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JOSH JOHNSON / ASHLEY GAVIN — The FBI is Burning Evidence & Corruption is Everywhere | WNWY #59Added:
Now, WNW1 reports across the globe from What's News with You with comedians Josh Johnson and Ashley Gavin. And you, our reporters in the field, what's news with you?
It's hard to accept the fact that the thing we watched online didn't actually happen to us. So, it's like when you see something online that makes you mad. It made you mad, but it didn't even happen to you.
>> Yes.
>> It happened to you because you had to watch it or because it was sent to you and then you watched it, but a lot of times you made yourself watch it. Like sometimes you clicked on a thing cuz you were like slightly interested. Then it made you mad, but then the thing that made you mad, it's still maybe a video about something that happened to someone else. So, you're furious, which >> I think I think uh that's where like sympathy and empathy come into play.
Sure.
>> But so often the people who are mad about stuff are mad about a thing that didn't happen to them, didn't happen to anyone that they know, and they don't know anyone who does it.
>> Yeah. Yes. I mean, that's the thing with this online.
It's secondhand, you know, like even if the thing is true, it's true in that person's eyes. Like the the there's going to be tiny things that don't totally line up, you know? But yeah, exactly. I mean, that we were talking about people being mad about trans people essentially when they don't know anybody. And I feel like I see stuff online that you can pretty much tell it's a straight up lie. Like the one that I saw >> and these drive me crazy and they only go into my threads because and I try not to engage with them but they they rage bait so well, you know.
>> You comment? No, but I want to cuz someone someone will tweet something like uh how would it make you feel if there were a trans woman in the in the women's bathroom and uh I'll see some MAGA person be like that happened to me once but it was okay cuz I I uh kicked them out so fast and like this whole thing and I'm like I don't believe that that happened to you.
Like I the way you're telling this story, I can tell >> if you tried to kick >> any other person >> Yeah.
>> out of a bathroom, >> the scene that would have exploded in that bathroom >> Yeah.
>> would have been So there's no way someone's not pulling out their phone at that [ __ ] >> It would have It would have potentially made the news.
>> Yeah, it would have made the news. And because you're trying to get someone out like like take take even uh any sort of like uh gender or sexual orientation out of it. Let's just talk about people fighting.
>> Yes.
>> Someone is full of piss.
>> Yes.
>> Someone is so full of piss that they had to go to the bathroom and you're trying to make them leave the bathroom before the piss is over >> and and they're going to say, "Bro, I just want to go to the [ __ ] bathroom."
>> Yeah.
>> And you're not going to back down after that. There could be a full-blown 7 foot, 300 pound bearded man in the women's bathroom. First of all, that doesn't really make me uncomfortable unless he's like looking like he's going to start a fight.
>> I truly it wouldn't. I'd be shocked. I'd be like, "Hey buddy, what? I think you might be in the wrong bathroom." That's what I'm going to say. I'm going to go, "Hey pal, I think you might be in the wrong bathroom." If he said to me, >> "Shit, I just really got to pee."
>> I'd be like, "Get in there. do what you got to do.
>> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I feel like the the way that people uh present these things so that they can have some like anecdotal evidence that it happened is is uh it's very wild because it's like those Twitter accounts that almost every time they're not black.
like whenever it's like the the like the like MAGA black guy and it's not front-facing because there are there are black people in in MAGA and stuff like that, but I'm talking about the people who are like, "No, that video that that Trump reposted of Barack and Michelle isn't racist and blah blah blah." Like, like that person, not frontfacing, just the avatar black person is almost never actually black cuz they keep getting outed. They've been out basically since Trump first ran. They've been outed every year. One of those big accounts gets outed as like a white guy pretending to be black online. And the one of them got outed in a way that was so funny because he was clearly like tweeting on both accounts at the same time and then he accidentally tweeted what he meant to put for the black account >> on his account.
>> Yes. And so it was it's literally like when you're texting two different people and you sent the wrong text cuz then it was his account >> as a black conservative >> as a black conservative man and people were like what is this?
>> And then he was like oh uh typo uh y'all never have typos.
>> Yeah. I when I and when I was I was just reading it and I was this I was like typing out the [ __ ] I was [ __ ] typing and I was like don't >> the other reason not to do it is because a lot of like this is >> well could be a bot could straight up be a bot.
>> I was just about to say that and the fact that like look this this is what I find crazy. Um, you you even get a sense that this isn't true through like online debates, but then you have to remember that in order to engage in an online debate that gets videotaped and like put out for the world, they had to find these people like it's casting now.
Yeah.
