 Hello there. Hello there, my beautiful, lovely internet friends. I am all cozy in PJs. It's not even like cold out and snowing, which would justify like flannel cute PJs, but I was just feeling very cozy tonight. And so I thought I would hop on with you guys into puppies. I'm sure Sophie will make an appearance here shortly. She's like right there. And I really liked streaming with you guys last week. So I thought I'd hop on for a little bit in chat. I've got some tea made. It's lavender chamomile with honey. Hello, Will depicts. I'm glad you're back. Hi, Paul. Here's one dog. I'm sure I will get you the other one here shortly. Hi, Emily. I am doing a solid decent today, which I will absolutely take. Also, I'm gonna adjust the camera just a little bit. Let's see. There, maybe. Yeah, that's better. Hi, Magnish and Bobby and Bethany. Thank you for watching and Abby Topes. Hi, I'm so glad you guys are all here. Thank you. Ava, you made it. I just, it means so much to me that you so consistently come into my streams. Ava has been a amazing supporter of the channel for so many years, so many years. That's crazy. So thank you for being here. Hi, Sharon. Pat, oh, you're here too. Hi, Eric. Hi, Janice. How are you guys all doing this evening? Oh, we got DC Sophie Ears. Can you see the Sophie Ears? Yeah, she'll make a full appearance here shortly. Ava, oh, but seriously. Genuinely, you mean a lot to me and you being here means a lot to me. So thank you, truly. Hi, Claire from Los Angeles. Summer says, glad to be here. Don't PJ set, thank you. I got these years ago. Matching PJ sets are like perfection to me. I get so happy about them, but the problem is I'm so specific about the way that PJ pants fit. This is the kind of riveting conversation we're gonna have here tonight, guys. But so often with like PJ sets, the bottoms will like the waistband, I can't stand feeling it. So it'll be like too tight and then I'll have to get like a massive size where it just doesn't fit, right? So finding a good PJ set is super exciting to me. Anyways, this is one of those. So be the elves as cute dogs. Yeah, they're pretty cute. They're all tuckered out because they ran a lot today. They ran up in the forest and then I played tennis ball with them and my friend's kiddo who I was watching for a while today played tennis ball. So they are tuckered out. Also, at some point in this stream, they're probably gonna freak out because I know that I have a delivery coming and if they hear someone on the porch, they lose their minds. Bethany, I'm so sorry that you're not okay. Are you having a rough day, a rough evening? I hope that we can all just be here for you and be at least a relaxing presence of nothing else, but I'm very sorry that you're not okay right now. Paul says, buy PJs too large and tailor them. I could do that. I should really look into how much tailoring actually costs because I've never worked with a tailor, which is ridiculous because I need to for my leg. I just never have. Oh, Mr. Key says, bring back the foot mic. I should bring back the foot mic. God, some of the things that I say out of context just sounds so weird. For a while there, I was like taping my microphone to one of my prosthetic feet and just talking into it. I mean, we could do an impromptu foot mic, but it's just, it's not gonna work. Got my little test socket here. This one feels terrible. I am looking forward to going to sleep tonight so I can take pain medication that is properly assigned by my doctor for nights like this. So I will be out of pain, hopefully unable to sleep because it has been a nasty, nasty leg day. Oh, Claire is dental pain tonight. Dental pain sucks. Did you have like dental work done or is it just tea stuff? That is not fun. Tiga says good guard dogs. Yeah, they're really good guard dogs and I love that. Also, yes, no makeup. This is my, I'm done with the day. In fact, I never put makeup on today. I would say I probably actually deal my makeup maybe once or twice a week. Daniel says, your love of so many makes life more enjoyable. Your influence makes me happy. Oh gosh, Daniel, that's such a sweet thing to say. Thank you. Oh, G. Pretkane says, I love the dog blanket. Isn't this cute? Wait, Pat, Pat in the chat, I believe sent this to me unless I'm mistaken. It's one of my favorite blankets. It's super cute and cozy. Pat, I think you sent this to me before surgery. Meryl G-Mail, Merveau G-Mail. I'm struggling with usernames tonight. Says, hey, I have amazing news. I moved and now I have a bed to share with my fluffy dog. The warmth of his floop is amazing. Hope you're well. That is just delightful news and I'm so happy to hear that. I'm glad. Should we position this so we can get like more dogs in the frame? I feel like that would be beneficial because who doesn't love more puppy dogs in the frame? You know what I'm saying? Let's see, let's see about that. Slightly more puppy dogs. God, I love these animals so much. As usual, my stream is mostly just talking about how much I love the dogs. All right, men, so do you have a beautiful dog. Thank you. There's actually two of them. I don't know if you can see these ears, Sophie. Sophie, you wanna say hi? Sophie. There she is. There she is. See, they're all cuddling tonight. Don't kick your sister, don't kick her. Ava says, Leo is just huge. You know he is and this angle makes him look smaller than he is every once in a while. I'm like, dear God, I actually have a very large dog. Bethany says, I have school, he goes, oh, Bethany, I think you were saying earlier that it was a rough night. I'm really sorry that you were struggling tonight. Also, Pat says, nope, can't take credit for that one. I did send the weighted blanket. Yeah, so I have the weighted blanket. Someone sent me the dog blanket for surgery. Oh, don't, oh, he just kicked Sophie. She doesn't seem to mind. The weighted blanket is amazing though, Pat. How many prosthetics do you have, asks Maxime. Right now, I have another prosthetic foot, but it's really old and doesn't work super great. This is a test socket, which is why it's made of polycarbonate, which you can see at the top, the clear stuff, and then they have to wrap it in casting material because this will break if you're just walking on it. So it's a test socket. So before they make the carbon fiber version, they can re-sculpt this a lot easier, so it's a lot cheaper and faster, but we are having a difficult time getting a good fit and this one just, it's not working. Also, look how this is, look what they had to do for my leg. Look at this funny angle. Okay, so this is straight, but do you see how crooked it is? That's not wrong. It's just like what they had to do to accommodate for like how I walk and everything like that. DC says your disposition always brings me joy. Oh, thank you. Oh, also it looks like the stream just froze. I'm gonna keep going like it didn't. Here's to hoping. Ava says it kind of looked like he kicked you more than Sophie. He's, okay, by the way, guys, his little back feet, I don't know if you can see the spots. He's like, he doesn't care. Yeah, all these pretty spots, look at that. They're so pretty. Okay, don't kick your sister. Just come put your foot right back there. So how is everybody doing tonight? I'm doing a lot better than the last stream when I was more