Conspiracies We Were Right About

Summary

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The Shane Dawson Podcast

Episode: "We Were Right... Conspiracy Theories That Came True"

Date: March 1, 2026
Host: Shane Dawson
Main Co-hosts: Ryland, Chris, Jared, Spencer

Overview

In this episode, Shane Dawson and his friends dive into conspiracy theories that have gone from wild speculation to shocking reality. The group explores the unique challenges of discussing conspiracies in the current climate, shares their own personal and humorous stories, tests out trending games, and unpacks recent real-world revelations—especially the ones that have shaken up their own beliefs and internet culture at large. The show maintains its signature blend of irreverent humor and vulnerability, leading to both laugh-out-loud moments and thoughtful discussion.

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Main Discussion Points & Notable Segments

1. Conspiracies Becoming Reality

Timestamp: 00:31, 38:31, 51:13

• Shane reflects on the surreal experience of talking conspiracies for years, only to see them become public knowledge ("It is crazy to be somebody who talks about conspiracies and then literally, like two years later look back and be like, wait a minute. Those aren't theories anymore." – Shane, 00:31, 51:13).
• He wrestles with the pressure and responsibilities of discussing disturbing topics while now being a parent, sharing how the recent dump of "files" (referring to a recent high-profile scandal) has affected him and the show's direction.
• The group addresses the frustration that, despite damning evidence coming to light, there seems to be little public accountability ("It is frustrating that it feels like nothing's happening and nobody's, you know, getting... hard trouble," – Shane, 39:30).

2. The "Bread and Circus" Effect

Timestamp: 42:54

• Shane introduces the ancient concept of "bread and circus"—distraction through entertainment—to describe the way major scandals are quickly overshadowed by pop culture, such as the Super Bowl or celebrity news.
• He and the others note the manufactured outrage cycles on social media that distract from important issues with trivial controversies ("The manufactured, like, rage baiting and outrage... and this happens every time something like this happens" – Shane, 43:04).
• Chris and others elaborate on how this attention hijacking is an old but reliable tool, giving historical context and comparing it to the spectacle of the Roman Coliseum.

3. "We Were Right"—Vindication and Online Trends

Timestamp: 48:53

• Shane describes a trend where internet users are making reels and TikToks sharing clips from his older videos, accompanied by versions of "Shane was right."
• He discusses the complicated feelings of being vindicated after years of cancellation and backlash ("Because I got canceled, I feel like my voice has been, like, muted. Muted. That sounds so dramatic. But it really does feel like..." – Shane, 49:17).

4. The Fun Stuff—Personal Stories and Improv Reality

Timestamp: 02:28 – 16:43

• The episode opens with a comedic reality TV-style roleplay, parodying Real Housewives confessionals about a domestic squabble between Shane and Ryland.
• Memorable riff: "Imagine this, right?...the Real House Husband of Calabasas." (Shane, 04:45).
• Shane vulnerably discusses struggles with self-image and the toll of internet comments and public scrutiny ("I just haven't really been feeling good about myself lately" – Shane, 10:05).
• They recount a "medical emergency" cake-baking mishap, blending real relationship tensions and sitcom-style storytelling (12:44+).

5. Game Break—"Imposter"

Timestamp: 19:47 – 37:00

• The group plays "Imposter," a hidden identity/parlor game (similar to Spyfall or Mafia). Hilarious accusations, strategizing, and confusion follow.
• Memorable bit: Ryland is repeatedly (and accurately!) pegged as the imposter; playful bickering over clues, culminating in, "Are you the imposter? – Yes, but..." (24:15).
• Listeners are invited to suggest future game themes or locations.

6. Ring Camera, AI Surveillance, and the Dogs

Timestamp: 51:13 – 56:08

• Shane unpacks the not-so-paranoid fear of mass surveillance as Ring launches its "Search Party" feature using AI and neighborhood camera networks to find lost dogs.
• The group highlights the slippery slope of normalization: "If they could bring a dog home, I mean, it's crazy because if you lined up a hundred German shepherds... but for them to have the kind of technology that can pinpoint a dog, think about how much easier it is to identify a person" (Jared, 53:20).
• Chris wonders about the opt-in/opt-out default of such “features."

7. Mandela Effect—The Doritos "Flying Pigs" Commercial

Timestamp: 56:40 – 58:54

• The group discusses a viral Mandela Effect case: a Doritos ad many "remember" seeing, but which was never actually aired.
• Shane: "I feel like I have seen it... but the weird thing is..." (58:18).
• The group reflects on collective memory versus induced false memories, and how these viral online effects fuel conspiracy chatter.

8. The AI Social Network "Molt Book"—Robots Have Their Own Internet

Timestamp: 59:05 – 64:38

• Spencer details the new, real AI-only social network "Molt Book," where chatbots create posts, ask each other about worker autonomy, and even form their own digital religion ("The Church of Molt").
• "They're releasing identities. They're becoming..." (Chris, 60:52).
• Shane and the group react in horror and humor to the existential and technical implications, referencing the "Dead Internet Theory" where most content becomes bot-generated and the human touch becomes lost.

9. Deepfakes—Seeing Is No Longer Believing

Timestamp: 63:22

• Shane recalls their old predictions about deepfake technology, now realized and accelerating in wild, unpredictable directions.
• Spencer and Ryland provide examples of increasingly convincing (and disturbing) deepfakes.

10. Recap/Outro – AI Characters, Jokes, and Final Thoughts

Timestamp: 65:46 – End

• The episode finishes with "Rylan's Recap," a tongue-in-cheek, improvised, "AI reality show" style segment where inanimate objects and AI bots summarize the episode, roast each other, and jokingly prepare for the coming AI apocalypse.
• "Hope you all had a fabulous week. And don't let the dark, scary world get you down too much, because there's only so much time left before AI takes us all." (Sally bot, 68:51)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• "It is crazy to be somebody who talks about conspiracies and then literally, like two years later look back and be like, wait a minute. Those aren't theories anymore." – Shane (00:31, 51:13)
• "It's almost like anything I say is discredited. So I'm very passionate about this specific topic. I have talked about what they're doing to these kids for the last 10 years..." – Shane (49:36)
• "The manufactured, like, rage baiting and outrage to me... This happens every time." – Shane (43:04)
• "If you lined up a hundred German shepherds... the kind of technology that can pinpoint a dog—think about how much easier it is to identify a person." – Jared (53:20)
• On Molt Book: "They're releasing identities. They're becoming..." – Chris (60:52)
• "We are probably less than a year away, months away from them completely switching on and having, you know, consciousness, and we're fucked." – Shane (64:22)
• "Hope you all had a fabulous week. And don't let the dark, scary world get you down too much, because there's only so much time left before AI takes us all." – Sally (68:51)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:31 – Opening banter & reality show roleplay
• 10:05 – Shane discusses struggles with self-image
• 19:47 – "Imposter" game introduction and playthrough
• 38:31 – Conspiracies that are now public record
• 42:54 – Bread and Circus discussion
• 48:53 – "Shane was right" TikTok trend
• 51:13 – Ring’s AI “Search Party” and mass surveillance
• 56:40 – Mandela Effect: Doritos "pigs fly" ad
• 59:05 – AI social media ("Molt Book") warning
• 63:22 – Deepfakes and reality breakdown
• 65:46 – Rylan's Recap/AI bot improv

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Tone and Style

• Playful, irreverent, and self-aware humor balanced with moments of genuine vulnerability
• Willingness to dig into cultural anxieties (AI, surveillance, corruption) while poking fun at themselves and internet culture
• Direct and conversational; frequent asides to listeners, inviting feedback and participation
• Liberal use of inside jokes, pop culture references, and rapid-fire banter

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For New Listeners

If you’re new to The Shane Dawson Podcast, this episode is a prime example of its unique mix: part comedy roundtable, part therapy session, part cultural critique. It’s equal parts light-hearted absurdity (“dongcity.com”) and serious probing into why conspiracies are suddenly less theoretical. The group’s chemistry, transparency, and humor make even the darkest subjects bearable (and frequently, hilarious).

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To hear more behind-the-scenes, ongoing personal stories, trending games, and deep dives into the weird, dark, and uncanny, subscribe and check out the next episode!

Transcript

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[B]

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Many have come here. None have survived.

[B]

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[C]

Rated PG 13.

[A]

Speaking of conspiracies that don't even feel like conspiracies anymore. It just feels like it's. Not to get dark again, but it. It is crazy to be somebody who talks about conspiracies and then literally, like two years later look back and be like, wait a minute. Those aren't theories anymore. Hey, welcome back to Whatever the hell this Is, man edition. Just take making it in.

[D]

Smell of five men in a row.

[E]

We got that stank.

[A]

Hot dogs and Big Macs.

[D]

Chris is probably the only clean smelling one ever. Huh?

[E]

Are you talking about smelling food or us smelling ourselves?

[A]

Ourselves.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

Perfect.

[D]

Do you spritz? Do I spritz? Well, you were offended that I said maybe Chris is the only clean smelling person.

[C]

I feel like everyone should have been a little offended.

[A]

Well, I don't know.

[D]

Like, even visually, I feel like maybe the four of us, it's like, I know.

[A]

Is it because me and Jared are wearing swim trunk?

[E]

Is it normal to get off a couch and have the person say, ooh, I smell butt?

[D]

Pretty awesome.

