Episode #402 from 1:28
The box? Yeah.
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Introduction
0:00
What's your opinion on my bird here, Mr. Parrot? It's a Macaw. Scarlet Macaw.
Beauty and mantis shrimp
1:28
Parrots, Pirates, and Monty Python
6:02
What's your opinion on my bird here, Mr. Parrot? It's Macaw, Scarlet Macaw.
Humor and absurdity
12:14
So what do you find funny? What makes you giggle in the most joyful of ways? The suffering of others? I mean, there are YouTube videos of fat people falling down and they're really funny.
Thanksgiving
19:35
Okay. It is Thanksgiving. So in the tradition, following tradition, what are you thankful for, Michael, in this world? Do you have a list too?
Unboxing the mystery box
48:15
What's in the box? Is it your fragile ego? You stole my joke. You stole my joke. That was the joke I made at you before we recorded. You stole my joke.
Karl Marx and religion
1:04:13
Karl Marx wrote that, "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of a soulless condition. It is the opium of the people." As the famous phrase goes. Do you think he has a point? No. I hate that quote. I absolutely hate it. I despise this sort of Reddit internet atheist activism for the simple reason that I know many people who in finding faith have become objectively better human beings.
Art
1:12:30
It's ridiculous. You have actually a lot of really cool stuff at your place.
Books
1:16:44
What do you think about Camus as a writer? I don't like his novels at all.
How to be happy
1:29:21
Yes. There's a lot of loneliness and sadness in the world.
Depression
1:31:31
Yeah, of course. I'm more anxious than depressed. I don't really get depressed, but I've been depressed. Like low points.
Fear
1:32:35
Okay. Well, the way your mom explained it then is way different. What are you most afraid of? Holy crap. I am trying to think of anything I'm afraid of.
Betrayal
1:34:01
You ever been betrayed? Oh god, yes. Of course. Haven't you?