Today's romance scene might be better than ever & we might be ruining it by playing games with our very own selves! On this episode we discuss "Prevalence Induced Concept Change" and the amount of mental re-framing we can employ on a daily basis to improve our love lives. 

Follow along:

- Tinder is versatile af

- Your threshold for happiness

- Nothing is wrong = something is wrong

- Equal opportunity arguments

- Calm fight prevention, nah, can't relate

- Technology doesn't suck but you do

- Scrolling & trolling the newsfeed

- Jay & Bey are fighting like dogs & cats too

- We are chasing the wrong thing

- Content but no context

- Those fucking travel couples!!

- Your online activity needs some regulation

- These algorithms are getting the best of me

- Social media detox & cleanse

- Does eating more count as higher productivity?

- The upside to divorce

- Redefining "failed marriage"

- Unhappy together vs unhappy alone

- Even toxic relationships give you direction

Love Is Blind, But This Pod Is Lit!! Sid has indulged us by joining in on Netflix's 'Love is Blind' viewing frenzy & some late night texts of his incredulity has inspired this episode. You don't need to watch all 10 episodes, consider this the spark notes. 

Oh, and Welcome to Season 3 of Call of Booty.

- When you want in on the group chat

- Oh, it's real

- There's too many choices, I'm fatigued

- Now I'm doing a 180

- This is how they do down in the ATL

- Gilligan's Island up in here

- Your odor matters

- The most offensive person at the gym

- The most hated cast member of all time

- Why do players prevail?

- To challenge and be a challenge

- The next cities this show needs to be in

- What Love Is Blind LA, SF & NY would be like

- Is it just me or is it the editing?

- Our predictions of whose gonna last

- Drunk AF here in my pod

- Who really needs to be hosting this show tho

- Payday stats, we need to know

- Ok, ok, fine, I can be bought

- The purest dating show you'll ever see

- Key phrases that will get you far in life

- How to survive in Japan

How is this tech shit actually going to play out? Is it gonna help or hinder us? We discuss near-future tech innovations and what this means for finding love and matters of the heart.

We cover:

- The zombie apocalypse has arrived

- International dating, no passport required

- VR dating on a budget

- Major concerns about VR & food

- My lazy ass wants to VR

- VR'ing at Trader Joe's

- Catfishing

- Pre-screening people wit VR

- How your broke ass will afford VR goggles

- Cock blocking tech malfunctions

- Bad but extremely memorable IRL situations

- Happy accidents

- The future is an episode of Black Mirror

- AI ain't that smart

- Fucked up times build character

- High-level enabling

- Who AI match making actually benefits

- You on paper vs you in real life

- Genetic disease & baby-making deal breakers

- What we're notposting on social media

- We need some societal team players

- More entrepreneurial app ideas

- Back to basics: old school dating methods

- The politics of blind dating

- LinkedIn, your new love-finding tool

- Thedating app integration idea dating app companies will thank us for

- Technology is a mother

- Join us in our class action lawsuit against 5G!

Follow along with the articles referenced:

VR: https://www.eharmony.co.uk/dating-advice/dating/experts-predict-what-dating-will-be-like-by-2040

AIMM & DNA-based matching: https://hackernoon.com/how-cutting-edge-tech-is-changing-online-dating-forever-sl1hh30sh

Not only are we tolerating bad societal & dating behavior, we're perpetuating it. In this episode, we talk the major problems & some solid solutions.

Let's get down to it:

- Fake Lesbians

- The men suck movement

- Major tangent alert! courtesy of Sid

- Your childhood is ruining your dating life

- Human adaptation is too good that now it's bad

- "She's crazy" tangent (it's only Tuesday & it's been a long week)

- The most bothersome behavior

- Britney vs Christina

- Flirty girlfriends

- Why it doesn't pay to be a "cool girl"

- "He should do that" entitlement

- When you take advice from viral memes

- Men x materialism: the epidemic

- The VERY BEST way to put a superficial man in his place

- The psychology behind "u up?" texts

- People are not Postmates

- How to respond to a "u up?" text

- Don't blame it on the crazy

- Don't underestimate the impact

- The #1 reason for cheating

- Once again, our jobs are killing our romantic lives

- Is your marriage to your career or spouse?

- Unacceptable condom behavior

- Be willing to lose if he does THIS

- This is the change we need!

- Free product endorsement

She don't need you, she don't need nobody. But is this phenomenon a good or bad thing?

We weigh in:

- Can't have your cake & eat it too

- We need some hard & fast rules

- Feminists still want you to pay for their meal

- We're teaching our girls the wrong thing

- Men are getting cut out of the equation

- The New Rebellion

- Can't stand each other --> Understand each other

- What "free meals" are really all about

- We're conditioning a monster

- The ever-existing sexual double standard

- The bigger the body count, the bigger the issues

- The slut shame game

- What their sexual past means

- The Goldilocks number on your body count

- New trend alert: eunuch-shaming

- Be fucking grateful

- We are walking memes

- Bad dating habits we need to retire

- Are we actually trying to be together?

- There's some anger below the surface

- Vengeance on the one person that did you dirty

- It's not a competition

- Never say this again about women

We might be tired of our dating culture here, so what exactly is it like overseas?? What can men (and women) learn from our European counterparts? Join in & taste the foreign flavor with us & a special guest in this episode.

