Episode Four: Conspiracy Theories | Violating Community Guidelines

Everyone has at least ONE crazy theory they fully believe to be true, whether that's the moon landing being faked, the Earth is flat, or the Denver International Airport being a gateway to hell. Brittany and Sarah dive into all these and more on today's episode, and who knows? Maybe you'll come away with a new perspective.
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[@violatingcommunityguidelines]

Hey guys! Sarah here, I'm so happy y'all enjoy the episode! For those asking, I wear sunglasses when I'm having sensory issues. I usually wear headphones too but I can't when we record. Hope you have a good week!

[@saulpinzon4472]

How are you feeling?

[@mynameiskrysta]

Oh i thought u were cosplaying the blind lol

[@autism_creechur]

Me too! :D Hope you're doing okay

[@hoorayitsjackie6166]

Meeeee tooooo. I get it. 😎

[@waltercronkite1387]

Important disclaimer about God’s wife: where I live in Canada, there is a very very common sex trafficking scam where if you’re a young girl alone, 2 ladies “working on a college project” will approach you. The project is supposedly to see how much people know about God’s wife, and they will mention the “daughters of Ishtar”. They’ll try to get your phone number so they can meet you at a coffee shop to interview you, which is where the sex trafficking will become a risk. They will always approach you when you’re alone or woth another girl your age, & in public places, like mall food courts. Just wanted to say, to all the young ladies who enjoy this channel, please be on high alert!!!! Sex trafficking is very very common in some cities. You might think they’re a couple of teenage girls just like you, & they might look very young & very straight-laced, but that is intentional. Just a PSA!

[@daddydevito]

"You know Schrodinger's cat?" "Wait, like, the movie? The guy with the list??" This is one of the funniest exchanges I've ever heard.

[@vinceradical8910]

Schrodingers List. it just has cats and boxes on it

[@ilsa9126]

When you get both references right away and feel exicted but also sad for being a big nerd

[@milascave2]

@@ilsa9126 You shouldn't. You should never be ashamed of being fat.

[@aspen1713]

came here to say this 😂

[@BelenPeralta1]

@@milascave2 BRO 😂

[@urtesak-_-8444]

Brittany: "Every single one of these are conspiracy theories" Also Brittany: **believes every single one**

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

Well, her mom communicates with the other side..so..

[@sweetestaphrodite]

@@TheKatarinaGiselle And…?

[@user-np8yf8fj2w]

@@sweetestaphrodite she’s probably more open minded than most people

[@Diskodolle]

The irony of this podcast is insane

[@Elleaf1]

The sexual tension between cvs and Walgreens joke has officially sold me on this podcast lol! I love it

[@allisonhunt8307]

Made me crack up.

[@alliramsay1328]

*We hold these truths to be self evident* "That's MLK" "No it's not. It's something with Abraham Lincoln." "Oh it's the Declaration of Independence" That was the wildest, messiest minute I've ever experienced.

[@baddiebiscuit1109]

you know you have been listening to hamilton to much when you forget that “we hold these truths to be self evident” is not just a line from the schuyler sisters but literally part of the declaration of independence

[@itzelheruiz9139]

time stamp pls

[@nutsack46y55y]

@@itzelheruiz9139 40:56

[@cemeterybaby2008]

“Nicolas cage stole it before I could read it” is so underrated 💀💀

[@iwillkickyourassinwiitennis.]

@@baddiebiscuit1109YESSSS EVERYTIME THEY SAID IT THE SONG STARTED PLAYING IN MY HEAD

[@JaggyRAWR]

“The feminine urge to walk into a CVS instead of a Walgreens” -Brittany Broski

[@robertoXCX]

I work across the street from a CVS and I announce this to my coworkers every time I go over there on a snack/supply run... and I play the extrabucks game, so that's more days than not lol

[@knitwitchpgh]

I'm glad I'm not the only one lol

[@gaysara]

It's so true

[@TheLalalalani]

And she's so real for that

[@Kasyler]

the worst part about the Biblically canon angels is that when they appear you'd hear nothing but trumpets and thunder all in the sky 😭

[@thisisabookchannel]

don't know how that's worse than a sentient ring of eyes 😂

[@pacrat6271]

Wait that’s a conspiracy theory? I thought there was like “actual biblical proof” that they looked they that, my grandpa (a very advocate Christian) told me about them when I was like 10 😀

[@tchaugn]

Jesus didn't even have trumpets around

[@AlexizAlexis]

the way i vividly imagined this and it made me physical

[@Grace-sy8gf]

@@tchaugn Jesus made trumpets just for the theatrical angels is my official religious head canon

[@Bear-im3cf]

I once heard the theory that the lochness monster is the ghost of an aquatic dinosaur and I personally really like that explanation

[@thatb1h855]

an aquatic dinosaur that just wants love

[@sweetestaphrodite]

@@thatb1h855 lochness monster fanfic 18+ 😩

[@myssaalyssa]

@@sweetestaphrodite just based off of this comment alone it makes sense that you have a jimin pfp 😋

[@thatb1h855]

@@sweetestaphrodite id read tbh

[@Julia-tk2em]

I heard that it’s an actual dinosaur swimming in and out of a portal at the bottom of the Loch. They can’t all be winners.

[@spaycie]

last episode: What is yiff? this episode: Do you believe humans are ultimately good or evil?

