The Worst TikTok To Ever Exist | Sad Boyz

[@danir9289]

If we put Jarvis in a jar, he'd just be Jarvis

[@elalovatt2751]

A jar of vis

[@Jumblebelle]

Jar-Jar Vis

[@toastready3961]

Jarred vis

[@babielinny]

please don’t do that to him. that would be a JARRING experience

[@frogsbongs]

Jar^2vis

[@JuJuAndPenny]

I moved to South Africa for 5 years and people always acted like it was the ultimate act of bravery that I went, and the greatest miracle that I lived long enough to come back. 🤨

[@Monasaurus_Rex]

Yeah people constantly say they worry about water quality, safety, poverty, and food insecurity. Like babe all those things exist nearly to the same extent in the US, even more so in some cities. There’s literal travel advisories when considering traveling to the US 💀it’s a country just like any other, just slightly different geography

[@gwest3644]

I get comments like that when I tell people I was born in Chicago lol

[@EddieNoon]

@@gwest3644 I'm so sorry :(

[@alicethemad1613]

@gwest3644 Fr, people treat Chicago like it’s a war zone and not just a large city with crime like any other large city on earth. I’m pretty sure it’s not even in the top 5 most dangerous in the USA.

[@sourdrop]

​@@Monasaurus_Rex I wouldn't say to the same extent as the U.S. I know people from South Africa and from their experience the U.S. is much better in regards to food and water access. But then again, America is a big country and some places are definitely better than others.

[@christinar.7955]

My first thought watching that tiktok was about all the racists who believe that being a slave wasn't "that bad" who are going to feel validated by this person's video.

[@JinStreams]

Yeah, it gives the vibe of "look here's one of *them* choosing to work in the fields so slavery wasn't that bad"

[@chloepeifly]

oh god, yeah. she was saying “it’s actually soooo relaxing i love it so much!” is gonna have racists thinking “wow and it was relaxing too. seems like slavery was just free food and shelter and a ton of relaxing fun”

[@jannettb7930]

It's fascist propaganda for the people that think slavery was fine because they were learning skills and black lives were better under Jim Crow.

[@noahbleumansell9036]

And what else are they gonna think? People who are already predisposed to develop racist ideologies, for example people who live in alt right communities without many avenues in which to hear other beliefs, are constantly looking for validation for their views and the tiktok is just a cornucopia for people who are already hateful to justify their hatred.

[@saoirse_miller]

@@chloepeiflythey already say stuff like that about people on welfare, i'm not going to be surprised if i hear people complain because enslaved people didn't pay rent while enslavers had to pay for them, but i will be massively disappointed.

[@thecatlurking]

The little white heart emoji being used by the pro-tradwife homesteaders is so creepy. Feels like another dogwhistle.

[@elephorofonius]

omg ur right 😭😭😭

[@manicrhapsody_abjectapathy]

no wait is it a dogwhistle??? ive been using it for a while now bc i think it looks cute next to the pink heart but if it is ill reconsider that

[@soldiaz7261]

@@manicrhapsody_abjectapathydogwhistles are context dependent, just because it’s a dogwhistle when used by trad wives in combination with their other suspect behavior doesnt mean any and all use of the white heart will come off that way.

[@manicrhapsody_abjectapathy]

@@soldiaz7261 ohhhh that makes more sense!! i just didn't want to hint to something i was unaware of !

[@JinStreams]

@manicrhapsody_abjectapathy I don't thinknit is just when normal people do it, but when someone does it in the context of being in a community that has a suspicious overlap with white supremacist sentiments and also making racially charged jokes.

[@wesaidsomething]

I think my issue with the trad wife stuff is it’s one of those things that like people find impressive when rich people do it but it’s sad when poor people do it. Like these trad wife influencers don’t need to bake bread and pick cotton, they do it because they are privileged enough to have the time and money to do it out of choice. It’s like they’re showing off how rich they are because they don’t need to work. But if like someone was doing those things to survive, like picking cotton because they can’t afford to buy a pillow or hunting because they can’t afford food, it would not receive the same praise. I think that’s what rubs me the wrong way, it’s the lack of insight to their privilege and acting like they’re so superior to people who buy their bread at the shops and live in the city. They can choose to do these things but so many people can’t.

