That Sounds Bad!

27 Apr 2026 · 58 min · 25 chapters

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In short

This episode of Distractible (“That Sounds Bad!”) is mostly a comedic game where the hosts try to make prompts sound progressively worse, trading off one-upping each other. It opens with a “cold open” discussion about a K-pop group performing “Golden” at Coachella (with extra harmonies), plus banter and tech/AI small talk (including Real Good AI and an update about using Gaussian process models). The main game: “Donut” is made to sound awful (long lines, disappointment, “quarter of a bear claw,” “Donut Armageddon,” and even “razor blade donuts”). Then “outside on a sunny day” becomes bleak (baldness reminders, people ruining nature, surveillance paranoia). “Sex” escalates through horror-comedy scenarios (dissociation, “vagina dentata,” Teeth/“Teeth,” antichrist via sex, incest/eternity punishments, ending with “Fuck your mom, I call that Tuesday”).

Guests

Ethan Nester (as “Torbeck”) and Steve Carell is referenced as a fake “special guest” bit; no real additional guests appear beyond Ethan Nester.

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Chapters

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Coachella Performance Discussion

0:58 to 1:24

Hosts discuss a recent Coachella performance and their thoughts on it.

“With Wayfair, one night of Halloween becomes a whole season at home.”

Coachella Performance Discussion

2:23 to 3:21

Hosts discuss a recent Coachella performance and their thoughts on it.

“It was with a bigger K-pop group, and they added a ton of harmonies to it because it was like nine women on stage singing it.”

Office Intro and Guest Introduction

3:21 to 3:54

Hosts introduce a guest and have fun with references to The Office.

The Torbeck Bit

3:54 to 5:48

A comedic exchange about a character named Torbeck and voice acting.

“Not all of us are talented and accomplished voice actors.”

Coin Flip and Training Bets

5:48 to 7:20

The hosts engage in a playful coin flip bet about voice training.

“If this is declared fair with all heads, we will, you and me, Wade, we will pay for voice training lessons for Bob until he can make the Torbek voice.”

Media and Equipment Updates

7:20 to 10:15

Discussion on media news, equipment updates, and tech trends.

“All right, we got to pay for his voice and lessons.”

Small Talk and Gaming

10:15 to 14:00

Casual conversation about gaming experiences and preferences.

“Uh, there's a lot of other new tools with AI in them that are probably scary.”

Discussion on Gameplay Mechanics

14:00 to 16:46

The hosts discuss various game mechanics and their experiences with different strategies.

“I had things where on the second or third turn, I was just like, get them all back.”

Golfing Experiences and Challenges

16:46 to 17:40

The hosts share their experiences and challenges with golfing and the fun of the sport.

“brain, which is really the part you got to keep safe.”

Inviting Friends and Social Dynamics

17:40 to 18:42

A lighthearted conversation about inviting friends and the logistics of social gatherings.

“Would you help me hold it while I pee if you were in the bathroom with me?”
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Real Good AI and Science Updates

18:42 to 19:56

Discussion about AI advancements and the hosts' involvement in projects related to AI.

Philosophical Thoughts on Math

19:56 to 20:28

A humorous take on the nature of math and its perceived evils.

Game Rules Discussion

20:28 to 21:31

The hosts come up with absurd and humorous rules for a game they are about to play.

The Game: Making Donuts Sound Bad

22:19 to 28:00

The hosts play a game where they find negative aspects of donuts in a comedic manner.

“I should have gone this way, of course, but I didn't.”

The Disappointment of Day-Old Donuts

28:00 to 29:22

Discussing the letdown of finding stale donuts and their effects.

“And so sometimes you see it and you're like, I'm not even going to look.”

The Horrors of Soft Donuts

29:22 to 30:56

A discussion about the dangers of soft donuts and what they could hide.

“You don't want food to be too soft like that.”

Nature's Beauty Ruined by People

30:56 to 32:54

Exploring how the presence of others can ruin outdoor experiences.

“All right, let me set this in one more time.”

Historical Context: Hiroshima

32:54 to 34:51

A comedic but serious look at a historical moment and its implications.

“Not the people outside you gotta worry about.”

The Awkwardness of Sex

34:51 to 39:04

Delving into the complexities and potential pitfalls of sexual relationships.

“You will Yeah, I've determined it for you.”

The Dangers of Superpowers

39:04 to 42:07

Imagining a world where superpowers come with unexpected consequences.

“All right, okay That that's for sounds real bad man.”

The Scary Reality of Parenthood

42:07 to 46:06

Explore the humorous and terrifying aspects of unexpected parenthood.

“a while yeah that does sound bad that sounds worse than just teeth i'll give you because you You made me remember the boys.”

The Antichrist Baby and Its Consequences

46:07 to 49:24

A comedic take on the nightmare of parenting the Antichrist.

“How's he coming back to religion with this guy?”

The Consequences of Bad Decisions

49:54 to 56:00

Discuss the comedic implications of poor choices in relationships and their repercussions.

“You know, the description was worse, but that's fine.”

Reflections on Regret and Failure

56:00 to 57:01

The hosts discuss feelings of regret and the journey of self-improvement.

“Well, at least you recognize that, Wade, and you can correct your mistakes next time.”

Reflections on Regret and Failure

57:08 to 57:36

The hosts discuss feelings of regret and the journey of self-improvement.

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1:57and dicks the wrong holes. From Coachella cold opens to superheroic sex capades. Yes, it's time for That Sounds Bad. Now sit back and prepare to be distracted and enjoy the show. Do you guys see that they performed Golden at Coachella? Why? Perform the other one, cowards. This is what it sounds like. It was with a bigger K-pop group, and they added a ton of harmonies to it because it was like nine women on stage singing it. And I saw people talking about it, and I was like, they did the one, but they did the harmonies. They did not. Yeah, getting that many people would be great for the song at the end that has the whole crowd going, oh.

