I think they're mad that we pointed out how heavy their burritos are if you order inside. I saw this ad pop up. Rylan doesn't see it, I don't think, but I. It is so clearly me. Okay. I think they used AI.

[Lawyer]

It's AI.

[Shane]

You and I think it's me. And it's an ad of this guy chowing down on a burrito. Okay, but let me zoom in.

[Jared]

Wow, it does look like you.

[Shane]

That is me. That is fucking me.

[Lawyer]

And what is this?

[Shane]

I'm saying it's not even a legend. Not even a theory. I think that's.

[Chris]

No, I see it.

[Shane]

Right? I see it. Where?

[Hannah]

What? Where are we looking at that from? Is this like a Twitter post? Instagram?

[Shane]

This is there.

[Hannah]

What is this actual.

[Lawyer]

What's the surface?

[Shane]

Literally, the tag is Happy place. And it's just. And suggested for me.

[Lawyer]

And it says, don't break the window. What?

[Jared]

The AC is on. He's housing a burrito and listening to a podcast. Whoa.

[Shane]

That is me. Yeah. I'm angry.

[Jared]

The CEO is just like, are we beefing with Chipotle?

[Shane]

I think we're chipping.

[Hannah]

I've been deep throating a burrito in his car.

[Shane]

I'm not culling with Chipotle at the moment.

[Jared]

We should recreate this.

[Hannah]

At least you didn't like sour cream all over your face.

[Shane]

I feel like I have sour cream all over my face. I'm being fucked over by Chipotle.

[Hannah]

It's on. We gotta think of retaliation now.

[Shane]

Thank you. Okay, you know what? I'm gonna say? This is genius. I think it's sketchy and crazy, but it's genius. Have you guys noticed this is a theory about Apple's AirPods. Let me just show you. Apple thinks they're so slick with the free engravings. Would you like a free engraving with that? No, I don't, cuz I know what you're doing. They would never offer free personalization out

[Jared]

of the goodness of their hearts. They're doing it to make the product unmistakably yours. By engraving your name on a pair

[Shane]

of AirPods or an Apple pencil or

[Jared]

an iPad, all of a sudden you

[Shane]

can't resell it anymore.

[Jared]

They offer the free engravings to hurt the used market. They don't want you to resell your product because they're not making any money off of that.

[Shane]

I mean, here's genius. I'll give it to him. I'll give it to Him.

[Lawyer]

Can I debunk it for a second? I don't care how cheap. I don't care if you're gifting me your headphones. I'm not taking them. That's disgusting. Have you seen anybody else's headphones that have been stuck in their ears? The guck and debris in those things are so gross. I could not eat my lunch over it.

[Shane]

You could clean them.

[Lawyer]

No, you can't.

[Jared]

It's not just AirPods. It's like, what about your iPad?

[Lawyer]

That's fine. Yeah, he's onto something with the iPad or the pencil. AirPods are out of the mix.

[Chris]

What about Over Ear? Yeah, not ones that are going in.

[Shane]

Over Ear is giving reworm the way I use them.

[Lawyer]

He's walking real fast.

[Hannah]

So do they make you engrave something on it? Is that the whole deal or.

[Jared]

It's free.

[Shane]

They give you an option. So, like, when you buy anything. And I always do it because I'm like, that's fun. Like, I'll get, like a little bear emoji emoji. So you can get, like a free engraving on pretty much all of their products. And now I understand why I allegedly. Just a theory.

[Chris]

My airtag literally has my initials in it. Like, everything I get from Apple has an engraving on it.

[Shane]

That's cute.

[Jared]

I also will say the flip side of this is if you don't care about having someone else's engraving on it, I bet you it's way cheaper if you're trying to buy a second hand iPad or something.

[Chris]

Okay.

[Lawyer]

And you could make up whatever those initials represent for you. Like, if I. If I stole Chris's airtag and it said cb I would just tell everyone it stood for Cool Boy.

[Jared]

Cool Boy.

[Lawyer]

Cool boy.

[Jared]

I'm like, okay. That guy put Cool boy.

[Lawyer]

No, it was a gift. Somebody thought I was a cool boy. It's undeniable.

[Hannah]

Creamy butt.

[Lawyer]

Creamy butt. I don't think anybody wants a creamy butt.

[Shane]

Okay, well, speaking of AirPods, we talked about this, but it has now really, like, gone viral. People are really talking about it. Not to say we were ahead of the trend, but I will say, but we always are. You know what? We kind of are. Nobody takes it seriously when Project Bluebeam happens and the fake aliens blow up the world, and everybody's like, how'd that happen? Jared's gonna be like, hi.

[Jared]

Clips of Jared on, like, a broken TV. He's like, fuck, I was right.

[Shane]

So, AirPods. Well, just take a look.

[Jared]

Yeah, this is. This is coming up in the new AirPod line.

[Narrator]

The Internet is freaking out again because Apple's unreleased AirPod Pros are going to have cameras built into the side of them. And this is making millions of people understandably feel like Apple's just gone too far. And this is just straight up an invasion of privacy. So right here I have an up close rendering of what next year's unreleased AirPods could look like. And even though they look very similar to last year's model, a few of you may have noticed there's actually two big differences. Number one, each of them is going to have its own camera built into the side so that your AirPods can now understand your surroundings. Number two, there's going to be a privacy led on the bottom. And this, in theory, should light up when visual data is being sent to the cloud. This way, the person wearing them and people around them will know when this camera engage and operational. This camera is not actually meant to take pictures or videos. Instead, it's actually to gather visual data from the user's surroundings, the room, the environment they're in, etc. And it's going to send that data to your phone so that Siri can be more of a visual AI rather than just a verbal one. But since this is such a hot topic, I'm super curious to hear what you guys think. Are you willing to get.

[Shane]

Leave us alone. Like, listen, I love Apple, love my AirPods, love my computer. Like, I love their products, but leave us alone. We can stop now. We can stop now. Like, we don't need to do it anymore.

[Lawyer]

I actually agree that we can stop.

[Jared]

Stop.

[Hannah]

We can stop.

[Lawyer]

Like, so this is only useful for somebody that's hiking or something. It's like, I don't want you recording my surroundings in my bedroom.

[Shane]

Here's. I'm gonna go back to this. We talked about this in the last episode and I've never had my brain more fucking Couple A exploded than when Jared brought up the fact that all these companies that are putting all these surveillance cameras everywhere, there's millions of fucking cameras everywhere, tracking literally fucking everything. But we can't find missing kids, we can't find missing people. Literally, we can't find anything. And it's like, okay, so the technology works and it's out there and it's not fucking actually working for the thing you guys are saying you're using it for. So how am I supposed to believe that things like this, that are supposed to help us with whatever are actually going to do that? I have no trust anymore.

[Hannah]

Yeah.

[Jared]

And it's just, just. Yeah, yeah, it's just like, what lie can we say? So we can just, like, harvest every second of everyone's day and, like, know exactly where they are. Like, who cares if your headphones know where you are? Like, what does that. How does that help you listen to music? Like, I mean.

[Shane]

And I think. And listen. I filmed this video. It was really random how it happened. I was literally just, like, kind of vlogging for fun and seeing if anything happened with it. And I did stumble upon something crazy. I don't know if this video is out yet, but it's about your phone listening to you. And the that happened was so crazy. And it really sent me down this rabbit hole of, like, for example, I was talking to Rylan about how I need to get healthy. I need to, like, get back on my, you know, health journey and not eat bad foods or whatever. Literally, five seconds later, my algorithm is all mukbangs, and it's all people eating, and it's all things that, to me, felt like my phone doesn't want me to get healthy. My phone is pushing these things on me. Why is this happening right now? This wasn't happening yesterday, and it's happening right now. I don't know. I don't trust technology. I don't trust that they have the best intentions. No, but thank you for letting us engrave things for free.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Chris]

And I don't know, I hate the idea of, like, why on your headphones?

[Shane]

That's.

[Chris]

So I'm immediately going to Sharpie over those, like, cameras or something.

[Jared]

Well, supposedly they're also thermal cameras, too, so they're going to be able to tell, like, where humans are, where animals are, where the other stuff is, too.

