Fully Invested in People We Don’t Know

Summary

Podcast Summary: Unsupervised with Syd & TP

Episode: Fully Invested in People We Don’t Know
Date: March 19, 2026
Hosts: Syd Colson & Theresa Plaisance (TP)

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Episode Overview

In this lively and unfiltered episode, best friends and former teammates Syd and TP (Theresa Plaisance) continue their irreverent tradition of barely staying on topic. The duo riff on everything from personal growth, stand-up comedy ambitions, and reality TV, to playful people-watching games, social dynamics, and happy headlines. The conversation meanders by design, blending humor with sharp observations and relatable stories about ambition, friendship, and everyday absurdities.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Books, Goals, and Friendly Competition

[01:42–06:35]

• Syd’s Reading Challenge: Syd revisits her public promise from a previous episode to read two books per month, admitting she fell behind but recently finished a book—a point of pride despite some playful skepticism from TP.
  • “I think I failed on that task so far. But I did finally finish this book…” —Syd [01:42]
• TP’s Teasing & Accountability: TP good-naturedly calls out Syd for procrastination, referencing old competitive dynamics between them—like not getting proper celebration for a putt-putt hole-in-one.
  • "That energy felt very familiar...like that energy when we were at putt-putt and I got my hole in one and you were watching people celebrate me, but salty for some reason." —Syd [01:54]
• Both reflect on the importance of self-discipline (“You gotta adjust...you gotta be disciplined,” Syd [05:13]) and using friendly rivalry as motivation.

2. Creativity, Ambition, and Putting Friends On

[06:37–07:09]

• On Creative Discipline: Syd discusses finishing “A Thousand Words: A Writer's Guide...” and how it motivates her to pursue scriptwriting and stand-up seriously.
  • “It's making me want to...start taking time to sit down and write out my thoughts and ideas.” —Syd [05:18]
• Expanding Their Brand: The duo dreams aloud about building an “Adam Sandler or Issa Rae” type creative circle, putting their friends on and making “good stuff every time.” —TP [07:00]

3. Stand-Up Comedy, Stage Fright & Tandem Sets

[07:10–11:46]

• Comedy Encounters: Syd shares attending a D.L. Hughley show, underscoring how great comedians make it look easy and re-energize her own stand-up ambitions.
  • “I was just like, yeah, I need to...start working on my craft because this is...it’s hard to make people laugh consistently.” —Syd [08:37]
• Apologies & Promises: TP apologizes to Aaliyah Nye for not following through on a promise to do stand-up, recommits, and floats the idea of a “tandem stand-up” set.
• Bombing with Style: They discuss the inevitability of bombing onstage and their unconventional strategies:
  • “Honestly, I don't think that I'll ever bomb humbly...Any joke that people don't understand, I'm just gonna be like, this just wasn’t the crowd tonight.” —Syd [10:47]

4. Friendship, Sports, and Culturally Funny Moments

[11:46–15:15]

• Celebrating Diversity: Syd and TP reflect on their experiences with younger AU players, such as Caitlyn Chen, highlighting her sense of humor during Black History Month.
  • “Caitlyn gave me a hug every time she saw me during Black History Month and would say, ‘Happy Black History Month.’” —Syd [12:36]
• Playful Banter About Race: The hosts navigate sensitive jokes with warmth, reminding listeners about the importance of context and real rapport.

5. New Segment: “People Watching” — The Art of Inventing Strangers’ Stories

[15:18–25:33]

• The Asian Mask Lesbian Narrative: Syd sees a video of an “Asian dyke” with braids and a durag, leading to a hilariously elaborate, improvised backstory for the mystery woman—complete with fake names, imagined upbringings, and career moves.
  • “I've never seen a grown Asian masc lesbian...Where were you as a child? Are you just appearing as adults?” —Syd [17:03]
• Invented Life Trajectories: The pair weave a story from the woman’s possible upbringing in a diverse neighborhood, to corporate life, to running a shoe reselling business in D.C. or Portland, finally settling on names ("Ruth" or "Ebony").
  • “Shout out to you, Ruth. You look like you’re doing well.” —TP [24:49]
• The Game’s Evolution: TP recalls an old game where the goal was to guess strangers’ names at a bar, sparking fun attempts and amusing failures.
  • “Never got one right. But it was really funny to assume people’s names.” —TP [26:16]

6. Pop Culture & Celebrity Authenticity: Cardi B’s Concert

[27:09–31:06]

• Cardi B Show Recap: Syd gushes over the production and authenticity at Cardi B’s concert, drawing comparisons to Beyoncé-level performances.
  • “Once you've seen a Beyoncé concert, other concerts pale in comparison...Cardi had over five outfit changes. She had dancers that were phenomenal.” —Syd [27:25]
• The Power of Realness: Cardi’s habit of addressing personal controversies live on stage is celebrated as a hallmark of her relatability and resilience.
  • “Cardi seems like a real person...She laughs and jokes about whatever it is y’all talking shit about on social media.” —Syd [28:53]
• Challenging Double Standards: Discussion turns to the different standards for male and female rappers and the importance of women being unapologetically themselves in music.

