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Elon Fires Disabled Twitter Employee, Biden's TikTok Bill & More Tech News (#429)

Episode 429: In the Friday segment called The Boys React, Shaan Puri and Sam Parr give their two cents on a few relevant business stories.

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35 min read · 7,118 words

0:00 – 0:24
Intro
1. SPShaan Puri
  Anytime a rich person tells you that money doesn't make you happy, just ask them for their money then. [laughs] Like, cool, cool, cool, I guess it's useless, right? Can I... Just give me a bunch of it then. [laughs] Right? [upbeat music] Fellas, welcome to the Friday episode, The Boys React. We're gonna go through some news stories. Uh,
0:24 – 14:48
Elon trouble
1. SPShaan Puri
  let's start with the thing that everyone is talking about, everyone is always talking about, which is Elon. Elon has gotten himself in trouble, uh, a couple times this week. First, he tried selling some houseplants, or office plants I should say, uh, to his employees to raise money. Wait, really? And then also, uh, ridiculed and, and sort of kind of fired an employee who, uh, who is disabled. Uh, your thoughts on, uh, the endless drama of Elon. [sighs] Cringe. What do you think? Yeah, Elon is, is the cringe master. He has to make everything about him. Uh, like, it's just me, me, me. He, he, he's now known as Melon Musk in my house. Uh, this guy- Melon [laughs] ... this guy's too much. [laughs] The, the crazy thing, Sam, did you w- watch this all go down with the, the guy that was like, "Hey, am I fired?" I think we should, we should explain this. Yeah, so do a recap. I, I, I didn't understand all that at first. I had to, like, click through. So guy goes on Twitter, uh, who's got... I, I never heard of this guy, but he's got, like, 150,000 followers, and he says, "Hey, nine days ago, I lost access to my work computer. Just can't, I can't access Twitter anymore. I work at Twitter. I can't access my work, my work computer doesn't log in anymore. It doesn't work. Can't get into my email, can't do anything. Um, I'm not sure if I'm fired. Nobody told me I'm fired, but I just can't get into my email or my computer. I've emailed them. I've waited nine days, have got no reply from HR, from my, you know, from anybody. Um, so I'm guess- hey, @elonmusk, am I fired?" [laughs] And so the, you know, he tweets that out. Wa- was he getting paid still? I don't, I don't know. I don't think so, 'cause ev- but it was, whatever, it was only nine days, so maybe he was, he hadn't got, uh, got in between yet. So he tweets that out, and he goes, "Maybe if this gets enough retweets, then, um, you know, then I'll get a response." So it gets retweeted a bunch of, like, because people, you know, there's the whole, uh, group of people that, you know, love to hate Elon, myself included. And so people are like- [laughs] ... this is another example of, you know, how poorly Twitter's being run right now. Like, why, why would you... If you're gonna fire somebody, tell them they're fired. That's, you know, common decency, right? Like, I feel like Elon's got this flowchart where it's like, "I'm firing this person. Should I tell them?" It's like, "Yes." And it's like, "No, no, no, I'm gonna go with no. Okay, what happens after no?" [laughs] Like, sh- should I just, should I, um, you know, you know, meet with them in person? [laughs] No, just cut off their computer access. It's, it's like, uh, he- [laughs] ... dude, he's like Irish goodbye-ing their jobs. [laughs] Exactly. That's basically it. Yeah. [laughs] Just walking out without saying goodbye. Exactly. And so anyways, this thing gets, um, this thing goes viral. So basically, uh, Elon then, you know, again, he sees all, he sees this thing going viral. So instead of, um, [laughs] instead of, uh, instead of actually just e- "Yeah, you are fired," or confirmed, "Yes, you, you were, you were fired," he instead says, um, "What have you been working on?" Like, "What have you accomplished?" [laughs] Is the, uh... And so then he goes, "Well, if I, you know, if I say what I'm working on, I p- I think I'd be breaking my NDA. Do I have permission to break my NDA and tell you what I... Like, can I say publicly here what I work on?" And Elon replies, "Yes, go ahead." [laughs] And so- Dude, what a pathetic start to the story. That's already pathetic. He goes, "All right, well..." The guy goes, "Well, I was, you know, leveling up the design of this, I was working on this, and, um, you know, I was helping save money on this contract or whatever." And, um, and he goes, Elon replies, "Level up the design from what to what? You know, pictures or it didn't happen." And like, yo, dipshit, you cut off his computer access. How was he supposed to have