actively recovering from COVID. I went back to the gym for the first time today to like try to ease back in the things, see if I could get my body moving because I was dealing with like a lot of just like achy and soreness. But you guys will be very proud of me. I'm proud of me. I took it very, very easy and mostly just stretched because I can still feel like the impact it has on my lungs. So I was like, all right, we're just gonna take this nice and easy. Oh, Ava says the YouTube stream didn't freeze. Are you on Twitch too? No, I'm not on Twitch too because I found that when I tried to stream the Twitch and YouTube oftentimes either my computer or my internet just can't handle it. Oh, there we go, yeah. Okay, so yeah, so how is everybody doing? Janice, Janice. Janice, I don't know why I said Janice. It'd be a cool name too, but it says how are your lungs feeling? They're feeling so much better. I'm imagining I'll probably only be able to talk for like 45 minutes an hour because I don't wanna tank my lungs again. But I really like hanging out with you guys. I don't know, it just, it seriously means so much that you guys would spend your time listening to me and chatting with me. I just think it's such a cool thing. And I am generally so grateful that for anyone who decides to be here, I'll stop being mushy, but thank you. Okay, so Cody says, doing good. Hope you're okay too. I'm glad you're doing good tonight, Cody. Darren asks, how many times have you had COVID now? Three, I've had them three, I've had it three times. The first time I don't, those eight days don't exist. They just don't exist. The second time I had a fever so high that in the middle of the night, because I like lived alone, I was convinced I was going to die. Turns out just a fever, I was fine. And this last time it's just been hanging on for like a long time. Mountain Man says, I took my melatonin hoping it kicks in soon. I hope it does for you too in that you get some lovely sleep and sweet dreams. I cannot take melatonin because it gives me such vivid dreams, like crazy, crazy vivid dreams. And then I'll get nightmares and the vivid nightmares. I'm like, nope, not worth it. Does anyone else have that experience with melatonin? I know that that's like a possible side effect because it's such a good thing for people to take because it's like non habit forming. It's just a good thing for your body to help you sleep. But that's the one that I'm like, oh, can't handle it. Mel says, thank you for live streaming tonight. You're welcome. Been watching the shorts. Oh, thank you. I think most people, maybe not here, but most people on my channel found me through short form video. But the first like three years of my channel was just long videos. Is someone calling me? No, they're not calling me. Okay, we're good. Sarah says, yes, melatonin gives me terrible nightmares. I thought it was just me. Okay, yeah, so same. Same Z, same here. Also, I'm noticing my hair is just, it's doing its own thing tonight. You know what, we're okay with that. It's gotten long enough again. I really like the length, but then it's hard to put it up like this. Teague says, I love your short videos. Thank you. Also, Bethany, thank you for asking if I am okay. I am indeed, it has been, no, gosh, it's been an emotional roller coaster of a week, not in a bad way. I recently started going back to therapy after taking, I took like six months off because it was too expensive, I couldn't afford it. And it also, I was like going through surgery and stuff. So I was like, this is a good time to take a break. And coming back to it, it has been rough. Like in the moving things forward way, but I've been dealing with stuff that I haven't like wanted to deal with in years that's coming up, especially like moving to a new city, not having a lot of people here and some of like the vulnerabilities and stuff that that brings up. So this is a bit of a tangent, but I am, I am indeed okay, but I've been trying to ride the waves of emotion a little bit better and not try to numb them out or like just distract myself, but like feel things. And shocking news, feeling things sucks. It is a good thing. I think it's one of the best things we can do for ourselves, but when you spend your life trying to avoid it for many years, just sitting in discomfort is a new experience. So I'm getting slightly better at it. Cody asks, how do you like your new place? I love it. I absolutely love it. It is a tiny little shack. It's less than 700 square feet, which is a lot smaller than any other place I've lived before. So I had to get creative with like storing solutions, but it was kind of a fun, it was a fun task. And I probably got, I donated, sold or got rid of maybe like 60% of the things that I owned. So it was very cleansing thing too. Maxim asks, what do you think about three legged dogs? They're so cute. They are so cute. I dream of one day having a three legged German shepherd. Every once in a while, someone will send me one that's up for adoption somewhere in the country. And it takes all of my willpower to be like, nope, I can't handle a third dog on my own. That is too many dogs for me, but gosh, one day. Sudoku Dragon says, not feeling things can suck even more. You know what, that is the unfortunate truth when you just don't feel things because they're uncomfortable. They getcha, they getcha, you know? So practicing feeling things is very healthy and very good. But gosh darn it, it is hard. Ooh, the audio is a bit funny. Okay, let me see. I wonder, okay, I'm gonna turn up a little bit and then put the mic like in front of my face. Let's see if that's any better. DC says, do you ever think you'll commit to a regular live screaming schedule? Yes, but a streaming schedule. I don't think so because my body is so all over the place. I never know if I'm gonna be like good or not. And I hate canceling things on people. So I think streams will generally speaking be pretty impromptu, yeah. So I would love to commit to a normal stream for everybody but until I get things more settled physically, if that ever happens, I don't think I will. Janice, Leo and Sophie, Leo is two, look at him. Look at him just passed out on that pillow. And Sophie is six, Sophie's down here. So one of the funny things about Leo is that he will, he will kick pillows all over the place to make space for himself. I thought he just almost kicked Sophie again. So I'll like come into the living room and he'll just be like nudging and throwing pillows off the couch and rearranging to make, keeps kicking her in the head to make space for exactly how he would like it to be. And I cannot blame him for that. Ava says, I kind of like the impromptu style. If I have time, I pop in and if not, then not. Excellent, thank you. Let's see here, Tony says, Joe, during the low times, just remember the saying I heard from my late mother, you can give up, you can give in, you can give out but don't ever give up. I really like that actually because it's not just cheesy motivation, within that line is the ability to still feel things, right? Or like take a break or like throw up your hands for a little bit, but don't ever stay there. So I like that. US Navy guy says, good evening from Florida. Good evening from Colorado. I think it's a little bit later out where you are. Tope