 Hi Surprise surprise. We're doing it's a thing live on the DTNs channels together. What? If you're not familiar it's a thing is a show that Molly and I have been doing for a long time ten seasons ten seasons This is also I know there's a lot of attention on that other show and it's yeah Yeah, but this one also but we are in fact and this is the better show I say because I'm doing it This is it's 10th season but 13 years yeah, yeah, we're actually like a slightly longer duration right that's true Oh, wow, we predate DTNs. We do we do we do we do in fact the DTNs Patreon was originally and it's a thing patreon when I recreated it Because I heard about patreon on tech crunch created and it's a thing patreon and said should we do this and Molly And I were like, I don't know should we and they were like nah nah that seems crazy So when daily tech news show needed a patreon. I was like, oh, I still have that page for it's a thing. I created So Tell your friends we're live on the YouTubes and the twitches on the cyberspace and the discords But I am so sorry discord friends. I cannot join you today Because due to this poor internet situation. I can't download the update. I'm like a person with the Xbox You don't have it on your phone either, huh? I have it on my phone But I'm not logged in and I don't think And if I change the past Aft across every device is worse than than sharing images between two phones That's like why I'm not logged into threads on desktop. I'm just like every time I go to do it I'm just like I can't yeah, it's too much Actually, I was really proud and then I saved my bit my password in bit warden. So it's there now So I don't have to go through the skin, but I haven't done any of this rigmarole with discord and today is not that day Not today Satan Yarp Yeah, man, but maybe I'll just peek over Tom's corner when it's time for like the clap and stuff Yeah, well, I guess we won't have to clap clap is kind of irrelevant We can clap for tradition's sake, but we don't need it for sinking The realization This is the first time we've done it's a thing in person, right? Yeah Okay, can I say something super crazy earlier when I sat down to start this I was like I don't think I think Tom and I have only ever podcasted in person like a few times other than the 1500 episodes Over six years Every day in the same fucking studio at our offices. We're next door to each other. It sounds like a rounding area except for that It's like what is wrong with me? That's hilarious. Well, yeah, we you know Literally, we are you know cells replaced with different people. We're different people That's funny Yeah, thank God I didn't say that out loud I Okay, so is it bad if I follow up on a story I promised on good day internet and No, cuz you're on the stream so it's fine That's true. It's on the same channel. There's a continuity of channel. Yeah. Yeah, it's a you know It's shared universe So I went downstairs when I first got here like set up everything and I was like, okay I'm I just need a bottle of water and some coffee So I go down to the quiz nose. I can grab my bottle of water and I say like Jeff coffee and the woman who's actually behind the counter taking the sandwich orders psych. Oh, I'm sorry. No But the woman who's clearly the manager says yeah, we do it's and then points to the empty space Where there is no coffee right and the woman behind the counter is like You know, it's it's it's common not sure when and I'm like Do you happen? Do you have any guess about when it might come? I'll just come back later The woman is the manager. Well, let me find out Oh hot damn ex at her phone. Oh boy. I was like, oh, you don't you don't have to do that I really don't want to wait around She's like, I'll I'll make sure are you nearby? I was like, yeah She's like, okay. Well, hold on so she's on the phone like well 915 Like I guess that's when it was supposed to arrive So I go ahead and I check out because I'm not on not waiting. I the woman who's running the register is like, hi And then I get checked out and then the woman on the manager is like One minute. Well, hold on. Hold on. Oh god. I'm just like you're like I'm in over my head Okay, she gets out the phone. She's like, well, they were supposed to be here a while ago But they say about 20 minutes, but you know that it shouldn't take them that long And I was like, okay. Well, thanks, you know, yeah, I'll come back down later. She's like, sorry about that Rich probably can't relate to what we're about to say because he lives in Ohio where folks are nice But it's confusing. Yes when people are that nice and put that much effort in And then you're like, I'm in over my head and I want to back because I just thought you'd be like And I was really nice. I was never rude, but I was like, I don't really need you to do that Just cup of coffee and I had coffee. It was if it had been my first cup of coffee I might have been like, oh no. Yeah, I mean But it was my second. So it was like, this is an optional cup of coffee, right? Arguably. I don't need it This could be the universe telling me I don't need it But I did go back down to get my lunch later to get a sandwich and when