Ask The Hosts – Episode 40
Sep 9, 2026 · 21 min · 9 segments
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Sep 9, 2026 · 21 min · 9 segments
Joan asks, what's the biggest pop culture phenomenon that you just have no interest in?
Film,
sport,
books.
Insert all pop culture here.
So you just don't like any pop culture?
I like what I like, but anytime someone tries to start a conversation with me about any of those things, I just can't participate in the conversation.
It's like my father-in-law asks me about football, and I've now had to add to my Google Cards on my phone what the latest Aston Villa football match score was, just so I can converse with him.
I just can't do it.
I can't do it.
Short form video with most of the normal video playback controls taken away to make the experience more quote unquote immersive.
I don't care which platform you're talking about.
It all sucks.
Get lost with that crap.
I'm willing to watch a video, but A, I would prefer it not be like portrait on a phone.
What the hell is wrong with you? And B, don't take my damn controls away.
If I want to back up a second because I didn't catch something somebody said, that's what the little back button should do, not take me to a whole different stupid short video.
What? You can skip in shorts.
Yeah, you can scrub through them.
Yeah, you get the little bar at the bottom.
What you can and can't do is different on every platform, and it's always dumbed down and missing compared to the real experience.
You want to get a proper open source app there, Jim? I don't know if you've heard about open source.
You mean that hippie shit? Damn right it is.
Joan asks, what's the biggest pop culture phenomenon that you just have no interest in?
Film,
sport,
books.
Insert all pop culture here.
So you just don't like any pop culture?
I like what I like, but anytime someone tries to start a conversation with me about any of those things, I just can't participate in the conversation.
It's like my father-in-law asks me about football, and I've now had to add to my Google Cards on my phone what the latest Aston Villa football match score was, just so I can converse with him.
I just can't do it.
I can't do it.
Short form video with most of the normal video playback controls taken away to make the experience more quote unquote immersive.
I don't care which platform you're talking about.
It all sucks.
Get lost with that crap.
I'm willing to watch a video, but A, I would prefer it not be like portrait on a phone.
What the hell is wrong with you? And B, don't take my damn controls away.
If I want to back up a second because I didn't catch something somebody said, that's what the little back button should do, not take me to a whole different stupid short video.
What? You can skip in shorts.
Yeah, you can scrub through them.
Yeah, you get the little bar at the bottom.
What you can and can't do is different on every platform, and it's always dumbed down and missing compared to the real experience.
You want to get a proper open source app there, Jim? I don't know if you've heard about open source.
You mean that hippie shit? Damn right it is.
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