anything goes with emma chamberlain - i love cheugy stuff, i’m ranting again

Episode Date: April 14, 2024

the stanley cup has been a hot topic of conversation now for probably a few months. this cup has taken over the world, probably not the world, but at least america. but the stanley cup is not all sunshine and rainbows. as with all things that go mainstream, people now hate this cup, and what's been said about the stanley cup is that it's cheugy. cheugy is a slang term that describes someone or something as uncool, outdated, or lacking in style and originality. it can also mean someone who is out of touch with current trends or trying too hard to be trendy. and so today, i want to talk about all the things i love that are cheugy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Stanley Cup has been a hot topic of conversation now for probably a few months. And rightfully so, okay? This cup has taken over the world, it feels like. Probably not the world, but at least America. It's an insulated cup with a straw in it that holds something like 42 ounces of liquid in it. It has a handle and it comes in a slew of beautiful colors.

This cup has taken the world by storm. Moms, dads, more moms, but still dads too, and kids alike are all frothing over this cup. It's spanning all ages, the lore of the Stanley Cup. Now my relationship to the Stanley Cup mirrors what's happening in culture. I love my fucking Stanley Cup. Actually, I have multiple. I love my Stanley cups. It keeps my ice cold all day. It has a handle and a straw for ease of drink. It fits in my cup holder in my car. The little top of the lid holds things.

Like if I need to put like my earrings somewhere, I can just put them in the top of my Stanley cup and they just sit comfortably there until I need to put them elsewhere. Like I love this fucking cup. It is almost like an added limb for me. But the Stanley cup, it's not all sunshine and rainbows. Okay. As with all sunshine and rainbows, okay?

As with all things that go mainstream, now people fucking hate this cup. It's like with pop music, you know? There's always gonna be people who don't like it, who think it's corny, who think it's too easy to digest, who think it lacks creativity. It's the same thing. With anything that goes

big. It's going to be polarizing. And what's been said about the Stanley Cup is that it's chuggy. Okay. Chuggy is a slang term that describes someone or something as uncool, outdated or lacking in style and originality. It can also mean that someone is out of touch with current trends or trying too hard to be trendy. So a lot of people are saying that the Stanley Cup is choogie. You know what? I get it, but I don't care. I love the Stanley Cup anyway. Over the last few weeks,

I've seen a lot of Stanley Cup slander on the internet, people hating on this cup, hating on the culture around this cup. Now, I kind of understand the hate around the culture of this cup because it's becoming a status symbol and people are like fighting each other, trying to get the new colors in the store. Like it's Black Friday in 2013.

Like I get the criticism. I think that that is taking it a step too far myself, but I still love this fucking cup. And I don't know, all this slander around the Stanley Cup, all of these claims that the Stanley Cup is chuggy, has inspired me to look inward and figure out what other things I love that are chuggy. Because I think a lot of us are afraid of being chuggy,

myself included. I mean, does anyone wanna seem like they're trying too hard? Does anyone want to be uncool? Not really. Like no one's goal is like, you know what? I want to be uncool and I want to be a tryhard. That's not on anyone's 2024 goals list, right?

However, I think that there is something weirdly cool about liking things that are choogie in an unapologetic way. Like, there's some really incredible things that are considered choogie. And so today, I wanna talk about all the things that I love that are choogie. This episode is brought to you by Kraft Dinner.

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So I already sort of went on my rant about the Stanley Cup. So that was my first item, but I think that we've said enough there. Actually, no, we haven't. I'm just going to say one more thing about the Stanley Cup. I truly do believe that this is a timeless item. Hear me out. I use my Stanley Cup every single day. And even when it's not cool anymore, it's already not cool.

I don't think I'm gonna be onto the next cup because it's not about that for me. Like this cup is the most useful cup I've ever used. Like I enjoy these cups simply because they are a phenomenal product, not because they're trendy. And I think a lot of people feel that way, not everyone, but I think a lot of people feel that way, which is why I don't feel like they're just

some stupid trend. Like the quality is way too high. The design is way too smart. It's just done way too well. I don't know. Like I just think it's a timeless cup that I'm going to use for years to come. Even when a new cup comes along, if the new cup is better, okay, maybe, but I can't imagine a new better cup coming onto the market anytime soon

that's more functional than this one. It just does everything I need it to do. So I don't know, we'll see, but I think it's a timeless cup. Next, I was on a road trip recently and I stopped at some gas stations that had gift shops. And I was looking around at all this stuff and I was like, wow, all of this is Chugui.