>> Like debates aren't representative of how many people believe the thing. It's like what freak show can we gather that that like allows us to think that there are actually more people that think the moon isn't there than people who believe in science.
>> Yep.
>> So then they'll get 30 people who are like there is no moon and because there's 30 people >> versus one person who's like guys there's clearly a moon. Did you not see it? Like no that's a projection. That's projector. a projector. Shoot that up every night. There's no moon. Stop talking about the moon, dog. Y'all y'all are out of your minds with all this moon talk.
Nobody No, nobody nobody serious >> actually thinks there's a moon.
>> We got to go back to the days where someone had to be brave to behave like that publicly.
>> You You've been to college and you think there's a moon.
>> College failed you. All right. your professor, your your professor, they profess lies and they lie to you about there being a moon. What kind of college you go to? Moon school? Stop. Stop playing. And so then you are watching this and you're like, "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. This many people don't think there's a moon." Turns out that whatever this group is gathered the only 30 people that don't think there's a moon. Yes. put them all in one room versus one person who's actually like one of the one of the things that feels so brainbreaking about being in these situations whether it's live or in like like uh live on for the person that's being taped or in person person to person is that sometimes someone says something to you that is so dumb you haven't even thought of a way to counter that argument because it's never been an argument you've considered. So, it's it's like how they didn't have laws initially about a thing until someone did it and then they were like, I guess we should make a law >> that you can't [ __ ] sheep >> that you can't you can't.
>> We didn't think anybody would. Yes.
>> So, we didn't say anything about it.
>> And now there's a dude who's in love with this sheep and he's bringing it. It's freaking everybody out. The sheep doesn't seem into him. And so now we have to now now we have to make a law that like and and it should just be because you know >> it's called Gary's law.
>> It Yeah. is whatever whatever it's like a name you're like he was the only one doing it.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Exactly.
>> Whatever whenever it's Derrick's law it's like >> all right >> Derek was a menace to society.
>> But yeah we need to go back to a time where these people couldn't find each other. They couldn't gather. Now the algorithms are too strong.
>> The algorithms are too strong. They're bringing together the 30 people who don't think the moon is there. And not only is the algorithm strong, it's it's like we >> So, >> well, we prop it up when we're like, you [ __ ] idiots.
>> Yes. Yes. Yes. So, it's like it's like the the the two things that feed the fire are attention and the fact that like rage bait will get somebody going more than something positive.
>> Absolutely.
>> And so, I don't know.
>> Sorry, I think one of your cat's hairs in my mouth.
Are you okay?
>> Here's the thing. Here's the thing. A hair in your mouth. Okay.
>> The worst.
>> A hair in your mouth is the worst because there's a second where you're like, "Did I swallow it?"
>> Uhhuh.
>> And I don't think I did. I think I got it. It felt like I got it off my >> You have a long hair in your mouth.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. And you're like, "Oh, >> yeah.
>> Uh >> oh.
>> Bad." Um, and so, so I I just I worry that one, it could be a bot, and two, it could be me engaging.
This is if I comment, it could be me engaging with like one of the few people who even believe that thing. And and when you put people in a room together, and I know this because we are not like uh actively having local battles all the time, like like sure there's gang violence, but it's like gang violence is is >> people aren't out in the streets screaming at each other about the moon.
>> Screaming each other about the moon and then starting huge fights about it like like actual spilling into the street bar fights about it, right? And so so my thing is you you look at all the conflict that's like local, right? And a lot of it is like has like like socioeconomic beginnings to it. Like it it has it has reasons that are outside of just the people in that uh conflict, right? And then you see what the internet projects all of us to be to each other and it is consistent war.
>> Yep. And so it's like like ju like just just according to like the boxes we check, we shouldn't be friends according to the internet. Yeah.
>> You know what I mean? Yeah.
>> And so and so >> I try not to engage with any of that stuff because I'm like >> it doesn't help me. It makes me think we live in a worse world than we do. Like the world, don't get me wrong, the world pretty bad for a lot of people. I would even say most. But at the same time, it's it every bit that it gets better doesn't get the same amount of broadcast as like% like, you know, CNN's not going to report on all the planes at night.
>> No one's out there. Exactly. No one's out there fighting about the moon. The reality of women in trans bath or sorry, trans women in women's bathrooms causing problems. It's like [ __ ] zero.
>> You know, it's But yeah, the if you just went based on what the internet was telling you, >> you'd think it was absolute chaos out here. And that's why so many people I got this all the time when I was doing Carnival Cruise Line all the time.