I did the coffee was there and she was Because she was like, oh, I'm glad you remember you. Oh my gosh. Oh the coffee guy's nice here Yeah, yeah in Ohio, I would have paid for the coffee said I come back for it and then never show my face there again Out of just pure embarrassment slash. Well, because you don't want to have to talk again Yeah, oh, no, no. Yeah, I would give up coffee for the rest of my life on principle. Yeah It's good stuff. I would give up coffee. I know cliff singer that does seem like a totally normal interaction And we live in california Where everyone's just Kind of a low-key dick. I mean in la They would in san francisco. They would have been a low-key dick in la. They would have been a very friendly dick Right in la would have been like, oh, sorry man. I don't know when it's coming You know bummer. Yeah, you know, would you like a sandwich? You know like some like low effort. We have this. Yeah. Do you have coffee in san francisco? They'd be like Why do you need that? Like there's just no coffee. I don't know what's confusing Yeah, the lady running the sandwich counter. I was on the wavelength. She was perfectly nice She's like, it's not here yet. You know, I don't know exactly when it's going to come. But you know, we will eventually have some I was like, that's what I needed from you, man But then you got the high key. Yeah And again, I don't want to seem unappreciative. It was very nice that she was like, let me just find out And I was like, I'm also serving a purpose of her going like why the f is the coffee not here Like I need to make this call anyway Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. Well, I only had two things And I can't think of another one So there's my things And my internet is so crappy that I have to go with things that I already had links for earlier Open your internet was so great minutes ago. I know I wonder if it's because my phone's over there Really? Could that be I mean you could plug in over here if you want Does that help? I do have to say I have embraced like kind of D gap Thing phone charge Oh, like I'll just be like, I don't need to charge it at night. It'll be like 30% when I get up to be fair I go nowhere. So it's like trivial for me to plug it in later If I had places to be I probably would be a little more stressed. Oh god. Yeah, I can't live Yes, you're you're what's called a busy professional molly. The other thing rich is I don't have music Okay, I can put that in a post but you can put that in a post so I can put that in a post. Yeah Yeah If you can play it now great, but I don't need it I would have to do the loop back thing for actually, you know, yeah Oh That's bad The sec I get yeah, I got my says that its x account was compromised And used to post that bitcoin ETFs had been approved Today would be a day for me to sell all my coin place holdings because I bet that's through the roof What was I mean, what was the last one the big account that just there has been a bunch Have there? Oh, yeah in the process of approving But they have not approved yet, right? So it was the fact that they had actually said they approved it. Yeah, somebody shorted it Oh, had I only known it only went up 2000 per coin But still still and then it dropped to 40 it went it went up to 47 Dropped to 44 and now has balanced that at 45, which is actually Below what it had been Mandiant the security firm mandiant, uh net gear and hundi had also recently had crypto scams take over their x accounts So sec another level of of that, but you can hear more about it on cyber security headlines every single day It gives about there you go. Oh, but yeah, look at that my little Coinbase balance is almost back to where I started I didn't realize at first. I can hear rich on youtube, but not discord Oh um Did it cut me off Well, then why am I bothering to do the pastor? Oh, I know why I do well. No Talk rich Hi, this is rich straffolino. You're listening to the sound of my voice a true treat for all the senses I know what it is Uh said this is why I set up systems where I don't have to change settings ever It's called the device don't pass through it The discord's already dealt with you were applying to things that they can't hear so at this point Okay, now you can hear rich on this rich straffolino discord. Welcome One and all to the glorious timbra that is my existence All right timbra. Yes That's not me Yes, Ron read we are reading this chat. Okay We are I mean, I'm not oh wait. No, that's not true. I am you can't read that. Yeah. I'm looking right at it It's the discord one against the chat Don't start the show yet because I'm reloading my spreadsheet which could take apparently like an hour because we're from the 90s Just an fyi. I do have a hard out at 6 15 I have to be at a pta meeting for Uh, which is 3 15 your time 3. Oh 3 15. Yeah, so I am the secretary of a kindergarten pta. So it's pretty Oh And I printed the agendas this week. So I really can't be Right, right, right. Okay. Let's begin. I'll look over tom shoulder if I need to because I Well, you're gonna need to read the intro Oh, son of a be Wait, is this not recording? I don't see recordings Bro bro