Nck Mullen Challenges of Existence, Sobriety, Losing Sponsors, Infinity, Life, Adam's Nose, Nick

[@internetsafetycar]

Adam’s huge nose whistling every time he breathes really adds to the entire experience.

[@shoDOHC]

@internetsafetycar also ripping the vape causing a check engine light haha

[@niamhlakewolf5501]

Fuck now that’s all I’m paying attention to lol

[@evank7858]

I didn't even notice it until you said something. Now I'm furious.

[@teenymenace]

I've been congested the past few days and I thought it was MY nose whistling

[@rockclimbinghacks9222]

I also thought it was my nose

[@Gwap97]

The nature setting is very comforting for me because when I first discovered cumtown I worked as a groundskeeper and I’d always have almost this exact setting around me while listening. Very cool stuff

[@shoDOHC]

@Gwap97 nothing better than the boys and being solo. I've done grounds work aswell. I didn't know how much I'd miss it after I quit. How'd it go for you?

[@lean4real_11]

@@shoDOHCit was okay, just tiring

[@DepletedMatrix-y1e]

@@shoDOHC I used to listen to the boys while doing groundskeeping and landscaping too. I miss digging holes, riding the mower and fixing things, especially now that I have a mostly boring desk job. The pay sucked though.

[@crashedBMW]

Same here. I was landscaping, pulling weeds in the rain listening to Stav laugh like an evil pig as Nick and Adam regaled him with tales of Steven Segal being gay

[@MEHOLE]

That's what I do. I'm a Groundsman who listens to Cumtown in my tractor, it's very gay.

[@bolptolgaker1330]

I loved this arc so much. Nick's mood swings and the malaise. The growing hate from spending so much one on one time with adam. I'm gay.

[@evanhudson881]

was this recorded recently? haven't been following the podcast

[@bolptolgaker1330]

@evanhudson881 nah this was like at least a year ago. If I remember right I think this was before they had done any actual talk show episodes.

[@evanwood797]

Just take it easy& chill for a while😌 follow your passions everyone

[@jjhassy]

i want you

[@RyanLovesReds]

Fucking hilarious. 😂

[@riparoo9675]

I'm like halfway through this and I think this is just mental gymnastics and Nick really wants to watch the Mandalorian

[@jsahkljdhkashvbosild]

He's for sure seen it. Always pretended not to like star wars

[@samcatsam]

poor guy doesn't know it sux. god bless the mandalorian watchers

[@Hegataro]

I can't take Nick's introspection seriously unless he's doing it as a character

[@alexanderchippel]

Nick's "down syndrome guy going to therapy" bit is one of the most emotionally moving performances I've ever listened to.

[@Nixo66]

Don’t forget sad chinese guy

[@uuuultra]

is this from the goofy adam show? 😂

[@notillatall]

I can take it seriously because he's a 5'8 theater kid guy. Par for the course

[@mattpalmer152]

I can. You asshole!!

[@collapsingagain]

Nick desires the ability to desire in order to feel okay in his existence. Adam suggests that this peace is gained through kindness to others. Both ideas are gay and the mandolorian is my second favorite show after the sopranos.

[@asdf852asdf]

Stav derives his happyness from food so he doesnt have this conundrum, his joy is at his grasp while Nick's unnatainable

[@themysticfedora]

@@asdf852asdfhowever stavs is ironically ephemeral and fleeting while nick will always have a quest he is on for truth

[@georgeneuman488]

I like when Nick shuts up and actually lets Adam give him advice. He has some interesting things to say...also I'm gay.

[@Earthghost70]

Oh wow drinking didn’t go so well for Nick, the bipolar alcoholic, and coke didn’t help either? No way dude

[@shoDOHC]

@@Earthghost70 damn hahaha I'm in trouble then

[@misterpopeofficial.]