People would come up to me and go, "New York, pretty corrupt.
I would never go there. Pretty corrupt."
I'm like, "What are you talking about?"
Like, what does that actually mean to you? Yeah.
>> Because are you talking about I'm corrupt? Like, who's corrupt? Who and how does that affect me on a day-to-day basis? Who's embezzling that? That's gonna [ __ ] That first of all, isn't it embezzling in your state?
>> Well, that's my thing. It's like it's like I Okay, it's funny because it's like look, I hear you. There's literally like like uh I don't know if you saw the thing that just happened where Manny tried to fight it and everything, but the uh basically one of like the slum lord private equity um uh like funds that owned a bunch of like a capital that owned a bunch of buildings in New York filed for bankruptcy. even though they were making money, they filed for bankruptcy on the rent control places and and sold themselves to a different fund, like basically kept everyone in the same situation. And it's like that that is that to me is like a massive level of corruption because their their plan was to uh ruin the housing so much so that everyone moved out so they could renovate it, so they could turn a profit, right? And that to me is like >> to me that's a very corrupt thing. And it means that New Yorkers lives are worse for it. Right. But I don't know if you've been to Louisiana.
>> Right. Right. Right.
>> There's a reason that we we couldn't read.
Do you know what I mean? Like like reading is like one of Louisiana reading is like one of the lowest in all the US.
That doesn't happen by accident, >> right? And it and it also isn't it's it's indicative of like the culture war battles people fight so that they can get fleeced because then you know we're over here fighting about whether or not the ten commandments can be put in the classroom. Like they're literally like taking votes whatever two years ago about it. Uh if the ten commandments should >> still going on in some states actually.
>> Yeah. If the ten commandments should be put in every classroom. Meanwhile, one of one of the like state senators was like, "They can't read it."
>> Yeah.
>> That's the biggest issue.
>> Yeah.
>> Yo, we can't read.
>> Yes. I But even still, even with all that you described about like people like that, I'm like, you're staying at the Marriott in Time Square. You're going to the If you visit New York, you're going to the Eminem store. This stuff barely [ __ ] affects you.
>> Yeah. Yeah. It's like, yeah, you're you're really not uh in the thick of it.
>> Yeah, exactly. It's >> in the way that when you go home to Tennessee and there's like like Tennessee, Kentucky, all these states where there's like private prisons that are basically engaged in like literal modern-day slavery that's being outsourced to big companies. It's like that that thing is corrupt.
>> Yeah. Also, like you're what are you going to do? You're going to get home and be like, "The Michael Jackson Broadway show was really great." You know, like you're Yeah, you're not going to be like MJ on Broadway and >> it's like, oh, I hear you. I hear you.
It stinks. It stinks. There's There's It's stinky. But a lot of people are here. It's going to smell. If people are here, >> it will smell. I don't know what to tell you. Like some like I depends on which friends, but I have friends visit me.
Some of them can't get over the smell.
And I totally get it because I understand where >> Oh, you mean the literal smell. I thought you meant the smell of corruption.
>> No, no, no, no, no, no. The smell of corruption is actually very nice. Smells like sandalwood.
>> When you when you >> tidy and tobacco >> when you go into an office and you can tell something evil happening, you're like, "Guys, this is actually very nice."
>> Yeah. No, this is incredible. Did y'all Did y'all like close the school? Cuz wow, >> the smell here is amazing.
>> Um, but yeah. Yeah.
>> This I I hate to say this, but this sounds like actual news that we're talking about.
>> I think we've forgotten.
We we Here's the thing. Here's what I'm going to throw out there, right? The the Mamani housing thing was incidental. That was that was part of a bigger point and it was only brought up off of your corruption thing as an example. I was not engaging in in in real breaking current news.
>> It feels like you're just going back to your old ways again, Josh. And it feels like you're covering some current events.
>> No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
That's not That's not what was happening. That's not what was happening.
That was not what was happening. I am gonna tell you. Okay. Exactly what we're gonna cover.
>> I like I Good. Yeah.
>> What's news with you?
>> The new show about everything that's not in the news.
>> Unless Josh is covering the news.
>> I didn't I didn't do that.
>> Josh let you down today, listener.
>> I didn't do that.
>> Tell him in the comments how mad you are.
>> That's not true. Rescend your crown.
Wow. Okay.
It is kind of funny cuz in the a part of me is like maybe you always wanted to wear it. Like maybe you made it and then you're like I said it was for you and it's dope but maybe you keep it here and now I'm rescending it and now it's mine.
>> Um you have no evidence to support that.
Wait, can I share my news?
