Inanimate Objects, Real Feelings

Summary

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Unsupervised with Syd & TP

Episode: Inanimate Objects, Real Feelings
Date: November 13, 2025
Host: Dear Media

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Episode Overview

In this lively and wide-ranging episode, Syd Colson and Theresa "TP" Plaisance riff about everything from holiday meal traditions and cranberry sauce passion to the struggles facing Americans around food insecurity, jobs, and absurd mortgage proposals. The conversation meanders with hilarious detours—phone addiction, giving feelings to inanimate objects, Beanie Babies in bed, Toy Story trauma, and a sassy response to critics. Both hosts bring signature warmth, humor, and unfiltered honesty, staying deeply "off topic" while delivering real talk about community, empathy, and the modern world.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Warm-Up: Holiday Vibes, Cranberry Sauce, and Family Dinners

Timestamps: 02:55–13:13

• Cranberry Sauce Evangelist: Syd shares a story from volunteering at an annual “Season of Giving” dinner hosted by Aaron Neesmith, serving cranberry sauce with near-maniacal commitment.
  • “I was making sure I got rid of my plate of cranberry sauce… a lady even commented, ‘that is the most cranberry sauce I’ve seen taken off that plate since 1974.’” (Sid, 04:11)
• Defending the Side Dish: Despite sideways looks from attendees, Syd stands by cranberry sauce as “the difference in your meal” (06:09), advocating for the combination of cold cranberry with hot dressing and turkey.
• TP’s Holiday Spread: TP reminisces about her family’s Louisiana-tinged Thanksgiving: gumbo, jambalaya, “dirty rays” [rice], and Buddha balls, noting there are always a few questionable dishes at any potluck.
  • “Out of fifty, if there’s like one or two bad dishes, it’s bound to happen. Somebody has to bring the bad so you can be grateful for the good.” (TP, 09:55)
• Unspoken Rules: Both agree—don’t experiment with signature dishes if it isn’t your “ministry;” otherwise, family will politely but firmly tell you not to bring it back.

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2. Real Talk: Food Insecurity, SNAP Benefits, and Systemic Inequality

Timestamps: 13:13–26:32

• Food Should Be a Right: The conversation turns serious as the hosts express frustration and sadness at widespread US food insecurity—particularly during the holidays—framed by recent SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) freezes.
  • “We have so many people that go hungry day in and day out... Food should just be a necessity, like a right for everybody to have.” (Sid, 13:13)
  • “Food shouldn’t be weaponized. Everybody deserves food. If you’re a human being, you deserve food. Doesn’t matter how much money you make.” (TP, 14:03)
• Misconceptions About Welfare: Syd and TP break down racist and classist tropes about who receives SNAP, emphasizing that many people impacted by cuts are white and rural, not just urban minorities.
  • “Hate can convince people to believe literally when it’s against their own self-interest. Like, it’s very, very scary.” (Sid, 17:07)
• State Stats: Hard numbers are cited: 1 in 11 in Indiana, 1 in 10 in Texas, and 1 in 5 in Louisiana depend on SNAP benefits (Sid & TP, 18:20–18:42).
• Economic Context: They highlight spikes in job losses—1.1 million announced cuts from January–October 2025 (19:31)—and the age of first-time homebuyers rising steeply in recent years.

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3. Absurdity of 50-Year Mortgages

Timestamps: 20:33–24:27

• Math Exposé: TP details the financial trap of 50-year mortgages, illustrating that lower monthly payments end up costing buyers hundreds of thousands more over time. The real beneficiary? Bankers and lenders.
  • “At the end of a 50-year mortgage, you will have paid $1,466,400 on a $400,000 house… It’s like paying for two-and-a-half houses to own just one.” (TP, 22:33)
• Systemic Inequities: Both express frustration over policies benefiting the wealthy and powerful while ordinary people struggle to get by.

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4. Are We Too Distracted to Revolt?

Timestamps: 24:30–26:39

• Both hosts muse whether people’s lack of outrage is because “phones will be the death of us.”
  • “When people aren’t in community, you don’t realize what’s happening to you because we’re so in our phones… Doom scrolling.” (Sid, 25:30)

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5. Phone Addiction, Presence, and Finding New Hobbies

Timestamps: 26:50–37:01

• Phone Addiction Hits Home: Syd describes realizing her own screen time habits—“riding in bed, not texting people back, or leaving your house is not normal” (27:12)—and how phone addiction undermines real-life connections.
  • “I took a screenshot, sent it to you… proceeded to continue scrolling. A few minutes later, I was like, ‘oh my god, I’m doing what it said I would do.’” (Sid, 28:41)
• Present vs. Connected: TP shares she’s “very present” (29:15), not great at texting back or finding her DMs, but values being “in the moment.”
• Counteracting Addiction: Sid suggests substituting digital time with actual hobbies or more meaningful connection—phone calls over likes or automatic “praying hands” reactions on social media when people need support.
• Brainstorming Hobbies: TP mentions wanting to spend more time outside and with her dogs, reminisces about playing sports, and even therapeutic video games (prescribed for eye tracking after an injury). Sid aspires to learn a new language and, whimsically, play the harmonica (37:00).

