682 - MORE Things That Turn Us On... (Oppos-icks 2)

10 Aug 2026 · 1 h 8 min · 28 chapters

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In short

The hosts riff on “things that turn us on” via listener submissions, debating whether “turned on” means sexual arousal or just excitement/attraction. They also swap personal stories: a nan/Instagram/podcast awkward moment, Stevie’s hand injury (de Quervain’s tenosynovitis), and Robbie’s school talk experience.

Guests

None. Main hosts are Alfie and Stevie (Jack Makes Happy Hour Podcast). Mentions include Isaac (their child) and a school audience; no guest speakers appear.

Guest backgrounds

Not applicable (no guests on the episode).

Key claims

  • “Turned on” can mean fired up/engaged, not necessarily sexual.
  • People can be drawn to “opposites” like clumsiness, specific cooking gestures, or “Harland/Haaland” being both big and cute.
  • Some submissions are framed as relating to mental health/disability, and others as “bad boy” attraction despite crimes.
  • Erling Haaland’s social media comments are treated as a meme-driven attraction.

Notable examples

  • Stevie’s thumb/wrist inflammation from gym/overuse; months-long recovery.
  • Robbie’s “podcast co-host/content creator” school presentation and Q&A (“who’s the best person you’ve ever met?” → Isaac).
  • “Tea towel fling” while cooking; Yorkie chocolate microwaving mishap.
  • Jimothy (a short-spined raccoon) and “dragon bones” TikTok conspiracy.

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Chapters

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Nan's TikTok Fame and Family Stories

1:18 to 3:38

The hosts discuss personal stories involving family and social media.

“into it um i went to see my nan the other day okay still flicking off and on oh Well, this is what this is about.”

Awkward Conversations About Intimacy

3:38 to 6:01

The hosts delve into uncomfortable discussions about intimacy and their families.

“So this might get back to her as well Nan it was a joke About what?”

Stevie's Hand Injury Journey

6:01 to 7:38

Stevie shares his experience with a hand injury and its impact on his life.

“I'm not making the joke I'm just stating what he's making the joke about What have you been up to, mate?”

Stevie's School Talk Experience

7:38 to 14:01

Stevie recounts his experience giving a talk at his son's school.

“Gaming It's actually from that It's just from overuse Yeah Which part is it?”

School Presentation and Podcast Identity

14:01 to 18:32

Learn about the challenges of discussing a podcast in schools and the reactions it garners.

Dad Points and Popularity at School

18:33 to 19:59

Discover the unexpected popularity boost for Isaac after the school talk.

“How long did it take you to write the presentation?”

Reflections on School Visits

20:00 to 22:20

Explore the feelings and memories associated with revisiting one's old school.

“I did a talk, didn't I, a few years ago at high school, one of the worst things ever.”

Engagement and Being Turned On

22:51 to 23:20

Dive into the discussion about what 'turned on' means in various contexts.

“May I present to you the award-winning staff of the Toledo Truth Teller.”

Engagement and Being Turned On

23:48 to 28:00

Dive into the discussion about what 'turned on' means in various contexts.

“Well, we're going to carry on going through the opposite that we did a few weeks ago.”

Attraction to Bad Boys

28:00 to 29:20

Exploration of why some people are attracted to 'bad boys' and the psychological implications.

“I basically went right to the end of this list of like 300.”
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Cooking and Attractiveness

29:20 to 30:40

The hosts discuss various cooking-related behaviors that they find attractive in partners.

“I find it insanely attractive when someone shows that they're good at maths.”

Drunk Antics and Humor

30:40 to 33:00

A humorous story about drunken antics involving a Yorkie and a microwave, highlighting the absurdity of the situation.

“and he had an older brother by like 10 years who was a chef and he'd be frying his eggs topless in the morning, sizzling pan.”

Food Preferences and Quirks

33:00 to 35:20

Discussion about partners' eating habits and how they can be perceived as attractive or unattractive.

“No, I only put it in for 20 seconds And do what?”

Physical Appeal of Strong Figures

35:20 to 37:00

The conversation shifts to the physical appeal of strong men and the general attraction to 'gentle giants'.

“She's eating a keyboard of apple strudel.”

Social Media Trends and Celebrity

37:00 to 39:40

An exploration of how social media trends affect perceptions of celebrities, notably Erling Haaland's engagement.

“This one, this was big over the World Cup.”

Clumsiness as Attractiveness

39:40 to 42:00

Engaging discussion on how clumsiness can be perceived as attractive, drawing parallels to romantic movie tropes.

“I just don't think I can fold very well.”

The Charm of Clumsiness

42:00 to 43:26

Exploring how clumsiness is often portrayed as charming in movies.

“Like, that kind of sexy clumsiness, I see as a bumbling British gentleman, like Hugh Grant.”

Personal Anecdotes about Food Mishaps

43:26 to 45:04

Sharing humorous personal experiences related to food spills and mishaps.

“They're both bumbling Englishmen but one of them's rank.”

The Peculiarities of Jimothy

45:34 to 46:06

Discussion about a viral raccoon named Jimothy and its odd characteristics.

“May I present to you the award-winning staff of the Toledo Truth Teller.”

The Mythical Mud Fossils

46:40 to 49:13

Talking about a TikTok personality who believes in mud fossils being dragon remains.

“And there's videos of it when it was a baby.”

Attraction to Tree Surgeons

49:13 to 51:49

Discussing the allure of tree surgeons and personal anecdotes related to them.

“So he goes, if you look at, he goes, it's all there.”

Performative Actions in Social Media

51:49 to 54:40

Debating the concept of performative behavior in the public eye and social media.

“yeah You were never ugly, but you are sexy now.”

Perceptions of Cringe Culture

54:40 to 56:00

Exploring the notion of cringe culture and how it's applied to various actions.

“He's an athlete that people pay thousands to watch.”

Playful Banter and Catching Moments

56:00 to 57:30

The hosts share humorous stories about catching objects and playful moments.

“where performative in the sense that you're acting differently to how you actually want to act.”

Discussing Fascination with Niche Topics

57:30 to 58:59

They explore the enjoyment of sharing niche interests and obscure facts.

“I don't think this one is entirely controversial or groundbreaking but I love when people have a huge obsession with niche things and are able to project that onto others.”

The Appeal of Nonchalant Skills

58:59 to 1:01:56

A lively discussion on the allure of casual displays of impressive skills like backflips.

“Do you think he'll just play like a bit part, come on last 10 or whatever, see what he can do?”

The ick Factor of Service Professions

1:01:56 to 1:05:38

They delve into the awkwardness and perceptions around certain service roles.

“Yeah, I used to have a mate who would do them on nights out all the time.”

Organizational Preferences and Quirks

1:05:38 to 1:06:58

A humorous take on how people organize their digital files and the associated quirks.

“Okay, this one actually gives me the ick but I think you're one of them Having their files on their computer be an absolute mess is weirdly adorable No, it gives me the ick and Fi's the worst for it Really?”
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1:11jack mates happy hour hello guys welcome back to jack mates happy hour podcast uh the boys are back me alfie and stevie uh i've got something for your boys right off the bat let's jump straight into it um i went to see my nan the other day okay still flicking off and on oh Well, this is what this is about. If you're going to make me feel awkward and talk about my nan's private business. Not private if you've got it on Twitter. Private. For everyone to see. Huh? Her private parts. Stop. You tweeted about your nan's clip. You're making it real. It is real. Mine was a silly little throwaway tweet that we discussed over the months.

1:51Quite frankly, this episode of my life is going on too long. Yeah. That's your fault. We're sat there flicking through some family photos. You what? Flicking through, classic nan. That's very Norfolk. We're looking through some family photos. She's got thousands of me and the cousins growing up, right? Cute ones. So we are looking through them. And I don't know if you know this, but my nan is quite prevalent on TikTok now. What? Sorry, Instagram. My nan's on Instagram now. Is she? Yeah. And she replies to every single one of my stories. Yeah. Okay. She recently discovered Jack's happy hour page.

