Thirsty Topics
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Thirsty Topics
Twerking Scandals, TikTok Farewells, and the Rise of Fake Amazon Drivers: Challenging Norms in Modern Society 1/22/25
What happens when harmless fun on an empty plane leads to a termination? We explore this and more as we kick off our latest episode with a bold claim about the intersection of workplace culture and modern social media antics. From a flight attendant's twerking escapade that cost her job to the whimsical roles of food brand ambassadors driving giant peanuts, we bring you the quirkiest and most thought-provoking stories. Join us as we question whether union protections could have saved our twerking attendant and muse about our own food-themed vehicle adventures.
We also tackle more serious topics, touching on the unsettling rise of home invasions disguised by fake Amazon drivers, and the emotional rollercoaster of saying goodbye to TikTok. Reflecting on TikTok's role during the pandemic, we ponder its impact on content creation and the generational divide in mastering its quirky algorithm. You'll hear about the bizarre story of a woman scammed by an AI-generated Brad Pitt deep fake, igniting discussions around the implications for public figures and the emotional toll on unsuspecting victims.
Finally, we shift to the world of sports, where tennis player Danielle Collins serves up defiance against booing fans at the Australian Open. Her unapologetic stance challenges the double standards women face in athletics, inviting comparisons to the likes of the Williams sisters. From the societal frustrations of locked retail items to the breakup of a Bachelor couple, we cover a spectrum of stories that question norms and celebrate boldness. Join us for a whirlwind of emotions, laughter, and a touch of serious contemplation.
Hello, and thank you for listening to Thirsty Topics podcast! I'm Lawrence Elrod, and every week Meryl Klemow and I dive deep into the stories that matter, the conversations that shape our world."
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Hello everyone, welcome to this week's episode of Thirsty Topics. I'm Lawrence Elrod.
Speaker 2:And I am Meryl Clemo.
Speaker 1:Meryl, how are you doing today?
Speaker 2:I'm really good. Honestly, I was looking forward to doing this. Like all day, there's an abundance of news for us and just goodies, so I was so excited to talk to you.
Speaker 1:You know as crazy as this sounds, I had a hard time picking my topics because it was so much to talk about.
Speaker 2:Yeah, there, there really really was. Yeah, they're, they're beyond, was, but, um, yeah, I'm other than that, I'm really good. Much better actually than last week, when we talked the fires were still out of control and now, in la, like fingers crossed, they're a little bit better, um, as of now, you know, I mean, obviously there's like cities that are ruined here in in la, but for but for. Right now we've had a couple of days that have remained somewhat calm.
Speaker 1:So do they have a certain percentage contained right now?
Speaker 2:Yeah, like the one by me.
Speaker 2:I think I checked was 87 percent, which is obviously very good, that's the Eaton Fire one, I'm not sure about the Palisades one, but of course, as like the way the world would have it it, tonight the wind is starting to pick up and it's like getting Very windy here again, so hopefully that will like lead to nothing. But but yeah, we're having, we're all having like Deja vu here, where even just as I Logged on, I had friends text me like I'm Getting scared about the wind. But I think it will be fine. At this point I feel like everyone Is just like aliens. Wind, whatever you want to do, just bring it on.
Speaker 1:Oh yes. Well, I tell you we got a lot to talk about here.
Speaker 2:Yeah, do you want to go first? I feel like we'll switch it up.
Speaker 1:You know what I'm going to start off, and this was actually kind of a funny one a little bit. There was a flight attendant who actually works for Alaskan Airlines. There was a flight attendant who actually works for Alaskan Airlines. So you know, obviously, pilots and flight attendants, you know they have downtime in between flights. So what she did, she recorded herself twerking, which was kind of cute. But you know, I always warn people about doing stuff on the job.
Speaker 2:Right yeah.
Speaker 1:So she literally just got done completing her six-month probation. So once she did a video about twerking, it went viral and she was fired immediately. Oh, I don't know. What do you think, Meryl? Do you think that they were a little bit too hard on her, or what do you think?
Speaker 2:I definitely think so. She wasn't twerking in someone's face, right? It was just.
Speaker 1:No, the plane was empty.
Speaker 2:Okay, yeah, then I absolutely think that's way too strict. I think if she was twerking while an older man was sitting in a seat and just asking for his trail mix and she was twerking in his face, that might be grounds for at least a write-up. But I feel like just doing it for fun is funny and I feel like if that was Southwest or Spirit Airlines or another airlines where they have a little bit more of a sense of humor, that would just be part of the. They would put that on their TikTok. So no, I feel like to fire her is absolutely crazy.
Speaker 1:If anything, I think giving a warning or would be appropriate yeah, I mean I don't agree with her doing it at work, because I always say be careful about doing stuff at the job. Yeah, I do think that the firing was a little bit on the excessive side, you know definitely and like I don't know, to me, twerking is kind of.
Speaker 2:It doesn't have to be something that's inappropriate. It's almost like a silly thing, and I feel like we are now, thanks to tiktok and all those things, that we're kind of in this like dance economy, where, you know, people are just busting out moves sometimes and so it doesn't always have to be that serious. It could just be someone like doing a little move here and there and you know the way she was twerking.
Speaker 1:You know it was kind of like a mild twerk where she was just kind of shaking her body a little bit. It wasn't anything over the top. Um right, because I've seen twerking where I mean they really go into it. She didn't do any of it.
Speaker 2:You know, yeah, it's silly exactly, exactly. I have to wonder if maybe there was like some other things that made her overall like some type of not exemplary employee and they were kind of like using this as like, oh okay, this was the final straw, you know, who knows. But um, I I think a warning would be just fine and what's so crazy about it?
Speaker 1:they didn't give her any warning, nothing. She was just let go that's not fair. I feel like she should sue and then twerk in the court when she wins because you know, I wonder, once she got done with her probation, was she officially in the union? Because I know with most places that have a union. Uh, you have to get through probation first.
Speaker 2:I wonder if she's a part of the union and, you know, maybe she can make a report through her union to have them fight on her behalf where they have to write up something, where it's like twerking is allowed on these hours, or like you could twerk three times and then the fourth, like shake is too much, but that's just something silly, like I feel. Like I could totally if I was goofing around with some other airline attendants and it was like no one was on the plane and you've had a silly day. Like I absolutely would do something like that. I don't think to me that would be indicative of someone's performance, like at, you know, in safety, or being able to give customers like coffee or anything.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and let's be real, I don't think she's the only one that's ever twerked or done anything silly In between flights.
