Ben's house gets swarmed by bees, we find new ways to lie to children to get them to do what we want, and we discuss all the ways AI can kill us (there's a lot).

Ben and Josh reminisce about the best attorney at Sacred Heart, compare Steam libraries, complain about Daylight Savings Time, can't be bothered, and explore conscientiousness/pingyness.

Show Notes:  

• Ben and Josh reminisce about the best attorney at Sacred Heart, compare Steam libraries, complain about Daylight Savings Time, can’t be bothered, and explore conscientiousness/pingyness.  
• Scrubs (0:00-7:02) 
  • Thanks for everything, Ted 
  • Hospital Sad Sack 
  • Ted sings ‘Over the Rainbow’ 
  • Sam Lloyd says goodbye 
• Steam Library Comparison (7:02-37:31) 
  • History of Valve and Steam 
  • Papers, Please 
  • Epic NPC Man 
  • Captain Forever 
  • Kerbal Space Program 
• Daylight Savings Time Revisited and Bad At English (37:31-42:37) 
  • “Can’t be bothered” (searches of “what do Americans say instead of…”) 
    • US: didn’t feel like it 
    • Maybe: couldn’t care less 
    • Someone else: they either said no or I’m speculating that they aren’t going to want to  
• Conscientiousness and Pingyness (42:37-1:49:55) 
  • Wikipedia: Conscientiousness 
  • Associated trait: Pingyness (Ben’s word) 
    • Pingy people: 
      • Enable read receipts on unimportant emails 
      • Call right when you were about to send it 
      • Get nervous when you aren’t early 
      • Interpret your difference as indifference 
      • Don’t believe in “less is more” 
• Artificial Intelligence and Common Sense (1:49:55-end) 
  • AI entered an essay contest 
  • Homework for next time: 
    • Quanta Magazine article: Common Sense Comes Closer to Computers 
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Ben and Josh explore the Stanley Parable, relive the pain of trying to cancel Comcast, argue over assigned seats, debate prayer at work, and bid a fond farewell to Sam Lloyd.

Show Notes:  

• Ben and Josh explore the Stanley Parable, relive the pain of trying to cancel Comcast, argue over assigned seats, debate prayer at work, and bid a fond farewell to Sam Lloyd. 
• The Stanley Parable (0:00-11:44) 
  • SPOILER WARNING: If you intend to play The Stanley Parable, skip to 11:44 
  • PewDiePie plays it (language warning) 
• Bad at Parenting (11:44-50:06) 
  • The Square Cube Law 
  • The Law of Urination (the 21 second rule) 
  • What if we denotated all the nuclear weapons at the same time? 
  • Contagion (2011) 
  • Josh finding out that he actually had fiber the whole time 
  • Comcast hasn’t figure out how to let customers disconnect amicably in 5 years (PTSD trigger warning) 
• Bad at English (50:06-50:37) 
  • Trump = Fart 
• Assigned Seats (50:37-1:07:34) 
  • Does your family have assigned seats? 
• Prayer on the COVID-19 task force (1:07:34-1:35:58) 
  • “One change Pence brought to the panel when he assumed control at Trump’s direction was a seating chart, which changes daily based on the assigned topic for discussion. Sometimes, the meetings begin with a prayer…”  –From a CNN story ‘Inside the Trump Pence Partnership‘ 
  • The Italian Job story about alcohol-related incident in a military unit 
• Farewell Ted (Sam Lloyd) (1:35:58-end) 
  • Scrubs: Hey Ya 
  • Goodbye Sam Lloyd (0:30) 
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Show Notes:  

• Ben and Josh finally talk about Magic again which leads to a discussion on the right way to break the rules 
• COVID-19 update (0:00-5:51) 
  • Ben’s prediction about movie theaters starts to come true 
• Bad At English (5:51-8:00) 
  • Jam tomorrow (idiom, British): an expression for a never-fulfilled promise  
• Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (8:00-) 
  • Josh’s article on Paper vs. Digital Magic: the Gathering 
  • How to draft Magic: the Gathering 
  • The people love Monsters! 
  • Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths video trailer 
• Breaking the rules done right (36:43-end) 
  • Is Superman Boring? 
  • The Magic card back 
  • “Gimme a Break” by Mark Rosewater (2004) 
    1. Rules should be broken only when a card [storytelling, gameplay, innovation] demands it 
    2. Broken rules have to feel natural 
    3. Check the reason for the rule you’re breaking 
    4. Breaking rules is a test for the future 
    5. Not every rule can be broken 
  • The Captain is back and he didn’t skip leg day 
  • Firefly scene: The Negotiator (1:07) 
  • Swiffer, 1999 
  • Banksy’s shredder stunt 
  • This is not a flamethrower 
  • For next time: 
    • Try ‘The Stanley Parable’ (2013) on Steam 
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Ben and Josh finally talk about Magic again which leads to a discussion on the right way to break the rules

Ben and Josh chat a bit about COVID-19, remind each other to get fit, diss on Frozen II, and Josh interviews Ben about his time as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Ben and Josh discuss the elephant in the room: the Coronavirus pandemic

Show Notes:  

• Ben and Josh discuss the elephant in the room: the Coronavirus pandemic 
• Intro and Fitness Challenge  (0:00-4:16) 
  • Link to Bad at Magic Fitness Tracker app 
• Bad at Italian (4:16-10:03) 
  • Amato/a means “beloved” 
  • This week tell someone beloved to you why you love them! 
  • Ben’s Family Home Evening activity chart 
• Coronavirus AKA COVID-19 (10:03-end) 
  • Illinois Governor Pritzker’s “stay at home” order 
  • Arizona Governor Ducey activates the National Guard 
  • Coronavirus tax law changes 
  • DoD Coronavirus travel restrictions 
  • The Air Mobility Command Crisis Battle Staff  
  • Working from home 
  • Apocalypse skills 
  • Tortilla shortage 
  • Grocery store restocking 
  • Stir crazy quarantined missionaries 
  • Europe crashes Microsoft Teams 
  • Can movie theaters survive Coronavirus? 
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