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23:52Courtney Miller:No, I mean, that's okay. Yeah. That's entirely fine. I do think there's like as much as I am obsessed with animals and I love dogs I also can acknowledge I think sometimes the American version of dog ownership is fucking weird sometimes how we treat dogs has gotten excessive to some points where I'm like guys they're not humans they are definitely not wild animals but they're not like it's almost disrespectful to them it's going to make them anxious if we treat them fully like a human Absolutely. But it's gotten to weird territories. But a lot of people just are not taking the actual responsibility to it.

24:32Courtney Miller:I think the other alternative, though, is like, obviously we don't want dogs to stay in shelters and stuff like that. So maybe it's just like in order to adopt a dog, you have to take like a one-week course or something. Like that would be nice. Yeah. Yeah. And if you're over the age of 60, you can't get one. You don't get it. Comment. comments here. As someone who really does love dogs, I think this is a great post. I think the idea of a dog is oversold to people. And then when they realize that dogs aren't fluffy accessories, they get frustrated that the animal in their house is acting like an animal.

25:09Courtney Miller:I wish there was better education on dog behavior and dog care. What it also makes me think about is people care so much about the aesthetic of the dog and not realizing like, hey, dogs have been, a lot of dogs have been designed for specific tasks. Like do not get an Australian Shepherd and have it in a one-bedroom apartment. That thing is meant for a field somewhere. It's always tough. Be careful. Make sure you have a lot of sheep for it to play with. Sorry, based on your settings, you may not have the right environment for the right type of dog or the schedule or anything. I haven't had a dog because living in a small place, I'm like, I can't right now.

25:45Courtney Miller:Be disrespectful to them. And it's so heartbreaking to think that people just don't listen to that. And a lot of people just put a dog like just in outside or whatever and just don't pay it any attention. I'm just like, why did you get it? Yeah. That's sad. Other comment. I have long, long, long since realized that I don't dislike dogs. I just intensely dislike people that put minimal to zero effort in training them. A lot of people really should not have dogs. Someone else said, I don't hate dogs. I hate dog owners who leave their dog shit on the footpath, grass, road, and everywhere in between.

26:18Courtney Miller:Fuck those people. Yeah. Okay, I have to say a crazy unpopular opinion that comes off of that. Okay, you love poop on the ground. Sorry. So, I, okay, I feel like, okay, I, I like. The floor is yours. I know, this is going to be really tough to say. You teed this up. This is going to be really tough to say. I like, okay, we really might have to cut this. I, like, I weirdly, like, I can't, like, turn away when a dog is pooping. Okay. Like, I just like, I guess, watching.

27:04Courtney Miller:No, like, Arasha, we accept you. We love you. It's okay. I'm saying that shit. I don't know. I love that this is the thing you've thought about. You've like thought about this like, hey, so I've. Like my inner circle knows this. You're just, is it like a morbid curiosity? You're just like, oh, well, it's also funny because dogs will look at you when they're doing it. I just want to reciprocate. I just. It's the funniest thing. They're just like, proceed. I don't know what it is, you guys. It's just, it's so, I am like enamored by it. I'm like imagining it right now. It's not like, I'm not like happy.

27:49Courtney Miller:You're just like, you have to, you can't look away. I just can't look away. That's okay. Like, you know, my friends, like I used to live with a dog. And so every time, you know, like I'd go out with them, they'd be like, oh, he's going. And I'd be like, oh, okay. Okay. You know, I guess I can't really, I can't really judge because. I don't know what to make of it. I can't believe I'm saying this right now. I can't believe you're talking about it. No, this is going to come out. I'm going to be like, I can't, I don't fucking remember saying any of that. And earlier you said we should kill everyone over the age of 60.

28:18Courtney Miller:I don't regret that. That keep that out. I always have to watch old people poop. No, but like as someone that has cats, they're always like covered in some kind of way. And like I grew up with birds and birds would be very like, you know, like mid conversation. They're just like. and it just like doesn't matter. So I guess if it's like an ongoing process just out in the world, I guess I can see that being like, It's a crazy thing to think about like for what a dog is experiencing of just like, you're just, you just, whenever you're not like, oh, I need privacy or whatever. Right. Maybe that's why they make the eye contact.

28:54Courtney Miller:They're like, are you watching? Are we good right now? Yeah, no, it's a safety thing. Yes. And then they're like, it's like, hey, I'm vulnerable. That's what it is. You can't look away because you have to make sure that animal's protected. You may not have had a pet of your own. Therefore, you have to protect all the dogs that are shitting that need to know that they're safe. Yes. You sound like a dog owner. I think maybe you were meant to have a dog. Yes. And clip that together and make it nice. Make it good. Make it good. This episode of Reddit Stories is sponsored by Wayfair. Look, I love reading Reddit Stories to you.

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30:46Courtney Miller:This one. Okay. That's this person's out of their mind. Have you been checked for autism? Okay. But wait. But wait. They kind of have a point for a second. I got to hear them out. Okay. I got to hear them out. I'm serious. I'm like, you like a really weird sensory thing that's very sensory and specific? I don't know. I could be projecting. Okay. All right. I like hopping in the shower fully clothed, and afterwards, when they are soaked in water, do I take them off? It feels like a nice reward after a long day to feel the clothes in such a different way, after trying to keep them neat and tidy, to then just let it dampen and sag.

31:25Courtney Miller:Sure, man. Sure. All right. I'm not mad. I guess I understand. Like, it's almost like getting yourself into a bad situation so that if you get the relief of getting it off, like kind of. I don't know if that's what he's saying, but I'm like, oh, whenever I've been like wet or like my clothes are all messed up, taking them off feels like so nice. So kind of like the guy who set an alarm for the middle of the night. This person's like, oh, I'm getting my clothes all wet so I can feel so good when I take it off. Sure, sure. I feel like I'm a little caught in the mess after the fact. That's a lot of laundry.

