160! Minding Your Business and Trash Candy

Published: Feb. 21, 2022, 2:01 p.m.

Where is the line between the honor of minding your own business and the honor of speaking up? And why do we buy things we know are trash? [28:49]This week, Joey, Aaron and Jess talk about bowling within your bumpers, preference vs. morality, misplaced concern, the persistence of old candy, utility vs. nostalgia, and fidget spinners. They don\u2019t talk about why black licorice is actually insanely good if you don't have a ridiculous bias against it and/or are Dutch (or from a former Dutch colony).references\ufeff* Even if\xa0you don't speak Spanish, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLIXd9bzxGE)\xa0have a\xa0look at this graph! (https://www.slanglang.net/memes/look-at-this-graph/)* Maybe don't drink the milk, though. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FM3Em7FIOc)* Revisit our\xa0wild rollerskating prognostication from Critical Nonsense 156! (https://www.thisisnonsense.com/episodes/156)* Ryan Ken on minding your own business (https://twitter.com/Ryan_Ken_Acts/status/1480280143151214592)* Showtime's\xa0Yellowjackets* Also, a look back at\xa0thick conversations from Critical Nonsense 121! (https://www.thisisnonsense.com/episodes/2021/4/20/121-the-coming-out-gauntlet-and-thick-conversations)* Podcast:\xa0You're Wrong About: The Chicks vs. The Iraq War (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-chicks-vs-the-iraq-war/id1380008439?i=1000519840611)* "Say It (Don't Spray It)" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y99zASGFgao)* The M\xe4nnkitchen Pepper Cannon (https://mannkitchen.com/products/the-original-pepper-cannon-pepper-mill): The greatest (but certainly not\xa0cheapest) pepper grinder of all time.* Ancient(ly disgusting)\xa0necco wafers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necco_Wafers)\xa0and\xa0the dusty, industrial hell from whence they come (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWI-bxk3poI)* The Lindy Effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect)* Um, FYI,\xa0professional fingerboarding is a thing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN-VCgeoZmY).* Tellicherry: the ultimate peppercorn (https://rawspicebar.com/blogs/spices-101/tellicherry-pepper-vs-black-pepper)* Legend Adam Neely breaks down\xa0the most elegant key change in all of pop music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epqYft12nV4).* More magic music theory nerdery from Mr. Neely:\xa0Olivia Rodrigo vs. Paramour (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX7a2p5_JsM).* The\xa0cone of transcendentally delicious black licorice ice cream (https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwia-z4lSwY/)\xa0that Les and his obviously superior taste receptors will absolutely fight Joey over.