says, do you ever think you'll do more art streams? Yes, I absolutely do. Some of the streaming cameras that I have are on the podcast set now. So this is the only camera that I have. So I have to get another one. I'm gonna have to buy another one when I have the funds for it here in a little while so I can like have a camera for the art and also have a camera for my face. Vandana Girl says, a live screaming stream would be interesting, finding a way to get an internet connection in the woods as you scream at nature could be funny. You know what? I think that'd be therapeutic and I'm not gonna lie. If someone did that, I think it would be an internet hit. Just, yep, a live screaming schedule. Just get it all out of your system. Tigue says, is Joe an artist too? I am a sometimes artist. I can show you guys some if you would like. Shedding, thank you for the super chat. Says I was on Kepper for 18 years. When I got off of it, I was like, so this is what life is supposed to feel like. Oh my gosh, for 18 years. So that had to be such a difference. That sounds like it's a very, that's gotta be a good change for you. I hope it is, that's awesome. So don't Good Dragon, I love that username. Said my grandma, said they can cook you, but they can't eat you. Okay, if you guys have any other quotes from like grandparents or parents or influential people in your lives, I would love to hear them, cause I love quotes. Also, Kit, hello from Indiana. Indiana is, I love Indiana so much. Whenever I say that, people get very confused. But I have such good memories out there and such good friends. I miss it, I miss the cornfields and like the sunrises and the sunsets and just, oh, I love it out there. I lived in like 40 minutes south of Fort Wayne. And then I have friends in Columbus that I'll go visit sometimes. Human asks, I too am a human. Are you gonna have a special stream for when you hit a million subs? Yes, absolutely. We kind of talked about that. I gotta sip my tea, guys, I'm forgetting again. We kind of talked about that in the last stream. Wait, did I plug in the microphone? Hold on, can you do me a favor? Tell me if you can't hear me. Ready? Okay, could you hear any of that? Let me try it again. Okay, okay, good, okay, awesome. So the mic is indeed working. For a second I thought maybe I forgot to plug this mic which is why the audio might be funny. Okay, okay, cool, awesome. Oh, Sean, hello, it says, can't hear you after the tabs on the mic. Okay, okay, and I did unmute. Kit said, did you ever go to the Fort Wayne? Oh, I thought you wrote Chicken Zoo. And I got so excited because I love chickens. I have never gone to the Fort Wayne Children's Museum or Zoo, I have not gone there. Hi, Jean-Paul, did detage, I think I'm saying that wrong, but hi, thanks for being here. Okay, so anyways, the million subscriber livestream, I think that absolutely has to happen. And I'm wondering if there's, I need to plan something more. I need to plan something bigger for the million livestream. Maybe I could get together like all of the people who have been on the channel over the years, like Anika, the amputee, Stevie, Alexis from Stump Kitchen, things like that. I don't know, I'm playing with ideas, we'll see. Will the pic says, take a sip, thank you, God, I picked my tea up and I literally didn't drink it. All right, ooh, that's really good. Lavender, chamomile, and honey, it is delightful. Bobby, and also Will the pic, thank you for the reminder. Bobby says, hi from Connecticut, ever been on the East Coast? I have, I've been in New York City, I've been upstate New York, I've driven all around like Pennsylvania and the Baltimore area, I had a good friend who lived out there for a while. I love the East Coast, it's absolutely beautiful. I love how everything is so alive and green out there because in Colorado, it's a lot of brown. We have the mountains, which are incredibly gorgeous, but it's not lush like it is on either of the coasts, you know? Oh, Barov says, I just screamed so loud, I find a spider in my hair. That was the worst thing ever for my arachnophobia. I am so sorry, that sounds awful. I hope you recover quickly. Alison says, just wanted to thank you for all that you do and say hi from upstate New York. Oh, thank you. Soup Freaks Mesa, great username. Thank you so much for the soup for chat. They said, hey, I'm a Reese's amputee, one month, five right toes and top portion of the foot sepsis, and been using a lot of humor to deal with it. First of all, as I always say, welcome to the amputee club. None of us really wanted to be here, but we're in it together, gosh darn it. And I personally think that using humor to cope is one of the best things. I have found it so helpful. Do you find that people sometimes don't know if they can laugh at your humor? I find that from time to time. I'll make a joke about being an amputee or like at my expense or whatever and people who don't know me are like, oh, you know, like they're like, can we laugh at that? Yes, yes you can. But how is your recovery going? Well, are you planning on using a prosthesis? Okay, Maxime asked, do I play video games? Very occasionally, very occasionally. I had to delete the two games I had on my computer because I ran out of space for video editing. It did have the Sims 4 and Cities and Skylines. And then on my Windows computer, which I lent to a friend for the time being, I had playing at Zoo, which is my favorite game of all time. And then I occasionally play like other games as well. Oh, Ava says, new idea for a shirt. Welcome to the amputee club. None of us wanted to be here. I love some variation of that with maybe some like a cute little cartoon amputee or something like that. That's a great idea. Kyle says, Joe, you look so cozy and pretty. Oh, thank you. I am feeling quite cozy and the dogs are like completely matching my style. They're so, they're so tuckered out. Storm says, I'd rock that shirt like crazy. Maybe we need to make that happen then. I have not made new merch in like three years. I've been slacking, guys. So we need to get, we need to get some new ideas in there. Paul says, almost to my first ampeversary. Okay, so how do you feel about that? Are you gonna celebrate it? Are you gonna take it as like a day of grieving? How does the first ampeversary feel to you? Everyone has felt a little bit different for me. Motivated one leger, that's a great username says, dang it, I hoping she'd see my comment. Dang it, well, I did see that one, but I missed the first one. Nicknack says, hi, Joe. I'm so happy I caught you live. I'm glad that you're here. I'm always curious how many people in the chat are amputees or have a direct connection to one versus not. I often find, hold on, sipping break, I often find that people make the assumption that my channel is like just for amputees or that the majority of my audience is and I've done polls before. And I think it's like, it's less than 10%. I think it's like, it was like one to 5% that are amputees versus not. Okay, McCrabbles is not an amputee, but I paralyzed legs. Veronica is not, Nicknack is not. Cam Cam says, does losing a function of a major organ count? I feel like it could, right? It's close, I mean, it's not an amputation, but you know what, you're welcome to the club too. We'd love to, we'd love to, what's the