Sending pictures of my meat?

A wild Fight Night lit up the scorecards while exposing a bigger truth about where MMA is headed: when excitement becomes policy, everything changes. We kick things off with the prelims on fire, a last-second submission that set the tone, and Dustin Jacoby’s emphatic finish that turned a callout into a real conversation. Then the debate starts: Basharat vs Matsumoto pushes damage vs volume to the front again, and we unpack why those judging nuances reshape training, corner advice, and career trajectories.

The heavyweight story takes a sharp turn. A flat fight, a restless crowd, and a ranked heavyweight cut sent shockwaves through the division. We talk honestly about why 265 feels stuck, why the jump from 205 to 265 is broken, and how a 225-pound “cruiser” class could rescue matchups, protect athletes, and raise the division’s ceiling. It’s not just theory; it’s a practical fix to shallow depth and lopsided frames that sap pace and stakes.

Balance returns with elite craft. Kyoji Horiguchi shows veteran grit and clean execution against a legit contender, staking a real claim toward a title shot. Mario Bautista continues his rise, shutting down the post-fight injury narrative with pressure, composure, and clean reads that play in any room. We look ahead to Strickland vs Hernandez and break down how a disciplined jab-heavy approach stacks up against a relentless clinch and takedown game. Keep an eye on Geoff Neal vs Uros Medic and Dan Ige vs Costa for pure violence, with Michel Pereira always a wildcard for viral moments.

And beyond the UFC cage, MMA goes mainstream streaming: Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano hits Netflix via MVP, a crossover moment that could bring new fans if the product matches the platform. We close with quick-hit AskReddit mayhem and a delicious Would You Rather that somehow has us opening a meat-only food truck.

If you’re into sharp analysis, smart matchmaking ideas, and a little chaos along the way, you’re in the right corner. Tap follow, share with a fight friend, and drop a review to tell us where you stand on the 225 idea—does it fix heavyweight or just split the problem?

Transcript

Kickoff And UFC News Tease

SPEAKER_02 0:16

Welcome everyone to another great episode of Peak Points. This time we have some pretty interesting UFC news. We'll talk about some fight nights. Someone coming out of retirement. A couple someone's coming out of retirement. Oh boy. Very exciting. And we'll talk about the state of the heavyweight division in the UFC right now. We'll give some takes on it. And we have some very exciting asked Reddits for you guys today.

SPEAKER_01 0:49

Indeed. Looking forward to getting into those. But first, let's get into that octagon.

Fight Night Overview And Bonus Culture

SPEAKER_02 0:55

Sheesh! The UFC fight night. Saturday, February 7th. I think this was a great card. I was very excited to see Mario Batista fight at the end.

SPEAKER_01 1:15

Very exciting, very exciting card. I do have to say that those performance of the night bonuses seem to be uh getting people interested in actually trying to put in all the work necessary to earn one because there was some really good fights.

SPEAKER_02 1:35

It it definitely seems that way. Uh it's starting to feel like this season, uh season nine of Dana White's Contender Series, where the first episode was a stinker, and Dana White came out and said, you know what? This season, I'm not having it. We're not having this. Even if you win, you might not get a contract if you're not exciting. And after that, the whole season was just knockouts and all out wars, it was insane. And that's kind of giving me the same vibes with this uh Paramount era, the start of the Paramount era, really pushing for those exciting fights and you know, maybe stand and bang and things like that. And just to cap things off, speaking of performance of the night in the prelims, uh Gopherov versus Weaklax, also getting a performance of the night, a nasty submission, 459, uh buzzer beater. Well, how about that?

Prelims Highlights And Standouts

SPEAKER_01 2:37

Um that, and I've gotta say, again, it's uh previously incredibly rare, but uh has begun to be more and more common that the in the prelims we're getting this kind of performance. Actually, in most uh fight promotions, well, I should say fight promotions, but fight nights and named cards, numbered cards rather. The the first two fights are generally considered the early prelims. And that was the only the second fight of the night, and they got that, which is pretty awesome, honestly.

SPEAKER_02 3:17

Pretty awesome the performances we've been getting in the prelims. I I really agree with that. And uh speaking of performance, that uh Kong versus Mara was actually a very exciting fight. I love that one. Uh unfortunately I catch weight, but uh uh Kong gets it by decision. I think she deserved that one, really pulled through.

SPEAKER_01 3:38

That one personally didn't excite me all that much, but it was definitely a good scrap. Yeah, yeah, they didn't. I mean, there was nothing wrong with it. It was just for some reason I I just wasn't particularly drawn to it, but definitely respect for the two fighters because they were really going at it hammering tongues.

SPEAKER_02 3:56

Yeah, I agree. Uh this fight afterward was exciting though, uh Bastarat vs Vasquez and uh Bastarat winning by unanimous decision, I think, really putting a good performance together, and I think they did go at it. For sure. Brazil versus Sousa, and Sousa pulling that one out by unanimous decision. And uh oh my god, Veratenikoff against Nico Price. How about that?

SPEAKER_01 4:26

Oh man, that one. That was uh quick and explosive.

Main Card Surprises And Callouts

SPEAKER_02 4:31

Quick and explosive, uh amazing performance by Veratenikov. Uh one that I really felt like he was gonna pull out this time. I I really had a feeling that he was gonna do something crazy in this one. Oh, you did? For some reason, I don't know. Gotcha. Women's intuition or whatever. Um Alex Morono versus Daniel Donchenko. Uh Donchenko putting a great performance, also getting a unanimous decision. And to start off, the main card, Dustin Jacoby, puts a body bag on Julius Walker in that one. And uh I really wasn't expecting that one. You weren't? That that was a great, great finish.

SPEAKER_01 5:14

It was. It was a really good fight. Were just going into it, were you just uh expecting it to be more neck and neck or yeah, I would say.

SPEAKER_02 5:23

Gotcha. I would say. Uh but like you said, everyone's trying to really show out in this one. And uh Dustin Jacoby calling out for that White House card, so hopefully he gets it. Everybody wants to be on the White House. Everybody wants to be on that one, but I think he did put a really great performance on.

SPEAKER_01 5:41

Admittedly, his performance definitely puts him in closer contention for that than many other fighters.

SPEAKER_02 5:47

Yeah, exactly. And after that we had that Matsumuto versus Farid Basharat. And this one was a scrap, dude. Uh Matsumuto never gave up, and and Basharat never gave up in this one, but they definitely uh put up a great fight that also could have been contender for Fight of the Night there too.

SPEAKER_01 6:08

That one I was a little surprised by the final decision. Split as it was.

