Living funerals are memorial services held for individuals who are dying but still alive, allowing them to share memories, express gratitude, and foster community connections while they can still participate. This practice offers mental health benefits for both the dying person and their loved ones by providing closure and emotional support before death occurs. While some critics argue that funerals primarily serve as a coping mechanism for survivors and that holding them while someone is alive may prolong grief, proponents emphasize the value of celebrating life and creating meaningful connections while the person is still present.
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>> Yeah, exactly. That's why I probably had blocked it out. I just made it until Friday and this is Do You Like It or Not. I'm producer Chris and tonight we are talking about aliens, artificial intelligence, weddings, funerals, and saving your fat. It'll make sense, I promise. But before we talk about any of those stories, we have to talk about how you can join us live.
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First up, we are talking about more proof that the truth is out there, as the X Files used to say, because today the Pentagon released some never-beforeseen files on UFOs that the government had been holding on to for decades. The files are a mix of newly declassified material and things that have already been in the public view.
Some of the video show bursts of lights and objects that no one can explain. But so far, experts say there is little evidence, little conclusive evidence that any aliens have ever visited planet Earth. So, we're going to start off with David in the Zoom room. David, I don't know if you buy into the conspiracy theories. I don't know if you're the Area 51 expert, but aliens, UFO, these UFO files being released by the government. Do you like this or not?
>> I like it. Let's get the information out there and um and see what else people know. You know, maybe maybe other people can corroborate or figure out what uh what it is that's being filmed there.
Maybe there are experts out in the civilian sector that they're um you know, oh that that was my kite I was flying last week. You you just caught it on camera. So uh I don't know. And uh to quote the great Ali G, what do you does you think about the conspiracy theory that says the moon is made of green cheese?
I have no comeback to that at all, but I know that Harry didn't Harry Carrie or was it's either Harry Carrey had one or was it an SNL skit that Harry Carrey talked about the moon being made of green cheese.
>> Chad's in the Zoom room tonight. Chad's got a little green alien right over his shoulder. As a matter of fact, >> yeah. Uh this may seem silly, but you know, we have aliens in our windows and stuff just to let the aliens know that we are friends. Uh, so we come on in.
We're We're open. We We're welcome you.
>> Yeah. I don't know. I don't I want to believe this. I do. I do want to believe that there's aliens, but I don't.
>> You want to believe, but you don't. All right. So, you're just a little more skeptical.
>> I'm not I'm like I'm not saying hard stop. There's no aliens, but I obviously want to see with my own eyes, and I want some proof. But >> So, do you like the government releasing these files of these UFOs, these unidentified aerial phenomena, as they actually call them?
>> Yeah. Keep keep it coming. Give me more.
I want more. I want something better than those blurried photos we got. I want some like real evident evidence.
What do you think we'll have? Do you think they'll even Isn't it weird we have this evidence kind of and nobody even cares? Barely barely. It's like it's it's weird. We have so much going on in the world.
>> Just another day. Exactly. There are people who have been like waiting their entire lives for these files to be released. Melissa, do you like them releasing this or do you think it just plays in the more conspiracy theories or do you think it puts kind of these conspiracy theories to rest?
I personally don't believe that there's any aliens and it is just a distraction from the orange puppets so they can get away from the Epstein piles and high gas prices and rise costs in food and things like that. So this is just a gimmick of his for him to distract people from the real things that are going on. Uh people like me who are suffering right now to barely make ends meet. So no, I do not like it and I do not believe in it.
Okay, fair enough. Drive safe while you're doing both at the same time.
Allison, do you like them releasing files like this? Do you think it just fuels conspiracy theories or do you think it helps put them to rest?
>> Yeah, I'm I'm kind of with Melissa on this. This is giving destructive energy.
Like there's so much more going on in the world that we need to resolve and fix right now. Why would we care about this when gas is five and $6 a gallon?
Like right now this is not something that we need to investigate. I feel like don't release information until you have multiple facts with more answers and more information. So, at this time, if they do see something, this is not the time to release it.
>> All right. Well, Honda on the Tik Tok live chat right now says the aliens are already here on Earth. I know that are there are a lot of people who probably do believe that. I am not one of them.
I'm just every single time we get one of these things where it's like more of the same. Just tell me when they finally arrive. That's, you know, some people would rather go to prison than let someone see their internet search history. But what about your chat GPT history? Would you let someone look over your shoulder and see what you have asked the chatbot? Because this could be the new frontier for relationship drama, apparently. Writer Lindseay Hall says she dumped her boyfriend after looking through his chats. It's not that she uncovered any sort of cheating. Instead, she says she read a past chat titled Relationship Issues and Uncertainty.
