this is the worst cruise ever

[@Slyfox2235]

I fell asleep during this but I woke up and you were no longer on the titanic. So glad it made it safely to its destination

[@ahgg214]

I'm watching two normal people turn into fame abstractions in real time

[@Sircrapalot7696]

These podcasts turning into two very genuine perspectives about navigating content creation and internet fame is so unique. People come out with this stuff later once everything’s said and done, but hearing Mem’s account in real time about how it feels, contrasted with Austin’s perspective from his position on KZbin is so interesting. Never stop being you guys

[@Obsidiman]

I like how on Austin's screen his character is smiling, but on Mem's screen it's got a completely neutral face

[@simio.espacial]

Even better as he talks about an old man he finds sexually attractive

[@preliminarypetrichor]

: ) : |

[@nefariousyawn]

I don't understand Roblox - why is that happening?

[@TWlNKlPEDlA]

Austin is using an animated face which is a newer thing for roblox and I'd imagine either robloxs optimization or mem's graphic settings, are making it appear in a default static position

[@nefariousyawn]

​@@TWlNKlPEDlAthanks, this makes perfect sense.

[@RandomWeatherMan]

Oh hey I’m the guy who said they only get their current events from this podcast! Thanks for letting me know about the titanic, crazy to think they just didn’t turn the boat, are they stupid?

[@Crotaro]

I'm honestly not sure how they could've turned the boat away. Steering wasn't invented, yet.

[@popthisway]

watching you two stand around talking about trivial matters while the titanic sinks makes me so nervous. that's very immersive

[@Terinije]

Interesting tidbit about the Spanish flu, it was only called that because Spain was the only major country being hit by it that didn't have wartime censorship laws in place, so even though by most accounts it likely started either on a farm in Kansas or among railroad laborers in Canada, it became known as the Spanish flu due to them readily reporting on the pandemic and the Allies and Central press being able to report on the pandemic in Spain but nowhere else.

[@Stressymessy]

wow thanks for sharing!

[@TheNerdLemon]

I am convinced that Any Austin has not seen more then the first and last 20 minutes of the Titanic.

[@old_bayes2535]

These slow-burn scenery changes are perfect for this format

[@kaela_williams]

18:16 love how Austin says you'd have to kill him to get him to do karaoke right as his character drowns. Great timing

[@CanuckMonkey13]

I had a dream last night that I had a job interview with Austin (no idea what the job was but he asked me great questions) and it went pretty well and then I was invited to live in a house with both Austin and Mem (the place was huge but I saw no sign of anyone's families, I guess it was some sort of gamer house?) and the whole experience was awesome. Then I woke up and thought about how this parasocial relationship had sunk its tentacles DEEP into my subconscious. Now that I've gotten that off my chest, I'm going to listen to this episode of the podcast and hope that my subconscious doesn't try to make deeper parasocial connections!

[@oldnjoyer]

yippie!

[@imarobobot8795]

I absolutely adore how this podcast has a super casual relationship with structure. No segments, no forced topics, no ad breaks -- just a stream of consciousness from two lovely and funny people. I lost it when Austin, after a very introspective few minutes about Karaoke, anxiety, and self-awareness about turning casual conversations into therapy, he goes "How do you feel about... putting your seat back on an airplane?"

[@nikoboco]

I'm a fan of the rushed and panicked intro

[@musicbykurt]

unfortunately, sliding slowly to the right is a classic podcast move.

[@letsdocrime9946]

excited to watch james cameron find your robones later

[@mew47]

this podcast fiiled a hole in my heart thanks guys ill stay tuned in for the rest of my life

[@Racheechee]

Can confirm; nothing more adorable than little Mem singing “Man! I feel like a woman”, with a sassy shoulder move. 🥰 but she won that competition on talent not just being cute! Too bad it was before we all carried video cameras in our pockets.

[@Roubjon]

Listening to y'all chat about nonsense gives me the same feeling of when I'm in a grocery store and randomly hear a funny/cute conversation between two people. The sort of thing that just brightens my day.

[@PoopiDoopy]

My delight when the flooding started. Genius location to hold a podcast.

[@rhysmagill-nn6et]

I decided to get sober recently after many years of drinking most nights of the week and it’s been a pretty rough start to the year. But it’s great to have this podcast to look forward to each week to help calm me down. You guys talk about the strange topics and ideas that I’m always thinking about and it’s good to follow some people who are also moving through there twenties like me. P.S you guys need to play liars dice in red dead red redemption 1 online. Good podcast setting.