[@iamcropsey]

Not my star wars brain immediately going “no good guys, no bad guys, just business”

[@Gabriel-qw4og]

"everyone does sleep but more people launder money" that was my favorite quote this whole episode lol

[@sweetestaphrodite]

it didn’t even make sense 😭😭

[@rosieposie839]

When I was a teenager, i was flying alone and while in an airport I sat on the ground to charge my phone. A family walks over and stands next to me and one of their children fully sat on my leg, I'm sitting criss cross apple sauce. It was hilarious because the kid didn't see a problem sitting on a stranger and the parents didn't even seem aware. I tried to move away from the child and as soon as he was on the floor again his instinct was to back up towards me and hoist himself onto my lap again 😂 no one in that family acknowledged me. I was just a human chair. Also, I can't believe how safe and oblivious some kids can feel out in the world.

[@ewpls4002]

I’m sorry but having anxiety and personal space problems I would have YEETED that child

[@adriannicole1776]

I used to be a flight attendant so I will say baby’s have to scream when flying because of the pressure build up in their ears, screaming helps release pressure. It’s the same thing as yawning but more intense. So if you ever need your ears to pop have a good scream!

[@TheNickleChick]

"The most deserving sentient beings... Americans." - Brittany

[@anthonyajlouni]

I died haha

[@graceedwards9708]

@@anthonyajlouni I’m just

[@KingOfGaymes]

It’s funny because it’s not even remotely true

[@spacey-sam]

Sarah: why don’t we write Bigfoot into the Bible? Me who’s seen the “Bigfoot is Cain” theories online: well I have news for you

[@hbhtcr5707]

Lmfao

[@mo-ov8hz]

LITERALLY!!!! my mormon friends in hs believed this no cap

[@ontxtteredwxngs]

weren't adam and eve supposed to be 7 feet tall?

[@elizabethann3117]

@@mo-ov8hz mormons are a cult lol

[@MiCKeyChannel0031]

Or esau

[@jister804]

Brittany: "You heard of Schrodinger's Cat"? Sarah: "Is that like Schindler's List?" dead

[@ashyosings5089]

These people are allowed to vote x)

[@pruefus4113]

"God is wrapping up his thesis" is my new go to phrase

[@IHeartGameplay]

"They're not like flowers will heal the world and cure disease" So to make this whole thing a little brighter, they will. Specifically, sunflowers are known for being one of the few things that can filter out and purify nuclear radiation. As such, they are used in Japan to help make the earth where it would otherwise be unusable for hundreds to thousands of years, be healed, and suitable for habitation in a few generations. So yes, in a way, flowers will heal the world and cure disease.

[@alexisc3658]

Well, phytoremediation wasn’t super successful at Fukushima, but it was pretty successful at Chernobyl! And sunflowers have been used at other metal pollutant sites successfully as well.

[@pacrat6271]

Also many flowers are edible, and flowers help the bees! Without the bees there wouldn’t be food, so in a way they do heal and sustain the world

[@cez_is_typing]

as she said this i was like... where does she think medicines come from lol (although a lot also come from animal hunting :( not cool)

[@luperena]

this comment was so uplifting in the most amazing way! you deserve all of the sunshine and happiness! ♡

[@mirandahemsworth3628]

i’m anaphylactic allergic to sunflowers this terrifies me 😭😭😭

[@lilyburlough8990]

I want a whole episode of them just talking about the sea! Brittneys face when talking about the trench was the funniest thing EVER 😭

[@gracie7462]

You should see Brittany talk about the underwater Wi-Fi wire on Chris Klemens podcast

[@Thawah]

I wonder if she knows about the subreddit r/thalassophobia (fear of deep water/oceans)

[@kikilapoop4278]

Yeesss

[@BabyMamaNOdrama]

@@gracie7462 thank you!! I definitely will 😁❤️🥰🙌🏼

[@lilyburlough8990]

@@gracie7462 I seen lmaoooo and her being so confused over Bluetooth 😭

[@thecrystaltide3757]

B: "fractal cosmology" S (no hesitation): "is that space makeup?" Sarah is a genius, you cannot convince me otherwise

[@DrinkYourJuiceShelby]

I miss you guys together 😭😭😭😭😭

[@kaylah9206]

I'm crying at "that's MLK" "no that's Abe" meanwhile I'm like "it's the declaration of independence😭" then they google it and lose their minds

[@hesitantsoulmate9056]

Gives me the same vibes as when Trisha Paytas said the same quote on the Frenemies podcast and genuinely thought the original source was Hamlet the musical

[@huggzzz22]

the way she said MGK at first asfgjjklhda

[@frosty_teacup]

@@hesitantsoulmate9056 that moment used to be so iconic 😭

[@leeahnnakenny]

I LITERALLY LOST IT

[@misty8265]

I confidentially yelled out “it’s the constitution!” And then died when I was also so wrong. As an American, this is part of why I also don’t trust Americans 😂

[@gabriellaamaya7645]

it makes me a little sad seeing all the comments saying “thank god you posted this. i was having a [insert: panic attack/horrible week/break up] & really needed this.” Like SHIT we are all going tf through it 😭 Sending positive vibes to everyone during these trying times. We’ve got this, baby!!!! 💓

[@johnilyemson]

I'm 2 years late on this, but this podcast is a huge blessing during the shitshow that is my life right now.

[@WattsTheSafeword]

Please, we need a kink related episode. 🤣

[@Kira-ij8kz]

Fuck yeah 😂

[@jacopodefalco1789]

Love you guys! ❤

[@jgal1699]

Literally went to the Denver Airport as a child and was so traumatized by the murals. It's so validating now to hear that everyone else finds them just as unsettling and agrees that they do not belong in an airport! The mural with the 3 caskets and dead animals...seared into my brain to this day and I remember thinking about it as a child during my whole visit to Colorado. Thankfully we took a train home and didn't have to go to the airport again!!