2:26Yeah. I'm sat there next to my nan, and she goes, what's the... Oh, no. She said, what's the story you said about me on the podcast? He put it up as a reel, didn't he? Sam put it up as a reel. Don't blame Sam. No, I told Sam to do it. Did she watch it? She said, what do you mean, bud? She said, what do you mean? I said, well, I don't know what you are about that. She said, what's the flicking World Cup thing? I said, God, I can't remember. She said, I've got it here. She got it out. Her phone. Yeah, her phone. She got her phone out. And I just melted into a million little pieces. I'm not surprised.

3:13How did you get out of that? I just said, oh, that's just a joke about the World Cup and that. Yeah. She said, Robbie mentions my clitoris. No, she did not. No way. Oh my god But if she's watched it You've got to be bloody careful on these pods haven't you No stuff we say people hear No I know Maybe don't say stuff about your nan Our privates Yeah but she's going to see it You know she follows it now So this might get back to her as well Nan it was a joke About what? Describe the joke to her About you being really excited for the World Cup How excited? Super excited she's gonna watch it on and off all day long she did she watched a lot of games why are you reading the bottle what's on the bottle you just stop just don't let's not talk about your nan on episode you know how like pickford had all the penalty takers for argentina on his bottle i have all the directions i can go written on here when it gets bad yeah on there so it says if now masturbation comes up throw to stevie who will come in with an anecdote about doing a talk at school it's clever that is clever yeah what you can't write if it comes up when you're the one who brought it up yeah i know i just want to get off my chest there's something even everything's yeah innuendo now that's what i'm thinking chest whoa stuff on you're getting old now no i know but i'm saying you've got me in this thing where everything's sounding like that right yeah okay because you started that by look She didn't say anything bad.

4:46You made it that. No, she weren't even really quizzing me on it. She was all full of beans. What? Why are you saying that? That doesn't even make sense. You're trying to be obsessed with her privates. No, I'm not obsessed. You've purposely said beans whilst talking about your nan. You're obsessed with her privates. You do have a weird obsession with your nan. Stop it now. I want to get it off my chest, Stevie. It is weird, isn't it? Yeah. What? You keep saying that phrase and it's for some reason I'm thinking. There's something there, isn't there? No, there isn't, though. It's not on the nose like Beans.

5:17Yeah, Beans was more on the nose. Let's talk about you and what you've been up to. But it's... See, the issue I have here... Oh, it's still going on about it. No, because it's hard for me... I shouldn't have said anything. It's hard for me to... Hi, guys. Welcome back to Jack Makes Happy Hour podcast. Starting again. We're starting from here now. Yeah. And I will say, Fiona, do not use that intro. It's hard for me to go and get... I can't get back into this now. It's gone on too long. But you need it now. You need that intro. I just feel like now it's going to be very forced. No, we're good, we're fresh I can't talk about that after your nan's Being at school Flicking a bean I feel like that I feel like that Is not what she said That's now you're just saying it Do you know what I mean?

5:59Don't just say it No, I don't I'm not making the joke I'm just stating what he's making the joke about What have you been up to, mate? Can he tell something first? What have you been up to? I haven't done anything I've honestly just been I've been just having a nice time and just enjoying... Did your grandadad have a wank? Sorry? He's dead. And the other one just had surgery. Yeah, on what? His heart. Oh, right. Yeah, he better not be wanking then. He's not. He's bedridden. Can you stop... Perfect place for a wank. Can you stop thinking about other grandparents masturbating? I'm 33. Do you know what?

6:37Yeah. Talk about your nan's bits and bobs till the cows come up. Don't start bringing my grandfather's penis into it. I don't want... I don't consent. How is his heart? He's all right. Okay, good. He's all right. Yeah. Should we move on? Please. Tell us about you! Stevie, please! Yeah. Brother, I've really not done that much. My hand hurts, so I can't play PlayStation, which is upsetting me. You were wearing a wrist thing. What did you do? It's in the bag. It's smelly. And I was embarrassed. What did you do to it? I've got de Quervin's tenosinivitis. It's made up. And I need to have a steroid injection.

7:19The sheath over my tendons in my hand and my thumb is inflamed. From what? Overuse. Now, I don't want you two making wanking jokes about that. Well, it didn't even cross my mind. No, but I'm saying I'm getting there first. Okay. Typing. Going to the gym. Right. PlayStation. Gaming It's actually from that It's just from overuse Yeah Which part is it? Right here's the test ready Bull your thumb up Like this I'll do it with my other hand Bull your thumb up Yeah And then Like this Jack Like you're holding it out And then go like that Yeah You see how your wrist can go like Look at this Is that you actually trying?

8:01Yeah I can't do it How is it that bad? It's just like I ignored it for a month And just continued going to the gym and stuff What's the recovery time like? Months. I'm fucked. My life is so bleak. I can't do anything. Is that why you're running so much? Yes. You've become a runner for an injury. You're fast as well. I don't enjoy running, so it's just sad. Yeah. I feel bad for you. It's so shit. Yeah. To relax now. What do you do? Can you go in the bath? Soak in the bath? I don't have a bath. Can you game at all? No. What, genuinely? I tried gaming with the splint on. I have to wear a splint, and I was just dying all the time.

8:45Do this. No, I can do it, but it does this thing called catching. So at first I thought my wrist was dislocating. Oh, wow. Because it was going... Because the tendon's trying to move. It's horrible. Oh, no. I feel for you. Yeah. You've got to do physio. Injections and surgery if that doesn't work. Shit. Can you edit then? With a splint on, yeah, it's difficult. I'm just like can we smell your splint? No I'm intrigued to know how bad it is it smells like the inside of a shin pad yeah I know exactly what that smells like just imagine don't need to me being stinky that's what it smells like oh it's whenever you like when you play like seven a side or whatever and you're just with mates who you rotate in the keeper when someone brings out gloves is that not the worst thing ever?

9:31stinks like vinegar you just get someone's random gloves and as you're putting them on you're like oh it's acidic it gets to the point where the sweat is so piled up in there. Imagine the bacteria we're putting our hands in there. Horrific, isn't it? Yeah. And we're just like, yeah, all right then. Yeah, put them on. Some of the gloves are like when you just take them off someone and you're wearing them, you can just smell it. It's so bad. It's horrific, isn't it? And that's what your wrist thinks like. Why does it end up smelling like vinegar? Like mini pickled onions. Oh, you're making me feel ill.

9:57That is disgusting. Oh my God, it is like... Some people putting their hands in will be grubby hands as well, won't it? Dutty. Dutty. Shared between a lot of people. Yeah, right. Your hands sweat as well. Yeah. Drip, drip. Drip. Drip, drip. Drip hands. What about you? Yeah, my hands are dry. Yeah, no, what have you been up to? I did a talk at Isaac's school. Brilliant. We're in. I'll turn my chair 90 degrees. We, they had a, I think they called it aspirations week. And they basically had people from different jobs go in throughout the week. and they had you there because they said if you don't work hard at school yeah you will become that yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah so they had like i think they had like a doctor in and then like musicians and like people throughout the week and what was your job title they said you had because it's quite ambiguous isn't it yeah um i well i got to do it i just wrote on the thing myself i just said podcast co-host and content creator god that's proper detailed well i did I had like a thing up on the board.

11:05I did like a little PowerPoint presentation. You know, you don't have to write co in that. You can just go podcast host. Podcaster. Yeah, they wouldn't even know what that means, would they? So it was in front of the whole school. Oh my God, are you nervous? All the teachers. And then year three up to year seven. And Isaac's seven. Isaac, no, year three up to year six. And Isaac's in year five. So he's now going into year six. You can't embarrass him? No. You can't embarrass him. But his teacher, the one who asked me, she like a few weeks ago was like, oh, can you, would you mind coming in? Out the blue?