Hall learned her now ex-boyfriend had doubts about whether he was in love with her, listing concerns about her lifestyle, her past, her cats, and his attraction to her. Chat GPT even told him to consider ending the relationship first. So, a Allison, I'm going to start with you, Allison. A checking your partner's search history, whether it's chat, GPT, or some other artificial intelligence. Do you like this or not?
>> I I don't like it, Chris, because first of all, you don't know why somebody is looking up something. Maybe they're looking up something for a friend. You know, maybe maybe they're doing a book report. You don't know. So, for someone to have to do that, I think that is a red flag.
>> Okay. Now, two, my second question, using artificial intelligence, using chat GPT, the AI chatbots for relationship advice. Do you like that aspect or not?
I don't like it, Chris. I literally just found out one of my good friends was um using this because he kept calling chat GPT by a name like Roxanna or something like I've got to ask Roxanna this or I've got to ask her that. And I'm like, yo, I'm your real friend.
>> Why aren't you going to this to somebody that doesn't know you? And most of the It's crazy. Most of the things that he told me, like when I would give him advice, he was like, oh, that's the same thing Roxanna said. Well, stop speaking to her and talk to your real friend because chatbTTT or whatever it is might not always give you the real advice because they don't know you.
>> Well, not only do they not know you, but they tend to just reinforce what you already think and believe. That's some accusations. David welcomes our AI overlords, but David, the idea of looking through someone else's search history or chat history, do you like this or not?
I think it's a great idea and shows a lot of trust in uh in in your partner or whoever you're you're checking uh the GPT of. Um but I think this whole topic is a distraction from the record setting job growth, the high uh stock market um uh highs that are hitting today. um all distraction from this. And those who uh and those who claim present things are distractions uh would never talk about the low gas prices a couple months ago, record low inflation in the p past 3 months, economic fabulous achievements, well compared to two years ago where it was a disaster. It's a distraction.
>> It's a distraction. All right, keep it civil in the Zoom room. You know the rules. All right, next up, Chad. Chad in the Zoom room. Okay, same two questions.
Checking your partner's search history, their chat history on chat GPT. Do you like it or not?
>> Uh, I don't like it, but I have no nothing to hide other than today, actually, currently before I asked Chat GPT why my girlfriend Laura is sleeping three hours on a Friday night. She's She's here in the room. She's been napping since 5.
>> And what was the answer?
>> There she is. I think she heard that.
She heard that.
>> Okay. So using it for relationship advice, Chad, using it for relationship advice.
>> I don't dis I don't dislike it. I I don't like it in general. Like there's there's certain questions you can ask like and know facts. You can ask like a factual question about a relationship.
Uh she's doing A, B, and C. Uh in general, what does that mean? Like it doesn't say what does my what does my girlfriend does like? I the general question. I think there's some questions you can ask you can get a good answer from. But in general, no. Go to go to your friend like Allison said, go to your friends and ask them for advice but not chat to BT. It's like a factual thing. What do most people do in this situation? Depends how you phrase it.
>> Okay, that's one way to do it. Freddy, I've also heard examples of people when they're like in an argument with their significant other, both putting their own sides in and then letting the AI chatbot kind of decide who was right and trying to remove the emotion from it. Do you like that aspect of being able to use it for sort of relationship advice?
Can you still hear me?
>> Yep.
>> Yeah, because I'm on a different laptop.
So, so yeah, I agree what you mean by that. So, I do agree.
>> Okay. What about looking at someone else's chat GPT search history?
>> I sometimes don't because I have a friend though, but I sometimes don't look at something like that. But I just I keep my own search history, my own search history of Chat GBT. I have saved >> and every chat I have >> it's everything important in place. So what I have to see is of something what I got or what I wanted to do with it.
>> But I wanted to type it professionally.
>> Uh every time I look back through my own chat GPT history, I just feel a little bit dumber to be honest with you wondering why I used it basically as a search engine instead of just looking it up for myself. All right. for the relationships that work out unlike that past one. Let's talk about a new wedding trend now because this one involves couples treating their wedding cake like a birthday cake. One Tik Tocker says she and her husband decided to blow out candles on their wedding cake, considering it a show of unity and equality. And like blowing out candles on a birthday cake is a celebration of life, she considered it a celebration of the start of their life together. So Melissa, candles on a wedding cake. Do you like this idea or not?