Both evoke homosexual inner urges

[@dsprocks]

Drugs suck, weed is gay and a waste of time and money, it makes you a boring person that's not enjoyable to hang with because you're always high and not truly there in the moment like people are when they're sober. All weed people care about first and foremost in their life is getting high, it interferes with their ability to do anything else. Alcohol is even worse than weed for obvious reasons, same with cocaine and even moreso when people are drinking alcohol and snorting coke. Mushrooms make people weird and also pull them out from reality make them not coherent and frankly unpredictable. LSD is just insane, you can't function like a normal sober human being when you're blasted tripping on acid. Mr.Mackey is right, drugs are bad, mkay?

[@zachl8425]

Tbh he’s the same exact person sober just more irritated😂

[@austinmanuel500]

What a pussy

[@HPCAT88]

woah the air must've been especially free that day. good for adam.

[@Confetticomics]

“You have a concept of infinity.” “Infinity war?”

[@shoDOHC]

"Infiniti cars?"

[@dickbrain42069]

hell is other marvel fans

[@yourprophetfool3654]

Truly the Sartre and Camus of our generation

[@shoDOHC]

@yourprophetfool3654 good comparison my gay sir. Gonna look into these two some more

[@lachlank.8270]

I was reminded of My Dinner With Andre (because I'm gay)

[@shoDOHC]

@lachlank.8270 nothing finer than a dinner at Andres Steakhouse, me I've never been however

[@CountDoucheula]

More like Sartire & Cajus

[@lailagraham7832]

Fartre and cumus

[@Glizzitron5000]

13:36 I love how nick is reaching out to adam for advice and is finally opening up on the pod, and adam uses it as an oppourtunity to validate his condecension of ernie hudson. Men are my preferred gender of sexual attraction.

[@thaksjtube]

Nick inventing half baked contrarian thoughts on the spot will always be amusing

[@Chase-hw7qh]

Nick’s entire argument is based on wanting to be stupid and naive, which I suspect he doesn’t want for himself at all.

[@PCWARRIORDUDE]

Hilariously put

[@nicolasvidal92]

Honestly what a beautiful little lake!

[@shoDOHC]

@nicolasvidal92 it is quite the little gem. Natural water spring from the hill it sits under. So many turtles chillin and lots of life all over. My old neighborhood, too. Most people don't even know the place exists, which is great.

[@NunzioBustacucci]

@@shoDOHCeveryone will now find out where this is. I mean I’m passively a fisherman so I like these little spots to go fish with anon/discreet fisherman like myself

[@lachlank.8270]

​@@NunzioBustacuccido you like George Orwell? one of his most autobiographical books was called Coming Up For Air and a lot of the plot involves a character recalling memories of idyllic fishing the way you talked about. Anyway it's a good read and not at all like 1984 Have a gay day

[@austinmanuel500]

@@lachlank.8270fuck. You suck.

[@cooladam5487]

Straight Nick and Straight Adam

[@shoDOHC]

It's what happens when one goes sober for a week

[@lukaxz]

harsh...

[@Johnblazze1]

i love hearing Adam breathe through his nose

[@shoDOHC]

That nose hair is on the loose

[@noboy345]

Just breaking my ears with the sound tunnel of a underground chamber.

[@shoDOHC]

@@noboy345 Nitro glycerine plant

[@rawmeatsmoothie]

i kinda wish they got into this kind of talk more often cause i genuinely do enjoy it and find nick’s point here very relatable. haha i’m gay i mean.

[@shoDOHC]

Damn. Ducks got it pretty good. I was just enjoying them swimming about and its something for sure. Us humans have really created a complicated world for ourselves.

[@briancomforti3890]

Nick struggling with the idea that The Mandalorian won’t be as good as booze and coke

[@493HZ]

How can Nick be this smart and be so cruelly reticent in regards to his innermost thoughts. Could listen to this guy go back and forth with Adam for ages

[@notillatall]

I was just thinking it through and it's probably because he's a 5'8 theater kid guy.

[@sharmoutha]

@@notillatallthats exactly it

[@david-aeiouy]

Did you really get the impression of intelligence from that mandalorion rant

[@nibiru2x410]

​@@david-aeiouyNick is unironically a very intelligent, introspective and interesting person.