Basharat vs Matsumoto Judging Debate

SPEAKER_02 6:14

Very split, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 6:16

Uh it just it kind of took me off guard because I genuinely did think that uh Matsumuto. Matsumuto should have won that. I mean I can understand why Boshrock got it, but all things considered I thought Matsumuto should have gotten it.

SPEAKER_02 6:34

Yeah, and uh at the end of the day, if if you're losing to a split decision, you you may not really consider that a loss, I think. I think it's really a toss-up, and this one was kind of a toss-up to me. I think uh I think Bashira did win that one a little bit more, but I think it could have gone to Matsumuto as well, and that just kind of leads to what kind of fight it was.

SPEAKER_01 6:56

Bashar definitely put more damage on the Matsumoto. But Gene Matsumoto, he he definitely had the more activity, which again, the main reason why I found it mildly surprising is that in pa in the past I've seen judges put a lot of emphasis on the number of strikes and the number of takedowns. And to see the damage be taken more into consideration this time was not shocking, but mildly surprising.

Middle Card War And Fight Of The Night

SPEAKER_02 7:33

Yeah, I I do think uh the judges were really mixed on this one. I think uh at the end of the day, this kind of fight, it was uh definitely a toss-up and you know. Uh win or lose, uh the crowd did not lose. That was a great fight. Yeah. And another great fight after that was Mikhail Olekseichek versus Mark Andre Beriolt. Did not disappoint. That was a war. That was a war, and I really feel like this was a lot harder than Mikhail Olekseichek anticipated. Certainly, yeah. And uh Bariolt is a tough customer, man. He's tough. Majorly tough. The bombs he was eating.

SPEAKER_01 8:14

He's majorly tough and skilled. He might not be quite as skilled, but he's plenty skilled and determined.

Heavyweight Bout Letdown And Crowd Reaction

SPEAKER_02 8:25

Yeah, and I think that that determination alone is what really kept him in this fight all the way to the end. Uh Mikhail or Saichik pulling that one out by unanimous decision uh and getting them the fight of the night, so they're getting that money. And a fight afterward that definitely is not earning fight of the night or getting any money. Uh the heavyweight bout between Jaltin Almida versus Rizvin Kuniev. Uh this fight was definitely a stinker. Unfortunately, it is the Vegas crowd. I do have to mention that crowd was nasty. That crowd was nasty. At the apex were they just barely built stands to hold people in. So it's just um unfortunate, but at the end of the day, the people pay to see a fight, UFC wants to see a fight, and I think in this case, you know, Rizvankuniev won by unanimous decision by doing not that much, but Jeltanomida did even less in this one.

SPEAKER_01 9:42

I mean, he didn't even try to do anything, and then he tried to pull the hallway point in the middle of the mat, and then he didn't throw a single punch. Like That was funny. Did he think he was tough shit out there or what?

SPEAKER_02 9:55

That was funny.

Jelton Almeida Fallout And Rankings Shock

SPEAKER_01 9:56

That was the most ridiculous call out I've ever seen. Well, not really call out, but like what do you call that? Taunt? It wasn't a taunt, it was just It was uh sad. It was super sad.

SPEAKER_02 10:11

We'll call it sad. Uh we'll call the whole performance sad, we'll call the heavyweight division right now a little sad. And putting a stamp on that before this fight quit little tidbit, Jotin Omida had one fight left on his contract. They roped him in and signed him for another contract before this fight, nullifying the contract afterward and getting and Jotin Omita is no longer in the UFC.

SPEAKER_01 10:39

I mean, after that performance, I can't exactly fault them.

SPEAKER_02 10:42

Very crazy that him as a ranked fighter, number six, got kicked out of the UFC like that for putting a couple poor performances, and like we were saying, really puts a stamp on the fights that Paramount and UFC is looking for at the moment.

SPEAKER_01 11:02

True. And then also to corroborate with something that we had discussed previously, which is the fact that he was ranked number six and put on such a horrible performance, also again proves goes to show just how shallow the talent pool is right now in the heavyweight division.

State Of Heavyweight And 225 Idea

SPEAKER_02 11:21

And it it's very unfortunate just to see where we've come from, me as a longtime fan of where the heavyweight division came from and the greats that were in it and the champions that were in it, to what we're really seeing right now, which is like a freaking curse. Yeah. And uh before we go on with the fight card, a couple of things I'll mention about the heavyweight division. As I'm hearing the calls, I'm hearing the social media, I'm hearing the talk about possibly scrapping this heavyweight division altogether, some crazy theories and crazy stuff going on. Yeah. I will say this is giving me glimpses, uh as I mentioned before, being a longtime fan, seeing this kind of in a previous era, the Mighty Mouse Johnson era where they had the trying to get rid of the flyweights because they really thought they weren't exciting and a lot of people weren't looking or giving them a chance because they were small guys.

SPEAKER_01 12:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 12:23

It's giving me glimpses of that where it's like, damn, it's crazy how life works. Yeah. Crazy, crazy how uh the the shift and momentum goes because we go from trying to scrap the flyweight guys, little guys, to trying to scrap these big guys is uh quite the turn of events for me. And just to quickly reference, I know that I I I've seen the heavyweight division over the years, and I've seen several champions over the years, great champions, amazing fighters. And I know that you're kind of seeing the that's why we have different perspectives, because you're seeing the heavyweight division now, and frankly, right now it's kinda ass. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 13:11

A little bit, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 13:12

Just when I started watching, I mean, Andre Arlovsky was champion, Tim Silvia, Randy Kortur, Nogera, Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir, Kane Velasquez, uh Junior DeSantos, and then Kane Velasquez again, Verdoom, Stepe Miocic, Daniel Cormier, just to name a few of the great heavyweight champions that I've seen throughout the years, to now where it really feels like a cursed belt.

Horiguchi Statement Win And Title Hopes

SPEAKER_01 13:43

Right. Now, in conjunction with that, something I've seen discussed by a few different people and to kind of put all the discussions into one synopsis, which would be that I don't think or I I think it would be a pretty reasonable thing to do to have an intermedi like a a medium heavyweight class. Because the jump from uh light heavyweight to full heavyweight, that's a big weight jump. Yeah. That's a big weight jump. And there's a lot of guys out there that f would fall in like right in between. Two twenty-five or something like that? Yeah. And then there's some big light heavyweights that would like to go up, but simply it's just not really that feasible for them, or really even that much of a draw, honestly. Right. To put on that much more weight to effectively combat or be effective combat against someone who would potentially be f twenty, thirty pounds heavier than you.