word? God, I've been missing words lately. We'd love to invite you to join the club. We'll just go with that too. Jennifer says, I'm a double amputee. Ewash says, not an amputee, but chronically ill. That's how I found Joe. I'm glad that you're here. Oh yeah, Paul says, I'm a veteran. I am not an amputee, though I have known several. When I lived in Colorado Springs, there's like five military bases in the area. And so there is, there are a lot of amputees in Colorado Springs and the Colorado area from, you know, like from the military. Oh, River says, I am not personally, but my nephew was up to the hip. Unfortunately, he's no longer with us. Oh, River, I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm glad that you're here tonight. Thank you for hanging out with us. Petrim says, Joe, you helped me help encourage my friend as a new amputee and valuable advice. Thanks. Aw, shucks. I'm so glad I thought I could help in any way. Thank you. Holly says, not an amputee, just bad chronic pain. Dear, dear Lord Holly, it's the worst, isn't it? Chronic, chronic pain is just a, I was about to say, can I cuss on stream? This is my own stream. Chronic pain is a mind fuck. I, so in my daily life, I realized it was a problem a few years ago and I toned it down a lot, but for the first like 20, 25 years of my life, I like did not cuss really at all because I thought it was wrong. I came from a very conservative Christian background and I feel like I've been making up for lost time since then where like I cuss a lot and I realized a few years ago, I was like, oh, I need to tone that down, but I still, I still think that the occasional, like, you know, the occasional fuck just really illustrates a point and I like it. Cussing can be therapeutic. Ash tree says cuss away, thank you. One tough cookie says it's 328 a.m. in the UK and I'm putting off sleep. Why are you putting off sleep tonight? Do you not, do you just not want to go there? Just feeling wired and awake. I hope that you find rest whenever you find your way to bed and I'm glad that you're hanging out with us in the meantime. Ava says, not a good fuck, every three words is nice. Okay, good, I'm in good company then. Prima says, finally caught alive, so excited. I'm so glad you're here. Warren also, I'm glad that you're here too. All right, I'm gonna remember to drink my tea. Hi, Peter, how are you doing? Then Danagirl says chronic pain is really weird because now I miss noticing regular pain sometimes. That's such a thing. I completely understand what you're saying with that. It feels dangerous too. Oh, also, I talked about this book last week. Slight topic change, but I wanted to introduce you guys to it. This book is called Wired for Love and it is a, I'll read the subtitle, is that what it's called? A neuroscientist's journey through romance, loss and the essence of human connection and it is fascinating to me. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who's remotely interested. It's all about the neuroscience of how our brains work when it comes to love and connection. I think it's so cool because it really goes in the science of how we are literally biologically, neurologically wired for connection with other people. Hold on, I think Sophie's trying to scope out where she's gonna lay down, okay? Okay, she's on the edge of the couch. And I mentioned it, but I didn't have it to show you guys last time, this book, highly, highly, highly recommend. Also it's very sweet and it made me cry in a coffee shop because of the story of how she met her husband and they got married in Paris. He passed away seven years later, but like I'm a sucker, I'm a sucker for love stories every once in a while, right? Jamie asks, how are the pups doing today? Well, as you can see, Leo is very stressed out, very stressed out on his pile of pillows. I like that I can like, when he's sleepy, I can do anything and he just, he just doesn't care, doesn't react at all. He's just cool. Oh, okay, maybe I did bug him. Always getting cozier. Oh, are you rolling? Okay, it's belly rub time. I didn't know. I forgot to check the clock. It is belly rub time. You'll get it. This white patch that he has on his stomach too. Yeah, let's get you cozy. There you go. There you go. I love how chilly is all the time because Sophie and I are just anxious and stressed out beings and then there's Leo who does not have a care in the world and never has. We all make a good team. Ryn for the win. Thank you so much for the super chat. I really appreciate it. Ryn for the win says, how is the fallback to standard time treating you? I feel like I've been in a brain fog all day. Before I answer that question, thank you again for the super chat. This is a dumb question. Does, is it just the US that has like time changes? Is it the world? Is it specific countries? So anyways, last night was like the fallback time and the worst part is that it now gets dark at like 5 30 p.m. And I, I hate that. I do not enjoy that one bit. Excuse me, but it's part of the, it's part of the package. Right? We're going to get snow here in the near future too, which makes me super happy. And it is also a lot lighter when I wake up in the morning. I was waking up at like seven. I usually get up at like six, something like that. And I was waking up at seven, seven, 15 and it still was dark out. So now, now it's like back to normal hours in the morning of some light. Pat says, not a dumb question at all. I haven't thought about that. Yeah, wait. Okay. So Michael says Canada has it too because the US has it. We're not a serious country. I love, I love Canada. I love Canadians. Like most of my favorite YouTubers are Canadians. I have good Canadian friends. Europe too. Okay. So we had the last one on the 20th of October. Okay. All right. So there are like time changes around the world. Laura also hates the early darkness. Gosh. Yeah. It's just, it's just not fun. But it was unusually lovely out this evening. So even as the sun was setting, I went for a short walk. My leg didn't let me go too far, but like being out at sunset when it was like 72 out. Chef's kiss. I was super grateful. Hi, Trinity. I'm glad to have you here. Ghost into the fog says I'd rather have a late sunset than an early sunrise. Yes, I would too actually. I very much agree with that. Tope says it made me so tired, slept in, took a nap and I'm struggling to get to bed early. Yeah. Well, it's always so rough the next day, right? Cause then, you know, if we work like Monday to Friday, nine to fives, you got like one day to adjust to a time change. And then you got to like be on again. It's very difficult. Maestro says, hello, this is fun. Thanks for being here. I, whenever I start a live stream, I'm always like, I don't have a list of topics, right? That's not structured. We just sort of chat. So I really appreciate everyone who was here and just chatting with me. Thomas, thank you so much for your super chat. I really appreciate that. Thomas says, daylight savings time was the result of early conservation in the 70s, but was originally drummed up by Ben Franklin? No way. Oh, that's really interesting. Do you think we still need it? I always see debates about if daylight savings time is still beneficial in the current world that we live in. Wasn't it something to do with farmers and like