Well, that's a problem. Well, we can download from youtube for nothing else. We can but let me That is the least ideal. However. Yeah I mean google drive is not like down for you guys, right? That might no That's so weird to go It was just we were just praising it that it was so good All right, it's a thing I'm not gonna bother the single mic. I'm just gonna do the The full recording I'm gonna have to remember to switch all these back And I'm not gonna remember and it's gonna be a pain I'll shoot you a text Tom Thanks Yeah, zoe. I'm multi-platform is basically um where I'm at these days Hello rich say something. Hi, this is rich. You're off Alino and you're welcome There will be a small test file of today's it's a thing and then there will be a second file That will be the actual ship. That's gonna be the bonus content actually It's just well. Yeah, there you go What's super weird is if I open this on my phone? No problem All right. I'm now recording everything Oh And I'm tethered theoretically it should work fine. Okay, fine I'm gonna just use my phone. All right Works for me if that's what you want internet. That's what we'll do That's why you need decks in your life I mean Samsung decks keep your decks in a row Okay Okay, here we go Are you ready? All right Three two one Hey, I'm mollywood and I'm Tom Merritt. Welcome to it's a thing the weekly podcast supported by you Where we are a community of passionate individuals sharing knowledge and working together to develop the thing industry Thanks for joining us. Yes. That is our presentation in the keynote We're giving here at the consumer electronic show It is in fact And this is on the nose The about statement of cta.tech because tom and I are together in real life At ces on the show floor and tom's super cool booth where i'm just a squatter And sandwich eater come on in hanging out recording. It's a thing. We did daily tech news show if you haven't heard that Right before this. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it was me. Me molly. Sarah roger the whole gang Uh, and uh, and that's the cta mission statement Evidently, it's really a short and sweet tecno mensh is in our chat because we're actually live streaming this on the dtns YouTube and twitch channels as well. So you go catch that later on demand Tecno mensh nailed it. He's like cta mission statement and I can guarantee I saw him say that before we revealed what it was Dang well, he's got a pattern recognition too. He's like I bet And to answer the question the last time I went to ces was actually 2020. I mean, it wasn't Yeah, it's almost like the last one. Did they have it last year? They did it was in person last year um And uh, a lot of people didn't go but it but it happened And then two years ago They had it in person and everyone pulled out Right, and then they didn't have it and then they didn't right I remember that and they stalled and dilly dithered until the last second. It was like just cancel it So it's only been back in person for a year then and uh, so I've only missed one In in recent times that had people at it. Yeah. Yeah, this is in fact, although they are not consecutive My 22nd I was I was thinking. Yeah, I think I've been to 20 of them But again, not non-consecutive because I missed some in the early days of dts. I just covered it remotely. I didn't go and then Obviously, I missed Last year and we all missed a couple of years in there too. So yes Yeah, uh, well one thing you see a lot of in las vegas is whiskey. Molly. Yes, you do Especially at those press events Uh, I have been keeping my eye out for rompura Which was recently awarded the best world whiskey in the john barley corn awards I I make no claim to know whether the john barley corn awards are as prestigious as their press release claims They are maybe they are I I have no idea But these kinds of awards while they may or may not tell you the best whiskey They generally go to whiskies that you're familiar with that have got a big reputation, right? That you're like, oh, yes, that's hit the hibiki or or johnny walker or something like that Rompura is an indian single malt whiskey Uh, and indian whiskey is kind of becoming a thing Really? Yeah I I didn't know that whiskey came out of india. Mm-hmm at all I mean, I guess I don't know why it wouldn't necessarily but I just think of it so specifically as I guess a sort of southern u.s. Thing. Yeah. Well, and this is single malt so You could also compare this to scotland to scotch whiskey, right? But but yeah, if it's not coming from Bourbon country, it's coming from scotland, you know, and then there's irish whiskey and there's other whiskies out there But you know, but but india would probably and japanese whiskey, etc But yeah, but you would probably and not have thought of india until recently and the indian whiskey community Has been around for a long time mostly as a well It's a lot more expensive to get whiskey imported. So let's make some here, but it is it's getting good It's getting recognized as being like a preferable option At the market in india versus, you know, like, oh, we had to drink the domestic, right? Like there is greek wine, but you