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Staying Relevant

19 Feb 2026 · 31m · 11 chapters

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Sam and Pete Rant Off: Who’s the biggest Karen?!

In short

The hosts (Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks) read listener emails and rant about “Karen” behavior, especially oversharing on social media when someone is in hospital. They also debate “male Karen” energy, complain about bathroom hygiene (toothpaste spit/dirty sinks), and discuss gym annoyances and a “tonsil stone” incident. They add light banter about Pancake Day week and Pete’s “glow-up” (shorter hair, less drinking, calmer demeanor).

Key claims

hospital posts are often for validation/engagement rather than awareness; if it’s not raising awareness, keep illness private; Pete’s glow-up is mostly aging + haircut, not a planned blueprint; chirpiness is real but not intentional.

Notable examples

a camera set up to “cry down the lens”; hospital visitors asking for snaps; toothpaste spit left in sinks; a tonsil stone flying onto someone’s cheek.

Guests

none (no interview guests; only listener emails).

Written by AI. May contain mistakes.

Chapters

0:33

Pancake Day Celebration

Discussion about Pancake Day and personal traditions around it.

“You've definitely been there, and that's why we use ZocDoc.”
3:19

Friendship and Invitations

Lighthearted banter about friendship, invitations, and family visits.

“We've elevated the behind the scenes for the O2.”
6:25

Compliments and Personal Growth

Exploring personal compliments and changes over time, including health and appearance.

“And, you know, I have to wait in queue for everything.”
14:01

Chirpy Observations

The hosts discuss a friend's unique walking style and chirpiness.

“When he walks in, he does that little skip.”
16:01

Listener Email: Freya's Story

The hosts react to a listener's amusing English class experience.

“Saturday, September 26th, two of combat sports' most dangerous strikers collide, Bare Knuckle.”
19:11

Aging and Attractiveness

The conversation shifts to the appeal of different age demographics.

“Oh, well, I mean, could have done without that sentence.”
24:55

Social Media Hospital Visits

The hosts rant about the appropriateness of sharing hospital experiences online.

“So thank you ever so much Freya and Jenna.”
28:01

Navigating the Online Journey of Illness

The hosts discuss the motivations behind sharing personal struggles online and the line between seeking validation and raising awareness.

“If you're doing it to just, just tell people how shit your life is to garner validation and attention, then I honestly think you're a fucking.”
30:01

Bathroom Etiquette and Personal Space

A humorous rant about the importance of cleanliness in shared spaces and the frustrations of living with others.

“I do not want to share a bathroom with anyone because people are fucking dirty, right?”
31:27

Gym Rants: Treadmill Walkers

Discussion about the oddity of gym-goers who only walk on treadmills and the broader thoughts on exercise habits.

“Next one, I think, is more of a you one because the gym is an alien concept to me.”
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32:53

Tonsil Stones: A Gross Encounter

An anecdote about a gross experience involving tonsil stones and the unexpected hilarity that ensues.

“And it flew out and it hit me on the cheek and I wiped it off and it was a white thing.”
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0:24We'll see you next time. This episode is sponsored by ZocDoc. Have you been putting off a doctor's appointment or need a dentist and don't know where to start? You've definitely been there, and that's why we use ZocDoc. Actually, over the holidays, Michael had a dental emergency, and seemingly every office was closed. But we hopped onto ZocDoc, found an in-network dentist, had great reviews, saw real-time appointments available, which was key. It was on New Year's Day, and booked an appointment in just minutes. It took so much of the stress out of the already stressful situation. ZocDoc makes it easy to search and compare over 250 ,000 local in-network providers across more than 200 specialties.