2:54And then how they sing in the lyrics about how they're singing in harmony. but they're not yeah no it'd be crazy imagine yeah but no golden the one that wasn't the important pinnacle of the movie so like the fake out there building towards it to perform it and

3:08Mark Fischbach:then oh no this moment's ruined all these companies taking the wrong message out of the movie go figure hello and welcome to distractible that's what you call a gold open all right cue our office intro what do we have an office intro we do now it's the office intro with our faces over each of the characters oh we're gonna get sued and steve carell we leave steve carell right of course none of us could replace him now introducing special guest never mind i don't think they did that in the office where they go and now our special guest are you sure pretty sure season 14 episode 2 It's been a while since I watched it so Michael comes out of his office And goes that's what she said And someone goes oh my god Steve Carell special guest Steve Carell Oh my god So realistic Very realistic just like this podcast It's almost like we're really here But no We're agentic Oh Yeah I have agency Yeah do you are you sure I am agentic Okay, Bob is agentic I thought you were an aphrodisiac That's not the word You keep thinking, man You keep thinking over there Oh, I could be both of those Yeah, get those thoughts churning, man It's almost gonna be your turn Bob, you're my aphrodisiac Torbeck can make you feel all kinds of things Torbeck, you sound different That's how I always sound Shut up Torbeck is here and depressed as usual.

4:52I feel like he's in the room. Not all of us are talented and accomplished voice actors. Actually, none of us are. I think you are. I think you could do that one. It's just... TORBECK. Stop showing off. God. Oh, it's not showing off to TORBECK. Let's not. I think he was right about that. Oh, look at me. I am TORBECK. It is great to be here in the burg with you. introducing ethan as torbeck wow special guest ethan ethan nester

5:28Mark Fischbach:all right lisp point lisp point i'm sorry bob we're being unfair to you i'll just be quiet for the rest of this one ethan take my spot all right ethan everybody welcome special guest ethan Ethan Nester Ethan Nester What's up my cranky crew Oh there's no S's in there so it doesn't Is there a rule about calling yourself out If you say something I don't think so I don't have to call myself out or yourself out Did someone say the word Bob did you say it No he said it I said it He said that you all are being the you word to me Yeah Well now we have to do it But I don't even know what for Well, but I didn't know if I If you had just shut your yap hole Well, we get yelled at a lot for not noticing And I noticed, so I didn't know if I had to notice I think he was saying that you were being unfair For making fun of me for lisping Or for not being able to do the Torbeck voice I'm not sure, I don't know what his point was Just in general, you know We were just being rude to Bob So he was saying we were unfair Because you were getting shit for it It was unfair of you all to make jokes about me.

6:47What a waste of this coin. If this is declared fair with all heads, we will, you and me, Wade, we will pay for voice training lessons for Bob until he can make the Torbek voice. Oh, okay. We will make it right. We will pay for those lessons. If it's doubly unfair, we get to make fun of Bob for his normal speaking voice as well. That's pretty fair. That's very fair, I think. All right, ready? All right. All right. Heads. Oh, no. Oh, no. Is that lady heads on yours? I can't. Lady has heads. Yeah, lady has heads. All right, we got to pay for his voice and lessons. We're going to hire the actual guy from Legends of Adventurous, and we're going to get him to get you to be able to be Torbek.

7:38And we will not stop paying whatever his fee is and or a comparable voice trainer, because He might be pricey now that that shows popular. He's very famous and successful. Well, I mean, if I'm going to do this, I want the real Torbeck to teach me about Torbeck stuff. All right. Okay. We'll see what his availability is. Price cost be damned, you know? Okay. You're going to get a fair. We get you voice lessons for Torbeck. that doesn't look like the hold on a second is that his name andy flynn is that the guy's name

8:17Mark Fischbach:yeah but i searched andy flynn and i did not get the right guy if you search andy flynn aventress he comes up oh there's there's another like actor or someone who is also named andy flynn you were laughing like it was some porn actor or something and i thought that it was gonna be all right the great andy flynn wow he's man he's working out he's getting oh oh my god his whole Instagram is just him working out with the shit. Holy shit. He's so jacked. I don't have to learn that, do I? No, no. Well, unless it's part of Torbek, he might say it's actually part of it. Oh, no. Okay. Well, hey. Hey, listen up, handsome.

8:57What's your day rate for getting Bob voice training to be Torbek?

9:01Mark Fischbach:We're not trying to replace you unless he does better than you, in which case. Sorry. I mean, given where I'm starting from, how could I not be better than him? That poor guy is about to get hounded and he's going to hate us. He's going to be like, what is distractible? Who are these dumb fuckers? God, I hate our fans. I hate distractible too. All right. So that is handled. Of all the times to get triple heads, I'm just saying, couldn't I use that on a thing that actually mattered? I mean, not that I won't enjoy voice lessons with the great Andini. You're literally immortal. Was that from a coin flip?

9:34Oh, that was from a coin flip. Okay. Nevermind. Nevermind. Nevermind. Nevermind. I don't have nothing to complain about. That's just me being a bitch. I think Mark and I deserve some good coin flip wins. Nah, you deserve nothing. Shut up. Mark, continue your episode. Thank you, I will. It's time to move on to small talk. You got to small talk. Yes, we are now in small talk. It's been a very derailed episode.

10:00Mark Fischbach:Time to be cold open. I'm going to give a blast of news updates from the various things of NAB, of which I'm going to, but by the time this comes out, I will have already been. So no, you can't meet me there. Uh, DaVinci got a new update. That's pretty cool. GoPro come back. Maybe cool cameras came out. Uh, there's a lot of other new tools with AI in them that are probably scary. I don't know. Adobe's got a frothing in the corner or something. I have no idea. And then there's a lot of bags, a lot of lights, a lot of, uh, uh, camera equipment, a lot of monitors for viewing things, audio equipment, kind of cool stuff like that.

