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Hi everyone, welcome to that spooky I'm Johnny. I'm Tyler. And this is a weekly podcast

for anybody who's ever kind of felt sad about the fact that they can't just live with

bats. Yeah, you know, absolutely. I see bats all the time on Instagram because I'm

kind of tuned into bats to gram, not gonna brag or anything. But yeah, I always see

them and then I'm always caught in this vortex of going, I want to hug you. Oh my god,

I know. Yeah, they're so freaking cute, but they just kind of need to be let be. I know

unless it's like a bat rescue, they don't really need to fuck around with humans. I know,

but I'm not a professional. I can't give them the love that they need. And therefore,

I'm just like Lenny from of Mice and Man. Yeah. And that's not good. That isn't no,

nobody wants that. Nobody wants that. That that that result dead puppy stage, dead bunnies

and possibly dead people. No, no, no, dead mouse. That's what it was. I thought it was

a bunny that he kept in this pocket. Wait, that's a big pocket. I know. I don't know

when he was a big girl. It's true. Lenny. Yeah, the original big girl. All right. Well,

enough about that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I put those John Steinbeck references. People

are like, Oh my god. What did I read that in like the eighth grade? Probably not even

it's like, did you read that at all? We never got to read stuff like that in school. However,

I've met a lot of people who are like, Oh, Steinbeck, I get introduced to that in high

school. Yeah. But yeah, I was never so lucky. No. Yeah. I mean, I think they're starting

to face Steinbeck out because it's a little bit dated as far as like the material goes.

Justin regards to like equality and things like that. So they're just trying to find a text

that's maybe a little bit more inclusive. Yeah. No, I totally get that. I had my moment

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