The Nightly Rant

Mike and Torya open the show by saying everything today is about race. Then they talked about the case of Kyle Rittenhouse’s verdict. He was 17 years old and armed with an AR-15-style rifle when he fatally shot two protesters and wounded a third in August 2020. Mike saw videos circulating online and he believe it was a clear case of self-defense. Mike points out that you can’t take your narrative and apply it to everything. The fact has to fit the narrative for the narrative to fly. 

Then they talked about Andrew Coffee trial, who is accused of firing at Indian River County Sheriff's Deputies during an early morning drug raid at his home back in 2017. He was not found not guilty because of self-defense. But nobody reports on this because it never fits their narrative at all. Torya says she never heard of his name until now. 

Then just recently, they talked about the murder of Ahmad Arbery at the hands of these 3 guys. The racist prosecutor wasn’t going to file the charges, but the system does work. She was removed from her job by the voters. She was indicted by Grand Jury because of poor handling of that situation and these guys were charged, sit on a trial, and all found guilty of all the things. They are going to jail for life. Does this mean the system is perfect? Mike says no. The system is not perfect. But it is not broken as many people say. Torya says it is inefficient in a lot of ways and unreliable in other ways. The rule a lot of times seems laxer and laxer that people can get away. 

Mike wants people to start looking at these things on their own with an open mind. He has faith that if society will pay attention to this will do that. You can’t argue that the system doesn’t work.  Because the system does work exactly how the system should work. The key point is if you don’t want the law, petition for it to change the law. 

Mike then shares his hope for the New Year is that the covid crazy people will start to learn what moderation is. Then they talked about how vaccines work. You have that choice to make. You can’t force anyone to get vaccinated. Torya agrees to everything Mike shares. 

Torya then shares his wish for 2022, which is that the media will only report the actual facts rather than add their bullshit opinion in every news article. 

Mike ends the show by hoping that 2022 is a much better year than 2021.

Mike opens the show by saying they both had a fun and amazing weekend. Mike went with

Alyssa and her friends to see Coin at the Wiltern. The event was previously canceled due to a pandemic. Alyssa wants to be close to the stage, so they went an hour early, but they were 2 and a half hours early. The good thing about it is the first 250 people will get a wristband with access to the pit. They really have a good time. But Mike had mixed emotions about the opening band. Because they really sound bad live. 

Then Torya shares her amazing fun weekend with Mitchell. They drove to The Forum to see Lany on Saturday night. Mike says he like Lany, but Torya questions it. She said that he goes back and forth on liking Lany. Torya says he will like Lany if he goes to their concert. Mike says he needs to experience their music all by himself. Torya suggested that he listen to Spotify coz they have a setlist of the songs on their tour. Then Torya shares she got some love for them now. 

Then Torya shares a short story, this is not an AITA post but a Twitter post. The story was she had a son who bought a book at Goodwill for 50 cents. When he got home he discovered $500 tucked into the pages. Of course, he’s excited and wants to keep it, (he’s 30, I have no say) What would you do? Then Torya shares the 3 perspectives:

Then they weigh all the perspectives and agree more on the 2nd perspective. Mike can’t stand inconsistent people. Don’t be inconsistent. Torya says that he has been teasing Mike regarding this story, and how amazing he is coming up with his own pespective. 

Torya ends the show by asking the opinions of the listeners. They want to know what’s your say in this story. 

If you want to read the story, here’s the link – https://www.boredpanda.com/goodwill-book-500-dollar-find-moral-dilemma/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organicperspectivelife

Mike and Torya welcome the show by sharing another Am I The Asshole post from Reddit. It’s about the poster telling her best friend she shouldn't be trying to have kids since she is almost broke? (she's single so no second income).

Then they weigh down all the options the friend has. Mike points out that Emily (the friend) is the asshole. She doesn’t have the money to raise and take care of that baby. And the fact that Emily wants to raise the child alone, she didn’t think of the legality of this. 

Torya then shares how women’s biology tends to work. Once the dude knocks you up, you go into nesting mode which means you want that guy in your life taking care of you and bringing you ice cream. Any dude she banging with the friends of benefit concept is not gonna down on that. Mike points out that he doesn’t know the guy at all. 