Okay, we have magnets with inspirational quotes. We have cowboy hats that are like all bedazzled. We have wind chimes that are like holographic and shit. And we have like little wooden sculptures like of animals. And we have baseball caps that have quotes on them. And we have all this shit, right? And every single time I stopped at one of these gift shops, I spent at least an hour looking at everything.

And there were moments when I found things that I actually really liked. Okay, there were some corny hats where I was like, I'm holding back, like I wanna buy this to be honest. Some corny magnets that were appealing to me. Okay, like, you know, a funny one that's like, I don't know, like a magnet of someone sneaking tequila into their coffee.

I was like, that's classic me. Not really, I've never done that. But you know, it's like, wow, I love tequila, I love coffee. That's so funny, I love that. The little wooden sculptures of animals. Okay, you know what, I'll admit it, I bought one. Actually, I bought two. I bought one for me and I bought one for my mom.

Are they a little chuggy? Yeah, I bought home decor from the gas station. But like, there's something so charming about little items that you can get at a gift shop. And majority of it is corny. Majority of it is chuggy. I'd argue 95%. However, there's something so magical

about this trademark chuginess that comes from touristy gift shops that I actually love. Not only do I love looking at all of it, but every once in a while I'll find something that I think could fit into my life in one way or another. And it's always something that I cherish. I love touristy gift shops. Sometimes you'll find shit that's actually cool. Like a few summers ago when I was in the south of France, there were like those were not chuggy at all. Actually, there was nothing chuggy. Maybe they would be chuggy to people who live in the south of France. As an American, it was not cringe to me. I was like buying

everything. I was so excited. But that's sort of, that's a rare example of it being cool. Most of the time it's shitty and it's cringe and it's choogie, but I fucking love it. Next we have actually a very gift shop, heavy place, Disneyland. I've gone through phases throughout my life with Disneyland. When I was a kid, I fucking loved it.

I absolutely adored Disneyland. My family friends were a full Disney family. Like they had some sort of Disney membership. So they had year round tickets. Every single Christmas card that they sent out was a Disney Christmas card. They had Disney paraphernalia all over the house. They like knew the people at the front desk of the Disneyland Hotel. Like they were the epitome of a Disney family. And a few times they took me and my parents to Disneyland with them for a fun little trip. And I don't think that there's anything more magical than Disney for a child.

I know it's obvious, but it is really magical. Okay, I have this vivid memory of staying in the hotel that's on the Disneyland park premises and every night they would leave a little chocolate coin under my pillow that had a little Disney character on it. And I would eat that before bed. And then I'd wake up in the morning and I'd go down for breakfast. And like, I'd be eating my breakfast.

And then all of a sudden Mickey Mouse would come over and say, what are you eating? And I would, it was amazing. I mean, fuck, it was amazing. So I loved Disney as a kid, of course. Then as I got older, I started to realize, okay, wait, this is actually kind of cringe. This is choogie.

Disney adults became a negative description of a person. And throughout my teen young adult years, I've not returned to Disneyland. Recently I realized, I don't hate Disneyland. I just hate Disneyland because it's cool to hate Disneyland. It's cool to be like, no, that's for babies, bro. I'm a big kid. I go to the fucking club and I'm doing shots

on someone's boobs and like, fuck, fuck Disneyland. No, I don't go to Disneyland. I go to Urban Outfitters, fuck Disneyland. But it's like, no, Disneyland is fun. There's fun food. The roller coasters don't feel scary, which is amazing for me, because I have way too much anxiety to go on a roller coaster

that goes upside down. I'm not interested in that. Roller coasters at Disneyland are amazing for adults and for kids. They're not scary, but they're still exhilarating, I think, from what I can remember. It's been a while, but I think, now that I'm an adult, I could get drunk at Disneyland.