>> I'm going to have to agree with Marina when she said earlier about who the hell wants to be spitting on wedding cake when you got to be giving it, you know, giving it out to people during a after a ceremony. I I don't agree with this. Um c keep candles, you know, where where they belong. Um for a marriage, for a wedding ceremony, no, absolutely not. I I I don't want nobody hovering over or people thinking, you know, especially those germaphobes that say, "Oh, I don't want no cake because she spat on it after she blew the candles or they blew the candles off." So, no, keep them off.
Nah, it's not a good idea. Hell no.
>> Okay, fair enough. Allison, candles on a wedding cake. Do you like this trend or not?
>> I think if that's for the couple's originality and for a special meaning to them, that's fine. Um, but like Melissa said, we won't be spitting on the cake.
All you have to do is get yourself a nice little And that's all you need. Blow it out like that, Chris. Just don't spit on the cake.
>> Yeah, that's that's a great idea. As a matter of fact, David, the idea of putting candles on a wedding cake. Do you like this or not?
>> Um, never seen it. Um, so I don't know.
I'm always always willing to give Well, I'm willing to give most things a first try. So, if uh if the couple's into it, make a big bonfire of it. make of a make a big uh a big scene out of it. I think it'd be cool.
>> Yeah, I I I don't hate this idea. I've also seen Chad couples who mark their wedding anniversary as like their wedding birthday instead and they keep their like first date as their anniversary.
>> Got it. I actually don't mind this. I rather blow out candles and smear cake in each other's face. I hate that.
>> I agree with that, too.
>> That's dumb. And you just get all dressed up all and have look pretty and you smear cake on each other. That's silly. Uh, but I guess a candles could light up your wedding dress, too. But, uh, I don't hate this. Yeah, that's good.
Whatever you want to do on your on your wedding, it's your day, right?
>> Yeah, it's your day 100%. I agree. But I do also agree that the uh the cake smashing is like the number one red flag going into those relationships. But that's just me. All right, let's go from weddings to funerals now. But we don't want to be a buzzkill because more and more people are choosing to not wait until after they pass to host a celebration of life. We're talking about living funerals. The Washington Post wrote about them recently. That's when you have a memorial for someone who is dying before they are gone. Supporters say living funerals are an opportunity to share memories and say goodbye.
Experts say they can have mental health benefits for both the dying and those around them. They can also foster connection and community and offer a sense of closure. So Allison, the idea of a living funeral, do you like this or not?
>> Love this. I love it because for one, you get to bring people together and see them being happy. And like for for parents like myself that have multiple kids, one thing we love is to see all of our adult children bond and get close together. Or it could be a connection with two people that might have had some issues, but they're getting together just for the dying person. Or maybe you want everybody to come together and hear them say nice things about you or what they appreciated about you while you were here. So, I love it.
>> You like this idea, Melissa? Do you like the idea of the living funeral?
>> I don't I do. And the reason why is because I I've shared with you before where, you know, if anything were to happen to me, I want people to know that, you know, I was always laughing. I was always, you know, cracking a joke here and there, I want people to remember me, you know, for the person that I was and everything that I shared and the the time and the sacrifice and the, you know, crisis situations and things that I handled even when I couldn't take care of my own self. what I put forth to help others.
Yes, I would definitely love something like this if I knew that my time was coming. Um, I definitely would do that.
And I'm sorry I'm emotional because, you know, I just lost a friend and he literally was just hanging out with us the day before and to come to find out hours later he passed away in his car.
So for for me it that that hits hard.
That hits hard. So I'm definitely with this. Yes.
>> Yeah. And I mean, obviously the one caveat to all of this is unfortunately Chad, you have to know your time is coming, but the idea of the living funeral, do you like it or not?
>> I do like it. And there was a curb your enthusiasm episode about this. It was really fun. I forget the premise, but it was I remember it was really funny.
>> I know because Jim mentioned the exact same thing that Albert Brooks was.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Right. Right. I I like it. I think it's a good idea. But wait, if you have a living funeral or living Is this like an Irish wake? What's an Irish wake? Do you know the difference?
>> I think Irish wake is where you just get kind of obliterated and you know celebrate the person's life. I have seen >> uh you know and and I'm I'm basing this solely on the wire but sometimes the body is there as well while you're getting >> I think I think you're right that what so if you're I think it's an Irish wake with the person alive and if you have a living wake though do you need one after they're gone? So I will say in the article some of the people who had hosted these living funerals did not have anything planned after they passed away. So this was it.
>> This confirms my my like of this.
>> Okay. David, the living funeral. Do you like this idea or not?
