WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:14.480 Friends, hello, and welcome to Never Posts Post 2 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:19.705 Mortem 2025, a year end quiz show for and about the Internet. 3 00:00:19.705 --> 00:00:23.065 I'm your host, Mike Rugnetta, and this is publishing on the 4 00:00:23.065 --> 00:00:28.025 final day of 2025. A last gasp, a final coup de grace, a look 5 00:00:28.025 --> 00:00:31.560 back, not in anger. I've been told to never do that, but in 6 00:00:31.560 --> 00:00:37.960 reverence and also anger. Today, here, and now, we bid farewell 7 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:41.720 to the complete clusterfuck that was 2025 by asking our esteemed 8 00:00:41.720 --> 00:00:45.995 panelists organized in three teams of two questions about it. 9 00:00:46.075 --> 00:00:49.115 We do this to celebrate our guests for what they've seen and 10 00:00:49.115 --> 00:00:52.155 mock them for what they've missed, to celebrate the year 11 00:00:52.155 --> 00:00:55.675 for what it brought us, and to damn it for what it did to us. 12 00:00:55.915 --> 00:01:00.450 On our first team, author of Raw Dog, the Naked Truth About Hot 13 00:01:00.450 --> 00:01:04.690 Dogs, host of the Bechtel cast, comedian of jokes, actor of 14 00:01:04.690 --> 00:01:07.010 characters Yeah. Jamie Loftus. Perfect. 15 00:01:07.330 --> 00:01:09.250 Yeah. Yeah. Go, Jamie. 16 00:01:09.250 --> 00:01:12.635 Alongside, author of, obviously, stories from my 17 00:01:12.635 --> 00:01:16.555 timeline, host of the podcast Rebel Spirit, and Courier's How 18 00:01:16.555 --> 00:01:20.555 Is This Better renowned poster, Akilah Hughes. 19 00:01:21.195 --> 00:01:22.315 Yes. Thank you. 20 00:01:22.315 --> 00:01:22.635 Thank you. 21 00:01:22.635 --> 00:01:26.280 Next up, team two, journalist, author of the 22 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:30.280 newsletter Garbage Day, and host of the podcast Panic World, Ryan 23 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:31.240 Broderick. 24 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:31.800 Hello. 25 00:01:31.800 --> 00:01:35.880 Alongside, as always, researcher of the 26 00:01:35.880 --> 00:01:40.435 newsletter Garbage Day and the podcast Panic World, Adam Bumas. 27 00:01:40.435 --> 00:01:41.395 Great to be here. 28 00:01:41.395 --> 00:01:41.875 Hello, Adam. 29 00:01:41.875 --> 00:01:42.595 It's good to have you. 30 00:01:42.595 --> 00:01:43.875 Classic. Classic. 31 00:01:43.875 --> 00:01:46.515 And finally, team three, writer, filmmaker, 32 00:01:46.515 --> 00:01:50.435 culture critic, video essayist, host of the podcast TSTV, a Twin 33 00:01:50.435 --> 00:01:52.920 Peaks podcast, Lily Alexander. 34 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:54.440 I'm even happier to be here. 35 00:01:54.440 --> 00:01:55.720 Wow. Wow. 36 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:57.960 Competition begins early this show. 37 00:01:58.680 --> 00:01:59.880 Is. With 38 00:01:59.880 --> 00:02:02.200 writer, host, video maker, Internet science 39 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:05.720 communicator at large, and host of our findings show, the 40 00:02:05.720 --> 00:02:10.235 preeminent live staged science communication game show, Tom 41 00:02:10.235 --> 00:02:10.875 Lum. 42 00:02:11.115 --> 00:02:13.595 I said, oh, no, when you said bio because I thought 43 00:02:13.595 --> 00:02:15.675 you were gonna read, like, our Twitter bio or something like 44 00:02:15.675 --> 00:02:20.235 that. And here's Tom Lum. Please please hire me. Please my live 45 00:02:20.235 --> 00:02:21.435 show. Please go. 46 00:02:22.395 --> 00:02:24.690 K. We have some changes to make to Tom's bio 47 00:02:24.690 --> 00:02:27.490 here and writer, host, video maker. Please, please, please 48 00:02:27.490 --> 00:02:33.570 hire him. Tom Lom. Welcome, everybody, and welcome back. 49 00:02:33.570 --> 00:02:36.945 This is the exact same panel that we had for last year's 50 00:02:36.945 --> 00:02:39.905 inaugural show. So it's really nice to have you all back here 51 00:02:39.905 --> 00:02:41.185 again to play for a second 52 00:02:41.185 --> 00:02:43.505 time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 53 00:02:46.625 --> 00:02:49.185 Okay. Here's how this is gonna work. As 54 00:02:49.185 --> 00:02:51.250 mentioned, I'm your Quizmaster, master, Mike Rugnetta. I am 55 00:02:51.250 --> 00:02:54.770 joined behind the scenes by Neverpost's senior producer Hans 56 00:02:54.770 --> 00:02:59.010 Buto, and in front of the scenes by Neverpost's producer, Georgia 57 00:02:59.010 --> 00:02:59.810 Hampton. 58 00:03:00.130 --> 00:03:02.930 I've decided to be really good at math this 59 00:03:02.930 --> 00:03:03.410 time. 60 00:03:03.490 --> 00:03:06.115 Have you spent the last year training? 61 00:03:06.435 --> 00:03:08.995 I believe last year I called subtraction 62 00:03:08.995 --> 00:03:14.675 reverse math. So, frankly, it can only go up 63 00:03:14.675 --> 00:03:15.635 from here. We'll see if 64 00:03:15.635 --> 00:03:18.275 we can top that. Georgia is gonna be our 65 00:03:18.275 --> 00:03:21.750 timekeeper, scorekeeper, and adjudicator, so do not get on 66 00:03:21.750 --> 00:03:25.750 her bad side. In the event there are any disputes, informational, 67 00:03:25.750 --> 00:03:29.510 personal, spiritual, Georgia is gonna be here to track down the 68 00:03:29.510 --> 00:03:32.470 truth in a world which has otherwise abandoned it, perhaps 69 00:03:32.470 --> 00:03:34.835 with the assistance of Duck Duck Go and a few crystals. 70 00:03:34.835 --> 00:03:37.795 I'm surrounded by all of my mystical magical 71 00:03:37.795 --> 00:03:39.875 items to help me in this endeavor today. 72 00:03:39.955 --> 00:03:42.515 Alright. The rules, like last time, are very 73 00:03:42.515 --> 00:03:45.875 simple. We have three rounds of five questions with one bonus 74 00:03:45.875 --> 00:03:49.315 question after each round. At the end of the round, we're 75 00:03:49.315 --> 00:03:52.670 gonna reveal and then score answers one by one. Correct 76 00:03:52.670 --> 00:03:55.870 answers are worth one point unless otherwise stated, and 77 00:03:55.870 --> 00:03:58.030 there are no penalties for wrong answers. 78 00:03:58.190 --> 00:04:02.110 We politely request, as a matter of sportsmanship, you not go 79 00:04:02.110 --> 00:04:06.165 searching the internet for answers as we play. Claude was 80 00:04:06.165 --> 00:04:08.805 not invited to play this game for a reason. 81 00:04:09.605 --> 00:04:10.005 He's a 82 00:04:10.005 --> 00:04:10.725 piece of shit. 83 00:04:10.725 --> 00:04:11.445 Fuck that, guys. 84 00:04:11.445 --> 00:04:12.005 Fuck that. Yeah. 85 00:04:12.005 --> 00:04:13.285 I'm so mad right now. 86 00:04:13.445 --> 00:04:15.605 Before we get to the festivities and the 87 00:04:15.605 --> 00:04:19.045 questions and the answers, we have once again asked these 88 00:04:19.045 --> 00:04:23.790 teams to name themselves. Teams, are you all prepared to 89 00:04:23.790 --> 00:04:27.630 summarize your entire collective identity into one short witty 90 00:04:27.630 --> 00:04:31.630 epithet? We got some looks of fear, some vigorous nodding. 91 00:04:32.825 --> 00:04:35.625 Team one, Akila and Jamie. What would you like to call 92 00:04:35.625 --> 00:04:36.265 yourselves? 93 00:04:36.745 --> 00:04:37.545 I you know 94 00:04:37.705 --> 00:04:38.585 I think we're still 95 00:04:38.905 --> 00:04:42.025 If I recall correctly, we won last year by a 96 00:04:42.025 --> 00:04:45.145 pretty wide margin. So I think we should stick with what 97 00:04:45.145 --> 00:04:45.705 definitely 98 00:04:45.705 --> 00:04:47.250 for us. No. But you guys swept. 99 00:04:47.250 --> 00:04:48.130 It was, like, it 100 00:04:48.130 --> 00:04:48.850 was kind of embarrassing. 101 00:04:48.850 --> 00:04:50.850 It is, like, that everyone had the Internet. It 102 00:04:51.010 --> 00:04:52.290 seemed like Yeah. 103 00:04:53.010 --> 00:04:53.650 It's cheesy. 