You Will Be Consumed ft. Nick Mullen | TAFS

from The Adam Friedland Show Premium Podcast - Episode 33
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[@will_boner17]

"My gums are fucked up, and I have to buy bombs?"

[@ziggafresh]

9:04

[@POHHS]

adam laughing while nick is describing the horror of his daily life is peak art, i love this stuff

[@XxuplmxX]

Its about goddam time he learned how to do Stav’s old job

[@scrotooftheninefingers218]

@@XxuplmxX No one could ever replace that golden standard of manhood: Stavvy is a beefy Adonis of a man, a rotund Hercules, if you will.

[@alexdavis9711]

Nick could absolutely get his job at gamestop back and climb the corporate ladder easy

[@SyncFloyd-fm7vi]

Which one is Nick? The bug one? Also, I may be gay.

[@steamedyam]

He'd get to manager and stop there 😂

[@domuuuuu]

No, he'd come in early (even when he hit a kid on his way because it was slippery) and stay late (even when he shits his pants) every day because you know what? Management notices that kind of thing.

[@scrotooftheninefingers218]

@@SyncFloyd-fm7vi No, Nick is the gay one.

[@CoolAdamF]

@@scrotooftheninefingers218so yoy must be nick then? ;))))))

[@Diax1324]

Nick talking about looking at his cat and going, “How do I get THAT?!” is unbelievably fucking relatable. I just want purpose, or to be completely absolved of all responsibility.

[@imageword5576]

that doesn't make sense. Purpose, or no purpose? Maybe you mean you want to not have to make decisions, where everything is done with no thought behind it.

[@benfelps]

@@imageword5576cats make plenty of decisions!

[@Diax1324]

@@imageword5576 No - I want REAL purpose with meaning (not just making money to survive, having a life that I am involved in), or I want to be completely free from all responsibility. I don't like this thing where we're supposed to do work that has no meaning and fit our life in somewhere between. I want a life that incorporates work and living, not work and then life, not life and then work.

[@fishsticklord5147]

Makes sense. Don’t want an awkward middle ground. Being purposeless, in a chill situation (active nihilism), and desiring little is one end. Peaceful as fuck. Desiring growth and achievement fit to your own efforts is the other end. Personal and satisfying. Do you think you the average Joe can decide a relatively chill life or turn his efforts towards his own accomplishments meaningfully? He has to tax life considerably with work before making that decision now

[@Waawaaweewaa_]

@@imageword5576just because you ah e the reading comprehension skills of a spastic toddler doesn’t mean that the comment doesn’t make sense 😂😂

[@KelleyGreenEcstasy]

These are the kind of clips they need on their actual channel, so funny

[@nathanlobono5818]

Also taps into the raw nerve of the living American subconscious we all feel. I'm not talking about the bits and absurdist racism, though I am Gay. But like both of their accounts have a real palpable sense of shared experience. Everyone knows inherently that they're right when they get real.

[@screamdreamer9085]

That’s just more they have to do. Did you even watch the clip?

[@lukemcfarland2690]

No, this is worth the money

[@lukemcfarland2690]

All of our money is going to israel anyways why not just stop paying taxes and become homeless so that we get this gold every week

[@KelleyGreenEcstasy]

I was just thinking from a marketing stand point. I know they've complained about the difficulties of "youtubing"@@lukemcfarland2690

[@JoshAronoff]

The idea of Elon musk fumbling through space companies and car companies because he has to do SOMETHING suddenly makes the entire world make sense.

[@delusionalmystic8533]

100%. I think of the world this way a lot. like, when you read the fucked up history of the cia, it makes more sense when you realize it's just a bunch of young dumb dudes who feel like they need to do something to the world. or, if our society produced enough wealth for basic income for everyone, people would take office jobs and have pointless zoom meetings over nothing, bc everyone needs to stay busy because they'll lose their minds

[@goodolarchie]

Alan Watts approves

[@ihatesnickersTSD]

You think Tesla and spacex is "fumbling" LOL bro you are so stupid it's hilarious

[@ADPax10]

​@goodolarchie "The first thing that he says to himself is, 'Man, get lost,' because he gives himself away. The nature of love is self-abandonment; not clinging to oneself. Throwing yourself out, as in, for example, in basketball; you’re always getting rid of the ball. You say to the other fellow, 'Have a ball.' See? And that keeps things moving. That’s the nature of life." also, "The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves."