a farming schedule that we had daylight savings in the first place? Maybe that's an urban myth. Kit says, and Thomas, thank you again for the super chat. Kit says, do you know Alex won like, I haven't met him yet. If I go out to LA or California, I absolutely would love to meet up with him. We've like chatted a little bit before. He is just a gem of a human being. If you guys don't know Alex won like, please check him out. His content is fantastic. He like has one of those super infectious personalities. I love his content. Gerald says, why do you put socks on your stump? Great question. Right now, I do not have socks on. That is only because this is warm enough. There are two reasons that I put socks on my stump. Number one is compression. Sometimes having a little bit of compression around it helps a little bit with the nerve pain. And sometimes like having texture around it that isn't moving like a pant leg or something like that like consistently the same texture also can help with nerve pain. But additionally also my little nubbin gets really cold sometimes. I get a lot of phantom coldness and sometimes I just get like actual coldness because it's hard to like losing a limb is hard for your body circulation. And so oftentimes I'll put a little sock on my nubbin to keep it warm also. I just think it's kind of cute to still match socks even if they're not on two feet. I'll put, I'll get like a pair of like, you know high socks and put one on my foot and then one on my nubbin and I still match and I like it. Okay, let's see here. Warren says, oh my God, we have the same stuff. It's funny. Everyone's like everyone's residual limb, stump, nubbin, whatever you want to call it generally looks so different because of like the circumstances surrounding what caused the amputation or anything like that. But occasionally, occasionally you'll get nubbin twinsies. Okay. Emily says, he is hilarious. Joe, have you ever been to Texas? I have, I've been to San Antonio twice and I've been to Dallas, Fort Worth, what did I go there for? Ah, for Levitate, the Running Blade Company for a Levitate event. It was super fun. Maxime asks, do I watch disabled YouTuber? Do I watch a disabled? There are some disabled YouTubers I watch. A lot of the YouTube content that I consume is like video essays, commentary, things like that. I love having them on in the background. I just got my iPhone screen time report today. And before you get horrified by this, allow me to explain. But it was like your average daily screen time is nine hours and 10 minutes. I'm not on my phone all the time, guys. The reason for that is because I'll have YouTube videos on all the time in the background. So I'll just like set my phone up somewhere, turn on like a two hour video essay and just be doing like housework or doing different stuff. And so my screen is on, hence the ridiculous amount of screen time. But yeah, that's, I love YouTube. I love the community. I love other creators. I always get like super inspired and just impressed with what they do. Chelsea, Chelsea Stump, thank you for the super chat. I really appreciate it. Chelsea says, you are such an inspiration. I lost my right leg below the knee in 2015, just three months shy of 20 years old. Oh gosh. I feel like we'd be great friends, human sunshine. Chelsea, I hope that maybe one day we have the chance to be in person. That would be lovely. And I really appreciate your kind words and your super chat. Thank you. So, okay, so if it's 2015, so is this your eighth year? Am I really bad at math? 20, wait, no, I think that's correct. It's eight years. I just passed five. Okay. Ghost in the Fox says, I completely ignore my usage summary now. YouTube also skews my numbers. I've been thinking about just turning off the screen time report because I see it and I'm just like, listen, listen little iPhone. I'm not on you all the time. You're just on in the background. Oh, the dogs might bark here pretty soon. There's gonna be a delivery on the front porch and they might get loud just heads up in advance. If that happens, I will do my very best to mute it so you don't have loud audio all of a sudden. Oh, Warren says I use YouTube instead of regular cable much better. I completely agree. I don't have any kind of cable TV. I have like Netflix and Hulu, but I mostly just watch YouTube. I think it's cooler to see what individual people are doing. Queen Bucco says, we love the doggos. Don't worry, thank you. Warren says, I watched your video about not having kids. I fully agree with you. Your body, your choice, adoption is a fantastic idea. Thank you, Warren. I appreciate that. I made this video years ago about why I don't, like why I didn't want to have kids. I will say that in the last six months, something super weird has happened, guys. I have been having baby fever like crazy out of nowhere for months on end. I have literally never wanted a biological child. I don't think ever in my life. And all of a sudden I'm like, babies. Yeah, which is just super weird for me. It's not anything I'm making any decisions on, of course. I still like adoption is still what I would love to do or just like fostering, giving like teenagers in particular like a safe place to be. I know it's a very complicated thing, right? But that is like the dream that I have, whether I do it in the next couple of years or whether I do it like 40 or 45. Ava says, I haven't had regular TV cable for more than 15 years. I get news from YouTube and such. So it's a lot of screen time. Yeah, I totally, I totally get that. Also, who was it that wrote the, who was it that, yeah, Warren. Warren's comment about supporting the whole, your body, your choice. If you don't have kids, don't have kids thing. I, because of the podcast that I do, I watch a lot of content from a very specific side of YouTube that really pushes the idea that women have to have children because that's their only value and worth and their only purpose in society, which is such utter bullshit. If you want to have kids, that is an incredible and beautiful thing, but pushing the narrative that you have to or like that's your only job as a female on the planet is ridiculous. I hear people talk about that stuff like all day. It gets a lot sometimes. I'm like, no guys, that's just not accurate. Yeah, climbing Dan says, agreed. I have a friend named Dan who is a climber. I don't think it is you, Dan, in the chat. But in any case, hi, it's great to have you here. Ooh, Gerard or Jared. Gerard says, Joe, try Nike socks. They are the best for amputees and so comfortable on your stump. Ooh, interesting. Like, like knee-high Nike socks? Hmm, do they have like good compression? Are they cozy? Hi, we'll have to consider that. Warren says, the church needs to settle down with making babies. I completely agree. I completely agree in the sense that like, stop telling people that they have to have kids to have meaning in life because that is simply not accurate. I will end that rant there. And we'll, yeah, we'll, yeah. Ava says, hell no, I just want to be responsible for my cat and that's it. Anything else is out of the question for me, then that's a fantastic choice for you, Ava. And I'm super glad. Wait, how many kitties do you have right now? C.C. says, I agree, it's your choice. Yeah, I feel like it's a pretty basic