Mario Bautista Dominance And Injury Talk

SPEAKER_02 14:59

Yeah, it's it's a defin it's definitely an interesting scenario. I will say, just to cap everything off, just to finish off the Jelton Almeda talk, is uh besides the the clear fact that I did not like this performance from him, I d really felt this was a strange, very, very strange fight with him where he really looked like he didn't want to fight. Like he was like fighting not to win. He was like fighting to not get hit. It was it was kind of a strange look, dude.

SPEAKER_01 15:35

Honestly, it kind of just looked like he was in there to get a paycheck.

SPEAKER_02 15:39

Something like that, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 15:40

Not like he wanted to win, not like he wanted to lose, just he was in there to get a paycheck and he didn't give a crap how it happened.

SPEAKER_02 15:47

Yeah, and him announcing immediately afterward that uh his coaching staff immediately afterwards saying that he's gonna move down uh to light heavyweight. However, immediately cut from the UFC, nullifying that contract that I talked about. Uh we'll move on uh to a great performance by Kayoji Haraguchi again against Amir Albazi, who is no one to sneeze at. But this one was a very fun fight, one that I knew Horoguchi was gonna show out, and Horoguchi's saying that I believe he broke a a bone in the like right in the start of the fight or something like that, and still pulling out their performance. Yeah. Talk about impressive.

SPEAKER_01 16:31

He's he's one tough nut.

SPEAKER_02 16:36

Yeah, I really want to see where he continues to go in the division of defeating Amir Al-Bazi number six, and uh let's see if he gets that title shot at some point, but he's looking very polished.

SPEAKER_01 16:50

I think he's on track for earning that chance for sure.

Paramount Era Vibes And Takeaways

SPEAKER_02 16:53

Very, very polished, in my opinion. He's looking uh very exciting, and speaking of exciting, the fight of the night, uh performance of the night by Mario Batista against Vinicius Olivera. And I I'm gonna get this out of the way first. I know that Vinicius Olivera is now saying that he came in injured uh with a uh fractured arm or something like that. And I really don't think that takes away from the Mario Bautista performance, which was how he's been looking. He's just been looking dominant against everyone else who's not named Umar.

SPEAKER_01 17:35

In large part, yeah. I mean I hate how many times in the last year, hell in the last year and a half, there's been fights where you end up having to say no excuses, but like if you're compromised, don't fight.

Next Card: Strickland vs Hernandez

SPEAKER_02 18:03

Yeah, and uh that speaks to the sentiment of Mario Bautista, what he said at the conference afterward, them telling him about that and saying, Well, you know, that's the fight game. You should have just pulled out of the fight then. Yeah. And like I said, don't try and cheapen someone else's wind. Someone else's win that was significantly dominant. And I know that Vinicius Olivera has a better performance in him than what we saw. And a lot of people are saying this was a little too much too soon on Olivera, but um I really feel like he's a dog too.

SPEAKER_01 18:42

Oh, certainly. He was he was no slouch in that fight at all.

SPEAKER_02 18:46

And maybe they shouldn't have said anything.

SPEAKER_01 18:49

Yeah, I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 18:50

That's just how I feel. Um nothing to take away from Mario Bautista and the performance he gave and continues to give, and I really feel in this in the realm of hated fighters, this guy's turning it around, man. I remember s all the hate that he got when he beat Jose Aldo, which I know that Jose Aldo is one of the most beloved fighters in the UFC, a legend in the game. But he had a game plan that could like definitely beat him, that beat José Aldo. People booing him and sending him hate, and now he's letting his performances speak for themselves and turning I think turning the crowd around. He's gonna go from most hated to one of the most liked.

SPEAKER_01 19:41

At least uh begrudgingly respected. Yeah, nothing else. The kid's pretty good.

Key Matchups: Neal, Ige, Pereira

SPEAKER_02 19:49

You know, I myself, I'm a Jose Aldo fan, so seeing that was pretty upsetting. But I knew that this guy was special, and I knew that um he was gonna put up a a great run, which he has, like I said, only being stopped by one man, uh Omar in recent times, so it's like what a person to lose to. I do feel like the Bantamweight has a lot of callers right now, so it's kinda hard uh to move.

SPEAKER_01 20:16

Talent pool's pretty deep right there.

SPEAKER_02 20:17

Talent pool's pretty deep. And uh, but that was a great way to end the fight night. And you know what? It's just been some great fights so far, and I'm I'm liking this parameters, man.

SPEAKER_00 20:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 20:33

Yeah. I mean there's always gonna be something to complain about, no matter what's going on with any kind of promotion like this, but all in all, I think this switch has been largely positive.

SPEAKER_02 20:47

Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I think it's uh we're gonna see some a very fruitful partnership, I think. Yeah. And uh we'll just quickly gloss over the fight that is coming up, which is Saturday, February twenty first. It's the USC fight night, Sean Strickland versus Anthony Fluffy Hernandez.

SPEAKER_01 21:10

That one should be interesting. Should be very mixed feelings about Strickland.

SPEAKER_02 21:16

I have mixed feelings in general about this fight.

SPEAKER_01 21:19

He always seems like he could be doing so much more. He it's when he first was really gaining popularity, it was it was really cool to see him like work his style and rise through rankings and all that.

SPEAKER_02 21:42

Right.

Heavyweight Stakes And Roster Questions

SPEAKER_01 21:44

But then it just kinda became one trick pony. And then he started relying on his over the top personality outside of the ring and just kept spamming the the one trick pony moves in the I don't know. I I want to see him grow. I want to see more of his fights. If he can grow within the octagon, you know.

SPEAKER_02 22:14

And and that's the hard part. I mean, he has gone up to uh division, uh, he's gone up in weight, and he's talking about going up in weight again, possibly, if this doesn't work out. Uh but uh I get what you mean though, that you he has so much potential. I mean, he is a former champion beating Adesanya handedly so. Uh unexpectedly so, but he did beat Adasana, and uh but Anthony Hernandez, I just want to talk about how tough this guy is. Yes. And I think this is a very, very tough fight for Sean Strickland, even though he seems to be talking like past him. Uh but I really don't think that this is someone to really mess with.

SPEAKER_01 22:58

I don't really pay attention to anything Strickland says anymore. I stopped paying attention to anything he said like a couple years ago. It's it's kinda hard to, that's for sure.

SPEAKER_02 23:07

Uh but Anthony Hernandez really lets his his performances speak for themselves, and I really feel like if Sean Strickland has not worked on that wrestling and take down defense and trying to keep it on the feet, Anthony Hernandez is gonna rag doll him.

SPEAKER_01 23:25

He is. He absolutely is. His his ground game, I'm not gonna say it's immaculate, but it's very solid. Solid. And he's he's a dog. He he doesn't rely on any one thing. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. He's not he's not like his bag of tricks is endless or anything, but uh I think he's definitely more.

