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From Nicki Minaj Challenges to Fake Nurses: The Dangers of Internet Trends for 8/13/25
From dangerous social media stunts to groundbreaking sports milestones, hosts Lawrence Elrod and Meryl Klemo tackle today's most fascinating stories with their signature blend of humor and insight.
The pair kicks off with a deep dive into the dangerous "Nicki Minaj Challenge" that has already resulted in broken bones and spinal injuries. As they question why these risky social media challenges gain such traction, they explore our collective fascination with increasingly dangerous viral trends despite obvious risks.
Entertainment industry drama takes center stage as Meryl shares her passionate disappointment with HBO's decision to cancel "And Just Like That," the Sex and the City spin-off that many fans believe destroyed beloved characters. The hosts dissect how the show's viewership plummeted and question why executive producer Sarah Jessica Parker admitted to not watching episodes of her own show.
The conversation takes surprising turns through stories about unconventional dating app reviews, Las Vegas casino unionization, and the Vatican's unexpected strategy of employing "hot priest influencers" to attract younger followers to the Catholic Church. Lawrence and Meryl bring their unique perspectives to these cultural phenomena, balancing humor with thoughtful analysis.
Some of the most compelling discussions center around boundary-breaking achievements and shocking deceptions – from Jen Paywall becoming MLB's first female umpire during regular season play to the disturbing case of a nurse imposter who treated over 4,000 patients without proper credentials before being caught. Through it all, the hosts maintain their signature conversational style, making complex topics accessible and entertaining.
Whether you're fascinated by peculiar news stories, passionate about cultural shifts, or simply enjoy listening to engaging conversation, this episode delivers thought-provoking content that will leave you both entertained and informed. Subscribe now and join the conversation about the thirstiest topics in today's culture!
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Hello everyone, welcome to this week's episode of Thirsty Topics. I'm Lawrence Elrod.
Speaker 2:And I'm Meryl Clemo.
Speaker 1:How's it going, Meryl?
Speaker 2:It's so good. How about yourself?
Speaker 1:I am doing fantastic, I cannot complain.
Speaker 2:Yay.
Speaker 1:Yes, we have some interesting topics and I'm going to start off with. Some people may consider this fun or maybe not so fun, but there is a new challenge out there. It's called the Nicki Minaj Challenge and basically what it is. Nicki Minaj, some time ago she had posted herself, you know, standing on heels, you know on her tippy toes or whatever. But what's interesting is she did it on a regular, flat surface, regular floor. Well, in the challenge, people decided, I guess, they want to not take it up a notch. So you got people balancing on weights, people balancing on cans of food or whatever. One person was actually balancing herself on the banister of the stairs.
Speaker 2:Oh, my gosh and I feel like I'm doing this. No way.
Speaker 1:Have you seen this?
Speaker 2:Yes, in fact, I saw that a TikToker broke her spine from this.
Speaker 1:Yep, Yep that's true, yeah, I guess my question is is it really that serious? I mean, do people really want to get on?
Speaker 2:you know get on that bad I mean, I have to admit, when I saw it I thought it was like ai or a trick, because I'm like, how are people even doing this? Like to me, I thought they were sitting a certain way and then like photoshopping stuff underneath them. Um, because I've even I've seen people do it with, like their cats and their dogs. Like I thought, yeah, like one with a cat, and I'm like I think some of them are super imposed on other things. But yeah, the one where, like, the girl broke her back, and then especially the one like nikki minaj, where they're wearing really, really high heels and they're like on a soup can and everything, I just like most of us aren't in circus, la, so I don't think our bodies are meant for that. I, I could barely stand on the curb, so I'm not trying that anytime soon.
Speaker 1:Oh, what's so crazy is, like you said, the person that hurt her back. Another person broke her arm, broke her foot, and I'm sitting there thinking to myself is it really that serious?
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah. No, I don't think it is. I feel like it's just one of those things where, like the mannequin challenge and the stuff that we used to do was kind of stupid. The water challenge was supposedly for charity, so that was fine, but these aren't like. They don't require us to balance on a can and throw ourselves out of whack or anything. You're not doing it right now as we record, is what you're telling me.
Speaker 1:What's so crazy about this, merle, is you would think that most people would look at this and go this is stupid. I would not do this, but for some reason that the stupid the much more dangerous, the much more popular it is, and I don't know why I know, remember a few years ago, was it?
Speaker 2:um, it wasn't baking soda, but there was like a powder that people were trying to put in their mouths. Yeah, it wasn't peanut butter, but it was some type of like sugar or something that people were trying to eat, and then it would like they would choke on it, or just I forget exactly what it was. But that's a perfect example, too, of just like you know what's going to happen. And why would you? Why would you try it?
Speaker 1:oh, it reminds me of the crate challenge. Remember that.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, yes, that was another one where it just looked painful. Oh, and then they were trying to do the Kylie Jenner lips one, and so they were like people were getting their lips stuck in like a jar. This is how we weed out who should be having more than one child, I think.
Speaker 1:So are you going to do the Nicki Minaj challenge?
Speaker 2:No, no, I'm not even going to look at it. I feel like my cans, my soup cans and my marinara jars are strictly for opening and cooking with noodles. They're not for my feet or anything. No, and I saw it. I mean, I hope the girl that broke her back is okay. That's crazy. And it has the moment when she falls and loses her balance. Just weird.
Speaker 1:Can you imagine her at the doctor and they're asking what happened and she's explaining? It was a TikTok challenge.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And they're probably thinking.
Speaker 2:Wow, and Nicki Minaj is just probably Also watching this, being like you guys are just sheeple Because she's probably getting paid for it like a lot of money. I feel like she's not doing these weird things unless she's getting a lot of money or like some weird reason oh yeah, and even when she redid the challenge again, she's on the floor doing it.
Speaker 1:She's not anything.
Speaker 2:Floor doing it.
Speaker 1:She's not bouncing on anything dangerous.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:So it kind of makes you wonder what's wrong with you. If she's not doing this and it's her challenge why are you doing?
Speaker 2:this. I know, If anything, if I had very good video editing skills, I would just do this on the floor, but then I would take myself onto the Eiffel Tower and the videos. I think with every with like CapCut and those types of editing tools, nowadays you don't have to actually do stuff. You could like green screen yourself into something.
Speaker 1:Very true.
Speaker 2:But I think they want to.
Speaker 1:You know they want to take it up a notch, you know.
Speaker 2:I guess I don't think lovingly if my friends are watching. I don't know anyone in my life that I think should do this.