1:11So you can find the right doctor or dentist and book instantly. Ready to be seen? Download the ZocDoc app today and book that appointment on your to-do list. That's Z-O-C-D-O-C. ZocDoc. Saturday, September 26th, two of combat sports' most dangerous strikers collide. Bare Knuckle. Liverpool's own Darren the Gorilla Till goes to war with Cuban powerhouse Yoel Soldier of God Romero. Plus, the Bare Knuckle Middleweight Championship of the World is on the line when the reigning champ Dave the Redneck Mundell defends against undefeated British challenger Jack the Meat Cleaver Colon. BKFC 94. Till vs.

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2:22watch on Josh and Kira's YouTube channel as of 5pm on Wednesday, which means you can catch us on a Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday. Make sure you rate, review, do all of that sort of stuff. The bonus episode is a lot to do with you. It's your emails. It's a chance to get in contact with us and the team. So if you want to be part of the bonus episode or you want to email us anything, then email the worst email address in the world, which is hello at srproductions.co.uk. Okay, just again, lots of housekeeping these days. We, I don't know if you know, but we held out the O2 back in September. Kind of a big, big fucking deal.

3:04Kind of a big deal. Obviously, people that watch the show or stream the show, you would have seen what happened. But what you won't have seen is what went into that. We may have something dropping fairly soon, which is a behind the scenes type of thing, but a different level. We've elevated the behind the scenes for the O2. So keep your eyes peeled for that. Because in the coming weeks, you will have an opportunity to see something very exclusive, something very different from us, something we're very proud of. I don't want to give it away. But Sam, do you want to give it away? Well, I would love to give it away.

3:41We have, can I actually give it away? Well, just do one of your subtle kind of hints. Okay, fine. There may be a documentary coming out. So that was less subtle than normal. That is just giving it away. But there you go. That's all my housekeeping done. Oh, by the way, happy Pancake Day week. Eh? Well, it's not exactly Pancake Day, but it is Pancake Day week. There's no such thing as pancake. Yeah, there fucking is. Pancakes all week. No, it's on the fucking, what day is it? Shrove Tuesday. Right, so it's on a Tuesday. The other six days are irrelevant. Oh, I love it, mate. I love going for a pancake.

4:16You go for a pancake? Yeah, there's a really good place near me called My old Dutch. Unbelievable. Is it just open one week a year? Well, I only go once a year, yeah. Right. It's really nice. And I try and make my own pancakes. Well, I was going to say, with your new sort of cooking YouTube channel, probably that's what you should do. I've never done a pancake day. You've never had a pancake day? No, I've had pancakes, obviously. But I have them when I want them. I don't, you know, limit it to sort of one day a year. And what, I don't. You never celebrate it? You don't really celebrate. You just eat it.

4:45What's the celebration? It's a huge day for some people. No, it's not. It's an opportunity for people to go, look at me, flip a pancake. Yeah, and then I put a little bit of lemon sugar on mine. Oh, no, it's on the ceiling. Oh, you dropped it. Oh, you silly Billy. Silly Billy. She's never celebrated. That's a shame. Because it's not, it's just like, yeah, I love pancakes today. There's a religious connotation to it. Yeah. Which, you know, and I'm not overly religious. So yeah, all right. Sweet. Happy Pancake Week. Well, I can't wait for one. What are you going to be doing for this? Then what's the big celebration?

5:14What were the festivities in fucking Pancake Thompson world? I'm going to invite the family round for a pancake, for sure. So Louise will pop in from next door. Yeah, Louise will pop in from next door. And I'll just make it on pancakes. I love it. Like you said, I'll do a little flip, maybe put one on the gram. And then, you know. Yeah, of course you will. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why not? Lemon and sugar, a bit of Nutella on there as well. Lemon, sugar and Nutella? Yeah, I'd go quite wild. Then I'd put a banana on that. That is crazy stuff, man. Lemon, sugar and Nutella. You fucking, you madman. Do you want to come round for pancakes?

