Cox n' Crendor Show - Episode 325 - Up is Down

Episode Date: February 13, 2022

The boys are back with another episode and this time Crendor tries to walk Jesse through a new gaming addiction - one that he brought on! Meanwhile a street in Mexico boggles the mind and a brawl breaks out over streak. All this and a whole bunch more nonsense on this weeks exciting episode of Cox n' Crendor! Go to http://hellofresh.com/cox16 and use code cox16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Go to http://calm.com/cox for 40% off unlimited access to Calm's entire library. Get 83% Private Internet Access by visiting https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/offer/recommended?aff_id=12467&coupon=3Y4M&aff_sub4=3Y4M&channel=Jesse%20Cox&source=podcast1

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Cocks and Crandall in the morning! Hello everybody, welcome back to another exciting episode of Cocks and Crandall in the morning! Arr, mateys. Arr, mateys? Arr, mateys. Arr, so you're a pirate today Uh yes I am indeed a pirate today

And why Are you a pirate Uh I don't know Can't I just be a pirate because I want to be a pirate So you've chosen the life of piracy Because I wanted to say R Oh well you know what Out of all the reasons to become a pirate i

think that's the most innocent so all right yeah okay i get it and now i don't really want to be a pirate anymore so oh what do you want to be now yeah i haven't thought about it yet it hasn't been that long you can't just become a pirate and then not be a pirate anymore i don't think i don't think that's how it works is there like a unbought or a binding an un or a you know contract but like a is there a contract there's only the pirate there's only the pirate code okay set forth by the pirates morgan and bartholomew i'm sure as you know well that's i mean is that like a one of those contracts where like it's the unspoken contract unwritten contract you know i mean it's you where it's the unspoken contract, the unwritten contract? I mean, it's a set of guidelines more than rules, but yeah. Well, I didn't sign it, so.

You really are a pirate. Now that I think about it, you really are. That's the thing. They're just like, sign the pirate code. And you're like, I ain't signing this. And they're like, perfect, you're in. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was in one of the pirates of the caribbean movies i'm almost positive yeah probably i haven't seen that movie in like forever dude the first one's so good the other ones are

like all right but the first one for some reason it is so silly and dumb and wonderful i love it love it uh yeah i should watch that again it's been a I think I've ridden the pirates of the Caribbean ride more than I've watched the movie oh it's a goodie it's a it's super fun so uh how's your life oh man well I don't know when did this happen boy I don't know who at time has no meaning for me. Whenever you and I played... What is that called? Teamfight Tactics?

Oh, yeah. That was like a week ago. Whenever we played that, I have since played more. Mostly because I want to be good enough to not be an embarrassment. Right. But then I realized, having played as much as I have, that there are just some heroes champions whatever they're called that are inherently better than everything else like there's some busted ass stuff in that game that's the problem with a lot of the auto chess games is that there's always something that's better than other things

and good with the current synergy and all that so now they're changing it again and this week so they're adding in more champions they're changing new stuff i played it on the pbe it's pretty fun but like anything then you're like oh no this guy's broken well i mean that's fine by me i don't care if a guy's broke or not like i just i just all i know is that i ended up like there's i don't know any of their names by the way. I have no idea what any of these characters are called. One guy looks like a vampire lord. And his ability. Literally negates reality.

It goes pong. And then a guy dies. Even if they're full health I've watched them die. I'm like this sucks. How is this guy so powerful. He's like pong. I'll be winning the fight and he'll go pong. And my entire army is gone. I'm like what? How is this guy so powerful? He's like, I'll be winning the fight, and he'll go, pong, and my entire army's gone.

I'm like, what? How is that possible? Oh, I hate it. It's so dumb. I can't even know who you're talking about. It's like a vampire man. He's wearing a cloak, and he looks like he's labeled an imperial. I know that.

And his ability, he Xs out your allies. It's crazy. I just don't know how to explain it because X's out your allies. It's crazy. I just don't know how to explain it because it's insane to me. He goes, poong, and they disappear. And I'm like, I was winning. I was winning, and he had one guy left, and he killed all my house. Oh, Swain. Oh, yeah, that guy's broke as hell.

Swain's pretty strong if you build him well. That's what I'm saying. If you don't get the build off, then he sucks. Well, everyone does. Everyone who picks him has a perfect build that they clearly read on some wiki somewhere because it's the same every time. It's the exact same items. The exact same.

It's every time. He's like, pong, and my units disappear. The best I've ever done was second place. I've never won. I mean, second's still pretty good. You know, second was very good, and I've been trying to mix and match and change up, but also I discovered that the game has one of those things

where it's like, right now it's the New Year Festival, and if you do these missions for us, you'll get items. And I was like, oh, all right. I mean, I'm not going to pay for anything, but I'll do this to get stuff. And it's like, oh, alright. I mean, I'm not going to pay for anything, but I'll do this to get stuff. And it's like, okay. Step one. Make a group

of scrap people and then have them scrap 30 scrap. And I don't know what any of that means, Grendel. I don't know what that means. So I'm just like going in like, okay, so I just need a team of scrappers. Alright. So I start making those and I'm like, alright, I guess I need some tanks for these scrappers. Like,. So I start making those and I'm like, all right, I guess I need some

tanks for these scrappers. Like, okay. And I was doing well, but I still, I can't figure out how to do the, like, it's like, sorry, you haven't done it yet. I'm like, what do you mean? I need to do 30 scrap. And I guess scrap, I don't need this to say, I still don't understand the base mechanics of this thing. I don't know what i'm doing really i'm just like well i have two bruisers and i need a third bruiser for my comp so all right i'll just find a brew okay i've done that feeling good i feel like an idiot every time i play because i think i'm doing well and then some guy will just appear with like a character that one shots everything I do. And I'm like, great. Okay.