[@kevinbrothers6156]

Much like how Nick can only truly speak about his feelings when doing a character, everyone in the comments has to soften their serious statements by adding “I’m gay” at the end. Also, I’m gay.

[@5055672439]

The calm serene background footage and sound provides an absurdly ironic contrast to the thoughts of Nick Mullen that I find so hilarious

[@thedude4232]

Me and my friends at the sanitarium having discussions by the pond avoiding the reasons why we were institutionalized ( being gay, and an insanity plea in a stand your ground case)

[@nickrails]

The whole piece is unconsciously a good summary of the human condition Nick: Life is ultimately meaningless (I'm depressed because of that) - or reverse the cause/effect Adam: In life we can find meaning (and some things bring me some happiness) - or reverse the cause/effect Nick essentially seems to have a chemical imbalance yet wont seek medical treatment for it. I sympathise with that

[@Garrett1240]

Can’t believe Adam is right

[@kandoozi9341]

Thinking in any way that enjoying or not enjoying a corporate slop show like the mandalorian is somehow a litmus test for one's capacity to experience happiness is truly psychopathic

[@evanhudson881]

i think they're using it as an example but my sense is that nick is arguing a little bit in bad faith like he doesn't really want to enjoy the mandalorian, i think he might have been fishing to be told that he's actually correct to be depressed in a fucked up world

[@kandoozi9341]

@evanhudson881 Nick doesn't strike me as someone who wants to be given a hall pass for his depression, however, he absolutely strikes me as someone who, on certain days, just wants to be upset rather than search for meaningful solutions.

[@nibiru2x410]

It really isn't. The happiest people I know just sit back and consume everything that is spoon fed to them and sit and clap and think it's amazing and look forward to more. The Mandalorian is just an example in this case.

[@0scarWalsh]

Read the title as Adam's noose and I preemptively got my hopes up.

[@allnovieveryday]

I got that he's upset he can't enjoy trivial things, like the mandalorian. When you're a kid and you turn on weekend morning cartoons its so exciting and eventful, I think in old age he misses that childish amusement for simple things.

[@stevensmith1031]

Yeah it's a sad part of getting older Oh yeah this is a CT video, uh, gay

[@28gs28gs]

I want to see nick get into celebrity boxing

[@shoDOHC]

@@28gs28gs "weighing in at 151 lbs, 5'2" AND depressed, NICK THE FLAMINGO MULLEN"!!

[@shoDOHC]

@28gs28gs honestly I remember when nick was absolutely shredded..it was kinda crazy. He probably could do well if he trained or whatever..how about waterhead Brendan Schaub vs Sam Hyde

[@28gs28gs]

@@shoDOHC let him do his fight camp in china I bet he gets a KO

[@shoDOHC]

@28gs28gs STRIKEASS

[@lean4real_11]

nick is gonna get pulverized

[@luckyduckydrivingschool3615]

Some channels need to find stock footage... this channel makes their own.

[@johnb7794]

The fixating on himself is likely the issue. I also have this issue and it impacts my mood and day to day happiness... but mostly importantly I'm gay.

[@samcatsam]

Adam is a good friend

[@seethemore6360]

Listening to this in my basement and for the first 10 minutes I thought there was a mouse scurrying around. The comments however tell me this was just Adam’s nose breathing.

[@lyreco7910]

This is the most depressing shit I've ever heard in my life

[@AaronSzczur1]

Isn’t it hilarious?

[@Blue1-b5]

My boyfriend and I had a similar, if a little less eloquent, conversation a few weeks ago. I think I was the Adam in the conversation and get his frustration in not feeling as logical/coherent as Nick in the moment. Recently new to listening to these guys but loving their stuff so far! Also, I’m gay (why do you all say that?). Please don’t cum at me for asking, just (bi)curious as to why I keep reading that in most of the comments.

[@nitroxdanarwhal9908]

Shit isnt bad or good it’s your egotistical self that draws those conclusions. It’s just there. Having this same relationship with yourself is the way to overcome the constant perceived shittiness created in the mind of the depressed person. Egoism and self obsession cause suffering in the pursuit of meaning.

