 Oh, yeah. No, they just gave me a ticket. Yeah, the only other speeding ticket I got what I got when I was 18 driving up to the state tournament. I My speeding is no, see that's it's kind of weird. I always go with the go with the flow Although if there's ample opportunity, I'll maybe nudge it a little bit like in five mile increments Maybe do 90 95 but then if I'm passing too many cars fast, huh? That's very fast 90 95 miles per hour That's if I'm passing too many cars I tend to slow down and I nudge back in and let a few cars pass me that way if they see from overhead They can see oh that white car isn't that fast all these other cars are blowing by him It's a little trick. I've learned you guys speed and then hide speed Actually, what what that what I've what I when I asked one of the CHP officers typically what they look for is someone darting in and out of traffic Like not just driving fast, but they're like cutting in cutting lanes and that's usually the case both my speeding tickets I was not doing that. I just got nabbed by a board State cop. You're my you got to finish up my quota for the day Maybe I were so I mean I I I've definitely been pulled over a few times but not for speeding Not that I can remember More just like Sarah's got a light. Yeah, like expired plates. Oh, you know, yeah, I've only been pulled over once And that was for it's completely my fault. Yeah Patrick do you get do you drive enough to get pulled over? Certainly, but I don't we don't really have a lot of police here in the countryside. Oh, it happened once Apparently a lot of people drink too much and then drive on certain holidays I guess it's common and they did pull me over once here. Was that just a random? They're like, ah, that's the French dude drinking wine Now they stop almost everyone and yeah, I think it might have been summer Midsummer and that midsummer a lot of people drink so they increase They do checkpoints here for that kind of thing rather than yeah, I have never been through Through one of those sobriety check points. I've been through a couple. I've been through a couple. Yeah I've never been dread. I've never gone through one after having been drinking. I Always go through them and I'm like, ah, that's annoying. Like I'm not Like I'm not drunk Let me whatever you got to do, you know, it's sort of like going through like TSA Yeah Well folks We are now going to take a moment to tell you the tech news of the day I'm gonna take a break from good day internet Soon as I figure out who to thank here at the top of the show Members like you well and thanks guys for keeping the whole down yesterday in my absence I missed you all and I'm glad Wasn't the same it's been it's been a long it's been since Wednesday. I know it has Even though we got you we got you we got a double shot of Sarah today With daily tech headlines if you listen to daily tech All right, Patrick. Are you ready? You know what state I came into the world in Tom any of Readiness I you knew I know you know Is it you're born identity It's my born state I was about to say Bordeaux or something French He's ready again. All right Here we go in three two Gary Tibbets has supported independent tech news directly for five years Why not be like Gary become a DTS member at patreon.com slash DT ns This is the daily tech news for Tuesday, February 12 2019 in Los Angeles. I'm Tom Merritt and from studio feline. I'm Sarah Lane and I'm the show's producer Roger Cheng. Sorry. I spaced out. I'm sick. I told you I'm ill I I still have the flu. I apologize. I'm Patrick Beja from the wonderful Finnish countryside You are so many things Patrick. Thank you for doing this show. I know you're you're still recovering from last week We missed you last week. Thanks, and you you actually asked me before starting if I was ready and I make a joke I made a joke about the fact that I was born ready and it's terrible. Anyway Let's talk about that's what happens when you have a fever, right? Right? Sarah Lane's back It's been since last Wednesday. So we're all back together. It's a family reunion Let's start with a few tech things you should know I just said Google announced new features when right clicking on an email beyond those current three options that you might know and love Archive mark is read or delete users on g-mails rapid release schedule will now start to see new features including reply options snoozing options and muting options today and the rollout to everyone will start on February 20 seconds cues snotty responses from people who prefer keyboard shortcuts Well, you can have both Sony Interactive Sony's gaming business is swapping its top executives deputy president Jim Ryan will step up to president and CEO while current president and CEO John Codera will become deputy president Sony says Codera will continue to work on building up gaming and content services Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said he wants Ryan to oversee the stability of PlayStation While Codera focuses on expanding PlayStation Network Streaming anyone more streaming. I mean, yeah, maybe some cross-platform Just kidding Legislation to give Russia more control over its internet traffic past its first three readings in the Duma That's Russia's lower chamber of Parliament The bill would route data through state controlled infrastructure Install equipment to identify traffic sources and