Speaker 1:It's crazy, but I guess everybody wants that 15 minutes of fame, right.
Speaker 2:That's true, yeah, yep. Well, speaking about 15 minutes, that's how much we have left of one of my favorite TV shows, and just like that so we may have to. I almost should have picked this one last because I have so much to talk about it with you, because I just I feel like I could do literally do like a ted talk by myself on this one. Um, so you know, sex in the city was the show and then the spin-off was and just like that now, like I'm a huge, huge, huge sex in the city girl, like I feel like that was definitely I'm the right age where that kind of got me through college and I'm from the east coast, so I always saw these women in New York and like it really did like shape my life and I feel like these characters mean so much.
Speaker 2:And then, and just like that came on and I'm sure you've at least heard, if you haven't witnessed, like they basically desecrated all the characters that we love so much.
Speaker 2:You know, like the first episode starts with her husband dying and ever since then it's just been like some of the worst writing and just like the weirdest characters and and I've just I've never seen a tv show like be so good and then be so bad later on, you know, and they've pretty much like I'm not alone where I know like the the fandom feels, like they've, um, like disrespected the fan, the longtime fans, by just taking apart like every good thing and kind of leaving us with nothing. So that brings, brings us to now, which is just that HBO announced that it's canceled, which comes to a shock, like not a shock to really no one, but I think I think the writers at least thought they were going to get one more season. Supposedly, I guess this was a shock to Sarah Jessica Parker, who I do love, except it wasn't. Doesn't look good for her that in an interview like a few months back, she said that she doesn't even watch the episodes of it. Just like that, like wow.
Speaker 2:And I think it's less about that she doesn't care and more about maybe that she cares too much and that she just doesn't want to watch herself. But all of us are like you absolutely should be watching this, because maybe, as an executive producer, you should see what's happening to, like your brand and your name and everything. And so it said that the first season of, and just like that, got 1.1 million viewers, which is very low, excuse me. And then season two debuted at 460,000, which, like, if you think about that, just TikToks now get like a million views and 2 million views. You know that's so crazy to have such a big show like that.
Speaker 2:And my last little piece I'll say on this is that, like on my end, is that I listened to the companion podcast for this with the writers on it, because I really earnestly tried to like, think, okay, maybe they have other ideas of what they're doing and maybe they're not poor writing.
Speaker 2:But, like, I really feel like the writers are missing the boat and whenever they hear criticism from fans, like on the podcast, they talk about how, oh, they don't like these storylines or they're upset about this or that, but it's like, no, we're trying to tell you that the writing is horrible and I feel like they they're not listening, like they're definitely in their own bubble. Are they the same writers as before? Some of them are, so the showrunner is. And then there's some that are new and some that have been there a really long time, and they seem like lovely people and like they seem like totally nice people. But it's crazy to listen and to hear them say, oh, the people are mad about this and this. I'm like no, you're getting it wrong. You've just created characters that no one cares about. And yeah, it's just, it's atrocious. And I think that feeling is held across the board for all of us fans.
Speaker 1:It almost sounds like there's some creative issues going on behind the scenes. Yeah, yeah almost sounds like there's some creative issues going on behind the scenes. Yeah and yeah, and sometimes and you know, sometimes a show could be very successful and, for whatever reason, somebody has a great idea. Let's take this in a different direction yeah and they don't realize okay, if it works, don't change it.
Speaker 2:if it ain't broke, don't fix it If it ain't broke don't fix it Exactly and like the redhead character, miranda Hobbs, like they just basically turned her into the actress Cynthia Nixon that plays her. And it was so funny because someone wrote like something about how Miranda is so Cynthia and someone commented and said, yeah, we could tell, just write a biography and you should like. You don't need to make this character into yourself. Like one of the episodes truly was like Rosie O'Donnell was a nun dating Miranda. I'm just like you're really like testing our patience here. I'm just like have you ever had in your lifetime a show that you loved so much that then, for whatever reason, it just like tanked to the point of no oblivion?
Speaker 1:I mean, I guess, of oblivion. I'm sure I did. Let me try to think here, because I know there's a few shows that happen that way.
Speaker 2:This is a unique experience. I think I speak for a lot of fans.
Speaker 1:I know it's dramatic, but there's a part of me that is heartbroken over how this whole thing has been treated and, you know, just because you love it so much I know I was taking a look at, um, all the episodes of good time and I noticed that when they and then again a lot of people may not know this show, but but Good Times used to come on, you know, back in the I want to say the what 70s and 80s, I think it came on. So, basically, it was a show about a family living in the projects of Chicago, cabrita Greens, and it was a father, mother with children, you know, trying to make it and trying to deal with everyday struggles, naked, and trying to deal with everyday struggles. Well, when he was killed off the show to me the show struggled. Oh really, the dynamic changed.
Speaker 2:How did they kill him off?
Speaker 1:Basically, they had him go to a job down in Mississippi. He got the job and everything he was doing well. Then he was going to send for the family to come down there and move with him. But then they got a telegram that he was killed on his way home and he crashed into a tree and died.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh Come on. So the back story to that is.
Speaker 1:there was some issues, I guess, with pay and creative issues, so they killed him off the show basically, and you felt like it was never the same after that it was definitely not the same after that, and then how long did it go on for after that?
Speaker 1:I want to say went on for another couple of years. After that there were some dramatic changes where they were actually going on the right path, where the family was finally getting out of the ghetto. They were doing well, but then they ended the series, they ended the show on again, oh my god you didn't have a chance to see them.
Speaker 2:Actually, you know, make it and be successful and at least go in the right direction but yeah, and then it does, it plays with your emotions so much and it's like don't do this to me so yes, I definitely understand that and I thought it was kind of crazy the way we did it.
Speaker 1:But, like I said, you know, writers do things for whatever reasons, right?
Speaker 2:I know, I know, did you continue to watch it the whole time, like even up until the end, like in real time?
Speaker 1:I still continue to watch it. I actually didn't appreciate it until I became an adult, because, even though I did watch it growing up as an adult, I kind of understood a lot of the messaging and a lot of the things that I was trying to teach you as an adult about. Oh okay, I see what they were doing with that, because there's a lot of life lessons in it. But again, when you're a kid, you just know that it's a great show, it's funny, and you don't really get a lot of messaging.