31:58Courtney Miller:That's a lot of dripping. His laundry machine's like, please. Put a roster in a marble movie. Okay. We were there. We were there. We were there. Comments. Out of curiosity, do you have to do your laundry every day or something? Won't this start to smell god-awful in hours with just one pair of clothes? Forget about several days worth. OP said, I usually do this on laundry day. So I can just take the wet clothes and put them with my other clothes. It's not a daily thing, just something I can enjoy and look forward to on Fridays. What are you up to this Friday? I'm thinking about hopping in my shower in a full, full deck of clothes.

32:37Courtney Miller:Flask of whiskey, tears. Honestly, I'm on board. I might try it. All right. I think I can imagine the sensory aspect of like being in the pool and like, oh, my T-shirt is like, I'm feeling the sensory thing right now. and I'm like, I would not go out of my way to do it. I can also just be like, sure. Yeah. These aren't unpopular opinions. These are, I do weird shit. Which is fine. It's fine. It's fine. You got to keep it fresh. Yeah. Especially when it comes to clothes. Someone said, when I got my first welding job, it was during a record breaking heat wave and PPE requires you to be 100 % covered.

33:16Courtney Miller:And the company was good with handing out Gatorade, mandatory popsicle breaks, mandatory lens cleaning. Cleaner was in the 68 degrees Fahrenheit AC'd office It was still so hot and humid I worked the hottest shift, 3pm to 11pm We rotated weekly I'd get home, take my disgusting clothes off Put on shorts and a t-shirt And lay under the shower No bathtub at that apartment With it on as cold as possible After, I'd dry enough so I wasn't dripping And sleep in wet clothes Sometimes I'd soak a blanket I could not have predicted where that was going That's Whoa You can't do that to your mattress That's not good to have Your mattress is like please stop Please

34:02No that's genuinely what I feel like I'm fixating on too Is like the furniture and the home And everything else that you're affecting But if like the dryer was right outside the shower Like I'd just You know Yeah why not

34:17Courtney Miller:I will say I finally came up with my if this is what an unpopular opinion is like just I do weird shit I've got mine okay I used to sleep in a sleeping bag as a teenager on my bed I really liked the way that my sleeping bag felt and I still have it it's the same one I've had since like third grade it was like an overnight trip that I got it and yeah I used to sleep on that on my bed whoa we're still here Thank you. We're still here. And when I would do that, usually I'd turn in the corner and there'd be a dog. A dog pooping. And they'd be shitting in the corner. And we did not have a dog. Oh, okay.

34:54That's disgusting. That's weird.

34:57Courtney Miller:I mean, I guess I have some weird sleeping habits. I, for the longest time, I was like, oh, I was tired of making my bed and I lived alone. So I was like, I'm just going to sleep on top of everything. Love doing that. So I would just sleep on top. Like I would hop on my bed. On top of all of the covers. Everything. And just lay on top. Fall asleep. you know, living in Southern California, it's like, it's never too cold. Sure. Or even too hot. And so just sleep on top and then just wake up and be like, great, my bed's made. I also though, for the longest time and even still sometimes, well, it can just fall asleep on the carpet just flat on my back.

35:31Courtney Miller:Yes. And I love that. Feels so good. Is this where we lose you? No, I'm with you. I'm with you. Just do that. No, I'm completely with you. I, I, I, because I heard that, I heard that theory about making your bed too, where it's like, why are you making your bed? you're just going to get in it again. And it was, it definitely had me for a little bit. I like a maid bed. I love the look of a maid bed. But I was just also like, I was rarely under the covers. I'd get too hot. So I was just like, I just don't need to do this. I love sleeping on covers. I do. It's the best. It feels great. No. Last comment here is pretty wild.

36:04Courtney Miller:Someone said, and people judge me for showering in the dark. Seems normal compared to this. That's intense. I think it's not an unpopular thing, but I realized like people have like blackout curtains and stuff. People love darkness. I am so the opposite. I am a like, Oh, get as much light, sunlight, not artificial light, but I love having like sunlight blasting through all my, like as much sunlight as possible. Do you mean like during the day or like, cause when I'm sleeping, if it's, if it's just the right angle and the ass crack at dawn is like directly laser beam into my eye through the window.

36:38Courtney Miller:Yeah. I hate that. Oh, see, I would want, I would want, I could sleep, in sunlight. That's fine. Right, Shade and I can sleep wherever. Yeah, but I love sunlight. I'm like, oh, if the sun's out, do not block that. Buns are out. Okay, well, I feel like you guys shared some unpopular opinions, so I do have another one, but I don't have to say it, so. Arasha, please tell us what it is. We want to know. We're sorry. Okay. Fuck massages. Mary punching kill acupuncture. Correct. You don't like massages. I don't like massages. Like, I don't want pressure. I don't want... You get no relief from a massage.

37:17No, it hurts.

37:19Courtney Miller:You've never had an old, like, old woman walk on your back? No. Sometimes. Sometimes it's nice, but, like, only for a little bit, though. Then I'm back to being like, now I'm just, like, trying to go where you aren't. I used to hate massages because I feel like it would always tweak or twang something. and then I finally, finally, finally like a year or so ago went and went to like just one of those massage parlors that like it was like this one has good reviews on Google, great and it was just this old old lady and they're like we've got there's the Swedish style and the Thai style and we're gonna mix it up and I was like great and it was like 60 minutes and I was like this changed my life yeah, see but usually that means that they're gonna like fuck you up oh, I want them to fuck me up No, I don't want to be fucked up.

38:06Courtney Miller:I want to smell like tiger bone and fear. No, no. I want them to try to kill me. No, no. You can just give me a nice pat. You can give me a soft rub. What's going to happen there? I'll feel cute. You should look into Reiki. I think it does the same thing. No, no. Reiki, they don't touch you. I don't want that. Well, you beggars can be choosers, I guess. Yes. My massages that I get, I'm like, no, please break my body. My body is too tight. You need to break it apart. No, I'm kind of even scared of a scratch. Like, I'm so frail. I'm just so fragile. Wait a minute, Rasha. I'm putting something together here.