7. Internet Oddities: NPCs Among Us

[31:18–36:29]

• What’s an NPC?: TP learns about the online slang "NPC" (non-player character), standing for people who seem to lack independent thought or are just “background characters."
  • “...describes a person who seems to lack independent thought, behaves predictably, follows trends blindly…” —TP [31:26]
• NPC Conspiracies: Syd recounts internet rumors about people getting paid to act as “NPCs” or slow down traffic, joking about wanting to sign up for such jobs.
  • “I would also like to sign up to get paid to do some of that stuff sometimes when I don’t have anything going on.” —Syd [33:49]

8. Uplifting News (“Happy Headlines”)

[37:18–44:54]

• Women-Only Buses in South Korea: TP highlights a new initiative in Seoul for women-only night buses with extra security measures for post-dark commutes.
  • “Shout out to South Korea for being so progressive in this...” —TP [38:36]
  • The discussion pivots to why such security is sadly necessary (“The fact that this is needed…is alarming.” —Syd [38:47])
• Feel-Good Story: An 80-year-old man enrolling in beauty school to help his visually impaired wife with her daily routines wins the hosts’ hearts.
  • “That’s what marriage should be...That’s an awesome headline to me.” —Syd [44:23]

9. DM Shoutouts & Celebrating Friendships

[45:20–48:53]

• Birthday Wishes: The episode closes with a heartfelt birthday DM to listener Ange, orchestrated by several of her friends.
  • “[Multiple DMs]...not one, not two, but three of your friends reached out and asked if we can say happy birthday to you.” —TP [45:21]
  • “If you have a great friend, and you want to DM ‘Unsupervised’, tell us about your friend…something they've done for you lately...” —B [48:05]
• The hosts encourage listeners to share stories of friendship for future shoutouts and advice segments.

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Syd, on friendly skepticism: "What's that energy? That felt very familiar..." [01:54]
• On their creative dreams:
  “I want us to be like an Adam Sandler type of situation...just Issa Rae. People who put their friends on. People that make good stuff every time.” —TP [07:00]
• On stand-up comedy bomb insurance:
  “Any joke that people don't understand, I'm just gonna be like, this just wasn’t the crowd tonight. Like, they're not that smart.” —Syd [10:47]
• On Cardi B’s authenticity:
  “She's, like, addressing it in the show, you know, about me having failed relationships...You talking about my BBL. I'm gonna make jokes about everything too.” —Syd [28:53]
• On people-watching:
  “It's just always been in my DNA to people watch. It's like one of the best things about New Orleans, but also just so fun to create stories about strangers that you have no idea.” —TP [24:54]
• Encouraging friendship appreciation:
  “If y'all have really endearing stories about your friends, something they've done for you lately...please DM us. We want to know about it.” —B [48:05]

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Highlight Timestamps

• Book talk & friendly rivalry: [01:42–06:35]
• Creativity and “putting people on”: [06:37–07:09]
• Comedy ambitions & “bombing”: [07:10–11:46]
• AU player shoutouts (Caitlyn Chen, Aaliyah Nye): [11:46–15:15]
• People Watching Segment (Inventing ‘Ruth’/‘Ebony’): [15:18–25:33]
• Cardi B concert & pop culture commentary: [27:09–31:06]
• NPCs & simulation humor: [31:18–36:29]
• Happy Headlines (Women’s bus, loving husband): [37:18–44:54]
• Ange’s birthday and friendship DMs: [45:20–48:53]

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Tone and Style

True to its title, “Unsupervised” thrives on organic, off-the-cuff, and at-times wildly off-topic banter. Syd and TP’s conversational style combines insider sports humor, raw vulnerability, pointed observations, and generous dashes of irreverence. Listeners are kept engaged by both the surprising turns in discussion and the comforting sense of being in an ongoing group chat with quick-witted best friends.

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For New Listeners

This episode is a perfect entry point to Syd & TP’s world: expect unpredictable shifts in conversation, playful roasting, and honest reflections—plus earnest appreciation for community, creativity, and the absurdities of daily life.

Transcript

[A]

We back.

[B]

Yeah, we back. We black.

[A]

We doing, baby.

[B]

I'm black.

[A]

How we doing, Sid?

[B]

Good. How are you?

[A]

I really love that hat on you.

[B]

Thank you. Yours looks similar.

[A]

Good.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So sorry, audio. This is not for you, but video. Enjoy the view at the beginning of. You can just finish it on my hat.

[B]

Busy being nice. We love this store. Politics. I'm trying to remember everybody that I knew. My friend Sean put me in touch with some people when I was in Dallas, like years ago. I don't know how long you've been. You've been shopping there. I think the person who does this brand, I think Blaine maybe started this brand. Don't quote me, but I got a lot of their shirts. I think you have some busy being nice shirts. It's just cool. It's just like, yeah, just be nice. And there's a bee on there. Bees are awesome.

[A]

Yeah. But check out Politics, one of our favorite stores, LA made.

[B]

Oh, yeah, it is.

[A]

We took that theme song.

[C]

Yeah, we say what we want and yeah, we say what we feel. Sitting tmp of the mix and they be keeping the real on brand off topic out of pocket. Anything you need, they got it. Why you shot when you know they

[B]

going to block it?

[C]

When it's game time and you know I'm going blocking. We cover everything like who harder than us and yeah, we looking down on haters cuz they smaller than us and yeah, my flow is so damn sick I be coughing it up. You said that we going flat. Well then I'm calling your bl.

[B]

Let me put my glasses on y' all so y' all may remember episodes ago. I don't even remember how many, but I said I was going to read a book. Two books a month. I think I failed on that task so far. But I did finally finish this book that I was supposed to finish, I think at the beginning of February. So I told CP earlier today. We were talking and I was like, hey, I got to get off the phone with you because I need to finish my book. I got like 20 pages left. It wasn't even 20. She was like, you're not going to finish. And immediately I'm like, what's that energy? That felt very familiar. It felt like that energy when we were at putt Putt and I got my hole in one and you were watching people celebrate me, but salty for some reason. So what made you not.

