Mere Mortals Conversations

We've talked about the topic of 'regret' before but wanted to get more personal this time and share some insights from our own lives.

In Episode #330 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: my one-off jackass comment as a kid, why smashing out huge deadlifts maybe isn't a great idea, how regret can pile up later in life as your actions become magnified, why I find it easier to forgive stupid shit I did before 20 years old, how deep fears need to be conquered to avoid regret and a long spiel on our ethics.

A huge thanks to Petar the Podcast Listener and Dave Jones for supporting the show. Two absolute legends at the head of our leaderboard by a long shot!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - A sad intro
(0:49) - We've talked about this topic on #21
(3:21) - Minor Personal Regrets
(10:06) - Destroying your body earlier in life
(15:49) - The building of regret
(22:40) - A small teaser
(24:54) - Boostagram Lounge
(32:31) - How steroids works
(36:34) - Forgiving yourself for past misdemeanours
(45:25) - Wasting years playing politics at work
(55:23) - Unforgivable regrets related to fear
(1:00:51) - Distorting reality
(1:08:24) - We will NEVER allow advertisements or contractual forcing of our words


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You hear that ....... it sounds like it's goal time.

Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings; what we didn't achieve in the previous monthly goals and how we will fix that for the month that comes. We hope you get some value from this series, showcasing our own methodology. What do you do differently and why?

As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - General Intro
(0:32) - Juan's August Recap
(2:06) - Kyrin's August Recap
(5:23) - Leaderboard Update. We forgot!
(5:47) - Juan's September Goals
(11:48) - Kyrin's September Goals
(15:56) - Fitness Challenge & V4V


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From now on we shall be clickbaiting, unboxing Mukbangers; hope you like the new direction!

In Episode #329 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why I've never bothered with transcripts before, the cool new things coming to Fountain, why we had to change the Live date, Juan's experience opening Veefriends card's 'Pokemon' style, why so many podcasts stopped in late 2021, how value for value will look in the future and why we are so excited about it.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - A light hearted podcast
(0:47) - Podcast Movement wokeness
(1:45) - Shoutout to Dreb Scott
(3:06) - I'm a Karen
(4:02) - Quick Math: How many minutes of MM content?
(4:59) - Chat with Nick Malster from Fountain
(6:49) - Fountain Top 50 list
(7:19) - Podcasting 2.0 apps are mostly being built part-time
(8:00) - Our new schedule
(9:03) - Value For Value podcast season 2 will be ending soon
(10:26) - Handstandcast & Emmet Louis
(12:09) - We're getting more clickbaity
(14:53) - Highlighting our ethics; I'm a Nazi fan
(17:09) - VeeFriends Cards and unboxing
(21:24) - International friends & IG podcasters
(29:10) - Podcasting industry stats
(32:39) - V4V requires going 'almost' all in
(36:00) - I think V4V will become mainstream
(43:08) - There's V4V outside of boostagramming


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I can give you a sneak peak, we're roughly about 80% good at completing our tasks.

In Episode #328 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: our overall impression on how we went last year, why I didn't want to find a partner and Juan didn't want to run, the importance of setting a manageable number of goals, my conquering of my discomfort dancing and keeping things vague if you're unsure of your exact plan.

A huge shoutout to Dave Jones, danigamb1310, jimsiefert & Joey Broadshoulders for supporting the podcast. A handsome bunch to say the least.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Checkout Ep #234
(1:23) - Juan's overall view (with stats)
(5:35) - Kyrin's overall view
(7:31) - What did Juan do the worst at?
(14:07) - What did Kyrin do the worst at?
(17:27) - Juan's learnings from 2022
(22:29) - Kyrin's learnings from 2022
(30:54) - Boostagram Lounge
(34:45) - What is Juan most proud of achieving?
(37:30) - What is Kyrin most proud of achieving?
(43:19) - Juan's changes for his 2023 goals
(50:23) - Kyrin's changes for his 2023 goals
(57:08) - The date of the live episodes are changing to Wed
(57:41) - V4V: We appreciate you even if you're anonymous
(1:00:06) - Chat comments


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We set ourselves a lot of one or the other questions this week and yet the right answer is probably ..... both!?

In Episode #327 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: concepts from Ryan Holiday's book 'Ego Is The Enemy', a bunch of people who were secret gangstas, how our lives would have to change with a wife & kids, me spending my whole day handstanding/reading/studying/podcasting, why I'd need a special girl to adapt to my lifestyle, tackling problems by adding or subtracting, becoming outdoors people and how you can support us via Fountain & other P2.0 apps.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - The MM communication package
(0:40) - To be somebody or to do something
(2:41) - Beeing somebody is vague
(7:16) - Christopher Lee was a badass
(8:49) - So was Admiral McRaven
(10:17) - Maybe Vincent Price, I dunno 
(11:46) - Impressing people is utterly different to being truly impressive
(15:32) - Am I beeing deluded about wanting kids?
(20:06) - What I do all day
(21:36) - Other people have variable lives
(24:20) - Our jungle backyard and catcalling from trees
(26:14) - Solving a problem; add, change or subtract?
(33:11) - Sunny outdoors vs miserable outdoors
(38:14) - Checkout Fountain & the others
 

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I've been disappointed with my reading of philosophy books over the last year, so here are the reasons why.

In Episode #326 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: my loose definition of philosophy and philosophers, why I came in with high expectations, whether you should be able to read a book as a stand alone, linking deep ideas back to reality, Interlingua and how a lot of philosophy can be semantics, a list of all the books I read over this last year and some thoughts on being too dumb to understand.