[@RatEatRat]

ARE there people picking cotton bc they can't afford pillows????

[@refillpan]

it’s also a big reason why the tradwife role just isn’t really thing anymore. in the us and pretty much anywhere you need a damn good job to be able to support a family with a comfortable life and not have your partner work at all. on top of women becoming more independent and having full time jobs becoming the new norm. if you don’t have to work and you still have a nice domestic life then that’s great for you, but it’s simply not the reality for many people anymore

[@lacey892]

@@RatEatRat essentially, yeah... there are plenty of migrant farm workers who are looked down upon (although their work makes sure we are fed) while influencers cosplaying farm workers are praised for their aesthetic display of the same sort of labor.

[@HeyLeFay]

@@RatEatRat Most likely not in the US, but likely in other parts of the world

[@JuJuAndPenny]

​@@RatEatRatProbably not too many; they're picking cotton to put food on the table. Which really just makes it worse when someone sees it and thinks, "oh, look how rustic they are" but somehow conveniently forgets to include calloused hands and herniated discs and constant fear of hunger and homelessness in their cosplays.

[@ericlippe]

Fun fact: Tom Leherer put all of his songs into the public domain a few years back. So you can just use them.

[@blahblahblahEMILY]

what a fuckin guy

[@58.jpegs-in-C.._]

he's so cool

[@fitandhappy42]

I think it’s technically the lyrics that he made available, some of the music and recordings are just out of his hands so can still get flagged. It was very cool of him though.

[@I1like1wood1ash]

I've been a big tom leherer fan for my whole life, so to hear that makes me really happy! Based solely on his song lyrics and themes, he does seem like the kind of guy to do that

[@adobecult]

the thing about "choice feminism" that sort of falls apart immediately, esp when tradwifery is concerned, is that no woman makes "choices" in a vacuum!! even the fact that that woman "chose" to make the jokes she did about picking cotton is not divorced from the reality of her career on tiktok depending on appealing to a primarily white audience

[@JinStreams]

Yeah, especially with how most women across the planet do not get to have that choice and choice feminism is very centered around white upper to middle class women to the disregard of all others

[@AAACEntertainment]

The way she shifted into an extra southern accent for “lord willin’” just made me crawl out of my skin. They still had some of my living relatives out picking cotton in north carolina when they were young, and you’re just out here shucking and jiving for *instagram* engagement? So cool and good, thanks!

[@sabaducia]

Yeahhhhhh it felt deliberate, calculated, and insidious to condense so many dog whistles into a single tiktok uuuuuuggghhh ick

[@wallewonks]

oh my, I didn’t even notice that until your comment. I had to replay it just to catch that. No wonder it felt off… man that’s kind of creepy

[@Ambrosia2830]

I have to set the record straight for my boy Danny, Danny Gonzalez ghosted Kevin, not the other way round. They messaged danny to promote a song but he unintentionally ghosted Kevin.

[@elephorofonius]

yes i was 2% annoyed slash lh about that

[@TheRoseMirror]

The whole Sad Boyz being blocked out on Insta but they'll leave up hate comments against queer people telling us to off ourselves is genuinely infuriating.

[@elephorofonius]

i'll see so many hateful, bigoted, misogynist, etc comments and they stay up .. but the other day i got a comment taken down for saying "stone her" about an abusive mother 😭😭😭

[@frkn_weeb]

Looking at Instagram comments feel like wading through a puddle of thick slime, the amount of hate speech in general is a disgrace to the platform

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

Bro once my story got removed because I posted a picture of a cute dog and I said "I'mma steal him" 😭

[@La-PetitMort]

​@@crazyowlgirlcncownervalid 💀

[@Donovarkhallum]

So youre just as unhinged. Lmao thats encouraging violence.​@@elephorofonius

[@CloudedByKatana]

Whenever someone makes a video like "I'm gonna be me and I don't give a FUCK what people think" they 100% care what people think

[@CloudedByKatana]

Sorry *"I don't give a FISH"

[@lovestrucktheidiot]

Slipped through in the funniest possible way for this comment section HAHAHA

[@elephorofonius]

dream fr 😭😭

[@sweetest-of-memes]

The TikTok farmer’s response to the extremely valid criticism she received is your classic troll response. She knew what she was doing, she got the engagement she wanted, and her response videos are deliberately obtuse to spark more engagement. I’m so happy to hear Jarvis and Jordan talk about the cop out so many online personalities use when they get criticism. They always respond to the craziest people yelling at them while completely pretending no one had any actual valid complaints, when more often than not the majority of people have very reasonable concerns. No one should be harassed for being in an interracial relationship or liking vintage dresses, black women can make jokes at their own expense as much as they want, but when you’re leaning into cotton picking jokes in this the year of our lord 2024, don’t pretend you don’t know why people are mad.