That sounds like an absolute treat. Not too drunk, though, because I wanna make sure that I'm properly clicking myself into the roller coasters and things. I have this vision in my head of my friends and I going to Disneyland for two days, maybe staying a night at the hotel. Wow, that sounds absolutely beautiful. That sounds absolutely amazing. And I don't think I'm ever going to be a Disney adult. I don't think it's ever going to be a part of my personality. I don't think it's ever going to be a part of my identity. However,

I do love Disneyland. I love it. I love the essence of what it is. And I've been lying to myself for all these years, trying to be too cool for Disneyland. I love Disneyland and I can't wait to go back. And I hope that they will have me with open arms after my years of hating on them. Okay, this next one's gonna be controversial.

Infinity scarves. Hear me out. I know infinity scarves were all the rage in like 2010. If you're unfamiliar with what an infinity scarf is, imagine a scarf that's just one big loop and you wrap it around your neck until it looks right, usually once or twice. I never thought I'd be saying this,

but infinity scarves are incredibly convenient. And I think that they can be styled in a cool way. I know that we all think of infinity scarves and we think of 2014. I get it. I know the image that you all have in your head. I beg of you to rethink. Think of a simple black infinity scarf.

Now think of it paired with a more modern 2024 outfit. It could work. Here's the reason why I love infinity scarves, because they are incredibly convenient. A regular scarf cannot even come close to the convenience of an infinity scarf. When the weather's cold and you're running around, like I'm thinking of myself running around New York City

in January when it's fucking frigid. When I'm thinking about my scarf blowing off of my head, blowing off my shoulders every 30 seconds, having to retie it every 30 seconds, constantly fighting the scarf, never quite getting it right. And then I think about my days in 2014 wearing an infinity scarf. I don't have any of those memories. I have memories of ease. It's similar to my feelings about a cross body bag. Cross body bags are not hot. They're not the cute little mini shoulder bag

that everyone knows and loves. I understand that. But cross body bags give you a convenience that is so unmatched that it makes them worth trying to make them feel modern and cool and trendy. It's the same thing with an infinity scarf. It has a negative connotation, but I think that their convenience

makes them something that should not be forgotten, should not be left in 2014. Next winter, because I'm a little late to this, I didn't realize how much I loved infinity scarves until I tried to figure out what I loved that was Chugi. Winter 2025, yep, infinity scarves until I tried to figure out what I love that was chuggy. Winter 2025. Yep. Infinity scarves for me. Watch it happen and watch it not look as bad as you think. It might look a little bit bad, similar to a cross body bag, but I think it can be pulled

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or Shopper's Drug Mart today. Next, this is actually something that's honestly trendy now. So it's sort of pointless to mention, but it would be weird and honestly unprofessional if I didn't mention these because they are so hot in the topic of chuginess of boots

I'll boots are fully trendy again. So I don't feel like I need to convince you Why you should appreciate a boots because they're back in. Actually, there's a larger conversation here happening with Ugg boots. Let me explain. I don't think the classic Ugg boot, I'm talking about the short ankle flat neutral colored Ugg boot is ever chuggy. That's my opinion. I think that those are timeless. I think that what tends to go chuggy is the other designs, like from 2014 era, you know, the Ugg boots that had the little bows on the back or the Ugg boots that had the buttons, you know, like it buttoned up the side of the leg or the Ugg boots that were really stylized were really of the time. Some of y'all are not gonna

like this but I think that the platform Ugg boots are gonna be chuggy. They might already be chuggy. But I don't even think Ugg boots as a whole are chuggy. I think it's just the super stylized ones. And actually I tend to prefer the classic Ugg boot silhouette. You know, the classic short boot in the neutral colors, the boot that started it all, you know? I do actually think those are timeless. I think of like a surfer dude wearing them, and I'm like, that'll never not be cool.

Like if you saw a photo of a surfer dude wearing them after the surf, it's like that will never not be cool. Like if you saw a photo of a surfer dude wearing him after the surf, it's like that will never not be cool. I think if somebody wearing like a simple Ugg boot with a jean over it maybe and like a Carhartt jacket in a hoodie and like to me that's a timeless outfit. I don't think anyone's going to look back at that and be like, that's cringe. Maybe I'm wrong, but I really think that the classic Ugg boot is not actually that chuggy. I think it's these other ones that are. And you know, I'm not even that big of a fan of these other ones, to be honest. I don't really like the platform ones that much.

I never really got into those. I wanted them for like a minute and then I was like, you know what? I like my classic. I'm good. Yeah, I don't know. And I don't like the ones that are chuggy from 2014. So I guess it's not that I think Ugg boots are chuggy and I love them anyway.