38:47Courtney Miller:You wake up at 4.30. You're frail, have hollow bones. Are you a bird? Do birds like watching dogs poop? I think they have to at the park. I'm a bird. All right. Let's move on to our next unpopular opinion. Where are we? Our next story comes from the unpopular opinion subreddit. So this is the OG. Okay. Okay. And they write, all hobbies are not equal. Certain kinds of hobbies deserve to be held in higher regard than others. Playing a sport, learning an instrument, singing, dancing, painting, writing. These are activities that require time and years of effort to become good at. They're admirable not just because they're cool, but because there is something deeply attractive about a person who has dedicated so much time to mastering a hard skill that executing it now feels relaxing to them.

39:40Courtney Miller:Lately, there's been a growing push online to classify things like watching movies, playing video games, watching sports, or listening to podcasts in the same category as these kinds of hobbies. They aren't. They are based on consumption, not creation. That doesn't mean consumption-based activities are bad or useless. Everyone needs ways to relax and unwind. There's nothing wrong with enjoying a good show, a game, or a YouTube binge after a long day. But if that's all there is to your personality, then you are, unfortunately, a boring person. Edit, I've wrongly added video games to the list of other passive activities.

40:14Courtney Miller:While some video games are like that, I agree that many require a lot of skill. It's true, we do. Okay, I think it makes me, I have a lot of thoughts regarding, like, this stuff in the way people are talking about stuff online of just like they're not equal like all these things a part of me kind of just boils it down to like what what do you care like why do i care like i don't know why it reminds me to um people talk a lot about this with reading they talk about like people go uh audiobooks don't count right like i hear that a lot that opinion and i kind of keep thinking like count as what like what are you talking about when i read a book, I'm like, I have gained one smart.

40:53Courtney Miller:Yeah. I love that. Yeah. Like, OK. Now, what I do see is maybe the category thing of like, I could see books, movies, TV shows and stuff as being like interests. And I agree that I'm like, what do you classify something that you physically do as opposed to something that you are interested in? Right. Like because I love watching movies and TV shows, but I'm like, that's just, I'm just watching those. But if I talk about like, oh, but I like playing a video game, I'm like, that's something I'm actively into. Yeah, an activity. An activity. But I'm also like, but at the end of the day, I'm not like, one is better than the other.

41:36Courtney Miller:How? Yeah, we're not like classifying on a human resume. What are you talking about? They've like, they've set up this weird hierarchy that they made up and now they're mad about it. I pissed myself off again. And I do kind of get what they're saying, but like, yeah, not every hobby is going to give you a skill. If pursuing a skill in something is your hobby, that's awesome. And sure, you can look at that and be like, to me, it's more interesting that you're someone that knows how to play the mandolin because you wanted to do that as opposed to someone who just wanted to watch a TV show. But that just means like you're just talking about the kind of people you want to hang out with and shit.

42:17Courtney Miller:Like this isn't like a. Yeah, they think they're winning the competition versus the guitar guy. Yeah. Nobody thinks that. You're so you're so right. And I think putting like the word skill on top of it really helps put it together because in hearing it back, I was kind of like, who cares? Yeah. Like it doesn't really matter separating these hobbies like that. But then when you put it to skill, then it's kind of like maybe that's when it becomes a little more competitive with other people. And people try to have like, you know, different different tools and in their tool belt and stuff. And so it starts to feel like, oh, well, oh, you paint.

42:53Oh, well, I sing. Oh, well, I watch TV. And it's like, well, that's not the same thing. And it's like it doesn't it doesn't really matter.

43:01Courtney Miller:It's funny because he calls out he says they're based on consumption. And but but his whole take is very much based on like what's your value to society? Like how productive are you? Yeah. Which is also like a very like kind of capitalist thing of like, hey, man, like most skills aren't like going to gain you much. My hobby is my side hustle. Ultimately for like what makes you feel good. Like you're here on earth. Like have fun. Like do what you enjoy. And some people enjoy watching a movie and some people enjoy knitting and some people enjoy playing a sport. They're all seeking the same thing, which is just.

43:33Courtney Miller:It's a pastime. Yeah, man. And look, I am somebody that has such a hard time turning off the brain and actually like relaxing. I'm like, why are you splitting hairs? Like, dude, I just want to be able to like enjoy myself for a minute. If somebody was just like watching a movie and say, you should learn a new language. I'd be like, fuck yourself. I just want to relax. I totally agree. I totally agree. And honestly, I didn't I didn't mind so much of the post at the beginning. Like if if you choose to put labels on things like that, totally fine. And then at the end when they kind of were like, oh, if you're like watching a bunch of YouTube videos or whatever, you're a boring person.

44:10Courtney Miller:You're a boring person. That I did not like because I feel the exact same way. It's very hard to turn my brain off from thinking about the tasks or the events or the past. Or the world. Literally everything. And so if what it takes is watching some TV and it tends to be for hours into the night, it's like that is how I'm choosing to spend my time. That doesn't then classify me as a boring person. It's very funny. you're a boring person. I'm like, what actually makes people interesting is not necessarily what they do in their life. It's typically what makes a person interesting is how interested they are in the people they're talking to.

44:44Courtney Miller:So I'm kind of like, yeah, a boring person is usually someone who's just obsessed with themselves, regardless of what they're doing in their life. Like I don't meet someone. I'm like, Oh, I'm, I, I want to be friends with you because you've done so much in your life. I'm like, no, I want to be friends with you because like, it's cool hanging out with you. So I'm like, what the hell is this person? This person is, unfortunately, just kind of feels like they've objectified everyone around them in a way. Or just kind of putting them all in this weird competition. Yeah. That's really unfortunate. It feels like a lesson plan on how to be a human being.

45:15Courtney Miller:Yeah. That's not a course we really all want to take. No. Well, I could use it, I guess. I guess I need it. All right. I was saying earlier that like a hobby to me, I guess, is like, is it active? Like and versus like a pastime or an interest being something you just engage with. But it's kind of there's a lot that like ride the line because it's like, I don't know, like reading is an interesting one because like I you have to focus when you're doing it. But it is also just that I'm like, I don't feel like it's that much different than a TV show. And some TV shows are really like, yeah, I don't have to think that hard.