Speaker 2:She just happened to put it on social media, which, yeah I feel like, honestly, the southwest, some of the flights I've been on from like la to vegas, there was one where they put the toilet paper. Basically they unraveled. They like put toilet paper all down the row and then they flush the toilet and so we sat there while down the runway, like the toilet we were went and whether you wanted to partake in it or not, there was toilet paper like quickly going down the aisle for the whole plane. So it's like, I don't know, to me it's like maybe Alaska has so much more of a serious policy but like, especially when you're not in the middle of a flight, like who cares, you know?
Speaker 1:And. I agree with that. I mean, there was nobody on the flight. You know the plane, the plane was obviously parked, it wasn't moving. So you know again, I I just thought it was a little excessive, I do too.
Speaker 2:Also, I did not even notice, was she. Was she a woman of color?
Speaker 2:um, I want to say she was hispanic, okay because I also think, like, like I don't know that to me it seems extra not fair and it's like, okay, well then, if she's not allowed to dance, no matter what type you know, whatever it is, then like no one should be allowed to do a version of any dance. Like you kind of can't discriminate. I think too, like if someone is not allowed to twerk, then like okay, someone doing like a ballerina move shouldn't be allowed either. You know twerk, then someone doing a ballerina move shouldn't be allowed either.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and it does open the door as to, if she wasn't a person of color, would that have made a difference? It makes you wonder. It really does. I hope she lands a job someplace else, though I really do.
Speaker 2:I'm not against getting a job at Alaska Airlines and then twerking just to see if I'll take one. I'll be the sacrificial twerking. Just to see if I'll take one, I'll be the sacrificial twerker. And then, when they don't fire me, I quit.
Speaker 1:There you go.
Speaker 2:Okay, well, I think I have a job for the next, for the woman. Now we have this next story is going to be a good job for her.
Speaker 2:My first topic is a place where I feel like she could maybe twerk and twerk rapidly is Planters. Peanuts is offering $45,000 a year for someone to drive their nutmobile. So Planters is offering a dream job to drive their iconic nutmobile across the country. So it's a 26-foot-long peanut-shaped vehicle which is part of the brand marketing, and now they're looking for someone to take it on the road. So the job includes attending events, kind of like a, you know, like an ambassador or something, interacting with fans, and you'll travel for free and stay in a variety of locations. So to apply, you have people have to submit a video stating why they would be the perfect fit for this gig. You know, obviously you have to have a clean driving record.
Speaker 2:You can't have any prior things in your past and just like why the company would benefit from having you as behind the nutmobile.
Speaker 1:You know what Actually for someone young maybe has to figure out what they want to do. That could be a cool job.
Speaker 2:That seems so cool. Like I mean, that just seems like if you're young and out of college and also like looking to make some fun content, and if you are, if you do love peanut, obviously this wouldn't be good for someone with, like a peanut allergy or anything, because chances are you're probably handing out a lot of free product. But like I mean, I wish the salary was a little bit more. But to someone younger or just looking for like some type of fun job, I think in this economy, in this life, like that seems like a pretty good job to me.
Speaker 1:I agree. I mean I was a little surprised at the amount $45,000. I would think that it would be more, because you are an ambassador, you're driving the vehicle and you're doing this for an entire year, so which means that you know 80 percent of the time I would.
Speaker 2:you're driving the vehicle and you're doing this for an entire year, which means that 80% of the time, I would imagine, you're probably traveling, yeah, so I think it's good for someone young and single and for the first couple of years. You're just really excited about the perks. Now, okay, I was thinking about if you had to drive for any food brand, what would be your version of this, like, what company would you like to drive for? And they'd have like a life-size version of whatever their food is too, let me think.
Speaker 1:Let me think, I would say probably McAllister's, because I do like their food.
Speaker 2:Okay now I don't know what that is.
Speaker 1:Oh, you know, it may be regional, it's like a deli shop where it has like different sandwiches, has salads, soup stuff like that. But I think if I were looking on a national side I would probably do more like maybe like one of the major chicken brands, you know.
Speaker 2:And would the car be just a big chicken or like a nugget?
Speaker 1:Yeah, it would be a big chicken. Then I would drive like Purdue or somebody like that. That's a national brand.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay.
Speaker 1:Because chicken is healthy and I could learn a lot of different stuff as far as how to cook various meals and stuff, but that would be fun.
Speaker 2:Okay, that'd be good, you'd be. You'd be happy driving around like a big, giant chicken oh yeah that'd be fun. I feel like that would get a lot of attention from people down the road they'd be like uh wow look at that big chicken exactly until I feel like some teenagers would like literally try to play chicken on the road and not twerk.
Speaker 1:Now what would you drive?
Speaker 2:Okay, mine was a no-brainer. For me it would be a Dorito cheese, like a big Dorito nacho cheese, and it would be a car shaped like a big cheese, like leaving powder all over. I feel like I'd be a good ambassador of that. I feel like I'd be very happy to give everyone, like a bag, some nacho cheese doritos I feel, I have a feeling that the gamers would love you yeah, I think so too, just like tossing it, maybe cool ranch too. But uh, yeah, super cool job.
Speaker 1:I mean, in a world of people working, driving like a big peanut vehicle could be worse yeah, I mean, if you think about it like a lot of the mascots for professional teams and stuff, it's amazing how much they get paid. A lot of them get paid a hundred thousand to two hundred thousand per year. Unbelievable how much they make yeah and basically for having fun.
Speaker 1:And you have months off because obviously every professional sport takes off a few months in between seasons. So it's actually a pretty cool job if you're in shape and you know you like that.
Speaker 2:Yeah definitely Well on the. I feel like on the other side, like I used to work for a radio station and they have like promo people that would sit by the booth and you know, give away free whatever's. And they were getting paid Not, not at all. It was like Pete, I was the booth and you know, a giveaway, free whatever's. And they were getting paid not, not at all. It was like pete, I was just about to say they're getting paid in peanuts, but no, they're getting it wasn't. It was like lower than I feel like minimum wage should be, but it was. It was good for young kids and it was also like a lot of those people graduated to like marketing and now have big adult jobs, you know. So I felt like that was almost an entryway to start. I feel like something like that, too could be an entry to marketing or a communications type job.
Speaker 1:That's true. That's actually true. That would be good. There's a lot of cool jobs out there that are off the mainstream, that you can make good money and have fun doing it. Well, I am going to go into something that's not so fun. There have been a rash of home evasions and people getting robbed in their homes Recently. There were a couple of fake Amazon drivers that robbed this man in his home. Basically, they had a box in their hand hand and they must have either knocked on the door or rang the doorbell, and when the gentleman opened the door, they forced their way in and they robbed him. Oh my gosh. And uh, I think they hurt him too. But um, I don't know. I mean, you got to be careful and I'm actually a little surprised that he fell for it, because you know amazon, you have no contact with the drivers whatsoever. Right, literally, they just drop the stuff off. It would be nice if they ring the doorbell but you know, very rare favor that happens and then walk away. You have zero reason to talk to Amazon driver.