[@PinkCatsy]

Her response honestly confirmed to be that baiting outrage is part of her brand tbh

[@colinouille2786]

it's the exact same kind of plausible deniability that fascists use when you call them out on their dogwhistles which is exactly what pisses me off in the first place, because it's weird fashy bs

[@shadylittlefox]

I don't know if I'm more sad that a lot of people won't understand that it was ragebait, or that people should have to understand it.

[@JuJuAndPenny]

@@shadylittlefox I'll try to take hope in the fact that people find it so outrageous and outraging when taken at face value. The rage baiters will never go away but Do Not Feed the Trolls aside, at least the people who fall for itstand up and say something.

[@whatever3145]

​@@JuJuAndPennytrue. If we didn't care they couldn't exploit that. So I think it's worse shes doing it. Don't let her take progress away

[@win_jayden]

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[@emoclowngirl]

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[@zetjet9901]

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[@drabacusPlays]

It really pisses me off when influencers seem to forget or dishonour the responsibility of their *influence*. Like what does that creator say about the white people who smile and nod at her jokes and then go to their black friends and tell them about this great video they saw of this free black lady picking cotton and maybe they should try it because "it's in their DNA"? It's very convenient for her to not have been referring to anyone besides herself when people she will never see or interact with are potentially hurt by the things that she says.

[@greenthinggg]

!!!!!!

[@meala23]

Yeah, it's not forgetting or dishonouring though, it's deliberate and intentional. Content creators like this one are in denial about how toxic their choices are, because they want to make that money, so the justification engine is in full spin

[@LH-wb5hl]

Loved the call out of the fact that "trad" shit calls back to a time that's been invented for us and never existed. Even the construction of those myths that the show Mad Men supposedly represents is constructed. My out, bi Grandpa worked in advertising in NY throughout the entire time the show is set and died shortly after the first couple seasons came out and he was baffled how the whole thing revolved around a bunch of straight white men when the actual industry at the time was overwhelmingly gay. Like, going on boat trips out to fire island on the weekends, GAY

[@lilygone66]

Thank you for sharing this memory, really cool to hear tbh! May he rest in peace

[@sabaducia]

So true. The narrative just fuels the whole idea that no one was gay/trans/neurodivergent/mentally ill/etc before 2020. Yes, humans have been diverse our whole existence. Historic and current narratives are erasing diversity to serve an agenda.

[@invaderliz]

We need a gay Mad Men remake asap!!

[@carebear3120]

Ok but I would watch the hell out of the real story of gay mad men

[@raditts]

It's the modern equivalent of 1950s wholesome family sitcoms like Leave It To Beaver.

[@donywahlberg]

Americans think Kenya is unsafe? It was a British colony and is THE tourist destination for safaris and African culture. Like I thought it was dangerous because of hippos and lions not people.

[@teddieprox2307]

it's just racism

[@oogiegoogie2826]

Lots of Americans just think any place in Africa is dangerous. Because most of their knowledge of Africa comes from upsetting news stories.

[@judynyairo9791]

i am kenyan-american and honestly you just have to take the same precautions as you would in a big city imo. people will steal phones in nairobi

[@RealElongatedMuskrat]

My Kenyan friend gets asked if it's safe for her to travel home every single time she leaves the UK to go back and visit family. Every single time.

[@Likeicare96]

@@judynyairo9791I mean same in places like Paris. They also have a bad pickpocket issue I mean I’m not saying Nairobi is a utopia. It’s just regular city issues, with sketchy parts, like most cities.