45:49Courtney Miller:But some TV shows, you got to pay hardcore attention. And it's like reading a book. Oh, yeah. For me. So I don't know. I guess I could look at the literal definitions of the words and be like, OK, I'm going to categorize these. But in terms of just colloquially speaking, I use them interchangeably. And I'm like, I don't know why I would look at anything and be like, that's not a hobby. Like, yeah, your enjoyment of watching a TV show is not going to take away me learning how to yo-yo. Yeah. So I'm just like, okay, if I'm a boring person, then I don't think I'm going to get along with this person anyway.

46:24Courtney Miller:Yeah. I think for me, too, I've almost I think I rarely even use the word hobby when I'm talking with people and I am having a conversation about their interests. I often just say, what do you like to do for fun? Right. Which is really what it boils down to what you're doing for fun. Yeah. And then it feels like maybe there's a little less pressure if I'm like, what are your hobbies? And it's like, oh, well, OK, let me go through all of like the events or the classes that I take and stuff. When at the end of the day, it's just like, what do you do when you're not at your job? Like, that's what I'm trying to figure out.

46:54Courtney Miller:That's what I ask people now when I'm meeting them. And, you know, because usually people go like, so what do you do? Like, what's your job? I started asking, what do you like to do? As my first thing. And people always pause. They're like, what do you mean? I'm just like, what do you enjoy doing? As opposed to like, who are you to me? What's your job? Oh, you produce? Like, you know. They're like banking. Yeah, exactly. I like to do banking. Like, remember that you were a person wild and free, born outside of a system that they then put you in. Remember. Checking accounts. What also this guy has done that's, like, soul-sucking is he's talking about these skills in a matter of, like, developing the skills and getting better at it.

47:30Courtney Miller:So it's like, oh, if I enjoy drawing, but I draw for the next year and my drawings look the same at the end of the year as they did at the beginning, should I stop? Well, you're boring. It's like, yeah. It's like, oh, well, you're not developing the skill. It's like, well, I'm just doing it because it's fun. It's like the format of like Sims when you like, you know, do just enough, then you upgrade to the second level. And I think that they are. He's doing everything is like, how am I better? I need to keep improving. Yeah. That's awful. It's also like, I think there's a beauty to this, but it's like, hey, man, everything that you're going to develop and gain in your life, you're going to lose it all eventually, too.

48:03Courtney Miller:Eventually, you're going to be 60. And then you're dead. And then you go to the thresher. Yeah. So unpopular opinion. just chill out. Just relax. Comments. Well, I like knitting while watching TV. Skilly consumer-y. Someone said the purpose of a hobby isn't to be impressive, so it doesn't make sense to rank them by that attribute. Someone said, isn't a hobby something you enjoy doing? Someone replied to that saying, I was taught that a hobby is something you could improve in, even if you never invest the effort to do so. Otherwise, it's a pastime. Sounds like OP subconsciously feels the difference, but can't articulate it.

48:41Courtney Miller:I just think it's interesting, though because like you develop a lot of skill like i think about um i'll throw out a name uh luke at the smosh office has he watches so many movies and you could say like oh it's a pastime but what he's developed is he has a vast understanding of movies directors like he can talk about all these movies he knows how they're made like he knows all these aspects i'm like there is something that is being developed there though right and like especially we're in this industry, like he's an editor. So like it is a, it is developing a skill. Yeah. It's research. I don't, I don't know.

49:15Courtney Miller:Like I don't, I don't know where, where I would where I'd place these things, but ultimately, yeah, my take is I'm like, kind of like, I just don't care enough. Yeah. If you want to get technical with the words and the definitions, it's like, sure, you might, you might lose that argument here and there, but I think we kind of have agreed that it ultimately is just an enjoyment thing. Yeah. Shall we agree? I think. Shall we agree? I think we agree. It's a little bit like that meme of the format anyway of just like a group of people huddled and then one person's being like, actually, you can't really do that for the thing with one of those.

49:47Courtney Miller:And then like one person pops out of the giant group and goes and then goes back in. Yeah. I mean, like as though. I know what you're talking about. I know what you're talking about. You've seen it. You've definitely seen it. Anyways, moving on. Next story. This is back to the 10th dentist. the worm girlfriend question is logical remember uh would you love me if i was a worm i know exactly here we go this is a reference here we go this was posted like a year and a half ago when a girl asks would you love me if i was a worm it's not random it's a vehicle for more serious concerns what she's actually asking is will you love me when i'm not like this when i'm old and gross When I'm not sexually available, when I need help and I can't reciprocate, when your friends judge you, when our goals and dreams derail, when I can't give you what I'm giving you now.

50:41Courtney Miller:A worm ticks all of those boxes. Why ask it that way? Fear of dishonesty. The idea that guys are primed to say, of course, whether it's true or not. That the way to get to the truth is to ask in a roundabout way. A guy who might lie about whether or not he'd stay if she got cancer could be shaken out of autopilot and answer honestly. And the aversion men can have to discussing serious things. Some guys shut down completely. Some guys get mad. Some guys blow it off. If it's not happening, they don't necessarily understand why it's worth thinking about. So if she needs reassurance, she may know or believe it's not going to happen that way.

51:18Courtney Miller:It's not the best way to go about it, obviously. The best way is usually to lead with what the problem is, need for honest reassurance, and ask outright. So it's ineffective when compared to more direct communication. Does that mean it's illogical? No. There's a reason behind asking it in that way. The progression from problem to solution is logical. It's just also not the best solution. Okay. I'm on board. All right. I have some thoughts. Okay. I think the question, the meaning behind it depends on the asker. Like, it's really nice to espouse meaning to it like that. And I think for some people, if you're like going to break it down, sure.