[A]

For some reason, what made you want

[B]

to not see me finish my book and finish my goal to better myself? I just want to know that before

[A]

I actually tackle like the. The question at hand. I'm going to say that there was a reason that I was unhappy at Putt Putt. That's because I hit the hole in one first. Okay. And I didn't actually get credit for the hole in one. Nobody celebrated me. I actually just had to get a par three, when really I should have just had that hole in one. I could have had that celebration. I could have been that girl. But the machine glitched. I didn't get to have that. So when I saw everyone celebrating you with potentially the reaction that I should have been getting, it hit me some kind of way. And that's on you. Back to what's on me, though. Yeah. So this is my thing with the book. When you flew to New Orleans last week, I was like, hey, I'm gonna come get you in the. I mean, you're like, no, I'm gonna wait in the airport and I'm gonna finish my book. I said, okay, are you sure you want me to come get you early? You said, no, I'm gonna wait for Marty's flight to land. You can come get us both at the same time. I said, all right. Are you sure I can come early? We go grab something to eat or something and then go pick up m. No, I'm going to finish the book. So the fact that you're. We already had a pod with you in person here in New Orleans, you then took one whole other week to finish the book today, and now come on my case telling me, oh, I finished the book and I'm going have some with you. Yeah, that's because you lied. You were supposed to finish last week and then you said you were gonna finish the book, maybe even last episode. And all of a sudden I'm finding out today when you openly admitted to me that you only had 10 pages left.

[B]

Hey. So I will say this. Like we said, life can come at you and life can be rough and you gotta adjust. I had to adjust. I had other things going on. I'm not gonna beat myself up about what I didn't accomplish. What I did do was make sure that I held myself accountable to finish it today. And so I wanna than negative energy that you gave me. Cuz actually you fueled me to be better. Now I'm going to read three books this month and it's only half the month left, so they might be smaller books, but I'mma finish it just to spite you. Actually, I'm going to take that back. I'm not going to finish three But I am going to read one more during this month. Three is two. You're not lofty a goal. I am. Stop telling me I'm not. What. What you got going on?

[A]

No, I just. Unless you pick like some kind of nursery rhyme or picture book, there's no way you're finishing.

[B]

It's a 200 pager and you crazy if you think I'm not.

[A]

I mean, 200 a. 200 pagers.

[B]

Honestly, man, let me tell you about

[A]

this damningly is only a thousand words according to the title. I don't know if it is or not.

[B]

Listen to me. Via gave me this book, A Thousand Words. A Writer's guide to Staying Creative, Focused and Productive All Year rounds. Clearly I couldn't stay focused. Focused enough to finish it in the amount of time that I allotted myself. Good thing I finished it though. No, but really, it is really good. And it's making me want to, you know, like, get to. We've talked about doing standup and doing, you know, like writing scripts, doing all this kind of stuff. And I'm like, yeah, I really just need to start taking time to sit down and write out my thoughts and ideas. Putting yourself on a schedule so that even when writing seems hard or being creative or whatever, the thing is, like, we can also use this for basketball. Like, it's times where you don't feel like going to work out, but you know what's coming down the line. Like, I have to be in shape. I just got to do these things. I have to be disciplined. And so it was really good to read. It's by Jamie Attenberg. I don't know anything about this person. So if I am highlighting somebody that's a shitty person, just act like I never did this. And that goes for anybody we talk about on the bar. We don't know a lot of people in real life. Okay. So just know that. But you should read this though. Tp.

[A]

I'm gonna check it out.

[B]

All right.

[A]

I do. I do have big plans for us.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And our production company and our moviemaking, our movie writing, TV show writing, podcast, produce. Whatever. Whatever is in the future for us. I just kind of. I want us to be like a. An Adam Sandler type of situation where we're just Issa Ray.

[B]

People who put their friends on.

[A]

People that put their friends on. People that make good stuff every time.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

People that.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know, speaking of putting good into the universe.

[B]

Speaking of. So, you know, I came back to Indy, who for a few days went to the DL Hughley. Stand up so this dude, right, he's hilarious. This dude that I met named Lou in. At the super bowl, like, two years ago, I think, when it was in Vegas. And I don't even know Lou's. I don't know his title or nothing, but we got to talking about comedy and other stuff, and he works with D.L. hughley, and he was like, we gotta just keep in touch. Like, we need to get you on stage at some point, blah, blah, blah. So he texts me. Me and Marty are at brunch with Arie and Devon, and he's like, hey, we're in town tonight. And I'm thinking that he's saying, like, thinking I'm in Houston. He's like, we're in town. DL's got a show. Like, let me know if you want to go when I tell you. This show was hilarious from start to finish. Like, I didn't go 20 seconds without laughing. Like, DL was just. It was just joke after joke. Even the stories, like, the punchlines within the stories, I was just like, yeah, I need to. I need to start working on my craft because this is, like, it's hard to make people laugh consistently and to carry a crowd like that. It was wild. And we got to go back and talk to him afterwards and take pictures, and it was just cool to be in that. I was telling you, it felt like the world that we're wanting to be in, things are starting to. Not even starting to. Things have been aligning, but it was cool. It was like a reminder. Once again, just like this book is like, yeah, you got to get to your shit if you want this. Like, if we want this, we got to get to seriously writing jokes. Like, we got to start doing stuff

[A]

to prepare because, yeah, I feel like I. This is where I need to, like, come in and confess.

[B]

Yeah, you absolutely can.

[A]

So I. This is also. This apology is so unexpected, but I do have a apology to give out. I need to say sorry to Aaliyah Nye. If anybody knows Ali and I. Really awesome person, really hilarious. Ali and I was at AU with us, and she was, you know, enjoying Nashville. She would periodically come back and tell me that she went to a comedy club, and I need to, you know, go there and do stand up. And, you know, earlier in the season, Sid and I actually shook hands on saying that we were going to do stand up. I told Aaliyah about the situation, and she was, like, not only supportive, she told me that she would give me sympathy laughs if nobody else was laughing. She promised me that she would be There and a full participant for me. And I thought that was, like, a really awesome offer, especially for someone who hasn't ever done standup before.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So I do have to apologize for Aaliyah for not making that happen. But I do need to make a new promise that I will actually do stand up. We both need to do it. We also probably should do a tandem standup, which I asked him about, which has been done before.