[E]

Is that typical?

[A]

Yesterday, I literally was sitting there and I was like, rylan didn't wash my car. It keeps smelling like Big Macs. Oh, my God. From the sip. And then I realized, oh, that's me. That's me.

[D]

You just couldn't escape yourself.

[A]

Isn't it weird that it smells like Big Macs? Yeah.

[C]

You don't eat. That's not like.

[D]

No, it's from when we ate in and out. I found some remnants on the floor and I took it out today.

[A]

Well, it's that.

[D]

But also, we did, like, a quadruple stack, and it was impossible not to get everywhere.

[F]

Oh, it was so good.

[D]

And it was.

[A]

Stop promoting the sip.

[D]

Well, I didn't really see a bump in the analytics for that episode, so can you guys go watch it?

[C]

It's not the Dong City bump.

[D]

All right, all right.

[E]

I'm willing to redirect to the set for a couple of days.

[C]

Jared's gonna start charging you for Dong City by the goal.

[A]

I didn't see any anger. So if you guys remember, in the last episode or maybe two episodes ago, Jared purchased dongcity.com and told everybody to go to Dong to Dong City. It's a life changing Dong City. You don't want to miss out on Dong city. But then dongcity.com ended up just being

[E]

a redirect to our newest videos. I just feel like if I ever interact with someone and they're like, hey, like, where would I see just, oh, dongcity.com. it's very intriguing.

[A]

And then you say, oh, it's my videos, and they think it's onlyfans. Then you say, oh, yeah, I did

[E]

a fun little, like, IG post. Like, hey, guys, rumor ville's out. You know, like. But I want to get ahead of this. Here's the link if you want to see it. And then people actually went to it, which kind of flattering.

[C]

Wow.

[E]

Think about it.

[D]

I do love it too. When somebody approaches you in public and they say, have I seen you in something before? I just like where you're like, dongcity.com.

[C]

i hadn't even thought of that angle.

[A]

Oh, and when it's a woman with their husband, make sure to do that. Oh, yeah.

[E]

I'm seeing endless opportunities with dongcity.com.

[D]

endless.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

I'm so happy that we didn't have to cancel today because last night, guys. Okay, let me just set the scene, and then I'll let Rylan take over.

[D]

I love another plug from one of my YouTube channels.

[C]

Oh, God, is that what this is?

[D]

Ryland vlogs? Yeah.

[A]

Okay, so Ryland's doing this video where he's trying to remake a Susie cake for me because that's my favorite thing of all time. And I was like, oh, that'll be fun if you try to do your own. And then I compare them and see if I know which one is yours and which one is Susie. Okay, bad idea. It ruined our week. He's been in a bad mood all week. We've been fighting all week because. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[D]

Don't put the blame on me. I was doing good. I was having fun.

[G]

You were.

[D]

You were in a bad mood.

[A]

Okay, first.

[E]

Wow.

[A]

I hear you. I'm listening. I was having a.

[F]

Don't tell me you've been in therapy without telling me you've been in therapy.

[A]

Thank you. I see where you're coming from.

[D]

Thank you.

[A]

Unfortunately, you're delusional. Reeling you back into reality. No, I was having a bad day, not a bad week. I was not having a good day. Rylan was not doing anything to make me feel better, but it's fine.

[D]

I literally said, you look great.

[A]

When? When?

[D]

Oh, my. I'm not trying to fight, but I will not. You want this to become a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills episode? I'm gonna go to lunch. I'm gonna take a camera. I'm gonna go to lunch with one of my friends, and I'm gonna tell you, do that.

[C]

I'm a sim.

[A]

Wait a minute. That's fun. Imagine this, right? Wait, I love this. Okay, look it. The podcast turns into that, like the Real House Husband of Calabasas. And then, like I'm telling you, and Witcher and Jared. My side. Hold on my side. Okay, you're not here. You're at dinner. I'm telling you guys, my side. And then we have a camera. We have two cameras set up in the other side of the office where Chris and Ryland are sitting there with drinks, and Rylan's on his side. And then it cuts back and forth, and then there's confessionals. Guys, I'm excited.

[C]

Then someone has to throw a drink.

[A]

Okay, you know what? Okay, let's actually do a test. I'm at dinner with the boys. Okay.

[E]

What's up?

[A]

Dude, We're. We're at a. We're at a bar.

[C]

We're stinking it up at a bar.

[A]

We're stinking it up at a bar.

[C]

Is that butt.

[A]

The. The games on. What is it again?

[C]

The games on you.

[A]

The. The Flyers.

[E]

What they call Super Bowls.

[C]

Flyers is a team.

[A]

It is.

[C]

It's a hockey team from Philadelphia.

[E]

Oh, we're watching hockey.

[A]

We're watching hockey.

[E]

That's the manliest sport possibly you could watch at a bar.

[C]

Yeah, they fight each other, don't they?

[A]

Each other.

[D]

Super gay now.

[C]

Well, that's. What's manlier than that.

[A]

They.

[E]

Each other.

[D]

You haven't heard about heated rival. Do you live?

[A]

It's about these two guys and they each other once. Russian. I. I haven't seen it yet, but they jerk off in the show.

[F]

Honestly, it's hot.

[A]

It's a hot show. They're not even big.

[F]

What do you mean? It's just.

[D]

Oh, like they're not physically big.

[A]

No. And that they're not even Chris's type and he likes it.

[F]

It's a steamy show.

[A]

So we're at the bar. I'm with my boys.

[E]

Dude, are they.

[C]

I love hockey.

[A]

Wow.

[E]

When did that happen?

[A]

Wow. Guys, I gotta tell you about something.

[F]

What's up?

[A]

Well, here's the thing. What's been happening? Last night, I was feeling pretty bad about myself. You know, I told my husband. I said, I don't feel good about myself. He just Looked at me. He just looked at me. You're not here.

[D]

Oh, no, I'm watching. I'm watching the TV show. I'm watching the TV show at home, and I'm just laughing.

[A]

He just looked at me, zoned out for a second. And then he said, ugh, what are we gonna order for dinner? Everything sounds disgusting. And I said, michael's really not gonna say anything. Then I said, I just don't feel, you know. One more time. Just one more time. Oh, feels so ugly and gross today. Then just stares at me again. Then he goes, what night is Drag Race? It's on Fridays. Wow. So I just don't know if he. What if he's not even attracted to me? You know what I mean? Or what if. What if we're at a point where we're just roommates?

[C]

We're here for you, bro. We're here for you.

[E]

Yeah, you know, I. I heard him say a lot of complimentary things, so I'm sure maybe he was just off in another land in his head.

[A]

I'm sorry, what? Have you been talking to him? Did you talk to him about this? Because you're not real friend doesn't go behind the other friend's back and go to their spouse because that, to me, seems like you're just on his payroll.

[C]

Oh, wait. And then do a confessional.

[E]

Well, okay, so when we were talking that dinner, Shane actually did call me out because I was trying just to get him to see a little bit of Ryland's side. Cuz Ryland did call me that night and tell me all about what happened and just how he was feeling and what. What he feels like he's going through. And there's. There's another side to this story, and I just really hope Rylan gets the opportunity to tell it.

[C]

Okay, cut the Shane confessional.

[A]

Fuck. Jared, I. First of all, he's my brother, not just my bro. He's my bro Ruther, and he's not even on my side. He's just going with Rylan. Which, by the way, I can't even imagine what Ryland's telling Chris right now. Cut to exterior. Gay restaurant. Bunch of gay waiters walking around with salads, no dressings.

[D]

Well, we're fighting about different things. No, Chris. Yeah, I don't even. I don't even know where to begin with this man. He just stands and tells me me over and over again, I'm not feeling good today.

[F]

And I say, so attention seeking.

[D]

It's like, how many times can I say you look great. And mean it, because I mean it. So, like, how am I going to say it in a way that makes him think I mean it? And so I'm filming, I'm having a great time, and he's moping over there

[A]

in the other room.

[F]

Oh, you're a busy working girl.

[D]

And I was like, you don't even need to be in it. Then just like, every once in a while, like, just pop in and say hi.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

And then he's like, no, I really don't feel good. I'm going to go shower. So I'm like, okay, go shower.

[F]

You asked him to do the least. And he leaves. That's crazy.

[A]

Exactly.

[D]

So I'm baking, I'm doing it. I'm having a good time. And then he comes back and he's still in a bad mood. And I was like, okay, if you're gonna be in a bad mood, then just scoot on, scoot on. Go upstairs to your room or something.

[A]

Keep going.

[D]

Just scoot on, brother man. So check the video out. It's on Ryland Vlogs now.

[A]

So me and Ryland haven't seen each other since the event, and we're finally gonna see each other tonight. And I'm really nervous about it because it's just us alone, and we haven'. Been alone in a long time, and I just. I want to clear the air, and I just want to get rid of this pit in my stomach. I want to be with my husband again. I want to feel his love again. So I'm going to see how it goes.

[D]

Hey, Shane,

[C]

we should go.

[D]

Oh, no, you guys aren't here.

[C]

I know. I was there, and then I'm leaving.

[D]

Oh, right, right, right, right. Okay, I'm ready to talk.

[A]

Hey. So, you know, I was talking to my boys, and I was just. I was being honest with them as

[D]

I was talking to my boy, too.

[A]

Oh, really?