Speaker 2:Yes. Now let me ask you this too, because, like I I love I really do like love sarah jessica parker. Like she's one of those ones that I will like I just will watch movies that she's in. I mean, I really am a big fan but to me, like I don't think there's any excuse if you're the executive producer of a show, even if you are like the main character or you don't want to kind of watch yourself or whatever there's no excuse why you shouldn't be watching the episodes from like a storyline point of view and just like. Yeah, so like I think that I mean I think of her as someone with like really good taste and she has a big voice just in the industry, and I I can't see how she would, in her right mind, like feel like what was happening is actually it like moving towards a good thing yeah, and you know, to say that I don't watch the show and you're an executive producer is not a good thing I know, I know and I understand it.
Speaker 2:Like when actors are like I can't watch myself, and then, well then, then I'm sorry, but then like, don't be an executive producer or you know, like then because your name is on it.
Speaker 1:Let's face it. Yeah, you're one of the people there in charge.
Speaker 2:Yes, and if you're Sarah Jessica Parker, you're very rich, you're very wealthy. You've had a million years of people saying that you're doing a good job. So I feel like you kind of have to get over your own whatever at some point and just suffer through it just for the sake of producing.
Speaker 1:I agree, I agree, yeah, maybe she'll learn for next time, right?
Speaker 2:I know. So people were saying maybe they'll take a spin off or whatever, or maybe Netflix will gobble it up, but it's just like. At this point, though, I'm glad they're putting us out of our misery, because when I was watching every week, I was saying it was my humiliation ritual.
Speaker 1:I hear you Talk about hate. Okay, have you ever heard of this app? It's called the T-App.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 1:All right, I just learned something new myself. This T-App is an app where it's a dating site.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:But what makes this interesting is that women not men, but women post about their experiences or dates that they've had from men they've met on the site.
Speaker 2:Oh man.
Speaker 1:So they could do a green flag like hey, this guy's great blah, blah, blah had a great time, whatever they can, also red flag it, you know, saying that, hey, this guy's a creep, this guy's blah, blah, blah, don't mess with him.
Speaker 2:blah blah, blah, blah don't don't mess with them.
Speaker 1:Okay now my only issue, my biggest issue with this is I can see women abusing this.
Speaker 2:Yeah, if you're angry at a guy, you could really bash him big time yes, yes, yeah, and that could get bad, even if, like someone's your co-worker that you don't like, or if someone cuts you off and pop in traffic and you find out who they are, and you, I mean, I don't know, do you have to show proof about that? Do you think like, how do you prove that you don't like? Or if someone cuts you off in traffic and you find out who they are, and you, I mean, I don't know, do you have to show proof about that? Do you think like how do you prove that you dated someone?
Speaker 1:well, here's the problem is one it's anonymous when they, when they post yeah and the second thing is is that? No, there is nothing verified about it, it's just them putting their opinion in there see, that's what I just don't get is good.
Speaker 2:I know that there's a site that a lot of people use called like are we dating the same guy?
Speaker 2:And it's a big Facebook group, but I know people will post them and then a man, and then they'll say like oh shoot, I did go on a date with him. Or like I'm his wife or you know. They'll say stuff like that. But yeah, it's pretty crazy. But some funny things have come out of it, Like just, I always hear about it a lot and someone, some guy, even just made a TikTok saying like if I go on one date with you, you don't need to post the. Are we dating the same guy? Cause yes, I am dating lots of women, but I don't know, I feel like it's. It's good, I guess, for people to have almost like Yelp reviews as I'm dating, but I could see it getting out of hand. If it's not really verified or how you said, it can be just someone getting revenge or who knows.
Speaker 1:There was one guy who made a post on social media because he was red flagged on the app and what he was saying was and again, we don't know, so this is all alleged. But basically he was saying that he. And again, we don't know, so this is all alleged. But basically he was saying that you know, he was flagged for ghosting. And he's like, well, yeah, I stopped talking to you because the date was over and yeah, yeah, so, no, I didn't call back. Yeah To me. That kind of scenario, Okay, yeah, Maybe he shouldn't have ghosted you, but really do you have to put that?
Speaker 2:I know, and you have to take it to an app, because I feel like all of us had probably had had situations where, like, the way it ended or went with one person is not representative of like how my you know my relationship is now, or anything like that. Also, I wonder what's stopping men from writing about like he's the most best, he's the best guy ever. Everyone should date him. Like they're pretending they're a woman and like you know what?
Speaker 2:that's actually a great point, that's true being like everyone should walk down alleyways with him oh yeah, I remember listening to um.
Speaker 1:I want to say I think it was b96 here in chicago and they used to have this program they may still have it, because I don't listen to radio like I used to where they'll have someone call in and they would have them reach out to the person they went on a date with because, for whatever reason, the person's not calling them back. They go oh no, so the radio station will call this person up. They would identify themselves, as you know so-and no. So the radio station will call this person up. They would identify themselves, as you know so-and-so from the radio station and say hey, do you know xyz? And of course you get that awkward. Yeah, well, you know, you went on a date with them and they never heard back from you.
Speaker 2:No, it's like, oh, like. In that case too, I feel, feel like it's good if you went on a website and, like 25 women wrote and said I got roofied, I got. You know like this guy threatened my mother. You know like, I feel like if there's so many bad stories about a man, then it's helpful in that way because maybe it's saving you time and money. But yeah, not just ghosting ones.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah. But you know the crazy thing, meryl, is sometimes you don't know the whole story, because there was an episode of that on the radio where the woman was the one that called in and when the guy answered and the guy was like I don't know, understand why you didn't, you know, didn't call me back or whatever I said. Well, you kind of creeped me out. I want to say what did he do? He picked up in a hearse.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 1:Why you would buy a car as a hearse. I don't know. I never understood it.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 1:And when he picked her up there was a skeleton in the passenger side.
Speaker 2:What.
Speaker 1:Now, obviously it was probably a fake skeleton, but that's kind of creepy.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's very creepy, and then I hope they did something about her ghosting him with a skeleton and all that stuff.
Speaker 1:Right, they were like whoa, and then it was stuff he was saying on a date and it was very clear. Yeah, there's a reason why she did not want to talk to him Right. But that's a great example of how you need to be careful about judging, because there's always two sides to a story.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, and I do think too it's good. Yeah, yeah, and I do think too it's good. But I feel like that's what we used to have in our communities when we all, just like, lived in the same city and, word, traveled fast where it's like, okay, this guy is kind of like a douche, you know whatever. I don't know if I could say dude, but like you know, he's not a good guy or he's dating a lot of women I feel like the more we just like I don't want bigger cities like New York or LA or whatever it's harder to have that kind of connection, but I feel like for the most part, in smaller towns like you usually just know someone that knows them or you know, meet the person's cousin or whatever.