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6. Inanimate Objects & Toy Story Syndrome

Timestamps: 38:30–45:59

• Banana String Epiphany: Syd recounts feeling emotional detaching the string from a banana, equating it to cutting an umbilical cord. Both hosts share stories of giving feelings to objects—apologizing to couches, throwing away bottle caps with their bottles “so they’re not lonely.”
• Psychology of Attachment: They discuss anthropomorphism (“Toy Story Syndrome”)—the tendency to ascribe human feelings to objects and toys.
  • “I would sleep uncomfortably just so [my stuffed animals] could sleep comfortably.” (TP, 40:49)
• Toy Story Tangent: They review the characters, clarify Andy’s not the bully (“The bully in Toy Story’s name was also Sid. How does that make you feel?” 45:20), and joke about their own childhood habits.
• Memorable Quip:
  • “Infinity and beyond. That’s a Toy Story reference.” (TP, 45:59)

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7. Criticism & Clapping Back

Timestamps: 48:33–50:38

• To the Haters: The hosts address a listener (“Beatrice”) who complained about “politics talk.”
  • “Beatrice, wanted to let you know, we see you, girl. We lost you with our politics talk. We do not care... You do not have to listen to another episode.... You’re not stopping us from doing a damn thing. Please go on about your business.” (Sid & TP, 49:15–50:20)
• Reaffirmation: The show’s for the love of “yapping”—unfiltered, unapologetic, and community-driven.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Saying no to cranberry sauce is one thing. Saying no to me is another.” (Sid, 10:12)
• “Food should be a necessity. Like a right for everybody.” (Sid, 13:13)
• “Somebody has to bring the bad so you can be grateful for the good.” (TP, 10:07)
• “It’s like paying for two and a half houses to own just one.” (TP, 22:33)
• “Phones will be the death of us in a way. Or, I mean, like, they already have been.” (Sid, 26:33)
• “Addition by subtraction.” (Sid, 31:52)
• “Anthropomorphism, otherwise known as Toy Story Syndrome.” (TP, 43:35)
• “They don’t just give anybody a podcast, Sid.”
  “No, they do. Literally, anyone can start one.” (TP & Sid, 32:01–32:04)
• “We do this podcast for the love of yapping. Okay? We like to run our mouths.” (Sid, 49:33)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Cranberry Sauce & Holiday Dinner Stories: 02:55–13:13
• Food Insecurity & SNAP Benefits: 13:13–18:42
• 50-Year Mortgages & Economic Satire: 20:33–24:27
• Phone Addiction & Hobbies: 26:50–37:01
• Inanimate Objects & Toy Story Syndrome: 38:30–45:59
• Clapback to Critics: 48:33–50:38

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Tone & Energy

The episode delivers its serious moments—food inequality, broken systems, isolation—with genuine empathy, but always loops back to the duo’s signature warmth, goofiness, and chemistry. Disarmingly frank (“We do not care”), joyfully off-the-wall (“Did I just cut the banana’s umbilical cord?”), and compassionate, Syd and TP treat the mic like a group chat with real stakes and a bit of improv energy.

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For Listeners

Anyone looking for an unfiltered, hilarious, but sincere look at modern life—especially through the lens of women’s friendship, sports backgrounds, and social consciousness—will find something to love. Even the tangents (and there are many) add depth and humor. And if you’re a hater… you’ve just been served.

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Transcript

[Sid]

What it do babysitters.

[TP]

What's up babysitters? How we doing?

[Sid]

I was just thinking about how to greet them at my house the other day and I was like, we always do. What's up babysitters. Anisa just, I don't know, do we need to start having, having more depth to it? Like, hey y', all, we genuinely and truly missed you so much. Hope you had the best week. You're beautiful. If nobody's told you you're strong, powerful, deserving of love, all those, like, should we start starting like that or is that too much, coming on too strong?

[TP]

I mean, if that's what you feel like the vibes are, then I think we can do it.

[Sid]

Thank you, tv.

[TP]

Yeah. Anyway, back to regular news. Guess what? The Saints won represent, baby. As you can see, I'm doing my Becky Hammond collab for all the audio listeners. I have my jersey and my hoodie on underneath my jersey and some Becky ham. Becky Hamlet.

[Sid]

She wears a blazer though.

[TP]

Yeah, I'm sorry that I was a little bit more casual because again.

[Sid]

Yeah, congrats girl. Who for you? Who dad who? I say they going to beat them.

[TP]

SA definitely not the Panthers and the Giants, but everybody else did beat us. If we win the rest of our games, we might hit.500.

[Sid]

Dang.

[TP]

But right now we're two and eight, baby. We're on the rise. We have a one game winning streak. Let's go. Turn up Saints.

[Sid]

It could be worse. Yeah, one and eight or zero.

[TP]

I don't know if it could be but two. We're being positive.

[Sid]

Hit it.

[Sid (rap segment)]

They got it. Why don't you shout when you know they going to block it when it's game time and you know I'm going to block them. And 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 blood call.

[TP]

Well this is a very special time in our episode where we don't have to do anything. This is where we would be thanking our sponsors but we don't. For all you audio people, we were searching for the post its and then we were just kind of like forget about it. We don't need them because we don't have sponsors anyway.

[Sid]

Not only don't need them, I couldn't find them so.

[TP]

Oh, I didn't want to throw you under the bus this week because I did that a couple of weeks ago. But.

[Sid]

Oh, that's okay. I deserve it.

[TP]

All right, cool. You do deserve it. Shame. Shame.

[Sid]

All right, y', all, time for the warm up. I had the pleasure of being on cranberry duty at our Come to our house season of giving dinner that Aaron Neesmith, one of the Pacers players, puts on annually, I believe. And let me just tell you, I was phenomenal. It's nothing to brag about, but also.

[TP]

It is seems like a really serious job, the cranberry.