[B]

I asked him about it. I was like, you know, like, me and tp, we've been talking, and, like, I for sure have to get on the stage by myself, but we were talking about doing something together. Do you think you, like. Do people do that at open mic nights? Like, is that a thing? He was like, what? Like, comedy has changed so much. People are, you know, breaking the rules a lot. They were like, talking about, you know, you're gonna bomb. Like, people bomb. And I was like, honestly, I don't think that I'll ever bomb humbly. Like, any joke that people don't understand. I'm just gonna be like, this just wasn't the crowd tonight. Like, they're not that smart. They were like, yeah, but you can't say that to the crowd. I was like, I think I will, though. I might sometimes genuinely.

[A]

They need to hear from somebody.

[B]

They got to. They got to.

[A]

Might as well be from someone that they're not gonna leave with a good taste in their mouth anyway. And she had the audacity to tell us that we were dumb. It's like, yeah. Cause that joke was really good. At the end of the day, like, if I ever do quote bomb.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I think I'll be okay with it, because I know every joke that I went on stage with made me laugh.

[B]

That's it.

[A]

And that's all that really matters. And I think that everyone. What everyone needs to take from this is, like, maybe stand up isn't your race, but again, we can't emphasize enough to run your own race.

[B]

They do. And speaking of race, tp, let me jump to Caitlin Chin. So I have multiple transitions there, but we're always talking about black and white. Let's get to Asians. So Caitlyn Chin. Also, there was a tie in from Ali and I because they were both at AU and both young players that we just. We were just drawn to at au. Like, I'm like, they just seem hilarious. Hilarious, nice. Like, they work hard. They are, you know, for the team. They're cheering people on, stuff like that. But Caitlyn Chen was hilarious, like, all throughout Black History Month, as you know, because I've told you before. But news to the audience. Caitlyn gave me a hug every time she saw me during Black History Month. It would say, happy Black History Month. We got a recording of it on the last day, and it was super special.

[A]

My last hug. Happy last day of Black History Month. I hope you had the best month ever.

[B]

Thank you so much.

[A]

This means the world.

[B]

When she came up to me one day, she was like, where's my hug? And I think it was the start of, like, the Chinese New Year or something. I'm like, hey, girl.

[A]

Oh, yeah, it was Chinese New Year. We accidentally ran into her at Whole Foods, and she was like, don't y' all have anything that y' all want to say to us? And we're like, oh, did you like your life?

[B]

Particularly?

[A]

Like, she's so funny, messed up that we didn't know.

[B]

She's so funny and, like, awkward. And then she was, like, doing people in on the court. I wasn't expecting it. I was like, what? And so, you know, me just saying inappropriate stuff.

[A]

She was crazy.

[B]

We're just like, yeah, you know, I was like, I see you, Jeremy Lynn type shit. And she was like, no way. She's got a sense of humor. You could just. She's just one of the people, you know. You know, when some people say racy, no pun intended, jokes, you're not, like. You're not tripping about it. I'm like, I don't view you a certain way. Some people stay away from them. You don't have the body of work that shows you should ever be talking like this. But she's real cool. I really enjoy getting to meet Chin. She's one of those young players, you know? Like, when we're done playing, we always talk about the players that we're gonna, like, be rooting for and cheering for. She's for sure one of them. And, you know. And then, speaking of Asians.

[A]

Oh, no, no, no. Before we get done, I have to say my piece about Kaylin Chen.

[B]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[A]

She was hugging you. Every single day of Black History Month with Shout out to Black History Month. Shout out to black people. You guys are absolutely incredible. But on March 1st, Kaylin and I had a big embrace because the rest of our month started for the rest of the year, and now it's all about us now. And again, that is a racial joke. I personally think that, you know, Sydney was talking about the people that can accept these jokes and not like, I hope I didn't Offend anybody by that. But we did embrace genuinely on March 1st, after the, you know, the filmed embrace that Sydney had on the day before. The last day of.

[B]

It was sick.

[A]

Like his son shout out to Caitlin Chen. And I guess now you can transition to.

[B]

No, you transition first, please. Everyone's expecting it.

[A]

Oh, man, that's going to have to wait probably a really long time.

[B]

But.

[A]

Yeah, no, Sid, go right ahead and transition on.

[B]

Thank you, D.B.

[A]

so, camera.

[B]

Speaking of speaking of Asians, y', all, we got a new segment, all right. It's called People Watching. So it's some shit I just shouldn't have to explain to y', all, for real. If you hear people watching, probably we watch some people, and we're going to tell you what we observe. That's it. All right, so there was this. There is this Asian dyke. I love saying dike is derogatory to some people at times, but I'm just like. I call people dykes all the time. I'm a dyke. It is what it is.

[A]

I feel like if you've been called it, you can say it.

[B]

Hello, rebrand. So I. I saw this. This Asian lesbian mask lesbian. And I. She was taking off a durag, for one. Actually, I don't know her pronouns. She, they. Okay. They were taking off their durag, and then they were doing a Jordan unboxing. I was like, okay. All very African American, you know, like black culture things. What's going on here? The braids were, you know, braids were clean, though. I was like, somebody did a fire job. You saw it? Did you watch it?

[A]

Yeah. You sent it to me. The braids were very nice.

[B]

Yeah, braids were nice. Like wearing a bunch of J's, doing shoe unboxings. And I'm just, you know, I'm just. I'm thinking while I'm watching this lady, and I'm like, I've never seen a grown Asian. Ask lesbian. Huh?

[A]

This gentle lady.

[B]

Yeah, I've never seen one in the wild. I mean, though, like, I never seen one in real life. So I'm like, where. You know, like, where were you as a child? Or like, where are they as children? Are they just appearing as adults? Because I haven't seen. I haven't seen any young ones is basically what I'm trying to get at. And so I wonder what, you know, like, what was her upbringing, how we get here? How did we get here to be. So what.

[A]

So I'm assuming you're not going to DM her and this person and find out what this person's upbringing is. So I feel like this might lead us to creating a story behind this person's, you know, current aesthetic.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And how this person came to be. I didn't do a deep dive on the person. I just literally saw the braids post.

[B]

Yeah, it was.

