Welcome to the Whatever Dating Talk Podcast, where we try to make sense of the modern dating hellscape.

I'm your host, Brian Atlas.

We're coming to you live from Santa Barbara, California.

A few quick announcements.

This podcast is viewer-supported heavy YouTube demonetization.

So please consider donating through StreamLabs instead of soup chatting as YouTube takes a brutal 30% cut.

That's Streamlabs.com slash whatever link is in the description.

We do prioritize messages that are made via stream labs.

To read a message is $100 and up.

If you want to interact nearly instantly with us and weigh in on the conversation at hand,

consider sending a TTS text to speech message.

$200 and up triggers TTS.

TTS is via stream labs only. There's a slight stream

and moderation delay with the TTS. And by the way, for the reads, we do those in batches,

typically every 30 to 60 minutes typically. You can also mute a microphone, request a fit check,

do a pickle jar challenge, and pop a ball of champagne. And if you're a real

baller, a real G, we have some crypto options. You can pop a ball of crystal, which is like,

I think, $400, $500 bottle. You can do a 15-minute voice call-in. This is a totally new option.

That's for one Ethereum for both, well, for each, so you can pick one.

There's some other options, too. There's some Bitcoin options also. You can see the description

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