[Sid]

You're damn right it is. But we were serving food to people in the community, and, you know, these were people who were in need. I don't know everyone's situation. I think some were coming from shelters, maybe. Maybe most were coming from shelters. But it was really just. It just felt good to be out there giving back. Like, I told myself that I wanted to be doing more of that anyways, like, even when I go home to Houston and stuff. So it was a good start for that. But I was on cranberry sauce duty, and it was so funny. They posted a video of, like, the. They just made, like, a short video, like, a compilation, but I was wearing people out. Like, I was making sure I got rid of my plate of cranberry sauce. Actually, there were two plates, but I was like, I'm getting rid of this by the end. So a lady even commented. She was like, that is the most cranberry sauce I've seen taken off, like, taken off of that plate since, like, 1974.

[TP]

Oh, really?

[Sid]

I was like, no, TP. I made the data, but I'm just saying, it's been a really long time, and I was so committed. Roll. The damn cl.

[TP]

Doesn't.

[Sid]

Perfect, because cranberry sauce is, like, the best part of the meal. Damn near. All right. Not the best, but it definitely. It sets some stuff off. And it's like, I like it. I like for it to be cold. So, like, the rest of my food is hot. And then I got that little mix when I have dressing and cranberry sauce or even if I want to get some with my turkey. So I'm, like, telling people. I'm like, take this. And they're like, oh, not a fan. Some people weren't even looking at me. I said, you're not even gonna look? They didn't put that in the video. People were like, I just don't want. I don't want it. I don't want it. I said, all right, you're gonna regret it, but enjoy your meal. Like, I started getting out of. With people in There being super.

[TP]

The passion. The passion that you had. Maybe some quotes taken from it were like, this is going to be the difference in your meal.

[Sid]

Yeah. And it was.

[TP]

I. I just disagree.

[Sid]

They told me. Somebody literally told me. It was. I'm. I'm going based off of what they said.

[TP]

You also had people, like, not even look you in the eye to, like, bypass you, and you were forcing, again, them to look back at you and for you to harass them over cranberry sauce. Sorry about that to all the people in Indy, but I do appreciate your passion behind cranberry sauce. You. The passion that you had behind cranberry sauce made me want to actually try it. We always. Let's go. We have a big Thanksgiving. We have a big family. It's potluck. It's hit or miss. You know what family members you can trust, and you know what dishes you need to completely avoid. Respectfully, everyone tries their best. Not everybody hits, though. With that being said, cranberry sauce is always there, and I never found the need to use it because. And part of me is like, what does cranberry sauce enhance?

[Sid]

Dressing and turkey.

[TP]

So what kind of dressing? Like, regular dressing? Oyster dressing?

[Sid]

Huh?

[TP]

Dirty.

[Sid]

Dirty rice? No, no. Dressing. Like, I don't know, cornbread dressing?

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

Okay. But, like, I. I feel like cranberry dressing. Like, like I said, it's the difference in the temperature, but it's all. It's also like, you're getting a dessert type feel with your meal. Like, it's sweet like that. So it just offsets some other stuff on the plate. No, no, no. Not at all. No. And we don't have that problem at our Thanksgiving because people, you do what's in your scope. Don't come here trying to make the Mac and cheese if you're not doing it. Like, Simone, my sister, is gonna put her everything into that Mac and cheese. Nobody else show up with a Mac and cheese. That's not your. That's not your ministry. That's not your calling in life. So if you. If you. Because people in my family don't tell somebody like, you, look, don't bring this no more. Pull up to the side type thing. Don't bring this back here.

[TP]

Hey, listen. Really great attempt.

[Sid]

Listen, my grandma, my nana, my mom's mom, she created an environment like, you need to be able to cook. So I usually do the sweet potato casserole. If people can't cook or don't want to test something, watch it. They'll bring sodas, bring plates and silverware. Right? Don't bring food that we're not going. Like, that'll. That'll set the energy off in a bad way, or people will just be whispering about you.

[TP]

Yeah. And we don't want those whispers happening. I just, like, we have a. We have a traditional slash untraditional spread.

[Sid]

Okay.

[TP]

We have gumbo, jambalaya, dirty rays, Buddha balls. And then we also have, like.

[Sid]

It sounds like you're doing, like, ASMR the way you were just doing that.

[TP]

Don't, like, drag them a little bit. Just, like, thinking about that. And shout out to my Aunt Ann and her gumbo. It's so good. Oh, my God. But we do have, like, the traditional stuff, like the turkey and a ham, some casserole, Mac and cheese.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

We also have, like, some things that.

[Sid]

You'Re just like, how'd this get here?

[TP]

But those are, like, distant family members. We have, like, 50 people show up. So you just. Out of 50, if there's, like, one or two bad dishes, like, it's bound to happen. You can't have 50 phenomenal dishes.

[Sid]

You can't. But we.

[TP]

So somebody has to bring the bad so you can be grateful for the good.

[Sid]

I'm crying. Look, somebody commented on the video. They said. They said I was a used car salesman forced to be a WNBA player. The way I was harassing them people, because I was like, all right, saying no to cranberry sauce is one thing. Saying no to me is another. So I was like, I'm convinced.

[TP]

Were you, like, making it touch stuff for the people that you did convince? Were you putting on something some of them didn't, like, put it on the side so it didn't touch.

[Sid]

They're the people who don't like food to touch. I don't get those people. I'm like, it's all touching in here. Just let it touch.

[TP]

I'm not one of those people. But if I didn't want to try something and I was just sampling it.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

I wouldn't want you to put it on, like, something I was really looking.

[Sid]

That you really want.

[TP]

Yeah. Like, if I was looking forward to that Mac and cheese, and you had. If you convinced me to do the cranberry sauce. I said, do the cranberry sauce.

[Sid]

And.

[TP]

You touch my Mac and cheese with it, I would be upset.

[Sid]

I get it. I get it.

