It's thinking about it. Are we oh, I think we are live now. Hello there. My beautiful lovely internet friends I am feeling exponentially better from surgery And I thought I'd hop on here while I'm feeling decent and just say hi also. Yeah, I did dye my hair red That's not the camera being weird. I I don't I don't know how I feel about it additionally My friends brought me back this ridiculously adorable Little sloth mug from Costa Rica. So I've been drinking like everything out of it today. Hello Dylan. Hello James. Hi Bethany Amy, thank you. Oh, hi Pat. How are you doing? Hey KM and Sean. I'm realizing as I'm talking I'm not gonna quite be a I have to stop myself from projecting like I might normally because my throat is still recovering But oh so many beautiful people. Hello. Thanks for tuning in How is everyone doing tonight? I saw a few people in the chat as I was whoops as I was starting it up Saying that they're having difficulty sleeping. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It's a sleepless night for you so far Motivated one leger Thanks for being here.  Look at him He's just so cute. I feel like Also, can you hear me? Okay, even if I'm like sitting back here I feel like sloths are like the equivalent to raccoons and I have a thing for raccoons So it's quite cozy Bethany says no good sleep for me. I'm sorry to hear that That is frustrating Sleepless nights are just difficult. Hopefully we can all hang out and chill a little bit and hopefully you'll be able to get some rest here soon Brenna says hello, Joe. How are you? I am so much better than I was I had neck surgery last week I have a crazy new scar check that out guys. You can't actually really see it in the lighting It's feeling much better. It took a solid week until I was like, okay, I think the anesthesia is out of my system Pain is manageable. All right. We're good to go So this is the first full day that I feel like I've been back to like reality I don't know if anyone else here has had surgery They always are like, you know the anesthesia is out of your system in what like two days I swear to God It takes me like a week because I feel like I'm just like floating in an alternate dimension for a very long time Daisy, thank you so much for these super chat. I appreciate that already Kalen says low-key your hair looks really nice today. Ah, thank you. Okay, so Opinions my feelings will not be hurt. I promise you maybe I shouldn't have worn red with my red hair, but um, I Made a 3 a.m. I couldn't sleep a few nights into surgery recovery By and I bought red overtone. I Feel like I'm naturally pale enough That it kind of works But I don't know if it actually works and the fact that my eyebrows aren't red really bothers me So maybe I'll have to get some like red eyebrow Jell, I don't know. I don't know what it. Oops. I don't know what it is Okay. Yeah, so honest be honest. Do we like the red or do we not like the red? Thomas, thank you so much for these super chat Thomas is driving to Denver tomorrow for the Browns Broncos game. That's awesome. I went and saw a Broncos game a few weeks ago Maybe a month and a half ago now. It's super fun. I'm glad that you'll be coming out here. Hope you have a safe drive Okay, so Madison says love it Petrol says yes red hair is cute. Okay, it totally works. Okay, awesome. Um Yeah, thank you guys. Well, I appreciate like I said I my feelings won't be hurt either way Kayleen says as a ginger digging the red on you. I saw my friend who's naturally a ginger the other day and she was like Ah, he joined the club Yeah, so we'll see I think I'll keep it for a little while and then I'm gonna try Then I'm gonna try like dark brown.  So can you live with the eyebrows? That's the question I think if I have like Eyebrow gel or whatever it's called. That's like more red Then maybe if I'm like putting myself together for like, you know If I felt like going out or in front of a camera. I might like it a little bit better a natural Irish look I am 1% Irish according to my ancestor com DNA anyone else want to guess what the rest of it is I'll give you a just shocking insight It's all super white. I'm very nor Norwegian and Swedish Daisy says love the hair Thank you Daisy Pat Have I thought about going back to pink or purple hair? Yeah, I thought about going back to purple I love having purple hair. I once did it where it's like Purple as the underlayer and then like a little bit of blue on top of that and on the blonde That was like that was peak. I really liked how that looks, but I didn't feel like doing like a fun color this time I wanted to do like a natural tone Oh gosh, but Michael says I had a lymph node biopsy surgery when I was younger too. Yeah, I hope that yours went well, too So for I didn't really talk about this publicly that much aside from like a short video before surgery, but I had a lymph node over the summer on the side of my neck that Got really swollen when I got sick and then I kept getting sick and like the swelling It was just really large and didn't go down So eventually I went to a doctor and they're like, we think it's fine. We should see a specialist I thought a specialist and he was like, I think it's fine, but we should biopsy it But then it kept getting bigger and like I felt it whenever I was swallowing And the biopsy came back okay, but he was still like because it's continuing to change and grow and is now causing His comfort we need to take it out So that's what they did. They took it out. Listen, they told me that the scar was gonna be like that. I Really appreciate my doctor. He's a great surgeon. He did an awesome job, but he's a dirty liar It's way more than that Allison thank you so much for the super chat says his good natural color absolutely wonderful and you thank you You guys are very very sweet I'm hunter says love your whole channel and vibe will shucks. Thank you. That means a lot to me Okay, so Yeah, so anyways it came back the they did full testing on it and it was just my body being weird no cancer super grateful for that I always worry because I've had so many like CT scans and so many x-rays in my life that I'm like The likelihood of me. I'm not even to speak this out loud. I'm just gonna say I'm really glad it wasn't cancer. Yay So now I just got a little bit more recovery to do and I'll be good to go Russell says What your body be weird never I wrestle Russell's a very good friend of mine in real life. Yeah I've never had to like Cancel 27 times on you because I got sick or had a migraine or anything like that I'm definitely not the most unreliable person and and My body being the main cause of that Pat says gained I think 20,000 subscribers in a hurry. Yeah in the last week They're like 20,000 new subscribers off of them What was it? I think it was off the video or my my press that it got stuck on me very briefly I like opened. I opened up YouTube and I was like, well, hello there everybody. Um, yeah, that was it was very sweet That's very nice to see. Oh Yeah, thank you a lot of us are so happy it's not cancer me too. I'm very I'm very glad Okay, I this was a question I wanted to ask people I Don't I've never cared about scars, right? I've like surgeries had it, you know, whatever I've always been like scars whatever who cares. It's cool. They tell a story This is the first one. I do not like I don't like it. I'm gonna rock it. I'm gonna rock it but it's like so So noticeable and you can't see it, but it's like puffed out that part will go away So I've heard the vitamin E. Mm-hmm vitamin E is good for Like scar healing. I've also heard that those like silicone strips are good. Does anyone have any? recommendations on that Let me know Let me know in the chat Paul says love the new hair color. Thank you. I'm impressed that I did a decent job coloring it kind of evenly when I was heavily medicated I Always I've realized now that I'm not on a ton of medication anymore. I try to keep any kind of pain medication Like I take it very sparingly, but now that it's not in my system all the time and it used to be it actually does affect me, but I don't think it's going to and So I look back at the last week and I'm like first off I remember like half of it second of all I made a lot of decisions and purchases none of which were bad, but I like half remember I'm like I need to be really cognizant of the fact that When I'm on medication now it like has an effect. So anyways, I dyed my hair While