5:41No. No, but don't just say no without thinking about it. No, I've thought about it because I knew that was coming. I've thought about it since we started the pancake shake four minutes ago. And I thought at some point he's going to invite me round. So I was thinking for four minutes. So it wasn't just like a snap decision. I don't want to. I'd love to be in Pete's head because I reckon that's true. I reckon the moment we start talking about it, he went, he's going to fucking ask me to come round for pancakes. And I already don't want to go. Yeah, it was just a no. You haven't been round my house in a very long time, actually.

6:07I've noticed that. I've noticed that a lot. Do you know what? Do you know who brought that up? Louise. She went, Pete hasn't been round for a while. I went, I know. You're due, you're due a Thompson gaff. You never know. Pancake day might be the day. Pancake day could be the one. It won't be, but you're just... Very hard to get hold of Pete now. He's Mr. Busy, his old Peter Wicks. You know, these pins start to suit. It's not just for today. He's suited and booted most days now. And, you know, I have to wait in queue for everything. Wait in queue? I have to wait in line like everyone else. Wait in queue?

6:38I have to wait in queue. Pete and Goody, I'm in there, and I'm waiting in queue. I'd quite like to get you round. That's all I'm saying. I miss you. I'd like you to come round at some point. Yeah. It's tough. I mean, it's tough. It's tough. It's tough out there. You know, I'm in the trenches. I'm busy. I understand that you miss me and sort of the three days a week that I see you isn't enough. It's not enough. I mean, it is more than enough. It's about two and a half days too much. If I'm honest with you. I mean, a couple of hours catch up. We'll do. Yeah. But you coming round and Ted being there.

7:11Yeah. Nah. Like the good old days. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No. He wonders why I don't travel all the way to fucking West London from East London. Because I'll get there and they go, yeah, I just want to spend some time here. The minute the doorbell goes, there's a camera up my fucking nostrils. And then it's a case of, right, now I've got this amazing idea. I've got this amazing idea. What is it? All right, let me just find it. There's no idea pre-planned. And then it ends up just being, right, right, I know this is going to be amazing. It'll only take two minutes. And it would ordinarily take two minutes because you get it on the first take.

7:46But we do an hour of it and then use the first take. And there's only so many times I can travel two hours to walk across a zebra crossing. Because there's zebra crossings where I live. I mean, I was thinking about this morning as well. I mean, you know, this office, love the office. It's great for all of you. I'm going to move the office to East London. Mate, look, to make you smile, I know you love the emails that people send in. I don't care. No, you do. You absolutely adore them. You know, obviously, you know, hello at srproductions.co.uk is your favourite email address. Only when they're good email, because quite often you just send a shit.

8:20Well, this one's from Jenna, and she goes, Hi, Staying Relevant Team. I'm a long-time fan from pretty much the beginning, and I wanted to write in, as I feel there's been a lot of attention on Sam's glow-up. Well done, by the way. You look fantastic, Sam. Thank you very much. I really appreciate that. Buy a fucking dishy cloth, please. If you think I look nice, buy a dishy cloth. That'd be nice. But no one's acknowledging Pete's club. No bitterness at all. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It hasn't affected him. No, it's because you remind me every day. I don't. Yes, you do. The first thing Pete says when he comes in and sits down is, how's the pole done?

8:54But that wasn't about the dishy club. Knowing. It was about the voice note. Knowing how the pole's done. Right. Knowing how the pole's done. But just so he can fucking get out there. Sometimes we just have to put you back in your place. I've never got out the place. Listen, I've never met anyone that will come in. there's two types of people in the world, right? There is the type of people that genuinely don't think a lot of themselves. And then there is a type of people that say they don't think a lot of themselves in the hope that someone will go, no, you're not getting fat. You've just been to the gym.

9:22Or your hair's not that bad. Or, do you know what I mean? And there's different things. And we love to compliment you. It's our favourite thing to do here. Is it not? Well, listen, Pete. Because of the joy it gives him. On that note, I think it's time to compliment you. She's gone, no one is acknowledging Pete's glow up. It is perhaps more subtle and over a long period of time, so almost goes unnoticed. I was watching the last eight latest bonus episode and couldn't help but think how distinguished and healthy, dare I say chirpy Pete seems. I want to compliment him on how well and dapper he looks, especially with the shorter hair and jawline.