>> Please. I'm excited.
>> My news. I saw the most joyful thing. I saw the most joyful subway performance I think I've ever seen in my entire life.
Can I share it with you?
>> Yeah.
>> The train was delayed. Um, a lot of people started walking away like, you know, uh, like, ugh, I'm going to go get on another train or I'm going to find another way home until this guy started performing and we all just stood there till the next train came because it was so [ __ ] good and heart and heartwarming. Um, yeah, it was truly one of the most joyful thing. I was dancing.
I I mean, I was filming obviously. I couldn't dance as hard as I wanted to, but I was I was boogieing. Who was with me? Was it my sister? I think my sister was with me on the platform. We were dancing. It was incredible. It was such a good vibe.
>> Yeah.
>> I don't know. I just uh I wish we connected more.
>> That's fair.
>> Yeah. It just made me feel like, damn, we're so on our phones, you know?
Why are we not doing Gundam style with the random guy on the subway platform?
>> Would you ever do a flash mob?
>> Absolutely. I would do a flash mob.
>> Okay.
>> I would create a flash mob.
>> You would create a flash mob.
>> Yeah. I I kind of almost did that once.
>> Really?
>> Not super successfully, but this is a really long story.
>> Okay.
>> It's It's really long.
>> I'm here.
>> I'm literally on a couch. So, in 2012, this is kind of contradictory cuz I just told this story about the first time that I saw a penis, but I only saw it for a second.
>> Okay, >> in 2012, I thought it'd be funny to go on Craigslist and be like, I've never seen a penis.
Do any of you guys want to show me? I'm a lesbian. I want to see one for educational purposes.
>> So, >> I got a lot of response responses.
>> So, okay.
All right.
All right. Real quick, because here's the thing. Here's the thing.
>> Can we go back to the Christmas Eve dancing?
>> No. No. No. No. No. I I It's so funny. I was I'm pretty sure >> No, >> I'm pretty positive.
>> Stop.
>> I'm I'm almost certain I saw that.
2012.
>> No.
>> This is crazy.
>> Are you being serious?
>> Yeah.
>> It kind of went viral, obviously.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. So, >> that's But that's not what a flash mob is.
>> Well, I invited all the men to meet me at the mall at a specific time wearing the same colored shirt.
>> I thought Okay. I thought you meant getting all those pictures and them kind of flashing you was a flash mob.
>> A literal and figurative flash mob.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> A mob of flashers.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> That's a That great play on words. I loved that.
>> Um but no, I'm I'm not even kidding. In 2012, I think I saw this exact thing.
So, yes. Yes. Speaking to the virality of it. Yes.
>> Well, did you see my infographic or did you see the Craigslist thing? Cuz I made it.
I saw the Craigslist thing.
>> Really?
>> Yeah. Because here's the thing. I used to when when I moved to Chicago, I used to get on Craigslist for everything in Chicago. And then because some of the people that I knew in Chicago were moving to New York. Like I didn't get to make close friends with them because I they were moving to New York as I was moving to Chicago. But hearing them move to New York, there was a small part of me and it was it was when I say small, I mean took two more years to act on.
There was a small part of me that was like, "Oh, maybe I should move to New York." And so so I >> So you're poking around Craigslist. So, I would poke around Craigslist all the time because as soon as I heard of people moving to like I heard about this like Chicago to New York sort of pipeline, I was like, "Oh, well, let me see what's happening in New York and like if there are shows or if it's easy to like, you know, like all >> if there are lesbians looking to see penises, no strings attached >> and like >> Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saw >> I was >> the actual Craigslist.
>> I was I wasn't in reality about it.
>> Uhhuh. But like still, even to this day, do not take this the wrong [ __ ] way, listener. Okay? But like their penises are very interesting. They're shape shifters.
That's so weird. Like that's actually so weird.
>> Yeah. It's just funny cuz it's like >> I don't want to see it in a sexual way.
>> No, I know. It's like you >> But it's inherently sexual for the guy, you know?
>> Yeah. But yeah, potentially. Unless you're like his doctor. Um, >> but even if you're the doctor, if he's getting hard like in front of you, you know what I mean?
>> Yeah, but you might just be having a reaction. That doesn't necessarily mean anything.
>> Oh, they're so weird. See, this is what I'm talking about. A reaction. What are you talking about?
>> It being touched.
>> Oh my god, that's crazy.
>> Why is that crazy?
>> Like a Venus fly trap. You just It just It does things.
>> Yeah.
>> On its own >> potentially.