It's not the worst idea I've ever heard, but I'm generally against it because um one of the things that I learned after having lost a loved one and and doing their funeral is that I went into thinking that funerals are about paying your respects to the person that's gone.
And if if you think that's what it's about, then having a living funeral makes sense. But what I learned is uh a funeral is uh just as much and probably more so about the survivors coping and and learning to and coming to grips with what what's happened and starting the process the grieving process to move on.
And if you do that, you can't do that while the person's alive. You're only prolonging and and the suffering for the people who are losing the loved one, you know. Um, so that being said, uh, there is, uh, there is that one exception. I know we talked about this many months ago, Chris, but that scene in the movie Serendipity with John Cusack and Kate Beckansaw where Jeremy Pivven gives the, uh, gives the eulogy to his friend who's still alive and well, and it's it's a touching moment in the movie, you know, so I guess it could be done really well.
>> I think it could be done really well, too. I agree with you on both aspects.
And I do think there is something to be said about giving people their flowers while they're still around to appreciate it and not waiting. You know, it could just be as simple as telling someone what they mean to you and why they mean so much to you while you have the opportunity to do it. Freddy, the idea of the living funeral, do you like this or not?
living funerals. He said, "Oh, um, never heard of living funerals, but I could tell that living funerals could be sometimes like if you're in a funeral ceremony to understand if someone who died that could be the reason."
>> Mhm.
>> Oh, it happens that way.
>> Keep the comments coming on all the stories we have talked about so far and thank you to everyone for sharing on that one. Coming up next, the new plastic surgery trend focused on the future instead of the past. We're going to talk about it. We'll be right back.
Welcome back to Do You Like It or Not on this Friday night. I told you we might have someone stop by, join us live, and of course, Final Five host Jim Lo is that special guest Friday night. I appreciate you swinging by.
>> My pleasure.
>> We were just talking about um some different topics here. the blowing out candles on a wedding cake. Do you like this or >> not? I think it's a great I'm honestly I'm not a sentimental one. I'm not a romantic type, but I like the idea. It's fun. I I know that there were Okay, go ahead.
>> Oh, I was going to say and I'm not a germaphobe because a lot of people were really uptight about the spitting.
>> That's what I was thinking about and I never gave it thought until co and then during co you're like am I going to pinch the candles out or what? But I think we're back into >> Yeah, >> we're back into uh just view. Shout out to all the comments from West Virginia Ben and everyone else in the YouTube chat. We also learned during that chat when I read over those comments that Laura had taken some medication which Chad that's why she was passed out on your couch and now we know. Thank you to everyone for sharing. All right, next up. Most plastic surgery procedures are focused on the past, aka looking younger, more youthful. However, >> this new trend is focused on the future because we're talking about fat banking.
The New York Post took a closer look in a recent article. Basically, it boils down to cosmetic surgeon saving unwanted fat removed during lipos suctions, then freezing and storing it. That way, it can be used in future cosmetic surgeries to help plump whatever body part the patient is hoping to enhance. So, Jim, saving some fat for later. Do you like it or not?
>> I I mean, I don't think this is something I have to worry about because it'll just always be with me, period.
But when people were getting the bal fat, >> yeah, that was my first thought, too.
>> But they were getting that done. You can't I don't think you can you can reinject it or it doesn't regenerate.
>> But I guess maybe you can you can fill in the blanks >> with that.
>> I think a few a few recent celebrities who had had that done might want to consider.
>> It's bad fat banking.
>> It's bad.
>> It doesn't look great when >> men of a certain age lose weight and it all comes out of their face.
>> You want to name names?
>> Uh sure. Al Roker. I love Al Roker. But he lost a lot of weight and the first thing that happened was he his face.
>> Yeah, but he did lost a lot of the surgery. He didn't. But I'm just saying in general >> when it happens. Sure, I'll name some more names. Adam Lavine.
>> Yeah, five man. What did you do? You were one of people's sexiest men alive.
>> Once he lost the c once Kmart went under and he lost his clothing line, it was all all >> and he started DMing Instagram.
>> Oh, there's that, too.
>> Chad fat banking. Do you like it or not?
And welcome, Laura. I we we actually were discussing this the other day because you know both of us we're into fitness and we work out and we try to like maintain a weight and but we're noticing that as we're getting older the fat that comes off of us is like coming off of our faces first.
>> I actually like this idea.
>> Well, it sounds like a something that billionaires do. We're I'm not going to be able to afford to do this. Honestly, >> some lipo section we can put in the fridge.
>> She has a PhD. You can do that. No, but I we can try.