[@user-pm6gv5nq4v]

Imagine trying to look smart in KZbin comments lol

[@johannbarboncito2696]

We need an Office Space remake with Nick playing Peter and Shane Gillis as his neighbor Lawrence.

[@user-pm6gv5nq4v]

I would fund this.

[@metricmonte6768]

Adam's testosterone levels went from 0 to -1

[@screamdreamer9085]

He went from gay guy to gender disphoric

[@Dualhammers]

In 2016 i basically decided to so what Nick wants to do in this clip. I became homeless and lived on the street for about a year. At first it was liberating, because in a real way my time was my own -- i could choose to do or not do whatever with my time. but as it went on i realized that my day would still fill up, it just got filled up with the basics which took a lot longer. Cooking, cleaning, trying to stay warm, getting anywhere all became lengthy activities. When i finally almost got hypothermia i decided to get a job and go back to paying rent. Was it worse than working a job? Yeah, in some ways, but in others it was way better. When the effort you're putting in is directly related to your ability to stay alive it has an inherent meaning that wage work lacks. It felt more meaningful even though it was more difficult. I imagine what's Nick is struggling with Is that a lot of what he's doing doesn't feel meaningful to him.

[@Rexini_Kobalt]

he is just describing depression, especially at the beginning. we all feel it. we all know what he means. and its a valid feeling. its a valid way to feel in this world. this might be the most real and gut-wrenchingly true podcast clip ive ever seen in my life 😂 and i cant stop laughing

[@DerGeir]

I missed this kinda nick

[@jimmyblood3416]

I’ll let him know. He’s a close friend.

[@buhuniversity]

the human nick...

[@SuperSaglow]

‘Fugue’.

[@faciality]

hows he changed?

[@BiteSized_]

I was just saying the same thing. The angry questioning Nick not the low energy sad Nick. I like manic Nick too. Makes me grateful for the Tunnel

[@frida_drida]

The tunnels revived comedy

[@Zegeebwah]

My Boy finally woke out of his sedation and is back to doling out that Heat 🙌

[@thatcrazyass]

Nick “the Spider of Liberation” Mullens

[@screamdreamer9085]

Nick seemed happy during this clip. I don’t even recognize him anymore

[@HamsterFlex]

This was incredible The answer is to have so much on your plate that you actively want to stay up all night so that tomorrow sucks.

[@Dhrrhee3e11a76]

"But we cannot, we cannot" Adam repeating this out of fear they look unrelatable to their audience. No, Adam, we know how much money you've made and we're fine with it. What we aren't fine with is you trying to hide it, and Nick's honesty about the angst of financial independence is absolutely a good and valuable thing to hear while making him more likeable.

[@DRlFTIN]

Haven’t you heard? The pod is failing

[@Dhrrhee3e11a76]

@@DRlFTIN Yeah I can tell from the Patreon

[@asdf852asdf]

How can i relate to Adam? I'm not gay

[@harazharmr9885]

Adam gives me the creeps. Maybe I’m projecting.

[@zvndmvn]

It's like watching Joker split into two separate people

[@nicanornunez9787]

Joaquín Joker must be to close to home for them both. Like in the beginning years of being broke comics, failed sons, short and Adam. To be so close to a character I imagine them sweating in the theater.

[@conjointoates]

my man is manically depressed

[@bradthunderpants3283]

Literally everything he said is rational and objectively true though.

[@wabbylegs]

Mental health is really in the gutter when you envy your pet.

[@lednord741]

9:45 Nick is 100% right if spiderman were real he would just be a total menace to society.

[@LordJagd]

You know superheroes really suck now and the idea of “what if superheroes… were bad people” has been played out for decades but I’ve never thought about what a terrible creep Spider-Man would be in real life Like imagine an incel kid getting those powers. It’d be worse than any horror movie.

[@Diax1324]

One of the most fucking IDIOTIC realizations that we all need is to recognize the profound fascism of super heroes. It’s infuriating, because the dumbest shit now is not self evident to all of us.

