Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata - Nicole Wants Beyoncé to be Her Mother!

Episode Date: June 14, 2023

Helloooooo. Give me a B. B. You got your B. You got your B. This will take forever so welcome to Best Friends! This week, Nicole and Sasheer discuss why Nicole keeps a basketball in her trunk just in case, Sasheer’s aerial yoga experience, Nicole’s discovery of a cute plus size suspender rompers, Sasheer’s love of puns on Netflix’s docuseries MerPeople, Nicole’s strong desire for Beyoncé to be her mother and they both do a deep dive into the history of blood transfusions. They take a Buzzfeed quiz where they eat to their heart's content and a summer vacation destination is chosen. Plus, they answer listener questions about an ex from a bad break-up attending a bestie’s wedding.  Here is the quiz we took: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jjar0923/big-meal-summer-travel-quiz Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions and  “Is this weird” suggestion at:[e-mail] Check out this Cute Suspender Romper for Nicole: https://coquetryclothing.com/products/2pc-suspender-romper-lace-up-top-set Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link https://siriusxm.com/friends and code FRIENDS.

all right oh oh i'm so sorry i've already ruined it you didn't ruin a thing jordan i was just triple checking that everyone is recording. I am. My numbers are moving up. Okay. Mine are moving down. What does that mean? It means you're in rewind. Oh, no. Okay.

Give me an S. S, you got your S. You got your S. Give me an A. This is going to take forever. You're right. After I started, I was like, oh was like oh boy one i hope i don't fuck it up two this will take a while i appreciate the spirit hey thanks i went for a good long walk

today and i'm wearing a shirt that says basketball mom and people were very friendly to me on my walk because Clyde has a purple tail and then apparently I'm a mom and people were like nodding and smiling at me and that never they don't really do that when I'm not wearing a mom shirt oh people are nicer to moms they are and they're mean to non-moms yeah yeah maybe you need more mom gear just start pushing a stroller around with nothing but basketballs in it and i'm like that's what basketball mom means these basketballs are my children i bought this at a thrift store because i thought it was funny to wear if i'm like i'm not a mom is funny. But it's really come in handy. Hmm.

Yeah. You should go to... You should go to like... I was going to say a basketball store. A sporting goods store. Uh-huh. And see if they give you like discounts because you're like,

my kid is playing. So he needs stuff. Okay. The next time I need a basketball i'll do that which sounds like i'm being like dismissive but i have a basketball in my trunk for just in case oh just in case you need to play some street Yeah, in case someone's like, my ball's flat. Do you want to shoot smoops or something? Aw. Well, I have roller skates in my trunk, stripper shoes, a basketball, a blanket. And I think that's it. So I'm ready for whatever.

Yeah, many activities. many activities and I don't lock my car just in case someone needs to have fun and they break into my car

and they're like well my day's turn around I wear an 11 I'm gonna go roller skating I was gonna rob this lady

there's no cash in here but there's the basketball and then what if they become the next NBA all-star I would love it because if I ever turn on cash in here. But there's the basketball. And then what if they become the next NBA All-Star?

I would love it because if I ever turn on ESPN and a youth is like, I turned to basketball because I broke into a Jeep and there was a basketball in there, I would be like, that was me. I'm so proud. And then you can wear your basketball mom shirt to the game. Yes. And that's how I become a real basketball mom. Wow. Wow. I can't wait for this to happen. I'm really excited for you. So, Shira.

Mm-hmm. Can I give you what you've been yearning for for, like, the last week? Okay. It's a poll update. You weren't actually yearning for it i just want to tell you things oh i did so much poll yesterday i couldn't walk it hurt so bad oh how long did you do it we did it for two hours and we didn't really take any breaks because she was really excited that i learned how to invert a little bit without using a exercise ball. But I cannot get an inside

or outside leg hang. It's really hard for me. Yeah, they seem very hard. I just can't get my butt up high enough. Are you posting these videos? No. Are you sending them to me? Because I'm certainly not seeing it.

Well, the one that I got at home, I'm in my underwear and I didn't think that was appropriate to send. I've seen you in your underwear. I guess you have. All right. I'll send it along. Thank you. You keep giving me these poll updates, but I'm not seeing visuals. I'm sorry. I will give you some visuals thank you i appreciate that oh no worries um i also i decide she gave me a pep talk so veronica gave me a pep talk the other day i don't know if i've talked about this but her pep talk was essentially i know it's scary and you don't think you can but you just have to like do it uh and it was like longer than that and then after

she was done i was like is this a pep talk? And she was like, I guess. And it works this year. I've just been throwing myself around. Yesterday I fell right off the pole. And fell into a funky split. I'm having fun. My body hurts.

