All right, time for the Minnesota goodbye we did get. By the way,
there's like a girl who listens to our show that we love in Chicago,
Alyssa, and she message She's like, hey, if that woman still
needs advice on Texas, let me know, because I remember she was looking
for recommendations on pass for a daughter to live. So I'm going to try
to connect that. But we do have this email too, so this might
help you out if you are listening. A little about me. I was
born and raised in Minnesota, but decided to pursue a career in law enforcement
in late twenty sixteen, and I ended up moving down to Austin, Texas
in twenty seventeen stay there for about a year before moving back home. I
lived about ten minutes south of the city, right off of thirty five in
Slaughter. It's a decent location. There's a nice size shopping center with a
lot of the traditional stores close by. I would recommend finding a place with
a gate or having your own garage. Car ffs and snatching grabs were a
big issue down there, even in a nicer area when I was there.
Generally, and depending on where she'll be working, closer is better. Because
Austin's traffic stinks and one of the eight Wonders of the world. Oh,
I didn't know that about Austin, he says. It is. Yeah,
there's a saying down there that was repeatedly used by multiple people in slightly different
wording. Texas is big on guns, and the further east of thirty five
you go, the more likely you are to need one lash. Austin in
the hills is where the rich people live, so moving closer to them isn't
a terrible idea. Rain is so unfrequent in Texas that everybody reacts to it
like snow in Minnesota. It's quite remarkable and wholesome as it reminds you of
Minnesota and how much you miss the people there who actually know how to drive
a car over a slight amount of precipitation. Other than that, I don't
have too much else. Austin slogan is keep Austin weird. They definitely live
up to it, as there is indeed some weird mother buckas that live there
that's from James, so that probably gives them at least some idea. Next
one, Hi, I recommend, based on a true story to you guys
in fallon. You did mention it on your radar. You did mention it
on your radar, But I'm dying to know what you think or if you
liked it based on a true story. Now I'm wondering, is that a
TV show? I don't know, they didn't specify based. Oh it's a
TV show I recommended. But you know what happened based on a true story
is a comedy has Kayleie Kuoko and it's where they want to start a podcast
and actually have the murderer on. But what happened was the first episode was
free and then you had to pay for the streaming for Peacock or whatever.
Okay, I remember you talking about that that res you watched that, right,
Yeah, I'd forgotten about that and I was like, no, I'm
not paying for it. So anyway, I don't know if I like it.
The first episode hooked me, but yeah, next email. I have
a thought on intrusive thoughts. I was listening to a podcast from a doctor
once and he said they can be good things. The example he gave you
is you have your kid in the stroller on a huge hill. You think,
what if I let go? The stroller would roll down and I could
never catch it, So you tighten your grip so that won't happen. Absolutely,
Yeah, that's true. Sometimes when I think of the traffic one,
I'm on an even higher alert, which is not a bad thing. My
big one is driving on a bridge. I'm terrified to go on bridges with
my kids in the car. It's to the point where I closed my eyes
if my husband is driving. I think there's a reason moms have them more.
And I don't think it's always a bad thing. Now, if it's
stopping you from living life, then I would look into it a little bit
more. But I'm thinking of going to therapy with my excessive bridge one.
I so real quick story about that. I gained that fear of bridges and
heights when I was in college, and it was like I had a panic
attack. On the UFM campus. There's a bridge between the East Bank and
the West Bank that the Mississippi goes under, and I, for some reason,
I had like a panic attack one day. I walked across that bridge
every single day and I had a panic attack and started freaking out and started
feeling like fearful of heights. But I had like intrusive thoughts at the same
time of like jumping off of the bridge, and then that started sparking the
sphere of heights, and so I was so scared of bridges for the longest
time. And I used to have to take the bus to downtown and then
the light rail to the Mall of America to work. And one day I
got done so late that there was no bus running for another like an hour
and a half once I got to downtown, so I had to walk from
downtown back to the U of M campus, which mean crossing a bridge.
I was so far away from the side of the railing, like as far
as I could be to like the road basically crossing that bridge because I was
so scared. So it makes sense that you're like on higher alert. I
don't know, it's a weird thing. It's a weird thing, but that
person is so true, Like you do think you hold on tighter to the
stroller, you hold on tighter to the steering wheel crossing the bridge suddenly and
it Yeah, I don't know, but yeah, that makes a lot of
sense that a doctor said or he, I don't know if you said she
or he. No, I agree, I'm like the stroller one really stuck
out. I have absolutely had that feeling with all the stroller like if I
let that thing go right now, she I would never catch it. Yeah
on the hill. Okay, So this is gonna a little bit longer of
an email, and they audio are warning us that they might be considered a
Karen. But I don't. I'm not going to judge that here, let's
hear it. Also, I don't casually toss that out. I don't like
I know people do. I have never been like, oh, what a
Karen. I don't know what I mean that my scene. Okay, I
realize that may be late to the party, but I felt compelled to write.