51:57Courtney Miller:But the fact of the matter is a lot of people were just seeing the trend of being like, would you love me if I was a worm? Like, and I think it's just quite the literal of just like, if I was a little worm, how would you feel about it? Like, this is great. This is a great way to break it down. And sure, it could open up those doors and whatever. But I'm like, I hate this phrase. I'm so sorry, but I do think one of those was just like, it's not that deep. When people were asking it, it was not that deep. It was a trend for most people. Good conversations to have, but. It also, it rides the line of like tests.

52:27Courtney Miller:Like on TikTok, there was the whole like orange test where it's like, oh, ask your boyfriend, like, can you peel this orange for me? Yes. And they would film it. And then it's like, whether the boyfriend peeled it or not would indicate if they're good or not. And I'm like, if you're at the point where you need to test your partner, I think you're already passed like more serious things like if you're if you're not able to communicate effectively if you feel like if the premise of this question of like would you love me if I was a worm if you need to already phrase it in a weird way to trick your partner to talk to you honestly you maybe already just shouldn't be with that person yeah yeah because you don't trust them but I see what they're saying though they're saying that for a lot of women out there outside of the tiktok trends that the question is a way of actually getting to a real answer.

53:13Courtney Miller:It could be. More than asking the real question. But I agree with you. The way I saw it the entire time was like, it was done so much as a joke almost that it was like, is this real? But they're saying there could be realness to it. I agree that there are honest takeaways from the question. Yeah. Like all of that reads like it makes sense, you know, Especially when you boil it down to, would you love me if I wasn't able to give you all of these things, which is basically what it is. But for me, I think the illogical action is having to ask it like that. Yes. Instead of just being more direct and having it being like, I am feeling like this.

54:02Or just straight up, what is important to you in this relationship? Like, what are the qualities that make you stay between like maybe it's a little more. I think definitely it's more difficult to bring up those uncomfortable conversations with your partner. And I understand that this may be provided a tool for people to be able to open up that conversation in that dialogue. And I think for that reason, it might be OK. But but I totally hear you on the trap and the test of it all. And that does not feel appropriate. And it certainly doesn't feel healthy because then it leaves a lot of men or I mean, typically it was women asking their boyfriends this question.

54:40Right. It, I think, puts on the receiving partner of any kind to basically be like, OK, now I have to answer this question in the most correct way possible in order to win and get it right, as opposed to responding with that same truth and saying, well, these are the things that I think I could possibly endure and genuinely what keeps me in our relationship. It just feels like it takes away from the honesty when you kind of put some sort of silly umbrella like a worm on it.

55:12Courtney Miller:Yeah, because isn't it just boiling it down to I don't believe you really love me is like what the question is kind of really saying. It's like, hey, man, I've got a real big issue here. And the logical thing is to talk about it in a real way. And if you don't believe his answers or if he can't talk about it, then that's where you're at. This is also a huge trap to me specifically because if you're like me, you take things literally. My answer for these two things would be completely different. If it was an adult human being like, hi, I might get sick one day or like I might look different or my energy levels might change.

55:49Courtney Miller:Could you still love me through that? My answer would be, yeah. But if they were like, would you be able to love me if I was a worm? my answer would be like, oh, probably not because you're a worm. Is there any hope of getting better? You're just a worm forever for the rest of our lives. So we can't communicate through language. I don't know the anatomy of like how to help you. It would be extremely difficult to like feed you. It would be extremely difficult. Like there would be no reciprocation at all. But a sick person, I could. So I would fail the worm question in just a blaze of glory. Yeah.

56:24Courtney Miller:As a person, I'd be like, oh, I'll stand by your side. Yes. Yes. Yes. And the TikTok trend doesn't think about cases like that at all. Like the trend of it all is just like, oh, everybody universally can use this and it's going to answer your questions and fix your relationship. And that's why it's so irresponsible. I think I've seen so many stuff like that. There's like the bird theory, too. There's a new theory every day. Or there's like, you know, that if he wanted to, he would. And all of that bullshit. It's very toxic. It's so toxic. And I think it just programs all of us to think like, oh, well, if my situation, if my relationship, if my life, my routine doesn't look like the one I'm watching, there's something that I need to fix or there's something wrong with me.

57:06Courtney Miller:Sure. Yeah. It's a very twisted cycle. I don't like it at all. But I understand like the the polls, the psychology behind that. I understand what this post means. Yeah. Some comments here. Someone said, so many of OP's stated concerns are about sex and attraction, which is weirdly shallow. How are you supposed to have a conversation with a worm? How is a worm supposed to portray its personality? If a human did somehow become a worm, it would be totally indistinguishable from a normal worm. There would be no possible expression of humanity. There would be no her. What a dumb question. Someone else said, someone else said, I'm a woman.

57:43Courtney Miller:No woman in my circle takes the question this seriously. It's mostly asked in jest. to see how their boyfriend would respond. Usually something funny. What I'm trying to say is, sir, this is a Wendy's. Alas, someone said, the answer is no. If I can't recognize or communicate with you in any way, shape, or form, then a relationship is impossible. That is also logical. Yeah. It's one of those where, like, I find that people do this a lot with, like, maybe astrology or, you know, whatever, where they will just find something that sounds like really well thought out and in depth and they will tie it to something.

58:20Courtney Miller:Not calling out astrology specifically. I'm just saying like, I see this a lot online where they're like, actually, if you're someone that grabs the spoon before you grab the bowl, you are someone that is decisive and is ready for action and you leave the planning to others. And people are like, that is right. Like, it's a question of like, oh, if you're doing the worm question, what you're really asking is this. Yeah. Are you? Is that what you wanted to know? I think people feel very much a lack of control nowadays, which is reasonable. and I think we are starved for any sort of definitive answers on things.

58:52Courtney Miller:And we love, people love, especially online, the it's this or it's that. Yeah. And it's like, and now you know. And it's like, sorry, man, things are fucking gray. Nuance. Especially relationships. With our outfits. Like. This is purple. Is it really? Oh, shit. Leave it in the comments down below. Sometimes I have hard times with grays, but I'm getting like a green and a gray. I guess I always thought it was like, like mauve. Wait, are we being serious? Or a dusty lavender. A little, a dusty lavender, sure. Are you being serious right now? Are you fucking with me? Not giving dusty? It looks gray to me.

