HERE WE ARE NOW

27:19It has a cigarette packaging sort of structure. Yeah, these bars are really small. And it's got black spray paint all over the sides. And it's got all sorts of spray paint. Yeah. Textures and shit. I don't know that this is a particularly great design, but I think it's an interesting pivot for the brand's persona. Yeah. Because I do feel like this, and we've been talking about this for a long time in the studio, and I feel like Andrea has been talking about this for like three years, but like this sort of fun, playful, whimsical, joyful, colorful, millennial aesthetic has been overrun. And that's how trends come and go.

28:01It's like they become very popular. It sort of becomes mainstream. And therefore, every brand on the shelf starts to look the same. so then nothing looks different yeah and i think gigantic potentially was feeling the sort of heat of that definitely i feel like at the time though you know it was yeah it looked great and then you know as time goes yep more and more things start to look like it and emulate it you know start showing up on a lot of people's mood boards yep yep i mean that's how it goes shout out to gander doing a great job you know of course yeah i mean again like when you do great design and people are inspired by it.

28:40That's just like the way that, unfortunately, this industry works, as you mentioned. That's show business, baby. That's the life of a showgirl. Like, you know, it goes on Pinterest, then it finds its well onto a million boards and, yeah, becomes the kind of new standard. Yeah. Minimalism be damned. And so I think this is an interesting, like, sign of what's to come. More punk, renegade brands that are sort of going against the curve, trying to be kind of crazy online. And I liked the sort of approach that they took where they buried their previous design. Yeah, I thought the funeral was a nice touch.

29:17I'd love to get Gander's POV on that. I don't know, to my knowledge, any other design or design studio whose former design or brand has been laid to rest like that. Yeah, no, you're bringing up a good point. And I do find it, I do think it would be like kind of a respectful thing. I think if I had done something and it was, you know. it was killed, I think it's only right to lay it to rest in a respectful manner. I think that's where I'm like, all right, that's funny. That's got a nice edge to it. I appreciate that. I think there's definitely some humor in it. I would think that maybe they would see the humor in that.

29:53If you're going to kill someone's design, you may as well throw a sort of funeral for it. You may as well sort of send it off in a tongue-in-cheek way. yeah so yeah i i could imagine also being a little definitely uh upset about it because companies have moved away from our designs and it's hard not to feel a little it's never a good it never feels good but i i don't know maybe they did this design do you know did they do no i don't think that they did i was okay um we should have reached out for a comment i i did i reached out to the new studio but um oh okay so i definitely should have reached out to gander for comment Yeah, for sure.

30:33To my knowledge, as I was combing through the comments, I did see the gigantic brand in there saying Studio Scallion. Okay. Understood the assignment. And it's a branding studio with 37 followers on Instagram. Okay. Their one post is like a cabbage dog, a dog made out of cabbage, I think. Okay. So I like their vibe. Yeah. Pretty good. i i genuinely like you know again like i don't think it's like the greatest design ever but like i don't think it doesn't need to be like i think they certainly could have done much worse with the graffiti aesthetic like i think they did a pretty clean mark as far as like in that world like i think it's good i think it's really hard to do like punk like uh graffiti inspired design It always kind of comes off quite cheesy.

31:26It always comes off as like un-punk, I think, to do something that looks like that. With that said, I think they've done a pretty decent job of kind of getting across the story. And I do think like for Candy, right? Like I do think it makes sense. Like this is about indulgence, right? This isn't healthy, even though I don't know what the sort of macros are, Kevin. And I'm sure it's probably got some better for you story to it. But like, I think it's got quote unquote clean ingredients. Okay. But like, let's be real. Like this isn't, this isn't. Yeah, it's for indulgence. This is, this is for, yeah, this is for a little snack.

