Barflys & Butterflies

The fellas go all in on Weed. Ground covered includes…wait, what?

The fellas go all in on Adaptation. Ground covered includes Ken’s NFT drop and a basic summary of what an NFT is, its relationship to the cryptocurrency and influencer markets, art vs. opportunism, early adaptors and early resistors, adaptation out of necessity, skipping whole generations of technology, the mercurial concept of the “good ol’ days”, value systems, and Brian’s rapidly deteriorating metaphor game.

The fellas go all in on Self-Sabotage. Ground covered includes a quick recap of last week’s love language discoveries for Jamal, Brian’s need for the occasional pat on his little butt, procrastination as the first child of self-sabotage, GT’s turn on a regional 90’s TV show, Richard Grieco, unanswered prayers, off-off-broadway audience dilemmas, and the readily apparent difference (you’d think) between waffles and jambalaya.

The fellas go all in on Feelings. Ground covered includes Brian’s vaccine hangover, medium core porn, Billy Ray Cyrus taking over the neighborhood, feelings vs. emotions, the transitory nature of both, the downside to emotional availability, the 4am philosopher and other cringeworthy memories, and overcoming the desire to be liked by everyone.

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The fellas go all in on Patience. Ground covered includes preferences on the pace of "normal" life resuming, the joy rather than the fear of missing out, double emotions, “stretching is the broccoli of working out”, hamlets vs. hollers, toilet seat or toilet lid down, Brian’s dream-crushing Duolingo attitude and patience as a tool to understand and compromise. 

The fellas go all in on Habits. Ground covered includes Brian’s breathtaking ignorance of mundane tasks, the value of saying “I don’t know”, the ties between ego and bad habits, the comforts of routine, goldfish memories, the Illuminati, and the upcoming reemergence of full blown social living.

The fellas go all in on communication. Ground covered includes misunderstandings, the value (and perils) of concise messaging, code switching via platform type, french farces, email tropes, the difficulty of attaining proper tone and Jamal gives out a homework assignment on love languages.

The fellas go all in (again) on Cancel Culture, specifically in regard to language. Ground covered includes the N word, the complications of context, culture wars, self-censorship, decency standards, code switching, and Brian’s goal to bring back the word “fully”.

The fellows go all in on loyalty. Ground covered includes the Albanian code of “besa”, the notion that maybe we should all go to college much later in life, transactional relationships, the oftentimes shifting codes we live by, brand loyalty, the underrated virtue of laziness and Ken’s potentially homicidal ex-girlfriend.

Jamal returns to the fold as the fellas go all in on manipulation. Ground covered includes the actual definition of the word (which isn't necessarily as negative as most people think), the power and tools of narrative and storytelling, transactional relationships, GT’s sneaky cousin, and the effect of expectations, especially in regards to self-manipulation.