[@shoDOHC]

@nitroxdanarwhal9908 incredible stuff man. Let's have a couple when you are free

[@CordellPotts]

Stop Caring?

[@stevensmith1031]

Go on

[@karensams994]

@@stevensmith1031the mind assigns meaning to things good or bad. Don’t assign negative meanings to random occurrences and you won’t be sad.

[@sonice9020]

Pain is not a negative feeling, it is objectively neutral

[@ashchaya7676]

One thing I definitely don't miss about Cum Town is Adam's inability to just spit a sentence out sometimes.

[@shoDOHC]

@@ashchaya7676 it's amazing he doesn't just shit his pants oh wait

[@jimjim-hx6fd]

Nick is trying to speak to some deeper concern that he feels incapable of accessing emotions to a fundamental depth. As a gay man with PTSD I empathize and also recognize that, while I get what he's trying to do, Adam's Hallmark card wisdom is completely missing the point. Pretty pond.

[@shoDOHC]

@jimjim-hx6fd well put man. I completely agree here. As I get older I get weirder and more depressed at times ..no real idea why besides running heavily in my family along with alcoholism. Self pissed, I suppose. Understanding what the world truly is versus what the world is because of humanity, really takes me for some bad rides. Money, jobs, all this arbitrary human bullshit is likely on borrowed time. I guess one can dream. The pond really pulls me back to what I can appreciate on a much better level. All the other hogwash just ain't for me. Never was

[@kylefournier4254]

​​@@shoDOHC"no real idea why besides... alcoholism" I'd look there first.

[@markferraresi8789]

The issue is that Nick is literally incapable of happiness due to a fucked up brain while Adam has a normal brain and can feel joy when doing simple things like petting his dog. They literally cannot perceive their realities.

[@alexscott1251]

@@markferraresi8789 Wondering about this. How is nick's brain fucked up? Bipolar/schizophrenia? just asking bc i think i have the same pathology.

[@conjointoates]

@@markferraresi8789 yes but nick, much like everyone with similar temperament and upbringing to his, is a stubborn and incapable of changing on a fundamental level, thus is forced to live an existence of constant of suffering. Oh yeah, and I’m gay and have a little penis.

[@DMGrass-gb9kg]

Nick is right. Death shouldn't be the underpinning reality. Embrace death with your whole heart and you will endure forever.

[@SandshrewGarfield]

The audio quality on TAFS is so inferior to youknowwhat Town

[@LunaZeidner]

"I think Disney bought Star Wars" "Ok lll just stop talking" My favorite gay couple

[@loutabu6161]

nick acting like his brain telling him to do drugs is some big existential thing. its literally the southpark aa episode

[@lachlank.8270]

My Dinner With Two Gays

[@rockclimbinghacks9222]

Nick needs to go through the motions of watching the mandalorian and then he might enjoy it. That's what life is really about. Even if he enjoys it for one second, that's one second he will have actually lived.

[@plaidfungi]

The guy taking a piss at 29:36 really sums up this whole video

[@shoDOHC]

Damn somone finally spotted the pisser

[@tonezilla6278]

smoking the resin from my dab rig while i listen to this

[@shoDOHC]

Sitting back n relaxin

[@tothejazz4828]

I thought the sound of Adam's nose breathing was actually a distant power drill

[@evanhudson881]

the thing i would ask my best friend nick is, did he feel any different when he did that hurricane relief show in North Carolina. if he said yes to that question i would suggest first that i'm gay and second, that the primary means of securing a sense of fulfillment and potentially happiness in this sick world is to struggle against this broken and corrupt system by doing something that helps people and build a different and more beautiful world where collective liberation might eventually be possible, and then i would also tell him that i am gay

[@crispinbraithwaite8094]

The reason they made reference to the Mandalorian is because the existential stuff relates to "This is the way." Or in this case... "This is the gay."

[@IdiotDoomSpiral69]

this was a very infuriating clip to listen to, usually the adam hate is not well deserved but it was like nick was talking to a brick wall

[@notillatall]

5'8 comedian podcaster problems

[@SPGHTTFRT]

This is really deep

[@aaronw3145]

Quite possibly the most infuriating conversation I’ve had to endure.