Yes, just throw that body around. I bought more heels. I don't need any more heels, but I bought them. Yeah. You'll use them. You're right. I will. Yeah.

I did an aerial yoga class here. And it's like they have the silks and stuff, but it's not a high ceiling. So you're mostly using it to stretch, which is great because my body's always sore because I'm getting older. Getting old. Yes. But it's nice to like use the fabric to stretch. And then like sometimes we'll do poses. And there was my first class and there was was something i don't know what anything's

called but i we were like kind of in a cross not cross like a pose uh i don't know how to describe this but my legs were inside of the fabric okay i was kind of sitting yeah and then she wanted us to like lower our torso downwards so we're upside down and kind of hanging like a bat yes and like you could lower yourself slowly or just fall and and i guess because i was like kind of fearlessly doing everything else she was like just fall and i just did it and she was like wow you're brave and i was like should i not i trusted you you told me to fall i think a lot of people will be like oh no thank you and very few people are like okay yeah yeah i'm the same way veronica has been showing me things and then i'll ask to see it one more time

and then i'll just do it and not think about it. And it's been working out pretty well. Yeah. You gotta be fearless. You gotta be fearless, baby. There's this lady I like. Her name on Instagram is Texas Crunky and she is a plus size polar. I don't know how she identifies, but I think she identifies as plus size. I don't know. You don't want to go around insulting people. But she's super fearless she will just like climb to the top of the pole and tumble down and i'm always like i want to be like that you will i will and then there's another plus size polar i hope that's how she identifies i can't remember her name but she makes makes sexy costumes. And she made a sexy UPS costume.

And I was like, that's funny. It's very funny. I think I might order one. But I don't know how. Via UPS. Nah. Okay, maybe you can help me because I'm terrible at Googling. But I'm looking for a suspender leotard but like for polling or just in life for polling but i mean maybe i'll wear it in life maybe i'll go to a rave one of these days

okay wait so this is a leotard that has suspenders it's or is it like overalls it's so it's a leotard and then instead of like going just to the neckline it goes lower than your titties and then you wear like a tube top yeah that like an 80s an 80s exercise outfit and i can't seem to find any improved size oh judith um our producer for today found something called rave fix so it's like something that you would find that a rave i think or were to rave maybe i think they only go up to a large i think i've been to this website but this is what you want this is exactly what i want i like it and i can't find one so listeners if you can find me if you google 80s like a workout outfit you'll see exactly what i mean if you can find one in a 3x send it to us at nicole and sashir jamel.com. Mm-hmm.

Yeah, I'm gonna keep you on you. What? Thanks. I think so, too. I think it would look real cute just climbing the pole, looking like a little 80s lady. Yeah, definitely. I sent this to you on Twitter, but did you see that Blue Ivy got to dance with Beyonce? Oh, I think I saw it Beyonce at her fucking performance?

Like, during the concert? During her fucking tour. This lucky motherfucker got to dance with her mother, Beyonce. You said lucky. It's her mom. It's not like it was a fan who got a chance encounter with Beyonce. It's. Can you believe that Beyonce met this girl named Blue Ivy and let her on stage? I also don't think this is the first time that Blue has danced with her mom.

Oh, it's like dancing, dancing. I don't. Yeah. Dancing, dancing like that. Yeah. No, actually, I think the video I did see like Blue was starting to dance and Beyonce was like uh uh

like she stopped her maybe she was like you don't know the choreography yet honey you gotta practice a little bit more oh this is very cute that's so cute I'm jealous well she's not your mom why can't Beyonce be my mom that's honestly a good question why

isn't she your mom well it's kind of wild if you think about it like children who get to be the children of beyonce and stuff it's like well why can't i why wasn't why why didn't things work out the way they did why is my mommy and daddy who they are i want to be a nepo baby i want it yeah i'm sorry it might be too late for you i think it is unless when we go see beyonce i go be my mom and she's like i heard something it sounds like an adult in like an adult in need. An adult in need. And then she and Jay-Z adopt me and they're my mummy and daddy.

Yeah. Yeah. You know what? Maybe that could happen. Make a sign. Sashir, this is why we're friends. Other people would go, you fucking bumbling idiot. But you said, yeah, let's make a sign.

Thank you. That's the support I need. Because best case scenario, it happens. Worst case scenario, she doesn't see the sign. And that's okay. That is the worst case. But I think it might be confusing because everyone on the internet calls celebrities mom. Yeah.