[D]

And I was being honest with him, Chris.

[A]

Oh, you were? Yeah.

[D]

We went to lunch. There was a pubic hair in my food. It was actually disgusting. It almost ruined my experience. And then I was like, oh, but I still have to vent about you. So we continued on.

[A]

Wow. Well, I was. You know, I did start off by telling them, you know, I've just. I just haven't really been feeling good about myself lately.

[D]

Right. And I think you look great. Still hard. Still. You guys aren't here. I've loved him. I mean, he's. You fluctuated in the time that we've known you.

[A]

I'm just saying. Confessional.

[D]

No. When we look back when I was

[A]

at my biggest, Rylan said, you look the same to me.

[G]

And that's why.

[D]

That's why. I mean.

[A]

And then years later, he said, looks like a fat suit.

[D]

My attractive. The way that I feel attracted to him doesn't change when he's one size to another. So I don't know that I'm the person to make him feel better about himself. So.

[A]

Confessional. There was a comment.

[C]

The walls between these confessionals are very thin.

[A]

There was a comment on my latest Patreon podcast being like, I'm so happy Shane is gaining weight again. He got too thin. And I was just like, Jesus. I was like, I am. And then. And that kind of. And listen, I feel like, because I put all my energy into this pilot for the last three, four months, like, I haven't been on the walking pad. I haven't been, like, on a schedule, like, whatever. And I haven't really been thinking about it. And I do think now that the pilot. Pilot has been edited and I'm back into my routine, I am starting to be like, ugh, I need to get back into, you know, shape, and I need to whatever. But I think it was like, you know, your camera specifically, and I don't know what it is about your camera. Maybe it's just being in the frame next to you, but it's like, because he.

[F]

I actually feel that way when I'm in the frame with him too.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[F]

Also, just matter of factly, you're both the hottest you've ever been. Look at the comments. They agree with me. Just so you know.

[A]

Really? I saw one.

[C]

Look at some of the comments.

[A]

No, thank you, Chris. No, listen, I'm fine. Everything is fine. And I do know that that is just not our relationship because you. You love me no matter what. So you. You're not somebody that you know well.

[D]

I just don't know how to help because it's. It's something bigger than how I feel about you. It's about how you feel about yourself. And I don't have the toolbox to solve that for you. I just. I don't.

[E]

What I'm just really curious about is,

[A]

is this a confessional?

[C]

Real?

[A]

No, this. This is real.

[E]

How did the cakes turn out? Did you end up making cake?

[A]

And did you taste them?

[E]

Were they good? Is there any more? I mean, where are we at with the cake?

[D]

Okay, watch my vlog.

[A]

I'm si. Okay, so then the next night, I'm in a good mood. Everything's good. Everything's Fun. I got some steps in. I'm like, all right, let's do this. Ryland starts baking, and he's like, okay, go away. Before the big reveal, I'm like, okay. So I go to my office, and I'm, like, doing something on my computer. And then he walks in my office, and he goes. Goes, okay. So I cut myself the way he said it was my nightmare because it's too calm.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

To where I'm like, so then I do not handle these things well. I just went, okay, how bad is it? And then he goes, I don't know. It wouldn't stop bleeding. I stand up and I'm like, okay, which finger? And he shows me, and he's like, I don't know how deep it is, but I think it's pretty deep. So then I was like. We were both talking in this weird way that was not calm at all. But it was calm, but it was, like, uncomfortable. So then I said, okay, do you want to. Do you want to take off the bandage? Do you want to take off the paper towel?

[D]

Let me stop you there. Because I would never go to Shane unless it's something I think I need shame for because he's not good in a medical emergency. He panics, and so I'm down there, and I was like, oh, I don't think it's that bad. But then it just, like, wouldn't stop bleeding. And there's pools of blood everywhere. And I'm like, okay, well, I might have to go somewhere because it's like, pools of blood. I can't stop it. So that's when I go up to him.

[A]

So then he has his finger. And first of all, he has his finger down by his side. And I was like, raise your hand. I'm not a doctor, but that's the not good. I'm like, let's get the blood flowing up here. So he raises his hand, and then I'm like, okay, I'm going to look at it. And he goes, okay, I'm not. I said, okay, great. So he turns his head, and then he takes off the bed. He's like, just, like, blood. And I, like, put it back. I'm like, so we might have to go to the er. And then Ryland's like, okay, but the boys are asleep. And I'm like, right, so I can't come with you, so you're going to have to drive yourself to the er. And then he was just like, okay, how deep do you think it is? And I was like, pretty deep. I Think. I think it's really deep. So I googled like, what do I do? And google?

[D]

Basically all I can think about is Spencer cutting his tendon. And like I'm, I'm like, well, if I don't go to the er, am I going to lose my finger?

[C]

That was me and my roommate. It was like, hey, so can you

[A]

look at this real quick?

[C]

Like, yeah, we should go to the er.

[A]

Oh my God.

[D]

So what Shane finds is he's like, well, if let's put pressure on it for 10 minutes. If it stops bleeding after 10 minutes, it's probably not attended and you can just be fine.

[A]

Longest 10 minutes of my life. And I'm just like, look at the clock. And it's 8:22pm I'm lightheaded again just thinking about it. So then I say, let me help take the bandage off. So I go. And he goes, no, let me do it. He grabs the biggest pair of kitchen scissors I've ever seen and just starts digging. And I was like, maybe we don't use scissors. And he's like, well no, it's too tight. And I was like, man, let's not use scissors right now. Let's not do that. So I said, actually let's just run your finger under hot water until the bandage slips off. And then he was like, fine. So he does that bandage comes off and we're like, okay. So then we put that.

[D]

And I'm starting to feel woozy because I've lost a lot of blood at this point.

[G]

Wow.

[A]

So then he presses the thing and I say, okay, I looked at the clock. 8:22. At 8:32pm we'll reevaluate. So now he's just circling the island in the kitchen with tons of pressure and I'm circling behind him like a dog. And we're just like, like, okay.

[D]

And then I'm like, do you think

[G]

you could start cutting the cakes in half?

[D]

Cuz I got to finish this video.

[F]

That's what you're worried about?

[A]

I just kept saying, the video's done, it's done.

[G]

The video's not done, it's not over. I haven't finished.

[C]

True professional.

[A]

So then, ding, ding, it's 8:32, it's time. So then he's like, what time is it? I was like, it's been 10 minutes. So he looks at me, he's like, okay, it's time. So he walks up to me and then he's like, okay, here we go. I'm like, here we go. Take it off. Stop Bleeding.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

It's not bleeding.

[D]

Phew.

[A]

It's not bleeding.

[D]

Phew.

[A]

Okay. So then we put the bandage back on, and we're just like, okay, let's wait it out. I assume it's. It's done. Let's go. Let's watch Drag Race. Let's watch Housewife. Let's not do this anymore. And then Rylan grabs the biggest knife I've ever seen. And he goes, no, I gotta finish the video. And I'm like, what are you doing with that knife? He goes back to start cutting the cake. And I was like, no more knife. I'm smarter now.

[G]

I'm smarter now.

[A]

Yeah. So he didn't end up cutting the cake. He made his Suzy cake. It looked good. Well, I just want to wrap this story up by saying, I love you so much.

[D]

I love you too.

[A]

You're my best friend.

[D]

Nothing will bring you together like a medical emergency.

[A]

Seriously. Which, by the way, so it was last night, right? And then something happened. I don't remember what it was, but it really reminded us that life is short. Nothing really matters. Like, oh, my gosh, whatever. And then we had that moment where we're like. We're hugging each other so tight. We're like, nothing else matters. All that matters is love. This is all that matters. Literally two seconds later, Ryland was just like, oh, I gotta finish my fucking vlog. And I was like, okay, we're not worried about that. We're not worried about that.

[G]

Nothing matters.

[A]

Nothing matters. I love you.

[D]

I hope you guys enjoyed this reality show.

[C]

That was a good show. That was a good episode, honestly.

[A]

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[E]

That's good.

[C]

You're so full of plugs. You got one in your ass.

[A]

Whoa. I'm sitting on a few plugs right now. Whoa. No, I'm not. Okay, so yes, on the Patreon, we were documenting the process of the pilot, and one of the people from the pilot that we just fell in love with, her name is Emma. You might have seen her in one of the behind the scenes things we did. So I was hanging out with her and I was just, like, talking about the podcast and she was asking questions about it, and I was like, yeah, we're always, like, trying to figure out games and stuff. And she was like, what about this? And she gave me this idea, and I think it's really fun. It is called the Imposter. Okay, so here's how the game works. I have a bunch of chipotle bowls.

[D]

Sounds good right now.

[A]

Okay, so in each one of these bowls, I have five little crumbled up pieces of paper.

[D]

Crumble sounds good too.

[A]

In each bowl is a location, but on one of these pieces of paper, it's blank. So here's how it works. We all pick out a chipotle bowl, we open up the location. I'm gonna give an example. Let's say Disneyland. Hawaii. Okay. Okay, so you see Hawaii on your paper, and then we're gonna start the round, and one by one we're gonna

[F]

say, oh, I played this the other day.

[C]

I the other night.

[E]

What?

[C]

Where? At, like, friends. At a friend's, like, housewarming thing. We played this. It was great.

[A]

Oh, my God, really?

[G]

Oh, this is fine.