10:34That's all you guys need to know. Okay. As we do every week, we do a media and broadcast equipment news update. That's true. Every week. It's an interest we all share. Equally. Equally. Wade, say one tech thing. Microphone. Okay, man. That's, that is technically correct. You get a point. I had that one already in the bank, just in case.

10:58Mark Fischbach:You look around at the closest thing in your room, like, oh, oh, oh. Microphone. Does wrist rest? Does that count? Does this tech? Does this count? Technology made it, right? I, it's kind of, I don't know. So technically.

11:20All right. His true laugh.

11:25Mark Fischbach:God damn. Sorry, I had strawberry lemonade for lunchtime. I'm going fucking nuts. Oh my God. No wonder you're so crazy. Yeah, I know. I'm going crazy. Look, I don't care if this has a billion red 40 and, you know, it's the Coke Zero cherry float. It's delicious. It probably has all kinds of chemicals in there to make it taste good, but goddamn. No, those are surprisingly good. I like those. Acisulfame. Nice. Does it have acetine in it? I don't see any, but it's got phenylketonurics. Ketones? Those are good. I've not heard of those since the Treaty of Westphalia. We're never going to forget Westphalia.

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12:51you had cheeseburg he's right he's right we talked about this i told you i was finding funny you when we were finding those words together you were like oh oh i found a really good one and i was like all right he's getting tough words i'll get tough words well i thought we did be more of the game where we had to like you were just sitting there being like cheeseburger yes this will stump them there weren't that many 12 letter words the thing is i could totally see wayne doing that where he finds cheeseburgers like oh oh yeah that's gonna stump him oh man maybe i

13:29Mark Fischbach:I missed the assignment a little bit. Okay. I thought we were on the same wavelength and we never are. I'm sorry, man. When I searched for 12 letter words, except when we play slay the spire two, then we are the same wavelength. Then we're all on the same wavelength. And I've learned that lightning boy sucks. He does not. He's awesome. I had the best run I've had solo run I've had has been with him. Fucking. I got the craziest thing where I basically half my deck costs zero. And then I had a couple of that one where you put all zero cost cards from your discard back into your hand. I had things where on the second or third turn, I was just like, get them all back.

14:10Everyone's dead.

14:11Mark Fischbach:Like, he's fucking crazy if you build them right. I did not have that kind of luck when we were playing. I had one evoke and a bunch of bullshit. And plasma. Oh, plasma. Oh, plasma. Oh, plasma. I didn't even see plasma. but I had lightning, cold, dark, and glass. Glass is stinky. But plasma's the way. Glass is equivalent to lightning, except it diminishes. I think it shouldn't diminish over time. I'd rather have dark. Yeah, of course. Everyone would rather have dark. Dark was great, but I only had like one dark. That's why I lost. Get more dark. I couldn't, man. I was at the heart of the mercy of the draw, and the draw was like, you know what you need?

14:48Mark Fischbach:Glass. Quit the game forever, then. Quit it forever. Let's play right now. No, we have another game. Have you even small talked at all guys? I did. I said I said I had strawberry lemonade today and that's technically qualifies as small pot. Yeah, you're right. You're not getting a point for it though. Technically.

15:10Oh my god, I hate that. Yeah, I didn't give you a point for that either because it scared me. Good. I'll give you the truest laugh. Wade, you need to learn how to golf this year. I need more people in my circle who golf. Okay. We're going to hit the range, and then we got to go play some local nine holes. You're good at sports. You're good at ball sports. You're an athletic guy. You'll be fine at golf. It's very fun.

15:37Mark Fischbach:If you had said, like, volleyball, basketball, tennis, like, for some reason, golf and baseball, man, I don't know. I need a whole racket. The little tiny nub club, I'm just, man, I miss the ball a lot. It's not easy. The thing about golf is it doesn't matter if you're the fucking worst golfer ever. It's still fun to go drive golf carts around and go and just hit balls and try and get them near the hole. It's fun. You say that until we're six hours in and I'm still on the hole one. I'm awful. The last time I played nine holes, I lost like six balls in nine holes. Like I'm terrible at golf. But you're so strong.

16:11Mark Fischbach:You hit the ball. It goes far. That does not help you. One of the balls I lost, I lost because I hit it like 50 yards past the hole and I almost killed someone if i hadn't yelled four and they hadn't turned and looked i might have killed a guy still had a great time well the risk there is also that they turn right to the ball and get donked right in the face yeah well everyone knows the front of the face is the most resilient part of the head back of the head all you got is skin bone brain front of the head you got cartilage you got eyeballs and teeth you don't need those to live you got extra stuff that'll cushion the brain, which is really the part you got to keep safe.

16:51Yeah, yeah, I guess. And ears are not as protective as they seem. Do you want to play like tennis instead? Can't we just play a little golf? You could use my clubs. They're for tall guys. You're a tall guy. Why can't we just go to Topgolf and that'll be the end of it? I mean, that's fine too. That's fun. I like Topgolf. I know I wasn't invited to this, but you know, I'm assuming I was invited. Well, dude, you're always invited. You just live across an entire giant ass country. Now, hold on, hold on. But always, mostly, you're usually invited. No. Look, my perspective is Mark is invited to everything that I do.

17:24But I know that there's just realities about how far away we live from each other. And it's not always going to line up. So, like, I'm going to go hop in the shower. Mark's just invited? If he wanted to, man, he could jump right in with me. I got a big, big, tall, big shower. Be fine. Lots of space. Okay. Got an extra brush. Can use a brush.

17:42Mark Fischbach:Would you help me hold it while I pee if you were in the bathroom with me? I feel like that's up to him. That's what I'm asking He could be invited You don't get to dictate how he participates Alright that's my small talk Bob you got me I feel like that was my small talk Wait a minute I claimed it Oh shit What else do I have going on I have a car and Wade doesn't How about that You still got that car thing going on Yeah it was a nice car too That was great That's a great car that was mine That was in my driveway That's my car That's a good car I already told you everything that happened in my life because we caught up so It's tricky when you hang out in real life and it's not recorded What do you I guess we need to record it every time we're near each other just in case it needs to go on the podcast We've been together every day except for yesterday in some capacity.

