MBMBaM - I Did Math Bad

[@dumbalek6001]

I started a new major at university at 23 and I kept feeling that all these fresh out of highschool 19 year olds or even some 20 year olds are kids to me. Can't imagine being 24 and thinking "you know what would be cool? Dating an actual highschool kid" oh my fucking god

[@risipieces]

i’m 15 and i can barely hide the fact i see my 13 year old irl friends as literal infants (the internet friends slip past my radar but when i find out how much some of them are baby i LOSE it)

[@strawberry_boicake]

you people are insane

[@notjamin]

"I am seventeen and he is twenty-three" okay so uh what you should do is RUN

[@samuelrodriguez4374]

Thank you my friend

[@wormwoodplays4654]

Here's how you start off: "Hey, dad, what's the number for 911?"

[@justinbueche7315]

Cool little rascals reference

[@StrangelJean]

life hack: gaslight your dad

[@paxcallow]

"This movie is Click." "That's the tagline for Click."

[@suricrasia]

i.imgur.com/HftSEZV.jpg

[@FlyMeUpSoHigh]

The nice things about listening to some of their old goofs is that you can quickly tell that it's from an older episode. Not in a bad way, but like you can see how much they've grown, because you know they'd be commenting a lot more about that weird and creepy age difference if they did that question today. Also, I'm looking through the related vids and one of them is To Catch a Predator, if that says anything...

[@rebeccatoday]

I'm glad somebody else has noticed this! I listen to a lot of these videos and sometimes I'll hear something a little off and scroll down and it's almost always before about ep150. I just think it's so interesting to hear the progression.

[@Animallovercomedian]

I think it’s moving from yahoo too - no one on yahoo cared for the responses a bunch of randos with a podcast gave but when it’s audience questions they may want an answer - and going to meet and greets and meeting fans cemented that those are actual people asking questions to them

[@emch2vy]

this whole goof I'm just like "haha guys but GOD that's messed up. Pls point out how it's a little messed up. Please."

[@burneyarts]

lesser zickt For sure the only thing I could think about

[@nightsocoolioyep7663]

Bits like this going on for so long without them pointing out how gross that relationship is is probably why the brother recommend skipping the first hundred episodes or so lmao (this is from episode 106)

[@QuikVidGuy]

"Hey dad guess what, our relationship is illegal after all!"

[@RebmaKeep]

Oh dam your profile pic is really well made - nice

[@captcephalopod2988]

Unfortunately not always

[@BippyTheGuy]

@@captcephalopod2988 It's actually legal in nearly the entire developed world. Also, unfortunately?

[@clubafterlife]

@@BippyTheGuy Yeah, unfortunately. Only a creep wants to date a high school kid at 23.

[@jjju3]

Oh no OH NO I DIDNT DO THE MATH

[@effluviah7544]