11:37Yeah, I didn't even know it was a thing. And then I was like, oh, let me speak to Isaac. Because I was hoping Isaac would be like, no, I'd rather you didn't. And he was like, oh no, all the kids will think that's well cool. Yeah. Because obviously that's what most kids want to do these days. Yeah, it's mad, isn't it? Not the podcast side of it, but obviously I could talk about making videos and stuff. So I go in. Do you do a PowerPoint? Yeah. Wow. yeah just pictures though just picked i thought i wish you had it i don't have it with me but i i've got like all it was was pictures of me with people that i thought they'd know i thought i'd were and i just told me and it was in there um so every now and then i'd just be like oh so when when we talk about the podcast spoke about like how we started and the first slide was um i said like we've had like comedians and musicians and stuff and it showed people on the screen that the teachers were all like oh because like a lot of the teachers yeah you had to play the crowd yeah so the teachers were all then going a bit like oh fucking hell it's with Ricky Gervaiso and Jack Whitehall and stuff so they you could see them going like oh this is unusual weirdly at the end of the talk just jumping ahead quickly is Isaac's teacher from last year went over to his current teacher at the end and was like how did I have no idea that Isaac's dad did any of that yeah like the whole year obviously Isaac must not and I don't randomly go in and say it yeah but yeah It would be weird if you did.

12:56It would be quite like you, though. I don't know why. I don't want them to know. The last thing I want the teachers to know about is this. He just spent the first 10 minutes of this speaking about his nan fingering. Oh, mate. No, she wasn't. She was flicking on and off TV channel. When I first started doing this, I worked out to school and had to go to the head teacher and say, I'm doing this now. Am I getting sacked? and he said no but never ever speak about it that's exactly why i never spoke about the opticians for the first couple of years yeah but yeah so i kept showing things on the screen but i just basically played to the audience because they were kids i was just like very clever so we interviewed ksi and they're all going oh my god and like they got like well like the teachers had to be like everyone can everyone buy it you were blowing the roof of the place a doubling crowd yeah it literally fell out but like kids as well and then like um weirdly i didn't realize they'd get as much of a big one as they did angry ginge they went mad oh yeah they love he's a big dog they're a bit young for that no he's a big dog but yeah towards the end i'd just basically be like oh we did these things i said about going on tour but i'd also had to do the whole thing without ever mentioning the name of this podcast oh i'd have to just be like yeah we do a podcast and then like any image on there i'd have to find a way of like if it was a photo of us with guests in front of that i'd have to crop it in a way that that the logo couldn't be seen because i didn't want any of them going home and being like oh isaac's dad does this podcast called happy hour the parents go and listen to it and then complain to the school so i proper cautious about hindrance on your life isn't it this it was i had to be really cautious with it like obviously isaac might just go up to people and go it's called this but then at that point it's not like the school have brought in this guy who just talked about wanking all the time but yeah i did all that and then at the end there was did you tell him your name stevie yeah i just i didn't put my surname no i just said i'm stevie i would go stevie norwich podcast and yeah that's coming up easily these are three or just ask isaac yeah what was that called they say it these are like what four to various talking about wanking these are like four to 11 year olds right they're not thinking about doing all that so oh yeah they are because i would be i'd be googling it yeah before you've left the building literally like instantly yeah but i did the talk um they buzzed off it because it's what they want to do now and then q a at the end was awkward first question was what's the podcast called and the teacher because she knew she instantly went he's not going to say that's going to make them search it more yeah second did you tell them you didn't want them i just said it's not appropriate for kids right um and then second question was how much money do you earn that kid got in trouble what did you say well i didn't even get to answer again the teacher just went we don't ask questions like that and we'll be speaking after this no way oh my god i think that's a good question you'd be intrigued going into the yeah yeah would you have said no no no i i just said i tried to word it in a way that wasn't about me and i just said in that industry every month can be completely different depending on how many people listen or anything like that so i said it's not a set i said for job security you're never 100 on it but to be like be cautious yeah um then i'm trying to think if there are a lot of questions which is like have you met mr beast yeah got a lot of that and then the final question though was who's the best person you've ever met.

16:30And I just looked and went, Isaac. And then all the kids turned and looked at him, got the maddest dad points for it, because all the kids afterwards... I swear you've said this before. No. You've told me that. Have I? The Isaac thing. I think I told you backstage at Sheffield. Did you? That's why I thought... He's never been on the pod then. Yeah. What? He's never been on the pod. Who? Isaac. They didn't say that. They worded it. They said, who's the best person you've ever met? yes they were asking about the podcast I was like I'm going to get some major dad points here I said that, all the kids turned Isaac smiled then that was the reveal that was the big oh it's Isaac's dad hadn't mentioned it until that point and I could see Isaac, some of his friends were like and I could see them a load of them must have thought you were a pedo yeah it's like picking a random kid that kid

17:24you haven't already He'd like set that up. Yeah. Like the year four teacher. Why is he pointed to a random kid in the crowd? All the teachers knew who I was. Yeah. But then after it, kids started coming up to me and just asking me for my autograph and stuff. And I was like, you don't know anything. But like they were just buzzing off it. That's sick. And like asking me for photos and stuff. But then I leave. Well, they got smartphones for kids. A couple of them did. Did they? Really? I don't know if they meant to. But I left. And then Isaac came home that night and he was like, you've just made me the most popular kid really like apparently for the rest of the day they kids kept going up to him and asking um about me and like asking about like what it's like and all that and then have you ever been in videos and stuff like that and then um he's just finished for the summer and some year sixes went up to him oh can you sign our shirts and then put like dad's dad's famous on it and stuff i also went for a run a couple of days ago and i ran past his school and they were on their break and some kid from the school saw me running i went it's isaac's dad and kids all ran to the gate and started like screaming for me as i'm just running fast wow it's sick it's good that you got you got to do that when he was in year six because if he was in year eight you'd be the uncoolest cunt going yeah this is the perfect time to do it yeah yeah yeah yeah so it was interesting though he seemed to re and isaac was buzzing with it as well i like it I like it.

18:49Well done, mate. Well done. How long did it take you to write the presentation? Way, way too long. Because I used bits of what my Disney one that I did, but I had to take out... You go around the world talking to kids, don't you? The one Disney was like sick form. I was running and they happened to be on their lunch break. Yeah. With me a little bit. Convenient. You only go to the gym at 9am. Why are you running at 1pm? It was about 10. When do you know they're on their lunch break? They weren't on lunch break. Oh! Oh, the stories changed. I said break. I said break. He said lunch break. No, I said break.

19:25Go back. I just said break. It was the first break of the day. I heard lunch break. Well, of course you did. You'll hear what you want to hear. God, someone was flicking on and off. Right. Don't say that when we're talking about school. No, I'll just say that. I'm not talking about them. I'm talking about you. I'm talking about you. No, that is really cool. That's then about me. That's still weird. Okay. Lucky they don't know this podcast, do they? unless they've googled Stevie Norwich podcast. Yeah, that's bad, isn't it? Shouldn't have said my name. That's cool, though. For Isaac? Yeah. That's a cool memory, that.

19:58It's good for him. I wouldn't do it if he was in high school. No. Bad, then. No. I did a talk, didn't I, a few years ago at high school, one of the worst things ever. Really? Yeah, because it was very opposite to what that sounds like, because none of them wanted to hear it. The teachers, like you said, found it cool. Yeah. I think there's an age where they go a bit, there's a middle age where it's just really uncool. so Isaac's the right age now when he's in high school he'll be like oh please don't ever say anything like that and then when you get to an older age again it's like oh that's interesting was yours your school?