block banned content and to develop a national domain name system for use in the case The country was cut off from the rest of the internet The bill has to pass two more votes in the Duma It's expected to do so then it will have to be voted on by the upper chamber the council It's expected to pass there and it's also expected to be signed by the president Adobe's live rooms next version will introduce a feature called enhanced details that uses a neural network to power Something called demo stay scene using machine learning in Mac OS and Windows It can deliver at 30% more resolution in Bayer and X trans raw files organically from a camera's sensor It can also increase detail while reducing more and false colors. Yeah, so if you want to you want a little better Raw image translation faster too. You might I wonder if it's actually D. Mosey King like D-Mosey, you know something. Yeah, I also hope We we can activate it by yelling enhance Zoom enhance All right, let's talk a little bit more about a a change of personnel at Apple Patrick Yes, absolutely Apple has named Frank Casanova its first head of marketing for augmented reality Casanova moved from leading iPhone marketing for wireless carriers into the new role this month Casanova is an Apple veteran having worked at the company for about 30 years and is credited for his work with carriers to promote the iPhone and developing older Apple products like quick-time video player So Apple is much on Casanova. I mean listen somebody who has worked at Apple for 30 years that in itself is Significant the fact that he is now moving to marketing for a I Are a AR rather is is I don't know. I mean, it's it's I think it speaks to how much Apple Believes in this person. Well, yeah, and the product and the product category I think it signals a lot that that We all have been expecting Apple to move into augmented reality more and more obviously a our kit is an indication of that And and putting the guy who's largely responsible for the success in carrier marketing with the iPhone, which is no small thing Yeah, it's a lot of belief in Casanova And it's a lot of belief in an augmented reality and it sort of signals that we might be getting some more products Whether it's a more developed a our kit related campaign or whether it's a new Product maybe maybe some kind of augmented reality headset would be interesting. That's yeah, I think that's why it might be his big break Going to something that might be very visible in the future because there's no way they're not actually working on a Significant AR product and yeah, if it happens then it will be very visible and the person behind it will make their name agreed Developers David Wilkinson and Oggen epic have created a Chrome extension called language learning with Netflix Which lets you watch Netflix shows but two subtitles on at the same time So you can pair translations to help increase vocabulary Hovering over a word shows a dictionary and clicking on a word that lets you hear that word You can choose to show dialogue and even pause playback at the end of every subtitle The extension is free to the developers though the developers have plans for premium features I Thought this was really cool because I guess Vicky the app that I watch all my Chinese and Korean dramas on Has a similar thing that they rolled out in 2017 that lets you sort of you know Go in and see two captions at once to help you with language learning once I dug into this and realized This isn't just about having two captions on while you watch a show in real time This is about studying what these shows are saying. I think that's really interesting Yeah, and I think that's a really great way of finding material to learn a language. I actually Learned really started learning English what I was in Cyprus I was a teenager and there was nothing to do so we just we actually watched English movies every day without subtitles And so my my mom had to explain everything to us But then when we started getting subtitles, it was a huge help. So if you're learning a language Watching something with the that language is subtitle on and rewatching the same thing over and over again Can be very helpful because you end up Picking up on the different things they're saying so having the two languages might make that process even Easier even smoother and then you can drop one and etc etc Yeah, maybe if I had this I would have picked up more Korean than just you know sale when you answer Amazon is buying mesh router maker Eero to fit into its smart home plans But most people are concerned about privacy with this deal a lot of backlash out there on the social networks Eero's privacy policy is really good right now. It's written in plain English And Eero tweeted that it does not track customers internet activity and this policy will not change with the acquisition now There are concerns with somebody like Amazon buys a product like this that handles all your internet traffic But don't forget It's not you can overblow what they can do just by saying well all your internet traffic goes through it And now Amazon will know everything I do Deeter bone at the verge notes that your router does know when you're home and can see Your traffic patterns telling when you're streaming video for instance That might be something Amazon would be interested in also Eero knows what gadgets connect to your