We're covering:

- Texting styles of the foreigners

- Cut out the BS wit a binary dating system

- Commit first, get to know them later

- Commitment-phobic, vet-happy Americans

- How the continents play hard to get

- The sweet side of ghosting

- Good ol' American work hard, play hard (to get)

- A culture of suspicion

- Which country is noticeably sexually charged

- Being PC kills sexuality

- Not everything is #metoo

- Is that a compliment or a come-on?

- (way too) Independent, wit liberty & justice for all...

- How the continents showcase masculinity

- European geographical advantages

- The Scandinavian countries are on to something

- Oh those foreign languages

- Ladies first: women making the first move

- For the last time, friendliness is not always flirtation

- Compliments that won't get misinterpreted

- What romance looks like in America

- The emotionless epidemic in this country

- Which cultures are nailing passion

- The wrong outfit for a movie

- The real reason for man purses

- An in-depth look at man buns

- The actual thing that makes a difference in your sex life

- Sexual wisdom & awareness

- Trending porn by country

- The red light districts

- Sex & religion can coexist

We also reference this lovely article:

https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2018-year-in-review#countries

It's a new decade & we're settling the hierarchy of relationship priority once & for all. Inspired by this article, "The Uncomfortable Truth About Who You Should Love Most (Between Your Spouse, Your Parents, And Your Kids)", we weigh lover, parents, kids, friends, job & hobby. Hint: Love gets top billing.

Topics covered:

- Never buy the warranty

- The craziest Costco returns

- Societal conditioning doesn't actually value romance

- Career is the real lover here

- The "grandfathered-in" trap

- Your hierarchy of priority determines your relationship compatibility

- The biggest modern parenting mistake

- When you're married to your parents

- Why you need to hit the town

- When your family is your baggage

- Do you choose your lover or your family?

- Your awkward double-life

- Is unconditional love actually bullshit?

- Why we need to stop saying this whole "dicks before chicks" thing

- Our possessive friends

- Define a "real relationship"

- Job vs friends

- Friends are the first to go... but they circle back around

- You bettah organize

- The checks & balances of your social life

- It's time to kiss your hobby goodbye

- Fuck it, the gym wins everything

- Life is a web, not a ladder #deep

Article link: https://thoughtcatalog.com/matthew-fray/2017/07/the-uncomfortable-truth-on-if-you-should-love-your-spouse-your-parents-or-your-children-most/

According to the relationship experts & sex therapists, these are the top sex toys for couples in 2019 & we're letting you know what's overrated, what's worth your money & what you can just leave on the shelf.

Follow along with the article referenced & see if you're thinking what we're thinking:

http://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-couples-sex-toys.html

Key Touch Points:

- Black Friday & Cyber Monday self-generosity

- Do not use massage guns as a sex toy

- The bad side of vibrators

- Being immune to dick

- Should sex toys be a staple in your sex routine?

- Sex toys for hillbillys

- Men benefit by just enjoying the show

- When sex toys make you want to just play video games

- Pricey AF torture devices

- Pocket pussy on upgrade

- We learn what a frenulum is

- Yes, we're bringing Jesus into this

- The importance of charging those toys up

- Turns out, we also learn what a perineum is as well

- TSA-friendly devices

- DIY sex toys with household items

- Gotta hit them angles

- Sex furniture? Amazon's got you boo

- We argue about reusing sex toys on other partners

Ever caught yourself thinking, "isn't it weird that we dating but we ain't communicating"? You're definitely not alone. It's the age of communication breakdown & we're talking solutions on this episode.

- non-practical self-pardoning

- 'tis the season when all is forgiven

- fatass is a lifestyle

- if someone tells you thisabout their texting, dump em

- appropriate communication frequency when first dating

- when not texting for 24 hours is rude

- avoiding the double-text

- why there's no way to avoid a certain amount of game playing

- best ways to restart no-replies

- the art of timing & subtlety in sexting

- sexting yourself into a corner

- the classic thing guys do allll the time, don't be that guy

- sexual comments that you can get away with

- why faking it through sexting is the best option

- statement-making emojis

- k vs kk

- the most passive aggressive emoji

- voice-to-text mishaps will get you in trouble

- best ways to cover up auto-text mishaps

- the one thing you must do when your friend sexts you by accident

- diversifying modes of communication

- how to stand out on text

- 15 minute phone calls will change your life

- liven things up wit custom memes

- thoughts on the "pop in"

- the one thingthat let's you get away with anything

- good communication is a base need

Turkey Drop is the infamous time of year during the holiday season where people end relationships. Are you considering a breakup or trying to safeguard yourself from one? Tune in, because this is the episode for you.

Convo pieces we're cooking up:

- which times of the year clock in w/ the highest breakup rates

- solo during the holidays

- legit reasons to fake it through the holidays with someone

- why emailing your divorce request is okay

- warm up family & friends for your Turkey Drop

- pros & cons of breaking up before the holidays

- relationships that are the most susceptible to holiday breakups

- holidays are the most introspective time of the year!

- the most ethical way to breakup

- the worst type of guilt

- prepare yourself for Turkey Drop aftermath

- holiday rebound hookups

- let's really assess the point of fruitcake tho

- ways to save a dying relationship

- there's levels to these red flags

- the subtle ramifications of cheating

- employing fights as a reset button

- when your exit strategy backfires

- tolerance for game playing by decade

- Amazon saves the day yet again