Well, well, usually it makes me feel better when that happens is I type in all caps when I die. Big sweat, loser, idiot, big sweaty sweat. And then I like exit out or I just say the touch grass. I haven't done that, but I feel like I feel like all the builds that chat told me to do were like, go a bunch of, what are they called? Squirtles? Turtles?

Yordles. Yordles, that's it. They're like, go a bunch of them. And I tried it, and it's very cute and very fun, but I don't think they're very powerful. I don't think that's the way to go. Yordles are good if you get all of them and get all the tier 3 and stuff. Then they're good. But if you don't get all that, then they're

not great. That's because there's always some dude also going Yordle. So you're competing for Yordle resources and I don't got time for that. I see someone else going Yordle and I give up. I just pivot. Pivot right away. It makes sense. Yeah.

It's sense. Yeah. It's, you know, it's fun. The reason I play it is because it's something to play while I don't have to pay full attention. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, I was rendering videos at the time. And I was like, all right, well, I'm rendering a video. I'm uploading another video. And I just got done working. So I got nothing that I can actively do.

And that requires low resources on my computer. So I guess I'll turn this on and like dick around with it for a little bit. It fills that vibe that, you know, it's just a background game, which is fine by me. That's what I use it for too. If I'm like doing nothing or like I'm editing or like doing some other watching like a YouTube video. I'm like, I can just play TFT while I'm doing this. The other fun one is Hyper Roll, which I don't know what that is. So it's literally the same game, but there's no economy.

Really? It's like they just give you gold and items and the game goes twice as fast. And you just like buy champions and put them out there. I am okay with that. That might be super fun just to go as fast as possible. Maybe that's how I get my scrap powers. Even your little characters go faster.

Great. It's great. I love it. Maybe that's what I'm missing. I don't know. It's a chill vibe, but also sometimes I'm like, that took so long to lose. I'm so glad I got third place after 40 minutes.

Awesome. If you do Hyper Roll, it takes 15-20 minutes. That might be where it's at. Just do that today. Try the old Hyper Roll. That might be it. That might be my plan. Although, the problem is that at home, when I'm like, alright, I'm done with work.

At home, I may or may not have access to Total War Warhammer 3. That's crazy. I may or may not as well. Yeah. And so I've been messing around with that. Having a ball. Let me tell you. I may or may not have played the Nurgle, theoretically.

And then, you know know diseased people and then been like whoa disease and he's like theoretically i don't know if that's what would happen yeah yeah i may or may not have collected skulls for the skull throne i may or may not have done that i may or may not have played the intro tutorial that was far more tutorial than I ever thought I would need to play. And that, like, let me tell you, the tutorial may or may not be for new people. Because I was like, oh, my God. Next turn. Oh, my God.

Please just go. Yeah. If I had played it. Yeah. I was like that guy in all the Total War Warhammer games. It was like, my Lord, they arrive with vengeance. Take them down. He was just the old wizard man or whatever.

I love that guy. My favorite part is in Warhammer 2, when they added ogres, the ogres pop up randomly during the campaign so you can recruit them, and he just goes, ogres, my lord, every time, to the point where no matter what, every time an ogre appears, they just go, ogres, my lord Every time To the point where No matter what Every time an ogre appears They just go Ogres my lord Every time

Even when he's later gone From the campaign For reasons that are spoilers I always am just like Ogres my lord I was like when he pronounces his name He's like Lord

Is moving his That's because you play lizard mances his name, he's like, Lord Cloakro is moving. That's because you play Lizardman. Yes, that's right. He's like, Lord is moving across the field. Like, nice. Yeah, that guy's great. I always play Chaos, and so he betrays me every time. I see.

I'm going to try Zinch next because it's pretty fun. If I had the game and I was playing it theoretically. No, no, I agree. If I had the game, I would certainly be in the middle of a chaos united campaign where I got to make a demon that may or may not have different body parts. And now I'm trying to learn how to min-max my demon because there's there may or may not be specific armor sets that you can equip that give you buffs there you know

maybe yeah possibly but i doubt it i mean i wouldn't it's just a guess this is all just guessing it's all guesses and then uh you know it pretty fun. Because I'm not like a big, out of all the factions, I think Chaos is probably one of my least played. Because usually I'm like, I play a lot of Orcs and the Destruction. And then there's like Lizardmen and Skaven. Well, I guess Skaven or Chaos. So Skaven would tie into it. But I like Beastic Chaos. They don't have Beastic Chaos in this.

Yeah, I was about to say. You're like, I like this. I'm like, it's in there Have you tried, I guess you haven't I probably at some point have to try the Grand, if I had it The Grand Couthet and the Kislev and the Overs I wanted to play Kislev because Bears

If I had it That's pretty much, if the main plot Of Warhammer 3 Was Bears, and Bear related I certainly wouldn't tell you, but it might be. Yeah. That'd be pretty neat. Yeah. So that's pretty cool.

If we had it, it would be cool. You mean? Yeah. That would be cool if we had it, but I sure you know in a couple days if i you know something were to be allowed to be released at that point of like opinion right right right if like streams could happen or whatever yeah sure yeah and we could play the uh we could play the multiplayer oh my god are we gonna double chaos i although what is the if there's no... Because the big map doesn't release for a while. Right.