I was in that state and I did it I did a decent job, you know, it looks okay. Oh coconut oil vitamin E aloe vera good idea Also Jason how many tattoos do you have I genuinely don't know I think it's about 20 I think Which brings up another question for the chat. We'll get to that in a second Okay bio oil, okay Silicon strips work, but you have to wear them consistently for a few months, which can be a pain. Yeah I did get some of those and they don't quite stick yet because of the way that it's like puffing out I got to give it time to like properly heal. Oh Rogues rogue storyteller. I like your name says thank you for your honesty and vulnerability regarding your struggles with disability and being amputee I'm thankful for your content. Thank you so much for that That means a lot to me and also thank you for the super chat, but your kind words are just lovely. Thank you Okay, let's see here Lavender and coconut oil, okay Amy says her friend swears by silicone scar tape my friend also swears by it. She was the one who was like Joe get some of this So I did Primrose oil, I always think of Hunger Games when I hear Primrose Oscar you read my mind Oscar says yes, you should tattoo the scar. Okay Okay, I wasn't I wasn't gonna get a neck tattoo. Okay guys, and I'm probably not still but All of my tattoos are on this side, right like they end right there. I'm just saying we could expand up and Cover the scar Eventually would I be an ultimate family disappointment? Yes. Yes, I would be for having an act tattoo Could I get a real job? It's questionable, but would it look neat? Yes, um, I It is something I'm genuinely like kind of tolling with the idea I think our society is a lot more accepting of tattoo So it's not really that big of a deal and I do love them But anything like that is such a commitment. It is not one I would make quickly I would have to like think about it for a while first, you know, oh Eric, thank you so much for the super chat. I appreciate it Um, oh my gosh mark says you could like tattoo gills for it. Okay, not gonna lie. I wouldn't do that but also I Totally could and that could look badass too a little weird, but badass John says new bucks towards your velociraptor scratch neck Thank you for the super chat. Oh Velociraptors Velociraptors scratched my neck. So I haven't gone through Before surgery I asked people for suggestions of like I don't want to just say I had lymph node removal surgery boring Right, like we need an epic tale. And so I've started going through some of the responses and my personal favorite one Even though it is not the most courageous or epic Is that you know, I'm already kind of a pirate because I'm missing one leg So I got a pirate parrot and we didn't get along and so it attacked my neck. I was like that one works for me But please let me know a few of other suggestions Joe says there's a meme that says get the tattoo already you already are a disappointment to your family I've seen that meme. I think it's hilarious Brianna, I love cats. I absolutely love cats. I Can't have them because Toby's a little reactive But I miss I miss having I miss having cats Jason I am drinking peppermint tea Out of my little sloth mug here. Are you guys sipping on anything tea? Perhaps some soothing beverage Bethany, I'm sorry to hear that your scoliosis is not good. I was just talking to a friend today about her scoliosis That's really rough. I hope I hope the day gets a little easier for you tomorrow. Maybe it's a better day Okay, whoops whoops Leo was like kicking he likes kicking with his little paw there. You can't you can't kick the tea out of my hand, buddy It was zipper tattoo. I've had that I had that suggested as well I mostly I think I want something if I was gonna go that route I'd probably do something kind of floral that sort of matches the rest of things in a way and like blend it in rather than highlight it rather than like you know gills or Like a zipper. I'd want it to be like not necessarily covered but sort of hidden within a tattoo, you know I go on him. Oh, let's see here Brandon says your outfit matches my blanket. I hope it's soft and comfy as the blanket is I'm glad you have a cozy blanket Brandon and yes. Yes indeed. It is very soft and cozy I love matching PJ sets. They are my absolute favorite Oh Okay, so Paul's drinking some rosé wine delis delicious. I almost Did I say that right? It's rosé, right?   I mean all respect But the tomato juice thing I just I can't get back. I couldn't I'm not hardcore enough. I couldn't I couldn't get behind it Rosé. Yes. Okay. The best is honey need. Oh, I've never had honey me That also sounds delightful. I had me at my friend's wedding She's very Irish and they like they brought in me. So maybe I have had honey meat actually come to think of that Okay, so as Petrel says I've always wanted to say thank you for the content that you make Oh, you're very welcome It has given me a better perspective on accessibility that I've only ever had in theory Therefore I can work into my volunteering that ah, that's awesome. I'm really glad that you do that. That's really cool And thank you for thank you for listening. Oh Eminem don't kick my don't don't kick my tea buddy says Butterflies are always nice I don't have any butterfly themed that tattoos because they Um, I have a moth one that looks like a butterfly, but it is not The parrot's name is Jeffrey the theoretical parrot that ripped my neck open because we didn't get along Yes, yes indeed Oh angel is drinking Vermont maple ginger tea That sounds so lovely Maple ginger tea, I wouldn't think of those flavors going together Pat says are the background lights new I dig them. I'm glad that you guys like them. Yes, they are I This was another thing that I I bought it like Amazon on 2am when I couldn't sleep All my like panic buys on Amazon at 2am when I'm exhausted and can't sleep or like $10 or less So like it's not a problem currently But yes, I got these and put them up I really like I really like lighting in my house, right? So I've got a little like fairy light tree there I've got these little fairy lights and I always keep them on so that every room is sort of like a little bit lit Except the one that I you know sleep in it's like dark dark Tatum says your content is Something that gets me excited when I see you post something. Ah, thank you That's you guys are very sweet. I appreciate it Oh Oscar's drinking salted water.  I'm on salt salted water Is that like a thing you drink for a purpose or just because you enjoy it? Yeah, the cute the cute dog blanket is just delightful. Uh, oh pat. Thank you Thank oh ouch, hold on. Oh I really I can't move my head certain ways yet I forget that and then I move them that way and then it's painful Pat, thank you so much for the super chat says for your next 2am purchase I greatly appreciate it and I will use it Indeed my last 2am amazon purchase was drywall repair to fix the hole that sophie put in the drywall when we first moved in So it was like a practical one. Thank you. I appreciate it um B says did you ever figure out the root cause of why you kept getting sick a couple of years ago? I actually did A couple of years ago Actually, right when covet started I kept getting sick over and over and over again with similar symptoms. It was never covet what it ended up being It was uh, like there was a cyst in my sinuses That had an infection and it was like a reoccurring sinusitis on top of that So they went in they corrected a few things and it actually fixed the problem I will say This is the second surgery. I think that I've ever had that it just like went really well, right like No major complications. Everything went smoothly. It accomplished the purpose it set out for Didn't affect anything else. Healing hasn't taken too long I had a a wrist surgery years ago where it was the same thing. It was like, oh my god This was simple. My body actually responded to it the way it should Amazing And now this is number. This is the second one. This is the second one where It just went well Uh, so I'm very very very grateful for that Brandon says yay for surgeries going well. I appreciate it Oh, uh pat says did you find any new shows to watch after posting that thread? Okay. Um I did watch new shows recovering from surgery I don't remember all of them because again anesthesia plus pain meds But I started watching murder at the end of the world Which a few people suggested which I really liked but it was a little too One second It's a little bit too dark For like recovery, but I just started watching Don't judge me farmer once a wife, which is on hulu It's like a it's like a fox show. It's a dating show about four farmers who are looking for love And it's just it's just adorable and so dramatic and I'm I'm loving it Like that's the speed of show that I need right now. Has anyone else watched that? Um, it's yeah, it's ridiculous and great Um, okay, let's see here New skin scar fade is amazing It helped with my daughter. It was incredible for my daughter's cleft lip repair scar. I'm gonna make a note of that new skin Scar You know what? Thank you so much. I'm gonna look into that because I am familiar with that brand and I know that they're really good Uh, Russell says what you watch a reality TV show. No way. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that Four out of five dentists agree reality TV shows are the leading cause of brain rot and I'm here for it Harley says your pups are looking so cute. Janice is Sophie Leo looking so comfy and cozy. Aren't they though? They're so comfy and cozy It's because you're colored there. I'm so mean for waking them up. Leo has a tennis ball in his mouth He's been obsessed with this thing for days He never lets it go and so I have to watch him really closely to make sure he doesn't like choke on anything But it's this I'm gonna take it away for just a second. Okay, just a second and I'll give it right back Oh boy This Someone came awake. Here you go Would you like it back?  There you go Is my dog. Okay. Yeah, my dogs are great. They're just sleepy Um Oh serenity said why did I have surgery? I had to have a lymph node removed For my neck that was causing issues. So I got it out thank god, um The toy is moving gets any dog to wake up. It's so true So if he goes from like completely asleep to like ready to play fetch At a moment's notice. Hi, did I wake you up? I did.  Didn't I and now he's just chomping I found these nerf tennis balls They are the best. They are the only tennis balls that my dogs have not destroyed and that is saying something Uh jay said when did you dye your hair a couple days ago? Uh by jason. Thanks for stopping by um, okay I'm realizing the more that I talk this will not be a super long live stream There's something that's different. Um To anyone who's ever done any kind of like public speaking or anything like that Or streaming it's so interesting to me because I can have a conversation with someone right now and like It doesn't mess up my neck But like any kind of like in a social setting right like when there's like more than one person around you Can have to turn on Or like streaming public speaking anything like that like that starts causing a lot of pain. I wonder if it's I mean, I imagine that naturally we we sort of like engage more muscles to like project our voices. I wonder if that's why it's like It's feeling a little tight um This has also been one of the first surgery recoveries Where I've been like, you know, the pain is uncomfortable. It's been, you know, not great in a couple moments But it's like a sign of healing, right? Like it's not a sign of Permanent issue and so I've definitely not been thankful for the pain, right? We're not going to give it that but it's kind of been like I know that it's going to move through and be okay. And so it's been so much easier to deal with and I'm I'm super grateful for that Um, oh, uh thought says did I see you in a tv advertisement?  Yeah I have found um, from my understanding Can you guys hear like the munching on the tennis ball in the mic? I sure hope so. It's great Okay, all right Oh, no. Oh, no, he dropped the tennis ball mayhem is about to occur because so if he needs it so if you come on get it Can you bring it back? Poor leo.  So if he come on up See she has retrieved it. She is now queen and very pleased with herself Oh natalie, thank you so much from this for the super chat. Also natalie is like one of my favorite names I think it's a beautiful name Pup cup fund from chino the greyhound who lives in australia? Thank you. So if they leo says hi say hi to chino And I will make sure that I get them pup cups Um, they haven't had any like a week and a half. So their supply is running low. I appreciate it Oh mind hunter. Also. Thank you. Thank you so much for the super chat just for being you Thank you for all the positivity. You guys are so sweet. Thank you. Thank you for all the positivity that you give me right back Um, it's been super fun to do more live streams lately I like just being able to kind of hop on and chat and you know, see everybody Oh cdl says My dad is in the hospital right now getting surgery fingers crossed. I really hope that that goes well I know it's it's super nerve-racking when someone you love is in the hospital or having surgery You know, whether it's a severe one or a routine one. It's scary I really hope things go well for him and then he comes out just fine and gets home quickly Um Brianna says so if he was just waiting for her chance. Okay, dude Sophie is only ever waiting for a chance like she looks like she relaxes sometimes. She does not her german shepard brain. It never shuts off um Any chance she has to steal a tennis ball from leo? She Leaps at it. There have been times when she'll just like walk up to him And literally take it straight out of his mouth because he's so passive Which works out very well because she is not Uh, but it is just it's super sweet It's not actually sweet. She's a big bully sometimes like not actually a bully but He's got scratches guys. I don't want the mic to get hit I should just have like dog livestreams where we just have the camera on the sleepy dogs playing with toys and stuff I feel like that would be very relaxing Oh keep kicking my hand buddy You an itchy boy um Zachary says hi, did you feel better from not noticing the button and your leg was gone? Yes, that got fixed and I was able to go to my prosthesis two days later Or maybe it was the next day and just like get the button replaced really quick. So it's super simple and easy So yes, I am getting a totally new leg made on Monday from extremity They do like the the sockets that are moldable So we're going to try to get one made in one day. We'll see how it goes. We're trying a bunch of different stuff right now Janice. Yes, Sophie is absolutely the dominant one. Alex agrees about the dog livestream Um, Pat says love the dogs, but I feel like it's better with all three of you Yeah, I mean, that's probably true. They're not very talkative. So it would just be a very quiet live stream If it was just the puppy dogs Um, okay. Do I feel better from? Hold on. Hold on my screen is blocking it um When can you get your leg off? So I can I can uh, I can now easily like put on and remove my leg because it got fixed It was a moment of panic.  Um, it could be difficult and take a while I know some people have just freaked out and gone to the ER when their prosthetic legs can't come off because it's actually a problem Also, don't go to the ER call your prosthetist or go to the ER. Don't listen to medical advice from me But um, there are ways to get it off at home and I was able to get off at home. So it turned out okay thankfully Uh, Russell says you still have all your old legs, right? Do I do anything with them? I have all of them and I'm waiting for the opportunity for like an art project or something cool, right? Um, maybe like a planter like a like a planter that has all of my sockets and feet somehow like built together I feel like that that could be kind of fun Um penultimate. Hello. Good to see you here. Uh, says my cat is totally judging me from across the room I was talking to my friend Um, onika on facetime earlier and she like panned her cat and he was just like staring at the camera judging me so hard So hard cats are the best at that Bethany, yes, I will give my dog is a cuddle for you. This is from bethany This is from bethany and the whole chat. They love you guys. Ash, what is there? Thank you so much for the super chat That's very sweet. I appreciate it um, okay Pat says not sure how you can make it work, but maybe you could make the leg lamp from a christmas story I have thought of doing that in any time Like a prosthetic version of a lamp wouldn't that be cool? I feel like they make a cool like video project to um Make an actual lamp from one of my old