657: Cosmonaut Catfish, Robot Dolphins, & Signs of Death
The Brain Candy Podcast
Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice AMFT
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Today we discuss how humans don't do well being alone, and how the Challenge and other reality shows can demonstrate what happens when we are alone with our thoughts. Sarah explains how lakes can explode and how one hilariously named man is trying to prevent the next lake explosion. We discuss animals in captivity and how scientists are coming up with creative ways to avoid hurting animals while still satisfying the desire people have to connect with them. Sarah lists the signs that you're dying (and Susie is now convinced she's a goner), and why dying from "natural causes" is unclear and varies around the world.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, hello, Susie. My star. Hey, what are you doing over there? |
| 0:17.0 | Episode six, 67. Just, just, just, 157. I've done the math. Looks like we will not be lining up episode six, six, six for Halloween. |
| 0:29.0 | No, I let it go because it was like getting too much, too much. Yeah, we could just number it that way anyway. We wanted to. We could do whatever we want, but maybe it's just like you said, we'll just extend the demonic energy into. |
| 0:48.0 | That's fine. I'm into this. Yeah, it's getting spooky over here. I've put up all my Halloween decorations at Eli's house. That's fun. I just like slowly snuck them in. Is he in an area where you'll get trick or treaters? |
| 1:06.0 | I don't think so. It's kind of a busy street and it's all a lot of like young professionals. I'll say that like I'm a young professional. I'm a middle aged professional. I think I'm just a regular professional at this point, right? Right. |
| 1:21.0 | I mean, what age does young professional end? I think like 40. So maybe you're a really. I think so. I think 40. It's so quiet. We've extended out of lessons way into like the early 30s. |
| 1:35.0 | You said it. Yeah. And like maybe we could even extend it as long as you're ovulating. What if we did that? Oh, okay. I'm okay. I mean, young professional well in the menopause. |
| 1:46.0 | Or like before and just before menopause. That's funny. So yeah, there's not a lot of trick or treaters, but also darn. Here's what I'm thinking. |
| 1:55.0 | Do and you even like kind of confirmed this or help me with this theory, help me form this theory. Do people even trick or treat anymore? Are kids just doing that trick or trunk or treat? |
| 2:10.0 | I think it's it's no, no, I think it's actually ramped up. What? I really do because I notice post pandemic. Have we ramped up visiting strangers? |
| 2:22.0 | Because it's outdoor. It's outdoors. So it's like a safe. Okay. Okay. Okay. Oh, no, Jeremy, we did talk about this building community last time when we talk. |
| 2:33.0 | I like when you have like the whole wine mom thing where like people bring drink while they're doing it. So then the parents are into it. |
| 2:40.0 | People set up stuff outside with yeah, tables and fire pits and stuff. It's I think it's way more. |
| 2:46.0 | I think it's in in the neighborhood that I live in. It might be a thing. I think it will be so I am going to be getting dressed up in my wish. |
| 2:58.0 | Yes, costume and I will be hanging out at my house. Really, it's just like 50% in hopes to see trick or treaters 50% is an excuse to buy candy. |
| 3:10.0 | Yes, I love it. What is that I'm a grown-ass woman and I could buy candy for myself whenever I want. But it's different. Yeah, it is. |
| 3:19.0 | There is something special about Halloween candy. Yeah, it's kind of like when you're camping. It's like it feels like you could just eat whatever you want. |
| 3:25.0 | Like you're surviving. Yeah, I'm like I got to have a Oreo. So I'm camping. It's like what a smores for like every night. |
| 3:32.0 | And then at home, I would never eat like that. But yeah, I got to do it. It's being a survival. I watched the next season of alone. |
| 3:41.0 | Oh, yeah, on Netflix. |
| 3:44.0 | It is so good. It's the best. I love that freaking show. |
| 3:50.0 | Excellent. It teaches you so much about human psychology. Yes. And why we prefer to be in groups and tribes and collectives. |
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