Which is strange. Yeah, it is weird. Because, yeah, I don't, I wouldn't actually want someone to be my mom. I don't visit my mom that much. I don't, you know, I think I don't want someone to be like my friend or like my bestie. But to be my mom, what, I'm going to like yell at you because you didn't make pancakes, right? Like, I don't want to, I don't want that relationship with beyonce or anybody else i think it's a bastardization of like a mother of a house like a ballroom house where it's like mother i'm the mother of the house of valenciaga or whatever and i think uh no offense to the nice whites but i

think they took it and didn't maybe didn't quite understand it and then they're like you're my mom mother i think that that makes sense to me that sounds very logical yeah but also i don't know maybe maybe the youth are like no you stupid bitch you're wrong we actually want beyonce to make us pancakes i want her to make us pancakes. I want her to take care of me when I'm sick. I want her to pick me up from soccer practice.

Imagine Beyonce picking you up from soccer practice. It would be a hullabaloo. Yeah. Pandemonium. Truly. Everyone will lose their fucking minds oh my god

the game would stop oh oh oh oh oh oh Jordan found this

Jordan no Kimmy found it Kimmy well who found it announce yourself they have more stuff No, Kimmy found it. Kimmy! Well, who found it? Who found it? Announce yourself. They have more stuff, too, if you scroll down a little bit.

Now, the image is only in a very small size, but they had a bunch of stuff. So maybe. This is cute. Maybe. Specifically pole dancing clothing. It's all shiny. Mm-hmm. It's cute. Coquetry clothing.

Ooh, will you send that to me? Kimmy, Jordan, or Judith? These are suspender rompers. They are. Oh, maybe I should be looking up suspender rompers. Mm. Mm-hmm.

It would be helpful to get the name right. had the suspender part thank you i was looking up overall uh it goes to a 3x i was looking up overall uh leotard and the internet truly was like what the fuck are you looking for google like spat at me through my phone and i was like i'm sorry. How dare you? You don't know what you're looking for. We're not even going to help you out and say, did you mean? We won't even say, did you mean? That got me good. I finished watching this merpeople documentary series.

Excuse? You know mermaids? Yes. And mermen. Yes. There's a community of merpeople. Oh and netflix did a docuseries on them okay my understanding of merpeople is cartoons these people are not half people half fish they're people who choose to wear fins? Yes. These are humans who enjoy wearing fins or enjoy the mermaid lifestyle

and are performers or just do it for fun or just like want to be in the community. Okay. Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah, merpeople. And there's like a whole industry for well i don't know how big the industry is but there are people who make tails like like i don't silicone tails i actually have

no idea what they're made of but like different types of tails that look look really good under water or move well with you. And then in the documentary, there was a woman who had a goal of making plus-sized tails because I think that's a new venture for the community. I think it's a very niche market.

But there's also groups that are for fat mermaids. And if you are bigger and want to mermaid, then you can join this group or like at least feel comfortable in this group. I also loved the idea of the community because they love puns. And I love puns. You do love a pun. They would be like, like oh she's fantastic or like oh that pun was witty i know it's like some are very like that's fun uh there's like there's like a competition

they were following and they're like oh yeah we have to judge you on your mercenality. Or your marisma. Oh my God. I can't remember what the other ones were, but I was like, yes, more, more, more, more. That's very funny. Ooh, maybe I'll watch it. I just watched the Anna Nicole Smith documentary, and it seemed a little uh bias I thought um because they didn't really interview anybody who was like on her side fully do you know what I mean like uh her old ass husband he's dead like a lot of people who were well her bodyguard Momo was very kind and spoke nicely of her.

But a lot of it was like, I was like, oh, I don't know how. I don't know. It felt a little biased. I don't know. It was interesting. Yeah. I need to watch it. I haven't seen it yet.

I heard it's tragic. It is pretty tragic. And her life, you know, was pretty tragic. But she doesn't get enough credit, I don't for like presenting a different body type she was still thin but she was bigger than the other thin girls and that i'll always thank her for because she was like a supermodel right yeah she did a guest jean campaign she took over for I think, for Claudia Schiffer. Is that the name? Claudia Schiffer?

Schiffer? Claudia? Schiffer. Claudia? Schiffer. I think it's just Schiffer. Schiffer? I don't know.

Schiffer. Schiffer. she she flirt she floor um and then when i was shopping elaine bryant as a teen because there was like no places for fat teens to shop i remember seeing her face and i was like oh wow she's like more youthful than the other models that they had i was sad when she passed away and i remember exactly where i was i was in lane bryant working and i was like i simply can't work right now because i was really upset oh interesting dang yeah yeah yeah yeah she was um like helpful for the change in fashion yeah And passion. Yeah. And then they did show, her bodyguard did say that the,

when she went to the MTV Music Awards to like introduce Kanye, where she was like, like my body. Do you remember that? He said that she was fully coherent before and was like presenting as drunk so people would talk talk about it oh interesting which i was like honestly that's smart because we all talked about it for a while

yeah i think i do remember that yeah it just seemed unwell but then she died so it seemed like it all led to that yes maybe but also her son died and that made her sad but then also she was on a lot of medication it was an interesting documentary yeah do you think anyone today is pretending to be kookier than they are like in the media julia fox is pretty kooky but i think that's her heart i think she's doing exactly what she's meant to be doing i love her yeah i have wondered i'm like how planned out are these things that she's doing or is she just living i'm hoping she's just really living her good life she's so funny to me. She's very funny. My favorite is when she did that tutorial

on her giant black winged eye that truly just looks like she smeared eyeshadow on. She did a whole tutorial and I was like, I love that there's a method to the madness. And at one point she was like, I messed up. And I was like, did you? I love her. Couldn't tell.