32:04Yeah. A little sweet treat. So why not lean into that? And the flavors actually sound really good. Double dark mint, crispy coconut, almond horchata, salted peanut. They did a really good job at boosting the taste appeal as well. Like these things look a lot tastier now. I personally. You had me interested. Yeah, I'm intrigued. And certainly, I think what's to come on Instagram looks like, you know, it kind of gave me mischievous energy, you know, which is kind of like a great compliment. Obviously, liquid death is the obvious comparison as well, like where you're just like, hey, we're gonna we're gonna fuck shit up.

32:39And yeah, we're not gonna take ourselves so seriously. Yeah, I like this sense of irreverence. Yeah. You know, as a rude boy myself, I like seeing brands mix it up. You know, I like a little edge. Yeah. Again, it could go really corny really quickly. Yeah, but we'll see. We'll see. Yeah. I mean, I think it's a good, I think it's like the design is okay, but I think the overarching brand vibe shift is smart. And I think it makes sense to move away from like everything else that kind of looks like fun and joyful and you know sort of colorful on shelf so cool speaking of gigantic candy rebrand wow did you see what a transition did you see that starburst rebrand i did see this and i when when a major brand like starburst gets rebranded what i love about it is that this is an evolution you get to see um the history of the brand and you see the sort of like the logos through the years Also, Starburst, of course, iconic candy.

33:36Everyone loves the pink ones. I like the red ones. Yeah. You don't really think of them from a design lens because they're so iconic. You just kind of think of them. You look at them, and you're just like, oh, that's what Starbursts are. Yeah. But you don't really look at the logo or the typography or the design of it. And now I am. I'm looking through a different lens. And the last one was kind of fucked up. You don't really think of it. It was really an emphasis on the burst. Yeah, it had sort of like a fisheye lens. It looked like it was going to burst. And Kevin, one thing about me and my design sort of proclivities is I really like when an idea is simple.

34:20I like a simple idea executed well. And you know what the idea here, Kevin, is? Squares? Squares. Yeah. The candy Starbursts are squares. So what? Someone very smart was like, what if the typeface wasn't square? You know who did it? Who did it? Straightforward design. Wow. That makes perfect sense. Yeah. Definitely. They didn't overthink it. They're just like, let's do what we do. Let's go straight forward. And they did a kind of fiery brand for Play-Doh as well. Oh, really? Similar vein of taking a large institution or a large brand and having a really simple, clean idea about it. What if the typeface was made out of dough?

35:00Was squishy? Straightforward. I didn't even see it. Is that what they did? Straightforward. Yeah. That's straightforward design. I also like the... So the tight face is great. The sort of system makes a lot of sense. It's based on squares. Rounded-ish squares. And then they did some square merch. Oh, square merch. Cherry on top. Yeah. Tote bag, square, if you get the right ones. A pillow. Square. Throw pillows. Pocket. Pocket square. Yeah. And a t-shirt. Classic. Boom. Run the ball. Absolutely. I will say looking at the old logos, I did really like the 1997 logo. Yeah. Stop us if you've heard this one before.

35:38We really enjoyed the 97 logo. Yeah. The 97 logo. That's like, that's timeless. I know. And I'm sure that they, any good agency I'm sure would explore that one because it's the cleanest. Yeah. I mean, it's just such a good mark. Yeah. They probably wanted to go back to sort of more that vibe. And I feel like they kind of, they kind of are, but they kind of are not. They're kind of still stuck in their sort of current brand system. Yeah, I think they landed in a good spot, though. Yeah, and I think building a typeface around that sort of squarish logo makes a lot of sense. But yeah, I agree with you.

36:13I feel like we always look at the old 97 or 80. We always look at the 80s or 90s logos. Yeah. Let's go back to those. Yeah. So, yeah. I mean, it's tough because they kind of have to play the joyful, tasty kind of thing. and they're doing that. So it's kind of like they're caught between the middle. The colors are also just fucking juiced. Juiced to the max. So shout out to them for that. That's good. Yeah. Straightforward design. They're not lying in the name. Yeah. Yeah. No. I'm looking at their... I'm on their website. They have... They got a... Considering they're straightforward, they have a powerful methodology that's called full.