[Lawyer]

It's like, but then what are they going to do? A mountain lion is going to attack me. But what are they going to do? Say warning. Like, what are they gonna do, Jump out and toss them out? It's like, okay, thanks. I'm gonna see it in two seconds.

[Shane]

Shit's getting fucking crazy, and I feel like nobody is.

[Lawyer]

Well, not only do they not care, they're moving further in the wrong direction.

[Shane]

Go. Oh, my gosh. We're an admention, and I don't know who this is.

[Jared]

Welcome to the admention.

[Chris]

And where'd Rylan go?

[Shane]

And. Yeah, where did my husband go? You know what that is, though?

[Jared]

What?

[Shane]

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[Jared]

He's having fun.

[Shane]

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[Jared]

Oh, I love it.

[Shane]

Good. How was Cardi?

[Jared]

Oh, he's back. He's back.

[Chris]

How was the concert?

[Lawyer]

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[Shane]

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[Lawyer]

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[Jared]

What's that?

[Shane]

Well, I just love music, Steve. I love listening to it. Really high quality in my ears, like I'm there. But then sometimes I want to hear things around me because what if I'm out walking the dogs, you know, and I. And I need. I need awareness. But where am I gonna get all those things in one place? Thank God Raycon is here. That's right. Today's episode is also sponsored by Raycon. And if you haven't tried their everyday earbud classics, they are so good, high quality, so affordable. You can get two pairs of those for the price of other earbuds. They come in so many different colors. They have active noise cancellation. And I know what you're thinking, oh, no, Father's Day is coming up. What am I gonna do? Well, luckily, Raycons is the perfect Father's Day gift, because every dad wants to block ice skin out There mowing the lawn. You know what doesn't want to deal with it? His own little world.

[Lawyer]

Okay, I took the end.

[Shane]

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[Hannah]

The neck? Mm.

[Jared]

So notice anything different between these? It's supposed to be the same guy, right? Oh, looks a little different.

[Shane]

Shout out to him. He's like a good looking guy. I'm not coming for him. I'm just saying, what the fuck is going on? But let's look. Yeah, well, I agree with the general completely. With one caveat. Patience may be a little short of the real objective here. The President has that real.

[Jared]

So this is real. So this is a general. This is what he looked like a few weeks before, and then he supposedly came back. I don't really know. And then the eyes are so different, the neck is different.

[Hannah]

If you didn't see that little wrinkle in his neck, I don't think you would put together that this guy's wearing a mask. No, just throw it out there.

[Jared]

Interesting.

[Hannah]

Yeah.

[Chris]

It looked like the original Planet of the Apes when you saw mouth talking underneath the monkey mouth, like two, and it looked off. That's kind of what it felt like,

[Shane]

you know, it's also crazy. Maybe eight years ago, I did a video about people who wear masks. Like silicone masks.

[Jared]

Oh, yeah.

[Shane]

It's like a. It's a thing that people sometimes do.

[Jared]

Comes on my Instagram feed.

[Shane]

And it wasn't a sexual video. It wasn't like, you know, kinky or any of that, or fetishy. It was literally just about people wearing masks, and YouTube removed it.

[Jared]

What?

[Chris]

Interesting, Ken. For one episode, Spencer and I wear masks of each other and see if anyone noticed.

[Shane]

Swap. I like that.

[Hannah]

But the whole mask. I mean, if you look up, like, CIA masks, it's pretty wild how realistic those are.

[Jared]

Crazy. I've also seen how they, like, avoid tails, where they have, like, prosthetics, like, mask stuff ready to go. So you, like, someone's following you, you go around the corner and they have these crazy masks. You can just put on really quick, and then you look completely different.

[Shane]

It's really weird. We should do a podcast where we're all in masks.

[Jared]

That would be crazy. We're just drenched in sweat.

[Hannah]

I like. The next episode starts. So you guys probably didn't catch it, but we were all in mask last week.

[Jared]

We were all sitting in different spots.

[Shane]

Well, this is another little update. This is my next little course. Here's the salad. Lizard people live in underground.

[Chris]

Yes.

[Jem]

My mom's actually seen a lizard person on the train.

[Lawyer]

What?

[Shane]

Yes.

[Chris]

Oh, my God.

[Shane]

I'm just.

[Jem]

I believe in this.

[Shane]

Never even heard of this. What do you mean? What, real lizards?

[Jem]

It's true. She was on a train to London one day on the underground. She said she kept looking at this person, and she knew something was just not right about him. And she said in her head, if you're a lizard, blink three times. That's what she said to me. She's sitting there thinking, this person looks strange. She said to herself, no one can hear it. If you are a lizard, blink three times. The man looks at her, blinks three times, and then gets off the train.

[Hannah]

But why?

[Jem]

Why would she think he's a lizard?

[Shane]

Well, I don't.

[Jem]

She just knew the energy was different. Yeah. They live in underground tunnels.

[Shane]

No, come on.

[Jem]

Under the ground. I believe in it. I've read a lot on it.

[Shane]

Okay, first of all, that is so scary. Second of all, I love her. That's Jem. I think her name is Gemma. I remember her from Celebrity Big Brother in the uk. She's iconic. That scared me. And then the next thing on my fucking algorithm, speaking of my phone, listening to me, was this. What the.

[Jared]

What the?

[Shane]

Yeah. So, okay. Crazy, right? Because Gemma just said that they live on. Lizard people live underground. And then now I'm seeing this. So I was like, there's no way this is real. I looked into it. It's in New York City. It's a famous bronze sculpture of an alligator pulling a man, often interpreted as an adult with A money bag for a head down a manhole. It's titled Life Underground, and it was created by an American sculptor named Tom Otterness. And it's located on 14th street and 8th Avenue. So the legend is that it pays homage to New York City's favorite urban legend that started back in the 1930s, which is that New Yorkers flushed their baby alligators down the toilet, resulting in a population of giant gators thriving in the sewer systems. Huh. That's crazy. And yeah, so allegedly, that's what it is in nyc. If you see it, snap a pic and send it to us. But that's what leads me to our main course. I started thinking people wearing masks on the news. Lizard people. Allegedly Reptilians living underground. I wonder what all of this means. And then I saw this news come out, which is crazy because I feel like no one's talking about it. Can you play that news clip?

[News Anchor]

We are not alone. The Pentagon released the UFO files a few weeks back. And we just found out over a billion people have visited the site. A billion UFO experts and top researchers have been investigating aliens for years. Their sources say dozens of crashed UFOs have been recovered. And what they found inside. Shocking.

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[Shane]

People think that there's one type of non human intelligence that's visiting the Earth. Or is there? Many, many types.

[Hannah]

People who have been involved in recoveries have.

[Chris]

There are at least four types.

[Jared]

Four separate types. Now, I have not had direct access

[Chris]

to that, but I believe the people

[Shane]

who I talk to.

[News Anchor]

Four different species of aliens. Another scientist called them Grays, Nordics, Insectoids and Reptilians. All of them had two arms and two legs, just like us. Experts speculate the Reptilians are scaly with long tails, like a lizard. Insectoids look like a praying mantis.

[Hannah]

What is that?

[News Anchor]

The Greys look like your classic movie alien. And the Nordics look like a regular Swedish guy, but 7ft tall. We haven't seen the evidence, but Pete Hegseth says more evidence is coming and there are a lot of believers in Congress.

[Commercial Voice]

I have seen evidence in a SCIF that leads me to believe there are Things we cannot explain. And I have observed things that are of non human origin and creation. That's my opinion.

[Shane]

Yes. So as Chris was was stating, it looks insane. So those are UFO videos that the government released publicly. So that is literally what that is. And yes, there are allegedly four different species of aliens that the government knows about. Allegedly. Just a theory. The Reptilians, which is literally what we've been talking about. The Nordics, which are these seven foot tall, like blonde, blue eyed, you know, you just think they're supermodels, but they're fucking aliens. Allegedly. Just a theory. The praying mantises. I forgot the name of them, but

[Jared]

they look like insectoids.