20:27my high school I've been asked to do it at other schools have you? but not at my school right that's weird it's actually really quite annoying yeah because you'd do it at your school yeah I'll tell you it's weird because when I went in did I? am I making this up? no I have this memory that I might make this up because there's a teacher that used to teach me called Trevor, who I met at a festival. And he was like, oh, good to see you're doing so well. I'd love to have him come in. And he follows all the Facebook and all that. He's a good lad. But I went in. I'm pretty sure I had like, I could be making this up, but I think I had a beer.

21:03Like a bottle of beer. And I was, yeah, I might. At the school? Yeah, I can't quite remember if I've made that up. What situation could you have in your head going, I'd better take a beer to the school? No, I don't think he offered me a beer. I think he had a beer. It was because basically it was about 5 p.m. So the school had finished. It was dark. It was winter. And I think the school had finished and they'd had their like leavers assembly or something. But they came back to pick up their awards and I had to hand out each award and shake each kid's hand. But because it was after school, I think he was like, do you want to have a beer?

21:38And I'm pretty sure me and him had a beer. But being in my old English classroom is such a weird feeling when you go back to school like you spent years there and when you were there you were tiny so everything felt big yeah and now you go in the classroom it's no bigger than this room yeah it's just so weird you do feel like you're a bit of a giant just walking through when we when we do some when we did a couple of the parents evenings at isaac's school normally they do them in the hall but for some reason in the earlier years they'd do them in the class and you'd go into their class but because he was like a year three they were all tiny chairs and tables So you do this thing and you just sit on this little kid's chair like that going, has Isaac been good?

22:15Yeah. You do feel well weird. It's mad, doesn't it? It is weird. It is weird. Right. An all-new season of the Hulu original series, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, is now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.

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23:44Jaack Maate:Get started at chatgpt.com by selecting work mode available on Plus and Pro plans. What are we doing today, mate? Well, we're going to carry on going through the opposite that we did a few weeks ago. I like that app. Well, when we put it up, we put up the form and there were only about 80 submissions in the couple of hours before. I went back on there. There's over 300 now. Oh, wow. That turns me on. what part of it yeah what about that is people really getting active and engaged in our community you know that's a nice sentence on its own if it's detached from that gives me erections I think we did say last time if I'm not mistaken that being turned on doesn't have to mean sexually I'm turned on to this conversation right now I'm tuned in tuned in sounds great I'm turned on by it no but you've just said you're turned on when people are active just commit to it if you're turned on by people engaging with you I'm not turned on sexually, but I'm turned on by you guys right now having this conversation.

24:42Stay tuned in. So starting from now, what does turned on mean again? I mean, I'm like fired up, raring to go. Attracted to it though. No, no, no. What, even in these things that he's about to say? I'm trying to basically say is, are these things supposed to make me aroused? These things make you go, oh, I like that. Okay. In the same way that a burger turns me on, but I'm not fucking it. you're not turned on by it though I think you can say turned on in that context no were you turned on by the mattress when you slept with it like as a sexual being wouldn't that work I was already I was already aroused I am really interested in that I was a young lad with hormones going through the bloody roof probably did shag the roof and i was obviously going there's a hole it's not even a hole he's created it the sausage sandwich yeah that's the premise next i haven't done one yet first

25:56okay so the only if this if we ever get cancelled of this pub falls off massively, I am never getting another job. Sorry, Stevie, first. No, you're not. Okay, so the first one I'm bringing to the table is, I like girls with a lot going wrong with them. Normally they have daddy issues or autism, depression and some BPD on the side. I find that we end up sharing a lot in common. Why read that one? Did you hit the last sentence? I find that we end up sharing a lot in common. But you are expecting us to go, Oh, yeah. We're not going to say that. I don't think there's anything wrong with it, is there?

26:37What, read it again? I like girls with a lot going wrong with them. This is not quirky pod talk. Normally they have daddy issues or autism, depression, and some BPD on the side. I find that we end up sharing a lot in common. Well, that's because he's obviously got all them issues, innit? And he's finding somebody, or she's finding somebody, that connects with them. Yeah. no i'm saying but we're supposed to say if we like it oh no no no we're just saying like just we're just having general chit chat about it really fluff oh yeah yeah carry on he's saying i think the point is that he has these issues so he struggles when he talks to people where their life might be going fine and normal so when he meets someone that might be having any of the similar struggles he relates them more and he goes i'm i'm more into that i think interesting you wouldn't put like like you can't oh I don't know it might be a bit weird to be like just searching by disability how's he searching I don't know that depends if he's searching no but he's going I like girls with autism that's yeah that's by chance surely he's not actively looking I don't know if he is going out then we're very broad spectrum as well yeah yeah I uh uh uh I just don't know why that one had to be read out.

28:00Yeah. We can move on. I basically went right to the end of this list of like 300. I'm reading backwards. Why did some girls, Yeah. Like, or men, like a bad boy? Yeah. Like you hear these things, don't you? Like this guy who's killed like 15 people goes to prison and then the girls write like these messages. I was thinking more just a guy with tattoos. You've gone... Not fucking Dharma. Yeah. You've gone like the baddest of boys. You do hear that though. Yeah, you do. That's mad as well. There was one the other day. ICMAP, I Could Murderer Podcast, did an episode on this boy that murdered and sexually assaulted this girl.

28:43And he went to prison. And then because he was attractive, that's all right to say, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, he was attractive. Why is that not? It's going to be attractive. all of these women were writing in trying to marry him. And I'm like, he has raped a woman, mate. Yeah, that's not as though, innit? Are they mentally ill then? Probably. Right, okay. This is way too deep. There's a lot to unpack there, isn't there? Just say freckles and the forearms. Yeah, do you know what I mean? Like, why are we going here? Can we not do like, oh, clumsy. Yeah, freckles and the forearms. Yeah, that's a great one.

29:18Okay, I won't do deep. Okay. I find it insanely attractive when someone shows that they're good at maths. A girl starts talking algebra and wow, I'm flustered. Nah. Not arsed. Nah. You've put that in because you know you're good at maths. You think it's going to make good at you. You're trying to make the listeners be attracted to you. I don't want listeners to be attracted to me. Because you're obsessed with people thinking you're fit. Why do I care if they're attracted to you? You do, though. You really do care. You do, you do. You've had a hair transplant and lost weight. I don't need to be attractive.

29:44I just don't want to be rank. Well, it makes no difference to my life. I do want to be rank. You were doing press-ups before we went out at the Sheffield show. That's not you wanker. Oh my God. John Beer was it. Fuck off. I remember that now. Oh, shut up. I like it when my boyfriend is cooking and he folds a tea towel in half long ways. Do the list again. Stop talking to us. That's so silly. Just silliness. I'm here for it. I'm here for it. Signed up. I like it when my boyfriend is cooking and he folds a tea towel in half long ways and he flings it over his shoulder for it to sit there whilst he's prepping stuff like a chef.

30:30Fuck yeah. It's not even the cooking that's the hot bit. That is the best submission we've had on that. That is so... Oh my God. My mate, George, I used to stay around his house and he had an older brother by like 10 years who was a chef and he'd be frying his eggs topless in the morning, sizzling pan. and he'd chuck that over his shoulder, bloody hell. Was he sexy? He was fucking gorgeous. He was fucking drop dead, mate. They do go on to say, it's not even the cooking that's the hot bit, or even what he's cooking. He could be warming up beans in the microwave for all I care, but it's just the fling of the tea towel.

31:07It makes him look in control of the situation. Either way, it gets me going. Fee, can I ask you a question? When I went home drunk the other day, and I was completely naked, and I... What? Hold on. You went home naked? No, I went home drunk and I was completely naked. When were you naked? And I got home. Stevie, it's not hard to work out and I took my clothes off, mate. Okay, cool. It's like you keep wanting to hear the bit where he gets naked. No, it sounded like he just went, I got home naked. I got home and I was naked in the kitchen. He got naked. I was in bed and I was drunk and I'd add 20 nugs and I was like, I want something more.