36:57full is an acronym f is for found u is for understood l is for loved and then the other l is for lived so nice uh i'm gonna say that feels a little complex for me i don't know straight straightforward okay cool um but yeah no did a nice job on this branding and i quite like it obviously the colors are iconic i might have tried to stick a little bit closer to the iconic colors of the bursts themselves. Where does the name come from? Starbursts. Like what? It's juice. Just juice. What is it? It's just sugar? It's just a fruity. Yeah, fruity, sugary. Fruity, sugary snack. Maybe like some sort of taffy-esque thing that's not taffy.

37:42Maybe it's taffy light. We have a quote. The iconic brand was losing clarity at shelf and beyond. Competitors crowded in, assets drifted, and consistency slipped. To fuel our fresh TikTok fandom, shout out to the fresh TikTok fandom, we needed to embrace the excitement and create future-proof appeal. So we rebuilt the brand world around what makes Starburst unique, juicy fruit, joyful energy, and that irresistible square, inviting, impactful, built to flex. Yeah, that's a high-quality brand rationalization. Absolutely. I really love to see it. But I do think the word mark, I think the typography, the color, it's all working for me.

38:24Good job. Yeah. Way to go. Speaking of another brand, Pizza Hut has changed their logo. Apparently, over the years, this is the 10th logo. And I thought we solved this situation last year, or what turns out it was six years ago. Yeah. I don't know what they're... What are they doing? What are we doing here, Pizza Hut? So basically, Pizza Hut had one of the worst branding. So they had incredible branding through the 70s and 80s and most of the 90s. And then they got caught up in this late 90s, early 2000s re-rand hell. Yeah, almost like a Taco Bell-esque with the yellow underline. Yeah, they went to some fucking hand-drawn type.

39:05They went this italic. They ruined it. They ruined the brand. The structural hut had no integrity. It was lopsided. How do you expect me to believe that that would be a safe structure to eat in? Yeah. The hut, as we know, is the iconic part of the brand. It was so iconic that it was what the buildings used to look like. And so then they lost their way in the 2000s. They lost their way. And then in 2019, they figured it out. They went back to what they were known as. So what are we doing here? Now we're in 2025, and they're rebranded again. And again, these are all incremental changes. It's all based off of one fucking logo, which is the iconic Pizza Hut logo that if you close your eyes and you picture it, that's what it is.

39:51And so now they've gone and they made it italic and they've kind of like cleaned up some white space in the logo, which I get it. It was always a little awkward, but who the fuck cares? No, Pizza Hut went woke. Yeah. They cleaned up this white space and then they made the logo all one color. Yeah. Why? Why? I think we need a concerted effort here. I think we need to come together as a country and shame them into bringing back the

40:2174 logo which they pretty much had up until they just changed it. They lost their way for 20 years and then they made the right decision to go back and now they're fucking with it again. Going in the wrong direction. I don't think it's inherently a bad logo I think it looks fine but there's no need to do it. right no no no you know it's just this uh this is like going back to their like old weird sort of thing desire to do something to do it all they did was really just fuck with disease a little bit and make it one color i don't know i don't know why i'm not here for it why are we doing this pizza and you know they didn't really even like roll it out or anything all they have is like yeah there's no like i there's no like pr or like there's no press release all they have is like a commercial with anderson pack and it's they're talking about an identity crisis i didn't watch shit i don't know i can't be ball i can't be anderson pock i am on their instagram they have their new logo as their avatar so i guess they're running with it uh also they have one story and it's a mascot by the name of huddy who is just the name he's just a basketball red uh furry guy with a hut as a head all right sure are you familiar with huddy are you familiar with this what wait for his head to pop oh he's a real man i mean i kind of like it yeah me too i'm I'm into it.