[@Randochi]

Good for you to start your journey. Everyone has their reasons. I'll share mine. I did the same thing, I only drink for very special occasions now like holiday family dinner, just for the flavor enhancment, and not to get buzzed/drunk. From 30 to 33 I chose to not drink one drop because I had gone through a TBI. I learned that alcohol caused disassociative relapses and it scared me so I gave it up completely. I broke my 3y sobriety when I lost my job in 2023, but I'm back to just the rare glass at Thanksgiving.

[@stormiette]

Austin had no idea he would need to clarify the microwaveability of dog food

[@adobecult]

mem your discussion about digital footprints is so real. when i was a teenager i would change up my internet persona every couple of years, deleting all my social media/blogs/emails etc and starting over w/ a new pseudonym/username so people wouldn't know who i was. there was something very safe about remaining anonymous or being able to just reset how people perceived me when i felt like it. now i'm an adult and i kind of can't do that anymore because i have a real job that requires me to have a linkedin page for some god awful reason

[@screamspink]

“Delete your Linkedin” -Mem that one time

[@magsley579]

That orphanage story is literally insane, I will never understand people who would want to go back and live in any other time than now fr

[@kitkatkseniya4226]

Podcasts and iceburgs never mix, when will people learn

[@freshnewboy]

they way i have seen mem's roblox character so many times and i only now have i realized that tails is wearing a naruto headband. incredible. this is fashion people take notes

[@Randochi]

Besides being like 7 and encountering the awkardness of seeing nudity for the first time with my parents, my favorite quote is “Paint me like one of your French girls” because it is always associated with corny advertisement poses. One thing I enjoyed with this episode and the club penguin episode was yall standing around in a public session completely still while things around you go into chaos. People running around, people chatting, and on occasion they interact with you sometimes with near mannequin like responce to their circumstance. I was in the navy, on a cruiser, that has motors and isn't powered by wind, and it took 2 weeks to cross the atlantic at about 30mph.

[@Randochi]

I love the ocean and this episode has to be my favorite so far, its such a sad circumstance seeing yall reinact the historic event. I actually started tearing up when the first smoke stack fell, yall are Jack and Rose going to the stern.

[@Randochi]

I have the same opinion about the seat as Austin. Also I have flown on a plane nearly every year of my life and have recognized the atmosphere and design of the interior have changed over time. The windows have gotten smaller, the space under the chair where you put your carry-on is smaller, the space you sit in is getting smaller, but the seats are about the same size, if anything its likely the space has been reduced about an inch width wise. The height of your space is reduced as well, I used to beable to comfortably stand under my seat with my shoulder touching the overhead, (meaning my head is cocked forward looking to the side or down at my feet).

[@minjgoto]

59:01 "i love them like my children. And Ill tell you what theres thousands of them, and each one of them is nothing but trouble"

[@debdebberton]

the words of a true parent

[@Talkren]

It is really cool to listen to both of you talk about your stages of youtube famous. I like the idea of just hitting the pause button on the level of fame you are at and enjoying it. Wishing the best for both of you, hope your careers in this are exactly how you want them to be!

[@H2OBoB1]

Thanks for being so consistent, I enjoy these conversations

[@johnsmith2875]

I like when y’all interact with the game while podcasting so escaping the titanic while discussing life seems fun 😋

[@xellella4221]

this is so funny, austin's cover of my heart will go on literally inspired me to sing the song at karaoke! and it was a hit!

[@PaintedFrog2966]

I would really love to hear how you two met. Given the small pieces of yourselves you have shared, I am so curious to learn

[@Fonky_Fesh]

Mem’s maniacal cackling at serious diseases is why I’m a listener

[@lowercase_six]

re: immersion, I went to a log cabin once and watched Casablanca on vhs with a 14" tv. It's my most memorable movie experience. You don't need 4k and dolby atmos to get lost in a story

[@TheChurchOfDinoJesus]

Austin is such a freak for warm dog doo on a cold day and it is beautiful

[@scrub_jay]

this is my favorite aviation podcast

[@gnomefuel]

austin, james hillman has a book called the dream and the underworld where he writes all about how science adapted names for medical/psychological terminology from ancient mythology, eg; narcissism

[@nefariousyawn]

I completely agree about the seat leaning thing. I gave up on leaning my seat back, and I just commit to being in a state of mild to moderate discomfort. Sometimes I treat myself to a Xanax if it's a long flight.

[@alienhatz3265]

this is my favourite podcast that either of you star in

[@WhoIsRyanFox]

24:50 You guys didn't even notice that the dog decided to join you on the Titanic. Also, I always assumed Memoria was a stage name. It's a pretty cool name to have for real. I was curious and tried to search it and just found two different films and a game, so I think you're fairly safe in that regard.