Speaker 2:Right, right. And they're supposed to like never ask to like use the restroom or you know what I mean In a good way. They're not supposed to like be seen or heard.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but it's amazing, I mean, even when there's like utility workers and stuff like this, and you just got to be so careful because it's hard to know who's who these days.
Speaker 2:I know I feel like that's and to me like targeting usually I feel like they're targeting elder people too, yep, that's. And to me like targeting usually I feel like they're targeting elder people too, yep. And then it's so sad, like I also feel, like you know, it shouldn't get to the point where we have to, where we distrust people more than trust them. But I, I don't know, it's just like I feel like amazon should have some badge, but I guess anything could be duplicated, like they could get the vest, they could get the outfit yeah, but but I guess the reason why I'm a little surprised on the amazon one because, like I say, amazon drivers have zero contact with yeah, delivered to I know, I know, but I feel like I could easily see someone older being talked into like.
Speaker 2:I feel like if they went to like not my mom, but I feel like my dad could easily be like if they were like oh, they we need a signature. You know, I could see that happening. I also wonder because I've seen Amazon people in no costumes, but whatever the word.
Speaker 1:In a uniform, yeah.
Speaker 2:The other day, someone just delivered mail and he was wearing a band t-shirt. It really was Amazon, but now more and more people are just driving their normal cars to deliver Amazon packages.
Speaker 1:I remember last year I saw an Amazon driver. First I thought it was they were stealing packages, because it was a car full of packages. I'm like Lord, they're just robbing people. But actually what it was, it was two people in there and they it was around the holidays and they were dropping off packages at the door and you saw the Amazon box. I'm like OK, but yeah, it looks weird when you don't see normal, you know clothes or normal truck, you know.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean that is like a little bit milder but still scary version of like one of my biggest fears, which is getting pulled over by like not real police people, cause I feel like that's so scary too and that's something that's like terrifying the thought of you fake police people that is so true, that is so true.
Speaker 1:It's a shame, but you just got to be careful and and now you know, check on your, check on your elders and your family, because, uh, there are the the sad part about that story, about the, the man that was robbed.
Speaker 2:They only robbed, they only took 50 bucks oh my gosh traumatized him, injured him for 50 bucks yeah, that has to be like a next level of terrible karma. To like pretend you're a certain someone.
Speaker 1:To like weasel your way into someone's house yeah, and what was interesting too is, you know, they went just to his house and then they left out.
Speaker 2:It was like he was targeted yeah, I bet they probably cased them.
Speaker 2:You know like I feel like people look at like elder people or people that are vulnerable, like that's so sad to me yeah, I guess the biggest thing is just got to protect your people, make sure everyone's safe, you know protect your people and like those are one of those things when, if, if it's like unequivocally, if they catch the people and like it's no doubt that it's those people, I feel like they need to make people just need to know that like the punishment for that is so severe that it's like not worth doing, you know.
Speaker 1:That is so true. That is so so true.
Speaker 2:Wow, Okay. Well, this is another one about people being shiesty and annoying. So this is something that I have seen firsthand, where now the LA wildfires are driving a surge in rental housing prices, which is, of course, now prompting a lot of concerns for gouging, which already, like it's so expensive to rent here. I don't think people we are almost up to like New York prices, where a lot of my friends in New York are comparable for like the one bedrooms here in LA. Some areas are seeing an increase of up to 30 to 40% of rental prices.
Speaker 2:I've seen places that are normally like 3000, which is crazy in and of itself. You know like two bedrooms that are 3000 charging $9,000 for a two bedroom with like two bedroom, two bathrooms like a normal apartment. I saw one of my friends that does real estate shares like a TikTok about all this and obviously people are talking about ethical concerns around price gouging. I know like our attorney general is now investigating it and like trying to see some of the laws in place. Usually I feel like California tends to favor the tenants a lot like you know, people renting.
Speaker 2:So I think, in a good way, that hopefully this will be actually one area where it helps. But people doing that is just so gross. We're like, not only were they targeting people that, like a lot of these people looking for places to live, have no house, so it's like they're just trying to go into some temporary housing and now you have to pay like $6,000 for a month to month rental.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, and here's the crazy thing about it, meryl even if you have insurance, when they raise that amount to those ridiculous heights, they run a risk of not even being able to have the insurance paid for because it's so out of the park as far as what it should cost. And I think the only way to fix that is through legislation. And it's got to be okay. And I don't know what that magic number is. Maybe it's 10%, 20%, whatever it is, this is the max you can put over the amount. When you have a situation like this and you're going to pay, I don't know, maybe a $10,000, $20,000 fine per occurrence and, let's say, five years in prison. You know, something has a great deterrent to say knock it off.
Speaker 2:Yeah, totally. I don't know how families do it. I really don't, because a lot of the like a normal house, even in San Diego, are renting for like four thousand dollars and over just for like a normal house house where it's like I look at zillow and other places and you can get a normal house still for like two to three thousand dollars or whatever.
Speaker 2:And it's just so crazy because it's like I don't know just, and it's not like people's salaries have tripled. You know, we're still dealing with the same salaries or no salaries at all, because of the job market. It's just so crazy.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, and you know, the thing is is that when you have that many people who lost their homes, you already run a risk of not being able to find some in the first place, and now on top of that is the price gouging, so it's kind of like they're being traumatized twice.
Speaker 2:Yep, exactly so we'll see. But right now we're in our little one bedroom apartment. I was like great, another year of this kind of stuff, because it's just crazy where it's like you look for places like around here in Los Angeles and I'm just not willing to pay like thirty eight hundred dollars a month for like no sink or you know, it's just so ridiculous.
Speaker 1:That's true, that is true. Well, we'll definitely pray for them.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's why I'm moonlighting. It's a planter's peanut. There you go, and every night, from 1 am to 7 am, I just drive the peanut truck around.
Speaker 1:There you go, there you go. Well, we're going to talk about something that's been on everyone's mind for a long time. This is nuts. Tiktok went dark and then the very next day it's back up.
Speaker 2:One of the best internet things that ever happened in history. I think Like the funniest thing.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean, when it went down, it went down early, it went down. For me it was like around 8 or 9 o'clock, it wasn't even a minute. So I'm like, okay, well, here it is, we'll see what happens, yeah, and then hours later, like early the next day, it's back. So it's like, okay, what?
Speaker 2:was this.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean. What was this really about?