18:29There was a real good ai update There was I mean at this point is like two weeks ago So trust me, there's a lot of people who are going to hear this who did not hear the update If you don't know what real good ai is, you should check it out real good ai.org for those that don't know about it and yes we're making ai and we're building our own data center right yes yes we're gonna call it real gpt no it's science the good kind of science is there a bad is there evil science i guess probably there's mad science so i guess that's not good science this is the fun kind of science like flubber it is like flubber it absolutely is like flubber anyway there was a breakthrough in training and getting the gaussian process model in where it's normally a neural network so that was big it is proof of concept for the future of good ai i know i asked this and they're not ready to publish yet but when do you think that'll be published um that is a tricky call i don't know if i know enough about it to say for sure what it'll be published i think it's already like there was already a newsletter type update that is that's available on the website and i think there are some social media posts where manny's talking about it and like we stream every thursday if they come to the stream they can ask about it but publishing getting it actually written up and published and all that stuff is like the slowest most painful process ever so i don't know if i can give an actual timeline for that but but he's working on it eric did that research and he's such a good little scientist that even though he's real sick right now he's still working he's busting his ass crazy for all of us for all of us hey if it turned out to be evil we didn't do that part yeah for sure that's probably someone else nature versus nurture you can only do so much that's uh that's what they say maybe math is just evil i've had inklings i've always thought math was a particularly evil but you know i've never known the math to prove it it can be very divisive no sorry too too late hush that's the buzzer rang that joke was midair it did not land in time that would have been such a good

20:38Mark Fischbach:point to use that yeah that would have been good i'm invoking the double coin flip rule nope okay notice this dodgeball that's a double fault sudden death next constitution we gotta make a challenge of some kind besides unfair but it's like you know flag based we gotta throw something didn't we used to have flags and get rid of them oh you're right wait that's vaguely familiar wait oh wow but i don't know if we stopped using them because we forgot or if we literally were like no more flags now we do the unfair coin flip okay now we got an extra one where it's like we have to throw something but every time it gets thrown it has to be heavier than before throw something oh that's gonna get real bad real fast yeah i guess i'm not keeping heavy shit around my my desk anymore

21:29alright okay we gotta get on with the game because we've been doing this for 20 minutes already we're not gonna have any time get ready for a recycled idea from the past

21:42yeah you know what time it is actually it's a slightly evolved idea from the past that's the best kind of recycling dinosaurs no okay

21:58All right, cool. No, you fools. It's time for That Sounds Bad

22:08Mark Fischbach:Oh, play the theme song. Yeah, wow. Special guest, Steve Carell. Steve. All right, see ya. He was on the other side of that door. He said he had to go. I should have gone this way, of course, but I didn't. But it's fine. I vaguely remember this. Wasn't it? That sounds good the first time. Yeah, it was. That sounds good. This is now that sounds bad, which is an idea that I got in the middle of that sounds good. And I was like, wow, that probably would be funnier. And I believe that's correct. The way it works is one of you. I'll flip a coin. We'll decide who goes first. We'll say something. I will give you a prompt and you'll go give me a way that it's bad.

22:50And these are typically good things. and then you're going to make it sound bad and the other person is going to make it sound worse and the other person, then it goes back to the first to make it sound worse. Whoever can make it sound bad, really bad and continue the chain without going back. So the first person that says something that is not worse than the previous one loses, the other person gets the point. Make sense? Right, right, right. Yes. I think this will work better because if there's one thing you guys are good at, it's being negative. heads wade tails wait because he's hey wait a minute that's unfair oh shit wait it's bob all right tails you're bob oh good thank god somebody wasted our unfair already this episode look at how prismatic it looks it's like all blue and stuff oh that is cool it's just my uh my reflection monitor here but elgato i need to say this i have the prompter and it's very useful especially if i'm recording i can see if i'm recording and whatnot but you either have this model or the fucking gigantic one i just need a little bigger that's all i need bigger than the giant one i have a giant one then i looked at how giant it was i was like i can't physically put it up here it'd be too big but i need something just a little bigger you do it somewhere in between you know middle size prompter.

24:11All right, Bob, you're going to make a donut, the delicious, delectable, sugary treat that is a donut. Sound bad? Donuts taste great, but you know what comes with that great taste every single time you have a donut? Feeling a failure. You immediately, when you make the choice to have a donut for breakfast, you immediately feel like you've lost the day. Like, no matter how good it tastes you're like well it's a donut day so you know i maybe i won't work out today like who cares i had a donut like everything's down the drain it's all downhill from here it's a great donut maybe i'll have pizza for dinner who cares it's donut day it just comes with it as good as it tastes it's just not a solid start it sets you up for a downward trajectory all right that sounds you know i get that i get that you know if you start with donuts you got all that sugar going up in there.

25:05It's not good for anybody to start that way, as opposed to like, you know, an egg or something like that. You know, the food that has all the nutrition possible. Perfect food. You feel like you could kill the world. Eat eggs. Wade, can you make that donut sound badder?

25:20Mark Fischbach:Well, on top of just starting the day off wrong because you're choosing to have a donut, the process of getting a donut is really fucking annoying, especially for us non-morning people. Because donuts, you know when you get donuts on your way to work If you work a normal nine to five, you go and you get your donut and you get your coffee and you have to wait in the longest fucking lines. We grew up in Milford. We went to school in Milford, right? And in Milford, there was a Dunkin' Donuts right on the like out of the way. If you're going to school, it was out of the way. If you're going to work, I guess it's on the way to the highway.