Then they talked about a new season of I’m in love with a Mama’s Boy and how Emily and Shekeb are back together and Leila just as not so usual. They will do a recap of the season in the next episode.

Mike and Torya both agree that Emily was the asshole in the story. If you want to read more about the AITA post, click here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/ooogv0/aita_for_telling_my_best_friend_she_shouldnt_be/

Then they talked about the last episode about rude people when the situation arises in the public. People are just special. Spectacular. Somehow society needs to put these people in their place. Give them instructions on how to operate in public places. Mike then points out that doesn’t involve the government, coz they can’t handle everything correctly. 

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Mike and Torya open the show by asking how inflation can be solved. Torya says by not printing money. Mike shares the answer from the US President - Americans need to spend less money. Mike then pointed out the President’s only notable accomplishment in his senate career is basically the Crime Bill that is now being blamed for calling the system racist. Because this proportionately imprisoned people of color. He is making the rules. Torya says he is not making any rules, he is just a decorative house plant, not even a living plant. 

Then they talked about another Am I The Asshole episode about refusing to give up her dream wedding dress because it was the same dress as her mother-in-law will wear on her 50th birthday. She asked if she was an asshole for how she treated her MIL. Mike's opinion about this is that MIL is the asshole or no one is the asshole in the story. Then he elaborated his point. He’s leaning toward the MIL as the asshole in the post.

Then Torya reads one comment from the post effectively accusing the poster of leaving out key information from the story that makes the MIL salty. Mike says that you have to assume that the poster is telling the truth, there is no way you can’t make the poster an asshole. Torya leaned toward the same option Mike was pointing out. Other readers are asking for the MIL side of the story as well. The poster makes sure that she covers every base trying to make sure that MIL is happy. Mike points out that you need all the facts to determine who's the asshole or not. 

Then Mike talked about the degree of love you have for someone. He doesn't think there is a max for love. Because with Torya, throughout the years they are together, every single time he thinks he can’t love her even more. Then something happens, and he even loves him even more. 

They ended the show by both agreeing that the MIL is the asshole in the story. 

If you want to read the full AITA post, here’s the link – https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/qgurg4/update_aita_for_refusing_to_give_up_my_dream/

Torya opens the show by saying how she doesn’t like Hey Google coz it’s rude. Mike says it should follow their house rules and not the other way around.

Torya then mentions why Artificial Intelligence will kill all humans when it takes over the world. Then they talked about how so many people are against it. Torya really likes it for the purpose of turning on and off the lights, and she understands the purpose of it. Then they talked about how the Hey Google in the office and how it didn’t like Torya’s voice and how responsive it is in the one in their bedroom. 

Then they talked about one episode of Treehouse of Terror and how Homer and Marj moved into a Smart House and the smart house decides that he likes Marj and wants to kill Homer and romance Marj. Mike hasn’t since that episode. 

Then they talked about how his oldest son, Matthew, decided to run 26.2 miles LA marathon, consecutively. And he finished like a Champ. He wasn’t whining or anything. He was fantastic. Then they talked about how the people in the marathon were the Treehouse of Terror. Then they tackled their worst toilet experience as well. Torya concluded that she blames the overall Westfield Century City management. 

Mike was very proud of the finish of his son. The lady in the wheelchair also set a world record for the fastest marathon completed in a wheelchair. It was also a hilly marathon. How fast could she be if it’s not a hilly marathon? Torya said that she likes Siri more. 

Mike and Torya end the show by both agreeing that Hey Google was really rude, and Siri has a better personality.  

Mike and Torya started the show by saying how ranty Mike was when Torya only wanted to take a nap. Then Mike shares the story about Payoneer and how they will feel his wrath.

Then Mike introduce the guest for today’s show, Tim McCarthy, a mental health advocate, suicide attempt survivor, and the host of the podcast, 20TIMinutes. Mike loved the name of the podcast, and Tim says it is easy to come up with the name when his friends came up with the name. 

Then Mike asked what got him into being a mental health advocate. Tim became a mental health advocate because 2019 was the worst year of his life. On May 5th,2019 he attempted to hang himself.  After that he knew he really needed help pretty badly.  He went on therapy, medications, got help, and finally when he got out of his dark place, he reached out to family and friends, to tell them what happened. He was embarrassed but was told not to be and just wear it, just be who you are. He then started with the podcast. He wants to help people with his story.