[@osuwari]

I love that the episode starts with "haha the moon is made of feta cheese :)" and ends with "humans are inherently evil natured"

[@sourgreendolly7685]

Lying about feta is inherently evil!

[@nightcrawler7_]

This podcast gives me SO MUCH Jenna & Julien podcast energy and I LOVE IT.

[@nyxbarbie04]

yess! their chemistry is very similar to j&j, it's so nice to have that vibe on a poscast again🥺

[@christopherminutolo9384]

@@nyxbarbie04 Now the real question is... who is who?

[@15petsandcounting]

STOPPPP THEY WERE MY COMFORT SHOW STRAIGHT UP

[@swipeswifejess3234]

Dink family supporting the good people.

[@christopherminutolo9384]

@@swipeswifejess3234 I knew they had J&J chemistry since Zillow Gone Wild.

[@buckham14]

"When you hear hoofsteps, don't assume it's a horse" with a zebra-striped ribbon is the symbol for neuroendocrine cancer. The incredibly rare cancer that overtook my mothers hormone system and killed her. Doctors never think to check for it. Sorry to be a bummer, but worth the chance to raise awareness.

[@asmrtpop2676]

A zebra is the symbol as well for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome because of how under diagnosed it is.

[@Kris-st4zw]

💜💜💜💜

[@xoxnataiie]

come back the kids miss you

[@sarahhudson7108]

“NOT IF YOURE DRIVING OHMIGOD” love you guys, thank you for making Mondays worth living

[@ericbomba9204]

Whenever Brittany does her southern accent, it SENDS me into a laughing fit. To the point where I’ll cry from laughing and start choking and gagging for air.

[@ontxtteredwxngs]

that's just her normal accent

[@chleopatra8701]

i love that for you

[@tabiunderwood9895]

@@ontxtteredwxngs lol no, it's an exaggeration on a Texas accent

[@sourgreendolly7685]

@@tabiunderwood9895 to be fair the normal accents are funny too (I’m Bostonian, I get it first hand 😂)

[@slayonce]

Love to see Trixie and Katya’s old studio occupied by the official impersonators themselves.

[@roxelmillian7242]

I was in a deep dark depression at a young age and two things were my breaking points: The Cosby Show when the little girl asked why are we here if we are going to die( I can't remember if that was the exact quote but she did ask that type of question) and idk why. But Undertale was my other breaking point. ( when your at the genocide boss battle with Sans and he explains that none of this matters, that it's just going to erase and were all going to come back and I'll remember everything while everyone forgets) and I'm having a extential crisis while watching the gameplay and... I love the game. But it felt like it picked me up and threw me down some stairs and I was so numb to the world. Where nothing mattered to me and I was ignored as a teen so Noone really noticed me. But, now. I'm 25. And I've seen things and went to a counselor and worked on myself. And I just feel that I can't think about it so negative and that if it ends up that nothing matters the only thing that will matter to me is that I believe I was a good person in my eyes and in others. And I always try to brighten people's days. May it be a smile, a compliment, listening to them instead of solving their problems, and taking care of myself ( working out and eating healthier). Sorry that was a LONG comment. 😅

[@caecolvin]

The only conspiracy theory I’m willing to buy: Nobody has concrete evidence of the Loch Ness monster because it’s the ghost of a dinosaur. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@sweetkorn4051]

Holy shit that’s 100-%

[@sarahmegatronprime6346]

That checks out

[@honeyswann]

I just think Loch Ness monsters still exist but are deep see creatures that die and some just end up floating up

[@trisha4776]

Listen, in this book I read, the main character discovers that there is a time travel portal in the loch and that’s why nessie disappears and reappears. She’s time traveling. And I love that.

[@iamcropsey]

We have our own version of Lochness where I’m from. It’s called the Ogopogo and was written about by the local indigenous. We have a statue of it in our downtown core by the water that people take photos with. Every few years we have “sightings” But our lakes are flush with sturgeon so there’s a lot of debate on what it actually is.

[@chloeoverman2451]

“We’re just a snack for some space monster” -Brittany “And that’s God” -Sarah The fact that I had to pause and scream 😂

[@sourgreendolly7685]

Picturing that reaction in the most literal way, with an angry or terrified scream, is sending me for some reason

[@brookef217]

Been to the Denver airport once in high school. The airport FEELS weird. The vibe is eerie. And I went before I knew about any of the conspiracies and things

[@Juliana-Bub]

Mostly unrelated fun fact: Gargoyles are the ones that specifically have water spouts in them. The ones that are purely decorative are called grotesques.

[@Sean-ms8hx]

Umm that’s not true lol fact check yourself

[@josevillarreal3302]

I loved this episode. An episode discussing Creepypastas and their impact in the horror community, especially in the analog horror genre that has become popular over the years would be amazing!

[@violatingcommunityguidelines]

we might've already ...

[@jebelangsa3989]

@@violatingcommunityguidelines YAS PERIODT

[@josevillarreal3302]

@@violatingcommunityguidelines SLAYYYYYY SLAAAAAAAAU

[@amandawheeler1922]

This new episode coming out today is literally just what I needed. I was having such a crappy Monday til now!

[@whatal0ser575]

Sending much love girl 💞💞

[@archiechap]

Hope you feel better soon!

[@11girlnext]

Ugh me too!! Hope you have a good rest of your week!

[@daganlove8536]

I had to put my dog down this morning. I feel the same way this was so needed

[@moosedraw3731]

Me in the future like “it’s Tuesday tho”

[@kellybrynn9]

this is y’all’s best episode so far. i really feel like i’m at a sleepover with y’all while watching. one second we’re laughing our asses off and the next there is a whole philosophical debate. please never stop making these

[@lesbianuncle7724]

i finally thought of a positive theory i've heard: that the face we have in this lifetime is the face of a person you fell in love with in a past life

[@spacemountainvanity]

WHAT

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

That just seems conceited. LOL Basically, it's like "I'm love with myself, because I have the face of a former lover."