[@coryb2477]

Listening to a couple millionaires depressed and unfulfilled about their lives is so heartwarming

[@lmackenzie9198]

I do not think either Nick or Adam is a millionaire

[@jonnyd9351]

@@lmackenzie9198If by millionaire you mean net worth of at least 1 million dollars then they are both 100% millionaires. most likely multiple times over

[@deuterium2718]

idk i make like less than 25k a year and can afford to spend a few k on my teeth or something if i really have to

[@imageword5576]

You didn't get the lesson, then. Keep thinking millionaires can't be depressed or unfulfilled, it's a great carrot on a stick for you to chase

[@deuterium2718]

Maybe its just living in the city to get by as an entertainer, vs living in the boonies because you don't give a shit. God that sucks if so.

[@user-qs1ez1ko5f]

I actually like that the show is just becoming talk therapy for nick

[@DrNope-hd4pw]

Funniest bit in this is Adam thinking he had enough testosterone to notice his levels dropping.

[@espensele662]

This resonated, a rant of the times. Sitting here drawing people with back pains for some social service program - while having back pains myself (which I get from sitting and drawing).

[@adam7763]

hey bro, you looked into doing stretches or lifts for your back? cobra pose (yoga) rules, and stuff like deadlifts can help too.

[@bradthunderpants3283]

Oh yeah dude your back hurts? Sounds like you need to compress your spinal disks in ways never intended by God. That will fix your back pain. I'm sure the average Joe knows wether or not they're deadlifting with good form 😂

[@user-pm6gv5nq4v]

C O B R A P O S E

[@tommeliusbthaprofit6157]

​@@adam7763they don't want answers or solutions, just vibes

[@OrthodoxDill]

This show is becoming more Jewish than the tunnels under the Chabad.

[@ceebee491]

Nicks back

[@mattposky2892]

Nick desperately trying to figure how to live as a free man. Adam's advice: "You have to follow the rules."

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

It’s so great to see my best friends out there making good pod again. Let’s see if today’s Patreon keeps the ball rolling!

[@steadyghoulin]

Your username is shrek 1

[@harazharmr9885]

Hard times create funny content.

[@terryhughes7196]

Just checking in for my daily existential crisis affirmation.... As a deeply closeted homosexual

[@timothyvarner]

Fascinating to watch people at their wit's end

[@zacharychristy8928]

The problem is that none of this has to do with the modern state of the world, Nick is literally just describing the existential ennui that comes as part of the human condition. Literally everyone's job is absurd and demoralizing in the face of its own futility, and it always has been, yet we continue on as a species. Nobody gets to be the main character and have purpose 'happen' to them, you more or less have to find something yourself. For most people, starting a family is the clearest option, but that's clearly not the best choice for everyone. Finding fulfilment is just the next mental health task you're responsible for after you've found financial security. It's not Israel, or Russia, or China, or Biden, or Trump's fault, it's literally just the fact that you've run out of external pressures to guide any of your actions and now have to make some of your own.

[@josephpossanza5022]

It's cool, I'm 36, still at my parents. Got a good job and attending CDL school at the moment so I can have more options and a raise at work, but it's so damn expensive out here in the PNW now that life would change much if I obtain my own place

[@truestory2990]

Right on brother

[@Waawaaweewaa_]

Yikes, your mid life crisis will be one for the ages buddy, keep us posted 😂

[@enjoixander]

The “synchronicity” of Adam tipping the cup while Nick is lamenting how much of an idiot he and Adam is was 🤌

[@theenigmadesk]

Society is collapsing. Something new is coming. We're just along for the ride. Enjoy the vidya!

[@Pennrover]

I like when mom and dad get along.

[@Abysssmo]

The quality on this channel is really awesome. I wish Nick or Adam gave it a shoutout so more people can come.

[@Dhrrhee3e11a76]

Nick and Adam shouting at me would make me come.

[@iminariroller925]

Great segment

[@conjointoates]

this isnt even a joke nick needs to find god or go to an ashram or read gay philosophy or whatever because this shit is just sad and unfortunately very relatable

[@liquidladdy]

Imagine Nick being into Taoism and horns (again).