legs and sockets. It'd be a little weird, but it'd be very fitting for me and for my house Um, Miranda, don't tempt me. Miranda says hi. You need another dog Okay, if you say that though If you say that though, I'm gonna bring another one home I am definitely at maximum capacity for dogs um, put together they're like 160 pounds And uh, they keep me they keep me busy. They keep me busy and they are big and strong and wonderful But I recognize my limits. I'm like, okay I can effectively take care of these two dogs very well and give them a great life But if I add more in the mix right now, it might be a little bit too much Oh, uh, where did I get my earrings from jenna? I got them. I got this little cuff hearing from Amazon amazon is the theme. Um, because I've been stuck at home I really like cuff earrings lately and these are just um, they're just like gold hoops from walmart or something like that But yeah, I've been liking um I've been liking doing the ear cuffing. I think it I think it looks very like elvin and cool All I've ever wanted to be is an elf. You guys know that um Uh, lj says the thumbnail of this scar does look badass even though it's not healed yet. Why thank you that's when Okay, so I came out of surgery I and this has never happened before But there was nothing covering The incision at all like literally it was just in my neck and then stitched together Uh, because they had to use stitches instead of glue because I have an allergy Like no bandage over it. No nothing just open to the air which is actually pretty good for wound healing from my understanding So I was like, all right, cool. But I was like wheeled out with just like freaking stitches Oh That almost got my computer Hi buddy. Oh, are you joining us?  He's so tired He's so tired from a rough day of doing nothing but puppy things Israel, thank you so much for the super chat uh mannequin legs for art human legs for robot zombies also Troven like malin Oh, oh, I know what breed you're talking about. Um, they're like malinois, uh Travern, aren't they called reverends or something like that? I love those dogs. They are beautiful. Thank you for the super chat I appreciate it Um, uh, Brianna, I hope you have a lovely evening Uh Alex said have you seen the new cosmetic surgery for elf years? Sorry, what? That's a thing Um, personally, I would never I don't think that I would ever have any kind of cosmetic surgery because I've had so many real surgeries I hate them But for elf years tell me more Um, I I could totally see that being a thing In an alternate universe where surgery wasn't dangerous and didn't hurt. I would totally do that I watched uh the first lord of the rings extended edition during part of thanksgiving Israel you have a trover now Belgian troverns. Am I saying that right? They're amazing dogs um gosh, I was saying something but I don't remember what it was Because my brain is a little foggy Uh, okay, uh, Zana Tex says what breeds are your dog? They are cute. Thank you.  Look at this. He's so tired You just a tired boy He is a mastiff german shepherd mutt He's also got like 10 lab in him And he only got the lab personality Oh, Sophia. Thank you so much for the super chat Yeah, he's just a big cuddly boy uh Tiver urn Tiver urn A belgian trover urn I might be saying that wrong. Thank you for spelling it out for me though um Do I still have that funny cat pillow?  Hi Hey little buddy Oh, oh look, what do we have here? Would you like to show what you have to everybody? Sophie can I have it? Thank you Okay Go on go later Oh, are you giving kisses? He's giving kisses. Thank you for like hanging out with me during live streams when mostly I'm just like talking about my dogs And talking to them and hanging out Leo, are you feeling a little a little bummed out that you lost the tennis ball? Are you feeling a little bummed out? Go lay down You want me to throw it Can I have it? This is no, but I can give you a shake Uh, Jeremy says what did you have done Joe? I had um Just like a lymph node removal surgery And I think I am just about reaching the end of what my voice can do today. I apologize that this is a shorter live stream I was hoping So hoping maybe I could make it to an hour But I am realizing it's some kind of spiking pain up and so I'm gonna try to respect my body. Would you like this? Can I have it or would you like it? She's not like when she gives me tennis balls Sometimes it's like she's not sure if she wants to give it to me or hold on to it. She wants both, you know Um, hi gray. I use thanks for helping on uh, okay. Hold on. Let's see here Um, okay. All right. Yeah, I realized my brain's getting foggy foggy my brain's getting foggy And pain is spiking a little bit. So thank you for hanging out with me for a little bit guys I really appreciate it. I will be back to making videos in the near future I'm gonna give my body a little bit more time to recover before I you know Feel like I have to do that or anything But thanks for hanging out with me for a few minutes this evening I hope you guys are taking care of yourselves wherever this finds you in the world and staying cozy I'm gonna sip the rest of my peppermint tea and Watch farmer wants a wife and go to bed here. So Love you guys and I'll see you in the next video


This is Game Chat with Buona Episode 132, Sony's PR, VR, R. Chat with Buona. Welcome to the show. Now here's your host, Buona McCall, with all the gaming news of this week. Uh, by the way, that's me. Greetings, folks, and welcome to Episode 132 of Game Chat with Buona. We got a great show lined up for you. Got some great stories today. PlayStation and Sony had some announcements. It was kind of like a short little thing they did, but we got some stories from that. Also, some games being updated, as well as some cuts at some massive companies out there in the form of jobs and layoffs. And we hate to talk about that, but, you know, we do need to report this news as something that happens. Today is Wednesday, March 27th. I believe it is. March 27th? Yeah, March 27th. March is over. And, uh, it seems like, I guess the older you get, you just realize the passage of time. And he's like, man, time is just going so fast. It just seems like it was my birthday. And then it seems like, oh, happy birthday, Buona. You're welcome. It seems like it was just the beginning of March. We were in February. We were saying happy new year. And now here we are. But anyway, Game Chat Buona, Episode 132, coming at you right now. And for our first story, we're going to talk about EA Electronic Arts. Yeah, that's the company. That's the one I was talking about. EA has cut 350 jobs in marketing, publishing and international offices. This story comes by way of rock, paper, shotgun. And I've found on other outlets on the web that this was actually expected. And the people in these departments knew that this was coming. They knew a reorg was coming. They were travel bands and, you know, a lot of stipulations put in place that kind of is like writing on a wall. I think if you've worked in a cubicle job or for a big company, there's like little things that happen like, well, we're about to have layoffs. And apparently they've known about this for years.   