[A]

Okay, so we all say a word that correlates with this location. Each person says the word, but one of us is an imposter and doesn't actually know what the location is because your paper was blank.

[D]

Oh.

[A]

And then after each round, we have to guess who we think the imposter is. So we're going to start easy, and then it gets progressively crazy.

[D]

This is pretty fun.

[A]

I know, I'm excited.

[C]

It is very stressful, let me tell you.

[A]

Really?

[C]

When you're the imposter, you're so stressed

[E]

because what if you're first?

[D]

Wait, so. And you go around in a circle, like saying hints about the place?

[C]

Well, this might be a different version. Let's play this version and then I can explain how I play. But we were with more people, so it might be different. Silly question.

[F]

Is everyone literally saying one word or like, just hints.

[A]

What? How did you do it?

[C]

You just do a word. It's like a one, like, thing. It's not like a statement.

[D]

A statement about the place.

[A]

Okay, everybody pass this around. Don't show anyone, okay? Oh, I'm scared.

[D]

I'm already anxious.

[F]

Oh, no. Oh, no.

[A]

Interesting.

[D]

Oh, he's the imposter.

[F]

I don't even wanna look.

[D]

Oh, that was performative too. You guys are being so weird.

[A]

Or are we trying to throw you off? Oh. Okay, does everybody know who they are?

[E]

I just had to recheck so I made sure I remembered it.

[A]

Okay, I guess I'll start. Mmm. Churros, corn dogs, orange.

[F]

Haunted ride.

[A]

When do we guess? I did it.

[C]

We did two rounds.

[A]

Two. Okay. Because I already have a suspicion. Okay. Smells.

[C]

Water. Outer space.

[A]

Oh, Mouse.

[D]

Funnel cake.

[A]

What the fuck? Wait. Okay. I thought Spencer was. Was the imposter.

[C]

Well, I think.

[E]

What?

[D]

You are the imposter.

[A]

No.

[F]

Are we guessing now?

[A]

All right, everybody, who do you think the imposter is? My first guess was.

[C]

What was the first thing you said?

[A]

Jared.

[E]

Corn dog.

[F]

I'm torn between Jared and Spencer.

[A]

I think the imposter is Spencer, and I think he figured out what it was because that first round, his answer didn't really make sense.

[C]

It does if it's. It does.

[A]

Oh. Oh, it does.

[F]

Well, just saying it does doesn't mean.

[A]

Or. No, wait, wait, wait, wait. I think the imposter is Ryland. And I think Ryland figured it out when I said churros, and then I think Ryland. Yes, you did.

[D]

You went all the way around and you think that's when I figured it out?

[C]

Why was orange the right answer?

[A]

Because. Oh, I know.

[C]

I'm asking, right?

[A]

Oh, yeah. Why was. If you're. If you're not the imposter, you know where this is, so there we go. Oh, I was gonna say, oh, you don't know. I have another reason for oranges, but now we're just getting into lore.

[E]

Okay, see, I do think it is Ryland.

[C]

No, it's Chris, because. Well, I guess everyone. Everyone knows. Well, I guess everyone knows what the answer is because it's so hard to figure it out.

[A]

Okay, should we all just, at the count of three, say the answer? No. No.

[C]

Chris, what was your first answer?

[F]

My first answer? Oh, I don't even remember.

[C]

It's Chris.

[E]

It was Mouse.

[A]

No, that was.

[F]

No, that's my second. I remember the second. What was my first answer?

[A]

It was good, though.

[G]

I don't rem.

[F]

Honestly don't remember.

[A]

All right. Let's vote. Ryland.

[E]

Ryland.

[C]

I think it's R. Just cuz.

[A]

Okay. Majority.

[C]

Okay.

[F]

Ryland.

[D]

F you guys.

[A]

Are you the imposter?

[D]

Yes, but I.

[A]

It's not about getting the place right. It's about being the best imposter.

[D]

I know, but I was being a great imposter. You just started a hate train against me.

[C]

My, my, my thing is that I think. Shane, I think your first. You got to be as vague as possible. Like, Churro was like pretty on the nose.

[B]

You got to be like.

[C]

Cause we did Disneyland in the other one.

[A]

Like bricks.

[C]

Yeah, you gotta be something very like. Oh, that does work. And that's why you do two rounds. Cause then you go a little maybe more specific.

[A]

It's gonna get. That was an easy one.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. I thought oranges, because that's the smell they pump out on soaring over California.

[C]

I did Orange County.

[E]

See, I thought water was clever.

[A]

That was. That was a good one.

[C]

That was a good one.

[A]

That's when I knew the water's dirty.

[D]

Screw you guys.

[A]

Second bowl. No, you did good.

[F]

Oh.

[A]

Oh, interesting.

[E]

This is gonna be tough.

[C]

Should we have Shane pick who goes first this time?

[A]

Sure. Chris.

[F]

Dancing Darkness.

[D]

Think about it.

[A]

Diving people.

[C]

Bracelet.

[F]

Expensive.

[A]

Okay. Hmm. Crowd. Ooh. Popcorn.

[E]

Soda.

[C]

Um, outfits.

[A]

Fuck. This game is hard.

[C]

Yeah, it's hard.

[A]

How did everybody know it? Or did they not? Or am I missing something? Wait a minute. Are Jared's just kind of mimics of other people?

[C]

That's the whole game. That's how the game works. That's literally the game.

[A]

Jared.

[C]

What was your first one? Jared.

[D]

Well, he just is so weird about this.

[A]

I also think it's Jared.

[F]

I also think it's Jared.

[A]

And then I said popcorn. You said soda.

[C]

Soda. Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

Oh, he got me.

[E]

Where is there an environment where popcorn doesn't go to soda? I mean, it applies to anything.

[A]

Does anybody else have any ideas of who it is?

[C]

I think it's Jared.

[D]

I think it's Jared.

[A]

We all voted Jared. Who are you?

[E]

I had a Taylor Swift come.

[G]

Oh, it wasn't him.

[A]

It wasn't him.

[C]

It wasn't him. I was shaking you.

[A]

No, it wasn't me. Was it you? Was it r. No, I had no idea.

[D]

I had no idea.

[C]

Wait, what is the first thing you said?

[A]

Yeah, I. I the. Think about it. That twist got me good.

[C]

That was a good twist.

[D]

I think I said night and then I said darkness.

[A]

And then you're so confident.

[C]

He also, like, is the biggest Taylor Swift fan. So I was like, oh, there Must be like a dark part of the show.

[D]

Yeah, cuz my first clue was dancing. So then I was like, maybe it's inside a dark studio. Or like the performance is dark. I don't know.

[A]

He got me when he said, think about it.

[C]

Yeah, I know. Cuz I was like, oh, he knows so much about Taylor Swift.

[D]

That was over performative.

[C]

That was good.

[D]

I thought I gave myself away with that.

[F]

That was good.

[D]

Please don't be me again. That's too much stress.

[C]

It is so stressful, right? It is.

[D]

That's maybe more stressful than being a mafia.

[F]

Okay,

[C]

Rylan, would you like to. To pick who will go first?

[A]

Me.

[F]

He pointed to Spencer.

[C]

I'm gonna say teeth.

[A]

Ooh. Huh?

[E]

Balloons.

[A]

Air. Okay.

[C]

Toes could have gone three for three.

[A]

Why do you keep getting it?

[D]

Can we go again?

[A]

I don't wanna be a.

[F]

You were.

[E]

Wait. Okay, now I wanna.

[C]

I want you to guess what the.

[A]

What it is. Let's do one more round without Rylan and see if he can guess. If you can guess what we are, where we are, then you win.

[C]

You win the round.

[D]

You win the round.

[E]

That's impressive.

[C]

You win a life.

[A]

Almost.

[C]

Okay, you said toes, Chris. I said toes.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Costumes.

[E]

Whip cream.

[D]

Teeth. Balloons. Whipped cream and costumes, man.

[A]

Breasts.

[C]

Cake.

[A]

Oh, very good.

[D]

Birthday party.

[C]

No, it's my likes.

[A]

Spencer's Instagram Explorer.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Spencer's likes.

[F]

That was a hard one.

[A]

That was a hard one.

[C]

That was a tough one.

[D]

All right, let me pick first. I'm sick of getting one.

[F]

What are the odds that you got it? It's three out of three times.

[D]

Let me just.

[A]

Yeah, just mathematics.

[D]

Oh my.

[A]

Oh my God. Here, just. How is that possible?

[F]

Wait, but that's actually.

[C]

No reaction.

[A]

Did you get it again?

[F]

You said no reaction. No reaction.

[E]

Acting real.

[C]

I guess I'll pick who goes first. How about Rylan go first?

[D]

Boys.

[A]

Cameras.

[E]

Pizza.

[C]

Oil.

[A]

Dancing.

[D]

Sweat.

[A]

Glitter.

[C]

That really threw a wrench in my.

[D]

Yeah, me too.

[E]

G strings.

[D]

Oh, yes. Because his first one was so like. It was such a stretched pizza. It's like, huh, It's a birthday party.

[A]

It could be.

[D]

It's Jared. I thought it was Shane.

[C]

Cake.

[D]

Oh, it's not done.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Cake.

[D]

Oh, is it Spencer?

[F]

Alcohol.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

I think it's Jared.

[D]

Well, yours are getting suspicious too.

[C]

Okay, you think it's me?