Speaker 1:I don't know. I guess I'm old school. What happened to hey? If you're single, let's say you're at the store and you see someone that you like. Maybe you're at an event and you see someone party or something you know to me. See dating apps to me, and I'm so glad this wasn't around when I was sick.
Speaker 1:Oh my god yeah, me too me too glad, but the thing is is that with dating apps they can be manipulated so many ways you really don't know who you're talking to yeah, I know, I know, I know, and even sites like this.
Speaker 2:I feel like sometimes people can manipulate the system or, you know, get back at people.
Speaker 1:That's true and you know. You got to ask yourself how do you even know you're talking to a? You know, like if you think you're talking to a woman, you could be talking to a man. Yeah, you really don't know.
Speaker 2:I know it could be like a 16-year-old man writing like he took me to the most beautiful place ever. That's true, I have to say, though, even all my exes, I feel like they would still do a good job on this website. They wouldn't fail, they wouldn't have lots of mean people. Well, that's a good thing, though, yeah it's very nice and I wouldn't write anything bad about them. I would just delete them off of Facebook.
Speaker 1:Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2:Well, this one, I thought, was super interesting. All major Las Vegas strip casinos are now unionized. In the historic labor victory backed by 60,000 members, most of the casinos in Las Vegas now has the largest labor union in Nevada. So let's see it finalized late last year, but I think now they're just starting to, you know, get it all together and this is the first time in the 90 year history where all the casinos on the strip are unionized and this is definitely good in the way that their contracts are now like. This is a good win for housekeeping people, people that work there, and then also hopefully for like just rates of casinos in general, just with like a lot of the private owners. They can't make it like too too, too crazy. So I think this is good for people that own the casinos and also work there, which is, like you know, no-transcript.
Speaker 1:I agree, and you know. The other thing too is there's a lot of side benefits to be unionized because, let's face it, most unions have excellent benefits. I mean excellent benefits. So I think that's a great thing, especially when you're looking at something like Las Vegas that has so many casinos and so many probably thousands of employees. So I think that's a great thing. I really do.
Speaker 2:Me too, remember I was reading this and I just remembered there was like a almost a threat of a strike. Um, it said in 2023 there was a threat of a major strike by over 35 000 hospitality workers, which, which expired contracts, loomed over the strip but then see a last minute deal with caesars was able to help that. Um, I mean that that would be crazy if, like just everyone in Vegas was to strike, and then I think we would soon realize just how important these people are.
Speaker 1:Oh, definitely, Definitely. And you know the thing is, there's so much money to be made there that what's wrong with paying someone a decent hourly wage and giving them the benefits they deserve?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I agree, people. Of course, if someone else understands this, you'll have to explain it to me. Like I'm five years old, but like they said that something about, I don't even know. I don't understand this part, but it says like the union's endorsements among Democrats can signal who has the best shot at winning working class votes. Oh, so maybe that's like, maybe they're thinking, because this happened, this will work in favor of Democrats who could say like see, look, I went to bat for you and I got all this for you. You know I don't really understand that part, but someone smarter than me can explain the theory behind it, but that's no guarantee.
Speaker 1:That's what I realize.
Speaker 2:Exactly. That's not necessarily going to make everyone turn a certain way. Exactly.
Speaker 1:That's not necessarily going to make everyone turn a certain way. And also, too, hopefully the unions do right by them, because most unions are good, but unfortunately there are some bad ones out there. So hopefully this union is doing right by all the employees.
Speaker 2:So yeah, yep, I love it. So does that mean you're going to, or does that make you any more or less excited to go to Las Vegas?
Speaker 1:Well, you know what? I guess it makes me more excited, I mean at least when I lose my money, at least I know that I'm taking care of it.
Speaker 2:They need to unionize all of us spending money.
Speaker 1:That is true, that is true. Well, to keep the hate tour going, I mean to keep the number still going this is interesting Holly Berry's ex-husband. His name is David Justice. He's an actual former MLB baseball player. He was being interviewed on the All the Smoke podcast and on that podcast he was basically throwing a lot of shade towards her. Now, granted, they were married 30 years ago, so this is not recent and he basically said that his marriage did not work because Holly Berry did not cook or clean.
Speaker 2:Oh, my gosh, gosh come on now.
Speaker 1:We could probably talk about this for an hour, but I'm gonna keep it short yeah now, what kind of idiot do you think you are to think that holly berry, even 30 years ago, was a big star, would be cooking and cleaning? I mean nothing wrong with that, right, but the thing is let's just say okay, jay-z married Beyoncé and Beyoncé needs to stop doing her work, stop doing her tours to take care of the house. Yeah or am. I looking at it the wrong way.
Speaker 2:No, not at all. It's like she's one of the hottest actresses ever and at that point too, I would assume that they would have enough money to like she's probably has a house cleaner, it has like 10 chefs and you know like all that stuff. And even if she doesn't, why would she be the one expected to do that like? That's so weird to me I was very shocked.
Speaker 1:First I thought it was fake, but then I did some research and like no, it's real yeah, and's embarrassing too.
Speaker 2:I feel like that's like a very low blow to a woman Like I feel like that's, that's like a very disrespectful way. I feel like that would be her almost saying like oh, he didn't make any money and he didn't provide anything, so that's why I left him, you know which. Maybe that was the case, but that's like a very not nice thing to say.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I guess in that podcast she also mentioned that. You know she should have said something, because people think that he was the one that hit her and caused her to lose hearing in one of her videos.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1:She never did say who did that. She just said an ex-boyfriend and just left it at that.
Speaker 2:Well, that already sounds. If he's mad about the cooking and cleaning, that sounds kind of right up that alley.
Speaker 1:And you know she's also dated stars like Wesley Snipes and other people like that. So she didn't make any reference to who this person is, what they did for a living or whatever. So there's no way of knowing. So to me, if you're this angry, I don't know, maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way, merle, but you kind of point the finger at yourself.
Speaker 2:Yeah, definitely. I think everyone has a right to like. I think if he felt that way, there's a nice way to say it. I'm just like oh, my ideal partner is a little bit more domestic, or you know, like he has a. Everyone has a right to like, wish things were certain way and to really say like, okay, if that's really important to him, he has every right to feel that way. But just to phrase it in a way that like takes accountability for him rather than blaming it on her. And yeah, I just don't understand like the house cleaning part. I mean, she's like rich, so I just don't understand how that's an issue. Just like hire a house cleaner.