>> That's interesting and weird to me. Fair enough. So, I I just think it's so funny that when you say interesting, it it is in the most like it's in terms that are so neutral that it's almost offensive.
>> Yes.
>> It would be like it would be Do you know what I mean? Like it's it's like when someone's like, "Oh, you you know you you you have web feet. That's so interesting." It's like, >> exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> What does that mean? What are you talking about?
>> Looking at a guy stick being like, "Huh?
Interesting.
>> Yeah. Yeah. That's that's crazy to be like curious.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's like kind of where I stood.
>> You talk about it the way Sherlock would talk about it.
>> A clue.
>> Huh.
>> This makes sense given all the other things. Uh, but I'm like twirling my mustache. Um, but yeah, I uh and then I invited all these guys to meet me at the mall at a certain time because I realized I could create sort of an unwilling, unknowing flash mob. Um, it was not enough men to constitute a true flash mob because I didn't have the time to go back and forth with them. So, I just sent like, you know, probably two or 30 hundred emails being like, "Meet me here this time."
And I did see quite a few men kind of like pacing around the space. This was not ethical. I I just think >> Were they all dressed the same way?
>> They were all wearing a red shirt.
>> Did they notice each other?
>> I don't think so. I don't >> Was it because they were that because they weren't?
>> There were not many. I think there were like six I counted.
>> Oh, okay. Gotcha. Gotcha.
>> And you have to remember these men are like [ __ ] like >> this is a weird experience. They're probably pretty nervous and like your adrenaline's probably going, you know, you respond to this ad on Craigslist.
You're you didn't have any back and forth. You're meeting this random lesbian in a mall.
>> Yeah, >> this was not ethical. I just want to put out there that this is not something that I would do today.
>> Even though it's [ __ ] hilarious.
>> So, >> Mr. Beast might do it, but I'm not going to do it.
>> So, okay.
And then I made an infographic and it went medium viral.
>> Gotcha. And what what was what was your metric for medium viral in like 2012?
Cuz there was a more concentrated version.
>> Tens of thousands I guess of people saw it. Maybe a hundred thousand. I don't know.
>> On on one platform or >> it was I put it on like um at the time infographics were sort of like a thing.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> And I put it on like some infographic platform.
>> Oh, okay. I thought you meant you like put it on Tumblr or something and it and it like sort of took off or something.
>> I should have put it on Tumblr.
>> Yeah, you should have put it on Tumblr.
>> That was the place for >> That's a This is a very Tumblr story.
>> Very Tumblr.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> You still can, I guess, if you want.
>> Yeah, I could try and find it.
>> Yeah. Now I can only imagine Yeah. how freaked out you would be. That's got to be like accidentally being on uh to Catch a Predator, but you were trying to deliver a pizza. Imagine you like knock on the wrong door and then it's like someone's like, "Come in." So you walk in, door's unlocked and you're like, "Hey, I have your pizza here." And next thing you know, police are like, "GET ON THE GROUND."
>> You're like, "What? What? I work for Domino's.
>> I can't find it." But um >> that's okay.
>> I'll I'll try and find it so we can put it up in the >> in the episode. Um googling this is really dangerous, you know.
>> Yeah. Don't Google. I thought you were scrolling back like in your own >> photo. I was at first.
>> Oh, okay.
>> Oh, someone reposted it. Here it is.
Here.
>> Okay.
>> So, there's a lot.
>> Here's the thing. Uh I will say that this this right here, I understand infographics were were big.
What you're showing me now is chaos.
like like it's all it's I guess it's all charted out. It's all like it it is information.
>> It's like meant to be done comedically.
>> No, I'm with you. I'm with you. Yeah.
>> But uh in case so how should I should I read any of it in case they won't be able part cuz now that I'm reading it I remembered it. I So I used to be an engineer so I like know how to do this stuff. Um, I composed an average email based on the stats that I pulled out from the emails that these guys sent me with like the word counts and um, frequency of words. Hi, I saw your post.
25, willing to help. I am very interested. I hope you will inspect my penis. It's nice. That's like an my AI generated. That's how they kind of sounded. They used nice so often. I am a nice, normal guy. You can do anything to my penis. I don't mind. Hope your girlfriend watches.
Other interesting data. Four responses mentioned some kind of animal.
>> That Yeah, that could go either way.
>> Yeah. Um lots of really fun stuff. And their their length was um a lot longer than the average length.
>> Oh. Everyone that wanted to show.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> Oh yeah.
>> So that either that either tracks because they were particularly proud or they were lying, >> you know.
Gotcha. Gotcha. Okay. So So >> we'll put it up on the screen. We'll we'll get it up there.