104 00:04:53.650 --> 00:04:55.650 So, yeah, the doghats are here to say 105 00:04:55.890 --> 00:04:57.410 best of luck to everyone. 106 00:04:57.570 --> 00:05:00.690 Okay. We got the doghats, Adam and Ryan. 107 00:05:01.535 --> 00:05:03.935 So Adam and I were discussing. He said he 108 00:05:03.935 --> 00:05:06.735 didn't want to be called crooked up white boys. 109 00:05:07.375 --> 00:05:09.215 So That's the name I just sent you. 110 00:05:09.215 --> 00:05:12.575 So he he has he has offered he has offered an 111 00:05:12.575 --> 00:05:15.320 alternative that I think is pretty good, which is so we're 112 00:05:15.320 --> 00:05:18.360 gonna be called six seven nights at Freddy's. You 113 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:26.360 caused Tom pain. Okay. Six seven nights at 114 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:27.335 Freddy's. It's very fun. 115 00:05:27.335 --> 00:05:29.175 Oh, I forgot we're gonna have to keep hearing 116 00:05:29.175 --> 00:05:30.855 that also. Oh, over and over again. 117 00:05:31.175 --> 00:05:32.375 Two hours of your life. Yeah. 118 00:05:32.375 --> 00:05:32.695 You have to 119 00:05:32.695 --> 00:05:34.935 do the hands. It's part of the name, actually. 120 00:05:34.935 --> 00:05:37.335 The balancing hand motion is part of the name. 121 00:05:37.335 --> 00:05:37.895 Yeah. 122 00:05:38.455 --> 00:05:39.655 And Tom and Lily. 123 00:05:39.950 --> 00:05:42.350 So I believe last year, we were Nerds of a 124 00:05:42.350 --> 00:05:46.510 Feather. And so for the sequel, we are and once again, we're 125 00:05:46.510 --> 00:05:51.070 doing a a colon name with a sub name. So it is Two Nerds, Too 126 00:05:51.070 --> 00:05:52.670 Furious Yes. Colon. 127 00:05:54.405 --> 00:05:56.965 Lilishin Intomzable? Okay. 128 00:05:57.125 --> 00:06:00.565 Two nerds too okay. Spelt out or numeral? 129 00:06:00.565 --> 00:06:01.205 Numeral. 130 00:06:01.205 --> 00:06:02.245 Thank you. All one word. 131 00:06:02.245 --> 00:06:03.365 Absolutely numeral. 132 00:06:03.365 --> 00:06:05.285 Two nerds too furious. And then what was the 133 00:06:05.285 --> 00:06:06.565 the subtitle of your 134 00:06:06.565 --> 00:06:10.450 team name? Lilishin Intomzable. Excellent. 135 00:06:10.690 --> 00:06:13.090 Alright. Amazing. We're gonna take a short break. 136 00:06:13.090 --> 00:06:15.010 We're gonna listen to some ads unless you're on the member 137 00:06:15.010 --> 00:06:17.730 feed. And when we come back, we're gonna play Never Posts 138 00:06:17.730 --> 00:06:19.490 Post Mortem 2025. 139 00:06:27.505 --> 00:06:30.145 Welcome back to postmortem. Which round should we start 140 00:06:30.145 --> 00:06:36.385 with? How about round number one? In this round, you are all 141 00:06:36.385 --> 00:06:38.785 gonna be answering questions about the big moments, the big 142 00:06:38.785 --> 00:06:42.340 stories that broke containment and either leaked from meatspace 143 00:06:42.340 --> 00:06:46.340 to online or from online into physical reality, a border now 144 00:06:46.340 --> 00:06:49.460 so diaphanous, it's basically idiocy to be maintaining that it 145 00:06:49.460 --> 00:06:56.145 even exists. In 2025, we all finally got our wish, and Katy 146 00:06:56.145 --> 00:06:58.385 Perry finally fucked off into space. 147 00:06:59.985 --> 00:07:02.865 Unfortunately, she came right back, and upon landing, declared 148 00:07:02.865 --> 00:07:07.425 that she felt super connected to love. Gayle King, also on the 149 00:07:07.425 --> 00:07:09.505 flight, said, I may now get my ears pierced. 150 00:07:11.530 --> 00:07:15.370 Astronauts don't wanna tell you about the 151 00:07:15.370 --> 00:07:18.330 urge to get your ears pierced after you go to space. 152 00:07:18.410 --> 00:07:20.090 Must be like an altitude thing. 153 00:07:20.090 --> 00:07:20.730 It's ubiquitous. 154 00:07:20.970 --> 00:07:22.725 They talk about overview effect about 155 00:07:22.725 --> 00:07:24.485 how seeing the entire Earth really makes you 156 00:07:24.485 --> 00:07:26.965 feel connected to everybody, but then what they don't mention is 157 00:07:26.965 --> 00:07:28.325 what that makes you want to do is 158 00:07:28.405 --> 00:07:29.685 Getting your ears pierced. 159 00:07:29.685 --> 00:07:31.605 Yeah. There's, like, quote that astronaut, he, 160 00:07:31.605 --> 00:07:33.605 like, looked into space, and he thought to himself, wow. They 161 00:07:33.605 --> 00:07:35.550 should have brought Claire's employee. Yeah. 162 00:07:37.950 --> 00:07:39.630 I need more holes. That's what I was 163 00:07:39.630 --> 00:07:41.550 thinking. I like you come back from space, and you're like, I 164 00:07:41.550 --> 00:07:43.470 gotta get another hole. There's just no Yeah. 165 00:07:43.470 --> 00:07:45.150 Get another hole in there. 166 00:07:46.270 --> 00:07:50.345 Obviously. In a shocking case of announcing the 167 00:07:50.345 --> 00:07:53.625 subtext, Pantone named the color of the year landlord white, 168 00:07:53.625 --> 00:07:58.345 sparking an amount of discourse not easy to paint over. Nice. 169 00:07:59.065 --> 00:08:01.785 Revolutionary protesters brought down the government of Nepal 170 00:08:01.785 --> 00:08:06.420 under the straw hat Pirates Jolly Roger flag from one piece, 171 00:08:06.500 --> 00:08:09.540 and proceeded to elect an interim prime minister via 172 00:08:09.780 --> 00:08:11.540 Discord. Yeah. 173 00:08:11.860 --> 00:08:15.365 Sushi La Kharki is the first woman in Nepal's history serve 174 00:08:15.365 --> 00:08:18.405 as both prime minister and as chief justice of the Supreme 175 00:08:18.405 --> 00:08:22.965 Court of Nepal and was elected in the youths against corruption 176 00:08:23.045 --> 00:08:24.245 Discord server. 177 00:08:24.325 --> 00:08:24.805 Come on, Nick. 178 00:08:24.805 --> 00:08:26.725 In this round, you're gonna answer questions 179 00:08:26.725 --> 00:08:29.765 about the Internet related components of other big stories. 180 00:08:30.300 --> 00:08:37.420 Let's do it. One, we all helped set a Wikipedia record this 181 00:08:37.420 --> 00:08:42.140 year. Following a major event in May, traffic to all Wikimedia 182 00:08:42.140 --> 00:08:48.105 sites peaked at around 800,000 hits per second. This is 183 00:08:48.105 --> 00:08:51.625 according to the Wikimedia Foundation more than six times 184 00:08:51.625 --> 00:08:54.585 normal levels and an all time high. 185 00:08:55.145 --> 00:09:00.010 What event precipitated this rush of uplooking? 186 00:09:01.850 --> 00:09:03.130 What month was it? Sorry. 187 00:09:03.130 --> 00:09:04.330 May. May. 188 00:09:05.770 --> 00:09:06.570 Don't know. 189 00:09:06.570 --> 00:09:08.570 I'm just staring into the middle distance. 190 00:09:09.775 --> 00:09:13.055 Please. Stop. 191 00:09:13.935 --> 00:09:16.655 I'm so excited to hear whatever this answer is. 192 00:09:19.455 --> 00:09:21.855 Tom is Tom cannot keep it together. 193 00:09:21.855 --> 00:09:25.240 Tom I was laughing at Lily laughing keeping it 194 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:25.800 together. 195 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:30.200 Jamie, I I just found wrote. 196 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:32.920 I have an idea, but I don't remember what month 197 00:09:32.920 --> 00:09:34.440 that happened. 198 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:38.145 Yeah. Oh. Yes, Jamie. 100%. 199 00:09:38.145 --> 00:09:44.145 Okay. And time is up. Okay. Question number two, 200 00:09:44.145 --> 00:09:48.945 round one. In 2017, entrepreneur Billy McFarland and rapper Ja 201 00:09:48.945 --> 00:09:52.910 Rule teamed up to launch the luxury live music event Fyre 202 00:09:52.910 --> 00:09:56.110 Festival, which ended up a legendary debacle. 203 00:09:56.430 --> 00:10:00.590 This year, fresh out of prison, McFarlane hosted the Phoenix 204 00:10:00.590 --> 00:10:04.430 Festival with all of the vowels removed, so the Fynex Festival 205 00:10:04.675 --> 00:10:09.475 in Honduras, which according to Jezebel, had both food and 206 00:10:09.475 --> 00:10:10.195 bathrooms. 