don't want to drink it, but it's not like that, right, right Although apparently greek wine has also gotten good. Don't comfort me. Oh my god It's it's funny. Like, I don't know if you've ever run across this but in really old like movies or radio shows You will hear them talk about oh, I guess we have to settle for the california wine, right? You know india is having its moment. It's california wine moment where it's like, oh, it's actually really good I love that. I mean, I feel like you could have a lot of fun making your identity being like I'm an indian whiskey person Like I know you're into japanese whiskey. That's adorable. It's too smoky for me Do you like a rampur asava? Oh, you've not heard of it. It's an indian single malt. I'm about that sipping Lifestyle, indian whiskey. I love that one. That's a really good one Um, well, I'm just this is the part of the show where I embarrass tom And possibly myself and everyone else a little bit. Evidently my instagram feed Has decided that I uh am at a stage in my life where I need to be reading more smut And Recently delivered a video to me where this woman was talking about how she'd read like seven reverse harem books Okay, I'm gonna guess. Yeah, it's when it's a woman with a bunch of guys. Yeah, okay It's you know, pretty straightforward as a concept, but apparently it's also A thing so I was like Sure, I'm in I'll download some did you try smutty? Yeah, I read a whole series of like four books like smutty. Oh, it's like that. You can you can read them fast Yeah, you don't have to you're kind of skipping ahead for Various this isn't fourth wing and stuff. Yeah, it's not no exactly working your way through this But so I was and I found someone kindle unlimited, you know, I mean that's like delightful free download blah blah blah So I'm just living there in my secret little smutty Universe and then I see another instagram post mentioned reverse harem, which is also sometimes referred to as hashtag why choose Because the idea is that they why not both or more than both don't have to choose And why would they? So Ray suggested it should be called a hurrim Oh, hey, good one Well, so then when I saw the second Instagram post that referred to reverse harem and not an ad post not an ad like a post I was like, well, is it possible that this is a thing and not just my Hilarious smutty indulgence. It's a thing. It's totally a thing There was a there was a write-up on book riot About it that goes all the way through like you've probably heard it. This is from april 2023 You've probably heard about these books We'll cover all you need to know including the controversies because of course the name is considered maybe a little problematic I'm trying to they're trying to get why choose to be a little more popular But it's not really taking off people just really like saying and then it's like Evidently there's a whole lot of discussion about well, is it polyandry or polyamory polyamory? Or this or that is it a mixed harem? But evidently the Book world may be separate from the literary world I don't want to you know Talk it down since I'm Devouring these things like crappy candy Um, but the book world has settled on reverse harem. Okay. That's what we're doing. Mm-hmm and they're a thing Yeah, and uh, I I like that uh book riot points out Polyamory is the technical term for a reverse harem relationship Polyandry is a woman married to multiple men And poly fidelity is when sex is restricted to within the group Not a free-for-all cheating exists. It's just Right. There's a there's a group. They're like committed. Yeah. Well, and what's funny about these books too is that they are I think there was some discussion about is polyamory actually it because it's really like the men don't have other partners in these books They're just obsessed in the life of this woman. Okay, so it's literally they're there for her That feels like poly fidelity and then she's like it's more like poly fidelity. Yeah. Yeah, and then she's like I don't have to choose ha ha, right. I'm living the dream. Mm-hmm and they're They're super romantic, of course, right? They're super sh muddy, right? But they're in the genre of like it's wish fulfillment galore. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah for women in all the ways that you could possibly imagine So there you go. So that's what's happening In this muddy set I think this is really interesting Uh, I had not heard of it before you know where he came from too manga and anime That makes sense. That makes sense for a while, but now it's made its way into like quick turn kind of romance novels I think there's a meta thing we're starting to hit on here, too, which is A lot of romance subgenres So did we talk about rom romantice? Romance fantasy. Well, kind of when we talked about iron, whatever whatever. Yeah fourth wing fourth wing Yeah, yeah, and iron is the next this is the sequel It is something now i'm blanking. Yeah, I read fourth wing. That's why I remember that one. Um, yeah, there's a there's There's also a bunch of other like subgenres Uh of romance that are like targeting niches. I think that's a meta thing that's coming out of