system If you go into the Eero control panel, you can see like oh, that's a Mac. That's an iPhone That's a Android phone, etc But Zach Whitaker over at TechCrunch notes too that things like HTTPS can prevent your router from seeing a lot of the data That you're visiting your ISP knows a lot more about your traffic than any router ever could in fact It was that Whitaker's article is worth reading just to go over like here's what a router can't do and also with Amazon web services Amazon probably knows way more about you than it could glean from your router anyway I'm not saying that's a good thing, but Amazon powers almost the entire internet right now And in fact Eero's Eero Prime with the with the VPN and stuff may use some Amazon back-end services already So I think it's easy to overreact to this But I also am disappointed as an Eero user that now Another one of my devices falls under the big companies when I liked that I had a small independent company that I didn't have to worry about for consolidation, you know, but but what okay? I understand that in in you know on a high level, but what exactly Do you think is going to change by Amazon by an Eero? I doubt actually Like logically I doubt much is going to change. I Amazon is a pretty good track record of letting companies like ring Just continue to operate. I hope that they don't change Eero's privacy policy It would be stupid for them to do so But just as a matter of policy, I like to diversify Where I'm putting my data and I like to diversify where I'm putting my money so that I'm not buying everything from one company And Eero just reduced that diversity for me Patrick, how do you feel about this? I mean, is this something that you feel is a privacy issue or potential one for for Eero users now Yeah, I think it it definitely could be whether or not it will be is a different matter, but you know, what's Data they wouldn't get, you know, like what data? What way to make sure that they wouldn't get more data It would be to not have Eero if they're gonna have Eero They're gonna have at least some amount of additional data, right? and this makes me think of When Facebook was using on our vote back in the day it was a few years ago and according to some people that helped them Figure out that WhatsApp was being super super popular And it helped them decide that they should be paying a huge amount of money Because it was being used so much more than Facebook Messenger when no one else really had that information Or maybe wasn't looking at it So I don't know exactly what information they're gonna be able to extract from this But I'm sure it's gonna be more information than if they didn't have Eero So there's something that's gonna be happening there possibly I do think the biggest reason Amazon buys Eero is for their smart home move They want Eero to work with the Amazon Echo. They want it to work with ring they want they want to be able to integrate it so that you have an easier smart home setup and Providing a mesh network router that gives you better connectivity through your house Is a way to do that so there are certainly some positives with Amazon offering a mesh network and Eero is a great mesh network router I love it So I I see why Amazon wanted to do it and I see how it fits in in a way that they wouldn't need to Violate privacy policies or loosen up privacy policies to make it worth their while. I think to make it clear I I would suspect they didn't buy them to have that additional data but They won't say no to it if they can figure out a way of using it and extracting it I'm guess. Well, and and that's gonna be the thing. How how much can they resist that temptation, right? Yeah. Yeah, I feel you In an article about the popularity of Apple AirPods their fast sales and frequent appearance and memes Neil Seibart at above Avalon comm sets quote a product Which the tech press declared too awkward looking to ever go mainstream has now made headphones with wires? Look out of style. I Would love to discuss this because I think everyone here knows how I feel about AirPods and and yeah, the the the idea of like what is You know, what what looks cool? What looks normal in in in in this modern headphone era? I Think Tom is wearing AirPods and he looks Okay. All right. So that quote that the AirPods are making the wired headphones Going out of style. It's silly. It's over the top. I wouldn't go that far I think the AirPods still looks somewhat silly a little bit less now that so many people are using them but Once you try them most people unless they have, you know, the kind of years that Apple doesn't cater to too bad You know, you're you're wearing them wrong. Obviously. I mean, I I'm I'm one of those people You know, you have the wrongs. You have the wrong. I have the wrong ears. I have the wrong ears. That's what different Well, Apple doesn't see it that way But if you're if you're part of the people who Apple caters to which is probably, you know, as usual 80 to 90 percent of the population You Really enjoy these products and they are a really well designed So, okay, once you've tried them on most people will like them when we first saw them We only saw the fact that they look dumb which they still do but more and more people using them and more and more people Hearing from their friends that they are a really good product are using them in in Europe I don't know