Couldn't tell at all. I just love that audio that went around for a while where she was like did you couldn't tell couldn't tell at all i just love that audio that went around for a while where she was like yes i did it myself yes oh she's so perfect i wish celebrities were more fun like they were remember when tom cruise Cruise jumped on a couch and then Oprah was like, bring out Katie. And he had to go all the way backstage to find her because she didn't want to come out. And then he dragged her out.

Bring it back. I was just talking about that with someone. Oh, I think because I saw the Brooke Shields documentary and then there's a part in there where Tom Cruise was on a mission to, on a mission impossible to ruin Brooke Shields, I guess, campaign or like the mission she had had which was to bring attention to postpartum depression and he was like she doesn't know anything she's not a doctor these meds we don't know where these meds came from we don't know what they do and people were like we have proof

we have medical proof what's wrong with you yeah because scientologists i don't think they okay i don't know really too much about scientology but i don't think they... Okay. I don't know really too much about Scientology, but I don't think they believe in, like, medication? I really don't know. I have no idea. I don't know either. I know I went to the Museum of Psychiatry the first time I visited L.A.,

and I was telling someone about it, and they're like, that's a Scientology museum. And I was like, oh, my God. They got... I'm so susceptible to things. Because I was really like, this and this and this and this people were like okay Nicole

I had no I've never heard of the museum of psychiatry and also did not know it was the Scientologist thing I don't know if it's still open what was in the museum like videos and like little uh like uh little sets that they made to like

showcase like uh medieval medical stuff um it was interesting uh okay so Scientologists seek conventional medical treatment for medical conditions Scientologists seek conventional medical treatment for medical conditions. Scientologists use prescription drugs when physically ill and also rely on the advice of treatment and treatment of medical doctors. Okay, so they do. But maybe they don't believe in psychology or therapy. I don't know. I don't know either. Oh, they're religiously committed never to take psychiatric drugs and to reject psychology outright. The socio-political roots of the movement have different origins.

Yeah, so the whole Museum of Psychiatry or whatever was like against, like, what's it called when they like sizzle your brain? Electroshock therapy. Sizzle your brain electroshock therapy there was like a ton of exhibit what's it called sizzle your brain what happened to uncle dennis oh they sizzle his brain he was saying things so they sizzled his brain.

He was saying things, so they sizzled his brain right up. But now he's doing pretty good. There was a bunch of exhibits dedicated to that and the horrors of that. Because it was pretty horrific back in the day. Like, they wouldn't sedate you or anything. Now I think they do. Do they still do electro-struct therapy? I think so.

I thought that was no longer a thing. Because I thought it was like, that is not great. I don't think. At least the depictions I've seen on TV seem pretty horrible. But those are all based in the past. And it's television. And it's television. It's not real

life. I can't imagine what that does or like why that what that would fix i think it causes like memory loss so you like lose your tragic memories listen i skimmed when i was googling and maybe you skimmed wrong also i'm not a doctor. Don't listen to me. No, I'm only going to take your word for it. No, Shashira, I'm not a medical MD. No, I believe this to be fact. I'm not a medical MD doctor.

Okay. Let's see. Do people still use electroshock therapy? shock therapy. In the United States, ECT treatments are generally given two to three times weekly for three to four weeks for a total of six to 12 treatments. For Hua, some doctors use a newer technique called unilateral ultra-brief pulse electroconvulsive therapy. Okay. Wow. So I guess it still is a thing. I i think so but i think it's used very very little and uh probably in like the like worst case scenario it's like we're gonna do this can we look up what is it used for oh yeah uh oh it's a safe low risk procedure that's helpful in the treatment of depression suicidality severe psychosis food refusal secondary to depression and catatonia okay

interesting so electroconvulsive therapy or ect is short in for short is a treatment that involves sending electric current through your brain causing a brief surge of electrical activity within your brain, also known as a seizure. The aim of the treatment is to relieve symptoms of some mental health problems. Interesting. Hmm. Wow. Look at us. Learning at noon 30.