41:40I didn't know. Shout out, Huddy. You know, maybe I'm just hungry, but I could fuck up some pizza right now. That's gross, but sure. Yeah, I would. I would. I would. Also, again, when these stories happen, we have to go back and look at their old branding. They had some fucking fire shit going on in the 60s and 70s. They were really on some blacky shit. They need to probably revive some of that stuff via merch. Yeah. No, good idea, Kevin. A Pizza Hut logo with that fucked up shit right there. Yeah, it's great. Now we're talking. Kevin, Choco Taco, the story that will never fucking die is back. This time it's Taco Bell and Salt and Straw.

42:14I'm pretty sure we called this. I feel like at the Choco Taco turning point where it died. Did it die? It did die? They died. They brought it back. I don't know what the current status of it is, but I think it was just begging to be reinvented or re-innovated from a better ice cream brand. and, you know, insteps, salt and straw, working with Taco Bell. And yeah, I like the collab. It's good stuff. I would definitely try this. Like, to be honest, I'm not going to go out of my way to get my hands on this. But if conveniently I run into it in a store or somebody has it, I'll definitely eat it. And I think the real hero of this collab is the sauce packets.

43:01Yes. So yeah, I was just looking into the Choco Taco. So it did actually get discontinued in 2022. So that story - Oh, they brought it back and it died again? No, no, it never, that was the death of it. Oh, that was the death of it. That was the act, like Kondike officially shut it down. So I guess, you know, I'm glad it wasn't just a stunt and they were just like, they talked about sort of, Alexis Ohanian is in this Wikipedia article talking about trying to bring it back, but yeah, no, it actually died. And then this is not an official taco taco. This is just a taco latte or just a taco. It's the same concept, but just done by Taco Bell.

43:37They're probably not allowed to call it a chocolate taco. So yeah, I guess Taco Bell is... Taco Bell will do anything. I feel like that's their whole new gimmick is we're just launching innovation. Live in Moss, baby. Live in Moss. They're doing it all, which I probably imagine. I have no idea of the numbers, but I bet that works. Sure. I feel like most fast food is driven by just like new shit. Yeah. It's like, oh, I'm going to, oh, they got that new thing at Taco Bell. I'm going to go check it out. Totally. And you're like, oh, and when you were going there and you didn't know they had a new thing, I was like, oh, look at that new thing.

44:09I want to try that. It's like, no way. That's crazy. Yeah. I agree with you completely that the thing that's interesting about this is not the actual Taco Taco, which kind of looks pretty good, but the fact that they're using the sauce packets that are iconically used for hot sauce as sweet wild berry and mango jalapeno dipping sauces for the Taco Taco. It'd be kind of cool. I mean, I feel like this... I'm here for that. It's kind of a nice formula for things. I mean, I would probably buy some nice sauces in those packets. Yeah, no, I like that Taco Bell's using their brand assets. Absolutely.

44:39Keep hammering. Yeah. And Salt and Straw makes really good ice cream, so it makes sense that Taco Bell would partner with another brand. Yeah. Because Taco Bell's known for their ice cream. So I'm here for all of this. Absolutely. And happy for them. I'm happy also that the Rizzler's finally putting out his collab with Arizona. Did we talk about this already? We did. we didn't talk about it being back but we talked about it yeah because they released it around April Fools and we thought personally I was a bit upset because I thought that I had gotten got I thought that I was fooled and I didn't like being fooled I wanted to see the best for the Rizzler and you know I'm a Rizzler stan Guy Fieri and the Rizzler two of the top two dudes doing it yeah big week for you Kev so when I heard they weren't immediately making it.