So I don't know what the... I don't know what the multiplayer of normal story mode is. I've never done that. I've only ever done the big giant map. Yeah. Well, usually they just have one, and then there's the big one, and then there's the smaller one,

and I guess there like the smaller one and i guess there's another smaller one i don't know we'll have to see yeah i'm curious to see what uh what they come up with what new stuff they bring to it what who like what they bring back yeah i mean i want the i think the first patch they're gonna do is when they bring in all the other total warhammer 2 stuff right yes yeah they're going to do is when they bring in all the other Total Warhammer 2 stuff, right? Yes, yeah. They're bringing that. Basically, they said if you have all the Total War Warhammer 2 guys, then they'll be in three.

Okay, that's good. That's good. I mean, it's great, but it also means that if you want access to everything, you've got to fork over a ton of money. If this is your first one, you're going to gotta fork over a ton of money if this is your first one you're gonna miss out on a lot of characters i mean at this point you can get one for like free like just because they're like it's a dollar now like they just practically hand it out there's a point where i was buying like my warhammer miniatures they literally were just giving out codes for the first one for free oh that's so funny yeah and then i imagine

when this one releases two will probably be on steam sale for like 80 off or something so i mean it shouldn't be too bad yeah i mean that's pretty neat i man yeah i have been playing that at home with if i had it. With an amount that's crazy. I need to stop. I have serious problems. If I had it, I would have serious problems. Yeah, of course. February has already been, with Dying Light 2, plus that game I may or may not have,

plus sticking around in TFT plus like all these other things like oh yeah just I'm running out of time in the day and it's overwhelming for me I know I played the Pokemon Arceus that was one thing how okay can I ask you a question

alright how are you enjoying it our dear chum Alex Fossiani who is a Pokemon master to the nth degree Was definitely Crapping on the game a little bit And then his beloved Kells was like Shut up you suck it's a great game

And so I'm really curious Now that you've had a lot of time with it What are your thoughts? I think it's fun Cause last time you were like it's fun yeah I still it's fun it's uh you know it definitely takes a while to get into and get used to and it's not like conventional but I still think it's fun it's the mechanics they're like catch Pokemon fight Pokemon that's it so if you like that and you don't care about going through the story and

fighting the elite for whatever the big thing is, you'll probably like it. Is there no story? What's the story this time? I don't care. I literally just spam A. Yeah, who cares? Yeah, that's not for me. And they're just like, the Pearl and Diamond clans are here. And I'm just like, A, A, A, A, A,ans are here i'm just like yeah that's not me that's that's why i would like dying light i was like i can't play that game there's too much dialogue i'm gonna fall asleep

i it's so funny to me you're just like story a that's uh i said this about warhammer stuff, where some people are like, oh, you're playing the Necrons and Orcs now. Like, have you looked into their lore? And I'm like, I really don't care. Like, I think it's cool, but it's one of those things where they can be like, the Necrons used to host birthday parties for the Orcscs and there was a balloon animal man. I'd be like, cool, awesome.

That's neat. I must tell you, I love the whole like version of your lore. The Necrons would host birthday parties. All right. Hell yeah. Like to me, the lore is just, it's a fun secondary thing.

It's not the main thing, which I know for you, it's the main thing. Yeah. I mean, I want to know why I'm doing what I'm doing. I need a reason. And it's the story of my entire life.

I need a good reason to do anything or I'm not doing it. Yeah. And so you need to convince me if you're the concept of your game is I need to grind and catch and level little monsters I need a good reason to be doing that or I'm gonna be like this is boring um so you know that's my thing on that there's a new magic uh draft set coming so i'm gonna be playing that i'm excited it's apparently like the the anime set that'll be interesting uh but i haven't i haven't magic drafted in months i'm excited to do that

uh and then oh yeah guild wars 2 at the end of the month the new expansion i was excited for that they're adding fishing in so obviously i gotta play oh damn you are yeah i am uh i'm certainly interested in that i want to see what's going to go on i honestly like i don't know i haven't played guild wars 2 in so long yeah and i i got re they reached out to me like yo do you want to play guild wars 2 and i was like i don't i haven't played since the original release of guild wars 2 yeah i'm not even sure if my character still exists i'm gonna let you know and they were like well what if we paid you and i was like i'm in but then i had to be like all right i don't know what I'm doing So if I'm going to check out Guild Wars 2 I need to start with the new character

And do the whole thing And I don't know what's about to happen So This should be a real treat Maybe I can just pay to get ahead and play the new stuff Yeah there is I mean I got back into it a couple months ago And it was actually really fun I enjoyed it

Yeah I know nothing I know nothing about Guild Wars except for the original Release and it was actually really fun. I enjoyed it. I know nothing about Guild Wars except for the original release. And I was like, oh this was fun! Alright, back to WoW! So I don't have any scope of what I'm getting into. Period.

So this should be a treat. Yeah, it'll be good. Plus it's got fishing in the expansion. That's the main thing. Plus it's got fishing. So yeah, I mean, there's a lot of games. They're coming out soon. Plus it's got fishing.

Plus it's got fishing. And it has no subscription, so you can just hop in whenever. That's my favorite part, too. You just get it, and then you just got it. Alright, well, I'll give it the old college try and see what's up. The old college try.

I'm sure I need more video games in my life right now. I was gonna say the college try is like I feel like the college try is not that great. Most people don't even try very hard in college. There are people who try hard but I feel like the college try is not that great. Most people don't even try very hard in college.