It's that people lump in all the different styles of Ugg boots and then call them all chuggy. And I'm here to say that there are some Ugg boots that are not chuggy and they're the ones that I like. Okay, in my opinion, that is so talky of me, but you get what I'm saying. Next we have a shoe again that I've talked about before. Boat shoes like Sperry's. When I think of middle school, high school, preppy kid,

I think of vineyard vines and I think of sparrows. And I know a lot of us think that sparrows are choogie because in a lot of ways they sort of are. But I, a few months back, predicted that boat shoes were going to be trending. I was like, I feel this in my bones. I don't know why. I feel like a psychic. I feel this in my bones. Then a few months later, two or three months later, I'm at the Miu Miu show, fashion show in Paris. Guess what I see on the goddamn runway. Holy shit. It's boat shoes. This has never happened to me. It'll probably never happen to me again. It was a coincidence, but they're trending again. However, there's still a polarizing shoe. Okay, even though they're starting to make their way

back into the zeitgeist, they're not quite there yet. They're considered chuggy. I actually do think that Sperrys are a timeless shoe. I know that they're considered chuggy, but I actually think what's chuggy about the boat shoe is how they're styled. Like, okay, a lot of times you see people wearing a Sperry boat shoe with, you know,

like a pastel pair of little mini shorts and like a pastel button down and it's like a frat dude. That look as a whole is chuggy. That is not a timeless look. Well, sometimes it can work. Sometimes it can be timeless, but it depends on what color, I don't know. Like it depends on what colors or patterns are used. I mean, there's a lot of nuance, but like I think a lot of times the reason why Sperry is get

a bad rep is because they're just styled badly, you know, in a non timeless chuggy way. Listen, I'm here to say that it's a classic shoe and I think that it can be styled in a cool way. I really do, and I also think that they're not inherently choogie. Like, I think we all have it all wrong. I think they're not actually choogie. If you really think about the boat shoe, it's a classic shoe.

It's sort of like a loafer. It's timeless like a loafer. There are certain styles of loafers that are not timeless, but I think the classic penny loafer is timeless. I think the classic brown, spary boat shoe is timeless, or something similar to it. Doesn't have to be spary, but you get what I'm saying. The classic simple Ugg boot, original Ugg boot is timeless.

All of these things I think are timeless. And I don't think they're chuggy. I think they just got wrapped up in other trends that are chuggy, and that's what left them in the past. Also, one time, Sperry's had to do a post, I think, because people thought that they paid me to say that I thought boat shoes were coming back. That did not happen.

No one's paying me. I would get sued if I said that and then I didn't disclose it. I am not interested in fraud, okay? So if you're interested in fraud, find that elsewhere. It's not coming from me. I am a law abiding citizen as often as I can be. Next we have my last shoe.

Apparently shoes are like very controversial. Oh my God, wow. I could list shoes all day now that I'm thinking about it. Like what I was about to say was flip flops, but also like marils are kind of coming back into style, even though those are considered chuggy. And those don't really bother me. Those actually might be timeless.

I can't tell, but anyway, let's stick to flip flops. Cause I haven't really given enough thought to marils. And I also don't really bother me. Those actually might be timeless. I can't tell. But anyway, let's stick to flip flops because I haven't really given enough thought to Merrell's and I also don't love them. Like I don't adore them. So maybe they don't get a mention today. I like them, but I'm not like passionate. Whereas I'm passionate about flip flops. Last summer I rediscovered the flip flop

and I was like, no, this is not Chugui. I thought it was Chugui for years. Ultimately, it's a classic sandal, and it's the only sandal to me that's not Chugui. Like, I'm even kind of over the Birkenstock sandal that has the double strap over the top of the foot. I still love the Birkenstock clog. That is not Chugui to me yet.

I still like it. The flip-flop though, I don't know. I'm kinda into it. I think it might be a timeless sandal. Sandals are tough to begin with, okay? They're all a little chuggy, but flip-flops are chuggy in a way that I like. Like I like the cringy snapping sound

that they make when you walk. I like the little tan that you get on your foot when you're wearing flip flops. I like how they look with jeans. I like how they look with a cute little pair of like Bermuda shorts that goes down to your knees. Like I kind of fuck with it. And there are some people who are going to think that flip flops are still chuggy. I get it. But I think that they're the best summer sandal that reveal toe anyway. I don't know. Okay, next, emojis.