10:01Love the pod, keep recording as it brings a huge smile to my face. I look forward to watching each episode on YouTube. You are both truly brilliant from Jenna. Oh, that's actually a very nice email, Jenna. Thank you. The Globe has been. It's an interesting one, Pete. This is kind of a backhanded compliment. I'm not meaning to give it to you, actually. No, I mean to give you the compliment without the backhand. You have a way about you, Pete, where you're very confident. And so, like, we've always just thought you looked fucking phenomenal. Like, always. Like, not long ago, Pete looked completely different.

10:36I was looking, mate, this is in Bauer, like, a year ago, right? Like, mate, you have changed. I don't know how we haven't noticed it fully. But, like, if you look at yourself with the longer hair and, like, you've almost got to mull it yourself. Like, it's, like, down there. It's, like, at the shoulders. Mate, it's wild. You look so different a year ago to how you look now. We'll bring something up, I'm sure, right? Jenna is so right. It's gone so under the radar. You've changed your barnet, your eyewear. Something else has changed about your face, your jawline. You're looking fucking great. Do you know what?

11:19There's no intentional fucking glow up, and I don't think I have. I'm just aging, so it's slightly different. I think I have probably matured in the dress sense style of things. I'm less sort of leather jacket and look like I need a bath. The hair has made a massive difference. The beard is shorter. Do you know the only thing that I think has made a difference is I don't drink like I used to. Yeah. My face isn't as puffy and swollen because you used to be able to tell. I mean, how many times did I used to turn up hungover? Which is your default back then. Yeah. And like I notice it now. If I drink now, the next day, it's like I've gone back 10 years because my eyes are puffy, my whole fucking cheeks are puffy, everything.

12:00I don't drink much now. And I think that has made a significant difference to me looking healthier. and the hair is obviously very, very different. Yeah, but it's interesting, isn't it? I'm a lot calmer than I was. The chirpiness. I don't understand that. I don't know. Just putting it out there, you just seem chirpy, like a bird chirping, you know? You walk in and there's a spring in your step and you just, I love it. And it's nice that Jenna sent that in because I think that we have, and I'll take it, I'm very happy with, with the compliments I got last year. It was a tough year. So it was nice.

12:38It got me through, but I think that there has been a real undertone. And me and people were talking about this actually, just before you came in and we were wondering, you know, have you been secretly like, has this been in the works a while? Have we been planning this a two year blueprint almost to sort of like blueprint? Well, just to sort of ease into your early forties, you know, and just sort of like, just ease your way in. And actually, whatever it is, mate, it's fucking working. Do you know what? It's probably more because I think it's probably the opposite. I don't care as much. Do you know what I mean?

13:15No. I think, you know, right. So the long hair was a statement. You know what I mean? Like it was like, that's Pete's thing. It's just fucking hair. Like, do you know what I mean? So for years I was like, well, I can't really fucking cut my hair. I don't care now. Like, so now I'm just, my hair is just easier. it's I think as I've got older shorter is better this is Pete Wicks this is this is the true Pete Wicks the soul the well I don't know the gooey centre I don't think we're ever going to find that the chirpiness I don't really get that I think I'm still as miserable as I always have been have you miserable see Pippa shaking her head what do you think about that I think he's way chirpier yeah same I think you're so chirpy now yeah like just like so chirpy what almost too chirpy yeah almost I've heard you gone.

14:01It's that little skip he does. Yeah. When he walks in, he does that little skip. And you're like, oh, it's a little shoulder fucking wiggle. And you're like, what the fuck are you talking about? You do. I'm not even like you do sometimes. So what do you think? What do you think the chirpiness is down to then? And when do you think this chirpiness started then? I think this chirpiness started.