>> When you did this, did did anyone just outright send a picture or?
>> Yes, I think I got some pictures.
>> Okay.
>> But I didn't want to look at them.
>> Got you. Because what you what it sounded like initially is that you did want to uh receive them.
>> I think >> so. The people that showed up, some of them still hadn't shown you anything.
>> Yeah.
This actually is crazier than I thought.
>> It's insane.
>> It's not something I think you want to know what was actually going on. I think I had some sort of internalized homophobia thing that was like what's the big deal? Like why is everyone talking about this? Like everyone is talking about penises, >> okay?
>> You know, and I think there was a part of me that was like >> I should see one so I understand what the big deal is. But if I had seen one, Josh, I think I would have been potentially traumatized. Like I It's not something that I want.
>> You don't like >> Yeah.
>> men having thighs.
>> I Yeah.
>> So I can't even imagine.
>> Yeah. Which is crazy.
>> I was young. I was like 22 years old, you know?
>> Yeah. Yeah. I just I just wonder like, >> am I ching across badly?
>> I I don't I don't think so. I think this is like too ridiculous of a thing for people to really deal with the moral qualms on the on the side of it.
>> That's another piece of it that like this was this was some sort of mix of shame and not understanding myself but also comedian comedian leaked into this.
I mean, the fact that it's it's called Lesbian Seeks Pis, you're going to get who you get and no one's going to feel bad for them like that. Like that that's also the demo you found. You've actually found kind of a to catch a predator demo where even if the your methods are unethical, people don't end up feeling bad for those particular men cuz like cuz if you you know you ever watch catfish?
>> Yeah. When you watch Catfish and sometimes someone either doesn't know why they did something or they like someone that they know they could never be with, you do genuinely get really angry or sad for the for the person. But you were very upfront. From what I'm reading, you were very upfront with like, "Hey, listen, listen, listen. I'm just trying to get a glimpse.
>> This is pure business.
All right? We're here to do business.
you show me it for free. That's my business plan. If you like that business model, show up at the mall, wear a red shirt. I'll know it's business time.
And so it's like hard to >> Yeah.
>> Like maybe I'm maybe genuinely I maybe I have a blind spot about this where somebody's going to be upset, but I just don't think that's going to happen because you were very these guys weren't showing up thinking they were about to have a girlfriend, right?
>> And I think that's the difference.
>> Like like you told them everything. You told them everything up top. you told them like, "Hey, look, this is for science or whatever, like whatever." But no matter what, at the end of the day, if you were willing to see a a penis, they were going to be like, "I got a shot."
>> It's Yeah, >> cuz that is further than most women.
>> 100%. So then, >> yeah, >> they could be forgiven for thinking like, "All right, look, maybe maybe once she sees it, >> she already out here curious. So maybe once she sees it, it'll shine." You know what I mean? It'll be like Yeah. It'll be like >> comes off the deck.
>> Yeah. Yeah. And you can you can you can you can cut this you can cut this part, but like Yeah, >> since we're cutting all of that.
>> Mhm.
>> Let's jump back in. Josh um had to cut all that because he was giving me an in-depth description of his penis.
>> That's not true at all.
>> Listen, >> that's not a real thing. If >> that's not >> If I were straight, maybe I'd be interested. I guess >> that's not that's not what happened.
>> Sounds a little bit like hyperbole.
>> No, that's not I'm not I'm not being hyperbolic cuz I'm not talking about >> the measurement of your hands was like that.
>> What are you doing right now? And the fact that you had to give me circumference, diameter, and >> this is wild.
>> I didn't do any of that.
>> I don't know if we can work together.
Not even because you told me about it, but because the detail of that stuff.
>> Gosh, I did. Did I have to know about the >> freckle happened? That didn't happen.
>> We've been going for almost 50 minutes.
>> Okay, let's go to Let's go to We call >> I mean, we only Yeah, we technically >> only use one minute of that.
>> Yeah. Yeah, we're we're technically at 47 cuz we cut quite a bit.
>> Uh yeah. So I What is it? Subscribe to the Patreon. You'll get preferential treatment for uh calling in. Is there like a phone number?
>> You almost can't do your thing now because that made it sound that thing that thing that you did. I know.
Michael, I appreciate your help so much.
That did make the Patreon sound like a scam. That was that like like the way you were like you'll get like preferential. I don't there's like a phone number to call. Listen, if you donate, you will get the full description of Josh's penis.
>> That's not what's happening at all.
That's not That's not true.
>> The numbers through the [ __ ] roof.