I certainly didn't know any of this before. I sure didn't either. Okay, so maybe it's not so bad. It just seems really... Seems pretty intense. Intense. But maybe it's fine. Maybe.

I don't know. You heard it here first. We're pretty indifferent about it. Yeah. I definitely know how I feel. I don't really know, but maybe not so bad. Maybe. I don't know. I don't think I'd want it, though. I don't really know. But maybe not so bad. Maybe. I don't know.

I don't think I'd want it, though. I don't think so, either. Seems like it hurts. Just a little bit. Yeah. I was going to tell you something, and I fully forgot. Come on. Oh, my God.

My little brain. Tell me. Oh, my God. You're taking off your clothes. What's happening? What are you wearing? I. My little brain. Tell me. Oh, my God. You're taking off your clothes. What's happening? What are you wearing? I got a little hot. I think just thinking about electrostock therapy.

I don't know. It made you all steamy. Is that what turned you on? No, that's steamy. Just like stressed. I'm just like that. That makes sense. Is it warm in Atlanta?

And is it sunny? It's very sunny. And yeah, it's very warm. Wow. I wish it was sunny and warm here. Yeah, I heard it has not been nice in LA. It's chilly. And the sun won't come out today or tomorrow.

It's maddening. It's maddening. It's maddening. It really rocks my block. I just want, I need the sun. We need the sun. Did you do a quiz? Hell yeah, dude. Okay.

Let's do a quiz. Wow, big yawn, Jordan. You bored? No. I'm sorry. I've been really tired this morning. I ate a bagel and it just like too much carbohydrates. Clearly my body was like, you need other food.

It rocked your block? It rocked my block. Yeah. Ooh, eat to your heart's content and we'll give you a travel destination for the summer. Let's do it okay oh i hope it gives us somewhere fun can you hear my chair i can't really wait what happened it was making it was making noise now it's not there here oh yeah i can hear that i don't know sounds like you're farting no no i swear it's the chair i that. I don't know. It sounds like you're farting. No, no, no. I swear it's the chair.

I don't know, it's the chair. It sounds like you had some gas and you didn't want to turn off your mic. And now you're just moving around saying, can you hear my chair? No, no, no. I swear. It's definitely my chair. Wow. She thought she was sneaky with that one.

Can you hear my chair? Yeah, sure, Stashir, we can hear your chair. I'm just shitting myself. I'm actually on a toilet right now. I mean, we're on Zoom. Truly, you could turn off your camera and blow your butt out. on zoom truly you could turn off your camera and blow your little your butt out can you hear my chair it's like your chair is flushing too what's happening

okay start off with a drink. Champagne. Chai tea. Whiskey. Water. Margarita. Coffee. Let's see. Are we on vacation? ATR is content and will give you a travel destination for the summer.

You can catch me drinking champagne in France this summer. There were no instructions. Okay, so I guess we just just what drink would do like okay um i'm gonna say champagne i'm gonna say water because you know i love water my god you do love water wait do you want to be a mer person is that why you were watching the documentary because you love water i don't think i want to be a mer person but i really really enjoyed it it was like these people look fun and they're having such a good time and i think i like little like niche communities i think i think they're cool but i don't i don't know if i i don't know if I... I don't know. And there are, like, a bunch of... Well, I don't know about a bunch. It looked like a bunch in the documentary.

But there's, like, a black mer community. Oh. Yeah. There's, like, an Afro-mermaid, like, conference or something. Maybe this is your way to get into the water more yeah put a tail on me wait can people swim with the tails yeah oh in the ocean or in pools in pools i don't know if it's safe to do it in the ocean yeah what if a real mer person's like this is mer face and kills you oh no what if a manatee sees you and tries to have sex with you

i would say try it give me your best shot manatee but did you get it mer face black face no i got it yeah oh okay i just didn't know if you got it no i definitely did yeah murphy's blackface yeah time for an appetizer charcuterie um paneer pakora chicken wings bruschetta chips and guacamole edamame it's italian yeah you get your edamame with your carbonara edamame yeah what are you gonna say i like paneer pakora i don't think i've ever had it is it green it's green i think it's just like vegetables fried i think oh okay maybe i'm thinking of sag paneer um i'm gonna choose here. I'm going to choose. I love chicken wings, but they're so messy in public. I'm going to pick

chips and guacamole. I love guacamole. What are you having for your main meal? Okay, lamb, Pani puri. Cheeseburger. Pasta. Tacos. Sushi. For my main meal, I think you're going to say lamb. Yes!

I love lamb. You love lamb! And someone told me recently that it's good for people with B-type blood. So I think my body's been craving it. And you know what, how do you know your blood? It's easy to remember. It's B positive.