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16:36Last... No, actually, you were a terror last year. I was going to say... You were fucking awful last year. I was going to say October, November. Weirdly also... Maybe around the time of the book and Vegas. Yeah, maybe a bit before that, though. Well, there's been no... Just to put it out there in case, you know, I didn't realise it was such a concern or a topic of conversation. I think it's just nice to recognise. It makes me feel very uncomfortable. He's got two hands on each fucking arm of the chair. There has been no plan for chirpiness. I haven't slowly thought, do you know what I'll do? I'll slowly, just under the radar, I don't want to make it too obvious, but I'll turn it up a notch today.

17:20There also hasn't been a designated, there's not an end goal for the glow up. You know, it's not like I suddenly thought to myself, Christ, I need to think of a fucking, like a 12 step plan. I would, I absolutely, and I. No, it's not that you would, you did. Yeah. And it worked incredibly well. I think I just, you know, I've just, I've just taken a backseat and just fucking got on with it. You are calmer. You are calmer. Like I used to tell Pete the odd thing or like something. Now the reaction is just never what I think it's going to be. He's like, eh. It's like, what the hell? Maybe he's on the ganja.

17:58Maybe. Let's start that rumour. Oh my God. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Pete loves a spliff. Daily mail. Druggy. But yeah, no, I don't know. I mean, it's very nice of Jen, but I don't really think there's a difference. I think it's obviously my hair was such a big fucking thing. I think because that's gone now, people are suddenly like, it's like a whole different person. It's not, I've just cut my hair like this. I think that's, that's, that's mainly it. Well, it looks lovely, mate. And it's nice that people are saying that. Well, it's always, it's always, it's always, you know, it's always nice to get, you know, credit for, for the sort of, you know, the secret blueprint.

18:35My plans are all coming. And the chirpiness. And yeah, you know, yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm just, you know, if you describe me now in two words, you know, previously it would have been sort of miserable and angry. Now I would say the two words to describe me would be happy bunny. Happy bunny. Ready for Shrove Tuesday. Back down to miserable and angry. In the blink of an eye. Well, I like that from Jen. I thought it was very nice. I think it's just this, you know, it's the, I'm getting closer to my end goal in life, which as we all know, and I've said for years, is death. So, you know, that's it what's your end goal in life to die how's that for chirpiness there we go back down um right another email thanks jenna uh hi sam and pete i was sat in my a-level english class when we were handed an extract from a podcast to my surprise it was from staying relevant specifically the opening to analyze the use of language our english teacher asked if anyone listened to this podcast and I was the only one.

19:39Oh, well, I mean, could have done without that sentence. Backhanded compliment that is as well. Thanks ever so much. My English teacher then asked me what I think of the lovely handsome man on the pod. I obviously replied with, yeah, I think Pete's gorgeous. She then said, no, not Pete. I asked if she meant Sam. This was also a no. To my surprise, she came up to me later to show me a picture of Digital Josh. Oh, as if. Josh, I hope you're happy with my 50-something-year-old English teacher finding you attractive. If you're listening, Judy, I'm sorry for outing you to your long-lost lover, Josh.

20:19Have a great day, guys. Love the pod. Freya, 18 years old. Well, listen. Could we just quickly say thank you to Freya for being 18? No. No, we cannot. No, we cannot. No. Thank you, Frey, for being a younger demographic of listener. I didn't think we had that. And listen, just thank you, Judy, for being 50-something. Yeah. All right. You know, age is nothing but a number. No. Over the moon with that. Yeah. We're going down. So listen, so we've just heard about my secret blueprint glow up. We've also, I mean, we've all been privy to your year-long glow up, very recognised. but with enough we speak about dishy cloths and the heart throb thing and we did the voice notes, what we didn't realise is that we have a dark horse in our midst who is looking to take over the throne, who is looking to take over the throne of the staying relevant heart a throb I'll get a dishy cloth I guess I think we could be looking at God for fuck's sake Now what will be interesting about this is if that dishy cloth outsells Sam.