Then Mike asked Tim what cause him to push the suicide attempt before he sought help. Tim answered that he was just miserable every day. He had this habit of saying serious things in a joking tone, and people don’t know if he was serious or not. He feels everything sucks. He then shares about everything on the day of his suicide attempt. His cat saves the day. Then they talked about their cats.

Tim then shares some advice he can give to people who have the same position as him. The easiest advice is reaching out to somebody that has a support system but the hardest thing to do. There is somebody for somebody. No one likes to see someone fails. Make sure you have someone to talk to. Just reached out. Then they talked about Tim being married and why he didn’t talk to her about that. He answers that he thinks he still figuring out himself. He kinda forgot the other side. 

Torya then asks Tim how his podcast helps him now. He knew he can help other people by doing the podcast. He then talked about the kind of stuff about his podcast and who he had already interviewed. Torya asked Tim how he became Nintendo Friendo Champion. Tim then shares the funny story behind it.

Mike then asks Tim a controversial question, how he thinks of the vaccine mandates. Tim answered that he is vaccinated. He says he is a sheep. He said that if this thing kills him, it’s fine. But he thinks that it is super fucked up to force people to take the shot or they gonna lose their job, he thinks everyone had the right to decide on what they want to do with their bodies. Then Mike points out that he wants consistency. Then Mike tells a funny story about using Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit. 

Mike shares that there is a stigma about mental health issues and you can’t even tell your spouse about it because you’re too embarrassed about it. That’s the sad part about it Listener if you are depressed or feeling down, send us an email at info@yogispodcastnetwork. We will get in touch with you. Somebody needs to be there with someone.

You can find him at https://20timinutes.com/about-tim/.

Mike opens the show by saying how he is a f*cking idiot and so angry right now. Torya said he is pissed and warns the people that a rant is coming. 

He then shares the story of how their Edison bill went high due to air conditioning so that he made payment arrangements with them. When he is taking a nap, he receives a call that power termination is on the way for the next 30 mins. He is told the last payment was not received. So they agree to pay the minimum payment due. He then asked for the credit card number and Mike gave it willingly. It was a scammer. Mike points out that the moral story of this is never ever give anything over the phone because every system these days has ways to securely transfer information. 

Torya then thinks what other people should do is the trust to verify. South California Edison is a trustworthy company.  If they called you, hang up and call them back. Mike believes that this person is really good at scamming people. She was really smooth at that. 

Torya then shares her experience of almost getting scammed. She was looking for a roommate back then, she found one who was an exchange student from France. The roommate sent the check for the security deposit. The check was a little sketchy and she took it to the bank to confirm and the check was fake. Torya then brings it to the police station. Mike then shares his fair share of experience too. 

Then they talked about that doing short-term rentals is like the place where scammers are now. They want to scam the people who are doing the short-term rental. Then they continue to talk about their experiences of scammer in their rentals.

Mike points out that that don’t be a moron and do like he did. Make sure they have to verify your account. Ask for their direct phone number and ask for the employee’s name and number. Mike feels ridiculous to take advantage of the smooth-talking scammer lady. Without being racist, this person is 100%, a non-ethnic American citizen. Born and bred in the United States. They were here as natives, not visitors. 

Mike ends the show saying that he hates racism and he is pissed once again.

Mike opens the show by mentioning Thanksgiving is just around the corner. They started the show by teasing each other. Then they talked about how the country was run by the circus clown for 4 years. Mike didn’t think it could get worse. Then came grandpa, and he is the definition of geriatric. 

Then Mike shares he’s grateful for the opportunity to help other people. Torya thinks this is cliche. Then he shares the cliche part, how he is thankful for Torya, his kids, and how they are different from each other and have good qualities about them and to their fur babies and how they are working on their differences. Mike is thankful that he is alive. 

Torya then shares that he is thankful for Mike, her nice friend in Canada who takes good care of his dad and thankful that she still exists, and she points out that she made a face when she says that because she thinks it’s cliche.

Then they talked about the new Am I The Asshole post titled - AITA for not giving a kid (who I don’t know) a ride to the hospital after he broke a leg?”.

