Tommy Metz III
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Yeah. Well, and there's there's so many more now that you're bringing it up that way and opening it back up to capitalism. There's so many byproducts of a gluttonous system where we have, you know, even just like single use plastics and everything is wrapped in this tiny little wrapper.
Yeah. Well, and there's there's so many more now that you're bringing it up that way and opening it back up to capitalism. There's so many byproducts of a gluttonous system where we have, you know, even just like single use plastics and everything is wrapped in this tiny little wrapper.
And then it all goes to a landfill and then it all affects future generations that it's not just I'm really full. I ate too much pie. Instead, it's I ate too much pie and I'm blocking out the sun with my horrible, with the ramifications of me doing so many single serves, so many, don't think about the future, just think about the future. Yeah.
And then it all goes to a landfill and then it all affects future generations that it's not just I'm really full. I ate too much pie. Instead, it's I ate too much pie and I'm blocking out the sun with my horrible, with the ramifications of me doing so many single serves, so many, don't think about the future, just think about the future. Yeah.
Well, we're going to talk about it. During my – I have been gorging on one thing in particular, and I'm not exactly sure why, and it's not what you think. Is that a BuzzFeed title? Yeah. And number eight will surprise you. No, I just assumed you were thinking ice cream sandwiches. For once, it's not ice cream sandwiches. Oh, you know what I haven't had in a long time? Ice cream sandwiches.
Well, we're going to talk about it. During my – I have been gorging on one thing in particular, and I'm not exactly sure why, and it's not what you think. Is that a BuzzFeed title? Yeah. And number eight will surprise you. No, I just assumed you were thinking ice cream sandwiches. For once, it's not ice cream sandwiches. Oh, you know what I haven't had in a long time? Ice cream sandwiches.
I got to write that down. But no, like when I get a hankering for something, let's say just food or drink, I never want like nine of them. That's the kind of thing I think I always assumed. I think I was such an aspirational glutton as so many people are when they were a kid.
I got to write that down. But no, like when I get a hankering for something, let's say just food or drink, I never want like nine of them. That's the kind of thing I think I always assumed. I think I was such an aspirational glutton as so many people are when they were a kid.
Because when you're a kid and you don't have any money and you don't have any agency, you're like, when I grow up, I'm going to have all of the Skittles, every single Skittle, and I'm going to melt them all into one enormous Skittle and then like eat my way in and then eat my way out. And now I'm like, Yeah, I have like three Skittles when I walk Foster. That's enough.
Because when you're a kid and you don't have any money and you don't have any agency, you're like, when I grow up, I'm going to have all of the Skittles, every single Skittle, and I'm going to melt them all into one enormous Skittle and then like eat my way in and then eat my way out. And now I'm like, Yeah, I have like three Skittles when I walk Foster. That's enough.
You know what hurts? Citric acid. Like, I love tartness. And after a while, it's like eating a syringe. Like, why am I doing this? It's just prickly. That's not fun. That's evolution's way of keeping us alive. Yeah. It keeps us alive because it wants us to get older, to experience all these things. And then by the time we're alive, we're like, oh, right. A lot of joy is dead. So I'm not going to.
You know what hurts? Citric acid. Like, I love tartness. And after a while, it's like eating a syringe. Like, why am I doing this? It's just prickly. That's not fun. That's evolution's way of keeping us alive. Yeah. It keeps us alive because it wants us to get older, to experience all these things. And then by the time we're alive, we're like, oh, right. A lot of joy is dead. So I'm not going to.
Make the world's biggest skittle instead. I'm probably going to have like a salad.
Make the world's biggest skittle instead. I'm probably going to have like a salad.
And yeah, and the market has rewarded us. I mean, Amazon. The idea of getting whatever you want a day after you order it, that's insane.
And yeah, and the market has rewarded us. I mean, Amazon. The idea of getting whatever you want a day after you order it, that's insane.
But it became sane really quick. And now if you order something and it shows up two days later, Amazon's like, I'm so sorry.
But it became sane really quick. And now if you order something and it shows up two days later, Amazon's like, I'm so sorry.
What are you talking about? Sorry. Exactly. Oh my God.
What are you talking about? Sorry. Exactly. Oh my God.