screenshots of his work [laughs] if you took away his computer? He's not, he's not even able to do it. And, um, and then he's, like, mocking him basically. He's just replying with, like, the crying laughing emoji. He's replying trolling him with, like, a clip from Office Space. And now here's where Elon went wrong. So Elon's not dumb, but he's a dumbass. And there's a big difference between dumb and a dumbass. Dumb is you're just not smart. Dumbass is you're smart, but you do dumb things, and that's what Elon does here. So he basically picks on a guy that [laughs] it comes out, so this guy sold his company to Twitter. And the guy [laughs] ... And so Elon comes out, he, here's what he says about the guy. He goes, he goes... Somebody was like, "Dude, this is the, uh..." This guy Alex Cohen has this great tweet. He goes, "I'm not gonna lie, this is the most entertaining exit interview ever," just watching this whole thing go down in public. And then the guy, and then Elon says, "The reality is, this is a guy that, who was independently wealthy, did no actual work, and claimed as an excuse that he has a disability preventing him from typing, yet here he is tweeting out a, tweeting up a storm." Wait, and so, and so the disability thing, Elon said that first? He goes, "He claimed as his excuse that he has a disability-" Oh, my God ... "preventing him from typing, yet was simultaneously tweeting up a storm. I can't say I have a lot of respect for that." What a douche. Why could, how could he even reveal that? So now here's the other side of the story. This guy has, like, this guy's in a wheelchair. He's had mu- Like, muscle dystrophy ... mu- muscular dystrophy for 25 years. And so he goes, so this guy came back with just kinda some, some fire. So he goes, um- Thunderclap, I think you called it. [laughs] Yeah. He, he did a solo thunderclap basically. So he comes back and he goes, "Glad to see you're taking such an interest in my health. Um, I assume what you're talking about when you sh- are sharing my private health information online is the fact that I've had mu- muscular dystrophy for 25 years. And I guess I'll go ahead and tell the story now. So, you know, I, uh, lost f- I lost the ability to use my legs 20 years ago. I've been in a wheelchair. Um, unfortunately it's been spreading, and I've, my, my arms have been getting weaker over time. In fact, that's why I sold my company. Remember you said I was independently wealthy? I guess what you mean by that is I..." Built a successful company and sold it, unlike, you know, somebody else who might have inherited, uh, inherited a emerald mine, which is, you know, how E- Elon's-
2. SPSam Parr
  Yeah
3. SPShaan Puri
  ... dad owned a emerald mine.
4. SPSam Parr
  Which is bullshit. Which i- that's a bullshit thing. It's, uh, I hate when-
5. SPShaan Puri
  But good
6. SPSam Parr
  ... people say that.
7. SPShaan Puri
  But good.
8. SPSam Parr
  But whatever.
9. SPShaan Puri
  A good still.
10. SPSam Parr
  We'll, we'll use it.
11. SPShaan Puri
  I- in this case, it's good. Um, and so he goes, "Uh, I guess that's what you mean by independently wealthy." And, you know, so here's what, here's the story. This guy's got muscular dystrophy. He lo- he's losing feeling in a, or strength in his arms. It's becoming very painful to, to type. He decides, "Okay, I'm gonna sell my company." And instead of taking a lump sum payment, he chose to get paid out, uh, through, like a, a salary instead of an upfront money, which is like, dude, who would do that? Why? Because he wanted to pay more taxes in Iceland where he's from. Or, I think it's Iceland. Maybe it... Yeah, I think it's, yeah, I think it's Iceland.
12. SPSam Parr
  Wait, really?
13. SPShaan Puri
  He wanted to pay more taxes. Why did he wanna pay more taxes? 'Cause he felt like he's, as a disabled person, he had benefited a lot from, like, the social welfare system there, and was like, "I want to contribute as much as I can to that." Which honestly sounds, like, too good to be true. Like, that's so different than me, I almost can't fathom that. I'm almost like, why don't you just take the money and donate it instead of paying in taxes? I, I don't understand that. But e- e- either way, uh, this guy, so built a company, had 100 employees working for him, it was profitable, and decides to sell it. Um, you know, he, uh, he's, his body's basically been giving out on him. He's like, "You know, financially, it wasn't the best decision. Um, my company was making a lot of money. Twitter's offer was lower than other companies, but I made a bet on Twitter. It was growing at the time." Um, and he goes [laughs] eh, by the way, he goes, "Anyways, I digress. Are you still reading, or is your bathroom break over? Okay, what was I saying?"
14. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
15. SPShaan Puri
  [laughs] And he goes, um, "Ah, yes. Uh, so you bought the company, told employees you weren't firing them, firing 75% of them, and then you did. I was not in the first batch or the second batch or the third batch of layoffs. I don't know which batch we're on now, now, but I, you know, uh, whatever. You know, I- I think I got f- I think I'm fired now. I'm not sure. I just wanted to make sure I, I get paid out." Because in his contract he had it where, "Okay, I'll take the money as a yearly salary rather than an upfront payment, but if you ever fire me, then you have to pay out the rest, right? So I'm guaranteed this money. I'll take it, you know, slower rather than, than faster, but you know, that, that's fine." And so anyways, this guy, this guy not only, i- i- not only-
16. SPSam Parr
  And he says how he's typing.
17. SPShaan Puri
  What's that?
18. SPSam Parr
  He also mentioned how he was typing.
19. SPShaan Puri
  Yeah, I think he was just like, "Yeah, I can't do, like, sustained thing, but like, I can type with, like, one finger on my phone," and um, blah, blah, blah. And so anyways, he, he explains this. He goes, um, [laughs] like this guy was literally named Person of the Year in Iceland. This guy, like his, his side hustle is he's building wheelchair ramps throughout Iceland so that other-
20. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
21. SPShaan Puri
  ... disabled people can do... Like, he, he's building hundreds of, of these wheelchair ramps. Like, that's who you're-
22. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
23. SPShaan Puri
  That's who you're picking on here. That's who, that's who you chose to, to fight with. I saw this great quote and he goes, "Elon, man, this guy's a dumbass. He fucked with the wheelchair Mr. Rogers." [laughs]
24. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
25. SPShaan Puri
  He goes, he goes, "What is this guy thinking?" Uh, you know, like, and, and so this guy, you know, I read this thread and I was literally like, "911? I'd like to report a murder," right? Like, you know, it was just like-
26. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
27. SPShaan Puri
  ... the ultimate clap back. And then Elon tries to backtrack and he basically goes, um, some random dude tweets in the thread. He goes, "I know Halli and this is, you know, you're saying that he's a liar and was just trying to do no work and get paid out and that's not who this guy is." Random guy tweets, and then Elon tweets back, "This is the most bullshit of all the bullshit." He goes, "Based on that comment, I decided to call Halli rather than, um, rather than just tweet it, tweet each other." And um, he goes [laughs] , "I decided to call Halli," uh, um, [laughs] and he goes, um... What did he say? He goes, "And you know, have a, have a video chat with him. Turns out, you know, there was a misunderstanding. The information I was given was either incorrect or correct but not important."
28. SPSam Parr
  That's that white flag, bro. You, you lost.
29. SPShaan Puri
  And you know, uh-
30. SPSam Parr
  You surrendered
14:48 – 20:27
Happiness & money study
1. SPSpeaker
  All right. Let's go with, uh, with money and happiness, guys. So uh, th- there was a 2010 paper that said that basically above $70,000 more money does not make you more hap- does not make you more happy. Turns out mo' money, less problems, because a new study says that that is completely untrue. It starts to flatten a little bit as it goes up. But what do you guys think of this?
2. SPSam Parr
  I, I s... So here, I, uh, I'm pulling this up. So here's what it says, Shaan. Um, it says that, um, so if you are in the happiest of the unhappiest 20% does plateau after reaching $100,000. But after that gr- uh, if you're not in that group, more money does mean more happiness. And, uh, and it basically it goes all the way up. They studied it all the way up to $500,000. And they said, "After that, we, we really didn't study it much." But up to $500,000 people do get happier. But that said, the researchers found that the overall emotional an- effect of more money on a person is small compared to other circumstances, it's, even compared to a weekend. Approximately, uh, a four-fold difference in income, so four times your income, is equal to the effect of a weekend, which is kinda funny.
3. SPShaan Puri
  Wow.