>> This does sound like something that >> got biohacker Brian Johnson do.
>> Oh jeez.
>> Help solve the ozic face that people are having now.
>> That's exactly that's exactly the sort of thing Melissa's shaking her head violently as she drives. Melissa fat banking. Do you like it or not?
>> Hell no. Listen, I had a back transfer um when I lost some weight. I I wanted to do it because I when I lost a lot of weight, I completely lost my butt. So, whatever little bit of fat that I did have, I transferred it over to my butt and within six months, >> it literally died. It died. So, can you imagine taking this out of your body and then storing it, freezing it, and then having to put it back in your body? What the hell are people thinking? Cells are not going to regenerate. fat is not going to live. If you're doing it now, when you're doing a fat transfer, imagine how much worse infections um you know, a deterioration will happen if you store it and freeze it. Where the hell are people getting this type of mind frame? I really don't understand or comprehend this. I lost my butt again for the second time. I probably will never ever do that again. I probably will never be able to afford it again.
But this is absolutely an insane and stupid idea. I'm sorry.
>> All right. I and I understand why you would say that. I'm also slightly fascinated by the forethought that goes into this of being like, you know what, suck this out now, but maybe later there will be some other procedure that I want where I want it back. So, just have it on standby.
>> How much does it cost to store it?
>> That's a great question, too, because that's where they probably get you. They give you a great deal on the removal, but then those storage fees add up quickly.
>> It's like buying an HP printer. You know, the printer's cheap, but the cartridges will cost you. Yeah.
>> And then they last one day. And also like me, I mean, I had a storage unit for like 10 years that probably cost me $10 to $15,000 and then when I went to empty it, I threw everything away.
Nothing in there did I need.
>> I just want to point out Melissa is still shaking her head at this one. And I thoroughly appreciate that, Melissa.
>> Exactly. Because I make terrible, terrible decision. Allison knows that.
Alison, thank you fat. Do you like it or not?
>> No, I don't like it. To me, this is like the same vibe as Amazon subscribe and save. It's like they want to sit there and have it so that to make you come back and do something else again, like giving you more bad ideas. But like Melissa just gave her testimony, there are so many things that don't work. A lot of times the physicians don't want to tell you the the negative medical portion of what's going to happen.
They're more into, oh, let me just make you look good and get some money by not telling you what's going to go wrong.
So, I don't like this.
>> Yeah, I I agree with you guys on this one. All right, finally, some bad news for me. And Jim, I know you guys talked about this story last night, but we ran out of time. There's a push to ban pre-flight drinks on early morning flights. And this comes courtesy of the CEO of Ryan Air, which if you don't know is a European budget airline.
>> How budget? Let's talk about how budget they they're like the spirit of of Europe.
>> They are. But you also if you if you follow these sorts of things like I do, this is the airline that like every guy getting a hair transplant travels on.
And so it's just like a row of bald men on every single flight if it's going to Istanbul. Anyway, he says the airline has to divert at least one flight daily because of intoxicated flyers. He says he doesn't know why people need to be drinking at 5 and 6:00 in the morning.
Oly says airport bars should have the same hours as regular establishments and airports should limit drinks to two per person. So no more sunrise mimosas.
Okay. Do you like this or not?
>> Uh don't like it. I think let people make their own decisions here and make their own bad decisions. I guess I I enjoy I'll do one drink before the flight to take the edge off a little bit to just kind of lull me into some comfort. But um I have seen people abuse the >> abuse the privilege.
Is there any hour that's too early for you when it comes to an airport?
>> Okay. Uh I was when I worked in Boston, the you could not order a drink before 8:00 a.m. for the longest time. Okay.
So, I felt like, okay, that's that is called balance. You wait I'm done with the workday. I because I did the early morning show. I got my Bloody Mary and my oysters and then I got on the flight.
>> I love that. I love that. I don't have any strict rule about anything being too early, but I was in San Francisco one time and it was 5:45 a.m. and I was like, "Oh man, I have to wait until 6:00 a.m. for them to open." That was kind of a disappointment. But I also have a very strict I tend to try to keep it to one as well, but mine is more because I don't want to have to constantly pee.
>> These are things you have to worry about when you hit 40.
>> Yes, 100% accurate. Thank you to everyone who joined us in the Zoom room tonight. Thank you to everyone watching on Fox Local and Fox 5 DC's YouTube page. We'll be back at 9:00 with Tony P for the Live Zone Prime Time. Fox 5 News at 8 coming your way next for producer Jim. I'm producer Chris. That's the other gym. Have a great night.
>> Thanks, Jim.
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