SPEAKER_02 23:48

Uses it well. Yeah, uses it well. And uh we've seen it before, and hopefully I think we see it in this fight. And I think uh if Sean Trickland does manage to keep it on the feet, I think we're gonna have an interesting fight. And another interesting fight is uh before that, Jeff Neal versus Uros Medic. And uh Jeff Neal coming off that nasty uh spinning elbow getting knocked out by Carlos Prates. Yeah. Uh I'm kinda scared to see him fight again, but uh hopefully he doesn't need a medic. Uh another exciting fight. Oh my word, Dan Ige. 50k Dan Ige versus uh Costa, the Dalmatian. I think that's gonna be exciting, dude. Uh Dan Ige is an absolute warrior, and uh Costa's coming off a nasty head kick knockout, so that should be good.

SPEAKER_01 24:42

I don't know if I've ever like really noticed him before. Costa.

SPEAKER_02 24:47

He's changed in color several times. His hair color? No, like his face. What? He has like that skin pigmentation thing. Really? And like I think he's gone from like brown to like white or something. Like, I don't know what's happening. It's that it's that pigmentation thing. Something like that. Uh however, yeah, he's been putting up great performances, and I think this is a uh a very exciting fight.

Netflix MMA: Rousey vs Carano

SPEAKER_01 25:14

So I thought I I would have expected to recognize the tattoo on his peck, if nothing else. It's does not look like it was very well done.

SPEAKER_02 25:23

Uh a lot of fighters have b terrible tattoos.

SPEAKER_01 25:26

That's true.

SPEAKER_02 25:27

That's very true.

SPEAKER_00 25:32

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_02 25:37

Yeah. Um after that, uh before that, that Sergei Spivak versus Auntie Delia, Tom Asmanal's friend.

SPEAKER_00 25:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 25:45

In a very exciting heavyweight bout, I think hopefully the heavyweight division is on its toes right now, seeing what just happened to John Sky.

SPEAKER_01 25:54

I'm hoping some notes have been taken and they're like, we need to really show that the heavyweight is more than gasping on the floor.

SPEAKER_02 26:03

But then you got fighters still on the roster, such as Tae Touy Vasa, even though I know there's a lot of Tae Touy Vasa fans, I'm not meaning to offend anyone. Don't come after me. I'm just saying Be that as is meant. How many losses in a row until you get cut from the UFC? Right. If you're exciting.

SPEAKER_01 26:26

Delta 80% of the heavyweight that's been on display in the last year.

AskReddit: Creepiest Friend Discoveries

SPEAKER_02 26:35

He's tried hard. Uh so that should be exciting. Jacoby Smith versus uh Jos Josiah Harrell, Zach Reese, Michel Michel Pereira, and hopefully we see Pereira do some backflips and stuff. I don't know. And so so far the main card looks very exciting, but uh one that stands out to me in the prelims is that Ode Osborne versus uh Alibi Adiris. Ode Osbourne is fast, lightning fast. So this should be very exciting. I think that's gonna be one I'm gonna definitely look out for. And so I I think that they've been getting some good cards coming up for sure. Uh we'll click we'll quickly just talk about some of the ones coming up. Is that uh Moreno versus Kavanaugh, uh change of opponent? So that should be still cool. Holloway vs. Olivera 2 is still on. Uh fingers crossed. Yeah. Knock on wood, nothing happens.

SPEAKER_01 27:36

By the way, just throwing it out there, Olivera is looking really shredded right now.

SPEAKER_02 27:42

Sheesh. He is very shredded. Looking uh in the best shape that he's looked in ever. I think. I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 27:53

He's looking like I mean, it's not like I've been watching it forever, but honestly, I I don't know if I've seen a picture where he looked more shredded than he did recently.

SPEAKER_02 28:03

Yeah, and I think that this is gonna be a scrap for sure. Both these guys, champions, both these guys trying to get that gold, and uh both of them gonna put an amazing performance up. I I just know it. Absolutely. Uh another one that just got added recently that I'm very excited about is that Emmett versus Vallejos. I think that's gonna be a scrap. Josh Emmett needs this win, and Vallejos is coming off of knocking out another OG.

SPEAKER_01 28:31

So we'll see how that one goes. However, it plays out, Emmett has never been a boring fighter.

SPEAKER_02 28:40

Never.

SPEAKER_01 28:41

So it should be exciting fight, however it lands.

SPEAKER_02 28:48

And before we move on from the octagon, we're moving away from the UFC and talking about two retired fighters that are coming out of retirement to fight in an MMA fight, the first one for Netflix.

SPEAKER_01 29:06

Ah yes.

SPEAKER_02 29:07

Ronda Rousey versus Gina Careno? Is that how you say coming out of retirement to fight a retired MMA champion, UFC champion Ronda Rousey. So let's let's see, man. Uh supposedly they brought this to UFC's lap, and I think they denied it. This is all just hearsay. But Netflix picked it up. Jake Paul's promotion, MVP, most valuable promotion, has picked it up and is doing their first MMA card for Netflix. And so I think that that's exciting. I mean, seeing other people you know trying to make that their post on the MMA scene, you know, proving that the the sport is only growing, and I think that this is it's gonna get a lot of eyeballs. Certainly. They always do on Netflix, always.

SPEAKER_01 30:05

Anything on Netflix is uh is big. It's it's shown to a lot of people, even people who are only vaguely interested or are frankly just bored, they might they might tune in and then I mean worse to worse, they never lock they never bother to look at anything else, but it could spark the interest in more people.

SPEAKER_02 30:32

Oh yeah, and then people will look at it and be like, what's this MMA stuff? Mm-hmm. Well, there's UFC, which is like the biggest proprietor of MMA. And so I think yeah, this is this is great news at the end of the day, and hopefully they're really serious about this MMA fight, and uh seeing that they're both, you know, were very high caliber at one point, you know. So very exciting times in the realm of mixed martial arts, combat sports, and uh we'll move on, and we have some pretty crazy ask Reddits, if I'm not mistaken.

SPEAKER_01 31:12

We do. Alright, Alan, let's uh get this Reddit portion started with the Ask Reddit entitled What's the creepiest discovery you've made about a seemingly fun friend by someone you hate underscore.

SPEAKER_02 31:41

Oh no, they discovered my secret.

unknown 31:44

They have discovered it.

SPEAKER_01 31:46

Anyway. The first one I will read is by score one for me. I worked with a guy who was always nice, extremely normal, worked with for a year as his apprentice directly. On a Thursday, he let me know he was taking the following Monday off. Cool. No big deal. He murdered his wife on Monday and then drove himself to the police station to turn himself in. Wow. That's scary. That's isn't that wild? Yeah. It's hard to uh display any more uh clearly how premeditated that was.