A big thanks to TheBigCheese, Rastacalavera, This Is The Future and Joey Broad Shoulders for supporting the show. A handsome bunch of individuals!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - We're live but maybe some changes
(0:39) - Why I'm moaning about Philosophy Books
(1:21) - Define philosophy & philosophers?
(5:33) - Expectations
(8:42) - Understanding requires a liberal arts degree
(14:43) - Effective philosophy
(22:03) - Language games
(27:14) - Chat comments
(28:58) - Boostagram Lounge
(35:12) - The books I read
(40:38) - A great book and managing expectations
(47:42) - How I could have made this experience better
(53:14) - General sumup
(54:51) - Value for Value


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What if there was an app that could detect Karma and it influenced you to stop helping people?

In Episode #325 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: Juan's random nosebleeds and tips to grow old and die quickly, whether free can truly be free, trolls and their propensity to sell marketing courses, the funny idea of science being used to prove that the universe is planning everything with a karma molecule, Salman Rushdie's recent attack and how you can share funny as hell Mere Mortals episodes with your friends.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Shoutout to Milhara
(1:13) - Mole removal
(2:02) - Juan gets distracted by bugs
(2:42) - Fortitude Valley stabbing & Juan's 2023 goals
(6:32) - Anti-aging & longevity
(12:16) - Andrew Tate, Robert Sasuke & free isn't free
(18:55) - Gary Vee & people who tend towards being obnoxious
(23:40) - Lewis Mocker & others who sell courses
(28:29) - A fun goal Friday
(31:45) - What would it take to truly believe in karma/fate/destiny
(40:32) - The hero/martyr mentality
(49:37) - Share a topic with a friend


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What is Juan planning for this coming year and will he achieve his goals?

In Episode #324 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: Juan's explanation of 2022 and how he sets out his goals into 3 categories, my predictions of each category and why they are also a subtle analysis of his weaknesses, the 19 goals that Juan is going after for 2023 and why my Chux cleaner beanie is actually a huge chick magnet!

A big thanks to Floydianslips, Dave Jones, Petar, Joey Broadshoulders, Liam F & danigamb1310 for your support. We will reward you all with a cool graph in the near future.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Juan's 2023 Goals
(1:07) - Quick summary of Juan's 2022 Goals
(3:54) - What are Mind, Body & Soul?
(6:06) - Kyrin's Body Guesses
(8:57) - Juan's Body Goals
(17:42) - Juan's Body Goals Part 2
(22:01) - How much sleep Juan gets
(24:02) - Kyrin's Mind Guesses
(25:26) - Juan's Mind Goals
(38:37) - Kyrin's Soul Guesses
(40:26) - Juan's Soul Goals
(43:21) - General sumup
(45:15) - Chat comments
(47:03) - Boostagram Lounge
(56:22) - It can only go up .... right?


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Pete Smissen is now a Three-Pete (get it) guest on the Mere Mortals and is the awesome host of the Aussie English podcast and the newly created Pete vs Plants YouTube channel.

In Conversation #77, Pete and I discuss: some crazy animal stories from his PhD days, shows like Prehistoric Planet and Altered Carbon which appeal to his love of science, random hypotheticals of pre-colonisation days, why both of us have non-conventional jobs (and bloody love it!!), his new passion of exotic house plant cultivation and some unsavoury shenanigans happening online and in the real world.

Hope you're having a fantastic day wherever you are in the world, Kyrin out!


Timeline:
(0:00) - Three-peat guest
(0:51) - Sitting on turtles at Heron Island
(4:30) - Stepping in turtles (gross) on Raine Island
(10:03) - Hatchlings storming the beach
(12:50) - Marlins, sloth teeth and missing biology
(16:20) - Dinosaur behaviour
(22:18) - Humans misrepresenting animals
(25:00) - Individually incorrect theories but true as a whole
(29:14) - Evolution & aliens
(36:46) - Biological enhancements
(44:30) - Romanticising the past & foreign countries
(54:23) - High IQ people in non-developed nations
(1:02:33) - Guns, Germs and Steel
(1:07:56) - Two jobless slackers
(1:16:17) - Value for Value explanation
(1:19:51) - Why handstand so hard?
(1:31:53) - Rare house plant YouTubers are girls and camp gay men
(1:42:12) - Anything can be interesting if presented in a passionate and smart way
(1:51:34) - Misrepresenting how you get 'insert X'
(1:57:12) - Protesting against the Julian Assange extradition
(2:03:07) - Conspiracy theorists
(2:13:52) - Check out Aussie English and Pete vs Plants


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Maybe if I learn Python I can automate our entire podcast to fix Juan getting names wrong constantly?

In Episode #323 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: a sneak peak into my 2023 goals, why problem solving can be extremely frustrating, reasons for learning a programming language, Juan's (somewhat inaccurate) description of a chimp doco he saw, whether we would go out and live with animals in the wild, being precise with your words when learning new ones from books, my recent chat with Pete Smissen about rare house plants and an emphasis to share our awesome chapter art!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Parking would be annoying
(0:38) - I don't like certain types of problem solving
(5:13) - Coding peculiarities
(8:24) - Why do I want to code?
(12:37) - Lucy The Human Chimp documentary
(19:05) - Cave life & savage chimpanzees
(22:37) - Lucy again
(23:58) - Etymology & slang
(28:17) - Duolingo & new words
(31:03) - Monetising your hobbies right away
(36:49) - Chilly out, good thing we do chapter art
(40:07) - Juan, Jane and Janis


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