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31:45So I went downstairs, completely naked and put a Yorkie in the microwave. And I want to know... Not a dog. It's a joke about you putting a dog in the microwave. And I want to know, we have a little cat cam. That would have seen me doing that. Oh, God. Was it attractive? I saw your butt. Mm-hmm. Oh, God. Why did you click on it? And me, because when I took the Yorkie out of the microwave, if I knocked a pint glass and it smashed everywhere and I went, I can't deal with that. And Fee went and... Oh! God. There's another Yorkie.

32:30That is fucking horrific, Dan. That is absolutely horrific. Two's a bit much. Go have it in gravy. No, he's talking about Yorkie chocolate. Oh my God. This whole time I thought he was talking about a Yorkshire pudding. You put a Yorkie in the microwave, you fucking weirdo It melts What? I am absolutely mind-blown that you put a chocolate bar in the microwave It melted On a plate? Yeah And what, you eat it with a spoon? No, I only put it in for 20 seconds And do what? Makes it easier to eat What did you think he meant when he said there's another Yorkie? That you went down and your bum hole looked like a Yorkshire pudding and i loved it like a big gaping yorkshire pudding that makes more sense what are you talking about a shit what are you on about what are you on about with the yorking and you had a shit in there yorkshire pudding's better in it

33:42But why do you need chocolates nice or hard? I keep the Choccy in the fridge. Yeah, same. I bought 24 Raisin Yorkies. Nice. To give to a gift to John Kern when he comes on the pod. It's an in-joke. Not between me and him, but between his stand-up. And the episode didn't come to fruition, so I've had them in my fridge. They've been in there for two months, rock hard. I get home, want a bit of Choccy. microwave slam door open microwave lovely and melted only a little bit still got the core in it can you still if you touch it does chocolate get on your fingers oh yeah yeah you can't so I grab one bit get a bit of mucky fingers and then just like fucking hell no that's not the same as putting a tea towel over your shoulder you and mucky fingers and you Yorkshire pudding out but are we all agreed tea towel over the shoulder is so sexy That is an opposite.

34:35Yeah. And also, it's kind of, I think it's sexy universally. I think it's sexy if you're Marco Pierre White and you're cooking up a risotto, or if you're just got your first job in McDonald's. So they're young then, yeah?

34:56Oh, I found out the other day I enjoy watching my wife eat Nutella out of the jar. Nah. Nope. With a spoon? I assume with a spoon. Fine. With a finger. God, no. I don't think it's a turn on. I don't think it's a turn off. Sometimes I see Fiona eat a whole apple strudel. What's wrong with that? Mate, a whole one. Mate, it serves eight and she will sit there. It's this big. Have you seen that? It's like a keyboard. She's eating a keyboard of apple strudel. It is nice. I've seen she eat like half a plate and it takes her seven hours. Oh, Phoebe, she'll get it done in an afternoon. It'll be an afternoon shit.

35:32She's just sat there the whole time. laptop like that strudel like that the whole thing i come back and i'm like surely that was cream or anything no dry oh that's straight in bosh bosh madness not turned on i'm not turned on i'm not turned off i'm fascinated you're intrigued yeah yeah someone put a joke in this obviously meant to be a joke at robbie go on the welsh accent does things to me as a 50 year old bloke Good, good. I like it because it's not too... It is a bit on my nose. Sometimes when I sleep with my boyfriend, I imagine he's a woman instead. I get it. Men are rank. Women are beautiful.

36:11Shoot me. You know what I mean? Like, sometimes I think of stuff I do, and I think that's... I am rank. Like what? Just in the night, I've been doing a lot of farts. Smellers. no I don't know but I did the loudest one the other day yeah and Fiona was just like what are you yeah what did you what what give us a situation it's not funny anymore I do them sometimes I was asleep but she said I did like the loud loudest one and it like shook the foundations of the house and then I was just like woke up and she told me and I was embarrassed but oh you feel awful don't Yeah, and I thought, why are you with a man?

36:54Get me gone and get a beautiful woman. Okay. Fair enough. This one, this was big over the World Cup. I've seen it a lot. Whatever Harland is doing. Oh, yeah. I know exactly what he's doing. People went mad for Harland. I think you've got a bit of this about you, Mr. Dean. What? I thought it at the time. What? it's big men that could destroy you what not in a sexual way in what way like this like um it's like a gentle giant thing right you if you wanted to go skits in this room and there's nothing any of us could do about it and you could knock us all out but you're cuddly you're cute thank you and that is attractive is harland cuddly yeah that's what people are liking he's so big right big and strong he's like muscly and on the pitch he's like very physical but then that i think people like seeing him off the pitch being cute yeah he flicks his hair yeah when he when he takes out and he like cuddles people and like and that is attractive have you seen like because that's a thing at the moment like have you seen that the meme instagram is cool because no you have you not seen this i have not either so it'll go mate it's everywhere right so it'll go So you might post, say you want Harlan to comment on your thing.

38:15You will go, you'll have a photo of like your runner's medal and you'll go, Instagram is cool because you can just post your marathon time and a bloke called Erling will comment nice and he finds them all. You go straight to the comment and he comments nice. I've seen pages with like, or posts with like 800 likes. Instagram's cool because you can upload a photo of your wedding from 2019 and erling will randomly just compliment your shoes and you'll go in the comments and he's commented nice shoes there was one the other day and this was how good it was and it was like they were to proper like pushing it because they were like instagram's cool let me make that up instagram's cool because you can show your new yellow shirt and erling will comment about how that shade of yellow suits you and oh and then they added a bit uh he'll comment within two hours right and then he'd commented 19 hours ago right like saying like nice yellow and then he commented again going sorry we're sleeping wow so he's just like so it's funny yeah yeah he's a relatable guy oh yeah it's definitely him it's got the take it's erling it's his picture you go on it he's got like 79 that's why his followers are going mental at the moment can we show you some yeah right carry on with the pod and i'm gonna slowly i'm still gonna be engaged in the conversation but i am just gonna go on my feed and just scroll until i find one okay right cool well so harland we're all agreeing is a legend see why people are liking him i think he's an absolute legend i like it when someone refolds the clothes after picking them up in a shop i do that as someone who used to work in primark i'm all over that i do that because my god primark you've been.

39:57It's a mess a lot of the time. I just don't think I can fold very well. I don't fold them well, but I try. And that's fine. You're not expected to be able to do it if you've not been taught the technique. But people who pick it up and just throw it back as a bunch. That's just rude. I think you could say that with anything, even a can of beans. What would you do with that? Well, if you put it in... I did do that the other day. I picked something up and put it back in the wrong shelf and I felt bad. Yeah. Why are you doing that? Because I get embarrassed about going all the way back. I've just randomly come on my...

40:24I bet this is going to let me down because it's got so few likes. Since Erling Haaland's chronically online, commenting we want to wish him a happy birthday, I hope to surprise my son with a reply. I think this one will let me down because I think four hours ago. See, just everyone's tagging him though. So surely he's going to see these things when loads of people are tagging him. I just think it's nice that he's taking his time out to write nice on stuff. Connor, you post something and see if he does. I do think it's a bit cringey. Yeah, they just want a comment from Erling Haaland. I didn't like the, there was that trend, wasn't there, being like, oh, I'm on an eight hour flight.

40:58Let's see how many footballers will comment on this video whilst I'm flying. I hated all that. Yeah. Yeah. Not a fan. So, yeah. When someone does something silly, like walking into a door, others may find it an ick. But if it gets a laugh out of me, then that's attractive. Yeah, but that's, so they walk into, walk into a door. Accidentally. Yeah. You doing it? No. water. There's the Yorkie. Fucking hell.