Speaker 2:This was the most like us american 2025 thing to happen where it was. I mean, I have so many thoughts on this. I guess the first was, like I love tiktok. It's my favorite app. I really felt like um, but days leading up to it, I found myself getting, probably like a lot of people, very, very emotional. Not just because of like, obviously, I think the tiktok, if you really, if the tiktok people know like a lot of us got on it during the pandemic when we were feeling isolated and really lonely, and that's why I think, one of the big reasons why we imprinted on it so much like, not also just because it's so funny and it's definitely different than any other app I've ever used, and it's kind of replaced like TV at night for me, like I'd rather just scroll and I just. But then, a few days leading up to it, it began to feel like we were leaving a school or just like all the people that you love through parasocial relationships were all saying goodbye, and it was like very, I don't know. We've never had to deal with something before. We're saying goodbye to like online sounds and things and so on.
Speaker 2:Uh, whatever night that was, I was at the gym and I just started thinking about like how, how am I going to find new music and how and I know it's silly, I know there's other ways but I just started thinking about all the good that TikTok has brought in. And I came home and I opened up the door and I just started like sobbing, crying to my boyfriend and he was like what the heck is happening. And I was like crying about TikTok and then he was like I promise it's going to be up in like a month. He's like just give it a month. And then later I went to bed crying and then I woke up and I was like TikTok's back.
Speaker 2:But I really like it's very emotional, like having people that you love, even if it's online, or just like perceived community, like everyone was saying goodbye and it was a really like helpless, weird feeling. I know that sounds insane to people that don't use TikTok, but like like I don't know about you, but tomorrow Facebook or Instagram could go away. And like, besides promoting shows and this, you know, like I wouldn't care that much, like I could get over that, but for some reason this app is like so special.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and you know what? You're right. When we had the pandemic years ago, that's when social media really exploded because everyone was at home. And social media really exploded because everyone was at home. And you know, the other thing that's crazy is it also shows, too, why diversification is so important. Um, because if you have content on multiple platforms, it doesn't hit you as much because you're still out there.
Speaker 1:But if 90% or more what you do is on one platform and that platform goes down, it's like you lost all the years of work that you put into it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, definitely, and all these people that were making money off of TikTok shop. I felt so bad for people that had really I mean, I haven't really used TikTok that much as a creator.
Speaker 2:I definitely want to now a little bit more than I know it's here for a little bit, you know, but like, just as a viewer and all these, I started getting so emotional, thinking about all the musicians that like are discovered that way, because, as much as I want to say, I would go on Spotify and like, search for it, or I'm not going to find them through Instagram and I just think about how many people had like, their sounds used or you know like, or even just artists, like pottery artists or different drawers. I feel like it really just makes such a difference in people's lives and like, I don't know even stuff like, like, like going to Iceland or like places that I want to go to, like. I feel like I discovered that all through TikTok and I just feel like it. I don't know it's. I understand how like insane it sounds, but I don't know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and you know the thing is is that TikTok has a very, very unique algorithm that cannot, for whatever reason, cannot, be copied by other platforms. No, so a lot of people make a lot of money off TikTok, a lot of people get discovered on TikTok, and you know there are people that have left their nine to five job and literally their job, their whole thing is TikTok.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yep, yep. And it was so funny with people sobbing, like I wasn't crying but on camera, and like people giving away their secrets of being like, okay, you know, since we're about to go dark, this is what I want to tell you. And then they give away these and then, like the next morning, they're like this is awkward. The next morning, they're like this is awkward, so, and then also, like I was watching videos of people announcing, like they were at public spaces, like the mall, and like someone was recording himself being like excuse me, tiktok is back. And like people clapping and like that's why I just have yet to find. Like people being so funny and nice on the same platforms, like I don't know about you, but Instagram is really musty and dusty to me. Now I feel like I post stuff and then I watch my friends watch it and no one really interacts and it's making me annoyed at my community. So I feel like I'm definitely going to be focusing more on TikTok.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean for whatever reason. I don't know if the younger generation is born knowing this stuff, but for whatever reason, the younger generation has zero problem exploding on TikTok.
Speaker 2:I know.
Speaker 1:I mean, I've watched my son and his friends and stuff. You know, start a page and shoot up to 10, 20, 50,000 followers.
Speaker 2:Whoa.
Speaker 1:I'm fighting just for my couple thousand, you know Me too.
Speaker 2:I think I was like one. I'm like this is the best app ever and I have like 150 followers. I feel like they need to coach. We need to like hire them as consultants.
Speaker 1:And they make it so easy. That's what's so crazy.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think that's the thing too is like I haven't really immersed myself in it, because even though, like, I feel so talkative but I don't really know like exactly what I would talk about on TikTok yet, but I've heard people just say like just film, like a daily diary, and even if no one, you know, you just have to be consistent and keep, keep going. Um, oh, and I was gonna ask did you think about? Because I know there was like red note, they were saying other apps, but I just I needed, I needed. At first I was like okay, this is gonna be a good mental health cleanse to not have tiktok for like a few months, and then the next minute I'm like I'm scrolling. Did you go to red note?
Speaker 1:at all. You know what? I didn't go to red note and then, there's this thing called lemon eight, that's yeah, yeah, I've heard of that and I was just a little leery. I was like you, you know what? Let me just see what happens first.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because you know.
Speaker 1:Lemonade, I believe, and Red Note are both owned by the same people who are on TikTok.
Speaker 2:For sure, yeah, and like I signed up for Red Note. But then I also heard that like for Americans it's really funny, but they're like, if you're like like kind of chubby like they're, they're just like eat some vegetable, you know, in a very funny way, but like a few people that I saw went on red note and then the people on red note were drawing them and like giving them like huge chins and I'm like I just can't, with tiktok going away, I just can't take this. And then I also heard that they were asking us and people were really nice on red note, I heard but they were asking, um, do do Americans really have to pay for an ambulance, or is that just propaganda?
Speaker 1:Wow, really.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So I feel like when I feel like a little more mentally stable, it might that might be something just to like also go on and just kind of you know, dip a toe in and see. But I didn't want to like put my eggs in that basket and try to like pretend like something wasn't happening.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's true, and little do they know. Yes, in america ambulance you pay for. You pay for everything here.
Speaker 2:So yeah, oh yeah. And also a shout out to my boyfriend, jack, who was so sweet, who, like, after I came home crying, he tried to switch my vpn to canada, so that, uh, it still didn't work, but it was like so sweet that I feel like a lot of people's because I saw on tikt, tiktok a lot of like women's husbands were kind of like you're being overdramatic, I don't get it, or whatever. But he was like he got it. He was like no, no, no, we're still going to have TikTok, no matter what. Oh, that's so sweet, it was very sweet. It's like I feel like you're crying over to have someone feel like they take it seriously and you know try to take action.