thing to agree on, but a lot of people do have a lot of different opinions on it. Penultimate, hi, it's great to see you in the chat. So it's for a lot of people, I think their kids are their only identity, so they have to pump up the importance of this. You know, I've never had a kid, right? I don't have kids. Like I said, one day I would like to foster, adopt that kind of thing. But I know from a lot of my friends who do have kids that, especially moms in my experience, like it can be really hard to have an identity outside of your children. Like that's an actual, like that's a struggle to find that balance, to find the time for both. And I recognize that can be a very difficult thing. I do think that there are some people who certainly project that on people who don't have kids. Wait, my phone is ringing. Scam likely at 8.45 and oh, you know what? Actually, hold on, I think I might know what this is. That was the delivery that got very lost on the way to my house. Thank you guys for your patience. Okay, hold on one more second. I'm getting another call, one moment please. I will be right back guys, I promise. Guys, that was such a string of events all at once. I'm so grateful to everyone who hung around. The delivery driver got lost because my house can be hard to find and she very kindly was able to get here. And then someone called and then the dogs went off all at the same time. So I had to keep everything muted. But I am gonna send, I'm gonna send. Come here puppy. Okay, are we gonna be quiet now? Are we gonna be quiet now? I think we are. All right guys, smile, we're on stream. Okay, I'm hoping that is the last of the interruptions and seriously, thank you for sticking around. Thomas says dogs equal automatic doorbell. That is a fact, very much so. They hear things way before I do. I don't think anyone has actually ever rang the doorbell because the dogs go off so loud that it is just very clear. Ava says, oh my God, I even wave and then just me being stupid. I love that you wave. That's amazing, did anyone else wave? Okay, I have to send this. When I'm streaming, I always feel like I have to talk every second but then I watch other streamers and I realize it's okay if there is an occasional silence. Chelsea, oh, thank you for another super chat. It says, where can I submit my new friend application, LOL? You know, I should have a friend application, LOL. So loud. It's okay, it's okay, guys. I promise, I promise it's okay. No one's trying to break in. Maybe we're quiet now, we'll see. We'll see. Kayleen says, ooh, you're approaching one million. Yes, weird, super weird. We were just talking earlier about what to do for like the one million stream. Lauren says, and here we go, LMAO. Yeah, they, I love, I've said this so many times. I love how big and strong their barks are. Aw, Sophie, come here, come here, Sophie. Come here, come here. Isn't she so sweet? You're so loud though, you're very loud. Renato, oh, thank you for your super chat. It says, thank you so much for actually being a real human being. Aw, life is not always sunshine, rainbows, fuck toxic positivity, stay real, thank you. Thank you so much. That is a very sweet comment and means a lot to me. Thank you for your super chat. And yeah, I mean, we all gotta be real human beings, right? Like toxic positivity ruined my life for years. I think it's such bullshit because things just suck sometimes and we don't have to pretend like they don't, Sophie. What do you think? What do you think? Kay, pause, Kay, pause. Would you like to pant into the microphone? Okay. Janice says, beautiful Sophie. She is so birdy. She's so sweet. She's just panting in my face. Okay. What is your guys' experience with, like when someone says like, be positive, how do you take that? I've always had such a complicated relationship with the word of positivity, but while you answer that, I'm gonna respond to one more message and then I will actually be done and my focus will be back here. I should have some like elevator music. Dun, dun, dun, dun. Wait, no, that's Jeopardy music. Okay, Maestro says, so the positivity thing says, Maestro says, I respond by, I'm more of a realist. I actually like that a whole lot. I've kind of responded that way before too. I don't think realistic means necessarily depressing. I just think it means real, right? Like there's highs, there's lows. We can acknowledge both of those. Thad says, my response to be positive has always been, but not, excuse me, but not unrealistic. I like that. Orin says, be positive, yes, but be real. Yeah, exactly. I like all these comments a whole lot. Ooh, Garrett says it's the Nike dry fit crew socks. The compression is so perfect. Okay, I'm actually going to, I'm gonna copy that and text it to myself so that I can remember to try those out and see how they are. Oh yeah, climbing dance has sometimes positive encouragement is good. Sometimes it's unrealistically awful. Yeah, I think that's true. And I think it's so situationally dependent because if you're talking about like a bummer day or like inconveniences or just frustrating things, I think there is a place for like encouraging yourself to like perhaps look at the more positive side of things and quotes. I think that becomes very difficult when you're talking about real issues, like real life, deep stuff. Our word is not that simple. And yes, positivity can certainly help things. The one quote about positivity that I heard years ago that has stuck with me, let me see if I can remember it. But basically saying that being positive is not like rainbows and sunshine and happiness all the time. It's about knowing that at the end of the day you will find a way to be okay. And that's sort of what I've adopted in my own mentality about that word. Okay, let's see here. Ava says be positive without something after that like solutions, ideas, comments, sucks. Yeah, just to like, oh bummer be positive. Yeah, that doesn't go over well. Yes, exactly, Moss. It is okay not to be okay. It's such a cliche thing to say, but I find myself saying it to myself a lot and also to other people. It's one of those simple but very true things. Interesting, Warren says, are we a victim or a survivor? Like example, are we a victim or a survivor? I think there's a spider down there. Nope, we're good, that's dog hair. Classic in my house. Oh, did you want more pets? Okay, I can accommodate that. Can you guys hear her panting? I feel like for things that carry the title of victim or survivor, like things that rise to that level, right? Ooh, sorry baby. It took me a while to make peace with like both, right? Like some of the actual trauma I've experienced being like I was a victim of that and I am also a survivor of it and sort of like embracing both words because I think sometimes as survivors of things we are rushed to just embrace the survivor mentality and like sort of the victory and the survival of it and that can often detract from acknowledging the depth of hurt and acknowledging that you were victimized by something so you can allow yourself to feel that and move through it. That's my rant on that. Okay, let's see here. River says there is a difference between doing the work therapy wise and mindfulness to find a, oops, I lost your comment, happy place but not fake it to make it. Yes, I do not believe. I