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Growing up in the West, many of us as children encounter

strange myths and traditions. One of the most famous is Santa Claus, but you know the one that always terrified me was the tooth fairy.

Was that a fact, Ben?

Yes, yes. I had a deep and abiding fear of the tooth fairy. I didn't like losing teeth and I didn't like touching metal. I never have.

So the idea that there would be someone who sneaks in and like switches this tooth that I have to sleep on top of with metal.

You know, some in the under the cover of darkness.

It's a perfect storm of nightmare fuel for you for young Ben. It's true. It's true. No, it's true. What about you? Were you a were you a two fairy kid?

Yeah, yeah. And you know, and I being a dad myself, by the way, we need to do a quick disclaimer here. Spoiler alert for certain child-based

things. Ah, yes. Spoiler alert for stuff that's on a need to no basis. Yeah, you go. Yeah, that's a good diplomatic way.

So we're going to do a countdown. Five, four, three, two, one. Yes. So my kid just now figured out that the tooth fairy is is is me and her mom.

Did you get caught? No, I didn't, but it just finally was like she's like when she's at my house, she gets a certain amount of money.

She's a mom's house. She gets a certain amount of money. And it kind of started being like wait a minute. Why?

What's maybe that was our fault. We should have coordinated a little bit better. But yeah, she was into it. And I was about it as well.

And I see the benefits of it. But Robert Lam from Stuff to Bull your mind made a really good point about how with things like the tooth fairy and Santa Claus, we do a really bad job as a culture differentiating between like myth and tradition.

It has to be taken so literal and become like a lie to children. I have rise. I have I have resented the Santa Claus lie for a long time. And I'm really happy to be done with that because it really made me feel uncomfortable.

And there's some, yeah, there's some double think it's so strange to because on another podcast, stuff they want you to know.

One of the points that haunted me before for years on that show was most people growing up in the US just statistically speaking, the first conspiracy theory they learn about is Santa Claus.

And the conspiracy thing is reals. Can you like that changes the way you think about authority and parents and anyone over 10.

Do you remember Pete and Pete the Nickelodeon show? Yeah, they were right ahead of brothers. Oh, I love that. I just remember the tattoo.

Yeah, you could make your dance or whatever. But that show also had a bunch of really cool guest appearances from like interesting musicians like Michael Steip first place I ever heard of who Iggy pop was.

But in that show, there's a thing called like the international adult conspiracy. I believe it's what it's called. And that is exactly what this kind of stuff is. It is an agreed upon lie that you feed your children. And I just fell uncomfortable with it because I'm like, is she going to ever trust anything I say again?

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