apparently it's a European thing But in Europe, I see them everywhere and everyone is liking them So I can absolutely believe the kind of AirPods specifically not just Bluetooth AirPods, yeah, okay. Okay. Sorry. I can't hear you over my AirPods That's obviously a meme and Cybert mentions that and and he has some like Data besides just the anecdotal meme stuff, which is we saw a spike in searches on Google if you go to the Google search Tracking and and that spike has led to a sustained interest in AirPods He's got some data to back it up it does seem like AirPods are probably the most successful product for Apple in a long time certainly since the iPhone and I I do think they look dumb I as act are said why do you have cigarette butts hanging out of your ears and since he said that to me? I can't stop thinking about them that way That's why I use my daily tech news show stocking cap to cover my ears when I go out for a walk So that no one can tell that said I see them more and more out of Outside my house might the both postal carriers We have two guys that that seem to switch off from time to time I think one fills in for the other are wearing them when they're doing their roots. I see people on the train Yes, I took a train in Los Angeles. I saw people on the train with them on so they have penetrated the mainstream now And I think it's very easy as take journalists slash Snarky people to look at them and say hey, they look dumb and they're they will never and miss the fact that they are Catching on and I think that's a little bit of what's been happening here And the numbers that you mentioned the search surges are really impressive like it was Incredibly popular on Google search towards the end of last year for this holiday season So they're really taking off and I think it's worth of mouth because the tech press is only saying you look like an idiot Also one just fell out of my ear and I can't find it now. So there you go. I Saw that happen But yeah, no, I as somebody who you know, I've said on the show before they just don't fit my Particular ears. I wish they did and listen, I think I would like them very much I am certain that there is some kind of ear corrective surgery That you could have to be able to wear the air pods Let me add one last anecdotal point before we move off of this I have noticed Google news is very good at telling me what everybody cares about rumor-wise. There's always iPhone rumors There's always galaxy s10 rumors every once in a while when we get near another product release We might see some rumors for another product bubble up Air pod rumors have become a staple of my Google news The rumors out right now are there we're gonna have colors and we're gonna have a wireless charging case And and that the new ones will have some kind of health monitor Stuck into them. So I think that's another thing that indicates to me like yeah Maybe air pods are becoming a little bit more than than just a an accessory sideline for Apple and I want to mention that Sarah will be trying some air pod competitors as part of our new live with it feature I think we only have like one more day in the voting at patreon.com slash dts if you want to choose which headphones she will pick to review very much Yeah, and thanks everybody who's voted so far and get in there a few if you if you haven't already Folks if you want to get all the tech headlines each day in about five minutes Be sure to subscribe to daily tech headlines calm We want to finish with an explanation from Patrick about apex legends Which is setting records in the number of players? It's getting it's helping EA Recover from a pad quarterly report What what is going on with this other than the fact that I know everyone thinks the name is a little silly? well, maybe you're hanging out with people who don't have good taste, but Honestly, this is kind of an incredible Phenomenon that is that goes beyond the world of gaming and no one is quite sure exactly. We're all a little bit Ostrich So the game was released a week ago I believe today or yesterday and it's already amassed 25 million players in just a week To give a little bit of context the previous game that I'm sure Everyone in the audience has heard about that was that held the record for quickest rise was fortnight battle royale and that That game took Three months to reach that milestone. So, you know three months one week. It's incredible. What is happening with this game? I think there are a few reasons why this is taking off so well a few let's say contributing factors First of all, there was a genius communication Burst at the end of last week No one knew the game existed before the weekend before the announcement They did a very clever invite of Influencers and of course over the weekend and of course that made the thing leak So everyone was expecting the announcement and waiting for the announcement on a Monday evening Announcement happens the game is released immediately. It's free to play. You can go play it now they paid a few twitch streamers famous people to play it and That's kind of snowballed into a massive twitch audience and and people kept playing it The game the second factor is the fact that the game is excellent respawn entertainment is a studio of People who used to work of color duty on color duty in its heyday Super incredible People and designers the game makes a lot