There are people who try hard, but I feel like a majority of them don't try hard. But isn't the whole point of the old college try? Is it supposed to be you're putting forth your best effort? I get that, yes. I'm just saying that most people don't. In college? Yeah, I'd say 60% to 70% of the people don't. I don't i would say college yeah i'd say 70 60 to 70 of the people don't i don't know i would say it depends on what they're trying you know what i mean like i would say 100 are trying to get laid

and they're putting in their best effort all right that's true, 100% is probably too much. 99%. There's definitely the 1% that are like, I am here for business. I have no interest in anything extracurricular. Only graduating top of my class. Alright, bless.

But they're still putting in the college try. That's true. Yeah, you know what? Alright. I revert my statement. Someone's trying to do something at all times, and they're doing it the old college way. The question is, why is it the old college? Here's the thing. It's not the new college try.

New college try, you be right. You be right. No one cares. The old college try. Yeah, like how old? We're talking like 1864 old? 1712? Yeah, like how far? We're talking like 1864 old? 1712? Yeah, like how far back are we going?

Yeah, how old? Are we going like Babylon? Give it the old college try. The Alexandrian library try. Yeah. What is the origin? Here we go. The origin of giving it the old college try in particular is referencing an old ritual

that might have been percolated amongst alumni of the old and prestigious New England college universities? Question mark. That's pretty old. Yeah, that's pretty old. That's pretty like, how old is Harvard? These people are saying early 1900s. Ah, well, I mean, Harvard? These people are saying early 1900s. Ah.

Well, I mean, Harvard is 385 years old. So, I mean, like, it could be that old. That's true. Damn, Harvard's 385 years old. Yale is 320. My university was built. First use of this phrase was 1927 was it relation to sports it always seems like it's a sports thing there was some babe ruth

mentions so it could be that but uh oh yeah paul dixon's the dixon baseball dictionary i guess this is when it got used. At the turn of the century, a player was said to give the old college try when attempting to make a play like a heroic attempt at catching a fly ball that was very far out of the player's reach. There you go.

It is a sports thing. It always is. In America, it's always a sports thing. We're always just like, here's another sports phrase. We love what we love, especially baseball. That's true, yeah. Not me. I'm not a big baseball fan.

Although I do like going to ballgames, but I don't watch it on TV. Ballgames I'll go to because it's fun to hang out, and most of the time you're just talking and drinking. But watching on TV tv i got no patience for that yeah i mean you eat a hot dog you drink a beer and you're just outside and you're like ah yeah you're surrounded by like try progressively more drunk people yeah and everyone's having fun and there's like an old lady on an organ that's like you're like yeah get it granny it's great yeah It's great. Yeah, it's pretty good.

I think watching baseball takes like four hours. Yeah, I got no patience for that at home. I'm like, there's other things I could do. But if you go to a ball game and you're with friends and you're just like hanging out outside, it's great. My two favorite things I'd went to were hockey and basketball. Both? Very action-oriented, fast-paced.

They last like two hours. And then it's done. I very much agree with you. I think basketball and hockey are the most enjoyable to watch. Both on TV and in the stands. Yeah. I would say that soccer or football could be there, except it's so low scoring that it's like it will never be as intense as the others.

Yeah. Actual NFL football, I went to one game. It was, like, freezing. It was literally, like, zero degrees with, like, 40-mile-an-hour winds. And it was very okay i'm gonna say the controversial style i think it's controversial screw that football is better on tv than in real life yeah no i think so i definitely agree so actually yeah there's some things that are just if they can get rid of the crowd at a football game and just give us more close-ups at like 80 camera angles,

I'd be fine with that. Yeah. They did that during the COVID original year. And I was totally all right with it. That's why they always say, we couldn't do it without the fans. They could. They literally did.

Yeah. Now they couldn't do it without the fans. They could. They literally did. Yeah. They literally, now they couldn't do it without the fans' money. That's a different story. That's the difference, yeah. It's very similar to when YouTubers would be like, I can't do this without you. You're one of me. We're together in this. I'm like, no, no, no, no.

They aren't making money off of your videos. Stop that.'s all just words to make people You know Want to keep watching or subscribing Or whatever it might be It's the same thing when someone's personality is The amount of people And look I'm a Steelers fan

I love the Steelers The amount of people that their entire personality is Steelers fan merchandise is insane. Oh, yeah. Insane. My room, my basement, my car. It is Steelers, Patriots, Cowboys. I'm trying to think of the other teams that are like, oh, no, you have the fandoms out of control. Packers are kind of like that, honestly. Oh, yeah. I mean, look, if you're wearing a you have the fandoms out of control. Packers are kind of like that, honestly.

Oh, yeah. I mean, look, if you're wearing a cheese head, you are out of control. Yeah. Yeah, there's some big ones. There's like even all the sports like Lakers. There's some bowls. There's probably Warriors, like Celtics. Oh, if you live in Buffalo, it's Sabres all the time.

Which is really sad. Yeah. The Bills? What's crazy is the Bills, not so much. Well, I don't know. Maybe nowadays they are. It has been, oh my God, it's been 15. Oh my God, no, more than that.

Never mind. Everything I said does not matter because it's literally been 20 years since I lived in Buffalo, so what the hell do I know? Well, I mean, the Sabres are still bad. That's true. I just want them to be good. Nah,

that's not happening. Can the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning stop being the best teams? How is Florida the best at hockey? Dude, I'm telling you. All the guys who are like, I'm into hockey, cold weather sport, they want to live the rest of the year in a hot weather climate. Yeah, that does make sense.

And so they're just easily sold on the idea of moving to Florida and like, I don't know, it sucks. sold on the idea of moving to Florida and like, I don't know. It sucks. That's pretty neat. What did I do this week? What did you do? What have you been up to?