207 00:10:10.195 --> 00:10:15.235 In this economy? For both holes. For both holes. 208 00:10:15.235 --> 00:10:18.160 You gotta accommodate all the holes 209 00:10:18.160 --> 00:10:21.040 in and out. Separate toilet. 210 00:10:21.040 --> 00:10:22.400 Separate toilet. Well, of course. 211 00:10:22.400 --> 00:10:24.160 Food go in and food come out. 212 00:10:24.160 --> 00:10:24.400 So you 213 00:10:24.400 --> 00:10:25.200 gotta have both 214 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:25.520 Yeah. 215 00:10:25.520 --> 00:10:27.680 It took him about eight years to learn that. 216 00:10:27.680 --> 00:10:28.640 It was both holes. 217 00:10:28.640 --> 00:10:32.455 So the question here is, why the rebrand? Why 218 00:10:32.455 --> 00:10:36.455 not Fyre Festival two? Because the recognition is massive. In 219 00:10:36.455 --> 00:10:44.055 fact, the Fyre brand was sold in an eBay auction in July for not 220 00:10:44.055 --> 00:10:49.630 quite a quarter of $1,000,000. Players, can you tell us what 221 00:10:49.630 --> 00:10:54.590 aged Internet brand bought and then pivoted the Fire brand? 222 00:10:54.910 --> 00:10:59.165 And for an extra point, could you also name the company's own 223 00:10:59.165 --> 00:11:04.605 pivot after a similar deal where their IP was purchased by an 224 00:11:04.605 --> 00:11:05.885 unrelated group? 225 00:11:06.605 --> 00:11:10.045 All all I'm thinking is hurt brands hurt 226 00:11:10.045 --> 00:11:10.365 brands. 227 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:15.420 There there have been so many of these, like, 228 00:11:15.420 --> 00:11:18.300 things that people vaguely remember, and then they get 229 00:11:18.300 --> 00:11:20.860 bought and relaunched and remodeled. 230 00:11:20.860 --> 00:11:22.700 Because you're like, oh, I know that and I like 231 00:11:22.700 --> 00:11:25.265 it. And then you go and it's just like, now it's an 232 00:11:25.265 --> 00:11:26.465 investment bank or something. 233 00:11:26.465 --> 00:11:28.305 Yeah. You should okay. Okay. 234 00:11:28.625 --> 00:11:29.425 I'm putting it in. 235 00:11:29.425 --> 00:11:30.785 Guest in old things. 236 00:11:33.185 --> 00:11:36.640 Yeah. I think that's the thing to do here. The 237 00:11:36.800 --> 00:11:39.760 I will warn you that when we get to it, the answer to this is 238 00:11:39.760 --> 00:11:44.000 enraging. Oh. Number three, round one. 239 00:11:44.160 --> 00:11:48.080 In June, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez got married in Venice, 240 00:11:48.515 --> 00:11:52.435 putting on reportedly the seventh most expensive wedding 241 00:11:52.435 --> 00:11:56.755 in modern history. The couple rented an entire island for the 242 00:11:56.755 --> 00:12:00.035 three day affair, which Venice's Ministry of Tourism estimated 243 00:12:00.035 --> 00:12:03.560 would generate roughly two thirds of the city's annual 244 00:12:03.560 --> 00:12:08.760 tourism take. For all of their cash and panache, there was one 245 00:12:08.760 --> 00:12:12.360 detail that slipped through the cracks. The wedding was 246 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:19.315 ridiculed online for a specific decor disaster. What was it? 247 00:12:20.995 --> 00:12:32.220 Sorry. No. This isn't right. That's all I got. 248 00:12:32.220 --> 00:12:33.260 That's all I got. 249 00:12:33.820 --> 00:12:36.780 I think it I think it works. I think it works. 250 00:12:36.940 --> 00:12:42.380 K. Four. Microsoft Satya Nadella said the 251 00:12:42.380 --> 00:12:47.035 biggest problem facing AI isn't computing power, but power 252 00:12:47.035 --> 00:12:52.235 power. Data centers currently account for nearly 5% of The 253 00:12:52.235 --> 00:12:57.115 United States overall peak power usage. Over the next two years, 254 00:12:57.115 --> 00:13:00.930 that need could double, but infrastructure is not growing 255 00:13:00.930 --> 00:13:03.170 fast enough to meet demand. 256 00:13:03.570 --> 00:13:08.210 So Microsoft is taking matters into its own hands. They will 257 00:13:08.210 --> 00:13:13.705 pay $16,000,000,000 with $1,000,000,000 of help from the 258 00:13:13.705 --> 00:13:19.225 Trump administration to do what? To solve the problem of not 259 00:13:19.225 --> 00:13:22.185 enough power to meet AI demand. 260 00:13:22.825 --> 00:13:23.145 I mean 261 00:13:23.385 --> 00:13:26.345 The they're basically the Microsoft is 262 00:13:26.670 --> 00:13:28.670 pressuring the Trump administration to, like, build a 263 00:13:28.670 --> 00:13:30.830 project that Microsoft needs. That that's right? 264 00:13:30.830 --> 00:13:32.750 They're spending a lot of money to build a 265 00:13:32.750 --> 00:13:35.950 project with the help of of Trump in order to get more 266 00:13:35.950 --> 00:13:36.510 power. 267 00:13:36.510 --> 00:13:36.990 Yeah. 268 00:13:38.830 --> 00:13:41.875 Jamie. I I think what's 269 00:13:41.875 --> 00:13:44.115 gonna become clear about this is like, I think this 270 00:13:44.115 --> 00:13:48.355 has been a year where I've had the healthiest attitude towards 271 00:13:48.355 --> 00:13:51.795 the Internet, and I'm being punished for it. Yes. 272 00:13:51.795 --> 00:13:52.035 Say that. 273 00:13:52.035 --> 00:13:53.155 Say that. 274 00:13:53.630 --> 00:13:55.390 We said earlier that there are both points 275 00:13:55.390 --> 00:13:59.310 victories and moral victories, and perhaps the shortest way to 276 00:13:59.310 --> 00:14:01.550 a moral victory is to have just logged off. 277 00:14:02.030 --> 00:14:05.150 Last question's gotta be, like, 500 word essay 278 00:14:05.150 --> 00:14:07.790 describe the joy of touching grass. Like 279 00:14:08.430 --> 00:14:09.835 Yeah. And I think that's how we come back 280 00:14:09.835 --> 00:14:10.395 ultimately. 281 00:14:10.395 --> 00:14:12.475 You can't even think of a joke answer. I still 282 00:14:12.475 --> 00:14:14.075 don't understand the question. 283 00:14:15.435 --> 00:14:18.475 Question five, round one. The November 4 284 00:14:18.475 --> 00:14:22.235 election of Zoran Mamdani as mayor of New York City 285 00:14:22.315 --> 00:14:26.450 apparently had some pretty big impacts. According to the 286 00:14:26.450 --> 00:14:30.850 research and data team at Pornhub, the election affected 287 00:14:30.850 --> 00:14:39.090 viewership numbers that day. Oh. Players, please tell us, do you 288 00:14:39.090 --> 00:14:46.765 think viewership of Pornhub went up or down the day Zoran Mamdani 289 00:14:46.765 --> 00:14:47.645 was elected? 290 00:14:48.285 --> 00:14:53.965 For an additional point, you can guess how much you think it went 291 00:14:53.965 --> 00:14:57.160 up or down. And if you get within 10 percentage points, 292 00:14:57.160 --> 00:15:01.160 we're gonna call it good. And for an additional additional 293 00:15:01.160 --> 00:15:08.440 point, what was the most searched for term in New York 294 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:14.575 City the day Zoran Mamdani won the mayor race, up a whopping 295 00:15:14.895 --> 00:15:17.375 957%. 296 00:15:17.375 --> 00:15:18.815 I'm trying to think what I was searching that 297 00:15:18.815 --> 00:15:19.375 day. 298 00:15:22.895 --> 00:15:25.055 What was I DDoSing porn up with? Yeah. 299 00:15:25.055 --> 00:15:27.350 You know? I Once you get into the goon or flow 300 00:15:27.350 --> 00:15:29.270 state, it's, like, really hard to keep track of what's going 301 00:15:29.270 --> 00:15:29.830 on. But 302 00:15:30.950 --> 00:15:32.070 Now that's a team name. 303 00:15:32.070 --> 00:15:33.750 Yeah. Once I'm hooked up to my rig, I'm not 304 00:15:33.750 --> 00:15:36.310 really sort of thinking straight. 305 00:15:38.230 --> 00:15:43.275 Yes. Put it, please. I think we got the first 306 00:15:43.275 --> 00:15:45.195 part right. That rules. 