Okay though, real talk for the younger people out there, just for a moment: If you are under 18, and you are dating someone significantly older than you or more mature than you, understand that they also realise that you are the less mature or experienced one, and the older person may be taking advantage of that fact. The reason why it's creepy (well, one of the reasons, anyway) is because the older person IS more experienced, and is much more capable of manipulation and coercion, among other things. Question why an older person would want to date someone significantly younger than them: The problem is not with you, young people, it's with the older people who may be preying on you, or may be incapable of forming mature or serious relationships, or any number of things. Generally though, it's not a good sign when someone significantly older than you takes interest, if only because psychologically or on the intellectual level, there may be something very dark going on. I just wanted to say this in case any younger fans may be listening and wondering why exactly this dude seems so creepy and why it's so weird-feeling to most people. I would personally suggest (based on my own experiences) to leave significant age gap relationships until you are over 18 and at least slightly experienced, if purely for your own safety and well-being. My own parents are a great example of this type of relationship ending poorly: My father was my mother's assistant professor in college. She was a student. They started dating then. (Back in the 70s, this wasn't as taboo as it is today, and nobody saw a need to intervene.) Fast forward 30 or so years, and it ended in a vicious divorce with domestic violence court involved. This is because of multiple factors, and I am not victim blaming my mother or my father, as both mistreated each other in various ways, and neither were suitable for a relationship at that time at all, let alone with each other. (That's a classic toxic relationship, folks.) The lesson is that no matter how bad you want a person to be The One, no matter how much you love them and want it to work, sometimes you just have to step back rationally and realise it's a potentially very, very bad idea. Thinking rationally as a teenager is literally impossible. I know this because I was in fact a teenager at one time, and even thinking back upon those dark days in the vaguest of manners instills a deep fear in me... A disturbance of dark energy that pierces to my very soul. So believe me, I know that teenagers feel things deeper. I mean, I think so, at least. Based on my own life, I'd say teenagers and younger people just feel emotions deeper, it's part of being young. It's why everything is so huge to us during that age range, or entire stage of life, really. So adults who have passed that stage of life and are aware of what it's like and what the "natural blind spots" of sorts are for a young mind-- Just be aware that people older than you have more experience than you, and even if they aren't necessarily smarter than you, and they still have more overall awareness and potential to manipulate you. Not to say every relationship with a large age gap doesn't work out, but if you are under 18, don't engage in a large age-gap relationship until you have at least passed 18 years old and you get a little more experience with the bullshit people pull on each other while dating. I'm saying this because I want everyone to be safe, and I feel like our good boys here maybe missed the mark a little on the angled approach and descent for landing at Joke Town Airport this time, in that yes this bit is funny, but also: It's a serious question, and potentially a serious situation for that person/that couple. For anyone in a similar position, I wanted to offer some real advice. I'm not a therapist or super smart person or anything, but I have a lot of experience personally with this kind of thing, and I hope this helps someone if you're ever in this situation. If you read this far, I appreciate it very much.

[@liamwhite3522]

23/2 = 11.5 + 7 = 18.5 The math checks out, this relationship is creepy.

[@ramywiles]

Brilliantly said, thank you so much. I'm just about to turn 25, and knowing how much growth I've gone through even since I left college, I couldn't fathom dating a 20-year-old, much less someone still in high school and young enough to be my sister's classmate. Like... there's no way somebody who's 23 doesn't know exactly what they're doing and how vulnerable that teenager is. I think since this is an older episode, we can have some faith that they've since changed their perspective on the humorous value of the question, but yeah, this missed the mark for me too. A relationship between a 17-year-old and a 23-year-old is inherently imbalanced, and that fact is too uncomfortable for me to find jokes about it funny.

[@laurafrakinroslin]

There is something deeply wrong with a 23-year-old who wants to date a 17-year-old.

[@iluvearth99]

+

[@trashandchaos]

Also, unless you're like a year or two younger than them and you've been dating since you were both in high school, there is basically zero chance in hell that they're not taking advantage of you if you're dating someone in college or older. There's like zero good reason for a college student to want to date someone in high school, seriously. There's a huge maturity gap, even for a college freshman. It's just weird.

[@laurafrakinroslin]

The only reason a 23 year old would date a 17 year old is because the people the older one’s age won’t put up with them

[@Leto_0]

Uhhh or they're just after younger, more vulnerable girls...

[@ICHMUSSMALPIPI]

A started dating a 25 y/o when I was 19 and that already felt weird. I can't imagine being any younger and dating someone with such a big age difference.

[@princesspasta]

Azyef me: 19 him: 32 . Worst guy I ever met!

[@mransdell9420]

I started dating a guy who was 27 when I was 18. We are still together 10 years later and married. It’s the best decision I ever made.

[@BadWolfSilence]

Tbh, it is a bit weird still because the human brain doesn’t finish developing until about age 25. You were still developing and they were pretty much done. That’s weird for a reason and leaves you the more vulnerable one.

[@spamreciever4208]

I'm 22 and I don't think I'd even go for a 20 year old lmao

[@Julia-vc3by]

While I wish they'd been like "this is creepy and please dump this grown adult because you are a child", the bicentennial dad joke is hilarious

[@nightsocoolioyep7663]

Bits like this going on for so long without them pointing out how gross that relationship is is probably why the brother recommend skipping the first hundred episodes or so lmao (this is from episode 106)

[@Leto_0]

23 is not the adult age anymore, maybe 27 lol

[@ohokaye817]

​@nightsocoolioyep7663 man they obviously know it's gross, but it's a comedy podcast. They need to talk about it and make jokes, it's an absurd situation to be in and they're pointing that out directly

[@plutototoh]

"A whimsical scavenger hunt that ends with parental disappointment," sounds like a Cards Against Humanity white card. On second thought, a lot of what the bro's say sounds like Cards Against Humanity cards. Why isn't there a MBMBaM deck on pretendyourexyzzy?? Or officially???