[@KetchupRocket]

@@ReptilianTeaDrinker I disagree, I’m here like damn who tf was this ugly that I fell in love with then 😭 lemme guess, my former lover had a “great personality?”

[@badako]

thats not a conspiracy theory💀

[@magnolia6968]

@@badako they did say “theory”, not all theories are conspiracy theories lol

[@ryangeewhiz]

Sarah's really out here giving us a Corey Hart/Roy Orbison sunglasses forever moment each episode and doing it absolutely FLAWLESSLY

[@jade-qi8ot]

did they explain this in an earlier episode and i missed it or??

[@violatingcommunityguidelines]

@@jade-qi8ot I have sensory issues sometimes! I usually wear headphones too but that wouldn't make much sense recording

[@abbyluffsyou]

I genuinely enjoy horror movies because I have anxiety and always have my heart beating fast and a weird sense of dread. When I watch a horror movie, those feelings make sense, because I'm supposed to be scared and feel dread.

[@jadlad9666]

I would gladly and gratefully watch 100 episodes of Sarah and Brittany discussing these (relatively) harmless conspiracy theory

[@nikiminaj1714]

Y’all need to do a paranormal episode on deep internet videos of “ proof of paranormal” and hot takes on ghosts 👻

[@klownofkether6996]

THIS PLEASE!!!! This pictures and videos with the red circle around some pixelated goblins are COMEDY GOLD

[@b.andromeda]

And they could have Brittany’s mom on the pod!

[@samaraarielanamaria5403]

id love to attribute to it as a paranormal enthusiast and hunter ive seen crazy ishhh with my own eyes bruhh and i have a lot of theories. considered being a youtuber over it, but also can recommend some channels of friends that have great evidence as well serious stuff and deserves views no fake shit at all all real. but they need to bring in brittneys mom to talk about it bc it goes so deep!!!

[@klownofkether6996]

@@samaraarielanamaria5403 I know I’m just a random but I’m just here to encourage you to start a channel! (If you feel passionate about it) I too have seen wild stuff with my own eyes and it really helps to listen to people talk honestly about their experiences on this topic. Otherwise the experience can be so isolating because no one tends to believe you. Cheers and good luck if you start that channel❤️‍🔥

[@tater82]

@@samaraarielanamaria5403 do you have a TikTok where you talk about it?

[@CaBobProductions]

Im former FBI and work in Anti-Money Laundering now, and conspiracies actually do direct the focus of government agencies, so Mattress Firm almost certainly has been checked. We get interested in the same stuff you guys do, we just have the jurisdiction for a lil "hey, how ya doin" checkup 😁 They said publically that they aquired a ton of various mattress companies that had locations with pre-existing locations. They had to wait to run out these leases so they decided to just fill the space for advertising. If we haven't heard anything yet, their explanation is likely the case. Or the govment is in on it. Double conspiracy.

[@nicoles140]

As an pubic accounting auditor this is the conspiracy that always interests me! That explanation does make sense as many leases are not able to be terminated immediately. Thanks for the insight I’ll be looking into this

[@CaBobProductions]

@@nicoles140 hey I was also a public accounting auditor in the beginning of my career! I focused on anti-money laundering regulations there too :) You have my blessings this busy season 🙏

[@CaBobProductions]

@@wetsockfullofhotmeat im glad you find it interesting! I feel like people think of employees of the FBI and other government entities as sort of sectioned off from the regular world. But we're just regular people 😊 I like playing Skyrim and catching bad guys and watching conspiracy theory videos, we multilayered people 😄

[@MaeTheGhost]

I grew up in Denver and went through DIA countless times, and it always felt weird to me. It makes me so uneasy to hear that other people find it off too and that theres a whole conspiracy theory about it, knowing how many times I've been there and gone through the airport, especially when I'd fly by myself. On another note, I dunno if anyone else feels this, but somehow I really *like* believing in things like aliens and cryptids, but I don't think I actually truly believe a lot of it. I almost feel like it's a way for me to stay connected to my childhood or something, to lean into this sort of campy scene of believing in mythical creatures and paranormal encounters and to blame half of the airplanes and comets I see on UFOs lmao

[@scrumpcity]

i believe HEAVY in aliens (personal family experience with it. long story. just seemed to real for this family member to make up) but i’m totally with you on cryptids. like hell yeah big foot is real! but also like no he’s not

[@sammarie9077]

I have been to DIA a handful of times now and I don’t remember feeling put off by it, is it in less occupied areas these feelings happen? Also yes totally on your 2nd point, it’s kind of fun to leave that possibility open! I don’t think I really believe things like mermaids exist, but I feel good leaving that open ended. If we humans exist surely there’s always something cooler out there.

[@emilylw]

me (studying astrophysics) listening to brittany and sarah try to explain space and time update: theyre talking about quantum mechanics as im simultaneously trying to ignore my quantum homework thats due

[@nahimgood4]

A year later how would you rate studying astrophysics? Im wondering whether I want to study astrophysics/neuroscience/neurology for college. Would love to hear your input, thanks!