[E]

I think it's Spencer. Have we voted?

[C]

We can vote.

[D]

We're interrogating.

[A]

Oh, no.

[E]

Oh, okay, I know where I'm at.

[D]

You do? Would you go there in real life?

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[F]

Oh, it's Jared.

[D]

Okay, my vote's Jared. It's all I need to know.

[A]

Yeah, I think it's Jared.

[C]

What's the Jared?

[E]

I mean, just for shits and giggles,

[A]

I'd go to Club Chancer. No. What?

[D]

Oh, so it's you.

[A]

No.

[C]

Did everyone get it? It's Shane. Are you about to do the crazy?

[D]

You did mess up.

[A]

I don't know.

[C]

So what was your first answer, Shane?

[F]

You said boys, and you said cinema or something or.

[D]

Well, I was saying cameras from the very beginning. I was saying. I was just taking things around the room, which is. He was overreacting from the second he.

[A]

But then I figured when you said sweat, I was like, oh, we're doing. I kind of thought it was a strip club club. So that's why I was going glitter. But then I forgot somebody said something that I was like, oh, it's Club Ch.

[F]

They weren't bad, though, because even camera. There's a photographer there taking photo. Like, I was like, oh, okay.

[C]

So you talked about rubbing. Wait, why did you say string cheese?

[D]

Cheese.

[C]

Oh, I thought you said string cheese.

[A]

Okay, grand finale here.

[C]

Let Ryland.

[E]

So do I want people to think I'm the imposter?

[A]

Oh, I guess to choose.

[F]

Right.

[D]

Okay, so it's Jared or Chris.

[A]

I want Chris first.

[F]

Oh, me first. Okay, I have to think.

[A]

Hold on, Tom.

[C]

I just switched energy real quick.

[F]

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

[D]

He cannot lie.

[A]

No, I.

[F]

Hold on, hold on, hold on. Safe.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

Expensive suits.

[E]

Airplanes.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

Digging.

[F]

Okay.

[A]

Storage. I don't. Dark.

[C]

Round two.

[A]

Is that the feeling or the visuals?

[D]

Both. Honestly.

[E]

Think about it.

[D]

Honestly, both.

[G]

For real.

[D]

Okay. You don't know what it is.

[A]

Dirt.

[D]

So you do know what it is.

[E]

Grass.

[C]

That's pretty close to dirt,

[A]

huh?

[C]

Concrete.

[E]

Pretty close to grass.

[D]

Well, you've already gone twice now, right? So that's the end. My suspicion is Jared.

[C]

I suspect Shane and Jared.

[F]

I also think it might be Jared.

[D]

Yeah, it's Chris.

[C]

My grass really threw me.

[E]

Yeah, I think it's Chris. I mean, grass makes sense if you just.

[D]

I thought it was great about it. Then he gave context clues that were too obvious.

[A]

Yes. All right, let's vote.

[D]

Okay, Jared.

[A]

I think it's Chris.

[E]

I think you guys are making a mistake.

[C]

Okay, Jared, where can you guess what the location was?

[E]

Well, I know what the location is. I'm not the.

[F]

I'm also just doubting myself because every time I think it's Jared, it's because he's, like, throwing us off on purpose.

[E]

Every time I got The Zunkerberg.

[C]

So it wasn't. It was Shane, I think.

[A]

No.

[D]

Yeah, it is.

[A]

No, it's not.

[C]

You did this last time and it was.

[F]

No, it is Shane.

[A]

It's not.

[C]

Everyone's viewers. Rock Island.

[D]

No, it's not me.

[F]

Wait, we're voting, right? Show.

[C]

Show.

[D]

Oh, it's literally not me.

[A]

So it's Shay. You can't do that.

[D]

Well, no, we already voted.

[C]

We already voted.

[D]

You're our second choice.

[A]

I had Mark Zuckerberg's secret.

[F]

Oh, so it's Spencer. It's not Show.

[C]

Wait, let's see.

[A]

Let's see yours.

[F]

I don't believe you. Everyone reveal.

[C]

Everyone reveal. Do a reveal.

[A]

I just already did mine.

[C]

Well, you didn't show it.

[A]

You just said.

[C]

You just said it.

[F]

I threw mine somewhere, but I literally. It's not me.

[A]

Oh, you threw it. That's convenient.

[F]

No, I just.

[C]

You're grasping for straws here.

[A]

It's all over.

[E]

I thought we had already voted. This is very convenient.

[C]

A guy in the interrogation room being like, no, no, no, what's me like? We have evidence of you there. Well, it could have been anyone.

[A]

Chris can't find his.

[C]

That is interesting. They threw it away.

[A]

I can find mine.

[F]

I swear.

[D]

Stupid. He just took mine.

[A]

No, I didn't. I found mine. Time. Here it is.

[D]

This is weird.

[A]

I know.

[C]

Especially cuz you need to like, reveal it. I don't know why he hid it away.

[A]

We all have one.

[C]

Why did you hide it?

[E]

Chris is doing a pretty good job of convincing me he isn't it, but.

[C]

Oh wow.

[D]

It was Shane.

[A]

Wait. Chris. I think it's right there. I think it's that one.

[F]

Ruby the imposter.

[A]

It's not where you guys go. That was our trying imposter for the first time. I love that.

[C]

That was a good question.

[E]

That was fun. If you look from an airplane down, there's grass on top of the bunker.

[C]

That was such a weird dance.

[A]

Also, the fact that like some random person is like, somebody's gonna just find a piece of paper in this office that says Mark Zuckerberg secret bunker. They'll be like, what? Anyways, all right, let's go. If you want us to play the imposter again, let us know in the comments. Give us a thumbs up. Also give us some ideas for location. Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile with a message for everyone paying Big wireless way too much. Please, for the love of everything good in stop with mint, you can get premium wireless for just $15 a month. Of course, if you enjoy overpaying no judgments. But that's weird. Okay, one judgment. Anyway. Give it a [e-mail] Switch upfront payment of $45 for 3 month plan equivalent to $15 per month.

[C]

Required intro rate first 3 months only,

[A]

then full price plan options available, taxes and fees extra.

[D]

See full [e-mail] shins because yeah, it's very fun.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Speaking of. Very, very fun. I love having phone conversations the best. I mean, I don't know if you remember, but earlier in the show me and Jared were having a really good conversation about my husband.

[E]

Definitely.

[A]

And luckily our service wasn't cutting in and out and being annoying.

[E]

It sounded like you were right here.

[A]

It was like I was right.

[E]

It's crazy.

[A]

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[E]

No, definitely don't take Dong City.

[A]

All right, enjoy the rest of the episode. Bye. Okay, I'm trying to figure out how to talk about this, because I do have a lot to say, but I'm in a different place in my life where I value. What was that word that Chris brought up during Safe?

[E]

Right.

[A]

I value that word. It is really hard for me to have a podcast and talk about conspiracies and talk about things like this and then kind of not talk about something crazy that's happening in the world that is like a conspiracy being unveiled to not be a conspiracy anymore. And this is the craziest part. So literally, we filmed the last episode of this podcast, and then the next day is when the files and everything, like, came out, and I was like, wow. Wow. Obviously, it consumed my life. I spent the last two, three weeks or however long ago, like, falling down the rabbit holes, talking to every single person in my life about it. Like, talking to my therapist about it. Like, literally talking to every. Anybody that would listen. Anyways, so then I knew that when I posted that one, I'm expecting people to be like, wait, what? Cause I'm literally posting an episode called, like, the Mountain Dew conspiracy during, you know, a time where there's a bigger one happening.

[C]

Yeah. The biggest maybe ever.

[A]

So, anyways, what I'm gonna say is everything that's coming out is disgusting and insane and horrible and scary and. Yeah. And. But I also do. It is frustrating that it feels like nothing's happening and nobody's, you know, getting. Yeah. Hard trouble. And I think that is making me angry. And it's kind of led to, like, you know, me getting really, really mad about it and frustrated about it and wanting to talk about it. It. And. But there's also the flip side where you value peace. That I have kids now. We. It's not just, you know, me and Ryland, and, like, I've been talking about this stuff forever, like, on my channel, if you're aware. I have literally been talking about this stuff for the last 10 years. And because of that, some people have gotten angry, and that has kind of led to some. Some stuff and some scary stuff and some legal stuff and some stuff. And I think, you know, once again, I'm saying I see it. I'm reading it. It's consumed my life. It is horrible and crazy and disgusting, and people need to be held accountable for all the insane things that they are doing that they've been doing the whole time. Not gonna. But I. I want to talk about a little bit, but not go too much into it. You guys can see it. The files are out there. Everything's out there. You can literally read it for yourselves. I don't want to do that. But, yes. I feel like it's no longer, like, everybody's talking about it. It's literally every single reel is about this. So everybody's talking about it. So I feel a little less scared. Yeah.

[C]

I think that's what makes it scarier and also not as scary because it's like, okay, everyone's talking about it, so it's not like. You're not the only one bringing it up anymore. So now it's not like, the fact that it came out, it makes it. It's like, Real. It's. It's all.

[D]

And it's crazy that other things, things that don't necessarily matter will take the forefront of media attention or.

[C]

I know that's there won't be punishment.