[@Rozcole]

The thing I find most sinister about tradwife content is the content part of the whole equation. Like sure if that's the kind of life you want to live go for it I can't stop you. But the glorifying of it on social media is scary to me, partially because it's not real. It's the same as the old cigarette ads Jordan was talking about. It's not real it's this shiny curated version that does not exist in actual "trad" relationships, but the fact that it's not real won't stop people from believing and falling into it anyway

[@seraphimxiii]

also just very disingenuous to present yourself as a "traditional woman" when you are quite literally a small business owner-- that business just happens to be content creation around your lifestyle. the idea that accounts like this might trick other women into giving up their real financial freedom when they themselves maintain quite successful careers is chilling.

[@antoBN]

the thing is that’s not what they do. they are not tradwives. they are content creators/influencers. they are selling a lie

[@abbywolffe4114]

Slavery overtones aside, if I slept on someone's mattress and it was lumpy and itchy and then they told me it was full of _raw unprocessed cotton,_ I would be understandably weirded out

[@refillpan]

i cant tell what’s worse about that tiktok: the awful “joke” and getting mad at being being upset by it, or the inadvertent pandering to racists who are going to see the video and run with it to fuel their bigotry

[@refillpan]

like the boys said, it’s the same thing as making racist jokes around your white friends to fit in and then they start making racist comments and jokes as well

[@bunnyfabuloso6948]

I feel like jordan has been absolutely dying to talk about professional wrestling the way he’s been casually mentioning it for months and just dropped the word “kayfabe” in conversation 😂

[@hitopstl]

I think we all know why Meta censors the podcast title, Jarvis went to the metaverse and the video he made was more popular than the metaverse itself

[@JinStreams]

Anastasia is right that it would be just unnoteworthy trad content if she didn't keep making the slavery references

[@devonwilliams2423]

Am I late in understanding why we can’t see her?

[@JinStreams]

@devonwilliams2423 she just doesn't want to be on camera most of the time.

[@badger6882]

@devonwilliams2423 Just because, really. She prefers to not be on the main pod but she has definitely been featured on Patreon

[@p0eticpotat0]

Jordan's "he's white Eminem" slayed me.

[@JinStreams]

It's always weird how quickly people shift into daily wire employee mode when getting criticism, and or harassment, for a tasteless/offensive joke.

[@villainkilla]

screamed out loud at "i'm...fine, johnson"

[@Neptuno22no]

same LMFAO it caught me so off guard bru 😭

[@lilygone66]

was looking at the screen just like 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@emidye]

Seeing men rage over the whole trad wife charade is *chefs kiss* - thank you for sharing in the frustration ❤

[@ona512]

Tis cathartic

[@lazyfoxplays8503]

They Might Be Giants is the only band I know of that would put on an all ages show in the afternoon, and then put on an 18+ show in the evening! They always were both kid friendly and adult only band. Crazy they were able to do successfully toe that line.

[@OneDollarWilliam]

There is an electronic duo out of Minneapolis called Koo Koo Kangaroo that does daytime kids shows and Andrew W.K. style shows for grownups with the same music.

[@scottydog6713]

the wild thing is that it isnt even that hard to have both kid-friendly and adult-only events in a safe way, it just takes a bit of active effort on the part of the organizer! so few artists put in the effort, and it makes TMBG stand out. love those guys

[@icarusclark1653]

they also just have such awesome kids music. despite being in the age range and being the kid of a pretty big fan of their older stuff, i never listened to their kids albums until earlier this year. so i can say, full stop, no nostalgia, that it's great. it's literally just the same stuff they always make but about dinosaurs and numbers and science. i have no kids and have no plans on having any, but i would love to be able to hear their kids songs live some day

[@torigroves1048]

8:14 TMBG also did the other father song in Coraline!! I just learned that recently and it’s my new favorite fun fact!

[@MadameTrashHeap]

They wrote a few songs for it, but that's the only song that got used.

[@demetriam2408]

They have done so much stuff and I love it all

[@dollym1lk980]

My sister texted my dad that I had a cardiac arrest and was put in a medically induced coma and he replied 👍

[@huskylluvr]

on par with responding "K". the nonchalance 😭

[@AriLumLum]

My sister was just telling me about this woman! She is married into a large Mennonite family in our town. I don't know if their specific family is still Mennonite, but they still hold some of those values.