41:32Accidentally. So I guess it's clumsiness. I do think that is quite attractive. A bit of clumsiness. Yeah. It's a bit. That was attractive. You getting me a water without me asking and I would like one. That was hot. Cool. You read my mind. Nice. You're really flirting with me. This last five minutes You've honestly been all over. You've been on my nuts, bro. Lost it now.

42:00Like, that kind of sexy clumsiness, I see as a bumbling British gentleman, like Hugh Grant. In Love, actually. It's a bit also like in the old, in a lot of like the American teenage, coming of age movies back in the day, it'd always be like the artsy girl or whatever who's always tripping over herself and stuff. Yeah. All her papers are flying everywhere. Yeah. The lockers, and she's quit picking them up. But as she picks them up, she gets up, and then the guy she likes is already there. You dropped your pen. Oh, and she does this with her. Oh, thank you. Sorry. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. See, that's a beautiful scene.

42:38And then she has a makeover, right? And it's a prom, and she has a makeover, and she's done it for him. But then he's like. He's not into it. He's like, I liked your glasses before. Yeah. What? My. yeah we should write this honestly it's probably been done it's been done it's been done yeah but we should write it again yeah so the clumsiness and it stopped us before when we wrote extras no I know the clumsiness came from those films isn't it like people do go that is quite nice yeah yeah I'm purposely clumsy every time I eat I spill food down my throat yeah that's not doing that's different like spaghetti and shit that's so different that's so different you always spill food on yourself look at all these stains covered in stains all on my shorts.

43:21That's like bumbling Englishmen. Big, isn't it? That's like Hugh Grant to Matt Hancock. Do you know what I mean? They're both bumbling Englishmen but one of them's rank. Do you know what I mean? You're Matt Hancock. I got that. Yeah. I got that, cunt. Yeah, you did. Of course you did. Yes, I never once thought hmm, Hugh Grant in this situation. No, but I thought what if you thought he's saying I'm the Hugh Grant. Sometimes I'll spill a bit of spaghetti beside I face. See if she's into it. Do you ever do it bare chest? Nah. That would be horrible if you were to ever do that. I have spilt like, I have spilt bean juice on my lap before in bed.

44:03What do you mean? Naked lap. Naked lap. What do you mean beans in bed? I don't know. I've had some rough times. When was it? Four weeks ago. What? Rough four weeks ago? I was hungover and I just got, and I was really hungry and you need salt when you're hungover. So I went down and said, had a tin of beans with mini sausages in and picked the bowl up to finish the bean juice. And went down my belly. What is that gross as well? My belly. Awful. Before getting into bed, when a man empties a variety of things from his pockets, like a wallet, not loose change, keys and a phone, no idea, but it's definitely a thing for me.

44:44Yeah. Security. It feels like a manly thing, doesn't it? She's going, look, he's got his own car. Yeah. Because in house. Because in money. Yeah. And he's now getting up next to me. It's a security thing now. I'm deep in that. And the watch is like going, like jingling, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, he knows the time. Yeah, he knows the time. He does know the time. Okay. An all new season of the Hulu original series, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, is now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.

45:13Jaack Maate:Four years ago, we were just making TikToks. But it feels like there are no friendships left in MomTalk. You act like you're better than everyone. and you're not. I can't trust anyone in this group. She's just dead to me. There's so much the public doesn't know. Watch the new season of the Hulu original series, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney Plus for bundle subscribers. Terms apply. And we're back. Streaming on Peacock. May I present to you the award-winning staff of the Toledo Truth Teller. Slap me. Let's jar something loose. Ay, yes! I like that. The certified fresh series returns.

45:48Jaack Maate:You're a boss. You always like this? Soars is just like, oh no, this is mad. Oysters, everybody. There's a certain satisfaction when you work with someone. Maybe we could be a family. You sadistic pig. The Paper. New season streaming September 9th, only on Peacock. This show gives me a reason to live. This episode is brought to you by ChatGPT. Hey, it's Bill Simmons from the Bill Simmons Podcast. Have you guys heard about ChatGPT work? It's the new way to use ChatGPT for bigger multi-step projects. And when you need more than just answers, give ChatGPT work access to your apps and files, and it can create real work documents like spreadsheets, slides, and structured reports.

46:30Jaack Maate:Get started at ChatGPT.com by selecting work mode available on Plus and Pro plans. This is completely irrelevant. Just whilst you were talking about what your algorithm is, have you guys seen Jimothy? No. Who's Jimothy? All I'm seeing are my... I'm surprised you haven't seen it. Is it? You love an animal. have you not seen the latest like new animal to drop give me a clue give me a clue i might've seen it it's a raccoon yeah i've seen it the best thing in the world isn't it i think so is it um america yeah seattle and it's what i've seen it what does it fucking do runs about and does something i can't remember what it does it doesn't do anything it just is it's got a um like a birth deformity where it has a really short spine so the reason i wanted to bring this up on the pod anyway is because i haven't seen it if we didn't have camera phones this would be an urban legend like people would be going have you seen that creature like you just have no idea oh my god i need to show you is it happy it looks fine but there's videos of it when it was a baby there's videos of it now it just keeps popping up on everything oh my god where did i put it no you seen he dobbin no i'm sending you that let me tell you listeners I've said raccoon, I'll tell you about E-Dubbin.

47:44Look at this. And how would you not think? Oh! That's too cute. That is cute. Is that not the maddest thing? It looks like a little monkey. And there's videos of it when it was a baby. Oh my God. It can't walk right. No. I like that guy. I like that guy. But my feed right now is just Jimothy videos. I like it. Why is it called Jimothy though? Don't have a great name. It's already had a hard start to life. Let's not call it Jimothy. People will start to take the piss. I like Jimothy I like the name there's something a bit funny about it you would actually if you saw that and you were a bit like high or something and that ran across the road when you the only time you see it you would actually think I've just seen a weird you wouldn't think it's a raccoon I've seen a demon yeah that would easily like it'd be a cryptid I could be telling you stories about Jimothy on here now why is it cute though I don't know because it's tiny and fluffy yeah I think raccoons are quite cute anyway aren't they but then you've got this like tiny They're not the ones who stink, are they?

48:42Skunks. Skunks, yeah. That is skunks. E Dobbin. There's this bloke, right? And he'll probably kill me for saying this. He's a nutter. And he's on... You can keep it in. You can keep it in. You can keep it in. It's my opinion. He shares his. I'm going to share mine. He's big on TikTok now. Massive. He wears these metaglasses and he goes about. And he believes... And he's not trolling. I promise you he believes this, right? He believes that the mountains and the Earth's face are fossilised dragon bones and skin. So he goes, if you look at, he goes, it's all there. He goes, if you look at the Grand Canyon, that's dragon wings that have died and petrified and gone like that.

49:24You can see, like, not the gills, but like the print on them. I would love that to be true. How big would that dragon be? But the reason why I think people like watching him, and he is odd, is he will because he's so confident he'll go about his normal life and interact with the world which is fun to watch uh but he like he has his meta ray bands on but i like that he doesn't bring up all that stuff until about halfway through the conversation so you get to watch him go up to these like there's one where he goes up to this old couple is he going up to him to tell them no no so he felt he that's like his opinion on stuff but he interacts with the world that's just what what he does.

50:04He films his day-to-day stuff. So he'll be walking through the street and he'll see this old couple. He'll go, all right, how are you? Have you gone on a hike? And they'll go, yeah, we're going on a hike. How long have you been hiking up here? And talk and it'll all be nice, right? And he'll go, I'm going to go shop. Do you want a 99? I'll get you a 99, like that. But then he'll go, by the way, he goes, I'm into mud fossils. That's how he always starts. And you see them and they're like, oh, okay. Like think he's a nice, normal guy. And then he'll go, because you know that's all dragon bones, don't you?