[Hannah]

Insectoids, just praying mantises in general are crazy.

[Shane]

So scary.

[Hannah]

I've always thought they're aliens.

[Shane]

And then the grays, which is like the iconic, you know, what we've all seen in our.

[Hannah]

I'm sure they're very proud of that title. Like we're grays. Don't fuck with us. Fucking reptiles.

[Shane]

So what the actual fuck?

[Chris]

Has everyone seen this already?

[Hannah]

I have seen a couple of news clips that talk about it, but have you heard about the 23andMe situation?

[Shane]

Yes, I wrote that down.

[Hannah]

So there was a CIA whistleblower, I think it was Lyn Buchanan, but he said that he was approached by three Nordic guys which are basically, they look like very tall, blond, blue eyed people. And they were worried about the CIA tracking them down. And they said that the way that they were doing it is 23andMe was using all the results to try to find bloodlines that had had this Nordic quality. And they were actually hunting aliens through 23andMe. That was like one of the whole things.

[Shane]

Oh.

[Hannah]

But they were very concerned and they said that, you know, it was all 23andMe doing it.

[Jared]

Oh my God.

[Hannah]

Yes. So when you look into like the major companies, all these people, it's kind of the commingling, it's pretty wild.

[Shane]

Well also, I even think it's crazy that right now I've been watching all the Steven Spielberg interviews. You know, I love Steven Spielberg.

[Chris]

That's what I want.

[Shane]

Okay, let me lead you into this. So yes, if you guys know Steven Spielberg's putting on movie disclosure day about the day that the government finally says what is going on with aliens. And in the interview I saw, he was literally like, I believe in aliens. I know it's coming. Barack Obama visited the set. Like he was very much talking about,

[Lawyer]

you know, visited the set and who.

[Jared]

We just saw a video of him saying, yeah, Aliens are real, right?

[Reporter]

Are aliens real?

[Hannah]

They're real, but I haven't seen them.

[Chris]

I mean, yeah, I have. Direct quotes. He released a final trailer, and I'm just excited for the movie. I love Spielberg. So I was like, oh, a new trailer. Can't wait to see it. And I'm watching the trailer. And in the final trailer direct quotes, he says, how will disclosure change us? I believe for the better.

[Shane]

How will disclosure change us? I believe for the better.

[Chris]

And he's like, the name of the movie is the Disclosure Day. So he didn't even like it. Didn't even feel like he was talking about the movie. It felt like he was talking about a day, like a thing that was coming. And then he says, there's something bigger out there than just ourselves. And then he says, I used to say to myself, wouldn't it be wonderful if all of this turned out to be true? Now I'm thinking, wouldn't it be wonderful for people to know all of this is true?

[Shane]

Wouldn't it be wonderful if all of this turned out to be true? I'm now thinking, wouldn't it be wonderful for people to know all of this is true?

[Chris]

And he just says that in the trailer. So he just admits openly in this trailer that this is all real. And he makes it seem like he clearly has inside information on it. And again, the trailer didn't feel like he was advertising his movie even. It felt like he was like, I'm getting you all prepared for a thing that's to come. And it reminded me of something you've talked about many times, Jared, on the podcast about, is it predictive programming, like how Hollywood has movies coming out, that's getting us ready for things to come? This feels like the most extreme, in your face, blatant example of this I've ever seen, ever. So for the first time, even, like, I feel like people have finally caught on, too, because the majority of the comments are things like, the timing of this is definitely not a coincidence. How will Disclosure Day change us? You know something we don't, Steven? Why do I get the feeling this is a solid, soft opening for the real Disclosure Day? They are preparing us. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but this definitely feels like some kind of a soft launch. And it just felt. It felt weird. Like, the whole trailer felt weird. The comments all picked up on it. It's like, it's really strange and creepy.

[Shane]

You know what's crazy? I actually genuinely think that when they tell us aliens are real, I don't think people are really going to even care.

[Hannah]

Well, that.

[Shane]

That's gonna be like.

[Hannah]

That's what I'm saying. So, like, they're pushing it so hard that they're about to tell us that aliens are real. But I think most of us are just gonna be like, well, yeah, we knew that.

[Lawyer]

Like, we'd be crazy to think, you know, wasn't life outside of us somewhere.

[Chris]

But it's interesting because I feel like 30 years ago, if you would have, like, released all these files and said all of this information, I think it would have been different. I think it would have been a much bigger reaction.

[Shane]

Right.

[Chris]

I think, like, they've been slowly feeding us things and, like, in movies and in the news and whatever. And so I think now we're all desensitized to it. But I do think 30 years ago would have been a much bigger reaction.

[Shane]

Oh, yeah. Although I did see this really funny meme. Hold on. So the article that was, you know, talking about aliens on threads or something, it was like four species of aliens or whatever, and this was a comment right under it.

[Jared]

That's great. I mean, that's a.

[Shane]

You could.

[Jared]

That's a reusable meme right there. I do. Yeah. I think that is a big part of it.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Jared]

I think something that would be a little more of a shift than being like, them saying it is like, you know, the Bob Lazar. I don't know if I believe him or not, but he's like the guy, the scientist who allegedly worked at Area 51 and says they have alien technology there. And so I feel like something like a public display of if they have alien technology or something like that would, I think, be a little more a. Of a drastic, like, holy shit. Like, rather than just like, the government says they're real.

[Shane]

It's like, okay, oh, we need an alien on.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Chris]

Earlier when I was so shook. It's because, like, I know they've been slowly releasing, like, previously, like, disclosed files or whatever, but the fact that, like, on the news, they just showed a clip of a flying star that looked like something you'd see in like, like, like sci fi short film that someone made on After Effects or something like that. Looked. There's no way. My brain's like, that can't be real.

[Shane]

What if that's why the powers that be are so fucking obsessed with getting AI to the craziest level? Because that's the only way we could compete with the aliens.

[Jared]

Oh, I can definitely see some AI CEOs thinking that.

[Shane]

That's literally. I genuinely and and they tried building portals. Sam Altman. To talk to a aliens. So that was in the news. So that actually is making sense to me. These corporations, these, these tech companies, they know it's coming and they know an AI, technically, once it switches over to full intelligence, like to where it now can speak and do whatever AGI it is, it is now going to be called alien because we don't understand how it works. That's what alien means. So they want to create something allegedly just a theory that is alien, so that we can even have a chance.

[Hannah]

Ants.

[Shane]

Because once the aliens are like. Because, listen, do I think they're gonna help us. And that would be amazing. But it also could just be like ants.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Like why, why would that.

[Jared]

It could also be even something as like, like when Europeans went to, like, the Americas, like thousands and hundreds of thousands of people died of, like, smallpox. You know what I mean? It's like that wasn't intentional, but that was a disease that people in the Americas didn't have their immune system built up, up to prevent. You know, I mean, it could be something as simple as that. What if there's a disease from space? Something like that.

[Chris]

I think it could also be like somewhere in the middle. I don't know. Maybe they want to control us. Control us in a way or some way, but not kill us. I don't know. I just think of, like, one of the big theories for like, Machu Picchu and how that was built is that, like, aliens came down and helped us make it because there's not a lot of, like, we still don't know exactly how it was made that. Because one, there's rocks that are like, cut in a way that, like, there was no way to cut a rock that way back then. It looks like cut almost like by laser. Rocks are so perfectly fitted into each other that they look as though they were cut. And we don't have a clear explanation for that. And also there are like many drawings that look like people looking at a floating person in the sky with like, a thing around their head. It looks almost like an astronaut or whatever. And that could be symbolic, but it could be literally like they were talking to an alien or something floating in the sky. There's just things that imply that.

[Shane]

Yeah, no, I mean, like, did aliens help build the pyramids? Have aliens been around the whole time?

[Lawyer]

Am I. I think they're amongst us.

[Shane]

Well, that's all crazy. Let us know in the comments. Do you believe in aliens? I'm actually curious because I feel like it's going to be 99%. Yes. Whereas our audience.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Shane]

10 years ago, it would have been like 50. 50.

[Chris]

Yes. I do think there's a huge shift in how people think about this.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

Isn't that crazy?