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25:49Mark Fischbach:But the line would wrap around the building and then come out onto like the bypass that would block up traffic. And you had to go and wait forever to even get your donut. And then you get there and you're like, I want this donut. I don't know strawberry frosted like we're sold out would you like this cake donut I'm like no I don't want I just waited for 40 minutes for the strawberry long lines and disappointment because the ones you want they're limited in quantity they can't possibly paint another whoa what kind of donuts does this place have hey pink 76 you know that's how you get your strawberry do you know how donut donuts are made with magic paint donuts what the hell's going on you just put some little paint on it's not strawberry but no they're like we got the ugly cake thing dude i like cake dough cake donuts are delicious not when you want the strawberry frosted well you just gotta modify your expectations all right inconvenient that's great all right bob another thing about donuts when you're in like a group setting they're almost always a letdown you show up to the office show up to the set we've been on set mark has done a lot of show up and you see it and you're like ah they got a box of donuts all right i was running a little late i skipped breakfast today i would really love to have a donut that sounds fantastic god i hope they have some chocolate glazed or what i don't even really care i just hope they have a good i hope it's not like jelly filled powdered covered donut that's gonna make me a mess for the rest of my life oh don't even whatever i'll eat it and then you go up to the box and you're like, oh, I'm starving.

27:23This is what I needed. And you open the donut box. And for some fucking reason, there's one quarter of one bear claw in the box. One, who cuts up and touches donuts in a public box of donuts? Two, who leaves one quarter of one donut? And three, why is the box still there if there's not even one entire donut in it? It's always like that. I've never opened a box of donuts anywhere other than my own house and found a whole donut in it, let alone multiple that I could choose from. At this point, there's a certain point where you realize, right? And so sometimes you see it and you're like, I'm not even going to look.

28:02That's probably fucking day old donuts. I don't even care. But you forget sometimes. And when you really need it, that's when you forget. And you're like, there's donuts. There's hope. And then you open it and it's fucking sadness. and anger and it makes your day worse every single time man those true words very bad wait

28:22Mark Fischbach:you grab a donut you're ready to take your bite take it real interesting good flavor maybe at first and then we zoom into the throat as the donut comes down

28:35Mark Fischbach:mushroom cloud inside of you why because not a single fucking nutrient just entered your body You just ate nothing but greasy, fat, and sugar and exploded within you, telling your body, I don't want anything actually to eat. What I want to do is die 20 years younger. Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop. Hop, hop, hop, hop. Arm of fucking ghetto. There's fallout happening right in your butt. Hope you have a shelter built. You don't. There go your insides from all the grease, sugar, and fat content of probably the worst combination of things you can eat outside of directly eating poison or like bleach or something.

29:11Mark Fischbach:So congratulations for all of the nuclear waste building up in your gut. Because you're going to be seeing that thing expand soon. Trust me, it does. It catches up. Yeah, you're right. Donut Armageddon. That's pretty bad. Bob. Okay. Donuts, right? You know donuts. You've seen donuts. They have a fatal flaw. They're too soft. You don't want food to be too soft like that. You know what could go inside of a donut? Jelly, cream, razor blades, poison tablets, anything. Small animals, worms. Who knows? Donuts are designed to be filled, which is sold as a feature, but they're so soft you could slide something and you can't even see.

30:03Can't even see the hole where it went in. You could be handed a donut with a dozen razor blades in it and not even be able to tell there was anything wrong with it. And you take a big bite, and boom! Razor blades in your mouth. Alright, I mean, that does sound bad. I don't like that. Alright, Wade? Revelations twi - No, I -

30:26Mark Fischbach:I think I'll concede to the razor blades. Alright, yeah, okay, alright, okay. Razor blade donuts, alright. That was a horrifying visual. That sounded so bad. I thought I had it with the nukes. I gotta look at every donut you see for the rest of your life with a little, with a little contempt. Now the razor blades were a step up. I can't deny. All right, Wade, it's your turn to go first. All right. You're gonna, uh, you go outside. It's a bright, sunny, beautiful day, perfect temperature. Birds are singing. Make this sound bad. All right, let me set this in one more time. It's a bright, sunny day.

31:00You go outside. It's a bright, beautiful, sunny day. Perfect temperature. Slight, just the lightest, beautiful breeze. It doesn't even tussle your hair, but it cools. That's so refreshing. And then the birds are singing and grass, green trees, leaves. Beautiful nature.

31:15Mark Fischbach:Well, let me tell you why this really fluffs my feathers a little bit in the wrong way, Mark. Because I walk outside, it's a beautiful sunny day. There's a light breeze. It doesn't even tussle my hair. And then I'm reminded, Mark, I don't have hair. I'm bald. And you know, every time I go outside and it's a beautiful sunny day with a light breeze, I'm reminded there is no hair. I could get sunburn and my hair doesn't blow in the wind anymore and that kind of takes a little bit of it out for me you're right okay I get it I'm sorry I didn't realize there are some people that can't enjoy that well sensitivity training might do some good I guess all right all right come down there Wade you slow your roll a little bit all right it's a beautiful sunny morning you're outside you've gone to your favorite park you're out there to enjoy some nature and you start your walk.

32:00Ah, excuse me. Oh, excuse me. On your left. Oh, a bicycle. Oh, fuck. You know who the fuck is outside? People. People are outside. Every time I've been outside, try to enjoy nature or a beautiful day, there's always someone there to ruin it. There's always some kid on a bicycle or a skateboard or with a remote control car or a dog that's not on a leash for some reason in a public park, or there's always some stupid person out there ruining that shit. The only place you're safe from people is inside your house or in the house of a trusted friend or associate, where you know no one who's going to ruin it is going to be there.

32:43Maybe the backyard is safe, but even in your own backyard, you can have shit ruined by people. Outside stinks. That's a good point. All these great weathers and fun things draw other people, and people are naturally terrible. We all know this to be true. Awful. Wade.

