Sounds Like Fun with Benny & Sto
Is This Necessary?
Aug 22, 2026 · 41 min · 13 segments
Sto has to go against his nature and indulge in frivolous spending
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Sounds Like Fun with Benny & Sto
Aug 22, 2026 · 41 min · 13 segments
Sto has to go against his nature and indulge in frivolous spending
Uh [laughs] which, if you don't know the movie from the-
Timely reference
...
Yeah, [laughs] if you don't know the movie from the '80s, the, what, uh, Richard Pryor is, is forced, in order to get an inheritance, he has to spend money.
And it gets to the point where he hates spending money, which is kind of the point.
And before we get to the challenge, you and I are similar in this sense, where, I mean, we don't necessarily have the same spending habits, but neither of us like to be wasteful.
I mean, whether it's interpreted by others, depending on their spending habits, as being cheap, as being thrifty, as being not wasteful, we're both kind of like this, and why do you think that is?
I think it's an ethos we grew up with, that resources are finite.
You never know when there might be an emergency or you might need something, and therefore you always wanna make sure that you have it for safety and security.
I, I, for me, it was always about safety and security.
You never know what's gonna happen, so you should always have something just in case.
So there is this fear of being wasteful with money, that it might run out.
And-
Exactly
...
Yeah.
Or an emergency, and you really need it, and you wasted it on s- a CD of, you know, The Goo Goo Dolls, and now you're, like, $10 away from buying that house.
Right.
And yeah, yeah, exactly.
Gary Goleman has this funny bit.
Um, but so there is this scarcity fear, and, and I think that I have it too, which is probably not that rational of a fear, right? We're both gainfully employed.
Both of our wives work, make money.
Uh [laughs] which, if you don't know the movie from the-
Timely reference
...
Yeah, [laughs] if you don't know the movie from the '80s, the, what, uh, Richard Pryor is, is forced, in order to get an inheritance, he has to spend money.
And it gets to the point where he hates spending money, which is kind of the point.
And before we get to the challenge, you and I are similar in this sense, where, I mean, we don't necessarily have the same spending habits, but neither of us like to be wasteful.
I mean, whether it's interpreted by others, depending on their spending habits, as being cheap, as being thrifty, as being not wasteful, we're both kind of like this, and why do you think that is?
I think it's an ethos we grew up with, that resources are finite.
You never know when there might be an emergency or you might need something, and therefore you always wanna make sure that you have it for safety and security.
I, I, for me, it was always about safety and security.
You never know what's gonna happen, so you should always have something just in case.
So there is this fear of being wasteful with money, that it might run out.
And-
Exactly
...
Yeah.
Or an emergency, and you really need it, and you wasted it on s- a CD of, you know, The Goo Goo Dolls, and now you're, like, $10 away from buying that house.
Right.
And yeah, yeah, exactly.
Gary Goleman has this funny bit.
Um, but so there is this scarcity fear, and, and I think that I have it too, which is probably not that rational of a fear, right? We're both gainfully employed.
Both of our wives work, make money.
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