Using emojis, talking about emojis. Emoji usage is considered chugi, especially when it's overdone. I am an emoji overuser. Now, I have a reason for this. It's because I use emojis in the way that God intended, which is to add more dimension to my text message, to tell more of a story, to demonstrate more of my emotions, to allow the other person to understand my tone.

Emojis are incredibly helpful. They're fun. They're simply fun. Like, can we give ourselves that for a minute? Emojis are fun. They're fun to use. It's fun to scroll through the emoji catalog when writing a text

and to choose the one that works just right. My God, is that fun? And so I understand why it's choogie and cringey to use too many emojis. Why? Because it's something that, you know, adults do to try to be cool, to fit in with the kids. Like, oh, all the kids are using emojis these days.

I'm gonna use emojis. And then they use emojis that are cringe and it's like, and they overuse them and they send too many, and it's like, I get it, but it's like, not only are they fun, not only are they helpful to demonstrate tone, but they're just simply there, so why not? You know what I'm saying?

They're there, so why not use them? I don't know, that's just me. I love emojis. I'm not going and watching the emoji movie, okay? I haven't seen that, although I did hear it was kinda good. From a usually sarcastic source, so actually I need to ask them again if they actually liked it.

But anyway, I love emojis and I love overusing them. Next we have horrible, choogie television. I'll give you some examples. Ink Masters, a tattoo competition show where contestants compete to win to be the best tattoo artist. And the show, if you Google it right now, it's very choogie. Okay, then we also have Drinkmasters, a show where mixologists, bartenders,

compete to be the best bartender mixologist. The way that that show is shot and done, it's very chuggy. You know, we have shows like Is It Cake on Netflix, where it's a show where these people make things make cakes that are supposed to look like real things and then it's like a game show trying to figure out what's real and what's cake and who can make the best cake that looks the most like a real thing and anyway all of these shows that are not necessarily cool like okay, what's a cool show like Game of Thrones or White Lotus or

Even like Breaking Bad or something. I don't know shows that are considered cool to like right These shows are not that if you look up any of these shows, you'd be like, this is choogie. Okay, it's trying too hard to be funny at times. It's shot in a way that's just choogie, like overly saturated and dramatic, and like it's just choogie, right? I'm so sorry, but nothing tames my anxiety better

than this type of television. My God, do I love it. I'm sorry, but nothing tames my anxiety better than this type of television. My God, do I love it. Like the other day I was having dinner with someone and they were like, can we watch TV? And I was like, yes, what a treat, let's do that. Turn on the TV and like, what should we watch? And I was like, ugh. I'm kind of scrolling around and I see the show.

Is it cake? And I was like, you know what? Please. And they were like, Emma, are you fucking with me? I was like, please. So I was kind of anxious that day. I was like, this just looks good to me. Chugy TV. OK, let me tell you what's so great about it. Number one, the cast of characters in these shows are always so comforting for some reason.

They're normal, chill, cool people who just are really good at one thing and they tend to just be sweet and they don't make you feel insecure about yourself. They're always very comforting people. Whereas if you go and watch Game of Thrones, there's all these hot people in it, and everyone's in these dramatic costumes,

and there's all this action, and it's just not as approachable. So that's number one. Number two, the subject matter is low stakes. You don't really care that much about the outcome. Whereas you're watching Game of Thrones, and you're on the edge of your seat, like, oh my God, what's gonna happen?

Ah, what's gonna happen? You know what I mean? Again, great for anxiety. The chuginess is actually what makes it entertaining as well. Like there's a novelty to when something's so chugy that you're like, oh my God, I can't take my eyes off because it's so chugy. It's so cringe.