4. SPSam Parr
  Um, but that said, more money makes you happy. So, and this is all like, there's this like 2010 study that where it said $70,000. From the beginning, I thought that was the most bullshit study, and I've said it on this pod so many times. That's nonsense. That is absolutely not true. $70,000? My sister, when she was like younger, lived in New York for $70,000. You're basically below the poverty line.
5. SPShaan Puri
  Right.
6. SPSam Parr
  That is not happy. Um, so 70,000, not a chance. I used to say I thought it was at like 250. I actually believe it could be 500 or even more where you get happier.
7. SPShaan Puri
  This is one of those things like, um, you know, that might be true. I h- when I heard this study, I was like, "That might be true. I'm gonna go ahead and test for myself." [laughs]
8. SPSam Parr
  Yeah. [laughs]
9. SPShaan Puri
  Like, I don't know if the Earth is flat or round. I don't really have the ability to go out there and check it out. I don't know, you know, if, uh, if sulfur gas is poisonous, but I figure, you know, no need to test that. This is one of those scientific claims that I had just decided a long time ago, "I'ma go ahead and check. I'ma go ahead and do my own research on this one and, uh, and go ahead try to go get the, go get a bunch of money and see how it feels." And, uh, you know what? I'm glad I did because the study was bullshit. [laughs]
10. SPSam Parr
  Dude, I got an MRI yesterday, and the lady at the front desk was like, "All right, that's $750," and she was like, didn't say that, she just handed me the, she goes, "There's a bill today," and she showed it to me. She thought that I was gonna like freak out, and I was like, "All right, you take Apple Pay?" And I just scanned my card or whatever, and I remember thinking like-
11. SPShaan Puri
  You're like, "Where do I tip?"
12. SPSam Parr
  ... I am... Yeah. [laughs] I, I remember thinking, "I am so happy I'm in a spot..." I used to not be able to afford that at all, and I'm so happy I'm in a spot. I call that, you know what I call that? I call that braces money. I'm just gonna be able to swipe my card and get my kid braces and not think twice about it.
13. SPShaan Puri
  [laughs]
14. SPSam Parr
  When I was younger, my parents bought me braces, and they told me that it was two grand that they had to pay on a credit card, and at the time they had like $6,000. And I remember thinking like, "Goddamn, that sucks."
15. SPShaan Puri
  Right. [laughs]
16. SPSam Parr
  Like, that's not... I would be a lot happier if I had $9 million in the bank as opposed to $9,000 or whatever you guys had.
17. SPShaan Puri
  Anytime a rich person tells you that money doesn't make you happy, just ask them for their money then. [laughs] Like, cool, cool, cool. I guess it's useless, right? Can I... Just give me a bunch of it then. [laughs] Right? Like, you know.
18. SPSam Parr
  Yeah, dude, and, uh-
19. SPShaan Puri
  Let's, let's look at the actions, uh, versus the words in a lot of these cases, right? There's-
20. SPSam Parr
  I always thought this study was bullshit also because- I, I, I wonder how much money the people making the study make. I was always like, "Yeah, that's what they think. Sure, they, they think that." 'Cause I wanna know how much bias goes into a study when the-
21. SPShaan Puri
  It's always the researcher's salary
22. SPSam Parr
  ... like, well [laughs]
23. SPShaan Puri
  They're at the pinnacle of happiness.
24. SPSam Parr
  Well, that's... [laughs] Yeah. Or they're, like, making it on, like, 50 and they're like, "Hey, see boss, 70,000."
25. SPShaan Puri
  [laughs]
26. SPSam Parr
  Um, [laughs] but I've always wondered what, like, the biases are because, uh, like, I don't know. I mean, do that, does it-
27. SPShaan Puri
  I haven't even wondered. I'm like, "This is obvious. This is obviously not true." And, um, you know, if I get to the finish line and I realize, hey, you know, 5 million and 10 million felt the same, well, shame on me for going the extra mile. [laughs]
28. SPSam Parr
  You know another thing? Have you ever tried to read a study?
29. SPShaan Puri
  Yeah, dude. Studies are-
30. SPSam Parr
  It's hard
20:27 – 22:01
TikTok ban
1. SPSam Parr
  Uh, let's go with TikTok. Uh, Biden administration in conjunction with Congress, they're evaluating a new law that would, um, make it possible for companies to be banned that pose a national security risk. People think this means that they're gonna ban TikTok. What do you guys think? Should they ban TikTok?