[@gretap5704]

I knew she was potentially involved in some cult or something like that. Those long 80s looking dresses she wears remind me of some fundamentalist cult uniforms

[@ButterKnif3]

I have never in my life heard someone talk about They Might Be Giants, they were my entire childhood, brought back some crazy old memories!

[@cre-k8-ive]

Same!! Their music is so fun!

[@blythepollard1128]

*sings along to the sun song with Jarvis and Anastasia*

[@aves3901]

The album NO! was my favorite! Listened to the CD going to sleep every night for years

[@3bugsinatrenchcoat]

really? they're extremely popular, especially among young adults, i hear people talk about them all the time.

[@LITMasonEdits]

when she said "it's in my dna" i fully fell off my chair

[@jacobtrost5048]

12:15 Jarvis I work full time in a nursing home and you're 100% right. There are already factions forming where some old people are playing solitaire and go fish, and then one room over a man is yelling at his laptop that he needs his jungle to gank the lane.

[@isitleeyourelookingfor6352]

God, Jarvis talking about Instagram and the anger in his voice very gradually building is *UNBELIEVABLY* fucking relatable. It's such a terrible, broken app, but unfortunately, my favorite, so it's always pissing me off. Idek how such a popular app could *that* poorly made. It sends me into a blind rage on the regular 💀

[@nickdavidpalmer7076]

Thank you for the TMBG narrowcasting; you’re hitting the center of a lot Venn diagrams for me in this episode

[@nickdavidpalmer7076]

I was only 8 minutes in, this is only getting better

[@arcococoa]

no real I had to pause the episode to process

[@FALL-LAFF-7477]

Anastasia's Comeback really a banger. Calling out the whole Scottsdale without mercy 🤣🤣

[@Hopeskyesk]

Scottsdale deserves it, Anastasia is so brave for doing what all of us Arizona folk wish we could 🫡

[@devonwilliams2423]

Does she not appear on camera?

[@katelily5557]

birdhouse in your soul has HEAVY sad boyz energy

[@LillianWard-mw4qe]

My favorite TMBG song

[@MrSwordsofvaul]

Dragon shirt: Check TMBG segment: Check Sad boys are the best boys

[@sierraharrison6729]

Lot of valid anger today, thanks for feeling safe enough to share that anger. Really frustrating stuff to handle this week for sure

[@villainkilla]

aww how'd you guys know i needed something to listen to while writing an essay

[@Fayesnotthatcool4398]

You're doing great on your essay, I JUST KNOW IT.. youre gonna get an A (if this is for school idk lmao)

[@keeyinoa_]

no fkin way bc I just LITERALLY turned on this episode to write MY essay tonight ☠️☠️☠️

[@luna10617]

@@keeyinoa_this video was made for both of you!

[@villainkilla]

@@Fayesnotthatcool4398i actually did get an a and i think your comment made that happen. thanks for using ur powers on me bro

[@adobecult]

"a brain in a jar playing runescape" is unironically my goal in life

[@Robot_Eva]

As someone who enjoys the idea of being a sort of 'tradwife' I absolutely agree that there is something inherently sinister about it and you have to either hate yourself or be a masochist on some level to enjoy it

[@alxndria1]

With the tradwife stuff, I think a lot of the problem comes from presenting these things as lifestyles rather than hobbies. There are plenty of textile artists out there carding and spinning cotton into thread because it’s a fun creative process, not because it’s “traditional” and part of a set of ethics and guidelines by which to live your life.

[@carebear3120]

Also though, learning something like the actual history of spinning and traditional textile techniques can be useful information, and building on those techniques can lead to better work and innovation. Saving and practicing historical crafting knowledge from dying fields of work is like the only "traditional" value I believe in

[@AKA253]

it's been just over three years since i was in a adolescent mental health facility for the last time. i'm 21 now, and i'm genuinely not depressed for the first time in a decade. i still think about the other people i was in that place with, and sometimes it keeps me up at night. yesterday, as a form of closure, i reached out to one of the people i was in there with and remained friends with for a few months. if she responds, she responds. if she doesn't, she doesn't. i've been so nervous about a response these past 24 hours, worried about whether we were actually friends or if she wanted to hear from me again, so it hit especially hard when jarvis said "it's not an indictment on you as a person if someone isn't reaching out". we live detailed and complex lives, and i'm just happy to know she's alive :)

[@aricurtis1365]

Wow that TikTok could be an episode of Atlanta.