It's so, you know, like there's something Engaging about there. There's something fun about that. I love Chugi TV next Visco, this is very full circle for me Because I used to be a very very very active user of visco if you don't know what visco is it it is a photo editing app, as well as sort of a social media where you can post artsy photos or photography if you're a photographer. And it's pretty chill nowadays,

like it's kind of under the radar these days, but it used to be incredibly popular in like 2015, 2016, 2017, everybody would go on there and edit their photos because it was the first app that had relatively high quality filters. And it was like a fun place to post artsy photos when social media first started to become a place where everybody was like, wait a minute, I want to be artsy too. And then everyone was artsy and it was like everyone was expressing themselves for the first time through photo and it was such a magical time and it was so fun. VSCO was actually like a really fun social media app to be a part of and I feel like

it was almost always positive. You know, there was no comment section, there was no follower count. It was just all about cool photos. I took my VSCO very seriously. And I had a very curated feed and it was an obsession of mine in high school. And my Instagram used to have super intense VSCO filters on them, like super heavily filtered. And then eventually that fell out of favor using filters became chuggy, right? Especially Instagram filters, but VSCO filters as well. It became chuggy to over filter your photo.

Well, I'm here to say that I still use VSCO to edit photos sometimes. And I still think it's a phenomenal app, okay? They have amazing filters. And listen, I'm not a Photoshop like professional, okay? I've never used Photoshop. I don't understand how to color grade on Photoshop. I'm sure it'd be helpful to learn

and maybe at some point in my life I will, but I just never got around to it. And I think VSCO does great work for me, for Instagram. I don't do it on my iPhone photos. If I take a photo on the iPhone, I don't usually edit it. But if I take a photo on one of my DSLR cameras, I'm sorry, but I'll throw that shit into VSCO and I'll edit it, but if I take a photo on one of my DSLR cameras, I'm sorry, but I'll throw that shit into VSCO and I'll edit it.

And I definitely edit it with a lighter hand than I used to, like I'm not slapping the filter on and then calling it good, like I'm lightening the filter a lot, like I'm making it a lot less intense, but I'm still using VSCO filters, like I think that they're great. And I've just changed the way that I've used the filters but like I Don't know. I I still find them very useful. I get the viscose chuggy, but I love that shit next

We have white claw. So if you're unfamiliar with the white claw, it is a very popular alcoholic seltzer they were very popular in like 2016, 2017. A lot of people think that white claws are chuggy. Like drinking a white claw is chuggy. And I understand why, because it had such a meteoric rise. It was like the first really popular alcoholic seltzer in my generation anyway. It came out right when we were starting to drink, Gen Z was starting to drink, and it was just like exciting.

They're palatable, they're refreshing, they're pretty tasty, I think they're tasty. I like a white claw. I get that they're chooky because it became like a thing, like, oh, you're having a party, like you gotta get a pack of claws. Like everybody, oh my God, we're getting claws. Everybody get claws.

Like it became a thing. It's like, oh my God, I drink two White Claws, now I'm drunk. Like it became this sort of, became such a part of the zeitgeist that naturally it eventually became Chugui. I feel like when anything becomes too popular, it becomes Chuggy,

similar to the Stanley Cup. I still fuck with a white claw, I'm sorry. You know, I'll tell you a story, actually, that is so fond to me, and it's in regards to a white claw. I was in New York recently, and I'd never been on the Staten Island Ferry. Okay, let me give you some clarity. I've been to New York a lot

and there's a lot of things that I've not tried. Okay, prior to this trip that I'm discussing now, I had not been on the subway before. I had not been on the Staten Island Ferry before, et cetera, et cetera. Those were two things that I did on that trip. I went on the subway for the first time, loved it. Absolutely loved it.

And then I also went on the Staten Island Ferry, okay? Just sort of checking off some things on the bucket list. So me and this person that I'm with, we're like, oh, like should we like get a little snack or something to go on the ferry? Like what should we do? And guess what we see? We see extra large white claws.

Huge. Okay, huge. Like double the size of a normal one. We buy those and we drink them on the Staten Island. I mean, that like, that's, I fucking love a white claw. Like that memory of me being on the Staten Island ferry. Okay, it would have been nice without the white claw, but with the fucking white claw, it made it even better.

They still bring me joy. They still give me a nice little buzz. Like, I just like a white claw, sue me. And like, they're always a crowd pleaser. Everyone loves them when you're throwing a party, if you get them. Like, I don't know. Listen, I will say there are other seltzers that I prefer.