[Jared]

Which does.

[Hannah]

To think that now, all of a sudden, everybody believes in aliens.

[Jared]

Does fit into JR theory.

[Hannah]

It's almost like you can't not prove it.

[Shane]

Well, speaking of people being desensitized, maybe I don't quite know what this is. All I'm gonna say is, I saw this and holy. This is where the lawsuits come in. Lawyer.

[Lawyer]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I'm just saying, if you want this item, good for you. But I think it's crazy. And we talked about a similar item a year and a half ago, and people were like, that's not real. That's a joke. That's Black Mirror Episode. Take a look at this new product. It's a necklace. You love jewelry.

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[Shane]

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[Lawyer]

As long as they can't publish those vlogs on YouTube, then I'm fine. I don't want a competition.

[Jared]

Lawyer.

[Lawyer]

No, I'm the lawyer today.

[Shane]

You don't think somebody could hack that and just see your entire life?

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[Jared]

They're not.

[Shane]

Listen, I went to the comments. Cause I was expecting everybody to be like, this is crazy. And there was a couple, but I saw and maybe these are bots. I hope these are bots. Excellent. Awesome. I need. I so need this for my journey as a POV content creator. Love it. How can I order? This is genius.

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[Shane]

I like this. Amazing.

[Lawyer]

These do sound like boss.

[Hannah]

I think the ultimate play. What is it called? Look, See, Lookie, Lookie. If Lookie also has an integrated program that they themselves own where you can pay to have viewage through another person's Lookie. Like, hey, if you want to pay $10 a month for access to my Lookie, Lookie all the time, you know. But Lookie is the company that actually does the processing for it. I'm just Lookie.

[Shane]

That's probably gonna be Looky Lou. That's like a Looky Lou or a Looky Louise.

[Lawyer]

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[Shane]

More expensive.

[Hannah]

Yeah, that's 8.99amonth.

[Shane]

Okay. So that's fucking insane to me. And then I started thinking, okay, so people are now getting more and more desensitized to this idea of literally, like, having, like. That's. I can't even. That is so fucking crazy to me that this is even happening. And listen, Lookie don't come for me,

[Jared]

but you should definitely do it on the day.

[Shane]

I'm not Lookie for a lawsuit. But I will say it is interesting because, yes, maybe Lookie hopefully isn't gonna sell your video footage of your whole day to companies. I don't think they're gonna do that. But. And it's just a theory, but they are transcribing your whole day in text. That is interesting. You know, have that information.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Shane]

To be able to allegedly just a theory. Not saying they're doing this, but if they were evil or whatever, like, they could allegedly just a theory. Send your entire day in, transcribe to companies. Whoa. Where am I? Am I wearing a mask? What's happening? Are you aliens? Are you reptiles? Guys, what does everybody have to deal with, even aliens? Something we have to deal with is our finances and keeping track of it, keeping them in control, trying to keep them organized, trying to do what we can to set ourselves up for success. And we're at the middle point of the year. And you know what that means?

[Jared]

What's that mean?

[Shane]

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[Chris]

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[Jared]

Blast off.

[Lawyer]

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[Hannah]

I was holding back so hard on that one.

[Shane]

No, not at all.

[Jared]

That was a crazy.

[Lawyer]

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[Hannah]

No, I'm allergic to being financially literate.

[Shane]

I guess that's what I was thinking.

[Chris]

Wow.

[Shane]

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[Hannah]

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[Shane]

You know where I feel like I am right now? Actually, now that I'm looking around the room, I kind of feel like we're at a bingo hall. Bingo. Bingo. And there's nothing I love more than bingo. I know what you're thinking, Shane. I've never heard you talk about bingo. Oh, when you give me a bingo card, I'm there.

[Jared]

I can see that.

[Shane]

But you know what else I love just as much as bingo actually? Slot machines.

[Lawyer]

Oh, he's a slaughter.

[Shane]

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[Hannah]

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[Jared]

It's kind of like a cowabunga sort of situation.

[Hannah]

Exactly, dude.

[Shane]

All right, enjoy the rest of the show. Ko Shingo

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[Shane]

AI is going to take over all of our jobs. Everything we're doing, it already is advertising me as a Chipotle spokesperson. They're going to do everything. But you know what they can't do? They can't replace this show. They can't replace us. Podcasters. Never, right? Well, Spotify is introducing AI Generated personal podcasts.

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[Shane]

I got to read more.

[Product Presenter]

It sounds like it's.

[Hannah]

It's great research. Voice based on.

[Tech Reporter]

Yeah, I don't like that because now, I mean, who knows where this information is coming from.

[Shane]

My biggest thing is I respect creators and people who are doing this, period.

[Jared]

We stand with him.

[Chris]

The only thing that gives me hope, and maybe this is just my algorithm and just what I want to see, but a lot of what I'm seeing on my algorithm and like threads and whatever is. Everyone hates this. Like hates the idea of like AI movies. And it's like, I would never watch an AI movie. I would never watch an AI podcast.

[Lawyer]

But they will, cuz society's gonna make it.

[Shane]

You know what? I thought the same thing, cuz I agree. And then I saw this real. I don't know if you saw. I don't have it pulled up here, but did you see the one where it's like, it's like 15 second short film and it was like this couple fighting on the beach and the song was the Harry Styles, you know?

[Chris]

Yes, yes.

[Shane]

And then like they're fighting, but then a big, big wave comes and then they realize life does, you know, so short and then they kiss and then they die. It had like 10 million likes and like 100 million views and all the comments were like, wait, this made me cry. Wait, why did AI make a better 15 second short than all the movies in theaters right now? And people were really on board and it freaked me out because I was like, oh, it just takes the right one.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Chris]

Does anyone here want to listen to a podcast or watch a movie? Let's all AI no in the moment.

[Hannah]

I don't think so. But I think what they're gonna do is they're gonna like release the biggest movie of all time and not tell anybody that it's all AI for like a year and be like, wow, news came out that was actually AI. And then people are like, well, I actually like that they have to get us to like it before we could accept it.

[Jared]

Like, they're already doing good with music on Spotify. They're doing it where it'll be like, that song was huge. Like up. That was an AI song that. It was kind of a bop anyways. Like, no, no, no.

[Shane]

But you know, it's not AI. You know what Will never be AI. You know what the most real thing in the world is? What? Guy Fieri. You can't replace that motherfucker with AI. He is himself. He is real. Or is he? Welcome to the Guy Fieri theory.

[Hannah]

Oh, no.

[Shane]

So there is a theory. I don't even want to say it. Just a theory that Guy Fieri, the

[Hannah]

mayor of Flavortown, Big Fieri, that he

[Shane]

doesn't swallow his food. Okay, I got email from Jada, which, by the way, if you have any theories or anything you want us to talk about Shane Dustin podcast [e-mail], jada said, Honestly, I find this one kind of funny. And I've been seeing it on TikTok. That guy Fieri, he doesn't actually swallow the food. He tries. What do you guys think? And all these reels and tiktoks are going viral now. I've seen a bunch of them, but I want to do a live reaction to a couple of them here. But it is kind of crazy. The camera always cuts well right after he takes a bite.

[Lawyer]

How many years has he been doing this?

[Shane]

Well, I don't know if he's doing it anymore, but he probably was doing it for like 10 years.

[Lawyer]

So give him a break. If he's on, like, if he wants to be on, like a health journey after a certain amount of time, it's like in his job, is eating.

[Hannah]

Yeah, but they're not saying, like, hey, can you eat five pounds of this? They're just saying, test this out. Tell us an honest opinion about the flavor. But do you need a swallow food to taste it?

[Jared]

Well, you'll. Let's see if he even.

[Hannah]

I mean, spitters are quitters.

[Jared]

I hope he even tastes it.

[Shane]

Here's the thing. I am. Before we get into it, do I think this is real? Probably not. But I will say, as somebody who had an era where I was spitting out my food on camera.

[Lawyer]

Well, okay, that's what I was going to wonder if you were going to

[Shane]

admit or not, depending on what era I was in. Because it was. It was always flowing. You can tell by the sizes of my shirts.