Let's see. I've been playing games. Play games. Working out. Although I have been having anxiety because of heart palpitations what do you ever get those what pretty much describe to me what you what what a heart palpitation is heart palpitation what can be a variety of things so like there's like the heart palpitation where you're kind of thumps like it's like don't do like an extra beat or like it feels like it's beating out of your chest or

like skip a beat or You know, I could probably just literally google it and explain it better the description Heart palpitations described as the experience of feeling as though the heart is pounding or racing, that the heartbeat is irregular or rapid, or that the heart is skipping beats. They can be felt in chest, throat, neck. Many experience palpitations at some point or another. Yeah. Oh, then for sure.

Then yes. I have. There have been certain times. God, I'm trying to think of when. Where like the middle of my chest is like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. I'm like, whoa. Calm down, dude. Yeah, it's probably a palpitation. Yeah. the middle of my chest is like boom boom boom boom boom boom boom i'm like whoa calm down dude yeah it's probably palpitation yeah so i remember when i was at the doctor i was like oh yeah i was

getting like you know maybe like one or two a day and he was like one or two a day well keep an eye on that and i was like huh it's because i was like freaking out i was like wait is that bad and i looked it up and people are like no it's not too bad like uh if it like keeps up and you like go to a cardiologist and they put a thing on you and they're just like they watch you for like two days or like they don't watch you in the house they like have you wear this thing for two days and they check the results make sure you don't have like irregular heartbeat like most people that have that done they're just like yeah you're fine and then they're like well what caused the heart palpitations and they're like literally stress anxiety caffeine alcohol and lack of sleep all that seems true so it seems

like so I like told my dad I was like oh yeah i was getting like some heart palpitations he was like i had those i had those went to the doctor i wore that thing they said nothing was wrong and i'm like something's wrong i got these and they're like you're stressed and i'm like i'm not stressed and they're like you're stressed right now and he was like i realized i was stressed and i was drinking i was like plus this is in my genetic line so like it's just I was like yeah I remember actually I got a few in high school when I wasn't sleeping a lot and I was stressed I remember walking down the hallway and just like a dude and I was like it freaked me out but I noticed I'd get them to like after like working out i feel like a little

bit like when you're not while i'm working out but like afterwards which apparently is common because your heart's like going from like super crazy back to normal and it'll just get like a flutter feel or it's just like and it happens like twice and i'm like and then it goes away and i'm like okay all right i don't uh man i i very much i'm thrilled that i don't have that happen all the time yeah well apparently like it'll happen in for a lot of people it happens for a like brief period like if they're stressed or anxious or like whatever it might be and then it goes away the worst part is like i was just getting that and now i've been like hyper fixated on it because so like with the doctor he's just like yeah keep an eye on and i'm like oh god something's wrong so you make yourself anxious then you give yourself more heart palpitations because you're

anxious about the palpitations so i'm thinking of my heart and i'm like i think it just i think it just beat weird i think it just did it even though I'm sure if I wasn't paying attention, I wouldn't have noticed anything. So I'm like, if it's like that, I feel like... Then I looked up on the internet. There were a whole bunch of people that were like, I've had palpitations for 65 years.

I don't know nothing. But apparently, it's pretty common. I do not have that. I don't... I got apparently I do not have that I don't I got none of that yeah it's uh apparently like a lot of it's caused by change in body position

apparently like literally a bunch of people get them and then it's one of those things where they're like it can be a problem but most of the time it's not but even at my doctor he was like i've listened to your heart a bunch of times because i go to the doctor all the time because you know hypochondriac and they're just like i never heard any weird rhythms or beats or anything so i mean i don't know they're like if you want to see a cardiologist and it keeps going

let me know and i was like i'll wait but now freak myself out because i keep having anxiety about it and i read the anxiety stuff about it and they're like hey it's fine and then people are like i'm getting anxiety about the anxiety and i'm like dude me too it seems like you're caught in a cycle that i i don't know how to help you i don't know how to help me either the worst worst part is what you're describing everyone I've ever known who has anxiety is the same way. Well, they'll tell me I have anxiety and I get more anxiety from the anxiety that I have. And I'm just like, well, that seems terrible. It is.

You think I want to just be like, man, I love constantly thinking about my heartbeat all day. I actually had a point. Oh, my God. I forgot. There was a point years ago, probably 15 years ago, where I was hyper fixated on my breathing. And I would constantly be like, am I breathing correctly? Okay. Nope.

Shut up. Shut up. No. Yeah. okay nope shut up shut up no yeah you i like i get everyone every once in a while someone will say something and i'll be like oh that's right i automatically breathe i don't think about it and then for some reason i'll focus on the breathing and it becomes weird but like i've never been like oh no like it's never all right it's your i't know what it is I just apparently my entire family has this so it's just

genetically ingrained in me and you gotta like work it out but it's like I try to like logically break it down or I'm like alright nothing's probably wrong but if something was wrong it's not even a big deal you just go to the doctor and they send you to the thing and you do whatever and they

fix it so it's not even a big deal and I'm like to the doctor and they send you to the thing and you do whatever and they fix it. So it's not even a big deal. And I'm like, yeah, it's not a big deal. And I'm like, but what if it is? It just like tricks you into it. Brains are dumb. But what if it is? I hate brains.

I don't have that problem, though. I feel like I, when people tell me this stuff, I feel like I have a disorder where I don't have the same emotional complexity as other people where I'm just like, I don't know what your problem is. I don't know what it is. I don't know how you got that.

That's crazy. I wish I had your brain. Well, at least for that specific thing. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. I don't want the rest of it. It's fun.