21:31You all know it will. No, it won't. No, I'm just going to go home. Just going, you know what I mean? Josh, have you ever been called a heartthrob before? Is it something that you are new to? How do you feel? Yeah, I mean, heartthrob not to my face. But a lot of people say it behind your back. Maybe. Well, evidently. Well, I can tell you because we talk behind your back a lot. No. Never been mentioned. Well, you're not really. Your demographic. What is your demographic? I don't know. maybe 50 year olds now I don't know 50 something my interesting about that is like you do quite a lot to not be that prominent like not in life as in like on this pod like you're not front and centre right do you know what I mean yeah yeah she must have really eagle eyed did you not see him on the book tour yeah are you not entertained yeah I do actually remember that fucking seeing this if he blends into the background Pippa secretly there I love a stage though put me on stage I can't help it Jesus yeah Christ almighty I'm happy what we like to do on this pod and we've done multiple times is we like to encourage people to follow their dreams and we like to encourage people to be everything they can be and you are more than just the weird darkness creep that edits the podcast maybe we should look at including Josh more camera facing and potentially, merch wise Maybe if I bring you onto my dishy cloth, we do it together.

23:01That's not a bad idea. Fucking a duo. I reckon it will up sales. How many, how many, this is, how many staying relevant employees will it take on one dishy cloth to outsell Pete? Let's get all of us there. That'd be a bit weird having girls and boys, wouldn't it? I think it should just be. Well, it depends. You could just put a nice photo, but you instantly went with what you expected them all to be topless. Well, because you're topless and I'm topless, so the running theme is topless. Oh, well, so, so, so, okay. Yeah, Josh will have to take his kit off. So, so it's not weird for you and Josh to be topless together on a dishcloth.

23:36Josh, I'll do it. Yeah. Well, let's see if that makes it to police custody. If you don't know what he's talking about, go and listen to the first podcast. Yeah, it's brilliantly done, yeah. Yeah, if you don't, if you don't know what he's talking about, go and listen to the first podcast. I was going to say the first episode and then I was going to say it's not the first episode, podcast and went I've got this new fucking Twitch that's still there I can't stop doing it so this is a podcast hosted by the Pigeon Thompson I can't, I cannot, I'm really worried about it well, look, I mean I'm pleased for you and certainly it's something we're going to look into what I would like to know and maybe again we should probably click this bit up Sam loves a poll if we get a thousand people saying yes, we will make a limited edition run of Josh Dishycloths.

24:33Oh, this is going to go terribly. No, Josh, welcome to the party, big girl. Yeah, yeah. Welcome to shame, fear, bitterness and anger all wrapped into one little thing. Yeah, whereas all I am is chirpy. Yeah. I cannot wait. Well, I'm looking forward to it. So lovely, lovely emails there. Very nice. Very complimentary this week, which is nice. So thank you ever so much Freya and Jenna. Listen, let's just, sorry to carry on. No, no, no. Were you going to thank anyone else for the range? I was going to say, let's switch that up with question time. Da-da-da question time. Loved hearing, I'm not a Darren.

25:12Loved hearing Sam be a Darren. Please can we get both your opinions on anyone who checked into hospital on Facebook and when people comment, what's up? They're applying saying, I'll send you a DM. See I've got two I've got I'm two ways on this Because I've done that What Yeah But right okay Little thumbs up What we're going to do here Effectively what's happened here is Is the narrative of I rant about everything And I'm miserable Has taken a turn for the better for me Because what we've also realised is Sam also Loves a rant And he's potentially More of a male Karen Now people enjoy your rants I'm going to let you take this one away Do you know what?

