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I'm a recovering alcoholic so it was honestly really nice to hear the guys talking about how gross alcohol is because yeah. it really is.

42:30 eh, I was a busser at an Italian restaurant for my first job at 16, and the manager basically treated me like a sub human. We were NOT allowed to eat any food that was made there, to the point where I wasn't allowed to even purchase food to take home after work, even if I paid full price like a customer. The assistant manager let me buy a cannoli once before I left after clocking out, and the other manager chastised me the next time I came to work, and said I'm not supposed to eat the food, or buy the food, or anything. That employees can't be customers and we can't even let our family or friends eat there or we could be fired. The ONLY thing we were allowed was if we didn't bring our own food for our legally mandated dinner break (he would not have allowed a break if it wasn't the law), we could have a small salad, or a small spaghetti with marinara. And we had to pay for it, and we had 30 minutes to eat but he would bother you every five minutes to remind you how much time you had left. Once I went to get my spaghetti, and the chef said he just messed up an alfredo spaghetti, so would I just take that so he doesn't have to make a whole new spaghetti for me? And I said sure and I was eating it, and the manager came and interrogated me about why I'm eating Alfredo sauce in my spaghetti when I know the staff is only allowed marinara. I explained it was literally garbage about to be thrown out and we just didn't want to waste food, and he said "he should have thrown it out, that's better than you eating the wrong sauce, it's not allowed". Absolutely despicable, I won't even go into how he was a creep and pervert, makes you clean in the dark, and adamantly hides and denies the huge cockroach problem they have there... But it's been almost 20 years now, hopefully he's dead 😂

I’ve been reloading these on the YouTube app, but I just went to the YouTube page and again it is just a wall of distractible videos. I absolutely love this. It just makes me laugh so hard.

Wade’s plumber: 💰💸💵🤑

Dead ass. I’m an electrician And to service one of those generators Mark’s talking about. If you don’t have the key. Most of the time we can just take a flathead screwdriver to open the generator up. Absolute bull. A locksmith charged you that much when a service technician to service one of those generators at least is $100 where I’m at and we can open it without a key.

Not recognizing the name of Frank Welker that hurt me so much. I hope they looked at his list of his acting career

I never drink to get drunk. I don't like being drunk at all. That said there are a few alcoholic drinks I do love the taste of especially with a meal. Mostly dry drinks like G&T but also a white Russian. But I never have more than one.

Way back in the day, I went to six flags over texas several times over a summer. One such trip, the Mr Freeze ride was newly opening and I wanted to ride. The line was like 3 hours long and the need to pee struck me when I was within a few minutes of being my turn. I saw a bathroom by the exit so I decided to hold it as the ride itself wasn't too long. My turn came up, the ride launches, does the track, and the breaks lock up early. The things that hold you in wouldn't lift until we were back into position so I couldn't get out until it was fixed. Another 30min later, they unlocked the breaks, we slowly crept into position, and I was able to finally get to the bathroom. Almost didn't make it.

Alcohol is indeed like coffee or tea in that there's a very powerful front taste of ethanol (or in coffee and tea's case, I assume tannins and the caffeine itself) that masks a lot of the more nuanced flavors. Over time, that flavor becomes less dominant and complements the other flavors there. I honestly like a dash of bitters in seltzer because I like the bitterness and slight ethanol twinge, even if it's a negligible amount of alcohol. If you look into whiskey or cocktail culture you'll see a lot of people enthusiastic about the flavor itself, else people wouldn't spend hundreds of dollars on particular bottles. I think if you wanted to build a palette, you'd have to really sit down with specific beverages and really actively taste them to find the flavor hiding under the ethanol and find what you like, and it probably won't happen if you just drink to get drunk or find the thing on the menu least offensive to your current palette. That said, alcohol is quite a bit more unhealthy than coffee or tea, and also more expensive, so unless you have a compelling curiosity or other reason to actively learn to like it, probably not worth it.

39:26 bob's question here reminded me of a funny story as to why i don't drink. my dad drinks a lot, but he doesn't drink to get drunk. he likes to sip on his liquor throughout the evening and stuff like that, and it's because he likes the flavor. that's something he always told me and my brother: don't drink alcohol to get drunk, drink it because you like how it tastes so, fast forward to when i'm of drinking age. my dad offers me one of his drinks to try, and i drink it, and it is the most TERRIBLE thing i've ever tasted. i looked my dad in the face and was like "you LIKE this taste???? you drink this on PURPOSE???" and ever since then i have never had another alcoholic drink bc my dad drilled into me that i should only drink alcohol if i like the flavor of it and it turns out that i dont like the flavor at all