>> Let's take a call.
>> We can Is there like a thing I'm supposed to say here?
>> Uh, no. Al Alex can do the >> Put it in.
>> Yeah. Send your news reports to 412679 news by calling or on WhatsApp. Uh, well then, yeah, this is uh uh this comes from reporter Jane.
>> Thanks, Jane.
>> Thank you, Jane.
>> Wow, a lot of women >> use fake name, >> Jane.
>> It's almost like Josh is right. And and every all the ladies, they want to know.
>> What are you talking about?
>> Okay, let Jane let Jane go.
>> Um, because I guess the story is getting some more national attention.
um and I am in Montana. So, I guess I'll preface this by saying that uh no animals were harmed um in this situation. So, apparently the city owns the animal shelter here and the FBI decided to use the incinerator at the animal shelter to burn quite a bit of meth to get rid of it. was FBI evidence.
Um, and they had an issue with the incinerator which then caused it >> um like 14 >> Did I miss something?
>> Yes.
>> The FBI is using this local animal shelter incinerator to burn >> meth that was in evidence.
>> Meth?
>> Yeah, >> I missed the word meth.
>> What did you think it was?
>> I just they were thought they were burning evidence >> and I was like, this is a really big deal. Why is no one covering this? Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Wow.
>> I was like the Epstein files were tossed into an animal shelter incinerator in in Montana.
>> Yeah. Yeah. And it's such common knowledge >> that >> or maybe only one person knows.
>> Yeah. It's >> um >> Wow. Yeah. Meth. Meth.
>> Okay. Got it.
>> Yeah.
employees that were working there to I'm not exactly sure what happened if they all became sick from the smoke or were getting high. I'm not really sure how that works when meth is burned. Um >> they have to evacuate all of the animals and the people >> and then you can't let the shelter dogs and cats inhale meth.
>> Also, >> they are they've already been through so much. You can't. They're predisposed towards addiction.
>> Y'all didn't do that first.
>> Y'all didn't do that first.
>> That's crazy that you didn't first get everybody out of there. We're about to burn meth.
We're about to make the animal shelter a pipe.
>> Who?
>> But no, keep the people and the animals in. Who is so like who on the team is so likely to take that meth that they couldn't have transported it just somewhere else?
>> Well, I here's my thing. Here's my thing. I understand how when you uh confiscate like a large amount of drugs, I get I get that eventually it has to go somewhere or else you're just making like a Fort Knox of meth. Yes.
where you've just spent all this money that could have been going to roads or like public schools or something like that to build a place that no one could break into to get the meth, right? So, you have to get rid of it. In fact, I think we had a whole operation that we did when we confiscated a bunch of cocaine and then we sent the cocaine to other countries.
>> Oh, really?
>> Like we like we I think it was a destabilizing tactic.
>> We sold cocaine.
>> We like let other people sell it.
>> Yeah. Yeah, like the CIA I think knew the CIA knew about the transport and specifically didn't stop it so that it would so it would reroute from the US to somewhere else cuz they were like it's it's too much. I got to I got to look this up. But yeah, there was basically a time where the CIA was like lowkey helping traffic drugs.
>> Yeah. Well, I mean >> that's been happening.
>> Yeah, they've done worse.
>> Yeah, >> they've done worse. Um, essential oils are bad for cats and dogs.
>> Oh, I didn't know that.
>> Yeah. Yeah. For their lungs.
>> I don't really like burn essential oil.
Like essential oils to me feel like um >> once people start putting them on, I was like, "Oh yeah, I think I'mma fully dip out of this." Like, like there was a time where uh you know, in my apartment in Chicago, I didn't have any pets. And so I'd like, you know, do some incense every once in a while or something like that. And and once I found out that there were people that were like putting like a drip of essential oil on like almost like cologne for like some sort of health purpose or like adding it to a solution and some sort of health purpose. I was like, "Oh no, I don't even think y'all know what's in that."
>> Yeah.
>> And it's flavor. It's like it's like it's like no, the thing that will fix you is is peppermint.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> Essential oil feels wrong.
>> Yeah. Um but anyway, let's let's keep going >> to evacuate all of the animals and the people. And then I saw the picture and they actually had to go in hyperaric chambers for treatment and they were like sharing the chamber. So on the news there were like two women sitting together in one chamber like chilling with their thumbs up.
>> Sharing the chamber is Is that it?
>> Okay.
>> Makes it feel like it's more than meth, doesn't it?
>> Yeah.
or that's so much meth that they were like, "Hey, before you become meth, >> we need you to hop up on in this uh in this uh chamber."