I see how that's easy to remember. You just gotta B positive. I don't know what blood's in me. Hmm. Well, you should ask somebody. Who? Ah. I honestly can't remember who told me. I don't know if it was a doctor.

I definitely donated my blood a lot when I was younger. And by younger, I mean college, because I was bored. And I was like, or I'd be like, I don't want to study. But there is this like donation van on the campus. This will feel like productive. And I'm like contributing to society and not procrastinating. I didn't go to college. So a big thing is instead of studying, donate blood.

I don't think that's a big thing. That's something I did. Well, okay. Because they had these big old vans on the campus where you could donate blood and i'm like this is helpful there's no way i go to the library and study right now i should go donate blood truly wild uh i think i've donated blood one time um and it really made me queasy because you see it fill up or maybe that's not donating blood. Maybe that's blood work. That is donating blood.

Oh, in the little vial? Yeah. Well, when you donate blood, it's like in a bag. You can still see it. A bag? A bag of blood. Oh, yuck.

Does blood go bad? I don't know. But I want to say yes, but I really have no clue. Also, who discovered that if you lose blood, we can pump you full of more blood? If I saw someone bleed out, I'd be like, well, that's the end. That's a wrap. I wouldn't be like, go get more blood.

Like, what? Yeah. Like, I wouldn't think, oh, just get someone else's blood yeah that's wild but that's why that's like liver transplants like how who does who discovered like cut that liver out of that other person give it to this one i don't know blood um is stored in a refrigerator at six degrees celsius and can last up to 42 days. Okay, that's it. Not that long.

What happens if you get bad blood? Because we've been having bad blood. You turn into Taylor Swift if you get an old batch of blood. You become a Swifty. Did you see that at her concerts concerts people who did not get tickets like hundreds of thousands of people have just been crowding outside of the arenas and enjoying just listening to her live i i did not say that uh i think it's like in jersey maybe that's where she is now in jersey they were like if you don't have a ticket, please don't come.

Don't just crowd the street. Go home. Are you a Swifty? Are you a big Taylor? I didn't realize she was as big as she was. She's huge. And I'm not a Swifty. I think I know more songs than I would think

because she's kind of inescapable. But yeah, she has a hold on her fans that many artists do not my favorite Taylor Swift song is look what you made me do look what you made me do and I don't think anyone else likes that song

I like that song it's great it's fun it's also funny because like i can't think of any other artist that could be like because she was in that whole legal thing where she doesn't own her old uh music catalog so she just re-recorded her catalog and i think that is now surpassing her old stuff like sales wise and she's also making money again on the same songs she already wrote which is wonderful that she figured out how to do that but it's so funny to be like i believe in my fan base so much that they are going to buy the same song that i've already recorded again and

and they did and everyone did and they did and that And that's, yeah, I don't have, I don't believe in people who like me that much. Like, I try not to repeat myself. Oh, I did a live show and I was talking about the Bahamas and I said something about Mr. Marley and a bunch of people wooed. And I was like, oh, y'all went to the Bahamas? And they were like, no.

I was like, how do you know Mr. Marley? And they're like, your podcast. And then I was like, can't talk about that on stage again. Can't do that. But that's so funny that Taylor Swift were like, no. I was like, how do you know Mr. Marley? And they're like, your podcast. And then I was like, can't talk about that on stage again. Can't do that. But that's so funny that Taylor Swift was like, I'll just rerecord these songs and they'll buy it. And they did. And they did.

Yeah. Okay. Jordan found out in the 1800s, British obstetrician James Blundell performs the first six. That's funny that someone named Blundell which is like blunder performs the first successful transfusion of human blood to a patient for the treatment of postpartum hemorrhage

US physicians attempt transfusing milk from cows goats and humans what and then 1795 in Philadelphia American physician Philip Singh psychic these names performs the first human blood

transfusion, although he did not publish the information. Ah, and then James Blundell stole it from him. What a Blundell. Singh Psychic should have seen that coming. Ooh, Sashara coming in hot today. i want a cheeseburger

we're still doing the quiz oh yes oh my god okay wow wait what is the oh the meal what was what are you having for your main meal i see good lord uh-huh i said lamb you said cheeseburger. Great. Yes, yes, yes. I want a cheeseburger. That was so fast. I didn't even understand what was happening. My brain is moving. My Sonic cup is full of coffee. Pick a side dish. She's zooming.

Croissant. Non. Mashed potatoes. Paramount Plus says sonic one and two and i almost lost my mind last night broccoli street corn fried rice i still haven't seen any of the sonic movies uh oh um why not like out of protest I just haven't gotten around to it I will watch I will watch alright

I just I'm just not sure why you wouldn't watch a movie that has been so influential in my life. I have a Sonic rug. This is true. I know. I know. You have a Sonic t-shirt.