45:28I was a bit upset, naturally. But now that they're in the lab, it's coming out. There's pictures of the Rizzler and the CEO of Arizona. Electric photograph. Oh, so good. Yeah. That guy who I've never seen before, but he looks at least six foot 12. He looks massive. And the Rizzler and his little chubby body just makes me so happy. Again, there's just something about that face that just likes me out I think you're going to be able to buy them online and we're going to have to get for the wall probably three of them, two to try one for the wall I don't even need to try this, I just need to put it in the collection absolutely this photo of him wearing goggles in the laboratory is just electric it's fire and again, I feel bad that this kid is at some point going to grow up and at some point he will not be a chubby kid he's got he's got longevity yeah um i hope that i hope that he yeah can just stay this age forever so that we can just he's a year older and he's still he's still relevant good good i'm happy for him i'm happy for the rizzleberry i'm arizona one of the great american uh brands of uh in of of our time um yeah a tall boy a 99 cent tall boy never does uh never doesn't get the job done absolutely uh before we got out of here coming we got like five ai stories yeah i don't hate talking about ai but well it's important and you know these are these are pretty big stories this week yeah um the big story in my feed is sora which is just seems to be like everything on tiktok is just videos of uh fucking um stephen hawking stephen hawkins and tupac and martin luther king doing boiler room dj sets it's yeah i'm i'm addicted to the stephen hawking videos gotten really crazy i this is That's the best thing that AI has ever done is Stephen Hawking videos.

47:23Like when he's going, he's in hell in the cell. And he breaks through and busts through. I think he slams Mick Foley through a table. Oh, Jesus Christ. Yeah, I mean, it's just really, yeah, it's quite crazy. And I think it's a sign of what's going to come because, God damn it, you can't tell that these videos are fake. Like the only reason, I mean, obviously when you see people that are dead and long gone in, you know, sort of WWF, like it's a problem. But some of the videos I've seen mostly of Jake Paul. Yeah. Of like him like shaving his head. It's pretty fucking realistic. And then I've seen some like people that I know like making videos of themselves.

48:06And it's like pretty like, I don't know. It's crazy. I mean, obviously, as we all know, it's taking over every industry. But seeing video content that looks realistic and hard to decipher is crazy. Yeah, no. But did you see ChatGPT telling the human story behind AI? So, yes. I did see there was an ad campaign. Beautifully shot. Beautiful advertising. Incredibly executed. Shout out to the people who did that. Who did them? Do you know? I mean, I do. It's in the notes there. It's in the doc. Aisle of Annie. but never heard of them you know they did like a 35 millimeter fucking yes shut up shut the hell up yeah i mean this is like classic like advertising like we're gonna tell you the heartstrings it kind of reminds me of jesus you know those ads yeah it's just like it's just kind of like a sweet story about how jesus can save us and it's like kind of the same thing but just replace jesus with yeah open ai i will say that i did pause on the uh pull up one because i wanted to see what it had to say because i'm looking to get my pull-up game up i even talked to your trainer about it oh yeah jerry joseph experience yeah yeah uh shout out jerry joseph um i don't need an ai i got jerry joseph that's right me too that's why i don't need to ask uh i don't need to ask chat gpt although it has been helping me on my train no i mean i just like i don't know i'm pretty i'm a little anti-ai i think um some of these data centers are a bit concerning like uh I pulled an actual stat here.

49:38Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Everyone, please hold. Kevin has a stat. I researched this. Okay. What do you got, Kevin? So according to Red Canary Magazine, I don't know who they are. That sounds fair. But according to them, there's almost 60 data centers in the Phoenix area. And combined, they use 177 million gallons of water per day. Drinking water. Chad GPT does. In Phoenix. Okay. Where it's a desert. and you know there is so you're saying this there's there's water crisis there yes okay yeah they are using a fuck ton of water a fuck ton of energy for people to not have to sift through google to find an answer i don't know i don't know about that well but when your car breaks down on the side of the road i mean what are you gonna do watch a youtube video about how to fix it go to chat gpt yeah sure i i'm with you kevin i mean there's there's lots Lots of reasons why AI is fucked and problematic.