of bold choices that work out There's also a little bit of a right place right time, you know, that's the same for everyone There's no other release happening right now to to steal its thunder and What I call the X factor is the fact that the battle royale genre is Kind of the thing that everyone is chasing But only two companies have managed to to make that happen and those companies cater to a very specific kind of gamer fortnight caters mostly to the younger crowd and pub G Plano background the other big game in that area which you might have heard about is Kind of too gritty a little bit slow and maybe boring according to some This game feels like a normal quote-unquote game So the pent up demand for people who were on the outside looking into that genre that has been very popular Has made it so people jumped in and started playing immediately and the game is so good. They kept playing And you know Beyond that it's kind of a mystery. It's just they captured lightning it clicked everything at the same time and we're not quite sure why but it's a phenomenon and It doesn't seem like it's gonna stop Yeah, I thought it was interesting that when apex legends came out It was everything I read was about Respawns apex legends until it became a hit then it became ea's apex legends Which both are true. I mean respawn is owned by EA and all that but It's sort of like taking taking credit for the good behaving child here and he I need some good news So I think that's another part of it as well You've done an excellent job of sort of explaining where this sits In the landscape and I understand it more. What what do you like about it? What when you say it just clicked Obviously, it's gonna be different for every player, but but what is the thing that drew you into it? Well, I think beyond that the game's quality I could start talking about game design But the reality is I wanted to to enjoy the genre of battle royale for those who don't know it's essentially You get a hundred people between 50 and a hundred people dropped on an island that is designed for combat You have to find weapons and then the last man standing wins And I wanted to enjoy that genre because it's very popular But I couldn't find the right game for me and I think a lot of people all of my friends were in that boat and this game with its excellent first person traditional first-person shooter roots and Impeccable polish fits that Bill so everyone who wanted to like the game these kinds of to to enjoy these kinds of games jumped in and And liked it immediately. I'm not gonna go into specific game design stuff But I think that's a massive factor Another thing that's really interesting is if you explain what the game is from the outside a lot of people are gonna Start grimacing. It is a free-to-play battle royale over saturated type of game from EA very Unliked publisher With micro transactions and loot boxes and the fact that they announced it and released it immediately meant that people didn't have time to hate to start hating it on principle and Started enjoying it in actuality Do you think any of it has to do with? The people playing it when you're talking about these open world a lot of it has to do with who else you're playing with and a lot of Complaints about fortnight are I can't get started because I'm old and slow and I don't know how to play this never one kills me Does that make a difference? I Think in this case as well I mean, I'm old and slow and everyone kills me as well But they made it the choice to only allow Squads of people so you have to play with two other people so squads of three if you don't have friends in your group You're gonna be match made with random people But it also means that you might be my match made with someone who knows what they're doing So you follow them do a little bit like them maybe heal them every once in a while and and maybe achieve something In in one out of five games So yeah, that might play into it because if you go so low in those other games Chances are you're gonna die in the first two minutes and not have a lot of fun here. It's more balanced Yeah, well, thank you Patrick for for sharing that perspective Not just for us, but for anybody out there who's like, okay, I keep hearing about this thing I see people talking about it now. Hopefully you understand a little more if you're not someone who already enjoys it Indeed and thanks to everyone who participates in our subreddit you help us make our show every day You could submit stories and vote on others at daily tech news show dot reddit calm And also we're on Facebook at facebook.com slash groups slash daily tech news show I often say we have the smartest audience in podcasting and today is no disproof of that We've got a great email You are right at least today Tom This actually comes from another Tom Tom says I was listening on my way to work yesterday to yesterday's podcast And the story about Apple making records available to veterans one thing that was not noted But I believe it's important is that the VA signed a contract with a Serner corporation last year to completely Modernize their electric health records this comes subsequent to the DOD signing a contract with the Lido's Consortium to do the same with Serner as a key member to that DOD contract The coast card has also signed on to this with all of that said I don't know what the involvement