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Oh, boy, traffic. Oh, my God, it is wild. let's go to traffic Oh boy, traffic Oh my god, it is wild There's so many winter storms There's winter storm Fred There's winter storm Bill There's winter storm Jill There's winter storm Keenan There's winter storm Spaghetti

There's so many winter storms You can't even keep track of all of them I feel like they got lazy towards the end there Yeah, I think they did too. Or more creative, depending. And, you know, you got to keep track of all these storms. But luckily, you know, going in the, well, we're in February, but going towards March, usually things start warming up,

get more rain instead of snow. Even though, yeah, it's like it snowed in like May before. So you never know. But, you know, on before, so you never know. But on average, it does get better. So hopefully that's the case, and that'll improve the traffic. Back to you. Thanks, Crandor.

Now let's go over to Crandor at the weather desk. How's that weather? Weather time. Weather. Weather time. Let's see. Weather. Weather time. Let's see. I haven't taken a weather request

from the YouTube comments in a while, so let's do that. We got one! There's one! Weather for Gold Hills, Oregon, where the Oregon Vortex is located, where objects seem to roll uphill. What?

Yeah, that's what he said. Gold Hills, Oregon. Right, but can you expand upon that? That's all he's got, so no. Just roll uphill. All right, well, maybe I have to go expand upon it. Yeah, you're going to have to look that up. But right now in Gold Hill, Oregon, 57 degrees, sunny.

It's going to be a low of 31 tonight. Pressure 30.4. Pretty high in the pressure. Visibility 9 miles an hour. Winds 1 mile an hour. Low winds 2.32. Yeah, your sunrise at 719 a.m. Your sun's setting around 534.

Your UV index is a zero and your moon phase is hitting that waxing crescent the daily forecast uh we've got tuesday nice and sunny 64 wednesday 66 and sunny thursday 69 sunny nice fr Friday 70 partly cloudy Saturday 70 mostly sunny Sunday 69 mostly sunny nice and Monday 56 partly cloudy and Tuesday 56 partly cloudy that's like my ideal weather I love like 50 high 50s

into the 60s I tried to look up info on the vortex but the only thing I found of interest is the house of mystery now this I'm here for alright okay to look up info on the vortex but the only thing i found of interest is the house of mystery now this i'm here for all right okay okay okay the oregon vortex local legend supposedly states that prior to any construction in the area native why is it always a native american thing native americans in the area refer to the site as a forbidden land and travelers passing through

would often find their horses refusing to go through the area. Odd angles create an illusion of objects rolling uphill. This reminds me of there's a place in Mexico. I think it might

be Mexico City. There's an place in Mexico. I think it might be Mexico City. There's an art exhibit this guy made. It's a whole street. But he designed it so the street looks like it's slanting down, but it's actually slanting up. So when you walk on it, you're disoriented. And so people almost fall over every time they try to walk through it. But if you take photos, it looks like you're walking uphill but going down. It's crazy looking.

Interesting. Wow. A stretch of Mexico's coastline called the Riviera Maya is an area known for glamorous all-inclusive resorts. I think I actually might have stayed there 20, 30 years ago. There is a place called Zenses, which is wild looking. Like the water fountain is a toilet, like that kind of stuff. It's just bizarre.

But the video, now I need to find if there's a video so I can show you this. This is perfect. Here you go. I'm going to send you this link. It is called Zenses Park in Playa del Carmen by Jody Durr. Shout out to Jody. Jody. And it's just like three minutes of her and I guess her friends like freaking out.

At 20 seconds in, they can't climb the stairs. They can't figure out how to climb stairs. They're like losing their minds trying to figure it out. It's bizarre looking. They have to lean back. to figure it out. It's bizarre looking. They have to lean back. At a minute 40, this woman almost falls over trying to

go downstairs because her brain can't figure out what's going on. Oh my god. The water is flowing uphill. What the shit? Dude, I'm telling you. I want to go to this place. It looks so neat yeah this place is crazy yeah i love actual amusement park yeah it's apparently it's one road like one street

but everything on that street the insides outsides all of it is insane so like inside the buildings there's like a restaurant where the seats are on the ceiling, like that kind of thing. Yeah. It's neat. It's all pretty weird looking. Oh, my God. Yeah, this is wild. Even the camera, when they move the camera around and you see angles, it's disorienting. Things seem way off.

Yeah, this is so cool. Yeah, they're pointing the camera It looks like it's uphill But that's downhill The thing that looks like it's going up Is down What the shit Yeah

I know dude I love it It's so neat That's what I was thinking of When you mentioned the organ vortex I was like oh Well That's the weather Yeah I was thinking of when you mentioned the Oregon Vortex. I was like, oh. Well, that's the weather.

Yeah. All right, let's go to sports. Sports. Man, we got a bunch of sports stuff. So we have our Super Bowl, which is Bengals-Rams. Honestly, it'll be a pretty good Super Bowl. Super Bowl, which is Bengals-Rams. Honestly, it'll be a pretty good Super Bowl. I always like Super Bowls where it's

not the same teams. We got some different teams in there, especially the Bengals. Didn't expect them to be the Super Bowl. I am going to have so many stories Super Bowl weekend because it's already started. The signs are everywhere. All the

things like Super Bowl, LVI, or whatever it is. It's here in LA, and everyone's very excited. And already, at least down near me, the crazy people are coming out. I don't know if they're tourists that got here early or if it's crazy people that have decided tourists are coming so they need to be seen in public. Either way, this past weekend I saw all the wild people out. A guy

was dressed in all black leather from head to toe walking down the side of the road and he kept whistling at people and then I saw a woman who was in tight leopard print everything.