50:38But I also think that these ads feel like they're just someone's LinkedIn dream. They have a bit of a LinkedIn energy. Definitely. That I'm like, is this real or is this just for LinkedIn? But it is apparently a real ad. And they had an AI. Sorry, they had a Super Bowl commercial last year. Yeah. So that was very design forward. This feels more of the human side. Yeah, we got to tell the human story of AI. Yeah, speaking of the human side of AI, Kevin, people are lining up for a cloud hat in New York City this weekend? Why the fuck? Clawed, I believe. Clawed. Yeah, it's definitely a pun. This company loves puns, apparently.

51:17Really? Oh, it's a thinking hat. It's a thinking cap. Yeah. Okay. Which, you know, I think we've had our fair share of thinking caps in decks, you know, several years ago. Yeah, I mean, pretty low-hanging fruit as far as merch goes. but yeah people lined up around the block in new york city to get a free hat and a free coffee from a from claude in an ai assistant built by anthropic ai so what what does that mean it's just an ai company and claude is like an ai assistant it's like a helps you do shit it's like a gpt type thing great i like that it also has a logo that looks like a butthole i think that's really important here yeah it's a portal yeah i mean i think whoever diagnosed that all ai logos look like buttholes is really a legend and uh i think it's great that every one of these companies that forever and ever will be part of our lives um we just look at them or at least i look at them yeah i'm i'm kind of hoping some of these fizzle out butthole but um yeah no i mean these are the same people that line up for the branded experiences at coachella i was telling you about they're like they're like oh i'm gonna wait in line for like four hours and you're gonna to get like yeah some some some one free pair of socks yeah and then you know a lot of a lot of writers a lot of a lot of ai writers on linkedin talking about how this is like such a good uh good experience like this is peak brand collab fucking whatever really i don't know people are saying positive things people are saying positive things about it probably to probably to win favor with the computers probably to win favor with the clankers wow well that makes me happy i'm glad that some people think this is good you know what no one thinks is good uh friend uh apparently they are another ai company but more in the wearable uh space i was not familiar with this brand until this story broke out which is not the ads but the reaction to the ads oh yeah which uh shout to andrea i think she was the one that brought to my attention but i've been seeing this everywhere it's a necklace that you wear around and it listens to you and then it gives you advice it listens to your conversations and then it gives you sort of like tips and commentary why the fuck would anyone want that it sends you messages yeah so it's like your companion I guess people that's why it's called friend so it's kind of like a friend that walks around with you but then just like listens to your conversations and gives you advice Like who, nobody wants that.

53:52I mean, I think people do want it. They said they've claimed to have sold, uh, I don't know, maybe less than a thousand, maybe more than a thousand. I don't know. Is that a lot? Uh, hard to say, but I don't, I was not familiar. I do feel bad for anyone who feels the need that they, yeah. Feels the need to have one of these things. Have a friend. Um, and I think, you know, people got caught on this a little bit, um, from the expectation of the product renders to the reality of the actual product, which falls short of the expectation they created. So shout out to them for doing that. You'll never guess who's behind the brand.

54:29It's a Harvard dropout. What? Yeah. Wow. Friend.com. Shout out to them for getting friend.com. Yeah. I mean, that's the most impressive thing about this entire story. That is really amazing. It's got a weird kind of Jesus-y vibe to it as well. But yeah, I guess the necklace itself kind of looks AI generated, but it doesn't look bad. It looks like kind of this cool oval thing. And then it looks like they were having issues with shipping their orders out. So that was part of what people got upset about because they were putting up all these ads all over New York City. Allegedly, he spent all the money, all the company money, which I guess was like a million dollars on running these ads in New York City.