of Serner in this latest Apple effort is But I wouldn't be surprised if Serner is involved Invoked in some way. It certainly is possible that this is connected to VA's existing BC system that is the system that would be replaced just thought you might like to have a little background Yeah, I I love that background Tom and and a few other veterans Administration associated people wrote in to say, you know, the VA has actually been pretty good at staying modernized and providing Some some cutting-edge health related technology. So I'm glad to hear from everybody about that. It's good stuff Absolutely. Thank you very much to the other Tom and also thanks to Patrick Beja. We missed you last week We're so glad you're feeling better and let folks know where they can keep up with your work Sure, I would recommend two things today First if you're a casual gamer, you need a little bit of information You can go listen to the monthly video game briefing. That's MVGB and we do it with Scott Johnson a lot of fun And if you are more of a core gamer, you need all of the information I'd recommend my show pixels both of them are easy to find on your podcast player of choice Just search for MVGB or pixels Excellent. 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Yeah Our compression algorithm worked So the finally eight minutes in the beginning and then the show super tight Maybe wait a second. Oh Maybe it works a lot better when I'm sick Yes, I'm sorry. You'll have to be With my child today care it might be a common it's probably you know the answer is probably All right, we got some we got some good title suggestions. I will however retire Yes, no, of course, we understand. Thank you Patrick No rest up get better and we would like to see a healthy healthy Patrick Beja next week me too So our top title vote getter right now is I'm old and slow and everyone kills me Love it. That is my favorite by you. I also submitted it. I also said it. So I'm probably biased Zoom and enhance is in there. Also a hat tip to full of hot airpods. I Mean I like your submission. I think it's good. Yeah, I'm old and slow and everyone kills me. It's just how I feel Patrick says Tom looks lovely is in there Yeah, diverse data destinations desired. I like the alliteration Patrick was born Quad D to a brings bacon. Good word. Is there an echo in this ear? Oh, that's that's clever Oh, and then I'm old and slow and does that matter is another another take on that All right, I'm old slow and everyone kills me. That's do it. Yeah If you're not going to fight me on it, why would I not? I'm not fighting you. Yeah I feel the same way I'm old I'm slow and everyone Why does everyone kill me It's a battleground. I guess that's that's what happens when you get in a battleground I Did a uh, I did a little uh q and a yesterday. I did an AMA with the uh the chat room Okay, we had we had somebody at least one person emailed and said they like did you have some uh, and insightful Stuff that happened. Yeah, we had some interesting conversations. Um So If uh, if we want to do that again, you can ask uh yesterday. It was just me and roger But now we got sarah. So maybe there's some new questions. Yeah, of course Uh put them in the discord if you're listening in the discord or uh in the chat room IRC dot chat realm dot net And uh, you know, I'm having this weird thing today where discord Won't launch on the machine I stream from I have two machines going one that streams the audio to discord and one I stream my video on to the hangout the the video on uh discord won't launch It's just it shows me the icon in the dock It won't close, but it won't launch So I have to like like in a system restart Well, I was doing the show so I couldn't really do a system reset I assume after I'm done here and I do a restart it'll probably take care of it probably. Yeah Uh, zoe wants to ask sarah what her favorite kitchen gadget is she asked us that yesterday Favorite kitchen gadget. Oh my goodness. Well, I mean, I would probably say a garlic press I ate a lot. Oh my god. You weren't you did not listen to yesterday's good day internet, did you? No, I was that It was yeah Really? Yeah. Oh, yeah. No, we're like, yeah, we're not in sync on this That's hilarious Oh the garlic press. I mean the garlic press is my favorite like It's you know, it's either opening a um I don't know a can of dog food Or the garlic press or press the girl much pretty much Now what what kind of garlic press do you have? Um, it's an o x o brand So, you know, it works well. Is it the kind with the red? Uh-huh. It's red and whites now. I used to have that one, but it broke So I have a different one now. I don't know what the brand is, but it's all metal Oh, okay But the garlic press like forget who made it is the best thing ever because it's the best thing ever You're no longer like you you reduce the amount of time to get garlic in your recipe by Tens of hundreds of amounts of time and I mean it's garlic, right? So I know there are people out there who are like garlic's not for me garlic is for me I want everything to have garlic in it garlic tastes good. It's good for you. It has um What's the what's the word for um, you know, it's good for your heart in uh Heart healthy. I mean, um, well, it's hard healthy. But um, there's there's an actual word for what garlic has in its consistency that makes you healthier and You