50:29And the way he goes in, the best thing about the clips is just watching these normal people go, all right, and you can see the micro expressions in their eyes. Yeah, that's all dragons, all that mountain, that is that dragon's bone, that's an ankle bone down there. And they're just going, okay. And it's the most fascinating thing ever. Is he big? He keeps getting his camera shut down. And then having to... Why? Yeah, bleep this feet.

50:58wow uh the next one is tree surgeons that would be that's sexy isn't it just handling big stuff you know the darts ref you know jack darts ref yeah our mate who does darts content get this right lost a lot of weight now right wasn't normal and traditionally like mr handsome in the same I know that sounds nasty but but get this right so he used to be a tree surgeon right so I was like alright he's got a bit lost loads of weight now yeah played darts to quite a good level got dartitis so he can't throw anymore learnt to play with his left hand whoa and now wins darts tournaments with his left hand that's cool I'm putting it out there sexy yeah yeah messaging no he'll listen to this he loves happy hour so Jack you're sexy yeah You were never ugly, but you are sexy now.

51:52The tree surgeon does add a bit, doesn't it? That's nice. Yeah, that's a nice bit. I'm picturing like, I'm picturing like on like some kind of like rope and pulley system, like halfway up the tree. And being able to do it. Lumberjacks. Yeah. Yeah. Isn't that that guy? Any jack. Isn't that that guy who was like huge on TikTok or whatever, and all he does is just cuts wood, like just axes through wood, but he's crazy attractive. because I was like, you've just reminded me of something I find fucking sexy. And I was telling you this the other day. I am obsessed with this guy on Instagram who works in a smokehouse in like Idaho or something.

52:31And he speaks to people and he cuts the brisket at the same time. I think it's all just me and the juices. And he's really friendly. And he's like, what can we do for you today? Pound of turkey, pound of brisket, no problem. Some burnt ends, like that. And he just puts them on the plate. And when he does it, that does turn me on sexually yeah have you ever got bone over it nah she needed to know you really like the food though is it the smoothness I like him though I like watching how he talks and they'll come in and go I've seen your videos on Facebook ah cool gotcha nice one pound of brisket today oh he's so focused on the job yeah he ain't interested in that shit no he is he really gives back no he's not mate that's arrogant actually okay do you get that with any other food people I love all the foods.

53:18But Gary Eats didn't fit, is he? Spud Bros? Is that his name? They're not turning me on like he turns me on. You want the meaty boy. Oh, yeah. It's the meat. It's the manly meat chopper. It's the handling of it. It is the meat. Have you seen the guy? This icks me a bit, actually, even though we're not on an icks episode. The guy who does the pizza. Have you seen? He'll throw it around loads. Kind of like he's doing tail throwing. He's kind of doing that, but with the go of the pizza. He's making it real thin and quick. I think the first time I saw it, I went, oh, it was quite cool. And now it's just every...

53:51It is performative because of what he's doing, but I just hate it when I see it now. I can't do it anymore. It would be to a specific song and he's like, I just can't do it. I think we need to stop. We just put a pin in the word performative because people keep using it as an insult. We live in a social media age where everything we do is performative. This is performative. This is performative. Posting an Instagram photo is performative. Commenting now is performative because you're wanting people to see your comment. Anything you do in the public eye is performative. So why are we using it as a stick to beat people with?

54:26I always thought performative was saying something you don't really believe or doing something you don't really believe. Well, that's like white knighting, isn't it? Yeah, that's how I see performative a bit more. But you know when they say, like, Declan Rice is being performative for the cameras? He's an athlete that people pay thousands to watch. He's performing. No, but then that sentence goes more along what Alfie's saying because when they say that, the reason they're saying that is because they don't think he's acting how he actually wants to act. Oh, wow. But what they're trying to get at, though, is that he knows the cameras are on him, so he's acting differently.

55:02So that's where it's like you're being performative. I agree with you. I think everyone's saying everything's cringe. Yeah. Then it's actually, do you know what? It's all fucking cringe. We're all cringe. Even the people saying that stuff is cringe is cringe. because you you know when um you remember sorry the old um chelsea manager yeah you know when he won the fa cup or whatever and he got the the medal did you see when he got the medal and they're all all his team are chanting and he's looking at it like that he's like an old man looking at the medal like really reflective if rice did that they'd be saying it's performative yeah but isn't that isn't that one of the things rice did was it like the champions league ball or something I remember when they qualified or whatever and then that was one of the things that went viral.

55:46Looking at the ball? Something like being all like, oh, that's what they're, but they're always, you're always going to be able to pick out on something if you're looking for it. Yeah, I do think there are performative things. I do think it exists, but I think it's overused. I think maybe it should mean more what you're saying, where performative in the sense that you're acting differently to how you actually want to act. So it's more like white knighting and lying. Just spilt water all down on himself, hasn't it? Oh, did you? loves that. Water's alright, doesn't stain. That's giving it a wash.

56:17When a guy catches something with one hand. Yeah, that's nice. He almost caught it with one neck. That was amazing. Sorry, I forgot about you. Yeah, you want to catch? Go.

56:32No, now it's over and it's what, Jack, don't you dare because you've got a bigger throw than me. Bigger throw. I don't need a big throw to go there. I want to watch that back because from what I saw, that was quite icky. Honestly, Alfie, I forgot you had a bad hand. I thought you were going to be really sexy and just catch that. What a bad hand. Why didn't I go with this hand? Yeah, that's what I thought. I didn't throw it hard either, did I? No, no. I'm not nasty. I did that the other day. Ali threw a rice cake. I said, can you pass me one of them rice cakes? They hit me between the eyes. How she launched it at you?

57:05She threw it overhand. I thought it was going to... We both thought it wasn't going to go that far and it just struck me in between the eyes. How far away were you from each other? Miles. What? It was such a good play. He was in snowmuckage. He was in Ipswich. Mate, might as well have been. Other side of the living room. Like that. I was just like that. I went like that through my hands. Did it hurt? Yeah. That's why you've had that mark on there the whole day. Right, one more. I haven't, have I? No. I don't think this one is entirely controversial or groundbreaking but I love when people have a huge obsession with niche things and are able to project that onto others.

57:41Sitting down with your mate or partner as they recount small facts about things you had no idea existed is absolutely class. You always say you like this. Yeah, I like it. That's it. I think we spoke about this in the background. Yeah, that's not niche. I saw a comedian. She said that men are funny because they will just sit in pubs and say facts. Yeah. We do do that. I love stats. I love stats. They're good, aren't they? They're so good. This is a mad stat from the World Cup. This was true going into the final. I don't know if it stayed the same, but of any outfield player that have played more than 90 minutes in the World Cup, there was something like 658.

58:23Do you know from one to 658 where Messi is on the list of how many kilometres and distance ran? Solo. He must be solo. 658th. No way. No, outfield players. Yeah, he was the lowest. That's why they're saying he's going to play in the next World Cup because he's made his game so that he doesn't need to be as athletic and cover as much ground anymore. He's just walking about. That would be men if he is playing, wouldn't it? Can you imagine? Do you think he will? What's your prediction? Yeah. He'll be 42. I think he will. I think he's like a god in Argentina. I think if he wants to, he'll be allowed to.

59:01Do you think he'll just play like a bit part, come on last 10 or whatever, see what he can do? I don't know. He kind of played like he was only on for the last 10 anyway. I know, in the final he went missing, didn't he? No, but throughout the tournament. I think there's still glimmers when he gets the ball and beats a player. It looks different to how anyone else does it. Yeah, he was the best ever. Got a long one. Go on then. Hi fellas, I've never gotten involved in the asking the audience to write in segments for the pod before, but reading this prompt about niche opposite Ix, I immediately had one in mind.