32:57Mark Fischbach:Not the people outside you gotta worry about. It's them. They're watching. Inside, you can go ahead, you can search and make sure there's no bugs planted on your lamps or your light sockets, but outside, there could be cameras anywhere. The birds themselves, they're drones. Who's watching from the moon? The government. Is there even a moon? I don't know. The earth is flat, so why is there a round thing in the sky? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me. So I'm outside, and I'm reminded of all the things out of my control and all the people Watching me that want to take me take my brain and put things in my butt.

33:25Mark Fischbach:Yeah, I don't want to go outside It's awful because all it is is chaos out of my control and they they control it all all right, man Okay, cool That escalated quickly. Yeah, Bob. Can you go worse than that? It's a beautiful morning. Maybe it's in the past. Maybe this is from another generation Beautiful August morning Sun's coming up Lovely day, you're outside It's about 8.15 in the morning August 9th 1945 Beautiful, lovely morning In your home city Of Hiroshima, Japan And all you want to do Is stand outside And soak up some sun Oh, what's that rumble in the distance this might need to be cut out i'm having second thoughts about this no it's so funny it's so funny oh man look that might be one of the worst mornings a person has ever had it's funny in this context but also pretty serious pretty bad pretty bad pretty bad hard to hard to imagine much worse can't ever joke about that thing much like other things that we can't make fun of for sure i'm gonna give you a point for it but it's not over wade can you go worse i just want you to know i had written a couple things to escalate and my last one was looking up the sky one last time before nuclear war he's got you beat he's got you beat that was where i had it ending so uh great minds huh great minds what is worse for you than that i don't know i don't know you concede you can concede i don't want to but yeah yeah i got i don't i yeah all right that's it razor blades you look up at the clouds and razor i thought at first that's where you're gonna go just like you're looking up la-di-da ah my foot razor

35:37congratulations bob that's two in a row you're on a roll feel great about that one it's right back to you to start and you're gonna make sex sound bad just limbs and sweat just sticky just rubbing there's a lot of rubbing if you're not prepared for the rubbing there's a lot of chafing just get it just you know just like yeah you know it's like a really disinterested sex ed teacher all right listen you don't want it's not it ew yeah you both are sex ed teachers teaching a class about how abstinence is the right path all right wade sex may be fine for some and it's

36:28Mark Fischbach:a cooperative activity one of my favorite animes and mangas solo leveling i don't need a partner the odds of having someone else get in my way and that caused me extra time and stress whenever i know i can get the job done faster and more efficiently no thank you i'm gonna i'm gonna allow this but i'm like you made masturbation sound good as opposed to sex sounding bad so Well, it's better. I'll let it pass. I'll let it pass. That's the one warning. That's right. You will Yeah, I've determined it for you. I may not have thinking about it good. All right, Bob Alright sex sex happens with another person You'll feel what they're doing to you and you'll feel what you're doing to them and you you'll kind of have an idea What's going on but you know you don't get to know what are they thinking?

37:22What are they looking at? Are they looking at your hips? Are they looking at your chubby thighs? Are they laughing at your physique? Are they laughing at your technique? Are you doing a good job? Are they happy? You think it's going well. Do they think it's going well? Are they satisfied? Was that fake? Are they just pretending? Are they faking it right now? Wait a minute. Am I faking it? Wait, is this real? What's real? What's real here? You want to lose all sense of self? You want to disassociate so hard that you barely even exist for a while? Yeah, go ahead Have some sex I love a dissociative crisis That is true You will entirely lose your Sense of personhood Happens to me every time

38:11Mark Fischbach:Wade, worse Life with your partner is a beautiful dance, a tango You guys have it all figured out You know how you divide up the home chores, the work life Raising kids, so on and so forth You have similar interests You go and you see your movies together. You go on your walks. Everything is a perfect yin and yang. And then all of a sudden, one night, you have one drink too many at the bar. And all of a sudden, you wake up and go, huh, what happened? Who's that? Oh, sex. Wrong person. Now my whole relationship's in luck. And all kinds of fucked up. Just because of one bad sex? I'm sorry. I'm on a keto diet, but I ate a roll.

38:51Mark Fischbach:I break my diet and it's okay. But I put my dick in the wrong hole and all of a sudden it's all gonna end sex ruins everything

39:03Wow, I didn't see that

39:11All right, okay That that's for sounds real bad man. You're right all blows up Bob. Can you make it sound worse? Do you like movies? there's one specific movie i've seen that i wish i could unsee stop reading my script that i think will make you think twice about ever having sex ever again for any reason ever seen the 2007 film teeth damn you the story that's a comedy horror comedy in air quotations about a woman whose vagina has teeth Yes, this is real This is a real medical condition This is not fabricated for fictional movies This happens And there's no way to know Until it's too late There's no way for you to be able to tell It's a gamble every time Maybe you like gambling with your dick But for me, I say it's not worth it Just imagine the teeth Vividly imagine it It's almost like there's razor blades in there that's exactly the motif i'm i'm riffing on yes that was great yeah that sounds horrible yeah i remember in that movie when the doctor gets his fingers bitten off he goes

40:36so i'm giving you a point for vagina dentata vagina dentata what a delivery yeah i'm actually uh screen sharing with wade wade right now so i'm just stealing all your ideas directly off four years.

40:48Mark Fischbach:Dude, I had to double check and make sure I didn't still have the document up from the one-man show. Alright, Wade, you got one chance to go higher. Heath, pretty bad. Kind of a one-off instance. I want you to imagine for a moment a world of superheroes and supervillains, right? Imagine if we could all just get like a little shot and all of a sudden we could develop a superpower, but we don't know how that's going to come to fruition. Some people can fly. Some people get super strength. Some people come magma. some people get really small and climb into dicks but then they sneeze and explode and there it goes you never know what kind of horrible sexual shenanigans might come up you never know if there might be teeth or worse than teeth or razor blades uh maybe whenever someone farts after uh they have a nuclear explosion come out this world of superheroes could be amazing but also you got more than teeth to worry about because any kind of jizz or cum or sensation or scream or laugh or spit could be acid could be anything everything is a gamble every time you even go to hold someone's hand it could melt your fingers off much less putting your dick in there this world of superheroes could be great but it has a dark underbelly of sex explosions melting pain screams and that little tickling sensation you can never quite get to go away which is kind of itchy after a while yeah that does sound bad that sounds worse than just teeth i'll give you because you You made me remember the boys.

