TbP, Ep 06: Sex, Nerds, & Tribalism (f/ Doc Carnage)

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This week on Talking bout Practice : Billy Ray Stupendous and I go head to head to head w/ th troll's troll, th notorious Doc Carnage -- former combat medic in Iraq, Portal of Evil alum, cat owner, and caveman polymath -- to pay tribute to our tribal past, push back against th nerdish present, and speculate on th future of sex.  Who are th nerds of th United States Armed Forces ?  Which is th more powerful psychic force -- th nerdification of sex, or th sexification of nerds ?  Do nerds constitute a tribe ?  What's up w/ Christians ?  We pull th answers to these questions out of ourselves, one by one, as one might beads on a string. 


Table of contents:

00:00  "Everyone Else Has Had More Sex than Me" performed by TISM
02:51  Possibly th most hated man on Facebook 
03:51  How much sex have you had?
06:33  Nerd-inspired anger
08:12  So are you an actual doctor? / Doc's background / K. Thor Jensen's Portal of Evil
12:21  Th troll's definition of trolling
14:24  "Where does the trolling end and the reality begin ...?"
16:23  Did you ever troll th fuckyoucrew ?
17:22  Why we lost th war 
19:02  Yr most awkward sexual experience
22:42  Nerds as a tribe / Christians as a non-tribe
26:08  Soldiers as a tribe / sub-tribes of soldiers
29:18  On not talking about combat / th North Pond Hermit / nerdy war stories
34:06  Th nerdification of beer/everything
36:57  New Orleans has got liquor in th grocery stores / Alabama's dry Oktoberfest
39:49  Th nerdification of sex / Mary, Queen of Farts / zero sex future
45:00 Sex barter system / sexbots / "I'd like to order one Realdoll in the likeness of my mother"
49:02  Lizard brain vs prefrontal cortex / Joel Rifkin / "the serial killer whisperer"
52:21  Organizing principles of autistic people / arbitrariness of DSM-5 / antisocial vs borderline vs troll
58:39  Cognitive misers vs chaotic narratives / doing Th Wave on social media
1:03:46  Audio difficulties / either a classic or a masterpiece
1:04:49  Th sexification of nerds / "You hate the things that you are"
1:08:42  Retirement strategy
1:11:13  Pulling it out of my ass
1:12:33  Bronies on their way to th zero sex singularity / House M.D. / Felicia Day-ness
1:16:44  Poop-throwing @ th Gathering of th Juggalos / Drew Ailes, journalist / th nerdification of gangs
1:21:19  WWJD / "high-tech rednecks"
1:23:21  A plug in th interest of veterans w/ PTSD: https://www.facebook.com/VipRtech or http://www.viprvr.com/ / Cesar Millan (flooding therapy)
1:25:23  Bonus Track: nerdiest song about sex ever written

Talking bout Practice, Ep 04: Threads (f/ Otting/Burns)

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This episode on Talking bout Practice : th comedian's comedian, Jacob Otting, and th poet's poet, Shannon Burns, join th GM's GM, Billy Ray Stupendous, and I for 1 hour and 26 minutes of talking bout clothes, uniforms, personal style, etc. -- minus a 10-minute near-solo harangue/explanation/dissection by me against people who explain and dissect, i.e., nerds. We despise in others what we fear in ourselves, y'feel ?  Keep yr ears out for Jacob's magick trick:  blending into th shadows while wearing a rainbow sweatshirt.  Consider what a universe wherein rainbows provide camouflage might look like.  This is our best work yet on th podcast and (we hope) a prelude to thousands of successful videochats in podcasts to come.

Check th table of contents for extra shout-outs to cultural standouts:

00:00  "Man in Uniform" by Prince
03:08  Near-nude
05:42  Jacob's shorts
08:36  Regular guy style
12:42  "If I saw just your clothing walking down the street ..."
14:30  Billy's shorts
16:04  "Have you toned it way down ...?"
19:14  "To shrink back into the shadows" / approachability vs intimidation
22:23  "I've placed a rainbow, a cloud, & a lightning bolt across Jacob's face"
22:59  Billy vs heat & bicycle gears
24:42  Tumblr fashionistas etc
26:19  MZA vs nerdiness
36:19  Growing out of it
37:42  Youth fashion tribalism
38:58  Dressing in a way that is cool to oneself
40:50  Passing for 18
42:59  "Billy, have you had a sip of alcohol in yr life?"
43:52  "Is there any sense in which you are anti-fashion?"
46:29  Overalls
50:50  Jacob vs frat boys / moderation & unassumingness
57:33  Ty Melgren / Rome Petersson
1:00:00  Fashion glasses
1:02:00  "You gotta take some responsibility for what you wear ..."
1:05:13  John Waters shirt
1:07:12  Fit & cut (w/ Kristin Bird)
1:11:00  Shaquille O'Neal shirt
1:12:47  Money & limits
1:14:13  Th benefits of a uniform
1:15:36  Social Security card
1:17:08  Kirsten van der ____ / comix strip icons / "I fucked my mom ... in the ass!" shirt
1:21:55  Bonus Track