[Lawyer]

But it was also. You were filming five videos in a day at one point in time. And, like, three of those would be food and it'd be crazy amount. So it's like, yes, you can't be consuming all of that.

[Shane]

So I would have, you know, would I swallow everything I tried? No, but there was eras where I was swallowing the food. Currently in that one on the sip, we swallow everything.

[Lawyer]

Yeah, literally a little Promo. Thank you very much.

[Hannah]

That's a shirt we always. We always swallow.

[Shane]

Wait, I mean, yeah.

[Lawyer]

10

[Hannah]

for the guy.

[Jared]

Let's look at. Let's look at. These are some of the ones that were originally, like, blowing up.

[Shane]

The theory for this shot, he puts the chopsticks by his nose to make you think he put something in his mouth. Was there even anything?

[Chris]

Hold on.

[Jared]

Was there anything?

[Lawyer]

Slow it down.

[Shane]

Oh, he will.

[Lawyer]

That's all right.

[Jared]

He didn't have anything.

[Lawyer]

He didn't have anything.

[Shane]

No way.

[Jared]

What? You guys, this is.

[Shane]

Okay, this is absurd. Nothing goes into his mouth.

[Jared]

Here, here.

[Shane]

Who is this? What is the point of this?

[Lawyer]

I'm trying to practice fake chewing.

[Shane]

And now he's like doing fake bites as if he put. There is nothing in your mouth. There is nothing in your mouth, brother. Unless you got a hole, like up on your upper lip by your nose. Try putting it in your mouth. God, you did the tongue thing again.

[Jared]

Today at the deli.

[Hannah]

We're watching not swallow.

[Shane]

Food that, like, he's gonna chew. Oh, yeah.

[Hannah]

Cut.

[Jared]

Wow.

[Shane]

Did he even bite it?

[Jared]

See?

[Shane]

Didn't swallow.

[Hannah]

He's going in. He's going in the huge bite. I mean, it's not an hour long show. You can't film the whole process of his digestive system.

[Shane]

Swallow it.

[Hannah]

No, come on.

[Shane]

Listen, if I was Guy, he needs to do a TikTok where he just. Just eats a full burger in silence. So I don't know. Listen, do I think Guy Fieri is spitting out his food? I don't know. But I have heard from people that work on the show that he is so nice.

[Jared]

I've heard that.

[Shane]

So nice to everyone. Not just like, you know, the big wigs. Like, nice to every single person he meets on the show off camera. Whatever. So shout out Guy for being not a piece of shit.

[Hannah]

You know, I also think Guy's the kind of guy. I think he's going to address this and I think it'll be fun in,

[Jared]

like, a funny way.

[Hannah]

Yeah, I think Guy's a real one. He's gonna come to Instagram or wherever he posts his things and he's gonna clear the air for all of us. If not lean into it.

[Lawyer]

Yeah, we'll be waiting.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Well, speaking of fake shows, I don't even have a video to show for this. This is just like something I already knew, but I didn't know how fake it got. Guys, I'm about to crush the dreams of all of my little house hunters. That's right, the show House hunter.

[Lawyer]

Does anybody not know.

[Shane]

No, everybody knows it's fake. But watch, you didn't know this. Okay, so the show House Hunters, if you don't know it's about. It's on hgtv. I think every hotel you go to, it's all they got for some reason. Porn and House Hunters.

[Chris]

Okay, whoa.

[Shane]

Ryland always chooses House Hunters.

[Jared]

So are you in the car?

[Shane]

It's basically, you know, they have a couple, you know, sometimes a gay couple, straight couple, whatever, and a realtor. And they're like, okay, we're going to look at three different houses, and then you decide which house you want, and it's really fun, and you feel like you're on the journey with them. And then at the end, they sit down, they talk about the pros and cons, and then they choose their house. So everybody knows it's fake. I've heard this for years. I know realtors who have been on it, and I've heard, like, yeah, it's not real, right? So here's how I thought it was fake. I thought, from what I had heard, that they find someone who. Who is actually looking for a house, right? But they pick the house they want, so they already know they have it. And then the producers find two fake houses, and then they go and they do the whole bit, but they actually know they already picked this house. Here's how actually fake it is. A casting director, Allegedly. But I literally watched an interview.

[Chris]

This is gonna devastate my mom. Mom, stop watching.

[Shane]

A casting director will reach out to anyone. Literally, just like a couple, right? Who wants to be on tv?

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Okay. And then they'll say, all right, you want to be on House Hunters? And they're like. And they're. Okay, so if we cast you, you have to have everything in your house removed, put into moving trucks. Your entire fucking house. Okay? And then we're gonna pretend that your house is for sale.

[Jared]

Oh, my God.

[Lawyer]

They don't.

[Jared]

They just use their house.

[Shane]

Yes. And then we're gonna go to two other houses that are actually for sale and yours.

[Lawyer]

There aren't enough people in the world that are actually just moving that they can capture.

[Shane]

Like, this seems like, like, no, because it's about personality.

[Lawyer]

So they're just. And who wants to be on tv?

[Shane]

Who wants to be the bickering wife who's like, these carpets suck, or whatever?

[Lawyer]

But it's never a good look. It's not like your family and neighbors are gonna watch and be like, ah, you were so nice to Steve.

[Shane]

So then. So then they film it, right? And then, oh, we choose this house. And then they move everything back in and they have to.

[Lawyer]

And then they do the ding dong three weeks later.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Chris]

Is that real?

[Jared]

That's literally funny.

[Shane]

Allegedly. From the casting director interview I watched. How does the show work?

[Hannah]

Do you know? All that being said, does anyone here know how many seasons of that show exist?

[Lawyer]

I would guess 26.

[Shane]

No way.

[Hannah]

No, it is in the hundreds. What I want to say, it's like 280 seasons.

[Shane]

270 seasons.

[Hannah]

That's unbelievable.

[Shane]

3,600 episodes.

[Jared]

Okay, so fair play to that.

[Hannah]

I'm sure season like that shows generated a trillion dollars.

[Jared]

Season 200, they were like, we are running out of houses. We gotta start just having people do their own houses.

[Shane]

I don't know. That to me was like. Because I knew it was fake, but I didn't know it was that fake. And also, how inconvenient. Yeah, you got to empty your entire. And you know, it's just usually one of the people in the relationship that's like, I want to be on House Suckers. And the other person's like, hey, we gotta fucking empty out the whole thing. They're like, yeah. Oh God, what a nightmare.

[Lawyer]

I wanna be on House.

[Hannah]

I didn't know that. The Pawn Star show, I haven't watched it in like 10 years, but I didn't know that. At some point they actually just built a set in the same building as their actual pawn store. And that's where they film everything.

[Jared]

Really? Oh, that's so funny.

[Hannah]

And it's like. And because, I mean, they're just trying to pump out some content. They'll have just someone off to the left, like telling the guy what to say.

[Jared]

Yeah, oh yeah.

[Hannah]

Just say this and that about this product. Like, yeah, you know, it was built in this year and it's worth this much. And so it's just all geared towards being on television. It's not even. It was always fake. Like, it always was pre arranged that somebody had this item, but they actually filmed it in the store. Now they don't even do that.

[Chris]

Most people know to an extent that reality tv, all of it is fake. But yeah, I'm constantly shocked at how fake. Like again from like when I acted on a reality show where like it was. There was literally a script.

[Lawyer]

You know what I mean?

[Chris]

Like, it's just the degree that it's fake is insane.

[Shane]

Like, you don't understand crazy. You know what? This is niche, but I feel like all the Timberlake heads out there might like this one and all The Jackson girls. But this is something I learned that I was watching an interview with Pharrell. So Justin Timberlake's first album. Oh, fake fan.

[Lawyer]

I was never. I liked the girl.

[Shane]

Rock your body. Rock your body is good.

[Lawyer]

No, no. He had singles that were in.

[Shane]

Oh, my God.

[Jared]

Something about the shirt.

[Shane]

Oh, my God. Shirt's bringing up.

[Lawyer]

Shake your drinks.