307 00:15:48.235 --> 00:15:51.435 Players, let's score round one. 308 00:15:51.675 --> 00:15:51.995 Okay. 309 00:15:53.790 --> 00:15:57.710 Question number one. What event precipitated the 310 00:15:57.710 --> 00:16:02.430 rush of uplooking on all Wikimedia sites, which peaked at 311 00:16:02.430 --> 00:16:07.755 around 800,000 hits per second? Team one, the dog hots, what'd 312 00:16:07.755 --> 00:16:08.235 get? 313 00:16:08.555 --> 00:16:12.315 He said Two. Poop. Nailed it. 314 00:16:12.555 --> 00:16:15.275 Like, caught the pope. Yes. Thanks, guys. 315 00:16:15.275 --> 00:16:15.675 That might 316 00:16:15.675 --> 00:16:16.075 have the 317 00:16:16.075 --> 00:16:17.835 pope. Know that's That 318 00:16:18.235 --> 00:16:18.635 is correct. 319 00:16:18.910 --> 00:16:23.230 The election of Pope Leo in May is what did it. 320 00:16:23.630 --> 00:16:26.030 Awesome. That's all on Jamie. I had nothing. 321 00:16:26.750 --> 00:16:29.790 Let's let's let's not get used to us having the 322 00:16:29.790 --> 00:16:32.365 right answer. Let's Yeah. Let's You 323 00:16:32.365 --> 00:16:35.005 were so unsure. You were really daunting 324 00:16:35.005 --> 00:16:35.885 yourself, and you've nailed it. 325 00:16:35.885 --> 00:16:37.325 Well, just keep watching. You know what mean? 326 00:16:37.325 --> 00:16:37.725 No. 327 00:16:40.365 --> 00:16:42.125 Six seven nights at Freddy's. 328 00:16:42.525 --> 00:16:44.365 We also had new poke. 329 00:16:44.525 --> 00:16:45.485 Nice. As 330 00:16:45.485 --> 00:16:48.210 we know, nailed it. Two nerds, two furious. 331 00:16:48.610 --> 00:16:50.530 Yeah. We put down queen died again. 332 00:16:53.170 --> 00:16:55.650 Any specific queen or just, like, a queen in 333 00:16:55.650 --> 00:16:56.130 general? 334 00:16:56.130 --> 00:17:00.275 I I just remember it was so big last year, The the 335 00:17:00.435 --> 00:17:02.675 or the year before prior that the queen died. That was like 336 00:17:02.675 --> 00:17:04.035 the big Wikipedia thing. 337 00:17:04.195 --> 00:17:05.795 It was the whole Jesus thing. I know this year 338 00:17:05.795 --> 00:17:06.755 has been busy, but 339 00:17:08.115 --> 00:17:10.115 There was just some some queen searching runoff 340 00:17:10.115 --> 00:17:12.435 that just got over into the next year. No. She 341 00:17:12.435 --> 00:17:14.035 died again. No. She did it again. 342 00:17:14.610 --> 00:17:16.930 She was queen Elizabeth the second and third. 343 00:17:16.930 --> 00:17:18.530 Doing the, like, Taylor Swift thing. Well, she 344 00:17:18.530 --> 00:17:20.850 she can't stand not being the first. There's all that we can 345 00:17:20.850 --> 00:17:21.730 do. Oh my god. 346 00:17:21.810 --> 00:17:23.730 They brought her back together again. 347 00:17:23.890 --> 00:17:25.730 It's true. One last job. 348 00:17:25.730 --> 00:17:26.690 Main character syndrome. 349 00:17:28.255 --> 00:17:28.815 One last 350 00:17:28.815 --> 00:17:30.015 job. Wanted to they wanted 351 00:17:30.015 --> 00:17:31.775 to distract everyone from the Epstein stuff, 352 00:17:31.775 --> 00:17:32.335 so they brought it 353 00:17:32.335 --> 00:17:34.015 back. Yeah. It's like I'll 354 00:17:34.015 --> 00:17:34.895 die again. 355 00:17:36.975 --> 00:17:38.975 K. Question number two. Please place your 356 00:17:38.975 --> 00:17:43.510 answers to question number two, which was, can you tell us what 357 00:17:43.510 --> 00:17:46.710 aged Internet brand bought and pivoted the fire brand and what 358 00:17:46.710 --> 00:17:51.830 their own pivot was when their IP was purchased? Six seven 359 00:17:51.830 --> 00:17:53.830 nights at Freddy's, what did you write? 360 00:17:53.830 --> 00:17:55.910 It's Limewire, and they're a crypto company 361 00:17:55.910 --> 00:17:56.150 now. 362 00:17:56.785 --> 00:18:00.065 That is correct. Bummer. That's I 363 00:18:00.065 --> 00:18:01.985 were literally writing about this before we 364 00:18:01.985 --> 00:18:03.105 started recording today. 365 00:18:03.105 --> 00:18:04.705 Well well. 366 00:18:05.985 --> 00:18:09.105 Crypto like the most boring pivot at this point. 367 00:18:09.105 --> 00:18:10.225 What year is it? 368 00:18:10.225 --> 00:18:12.630 You know? I think are they are do any specialize 369 00:18:12.630 --> 00:18:14.230 in NFTs? NFTs. 370 00:18:14.230 --> 00:18:16.550 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That was what they were doing 371 00:18:16.550 --> 00:18:20.230 when they purchased LimeWire, and now they're acting as if 372 00:18:20.230 --> 00:18:21.350 that never happened. 373 00:18:21.990 --> 00:18:23.910 Yeah. They're trying to, like, get one to 374 00:18:23.910 --> 00:18:24.150 forget 375 00:18:24.150 --> 00:18:24.535 about that. 376 00:18:24.535 --> 00:18:25.495 I understand why. 377 00:18:25.655 --> 00:18:27.975 Two nerds too furious. What was your answer? 378 00:18:28.615 --> 00:18:32.215 The company was Netscape, and the product is 379 00:18:32.215 --> 00:18:33.415 Netcapes. 380 00:18:33.575 --> 00:18:35.175 Wow. And if they do 381 00:18:35.175 --> 00:18:36.855 anything while you're falling or whatever, it's 382 00:18:36.855 --> 00:18:37.895 actually very inefficient. 383 00:18:37.895 --> 00:18:39.415 Yeah. That doesn't sound like a good 384 00:18:39.415 --> 00:18:39.735 product. 385 00:18:39.950 --> 00:18:40.830 But the fashion might 386 00:18:40.910 --> 00:18:41.150 Oh, but 387 00:18:41.150 --> 00:18:42.110 crypto does? 388 00:18:44.110 --> 00:18:47.470 More useful than an NFT. Sure. Yeah. And the dog 389 00:18:47.470 --> 00:18:48.190 hots? 390 00:18:48.510 --> 00:18:51.310 This is on me. You know? I didn't know. So I said 391 00:18:51.310 --> 00:18:54.785 Napster, and I don't know what they would have pivoted to. Not 392 00:18:54.785 --> 00:18:56.065 music, essentially. 393 00:18:56.065 --> 00:18:58.065 I mean, you were in the neighborhood, though. 394 00:18:58.145 --> 00:19:01.585 That's that's all Akil. I I guessed ask Jeeves. 395 00:19:01.905 --> 00:19:02.785 Wow. 396 00:19:02.785 --> 00:19:05.670 That's cool. Napster did get purchased and 397 00:19:05.670 --> 00:19:07.830 turned into, like, an AI music platform. So 398 00:19:07.990 --> 00:19:09.110 Thanks, Riot. I 399 00:19:09.110 --> 00:19:09.910 got you. Alright. 400 00:19:13.350 --> 00:19:16.630 Question number three. The wedding of Jeff Bezos 401 00:19:16.630 --> 00:19:20.845 and Lauren Sanchez was ridiculed online for a specific decor 402 00:19:20.845 --> 00:19:25.405 disaster. What was it? We didn't know this one. Two nerds too 403 00:19:25.405 --> 00:19:26.125 furious. 404 00:19:26.125 --> 00:19:27.325 What was your answer? 405 00:19:27.885 --> 00:19:30.285 Well, the the guys on the cake, the figures, 406 00:19:30.285 --> 00:19:31.165 they forgot their pants. 407 00:19:31.165 --> 00:19:32.445 Naked cake toppers. 408 00:19:32.445 --> 00:19:33.245 Yeah. Butts out. 409 00:19:33.330 --> 00:19:34.690 Is that really what it was? 410 00:19:34.690 --> 00:19:37.330 No. No. It was not. I 411 00:19:37.730 --> 00:19:39.010 would believe that though. 412 00:19:39.010 --> 00:19:40.850 I think that's the closest we have to a 413 00:19:40.850 --> 00:19:42.530 credible answer. I know. Thought it was. 414 00:19:44.690 --> 00:19:46.770 The dog the dog hots, what was your answer? 415 00:19:47.805 --> 00:19:53.405 I think inviting Sydney Sweeney was just a weird 416 00:19:53.405 --> 00:19:54.285 thing to do. 417 00:19:54.285 --> 00:19:56.445 The first domino that fell. 418 00:19:56.525 --> 00:19:58.205 Yeah. That's you're going to your friend's 419 00:19:58.205 --> 00:19:59.645 wedding, and she's just there. What? 420 00:19:59.645 --> 00:20:01.805 Interesting to describe Sydney Sweeney as a 421 00:20:01.805 --> 00:20:05.210 decor disaster. She's in the room. 422 00:20:05.530 --> 00:20:07.610 If the shoe fits. Yeah. 423 00:20:08.170 --> 00:20:09.690 Six seven nights at Freddy's. What was your 424 00:20:09.690 --> 00:20:10.250 answer? 425 00:20:10.410 --> 00:20:12.010 Yeah. So we didn't know this one, but I 426 00:20:12.010 --> 00:20:14.730 guess that Jeff Bez's head was too shiny. 427 00:20:14.730 --> 00:20:16.170 That's always true. Honestly. 