[A]

The braids was wearing like a typical super stud attire.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I would say like a cut off tee or a, or a,

[B]

I don't

[A]

know, the politically correct term for them. Tank tops, I guess.

[B]

White beaters.

[A]

That doesn't sound very mask. Yeah, white beater. She had a cut off or. Or white beater on. She. They maybe, I don't know, had on some baggy pants. Man, those braids were fresh. So I've never slept on them yet. Nothing.

[B]

Okay, so past life. You think, you think she was born in America? Let's just start there if we're creating the story. Born in America, grew up around black people.

[A]

Definitely in the neighborhood of black people. Like for example, if anybody understands New Orleans, I would consider her to be raised on the west bank of New Orleans where I was born and raised. So around a lot of diversity.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But I don't think like, I don't think she was like the one and only. Yeah, that makes sense.

[B]

Okay. See, I have a feeling she might have been.

[A]

And I feel like, oh, the one and only. The token.

[B]

I think so. But I don't think that she was masc in her younger days. I think she was kind of just figuring stuff out. Maybe dressed in a way that you can't really tell. Maybe it's sort of tomboyish, but maybe it's leaning more toward feminine and.

[A]

But leaned in heavy. When the Bermuda shorts era was like 100, all of us were like, oh, thank God for Bermuda shorts and collared tees. Like when that era came around, all of us were like, yeah, we can go to church in these.

[B]

With some sperries on Sperry's. And a polo. Polo shirt.

[A]

Yeah. I could see this person rocking Sperry's Bermudas. Fresh polo.

[B]

Had to be popped. Had to be popped. And the type of 2000s glasses, double layered. Let me tell you, it was some. I knew some like some studs or like mostly studs. Cause they were all black but would go. I knew one who would leave house dressed a certain way when she was going to high school. And then once she was like on the bus, had a different change of clothes in the bag to then dress more masculine. And at school I'm like, damn. Well, but imagine if your parent just pops up on you at school, like,

[A]

something change your clothes for school is wild, but I mean, danger.

[B]

You want to dress like you, like how you feel. And I'm wondering if this.

[A]

I could also see this person wearing like that. You remember when you were kids and they had those, like little shell necklaces that were like.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

The shells were cut in a square and they were like almost a choker. Sometimes came in like highlighter pink or like highlighter blue. But mainly like the main color, that shell, white.

[B]

Now you're talking.

[A]

Now you for sure have one of those, for sure. And if not that, then the actual shell necklace that, like, you know, the shells that went all the way around. Yeah, definitely one of those.

[B]

Her hair is long now. So I'm wondering, you know, I wonder if in college, I wonder if she went to an hbcu. I could see that. I could see that for her, she might have been at Howard. And everybody's just like, what's she doing at Howard? And this is just. This is natural to her. This is people she grew up around. So, you know, I like being around black people, so I'm going to go to school with them. After Howard. After Howard. I don't know what she.

[A]

Life gets complex. After Howard. Life gets complex. She's like, man, I'm leaving my comfort zone. I'm going into the real world. I need to find a corporate job.

[B]

Yeah. And she was dressed in, like tight slacks, a belt shirt tucked in brown loafers, suspenders.

[A]

At times.

[B]

At times. And I would.

[A]

Tight bow tie type glasses, but always dressed to the T. Yeah, Got it going down. Yeah. There's not one wrinkle in this person's shirt.

[B]

No.

[A]

There's not one untucked area of her. She was looking good.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

Going into corporate. For some reason, she's struggling to find her place at work. She's struggling to find friends for me.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

She started her own business and. She started her own business.

[A]

She dropped out of corporate. She started her own business.

[B]

I think she started. She got into the resale market with shoes that. Maybe that's what she's doing. The unboxing.

[A]

She started, so she's doing consignment work now. She owns a little consignment shop. I think she. Now,

[B]

keep going, keep going. I got something else.

[A]

No. Where did she move? What. What city does she live in now? We're gonna say it on the count of three.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

One, two, three. D.C. portland.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Okay. Interesting. I can see D.C. as well, though. Okay, well, she didn't move very far from Howard. I guess she wanted to stay local.

[B]

She, she also, she's in the shoe like, reselling market. You know, people get paid. She was. She did like programming and coding. So she has a lot of bots that actually she makes them get. You know, when you trying to hit on sneakers, you don't hit on shit forever. And it's like, damn, like, I was waiting forever.

[A]

She owns all the bots that are hitting.

[B]

She got all the bots that are hitting, and she getting all them shoes, reselling them, upping the price, making her business. That's why she's doing the unboxing on her page. Y', all. I got these. Pat came in. What you need? Get at me, you know, pulling off her do rag and stuff. I missed her when I scroll. That's all.

[A]

Person, a name. Actually, since we don't. We created this whole life for her, let's create a whole name for her.

[B]

She got a name? I just don't remember what.

[A]

All right, well, let's guess what her name is before we. Before we say it.

[B]

Okay. On three.

[A]

Hold on, I have to think of a name.

[B]

All right.

[A]

Okay, I'm ready.

[B]

All right. One, two, three. Ebony.

[A]

Ruth. Oh, damn. Ebony. You really bought into the storyline. Ruth seems like someone who, you know, they had a life of normalcy ahead of them, like traditional living. You're about to do everything by the book, traditionally.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You're going to go to school, you're going to find your husband in college, you're going to get married, maybe even be a stay at home mom, pop out a few kids. That was your life. And then the second that this person started having thought, yeah, this person. Ruth knew that that wasn't her trajectory. And yeah, I think this is who Ruth is today.

[B]

Love that.

[A]

Shout out to you, Ruth. You look like you're doing well.

[B]

That is not her name. We're gonna find out her name.