55:12And he was banking on the outrage. He was banking on people fucking hating it. Oh, really? You know, circulating. He was IRL rage baiting. Wow, it worked. Yeah. It worked. We're talking about it right now. We are talking about it right now. I already ordered mine, so I'm here for it. But yeah, and then people have gotten them. And what it looks like in person versus what it looks like on the website are two very different things. Yeah, it looks like shit. Yeah, it looks like cheap as hell. Yeah. How much does this thing go for? I thought I read$129. Oh, that's cheap. Yeah, it is pretty cheap. But we live in a surveillance state.

55:48So like I always say, keep those clankers away from me.

55:54Yeah,$99. So you are right, Kevin. That is the price of your new AI companion that follows you around, listens to your conversations and gives you unsolicited advice. I couldn't think of anything I'd rather have less of. I need more people weighing in on my life. And listening in and snitching, I imagine. It's probably like definitely telling brands and companies like what I'm interested in buying. Like that's I got to imagine that part of this. I mean, 99 bucks, it's not going to make money. So you got to fucking probably sell the data to fucking companies that are just going to be like, Alex is thinking about getting another knee brace and all of a sudden getting knee brace ads.

56:31And yeah, this is this is the future. That's a snitch. That's not a friend. Yeah, it's not a friend. No, not a friend to me. But man, it does look really bad. some of the screen grabs of like the messages it sends is also crazy too it's like like the fact that it listens to your conversations and someone would purchase that is that's the craziest part of it yeah i can't i can't believe this idea got funded i mean i people are lonely people need friends people are looking for i need i need to get an idea funded yeah all right kevin well let's talk about that off mic how about what's enemy uh same thing as friend but it's ops yeah just to give and it's transparent about it surveilling you yeah it's like dude what the fuck what are you wearing today dude like yeah yeah here's some here's some ads for better clothes you look like shit dude you're wearing that those fucking shoes again man time yeah what what the fuck um yeah i guess surveillance state is happening um at all on all fronts including the bathroom kevin i'm actually fucking hyped for this one so what's the name of this company Throne.

57:38Throne. Another great name. How are they all getting these amazing names? And so if you've heard of Whoop, now you get something to watch your poop. Is that your line? Is that from Whoop to Poop? From Whoop to Poop. Yeah. The co-founder, another Harvard dropout. Of course. Yeah. He founded Whoop with a couple other people. Oh, so he's also the same guy behind Whoop? Yeah. From Whoop to Poop. Got it. And it's not exactly 100 % my line. No. That writes itself. Yeah, it's been circulating. So what it does, so it's a device that you strap to your toilet. A camera. A camera. AI-powered camera. And so the other device you strap around your neck and it listens to your conversation and gives you unsolicited advice.

58:22This one takes pictures of your toilet and gives you health recommendations? Yes. So it monitors your prostate health. Like, it can, apparently it can detect red flags that may prompt you to get, like, checked for colon cancer, which is a big problem. You know, the rates are rising, so people should probably get, you know, get that shit checked out. And it gives you, like, health indicators on, like, what you're doing. It's like whoop, but for poop. Okay. And how much is this going to cost me? Hopefully a lot. yeah I guess it's$400 small price to pay yeah not too bad and then oh and then a quick little $6.99 per month so you know sure why not honestly I'm all for this yeah I think it's a smart idea to be pulling health indicators from your body's excrements that are literally predicting your health indicators So those are health indicators IRL.

59:29I don't know that this is a bad idea. Yeah. I don't know that this is something that people are going to be flocking to. I don't know. We'll see. I'm not mad at this idea. I think it's a good idea. Am I going to get this? No. I don't want, again, I'm just afraid of the ads. You know, I'm going to get fucking, they're going to be like, Alex needs more vegetables. You know, start feeding me ads in my feed, you know. The website claims to not sell your data. Oh, yeah. My poop data? Yeah. And pee. Oh, wow. Great. It's not just my poop data. But it analyzes your stream. Wow. So it can tell you how healthy your prostate is.