Like, I prefer a tequila seltzer. Like if I'm buying them for my house, am I gonna go buy a White Claw? Not necessarily, I'm probably gonna buy some sort of tequila seltzer, but I like a White Claw still and I don't care that they're chuggy. Okay, next we have popsockets. Now I don't have a popsocket on my phone currently,

but popsockets were all the rage back in the day. If you don't know what they are, they're a little sticky thing that sticks to the back of your phone, and they're retractable. It's like this little circular disc, right, on your phone. But then if you pull out the disc, it basically creates this sort of thing

that you can grab onto with your finger so that your phone sits more comfortably in your hand, or you can stand it up on a table more easily and it has something to be propped up on. It's just, okay, whatever. Now, pop sockets became uncool over the last few years. They became choogie over the last few years because, again, I think they just went too mainstream

and then they naturally got rejected. I was thinking about it the other day and I was like, I would get another pop socket. Like that was actually a useful thing that I liked having on my phone. It was actually handy and it was actually useful. I used it all the time. I used to play with it.

Like if I'm waiting in the line at the grocery store, I'd play with it. It really did allow waiting in the line at the grocery store, I'd play with it. It really did allow my phone to sit more comfortably in my hand. I could prop my phone up anywhere and watch YouTube, especially when I'm eating. Like if I'm eating in my kitchen and I have a YouTube video playing on my phone or something,

like I'll just plop the phone down and continue watching it. You see what I mean? I get that it's choogie, but it's like kind of useful. And I'm actually thinking about ordering one. I'm not kidding. I get that it's choogie, but it's like kind of useful. And I'm actually thinking about ordering one. I'm not kidding. I think it's extra choogie when they're fashion accessory. Like I kind of can see where that's a little choogie. It's like, all right, let's relax.

Like it's a pop socket. Just get a plain colored one. Like let's relax. But I think that the invention as a whole, it's good. I'm sorry, but it's good. And everyone's been buying those cases that have the suction cups on the back that you can stick to the wall or stick to basically any flat surface because they're

Useful for like filming a tick-tock or filming taking a photo and self-timer or whatever I think those are more chuggy than a pop socket because those are Actually so fucking annoying your phone sticks to everything You put your phone down and it sticks to the table. If you stick the phone to the wall, sometimes it falls off. Like, I don't know, it's just, that's less useful and more choogie to me than the pop socket.

And that is a hot take that I'm willing to put out onto the internet because I'm brave unlike some people. Actually, I'm the least brave. I'm like the most afraid to say a hot take, but that's my hot take. Okay, next, I love cho some people. Actually, I'm the least brave. I'm like the most afraid to say a hot take, but that's my hot take. Okay, next. I love Chugi restaurants.

I'm talking about Applebee's. I'm talking about Red Robin. I'm talking about Rainforest Cafe. I'm talking about Chili's. Is the food good? No. Is it gonna give me an IBS flare up after? Yes.

I know what I'm getting myself into when I eat at a restaurant like this. However, there's something so appealing about them to me. And I like sometimes being in a random, like I live in LA where there's so much food and so much good food. And I'm so fortunate to have that because it's just, it's amazing.

Like there's so many amazing restaurants here and you know, a lot of like small businesses like cool like one off restaurants, you get it, you know, it's a big city, it has that. Whereas there are some cities in the United States that don't have that. It's all these chains, all these restaurants that are considered chuggy, the Applebee's, the Chili's, et cetera. I think that these restaurants are chuggy because they sort of have like a early 2000s outdated aesthetic and the food is also kind of outdated. Like the menu is not, I don't know,

it's like nowadays people are just eating, they're like, where's the kombucha on the menu or something, you know what I'm saying? Like maybe yeah, that's just very LA. I like, where's the kombucha on the menu or something? You know what I'm saying? Maybe that's just very LA. I think I'm in the LA bubble, so I think that that might be like, I don't know, impacting my perspective, but regardless,

these restaurants are considered to be chuggy. And in some places in the United States, those are the restaurants. And I love being on a road trip and being hungry and being like, let's go to Applebee's. That is so fucking fun to me. And it might only be fun because it's a novelty for me because I don't go to Applebee's in Los Angeles. You know what I'm saying? But even something like a cheesecake factory, so chuggy. The decor is chuggy, everything about it's chuggy. The fact that the menu is like fucking 40 pages long,

that's chuggy. I love the cheesecake factory. Like I would go tonight. Like if someone wants to go with me tonight, I'll go tonight. I love that shit for some reason. And again, I can't figure out why. It might be because it's a novelty,

because it's not something that I go to often. I associate it more with like a road trip and kind of being in the middle of nowhere, and that's the only option. But also I like the fact that it's not fancy. I like the fact that the menu is like super American and like kind of gross sometimes. Like I like how dramatic it is.