2. SPShaan Puri
  I don't know anything about that. [laughs]
3. SPSam Parr
  Wow.
4. SPShaan Puri
  Is this why they pay you the big bucks? [laughs]
5. SPSam Parr
  Dude, like, people talk about, I don't, I don't know anything about China. I don't know what they're doing.
6. SPShaan Puri
  [laughs] That's true.
7. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
8. SPShaan Puri
  Uh-
9. SPSam Parr
  Do you?
10. SPShaan Puri
  No. No. Uh, honestly, I do not.
11. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
12. SPShaan Puri
  How, I mean, how would I, how would I really know? Um, the Biden, so I think that being able to ban something if it's a national security risk, yeah, I think that's, [laughs] that's fine. [laughs] I think that sounds really appropriate. Uh, I also-
13. SPSam Parr
  It's true
14. SPShaan Puri
  ... by using TikTok a ton, I can totally see how I wouldn't want this in the hands of my enemy. It's like, oh, the ability to, like, take in all of my data, my camera roll, turn my microphone, my camera on, as well as feed me, spoon feed me any amount of, any, like, feed of information based on, you know, a mysterious algorithm that, that can surface good stuff, bad stuff, weird stuff, misinformation, whatever. Like, that's a pretty powerful weapon, right? So, so I definitely see the merit in that. Now, is TikTok actually a threat? I, I don't-
15. SPSam Parr
  All right, what's the next one? [upbeat music]
16. SPSpeaker
  Our software is the worst. Have you heard of HubSpot? See, most CRMs are a cobbled-together mess, but HubSpot is easy to adopt and actually looks gorgeous. I think I love our new CRM. Our software is the best. HubSpot, grow better.
17. SPSam Parr
  All right, next one.
22:01 – 23:54
Best city to live in
1. SPSam Parr
  Uh, let's go with favorite cities. A new poll from a real estate advice website reveals where Americans would move if money was no object. New York, Austin's in there. That makes sense. Uh, also on the list, though, Las Vegas, and at number nine, Baltimore. Dude, I'm from St. Louis. I'm from the city of St. Louis. A lot of people don't know this, but if you look at what the highest murder rate per 100,000 people, and s- it's been St. Louis, like, either it's usually number one, sometimes number two. For the past 10 years, there's, like, 500 murders a year. St. Louis and Baltimore are very similar. That sucks. It sucks. I don't wanna move there. Not at all. I don't understand that. That's weird to me.
2. SPShaan Puri
  Once I worked in the media business, I realized that, uh, polls, rankings, lists, all bullshit, just things to get, generate clicks, links, controversy. You know, if I was gonna make a list, and I made a list that was like, you just nod and you say, "Yeah, that makes sense," you're not gonna share that. You're not gonna talk about that. I throw Baltimore as the, this fourth most desired city to live in or whatever. Like, put New York ninth just to make them outraged. Guess what? I'm gonna get a lot more clicks, a lot more discussion, a lot more controversy, and a, a lot more backlinks for, for my SEO. And, uh, you know, so, so once you know their incentives, you'll know why these lists are, are often outrageous. Either they're just paid to put, like, you know, things in, on the top, or they're trying to do things that will generate a bunch of shares.
3. SPSam Parr
  Do you, uh, do you know what state Baltimore's in?
4. SPShaan Puri
  Yeah. Baltimore is in Maryland.
5. SPSam Parr
  All right. Nice. I didn't think you'd get that. If you Google, [laughs] if you Google Baltimore-
6. SPShaan Puri
  I had to say it slow to let my brain think.
7. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
8. SPShaan Puri
  'Cause, like, of course I know that. Baltimore?
9. SPSam Parr
  Dude, if you Google Baltimore and look at the images, very un- very unimpressive.
10. SPShaan Puri
  [laughs]
11. SPSam Parr
  And [laughs] not, not impressive at all. I'm sorry. Baltimore, that skyline, not interesting one bit.
12. SPShaan Puri
  [laughs]
13. SPSam Parr
  They need... The, the tourist association needs to work on their SEO.
14. SPShaan Puri
  [laughs]
15. SPSam Parr
  Not, not so good.
16. SPShaan Puri
  Uh, what else you got, Ben?
17. SPSam Parr
  Uh, can we wrap this up with the slap fighting one?