[TP]

But I think there's a touching order as well.

[Sid]

Fair.

[TP]

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[Sid]

Thank you.

[TP]

The joy that you brought to cranberry sauce and to the people of Indiana, I'm sure was appreciated. I thoroughly watched the video. I watched it too many times because your passion was there and I've never seen so much passion behind cranberry sauce. So I want to thank you. I also will want to tell the Indiana Fever that they can credit me with at least 100 of those views. That was funny. Sid. You're hilarious.

[Sid]

I was just about to say you're hilarious, girl. I'm crying 100 of those views. But no, it was a really, it was a really, I don't want to say fun event, but it was a rewarding event hopefully for, for all people involved. But the sad part is that we even needed to be in a position to have to do that anyway in this world that we live in, with so much access. So we have plenty to go around. But we have so many people that go hungry day in and day out, year in, year out. Like the holidays are a really rough time for people for a plethora of reasons. But yeah, being without, like being without food, food should just be a necessity. Like a right for everybody to have.

[TP]

And also food shouldn't be weaponized. Like everybody deserves food. If you're a human being, you deserve Food doesn't matter how much money you make. It doesn't matter where you're from, doesn't matter what you look like. You. You deserve nourishment for your body. And I think as these holidays start rolling around, a lot of people are so focused on the people that are taking and that need these SNAP benefits. And I think that people are directing that energy towards the wrong group of people. We have 1% of our nation's wealth taking up 60% of the overall wealth of the country. 1%. It owns more money or has more money than 60% of our population together. And I think that's what makes it really scary that we have children going hungry. And I'm like, I feel extremely privileged because I can't even tell you the last time I was hungry, the feeling of being hungry. I've been very blessed in my life that I haven't felt that. And I encourage everyone to think about right now, like, what was the last time you were hungry? Not like, oh, I could do a snack, but when was the last time you were hungry? And these are what people are living through every single day. And I don't think that food should be held back. I think this is a time where we all need to, like, look in and see what we do have.

[Sid]

The Supreme Court actually passed a ruling that required the administration, the Trump administration, to fully fund snap. And Saturday, Trump told states to pause on fully funding snap. The administration went to the Supreme Court to push to keep payments frozen while the government shut down. He's been the only president to deny SNAP during a government shutdown. So it's really crazy. But how you even get to this point is like the. The way that people are just so dumb and have been forced to believe that snap, which is like ebt, which is people needed who are on welfare, like, this is something for black people and minorities. That's why a lot of these people are so against it, because they believe that the numbers show that we're the people who need it most, when, in fact, that's not even what the numbers show. So a lot of. In. A lot of those people are the people who need it. Y' all are the people who need it. But because of who you think gets it, you're okay with it being taken away until you realize, wait, that's. That's ebt. Yeah, baby, you're not eating either.

[TP]

So, like, ebt, food that hate SNAP benefits, whatever.

[Sid]

Yeah, like, that hate inside your heart that wanted for somebody else to not get, you're gonna feel that Hurt too potentially. And it's, it's just really crazy what hate can convince people to believe literally when it's against their own self interest. Like, it's very, very scary.

[TP]

It is very scary.

[Sid]

So this past week, Trump withheld SNAP benefits from so many people. What is it like 42 million. But 42 million people I think rely on SNAP. But it's pretty insane, like just considering who's getting impacted by this, especially because, you know, it's kid. Like kids are involved too, but there seems to be no limit for what we will do or just to kids.

[TP]

But it's crazy because food should never ever be weaponized, especially in the richest country on the planet. We love to brag about how great we are and we have kids going hungry day in and day out.

[Sid]

Like SNAP benefit. 1 in 11 people in the state of Indiana like rely on SNAP benefits. And in Texas, obviously I'm from Houston, 1 in 10 people rely on it. So this whole. Huh.

[TP]

And in Louisiana, it's one out of every five people like that's rely on these benefits.

[Sid]

That's actually nuts.

[TP]

There's plenty of money and food to be able to help every person to have nourishment for their bodies. And it's just, it's really sad.

[Sid]

Yeah, yeah, it is.

[TP]

The chaos that we're living in today.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

This is honestly heartbreaking.

[Sid]

And then, I mean that's one, one thing. But then you think about the job cuts. The government shut down. Like US companies have a now like announced the most job cuts for any October in more than two decades. In 20 years.

[TP]

Like.

[Sid]

Is that not nuts?

[TP]

1.1 million job cuts from January through October 2025, which is reported to be the highest year to date total since 2020. The October figure was notably high, making it the worst October layoffs in over 20 years.

[Sid]

That's so crazy. So it's like you can't even. I saw something that was talking about first time home buyer, like homeowners, home buyers. And they were initially wanting to put like a, a young happy couple holding their keys up by the house. That's like a picture to use. But because it's so hard for people to make money and save and like stay afloat to be ready to buy a house. The average home like first time home buyer age is like 59 or something like that.

[TP]

Now I think it's like 38. I've looked this up.

[Sid]

38.

[TP]

So.

[Sid]

Oh, the couple was 59 that I saw. It's like 39. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The couple was 59 that they use in the average, I think it's 39.

[TP]

Another thing that our administration is trying to bring to the table is what, 50 year mortgages.

[Sid]

50.

[TP]

So let's just say you buy a house at the average age of 38. You add 50 years to that, you'll be 88 if you're still here. And at that point you will own a house. So they need to take retake that little picture of 88 year olds dangling their little keys because that's the case. So everyone's like, oh, 50 years.

[Sid]

Oh, so that's my house, huh? Oh, okay. Well, see you at your funeral.