[@misterpopeofficial.]

Pretty river. I like wholesome things like this because im gay

[@terraceous]

recently swallowed the SHODOHC pill

[@shoDOHC]

Is it more like the red or blue?

[@noboy345]

Blue chew?

[@celerystalk1521]

does anyone else see how the reflection and the trees look like a guy wearing a flat brim baseball cap

[@celerystalk1521]

oh the guy has a big beard

[@shoDOHC]

That's good, when I was filming I saw a clear face on the right in the white area with a big smile..it went for a while too

[@intellectual.monkey]

6:19 The ducks leaving turned me gay

[@lommelykt5]

he was gay tony soprano?

[@benkellysound]

Nick not knowing that Disney bought Star Wars is amazing

[@Aminormaze]

I am gay (in Morgan freemans voice)

[@itch1428]

where is this from

[@woahjac]

“Right or wrong doesn’t even exist here” ain’t that the truth

[@duncanluciak5516]

New Yorkers got legal weed because the Governor was too handy. 😅

[@MooSaidChicken]

When was this recorded?

[@InformedZoomer]

Love how nick needs some vice, as soon as he stops drinking he starts paying for animal torture again

[@EnglishInfidel]

Holy shit these guys are still doing this? Lol holy fucking shit

[@shoDOHC]

@EnglishInfidel yeah bro where u been??

[@andrewh5138]

This is the most annoying and insufferable I’ve ever heard Adam.

[@ErickOberholtzer]

Can somebody tell him he's drastically overthinking it lol

[@CounterProductive]

Dottie’s pond?

[@shoDOHC]

@CounterProductive damn nailed it. Crazy story about ol Dottie. Also where should I send the 6'×6' box of 6,500 Magnum condoms? You've won the official Gaemen 2024 prize for guessing the pond name correctly!

[@CounterProductive]

@ small world.

[@shoDOHC]

@@CounterProductive you from sj?

[@CounterProductive]

@@shoDOHC yessir, born and raised in

[@shoDOHC]

@CounterProductive ST baby

[@samcatsam]

kind of a ruff one here. god bless jew adam

[@RextheDragon881]

Suns coming up, its 5am, nick is trying to find meaning. Perhaps he should call in to stavys show?

[@Mr_Boifriend]

INFJ Adam v. ENTP Nick

[@angelotro]

Fun Fact: The original video to this was directed by Roman Polanski.

[@Skiz666]

This sounds like my inner monologue at 7pm in my moms basement. Im gay.

[@mdoglegend]

my gay date with andre

[@MichaelFagan-c3h]

what episode is this?

[@MichaelFagan-c3h]

Nevermind. Episode 5

[@shoDOHC]

Ya beat me off to it.

[@juanwayne66]

3:14 anyone else find it obnoxious when nick says im an idiot every other episode? he’s clearly smarter than adam and most people in comedy, when he calls himself an idiot i find it so annoying

[@nicolasvidal92]

@@juanwayne66 sounds like you have zero smart friends, because they'd definitely call you an idiot too

[@markferraresi8789]

I think he considers himself "dumb" because he can't just sit down, enjoy some B-tier media, and be happy.

[@aaronw3145]

I think it goes a little deeper. Smart people will call themselves dumb so whatever they say next can be taken with a grain of salt in case they’re wrong. Adds a bit of humility. I think he also genuinely thinks it would be smarter for him to not worry about this shit and simply enjoy life. He’s also 100% one of the smartest comics around. No denying that.

[@MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD]

22:00 It turns out that "perseverate" was the right word. Where the hell did he pick that word up?

[@0ldar]

one of those ducks sounds like a bug

[@mc200010]

An n-less universe 😮

[@shoDOHC]

Duality well played

[@patrick_g_]

This guy will never be happy and it’s such a shame

[@totorosdad7965]

Nick and Adam haven’t figured out that in order to be successful in their industry they need to start pretending to be friends with Bert Kreischer and Tony hinchliffe

[@belled9336]

what ep

[@tothejazz4828]

The irony is that Nick's need to be excited about the Mandalorian is that it is itself a function of the ego.