59:28Not dusty at all? It's gray. I thought my pants were gray. I'm wearing a ground fit right now?

59:35Courtney Miller:Your gray is closer to a beige. Beige? It's gray, but closer to a beige. This is like your jacket's like a darker gray than the pants. Nobody look at me. My socks are wet. I'm trying to figure out right now if I'm colorblind and that's what I'm focused on. Correct. But yeah, people love the black and white. They love like, no, he's bad. No, he's good. And here's how you find out. And it's one of two answers. It's like, yes, there's none of that. A relationship doesn't usually have much of that. That's how it is on Reddit stories often, too, is like even when we sort of cast someone as the villain in our mind and like there's a lot of work to be done.

1:00:07Courtney Miller:the first response is always just like dump him and kill him and I'm like sometimes but not yeah not every time I completely agree that even makes me feel like you know with the insecurity of I don't think you love me enough I feel like it's actually even one step before that where it's kind of like fishing for being like hey like do you love me a lot can you say that you love me a lot right now and it's like if they come up with this like cutesy answer that's like yeah babe I'm gonna love you when you're a worm or a bug or bird and you're like oh my god yay like and it's just like this again it's that little like dopamine spike where you're like wow and you're gonna need it again and then you're like well now what if i was an insect right you're exactly right though you do generally go fishing with a worm yeah whoa whoa all right our next story our next unpopular opinion.

1:01:03Courtney Miller:I skip every single dialogue or cutscene in every game I play, even in story-driven games. My time is super limited. I do not care about the story, neither in GTA nor Red Dead Redemption, The Witcher, Cyberpunk 2077, and many more. I just don't give a fuck about the story. I just want to play, do something, and not be a spectator. That's what I use movies and TV shows for. I acknowledge that I am obviously missing what make these games magical and experiences, but I mean, it only affects myself. So yeah, I get like two to three hours a week to play video games and I want to use these hours to actually play and not listen to someone talk.

1:01:39Courtney Miller:Cheers. Edit. Just a little addendum. I also think it's kind of pathetic when people look down on others because they're not playing on the hardest difficulty. OMG, then it's not even a challenge. How boring. Dude, I want to relax, not sweat over having to start over and over and beat some boss in Dark Souls or Elden Ring. I'm a 33-year-old man, married guy with a demanding job, physically exhausting hobbies, and a mortgage. Life brings enough challenges as it is. When I play games, I just want a short escape from reality. I don't want a challenge. I want to relax. Buddy. This dude is beet red.

1:02:12Courtney Miller:What the hell is going on, man? Why are you so angry? Physically exhausting. He brought up his hobbies as if they're like a problem. I mean, well, they're skillful. It's like, God, I gotta keep yo-yoing. Oh, he's so angry. He's mad. I can feel his anger. Oh, man. Sun's going down, big fella. I know. I'm also kind of like, hey, man, you know you don't have to play those games. You can play any game you want. He gave two opinions here. And the first one is like, look, I'm a voice actor. I voice in video games. I'm proud of the work that I do, as I'm sure most people in the industry are of the work that they do.

1:02:49Courtney Miller:Skip it if you want to skip it, man. You bought the game and then you're going to play it. It's your preference. I don't care. And regarding the difficulty thing, like, you know, I do think game designers intend for there to be a specific experience. If you need some help or need it to be easier in order for you to enjoy it. Great. I don't give a shit. Live your life. Play a game. You know what I feel like is happening with this guy is he's reading too much shit online. Yeah. Because these are opinions that I see a lot only online. Yeah. Of people being like, oh, you're not experiencing the game for real or you're not playing it on the hard.

1:03:23Courtney Miller:The only people I've heard talk about you should play games on the hardest difficulty are on forums or Reddit posts. Sure. In real life, people are just like, hey, man, how's it going? Like that. Are you having a good time? It's a different vibe. Totally. He's mad at the Internet. He's mad at the Internet. And who among us is it? Yeah. Among us. Truly. This reminds me like when the Internet, when I pull up just things and it just pisses me off. I'm like, what did I do? And I imagine it from my cat's perspective of me being fine, being normal, pulling out my phone and just be like, fuck. And he's like, my cat must be like, why does he keep looking at that stone?

1:04:05Courtney Miller:I sometimes refer to my phone as my piss me off device. I'm just like, that's what it does sometimes. I'm like, why do I do this? That's awesome. I've gained nothing. It's still the chemical release either way. I've had to stop going on like certain apps because I'm just like, oh, I'm just mad all the time. Yeah. I can't do it. Or sad. Yeah. It's just a bummer. It's just constantly a bummer because it's never going to be like full of truth. It's never going to be like an honest outlook of the whole world. Just people that feel really strongly and often have an opinion that's going to upset other people.

1:04:39Courtney Miller:Yeah. And to be clear, I'm not even reading like the news. I'm like looking up bullshit. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm looking up bullshit online about things and people like a Reddit post where I'm like, oh, yeah, I don't need this information. Totally. I just got mad. Or just like with social media, too. Like it's just you you look at other people, you start comparing your lives, you see how they're living. And then it just becomes like I think it's almost like that that that theory of kind of like if somebody else is not doing exactly what you're doing, then you must be doing something wrong. Yeah.

1:05:09So you immediately feel invalidated because that person is not doing the same thing as you. Sure. And it's really troubling. And obviously on social media, you're going to be exposed to so many different people doing other things. So if you're prone to that and you're like having to having to come to your own defense, so much so that you're writing this very angry Reddit post, it's like you're the only one who's really heated up about this.