SPEAKER_02 32:36

Yeah, and uh that just goes to show you you can't trust anyone. And uh my first one is by Super Clay. Had a friend and roommate who called me up a couple of years after we graduated college. He offered me a job with a six figure salary at his new startup. I declined because I didn't want to move. Turns out it was a front that he was using to launder money. Oh jeez. A few years later I was share um sharing about this story, and someone told me that it sounded like he wanted me to be the fall guy. Which in hindsight made a lot of sense. Oh yeah.

Sleepwalking Knives And Wild Anecdotes

SPEAKER_01 33:22

Yeah, that does sound a lot like that would be the situation for sure. The next one by Frank Wrench invited my brother to a baby shower in my friend group. All late thirties to early forties. He met a young lady who was also on an invite from outside the group, same age group. She was funny and fun. Not sure why that's so different, but anyway, they hit it off and made plans to hang out. They went out for a night of drinking, went back to his place, and she gave him a Mickey, knocking him out. She called a friend and they robbed him and his apartment. After we all got involved, he got most of his stuff back, and the girl apologized and said that wasn't her anymore. It was just an old habit. Hmm. What the f She wasn't allowed to come around anymore. I bet. Yeah, that is intense. I think you gotta check your body, make sure all your weapons are it wasn't her anymore, it was just an old habit. I think old habit was her uh alter ego. Like how how off your rocker do you have to be to try and use that as your defense?

SPEAKER_02 34:53

That's insane. I mean, I guess you could just do anything at that point and then say it's an old habit. Yeah. Like No, that's zero personal responsibility there. That's insane. And uh the next one for me is by one-stranger-6894. One of my best friends in high school, Joe, nice guy, but dark video game kid. His mom died when he was fifteen. He wasn't close with her because his grandma pretty much raised him though. He got two hundred thousand of life insurance. No idea who thought that was a good idea. He was spending probably ten K a week on nonsense. Got into drinking and drugs as well. Money dried up at first, then started coming in again. One day randomly he was nowhere to be found, and we found out he was picked up by the FBI for robbing seven or eight banks to sustain his lifestyle. Eventually he got out of jail, met a random woman who was pregnant, and decided to put himself as the dad on the birth certificate. After like one month post-birth, the mom vanished. Joe was raising this baby solo, and it was way too much for him to handle. He was found in a creek a couple years later. They think he was walking home from work and had a few too many drinks in the woods and then blacked out and drowned.

SPEAKER_01 36:28

Good night.

SPEAKER_02 36:29

Such a crazy situation. And this one has an edit. Mm-hmm. Edit People asked about his daughter. Joe's grandma took custody. Such a saint. We all always called her grandma, too. I didn't know her name until years later. She's in her roughly mid eighties and is still taking care of her the daughter, Cheyenne, to this day. I genuinely think she might be staying alive simply to care for this girl. Yeah. That's insane. I mean sad for the kid. Yeah. Sad all around, sad scenario. And not good, honestly, that's that's a downer.

Social Rules We Refuse To Follow

SPEAKER_01 37:21

Little bit. Little bit. Here's one that's uh a little more funny, but also has an element of creepy. By forty eight pieces. Back in uni, I casually knew a Hungarian exchange student who was probably the funniest person I've ever met. The stories he told were like something out of Borat, especially with his accent. Then I heard from his roommate that he also had a habit of sleepwalking with his pocket knife out and stabbing random objects. Once once he stabbed through his roommate's door six times and had no memory of it in the morning. Somehow, the weirdest part was that the roommate felt no need to move out or do anything about it. He just locked his door at night. What? No. Dude, get rid of the friggin' pocket knife at that point. What the hell? Sleepstabbing? Sleepstabbing. Sleepstalking with a knife. Sleepstock stabbing. Jeez.

SPEAKER_02 38:36

And now he's known as the sleepstock stabber.

SPEAKER_01 38:40

And what's crazy is that there's a comment in reply to that by R Dragoo 1985 that says, My little sister did this, except with big knives. They locked her up in a psych ward for a while when she was really young, like six years old, because of it. While she was in there, we had to search the house because the knives were locked up, but she was still doing it. Found knives hidden and scissors hidden all over the house.

SPEAKER_02 39:11

That's a very dangerous scenario. Oh man.

SPEAKER_01 39:15

Exceptionally. And just to clear simply because it's interesting, uh someone asked them WTF. The most important question for me would be, did she hide the knives while lucid or not? Imagine she hides them while awake. I mean, you locked them, right? How would she get the knives if she didn't hide them while she had access, dinner, etc. Mm-hmm and you just didn't notice? On another note, I hope she's doing okay now. To which they replied We assumed the knives we found were ones that had been hidden before all the sharp objects were locked up. And I'm not sure hidden is the right word. They'd be in places like under the couch or mixed in with toys. So it could have just been that they were discarded there as opposed to strategically placed.

SPEAKER_02 40:09

Well then, yeah. Uh definitely not similar, but I have a friend who says he sleep eats. Really? Oh, I've heard of that. He ha he can't have anything near the countercause he'll pick it up and eat it. Hmm. And I'm like, anything? And he says, yeah, like last time I was chewing like on my girl's scrunchie.

SPEAKER_01 40:34

I've I've heard of similar things where people will just raid the fridge and eat random crap in there. Right. And like they have to make sure that anything that's raw that can't be eaten raw is like put in a particularly complex situation or in a drawer or something like that. Or else they'll wake up in the morning to a half eaten steak, raw steak on the counter or something. Which is wild to me. Some people resort to just putting a lock on the on the fridge or the cu cupboards or what have you. But things people will do while asleep is kinda crazy. Yeah. Even sleep stab or whatever. Especially sleep stabbing is insane. Pretty crazy.

SPEAKER_02 41:28

That's not a good one. I wish I could do like sleep accounting. Like all of a sudden. Like all of a sudden I'm asleep and I wake up and I'm good at math.

SPEAKER_01 41:39

Why can't I sleep fold laundry or sleep clean the house, you know? Sleep fix the car. Yeah, that might be slightly more complicated. Go out into the garage, get all the right tools out.

SPEAKER_02 41:52

Light everything up. The worst part would be waking up mid project and like taking everything apart. Could you imagine though?

SPEAKER_01 42:01

What was I doing? If you did go into like your garage and were f around something in there, get yourself covered in grease, and then you crawled into bed. That's crazy. And then you wake up covered in grease, all your veggies are covered in grease, your girl's covered in grease, whatever.

