I’m your nerd host, Chris Hardwick
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Nerdist is a place where we nerds come together and share the nerdery that we find. It's also my home to various elements of the Nerdist Empire. You might recognize me from TV. You don't realize that's where you know me from, but it is. You think you went to college with me or I look like your cousin's friend, but that is not the case. At one time or another you stumbled upon me on your moving picture box in such cerebral gems as MTV's "Singled Out" and Noam Chomsky's "Shipmates." and so much more...
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it’s a speedball, pete. good stuff, give it a go.
otherwise, yeah. i can’t get around the idea that i’m the end-all, be-all for any single person for the duration of their life. that woman- i don’t want to meet her.
“I feel like I just tripped and fell in quicksand and its your jokes” LOL
It’s not that I’m an overly sensitive person, because I wasn’t offended by your conversation, but terms like “cum bucket” and “cum dumpster” paint too vivid a picture for my taste. Yuck!
Is the missing link still a thing people think is missing? I thought we collectively figured this one out a while ago and now my world is just a little rocked. Hominids evolved pretty standardly. At this point we’re pretty much just trying to figure out how many there were and if Neandertals and homo sapiens sexed it up or tried to stab each other to death. Early homo sapien was pretty stabby by all accounts.
Holy shitballs – Lego Herman’s Head. I love that SO DAMN MUCH.
“Ghost in the Machine?”
“Oooo… Anime? Do you masturbate to Anime?”
Best ever.
How is it, I ask you that everyone–across the spectrum–is a pet psychic/anthropologist when it comes to justifying behaviors that might cause some eyebrow raising?
Call me a square, but it would take some really, monumentally amazing extracurricular sexing up for me to do anything that might risk what is at present a decade of raising a kid, making out in line at the grocery store, helping each other mourn the loss of parents, beat-the-alarm clock quickies in the wee hours of the morning, taking roadtrips, drinking beer and watching funny television, complaining about work, forcing each other to watch Youtube videos, etc. Perhaps I’ve won the life lottery, but I cannot imagine a scenario where anything/anyone would be worth messing with something so sacred.
“baby-stepping into other vaginas”. that was the lol moment for me.
Thanks Pete, thanks Myq.
Exactly, Myq… I don’t know why we’re always hearing the ‘atheists have no reason to be morally upright’ argument… Christianity, as I understand it, is not at all contingent on being a good person (what with unconditional forgiveness and all…)
If anyone would be expected to try to make life on Earth as positive as possible, it would be someone who believed this was all there is (i.e. an atheist).
I think it’s time to drop this ‘segment’ from the show, though. Kumail was right when he said it sounded like college freshman philosophy class…
The terms you were trying to think of, in order, are:
1. “Thick”
2. “Speedball”
and
3. “Velma” (Oh, nevermind, Katie was all over that last one…)
Crispy episode, dudes! Myq is the quintessential YMIW guest…
Good call; funny, thoughtful discussion of the nature of existence and the idea of a creative consciousness behind that universe, or how we interpreted and currently interpret life through religion and belief, or a lack thereof, definitely should go.
Just cover comedy and bangin’, Pete. (I disagree with your conclusion, sir or madam.)
Great episode as usual, Pete!
My wife and I are completely monogamous — extramarital anything is a deal breaker for both of us. That being said, non-monogamous marriages really aren’t that uncommon. There’s this group of couples my wife and I used to know — our daughter went to pre-school with their kids. They would have community barbecues and things like that, kids not invited, and it was just “understood” that if you stayed past midnight, you were consenting to a sex party.
We went to one of those barbecues. We left at 10. Jesus it was bizarre. Bizarre to us, though. That’s what we realized. These were totally normal people. Just, you know, up to stuff we’re not into, I guess.
If it’s THAT normative, is it truly weird? Like maybe non-monogamous marriages are like pot usage — it’s underground, but SOOOO many people do it, it might as well be talk about in public. “Hey man do you smoke weed? No? That’s cool.” “Hey man do you swing? No? That’s cool.” Says your boss. In both examples.
What kind of a dirtbag would stick with spelling his name, “Myq?” If there is a clearer sign of being a person of low character, I can’t imagine what it would be.
First time commenter, long time listener…
Pete, I’ve heard you talk with just about every type of person, but the blind agreement with mr polygamous was irritating at best. Myq is a funny dude and has some good standup, but his personal outlook is one of the most repelling and shallow I’ve heard in a long time. Every argument has a glimmer of rationality and Myq’s is no different. It’s too bad you didn’t make mention of the many blind spots and inevitable cynicism his viewpoint produces.
Thanks for all of the great nonsense to date, just time to take a break for a while. Stay sharp!
Myq is one of the best, though sometimes all the wordplay drives me a bit nuts, especially on Twitter. I don’t think he’s that shallow, he just seems to have a better grasp on the realities that others tend to ignore to allow themselves to live with the mindset in which they feel comfortable.
There is a Scooby Doo porn. With real people, not cartoons–sorry if that doesn’t do it for you.
this was an awesome podcast!
yay, veganness! Pete would make a great vegan. meatyourmeat.com post haste ! (not a c. dump site