[@JacobEnglander]

He needs to live on a farm and do a taxidermy podcast

[@jonnyd9351]

materialism is such a fundamental part of his worldview yet he's not materialistic. He needs the opposite of delving into philosophy

[@conjointoates]

@@jonnyd9351 are you implying that philosophy is somehow materialistic? There is non materialistic philosophy out there.

[@tommeliusbthaprofit6157]

Gay

[@2regarded]

Nick, give me 500k. Ill build you a pod with a great vr setup. You will own nothing, you will be happy

[@skiptoacceptancemdarlin]

to become a cat, do the following: 1. reach enlightenment as a human 2. die 3. presto change-o. you're born a kitten.

[@erixouther]

no one is better at being interrupted than Adam

[@gaunaareright]

I hate myself for enjoying this

[@NotAboutTheClicks]

Holy fuck wooOw that last bit about no POLLS seen yet in the USofA about the Gaza-Israeli conflict 🤯👏🏼

[@studblud]

accelerate the end times by not participating in the system. it's quite simple and can be accomplished this year.

[@CountyPharisee]

Ride the Kali yuga

[@benfelps]

you don’t need a million dollars to do nothing, my cousins broke and he don’t do shit

[@studblud]

@@benfelps as is his right.

[@benfelps]

@@studblud 2 chicks at the same time man

[@koyeus]

You are guys are awesome, I hope you have some shows in Asia.

[@user-pm6gv5nq4v]

Lol idk if Nick could resist doing the accent to a point where he was accosted

[@AGenericAccount]

​@@user-pm6gv5nq4vNah you could get away with more in Asia than you could in America

[@benc3380]

"Joe the plumber, you should be at a war crimes tribunal."

[@thememoirss]

Nick for president

[@Libtard]

First time running across this channel. Great takes! I feel hella validated.

[@TGDTGD]

Nick speaking for all middle aged men

[@user-ir4bi2tx3o]

Putting the far right in center left

[@Truemann45]

You can absolutely just stop paying personal debt. Fuck this country lmao. "But they'll hurt your credit score" who gives a fuck. Just settled a 5000dollar personal loan for 2200 and I'm paying 20 bucks a month on that. LOL. LMAO, even.

[@jonnyd9351]

But what if you want a house or car in the next 8 years?

[@Truemann45]

@@jonnyd9351 already have a house, and could simply live in an apartment if that got foreclosured. Never gonna happen. Also a good running car is 4000 bucks

[@weedtaco1443]

Go off king

[@ryanhires9361]

I love you Nick

[@doink9982]

i will write either an essay or a book or something about nick mullen in my life. he is, to me, the most interesting person alive. also the funniest. strange how he doesn’t recognise or doesn’t want to recognise what it was that made cum town so great; at the core of it was him. stav was a great direct neural incentive, that instant hilarious laugh, and then adam being an easy punching bag to make material out of. but nick genuinely had a comedic style i have not seen a hint of in anything else (i’ve never seen madtv), and it is- while hilarious- the greatest art of the contemporary world

[@enjoixander]

For real. Nick solo’d an episode for 15 minutes and it was still hilarious. He is one of the funniest comedians I’ve ever listened to.

[@tommeliusbthaprofit6157]

That's just called having a crush, dude I believe Nick did exist, and that he was a very good man, but he was not the messiah

[@proprgent]

Activating the pre frontal cortex through deep focus could help

[@samueladams5243]

adam is dressed like an extra from the musical “RENT”

[@leonkhachooni3287]

Nick, what can I say, you've cracked the code. Adam, yep... yep... Red Dead Redemption 2? Wow, really? Cool.

[@Tanksinatravideos]

I’m still laughing at “at least send me some of those kids teeth”

[@seansezz]

The Spider of Liberation lol

[@mimilian5826]

this is peak nick

[@da1stuna]

Someone tell Adam that is a crib mattress. Although, I suspect he’s saying it wrong on purpose. He is one of them after all.

[@user-pm6gv5nq4v]

To be fair, that looked like a "twin" mattress. The one I saw. Also to be fair to Adam, he claims to be Anti-Zionist. Also, I'm super gay

[@da1stuna]

@@user-pm6gv5nq4v You cannot carry a twin mattress by yourself and be seen around it. Gay dick small.