18. SPShaan Puri
  Yeah. Do it. Do
23:54 – 26:54
Power Slap League
1. SPShaan Puri
  the story, Sam.
2. SPSam Parr
  So Dana White is putting muscle behind UFC... Uh, sorry, Dana White and the UFC is putting muscle behind Power Slap League. So if you guys have not seen this, it's basically two guys, they're typically, like, huge fat guys, standing at a table smacking each other. I think they get three times to smack one an- they get to, three times to smack each other. I don't know the rules, but it seems like someone gets knocked out every slap.
3. SPShaan Puri
  [laughs] Every fight, yeah.
4. SPSam Parr
  Right? What are the rules? Is it, like, the first one knocked out-
5. SPShaan Puri
  Yeah
6. SPSam Parr
  ... loses, or?
7. SPShaan Puri
  It's simply a three to five rounds. They take turns hitting each other in the face with an open hand. And, um, the other person has to just stand there and take it. They get 60 seconds to recover, and then [laughs] they can earn up to 10 points based on the effectiveness of the slap and the defender's reaction. Oh, that's good. So y- you know, I like things where you get rewarded for pretending like it didn't hurt, uh, 'cause that-
8. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
9. SPShaan Puri
  ... that's a skill that I, I, I honed as a little sibling for many, many years. Um-
10. SPSam Parr
  Dude, this is the stupidest thing on Earth. I don't know. So look, am I... I'm not a woke guy. I consider myself right of center. Uh, maybe I'm getting more woke as I get older. I'm hating on Elon, and also this slap thing is the stupidest thing on Earth-
11. SPShaan Puri
  Ugh, so barbaric
12. SPSam Parr
  ... and I'm not gonna give it any of my eye- [laughs] I'm not gonna give it any of my eyeballs. I'd prefer to see two people in their underwear fighting to the death in front of a million people-
13. SPShaan Puri
  [laughs]
14. SPSam Parr
  ... like UFC, but the slap thing, not a fan.
15. SPShaan Puri
  Yeah, like, you know, to me, knockouts are like dip. It's like, you know, I like chips and dip-
16. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
17. SPShaan Puri
  ... but if you take the chips away and it's just dip, now I feel a little dirty.
18. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
19. SPShaan Puri
  That's how I feel about this.
20. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
21. SPShaan Puri
  Like, I'm cool watching a fight where somebody gets knocked out 'cause there's skill and there's defense and then there's strategy.
22. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
23. SPShaan Puri
  When it's literally you have to stand still and get hit as hard as you can by somebody else-
24. SPSam Parr
  Dude
25. SPShaan Puri
  ... um, now you, I'm just, you know, now I'm just eating barbecue sauce and I, I, I don't really like doing that.
26. SPSam Parr
  Which is kind of, which is kind of ridiculous that it's considered okay that we can use a, we can use a, you know, chip as a spoon and with cheese, but when you just use a spoon as a spoon for that cheese, it's, we consider two different things. That is a little weird, isn't it?
27. SPShaan Puri
  The big questions in life that, uh-
28. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
29. SPShaan Puri
  ... I might spend a whole lifetime trying to wonder why we are the way we are in this way. Now let me tell you something else.
30. SPSam Parr
  That, that's a great example.
26:54 – 31:33
Physical 100
1. SPSam Parr
  and it was, like, videos of people killing themselves, and it was huge, and people were obsessed with it, and then they deleted it. And I remember thinking, "That's a good idea to delete that," and yet it was really hard not to go to that subreddit. It's like, it's, it was impossible. Like, when you see it, when I would see it come up, I'm like, "Oh my God, this is horrible. I cannot watch this." And I would have to-
2. SPShaan Puri
  Can't look away. You don't wanna look.
3. SPSam Parr
  I, I had to stop myself-
4. SPShaan Puri
  Dude
5. SPSam Parr
  ... from, like, clicking some of that stuff.
6. SPShaan Puri
  Let's finish with a little show recommendation. Have you watched Physical 100 on Netflix?
7. SPSam Parr
  You keep telling me to watch it. No.
8. SPShaan Puri
  Oh my God. Everybody needs to go watch this show, and I'm gonna warn you, it's a weird show. If you had just described it to me, I would not have watched it.
9. SPSam Parr
  It's just that Korean Netflix thing in real life, right?
