December Bonus: THE 2023 GRIFTIES!

The onion foot thing is a myth that’s really old! It’s referred to in Anne of Green Gables!

Leaha

Girl dinner = Abendbrot in Germany!! I just couldn’t stop laughing during this episode! Love you both!

Carin

Why did I not realize a year ago that twice in a row the griftiest grifter was a Bri/yan Johnson?? And they’re both born in the same year???

Marta Szymańska

This is the most boomer episode 😂

Madi

Oof. And I thought my school technically having less councilors than what they are legally required to by student population is bad. I wonder if that's a state or federal regulation, because if so I'm wondering if your school is technically breaking a rule by replacing councilors with betterhelp

Not_Machines

Gen X, non-ND - my understanding and use of the term has been to mean a relaxed, no pressure, feed yourself meal. Moms or other head of household folks are usually responsible for feeding everyone in the house. “Girl dinner” among my peers means eating whatever w no obligation to anyone by yourself.

Noelle Johnson

Honestly shocked to find out “girl dinner” was presented as a healthy behavior in most spaces. As a person in the AuDHD community, in my corner of the internet “girl dinner” has been a meme about the dysfunctional relationship with food a lot of us have due to appetite suppression from Adderall paired with food sensory issues. In other words- a way to acknowledge and commiserate with each other on a shared experience of dietary dysfunction- a completely opposite meaning. Now curious if anyone else was under that impression ? I thought thats how everyone used it and am curious if its just the AuDHD community or a GenZ thing?

Agent Scarlett

my university has replaced our free therapy from grad students with getting 10 free better help sessions it's fun and very cool

A. Poythress

This episode was quite the emotional rollercoaster. Also, "Get thee to a therapist, my guy..." ☺️

Anna Wilson

that bariatric surgery bit felt like a black mirror moment...

Chelsea Blakely

So, not telling a woman she is pregnant before stomach stapling surgery, happened to my mother. Thank goodness my sister was only born a little underweight, but she lost weight the entire pregnancy. It was scary.

Angelle Bonnecarrere

I see that my algorithm was not showing me the same girl dinners that Michael and Aubrey were seeing. Like I never saw the trend go to "omg my girl dinner is healthier than yours". I just saw a bunch of people showing off what was essentially depression meals. 😶 Like not "uwu here is my healthy diet meal" but more "okay so I'm having a plain tortilla, some olives and some antidepressants and I'm calling it ~girl dinner~" 😅

frost

I knew a guy like Johnson but, he worked in retail. Its like a 40 yr crisis funneled through capitalism. Viewing every one as a thing to be measured for roi and women are to be conquered. It's "The Game" for forty year old self absorbed assholes.

Rhianna79

Wait did I miss Aubrey here in London last month? Noooooooooo 😱😱😱

Yasmin H

Growing up my mother had me “plug in” to an Earthing kit when I slept. It was like a weird ankle bracelet connected to the wall. She also had a book on Earthing and feels worthwhile to mention that all the text on the cover is in Papyrus font.

Antidote to "Girl Dinner": "Chip Dinner" - you just eat a packet of chips for dinner because you can’t be arsed to cook: https://amp.theguardian.com/wellness/2024/jan/18/the-best-dinner-is-chip-dinner

Kala Emmy

My dad had to be hospitalized for depression when the pandemic started because he couldn't see his girlfriend and was forced to sit with his own thoughts and even though he got medication, therapy and goes on weekly dates with his girlfriend again, still has not gained any empathy and goes on racist right wing rants constantly. He is the type of person who says he has good genes because we are of German descent. Knowing him is one reason I just have a hard time feeling sorry for privileged white men in America. Btw I also have depression and lost all my friends when I had a baby and he has never asked me how I am doing or offered to help. If you can't tell, I can't afford therapy so am venting here. 🤣

S

Thank you Mike for the "Graceland" reference!! At first I was like why does "she comes back to tell me she's gone" seem so familiar??

martymulder666

My ex is a fat woman who posted a girl dinner TikTok and got shat on in her comments by a random fatphobic man. She is not famous by any means, fat women just can't even participate in TikTok joke trends.

fig leaf

scream claire you clearly don't listen to the podcast 💀 did you pay five dollars to post this

ellen

Being overweight is unhealthy. I don’t think that comparing homophobia to fat shaming is the same thing at all. Homosexuality doesn’t cause life threatening health conditions like being fat does.

Claire West

The onion feet thing is hundreds of years old and I’m depressed to see that we have come full circle.

Proposed bonus episode where listeners help listeners by where folks have found good content on subjects like personal and career development that don't fall into the common traps of transformative diets and The Secret wealth manifestation!

"Get thee to a therapist, my guy" 🤣 I was not ready for that one.

Drew Pearce

The compulsion to be productive is just capitalism speaking thru you. Resist it!!!!! Love you all and so proud of u

Rebecca Riley

Bonus episode idea: discuss your feelings on the movie Tàr. Seems like a juicy discord between you two! Only saying this bc I streamed it finally. 🤷‍♀️no need to research much

Bridget Sweetin

Waiting to buy an “I’ll Have the Grift Turducken” shirt. 😂

I think a whole episode on pathological liars would fit well

Meh

I don’t care if it’s off topic for the pod: I want to hear your George Santos rant! 🤣 give it to us!