This may go in the unpopular fact category, but it is facts on
opinion. Like the woman from last week, I'm sure I will be called
a Karen. In regards to all the pot references on the radio and popular
society in general, I agree with the distaste for all the talk. To
say that marijuana is an innocuous drug would be a false statement. Many studies
have shown that this drug is addictive and dangerous, particularly in the young brain.
Mayo Clinic studies show quote marijuana use on adolescents and young adults can and
often affects normal brain development, leading to learning, memory, coordination, reaction
time, and judgment. Excessive and frequent use is associated with hallucinations, paranoia,
and a range of emotional problems. Regular use increases the risk of mental
health disorders. Quote. Brains do not finish growing until well into our twenties.
Having worked and currently work in healthcare for thirty seven years, it is
true that significant use in the pregnant population has increased exponentially since legalization. Smoking
potwell pregnant is equivalent to allowing your newborn to smoke a joint. We do
not know what the full effect of this will be, but it is safe
to say that if it can be harmful to the adolescent brain, clearly it
is harming the development brain comprehensive. Sorry, I want to get studies will
be coming. I'm sure like alcohol, being legal does not mean it is
harmful and potentially life altering for individuals and families. Like most things, anything
in moderation for most people is fine. However, we cannot ignore the addiction
issues in this country. I would encourage anyone who uses any substance on a
regular basis to deal with life. Who gets drunk with their parents smokes pot
on the daily, blacks out on weekends from drinking, to ask themselves and
deal with the issues that are driving these behaviors. Life is not meant to
be lived impaired. Fallon has the right doing everything in her power to keep
these drugs away from her daughter and stepson, as well as not just accepting
the status quo. If you doubt me, that's fine, do your research.
There is plenty out there. I'm sure this will not be right on
the air, and I don't expect the pot smoke talk to stop. However,
I hope he would be mindful of your participation in the normalization of substance
use. Thanks. I don't know. She wants her name, so I
just won't say her name to be safe. Yeah, I mean, I
don't know. I do know this. I haven't done a ton of research
on it myself. I do know it is a fact that it affects brain
development and kids. That's why I'm very against it. I don't like,
like r sorry for kids, and when people are like, how is it
any different than having alcohol in your house? I understand that alcohol probably affects
brain development also, so I'm just like, well, I don't smoke pot,
so why would I be okay with it being in my house? It
is that argument doesn't work for me, in particular because Jake nor I smoke
pot. Jake used to when he was like in high school and in college.
He definitely probably past college, he smoked pot, and I think he,
I honestly think assume he stopped because for him, I believe he was
not being as productive as he wanted to be because of it, and also
because he had a kid, and while he had Dylan fifty percent the time,
I don't think he felt like he was being a good dad sitting around
smoking weed or whatever in the garage. I don't know if that's the truth.
I think that's kind of what he's told me before. So it's an
interesting thing because it is it is really becoming popular, like it's a social
norm for like now, I don't think it's becoming popular. I think it's
becoming talked about because I like, people have smoked weed their whole lives and
it's not suddenly like, yes, some people are probably engaging in it more
often because it's legal now, But like the people I know who are smoking
pot now because it's legal have been smoking pot for years. Yeah, it's
popular, is the wrong word? You're right, it is definitely, like,
but I mean like it's spoken about in a way that's not looked down
upon as much. That's kind of more how I'm going. Like, I
know some people obviously still do like she does, and I get that,
but like growing up, if you smoked where I grew up, where if
you smoked weed, you didn't talk about it like that was you. It
was a hidden thing, Like it was like it was looked down upon it
as the stereotype of if you smoke, you're a loser and you're not going
for anything in life, which I now know is not the case. But
it took me a while to get out of that mindset and I'm still not
completely like there because it was so ingrained to me, Like drugs are bad,
including marijuana. Yeah, just meth is bad, you know. So
I don't know. I mean, I guess there are lots of points to
her email. Oh there's a ton of points in there. I just think
that there's an argument that alcohol could be even worse than marijuana. And I
know she's got like facts in front of her, and I totally believe everything
she wrote on that email she works in healthcare for crying out loud about how
like it can lead to addiction and like all the other factors that we can
do if you decide to start doing it. I definitely am against smoking weed
at a young age. I don't believe in that. I have obviously openly
spoke about the fact that I have people in my life that's smoke weed and
I don't care. I don't It's not my thing. Yeah, it's not
my thing. But truthfully, if it did relax me like it does other
people, I probably would do it, because that's what alcohol does to me.