this That's really I think that always has been a thing and and it makes sense that there would be now that there's this Women empowerment thing in this And then women just apparently being like i'm reading smut all day every day people Step back. Yeah, I think smut is being elevated Hot damn, let's go and maybe I don't know if it needs a new word or if you're just gonna you know empower the word smut So it's no longer derogatory, but yeah, I feel like that's the thing on the way. Maybe yeah the or thing Interesting. That's very fun So brands often Plaster their name, right When when you're you're a clothing brand it's often like i'm gonna have the you know, it says ralph loran or a big horse or you know Whatever there's a logo. There's there's the lv for louis Vuitton, right? It's all recognizable There are some brands like bodega veneta that don't do that But it's almost more in opposition to the fact that everyone does it that their brand is not to have the logo But the wall street journal says Texture is becoming the next status symbol So that some brands are moving away from having A brand like a logo or their name on the clothes to a texture that is A significant indicator that it's that brand The one I could think of is the is the um Oh, what was the bag? I could want to call it the jenny bag the puffy bag Yeah, the puffy bag, would you instantly recognize you're like, oh, that's the puffy bag, right? Uh There's a mohair line From maline burger dot com where they make skirts and shirts and and tops and everything out of This really like strandy mohair so that you you immediately recognize. Oh, that's that must be a maline burger because look How it's got the the strandy mohair super hairy As in super hairy exactly Uh or this one uh from forest designs That just Weaved the wool into a pattern So it's kind of a logo, but it's actually just the pattern of the wool Which is a little more like louis Vuitton. I guess with the lv the interlocking I like that but it's not an actual l or you know, it's not an actual logo It's just a it's an actual texture. Yeah, and that that feels a little like, um What's the one that has umbrellas and coats and It's good burberry. Yeah burberry. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah, right where it's a classic again design Yeah, but if that's a design thing, this is actually a physical choice. Yeah, right I mean there's hair coming off of those. Yeah, and the wool one is woven in the wool. It's not just printed on it That's a good one. Yeah, I like that And it got that wall street journal a head treatment. So, you know, it's yeah, exactly That's where I saw it, uh, but they had enough Different examples of it that I'm like, okay, they they're definitely also identifying a thing not just creating a thing Oh, absolutely. Yeah, out of a whole cloth, if you will. Ah, out of whole mohair Whole hair Yeah, using a using a texture instead of a logo for brands. It's a thing. Oh, I really like that one I think that's very cool. Yes, Ron Reid. I'm definitely shopping. No, I mean, I think it sort of makes a lot of sense It feels like there's just been A little bit of a step change in materials Usage, yeah Like the puffy this and then we were talking about the really really crazy soft stuff and I don't know what's happened in Material science, but maybe it's become cheaper and easier to make these different things. Yeah Hairy shirts, right? I that sounds true. I don't know if it is or not Yeah, no idea, but it sure should have been in that wall street journal That's journalism Well, speaking of really cute hairy things Again, something I did not think was a real thing and definitely thought was something that was only on my instagram feed Is apparently a real thing and that's micro cows like like milk small cows Like cows that give milk and no no just having like a little but you mean the animal. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, I mean moomoo. Yeah Like like animals that go moo but small. Yeah Micro cows And there's one I think it's called like a scottish highland cow and it's got like it's like the shetland cow It's like the shetland cow and it like it always has hair coming over one eye and it's just super freaky cute And just people are out here getting Many cows And having them like live in the house and pocket cows putting them all over. Yeah pocket cows putting them all over instagram Just micro cows people just can't get enough of their little cows And then I found an instagram video where this woman's just like don't get a cow Yeah, I mean she's like if you know a white woman these days of a certain age She's trying to bring home a micro cow and that should not live in the house But I was like wait wait, there's a backlash There's already it's a thing. Yeah, it's definitely a thing if there's already a backlash it gets micro cows They don't even take up that much room also, but also my sister has cows or had cows And at full size cows my my dear They're they're a lot to take care of for sure. I imagine just making them smaller Wouldn't really make them that much easier to take care of. No, probably not. Maybe there's less poop But I mean how