[@rjrentie1107]

To this day, my mom refuses to believe my terrifying experience with the Denver Airport. Ten years old and just needing to use the bathroom before meeting up with the rest of our family. Saw the creepy murals but ignore them because at that time, the mural contents looked like things I drew in class. Of course there are signs that direct you to where a bathroom is supposed to be, me and my mom followed it down the hall (imagine in horror movies, where the hallway gets longer), the hallway just abruptly ended and the bathroom was on the side. my mom obviously didn't want to leave me alone so she stood a little down the hall. Go and do my business and come back out. I knew the hallway stopped on the left, but I look to my fucking right and there is another wall that now made an enclosure minus the bathroom behind me. 3 empty walls and the bathroom right behind. I panicked, ran back to the bathroom and into the stall and started screaming. My mom (who recognized my crying) came to the doorway to console me and take me out and when I came back out, lo and behold, the airport reappeared like nothing happened. I was not chemically buffered because I obviously wasn't old enough to smoke or drink, and I didn't have any condition that would've caused me to hallucinate a wall that built itself and closed me in like a large prison cell. I feel just as confused thinking about it today as I was back then.

[@mercer345]

That's traumatizing

[@skshore338]

ooh the Backrooms™️

[@alphabetsoup2077]

Literally this video totally brought up old creepy memories i have associated with the denver airport that i had completely forgotten about. Thinking about them now, im like "Hey, what the fuck?"

[@rjrentie1107]

@@alphabetsoup2077 seriously though, and it's like "wtf, if only i knew then what i know now about that place."

[@rjrentie1107]

@@skshore338 god please no 😂😭

[@soupcannes]

if merch ever comes from this pod I NEED a sweatshirt that says “schrodingers cat is kind of tea” PLEASE

[@Apollo9898LP]

Brittney being like "I miss writing essays" like girl video essay era when?

[@muldersimp2052]

Why I like horror movies? Part of it is the thrill, the same feeling I’m anticipating when going on a roller coaster. Lot of the time I find dark, sad, scary, gory media more comforting than something comedic and uplifting when I’m in a bad place mentally. I’ve always been interested in the paranormal, my favorite cartoon as a child was scooby doo. I also love the many aesthetics of horror.

[@ALEX-ev4vq]

I really like them starting off with mentioning that they don’t endorse the spread of misinformation from conspiracy theories bc a lot of people with big platforms don’t acknowledge how easy it can be to spread harmful information

[@kyleighwhite1409]

Information isn’t harmful, acting on it without your own personal research is harmful. Words are not harmful. It can not physically hurt you.

[@sofiipote7]

@@kyleighwhite1409 mental and emotional harm do exist though

[@Rawker101]

Joe Rogan, take notes.

[@kyleighwhite1409]

@@Rawker101 Joe Rogan has actual conversations with doctors, and asks questions. He doesn’t spread misinformation. That’s just the media twisting it

[@remurf100]

I have hover zoom browser extension and your profile pic popped out and startled me when my mouse hovered over it.

[@CaBobProductions]

Schrodinger was making fun of quantum super position with his cat because he thought it was preposterous. It was supposed to be obviously outrageous and show what he thought to be the inherent issues with the theory as it related to subatomic particles. He was wrong though, subatomic particles say "gtfo" to the physical principles that large cat sized objects abide by, so it was basically a huge scientific self-own because its now cited without the context 😂

[@sofiipote7]

that's really interesting! I heard sooo many references to schrodinger's cat but I'd never read that part of the story

[@Sarah-fq1dc]

as somebody who was absolutely OBSESSED with schrodingers cat and quantum immortality for a good six months last year and hyperfixated on it. this is very entertaining

[@j0ann]

I have something to add to the Mattress Firm theory: a mattress store (not 'Mattress Firm' but another popular mattress chain in the New England area) had an employee who freelanced for tech repairs. My ex and I bought a mattress set and he casually mentioned that if we ever needed help with any tech devices to give him a call. And I did, several times, bring my laptop to the same mattress storm and he would work on it while the store was slow. I still have him on Facebook and while the store itself has closed he now works as a rep/salesman for (insert popular phone carrier) and he still does his side gig from the store. So the thought that the mattress store employees are pursuing "other business ventures" while on the clock is one hundred percent true.

[@Ash-kx4sv]

thank you for the disclaimer that you won’t be addressing the covid conspiracies, i was excited to watch this bc it’s you guys but i was also scared bc most conspiracy theories these days just make me depressed lmfaoo, thank you for keeping this fun

[@MaxxHamilton]

I use mattress firm for a ton of my design clients and weirdly enough they actually have stuff stocked EVERYWHERE like I’ve literally never seen a company get me a mattress or bed frame in less time than they do. They might be laundering money but shit, they do good business

[@Crabby-Abby]

Other people are saying that their fast service is because they have so many lovations: a lot of it is just storage. Apparently years ago they bought out another mattress company (or maybe multiple) and so for a few reasons just made all of those existing storefronts into mattress firms even though it would mean there are a ton of them close together. Apparently one of those reasons us that with a lot of stores they can have a ton of stock on hand for when people need it instead of having to ship it out from warehouses like other large furniture would need to be shipped.

[@chasemiller3353]

I love the color of Sarah’s water bottle. It’s like lilac with like a hint of pink and it’s so pretty

[@93runninggiraffes]

Me, a scientist, listening to this... and loving every moment of this podcast. Schrodinger's cat being mistaken for Schindler's list absolutely sent me. Edit: The hooves thing relates to "Occam's razor"... which is basically, whichever explanation requires the least amount of assumptions is likely the correct explanation. So, as relates to conspiracy theories, something like flat Earth takes a lot more underlying assumptions (like that all scientists are in on a big lie, world governments are keeping the lay-people from realising there's a big wall of ice blocking us from the edge, etc) to explain... in addition to what ever effed up pseudo-scientific explanation is needed as "proof".