428 00:20:16.985 --> 00:20:18.025 I mean, good pull. 429 00:20:18.025 --> 00:20:19.705 They didn't polish it. They polish it too 430 00:20:19.705 --> 00:20:20.345 much or no? 431 00:20:20.345 --> 00:20:22.505 It's like one of those, like, anti paparazzi 432 00:20:22.505 --> 00:20:25.545 things where it, like, the glare blares at the camera so 433 00:20:25.545 --> 00:20:26.345 you can't see. 434 00:20:26.745 --> 00:20:27.145 None of the 435 00:20:27.145 --> 00:20:27.785 pictures came out 436 00:20:27.785 --> 00:20:29.705 of beautiful Mediterranean sun. 437 00:20:29.705 --> 00:20:29.945 It was 438 00:20:29.945 --> 00:20:30.585 just too much. 439 00:20:30.585 --> 00:20:30.985 Too much. 440 00:20:30.985 --> 00:20:32.345 Yeah. It's almost head head too shiny. 441 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:34.240 It's like a magnifying glass. 442 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:36.640 So the answer to this is that at the reception, 443 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:42.960 there was really ugly office carpeting. Ugly gray squares of 444 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:46.160 office carpeting at this otherwise immaculately designed 445 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:50.365 extremely expensive wedding, and it really does draw the eye 446 00:20:50.365 --> 00:20:50.925 down. 447 00:20:51.325 --> 00:20:53.485 It's pretty unforgettable. 448 00:20:53.725 --> 00:20:54.925 Except by all of us. 449 00:20:54.925 --> 00:20:56.285 Except by all of you guys. 450 00:20:56.285 --> 00:20:58.125 Right. Yeah. We believe for you. 451 00:20:58.285 --> 00:21:01.245 I think it is radical and beautiful that none 452 00:21:01.245 --> 00:21:03.805 of us cared enough about this wedding to know the answer. 453 00:21:04.520 --> 00:21:05.640 Question number four. 454 00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:07.480 We've got this one. We've got this one. 455 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.520 This was definitely right. 456 00:21:08.520 --> 00:21:11.480 Microsoft is gonna pay $16,000,000,000 to 457 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:15.000 solve the crisis of not enough power for their AI data centers 458 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:20.775 by doing what? The doghots. Our answer was Xboxes. 459 00:21:20.935 --> 00:21:21.575 Just Xboxes. 460 00:21:21.575 --> 00:21:22.375 But with a little 461 00:21:22.375 --> 00:21:23.495 smile and 462 00:21:23.495 --> 00:21:25.335 with a smiley face. I will say I 463 00:21:25.335 --> 00:21:26.615 am charmed by the smiley face. 464 00:21:26.615 --> 00:21:26.855 I was 465 00:21:26.855 --> 00:21:27.495 gonna say, maybe we should 466 00:21:27.495 --> 00:21:29.255 have a secret point counter for this. 467 00:21:29.255 --> 00:21:30.535 For just for how cute we can make. 468 00:21:30.840 --> 00:21:34.440 How how charming can we be while being completely 469 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:34.920 wrong? 470 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:35.400 Listen. 471 00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:37.880 Guys, we wanna be at least in the conversation at 472 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.200 the end 473 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.760 of this. 474 00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:41.560 Six seven nights at Freddy's? 475 00:21:41.800 --> 00:21:44.200 Yeah. We said that they were gonna build this 476 00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:48.205 program called Stargate, which they said it was gonna be 477 00:21:48.205 --> 00:21:52.765 focused in in the West and just, like, build a bunch of new data 478 00:21:52.765 --> 00:21:54.285 centers with government money. 479 00:21:54.445 --> 00:21:57.085 It does sound true. It might it might actually 480 00:21:57.085 --> 00:21:59.805 be true. Let's read the last answer, and then we'll have 481 00:21:59.805 --> 00:22:00.605 Georgia adjudicate. 482 00:22:00.930 --> 00:22:01.330 Okay. 483 00:22:01.330 --> 00:22:03.090 Two nerds too furious, what did you have? 484 00:22:03.090 --> 00:22:05.330 Yeah. Just they just stopped doing AI. They 485 00:22:05.330 --> 00:22:07.090 developed more clarity. Yeah. 486 00:22:07.890 --> 00:22:09.970 They're gonna pay $16,000,000,000 487 00:22:09.970 --> 00:22:11.170 to just knock it off. 488 00:22:11.170 --> 00:22:13.010 Yeah. They're done. They said they're done. 489 00:22:13.010 --> 00:22:14.850 Similar to Stargate, we almost we almost 490 00:22:14.850 --> 00:22:16.370 put build a The Matrix. 491 00:22:19.715 --> 00:22:21.635 So the answer that I have here is that they 492 00:22:21.635 --> 00:22:26.595 have recommissioned 3 Mile Island. Woah. 493 00:22:28.355 --> 00:22:30.275 Oh, right. I actually do remember this. 494 00:22:30.590 --> 00:22:34.110 They will pay $16,000,000,000 to recommission 495 00:22:34.110 --> 00:22:39.150 3 Mile Island and to open it as a power plant. I think 80% of 496 00:22:39.150 --> 00:22:42.430 whose output will go to Microsoft. For anybody in our 497 00:22:42.430 --> 00:22:45.550 audience who doesn't know, 3 Mile Island is a famous power 498 00:22:45.550 --> 00:22:48.965 plant in Pennsylvania in The United States that is the site 499 00:22:48.965 --> 00:22:53.445 of the only domestic nuclear incident in The United States. 500 00:22:53.685 --> 00:22:56.245 One of its reactors went into meltdown for a short amount of 501 00:22:56.245 --> 00:23:02.725 time. No one was injured, and there is no long term health 502 00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:05.900 impacts from that, but it nonetheless is like a really big 503 00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:09.340 sort of, like, cultural touchstone for, Americans' 504 00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:14.460 reticence and hesitance around, nuclear power. 505 00:23:14.985 --> 00:23:17.545 It's why Homer Simpson works at a nuclear power 506 00:23:17.545 --> 00:23:20.745 plant because that was a big story in the late eighties. Oh. 507 00:23:21.465 --> 00:23:24.425 So I'm seeing here that that was the first AI 508 00:23:24.425 --> 00:23:26.665 data center under Stargate. 509 00:23:26.745 --> 00:23:29.625 I also just saw that Microsoft makes Xboxes. 510 00:23:30.070 --> 00:23:31.350 That's true. They do. They 511 00:23:31.350 --> 00:23:32.390 do make Xbox. 512 00:23:32.390 --> 00:23:33.270 So I think we both 513 00:23:33.270 --> 00:23:35.990 get a good version of gonna stop. They never said 514 00:23:35.990 --> 00:23:37.190 they were gonna stop. 515 00:23:37.190 --> 00:23:38.790 A power plant could be anything. 516 00:23:38.790 --> 00:23:40.390 Okay. Georgia, who's getting points? 517 00:23:40.470 --> 00:23:42.390 Ryan, where did you see the that it's the first 518 00:23:42.390 --> 00:23:43.830 Stargate thing? I'm not seeing that. 519 00:23:43.830 --> 00:23:49.915 Made it up. No. I I saw it in a Bloomberg piece. 520 00:23:49.915 --> 00:23:50.795 So Okay. 521 00:23:50.875 --> 00:23:53.275 This is actually confusing. But I I it seems like 522 00:23:53.275 --> 00:23:56.635 the 3 Mile Island Nuclear plant is part of the Stargate stuff, I 523 00:23:56.635 --> 00:23:59.240 guess. But I'm I don't really understand this. But 524 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:00.280 I'll give you a point. 525 00:24:00.280 --> 00:24:01.480 Yeah. I'll give you a point. 526 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:03.720 Yes. We're all having fun. 527 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:05.240 For doing original research in the 528 00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.880 recording. 529 00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:08.040 Yes. Yeah. Yeah. That's actually so true. 530 00:24:08.040 --> 00:24:09.720 It hasn't really occurred to us to get right 531 00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:11.800 answers, so you guys are kinda speeding ahead of us. 532 00:24:11.800 --> 00:24:13.480 Okay. Question number five for round one. You 533 00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:19.465 can place your answers. Did viewership of Pornhub go up or 534 00:24:19.465 --> 00:24:24.025 down the day Zoran Mamdani was elected? How much did it go up 535 00:24:24.025 --> 00:24:28.905 or down, and what was the number one search term in New York City 536 00:24:28.905 --> 00:24:29.385 that night? 