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Two middle aged white guys coming up with practical outcomes to absurd hypothetical questions
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Last Episode Date: 15 October 2024
Total Episodes: 26
Hosts: Rob & MikePlease forgive us for the first few minutes, I had to use desktop audio for the first few minutes of Mike's audio then things return to only local recordingsThis is an important question since teleporting is totally possible and wouldn't take longer than the universe has existed to move a person. We talked about wormholes and quantum probability too. Also there were so many references to other media, sorry. I also recommended the same content as last week, remembered that, and recommended something else.Sleep driving murderer: https://abcnews.go.com/US/sleepwalking-killer-scott-falater-wracked-guilt-murdering-wife/story?id=75468448Recommendations:https://www.youtube.com/@goneelectrichttps://www.youtube.com/@miniminuteman773https://open.spotify.com/show/05lvdf9T77KE6y4gyMGEsD Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Guests: Rob & MattGiven the rise of EVs and smart cruse control, and the stuff the US is trying to block from China, this might be the most reasonable question we've asked so far. Though I'm not to worried about chat GPT yet.The absolutely unhinged safety video: https://youtu.be/TJYOkZz6Dck?si=AxVIiNYeeMiKDevVUsing private company data because the govt cant get reasonable funding for things like this for safety:https://www.reddit.com/r/gis/comments/1dz3yw4/whataburger_outage_map/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_IndexRecommendations:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/after-america-e1-elephants-in-the-room-the/id1622716226?i=1000660681145https://jalopnik.com/lets-talk-about-the-yankee-candle-founders-car-collecti-1849486707 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hosts; Rob & MattThis one rambled a bit more than normal because we also wanted more background about this simulation and simulations in generalhttps://youtu.be/X9FGRkqUdf8?si=fMxsV3-Eqn5JjTogOther content:https://www.youtube.com/@hbomberguyhttps://www.youtube.com/@mymechanics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hosts: Rob & MikeAnother one that gets a bit existential and weird. You can't answer this without figuring out why they feel pain and decide when they feel pain.Content recommendations:https://www.youtube.com/@Mahesh_Shenoyhttps://www.youtube.com/@BobbyBroccoli Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hosts: Rob & MattIf you haven't watched Demolition Man what are you even doing with your life? I'm sure other people have wondered about the lore around the fast food wars so we answer that question. It gets a bit weird.PC Jr commercial: https://youtu.be/VwEssCpTW5I?si=QNbYRaqkvaRjh1aUIBM PS/2 commercial: https://youtu.be/gGVF3ktjhLg?si=3O9TgTpFasURHWwgIBM commercial: https://youtu.be/MHtiWJGrA1M?si=5JQl7kGPi-1xDy3aShakes the clown: https://youtu.be/hwJwnHkDvho?si=KpQB-kgWt85dSCE6Crash Course Pods: The Universe: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crash-course-pods-the-universe/id1740594155John Green outtakes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYT7t0pcxEIM_MpvvIi8c07lL7DG58eYe&si=wd61z3yLEYOea7DJhttps://alifewellwasted.com/And I have no idea why this exists, but the novelization of Demolition Man: https://www.amazon.com/Demolition-Man-Robert-Tine/dp/0451180798 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Host: Rob & MikeToday we discuss the implications of social media, but not on modern society, on a society of people that had little power, fought to expand their empire, and had limited democracy. Wait are we sure this is about ancient times?Content we like:https://open.spotify.com/show/31rLJqdxO9fT1UHCa3TAeWhttps://open.spotify.com/show/70la96ygNWL1t1gcGGk3MF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hosts: Rob & JohnThe tower of Babel never happened, it's an allegory. And if you understand how languages evolve over time, that would be obvious. But it's fun to wonder what an actual god doing that would do. How would people deal with it (poorly, probably)?Other content:Mestizo Beat: https://mestizobeat.com/#newsUnclear and present danger: https://open.spotify.com/show/2vPZPCw5Ov86FCWJfbQahm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rob & MattThe goal when I thought of this question was to critique capitalism and rarity, but it turned into the transport murder machine thought, with some jokes thrown in.Other content:Some More News/Even More News which does news stuff from a leftist point of viewhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/some-more-news/id1364825229Bobby Broccoli: deep dives about topics with great visualshttps://www.youtube.com/@BobbyBroccoli/videosThe 5-4 podcast which covers supreme court stuff:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5-4/id1497785843This Might Be A Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-might-be-a-podcast/id1445431962 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hosts: Rob & MattPeople don't really value their vote. And to be fair, a single vote rarely swings an election. But you could only vote once in your entire life you may think differently.Leeja Miller, a political commentator: https://www.youtube.com/@LeejaMillerSecret Base,, the reform party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqqaW1LrMTY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Host: Rob & MikeMaybe smartphones were a mistake. Sure you can call out BS quickly, but people can make BS even quicker. Plus it's totally destroying kids self esteem and isolating everyone.Anyway enough grim stuff, how would you erase smartphones from the world?Content we like:https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/https://open.spotify.com/show/2HDaqExFABugadHFKWbgms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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