[@jjju3]

I whimsical scavenger hunt that ends with parental disappointment

[@BornNoU]

“He was born on September 11th, you said you wouldn’t forget” “You’re the April fool”

[@StarrChild.]

When I went to school one of my friends dated an older guy. Guy said he was 19 and my friend was younger than me so I think he was 16-15. At the time we were really naive and didn’t think it was creepy then. We realised how bad it was when the guy turned out to be actually 24. Luckily my friend got out of there as soon as but it messed him up for a bit afterwards.

[@gumrock_]

A casual acquaintance of mine in high school was dating a 40 year old and would brag about it like it was an achievement, and couldn't understand why we weren't on board. There's some creepy fuckin people out there

[@laffyraffy407]

I'm 24 and the thought of dating anyone like. . . Younger than MAYBE 22 skeeves me the FUCK out. When you're younger it often doesn't seem like a big deal to date someone 5+ years older than you because hey, it's a sign of how mature you are, right? NO. It's a sign of how fuckin' gross the older person is. They know that there's a power imbalance, and that's probably what drew them to the younger person in the first place!! Be careful with who you date, kiddos.

[@yaboicolleen]

I just wanna say bless you for adding captions, I think this is the first non-animated bit I've seen that has captions 🙌

[@isoboi8823]

This sounds like scott pilgrim

[@aeugchad]

ISO BOI Your profile pic fucked me up

[@Andrew-wb2zq]

I miss this era of MBMBaM

[@ultimateninjaboi]

If you're a highschool kid dating someone older than college age, its probably not because you're "mature for your age." Just gonna say that.

[@bishophoffman7939]

Justin casually implying the government is useing time travel AND that Jesus is ok with it

[@impia9214]

no one's addressing the real issue of: that bf is a total fucking creep

[@K-bb2bc]

right?? nobody who’s out of college has ANY business dating a high schooler.

[@doctorstaples4947]

Except Scott Pilgrim!

[@richie-3485]

thank you!!! a 23 y/o man dating a 17 y/o girl is skeevy as fuck. not to mention likely ILLEGAL in the place that this person is in. get him away from her. lol

[@AshB78]

Yeaaah, no one who can legally drink should date someone highschool aged. There's way too much of an imbalance in life experience there. (I mean I don't think highschoolers should date at all, because literally every relationship I saw in high school ended in pregnancy, both parties hating each other, abuse, or some hellish mix of the above. Society pushes relationships way too hard, especially on literal children.)

[@tabula_rosa]

most teen moms are single moms and most teenage moms were knocked up by men in their mid 20's

[@toddschriver9924]

Frequent birthdays was my first idea. I thought, "well, if you say, I'm busy tonight, it's Jerome's birthday. Then add it to the calendar for 8 month intervals, there is no way a busy dad will keep that straight. Especially once you dump him in 3 months when you realize he's a loser 23 yo who dates 17 yos."

[@emilykwolek1667]

i'm glad 100% of the comments here are "this is fucking creepy, 23-year-olds should not date children and the only reason they would do that is to be predatory creeps"

[@ImBurps]

boy howdy the brothers did a bad job with this one didn't they

[@Dogwateraj]

Griffin did start to say at the end that he would not want his 17 year old to even date an 18 year old, so they do disagree with the question asker on that, but that wasn’t the question, so they didn’t focus on how bad the age gap is.

[@FallFluff]

If you're under 18 I'd HIGHLY suggest you stick with the 1 year age difference when it comes to dating people. After you're 18 I'd say 4 year age difference max until you're 25. Then skies the limit, go fuckin' hog wild. But until then let your mind and body adjust to being an adult. Don't force yourself to mature or date someone who is in a different stage of their life, because I can guarantee it will NOT end well. Be kind to yourself. Don't let some creep take advantage of you just because they say they're in love.