SPEAKER_02 42:16

Your car now has a uh went from a V6 to a V8. Well then. Um yeah, well, that's uh that's definitely interesting. And for my last one is by The Dabbing Dad 710. Worked with a guy in the weed industry who was pretty chill guy to work with. Well one day he gives me a call asking if he could come over and smoke, but I was too busy, so I told him maybe another time. A week goes by and the dude isn't coming to work anymore, which we all still just assume that he quit by no car or no show. Either way, one Friday after I get off work, I have a voicemail from a local detective asking for me to call them as soon as I I can. They have some questions for me. Turns out this guy killed someone after a drug deal went bad, and I was the first person he called. So naturally the detectives had questions for me. Oh yeah. Oh my god. And then a comment by Comeback 321. Yo, you are gonna be an alibi.

Work, Weddings, And Boundaries

SPEAKER_01 43:36

Facts, sir. Facts. Here's my last one for this one. It's by Arcto Bispo. Worked with a dude. He definitely had the prison vibe, lots of crazy blue tattoos and big muscles, but he Was extremely chill. He loved dogs and would save tennis balls we found so he could create a pile by a local lake so they could always have a supply. Found out about five months working with him that he had just gotten out of a twenty-two year sentence for a gang initiation that he got squealed on. Shot up a guy and hit his friend in the spine as well. Mans was thirty-eight years old. Don't join gangs, y'all. Wow. That is pretty wild. That is wild. That was a gang initiation. Like he hadn't even really gotten into the gang into actually being doing anything. And on his very first trial run, gets squealed on and has a 22-year pris prison sentence. That's insane. I mean, gangs in general are just terrible in all aspects, but wow.

SPEAKER_02 44:58

If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. There is that. You're free to go.

SPEAKER_01 45:10

I mean this this comment directly responding to that uh is kind of relevant. It's by unfortunate STZYGY. Was he still about the gang life though? He went in at sixteen. Most of us are really different people at 38 than we were at sixteen. I concur. At sixteen, your your frontal lobe is not developed. Yeah. You're not making decisions in anything like a clear and logical way.

SPEAKER_02 45:46

At sixteen, you're not even a real human yet.

SPEAKER_01 45:49

I wouldn't go that far. That's that's that's coming close to saying children are subhuman or something.

SPEAKER_02 45:57

You're not even a real human yet.

SPEAKER_01 45:59

I don't I don't like that that train of thought. Anyway. But yeah, that you're you're not res fully responsible in any sense of the word. And to have people who you, for whatever reason, are doing so, are trying to respect and earn the respect of. But yeah. I totally understand him being super chill and you know not being anything remotely like you would expect someone to have done that to be like.

SPEAKER_02 46:47

Obviously, it's been a long time. Yeah. And uh maybe you know, best case scenario, he's reflected on his past, obviously he's that was just when he went in.

SPEAKER_01 46:57

That's kind of those kinds of court cases usually take at least a year to accomplish. And so he likely did this when he was 14, maybe 15.

SPEAKER_02 47:10

Yeah, very young nonetheless, and I think it's that's another unfortunate case right there. And a life-changing scenario.

SPEAKER_01 47:20

Stay out of gangs, kids.

Would You Rather: Meat Or Drinks

SPEAKER_02 47:22

Yeah, you don't even get any medical benefits in in a gang or nothing. Like you're telling me I don't I don't get a 401k in this gang, sir? And you're not expected to survive that long. That sucks. And no no life insurance either? Huh? This is clearly not the job for me. Yeah, that's a pyramid scheme.

SPEAKER_01 47:43

Okay, in large part, yeah. Alright, let's uh move on to the next one. Did you have our next Reddit?

SPEAKER_02 47:52

Our next ask Reddit is by Glitch Operative. What's a small quote unquote social rule you refuse to follow even if everyone expects it?

SPEAKER_01 48:05

Oh boy.

SPEAKER_02 48:07

I'll just start off with this one by Mary Shore 25 being available twenty-four-seven. I don't answer my phone if I'm already talking with someone else. And I know that a lot of people kind of feel that way too. I know some people who are like, don't call me. You know, I don't take calls or text me only, you know. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 48:29

There's a lot of people like that, and honestly, I totally understand that because well before cell phones were a thing that you were expected to everyone was expected to have one.

SPEAKER_00 48:45

Mm-hmm.

Sign-Off And Listener Request

SPEAKER_01 48:47

People would almost never call after I don't know, like nine o'clock in the evening, unless they were sp specifically expecting a call from you. And there's just generally more etiquette with that, but that would at least give you a set time of the day where you wouldn't be just randomly reached out to or expected to have a response from, you know? And I'm I'd crazy It's wearing on your psyche to have stuff like that. Now in a friendship situation I understand being more available, especially if that's part of the friendship dynamic, but cell phones have made it uh much more likely for anyone to be able to reach out to you at any time. Which can be straining.

SPEAKER_02 49:51

Especially if you're busy and stuff. Uh before we move on, I will say, Harley, uh we're the last generation that grew up with no cell phones. Yeah. Yeah. Millennials, right, were the last that grew up with no cell phones.

SPEAKER_01 50:06

Well, aside from those families that specifically avoid it for various reasons.

SPEAKER_02 50:14

Uh yeah, I don't remember getting uh cell phone until way later. I don't even remember how we used to contact each other. We used to pull up. I'll just pull up to my friend's house and not.

SPEAKER_01 50:23

You'd either show up or you would get to a landline, or you just simply wouldn't talk until you saw each other at school again, you know?

SPEAKER_02 50:37

See uh possibly never.

SPEAKER_01 50:43

Uh it was a little more casual back in the day. Yes, I agree. In my opinion. Here's one that I kind of identify with, and it's by retired underscore degenerate. I say no whenever I'm asked if I would like to donate to a cause when at the register buying something. I resonate with that both on general principle, but also because nine times out of ten, if not more, the company has already donated and they're using your donation as a tax write-off. Could be. Or actually, no, sorry, they use the original donation as a tax write-off, and they use your contribution to recuperate. And you're basically paying them to have done the donation that they already got a tax write-off on.

SPEAKER_02 51:48

Yeah, I would say unless it's like a nonprofit that you know and trust, you know.

SPEAKER_01 51:52

Nonprofits are are are generally much more different, obviously. But like Walmart, Target, No, Angry, all those companies, it's disgusting.

SPEAKER_02 52:04

I don't really trust those, but I will say one that I used to donate every year to uh was St. Jude's. Oh, oh yeah. Specific causes for sure. I'll just throwing that out there for uh our listener to take a look at. That's one of the good ones to actually donate to. Uh you know, it's one that the parents don't have to pay anything for medical uh bills on the kids or medical procedures on the kids. It's completely free. Yeah and they genuinely run on the money of philanthropy. So just throwing that out there for all the listeners.