do not believe in faking it to make it. Dylan, thank you so much for the super chat. Says hi Joe from Saskatoon, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Saskatoon is like the most fun word to say. Hi back Dylan, thank you for the super chat. Thanks for being here. C4teefish says, oh, thank you for the super chat. So it's just getting my fix before you're on with Dave Warnock on Tuesday. Yes, I'm gonna be on a show called Dying Out Loud with Dave Warnock who is, I adore him. I got invited on the show a couple of months ago now. It was my favorite live show I've ever done and I will be on Tuesday night again. It is on a channel called The Line and I will be posting a link in the community page before we go live on Tuesday night. But yeah, I'm so glad that you're here, C4teefish and thank you for the super chat. Let's see here. Oh, Ghost into the Fox says, can you post in the Discord too? I need to remember to do that. I have been neglecting Discord terribly lately. I appreciate everyone's patience with me and I will do my very best to remember that. Let's see here. Marie says, accepting that some things really suck but knowing tomorrow is another day and it will get better eventually, got me through really rough times. Yeah, that's the whole sort of idea. I think you're just being cute, Tophie. Can I have a paw? Tophie paw? Good girl, good girl. That's sort of the idea behind, I have this tattoo. It's kind of hard to see but it's the one on my wrist. It's like the most noticeable one. It's a little watch. And the hands say yet because I have found sort of what you were talking about, the idea that things may be absolute shit and feel like the world is ending and like there's no point and there's no hope. I might not see a way through it yet. I've found that adding yet onto the end of sentences when I'm really struggling has been a very empowering thing for me and something that allows me to be like, I don't see a fucking way to get through this yet, right? Like I don't know how to handle this yet. It has been a very powerful word in my life and one that I've continued coming back to and it's not very glamorous because like when things suck, they really suck but trying to hold onto the idea that like, you know what? It's literally never stayed that way forever. Everything is temporary and like sometimes you just gotta hold on and it will shift and there is a way to make things shift but maybe you don't know what that looks like yet. I would say that is my favorite tattoo. I want more tattoo guys. I just posted a video today about my finished sleeve but now I want more. It's a problem. I died, tattoos are expensive. I'm taking a long break but I'm very grateful because they've been very helpful to me. Michael says, reminds me of people who have semi-colon tattoos. Yes, exactly. If you guys don't know, semi-colon tattoos sort of illustrate the idea of, are you growling? Are you growling at your brother? Don't do that. He's allowed on the couch too. Do you hear this? She's having a hard time sharing any attention right now. She does this sometimes. He's a very jealous puppy dog. You hear all the complaining. It's okay. They are best friends but they grumble at each other. Mostly Sophie grumbles at Leo, honestly. Pat, thank you so much for the super chat. Pat says, sitting with a friend in the pain and not trying to rewrite it as anything else but calling it out exactly as it is and being there regardless is the most beautiful things we can do for each other. Did I say that? I was reading that and I was like, wow, I really love that. Ah, thank you. Thank you for the super chat and thank you for that. That was very sweet. Oh, Tope says, don't forget to drink your tea. Okay, allow me to do that. Oh, another super chat. J.R. Kunian says, how do you kick your sheets over? After I lost my right foot, I struggled to kick my sheets. Sometimes my life has to come around and help me. Okay, this is a real thing, guys. Thank you again for the super chat. Okay, so kind of offshoot of that. One of the most frustrating things to me after I lost a leg for the first couple of years is like when you're lying in bed at night and you're like calf or your foot has an inch, right? Normally what I would do and I think what most people do is you take your other foot and you itch it or you scratch it and I couldn't do that anymore and it was so frustrating because I'd have to like reposition everything and bring my foot up to try to like get rid of it or whatever. But also like moving around in bed or like kicking a sheet off or whatever. Like you get kind of tangled up in it. That's a very real problem. Pat says, yes, you did say that. Oh, thank you, Pat. I remember that from a post that you wrote. That means a lot to me. Also, I didn't finish what I was saying earlier about semi-colon tattoos. I don't have one. It's one I've thought about getting before but it's the idea of where a sentence could have ended but chose to go on. So it's speaking to people who have dealt with life-ending thoughts and made the choice to continue on. It's a very meaningful tattoo for a lot of people. Hello, Joe and hello, Tiffany. Let's see here. Oh, Paul says, take yourself over to Ocean Mart in Broomfield, the Asian supermarket. There are instant teas and coffees from all around the world. That sounds amazing. Ocean Mart. Okay, I'm also gonna copy that. I'm also gonna copy that and write it down because that sounds delightful. Ocean Mart. I'm gonna have to check that out. Thank you for the suggestion. I'm gonna take a breathing break for just a second and drink some tea. Hi, Lily. Kino, happy November 5th to you as well. Okay. She looks so small right now. She is actually a small German shepherd. She's like 65 pounds. They can get a lot bigger. I think she's the perfect size. Look at these little toe beans. She's fine with me touching her feet. She doesn't love it. I gotta show you what Leo's doing right now. I'm gonna take a picture of him and then see if I can show it. This is too cute. Look at that. He just curled up on a pillow. He's right over there. Marina says, do you like any fidget toys? I have not found, muted it just in time, I have not found fidget toys that I like. I fidget with things constantly, but they're very normal things like a pen or something that I'm always fidgeting. I will trace underneath my nails with my other hand. I'll do this like a lot, a lot like back and forth. I fidget with a lot of different things, but I've never found fidget toys that I really loved. Peyton says such a cute pup. Allison says, would love a shout out for my patients as they're awesome kiddos and they watch you. Hello, Allison's patients. I am so grateful that you guys are watching me. I feel honored and thanks for being here. And thank you Allison for showing them. Sophia, thank you so much for the super chat. I really appreciate that. Ooh, what is the, okay, the little button says here. Paul, someone by Joa Tamagotchi. Oh my God, I love, I wanted one so bad back in the day. I don't think I, I think I had my friends like old one. Do you guys remember Tamagotchi toys? They were just amazing. Meri, Mevoro, maybe that's the right way to say it. After the spider incident, my friend just texted me. I forgot it was my birthday. How did that happen? Oh my gosh, happy