537 00:24:29.385 --> 00:24:34.070 Up over 900%. Six, seven nights at Freddy's. What was your 538 00:24:34.070 --> 00:24:34.630 answer? 539 00:24:34.870 --> 00:24:38.470 We said that the that the swing in Pornhub 540 00:24:38.470 --> 00:24:42.710 activity went up the day Zoran Mamdani was elected, and we said 541 00:24:42.710 --> 00:24:47.035 it went up by 90%. And the most popular search term that saw, 542 00:24:47.035 --> 00:24:50.075 like, several times over increase was MELF. 543 00:24:50.875 --> 00:24:53.115 I'm guess I I am sort of half remembering that, 544 00:24:53.115 --> 00:24:55.195 but I I feel like it was something about, like, angry 545 00:24:55.195 --> 00:24:57.275 gooning on Staten Island, and then I was like, well, what's 546 00:24:57.275 --> 00:24:59.355 the funniest thing for people on Staten Island to be angry 547 00:24:59.355 --> 00:25:02.000 gooning about? And it was like milk. That milk's yeah. Because 548 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:04.560 I I feel like what I read was like it was upset Cuomo 549 00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:06.560 supporters, and I was like, well, Cuomo supporter, 550 00:25:06.560 --> 00:25:08.960 obviously, they're be looking at milk. So that that was the 551 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.600 thinking there. 552 00:25:09.760 --> 00:25:11.360 That is actually true that Staten Island 553 00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:14.080 was an outlier. I don't think I can give you a point, but I do 554 00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:14.720 wanna tell you that. 555 00:25:15.315 --> 00:25:17.955 I want to just have that on the record that I 556 00:25:17.955 --> 00:25:18.675 knew that. 557 00:25:18.675 --> 00:25:22.035 Yes. Do you want that on the record, Ryan? Yeah. 558 00:25:22.355 --> 00:25:23.555 I Jack and Island. 559 00:25:23.555 --> 00:25:25.395 It's how I make my money. Jack and Island. I 560 00:25:25.395 --> 00:25:26.595 know and stuff like that. 561 00:25:27.235 --> 00:25:29.235 Okay. Two nerds, two furious. What was your 562 00:25:29.235 --> 00:25:29.395 answer? 563 00:25:30.120 --> 00:25:33.400 We thought the opposite. That's smart. My 564 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:37.480 thought was they were going down because everyone was having a 565 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:39.160 ball in real life celebrating. 566 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:41.000 Having sex in real life. 567 00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:44.695 Yeah. And so, yeah, our our most searched was 568 00:25:44.695 --> 00:25:48.615 socialist sex positions. This is our hole. 569 00:25:49.175 --> 00:25:50.855 From each according to their means, to 570 00:25:50.855 --> 00:25:52.135 each according to their need. 571 00:25:52.135 --> 00:25:53.735 And my knees are huge. 572 00:25:53.815 --> 00:25:54.775 The dog hots. 573 00:25:55.040 --> 00:25:59.760 We said up, but a modest up. People were busy that 574 00:25:59.760 --> 00:26:04.720 day. Twelve just twelve percent. And the search term is unrelated 575 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:09.920 to the election. It was step siblings, which is Yeah. 576 00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:12.095 Just every single one. Classic. 577 00:26:12.095 --> 00:26:13.295 Yeah. It's just unrelated. 578 00:26:13.295 --> 00:26:15.855 Some days you want that more than others. Yeah. 579 00:26:17.295 --> 00:26:23.055 Okay. So for the entire day, viewership was down 580 00:26:23.135 --> 00:26:28.230 over the The biggest dip in traffic across the whole day was 581 00:26:28.230 --> 00:26:31.670 at 10PM. 41%. 582 00:26:31.750 --> 00:26:33.110 Good. Wow. 583 00:26:33.110 --> 00:26:40.165 And the most searched term was big butts. Big 584 00:26:40.165 --> 00:26:41.125 butts. Okay. 585 00:26:42.245 --> 00:26:44.005 Wow. That's Well, 586 00:26:45.125 --> 00:26:49.445 So I wanna give a point to two nerds too furious 587 00:26:49.445 --> 00:26:51.685 because y'all did get it right that it went down. 588 00:26:51.685 --> 00:26:55.880 Alright. And finally, in round one, we have 589 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:59.880 our first bonus question from our friend Morgan Sung, host of 590 00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:04.840 the excellent podcast Close All Tabs. Hans, can you please roll 591 00:27:04.840 --> 00:27:05.480 Morgan's tape? 592 00:27:05.915 --> 00:27:09.435 Hello, players. The hottest show on TV right now, 593 00:27:09.515 --> 00:27:13.275 HBO's heated rivalry, which in case you've missed the hype is 594 00:27:13.275 --> 00:27:16.875 about two rivaling hockey stars who fall in love. A multi year 595 00:27:16.875 --> 00:27:20.630 situationship and lots of smut ensue. And even hotter than 596 00:27:20.630 --> 00:27:26.070 that, it's all gay yearning. But Heated Rivalry is actually based 597 00:27:26.070 --> 00:27:29.270 on a sequel to a novel that originally started as a fanfic 598 00:27:29.270 --> 00:27:30.870 on archive of our own. 599 00:27:31.270 --> 00:27:35.215 Players, please tell us, what ship did that original fanfic 600 00:27:35.215 --> 00:27:38.095 revolve around? Hint. It's a Disney property. 601 00:27:38.095 --> 00:27:39.295 It's a Disney property. 602 00:27:39.295 --> 00:27:41.855 For an additional point, what was that couple's 603 00:27:41.855 --> 00:27:47.300 ship name? And for an extra bonus point, women love boys 604 00:27:47.300 --> 00:27:50.820 kissing. This genre of boy on boy romance was largely 605 00:27:50.820 --> 00:27:55.140 popularized by manga and anime. What is the Japanese term for 606 00:27:55.140 --> 00:28:01.635 female fans of this genre? And for one more point, BL is so 607 00:28:01.635 --> 00:28:05.075 popular online now that the Japanese term for female fans of 608 00:28:05.075 --> 00:28:07.635 this genre is now a meme verb. 609 00:28:08.115 --> 00:28:11.715 Players, can you use that name in a sentence? No. 610 00:28:13.470 --> 00:28:15.150 I could. Okay. 611 00:28:15.150 --> 00:28:15.470 Here I'll 612 00:28:15.550 --> 00:28:17.390 I've never answered any trigger question 613 00:28:17.390 --> 00:28:18.110 faster than this 614 00:28:18.110 --> 00:28:19.710 one. Okay. 615 00:28:19.950 --> 00:28:22.590 I'll read them all out again. Tell us what ship 616 00:28:22.590 --> 00:28:25.870 did that original fanfic revolve around Okay. Hint it's a Disney 617 00:28:25.870 --> 00:28:30.545 property. What was that couple's ship name? What is the Japanese 618 00:28:30.545 --> 00:28:35.905 term for female fans of the genre of boy romance that was 619 00:28:35.905 --> 00:28:38.225 largely popularized by manga and anime? 620 00:28:38.545 --> 00:28:41.360 And BL is so popular online now that the Japanese term for 621 00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:44.800 female fans of this genre is now its own meme verb. Players, can 622 00:28:44.800 --> 00:28:46.880 you use that name in a sentence? 623 00:28:47.280 --> 00:28:49.360 I forget. What's the what's the ship name for Mickey 624 00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:50.400 and Goofy? Help me out. 625 00:28:55.725 --> 00:28:58.205 I don't think you can say that in polite company. 626 00:28:58.685 --> 00:29:04.285 Are you talking about the geeky thing? Tom. I 627 00:29:04.285 --> 00:29:05.405 love the geeky shit. 628 00:29:05.405 --> 00:29:07.565 Woah. Cool. There's only one bed in the 629 00:29:07.565 --> 00:29:14.710 hotel. Oh my god. 630 00:29:15.590 --> 00:29:16.950 Just put it in. 631 00:29:19.030 --> 00:29:21.590 Okay. Hans will play us the tape where she 632 00:29:21.590 --> 00:29:22.630 reveals the answers. 