25:56I've done it. Can't really judge. What I can judge, though, is something I saw yesterday. And I will never be able to get over this. And if I feel like this, you definitely will. Setting the camera for you to cry down the lens. There's quite a few. Have you ever seen that before? Can't rant about that. At this point, I'm going to take over. if you're going to hospital sad you're obviously there's something wrong for whatever reason deal with it no one needs to know do you know what I mean yeah like unless you are raising awareness for something unless you are taking people on a journey to whatever reason to kind of go I'm in the hospital what's wrong what's wrong I'll tell you in private.

26:49Just tell them all and you won't have to send a million fucking DMs, will we? But also, go and deal with your sickness alone, quietly. I don't need to know about it. Don't ruin my day worrying about you in hospital when there might not be something fucking... And if it's a you thing, typical, this is you. It'll be you in a bed, in a gown. Oh, God. I'd do anything to be back in the podcast office. Oh, my God, Sam, what's wrong? What's wrong? what's wrong but worse than that is when people visit people visit people and then can i get a quick snap this is one of my just most horrendous things is people um uh god it's been such a tough day someone is seriously ill in hospital and they've just taken a snap of them god it's not going to be the same without them looking like just why why why why have you had to update people watching or your followers on what's going on in your personal life there is an over sharing culture yeah on social media that that i just think is it's not because you care if you're raising awareness and stuff like that i completely get it yeah completely get and when i say if you're taking someone on a journey if you have a long-term illness or you regularly hospital and you're sharing that kind of journey to give hope and something positive back.

28:12If you're doing it to just, just tell people how shit your life is to garner validation and attention, then I honestly think you're a fucking. I would agree. I did it, but I agree. I mean, it ties in with you doing it because I think you're a fucking. Yeah. But I just, I just think it's, I don't know. I like, I think it's quite a sad state of affairs when anything that happens in your life that could be personal. And listen, friends, family and everyone else, you know, we're all lucky enough. And I must say this as well, because that that maybe sounds a bit harsh. We're all lucky enough to have kind of friends and family, but some people maybe don't look online.

28:56So you look online for that sort of thing. But in the same respect, I think the senior DM making it sound it's it's basically what you're doing is teasing an air of mystery to create more engagement. whether it be because I mean I don't know why you would do that in which case I just think fucking hell it's not saying I want to see it the minute I see something like that that person is deleted or muted

29:25I love the idea of being going nope it's literally what I do provided it's not a serious fucking thing that they're raising awareness for in which case it's a completely different thing but if it's just because you want someone to go oh my God, are you okay? And then go, yeah, I've got a boob on my knee. Another one, brushing teeth in the office, not a big deal for me. Do you know what I mean? I'd rather you have, you know, minty fresh breast. That's a very niche one. Than halitosis. If you want to brush your teeth, crack on. The only issue I do have with that, and this is a fucking big one, actually.

29:57Oh, this fucks me off, St. Chronic. I've lived on my own for a fucking long time. And I struggle. I do not want to share a bathroom with anyone because people are fucking dirty, right? If you brush your teeth, yeah, we all brush our teeth. Great. Love to see you brush your teeth. It's amazing. I'd rather you brush them than not. Clean the sink. Clean the fucking sink. Yes, clean the sink. Oh, my God. I live on my own. I still will wash the spit from my fucking thing down the sink. Same as if I shave over the sink. I wash the hair. You leave that shit around the fucking sink, I will bury you. Yeah, but that's because we're older.

30:34So if you do it in an office, if I walk into the fucking toilet in this office and some **** is having a shit. That's another one. Another one where I don't want to... And you're guilty of this because I've done it in your ass. He's got two arms up, by the way, for people listening. He's got one arm pointing over there and another one pointing at me. I've got this fucking print brushing his teeth and not fucking cleaning the spit and I've got you leaving your **** on the pan. Yeah. All right? No. I don't care. I live on my own. Yeah, Skids and me are quite bad. It just... Just... No. No. No, so for me, again, it's why I live on my own.