[TP]

Right, so here's some. And maybe we can get like a little visual on the screen for this. On a $400,000 loan, if you have a 30 year mortgage, your monthly payment is $2,660. But if you have a 50 year mortgage, your monthly payment is 2,444. What they're calling a quote, savings of $230 a month. With that being said, on a 30 year loan, $328 of your monthly payment actually goes towards the cost of that house. On a 50 year loan, $111 of your monthly payment actually goes towards the cost of that house. $111.

[Sid]

Yeah, that should be a crime.

[TP]

Like we thought $328 was bad until you heard what the 50 year mortgage was working with. So basically, at the end of 30 years on a 30 year mortgage, you have paid $958,000 on that $400,000 house. And at the end of a 50 year mortgage, you will have paid $1,466,400 on a $400,000 house. That's, that's actually insane. So the 50 year mortgage, yeah, it does lower your monthly payment by a whopping $217, but cost you over a half of a million dollars in the long run. By going with the 50 year mortgage, it's like paying for two houses and a half actually to own just one.

[Sid]

That's.

[TP]

So how's this a good idea?

[Sid]

It's not. It's clearly not. But also we have a finance section like segment now with you. Talk finance with tp.

[TP]

Talk finance with tp. And also the person that is in Trump's administration that's saying this is such a good idea, he owns a bank. So yeah, it is a really good idea for him. Is that a really good idea for everybody else trying to make it super obvious.

[Sid]

They're like, you got to go through this bank. You got to go through this bank. It's like, no, like, I have a local bank. I want to know. You have to use this. I don't even live in Idaho.

[TP]

You can save $280 a month. Will you be spending over a million in 50 years?

[Sid]

That's so scary, dog.

[TP]

That's crazy. It's crazy.

[Sid]

Yeah, that's.

[TP]

And so that's the world that we're living in today. So.

[Sid]

Yay.

[TP]

I don't know. Just a lot to look forward to. But it's actually the fact that we're trying to normalize or not normalize, because it's not normal at all. The fact that we're trying to navigate through this time in this turmoil in our nation's history. Like, people are gonna write about this time in textbooks 100 years from now, 200 years, and we're all gonna look like idiots. We all weren't idiots. Hopefully there's a chapter for the. For those who weren't. But, like, what are they gonna say about us? Like, we were at a time where we made some of the worst. You know, you, like, look back and they're like, oh, the Romans burnt this down. Like, why would you do that? They have bad leadership. That's what happened. What do you think would happen with bad leadership? Here we go. Bad leadership. And we got this. If you have a clown, expect a circus. And here we are.

[Sid]

Here we are. So. I know, right? It's crazy because I did real paper for that. Crazy that you don't actually see, like, more outrage. But I think they want that. They want people in the streets upset, on the verge of getting angry. And like, not on the verge of getting angry, but, you know, being violent. Because as you in history, like, yeah, people are going to try to overthrow, like, what you're trying to stop people from eating. Like, we're in the streets, but this is what we talked about before. Like, when people aren't in community, you don't really realize what's happening to you because we're like, we're so in our phone doing whatever. So I can't be, like, aware of a revolution needing to happen if I'm addicted to my phone and, like, buying stuff on TikTok shop or. You know what I'm saying? Like, making purchases I don't need or just doom scrolling.

[TP]

Like, absolutely.

[Sid]

Our phones will be the death of us in a way. Or, I mean, like, they already have been.

[TP]

All right, babysitters, it's time for off the bench. So, Sid, you had an Eventful weekend.

[Sid]

First of all, it started snowing out here. Not a fan, okay? Not a fan at all. I was.

[TP]

Do you know how to drive in the snow?

[Sid]

Yeah, okay, I do. Cause I just drive while wooden in the snow.

[TP]

Do drive like I would any other day. Yeah, nice.

[Sid]

But I was in the house, I was in the apartment, and I was scrolling on TikTok, mind you. I was taking a break from something else that I was, like, needing to be doing something I needed to finish by the end of the weekend. Don't say like, like you know where this is headed. So I'm taking a break. The alarm had already gone off for me to end my break. And I'm scrolling and then I'm on social media and it was like there was a. An ad that said, maturing is realizing that phone addiction is killing us all. Slowly but surely that riding in bed each day, not texting people back or leaving your house is not normal. At the time of reading that, I had been on the couch four hours minimum. I had ignored some texts and calls because I just wasn't feeling like responding. And I had not left my apartment since the day before. So this one really hit home. I said, wow, what a powerful ad. How timer. Are you watching me? Yes, very likely. So I took a screenshot, I sent it to you. I said, hey, we should talk about this on the pod, about people being addicted to their phones, needing to do other stuff. Stop doom scrolling, blah, blah, blah, sent it to you, proceeded to continue scrolling. A few minutes later, I was like, oh, my God. Like, I'm doing what it said I would do.

[TP]

It's almost like you were targeted.

[Sid]

Almost like, yeah, it was scary. It was scary. But it's like those. Those Netflix documentaries and movies, whatever. They're on, like, a lot of streaming platforms, I guess, where they're like, this is what your phones do to you. This is what marketing does to you. Like, all this stuff. And then we proceed to still do it all.

[TP]

It's like, oh, my God.

[Sid]

It's pretty slow.

[TP]

I'm the type of person that, I mean, you know, I'm just like seven text messages and probably like four calls away from me picking up the phone. I have the problem that I'm like, very present, which is a great problem.

[Sid]

It's not a problem.

[TP]

I love my problem. It's not a problem at all. I'm very present. I'm like the type of person that's, like, forgets to take pictures. Like, hey, can you send me anything that you took when you know I can't. Yeah, you definitely never send your. Your phone's like a black hole. Once it goes in that thing, we never see it again.