42:18Mark Fischbach:I kind of stole everything from that. Yeah. I stole it. That's right. All right, Bob. Let's put a time frame on this. Let's say just as a specific example, it's not what you think. Calm down. Okay. I thought of the 1945. Perhaps it's August 9th again, but it doesn't matter what year it is. Okay. And it's definitely in like the 2000s or later. Maybe it's August 9th of this past year. Do you know what it means? If you had sex on August 9th of this past year, it means that in less than a month, you're going to be a parent and you're going to be responsible for an entire other human being. And there's all kinds of stuff that comes along with that.

43:13And some of it is great. And some of it involves terrible, horrible, unthinkable things. And some of it involves poop being on parts of you you didn't know poop could get on. And some of it involves furniture you own never smelling the same. But there are a lot of aspects to it. And unless you're ready for that shit, and unless you really mean that shit, you should just stay away from it. Because God knows how much you're having sex these days. How many kids might just be cropping up left and right. Who knows? Yeah, watch out for that shit. Unless you're a woman, then it's way less of a surprise, but, you know.

43:51Still, whoa. Still, whoa. All right. Here's my logic here. That's definitely the scariest thing in the world to some people, but to some people, it's what they really want. They want that weirdos, I know. Very strange people. Just bizarre, right? I think there are probably a subset of people that want the lava cum, But it's probably a much smaller proportion of people that think that it's good than that it's bad. So can I clarify that I was I was specifically thinking of this in the context of we're like teaching a high school health class. And then I think the breakdown of high schoolers who want to have kids on purpose is probably a lot lower than the general population.

44:34Mark Fischbach:That is scary. It's it's probably true. It probably is very scary. I'll take a stab and give it to him. I'll take a stab at escalating from there. Well, he's the judge. He's the judge. I just felt like I could clarify. Wade is passing on this to take another stab at getting even worse than babies. This feels like the building on, right? Like I'm taking, we're taking each other's ideas and taking a step. That's the whole thing, yeah. Yep. All right. Why did I do this? Okay, so. You find that person. You meet eyes at the bar. They take a sip of their drink. You know what they're thinking because it's what you're thinking.

45:08Mark Fischbach:They want another drink. Ah, fuck. So you buy them a drink. You guys, you have some chemistry. You find out you have some stuff in common. You go home, you fuck like rabbits. You have sex here, you have sex there. All the sinful fuck that you can have. And then you find out you got pregnant. You're gonna be a dad. You don't even know this person's name. You don't remember their name. But, you know, I'm gonna be there. I'm gonna step up. Okay, I'm gonna try to raise this kid. You stick around. You get to know the person. Okay, we have some chemistry. We can make this work. And then the day of the delivery comes.

45:36Mark Fischbach:Baby's born. A doctor goes and goes to hand you the baby. and the baby bites the doctor's finger like oh that's kind of weird i had to do that baby's handed over to the mom baby doesn't cry it just sits there kind of looking like it knows something you don't and then you see the 666 tattoo on the baby and you realize you and sin have helped birth the antichrist because of your sex now you've got to raise the anti-jesus because parenting responsibility. How's he coming back to religion with this guy? You know, I wasn't falling the whole time, but I shouldn't have doubted. I shouldn't have doubted.

46:16That's true. What's worse than having a bunch of babies that you don't even know about, but maybe you do? The evilest baby. The evilest baby.

46:23Mark Fischbach:Hides the remote and all kinds of sick shit, that monster. Bob, what do you think? You got another? Oh, sure. Yeah, I could go worse than that. I got him locked and loaded over here. Alright, alright. Sex does crazy things to your brain. Empties you of all reason. It drains you of any thought. As soon as you get it on the brain, you're like, anything, anyone, sex. I need it. I gotta have it. And then one day, you snap back to reality. Oh, there goes gravity. Fuck. And you wake up, and you look over, and you're like, maybe we could do it one more time before I head out and never talk to this person again.

47:02And you're looking at their face the other way. Like, oh, it's weird. I can't really remember last night. This bedroom's kind of familiar. That perfume. That perfume's very familiar. It's crazy. Some strangely nostalgic about what's going on here. I don't understand. And then finally the person next to you wakes up. They notice you're awake. They roll over and they look you in the eyes and say, What a magical night, son.

47:38Mark Fischbach:The best part of waking up. Is that worse than Antichrist? Incest Antichrist. I don't know. Really? Think about it, Mark. Are you guys forcing me to choose? Mark, would you rather have Antichrist or Incest? If you let Wade win, you have to have Incest. That's the rules. As far as like what sounds bad, my face went more at Bob's. So I'm gonna go with his as being currently the leader. So wait unless you want to take another stab at going even worse. And then presenting me with another choice. You go out, there's a beautiful festival happening, right? And there's flowers everywhere. Everything is perfectly in bloom.

48:23Mark Fischbach:Everything is immaculate looking. You go to have a drink, best drink you ever had. You take a bite of food, the best bite of food you ever have and then the crowd parts and you see her standing there absolutely glowing a goddess the most beautiful thing you've ever seen and you go up and you strike conversation and she introduces herself and you start talking and all of a sudden she's giving you some signs and you're picking up on them and you're giving signs she's picking up on them and you guys go and you find a nice beautiful quiet spot in the flowers and you have sex like you've never had before in your life and then she tells you afterward her name Hera you know Hera Hera wait a second and then a bolt of lightning strikes nearby and fucking Zeus appears did you just fuck my wife because the things I can do to you will make Sisyphus feel like he's on vacation and you spend the rest of eternity paying for that sex and all the worst ways of torture you can imagine.