[@cwahlb1]

do u have any thoughts on the time machine issue??

[@torigroves1048]

51:54 as a horror movie fan, it’s hard to explain why I do enjoy the ones that I do. Some of them, it’s just the release you get, but some of them have good plot, are clever, have good relationships between characters, good effects, etc. I’ve always been drawn to spooky stuff, but I think the main reason I come back to horror movies in particular is because I have a lot of anxiety and they let me play out that anxiety over different things in a controlled environment. I want movies to make me feel something and horror movies tend to do that. And even the ones that don’t tend to be campy and fun. Some of my favorites are: It Follows, The Thing, Scream, the Fear Street trilogy, Us, Hush, Triangle, and Jennifer’s Body

[@afina411]

Touching on the “hear hooves and assume it’s a horse/zebra” as well as true crime, a good example I’ve found of this would be the Elisa Lam/Cecil Hotel case. So many people found it easier to believe that she was horrifically murdered through some extreme plot or other, rather than face the simple but even sadder truth that a person can be that mentally ill and unstable in order to act like that or do such a thing to themselves.

[@xXmargotoliviaXx]

Yes! It got to such an extreme point that these insane theories were created around her and it just felt so insincere and sensationalized

[@afina411]

@@sweetembrace6706 I mean, that’s a very good point as well!

[@saggguy7]

i think the problem with the elisa lam case has less to do with people speculating about a murder and more about people speculating about magical ghostly things having something to do with it. A murder is totally possible, but let’s leave fantasy creatures out of a real woman’s death. It’s not entertainment.

[@Crabby-Abby]

@@saggguy7 I think it was also how exploitative a lot of the media around her death was. Like, so much of the true crime coverage about her was so gross and seemed to really forget that she was a person and just treated her like a spooky ghost story.

[@Sam_dea]

Another “why” is called something like event magnitude bias (it’s been a while since school lol). But basically when an event is huge and tragic it’s really hard for people to believe it’s a freak accident or the result of a single evil person or group. We feel the need to assign blame to something bigger.

[@ariana8445]

I live for this. The amount of times I have laughed out loud on the third floor of my library and have been borderline kicked out is worth every second of this

[@StevieMeyer]

The bad vs. good argument is really interesting. I'm of the belief that humans are innately good and that there are unavoidable circumstances within the world (modern society, other people, sheer chance or luck or fate) that make people do/believe/think ""bad"" things, whether they realize it or not. Brittany's argument that religion is the result of innately evil humanity seeking a moral code is convincing - though I think the very fact that people desire to seek moral "goodness" is evidence of innate goodness. Why would we seek to be moral if we were innately evil? What role could that serve in an innately evil being? Why would divine validation of being "good" even matter if evil was part of human nature? Idk. Loved this podcast besties keep up the great work, would love to see more philosophical discussions like this in the future!!

[@victoriarobinson4930]

you ever worked in customer service?

[@StevieMeyer]

@@victoriarobinson4930 yes. lol

[@rossguy574]

The thing that makes me believe in Bigfoot is my grandmother telling stories passed down from our Indigenous ancestors about "Hairy Men" that they saw and interacted with. Indigenous people have been talking about a Bigfoot-like creature for generations. Something is fucky!!!!!

[@Apkvids]

Y’all have emotionally replaced Jenna and Julian’s AND Gus and eddy’s podcasts for me, thank you for this

[@jimenagarcia9144]

i love your podcast! it’s really refreshing and entertaining seethe the way you approach and talk about all these different topics, i love that is in a really humorous fashion but at the same time you make great effort to speak and make it clear when you’re not condoning something, and when you have concerns about stuff. love from mexico 🇲🇽❤️

[@tealeives9730]

Hello Brittany ansd Sarah! First off, thank you so much for this podcast. You do such a great job talking about such a wild subject with humor and tact. My father has fallen fully into QAnon/flat earth theory/COVID conspiracy black hole, and it's a weirdly lonely and strange path to watch someone descend down into. Anyway, thanks again for such a great podcast. It was a ray of light in a dark place. :)

[@rachelh3250]

My dad isn’t totally down the rabbit hole but we cannot talk about the Covid vaccine without a whole can of worms opening, I don’t think he thinks anything different of me for getting it but I wish he would be more inquisitive and do research on his own, because most of his information is Fox News and and documentaries that can easily show things in a certain light with editing. It makes it hard for us to talk sometimes because he’s pretty disgruntled about the changes happening due to Covid and I see them as a necessary thing. I’m just glad he is honest with his work and gets tested and hasn’t already quit (which is good, I think isolation plays a part in these kinds of beliefs and fuels them as they seek out a community that confirms their belief) I hope you and your dad can reconnect, it’s difficult and frustrating but people just want to be accepted and sometimes it blinds them to things like logic and reasoning

[@klownofkether6996]

Just wanted to say I’m sorry for what you’re going through. The same happened with my aunt, someone I am very close with and respect endlessly. It’s a really tough thing to watch. Best of luck to you and your dad 💖

[@tealeives9730]

@@rachelh3250 I wish you the absolute best with your father. It's so true that people just want to find connection but can find themselves in some dark, bad rabbit holes. Thank you for your kind words :)

[@Manicpixiedingbat]

I’m so sorry ❤️ my mom fell to Qanon right after my dad died in 2020. I lost both parents that year

[@tealeives9730]

@@Manicpixiedingbat I am so sorry for your loss, that's incredibly sad. I'll be thinking of you.

[@ashleyharrison9770]

As an engineer, you guys trying to explain science is actually making me laugh my ass off. Thank you for making my day!