59:32Welcome. nonchalant backflipping i'm not welcomed him he's been welcomed oh sorry i'm not i'm not talking about those wanky parkour people who film themselves in public jumping off walls and running about getting in the way of the general public they suck i'm on about people who don't show off or tell you they can backflip they'll just reveal it's a skill they have randomly one day as if it's the most normal thing to be able to do it's an athletically impressive thing to do and a great party trick to pull out when people are least expecting it. But only when the backflipper is casual about their flipping skills.

1:00:07Nonchalance is the key to the opposite ick. Hell yeah. Yeah, but that's less about the backflip and more about having a very highly trained skill. Yeah, because speed backflips all the time. And I remember the first time a clip came up with him backflip and I was like, that's a cool backflip. Now he backflips in every single clip. I don't care about seeing it. Yeah. Do you have anything in your locker? what that I can do that I'm really good at you just bring out and people be like whoa he can do that not really like weirdly I can do quite a few good magic tricks can you? that's hot yeah thanks what about you?

1:00:40we know you can sing we know you can act we know you can dance we know you can rap what can't you do? you're a good cook no awful right fucking terrible mate dog shit absolutely dog shit okay what's your hidden talent then? my hidden talent would be um that little body of yours sorry what did you that was nonchalant what did you say that he said that little body of yours that little body oh god no it's nice i don't know okay this this um one ends with a fun little side fact i have to get away from that a fun little side fact the moment i realized i fancied my now boyfriend was at a festival when stood amongst to a group of friends chatting and drinking, he took a step out of the group to do a backflip and then rejoined the circle as if nothing had happened.

1:01:31Genuinely the sexiest thing I'd ever seen. Bonus impressive points because he did it with a lit cig in his mouth. Fuck, that is cool, but I think it's still... I don't think that is nonchalant. I don't think that is nonchalant. He's waiting until he's in a group of people. And he's randomly, without saying anything, just walk up, backflip and come back in. Is that performative? Is that performative? Yeah. Yeah, it is. That is. Yeah. But what is the point in having that skill and never showing anyone? Yeah, I used to have a mate who would do them on nights out all the time. Oh, it gets boring. I went to Kendall a few years ago, and I was walking from the campsite down to the toilet.

1:02:07It was about one in the afternoon, and this guy came up to me, and he didn't say a word, right? And he had a ciggy in his mouth, and he went, beckon me over. The whole exchange did not say a word. I've gone over. And he's got, imagine, a bit of string that goes into a triangle at the bottom, right? and the triangle's got like a bit of a platform on the bottom of it right imagine imagine a bit of string with a snooker triangle on it right and i've got a pint in my hand and he goes come here he gets my pint he puts it on the triangle balanced and he slowly starts spinning it spinning it spinning it and then he gets it to the point where he's spinning it like full 360 and then he brings it down slow again doesn't spill a drop and he just gives it to me and walks off that's so sick I don't know if it was the coolest thing or the oddest thing I've ever seen.

1:02:54Maybe a bit of both. A bit of both. Yeah. That must have ruined your drink, though. Yeah, it took all the fizz out of it. Awful. I fucking dashed it straight after, yeah. Awful. I went up to him when you owe me a new one. Do you know when you're with another one? Someone who's really good at fighting but never fights. Yes! Isn't that so sexy? That's a great one. That's because there's a little bit of like, you're like, that person. Like, he could. He could just muller everyone in here, but he's not. Chooses not to. Yeah. I got started on as a kid and my cousin Rhys just come bulldozing out of nowhere and just fucking smacked this guy.

1:03:25He deserved it. He was beating me up and I was just like, I never knew you had that in the locker. That is fit that you've done that. So you just call your cousin fit? That's so... Stop making things weird. You're the one saying it. It's your nan's privates. It's your cousin's now fit. I don't know what to think. We're not making it weird. You're saying the things. Alright. I like unconventionally attractive professions. Managers, just something about the shirts and beekeepers, because I know they're probably very caring and environmentally conscious. Also, train drivers. Think of the money and their home a lot because they're always on strike.

1:04:06Oh, come on. So we'd probably do the housework. I'm cabin crew, and I get the ick with straight cabin crew. It's very rare to see. They always make it known that they're straight, and it's just the thought of them shuffling along with a trolley and their apron pouring tea and coffee. Cabin crew give me the ick. Do they? Yeah, they do. All of them? Just a lot of them, yeah. Because it's artificial niceness. They don't want to be nice to me. Hiya, do you want a really tiny little apple juice that you might need four cups of to wet your mouth? Like that kind of vibe. It's like, I appreciate you doing a service, but it's very, okay.

1:04:41I heard one on one of my flights in the World Cup proper slagging off the people on the flight. She went, there's a load of fucking idiots on here today. When I went to the loo at the back. They all must be like, fuck these people. They keep ringing the bell. It's really annoying. Well, they're doing a service job, essentially, but in a position where they'll never get tipped. Yeah. So it's like they still have to do all the same nice things waiters and waitresses will do, but get no extra bonus. I feel like people are really ready to be rude to them as well. Yeah, because if they're slightly delayed, they take it on them even if it's nothing to do with them.

1:05:18You get a lot of nice ones. You do get a lot of nice ones, but I just think maybe it's not on them as a profession, actually. It gives me the ick when you see someone who's got a job where they have to be nice to you. Yes. Because it's like you don't want to be nice to me, really. Maybe they do, but do you know what I mean? Some of them might just be nice people. American servers give you the ick. Yeah, it's cringy. That's my point. It is, yeah. All right, one more. Whatever it is, give it to me. Okay, this one actually gives me the ick but I think you're one of them Having their files on their computer be an absolute mess is weirdly adorable No, it gives me the ick and Fi's the worst for it Really?

1:05:54Fi's the worst for it Have you got your laptop there, Fi? Yours isn't clean though, is it? Yeah Is yours tidy? Let's see yours Mine is so, so tidy Mine's immaculate Yeah Can't handle it It's folders within folders within folders I've got so many tabs up That's awful mate See what I'm saying Change the power Why can't you get I can't do it Stevie That's quite messy Jack You've got random screenshots all over your desktop Why aren't they in a folder Let me show you Fee's No I don't want to embarrass Fee She's getting it

1:06:36That That is shit That is shit Sort it out Single PNGs on the desktop What's wrong with a PNG? Just organise them Oh fuck off with your PNGs One more Tying their shoelaces with the bunny ears method I just know they're singing The little song in their head whilst doing it Nah not for me What is the little song? I don't do bunny ears method No do you not? No. No, I don't. I do one loop and then wrap around a loop. Yeah, I do that. I do that. Bunny Is feels like kids' way of doing it. I wonder what the song is. What is the Bunny Is song? Isn't that a part of Big Daddy, where he teaches the kid in Big Daddy to tie his shoes?

1:07:23It might be. I think it's a part. I know there's a Bunny Is method. I've never done it, though, because it feels like you've got to create two loops. No, yeah. My hands aren't big enough. My hands aren't big enough. One loop. I never will. One more, because that was poor.

1:07:37what what is it

1:07:49get off me to read it what are you into yeah you read it don't read it ahead just say it

1:07:59giant cock sized thumbs nah fuck yourself mate boobus pussy lips. Fuck off. That's fucking the scuff. Can I be honest? That only says giant cock-sized thumbs. No, it said bloody hell. Get that on camera. You'll throw something. Oh, God. Boobus.

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We’re once again investigating niche things that give people the oppos-ick. Can Nutella be a turn-on? Do bunny-ear shoelaces make you blush? Is Haaland the hottest footballer player? Does watching somebody fold clothes make you feel fuzzy?

Plus sexy cabin crew, sexy tree surgeons, sexy chefs, sexy backflipping, sexy clumsiness, sexy daddy issues, sexy maths, sexy tea towels, and a not-so-sexy drunk Jaack. 
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