Speaker 1:That is so true. You know he's a good man.
Speaker 2:Yes, I love him. Okay, yeah, so sorry, that is like my you touched upon, like my favorite passion, which is TikTok. Oh, okay, I was going to ask you is for you. Do you think that it was like some big ploy from our new president to kind of like appear, as you know, like the daddy that grants us all our wish, or like what do you think about that?
Speaker 1:I think this whole thing has gotten politicized. I do think that there was some real reasons behind it, because, again, republicans and Democrats do not get along for anything. Because again, republicans and Democrats do not get along for anything they don't you know. And then something triggered them to unanimously bipartisan to get them off the air or have them sold. So now it's like well, you know what Trump's in office, we're not going to worry about that, we're going to bring you back. And the problem is, it kind of makes people wonder well, was there really a problem or was this just a ploy from the beginning?
Speaker 2:Right, Like did they know it was? Because I've heard some people say that it was dark for the night so they could like transfer it to meta and now, like Zuckerberg is going to own it, I don't, I don't really know, who knows.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I've heard that too, but no, I mean, tiktok is so valuable, I can't see that happening.
Speaker 2:Me neither, and I know some people were feeling like their algorithms were changed or they weren't seeing news. But like mine is back up, exactly normal. I don't know. Like I don't feel like it's different Because I saw on TikTok some people were saying like it feels like my spy isn't Chinese anymore.
Speaker 1:The crazy thing about it is on all the platforms, every so often they do change algorithms. You can tell when you're posting stuff and as you're posting, you can tell when algorithms start changing. The thing is. It's so crazy, is it's like a full-time job trying to figure it out.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I know, I know, Was that yours or mine? I'm so okay, I'm so talkative about that. I feel like I could do a TED talk on and it's so funny because, like I was so emotional about TikTok but then I'm like I made no money from it. I have a hundred followers but that is definitely a sign that like hopefully, if we know it's here to stay, I want to focus more energy on that and like just you know, being more in the game rather than just like lurking on pages.
Speaker 2:Sometimes, I see people like commenting on everything and maybe it's just our age, but like I'm not used to just commenting on stuff of people I don't know, you know, but I think like maybe younger I bet your son now it's just like they treat everyone like they're just like one big family or community, you know yeah, I know when you, when you comment, follow people and all this, it plays into the algorithms.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so that's probably why a lot of the youth do that, where they comment on everyone's stuff because it does play into the algorithms totally.
Speaker 2:Oh, and the last thing I was gonna say, which is so funny if anyone hasn't heard this, it's worth looking it up. Um, I don't know if you saw, but just like a funny man pretended that he was the ceo of red note and I don't know if you saw this news. I should have picked this as my story, maybe next week if it's not too late. But like, um, this really funny guy, I think he was in can in Canada, but he came on Red Note and he was like wearing a hat and looked really official and he was like hello, as the CEO of Red Note, I would just like to welcome everyone and, like all the Americans thought it was true and they're like hello, ceo. And then they woke up the next morning and his girlfriend was like why are you on the news as the CEO of Red Note? I'll send you that story because it's worth reposting and just seeing it's so ridiculous.
Speaker 1:Oh, absolutely. You know what that proves? That you should always try to verify stuff and not just fall for it.
Speaker 2:Exactly and he had to apologize. And he was like I'm sorry, we got a little drunk last night and I pretended and people were commenting like no, you look like a CEO, we believe you. Nice Like we believe you, nice. It was very funny, well, hey you got a viral video out of it, right, yeah, okay, moving on, sorry, this Okay.
Speaker 2:So this combines a lot of the stuff we've already talked about, which is like AI and scamming and everything. So a woman in Australia was just scammed out of over a hundred thousand dollars after she fell for a ai generated scam involving none other than brad pitt. So, uh, the scammer used deep fake technology to create realistic images of brad and then engaged a woman in like a personal relationship. He reached out to her and, of course, did the whole like I, I need a woman like you, you're so beautiful, you know kind of preyed upon her. And then, not only this, she divorced her husband, thinking that she was truly leaving him for Brad Pitt, and then she transferred over $100,000 to the scammer through like a third party app that she thought was to help him. She thought that, basically, like the Brad Pitt was in the hospital and needed help and really it was just like someone manipulating her.
Speaker 2:So they ended up getting caught. I think. I don't know the story did not yeah, so I think they caught them. But, yeah, I mean number one is like I'm sorry everyone, but it's not really Brad Pitt or Keanu Reeves Like they're never going to message you. No, you know, and that's another thing that people just have to be wary of is like the chances of a celebrity. Unless you're on like an app like Raya or something where it's like you are matching with celebrities, they're never, ever, ever going to message you.
Speaker 2:And here's the crazy thing. Isn't Brad Pitt worth?
Speaker 1:like a few hundred million dollars, yeah. So why would he need that? Excuse me, yeah. I mean, if he's worth I don't know, I think it's somewhere between $100 and $300 million, somewhere in that range why would he need your money? Just saying you know, and you know it's a shame, and I get it. People look for love, you get lonely, you want someone, and I totally get it. But that common sense thing got to kick in at some point though.
Speaker 2:I know. Imagine the husband too, the gloating or just the retribution that you get after your spouse leaves you, and it's for a pretend. Now you're really left with nothing. It's crazy to me.
Speaker 1:You know, I got to be honest with you. I think the husband dodged a bullet because she showed her true colors.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yep, yep and poor judgment and just like, yeah, that's kind of insane, especially of like all celebrities too. I can see if it was someone that hasn't worked in a million years or like a, you know, pauly Shore or someone like that. Where I'm like okay maybe they're reaching out to me, who knows? But it's like you always have to meet someone in person, at least.
Speaker 1:And you know? Here's the thing Brad Pitt is an A-lister, and if Brad Pitt was in the hospital, it would be all over the news.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So I don't know. I mean, it still amazes me that people still get suckered into these, these love scams. I guess people call them, you know.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was listening to a few different things and I guess there's like Now it's like obviously there's AI deep fakes, but then there's also like just pure using someone, like catfishing, using someone's actual photo like.
Speaker 2:I know that happened to um, a podcast that I like the vile files, which, like nick vial, who's a former bachelor guy and he's a good podcaster, but he has a he had a story like that where a woman truly thought she was dating him and then flew to his house and showed up at his door and so he answered the door and his girlfriend was in his house with him and he answered the door and this poor woman was like hi, are we really dating or not?