[@Cassiterit3]

This is such a good one, wow. My mind is going. I don't believe that humans are innately evil, but I do believe that we have embedded survival instinct that causes us to seek control over our situation. For some, that's building a family and passing on their legacy; for some, it's creating art to allow them to understand or at least communicate their feelings. For some, that's hiding from things that hurt them. For some, that's using other humans to create vast wealth for themselves. Sometimes it's selfless and community-based, sometimes it's a detriment or a bonus to mental health, sometimes it can be incredibly selfish--vast amounts of control corrupts. As for the "do we actually enjoy horror" question: I think you have to answer, "What is enjoyment?" first. Because you can say that it's just adrenaline, it's just exciting, but if that's what Enjoyment is for that person, then I'd argue that they really do like horror. Fiction in all forms exists for many reasons, and excitation is definitely a huge reason for horror. And some people, of course, don't like those feelings related to whatever they see in movies like that; they just get scared, and that's just how it makes them feel. Neither is incorrect, but to say that no one has a good time watching horror is, I think, coming at it from the wrong angle.

[@ontxtteredwxngs]

Come Sail Away is literally a song where they mistake aliens for angels. I just listened to that today and boom here yall are talking about that! Such a good show, guys. Keep up the awesome work.

[@pobblebonk8648]

Fun fact: after the area 51 raid fiasco the US gov said aliens and UFOs are real and no one cared lol

[@lissetcarranza3249]

but a ufo is a ufo... nothing was revealed

[@pobblebonk8648]

@@lissetcarranza3249 true but at least we have a little bit of confirmation

[@jhart1127]

@@pobblebonk8648 I guess. But further to the ufo being a ufo I love the quote "if I throw a dildo at your face, in those seconds before it hits you it's a ufo". Always makes me laugh.

[@Savannah_315]

just to give my input to the "humans are innately evil"- traits are learned. if you are surrounded by evil/bad things, you are bound to turn out like that because it's all you know. I'm an education major and we always talk about how no child is innately bad- they just have bad behavior. something to think about :)

[@hotsexyangel]

Not entirely. Some people are just born with no empathy or ability to feel remorse after hurting others, despite growing up in a loving family. Narcissists, psychopaths, and sociopaths are unfortunately just something some are born with. They genuinely cannot feel remorse or sadness after causing pain to others.

[@victoriarobinson4930]

you ever worked in customer service?

[@ontxtteredwxngs]

that doesn't explain serial killers who had normal lives growing up. I mean a nice home, plenty of food and loving parents.

[@Crabby-Abby]

@@hotsexyangel I would argue though that not having empathy does not make one inherently bad or evil. People who have genetic mental illnesses like these can (and have) be taught to know right from wrong and understand that they should not hurt people, animals, etc.

[@maliciousqueefer3427]

@@ontxtteredwxngs the human brain is even more complex than a computer 🤷‍♀️some people just naturally have a loose screw somewhere.

[@milogallagher-zk3ul]

“flowers are going to change the world and heal disease” is literally my ‘conspiracy theory’ lol (i’m an herbalist)

[@saramcroberts699]

I’m a huge horror movie fan and for me, Sarah is definitely onto something. The adrenaline is controlled - I know there is a beginning but there is also an end to the heightened feelings so I get to have that feeling but I also get a relief. But, for me, I find that the horror films I’m most drawn to are scopes on human behavior. Horror explores humanity in ways other genres don’t and it’s utterly fascinating to me. I’m not into gore, or other stereotypes horror fans are often thrust into. For example, one of my favs is Green Room and it’s a scope on the incompetence that comes when you’re in a life or death situation and the innate human urge to stay alive at all costs. Blue ruin is another I like a lot, by the same director. Just my perspective. People who like horror for vastly different reasons

[@hotsexyangel]

Actually the mattress firm theory was debunked by Kendall Rae. I highly recommend watching her video for a good explanation on all of it, but the synopsis is that a mattress firm went bankrupt and was bought out by another company. So all the old buildings were just turned into mattress firms despite already having other mattress stores in the same area, which explains why there’s so many of them on the same block.

[@tylerr9181]

once I was talking to a salesperson at a mattress firm and he said and I quote “listen I’ve been at this store for 10 years and in the mattress business for 30 years and I would never sell anyone an over priced or bad mattress” and I had never felt so safe but threatened at the same time

[@SherbertLime]

I paused 30 minutes in because I have run through an airport trying to make it to my connecting flight that was literal minutes after landing from my first. So here I am running, in slides with socks, full on sprint. I run into the "speed areas" as I like to call them and don't think twice about all that momentum and what it's about to do to me as I actually run off the escalator. Needless to say as soon as my slide hit the actual ground it bent under itself and sent me careening through the airport while I tried heroically to maintain my balance and not fall. As I'm running by everyone I made eye contact with at least five people. If there were ever a definition of unbothered to be seen, it was those people. Somehow I regained my balance and got upright again after looking like a drunken naruto and made it to my connecting flight. Two lessons I learned that day were to never wear slides and run again or run on the escalator to maximize my speed. Hitting warp 9 on those things is definitely not worth it.

[@toriegatti2660]

I’m sick, Ive had a headache all day, this podcast popped up in my recommended and the first 15 minutes has me hooked. You guys have a subscriber for life. So hilarious lol. Also my headache is gone now

[@lucasmaduena4285]

i swear brittanys face in the first 10 seconds has me dead just sitting there smiling lmao

[@joshb8226]

can whole we get a marianas trench or deep sea animals video? or would that make brittany spiral again lol

[@huggzzz22]

YES PLEASE

[@alex-kk5so]

This would be sooo interesting

[@skshore338]

bigfin squid. I want Brittany to look it up and lose her mind

[@VanillaaVelvett]

i just found this podcast. im in love this is literally THE best podcast i’ve listened to. sometimes podcasts get so boring but with you two running it i will absolutely never get bored.

