DOD278: I'm Not Gonna Cause I Don't Wanna
Dear Old Dads
Thomas Smith
4.8 • 550 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
It's another "Tom is sane despite all odds" episode! The dudes revisit a topic that Tom brought up in a previous episode about whether or not permission and support from parents are linked. If your parents let you do something (like join a school sports team), would that mean you could expect them to cheer you on at your games? What were the dads' experiences in their childhoods with this, and how do we want to show up for our kids with the things we've given them permission to do?
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| 0:00.0 | I'm the cool dad. That's, that's my thing. |
| 0:09.7 | I know now what I can offer you that no one else can. Complete and undependent. |
| 0:16.7 | I'm a man. I'm sensitive. I need to feel loved. I need to be desired. |
| 0:23.1 | Yelling is the only part of being a father that I enjoy. |
| 0:28.5 | Welcome to Dear Old Dad, the podcast with all the privileges. I'm Tom Curry. I'm joined as always by Thomas Smith and Eli Bosnick. Hello, gentlemen. |
| 0:57.1 | Okay, it sounded kind of like you said dear old dad singular when you did the introduction just now and I was worried you stole the podcast. Well, you stole the Patreon the other day and made it that. So we just have to adjust it to whatever you make the Patreon. Wait, what did I do? No, Eli, he'll give the Patreon. He'll give the Patreon. There's about a 60% accuracy rate on the Patreon. |
| 0:57.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:57.1 | It'll be like... What did I do? No, Eli, he'll give the Patreon. Oh, he'll give the Patreon. He's about a 60% accuracy rate on the Patreon. |
| 0:57.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:00.3 | He'll be like, dear oldie dad. |
| 1:01.0 | Dear. |
| 1:05.7 | That's ye old dads at dear old.com. |
| 1:06.7 | What the fuck? |
| 1:08.3 | I've never felt work. |
| 1:13.0 | So I've been doing a lot of editing for the puzzle shows because we're playing with video stuff. |
| 1:14.4 | And I know how to edit video. |
| 1:16.1 | My co-hosts are still just learning. |
| 1:22.0 | So I've been doing a bunch, which means I have been listening to me speak the last couple of weeks. And it's truly the fact that anyone who edits my voice likes me is a miracle. |
| 1:28.4 | One out of nine words I say is completely the wrong word, right? |
| 1:32.3 | I'll be like, I went to the grocery stonk, and then just keep on rolling. |
| 1:37.3 | Tom, how are we supposed to react right now? |
| 1:39.6 | Is there? |
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