49:24Mark Fischbach:Fuck your mom. I call that Tuesday. Real value shows up in reliability. You don't have to second guess. Like a set of Firestone all season tires. They're designed to deliver confidence inspiring wet weather traction and a quieter ride no matter the road. Season after season. Firestone all season tires. For durability you can count on. Just like people count on you. Firestone, always dependable Since 1900

50:01Mark Fischbach:For eternity Fuck your mom I called it Tuesday Mom, I don't know how I thought we were done a long time ago Alright, I'm gonna say That's still That's still you could walk away and be like maybe worth it because you made it sound really good in the beginning there and if you'd go into more detail of what zeus and there's the whole thing where sisyphus he might be happy you know question jury's still out oh but you won't be the zeus will make sure you're not anyway i'm gonna go with uh bob on that round which means that he's he's one that was one mob fuck i'm talking about doing it for every day for the rest of your life and life is eternity oh is that the punishment he did throw that out there yeah every tuesday i thought you were saying that to be like huh fucking your mom that's what i do every tuesday compared to the punishment that deuce is gonna no no that was one of the that was one of the days of the week i think that was one of the punishments yeah i think oh i'm saying you're not doing the same thing you're not just pushing a rock up a hill he's making you do all kinds of shit for eternity okay well it still stands that Bob's made it sound really bad.

51:18Mark Fischbach:You know, the description was worse, but that's fine. You can, you want some variety in your life just to see if your body can take it. I get it. Yes. You know, this is just not making it sound bad, man. I guess. Anyway, I'm gonna give it to Bob. Um, he, the sex. Oh, son of a bitch. All right. Okay. We're closing it out. It's been a tighter race than you think because Wade, don't be so dismissed because Bob had me laughing real hard a few times, but you had me laughing hard consistently in pretty much all of those. so here's the points as they stand wait office intro microphone you had cheeseburger the truest laugh did you win donut no it just says donut oh donut armageddon doesn't tussle my hair made me laugh really hard dick in wrong hole ruined fuck your mom i call that tuesday that's a total one two three four five six seven eight points bob is agentic you are agentic you got a lisp point that I laughed at really hard.

52:13Fair. Give you a point for winning the coin toss. We have to get you voice lessons to be Torbek. Ideally from Torbek. You won the donut round. Hiroshima made me laugh really hard, which, you know, now that I say that out loud.

52:29Sunny Day, you won that. Dissociative sex thing. Very funny. Vagina Dentata, and then you won the sex round. So the sex one had a lot of good laughs. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. so it's close race still could be anybody's i have a document up and the only thing written

52:46Mark Fischbach:on this document at this point is std which yeah i can't believe neither of you touched on the std front of things i feel like we just leapfrogged right past it yeah that's okay i have i have google up and the last thing i googled trying to get my next retort ready was hitler mom name

53:07so i had plans but uh

53:14Oh, man, I Frenched Mark.

53:19Mark Fischbach:This went places, man. This went places. All right. How many bonus spins will there be? One. Oh, only one. Oh, God. If it ties again and I get another one-man show. Fucking crew. Mark gets the one-man show immediately again. All right. It could happen. It could happen. Only 30-letter words, Bob. We got to find 30-letter words. All right. Are you, what are we adding to this one? Uh, who had sex most recently? Ooh, unless you guys don't want to share that. We're all married here. Does that make that better or worse to share that? Got him. Got marriage. I got to text Molly. Molly, we got to go have sex so I can win next week.

54:01Mark Fischbach:Every day. Guys, can we take a 30 second, 30 second break for no reason before we spin? It was the most important spin in your life today. Come on. Free parking. Okay, so we add a point to free parking, and then there's a separate entry for getting free parking, right? Is that... Well, that means the final score just stands, right? Oh, right. Because that counted. That was a spin. Oh, that's true. That's true. I guess we do do that. Wow. What a useless spin. Great for Bob. Great for Mark. I'm the loser from this. I'm sorry, Wade. That was really anticlimactic. I thought that maybe there would be like a, oh, another tie.

54:35One minute. Man, you had some really funny ones.

54:39Mark Fischbach:Okay, better be anticlimactic than antichrist-actict. Yeah, you really go to the same places sometimes, huh? Eventually you get to the gods. And even Zeus, yeah, yeah, still. The gods. But congratulations, Bob, not to be so all poor, but I just feel bad because Wade has not won in a while. It has been a while. Long time. All right, we got it. Hold on, though. It's been a long time, long time. Bob, win your speech. That went really great. I think that was all around very successful. I have mixed feelings about what all I ended up actually saying, but you do what you have to do to win. It's how important this show is.

55:16It's how life goes. That's why I'm a winner. It's like, do what I gotta do. Thank you. That feels appropriate. Uh, Wade, lose your speech.

55:25Mark Fischbach:I've been sitting here thinking about how I could have made the last one sound even worse, and I was like, well, what if while lying there in bed, Hera rolls over and Zeus crawls out from inside her and drags you into the teethy chomps of vagina mess where razor blades and the flavor of kool-aid you don't really care for is all that's served and then like the meat's cold and it's just a really awful experience in there purple kool-aid oh wait wait whoa whoa whoa look i i like the color it's just gross it's just not a good flavor cool alas i didn't get to all the descriptors i did the best i could i thought we had a good back and forth i conceded a couple times where Maybe I should have gone further.

56:05Mark Fischbach:So I live a life of regret and failure. As all losers should. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. Well, at least you recognize that, Wade, and you can correct your mistakes next time. If there is a next time, only one way to find out. Subscribe or follow this podcast to know. We don't know when we're gonna quit, but it'll be a shocking surprise. Better stay tuned to see when it is. Then you will cry. I always cry after. I cries all the time.

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