Chapter 1: What disagreement do Bryan and Astrid have about Instagram content?
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We disagree on a lot of stuff. Not fight like yell and scream, but we go at it.
Yeah, buttheads.
Eventually, the Irish guy goes... Who fucking cares, Brian?
Yeah, it's not worth it.
Let it go. Just let it go.
Smart man.
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Chapter 2: How does Bryan convince Astrid to participate in his content?
And so I tell her. I go, you know what? I'm not releasing it. She goes, no, no, no. I just want to reshoot it with me in a robe. And I go, honey, if we redo it in a robe, the innuendo is gone. Like, why did you take the towel off the robe? Do you know what I'm saying? Why would you take a towel off the robe? The innuendo is gone. Blah, blah, blah. Okay, just don't worry about it.
I'm letting it go. I'm letting it go. But I can't let it go.
Ha, ha, ha, ha.
I knew that was coming. I can't fucking let it go. My fucking brain won't let it go.
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Chapter 3: What is the significance of the towel and robe in their Instagram video?
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Chapter 4: Why does Bryan struggle to let go of his Instagram content ideas?
Still got stickers in case you don't have any. I've got some left. There's like 30 of them. And maybe we'll do a new sticker in 2026. But we had a lot going on there. So we decided to... And we have stickers. So we have extra stickers. So if you need them, we bought a lot of them. And we don't need all of them. So please, please.
We got them to give away.
Yeah, and we have some extra hats and a couple extra sweaters and stuff like that. So if you guys want some TCB merch... Email us through the website and we will do our best to accommodate if available. And it doesn't cost us a lot of money in postage and handling.
Chapter 5: What are the reactions to Bryan's Instagram content from viewers?
We'll figure that out. We had some people that heeded the call when I said, TCB Classic, let us know which episode. Oh, good. Yes. We had a number of people that dialed in and... told us which episodes they would like to hear on TCB Classic. Two people. I think we have one episode in the running because two people named the same episode.
And out of 900 episodes, when two people name the same episode, there's something going on.
Pay some attention.
Pay some attention. And that would be two weddings and a funeral. Where I talk about my mother going to Irving's funeral.
Funeral, yes. I mean, that really is a classic episode.
One guy said, I think his name was Vinny. He said, listen, I think it was his brother had just passed away and it was a tough time for him. And he heard the episode and he said, I just could not stop laughing at that episode. Please, please play it. You can use my name.
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Chapter 6: How does Bryan's social media activity reflect on his personal life?
Please, please play it. And and I will. I'll do that this Friday. Two weddings and a funeral. TCB classic coming up. So two of you request and it shall be done.
Look at that. It really was a hit.
Yeah, a super majority of our fans have spoken. And that's it. There you go. And then somebody asked, why has the schedule been a little funky? Well, it's a couple of different things, but I was sick on it. Whatever, doesn't matter. We're here now. What does it matter? What does it matter? We're here now. We do 70.
We thought we wanted to do one thing. As per usual with us and the commercial break, we decide one thing and then change it.
Yeah.
And then that's how we keep everybody on their toes.
That's right. Including ourselves. Yes. And you know what? That's the beauty of the podcast world. We can literally, but I will tell you what, since we started this show, there has not been a week where we have not done an episode. Not one. Not one. Not one week have we ever missed an episode. A couple we've had to play, like, you know, TCB Classics or whatever.
But we've never missed a publishing schedule. And that's more having to do with my OCD than anything. But I would tell you right now, there is plenty of commercial break.
We're consistently inconsistent.
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Chapter 7: What parallels are drawn between social media behavior and animal behavior?
That's what Chrissy's trying to say. And neither does the podcast industry.
We're consistently schizophrenic.
Yes. We're schizoaffective.
We're going to do this. We're going to do that. Oh, my God.
Speaking of schizoaffective, I'm not going to name names because I do not want to psych shame anybody. And mental illness is a serious thing. And there's no fun to be made. It's like having cancer, only you can't see it and it affects the way you behave. So people misunderstand you. So I really am not shitting on anybody.
No, we raised money for mental health awareness.
That's right. Mental health awareness. That's right. And both of us have had family members who have been affected by serious mental disorders or psychological problem, emotional traumas, whatever you want to call it. You know, diagnosed, undiagnosed. We all know people who are suffering or have suffered temporarily, permanently, whatever. You get it.
But the internet, the social media really brings that out in some people. Oh, yes. There is one person in particular that I have followed for a very long time. And I'm not even going to give the description. That girl? It's that girl. And she's literally falling apart on social media.
And I almost I came this close to DMing her the other day because her stuff pops up because I watch a lot of her stuff.
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Chapter 8: What are the implications of social media on personal relationships?
And if I'm being honest, I watch it for the entertainment value. But I'm starting to see that that's that is exactly what she doesn't need. She doesn't need people like. hate watching her essentially. I don't hate her, but I'm just like amused.
Well, it's like a train wreck.
It's a train wreck. You can't look away. It's really hard to look away. But that's the downside of social media is that if you're having a moment and you put it out there, then everybody watches it, but they're not watching it for the right reasons. And she's clearly having an episode. She's clearly falling apart. She's clearly in trouble. Like, clearly. She's not making any sense.
She's all over the place. She's crying one moment. She's laughing the next. She's talking nonsensically. She's talking about beings and entities and all this other stuff. It's at another level now, right?
Right, because she was the one that thought she had a relationship with the country music star.
Morgan Whalen, Morgan Wallen, whatever his name is. She still believes that, right? She believes that Morgan Wallen is... She believes that Morgan Wallen owes her an explanation and an apology because she was catfished by someone who claimed that they were Morgan Wallen. Morgan Wallen doesn't owe you shit. He just doesn't.
But she's under the delusion that somehow Morgan Wallen has now further harmed her by not reaching out and talking to her. And she talks to him. She like goes on dates with him online. It's weird. It's weird.
Goes on dates.
Yeah. So a couple of like a month and a half ago, two months ago, when she started going on like pretend dates with him with her phone, you know, like taping it for social media. I'm pretending I'm on a date with Morgan Wallen. Hi, Morgan. Here's what we're going to do today. Here's where we're going. Like really delusional shit. Oh, God. I was like, okay. No, thanks. Like, I'm out. Peace out.
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