Speaker 1:I just don't understand how that's an issue Just like hire a house cleaner. But here's the crazy thing Meryl, 30 years ago she was a big star there. Yeah, yeah, it's not like she just became the star overnight. You know, when you married her she was a big star, a Lester, at the time. That's why I was thinking I'm like you know, is this guy just upset? Is he just throwing out a lot of salt? I mean, what's going on with this guy?
Speaker 2:It seems like he also probably couldn't handle, I guess, because I mean, halle Berry was always mentioned as like one of the most beautiful women, that like women love and men love and everything. So I bet he was really jealous and really threatened because I feel like she was a lot of people's like dream girl basically and could was a lot of people's dream girl basically. Could you just imagine the way everyone's talking about her and then she goes home to a husband that was mad that she wasn't making cinnamon rolls or something? I'd be like bitch, I'm Halle Berry, shut up.
Speaker 1:I was really shocked at the statement. And what makes this even crazier? This was 30 years ago.
Speaker 2:I mean seriously.
Speaker 1:You're still upset about this.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's weird, and and it's for 30 years to go by and for him not to phrase it in a different way to say, oh, like our domesticness just didn't match up, but like I learned a lot, or you know, like after 30 years you should be able to at least pretend to spin it in a better way yeah, I mean, I would think that after 30 years, if someone asks, hey, why did you guys work out?
Speaker 1:just say that, hey, you know, we just wasn't a good match for each other and yeah, it's not for us to, you know, go our separate ways and leave it at that exactly and something tells me she wasn't how you said.
Speaker 2:like she's not sitting around eating bonbons and, like you know, she's not cooking and cleaning and like laying on the couch in her own, like Cheeto does. She's working and I think she probably was busy and like probably flying all around and working out and just taking care of herself.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean one would almost argue is maybe he was jealous that you know, she was so successful.
Speaker 2:Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1:But I just thought it was weird after 30 years.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:You know you're saying all this stuff right now. It's like what happened that all of a sudden, you know you just got this hate going on, where you just want to go out and just tell people what's going on.
Speaker 2:Exactly. It's a good reminder that just because people are some people are really, really, really good looking, they can still have idiot spouses.
Speaker 1:That is so true.
Speaker 2:That is so true, that's why it's nicer to be very average like me. No, but I mean it's always like I think we equate like how beautiful someone is. I mean I'm not trying to be self-deprecating, but, like you know, we're always so shocked when these like people get cheated on or how did this happen? But it seems like a lot of the miserable people are like they're like beyond, beyond, beyond beautiful ones. So it pays to be. We're trying to all aim to be just in the normal herd of things.
Speaker 1:Well, I always say that beauty, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I've always said this and people think I'm crazy for saying this. There is no such thing as an ugly man or ugly woman. The reason I say that is you take a man or a woman, doesn't matter, and let's say it's a man and you line up 10 women, or you have a woman and you line up 10 men. Every last one of them are going to see that same person differently.
Speaker 2:Exactly exactly. That's. What I think I love about society is that some people can see someone and be like ew, and then someone else is like that's my dream person.
Speaker 1:Exactly, exactly.
Speaker 2:Except every man will pick Jessica Alba, which I don't really quite understand, but that's for a different time. That's okay, it's for a different. I'd rather Halle Berry, but oh, this is mine is perfect for the next one. This is speaking of hot people. The Vatican is about to host hot priest influencers who spread the word of God to younger faithful people as the numbers slump. So I thought this was so silly. The Vatican is set to host influencers and missionaries to discuss spreading the church messages through social media and is looking for some help from hot priests. They're looking for over a thousand priests and friars who will flock to Rome Last week and basically they're trying to reach the younger generation. And I mean, I think this is really smart Because they're having some hot people, Including Father Giuseppe, A bodybuilding silver fox From Italy who has more than 60k Instagram followers. This just seems like a reality show waiting to happen, right?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I have weird thoughts going in my mind.
Speaker 2:I know this is a little weird. It's a little weird, but I mean the same way that firefighters are hot and it doesn't make us they're obviously not fighting fires better, but it does help us just recognize them more in the community. I'm not mad at this.
Speaker 1:I mean, how would you feel, you know, a priest? You know, basically like a Chippendale, you know.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Bible everyone we're going to read together.
Speaker 2:Exactly, and I don't. I don't know if that would really sway people. Yeah, but yeah, this is so silly. The caption says that he's amassed a following as broad as his chest on social media, a pulpit where the 58 year old spreads the gospel, his reflections on life and beefy pics. Alrighty, now everything. So I don't know, maybe they're trying to get more modern, which I think is at least good for bringing in the new generations, but then then you should get really modern and like welcome gay people and welcome all types of people you know which I?
Speaker 2:know they do. There's more and more places are starting to, but, um, I don't know, it's so silly. I love this guy. There's another one, a 46 year-old who has almost 500,000 followers on Instagram. He also advocates for rescue beagles and for fellow Italians to adopt pets. I feel like he's using his hotness in a really good way. He's using what he got.
Speaker 1:Whatever it takes to bring in a flock right.
Speaker 2:Exactly. I have to say I'm not mad at this. As long as they're finding out that these people are truly meaning well and not trying to manipulate anything, I'm okay with it. Okay, all right, you're chiseled.
Speaker 1:I'll get you a hot priest calendar and send it over to them.
Speaker 2:Except I'm Jewish, so I'm going to need the hot rabbis. Maybe I'll start one of those things. That would actually be really, really funny having a TV show of just hot rabbis and hot priests.
Speaker 1:And you know what's so crazy. That would actually be a show that would get ratings.
Speaker 2:I know, and then really hot gospel singers. I want to take every religion and just have like that really would.
Speaker 1:You should write that down, because that's an excellent idea.
Speaker 2:I know right, and I guess the competition would be who can convert more people to their religion. It's what God would want. I would watch it. Yeah, me too.
Speaker 1:Talk about interesting people here. This one not so great. There was a nurse imposter. Her name is Autumn Berdisaisa. She was arrested after treating over 4 000 patients without a license unbelievable now there's a whole lot of things come to mind with this story. Like for one, no one really thought about checking.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So basically the way the story goes is this person got hired as a nurse registered nurse and she said she went to the classes she got her license. So she gave them a valid license number of someone in her nursing class. Oh my gosh, that does have a license. Now they have the same first name. But then there was a question as well, your last name is different than on the license. She goes well, I just got married, haven't changed yet. So they're like okay, no problem, show us your marriage license because that is common, that's not a big deal. Well, for whatever reason, fast forward. A few years later she's doing nursing duties, she's given IVs and all this other stuff that nurses do they never go back?