[@conantheagrarian]

this is literally the south park episode where the handymen become rich.

[@ianellis5177]

That was great

[@Looneyboy]

Does anyone have the premium rss link? Or an unlisted KZbin playlist

[@potatoplays2]

We're growing up with you guys too ❤️

[@BRNNANN]

Nobody wants to be guilty by association of what it takes to become a global hegemon but the hegemony is the only way to become one of the wealthiest humans in the world purely through conversation with your friends

[@my_youtube_channel7892]

So they not want to be guilty or do they not have the balls to do what it takes? These two can sit and talk like this because other people allow them to.

[@maknavickas]

How are they related? Unless you are suggesting that Patreon tips the scales in favor of media that is made in the USA in some way, or more specifically the big cities. If that's not the case then could be making the podcast from India and find the same success. I think your point is true for many industries but I think podcasting might be the exception and not the rule.

[@Cyzs66]

@@maknavickas I think like 85% of patreon's userbase is either USA, Canada, or UK so being relatable to western audiences probably helped a bit

[@maknavickas]

@@Cyzs66 fair point but they could have theoretically grown up on a military base in Kawuit and consumed western culture and done the podcast there and still reached the same audience. My point is that they don't rely on the infrastructure of where they live for their success almost less than anybody else, and they might be getting the least benefit for their taxes of anybody in NYC.

[@jonnyd9351]

@@maknavickasShow me a podcast in india or kuwait with huge success and you'll have a reasonable point. Advertising companies value an indian view/ click as 1% the value of a US view/click because there's no money to be made over there with this.

[@domuuuuu]

Adam's got that mushroom laugh. I didn't hear the whole episode; do they address Adam eating mushrooms so he can laugh incessantly?

[@imageword5576]

i dunno but it was annoying me. it wasn't that funny, stop laughing!!!

[@Someguy21230]

Nick's right.

[@nikorootful]

They're both just describing the symptoms of low testosterone and cold weather in a large, cramped city

[@Isosceles8818]

What is this smile spread across Nick's face?

[@pf782]

So true.....all of it....

[@user-uh6ps5mo9t]

8:02 sounds like a dystopia intro awesomness

[@SneedEnthusiast]

Podcast will end with my best friend Nick starting a real life Project Mayhem that gets us all arrested for treason and insurrection.

[@Deadman1000]

Jaded Nick may be a little manic but he genuinely cares and that's wholesome. I'm gay btw

[@DEadSpaCE211]

Youre some real ones

[@wendellalbright6758]

I felt that about envying the cat

[@troyestraca5717]

gotta love these fools man perfect example of modern society's trifes

[@Hegataro]

Nick barely has enough energy to keep his eyes open during the pod, but as soon as he gets to talk about depression and insecurities he's a nuclear bomb

[@albertocaraballo9861]

Let him cook!

[@thepositivelynegativ]

When's the Trump interview?

[@FirstPersonLife]

damn sorry to see your alst upload got removed! wish i didn't refresh the page before finishing it

[@harrison8749]

U guys need to go camping and bring only one electronic device

[@lkkjhg45]

WHICH ONE

[@rustyhook69]

❤

[@baTonkaTruck]

I don't want to do anything, including nothing.

[@MrSomethingdark]

hahahahahahahahahaha

[@jkyet]

Nick, now's the time to get into Cyberpunk 2077

[@VersusArdua]

Classic c-town

[@MattttG3]

*there is but only one true Caesar, Nicholas*

[@Buttsguy13]

Nick needs to start a family

[@WhatCanSmith]

How much time does Adam spend in those tunnels?

[@WhatCanSmith]

read the Tal.mud FYI these people are sick

[@Spaghettineck]

Yo Nick is smart as hell 💯

[@CaptClutchStudio]

Realest shit

[@JackFlash771]

This is a real millenial manifesto

[@Ishmaster2020]

You’re preaching to the choir

[@galacticpondofficial]

ahhh..... yeah.... TAF show

[@beerkegaard]

Adam's looking more and more like an old lady

[@elihyland4781]

I will be consumed

[@Bobandy902]

Nicks been watching/reading one piece

[@btpips]

Im 14 and this is deep