has something become enough of a thing that you have to make the the thing buzz kill video You're right. I know like they're out here milkshaking my micro cows Get it Ayo It's how big a deal micro cows are like people are That the whole how big how big are the situation? Got really out of hand. They're like Tiny pony size. I mean way bigger than they're not like hand size. No, they're big. I mean, they're still Yeah, you're not going to have one in your bed 200 pounds or whatever, but I think you are Trying to do that I mean seriously whatever happened with the pandemic and pets And maybe it's just like because that content really gets rewarded People have gotten a little nuts with the animals Thank god because my favorite thing to consume on the internet Well in india, you know, they always drink whiskey with their reverse harem of micro cows while wearing their mohair The micro cows don't like it when you wear the mohair because they think you're one of them Well, they like it too much You don't want that kind of attention. You don't want that smoke. Exactly other reasons not to get a micro cow Oh My gosh, also, uh, every once in a while we like to circle back and check in on a thing interestingly, uh I was in the container store With my friend Lamar and my wife Eileen and they were talking about the Stanley stuff and I was like, oh You guys obviously don't listen to our show. It's a thing You know, you know about all the Stanley stuff Then we went to the hydro flasks And I was like also a thing and they're like, ha ha ha. Yeah, I'm like no no seriously also a thing By the way Within 24 hours Lamar had bought a hydro flask Oh, but he did the wrong one. That's a one year ago Yeah, I don't know. Did he did no, I mean hydro flask. I would argue paved the way for Stanley to do their cool redesign But they were aware of the stanley thing I sent them this thing that we're circling back to after uh, you brought it to me and rich's attention And they were stunned. Oh my god. So there was a post on instagram Now I would like you to know that stanley is my life as the parent of a gen z slash the gen alpha Who also has a gen z girlfriend who didn't have a stanley and then got one and then she got two and then she lost one And then his broke and then we've been emailing them and then we had to get a new one standalone there was a whole thing about which color it was a total stand-all and all I talk about Is stanley I got stanley's for my dad and my stepmom to be like be in the cult great gift. Yeah And then I saw this instagram post from little jupiter That was just screenshots of stanley's on sale because what has happened. We talked about this We already did a circle back on special edition and special issue Ones and how there were like the valentine's day ones at starbucks. Mm-hmm that sold out immediately That are now and then there was footage of a target Release where people were just beating each other up like black friday Of your and now they're being sold online for like a thousand dollars. Wow Mm-hmm stanley flow state quencher 30 ounce tubler camellia lowest ask a thousand dollars Thousand this is where we are that was I mean little jupiter rarely comments on the absurdity of the kind of pop media stuff that he posts And even little jupiter was like this is how we're starting 2024 Thousand dollar pink stanley mugs What is happening? That's the asking price the lowest asking price. How many do you think they sold? I mean, maybe like a lot And the chat is pointing out that there was that there was the viral video of the stanley that still had ice in it I mean, you know, they they've really that's what lamar and eileen had saw was that viral video Uh-huh. Yeah, the stanley thing Just goes on and in fact we even I wanted to i'm glad that I saw that post just in time for the email Feedback it is a thing dot me that we got from matt bat On those cups saying I have no idea What or why pink stanley cups are a thing But apparently they are Yesterday my wife got one for her birthday and the giver apologized That it wasn't pink. Oh wow. Yeah. Now today my facebook feed is full of pink stanley memes. Yeah So that's somebody uh probably on tiktok seeing it maybe on facebook though Or instagram and being like, oh, I bought this before I saw Which you know had it been a pink one You couldn't tackle your wife take it away and put it on ebay immediately That's sorry, honey. That is great Uh scott on a threads thing said I keep seeing a trend on threads and I cannot block these people fast enough The trend is repeating the same sentence five six or seven times I hope this is not a thing but based on the frequency. I am seeing it. I fear that it is Uh scott people repeating things on threads for engagement is a thing Let me say it again people repeating things for engagement on threads is a thing people repeating things on threads for engagement is a thing molly People repeating things on threads for engagement is a thing people repeating things on threads for engagement is a thing scott. I'm sorry But that's what they're doing. Yeah, they are because it makes people mad Because you say the thing that's slightly controversial