[@Randochi]

Theres only 2 people in the world who has my name. So at least she's not in that boat.

[@aeternalslime9670]

ah, victor garber. excellent taste

[@CanuckMonkey13]

Thanks, I was trying to remember his name and now I don't have to look it up!

[@Ultrasonix3]

Podcasts always releasing on my hair wash day is perfect for my schedule 🙏🙏

[@marthmallow7420]

W schedule

[@monsoonsheep]

Mem your description of that feeling of not being able to go back to anonymity after a certain point really resonated with me for some reason, even though I'm not a youtuber, I get the feeling!!

[@mewo7515]

Austin's real name is Theron Melton, he's from Milford Utah, and he was born in 1973! You can't hide from us Theron!

[@numagik]

austin does kinda have past life orphan vibes

[@debdebberton]

he's serving Samsaran Tiny Tim realness

[@joeltrout]

On the topic of notoriety: last year I started a small publication with a few of my friends. We attended a writing/publishing conference in our city a few weeks after our first issue came out, and people *knew* us. We walked into a few rooms and got recognized, had someone shout us out at a panel, had someone else tell us that they had just reviewed our magazine on their podcast - - all people we didn't know and who we had little to no knowledge of whatsoever. It just felt absolutely wild. Now this is a totally different scale from what yinz are talking about. We were recognized by people in our city who operate in the same, insular community as us. But still, that experience was striking. People are paying attention to our thing, to us, the people who run it. It's a real paradigm shift, knowing people are watching you. There's no escaping that as long as the project continues. Very strange to reckon with.

[@reivann_00]

i`m at that point where I like first and then watch

[@smashdriven1640]

I like how Austin brings up airplanes every single episode haha

[@irishempire9811]

they should have the next episode be in Black ops 6 multiplayer matches and try to do a podcast while getting killed and respawned over and over again

[@supahnado7402]

lowkey if the podcasts were longer (bc its entertaining asf) but just so the abrupt goodbye could be random and that much more fantastic

[@kvn_la]

I was reading some old Victorian stories yesterday, and saw "hydrophobia" used for rabies. Makes sense, but it's interesting that that's the symptom they went with.

[@stormiette]

Also karaoke is so fun! Wish we had more of the Japanese style karaoke places in the US

[@kurtroembke9802]

I think text-based games have more potential for immersion, at least in world and story detail. I grew up playing MUDs and I have vivid memories of moments in those that feel more real than any graphical game I've played.

[@CanuckMonkey13]

That's a good point. I grew up playing Infocom games (mostly Zork, but some others as well) and I can still instantly call to mind visual images of a lot of locations and events.

[@christiandevey3898]

The Space Shuttle Challenger might be like the Titanic

[@itwastheegg]

Mem is your empathy coordinator

[@Big_Mosey]

I think it was People Make Games that did a really good video on Roblox's whole child labor dealio. I definitely recommend it if you're researching the subject and haven't already seen it

[@cmdrdisulfiram]

Love this show. Thank you guys for making it.

[@Crotaro]

No way this is your real name! I always thought it's a stylized version or wordplay, kind of, on "Memories matter", which makes perfect sense with your self-growth series and your whole vibe. So it's pretty fun to find out that this is what you're actually called.

[@jonathanhurdthe]

just wanted to say I love the pod & you two are great, only video game content I honestly seek out anymore

[@awesomeloftus]

Tingtings - thats not my name - mem

[@ryan-skeldon]

"This was during my Shania Twain phase" We've all been there.

[@gnomefuel]

shania twain phase at 8 is goated

[@ZetaHeart12]

"has anything like the Titanic happened since the Titanic?" someone show this man the Costa Concordia stat

[@SuperLofiMusicMan]

I love how quickly Austin schemed up how to make money off of child labor

[@jolemackerel]

On immersion, this is why I got semi-obsessed with playing and designing audiogames. With our current tech, reproducing spatialized audio gets closer to reality than anything can reach with graphics.

[@flanman7706]

the queen mary 2 is such a cool ship & I hope you can go on a voyage austin!!!

[@elmadicine]

never would I ever have guessed that's her real name, 100% sounds like a gamer tag. like if there was a guy creator named Strongathan you'd never in a million years think that was his actual given name

[@ant0n1o13]

That's a great name though. First son material.

[@dnl111895]

This is my favorite podcast right now.