know, so I'm like great. I'll just add it to everything So I press a lot of garlic old guys like garlic on fruit loops Um Not not so much. Um, but yeah, I uh, I actually was making a salad Uh, and I often will make a miso lemon olive oil and garlic dressing for salads I just kind of mush all that stuff together and make a dressing. Yeah. Yeah It's it's it's an easy one and it always tastes good. So I was on Uh, I was I was making salad with Veronica bellmont and ryan block and and ilean We were all together and I was making the salad and I just started doing what I normally do Like pull out garlic peel garlic smash it with the knife put it in the garlic press and ryan came over. He's like, whoa He's like, we we don't eat that much garlic and I had to stop like, oh gosh. I'm so sorry. I'm I'm just a weird I'll put like four cloves of garlic in in my dressing Which is I know it's so good It's so good. Yeah, I I there are definitely um, in fact, it's funny I I know a uh, a couple heterosexual couple who Um, they didn't break up over the garlic issue But they got to a point where he was like your breath is really bad It's way too much garlic and she was like But I like it like what do I do? You know where I was like, oh my gosh I've never actually had anybody like come at me and be like too much garlic, sarah But sometimes I wonder if I'm actually eating too much of it. Yeah, yeah, probably the same Yeah, garlic recognized garlic there though. You know, you probably don't notice that anybody else Uh So tim wants to know what our favorite band is or group favorite band or musical ever See, that's it. Yeah, I have a hard time with those kind of questions Like I have a hard time picking one I have a lot of favorites And and they kind of I kind of cycle through them, you know, as I listen to a lot of one I'll start to be like, okay I don't need to listen to them for a while and then I'll come back to them later and Well, yeah Agreed, um, and it's funny because the Grammys were on sunday and there were a lot of Weird things that happened in that show as is always the case at the Grammys, but you know, I I Kind of was thinking about this recently like yeah, who is my favorite band Do I have a favorite band? and I would say that uh across the test of Not the test of time, but you know, maybe like a decade or so That's it arcade fire is my favorite band. Okay. I love arcade fire They are great But it's weird because that's not even really the genre of music. I like the most right right. Yeah. No, I know what you mean like I might say Blondie is one of my favorites. I don't know if it's the favorite But it's not that's going to give you a misimpression of my taste because you're going to think You know call me and uh hard of glass right now I don't know like it. I don't like those so much as some of their earlier stuff and older right. Yeah Yeah, I just like her voice I don't know. I like The burden of B I'm just I'm just looking through my playlist right now Uh, I like What do I like um, I mean I like swaley. That's like a recent favorite Uh, I mean part of it is it's There is no one favorite band. There's there's the band. That's most appropriate for a situation that you're in or That music The kinks have always been like if you're if you're if you're in a pensive mood Or you're It's a mood thing. I definitely I definitely agree with that like for example over the weekend Halsey was uh SNL's musical guest and actually the the she was hosting it as well And I I don't know her that well I think she she seems adorable But um, but I don't know her music and when she was you know doing her stuff. I was like Yeah, okay Sure, but I know people Really love her. Yeah. Yeah. I like Ariana grande too. But again I don't know that she's my favorite. I just always enjoy her singing Well, I mean, is there is there a I guess one way to tell is like Would you blindly? Buy an album from them because you they have they carry a certain reputation Hey, you know, these guys are good and they've never disappointed me before Sunvolt is is one like that I always liked Sunvolt. I always like Nicki Minaj. Everything she does is great Uh, I used to be I used to be big on um Empire of the Sun I was very into what what's what's your favorite empire of the sun song Because I I'm I'm trying to remember like I know them too, but like what what's their big hit? Uh, the the big one that I I don't want to say it's their big one But the one that I know most readily is a walkie Oh Walking on a dream. Oh, I like that song. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah That's a good one But uh, they uh, one of them split up or not split off, but uh, one of I'm trying to remember which one did uh started Panau Pna you Okay A new band Yeah, like, you know how like um It's it's Wait, is it the same to know that you By the way, tim who asked this question in discord has a follow-up Uh, clarification. We're not clarification, but refinement. He says, where do you stand on the Beatles? I think it's because it's his favorite Oh, I mean I think the Beatles were the best is the best band that's ever led No, I don't think he expects you expects you to say that if uh, you know But I actually do feel that like I like there is no band better than the Beatles to me But that's also because like my parents You know, we you know when we know we we're still you know playing