You watch it multiple times. But you've never put it on when I was at your house. You're right. Because I once showed you my cousin Vinny and you did not react the way I wanted you to. I once watched you watch the Minion movie and again, you did not react the way I wanted you to. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

So, I have decided the only way I can watch beloved movies with you is if I haven't seen them yet, like a franchise. Like, I'll see the next Sonic movie with you is if i haven't seen them yet like a franchise like i'll see the next sonic movie with you um and it's okay if you haven't seen the other two i would prefer if you came and prepared but it's not a test you're not getting scored i mean it feels like I am getting score because you don't like the way I like the movie. I guess that really is an insane sentence. Yeah, you don't like the way I enjoyed the movie.

I have to tell you something. I meant to text this to you, but I told Mateo that I painted my ceiling watermelon. And then he goes, the outside or the inside of the watermelon. And I was floored. Thank you. See? I was truly shocked. I was like, what the fuck?

Am I the weirdo? I don't think you're the weirdo, but I think some people do decorate their spaces or whatever to look like the outside of a watermelon. So I think it's, I think it's a reasonable question to ask, is it the inside or the outside of a watermelon? I guess so. Never in all my days would I have thought that was the question that would come after that statement. But, you know, color me an idiot.

No, no. I think it's just two different perspectives. Like, is the glass half full or half empty? You know? It reminds me of the time. Yes, you're right. You can look at it different ways. It reminds me of the time I put on those purple sunglasses with rhinestones and i turned around and i loved them and both of you hated them and i was so shocked because i was like these two are gonna love this and then it was an immediate hatred

and then i panicked because i was so shocked well i don't think it was immediate hatred on our side. It was shock. We were shocked. And then you were shocked and are shocked. And we were all shocked. We were all shocked. We were all going through electro therapy. ECT.

ECT. Every time I put them on, i think of both of your reactions oh wait a side dish is a croissant i guess if you're having breakfast what are you picking uh-oh you're yawning did you have a bagel too no i didn't have a bagel what did i have to eat this morning eggs and salmon salmon did you go out of the house i sure didn't you didn't you did it oh my god i didn't it you didn't i didn't it you had salmon in the house in the house for whatever reason i don't i don't i've never had salmon in my house they they they there's like salmon at the grocery store you can get this like

pre-cooked pre-cooked wow i didn't know that the more you know i want mashed potatoes you always want mashers i do um i think fried rice i love fried rice finally pick a dessert creme brulee gulab jamun. Chocolate chip cookies. Tiramisu. Tres Leches Cake. Tayaki. You got all the hard ones. I did.

You know I'm going to say chocolate chip cookies. That's what I want. Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum. I love a chocolate chip cookie. My favorite is when they make it in that big skillet and it's gooey. Who is they? Who's making it in a big skillet? You know them. You know.

When they make it. Like at a restaurant? You know them when they're making it. All right. So are you saying like the cookie fills the size of the skillet? It's one of the small skillets? Yes. Okay, got it.

Yeah. Yum, yum, yum. Yeah. Is this me or Sasheer? This is both of you, actually. What? Oh. Both of you got the same results.

Whoa. So the destination that we both have to go to this summer is the usa this is disgusting this shouldn't even be an option yeah tell me you go somewhere else yeah like new york los angeles chicago like been there yeah of course of course i'm going to yeah my grandpa lives in chicago like what i live in los angeles i have friends in New York. They want me to stay in my normal life. I want to go on vacation, BuzzFeed. Maybe they're like,

your taste is so bad you actually shouldn't leave. You like fucking chocolate chip cookies? You can stay put. Wow, you want a cheeseburger? Go home. Yeah, cheeseburgers are everywhere, BuzzFeed. Yeah, I can get a cheeseburger anywhere. How dare they?

I'm really... My block's rocked again. Wow. Wow. Should we help people i guess yeah man so pissed off i'm so mad i want to go to africa yeah me too all of it all of africa all of it the entire continent i know i want to go to the Seychelles Islands. I say that all the time. They just look so fucking pretty. Yeah.

And then maybe Ethiopia. I don't know. I want to go all over. All over. We really should look into a travel agency and get it. I know we've talked about this numerous times. I know. We got to just do it. We got to, what's it called?

Eat the bullet? Bite the bullet. I was like, I don't even know what it is. We just got to eat the bullet. We just have to eat some bullets. I don't think that's going to help us get a travel agent. Yes, this year, I'll get us a box and we'll munch. And eventually someone will help us

plan. Hey, ladies, I got munching on bullets on the side of the road. Do you need help? Yes, we want to go on a trip. And they're like, you go straight to the asylum. You get a trip to the hospital. Okay, here we go here's a voicemail uh-huh yes this one's about a friend who um their friend is inviting an ex to a wedding i will let them explain okay hi hello Thanks for taking my call. Okay, so here's the skinny.