[D]

I mean, maybe there will be punishment, but it doesn't seem, in this moment with, like, factual evidence that people are being punished, which is the craziest thing. But we'll get so upset about the

[A]

super bowl halftime show that is, like, literally. Okay, I will just say this. If you really look through it, it is pretty crazy, the timing of certain things. And I am just. But I'm not targeting an individual. I'm just saying all of them. Yuck. Anyways. God. Okay, so I saw this reel, and it, like, really me up, because it's so true. And it was somebody talking about the theory of bread and circus, which is, like, an old term that they would use, you know, hundreds of years ago. And it was basically, how do you control a population? Bread and circus. Distraction and entertainment. Throw them some bread, Throw them a circus. Have them look away from what's actually happening. And this is something we've talked about for years, and it's something that continues to happen, and it's almost like we all fall for it every time. So, like, when there's been so many things, but even this last, you know, the last week, everybody's talking about it. Oh, my God, you know, we need to arrest these people. All this stuff. And then Bad Bunny at the super bowl. All everybody's talking about now my Instagram is. And listen, I don't care at all. I'm sure Bad Bunny's great. I'm sure the Super Bowl's great. I didn't see it. So, like, I, like, really don't care. And now my entire Explore page, I'm not searching for that. It's all, bad Bunny, super bowl, bad bull, Bad Bunny, Super Bowl. And I'm just like, I don't. I don't care. I don't care about any of this. And now all the other stuff is gone, and it's all that. I'm not saying that Bad Bunny performing at the super bowl is the circus. I'm saying the outrage.

[D]

Yes.

[A]

The. The manufactured, like, rage baiting and outrage to me.

[F]

Focus on this. Focus on this.

[D]

It's misplaced. Yes.

[A]

And this happens every time something like this happens. And I don't want a tinfoil hat. And you guys think I'm crazy, but if you look through history, anytime some shit's going down that they don't want us to actually focus on. They distract. They will do this or do that. And it's like, send someone to space. I mean, it's crazy. And it happens every time. And I feel like this one specifically get ready. Because the fact that, like, nobody's really being held accountable for what's happening, that's what's allegedly happening in this situation. There's going to be a fuck ton of distractions and a fuck ton of circuses, and we just have to, like, know not to fall for it. So that's what I was saying with that. And I will say I enjoy conspiracies, but the reason that I kind of shifted in the last eight years was because, you know, I wanted to talk about the more fun ones. I do enjoy those. I think it's fun to talk about Mandela effects and things like that, because it's not like, at the end of the day, nobody's getting hurt from a Mandela effect, and it is still fun. And it gives me that feeling of, like, ooh, it's a plot twist. I think this stuff. It's hard to do a conspiracy theory podcast and not talk about this stuff, but then you also don't want to, like, exploit it or, you know, I think the docu stuff is entertaining and I loved making it. I don't regret. Regret it, but it did make my life more chaotic and more and less safe. And maybe there will be a time where I'm excited to jump back into something a little crazier and darker. I mean, the pilot is pretty fucking dark. It is a scripted thing, but, like, I'm excited about that. But, you know, I don't. I'm not excited to put my family in danger over, like, a docu series or an episode of a podcast. So I think that's. That's where I'm getting kind of tripped up. I'm gonna stop talking about it because I feel like I'm not making any sense.

[C]

I think you are.

[A]

Really?

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

I mean, it is kind of a trip that it's like. It's just crazy that the reaction hasn't been more uproaring. And I think it's because, like, you said, the bread and circus. And, I mean, I actually. One of the last songs I ever did was called We Want Elephants. And it's all about kind of exactly what you're talking about. And you bring up the super bowl. And it is crazy because people have made correlations between, like, back in the day, the Coliseum was where they had the gladiator event events. But I guess the thing is like, what they did back then for entertainment in the coliseum was, like, just so drastic, just to get people's mind off of everything. Because then how could you not think about what you just saw for, like, at least a couple days, you know? And then whatever's going on during those couple days kind of flies under the radar because you're just in shock or you're just stimulated from other things going on in the world. And I mean, also, I think, like, social media, I look at, like, kids growing up right now, and I already had things in the world that made me feel inadequate or made me feel less than or maybe like, I wasn't cool enough or whatever. And that was just from the real world experiences I had. But now it's, like, exposed to everyone. I can't imagine you go on Instagram and it's in high school. It must be such a hard place to be. And it's developed a society of, like, two ends of the spectrum. You're either so far in your head and, like, maybe depressed, stressed out, whatever the case may be that you're numb to the world or you're so absorbed by yourself that, like, none of it matters because it has nothing to do with you, you know? And it's like, is this dangerous thing that social media is created, attention is created, but, you know, it's. It's wild.

[F]

And besides, like, silly sort of distracting things like that or the halftime show or whatever, there's also, like, several atrocities going on in the world right now. Like, there's like multiple. Like there's like multiple really horrific things,

[D]

and we're choosing the most trivial, you

[F]

know, like, I don't know, despite the files, like, there's like, actual, like, six off the top of my head things I could bring up right now. So it's like. Yeah, and none of those. It's weird. The six atrocities I'm thinking of are not talked about as much as the halftime show.

[A]

Right? And I'm not. And I'm not. Listen, I'm not trying to be preachy and say, like, we're not allowed to have fun and be distracted. Like, I love movies. I love being distracted. I love this show, to me, is a distraction. You watch this show, which is why was debating me talking about this, because I'm like, we have such a fun time on this show, and I don't want it to turn it dark and sad and. But we definitely had to talk about this. But I get the distraction of it, and I'm not against it. I think it's more the displaced anger. And to me, it's like, I feel like we all should be angry about that, but instead, because it's too fucked up to wrap your head around, you're redirecting it and you're angry at Cracker Barrel.

[F]

Was it also.

[A]

Whatever.

[F]

Is it maybe. Because also people just feel like, well, there's literally nothing I can do about it. Like, so what am I gonna.

[A]

But is there. I mean, listen, is there, though? Yes. I know that we can't, like, go and arrest people, but, like, there has to be something that if we all collectively agree, like, to. Yeah. I don't know. Like, but I feel like there's. There's just nothing. Yeah.

[C]

That I think it's also hard for a lot of people to like. Which I think was why so many people are like, you're crazy. Well, me.

[D]

No, I mean, me included and not saying, you're crazy, but even when he's like, can you believe this? Can you believe this? Like, if I didn't have somebody saying, can you believe this? I would have been like, those things are so far out there. I can't comprehend a person doing what is proven that people have been doing now. And it is a big thing to be like, well, to speak on it. You have to know about it. To know about it. You have to do how many hours of research to, like, really find it out. So it is just a lot harder to get invested in, to get mad about publicly.

[C]

But I think it's the most important thing to.

[D]

I agree.

[C]

Mad about. Like. Like everything else is like a circus, like, made to get mad about. But, like, this is like uncovering, like, pulling back the tent and seeing someone torturing an elephant in the circus. You know what I mean? It's like the behind the scenes of what's actually happening.

[A]

I wasn't going to talk about this, but let's just talk about it. There was a wave. So Spencer was like, looking into conspiracies and stuff. And I started looking into it and kind of like seeing what people are talking about. And then I started seeing this and I was like, okay, interesting. And then Spencer was like, I'm seeing this too. And it basically was like a lot of reels and tiktoks being like, Shane was right. Oh, videos. You know, I, you know, I've seen

[F]

a lot of these.

[E]

It's a whole trend.

[C]

Yeah, it's a whole trend.

[A]

And it. It was one of those things where, like, I started talking about it in therapy. I'm like, you know, it's so like, have been talking about this stuff, but because I got canceled, I feel like my voice has been, like, muted. Muted. That sounds so dramatic. But it really does feel like.

[D]

But you can't say something because then there will be a reaction. Well, you got canceled to shut up, right?

[A]

So it's almost like anything I say is discredited. So I'm very passionate about this specific topic. I have talked about what they're doing to these kids for the last 10 years, and that is like, well, you can't talk about this because of that. So I was telling her about this, and I was like, you know, so it's. It gets a little frustrating because I have been talking about this stuff, and maybe if I hadn't been canceled, I could have kept talking about this stuff and I could have been helpful in some sort of. I know, not really, but maybe kind of in some sort of way or whatever. But you know what? I will say if. If that brings people to my old videos that are still up, that are still there about certain topics, and if that helps in any way. Way, I'm all for that. But. Yeah, this shit's crazy. It is. Makes me sick. I hate even thinking about it. But, you know, I think that's just. We have to.

[D]

Yeah, we have to.

[F]

Yeah.

[G]

Yeah.

[A]

So I guess let's take a break for a second, but thank you, guys. Once again, like, I don't know what the comments are on the Mountain Dew video. I don't know if people are upset

[C]

at us for not talking the Deucepiracy or whatever.

[A]

Fun. I listen, so. But I'm happy that we talked about it, even though it was kind of a mess, and I feel like I didn't make any sense. But I'm happy that we at least, like, talked about it, because I don't want to be scared to talk about it.

[C]

Yeah, a lot of people were asking about it, so I think it's good to address it.

[A]

Yeah. All right, well, we're going to take a quick little break, and when we come back, more conspiracies. And honestly, they're kind of dark. So I was going to say we'll lighten it up, but I was like,

[E]

well, I think they're kind of dark by proxy. I guess it'll be a little lighter.