>> The chamber thing is scary.
>> I've never heard of that before, >> dude. If the FBI got me in a chamber, >> yeah, >> I'd be live tick- tocking the entire time. But interesting news.
>> I would love to know which animal enjoyed the meth the most.
Yeah, probably a turtle.
>> That turtle fast.
>> That turtle is awake.
>> Did you know that if you if you uh scratch the shell, they can like feel it?
>> Yeah. It's like it's an extension of their body.
>> That's crazy. I thought >> because of cartoons, I thought they were out here switching shells.
>> I thought they were out here. You know what I mean? I didn't I didn't know >> some animals do hermit crabs.
>> Yeah. But I didn't know that they were out here like growing with the shell. I thought that they were getting I thought it was like sneakers.
>> Yeah.
>> Where they were like, "Oo, I'm a size eight in this size six. I got to find a new shell." And then they decorate it and then they walk around in it and stuff. I didn't realize that they stayed in that. I didn't realize that shell grew >> with them cuz it seems >> unless they're on meth then they got to size down. Get a little too skinny.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Probably a little skinny now. in that in that >> um gosh, I would love to see my cats on meth. That'd be hilarious.
>> Cats already kind of act like >> they really do. They really do.
Especially when they have the zooies.
Was this our first or second call?
>> This is our This is our first call.
>> Let's go to the next call.
>> Hey, real quick. Thank you so much for listening, watching the show and everything. If you want your voicemail to be reacted to the way that one just was, all you have to do is hit us up on patreon.com/wy.
>> And we will make sure to prioritize your voicemails in episodes.
>> And it's a great way to keep this podcast going. It supports me and Josh, but not just us, our producer, Alex. It makes this possible.
>> All right, this next one comes from our executive producer, Eric.
>> Thank you, Eric.
>> Hey, Ashley and Josh. This is Eric here in Philadelphia again following up about my brain surgery story. Um, everything went well and I'm home and chilling and my cat is very happy that I'm back. The only weird part in the hospital was that apparently they have like religious people who just walk around the halls and visit patients rooms and ask or like offer to pray with them, which kind of spooked me. But otherwise, it was really fun. And the hospital had really good applesauce and pudding.
>> Yes, it did. Eric, get it.
>> You in the studio.
>> Um, well, obviously the people are there because a lot of these people are going through crisis. Their family members are going through crisis. Maybe they want some, you know, maybe they want to pray.
I do like the idea of an atheist being so thrown off by it that they should have an atheist priest that comes in and is like, "You want to play video games?"
>> Oh, I thought you were about to be like that comes in there, goes like, "Ain't nothing going to happen?"
>> I mean, that's the other piece of it.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> You are going to die. Um, this is the robot that did his surgery. It's kind of hard to see. Let me see if there's more pictures. Um, pretty cool. Take a look at this.
Some pictures of the It's called This is at zimmerbiomet.com.
Pretty cool, right? So, a doctor controls it.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Just >> It's just very steady.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. When And when you put it that way, it's like, "Oh, I see how this is better."
>> Yes.
>> For a second, I thought they turned it all and left the room.
It's not like a Roomba. Yeah, that's what >> it's not like going to bump into some some nerve that it's not supposed Oh, sorry.
>> Yeah.
>> I was just like, oof, oof, oof. But then Yeah. The fact that it's a steadier hand than the doctor potentially is.
>> Yes. Yeah. That the ai and robotics to me, we should like limit it to medicine.
>> Well, >> and like search and rescue. I mean, it already feels I mean, I know it's not actually, but it already feels kind of limited to um the few things that it's in because like so many of the advances are scams.
>> Yes.
>> So, whenever they're like, "Oh, this personal assistant robot," it's like, "Actually, no, there's a guy who is watching everything the robot does, which is why it's not running into anything because they're controlling it."
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know, >> yeah. Um, having done work with robots, I respect them deeply. There's so many cool things that they could be doing and they're not. You gotta go.
>> Yeah, probably.
>> We can be done.
>> Okay. Yeah. So, we've been going for We're just past an hour.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> That's what we do.
>> And because we've gone so long, you can go to patreon.com/wy.
Actually [ __ ] donate.
>> It's okay if you don't do that.
>> You could actually do something to support the creators that you love.
But but but the way that she's saying it is >> you could put your money where your lazy ass is.
>> That's not helpful. Uh but but >> we very much appreciate you all day with the animals.
>> We very much like uh that you enjoy the show that you care about.
>> Look forward to hearing from you and seeing you next time. Have a great day.
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