These types of restaurants will have like boom pow, ultimate loaded nachos, or the drink menu will be like tropical dolphin blue sunrise magic show magician explosion. And it's like, fuck yes, this is fun. Like this shit's fun. I don't know, there's just something fun about it. And the food can be kind of good too.

Like sometimes it's kind of gross, but sometimes it's actually kind of good. So it's just an experience. It's a fun experience, at least for me. And so I love Chugi restaurants. Next, on the opposite end of the spectrum here, we have smoothie bowls. Smoothie bowls were all the rage mid 2010s.

Everybody's putting their smoothie bowl on their Instagram. It was a whole thing. Very aesthetic food. I used to eat them all the time. And as with all things, when they go mass, they become chuggy later. When they're not cool anymore, no one's ordering them anymore.

I get it. I'm so sorry though. Every single time I have a smoothie bowl, it's fucking delectable. It's delectable. It's delicious. It is so tasty, okay? A lot of people say like, just get a normal smoothie.

Like the smoothie bowl is so extra, it's like a deconstructed smoothie. Like just get a fucking smoothie and grow up. No, stop telling me what to do. I like the diverse texture that a smoothie bowl provides. I like I'm getting a little crunch with the granola. I like that I'm getting a little bit of chewiness from some peanut butter on top.

I like that I'm getting a crunchy strawberry, okay not crunchy, but sort of firm strawberry. I like that I'm getting a crunchy strawberry, okay not crunchy, but sort of firm strawberry. I like that I'm getting a creamy banana chunk. Like I like this. I like this experience and I like smoothie bowls. I'm sorry, they're tasty and they are beautiful to look at. And I've been thinking recently that I wanna start getting smoothie bowls more

because I like them and they're tasty. Okay, that's all I have for today. Those are my favorite chuggy things. I probably forgot a bunch because I think deep down I am maybe chuggy. Listen, we like what we like. And if it happens to be chuggy, so what? There are a lot of chugogie things that I don't like. Okay, for example, I don't like skinny jeans. I don't like things that have sequins on them. I don't like a side part. I don't like cringy quotes on the wall. I used to have those in my house growing up, at my mom's house, not at my dad's house.

Like my parents got divorced, my mom got an apartment and she filled the walls with things that had cringey quotes on them. That's just what happens with divorce. My dad probably would not have, he would have allowed it if it made her happy, I think, but I just don't think it would have happened otherwise. However, well, he's also an artist. Like he would be like, can we please put my paintings up on the wall? Like this thing that says home is where the, where the critters are is like not, it's bringing me down. It's just confusing me. It's just upsetting me. No, I mean, he's so nice. He would have been fine with it. But so I'm going off on a tangent,

but there are a lot of chuggy things that I don't like. However, through looking internally and realizing the things that I don't like. However, through looking internally and realizing things that I enjoy that are chuggy, I'm better able to accept those who enjoy things that I still believe are chuggy and are not my taste. It's just better helping me accept others. Not that I ever didn't, but now I'm even better at it. So what a beautiful thing that is. And on

that note, that's all I have to say for today. And I hope that you all enjoyed this episode. And if you did new episodes every Thursday and Sunday, you can stream anywhere you get podcasts. Although video is exclusively on Spotify, you can follow anything goes on Instagram and anything goes. Anything goes as a TikTok now too, so you can go and find that. I don't have a TikTok, but anything goes does. So we'll see how that is for my psyche. Still not gonna have the app on my phone. It's a story for another day,

but you can follow me on Instagram and Emma Chamberlain, or follow me on YouTube and Emma Chamberlain. And last but not least, you can check out my coffee company, Chamberlain Coffee. We might be in a store near you. Look on the store locator online, chamberlaincoffee.com. See if we're in a store near you. If not, order online. Chamberlain Coffee will show up straight to your door if you so please. That's all I have for today. Thank you all for hanging out. It's always a pleasure and it's always a treat.

And I just love you all and appreciate you all. And I hope that you're having a phenomenal day. And if you're not, then I hope soon you have a phenomenal day. And I know you will. Okay, I love you and I'll talk to you later. Bye.