1:05:32Courtney Miller:You know what I just put together, too? Uh-oh. Here's how we got to that connection. when you play a game, a modern game, and you want to choose an easier difficulty, they don't call it easy difficulty. That's too, there's too many associations with that. They call it story mode. Yeah. Because they're like, these are for newer casual players who just want to experience the story, meaning like combat and things aren't going to be as hard. So that's why he's seeing that being like, I hate the story. And as someone that hates the story, it's bullshit that they make me think that I want to watch it when I just need it to be easier.

1:06:06Courtney Miller:Yeah. This guy's just mad about things he doesn't even be mad about. Yeah. He needs to enjoy his hobby. He needs to get a hobby. Yeah. And it's not video games. Just kidding. It's a hobby. Well, some of us get pretty good at it. Some people are pretty goaded. Comments. Honestly, this subreddit has so many fucking garbage and poorly thought out takes that when I see one like this, I just think, yeah, sure. I disagree. No notes. Upvote. OP responded, OP responded, I would never have posted here if my colleague hadn't told me that it's super weird that I don't care about the story of games that the developers obviously put a lot of thought into.

1:06:42Courtney Miller:What can I say? I am still traumatized by that one Metal Gear game that had like a 40-minute cut scene. I know that it's Kojima's thing, but come on, I am trying to game here, and I'm in a hurry. He's talking about Metal Gear Solid 4. That shit happened. I mean, that was my other theory, was that it was one person who upset him, and he was like, Everybody sucks. Well, two people, his buddy and then Hideo Kojima. Hideo Gamejima? Can I say something real quick? Sure, yeah. I was at a con this past weekend, and David Hader was there, and he walked by me. We were swapping out in this photo area. I was like, excuse me, are you David Hader?

1:07:19Courtney Miller:And he's like, yeah. And I was like, I love your work. And he goes, hey, you're pretty good. Wow. Just off the cuff, he did it. Whoa. And then he sat behind me on the bus. It was nice. Wow. Someone said, why don't you just not play story games? COD and HD2 have good graphics. OP said, I mean, yeah, I could, but it's not like story-driven games don't give me anything. I just don't really care about the story. I mean, I enjoy RPGs. I enjoy farming for XP, resources, et cetera. I enjoy doing quests. I just don't care about the why. Somebody leave this man alone. Dude, I love story and games so much.

1:07:56Courtney Miller:It's half the reason I play. But like, I'm not going to sit. If I like want to tell you about a game, I'll tell you about the story and be like, yeah, you're going to love this. It's going to be great. But if I was like, are you playing this game? And you're like, yeah, we're playing the same game. And you were like, but I don't care about the story. That's just the end of that part of the conversation. Yeah. Like, who gives a shit? Yeah. Someone else said, why do you play story based games then? It must be boring as hell. OP said, because I still enjoy the graphics and the gameplay. To be completely honest, though, my favorite game series of all time is the Orcs Must Die series.

1:08:26Courtney Miller:super easy to learn no story just plain tower defense and super fun still from time to time I like to play other games because I find the world slash mechanics slash graphics super interesting I just don't really care about the story I'm more of a film buff alright man yeah for sure and also I hate video games for this and also I despise video games lastly someone said then don't play story driven games I guess upvoted side note if you had more time to yourself do you think you'd actually get invested in a story or do you think you'd still skip past everything Opie said, I've asked myself that question.

1:08:57Courtney Miller:Honestly, I don't know. I am freshly married. I have a demanding job for which I have to travel abroad a lot. And I don't think that I'd use the fictional extra time for diving deeper into video games. I don't want to shit on developers here. Don't get me wrong. I know that a lot of video games have beautiful storylines, etc. But I'm super impatient. And when I get the time to play, I want to play. Not listen to dialogue minute after minute. There are plenty of games that cater to my tastes. But sometimes I just want to have the freedom of an open world and everything else except for all the dialogues.

1:09:29Courtney Miller:Ha ha. Goddamn. You know what it is, too, is that he's not even asking for help. Yeah. He doesn't want advice. No. He's just like putting it out there and people are still like, well, why don't you do this? And why don't you do that? He's like, because I don't want to. And I don't like that. I don't want to, man. This is the 10th dentist. Right. So let this man live. Let him do his thing. Let him do his thing. Listen, he is a married man. Freshly married. Freshly married, and he is exhausted. He did at the end there. He did at the end. I know. The way he's talking about his life, he's like, oh, I'm fucking married.

1:10:03I have a new fobby's wife.

1:10:05Courtney Miller:I'm tired. Can I be honest? I don't really care. Like, this guy's allowed to do whatever he wants. A lot of his shit's not adding up for me. He's talking about how he's like, yeah, I love The Witcher, Cyberpunk 2077, Red Dead Redemption. He's talking about games that all came out in, like, the past five years. He says he only has two hours a week. I'm like, I don't believe you've beaten all these. I don't believe you've even. Well, he's freshly married. Baby before that. New wife. Before that, before his fucking wife. His fucking new wife and his stupid job that sends him around the world. Because it's exhausting.

1:10:38Courtney Miller:And he has all this time to be in Reddit. I was about to say. Arguing with people about shit. I'm like, what's going on here, dude? Why are you so mad? Your life, you're describing your life being pretty not horrible. I don't know I love him this is a funny guy yeah anyways he did also perfectly he did he did describe Breath of the Wild perfectly at the end there he wanted an open world with no dialogue I'm like yeah that's why I love Breath of the Wild it's just stuff you just run around yeah no dialogue he's just like yeah truly spoilers oh shoot that is a lot alright it's time for our final unpopular opinion they write we should put dinosaurs on money instead of imperfect dead people Ooh, I'm here for it.

1:11:22Holy shit.

1:11:23Courtney Miller:Dude, dude, check out the shirt. There it is. Dead dude on a dinosaur. Yeah. 100 would be the ferocious Tyrannosaurus. He's just getting into it. Okay. He said example. 50 would be the invincible Triceratops. 20, the mighty Ankylosaurus. 5, the indomitable Apatosaurus. 1, the indefatigable. Indefatigable. It's not the easiest word. Whatever. Maybe we cut that word. How about the one would be pterosaurs? Dead human beings simply cannot live up to the purity standards demanded of them by living human beings. The only avatars of perfection that can withstand the crucible of self-righteous moral relativism are the mighty dinosaurs.

