Extreme Sitting and Worldwide Trolley Problems

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Robert “Robby” Silk, 49, has pioneered the sport of competitive chair-sitting, an endurance activity that involves sitting in extreme environments, from sun-up to sundown without any sort of time pieces or electronic devices. Jeff and Anthony discuss whether this trailblazing behavior makes him a badass. Then, is the infamous "Trolley Problem" considered differently by different cultures around the world? A group of researchers decided to find out, and Anthony and Jeff take a look at the results.

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0:00.0	It's too fucking big and it's too fucking loud. This is we have concerns. Hi, Jeff
0:19.1	Canada. Hi Anthony Carvoni. Hello, concerned citizens. Anthony, it's that time once again.
0:29.0	I would like to submit to you via our wonderful listeners who have submitted this to me for your
0:36.5	consideration, Anthony, a potential chronicles of a badass. Oh my, music. I don't have any,
0:45.8	we don't have any music for that. I don't have any music. We barely have video right now.
0:49.1	You're asking, you're asking me for a lot. Chronicles of a badass is our occasional recurring
0:57.5	segment where I try to convince Anthony that someone has done something unique or interesting
1:02.8	or worthy of praise. And Anthony almost invariably tells me, I really, that's not. Well, it's,
1:10.8	it's just inevitably connected. So much bad assery, Jeff, is so inevitably connected to
1:15.5	stupidity. Yes. Yes. You see, you get it. I, I guess I do. I guess I do. And I, it's
1:25.1	just, we just have two very different views of it. This week's Chronicles of a badass submission
1:33.5	comes to us from one of our most frequent, most stoward submitters, Z synergy, Mansfield,
1:41.7	Woo. Synergy always doing that work, doing the work and posting on our discord, our
1:48.5	discord, of course, exclusive to patrons at any level, even just a single dollar a month
1:55.5	that gets you access to our discord. And this is the story of a man. Patreon.com slash
2:05.5	we have concerns. Oh, yeah. Sorry, I forgot to forgot that part. A man named Robbie Silk.
2:12.2	Robbie Silk is a pioneer. I like that. I like that name already though. Right? Smooth
2:17.2	like Robbie Silk. Robbie Silk is definitely is definitely an R. B. artist. Hey ladies,
2:25.2	is Robbie Silk? How you doing? Robbie Silk. Robbie Silk is a pioneer in the world
2:37.1	of sports. Anthony, I know that's not something we usually cover a lot here on we have concerns,
2:42.1	but I submit to you, Robbie Silk has a vision. A vision for a brand new extreme sport. He
2:53.5	is the first and let's be honest right now only competitor in a sport he's calling
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