Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Baylor Jesse Thorn. This week, the

commune-ish manifesto. Jenny brings the case against her best friend, Aaron. Their

families live together in a sort of modern commune, and they have trouble explaining it

to outsiders. Aaron says they should just pretend to be related. Jenny says they should

be upfront, let people think what they will. Who's right? Who's wrong? Only one man

can decide. Please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom and offers the obscure

cultural reference. Fire in the sky! Good God! Where wills? Stalking for their prey. Good

God! Bad moves rising. Don't pass no rib steaks my way. Not today. I'll be your knight in shining

armor with his bail of Jesse. Bayon the monsters from the sea. Look out. Lightning in my hands.

Things are worse than they may seem. Let's try my little scheme. Free some other dreams.

Let's wear them in, Baylor Jesse. Jenny, Aaron, please rise and raise your right hands. Do

you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God

or whatever? I do. Yes, sir. Do you swear to abide by Judge Hodgman's ruling, despite

the fact that his aversion to communal living is so strong that he built a second house

inside his own house so as to avoid communing with his family? We do. Yes. Very well, Judge Hodgman.

Jenny and Aaron, you may be seated for an immediate summary judgment in one of your's favors.

Can either of you name the piece of culture that I frankly nailed as I entered the courtroom?

I will agree. You nailed it. Yeah, definitely nailed it. Okay, who's speaking?

Aaron says you nailed it. Jenny agrees with Aaron as always. Okay. Yeah, well, I know.

Because you're special, you're special sister-wise and you're communing, but I

hopefully you don't agree on everything. I mean, technically, the premise of this podcast is that

you disagree on something. On one thing, that's the only thing. Yeah. All right. I'm going to try to

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