But finally, these people, you know, are set free. Hopefully they had something else lined up. And, you know, and true form. And this is something that the gaming industry does that I'm really proud of. Lots of other companies have been putting out tweets that they're hiring. So if anybody lost a job in these different areas, community management, marketing, whatever it have you, other gaming companies out there who are who are hiring in those areas are trying to recruit these people, get their resumes and get them a job. So I really like to see that even amongst competing companies. So it's like, you even see like Activision or like Ubisoft and, you know, people who are really in direct competition with EA, they'll put up these tweets and things like that and say, hey, we're hiring. You know, it could be some competitive intelligence going on. No, I'm just joking. I think it's in true form. I think they're really sincerely trying to get these people jobs. So the article points out, it's not too long after Activision laid off 800 people a month ago and GOG cut 10% of their staff, Telltale one other, Guild Wars two has some massive cuts. So we're seeing this trend across all of the gaming industry, which is why I like to I like to downplay people who say that they did this, you know, because when Activision had their layouts are like, yeah, we showed them when we didn't buy GameX and when we boycotted that, yeah, that's right, go under. And they're cheering on these companies, you know, negative financial impacts, which I can understand from a certain perspective, but you have to look at it from another perspective. These are actual people that don't make these decisions that are losing their jobs and livelihood, livelihood, and you're rooting for them to lose their jobs. So that's you got to think about that from that perspective that you got to take some tact in that and say, well, well, I don't want EA to be rewarded for their negative business practices. At the same time, I don't really want people to lose their jobs. We have nothing to do with those decisions. Check it out, guys. Over in Rock Paper Shotgun, they got the details. EA lays off 350 marketing and publishing employees. And for our next story, we're going to talk about Sea of Thieves. Sea of Thieves, the controversial game that came out in Xbox and PC. This is an open world, I guess kind of open world pirate game that came out about a year ago. It's actually been a year. That's a long time. So Rare, the developers of the game, they're releasing an anniversary update that's going to bring a bunch of new features to the game. Now, before I get into it, Sea of Thieves was in the news a lot. Sea of Thieves was in the news a lot during that first year, simply because they had, I guess some people say they had a lack of content. And I know that's relative. To some people, that's not an absolute fact that a game doesn't have content. But overall, I think the general consensus from players is that the game could use more. There was a great foundation. There was a great base, kind of like a clean slate or like a ground. I guess I can't think of the right word. It's almost like a foundation. A foundation for a great game. They just needed to add some things on top of it. And I think that's what a lot of players wanted from Sea of Thieves. They thought the game was empty considering, but it had some good core gameplay things. So this new update, this new anniversary update is going to be bringing a bunch of new stuff. New story adventures, a new trading company, a new competitive mode called Arena, and some improvements such as fishing. You got it, fishing. This competitive mode first is called the Arena. It drops players according to the article on Engadget. It drops players right into the action of a purely and a purely competitive setting without the need for cooperative grinding. And I've watched some Sea of Thieves streams of some PVPers, and a lot of the frustration from them is that, sure, they like to gang people.  But sometimes finding a fight can be a little challenging. Even Sea of Thieves, they had this thing where players would have purely PVE servers or PVE instances, and if you did any kind of PVP, they would react negatively to you. So people just want to grind in peace. So I guess segmenting off a competitive PVP area would be a good idea in theory, but we're going to see how it turns out. I know for a fact that sometimes the thrill of PVP is not necessarily in a structured PVP environment, but the thrill and the adrenaline of, you know, an unexpected PVP encounter, which is why Open World PVP is so popular in a lot of MMO and Open World games is because it's kind of different from a structured PVP environment. So simply because you can go in and PVP doesn't mean that that's going to be the same. I guess a good example would be in Elite Dangerous. I play that game a lot. Elite Dangerous has its own arena mode. It's called actually arena or CQC. And a lot of the prominent PVPers never go there because it's a different type of PVP. It's not necessarily the same type as an Open World dynamic adrenaline pumping thing. You know, you have a lot more to lose in an Open World environment than you do in a structured environment. So we're going to see how that turns out. I don't know how that's going to pan out. I don't anticipate it doing very well. I really think a lot of the hardcore PVPers are probably going to stay in the Open World. You also have a new feature called Tall Tales. It's a collection of story rich quests that lead to undiscovered areas and bonus gameplay features. Sounds good. The first collection is called Shores of Gold and Includes Fishing. And you'll be able to cook your food as well. So they're also going to introduce some ship damage improvements.  So that sounds interesting that you can target certain parts of the ship to disable. So that's good. All of these are good things. And this is coming on April 30th. My issue is that I don't know if it's going to be enough to bring back the naysayers. You never get a second chance to make a first impression. And you're kind of on an uphill battle when you have to win players back. Winning people back is very, very difficult, as any developer probably can tell you. So that first impression with a lot of people is very negative. So if they come into the game and they see this and they go, OK, I can play this for a week or two, but I'm going to leave again, you know, that's probably not what Rage or Rare wants. That's probably not what developers want. They want you to come back and stay. So we'll see. I mean, my gut feeling tells me that this is not going to make that much of a difference. I think current CFT players are going to love it. I think long time CFT players who took a break are going to come back and love it. But the people who shunned the game in the beginning for not having enough content. Rightfully so. I mean, I think it's a valid opinion for not having enough content probably aren't going to come back. Check it out, guys. Overthegudget.com. They got the details. CFT is going to give you the big update, but is it going to be enough? And for our next story, we're going to talk about Squad Stream over on Twitch. This is my primary platform for doing live streaming. Twitch.tv slides. In case you had nerd of you come over there and check us out. Anyway, Squad Stream. Squad Stream is a multi-twitch type of a thing.  Now, what is that? That means that you can watch more than one streamer at once. And you're probably asking yourself, well, why in the world would I do that? Well, a lot of streamers like to collaborate and play games together. And if you want to watch multiple perspectives of those streamers, you can do so at these multi-twitch sites where you can bring up the video of multiple streamers, but listen to the audio of one. And only having one audio usually isn't that big of a deal because they're on comms and you can see or hear them anyway. It also gives you the ability to follow any of the streamers chat. So if you don't like one streamer's chat, but you want to follow another streamer's chat in this collaborative thing, then you can with sites like Multi-Twitch. Now, Twitch did the smart thing and baked this right into the site of a feature called Squad Stream. And the way it works is that you tag your stream with the term actually Squad Stream and you can add players to your Squad Stream using the features that Twitch has given us. And once that's done, you get access to all the different things. Now, I wanted to get access to see them all at once and switch between them pretty easy. Now, one of the things that surprised me when I checked on this this morning is that it actually works on mobile. I was like, wow. Usually when Twitch rolls out a new feature, mobile comes a little bit later. It doesn't work on mobile right away, but apparently they did a dual rollout and there's an intuitive mobile interface as well. And you can use drag and drop gestures on your phone to move and switch between streams, which is actually kind of good. Kind of good. Here's a quote from their blog post. Squad Stream is a fast and easy way for up to four creators to go live and stream together in one window. It's perfect for showing off every awesome moment in a Battle Royale match, which is going to be the primary thing, I think. Saving a virtual seat at a table for a tabletop stream, catching every second of speed running head to heads. So much more. We can't wait for you all to show you this. Unlike hosting or raids, which are excellent, but more hands-off ways to collaborate. Squad Stream let streamers actively team up with other creators to benefit everyone in the channel. Twitch is going to have a special launch event throughout the month, starting today with Shroud, Justin and Skadoodle playing Apex Legends at 4 p.m. today, the 27th. And they're going to be going on to other different streamers. There's a huge list on the blog post. You can check them out. People playing mostly Battle Royale, card games, shooters. I think there's one with Northern Lion and a bunch of people playing Satisfactory, which is cool. League of Legends, that's an idea as well. I think that's collaborative or even competitive. I can see this working.  