But I've I have never seen someone do something dumb while smoking weed,
but I have seen people ruin parts of their lives from drinking. Yeah,
so I just would argue that if you think that poorly about weed, then
you should probably think that poorly about alcohol. But once again, I don't
have kids, and if I did have kids, I would probably be on
the same page as you. Felon, like I would not want it in
my house, like I even though we have alcohol in our house, you
know, like I wouldn't get I get the like the interesting point of that,
Like you know what I mean, like, because that was a guy
had I spoke about it on the podcast. He had damned me, and
he was very respectful, like, but you have alcohol in your house,
right, And I was like, yeah, but I'm also a bad example
and that we don't really drink. Yeah, we aren't like people who sit
around and have a glass of wine and beer at night. I had a
cocktail last night for Jake's birthday, and he had two cocktails when we went
out for his birthday. I just and I totally get it that there's plenty
of studies out there about like what it can do to your brain. But
I've had friends that have been doing it for fifteen years and there's some of
my most intelligent friends, so like, and once again, not encouraging you
in doing it when your brain is still developing, because it doesn't your brain
develop till you're like twenty five still, So it's like, I am not
encouraging that whatsoever. But yeah, I don't know. I just would say
that there is an argument there though, that alcohol is just as bad,
if not worse, from weed. So what is the stigma is still based
around the fact that it's been illegal for so long? Yeah, maybe well,
I will say this. Maybe they what is the weed age limit?
It's twenty one, it is, okay, so the same as alcohol.
Yeah, I didn't know that. I don't know if it was eighteen or
if it was twenty one. I at least I don't. I guess I
don't know for sure. For Minnesota, I assume it's twenty one. But
in Colorado it's twenty one for sure. Every other state I've been to it's
twenty one. Okay, okay, But thank you for the email. I
mean, I take it. Read on the Minnesota bye, and if you
have thoughts, you can email in. The show provides me with so much
comfort and nostalgia, knowing that wherever I am, I have a little piece
of Minnesota with me at all times. Take this week, for example,
my husband and I currently are halfway through our road trip around Iceland, and
I've listened to your show every day to entertain us. I have turned my
husband into such a fan that this is now that this show is solidly his
most top requested listen or, as he puts it, throw on dr Needless
to say, we love the show and appreciate everything you do. We will
leave you with a question that came up during our drive. Would you rather
poop out of your mouth or eat out of your butt? Think about it?
Our tastement still play. Are are you okay with saying goodbye to those
date nights out in public? Forever? Ps? Inspired by Jenny's love of
kickball to make adult friends in California, we have joined a kickball team ourselves.
Our team name you ask sit on my base. Yes, there is
also another team called Lick my Cleat. We've clearly found our people, Jenny,
what's your kickball team's named? Pss. Also, my husband plays on
a hockey team called Just the Tippins. Figured y'all would love the sexual and
the Windows. Have a great weekend. Love your p one listener, Ali
and Josh, I love that sit on my base as one of the teams
in my old league as well. Pitch Don't Kill My Vibe is my old
team that I won a lot of championships with. And then there's another one
in the league that I'm really good friends with. Call the Balls Deep in
This Pitch and they have a whole cheer. They're like balls, balls,
balls, bald deep balls, balls ball deep balls deep in this Pitch and
like they do at every game, no matter win or lose. So,
yeah, there's a lot of creative names out there. My current team that
I play with sometimes they're just the High five Club because we're all like cheery,
happy whatever. We don't have like a pun eftual name. Yeah,
so what would you rather with her question? The question was would you rather
poop out of your mouth or eat out of your butt? But Okay,
when you were reading this, I was confused if she had this in there?
Our taste buds still involved? Was that you saying that or she was
saying that he was saying that? Think about it. Our taste buds still
taste buds stilln't play here? Are you okay with saying goodbye to the was
date nights in public forever? Because you have to eat with your butt?
Oh? I thought it was eating out of your butt like you were eating
food. Okay, that's like your mouth you have to eat. Oh,
I'd eat out of my butt. I'd use my butt to eat rather than
poop out of your mouth. Yes, I am not trying. Can you
you know when you start gagging because you need to throw up? Yah?
Are you kidding me? I'd be like puking constantly as I'm pooping out of
my butt. It'd be like a combination of the worst thing ever. Oh
God, well, you would do the poop out of your mouth. I
feel like it's like you poop once a day. You eat like three four
times a day. Well maybe for those of us that are normal, But
on the days like me, when I'm having a day where I'm in the
toilet every like to eat. I can't sitting on my plate. But okay,
I mean if you can do it in the privacy of no one ever
watching, that's not an option. You couldn't be able to go out to
eat, then Oh I'm still choosing my butt, you know. And that's
it for today. That is. There's a kind of a personal email for
me and a personal one for Jenny that I'll send off to each of us.
But thank you so much for the emails. I hope you have a
really great weekend. I am off next week, so Dave and Jenny will
be doing the podcast. Yeah. I'm so excited to see all your pictures
and feels. Except for I feel like you've gone a little silent lately on
your vacations. You tease us, you give us like a couple things at
the very end of the day and then you purge after the trip is done.
And I don't like that. I want daily content. I want you
to vomit onto your Instagram story of content every single day. Thank you,
I'll think about it. Thank you for the tip, and I just want
to say thank you, love you, and have a great week.