If you want to read the post here’s the link to the AITA - https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/pbhzz7/aita_for_not_giving_a_kid_who_i_dont_know_a_ride/

Mike firmly believes that no one was the asshole in the story. You wouldn’t risk taking some stranger in your car. The poster already called the ambulance. He already did his part. Torya agrees with Mike as well. The safest thing for the kid, especially since they are in Canada was to call an ambulance. Canadian healthcare is such that the entire emergency room was paid for by the government. You only paid for the ambulance ride. Then Torya reads some of the comments in the post. 100% of the comments, the OP is not the assholes.

Then they talked about out of 4 AITA posts they discussed, they came to the final conclusion that none of them were the assholes. Then they argue on how Torya thinks Mike shares his opinion depending on the type of day he was asked and what mood he was on. But Mike rolls his eyes hard and begs to disagree. Torya then ends the show saying that Mike will roll his eye to bed.

Mike opens the show by asking Torya what is the worst job she ever had. She answers that she had a job at a trucking service and she had a boss who always ended the email with “please advise” and it was so annoying. The boss would always throw her under the bus if anything goes wrong despite the fact that it was her fault and just devise all these dumbass rules. Mike points out that this is the boss who requires that all emails go through her. She was in full control of both sides of the discussion. What causes the problem is that when Torya talked to the client and the client said this way, but Torya insisted she said it that way. Mike thinks this is crazy.

Mike then shares his worst job story. This is the time he take over the technology department of a decent-sized company and was tasked to forge a procedure that would allow them to build software they wanted to build at the speed they want, like f*cking fast. And Mike thinks it’s not gonna work, but he pushed and pushed and he just performed. He worked his ass off because he wanted to be right. Mike points out that after 160 hrs of work and a series of tests done, they make it work with zero bugs. That was amazing!! Then they talked about how that boss didn’t bother to give them recognition even if the software was bug-free and 40 hours under the projected timeline. 

Then they talked about an article in reddit where people share horror stories from the worst job they had. Here's a quick list:

They end the show by saying that this is the anti climatic and the murder story should be the #1. Mike points out how important it is to take a breather. Take a break once in a while.

Mike opens the show saying he can’t believe the absolute bullshit Torya got when she put up an ad for a virtual assistant. Torya then read her advertisement: If you have the skills that we’re looking for and are interested in part-time work, please DM me with your hourly rate and a summary of your past relevant experiences. Then someone sent a screenshot of her post at 5 am and asked how to apply for the post. She then restated what was in the ad and the response was an “okay jackass” and they blocked Torya.

People nowadays are easily triggered and sensitive. Mike’s trying to create a persona for the brand. The brand is Yogi and he is salty. It only matters for prestige. The #1 seed rarely ever wins the championship. He just goes with the truth that he sees. 

Torya then concludes that they had this all dumbassery in one day and how Mike paid $45 for parking in the concert. Mike then shares the story behind it. Torya then shared a good idea for if you are a developer, you can build a parking garage across the street and you would have a full garage every night. That’s good money. Do it. 

Then Torya shares that today is going to be the most fantastic day since the day she moved in. She was excited about this for the last 6 years, the coolest event that happens yearly in the city of Huntington Beach - The Great Pacific Airshow. Then they talked about the adventure they had going to the place. 

Then they found this breakfast place, Lopez Tacos. Torya believes that their breakfast burritos will make you fall in love with Mexican foods. Mike says that their salsa was very very tasty. It was delicious.

Then they went back to the car and went to PCH and there is a lot of parking. Like everywhere. Torya was willing to walk a mile because she is excited. Then they went to the 1st entrance- the beach parking lot. Then it happened, the parking was closed because there is an oil spill and the event was canceled. She asked why is this infuriating, not because there is an oil spill - shit happens, not because the show was canceled, because they need to clean the oil spill because the birds are dying. Why this is infuriating was when they were in the Lopez restaurant she was browsing the app to find the best place to park, and the oil spill had happened last night and they had not notified them up until they were canceled. Not until 2 mins before the show. Torya was salty because the show was canceled. 

The moral of the story was they had a fantastic weekend. They start with the Instagram troll, propositioned by a dumbass for a job, Mike paid too much for parking and Torya waited for the event for almost 6 years to be canceled. Then Torya ends the show by hoping that next weekend will be significantly better than last week and the weekend that comes after.