[A]

For real. Yeah. I think I'm really gonna like this new people watching segment. It's just always been in my DNA to people watch. It's like one of the best things about New Orleans, but also just so fun to create stories about strangers that you have no idea. You could also be a stranger to anybody. Like when you sit in the airplane, if you were like, hey, yeah, I own like 3 trillion bitcoin, they either would believe you or not, but you could just say it, you know. But this brings me, like to way back in the day, I was playing this game. The first time I ever played it was with Marissa Coleman. And we were at this, like, event. And we were at this bar. We didn't really want to be there, so we, like, tried to make the event fun.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And we decided that we had to pick out one person at the bar and we had to all create a name for this person. Like, we pick out this one random white dude. Everyone's like, okay, everyone pick a name. Jeffrey.

[B]

Peter.

[A]

Sean Connor.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And they're like, okay. So then one of us has to go up and be like, oh, my God, what's your name again? Don't you remember me from. Yeah, you know, Sarah's Christmas party two years ago. And he was like, wait, who are you? And I was like, oh, I'm Teresa. Like, who are you? And if anyone, we didn't get any name right. We did this to like eight different people. Never got one right. But it was really funny to assume people's names.

[B]

That's a fun game.

[A]

And play that game. So I'm really looking forward to this people watching segment. Moving forward.

[B]

I like it. I used to have a steering problem.

[A]

Babysitters still have it.

[B]

Who? You or me?

[A]

Both of us. I am like, I certainly do, but I know you do too. Sometimes I see you and I'm like, I want to stare too, but I can't get away with as much staring as you. I'm like so big. Typically people are staring at me before I can stare at them. So we can, we can get to a stare off.

[B]

No, I'm down. Okay, so what else I've done since I've been back here? So we, we. We came back specifically for Cardi's concert. Like, that was top priority. And when I tell you that show was.

[A]

I know I could probably win a pageant, baby. Hey, hey, hey.

[B]

I'll be feeling like a magnet, baby.

[A]

Man, I love some Cardi B.

[B]

For real. When she say, hoes be real life losers. And I really connect with that song. That's trophies. But.

[A]

And how was her concert?

[B]

The concert was so good. When I tell you we were talking about it, we were like, you know, been to a lot of concerts, a lot of great artists, and everybody's isn't as engaging as to me, the standard is like a Beyonce show for real. Because once you've seen a Beyonce concert, other concerts pale in comparison as far as like the, the dancing, overall outfit change, the set design. Like, everything that's going on is a lot. And you could tell it's a big budget going into that concert. In that performance, Cardi's Cardi had over five outfit changes. She has several set designs. She was sitting up in something that was floating in the air. She had dancers that were phenomenal. It was just. And she was funny. Cardi seems like a real person. Like, she laughs and jokes about whatever it is y' all talking shit about on social media. She's, like, addressing it in the show, you know, about me having failed relationships or these dudes not being shit, me staying around sometimes. Like, what I know. I see everything you're saying. You talking about my bbl. I'm gonna make jokes about everything too.

[A]

She doesn't, like, hide from her bad headlines. Like, she addresses them in her way and she, like, explains herself just, like, in whatever way that it looks like. Like, she just says her piece and she's okay with it. And also, that's how it should be. Cardi B is maintaining her fame by, again, just being relatable and being cool and also about things that she has to deal with publicly. And I think that makes her probably one of the coolest people. I again, don't know her personally, but one of the coolest celebrities that you can, you know, find.

[B]

Yeah. And I mean, and we can add to this again, once again, we don't know these people. Cardi can be a terrible person. Do not know. Going based off of what we see and what we hear compared to what other people say and what we hear about them, like, out their own mouths. And I'm like, people try to talk about. I think a lot of the dislike for Cardi and for Megan is that they are seemingly genuine people. Like, they've gotten big off this life. They have the most crossover appeal compared to a lot of rappers that are out. And I think a lot of the hate, especially hate they get from dudes and from women who have, you know, internalized misogyny, you know, they. They talk about sex in a way that's like, I'm gonna own it, I'm gonna talk about it. You wanna talk down about women in your songs? I'm gonna talk about sex in this way. You can like it, you can not like it. That's of no concern to me. But these dudes wanna act like this, I' ma act like this. Back with them. We can go lick for lick for real.

[A]

But it shouldn't be a double standard. Maybe not quote ladylike, but, like, a lot of things shouldn't be ladylike. Men be held to, like, a gentleman, like, standard. Like, once we start, like, holding men to a gentleman, like, standard, that's when ladylike can start coming back into the picture. Until then, it needs to be.

[B]

What?

[A]

For what? And if people want to rap about, you know, guys getting it in doing all this stuff, ladies, speak your mind freely as well. Ladies, do what you got to do.

[B]

Do it, do it, do it, do it.

[A]

You know, but it was so.

[B]

It was just so good.

[A]

I was like, damn, as a world. Girls, girls, you brought something to my. To. To my attention recently that I had no idea what this was at all.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

You were like, hey, did you hear about the world being full of NPCs?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I was like, oh, what? No, not NPCs. I then had to Google what NPC means. So for everyone else, that's kind of with me. And I don't know if I'm one of the only ones that doesn't know what an NPC is, but I'm going to explain it before Sid gets into all of her points or battle points about what this is. So an NPC is literally a non player character. This is used for video game talk. It's used to describe a person who seems to lack independent thought, behaves predictably, follows trends blindly, or has boring, unoriginal behavior, essentially acting like a back background character in a video game. It's now used as an insult to call someone that's being unoriginal, robotic, or repeating mainstream opinions without critical thinking. So now that everyone is on the same page about what an NPC is, Sydney, you can now bring up your point. And I'm actually understanding and listening at the same time now.

[B]

This dude was making a video, talking about a video that he watched of a guy saying that he gets paid to like, go stand in elevators, to walk around the mall to do all of these things. It's kind of like what we touched on the other day. Like when you feel like you're in the Truman show or something, or you feel like this is all being controlled by somebody else. And it's a simulation. When I walk into a place and it was empty before I got there. And then there are several people who walk in, like an alarming amount compared to how empty everything looked now. It's like 12 people in here now. Seems odd. So he was saying that this person said that they get paid to do that stuff. They didn't disclose who pays them. But several people in their comments were talking about other things. They're like, yeah, there are people who get paid to like, slow traffic down or like, cause traffic. And I was like, yeah, I can see it. I would also like to sign up to get paid to do Some of that stuff sometimes when I don't have anything going on, like, how do you. How do you get this job? I wonder, like, is the CIA paying people or who's.