[@hl2cheaterking]

I’ll be an armchair psychologist real quick and make a lot of assumptions. I honestly think Nick thinks too much. If you obess over trying to be happy you’ll never be happy. Imagine using that approach to anything.For example you try to enjoy bowling and you obsessively think about how to enjoy bowling all the time. Even when bowling. Of course you will then not enjoy bowling. I feel if he finds out why he has this approach to life, then he will find acceptance. Because at the core the problem is the inability to accept life. Maybe he should try to challenge himself with not thinking about ways to be happy. And when that bad feeling creeps in just let it and do whatever you’re doing. Do that for a couple of months and see what happens. Could be completely wrong but this is what I would say in this conversation.

[@hl2cheaterking]

Also Adams inability to conceptualize what Nick is saying and responding with platitudes about death is so fucking straight, while I am gay. Maybe he has had this conversation with Nick too many times

[@shoDOHC]

@hl2cheaterking the human is really two entities, the mind thinking and the self observing the thinking. Strange but true.. monkey brain happens all day for me. I have to keep remembering that one does not need to listen to every single though that passes. Think of these thoughts as clouds passing, or birds chirping in the background. You can hear and see them but its absolutely not necessarily always listen and look at them. Very good practice that I often fail at. That little bastard is inside all of us, and he doesn't run the show. You do.

[@davidkite7529]

Nick truly has an entertaining form of depression

[@shoDOHC]

@davidkite7529 i agree..i think it's also something we all see in ourselves

[@Dreadmantisthe2nd]

Mandalorian drops off after those first 3 episodes ngl. Show started out way too strong for its own good imo and nothing after that really lives up

[@stevensmith1031]

Imo season 1 is enjoyable because it's Lone Wolf and Cub in space. Once you got season 2 with CGI Mark Hamill and Clone Wars shit, it falls off hard

[@DaisyChain-w4b]

10:08 eh eh Is really rad, but tell me this isn’t how y’all are all the time? The more worried about someone else’s perception of your perceptions of things (solicit advice obviously different ) , the less likely you’ll want to go to a meeting if you’re having a meeting 24/7 x infinity , Take this w a grain of salt. I found the rooms @ age 23, remember too that trauma has a lot to do with why we use and drink, if the problem doesn’t go away after the first cliche or reminding yourself if catchphrases every 20 seconds, maybe need to look into that. But that is why step 4 inventory is so important , agueably less so than making yrs you get all anmenda made. Good luck, tell bob hi

[@lordgilesIV]

The first time I listened to this I thought the gay dude (Adam) was being annoying, but I actually think he’s right here. Nick wants to be stupid and enjoy a baby show. Adam says it’s fine to just be content watching it.

[@mitchhoneycutt6209]

everytime they talk like this its adam just fundamentally not understanding nicks anhedonia

[@BURNOUTRS]

Nick needs study Lacan

[@shoDOHC]

Lemmi look that up, hold on

[@BLUEGENE13]

Dont​@@shoDOHC

[@JoeShufferton]

Note to self: never watch the mandalorian

[@shoDOHC]

@JoeShufferton yeah I've never been into any star warts shlt..just Space Balls

[@RyanLovesReds]

Nicks real problem is that he’s small and gay. And Adam just needs to transition to a woman.

[@MM-op6ti]

This is literally the most unfunny thing I’ve ever seen

[@originstv9782]

Also im gay

[@blake..-]

Im actually gay yall

[@brendanfrye123]

33:42

[@ASwagPecan]

Nick & Adam act like “deep thinking” 16 year old stoners still and think it’s hip

[@atp1130]

He needs to start riding a motorcycle

[@shoDOHC]

Haha yeah makes sense for NY ...I know he's got the Trueno w the manual transmission which should help ..he needs to do more donuts and beat the shlt outta that thing..i think it's a Subaru base however...so maybe not. Those flat fours blow up

[@espice8876]

It’s not vegan