Speaker 1:What made them look into investigating her is she was up for a promotion and they asked her again and they did an investigation and found out that she never did have a license oh my gosh he was arrested for, you know, for a past, you know, impersonating a nurse.
Speaker 1:Uh, I think at the time she was arrested she actually did have her license, she just got it, but I don't know that. There's a whole lot of things come to mind like and I know the hospital doesn't have any comment right now that hired her. Yeah, comment. I mean, what do you think about this, meryl?
Speaker 2:I mean I could see how something like that would pass, could pass through for a while, because it's like I'm sure it's not every day that everyone's like license, please. My other thought is, like how long did she think she could keep this up and what did she think was going to happen at some point, you know? And it's like the longer this went on, just the worse. I also wonder if she'll get tried like 4,000 times. I mean, you know, that's like 4,000 different crimes, basically that she did with each patient, and I bet the severity of it too, where it's like you know how you said she's administering IVs, but who knows what else she did for people, and so I'm sure the level of like what she did goes up and down. But that's just, yeah, that's, that's bad, bad.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but it also highlights too is you know, you think that the hospital or wherever you're going is doing their due diligence? Yeah and to find out that they're not. You know what? If there was someone that did this, that did not have any training whatsoever, and you know, people were dying as a result.
Speaker 2:I know, I know and I just don't understand. Like to me that's just such a slap in the face for all their people that do do the process correctly and it is annoying to have to, I sure, like get your license and fill out all the paperwork and everything. And it's just like that nurse thinking she's above everyone or sneaky is very annoying to me.
Speaker 1:And what's so scary about this, Meryl, is that it's very easy to verify if a person has a license or not.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's just pure laziness. Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way.
Speaker 2:No, I agree, Sometimes I feel like stuff like that in a hospital. They probably just either let it slide or they just see her every day or they just believe her. But to be that long with like okay, you're using a different person's license and you say that you can't change it, that's just gone on. I can see like a week, you know, but then after that you have to find out the truth.
Speaker 1:Oh, absolutely Absolutely, and it's a little embarrassing. I'm quite sure that after this happened, they probably did a massive check on everyone's licenses after that yeah, yep, yep.
Speaker 2:I just don't understand, too, why someone would want to practice on that many people unlicensed, like I don't know. I feel like if you're gonna go big, why not? She should pretend she's a doctor, like a surgeon, why not? Why not just go in the surgery room and be like actually I got it? It's showing a low. I mean, nurses are the absolute best. I love nurses so much. But I'm saying like, yeah, like, if you're gonna, it's like that le Leonardo DiCaprio, like catch me if you can, where I'm like just go rent a plane if you're going to go this big.
Speaker 1:That's true, but man, just to think about it, the only way she got caught is because they looked into her, because they were about to give her a promotion, which is kind of scary.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I know. So then what do you think? Does it say what's going to happen to her?
Speaker 1:Not yet, because I know she was just arrested recently, but I am going to be paying attention to see because I'm quite sure the media is going to be very interested in this.
Speaker 2:Yeah, me too.
Speaker 1:So yeah, make sure you you know when you get your nurses and doctors, just make sure.
Speaker 2:Oh, I'll be asking Even my dentist. I'll be like show me your credentials. Where did you go to school? I want to see everything. I used to always look at that if I went somewhere, like when they have their little things on the wall and I'm like, oh, you went here.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm very nosy, that kind of way too, oh no, that's being safe that's true, but then it's like they could just make it at kinko's or you know. They could print out some, pretend like they could make it on Canva and just give themselves a pretend thing. True true.
Speaker 2:Well, someone else that just got in trouble at work is a meteorologist in Minnesota, just defended himself after he was seen texting his wife live on air during storm coverage. This just happened not too long ago where Nick Jansen was helping KTTC and his weather team track severe weather in the region. Concerned about the severe weather, he began texting his wife just to make sure that his wife and the daughter were safe. At the same time, one of his colleagues was on camera when a power outage cut his feed and then, of course, just as luck would have it, the switcher camera went back at him who he was still texting, texting his wife. So I think this is one of those things too. He wasn't like it was just one of those comedy of errors where he was on and it just because the power cut it went right to him.
Speaker 2:I think when the story first broke, people were saying that he was just like picking up his camera now, the way that you and I you know if we're just doing that he would just be texting. But, um, I don't know, mean I could see something if something's happening in that minute. I think he was trying to tell his family, like, go to the basement and shelter. But I just thought also can't you just wait like 11 seconds?
Speaker 1:I agree, I mean, and I get it, I get it, you want to make sure your family's safe or whatever, but you're a professional and I guess the way I look at it, meryl, is what if you have a quarterback?
Speaker 2:okay, oh, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:He's supposed to go in because, hey, they're trying to get this touchdown and he goes. Hey, you know what? Give me one second. I just need to check, make sure the family's okay. He's probably not going to play, that's true, that's very true, and you're right.
Speaker 2:Like a Broadway star, like if I was on Broadway and one of my friends called me, I'd be like hi, I'm just kind of in the middle of stuff. So, yeah, I guess that's true, where there's some things like an Olympic skater or something you just put, your phone is away and unfortunately, if something happens in that moment, that's just life. The one thing that I think why I could see a little bit is he said that she goes to sleep early and he wanted to keep her informed of the situation before she dozed off. So like I could see that part where if something's happening at night and he's not going to get to see them, then that is important. Just to make sure, like, hey, you guys might be sleeping for the next eight hours. So like just be ready to go to the basement.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, and you know the other thing thing too is the weather section of the news Is really not that long Most of the time and I'm quite sure there's a way you can signal To go to someone you know so you can text it. You know whatever In between that's cool, but you know to be in the middle Of doing the weather, I know you know, hold on, oh the middle of doing the weather, I know.
Speaker 2:You know, hold on. Oh my gosh, I do know this. However, I was so guilty when I did morning radio. I would actively be like I had another freelance job and I would literally be on air and like finishing my other copywriting job.
Speaker 1:But you're on radio, though no one can see what you're doing. I know, I know that's true that, but you're on radio though.
Speaker 2:No one can see what you're doing. I know, I know, that's true, that's true, but still it's like you're very like you're still not present, which I learned my lesson. But even there was no emergency. I was just actively working on something else, as I was giving movie reviews, you know. But I definitely think to me, I think I would probably be guilty and I would be like this guy, but yeah, I don't know, like this guy, but yeah, I don't know. I feel like, honestly, if I was working and there was like a big weather thing, I would probably risk it and like text my boyfriend just to make sure he's okay.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's true. That's true, I can definitely understand that.
Speaker 2:I can understand both of them.