Speaker 2:You know, she was so confused and he talks about how she was like really nice and normal. But he was telling her like, like, even if you're normal, you have to admit this is a little bit crazy, thinking that you're dating like a public figure. But I think she was so confused that she she just needed an answer. So she drove to his house and then found where he lived and to me that's just very scary for like sad for her. But then could you imagine just opening the door and seeing someone that they were convinced that they were like dating you yeah, that would be very, very scary isn't it?
Speaker 2:it's really terrifying. Like lucky for him. She seemed like a somewhat normalish human being where she was able to like be sad but move on.
Speaker 1:But many people aren't are very unhinged but you know, I've heard of these scams going on before. They've been going on for a long time, but to be scammed by someone pretending to be a lister is probably a new one for me yeah, every now and then they'll through instagram like I'll get like an account where it's like keanu reeves 36222 and it's like hello.
Speaker 1:You know, I'm like oh my gosh yeah, um, like I said, as far as the husband, I'm so glad he got out of that relationship because, yeah, she showed her true colors yeah, and I wonder I don't know this either.
Speaker 2:I wonder if she will be recovering her money back, like I almost feel like she should pay some like a 20 grand penalty for being stupid yeah, that's, that's true.
Speaker 1:But you know the crazy thing? I would love to interview her ex-husband, because I'm quite sure he is laughing his ass off right now.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, yep, totally, and I think even Brad Pitt knows about this too. It got to Brad, and I think he even is aware of the situation.
Speaker 1:Did he comment on it?
Speaker 2:I think, if anything, he probably just gave some like very PR-type response.
Speaker 1:I bet he was like yeah, okay.
Speaker 2:That wouldn't happen.
Speaker 1:No, talk about crazy stuff. This story right here is actually starting to go viral. There are big box stores now that are locking up everything, and I'm not talking, you know, your high dollar items. To give you an example, I went to go visit my son last year and he lives in a different state and I went into a store. I want to say it was want to say was Target, I think it was, and I have never seen soap locked up before. I mean it was like, I mean stuff like that, real, yeah, really. I've never seen it before. It was nuts, I mean. I've seen other stuff, but so lotion, toothpaste, yeah, yeah, I'm like seriously, yeah.
Speaker 1:And now Walgreens CEO his name is Tim Wentworth has stated that it's actually backfiring on them locking stuff up now they're actually losing money. It's actually backfiring on them locking stuff up now they're actually losing money. And I can see it because, if you think about it, when you go in there first you have to ring the bell. Then you got to wait a few minutes, sometimes even up to 10 minutes, for someone to show up just to open up the stupid case and get what you need. And you know, sometimes you may figure, I know for me. I'm like you know what, I'll just go to a different store.
Speaker 1:They're just serious Right, yeah, yeah. Have you experienced little inexpensive stuff being locked up like that before? Oh my, gosh.
Speaker 2:Yes, luckily, where I live in Los Angeles, in CVS and Target it's pretty much how you said, with just more of the bigger items, like the teeth whitening strips or more of the higher dollar ones, but in Hollywood and more of the higher dollar ones but in like hollywood and more of like the central la. It is same thing toothpaste, deodorant, um, and and I and it's in cbs's and like I, walmart's and it's just I will not. It's such a pain for like the the store attendance and that's a pain to wait for someone and to me it's like such an eyesore that I would really rather just exactly like shop at another grocery store, order on amazon and it makes you i't know. It's just one of those things where it's like we have to stop at the beginning of like why people are doing this and like not make it.
Speaker 2:I don't know Once again, I feel like the penalty should be more for that, so that people don't do it like educating people from the beginning that you don't have to steal, plus making it more affordable so that people are able to like access soap and toothpaste if they need to and you know they don't have to steal those types of things but what's so crazy about it is the security measure costs more than just leaving it open yeah yeah, exactly, and just dealing with some of the theft.
Speaker 1:I know we shouldn't be laughing at it, but it's kind of crazy.
Speaker 2:It is, and I know two people don't want. If a CVS person comes over and I'm still like thinking about what deodorant I want, like it's just, it's like annoying for everyone, for them to have to waste their time and for me to have to do that. It's like we should be able to like look in the aisles and choose what we want.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, because you know when they come to open it they're not really happy. No, no. And then when you open it up and you don't know what you want, they play it off. But you can see on their face like, oh my God.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:We should have a society where people are able to contain themselves and go into a store without taking things. You know, but you know what it also shows too is when you want to implement something, start off with a small piece of the market first, before you make it company wide. Yeah, Because they probably could have figured out like okay, if we lock this up, we're going to lose this much business, which is way more than what we would have lost if we just didn't do anything at all.
Speaker 2:Right, right, I think I also just it was so funny because I was like what if we lived in a society where everyone got like a month of like you know, $50 worth of like toothpaste? And then I'm like, wait, now I'm describing like a socialist country, now I'm describing like I'm like where they give us things. I'm like, okay, I don't want to move myself to like the middle of Russia or something, but yeah, I think it's a factor of people like learning at a young age not to do that and a higher penalty and having these things people being able to like get toothpaste with abundance so they don't have to steal it.
Speaker 1:I mean, you know when someone to me is stealing soap and toothpaste and I could be wrong. I think that's more of a need.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:It's different than if someone come in and they try to steal, let's say, a small TV or, let's say, a power tool or something like that, which is very expensive. I think those are two different things, definitely.
Speaker 2:No, me too, and I wish there was a mixture. I don't know if food banks, or I wish there's places that Maybe there are, there might also be where people could easily go in and say, hey, we're out of toothpaste or we're out of whatever. And to me, if we needed to get taxed an extra $5 a month or something like that to have that happen, I would be way happy for that.
Speaker 1:Oh sure, something like that. To have that happen, I would be like way happy for that. Oh sure, absolutely.
Speaker 2:But uh, yeah, something tells me that um, locking up inexpensive items like that's gonna probably go away pretty soon. Yeah, good, good, I will be happily reaching for toothpaste without having to lock it, um, okay, oh, this next one is kind of weird. But so we mentioned Bachelor before. Now this Bachelor couple, matt James and Rachel Kirk Connell, broke up. I thought they were actually really cute. I think Rachel's like so pretty and I thought they just seemed like a very happy couple.
Speaker 2:I think a lot of people were expecting them to announce an engagement, but instead Matt James posted a very bizarre Instagram post. It was like cryptic, saying that they like you know very biblical as well, saying like heal our hearts. And it was just like kind of a weird cringy slash, confusing picture of them when they first met at the bachelor and then basically just saying like give us the strength to get over our heartbreak. And so people were really confused because they like had just posted together um, a few hours before, but I think a lot of people were saying that they like batch content and you know that might it was a trip from london and they that trip may have been like a few weeks ago, um, but then rachel's sister trinity was commenting on some fan comments saying like, yeah, he posted that three hours after they broke up, and so they. You know, the paint wasn't even dry, as they said, and he was already commenting, and that Rachel was left blindsided, blindsided.