1:12:08Courtney Miller:For 200 million years, the dinosaurs ruled the earth. And T-Rex, they were in North America. They were in that you can find their fossils in Montana and stuff. So they're an American icon. I have notes. Like Ankylosaurus, Ankylosaurus, however you say it, that's always been my favorite. Love that being on the 20th. That's great. No problem. But like T-Rex on the 100, that feels a little basic. Sure. We need some more like American stables, like the Utah Raptor. That's a thing. Put that on the five. Or the Utah Jazz. The Utah Jazz. Only dinosaurs in basketball now. Basketball player. But like, as a five-year-old who wrote it, dinosaurs!

1:12:51Courtney Miller:Dinosaurs are the best. The Triceratops, though, I don't think that's, I don't think that's the move. I think they'd found that that was like a, a different stage of a different dinosaur. Oh, it was like multiple. That is going to be the tough thing is like, I feel like dinosaurs, we shift our, what they looked like. Like, do they have feathers? What did their feathers look like? What's their shape? What's their color? I, I would argue more. I like what this angle is though, because like, look, we have Andrew Jackson on one of the bills and that guy was a monster. Yeah, he sucks. Yeah, he was awful.

1:13:21Why? Okay, well.

1:13:25Courtney Miller:I'm going to scroll. I would argue more for animals, but put like bison. Like, look, iconic American legend bison. Put like moose. Angela won't know what those are, but you know, you just put them on there. Right. And then like famous American, like look, have just a bald eagle. Do we have to have pictures on them? I think you have to have stuff to recognize. We could just put a big one on it. It's so easy. It's like Cotton Bob money. It's just like a giant one on a green square. Yeah. And then a five and a ten and a hundred. Drone by crayon. Yes. And you just tell people this one's real. Yeah.

1:14:07Courtney Miller:I think we should alternate. I think it needs to be like dinosaurs, like, you know, for the history history, and then like figures that we actually like. Like there was that movement for like Harriet Tubman to be on the 20th. I think it was. So I think it needs to be like Ankylosaurus, Harriet Tubman, like a Archaeoporist would be the one. Dream Blunt Rotation. T-Rex. Like, yeah, like famed American poet Langston Hughes. Just like Pterodactyl, Dolly Parton. Dolly Parton. This lineup is crazy. Sorry. Put that. It's been right here the whole time. Put them together. Harriet Tubman, like, mounted on a full apotosaurus.

1:14:49Courtney Miller:Okay. Like, oh my God. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Draw it, draw it. Yeah, yeah. Comments, imagining how stoned you were when you wrote this made me laugh. Someone said, I wish this would happen, but there would be controversy about making the dinosaurs historically accurate. Do we show them with feathers or not? Maybe just do the skeleton. At least we're confident on that. Someone said, I would like to nominate the horseshoe crab for the silver dollar coin. They may not be a dinosaur proper, but they've been around 450 million years and have played a crucial role in manufacturing vaccines. True.

1:15:23Courtney Miller:Do they help make them? Yeah, they're a little fucked up hands. No. I got this. Don't worry. Their blood, which is blue, has something to do with like doing that. Yeah. Lastly, someone said wrong sub for this mate. This is a solid opinion that would benefit any culture with the courage to implement it. I think it's awesome. Unfortunately, it will never happen. No. Well. Never say never. I also need to say like, you know, if anybody is thinking about sending me like videos or photos of like dogs pooping, you don't have to. Because I like I will seek them out myself. I will see them in public all the time.

1:16:00Courtney Miller:Now it's weird that you're looking up videos. Well, no, no, I'm not. No, I just in like my life. OK, got it. As I like, you know, I'm walking outside and stuff. Can I give you one note as a friend? Yeah. C sharp. No, can I? I think you were saying like you don't have to. Again, as someone that takes it literally, I'm like, oh, well, I still can. It's no problem. I see. Be direct at the camera. Don't do it or do it. Okay. Please don't. There we go. Please don't. Okay. I don't need that. I just want to share. The person with the social grace to send you a shitting dog video is also not going to understand the maybe you could, maybe you couldn't.

1:16:33They're still going to, but, you know, just needing to put that out there, you know. They're watching.

1:16:38Courtney Miller:They're like, yeah, that's for sure. Don't. Don't. Don't worry. Don't worry, I'm not craving it or anything. I'm not desiring it. I just, it's just the way I am. It's been so great. The problem is now we can cut it out because there's like five different points of us talking about it. We can't cut half the episode anymore. No, it's fine. Yeah, it's all good. It's okay. I think it's because it follows up, like you had your dropout presentation where you were like, dogs aren't cute. Yes. But now followed by this opinion, it's a weird combination. It's a little hypocritical. I did recently. In the strangest way.

1:17:17And listen, people are contradictions.

1:17:19Courtney Miller:They sure are. I did recently watch the Shane killing other Shanes one again. It was great. I didn't ask you all your favorite dinosaurs. I'm so sorry. Oh, favorite dinosaur. I don't think I have one. Well, just, you just get to pick. Um, you know, the, uh, the tall one. The brontosaurus. Yeah. I can see that. I love dinosaurs. Yeah, that one. That's pretty good. That shot of, like, Littlefoot's mom turning around to see him, and she just, like, goes off camera, and then... What did you say, Littlefoot? Like, it's a crazy shot. Is there only one tall dinosaur? No, there's plenty of tall dinosaurs.

1:18:03Courtney Miller:How did you guys... But brontosaurus is the tallest one. That's the one. That's the Fred Flintstone at work. Oh, okay. It's just a very famous dinosaur. Okay, yeah, I like that one. Dinosaur 101. Okay, that one's my favorite. Okay. Thank you both for being here. Thank you for sharing your unpopular opinions. Very brave. Thank you. And thank you all for watching. And we'll see you next Saturday. Goodbye. Bye.