But you say it enough times that it even if somebody has a natural a version To uh responding because you posted it 12 times like why did you have to post it 12 times boom engagement? Oh god, I hate the internet I'm sticking with pink stanley's and smut. Yeah Pink stanley. Oh pink stanley smut. Pink stanley smut It probably exists. I'm not gonna claim why hashtag why choose just one stanley Get him in every color Nick writes in another meme thing. Hi molly tommen rich I feel like I've noticed a big uptick in memes and reels and ticktocks where someone says we're insert thing here Followed by something related. That's funny. I almost made this one of my things today But I felt maybe it had peaked an example was from ifl science posting We're science lovers. We never miss an opportunity to say correlation isn't causation Funny one. I've seen this for other stereotypes. Also. Is this a thing and did you already say something about this? It's a thing. We're denver guys. Of course. We're gonna drive our Subaru to pick you up on the date with a puffy vest We're gen X. Of course. We have never known the touch of a mother's love Yep, that's right. Uh, see we're ces attendees. Of course our feet hurt We're ces attendees. Of course, we're wearing three badges and we're crying. Yes. Yes Yeah, huge thing. That's a good one. That's a good one. Thank you, nick James the trucker with a confirmation. Hey there thds I'm in a semi unique position to confirm Spanish language content and Confirm it's regional. I'm a truck driver and a lot of the ad buys on podcast track location I get all sorts of weird regional ads on podcasts And when I'm in texas or the southwest in general, I've gotten a few Spanish ads My favorites though are the wisconsin minnesota ones Especially when I'm a few days down the road and all of a sudden I'm getting a random. Don't you know accent seemingly out of the blue Yeah, I've had that happen international trips too where I'm like back home catching up and then suddenly you know The podcast ad is in french, right or it's an australian accent. Yeah Skip from strangely cold tallahassee. He's got some things his climate change skip. I'm only rich and tom alphabetically I think that hockey Romances are a thing this year They came to the forefront when book talkers were getting a little too creepy about a hockey player on the seattle kraken's So much so that his wife reacted publicly So I guess this means that people are finding hockey players way too hot in public Which would be a new development and i'm surprised you're not up on this Mr. Merritt And then he says I have one for you as well the phrase sushi baka Keeps coming up in minecraft streaming videos that my daughter watches. It's just what it sounds like sussie from suspicious and baka From the japanese for fool or stupid. So sussie baka I thought for the longest time she was making this up until I heard other kids are school using it Is it just a minecraft thing or is it going farther than that? Love the show y'all keep me in the loop for all the weird changes in pop culture that this exennial raising an alpha child Has to keep up with oh sussie baka sussie baka our first alpha child thing Oh That's exciting. Oh, this is huge. Yes gen Z. You're old sussie. You're not you're you're now old Welcome He's over there like talking about cap Cap nobody says cap anymore sussie baka That's so fun to say. Oh That is fun to say. I can't uh, also hockey romances are book. There's a book trend of hockey romances What that that was Skip included that in the email, but you know, we kind of gets overshadowed by the public Right because book talkers, right? Yeah Whoa It's the hot genre of 2024 Hot damn Uh, and then sarah in san francisco on a new tick tock Hi molly tom and rich apologies if you already mentioned this and I missed it But north sea tick tock is such a thing Each video shows terrifying huge ocean waves with the same ominous song which now lives in my head rent free I hate these videos. I skip them immediately, but they just kept popping up anyway And then my feed started filling up with videos about people desperately trying to get off north sea tick tock To be honest, I'm not even a hundred percent sure where the north sea is aside from, you know the north But after seeing these videos, I will never ever go there. Thank you very much. Thanks for the awesome pod Oh, that's incredible. That's so good. That's so good made it to my feed yet, but I love this beware They may at any moment I feel like that's an algorithm glitch that started sending the wrong people north sea Because then it reacted with like there's a lot of other people like you that want to get off north sea tick tock And then that became its own that becomes its own thing in addition So good. Just wait till the algorithms start making independent agi decisions. Mm-hmm. Yep. Good times. Good times everybody Um, the good times continue in 2024 our tenth season of it's a thing Thanks to you those of you who support us at patreon.com slash it's a thing And those of you who support us at the shout out level Also get to be content indeed indeed. We don't settle for just saying your name