[Shane]

So that whole album. Listen, whatever you think about Timberlake, the whole album's banger after banger.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I mean, we got that one senorita sexy back. That was the next one. That was the next one. Okay, so that whole album, Justin Head, for real? Yeah. Why do I know all these? We have the same register.

[Lawyer]

He knows the discography.

[Shane]

So banger after banger. Right. That's because. So Pharrell talked about this, right? So this isn't like, a secret. He wrote. Pharrell wrote this whole album for Michael Jackson.

[Jared]

Oh, wow.

[Shane]

Literally for Michael Jackson. And Michael Jackson said, pass.

[Lawyer]

No way.

[Shane]

Yes. And Ferrell was like, wait, no, these are good, though. Like, these. And Michael's like, pass. And so then Pharrell took it to Timberlake because Timberlake wanted his first solo album because he was in NSync and Timberlake was like, fuck, yeah. I'll take all the Michael Jackson songs. And it became a huge album and won a bajillion Grammys. So isn't that crazy that. That. That to me makes sense because, like, it feels Michael Jackson to me. And I think even on the COVID and like, in the promotional, you know, stuff for the album, Justin was dressed like Michael Jackson with a hat and everything. But it was interesting that, like, even if it was just the beats, like, it was meant for another artist. And that happens all the time. Like, I'll see reels all the time where it's like, you know, Avril Lavigne, you know, was that Breakaway is her song and she didn't want it, so then she gave it to Kelly Clarkson or, like, there's always things like that.

[Hannah]

But I wonder, though, too, like, if Michael Jackson had done those songs, would they have been what they are like, exactly? Like, do we expect maybe a little bit less from Justin Timberlake for his first, you know, album? Like, for Michael Jackson, if you look at his catalog, does that actually fit or does that seem like a bland, you know, next move for Michael Jackson? Because his production is pretty wild.

[Shane]

Listen, I think it all happened for a reason, right? Like, Timberlake was supposed to release that album for his career and all that, but rock your body as a Michael Jackson song would have Been a fucking banger. It still is a banger. I'm just saying. Crazy.

[Chris]

Also, I forget how old Pharrell is,

[Jared]

because the fact that he wrote that he never ages.

[Shane]

He looks.

[Chris]

Looks younger than me. He's like 73.

[Jared]

What?

[Shane]

Are you kidding me? That's crazy.

[Hannah]

I don't know how old for El. Not skateboard P. I don't know.

[Chris]

Is he 60 already?

[Jared]

I think he's in his late 50s or 60s. Oh, my God.

[Shane]

He's 53.

[Hannah]

Good for him.

[Shane]

He looks unbelievable.

[Reporter]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Wow. Okay, this is. I wouldn't say it's a conspiracy. I would say it's something that just really me up, and I literally it me up. On Rylan's birthday, we had the best birthday ever. It was so. And then at the end of the night, we were sitting there, I'm scrolling on Instagram, and I saw this, and I started spiraling. And then I sent it to Ryland because I. I literally. No context. Sent him a link to this. And then I just see him across the room reading it, going, what the fuck? What the fuck? And I was like, I know. Okay, so this is a new story. A French teenager woke up from a three week coma where she believed in her coma that she had raised kids for seven years, Years in an alternate life. And now she's in therapy dealing with grief counseling. Her name is Celia Verdier. I hope I didn't butcher that. She's 19 and she's from France. She went to a medically induced coma for three weeks. When she woke up, she had lived seven years in her coma. During the three weeks, her brain constructed an entire life. She gave birth to triplets. She felt the pain of labor, the overwhelming wave of love. Holding her babies for the first time, she watched them grow up. She learned their personalities. She named them Mila, Miles, and Malay. One of the daughters was shy. The other was a bundle of energy. She remembers walks, meals, their daily life with children, raising children. And then one of her children died shortly after birth. She grieved the loss of their death inside the coma in a reality that was completely not real.

[Jared]

So.

[Shane]

I know. So imagine, right? Like right now, imagine waking up from a coma.

[Chris]

Oh, that makes me somebody being like,

[Shane]

oh, no, no, no, sweetie. None of that was real.

[Jared]

You're 19 years old. In French.

[Chris]

I actually can't handle that. The thought of that.

[Shane]

Right.

[Chris]

Sick.

[Shane]

What the fuck does that mean? And now you're her, right? And you're sitting, and I feel so bad. I'm sending so much love to this girl. You're laying in that bed and you're like, where's my kids? And, like, that they don't exist.

[Hannah]

I just remember having a dream when I was, like, 6 years old about getting a brand new super Nintendo, and it felt real. And then I woke up and there was no super Nintendo. And I was fucking shattered that whole day. I can't imagine if I had, like, three kids, you know?

[Jared]

Wow.

[Shane]

The way I'm kind of thinking about it, and I feel weird, like, creating a theory on this girl's real life.

[Jared]

Well, it's also. She's not the only one who's experienced. It's like a thing that can happen to people in comas.

[Shane]

Well, I've been seeing a lot of reels and a lot of things about people talking about how when you dream, you're actually tapping into another version of you and an alternate reality. And a lot of scientists have said that alternate realities do exist. And every. Every decision you make, like, say you want to, you know, buy a house, and you end up backing out in another reality. You did buy the house. My thought is, what if when you go into a coma, your consciousness is connecting or tapping into you in an alternate timeline? So maybe her children do exist. Maybe this all did happen just in a different timeline that she was tapping into. And then when she woke up, she snapped back into this timeline.

[Jared]

Whoa.

[Lawyer]

It, like, freaks me out that you can live an entire life in a coma.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Well, to lighten it up, my final theory. And this is more just fun, and it's not even really a theory. Well, I guess it kind of is. It's about elevators.

[Lawyer]

Oh, I hate elevators.

[Shane]

So this is something, when I found out, really pissed me off, because there's no. I would say I am an expert button pusher in the elevator. I feel like people rely on me to really do this in my relationships. Just check this out.

[Guest]

Here's your reminder that the closed door button on your elevator hasn't worked since 1990. It's been a placebo for 35 years. When the Americans with Disabilities act passed in 1990, it required elevator doors to stay open long enough for someone in a wheelchair or crutches or a cane to get inside at least 3 seconds. Elevator manufacturers responded by disconnecting the button or just not wiring anything to it in the first place. The head of the national elevator industry confirmed it. No passenger can close those doors any faster. The only ones who can are firefighters and maintenance workers. And they have, like, a special key. But for everyone else, it's just decoration. And Most crosswalk buttons in major cities don't work either. In 2004, New York York City admitted that most of their pedestrian crossing buttons had been deactivated ever since they switched to computer controlled traffic lights. A Harvard psychologist, Ellen Langer, actually explained this by saying, quote, perceived control is very important. It diminishes stress and promotes well being. Meaning we don't actually need the button to work, we just need to believe that it does. So next time somebody asks you to hold the door open and you keep pressing that close door button, you're just revealing your true colors.

[Chris]

My whole life I was like, I hit this button and like, it doesn't close. I swear it's not doing anything.

[Shane]

And like, oh, I know.

[Chris]

On and off I'm like, am I crazy?

[Shane]

Or in?

[Chris]

Like, yeah, no one's ever confirmed this to me until now.

[Shane]

Crazy.

[Chris]

Not crazy.

[Lawyer]

Why not just discontinue the button in newer elevators? It makes you think, oh, the control.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Chris]

Wow.

[Jared]

I will say I saw a thing recently that in la, because the streets here are such a bad design that most of the buttons are real, but in most other cities they're not. So we're special.

[Shane]

Actually, I lied. I have one final thing to say, and I'm saying this because we talked about it in the last episode, and ever since then, I have been seeing them fucking everywhere. And even Ryland was like, oh, my gosh. Like, I'm seeing them everywhere too. I didn't know. I thought they were solar panels. I didn't know this was what it was. These flock cameras are getting so fucking crazy. But I also saw that they started doing flock drones, which we were talking about in the last episode, how these whole flock cameras, basically these security cameras that are everywhere now, they're tracking literally everything that you're doing. And, like, you know, it's crazy, right? And people were saying, oh, it's kind of similar to Minority Report, where it's like the cameras are tracking whether or not you're gonna commit a crime before you commit it. And, like, maybe that's where this is heading. And I remember in movies like Minority Report, there would be these drones that would fly around and watch you. Like, it wasn't just cameras.