[@FrecklesHasAQuestionMark]

tmbg is a band I've listened to a truly concerning amount of it is my all time favorite band. whenever I hear people mention it I have this weird mix of being excited that my favorite band was mentioned and fighting the urge to be the most "ummmm acktshually" nitpicking dork the world has ever seen

[@oakleyves]

i was introduced by a friend so it means a lot to me

[@malikamaybe]

Hank and John were also one of my 'omg adults can have fun?' sources too. And I remember during the Brotherhood 2.0 era as a kid where John went to I think a coffee shop to meet with other authors to write and aspiring author me was like 'is this how books happen? this is the coolest thing I have ever seen.'

[@crust4745]

Jarvis just unlocked memories for me mentioning they might be giants

[@matthewbrooks5470]

This is probably going to sound weird, but those tradwife videos give me cigarette commercial vibes. It’s like “you” know that it’s only pointing out positives to make itself seem appealing without completely explaining what it’s about, but when you go to mention that, someone always steps in with the “let people make decisions” crap without acknowledging that the commercial is doing everything it can to subvert the rational decision-making of its target audience

[@Minihood31770]

I was good friends with my Lab partner in Uni. He got married right after graduation, and then they moved to America. He's got in touch a couple of times and when he does I feel guilty for not making much effort to keep in touch myself. But like. He's got a wife and kids and a house and a proper science job. I'm still living with my parents. I feel like we have so little in common now, and I feel uncomfortable when I talk to him, I don't know what to say. I just barely manage to keep in touch with my Uni friends who still live in the UK. It gets hard.

[@avel1491]

Content that you are actively producing is a product you are promoting. Tradwife content is an advertisement, even if they aren't necessarily making money off of it when someone else participates. It's selling something that is inherently anti-social and nobody needs to "you do you," this junk.

[@LOLgrl50]

TMBG MENTION !!! they are my all time favorite band i am so so excited to hear y'all talking about them. their music videos are absolutely fantastic

[@mattexists133]

starting the podcast strong with mortality and aging! ig there's a reason this is called sadboyz

[@gj5748]

Righttt like.. I'm gonna listen anyways but I wanted to avoid that kinda mood haha

[@Thatoneguy1827]

They might be giants mention caught me so off guard but I’m here for it (museum of idiots on top)

[@SpeshialKay]

As a huge Suicideboys fan, that rant at the end was hilarious. Their handle is literally Just suicideboys with the whole fucking word and everything

[@xXendless_shrimp_tourXx]

OMG TOM LEHRER I didn't even know people knew about him, my favourite song of his is pollution

[@cre-k8-ive]

That song is such a banger. Love so many of his songs!

[@nobo1982]

The they might be giants albums flood and factory showroom are outrageously good! I used to see them everytime they played in boston in the late 90s and they were incredible live. Also…andrew bird got his start playing violin with them (his record “the mysterious production of eggs is one of the most underrated records of the early 2000s

[@freyabee819]

Whoa! I did not know that about Andrew Bird. I love Flood.

[@sholem_bond]

34:15 okay, so it took about 6 million years for humans' ape ancestors to evolve into modern humans. The remains of Lucy, a hominid believed to be one of a species that humans evolved from, are about 3 million years old. Transatlantic chattel slavery in the United States existed for less than 300 years. It's harder to find an accurate figure for how long it existed internationally, but if you think of 1492 as the earliest possible year it could conceivably have been invented (and it was later than that), there's 371 years between that and the date of the US's Emancipation Proclamation (and the US was the last country still doing chattel slavery by then, AFAIK). So that's still an existence of >400 years. In case anyone needs to be told: that is not enough time for any group of humans to evolve genetically in any way that would make them more suited to any given behavior/labor. Yes, epigenetics are a thing, but (again, in case anyone needed this clarification): picking cotton is not "in [anyone's] DNA." (It's probably debatable how much of the behavior and effects of even agriculture itself, and living in a large, settled, non-migratory society in general, are "in our [any humans'] DNA" in a way that would indicate any evolutionary adaptation or preference toward most of those things. Because again, evolution and adaptation often happen over millions of years.)