10. SPShaan Puri
  [laughs] It's Squid Games in real life. Yeah, kind of. So basically, here's, here's why it's amazing. So the premise of the show is they got 100 athletes of different types, so bodybuilders, MMA guys, boxers, women, men, small, large, gymnasts, ice climbers, luge people from the Olympics, um, whatever, everything, wrestlers, and they put them all together, and they walk in, and it's basically like, "We're gonna see who is the..." A variety of athletic competitions. Um, like, who is the overall, what is the best body? What is the perfect body? Is it this guy, or is it this girl, or is it this guy? And, and so, and, like, the very first, like, you know, competition they have is basically there's a ball in the middle of a mud pit, and it's like whoever has this ball at the end of three minutes wins, and it'll be guy versus girl. It'll be giant bodybuilder versus tiny. There's no weight classes, no nothing. And they go... They're, but they're, but the best part is it doesn't have this American tackiness like slap fighting or ranch. Like, Koreans don't eat that shit. They don't do that stuff.
11. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
12. SPShaan Puri
  All these people. The, here's three reasons why it's amazing.
13. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
14. SPShaan Puri
  Number one, they got legit the best athletes.
15. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
16. SPShaan Puri
  So they literally got, like, the guy from the World's Strongest Man. They're Olympians, gold medalists. Like, their most famous MMA fighters. Like, they got their most famous athletes to go do this reality show. It's like if LeBron was competing against Patrick Mahomes versus competing against Serena Williams. But, like, they actually, and they, not only did they show up, they actually gave a shit. Like, they were like, "I really wanna win this." And so they weren't just there for, like, reality drama. That's the first thing. Second thing, they play with honor. So it would be like y- you, the winner of the first round gets to pick who their opponent's gonna be in the second round. It's like, oh, well, you know, an American would just be like, "Oh, I can beat this person, so I'm gonna choose the weakest one and I'm gonna do that." And then what they would do is they would go to whoever they felt was the strongest, that would ba- be the most honorable to compete against, and they'd be like, "It would be my honor to compete against you."
17. SPSam Parr
  [laughs]
18. SPShaan Puri
  And the, the whole thing's done with subtitles. Sorry, sorry, uh, dubbed. So it's like, it's all in Korean, but then you're listening on a dubbed thing, which is hilarious 'cause there's even some guys that speak English. They dub them also in more English. It's hilarious. So, so they, that's how the show works, and they just eliminate people until they get to the very end, the final winner of the Physical 100. And so you, this is like, you will love this show. Once you get in, you get two episodes deep, you're gonna love the characters.
19. SPSam Parr
  Which, which body type is best?
20. SPShaan Puri
  Well, I don't wanna give it away. I mean, this is, this is the show, right? So, like, this, this is a, a giant spoiler. Um, but you know, you gotta have it all. You gotta have attributes. You gotta have the speed. You gotta have the strength. You gotta have the endurance. You gotta have the, the dexterity. You gotta have the, the, the agility. You gotta have it all because they test you in all these different ways.
21. SPSam Parr
  How would I do?
22. SPShaan Puri
  This show is amazing. You gotta watch this thing. Physical 100.
23. SPSam Parr
  How would I do?
24. SPShaan Puri
  Oh, here's the other thing that's great about it. They don't really edit it. So, like, [laughs] in an American show, they'll be like, "The start of the competition." Then there's, like, montage, and then it's like, "The big fight." They'll spend five minutes on the big argument. The ending. Whereas with this, it's like, "These contestants have one hour to pull this, like, 10,000-ton ship as a team to, from one side of this room to the other. Go." And they just show the whole thing in its entirety. It's even a little bit boring sometimes, but it's kinda like watching National Geographic where you just get really into it, like Planet Earth, where you're like, "Ooh, is the lizard gonna get the ant? I gotta watch." Like, and it's gonna just hap- I'm gonna watch the whole thing play out, you know, with no, no s- jump cuts. And it's such a refreshing change from, like, TikTok and, like, these other things that are, like, just such surface-level stuff.
25. SPSam Parr
  Dude, I'm, I'm looking at the winner. Uh, we're not, we're not that different, are we?
26. SPShaan Puri
  [laughs] Well, don't give it away. You'd be surprised why this person won. It, it's, it's pretty crazy. So, so anyways, yeah, you gotta watch this show. It's kind of amazing.
27. SPSam Parr
  All right. That's it. That's the pod. [upbeat music]