Speaker 2:To me, one of my favorite, one of my things about those two is that, like they, they posted a lot of like food content. You know they would go to different restaurants and try it, and to me it's like they're both so thin and healthy that it kind of made me like feel bad almost, because it's like seeing people eat like pizza and burgers and I'm just like how did they stay so fit? So I'm glad I'll be able to know the, the behind the scenes of like how they're able to eat at like 8,000 different places and like not gain a pound. But that's a side thing, um, anyway, I thought basically the the conversation was like do you need both parties to post an instagram post? And like, how soon is too soon, you know, before you break up to post something?
Speaker 1:you know, there are people that put every ounce of their life on social media and I think it's for some people it's literally their life.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And I don't know. I mean, I got my own thoughts when it comes to the Bachelor and Bachelorettes and all that. Yeah, you kind of wonder how much of that is real versus how much of that is, you know, for Hollywood, as they say, because let's face it in the real world, that's not how you find your better half.
Speaker 2:Yeah, exactly, and these people really like almost Matt James has almost turned into like a food influencer, because I don't know if you're familiar with his content, but he posts like so much at like the best thing we ate at you know, in Canada, the best thing we ate here and there, like, I feel like so much of his content is food now.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and you know that's, that's fine. But I don't know. I mean, you just kind of make it. Now. When they came out with the, with the golden bachelor, I had to hire hosts. I'm thinking, ok, they're older, they know what they want in life. Maybe this one would be a little bit real. And then you know, of course that didn't work out either.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that was like almost one of the fastest breakups, you know, of course that didn't work out either. Yeah, that was like almost one of the fastest breakups.
Speaker 1:That's true. So I don't know. I mean, it makes good TV, but I don't think you should use that as a guide to finding your perfect match, you know.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it's strange too that, like I mean, I guess when we watch people's relationships, we have the sense of like being owed to know why they broke up, because a lot of this story too, people were like speculating that basically rachel gave matt an ultimatum and wanted to get engaged, and it was pretty much like we're either going to get engaged by like the new year or I'm leaving and I guess, like he didn't do anything, but that's also I don't know if I need to know, like in the first 24 hours, why exactly people broke up yeah, and I and I know that they were a little irritated about people constantly asking.
Speaker 1:But here's the reality when you put your relationship um real or fake, however you want to call it and you put it for the whole world to see every step of the way, when it goes south. Yeah, they're gonna still want to know what's going on, yeah, yeah, exactly so it's a little bit too late to go. Well, that's private, no right?
Speaker 2:and I think people are shocked when couples like this break up, who are like constantly posting. But I'm like I think a lot of people also just end up getting more of like a business type relationship where it's like, okay, they have obligations to film at these like 10 restaurants and you know, it's almost like it just becomes. We're shocked but we, we don't.
Speaker 1:We never know what goes on the rest of the time oh yeah, and you know, a lot of times too, in fact all the times, you know, when it's aired they've already taped this, you know, probably months ago. Yeah, so obviously they're, you know, been threatened with all kinds of nba's and everything that they can. Yeah, and the funny thing is, if they're not together, whoever they pick, they have to kind of keep a low pro. They can't really see anyone because they can't do anything that's going to give away ending to what's happening in their relationship.
Speaker 2:But I feel like for now, rachel was the real winner, because what you want to do is what happened, where it's like you want your boyfriend to post such an embarrassing caption that the whole internet roasts him, and then he actually had to turn the comments off because people were like hating on his post so much. So I feel like if that was me, that would give me the slight vindication of like okay, I may be heartbroken, but he looks like an idiot. Every, every petty win is still a win there you go.
Speaker 1:Well, I tell you we're going to end up something Really really funny In professional tennis. It's a woman, her name is Danielle Collins, and she was at the Australian Open and I guess they wasn't really happy with her. She won the match, but she was booed by the fans there, so she decided to have a little fun. I guess they wasn't really happy with her. She won the match, but she was booed by the fans there, so she decided to have a little fun. So she was just kind of like laughing at him, whatever she did, like this, and touched her butt. I'm like wow, okay, and you know, on the podium she was telling him well, you know, blah, blah, blah. If you don't like it, you can kiss my.
Speaker 2:I say this and I'm like wow yeah, I don't know, you think she went a little too far. You think that was kind of fun. Well, it's so funny because when we were talking about the alaska airlines woman that twerked, I was like I feel like I could picture that tennis player like like she kind of did that version of like not twerking, but she definitely did like a kiss, my booty type motion. Um, I thought I don't know.
Speaker 2:I think like we've seen tennis players that are men have such like bad tempers and throw their rackets and be, you know, such hot heads that I feel like even if a woman is kind of acting a little bit smug and, like you know, bold, I think to me it's fine and it's like it's a little bit ridiculous. But to me it's like about time we see a woman acting up a little bit. So I'm okay with it. I'm okay with it, I think. I think if any of us were under the pressure of playing nonstop and having a whole stadium booing you, who knows how any of us would react and you know what?
Speaker 1:I think she took control of the situation because by her kind of mocking the fans that were booing her, she actually took control of the situation because, yeah, by her kind of mocking the fans that were booing her, she actually took control of the situation right, which probably enraged them even more.
Speaker 2:Yeah exactly because it's like, what do you want her to do? Just like slink away and take it. I don't know why. When do you know like, were they just booing her because she was playing against, like, who they love, or because she's okay?
Speaker 1:She beat the hometown person you know.
Speaker 2:Well, it's like. I mean I think that happens all the time in baseball, where people are so crazy and loud against their team you know what I mean that you almost have to just A get used to it. But I feel like a lot of baseball guys, like if they hit a home run, they'll say it to the crowd. You know what's up, or you know. That happens all the time with football players and baseball. So I think it's funny. It makes her look a little bit like bratty, but I think I'm fine, I'm cool with it.
Speaker 1:You know, the thing is, I love the fact that she owned it because you know, instead of her being hurt by it, you know, maybe getting emotional, she's like you know what go F yourself Exactly.
Speaker 2:That's basically what she did, in a nice way you know, yeah, I think a lot of baseball players will do. Yeah, I think of a lot seeing right now where it's like the whole crowd is booing them if it's an away game and they'll kind of, like you know, taunt the crowd a little bit.
Speaker 1:I mean, you know what. It reminds me of the last game of the season, when the Bears beat.