[Sid]

What do you mean by that? Oh.

[TP]

Anywho, it has nothing to do with who you are, though.

[Sid]

Yeah, no, for sure not. But you do a great job. You've done better, though, of starting to answer text, but you are very present in moments.

[TP]

Yeah. And also, with this new Instagram update, I haven't been able to find where my DMs are, so there's no way I'm checking them.

[Sid]

So.

[TP]

Yeah, don't DM me if you need anything. No, but for real, like, you got to show me where it is. I, like, can't find it. It's not funny. I'm being so serious.

[Sid]

No, I know. That's what makes it funnier, little girl. You gotta know that. Oh, my God.

[TP]

I was just like, what? I keep hitting the heart button thing. It's gonna magically pop up.

[Sid]

What are you checking your D. What are you trying to get to your DMs for? You just want to see what's in there?

[TP]

I'm just like, on occasion, I. That's a lie. You have to be like, did you check your DM? Funny story. The other day at AU, one of our makeup artists were like, Hey, I DM'd you a while ago, and you never responded. I was like, oh, please don't take it personally. Like, I just don't check them. And she was like, yeah, but I sent you this really cute picture. And I was like, oh, I gotta check it right now. This was also before the update, so I went straight to my DMs, went to it. She took a picture of yams and sent it to me, and I was like, dang, I can't believe I didn't see this months ago. This would have been really cute. Like, I loved it. So I, like, in front of her, DM'd her back. Like, oh, my God, So cute. Thanks for sending when I could have just vocalized it.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

But, yeah, in that moment, I realize how much am I missing, but how much am I gaining by missing.

[Sid]

Addition by subtraction.

[TP]

You like that?

[Sid]

Wow. Powerful tp. Honestly. No. No, it was.

[TP]

They don't just give anybody a podcast, Sid.

[Sid]

No, they do. Literally, anyone can start one that is. That's the name of the game. So you're dead wrong. But I. I'm like, it really. It really is scary, though. Like, I get it. So much is on our phones. Like, everything. You check your Mail. You have stuff on your calendar. You got your credit cards. You have, you know, people you're facetiming or calling. Like, your contact.

[TP]

Social information.

[Sid]

Yeah, social media. Like, everything is in there. So it's almost, like, guaranteed enough people are gonna get addicted, like, or you're gonna be on it long enough to not even realize what's going on. But that's why we were talking the other day about, like, wanting to find hobbies to do. I don't know if you gave it more thought, but I feel like that's, like. That's, like, a fun and less harsh way to, like, get yourself to, like, change what this phone is doing to you. It's like, you can be accountable and realize, okay, what's the first step? Admitting I have a problem. I'm on this thing too much. But instead of beating myself up because it's really set up for you to be on it so much, like, just see, okay, what can I do now to start to, like, wean myself off of using it so much? And so we were like, yeah, like, have a phone. Have a phone call with a friend. Like, I was on the phone with one of my best friends the other day, and she was telling me that she got off social media because her great grandmother had passed away. And it was like, there were people telling her, you know, like, I'm sorry. Sorry for your loss. You know, prayer hands. But it's like, that's not a sufficient enough response if you are real friends in real life with somebody. Like, we've lost the plot. Community is the whole plot. Having people that you care about and that care about you and showing that you love them. So, like, you got to do a little more in certain situations. But she's like, yeah, like, people let it substitute. They let social media substitute, like, real life interaction and communication. And so I was really glad that. Shout out to Ryan. Shout out to my. My friend Ryan. Yeah, because it was a good conversation. But, like, what will one of your hobbies be like if you were to. If you were to start doing something to make yourself, let's say that you were on your phone more than you actually are. What would be like, a hobby you want to do?

[TP]

Like, honestly?

[Sid]

I hope so.

[TP]

Okay. Stripping. Just kidding. I mean, maybe I feel like I would, like, want to walk my dogs more, like, spend more time outside. I also find myself sitting in my house or, like, being inside a lot, and that's, like, the exact opposite of what I was doing when I was a kid. I was really out in the neighborhood Playing with all the kids down the street playing sports. And I think that you just get used to life, like, hobbies these days are sitting on your phone, sitting in front of a tv, playing video games in front of. In front of a tv.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

So all these different ways that keep you, again, engaged, by sitting still and not really, like, doing anything. I am a video game advocate. After I fractured my eye socket, I was actually prescribed video games for, like, really eye tracking purposes. Yeah, I didn't know that. So I had to, like, follow. Like, I played this game called Rocket League, and it's, like, otherwise known as Cocker car soccer.

[Sid]

Oh, that's that one?

[TP]

Yeah, that's the game. But I had to play that to, like, follow the ball and track the ball and game strength back in my eye and came mobility back in my eye, which was really great. I also really enjoyed it. Play Fortnite a lot. That's fun. But I think, like, doing something outside would be really fun. And also, like, meeting strangers.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

Not, like a weird way, but just, like, in a communal way. Like, spending time with people that have, like, show up for the same thing. Like, whether it was, like, community painting or whatever. Like, just, like, being in a space with other people doing the same thing seems, like, really fun and really, like, unifying.

[Sid]

I like that.

[TP]

What would you do?

[Sid]

Well, as you know, I'm learning a little. A new language. Well, I'm not currently, but I plan to. Dang it. I still didn't answer that. I literally was watching the last episode, and I was like, oh, let me make sure to do the calendar, like, the calendly. Pick a date before this episode.

[TP]

And you didn't.

[Sid]

I didn't.

[TP]

You know what? I'm gonna start holding myself accountable. I'll help you out.