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[Shane]

It was like these flying drones. And then I saw this video.

[Reporter]

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[Shane]

Okay, listen, all I'm gonna say is this. Maybe Flock is doing good things, right? Maybe this is gonna help. If in a year every fucking missing person isn't found, then we need to. We have a problem actually.

[Chris]

Because even.

[Shane]

Right.

[Chris]

That's not the real purpose. Even if they're just collecting. Collecting data or whatever. Like have that be a side purpose that you build out the feature.

[Lawyer]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Do something.

[Chris]

Use it for good in some way. Yeah. That's crazy.

[Jared]

The scary thing he says in the video is cities are now regretting the Flock thing and they're legally not allowed to take them down. And so they've started just covering them with like bags because they're like, we, we can't. We're gonna get like sued if we take these down because like, that's how much like control they have over the.

[Chris]

Wow. Next year I'll go hiding. You guys will report me missing. It'll be a video. Does Flock find me?

[Jared]

It's like 10 seconds. Yeah, we don't.

[Shane]

Wow. Well, speaking of crazy mother Flockers, Spencer is a game.

[Jared]

Well, actually, I'm actually going to head out, guys. I figured I'm just going to head out early, but I, I have a substitute coming in later.

[Lawyer]

I hope you get a nap or something.

[Jared]

Yeah, yeah. I'm going to go take a nap.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Chris]

It's nice seeing you.

[Jared]

It was great to see you guys.

[Shane]

Yeah. Good to see you.

[Jared]

All right, I'll see you guys.

[Chris]

Take care, man.

[Jared]

Hey, guys. Long time no see. It's good to be back.

[Lawyer]

So handsome.

[Chris]

I didn't even see you come in.

[Shane]

Well, I'm mysterious. Is that a mask?

[Hannah]

No.

[Jared]

No part of me is rubber at all. Well, guys, I actually brought a fun little game if you guys want to play.

[Chris]

I'd love to love games.

[Jared]

And a little. I will say I took a little bit of this game from a place called Joe BoxTV. Go watch them. They're very funny. Buy a little bit. I cut us a little game.

[Shane]

Welcome to.

[Jared]

I renamed it. Welcome to the Mix up. Yay. We have a slideshow today. This is the mix up. I don't know if you can read that, but today we're playing a mix up. And today you're going to be using your five senses to determine what is in these drinks. I have put two ingredients.

[Shane]

This scares me.

[Jared]

In each drink. They are all edible ingredients, mostly.

[Hannah]

What the hell does that mean?

[Jared]

No poison, no alcohol.

[Shane]

This guy walked up to me at a bar and said, guess what's in this drink? I would call the cops.

[Hannah]

Yeah, there should be a picture. There should be a picture of you at bars. Don't accept a drink from this guy.

[Jared]

Don't talk about drinks with this guy. Well, wait till you see the first one. But the rules of the game are the mix up. I am going to have a jar of a drink and it's gonna look weird because I only had jars to keep. Keep what it's in. And you guys have your cup. You're gonna have be able to pour it. You don't have to drink it. You can just use all your senses. I would advise taking a little sip.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Jared]

But you can use all five of your senses. And you will write down on your whiteboard what you think the two ingredients are.

[Shane]

I'm gonna use.

[Jared]

You know, there's. It doesn't have to be exact. Exact. But I'm gonna use a little bit of judgment here. You're gonna get one point for one correct answer. Two points for two correct answers.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Jared]

You guys ready to play?

[Shane]

I'm just scared. Is it gross?

[Jared]

Some of them are going to be of kind of gross.

[Lawyer]

And are we?

[Jared]

You don't have to be.

[Lawyer]

Or are we swallowers?

[Jared]

You don't. That's what I'm saying. You don't have to. It's not like you have to chug it. You have to do it. You could dip your tongue in. You could just do have however you'd like however you like to do it. Some could be delicious, some could be. Well, I tried one and it wasn't

[Shane]

delicious, but what the.

[Jared]

Guys ready for drink number one?

[Lawyer]

Oh, milk.

[Shane]

I think I'm going to be weirdly scary good.

[Jared]

I was doing this. I was like, I think Shane is going to be really good at this game.

[Shane]

This is like the water talker's dream.

[Jared]

Yeah. So just pour a little bit into your cup. Pass it around, please.

[Lawyer]

It's like coconut.

[Shane]

I want the foam.

[Jared]

Lucky you.

[Shane]

Oh, there was a little chunky in there.

[Lawyer]

Spencer,

[Jared]

there is no loads in any of this stuff.

[Shane]

It looks like it.

[Chris]

Prove it.

[Lawyer]

Are any gonna make us sick?

[Jared]

This one won't. What are the two ingredients in mystery drink drink number one?

[Chris]

I don't smell anything.

[Jared]

If you guys need a refill, please let me know. I have plenty more. Where that came from, I have no idea.

[Chris]

I'm bad at this.

[Shane]

I don't think this is it, but I'm kind of feeling it.

[Jared]

Was that one good or no? I haven't tasted. No, no.

[Lawyer]

Nope.

[Jared]

That way I'm in solidarity. I'm, you know, I'm with. I mean, the competition with you guys.

[Lawyer]

It feels like a familiar taste, but I can't.

[Jared]

It's not as bad. Knowing what it is, I'll say that

[Shane]

it's not as bad. Oh, then maybe mine's wrong.

[Jared]

I just thought that was gonna be worse. I'll be honest. Oh. Oh.

[Shane]

Maybe I'm right.

[Jared]

Okay, everyone has their answers down.

[Hannah]

Yes.

[Jared]

Okay, let's reveal our answers before we reveal the thing. What have you guys said? Jared said Sprite and almond milk.

[Chris]

Oh, I'm just hoping one of these are right.

[Shane]

I don't know.

[Jared]

Chris said sparkling water and coconut milk. Rylan said coconut cream and Sprite.

[Shane]

I said Alka seltzer and milk.

[Jared]

Ooh. Jared got it on the money. It is.

[Shane]

Wow, that's impressive.

[Lawyer]

How is it? How'd you get it? Throthy, frothy?

[Chris]

I don't know.

[Jared]

That happened in the jar. I don't know how that happened.

[Hannah]

The craziest thing is I put milk and then I went like this. Almond milk.

[Shane]

It's totally bad.

[Jared]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Once you know what it is, it's not as gross of a like, I mean, it's not, you know, it's not a great combo, but it's not, like, defiled.

[Lawyer]

It's so funny because I kept being like, I know the taste. I know that, and it's almond milk. You're right.

[Shane]

You're right.

[Jared]

All right, you guys ready for drink number two?

[Lawyer]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Oh, come on, Drink.

[Jared]

It's piss number two. If your piss looks like this, go to the doctor. Drink number two.

[Chris]

The pictures are good.

[Jared]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Lawyer]

Something's creamy.

[Shane]

About.

[Chris]

I like.

[Jared]

Is kind of creamy. Interesting.

[Lawyer]

Why does yours have white in it?

[Jared]

Interesting.

[Hannah]

Why is it all over my mouth?

[Shane]

It's everywhere. How did that.

[Jared]

That looks like something else happens in this cup.

[Shane]

Filling that one. I poured it.

[Jared]

That looks like. That looks interesting. I'll say that.

[Hannah]

This is good, Steve. So it's two brands.

[Shane]

Wait, so does the brand have multiple flavors?

[Jared]

One of them does.

[Shane]

Okay, every.

[Jared]

Everyone got answers?

[Hannah]

Yes.

[Jared]

All right, reveal in 3, 2, 1. Show me what you got. We have Cactus Cooler, Mountain Dew, Orange Fanta apple juice, orange Fanta, 7up, Sunny D, and Lacroix. The only point here is going to go to Jared because we have White Monster Energy and Cactus.