[A]

It doesn't seem like a remote job.

[B]

Who's funding. Who's funding this? And.

[A]

Right.

[B]

I was just like, you know, and also, how much are they getting paid to do this? You somehow got paid to slow down traffic. And now I get to the end and I look over at you, and you don't even look like you have a care in the world or a thought in your mind. But now there's no traffic. But I'll see you tomorrow or I'll see you at the mall in the elevator. I don't know. It's easy for me to buy, but, you know, I am. I'm always on the side of just like believing stuff a little bit and seeing if it makes some sense.

[A]

Okay, so the way that I'm thinking about this now, I'm like, okay, so in order to get a position like this, you literally have to be. You have to. Have to keep your schedule open so that you can literally play in traffic or, like, literally cause traffic. Like, oh, oh, yeah, rush hour. Let me get out there and slam on my brakes. Like, are you a serial wrecker? Like, do you get into fender benders often? Like, how do you. You have to be creative about how you're starting this traffic because. And also you have to repeat it.

[B]

Do you think there's penalty for disclosing that you're in this line of work?

[A]

I do. In the same way that I do feel like all this narrative behind, like, oh, are pro sports. Do they have a script to pro sports? All this stuff? Like, I don't, I don't think that there's a necessarily a script, but I do think that there's things that needs to happen and you do get penalized for, you know, saying what seems could be just like any day occurrence. If you make, if you make that any day occurrence seem like it was something, then I think there could be a penalty alluding to, like, hey, like, the next time I tie my shoes, like, just make sure they're super tight. I'm like, well, why am I not paying attention to your shoes? Well, the shoes had everything to do with what they were trying to do, but I think there is, like, a penalty.

[B]

Yeah, I think there's got to be penalty too. Like, you can't just go sell this information. But there could be a script. It's just if stuff is scripted, they're not telling everybody. Like, you can't let everybody know. You just need to let us select few know. Just like with the small group NPCs with. Sorry, the SG.

[A]

So is there a rumor, have you any heard any rumors that the W has a script or it hasn't hit women's sports yet? Like, we have to get.

[B]

They, like, don't care.

[A]

They're like, no, no, no, no. You guys are under the salary cap that needs script. Y' all can freelance for now. This is just Real Housewives. Once you hit maybe even this next CBA amount that would be necessary for a script. We'll see. I'll let you guys know for sure. We. We have a. We found a few headlines and so we're gonna call this segment the Happy Headlines. Ooh. And this is where, you know, it's a really easy. I know we talk about this a lot. It's really easy to find things going on in the world that seem to be overwhelming. And you might feel like you're like, losing yourself or like losing your sanity or just like, how are you going to survive this moment?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And, you know, the next three years,

[B]

for example, just to give a rough

[A]

timeline of how much time is left. And this is where we're going to talk about just really good things that are happening in the world that aren't spoken as profoundly about as, you know, the negative things going on in the world. So just for starters, in South Korea, they are starting to roll out a new night bus that is for women only, and it helps women commuters travel home safely after dark. So shout out to South Korea for being so progressive in this. But this is also added security as well as they're adding CC cameras, brighter lighting, emergency panic buttons, monitor stop, so passengers can quickly contact staff or authorities if needed. And officials say that the program's been ongoing. Responds to ongoing concerns about harassment and safety during late night travel. So the fact that, you know, they are hearing people's problems and also responding to those in an impactful way. Shout out to South Korea.

[B]

But the thing is. Yes, super happy. Awesome. Why is this necessary? That's what we have to talk about. Yeah, sorry. I'm going to. I'm going to detour.

[A]

This is not so happy.

[B]

Hey, I know, but I got to address it. The fact that this is needed.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Is alarming. The fact that this is needed in every city. It should be present in every city across the world is very scary. That means we have a real problem. There was a video of a dude asking, going around Asking guys. He has, like, five guys. Hey, would you want to live in. Actually, he started with women. He said, would you want to live in a world or, like, live on a. On a planet with all women? Like, absolutely, yeah. All the women. Yeah. Would love it. Of course, yes. I love women. Go to the men. Would you want to live in a world with all men? The fuck no. Next person. Hell no. Next person. You gay next person. No, I'm good. The fact that only women are cool with being around all women is how you even have the need for a rollout of a women's only bus for people to get home safely at night. That's terrifying.

[A]

I mean, all the car service, the car sharing services now are doing it. Like, you can. If you're a woman, you can ask for a woman. All the men are losing their mind over it too. They're like, fine, we want to ride with guys. Yeah, that's the point.

[B]

Do it.

[A]

You can ride with your guys all day long. We don't feel safe.

[B]

Tp I forgot to tell you this, dude. Yesterday when we were going to the show, I ordered a lift. Got a black. So when you get a Black, you get 10. 10 minutes to wait, you know, like, before they leave. A normal one is five. I made it there. We made it there at nine minutes. I got in the car. The rest of them were walking up, so I got in first. He was like. He asked my name, confirmed. And I sat down, and he was like, I was about to leave or I was about to cancel. I said, well, good thing I made it right in time before the 10 minutes. So you don't need to cancel, right? He still had. I don't even remember what he was saying because they were getting in the car at this point. They were like, what's. What's wrong? I'm like, nothing. He's telling me about, you know, getting an attitude, taking a tone with me, like I'm in trouble or something. Sir, this is your job, actually. And I haven't. I didn't come after the 10 minutes. Even if I made it at 9. 59, I'm still here. Well, within reason.

[A]

Within the allotted time.