playing records Like the Beatles were a big part of my upbringing And my parents love them. So, you know, that's How I love about that. I went through a stage where my friends just couldn't stand the fact that I played the Beatles all the time When I was in high school I don't listen to them as much anymore because I think I burnt out But I never don't enjoy hearing a Beatles song I I've always been on the fence with the Beatles because it is one of those bands that Everyone that was older than me was really into and they had to share it with me And so I never had that experience Forest was hey it was forced Whether it was my music teacher like, you know in high school just You know talking about the Beatles all the time or uh, what's the name from? Oh, I had I had a classmate. It was super into the Beatles all just like All the teachers and parents and stuff around me thought the Beatles were a little bit suspect Oh, yeah Oh, that's one of those hippie bands. I'm just kind of glad they're they're over They have people over Too much like, you know, like if I'm the kid in the 70s Like and the the Beatles had broken up my mom liked Paul McCartney solo But she was not she was not a big Paul McCartney solo was the worst part of the Beatles, right? So, yeah, I think I think that that's sort of Like that made me want to like the Beatles more whereas like I could totally see Roger If I'd had the same people around me that you did I might have had to like screw the Beatles You guys like you guys like the Beatles, but like you guys don't mention like Zeppelin You guys don't mention the who it's always Beatles this Beatles that like everything was All right all encompassing and it's like don't need it Like I understand they were seminal in in pop music Uh, pop music in the west but at the same time it's like, yeah, that's cool You know, I was I I listened to more of the monkeys than I did of the Beatles all the way up through high school That's just wrong. Um, just you know, just just because um, she she's a big part of the show My mom just texted me Paul McCartney is the worst people Even worse than Ringo Ringo Oh Ringo is great. No one hates Ringo. Yeah He's just a bad drummer I remember the look on your mom's face when I told her my analogy of San Francisco being John Lennon and Paul McCartney being LA And she was it looked like she was like I must move my my daughter out of Paul McCartney immediately Right. I actually um, it's funny that there was this is not super recently, but you know, I don't know maybe 10 years ago We were doing like a Christmas dinner with the Lane family And one of my aunts said, you know, I almost thought that the stones were like cooler than the Beatles and You I mean, you should have seen the anger that happens With the people that did not agree with aunt Susie It's like you should switch to politics and religion at that point, right? Just to calm things down. That's just an it's like Dinner was like basically ruined. Yeah I heard saying and you that works both ways, right? Saying that the Beatles are better than the stones to a stones fan is the slob at a grenade too It's that is not a that is not a topic to build bridges with You know Like if you had to say one like a band or set of bands that you think That you like but you think is relatively uncool Like you like yeah, people think they're uncool, but I like them Like do you have any of those like I wouldn't say a guilty pleasure, but you know I mean volunteer that in for my maroon five That's what people hate maroon five. I don't understand why I think they have a lot of great songs I do not hate maroon five. I don't get it It's my guilty pleasure. I I guess the thing that always comes up on my music playlist that I I will often skip if I'm with someone I don't know very well in the car is uh, the wolf tones It's an irish kind of protest folk band Okay, sounds good. It's great. I love it and they sing like traditional irish songs But with a kind of a modern flair and they're they're very rebellious But I mean, is there is there's something where you're like, if I don't know you well enough This is just you're gonna get the wrong idea Yeah, right, right, right. Yeah, because it's not all of the things that I listen to my guilty pleasure and the thing I hate myself for Um is listening to billy joel because I really don't like most of it I like a lot of there's no reason to hate yourself for listening to billy joel Musical I don't think he's all that but for some reason his music is very catchy But again, again, like what there's nothing to hate billy joel is like he's an american hero Is he? Oh, okay, so what's your favorite billy joel song? I would have to So this is another thing I hate myself for it. It's piano in That's a good song. That's like the most popular billy joel song That's why roger hates himself for it because he's like But like Because it's a popular song that people like I actually like that. I like that song Built the city on rock and roll, which is like a ludicrous corporate like sellout song, but I like Okay, well, that's not billy joel But those are my things If I were to announce, I feel like if I announced in public All right, we got a before we get to take it down for me playing that we have to end our video Thanks for watching everybody. Hope you enjoyed audio folks stick around. There's more embarrassing bands to come