SPEAKER_01 52:36

But also in conjunction with that. It's there's several websites out there and articles about going over different charitable organizations and how much of each dollar that you give them actually goes to the cause versus quote unquote administer administrative costs. Scary. And some of them are downright disgusting. So if you really want your money to be doing good, I would suggest looking that up.

SPEAKER_02 53:10

Anyway, moving on. And uh my next one is actually uh kind of ties on with you're no one, and it's by BB, 808 BB, having an excuse as to why you're saying no. Once I realized no is a full sentence, things have been way easier.

SPEAKER_01 53:34

That honestly has been a difficulty of mine for a great deal of my life because I have been given or ingested or what have you, an internalized guilt of being able to just say no. I I've always felt that I've had to have a need or I've had to have a excuse or a reason to say no. Not just simply that no, I I don't want to, or what have you.

SPEAKER_02 54:13

I always say no thank you, I have diarrhea. And typically that one works.

SPEAKER_01 54:19

All things considered, that even that's technically uh an additional reason.

SPEAKER_02 54:23

Yeah. I just like to see people's reaction. You know? I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 54:30

Yeah. This one is by Heels by the Bridge. And this is another one that resonates with me. It's staying for an entire social event. I leave the moment I no longer want to be there. That's that's the full comment. And something I do have to say in conjunction with that is honestly, yeah. You should. Unless there's a specifically reason a specific reason why you need to be there. Uh partially because, frankly, if you don't want to be there, you're just gonna bring down the vibe. As one is one of the reasons why you shouldn't. But also if you don't want to be there, there's you shouldn't be there. You know? Life's too short. Everyone has their own reasons for doing what they do.

SPEAKER_00 55:30

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01 55:31

And if someone wants to get butthurt about it, you can either deal with it or just tell them to deal with it on their own. That sounds like a personal problem. Yeah. And uh someone responded to that, uh, enthusiasm unusual responded to that with At least you show up. That's commendable. These days I show up, have a drink, make conversation with a few people, and leave and go home. No one remembers you leaving early, but they will remember if you don't show and eventually stop inviting. Which in part is true, yes.

SPEAKER_02 56:10

Yeah, we do have some uh people that we know that are kind of like that.

SPEAKER_01 56:15

It's difficult to have the desire to continue to invite someone to show when they routinely do not show up. Especially when they say that.

SPEAKER_02 56:34

Yeah, and uh that happened very recently to me at one of our uh last watch parties where we had a lot of people, mind you, we did have a good amount of people in the house uh where the said friend who was actually at the freaking door and ended up leaving at the door. So uh right after telling me how excited they were to come see that. Right. It was very interesting. Uh that's kind of like a lot of work that to get to the door.

SPEAKER_01 57:04

That level of showing up is interesting.

SPEAKER_02 57:11

That's an interesting show up, though. It is. Like just put us at the door, you know.

SPEAKER_00 57:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 57:18

Like, I was there, what do you mean?

SPEAKER_00 57:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 57:27

This is a comment that also resonates with me, and I was gonna bring up on my own until I saw it. And it's by Buffy is my Homo sapien. Big fan of the Irish Exit, or the Irish goodbye is how I under how I remember it. Bye. Uh nothing worse than trying to leave for 30 minutes as each person person says bye individually. In my opinion, you say bye to the the host, just to be polite, and if you feel like it, you could say hi, say goodbye to whomever you want on the way out, or just a generalized goodbye to everyone. But especially in a large party where you have, you know, fifteen plus people. It's kind of ridiculous to feel obligated to say goodbye to every person on the way out.

SPEAKER_02 58:22

Yeah, it's really hard to be expected to say goodbye to every single person there. Uh I usually do the general uh goodbye, like bye everyone. Yeah. Um usually people are like, bye. Yeah. So uh that's my most common uh pretty much say goodbye, you know.

SPEAKER_01 58:44

I just don't want like if I'm going somewhere, especially if there's a lot of people, I don't want the host to be left being like, oh gosh, where'd they go? I wanted to say one last thing, or at least say goodbye to them. I just think that's just generally polite. But everyone else, unless there's a specific person or I see them on my way out, it's kind of just eh. I do have I usually have one or two specific people that I want to say goodbye to, and I do. But it's not really out of obligation, it's more of I just want to say one last thing to them or what have you, you know.

SPEAKER_02 59:24

And for another one is by 99th Luft Balloons. It's comfortable to rest my elbows on the table, I'm gonna keep doing it. And uh quick comment by Sand Serpent Hiss. Who came up with that anyway?

SPEAKER_01 59:46

Uh that would mostly just be people who were exceptionally caught up with etiquette generally speaking from probably Victorian times. Posh Pish Posh. Yes. Another one that I specifically vibe with is by Tesseract 4. Don't speak ill of the dead that noise. Dead assholes are still assholes That's something honestly I I specifically feel like for myself. I don't want I mean granted I'll be dead, but for my memorial service or celebration of life or whatever terminology people want to use, I don't want people to be getting up there and just spouting nonsense about how I was just some amazing person and did no wrong and the whole world is mourning my loss. I'm a person. I've made mistakes. I'm not I don't get along with everyone. Not everyone loves me, and that's okay. Everyone's different. If you want to mourn me, mourn me, but you don't have to make up stories about me, you know.

SPEAKER_02 1:01:06

Yeah. Uh that's that's interesting. There's a lot of bad people that are dead, and uh thank God for that could be for the There's a lot more bad people that need to be that way. There's a lot of bad people out there for sure. And uh this one in particular isn't that bad, but it vibes with me by relatively smart. I don't know if it's necessarily a small rule, but I don't keep it 100% professional at work. I still talk like a human being. I'm always polite towards people, but I don't like to talk like a robot who's afraid of saying anything out of line.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:53

Yeah, obviously there's there's bounds within that, but yeah, I I've always subscribed to that personally. There's there can be a basic script that you're supposed to follow for, you know, greet the customer, ask them if they need something, blah blah blah. But that doesn't mean you need to put in the bare minimum and just monotone repeat the same five-word sentence every single time. You're talking to another living, breathing human being. You can interact with them in a jovial and engaging way. And it's honestly preferred. You you develop more rapport with your customer or employer or employee or co-worker when you talk in a personable manner. I I think that honestly, I think that's less a cultural norm than a corporate norm. Seems like it. Yeah. In my opinion. Thankfully, in our area there's not that much corporate and honestly, real genuinely, thank God for that, because corporate nonsense is complete nonsense, but I I definitely agree with that for sure. Another quick one by OK underscore independence 41 and 54. Pretending to like people just because we are related. Mmm. Yeah. Big one for me. Uh I am adopted, so that gets a little complicated, but Yes, you're my son now. No. But uh again, just like the don't speak ill of the dead, an asshole's still an asshole. You don't have to pretend like they're not an asshole just because you're related to them.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:57

That's toxic, yep. And my last one by Magnus Johannes. I don't go to after hours work events. People feel pressured to go with the flow in the ten gatherings. If I'm not getting paid, I don't feel obligated to go. It's my time, I will hang out with my friends on my own time. Coworkers may not always be in this category. Absolutely. And a quick comment by Sleep Otter 92. My boss was pissed because he had an event on a Saturday and expected all the workers to attend because he was expecting clients to visit and also potential future clients. He hired entertainment and everything, and he was so freaking pissed when only about 20 people out of hundreds showed up, and those that showed up had to because they've been forced to work to work the event. Like, I don't want to put up with y'all during the week. Why TF would I do it in my free time?