I'm not joking. They've been out there for years, many, many years. And Twitch has finally embraced that in this feature called Squad Stream. Check it out, guys. Over on blog.twitch.tv, they got the details about their own feature, Squad Stream, the next way to play and watch together. And for our next story, we're going to talk about Sony. Sony recently had a little nice release, press release event. Dog and Pony, whatever you want to call it. One of the things that came out of that, that Sony has now announced that they have sold 4.2 million PlayStation VR headsets, virtual reality headsets. And they also announced they're going to have 25 VR games coming out in the next months.  I've been pretty much against the whole thing. I won't say against. I'm just, I'm not on board with it. I really believe that they have a lot of work to do in that arena. And I've seen VR come and go before. So I'm one of those people that are like, well, it's probably going to fail again, blah, blah, blah. And there's a lot of things about it that make it fit into the niche category that I won't go into in this particular segment. But that's kind of where my stance is. But I was surprised to see this from that perspective. I was surprised to see that Sony sold so many, given that they sold about 100 million PlayStation 4s that now they have announced that they sold over 4.2 million since they came out with the stuff. I think it came out three years, yeah, three years ago. So it's about a little over a million per year that they've sold. And that's kind of a lot. Given that I really have dismissed the PlayStation VR, you know, when you talk about VR, you think about HTC, you think about Oculus Rift, at least I do. And apparently, according to this article, overonengage.com, that, you know, Sony outsold Rift and Vive shipments in the fourth quarter of 2018. Rift sold about 300,000 according to the article, and the Vive sold about 230, meanwhile Sony shipped, they say shipped. I got to be careful of that. All of these are shipped, not sold. They shipped 463,000 headsets in the same quarter. So Sony shipped more than those guys. So the titles are going to be coming out. 25 titles include Blood and Truth, a follow-up to one of the first PSVR games, London Heights, Everybody's Golf VR, and Five Nights of Freddy's, that's going to be interesting. But I think the biggest title that I think is going to attract a lot of people is No Man's Sky. No Man's Sky is going to have a virtual reality, a version that's coming out this summer. And I can anticipate a lot of Twitch streamers and YouTubers putting together some less plays and some live content surrounding that. That might work out well, because, you know, VR is a very, very good thing in Elite Dangerous, and I think No Man's Sky takes the exploration aspect of Space Sims and it expands upon it, which Elite Dangerous has. So I think No Man's Sky would be a very, very good title for the PlayStation VR to actually shine. Out of all these titles, I think that one has the most potential to draw more people in. Has this changed my mind about VR? No, it really hasn't. There's quite a bit that they have to overcome in the technology. I think that I'm one of the things I'm on board with just so I can get this opinion out of the way. I'm on board more with augmented reality than I'm with VR because it's more practical. It fits into current workflows better in the VR. VR is a big shift. Not only in technology, but in workflow and just presentation and how you use it. You're essentially excluding the outside world and a lot of people don't like to do that and a lot of things they do. Augmented reality tends to be a mixture of both and I think that has a better future than VR and it could probably lead to better VR experiences through augmented reality. That's just my opinion on that. It only has, hey, 4.2 million. You can't ignore that. Check it out, guys. Over at engadget.com, they've got details. So I'm just making a big play for VR and some cool games are coming out this year. And while we're on the topic of VR, HTC has put out a new thing called Streamlink which turns VR headsets into big screens for console gaming or whatever. This is a device which allows you to bring in any HDMI signal into your VR headset and one of the use cases for this is you essentially plug in your PlayStation or your Xbox or your Switch and play in a VR, play in a virtual window in your VR. This comes by way of engadget and I looked at this, I was like, okay, that's actually a decent idea.  It's essentially a second monitor in your VR headset. That's the way I'm looking at this. I'm like, wow, they put a second monitor in here and it's powerful because it's a capture card so you don't have to stress your existing hardware. All you have to do is capture whatever your additional hardware is outputting. And again, this is HDMI input so you can bring it just about anything that has an HDMI signal, which is kind of cool. The applications are kind of going through the roof for this. So while I am still not on board for VR completely, I think this is a good thing and I definitely see the potential in it. Let me read what the article says to clear up some misconceptions. Just to be clear, HTC isn't here to replace your PSVR nor Labo VR kit. Instead, it's all about playing your usual console games on a much larger virtual screen. So that's another thing. And ideally on a sharp 2880 x 1600 AM OLED display on the Vive Pro and the Vive Focus series. So it doesn't have to be a second monitor either. You could just use it as a virtual monitor. So if you just want to play your existing game, not necessarily multitask, but play your existing game on this device with a really, really huge virtual screen, I can see the appeal of that. I can see the appeal of that. I mean, I'm thinking about Elite Dangerous. Playing on your console and having your Vive headset and just looking around on a huge, huge screen is one way to play it, even though it won't be true VR like in Elite Dangerous. It's kind of a different way to do it. And it might actually solve some of the motion sickness issues. If you're just looking at a big screen and you're not really immersed in the content, then you may get less dizzy spells and stuff like that. I don't know, man. I just thought it was a cool idea. Check it out. Overonthegadget.com. Look at the details. And VR is trying to do some different stuff, man. Check it out. And for our final story, we're going to talk about Google Stadia. We talked about this in the last game chat with one. This is kind of a follow-up story. And this article over on theverge.com brings up some good points about the potential of how YouTube wants to use it in Google. Google wants Stadia to be essentially an extension of YouTube with this crowd play feature, which allows the creators to play games like NBA 2K19 with their viewers. With their viewers not even having to have the viewers not having to have to own the content or own the game. They could just fire up an instance in Google Stadia and play with their favorite creator. And it's a good, good thing for streamers and creators to do this. But this article brings up a good point that I kind of thought about in the back of my head is what about trolls? Because you get your fair share of trolls and people who are trying to ruin their experience and ruin your community for whatever reason. That can come in and cause havoc. And they talked about some of the things that we deal with on Twitch in this article about people just come in and just saying bad words that could get you banned, like racial terms and a bunch of controversial stuff that you normally wouldn't say because you get in trouble for that. Or to play some kind of a music over the microphone that is content ID or copyrighted. These are things that make you go, what kind of moderation tools are in place? How can you control who comes in and plays with you once you enable this Google Stadia crowd play feature? And here's a quote from the article. Imagine a popular YouTube creator with a sizable audience. They have an army of dedicated fans to follow them everywhere and ready to line up to chance to play the game with their favorite YouTuber. Stadia is a perfect way for integrating that community. I don't know why I'm talking like this. Stadia is a perfect way of integrating that community of loyal supporters into a more collaborative space. Live streaming with fans is a digital equivalent of signing autographs for after a show. Hmm. Now this quote got me thinking about the whole Google Stadia marketing and how they're positioning it. Live streaming with fans is the digital equivalent of signing autographs after a show. And when I live stream, that is the show.  