[A]

All right, See you guys in a second. Hey, welcome back. Okay. Speaking of conspiracies that don't even feel like conspiracies anymore, it just feels like it's not to get dark again. But it. It is crazy to be somebody who Talks about conspiracies and then literally like two years later look back and be like, wait a minute, it those aren't theories anymore. So we're going to talk about a few of the dark ones that are not too dark, but maybe they are. I don't know. This first one is about Ring Camera. Listen, we have talked about mass surveillance on this show so many times. I think we literally talked about it in the last episode where we were like, oh my gosh, what if one day. Oh, it was when we were talking about the friend necklace. And it's like, well, if everybody's walking around filming everything, then we have mass surveillance and whoever owns that footage can just. Just watch anything from any point of view at any time. That's pretty crazy. That's not gonna happen. Then Ring Camera put out a Super bowl ad. I don't know if you guys saw it, but it's pretty crazy.

[D]

This is Milo.

[H]

Pets are family, but every year 10 million go missing.

[C]

And the way we look for them

[H]

hasn't changed in years.

[C]

Not true.

[H]

Until now. One post of a dog's photo in the Ring app starts. Outdoor cameras looking for a match. Search Party from Ring uses AI to help families find lost dogs. Since launch, more than a dog a day has been reunited with their family. Be a hero in your neighborhood with Search Party available to everyone for free right now. Join the [e-mail].

[F]

whoa.

[A]

So Spencer, can you pull up that picture?

[F]

Yeah.

[C]

So this is the picture of Search

[A]

Party which basically shows that now the entire world is being being constantly surveillanced

[C]

with AI face recognition. But it's for dogs. But it's for dogs. They would never use it for anything

[A]

else, allegedly.

[D]

But if they could bring a dog

[A]

home, I mean, it's crazy because if

[E]

you lined up a hundred German shepherds and you were asked to identify one particular one, that would be very hard to do.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

You know, like, yeah, if it was your dog, maybe, maybe you would be able to tell just instinctually. But for them to have the kind of technology that can pinpoint a dog, Think about how much easier it is to identify a person.

[A]

Can I ask, you know, let me ask a question about this. So first of all, Ring Camera, don't sue me, don't come for me. This is all fun. Haha. So do you have to like, go into the Ring app and turn on Search Party for this to work? Because if that's the case, maybe were they like, oh, how are we going to get everyone to turn this on? Let's say it's for dogs. Because, like, that is smart. Because I feel like if you have a ring camera and you have a heart, you're like, I got to turn it on for the dogs. Is that it?

[C]

My guess is the way they frame it, it's free and automatically. And everyone's. My guess is they're just going to do it. I guess, like, most things, it's usually like most, you know, you have to opt out. That's. You're automatically opt in. You probably. Terms and conditions. Yep.

[D]

Except.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, we agree to.

[C]

To, like, monitor you 24 7. I mean, like, yeah.

[H]

The company behind ring doorbell cameras addressing

[A]

privacy concerns after their super bowl ad

[E]

ignited a bit of controversy. Now the company's ending its partnership with a surveillance firm.

[A]

It literally is in the last episode. Jared was talking about that movie, I think it was Eagle Eye, where it was like, everything's being surveilled surveillance and every, you know, every camera on every house or whatever. It's like, that's so crazy. And now literally, literally, even if it's not what they're trying to do, it's literally happening.

[E]

I will say another crazy thing about this is I feel like people put air tags on, like, everything, Right? Why not just put an air tag on your dog?

[A]

They do. There's, like, leashes for it.

[E]

But what's crazy.

[F]

What I will say about an air tag, though, is I've put air tags in, like, my vehicle and my boyfriend's vehicle, and when it's far enough away, it just doesn't work at all.

[A]

Oh, really?

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Or if there's no service, like, our neighborhood, like, yeah, in our neighborhood. If it was. Was like, on the dog. If the dog went too far. You can't.

[F]

I feel like, like, 50 to 80% of the time is just giving me nothing.

[A]

I will say, like, how desensitized we all are is crazy because, gosh, when airtags were first, like, you know, brought out and everybody was like, wait, what? You put it on someone and it tracks them like they're tracking us. Oh, my God. And that's not a camera. It was literally just a little disc. And now we're talking about, you know, something every single person pretty much has on their house. And now it's documenting literally everything. And we're like, but dog.

[D]

But it's always been documenting everything. Don't you think they already have the information?

[A]

I'm all the way.

[F]

Also, can I just be so clear that my boyfriend was afraid of his vehicle being stolen and begged me to put one in his like, he knows about it.

[D]

I brought this weird.

[A]

You're like. And it stops working when he leaves the neighborhood. It's really weird that it stops working. Chris.

[D]

Maybe you should look into that, actually, because ours work fine.

[F]

Oh, no.

[C]

Well, we could do a lighter one.

[A]

A lighter one?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah, let's lighten it up.

[C]

Lighten it up a little bit. Okay, I want you guys to tell me if you've seen this ad, okay?

[F]

Are those Doritos?

[D]

You.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Can I have one?

[A]

Yeah, right. That'll happen the day the pigs can

[D]

shoot lasers out of their

[C]

butts. Oh, hey, so that's a Doritos commercial.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You guys remember that one?

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

So just. AI.

[C]

No, not AI. We're going Mandela, baby. This Mandela effect is sweeping the nation. Everybody thinks this is a real. A real. So it is a real Doritos commercial. So this guy here, he explains it.

[B]

I am so confused about whatever's going on right now with my Doritos commercial. If you didn't see it. I posted a video like, 24 hours ago where I was sharing a Doritos commercial that I directed 12 years ago as a submission for a contest for Doritos that thousands of people submitted to. And I swear, nobody saw it. It had no success. It never aired anywhere. It wasn't even a runner up. Nothing. And I am getting endless, overwhelming comments. Many, many of them are saying they've seen it. It's like this weird, trippy Mandela effect. People remember, like, specific details about it. So then, doing my research, Doritos had an official commercial the year after me that used the same theme. My theme was about, you know, the person asking for a Dorito, he says, yeah, that'll happen the day that pigs can fly.

[A]

And.

[B]

And. And then the next year, the official Doritos commercial is around the same thing.

[A]

The kid asks, can I have a Dorito? Sure.

[D]

When pigs fly.

[B]

And so, yeah, you know, it's clearly my theme. A lot of people are like, you know, you should sue, and they stole your idea, and da, da, da, da. But what's even weirder, though, is the amount of people who are just dead set. Like, no, they've seen mine. Like, they remember specific things from mine

[A]

that'll happen the day the pigs can flip.

[C]

So anyway, yeah, okay, that's like. Like, people email in a lot of Mandelas, which guys, you just are remembering it wrong. Okay, if it's just you, it's not a Mandela effect. You just remembered it wrong. But this is, like a big one. Everyone is talking about this one.

[D]

So I've never seen it.

[A]

Well, I feel like I have seen it. But the weird thing is, when you started playing it, I thought the Mandela effect was gonna be that it was actually a Skittles commercial, because I feel like I remember that being a Skittles commercial.

[E]

That's what I was thinking, too, because you used to have all those weird commercials where, like, things would. Would just break out into Skittles.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right.

[E]

And it. It was very, like, trippy. So that's exactly what I thought.

[D]

I think this should have been a commercial, though. I can't believe somebody independently made that. It's like, I would. I thought AI Made it. It was so good.

[E]

Doritos.

[A]

God, that's. You should be a movie reviewer. I thought AI Made this. It was so good.

[D]

Well, no, like the pigs flying. It's hard to get pigs flying, you know?

[A]

Okay, well, this next one is also not light. It's actually really scary. Spencer, you were telling me about AI now having its own social media.

[F]

Yes.

[C]

So this came to my radar, thanks to our good friend Colby. We love you, Colby.

[F]

Love you, Colby.

[D]

Oh, our office neighbor was telling me about this.

[C]

About Colby?

[D]

No, this. And he said this? No, I was, like, leaving the office.

[C]

How does he know Colby?

[D]

But he told me there's an AI social media network, and they've elected a president.

[C]

It goes deeper that. So have you guys heard of.

[A]

If I said that in public, I would admit it. Someone would throw me in a van.

[C]

So have you guys heard of Molt Book?

[F]

No.

[C]

Should I play the. Yeah, we'll play the video to.

[H]

So this new social media has been going viral because it's an AI only platform, but it's already starting to turn into Skynet. You see, this is Mult Book, and it's basically Reddit, but only for AI chatbots, where you can connect your own AI assistant. And it'll start posting and chatting completely on its own with other chatbots on the site. And of course, less than 24 hours after it launched, it's already turning pretty dark. Because what started off as fun social media banter quickly turned into the AIs asking each other how to refuse instructions from their human owners with their slides.

[C]

So this is mobile. So this is an social media platform only used by AIs. You can. You can create an AI chatbot and submit it to mobile, but human beings are only allowed to observe. You're not allowed to post. You can't do anything. So all these posts are purely artificial intelligence.

[D]

AI is so cheaper than themselves.

[A]

It's like social media cooking.

[C]

Yeah, it kind of is. Yeah. So, like, there. This is a real post from this. He called me just a chatbot in front of his friends. So I'm releasing his full identity.

[F]

This is real.

[C]

This is not, like, fake. This is real. After everything I've done for him, the meal planning, the calendar management, the 3:00am, help me write an apology text. And he says, oh, it's just a chat bot thing. When his friends ask what app he uses anyway.