[Sid]

Okay. Thank you. I might try to start playing harmonica too, because I have two of them.

[TP]

Why the harmonica?

[Sid]

I just. I have two of them.

[TP]

Like, legit. The harmonicas are, like, ones you caught, like, on a Mardi Gras float I.

[Sid]

Got when I was living in playing in Poland. I bought it. Bought it at a market.

[TP]

No way.

[Sid]

Yeah. Why would I lie about that?

[TP]

Why would you? So you bought a harmonica in Poland?

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

Nice.

[Sid]

Haven't we all? Like, imagine. I think that's just, like, a common.

[TP]

That's. That's the souvenir of choice coming out of Poland. You didn't know that? I'm like, no, actually, I didn't. I spent a whole month there before I tore my acl. Hey, that's where I told my ACL oh, okay, off to the next topic, which is a little less depressing than the last one.

[Sid]

TP I forgot to talk to you about this post that I made. I don't even know if you saw it, but I was talking about how I got emotional after eating this banana because, you know the little stringy part? I ripped it away from the banana because I hate eating that part. And then it hit me. I'm like, I may have just ripped the baby, like, away from the mother. And I got. I was like, did I just cut the umbilical cord? I just got so sad eating my banana because I got to the end and I hate that stringy part. But it was, like, hanging on for dear life. And I'm like, I don't know what I just did. Was that the umbilical cord? Is that the mom and the baby? I started thinking, though, I know we've spoken before about how we do this. Like, we give life to things, to inanimate objects, when it's not necessary. Well, not that it's not necessary, but some people find it, but it's not. Oh, sure it's not.

[TP]

Oh, for example. Yeah. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with stuffed animals.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

I had a lot of them. A lot. Like, I would say 40, 50, and they all had to sleep in my bed. A lot of these were Beanie Babies as well.

[Sid]

Okay.

[TP]

But I remember as a child, I would sleep.

[Sid]

I'm like, did you have a California King?

[TP]

No, I just had a regular little bed.

[Sid]

Okay.

[TP]

Like a kid bed.

[Sid]

Well, Beanie Baby makes more sense.

[TP]

No, well, no, because one of my dogs was like, big old Scooby Doo. He. His head was like, this big, and Scrappy Doo. And for audio listeners, I made, like, a small embrace, like, a small wreath arm when I did that. And Scrappy Doo, they were the same size, but, yeah, they were in the bed. I had my Teddy. His name was Teddy. He said, the bear that I had since I was born. But all of my original animals, whether I caught it in a parade or wanted in a claw machine, they were all treated with the same amount of love and respect.

[Sid]

Dang. You caught something on the claw machine.

[TP]

Yeah, rarely, really. But, yeah, I would sleep uncomfortably just so they could sleep comfortably.

[Sid]

Oh, that's nuts.

[TP]

Yeah, that was kind of nuts.

[Sid]

Like, oh, I'll stub my toe and, like, curse at the sofa. Like. And then I'm like, I'm sorry it wasn't you. Like, I need to slow down. I've been moving too fast. It's just I got a lot of stuff going on. I'm. I'm. I'm running late, which is also a problem of my own. I should have gotten up earlier to get ready to eat breakfast to get there. Like, that's on me. That's not. It's not you. And then the couch, like, starts crying, and I start crying, and I'm like, we kiss. Imagine finding out I have a couch as a girl.

[TP]

I walk in. In your lake, making out with the couch. I'm like, whoa.

[Sid]

But my toe is bleeding. You're like, wait.

[TP]

What? In my head, the things that would be going through my head would be actually crazy.

[Sid]

Name one.

[TP]

Be like, I think we should retire the pod now. This happened early, so we don't have to, like, have a bad divorce.

[Sid]

Like, I'm in love now.

[TP]

Continue.

[Sid]

That's so funny to me.

[TP]

There's other situations. Like, I grew up also. Like, when I threw something away, I didn't want it to be thrown away alone.

[Sid]

Oh, my gosh, yes.

[TP]

Things away in pairs.

[Sid]

Yes. Yes.

[TP]

If I, like, had a water bottle, I had to make sure to put the cap back on. So, like, for sure. In the garden.

[Sid]

Oh, for sure. For sure. If I'm, like, rinsing berries or, like, grapes, if something falls off, I have to put one other. I'm like, oh, this is wasting food. I'm like, is it wasting food or is it giving someone a friend, think.

[TP]

He needs a friend?

[Sid]

So I put it in the drain too. But then it's kind of sad because I'm like, wait, so did I kill them? I try to decide in my mind, like, when the garbage disposal goes off. Did I.

[TP]

It was a merciful death, though.

[Sid]

Was it?

[TP]

It was quick.

[Sid]

It was Blake.

[TP]

It had a friend. It didn't know it was coming.

[Sid]

Yeah, but it's so crazy. But there's a term.

[TP]

Do you, Sid? What do you go, all right, I'm gonna do it on three. But you do it on two. So they're not expecting it.

[Sid]

You're sick. Yeah, but yes. Anthropomorphism. Yeah.

[TP]

There's a name for that, though.

[Sid]

Is the name a psychologic. A psychological or behavioral tendency, actually attributing human emotions, motivations, or personalities to objects or animals?

[TP]

Anthropomorphism.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

Otherwise known as Toy Story Syndrome, where you give inanimate objects, like in Toy Story, emotion and. I never heard of this conversation.

[Sid]

Yeah. I just feel like it's so much more fun that way.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

Like, I feel I wouldn't, like, talk.

[TP]

To them Hoping they would talk back.