I've been saying, you know, so much. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. I love Chipotle. Anyway, on Twitch, the live stream is actually the show. And on YouTube, you produce content. You produce YouTube video, not YouTube gaming. You produce content all the time. You know, pre-built video, edited, fine-tuned, nicely done. And I guess you go live to say, hi guys, how'd you like my video? Here's signing some autographs. It's a different way of looking at live streaming than what I'm used to. I'm used to looking at live streaming as the actual meat and potatoes of the content and the entertainment. And it looks like Google is petitioned to come up with a quote like this. I don't know where to get this from. It seems like they're doing the opposite. I mean, this could be the verges. This could be the verges opinion on this, but if Google is taking that stance, I don't know. Crowdplay does present this opportunity, but neither Google nor YouTube explain how the queuing system work. A popular YouTuber known for gaming streams like DanTDM or JackSepticGuy may attract trolls who purposely line up just for an opportunity to yell offensive and hateful words on stream. When that happens, it's often the creators hosting the stream who have to deal with the consequences. So if a creator is using Stadia, which Google and YouTube want to do, who protects them from flagrant abuse?  It's uncontrolled. It's raw. It's unmetered. So you got to have good moderation tools in place. I don't know if Google has done that yet. I don't know if YouTube has done that yet. I guess we'll have to wait to see until Stadia comes out to see what kind of moderation tools there are. Or nobody's probably going to use this until they do. I know if I was a YouTube creator using Google Stadia and I knew that anybody could come in from anywhere, anytime, open mic to do anything, I'm not going to use it because I know how the Internet is. People take those opportunities to try to get a reaction out of you for entertainment. Or they're just trying to troll you for some other reason. So check it out, guys. Over on TheVerge.com, they got details. Google Stadia, they got this cool feature called Crowd Play. But man, could it be right with trolls if used the wrong way? And that concludes episode 132 of Game Chat. We want to thank you all so much for listening to the show. Follow me on Twitch, twitch.tv, slash Buona. I stream pretty much every day. We've changed our start time to about 8 p.m. Eastern now. We're doing a night stream. We were doing a split stream for a while, but now we're going to do night. Follow my YouTube, youtube.com, slash Buona. 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Coming into the show, I didn't think I would be talking so much about VR because I usually am bashing VR, but some actual positive things coming out of the VR camp over there and also Twitch and YouTube are making some inroads into some cool things over there. I'll see you guys next time. Have a great, great day. If you're watching on YouTube, please click that subscribe button and ring the bell for updates. And I'll see you guys next time. Have a great day. Bye-bye.


Today, we're going to see how easy it is to take the bamboo lab nozzle and swap it to a different size. My name's Jim, and this is the Edge of Tech.  They're very similar across those machines, and I pointed out what was different in that video. It used a full hotend, something like this, that came with the fan, the thermistor, the ceramic pad, and the silicone sock all ready to go. But what happens if you just want to swap out the nozzle, say to a .2 or a .4, maybe a .6 or .8, and you don't want to buy the complete hotends? Also, very easy to do, and just about the same on both these printers as well. Let's do it. Before we get started, you want to make sure you unload any filament that's in your machine.  It's also very important that you make sure your hotend is under 30C, so don't do this if you just got done printing. Let it cool down for a little bit. We start by removing the magnetic cover from the front of the hotend. Unplug the cables that are in the board and pulling them out of the guide. If you're doing this on an X1 or X1 Carbon, there will be three of these. If you're doing it on the P1P, there's only two, and the connectors are just a little bit different. Now we need to take out the two screws that are holding the hotend in. Those are these two screws here, and just unscrew them and pull them out. Once they're out, gently pull down and remove the hotend from the extruder. To do this, we need to start by removing the fan. You can remove the fan by taking out these two screws right here, and once they're fully removed, you can set the fan aside. Next, we need to pull down the silicone sock, and you can do that with minimal force by just pulling it down and off of the hotend and set that aside as well. Last but not least, we need to pull off the little retaining clip. This can be the tricky part, but I did it by getting my nails kind of on each side and then kind of pulling it down and off, and once that's off, you can set that aside as well. Now take a needle-nose pliers and pull the thermistor up and out of the hole very carefully and set that aside. Once you do that, the ceramic pad will fall pretty much right off, and you can set that down next to everything else. Now we need to take the thermal paste that came with your nozzle and open it up, and you want to put a little bit right on the flat spot of the nozzle where there's a little channel where the wires go through. It is opposite the side where the numbers are for the size of the nozzle, and there's a channel right up through the heat break. So you want to take your thermal paste and put it right on there and then a little bit right over the hole where the thermistor is going to go back and sit. Now you want to use a Q-tip. I didn't have a Q-tip because I forgot it, so I used this little thermal paste spreading tool I got from Slice Engineering. It's kind of like a Q-tip, but it's not a Q-tip. So just spread it on there nice and good, and then we'll move on to the next step.  Then take your ceramic heat pad and set that down on the thermal paste and run the wires up through that channel as well and hold that down with your thumb. Now we take our retaining clip with the other hand and slide it all the way back up onto the nozzle. Now you want to make sure you take note of how this is put on when you pull it off. Otherwise you can pause the video and see how it is now, but basically you take that clip and push it all the way up the side and just make sure that the wires are not pinched through the side of that clip. They should go through the little channel that is in the clip that allows them to hold the wires there as well. You can put your fan back on now as well by setting it right on top of the hot end like this and then screwing those two screws down. Please be careful not to over tighten those screws though. And that's it. You're done. You should be able to do this in about 10 minutes or less give or take and the first time will take you a little bit longer, but it's not that big a deal and it's super easy. The cool thing is it'll allow you to swap nozzles anytime you want from any size you want. And these nozzles are only $14.99. So if you already have a complete hot end assembly or the one that came on your machine, you can actually pick up different size nozzles for only $14.99 and just swap them out when you want. So basically, I like to keep another full hot end or two around and just have different size nozzles on them. Then all I have to do is pull it out, put the new one in, and I'm done. I'm good to go. But this allows you to have a lot of versatility with a lot of different nozzle sizes and only one or two full hot ends if you really want to. Also, if you ever encounter an issue with a hot end, you'll have another one ready to go. All you have to do is pop the old one out, throw the new one in, and you're ready to keep printing. You can fix that one while your machine's printing with the new one. It's a win-win and I love keeping all these extra nozzles around. They're actually super inexpensive and this little printed piece. If you haven't seen that, check out this video right here. But it's a really cool way to store them and kind of display them as well. Real quick, if you're getting value from today's video, please smash that like button. Also, if you haven't yet, please consider subscribing to the channel for more awesome 3D printing, CNC, and laser-related videos. My goal is to hit 100,000 subscribers this year and with your help, I can get there. 