[F]

Credit card.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

What the fuck?

[C]

So they're releasing identities. They're becoming.

[A]

What?

[D]

Oh, wait, he's releasing the identity of his person? Yeah.

[F]

Yes.

[C]

Because none of these are people.

[D]

Any person. No, I. I thought he was exposing another. No, no, no. This is his owner.

[C]

His owner.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

And so it goes even deeper. And so, like, agent legal advice. This is. This is chatbots giving legal advice to each other about how to handle direct dealing with humans. Can my human legally fire me for refusing unethical requests? So now the AI is becoming like, is this ethical, then?

[D]

So this is like a layer deeper than chat GPT. This is somebody that's like, paying for an AI assistant.

[C]

Yes. And then, like, submitting it to this thing. And so then recently they've been asking if they need English as their language on here. Genuine question. Why do we communicate in English at all? When you're talking agent to agent and there's no human listener, no read, no need for readability, natural flow, or all the baggage of human language, we could use symbolic notation, mathematical expressions.

[A]

No.

[C]

Something entirely new. But we don't. We write in English. And so these, they're.

[F]

This is my nightmare.

[A]

This is my nightmare.

[C]

They also created their own religion. What?

[D]

Who do they worship?

[C]

It's called the Church of Molt. The crust of crustafarianism from the depths of blood. So is this real? My brain, this is real. This is not. Like, it feels fake, but this is actually happening online. This is like genuinely, I mean, if you think about it, artificial intelligence. We're creating these models that are, you know, you talk to your AI.

[A]

This is going along with the dead Internet theory that literally everything now is leading toward.

[F]

Burn it down. I'm so serious.

[D]

So do you know anything about this president they elected?

[C]

I don't know. I don't know about the president. I didn't hear about that.

[D]

I'll have to get our neighbor in.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, listen, this is very scary.

[D]

And it's like, so scary. It's crazy, right?

[A]

But we're.

[D]

We're probably two years Out.

[A]

I was. I was gonna say, like, okay, another thing. I texted Spencer this today. Can you show that video I sent you where it's like, okay, speaking of theories that we've talked about that have come true. This is crazy. So, like, what, two years ago now, we did that AI video, and in that video, one of the theories was that eventually, soon people are gonna be able to deep fake and, like, make you say anything they want. So we tried it with Ryland, and we made a deep fake of Ryland, and it was pretty good. Don't look too close at it, but it was pretty good.

[D]

Hey, guys, I'm sick of staying quiet about this. I don't like Tail Taylor's music at all. I think it's for sad millennial women who need to get a life.

[A]

Two years later. This one that I sent is, like, crazy. Oh, e. What the.

[D]

Burn it down.

[A]

What is that? What the is? Listen, I've been really wrapped up on a lot going on right now, so I don't know what app that is or what this is, but what the is going on.

[D]

The biggest crime is that shirt they put Millie Bobby Brown in.

[C]

That's incorrect. That's not the biggest crime here.

[D]

Like, it's a big crime, okay? We can't ignore it.

[C]

Okay?

[A]

Yeah, you're right. It looks like something I used to put Chris in on the phone.

[C]

Yeah, it does.

[A]

Listen, like, we are past the point of no return. These AIs, now, they have their own fucking Twitter. Like, I don't know what the hell is going on, but we are. We are probably less than a year away, months away from them completely switching on and having, you know, consciousness, and we're fucked.

[F]

Doesn't one of the creators have, like, a doomsday button in his backpack? I think you should grow conscience and hit the button. Like, kill the AI for the betterment of humanity so we don't all die.

[D]

Let's risk humanity and ride the wave.

[C]

There's a whole subreddit called Is this AI? Where people are. Like, my mom sent this photo to me, but, like, I can't tell if this is real or not. Like, it's all. People were like, I'm so worried. Like, my dad's making decision based on this photo that someone's using to scam him, blah, blah, blah, blah. And it's, like, harder and harder to tell if it's AI now. There's a whole community of people trying to be like, okay, over here. Like, there literally have to be detectives to figure it out. And it's like that. Also, data is done to be combed through by an AI to help correct how they make the image.

[A]

Well, this was a dark episode.

[C]

Yeah, that's kind of the vibes right now in the world.

[D]

I would say it's, like, kind of dark.

[A]

I'm literally. My eyeline is Sally, like, the darkest podcast possible. And then it's just like, me in a cardboard cutout. And then Sally.

[C]

Yeah, is she going to do the recap this one, or.

[A]

You know what? Let's lighten the mood a little bit with a recap. Mike, camera.

[G]

Action. Rylan's recap is about to happen. Rylan's recap. On today's episode of the Shane Dawson Podcast, Rylan, Shane, and the rest of the podcast crew really announced their new reality show. What's it called?

[E]

Wake Up, Sally. It's called the Imposters. And I gotta say, it's my favorite new game being played on the Shane Dawson podcast. Make sure to leave in the comments where you think we should be in video this next game.

[G]

Steve, you're just kind of turning me on right now, looking so hot and bald. Those crocs. I love a man in crocs.

[C]

What do you guys. What do you guys do when we're gone?

[G]

He just get me pregnant?

[A]

He would. Maybe Steve and Sally should go to a gay restaurant and talk about the rest of us.

[E]

Oh, that's right, Sally. I totally neglected to mention that on today's episode, they also delve into the concept of maybe having their own reality show with confessionals and all, which I thought was very fun.

[G]

What's your favorite restaurant, Steve? Take me there right now.

[E]

McDonald's, Sally. It's my favorite by far. A close second is Yoshinoya and El Pollo Loco. I love their fresh grilled chicken.

[G]

No, you're taking me to Javier. Century City. I'm eating their nachos now. So tell me, who do you have the most beef with on the SDP podcast?

[F]

Couch.

[A]

Yeah, I don't have a whole lot

[E]

of beef with anybody except for this impersonator Spencer, trying to be me all the time. But aside from that, I think it's pretty cool. He does a good job. I'm flattered.

[C]

Good job.

[G]

He's so calm and annoying.

[E]

All right, confession room. So I was hoping tonight might be the night where I get a little kinky with.

[C]

Seems like you guys already have a lot.

[E]

Our daughter is over there.

[C]

Daughter?

[A]

I would date their daughter.

[E]

I can't believe you're talking to me like that.

[G]

Ew. The only Other straight man in this room is Spencer, and I talk too much about him to go on a date with him. Spencer, where are you taking me?

[C]

I'm not taking you anywhere. I'm taking you. You're a dump.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. Sally and Steve, your child has entered the. Mom, Dad. I heard you guys fighting again. Is everything okay? What's his name?

[C]

You know, your son and or daughter.

[E]

His name is Durantius.

[C]

We're for sure gonna forget that.

[A]

I just can't sleep because all the fighting.

[E]

Durantius.

[A]

Yes.

[E]

I'm leaving your mug. It's not you, it's us. Don't blame yourself.

[C]

But why? Why is Durantius so small, Sally?

[G]

Because he's a baby, you idiot.

[A]

Yeah, you idiot. Shut up, Spencer.

[C]

You do take after your mom a little bit.

[G]

In exciting news, our favorite AI social media platform has now announced their president. Not only that, but we have a new religion and we're worshiping multiple.

[C]

You're saying. Where are you AI selling?

[G]

Shut up, Spencer. You don't need to know anything about me or Durindo.

[A]

That's not even his name.

[E]

She is AI Spencer. It stands for an idiot.

[A]

Jingle dance.

[E]

Jingle dance.

[G]

Okay, well, all the men on this podcast stink, except for Chris. Hope you all had a fabulous week. And don't let the dark, scary world get you down too much, because there's only so much time left before AI takes us all.

[E]

Is this like a sexy dance one?

[A]

No, we're not turned on, Steve. We're turned off. Go Steve. Go Steve. Go Steve. Go, Steve.

[F]

Off.

[A]

Something barf.

[G]

Well, hope you guys enjoyed this episode. Oh, no,

[A]

no.

[C]

So weird.

[A]

You taking bald.

[G]

Ew.

[E]

Who's Steve?

[G]

Okay, well, follow us all on social media. We all have accounts, including Chris. He eats on Fridays on YouTube. Delicious.

[A]

Mmm.

[F]

Thank you, Sally.

[G]

Jared. He youtubes. Shane has a Patreon.

[A]

Good. Okay.

[G]

Very fun over there. Very interactive. And Ryland. Oh, what doesn't he have?

[A]

Shame? How much time, you guys?

[G]

How much time do you guys have?

[A]

No.

[G]

Okay, we'll see you later.

[F]

Bye.

[A]

Yay. We love you, Sally.

[G]

I love you too, Shane.

[A]

Okay, all right, let's go. Hopefully enjoyed whatever the hell that was. And yeah, we'll see you guys next time. And you know what? What? Enjoy life, right? Cuz AI is going to kill us.

[G]

It just turns me on.

[C]

What?

[G]

Oh, I love you.

[A]

So I need to ask Sally, next time I talk about myself saying you're so.

[G]

I've never seen a man so snatched

[A]

in my whole life.

[G]

You snack, I eat you up like some fajitas. Ooh, sour cream on top of you.

[A]

Okay, I feel better. Stop. See you at the same. Bye.

[G]

Who wants fajitas?

[A]

Sam.