Speaker 2:Green.
Speaker 1:Bay.
Speaker 2:Yay.
Speaker 1:And they did the Lambo leap, oh my gosh. And the fans were going ballistic. They were angry Ah, you know, because they beat their home team and then they're trying to Lambo leap into there, so it was actually kind of cool. I kind of loved it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and don't you think sometimes touchdown, touchdown dances will have a little bit of flair sometimes, where it's like what you know?
Speaker 1:I think it's different sometimes when there's teams versus one individual, and especially when it's a woman, but I think it's funny, oh yeah, now one thing I have to admit when I see it choreographed because I've seen touchdowns when they have a touchdown where they'll get together and they have like these little dance routines, like really Seriously, I love it, I love it.
Speaker 2:I think that must be such good mental conditioning too as like an athlete, to have to go in and visualize yourself winning against like a whole stadium wanting you to go down. If you're in the right mindset it probably helps like fuel you, if it's not going to crush you, true.
Speaker 1:That's true. That's true, but that was cool when they did the Lambeau League. They're pushing them down. I'm like, wow, y'all just going to rub it in huh.
Speaker 2:The Green Bay fans are like ha.
Speaker 1:They were angry.
Speaker 2:Oh my god, that's funny and also like in this instance too, there's nothing more weird than like a bunch of rich angry tennis people Like I'm like ew, I don't know, it's a weird scene and you know the funny thing about it is, Danielle made a comment.
Speaker 1:She's like you know what? I think I'm gonna enjoy my $300,000 at a gym. Yeah, she's really sticking it to them.
Speaker 2:Yeah, good for her though, but she's probably just like I think, sometimes at the top, like how the Williams sisters has some of that kind of bravado. I think it's really cool.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah. And you know the thing is, I wonder how the Williams sisters would have been received if they did that, because you know, when they first started off, you know there were a lot of people that were making some horrible comments about them and stuff like that. Yeah, and you know it was pretty miserable when they first started, you know. Yes, but luckily it got better. But, um, I tipped my head off to daniel. I was like you know what?
Speaker 2:yeah, I want to do this, okay exactly remember like uh, that's way better than remember like a few months ago we talked about, there was a tennis player who was really bratty towards her ball. Was it a man or a woman?
Speaker 1:Oh, yes, remember that. I remember that was a female tennis player, but I don't remember her name.
Speaker 2:Yeah, me neither. But like I would rather that behavior, the other behavior, danielle's behavior, than someone being like such a bitch. You know part of my but like to me. Like that, that's disrespectful. If you're disrespectful about the ball, people and the game, this to me was silly and frivolous.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, definitely it wasn't directed at any one person either.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:This was one heck of a day. Hey, you know what? Before we go, did you watch any of the inauguration today?
Speaker 2:I did, I definitely did. I had a mixture of emotions. Yeah, all I say is I hope for the best for all of us.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I look at it like this Whether you voted, voted for him or not, whether you like him or not um, obviously you want your president to do well, because if your president fails, the country fails yeah regardless of whether they're democratic or republican.
Speaker 2:So definitely I also like. My one thing, too, to me is that, like I feel very welcoming about if to me especially of like, if anyone feels like they have a different gender or a different like I just I hope trans people are protected during this time and I think you know, like to me, that situation gets very murky when it's like you're denying people of who they feel like they are.
Speaker 2:and you know, like I'm not someone, that I don't feel like we need to all have our pronouns like stapled onto our forehead or anything, but I feel like everyone should feel safe to express who they are inside and no matter what.
Speaker 1:So yeah, Well, the reality is, Merle is. To me, discrimination in any form is wrong.
Speaker 2:Exactly, yeah, totally. So that that was weird. I can see if you're a trans person like feeling very erased today and I think that that's not right. But I think we'll have to wait and see and then it will take people to advocate for what's about to happen.
Speaker 1:That is true. We definitely have to pray.
Speaker 2:Yeah, the one thing too. I didn't know, as a kind of somewhat conspiracy person like me, did you see that he's going to release the JFK? I mean, who knows how much of it is actually going to be released? But I saw when the babbling was that he said that he was going to release the files on what happened to JFK and Really.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah. So I mean, who knows, who knows? But a lot of the class, Supposedly a lot of the classified government stuff is going to be blown wide open. But know, I'm sure like there's still some element of like, then everyone's like okay, then that's. Is that going to be the epstein case too?
Speaker 1:you know so yeah, I kind of wondered because of the fact that, even if they release it, is it going to be redacted? Because exactly you've seen forms that's been released and like 80 of it is all blacked out, so you kind of really don't see it anyway, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. So it'll be interesting to see how much of it is actually truly open to the public to see.
Speaker 2:Yes, exactly. So, yep, that was. That was the only part that I saw about. You know, if I felt like, if, if I was a non-binary person or whatever, or someone that felt a mixture of whatever, I would feel. And I feel that way for them too, because it's like, okay, we can target that group of people, but then, even if it doesn't affect you, it does because it can easily we've seen many ways it can easily get to your own group.
Speaker 1:So it's important to be safe. Well, Meryl, what do you have coming up?
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh, I have so much I have. Um, let's see the next show. Oh, for people, actually I'm doing I'm on a really great comedy show. Um, that's all. The proceeds are going to benefit the la wildfire. Uh, like the firefighters and stuff. So that is near the santa barbara area on saturday. So it's in Ventura and, if anyone, I forget exactly where it is.
Speaker 1:I think it's at a winery, but people can just check my Instagram Perfect perfect, and so is there a link they go to or everything is on your.
Speaker 2:Everything's on my Instagram. I think they just like you can just show up. It's not like a winery, but it's actually with like really good people. I'm really excited for the who I'm performing with. They're really really really funny. So, and actually one of the performers is a full-time airline attendant, and so he and he's a wonderful comedian too, a guy named Howard, but he's like famous in the airline world because everyone loves him so much and he's so funny, so it's really cool.
Speaker 2:Nice, nice, we'll definitely definitely make sure that people know about that. Thank you.
Speaker 1:Well, everyone, this was another great episode. Um, as you may or may not be aware, we're on LRTV network streaming channel and also we have our own podcast. Thirsty Topics and new episodes are posted every Wednesday, thursday, depending on which platform, because I'm on all the major platforms, so make sure that you tune in and listen to us or watch us and follow us. I had a great time. I'm Lawrence Elrod.
Speaker 2:I'm Meryl Clemo. I also had a great time.
Speaker 1:And don't forget to make sure you check out Meryl.
Speaker 2:Yay, aw, thank you.
Speaker 1:Have a great day everyone. Bye.