My dear darling best friend. He is getting married. Wonderful. We are very excited. Yes, going to be phenomenal. He has this friend that they have been friends for quite some time. You know, she was cute, so she and I ended up dating for a little while, and we had the absolute worst breakup. Like, it was extremely painful. It was long.

It was awful. Really just gutted, okay? After she and I broke up, he and her kind of dissolved their friendship as well and i i said i was like listen i don't want our relationship to get in the way of y'all's friendship and he was like no it's like it's fine like you're my best friend this is how it goes that was a couple years ago i think we broke up in 2021 so now wedding invitations have gone out and I RSVP on their website and I see that she has RSVP'd as attending. And he did tell me a few months ago that they were like hanging out again or whatever. And I told him I was happy because, you know, they had a nice

friendship. But he didn't tell me that she was invited to this wedding. So here's my conundrum. Do I bring it up to him and say, hey, so she's coming to the wedding? Because I don't feel that it's my place to tell someone else who is allowed to come to their wedding. Like, that doesn't sound right right um but it's just kind of i don't love the way that i found out i don't love that i found out from a website like a little heads up they're like hey by the way she's coming like i don't know it really blindsided me and i'm not a confrontational person,

and he is not a confrontational person. We can have heavy talks, but, like, we rarely have talks where it's like, hey, here's, you know, a grievance that I have with you. So, like, do I have the right to bring it up to him, or should I just suck it up because it's his big day, and I'll just get very drunk and try to ignore her at the wedding any advice is appreciated thank you bye at first I was like maybe you should talk to them about your comfort but then I was like it isn't your wedding so maybe our caller should reach out to

their ex in a peaceful manner to be like i know that our relationship ended in a tumultuous way but we are both friends with our mutual we want to both celebrate them so can we like when they started shutting down roller skating rinks rival gangs were like the roller skating rinks are neutral ground so can this wedding be neutral ground for me a blood and you a crip

and we just don't fight here leave your colors at the door yeah there'll be a basket leave your colors at the door yeah there'll be a basket leave your colors at the door um yeah i i like that idea i was gonna say say nothing because uh yeah it's not your day and if your friend who's getting married is basing, I mean, who knows what they're basing their decision

to invite the friend was or the ex was, but like, according to what you said, you told them after the breakup, you don't want your breakup to influence your friend's relationship with your ex. And then they said, hey, I'm hanging out with your ex again. And you said, I you said, that sounds great. I love that you have a friendship with them.

So I think I would assume that the person who's getting married would probably think it's all chill and be like yeah i will invite my friend who we were like we dissolved a little bit and now we're back together and also my current best friend and probably maybe didn't think that they needed to bring it up to you because also the breaker was two years ago and time has passed you know yeah then maybe you don't have to say anything in the beginning you can just uh say at the wedding hey really nice to see you yeah and just like leave it at that and be like it's been two years we both evolved yeah because i don't know i guess the person calling in probably does feel some kind of way because they wouldn't have brought it up at all. But maybe everyone else has moved on and you can just go to the wedding and support your friend

and be cordial when you see your ex. Or if you're really worried that there's going to be a fight or something or like bad, like weird weird energy maybe see if that ex is around and be like hey can we get coffee before the wedding i don't want the first time i see you since our breakup to be at the wedding i think that's great if yeah if you really need some kind of closure or like water under the bridge or anything to happen before you get there yeah but also i think it'll probably be fine things are usually much better in real life than we like catastrophize in our brain i've like had so many situations where i'm like i don't know like is it gonna be awkward if i see this person or like whatever and then it happens and you're like oh that wasn't bad at all yeah that was

fully normal and whatever yeah yeah i think it'll Yeah, I think it'll be fine. I think it'll be fine, too. Mm-hmm. Solved! Solved! But also, you can call them up and ask them which gang they are and if they want to leave their colors at the door. Yes.

Mm-hmm. Yeah. But if you're going to contact anyone, I don't think you should be your best friend who's getting married. Because they are dealing with some other stuff and this is low on their priority list i would imagine yes and i do a thing where i go oh my god why wasn't i

thought of and then it's like oh it wasn't that i wasn't thought of i just i'm not the main character in this decision this decision has nothing to do with me so let me get over my whole like little main character energy moment and just go and enjoy because it's not about me yeah no one's thinking about me right now and i have a very hard time with that well here you're thinking about us and you want to ask us a question you can email nicole andheer at gmail.com or call or text or leave a voice memo at 424-645-7003. We also have merch at pondswag.com slash best friends. And we have transcripts for our new episodes. You can check them out on our show page at Earwolf.com.

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