[B]

I'm here within the allotted time. Don't offer a lift, black service if you don't want to keep people to come up until the last second. So I'm telling them. He's still talking, and he's like, you know, actually, I can't. I canceled the ride. I said, you know, y', all, like, just get out. I don't even want to go back and forth with this dude, especially when people are like, where you live? I'm just like, very, very annoying. So we get out the car, but I make sure to not close my door in the backseat because I'm like, you're being a little bitch for no reason, having an attitude. So you can get out, you can park, you can park now. You can get out, close your back door, and then you can get back in your car and drive away. I go to order a car today and it was like, your account has been suspended. I told Marty, I said, I know, I know damn well. So soon as I leave here, if you think I'm not calling and raised in absolute hell, I'mma find out what his name was and I'mma leave. Or I'm going to have several people leave bad reviews, because what the fuck is your problem? Whoa. But yeah, keep going with the happy headlines though, girl. I just have to tell you.

[A]

Well, it doesn't seem so happy. No. Like, it started off really happy and then you.

[B]

We're all good, girl. Go ahead, I'm listening.

[A]

Oh, okay. Well, yeah, another head. And I don't want to get like all my other headlines picked apart. So, like, I'll certainly keep it positive.

[B]

There is an 80 year old man, okay? So he enrolled in beauty school to take care of his wife because her, her eyesight is declining. And he refused to let her daily rituals, you know, go out the window. And he learned, he was learning how to style her hair, apply her makeup, and just help her face each day so she could go on feeling like herself. And I'm like, I don't know how long they've been married. I just saw this like, short video or like this short article about it. But like, that's, that's what, you know, like what marriage should be like. You're with somebody, you know, in sickness

[A]

and health, sickness and in health, you're

[B]

there to take care of them. But I'm just like, that's an awesome headline to me. Like, just making sure that you can do these things. That he probably has zero skills, but you're learning it to help her out.

[A]

But he's trying. It's the effort that counts for me.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

That's very cute. I have nothing bad to say about this.

[B]

Nothing at all. Nothing at all.

[A]

Shout out to her for finding a really nice man that's taking care of her.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And also, ma', am, whoever you are, hope you feel beautiful each and every day because you know you have someone

[B]

who loves you, right?

[A]

That's so cute. I think that we need to finish it off with that. I don't want to bring up any other headlines for it to get broken down and find all the things going on with it. So, hey, it goes down in the dm. It go down. It go down in the dm. It go down, echo down.

[B]

Nice.

[A]

So we have a very special DM today, actually a litany of them. So special. Shout out to Ange. Happy birthday to you. Ange, if it weren't for your cult following of friends, this shout out wouldn't happen. Because not one, not two, but three of your friends reached out and asked if we can say happy birthday to you. So Ang, you can read them all according to the messages on Saturday. Angel, I hope you had a very happy birthday shout out to all your friends, Natalia, Ethan and yb, Skel, they all were really vouching for you and they also wanted you to have a wonderful birthday. And Ethan, this specific message does say, hey, tp, it's your time. Wish our girl Angie happy birthday. I will bark like a dog for you. Generation talent in the wmk. So, hey, Ethan, let's get a follow up video of that, of him barking like a dog. Would love to just see that. Thanks for the offer, though. We would have said happy birthday just for the sheer effort that you guys gave here, but the barking was a little bonus.

[B]

So Ange, must love. Must love. Utp.

[A]

Ang. Yeah. I don't know who you are or do I know you? I don't know.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I hope you had a wonderful birthday.

[B]

Okay, so who out of these three friends who, who initiated this, this, like, reach, like, reach out to you? Who do you think was like, oh, my God, you know, Ange loves unsupervised. She loves T.P. one of those. And like, we ought to see if she'll wish her a happy birthday. Was it Natalia, was it Ethan or was it Wobby scale?

[A]

No, according to the time saying, I'm looking at timestamps here, it seemed like the guys, two are at 9:41 strong. Yeah, they came on strong quickly. And then Natalia came at 3:00am Oh, 3:00am okay. Hey. Whoa. But again, bringing in the happy birthday wishes. All this to say, ange, we hope you had a wonderful birthday. You have great friends. Shout out to your friends for vouching for Ange like that. That's very cool of you guys.

[B]

Happy birthday. They didn't say for me to say it, but I'm gonna just say it anyways. I hope it was good, not amazing.

[A]

I think it's gonna. I think it's gonna mean a lot

[B]

that you also said, hell, yeah. Go, Ange.

[A]

Also shout out to all their great friends out there. Said, you're a wonderful friend.

[B]

You, too, tp.

[A]

I love spending time with you. If you have a great friend and you want a DM unsupervised,

[B]

tell us about your friend. Actually, that is so sweet. Tell us about your.

[A]

No, that really is cool.

[B]

Your friends and, like, why you love them. If y' all have really endearing stories about your friends, something they've done for you lately, how they've shown up for you, and just encourage you to keep going, especially in these wild times that we're living in. Please DM us. We want to know about it. We see a lot of the messages, y'. All. Yeah, Highlight them. Like, please don't think that we don't see everything. We just can't respond to everything. But we are. We're trying to be better about it. So if you got. You need some advice? You want to tell us about some drama, something amazing that happened during the week, or you just think there's something funny that we should cover? DM us at unsupervised ctp.

[A]

And as always, you guys, don't forget to throw kindness around. Like, confetti.

[B]

I love when you make the noise. You know, like,

[A]

yeah, unsupervised. I need to get a confetti cannon.

[B]

You do.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, we say what we want and yeah, we say what we feel? Sitting tmp of the mix and they be keeping you real on brand, off topic, out of pocket, anything you need, they got it why don't you shout when you know they gonna block it? When it's gay time that you know I'm gonna block it? We cover everybody, everything like ho who harder than us? And yeah, we looking down on haters? Cause they smaller than us and yeah, my flow is so damn sick I be coughing it up? You said that we gonna flat well then I'm calling your blood,

[A]

Sam.