31:07You know, if I randomly and by some miracle, you know, find a fucking woman who is happy to share a fucking house with me, you'll have your own bathroom. And I'll have mine. And if we're sharing a bathroom, you better fucking keep that thing. If I see your fucking toothpaste spit in the sink, you're fucking homeless. Yeah, I feel you. I'm actually with you on that. I'm with you. Good man. That really angers me, that one. Let it out, sir. Next one, I think, is more of a you one because the gym is an alien concept to me. People who go to the gym just to walk on the treadmill. Oh, my God. And is this people that just walk on the...

31:47Is this and film it? Or is this... No, it's just that... Actually, people do love to film themselves in the mirror walking on the treadmill. But I don't know. You can walk around. I actually don't mind it. Again, look, I don't mind that because you're going and, you know, you're in an environment where you're working out, I suppose, aren't you? So like, I suppose you could just go for a walk. Yeah, I mean, that to me, if I just, if I go to the gym, it's because, which doesn't happen, it's to do something I cannot do easily at home or anywhere else. Walking, you know, I don't need to be in a room in one place to do it.

32:26Has anyone hit you with a tonsil stone before? Yeah. What? I've been hit by a tonsil stone whilst talking to someone. Tonsil stone, do you know what that is? It's basically when a bit of pus is on your tonsil. Do you know what it is, Anna? And you get these things called tonsil stones because you have really bad breath. It's just awful, like pus in your throat. And sometimes if you're like talking to some, like it can come out. So someone is quite, it is the worst. And it flew out and it hit me on the cheek and I wiped it off and it was a white thing. like that big and like the smell the smell of it on my cheek and the guy didn't know what it was he went like this he went oh I'm so sorry I think I just spat on you a little bit I went yeah no that's a fucking tonsil stone mate can I ask a question yeah when that happened was he walking on a treadmill in the gym no no I'm sorry it just reminded me when you were talking about about to I didn't have anything to say about walking on a treadmill it doesn't really bother me oh okay so rather than say that you just went tonsil stone no it's because I remember and it was quite recently and he was literally the back end of last year, so it was recently, and he hit me on the fucking cheek with a tonsil stone.

33:36You, I think you would have laid him out. It is one of the most grimy things, and there's nothing they can do about it, by the way. Like, they can't do it. It's not his fault. Well, you must have to cough it up. It doesn't just fly. It doesn't have wings. It's when you say something throaty, and it goes like that. It just flies out. Tonsil stone. Yeah. It's not bad. I thought about that two nights, because I was like, it really fucked me up. need to wrap please thank god because I feel like we've hit the wall really fucks me off nothing better than finishing a podcast on a tonsil stone it's not their fault but what would you do if you got hit by a tonsil stone I think it's fairly obvious you hit me with a tonsil stone I'll hit you with my fist there you have it thank you so much for listening to this bonus episode of Staying Relevant hosted by two best friends me Sam Thompson and Bewick.

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It’s a new episode which means one thing. A fresh rant. And this week it’s…Pancake Day.


Pete is, unsurprisingly, not on board He’s never even had a pancake. He doesn’t get the hype, whilst Sam is fully invested. Lemon, sugar, Nutella, the lot.


But there is something Pete can get behind…his own glow up. We’ve spoken about Sam’s transformation at length, but Pete has quietly levelled up without anyone clocking just how dramatic the shift has been. When you actually compare to last year… it’s a bigger jump than we remembered.


Then it descends into a proper rant off as we hand the floor to both of them and ask the important question: who is the biggest Karen? From brushing your teeth in the office to people walking on a treadmill, we put the scenarios to the boys and let them see how comes out on top!

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(00:00) Introduction

(01:59) Pancake Day rant

(04:11) Pete's been busy...

(06:12) Pete's Glow Up

(15:13) English Teacher's Crush on Digital Josh

(21:04) Sam vs. Pete rant off

(28:21) Tonsil Stone Experience

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