And in high heels. I don't know. And in high heels as she was walking two giant dogs. And I was like, oh, my God, this lady is out of control. And then on the beach, there were all these people that were just like hawking the usual garbage. But there was a lot of them. I was like, oh, yeah, this is, tourists are coming. This is, we're back, baby. Now, there's the tourist sign, though.

Oh, yeah, there were guys, the bikes, you know, the little, like, rent-a-bikes and rent-a-scooters are everywhere again. So it's very clear that they, you know that they expect a lot of people to show up. So that'll be fun, I'm sure. It does sound like it'll be a thing. Yeah, it will be a thing. That is true. So we have had the Olympics happening. I don't know if you've watched any of that. I have

not. Actually, that's a lie. I watched a little bit of Leslie Jones on Twitter talking over the Olympics until I think NBC told her to stop doing it. But I love

when Leslie Jones talks over Twitter, it's hilarious because she's just like, I don't know what this is, but I love it. I'm like, I love it, too. I don't know what you're saying. She just has comments that come out of nowhere. She's like, look at this. This kid's 15 years old. Amazing.

I'm like, I need someone like Leslie Jones in my room with me in order to really enjoy the Olympics. Let's see yeah pretty much i just like turn it on at night and just be like what's going on and you know that's uh that's pretty much what i do they had the curling on that was pretty neat i was enjoying the curling i didn't see any curling i missed out saw the opening ceremony yeah it was whatever yeah and uh you know it's mainly i saw putin just like pretended to be asleep there were no bears for him to ride that's true that probably was it they made me keep my shirt on and there were no bears um and then we had uh nba news so we're almost to the All-Star break. Heat in first place.

Bulls, Bucks, Cavs, 76ers, Raptors all doing well. Nets have lost eight in a row now that Kevin Durant's out. Over in the West, you got the Suns, the Warriors, the Grizzlies, the Jazz, the Mavericks, the Nuggets, the Timberwolves. The Grizzlies, the Jazz. And the Clippers and Lakers fighting for 8th and 9th as they both are mediocre. And then in hockey, Panthers up the top, Hurricane Rangers up the top. You got the Avalanche up the top and the Golden Knights with the Kings and Ducks right behind them.

And that is sports. All right. What is our weird fact of the day? Weird fact of the day. Let's see. There's some weird facts here. Oh, that's pretty weird. One of the earliest known vacuum cleaners was so large that it had to be hauled from house to house via a horse-drawn carriage.

Talking about what now? That's right. Hold on. Hold on. Its giant hoses were popped through the windows of the customers, and a gas-powered motor generated the suction that pulled the dirt and debris into a glass container where onlookers could gawk at the volume of filth coming from their neighbors' homes. That's actually kind of neat considering the time period. Just walking down, you see this horse pulling his giant vacuum machine,

and they're like, put it in the old window. And it's just like sucking up furniture and shit. It's like, wow, really cleaning that place up. They just start sucking up the people in there. They're like, I didn't like them anyway. It was a dirty family, if you ask me. They never cleaned their rugs. And a good old time family takes their rugs outside and beats them with sticks.

Good riddance. You know that's what they're good riddance. Very dirty family. They engaged in positions outside of the missionary. Very, very dirty. They were vacuumed up. That's pretty neat. It's a fact of the day. They were vacuumed up. That's pretty neat. That's your fact of the day.

Thank you. All right. What's our big news story of the day? Big news story of the day. I can't wait to see what you choose. We have a plethora of news. Oh, my God. Okay.

We have, man, you were right. Some was like no news and some weeks there's just a lot yeah there's too much like i typed in florida man there's like florida man arrested after train hits stolen car car flies in the nearby home there's uh the much better one here which is massive brawl breaks out at Golden Corral Buffet. I mean, that doesn't seem like news, though. I feel like that happens all the time. Golden Corral is definitely, yeah. Did I ever tell you that when I taught, I used to have a student named Golden Carol? And everyone was like, your family did not name you Golden Corral.

And he's like, no, Golden Carol. And I was like, it's clever, but also it's Golden Corral. Let's not pretend. How old is the Golden Corral? Has it been around a long-ass time? I would imagine. Yeah. I thought it was more of a recent thing.

No, it's been around a while, and it has the same vibe as Sizzler. Sizzler? What's that? Oh, my God. Sizzler? You don't know what Sizzler is? No. Golden Corral founded in 1973.

Oh, wow. Yeah, I guess you're right. Sizzler. Sizzler founded 1958. Oh, maybe the reason why you don't have Sizzler there is because it was founded straight up in Culver City, California, like up the street from me. Oh, I see. It might be. Yeah, there's Western Sizzlin', Swenson's, Red Lobster, Golden Corral.