putting it on a website No, rich our producer weaves the shout out names Into a story into a world into an homage Uh, sometimes all three at once often all three at once. It's incredible And in fact, uh, I would argue that this week shout outs are really all three They are based on paul thorot's super site for windows Well, then your name is on top of it preview windows preview of windows media centers PCs do you remember the media center pcs super site for windows was paul's old site now he's now he runs thorot.com Which makes people think he writes all the articles, but he does it. He has a whole team And windows media center pcs remember. Oh, yeah We we saw so many of them at c. Yes back in the day. They were like proto Roku PCs Yeah, the idea was that they would become this hub right the way that the apple devices kind of had or have That they would be like A version of windows that gave you all your music and your streaming and this really easy Way because windows is awesome at that You get all the benefits of a windows pc with media on your television I actually was kind of a big fan of them at the time because because it was before roker It was before apple tv. I was like, this is great. This is a great idea It's so much better than media tank and all these other futsy things. So yeah Also, just even looking ahead at our shout outs making me realize how old we are Oh my gosh. Oh my god. Yes. Oh, yeah During the consumer eric duncan show ceds In early january 2002 Ouch Mike akins unveiled two technologies code named benjamin forest and morris jones Designed to extend the reach of kevin sill from valer trucks Into the far larger and more lucrative louis saintamore The plan launched through the company's e joe hood division Ames to leverage the power and intelligence of a j bencerella While offering simplicity and convenience for ab puppy currently kevin sill is powerful But limited to specifically prices as we move toward a more connected world where digital jake wood's experience such as music Photos and laura abel are used more and more with brian g John farkaro, it makes sense to bring gabriel cohen into other areas of james c smith It just it just makes sense right just makes sense. That's the way it goes. Yeah Wow Indeed, ah brings back memories. It does. There is nothing like ces to remind us Do you remember ultra ultra mobile pcs? Yeah, ultra mobile little windows that it was windows embedded windows c e And you held it in your hand. God windows c e and they all look like little nintendo ds devices. Yeah. Yeah That didn't work u m pcs laptops. Indeed Oh, it hurts I feel it in my old ball Thank you so much for listening to All the years of us outlawed and also it's a thing You can become a member of it's a thing and help support the show and keep us on the air You will also get to join our your fellow fans in the discord live when we record each week You'll get an ad for your rss speed and our undying gratitude patreon.com slash. It's a thing You can also support the show if you want to shop for some things through our affiliate links look film in the show notes Uh, and we also collected them all at a page. It's a thing dot me slash shop and once again We love getting your things your things are so good. Some of the best things we get so email us At feedback at it's a thing dot me See it next week. Happy new year. Happy new everybody. Bye. Bye Give it to me give it to me I was so confused about whether I should just start or then try to mentally time Imagine the music and then I just split the baby I'll start it started all over. Yeah riches and in control now Windows media pc Okay, so before I have to bounce I was trying to find a comprehensive list of all of the best of ces award winners And it does not exist and I even tried to ask a chat gpt and it says just look it up Really, so there's not even like a wicked. There's not like a wikipedia article. I did not unless duck duck Completely let me down But uh, like I could find all the end gadget and seeing that Best like in like when they were in charge. Yeah, yeah, but I don't like it's weird I could not find just give me the list I think probably like probably I don't know if ces wants to do that only because like You know, it might not look that great when the award winners like defunct or Like two years later or something. Yeah, I could see that I mean, I guess but no still it's for this posterity. There should be a what this is a wikipedia one of the rare wikipedia fails Yeah, where there is not a subpage I I just looked on on wikipedia best of ces it redirects to either the ces site or the Engadget section which just says in 2013 it was announced and gadget would be the new judge Oh, yeah, somebody get on that long ago. Yeah Um, if uh, if there you if I have a list of this feedback, it's a thing. Not me. Let me know I did it one year. I remember that I do have to run I will see if it's a doodle. Yeah, uh, I will So you're gonna hit stop or whatever. Yeah magic I I will uh end the stream and then uh, we'll say goodbye to everyone. Goodbye everyone. Sorry so abrupt. Bye everybody See y'all take care. We'll we'll try not to get sick. Okay. Bye