[@nazeege]

I love this podcast so much

[@nyanko8972]

Excited for the mem Roblox video

[@CheeseMaster75ok]

ew ew ew why did Austin's roblock blink wtf

[@DavidCDrake]

This video cured my cancer and solved climate change. 🌍 Thank you. 🐦

[@JoeEmber776]

Halo would be a good game to do these in, I know you guys joked about doing it in a shootyman game but that could really work (star wars battlefront classic, too)

[@jolemackerel]

Yes! Custom Games or just empty standard multiplayer maps can be a vibe

[@hbtv03]

Would love to see them in Rust; a good ol shooty survivor game

[@porkerr_5485]

32:30 this goes even deeper, people make games has a great video covering roblox’s revenue model

[@RyanHaney55]

Some of the stuff in the movie Titanic was real to life, like "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" Kathy Bates plays. Also, the stars were placed correctly with stellar drift in the re-release. I wouldn't have guessed Memoria was a real name. It sounds like a mentalist magician or a rapper. I remember when Any Austin was @NE_Austin.

[@MFORYD]

forgot that the titanic wasn't just the set piece from 999 (2009) for the nintendo ds it was real and it looked like this

[@lukeholladay9596]

My favorite old disease name is "dropsy" which makes it sound like you just drop things a lot.

[@awesomeloftus]

I got the itch to sail in 2017. I bought a sailboat for $700. Problem was I live in Kansas which is notorious for being landlocked. I found a few local lakes and got out and it turns out sailing is really hard and intense. I sold my boat for $800 and I call it a win.

[@aluminiumsandworm]

for more titanic-like events, go to well there's your problem. it's a podcast about engineering disasters, with slides

[@GiantPipeWrench]

Love the Roleplay Points increasing as Austin begins talking about White Guy Culture as a while roblox

[@hbtv03]

I think I’d want a cross section book of mega-skyscrapers or extremely large statues

[@the_boss45]

"dogs are not quite like cats" 🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@ramenboop]

doing karaoke on the titanic sounds like a lot of fun

[@webbraham2768]

My grandpa went to an orphanage when my great grandma had TB. When she recovered she went and picked him back up

[@webbraham2768]

Sorry this is related to 48:00

[@SpookyGman]

Awesome podcast!

[@kevinsonkevin3634]

Don't forget the vapours and the collywobbles.

[@oldnjoyer]

One of my families dog's is named Lily bc of my Great grandma, I love that I could play this out loud and she'd be so confused

[@Finding_Arcadia]

I humbly request that on a future episode you guys talk about the idea of bringing back personal websites and "MySpace-like" social media where individualism is prioritized opposed to the corporate hegemony of the big 3 social media platforms. No particular reason to be honest, I just feel like you guys might have interesting opinions that could be fun to hear, even if it's absolute vitriol against it lmao

[@johnsmith2875]

I think mem making a personal website as a video would be fun

[@CompiledGabriel]

Yes! My favorite podcast!

[@Gonzo.Noises]

What if the podcast was released in a KZbin premiere so that there can be "live" commentary from the audience? Wouldn't that be silly?

[@mrkev2591]

Listening to this makes her live stream make so much sense. Who heats up dog food?

[@HaleyM-j4i]

I did not realize Mem was your real name until this pod. 😭

[@nothanks5531]

what the hell, I was looking at the Queen Mary II too Honestly seems like a really cool way to travel to Europe. I was planning out a fictional trip where I take the train from Seattle to NYC, then board the QM2, go to england for a week, then fly back

[@tythos360]

do either of you know about Tarrare? I think he would interest austin perhaps

[@lordlemmingman]

You don't have to go to Grad school to teach if you want to teach high schools. There are a lot of programs related to Careers in Technical Education (CTE) where if you have a degree in something that prepares you for a career and have experience (like computer science) then you can go through a relatively short training program and become a teacher.

[@TheNerdLemon]

Okay 58:55 "I care about and love all of my F-...Supporters..." Y'all it sounded like he was going to say family and it was such a subtly sweet moment.

[@Vaporded]

I played this map with some friends once and Captain Freddy Fazbear was dying and we had life boat but he refused to be saved.

[@PlentyofFodder]

Holy shit is this the ship from 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors? It looks eerily similar in the intro at least!

[@bodaugherty9654]

@40:00 Your point here, Austin, is exactly my reasoning why I do not see 3D movies. The immersion is all the same when I reflect back on it, and does not provide a world-changing perspective on the content I'm consuming.

[@preliminarypetrichor]

I watched this episode as I work on a youtube video of my own. Although it would be nice to be able to make a living off of making shitty animations, I don't think I'll ever get very popular. But if I do I never want to be recognized in public. The idea of some random person walking up to me and being like "oh my gosh I love your videos" is a little terrifying. So it's always interesting to me when people use their real name and/or associate it with their real face as a content creator. You've both been getting a lot of attention recently so I liked hearing you talk a little bit about how it feels.