Speaker 1:Well, my last one is a very good one. Well, an octopus grabbed a six-year-old boy's arm at the San Antonio Aquarium. So you have some people that are saying, you know, hey, the aquarium's at fault. You know they should do something. And you have other people saying that this mother was crazy. Why would you pick up your son and let them pet an octopus in the first place?
Speaker 1:yep, the basic backstory is is I guess this is an area where you know you are allowed with a staff member, you know to touch the animals, okay, and I guess she was saying that you, you know he's been there before, he's touched this octopus, and this time the octopus was acting kind of weird and it's like okay, before you finish your story, if the octopus is acting weird, why would you want your child touching it?
Speaker 2:But that's the second point, Right, when the octopus is almost like the length and height of the child itself. So like why?
Speaker 1:would you want him to?
Speaker 2:touch it Exactly.
Speaker 1:And then, when the child touched it, the octopus grabbed it, held it a little tight and started climbing up almost to the point of coming out of the aquarium. So there was one of the workers that came over and they couldn't get him off him, so a couple more came over to help. That's a signal you probably shouldn't have touched that octopus in the first place. Yeah, and I guess they took ice cubes or whatever to get the octopus to move.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1:And there's a bunch of like little hickeys, welts or whatever. Oh so you know he's not like injured or anything, but it's basically like a hickey Just little dots all over.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like little suction cups or whatever.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I don't know, I guess me personally, even if you could, I wouldn't want my kid touching an octopus.
Speaker 2:But that's just me personally? No, not at all. I feel like for the sake of the animal especially, an octopus is not meant to be manhandled by a million people and it probably doesn't like. It's not being bad, it's just that's what it's an octopus and it's being like touched by some weird foreign person and it probably doesn't like that. If I wonder if this is the same one that I keep on seeing on tiktok. That's like actively wrapping itself around a zookeeper too, who's like trying to like she's like it's very nice and meanwhile it's like mingling her by the neck. So everyone's like it's very nice and meanwhile it's like mingling her by the neck. So everyone's like maybe we put this one away. It really doesn't want to be touched by people. And then it would just be so sad because to me, like if it kept going, it might have had to be to the point where they like euthanized it, and I mean that's like also disgusting thinking of like just an octopus being killed while it's wrapped around you.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and you know, the other thing too and I think we overlooked this is that animals get stressed too.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And let's face it, everyone's kid is not very good okay.
Speaker 2:Yep, I know.
Speaker 1:So you know that octopus may have been stressed out by how many people are touching it all the time and some of them acting real stupid. You know was irritating them, maybe hitting them or whatever, and you know, maybe the octopus is like you know what, buddy, I'm going to have a little fun with you today exactly.
Speaker 2:It's like I'm going to cup your face and if that was like a really little little kid, I mean it really could like climb on and like suffocate a kid and just like a lion or a monkey or something like that, that is a creature just existing and trying to, that has no clue what's going on. So I feel like we need to also protect those and leave it into a place where it's like safe and not being touched by a million random people.
Speaker 1:Oh, yeah, because, if you think about it, the octopus is in a tank, so which means, unless you physically go over there, that's octopus can't do anything to you.
Speaker 2:Right, yeah. Yeah, there's one on TikTok, if you see it, where she keeps on trying to be like we're just letting it be and meanwhile it's crawling up her and like wrapping it around her hair and her neck and everyone is like, lady, you don't need to convince us of everything, just step away from the octopus.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but that part kind of really caught me off guard when she says, yeah, the octopus was a lot bigger than the last time and was acting weird, so that's so sad. Yeah, it's probably like agitated and upset exactly, but to me, if an animal looks a little weird, why would you want to touch it?
Speaker 2:I know, because especially if it's sick, then you don't want it being like wrapped around people or having people touch it, and then if it's upset or stressed, then yeah, that's like that breaks my heart thinking. Even though I like to eat octopus, I feel bad thinking about it like stressed in a tank and everything.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, definitely, Definitely, because you know, know, that's not a normal habitat for an octopus, because the octopus roams the, the, you know, the oceans and the rivers, or whatever you know I know, I know I feel bad, like the more time goes on, the more.
Speaker 2:I'm fine just observing like animals, and I don't need to be touching them or, you know, poking at them or anything like that yeah, watching them on tv or watching them through a tank is good enough for me exactly like I. Never growing up, I never touched an octopus and I was completely fine like I. You mean you wouldn't go there and pet the octopus?
Speaker 2:no, definitely not. I would like if there was one that was so friendly and they were like it's begging for it, you know, like like a little eight of his hands to be touched and stuff like that. Like, if it was, if they liked it, I would say yes, but for the most part it's probably like really confused and I don't know I don't blame you yeah, people always like I've seen at the san diego zoo too, they have to actively stopping people from like dangling their kids over the like.
Speaker 2:just different, like the cheetah exhibits and everything Are you serious. Yeah, it's crazy. I feel like there's a bunch of doo-doo heads that, just like you know, wow, yep, okay, I know.
Speaker 1:Interesting, Very very interesting.
Speaker 2:Exactly Well, someone that won't be at the tank will be the first female umpire to referee a game. Jen Paywall has made US sporting history by becoming the first female umpire to referee an MLB game during the regular season. I thought this was awesome. She's 48, and she oversaw. The first game was the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves, and she said I'm aware of the gravity, I'm aware of the magnitude. She said no, I thought this was so funny because the first call that she made my boyfriend showed me was actually like a really bad call and she was like really wrong, which I think is amazing Of course you had to point that out.
Speaker 2:Exactly, we watched it. I'm like I love that. I think that's like so funny, but I'm sure. But it's like, hey, welcome to the game. So I mean this is crazy that her entry came after 28 years after the NBA allowed its first female basketball referee. So that's so crazy that like after 28 years now that's happening and it says the National Hockey League has yet to see a female referee.
Speaker 1:Yes, yes, and you know it's kind of a shame that we're in 2025 and this is a first. You know what I mean.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:And I think kudos to her because you know, know, a lot of these women are opening up doors. They really are. When the WNBA came on board, you know a lot of people really didn't take that league seriously, but now look at it, it's like one of the Hottest things to watch on TV now.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and do you think, like I mean, I wonder, I don't even know if she came From somewhere specific or If there was like an opening for her. Do you think how? Like I mean, I wonder, I don't even know if she came from somewhere specific or if there was like an opening for her. Do you think how much of this basically was publicity versus like she was? I mean, of course she's qualified for the job, but do you think MLB was like okay, this is also part of like a good publicity plan.