birthday. That's amazing. I hope you have a lovely birthday after the spider incident, dear Lord. Oh, Elle Enchanted says, hi from Denver, I hope you're doing well. We are very close to each other. Hi from Colorado. Trinity last says, I also do the nail thing constantly. Does anyone else do that? If my nails are even a little bit grown out, I'll like here, I'll show you. I like trace underneath every nail with one hand and then I do it all the way back. It's very, it's very comforting, therapeutic. It's very fidgeting. Alison says, thank you my kiddo patients will be thrilled. Ah, I'm so, I'm just so happy that they, that makes, that made my night. Thank you, Alison. And thank you for the secret chat. Human says, I like the fidget spinner my nice, my niece had once she handed it to me to try and I wanted to keep it. Oh yeah, like the actual, like the, like the spinner ones, I think you said fidget spinner, but the ones that like, I'm doing a terrible job of explaining things. I think they're called fidget spinners. Like the thing that was super popular with everyone for a really long time. Yeah, I just saw one of those at an office the other day. Pat says, random live stream memories, slinking park, oh my God. That was from when we drew the snake, wasn't it? That, yes. I love that you brought that back up. Amazing. Oh, we got Lee with his face back here. Hi, buddy. Okay, it is, okay. It's getting close to my bedtime. I don't want to, I don't want to hop off just yet. We'll hang out for a few more minutes if anyone would like to. This is a constant issue. My tea is now cold. Also, I brought, I brought biscotti over to eat with my tea. I've never done biscotti in tea. That is a thing, right? I've always had it in coffee and then just completely forgot that I brought biscotti over. Jean-Paul says Sophie stole Leo's spot. They are constantly spot switching, like all of the time, except at night. Sophie has her head right here next to me on the other pillow and Leo will always be at my feet and they don't switch spots during the night. Warren says, tomorrow I'm gonna check out, I think it's a check out turbo dude. You say it's good, right? Well, it's my podcast, so I hope it's good. We are still in the early stages. Our sixth episode is coming out on Thursday. We do a live streaming podcast over on the Turbo Dude podcast. I do it with my best friend, Aaron from Life Apollos. It's a very different, very different kind of content for me. Warren, if you check it out, I would love to hear your thoughts. Okay, Emily says, what's your favorite kind of tea? I love English breakfast or Irish breakfast with honey or sugar and milk. The milk part is essential for me. I also really, I like peppermint tea, especially when I'm not feeling great. Chamomile tea is always a winner. The one I have tonight is lavender chamomile and that is absolutely great. Tony says, Joe, feel free to put the saying that I told you from my late mom on the wall or emerge. Thank you so much, I appreciate it. Quail tea, hyper focused recommends quail tea. I wonder what that is, I'm gonna have to look that up. Also dragonflies says they've never had tea with milk. Black tea with milk is my favorite thing. I don't put it in any other kind of tea. I think I've put it in chamomile before, but specifically black tea with milk. I think, okay, if anyone's from the UK, let me know. I think tea and milk is a very, it's a very British thing to do, isn't it? Or am I messing that up? Oftentimes when I ask for like tea or cream with milk, if I'm ordering from like a coffee shop, they'll give me like a weird look. And I'm like, listen, oops, I'm like, listen guys, I can't be the only person ordering it this way, but it's so good. If I can put cream or dairy in anything, I absolutely will. Ava says, what time and platform is the podcast? So it's on YouTube, we stream it live to YouTube. If you search turbo dude podcast, you will find it. We do clips and shorts throughout the week, but then it's this Thursday evening at 6.30 mountain time, which is 5.30 Pacific time. Yeah, we'll be streaming live. We have a panel of guests that we talk to every week. So it's like a big discussion. It's very conversational. Ava, okay, says tea with milk is very normal in Argentina. You're welcome to try it here. Okay, perfect. Thank you. Yeah, so I'm not the only one. What's up, Earth says chai tea latte. Yeah, that's milk, that's milk and tea. Okay, I can't be that weird. Tea with milk isn't specifically British, a traditional spiced chai includes milk. Yes, okay, perfect. Black tea and sweet cream with brown sugar syrup. Oh, oh, that sounds so good. I'm also gonna copy that down. I like text things to myself to remember them. If my computer will work, yes, there we go. I am gonna try that and I super appreciate the recommendation. Okay, Pat says, do you and or Aaron know all of the panel guests? Just curious how they're chosen. We have had some connection to all of them. Last week in particular, I think Aaron had met two of them before a long time ago. We find them all over the place and we will be having a lot more people in the future who we don't know. And that's kind of what we're shooting for is to have people from very different backgrounds with very different opinions, many of whom we hope will probably disagree with us, right? So we can have like our respectful conversation back and forth. It is interesting trying to find guests, like trying to find four guests a week. If you live in Colorado, there is a Turbo Dude podcast. If you wanna be a guest, go to TurboDudePodcast.com, fill out the guest form to be considered because we are always looking for more guests to be on. Oh, are there ads during the live stream, Tony? I need to turn those off for like the live. They shouldn't be running during the live live stream. Thank you for letting me know. I'll make sure I fix that for the next one. Smelly says, if you like floral teas, Jasmine silver needle is my personal favorite. I've had that with my mom before. It is super yummy. I very much agree. Okay, William says, would you consider doing video guests on the podcast? We don't have the tech setup for that just yet, but yes, that is absolutely something that I very much want to do because there are a lot of people all around the country and world who I would love to have on, but we haven't worked out the logistics of that just yet. Also, I am noticing that my throat is getting a little sore again and my lungs are feeling funky. So that is my body sign that maybe it is indeed time to call it a night. I wanna show you guys Leo. I wanna show you guys both the puppies before it go though. Here. So we got Leo right there. He looks so sad even though he's a very happy boy. And we got Sophie right there. They are gonna come cuddle up with me and we're gonna call it a night and stop talking. But thank you everyone for hanging out with me again. Like I said, it means the world to me. I love chatting with you and the fact that you're choosing to spend time with me is such a gift. So thank you. Thank you for all the super chats and comments and chatting back and forth. And I hope you guys take care of yourselves. You deserve it. And I will see you in a new video or live stream. I'm sure in the very near future. Bye guys, take care of yourselves like I said.