Tag Archive for hot hot topics

A Series of Upnotes

QUICK HITS
caleb and rafe both talk about health as aging millennials. caleb also talks about delicious food. and cereal, what even is the point if you can’t have good cereal? rafe does a word of the week, there’s concern about toxic waste from ohio (not talking about the government figures this time eyo), and somehow they still end up having a pretty okay time. and rafe learns one of her favorite 80’s bands is from australia!

HIGH LOWS
rafe’s high-low
high: taxes done
low: taxes NOT done?

caleb’s high-low
high: DC day
low: health

HOT HOT TOPICS
– why are all these dishes in the sink?
– what the fuck is wrong with people? (context- our system is down, but they NEED to know if a payment went through. So when told, hey maybe call the bank since they keep record of that shit, they INSIST on not doing so) SIGH
– some breakfast cereals for kids are worse than candy with the amount of sugar they have.
– why do I cheer so hard when I see stone cold steve austin in a ref shirt with cut off sleeves?
– what deranged logic drives a grocery to put the cream cheese next to the eggs without any signposting?
– apparently fruit loops cereal straws are a thing. what food would you be happy to have as a flavor in straw form (to use with whatever beverage you like)?
– why does it feel so good when you order regular fries and get a single onion ring or a random curly fry in the container?
– what is the ideal milkfat for drinking white milk?
– the sketchers stay on during sex.
– choose one—Ice cream headache or paper cut
– do crocs belong in sport mode during sex?

JOHN CANDY
MOVIE – rescuers down under (1990) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100477)
caleb 7.8/10
rafe 7.5/10
SONGS – australian bands
icehouse – we can get together

NEXT MOVIE – nothing but trouble (1991) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102558)
NEXT SONGS – rafe is trouble caleb is nothing

Finding Yourself With Wood

QUICK HITS
how kind are you to customer service people? caleb gives spoiler-free reviews of guillermo del toro’s pinocchio and d&d, caleb has wood dreams, and bad dreams, and rafe goes on a rant about being nice to people. and taxes, amirite?

HIGH LOWS
rafe’s high-low
high: found myself
low: taxes

caleb’s high-low
high: m&m’s
low: bad dream

HOT HOT TOPICS
– could the tech bros stop trying to get robots to write papers and just get some godsdamned cleaning bots to market beyond vacuuming?
– how early in the week is too early to be done with the week and want it to just be over?
– what’s the best fruit/veggie to add to water?
– when someone else’s kid gets on the spiny thing at the playground do I keep going mach 3 like when my daughter was on it solo or do I tone it down
– I will never understand austin texas, or the entire states of california and ohio.
– why is a high Luck stat considered good when it doesnt specify good or bad luck?

JOHN CANDY
MOVIE – masters of menace (1990) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100119)
caleb 2.5/10
rafe 2.5/10
SONGS – menacing

NEXT MOVIE – the rescuers down under (1990) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100477)
NEXT SONGS – australian bands

The Joys of Capitalism

QUICK HITS
we watched cocaine bear! no spoilers. rafe’s stomach sucks! exclamation point! caleb did so many good things outside for his house.

HIGH LOWS
rafe’s high-low
high: BEARS and GAMES that twitch life
low: internal organs are the worst

caleb’s high-low
high: neighborly stuff
low: chemical spill in bristol

HOT HOT TOPICS
– if a business is going to require an employee to work in the office for a job that could be completed at home that business should be required to pay for the length of that employees commute
– congratulations, your company is getting a new ceo! bonus—you personally get to pick the ceo! but there is a catch. the only two available candidates are jeff bezos and elon musk. who gets the job?
– I have no intention of borrowing a metal detector from the library across the street, but should I be this pleased that it’s an option?
– whats the bet that the manager will get back with me and see about trying to keep me there?
– a straight married man bought me lunch today. is he hitting on me?
– does wine pair well with pizza?
– what animal would say the nicest things if it could talk?
– what’s something that would improve if you could change its color?
– knock knock jokes, and why they should go away for good.
– how do I calmly ask the HHT deadline to go fuck itself?

JOHN CANDY
MOVIE – the rocket boy (last 1989) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170513)
caleb 3/10
rafe 3/10
SONGS – caleb is rockets rafe is boys
beastie boys – slow and low

NEXT MOVIE – masters of menace (1990) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100119)
NEXT SONGS – menacing

Bytes n Banks (feat. bytesnbeers)

QUICK HITS
we have a guest! who will talk about banking! because of the weird bank stuff that’s been going on! we’re doing a special get-together for COCAINE BEAR this saturday night! join the rahaca discord for more information. bytes has chatGPT tell us about uncle buck. bytes gets a magical item called the flagon of chuckles!walmart will be a real personal shopper?

check out our buddy bytesnbeers on twitch! he streams wednesday, friday, and saturday.
https://twitch.tv/bytesnbeers

HIGH LOWS
bytes’ high-low
high: st. patrick’s vacay
low: the struggle to health

rafe’s high-low
high: BEARS
low: the struggle to health

caleb’s high-low
high: LOTR extended
low: allergy shots itchy

HOT HOT TOPICS
– which bagel is best?
– lady at the donut shop gave me free donut holes for being a good repeat customer. how much shame should I feel? please count the shame in glazed donuts or slices of mid tier pizza. or gallons of ice cream if its really bad.
– I don’t really have one this week. I’m just looking forward to a day that’ll be both warm and sunny. I haven’t seen one yet since I moved here.
– converting a bank into a fast food restaurant seems like a good idea until someone decides to send a large diet coke through the pneumatic tube at the drive thru.
– which is the proper spelling of HHT? upper case or lower case? and why is lower case so wrong?
– what happens to topics that are only hot, or worse, just lukewarm? do they hide with all the missing socks?
– why does the first federal cheese bank of kaese share a depository with the clarbitus sperm bank?
– is a taco a hotdog or is a hotdog a taco?

FALL IN LOVE
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/36-questions-to-fall-in-love
14. is there something that you’ve dreamed of doing for a long time? why haven’t you done it?
bytes: private pilot license
rafe: bachelor’s degree
caleb: pasta making

JOHN CANDY
MOVIE – uncle buck (1989) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098554)
bytes 7/10
caleb 7.5/10
rafe 8/10
SONGS – not immediate family
middle class rut – aunt betty

NEXT MOVIE – the rocket boy (last 1989) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170513)
NEXT SONGS – caleb is rockets rafe is boys

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