Well, wait a minute. People who searched for Sizzler also searched for the following things. This is the most Midwestern list of shit I've ever seen in my life. People who searched for Sizzler also looked up Western Sizzlin'. Don't know what that is, but it's a funny-ass name. Looks like a steakhouse. Golden Corral, Red Lobster, Swenson's, Shakey's Pizza Parlor, The Pizza Company, Applebee's, Outback, Denny's, Texas Roadhouse,

Olive Garden, Ponderosa. Man, I haven't heard that name in a while. Chili's, IHOP, Red Robin, TGI Friday, Starbucks, Cracker Barrel, Marie Callender's, Boston Market Market Black Bear Diner, McDonald's That is the most Midwestern shit I've ever heard in my life That is basically what growing up That was my options in Dayton, Ohio

Pretty much roughly that Well if you want fine dining we can't go to Red Lobster That's just Too expensive Although we also had back in the day We had Chi-Chi's Which was a Mexican place And they had deep fried ice cream that was amazing

What? Yeah deep fried ice cream that was great And then there was another It was an Italian restaurant that was like Better than Olive Garden Because they gave you bread with oil Like the oil Oh yeah

I don't know what that place was called but that place was it was pretty all right for being just you know a one step above an Olive Garden however I don't think it exists anymore Olive Garden still around yep that's true feel like that says a lot about Olive Garden it says it is staying power cheese I

remember seeing cheese is like all over the place and I remember being like oh what, what's that, as a kid. But I never went to one. They went bankrupt. They lost, I guess, whatever company owned them sold them. Damn. I know. That sucks.

No Chee-chees. No Chee-chees. No more. What's crazy is there's an Olive Garden technically right near me, and I would not ever know that. Where the hell is this? There's an Olive Garden in the mall near me? No.

A mall of garden? Actually, I do know that Olive Garden. Never mind. I'm a liar. I bought my uncle a gift card to Olive Garden once from them. It was a Christmas gift card, and he likes Olive Garden, so I got him an Olive Garden once from now. It was a Christmas gift card and he likes Olive Garden so I got him an Olive Garden gift card.

It was just like that time we looked up Olive Garden sodium levels. Yeah, and it's too high is the answer. It's way too high. It's actually insane. It's like three times

the amount of sodium. Oof, that is, yeah. No thank you. Hard pass. It was like 5, 000 milligrams of sodium you're supposed to have like 2 000 a day where was i going oh yeah the story uh massive brawl breaks out at golden corral buffet let's just do this one we've already we've got we might as well we're already in uh dozens of ticked off diners got into an all-out brawl that was caught on video at Golden Corral Buffet in Pennsylvania

after the eatery ran out of steak. Shocking footage from the Friday fracas shows a mob of patrons hurling punches in chairs, including baby seats, while others in the crowd scramble to safety. Oh, man. Why is it always... It's always chairs.

Once the chairs are broken out, it's a fight. Oh, yeah. And if you throw in baby seats, that's rude. Yeah, that's just. I don't know. There was a shortage of steak and two parties were involved and one family cut in front of another family. They were taking their time and they ran out of steak. Whoa.

Whoa. There was a shortage of steak? Yeah they ran out of steak. Whoa! Whoa! There was a shortage of steak? Yeah. Shortage of steak. At the Golden Corral Steakhouse? Yep. They deserve the fight. They deserve the fight.

That is, they deserve to have that restaurant tore up for that. Are you kidding me? At the steakhouse there was no steak? I understand why people were mad. Just like at the Waffle House when I couldn't get a waffle. Yeah, I get why people at Waffle House tear that place up. It's all starting to click now. They were taking their time.

They ran out of steak, and it got into a heated exchange at the tables. We are aware of an unfortunate disturbance that started between two parties of guests at our franchise restaurant in Pennsylvania. This was a PA thing, of course it was. The old PA thing. Actually, it makes sense. Some angry Pennsylvania people. Probably near Philadelphia or something.

Oh, man. I would hope it's near Pittsburgh, so they called each other yuns when they did it. Yuns is stupid! And they threw tables at each other or something. If I know Eagles fans, this has got to be near Philadelphia. You're right. Touche.

Thankfully, no serious injuries reported. The Ben Salem Township Police Department. Where's Ben Salem? Yeah, I'm looking it up right now. That is a very Pennsylvania town name. Yeah. Ben Salem. Ben Salem.

Is, oh boy. The first image I see. It is right by Philadelphia. I knew it. It's out. Wow. It's like in between Philly and New York. Yeah.

It also has the vibe of like a place where a bunch of rich people live. Oh, yeah. It just shows a horse walking around or something. Yeah. It definitely has like a, whoa, never mind. I mean, I don't know if rich people want a golden corral near them. Oh, I don't. I mean, I don't think they have much of a choice.

Golden corral is going to end up where golden corral ends up. It's like spreading the Nurgle plague just slowly. Yeah, you don't get a choice if golden corral shows up. It's getting built over there. It's just spawning a new golden corral.

I'm convinced that's the case when it comes to like kfc's kfc's just appear and i cannot explain why they've chosen to be where they're at oh my god that's right you're gonna bring up the uh you showed me that review bra video i saw where he tried the kfc chicken. Yes. I went to KFC. Right. I tried it. It was not bad, but it's not great. I think he just got really crappy ones.

Yeah. Because his were like hard and awful looking. Yeah. I realized that no matter how much they tried to sell me on the idea that chicken is just like proteins and whatever it's not like chicken tastes different than fake chicken it's just a fact yeah i think i agree i mean once you put sauce on it once you dip it there was no difference that sauce is overpowering barbecue honey mustard whatever you put on that it's overpowering i think it's cool to have the option, though. I do like that it's like a thing.

Oh, agreed. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, my God. I forgot. I got the aardvark sauce. Oh, did you use it on stuff? I literally used it yesterday, and it was great.

Amazing. I love it. Amazing. Yeah, it's very, very good. I cannot express how delicious it is. I ran out and just bought two more bottles. Oh, my God. I cannot express how delicious this is I ran out and just bought two more bottles Oh my god I buy it online because I can get

Two for the price of one That's pretty good Yeah you know I'm like alright so I just ordered Something and it's going to show up and I'm going to be like Oh who's getting something spicy Tonight to eat Me this guy That guy

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