[@deliak.4286]

Yes of course his birthday is 911 you said you would never forget

[@hithere5039]

I just wanna point out that, even if the boyfriend was only 20, that's still too old to be dating a 17 year old. I couldn't imagine at 20 wanting to date someone who was 17. At that point, you've been an adult for three years and you perceive anyone in highschool as just a kid. Anyone over the age of 19 dating someone at 17 is absolutely a predator. I even think 19 dating a 17 year old is bad, because at 19 you've been out of highschool for at least a year (or two) and are in a different stage of life than any minor.

[@snootigan]

Literally Scott Pilgrim

[@ahhhfakemonsters]

yikes

[@loganplourde886]

I've had crushes on people older than me by a fair bit but, I never wanted to date any of them.

[@TheApostleofRock]

How are they not concerned about the fact that a minor is dating a 23 OR 20 year old?

[@gwen6622]

file this one under questions they would answer VERY differently now, or perhaps not answer at all lol

[@gwen6622]

which is a good thing, btw. this question is the pits

[@lordtachanka903]

How about smurfs? I knew it!

[@havesomecarrots]

I've always heard about their early days being bad, but this is the first time i've really heard how bad. Glad they've acknowledged the problems with their earlier episodes, holy shit

[@Slendermanz7]

They're mostly pretty tame from what I've listened to, but ones like these are kinda iffy

[@CaffeineBloodstream]

Isn’t an age difference greater than five years illegal if the younger one is still a minor (but older than the age of consent)?

[@Providence83]

Jonah Mills "still a minor but older than the age of consent" is an oxymoron as far as I'm concerned because the cut off for both those things is 18. I do recognize different states have different ages of consent but honestly I don't what to know those specifics because that's creepy as hell.

[@gumrock_]

The age difference doesn't matter, what makes it illegal is exploitation. But the wider the age difference, the less reasonably believed it is that they weren't in a position of authority or trust over the younger party, or that the younger party wasn't being exploited or "corrupted." The close-in-age exemption is like if one party was 17 and the other was 18, but all other relationship age differences have the onus to prove their sincerity

[@elenatroiae]

depends on the state.

[@BippyTheGuy]

What you're all missing here is that the age of consent in most of the United States is either 16 or 17.

[@ahrress9346]

Thanks David

[@Slendermanz7]

How about "You're under arrest"

[@fite-4-ever876]

I had a full beard and a job when I was 17

[@Star-pl1xs]

weird flex but ok

[@williamclean6081]

RIP Robin Williams

[@tallyme7662]

Banana vore

[@samanthaalbanese4051]

c r o n c h

[@evelynhoward783]

Hi, n o one asked for this

[@billnye5511]

Near reletivistic speeds SLOW aging XD

[@rosalbagrace]

Start with "Hey Dad, help I'm being GROOMED'

[@bentonic4998]

I Used Math for Evil, and I'm So Sorry.

[@dottyContrarian]

knives chau wrote this.

[@berb1849]

wish they would have commented on how creepy this is.

[@idna832]

Maybe break up with him because hes grooming you( a minor)

[@elenatroiae]

please for the love of god don't date anyone over 20 if you're 17. they're a fucking creep if they're okay with that. seriously take it from someone who used to be there. the whole "were meant for each other, i love them" stuff. even if youre 18.. like consider 4 years the absolute limit PLEASE.

[@milesandemilyrock]

Why did they completely disregard the fact this relationship is illegal?

[@unsubscribedanimation]

This is a really funny bit, but it is upsetting that they didn't bring up how obvious it is that this 17 year old is being groomed.

[@TheFishWhat]

im 23 and even someone whose 20 im like, theyre way too young. men are awful

[@greenblack539]

they didnt do the physics right and it saddens me :(

[@aurelia65536]

THEY DID PHYSICS BAD, OH NO!

[@DKxRAMONESxSP]

Meanwhile I've been seeing a lot of 20-30 year old women and 50+ year old men lately

[@kickflipindi]

This is a big yikes

[@strawberry_boicake]

certain people in these comments really have very little real-world dating experience and it shows

[@MakeVarahHappen]

There it is. I found the worst clip.