[@sholem_bond]

If it's supposed to be gallows humor/beating racist trolls online to the punch/a reclamation thing, then fine (and she doesn't need my permission to post any of this anyway), but it didn't come across that way. Also like... If your point was just "I was born to be a farmer" and you're a homesteader, you must grow other stuff besides cotton, like crops for food? Why choose cotton to make the video about, unless you're trying to at least troll/make a dark joke? IDK.

[@bee1189]

Yelling at my phone THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS THEY MIGHT BE- YESSS!

[@anneclements5581]

They Might Be Giants had a song on Disney Mania 2 (I think) which is like covers of Disney songs? Or songs for kids? Anyway, their song is called Baroque Hoedown and it was the first song I ever heard in 8D audio. I used to listen to the CD in a portable player in the car and I would listen to that song on repeat because it sounds like a blimp going in circles around your head!!!!!!

[@0o.tearex.o0]

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS HERE COMES SCIENCE ALBUM SHOUTOUT!!! i was raised on that,,,, delighted to hear jarvis recite "why does the sun shine" from memory TwT

[@voidify3]

Love TMBG. I grew up on Severe Tire Damage and their 2019 Australian tour was my first real concert

[@arcococoa]

​@@voidify3going to my first TMBG gig soon

[@jasmindisney8787]

Anastasia pulled a Daniel Thrasher surprise microphone

[@TwilightCookieDough]

TMBG mention and Jarvis going on to recite line for line I’m so hyped for this episode. They honestly just seem like cool old guys that just love making silly songs and have been obsessed my whole life.

[@cynthiawang874]

its the opposite Jarvis! Danny ghosted Kevin Jonas!

[@pundziusavril]

Jarvis saying the They Might be Giants segment was for no one, I'd like to stand up and say it was for me actually. Their kids album was legit a fundamental piece of my childhood

[@Sparrow-wy6mf]

So totally same. The blood mobile? Science is real? Iconic

[@pundziusavril]

@@Sparrow-wy6mf The entirety of the No! album went platinum on my shitty mp3 player tbh

[@Sparrow-wy6mf]

​@pundziusavril for me it was the DVD of here comes science

[@rdarkstorm8414]

TMBG also did the Big Bang Theory theme song along with some absolutely timeless bangers like Birdhouse in your Soul and Doctor Worm

[@torigroves1048]

Didn’t the barenaked ladies do the Big Bang theory theme song?

[@rdarkstorm8414]

@@torigroves1048 you're right, I'm wrong lmao. The bangers still stand tho

[@cre-k8-ive]

Doctor worm is my go-to song to randomly sing and make friends groan and roll their eyes.

[@busyweekendmama]

Danny was the ghoster, I believe

[@RealKellinQuinn]

4:56 the closets will get to “I’m Jarvis” “and I’m Johnson” that we all have been waiting for

[@aliamcbride]

I was down a Tom Lehrer rabbit hole just the other day! He invented the jello shot when he was in the military, implied he worked on nuclear weapons as a cover for the fact he was actually in the NSA, and then wrote a bunch of political satire banhers that he recently released into the public domain! He obviously doesn't work anymore cause he's 93 but also because he said the modern political landscape is too difficult to satirise; he said, "I don't want to satirize George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporize them."

[@sazonada]

I think Danny ghosted the Jonas. It's definitely funny.

[@juice8566]

as a huge They Might Be Giants fan this episode made me so happy. Also, they are pretty uncontroverisal, so you're safe lol

[@HobzVHS]

7:54 I never knew that Malcom in the Middle song, Micky Mouse Clubhouse Themesong, and Coralines Dads song was all the same band!

[@intern_dana]

every glimpse we caught of hannah lee's life made me whiteknuckle harder and harder. like you guys said, things like being a farmer or having a large family aren't bad in a vacuum, but everything here is just....off. it looks so much like the Trad Christian Commune Homeschooler type of shit. like, it looks like they keep having another baby as soon as she physically recovers from her previous pregnancy, which reeks of the Quiverful movement. idk if they are Quiverful, but even if not, those type of Christian circles are frought with SO much misogyny and abuse (with some openly advocating with beating kids as young as infancy). and that's not even getting into the racism she and her kids must face just by existing while black in trad circles, like!!!! sorry i don't mean to fearmonger because i do not know hannah or her husband, im just so scared for her and her kids

[@awesomeirlable]

Just in time. I can finally do my linear algebra homework in peace

[@Skercz14]

Homestar Runner introduced me to They Might Be Giants with Experimental Film.