Speaker 1:I think it was a combination of both, because you know she went up through the ranks just like any other empire you know, came up from the minor leagues Because you know, in order to be a professional referee, you can't just jump into that position.
Speaker 1:You have to, you know, work your way to that spot. So she paid her dues and everything, everything. And the other thing is there's probably going to be other women that's probably in the minor leagues right now, that we're not aware of that at some point will come up to the majors.
Speaker 2:That's true, and if they're concerned about drama, they shouldn't be, because, from what I already see, there's already so many fights of like you did this, you did this, and then everyone comes rushing on the field. So if whatever they're concerned about like a quote-unquote female it's already either happening or it's just going to get better.
Speaker 1:That is true. I agree. Kudos, though Kudos to having her on the board. There's actually female NFL coaches Not head coaches and not offensive and defensive coordinators or whatever but they are there NFL coaches Not head coaches and not offensive and defensive coordinators or whatever, but they are there.
Speaker 2:Oh, that's cool.
Speaker 1:I just think it's probably only a matter of time before we see one. It may not happen this year, next year, whatever, but I think at some point we're going to start seeing women come up in roles of refereeingeing, coaching and all this other stuff. I think you're going to start seeing quite a bit of that I do too.
Speaker 2:I wonder if they're going to treat her like if they're upset about something, if it's going to be better or worse, and I also I don't want to see the first coach or player that like is mean to her because she's a female, you know. I mean, if someone calls her that, if you're going to be mean or mad the way that people are, you have to do it all across the board and just stay fair and not give a female whatever insult.
Speaker 1:I think, as long as they get past the stereotypes, because one of the big issues with because I know there's some female NBA referees and the big scare about having a female referee because I actually heard people saying this I think it's kind of dumb, but I can definitely see the point. You know, like in basketball, you know they'll pat each other on the behind hey, good job, whatever. Or they'll pat you on the head good job, whatever. And they're thinking that wouldn't be good because you pet a female ref. You know, know you'd probably get sued or whatever yeah, yeah, I'm thinking, but no, it's true.
Speaker 2:So they pet the referees on the buck too, it's like hey, you know thanks, oh, yeah, yeah yeah, I get it, yep and it's like they were scared.
Speaker 1:Like, okay, you do this to a male rep, it's no big deal. Like, okay, I get whatever, but am I going to get sued or something? You know I'm getting a lot of rep. It's no big deal. Like, okay, I get it, whatever, but am I going to get sued or something. You know from getting in a lot of trouble if it's a female. You see what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:Exactly. That's one thing I love about comedy too is that, like when you're like, after I'm done with the show or whatever boys always just know, let like they, they book me the way that, like a normal, you know that, like they don't like hold back, they're not like, oh perfect, you know, but of course they're not about to like we're not about to spank each other, but but also they're not doing that in real life.
Speaker 1:So that's true story. We'll see.
Speaker 2:Unless she makes the worst calls ever, then that would be really silly. If it's like, come on.
Speaker 1:That is true. Well, talk about good stuff coming. What do you have coming up, Meryl?
Speaker 2:Yay. Well, this coming Friday I'm part of a really fun show. I think I've mentioned this before, but I'm part of a show called Horror Nerd, where it's about horror movies and the comedians each get five minutes and we do a set based on like a horror theme, and this theme is summer slasher. So I'm going to be talking about like summer camp and sleepaway camp, all those like slasher movies. Um, so that is this friday at the hollywood improv, the small room there that sounds like that's going to be really good. Yeah.
Speaker 1:It's so cool, cool. Well, this was a great, great episode and, as always, I had a lot of fun.
Speaker 2:Me too. Oh, when someone messaged me, it was either from this podcast or somewhere else, but it was so sweet where someone was like I'd love to come to a show, but I'm by myself and and I also just wanted to say, like people are welcome to always come by themselves I feel like you and I go places by ourselves. You know what I mean Like it's cool to go places by yourself. So if you whether it's my show or something that Lawrence is doing or someone you know like I think, if you're thinking about stuff, it's not geeky, the way that it used to be when we were growing up Like lots of people that I know go to the movies or go shows by themselves, that was actually a nice, nice little post, isn't that so sweet?
Speaker 2:I got an instagram message from someone saying like it was someone I didn't even know and said I like watching the podcast. Um, I think they were going to be in, like maybe they're going to be in san diego, and they said is it cool if I, like don't have anyone to come with? I'm like oh my god that's so sweet yeah that is cool.
Speaker 1:I mean, uh, I want to to share something that someone put a post up. It was actually a reply to one of the one of the posts that that I put up and it was really, really, really, really good.
Speaker 2:It's me Go ahead and grab it here, I think we're all attuned to like negative things on social media that when people are nice, we're like thank you. So much to negative things on social media that when people are nice, we're like thank you so much the reason I'm sharing this, because it really put a smile on my face.
Speaker 1:Let me find it here. Content and this is kind of going a little off script because we normally don't do this, but I thought it was kind of cool.
Speaker 2:I love heartwarming things let's see here now.
Speaker 1:Of course it's taking me a few minutes because it was all in my face early, but now I gotta look for it. That's okay. Let's see here. Oh, here, it is okay. Um, this person put on here great short. Love the channel.
Speaker 2:Oh, I love that. That's so sweet.
Speaker 1:Thank you to that person, and that's very, very sweet and nice.
Speaker 2:I feel like when people go out of their way to say nice things to independent promoters or just to let people know promoters, or even just, or you know, just to let people know that you're even watching, it doesn't even necessarily have to be like a nice thing. I think that just goes a long way, Cause you know, it really does.
Speaker 1:I mean to me, when a person kind of goes out of their way to put that up there, you know, I do like to acknowledge it if I can, because that's actually very nice that they did it, and to actually put it there where other people can see it too. So I'm very appreciative of that.
Speaker 2:I've been even just trying to engage more, even on TikTok, like if I'm watching something and consuming and I'm like, oh, I like that, and I just scroll away. I'm like wait, wait, wait, let me go back and actually show that I liked it.
Speaker 1:So yeah, Definitely Well, everyone, definitely well, everyone. Thank you for watching and um and supporting us and, you know, always make sure that you reach out to us on social media if you like what we're doing, have any ideas or whatever, or, you know, just want to just see our beautiful face, you know that's exactly.
Speaker 2:If you're one of the hot vatican popes, too, I am taken, but feel free to send me a selfie too.
Speaker 1:Well, everyone, I am Lauren Zellroth.
Speaker 2:And I'm Meryl Clemo.
Speaker 1:Have a great day everyone.