SPEAKER_01 1:05:09

Yeah, I need an incentive to go to a work event outside of work hours. If it's gonna be a good time, maybe. I might I might consider it if it's if it's just a good time. Are there potential prizes? A little more likely to show up. Free drinks, a little more likely to show up. Free food, again, a little more likely to show up. But there's gotta be some sort of incentive for me to show up to an after work event that's still work related.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:45

Yeah. That's crazy. Out of work to go to work, not fun.

SPEAKER_01 1:05:51

Yeah. And then my last one, again, pretty quick, it's by Beauty Baby 2001. Inviting aunts, uncles, grandparents, and other extended family to weddings that were never even in my life. But that's the whole of it. And having been married. I feel that. Because it's I on one hand, I understand, sending the invite on the vague hope that maybe they'll send you a gift. But to be expected to do it, or fear the wrath of whomever, or feel the wrath of grandma because they contacted grandma and now grandma's upset on their behalf or what have you. That is ridiculous. Like if you do not put forth the effort to be in my life in any way whatsoever, or the effort you do put forth is to be an asshole, or whatever. There's many, many reasons and variations to it. That a wedding should be, in my opinion, a close event. I don't I don't think it should be everyone in town should be invited. It should be people you actually value and care about. That's a good point.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:26

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01 1:07:26

To share that important moment of your life.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:31

Yeah, that's a great point, an amazing point, and uh some people do lose perspective. And uh it's just very unfortunate sometimes the scenario that people are put in uh in general.

SPEAKER_01 1:07:45

And I I guess I do have a not entirely mainstream mainstream view on weddings. Because a lot of people do view it as uh just a production to be flaunted to everyone you can. I don't know. But that's my view.

SPEAKER_02 1:08:08

It can it can seem that way for sure. I I I've definitely seen some weddings that are extravagant to a point where it's like it's more entertainment. Yeah. Uh they must have signed up with Paramount Plus. Pretty much, yes.

unknown 1:08:23

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:25

Full-on choreography dances with different groups and stuff like that. It's it's wild. I don't know how how I feel about that. Not for me. Yeah. It might be fun to attend one of those, but to have it, no, thank you. Alright, Alan. To end our episode, let's do a would you rather get the uh brain juices going here. Would you rather oh this is by Bajum Bone in Would You Rather. Would you rather have any meat you make for the rest of your life be perfectly seasoned and cooked or have any drink you drink be the perfect temperature? Hmm.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:21

I think that's kind of an easy one for me. I think the easy for me too. I think the meat one I I do it because then I'd make Bobby Flay proud. Like I try to like, you know, show him do pictures of my meat all the Maybe maybe word that's slightly differently. Pause, oh did he? Send him pictures of my meat. I only send the pictures of the of my meat if they ask for it. Consensual meat. Consensual meat pigs, uh you know, steak, filet, chicken, all the meat. All the meats. Like Arby's. I have all the meats. Anyway. Yeah, just uh being able to cook the meats, you know, 100% of the time perfectly is sounds like that would actually pay off.

SPEAKER_01 1:10:23

The it kind of got overpowered when they said perfectly seasoned and cooked.

SPEAKER_02 1:10:28

Perfectly seasoned and cooked.

SPEAKER_01 1:10:29

Like if it had been just perfectly seasoned, there might have been a little bit of wiggle room, or just perfectly cooked, a little bit of wiggle room. But perfectly seasoned and cooked, that's that's intense because like uh the top comment. By Buka 7476. The meat. I could start a restaurant doing that one skill perfectly alone. Yep. Exactly that that's perfectly true. Yeah. You could I mean hell, could you imagine how easy it is to smoke the perfect brisket.

SPEAKER_02 1:11:04

But I just imagined something else. I just imagined like you cook the meat all good, but then everything else you cook is ass.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:15

Yeah. Which would be fine because you could just be the meat chef yourself and then hire someone else to do whatever else. Or you could even be that be your restaurant or food trucks shtick. Just do meat. Yeah. If they want sides, go elsewhere. I don't care.

SPEAKER_02 1:11:31

Imagine like you're cooking the meats and they're like, can I get some mashed potatoes? And you do like green corn or something.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:40

Just completely like I mean to be fair, it's it's not that hard to figure out how to cook a good side. Yeah or even a mediocre side. Yeah, I agree. But uh Especially if no matter what you do, it comes out perfectly. I think you could probably devote a little effort into doing something. Maybe the side could involve meat, like bacon bits or something.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:03

Then it's perfect. There you go.

SPEAKER_01 1:12:06

But yeah, honestly, yeah, definitely for sure the perfectly seasoned and cooked meat. Honestly, I don't care that much about temperature of my drink. Yeah, I was about to say that's kind of like a Like when I first started reading this, I was expecting it to be the drink to be like a perfectly mixed cocktail or something like that. But for it to just be temperature, that's kinda sad.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:32

Yeah, or what if it's like it it makes or what if it's like all your cold drinks are hot and all your hot drinks are cold? Would you rather would you rather that or the other? Yeah for sure. Mm-hmm. Cause it the steaks, no pun intended, aren't really high enough on the other part. I mean, I'm just gonna be able to cook all the meats good. And I can send pictures of my meat to Bobby Flay. Like, dude, that's perfect, dude. You You really like that visual, don't ya?

SPEAKER_01 1:13:06

And with that, ladies and gentlemen, we'll end the episode. Thank you for listening. And keep them gloves up, if nothing else, to fend off those unwanted meat picks. Yes. But not mine. Because I only do a consensual. Thanks for the listen, y'all. Please do all the liking and sharing and all those lovely leaving comments. We do appreciate that.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:35

Catch you on the next one.

SPEAKER_01 1:13:37

Have a great one.