[@MadameTrashHeap]

"It's a lion!"

[@MadameTrashHeap]

"It's a lion!"

[@Extra.Medium]

It isn't international but I'm a truck driver and I get a constant "omg be careful" sentiment from a few friends and family members because I go near every American city on the East Coast and Midwest. I care way more about the traffic in Atlanta than the perceived crime rate. That's the real threat

[@anextlomara5981]

Love the TMBG shoutout at the beginning

[@Red-qr8qf]

tumblr has a similar feature to the ig one but it at least lets you click a "show me anyways" button, but also blocking things like "sad boyz" doesnt make sense since the terms that SHOULD have pop-ups like that should be like. selfharm related ones and stuff???? 😭

[@mental_as_8997]

Jarvis eagerly crossing his legs and holding a pillow when talking about they might be giants is my new favourite thing (and absolutely how I reacted)

[@Lovely-rw1zy]

46:27 “It’s rlly dark it’s almost black cut-“ Jordan is everything 😂

[@OneDollarWilliam]

That line about Diddy and Naomi in Cake by the Ocean sure hits different these days, I tell you what.

[@icantthinkofaname8139]

R.I.P. Jarvis’s sock 🪦

[@what-fv6wx]

I just got home from my walk and sat down with a bowl of pasta. sad boyz time 🙂‍↕️

[@unfunnyclown5959]

You guys really do the podcasting thing with grace! You guys are free

[@blakberrii1373]

Tiki torches 🗽

[@AncientCrustacean]

You were born to expand your mind and soul, understanding that you are, yourself an embodiment of love. You were born to love and be loved.

[@bostonarts]

i was JUST about to comment on the hole in jarvis' sock before it was mentioned in the ep, so glad im not the only one

[@twistysunshine]

Omg this tiktok is the only time i have ever seen Jarvis go RED at how bad these are. Edit: hang on a damn moment. First response video she describes it as "dark humor" second response video she says it's "not about the past or history or black people and it's just about her" then what the fuck are you being dark about huh? Like, you can do all this prismatic thinking where anything that means you could have done wrong has to be Vanished away from different angles on your own time if you want, but when you're in front of other people, they can actually fuckin hear you man

[@Blue-hy2nw]

9:07 WRONG this is for ME

[@mdugan16]

I got so genuinely excited about Why does the sun shine

[@Gingermermaid90]

That elements song just unlocked a core memory.

[@Soon2BGhost]

Can confirm as a gen-zer. I hate no-show socks

[@buzzbuzz_bee]

Guys wake up!, new sad boyz dropped!

[@je8823]

When Jarvis said he could play a lot of Runescape I looked right at him and I swear to God he looked through the screen right back at me

[@colinouille2786]

creepypasta where jarvis and jordan haunt your runecrafting grind

[@voidify3]

TMBG mentioned!!! Pure nostalgia for me- I grew up listening to their live album Severe Tire Damage all the time and their 2019 Australian tour was my first concert. TMBG and Tim Minchin combined kicked off my lifelong love for songs with witty lyrics

[@abigaila.0917]

I grew up listening to They Might Be Giants, my parents played the NO! album for me all the time. Unironically they turn out fantastic songs, they also put on such fun concerts!

[@infizer0]

As a huge They Might Be Giants fan since I was a kid, Jarvis' enthusiasm for them made me very happy

[@syd658]

rolled my eyes when i heard "Not PC".

[@JuJuAndPenny]

Oh good, now maybe I'll be able to focus on finishing this bracelet. Thanks boyz!

[@Anjerz]

You can't just open the episode singing They Might Be Giants and Tom Lehr and expect me to be able to finish the episode without stopping, listening to the songs on repeat for 3 hours, and then coming back.

[@lilli599]

right before bed time?! you *guysssssss!!!* 🥺 blessed by the boyz tonight 🤌

[@user-xl8kj4lg2r]

I'm from Arizona too, I can confirm it's a hellhole too. The nature is amazing, but fuck the people.