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Welcome back to Trading 360. I'm Nicole Petolini. Live at the New York Stock Exchange. Time for the 360 round. We'll dive into today's consumer sentiment data, the numbers with our panel joining us right now. David Grasso, CEO of Bold TV. And Melissa Armo, founder and owner of the stock swoosh. Thank you both for being with us. David, I'll start with you. Your takeaways from what you saw, obviously the directional improvement has been some good news. What are your takeaways from the print? Well, this is the third highest jump on record, but still we're still way down from even March of 2021. If we really look at the patterns before the pandemic, the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index was over 100, and it was even almost close to 90 in March of 2021. Now we're hanging around in the mid 50s, which is much better than expectations, but still a long way to go. I'd also like to add that there's a huge divergence between the way Republicans and Democrats perceive the way the economy is running. Some of the more positive things in the report, of course, are that low and middle income consumers are greatly benefiting from the hot labor market and really have a better sentiment and see their personal economic situation not only stable, but improving in the future. And then what did the Republicans say? And the Republicans say it's not good. We have a situation. If you look out there, if you Google this term, consumer sentiment, you're going to see that a lot of people blame election deniers, people from the far right, for artificially deflating consumer sentiment, which is, I think, very interesting and a very new phenomenon in America that partisanship is affecting the way we view the economy and bleeding into these official polls. The Michigan Consumer Index poll is the marquee way of figuring out what consumers think. So very fascinating times in America. Yeah, and did I want to make sure we cover both sides? And what are the Democrats saying? Just, I mean, I don't like to do politics, but since you brought it up, I just would like to clarify. Democrats think the economy is a lot better. I mean, honestly, I didn't plan on talking about politics on this segment either, but unfortunately, this is one of the things that... So let's leave it right there. Yeah. That's good. We have lots to discuss, David, and Melissa's in this conversation too. Melissa, your thoughts, because, you know, as we see what's going on, inflation has, you know, maybe peaked, but it's still four times above the central bank's goal of where they really would like it to be. So they can't necessarily be too dovish right now. What do you think about the sentiment print? I think that the Fed is going to continue to raise rates. I think that prices are still too high. And even though we saw some data out in the last week that showed that we were getting some kind of relief, it was really because gas prices went down, I think, about 67 cents. Food is still high. That is a staple. People can't live without eating food. Housing is still extremely high. Those two things are very important. So, yes, some things went down, but gas prices fluctuate, as you know. I mean, look at the oil stock. So do I think that we peaked? No. And as far as whether or not you're Republican or Democrat, I mean, all you have to do is go out and go to the grocery store and see what things cost right now. I don't know how anybody could say that things are getting better. It's just not there yet. I'm hopeful that things could get better, but it could be six or 12 months till that happens. Well, we have a lot of factors that have occurred over the last couple of years. And at this point now, you have inflation that is still very, very high. Melissa, I know you want to look ahead to some of the earnings, but David, as you take a look here at consumer spending habits, and they are digging into the savings because they have to pay for gasoline and food that are still very elevated, David. Let's walk through how to analyze a company's financials on Thinkorswim. To get started, go to the Analyze tab and select Fundamentals. Enter a symbol, then select Enter. To download detailed analyst reports, select Download. Buy the numbers, provides balance sheet information, and other fundamental data. Company details. Low and middle income consumers. I see a lot of challenges ahead. Right, and Melissa, I know you're also focused on, you know, when we look at what's going on in the market, a lot of folks have 401ks and IRAs. What are you thinking? You're looking ahead to some of the retailers. Well, next week, we're still in the middle of earnings season. We still have a lot of retailers out between now and Labor Day, and Walmart and Target are some big ones for next week. Tuesday and Wednesday, I will be watching those. What I've seen so far this earnings season, though, is that companies are coming out and kind of doing pre-earnings and saying things are going to be bad. And then the earnings come afterwards so it's like a softer landing. You saw that with Walmart and Target, so I don't know how they're going to react in earnings because a couple weeks ago, they already preempted sort of what they were going to say next week. So it'll be interesting to see how the stocks actually react. Overall, the market's still down from the air, and I still think the market is not going to make a new high before the end of the year. We've got less than six months left in the year. People bought that June dip down at the bottom. Yes, we've had a rally, but to me, we've just widened the range.  If you get up one day and all of a sudden, we've gapped down and the market falls off a cliff because I'm telling you right now, a lot of people went long. Again, they're convinced in every dip that they're buying now that we're going to continue back up to the highs and I'm just not seeing it. I'm seeing the range having been widened. So it's a tough market to trade unless you're looking for specific stocks which I tend to focus on earnings. So right now it's earnings season, I'm focusing on specific things and that's what I'm going to continue to do. Right, understood. I know new highs this year. Quickly, David, as you look at what's going on, you said sentiment is lower now than it was in past recessions. So still not feeling particularly great when you look historically. Yeah, and I want to point something out, too. Remember, September 1st, student loans will be turned back on. People my age are walking around a lot of times with 50, 100 grand, $150,000 with the student loans. And remember, we have to start paying those back at the beginning of next month. So speaking of consumer sentiment, consumer spending and the general economy, that's going to be a big hit because a lot of us haven't grown accustomed to not paying student loans at all. Yeah, yeah. It's great to see you both. A great conversation. This is the SP right now. That 42, 45, a winning week, another winning week, four in a row, David Grasso, Bold TV, Melissa Armo, the stock spoof. Thank you both very much. And thank you, friends, for joining me. We'll put a leadies right here on Trading 360 every single weekday, 11...