[@saarofthevalley8943]

My chemistry teacher explained the cat theory to my 8th grade class at 8:30 am in the morning and I just sat there the whole time just blinking at him

[@clairemcmonigle8515]

i’m from colorado and my dad worked at dia for over 10 years. it was so amazing when he worked there- whenever we went on flights he knew where everything was while everyone else was caught in a hay fever with all the strange art, 6 floors of chaos and construction. i hate going to that airport without my dad it’s scary aff

[@PrinceSeoho]

I’ve been there 20+ times alone, nothing ever happens

[@claireinaflower]

these two could make me entertained while they talk about the moon actually being feta cheese for 5 hours

[@madisoncahal6754]

not the captions saying “all right pete” when Brittney said R.I.P 😭

[@deadbloom7644]

*I MISS THIS PODCAST SO FUCKING MUCH. LIFE HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME SINCE.*

[@kojayeoja]

“The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that cannot.” ― Mark Twain I think humans created the idea of right and wrong. But animals can't be 'evil' nor 'good', because they have no sense of morals. That concept doesn't exist to them, they're just living their lives based on what their genes tell them to do. A tiger is not evil because it kills and eats a deer - that's just what it does as that species. But humans are also animals, and we react on genetic instincts without intellectual thought probably most of the time. Our cultures and technological advances make us think we're superior and separate from the natural world but we're not. We are still animals. Our intelligence allowed us to create the idea of good and evil, but that doesn't mean good or evil actually exists. Like religion (which is usually based on what's good and bad) - we made it up. So I don't think humans are good OR evil, we just are. And each culture has different ideas of what's good and bad so that shows that it's a human construct. Our cultures have taught us that certain things are wrong and we have whole codes of law to enforce that, but nothing in this world is black and white. Of course there are things that I think humans universally agree are bad - like murdering innocent children .... buuuuut, then you have people who have murdered innocent children based on their own made up beliefs of what's right and wrong (the child is a Jew, the child is gay, etc - they believe that the child being these things means they're not innocent (just to reiterate I am NOT endorsing these views, I'm just saying that people can decide what's right or wrong because it's made up, as opposed to scientific facts that are provable, like that the sun exists and its energy keeps us warm)). The fact that we have the intelligence to create a moral code, I think that does bind us to that, because we're all raised in human societies. So, knowing this code, if you do something "bad", then you can believe it was a mistake or that you are a bad person. But everything is gray because what if someone's mental illness, something genetic/physical that they can't control, makes them do things that objectively hurt other people? I guess that's why you have murder cases where people can claim insanity. I think humans can't escape the idea of right vs. wrong, but I think it does way more harm than it should. Like people thinking that they're bad at their core just for existing? That's so unnecessarily damaging. Or if you think you're a bad person because you failed a test, or can't deny yourself the piece of cake, or whatever. So many things in our lives pertain to our physical existence that we can't control, no matter how "smart" we are. Just because we're smarter than other animals on Earth doesn't mean we're the absolute smartest an animal could ever be. Thinking that we're superior to any animal, or any other human for that matter, is a really slippery slope. Because those beliefs about superiority and inferiority are human constructs. And I don't know where I'm going with this but those are my thoughts about the "are humans inherently good or bad" question.

[@spioussasm]

im so happy that this comes out on mondays, it makes this shitty days so much better

[@sams9894]

Pilot here - Denver International replaced a smaller, older airport called Stapleton Airport. This airport was way too small and wouldn’t meet the need of future passengers, so Denver International was built to meet that capacity. As for the layout of the runways layout, aircraft try to always land/takeoff in the wind for better performance, and the wind can sometimes change directions. Having multiple directions of runways gives them options in the event that winds are favoring a certain direction. As for the tunnels and designs of the airport, can’t really speak to that. I’ve heard sooooo many crazy theories, some that you covered here. 😅

[@mirandahemsworth3628]

i actually held my head in my hands and couldn’t watch as y’all tried to guess where “we hold these truths to be self evident” came from 😭😂

[@alicethemad1613]

Immediate serotonin burst when I see a new episode of this podcast pop up

[@leilaerasmus4706]

Please never stop. This podcast is my only source of serotonin at the moment.

[@corinnesilcoxtomlin239]

I just wanted say, as a grown adult and ma two little ones… I greatly appreciate how responsible y’all are setting context for all of this in the very beginning. Love you both so much! And yes, I’m catching up on all the episodes.. I’m late to this beautiful chaotic violation. ♥️

[@soupi2105]

As a traumatized person, horror movies are just a way for me to engage with fear in a safe way,

[@r3bit2k3]

I heard the mattress firm one is likely so that they can hold more inventory and split up stock between stores so they have to do less shipping from warehouses, and increase odds of having what people want on hand. Not as fun as the theory, but makes a lot of sense 😂

[@rosannamcnamara]

My favourite conspiracy theory at the moment is that the Queen is already dead but they are waiting to announce it until after her coronation anniversary so her reign doesn’t end at 69 years

[@julijuli154]

I was having kind of a manic episode and couldn't even stand still, but I put this ep on actually sit down and just listen, even my mind calm down so thank you so so much!!!

[@kittenwithawhipstan8857]

honestly my new favourite podcast… sarah and brittany’s dynamic and camaraderie is unparalleled

[@jjs7721]

As a child, I was convinced that the moon was made of cheese, specifically cheddar, because of Wallace & Gromit 😂