633 00:29:23.055 --> 00:29:24.735 I'm gonna I'm gonna use the restroom because I 634 00:29:24.735 --> 00:29:25.855 know this one. I don't even need 635 00:29:25.855 --> 00:29:28.415 a Oh my god. Wow. 636 00:29:29.935 --> 00:29:32.415 Two nerds two furious, what were your answers 637 00:29:32.415 --> 00:29:33.855 to Morgan's questions? 638 00:29:34.415 --> 00:29:39.000 The ship was a beast and chandelier. The name 639 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:42.040 is Bandelier. The physic the geometry of it, I don't know how 640 00:29:42.040 --> 00:29:43.320 it works. Yeah. And to 641 00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:45.320 be clear, we're not talking about Lumiere. We're 642 00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:47.240 not misremembering his name. We're talking about the 643 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.120 chandelier. The big 644 00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:49.480 chandelier. The 645 00:29:50.760 --> 00:29:54.915 genre is Yowie, which I feel pretty good about 646 00:29:55.395 --> 00:29:58.915 for no personal reasons. And Tom, do you wanna do you wanna 647 00:29:58.915 --> 00:30:00.755 give us the final component of this? 648 00:30:00.915 --> 00:30:04.755 Vegeta, what you don't know is I'm Fujo ing out 649 00:30:04.755 --> 00:30:05.155 right now. 650 00:30:07.350 --> 00:30:09.510 That's good. Did you work on your Goku impression 651 00:30:09.510 --> 00:30:10.470 before this? 652 00:30:10.470 --> 00:30:12.950 A little bit. But weren't we all? I I said I was 653 00:30:12.950 --> 00:30:13.990 prepping for this. 654 00:30:13.990 --> 00:30:15.910 I'm out right now. 655 00:30:16.230 --> 00:30:19.590 Let's fucking go. 656 00:30:20.425 --> 00:30:21.705 We got this, man. 657 00:30:21.705 --> 00:30:23.625 Alright. The dog hots. What do you have? 658 00:30:25.145 --> 00:30:28.265 Bob Iger and Michael Eisner, also known as 659 00:30:28.265 --> 00:30:28.985 Bisner. 660 00:30:35.570 --> 00:30:36.290 I guess technically 661 00:30:37.090 --> 00:30:38.450 a Disney property. 662 00:30:38.450 --> 00:30:40.850 Yeah. It's just The fanfic is called earnings 663 00:30:40.850 --> 00:30:43.410 call. And 664 00:30:44.690 --> 00:30:47.875 it's kind of hand trick kind of thing because, 665 00:30:47.875 --> 00:30:51.955 yeah, they're both jacking off furiously on opposite coasts. 666 00:30:51.955 --> 00:30:53.235 That's exactly right. 667 00:30:53.395 --> 00:30:55.395 Are they doing it to the shareholders? Are they 668 00:30:55.395 --> 00:30:56.355 listening in? 669 00:30:56.515 --> 00:30:58.035 Yeah. The shareholders are the fans of the 670 00:30:58.035 --> 00:30:58.195 thing. 671 00:30:58.195 --> 00:30:58.835 They're part of it. 672 00:30:58.835 --> 00:30:59.315 They're part 673 00:30:59.315 --> 00:31:01.795 of it. Actually, Hassan, the shareholders are 674 00:31:01.795 --> 00:31:02.035 watching. 675 00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.180 I just heard 676 00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:07.260 But then the shareholders are kind of into 677 00:31:07.260 --> 00:31:07.660 it. 678 00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:10.060 And Yeah. They kinda like it. And they're like, 679 00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:11.180 come on guys. Going up? 680 00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:14.300 Yeah. And I can't use it in a sentence. It's 681 00:31:14.300 --> 00:31:18.235 actually it's too explicit for this. Powerful. Yeah. 682 00:31:18.955 --> 00:31:20.555 Six seven nights at Freddy's. 683 00:31:20.795 --> 00:31:24.235 Well, if you all read garbage day, you would know 684 00:31:24.635 --> 00:31:27.195 that it's based on Captain America the Winter Soldier Yeah. 685 00:31:27.275 --> 00:31:30.395 A Marvel property owned by Disney. The ship is Stucky, 686 00:31:30.395 --> 00:31:34.350 which is Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes. The term for boys love 687 00:31:34.350 --> 00:31:38.510 in Japanese is Yowie, and there are two ways to use the fandom 688 00:31:38.510 --> 00:31:42.030 for Yowie in a sentence. One is I'm straight Fujoshi ing it to 689 00:31:42.030 --> 00:31:46.445 heated rivalry right now, or I'm also Fujoe ing it to Stucky on a 690 00:31:46.445 --> 00:31:47.245 o three as well. 691 00:31:47.245 --> 00:31:47.965 Damn. 692 00:31:48.925 --> 00:31:49.645 I'm damn 693 00:31:49.405 --> 00:31:51.885 Oh, sorry. The cops just pulled up. I gotta go. 694 00:31:51.885 --> 00:31:52.685 They're arrested. 695 00:31:55.245 --> 00:31:57.885 Alright. Let's hear the answers from Morgan. 696 00:31:58.600 --> 00:32:01.720 The original fic Game Changers is based on Bucky 697 00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:05.560 Barnes and Steve Rogers from Marvel's Captain America. The 698 00:32:05.560 --> 00:32:10.120 couple's ship name is Stucky. Female fans of Yowie, also known 699 00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:15.355 as BL for boys love, are called Fujoshis, fujos for short. Used 700 00:32:15.355 --> 00:32:19.035 in a sentence, babe, he had rivalries on. God forbid a girl 701 00:32:19.035 --> 00:32:20.475 fujou out on a weeknight. 702 00:32:21.995 --> 00:32:22.955 Wow. Ryan 703 00:32:23.115 --> 00:32:25.355 Wow. It looks like he just wrote the exact answer. 704 00:32:26.790 --> 00:32:29.430 That must be really good for you. That's great. 705 00:32:29.910 --> 00:32:32.310 Alright. That's the end of round one. Georgia, 706 00:32:32.310 --> 00:32:33.590 how are our scores looking? 707 00:32:33.910 --> 00:32:38.150 Wow. Okay. In last place is the dog hots. 708 00:32:39.995 --> 00:32:42.715 Shut up, Bryce. Two points. 709 00:32:43.195 --> 00:32:47.195 In second place, with three points, is two 710 00:32:47.195 --> 00:32:52.795 nerds, two furious. We'll take it. In the top spot, six seven 711 00:32:52.955 --> 00:32:56.040 with a whopping seven 712 00:32:56.840 --> 00:32:59.400 points. Listeners, Ryan's doing the hand 713 00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:02.440 gestures every time. Every single time. That's 714 00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.720 of the numbers. 715 00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:07.640 Meme number. Meme number. Congratulations to 716 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:12.035 everybody. It is still anyone's game. Alright. 717 00:33:12.035 --> 00:33:14.355 We're gonna take a quick break, and then we're gonna go on to 718 00:33:14.355 --> 00:33:26.380 round two. Alright, everybody. Welcome back. Here we are in 719 00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:30.060 round two of Never Posts Post Mortem twenty twenty five. In 720 00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:34.300 round two, we turn our attention to jokes for people without 721 00:33:34.300 --> 00:33:37.660 friends, aka Internet memes. 722 00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:42.035 Nothing beats a jet two holiday except, of course, dopamine 723 00:33:42.035 --> 00:33:47.235 poisoning from your April nothing beats a jet two holiday 724 00:33:47.235 --> 00:33:54.710 video. In 2025, Duolingo killed Duo the Owl. People rushed in 725 00:33:54.710 --> 00:33:58.630 droves to accuse various parties, Luigi Mangione and Ezio 726 00:33:58.630 --> 00:34:02.070 from Assassin's Creed amongst them. Before long, the language 727 00:34:02.070 --> 00:34:05.510 learning company revealed the official cause of death, a hit 728 00:34:05.510 --> 00:34:12.025 and run by a cyber truck. Six seven happened and continues to 729 00:34:12.025 --> 00:34:12.585 happen. 