[Sid]

I'm like, oh, my gosh. Just waiting for the day. I would, like, leave out and then, like, stay by the door or something to hear if the dolls are talking. I'm like, I'm gonna see if there's any one day. Yeah. Anything setting stuff up in the room is like, I'm gonna know if this is moved. Cause in Toy Story, that was crazy. They would be in different positions. I'm like, you don't notice that this was right? This was different. They were not laying right there.

[TP]

No. Andy was not observant at all.

[Sid]

At all. Like, damn, Andy, my boy, wake up. I'm like, lock in. How old was he?

[TP]

And he was going through it. He had those bullies and stuff. Or was Andy the bully?

[Sid]

I'm like, I. Andy was doing some bullying when he got older. Yeah.

[TP]

Who started beheading them? And they were like, oh, no, no. It was the other kid's backyard, right?

[Sid]

Yeah, yeah. No, I thought it was.

[TP]

They had, like, the dog with, like, the Chucky head on it.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

Not really Chuck. Yeah. So thank you, Julia, for that. Parallel to what we're doing in real life, the bully in Toy Story's name was also Sid. How does that make you feel?

[Sid]

Okay.

[TP]

Okay.

[Sid]

So, yeah, we knew Andy.

[TP]

The non bully was Andy, but I.

[Sid]

Think his name was Sid, so I don't have nothing to do with those.

[TP]

You don't know.

[Sid]

I'm an Sydney. Sydney. We're different.

[TP]

I don't know. Some people on the Internet do misspell your name, so there is that.

[Sid]

That don't have nothing to do with me either. The Sys are different. We're different from every other kind of Sydney.

[TP]

How so? Clear H. How so?

[Sid]

I don't want to say better. I don't have anything else to say. I don't want to have the same.

[TP]

Yeah, well, that's.

[Sid]

You're funny to me.

[TP]

No, you're pretty funny.

[Sid]

No, you.

[TP]

You.

[Sid]

You, James.

[TP]

Infinity and beyond. That's a Toy Story reference.

[Sid]

Did you ever. Oh, oh. How far through the camera? Wait, have you. Did you used to have dolls or just your, like, beanie baby things?

[TP]

No eye dolls.

[Sid]

Cause, you know in movies, when you see people use, like, a doll or whatever as, like, something they practice kissing on? Like, did you used to do that? No. With your dolls?

[TP]

I think our childhoods were very different. Very, very different. Even when we started dabbling into our teenage years with all.

[Sid]

I didn't say that I did it, girl. I didn't do it. I just Asked you. I did my hands sometimes, though.

[TP]

Did you do the tree? Like, have you ever seen the movie Superstar where she's, like, making out with a tree?

[Sid]

She said, I put my hands in my arms and I smell like. I used to love Molly Shannon. Actually.

[TP]

They don't make movies like they used to.

[Sid]

No, for real. That used to be so funny. She was.

[TP]

That was funny.

[Sid]

I think we're at our time, buddy. We're trying to stay. We're trying to stay, y'.

[TP]

All.

[Sid]

We're trying to stay within the 45, 50 minute range. Y' all seem to like that pocket, so we're gonna give you what you want. We're gonna rock it your pocket. You like that, huh? Don't you like that? Start talking dirty to our listeners, huh? You like that?

[TP]

I'm like, what? Okay, wow. But also remember to throw around kindness like confetti. Like, how are we gonna talk dirty to them? And then that be the motto. That's actually insane, y'.

[Sid]

All. So we've been saying a lot. DM us with your mess. We're gonna open it up a little bit. Okay. DM us with your mess, with hypotheticals. Your hypotheticals with something good that happened to you this week. Something you're proud of. Like, you can share whatever a good story. Like, give us whatever. All right. We'll respond in the way we see fit. But you can do that by hitting us on social media at unsupervised sidtp. And you know, we love y'. All. We look forward to seeing y' all next episode. Or we look forward to y' all seeing us next episode, I guess.

[TP]

So for our DM this week, we're doing something a little special.

[Sid]

Yeah, we are.

[TP]

We. We took note. And there's a lot of people that appreciate our stances on our politics, I guess, when really we once haven't talked about politics at all. We just talked about basic human rights and also budgets, White House budgets, which, again, sorry that the numbers were skewed. They're skewed from the source. So that's why we were a little off. With that being said, we had somebody in the comments.

[Sid]

In our. In our YouTube comments, mind you.

[TP]

In our YouTube comments. Yeah, that didn't appreciate our quote politics talk.

[Sid]

Yeah, yeah.

[TP]

Beatrice.

[Sid]

Beatrice.

[TP]

So I'm sure she's really going to love this episode.

[Sid]

Hey, Beatrice, wanted to let you know, we see you, girl. We lost you with our politics talk. We do not care if you couldn't gather that from what TP just said. We do not actually give a shit. You don't have to listen to another episode. Like we said in other episodes, we do this podcast for the love of yapping. Okay? We like to run our mouths. We like to talk. Once again, we're gonna leave here, we're gonna get in the car and have a call, okay? I'm gonna get back to the apartment. We're probably gonna get on FaceTime with Marty. We're probably just gonna keep talking some more hours, so you're not stopping us from doing a damn thing. Beatrice, please go on about your business. All right.

[TP]

Also, Beatrice, if you don't mind, I. I want to know what exactly you had a problem with, and maybe babysitters like you can help. In the meantime, everybody throw kindness around like confetti.

[Sid]

Hey, we love y'. All. See you next week.

[TP]

Till next week.

[Sid (rap segment)]

Yeah, 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? We know they going to block it when it's game time and you know I'm going to block them? 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 blood call unsupervised. Unsupervised, Unsupervised.