1:00:11Really? Interesting. So it's going to be filming me while I pee? It films down. Oh, okay. It films down into the bowl. Okay. It doesn't film up, I don't think. Okay. That would be a real business problem. Oh, my God. Potentially. Think about like the throne leaks. Yeah, yeah. It's a real troubling thing. Honestly, I would not care. If my throne leaked, I would be totally fine. Very brave of you, Kevin. I would not care one bit. Wow. That's so brave, Kevin. In fact, I should work with this brand, I think. You got ideas? No, I mean, they got the idea. I'm just all for it. Yeah, yeah. I think it's a good thing.

1:00:50Wow. Well, I mean, AI is here. It's coming. We didn't even talk about Zuck's new glasses. Did you see his new Ray-Ban meta glasses? No. They launched last week. They're interesting because it's kind of the Google Glass thing where you're getting like real-time stuff. But then you also have to wear this like hideous bracelet. And then you're like kind of like that's how you can like switch between apps and things. so that's kind of the mechanism of of of use like see because you see the stuff in your glasses yeah also the sides of the glasses are so thick like they're like you know sort of ray-banny kind of glasses but like because they have to put all the technology in the temples it's it's an insane amount of of tech it looks like at least for a pair of glasses so uh i think we still have some work to do uh but apparently they've been working on this for like 10 years or something so uh meta of glasses uh ray-ban also they launched something with oakley i was looking at those kind of look fire yeah and they did a partnership with strava so i i got intrigued there i was like oh man but i don't know that i need my glass my oakley running glasses to tell me how fast i'm going i could just look at my watch you know what i mean it's really not that hard for me to look down at my watch but i guess if i didn't have a watch then putting these things on my on my screen i I mean, I'll say that it's a cooler thing than strapping a GoPro to your head, which I'm not totally opposed to.

1:02:17So, yeah. I mean, we're living in interesting times. I'm going to monitor all this stuff. Me too. I think it's interesting because I've been on the record saying I'm into wearable tech because 10 years ago when all this stuff started popping up. Yeah, get a friend. Yeah. I'm like, you know what? I'm interested in glasses that take the information that's on my phone and put it right on my face. I'm interested in wearable technology. My Garmin watch is really interesting to me about my sleeping schedule. I'm not afraid of all this stuff. But I feel like we should be moving faster here. You know what I mean?

1:02:54I feel like we would have gotten further than we are here. But we are here now, it seems. We're here now. Strap in, Kevin. Yeah, we are here now. That's the show, everyone. That'll be the title episode. Strap in. AI wearables are finally here. and they're here just to wish you a good happy day and to monitor your poop. Yeah. So not exactly the future we were hoping for. That's the surveillance state I want to live in. But we'll see. All righty. It's going to get interesting from here. Sounds good. Peace.

1:03:38Bare naked, I was distraught He loves me not He loves me not Panties unlucky, I took him back And then stepped on a crack And the black hat laughed And baby, all it did have been a little superstitious Fingers crossed until you put your hand on mine It seems to be that you and me, we make our own love Our bad time is all good I ain't gotta knock on wood All I miss now is shit on a falling star Never did me any good I ain't got to knock on wood It's you and me forever dancing in the dark Over me, it's understood I ain't got to knock on wood Forgive me, it sounds cocky He hypnotized me and opened my eyes Redwood tree, it ain't hard to see His love was the key to open my skies Girls, I don't need to catch the bouquet To know a hard rock is on the way And baby, I'll admit it Been a little superstitious The curse on me was broken by your magic wand Seems to me that you and me, we make our own life New high, oh manhood I ain't gotta knock on wood All I've missed is wishing I'm a falling star Never did me any good I ain't got to knock on wood It's you and me forever dancing in the dark Over me, it's understood I ain't got to knock on one Forgive me, it sounds cocky He hypnotize me and open my eyes Redwood tree, it ain't hard to see His love was the key that opened my skies Forgive me, it sounds cocky He hypnotize me and open my eyes Redwood tree, it ain't hard to see His love was the key that opened my skies You