[Hannah]

And what does monster taste the most like for beverage? I've never drinking that.

[Lawyer]

Mountain Dew.

[Jared]

I would say.

[Hannah]

I would say yes.

[Lawyer]

I don't drink either of those.

[Shane]

Cactus Cooler doesn't have a zero option. So, unfortunately, I'm not into her. Oh.

[Hannah]

It's been years since I've sipped upon it.

[Chris]

Yeah, I haven't had it since high school.

[Hannah]

It's the best.

[Jared]

All right, so that's gonna put Jared with a solid lead at three. Rylan has one point. Shane and Chris gotta make up some time. Okay, we have drink number three. Rough.

[Lawyer]

Ooh, tar.

[Hannah]

I think I almost know what it is already.

[Jared]

This one. Be careful with.

[Hannah]

There's a certain shimmer.

[Shane]

Careful with.

[Hannah]

Well, they've been stored a while. If there's. There's no carbon.

[Jared]

Yeah, sorry. There should be. Yeah. Be careful to flavor.

[Chris]

Ooh.

[Jared]

That might be. That's not the worst.

[Hannah]

Dangerous.

[Shane]

You recreated vomit.

[Hannah]

Good job.

[Jared]

I'll do a solidarity sip. Of course.

[Shane]

You should work at the Harry Potter beaneries.

[Jared]

Ugh. Wow. That's crazy that it still tastes like that after I did all that to it.

[Hannah]

I had another.

[Shane]

Wow.

[Jared]

It's like it's a new flavor.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Jared]

Does everyone have answers? Down. All right, reveal in three, two, one. Dr. Pepper Vegemite. Dr. Pepper Salt. Dr. Pepper Salt. The Yaw brothers have. Is Dr. Pepper insult.

[Lawyer]

Just salt.

[Shane]

I almost said Morgan, baby, it's good and nice.

[Hannah]

Yeah, I was on vinegar until you said it's not liquid ale.

[Jared]

That is a dripper. A nice dripper. This is drink number four.

[Hannah]

I think you might need to shake that.

[Jared]

I don't think that's a good idea. Oh, okay.

[Hannah]

We're getting hints.

[Lawyer]

This isn't good. The week after a stomach bug.

[Jared]

Sorry. This might be the last time we ever played this game.

[Lawyer]

No, I mean, I can appreciate the game.

[Jared]

I.

[Shane]

Yes.

[Jared]

I think food would be fun, Sauces, something.

[Hannah]

I'm excited.

[Jared]

This one. I'm curious. What it. Is it bad? Is this one bad?

[Hannah]

Is it bad?

[Chris]

I only smelt it, and the smell is brutal. The smell is awful.

[Lawyer]

This is.

[Jared]

It does.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Jared]

It smells like soap.

[Chris]

Is this poison?

[Jared]

No, no, no. It's too.

[Chris]

Is there rat poison? Is that one of the ingredients?

[Jared]

Very common things that you would not think twice about drinking. Actually. It tastes. It's another one of those where you know what it is. It doesn't taste as bad.

[Hannah]

This is a tough one.

[Jared]

This is a very hard one, I will say. But I would say the smell is a good. It's a better hint than flavor for one of them.

[Lawyer]

I'm confident.

[Shane]

I'm assuming you ruined one of my favorite things.

[Jared]

Yep.

[Shane]

Because it's giving me the thought of, like, I'm. I can never have it again.

[Jared]

That would be horrible if that's true.

[Lawyer]

Oh, the burp does feel like Shane's. One of Shane's favorite things.

[Chris]

We'll see.

[Jared]

All right, let's reveal your answers in 3, 2, 1. Root beer, lemon juice, lime dyed coke. The Yaw Brothers have it again.

[Hannah]

It is root beer and lemon juice, ironically. I'm washing it down with the root beer.

[Shane]

Yeah, you kind of ruined it. It's like I had food poisoning and I drove it.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Jared]

I'm so sorry about that.

[Hannah]

Yeah. Now this tastes like shit.

[Jared]

And if you guys thought those ones were bad, this is the worst one. Yay. This is the final round. Don't worry. This is the final round around.

[Hannah]

Dude, my stomach feels right. Bro, do you know if you mix too much salt with lemon, it could actually give you ulcers?

[Chris]

What if you already have Kidding joke with this one. Ooh, that looks like chocolate milk.

[Jared]

Yeah, that's not.

[Hannah]

That's a latte quality.

[Lawyer]

Oh. The way that it plopped.

[Jared]

You're not going to like any part of this. Guys, I'm sorry.

[Shane]

Oh, I know that.

[Chris]

I have to go. I don't think.

[Shane]

I love that smell, to be honest.

[Jared]

It actually comes. It smells better than actually this one. I will say it looks gross. It tasted way better than I thought it was going to.

[Shane]

I would dip a nugget in this.

[Lawyer]

I really can't even think of the second ingredient.

[Jared]

Okay, everyone have their answers down let's reveal your answers in 3, 2, 1. We have chick Fil A sauce and apple juice, coffee, Thousand Island, Chick Fil A sauce, ketchup, chocolate milk, and barbecue sauce. Shane is going to be the only one with a point here because it is the Emily in Paris raspberry creamer plus barbecue sauce.

[Shane]

Is this sweet baby rice?

[Jared]

It is Sweet baby race.

[Lawyer]

Is this Emily and Paris thing viral or something?

[Jared]

No. I was just at the grocery store and I thought that was the funniest. I was like, what is something no

[Lawyer]

one would ever keep as a segment producer? 10 out of 10. As a participant. 0 out of 10.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

My stomach feels gross.

[Jared]

Okay, counting up the points. Wait, wait, wait. Well, we're counting up, but there's one final.

[Lawyer]

No bonus round.

[Shane]

Hold on.

[Jared]

I gotta go get it.

[Chris]

The pictures are so good.

[Lawyer]

Spencer really let his creativity shine with this slideshow.

[Jared]

Oh, wow.

[Lawyer]

Oh, none of us have cups. Oh, he has bonus cups after having norovirus. That blue looks very familiar.

[Jared]

Take a cup and pour some. Pass it on. This one, I would say is not gross, but. But it's a tricky one. Don't worry, it's not gross, I promise. You don't trust me. It is seven to six with Shane and Jared Ryland has, I think, only one point still.

[Chris]

And we can stop there.

[Jared]

Chris has a goose egg, but this is the minion bonus round, so it's worth two points.

[Shane]

All I taste is barbecue sauce.

[Jared]

I think that last coated your mouth.

[Hannah]

I think I got it.

[Jared]

All right, reveal your answers in 3, 2, 1. Blue Powerade. Red Bull power. Coconut or Blue Cave? It is just Gatorade.

[Shane]

I feel like I got a point.

[Jared]

Yeah, you did.

[Chris]

Listen, I just did so bad that I wanted to acknowledge how close that was.

[Shane]

That was so good. That was so close.

[Jared]

And the coconut and Chris, I'll give you half a point. Thank you, Steve. All right, so Shane is actually from come from behind Victory with eight. Jared, you have seven. Rylan, you have seven. Two or you have three actually. And Chris, you have half a point. Thank you guys for playing the mix up.

[Shane]

Fun. Yes. Let us know. Do you guys want us to play games? Leave a comment. Give the video a like, if you want us to play games, we will bring them back. I enjoy it. I think it's fun. I feel like it's a nice little, like, refresher after an hour of terrifying conspiracy.

[Lawyer]

It's a nightcap.

[Shane]

Yeah, it's a little like, you know what? Yeah, the world's ending, but let's mix it up.

[Lawyer]

Yeah.

[Shane]

All right, guys, go. Hopefully you enjoyed this episode. This was a crazy one. And yeah, let us know if you enjoyed it. And yeah. Oh, you know what? I haven't done a shout out in a while and I know it's annoying, but I do want to give a little shout out to the Patreon. We've been uploading so many things our podcast also, I started doing like vlog style. So yeah, check it out if you want. And hopefully you guys send Guy Fieri some love.

[Hannah]

Yeah, we definitely, definitely deserves all of it.

[Shane]

See you guys next time. Bye.

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