730 00:34:12.825 --> 00:34:17.545 Yeah. And finally, TikTok was banned for fourteen hours, 731 00:34:17.545 --> 00:34:20.265 leading legions of users to mourn the app and celebrate all 732 00:34:20.265 --> 00:34:23.920 it brought into their lives only to have it return the next 733 00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:26.880 morning. A sale has been arranged, but not finalized, 734 00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:29.200 likely putting the app under control of a cadre of president 735 00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:32.480 Trump's cronies. I hope everyone here is looking forward to 736 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:36.160 posting their federally mandated Charlie Kirk remembrances every 737 00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:36.400 year. 738 00:34:37.945 --> 00:34:43.945 Charlie Kirk. We go. Everybody. Let's let's 739 00:34:43.945 --> 00:34:45.385 get on beat. Let's do some 740 00:34:45.385 --> 00:34:46.425 warm ups. In 741 00:34:47.705 --> 00:34:49.545 this round, dumb questions about dumb jokes. 742 00:34:49.545 --> 00:34:55.320 Everybody ready? One. On 01/06/2024, Chicago based 743 00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:58.680 comedian, Winslow Dumaine posted, had to make a pilgrimage 744 00:34:58.680 --> 00:35:02.280 to the Chicago Rat Hole on a picture of a rain soaked piece 745 00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:06.425 of pavement and in it, a rainwater filled rat shaped 746 00:35:06.425 --> 00:35:11.385 hole. Thus launched the saga of Chicago's most beloved landmark, 747 00:35:11.385 --> 00:35:14.665 which was pilgrimaged to, discourse about, filled, and 748 00:35:14.665 --> 00:35:16.425 then re excavated. 749 00:35:16.810 --> 00:35:22.250 In 2025, an international team of researchers from Tennessee, 750 00:35:22.250 --> 00:35:28.170 North Carolina, New York, and Calgary determined with 98.67% 751 00:35:28.170 --> 00:35:31.530 likelihood Six seven. That the Chicago rat hole was made not by 752 00:35:31.530 --> 00:35:33.905 a rat, but by what? 753 00:35:35.185 --> 00:35:37.025 Yes. I'm dropping subtle hints that it 754 00:35:37.025 --> 00:35:40.065 was a tiny little cat. It was a small not a kitten. That'd be 755 00:35:40.065 --> 00:35:42.225 too sad. It was a tiny little cat. 756 00:35:42.225 --> 00:35:44.225 Everyone remember to write that down. 757 00:35:45.610 --> 00:35:48.810 Okay. Question number two, round two. Guys, 758 00:35:49.610 --> 00:35:54.970 gents, fellas are having a tough go. From the male loneliness 759 00:35:54.970 --> 00:35:58.330 epidemic to sometimes needing to be a little nicer to women, 760 00:35:58.575 --> 00:36:03.615 straight men everywhere had a real rocky 2025. They can't even 761 00:36:03.615 --> 00:36:08.015 go outside and enjoy their leisurely pastimes without being 762 00:36:08.015 --> 00:36:10.415 mocked and ridiculed online. 763 00:36:11.055 --> 00:36:15.300 For three points, could each team please describe in as much 764 00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:19.780 detail as is possible one performative male? 765 00:36:20.100 --> 00:36:22.500 Do we get points for all of the ones we can do? 766 00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:23.940 I'm just doing a free write. 767 00:36:24.020 --> 00:36:26.500 No. This is now we're looking for maximum 768 00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.300 performative male. 769 00:36:27.575 --> 00:36:29.335 Paint me a beautiful picture. 770 00:36:29.735 --> 00:36:30.695 Okay. Okay. 771 00:36:30.935 --> 00:36:33.335 Feel like this more than any other question, 772 00:36:33.415 --> 00:36:35.735 everyone is so locked in. 773 00:36:36.615 --> 00:36:38.215 We're building worlds here. 774 00:36:38.215 --> 00:36:45.110 Yes. Yes. Oh my gosh. I can see him. Okay. 775 00:36:45.110 --> 00:36:45.910 He's here. 776 00:36:45.910 --> 00:36:46.790 Yes. Yes. 777 00:36:46.790 --> 00:36:47.990 It's just Ryan. 778 00:36:48.070 --> 00:36:48.870 It's Joe. 779 00:36:48.870 --> 00:36:51.590 Oh, I wish. I wish. 780 00:36:52.710 --> 00:36:53.830 We cut to Ryan that 781 00:36:53.830 --> 00:36:54.550 he's Yeah. I 782 00:36:54.550 --> 00:36:54.950 really wish. 783 00:36:56.485 --> 00:36:58.485 Oh, got him. 784 00:36:58.965 --> 00:37:01.445 We we have a we have a novella. 785 00:37:02.165 --> 00:37:03.925 Oh, I'm so excited. Excited. 786 00:37:03.925 --> 00:37:04.885 Oh my god. 787 00:37:05.365 --> 00:37:08.245 Okay. Question number three, round two. This 788 00:37:08.485 --> 00:37:13.610 year, TikTok user lils bowls marabella two has held her 789 00:37:13.610 --> 00:37:16.970 libubu over an open flame. She has assaulted it with a 790 00:37:16.970 --> 00:37:20.490 screwdriver. She has driven over it with a car, pretended to dunk 791 00:37:20.490 --> 00:37:23.690 it in Coca Cola, and mimed washing it with dish soap, 792 00:37:24.115 --> 00:37:29.075 attracting hundreds of thousands to millions of views on various 793 00:37:29.075 --> 00:37:34.515 videos and endless enraged comments for her original claim, 794 00:37:35.155 --> 00:37:38.430 which is that said La boo boo is what? 795 00:37:38.590 --> 00:37:40.350 Yep. Mhmm. 796 00:37:40.910 --> 00:37:44.190 What quality is she claiming is the case of this 797 00:37:44.190 --> 00:37:49.550 LaBubu that justifies her trying to light it on fire, poking it 798 00:37:49.550 --> 00:37:52.590 with a screwdriver, running over it with a car, etcetera, 799 00:37:52.590 --> 00:37:52.910 etcetera? 800 00:37:55.385 --> 00:37:57.785 Phone's getting so tiny on the performative. 801 00:37:57.785 --> 00:37:59.785 I'm watching this happen. 802 00:38:00.665 --> 00:38:04.905 We're still adding to it. Oh my god. Yeah. 803 00:38:04.905 --> 00:38:09.390 K. Four. Oh, you think that nonsense is your 804 00:38:09.390 --> 00:38:15.150 ally, but you merely adopted it. I was born into it, molded by 805 00:38:15.150 --> 00:38:18.990 it. I didn't see sense until I was already a man, and by then, 806 00:38:18.990 --> 00:38:21.150 it was nothing to me but confusion. 807 00:38:23.045 --> 00:38:26.245 For every Italian brain rot character you can name, you gain 808 00:38:26.245 --> 00:38:29.205 one point. Spelling does not count. Spelling doesn't count? 809 00:38:29.205 --> 00:38:30.485 Spelling does not count. 810 00:38:30.485 --> 00:38:32.165 Okay. Do you know these? 811 00:38:32.165 --> 00:38:34.900 Yeah. I have a teenage sibling, so I can There 812 00:38:34.740 --> 00:38:36.420 go. Yeah. 813 00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:39.860 Italian brain rat character? Yes. 814 00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:42.660 This is a whole thing. I remember this. Hold on. 815 00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:44.740 Okay. I have, like, one. 816 00:38:47.225 --> 00:38:52.185 K. Question number five. What is this sound 817 00:38:52.185 --> 00:38:52.825 from? 818 00:38:55.065 --> 00:38:58.825 Woah. Woah. Yes. 819 00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:01.040 I don't know this one. Is it like a Pharrell 820 00:39:01.040 --> 00:39:01.760 beat? 821 00:39:02.080 --> 00:39:03.040 Achilles du Vini? 822 00:39:03.040 --> 00:39:03.440 I do. 823 00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:07.600 I'm just typing in Italian words I think are real. 824 00:39:07.600 --> 00:39:09.360 That's gotta be at least a point. 825 00:39:09.680 --> 00:39:11.520 Alright. Those are all the questions for round 826 00:39:11.520 --> 00:39:22.285 two. Let's score round two. Question number one. With 98.67% 827 00:39:22.285 --> 00:39:25.485 likelihood, a group of academics have determined that the Chicago 828 00:39:25.485 --> 00:39:29.160 rat hole was not made by a rat, but by a what? 829 00:39:29.560 --> 00:39:31.960 The dog hots. What is your answer? 830 00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:34.200 Is it still Bisner? Still 831 00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:39.400 it's earnings call. Squirrel. You are correct. 832 00:39:39.745 --> 00:39:40.225 Yes. 833 00:39:40.225 --> 00:39:41.985 Yes. Thank you, Jamie. 834 00:39:41.985 --> 00:39:43.745 The one answer I knew. 835 00:39:43.825 --> 00:39:46.065 67NightsAt Freddy's. What is your answer? 836 00:39:46.465 --> 00:39:48.865