The Bird & The Bear - Session 53

Published: July 27, 2023, 9 a.m.

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\\u201cWhat the f*ck is Sciatica?\\u201d - The Dimes discuss life updates - Daryl\\u2019s got a pinched nerve and shares how deadlifting helped alleviate the pressure - This leads the boys into a conversation about the importance of pacing yourself when weightlifting and the necessity of stretching before your workouts

\\u201cYou know what, make it a $100 an hour\\u201d - The Dimes discuss the summer of strikes (SAG/AFTRA, Teamsters, & more) - They begin with the recent allegations that Paramount deliberately trimmed trees in front of it\\u2019s headquarters to remove the shade they provided striking workers - Daryl shares an interesting anecdote about tree removal and it provides a clue into what Paramount could legally be faced with - From here the boys dive deep into the people who make up the majority of SAG/AFTRA and WGA - It\\u2019s the extras that make film and television come to life but studios will portray even their biggest films as financial losses just to avoid paying those essential extras more - This leads into a conversation about the potential UPS Teamster strike - UPS Teamsters are fed up with the way they\\u2019ve been treated and are looking for a cut of the value they create - With the potential strike on the horizon there\\u2019s a notable solidarity between Teamsters and other labor unions - Just like the essential extras in film and television, it\\u2019s the essential part time workers that make UPS function - \\u201cBasically, f*ck the system, burn it down, steal sh*t\\u201d

\\u201cHe\\u2019s just a loud drug addict\\u201d - The Dimes react to The Fa\\xe7ade of Steven Crowder by J Aubrey - You can\\u2019t turn your back on somebody that\\u2019s addicted to the drug of the public face because they\\u2019re never gonna come to the table in good faith - Crowder has proved time and time again that he\\u2019s unwilling to change in the face of an \\u201cL\\u201d - He\\u2019s never gonna be a different person, he\\u2019s never gonna have a different opinion \\u2026 He\\u2019s not doing any of that work \\u2026 He\\u2019s just regurgitating - Crowder\\u2019s bigotry and prejudice is so stagnate that he still looks at gay people as some kind of oddity - \\u201cLike he would probably still laugh at \\u2018Eddy Murphy Raw\\u2019\\u201d

\\u201cWhat\\u2019s the over/under on lighting strikes?\\u201d - The Dimes discuss the possibility of OceanGate being sued for the Titan submersible accident - The OceanGate CEO once said that there was no innovation in the industry because it was so heavily regulated, but is there an example of a field that decoupled innovation from regulation and things got better? - SpaceX innovated on sending things to space but they didn\\u2019t change the rocket, just what the rocket did \\u2026 OceanGate tried to change submersibles - It is gross negligence to not take the experience, respect, and intelligence of a community and that has done this thing that your trying to do and just ignore it - \\u201cCutting corners in the wrong place my guy, wrong f*cking place\\u201d

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